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4 SERIOUS APPRENTICESHIP

One morning / was called to the
study to see several foreigners with
whom Randall was talking. One was
a Swede, who knew a little German
and less English. With my assistance
we managed to understand that the
couple he had brought in were recent
immigrants and that the conversation
alist of the party wanted a place in
come ones household for the girl.
The couple stood modestly waiting,
side by side. 1t was already cold
weather, and the woman had a cheap
plaid shawl over her head, bright
ribbon tied around it to form hood.
/ spoke to her in kind voice and she
looked me full in the face with the
bluest pair of eyes I had ever seen.
The man beside her appeared stupid
and heavy to me. l wondered if he
was her brother and asked our inter-
prefer. He managed to tell a story
which afterward proved true in every
detail.
The two were lovers from the ex-
IRENE northern part of Sweden. They
were the children of fisher folk, very
poor. They had despaired of marriage
at home, but one day walked away TO-
gether, reached a seaport town, and
there both, with hard labor, had earned
enough money to come across the
ocean and to Kansas City. The inter-
prefer was her cousin. He was also
poor and had a family.
"Magnus has place in the railroad
yards" explained the cousin; "he live
with me. She live with you. After
while they have money and they get
married"
1t was finally decided that Christina
Erd should come to us. The lover was
to bring her chest from the raiII cad
station at once. 1t arrived in an hour,
huge affair, and carried by the man,
Magnus Liefssen, without apparent eff
fort. She helped him take It Up the
stairs, then the two said farewell in
my presence.
Christina had removed her shawl and
rough cloak. Her head was crowned
with heavy braids of flaxen hair. Her
skin was white as milk, and on each
cheek burned spot that was like a
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WE STOOD AT HIS BEDSIDE.

w Il IOOD "A HID bEDSlDE.
pink rose, as clear and fine. She wore
her best dress, a heavy blue skirt, a
white waist, an old girdle. About her
white neck were heavy silver beads
curiously engraved.
When she saw that her lover must
go she went to him. They took each
others hands and stood silent for a
few moments. Then his lips moved;
he dropped her hands and she turned
away to me, a haunting look of pain in
her dark eyes.
/ was, therefore, left with 4 maid
who could not understand a word said
or reply to me. / pass over the trials
of the next few days. l grew patient
because of the girls extreme willing
ness and real intelligence, and / began
to realize what dumb faithfulaess
meant. At first she was very timid.
but in few days she began to repeat
names of articles, address us and grew
more cheerful. At the end of month
we got along quite well.
Three times week her lover came
to see her for two hours. 1t was not
long before l happened to go into the
kitchen one evening and found both
laboring over copy books. They were
learning to write English, with the
cousins small son to guide them.
Our household settled down into
peace and comfort. Christina was SO
strong. SO determined, SO CHEEKY and
became so full of resources as time
passed that We wondered we had man
aged to live without her.
Have you any fault to find with
me?" asked Christina one day in the
springtime. SIS all the work finished
well?"
/ believe am Just. I told her had
no reason to complain about it.
II see that Mira, she at the next
door," the girl went on, gravely, "goes
out in the evenings. What would
beloved pastor say If go sometimes?"
with Magnus. you mean?" / asked
rather startled.
Eyes, ma'am. He got me Job: car
cleaning at night. He carry all the
water-help--I get money"
These two people meant to work all
night or a great part of it after days Of
toll. / thought it my duty to inter-
fere and expostulate. even had be
loved pastor" talk to Christina.
When she understood that we were
afraid for her health she put back her
head and laughed.
You folks too careful. never
know bout being tired. At home
work all night. two, three times
week. Carry boats. big baskets fish.
Oh. such fish You never did see.
ALI Magnus said to the beloved pas
tor was, 1T is very long to walt"
After that their hoard grew, and, as
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Phenomenal Growth.

Tho progress of the South sinu
Appomattox, says Southern paper.
has no parallel outside of romance
In 1865 VIC had no money, no credit,
no hope. Many Of our cities were ir
ashes, our plantations were wrecked,
and our railways were worn out. To
day we have a land of peace and
plenty, 43, miles of railway, an6
our average percentage OF increase Oh
per caAita wealth for the decade
ending n 1890 was 100 per cent. mort
than that Of New England or thu
central West.
We are drawing capital and we are
making capital. Ten years ago WI
had 220 national banks; now we have
500. The percentage Of the increase
of our foreign exports is about fivt
times the combined gain at the othel
ports of the country. A few days age
we showed by reliable stat sites thai
we have fewer failures with smallel
liabilities in the South than In other
sections. We showed, too, that III
development and production our prog
ress had been phenomenal, and thai
the growth of our diversified manu-
features made total during the last
i've years OF over $1,000 new In
dustries.
Now, take this fact: Since 1885
our assessed property has increased
d, 600, 900, 900 in value, according tt
the reports for 1890! When section
can accomplish so much In twenty
seven years-starttng with only
battle fields and ruins for assets
the outlook ought to be bright
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A Versatile Indian.

Horace Nicolas, tribal representa-.
tive of the Oldtown Maine Indian Res.
eryation in the State Legislature, is
a versatile and talented man. He
leads the only Indian brass band in
the country. He is a composer of
note. During the summers he is 4
guide for hunting parties in the foot.
hills of Mount Katahdin and along
the branches that empty into Moose
head Lake. Last summer he was .
cook for party, the guide of which
was his father-in-law. During ths
winter he divides his time between
music aud weaving fancy baskets out
of understanding grasses gathered By
the women OF the tribe along the
shores OF Bar Harbor, - Saturday
Eyening Post,
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Every bee carries his market basket
round his hind legs. Any one examin-
ing the body of the Lea through a
microscope will observe that on the
hind legs of the creature there is a
fringe Of stiff hairs TN the surface, the
hairs approaching each other at the
tips SO as to form, sort Of cage. This
is the bees basket, and into 1t, after
q successful journey. he will cram
enough pollen to last him for two or
three days.
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portralt. of cab,ne. omc.r.

For years members of the cabinet in
Washington have had oil portraits of
themselves painted. at cost to the
government of from $500 to $1,000. to
be left as relics in the departments
Secretary Wilson of the department of
agriculture refused to approve the Gus
tomary expenditure for this purpose.
but finally compromised on a crayon
portrait, which, with its frame, cost
$50.
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1t did. the spirits of the two rose.
When Magnus sat at the copybooks

When Magnus sat at the copybooks
Christina sewed swiftly on all things
necessary to their house-fltting. Not
once did she lose her head. All she
bought was sensible, good, necessary
for neat home.
Christina was indeed good and beau
tlful. When she came to church, as
she often did with Magnus, l saw that
people observed her. l told her story
to one of our church societies and
heard that they intended to add to her
modest QUILTING by a present.
l must confess that, at times, I felt
that Christina might do better than to
wed such a stupid man as Magnus
Liefssen. But suddenly the man I
thought stupid rose to the height of a
hero.
1t wa the morning papers.
Randall breakfast Christina
had pre- unfolded his journal
while coffee. He jumped
to his
Where Is Christina?" he asked, in
low tone, his mouth twitching.
She was singing somewhere. She had
voice like lark.
What is it, Randall?" / cried, run
ming around to him.
He pointed to the great, black head
lines. l read, breathless. Of the at
tempted robbery of railroad pay car.
preparing to set out in the gray dawn.
The car had been drawn I'D In the
switch yards, and guarded by the po-
llceman and several section men. 1t
mad been foggy night and the attack
on the car was made so suddenly and
quickly there was not a second of time
to give whistle of alarm. Two sec
tlon men were knocked down, one fed,
and the car door was defended alone
by brawny Swede, who fought stead
lily, doggedly, stubbornly, his eyes fill
ed with blood, his wounds incredible.
NO shot had been fired. The policeman
was in the roundhouse, not fifty feet
away, telephoning to headquarters,
when the fleeing Irishman burst in up
on him with the news. Help arrived
in time to save the car from being
looted. but Liefssen was picked up for
dead. He had been taken to the hos
pital and was the city hero. There
was little hope for his life.
Beloved pastor and l took Christina
in a carriage to the hospital. Her
face had been like marble since we told
her.
He had not regained consciousness.
He was only poor. bandaged mummy
when we stood at his bedside. Chris
tina said not a word. She stopped,
and, in spite of the nurses protests,
took him into her two strong arms.
There was a perceptible shudder in
his frame.
Speak to him!" cried the surgeon.
coming up. "He may rouse
From Christmas lips burst forth a
terrible tenderness. She called him
names in her strange Ian
guage, she showered kisses upon his
cheek, she laid hers upon his unhurt
hand. At last he opened his eyes and
gazed stupidity at her, then smiled aad
a word.
Christina laid him down and stood
erect. She looked full at Randall.
Beloved pastor" she said. In her
splendid voice. I'VE have done wrong.
We have served too long for money. He
have called me wife. 1t is now the
light time"
And in the afternoon their serious
to prudence was at an
md. They were made man and WIFE, |
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A queer Exhibit for Paris.

A curious exhibit at the Paris Ex-
position will be a "Jokai Pavilion" DIR.
Maurus Jokai, it is said, is going to ex-
hibit there a copy of every edition Of
his works which has appeared in any
language. AS he has written over
three hundred novels, some of which
have been translated into all the Ian
guages Of Europe. the display will be
large.
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Krupp has made over 10000 guns Of
large caliber for the armies Of Eu-
rope.
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The number of poor authors is IS
great as the urnber OF authors who
are poor.
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wireless teIegraphy may prove en-
barrassing as well as helpful in time of
war. f.arconi's message from the
Dover coast to q French dispatch
boat in the English channel shows
what spies might do in sending shore
news to naval enemy. As the wire
less messages can be sent by night Us
well as by day it might be impossible
to prevent communication between
phers and shin,
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Prints and Embosses.

A machine has been produced which
PRINTS and embosses in one impression
rom steel die, giving the finest pos
nble results. The speed is a matter
most generally determined by the
operator, and, while general average
would be about 5000 impressions per
lay, the machine has record of IT,
900 in less than eleven hours. The
impressions are clean, sharp and
bright. Absolutely perfect register is
assured for Furnishing bronzed work
by the fact that the machine is pro-
vided with an automatic lock, which
holds the he'd in position while tie i'm
nreSsinn Is heinz n, lie
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THE bad boy will be sorry wher
electrical tanning is UNIVERSAL.
adopted.
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How the Actress onended.

A Young actress. named Edith Davitt,
performing at the Somossy Orpheum.
appearing on the stage in a correct mil
itary uniform. This is contrary to law
in Austria. the censor forbdding both
military and ecclesiastical costumes, as
we'll as all insignia or orders that are
not purely fantastic. Now in Germany
the contrary custom prevails. When
the police authorities allow the wear
ing Of uniforms on the stage they have,
by order of the Emperor, to be correct
to a button-The Stage.
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(To be continued.)
ATTACKED A SAILOR.
An Incident of Gen. Miller's Expedl-
ton to IIoilo.

little incident occurred on the water
boat, alongside of the Newport, which
eyemplities native character. Our sup
ply quartermaster seized the small wa
ter boat, which gets its supply from a
spring on the island of Guimeras. The
water boat is the only means of supply
ing ships in the harbor with water. The
owner of the boat demanded $50 a day,
which was refused by the quarter
master.
The owner went away, saying that he
would get even with us. No one OBJ
jccted when a crew of three natives
came on board the water boat. We had
two American guards on the boat, who
got on splendidly with the new crew
The captain of the crew was especially
pleasant to the Americans-tred to
talk with the soldiers and in every way
endeavored to make himself agreeable
That evening at dinner time, Just as
dusk was fading into night, the two
sentinels We're eating their dinner at
one end of the water boat; the three
natives were at the other end
The native captain got up and came
toward the American guards, asking
for a cigarette. Both Americans We're
sitting down; one Of them threw his
package to the captain. The next mo-
ment the native crew made rush at
the two guards. They were so taken
by surprise that they did not have time
even to draw their revolvers. One
American was stabbed in the arm and
showed overheard. He was afterward
picked up by g life-b boat. little the worse
for his adventure. The other guard
was found Oh the deck of the water
boat with his head split from ear to
ear. Two Of the native crew did not
attempt to escape. and were found in
the water boat. They strongly assert
that they are innocent. The captain
jumped overheard and escaped. The
whole affair was 4 cold blooded and
treacherous murder, planned with ut
ter disregard of consequences. No
doubt the idea was to get possession Of
the water boat.-Harper's Weekly.
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school Tor di Quinto, in the Car,n,c,>a
and at the school at Piedmont. Tha
horses selected for this work are chiafl1,
English and Irish hunters. althorgI,
some are Italian bred. They are light
yet very powerful, and possess an nm.
usual degree of intelligence. AT Tor a;
Quinto an old gravel pit, with sidns
varying in height from six to forty fpat
is used for the first training. Al tha
beginning the horse is made to ascend
ana descend the bank at its lowest nort
put gradually, as its confidence in itselr
anu the sureness of its footinr in
cfeases,, the ascents and descents l,e.
come higher, until at last the horse win
put ms fore feet over an almost nor.
peSdlcular bank. sit down on his on,r
'els ana siide down many feet, giving
When near the bottom great lean
winch is calculated to make the hair
OF the average spectator stand on end
Huch is the strength, agility and fear.
lessness OF the horse however. that Al
most invariably he lands safely. Rrt
much, OF course, depends upon tha
rider; the latter must have conf;aoroo
III nimself and in the animal under him.
III ne possesses this confidence and I'm.
lalterlng nerve he can successfu,ly
tahe one OF these trained and sure-fooT-
ea horses through precipitous regions
Mhefe the risks seem quite appalling.
Inc IRISH hunters make, on the whole
lhe hest mountain climbers. Even in
ireland, without special training. thew
olten do some astonishing climbing
Leslie's Weekly.
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VALUABLE TlMEPlECE
Watch that Varies Only One-Tbi-a 80
q

->' oAiS oHe- MIRA of
second Il Eay.
a watch of remarkable nerfoction 10
described in the London Times its dis.
JUNCTION resting on the fact of its hav.
ing just gained the Kew certificate of
Glass a, especially good" with the
extraordinary mark of SS1 out of a
possible 100. To win the latter 4
watch would have to be absolutely nor.
lect as timekeeper, result admitted
TO be scarcely within the range of prac.
teal achievement.
Ihls watch. an all-English pocket
chronometer, has mean variation of
dallE rate amounting to only one-thrd
of second, and the mean difference
between the extreme gaining and los
ing rates to four seconds. The makers
attribute this result to the use of re-
volvlng escapement. or tourbillou. a
device in which the frame that carries
the escapement is made to revolve
slowly but continuously in the main
frame by the action of the watch, thus
reducing the error i'll timekeepins
from change of position-a piece of
mechanism which does not materially
increase the complication of the watch,
involving. in fact, the addition of one
wheel only.
While the marks of this watch for
temperature compensation are not
claimed to be unsurpassed-as many
as 1871 having been recorded out Of
twenty-those for smaIlness in yaria-
ton In daily rate and for absence Of
positional errors are unusually good.
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DISTILLED WATER,
German Scientist Asserts that 1t Is
Dangerous.


Dangerous.
n noted German scientist has writ
ten a pamphlet inveighing against the
use Of still water. His studies show
that it WithdrawS the salts from the
animal tissues and causes the latter TO
swell or initiate; isolated living organic
elements cells and all uninccllular Or
gan!sms are destroyed in such water.
dying, since they become engorged
therein; that is, they lose the faculty,
upon which life depends, of retaining
their salts and other soluble cell con
stituents, and consequently these are
allowed to diffuse throughout the
water. Similarly, the same poisonous
effects must occur whenever distilled
water is used as a drink, the sense Of
taste being the first to protest against
the article, with an immediate move
ment to rid the mouth of what has
been taken; the local poisonous effect
of using the water making itself known
by symptoms of catarrh of the Stom-
ach on slight scale. The ordinary
distilled water. even when freshly dis
TILED, is not in fact absolutely pure,
While that used in laboratories AM!
Clinics IS, OF course. generally stale
has been kept standing in open vessels,
mostly in rooms where chemicals of
every sort abound and whose gases
and etiluvia are taken up by the water
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feared from the man who was recovering,
and to whom was this letter written?'
number of letters had been put into
one envelope. as if thrust together so az
10 occupy as small a space as possible, and
the envelope bore this superscription-
'R. T. Jones, Esq"
BY dint of careful scrutiny Dick made
out that this thin Worn envelope had once
been posted in America to some place in
London.
ut must have been my father who wrote
these! muttered Dick, starting from his
seat in violent agitation. Did he write
thcm to my uncle, sending them to him
under an assumed name to an address
agreed on between them? They were
once both in the West Indies. Then I'm
Gle John came back alone. and remained
some months in England, after my moth
cr's death, before my fathers return. Oh,
what does it all mean?''
With difficulty Dick forced himself to
pcrusc the other letters; they all related
to the one subject, which had evidently
created the widest CONSERVATION in the
mind Of the writer. The man referred TO
was fast recovering; there was not an
instant to be lost in arranging with him
something not specified in the letter.
Frantic appeals to return at once filed
half the pages. And the name signed at
the bottom Of the letters was always the
samoa. Filton."
Il think l will show them to my father"
said Dick, speaking aloud mechanically,
"and sec what he says to them. But Nab
had better not look at thcm-at least, not
yet. She will imagine all sorts of things;
she will fancy what do" And the tor
tured young fellow paced the room in deep
reflection.
fro bo
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Goat and Puppy Bosom Friends.

Speaking of the old fondness Of
some animals for one another" said
the drummer, Tommy Barr of Vestal,
Broome County. has pet goat and a
pet puppy which are bosom friends.
Together they roam through the neigh
borhood during the goats spare mo-
ments. when there are no oyster cans
or other bric-a-brac for it to nibble.
The singular behavior of the goat a
few mornings ago attracted the atten-
tion OF the family. 1t ran to and fro,
bleating pteously, and seemed half
distracted. Some one suggested that
the animal should be followed. The
goat seemed to appreciate the fact that
it was understood and led the way tc
the rear of the yard, where the puppy
was found in a pit ten feet deep al
most in its last struggles The puppy
was rescued and restored to the goat,
who greeted it With the fondest ca
resSes.-NeW York Press
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Salary of the French President.

President Loubet's salary is f25,OoO,
but the expenses of the Presidential
establishment are double that sum. and
even this does not include the pay oe
army officers attached to the Presiden
tll household, or the cost of keeping
the Elysee and other palaces used by
the President in a state of repair. Tho
Elysee is President LOubet's town resi-
dence, but he has also at his disposal
the former royal palaces of Fontaine-
bleau and Rambouillet. which are fur
nished and maintained at the expense
of the state. 1t will be easily under
stood that the Presidential salary is
inadequate to the demands made upon
the Presidential purse. and the only
President who made both ends meet
was NJ. Grevy
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DARING FEATS OF HORSES.
How They Learn to Climb Almost Per-
Dcndicnlar Cliffs.

So extraordinary as to seem incredi-
Bile are the feats of horsemanship
which are part of the many others
that are daily performed in the Italian
cavalry service They are vOuched for
by many reliable eye witnesses, among
them the British military attache at
Rome. Long and careful training Of
strong, intelligent and courageous
horses is the explanation of these seem
Ing impossibilities. They could be ac-
complished by a well-trained horse un-
der good rider anywhere, particularly
in the West by our cowboys, but are
specially practiced in the Italian army
because of the Alpine climbing the cav
airy must frequently do in times Of
war.
The usinine tegins in the cavalry