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tic receptions require him to be wTthous
her.
Admiral SchIey has always been q
home body. and he loves no socistv ~
he loves the society of his wife. After
his return from Cuba. when hundreds
OF letters were pouring in upon hfrn
from every section of the country Af-
miral SehIey quietly lived here In re-
tirement. his wife by his side and ali Of
the letters whics came were opened and
read by her. She smiled on. dav and
said TO the writer: This experience
would make good private secretary.
for I am debating answers TO many of
these letters
One day recently while writing an
Endorsement upon small cheek in
bank heard a voice near me saying
"WIlI you kindly cash this check and
give an old man some money for i.g"
Looking up r saw Admiral ScflIey
standing by me- smiling as he handed q
check TO the paying teller. who said:
why admiral you are not an old man
yet. by great deal
Admiral SehIey replied: well OF
board ship the boys call me old mar
They always call the commanding Of
ficer the old man. no matter what HIS
age may be. Iremember when was in
command of the New York heard some
sailors swearing. and sent word TO
them they were violating the reguIa-
tions- and were offending high heaven
by the use of such language The
next morning. just as awakened +
heard sailor start sentence with an
oath. when another said: BE careful
the old man will hear you.'-
After the admiral received cash for
his check. I told him that an old school
mate of his had said TO me that MANY
years ago the admiral had said that
many men lost fame and fortune by
failing to- take advantage of opportuni-
ties. and he replied:
THAT is true. During the civil war u
young captain in The navy had an op-
portunity to win fame by sinking a boat
of the enemy. but hesitated few mir
utes. and the opportunity was gone.
have often said that If ever had an OPP
portunity for distinction would take
advantage of II. Well. wher, the battle
of Santiago was beginning mentally
said to myself: Here is your oppor-
tunity.' and I fastened to take advan-
tage of It, Any captain in the feet could
have done as well as did on that occs-
sion: but il was my opportunity
TO be temporarily in command and I
took advantage of that opportunity
and got into the fight without delay.
Opportunity comes TO every man a.
least once in lifetime but many
men neglect their opportunities"
How true that is. Young men snd
women who read those words Of the
great admiral will do we'll to remember
them. and be ready for the opportunity
to win success. when opportunity
comes It will be we'll also 70 remember
that the men who achieve in This world
are those who love their homes and
who turn their backs upon the worlds
foIIies and wickedness.
SMITH d. FRY
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very dangerous, and in riding among
them the rider is often mangled, even
accidentally. The steer seems to have
an uncomfortable fear of the man on
horseback, and also desire to place
him hors de combat.
The cowboys live in cabins near the
streams, watching their herds day and
night. At sunset the cattle are gath
cred into a compact mass, by the
cowboys riding round and round driv.
ing them in. The cattle lie down to
chew their cuds and sleep.
Cowboys are divided into two classes
the American cowboy, and the
Mexican, who is called vaquero. The
Mexicans are the better riders, more
skillful with the lasso, and seem spe-
cially adapted by nature to the BUSH
ness. But they are lazy, quarrelsome
and treacherous. Americans only are
employed in Utah.
1t is the duty of the cowboys to
guard the cattle from thieves, Craze
and water them, and brand the calves.
1t is by this sign that the cattle king
knows his own. He also drives them
into the ''chutes" at the railroad sta
tions, where they are loaded on the
trains for shipment. A stated number
are detailed to go with each cattle
train to feed and water the stock, and
keep the fighting down to the mini
mum. The cattle train stops at stated
points, when the animals are driven
out to be fed and watered. The law
in this and most other states desig-
mates certain points, and requires this
to be done at least once in every "a
hours. Cattle are unruly and will not
stand compact, or dove-tailed, like
sheep, and many are tramped to death
en- route. A cattle train is usually
seven days out from Utah to Chicago.
I'M QCANT.AND
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as 1t had worn year ago, but a wistful,
yearning smile as of one who would
fain bear the glad tidings to Others"
''She looks just like the Christmas An
gel on that big card in the store win
dow" whispered one little Harris boy
to another when she had left her wraps
in their tiny bedroom and came forth
to greet them cordially and take her
place by the open Franklin stove which
was their Christmas hearth.
And indeed, as she stood there, in q
dress of soft white wool with white
chrysanthemums upon her breast and
the sunlight from the window touch
ing her wavy blonde hair and the fire.
light Pickering across her delicate
features and dancing in her deep blue
eyes, the artist of "Christmas An
gel' might have chosen a much worse
model than Sunshine Saxton.
At dinner the talk drifted naturally
and safely back to the old school days.
and Nellie and her brother exchanged
glances of satisfaction as Amy's laugh
rang out now and again with an old
time heartiness which the cottage walls
had not echoed for many a day.
"Oh! I had almost forgotten to tell
you,'' said Amy, as they fingered over
the dessert in the mid-afternoon; "you
remember Carrie Cramer?"
eyes, very well. A brilliant girl. She
did not finish her course. I have often
wondered what became of her,
ooh oh 1;1xo %ho ,oe% ~ ,,o
Her husband was a poor artist with
consumption. He died two years ago
and left her with three children, no
money, and-his disease"
"How sad! That girl ought to have
had brilliant career. Where is she
now?"
'She lives only few doors away. I
only discovered her a few weeks ago,
and then by chance. She had hemor-
rhage and the children, who were alone
with her, became frightened and ran
over here for help"
"You say her husband left no in
come. How, then, do they live?"
upon the little she earns with her
pen. She was our best composition
writer, you remember. But it is a
mcager and uncertain income. Besides,
it is Fastening her death. The doctor
says she cannot possibly live until sum-
mer. She sits indoors and writes and
coughs when she ought to be in the open
air and sunshine
''Why did you not send me word !?
Certainly she needs friend-friends.
rather-I know you have done all in
| your power, but must do my share.
Poor woman! Poor Carrie! Who could
have imagined such a life for her!"
II thought Of you, and meant to tell
you sometime, but your own trouble
was so great"
The street door, which opened direct
~ into the sitting-room, which on this
occasion served as dining-room, was
pushed suddenly open and delicate
girl of seven or eight years, with wide
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open, frightened eyes, rushed into the
room exclaiming:
20 Mrs. Harris, please come quick!
Mother has another"
"You will excuse me-" said Amy,
springing to her feet and turning to
her guest. 1T is Carries little girl.
Her mother is ill again. I feared it.
She was working so hard this morning
to make merry Christmas for the
children. She said," lowering her voice,
''that it would likely be the last they
would spend together"
II will go with you," cried Mrs. Sax.
ton, rising also. -, .
They found their friend lying on the
lounge, fainting from loss of blood and
scarcely able to speak. Yet she gave a
smile of recognition as Mrs. Saxton took
herhand. She knew who was to be guest
at the cottage. Mrs. Harris had prom
ised to bring Sunshine to see her after
dinner. In one corner of the room
stood a tiny Christmas tree which she
had been helping the children decorate
when the hemorrhage came. Under its
branches sat three-year-old baby Car
lie crying quietly, with her present for
mamma, a little pen-wiper made by her
own hands guided by her sister, clasped
close to her breast. The eldest child.
nine-year-old Ralph, had gone for the
doctor.
The pathos, nay, the bitter agony of
it, struck home to Mrs. Saxton's heart
SO sharply that for brief moment her
own trouble seemed an insignificant
thing.
"Have they no one when their
mother goes? No relatives to look after
them?" she whispered to Mrs. Harris.
She shook her head sadly.
Absolutely no one, she tells me. To
leave them to public charity-the
thought of their separation from each
other-that is what makes dying so
hard for her. All! here comes the doc
tor"
He bent over his patient tenderly,
counting the Pickering pulse. She
looked into his face beseechingly.
"Tell me- she whispered, with diff
ficulty, show long"
! He did not answer at once, but at
last her look compelled him.
IAN hour-two- perhaps"
Then the three children gathered
close about her now. Her eyes rested
upon them with a look of unutterable
anguish.
Don't, mother!" cried the boy,
sharply, placing one arm about each
sister. II will take care of them. They
shall not separate us. God will help
me-"
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say it? Amy win count this among her
very happiest Christmases. You see, =
she said, with a sudden frankness quite
unusual with her. "since my brother
has been out of work so much, Amy has
pretty hard time. and sometimes it
seems to her as though her old friends
for got her. She says the past is all
slipping away from her and the future
looks dark. Forgive me for telling you,
Mrs. Saxton. She was not thinking
of You so much-for she knows you
have had trouble of your own-but
Amy has been good sister to me and
it hurts me to see her getting so dis
couraged." ,-s
II thank you for telling me, Nellie.
Good night, and Merry Christmas to
you!"
II was getting to be coward" she
said to herself, sadly, as the door closed
upon the smiling girl. II was thinking
that mine was the only trouble in the
world"
Nellie's sister-in-law had been class
mate of Mrs. Saxton's in the seminary
and one of her many admiring friends.
The fact that she had married a me-
chanic and Mrs. Saxton a wealthy man
had not interrupted their friendship,
and when the young sister-in-law had
asked to be taken as one of Mrs. Sax
toms servants, she had been cordially
welcomed and given place of friend
as well as servant. But during these
months of terrible bereavement she
had shut herself away as far as possible
from all past associates.
From little remarks that Nellie let
drop occasionally, Mrs. Saxton had half
suspected the state of mind into which
her old friend Amy Harris was lapsing;
and the thought that had come to her,
when she sat in the twilight trying to
reconstruct her plans, was that her own
deep sorrow might in way minister
to Amy, might remind her that, in spite
of financial hardships, she still had the
best that life could give, her husband
and her children; while she-Sunshine
Saxton-as she had always been called
in spite of wealth, had nothing.
When Sunshine Saxton made up her
mind to give, she gave unstintedly and
without grudging. Having resolved to
give herself that Christmas day, she de-
termined to be no specter at anyone's
feast. Therefore, alone in her bedcham-
Der on that beautiful Christmas morn
ing, she fell upon her knees and opened
her heart to the ever-new, Divine mes
-
And when she came out dressed for din
ner, it was with smile upon her face
not glad, joyous smile, perhaps, such
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CATTLE FR ON UTAH.
Mormon State Supplies the East
with Prime Beef.
How The Great Ranches and Their
HoRned Inhabitants Are MAN.
aged-Work and Duties OF
. the Cowboys.
fspecial SAT- Lake (Utah) Letter.l

Especial Salt Lake (Utah) letter.
According to railroad official figures,
Utah sis one of the largest cattle
shipping states in the country. There
are about 100000 cattle in this
state, and the cattle growing in
dustry is rapidly increasing. Dur
ing the present year the shipments
from Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washing
ton and Nevada have been about 10000
carloads-32 cattle average carload.
More than one-fifth of these ship
ments are from Utah. The shipments,
which are mainly to Chicago packers,
have increased about Is per cent. dur
ing this. year. The business has in
creased SO largely that the Utah rail-
roads find it difficult to get sufficient
number of cars. This is mainly due to
the advanced prices paid by Chicago
packers and the advance in beef, and
the stimulus in the western trade is
caused by the decline of the cattle
producing industry in other states.
Chicago packers now pay from so
cents to one dollar per hundred pounds
more than they did last year. Thus
the Utah cattle baron is becoming
richer; and the packers of Chicago
must also charge more to the con-
sumner, And when it is stated that
the merchantable portion of beef is
only about GO per cent, it may be I'M
derstood why the price of beef in the
east has advanced. Yet the cattle in
dustry was never more prosperous in
this and adjoining states-with the ex.
ception of Nevada. The cattle bar
ons are growing wealthy, and the
small farmers are expanding into "bar.
ons," for nearly every farmer is a cat
tie raiser, though in small way.
The field here is more inviting than
elsewhere, not only because of the ex-
tensive ranges, but the saline lakes,
and salt deposits, also. These abound
throughout southern Utah, and the
cattle raiser pays little or nothing fol-
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cattle are stolen from one ranch n
the north they are driven down the
trail into Arizona; and when stolen
in the south they are driven north,
or sold along the line. Organized ex-
petitions have failed to break up these
gangs. When pursued they escape to
the mountains, where it is impossible
to follow with any degree of safety.
These thieves, generally masked, ride
swiftly in the direction of drove of
cattle, discharging firearms, yelling
and waving red blankets. This causes
panic. Cattle are easily stampeded,
just as human beings are panic
stricken, at real or imaginary danger.
A flash of lightning, a thunderstorm,
the howl of wolf, or the yell OF the
"rustler" starts a stampede.
Every horned head is lifted, and with
cleaning eyes the cattle rush blindly,
madly in any direction-into river OF
over a precipice. It is death to an ami.
NAL who fails to keep up in the STAN.
pede-he is run over and stamped to
death by thousands of hoofs. A STAN
pede means a great loss to the owner,
for many are killed in this way, and, in
order to break the cattle of being panic
stricken, the most hysterical or ''nerv-
ous' ones are shot by the cowboys.
When two herds come together the
stampede is almost beyond control, and
the death rate is large, as there is also
considerable fighting among them for
the right of way. The cowboys mount
their bronchos and attempt to head off
the leaders by getting on one side and
turning them. When turned the cattle
are driven into circle until they are
tired out, or their scare is over. Some
times it requires weeks to collect a
stampeded bunch But when they
are stampeded by the rustlers, a nrm-
Der are driven away. There may be a
few shots exchanged between the cow
boys and rustlers, but the cowboys are
more interested in preventing SIAM
pede of the entire herd, which would
entail a much greater loss. Many of
the rustlers have been cowboys, hence
their successful raids.
The chief vaquero and his numerous
assistants have no easy task, and it is
dangerous calling. 1t requires men of
personal courage and quick movement
to successfully handle these wild ami
mails, for we1l-fed range cattle are prac-
tically wild as wolves when panic.
stricken.
Their long, sharp-pointed horns are
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the dining-room while this was going
on, and she laughed like a merry
schoolgirl.
Then we went to the white house.
My card was taken to the president
by Capt. Leofler, the veteran who has
guarded the presidents door ever
since his appointment by President
Lincoln, and he soon returned to usher
us into the cabinet room. President
Mckinley arose from the long table,
came forward, took the hands of each
one of the party, as they were intro
duced. and thanked them for coming
all the way to Washington from Phil
adelphia On Washington's birthday to
see the national capital, and to call
upon the president. He said: 'You
reflect the spirit of all of our patriotic
people when you turn your eyes upon
the capital of the republic, and when
you pay your respects to those who
are temporarily charged with the du-
ties Of governmental affairs"
The visitors were delighted with
their receptions by the men of re-
nown. They also had an opportunity
to see the senate and house of repre-
sentatives in session at the capitol
building, and spent the afternoon in
q tour of the congressional library,
which is the most beautiful building in
the world.
No one should speak or write con-
corning President Mckinley, Gen.
Miles and Admiral Schley without say
ing that they are magnificent types
Of American manhood; primarily be-
cause they are loyal and devoted hus-
bands, and lovers Of their homes. Pres
ident Mckinley has an invalid wife,
and for more than 20 years he has
bssn s6ectionateiy her lover, her al
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THEIR FIRST CHRISTMAS TURKEY.

Mr.. Honeymoon somewhat hest
tatingly)-My dear, what queer taste
to this turkey. What do you suppose
ails it?
Mrs. Honeymoon (boo-hooing)-Why,
darling, you don't blame me, do you,
if it isn't just right? I took all the pains
in the world with it, even to the stuffing
with cranberries, which mamma told
me always go with roast turkey. :
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Inperfect Disxuise.

She-An imitation tramp called at
the kitchen door this afternoon. d.
He-How do you know he was an
imitation? .s,. ~....
HE carried can that had held
peaches, instead of a tomato can"
The aptitude of womau's eye in not
ing details has long been Observed
Indianapolis journal. z.
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Hard to AyerH9e,

George-Say- John. You've been
married several years How much does
it cost couple to live2
John-Hard to strike an average,
George Sometimes II costs ali csn
rake and scrape and borrow, and soms-
times hardly anything
That's queer. How does that hap
Pen?"
Sometimes we've got girl. and
sometimes we haven't--y. 7. Weekly.
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"Here's hosiery for only Is cents!"
exclaimed the girl. "Now, wouldn't
that jar you?"
II suppose it might crock person,
some,' replied the other girl, who was
clearly less sanguine by nature.-Puck.
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Touching.

"What," asked the sentimental young
woman, twas the most touching incl
dent you ever witnessed?"
And, after some thought, Senator
Sorghum answered, with emphasis:
IAN on."-Washington Star.
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PeincelY Mnni6cann>

with all my worldly goods thee endow,"
He murmured as the rector did desire
Thus giving her, as cen his foes allow,
A trunkful, at the least, of male attire.
Puck.
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The Words ana the Air.

Gibbs-You say that Miss Sharps
gave solo at the charity concert last
evening? Why, she has absolutely no
ear for music!
Squibbs-Well, you see she sang the
words and the audience went outside
to get the air.-Town Topics.
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Mrs. Hobbs-She possesses such q
versatile mind.
Mrs. Nobb-How does it display t.
self
Mrs. Hobbs-Why. for instance. I've
seen her plan out a gown and give hes
husband the impression that she was
listening to what he said, all ae czs
and the same time.-DesroiS Free
Press.
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No judge.

Nodd-How we'll you and your wife
do get on!
Todd-Yes; but you ought to be with
NJ when we are alone.-Puck.
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A Christmau Episode.

Tom-Marie jumped six feet when ]
told her she was standing under the
mistletoe.
Jack-Then you didn't kiss her?
".Oh, yes; she jumped in my dlrae.
tion.'c-BrOoklyn Life.
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A WOman's Note,

I pen you these few lines, my dear
How quiet and stil the night
To say there's nothing doing here
There's nothing I can write.
--Philadelphia North American,
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Unkindest Cut Of All

II am working for posterity," said
the artist.
"What grudge have you against it ?"
asked his friend.-Chicago Post.
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PA, give me nickel" said tax IitsIs
son of a North Columbus citizen.
Don't you think you are too old to
beg for a nickeI?"
that's so. Pa, gimme a dimev-Co-
Iumbus Journal.
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"Your son." said the hoof-scaeher.
'.is backward In his sfusfes.~
That's funny unused the father.
eat home in conversations with me, he
seems TO know IL aI--PhiIadeIphia
North Americas.
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L WAS early twi-
light of the day
before Christmas,
and Mrs. SaNton
sat in her favorite
window seat with
an open magazine
upon her lap. She
was not reading,
however, but was
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