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curiosity no longer He called on the
dark. foreign looking stranger at the
inn. The two men shook hands, and then,
after a rather awkward silence, the in
quisitor began:
May I asst yer name, stranger
'i'Pedro Mantiila, was the reply.
"'Be ye goin' TO stay long in these
parts.
'Mantilla took out his watch and a
huge timetable. and after consulting the
two he answered solemnly:
:" Just three days, four hours and
twenty-siX minutes
1.-The native started, he frowned. but
Mantilla's air was gentle and mild. He
might be eccentric. He was certainly no
disrespectful josher.
wall. Mr.. Mantiller. said the Quo
hang gentleman, and he drew a large plug
of tobacco from his pocket and. holding
it before him, considered the best. COR
ner from which to take Schew-'wail,
Mantiller, wot's yer business here in our
midst?'
Pedro Mantilla laid his long finger on
his lip.
Hist he said. don't wish it gen.
orally known. but l am Portuguese
Mo- said the ouohang man. start
ing back and dropping his plug on the
floor Mo-.
Fact said the other
But wot's fetched We here?
well, you see,' said the stranger
they arrested me during the trouble last
month, and sentenced me to twenty years
in Lisbon Jail or week in Quohang, and
was fool enough to choose Quohang.
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the other day of the late Morris X. Jesup:
Mr.. JesuDs charity was even broade,
than his wealth. Naturally. then, he
hated parsimony. j never saw him in
dignant save when some instance of par
simOny would crop up.
Once 10 told us here of particularly
mean trick that had been played upon
him by a mutimillonaire. He said the
man had inherited his meanness His
uncle. Westport farmer. had been famed
is a. miser all over Connecticut
The farmers cousin died in the sixties
and the old man attended the reading OF
the will. for he had hopes.
"And. sure enough. in one of the later
codicils a certain eight-acre field was
left him.
LAS the beouest was read out the farm
er sat I'D in his chair rubbed his hands
and smiled deligntedly about the room.
But the lawyer. reading on, made
known that the very good gray mare then
grazing in said field was bequeathed to
a nephew.
"At this news the farmer clacked his
lips in rage and piped excitedly:
Then she's eatin' my grass"
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to slip Luckily the child rolled to a place
of safety but his rescuer was caught be-
meath the engines cylinder, his body being
dragged on the ties of bridge 40 feet
long. His left foot was picked up POD
feet behind and both of his arms Were
broken. But the child. two and a half
years old. was only slightly hurt. Pres
ident Roosevelt. on presenting the decora-
ton to this young hero, said: Yours is
the satisfaction of feeling that you have
performed a deed which will serve as an
inspiration to every American whos reads
of it, and which lifts by just much the
standard of the citizenship of which We
are SO proud.
The first woman to be honored with
this new national order of merit is Miss
Mary Guinan of Middetown, n. Y. The
deed for which she was decorated was
display of extreme daring in risking
her life to save that of a man.
seventy-four years old and quite fee
BILE. This old gentleman attempted
to cross the Erie railroad at Middletown
in front of two trains approaching
on adjacent tracks, and in opposite
directions He was unmindful Of his dam
ger until he reached the central space be-
tween the two tracks Here he became
>
ability to either go forward or turn back
without being ground to pieces Miss
Guinan, who was waiting at the cross
ing. saw his predicament; and, unmindful
of he1self, ran to the old mans side. in the
place of danger. She now shared his
peril and misstep of a few inches was
certain to bring death 10 both. The
situation demanded the utmost presence
of mind. Realizing that to drag the
man to either side would now be certain
death, she seized him, dragged him to
the center of the space and held him
firmly to prevent his giving way TO natu-
raj instinct of panic. 1t was dizzy and
breathless wait while the two trains whiz-
Zed past, one on either side. The danger
over, Miss Guinan led the old gentleman,
now really unconscious from fright, to the
sidewalk, where bystanders who hurried
to them were surprised to find her as calm
and undisturbed as though nothing had
happened. A measurement of the space
in which the two had stood between the
swaying trains showed that it was only
q yard across.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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Son" is no friend his writings show.
to the hiSh-fiown. A practical man. Mr..
Lorimer stakes his all upon practical
things
Discussing social veneer ut Lenten
debate I'm Philadelphia. Mr.. Borimer said
that in the education of girls the practical
did not receive sufficient prominence.
"A young friend of mine in Cynwyd."
said the shrewd hunIorist. got married
last month. He said to me the other day:
when l married Mamie l thought she
was an angel. But he added. Il soon
found out my mistake.
Disappointed? / asked.
Disappointed? Nit. he cried. j
found she was a good cook. -
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The Mighty Dollar.

The Rev. DR.. r. S. Macarthur of Cal
vary Baptist Church said at dinner in
New York apropos of international mar
riages:
Some OF these marriages are from
every point of view desirable. Some,
again, are-but dialogue will illustrate
my meaning.
oh. Helen cried a girl worth eight
cen millions. "do you think the duke is
sincere?'
Sincere?' was the reply. Why, OF
course he's sincere. He hasn't got del
lar to his name.
DR.. Macarthur paused.
''Or this he added.
"A young marquis rushed upon his
American finance and shouted, bitterly:
Cruel. heartless girl. You swore you
loved me. and now / discover that your
father is bankrupt
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EDGARE.&dRGE

scraping the bodies OF the rescued and
the rescuer. The engineer applied
his emergency brakes but did not
succeed in stopping until the engine and
one coach had run by. When the excited
crew and pa ssengerS rea ched the spot, eX-
pecting to find both the man and boy
Silled, the latter was safe in Mr.. Georges
arms. The latters right hand was cut
and bruised and his coat was smeared
With grease and rust from the engine. but
beyond the extreme strain on his leg the
lad was unhurt.
NO greater honor can be won in civil
life than you have thus won. because
no greater service can be rendered than
you have thus rendered. the President
lately wrote to Edward Murray of
Pittsburg. when decorating linn with
this new order of merit MURRAY is a
freight conductor on the MOnongahela
division of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Some months ago. which riding en- the
rear footboard Of a locomotive backing
down on the White Hill branch, he was
Mortified to see two children. d boy of
two and a girl of four, toddlinS along
on the track just before him. No
thought of self deferred Murray. Leap
ing from the fOotboard onto the track
which was whiZzing under him he
bounded ahead of the engine lifted one
of the children in each arm, and was
about to jump aside when the lumber
ing locomotive came upon him His
predicament now demanded that quick
decision without which courage is
futile. The slightest misstep or hesita-
ton was to result in death. TO the three
lives thus in jeopardy With wonderful
agility he jumped just as the engine
struck him. and, still holding fast to
the little ones. landed upon the foot
board. Here he managed TO balance
himself until the engineer brought his
iron steed to a full stop. Then Murray
lifted the youngsters safely to the
ground and went on about his business.
Last August a six-year- old girl at
tempted to cross in front of rapidly
approaching Chicago, Milwaukee and
ST. Paul train at Stowell station. Mil
waukee. Edward \. McGrath, the sta
ton agent there. is very lame man.
but he forgot his physical deficiencies
when he saw the predicament of the
threatened child. Not hearing his cries
OF warning, she took her time, although
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one offering him aid even in return for
money. he pushed off alone in the little
boat
If the drift don't swamp you the folks
on those cars will jump in and swamp
you sure.' cried a helper at the Terry.
But Arms set his jaw and turned the
nose OF his craft toward the voices that
cried to him out of the night.
After the cars had crashed into the river
the mail clerks and baggagemen, as 1T
later appeared although terribly bruised
and shaken, had managed to break their
way out OF the cars and climb on top,
where they chung with all of their re-
naming strength while the nearly sub
merged cars were being rapidly swept
down stream But Arms. summoning all
OF his skill to steer clear of the threaten
ing timber. managed to work his way to
the imperiled men before their strength
gave way. Without a soul to assist him
the fever depleted man hauled the victims
aboard the skiff one by one, and after
ward landed them safely on the river
bank. Then he tied up his skiH and went
back to his sick bed. Besides the medal.
button and letter of praise sent TO him
by President Roosevelt he received 500
from the Louisville and Nashville road.
Somewhere in Dickens | think it is in
BLEAK House. there is Mr.. George
big. brave trooper, protector and lover
of children, whom every reader loves
through the whole story. i thought of
him while perusing the affldavits of eye
witnesses to the heroism of Mr.. George
Of real life. who has just received an
other of these decorations for saving LIE
on the rail. This Mr. George-Edgar T..
is not trooper but a young stenog-
rapher, only twenty-siX. in the offices of
big coal company at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
He lives in the neighboring suburb of Par
sons. where he was lately waiting to
catch his morning train. when his eye
met sight which sent a shudder oe
horror through him and the group of his
neghbors who waited with him. A Polish
lad. only twelve years old, who had been
walking the track on his way to school
with his little sister, had caught his foot
in frog and was helplessly struggling
right in the path of the rapidly approach
ing train. Mr. George. without waiting
track to where the terrified lad was tug
ging to release his imprisoned foot, Blu.
by the timel he reached the spot the train
was almost upon the little fellow With a
presence of mind which has since called
forth the commentator Of the many
aWe-struck eyewitnesses, the young ste
nOSra pher stepped to the side Of the track
and with his left hand bore the lads
body down as far the outer rail would
permit. With his right hand he at the
same time forced the imprisoned leg SO
that 1t came just under the cylinder o:
the locomotive and the journal boxes and
steps OF the front car as they swept by,
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The Questions Were Pertinent.

Heinrich Conried. the retiring manager
of the Metropolitan Opera House, said al
a recent dinner in New York:
Yes in that crisis l made mistake
as queer a mistake as one that was made
last week by friend of mine--a Luther
an clergyman.
The clergyman had advertised for
butler and the next morning after break
fast a well-dressed. clean-shaven young
man in black was ushered into his study
Name. please?' said the clergyman.
Hilary Arbuthnot. sir.
Age?
Twenty eight
What work have you been accustomed
to-
II am a lawyer. sir
"The clergyman started. This was odd
However. as he knew. many were called
in the law. few chosen.
But he said. do YOU understand the
conduct of household"
In a general way, yes murmured the
applicant.
Can you carve?'
YES
Wash glass and silver"
=" 'I-er-think So The young man
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rails il front of his engine while it was
hauling a milk train of six cars down
very steep grade, near West Wlnneld,
n. Y. Immediately upon seeing the
infant Mr.. Haight reversed his engine,
but the rails were slippery and the train
Numbered on down the incline. Seeing
that heroic work must now be done. he
jumped out on the running board along
side the boiler. climbed down upon the
cowcatcher. and leaning forward with
arms outstretched. caught the little one
just as the numbering engine was about
to strike it, So fast was the train Still
travelling that the child struck Haight's
body with a force that knocked him back
against the pilot BEAM In this predica-
ment it was only by heroic effort that
he could hold fast to the little one until
the locomotive, after continuing for five
car lengths, came to stop The chlld,
who was the daughter of a section hand.
escaped unhurt. HaighL engine was of
the Mother Hubbard type, with cow
catcher of vertical steel rods, Offering but
a precarious footing. The President in his
letter commended the brave engineer for
performing "a great service for humanity
in so unselfishly placing your own life in
jeopardy TO save the life of helpless
child.
X
For a very similar deed o. herosm
which resulted less fortunately for him.
self. plucky fireman out in Nebraska
has not only been decorated by the Presi-
dent, but honored by the citizens of his
community with election to the office of
county clerk. This medalist, George III.
Poell. of Grand Island, Neb., at the time
of his heroic rescue. was passing near
Powells, Neb., on ST Joseph and Grand
Island train. 1t was about dusk and the
train was rounding curve at speed Of
twenty-five miles an hour. on down
grade, when the engineer, applying the
brakes, cried out across the cab that a
child was upon the track. Poell took
one look at the tot who turned partly
around and then started on a trot, still
in the center of the track, if seized
with a childish notion that he could beat
the locomotive in the race for life. Poell
then sprang out of the cab window. drop
ped upon the COW catcher and bracinS
his heels on the bottom rail OF the latter.
leaned forward. He caught the little fell
low and lifted him onto the locomotive;
but the impact with the child caused him
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The Greater Evil.

AlonZo de Garcia. the jamaican, was in
New York last month looking after the
American turtle trade, which enormously
increases during Lent.
In Mr.. Carola's Office reporter. picking
up a clear. ambeflil1e strip of sun-dried
turtle-it resemb.ed a strip of galatine and
it was worth about 81 mouthful-said
eagerly:
Tell me how you dry this? 1t will
make good paragraph
And he took out his pencil and his yell
low copy paper
But Mr.. Garcia smiled and shook his
head.
"Divulge the inmost secrets of my pro-
fession? Really. sir. You are inquisitive.
You are worse than the natives of Quo
hang.
You must know he went On, that
stranger of foreign aspect arrived in
Quohang recently. and after three days
stay To- no native of that most inquisitive
OF towns knew his name, his residence,
the purpose of his sojOurn, nothing.
well at the close of the third day
Quohans gentleman could restrain his
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Right for Once.

In an argument upon modern philan-
thropy. of which. as it is usually con.
Quoted. he disapproves. Prof. Charles Ecu
bin OF the University of Chicago had for
opponent charity expert.
In the arguments course the expert
pointed out case where his society, STEP
ping in with financial aid unauestionably
saved the lives of an entire family.
Now what do you say to that?" the
expert trumphantly demanded.
Oh" grumbled Prof. Zueblin, 'eVen
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seemed embarrassed He frowned and
bushed. Just then the clergyman wife
entered
Are YOU married. was her first ques-
ton.
That said the young man. was
what | called TO see your husband about,
madam. I desire to know If he can make
It convenient to officiate at my wedding
at noon next Thursday week.
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modern philanthropy will do good some
times. 1t like the case of West Side
Mrs. Malaprop. The rain fell in torrents
as she came out of church after the Len
ten service the other afternoon. and she
had no umbrella, and she had not ordered
her carriage.
"'How irrisating this isl she eX-
claimed
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Beppo Was Shocked.

.T never went TO Florence said a
magazine editor of New York, without
visiting Ouida. This amiable woman OF
genius, with her white gowns. her white
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Big Game.
The Mean Farmer.

\ leading official III the Young Mems
Christian Association OF New York said
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Super-Angelic.

George Fl. Lorimer. the author of The
Letters of Self-made Merchant to His
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Gas. LHAGHt.

the jaws of death gaped for her and she
was almost inside.
The station agent, had he had time for
introspection, would haze realized that
in the eyes of the world he had every
excuse for physical inaction. On one foot
he wore support eight inches high.
and it was an awkward burden 10 dra &
along. But. agile as an athlete in the
prime of training. he ran upon the
track. took hold of the child and had
just lifted her out of the path OF danger
when he was himself struck by the
pilot beam of the engine as it rushed
past. But he is alive and kicking to-
day, and bears in his buttOnhole the lit
tie shield of the nations new legion of
honor.
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mittens. her horses and her dogs, had
many eccentricites.
But in her eccentricitieS lay always d
seed of common sense. Take her hatred
of the decOllete bodice, for instance
There's common sense in that, isn't
there?
Discussing this bodice one afternoon
at tea. she nodded from the window
toward a beautiful princess who went
driving by. the Princess Orsini-Vecch.
This princess. she said. summoned
her maid one morning and complained:
Dolores. ! have been informed that
you Wore my new dinner gown at the
guides and cicerones' ball last night.
You ought TO be ashamed of yourself
Dolores burst into tears.
Il was ashamed. madam she an
swered. wringing her hands. Il was. in
deed. Beppo. my yo0ng man, said If 1
was ever seen again in public in such a
costume, madam, he'd jilt me-"
Big Game.
Many witticisms fell daily from the
lips of our late king" said Portuguese
consul
The king was. you know splendid
shot. AT dinner the rather inferior
shooting of an English visitor was prais-
ed. and some one said:
- And Lord Gadabout, you know. sends
everything he shoots to the hospitals
THE king laughed. and. taking the
long black cigar from his lips he said:
Naturally, since he never shoots any
thing but gamekeepefs.
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Williams saw a woman and giI1 take
their lives into their own hands by pass
ing under the, closed crossing gate, near
by. Unmindful of their danger, they
started to cross directly in front of the
fast train. The child was soon across. but
her elder seized with that peculiar sort of
panic which is peculiar to women and
hens. hesitated directly in the path Of
danger. Williams jumped from his cab
and pushed her until she fell back off the
track, but was himself struck by the eX-
press and hurled twenty feet, sustaining
injuries so serious that he was unable to
report for duty for three months. The
President wrote to him: You showed
courage of high and fine kind, and I
trust the medal will be proof to you
that your countrymen realize what you
did and estimate its valor at its true
worth"
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The same kind of courageous impulse
has brought the decoration to George II.
Williams of Braintree, Mass, an engineer
of the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford road. While his train was lying at
Quincy. Mass. and while a fast express
was approaching on an adjacent track
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Engineer Charles w Haight of the Del
aware. Lackawanna and Western. who
lives ut Utica, y. Y. has been decorated
for bravery. saving two-and-a- Salf-year-
old girl whom he saw directly between the
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Forgetting the fever. not waiting TO put
on all of his clothes. the sick man left his
bed. rushed TO the ferry slip, jumped into
skiff and appealed to the bystanders for
assistance. But not a man would volun-
teer in such tide and against such a
foe as the rushing drift. Arms offered
Sld-all that he had-to any one who
would help him haul in the victims. No
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A Blow at Public ownershio.

No heavier blow was ever struck al
government ownership and operation
in this country than the report of the
joint congressional committee to in
vestigate the workings of the postof-
flee department. After describing the
unbuSinesslike, crude and wastefui
methods that have grown up the re-
port says, with admirable directness:
Under such system large rail-
road, commercial or Industrial 'busi-
ness would inevitably go into bank
ruptcy, and the postoffice department
has avcrted this fate only because the
United States treasury has been availa-
BILE to meet deficiencies"
For years there has been large
deficit. always made up by dip into
the treasury. 1t is true that it has
been held that If the service that the
department extends free to the govern
ment and to congressman under the
Thanking act were properly charged
up the deficiency would disappear
that 1t is merely bookkeeping one.
The fact remains nevertheless that the
department always runs behind, requir-
ing from S10.0O0,000 to $14,00O,OO0 to
pay its debts Mt the end Of the year.
Saginaw (Mich.) Courier Herald.