Ready For : Substitute. Old Scotch ministers had a keen sense of humor apart from the Doric altogether. One of the best stories that could be quoted in this connection is that told of DI`. (lvnhfif fnlwvnninlcp Al IV`------L `-A~4 ` -an-wunc Inc, I-I-Id um, responded lett. ".[`is many toimes Oi ve bin towld Oi was a `tarrier, and no doubt Oi am wan, but nivir can it be aid that Ocer Scarlett demaned himself by assumin th' dooties av a `rat tan-ier.' Goo day, \ ma am. . J And with a dignied wave of his baton J Scarlett nemounted the car.-T-Cincinnati Enquirer. b I unruly anu oecxonmg to the oicer. Scarlett jumped o the car and hut- , ried to the wo1pan s assistance. . 3N;Vhat s the matter, mafam? asked e I Oh; oicer," shrieked the distressed j female, there's a rat in. my house! Won't you comeand kill it? _ Excuse me, ma am, responded Scar- ltf. "IVS! mnnv +n3nnna (Hi..- L3- L_---I-1 . Not a Rat Terrier.- Oicer Ned Scairlett ot the Second po-_ lice district was riding to his home on an electric car one morning, and as the can slowed up at a crossing to allow some passengers to alight` a woman rushed V ` out from 9. neighboringehouse screaming 1 i shrilly and beckoning to the ofiicer. Qnnnlnflv ':IIII|I\na` -3 LL- ---. --r ` ' av VI. IIIU gnu. In a minute a section hand" had it, and in another minute they had piled on top of him, and while some held him others tied him, and then they stood him ` on his feet and started him over to the platform to wait for the train. I was a good deal easier in my mind when I saw the ugly cuss xed so as `he couldn't train his gun on me, but it did not add to my comfort to have to listen to the fearful way in which he cursed me for every- thing vile and shameful in having be- trayed him. Who he was or what he was nobody knew then, and I never did nd out, but I gues he wasa train rob- ber all right and got` his dose, for I nev- er saw or heard of him` again, and I was on the lookout for a good many years, he- ; cause I knew if we ever met there was going to be shooting to kill. uiemseives now-to get their man. s ` The section hands moved down to the ; platform, and as it was about noon they 3 got out their dinner buckets and began looking around for a good place to spread their lunch. One of the hands suggested that they might get him. dead to rights by spreading their lunch over in his neighborhood, and perhaps it he had been hiding in the hills very long he was hungry enough to ask to join them. The proposition was- accepted at once,_ and the crowd went over and opened up their buckets. They asked me` to go along, but I _wasn t a bit hungry, though I was as hollow inside as an empty barrel. -My friend, however, wasn't feeling that way, for as soon as he saw the food spread out temptingly before him he went right u up and asked" if he couldn't have a bite. He ate like a man who hadn't. eaten for - a long time, and he was soon so absorb- ed in it that he torgothis caution and let go of his gun. I51 ... - -..._.-L_ - _._ns,, 1' -. I - -- Assn uu yuu uuueratuuu r , - He was silent for the rest "of the way, and when we stopped and he got out he told me to remember, and I nodded; He strolled over on to the `platform, and I went to the stable with my horses and came back to the station. I went out on the platform for air, He had moved down to the far end, and I concluded that I would move o in the other direc- tion toward a water tank I noticed a couple of hundred yards up the track. About the time I had my plans made a handcar came down with six section hands on it who had seen me, drive up to the station with the man and his gun. They had seen -him loang about the V VI`! {platform and informed me that to their notion he was a train. robber, and they proposed to run him in.. They -were en- 1 tirely unarmed, however, and they knew \ what it meant to tackle a fellow with a gun, `so they began to calculate among themselves how-to get their mhn nan`-3:-nun Inn-..I_ _.-_-.1 .1-_.___ ;, .IV I x l ` uuu; a. nuuw away uc xuuneu uuru 11]} I118. _ `I'm going down there with you, young fellow, he said,` `on a little busi.- ; ness, and it you say anything about me to anybody or speak of me"-~at all and ` any disturbance comes up I'll shoot you first om Do you understand 2 6613'.` an... ...:l....1. 1-.. 1.1. , __. -I uacg av L vcuyuzcu LU aycun. _ `Excuse me, partner," said Ias pleas- ; antly as I could, `but I would like to say i that it it s all the same to you I-wish you would sit here on the' seat with me. The old gun may a go of, and it wouldn't make it any. pleasanter 101' me to get a bullet in the small of the back. ` . `Huh! he- grunted. `Are you armed? I told him I- was not, and he moved up and sat down _beside me, keeping his gun ready for business. Asthe wagon topped the last rise in the. road from which we could see the station about halt a mile away he looked hard at m `T rn rain... .I...... 4.1.... ._.2A.I_ _ Us .5 '5- *'I=!7`e.r`-s`G` - e I Once lvuponfa time," a Colorado? . ` mining expert,` I wentirummaging around ` my state looking for; coalithat was sup posed to exist. and afterva long trip in a wagon` It was nearing the; railroad sta-. tion, As I drove along the ridge of a wooded `hill I was suddenly, brought .up with a round turn by a man stepping out or the bushes and sticking an" ugly look- ing gun straight at me.,_ The man told me to throw up my hands, and that is what I did. The man told me to move up. past him till he told me to stop. This I also did, his gun covering me` all the time. Then he climbed into the wagon and sat `on a box or mineral specimens I was taking back to "Denver with me. He never said a word after he told me to drive on when he had seated himself, and I didn't say anything at first, but it wasn t long until I couldn _t stand it, with f him sitting there so dead still behind I me, so I ventured to speak. "|'4`.vm-um rnn ......a.......9 .....:.1 7 .... -1--- 3.911030! Fa} nun. -A iu..-.' '1'.-_`..._hlI _ ,1. L. A MINER-s "ADVENTURE. .-- -- fvivpo Lu `any unug. ' ` q:PIllqiloMn north Amadgu _ w----.-`IVV?l.`c 511111`: in ` Yes. I think som enft-rnri-= n ,`?`.'4.k.*,1`V"t`3!'.teA1 it-_ 7. .. , T Hive `IIO DQIIII you any idea what this:.w:_u-like spirit in China 7" _ -y._.-,'._` 1 41.4.1. .......-. -_x- 'l'VVO` V I1 She moves like a.-. ter. ' - nus --- ~ ran: in hot chehp! f 0{vn lhnuu _ so uvv vucyyl to give Iway. But he who has no time to listen has the cost: to P170 ..... ...,......c.u-:. suppose you revenue agents have to be very quiet about your work? ` V F Detective Kluze-vWell, when we at-e4 after moonshiners it has to be a still I huntof ' " -..-v--- av ull. u.l_lII. For It. Do you go away `this summer. Mrs. Woots? h - ``Oh, ',,yes. . We spend two weeks in Michigan with my people and two weeks in Ohio with my husband's people. They I we come` home and `eat them visit us."- nun g vun uuuu 5 Let me alone. There's an organ "grinder down there playing `There ll Be A ; Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight. " ' We '1`:-nut He Got Him. gWhy are you leaning so tar out of] the window with that iron paper weight _ in your hand '3" 'ur.... ...- _-V --- She will take her place in the battle of life And beer uncomplaining the brunt of the strife, Her strength and energy ready to share . And always trying a smile to wear, But in a dispute the last word she'll say, For that is just a. woman : way. She rocks the cradle of life : greatest men, She hasruled the world since the world began: She can reach a. decision and act on the same. While a man `spends the time in atgumente lame But when she goes shopping she takes one Wday, For that is just a woman's way. V . ' A Woman : `Ways. She will laugh while the tears still dim the eyes She will sing a song to cover the sighs, ` She will ght for the mastery over pain, Full many an untold battle gain; Then over a mouse will taint away. Bu+ that is only a woman's way. Mr.-V sun`: vvlw Jvu I65!-ll UV nuuuuau I.lLuCo Mose-Sho I do, but et de summah wuz neab r-`Nb .wat_ahm.illions would be ripe.` II IIOILIO Sam-W at you talkin 'bout? You ; knows you laik de summah time. IA ... 51...! T .1- L__A. -4 .1- _,__.___,|, impatiently Waiting. Mose-Ah wisht de summah wuz neah : obah.- covu . . can .. ,p. _. ?<)`1J bet she will!" answered the resi- dent. She ll either amount to something or "break every creditor we've got. , A Bustling` Town. Tell me condentially, as an` oldi friend," said the visitor, do you think ` your town will ever amount to any- thing? ` ```7;.' `Lab aka c-u-`$11.9 . nan:-nnntua [4111 van`. ` auu A vvuiavn but noon:-o-5 vv----- [glee For 1 know I've found 1 person more unhappy ` e en than me. ` ' To`: make "my. endish work complete I tell him, as a` rule, It : very wrong to fret; that he must st_udy to I Irnnil Ann` svu ICIJ ivvuvug vv govt, uuov nu. och`--av ..-.....,, -- ` V ` I keep cool. _ A . I find sardonic comlort in, my grim Mcphistic -.1..- yum. Let's talk nboutthe weather, for 1 hate my fel- ` I`... -...--. LIEU "Shauna I-I-Ina: H uuaouvun-v--.--- in the shade, thud I blandly buttonhole and I hold him last to` hear "My tale ofthe humidity that's in the atmos- phere. `I show him where the as they plod along the street, Leave deep ruts in the paving {which is `softened - by the heat, . And watchhis writhing torture with a diabolic ..`I.._ Having` Fun and Paying For It. DO V011 on nnvnn $1.3... ..-------- ' The weather man's announcement that it : ninety 3... LL- _`I.-.I- L-' me` ' 4 . ' . To add :3` his diacbmfort moderates my misery. v .80 I stop him on the corner, and I show him? all A-':nuv|nI!A:' . .It`8`t81k about the weather, for I hate my fol- . l4fiV;IniItIiJ1.'iip1.e u"IIeyAlai. ' low man. I like to make my neighbor as unhappy as I run. I like to see him sizzle in companionship with Sixteen miasilgu--vases and books, . Umbrellas, mats and branaburtain hooks- Sixteen lives extinguished with pain, -But one hundred and thirty-ve still remain- Just after dawn! Temptation. Songs of the summer sea Are sounding now in the air; They whisper of waves and winds so free And holidays golden air. The joy of ocean is in their tune ' ` That laughs with the billows glee, ~ - And it's hard to work while the echoes croon Songs of the summer seal Songs of the mountain pesky _Are drifting down tothe plain: 01 gypsy idleness they speak And summer's restful reign. Far (mm the heights so clear The listener's heart they seek, [And work its curse to those who hear Songs of the mountain nenkl ltlinulatlncv the -has I--- -- . II DIIID Iyaliuuiil Us vvvvuvvvnln nun nlnlpvov Va yuan Just at dawn! Sixteen heads of disheveled Han- Flung to the breeze of the new crispy air; Three` of the sixteen caught by the neck Hu_r1 outwards like skippers on deck-2 ' Just at dawn! Sixteen sashes on each dwelling side Flylon their pulleys away up and wide-- my withhthe din of a. mountain road tram With clatter of woodwork and rattle of pane-- Tnnlv nlr Anny-nl ` uungllfi Il.IIIuft`l-no "Pd hnto.to'_ba Q. Chluman Just nfow,4 Jim Baxter said: ."I d have to wear 1 pigtail. but I might dot` wear 3 Hand!" wu-pr- ------_..._ Sixteen tomcats mixed in a tray Out on the fence at the break of day, Just as the lamps and stars went out And only the form of 9. cop was about- Just at dawn! Under the Circumstances. . Quizzem-I suppose I8 118.76 to he van: ~nn..a- ..I.---A -- '- Self Denigi. `The most gel! sacricing men ~Are-they---t|mt-keep their feet. IFrom tapping. tapping, tapping. when The band plays in the street JIFNGLES AND JESTS. Just at. Dawn. swa}; on th wu- Demand. L . . Mr/a-i'sed* -all HIKULIWLVI-I If &U&.vvv No and instantaneous cure W Hw Lgnam-aagm. Guaranteed to W % ".3"_ARE r v_ wnonoon VIOVVII IJUIO _{'l 1jeV1n`en`ta1rly'ew over the road to , `V ` On Pros Ira non Mu bk` OHS IN inag. - . 1 l`I.tg W e no omen thesqigl To new '9 will prove W6[N?An1t1s1 Eunly 3 Half Baked. -With a population of 5,500,000` London harbors every day l'20,000 strangers. Some may remains week, some a month, but all the year around there Is an average of 120,000 viaibors who are within the metropolitan bound- at-iea. h mstmho Bowels, Liver and mum.- _fNl`Vona Prostration and general '`k' A rm. nel'V0l13 J . ' ..`---.. .... uunru l`li]-(_ Ihour, just, as it entered the A passenger train consisting engine and three cars Jon the tr-.1t~1.3 on a. trestle bridge of the Colorado .& Southern Ruil`.\'uy, crossing the Cache la Poudre Riv:-r, four un'1g,~ .11-`om Grreeley, Col. 7.\c.cor to ac. counts published, the t:ng.r:'nt- It-ftthg track at a. speed of 40 Ulilv p._-r hrithjc, and the whole train ran safely um the bridge on the tips, 21 (HSL1n('c of Of an 350 feet, before it was brought [O3 ` standstill. [Just before the mm; stopped `the rear co-.-.ch was Carri;-d over the guard rail by ])I'()h'(`I1 ties, and. left, the track as the car iuomj off the bridge. It is said that the bridge oor Was pretty badly; tom ; up and had to. be (.`nliI`vl_V rebum "3 """" lblhb. From this incident, it the birth of the fun -1 takes the place of tha: `1 country. ` _v...-yv--vu DU want? 0 MOI` nu-lsk . \ it was against all .19 and CW` < . )`\ to expose her face, she held her 111,/11 before it, and g'HL1_'\-' I1lltL I`8(ljL cool herself, The court lildieg pm to .- - '. 9 .not1ced the n.1o\'enwnt, and in ,min` ._ t H. stunt pne hundred of 1} ing their masks. 'E`....... 1.1. ,-_ - 19111 ufgre .,l.,' |.lul:.l.`l.l|l upeeu. , A are ga1nlng!"_ cried one. . `f-I'll thqt at the next oi,` the road #!221%hn11cateh%.her;" A . -The following V (I Vbeautiful Kan Si, V--,,-uu In the [run- . hineso legend counts for the in\'enti(m of a, rather ingenious &`c- the fan 1. fashion; Th: daughter of ' erful`manderin, was assisting at th_` feast, of lanterns, when sl1el;-(21.6 overpowered by the he "` . at, ind - compelled to take off 1101` ;..;.g1k,`Z5 if Iifan nn-n.'.....L Rolled VVhat, like Pan Dried, Oats, is "Pan Dried" also. It has the crispnessof a biscuit done to I1 t`" .Ha1f baked food is hard *0 digest. It is worth while t0 ask your grocer for MOLINA made by MOLINA ' right process. That Very accumtely describes the avor of the Rolleid Wheat TILLSON. \v1zi.h was ARE NOT A PATENT MEDICINE . . . coo avg VA aanaalllill VLLIUGLPI "Sane Hillard was a brave girl. but - her heart sank as she thought of the important letter lntrusted to her, all t that it meant to the Continental army a fit` it were discovered and what would fh'e.eher probable late If she were made age prisoner of war. She put the spurs T ; her horse,` and-`then begana Irlde -"which was an important one for the /bllol-mall}: Health is `easy to_ at1_Ci11. easy 1: TlLSONBURG._ salvo-d b v G u :4 rd Origin ofl s entered thedlL;i(iW 1 le Safelvm. 1 of. are it brought {pm . . A rd rnil hr l\..,.I..._ .. not made by L the Auousr 9 " '-~ ~--v mun Lil br()k(|n car u1o\'ed ic cnhl oL..4 . ' the l'n'n. Iv Univ 3550, lulu 11 (ID BUULL VIII VI DIBIJIA June placed the precious message iwithin her riding cap and had gone but a short distance when, on looking over her` shoulder. great` was her con- ; msternation to `discover in the distance 1n_,party'ot English ofcers. = 1...... 'n'nI.....: _...'.. - 1.--..- ..n..i L; A 1na.'s`k in av, :I`,' miles ' :ording to ;-n,;'inc 40 miles 9, 1900. ng In 1-... ,1 {ha ._-v-pvvun van 1.; I! J I-Iclu ' ' That is well, her companion on swered. I am trusting you with a. most, important message which must -he in the hands of General Washington within 12 hours. If it is discovered. it "means death to me and confusion to. "our troops. You are in great danger } .-{,carrying it. Andhe` hesitated a mo-_ Jnent before placing in `her hands, were outstretched eagerly, 9. uently 'corded`pucket. ABut I. see no 'fqther'vway," he` added, and, handing it _to the girl, he was soon` out `of. sight. Tllflts ninnn `kn -u..-'..l....... ....-....-'..- f-{3 fiat 111 ' in? .-ydu wuuv -n-u-an-uuunawu \`I.Il\LLlJo No one knows of it, the gV1rl re-T _plled, and I am sure I have not been . _not,lc'ed on my way here." ' `Lu uooni` 9 I . . _ - - X - - I ~-- coiuilv at lea I dun pouu -appnr .m2h me ? for m pite; more. ?`i 51 ` whi ` you :1 .--.-ov wvouv I-\I I-I-l\EO Does `she know of this meeting?" the man: asked quickly. CORT.` A..- I-......... _n 1; n 4:, - - c air. "El?-he V0,"! when _ `.`C tuze "lost ' are V who ticke mg`)! ed to berg, 7.,_ -_.__.. .- woo u-avuvnvuuo vaccu_.I5 LIU one, she gave three short whistles, which were `at once answered. She then started the horse and in a. moment had reached 9. thick underbrush a. few rods off` the public road. A young V man came forward, raised his cap re-y spectfully and said: " HIV-...'-..: .1-.. W88 both. wanf men I ma {at his a `once bare, jam push Awas. face _that , -3-you to .`.`Good day, sir, sheanswered qulck Z-ly. ' I am glad I have not kept you waiting, though," she added,eI came enearv not being here at all} This day of all others my mother objected to .my_riding. The country is filled with -`-sold1ers,, and she was` afraid harm V" might come to me." *` ll`I\--_ .-.Ir A '- UVDAUIAIJ uuu panu. f5 ,Go6d day, Mistress Hillsrd. You are prompt. in keeping an appoint-~ ment. ' ' (333; along the smooth highway, every now and then looking over `her jshoulder to see whether any had no- ticed her-during herswift trip. And at last, when she came to -9,` large clump of elder bushes, she relned In the mare, raised herself In the saddle and gazed in all directions. Seeing no . \ (ma, aha a-awn fhnnn -1.--` ....I.:..n.-- ` .:V;;hy; mother, laughed the girl as she sprang intothe saddle,I know ` every inch of the ground as well as I .know our own dooryard. `And what can happen to me? There is no horse V so eet as mine, and I promise to take good care of myself. And, giving the gmare a touch with her whip. she went ying down the driveway toward the . public road. -av Iuvra snag ""71 like not the tiioughwtiof your going . so far from home alone when the coun- try round is infested with British sol- diers." > V-ova-l.nv "Ann 1161 nyuuuug. Jane Hillard, a beautiful girl of 15, "was standing at her horse s side. pat- tlngit glossy neck, while her mother .Was saying: ` III III_. .__; AI 1- - - - nwviann DISC \IIbLI`O _ ' It is neither prudent nor womanly," replied another, and If I can once get sight of her I'll give the damsel such a score that she ll be glad .to stay at home with her spinning. _.r'fIlS uII`nnR I\ I......-L!n-_I ._o,,I Q uvvyv no-av van AIIIOIDJUBLO =*, Perhaps, a fellow otcer returned, f_`you would not enjoy the captureof `the young daughter ofthe household, `who, it isusaid, is afraid of nothing this side of the sea. It is said that she . lone of the most expert horsewornen in the colonies and is out scouring the country over at daybreak and does not return till dark. (`TL 1.. __ ,0 ,vv----ow I sl;;ul_d like nothing better, an English officer was saying. than to capture one or that family. march him to headquarters and make him give an account of himself. T llE-__I, l.?.,During the Revolutionary war many deeds of valor were performed by peo- plewhose names have never been heard a of "by the present generation, `abut whose daring acts did much to ~t o`ster the cause of liberty. The Hil- giards were a well known family in" (the vicinityof Philadelphia, and while Ifthey hadnever been discovered in die-' `great communication with the Conti- nental army it was fairly understood ` among the British troops that they were using their inuence to aid the colonists. any gun uwlu uuppy, uu'ncl!__Ig roe: 0 W1thtsorrow s heavy power, But love that watched the. blossom` rare Will surely keep me ripe fruit {air And teach the woman : heart to bear t oWhate er may come of care. --Mary Devergux in Boston Transcript `an! new w uuun um: years may nee: A And bring a woman's dower To still those happy, dancing (eet 7 `With nnr'rn\v n hnnvv nnnnuu Hp guucavuu ucun. uxul: only KIIOWI ; '- ` vWhate er of life that's sweet; ~ A dainty blossom, pink and white, Capricious as a` fairy sprite Z That could not live without sunlight V `And careless love would blight. - .'7'Hl and to think that years may eet And brim! ll woman : Hnnynu _ gnuuyyy Iuaul. wut singing goej . To mate with dancing tegt, f_A~xu!!elesa heart that only known ` 'whltE P 0' la fl\nt u annual- ' uuopu: uuwu IUII ureezag wmu 0 blt in sunshine bright- - " gllttlo girl with Witching cyel .PhIt |mile like sunny summer skies l7p_o'n_ whose blue no clouds urine. In them mischief lies. V:-Auhappy hnrt that singing To mate with nnnino c....+ m. ...`..e me girl Whom dancing feet are light .`th.istle' down that breezzi whirl 'I`n an} `II nnnuslvina I`-I.-..I.|. AIHLEEN, , Gettlnr at the iiqdu. -v % He-How! envy. tht%V`nnVan wh suiat, qgsngghe 8019! ` ffff-.'i$]'41{*1? Y;3:v.ie % 1~`uvs:7m "E1,`gg,`g?; *xi21;`.-.-"O " o,Ne`wa. [ V _ The Native Blarney. Speaking of the soft answer which 1 turns away`wIfuth..,the Muscotaah. Rec-` ord notes that a little Irish boy. ln_- the local echool was recently removed by his teacher _for.son;e_x_nl_sdolng.-I ljeaw you do it, Jerry," said the'._fteecher. Yes, replied-A the-[ lad; ,`.`I tells "them `th"e_re .aln't .. much ,,yo1I~ - dont;,seei'; ;w1q fthjem putty `lylaek_..yea;otegQnlfh3';?L`;_;_ X --_-`..-- V-- vaoali n.n.aoI..I|.l|.Co ` He went down stairs without at word," but he didn't take on! his boots. In-L; steud he went straight out into ` the. night again-, and the pal [who was waiting for him, saw gr tear glistenfln His eye; .15 -__..).I. __I_ `LI. _;, n - - --v"`l'32;i t_r<'>b that house," he said. "It reminds me got home. . 1 , ..v-- --.-v w evaua .I.V IIC llUUUICg u a whole lot of it. Here It s been rains ing for three hours, and you `dare to trump over my carpets with your mud- dy boots on. Go down stairs and take them o this minute!" V` v .1v1v_ __.-__;_ ,1, i .._._ .... ,............ \ Thesound 01: a wonian s voice oated to his ears. ` ' A ""Yi'"` v3I:m don't tak on yam? boots; when you come Into this` house,"_ It? said, there's going to be trouble, and 4 n uyhnln 'nI- no N. tr--- u.9_- 1.-.-.. ._- A +_e"l_1ad Just reached the door of the bedroom when he heard some one mov- ing- In the bed as it about to get up. and be paused. . ` nn...`--.-...1 -n_ - - - A ` , --__-_..- ---u-nu. \.al I $325555 WHO The Hillard mansion is yet standing, and in the best bedroom and on the threshold of the state par1or are still to beseen the hoof marks of the faith- ful horse that carried the messenger, when Janeillard risked so much for the cause of .llberty.-'l.`roy Northern Budget. ' Caught `a. 'Vl`a1-`tar. A ` The burglar had entered the house as "quietly as possible, but his shoes were not padded, and they made some nolse._ _ V V T v-rnn-\r\ so anvuv vawuvago Several months afterward General Washington took dinner with the Hil- lard family, making the journey out of Philadelphia to personally thank the young girl who had risked so much for the cause so dear to her heart, her astonishedtamily -then hearing of it for the first time. The commander in chief of the army also wrote Jane Hil- lard a letter,` which `he signed, Your `faithful friend. G. Washington. ' VI-In '[I'IInu-A -an-...._l..._ I- ._-a _L._ 3., - . Late that night, when all the house~ hold was asleep, at little gure stole out and In a few `seconds placed in the hands of. the waiting messenger a packet, which was in the possession of General Washington _before.,dawn. And that day the Continental army gained a great victory. _ ' n-1.`...-.1 -us--nLI... _AL_..:_,_3 In I . --_.v -..... vvuuu-.,un.ua su.A.u.y. .' There was great consternation` in the household when Jane led V her horse` from out the best bedroom and told the story of her ight and her manner of escape. "AL- L`__A _!_,u . I II -- _._-`.-.--vv-- I will also promise you, returned Mrs. Hillard..that hereafter she shall do herriding on her own estate, and I pledge you my honor that she has not nor shall she hold any communication with the Continental army." mhnn Crone: tloncturulu ..A.._J.-_..._Al--` 1% 1` ..- -.-g -.n\InAJ\aI-III! Well, madam. said the rsi speak- er, if you will assure me that .-she is doing no mischief and promise me that `she holds no communication with: the Continentals, we will bid you good aftemoon. v--- v. you can sauna She left the "l;ouse an hour ago." was the reply, and! expect her home at any moment." - V - IKTTVAII __. _ ..-v.v- tuna- Irl-llvl-I-I J\lly-ltliil Illllh` Know you where she is at pxfesent? one of them asked. Attl, _ I 66 .._.c'.. -v --v \.4`l&lI.ll-l\rIuIIvI&I_CIlllJJl v"Why, slrs. cried the mother, you are greatly mistaken. Jane ls.`but a child, and she knows no more of the . waysof war than yonder lamb.- 667Zn.-.-.. ...... ....1.-_.- -1.-- n~ -- ---- ":We believe," went on the omcer} that she is carrying treasonable. mes- sages to the Oontlnental_army." "7h17 ulna no-{AA L1... ...-41.___ u_,-- _-_ ~-.---nu-no-ca pony _\.n\aIA-L150 `,`We are.looking. said "the man, `.`for '_a. maiden who rides about the cou~ntry on a bay mare. She is, I` believe, your daughter, "madam." - W ` u'\ 1.. J--- 4.0, ..._- -a..-up-, -nun My daughte;:.stammsred Mrs. _Hi_l- lard. What can you possibly -want of her? ' 5'- -..- o--- vo.QQ\u' aqua all-II In the meantime the officers rode up ` the lane to the Hillard mansion. care- fully looking for tracks in the dust, and one man knocked at the kitchen door so loudfy with his riding whip that Mrs. Hillard hastily answered the summons, coming out of the cellar, whefe she had been assisting the maids in skimming the _cream. ~ - urn- -.._ u- _I_.q_- _, . --..v v- u--no-r-cocoa us:-suntan "`f:ere! she whispered, unfastening `the saddle girth. The redcoats won't get us this time. my gir . In 41-... ...........La---_ .a.1-_ -1n_-__ .,, -I ---_---- up ---u--.-uu-us --~- -_No one was lnd'slg`ht`,..and" the girl hastily sprang. from the - saddle, `opened the` door and. leading her horse into the kitchen.secu1'eiy fastened the great ` bar across the entrance. With great caution `she led the mare through the living room, down the wide hall and the length of the state parlor into .a little bedroom. She closed every door` behind her, and when she took the horse into the sleeping room she quite lled the space between the enormous bed and the old fashioned, dimity, draped dressing table. ' `l l\I..n...`l!D ..l._ ._Lr____-._-_1 ___,A- , . in 1 ..,-v-- v s_ on us Vnuol -v At a point hidden from the highway she vaulted her horse o_v_er the hedge, turned down the edge of a creek, and by the time her `disappear-~ ance was discovered she was carefully slzirting her way througlr her father s orchard. In '9. few moments she was galloping over the grass at the edge of the driveway and soon arrived at the Hillard homestead. Jane Hillard spol:`e_ i. .when`."sh_'ei said she knewtheecountryi around, and. when she saw that the -British were in, pursuit of her she. decided` on .a_des-_ ,perate move. ._..--- -vo \_- YUVIGJI-lDQIJT$IDUl f*We'n eE'xI1}}gif1: to .1m-, T thr s- door, and the one who nds her and brings her before the oicer or the dayshall receive a liberal reward. ' .'apj)ardi the race as simply a Joke frighten the girl now vowed to nd'her ...a'nd.I take her before 'thofcommgndant. L` ` u"mr. .~n ..a.:..v..:...1.4. a... 1-..- L;L-a- -.':|...... ' moth and VmuVne.n ' Moths y against the candle ame be- nc`ausetheir eyes can _.:bear only a small - amount of "light. When; theretdce, 1 they came within_ the_ light _ot a candle, their light -in overpoivered and-their: vision con- jtnsed; and .as"thjby cunnot'd i8tinguih ob- theynwgrsue the. 1:31;: itself and fly f~9f`9.m9t.th`.`99 % ` -.A_'1%?V!`.1teij ,s:i_-yils-:v broad and 1 _;gm_; _fp,u_uled ; about what` to-` `order, I tall -`them-%am,'%una% ..m..";_-.?1` ham mun ielxh Isuftallin but n_..jgg_s_ in not__ acct Jung: . Reverting to the British octopus, I may further state that its mimicry is very great, . The colors it uses run through deep chocolate, dull red, brown and gray. and it has: the power of so arranging these hues that in the shade and cover of the dark.rock,a -it is almost unseen by any eyegwhich tacilitatesits easily wor- rying a stranger, pouncinx upon its food or hiding: from its enemies. Its -change troxn one color to another is almost in- stantaneous,` and thebody can be mottled .;wi-_th, the : whole of these tints just as "quickly; IIILI-I lly I513 BUUH unuuc Ulla One of these magnicent fragments was measured by Alexander Murray, ge- ologist, and Professor Verrill of Yale col- lege, who found -it tobe17`feet long and 3%] feet in circumference, This frag- ment is now preserved in St. John's col- lege. Newfoundland, Since then scien- tists have further considered the subject and concluded that this beast with its tentacles could not have Been less than 44 feet long. 'D-......u.... a.- .n.--'n..n.a-1-. .._.;_..-_ -p ___ - a u u; lull`? l.\IllUVVlI.l. LGUI: Lcuuxucu U] the Rev. M.,Hnrvey of St. John's, N. E: On Oct. 26, 1873, `two shermen were out in a boat near the eastern end of Conception` bay. Observing a. oating object on the water, they rowed toward it and struck it, on which it immediately shot out two vast tentacles around the" boat, as it wrestling with` an antagonist. Fortunately they had a hatchet on board. with which they cut themitrom the crea- ture,. which, after blackening the _.sea with its ink. soon made off. I\..... -3 1.1.--- ...-_...2__._.n. 4_`__.._--_. uu pvt Asun- Should there still remain a particle of doubt in any. mind respecting the exist- ence otgigantic cuttles this will be dis- pelled by the following fact recorded by fhh Dav M arrow of Qlv Tnliva RT 13 n pun: I v- anasnlaiuav suuynuug Iv uluu uavl: uclu In 111 C on or dragged them to destruction. Sir Grenville-Temple tells us how a Sardin- ian captain, ' while bathing at Jerbeh, "was seized and drowned by an octopus, . his.limbs being bound by the arms of the animal, although only in ` four feet -of water, while -Captain J. M. Dens, a French navigator of repute, states that when offthe coasts ot,A.rrica three of his men were scraping the sides or his ship on a ne day when they were,at- tacked by one of these violent creatures, whichdrew two of them away under wa- fnn {vs uni-I-n A-C nun-nun nnne -.....'.I.. 4... ...._.- vvulvuyuliivv uvvu vs. bl-ICILI away uuucr Wu` ter in spite of every eortmade to, save them, while the third, who.was rescued, died during the night. `In the ght one nf `fhn nunnl-nu-n a nhvvuu nu-an nut -8` OK uauu uuuaug u_.:c I115!-IL: .I.u ull: H51. 0111'.` of `the creature's arms was.cut off;-, 25 teetin length, with suckers on it as large as pot lids. 5 QI.....1.I LL--- ..A.:II _-.....2.. _ ..-._42_u- `- bunt] ucnuuu uuu. But there have been occasions in other seas when the` worst has happened, and men have been caught in. the slimy-folds` of gigantic cuttles, which have held them an an ;`nn...._..;I J.L-.`.. 4.- .1_..A._-_-L.Q,_. uc us;c_u In use Inca wu.u I. uuuu uue. 118 it was he had to make his exit, leaving his boot (by which the creature held him tagt) behind him. ' '4 4.1.--- L--- L--- ----_s--,,, 9 -- uucuuucu vvca U72 l.t.'|:I.o In our waters none of these head foot- ed mollusks has been known to take hu- man life, but it is scarcely questionable, if favorable opportunities presented them- selves, that they would do so. In 1879 one of the attendants of the Scarborough aquarium was attacked by only a small octopus when cleaning out a tank. The experienceymight have ended fatally had he been in the sea with a ood tide. _As :I- Irina `aA `map: `A -..'_I-- I.!._ -._SA unuyycu Uul. UL algut. _ T-henext day I veried most of .Mr. Kelly s statements, The arms of the dead octopus in the boat` stretched over seven feet, and on the back of Mr. Kel- ly. s hands was a very black, round bruise about halt an inch in diameter. corresponding "with the inner circle or oneot the largest suckers of the dead oc- topus. Since then he has caught several of these cuttles and one whose arms stretched over 61/2 feet. Tn :\IIII uunduuun -.4...` -0 LL--- I_--:I A, . unvu uu Luc Ututfl} ~ . On thinking over his` recent troubles with its neighbor and the waste of time likely to -`ensue in -a still longer encounter with a stronger brute he decided not to risk another ght. but to use the advnn~ tage of its 'violent,onsla'ught on the boat. Taking his knife and watching -his oppor- tunity; he nally cut the hook out of the intruder, which, on being liberated. soon dropped out of sight. `I fl`-ha !-\n\v :1-um ..-..-.1 ._.--- -' `- uuu o:I.LUu5CL' Luau He Could In this dilemma he had to hold on tight, and on looking over-the side by the aid of a. ickering light he found himself glaring into the eyes of another devilsh. and a much larger one than the first. He further found that the creature had tak- en the boat forits enemy, and was at- -tackingit with all. its force, its tentacles embracing the stern on the one hand and ' running'fo_rward to near the middle sec- tion on the other. n.. 4.I..._I-:._ _ A- - - euuutner part or_ the boat. But this did not nish Mr. Kelly's night work. for on again throwing out his line he had a still heavier haul, and when it came to the water line he could not get itean inch farther, although he used all his strength, for the line was new and stronger than he could break. Tn ihiu .~1:l.m.m.. I... 1.-.: 4- L--2 .. u -11: quzcluy `cut. me nook from its hold, upon `which the cuttle crept away to another part of` the boat. `Rn! `L8. .12.! ._-L E--` ` ' " ` creature fastened its largest suckers on the back of his right hand, and in the battle he had to `drop his line and with `the nails of his left hand to dig the suck- ers out of his esh, for they seeixwd to bury themselves there. After this ex- perience there was no more doubt crin- decision in the ght, for seizing a sharp knife he quickly cut. the hook 1-Em it ` hold. unnn mhinh Hm ....u.I.. .........a. ---/ - VA if bu tithe coasts` the largest '1 1 `forms are readily caught on the sher: vman s hook, and an objectionable com- panionship is. sometimes the result. - This `Was the case a few yea`rs`ago near Me- .__vagissey.` `On a `dark autumn uight,..in' _a small boat. Samuel Kelly was shing on the high rocks of the Griin`head- 3 land when one of these devilshtook his baitand with the usual effort was hauled on. board. But hisidiiculty was to get ' the hook to continue, his work, for he had -been successful in catching several pol- lock and conger, and the moment he touched the brute some -of -its clammy tentacles would embrace his arm, hold- ing him to the spot, for its other arms` were fastened around the thwart. Snnn fhh 1...... t........... -- -_=------ -- vv vlc Lalol-ICU around Soon the beast became so `violent that it I reallymade him fear it. He made a su- ` preme eort "to get his hook, but the creature fastened the hnnlr nf Ia nk} l.......: ___1 9., .n- One Octopus Whole Tentacles Were '.'_'I'wenty`-Alive Feet In Lchgth and Another slimy C1-"eature Which Measured Forty-tour Feet. $f::E)(CITlNG V gxeaatmcss WITH mess CLAMMY sea saunas. MONSTER DEVILFISH. rm An.-a -__._ _ - `(TL _ A1WANc1:. F the `Hf "_|ru n-`:3 n_u,.' _ t'~" -7X 1`.:`:~any h?`4L '9 MI- ; e.j grepliejd t1;.Aph_y' . , . nnele "__`1Ih. , Y'<:urLi J _ . Celery. . ' V Celery in a. native oi. Great Britain`. It grows luxuriantly in . ditches `and breaks; but, like the others, wild celery is nasty, even poisonous. We .o;w_'e the delicious edible celery . to aFrenjch_ prisoner .0: war, Field Mat-Ihul whom Mai.-,1-. gggughi-`bdlttt _ quvucu nu uua connection 18 U1!!! `(Old Of Dr. Gilchrist, formerly of Greenock, but who was minister or Canonzate, Edin- burgh, when he died. A rather cocksure young man was oiiiciating for him. one Sunday, ready for the pulpit. ' In the course or a few minutes conversation with the old- youngjsprig said in an oily minister . the hand way: `"1 suppose, doctor. you. repeat the Lord : Prayer in some part` or the serv- ice?" y . .. Aye, aye,_replied Dr; Gilchrist quiet- i'y;;n""`unless1_ye Ahaela hetterone of dyer and on going to the Vestry the ] doctor found his substitute robed and `