THE TRIBUNE.

NORTH PLATTE, - XEBRASKA.

A Fkkxcmmax has invented a phono-graphic clock which talks the hoursinstead of striking- - them. Time ismoney, and money talks: thereby,win not time?

Tin; doctors announce a new dis-ease which is designated as elevatorsickles."' It is probably contractedby people who have been witnessing-recen- t

attempts to elevate the stage.

Tin: worthless Wilkesbarre husbandwho, in order to satisfy his craving'sfor drink, stold the urn containing' theashes of his wife's first husband andsold it in New York, at least had thesense to know that what was left ofhis predecessor, even after cremation,was of more value than his own livin'you v.

Tkials of a new diphtheria cure atVienna are said to have demonstratedits success. The diphtheria was elim-inated, leaving- to the patients thefelicity of dying-- from Mime less dis-tressing- malady. However much thephysicians were please:!, it is not related that they congratulatediients.

tlu pa- -

Thk Japanese were wise in waitinguntil the fortune of war was virtuallydecided before investing in thick tents,line boots and other items of militaryluxury. They have earned the rightto enjoy the very best that Americangenius has produced, and in additionthe Chine-- e can now be made to pay'or it.

Tin: heirs of a California million-aire, who hope to break the willthrough a legal point touching thecharitable disposition of his wealth,mavgain a little monev bv that means,out will gain it at the expense of thedeaf, dumb, blind and paralytic of thestate, whom an ordinary thief wouldscorn to rob.

The dowager duchess of Marlbor-ough, formerly Mrs. llammersley ofNew York, it is announced, is engagedto Lord William Reresford. Many anambitious American heiress will con-sider that Mrs. llammersley shouldhave been content with a ducal coro-net, and allowed one of them to haveu chance at the lord.

TilK New York World has been di-

rected by the courts to pay ..".000damages for publishing- a poem with-out the consent of the author. Thesafest place to publish poetry withoutconsent of the poets is in the waste-baske- t,

and the experience of theWorld will deter editors from depart-ing from that ancient usage.

New Yokk has discovered that ureal Russian countess, once a belle atthe court of St. Petersburg, is sellingfruit and newspapers at a Uttlestand I

. it. i t2 '' " : t'i -near uie posiomce. 11 sne naa oeena count there would never have beenany necessity for her to do any tl ting-mor-

than hunt for a title-lovin- g- heir-ess, for a count amounts to more inl'itsia than a prince in Italy.

Thk new post oflico museum whichwas opened at Washington recently,will be an object of interest to all whovisit the national capital. The postalcuriosities in the government displayat the World's fair were alone equalin importance to many more preten-tious exhibits, but the Washingtoncollection is said to contain, in ad-

dition to theso. many valuable object-- ;

vhich were not seen at Chicago at all.

Thk new style of commencement atYale, which abolishes speaking- - andnearly all of the other public exer-cises, will thrust into obscurity thepainfully self-conscio- us young manwho has been the most conspicuousfigure on such former occasions. Likethe sweet girl graduate, the youngman graduate, with his wide cutis andtorturous collar, big hands and feetand squeaky voice, is vanishing intohe past.,. v -

lx his encounters with the ChineseCaptain Masao MatMigata of Japanmust feel that he is enjoying only thelight recreation of a furlough, comparedwith the supreme hardships he en-

dured about a year ago while a stu-dent at the university of Pennsylvania,where he was one of the foremost foot-

ball players. What is lighting thepig-tai- ls with cannon and ball com-pared to lighting in a football match'.'It is the effort of adjusting a necktieoinpared with the labors of Hercules.

Is justice to Emperor William it i.--to

be hoped that his hymn to Aeger isnot as bad as its translation into Kng-lis- h

would indicate. The line in theconcluding stanza, --To honor Thee.() Mighty God," conveys a wrong ideato the orthodox mind. Aeger was aline old pagan, but in this enlightenedday he does not deserve to have histitle capitalized. And it may bj pre-sumed that the rendition of a paganhymn on Sunday afternoon, will, likeDeacon Simpson's boil, ca- -t a gloomover a devout coinniunit v.

London society women have a newfad the wearing of an immense ringon the first finger of the right hand.The ring has to be big and aggres-sively solid, so that it may contrastwith small and delicate hands. Butwhere will thev get the hands?

A Mii.waikke couple who bansought for relief from their maritalwoes in the divorce court, were re-

united when it came to dividing theirjet dogs. Thus has the old saying.

Love me. love my dog," been viedicated at last.

Axv young man who will now en-

case himself in a soiled piece of can-vas, rub his face with coal dust, mussup his hair and then walk throughthe streets with a football under hisarm can win all the admiring glanceshe may crave.

Miss Monkoe is said to have reautier Columbian ode at New York withgreat dramatic effect. The circum-stances recalls the fact that there is aMiss Monroe and that she did write a

joem. and excites a fear that she maywrite another.

IT WAS HER KXGACE.MET WEEK.In his he held her tiny hand.

The fingers soft he pressed.And as they walked alonp the strand

His passion lie confessed.

"I love you. dearest one." he said;"I love you more than life;

The secret in my face you've read,No doubt then be my wife."

From lip and cheek the color fled,And pale became her brow.

As with a long-draw- n sigh she said;"Oh, do not ask me now."

"Why should not I an answer seek.lust now. my sweet':" tsked he.

"Because." she said. "I I this weekI am engaged to three."

A HOAV JNG SUCCESS

Itrlnvr an Account nf Vomit; Ilnrtou'aAttempt to Hi: live it the Toit.

Barton was young, and rs enthusias-tic as only a second lieutenant can be.Moreover, he had theories, which, ex-cept in popular novels, are very badtilings for young officers to have; ifthey are not absolutely useless, theyare apt to be worse than useless, verymuch in the way. He came straightfrom West Point to a fort near a good-ly sized town in the Western Statesand brought with him. besides his ownacceptable presence in a communityincluding live girls and two bachelors,the idea that there should be such athing as sociability in the small circleof an army post.

Being a youns nerson of determination, he meant to put his theories intopractice, and at first even went so faras to hope that he might bring the non-speaki-

families to terms again andact the beautiful role of peace-make- r.

It is in fiction, and in fiction only,that everybody in a garrison is assweet as strawberry jam and lives inperfect harmony with his neighbor.Remember that the army is a fightinginstitution; if it has not Indians orfairer foes to battle with, it will set upa system of civil strife wonderful in itscomplexity. What do they find toquarrel about, you wonder? How is itpossible to ask ask. knowing that ahandful of people, all with more or lessnatural energy to be disposed of, areshut up, year after year, within thenarrow liuits as a resiervation, with-out ever a change of scene and rarelyhaving new blood infused into theirveins. Familiarity is said to breedcontempt. In this one phase lies thereason of It all. These dozen or twoof congenial and uncongenial peopleare for at line on a footing of thegreatest intimacy and familiarity: nowonder, then, that contempt followsand is in turn followed by dislike.

After a very little experience. Bar-ton gave up the role of peace-make- r.

He found that it was most likely toend in his inheriting not the earth, buta corner of Coventry. Ho he tried towork out his theories on the few remaining mortals who were not yet onstrictly official terms.

It was astonishing to his young anduntried spirit that so many people

be to Mutant'swi me pleasures io ue iiouen oiu oi misworld, suchas moonlight rides andwalks, picnics, private theatricals, andhops. He suggested rides. The twobachelors were- - cavalrymen and said

for a llving'and nhrfo-ftinrayTrxierta- in ;UUnUtlllJiXier-i:.'- -

iir ul ihu niwa uvjiuu iiuv., uuo uuchadn't ti habit; the other two wereafraid to try it. Barton got up someriding parties of iwo himself and theone ghirlnit-sh- e was the least charm-ing of ilie quartet, sd he found themdull. Jle venture. U upon suggestingsome walks, but the idea was scouted.Walk in that alkali dust, with coyote-howl- s

the on'v sounds in the air! Theymocked at this youthful ardor. Thehoard-wal- k around the parade groundwas good enough for them, if theywanted to stroll: but that was per-fectly within the range of vision ofsome two hundred and fifty enlistedmen , it was not agreeable to saunteralong with a nice girl under their eyes.Harton gave that up and tried picnics.All the world knows that a picnic istrying to the sweetest temper, to themost complacent souls. The outcomeof this particular one was that it putone more family on the "official terms"list. No one could be worked up tothe private theatrical point, for inarmy, as in civil, life every one wantedto have the star role.

Anyone else would have been dis-- i

heartened at these repeated failuresand Jiyve settled down into the :um-ru- y

round of duties of the ordinarylieutenant, lint Harton had the mak-ing of a general in him. coupled witha desire to be a leader of men; hecould not reconcile himself io gettingU.t a reveille: going to bed vv.dsleeping until at Hie m'"sat. nine o'clock: twirling hisanil incidentally hi; thumbs in the sut-ler's store all the morning: sleepingfrom luncheon to retreat: dining ami retwirling his mustache ami thumbs un-

til tans. Of course he could have putin his time at reading and thinking,being intellectual, but a man in hisposition should not be intellectual.

No. Barton would make a hist andsupreme effort to awake these lethar-gic people from their stupor. He wouldget up a hop. Visions of old WestPoint dances arose before him and till-

ed his soul with longings. He made itnext the order of the day to find aroom big enough to hold an ordinaryset of lancers. There was mi ball-roo-

nor was ther the usual available li-

brary-room which so often docs serv-ice. f course none of the quarterswould answer the purpose: he be-

thought him of one of the ho-pit- al

wards, and got the doctor's permis-sion to use it. It was not big- - notmore than twenty by thirty feet butit could be made to do; the 'lours wererough, but sperm candles would makethem slippery: the walls were bare andthe plaster clacked: he would draw onprivate houses and the sutler's storeto decorate them. Nothing shoulddaunt him.

So he sent his own striker, to sweep,and dust, and scrub: he gave the postchildren a jubilee by letting them shavecandle:? on the boards --.ml slide aboutto smooth them down. It was lots offun for the children, and Harton tookpleasure in watching th"ir pretty gam-

bols until the 0. O.'s youngest sonslipped and broke his wrist: when thathappened, even this iuexiKrinielyouth knew that it was little short ofa calamity for him: that it would bemany a long day before the command-ant's wife therefore the commandanthimself would smile upon him again.He carried the child home, and sub-

mitted in silence to the stony glarefrom his mother's eyes. When he triedto explain, she walked tway. It wasevident that he was held as guilty ofthe sweet little fellow's mishap, andhe loved the child accordingly.

When the hall was all draped in flags,bunting. Chinese lanterns, anil para-sols. Barton began to believe that fatewas at last propitious: it looked verypretty, nnd the nicest girl told him so.with a shy glance which made the lieu-tenant feel as he had not felt sinceold West Point days. The hop was to

be on Saturday night. The band coninDUietuniteen pieces to make musicfor the flying feL The nicest girblushed and consented to let Bartontake her and hare the major part oftue waltzes on the cards which hehimself had gotten tip.

It was during this midday glare ofsuccess that a cloud, small, but veryblack, drifted acros: the sun. One ofthe "men" bv vrhie.'). is meant the privates developed a rase of some sortof fever. Barton was not very clear asto what kind, but the doctor told himit was of a sort which noise would

j make worse, and the man was in thehospital, in the ward just below the one

! all decked for the hop. and that, there- -: fore, the hop would hae to be post- -poned.

Now B: i ton was not lmtijhally unkindbut he was not the first ambitious manin the world's history who had sacrificed others to his ambition. This dancehad to be a success after so many failures, if ten men had the fever. Bartonpleaded, reasoned, coaxed. T'ie doctorwas obdurate. But the doctor had aweakness; it was toddies and that sort

, of thing. A deep scheme entered thelieutenant's herd: h" would decoy thedoctor to the sutler's, he would get him"full" as he gracefully expressed it

. and when the old fellow should be' sweet-tempere- d. Barton would makehim consent to having the hop thatnight. ,

It all worked just as the West Point-er had foieseen. The doctor, after

! having given an consent,went back to his quarters for a nap.The nap. Barton had expected, last-ed all night. They danced into the wee.sma' hours, for. th mgh there were onlysix men. the four girls and a chaperon,the thing was lots of fun. The fact

' that there were more musicians thandancers was no drawback. The nicestgirl was radiant and gave Barton great,hopes. Yes. at last, here was a suc-cess. And the fever patient was onlya little worse for the noise. Bartonwas rather remorseful when he heardthat the man had become delirious.He sent champagne up for him. thatbeing his idea of an amende honorablp.Having carried this ho Bar-ton was too wise to risk another: herested on his laurels.

But some things can never be fore-seen, least of all what an enlisted manmay do. The fever patient had a chumwho thought it his duty to go aboutthe world lighting what he consideredwrongs: he was a d'erman. and theLairison correspondent of a Germannewspaper is the city near by. Hewrote up a most pathetic account ofthe heartless butterflies of fashion whodanced and rollicked despite a dving

, man in the next room. It made a veryuice little tale, calculated to bringtears to any eyes. So does a smallthing travel. A doctor of the town,

j young and aspiring to public notice andadvancement, read in an idle moment

! this harrowing story: burning with a'

s?i se of the poor soldier's wrongs, hecut out the slip and sent it (with hisown name in a conspicious place) tothe powers that be at Washington.

j One day Barton was called b3" the'commandant.; or lerly from the peaoe-- ,ful perusal of a note from the NicestGirl, with the retiuest to go to the atl

could so entirely lost a sense office

as

mustache

as

through.

as the C O. toI see liim. stuck the little notein his pocket the one nearest liisheart and bulliedthought of .harm.

wishedBarton

forth, withoutHc.even

curcjthat he plauaecLhowfelt so se--"

ho' shouldtherode J2

breakfast

He had just'hjt utnasplenilid speetwhen he the office, and wasbeamingly happy.. Fifteen minutes later he came put-fro-

the C. O.'s presence a sadder buta wiser man. He hacHweti reprimanded --severely reprimanded: had had It

'pointed out to him that he was. aheartless brute: that he had sacriliceda sick man to his own whims. Thecolonel grew quite touching as he paint-ed the poor private's miseries. Bartonivtlected that he wished the commaud-- (

ant's child hadn't broken its arm. Hefelt that it was the broken arm. notthe soldier's fever, which rankled inthe colonel's breast,

j Subdued ami angered. Barton walked.back to his quarters. He would re-- !read the note to calm his milted spir--iits. and would then go over to ask theNicest ("iri the question he had plan-ned. It took him half an hour to work

l uii the necessary courage, and then hesallied forth.

; The Nicest Ciii sat upon the viue-- ,covered porch, a novel in her hands,but her blue eyes tilled with tears .andlooking at space. Somehow. Itarton'sspirits fell. They went .still lower

j when her only greeting was a lookI of reproach. He had made up hismind, liowcv": a:;d. with consummate

. want of v.ci, aked the carefully plan-'be- d

(UK'S! ion.' Then tile olue eyes of the Ni'-esl- l

M'irl let fall their tears. She reuioach- -

ed him sobbinglv. How could In

man who had almost committeddec. dare to ask her such suchthingV Whv had he never poorthat poor man with the fearful fever':She never would have danced, know-ing of it. Oh. he was heartless, cruel!She could never marry a man so bad,

;s; unkind as that. Never! nevr! nev-

er!In vain did Harton explain and plead

she would not listen and she knew hewas a wicked man: she wondered why

she had not found ir out before: shehad liked him a little bit. and nowto tlnd out. Oh! dear! She put herhandkerchief before her eyes and raninto the house . dropping her hook.

The lieutenant picked it up look-

ed absently at the title: "The Knd ofa Pomance." He wondered if thiswere the end. he wondered if it hadbeen a romance at all or only a come-dy. Then he laid the novel on the chairand walked down the steps, still won-dering wondering if that hop hadbeen a howling success. Argonaut.

Slurried .lurUfj".Horsenni always hear with evident

regret the announcement of the in-

tended marriage of their jockeys. Tobe sure, it has a lendeney to steadv

i them, but then turfmen claim marriagecowers a good boy. This seems to bethe turning point in his career, and nomatter how courageous and daring hemay have been before, a grent changeis always noticed after his marriage.Reckless rides around turns and dar-ing rushes through big fields sel-- ,dom a item d ed by married jockeys.They leave the dangerous work to themore experienced youngsters. Anowner doesn't like to see his horsepocketed or cut off, and that is why heprefers to have up an unmarried jock-ey, who is not bothered with wifelywarnings before going to the post tobe careful, for her sake at least. StLouis Post-Dispatc- h.

All Mkh Fali There.Gothaniitc How can you tell an

man when you see him?Lakeside I've almost forgotten. I've

beennow.

a Chicagoan for nearly a vear

Wet Second te Spare.tint Telkei, the African explorer,

Wsht out one morning In pursuit orbuffalo which had been wounded the

daj; before. Such wounded animals arealways dangerous, as they are ex-trtmi-dy

fierce and ready to charge anythey may happen to see. The na-

tive assistants, well aware of the fact,dropped behind, and presently thecount found himself attended by asingle Masai.

At that moment the Masai uttered acry of warning and took to his heels.A hundred paces from the count was abuffalo charging full upon him. Whatwas to be done":1

To take refuge in the thicket wouldbe fatal. The buffalo would be invisi-ble, arid might charge in the rear. Theonly chance was to meet it in the open.This the count did most fortunately,for nothing else could have saved him.

With the long strides of desperationhe atWancttl upon the buffalo, and onlywhen the beast lowered its horns fora toss did. he spring aside and fire.The bullet struck the buffalo in theneck, and with the death-rattl- e in itsthroat it rolled at his feet.

Count Teleki waited a long time forliis people, who did not appear tillthey heard him shouting for them.They all knew the terrible danger tiehad been in. and hearing one shot, suc-

ceeded bv absolute silence, had jumpedto the conclusion that he had met Insend.

It was touching to Avilness their delight when they found their mistake.Thev cathered about him, shaking hishand and feeling his arms and legs tomake sure he was unhurt: then, afterdancing madlv round him in. their glee.they fell with wild shouts upon the buffalo, and cut it up witn tneir Knives i

and, spears. .

Way They StrueK".

It tfaV been customary for manDeonle to con'slder the Southern laborer .

as slowilazv and shiftless, yet a writer '

In The'Tngineering Magazine says thatno strauec could enter one of the millsor pasaTV day in the pine-timbe- r woods ,

without being surprised by the vigorwithivhlch work is performed. '

Work has become an instinct: tlie -

laborer knows but four condition- s- t

eatiafcirsleeping. working and, after ,

p&r-w- a carousal or absolute uuu- -

Hess;M' ,

-- A YiiTtofis TBtorv of a strike is tornat one of the.nfills. The hours of labor ,

re Vng from dawn to twilight. Juthe winter the hours fewer, but insummer the &aws are buzzing and thewhole community alive and at workbefore the suit has touched the tree- -

A Northern foreman of philanthropicKtecfples took "charge of a certain mill,

aal MTNftwed within his heart for thepeer'laJtws gearing out their liveswith thefeaut hook and saw. So hedecreeitkat from seven o'clock in theaornlBir to six in the afternoon shouldconstitute the liibor of a day.

There ' was a jnurmur in the camp,and is wo day? there was a generalstrike. Called "upon for reasons, thesffokMBtamlstated the case of the mcu:

We aHjus' dDan like dis yar terwuk at 'sehen o'clock. Wha's de useoV two in waj

wuk.' Ae& rwfife to stan' dat's

Y was declared off by thepin rrlnt Mien t ngeeing to allow all

youngconvei'

aadhave

VTA

p worK at aawn ami Keepr?as they could see.

iWeery. while .at the sca- ---the acoiutfijkiicti of,vrno persisrenuicu tueio art nnjd literature,

to expect Mr. Weery toand preferences about

nit niannor ofmmfnntHl suliiiV'ts."Arc you fowl of musie';" slie asked.Her iievv acquaintance reuirnod a

answer, sue lor. onceto be iocks were

1? your iavorite composer;'was her ijext inquiry.

Mr. Weery, as It happened, wassomewhat1 at bbme in that field, thoughhe had Jittle cross-examinatio-

f"Well" he' said, after a moment'sFranzl perhaps the praise the

one whosa works I enjov most"Fnulul? Franzl';" said the young

woman. "Who is lie V What hns hewritten;"

"He was a German. He flourishedin tlie early part of the century, andwrotje operas, concertos, songs andmany other things."

"Idon't remember that I everanything of his."

robably not. I never did. HisIc is never performed in these da vs.act, that is why he is my favorite

tposer. '

k

'

The Story of n Hell.At tlie beginning of the last century i

the only church bell at Grosslaswitz. I

..I Germany, was so that its tones .

i niurJ "vvere not sufficient to penetrate to the.11 ends of the village. A second bell was

told her otf uuy wameu, inn me village was

are

are

anu wuere was tne money to comefrom?

One Sunday, when theGottfried Havn. was coiutr to church.he noticed growing out of the church- -

yard "wall a flourishing green stock ofcorn, the seed of which must have beendropped by a passing bird. The ideasuddenly struck him that perhaps thisone stalk of corn could be made themeans of procuring the second bellthey wanted so He waited tillthe corn was ripe, and then he pluckedthe six ears on it and sowed them inhis own garden. The next year hegathered little crop thus producedand sowed it again, till at last he hadnot enough room in his garden for thecrop, and so he divided it among cer-tain number of farmers, who went onsowing the ears until. In the eighthyear, the crop was so that whinit was put together and sold they foundthat they had enough money to buy abeautiful bell.

Selllsliueas :ul Self Korjftlf ulnesOf all the causes which, as life pro-

gresses, tend to make "ordinary" wom-en old and haggard, two, which arethe antipodes of each other, are proba-bly the most effective. They are sel-

fishness and Thewoman who of herself first;last and all the time, will becomeno matter how beautiful she may havebeeu when in her youthful prime. Oneof the saddest things that can be saidof a woman of middle age is that "shepossesses the remains of beauty," or,"when she was young she must havebeen pretty," sad. because of the

"the beauty is in ruins, theprettiness departed with youth.

Iu Chlcait".Mrs. you get a move

on that hrrse. driver? I'm afraid I'llbe late for the wedding.

Driver Niver molnd, mum! Even ifwe miss the wedding we will be sureto git there in toinie for the divorce.

Final-- .

Tom You ought not to consider yourcase as hopeless just because she said"no."'

Jack To be perfectly exact, whatshe iaid was "rats:"

THE A NGEL DANCERS.

uf i:kiin

SectionMiiitntiu Jin (I HIk v or

.lolin the Hi tie uWit "Mill the I'll

Out on athree miles

N. .1.

farmhouseibout it l he

axt1cs of new jekskv::mc:iois kaxatics.

ntmtiKP KimctPil liy Huntn-liii-- ii

llitittiat Iticjclrloll re" Gutlirra

I'rschra.

Kidge.

yellow country road,from the village of Park

. stands an old. unpaiutedthat has a history. AHbees drone among hol

lyhocks, ami out in ancient or-hr.- nl

the shrill cicadas are singingtheir autumn death songs while twowithered and strange old women aregathering peaches savs the New YorkHer:: hi:

One of them sits astride a limb,v.hlk' the other gathers the fallen fruitand loatls it into a little hautlcart.

"Where is the mastir of the house:"yiu ask.

"("lory to ("otl!" replies one."I 'raise the Lord:" exclaimes the oth- -

eiThe old man peggbig shoes in an ad-j'iini-

outhouse is Hermann Storms,and the two old women aiv tlisciplesof that strange fanatic HuntsmanMuason. who claims that he is "tlod."and who is engaged in constant athle-tic tight with the devil. In this tight,somehow or other poor old HermannStorms has been included with the dev--

StoriUN I'urni IIounc.II. and has lost his farm and all hispossessions to Mnason, and his disci-ples.

This self-mad- e god and two or threeof his followers have just, linished ayear's imprisonment in the Trentonjail for an attempt to defraud oldman Storms out of his house and farm.While the precious worthies were injail the "spirit of repentance." accord-ing to fanatic Mnason, worked in thebreast of .Mr. Storms, and he deniedall his worldly property to his daugh-ter Mary, one of the most rabid of thelong haired preacher's followers.

While .Mnason and his "angel dan-cers" were in jail the life of old man

Ittaround for hours the Stormsmaw-IVgAv- ine to jus fomnatelyfjr. .'ill."

thei'trike

"Who

relish for

heard

much.

the

large

ugly,

some

thethe

calm andthe crime of

which they Avere convicted could nott ba by eternali from the old farm. They were releas

ed from the Trenton jail a few daysago, and they aain descended upon."Happy Valley" in a bunch. Sincethen the 'angel dahtes" have been

with more secrecy than form-erly, perhaps, but with their old timevigor, iio much for the history of"Happy Valley" up ;to date.

I paid a visit to the old farm houselast week. As I turned the corner ofthe house I came face to face with

. Mnason. the .Saviour.Life bore an appearance of prison pal- -

non-committ- al out was net I Ills Ioncut short

school-maste- r,

O'Zoue-Ca- n't

peaceful.

punished banishment

res-

umed,

d

discouraged.

im-plications

and Mowing grayami his whiskers

were as a stubby as a bath brush. Helooked at me as though he had seena ghost.

"Are you God';" I asked."Alas! Alas! Glory to God." he re-

plied, "people call me God: you maycall me God. I shall not say nav.

pause, '! think is Lord

small

thinks

1 ahould imagine that yutt have

til.'W'l

Mr. StoruiM niiil Mary.had a pretty hard time of it .inee lastyear. Tell me how it happened."

"The Dutch Reformed Church isfor it. Hut God is my

strength. He never deserts th.- - weak.Glory:"

"'If you are weak, bow is it that youare God'; Should you not defend your-self against the snares of the devil'Gd prevails.

l.il.e lillilrnl Cliurnclrr.i."Yes; God prevails. I am everybody.

I am like many other Biblical charac-ters. I am like Jacob. 1 am like Sam-uel and others honored by God. I haveconn' out of the wilderness of tempta-tion."

What do you propose to do"' Praise God I will preach the truth.

When you look at me yon look at anangel. I will hear my cross and preachthe truth. Hallelujah:"

"What is the truth';''"I am against hi. forms. Marriage

Is a mistake. The lav.s of men are amistake. The Lord is my shepherd andHis laws shall prevail."

"Shall you continue the angel dan-ces';"

"I shall continue to light the devilin my own way with the help of God."

Then iluntsinan .Mum. strolledslowly away with t head in the di-

rection of the apple onhard, wherethe two old women, were gatheringfruit. At this moment a tall, cadaver-ous individual, with hair that huugdown to his shoulders, and whiskersa foot or so longer, sailed by on a bi-

cycle. He looked like a human cor-

morant on a "bender." It was "Johnthe Baptist." He gave nie one lookas he passed, and then he bent to hiswheel and scooted away with a spoedworthy of Zimmerman.

During my visit to the Storms house1 met a man who was present at oneof the dances. "Mnason had tried toget me into his way of thinking for r.

long time." said he. "but I could nevedo it. 1 looked upon him as a harm-less lunatic. I knew the Storms familybefore his arrival and I always lookedupon them as quiet and hard workingpeople, with a decided bent for relig-ious subjects. On one occasion I wasover to the Storms house one eveningon business and was asked to remainto supper. It ma have been that theywanted to show me the advantages of"angel dancing. so that I would join.At any rate they had tine of the live-liest danees 1 ever saw right there.

"John the llupt Int."After Mnason had said grace evervbody began to eat. It was like themourners' bench at a revival. Therewas no meat on the table, althoughthe folks looked as though they weresuffering for it. Now and then one ofthem would stop long enough to shout"Praise the Lord!" ami ''lory to Cod"

Willi Dunce at Supper.""Finally, when Mnason had eaten

enough he seemed to make up his mindthat something was wrong. "The dev-il is among us." he shouted. "Chasehim away! Chase him away!" At thisold J.ane Howells got up and began toprance around the table as fast as shecould.

" Mump over It. shouted Mnason.She put her hand on "Mohn the Bap-tist's shoulder and sailed over the ta-

ble almost without touching a disii.Then she commenced to cavort aroundus again until she had covered four-teen laps.

"During all this time the others wereclapping their hands, 'praising theLord." and spurring the old woman torenewed efforts. She got wilder andwilder, ami finally jumped up on thetable ami sloshed around among thevegetable dishes. She stepped on tbig cake ami smashed it Mat. This wasregarded as ag rcat feat.

"in the meantime old man Storms,who had not yet finished eating, grab-le- d

some "buttermilk pap" and lied.The old woman kept on dancing amongthe vegetables until she had overturn-ed nearly all of them. Then she satdown by "John the Baptist," panting

Mr. SlorniH.with exertion, amid the rapturous ex-

clamations of the disciples."This was the ordinary angel dance,

but it did not end here. Things wouldhave quited down if --John the Baptisthad not leaned over and made an affec.tionate remark to the panting Mrs.Howells. Mnason heard ii. and waxedwroth. He jumped up and kicked tin-tabl- e

over.KuiScil la a ilmv.

"Away went the turnins. potatoes,'buttermilk pap and dihes with agreat clatter. In an instant .Mnasonand "John the Baptist" were clinchedlike a pair of ca's . and rolling ov.-- r t"'eHoor among the debris lighting fordear life.

"Silas the Pure." in trying to partthem . received a 'inutility of mashedpotatoes in the left eye. Then thewomen took a hand, and the dishes be-gan to fly. You could have heard thenoise of combat a mile away. Wiieuthey got through there was mashedturnips ami buttermilk pap on the windows and walls and mashed potatoeson the ceiling. The floor was coveredwith broken dishes and the place look-ed as though it had been upturned byan earthquake.

"In their struggle the diM'iple; hadrolled over and over on the floor untiltheir clothes were covered with pro-vender. When quiet had been restoredMnason. said. "Praise the Lord." andthe others said A men I That settle! it.I did not join the Church of the Livinglod."That strange things still take place

in and around the ohl house was madeevident as I took my departure. Itwas nightfall, and as I passed downthe road 1 saw the light of a lanternflitting around the house at a greatrate. I went back. and. as I stepped

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Mii:imiiii.through tlie zun I saw "loliu tlie bap-tist." in a lonx. white robe, tearingarouud. irriiiitin like a prize porker.When I hailed him he (iiaii)e:ired aslr maie. He was probably exoreisini:the tlevil thaf Huntsman .Mnason avershaunts the place.

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