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QUE GIRL'S FUNERAL.
-t Was III tho Early I)»ya of Montana and
Wus DJQ'ei-cnt From JJost _,n::crala.
During tbe const Taction days of the
Northern P;icific railroad many small
towns were born that flourished until the
road was completed and thou died. Tlic
littlo story following actually occurred
and mado an bn-u'ession on me that I
shall never forget. To nie there was a
tinge of sadness that went straight to the
heart. I occupied thc exalted position of
justice of the peace. Now, a justice ef
the peace iu Montana in early days was a
bigger man than the chief justice of the
United States is today and had a perpetual variety entertainment. He ruar-
ried people, buried the dead, put out fires,
took a drink with everybody, refereed dog
fights, settled family rows, preached,
mado speeches and had to be ready for
auy kind of work. For this aggregation
of duties he was called judge, but if lie
rendered a wrong decision his name was
Dennis.
Ono cold morning I was waited upon
by a delegation of gamblers and informed that one of tho girls was dead. They
said sho had passed in her checks during
tho night," aud as she was the slickest
girl in the camp, sho was to havo a 24
carat sendoft and no mistake. I went
around to seo tho body to find out, if
possible, the cause of her death. I was
satisfied that tho girl had taken mornhiuo
and died from the effects, and so I rendered my decision, which satisfied all. I
set the hour for the funeral and returned
to tho cabin to prepare my remarks.
There was not a Bible in the camp, and
eo I had to play ifc alone. It was a cold,
stormy Montana winter day, and that
added muck to the sadness of the occasion. Tlio grave was dug out among tho
pines, and a mere God forsaken place it
would havo been hard to find, but it; was
tho best we had or could get.
Tho hour arrived; tho rnrocessiou formed, myself in front of tho pallbearers,
consisting of gamblers, with thc body in
a rough pine bos. Nest came tho girls
np thi* town and the business *no>i in tho.
rear. 'We -\v_acicci our way slowly to tho
last resting place, where, alone and unknown, amid tlio rocks and pines, with
tho awful stillness of tho mouutains, all
that was earthly of that unfortunate girl
would stay until the last day.
-•Jo one could pray: no ono could sing.
I poured out my soul to my God in my
poor, Pttimbling w.*iy—told him all about,
it. We were unanimous in tho belief
that die was moro sinned against than
sinning, and would he in his infinite .goodness aud loving kindness forgivo her,
wipe out all tho black spots on her soul,
forget her past aud save her for her soul's
sake? "Would he suspend ull rules, throw
open wide the portals of heaven, havo
sweetest music played on s* thousand
golden harps and bid that poor, tired,
Bin stained soul enter the realms of happiness, purity and rest?
It was our funeral, because everybody
did all they could. There wero but few
of all kinds, to be sure, but humans
with souls to save. There are many of
the old boys scattered through the northwest who will recollect that stormy
Montana day, and bow we knocked at
eternity's door for admittance for that
gill's soul, and all will agree that our
knocking was not in vain—that the gates
wero thrown open and forgiveness and
rest came to her.—Orting Oracle.
who
-VLOtner (at   tea  table)—Jack,
helped you to thoso three tarts?
Jack (aged 7)--Tho Lord.
"Tho Lord?. "Why, what do you
mean, Jack?"
"Y/ell, I helped my.self, aud father
said 3'cstcrday tho Lord helped those"
who helped themselves."—Texas Sit'fc-
-IlClYUlctl.
Mrs. Kingley—Is ifc true that you've
changed dressmakers?
Mrs. Biugs—Yes; my old ono was
taking in all classes.
"Mrs. Kingley—But I ordered a gown
from her not long ago.
Mrs. "Dings—So sho said.—Cloak Review*.
A Woman's Exciting i*::5l Tlifon-jli Space
uiul Escape I'mm Heath.
Mrs. Carl E. Myers, the parachute
jumper, told of an exciting experience
of hers at the fair grounds at Ottawa
that, as she said, "began like a comedy and nearly ended in a tragedy:
"It was the narrowest escape I've
tver had, and incidentally and acci-
dentally.the first parachute descent
over made in America. It wasn't a
regular parachute either, but I'll toll
you about that when I come to it.
The occasion was a big fair, and tho
grounds were packed with people,
the biggest and most uncontrollable
crowd _ have ever seen. We had a.
funny time getting the balloon to the
place. It was brought up on the
other side of the river in tow of a locomotive and was to be towed across
by a line of canoes paddled by Indians. We got it fastened to the canoes, and it lifted the firot three into
the air, spilling their oeeupant'3 out.
That was too much, even for aboriginal stolidity. The other Indians decamped in haste.
' 'They afterward said that if they
had to go upward to the Great Spirit
they £>*eferred to die first and have
tho uT.efit of decent burial. The next
move was to fasten the balloon's guy
rope,to the stern of a small steam
tug: The tug started up, a puff of
■wind lifted the balloon a little, and
up came the stem of the boat out of
the water. The tug kept on jraffing,
Lhe> screw revolved wildly, and the
crowd howled with laughter. IcVasT
too ridiculous! It reminded me of a
kitten held up in the air by the tail
and wildly scratching to get a foothold on the floor beneath.
"Finally, a bigger boat got the big
gas bag over safely, but so densely
packed was the crowd that I had to
walk on the shoulders of the peopio
to the balloon. In their eagerness to
get up close the people broke the
concentrating ring, which gathers the
balloon ropes before they aro fastened to the basket, and also tore a big
hole in tbo bag. Iu view of this, Mr.
Myers wanted me to gi vo up the trip,
but I insisted oa going, and finally
fastened the ropes to the basket. Tho
rapidity with which I shot up was
alarming, and I was three miles high
before I stopped. Thou. I began to
drop pretty fast, but I knew I could
stop that when I wanted to, and I
felt better. Suddenly I heard a tremendous ripping and tearing sound.
The air pressing up as I fell had started the hole mado by *che crowd and
had torn three great rents clear to
the top of the bag.
"I began to drop with frightful
rapidity, and for a minute I gave my- j
self up for lost and ss-nk down in the
basket. Then it Hashed into my mind
that I still had a chance if I co*uld so
turn the balloon as to bring the torn
parts underneath, and thus keep some
of the gas iu the bag. It was a case
of working against time, for every
second was bringing me nearer to a
terrible death. In the one glance
that I took downward I could see the
earth leaping up, as it seemed, to
meet me. I quickly shifted all my
sand bags, and to my joy the balloon
turned so as to form a sort of para-:
chute, and the speed was greatly decreased. I was still dropping at a
dangerous rate, however.
"Looking down below, I saw not
far distant a patch of spinice trees.
Toward this I directed my fall and
managed to land there. Right
through the' trees I went, breaking
every branch that I touched, but the *
trees paved me, for I landed on the
ground badly shaken, but unhurt. 1
had traveled an actual distance of 13
miles horizontally and three miles
downward in five minutes. My fail
had been slanting. That was the
only time that I ever gave up hope
even for a moment."---New York
Sun.
century' crossed the'Pacific to the
continent and returned, making a
written report of his discovery. The
report still exists. It was translated
into French in 1701 by M. ds Guignes.
lt gives a narrative of a voyage cast-
ward by a'priest for 20,000 li, whero
he found a country which he named
Fusang. People similar to the Indians
were described as well as American
plants. The only doubt about tho
matter is as to the distance meant by
20,000 li. The priest may have reached
only some island in the Pacific ocean.
—San Francisco Chronicle.
WHAT'S  IN  A NAME?
"en-
It is
"It
The I'oct Found It Meant a Great I>cal In a
Xcirnpaiiur Office.
Iso one hut tho kcrso reporter was in
ttheu the pale young man camo into tho
editorial room, but the pale young man
went straight to business.
"I have here a poem," said he,
titled 'The Siren Voice of Love.'
at your service."
"Yes, " raitl thc horse reporter,
isn't too rodhot, is ir.?"
"It glows only with the warmth,of a
passionate soul."
"I know, but Comstock 13 keeping a
tolerably sharp eyo out just now" for
things that; have that glow."
"This is 11a thought-puro as a prattling babe."
"Haven't twisted a cryi*itogram
through it notifying your girl to meet
you by tho shimmering lako where
stricken zephyrs moan, havo you?"
"Eidiculous! And besides zephyrs
arc never stricken and do not moan."
"I-To? Eufc it sounds good, and that's
what goes with tip to dato poetry.
'Tain'fc un acrostic, is it?"
• 'Acrostic?T sicken *at"th , word !*' * •*•*-*
"Quite sure ifc doesn't hold anything
that will mako clubmen tumblo over
each other to get at tho paper if we
print it?"
"It is blanched with tho whiteness of
an unsullied bufc yearning soul."
"Ah, sort of white washing report,
eh?''
"Sir! It'uapocroil"
"Aud your name is Guromo Algernon
Gervais cr something equally sweet?"
"My name is Simeon Hobbs."
"V\*h-a-a-a-t?"
"My naiao is Simeon Hobbs."
"Here! Tako your po—your manuscript, young man! Ko man named
Simeon Hobbs can write poetry i'or us.
Good day, sir."
Tlio pale young man went out crushed.
"Blanched with the whiteness of an
unsullied but yearning soul, aud his
name* is Simeon Hobbs!" sneered the
horco reporter. "Why, a man with a
uamo like that couldn't got a job in th©
mailing room writing wrappers I"—
Browning's Monthly.
D'ocoiirH£:nn to "Burglars.
There is littlo encouragement for a
man to bo a burglar nowadays. When
be has an earnest aspiration to risn to
eminence in tho profession, inventive
genius always does all it can to bother
him. For instance, tho vaults of the
subtreasury in San Francisco are fitted
with wires laid between overy two rows
of brick, so that any attempt to interfere with tho cement or the bricks will
disturb an electric circuit and sound a
warning bell.—Boston Oonn'p.i-.
A Chines'- Columbus.
The belief in a Chinese Columbus
was first allowed by scholars only j
about no years ago.    Tho claim is,
that a Buddhist ir-iest in the fif Kb |
"Not u Good uu-nliltito.
Guide—Ladies and gentlemen, right
hero among theso cliffs is a wonderful
echo. A pistol shot is repeated lo times.
Is there a gentleman bote from the west.
If so, will he please discharge his pistol*?
Man From Kentucky—I don't go
much on si gun, but if you can use a
'leven inch boivio knife I've got ono
right on hand in my boot.—American
Industries.
Herds of "Clc'i bun 13.
Sir Gerald Portal says that between
thc coast and Uganda tho supply of elephant I usks in Africa is "apparently almost inexhaustible." Enormous numbers o*f elephants aro in tho country still.
One of tho ofiicers of his expedition,
while exploring tho country west of
Mongo, saw moro than -00 in one herd.
Tho history of gardening from tho
most ancient days ia likely to bo illustrated at Versailles during tho great
Paris ci-lubition of 1900. Thero is
plenty of space iii the grounds, whilo
the lakes would gi vo ample scope i'or tho
display of floating gardens such as tho
Aztecs and the Chinese loved to arrange.;
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