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THE OLD FOOTPATH.

•y&slt wanders through the meadow: It Bkirtri tho pasture ridge, Then winds down to tho river

And slips into the bridge.

I know its every turning I lovo it all the way, Tho buttercups that frmpp it-.

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Oh, what are all 11:. pleasure Tho brick pnved city yields

"ne iiK.niii^ Acroi-i the country fickla! —James Buckhom in Detroit Free Press.

A HEBOTXE,

In the year 1776 a small palisade fort was erected upon the site now occupied by the city of Wheeling. The fort was surrounded by tJie cabins of the settlers aud was named in honor of tho great Virginia orator and patriot, Patrick Kei.ry.

On tho morning of the 1st of September, 1777, a scout appeared at the fort, announcing the near approach of the dreaded Pinion Girty with a large band of savages. Having tho night before received an intimation of danger from an Indian raid, the families of

The dwelling of Colonel Ebenezer Zane .stood about 00 yards distant from the palisade. In this building were stored supplies of various kinds, which it wab very desirable to preserve, and, the house occupying a favorable position to aid in insisting the attack, it was decided to mako tho defense from both points. In the dwelling, when the attack was made, there were but (tight persons, four men and four women, including the ne.'/vo cook and his wife.

The rrpt attack was made upon a reconnoitring party under the command •. of Capfa'n Mason. The Indians were ambushed a short distance from the fort and fell upon tho little band without a moment's warning. More than one-half of th 'n p. vh: d. Captain Oi?le with 12 I..ii rieu out to the assistance of

M.n^n, a1:'! only four of his men ever rctrmed. Tuo others were ruthlessly but •"'k-1 1 bv bullet and tomahawk. Tho £.'.v new reduced to a mero handful ot' determined defenders, mostly young men. They numbered about 12, with ihe brave Colonel Sheppard and Ebonc/er and Silas Zane at their head.

Tho women and children were Huddled together inside the pickets, overwhelmed with grief and fear, for all hope for tho safety r-f the fort now seemed lost. At this critical moment Simon Girty a speared with a white flag and demand .-.r! tho unconditional surrender of *!n f' irl. A it'ioLid. the besiegers outnumbered the besieged thirtyfold, tho Indians numbering over 300. tho beleaguered i. .ui'ison resolved to resist, for they v.' i. i- what their fate wonld be if t'-ey fell into tho hands of the tn e.'-1".- CLly. Colonel Sheppard promptly told the scoundrel that the f'ii!. never hi- a.lei. -I t(.) ••.him iivv to any other man white there was a p. rson left to defend it.

Gu':y i-iii'tiged and urdend"ah at tack. -.iiy, iin, hi.-i.oi- aij Lossir -, the o:Vpring ot !^s •falh. was a settler in Peir.isylvun.ia. an outlaw and a sot, and his mother 'was a er .v.:'" .-jiinon,

With h.S broth .•we.i-o "ntre:ed by brother -7. ley was ad. aweres rn'd be*on'" ol" the t: i*,: S'eiec.a.--, limn..,

the settlers had removed to the fort. Tho 3ort at this time was but lightly I ons duty, and while they were contendgarrisoned, a portion of its forces hav- ing for the honor it was feared that being b_v.ii sent to re-enforce posts that were tsjoro exposed, they being in no approhen.-'iun of danger from British or In.dhn fo^. It was in charge of Colonel Sheppard.

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me a ."rent hunger a11"! tiui leader among the ln-

d:a.n- !v'' j. Jiis inaafe wickedne-s to tho

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tial eiDiiity toward his own raee. For mam* y.- -a, th(i name of »SIu. .n Ciify was a i-v-v to tlio settlers of thonorthwest. lie was as bloodthirsty and rena:lentin as a tiger, excelling the savages in tho »4Tie.]ty ho it: dieted upr. thof-e who fell into his clutches. Male and female, eld age and helpless infancy, Buttered alike.

Tho besiegers for several hours kept up an iuvlloctcal fire against tho fort and dwelling from tho eabins in vrhi they w- Whenever a redskin showed himself, the never failing riflo of the sharpshooter was sure to bring him down. Several times the Indians advanced upon the gato of tho palisade, hoping to be able to forco it, bat each :imo were compelled to retreat under a ing fire. The few men iu the fort wero enabled to keep up a constant firing, for tho women molded the bullets and loaded tho guns as fast as tbey could bo used. Night coming on, the firing ceased. Quietness now reigned, and the darkness became intense. About i?: dtiigiifc iho attention ot tho negro cook. Sam, was attracted by a •small ftvr-m of light that found its •way throe di a crevico in the kitchen wall fro ?i the outside. An investigation revealed an Indian witli a lighted brand endeavori.tg to sot fire to tho kitchen. 6am, watolling his chanco, sent a ballet through his hide.

Early fr.-llc.v/iug morning tho Indians the attauk with much vigor. TLwf.ig procured a hollow mnpJu log, they converted it into a cannon, "binding it uround solidly with chains obtained from tho houses of tho settlers. Alter placing a heavy charge of powder in it and lilliug it to tho muzzle with cannon ba'ls, ^-lured tho day before fioni a ilatboat that was passing down tho river from Pittsburg, in great triumph they conveyed it to within GO •or 70 yards of the fort and pointed it at Che gate. Then, with shouts of exultawliich meant, "We've got you tliey touched it off. To their ut4er amazement and oonsternation, the log burst into a thousand fragments, flying in every direction, killing and j^wmnding sovoral of their own number, {hiring all this time the riflemen in 4be fort and dwelling wero picking them at a rapid rate, and when the smoke

from the explosion had cleared away tke ground was found strewn with dead savages.

The disaster and the disappointment arising from it so exasperateA tho Indians that they madly threw tneruselves against the gate with heavy battering tains made of losrs, 'v terrified to fnrr»n an entrance. Above tho din and confusion the voice of Girty was heard urging ftio savages on, but he was nowhoro to be seen, being shielded from the deadly rifles of the patriots in the fort, who, ho well knew, would rejoice to get a shot at him. The constant fire ponrcl upon the savages from the" fort and dwolling forced them to again retire.

At this juncture it was discovered that the supply of powder in the fort was about exhausted. Ebenezer Zane remembered that he had a keg stowed away in his house, but how was it to bo obtained? Whoever ventured to proeuro it was almost certain to be cut down by the bullets of the Indians, who were so near and always on the alert. Only one man could be spared for the service from the defense of the fort. Colonel Sheppard, not being willing to order any one to the duty, asked for a volunteer. Every man present eagerly offered t-o undertake the hazard-

fore tho question was settled and the powder obtained the savages would renew tho attack. At this moment Elizaboth Zane—or Patty, as she was usually called—a young girl just returned home from sehool in Philadelphia, but little accustomed to tho horrors of border warfare, came forward and asked to be permitted to go for the powder, alleging as a reason for her going that not a man could be spared from the defense of the I fort. "Whoever undertakes the duty will be in great danger of being killed or seriously wounded, and if I fall I will not bo missed in the defense of I the fort. I have no fears for the result.

God will protect me." So earnest was tho appeal of the young heroine that consent was reluctantly given. There was no time to lose. Kneeling for a moment in praj'er, she arose with a smile upon her beautiful face, saying, "lam ready." The gate t'-^wi ope' She sallied forth and soon cleared the space between tho fort and her brother's house, which she reached in safety. Not one shot was fired at her. Such action on the nart of the savages could not be accounted for unless the movement was so sudden and rapid that they had not time to realize the situation, and then it was only a "squaw." A tablecloth, containing the contents of the keg of powder, was hur-

riedly fastened about her waist, and she started upon her return trip, running with the floetness of a fawn toward tho fort, her long glossy curls floating back from her bare head, upon which tho

mild rays of the early autumn sun fell so cheeringly. The wary savages, who were watching her movements, now seut a volley of bullets after her, but notono of them touched her. The noble girl entered the fort in safety with her valliable prize. A prolonged shout of welcome greeted her, and every man, inspired by her heroism, resolved to repulse tho foe or die in the attempt.

Daring the following night Colonel Swearingen and 14 men arrived and fought their way into the fort without lo.-ing n. man. And at daylight Major McCuiloch arrived with 40 mounted men. His followers entered the. inclosure in safety, but he, becoming separated from them, was obliged to flee to the open country and narrowly escaped i,K. -'i,. of the savages, who liiir.-ted for his hicod, for he was one of their most determined enemies, t'hl' rt. a bitter hatred for him and veavned to subject him to tho i.-r.„v-.-..4- ,« A^ter this iuerea.se to tho forces of tho garrison Girty and .his followers abandoned all hope of capturing tho fort, and after setting firo to the houses outside the pickets and killing the stock belonging to tho settlers they raised the siege and withdrew to the wilderness.

Elizabeth Zano lived to be a very old woman, beloved aud respected by all who knew her. She resided on the banks of the Ohio river near the scene of her daring exploit.—Cincinnati Enquirer.

Britain Slowly Washing Away. The British board of hydrographers have niado a report which is startling in some of its details. It appears that after a long series of observations it has beon ascertained that the little Thames is carrying 14,000,000 cubic feet of British soil into the sea annually. In order to get an idea of what the above figures really mean, let us imagine a huge mass of stone 100 feet in width, 100 feet long and 100 feet high. Then let us imagino that 14 of these immense cubes are yoarly floated out to sea from the British mainland. The Thames basin has, however, an area of 6,160 square miles. The immense amount of solid matter alluded to abovo is taken grain by grain from this large extent of surface, so that it only wears away the surfaco of the basin as a whole at the rato of one-eight hundredth part of an inch each year. At the rato of wear and tear mentioned in the opening paragraph of this article one would naturally suppose that within a lew hundred years tho whole of tho main British islo would bo deposited at tho bottom of the ocean, but owing to the vast area from which that 14,000,000 cubic feet of solid matter is gathered the basin of tho Thames has only been lowered one single inch since the Norman conquest. Some of tho readers of this will no doubt bo disappointed to find that the rate of erofsion is so slow and will declare that the head line conveys a different impression. The island is, however, "slowly washing away," for the statistician of the hydrographio board says that it will take 8,500,000 years more to reduce Britain to the level of the sea. -—St Louis Republic.

Preaching and Praying.

The minister admonishes as to watch and pray and then goes and preaches ns all to sleep. —Washington Hatchet.

ANONYMOU? WRITING.

The OrMrtMt Snccesseii In It Have Been Won by Women. [Special Correspondence.]

New YoBK, Nov, •,'(, —},•.:. .i trie greater of the Amoricnn magazines announces that very soon there will be b^gun the TvMJrni i-ill roTi.*»nr'- .vl t«-h rv port to tell the story of Joan of Are. and considerable callosity has been aruugod

because it has been published that the authorship is to be kept secret, although the

story has been written by "the most popuii.r of American magazine writers," as is claimed.

There might be some dispute ns to the measure of popularity if the author's name were given, for there is no final authority which is able to decide who is the most popular of American magazine writers. Mr. Howells' writings appear possibly in a larger number of different magazines than those of any other Amerioan writer. Yet it cannot be said that he is the most popular. If tho salfts of the magazine are to be taken as a basis, then the private secretaries of President Lincoln—Colonel Nicolay and Colonel John Hay—are the most popular, since their life of Lincoln sent the circulation of the magazine in which it was published up many thousands.

Mack Twain used to be a very popular writer, and two of Mrs. Burnett's serials brought her fame and profit. The publishers of the reviews say that an articlo by Tom Reed always increases the sale, and that symposium upon religion which Mr. L. S. Ah-tcalf arranged for publication in The North American, and which was to be conducted by Colonel Ingersoll on one side and the late Judge Black upon the other, caused the sale of that review to be very greatly increased.

It is probable that the publishers of the story of Joan of Arc expect that curiosity will be excited by the publication of this romance anonymously. There are likely to be a great many suggestions as to the authorship, and it is possible that none of them may be correct.

Three novels have been published anonymously in this country which gained very great success and about the authorship of which there was most exciting discussion. "Iiutledge," published more than 30 years ago, gained as great a popularity in this country almost as did Jane Eyre," which it resembled somewhat, but it was not until many years had passed before the author was discovered to bo a young woman who had shown no great literary skill before the writing of that novel.

Another story which w: widely read and greatly talked about was "The Bread winners." It was published anonymously, I and to this day none but tho author, tho publisher and perhaps one or two others knew 't w»s who wrafc? the bock.

The general impression has beon that It was written by Colonel John Hay, who |, gained political repute as private secrotary

of President Lincoln and licerary fame as the author of the poem "Jim Bludsoe." Colonel Hay has never actually denied the authorship, nor has he ever admitted it,

but there are somo things in tho book with which ho had familiarity, and there are some peculiarities of style which have beon identified as characteristic of him.

Another book whioh gainod great momentary repute was a little novel called ''Democracy," published somo 20 years ago. md vh'ioii ^u teiuieu Loyi vo some insight into public 1 iTo in

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buok attracted more attention in Europe than it did in this country, although it was one of the literary events of tho season when published. Some persons thought Senator Ingalls wrote it, others thought that it was the work of a Washington newspaper man, but at last tho impression became general that it waswTit.ten by Mr. Henry Adams, tho historian, grandson of ono president and great-grandson of another. Anybody familiar with public.life in Washington, however, kncNj' that it was not writti by any ono who had more than a superficial aeiu iinta!i'?e with that life. Some of tho errors in it were amusing and others absurd. It had a president elccj o7fiiini/.h:g his cabinet and holding tho cabinet m'V.ing with them, something that would have been impo.-isihlo in real life.

The most successful series published anonyrnutihly in this country were a dozen or more shorr stories written over the nom do plume of Saxe-ilolme. They were tin most popular scries of short stories ever published in this country, and they a popular to this day. The most, intense curiosity was awakened as to the auth* ship, but tho critics were satisfied with only one thing, and that was that they wore written by a woman. Tho mystery has never been publicly cleared away, although there was tacit admission many years after that the work was done by two women in collaboration, one of them being tho talented author of "Iiamouna," one of the classic American novels.

It is a singular thing that, with the exception of Walter Scott, the greatest successes of anonymous writing, at least in tho Knglhr'* ngiia^'n, have been won by women. When "Jane Eyro" was published and achieved a success which has not since been equaled in England, the authorship was attributed to every person but the right ono. Some even thought that it was Thackeray's work, and when at last Charlotte Bronte was revoalod and came Into public view, a wan, timid, little thing, Great Britain could scarcely believe that this woman, who had been brought up as a recluse and had seen nothing of the world, could have told such a story of the world.

George Eliot's earlier stories wore published without revealing tho identity of tho author. Tho greatest critics of Great Britain were unable to solve the mystery. Charles Dickens alono insisted that the writer of these stories must bo a woman, for he claimed that certain insight into tho heart of woman revealed by these stories was posslblo only to a woman. When Miss Evans was at last acknowledged as tho author, there was intense astonishment that this scholarly #irl should have been able to writo English speaking world to thinking-

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the World Over.

According to a New York brewer, the foamy beverage is spreading more and more year after year all over tho globo. Beer is now oxnort^rt from th's? country to Asia, to Spanish America, to tho British American provinces, and it is expected to work up a profltable trade in Africa soon. Breweries are springing up everywhere, even in Japan and Brazil. Lagur beer was unknown In this country until the German immigrants brought it horo 40 years ago, and now tho American output is 84,000,000 barrels a year.

A Monster Fir*.

The fire in a Boulder county (Colo.) coal mine, whioh has been burning for 80 yearn, now covers nn area of about 800 aeres and spoats flame, cinders and-cmoke through riuiMNnM outlets. It has destroyed property worth millions of dollars.

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SELLING UNCLE RASTUS.

two men gazed into each other's

"eyes. George Putnam was quivering all over, and his face was softening. Impulsively he put out his hand as if to apologize for ins lack of words. "Let's not be enemies any longer," went on

Herbert as he pressed the extended hand. "I am tired and sick of this estrangement. am going away, and I may never come back. I can't keep up tno old place as father thought I would, and you are welcome to it. Tako it and caro for it. My mother's and father's graves are on it.

George Putnam's faco was working. He ''trove to reply, but his voice was clogged. He looked toward his son and wife in his carriage and then back into his brother's face. "God forgive me, Herb," im said. "I've treated you like a dog. Old Vastus has been truer to you than your own brother. You shall not give up the old place. You must keep it. Wait." And with these words 1^0 hurried to the platform.

The auctioneer had been proclaiming Staley's reokloss bl-i of thirteen-twenty-fivc, and tho crowd was eagerly takir in the unusual sight oi tho two Putnam brothers in close conversation. Colonel Putnam reached the platform and signed

at sec tho the auctioneer to be quiet Standing on the lower step, he was in the view of all. "I want liastns, and I am going to have him,"he said to tho upturned faces. "I wf-nt him to give him back to my brother, who has been forced by my neglect to or.'er him for sale. Twenty thousand dollars is my bid, and Rastns is worth evn-y eont of it." in ono spoke as Colonel Putnam steppod back into tho crowd. Old Rastus scorned the only one to thoroughly grasp the situation. "Bressde Lawd!" he exj claimod as ho slapped Aunt Milly on the back. "Dem boys done niado up, en

I fotch $20,000! Whoo-oe!" "Twonty thousand dollars," said the auctioneer awkwardly. "Twenty thousand—do I hear?—and sold to Colonel Putnam. I reckon the' ain't no use pnttin up the others."—Will N. liar ben in Lippincott's.

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A ratlictic Tfwnify K'-ormHliatifiii at Auctioneer's Slavs Uiock. Dciibc.rt Putnam, unnoticed by any one, elbowed his way through the crowd to his brother and touchcd him or. tho firm. Their eye* met. "*,ardnn ?T!C, Gaiii TI. rbi.-rt, "but m-. f-'1 yon." and George Putnam was drawn be

si of or cannot keep qirk't and see you cheated, faltered Herbert, with his eyes averted. "A lung time ago, when you and I wero boys, you stood up for me, and I cannot forget that wo are brothers. Don't bid any more on Rastas. He is shamming. Ho is as sick as can bo and is only pretending to bo well to bring a high price.''

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The ^Ic:n!v TTMr'i :tor Iiir^iirei! Kis With !,. Aa instance of remarkable nervo occurred a few year.-i ago when the school for lircmen in this city was c* tabii.- hod ar.d tho tliep.a'Uiienl were being tra-nod in the l' tho sealing belt lis ami ,he )he:nv-..- VLe eiao who trained the th-'mK-n t'Md the incident without apparently thinking it an act

J: *'i •. *!, ••umii-.ca. "u"e bes.'an to use the tiro nets," ho I fv.i.l, "l-i.'u tho lir^t :-iuiy Vviiidcws. There a ?n ju.opiag into them

ing ou tho window sill, telling the men how to hold the net. and thou jumping i.oio it. Each n.an in torn would come I up and follow me in the jump. It wa3 very simplo at that height, and also from th second and third story windows. We went up a flight each day. When wo had. all got used to jumping I into tho net iom the fourth story, as I found out afterward, the men thought I that would no. 'We'll take the fifth to- I morrow,' I had said to them when we that :i.*-

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little off, and that I was guying them. So tho next day, when we got ready to begin, and I set eight of them holding the net, they got nervous. I saw that when I said: 'Hold her strong, boys. I'm going tocomo down from tho fifth.' I began to get afraid of them aa I went up stairs. I got to the fifth floor and peeped out of the window to see if everything was all right. The men wero all in their places. I didn't dare to get upon the window sill, as I h.%l done on the floors be'ow. It might mako them nervous. So I jnr.t look one moro peep to seo if everything was still all right, put ono hand on the sill and vaulted out. I came down all right, and every man niado the jump after me. "Tho nets ain't much good to the general public," continued tho trainer,

Lettera Five Hundred Years Old. Ancient specimens of letters are shown in tho Hof museum at ViennaOne is dated 1396. It consists of a large 6heet of ribbed white paper folded in three. A band of paper was passed round the outsido and through a slit in ono edgo, being tln.ti fastened with soft wax. A small piece of thin paper was laid on the wax and tho seal pressed on the paper, not directly ou the wax. A

gomeiYlaat suiiilar arrani^w«M if for.nd

"but you have no idea of how much parents. Tho bag being full, it is emjivaluo they are to tho discipline of tho force. Fireman, you knew, are mostly married men, with families, aud it takes nerve for a, man to plunge into a honso full of flame and smoke when he has a wife aid children dependent upon him, but tho net gives him confidence of safety. lie knows now that if his retreat is cut otT his comrades liavo the net below, *d that ho knows how to jump into it safely even from tho top of a house. It's a great thing."—New York Herald.

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in a letter of the year 1446, which was

written by the town counselor of Munich. to tho burgomaster of Rastenburg in the Tyrol, in order to obtain information concerning a man accused of bigamy. la the sixteenth century people in tho Tyvol and Bavaria used bands of vellum or cords, fastened with wax. L::' "r.u.o r-iparalo round and oblong wafers. The uso of the encircling band continued i:i Austria generally to 1750, or thereabout, and probably reached this century among conservative people. The fh. 1 J:.:' the modcr typo in this callccticu belongs to the year 1715.

IIo osiy 3n Wsir.

Tho Frer-'h marshal, Turenne, was a great gc nt rat, and his character bears examination for nobility. He was a great man. M.iny incidents which are related of show his modesty, generosity and honesty as well as his courage and military ability. A little story of ono of his German campaigns illustrates his rare scrupulousness oven in time of war.

The authorities of Frankfort.believed, from the movements of his arm}-, that*1 he intended passing through their territory. They sent a deputation to him which offored him a large sum of money if he would alter the diroction of hiss march and leave Frankfort unmolested.

They were surprised in moro ways than one by bis answer. "Gentlemen," he said, "my conscience will not permit mo to accept your money, for Ihavo never intended to lead my army through your town. "—Youth's Companion.

Feathers In Germany.

As soon as sho is able to run about each daughter of a German farmer's family is presented with a linen bag marked with her own name, into which sho puts all the feathers she can pick up. Not tho slightest downy bit escapes her, and the sooner the bag is filled the greater tho praise she gets from tho

tied into a larger one, whioh Jumgs in the garret or elsewhere, and when there are feathers enough they aro made into pillows or bolsters or beds or cushions for easy chairs. Wo waste a great deal in this country. Although we do not keep so many goeso as Germans keep, chicken feathers are plentifully strewn about most farms and make good beds. —New York Dispatch.

She Was Hungry.

This one on a street boardifcg house: A little girl asked if 6he might have a small piece of meat. A very small piece was placed on her plate, when she remarked:

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want a piece to eat, not to look at!" An audible smile traveled around among the boarders, and an andible frown settled on the brow of the landlady.—Washington Capital.