HUSH-A-BY, SWEET.
I v ih ipn tire fulling.
Gut li'M-liiv Mulitly on lmh unfl trrpj
l.lttlp l'.nree JT lieel l I'H 1 1 Iiik
Ami niy wee lamb mtiHt slit'ltrreil bo.
IIiih-n-1vr, Sweet,
AiiiE'lf nre tVHtrhlnff,
Tlv l:ifnnt "iHmbcrr with lovlnjr fvi,
wlillp tivrr nil the Minn nm innrelilng
Sllvi r and blue In a clowUeM Aky.
IlMsli n b?. Sweet,
III rnKr Nplemlnr
TbP biiliy moon sinks' low In flip wet:
Ami lnv wee ii'ieen, with kli' tetnler,
dusts hir eve iinii leei. on my brt-iist.
Mm. Annie l'OUftlng If oil.
LORD ULLLVS DAUGHTER.
Bob nml Mny were sweethearts.
Of courso they wore; that's whnt
thov liml lon lonrnlntt ever since Hob,
ii stripling of twenty, hnd come out
from Tennessee to the Texas I'unUau
dlo with the family.
In those days May wru a bright
haired, lilt'h-stmng llttlo girl of four
teen whom Bob never called nor
thought of as "red-headed."
Hob was a strong, good-humored boy,
not a bit nfrald of work; and he had
a way with him that gave him com
majid' of men and creature. lie roso
rapidly In old man Love's employ from
simple cow puncher to wagon boss,
then foreman, and when he was only
twenty-live went, with the approval
and good-will of his employer, to take
the position ot ranch manager for a
Boston company.
All the world loves a lover. Bob
was such a whole-hearted one, his
stare or mum was bo pimui, ne uk. j
rUU'Ii uuiiKiii ii, wore lira uuuiis wim
such open prldo and enthuulasm, that
all the Panhandle felt with and for
him.
Besides being a fellow that a girl
could love without any difficulty, any
bodywith a daughter to spare might
have been pleased with Bob for a son-in-law.
And old man Love was pleased
enough with the match, and greatly
glveu to bragglig of Bob as a coming
adjunct to the Love greatness, until
U'e tragedy of the one-horned brindla
cow, which tore things all up gener
ally, threatened to sever two loving
hearts and darken forever Bod's and
May's happy horizon.
Hits old cow worth perhaps 7
bobbed up nt ouo of the round-ups
sporting, in addition to the B N of the
Boston National, which was facetious
ly known as the "Bean" brand, old
man Love's (xxx).
Though very uncommon, such acci
dents may occur In the haste and con
fusion of branding, without necessarily
Implying dishonesty on some one's
part While they do sometimes result
in fights and killings, they are easily
enough adjusted IxHween reasonable
people, since any clever cattleman can
readily tell which brand Is of the long
er standing.
But any cowboy on the range would
have told you that while old man Love
was square enough himself, he was a
crazy crank about the sacredness of
his brand. His long suite waa to jump
up and down and swear that It never
yet was on anything that wasn't bis
own. He Invariably claimed an ani
mal that bore It in addition to another
brand (as did this old cow), however
plainly It showed as the newer of the
two, though as a matter of fact his
branding irons were handled by Just
as many careless cowboys as any
others.
If Bob had known what that aged
and damaged brlndle cow was going
to cost Mm he might perhaps have
blinked his obvious duty, and let old
man Love have her In the face of
right and reason.
But he was not the man to be back
ed down by nny one, and he dared
the worst and got Itl
He held the cow for his company,
after a tierce contest, and old man
Love went home raging, to give Ms
distorted version of the affair, Issue
orders that no member of his family
was to speak to, or of, Bob from that
time forth, and to remark significantly
that he had far rather see a child of
his married to a horse thief than to a
person capable of such behavior.
Communication between the lovers
had since been managed, oneo or twice,
by the utmont stealth and secrecy.
Having, by this means, been assured
of Ms sweetheart's steadfastness and
readiness, Bob sent he:1 word by one
of her father's cowboys to ride a good
horse past the half-way branding pen,
.armed himself with a license and hung
around the Triple X ranch for a week.
When May finally found the oppor
tunity to slip away In thn most care
less manner, with one of the men's
sombreros on and In the face of threat
ening weather, she received a raptur
ous welccnio from the long-banl.shed
Bob, and they promptly headed their
ponies for "Squire Wiley's, Just the
other side of Roaring Creek, who waa
supposed to be holding himself In read
iness for their visit
What Mexican, or other paid spy.
or what unfriendly or envious hand
carried the news to old man Love will
not be known, but he burst Into one of
Ills near cow camps at dinner, shortly
after Bob and May's departure, like '
a roaring South African Hon with mus- I
tard in his eye. I
"The boys" who knew well enough !
what was afoot, and what would be j
asked of thein dropped their tin cups !
and plates, jumped on their waiting j
ponies aud were out of hailing dls-
ranee before he fairly lit In their midst.
But old Hank l'earsall, the cook, I
was a new man, not long from south- j
west Texas, neither knowing of nor j
caring particularly for Bob Holly and '
ms love nmiirs. so no stood at his of
ficial post, at the tall end of the chuck
wagon, and gave amiable nttention to
the Impassioned harangue and singular
antics of this new and entertaining
employer.
Being commanded to come along and
assist In dispersing Bob and rescuing
May, he mounted a serious appearing
but fitful tempered bucksklu-colored
pony, with om-hlte eye and much
symmetry of bone as much of a char
acter in Its way as Hank was in his
and started, with considerable Interest
and curiosity.
They rode hard and were near over
hauling the lovers within a mile of
Homing Crock. But while pursuer and
pursued pushed on at their utmost
pace, another factor was coming with
a. hundred timet: greater speed to take
H baud lu the game.
The dry bed of Roaring Creek was
Jnst before them, beyond that a tiuy
rise, thci. an arroyo, and beyond that
again the roof of the Justice's house.
Just in sight. Am Bob and May clat
tered over the creek bed and scrambled
up onto the rtae beyond, both looked
back and their pooled stopped, tosilnz
their hend.. pricking their ears nnd
snorting at a curious humming pound
that suddenly seemed to lill nil the all
about. "Hurry up, darling," cried Bob,
throwing out a hand to catch May's;
" 't's a l!g Ftorm conihi? from nlmve."
But before tl.ey could di-i-rcnd the
slope to u i the dry arroyo In front
It was lvrr.'.ng from bank t' bank
anil brlmmlM-,' over with a suld.vn llooil
of red, inu,l. ly water.
A n.l even above the noise of the flood
before them they heard a sound like
the angry shouting of furious multi
tudes. Looking backward nnd up the
crock whence, the sounds came they
saw a great, tumbling, shuddering wall
pushing before It and bearing upon
its crest all Imaginable sorts of dchrt
advancing down the dry creek lod
with Mich a thunderous onslaught that
the little mound on which they stood
shook and seemed fairly to lower un
der their fret.
They looked about them. The ar
royo ran Into the creek below. Above,
both it nnd the creek had flooded out
until they joined. Their little mound
was an Island, momentarily growing
smaller, surrounded on every side by
raging torrents. In which were driven
aud whirled wholo tret, full grown
cattle, with sometimes a fenco post
whose trailing wires had caught In
their barbs all manner of ghastly
wreckage.
Up came the water about them; down
fell the big hall.
"It's a cloudburst above, darling,"
said Bob. "It won't last long the
water won't cover this rise."
"I'm not nfrald. Bob," said May, with
very white lips; "I'm glad I came, any
how. If we've got to die we'll die to
gether; nnd the way I've felt for the
last three weeks I'm sure that's a heap
better than living apart."
Bob JumpHl olf his pony and lifted
May from hers. The hail was coming
bigger and beat cruelly upon tiiem.
Ho wrapped his slicker about her,
pushed the ponies dose together and
sheltered her with them aud Ms own
body ns best he could.
"We won't die," ho said; "but, poor
little girl, what an awful storm I've
dragged you out Into!"
Just then, from the farther bank of
the creek, above the awful howling of
the storm, came this Intelligent com
mand In old man Love's ear-splitting
tones:
"May Love! You come here to mo
this minute!" Aud May laughed hys
terically. "Well, he can't get at us, anyway
but the hall can. O, look at your poor
hands! O, Bob, I can't bear It put
the slicker back on!" ,
"Why, honey." sail Bob, as the tears
came in earnest now, "I'd get pounded
Just the same, anyhow; and you must
let me have the comfort of keeping
some of it off you It ain't a patchln'
on the wny your pa would do me If he
could get me right now."
While the storm raged and the water
rose nearly to their feet, Hank rear
sail had the almost exclusive benefit of
old man Love's remarks, since only Ms
wildest shrieks reached the young cou
ple, who were too much absorbed In
each other to heed cither Mm or the
storm very much.
Thesn remarks disagreed with Mr.
Pearsall, who was notoriously a man
of Judgment and observation.
"What's the matter with that young
feller?" he queried angrilyi "watch Mm
a standln' to the north'ard uv his gal,
a koepiii' tho hnll often her! He ain't
no chump! If he keeps that lick up
right through he'll make a better htu
band 'n what you ever did!"
About this time, the hail ceasing, tho
expectant Justice came down to the
further bnnk of the arroyo. The water
was going down visibly, but Its roar
was still considerable.
"Ho, Bob!" yelled the justice above
Its sound, "got your license?"
Bob took It out and waved It above
his head.
Old man Love could not from where
he stood hear a word, but he surmised
what had been said, and the sight of
the document was like a red rag to
the bull.
"I dare ye to marry 'em," he scream
ed. "I dare ye to do It!" And in an
ecstacy of rage nnd anxiety he forced
his pony down Into the foaming creek
among the whirling drift, where he
was promptly pitched off by the ter
rified creature, which Instantly return
ed. Pearsall, at the risk of Ms own
life, had to fish him out, receiving
plenty of nbu.se for his pains and re
turning It with bitter Irony.
In two minutes' time the shallower
nrroyo was fordable, though the creek,
down which big drift continued to
come, was not. Bob set May on her
pony, mounted his own, and prepared
to ride out The sight of the Justice
a plains cupld, with Ixiots, slicker and
cowboy hat preparing to tako charge
of the pair was too much for old man
Love, and, dismounted as he was, he
plunged, In a dollrium of rage, Into the
creek, spluttering and yelling:
"Stop! Hold on! You Just dare!"
May hesitated, frightened; but old
Hank Pearsall yanked her father out
again and set Mm on dry land, snort
ing: "Doggone ye! I pulled y' out onct
before! What fur culu't ye stay out!
Huh?
"When ye try buckln' agin a boy like
that, backed by a Texas norihor, you're
a-goin' to git left don't ye know it?
That kid's got a double clnche on
Proverdimcv! But. ye had this hyer
stirm staked out!
"Go It feller! do It gal! I'm with
ye ever time I'm for ye! Yer the right
sort! I wouldn't header ye fer nil the
durned old snnke-bit fools In Texas
I'll jlst gether up the scraps o' this ole
eejit, nn' tote 'em b;ick to the ranch."
And as May nnd Bob rodo off, tat
tered, beaten, draggled, but obliviously
blissful nnd Jaunty, a faint hail fol
lowed them:
"Cood-by, kids wish yer Joy! Come
on, olo calamity!" Alice MacUowan.
Not Incurable.
"Yes, doctor, he's very bad. Ho waa
nlllng when be came home last night,
and"
"What is his trouble like?"
"Sterns to be his brain. When I
asked him this moruing what he'd
have for breakfast he glared at me In
a way that frightened me nnd yelled,
'Oreenhalge! Jackson! McKIn rah!
rah! Yeo-oo-pr and flourished his
money as though he wanted to bet."
"I fear, ma'am, it Is a case of poll
fever. It Is very violent, but not fnn
gerous. Olve him this powder and a
couple of quarts of soup In about two
hours." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
First Pedestrian Out walking for
your health? Second Pedestrian Yes;
I'm going for t& doctor. Truth.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.
I i
Dlroctor-Oencral PavU. of the
World's Fair. Is prominently mention
ed In connection with the Chicago
Mayoralty.
(icroioino, the old A;ncli who made
so much I rouble n few years ago, is
now a peaceful prisoner at tin nn.iy
post near Mobile, All.
Pndcivwski, Just before sitting down
nt the plaivo, holds his fingers for sev
eral minutes In warm water, presum
ably to render them more flexible.
Ono of the most Interesting matches
under the Quecnsborry rules is the one
that has ended In the marriage of tho
Marquis himself to Miss Weedon.
J. C. Hlnrichs, of Charleston. S. C,
nn cx-Confedornte soldier, wears the
Iron cross of Prussia for vniious ser
vice performed lu tho Franco-Prussian
war.
Oen. Boynton, the woll-Vnown news
paper coiTosiondeut, has been award
ed by the Secretary of War the five
pointed bronze star for distinction in
action.
Sir Simeon IT. L. Stuart, tho new
City Marshal of Ixmdon, Is a doscond
nnt of kings. He has in this Instance
descended to a ualary of $1,750 per
annum.
Governor-elect Greenhalgo, of Massa
chusetts, was bom In England. The
Old Bay State has never before elected
a forclgn-born citizen to her chief ex
ecutive chair.
Francis Parkmn.n, tho dead historian,
was a nephew of Dr. George l'arkmnn,
whose murder by Trof. Webster in
1S49 is still perhaps the most cele
brated of American crimes.
Lknits. J. H. Alexander nnd Charles
Young, of the Ninth Cavalry, nre the
only two colored officers In the United
States army. The Ninth On rally Is
comixiscd entirely of colored men.
rock's Bad Boy that Is, George
Peck, Jr., the son of Governor reck, of
Wisconsin has been apiMlnted assist
ant pension ngent for the district which
Includes Wisconsin, Minnesota and the
Dakotas.
Ingar Olson, who waa glveu a medal
for his groat bravery at the tinio of
tho crib dlsnster at Milwaukee, will
soon bo appointed keep of the Mil
waukee life-saving station. The salary
Is $000 per year.
Congressman Bynum, of Indiana, It
Is announced, has determined to retire
from Congress at the end of his pres
ent term. He will probably engage In
the practice of law either In Now York
or Washington city.
Miss Alzada Lotz, of Bent County,
Col., has commuted her homestead en
try nnd paid tho $200. She Is but
twenty-three years of ago, but Is pos
sessed of tnio Western grit and ier
severance. For six months she carried
the mail a distance of thirty miles over
a thinly settled country.
Congressman Oates, of Alabama, who
has with great frankness written to a
St. Louis editor "I regard you ns a
Jackass," Is known ns a very grittv
man without nny bluster. He was a
Confederate Colonel, aud the battle In
front of Richmond, in wMch he lost
Ms right arm, was the twenty-seventh
he was engaged In.
Eugene Kelly, the millionaire New
York lmnker, Is a self-made man. He
was born In Ireland eighty-two years
ngo. He earned the money to pay his
passage to America by driving a Jaunt
ing car. Ho had not ono penny to
Jingle against another when he landed
In New York In 1831. He became a
dry-gcxxls clerk, and to-day his fortune
is estimated at from $5,000,000 to $10,
000,000. . . . J
FOR WOMEN
Worth received $30,000 for one gown.
Miss Helen Gould Is a slender bru
nette, with a face of strength and
womanliness rather than mere bvauty.
She still wears mourning.
Mrs. Dunlay-IIopklrw, founder of tho
New York School of Design, Una re
cently made it a gift of 200 casts,
wMch wore taken from the originals
nt tho Louvre.
Several ladles of Rockland, Me., de
veloped bright Ideas In trying to earn
$1 each for tho church. One did It by
digging worms for a neighbor's hens,
another by spanking a neighbor's chil
dren at so much a week.
In India there are more married wo
men in proportion to the population
than lu nny other country. Of women
between fifteen and forty years of nge
84 per cent are married. In Europe,
with tho exception of Hungary, the
percentage Is only 40.
Of sixty-seven Queens of France, on
ly tMrteen have died without lenving
their histories a record of misery.
Eleven were divorced, two executed,
nlno died young, seven were soon
widowed, three cruelly treated, three
exiled; the poisoned and broken-hearted
make up the rest.
As a means of physical culture Mrs.
Wilbur Bloodgood, of New York, con
tends fencing stands unrivalled in cal
isthenics. In fencing every muscle of
the btxly Is brought into active play, s'
Mrs. Bloodgood declares, nnd in con
firmation of this remark she shows
you the well-developed muscles of her
arms.
Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop, whose en
tertaining books of travel are well
known, is the first woman ever invited
to address the British House of Com
mons. She had a remarkable experi
ence of travel lu Koordlstnu, and was
summoned before the English Parlia
ment to tell what she had seen of
Christians in that remote country.
Nothing is more marked, especially
in Philadelphia. wMch Is Itself such
a medical centre, than the way women
physicians have cocao to the front A
few years ago they were but little seen
or heard of, now there are a hundred
or more women doctors whose uamea
tire known far uud wide, and who en
Joy largo and lucrative practices.
Mother For mercy's sake, child,
what do you expect to do In tho world?
You can't cook nor sew nor teach
school, and you are not nn heiress?
What can you do? Daughter Well,
mother, I cau get married, can't IV
Washington Star.
Cobble I see that Miss Cableton,
who was engag'Hj to a travelling man,
was married the other day. Stone
Wasn't It very sudden? Cobble? Yes.
Sho found out he was going to Chicago
on the next trip. Clothier and Fur
nisher. Love Is an Intoxicant tlxut makes onw
fuel bad gutting pvor It
Wooi"Lung
may be inherited ; not Consumption. Thin, narrow
chested children are the ones to look out for.
Everybody with a tendency toward Weak Lungs
should take
Scott's Emulsion
B-gjngjgjngjjagjgjgjja
of Cod-liver Oil, with hypophosphites of lime and
soda. It builds up the system. Cures Coughs, Colds
and Wasting Diseases. Physicians, the world over,
endorse it.
Hereditary Weakness
and all Blood Diseases are cured by SCOTT'S EMUL
SION. It is a food rich in nourishment.
Prtpared by JJcott k Bowng, N. Y. DruvgUtt H It
F."Sharplesr, Pres. N. U.Flnk, Sec, C. II. CAMruEU.Tfca .
OB LOOEV1SQUR CO
LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
Capital Stock $30,0O0.
Plotted property U in the coining bushiesa centre of the
town. It includes also purt of the factory district, and has no
equal in desirability for residence purposes.
CHOICE LOTS are offered at values that will be doubled
in a fehort time.
No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to make money.
Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS-
Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap
plication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods. Sales
.Agent, or any member of tho Board'of Directors.
BOARD OF DIKECTOIvS.
B. F. Sharpless; J. L. Dillon.
C. W. Nkal A. G. Briggs, Dr. I. V. Willits,
Dn. H. W. McReynolds, N. L. FUNK.
5-n 6 nios.
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IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
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A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
"He that works easily works Suc
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Stock, 7iu,Uo0 sliuios, pur vuluo ouo dollar t-ucli.
FULL PAID and NON-ASSESSABLE
130,000 Shares in Treasury.
Tho inlna Is lorntcd In the rloliost portion ot
the celebrated tfoltl producing district of I'rlp
plo Creek, uud U held under a I lilted feinted
patent.
Work l carried on day and night, and high
grade ore la being tukeu oullu linger quantities
Vn January, 1MH, tfte Co').jm will beutnimu
ing regular laonllilu atvtteiuln at the ram uf M
per veiu.per annum on tlw amount Invented.
II. II. OPK1CKU, t?eo. and Treus.
A limited amount of ulmrea are now offorcd
AT BO CENTS PER share.
Stoek, Proglottis and ox pert a report may be
obtained from tho bunking hoiine of
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Butler per lb $ .30
Eggs Per dozen .30
Lard per lb , .14
Ham per pound .14
Pork, whole, per pound'. 07 to .08
Beef, quarter, per pound . . c6 to .08
Wheat per bushel .85
Oats " " eo
Rye " " 80
Wheat flour per bbl 4.00
Hay per ton 1 8.00
Potatoes per bushel .70
Turnips " ' .2$
Onions ' " 1.00
Sweet potatoes per peck 25 to .35
Cranberries per qt .10
Tallow per lb .08
Shoulder " u iti
Side meat " " 14
Vinegar, per qt .08
Dried apples per lb .08
Dried cherries, pitted .15
Raspberries .18
Cow Hides per lb .oj
Steer " 05
Calf Skin 40 to .50
Sheep pelts .90
Shelled corn per bus .70
Corn meal, cwt. 8.00
Bran, " i.jS
Chop " i.as
Middlings " 1.25
Chickens per lb .10
Turkeys " " ,u
Geese " " 10
Ducks " 10
Coal.
No. 6, delivered 2.50
" 4 and s " 3 50
" 6 at yard 2.25
" 4 and s at yard 3.25
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