"ME COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
TOLD OF BUCK KILQORE.
HI .lumping Mutch with a Texas Wnmin
In War Times,
There are men In every quarter of
tho I'nlon who will regret to hear of
the death of Judge Constantino D. Kll
gore at Ardmore, I. T. For eight
years "Duck" Kllgore vaa a notable
man In Washington. In person he was
the typical Texan. Above six feet tall,
above sixteen stone In weight, above
the average Congressman In ability,
above the average man In sincerity,
straight as an Indian,' and strong as
an ox, "Buck" Kllgore was a marked
man whereever he appeared. It was
the kicking down of the door leading
from the legislative ehamber to the
House lobby that gave him notoriety.
It was characteristic of the man. He
Wanted to go Into the lobby; the mes
senger shut the door In his face. He
knew he had a right to go into the
lobby without asking the consent of
Tom Reed or any other man. He
raised his foot, clothed in an enormous
cowhide boot and kicked the door
down and went his way. The notoriety
that attached to him on account of
the act was always distasteful to him.
During the war he was ordered home
to assist In gathering up some desert
ers. One evening about dusk be was
out in the country in quest of a de
serter who had been off. the "layout"
for a year. He was very hungry and
very weary. He called at a house by
the roadside and there he found a wo
( man Just taking from the spit a nicely
broiled chicken. The savor of the fowl
made him ravenous. He had a Mexi
can dollar In his pocket, which he had
carried for years and to which he was
much attached, but he was bound to
have that chicken and he pulled out
the dollar and proposed a trade tho
coin for the fowl. The lady said tho
chicken waa for a sick friend and that
she could not sell it.
"But," she continued, "I'll Jump you
for it."
"What do you mean?" said "Buck."
"I mean that we will see which can
jump furthest from this doorsill out in
to the yard, and the one of us that
beats shall have both chicken and dol
lar." "All right; that "iits me exactly,"
said "Buck." The d ar was placed on
the dish beside the chicken and his gun
waa leaned against the wall by the
door, and "Buck" slung his arms and
made a temendous leap of over twelve
feet He recovered with difficulty, and
when he turned to the door there was
the lady with his cocked gun in her
hands, with the butt against her shoul
der and her finger on the trigger.
"Now, you just flirt the gravel down
that road, young man, or I'll make buz
zard's food of you before hell can singe
a knat," she ordered.
There was shoot in her eyes and
"buck and ball" In the gun.. So
"Bnck" "flirted the gravel," his bosom
swollen with impotent rage and his
mouth overflowing with eloquent pro
fanity. By this time it was dark. Over in a
field "Buck" spied a gin house. He went
to It and climbed In to the loft, laid
down on the floor and was soon fast
asleep. After a time he was awakened
by voices down below. He listened
and made the discovery that one was
a female voice, and a moment later he
realized that she was relating the
. "Jumping" episode to her companion,
who gave vent to peal after peal of
laughter. There was the chicken and
his dollar which he could see by the
light of the tallow dip. Peering about
he saw his gun also. There was a big
hole in the floor of the loft, and Just
as the man took hold of the dish to
eat the chicken "Buck" plunged
through the hole and seized the gun.
Before they recovered from their as
tonishment "Buck" roared out: "Mad
am, you Just flirt the gravel back home,
and as for this gentleman he and I
will flirt gravel to the office of the
Provost Marshal. He is the deserter I
have been after for a week."
There was shot In "Buck's" eye now.
The woman left. "Buck" recovered
tils dollar, ate the chicken, and before
midnight surrendered his prisoner to
the Provost Marshal. It was worth a
Journey across the continent to hear
"Buck tell the story.- From the Courier-Journal.
JACK WAS ALL RIGHT.
Hut the Old Man Thought lllm Incorrlgl
ble aud Sought to Reform lllm. .
"Tom," began one old merchant to
another as they were taking a fifteen
cent lunch together, "I feel as though
t could talk to you, for we have been
friends ever since we were boys, and
I must talk with some one."
"What Is It, Jim?"
"That son of mine. He's kind to me,
lays he's always ready to help me when
there's a chance and tells me the truth,
oo matter what he has done. But noth
ing that I can say with a view to re
dlining ins habits seems to make any
Impression. I'll Just ulve you an ex
ample. The other evening I said to
him that I had seen him coming out
3f a saloon and asked him if he wasn't
ashamed of himself.
" 'I really think,' the rascal answer
id, 'that it looks better to come out
than it does to go In.'
'"You shouldn't have gone in,' I
mapped.
" 'But I was In and it was better to
:ome out when I did then two or three
lours later.' Then he laughed and told
ne not to worry."
"And I think you had better follow
4ls advice. Jack doesn't drink. I have
:hat from the boys that train with him.
And between me and yo.u, old man, I
lave an idea he was looking you up.
It is whispered about in a good many
Maces that a few of us respectable
sodgers sneak in the back way and
lave a quiet game in that back room,
(t sounds a good deal worse than it is,
ind I guess that Jack must be troubled
ibout you. We'd better shift our quar
;ers so as to throw him off the scent."
"My Bhlft will be to never play an
Hher game of poker, and I'll tell Jack
to before I sleep. He's the best boy
n town." Detroit Froe Tress.
JEWS IN THE TRANSVAAL.
Steps to lie Taken for Their Better Treat
ment hy the I'reeldent.
The Transvaal Is one of the few
countries with pretensions to consider
ation as civilized Powers that debar
Jews from all participation in the leg
islative and municipal government.
Moreover they are disqualified from
iilling any public office to which a sal
ary is attached, while their schools are
the only ones which receive no subsidy
from the State. It is largely due to
this that the efforts of the Boer Sec
retary of State, Dr. Leyds, to secure
support at Paris and Berlin against
tho British Government have met with
such signal failure, the Immensely
powerful lnfiueuce of the Rothschilds
and of the other great Jewish finan
ciers who control the money markets
of Europe being exercised against the
Transvaal. It is to secure legislation
removing all the disabilities under
which the Jews now labor In the Boer
Republic.
"Yv"e have parted forever," said tho
young man, radly. "She is never go
ing to even write to me again."
"Are you sure of that?" asked his
sympathetic friend.
"Yen. She told me so in each of her
last threo letters." Washington Even
ing Star.
"What U unconventional, Uncle
Jim?"
i:nconveatlonal? Well, it Is being
too good natured to get vexed with
people who haven't any manners."
Detroit i'lea Press.
HANDEL AND KINQ GEORGE I.
rhe Composer Offended llli Mnjeaty but
liratmed fo Favnr by III Mupir.
Handel once offended Georce I nr
icriously that he was afraid to ap
jroach the court, but thrnnirh lha
'riendly Interposition of Baron Kll-
liunsegge, who was hlirh in fnvnr. hn
ivas restored to favor in the following
nanner:
Soon after his arrival in England tho
King was persuaded to make a short
ixcurslon on the water. Handel was
nfoimed of this Intention, and, upon
:he advice of his friend, he composed
tome pieces expressly for the occasion,
md secretly couducted their nerfnrm-
ince in a boat that accompanied the
oyal barge. His Majesty, upon hear
ng these compositions, which have
lince become famous under the title of
he "Wuter Music," was so surprised
md pleased by their excellence that ha
mmcdiately demanded the name of the
luthor. The baron, who was on hand
'or that purpose, told the King that
hey were the work of a faithful ser
vant of his Majesty, who, conscious
)f Uie cause of the displeasure which
le had given, durst not assume to ap
noach the royal presence until ho
:ould be assured that by every demon
itration of gratitude and duty in the
'uture he might hope to secure a par
Ion. This intercession was accepted,
ind Handel was immediately restored
o favor. His coniDosltions
red with the most flattering marks of
oyai approbation, and the King imnie
Ilately gave him a pension of 2nn r.
fear, In addition to that which had
reviously been conferred upon him by
3ueen Anne. Harper's Round Table.
A Credit Suitalner.
"Yes, I've just bought a blcvele " ho
said, "but I reallv didn't wnnt
W IIMHV SUW.
"Then, why did you get one?"
"To keep from losiner mv credit
)nly a very rich man can afford to be
vlthout a bicycle these days." Chica
to Post.
HOW WEARY WANDERER GOT EVEN.
Weary Wanderer All right Mr.
Soodle. If ye won't help rue I'll get
iven wid yer ter night
Now, den. Til make des tracks in
le snow fer his wife ter see.
Boodle'i Wife How dareyou.aeorgel
iook at those footprints, aud you told
ne only yesterday that you would
tever drink another drop I
Madman's Fight for Life,
Fled From His Barricaded Home in Shower
ot Load.
Steve Spellen, who Thursday night
deliberately shot and killed Mke
Raber, while the two rren were
friendly conversation, at Spellen's
home, at Dubois, Pa., was taken into
custody Friday morning after a tern
ble struggle for freedom, in which he
used a pistol with telling effect on
himseli an J his captors.
After the murder of Raber Spellen
barricaded himselt in his house and
defied the police, who surrounded the
house roon after the tragedy becurred.
After the officers found threats and
entreaty useless, Chief of Police Blair,
at the peril of his life, forced an
entrance to the house and command
ed Spellen to surrender. The murder
er replied with a bullet, which grazed
the officer's body, and then retreated
to his room. Lucking the door, in
order to delay pursuit by Chief Blair,
Spellen climbed out of a window to
the roof of an outhouse. Here he was
confronted by a cordon of officers,
whom he sought to disperse with
bullets from his pistol. The effect was
to proioke a volley from the officers.
The shower of lead drove Spellen from
his perch, and, dropping to the ground,
he ran, shooting at his pursuers, to a
deep shaft, at the water works, 350
yards away.
Bullets and shot whistied about the
fleeing murderer's ears as he ran, but
none of them took effect. Sliding
down the shaft and hiding behind a
projeclion, where he was securely en
trenched from the weapons of the
officers, lie laughed at and taunted
them and dared them to come down
and take him. Bent on taking Spellen
alive and fully aware of the risk they
would incur in descending the shaft,
the posse had recourse to water for
dislodging the fugitive and by turn
ing a hose stream on him forced him
to ascend the shaft.
As the drenched man neared the
surface he was met by Deputy T. E.
Casey. Determined to die rather
than be captured and resolved not to
die alone, Spellen fired a bullet into
his breast and resumed shooting into
the croivd, from which he made a !
second effort lo escape after clamber-'
ing out of the shaft. After running
about 50 yards he was brought down '
by a charge of shot full in the face and !
a bullet in his leg. He is still alive, j
but is not likely to recover. j
bullets took effect are Chief of Police
Blair, wounded in the left side ; E.
Butterworth, shot through the arm,
and A. L. Mott, shot in the foot.
Spellen is about 28 years of age and
recently manifested signs of insanity.
Raber, whom he murdered last night,
was paying attention to his sister. Ra
ber was superintendent of the Dubois
Water Company's pumping station.
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Hood's Pills arc easy to take, easy
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Widows' Pension Claims.
In a recent pension decision Assist
ant Secretary Davis, of the interior
department, promulgates the import-j
ant ruling that there shall be no limit i
to the time in which a widow may file
an appeal in completing her deceased ;
husband's claim. The assistant secre- j
tary holds that the question whether
the soldier was entitled to a pension j
is not settled finally by the adverse '
decision of the pension bureau, but '
the secretary of the interior has a '
right to pass upon the question. The ,
widow s right to prosecute the case to
a final adjudication and to appeal
from the adverse action of the pension
bureau is conceded. No just reason,
he says, appears for limiting the time
for filing such appeal by the person
who succeeds to the rights of the
original claimant. This decision over
rules those of the department made in
a number of cases in past years.
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Womau's Love.
There is nothing like it in heaven
or eartli and it is a good thing there is
not.
Martin Thorn, convicted of one of
the foulest murders in history and
now awaiting execution in Sing Sing,
is deluged with love letters and frantic
offers of sympathy from sweet, tender
and refined women. The writers say
he is a lovely man, and a dear, put
upon victim, so he is, and they know
the killing and subsequent butchering
of the body of Clou densuppe was all
the fault of that nasty Mrs. Nack.
Although a witness swore that Thoin
confessed the fiendish crime to him,
a crime so terrible that we refrain
from hurting our readers sensibilities
with any close reference to it, yet
these loving and tender women who
write slushy letters to the slayer blame
the whole affai." on Thorn's accom
plice, the woman. Is it because she
is a woman they do so ?
None of this scribbled slopping
over of morbid emotions is given to
Thorn by the prison warden, who
knows his business and is disgusted
with the writers. If Thorn received
the correspondence, he would un.
dotibtedly feel himself txalted int j a
stage hero.
It seems as if women have not yet
been sufficiently kicked and beaten
and choked and shot by brutal men.
Many of them want more of it, much
more of it, apparently, before they
will be satisfied to make heroes of
just plain, good men who never
butcher anybody or commit highway
robbery. Ex.
EtariDg Eggs.
Eggs should not be stored near any
odorous commodity, as they have al
most the proclivity of butter for ab
sorbing o lors. Especial care should
be taken in shipping. In one instance
a shipment of eggs was -placed near a
huge shipment of apples oa the ship,
and they became almost unsalab'e,
because it was claimed that they had
the odor of apples. Eggs that are
pickled are not as liable to be affect
ed by odors as other eggs. In the
pickling there seems to be a deposit
of the shells which tends to fill the
pores 1 perhaps that is the reason why
the shells of pickled eggs almost al
ways burst when boiled.
THE MARKETS.
BLOOMSBURG MARKETS.
CORHICTID WIIILT. BIT1II, MICIS.
Butter per lb $ ,
Eggs per dozen a6
Lard per lb , cj
Ham per pound I0
Pork, whole, per pound 05
Ileef, quarter, per pound, , , . 0,
Wheat per bushel 00
Oats ' 30
Re " " 50
Wheat flour per bbl j.oq
Hay per ton i to $14
rotatoes per bushel, new,.. .. .80
Turnips " ,j
Onions " 1 00
Sweet potatoes per peck ,35
Tallow per lb os
Shoulder " ' 08
Side meat c8
Vinegar, per qt oS
Dried apples per lb ,0j
Dried cherries, pitted ,u
Rispberrics ,u
Cow Hides per lb .1
Steer " " c
CalfSkin 80
Sheep pelts , 75
Shelled corn per bus .50
Corn meal, cwt 1,50
Bran. " 85
Chop go
Middlings " ,8j
Chickens per lb new C8
" "old 08
Turkeys ' " laI
Geese " " ,
Ducks " " 0e,
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