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A VILLAGE STREET
Where waving branches lace ai.d meet
In i ~ii pies (.r gr-'on
Abov an o'd-tliise village street,
Qui"; and cool and clean,
Tl • !:.i iiiv uii.s litter slow
And. interwrought with shade,
iTrui o tn the velvet sward below
A shimmering brocade.
N'n sou:. I disturbs the holy hush
That wraps the silent stre< t
Save w .'ii at tinges some trill of thrush
Drifts tremulously sweet;
Or i .so, when purple twilight (lings
A gauzy veil and thin.
\\ ake echoes from the tinkling strings
Of mellow mandolin.
This > the street, serene nnd sweet,
Down which in days agone
1 tripped with bare and buoyant feet
Through dews *»f dusk and dawn;
Or romped at play with comrades gay
Wl.i >:• some long afternoon
Dion 1 .' lowly drowsily away
Like bees In tie Ids of June.
Old quiet street! the steps that learn
The <-lt\ 'x crowded ways
Onee more and eagerly will turn
To scenes of other days,
And sick of ceaseless fray and fret,
('fu'ophnnotts and rude,
Wi seek. while e> •.< grow dim and wet.
Tin restful quietude!
—ll;.ton 11. Greer, in National Magazine.
A RUNT BUNCH '
OF BANANAS $ ;
Uy FRANK K. EV/EE.T j
(Copyright, 1804, by Daily Storf i'ub. Co.)
J T wa3 only a scrawny, half-sized
I bunch, with irregular, misshapen
fingers that had been squeezed be
tween more thrifty bunches on adjoin
ing s-talks, but it proved the salva
tion of Seppina Alfauo and Tony.
At the Barratas linea it was cut be
cause the parent stalk had to ha cut
and removed to make room for new
growth, and the machete stroke was
so careless as to clip the tips of a
whole cluster of fingers. That made
premature decay inevitable.
Of course the bunch was thrown out,
but by some inadventurc a field hand
picked it up and included it with a lot
that was being hurried to a vessel.
There the clipped tips wore unnoticed,
because at the moment the bunch
pa -:ed the inspector his attention was
divided by a fluttering handkerchief;
but he waved the bearer of the fruit
toward that portion of the hold where
only hall'bunches of the poorest qual
ity were placed, for even the most
cursory glance showed it had but two
and a naif hands, with fingers of a!-
mo t unmarketable ugliness.
Twenty hours later the vessel
weighed anchor and left Trujillo, and
by the time it passed Cape Catoche,
with the end of Cuba showing as a
shadow off to the right, the injured
tips were in process of decay. At New
Orleans the bunch wns unhesitatingly
di carded as being unfit for a journey
north. A hundred or more other
hunches were discarded at the same
time, perfect fruit, except that they
were a si a to too ripe for a long jour
ney. These were sold for a trifle to
city fruit venders who were waiting
about e wharf with their push carts,
wat hing for just such a chance to
buy.
Perro. the Italian who had a stand in
front of the St. Charles hotel, was the
largest buyer; nnd as lie started away
with hi fruit a wharf hand picked up
the decaying runt bunch and tossed it
upon the load. It was easier to do
that than to carry it to the wharf
edge and drop it into the water. But
Petro. arrived at the hotel, threw this
bunch with the litter behind his
stand. His was the show position of
the city, with fastidious patronage,
and even the be-I of those unshapely
and urdersized fingers among his fine
stock would injure trade. The other
fruit was carefully wiped and placed
in attractive pyramids and cones, and
all the refuse of straw and stalks
thrown back upon the increasing pile
of litter. Then his keen, bead-like
eye- went roving thriftily up and
down the street.
A tramp was touching furtively
along the opposite sidewalk, apparent
ly u:v tain where togo, and evidently
afraid to remain where he was. New
Orlenn-- was under a wave of reform
arid the city was packed with its etts
tomary winter tramps. Every day
hundreds of them were being run in
and set to work, and the others were
in constant dread of sharing the same
hard fate. Many were leaving tht
city.
Twenty yard j back was a youns
woman, not so slouching nor sc
rap-ed and disreputable looking as th<
fir t tramp, but just as furtive. Hoi
he. ' and face were concealed by a bll
of frayed shawl. To all appearance
the two were not aware of each other's
presence.
Pc thrifty eyes caught the man'<
furtive ones, and his hand went ur
Ir be-koning. The tramp hesitate!
a lit'le an I then '-■tarted across tlx
street, l is gazo roving apprehensive!}
from file to side. The woman fol
lowed his example promptly, but with
out looking at. him. They readier
Petro's stand but a few feet apart.
"You like a fine, easy job?" asker
Petro. per.-ttasive'y. "All my refusa-i
stuff here, banan' stalk, spoil apple an
like dat. You take my push cart an
jus' walk along, oh, so easy, an' droj
him in water off the wharf. Only four
fi', fix load, an' I give-a you—see!'
lifting the runt bananas so that th<
best clus''r should show just abovi
the edge of the stand, "one whole
hunch bviau'. You look-a hun-gree
an' di:; -vke food for three, four da}
—on' l whole week." The corners o
his f\ took in the woman, whose bi
cf si "." I had suddenly dropped, show
Ing a pretty, pinched face that ex
pre.- d a pitiful mingling of hunge;
Asia i-.nalag. Even the man's ey«
narrowed and gleamed a little at the
sight of the fruit. For two whole days
no tramp had dared to beg in the eity.
"Food for one long week, for two peo
ples," Petro added, convincingly.
"Yes, yes, yes," the woman broke in
sharply, "you must, Tony. I'll huip
you."
"All right," lazily, "hut you needn't
help. I guess I can manage It.
Where's your cart, boss?"
An hour later the last load had been
taken and dumped into the harbor,
and Tony was back for his bananas.
But as the misshapen bunch with itsr
decayed cluster was handed out his
face wrinkled doubtfully.
"Shrunk some, ain't it, boss?" ho
asked, suspiciously, "an" gettin' gray
fast? But never mind, though," his
voice suddenly changing as he got a
whiff of the fragrance. "I guess we !
can eat even the stalk just now. I
Here, give it to me, quick! We'll take
it down to one o' the wharves whore
we can eat sort o' quiet like."
But before they reached the first cor
ner there came the sound of slow,
measured stops, which to their prac
ticed ears was unmistakable. A po- j
liceman was approaching, and in I
another minute would swing round |
upon their street. Beside them was a j
! narrow alley leading to the hack en |
j trance of a house, and the gate was I
; unfastened. Tony's movements were \
I sluggish only on unimportant occa- j
sions. When the policeman turned |
I the corner they were crouching in the
alley behind an ash barrel, scarcely
i daring to breathe.
Not until the measured steps had
gone beyond hearing did they venture
out. Tony was breathing heavily.
"I can't stand this much longer,
Pina," he gasped. "Seven watch- :
dogs this day have we dodged, and ;
by a hair's breadth. If we're caught
it'll be "a month, maybe two, maybe
six, and with hard work, for the city, \
too. If it keeps on like this I'll be
tempted togo to work for myself."
"Yes,'' the woman acquiesced, "bet- !
ter work for self than for city."
They had made but a few blocks to- J
ward the wharves when Tony's rest- j
less eyes caught sight of another
| policeman rounding a corner ahead,
I only one block away. And, worse yet,
ho turned in their direction. There
j was 110 alley near, no side street, no
open doorway into which they could
j dodge—nothing but a garbage barrel
waiting for the street cleaners, with a
j board leaning against it. Tony's eyes
I made one comprehensive sweep, and
! then stopped at the barrel.
"Quick, Pina. Quick! Quick!" he
' whispered. "Drop down your skirt,
| the under red one. I want it."
In an instant he had swung the
hoard across the barrel, caught the
j torn red skirt which Seppina handed
i him, and draped it dexterously so that
both the board and barrel were con-
I coaled and the folds covered their own
| rents. It was an ideal stand of the
small, Italian type, with its covering
j of dirty, gray-colored cloth.
Now, help break up the bananas,
| Pina," he whispered, briskly, "in one
two, an' three, an' make 'em spread
over the stand. We're sellin' fruit,
you know."
The policeman was not yet half up
the block. When he drew near Tony
! was shouting, cheerily: "Bananas
; here; bananas, only—two—cents
I I apiece!"
The policeman looked at them rather
1 sharply, Tony thought, though he
passed on without saying anything.
Rut as soon as he reached the next
block Tony began to gather up the
fruit.
! | "We've got to get away from here,
' j quick," he ejaculated. "That feller's
' j comiii' back in a few minutes to ask
. ' for our stand license. I seen it in his
' eyes. An' it'll be worse for us than
i just bein' tramps. I guess we'd better
" be leavin' the city, though I hate to,
I it's such a nice place. I wanted to
I hang out here all winter."
! "How much for your bananas?"
' came a voice from above. Tony
• started and looked up. A woman wa3
1 leaning from a window.
"Why, I —I —two cents," he stam
' merod.
"I know—l heard that. I mean for
- the lot?"
' Tony glanced dubiously at his fruit.
, "There's 30," ho said, slowly; "but
some's sp'iled. I guess 50 cent?."
r "Very well. I'll take them. Hand
i them in at the door. Here's your
' j money," and a coin rattled on the
' pavement at Tony's feet.
? j lie had not thought of selling any
bananas —had not wanted to.in fact.
; But there was no help for it now. A
j few minutes later he was hurrying
? down the sidewalk with Seppina, the
t 50 cents clutched in his fingers,
t "S'pose we go straight an' blow this
3 into a grub house?" he said.
i But Seppina was looking thought
ful.
3 "Why not go and buy bananas?" she
-> suggested. "I've seen great, big
1 bunches sold at the wharves for less
5 than 50 cents."
j Tony stopped suddenly, then slapped
his thighs. The suggestion had ear
- ried his quick mini to a great thought,
i"The very thing!" he cried; "an" sell
'em, too. I hate work much as any
-1 j body in this world; but we've got to
i do something, with the watchdogs
' swoop! n' down on us, an' banana sellin*
' is almost, a:; easy as trampin', I guess.
■) Only we've got togo safe. You know
■, that house where they offered us work
" t'other day, an' we said we wa'n't in
t> the workln' business? Well, we'll go
t) back there. You can cook for a week
e —you're pretty good at it, —an' I'll
■, saw their wood. A week'll give us
/ money 'nough to buy a reg'lar straight
112 out license, so we can snap our fingers
t at the watchdogs, an' we'll have some
■- for a few bunches o' bananas. The
- very thing. What d' you say?"
"The very thing," Seppina repeated,
H lier eyes bright.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER i, 1904
!iiW3B WR3USHT 8? TBFNAOO.I
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FOUR LIVES LOST AND MANY IN. j
JURED AT STOCKTON, N. Y.
, Storm Hit a Crowd of Picnickers in
Grove Trees Uprooted and
Buildings Bio v/n Down
and Unroofed.
Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 20. —Four
, persons lost their lives and several
others were injured in a tornado that
swept through Chautauqua county 1
yesterday.
Parkhur.it's grove, where the Stock- j
ton town picnic was being held, was |
directly in the path of the storm. Five j
thousand people were on the grounds
| when a terrific wind storm swept ;
j through the place. The dead:
1 Mrs. Austin 10. Pierce, of Frcdonia. I
Miss Ina Scott, of Shurnla.
Orin Dalrymple, CO years old.
Unidentified child.
The most seriously injured:
Mrs. Orin Dalrymple, of Slutmla, :
I will probably die.
Arthur Bills, of Portland.
The storm came up suddenly. Trees |
in the grove were struck by lightning, j
I many of them were blown down and j
I the rain fell in torrents. The people 1
j who took refuge under the trees at. the
| first sign of the.' storm were caught by
I the falling branches and injured. |
j Many horses were killed in the same •
j manner. Some of the animals stam- j
i peded, trampling upon the injured j
i people Ijing upon the ground.
Some of the buildings in the vicin- •
itv were blown down and others were ;
i unroofed. Hundreds of forest and 1
I fruit trees were torn up and corn and j
j oals fields were laid waste, entailing
j a loss of thousands of dollars.
At the assembly grounds at Chan- j
i tauqua many trees were uprooted and
: a portion of the fence around J lie
I grounds was demolished. The men's
1 clubhouse was badly damaged.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
Warrants for 30 Prominent Men of
the Cripple Creek District Have
Been Sworn Out.
Cripple Creek, Col., Aug. 20.—Ca- I
I piafies were placed in the hands of
j Sheriff Bell yesterday afternoon for 28 (
' prominent citizens of the Cripple j
I Creek district against whom informa- 1
: tions have been filed in the district I
| court by Deputy District Attorney C.
• C. Butler. The charges are conspiracy
, and assault to kill, conspiracy and
false imprisonment and conspiracy, !
i malicious mischief and larceny in
I connection with the (leportal ions last
Saturday. Among the alleged leaders
' of the mob for whom capiases were :
issued are:
Nelson Franklin, former mayor of
I Victor.
E. C. Newcomb, cashier of the First |
national bank,
j Henry Dahl, manager of (lie Ophir '
! mine.
A. E. Carleton, president of the j
1 First national bank.
: j Harry Waters, Frank Vanneck, j
| Charles Gttnn and E. K. Young, dep- j
uty sheriffs.
I A. Cole, formerly secretary of the :
Citizens' Alliance at Victor.
Daniel McCarthy, superintendent of j
, the Granite mine.
A. P. Hohlman, superintendent of 1
1 | th" Golden Cycle mine.
William Carruthers, solicitor for the !
1 \ Colorado & Southwestern railroad.
1 Louis Henry, superintendent of the ,
I Rose Maud mine.
John Balzell, superintendent of the j
1 Sedan Mining Co.
| William Bainbridge, superintendent j
> ] of the El Paso mine. j
1 DYNAMITE CAPS EXPLODED.
A Panic in the Betting Ring at Haw- j
| thorne Race Track —An Attempt to '
| | Rob a Bookmaker.
| i Chicago, Aug. 2G.—By the explosion j
;of some dynamite caps and in the j
J 1 panic that followed it, three persona ;
j were injured Thursday afternoon at j
• the Hawthorne race track. It is sup.
' posed that the caps were thrown on
; the floor of the betting ring with the j
' j idea of creating a panic, during which !
' j the cash boxes of the bookmakers 1
? ' might be robbed. All attempt was \
j made to rob one bookmaker, but it j
. j failed.
The first explosion was caused by j
. Williams, who, while walking through ;
j the east side of the ring, stepped 011 a
I cap. It exploded, tearing off his shoe
' I and lacerating his foot severely. He
fell to the floor with a cry, and in
stantly there was a shout that an in
' sane man was discharging his re
' volver at random. Immediately there
) was a wild panic, and while the book
makers, seizing their cash boxes, bent
r low in their booths the crowds rushed
across to the south side of the ring in
L he effort to escape. Just as the throng
, reached this side of the ring some-
J body trod 011 another cap and the
crowd tore back to the place where it
had started.
McGill was knocked down durin
this rush and was trampled upon.
A third explosion took place some
minutes after the panic had been al
' layed. It occurred just beneath a chair
; on which Bruno was sitting, threw
i him to the floor and, a portion of the
cap striking his foot, tore it badly.
' A Corporal Suicides.
St. Louis, Aug. 20. —Cristobal Salva
• tor. a corporal in the Philippine con
• stabulary encamped at the world's
- fair, committed suicide yesterday by
) shooting. He left a letter stating that
4 ill health caused him to take his life.
Are on the Verge of Starvation.
Reno, Nev., Aug. 20.—Cloudbursts
. and washouts in Tonapah and along
( the lines _of the Tonapah & Carson
, and Colorado railroads are the most
. disastrous in the history of those dis-
I j Iricts. People at Tonapah and Gold-
I fields are on the verge of starvation.
' | They are being temporarily relieved
'i by the rushing in of supplies via
' j Croon Springs, Silver Peak and Can
' i delaria by wagon trains. But this is
> j only temporary, and as over 5,000
1 people must be fed ill the different
, ! camps, extraordinary measures must
' be taken for their relief.
A CLEAR CUT VICTORY.
Barnes Jeffries Won from Jack Monroe '
in the Second Round.
San Francisco, Aug. 27. —Like tlio
veriest amateur in the prize riiiK, Jack
Munroe, of 1 Intro, Mont., went down
and out before Champion James Jef
fries la:it night in the second round.
The man from the mining district
made such an extremely sorry show- !
ing that the great throng in Median- j
ics' Pavilion roundly hooted him as he j
protested to Referee Graney against j
the decision that had been given in i
favor of Jeffries.
The miner was seared and awk
ward and Jeffries in the first round
had him twice on the canvas taking
the count.
Jeffries directed his bombardment
against the stomach of his opponent
and each shot was followed by a blow
on the jaw that sent Munroe to his
knees. Jeffries went back to his cor
ner after the opening round with a
sneer and a laugh on his swarthy face,
while Munroe's seconds busied them
selves with smelling salts and restor- j
atives. When the two came together [
for t.he second round the laugh on the
champion's visage changed to a look
of determination that, boded ill to the
miner.
Forty-five seconds after the gong
sounded Munroe was lying 011 the
iloor, a bloody, bruised mass of hu
manity with Jeffries standing over
him, ready, if necessary, to put the
quietus 011 the championship ambi- j
tions of bis adversary. The miner was
too dazed to rise to his feet and the :
timekeepers counted him out, but. the j
husky man from southern California j
did not understand that the victory j
was already his, nor could Munroe re- |
alizo that bis pugilistic star had so,
early set and the two men, in a mo- j
ment or two, were facing one another
and Jeffries landed a terrific blow on :
the jaw of his staggering opponent.
'twas at this time that Referee
Graney came forward and ordered ;
Jeffries away, telling hirri that the ,
fight was ended in his favor.
From the time the bell rang for the
commencement of the battle to the j
time that the count of ten had been j
uttered against Munroe, only four .
minutes and 45 seconds had elapsed. '
TRADE BAROMETER.
Some Improvement Is Noted, but La
bor Disputes are Still Numerous.
New York, Aug. 27. —R. G. Dun & '
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Trade has improved somewhat,
chiefly because of better crop pros
pects and the fact that last week's
variations in prices of steel products
failed to demoralize iliat industry.
The industrial atmosphere is still dis
turbed by labor controversies, how
ever, and it will be impossible to fully
restore national prosperity until the
proportion of voluntarily unemployed
wage earners is greatly reduced. Dis
patches from leading cities indicate
irregular conditions, but there is in
creasing confidence in the future.
New business is reported in steel
rails for both domestic and foreign ac
count. Structural steel feels the ef
fect of labor controversies' in the
building trades, but there is en
! couragement in large purchases for
bridges and elevated roads. The pig
iron outlook has been brightened by
the restoration of several blast fur-
I naees to the active list.
Instead of increased activity with
| the proximity of abundant raw ma.
terial, the manufacture of cotton
j goods has experienced a further cur
tailment.
Failures this week numbered 205 in
! the United Slates, against 170 last
i year, and in Canada 30, compared with
j 33 a year ago.
KISER VS. OLDFIELD.
In a 15-Mile Automobile Race at De
troit Oldfield was Defeated.
Detroit, Aug. 27. —The contests be
| tween Barney Oldfield and Earl Kiser
| were the centers of interest at the
first session of Detroit's fourth annual
automobile meeting which began at
i the Grosse Point track yesterday. The
much looked for record breaking fail-
I ed to result from the competition,
however, and the best time of the day
for any mile was over three seconds
j slower than Riser's 52 4-5.
The keenest fight of the day devel
| oped in the sixth event, a 15-mile open
I race, pronounced by automobilists
' the most thrilling contest of the year
!on any track. Of ten entries seven
! were scratched. Oldfield in his "Green
Dragon" led Kiser a full half mile at
the end of the fourth lap, Gorndt, the
remaining starter, running a bad
third. At the tenth mile Kiser had
gained three-quarters of this distance
when Oldfield spurted at a whirlwind
i pace, doing the next mile in 57 sec
onds. Kiser seemed to have speed in
check and passed his rival at the
stretch, Winning by several lengths in
14:511-5.
Wounded by Bandits.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 27. —Domin-
ico Mostello and Giuseppe Scirona
are in a hospital at Sayre seriously
wounded as the result of an attack by
Italian bandits at Athens. It is prob
able the former will die. Some time
ago Mostello informed the Lehigh
Valley railroad detectives of the iden
tity of the three members of the Mafia
gang who held up a large number of
Italians at Lake Carey and levied
tribute on them. The members of the
"Black Hand" were arrested, but it
was impossible to convict them, as
Mostello and all the other Italians
were afraid to testify against them in
open court. Soon afterwards two of
the three men robbed Mostello of $ 100.
Winners of Prize Drill Contests.
St. Louis, Aug. 27. —After the grand
review of the uniform rank, Knights
of Maccabees, yesterday, competitive
drill prizes were awarded. The first
prize, a silver loving cup and SSOO,
went to division No. 3, Toledo, O.;
second prize. S3OO, United division No.
7, Auburn, N. Y.; third prize, S2OO,
Celery City division No. 15, Kalama
zoo, Mich.; Pasadena division No. 0,
of Pasadena, Cal„ won the long dis
tance prize. The prize for the best
battalion was won by the fire bat
talion of the Third regiment of Cleve
land.
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kindof merchandise. There
is 110 email or grand decep
tion practiced in tlieir store.
Sustained success demon- ,
strates that there is
"growth in truth"in the
retailing of
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[}j be made any where in this section. I employ fj]
ol only first-class workmen and invite the public j)j
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