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rrkly at
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HAS0,
The larceand rel atle:clrculaticn of tt 'w
bkia J-mrxAB rin-mtndt ft to tl,e larorahle
cons n'e rat H.n il a- ertii-er wboiefavou w ill be
laser-ted at tbc folit.wliifr luw rate:
1 loch, a I'mef j M
t I m h , 3 moD t in- ...... . . ......... 2-SO
1 Inch, 0 month .bn
1 aaea . 1 year 5.00.
z iorheo, C ciuntlm.... t oo
2 Inches, 1 year ln.oo
S Inches. months fi.OU
S lather. year - 1 2 00
oolnma 6 munihs. 10 00
-,' column. 6 months........... ' 00
eolnno, 1 year SV0O
'column, 0 month! ...... 4000
1 eolamn, 1 year 76 00
Kalot Itsrea, A nit Insertion, lOe. er line;
tabaeqnent insertion. t. per line
Aduiiniotratnr'f and Executor 'a Notice. .(KM
Aadllur'a Notice x.ou
5iraT anil almilar Notice I.M
f keaiIationf or price41nara ot ao eororm
tlon or aoriety and cumBiunloatlona deMxned to
call attention to any matter nt limited or Indl
Tidnal Intereft man te paid for advrrtlaement
Hook and Job hrinllnu of all klnda oea.tl; and
exeoioaaiy ezemted at the lowest rieca. And
don't job forget It.
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JAS. C. HASSCN, Editor and Proprietor.
"HE IS A FBEEMAN WHOM THE TBCTH MAKES FBkR ASiD ALL ABK 6LA7E.8 BESIDE,
81. DO and postage per year in advance.
r r 1'nvina In advance must not ex
-,! nn'trie ametootlnitaJt&oewho
ti.-t e .tl.stLurilj understood trun.
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VOLUME XXY.
EBENSBUKG. PA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1S91.
NUMBER 31.
to
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reads
(P Honesty
CXtiVJXS TOBACCO
is the boT-t thct i ? made, and
at ONCI tr:e3 it, and 6ave.3
money und secures moro
eatis faction thn.n ever before.
AVOID iir.:ta.tiou3. Insist on
having the genuine. If your
dealer hasn't it ask hiia to
get it for yoA.
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dot s IiOt keep it YOU Should insist linnn r.iia rlciiwo- an am it.
y ;;; ves satiafactioa and its immense sale all over the United State
th v. , s" "ceaary ari:cie
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;!iter. l;iad proof below ;
pjQjsns mm GGBL
rrLvsoxos, Pa., Nov. ; "Silt
Da. B. J. Kksili. Co. :
liont -I woul l likH to m.-il'O ktwvwn thow who
ireulmt wriiH'i't to iiK nil.-iII' Smin Ctiro
'.he la.t tiiiit I tin iik tt n i iim- t?M'. llfiil Lmiiii.-nt
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ihrtj li- f'rt ihrit v-arn hn I ti-iiiiivrnt! t
voi.r Ki nJ.ill t i'livin Curt-. I o .1 t.:n Imt
tW u tin hiTM uiul l ine v oiKril buu foi tuive
veainiacc uii'l not inh'U lanit.
Vour truly. WJI. A. CUItX.
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VALLIC LUTTRINCER,
H A N UF ACT CRBft OF
TIN, COFFER AND SHEET-IRON WARE
jjvj rjv itoorixG,
KeFpeetfally Inrltes tbe attention ot hli friend
and the public In general to tbe fact that be iiaUli
earryioic on bai net's at thaold etand opposite the
MountjIQ House, tbcnnliurit, and 11 prepared to
acpply from a lare i:oek, or manuracturlnir to ee
rier, any article In his line, from the smallest to
tbe larciit. lu the bi.it manner and at tbe loweat
Uvinir prices.
Ff?,o penitentiary war fc either made or sold
at tLls est.il.liKhuient.
TIX ROOflNO Sl'i:CIAL.TY.
tl ive tee a call and satisfy yourselves as to my
K..rii aa.l prices V. LUlTJClNOIUi.
UKu(burx. April 13, lSS3-tl.
'I'UK I'i.'t K.MAN U tbe lament paper in Nortli
JL C'ajioiin. lj. n't lornel it.
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a uti
tables and painted work it acts like
io any well supplied store. Every-.
the children delight in usincr it i&
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Mcetln' lets out now protty lave;
Lost niKht when we trot home
'Twuz dark; an' waitln' by tbe (,ate
Fer fotber folks ter come,
Sbe la i.l her hunJ o ift in mine,
" I thank you. Jim," abe aed,
I didn't dare to Mjueeze it tight,
' llut now I wiaht I hed.
The clouds wuz ncud.lln' round the moon
An' now an' then twas dark.
An such time nwnn as if my heart
Kiz up lit.- eny lark;
Cos then I mifht a' stole a kiss
Frum smiiin' lips f reil.
But, bUnie it all : I diilu't dare.
O: how I wisht I bed I
--An' now I'll never (tit a chance,
"'She goes away today;
I tliiln't aay a thing la-st night
Thet I had plar.ni-il to Hay.
boiueliow my Uii(.-ue felt awful thick.
I wonder what she'd aed
If I hed told hrr all last niht
Thet now I w islit I hed.
Maiy Olive Emmons. In the Home.
THEIR NEW HOME.
How Mr. "Wilkins Was Fooled
When House Hunting.
"Eureka! I have found it!" I shouted
as 1 ontori'd the house.
'round what?" queried Mrs. Wilkins.
"Tho houso, my dear. The very
hoiw we want."
i)h! have you?" exclaimed my wife,
with an intensity of emphasis that suth-t-ii'iitly
explaint'd her appreciation of
the horrors of huse-hnntinjr. "I am
so irlail! It relieves my mind of more
anxiety than you think. Where is it?"
"Mere." And I pulled the paper from
my ixieket and opened it triumphant
ly with one sweep of my strong riyht
hand.
oh! Alry!"
I despair of conveying in print a
el.-ar idea of the expression ray w ife
p-.it ijito the ntteranee of those two
words. It was the ery of a deceived
and wound'-d spirit. Mrs. Wilkins"
face look -d almost frhastly. It eemed
as ii all the lijri'.t was struck out of it
a-i 1 Hie crash of sudden woe.
"Yes. in the paper," 1 went on, feifrn
in'.' nut to p.-reeive the havoc I had
crcat."d i't the sensitive hreast of the
woman. "An advert is-inent. you kno.v.
What a hli-ssed institution this adver
tisina" vstem is."
'Well, read it."
I read it:
11 ni IIvnt A snnrr. coiv hnuse in the ntib-u-l
. Ii iii.'v t-i a l'ne of i-tn i-t curs, will bo
r.-n'od t a car-Mill tenant at l.l n dollara jer
mo::tli. Applv ui Jericho avenue. Take a
Jo; ;-a -.trrot iir "
"N'.i.v. then:" I tried, exultant.
"II- li' t:! i.s," said Mrs. Wilkins.
4 Kid'cnlou-.. IVnelojie: .' t a hit of
it. I lu lieve t'int house to k-a prize.
I'll ro at once and see it. There'll be a
hundred apptieanls for it."
?.!r. Wil'.:ins smiled inero'lnlonsly.
A:il s i . heap, too!" said I. rifteen
d.ll irs a month. Did yon ever hear of
such a thins?" ltitt Mrs. Wilkins w:ts
hy ri means impres.-ed with iny new
i-nt '.-pri She argued the p int lony
:iiiil earnestly with me. rcmindinp; me
that rlieau things were invarial-'lj ilear
et in th end: :""! at I'l-t.. in the heat
of disenssion. I did a very rash thin?. I
avxeed with Mrs. Wilkin that if in vis
iting the honse I had in view, it did not
prove in every way desirable, I would
release her in toto from all further
trouble in repanl to a house. I would
da the house hunting this year myself.
1 may say briefly that I bitterly re
pented of my promise afterward. The
T-'-v:.-e was a worthless affair. Anil then I
hadto j,routonahoiisehtint. I need not
recount my harrowinfr experiences. To
th se who know wh.it house hunting is
I could tell nothiiifr new, and to those
wlmilfUM I have only to expreis Ui
Kindly hoxie that they never will. I had
i1.. Kir:, banned in my face by irascible
l-ousi-'ceepers, who declareil their ear
pets were beinfT ruined: I was asked
what my name was; what my business
was: how many children I had: where
I iiv.-d: in fact I never had so many
jrj ".tions asked me in the same n tim
ber of hours lefore since I was exam
ine:! by a life insurance physician. One
man even asked me to lend linn ten
dollars hut he had no house to rent. At
ni;r'nt I came home wearied and worn,
au.l no nearer my object than when I
lico-an.
"This is unprofitable business. Pen,"
said 1. "-I shall pursue it no lonjrer.
"lint what will you do, Alyy? Stay
herer-
'Xo; we can't stay here at the ad
vanced rent."
"Then what will you do?"
"Ill jjo to a house arrent. I oujrht to
have thoujfht of that in the first place."
I called on an agent the next day,
and had some conversation with him.
"If yon will tell me about what sum
you vi'itdi to pay for a house, Mr. "
"Wilkins is my name." '
"Mr. Wilkins, I have no doubt I can
suit you to a T. " " " ""
I named a sum a little in advance of
what I have paid the past year for the
house I now occupy; and the agent re
plied: "There is a house in one of the best
ncio-hlorhoods in town which is to be
raeatetl in aliout ten days, which I can
let you have at the price you name, and
it is really a treasure at that fifjure. It
lias ten large rooms, large yard, porch
es and all modern conveniences. I can
recommend it in every respect, sir. Its
advantages are such as to admit of no
criticism, and I promise yon, and I
stake 1113- reputation on the event, that
you will find it juite to your liking.
The rent is not low, to be sure, as
things po. but the location is one of the
choicest in the city. It has Wen occu
pied by a very careful tenant to whom
no objection is entertained that I can
learn except that he has children."
"So have I children," 1 said, very de
cisively; "four of them, and I intend
that thuy shall occupy the same house
with me durin"; the next twelve
months, at all hazards. So if that is
the objection I believe we can drop the
subject where it is."
"Ah, yes," said the affent, blandly.
''It is only an objection of principle,
however. The owner is opposed to
renting his houses to families with
children ort principle. The 4 bouse to
winch I refer forms the only exception
to his rule. J have no doubt'he could
be induced to make the baine exception
in your favor, sir."
"lint if for me, why not for his pres
ent tenant?" I asked. ,
"Oh, he would for his present tenant,
he told me; but the party refuses to
pay the ineread rental, I am told,
and has found another house."
Some further conversation followed.
I was shown a plan of the house, and
it various excellences were explained
to me. 1 was fnllv convinced it was an
excellent resilience; and after my
weary experience in honse hnntin;; I
felt quite a (rlo w of satisfaction at the
prospect of release on such compar
atively easy terms. I enfrajrcl the
house at once. "Have a lease prepared
to-day," 1 said to the aciit. "and to
morrow I will call and sijrn it."
Mrs. Wilkins was overjoyed when I
told her all aliout it that day at
dinner. It was plain to see that we
had secured a jrood house for the cum
in; year.
"Hut, Alpy," said my wife, "yon
haven't told me where the house is
situate I. "
"Well, that's a pood joke!" said I.
"I'pon my word, I never thought to
ask! I'll do so after dinner."
I did. The agent said it was in
Sutcha street.
"Is it?" said I. "Well, that's pleas
ant. We shan't have to move very
far, then, probably, for I live in
Sutcha street now, and a delightful
street it is! What did yu say was the
number?"
"Seventeen'"
"Seventeen!" I cried, in astonish
ment. "Yes. sir."
"Itetween Mikado and Yum Yum
avenues?"
"Yes. sir."
"West side?"
"Yes. You know the house, per
haps? "I should think I oujrht to," was my
response, in a hysterical tone. "I've
lived in it for the past four years."
Yes I had rented my own house at t,
comfortable advance on last year's
fiirnrc.When I told Mrs. Wilkins aliout
it she lauffhcd till she cried.
I went rtaminr over the honse. ex
amining its merits critically and scruti-hi-urifr
the rooms with quite a new and
peculiar interest.
"It's a friMKl house, Pen, at any rate.
That we know."
"It is, Alfry. I am very well satis
fied. To lie sure the kitchen is rather
small, and there is more room upstairs
than we really need, but I don't be
lieve we could he lietter suited on the
whole."
"And then. Pen. old frirl," cried I, in
a tone of exultation, "think what an
escape from the horrors of moving day!
No exorbitant charges to roove-wajron
men. no smashed mirrors and scratched
furniture, no sleeping on the parlor
floor, no roiiifr to a restaurant to dine
en famille. We can Ik- as happy next
3"car as the shepherds of Arcadia. We'll
have a rerular jamboree in the back
yard if it don't rain." Cincinnati Post.
STRONG YARN.
A liar for Life llelwern m Woman mod a
Woolen Socle
'Did I ever have a fearful adven
ture?" repeated Mr. Catharine Cab
bage, an old lady of Dedham, Mass.,
when a party of younp people were
urjrinjr her to tell some tf her early ex
periences. "Yes, fearful cnonirh to
me," she added, with a smile. "'Twas
the year after I was married. Dedham
ain't niuch like what 'twas then. My
nitfhest neijjhljor was a mile away, but
for all that we was a pood deal more
neiphlmrly than folks lie now.
"tine winter afternoon I took my
knitlin' work I was knittin" my hus
band some indigo blue MX'ks an' run
over to a ncijrhlxir's. I was knittin
the foot, an I stayed pretty late, hop
in to toe it off: but I jest pot it to the
narrerin's an pive it up, an started for
home.
"I carried my yarn ball in a bap tied
to my waist, an" the sock I tied into my
licit, the needles all in it 'Twas a
bripht moonlipht evenin, but I was al
ways kind of tkttid to be out alone after
dark. The road was louesome, an I
walked pretty lively.
"I'd pone about a quarter of a mile, I
puess, when I heard a noLse behind
me. I looked back, an there was a
black creature that looked in the twi
lipat hipper'n a woodchuck mnnin
close after me. I'd heard stories of
wildcats ltcin round, an I thoupht in
a minute "twas one aJTter me.
"I hurried on, an I could hear what
seemed to lie that miserable beast's
claws a-scratchin' on the snow, an" the
faster I went, the faster he went. I
couldn't stand it, so I broke into a run;
on came that creature at a run. too.
I was terribly friphtened. Every time
1 looked round the wildcat seemed big
per an' the searter I grew.
"How I run! An' xrnitrh, rlirt,
trrntrh, came that uply lieast after me!
You'd scarcely lielieve how the size o
that creature prew. I was certain
'twas a panther.
"I was out o' breath an' wheezin'
when I pot to the house. Sweat stook
in beads on my face. I had jest
strenpth enough to push open the door,
rui-h in, slam it topether, an' then I
fell full length on the floor.
"My husband wasscart enough when
he see how I was. "What's the mat
ter?" he cried out.
' 'The pan panther, I gasped,
chased me all the way home! and
pretty soon I pot breath enough to tell
my dreadful experience.
"Husband went to the door an'
looked out. I don't see anythinp,' he
said. Then he liegan to laugh. 'Here's
your panther,' says he, an' he came in
holdin out that indigo-blue sock I'd
been knittin' on! Every needle was
out of it, an' 'twas still held by the
ball of yarn in the bag at my belt, an
I'd been a-draggin' it on after me, an'
thinkin' 'twas a wild btast!
"I felt cheap enouph over it. But
wa'n't that strong yarn to stand all the
runnin' and pullin' it pot, and not
break?' Youth's Companion. .
A Slidiua; i'lano IH-ak.
A new patent pianoforte desk has
lecn issued. The desk is so made that
while the frame is rested upon the lid
of the pianoforte a sliding arrangement
permits of the music licinp brought
to a level with the ey e of the singer, or
raised or lowered according to the wLsh
of the performer. The desk is neatly
made, is light in weight, and strong.
The advantages are of such service that
the pateut will doubtless come into
general use.
A Doc That C'ateh-e Nnrkm.
Lost River Gap has a dog that pays
for his keep by catching suckers for his
master, says the San Francisco CalL
The intellipent canine catches the fish
in his teeth, and it is immediately a
pone sucker, as with a toss of his head
he flings it high and dry. Each sucker
yields nearly a pint of oil, which sells
readily at eighty cents to one dollar a
gallon, so that a dog that can catch a
thousand or more ia a season ia worth
dwniug. t - . "... . -
A fKIZ.t. HUltL tiLtK I
Had a SuMTeiliuaa Ntarv, mad He
Couldn't lie iiade to Talk.
"I've met some remarkable hotel
clerks in my time," said a Xew York
man to a littsbnrgh Dispatch reporter,
"but the funniest snap of the sort I
ever heard of came within nry expe
rience at a big hotel in the south last
winter. It was one f thoe big cara
vansaries that are springing up all over
the south. Imt especially on the sea
board of Florida, and I would pive you
the name of the hotel if I were not sure
to be going there again next winter.
Well, when I walked np to the desk the
day of my arrival a man with immense
whiskers and a voice to match handed
me a pen and said: 'You'll want a fifty-six-dollnr
room. and we engaged in the
regulation scrap over terms and so on.
My wife was with roe. and for that
reason I had to take what I could pet
and lie thankful. The man with the
big whiskers, whom I afterward found
to lie the proprietor, handt-d us over to
the lM-ll-lay. While my wife and the
trunks wen-. V the room I tarried lie
hind to att-nd to several matters. The
proprietor had retired into a door 1k--hind
the high desk, and across the
register from me was a young man of
middle height and unyv.here from five
to thirty years of age. whose prominent
features to a woman's eyes were blue
eyes and curly hair and a fair mnstache
with twisted ends, and t a man's a
cold, impudent stare, and a sneering
upper lip. I disliked hiin at first sight,
lint he was the only man Whind the
desk within reach, so I asked him to
look and see if there were any tele
grams or letters for me. He flung out
a pile of mail matter upon the desk,
but he ditln't say a word. I felt
my dislike for that clerk grow
ing. I not iced-that he was dndrshly
dressed, that two diamonds of larjre
size sparkled on one of his hands and
an Klor of cologne emanated from his
neigh lorhxl. When I had concluded
an unsuccessful search for correspon
dence it seemed to me that a suspicion
of a sneering smile hovered alxmt that
clerk's upper lip. I didn't want to know
very badly, but just to make the super
cilious lx-ggar talk I asked him what
time dinner was served. lie bxiked
calmly through me as if I'dlx-ena sheet
of your IMttsburgh plate plass.and made
no reply. I rcpcat-d the qu-'stion. I
think I was really plad that I got no
answer. It pave me a eliar.iv to resent
the sneering mouth and glassy eyes of
the man. With studied calmness I .:iid:
'Is it customary in this hotel to refuse
to give the guests information i- ir which
they politely ask? He never moved his
lips, anil worse still, his eyes were fixed
upon me in a cold, hard stare. I had a
dollar in my hand, a silver dollar, and
knocking with it upon the marble Conn
er. I repeated the question with a few
dded words of a profane character. It
adn't the slightest effect upon the
rozen blonde, but the noise brought
ut the man with the big whiskers. I
old him very plainly vlm I thought of
uch treatment as I had received, and I
was alxmt ready to sail in and wipe up
as much of the floor with the pjrir of
them as I could, for I was red-hot mad,
when the proprietor said mildly: My
dear sir, Mr. I'lank is luml, alrscdntely
speechless; and his hearing is affected
also.
'What in the thunder do you keep
lim for, then?' I asked.
" t)h! he is very useful in his way.
replied the hotel-keeper, and that is all
the explanation he would make. Ihit
there is 110 doubt that the deaf and
dumb clerk was a superb instrument of
torture to the guests and when he
was on duty front" was deserted.
UTTEn FLIES
BATHING.
A Kemarkarila sight Wttneaaed
In Ana-
trail a.
It is commonly thought that butter
flies dread water as a fine lady dreads
rain: but evidently this is not true in
Australia.
The case of an Australian butterfly
dcliltcrately entering the water to take
a bath is recorded by M. tr. Lyell, Jr.,
in the Victoria Naturalist. He saw it
alight close to the water, into which it
hacked till the whole of the Ixxly and
the lower part of the hind wings were
submerged, the two fore-legs alone re
taining their hold of the dry land. After
remaining in this position for something
like half a minute it flew away, appar
ently refreshed.
Mr. Lyell says: "During the morning
I noticed a number doing the same
thing. In one instance no less than
four were to Ik- seen within a space of
not more than three yards, and to make
sure that I was not deceived I captured
several as they rose Vom the water,
and found in each case the body and
lower edge of the hind wings quite wet.
While in the water the fluttering of the
'wings, so noticeable at other times
was suspended, and so intent were the
butterflies in the enjoyment of their
cold bath that they could hardly move,
even when actually touched by the net.
Apparently the heat of the weather
drove them down to the water, as im
mediately upon emerging they flew np
again to the hillsides.
1'ntterflies are often seen apparently
sucking iu the moisture around the
edge of pools; but they have never be
fore been occn actually to enter the
water. . .
The Jrt-iilaek Nrrro.
The jet-black negro is a natural ora
tor and musician, therefore a natural
poet. Some of his corn husking songs
were models of rhythm and meter,
though the meaning of them was often
obscure, sometimes undiseoverable. ' It
is the jet-black negro, says the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, who is preserving to
day the traditions of his race; the mixed
blood has no tenacity of race memory,
no steadiness of race vision. The latter
is superior to the former in many points
as an individual; but he is always in
ferior as a factor in lifting the race.
Indeed, his whole influence is to disin
tegrate and degrade the, race standard.
I'orpoiaea in the East.
Forpoises are not seen so often in
New York harbor as they were eight or
ten years ago, says the Sun. - Then it
was not uncommon to see their crescent
backs suddenly heave into view twenty
yards in front of a ferryboat. They
are still frequently noticed moving
northward along the Delaware and
New Jersey coast. Porpoise leather,
mostly" in shoe strings, sells well in
"the Swamp," but it is difficult to ob
tain, as tbe one company engaged in
( curing porpoise hides has never been
able to push the business with any
feTcat activ ity, . ' . -
HORSE KACE.
An Exciting Scene on a Missouri
Fair Ground.
They were horse men. Almost every
one of them had some piece of jewelry
in the shape of a horse running or trot
ting that he wore as a watch-charm or
scarf-pin. As one drew nearer remarks
could be heard alxiut the speed of such
and such a horse, pedigrees were
discussed and fine - points argued.
Some especially fine event upon
the race-track would call forth
exclamations of admiration, and chairs
were drawn closer together as ex
citing contests of speed were Wing re
lated. One of the party who ha I taken
a deep interest in a graphic description
of a memorable turf event at the con
clusion of it remarked:
'That's the stuff. Y'ou fellows that
sit in the grand-stand and watch a race
think it is exciting, don't you? Well,
it is. I speak from experience. O,
yes; I rode when I was a kid. That
was in 56, and we didn't always have a
nice mile-track to ride on. We usually
just guessed the distance if it was a
long race, and paced it off if it was a
short one. JCo Inxikmakers then, and
there were seldom more thau two
starters. The stakes were even up.
"We would rnn anything from a hundred-yard
pony raee to a two-mile
stretch, and even farther if necessary.
That was after the war was supposed
to he over, but bless you it was going
on in that country some time after
wards. We had a string of eight head
of horses to run with, ami they were
Waters every tune. We were doing
southern Missouri, Kansas ami Nebras
ka. Although they were not thickly
settled, no railroads there, and very
limited telegraph service, there were
enouph dead game sports to make it
interestinp, and if a fellow had a horse
that he thought was a winner and he
was just itching to try his speed for
anything almost pistols, saddles,
horse for horse, or money all he had
to do was to get out on the prairie and
declare himself and somebtxly some
times a white man and sometimes an
Indian would either trot out of the
hazel brush or spring up from the
prairie grass and accept the challenge.
It was surprising where they all came
from. They would run for anything
even wager part of their clothing.
"Well, as I said Wfore, we had eight
horses and they were thoroughbred
Kentucky racers at that. Yon see my
old man kind of hankered to mingle in
the slight unpleasantness that was just
over. He was not my own father
adopted me when I was a four-year-old.
"At the close of the trouble down'
south he bought horses and started
down into M LssourL " You see he just
wanted -excitement- He tKk me with
him ami I want to say we got what we
were looking for. We fitted up at St.
Louis, got a big wnton and camp out
fit and the party consisted of the ild
man, three St. Ie.tis gamblers, two ne
groes, four draft horses, eight racers,
me and a bulldog. I was nearly twelve
years old at that time. We started
overland, for tne railroad only ran as
far as Sedalia then. We headed for
SpringflehL A few incidents in the
way of short race for small stakes oc
curred tin the way, hardly worth men
tioning, though. I was doing the
riding. We arrived in Springfield after
a journey of ten or twelve days and
there we did strike a pudding.
"At that time there was a garrison of
union soldiers near there. Everylxsly
seemed to W able to rake up a little
money to Wt on a horse raee. We
quartered the horses, negroes and bull
dog in a livery stable on the public
square and ensconced ourselves very
comfortably at the Lyon house, then the
leading hotel of the town. Then the
old man made a few remarks publicly
that were calculated to lead the citizens
to infer that he Wlievcd he had some
horses that could outrun anything in
those parts and he emphasized his re
marks by exhibiting some long preen
that was branded with the fiat of the
United States of America. Now just
at that time there happened to W a
horse down there called Honest Hob.
He had succeeded in Wating everything
that had started against htm and his
owner considered him invincible. His
opinion was backed by dollars usually
and his neighbors were perfectly wil
ling to furnish any amount that he
needed to make up a purse as large as
anyone might desire to run for. Hob's
distance was a mile. This Wing the
situation yon can readily Wlieve that
the governor did not have to flaunt his
greenbacks very long before finding a
taker. The raee was made, the terms
agreed upon and money put up. The
distance to lx- run was two miles.
"These conditions were insisted upon
by the old man Wcause he knew Hob
was very fast for a mile. The animal
we put up against him was a four-year-old
mare. She was awful speedy for
any distance, but two miles was her
specialty, and she was a world-Water,
I firmly Wlieve. We had two weeks to
. train in. Everylnxly was interested,
and men. women and even children
were talking about the coming event.
The backers of Honest Hob gathered in
knots about the public square and
whispered to each other that it was al
most like a confidence pame to take
Wts against him. The terms of the
race demanded that it should be run on
a certain lay, rain or shine, no post
ponement, or money should W for
feited by the owner of the horse failing
to start at the crack of the pistoL The
time approached and three days Wfore
the race, right when the excitement
was running high, the governor seemed
to suffer a violent spasm of despond
ency. He confidentially remarked in a
deep hoarse whisper that he was afraid
his mare had pone lame. This remark
was apparently intended to W heard
only by the person it was addressed to,
but it seemed to reach further and
tickled the ear drum of several at
tentive listeners. Then it echoed on
and on until almost everyone in the
country heard it.
"It was quite a revelation to me as I
had given her a two mile gallop that
morning and was laboring under the
impression that she had done the last,
quarter in a shade lietter time than
ever lie fore. I Wgan to get just a trifle
apprehensive that I had crowded her a
little bit toojiard and caused the lame
ness. Then I recalled the soulful
chuckle from George Washington, her
darky groom, when he rubbed her
down and gave her her feed. 'Dey
ain't no horse dat kin Wat yo, honey.
ness tier got wings, lie had murmured
as he stroked her clean legs. 1 felt
tiiat there must lx; a false impression
out some way anil I was alxmt to ex
press myself to that effect when I got a
wink from the governor that 1 under
stood meant that I should emulate the
example of the clam, shut up and
think. I went over to the stable to see
the invalid. There she was her legs
all wrapped up in flannel bandages, and
a strong ixlor of liniment ' permeated
the atmosphere: she must W lame.
Several sympathetic natives called and
offered their condolences. They said it
was really txi bud that we hail come so
far to have to walk back, it would W so
much further.
"I was questioned by many as to the
extent of her injury. I admitted in my
inniK-ent, childish way that she must
Ik- lame. The governor had an inter
view with Mr. Orr. Hob's owner, and
intimated that he would like to have a
show for his white alley. That gentle
man said he knew he had a 'cinch
from the start, and he would stick to
terms of the raee as laid down by the
'goTernor. Skhi after the conference
the boss Wgan to hedge, or try to.
Odds were ofTcr-d by Hob's backers,
and it seemed as if their money would
go Wgping, until the day of the raee.
when money was taken at odds on the
mare until quite a pot of it was up. In
the excitement notiody seemed to notice
that takers were coming rather anxious
to get all the Wts that could W pro
cured at any odds offered. The time
drew near for the raee, and the town
was evacuated. Every! xxly went out to
the fair grounds to see it. There was
no regulation costume for that day.
There was the soldier iu blue, farmer
in jeans, and the citizen in broadcloth.
"The track was a half mile and in
tolerably gixrd condition. There was
no grand stand and the crowd jostled
and sUxxl as near the track as possible.
The first horse to come on the track
was Holt. Of course he received an
ovation. Then the mare followed.
The flannel bandages were still on her
legs and Iround so tight that she
stepped almost stiff legged. Hob's
rider, a Ixiy nl-out my own age, was up
and earer for the st.-.rt. Well, they
txik the blanket off of the mare. She
stoixl with her head well up. eyes
bright, coat sleek, and ears forward.
" -Put the saddle on her, said the
governor, and then, taking me by the
arm and stepping aside, he whisnered:
My son, there is a heap of money on
this race; force the mare from start to
finish: make him run that fin-t mile as
fast as he can,' These were my instruc
tions. "Get ready, said the starter.
' 'Take the bandages off. said the
governor. Then I mounted her and
the horses were headed in the oprxsite
direction to which the- were going to
run. as was the custom in that country
at that time.
"Heady.' We leaned forward and
took a gixxl hold on the reins, clinched
our teeth, and waiteiL
"15 ing.audoff we wi-nt after wheeling
our horses a 1 mi t Hub got the advan
tage on the start by three gixxl lengths.
I steadied my mar. jiid then Wgan
giving her the whip from the go, and
sixin drew up alongside of the horse.
I forced him: made him strain every
muscle. He did run nobly for three
quarters of a mile, but I could see he
was weakening just a trifle as we came
down the headstretch on the second
turn. I drew to his nose and he was
pumping hard for all the wind he
cou'd get. The mare sc-ined to W
getting Wtter. As we passed the
crowd I Wgan to draw away, and how
they did yell with chagrin. I was only
a kid and didn't have sense enough to
pet scared, but I realized that that
crowil was mad by a larire majority
and mitrht make trouble for me. as I
had to pass them twice more Wfore I
could win their money. I could hear
Hob blowing Whind me and I made the
pace a little hotter. When we got just
past the quarter on the s'.-cond mile
he quit. His head went down and his
tail went up and he was Wat. As I
came past the crowd the third time I
knew they were red-hot, and something
was liable to happen at any minute.
I gave the mare her full head and then
the whip and spur. As we rounded the
turn for the finish that human mass
Wgan to writhe and surge on to the
track. It seemed to W their intention
to block me and make my horse fly the
track. She headed right for them as
if she was blind. The air seemed to
W full of hats, arms, umbrellas and
strong 'language. There was just a
little opening left, just about wide
enough to squeeze througli. As the
brave little mare dashed through that
enraged throng hands clutched at her
bridle and my legn, but they never
touched us. I saw the governor wav
ing his hand and Wckouing me to run
through the pate and I did. We gal
loped two miles and a half into town
ami then two miles further until we
?ot to a rendezvous in the brush, where
the governor had sent our stock for
safety.. The mare had run six miles
and a half, and did not seem to be any
the worse for it, either.
"After we pot everything safe we
went back to town ami collected our
Wts. William Hikcock protected US
He got the right tip lief ore the race,
you see. Wild Hill, as he was inure
familiarly called, made Springfield rais
headquarters alxmt that time. We left
that night. I don't know what their
circulating medium was after we left,
for we got almost all the money in
sight." Chicago Tribune.
A C'ourteona .ludce-
At the Old Hailey, it was customary
to sentence the whole of the prisoners
found guilty at the sessions at one time.
It fell to Karon Graham's lot to is-rform
thus duty, and he accordingly went over
the list with due solemnity, but omitted
one person brought up for sentence
Mr. John Jones. The judge was on the
point of finishing the sentences, w hen
the officer reminded his lordship of this
omission. W hereupon, the judge said,
gravely: "Oh I am sure I Wg John
Jones' pardon," and then sentenced him
to transportation for life.
Hurnaa J'araaltee.
In South America there is a species of
fly that laj-s its eggs in the body of man,
and large-sized lame or incipient in
sects are frequently taken from under
the human skin. This fly is supposed
to lay iU egg while the victim is bath
ing, as any part of the lxxly is at
tacked. Very often some of the south
ern natives are fairly alive with larva-,
which, if left to themselves, will at last
become free from their confines and de
velop into true diptera-.
HAD READ MARC ANTONY.
Comical Incident In the IteeelvlnK Koom
of a 4 hifajro llo-pital.
Now and then some comical things
happen in the receiving room out at
the county hospital. Dr. Hector was
on duty one night and had fallen asleep
on the little cot provided for physicians
on dt:ty, when he was aroused by the
rattle of the patrol wagon at the front
entrance, says the Chicago Herald. He
listened to the shuffling footsteps in the
hall and knew it was a case of drunk
with more or less claWrate trimmings.
Finally two policemen struggled into
the rim assisting one of the most
wretched and dilapidated specimens of
humanity that ever lay on a stretcher.
The fellow had W-come intoxicated,
had fallen into a quarrel and had
suffered a terrible Wating. His face
was badly cut in a dozen places. His
lips were swollen and bleeding, his
eyes were blackened and half shut, his
checks were lacerated and his teeth
were lxse, and over all was the
raggedest, muddiest, most disheveled
suit of clothes possible to imagine.
They laid him 011 the operating table,
and one of the attendants assisted the
doctor to remove the garments and
bathe him, while the jxdii-cmen bade
g.xxl night and went back to their
Wats, lti spite of his liquor and his
terrible drubbing the fellow was game,
and a sort of prim humor welled up
every moment of the operation that
was necessary to fit him for recovery.
He joked aix.ut the stitches in his
cheek, anil told the dx.-tor the needle
miv-t have Wen case hardened. He
protested against the plaster, anil
claimed he had always heard a porous
plaster recommended. He finally
pulled out n lmi-encd UXi and offered
it to the attendant for a paper weight.
At last the patching was completed,
and he st.xxl tip in an unsteady fashion,
his single garment being the sheet with
which he had Wen covered after his
butli. and while the doctor had Wen at
work upon him. A t ill mirror at the
end of the office ::ttra ted his attention,
and he walked toward it, wrapping his
sheet aViut his shoulders as if it had
Wen a U.iinun toga, struck the most
leroie of attitudes, and delivered him
self to the sewed and cemented figure
in the glass:
O. pardon me, thou b'.eedlnff ploew nt earth.
That 1 am nic-i-k aud fc-i.title itti ihi-.io butch
er, :
Thou nrt the mini of tbe noWent man
That ever lived la all C'lileauo.
Woe totho hands that siie l tliis costly blood!
Over thy wouuds do I uo-.v prophesy
Vblch. lllsc scaled lips, du stru-le to ex
flaha To bus tiie voice a:id u'leranre of my tongue
A cur-h slia'.l r--st uioa tbc lion-is of lla:Hled
rvit
Who basted me v.i'.h lirie'.itiuts.
"Good night, doctor: I'll go to Wd."
JUST RULE OF A WOMAN.
How a IVmiiilne Sun-rlnlen'lrnt of a Coal
.;iie .I:;ii.iic AiTiir.
Mrs. Francis Wixxlring is the super
intendent of a coal mine ;;t A .hlatid.
Pa. She has occupied the po: it i :'.i since
the death of her ht: .b in-1 s re-,-,:l years
agi. The woman is liked by all her
employes, some one himdr.-d and eighty
in numWr. She is the fir.t on deck in
the morning. Sue rem;: 1:1s at the head
of the shaft unt il all of the employes
have gone to work.
Not a single accident, snys the Ma
honey City Tribune, has o. 'furred in the
mine since Mrs. Wixxlring t. x!c charge.
She is so careful that she will not al
low a man to enter the shaft until the
air pressure is just so. If there is a
"bail spot" in the nxif Mrs. Wixxlring
insists that it must lx- propped up at
once. When the miners step to "prop"
they lose a little time, line ihiy M ris
Wixxlring happened ml i a miner's
breast" whieh was in bad condition.
"Prop that up at once." was the
woman superintendent's order.
The man tixik his time. Mrs. Woh1
ring then got mad and said:
"Tu"e your tools out of here. 1 will
have no man in my employ carried
home dead to lus wife; wi men have to
suffer enough without W-ing made
widows."
The man Wpped off and Mrs. Wood
ring allowed him to remain. lie at
once started to repair the rtxif over his
head He didn't start any t-xi Mmn.
The next minute a large piece of coal
fell on bis tx- and sma- hed it- Had he
neglected the work of repair a few min
utes later he would have lxcn killed by
the fall of coal. The miner wns ever
thankful after that for the prompt ad
vice of the woman.
Directly after Mrs. Wixxlring took
charge of the mine the men i.i: t'-d on
more pay for propping. The woman
ca'led a meeting of the men and ex
plained to them that her colliery had to
compete with other mines and that if
they tiidnt pay the increase she
couldn't. The men were obdurate,
however. Mrs. W'o-xlring then said:
"All right; I will give you the increase
out of my own salary." She never paid
it; she was never asked.
Her men wouldn't leave her now for
anything. They say she is mi ideal
employer. If any of the employes or
the luemWrs of tJieir family pet sick
Mrs. Wxxlring never fa:ls to visit tlu-m
and offer consolation. She is so liked
by evi rylxxly that she is t yled "the
angel in wtirkingman's clothes."
FREAKS OF NATURE.
A Fl n-u ixoKi duck was hutched a
short time ago at Har llurlxir. Me.
A SuiiKvi'.poP.T (La.) Wet of the blixl
red variety weighs forty-six jKiunds. It
grew on Silver Lake soiL
A rixiwiNfi well from which a strong
current of cold air constantly pushes is
the latest curiosity near Grccusburg, La.
A Kinostox (X. Y.) man has an egg
6" inches rounil, R' inches long and
weighing 4 '4 ounces, which he claims
was laid by a hen which he owns.
Ax extraordinarily large Polar War,
the fur of which is a bright pink color,
has Wen captured in northern SiWria.
The animal will W sent as a present to
the czar.
Tun Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution has
the hardihixxl to publish this item:
"Capt- A. C. Hell, of Amerieus. says ho
has a turnip in his garden measuring
m-vi-u feet across and with u top so high
and strong that the small Wys 1 limb it.
A pair of mules will have to W used to
pull it up."
A farmer of Carrollton, Ga-. while
cutting no xl the other day, found some
thing unexpected " a perfectly sound
piece of woixl. lie was cutting when
three live frogs jumped out. He pro
ceeded to examine the wixxL but found
no decay place, no knot near the resi
dence of the frogs.
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