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Da. B. J. KExnALT Co.:
titentft I would like to make known to those who
lire ulni.wl isrsila.Ied to u Kendall !Suieii Curo
the (act that I think It is a mo-t exeellem Liniment
i have used I ton a Blol Spavin. The horr. wont on
ytreo leits for thieo years when 1 commenced to
nso your Kendall s Si-nvin Cuiv. I ussl tu (Kit
tles on the horse and have worked ulni for thros
Teon since and ha not litsu lante.
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horsemen about liero(e iliive no Veterinary Sur
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;r ThoniiKliiin. they all told me thre wa to
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Blnsof it, I consider your Kendall's Sivtn Cure
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VALLIE LUTTRJNCER,
T,v mm AN) shcet-ikox ware
AND TIM liOOt'lXG.
Kegpecttnlly Inrites the attention nt bis friend!
and the public In general to tbe fact that be Is IUU
carrylnn on baainess at tbe old stand opposite the
Mountain moo?, tnennnur, and it prepared to
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E'ssnsbuix. April 13. lHW-tl.
tHt4)A.(Ml m rmr t Ivlny n.atl hy Jnhm H,
i.oJv in, I r..y ,. i.mL i..r u. H-adra
yon ii.iit n- t nuki' n nurh, tul mm emm
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Oil. Hvlll wfki a. fill y, . In anj pt ot
mtrki, you iiu s-itimpiK-f ai burut,
nt all ur ttint-.fr tmtr iretita oniv to
tht work. All tne. i.rrHt ty blHa, for
tfrv worker. W - tnti uu. AirnlkfaiBK
verVfhlnr. K A H 1 1. , l'il. V Icanext.
I'Altl h l LAi:- Hal.. AlJrtw at one a,
bll.MX IO., .UKTLAMK JlsUlW
ryHE FKEEMAN Is th Unseat parer In North
L C'amrrltt. Don't 1orutL it.
r4l - v r-.-- .".
a -smnsar a "
pi) &&. ipi
MY MOTHER'S VOICE.
I hear It In the busy throng:
1 hour It when alone:
I hear it in the rcK-ribbed earth.
The same melodious tone.
I bear it when my heart is sad;
I hear it wh n I n guy.
It float around me evcrwhero
1e sweetest .jice for aye!
Tt lead u wh-n life wa. new;
Tells ot tho.- . noor,
lass -i la cm'.tt vu., nnny rale.
mong the oim'K-ii; a.nrrr.
to mo of my .ountatn home,
1 t home of ln.rv, l( mt.
Enliven on my hesa f hea-rtl.
ore.-, there to be
The muv 0f thi volcr-..
Above C worl l'.i rt)"!!,.
Like whlsfc-rsi from an",h,Dnero
Some cam. tllvslan nh.ir '
Sweet har)-n..es f mm the 1
Around mc a-l within.
of time.
They rush with .innuoring ecy
To lure my .sou. from aln. Y
John Karri, in N. Y.
IKE LRENXAN'S WAYrr
Pretty Woman and a
Cle
Lawyer Kept Him Busy.
"If you think your cousin is a
scoundrel, youny man, why, say th
wor-.l, if it's necessary to say anything'.
It's moan to shake a man's g-ixnl name
away with a shake of your head that's"
what I think."
Ike Itrrnnan pushed hack his Pana
ma and hoked with an3-thinr but ap
proval at Lyman Sneed leaninp, in
spotless flannels, against the China
tree.
In spite of his dapper appearance ho
was not a pleasant younr man to look
at. lie had that uncertain, nervous
wa3', so irritating to the honest and
purposeful, and it stood written on his
face that he had not loved a living soul.
Xo, not even the pretty Nona Duval,
whom he quit Ike to jjo and meet. He
thought he loved her, but no feelinj
that possessed him was a more thor
oughly selfish one.
His cousin, Dick Burleson, loved
Nona that was quite sufficient tc
make Lyman Sneed sure that she was
necessary to his happiness. So he went
eajforly now to meet her. Ike watched
him up the street, mutterim?:
'Of two evils, choose the least; but
I've allcrs noticed that women, of two
men, choose the worst; wonder if little
Nona 11 do that same thintj" Her
father rode through many a darned
fio-ht by my side calculate I'll take
sides here yes, sir."
He rose slowly, lifted his rifle, and
went trailing up the hot avenue. lie
was on the lookout for Dick, and very
soon found him among a lot of rough
teamsters who were loafing in one of
the principal stores. Dick was read
ing to them a New York paper, and
backing up his own side of some politi
cal question with a good deal of fervor.
The men were pulling their boards and
listening with that true Texas phlegm
which might at any moment turn into
ungovernable passion.
Ike waited until the end of one of
Dick's flowing periods, and then said:
"Thar, Dick, that'll do for the busi
ness of the C-nited States; supposing
you come now with me and look after
your own a spelL"
It was so unusual for Ike Ilrennan to
meddle in anyone's affairs that Dick
gave instant heed to his invitation; and
with a final broadside of splendid ad
jectives for his own party, he joined
I ke, and they sat down together in the
first quiet, shady seat.
"Lyman Sneed is playing the mis
chief with your good name, Dick. It's
against my habit to look after any
body's but my own: but I've reasons
contrary this time."
"Lyman SDeedl He is, is he?' And
Dick instinctively put his hand on the
leathern sheath that held his knife.
"No tools, Dick, of that kind. It's
me that is making this quarrel, yon
know, and I let nobody do my fight
ing." "What did he Ray?"
'That is it; he says nothing you can
get hold of. Iities his uncle -pities
Nona Duval and is so sorry you w II "
"What?"
"He don't say shrugs his shoulders
and shakes his head, and the shrug
and shake stantl for drinking, gamb
ling, anything you like to make it,"
"I'll tell Lyman Sneed "
"You'll say neither pood nor bad,
Dick. Lyman is like a pine coal if he
don't burn, he blackens. Only don't
throw your chances away for Lyman
to pick up that is just what he wants
you to do; give in a bit to the old man;
he thinks all creation of you, and if
you won't try to please bun, why,
Lyman will, that's all."
"I'm not going to take my politics
and my opinions from I'ncle Jack
Kurleson, no, not for all his hog-wallow
prairie, and his cattle and gold
thrown in."
"He is an old man, Dick. Life is a
country Jack Kurleson has gone pretty
thoroughly over; stands to reason he
knows more'n you."
'He contradicts roe half the time for
the very sake of a fight. Ho does not
go into court now, and he hasn't any
lawyers or juries to bully. But he
won't make Dick Kurleson say black is
white to please him; you ln-t he won't."
"Dick, you are right; darned if you
aren't! Kut old Jack is wise and good,
and knows a sight more 'n is writ in
books. Say 'Yes' when you can."
"Sure."
"And don't you meddle in my fights,
Dick. If Lyman Snood needs) a hiding,
I know just how much will be good for
him."
Dick saw the conversation was over,
and, looking at his watch, saw also
that he was behind office hours. As it
happened, a number of trifles had al
ready irritated the old lawyer, and Lj- -man's
lifted eyebrows and ostentatious
diligence irritated Dick. He flung his
books upon his desk, dashed his hat in
a corner, and lifted his feet to a com
fortable attitude. His big boots and
loose flannel hunting-shirt gave bis
uncle great offense and he said so.
Dick replied that "he had !ecn talk
ing with the Lavacca teamsters, and
had forgot to dress."
"Lavacca teamsters, indeed! I don't
see what on earth makes you run after
every drove that comes to town."
' "I was getting their votes for my
side, uncle, and making friends against
the day I want their votes for myself.
A flash of keen pleasure shot into
the old man's eyes, but be wa far too
full of fight to abandon the dispute.
He first attacked Dick's politics, then
hi 'i personal appearance and abilities,
without being conscious how provoking
he wtis.
One bitter word followed another till
all three men were on their feet, and
Lj-man, with a little scream, had
ruht-d bet ween his uncle and his cousin.
Dick laughed uproariously at the inter
vention, and kicking it out of his" way,
said:
'Uood-by, uncle; I'm not poing to
quarrel any more with you. The world
in l'g enough, I reckon, for both of us
ami for our opinions,"
He went straight to Ike, who was sit
ting jdst Where he left hi in, and said:
'"Ike, tell uncle, in a couple of .lays,
that I have pone west, and that there's
no ill blMvl between -. us: and, Ike,
watch Nona for me until I can come
after her."
"You are bound to go. then?"
"Yes: the old man is fire and 1 am
gunpowder. We are better apart that
is all."
"o "long, then; I'll watch what you
leave behintL"
Dick felt unhappy enough at leaving
Nona. She lived alone with her father
and he was not always the liest of pro
tectors. Dick spent the rest of the day
by her side ami left town in the cool of
the eveninjr in no verr desnond-nt
mood. Nona had promised everything
he had asked of her, and all the rest
"t'liwil possible.
'!.
bad some land and cattle on the
Marcos, and he purpsed putting
up
pretty house there gradually,
with hi own hrirwlc In Iwa
mat'
yeart , , ,, ....
V ;' would sell some of his increase,
iurnis.. . .
and rue' marrJ Nona- turn rTrazier,
. . i or the legislature. When he
went ha, . ,7 ,
with his i1? wo,,Vl ; make it a11
they coul.if0' an.( HMn, ",ap al,art;
he lost hii'P" ?tld, ,fm!t and
estate. ,W.are of Burleson'
given money,""" WaS betWr than
v.. Av
oid man hoped": I)i'llepaUre thS
,1. ,-..1 Tt,alnt hope; but one
day, when Ike
carelessly
from the west?" th" ,mln"
had gone to shift fore k,n,ew hf lad
lv as it left him, he iself' and' ne:
Dick for doing it. Afturhl,r llked
.i-i . . this Ike and
the judge spent much v "
They kept up a P-rpctuaif
they were well matched.0"'' but
I after a
year's disputing, the victot,
single point was a disputed cn T0
times, at the end of a long a m"
and a long silence, the judge wimen
'Have you heard anything?" au.?
Ike, shaking his head, and shakily?11
ashes from his pipe, would rise an
away.
Early in the second year the jiu.
had an accident that completely ins
lided him; ami after some months de
cline he quietly passed away. Singu- prowed. That w at he sal till ho
larly enough, there was no will found,lcpun to look around fer a wife, 'n sot
and Lyman Sneed took possession of
everything. No Dick appeared to dis
pute his claim. Ike smoked away in
his old, shady corner, ana smiled queer
ly to himself when he saw how diligent
ly Lyman legan to improve the city
lots, and how cleverly he collected and
invested the outstanding -accounts of
the estate.
In all things but one Lyman's fortune
prospered Nona still refused all his
attentions. Kut as soon as the judge
was dead he began to use stronger
means of persuasion. Nona's father
owed him a large sum, and their borne,
was mortgaged for its payment. Ly
man soon let father and daughter see
on what terms only the Duval plaoe
could le saved; and the father cared
too much for his own indulgence not to
press with all his power so dc?;-ruble a
method of clearing ofT his liabilities.
Nothing of this plan, however, came
to lice's knowledge until one night old
Duval, in a fit of maudlin intoxication,
revealed it. Then he went home full
of anxiety. He had no money that
would touch Nona's needs, and he had
not yet heard anything from Dick.
"I'd pivc twenty of my best cows to
know if the fellow is dead or alive," he
saitL as he pushed open the latchless
door of his log cabin. A man was sit
ting in his own chair fast asleep.
"Dirk at f-if."
One soul wakes another, and Dick
opened his eves wide and answered:
' il.r, ; ILr
'You tormenting youngster, where
have you lieon?"
Everywhere, Ike, and precious little
luck either. At last I wont t' Ytiba
and Nevada, and tried hard to make my
pile. Two month ago Jim Harrison
strayed up there and told me uncle was
dead, and Nona going t marry Lyman
Sneed, I couldn't stand that, and so I
came along with what I had."
"How much?
"Only eight thousand dollars.
"That's enough. 1 guess you'll find
yourself richer than you think.
The next morning, Nona Duval com
pletely amazed Lyman Sneed by enter
ing his office accompanied by Ike Kren
nan and paying in full every claim he
had on the Duval place. Kut he was
still more amazed by an official notice
to meet, next day, the heirs of Jack
Kurleson and hear his will read. He
- .
found at the place appointed Dick
Kurleson, Nona Duval, Ike Krennan
and three of the principal citizens of
the place. The will, leaving nearly
everything to Dick, was without a
flaw. Lyman simply received one hun
dred dollars for every month during
which he had taken care of the estate,
"He took very pood care of it, gen
tlemen." said Ike, "just as pood care as
if bethought Dick would never come
back. He has earned his money, you
bet. Kut I'm plad my watch is over
very. I have been kept too wide awake
for anything, between a pretty woman
and a clever lawyer." Amelia . Karr
in N. Y. Ledger.
At Forty Odd Years,
That is a serious time of life when
you liegin to realize that the man you
are is not the man you hope to become,
but the man you have shown yourself
to le; a definite quantity with precise
limitations, and not a prcat one. We
all Tom pare ourselves at greater or less
distances with people in books and
history, says a writer in Soribner's,
There is a time when it is a delightful
reassurance to learn from the lives of
Keats, litt, Hamilton or Henry Clay
that. we are not young to be famous
and that men rub older than we have
immortalized themselves as poets or as
statesmen. Apain there comes a time
when we po to books for reassurances
of another sort, and pluck up our faint
ing hopes as we read bow (Jrant, Sher
man, Cromwell and Nathaniel Haw
thorne reached our time of life witliout
distinguishing themselves beyond com
mon, and yet lived to take rank among
the immortals. There may be hope for
us, we feel, for all of our forty odd
years. . . -
JEIMM'S BALD HEAD.
I
The
Old Settler Tells of Sugar
Swamp's Strange Frea'
Krxl Whiskers, an Kqumlly iand
WlsT. Two Tamr Crow, and m lit
favored I-vr Wuvea Int. av Pret
ty Knmawr by litm Major.
"I s'pose the"1aldh-adedcst man th'l
ever lived, squire, wen Jerry Ilil
flinger, of Sugar wamp," said the old
so'. ll--r; "an' w'at sot me to thinliin
alout him were them dum crows a--aw
in an a-snuawkin down yender in
the woods. Kggs hain't o'ften kctchod
a wearin much hair, but I wouldn't le
afercd to bet a farm, b'gtish. tii't if
if anylnxly'd ha shaved Jerry l;il
flingor's head an then shaved an egg
he'd ha" scraped more hair offon the
egg th'n he would offon Jerry's head!
He were uncommon bald, Jerry were!
"W'at knocked him bnldheadcd.
major?" asked the squire. "Wa'n't he
wholesome in his 'arly days, or did he
marry a widder?"
"Natnr" w.-re w'at ailed Jerry." said
the 411 settler. "Jerry were born bal-.l
an never pot over it. He had jist oz
much hair w'en he were ten minutes
old oz he did w'en he wore twenty year
old. I mean oz to his head, for a eur'otts
thing about Jerry Killlinger were th't
though he didn't hev no hair tm his
head, he Irepun to sprout w.'iskors 'fore
he'd cut his second teeth, and by the
time he were old enough to drop corn
he had a baird longor'n a billy goat's.
It was a dtirn funny thing to see that
amazin youngster plautin' corn, with
his head a glistenin' in th? sun like a
bran new baby's, 'n his v.'isk rs wav
in' in the wind ez if he wore old enough
tti be a rog'lar Melhnsaler W'at made
the sight more s'rprisin were th't them
w'iskers was oz red alitiott oz a turkey
gobbler's chops. They was so red that
w'en Jerry wont to fetch Vhe cattle
home from pastur, he had to kiver them
w'iskers up, for the bull pot his eyes on
"em wnnst 'n' chased Jerry clean acrost
the lot 'n' up a tree, whar the sight o
the w'iskers worked on the bull's
feelin'n so th't they say he'd ha pawed
th tree up by the roots n" settled Jerry
n' the w'iskent riyUt thar an" th--n if
some one hadn't kim along an' rcskieti
'cm.
"Wull, Jerry prowed to be a man,
but he never got no hair on his h-ad,
'n his w'iskers seemed to git re.id-r'n
ever. Kut Jerry thort a heap of his
glowiu' baird. n he wouldn't swop it
for the "ch'ieest head o' hair th't over
-is mind on i-ruaence t-eixy. me ucs
Kkin pal on Kiler's Run. 1'rudonoe
M a little carcumstance of her own
. she was jist ex proud of ez Jerry
W"S of his w'iskers, n that were six
fin-s on each hand. Jerry wa'n't
P ur struck with them hands full o
fingo, bnt were dead sot to tie to
Uve in spite ' em- So ue ,H"rTun
to ahik aroumi her, or tried to, but
she kin. jjjjyped him, n' didn't seem
to hankt. .., .v.......!, t.
I v Alii. .F , J
j ha,l ,,on;ftone o the best clearins
! th" were iasupar Swamp w'en his ol'
; pap med. I oue nlg-iji w en ne were
I up to see Idence he thort he'd find
. out j'st watthe matter wus, "n he
says:
" 'I'm.' he saj, .w-fs ailin' o me th't
y' don't seen to eer nothin 'bout me?
Hain't a pot the yst clearin' in Sugar
Swamp?' says he.
I "'I reckon y' hev Jerry.' says Tru
dcnce; 'but tha's c thing y' can't
Ijraise on it, 'n that's stmpin' I'd line y'
,fto hev p"tic'lar if I jinjd y' iu running
lhat clearin', says s he.
! 'I kin raise any thin' on that clearin'
t"t grows!' says Jerry, gettin' a little
; t.JTy.
j V Well. says Pro, 'if y' kin raise this
; tT rd lik,. y' to raise.' saj-s she, 'I'll
: '"evillm' to hev y divide the clearin
i me, says she, 'n mebbe be 3-er
v'?r some day, says she, larfin the
?;vatinest kind.
"Tkindoitr says Jerry. 'Wai's the
cropCsays he.
"s hair! says ProJenee, larfin
more', ever. 'If y kin raise a crop o
hair V yer huckleberry! says she.
Watthe use o'nc havin" all these
lingers,' mine, says she, if I'm to
; marry Vnan that hain't got no hair ore
j Lis head They'll jist be wasted, says
she. n . larfed so thet Jerry broke
fer humij' for the fust time in'his life
cussed hUn-iuck 'cause them w'iskers
o' his'n 'n't on top o his he ait, "stid
o' hatigin'Vitor bis chin. The more he
thnnk of ithe more he wanted to pit
some hair. V one day he went to
Lippy Co,,1Y'ht. the hoss doctor, n'
offered him Ventv dollars 'n a snrine
shoat if he ciVj conjur up some way
j to make ' haiLov on his bald conk,
i Lippy know'tl i,-t Jerry hadn't never
had no hair, 'rJU, j,e shuck his head.
If we knoVa whar to pit some
hair roots saSc, wc mowt plow up
I ...... l ....1 r. . Ill 1.1
yer scalp n setwra out like cabbage
plants, 6ays hen rnebbe raise j' a
crop o' bair. Th's the unly way 1
know on, says Llpy; 'but hair roots,"
I guess, is a pooty.ca'ce article to pit
jist now,' says he-W hain't heerd o
none oein on uie
says Lippy.
, - 11
arket, hev you?'
"Jerry shook his ead
is ,
n' looked
plum. Kimeby Lippy Kvs:
" 'Natur has been dt-n tough on y
Jerry, says he, 'n' if V was yon I'd
beat natur at her own pne-'
'How's that, says Jerv.
Th as setch things K wigs.' says
Lippy. 'Hadn't j never thort o' them?
says he.
44 'No, by pum, says Jerry, I never
did, n' they're the ticket;V Jerry
went hum ez chirpy ez a cryket. A
day or two arter that Jerry tok a trip
to the county seat, n tbe eveVin he
kim back be went up to Itileis Run
n dropped in for a call on I'ralence
Petty.
'How bey. PruT says Jerry. '"ich
one 'othem twelve fingers o your'nTl I
put the weddin ring on?' says he.
'Any one of 'em. says Prod cute,
th't a lock o hair off en your head 11
make a ring fer; says .he, larfin' in her
apgrevatin way.
'All right; "says Jerry, larfin' back
at ber. Chooae yer finger!'
"Then Jerry took off bis hat. V
Prudence kim durn nigh tumblin' ker
plunk on the floor. She grabbed the
mantoltree, n her eyes couldn't a
bulged out ferder if it bad ben a
prowlin n snappin' painter that stood
afore her. Pooty boon she pot her
breath, "n," fallin into a cheer, she
throw'd up her hands.
" 'Wull, cousarn you. Jerry Bil
flingvi If that dou't jltt 3u.cswiii"e
me! she liolicrviL
"Fer thar stiod Jerry, holdin his hat
in his hau ls n prinnin like a b'ar
eatin' honej-. He wa'n't bal l no more,
but had a head o hair th't kiveretl his
bai- conk like ail old hen kiveriu her
r s-
"Thar's the bair y lieen so durn
anxious al-odt! says .lery. 'Now,
w"-n a jar poin' ter come tlown n
help ine run that air clearin o" mine?
says he.
"So lra she give in 'n not the day
fer her ii" Jerry to pit hitched, 'n tins
news o Jerry's hair fetched folks fin
all over the destric t sev it. "n' if
Jerry had run for office jist then he
k'd ln-n ed -t--il to anything.
"Now, Jerry had a sister. Sally, n
he were h r guariUi-n. Slio had sot
Iter feelin's 011 young Sam Stover, "n
liiin u Saily wantiil to git married
the wust kind. Kut Jerry he didn't
want Sally to marry Sam. n put a
veto on the hull business f'm the start.
"'The idee! says Jerry. 'Wat kin
Sam Stover do but tame crows, j'
coons, "n b'ar "n Notch?" says he, "An
he a-wantin to marry Sallj-! says ho,
"Young Sara didn't do much else bnt
tame crows n setch, that's s., but he
picked up a good many dollars at it,
"n" his lop had a sawmill, 'n' Sam wort
piner'ly thort to Ik- all right, "n si ije
was. Kut Jerry had other ideesfor his
sister, n" he nipped Sam rigat in the
bud.
"Wull. the day th't Jerry n Irndence
Petty was poin tor lie hitched kim '
round, "n Jerry started for Kiler's.
Sally had gone up to help with the fix
in's the day afore. Ez Jerry were
passin' by his buekwhit field he see
th't two o' Jed Crone's pigs had broke
through the fence n" was cverlastin'ly
rootiu away in the buekwhit- Th't
wouldn't d, o course, 'n' Jerrv hur
ried over n druv the pigs out. Then
he see th't he'd lief to fix up the fence
er they'd be right in ag'in, n he sot to
work to do it. It were a warm day,
n Jerry took off his coat "n his vest
n his hair n' laid em in a fence cor
ner w'ile he done the work. It didn't
take him long, n he were kind o
restin n coolin off a little 'fore he
put his things on ag'in to start fer Pot
ty's. W'ile lie were a moppin" his head
n his face with his handkercher, a
couple o crows kim sailin' down outen
thewou Arfcn tUe h'u -n. lit on the
fence nigh whar jon - w-ore lay-
in", 'n begun a clatterin 'n' a tdr.w
n a jawin'. Jeixy didn't think nothin
o the crows ti 11 one of em jumped on
the pro und n bopun to make a little
'zamination o' the Then Jerry
got kinder skeert n' started lo chase
the crow away. The crow, seein Jer
ry makin fer it, knowed at once that
the hair was his'n, n wa'n't to be
fooled with, so o' course the crow, fol
lerin out its natur', picked it up, n'
t'other crow prabbe d holt of it too, 'n
away off in the woods they sailed with
the hair th't had pot Jerry the best o
Prudence,
"Now, all the time Jerry were work
in away fix in' up his fences agin the
pigs Sam Stover, were sittin on the
fcuce over home thinkiu' alnut Jerry's
weddin" th't wore to come oil that arter
noon. an cussin Jerry fer stundin
'twixt him and Sally. W'ile he were
cussin' to hissolf. a couple o' crows th't
he had tamed kim sailin' along an' lit
in the yard right in front of him.
" 'Wat under the canopy has them
crows hooked on to now." said Sam
gittin down often the fence an' walk
in over to whar the crows was jawin
over sumpin they had brung in, 'Ky the
dancin' ghost o" ol" Kentucky!' hollered
Sam, KtiKjpin' down an takin' it away
from the crows. If they .hain't gob
bled Jerry Killllinger's hair I'm a tea
pot! "An Sam danced an' yelled like a
craiiy man. n then went an hid the
hair in the barn. He hadn't more than
done it w'en Jerry kim a puflin an'
blowin outen the woods.
Them durn thievin crows o your'n
has snatched me bald-headed ag'in!' he
hollered. 'it me my hair, durn
ye. or tha wun't le no weddin' at Pet
ty' thisarternoon!'
" 'Wun't lru marry y' unless y' show
up with yer hair on'. says Sam.
' No more'n she'd marry a skeer
crowf hollered Jerry. Whar'smy hair?'
. That beiu the case, yer right,
Jerry! said Sam. Tha wun't le no
weddin at Potty's this afternoon, says
he, 'unless An' then Sam stopped
an looked at Jerry tiil the sweat rolled
outen Jerry like peas.
' 'Unless what? says Jerry, jumpin
up an' down, fer it were getting long
to'ards time fer. the hitch in.
" Tha wun't be no weddin at Tet
ty's this afternoon, says Sain, 'unless
tha's two!' says ho,
" 'Two? says Jerry. 'Who's t'other
un?'
'Me an Sally r say Sam, prinnin'
all over his faee, 'Unless me an Sally
hitches this afternoon,' says he, 'you
an Pru Petty don't! says he,
' 'Jerry jumped an swore fer a min
ute or two, an' then hollered:
IJirome my hair, -co 11 sura ye, an
come on! said he.
"Sain pot Jerry his hair out on the
barn, an' went 'long of him to Petty's.
en Sam tor Saily tn t tha were
Pointer lie a double weddin, an that
hu an' her wore the doubler, Sally jis
bete red fer joy.
" "tow'd y ever bring Jerry over?
aysse. . -
UL says Sam, a-winkin, I pot
him whaj the hair were short!' says he.
"An' tho had the double weddin. an
I never heed, th't anybody were sorry
fer it, neithei-Ed Mott, in N. Y. Sua,
A "yal Karer.
Kaiser Wilhel js a regular story
iMiok monarch lvis up to imierial
doings all the time.V The other day he
happened to be at a py,t where a regi
ment of the puards-pre practicing
athletics. A foot racW-aH on. The
emperor unbuttoned thc,m-er buttons
of his general's eat and touted out to
the astonished subalternss-Xow, gen
tlemen, let us see how maty can dis
tance your emperor." The. Hckety
split they all took to their vols, the
kaiser footing it like a pood fel w. The
kaiser was beaten, but it was 11 1 a bad
beat, for lie came iu second, only yard
behind a young sub-lieutenant.
A Falsi Aristocrat.
The little amenities 01 life apWr to
be closely looked after abroadA The
following advertisement recentlV aj,
peared in a German newspa-r:
"Wanted, by a lady of quality, for al
ouate remuneration, a few well-1
haved and rcbnectaldy dressed childrv
to amuse a cat in delicate bcaltb two o
three hours a day."
A BREATH OF MORN.
Flow in npon my oul, oh. wind of mom!
Touch m- with ancient te:i.U ri.es and faith.
Thou perfumed watt from Ueiua of blooming
corn !
Woo me. lure me from this poifconed shore of
IX-ath.
I honr far voices, sweet as flutes, somewhere.
Calling n?c into the darkness, and I know
Their so.t ini-i-J.ous languor on tLe air
Comes from me land of burial, damp and low.
niow on rc, oil. Ibou current of sweet youth !
Come l.wl: dear duys of boyhood and bright
t'rc:inn:
Ari-e .in. Ihnu white, clear bloom of truth ;
Iliihliic. once more, oh, cureiess morning
slrt..ams !
Ki-s me. warm lips of purity and lore.
S:n-.r t- in.-. Ia-s4s Ironi the tu' dow land.;
r;iii l t:ie ui:h ! os-ion, , :ro::i u.- -;u r.-d t'rvo
V lie rem llic teinpic f my cuii.i..o;J stands.
Lo: I am ick to d.-clh of mauhood's way.
And Ions to lie n lit'Llinr nuei no more;
No tnore. for mc Ihj claa'in iron 'Inyn;
So let mo live my hiipry Maytiine o'er.
lilowon me. n ind. out of th" curly mini.
And boar auay from mc tl.e near :id frt;
Itriin.- me 'he tx-rfume of tin: l.liv liiin ; con,
And I will sing throurli many a f.;iix.'time
yet :
Maurice Thompson, in N. Y. Indejicndent.
FOOLISH FJiANK.
Billings' Prediction Proves Oorroct
in an Unpljaaant Way.
aiamander City was a raining camp
nestling in a little valley in southern
Now Mexico. This vamp, like the ma
jority of camps of the kind, was made
up of men of all classes, kinds and na
tionalities. There wore pood men, bad
men and men of indifferent character
in the camp, but if then! was any dif
ference the bad men predominated. So
it will Ix seen that the camp would not
lie easily snqrised. no d.fforcnoe how
oild. how unique the r-pocimci of hu
manity might be who dropped in ujxui
them.
Kut one day a newcomer put in an
appearance whose like the citizens of
Salamander City bad never scon lc
fore. He had every appearance of an
idiot, lwing wild eyed, long haired and
crazy linjking. He hail a jH-culiar way
of dodging every once in awhile, just
as if he thought some one won strik
ing at him. He was almost starved
when he appeared in the camp, and it
took several days to got his hunger ap
peased, the miners giving him only
"tch scraps as they did not want them
selves. When asked his name he an
swered "Frank." but to all other ques
t'oninr ho returned no answer, und the
miners qui. .,- . 1 ftM,l.
ish" before his name, and as "h'i.iiu
Frunk" he was known
He took up his nlxxlo in an empty
cabin, and here he lived, the citizens of
the camp coming presently to look
upon him as a permanent fixture.
Kut while the citizens looked upon
Foolish Frank as a simple, harmless
fellow as a whole, there was at least one;
among them who thought differently,
lliis was Y-ir!c Killings, a big. burly,
savnve-ii'Jo'iiiig fellow. h:i'.f miner, half
gaini.icr, w'10 rtxt- it us his belief that
ilioli Frank was not what he seemed.
"You can't fo l ine!" ho d - l.ired,
with un nir of conviction; "that fellow
isn't what lie seems. Thar s something
wrong with him, and I'll bet my hat
"on it,"
i-Ws h0"s foolish," laughed a minor.
'"May le he is. anil maybe he isn't,"
said Killings, dogpodlj-; "just you fel
lows wait and see if somcthin' don't
happen around here before long!"
"We'll wait," said the miners, and
nothing more was though of the mat
ter until about a week later, when the
camp was thrown into a state of ex
citement by a robbery. The partners
of the Gold-bug mine had been robln'd
of about three hundred dollars' worth
of dust, savings of thepast two months.
The minors were wild with rage.
Woe to the thief, should they succeed in
laying bauds upon him! It was now
that Mark Killings words of suspicion
regarding Foolish Frank were remem
bered, and many were the dark hniks
lent upon the poor fellow as he went
shambling alrout among the cabins of
the miners liegging for something to
eat. The majority laughed at the idea
of his having had anything to do with
the roblrery, however, and he was not
molested.
Although diligent search was made
the thief or thieves won not appre
hended, and the owners of the Gold
Kug had to stand the loss of the dust
as best they could.
A week 'passed and another robWry
occurred, just as mysteriously, just as
inexplicable as the other. The thief
was not fouud, nor 60 much as a clew
to his identity.
That is it was a tnystory to all save
Mark Killings. He knew who wa-s the
rob!xr.
"It's that Foolish Frank, I tell ye.
fellows!" he said. "When it's tix late
you'll find I've loen giving it to you
straight. He'll steal ill the dust iu the
camp and then skip out, and sifter lie's
gone after it's everlastingly too late
3-ou'll wake up to the fact that you've
kept a vijser alive, only to have him
rob ye!"
The miners were unwilling to take
this view of the case, however, until a
week later, when, another robbery oc
curring, they rose tip in arms.
"Mebbe 'tis thet air blamed Foolish
Frank, arter all!" cried one miner,
angrily.
I tell ye, fellow citizens, et air time
we war lookin' inter this hyar matter.
Ef it is Foolish Frank we must find et
out, and I reckon he won't do it no
more; an ef it ain't we wan ter know
it, so's we kin look somewhar else f ut
the thief. Thar's b'en enuff dust stole
in the last three weeks, and et hcz got
ter le stopped!"
"That's a lack!" the miners cried,
and they lest no time in hunting
Foolish Frank up.
They found him sound asleep in bis
cabin, and when three or four of the
miners yanked him out of his bunk and
appeared with him before the crowd
outside he simply winked and blinked
like an owl suddenly transferred from
darkness to light, but he said never a
word. He did not seem to be surprised
or frightened, and if he was other
than he seemed be was certainly a good
actor.
The mayor of the ainp, one Doug
las Jerrold, took Foolish Frank in
band.
"See here," be said, stepping for
ward and laying his hand on the non
descript's shoulder, "tnar hcz b'en a
lot uv stealin uv gold dust done in the
pat three weeks in this hyar camp,
an' you air accused uv doin' the stealin'.
We Lev stood thet sort uv thing jist
ez lorp s-z wre prvir to, afi v.v-
conn- up hyar to find out whether ,?
not yon air the thief."
"Who isiny accuser?" suddenly aski :
the accused man, those being tho fir.-,
words, aside from his name, that h'
had spoken since becoming a citizen cf
Salamander City.
"I am!" cried Murk Killings, steppiti
forward.
Yes, and you are my prisoner!"
With the words Foolish FranV
AhipjK-d out a pair of revolvers line
covred the big miner paiublor, th.
thing Wing done in the twinkling ot
an eye almost. For a moment the
miners t-tod Maring in open-mouthed
a--) ntshment. Then, thinking that one
of tiieir number was menaced by one
who w:is a rubber, several of then:
mail'.- motions towanl drawing weapons.
"Hold: " cried Foolish Frank. "Don"
make any breaks, men of Salaman.lei
City. This follow whom you know a
Mark Killings, is Colorado Carl. anote:
desperado, road-agent and all-around
crook. He is the man who robbed yot
of your dust, and no doubt you will
find what has tieen stolen, in his cabin,
if you look for it, 1 am Kob Ferret, a
Denver detective, and he is wanted
there for robbing a bank. I have bet n
m his trail for two months, and tow I
have you, Colorado Carl!" he finished
up, addressing the battled desperado,
and he quickly handcuffed his prison
er, who submitted sullenly to the in
evitable. "Yon rather overreached yourself by
trying to throw suspicions on me,"
laughed the detective. "I reckon if you
had known who I was, you wouldn't
have tried it!"
The stolen dtis4, was found in the
cabin the despt rado had occupied as
Mark Killings, an.l the miners wanted
to hang the thit f, tut Fern t said no.
'I've been after him two months,
lioys." the detective said; "he's my
prisoner, and I'm going to take him to
1 enver to auswer for his crime of bank
robbing."
And he diii. The next stage carried
the detective and his prisoner out of
the camp, and Salamander City never
saw either of them again.
"I'.illin.'-i war right," said a miner, as
the crowd stood looking after the stage;
he said that Foolish Frank warn't
what he seemed, nn' he warn't!" S. A.
D. Cox, in Yankee Klade.
HISTORICAL PROCESSION.
A If rturs,f tie fr'catnre of a ICecent Cele
hrittion In Switzerland.
The historical procession, which was
the great feature of the recent celebra-
. iu 1 1. m.mII. .i.j.utin . ' f limo.
was a spectacle of uncommon magiiiti-
. . ' Bintn.iwmrnis. No losft
than twelve hundred crsons in costume
took part in it. At the head was some
red drapoons in tne eighteenth century
costume, followed by an allegorical
group representing Kcrncse history, urt
and science, surrounded l y pages in
the sixteenth century t-j-t mie. Then
came the Z.ilii'!ngeu groi:i. including
Duke Kerchtold V. siinl his spouse, at
tended by knights of St. John. Tin?
th'rtconth century wa-, il ! u t r.i' ; d by
the Savoyard protectorate of Kerne,
with Duke Peter, the IV tit Char
lemagne, and Hcinrich von Stratt-
lingen, the poet of love, and the Mm-lic-iiigors,
attended by a company of
Swiss archers. At the head of th
group representing the fourteenth cen
tury was a car containing the ltcncfae
tresses of Kerne, followed y the chic
characters of the battle of Laupen and
of the entry of Kerne into the confed
eration. The entry of Sigisinnnd into
Kerne was the chief subject of the fif
teenth century. The king was gorgeous
in red- velvet and ermine. He rode
under a eano;y of cloth of gold, and
was surrounded by the memlcf-s of his
court in magnificent cost nines of the
period. These were followed by heroes
01 tli" Swiss-Kergundiun vars. A scene
from th." reformat ion. with the nrir
ri i;re of Chief M.r.rl d rate Hans Mee'.-r,
marked the sixteenth century. '1 hen
for the scvcnteer.thcentury were heroes
of the thirty years' war, with a de
scendant of the fa moil Gen. Erhtch at
their head, surrounded by troop, iu
Huguenot costume. Following w re
representatives of the trade guilds of
thcpeiioL At the heal of the eight
eenth century group wore companies of
old guards, foil -wed by pivnr.di rs,
artillery an 1 students, and. repres. r.t
ingthc pres -nt time, there were cars
and groups devoted to displaying the
features of nil the trades an I industries
of Switzerland. Chicago Times.
THE SHIP'S DOCTOR.
lie Ilarely rwls tlie Absolute Autlinrity
f the Captain.
There is one person on board a United
States steamship who never, or. r.i all
events, rarely, feels the absolute
authority of the captain or command r,
said a naval officer to a St, Iiouis Gl 'e
Dcmocrat reporter. That person is the
ship's doctor. He is exempt from the
harassing duties that the other mem
bers of his moss must perform, and he
never knows what it is to leur the brunt
of a surly commander's displeasure in a
petty affair. Everything seems to be
established on shipboard to fence the
captain with that dignity which doth
hedge a king. He eats alone in solemn
state in his cabin, and has his apart
ments entirely separate from those of
the other officers. After awhile, unless
he is naturally a pood fellow, he must re
ceive some impressions of the power that
he may wield, and cf the isolated dignity
of his position. He can't lc affable or
cordial, and he prows to not want to be.
Such a man was Commander McCalla,
who pot into that scrape recently, and
was convicted of offenses by the court
martial. McCalla was naturally a pood
fellow. I knew him when he was a
lieutenant, and he was a very different
man from the commander that behaved
so brutally to bis men. The com
mander may blackguard the executive
officer, may snub his subordinates and
treat everybody harshly, but he
must leave the ship's doctor alone, lie
is exempt from annoyance and a! use,
and his life is about the pleasantest on
board.
American Cities In Canada.
According to the New York Suu To
ronto is often called the most American
of the cities of Canada. That is because
its business streets look like those of ono
of our towns and liecatisr the people are
enterprising and speculative. In reali
ty, Yictoria, K. C.is the city whose people
rvrc most like ours and most in sympa
thy with us. They keep the Fourth of
July in Victoria, and they display er.r
flrj along with theirs. They sell ik tL.
coal we use 011 the Pac-iiic coust, and p
to an Tranuisco when they want to see
'. :ii erhai:t.