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'T' ! it l'ne" r.-tn..r' Ni'llrt' . f'J.5 rveft will the above terms be de a those who don t oocsnlt tnetr J : v 'j.aviTut in advam-e mu.n not ei -.: on the fame tootlnir . tnose who . ta.-t l'e distinctly understood froc: r.vin. - yi;er paper neior yoo stop It. if atop "oTie nut OHlnwiiK do otherwise. -nilawajt lite l too tfiiort. A 'I i A n a.00 JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor. TIE 13 A FREEMAN WHOM THK TKCTH MAKES FI:FE AMI ALL ABE SLAVE? J-.FsIDF..' SI. DO and poKteo per year In a'-.anco. i' ! ' I'M ir -,-r 1 60 I it ot p or i r I'cniiiii-' ! i.tiy ci.riKir I M. . i t ir 1. 1 '-h i' -r " ''c rd W I !.! :.l;y Ii, : ! r ' I : j.. in r IDdl 1. 1( 1 1 -t u.-I I i- l h o ! r r i-r I ruii-Dt rf"' 1 K- -'a -' It ' !' ' I'm 81! V Hill VOLUME XX VI. HUKXSBUUG. PA , FRIDAY. JUNE 2-1. 1S!)2. I..I in no i I .l L.ikI': nrr.tij and t SIM ,ut.- don't '"ni'l'i! l 111 l'-l rtrch. A lid t it. ofmli-i Fi-ocinan, slil IU-. C.HIHRI A C O., PESXA., lt JAMES ii. HASSOX, A' tj. 'a in graft ati G A N S M A N 'S m mm ATa EIOtlT DOLLARS. .. SIXTH .1NM1L SLIT SHE. 8.00 . . , in' pcnili-nf Altuoiia ami i.. -.i!ii ..f .. We xili-i l.xl ffilO.OO. , , . u,- yi! yo-i iii this ..( saV ari jtri-utiT tliun i'VT lx-forf. .s.m Imys 1 " . l ivlit suit, ss.ui liuys a n A II-Wool ( hi'viot Suit, ns.imi tmys a i:i:uk 1, '.--..m ,iivs an Kli'aut Cutaway Suit. .s.oi buys a C'HsiinTc Suit, . !'.,;. Wit-k-.i Suit. , l !' .'. 1 ;.'.' :i ml avoid t h- rnh for tin- tivalost T.aisains over ofTcrfd in , I, Cliililii'ii s Suits has b-"-ii jjr-:il ly rcdiifcd in" iric mid our sch-c- . , .i!,,',.-t.- a i-ViT. br.'i tlutliiit. H!tr sn FurnhlitT, i .K. IE IS Y. dalfninan. S of BREEDS Ve;- 0f6,good house-wife. vho v.tyzz 3APOL10. it is well sa.id;-The niouoc is muzzled in her ho use.' Try iband kesp vcur house clea.nAU grocers keep ib- J C'.eanliness and neatness abcu. a house are necer-sary to ins-src comfort. Man likes comfort, and if he csn find it at h.:r.o, be will seek elsewhere fcr ii. Gcod houscviveo know that SAPOLIO males a house clean and kccjvs it bright. H..rpiness always dvells in a co.v.fortable home. Do you want cleanliness, comfort f.nd hoppiner.s? Try SAPOL-IO and you will be surprised at your success. BEWAHE OF IfsSSTATSONS. - " " ' , ( '5 5" WANT A v. Vj Ilivj waii;, ru'ics. surrey5:. !!:;:'i sn Jo ; ?s !:.:!:;, str m .'.:r.ibL', st.. iish. a? beautifully flnili.J a.; in. .Jrt-ivJ inatiii!':u'tu!-e can jr. .ilucc. Duilt on h -r 1-y nun ! I'.-..' er.;-! -iciiee. H -t-.c -:y is fur p. 'liey ; prm-.ipt sh'rp.ive.-.t -vr sr:-i'u!;y. We want t kn v y .u. Write us. :is y :j m -tlirrfi. .Vi.iy le.ul t- business by and by. 5 end 1 r -ur cv.il i-.-'ie. Ii is tree t. every rea.i.-r i f t'sis aper. Liuj lun j.ii V.'.:-..n O.., rin:J-.:imti.n. N. Y. " BUILT FOR BUSINESS." .V I : ! . t m (-f Successor ol thi l'n.--.btet'd. WEBSTER'S INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY A GRAND INVESTMENT F-r f Iii- 1 .nii'.y. S it"l ,rth I.ibrT. 'I h w -trU. f revlhi'ii criii-il vpr t-n it ', i:nrn ih.Mi h ltnnretl t litritl lt-t'"r-, r,,;r:: been inp ! , !, and uvi: h :nr-( nt r4 ridril l fore t!i lirat cop'. SOLO I '.t POKSELLEria. :. i! ot , v rit tr - ) y t'l") fn;Kii.-ur. u " 1 : . of V.'t-bT. r rre t mi; ir;arkrtf. GT THE EiST, . - .-'.'tioiial, Khu:!i L ars U.f imp nut f c c. miirriam & CO., PUBLISHERS, :.P'!:f-LD. T. U. S. A r tra.inini with ri'KK TTCETABLK T"NU. .,uirLly and romplrtrlr tI.kA.VSKS il U1UH THE UMM1U. quli.r. 'ril...rth LUrrsnd kldnfys. lrar. th r-n ,u.ii. thr kln smooth. It d not InJarMni-Wth, nn, brsdsr h. or ro J up ron . tiI.iifI.,n-W.LoriUH IKOX XE01t'Iti P. 1 'f.anti Irvt:iiteTrrwhrrcomiui nd it s' s k-...i.,-. of Marinn. Mi.. luir'- "I f . t ; 1 i'' u - Ir.m Hitter u bI'iI.I i-.iiio , ' ! i ' '"' l.t, i.t tvaviviiiji afl dpeylij . J ,1, hurt ih tMli." 1 V.H K M 7M !''. Ind.. wr " I " l''"-' !-'! t hrowti'. Inm Uittm in r.wm tt 1. M.-t i,..i hIwi a I'.nic wn :' ' '' l""vrl tii..Kililjr tll.tlu;try.,, . ,!,nv" . '.S Msr) ht . N'w I rln. 1j . ,, ' " 1. Inm Milium n-li.w.1 m In r.h '"1 J- :..n.iiij and I heartily cuciimud It t'l , k w M iMHis, luumln. AU. w "I 'i-' n i'.,tu.m lTnclt s rlq.- ciirw. I tiifti cn uiy tw.i biltlt-M ot v.! uiuijr .'I Una vaiwoi UMMiiuuui. - l.w .lKTrl Mark and enwwd rnd liua "riT Take no other. M1 ouly b At. lU.UiLTIHOKl. MA Mountain House m SHVilUG PARLOR! I i il known ami ionic .tal'litieil Shavinn t in now lornted on 4-entre atrfet, 011- 1 . . ......... ..... 1 1 I...-,, l. 1 ,. I- V . Me lumi.-i-i. will le-nrrli?t on In the miamm:. iiaik i rn.Mi anh Si 1 ii. Mi i.me in the i.Mlrrl and Iiiont ' tniii.in r. lean '1 oweln a specially. l...ilir waited on at tueir reidem-es. JA5U3 U.H A INT. I'rnprif tor. G&NGER nn.l 1 union l'ritf;f nn fentfVi h.M.k 1 r. I'm I.MATIflNV A Iicmi i v. l'.J LilU bl., (. iU'.-UiUU . BITTERS vii-iiiity an (pn t unit y to buy a.r.'. ?1 1 or one thousand Suits to Ixt sold rvjrurdlfss of sjo.oo. HIS Elcunth Av.. XLTollNA, 1'A- WAGON? cv2j ?iy) "vr r - ) tl -: - ---- VV;- v.l. h- 1 Whith-s! O! WiNTiifB. 01 : w.mav, so iit..nt Vmi 1:i.ac, Pi v.ii 'v: It. - '-i::.; to co"i.tt tiik skt. Wiiv 1.0 so fak !' tun ck vo-r uxthI ttCAL.-t IT ALM'lliV HIV !'i 1!IB EAKIK. Send for illustrated circular 10 M. ElIIiET, Ju., A: Co., 4.2:1 "Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. 1,300 BUSHELS OF POTATOES f. W. nKAMin.f Fair lrt, K.it ro, MJ., Kays : With !T0 po'in'l f PnwelPa irrn IlK Krrttllirr for I'itn,tws. on ji.; ucres of land, ho ralM-d l.raxj ImikMoU rmootti, K'xxl sizi'd Hil;itoPK. When finaiitity of Frrtilirr unU iial:t.v ol land Is roiiHldcrcl, tlis is larct'st rmp of KtntoeR i vcr riiis'l In I lie wi.rld. Vhy not ral 1 I ir crops r ponilo.-sl We run ti ll you !iv to iln It. unit how to rt'fiH Iilat Hot ami ltllt;lit. bend 5 tnoMiu .t:uns for liook of l'JX .nes. W. S. Powell 5c Co., Chemical Fertilizer Manufacturers Baltimore. Aid. F. X. FEES1 Shaving Parlor, Centre Street, Near Jail. t .l h underpinned deslrea to inform the pub lie tin t he I hi-o -nfd a Miavlnir parlor on lien t le leet. near 1 he all, where the harbermn; lu InmB In all In t.ranrhe will 0 carried on In tn Imure. k.verythinx neat and clean. Vour p.itrou ji-,e nulintcd. r. X. FEES. if- J : 1 1 '-'T-'-V COWlPNSATION. th.it urw world toward which our fict aro si-t. f?h.:V. i' l::i.l aiihr to ninVrr our hrnrts for-t i:..v:h s li.,:ni-ly joys and hi r bright hours of Ii1i-j: :: avi'ii :i sr-H divine 'Iioiy.'h for this? l-'.rt- . -i. Ii;.- pleastire ..f the spring shall tell, W'i'. .1 .ii tne Iealle.-- .stalk the l.rowu Iiuds swell. Wli-. a the r.i-s bri 'hteus aud the days rrow ' a-, An.: lit tie l.ir.'.s break .ut in ri;plin,r Mini!' ()--v.-eet the ilropplnij eve. th-- Mu-h-.f muni, The starlit s!;y. the riistllti-r 'i. I. Is ,. corn, v . - s.it: airs lili.win.' ir.'in ti.e l'retieni!i seas, Yt.e sn.ithvkeil siulou ; the sT.-r. iy trees, 'i'lie iM. llu-.v tlmii.ler a'i.1 the 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 ii.' rain. The w ina. d.-hcious. Uapp.v. sinaiai r rain. W'eru the rT;iv l.ri'-'.teii.s ai.d UieIays ep.w lniir. And lillie hit-Is r.r.P.; it in ripplin-' win?! ). lie.saty ruinifi.l.l. from morn til! ni-.-h. Dawn's iii.-.li. niKja's "bla.e anil sunset's tender li;-kt: :". fair, rarniiiar features, ehaii'.'es swei-t Of J.er r. v.. Ivintr seasons, st..rm and sleet And .-..Me:; calm, as s!iw she wheels through space r'reni mi.i'.v t- riises. and how dear her face When t he trrass brightens and tlie days v'row h.n.'. O. Varpv earth' O. hmne so ..veil lu luve.r Wh'it v .::; rise h:;e v.e. from thee rewoT':l? I uc hi :' v. have t!l;-1 . ivi-l te)is the lude Ti:e lai-e .f ;.::.:ia-r ; . -" ar.ished S4ul We love an 1 ' .!i" ! -r :-. ily. and for this : l.uO v v.e turn fn la t!i. e and all thy l.liss, Kvi :i at thy 1"V. li.-st. v In n the l iy are Ion?. And ht!e birds hr a'; oat in ripjilia:' mui;. ';:.. Th.'Mi r. ia Mosion Journal. VEPtVAlVS 31 1 STAKE. Tho Ujtter I.os?on Lcamod by a H:iu5jhty Woinaii. T!arcli in the im. uintahis,! r.-oslicts ri .;i ririo- ! m n 1 lu- ravines; "Teat tliiek i tsi.f pines t.ssi;iLr tlu-ir o-reeii i-rosts t. a ii. 1 f in in t he rush of tin tempestu ous wiiul: snow t-lilninir otT oti the pla t. an . ate' pi:i.j -I:ist. rs of trai!i!if arl.'itns l.t-eaiiitio- it, t, i lilooni in soiith-i'!-n in des an ! sheltere.l pla.-es v. lu re l.e t winter's ili-ii'l h-avi-s iiad not yet irift.il away. Anil !-uey Vervain, : ! ;:uii:ie-in Ikt russet walking ilress on tin- pin-eh of the little nioi'.ntain inn, woialeri ii if the famous JJeriH'so Alj)s were jerati.lei- than these suuio Catskill liei.-hts. I.uey Vi-rvaip. was small nnd slio-ht nn.l Ihniw ii skiiinei!, hut sin' hail luro. wistful eyes of s,. .lark a ha.el that t!.ey sei-ineil to melt into blaek aro'.uid the iris. a;ul tliere were ipiiek roses reui'.y t lie. -pen in her eheeks if any one spoke to her. She was pretty, in her way. like a w ihl Hon or, or .1 little lil-ou ii-wi:i IiJinI; :;iul she looke.l .-ifnuri.t with a truuliie.i air, as the souTiii of an i ( iteil fetninine voice loateil . nt f;'.:n t!io otic i)nnr..i.ntiniw 1 little "i-est ,1-" of tho inn. "It's i.iiir;';'i.iius!" saiil Miss t'lara Vervai:i. "I'm very sorry, ma'am,'1 sa'ul Mr. Mixtt. w!io !;ept tho h. disc. "I 'neii.lut-;:!)k-!' (loc-larosl Miss Ver vain. "It loes happen sometimes, ma'am, when the streams is hi"-h at the spring of the year," the laixllonl ileaik-il. 'Y"ti see thi-re ain't no lirili,'o oan staiul the freshet, if" "Ami we have jrot to stay hero in this liorriil hole of n place until your tumble-down liriile;e is menileil?" "I don't see any other way for you, ma'am," said Mr. Mixit, meekly. "It's the most provoking th!n;r I ever knew in my life." said Miss Vervain. She stalked about the room likeasee otiil I. aly Macbeth as she spoke; for "lara was as unlike her blushing-, .shrinkiii;' little sister as the tall loppy is to the humble corn-Hower. She was handsome and stately, and wore loll": trains to her drosses and bangles 011 her wrists, and used perfume on her hand kerchiefs and "did" her hair after tho latest fashion plates. "It ain't tnii fault, ma'am," said the landlord, driven to the very confines of despair, "can't stop tin- freshet, nor yet I can't build a new bridge." "t'lara dear, don't allow yourself to lie so annoyed," soothed Lucy, oomin"; like a noiseless little jrray shadow into the room. "'e shall only bo detained a day after all, and I am sure it is very pleasant here." "I am not accustomed to delays," said Miss Vervain, loftily. "I know, dear, but '' "And if I am eomixdlod to remain in such a place as this," added Clara, "lancing superciliously around her. "I must really insist upon privacy." "Kh?" said Mr. Mixit. "That old i-rsoii in tho snuiT-eolored coat." said Miss Vervain, with a royal motion of her head toward an old gen tleman in a wi"; and sioetalos who was readiti;? the paper by a distant v. in low. dare say ho will do very well in your kitchen or barrtxmi. and I prefer this apartment to myself." "Oh, Clara!" pleaded I.uey, erimsoii hijf to the very roots of her hair. The landlord looked puzzled, but the old man himself folded his newspaper, returned his sjH-etaelcs to their ease and rose slowly to his foot. "Certainly, miss," said lie; "certain ly. If I'm iiitrudin";. I ll 0-0 to the kitchen. There's always room forme there. Kh. Mixit?" And he triid-red with alacrity out of tho room, followed by mine host. "I'm afraid you've hurt his feelings, Clara," said Lucy, piteously. "Who cares for his feelings?" said Miss Vervain, sniffing; at her secnt lmt tlos. " Minr 'are much more to the pur pose. And I don't choose to associate with every country farmer . in the Catsliills."' "Clara, dear!" "Well?" "T are only a ookkeeper's daugh ter ourselves." "As if that signified," said Miss Vervain, scornfully. "We are g-ointf to our aristocratic relations, aren't we?" "Hut iHThaps they won't care to keep lis." That is neither here imr there." said M iss Vervain. "l!ut you never had any " proper pride, Lucy." Little Lucy Vervain was still onder in.ir u it h a pu..led brow over tho dis tinct ion between propor pride and pride that was hut proper when tho landlord's wife, a biixomdatiio in madder-red cali co and a frilled white apron, came to summon the truest s to dinner. "We've only roast fowl, with bread sauce and a little cranlicrry jelly," said Mrs. Mixit; "but it ain't often us folks stop here over a meal, and I hope, la dies, as you'll kindly pardon any bhort comings." Jtut Miss Vervain stopjKil short on the very threshold of the diiiinjj-room. "I should prefer a table to myself," said she, haughtily. ".Ma'am"' .said Mrs.. Mixit. , . 'Dear Clara," pleaded Lucy, in an a'rony of distress, as she saw the red Hush rise to the forehead of the old man in a snulT-colored suit who sat at the head of the well-spread board. "i prefer dining-with my sister only," insisted Miss Vervain, delighted with an opportunity of asserting- her exclusivo noss. "Uoa'.ly, I cannot imagine how K-"p!e r.rr, obtrude themselves in this sort of way." The old man rose quietly. "Io I understand, young; woman," eiaid he, "that you object to rut?" "Yes, sir, I do object to you if you compel me to put it in that way," said Miss Vervain. "Indeed:" Tho old man lifted his grizzled brows. "I may not be one of your fashionable fops" "That is easily to bo soon."ooirtompt tiously interpolated the young- lady. "l!ut 1 am clean mid decent." added tho stranger. "However. I dare say Mrs. Mixit can accommodate mo with a plate and knife and fork in another room, if uiy prcsenie is really obnox ious to tho young- women." "Young; . . sir, if you please," said Miss Vervain, witli a toss of her head. lie smiled a shrewd, sag-aeious smile. '"As to that." said he, "opinions may perhaps differ." And he followed Mrs. Mixit into tho kitchen. Clara Vervain took her seat com- ph t.t'.v at tho table. "Those people willbo-rin after awhile to comprehend tho dilTorenoo Wtween a lady and a shoji-g-ii-l." said she. "It is quite evident that they are not fav ored with many travelers." Half an hour afterward, as the old man in tin- snuff-colored suit was step ping; into his plain little earriag-e. a soft hand touched his slocve. and. turn ing, ho found himo!f looking-into Lucv Vervain's troubled brown eves. "Well, my dear," said ho, kindly, 'what is it?" "1 I only wanted to hog- your par don, sir," faltered the little brunette. "1 am sure my sister did not moan to hurt your feelings, and " "I am sure at al! events that .'"' did not," said tho old m:'n. kindly. "And I dare say your sister will lie wiser one of those days!" And thus speaking-, ho nodded pvod humoredly and drove away. It was nearly dark, however. Wfore tb.e clumsy carry-all hih was to con vey the two Now York ladies to their destination arriveik and they entered it." "To CUtt hall." kaid Miss Vervain, haughtily, as she leaned back in the seat, and settled her skirts languidly around her. "Clilf hall!" said Mr. Mixit. staring-. "Yuii don't never mean as you're g-o-ing to Clitr hall?" echoed Mrs.' Mixit. "I think wc have considerably aston ished these good people," said Miss Ver vain with a smile, as they rattled away from the door. "I only hope our I'nele Cliff will re ceive us kindly." sighed poor Lucy. Clilf hall was a substantial old man sion built of gray stone, with a succes sion of terraces falling- down the moun tain's side, and exquisite groups of statuary half-hidden in the forest trees: and tho lights were already beginning to gleam hospitably along; its front as they drove up. An old man-servant opened the outside door just far enough to reveal the cheery giow of a wimi. tire and the deep tints of a crimson Ax minster carpet within. "Is my I'nele Cl'rlT at home?" said Miss Vervain, with an air and a grace. "Mr. CHIT is ay, mem." answered the servant, with a strong Scotch ac cent. "Tell him his nieces from Now York fire here the Misses Vervain," said Clara, as she swept into the ante chamlier. As she entered, an old man dressed in sntilf-brown rose from liefore the blazing- logs. "My nieces from New York, eh?" said Caleb Cliff. "They are welcome." And to Miss Vervain's surprise and dismay she found herself face to face with the old man of the Catskill way side inn. "You aro astonished?" said hi', slight ly arching his brows. "So am I. It is not always l-st to judge by appear ances. Sit down. Sanders," to the serv ant, "let dinner lo served. ' Miss Clara Vervain left Cliff hall the next day. with r.ll her bright antici pations shattered to the dust. Hut litth brown-faced Lucy stayed to keep house for her uncle. "She's too genteel for us. isn't she?" chuckled old Caleb Clilf, as the carriage drove away which was to carry Miss Vervain to the New York station. Clara went back to her teaching-, and if the hitter tears of repentant mortifi cation can wash out the past, that day in the Catskill would have Ik-oii erased long atro. "If I had only known who he was," said Miss Vervain. Alas! this world is full of "yi.'" Amy Kuudolph, in N. Y. Lcdgvr.- Iv.ir l:i . iii4'rl-;i. I 'oat beds are commonly supposed to 1m- peculiar to Ireland, and few people Know thai they arc :.lmo;.t as a hiindaut in this country as on the Ihm raid Isle. There arc many largo leis in northern New York, while in New Lngiand and IVimsy Ivania they are also common, and aro found in Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. Kvtcnsivr peat tracts exist in Canada. Labrador and Newfoundland, and tho island of A'di costi. in tho gulf ot St. Lawrence, has the largest joat l'd in the world. It is over eighty miles long and from two to seven miles wide, the thiekm-ss varying from 1 hive to tell fo.-t. The peat is of 1 ho best quality, but wi ng t t ho cheap ness of coal is very little used. I.lilhl 11 1 11 ir oiil.l Nol ntrli lliui. A member of t he Atlanta tia.) police force claims to le the only man in the world who has leoii "struck at" by lightning; four times within two hours and not once hit. lie was one day standing- under a poplar tree w hen an other tree in the same row was struck and shivered to pieces by a Hash of lightning. He ran into a house near by, when a second Inilt struck the kitchen, stunning everylmdy in the house. An hour later, during- a second thunderstorm, the ofliior was riding- in a wagon w hen lightning struck a tree and threw live hundred pounds of wood across the wag-on lietween himself and the driver. Arriving- at home he re paired to his private room in the third story, and hail just retired for the night when a Hash of exceptional bril liancy unroofed tin building. Harper's Younff I'eople. A IiliAKKMAN'S PEKILS. His Life Is One of Danger and Discomfort. Xvt !! Is a Happy. Carr-frrr Individual, t lio I-s Not s-om to lii-4l I'cril urn! llartlsliips Ills I iirii i:t-lili- Lot. I'crhaps hundreds of people have no-tic;.-d the swinging; rojH-s iletM-ndi-nt from tlu- supports crossin-r tho tracks, which are Used to warn the brakciuen on too of tb.e ears that a bridge is a lit tle further on. and give them a chance to duck their head out of danger. Of all those who have seen these and considered tlie idea a good one how many have given a thought to the dan ger, t ho pleasure and the changing in cident s of a typical railroad man's life? liy the typical man is not meant the one whose urbane presence adorns the business oilieos of the company, or the one with whom you come in contact when in a city station, or in looking1 after tb.e shipping of your baggage, but the man who "runs on the road" is the type that is in every senso arailr. a l man. On in -st railroads the frob-ht train men cng inocrs. conductors, brake.'.' ': am! li."oi:ion are the most nut: icr. r.; and prominent class, a-s tho number f freight trains is much larger tha.i that of passenger trains. Among-this groat throng1 tb.o 1-ako-liieti form the majority, as there are two or more t.n every train, v. iiiio ther-. is but or.,- of the ether class.- .. As tho ran';-, of the passenger tv.f'u mt. lire usually reeruited fiN.!:i t iio f rei -li. trainiuoii.it f ,'.l..ws th: t tho fr.-i ht brakemau ; amps his inibvid-.itdi'y 11 all the circle t!i;-oic'h whi.-h le- moves, as promotion carries him forward. A br.-.kcinaii iias his wits sharpened by j ecu'ilar operie;ioes. and though he may not possess any intellectual training- worthy of he r.ime, still his contact with the world 111 the calling- V.e has chosen t -nds to develop qualities that !:ro elevai i'!-; to the individual, if he cini'-os t 1 r. l;o t'.n:;l so. rlJi no iiiiorc.mrso with the j-iiblie. they s'iii learn vorv otnoklv what is tho right tl n-r i:i the rirht pla -o. ;::id a promoted Lrak mueli tra'.niii to hitusel f v. it !i ;rr:ie -man does aiol need i-.iiblo hi:n ti bear in his deal. a:.'.-, wi': la lv pas tk-meti. Tii.- br divi. ilia !. that t'.o ;itid ir.-eib .1.1 a man it hi, .i-re.-t : ' lit- propivr is a s!::n 1; , .slall r is s i o"'..e.- - ;. 1.1 xlo of c -jpressi. n ;:i t iio no-.v u:! 1 a l'or iiistanoo. to l.i,u " ir.st exjiress." and t: entirely l'og pi-. p"i:it . I r. grr;.v.-l trai-i i pump for -oi:i;-rossii.;r air for the power brake beootu-'s a "wind jammer" i:: his vernacuTar. Tiie disagreeable features of a freight brakem. in':- li;"e aro prii.cipallv those dependent upon the weather. A ma 1 would have but little cause for com plaint if i:i wint.-r ho could poriori i his .Lilies i i southerii California and i;i summer rido thro.igh the picturesque northern sections of tiii.- side of the con tinent. lie would, however, even if permit ted his choice in this direction, have to encounter that noble army of tramps that abound north, south, east and west, and which in many cases proves a positive danger. In the milder cli mates these gentlemen of leisure will persist in riding in or on the cars, and it s the trainman's duty to act according to instructions and keep them otF. This is 110 oas-,- matter when a gang armed witii pistols takes j-ossi'ssion of the train and dictates where they shall Ie -carried. One or two specimens armed with heavy sticks are quite enough to tackle, and it is a matter of no little moment when it comes to per suading them that t'tieir room is pre ferred to their company. Tlie hardships of cold and stormy weather are most serious, both liecatiso of the test of endurance, involved and the extra liilneulty in h. nulling1 the train. The Westinghouse automatic air brake, though in use- on all passenger trains, is only used 0:1 certain linos for freight trains, as it was necessary to adapt and clu-ajn-n it in order to make it available onloiig trains of freight cars. r.rnking- by hand is still the rule, and unless ascending a grade or "-oing1 very slowly the brakeman must Ik in his place on top of the car. for as a rule there ar -not more than four men on one train, an 1 each must bo at his jxist as they dash down grade, or with high speed tear across some level stretch, ready at a moment to apply the brakes on the great mass of from five hundred to one thousand tons that must Ik- made to come under tlu-ir control. In descending steep grades only the most constant and skillful care prevents the train from rushing; at breakneck sjiced to the f'mt of the incline or to a curve where it would lie precipitated over an embankment and crushed to pieces. It requires a wonderful nicety of judgment, this braking by hand, for liefore aW the curs have crossed the summit the forward part of the train has gained in velocity and will thus by its weight exert a terrific pull on those ears still crawling up the hill. If oiie of the couplings chances to be weak it breaks, and iu many cases away rushes the engine and the forward portion, while the center, left without a brakeman, comes traring down the grade, dragging the rear cars with it. The engineer then has the choice of slackening up and allowing the unman ageable cars to collide violently w ith his portimi, or to increase speed and run ".he risk of overtaking a train ahead of him. To avoid this breaking in two the irakeman must lie wide-awake and see that the brakes are tightened Ik-fore the sjH-ed even Itcgins to elude control. Imagine when this has all lieen done that it is discovered that some of the brakes have lieen set too tightly. The friction heats the wheels and the brake must l-e released, and some on other eur.s applied instead. It d.ss not matter if the wind is blowing a gale or the thermometer has fallen many degrees In-low zero. These details must lie attended to in such weather as well as under more favora ble circumstances. Think of standing- on top of one of those moving ears, with raiu and sleet tailing on the face and hands, the brake coated with ice and the roof as slip"ery as glass. Add to this the danger of step ping from one car to another over a i gap of twenty-seven to thirty luetics on I a dark night when the cars are con- Tin r 11:1 :.nd down fin th spring-- ' svvto, ing from one side to tho otlK'i'evi-rv few seconds. Thi.. stepping or jumping across is sotiethin;j absolutely appalling- in its daii'reroi;s f.-atiircs wh.;i the roofs a r so sltTiporv tliat even w:,l 1: hig on t het.i 1" is attend. -I w i tin- greatest jxiss: ris.c. A !.:;.-. 1 wir.i often c :n; Is t brakenjon to or.iwl from no ear to . other in ord.-r to avoid Wing blown As envialrio :'s their lot appears in summer, when we sec the long- tr::i..s gliding in and out among the l.iil.-., li..-i::;dod on one side by a charming prospect of river and meadow bind, and on the other by the cool, green trees that nestle at the foot of some grand old mountain, they endure even then tho many discomforts unhi own to tho watcher from the pia.:'..i of soit.. siu.imer hotel. In .hing through some shaded val ley they may bo drenched to tlu-H.i-i by a sudden shower, and within half ail hour, perhaps, the ascent of a few hun dred feet brings the train into an at- i inosnhere a few degree, below th freezing voit.t, so that, with the aid of the wiial fanned by the :-:kti1 i.f the train, the clothes are very soon fro.. :i sthr. Ihi- he's of cinders. Ily throng:! tb.e air. but. str.-.ngc as it may appear, the ine:i becomo reous'.oio..l t,, the e i.l hulk, whore ..no would cause a world of ":i.i- C "Illfo! t. Another feature, often inviilvji.g su' fer'ng and danger, is "going back to Ibc." When a train is iinox-icotcdiy stopped on tho road the brakeman r:t the r-'ar end must iiiiTiieitiat -ly ta':e hi-, rod Hag or lantern and go back half mile or so arid gb.e the st' p signal to the engineer of any train that might be foilowing. Ia clear weather an. I 0:1 a level stretch this ord.-r is fr.-qu -ntly ili.-i-e-ra--d. d. and lazy follows v. iil. at the ri' k of their live-,, even neglect to do it on dark and stormy nights, thou ii in in.st cases the men are faithful and .-.iil go out a nd stand f. ir a long time in a s.-.vro 1 s o 1" storm liable to freez.o to death from the merciless cold. I'erh.i-v, it is tho very f;c? that they are con stantly surrounded by danger to life and liia'i that these tra in men bee. -me cureh-.s :;nd f.-ol hardy, and do the- most re--i!e- things with no thought of urn- S-.'qUen. oio.iing accidents, however, are -ling ally ?h- !'r ti: be unavoidable, because -. s-arv n:anip-i!ation '. -an :.! wi'soii! - i:iT ls iv.eetl the r ;': e;r.:f t ho hands i:i a dang -r-.-.';'.; .;. -:11.1st of the r..en prefer t- ! ri ': i:i o:l--r to faoUlt.-'.. m .- ru:i th- r: t.-rs. Ace- inr to the .rol- III- I.f most rorels the f. irim-d with t h. r gar iing this operation must Ik- p r- aid of a stick, but dis order, partly to save time or p-rlia ;.s because t hey fear the ri.'.e-u1..' that, would Ik" called forth by t h.ir 1-o-lv of si. ill in this direct ion. the brakeman prefers to use his liee- r . lie 1.111-t lift the lii.k nr.d b.ohl it hori :' tail;,- until the end i nters the open ing, ti tie! then withdraw his hand 1 10 fore the heavy drawbars co.no t. gethor. A delay of a quarter of a sec ond would crush the hand or finger as under a trip-hammer. '"he ::ai:ib -r .f trainmen with '.ro-j rel et I b.aT.ds ti.at may 1h- seen in every large freight yard, i sa-1 evi-h-nec of the faet that t his delay often occurs. Uut assuming that this part of the opera tion is accomplished in safety, there is still the possibility of In-iug crushed liodily. Cars are built with projecting tim U rs on their ends at or near the center for the purpose of keeping the main t-ody of the cars ton or twelve inches apart, but cars of different makes fre quently meet in such a way that the projections on one lap pass those on si not her and the space which should Is maintained for the safety of the man is missing. If in the hurry of his work or the darkness of the night the man fails to note those peculiarities he is crushed w ithout a moment's warning, the pon derous vehicles coming together 011 his helpless IhhIv with tlie force of many t uis. A constant danger in coupling and uncoupling is the liability to catch tho feet in angles in tho track. This is peculiarly the ease when the uncoupling must be done while the train is in mot ion. The hazardous work and the perils descriliod are those to which only the bi alo-nicn arc liable: but till trainmen lead lives more or loss Tilled with danger, for no matter what posi tion they occupy there is ever the pos sibility of a collision, a landslide or a hundred other -conditions that menace their lives that the man or woman who re ds this dreams not of. If it does nothing more than make us appreciate our own homes and the free dom from personal danger in our seem ingly monotonous pursuits, then the telling of the incidents in the everyday life of a brakeman has accomplished much. I !ut to the kind-hearted and unselfish men and women who for the first time have realized the dangers to those lives running parallel w ith theirs, yet so en tirely distinct, there will come a rush of sympathy for the men whose work compels them to brave the fury of the elements, while we are housed safe and warm In-fore a tire, the material for which has through the efforts of some brakeman ln-en brought to our doors. Philadelphia Times. IMPROVISING A DRESS SUIT. An American! I-:iM-rit-iioe lu 1 IoikIoii Tlictr. "About eight years ago." said an American traveler, "I was in London. Kng. One day I bought a stall to see I'atti at the Koyal. A stall corresponds toonrlios.es. W hen the evening came I took the ladies around and walked in at the dxir. Hut I did not get far. " "You cannot come iu here," said the doorkeeper. " "Wliv not?' I asked, in surprise; 'here are my seat tickets.' " 'Well, you cannot enter, he replied, decisively; 'your coat is a frock, and nothing but dross suits are allowed. "I expostulated. I told him that my hotel was a long way off and that the ladies would Ik greatly disappointed. I was an American and did not know the rule of the theater. "Finally he told me to go into the dressing-room, where the attendants might be able to fix me out all right. T went, oxix-cting to pay two or three crowns for the loan of a coat. The fellow looked at me a second, whipped a pin from his lajn-1 and pinned my eoattails back, and I found myself ill evening dress! "I gave the tuau half a crown." stat. BABY BARBARA. What is the hue t.t the b-'S. s eyes IS i'- li. lb ..-a s - '1 .-'I 1:..' true. Hrov.-a t:1- T earth n. .r S-ti si 1 ir 1 !: : - sv, , ! '. ;. :.:: led Ah. 1.; a.-.; as a :.- t ri: e- -i.- th v N.v.s. v. h..i is ti:. .r 1-' '.Yi.- 1:1:1 say1 What i- ... t;.lt , r -1 lia' y IJ.:r.-n - - ' Is it a iee.il ..I .1 That 11. a o :i s Or brown Me- th-- I.m '; .. ! .-. l..r . :! !:-. pny 1 ir1 ..a e 1 1 -ay dr. Tied ! ti. 1 ia h r in-dli'-r v:ir. i.-'.-iit t'.i is taai'ied MiJITh With s::;:! a!ii A:id wh it i.r-- thi-J.jl y's o'h- r cl.-nns ISaby 11 o l. .1 a :.'- 'i . . ':: tree. Ar' il. !:..! s lsd ia each rosy his U When- th.- hei.'h'er plays at hi le and s- k. An 1 woiid'riiik' looks in ..-r o:-a eye, '1 hut i' ii c.ch d iy 1 I 1 . w surprise - It a rn' -t. rv i-.'! to m.- liabv f. ir'.a:-a. b e s-.'. I' ll! hol l yoa i lo...- m :n .- 1. ..!!:. :mr. My bate. : rl v 1 1 ': a la : 00:1 1 harms. And. ki.-sir. v o-i o or .a.l o r aea ei. S.o, : llaru :r 1 -.v a!, I 1 le- ''..: nam' Ami. h'.:a- : yo'iv a.. tra1 my baby r',1. I'M I'lV y..u loo. for if alori.- And when J 11.1 h :ve !".. ;. 1111 t til and fa'. And la arts a:-- c earhl in vi.'ir taTiV.e.l hair, Yo'l'11 colli" to in.- 11, that f ;rf!l (l.iV, Uut, Uarbani. 1 1! I-ol I ni l er e: - I.. C.ry. .!.- . ia Cl.ej.' . M i)A.v;i:i:(H s srrrATiox. An American's Ercprricnco in tho rn,.ti"o-I",ru.s8i.iii War. j Twenty years ago. when the I'm5- J iai;s, like a ring" of iron. dr. v their in- 1 vincible prmy slow Iv :ni..l th-- fortili- ! cations of Met. I found myself in n lit- th- French village e:,l had iiist Ik-. ti j tal.'en jwissessj. m . f bv t !. .ei'taaus. I j was corrospojuleiit for a Cincinnati - n- . per during what tho calling t h' I "r:!:e. -P Hermans H-rsist in . ( ionium w ar. I'reueh K-rs'.st in ,ns-.!.in. and the aliiugthe I'ranc.i- A I.)'.-.- ttono -.) :ig :u ill g t lie -. ami tie roail at t no -miny ih.v I : the wall, be: l'or tcver; -hirnti ! o- I the tv. ' ai ii: Thev -e. . re id of f. -1 he the -. 1 . o loaning : e 1 1 ry . tliv some Tl i 'ace b gainst slird.t 1 ..Oe!l t:t. 1 1 ' eiin .vored -..iiieh s ei-g;.;- .1 at th separatcd Who-e s'.l .To ! lit i vali w::b. that most ;, oei.ev this IN-;.! 11 of the M. -1 butioLes . f l 1 ... ::. - : i:t Ti... e gr:. . I g: them. t. nij.io.i mo won the s. !;'. ry 1 - i. : 1.;. : I'omeianiaf.. c.ii.. inth calling, had s!.a-.ed 1:1 times in the exj'i-cs-ei! the hil'-i.'.e 1 : : 1 . i.ic ,.1 :- . cell, Ml the ini.e ' s. the hl!:e!l .1:1:1." fruit, the .T.l,-y !; "1 low 11 ther -." sai of that ti.icket I.f ti place was sv. ..: :eiie Old V t.n Itl '.T to get d 1 Ian elicd ::1 id- 'r. 1 .r.is. " V. i.y . v. hat car. you e d . ;i there. ': ':. '.'' 1 id. And. in truth, as wo g.:.:ed I'.-.-vn. the scene seemed peace?' 1 e: etgh. Two peasant vi i:,. t'. ':: gee: iy tumes. v. eiN- ;-::therii-'r gr::;.-s ::i little baskets. tl -y ip. I. on the . -.her of the valley, ran a v.;, 11. 1 t'..:i s hieii we could catch a g iiin; 1 -. of he n ! 1 ; . ai-ers of the l'roiich sentry lolling tie re. After a moment's hesitation 1 h-:qwd suddenly over the coping- and ran light ly down the hill. Mori! cried tin words of a hasty warning after me. but the sounds fell unintelligibly uim.ii mv m ears. The two l-'rench jn-asant women drt piH-d their baskets, and ran ha-tily away at the sight of what they t.nk to Ik- the a i - pri ach of olio 1 f t h .s- dreaded 1'russians. In another moment my pan-lied -mns were .feasting upon those famous grapes. They wore delicious. I rail taste them yet. My pleasure was of shi rt duration, l'rotn some close quarter a shot came suddenly and tore aw ay a bunch a few inches from my outstretched hand. I thought at lirst that this was a joke on the part of my friend, tho sentry, and was just turning- ai-out to protest against such grim humor w hen another shot came in ns close proximity, but fortunately without harming me. The bright sun da.ed t-:v faculties for an instant. hat should 1 do? I could not ascend that steep and unprotected hill Ik hind me and reach the stone cop ing aiive. I plunged into the thicket whore pnd ably the very danger was lurking; and yet it was tt.v only refuge. I s'lppc.1 carefully through ther -ws of vines until I found myself itl the shelter of the trees that covered the Initt.-m of the valley. A little stream ran past here, and the wood, though small, w as very dense. W hat troubled me most was that the crackling twigs ceaselessly betrayed uiy footsteps. The whole ground was covered with dead branches. 1 halted and listened, sifter every step, for an other vmml or sign of the enemy. If they were near they must infalli bly have heard the naiso of my move ments; yet 1 could not hear the slight est Hoist of their presence. As I stood here, unmolested for a time at least. I began to speculate on a way out of this dilemma into w hich I had thoughtlessly wandered. My eye restlessly roamed from tree to tree, seeking a safe avenue for retreat. All thing's were so still that I could hear a faint rattling of musketry, so distant that the fall of a leaf would have drowned the sound borne on the trem bling wind. Of a sudden a grumbling voice broke uon my ears so close to me that it was startling. "On est it done?"' inquired the grum bler, in a voice that was intended for his companion only, but which reached me distinctly, so near were we to each other. The cither answered, but his words cscaicd me. They spoke together iu lowered tones :is they stood there, and from what I overheard, they seemed to think that I, not luting in uniform, was a spy trying tocrocpthrough tho French lines. A sudden great crackling of the tw igs made me retreat to the stream, and covered the sound of my progress. "Ah." I muttered to myself, "there come the two grajv-picki rs." 1 thought that the two Frenchmen w ere approach ing to investigate mv imsitiou. but here, instead, the noise was caused by the heavy sabots of the two peasant women, wlio advanced, iK-ering through the trees, as if they were also seeking the w htm-alKiuts of the fugitive Prus sian. There was something odd in their ap pearance, and, though I could gain but a passing glimpse of thctn, I made a dis covery. The two women were carrying musk- 1 s ::i 1 ' . : 'ia- . -. itoie.-i. were 111:1 seiiotio forms tl d '..ees. Alid t heir V.i. -! Fool ti'-.t 1 ..;.. not to have ree..gliied them b, f. :-. I retreated softly fid quickly, half along 1 ho sandy ln-d of the tr.-am. half al e. -the v.hi'o stones that l..yinthe si.:,: iv. -.'.or. '1 i ei- I threaded the bed "1 1 he '-'ri .11:1 V. . ! the v . ..eesof my 1 1 1- ii. : -. - -rev. l'.,':,.r. I h:1 1 1 .r. ceeded s-.".o tei:ee. :::.! 11..".. ter..:' -h the t! '.; r Its . I - :w that I had eotr.e. o ' : sh.-Hitiiig .!' lance of l':i red t ! .v. s. 1 ." I tin. 1 I , ing upon the wall Mltmmg l.iu;s,lf. 'I here were, ill fact. 1 wo 'entries 1 '.re: on.- lolling 1 ; ..1. the . : ' i and the e.' .-r leanii.o- ;::.: 1 it v.i.h but his lii"ni and -houVer-- ibh-. 1 observed tee'.i --. 1 (ii- ii.ri I s ; 1 l-.ir.l their n, ;;l.. 1! laz, V te irg of t he one t li.it lay inti:esun li;ht. I saw tleir chasse;ots . lo'emmf in the sun. at'd in such clo'-c proximity they wore ::! i"!y look. I ',.:,.. sab', however. ; s h-i: -r.s their at t e.t ion t: .t .:t 1 :': 1 ed t .--srd me, at! ' - 1 I re .'.is- t ' 1 1 . t . 1 .iy t vo pr - - : . 1 1 : ! 1 he. i . ': . l:s lilint- '.':.:. ! e.-ii.g b -r a v. ! 1 ' 1 lit- in my re;-1. 1 ct !'.-. ;: ) ..- 1 f In: la had died e e. ay. I i a: ... '.ins to turn in" ' i:: -I'-e up to .'. e..:;o -. i.i-ig. 1 1 wl.i.-h I 'ot red t i r ' urn. I t r.v. . to i.,y m ri'i . that the t . o ; ra ii--' .'ekei-s !,:: give . no ley jnir suit and v.; re lit-rcea in H.-.r formei 0 (-. -it ion ri '.in. Iio'. no.- tl.ey were :::. -:i lie:.;-, r to the coi', - ihati t hey ;.a I be. 11 b . re. a tn i 11 1 r . -over of t ' . 1 r : ."I-1 e. si.-. I i in i .1' ', i.e ' ' . ".' were :tiii --!'ei- b'l! s a r I v . .1 : M-'mi-. I d p. reeivi .1 t.i. ir obj. -t. Il. re v.a. a predicament tr-.-'y. The sote.i:..-!. i,..t no s.s.,.,i , e' ; A ;. I. ndania 1 :' W' -t:h! I- 1 t he t -v. 1 a ; . a. h ni '. .:.'..!: re. !. in:1 :!'!:-.-.r. im irt.lotlgh 1 1 1 am :! -ei.l;- nisi - a ', ; ::n with th. ir liid.ii : m a; :: : a n i y. 1 were I to ;.tt -m.'t 1 .' a r 1 ! . 1 : 1. .. il. Mid sen retai. uli.ei woui I be ia ' a : .' own !,..!. b. tli f. iii before and b hind me. I'.ut !.', v :e n .1 all. . '. 1 ' .e kic" e, t.et-o I . i ,. ..: in hi an - ihc f .'. i-'e that sheltered la- ::'.! ; 1. and .. il. ?: me 1 v. i-:e tieil of hi- a: 1 :." t . i.il. t ' . . -1. . . f 1 ; . s- i:ieo t ; ' a.- '. to -tea.:. -ily be 1 -V ' bo t ,l. of the bl, .Ill's at . i'a r foe' k.y 1 i.i re lie - , . 1 c k I see . : a; mi- -i en now . a- the t'.i' I .-t lak "t sol- . 1 -ash 1 . ' : v im -n "i" 1 . '' t'.o i.t i ''. . should Ii i a 1 :i lie fr. an f :, Uish'g -. ;. , I -A a ed a It v.a- M..vlt. iuv la :::.; ; ':: is: l. r- 1 1 1 -'.it t ho es la-.:. 1 - a- 1 at :i to t: of the I'..-:.. r.."'ae. ;. ia- cei .-..! .1 h.m-.-lf v.-:y ;.bly. 1 notieed tr..t:i 1 1 - ::'' 'ns that be uar.'a -1 biiu-e'f : 1 ! v ' -. ni t no Vie". 1 .f 1 he 1 sold tie- I V 1 he Wtal, M'i'i:;:ii ' to think that s.-r. .im .': in i:n tl.elll he W.ejkl be s;:fo. A s be ra w le.'i 1 .1 : f 11 . ' . ret into the oH-n. tli. f. fore. I iittra -1 hi- atlcn t ion to tin' two masculine females who had gradually "doL-ii elo-o to the -op-ing. The Po::;. i-ani.-::i knelt :n the rt.'iss and l.i-.k. .1 n;-.. A-- lie 11 .1 the t" o lig-.ires aid t he intentions uliiJi their movements let rayed, his f 1 ee.niie traiistixod v. ith rag-o. So terrible w as tho wrath depicted upon it thai I was glad to sc.- :t turned towards others than myself. One 1 if t!i".o figures up there, ii. his gaudy cost in lie. had a 1 in sidy reached t ho Coping and. with bis chassep..1 to his shoulder ready for lirina'. peered stealthily o or the stone w .1 1 1 t o 1. sal 0 the sentry. At this a t and those costumes of duplicity, the largo 1'eiin i';.iii..ii, re gardless of all consequences, b ap.-d from the earth and fairly Islh iwcd with rage. It seemed to infuriate him beyond reason that those two 1 Niguo. a t-ovc. should have thus deceived him. A sud den Hash from his gun thoroughly an nihilated the disguised soldier at the coping. Swinging his gun like a club and roaring with fury, he rati up the bill side toward tin- other. Somehow h s actions aroused me to a like fury, and w e both tore madly up t he hi! I tow ai l t ho skirted s tidier w ho. turning, so. "nod struck as if by a thunderbolt at our sudden approach. The shot of M. nit had sent t he echoes rovcrbcrat ing among" tho lulls. The Froneh outposts leaped up. as if electri fied, from their sunny wall; innumer able others started up from the sur rounding th.'iokcts. A rain of bullet-, fairly -leppored tiie grassy slope. Hut our sudden onrush had carried us in advance of the hail. Tho quick, un certain aiming of the enemy also led to the fortunate fact that we remain. .1 uninjured. So quickly was the Pomeranian upon his foe. that the latter had no time to recover from his surprise, not even to raise his gun. The onslaught of the huge fellow lwire the little Frenchman to the earth, and the Pomeranian picked him up, neck ami crop, and dragged him over the wall. The red-trousered grajie-picker was then led, jeered and hooted at. through the village a most dejected skirmisher - Tho chassejKits across the way yelped angrily at us throughout the rest of the. day: but two days afterward, that hill side over there was swarming with Prussians, and the iron ring had closed more closely a'lHiut Mctz. Charles A. Colimaun. itl Ih-troit Free l'ro.ss. A (ii-oi i;' Story. Hon Fierce, colored, while fishing in the run of ( l vaM's mill creek, near 'al dorta. tlu., caught a small bream and, as usual, when ho pulled the tish he jerked so hard that the lish went fif teen foot above his head and lodged in a thick cluster of hushes aHmt live feet from the ground, .lust as Hen 1. Hiked up for his fish he saw a large rattle snake hnlge on tho hushes. lie threw his pole down and stopped oif a fow led to get his glm. Hut on hi., return ho found the snake had swa lowed the fish and come down from tin- bushes and was crawling off with lish, line and )Klo. Hut Hen succeeded iu hilling him The snake measured seven feel ibne inches, and bail M..tccn rattles and a button. I. I) 1 L r
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