." -,r ' w ' . : ! "ff,-r j--r it ". . . .Vft 'M .. . fa ; i J V r hA. of uncie teits cjlwn; " CINCINNATI OftMMNAUk OP OMC'OY ITS CHANACTCM. iss Bamaaf taeaHII Vamaae ra Mm. a W itftriiiwiti imw- 3 la At aaaU Uvtef. f Special CWiMH-iiii, Cwcihnati, O., Much . Last sum mer, during aa excaraiea wrm ieuhti, tt wae mr fUnunn, without ursmedim Uen, te come-tupeu mi nlil farmhouse about tea miles from this ctty tluU mm an uterestlng hlsterr for belne; mm of the atatleaa eritha Underground Railroad that passed tlireu;h Cmcia&atl, m wall aster haying once abeHeced from bar pursuers S girl whose sxperiwics Babes quentlr furnished Jin. Stewe with many facta for her "Uncle Tem's Cabta." , t i99kHtr r residence or john yah Eahdt. TIie house la situated en the creat of a hill, and from its weatherbeaten and somewhat dilapidated perch one can leek away southward ever one of the meat charming and fertile valleya in southern Ohie, across which the ralla of the Marl etta and Cincinnati railroad gliaten in parallels witlrthe sluggish waters of the Uiatnl canal. The man who selected this aite must have had in his 'constitution mere of the lore for the picturesque than is usually attributed te the rigid sect te which he belonged. Tills man was Jehn Van Zandt, a Quaker, born in Kentucky,' who moved te Ohie long befere the war and settled en a farm north of the city, near the present suburb of Glendale. lie identified himself with the Underground Railroad work, and his services in the rescue of the young girl alluded te made him the subject of one of Mrs. Stowe'a characters In "Uncle Tem's Cabin' where he figures as Van Tremp. At the time Mrs. Stewo wrote "Uncle Tim's Cabin" alie lived in the east, but t'O material was arranged during her residence in Cincinnati, and the house en Walnut mils in which she lived still stands. While the facts upon which the story is built were gleaned from far and near, the originals of many of the char acters figured in Mrs. Stewe'a every day life. Fer instance, her own husband, Professer Stewo, figures as Senater Bird; the Simeon Ualllday of the story was' Levi Coffin, who died only a few years age, and Racjicl, his geed wife, was ..none ether than Catherine Cof fin, 'wife of Levi; Eliza Harris was Eliia Cjjt-VTSeamstress m Mrs. Stewe'a familjjpHichard Dillingham waa a vyDUMRuakcr from Merrow county, O., whtj'Sfye te Cincinnati te teach the colored people, and whose enthusiasm led him te Nashville in behalf of a Blave, where he was arrested and Imprisoned and died before his release; Geerge .Harris new lives at Obcrlin, O., where he is known as Geerge Clarke. Of course all of these characters represent the ad ventures of mere than one person, whose identities have been lest in that of the principal person making the character. The adventures of Eliza Harris, for in stance, are these of a number of slave FIREPLACE WHERK ELIZA WAS HIDDEN. girls, recorded as these of one person, a thing that was necessary te avoid cum bering the story with a confusion of characters. The young girl who furnished the name of Eliza Harris te the character was a slave from Kentucky, the property of a man who lived a few miles back from the Ohie river, below Kipley, O. "Her master and mistress were kind te her and she hed a comfortable home. But financial embarassment forced the master te sell his slaves. When Eliza learned that she and her only living child were te be separated, she resolved te make her escape that night. When darkness settled and the family had retired, she started with her child in her arms ter the Ohie river, expecting te be able te cress en the ice, but when she reached its banks, at daybreak, she waa appalled te find the ice broken up. and drifting in large cakes. She ventured te a house near by, where she was given-) permission te remain during the day, hoping te find some way te cress be- - fore night. But her absence had been quickly noted by her master, and before nightfall pursuers appeared at the house. With the ceurage of desperation she v seized her child and darted out through a back deer, resolved te cress the river or perish in the attempt. The men fol lowed in close- pursuit, congratulating themselves that the chase was nearly ended. But they steed appalled when they saw their victim spring upon the ice anc make for the Ohie shore, spring ing from cake te cake with marvelous agility. Sometimes the cake would sink A beneath Ifr weight, and she would slide her child en te the next cake and pull herself en with her hands, and thus con tinued her hazardous journey. She be came wet te the waist with ice water and benumbed with cold when she reached the Ohie shore, and waa se exhausted that she would have drowned en the bor der of liberty had net a man who had watched her daring feat assisted her up the bank. She was taken te the house ' of Us, Jehn Rankin, a Presbyterian minuter, whose family still Uvea at Rip li'y.iiid cart'd for. Thence she was fer-vJ.;ck-d through Cincinnati te the beuse of Levi Coffin, then living at Newport, Ind just ever the Ohie line, and from there was sent te Canada. The young girl who was rescued through the daring of Professer Stewe and the sacrifice of Jehn Van Zandt was Eliza Cox, who also came from Kentucky, and was for Berne time in the service cf Mrs. Stewe as seamstress. She carae into Ohie by consent of her mistress, with the understanding that her brother waa te stand as hostage for her return. Slaves in Kentucky were treated with much humanity, and visits te friends across the river were frequent indul gences. Mrs. Stewo met the young girl and her sympathies were excited. Hav ing come into the state by consent of her mistress she was, by the laws of Ohie, entitled te her freedom, and she resolved net te return te slavery, a resolution in which she was encouraged by Mrs. Stewe. Professer Stewe went before the proper authorities, secured papers attest ing her freedom, and all danger of pur- awat.was sanpeaM 10 m evar. . BEiH) (Hi5Hiil iMilB,BSBPaW-BBJWaWfliy liT" Bwi f ram various nrm thai tMRirraaa-taer waa in CtacJanatf Imamg for her. Uader the lews she waa sweat, but there wars in the etty aeaas Juetltsa of the peace who weM mme a wanaMfortsManemef aayosaoredper aayesaoredper aayosaeredper aaa 4aaagMtcd, aad with thai proeeaa the ehjeetef their search could be arrested sad taksn across the river before say., thing ceald te des ia her behsjf. Oaes la Kcatacky the laseUr m may victor. Professer Stews aetcraiiaed ts carry the girl te aeaaeplacs of aecurity till the inquiry for her waa ever. At Bight -Professer Stews secured a horse and wafea sad perforated the part of Sena Sena eor Bird. After a drive et tea ariles from thsWatasHUfa residence, ska; a soil seil tsry read, sad creasing a creek at a very dangerous ferdieg, they arrived at ths boom of jean van saat. Alter Mwts a. crjuur. rapping Van Zandt appeared, candle in hand, and, as baa been narrated, the fol lowing conversation took place: "Are you the man that would savs a peer colored girl from kidnapers?" "Guess I am; where ia she?" "She Is in the wagon." "But what way did you come?" , "We crossed the creek." "Why, the Lord surely helped you. I shouldn't dare cress it myself in the night A man, his wife and five chil dren were drowned there a little while K." Eliza Cox was never recaptured, though the house was searched once during her stay there, and the fireplace ia still shown in which she waa secreted behind a pile of weed arranged aa for burning. This fireplace, which I photographed, is at least three feet deep and six wide, and afforded ample room for hiding. Subse quently Eliza returned te Mrs. Stewe, and afterward married and lived in Cin cinnati and raised a family. Fer many years Jehn Van Zandt con tinued bis services for the fugitive slaves, and then laid down the burden of life. He was burled in a country graveyard in the valley, and from the old house in which he lived se long one can aee the glistening stone that marks the spot where the body of Van Tremp mol mel dered bark te dust Only one grave new remains of the hundreds once there. The greed of the husbandman has en croached upon the territory of the dead. The place is abandoned, and the graves of theso whose ashes have net been re moved are leveled by the plow, except this one, and that will seen fellow, for these ashes are te be removed. Levi Coffin, in whose house at New port, Ky., se many slaves found refuge, moved te Cincinnati seen after the rescue of Eliza Harris. Here he continued his service, and died a few years age at a venerable age. He and his wife both exemplified in their lives the characters attributed te them by Mrs. Stewe under the names of Simeon and Rachael Halli day. Levi CeUMn was for thirty years LEVI COFFIN. MRS. COFHN. president of the Underground Railroad in Cincinnati, and presided at the last meet ing ever held, seen after the ratification of the Fifteenth amendment, when it waa resolved that the object for which the organization hail been effected had been accomplished. Mr. Coffin waa a native of North Carolina. Professer Stewo waa one of the in structors in Lane seminary , and one of the ablest ministers of the Presbyterian church. His earnest labors in behalf of .the slaves were far beyond what is cred ited te the character of Senater Bird. Geerqe S. McDowell. A PIUNTICE MULFORD LETTER. Tan Pliture of the Sail FrmnelMe CUInwe Quarter. Special Cormpeodencal San Francisce, March 13. Twenty years age I thought myself pretty well acquainted with this town; but today a geed deal of it has grown net only out of my remembrance, but grown since my remembrance. Fer instance, the Chi Chi nese quarter is twe-tlrrds larger than in 16T0, when I left. Architecturally it is greener, mere dragon like, mere oriental. The stores are larger and mere preten tious. Most of them are neat, or derly and well arranged. They use the large window panes. They hang out signs both in English and Chinese. Thus, "Yung Suen, dealer in clams." "Weng Her, manufacturer of white shirts." "Leng Suen, manufacturer of brooms, New Yerk branch." "Hung Tse, Fancy Goods. Step in and examine for yourselves." They keep ready made clothing in pattern American and Chi nese. In these shops I observed white men bargaining for pantaloons. They have invaded and monopolized street after street, where none of their race dwelt and carried en business twenty years age. They stretch along these thoroughfares for miles. When you leek up a street and note iu color a mixture of green, yellow and gilt spotted with red hieroglyphics you may knew the Chinese are there In force. Green and yellow seem their favorite colere for house fronts, especially green. The Chinaman paints only such part of the house as he occupies. The rest of the front he leaves in the original hue. In San Francisce this is usually dust or mud color. Their six months of dry aummer weather glvea the dust time te settle, drive itself into the weed and leave its tinge thereon. San Francisce is largely as yet a wooden city. If the Chinaman occupies a sec and fleer, he streaks its front green or yellow and leaves it sandwiched between the un painted first and third stories. It is sug gestive of boy's play when they have full access te a paint pet. It la en his large restaurant fronts that he most piles en paint, gilding, carvings, verandahs from bottom te top, glass glebes, colored paper lanterns, large and small, and diminutive statues. His displays in this afiieai am stasias and miialsiihahi Onl- ssssfssaia sjsww SaB "a fay ssai vsrsaj umk. Uteaevsl.U glaring, and breaks ths monotony of our American dull husd streets. ItU liksthabigsuaaewsriaa bsdat pinks, or a spotted leopard tea lock of sheep. San Fraadaoe's CMmv deaaJeaa open street show, a museum et curiosities ia things dispwys. ia ths windows of which aeaabut thsCUaa maa knewa the uee, and things te sat ia his prevision storm which, if abcesjaable te us, ars curious. Hs has epea air stands of hardware, tools, ste., Uka ths New Yerk outbreaks of such warm ia Vesey street. His fruit stands abound with long stalka of sugar caae. Ths Chlaese little boy, arrayed la faahiea Just Ilka Ida father, but ia color mers luxuriant, is also far mers aumsreua than in "70," These seemingly little old msa go about in pink or red silken loose trousers, up per garments of red or yellow, a red or bhmbuttoa'eathslrbat liksheadcear, embroidered Chiasm shoes, sad youth ful pigtail extended into silk braid. Se attired they race about the street and squeal spertively in their Uagea as our boys squeal in theirs. Females at Bight may be seen chattering en ths pavements, gorgeously dressed in robes of pink trimmed with many colon. If you ars In certain neighborhoods at night, the Chinese man will deg you for blecka and pour most serious suggestions into your ear regarding the possibilities of seeing oriental female society. . Jehn is net at all a geed man. He seems in caaea corruptible, but hew much he waa cor rupted before he came here, and hew much he gained In corruption after, is mere than I knew. This glare and color ia confined te what seems the fashionable center of the Chinese quarter. Reaching far beyond en its outskirts is block en block, reach ing high up the hills en which the city is built and far down te the wharves en the level made land, all filled with China men at work. Buildings which wealth and fashion ence occupied are full of them. Ramshackle sheds rotten with decay are full of them. The air regks with the peculiar odor of a Chinese population. What makes It I don't knew. It ia net aa fragrant aa a rose, neither is it se pronounced aa the whiffs New Yerk gets when the wind blewa from the Hunter's Point coal oil refineries. I am net defending China dem; but in seeing and being very much alive te the faultaef ether races, it aeema te me that we de yet strain at some gnats and swallow a few camels. A drunken Chinaman ia rare. An un clean one in person ditto. Loek at their hands and finger nails and compare them with these of some ether races among us. He was the first washer man California had, something a little less than forty years age, and she then needed him badly, for a dirtier popula tion has rarely been seen than that in this city in 1852. It was a sort of forced un cleanliness. There waa hardly time te wash. There, were few conveniences. The pioneer hotel often ran but one towel for a horde of guests. It paid better te buy a new shirt than expend an hour in washing it But under these circum stances you can" imagine hew long some men would wear some shirts. At this juncture the Chinaman came, jumped into soapsuds and cleaned the people at least outside. Prentice Mclfebd. DIGNITY OF THE SENATE. WALTER WELLMAN HOLDS IT TO BE A HOLLOW, HOLLOW 8HAM. Ha Gives His Uaasens for tlie Fvlth That I tTltbtu Him A fUitaurant Bala That la Continually Brekaa Tha Appalling Blender of Oraan Maw Sanater. Special Cerns pendence. Washington, March 20. We hear a great deal of late about senatorial dignity and the protection thereof. A most se rious committee of this dignified body ia new at work trying te' ascertain the names of the unholy wretches of news paper men who print facts which the senators think ought net te be printed. "The dignity of the senate must be main tained at all hazards," say these aristo crats of the national legislature, "even if we have te put in jail the whole news paper outfit." As if the dignity of a great body like this depended upon the action of a few newspaper writers, and could be maintained by locking these writers behind iron bars for performance of their duty te their employers and the public. There is nothing new in all this. Ever since it was born the United States senate has been striving te keep upita dignity. It has paid mere attention te dignity than te brains, and in consequence has constantly degenerated. There baa net been a really brilliant senate since the days of the war. These old chaps who spend half their time thinking up new devices for maintaining their dignity are as a matter of fact a commonplace let cinrenuiiuieiy ter iiseir (no senate started in en this campaign of eternal dignity the day it came into the world. At first it was going te held all its ses sions in secret, and actually did se until it discovered that an election te the senate was like the burying of a man alive. There were newspapers in these days and sensible men running tliem, as new, and the old time newspaper men concluded that the dignified, secret and stupid senate was net worth bothering with. They published no reports, rarely mentioned the names of senators, and, after three or four years of that sort of experience, se mucli of the dignity of the body as was embodied in the secret proceedings was reluctantly abandoned. Early iu its career the senate sought te borrow a little dignity from the office of president of the United States; it con strued the constitutional prevision con cerning appointments te mean that the president must personally confer with the great senate about the men whom he wished te appoint te places in the gov ernment service. Washington did for a time go te the senate chamber for the purpose of holding these consultations, but his geed sense enabled him very quickly te perceive that such methods were beneath the dignity of his office, and he seen discontinued the practice; still, te this xery day the Eonate keeps in its standing rules the clause, "When the president of the United States shall meet the senate iu the senate chamber for the consideration of executive busi ness, he shall have a seat en the right of the presiding officer." The senate had no sooner been called into existence than it endeavored te lift itself upon a pedestal abeve the ethor branch of congress. This was strikingly shown in the effort which the first sen ate made te compel the house of repre sentatives te bow the knee te senatorial dignity in the matter of transmitting messages between the two houses. The senate insisted that its communications te the house should be sent by the hand of one of its empleyes, the secretary, who was deemed a iersen of sufficient im portance te wait upon the common members of congress. When the house had a communication te make te the august senate, however, a cotnmittee of members was te take the bill or resolu tion in their hands, and with uncovered heads and cautious tread approach the senate deer. There they were te be an nounced by the doorkeeper, and, as salve for the wounds caused tiieir pride br sarriaf ia ths capacity of menials, wars Luckily the beuse had no liking for audi distinction between ths dignity of tha two bodies, and held Hs ground, ia favor of sending eemmunieetleae la both iastan ecs by tha hand of employee till tha sen- fc4ttetf tms'a&lerial dignity w. hear se much off It ia a hollow sham. ThessasAsatbmtisacouglemeratemam of iasiaearity, and it ts aa insincere had affected la tat dignity aa in Ha patriotism. These old chsps.whe are se eager te pun ish ether people for violation of rule which they ars net s-era te respect, themarlvM disregard the rules, which they ars under oath te obey, whenever it auitstheiroeaventencetodoso, A week or two age the chairman of (he very committee which is trying te run down the manner la which executive session secrets are given te the public, gave a ealmen lunch in the senate restaurant The senate was seen depopulated. There fa a tuts of tha senate which declares that ae aaaater shall leave ths service of the masts without having basa excused. Oa this occasion ths sergsant-at-arms re ported ihat there were twenty-two sena tors ia tnt restaurant, and that when hs "informed them they were wanted up ataira te attend te ths publie business, said senators coolly told him they were tee busy te move. One of the rules of the senate is that the restaurant must net sell intoxicating liquors, yet seven cases of champagne were opened at this lunch and several bottles of brandy and whisky. Every day grave and dignified senators may be seen drinking whisky in the senate restaurant, the rule te the contrary notwithstanding; and when they want whisky nowadays they my whisky, and de net call for cold tea. Tills ia the only regular ceremonial In the senate which, ae far as I have ob served, does net saver of sham and prud ery. Exclusivencse la one of tha first ele ments of dignity as defined by the sena tors. They are exclusive even In the violation of their own rules. When they go down stairs te drink whisky they like te de se In private, and se they provide in their rules that "the large private room of the restaurant shall be reserved exclusively for senators and their guests," while "the small private room shall be reserved exclusively for the use of sena tors and members of the house of repre sentatives, and such use of the private rooms shall net be interfered with." In ether words, the vulgar publie must stay out altogether, while the members of the house may sit down and drink whisky enlr In the outer sanctum. Tbe new senator wne presumes te take advantage of the superficial politeness and "we-apples-swlm" tendency of the august body, will make a serious mis take. There was an instance of this a few weeks age. A new senator from the west, who had been but a few weeks in his seat, wanted the senate te go into executive session, and made a motion te that effect This seemed harmless enough, but the elder senators were hor rified. They coughed and hemmed and stared nt the new man till the peer fel low imagined he had committed the crime of sedition or arson. The presid ing officer, who chanced te be one of tbe elder senators, preserved his presence of mind, and was for tbe nonce convenient ly deaf. He didn't hear the motion, and the senate went en with some ether busi ness. Then two or three of the old fel lows gathered around the new man and whispered in his ear: "Didn't you knew that it is one of the traditions of the senate that a senator 'must have been here two years before he can move te go into executive aee- aienV" Ten minutca later a senator who bad aerved the required two years made the executive session motion, and the gong sounded three times, the doers were closed, the vulgar publie retired, and the senate went solemnly into secret session, the old chaps gossiping in ths cloak rooms about the young senator's blun der like a parcel of old maids at a quilt ing. But the dignity of the senate must be preserved. Walter Weluian. CHESS AND CHECKERS. Cues problein Ne. M-Dy F. W. Martin-' dale. Black. Wblta. White te play and mats in two niovea. Cbacker problem Ne. 64 By Frank Hum. pbrey. Black-3, 9, 16, 19, 23, 55. mmmu mmm... u lien m SxYtsz be ir'-fa wntt i White 1.1, 17, IB", 20, !, 'J9, 31. I Bleck te play ami win. SOLUTIONS. ( CbcH problem Ne. 53: H' Wiitte. Black. L.nUiRS S..KtteQ4 3.,BteB3 4..FteU3m&ta. i 1.. Any tiling. "Ok S..Any. w 3.. Any. t Checker problem Ne. SS-Whlte-U, 18,' 23. Black -9, 19, 2S. White te play and win. Wlilta. ," Black. 1.. 22 tel7 1.. 9 te 13 2. .18 telS 2..2itel9 3.. U te 10, and whit. tnula Ularbauar. Leuis Blerbauer (or "Bauer," a he 1 gen erally known), who is te play second bats la the Brooklyn PlayeiV teem during the com ing teaten, wm born Sept. 28, 18C5, at Erie, ra. Heconimenced bis baseball career in 1883 with a semi professional team of lilt native city. After playing lth several miner team be licnej with the Philadelphia Ath letics. Through tha release of Quett he was placed en second baas and did well. Fer four sea sons be guarded that pobitleu for the Athletics, play- leg mere than uva Leuis jmtBBAtJrn. hundred chainpienthfp games. He led in tha official fielding average! of the American as sociation In 1&7, ranking seceisl iu lb$9 and fourth in ltftti and 1&S6. Everything consid ered, it U ufe te count hira as one of tha fmmlnv 'Ulan, "Qen. Cicely, I thought you premised us a cold wave," "Se I did; but I bad te posUpene it ea aoeeunt of. the wsamW" Maw Yerk iHlii Jm -AiAfJa Wffln wWk wZnm Wtmt ZJfyh vum yjB fl m Biw&ft lRml 83 rHf Paaf m'm'mm T0WMl em ISP! B5 " WW m H mm 'lam 'VCayttCmlBmev r"1. V mar Z2IWJ THE OLD TIME ANGLEKS. COUNTRY FISHINQ WHILE VET THE FOREST LINED THE STREAMS. Clvlllaathm Te 8atd a the Bsrs The Crystal Strata af Other Dars'-DiBBjIa' Wemi"-MltM- fa BaM Alee, TaeSS a4 On lCtepyribt,t80l Yet t win leek upon thy face again, My ewa romantic at am, aad It will be A taca mere 4aMnt tbaa the raw t mea. Thy watva are oil cetnpaslaas; t aaall sea A wall rnwmbwd form la each old tree Aad hear a votes long loved la ter wUa mhv These linea of Drake express the long ing of the country born who new toils In the city. But it cannot be. The atresia ia changed. Se let me, at least, revisit It in memory and picture tha eceaea of boyhood's angling. rtri ran or western waters. Time: A bright Saturday morning. Era: In the early '50's. Place: The bor der of a creek in the middle section of the Wabash valley the region where that stream, having long run southwest and "across the geological formation," as they new my, has turned at last into the carboniferous region and flews tran quilly through bread and fertile "bot tom" lands, which end at lefty bluffs from half a mile Jte two miles away. Directly en the river one does net see that riparian scenery which charms the traveler about Logansport and thence te Lafayette and below; the banks are high and thonce thcre Is a slepe towards the bluffs, near which are the black and stagnant bayous which offend the eye (and tee often the nose) of the voyager en the Wabash and Erie canal, and In which the snaky, slimy looking "pond fish" have their sluggish and worthless existence. Out the bluffs ence passed, a lovely, high and rolling, heavily timbered region extends te Wabash Mill creek, which, llke all the ether affluents of the Wabash, flews at a very acute angle te the river. Net then as new. Cultivation had net broken the natural surface of the riparian glades and left them se that every rain turned the crystal stream into a torrent of muddy water. Heavy timber still lined the creek for the most part the cultivated tracts were further back and tbe roots, reaching far down Inte ths wa ter, created a whirl and henoe a deep peel, where the silvery bass and the bright perch and still brighter sunfish loved te lie in cool and cloudy weather, coming out upon the ripples chiefly when the sky was clear and the south wind blew softly. The "dead water" about ths great drifts was the favorite haunt of catfish, but tbey were net esteemed like the bass and panflsh. In fact, tha old settlers had a prejudice against any fish that did net prefer running water. After the Wabash and Erie canal become the best flailing ground, it took them some time te get reconciled even te the products of that; and as te eating fish frema regular iwnd, a regular water pen made for ireeding fish, ths suggestion would havs disgusted, them. Going up any stream from the Wabash, seen after passing ths "bottoms" ene would find it of crystal clearness, with long, deep peels here and there, separated by short ripples rolling ever clean, gravelly bottoms. Often the trees hung se far ever the stream that opposite boughs Intermingled, and in the growing season a faint but exquisitely delicate perfume floated down te the happy boy en the green bank, whose every sense was keen and all his being In harmony with nature. FLINOINO OUT HIS VIBfiT FISH, Wliat a blessed fact It is that almost ey sound the country boy hears Is a natural rhythm, almost every sight hs sees is restful te the eye. Ne carts rat tling ever stony pavements, no scream of steam whistles, no whir of machinery, xe rear of crowded etrectH; but instead the lowing of cattle, the twitter of birds, the ripple of brooks, the soft sighing of the wind In the tall trees. Sociologists tell us that after a few generations of continuous life iu cities all the percep tive faculties becentu extremely dull; children are born near sighted, deficient in hearing, color blind and sadly devoid of the natural sense of harmony and no wonder. As the little flshetman watches Ida cork the hum of insect about the buds en the overhanging trees is borne te lit ears. Sometimes a sudden gust of wind scatters buds and insects down 'j peu the water, and then the speckled and silver sided beauties dart hither and yen for the first snap at the dainty feed. The total outfit of the boy of 1950, or hereabouts,might fetch ten cents in a balled market." There is no jointed red, 'no reel, no fancy cork, no artificial fly. The red he cut as he came through the wjxxIs a limber ash or water beech sprout, The hook is the simplest of old fashioned barbs; the fljlilng line a very small and, tightly woven cord, which cost him five cents at the country store. The cork (he never heard of a "bob") is a real cork, originally from Kentucky, or "sem'ers down below," and imported In the grand old big bellied demijohn which contained the strong water of Bourbon county. Through it he punches a small hole and is careful te deuble his line in It while fastening, in such a way that he can easily readjust it te various depths of water. The "sinker" is made of two or three bullets hammered into a mass. His bait well, it is various. "Diggin' worms" was probably his last occupation the night befere his holiday, for "flshin' worms" were thought te Im Im prere a little by being kept in a box of loe) earth for a night. Fer the canal and river, minnows seined from the branch were thought the best bait. Fer catfish, live frogs or toads were occa sionally used, the hook being very light ly inserted in the loose skin sleng the back. Cut it was reprobated. Indeed, it was a subject at times of hasted dU- aUMaieB, aad maay a tough old fiahermau rmffiSRmmmmmmumV amfjamaO .mTafaal ma9W svUSMarJ V 4lllfmWagWi -amHaamlMr P Jj" "" IrTStfiHSfc vlnce a tender hearted boy that It did net hurt the frog. Maybe it didn't, but the frog squirmed around all the earns aad Imitated a hurt creature remarkably well. And uew all is set, silence Is enjoined "Don't swear or you won't catch a dashed fish" and there ia eager rivalry for the first fish. The morning sun shin ing through the trees casta great feather edged scolleps of light and shade upon the water; the wind is from the south, and just strong enough te make the fish bite well. The worm Is Impaled, the line is thrown, the cork spins around a few times and floats en the placid peel. All at once it beba and the eager boy leans forward with delighted eye and di lated nostril, Once, twlce, three times it bobs. "A nibble, a nibble," he whis pers In a hiss that might be heard twenty yards. "First nibble former Once or twice mere perhaps It bobs. "Qeshdang It, he's tuck my battt" Ne, ths cork bobs but once mere and then takes a dive. Tha fish ia hooked. With mere than 4 "WILL TIIR FISH D1TR TODAT?' boyish strength the red is whirled up ward and backward, the line flics out te Its greatest length and the fish Is thrown, perhaps, into a bush or troe in the rear, while the exultant boy, all Injunctions te silence ignored, yells In a tone that echoes far along the stream: "First fish for ME!" "Shut up, gosh blauie je,' is the only response, "you'll skeer all the fish oute' the creek." And it does leek like it, for thcre is generally a long wait after the first fish. But It'a a geed day, and seen the sport is en the full tide of success. It Is wonder ful hew rapidly fish were taken in these times when conditions were favorable. "Twenty-four fine- bass In two hours" was the best record I ever saw made by one person; but of course I have reliable testimony (that of fishermen) te much mere lively sport This abundance of flsh feed was a great advantage te the early settlers. The country boy, as aforesaid, had nene of the modern con veniences; but he had what was far bet tera sense of the right time te go fishing, which was a science in Itself, If be waa tee young te have acquired It, his father or the hired man had it One hired man we hail was a prodigy in this and similar lines of weed craft. He bad a keenness of perception aa te na ture's doings that amounted teaaixth sense. Often I have walked through the deep weeds with him and seen him pause and raise hla gun, and then squirrels or birds that I could net see would come tumbling from the tops of the tallest trses and ths squirrels In most case were ahet in the head. He could examine the night sky and note the ovening air and tell almost te a certainty whether fish would bite the next day. If the morning left it still in doubt hs would blew up a little tobacco smeks and watch Its drift and gradual dissipation, and rarsly indeed did lie fail in this test. My reverence for 'hlta was unbounded until one day, when I was about 0 years old, I handed him a copy of The Indiana State Journal te read something that had amused me, and discovered that he could net read. It was quite a shock. Down te that time I liad thought he knew every thing. If the flsh bit ety well at any time they did net usually keep it up long. Three hours was a long season of geed fishing; then the wind changed, or the sky waa overcast, or, as we used te think, we had caught all the fish Iu that part of the creek, though the real reason proba bly was that It was a geed day for their feeding and they had get enough and "gene up under the roots." After the fishing came the fun, if we were net tee anxious te hurry home and show our spoils. New, alas , all the bread and fertile tracts along the creeks are cleared of timber; no lefty trees, pr very few, hang ever the stream, and in places ths banks havs te be "rocked up' te prevent de structive washing. There are no mere floating legs and no drifts, and, with very rare exceptions, no deep holes for fishing or swimming. Many of the creeks are of one uniform depth, or rather shallow, from source te mouth, end few indeed ure the places where the boys of 1830 can renew their youth with hook, line and red. J. II. Beadle. Sumps. w W LAUVti AND AllT OOODM. Call and. See -TIIK -AN HRT COODS ON HKCOND KLOOU Jehn L Arneld's Building, NORTH QUEEN STREET. dG-tfd T UMMNCl, OAH KITTING, Ac Jehn P. Sehaum & Sen. PLUMBING, GAS FITTING AND ROOFING, 26 SOUTH QUEEN ST., UANCAATKK PA. IHtoieflyqylta, R OTK. I JUST RECEIVED VIIOM KcBnigsburg, Prussia, Twe Background! made especially for Bust and Tliree,uaTtcr Length Photograph. f 60 1-2 North Queen St., FINE M LUMP QUT1CU11A HKMED1ES. .SCALY SKIN DISEASES f i-mnssisa Years, Ceverlmr faes) una jinura near Wltn Whtta Skin Med, Itchy nnd Rles4la. nuuuge, ttttit iinnqrsas or J Pronounced Incurable. Cure fcy I Sl Oured by Outicura . Sy. dl"". (imerlaaU) first broke est t ea ; "i"!"! 'reuinf acreaamy naee.aaa covering; my face. It ran Inte my eye, a imyiipian w arrald I would lese my a; altogether. 1 1 tprcad all ever my bead, i Rr' Si'.SSl'aSS." i ' h.Sl!!j?nfe.ulu".P,'r 4W ww Ju one .houderalnthewerK TC.wmU hs ekln i would thicken and be ret Ifehy and would crack and bleed if After upcndlnr many hnndtcda nt waa pronounced Incurable. heard of " 1H.MU1BO, ana aner nam two of COticvsa KmeLvax-r. I eenldaaa a c and after I had taken fenr bottle. I wm all cuite ) wnen i naa naea ix DOtue ari vuha nawiiVisT ana one oex PI I.TJTIC " "IIU CUKB III tiUTHUHA fWAr, 1 WM C the dreadful disease from which I had I for live i-ears. I theusht tha dlaaaaa lenve a verv duan acar. but tha f!rir I wKiuncnroaiiwiuieuianyacar. leajUM pite wiia a nrn wnau lumn nemra the Cuticeba RjcUROim. They aavad my hair li i restored a geed aa ever, and set eyesight. I knew of ether who ha varan real beneflt from their nu. . -J. MIW. UUtJA KELLY, Rockwell City, tnwm ' OaticuraefelTea .' Th inew Bleed andBkln Purifier aad parssta .i rmm--r mTinniirniininrnBiir ana i riiRA, the great Hkln Cure, and Ctme Heah, an exquUlte Hkln Beautiaer, sxtara have cured thousand of caaea where thai uiugui araiiea meaiurea a quart daily, cracked, bleeding, burning and Itchlne beyond human endurance, hair 1 inlaw art gene, eunenng terriuie. wnai oilier uavoiDBaeuencureT "' H.ht.1 mMABa.l.aAA llalu mm. . A . nviu.inrniiim r.lt'UMvii;uiM.eea.(B? tsh Dsca and chkm icai. CoareaATioir, ten. - ', arHend for Hew te Cats Hkln Dlemaeyi rf w .uMiiui, ww m uniMiaiHai Blgl'MM, Black Heads. Chapped f Hkln, prevented by OUTlCUl lUtUL I IT STOPS THE PAIN, Backache, kinder nalm. waakneaa. tUni, ntid maacular pain relieved la emi uie uy uie. uaucura Anil-ram riaaur.-. tint and only tnatantaneeu patnvhUHag j cr. Sanferd's Radical Cure fbr OatavrA. Complete Xxternal and tateraat ' meat rer un ueimr. , Tn Im frtwwt ftmm tli datuMMM A while, lying down) te breathe freely keunaiy ana unaistoreeat te ns ! brad clear, brain active and Me Bra ache ; te knew that no polnenou. bus ter defltc the breath and ret ewejr I can? macninenr or mcu, taste, aaa i iu itei mm. uia ayaimu uee uuk, vein and arteries. uck no the aem tire te undermine and dertrey. I ts inning myena mm numan ea. nurchane humanity from such a 1 the ohleet of all afflicted. But th tried many remedl and phyildaa i reltfef or cure. HANrean's RantcALCvaa meet vrr al of (fetarrh. from a Simula head eeid te thai loathsem and destructive atasjss. It Ml ana conitiiuuenai. ituxani mitnent In curing, safe, eoeao falling. !& SanJbnTa BadJeal Cava .."-" ! consist or en deiu or ia kamcam one oex or uatabshai. aef,vanrr, a r aevan txu amcb, all w rail aad la em with treaties and dlreeueaa. ajl i drnrgUUrertlO. . . v it PeTTES. DlUO CHBatlCALI Berrow. - marl-lms T KETHINO BYKOr. yM$' TO MOTHER8. . . i-j w,ir-M's ' Kvarv fkHn'tTr-, VAHKMKVa aafs. NeObJbi Here Celic, XJri DimeultTaath iriastia lamaawwaii NKYABON, Hi Bg. n , Haawnt ii j aveaata. Vvavf !' HHfraVS' ENNHYLyAmARATLlOASaXnUat "Trala B NOT. HL . . .'.! sviam,. rWaatroUadalBfaUMMlewst ' . iu Lun AAAmnAwrwm mmm awm Lmvs IWBBTWARD. fariaaKxpret... wWlSmm-te: PhlkuMphla. uimp.m, cS9a.m. MaUtralnvlaalUert NaaMailTraint......' Niagara Express. vlaoetanUlal ma a. TlaOeluaUla uauuTBTACWJIil.... Kat Llnet............ Frederick Accera. Laueaater Aoeoru., Lancaster Aocem.. ii:s a. m, vlaOeinmbla Ilia! a. aa. vlaMtJsy.-. HarrUburg Accera-... UnlumblaAeaeaa. ITarrlaburg Kipreee,. weewrn Jbspreaar, Lancaster Acoe... fcisp. a. .. as4Aaf ItAgTWARD. Phlla. hUpreatt-....- KiutUner..........- taaaastsr Aeee Hanitburg Kspraaa, Laneaater Aocem...J Columbia Aoeon. Atlantic KiDrMa.... ttmat is Heaahere Kipraaa..... PlilladalnhlaTAceu. Hunday Mall....... ...... Uarriebenf Aocein. Hall Tratnt..... J fa uaiiitsi...uu. ajtp.m. I UttEm. I rrraenca Aflcem. fl'tie only trains which run daily. Jf.i un nunaay uia stau wsia wast ram sr Columbia. J.K.WOOI,Unera. CIIAH. K. PUU Ji. Oaeerel -pHlLADKia'HIA READINd I KBAOINO COLUMBIA DIYIaUOaT, . Oa and after Hunday, Mar ML lam, leave Lancaster (King street), uMletii for Headliur and fntermadlata Batata. day.) a. w., l-aMm;Bumar,l tjer FhUadelDhla, weak days, 71 a. aa; V.W n... DilU1Mh U Vf W. rerxvew vera via ranaaeiDeia, 7h.m.,iftaa,a:sp.m. ' . rer New Yerk via Alleatewa, weak I 11 d. m. ic Fer Allen town, week days, 740 a. aa8ia SI i DUUUai, OiOO Ih BU j Vat retuvllle, week days, TJOa. a, ft a. I "uV'l " " reruei Lebanon, week day. Twaa, tsaULI ; Hunday, 8.-06 a. m, 3M p. m. -I HarrUburg, week days, 7M a. a-, m P.W.; Ker VJS d. m. : Hunda v. S.OJ a. m. for Quarryvllle, week days, MS a. Bk, : 1. 1 uuuiujr, emu a. iu. uarryvllle, week day, MS a. Bk, a i. ; Hunday, 6:10 p. ra. vdiiuu win r.Aitf.iAtvaat uivnm.; nunaay, kw p. ra. j, TKA1NH rUH IANOAbTKK. MT4 LeaTa Reading, week dav i Reading, week day. IM, Uis, aWl i. : Hunday, 7B a. m.j fclO p. a. TTT Philadelphia, week dayV tOi, Mka i o:ae p. m. trt JVln tn. Leave New Yerk via rh1li1nlnhls,waaJS. 7: a a. in.. 1:30, p. re. 12:15 nlgbU ' i$ lave New Yerk via Allentewa. w ask 4aaw33 4.-0D a. m.. 1.-03 d. m. Leave Alleutewn, week day, ttst a. aa.il cm. Lmve Fettevllla, week days, MS a. m., ea, j pm .v- Leave Lebanon, week days. T:U i IS p. m. : Hunday, 7JA a. a.. 11:16 p. a. Leave Uan isburs;, week days, eat a. a dav. :fi0a.m. Leave (tuarrrvttl, week days, ftaj, Lfcss a. I .-w : nuuur, t:iu a. m. ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION. Leav PnlUdelphla, ChMtaat streat and Beuth itreet wbart rer Atlantic mty. week aara, mj a. uu ana .-w p. m.: nw 7ae a. m. and tae p. m.; Bunday.f Bas M0 a. m., Accommodation, tM M, au, Returning leave Atlantic atr,"Maet i Atlantic and Arkanaa Avenue. wek Kxprea l:M a. m. ana p. a mndaLlnn.K.'Ofta.m. and 4:30 n. aa. Kxpreaa, 4 p. m. AccommedaUaa, 7a and au p. in. -v Detailed ume taeie can D octal aaa a I etkeea. a a uM.mn , n viviww . ' Vlea free. A tlea'I M'gr. Oea'l ramr Aa4 1 ' v LEBANON A LANCABTKB JOOT KAILKOAD. Arrangement ef-PaasengerTralas ea DUBVI, flUTCttluvr v, NORTHWARD. Leave a.m. r.at. Xing Htreet, Lane. 7 Ufa Laneaater .. 7.-07 UbtS Columbia .... UM ManhelHu.. T.V la CeruwalL 1JM MS Arrive at Lrtaaen -S:ll IM SOUTHWARD. Leave A. at. r.K. Lebanea 7:11 Vtm Cornwall 7-7 DJMJ Manbelm.'....... TM l:M Lancuter... . tt3T 1 Arrive at rVlnmlilA .W 26 Kln Htreet. Lane. aOI fc08 S.-M.KBJ M A. M. WILSON, Hupl. R. a a Railroad. B.U.NKrK.Hupt.O.R.R. rTtRUK DALMATIAJT H prepaina ay a ImaamTFarai kat. A7i.Tr at am asm fcatfcu am am'S3r M 'la TSafA aK rial H 1 i rl . (TV ,, , -0-.' ?U-sS! VM. 7 s. ,4.''V ii n
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