,J I.
BRYANITES DEFIANT
COLD MEN SULK
Pennsylvania's Democracy Is In
Certainly a Very Bad Way.
WILL POLL A SMALL VOTE.
The SHrer Knight's Domination of the
Democratic National Committee Makes
His Followers in the Keystone State
Rejoiee.
(Special I'orrrspondence.)
Harrlsburg, July 2.. Pennsylvania
Democrats wore deeply interested in
the outcome of the meeting of the
Democratic national committee at Chl
raKO last week. Having been the first
state to lead off with a boom for Bryan
for president next year and the nomi
nation of a complete free silver ticket
on a free silver platform, the Keystone
state IVmocracy was anxious to be
sustained at Chicago. Although there
were two fr.rces at work at the sessions
of the national committee, both of
these were in sympathy with Bryan
and the platform of 1S96. One element
comprised what may for comparison's
sake be called the conservative wing,
and it dominated the committee. The
other element represented the extrem
ists, who demand an immediate decla
ration for the free coinage of silver
nnd the expulsion from the party of all
organizations and individuals who will
not loudly profess their devotion for
this program. Bryan does not propose
to forsake free silver, although the free
silver issue is alive only to the extent
that Bryan and his friends continue
to agitate. The country settled the
question for once and all In 1S9G, and
free coinage of silver has been definite
ly repudiated by the American people.
It is the weakest card the Democrats
can play, so weak that it makes certain
the loss of the game. Vet Bryan clings
to this personal issue.
The proceedings at Chicago are a
finger board to the next national con
vention. It is obvious that liryan is
the choice of the Democratic party for
president. Croker has a stalking horse
in Judge Van Wyck, and Gorman has
some senatorial advocates, while Cali
fornia suggests ex-Senator White. But
Bryan is without a serious rival. He
is the embodiment of the Chicago plat
form and the logical candidate if that
platform shall be affirmed. Sound
money Democrats who have hoped for
the return of the party to reason will
be disappointed, but their hopes have
rested n thin air.
Throughout the state of Pennsylva
nia the followers of the regular Demo
cratic organization are jubilant. They
proclaim that the sentiment as ex
pressed at the national committee
meeting was a complete indorsement of
Bryan and meant thnt he would have
no trouble in obtaining the presidential
nomination in UMO, On the other hand,
the result of the meeting seemed to
have rather a depressing effect on the
gold Democrats. They were not In
clined to say anything at all. but the
few who would consent to talk freely
admitted that it looked as if Bryau
would have everything his own way.
Chairman Donnelly, of the Demo
cratic city committee, of Philadelphia,
was among those who promptly took
occasion to express their pleasure at
the news from Chicago. From begin
ning to end, he declared, the meeting
was in thorough accord with the
wishes of Bryan, and everything that
was done was favorable to his welfare.
There is' nothing, as far as can bo
seen now, to prevent Bryan obtaining
the nomination next year, and Phila
delphia, Chairman Donnelly predicted,
would send a solid delegation for him.
PENNSYLVANIA FOR BRYAN.
Former Congressman James Kerr, of
Clearfield county, leaves no doubt of
sentiments of the Democarcy of the
interior of the state.
"A majority of the delegates from
Pennsylvania to the Democratic na
tional convention." says Mr. Kerr,
"will be favorable to the Bryan or
ganization, and will favor permitting
the platform of 10nn to be written by
the friends of the 1SDG platform. There
will be some Eold men in the dele
gation, but if the unit rule is enforced,
as usual, the delegation will vote for
Bryan and let the Bryan people writa
the platform. Democrats who are tru.
to the party do not feel that the next
platform should bo written by those
who refused to support the party on
the ISflfi platform. A majority of the
Pennsylvania delegation will favor the
platform loine written by those who
wrote it In '0(5. and will trust to them
to adapt It to the present conditions."
CREASY WILL SCFFER.
The enthusiasm of the Bryanites has
had a depressing effect upon the sound
money Democrats throughout the
state. They are taking absolutely no
Interest in the De nocratic state ticket.
Many of them will not vote at the com
ing state election, while others will
cast their ballots for the Republican
nominees. The sound money Demo
crats argue that if the present Bryan
ite organization of the party in this
state should poll a latge vote for their
state ticket it would be fairly taken as
an indorsement from the Democratic
voters of their radical stand on the sil
ver question and all that Bryanlsm
ana the Chicago platform imDiieg.
It would appear that Silverite Creasy
is not going to come within sight of
the state treasurers office this year,
REPUBLICANS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
Preparations are under way for th
Republican state convention, which
meets here on the 24th of next month,
nun b view 10 Hrcominonaiing an un
usually large number of spectators.
The city will be splendidly decorated,
nnd as many of the soldiers of the
Tenth Pennsylvania are expected here
to spe one of their officers honored,
there will bo special efforts taken to
make the display appropriately patri
otic. The prophets are still at sea as to
the names that will appear on the Re
jiiil In an state ticket.
"I am SHt ifiort there has been no
agreement among the Republican lead
ers upon any candidates for nomina
Mr. and Mrs. It. Lackamp, Eiston.Mo.
write: "One Minute Cough Cure saved
the lite or our little boy whpn nearly dead
with croup," Heath A Killmer.
You can't cure dyspepsia liv dieting.
Eat good, wholesome food, and" plenty of
it. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests food
without aid from the. stomach, and is
made to cure. Heath & Killmer,
(iun-shot wounds and powder-burns,
cut, bruises, sprains, wounds from rusty
nails. Insect stings and ivy poisoning.
quickly healed by beWitt'a witch Hazel
Salve. Positively prevents blood poison
ing. Beware of counterfeits. DeWitt's
is Mfe and sure. Heath A Killmer.
Hopkins sells the shoe and rubber.
t
ed United States benuiur fco.' i
rose when questioned on this subject.
"As fa as I know there is an open can
vass." he added.
"What about Hawkins and Barnett
and the state treasurership?" he was
asked.
"I do not know who will be nomi
nated; in fact. I do not know the
wishes of either of these gentlemen as
to this nomination," replied the sena
tor, frankly; "but you can depend upon
It. there will be no friction between
Hawkins and Barnett on this subject.
?'hey are warm personal friends, and
worked and fought gallantly together
in the Philippines. Either of them
would make a most acceptable nominee
for state treasurer."
There were three Interesting contests
at primary elections on Saturday last.
In two of these friends of Colonel
Quay scored unexpected victories. In
York and Lycoming counties the local
organizations have generally been
against the friends of the Beaver
statesman, but a strong sentiment has
developed in each of these counties
rgainst the party wreckers, which was
made quite manifest at the delegate
elections.
In Centre county former Governor
Hastings made a personal canvass in(
the Interest of two candidates for dele
gates to the state convention. There
was no Quay or anti-Quay Issue, but
the fight developed into Vpersonal con
test between Hastings an the support
ers of Judge Iive. Hastings won out,
though not until he had gone through
one of the most expensive campaigns
In his political career.
There are but a few more counties
outside of Philadelphia that have state
delegates to elect, and when the list
shall be completed It will be found
that fully two-thirds of the delegates
in the state convention will be friend
ly to the leadership of Colonel Quay,
and will insist upon the strongest kind
of indorsements of the national and
state administrations.
Chairman John P. Elkin, of the Re
publican state committee, says there
are no contesting delegations on rec
ord, and he does not anticipate any.
The chairman is evidently pleased with
the harmony that Is prevailing in the
party organization. He predicts that
there will be a remarkably enthusias
tic gathering here next month.
WHY GRADY SMILES.
State Senator John C. Grady is hav
ing some fun with those featherweight
statemen who have been Indulging in
wild talk about Governor Stone being
afraid to call an extra session of the
legislature, lest a movement might be
made to impeach him for his vetoes
of a portion of the school appropria
tion nnd of the proposed constitution
al amendment. Senator Grady directs
attention to the fact that only such
matters for which the legislature is
specifically reconvened can be consid
ered at an extra session. It is highly
Improbable that the governor would,
in his call for an extra session. In
clude a proposition to have himself
impeached. The ignorance which Sen
ator J. Bayard Henry, Representative
W. T. Creasy and others In the Insurgent-Democratic
alliance display In
their public declarations on constitu
tional questions has been an amusing
feature of the newspaper campaign be
ing waged against the Republican state
administration. Senator Grady says
there will be no extra session of the
legislature, and adds that Colonel Quay
is already assured by Individual ex
pressions from senators of more than
enough votes to Insure his being seat
ed in the United States senate.
CREASY FLATLY
TURNED DOWN.
Prohibitionists Reject the Demo
cratic Nominee For State
Treasurer.
The Third Party Voters Repudiate Their
Leaders Who Have Been Working With
the Flinn-Martin Republican Combine.
(Special
Philadelphia,
Correspondence.)
July 25. A significant
Prohibition party of
which will have far
revolt in the
Pennsylvania,
reaching effect throughout the state,
was witnessed at the state convention
of that party In this city last Friday.
A scheme to place the name of the
Democratic nominee for state treas
urer, William T. Creasy, at the head
of the Prohibition ticket was turned
down unceremoniously. This action
was a complete repudiation of the little
coterie of so-called leaders who have
been making the Prohibition party an
annex to the Republican insurgent
machine. It is known that plans were
carefully laid to spring Creasy's name
upon the convention and put his noml
nation through with a hurrah. The
manipulators of the game counted
upon unsuspecting delegates promptly
taking up the suggestion and letting
the nomination go through without op
rosition. But it happened that a mini'
her of the old time Prohibition work
ers, who have been relegated to the
rear by some of the recent accessions
to the ranks of the party, got an Ink
ling of what was going on. They at
ence set to work and Industriously anu
systematically canvassed among the
delegates and ultimately thwarted the
schemers who had been so hopeful of
putting the Creasy project through
successfully. State Chairman Charles
It. Jones and Chairmen L. L. Kaven-
son and Homer L. Castle, of the Phila
delphia and Allegheny delegations, re
spectively, were put down, among
others, as favoring Creasy. Hiram De
Walt, who is looked upon as one of
the "Old Guard" of the Prohibition
party of Pennsylvania, was a determin
ed opponent of this proposition to put
the Democratic nominee at the top of
the Prohibition state ticket. There was
not even a suggestion of fusion, but
hold move to tnrow tne entire Pro
hibition vote to the Democratic party,
without a single good argument to Uh
advanced for so doing. Mr. Do Walt
was not going to be a party to any
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destroys the nervous Mvstem, anil pro-
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THAT DAVID MARTIN" DUAL.
Others openly declared that the ten
dency of the recent management of the
party's affairs was to subordinate the
work for the fundamental principles
of the Prohibition party to participat
ing in the game of state politics in the
interests of the Flinn-Martin combine
in the Republican party. It has been
supposed for some time that there has
been not a little lubricating of the
prohibition state machine by insurgent
Republican Interests and a s'gnlflcant
and suspicious solicitude for the In
surgent cause has been noticeable. The
placing of the names of David Martin
and his Democratic friend, John H.
Fow, on the Prohibition ticket for the
legislature last fall was but one of
many circumstances that aroused feel
ings of indignation among the rank
and file of the Prohibition party.
Throughout the state deals were made
by which the Prohibition party was
subordinated to the schemes of the
Flinn-Martin Insurgents to defeat reg
ularly nominated Republican candi
dates for the legislature. The names
ef the Democrats with whom the bolt
ing Republicans wished to defeat the
regular Republican nominees werj
placed upon the Prohibition ticket. In
this way the Prohibition party was
made a mere tender to the Insurgent
factional machine.
The revolt against a continuance of
this policy came at the meeting of the
Prohibition state convention last Fri
day. A movement was actually or
ganized to unseat Mr. Jones from the
chairmanship of the Prohibition state
committee, and It would have been
carried out .effectively had not the
Creasy business been dropped. Not
withstanding this fact, when the state
committee met for reorganization 12
members declined to vote for Mr.
Jones' re-election, and cast their bal
lots for Emmet D. Nicholls, of Lu
zerne, a straightout Prohibitionist, for
state chairman.
Further attempts at alliance with
either Democratic or Republican ma
chines will no doubt meet with vigor
ous public protests from straightout
Prohibitionists throughout the state.
CREASY'S NARROW ESCAPE.
Creasy, in the role of a Prohibition
ist, would be a strange spectacle for
his colleagues In the legislature to con
template. His record at Harrlsburg
would place him In line for almost
anything except a Prohibition nomi
nation. He would have been vigor
ously assailed had he been placed on
the Prohibition ticket.
Representative Ebenezer Adams, of
West Philadelphia, Is given credit for
enlightening many of the delegates in
the Prohibition convention as to the
scheme to put Creasy on their ticket
and of 'the criticisms of such action
that would certainly follow. The senti
ment against this fusion became so
strong thnt the men back of the game
finally concluded that it would be best
not to bring Creasy's name before the
convention.
Democratic State Chairman Rilling,
who was In town during the day, was
greatly disappointed at thly failure to
help out hia free silver candidate for
state treasure and Creasy's feellng3
under the circumstances can be im
agined. The insurgent Republicans who
hoped to use a Prohibition nomination
of Creasy as a club over stalwart Re
publicans were naturally chagrined.
The Prohibitionists nominated Major
H. S. Caldwell, mayor of Mllford,
Northumberland county, for state
treasurer. He is a practical Prohibi
tionist, has a splendid official record
and Is a Union veteran. For Justice of
the supreme court they named Aglh
Ricketts, of Luzerne, and for justice
of the superior court H. L. Robinson,
of Fayette.
PARTY WRECKERS NOT WANTED,
"One of the most insane of the party
wrecking organs," says The Inquirer,
"complains loudly that the recent ap-
pointments of census supervisors in
Pennsylvania were drawn from the
ranks of the stalwart Republicans;
that the appointments were made upon
the recommendation of Quay and Pen
rose, and it ' prints a brief history of
each official named. From these his
tories It appears very conclusively
that a high order of supervisors has
been obtained: that there is not an un
fit man among them: that each one
of the appointees la a credit. And yet
this complaining organ lan t happy
What did it expect? Has it be
lieved that the administration at
Washington is in the party wrecking
business like itself? Has it supposed
that a political highwayman of Pitts
burg and a discredited politician of
Philadelphia, trading under the firm
name of Flinn & Martin (Limited),
would receive recognition at the na-
tion's capital? There has been noth
ing more disgusting in the history cf
politics than the attempt of this firm
of self seeking political freebooters to
pull dow:i the Republican party in
Pennsylvania and, like vultures, to
grow fat upon the remains. The fed
eral administration is not In the carrion
business, therefore it has passed by
the Flinns nnd Martins, and every cen
sus supervisor is a man opposed to the
methods which those leaders of per
sonal spite and envy adopted at Har-
rlsburg. Evidently there Is not much
use in Washington for the party wreck
ers of Pennsylvania.
NEW YORKERS INSPECTING.
Philadelphia has been invaded dur
ing the past week by two separate
sets of New Yorkers. One set came to
spy out the land and to discover why
It is that Philadelphia Is encroaching
upon New York's ocean commerce.
The other set came over to look Into
the National Export exposition. Both
sets, apparently, were hlphly edified.
They cane to the conclusion that the
exposition is iiltogether l'x important
to be ignored and that the Immense
work on the river front is evidence of
great enterprise, as it Is. They under
stand that Philadelphia is prepared
for trade, and that the dock and port
charges are much less here than in
New York. As a matter of fact the
water front of New York is pretty
much ail occupied, while the port of
Philadelphia has ample room. What
is needed, of rr.ure, is a SO oot chan
nel to the sea and that is coming.
Some day we shall have an ocean canal
across New Jersey. When that enter
prise Is .-.'complislied New York will
have to adopt extreme measures If she
Is to hold her ocean carrying businesa.
Persons troubled with diarrhoea will be
interested in the experience of Mr. W.M.
Bush, clerk of the Hole' Dnrranre, Prov
idence, R. I. He says: "For several
years I have been almost a constant suf
ferer from diarrhoea, the frequent at
tacks completely prostrating ineand ren
dering tne unlit for my duties at this ho
tel. About two years ago a traveling
salesman kindly gave me a small bottle
nf CI.,, i, Lnrtu! n I ' il i Cknlnpa a i it I k v
of Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy. Much to my surprise
and delight its effect was immediate.
Whenever I felt symptoms of the disease
1 would fortify myself against the attack
with a few doses of this valuable remedy.
The result has ocen very satisfactory and
altnoht comploto relief from the allllc
tion." For gale by all druggist.
Hopkins sells the clothing and shoes.
IT CAME IN THE WILD RIOT STARTED
BY THE CIRCUS MAN.
lie Bided Ilia Tim, and When It
Came the Mexican Who Had Tor
tared Him raid Hearty For Their
I nn arrant rd llrutalltr.
"I've been m Ixod up in a good tunny
'Hey, Itubo,' lights lu the western states,
and" I'vo got ln.VK'lf pretty badly clawed
apart In nunc ( them at that," said the
settled down Capitol hill man w ho used
to bo. boss tentnmn with a circus, 'but the
worst 15 in nuto 'Her. Kllbo,' iNittlo 1
ever got tangled with happened In Mexico.
Tho buttle was start! to satiate trio
vengeful spirit of one limn, nnd tho neat
way with which ho brought It off was
surely a warning to grasshoppers. This
limn was in iny gang. Ho joined tho
show up In tho northern pr.rt of Starr
county, Tex. Ho was Inexperienced, but
ho was n worker, nnil ho man t wans to
do all tho talking himself. His heurt was
dona up in bandages when ho joined tho
outfit, and I asked hlin who had boon
slugging nun.
Greasers,' lio ropltixl shortly, ami, as
a sort of a hard, steely light crept into hia
eves when he snapped out tho worn, I
lidn't press hlin for details.
Wo hud a sort of n hair bnkcu 'Jiey,
Rube," light down In tho middle of Starr
county wo wcro working towanl tne
south and I noticed that tlio now man
didn't tako any art in it.
" 'You vo got to do your end or tlioso
mix ups,' I told hint. 'When you hour
tho "Hoy, Rube," hoot, it s a part or your
business to grab tho heaviest thing you
can swing and rap tho first duck that
doesn't belong to tho show with it. "Hey,
Rube," moans nil hands around, nnd every
limn that draws wages from the show is
expected to glvo a club swinging exhibi
tion when thnt yell goes up.'
" 'I in saving mysulf lor n gnmo Mint s
coming later on,' tho man told ino with
another of thoso flinty glares stealing Into
his eyes. 'Tho show s bound for Cniuurgo,
Mexico, Isn't it?'
I told him that Camnrgo, Mexico, was
on 'tho date book ; that it was probably the
last town tho show would nppoar in be
fore going Into winter quarters.
"'That a what I understood when l
Joined tho show, nnd that's why I took
tho job,' said tho man quietly. ' You just
let mo out of whatever scraps happen be
tween hero nnd Canmrgo. When wo get
there I'll do what I can to keep my end
UP' .
"Then tho man oihmipu up ana toia tne
why ho had It In for Camargo.
A irronscr tried to pinK mo witn u
knlfo in tho back a couple of months ago
over In Camargo,' ho said. 'Don't know
why. Never saw tho gopher Ix-foro. l
was too quick for him nnd planted a ball
in his shoulder. Then nbout u hundred of
his pals hopped me, nnd they cuino nenr
kicking ino lnsido out. That's what ailed
iny head when I joined tho show. ncu
thev irot through with ino, tno nan lujuu
constables got hold of mo and chained me
to tho floor of a dungeon. 1 was tnoro tor
two weeks, on bread and wnter, when I
got tho steel out of ono of my boots and
sawed myself looso. I broke out of tho
dungeon and swain tho Rio Crando to got
on Ainer can soil. While 1 was clininou
ono of tho guards nmdo it his business to
come Into my dungeon every day and
punch my soro head. Oh, I'm going to
have some trouble In Camargo nil right.
That's what 1 joined tho show for.'
"Now, it was iny busiucss as ono of tho
responsible, men of tho show to j)onch on
this follow and havo htm fired beforo tho
show struck Ciimnrgo. But I didn't. A
lot of old pals of miuo in tho circus busi
ness hud told ino of tho wny they had got
tho worst of It on iimiiy occasions at tho
hands of tho Mexican authorities, and as
I had along with mo in iny gang about
the toughest bunch of fifty nnd odd bad
scmppers that ever hit up a dirt road nnd
as, besides, I felt that this quiet tentiiinn
had a genuine grievance, I Just chewed n
straw and walkisl away.
" A hugo crowd of half breeds turned out
for tho show in Camargo. There was but
ono performance, tho night show, and tho
ranchers for alHiut a hundred miles around
had galloped in to tako in tho show. About
throo-quarters of tho bunch of several
thousand in tho tent wore gaudily bedeck
ed cow handlers. They all hud knives in
full sight, but no guns. Mexican cow
punchers rarely pack guns. They don't
light on tho level, nnd n knlfo isn't a lovol
Instrument to fight with.
"Beforo tho flaps were pulled up for tho
crowd I noticod iny quiet tontmun getting
a stack of wagon poles, nearly n hundred
of them, piled together in a heap. I ulso
noticed that nouo of tho hands, cither in
my gang or in tho other gangs thcro
wcro nearly 200 men all told connected
with tho show wero doing much talking.
They seemed to lie. on odgo for something
thnt was going to htipcn.
"Tho lust net of tho 'concert' following
tho show was ubout over, and the greasers
were leaving their seats, when tuy quiet
tentnmn bopped on top of tho pilo of poles
ho had fixed and gavo tho 'Hey, Rube,'
yelp gavo it like any bull of Unshan. Ho
hail put tho wholo gang of hands next, for
they didn't waste n second In taking up
the yelp all over tho tent. Then they camo
a-rushing for tho polos. Well, I thought
I'd keep out of that ono. I inndo for tho
shelter of n ticket wagon nnd saw it nil
from thcro. Tho quiet tentnmn served
out all of his poles in less thun two min
utes, nnd t hen tho hands began to break.
First tho constables in their funny blue
uniforms and bare feet 20 of "em were
batted into unconseiousnoss In loss tlmo
than I'm tolling it. Tho quiet tentnmn
looked like a devil up in tho front of tho
scrapping. In a spirit of complete doll
ance ho quickly dropped his polo nnd be
gan to uso his fists. Ho Was a six footer
and built in proportion, and tho way they
went down was a caution. Finally his
eyo lit upon the prison guurd who had
beat him whon he was chained, and, hj
n curious coincidence at the same moment,
the greaser who had tried to stab him
heaved In sight. Tho victim of Camargo
dragged one to tho other by tho scruff of
tho neck, banged their heads together and
then stabbed them both to the heart with
one of tho guard's knives. That was tho
last I ever saw of hiiu, but ho got away.
Wo got across tho Kio Grande in our
liurgcs just In tiino to see five troops of
Mexican cavalry pull up on thu banks of
tho Mexican sidu. Tho show would have
been thero yet if they'd been a bit earlier. "
Washington Star.
The Correct Anawer.
In a recent civil service examination
one of the questions asked was:
"What apparatus is required in a well
equipped electric lighting plant of 500 16
candle power lamps capacltyf"
"None," was tho answer of tho candi
date who won the examination. Electri
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Beware of counterfeits. Heath it Killmer.
o
Grandpa and I are bum.
Lillian hn had limn uvt-r a year.
And Hurry Ims Rut one nml cull l'r dear.
Anil mamma haa imim. gianlm-ss knows,
8o there wasn't nny for him ami mo
Until he ilxnviht it out, yon
"Little love, li t us two be bonus," .
8uy he.
Then In his arms he held lne tiisht
While 1 aninothotl hi hair, mi lino and white,
Ami mn him n little lnllihy mniK,
Ami he thought ami thought and thuuxht so
Ions
Till I patted his head
Anil softly wiiil,
"Yon mustn't Ih lom siom, now we belong, '
And then a tear rollnl down his nose.
But gramllMi and I are the deiiresl U iuis.
O M'lll UUIMiii in nrooKiyo
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Who Carry It On.
Although chewing gum of various kinds
pepsin nnd sinvliil digestion aids can
bo procured at every city corner from tho
penny slot machines, nothing has ever
taken tho phieo of the genuine spruce, and
it still sells nt a high price. It cannot bo
imitated, nor is thero any counterfeit
which is anything like It. Soino of tho
drimulsts in e:istorn Mulno have contracts
for spruce gum aggregating thousands of
dollars. Some or t hem lmvo"stiieu gum
hunters and sent them into tho woods.
Most of the Mnlno gum finds Its way to
tho city markets that demniid for con
sumption the round, red luniis thnt gleam
With inner Hros like the bloodstone. This
choice gum Is readily sold by tho Mnlno
Wholesalers nt $1.50 a pound.
Cium hunting bus ninny elements like
rublior cutting In tho tropics, tho men
burying themselves in tho wilds for
mouths. Tho expenses of tho hunter tiro
almost nothing, and the receipts from his
quest are likely to lie in tho nature of a
small Klondike find. Sonio tobuoeo, n few
bushels of beans, some cotToo, flour and
fatinoiit. with thegiinio ho kills, furnish
him lwHlily fuel for tho season, while ho
will frequently in a single day soouro gum
that will net hlin $10 In tho market. Ho
Is Independent, too, with his canoe, his
snowshoos and his gun. His canoo will
lie laid up during tho winter, but when
tho rivers open ho will bring down his win
ter's finds, lio is not likely, however, to
work any too industriously in gum hunt
ing, but' rather to make short days and
flsh and hunt tho balnnoo of the time, A
few days' hard work will furnish hint a
cozy shuck in tho deep forest near tho
baiik of a stream, nnd with wood unlimit
ed and a sharp ax ho Is not llk-ly to suf
fer, nnd when n storm Is on ho does not
leave his comfortable rump.
The solitude of tho tiling would drlvo
ninny men mud, but the northern woods
man Is different from most men. Ho car
ries a pack with hiiu nt all times, even
when hunting, so that Should ho run
ncross an old gum scar ho can tako ad
vantage of it without making another
trip. When spring oions, ho returns to
civilization, tough, rugged and hard lis
seasoned oak, nnd ho may havo a i.U'k of
gum to tho value of severnl hundred dol
lars: but long, long before the next season
tho money Is all gone, and probably sonio
ono will hnvo to "irrub stake" him if ho Is
to go for gum agnln. Now York Tribune,
The ( annillnn Porcupine.
Under nny nnd all circumstances lio is
clumsy. Ungninllness with. him sivms to
lio a virtue. Ho ran wnlk, even to gallop
ing a bit in n painful, impotent endeavor
to esoaiio insults but It Is merely an eitorc
to turn tail ugnlnst his pursuer, and, this
accomplished, ho is content to hunch up
and fall around nnd over himself and sigh
and moan like a very Fnlstutf because ho
can get no further. A northern sireupino
never seem to hnvo any faith in his out
door surroundings. Ontch ono up u tree,
and ten to one ho begins to back down
right into your arms if you dare to receive
him in that fashion. Anil what a tiacK
down It Is! Tall thrashing from sldo to
sldoaslf It would cast Its owner loose;
lonsr claws deeply scratching tho treo
trunk; snorts and pauses nnd quill mis
inrs as one foot deviously follows the oth
or, nnd ns a grand llnulo a tumble of two
or three feet to tho ground, where ho
flounders nliout like a groat Imll of quills.
If you rntch ono on tho ground and his
den among tho rocks bo not near, ho Is
suro to reverse proceedings nnd make for
a tree, perhaps the very ono lie seemed so
anxious to forsake v.-hen you chanced to
find htm in it. Out him off, and, most
likely, ho will put his head down and,
quills erect, charge for that special treo
with fixed bayonets. It takes a sharp
whnck on the nose to turn hlin under
such conditions. Tho groan which fol
lows such a rebulT is pitiful in its human
llko tono of helplessness. Forest and
Stream.
Lucid F.x pin nut Ion.
Gitfirs Smith, tho bank cashier, has
left town with his family. Heard any
thing to explain their dlsoiciiruiicc?
Uaggs Yes. Duo to trying to keel
up appearances. Philadelphia Catholic
Standard.
Tho skin of the reindeer Is so Impcrvl
oils to the cold that any one clothed In
such udrcs. with thcmldition of a blanket
of the same material, niny Is'ar tho in-
tensest rigors of an arctic winter's night
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not make the planet Mars appear any big
ger than the moon does through an ohtji
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