VOL- xxxiv
j Christmas SALE 1
J©f JUDGING b . v lMt weeks
v this Christmas sale will fegfc
«r he the It rg<-st we have ever had.
*3g t It should be. as the stock is larger t|U
S ? than ever, aDd yon r dollar never
, had such purchasing power aa
jgaf *•'" now. Xo better time to buy than feag
3©l % 7 ; ' next week, as the stock is yet
jp Jjc complete. Again we call yonr at
tention to onr Decorated Din-
?Hf '/ ner Sets and Banquet |||s
SStf Lamps. ?>?>>>
Jet 'c*/ ■- In Rocking Chairs we show l®B
s* + £ a eomplete assortment. £
There are so many useful things for yon to select from here
.38 that yon will find it an easy matter to make yonr selection. ?
m & X I ForSi - 50 8
g Rocking ft
SBI antique fln.-
rn aidc - 1 ii,he^
jSef tHalKj i in * c<ha ' r P§S
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and one * |nE **Hg§P» £ For $3.50 fe?
that 1 | <#€ ryZVj r J polMi finish,
* antique or epr
#sc^El. Jmahogany. fr*
§[ will bs For $5.00 ®
||j appreciate. ]j? value"' jjS
3e?t _j ' . : j4Z-^3 : - ■;-., fj for the price KSS
Jet j ! "~y mahogany. J§{
More than a hundred different kinds to select from.
Have higher priced one $6, $7, SB, s9,'slo.
m '■ ——r 7 gg
S Bed Room Suits, ? Lace Curtains, |p
I j |
S slsA>a ) 7Sc - j|j
I Parlor Cabinets, ( Parlor Suits ' 8
H•' ' Slo,o °' ) s2s '°°' ||
Blacking Cases, y Banquet Lamps, jg
jg $2,50. ) $2.50, jg
irampbcll ft TempletonJ
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TO PIND THK COAT so satisfactory at
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( •'F JC\ ./ \ mony of our patrons, who are all lovers of
' \ K Vv \ \ neat fittirg cloibef. Witl»< nt th«ni no man
I \| *\ v * / / I-"-*', looks well dre»scd.
\ \ A ! r • W A COAT WKI.L MADIi is made to fit and
y-L""\ fi ' *"—\ r — 7 not to «*t-iust liU-w-miss; &;i urti'A well may
Cri 'lr V take rlclight in Kceing « nert fittiiiv coat.
1 lit l\ /( Good material, good workmnnxhip mid >;'kkl
2[ljl I \ fa ~ „ fit» ate the pr<nf that have made our tailor
JI J v 'l' | ing a succ» m. We guaiantec this and ask
pu'j 1 wl" ~ you to look at our {>auerns. Our prices are
111 J\ 33 j cut down to the lowest notch.
'M 111 SinV G ' F ' KECK '
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ci i^jcl
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Come ro us arid you II tine! our iiocW-so larjjc that you can find
what you want —All varieties of shoes for sale at lowest prices—Our
entire fall and winter stuck is open and ready fr-r your inspection
Our stock was never larger than the present—Complete stock of
Ladies' and Misses' fine Dongola, Box Calf, winter tans, Enamels in
welt soiy, nude for winter wear.
In Men s shoes our stock oilers many selections of winter tans, f lie
enamels, cordovan-*, box calfs and many other. Have you seen our
gen n'ne water-proof shoe? It is a dandy—the upper extends around
the welt to the edge of the sole—this in connection with sheet rub
ber and cork bottom filling makes a complete joint that cannot be
secured in any other way—A shoe thus made is more nearly water
tight than tan be made by any other process. Our stock of Men's
and Boys heavy boi'.s and shoes is and prices away down—
Full stock of Boy's hij»!i cut copper toed fhoes.
Large and complete stock of rubber goods of all kind—Felt boots,
Felt sho-s and warm lined shoes and slippers of all kinds at rock
bottom' prices.
F ill stock of sole leather and shoe findings—Sole leather cut to
any amount you wish to purchase. High iron stands for repairing.
Da you wear box < alf shoes? We have a polish put up for box
calf shoes which keeps the leather soft and pliable. When in need
of boots and shoes
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A LOST WORLf).
I used to live In A h«tter world.
A lons. lon* ways from here.
Where the skies were blue and our hearts
were true.
And the days were filled with cheer.
There song and shlae gave me and mine
A marvelous round of Joys,
For the moments brought their gifts un
bought
In that world that was mado for boys.
•
The long, long ds.ya were golden days.
And our hearts beat warm and high.
For eye and ear could see and hear
The charm of earth and sky.
We loitered long by the brook's sweet song.
And we drank at the springs of Truth
In that land of Joys that was made for
bor* —
The wonderful realms of youth.
I long to dwell In that world once more.
Where the happiest blessings fall;
But I lost It when, for the world of men.
I traded It, once for all.
I long to stray through a grass-grown way
To the boundless fields of Joy,
And glre my gold and a world grown cold
I For the heart of a careless boy.
—Nixon Waterman, In L. A. W. Bulletin.
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\ THE STORY OF
v A STAMPEDE, jj
BY J. B. CRANFILL
COWBOY life 20 years ogo la Texts
was very different from what it is
, to-doy. Then the big ranches were
: unknown and the cattle were raised in
the open prairies, and the "maverick"
i had not become extinct. It was in
i the years juat preceding: the incident
! here related that I saw service ns u cow
; boy and su thoroughly familiar with
j life on the trails. Of the incident it«elf
: I waa not an eye-witness, but it w»i
i told to me by my friend, Mr. M. B.
! Darin, an old Texas ranger and cow
i boy, who 1* to the early life of Texas
} what Joaquin Miller is to California.
; I give the story as nearly as I can re-
I member it just as it came from his
' lips. It chronicles one of the most
| desperate stampedes ever witnessed by
: a Texas cowboy.
In 1870 the Wilson brothers, of Kon-
I sas City, having purchased over 15,000
j head of cattle in Hamilton, Comanche,
' Coryell and IWII counties, and having
' arranged to centralize the herd near
Comanche Springs, in McLennan coun
ty, drove to the Bennett liills and went
! into camp to await the carrying out of
I their orders. Theae cattle were driven
! across the Leon at various suitable
, forda and coairerged on that beautiful
prairie, In tha center of which now
stand* the town of McGregor. On the
Fourth of July of that year the en
tire herd was under way, headed for
Towoah on the Brazos river. It was
a magnificent army of steers, in su
perb condition, k«pt together by a
corps of 25 cowboya, mounted on bron
cho*—men experienced in the business.
The herd was not pressed, the object
being to let the.m graze on the rich
herbage, with a view to keeping them
In good condition and renchlng the
market in time to catch the beat price*
In the fall of the year. At four o'clock
in the afternoon there were signs of
an electric storm. A black cloud
abowed above the foothills, and fhe
aun shining against It painted a rain
bow which appeared to touch the earth
at both ends. The entire herd became
nervous and showed their fear by those
low bellowing*, ominous to the experi
enced cattleman us the muttering thun
der. The cowboys were experienced
men, and they kept the moving mas*
well in hand, so that when the sun set.
all waa well, and the cattle were bedded
on the plains near the South Bosque,
and night settled in with the promise
of a safe crossing at the Brazos the
next day. A detail of four cowboys
waa made for the first watch, and these
mounted sentinels took their places
and rode silently tcround the sleeping
aquadron of long-horns. The first
watch ended at nine o'clock, and the
second watch went on duty. It wa*
during the second watch that the
memorable Wilson atampede occurred.
At ten o'clock the cattle appeared to
be sleeping profoundly. The cowboys
aay that cattle dream and see ghosts;
: it Is certain that thia drove of 15,000
; waa nervous, made no, perhaps, by the
| thunderstorm of the previous afternoon
! and the rainbow which they had eyed
i with auspiclon. It is likely that a great
many cattle in that vast accumulation
' had never aeen such a rainbow. It was
distinct throughout'tht arch and very
brood; tha lightning, too, won very
vivid, and the thunderclaps that fol
lowed. wera like sharp artillery. The
oowboya Insisted long afterward that
It waa the thunderstorm and the rain
bow of the afternoon that caused the
atampede th«L night. Be that aa it
may, H wu a atampede that the cattle
men who witneesed it hove never for
gotten, and are still telling of to pos
terity.
The stars were-al! shining, and there
was no cwuse at all for the arousing of
the herd. They appeared to get up all
»t once, with a single purpose, and the
roar that wm heard seemed to come
from a single throat. The Wilson
brother* arl their cowboys who were
tleeping in their camp rushed to their
ponies who were grazing with the sad
dle* and bridles on, and as fast as the
bits coukl be replaced In their mouths
they mounted and galloped to the
Banka of the now disappearing moos,
headed in the direction of the Brazoa
river.
The cowboys on guard took the usual
course iu such cases; they kept out of
the way of the charging mass, and gal
loped on the fisnka, moving toward
the head of the column, hoping to
"point them off," as they call it, and
atart them moving In a circle. The
boys who formed the gusrd. In gal
loping along the front of the stam
pede. saw the eyes of the terrified
beeves emitting tire and their tongues
protruding. They uttered (hose low
notes of terror so familiar on the
plains, and galloped madly along, Buf
fering from a panic for which no real
cause existed on earth.
"What's the matter with the cattle?"'
asked a tenderfoot, as lie galloped be
aide an old cowboy.
"They've seen the devil, I expect*"
the cowboy replied; "nnd we will cu.Vt£
it before we get through with thiW
thing."
Aa the herd rushed on their- burnt
rattled together, and all the horns oi
IS,OOO head of cattle rut!ling togetliet
sounded like an immense concert of
castanets.
Cattle are not able to sustain along
run, and this the cowboys know. For
Instance, a mud speed of five miles is
anough to brruk down utmost any
eteer; and the tattlsuien knew how the
country lay beyond them, and In this
respect they hail an advantage.
The reenforcemant of the cowboys
who w«r« off duty, and who had haatily I
[mounted and joined those on watch at !
the time, gave them a strong advan- '
jtage In the efforts being made to atop J
the stampede. The plan was to get '
the cattle to "milling," or running in j
a circle. The elder of the Wilson broth- '
ers had been a cowboy from childhood. ,
[H« was riding a cream-colorad clal
I lion, and as he passed me he liad his
Colt's revolver In his band. One of the
cowboys on a gray horse was able to '
keep up with him. These two distanced
all the others. They rode across the
' front of the stampede, which is a feat '
attended with terrific danger; for w hen J
J a rider Is in front of the rushing drove
of mad cattle, if his horse should stum- j
ble and fall, he may be put down as a
thing of the past. The herd will "wipe ,
| him out." This Mr. Wilson knew, and |
.the cowboy riding close to his crupper j
| also knew; but they were going to !
take all the dangers and get that herd
j running in a circle if it were possible to j
; do so.
j Some cattle can outrun others, and i
j in this case there was a bunch of about '
j 50 fully 20 yards in advance, and toward '
. this leading group the two rescuers
rode. Of the leading group, also, some
were faster than others, and this group
ran in a diamond shape, with two im
mense steers leading all. When Mr.
Wilaon and his companion reached the
two leading ateers they began shoot
ing their revolver* close to them, and
In that way the bunch was made to
oblique, and as the leading bunch ol
cattle obliqued the main stampede ob
liqued, and the first step in "milling"
had been token. By this tim« the cat
tle were getting tired. Nearly five
miles had been ccicred, aud the breath
of the leaders was coming short and
painfully; but they were rushing on,
because the front cattle at this time
knew as u matter of fact their only
safety was in keeping up the run.
"Those behind were coming, and they
• were in the majority, and the leaders
were compelled to run. There was real
danger for the forward members of the
stampede.
In the Invoice of articles contained
In the regulation "outfit," there is al
ways some kind of stimulants; and
but for the stimulants contained in Mr
Wilson's outfit. It Is potanble that the
stampede wouhd have been halted with
out disaster. He had a Mexican along,
one of the best cowboys in the south
west. This Mexican and his horse al
, ways reminded those w ho saw him ride
of the fabled centaur. He rode far for
ward and bent over, so that he and his
'horse appeared to be one animal. Nc
horse, however, rugged, "wild and wool
ly," had ever been able to unseat him
This Aztec 'had been to the little brandy
runlet too often, and had tilled and
emptied his tin cup wiith surreptitious
intoxicants, so that his usual excellent
Judgment went awry, When he suc
ceeded in getting mounted, after having
fumbled with his bridle a good de-al
he was far in the rear Mid the stampede
had gone past him, so that when he
overtook the rear end, he passed to the
front on the other side, und rode on
the wrong flank. When he reached the
head of tihe herd he was just in time to
defeat the maneuver then under execu-,
tion of bending the moving muss from
a straight line to a semicircle. Re
volver in hand, dloregordlng the othei
men, he began shooting in the faces ol
the wild steers; and the effect of this
was to straighten the run and bring the
advance straight toward a precipice.
This precipice was a wash in the prairie,
forming a deep ravine fully 30 yard*
wide; and In a shorter time than it
takes to tell of this contretemps the
head of the column was pouring over, a
horrible cascade of beef, plunging
madly into destruction while fleeing
from an Imaginary danger. When Mr
Wilson and his lieutenants saw that it
was impossible to save their cattle they
aaved themselves by dexterously turn
liijf at right angle* at full speed nnd
riding out of the way. They next re
turned to the flank and held a council
of war. A few seconds decided them,
and all hunda commenced shooting intc
the herd, the object now being to build
a breast-work of carcasses and save the
rear end from the destruction that had
overtaken the front. The gulley wai
nearly full of cattle by this time. Thej
were snorting and bellowing, crashing
and tearing, and still heaping up; and
when the firing begun the wounded
onew tumbled over on the others, and In
a short time the gulley, like the sunken
road at Waterloo, was bridged by car
caaars. The herd surged up in billows
like an ocean, and bent now, because it
could not do otherwise. The semi
circle was formed, and Wilson and lilt
men crossed the gulley below and rode
around the opposite side and recrossed.;
and In a short time they liuil the rattle
halted, forming an incomplete letter O,
and thcra they stood, blowing, bellow
ing, shivering. All hands remained on
watch all night, and in the morning
when a count was made It wus awr-er
talned that 2,700 head were missing.
There were oftenwurd 2,700 pairs of
horns taken from that gulley. It wai
called Stampede (Julley for mnny years
afterward, aud perhaps will always,
with aoine people, ibe remembered by
that name.—X. V. Independent
A. <taaatlaa of Calalae.
When at barnstorming actors
Tha ribald audience pegs
otlaU ergs, say, are they serving
A lot of horns with eggsT
—Judge.
Her Optaloa.
"One of the greatest evlla iu life,"
aaid the elderly woman, "ia procrasti
nation."
"I -think mo, too," replied the young
married woman. "I d»u't see the sense
of putting off your golden wedding an
nlveraary till you are 00 or 70 years old."
—Washington Star.
A Ralaad.
The-Editor—l regret that your manu
script, though good, is not available at
the present time.
Scribbler—«Ah, thenmaylpreoumeto
hope ttuat your esteemed periodical will
aome day improve to such a degree as
to be worthy of my conrtributloM? —
Yellow BmV.
Uk«< tike Bsr Too Moefc.
A boy who haul been up for an
'•xemtnatiou iu Soriptur® had ut
terly failed, and the relation* be
tween him and the examlnw liiwl
become somewl«at strained. The
letter uskc.d him. If there were any
Uit la the whole Bible ho coold <i%iotc.
He |xaidered and tfien repented: "And
Jndiut went out und hanged himself."
"Is there any other verms yv>u know In
fhe IMble?" the exmnlxier asked.
"Ye*. '(Jo thou and do likewise.' "
There wos a solemn pause uikl the pro
lce»xlings termlnatadCatholic Stand
•ard aiul Times.
A Mplr I'rnwurnlliiii.
"I understand you. pounded the man
In the next flat?"
"Pound him 1 ! I should think
I did. I dearly killed the scoundrel."
"What was the trooWe?"
"He iwiultcd me-a«it«ially Iniailted
me with dellberutlou ai»d malice uifore
thought; and It was Ti<» trifling insult,
either."
"What did he say*7"
"He naked me if I wsis'tlin mau who
played the cornet every' night."
"Why dfcla't you kill J Mm?" '—Chicago
Post.
R»r Kroi vn.
I ktaaad hsr on the r>» aehy cheek;
t «he frowned, hj> 1 coi ild see;
| I *Oh. maiden," said I. * "prithee, speak
And eay you pardon me!"
Hhe turned her pretty face away
And bit her finger tit at
| And then I heard her iwetlysay;
i "What's the matter s'lt'fc lay HpsT"
.If j4"l.Uk»*o News. !
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| KICKING IN SINNEMAHONE.:
.s |
I • KOTKIHG LIKE THAT FEVER EITHER •
9 BEFORE OR SIHCE. •
• •
" T WONDER if any of you on this side
I the mountain remember the
' strange ailment, that visited us folks on
1 the other side when I was a young
man?" said the man from over Sinne
j mahoning way. "A strange ailment it
' was indeed. Sort of an uncontrollable
| i>erangement of the muscular tissues
of the leg, the doctors called it, but it
j was known as the kicking fever of the
Sinnemahone. I wonder if any of you
remember it?"
"Xaturly, it ain't likely that any
body does," said the man in the red,
blue, green, pink, yellow and purple
Mackinaw jacket, "but any fever that
ever got mixed up with folks on the
Sinnemahone an' didn't kiek must a
been of setch a mild an' forgivin' a dis
position as to make it a sham# to feed
quinine to it."
"Thanks, Mackinaw," said the man
from over Sinnemahoning way. "Your
gentle humor goes far toward dissipat
ing a certain sadness and tendency to
abstraction and a tit of the blues that
always assail me when I think of that
kicking fever of the Sinnemahone. and
I thank you! When I sec the fertile
acres of the Jepheniah BifTkins estate
spreading along the Sinnemahoning's
classic bottom and think how they
would now all be mine but for that
kicking fever I am prone to sadness.
But you've knocked 'em silly this time,
Mackinaw.
"Yes, yes. Those rich Jepheniah
BifTkins acres would now be mine but
for that kicking fever that came to the
Sinnemahone country. These acres
then belonged to Deacon Judd Peeler,
and the deacon's daughter Nancy had
promised to be my wife, and Nancy was
heir to all the wide Peeler estate. So
when I think —but let that pas*. It Is
all over now.
"Wherever that most singular ail
ment could- have come from no one ever
knew, but it certainly cut a wide swath
along the Sinnemahone. I was off down
the river when it began its attack, and
consequently I didta't know onything
about it until I got back home a couple
of weeks later. The first person it struck
was Uncle Billy Tope. Uncle Billy was
n mild nnd easy-going citizen that no
one would have thought had any life
In him at air, and he wns a strict tee
totaler. Consequently you may Imagine
tho astonishment of Squire Bunker,
who owned the sawmill where Uncle
Billy worked, to see the old nun com
ing up the road one day, giving a tre
mendous klek every two or three steps
he took.sometices to the rieht and some
times to the left, us if he might have
started out. to kick all creation into the
middle of next week. Squire Bunker
was scared, ond he edged nfP to one side
of the road as Uncle Billy came along,
kicking and scuffing and looking as
wild as an Indian. The squire ventured
to say as the old man was cavorting by:
"'What's up, William?'
"Uncle Billy only shook his head, and
giving a kick that (Mdu't miss, the
•quire's jaw by more than half an inch,
went on his way toward home, kicking
as he went.
" 'Astounding!' exclaimed the squire.
'I never thought I'd live long enough
to aee Uncle Billy Tope turn out to be a
drinker!'
"Then, the squire started for home.
Tie hadn't gone a hundred yards before
he began to feel a little mulish himself,
( and the first thing he knew he -was
kicking away as unreaaonably as Uncle
Billy. He couldn't «top It any more
ithan he could have stopped his mill race
with a three-Inch plug. The squire
didn't have for to go, and before he
pould reach out ond open his door he
hod kicked it open with a bang, and his
wife came running outof the kitchen to
ace what was the matter.
" 'Clear the way, mother!' the squire
hollered. 'Give me room! Don't get in
my way or I'll make a widower of my
se.lf at one swoop!'
"The squire's wife, scared almost to
death, locked herself up In a closet, and
the squire kicked his way out of the
backdoor and brought up in the gar«an,
where he jelled for some one to come
and tie hirn down, or else turn him into
a tcn-ocre lot where he could have room.
"And that's the wny that most unac
countable kicking fever started along
the Sinnemahone. In less than a week
It had taken a whack at almost every
man, woman and child la that baili
wick. The kicking was only the pre
monitory symptom of the fever. After
tbe victim hud kicked high and kicked
low, and' to the windward und to the
leeward, for half an hour or so, the fit
would pass away, but It would come
back again after awhile. The kicking
stage of the epidemic lasted two days,
and then the second stage cauie on.
This was a scorching fever. Sam
when lie got over his attack, declared
that his fever wus so hot that his wife
had to keep the .sheets wet to prevent
their catching fire, but Sam wasn't a
native of the Slmiemahonlng country.
He was from this side of the- mountain
aotnewhere, and folks didn't believe
him. The fever lasted a day, and lei!
behind it a consuming longing for
something to drink —not water not
coffee nor tea nor milk, but rum, rye,
apple juice, anything that had tooth
and edge toll. This strange symptom
of the malady wns discovered in astart
llng way. Dominie nibble waa the first
victim that it developed In. One even
ing while half u dozen <>f hl« fl<x-k wert
mingling thrlr sorrow with the domin
ie's over his affliction he suddenly
shouted:
" '("live me rum! Fetch me somi
scorching rye or biting' gin!'
"The brethren n d sisters wen
shocked, but Dominie Dibble kept or
hollering for rum. No one made a niovi
to get him any, nnd at lost he sprang out
of his choir, rushed out of the house
ami mode straight for the tavern like n
man running to a lire. By aud by he
came back singing:
" 'Home attain, home again,
Krom a foreign nhor*.'
"lie had a bottle of rum under his
urni, and the brethren and sisters hur
'ricd home, feeling that, the end of oil
things couldn't be far away. When it
jfot out, though, that the dominie was
simply suffering from the third stage of
it lie kicking fever, they excused him and
rejoiced. But the dominie nlways de
clared that he never hudsucli a pleasing
antidote for pit In. Then II began to be
tliot this lust peculiar stage of
the ailment seemed to have no regular
period of existence, and It Is noted as u
f-uct that the afflicted district wasn't,
entirely able to be out and around as
usual until the tavern kc|M*r gate
notice that there wasn't a drop of any
thing left that the last, stage of the
kicking fever culled for.
"During the time the fever lusted
three leading cltlaena of the Hlnnemu
hone were csrrieil off In their bloom by
it, not one of whom even hod the con
notation of enjoying the treatment for
the last stage. First, there was Abirntn
Hlnkle. When the kicking fever first
•track Ihe district, the doctor said that
the barter the victims had ty kick the
better it would be for them, for It they
couldn't kick hard It would strike in
j and that would be the end of 'em. The
kicking- always came in the right leg.
Now Abiram llii.kle didn't have any
j right leg. it having been taken oil clean
I in the saw mill. When the attack seised
| him he couldn't kick. Itatruck in and
| away he went.
I "Next was Simon Shelly. Pimon
swore by Elijah Pink, the horse doctor,
' who could cure anything, according to
Simon's belief. Elijah hadicured a kick
-1 ing horse for Simon one time by rigging
him to some 6ort of a contrivance i
that threw him every time the horse
kicked. Simon made up his mind that i
he was just as apt to have the kicking
fever as his neighbors were, ao he sent 1
for Elijah to rovide against it. Re had
Elijah fit him with a rigging some
thing like the one that cured the kick
ing horse. The very next day the ail--
ment seized him. Simon was standing
by a window in hla house. He gave one
tremendous kick. The rigging worked.
It threw Simon. It threw him out of the
window and head first into a barrel of
rain water that stood beneath It. They
didn't discover Simon in time, and that
made two fellow citizens the epidemic
carried away.
"Its third victim was Ersstus Sleeper.
Ernstus went out to milk hla cow one
evening, and just aa he began the kick
ing fever took hold of him. He shot out
n kick. It hit the cow in the shin. The
disease was so very contaglousthst Just
that one kick gave It to the cow. The
cow kicked, ner kick landed In Eraatus'
stomach, and knocked the wind out of
him so far they couldn't get it back.
Eraatus' widow married Jeff Roner,the
sheep-pelt buyer.
"Well, this bring* mo round to my
own deep disappointment. Jephenlafh
BifTkln* had been paying more atten
tion to Deacon Peeler's daughter Nan
cy than seemed to me safe, and when I
came back home that time I made Aip
my mind I'd settle the matter right
then and there and kiu w whether Nan
cy was destined to be a Blffkins or a
Pettibone. I went straight to the dea
con's that very evening, before I had
been home half an-hour. Thla waa Just
at the time the kicking fever waa get
ting In its best licks, but I didn't know
a thing about it. Nancy waa home, and
I hadu't been there long before she'had
promised that her name should be
Pettibone. I was happy, I tell you, and
just before I got ready to go Deacon
| Peeler himself came in. We had a very
cheering talk for a .minute or two, and I
started to go. Just as I opened the door
1 felt a tremendous shock, and at the
same time I rose in the air more than
three feet. When I landed I waa stand
ing out in the yard. Before I hod come
entirely to I felt the shock again. Again
I was lifted and swept Mweral feet
further out In the yard. Then I looked
back. Nancy's father waa Just behind
mc with a queer look on his face. His
right foot rose up and shot out, and the
shock oame a third time. Deacon Peeler
was as strong aa an ox. and hla foot
was Rhod with a No. 12 eowMde boot, i
This time the shock lifted me over the j
gate and sftmc down la the ruad. Nan
cy hod come running from the house,
and she cried out:
"'Father ain't kicking you. Proxy!
It's only the fever that's workin' on
him! He nin't kickingyoul'
"Well! If he wasnt kicking me I
didn't know what they called kicking
along the Slnnemahone, and I think I
made a mm ark to that effect as I hur
ried home in sorrow and went to bed.
Next day I lieurd about the klcklrg
fever for the first, agd then I know
what Nancy had meant when she de
clared that her fatl»er wasn't kicking
me. I wvnt right back with a heart
lighter than a fwither, but Nancy made
It heavy as lead in less than half a min
ute.
"'Praxiteles Pettibone!" she aald,
•you went and ran away from father
last night when he was sick and suffer
ing! You're too heartless for me!'
"Tluat ended it all beiween Nancy
Peeler and me. The kicking fever had
done it—although, aa I remember it
now, I saw Deacon Peeler out in his
garden hoeing potutoea that -morning,
ns quiet and steady as evnr he was.
Ilut Nancy married Jephenlah, and the
broad acres of old Deacon Peeler to this
day spread themselves out over yonder
along the Slnnemahone as the Blffkins
estate, actually <>alm and peaceful and
smiling, as if they hadn't missed the
opportunity of being Mils day on the
tax list In the name of Praxiteles Petti
bone." —N. Y. Sun.
Convenience* of L*b(M(*.
The Count —I haf been told, madam,
your (laughtaire haf ic bud lempalre.
The Mamma—Ah, yes, count, but you
know she loses her temper «oeasily.
"Ah. how loafly!" Detroit Free
Press.
"Too Mood «• D» Tr»«."
She's beautiful—that's rood to know,
Hhe's good—that's beautiful to see;
8h« Is MO good, whil* I'm not so.
Hhe's "too «ood to b* true" to m*.
—J udg*.
A NATURAL. HIITAKK.
Ilntchcr-<I hare soma nice canvas
buck ducks this morning.
Mrs. Ncwblrd—How lovely! How
much nre they a yard?— Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Rrugs K»o«fk.
•Twlxt madhouse walls he sits alone;
Ills foolish thought* In chaos rov*.
The cause for hissed fate Is known-
He helped his wife l>urup the stov*.
—N. Y. Journal.
Ho t'haasra In View.
"lvitly thinks Harry doesn't Intend to
propose."
"Una he quit visiting her?"
"No; but he gave her a sliver name
plate for her wheel."—-Chicago Hecord.
A Unman* Woman.
The Cabman Olmme your bag. lady,
and I'll put it on top of the cab.
Mrs. Oatcake (as she gets In) •—No;
that poor horse of yours has got enough
to pull. I'll carry It on my lap.—Judge.
One of Ike Hired Hands.
"That man with lb* red hair acta ai
though he was ona of the proprietors."
"Do you think so? I thought lila ail
wm altogether too haughty and over
bearing."—Chicago Journal.
Diplomacy.
I linn k What! You voluntarily of
fered to lend him a dollar?
DttJiti— Yea; you aee, 1 waa afraid he
hud come to borrow five. —Ul>-to-Date.
N0.40
AN INTEREST ING FAMILY.
The Jlsiaou \\ crj aril lt« Nnmerdta
and Impnrtni.l ll« intlvea.
"There n> uuc iniiig iiiatinmiaboom
this year in St. Lou:, and-that is the
jimson weed," said u disgusted real es
tate agent, who had just cut down the
weeds on his vacant lota in the West
End. "I have cut them down a dozen
times and still they grew."
"It is uu interesting family to which
they belong," remarked his neighbor,
i who doesn't own any vacant lots.
"Prolific family certainly, but I can't
say that I find it interesting," was the
reply.
And yet these weeds belong to a
family not only interesting, but of great
importance from an economic point ot
view . The Jamestown weed is only an
other species of the plant from which
the priests of Apollo made a decoction
to induce that .state of ecstasy in keep
ing with the prophetic character of
their revelations. Tonga is a drink
made from the seeds which the Indians
of Darien give to their children tfcat
they may discover the location of gold.
Klondikers might take a baby along
nnd a few jimson weed seeds to make
tea, nnd when the baby has its "dope"
and falls down, there daddy could dig,
sure of a find.
) Of course you eat potatoes, which are
icousins of the jimson weed, but you
'very likely eat them with or without
!their jackets, in salad, prepared as Sara
toga chips or in other ways too numer
ous to mention, but It Is safe to say that
- you never eat them preserved, and yet
'that is the way Parkinson, writing In
11640, recommended that they be oooked.
JlTe suggested that the tubers be roasted,
isrteeped in sugar or baked with marrow
■and spices. Here is an opportunity for
some enterprising chef or housekeeper
striving for origimnlity to win distinc
tion in the way of serving pommes de
terre.
You probably eat tomatoes,too, which
you probably eat with tugur anil call
tomahtoes, while, your plebeian friend
eats his with suit ar<! calls them plain
tomaytoes. If you are partial to vege
tables the egg-plant, also a night ahade,
Is found upon your Uu>l«, possibly sea
soned with cayenne pepper, another
of the same family. The great sweet
smelling mnases of white and magenta
petunias which are so familiar, growing
seeminglv from the crevice® of the
rocks af the suburban gardens and at
the Cottage in Forest park, ore alsoot
this enterprising family. Bitter sweet*
the Jerusalem cherry, apple of Pern,
henbane and the ugly horse nettle are
a few other-* more c le. • familiar.
The loi.jr-corolled i cot.ina nieoti
tlora. which opens, as its name suggests,
In the evening. is a favorite garden
flower, as Is the ""-onimbergla, named
for the gentle scholar-priest of Buenos
Ayres, who flr«t collected It. Another
old-faxhioned r of this family is
Ihe matrimony vim, which is not a vine,
but a idirub with decumbent brondhet.
I Belladonna, also known as atiopa, is
a night sliurte. The ladies tired it to
mnken wash for freckles, hence its name
"belladonna," beautiful ludy. poi
sonous properties got. for [♦ the name
pf the cruel fate, Atropos, who cut the
thread of human life as fast as it was
drawn out by Lachcsls.
Last, but not least, comes king to
bacco, product of our own soil, the
royal weed against which popca have
issued bulls and kings mandates, and
■till vlve le rol! And irony of fate! Our
own blessed pope orders his own par
ticular brand of snuff made especially
for him at Baltimore. But even a mod
est Missouri man as he rests after din
ner in slippered feet, sans waistcoat,
sans necktie, watching the blue smoke
curling above his head and dreaming
such dreams as only nlcotlna tobacum
can produce, takes as much comfort as
his holiness and can echo the remark;
"It is a very- interesting family."—St.
'Louis Globe-Democrat.
A Rslakow on the Groand.
Will you allcxw me through your
paper to ask if other people have ob
served a rainbow "on the ground," in
stead of, a* usual, in the air; and, if so,
would they be so kind ns to give the
scientific reason for such an appear
ance? I have never before to-day
w-atched such a curious sight as that of
which I speak. While taking n long
country walk I was overtaken by a
heavy shower, nnd while taking refuge
from the rain I watched the llglita and
ahadows moving along the valley below
me, being myself on theerest of o down
like hill. I waa strurldby the unusual
glow ond brightness of thecolorstn the
valley, and as I wutched they formed a
most brilliant rainbow, perfect In shape
and color, but lying "ll»»t on it« sJde,"
ao to wpeak, on the pasture land below;
the top of the aro nearii g the opposite
hills, and the two ends towards the
down I was on. Tills «trnnge and beau
tiful effect was also -witnessed by a
friend who was with me. I should be
mtvh Interested to ki w if others hare
at, any time seen the like, nnd could ex*
plain the cause. —Letter in London
Post.
Man and the Hesiles*. Oceans.
A question now Lcing discussed
among ethnologists is: To whstextent
did the great ocean currents influence
the migration of mankind from con
tinent to continent In prehistoric times?
The fact that a current, starting near
the Malay penlnauln, nnd passing the
sens of I'hinu nnd Japan, crosses the
Pacific to the western coast of the
United Staler. • - rernt -VI by f( ijh- ns
sir 'flcitnt ■ .-iici-ri -lit possibility
of Asiatics having ren- he 1 Amulcu by
way of the Pac <'.• o. Other vast
movements of ' ' < f the sea, to
which ntter* !. - recently been
called in connection with this subject,
are the '• tie current, which
flows from 1 toward the
Polyn< tii't- Islands; the M •.••IcA lan tic
cum nt, which, starting ncur Spu in ucd
the northern con t ' Airica. reaches
Bouth America ni'l ,v • st, Indies;
and the No: th Atlaiitlcuurrent, which
sweeps nlong our eastern seaboard ftjd;
then crosses over to the coast* of BnJ
rope.—YonithV Companion.
COMFORTING.
"Haw's ycr mother gettin' on, Marv?"
"Oh, she's better; doctor don't think
ehe'll die alore Friday now I" St
Paul's.