TEO PRAISED
BY FORMER RIVAL
Lieutenant Governor Murphy
Lauds republican Nominee.
T
AND PREPICTS HiS ELECTION
Eloqutnt Sen of Cambria TtM* Why
ft nnaylvania Should Qo Republican
This > ear.
One of th* most Bolctnrlhv
hen of 'tils campaign made
a In night* »n < lit Lieutenant ll r,
I'lUor Robert rt Mnrphjr, who. nittioiiiiti
he was the only avowed . nndltnto for
the gubernatorial nomination, which
ultimately wont to Conaressman John
K. Tenrr. la now <>* •»! I hf> most ar
dent advocatr!< of Toner's • !«•«'
Hon.
Governor Murph who 1 ail el t
quonl and forcible > tiipnij, r, |u ■
o«*nt«t] a compi< i r«vl"v of the
groat achievement ho 8! < :>,)
ministration, the pi mailt i re
development of all oi <ho i -pari <
and the rigorous - • uti , i
capltol frauds In > crli n
civil action?, an . • n; n
that Mr. Tot'or i.I , > .
the policies of Kil . Stuart.
Governor Mi! among othei
things, said;
"With every dopartm' i.t of th ite
government In th ■ hands of Inteili :i
and patriotic servants, with t. •
modern and s>-tenr<' u t d
business in force, nnd with a <- or.l
luminous with on!, r, <u mi ;r
faithful sonic, the que.ult n b
the poi pie at th■ coming i . .0,. ,
whether or not tho\ t an a,'T, :>i t ire
pudiate the achievements of Covernot
Btuart and the works of his admin
(ration and support cither of I I em
ocratic candidates An I. rem. .Ib -r
whatever hm .m a- omplisl :l
distinctly a in party a • ind
one which w . rfully sttbr i.in
justification of the vote of c 'nfl !en<
which we a.di.
"In the present junctor cf ai ir.
It must be admitted that th" i ■>< ml
cf the Hon. Web t> r Grim. ;'l ' . ■ . ■ ■■
man of chamber and ox. -I! ::t repu
tation in private and public lil'.y is
absolutely Impossible thl y ... N'or
is the outlook any more fa.oraMe for
the other Democratic candidate, tho
Hon. William H. Berry. Both of these
gentlemen, without hesitation, attack
everything that is Republican and thoy
stand for a reversal of measures and
of administration which are the chief
pride and glory of the Republican
party. They seek, of course, not to
only aid themselves but all other Dem
ocrats, especially candidates for con
gress, which can only be construed as
an open attack upon the protective
principle which is the breath of life
in the nostrils of Pennsylvania, and by
which she has advanced to the highest
degree of material development. In
addition to their indorsement and sup
port of congressional candidates, they
are also supporting Democratic candi
dates for the legislature in the hope
of electing a Democratic United States
senator.
"Against this well-defined purpose
Pennsylvania stands committed, for
she believes in the protective princi
ple and in placing those in congress
who are sincerely its friends. Any oth
er course would be suicidal, for we
cannot, in the interest of manifold in
dustries and of the man who tolls,
afford to support in the present politi
cal crisis the candidates of the De
mocracy who advocate free trade or
favor such a confusing and unsatisfac
tory schedule as found expression in
the Wilson-Gorman bill of the Cleve
land administration, which ptoved so
fatal in its consequences to the labor
and capital of the country.
Strong Words For Tencr.
"What wc need in the high office of
governor and the other offices to bo
filled in this election is calmness, not
impulsiveness, a judgment of men and
affairs that is broadened and ripened
by experience—a just conception of
the powers of government, a keen and
sympathetic appreciation of thr> rlsats
of the citizen, and a comprehensive
idea of the manifold interests and ele
ments that enter into the complex life
of this great commonwealth. Above
all, we need a man safe and sure, and
the Republican party has risen equal
to the demand.
"We have named as the candidate
for governor a man with a tru~ heart,
with a sound brain in a sound body,
who has toiled in the workshop ,nd in
the mills and is in strong and lasting
sympathy w'th labor; who step by step
moved forward and identified him: elf
with the business enterprises of his
section, where he has attained a posi
tion which commands the undivided
respect of I lose who love honesty and
believe in ronuino manhood; who has
represented his district in the con
gress of tin United States ably and
faithfully; whoso reputation for integ
rity is of the highest, and whose Re
publicanism has always been of the
right kind; who is in accord and sym
pathy with the policies of the Stuart
administration, and who has promised
the people that when governor he will
esteem It a privilege and duty to con
duct the state government in accord
ance with those policies. No man who
knows him will doubt his word or will
believe that his promise will remain
unredeemed. I have the honor to know
him personally, and I appreciate him
as a man of high Ideals—pure in
thought and speech and unchallenged
in public or private lifa. The election
•112 the Hon. jobn K. Tener is assured."
Wood Pulp Replaces Cotton?
A French Inventor has produced a
substitute for cotton made from wood
pulp, nnd samples were exhibited at
the recent meeting of the National As
soel-ition of Cotton Manufacturers by
Joseph Hope of Rouen. France Cloth
■woven from the fiber !s said to stand
bleacl lug. dyeing and finishing as well
as cotton and to have a more bril-
Itunt luster
lENER MHNFULLY
MEETS ACCUSERS
Republican Nominee Fully An
swers Bitter Political Attack.
6IVES DETAILED STATEMENT
Rtatfy to All Steeh at Prle#
Paid from Any Purehaacr Who In
vented BecMute of Hla Connection,
John K Twipf. Hepubllmn nomine •
fur Kovertior, in a frnnk and tiinnlv
•(•lenient, litis met the attm Km of hla
political opponent* ninl given a mm
plete ans*i i in i \ery Inalnnntlnn that
baa been mailt- In the JotimHllallr a*
'anil upon hi* character.
Mr. Tencr brand* the attack* upon
htm as unwarranted awl n.aii' lima,
ami in view ol the rumor* thnt have
been putin i Imitation by a coterie of
politicians. to Mil- < fleet that h«< la to
In' aire ii <|, Mr. Teller boldly defiles
them to inrr> out their plot
W. 1. I' irl nan, who In now presi
dent ol the National Public t'tliitle*
i< mi pan:. when shown Mr. Tetier'n
statement, ltd: "It lull.v covers the
situation "
Mr. Ten r statement reads ua fol
lows:
Statement of Tact.
"Ordinarily I woild pa> no a t< ution
to the falsehoods that have l ei 'i ut
tori"! by an untrutluul newspu, «r, but
It may be that gome fair-minded men
have been misled by the way tacts
have been distorti J, and tor this rea
son. and for this it ,i ion alone. I de
sire to make a short statement which
(overs my posi ien
"In December of last year 1 was vis
ited in Washington by William 1,.
Chrisman, Esq., an attorney of I'hiia
delphia. and F. L. Smart, who re
quested in :o become pr ent of the
National PnM'c I'tili; Corporation.
I had favor.;iii\ known Mr Hniaii lor
sometime, lint not knowing Mr. Chris
man made inquiry and learned'that he
was a lawyer of excellent reputation
and with i ood bn-iness connections. 1
nlso lean d that otlie reputable men.
General II■ i ell Thayer. Colonel Will
lam Bender Wilson, Joseph S. .Mil' !,.
Frederick S. Sclioff, William B. Mar
geruni and .Simeon Merrill, were di
rectors.
"I was also informed that the com
pany had been incorporated according
to law, wis properly organized and
could legitimately carry on the busi
ness for which it was intended, which
was the building of a railroad from
Astoria to a point beyond Sea.'.ide in
the state of Oregon. I also made in
quiry of those believed to be familiar
with the locality as to the practicabil
ity of the enterprise. Alter this I
concluded to accept the presidency and
served in that office, and as director,
during the first quarter of this year,
but as my labors in congress were
daily increasing, because of important
legislation then pending, which requir
ed practically all of my time, I re
signed from the company.. For some
reason or other my resignation was
not accepted at the time 1 tendered it,
but I received no salary as president
except for the months of January and
February, although entitled to the sal
ary for March.
$50,000 par value of the stock was
sent to me and I immediatelyy return
ed it with a letter stating that I
would not accept it as I had not earn
ed it and was not entitled to it. A
little later $20,000, par value, of the
stock was sent to me, which I also re
turned for the same reason
A Feasible Project.
"I believed the object of this com
pany to be legitimate and notwith
standing the vicious attacks which
have been made against it I am not
convinced to the contrary, and today
am of the opinion that it could be
successfully carried out. Charles N.
Bennett, a civil engineer of high re
pute in his profession, whom 1 sent to
Oregon on my election to the presi
dency, reported favorably upon it and
within a Vf r ?k passed has reiterated
tnat opinion, and has stated that if
eastern capital could not be had to
carry the wr rk through local capital
there could bo hail to do it. I be
lieve that the worst blow the stock
holders of this company have re
ceived Is the result of unwarranted ani
isaliclous attacks through the columns
of this hypocritical newspaper.
"I never promoted the National Pub
lic Utilities Corporation: was not a
participant in its promotion; never
sold any of its stock, or solicited any
body to buy any of its stock. My con
nection with it was entirely honorable
and straightforward, as I have above
desci i.icd.
"1 am informed that about $39,000
in cash (not nearly $2,.000,000 as pub
lished) have been paid to the company
for stock, and to show that I do not
wish to evade any responsibility in
the matter, if any man, relying upon
ray being president, or upon my name
being used in connection with this
company during the time I was presi
dent, presents proof to me that he
purchased any of the stock and paid
cash to the company I will take the
stock from him and give him exactly
what he paid for It in cash.
"Whatever has been done by this
company as respocts the taking over
of any other or subsidiary companies
or enterprises, was before my connec
tion with it, ,and with which I had
nothing to do, but I believe, and had
the right to believe, from the charac
ter of those who were in control, and
from my investigation, that all had
been properly and legally done.
"As to M< ssrs. Bromley and Haines
I never heard of them until I be
came connected with the company and
tiot until the matter was exploited by
yellow journalism did I ever hoar any
adverse criticism affecting them.
A Successful Company.
"Concerni!!;; my connection with the
PUT BERRY UNDER
THE SEARCHLIGHT
Democrats and Prohlbitiontsts
Charge .lim With Hypocrisy.
HIS VERACITY IS QUESTIONED
And Hl* Admlnittratlvn •• (Mat*
Tr*a*ur»r It Made Iht Subject of a
Sharp Attack.
Without the lt«pilbllcnn« b*lng < all
P'l upon to Are a allot, William H
li' ity, th" Keystone I'art) nominee
fur *o*ernm has tx xti fairly riddled
hjr the (irui'>rl<Hl batteries of th" Pro
hlbltlnnlsts mill the taction of the If
mm rsi > which hs «J«• -erled *hcn he
v.as defeated in the Allentnwn conven
tlon.
From rv. rv IMO. Merry's reputation
for vprnclly In l»'i u Attacked He In
accused of lat»chno(, nf breaking hie
solemn proniHi'- .mil ut hypocrisy of
thi' rankest kind
Not only i < his word qurHlioDMl, hilt
- irlott* allegations regarding his ion
duct wblle holding the offli eof state
treasurer at being boldly made bv
somti ol tho most prominent leaders in
tho Democratic party.
Hot Democratic Declaration.
Berry's re!una! to withdraw from tho
Held, after Grim, the Ilemoeratlc nom
inee for govi rnor, had expressed a wll-
Htigncss to comply with tho request of
prominent Democrats and Independ
ents, that both Merry and Grim retire
to permit of fusion on former Mayor
Guthrie, of Pittsburg. < ailed forth fur
ther bitter denunciations of the Key
stone candidate, who was accused of
selfishness and being lurking in pa
trlotism.
In an address to the voters of Penn
sylvaula the Democratic state execu
tive committee has denounced ISerry
as Insincere. Horry's refusal to i om
ply with the ref]uent of the representa
tive citizens who asked him to ii-tire
to permit or fusion, they say ' is con
vincing evidence ol the fact that his
on I j obj ct is to defeat Mr. Grim and
not Mr. Toner."
The a'ill" s refi rs to Mr. Horry as
one whos.- record in financial transac
tions Is, to say tho least, not above
suspicion," and asks whether tho peo
ple shall expect :: • U government from
Senator Grim ot from "one who has
been accu.-i'd In the public press of de
positing public fluids whilst in an im
portant official position to financial in
stitutions for the promotion of his own
enterprises?"
At a mass meeting hold in Philadel
phia last week, W. K. Meyer;', of liar
risburg, in a speech declared that
when Berry was elected treasurer a
number of prominent Democrats went
to him and offered togo on his bond,
but he declined the proffer and ac
eepted the services of the president
of a Harrisburg trust company This
is the company through which Berry,
while he was state treasure, floated a
big loan for the Berry brick yard, und
it has been a subject of comment that
while Berry was state treasurer the
estate deposits in this trust company
were increased enormously.
Prohibition Nominee on Berry.
In a speech delivered a few nights
ago, Madison F. Larkin, Prohibition
nominee for governor, paid his re
spects to Mr. Berry.
"The Keystone Party," said Mr.
I-arkin. "with W. H. Berry at its head,
is nothing more than a lot of dis
gruntled office-seekers kicked out of
other parties. It is nominations and
offices they want. They don't want re
form! Berry is for temperance t dly
whisky tomorrow an I local opMon 'ho
next day. The --tone 1» >rt» peopl
don't know what they want."
"Votes for Borry will come from
where his is not known," he declared.
"His neighbors will not support him
because they say ho i; too tricky.
Berry has had his arms up for years,
like lightning rods waiting to bo struck
by all the party conventions in the
state. He comes now with lilj boss
ridden Keystone Party claiming it is
an anti-liquor party, which is only a
big bluff. He is not sincere, lie lias
no high principles for the good of the
whole people, but he aims to satisfy a
personal atnbitir.n and to satisfy a
grudge against his political enemies.
"Berry got the nomination of the
Prohibition party before, but he de
serted at the most critical moment and
went over to support a whisky candi
date and he stumped the state for him
just before election. Then he was dis
gruntled because the Prohibitionists
did not honor him with the nomination
this year."
Security ami Annuity company,
with others I sold my stock some
rears ago and soon after, at the re
quest ol the company's president, Mr.
W. O. Johnson, of Chicago, I again be
came a member of its board of direc
tors and still serve in that capacity.
The company is and always has been
eminently successful.
"In view of the scurrilous attacks I
believe it to bo no more than just to
myself, as an assurance to tho people
of my business integrity and ability,
to say that I am now and have been
for twelve years president of the First
National Hank of Charleroi, Pennsyl
vania; I am now and for several years
have been secretary and treasurer of
the Charloroi Savings and Trust com
pany. and I have several other busi
ness connections —all prosperous—all
well managed, and all have the con
fidence of every on© connected or hav
ing to do wii.h them.
"I know that certain interests are
striving to induce some one to be the
'tool' to issue (for political effect) a
warrant for my arrest. For the proper
condemnation of such conduct I con
fidently appeal to the sense of fair
play of the electors of Pennsylvania
and challenge my detractors to pro
ceed. I court any judicial investiga
tion. for I am ready to meet any ana
all accusers in a court of justice in
stead ol" .1. s to answer hidden foes
who are iviing every point to ac
complish, tr.r political purposes, my
buslnos . . ' '!ltlcal ruin."
I RUSSIAN
MARRIAGE.
The Way tf* Devils Were Driven
Out of Eden.
»y WILLIAM ALFRED COHEV.
(r«ip»rl«hl tom |.* Am*rt>-iin Vr*n* Am«
etatlnfl j
Mnkalm N*g#r«lT nnd Natasha flhu
Iwn were fo IIT married It wan tilth
tlrne, for Mnk«lm. hl» ami broad
shouldered, «n« nineteen, ami Nafa
*hn buxom nml pretty, wn* flftwn.
Notwithstanding Mnkslm nml Nata
sha hn'l themselves n<>ttilriir to any
nlwini their marriage they were nei
ther of thutn av«r*e
Yes, Maksim nml Natasha loved nml
were going l» marry So fur so emwl
Itnt how Here tlii'v going to lie mar
ried?
fly the church, of cour«e, spake the
elders nf Ihe Molokan wet. No license,
no newfangled legal rrlvnlltle* In
theirs. please These things lielonged
to the hen then, the pork eaters. tho
n nelen n.
lint Mnkslm thought otherwise, lie
wanted the knot tied In the Los An
geles way. In Ametiea. It seemed to
him. yon should get married a* the
A merlcntis do.
Maksim worked in a luinlier yard.
One h.v one he had seen the young
THREW ma IIONO AI:MH ovi.u IIIS UTAD.
men who worked with him absent
themselves temporarily on mysterious
errands ami lie good naturedly rallied
h.v the others on their return. Little
by little he had learned the legal steps
to marriage when and where and how
to obtain the license and the cost, then
to whom togo and what to do and the
Una I cost. And with this knowledge
had come the idea, dim anil hazv at
first, that this was the best way to do.
P.osides and above all. llev. Mr. Lowell
stood for it—Mr. Lowell, the head of
the Good Samaritan Settlement House
on Del Mar street, to whom all the for
eign quarter looked up and whom
Maksim almost worshiped
Natasha was like minded and for
quite similar reasons. She worked in
a cannery. She had gone to school a
little, and in numberless indirect ways
she had reached the conclusion that,
white the Molokan marriage was well
enough in Russia, It would never do in
the United States.
The Saturday night following the
marriage negotiations Maksim came
home from his work and, as usual,
placed his week's wages, twelve good
American dollars, in his father's hands.
"Maksim," said the old man. speak
ing in Russian—"Maksim, my son, it
has been arranged between Elder Shu
ben and myself that you and the fair
Natasha are to be married. You are
both quite old enough. You are to be
married one week from tomorrow I
trust you are happy at the prospect,
my son."
"Yes," assented Maksim, "I want to
marry Natasha, but" And he hesi
tated. his eyes on the floor.
"Hut what'/" demanded old Kvan.
"llow are we to be married?" tenia
lively asked Maksim.
"How married; l!y the elders, of
course. Natasha's mother. Katga. is
already preparing the feast."
"Hut." objected Maksim, hesitating,
for he well knew the storm he was
about to call down upon his head—"bu-
Natasha and 1 don't want it that way.
We want to get married, with a—«i pa
per, by a justice or or Mr. Lowell, In
the American way. It is our wish."
The effect was as he eipected. The
whole communal famil;- Evan and
Olga, his wife, and the four older sons
and their wives—who had gathered
about, were inexpressibly shocked
Old Evan's long gray beard swept his
breast in his agitation.
"What!" he thundered. "Y'ou will
forsake the church for the heathen
ways—the heathen whom the Lord
promised were to be scattered or be
come our servants when we entered
this our Canaan? You will take up
with these unclean |*>rk eaters?" And
he railed on amid a general family
chorus of lamentations.
Ia the meantime a similar storm had
broken out in the family of the Shu
bens, a storm that beat about the do 1
voted head of poor Natasha.
And the next day the news spread
quickly over the whole of "Edeu," as
some newspaper wag had facetiously j
named the Molokan quarter, that the
expected marriage was not to take
place for the good and sufficient rea
son that both the prospective bride and
groom were possessed of devils. There
was busy gossip; there was a ferment
of excitement; there were wild m
mors.
At bottom the trouble was a contest
between two modes of life.
Hour by hour the boy and girl real
ized more and more the seriousness
of the situation. They were both un
der tremendous pressure of public
opinion. How to get married in the
American way and not split the Molo- |
kan community wide open and work j
their own ruin was a problem too big J
for the peasant lovers. They could j
not elope, as Americans might. They ;
were aliens in an alien land.
Slowly an idea shaped itself In Mak
sim's mind, lie would lay the whole ;
matter before Mr. Lowell, who was In- j
futllhte Mart WlHl'd attpvly Hut* * Willi
♦lon
til" MHIIDHDI *cirt« llnlnnHt pa
lleMly lo Ihe Iwiy'n in|..,r, itplnnn
• lon, •Mnklnt Itinl ntnl piatintiiK the
white
"Mnk«lra." Hp *n|i| «liph thi> ymina
»?»»»» hnd (tiil«tn >l "I think I inn help
win (Irt miiiy fr>im niir mirk Iw
twifn 2 mirt i tnmnftnw nflernmm snd
1 i-oiiip tn me l«t juiir folks know
I where von iirc"
Mak«ttii wn« promptly oft Itmirt at
Ihe kMT firm nnined, ami Mr Irfiwrll
nMI "i Vinii l vllh mi-,"
Tnfrlhrf they % lull•|i«ti Cupid"
t?l titer, (hp raarrlnffe llmmi clerk nt
the courthouse. where Mr l,«well, liy
deftly rtnillni i i'rtsln llltle Icchtdcnll-
I tle«, nldcd lite lx>y in «■>■' urine the
precious lleenae. Then, csiitlonluß *e
< focy, ho mid, Nntnnttn n* quiet
ly n* yen mn nnd brlna her to the
set Moment house tomorrow nftemoon
si 4 o'clock."
I'onr o'clock the following nlt*rnon
promptly brought the lovers, nnd as
promptly flic two were tnndn one nnd
hnppy ni the snmr time, Mr Lowell
handing Maksim the ccrtlAcnte nt the
dose nf the simple I'rnninnj, which
hi* wife lind witnessed, miylng "Now
you nro married an well ns the presl
dent of the United Stales or John l>
Rockefeller S.i.v nothing to your peo
ple about this mnrrhiKe nnd lei tlio
other mnrrlnifc proceed. To lie mar
ried twice won't <i i any harm, nnd it
will satisfy your relatives, yourselves
nnd ihe laws of California nil nt the
snme linic. find ble*s you" And Mnk
; slm nud Natasha went llielr ways
with ilii l reverent feeling Hint "God"'
and "Mr Lowell" were synonymous
icruiN.
I hut evening there wns n citiW'ded
meeting of ill,, faithful of both sexes
nnd nil ages Devils were to be ex
orcised. The air wai surcharged with
suppressed excitement.
Maksim nnd Natasha were both in
attendance, tlie hoy dutifully occupy
ing n sent on the men's side, nnd Na
tnslia sitting demurely on iier side
nmoiig the women.
The meeting began with the usual
chant, the words of n Bible psalm be
ing intoned in unison by the entire as
semblage with long prncticcd rhythm
nnd nccent fnr more precise than mu
alcal. This chant was followed by an
other, the ciders, who sat nhout a
stnnll table inn corner, lending nnd
the rest following, while rough shod
feet kept time against the uncarpeted
tloor.
I lie nir of the place soon grew foul.
Not a window or door was open, nud
the stamping feet rai-o-d n suffocating
dust, to say nothing of ihe vocal ex
halations of the hot. excited mass. Ii
wan evident that if the devils could not
lie expelled in any other way the nir
would soon lieeome so rotten that no
devil who had any regard for his
health would stay.
During the progress of the service
thus fnr ninny covert glances had been
cast at Maksim and Nataslui. Anxious
watch WHS kept on them for the first
sign that they were being freed from
the Satanic spirits within them.
Maksim noted this, and when the
meeting was about half over, the
benches having been removed and the
whole company were standing, he
walked to 'he elders' corner nnd whis
pered something in his father's ear.
It must have been an assent to the
church marriage, for Instantly the old
patriarch, his face flushed, his eyes
glistening and his whole attitude pro
claiming that Maksim had got the bet
ter of his devils, threw up his great
arms nnd began a new chant. At the
same moment Natasha, taking her cue
no doubt from Maksim, whispered a
word in her mother's ear. and Katga's
triumphant shout could hnve beeu
heard three blocks away.
Every one in the room caught the
electric signal of good news, nnd the
excitement began to boil. The condi
tions were ripe nnd the moment had
come for n wild debauch of religious
frenzy. Dovlla had been drjven out,
there was the exhilaration of triumph,
nnd n saturnalia of religion* Intoxica
tion was about to begin.
The noise became more deafening as
the chanting continued. Men embrac
ed each other, springing into the air
nnd gesticulating wildly. The shrill
voices of women arose above the pan
demonium. Here and there under the
stress of excitement overwrought
nerves became uustrung. muscles be
gan to "jerk" involuntarily, and the
whole room became nn insane carousal.
Old Mother Shuben collapsed, ;t founs
woman "overcome of the spirit" fell
prone in a corner, and the limit of
strained endurance was reached when
a stalwart member, locking arias with
a brother behind his back, lifted said
brother and threw him bodily over hU
head, stretching him full length on the
tloor and nearly breaking his neck.
There was n pause. The Incident,
which was so nearly nn accident, re
called the rwelers to their senses, the
ghost dance ceased, the doors were
opened, and the excitement calmed
;!own. The people, exhausted, but hap
py, hurried Into the open air and wend
ed their way home The devils had
been chased away. Maksim and Nata
sha were to lie married by the eiders,
and Eden wa once more calm
QUEER NAMES IN BULK.
Lizzie Laziman and Pleasant Pickle on
Mail Order Lists.
"Speaking of names," said nn em
ployee of one of Chicago's large mall
order houses, "we certainly have a
host of queer ones on our books. We
have sold them bills of goods, and the '
names, unique though they are, evi
dently do not hinder the possessors In
business They keep right on ordering
our wares.
"A funny feature of the freaks In
nomenclature Is that they usually run
In groups. For instance, iu one town 1
we have Clarissa Uushlng and Cath- '
erlne Speedy Our books also show |
the names of Hazel Slow. Grace Rush |
and Peter Quick. Then we have Liz |
ale I.azlmnn and J. M. Thrift as op- |
posites.
"There arc hundreds of others—for
instance. Alma IV Rude, Arabella
I'lgg, F. 1.. Hogg, Gussie Millions and
Auua Poore. Down iu I'ekln Is a
girl named Porn Look. Katie Skipper
lITII in Six Mile Run What I con
sider our prize, though," he laughed,
"is Pleasant Pickle. Some of the oth
er queer ones are Ilattle Slaughter.
l>e!la Hut. her and Rosebud Crlckctt."
HOW IT WAS DONE
I A Story of thp Safe Removal of
Gold Dust.
"""
By WINDCCO W O ANRIKON
li "ot'VMjhi, IKIO, »i i'ir.» ami
eiailor, |
llating l>wi sent out to rtaintnr nod
1 report on *omr Mn trold mine* thnt
. had bean discovered In thr weal. I
I wwit n* far a« | roll Id by mil, then
1 took a atagr to Pitnkrrvlllr. it littla»
town from which I mum proceed on
j horse or mule bark I rea. hed I'tin
I kervllle In the rvrntng and thr nr*l
morning, hiring a horse, started to fol
I low it stony r«ad up to thr mlnr*
I had hern climbing or rathrr my
lior»r hud for a cnnplr of hour* when
I tnrt a young mnn do* ending with
| n loud of wood, drawn hf n pair of
o*rn llr »■«« cracking a large whip
' about thr steers' hrndt. rhotitltifl prr
} and haw. with auntrlrnt |irrs|*trncy to
I drlvo a humnn animal rrnr.,T Hut thr
: l>niir«i rlthrr had no norvt-n or, If thry
hnd, kept thorn midrr oontrol, wrndltiß
lliplr way downward without thp
«llchtt'*t chanjr* of pnlt.
"Mornln", Ktranitpr." wild Hip man,
1 looking up at hip ihrmich a pnlr of
hand*onip l»row n p.vp* llint wpr» lianl
•*i saw her ncrouK suk saw me."
ly In keopitic with his vocation, "nook
on y' didn't inert up with any one on
the road down thar. did y'
"I don't miiptnlvpr Imvin? tnrt a sin
clo person Why do you ask?"
"Oh. notkln' particular. My wife's
wlih nip. She made a -short cut a spell
aco, tliinkin' sho'd corae out ahead o'
me. Uwkon she cot fooled. Kf y'
| meet up with hrr y' moight tell her
whar 1 am."
"I shall certainly do so."
With that 1 continued on my way,
while the young man recommenced
cracking his whip and felling at his
oxen.
I had not gone far before 1 met a
young woman coming down. She wore
clothes corresponding to those of the
01 driver, and 1 presumed she was tho
wife he had spoken of. I saw her
before she saw me. She was lean
ing over a rock, looking Intently down
on ilie ?.!vrz:ifr road T>etow. shading her
eyes with her hand When she dis
covered me she started. Coming up
with her, I spoke to her politely, which
seemed to reassure her.
"Are you the woodcutter's wife?" 1
usked.
"Sartln "
"You'll find him just around the next
turn "
Much oMeeged. llev y' met up with
any one?"
"On'v your husband Von both seem
lo in* on ll.e limU.iiu Are you afraid
nt being roblied';"
"itohhod: Who'd want to roh us?
We're nothtn" but poor woodcutters "
At that uioiueut I looked up on a
r beside me and esj letl three men
ci-mlng down. As soon as they reached
lis they asked where we hailed from.
1 told them 1 was a mining engineer
going up to lusjiect the new mines,
which seemed to satisfy them. The
young woman told them that she was
going down to the town to buy some
things at the store. 1 uotlced she made
no mention of her husband. The men
debated whether they should go uj> or
down and finally agreed that they
would separate, a part going oue way
and a part the other. As soon as they
had gone the woman showed greater
anxiety than before. Turning to me,
she said, dropping the lingo of a coun
trywoman;
"They're road ageuts. They're look.
l>ig for a shipment of gold dust that
they have beeu Informed Is going
down to I'unkervllle. I wish you
would wait a lilt. We might require
your help. You are armed. I see."
"Yes, I'm well armed, but what has
a poor woodcutter to fear from road
agents?"
"They'll think we're carrying the
dust."
"What will they do?"
"They'll find my husband below and
search him and the wood, thinking to
2nd gold dust concealed. They would
hare gone for me, but they saw that
1 couldn't carry enough of It to pay
them to bother with me."
"Well, I don't understand why their
searching your load should trouble you
or how 1 can serve you "
"I wish you'd go back with me. I
know a cat by which we can reach
my husband as soon as they. It la
only a short distance."
She looked at me so beseechingly
that 1 consented. I dismounted and
led my horse. She hurried on before
me, reaching her husband when I was
still some distance away, and I saw
her talking to him excitedly. I deter
mined to conceal myself behind a rock
and observe what might take place.
The wife had not been with her hus
band five minutes before 1 heard a
shot. Not seeing any one hurt, 1 con
cluded that It was a signal. Then I
saw a man moving down on the wood
cu:t. r Ta!;l:ig a 1 isltiou above hliu.
It* ' A (In «'• •! >iMt In «lnft IMI
l*l»rt hnltwl ht« n»r»t mid »•»« if«*n nil
ft Itnw Irtrr Inxldr thr four! Ill* « lf»
Walked ttrrt otult nliout W Ithtn t»ft
MMM thr nthrt lw« trim rutno
d«n n and nil thn* DKitni nn ilia
tnnl|fnllt4
I hurt n Mtntl till* miinc I" »tn > ii!
die nnd a FfHIW m rtti It hip If»
•oltrd In keep thr mm PitlfWl and
If I niiy nttrmiit In kill would lie
In * |>ri>ltlnn to tvnilwr n..|.|* h . ■ ■ I lie
wtwtun krpt innkitiit iifi mi »« l(
shr n Ihlioil | n .iu,) j t |r> litem I
frnrrd »hr would • nil thrlr 4II<<MI<MI
tom». toil fortUhalrl} nil!" 112 (tiled In do
M
Thr mm mmlr n search of tho lo«d
«»n tlir rati. throwing off evrry atteit
of Wood 111111 ripping up tho floor Km
not n aark of dnst wm to lir found
Thry *llhdi»» for ronmiltnllon, than
returned, and one <>f tho m put •
♦elver to thr head of tha woodman,
and I could hra r htm thrrntrn to shoot
him If ho (tMn't toll «hw» thr ilnit
fs«nl«l»*nly the woman draw it
trvolvw nnd shot the robhrr drad
I*nc|t of the other two men drPW their
wMpnim to f)nl*h tlio wood mil n mid
hi* Wife
I now thought It high time to in
• I tired nt onr of thr tnpn and
dropped liltn 1 111 slnrtled 111* com
pnnl >n, who looked about wildly for
thr unseen enemy While lie was do.
| lne *0 the wood utter, whom the rob
l>ers lind not di-uriPPil. put n bullet In
| I.U brain.
The road agent* now all being dls
pcwid "1- I dt" ended. The woman
; bad filiated In i.i*r husband's arms.
! Tin- wood wn* s ntprnl on Hip road
beside the part. The dumb brute* were
standing patiently waiting for the
1 crack of the whip to move on. Hear
i Ing slpps nliove liltn, the wood- na
| looked up and saw me descending. At
j that moment his wife regained con
-1 aclousties*. and by the time I Joined
! them both had recovered something of
' their equanimity
! Talk of gratitude: 'lucre was gratl
i tude enough In that young woman's
I eyes to thank an army for the relief
I of a beleaguered city,
j "1 thought you had deserted us,"
she said.
[ "If I had come ou you would both
have been dead by this time and I
as well probably."
"That's true," said the man. "We're
I only here by a miracle."
As soon as tlie pair had recovered
I frotu the shock the man began to re
i place the wood on his cart. I turned
iln and helped hlui As soon as we hud
1 finished the Job and the couple were
j ready to proceed on their Journey he
j said to me:
"I don't think we'll have aiiy more
1 trouble, but 1 don't know."
"If you're not certain 1 shall go back
with you. 1 don't like leaving 11 man
and I won't leave a woman In dau
j ger."
The wife gave me a look that set
tled me. I turned bat k with them.
Intending to take a fresh start tha
| next day.
"Now. If you don't mind," 1 said. "I
would like an explanation as to why
the robbers suspected you of carrying
gold or of knowing who was carrying
It."
"It is better." said the man. "that
1 you shouldn't know till we're out of
danger. Not knowing, no one can
force you to tell. Walt till we get to
' Punkerville. theu I'll tell you all about
It."
To thlr. 1 assented, and we continued
j our Journey to within a few miles of
i the town, when, unable to keep the
slow pace ot the oxen, I showed signs
of lrapatlenep
j "If you don't mind," said the wood-
I man. who sinee the fracas had dropped
! his lingo, "you mirrht ride ahead and
j Sell out ttJS'B;}' . *
1 did so itfur brt.iug accepted an tn
j vitation from the man to call that
eveulug a: his I. u^e.
When I stood before the door of his
dwelliug 1 looked upon the best house
in the town I found the woodman
dressed like a gentleman and his wife
] dressed like a lady
"Permit me to introduce myself," ho
said, "as the owner of a newly dis
covered mine up in the canyon. Last
night I got wind of a proposed attack
by road agents to carry otf our stock
of accumulated ore. We are defense
less up there, and 1 determined to bring
; It down here, my wife, who was with
I me, agreeing to act as vedette. Had
we not, met you"—
"Pardon we. 1 think 1 have curbed
my curiosity sutßrlently as to wher*
this gold dust was. Will you kindly
tell me In what shape you haT«
broncht It?"
"I -v Ml show you."
Going out of the room, he returned
with a log of wood and with his knife
pried up a small part of the bark.
Having exposed the wood under it, he
loosened a rourd wooden plug that
stopped a hole and removed it Then
from the hole he poured Into his hand
a small quantity of gold dust.
"That will do." I said. "I under
stand perfectly."
The next day I renewed my Journey
to the mines, made my examination
and returned.
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