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BETRAYAL. So Thought the Small Boy..but the Man Thought Dierently. V He wasn't very big, but he was a sturdy little chap with :1 face that bore the niarks of much thinking and pre- mature responsibility. I learned after- . ward-that he was supporting :1 crippled mother and an invalid sister who had been left helpless in the \\vo1-Id by the death of her father. Hevtnlght have run .'m'a_v from home and evatled the responsibility. but he didn't think of it. -He just sold papers. ` Ab +1.,` `nr\'!`\ nn T.`|FYnnnfh e-+vu-ux4~ n u. 1.1:: Juan auxu pays: 3. At the loop on Fffteenth street :1 crowd was gathered. waiting fin` the evening cars. A ragged young girl was selling owers at the Fifteentli street V end of the waiting station when a man, rushing to catch his car. knocked her against the side of the building. With- out "stopping, DI'\')hl)l_V not having no- vtlced what he had done, he continued his rush, when the boy stepped in front of him deantly. v Qnw I!"\l"lf fln 1*ni1 \-vnnf tn `I.-nnr-1.--fl Ul IJLLLI UClJilLlLl`)`o Say, what do you -want to knock -3 {girl down for? Hit me. I m big enough.` Tho Innh nnnand in enunvicn and than n :'L_IUug,u. '_ . The man paused in surnrise and then 7 glnnce(1;n1'ound. He saw the'owe1' glrl picking up her wares and 1inder- ' stood. Wltliout :1 moments hesitation he went back to her, gave her enough . money to malse her eyes sp:u`kle,wi'.h joy :1uci'sai ' ``I`m sorry, my dear, that I hurt you. I didn't see. Thou. turnlngoto the boy. he _continued: You said. you were big` onougli. ,\"oung man, but you re a grc-.'_n 1` deal higgel` than you think. ;\Ien'li1:e you will have a lot to do with keeping this old `world in a. condition of self _} i'es1'1ect. ! "Pllnn Ian nnnrvlaf his -nnv (and flag hnv IC-`!IC\.l.u Then he caught his bar. and the boy and the girl stood` there wondering what he uzeant, A -n-om,-ry That wa. wnnuea by 1| \\'omnn During "Sleep. A lady .-pending the summer in the cotxmry, some 20 miles from her city vre-sidence. (]1`.'1I11Pd that the latter was I`0lJh(e(L she herself being 3. witness of the robbery. Inher dreakin she saw two nxnn nIVn mt n-hnn-\ Hnannzl in flux nnf ALIC l'~ILll.ICl.)u ALI ucl. uncunu out cu H L\I\) men. one of whom limped, in the act V of rmnumging some trunks lnthe ball. A candle stuck by means 01 lts 'oivn u'.nx`on the newel post illuminated the scene with a dim light. ` . .~. _ c._:_1 2.... n__:__ __-_u_ __uI. .1...` a\.\'uv wuu u. uu.u album .-\t't-:11 nishing-their work with the" _truuks the men went up stairs to a (`l0.i(:t. from which they removed cur- mius and hangings stored for the sum- mer months. The dr0amer'_observed that they overlooked her most valuable curtains. which had been placed well back on upper shelves. - Cuu I:1nnlw aha annn1m | tn ho fr-an-unny-f. U|l\.'l\ Ull UIJLJCI DL|Cl\FB~ Suddenly she seemed to be traxisport- ~;- to her birthplace at Auburn. N. 13. whr:1'e she especially noted the bronze tigure or an Indian,` which surmouuts me p1`is'm1 edice; ,\v hyvzxnlrfrxaf thn ?1D\'f rnnr~n`nrv ahn REPAIRING...` . were Ihenmrks of the candle. uu: lnaeuu cu: .'\_[ breakfast the next morning. she related her vivid dream to those pres- ent, five of whom are now living and vouch for the fact. `Subsequently it uyc. ., ` was found that the city house had been On the nerve) post A The curtains had all been. taken but the best entered and robbed. ; semvhicu were found `where the dream- ` er had them. .....;- ;:'nn;\p\`1\v` `I\ an nnr\0.\n 59 ED n.._._. ... \.`l lulu accu tucluo Suspicion was, directed to a painter who had been at work,on the house. who was lame and who disappeared i1n1ned`.:1teIi after the r0bbox'y., Inves- ti;::1ti0n of xhis man's chm-acte,r showed that he had_ served a term in the Au- lnurn peuitentimy France and the Potato. Thexje was much difculty In Intro- M din`-illg the potato iuro `France. It was 1 only to\vm`d the "end `of the reign of ` Lmtis XIV that it began to be used. } 'l`}w lem-ned had, opposed its_`introduc- g t.h~n .=_v.-n-mnticnlly. saying it produced 5 !e-[:`u.~`_\`. and the common people re- ` _t'I.'<--I -to._t_e.~`t It even on their live stock. - .r\ lIs('1( at 1a. lisl1ed it. Fields \'.'-iru plmnul . 1l!`0\`vI` I-`ranc-e_ with po- ; mn`wu< and ('n!`('f1zih` guarded until the .__. ....... x. I...:.`.. ..:...-n-. nub '.iIl|"`\ il|l\l |':Il\"lUll`I :'.:l.--rs were ripe. 11 being given out n..n {lime fields \`-`('l'P_L'!`0\\`ll1g a new Villllg .~`]le'(`i21_V for the king. and that 'g~s=:-p:i:svx's would be prosecuted. Now. liw lam-.a at that time were severe. A lltzlll uiigm be hanged when :0 hunted in the wild f0re.~'t.4 for the game was tlw . almost each one of \\'{:nm In-pt his private gallows. Tres- pzis n,:~.ilx:st the kingimplled. there- fure. rH!r_i_l.le puni.\`liment. ' . l`lie Eniiger of the punishment DI`0\`( i:.'~'-Ir an alluring halt. As the contriv- e-r.~ wise in foresight. had "seen; the riol-.1.< tll.'1t_ were purposely left unguard- .| . . ..xlI.1nnr1 u-{aha nnr1 Inf? guunux u uuun LlJ\. I he run. lH`I'.l luilg Ht.-`IE [Ju|pUa:'I_)_|C1L uubuunu ml xvvre |)Hl:1,':`d right and left, the po- tatoes eaten. some kept and planted :1ml_the tuber at last effectually lnu'o- I dued in France. A Irving : Intensity. D The "piercing eyes andvintense ex- prvsslou of Eh-nry Irving once had the effect of making a_ fellow actor alto gather forget that he was on the stage _ at all. It occurred in Manchester dur- ing a performance-of Macbeth.", and in tl1`e'scene where Macbeth says to one of the murderers. There s `blood upon . thy face! 1rvlng.put so much earnest- ness lnto his words that the murderer forgot his proper answer ("J.`is Ban? I quo s. then) and replied In a startled volce: Is there? Great Scottl He ' fancied. us he afterward said. that he ! 2 had` broken a blood. vessel. _ l I Tlnlnlown to the Lawyers. Judge --. one of the great lawyers or the last generation, charged a client a retainer of $1.000 in an important case. but the parties got together next morning and settled the suit before the judge had opened a book or written a line concerning it. His client called to see it he would not refund part of the money. The lawyer seemed surprised at the suggestion. "Refundl be ex- claimed. Refund. did you say? My I i friend. that is a kind of fund unknown to the legal protessioni--New York `D:-on-- AYDREAMS WHICH HAPPEN. sue ENOUGH TO HITV. 1901. THE LATEST BOOKS ~_-5_"-2-.MA(iAZlNES ` IHE COWED THE LION. Laugbnble Manner In Which the Big and Ugly Circus Animal Was Re- turned to the Showman After a Railroad Smash Up. ` THE DARKY BEL'l"ED ALL THE FIGHT i OUT OF MONARCH{ It's queer how animals will act in a railroad wreck, sa_id the boss canvas- man. Now there wus th Saberlee wreck. Six cars was in th ditch an half 0 th show s dens wus under em. There Wus one cage 0 monkeys mash- ed at that we knowed of, an a lot 0 th other animals had took t th woods, little animals, zebras an wolves an deer an such like. Nothin t do any harm exceptin th big lion, Monarch. His ~ den wus bottom up in a little puddle 0 ; ditch water. with a hole stove in it big enough t let out a cow, an Monarch himself Wus gone with the little am- A mals. |T\"p.II lb. -nun nil n -"X411 -unluln 41`! llzell, lt wus all off with makin th I stand that day, so we put up th runs, got th cookhouse outt down on Ill ground, had brealsfnst an started in 1. Gig th stuff out 0 tn ditch. Th rall- 9 road Vcompany s W1-eckin crew come along t help us, an we d got purty well under way when :1 tall, black buck darky come out 0' th' woods an stood ` round rubberln. ' u`\v-I.-,1.. -..:.1 ...... ..5....H..n 4-I Ll-. Pp... ruuuu 1 UUUCL ALI.` Nobody paid any attention t him fer awhile, but hy n`hy Hack-, th chande- lier man, spoke.t .him, kind 0 lsidded him about bein haxrsome, er some such guff. It wns Missouri. an be wns a real black buck. Didn't have nnyxhing t say bacl:-didn`t say anything at all, in fact, fer awhile. Jesf shuied round in his cowhide boots from one_foot t th i other an grinned hashfullike. By'n hy ` when he saw We 'didn t roast him hard he kind o"t`o0k courage. 41 47.2.1 ....... -) ..-.- ......~......-... 1..-,~..1 n .-L LB: All-IU U lUUA\ \."JUkLl`='|:- _ *.` {Did any 0 you gemmen losed _a. gl- rae? he says. u r~:....4:r=.-."2v RYnnIr anvn I\"n- rrn um-v; tune .' uc nu; 3. `Giraffe? Mack says. `No: we new er owned no such thing with this trick. Why ? |llT\"n11 lane: Ah nnn fnnn znmn. H uy ; Well. boss. Ah,done foun some- thiu up in man tato patch this mawn- in, rm Ah 1oxved as maybe hit longed t you all. `rnn` rrnblinforoafn , `TVA? nnu if L ,)vu_ uu. f`.\Iac1: gotuinterested, `Wot does it` look like? ` `L:1wdy,Ab`oss. hit s mos monstrous. Nravah did see no socb ole thing befoh. ` snh. Big cat mlnmiut. with yaller eyes, an hit done come a-snahlin an a-spittiu at me soon as Ah got out o bald. `Where is it? says Mack. u Ann AL .......;. Lu .-.lI...:.-.l.ow T\n-nn Summer Heading.. \\ LICIC I3 ll 5 Ell} 3 .ua\.n. _ `Oh. Ah cawfc hit all righty. Done put :1 rope roun "hits meet an tied hit - t mah cabin. `Go an git it an fetch it down here. says Mack. Then I11 wrec-kin crew got a tackle roun another den, an`we for- got all about 1'1) darky. ` I "\I'n1-hoH- rvn: n rninnfae nn mrn-hr: EUL Ll}! HUUUL LU _ "Maybe it wus 20 minutes. an maybe it wus half an hour when we beam `.1 noise over on tn road amongst ih trees uux n_v-u -3 noise kinder like :1 nigger drivin a ` mule or like sonnctiiin bein driven. It come !Jl`l' an louder an louder an nearer. _Eve-rybody `stopped work an listened. an th olemnn himself come out .0 his car with his napkin bnngin roun' his neck. urr\"1.... :~ .1-..'.v I`- r\7rs~(:1 n in hi: ' IUUU U13 uccn. . : What is that? he pipes up in his snappy way. `Who is that out there? Go an see what that racket is, some 0 you boys. Hurrynp. now. an 11: noise got nearer an nearer. In a couple 0 minutes a Cloud 0 dust" sailed out.t i'om behin_d th trees. When it got within :1 hundxed-yards 0 th track. it cleared up a hit. an there wus that big. black nigger with :1 rope in one mit an a piece 0 fence rail in th" other. On th` other end 0 th ropewus Monarch. I ` .\ ohody paid any attention t `him, I nt\n ..II 41.! w-.,..\... 3.-.,,,,|-:n nnniu ` l\JUUi.|1`L'Ll. Of all th mean. sueakin. under- . handed eat animals that ever traveled ; with a circus I\Ionm-ch was 111 worst an apowerful ghter when he had any sort 0 shoW.. Sometimes we d put our hands on th canvas cover 0 his cage i when he had t run over th train. an there never wus a time. day or night, that he hadn't a slap ready fer you. t uT\'7.-.n that Hnv-I,-11 nwna n.lnn1mln- LLHIL US: uuuu l. U. clay IEHUJ Ac; Jvuc Well, that darky wus a-lnmmln - him with his `hunk o fence an talkin ' mule talk 1 him wuss than anything . you ever saw in th south. I I 4` `("111 rm 1rma hnnh, vm1 vnller 1 you ever ELIW Ju Lu auuuu. `C m on long heah. you yaller eyed devil, he wus sayin. `Ah don , `know what you is, but you aim golnl snahl ner spit. at me. nohow. C m on , 1 long theh,_you big sassy vahmint. an '3 with that he'd lam him with his piece ; o fence an let drive with his cowhide I boots. ' ' AAA- ...... I.:.. kn` yuuu--1H'n `\fnnnr.-sh I I DUES. An. you kin bet yourolife Monarch wus a-comln. I never saw a critter so rowed as he wus. Why, when that nig- ger brought him right In amongst us there wus nobody that took th trouble 2 t open up a gangway. an I reckon any i young one could n took him by th scruff -0 th neck an turned him over on his back. He Wus jest 11 great. over- grown pet tomcat, with all th ght an meanness walloped out 0 him. unv.-.m vvnnIun(1 hh: Run 1111- nn in th ! meanness Wanopeu UUL u uuu. ; "We'd yanked his den up on to th 3 road bed with th hole in th end butted against a wagon. Th door wus i open, an when Monarch saw his happy | little home'waitin there fer him he jerked th rope out 0 th " darky s band i an bolted Inside it. He couldn't get I fur enough inside, either--went away E I up in th fur corner an tried t hide. i Saberlee shut th door an spoke to him. , {but Monarch wus th worst whipped} I I eat animal you ever saw." l Supp:-eulns Cruelty. I Many a man who would be ashamed to strike a brute beast with a bludgeon I has no shame in making a bludgeon of his tongue to strike human beings in , the tender places of their being-their Asociu sensibilities and their self es- teem. Cruelty in its gross and outward. forms we have in good measure sup- pressed. but the rened cruelty of the bitter Word. the unloving censure. the abusive harzmgue. is not yet extinct. Let us be as careful of men's Inner skin as or their ont_er.-Exchange.` Booxi SGUTTS s'roRI-:] A Hint to the Editor. He walked into the oice of the coun- try editor with an oxnphntic strido. -*1 1'ng7 nni v\1v~ an`.-~r.u-ina-.n " l\1\ un, ll} CLIIIJJL \\ Ill] IILI K'|lJlVIIIIKlL UII I\lV . "I jes [jaid my su`sc1'i1>tiou." he re- marked as he sat down on :1 corner of the desk, an [ th011_;l1t I might as well give you a few hints about what I'd like to git fur thv: money. Y (urn nlt-(vnva nr\nn'#n aura-rvnciinnu 7 AIAU LU 51L Llll lift; LIAUHUJ. I am always opc-n'to suggestions," was the mildly spoken answer. 'r.`l air in oh.-u y-er v\Ynnn fln Vvv us run: n_uuun_y mpunlru uuon -.1. Well, .six', in the _rst place, this `Hints on Farming de1`)m'tnxent is alto- gether too large an cous1icnousV. Tvhw `T lxnnn-hf Oh-19 uvna u-in-hf in 5CI.uL| LUV Aulbc uu \.uu.3yn.u\um. Why, fI thought that was right in your line. RT;-u air 'T hn nrnna la Onln non-n nf yuan uuc. , No, sir. The crops is talzin care of themselves all right, an we re gittiu the money fur em. What we farmers want now is less talkubout buckwheat an garden truck an more Vnanlal news. _. Jimmy-I-Iuh! Is dat all yer caught? . Montmorency-0h. but I`m going back, you know. I only came home to get some one to take this off my book for me. ' ' V Encouraging. He.~You told me. dear, on the occa- sion of my last call that your father was anxious to know the uature of my occupation. Has he askcdyou since? Sh:-011, yes. ' He-What did you tell him? She-I told`him you were a. traveling salesman. He-What did he say? She-He told me to tell you to keep right on tmve1ing.--Boston Courier. A Conscientious Exnlnnntlon. Didn't you advertise `no mosqui- toes? inquired the summer boarder. We1]," answered Farmer Corutossel, you see. there `is :1 scientic move- meht afoot to kill off the mosquitoes all over-the country. That \vasu`t put In \ asan out and out promise. It is jes 9. prophecy. Answlvex-ed. But how do you pass yoilr time? asked the lady from the city of the re- tired business mnh who had settled on :1 farm." Well, said tbevretired business man. . I spend :1 good deal of it in erqulaining to inquirers how I get along out here. ---Somerxlle Journal. ' MARRIAGE A Ready Recipe. `Mary told me how to get the grease spots out of my new dress. She told me to Wash it in milk and hang it out in the yard all night. How did it wori; ': Oh, the spots had disappeared In the morning. but so bad the dress.-Dem ver Times. _ /" -\ i 1 An Ingenuoau Youth. Our oice boy l:usu't returned from his fresh air vacation. - Haven't you bmzwl from him 't Oh, yes. He wrote that he didn't like the country very much, but if we'd let his pay go on he'd stay two Weeks longer. . Straws Show. ` Mrs. Boerum-How do you know that M Mr. Squeesicks is coming to see Aletben L tonight. Willie? ' n.'n'1:.~. pn......m /nn=:o:m.n-\._r' may tUL|Il...Il, n nu: I Willie Boerum (positively)--I jusi ` saw her lighting the big piano lamp that burns out in about an hour and 9. half!-Broo1;Iyn Eagle. H1 UJEF any 5 Sweet Girl-Oh, be got so angry I was afraid to stay and listen. He's In a perfectly terrible rage. `Go In and appease him Vclhunce For Hex-olum. Adorer (anxiously)--What did your father say? ` Qmnnr (Ii:-l_h ha rrnf an nncrwv I` It Didn't Look Right. Elsie says there was only one draw- ; back to her wedding. What was that?" 7 . .She says her father looked too cheer- ; ful when he gave her :1way."-Pbllndel- 3 phin Bulletin. An Acceptable Sub. He-I've bought you a pet monkey to amuse you, darling. Ehn_(\h kn:-n l,-lnr1 I\' v-nnl KY:-urn T . Repzu-tee. He-How do you feel when I beat : you at wbist? . Qlm_\'nt nnlfn nu hm-'1 nu vrm fnnl ` uLuu:!: JULI, uunuug. { She--0h, how kind of you! Now I ' shan t miss you when you're away.-- ; London Fun. Grain Cradles I for you at. man She--.\`ot qulte as bad as you feel when your friend Jenlsins beats you at woke-r. i V Unfennonnlnle Visitor. | Host-Why am you strike my dog? He only snit`.l ed at you. (Hahn:-_\',ValI 1-nn 1lnn'l- nvnonb ma in LIE ULIIJ BUl|..Il`ll (AL _V\.'Uo 1 Visitor-Weu, you don't expect me to M wait till he tasted me, do you?-Tib M Bits. _-23.1 Plcnlo Dan. Under the lpreadingvcnestnut free The wen ll`:-d haskeu vund. _ContunSng Lhir-ken. pies tnd Lhlngg Thekvork of Bridget`: hand. _ And way 03 in the distance there ! A blaring country band. Dick battles with a bumblebee, And Bab, with youthful neat, Fall: from the lofty chestnut tree, And papa and the rest Proceed to eat the lunch upon A yellow jackets nest! ' {E The gentle rainstorm rolls around, , And when the day is me They homeward wand their weary wayi And turn inside the gate ` And lie in bed and wonder Just Hm: muiv nun thpv ate. IHU H9 H1 DEG HUD WODUCY 1 How many um they ate. -lndJ More to Come. y are -11-adlanaqolis Sun. `F0 R SALE AT oouvmmxonn} V I 41' 11!: cm ceund in the evening at 68 Mug Stree I :.}_{:~ . V . ~ `*`v``**C``Qv``/ v*vQ?v`Qv 5! I HUNTER BROS., 811n. ipm 8 1; m T JAMES EDWARDS. PM- Good Readihg helps to pass the ' holidays pleasantly. ' Ygu will find all ISSUED BY PURE PARIS GREEN` watch is all right if 1-epaire-(1 properly. `Let usilmve it. \Ve` In re-pairing Wutc-lies and Clocks, if we` cannot malce your time piece give good satisfalctimi we charge you nothing. `No xnutter how old, your wgxtch is or "how nmny ()tllt`.I"~` jewelers lmve failed to make it run, do not condenm it. Your` make no charge if we fail to Inake it. run. . . \Ve are also `m.'1nuf;urtu1-ing je\\;e1e1~s and will take any old gold you have and make you :1 ring, Iiln, or ln-oocl). If you lnwel .. .. . . .__-:.. .-... .-.:n .....1-.. fliuvn 'Hl:n 'nn\v. lf. Willi A: I`. BASS, UNIKC H0 ('lliU'gL' ll \\ U nun mu uuuu. Au . nu. _ any of` these to repair we will make t.]1e1n'1ike'new. It will cost you no more than a botched job would. DIAMOND I `Hi! at licenses "The Men for Men ? Harvest Tools BINDER TWINE. PLYMOUTH for Spraying Stock me am mspnoue co. or cannon} ffge Sign of { the Blue Bell We have the most at liah turnouts in town. the I most comfortable cur aaeennd the bestfhoreee. Once tried alwu s patronized. Special facilities for weddings an tunerals. (`ab meets alltraina. Baggage called for and delivered. lci._co[L|n Akin GLAPPEBTON 51s.! I West at .Open Home. . l DEF Carries the best nsrortment of ensoname nndl tmlxionnble imponed and Cn_nndInn goods in town at reasonable prices. Fit and work guar- nmeed. Give us 11 call. If you have your own coeds bring xrnlong. LIVERY ~%~o%sALE sTABLEsi Hardware Store `OPPOSITE POST OFFICE. . -J. BARRAND MERCHANT -TAILOR %WL*R. PR (L 1 c 9, is a runinder that youneed r-oil wait or mc-on\"en1en(-e yourself to see a cnslcme 1- m person- X1-'hiIp vrmr (`r~m'n9titm-_ \\'.hn| (.llSl(`Illl' 1' IN pl_`l'S(lI)- , I VVhile >yrmr (`ompetitm-, who] has gone in person. waits. you can have nprlvate imervu-w at any Pay Station. r. R. PRUCTOREE w---w ' %. . 3? Machme 0113! ABOUT sun-s Successor to 1'. 3. Baker. JIALEZ BARRlEj ? gun Lurever uz L61`. _ H We were out together one Sun-Jn_v. j ` It was warm,and as`we rode he fzumv-1 1 his .fuc- with his sombrero. Su(h':--nly ghe. clapped his hat on his hen-I nu-rl ' started his hroncho on :1 lope. `Watch | ' me get that pison." he shouted. I-'l.`H +v 1~rn~r'|a +n mw right was a rat- :T`HE COLORADO WAY OF TURNRNC-i THE DANGEROUS TRICK. Dextel-lty'aml During of the Cowlioy In Cutting 0.1 the Head of the Rop- ule After its ineffectual Attempt to : Strike. ` Did you ever see a cow puncher kill a rnttl`esna1:e with a knife?" `said :1 Colorado citizen now in town. \V`.1cn I first went west. I punched came on the Sunset ranch. one of the l:11'j_"-st in southern Colorado. 1 was :1 leu(1er1'm'zi_. fresh from the east. but no swell lmnl about me. That saved me _u Intro!` trouble. The boys were dead willix:-." to put me next, even to-n H-your-ol;l broncho neverhalter 1)1'ol';on. Anmu_~.r other things. I`le:n'-ned how _to km :1, 1'.'1tt1e1"\\'iIh a bowie knife. I kill.-:l_ one whh a knife to make my smndiu: good, but after that :1 gun or a plum- V fork was good enough for me. N1 hnvn acmn n nluincnxnn I-3:10 nu In LULHIS \\ 31$ EUUU t.'LlULI`5'.LI Ly: tut. . I have seen ,9. pluiusmrm ride up to ` a small sized rattler. jump off his `lmrm-. kick at the wavlu`g -head. avoid the- strlke and" as tJJe reptile cmne flm\'11 place wheel upon Its` neck. ('(mH_v x:H.;<~ a knife vfx-om his` belt and Lli.$1H`._I\.`_ll i_I. I haveulso seen a 1lvel`attler (l:1'u\\'uV up on u haystack machine. and J have `seen the men W01-king `on that .smc'.; jump. roll, tumble and slide (0 got away. They could not see the ram-,v1-: 1 that was nll. In the open they ~von M have played with it. ' A 0|_\ y-nlaennlrn la -|1nm1\ln=< nnr hf` A SLICINGJA. RATTL1211. Thevman who had been in the habit of having his clothes made at the tailors is apt to shy a little when \/ve talk to him about $12 Suits. ` T ` `A'mttle_snni;e is 'h.'u`mless out of` coil. For that _reason it wastes no time [in getting back into coil after the ;spring. It will not strilxfe unless it is lperfectiy sure `It can reach its objoci. 2 Dave pmyeu wuu n. I i I i'1`herefore the cowboy must get"im~.og {reach of the sriril_;e`s spring. It cnn : spring half its own ie-ngth.`.'xud 501119- times more. Of course" the larger ilio snake the more coils. and the more coils the more vicious the strike. "11..--`Am i 1 I .Lnx_1. .,.,,,,,,'. vuvnn n ;! v1 1-n. . UUAI3 Luv LLIULG In.Auua LIJM Utnnonuo Dial: Haynes was :1 young (`are- Iplay with a-rattler. I lmve sewn mu) `kill at least a dozen with n lzulfv. and ' I saw him when he got such :1 close call 2 that he dropped the game and used :1 9 gun forever after. ! fe mm-n nnr fnn'nrhm' one Sun-Jnv. devil who would go out of his way to ' LL18 gm. l.LlLlL plauu. uc auvuucu. ! Fifty yards to our right was a rat- gtler. It was trying to get away. but I we headed it in an instant and were off 1 our horses. It immediately coiled. and , then I saw the biggest snake I-have ever seen.` It was 5; diamuml mm!-r ;nnd about 20 years old.` It hml me : ugllest head `Iv ever saw, enormous in ` size, and with a mouth that l't'l])il]11L`d ! me of n bulldogs jaw." Dick sum...-[1 ; just long enough to size up its 1:-ug-12: , so as to get an men of its spring. and 1 then went in on it. uvvl... .....n... III\I'if\!\ H`-n n n:h nf I --`.7. man went. Iu uu n. nihg. The snake SIl'l1(`1 me gmuul. with :1 sound like the c- 1'nc1;m:.; of 11 four uv . i The strike came like :1 ash of light- i 1| horse`whiplasl1 In the hands of an ex: ,pert. Dick just saved hinisvlt -_ by" throwing his body back full length. The snake coiled again bofo:'e Dick could get to it. I got nervous and call- ` ed to him to shoot it. ` u m~I....v- .1... Rune Ann Hun ovnv;e?l'1H'- : i (l IO mm to suum. .u.. . _ 1 `That the first one that ever strwzk ' at me nnd'got back. be said. `and I'm 5 going. to have that pretty in-z_u1.' I 'I"\\o v-nfthnv tvna Imam Itzalt with l going. [0 uuve luau pr-.-:u_v u1';_xu. | The mttler was beside Itself ? I reach and powerful sprlng in l't`S};`l'\``. and neck rose straight ln the air. and above all that black. venomous. head. _mge. It lay. coll upon coil of sumuzlli ` =.glistenlng length. showing the lung; wlth glowing eyes and f0l'k`(1 tongue; ` I Out of the coils two feet more -of holly 4 ~ waved. slightly. wax-ily. to and fro. \ Dick stepped ln ngaln. more _e:1'u- tlonsly. He reached the knife nem'e:' I and yet*nea1'er_to that .=wn_ving lmnl. M I knew he was gettingtoo close.` um I I feared-to speak to him. Then on me H19 *1 strike. with that umrvelous lam or. speed. Dick : knife nslwd and Hw- snalze lay sqnlrmlng. :1 heallless thing. "upon the ground. A N-T pf : n-at tn nnmn, Raid Dick. `H upou_ we gruuuu. `Let's get to camp. said Dick. `I1 ' got me In the thumb. _ . I `n 'h1n1nDr1 fl` NIP 'S.'l(](9S nd ' got me III we luuuxu. We jumped for 1`beTsnddls and` started on a. mud run for home. Dick rode with his thumb on the saddle ; born and his Knife in his other band. u 114: ..L.-. I-.n'n-{nu tn ax-vol] nff EH61 D0111 anu ms Kuuc nu um Ulucu uuuu. `If she begins to swell. o'.she comes. sajd he. _ . utvn nnnnknr` thn rnnnh nn while: comes.` szuu ue. , We reached ~the,ranch. and while 1 Dick poured down whisky we exa_m-- med the thumb. We could "nd noth- ` mg. not the slightest wound. The _:-u:nk'e ' had struck the handle of his lmife. and the strength and suddenness or the im- pact made Dick lose his nerve. lt \vn.~'. :1 good thing for him. He never WPIH after a '-`mler again without a long Illlll _You_would understand why after you had worn one of our suits. Here is` a fine lot of Tweeds at -$6, $7, $8, $9 and $10. Could not be a better time to try. us than -now; Summer Clothing all reduced. . All. things for the well-dressed man. I I ' Giving All me Time. . "I see _a Wisconsin man claims to have solved the perpetual motion proh- i lem'. * ' ` a.m1....v.. nnoklnn I ham: to mnnl nf Iem." - "That's nothing. I have a model of a pen-pe_tual motion machine at my M house now." ` ' Does It work successfully?" From the standpoint of perpetual motion, you bet it does." T I Have you given it a name?" Sure. ` " `Jimmie. and it was 5 years old its `nun-A` |\`cnCLnf`lIUI What do youncall 1:?" . ' A I uAu.u.uu:. a: last birthday. } Conoeulon to Suplel-Ititlolg. i j Thirteen dollars and a haltseems a * 3 high prlce for such 8. comparatively 1 `short trip." said the man with the` \ itravellng bag in his band. . A V I 1 nun. ohnnnhf nnnnln would rather 3 traveung Dug In Lu: uuuu. L We thought people would `rather- pny that than $13. replied the agent ' 1 of the steamer line -with an exnlana- L~tory ahd apologetic cough. . I 1 Some people. said. Uncle Eben, 5 - 1 doesn't seem to take no special 1nter- "i \ est in tellln de troot ce-ppin when It : I suznpin dlsagregable.` -.Waahlngton . Stu . A 3" ....-....-... rm: BARBIE 1~;x'.m12.1s1<, 'J.'l1U1{SDAY AUG. 1 Indian Ocean. There Are Thousands of Them In the 4 If you should wantlan ls'1and-that ls, 1 u an unlnhablted lsland-for the purpose ' of occupying it alone, Robinson Crusoe flike, or to`use it for romantic fiction or I I I 1 for any `other purpose. to the exclusion i of all others-in the world, you need have 2 no trouble in ndlng one if you see t to make a joux-ney,to the Indian ocean. ' E In the waters between .\Indagasc:u' and L Inclla you can nd more than`-15,000 of i them. where there is not 9. human be- ; lug and Where you can, if you will, be ' monarch of all-you survey. . '\ n `Dun-Halx {H-'n vnlcnv hna I-ononflv H0011 um: \\ .uU Lung \\ uuL,u:._1,Ae1uuu. These particular. islands are not large, 1 j- 115 islands go, but very many of them 4 , or foreeven .a snm11_co1on_y of ship- ` inson Crusoe or any -other novel hero 1 are suflcieut for the purpose ot a Rob- , $,,\vrecked mariners or other persons who : L might be cast on one of them or seek I for the purpose of making ti home-p1'et- ; ty much out of the busy world. Qnmo m Hum-.~ nvn nnlv nn nnw: m" & At last into the brooding mist . There vanished, softly as it came, Abroken ock, whh plumage torn, R j After that day of shame. `-Mnry Thacher Higginson` in Youth : Compan- 3 ion. - I lt s veify significatjt though that so many of our customers were devotees of the best tailor shops. ' . 1103!`: UL lUL'LL|n ` Ar-arsenic! stammered the gentle- : man. `I would be good to eat. Thank you, I } I won't-trouble to take it away with me. X 2 Good day. ' The taxidermist had save his din- ; ner.-London Answers. Why. I thought that the bird 3 1HUUlU'L'U UL 1111-JUU LlL'\L`_)'. L An English traveler has recently been '3 amongthe small islands that dot the ` western end` of the Indian ocean to . j; makenn inventory of them and re- -* t ports that be counted 10,100 and found ' {only about 600 of them inhabited. , Now, there is a good chance for any :' i one who may wantm; island. A Thnan nnuvinnlnr !:1nn:`Ia nra nnf Inwrn 1 J LUUUU uuc. UL Lin: UUDJ u \II.l\.lo . So1ne.o1'. tlxo.-1n~ax`e only an acre 0 two, well elevated above the tide, while ' others are :1 quarter ofa mile in diam- . eter amlrunning from that up to a. mile or two in length nml .1. quarter or Iess ` of` the length In breadth. Many of ' them are granitic structures that rise ` Steeplyfrom 20 to 100 feet, well cover- ` ed with rich soil, through which small fresh. Waterzstreanas hurry to the sea, which they reach after owing Voter beaches of glistening calcareous sand I that are beglrt by coralreefs, Whlch "form walls about the islands. ` ` ` How He Salted His Dinner. In the little town of Arundel there is :1 tnxidermlst who is gifted with won- `derful preselnce of mind. Here is an ` instance: c<-..... 4l._._ ....... .. .......coI-.....-. ;.n1L-u'l ni- IUSLLIUCUL Some time go 21 gentleman cailed at his shop with :1 cock pheasant, which i_ he desired to have skinned. stating at_ the same time that hedid not require the body. This quite` suited the taxi- dermist, who .thought the 1)he{lS_.'1Dl would do for his dinner on the morrow. -nv-.......-.. 1.4,... :. .1. .11.- .1... .-.,..-.oln,W \\Uu1u. UU LUI U13 ULUUYL ULI LUIS LLAULLUIIQJ _ Howeyer. later in the day the gentle- ` man called. again ;1_nd said `that he would take the body" away. The` tax- idermist replied that it was unusual for customers to take the bodies away. - but that he had no objection, and he = fetched the bird, which` his wife had 3 put on a. plate and c'ove1'ed with our. ` `.\`\" nx-nluhna Hun rrantlornnn Ti? ` powder with which it is covered': quietly, is arsenic. I always C0\fl' ' [JUL Uu LL plillu uuu \,'u\cLcu \\u.u uvunu ] Ah! exclaimed the gentleman. It `I looks very nice. But what is this white : "`Oh. that, replied the taxidernnisti x ` the bodies with thaf until I can dis- a ` ..._..... -1 41.....- at yU\VUCL H ILL] IVAJILLJ It 4 arsenic. 1 pose of them. A vI_nwcnnn'" 99-arnrn. I Rude Juimc. . A certain Arizona justice of the peace. whose knowledge of the law was never "gained fyom books or actual practice before the bar. was hearing an assault and battery case- The lawyer for the "defense-was shouting his arguments when the court said: `fT1iat will do. Sit down. c He then adjusted his spectacles and sagcly observed: ' ' D1-lennnr :+'hn1r'| uni Ar-nm~r`Hn fnh Dl`o"..'lJ UUDCL \t:u. . Prisoner; stlmnd up!` Accordln tnh tn law an th ev_vdlnce-nn there is`no evgfdince-01 found yez guilty, 601`. an foine yez $.30. 11 3'92 air guilty, faith, `it's a. very light sintince. an If yez are not guilty it'll be a mighty. good lesson _j for yez!"~ CAQIQ `Q% %**v A The Pxjndent Scotninan. `A cautious Scotsman. 85 years old, had saved enough to purchase a piece of freeholdtland upon which he had had his eye for some time. He repair- ed to the freeholder and opened nego- ;tiat1ons for the purchase. The free- holder, howeven. informed him that for some reason or other he could not part with the freehold. but said he would give him a leasefor 990 years. This, he was informed. was practically the same thing. Na. na'." said the aged one, shaking hisgray head; time soon ` rlns awa ." i . -The Only Dlerence. I Mrs. Symperly-Now that you have got your divorce and are happy with fMr. Ranger, life is real once more, ` isn t it? 1 I at... 13-....--, ('11-. I-vnuo Av-:11! IO : vary 1 ISUII IL! 1 ! Mrs. Ranger-Oh. yes; only.1t s very, { ' much like it used to be, except that the } piano is 8. different make. I . I It is said that mate, the South Ainer- ' Ican tea, will. sustain life many days -| without the pang! of hunger. p ----j . Man is born to rule, but woman ! comes along and beat: him out of his :Iob.-Ch1_c_g_go_News. . ---- - . an.` . . .._.....__- . UNlNHABlTE.D ISLANDS. Out of the chilling rain andv log That hid the mountain from our sight A dusky cloud came oating down At early dawn of light. The cloud dropped softly to the lake . :Amid a sound of whirring wings And spread into a graceful line A host of living things. We hailed this burst of joyous me; The sunless day seemed dark no more, When suddenly :1 shot-rang out ' And echoed_rmind the shore. The waterfowl wre nature : guests. But they were doomed, and all that duy The shots penled forth, and bn th waves The dead and dying lay. ' Watch maker, Engraver Manufacturing Jeweler