rLATTSMOtJTir.NKBUASKxX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 18SS.
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THE -PERCIIERON-HOUSE.
WHAT AN ENTHUSIASTIC -UNITED
STATES ISENATOH SAYS OF HIM.
. W'lint I fialil of tlie I'crcltcroii Horn'
Origin Women (JhuiI lit I'uris Cliarac
terUtlcii of tl I'ert-Iieron Trcalimiit
f I lit- IIorM'.
Senator rainier, of Michigan, i.s an on
tim:.ia:t on the IYrchcron horse, and ;nito
k romance is connected with his love for
It. The lirst I'erohcrons he ever saw
were painted ones, and they funv.ed a part
of 1'c.sn lioiilienr's noted picture, "'1'ho
lloreo Fair," which w.n han-'hig in Mis.
A. T. Stewart'.; pii-tnic ;:a!!eiy al tho
lU.if. lie u ::-( will 1-:.mi1 with thtlu
that, he ii: !-1 i:;;:lei their ehara.tcr and
' 1 1 p'-r-.( i:nly l.i I 'ra .':( to pick tut
o'.ih- 1 ! hi:: i';:r:n. h: ; now sixty of
I :i ninia : ;, lutein-: in value JVeiu
$.1. ) to sit.Oiiil ;; ii, ;;::;! :e is the j ;. ;-i-ih
lit of I In ! -! ii r .: 1 1 . n-.-- societ y t.t' i ho
1 ; liitt il I-1 it i s. liile in I 'l ala o l.::t i ar
lie luaih.; a : pet oh to t tie i 'eri heron Ih.rso
iSi'eeilt i:.' Mn-Ieiy of !' ranee, ;;::tl he t!.i. -. :
t:i!t Ihis ho: is the be.-.i i-.it.d in ! :il
world !' r : :d piiipo.ts.
'!!. ii.": :aiil he, '"the hor'e'fol' ';IO
l.-.rioer. lb t an it. irniii the im..' er
'-.;- n ai.-t no it. in hi.; e;.ri .;, a:. II
l.a e In vn told if in.'.tan' e;. where I v p-ri.-iou
hoo-i"! weighing 1,7'.'' pound:' !i..v
g.'in a ni'!:1 in ti.no minuted. They : re,
yon Loo-,.-, a tii.-.tinct type, and lire -.p-j.o-i!
to hai : oriiri'iat'-l hy u c rt :-:- '. ii t ho
Ar.il iait hoi . ;- Iip.!l t iie heavy l.-.iee tf
N'.i i::;!!itiy. 'J hey tai.n f r i J.:-., 1-eiihe,
: pr-.vie ahon? s-i-;ty miles Minnie, ill
Nor:n:;iily. licit- the breed has attained
il ; real t I pei it i ! ion, ni.d it is here t hat
lh" hi. !- gets name. I low tin; Al';il..:.X
got into ! r.'.tfce I tioeot I. now, hill I fl'J-po-c
il eaiiif theri' t ili.cr thriMiidt the .!
: t ; -? i : -. hen I In-v u el e . i:ip; ;I !-y ' ! i : 1 1 !ea
.' He! :! . r i' !.;::y he I'i:'! i ho
I'l.lli I . i l' y.i vei. 1 lie 1.1 Kotloil hroii'.ht
t to iii h f:ot:i I :-!i tii.e !i:rii;? t ho
'it:ait-. I iii re is no tl.'inht that the
.i;.h h:i.i!tl i . there, i-.r.A in in. t:t i n i in.es,
r.Ut r exeeileiiee ; ninl ith ntiiy tf typo hatl
!.e;-ii ie-. ;i.-.. i.j-.i. this hlot-tl was 1 e-l Ii t'lTfell
i'i-. -r . i time to 1ii::e Ireni 111.; royal i:lid
national : ta.I.h :' i-f i-' ranee.
The !:. : h:ie hu ll itolt 1 jor vr;tra
in Franc- as !; .ttl tlraf t l.or.-t s, nr.l t!:ey
.were, .-.IvnU it-it years ao. in general i:.so
5a l'e.ris as i .i:uiili:S hor:-i-s. At that time
.-i team f them v.onhi take i.ne t.f tliono
I:e:ivy '1. !!:;, with seats l oth in:iile nml
'!l I ii roof ami liilesl with p:;s. ei.ei is. unil
t'iau' ii nlonir lUkthc rate tf t-ii-lu miles an
hoi:r nvi-r ilie tisphaU. J):uii:?,' my trip
t. i'aiis 1 ii .iriii. 1 ii;iicc l y. t'eehietl
!ittii. ration in the tie' racU-r of t l.o 1. :r.e-
f: n:-itl, jiii.l I loi.ntl that t'.e i vrch; n-tirl
l.e-I replacetl hy etiurs. I'j.LIl
iiifpnry 1 was tehl that tlie srivat ininr.JKl
ft.rllie I'l-n heroii hoi: e in . i::eri;a hud
ly(-u the priei- fron! s:ii.'i to fi(.m s?i()0 to
$ !,( thus r.-.akii:;; thein to. i .peii-ive
for omnihii-i use. '1 he hi.r.-. iaw itsetl ia
1'aris t inn liaises are tle i'.oiih.ftnls. the
l.'chrians ai! 4he heavy ht rsi-s c.f Xt r
rs;..i::y mrl Flamlers whieli have no iiilifr
t rath -:i t.f tho:on-hb:tl l.lt.nl.
"As t; I'erc lr. roTis, there are millions
ct thillars a':;;:t!y invesleil in the lni:e;l
.St.-'te- ;intl there i:-. a fei:tlen:r::i named
;)naii;::.i !:o has i.ia:e a l: ti:i;e out of
;:;en. lie j-.tighl he n!'; ;l the IVrcllirori
i':i'.-e i.ii:;. ih; Ja;s had as many as r.ii)
li rei;er-.n.; mi l:is farm at one time.
l;oii:o on hi farm .it Wayne, fi.rty miles
fioia ( 'iu! :ie. is fijiial to Abh:.t.:-ff;i . iu
it.s ;;pp'.intnuiits. It is linn. v.ith 11
tapt Klry, ami has many i Uuiies of Ile.sa
llonhenr. A i-reat frient!.-hip exist;; l.-e-twein
lh!::i lionhenr j::ui Air. Dunhani,
jiiitl he Ian ly ;:ft an Apache pony for her
Jh r rt tinest and shipped it acres:; the
,v;:'.if i..T i:so ia os:c .f her paint inr;s."
''l'e! aw .vemetiiiir-C of the ciiaructcris
iicjof the Vert -hero'.; horse."
'Th.e horse.s Hie i:t rally of a Japplo
;:ay. thone'ti they ma.y :e iiinrk. ;:ntl lanv
iintl ilion aj-e bay or chest nut. Theyr.ro
;t hcf.vy hr.-e, wciyhii!. 1,000 poiuiths r.nd
upward, 'i'hey have a line action, it. iiiio
tsUi'i, line coats, javat 'lren.i;ih and prcat
caliirar.co for worl: r.:.A travel. 'J i cy
ni-.ted f-.'j" their ! -cility anil trr.ctahif;
istvg. aii l r.'.ay i s paid to be horn
to this harness, i iiarr.essf -d a team of
iher.i o.r ihv Urs-.t time one morninic r.t 8
o'ehnk. At : t In-v wire drawintc a jilovtr
y.s well r.r; a v.eli 1 rohe'i iia.'.n, and were
only a litth avvLw:.: :. 't hey ptoy.cd in
lho i'.eld i:!l day, only heinu; rested i:ov
ai.ii then that their t -hoi :ha r:. i::i;;lit r.ot
jel The i:e:ci ;h;y my farmer drove
li.ei.i into tiie city of Dctioir, iinl thoie.h
i.ej h-.d never r;-e:i a crowd of people, an
x let-trie t ar. a :-iieet f ar or sleain car, or
tlx in:itu:ieraJ'e ohjocts tli-p-iayed in n
i;iy. they showed no fear only
;i kiial t f h'.udal.'Ie enriosity. They would
i ini '5 of :'. s!e:.!:i eiiirine. and while I was
l,:,v.:., ; no .-lumps with dynamite thi i
Mimn.er ti.. y sL.od by and watched Co
pieces oioe. n r.p into the ::ir without r.icro
iita: ral.-iti:; l!:cir cyc-3 fit tlie : !;i!::d. 1
:lt rlie'.te this fact to their re::i:i-k:;l.ie iu
teili;,'ci.ci . in the lirst -place, i mid at'ain t.
the la I that these horse;-, had never heard
eii.-s word or hem htruil-:."
ti;kaim; T or iio:;m ..
V.'liat is your theory l"i 1 hi: Heat tw tit
t.f 3.or.-e; Jit.-w c-iiould ti.e.y he iv.an-
JIL.-t !"""
"A h;av- should he treated ju:.t a:', you
.-...nl i a man or a h. y. My carriage
;'-..; f nr. d lt tUr at the hands of an old
j-':"-':h: .-.:. who knew liothin r ai.oiit a
littr.-e, i!:.-!i '.'.'; any other lrii-r I 1 :."'
j-vcf ha 1. When, i iii-- !: :;n ke-.i me l.o'.v
J:i- rhoitld I real li.em he was so treat
'hem just as he did him-elf, o.ily a lifil-J
j.t-ttcr. IK '.we met !io::ic::l iu h: ; wr.y.-,
ond he alv. a; s fed tie.; liofsea before ho
j'etl hiniself. In ..at;.: wonthi r he waUred
f hem wl.t-siever he the chance, and ia
winter three times a day. Iita-nnp.eh c.i
t!:e horsts could not seraleli theinelvt"?f
he pave them a good bri::hir.u every
j;iorninr. and it is my rule i i drivm;; .".
that whei.evir I fe-.l that I want a
drink o.j self I also fiel that . the kore
nay be : -utfci i:: in the snr.'.o direct r.
:Tl:o I'i . t ie. roii horse,'" Senator l:;d:ner
y-eiil on. ' iias j;ivat ;.vi-rs i f i iidurar.ee.
jle has ;i iljie hnee act!.:::. ::::d h-.li K:full
t.f intellijrer.'.v that nau tveai h:in Letter
than thev do a df.lhr i;o;e. lie had
-ood wind and has all tlx r.imblenes.s ;u: 1
ro-e-l of the i:n'i!i---).cic!t horse. I.r.s-t
;W ja-re than 2XVXVV) worth of thesa
fiorseft y. ere imported. id I behc-vc that
1 hey art iv-h;;; to j-revail ;u the Amerieau
draft liorse. -
f p-.id a visit to tei;.-.ter raimcr o farm,
jierr Detroit. last mir.u'.i.r. It co::t:ti!:a
57 am::, r.tid the Jii'roven:er.l it
have ct;st tiie.'-eiiator over :!U.oeU
)s nine miles of drixes through it.
VvooiK th:l;ty miles of ur.ilevdrammir,
ind a miiiiature lake v. hit h v.r.s du- by
found and which i kept full of water by a
Itteaui cm-Ire. 1 la f mi a lo:; cabin whica
rost $12,C0O, and hit r.nitual bblk5 cro
J ercheron horses, Jersey cow and I.lct:
lim fpanicld. His horses ere nnuicd
' After the rnnrsliuL of France. Frank G.
faroeuter in Isew York VorJd.
SLEEP AND DEATH.
Whn F.Iefp drops down bcaMe my Tve and mo.
Although iiUo wpars'tbeeountenaneeof a friend,
A Jealous foo we prove her in the i-mL
In separate burk, far out on Un-nniliitnl's Era
Bho lures our uetMed kouIs. Wild winds blow free
And drift us wide opart, hy tides that tend
Tow'rd unknown worlds. Not ouce our strango
ways lileutl
Through the lon niKht, while Sleep looks on in
O Death, le kinder than my Ulster Boeins!
Wlii'ii at thy call we Journey forth Home day
Through that mysterious and iiinitlused strait
To lands more distant than thi; land of dreams,
1'lose, close together let our spirits slay.
Or else, v.'ilh one swifl stroke, ui.uiliiluie!
Ella Wheelcr-Wileox iu Lippiucott'B.
A HORSE TKADK.
It not infrequently happens that a very
insignificant and commonplace individual
will, . by some unlooked for accident,
achieve notoriety, if not fame, shining
w ith the luster of a tin plate on which tlu
sunlight chances to fall, fio it was with
our unsophisticated friend Sam Dover.
Tlie fame of hi.s exploit, or rather the ex
ploit of hi.s horse ithum llinry, went
abroad iu the hind, that is, Columbia
county, where he lived, and, thoimii the
lliiro lie had cut in the allair had been
Kiipreiiit ly ridiculous, he was the hero of
the hour, and his name became inextrica
bly interwoven with local history. Any
ambitious historian who shall ever under
lake to collect ami edit the annals of said
county will be doing a great wrong to
posterity if he neglect to give Ham a con
spicuous place among its celebrities, to
which ho is as justly entitled as many
who.;e names are enrolled on the list of
those who have won honorable mention
iu the world s history.
Though J-iani had gained nothing pecu
niarily by winning the race, and hud lost
hi.s horse, he really felt as though he hatl
somehow como out ahead, for who could
le!l but that the incident, which at the
time had made him most, miserable, mjght
prove flu1 lirst step toward a seat hf the
'legislat ur'," or even iu tlie direction of
the "guverner's chuV itself. The
buys," who had at lirst laughed at the
whole thing, perceiving that the natives
came from all parts to get a look at the
man "w'at winuetl tkc-t race down ter
'! list'," began after a while to think he
really esefved some credit for an affair
to which he hail lent no willing hand.
Sam had made h!s return trip from Att
gusta riding double with one of hi.s
friends, who kindly accommodated hini
with steerage ivssage on his horse. Ho
was a little, the worse for liquor when he
ff,nt Ijonie, but managed to pass himself off
t:i Innocent oi l mother as a very
i much fatiaiiet traveler, whereupon she
j insisted upon hs fakiog a strong, hot
toddy and going to bed, which was just
the tiling this deceitful sua desired the
most to do.
"An' w'at did yer do with yer hoss,
Sammy?" nsked the old lady the next
morning while the two were eating their
breakfast.
'I got shet uv 'im, maw," replied Sam.
'''yV'ftt did yer git fur 'im?"
"I got more'r; he wuz wuth," said Sara,
putting his hand in his jiockct to finger
what was left of the $'23.
"Alore'ii he was wuth," said hin mother.
"Then yer must er got a good ligger for
'im, fur yer allers said es he wus a primo
hoss."
"So ho wus," replied Sam; "but, yer
see, he had some tricks thar warn't no
Turin' 'im uv," thinking of the glass eye
that ho had carefully stowed away in a
drawer up staiia.
"Then I'm glad yer got shet uv him,"
said the old lady, perfectly satisfied.
During that period when he was suffer
ing from the jokes and jibes of his boon
companions, Sam had often expressed a
desire to meet that "feller Lrfirkins," lay
ing he would make his "durned eyes
blacker'n they wus," if ho ever got the
opportunity, but when he really did meet
him he lmd recovered from nil hard feel
iugs and had bepun to look uion the
liorsetrauci. sairjewhat in the light of a
benefactor.
Sam was riding a mule several miles
from home when a sharp turn in the road
brought him face to face with this saiui
Tarkins. The latter was mounted on 3
LLick gelding whose coat shone like siik.
"Hello!" said Sunt, thinking of the
thretits ho had made and a little take.i
aback.
"Good morula', stranger,1' said Lar
kins, just as though ho had never seen
Sam before. "Fine weather fur crax
pin'." "Yer don't 'pear ter rie'lec' me," said
Sam, checking his steed.
"WeU no," replied L.arknis, drawing
rein likewise'and peering curiously into
the other's face. "Anyhow, ef 1 liev ever
faced yer afore I disremember. But, tiier
fao' is, I aiirt much fur fac-i-s noho-iV,
They '"oout all 'pears alike ter me. Yer
see, I'm jest a leetle nigh sighted."
"Well, don't yer rie'lec' that hoss with
glass eyes yer stuck lae with 'bout a ve'r
ago."
"A ho-s with glass eyes," repeated
Lnrkins, looking' puzzled. "Yer mean
one er these here bosses with white look
in' eyes, I reckin; they's inns' gin'rally
called wall eyed host es. J never did like
J hem sort, an' I don't b'lieve i ever owma
one uv 'em."
"No,'.' f;aid Sam; "I menu a rig'l.ir
glass eyed hoss a bline boss w'at bed
glass eyes stuck inter his head."
"Yer don't say! An' did yer git stuck
on a hoss like thet? Well, thet was a citte
trick, terber sho'," ami karkins chuckled
with great apparent enjoyment.
"Yer done it yerac'f," said Sam, bo
ginning to get out of temper at the pool
way in which the other ignored the trans
action. "Me!" exclaimed Larkins; "why, yer
don't mean to say yer think I'd cheat a
man thet way, do yer? Xo, stranger,"
shaking his head slowly, "I ain't thet
kin" er man. I've been a dealin' in bosses
all my life, but I never was up ter a trick
like thtt I ain't smart enough. I tell
yer, fur a fac', ef I ever sol' yer a hoss I
don't ric'lic it."
"Yer didn't sell 'im; we swapped. But
1 reckin yer'll rie'lec' ther hoss' name, ef
yer don't ric'Jcc' me,"
"Mebbe I mought; w'at wus his ita?reJ:?
"William llinry."
Liarkin's face seemed suddenly to
brighten with the light of remembrance,
aud he extended his hand to give Sum's a
friendly shake.
"Yes," he said, "I does rie'lec' that
trade now, r.n' how I got stuck in it. But 1
I bears no ill will; a man mus' take w'at j
tomes fn a hos3 swop 'thout grumblin'." j
''Stuck!" repeated Sna in amazement, I
"Yes, stranger, I was stuck bad, thaf a
sartin; but ei I said afore, I bears no ill 1
will. Ther tlo crittur yer got off outer ;
ine was orfolly spavined an" wasn't no !
matter er count, nohow. I got rid on 'im L
fur little er nothing. I tell yer fur a fac, J
he wasn't wuth more'a ilia side w'nicj '
f :th in ther tim ynrd." j
"Spaviuedl'' bail Shoi, "el ha was 1
ppavlncd I never knowed it; an' thet ho?s
I got from you had glass eyes, es I tola
yer they dropped right out'n hi.s head."
"Yer don't say!" ejaculated the other,
with a look of astonishment. "Well, I
decla'rl ter think how long I hed thet
hoss an' never foun' that out."
"Didn't yer know he wus stone bline?"
"Know it! why of course I tVidn't; 1
wus idlers fa'r an' squar' iu my dealin's,
an' ef IM knowed thet hoss wus bline and
hed glass eyes they wus cur us lookin'
eyes, I rie'lec' IM er rut her cut my
throat then er traded 'urn cs a soun'thoss.
Kf I wus a sw'ariu' man I c'uld do a
leello cussin' right now on 'count er ther
feller w'at soli; 'uin ter l-ie. But how did
yer lin' it nut. anyhoo?"
Sam then related his experience on the
racecourse, taking considerable credit to
himself, though he- knew he was entitled
to none, and I.arkins laughed until the
tears ran down his brown checks.
"W'at tl'yer think of this here hoss I'm
on now"'" asked I.arkins.
"Well, he looks like he mought be a
tolerable good crittur," said Sam, "but
he ain't got but one eye."
"Ef I ric'les 'right," replied I.irkins,
"but it's been so long thet mebbe I've
fergot the boss I got from yon didn't
hev but one eye, an' I kin toil yer thet
wus his leastes' fault."
"I don't min' thet so much," said Sam,
poking his switch close to the horse's eye
ami making hi:n blink; "a boss wit it one
good eye is better'n a boss with two glass
ones w'at he can't see out'n."
"Tiiet's so, fur a fac," said Lark ins,
"an' this here boss hes got a good eye, as
yer kin see fur yers.if."
"Will yer swap 'im fur this here innle?"
asked Sam.
"W'at, even?"
"Yes." The'r mule's got two good
eyes an' thet oughter make it. even."
"Yer think so:' Lcmme tell yer, I have
been a ltiokiu' ct thet mule's eyt.s, mi'
she'll be stone bline iu lcss'n three ye'r
fur a fac'. "
"Ilow'd yer know the(?"
"Thar's signs, yer see. Yon tloji't
know not Ii in 'bout 'em, but I does, is
tloes ev'ry man w'at lies hod tor do with
bosses nn' mules es hue; es 1 hes."
"Wat's ther signs--"
"Well, I c'uldnt jis' tell yer. A feller
hes ter l'arn 'em by practtese, yer see."
Sam sat silently contemplating the
black horse with a longing eye for some
time, then he said: "Since yer won't swop
eveu, tell me wa't yor will do."
Larkins pushed his hat up and scratched
his head, while he appeared to earnestly
consider the matter.
'I ll tell yor w'at I'll do," he said,
slowly, after a few minutes occupied in
this way: "tince wvsc ole fnen s, cs yer
mought say, an' hes hed denim's afore,
I'll let yer hove this hoss fur ther mule
an' twinty dollars."
"Twinty dollars!" exclaimed Sam.
" 'Pears like yer wantc-r stick mo agin."
"stick yer! V"hy, shake alive, man!
'tv.'uj mo was pttick in 'tothoi trade."
Sam got down aud examined the horse,
looking in his mouth, in his one eye, and
giving his tail a jerk, seeming to fear that
there might be something deceptive iu
that beautiful black appendage.
"Oh, he's all right," said Larkins:
"ain't no glass eyes nor nothin' er that
sort 'lout 'im."
"How ole is he?" asked Sam.
.'Well, I reckin he's somcp'rt over ten
ye'r," was the reply. "I s'pose that mule,
now, ain't l.jss"n twenty. But yer can't
tell nothin' 'bout a mule he mought lie
ten ur he mought be a hunderd, an' yer
w'uldn't know ther uef'renee. A inuio's
a mule, an' yer've got ter take 'im ou
cight an' onsecn, cs yer mought saw"
"1'il tell yer w'at 111 do," said Snm:
"I'll give yor ther mule au' 10, an' thefts
fa'r enough.
"Oh, come now," said Larkins, "yer
wanter stick me agiu."
"Stick yer?"
"Terber sho' yer does. This here hoss
is wuth two sich mules cs thet, an' yer
knows it fur yer ain't no fool w'en it
comes ter tradin' bosses, I knows thet.
But, hows'ever, w'en I begins a tradj I
ain't one ter be run off by a thrip ur a
itevenpence, so I'll tuck ther mule an 013
an' ther boss is your'n."
After a little consideration wm, taking
the man's word for it, and believing he
really had beat him in a horse trade be
fore, slipped his hand into his pocket and
drew out a roll of bills, which he counted
over.
"Thar ain't but $14 hyer," he said,
"an' thet' s all I've got."
t;Oh, well," said Larkins, f rr.ii
afore, I ain't oho ter be run off'n a trade
bv a thrip ur a sevenpence, au' I ain't
n-goki' ter stan' on adoller nuther soil'.?.
trade," and dismounting he took i!ip
saikile ori tlie norse and laid it on tin-
ground.
The change of saddles and bridles was
soon matie, ana sani iianucu me money
over to Larkins, who shoved it into his
pocket without counting it. when the two
rode off in different directions, Larkins
looking over Ins suouluer when lio nntl
gone a little way to call our : "I'm afraid
you've done stuck me again, an' this here
tradin' sperrit is a-goiu' ter ruin mo yet,
but 1 can't he'p it."
Sam rode along pondering over the little
transaction in which he had just been en
gaged. He had a switch iu his hand, and
gave his new horse a sharp cut with il,
which seemed to have pbout as exhilarat
ing an effect on him as it might have had
on a rninoeeros.
"Durn ther boss !"said Sam, laying on
the s witch two or three times, anil linding
the animal didn't quicken his gait, '"he's
the crawiin'est crittur I ever seed."
Then he began to think that perhaps he
hadn't stuck larkins so badly in this last
trade. The mule he had parted with was
the best animal they had on the farm, and
a good nude is better than an indkTercnt
horse, though a vain man may not like the
steed he bestrides to have so much oars
and so Uttle tail as the former is gener
ally blessed with. However, he rode en
to tlie village tavern, where he found some
of his cronies idling about.
"Hello, Sam!" said one of them, "got
yer another glass eyed hoss?"
"He ain't got but one eye," replied Sam,
"but that' sa good one."
"Well, he's a right nice lookin' crittur,
anyhow," said another, "au' he's es slick
an' shiny as a greasy nigger. Git down,
Sam, an' le"s have some fun."
Sair, dismounted and tied his horse to
the rack, and the young men went into
the tavern, where the sounds of much
merriment were soon heard.
There had been signs of coming rain
since the early morning, and wh'? the
roisterers were making it lively wiihin
doors, Pluvius commenced to pour down
his showers without, and tho horfc, which
Sam had forgotten all about, stcod with.
his head bowed patiently, ta.king what th.o
god sent until it ceased, v.kcn ho shook.
himself and looked wistfully with hL one i
eye toward tho tavern door. j
By and by one of the noisy crowd looked ,
out. '
"ITellol" lie said, "it's lM.cn a raJn'u, j
an' rt rainiu' hard." j
The next instant he called oat to Sam. j
"Come here, Sam," lie Bhoutcd;" 'at'a
ther matter with ytr hoss?"
Sum came to the door.
"That ain't try ho; s," he sa' l, looking
at the animal tied to tho rack, 'the black
horse had chanyed his coior and was now
a dirty red.. "Lut v. har is my ho-s? Burn
if.! some feih r'sbeen hi re ."n' : tol.r riy
hoss au' left I hat crii tor' and then. I'm
sorry to record it, that eoo.l- bov, Su.i
Dover, said some very bad Word . and
poing in front of the hor.-c. i- the repn
sentative of the supposed thief, shook !..'-:
list in his fat e. But he had h..i!!y done
so when he stinted I.;'k.
By this time ail the r:ui;''riy within
the tavern hail a-.-(-no.-l.-.l at the door.
"Wat's ther i.atter, Sam?" asked one.
"Wat's come er yer blue!; ho.-.-:"' said
another.
But Sam said not a word. IT" :ereod
looking i:i the .ho; - e's la:c, t.i.d h:;o -.a-.;
tinners came out and did the :.-:.
"Well ill h, durnc-1," re it I one of
them, "ole Zeke conit; back, n::;; is I'm a
livin'."
"Ole Z.-ke?" said another.
"Yes, I hot's him."
"Terber sho' it is," sa.M Sam, "r.n' I'd
like tor Jin' ther feller w'at brought 'im
here an' tuck my black ho. i."
"W'at w'uld yor do, Sam?"
"I'd give 'im thir tlnrnetles' liekin yor
ever .e.-ed a man git."
"Well, I dunno of yor able, but yor bin
jis' pitch in an' try ef yer kin iick en;c'i'.
It'll be 'bout an even l'..-ht, 1 reckin, r.n.'
f won't bet. on nary one uv yer."
Sam looked at t he speaker in a bewil
dered way. "W'at do yor moan, rote:''
he asked.
"Jos' this here: thet thar's ther hoss
yer tied thar yer e"f; titer rain's j's'
washed ther paint cfVii im that's all.
hook a here," and Ivte rubbed bis hand
in I he hoi - e'e
Sam was s.-ti K-iicd .u-i l lie icmuI oi
this experiment, and, refusing to answer
::i.y tji-esl ions, mounted Zel:e and rode
toward home, making a mental calcula
tion us In the Jinal outcome or rather,
out to of Id: speculations in hor e'.-llesh.
lie tried to pt rsua-
-ill" that he
had tloii.- ery Well to ret steady r.id Zoho
back, liotwit h-tanding tile ie varjable I e--
ii 1 1 t.f his calculations, which ivsolvi-.l
themselves into about t hi", form :
CM .eke ,'. YVilliam llinry. Yil
liam J linry breath t.C life () v'-'o and
two glass eyes carried over. One mule t
1 -- (.'hi Zeke, which always left Sam -o:u:
nude y! 1 anyway he could lix it,
with aiiactnal gain of two glass eyes that
lie had no caithly U;;e for,, unlcr-s he
should bestow cine of them on Zeke, who
would probably, if consulted, bog to be
excused. liobert Boggs in Xew Orleans
Times Democrat.
niiiierat V,'eaJt! uf Si7cr!;i.
It is i -no of the finest undeveloped coun
tries iu the world, and it is really difficult
to oxrtvgeratc the enormous wealih of this
gigantic region. The st;il is of almost in
exha.ust ih-io wealth and the crops magni;!
cent. There Is almost no limit to tho pro
duction of the land. The Bussinns theiu
selvos have l.-ut an imperfect idea of tho
immensity of their natural wealth, end
other people outside L'nssia cannot realise
it ;-.t all. Siberia, so far from being a
region of desolation and of death, is a
northern Australia, with larger rivers,
more extensive forest?, and mineral won!: h
rot inferior to that of the irdand continent.
In a few year? Sibaria will be bridged
from end to end with railways, and in this
mailer the Iiuesi.m government is show
ing a large and wise policy. Tho m:g-m'.icc-iit
water communications for it i.3
irrigated from end to end with some of the
largest rivers in the world, navigable for
thousand of miles through fertile p.nd
richly wooded lands destined to f.o tho
home of millions o cplonisis-- and a ennui
is now being mad; betw een the Obi and
tho Yanisc!, which will enable goods to be
conveyed by water the whole way from
Tinmen to beyond Lake Baikal. At Tin
man there is a railway which p.::::c3
through the Ural mountains to Bkr.U ri:.c
bnrgand Perm, through the heart of ii,e
richest mining district in western Siberia.
ilnglish Paper.
A !if.;'si-i iOMiioitnl.io t":;l.
Th3 shop girls and Past Side belies L.-.vo
tr.kou ur a f.isbionabl fad with alarmlnej
results. Thc-y ra'o nil pr.inting their eyes
without knowing how, and with the re
mit that every one r oes the blacking az
f ir ::s the yiris tiiemselve;: arc discerenbb'
The apparatus for thi:- is i.u .ale iu . t-ry
Urng st;.:i-c, is simply a p'cncH cf blue--;
cosmetic v-"a.'tJy Jiky whra men it?o on
tutir bcr.rds j-t: r.vc.cirn 'ii'.-. It is 1 lac k
ing ca a ba'Ic of grea-:e. fashionable
v,-or.ie:i t:so it to touch tl:e sh.es t-f tho
.-res in ordvr to frama th:ir op tics in a
way that will make them conspict.Oi;?.
Some who think their eyes too -in-:'; . . n. j
cil the litis with r. littk. fitading t f l.l:uk
to make t!:n oyc-s reeni large r. Tii; ; i, an
old trick ef the stage. Put the girls v, ho
are fooling wltii the pojiei! 5 lay on lh)
grease as they would on a pair of tt-jve
lids. Xew YrU Sun.
1c- Ki.li.sli I!nsag;innil Stale.
An cr.'-agernent slate is one rf the
things which the very Englbh -irl ili.d.'.
it lioces -a.ry to have on her de.- k. Thry
are framed in many symbolic ways, forall
the ancient devices invented f.,rink :if4!ids
are brought out and used i.r ti.. in. hoi
inst-iiiee. i.::e c.f iher.i is im'oi .hle.i in a
t ingle o earvtrd netting and has ;v.o li.vu
teiiiiis raefiilets cro.-:-e.l above it and a
tiny ink stand coriCcokd in a b:-!l, v, h.'-. h
lies in a raeejuot in ti.mti f il. 'i'iiefn-g.igelni-nt
"slate," be it iu.-Im. too 1, j;
rer.liy a card, wit h blanks for t a-.-'.i day in
the week. A pore-lain t:ib!. f v.ov.: t be
much more convenient, and, i: cnMb:
cleaned, woidtl enable. otie to keep a ieorit
for a fortnight without i'.t:y trouble, but
the curd is the proper iking. Chicago
Xews.
.V roouliiir !"Tar.;c I.tnle,
There is in Iiondon a vascade l-lgo
inemhershiri to which is 1--, - i'ed to men !
po.---5es5.ing cither literary or .-!;;"; i;nali- j
lications. It is called the l- 'l-e of t-'r.o .
Quartnor Coronal i, r.nd Sir Chr.rk-s Vv'ar- :
ren was president ami V.idtrr lie-ant j
treasurer, from it 3 foundation in lo-l j
until recently, when "Sir Ckaih-s was com- ,
peJletl hy the constitution to retire. He i
was i.-rcsented on bis retiremer.t with !
thirty books, all writt-n bv mem eri oi'
tlie iGiige. .NW 1 orl: Mill.
A Car of Wo;tl I'til:-..
A manufacturer in New York state is '
engaged in drafting a design for a ear to .
be made entirely of word p:sp. It will be ;
light, cheap and indestructible t-y i-:-u or ;
collision. If it should be thro v. n 1 I: the
track it would simply bound i:;-. -.t!te air ;
and settle down into its place. Chic-.igo
Herald, ' j
Inventor of tlio Cfcc-aicut T;cl!. !
Tho credit of inventing the ike.-tnut
bell is 30W ascribed to Scnor PoVied ,
formerly Spanish minirtcr of the i.tci: vt '
who used to use it in tho tc rles ten tears
r.g wheu any Fpcakcr's remarks becuma
liresoiuc. Chicago Herald. j
K ieli : m( 1
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I will i-.'li a - t-;...,ji . ni:v idir
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The same ijiiaiiiy J t,,,,,.-. K . -i-
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T h tXa s2 ii a ga J
.f or; Tii AN' Uatt
Pol:;; packkus am. i.i-.aj.j :.-s in r.i ttiii: ami pecs.
kjvj.iiti , ii. ?a.L, lit i; 3. a it VAiWi.
Tin: nv:s-j' Yin-: .!v:: Api :;!.; apavs on iianh.
Civmi Klii 0J ciCi'-Uj liC.id.'j, i : . t O f b ; U. O. , Kjl L
ol our own make. Th" l-e.-j !r !' '. ", -'M:': in 'M - ai..; bulk, ::1
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