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ROAD AGENTS IN COUNCIL ,
( The National Travelers' ProtecUro Associa
? tion in Session at Denver.
BIG FEDERATION SCHEME PROPOSED ,
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l'rojrnmin of the Convention A
Dramtncr'n Brnro Act Died
A motif ; Strangers Trouble
In the Camp Samples.
There nro 2.50,000 traveling men In the
United States and a majority of them are
members of the Travelers' Protective osso-
clatfon , which will hold Its eighth annual
convention In Denver , beginning today aud
lasting ono week.
Delegates will attend from every state In
the union and it U expected that fully 10,000
commercial tourists will bo In Denver during
the weak.
The ofllclal programme of the convention Is
ns follows :
Monday , Juno 23 Kcccptlon of delegates
and assignment to hotels.
Tufsday. Juno 24 Procession forms nt na
tional headquarters. Albany hotel , nt OiliOn.
m. ; moves to the Oddfellows' hall on Champa
street ; short addresses by Governor Cooper
nnd Mayor Londoner on behalf of the .state
and city ; convention meets and reconvenes nt
2 n. in.
Reception of citizens and delegates and
members or the Travelers' Protective associ
ation at Coliseum hall , Champa and
Eighteenth streets , at S p. m.
Wednesday , Juno 2o. Convention meets nt
Oddfellows' hall at 10 a. m. and U p. in , for
regular business.
All traveling men and guests of the associa
tion will meet at the Colorado division head
quarters of the Travelers' Protective associa
tion club at HH'J-51 Lawrence street nt I p. m.
and form In line for a procession and march
through the principal streets.
Thursday , Juno LtV Coaventlon meets at
hall at 10 a. m.
At 10 : : iO a , m. Carriage ride to ladles and
escorts from the various hotels.
8 p. in. Free for all. "Tho city Is yours. "
Bamiuct.
Friday , Juno 27 Excursion starts forthrco
days over the Midland and Denver & Hlo
Grande railways to Lcadvillo , Aspen , Glen-
wood Springs , Bucna Vista , Muiiltou and
Colorado Springs. t
Situnlay , Juno 28. Excursion over the
Lout ) by the Union Pnclllc to all who do not
go oii the longer excursion. After return of
thoGlenwood excursion sucli oltho delegates
ami their wives as dcslro to go over the Loup
will be given n similar excursion.
The Nebraska contingent will be largo , but
ho members of the order in this state will go
on their own responsibility and not in a body
or by special train , as da some of the dele
gates from other states.
The Iowa delegates arrived over the Koch
Island yesterday afternoon and Immediately
proceeded on their way to Denver by a special
train over the Union Pacific. There were
over onu hundred traveling men In the i Urty ,
headed by II. B. Hedge , president of the fowti
brunch of the association.
The Iowa delegation was met here by
Gcoriro P. Mooroof Columbus , Nob. , formerly
n traveling man. for Metcalf Brothers , Coun
cil Bluffs. Mr. Moore will pilot the special
train to Columbus , where the delegates will
bo tendered u bannuet by tho.busincss uicu of
that city. _
The National Order.
In 1382 a mere handful of commercial trav
elers , belonging to small local associations ,
conceived , the Idea of creating a national or
ganization for the purpose of making u united
effort in the direction of obliterating obnoxi
ous license laws then existing in many states
and territories. In the line of minor conces
sions tliu association sought to clevato the
standard of hotels whcro they needed olovat-
ingand also aimed to regulate livery and 'bus
charges throughout the country. The asso
ciation started out on the plan of amalgamat
ing commercial travelers. L o. , permitting
members from nil sorts of commercial trav
elers' insurance societies to become members
of a national order. Up to the tlino of the
enactment of the interstate commerce law
mcmhorH wore bclnj : enrolled ut tlio rate of
live hundred per month and everything
pointed toward most successful results.
When the interstate act was passed it
marked the beginning of tlio decline
of the association. Hallway concessions
which had been gained up too-tlmt lima
weru wiped out and old rates wcro. re
stored , The working element of the as
sociation recognized the tremendous odds
that faced them nt this point , but
never once faltered in their determination to
carry out their objects. As time grew apace
the discontented clement , which heretofore
had enjoyed many items of saving , now
begun to cry , "What nro you doing for us ! "
The bruin and sinew of the association nought
to appease this clamor , for the time being , by
working nil the harder in fields less formid
able than the congress of the United States
and nt unco proceeded to clean out state and
territorial luws which exacted a. license from
nil traveling men hoforo they were permitted
to show their samples. In this undeitaldng
the association wsis highly successful , and
In less than two years wiped out the last
vcatago remaining of tlioso obnoxious laws.
In the Hue of small game the state divisions
have succeeding In securing innumerable
concessions from hotels , liveries , etc. Still
the cry of the liicker rent the uirwith :
"What are you giving mo for my great ,
big two dollar bill. " The rank and Hlo
of the leaders began to doubt their senses
and lost all faith in the good judgment of the
traveling men. Paid national officers began
to Join tlio ranks of the disaffected and added
fuel to tha Ihune , ami within the last six
months the association has witnessed the dU-
graceful conduct of a national secretary and
others hiring out to a private Individual
schema set up by a lot of enterprising Indi
viduals for the ostensible purpose of benefit
ing the traveling men , but moio especially
for the purpose of Improving the condition of
their own pockotbooks. While all this schem
ing has bean going on Colonel M. J. Picker
ing , ox-president of the association , has been
quietly at work , as chairman of tlui national
legislative committee , carrying- out his plans
for u hearing before ccngrcss. Little or
nothing has Leon hoard of his work until
lately and then Mr. Pickering surprised the
kickers by having introduced in congress a bill
amending the Interstate commerce act. The
bill provides that nothing in the commerce
act shall bo construed to prohibit any com
mon earner from giving reduced rates of
transportation and a permit to carry a weight
of sample baggage in excess of the amount
allowed the ordinary traveler to commercial
travelers , whether employer or employee ,
who travels to sell merchandise for a whole
sale. luuliicss , taking orders from dealers for
goods for subsequent delivery.
The bill bids lair to become n law and will ,
In such ease , lufuso now Ufa into the trav
elers' associations , both state and national.
It U proposed at the mooting ia Denver to
miialgimmto all the various state organlza-
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* tioiK'-tuio ono great federated order. The
proposltraw Ia-inooting with much favor.
Day at Cnlimilmx.
The business men of Columbus , Neb. , will
glvo u monster demonstration on July 4 , ono
of the features of which will ha a parade
headed by at least 200 Nebraska traveling
men under the escort of the ladles' band nf
lAillerton , A biuimiul will bu tendered tha
lulgit.s ! of the grip by the business men In
the ovenlng.
Traveling men desiring to have a royal good
tlmo by a participation In the event should
notify the committee on Invitation mid recep
tion , composed of George P. Moore , C , II ,
Jackson , O. S. Martin , tO. . Uummol , H. H.
Mosgrovc , E. S. Streotor , W. M. Fuller. C.
13. Towlln uud J. N. Heater.
Died Amoni ;
Wednesday night lS. . Armstrong , a trav
' ellng salesman for the "W. C. Stmiloy manu
facturing company of South Uend , Iiul. , came
to the Windsor hotel stele , says the Daven
port , lu. , Tribuuo of Juiio 20 , and Thursday
nioruiug a physician was summoned , who ,
after u thorough examination , said that the
man was dying with H right's disease. Mr.
Harfonl. proprietor of tha hotel , telegraphed
tlio man's Urin and also his wife * , who llvos In
Shoocraft. Mich. At Ut'M Thursday after
noon ho died. Mr. Harfonl notified the wife
nna the flnu und received word to take care
of Uio remains , as the wife would start at
oueo for Davenport , He was a Hum of about
JUty.ftvo years of ago , und has been coining
to Davenport for soverulyeaw. That ho wa
faithful to his employers Is attest * ! by his
keeping on the road until ctahnon by death.
Tbo check for his bnggcgo is a Uurllnptot ) ,
Cedar HapUls Ic N6rthern check , and from
letters found oil his person It was evident-
thnt ho was traveling on that line wtion ho
feit the attack coming on and came as rapidly
as possible to Davenport. Ho has a daughter
Who graduated from a school In Michigan
only a few days ago.
A. Drummer's Urnvory.
II. J. Hhodcs of this city , traveling agpnt of
the Western Oil tank line , saved a woman's
life atCrclghtoti the other day. Mrs. 1.1) .
Miller had got on the train anil came out on
the platform to tell her husband to get a
small satchel she bad left in the depot , step
ping on a plank that connects tha platform
of the two cars while talking. Whllo she
xvns standing there the train , was being made
up , and two cars wcro "kicked" bnuk against
the balance of the train with such force as to
set all tha cars In motion. The shock threw
Mrs. Miller off her balance ami she fell be
tween the cars with her limbs across the rail.
Mr. Hhodcs Immediately sprang to her assist
ance , and although ho worked at a disadvant
age and at great danger to himself on account
oC the narrow space between the depot plat
form nnd the cars , ho succeeded In getting
Mrs. Miller out of her perilous position Just
In the nlclc of tlmo. The lady was somewhat
stunned by the fall , but otherwise suffered
but little from the mishap.
At the Hotels. *
At the Murray F. H. Blalteslcc , Buffalo ;
O. J. Pfelfer , St. Louis ; L. Sweeter , Gcorgo
B. Comstoclcl'poriarM. II. Stevens Buffalo
T T 4 _ . _ _ ! . . _ , . . " * ! . ! _ _ _ _ _ 4 t"T Ct _ t. , ti 11 u . . _ ;
John Cantwell , "W. C. Hudglns , St. Louis ;
II. . M. Hunter , T. J. Godfrey , George II.
Hart , Chicago ; Frank Adler , W. Hcndrlck-
sen , Milwaukee ; M. W. Cano , Nath Cohen ,
Dave Drown , J. Owens , Gcorgo Forrester ,
W. M. Smith , P. A. Bcddoe , New York ; J.
B. Allan , Gcorgo A. Hill , A. H. Wolf , Louis
A. Helm , Chicago.
At the Merchants A. K. Galbralth , Janes-
vlllo , WIs. ; E. A. Pelerson , Arapahoe ; John
Love , S. B. Flommlng , Chicago ; W. J.
Green , W. D. Galbralth , John M. FiUpat-
rick , Hebron ; James Johnson , St. Louis ;
George W. Munday , Burlington ; D. Sopor ,
Cnicago ; M. E. Hughes , St. Joseph , Mo. ;
William P. Itooney , Now York ; James T.
Grushmey. O. A. Goodrich , Grand Island ;
H.T. Miller , Lincoln ; W. L. Van Horn
Denver : Wilfred C. Potter , Chicago ; G. T.
Vallarid , Hustings ; J. Palmer , Kansas City ;
Charles S. Whitchead , Crawford ; James :
Ilielly , Sioux City ; J. H. Hawkins , Lincoln ;
J. S. Guggenheim. Lexington , Ky. ; Ben
Howard. Kansas City ; Frank Dean , Sioux
City ; W. E. Page , John H. Dews , Chicago ;
John Hoye , Kearney ; A. F. White , New
York ; W. A. Brayton , Chicago : C. E.
Thompson , Boston ; Samuel D. Emerson ,
Denver ; C , H. Rogers , Sioux City ; J. B.
Hayes. Hastings : J. J. Wilson. W. D. Funk ,
M. E. Springer. Chicago ; Uobort W. Day ,
Tonekaf J. L. Pratt , Troy ; George A. Briggs ,
J.V. . Brown , DCS Moiucs.
At the Paxton S. 1C. Hooper , Denver ; C.
( X Sullivan , New York ; E. P. Schoonmakor ,
Troy ; J. I. White , Fort Wuvno ' ; H. W.
Green , St. Louis ; J. W. Gucs. 'Now York ;
F.J.Taylor , Kansas City : A. J. Clarkson ,
St. Louis ; George. W. McCormiek" , Washing
ton ; H. Knymond , New York ; John W.
Hamcr , Beverly ; William M. Hunk , Phila
delphia ; H. C. Graham , Milwaukee ; A. W.
Cordcs , New York ; R. Loebenstein , Phila
delphia ; A. E. Spencer. Chicago : Fred
J. Green , New York ; A. A. Chouteau ,
St. Louis : D. E. Phelps , Menden ;
Sam. H. Katz , Chicago ; E. J. Robinson ,
Kushville-r W..C. Park , Kearney ; R. V. Shoe
maker , Denver ; E. B. Shoemaker , Denver ;
Theo. Springer , ChicagoGeorgo ; W. Evans ,
Washington ; GcorgoMcPhcrson , Boston ; A.
Jones , Hastings ; C. M. Northrup , Kansiw
City ; J. Hemingway , Newcastle ; William
Holtz , Columbus ; A. Bcuungard , Chicago :
E. S. Popper , Now York ; Ross W. Eastliek ,
Chicago ; M. Koscnheim , St. Louis ;
W. B. Montgomery , Denver ; John A. Leslie ,
Philadelphia ; M. A. GrcenfclsEminence ;
W. L. Pierce , Pcoriu ; Joseph B. Brunur ,
Philadelphia ; S. H. Williams , Kansas City ;
T. J. Moss , S. Louis ; W. D. Barge , Dlxon ;
E. F. Roberts , Rapid City ; George C. Ingra-
ham , Boston : Gcorgb H.Collins , Oakland ;
IL Stein , Cincinnati ; Robert B. Stanton ,
Denver : C. A. Gurliek , Chicago ; M. P. Draco ,
Chicago ; C. W. Huhban , Sioux Falls ; David
Ritter , Pittsburg ; Charles C. Parks , Sturgis ;
K. M. Lane , Trenton.
Samples.
Virginia's division of the T. P. A. has col
lapsed.
W. C. Erlan is up in Idaho for Z. T. Llnd-
soy & Co.
Harry Lodor is in from a successful trip
for M. E. Smith is Co.
Shcrm McCoy is homo frora a Black Hills
trip for Z. T. Lindsoy & Co.
Bill Bryant is up in the hills with the Gate
City hat company's goods.
Jack Gurrettwill go out today with the
Gate City hat company's samples.
F. W. Smith , 55. T. Lindsoy & Co.'s Iowa"
man is home from n successful trip.
J. W. Bailey of tha Gate City hat company
is supplying the Mormons with straw goods.
Al Condon will spend the week In Denver ,
participating in. the travelers' convention.
Ho represents the Gate City hat company.
A Dos Molncs traveling man arrived homo
unexpectedly on u late train the other night
aud was caught between two tires , his wlfo
in the house aud a policeman on the street ,
both shooting at him , thinking him u burglar.
Knights of Pythian Illciuial Conclave ,
at Milwaukee , WIs. , July , 181H ) .
For this great occasion o.xcuraion tick
ets will bo sold from all principal points
in tlio United States and Canada to Mil
waukee nnd return via the Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway at half
rates.
As ita name indicates the Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. 1'aul railway is the
direct route to Milwaukee , and as the
camp ground for the Uniformed Knights
( to which point cars and trains will bo
run through without transfer ) is located
directly on this line , it will bo seen that
the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
way has great advantage over other
routes which are unnblo to furnish such
facilities , and visiting Knights , their
families and friends should boar this
in mind when purchasing excursion
tickets.
A circular giving detailed information
will bo mailed free upon application to
A. V. II. Carpenter , general passenger
agent , Milwaukee , Wis.
J. E. 'PunsTON , P. A. NASH ,
Pass. Agent. Gon'l Agent.
1501 Farnam Street ( Barker Block ) ,
Omaha ,
An Innocent Man Dies in Prixon.
Eight years ago Robin Shields , a
negro was convicted in Marion county
of arson , and was sentenced to pass the
remainder of his life at hard labor in
the penitentiary , says u Columbia ( S. C. )
dispatch to the New York Sun. Ho has
been serving his sentence , but contracted
consumption , and for months ] > ast has
been failing daily. Yesterday tlio board
of directors received proof that Shields
was innocent. Shields had been em
ployed in a store which was burned.
The clerk believed tlio negro to bo
guilty , and the negro was convicted on
cirisumstantlal evidence. Ho always do-
nled hid guilt. Now the clerk comes
forward and says he is convinced that
Robin Shields Is innocent , and that the
owner burned the store for the insurance
money.
The clerk was very anxious that a
pardon should bo granted , and the board
of directors immediately petitioned the
governor to set at liberty the wrong
fully Imprisoned man. Shields received
the information last evening with joy.
Ho bogged that ho bo released this
morning , und the governor promised lie
should. While at his otllce , about to
Blgn , the pardon , the governor was In
formed that Shields was dead. His vin-
d icaliou hud come too lute.
Miles' NITVO anU Liver 1'llln.
Au Important discovery. They act oa tha
liver , stomach und bowels through the
nerves. A now principle. They speedily
cure bllllousness , bad taste , torpid , liver ,
plica and constliutlou. Splendid for men ,
women and children. Srjuilltst , nilldeat ,
surest. U ) doses for 15 ! ccoU. Sampled free
at Kuhu Si , Co. ' * 15th aud Douglas.
FAIR WOMEN AS PHYSICIANS ,
What a Boston Contemporary Has to Say on
the Subject.
A WOMAN'S WONDERFUL SUCCESS ,
Ilcmnrkablollcanltfi Attained l > y Blrs.
Frank Ijcnllc Military .Mario Tin-
Bernml Education Tor Working
Women. Art and Fascination.
Every day brings news of the advance
ment of women , says the Boston Trav
eller. Slowly but surely they are workIng -
Ing their way Into the various profes
sions and trades nnd approaching that
idea of equity in work with men which
the progressive woman has always per
sistently'cherished. Tlio appointment
of Miss Belle Smith who , by the way , Is
said to bo only twenty-three years old
as resident physician of the woman's
prison at Shcrborn , a position of great
responsibility , Is another evidence of the
fact that in this country women nro ad
vancing , and advancing rapidly. In this
connection it is interesting to note the
increasing number of women who are
adopting the profession of medicine.
Not many years ago the feeling prevailed -
vailed among the unthinking people that
women had no right to act as physicians ;
that by so doing they wcro guilty not only
of impertinent intrusion upon the exclu
sive province of the male practitioners ,
but of indelicacy and unwomanllncss
as well. It seems strange that this prej
udice should have been entertained , for
from , time immemorial women have been
regarded ns ideal nurses. Is it a sign of
the advancement or of the retrogression
of men that whijo women are entering
the masculine profession of medicine
men are adopting the feminine work of
nursing. And the difference between
the functions of a nurse and physician
Is by no means a vast one , the physician's
duties being , on the whole , rather more
delicate than those of the nurse.
Another consideration which favors
the admission of women medical prao-
ticq , and which , it would scorn , ought to
have outweighed all considerations
against it , is the fact that they are pecu
liarly fitted to treat in certain cases the
members of their own sex. and that they
are gifted with a certain feminine intui
tion ( a quality , strange as it may seem ,
used by Air. Grant Allen as an argument
against the higher education of women )
which \vould bo invaluable to them in
their diagno&es of those nervous dis
eases which uro rapidly increasing with
the advance of our civilization , the
priSsburo of the competition for exist
ence , and the ever growing demands
which are made upon the faculties of the
mind. There is no doubt that in a few
years women , Instead of" being admitted
to the practice of medicine on sufferance ,
will hold legitimate and honorable places
in this most important and arduous pro
fession.
A Women of the People.
Mrs. Leslie is undoubtedly the most
famous woman in America Her beauty ,
refinement and grace of manner , com
bined with her remarkable business
ability , which has placed her at the
head of one of the largest publishing
houses in the world , unite in giving her
a reputation as unique as it is extended.
She has demonstrated beyond a doubt ,
that there are women in the world who
have all a clover man's shrewdness in
business affairs , with ability to assume
and control largo financial in
terests , and yotr remain in every way
refined and womanly. Mrs. Leslie is a
native of New Orleans , and grew up in
the French quarter of that quaint old
city. She learned French , German and
Spanish at a very early ago , and when
little moro than a child she began the
literary work which has made her fame
world-wide. She was married when
only fifteen. The attachment between
Mr. Leslie and herself was extremely
devoted ; and at his death , she legally
adopted the name of "Frank Leslie. "
A less resolute woman would have
quailed at the responsibilities involved
in Mr. Leslie's will and nt the burden of
debt and care laid upon her shoulders ;
but this graceful , beautiful lady sur
rendered her magnificent mansion , con
tented herself with humble apartment. ' ,
quietly took up the unusual task , gave
tlio business her undivided and careful
attention , sat early and late in her lit.tlo
ollico , and in a very short time saw her
self free from debt and on the high road
to fame and a great fortune , both of
which she hns bct-ured in lot > H than ten
years from the date of her nssumpig the
management of the publications a re
cord unparalleled in the history of any
legitimate business enterprise.
Marie Tls-icrand's Golii H-On.
The grand duchess of Gorolstein is by
no means the only woman who has con
fessed frankly her weakness for the mili
tary , but Marie Tis.soniml carried her
adoration further , says a Paris dispatch
to tlio Daily Telegraph. Acting on the
principle that imitation s the sincerest
form of flattery , she was in the habit of
donning the uniforms of the soldiers who
paid their addresses to her , and she
loved to sally forth resplendent in a blue
tunic and red trousers , with medals and
crosses on her breast. Her mania
had on several occasions got
her into trouble. Thrice had
she been tried and condemned to
various plans and penalties for attiring
herself in war-paint of her successive
lovers. Her last escapade of this kind
was to lounge along the streets habited
in the dark costume of a policeman !
It is to bo presumed that the men who
had temporarily taken her under their
protection found her rather a compromis
ing acquaintance , for Marie Tihsernnd
was finally compelled to console herself
with an omnibus conductor , whoso kepi
may at least have served to remind her
of happier days.
This time she did not attempt to array
hoi-self in the habiliments of her now
friend , for which , with the exception of
the kepi , she entertained probably a
profound contempt. Unluckily she did
worbo. After a few days' flirtation with
the conductor she disappeared , carrying
away the man's savings , which amounted
to 800 francs. The theft was reported to
the police , nnd some thno after
wards Marie Tissorand was ar
rested on tha Boulevard Voltaire ,
down which she was strollIng -
Ing with the Tonkin and Madagascar
medals attlxod to her breast , the
cynosure of all eyes. On being escorted
to the nearest police station she admltcd
frankly that she had stolen the money ,
and hud spent every sou of it in the pur
chase of trinkets , wliich she hud since
pawned. Marie Tissorond'waa accord
ingly locked up pending her removal to
the depot She hud not been long in
custody , however , when the police , hear
ing u noise , entered the room of which
she had been the solitary tenant , and
found that she had tried to hung herself
by attaching her garter to n peg driven
into the wall. To cut her down was the
work of u moment , and In a short time
the young women was on her way to jail
in the prison van.
TUB MIMA DOSJHf'OF BALD RSOBS ,
"Nora Marl BMih" Chicago Trlbuno :
A long , yellow-olay road winding up nn
incline that grow toepor farther on and
terminated in a bartfjilatcau. The high *
way waff hemmed j ; | or a spncobvsor-
ponlino rail fonccguithon ) farther led n
perilous path alqnff. ho cdgoanf ravinca
deeply wooded , carpeted with ferns and
moss , and cumborod-wlth wild rose and
grape vines- The rpno8 , done blooming ,
showed scarlet Seed-pods where the
foliage was thlncdt , and the grapes , nol
' '
yet purple hung & ' 'plu3tora high under
their green canopies.
Back in the valley lay a cloud of yel
low dust hero it was dewy and sweot.
The round red ball of the sun had tum
bled over the tops of the higher knobs
In the west , but blazed for a moment
through a cleft in the hills. The skurry-
ing white clouds in the zenith caught n
reflection from the bauds of scarlet and
gold below and floated n luminous sem
blance off to the purpling cast
A young girl coming slowly up slipped
her slat sun-bonnet back until it dangled
by the strings around hoineck. . Sbo
carried a tin pall , stained with berries
on the Inside , which she shifted from
one hand to the other. Llttlo damp
rings of sunbu rncd-brown hair clung to
her tanned forehead. She listened with
a hjll-brcd car for ovcry smallest sound ,
hearing where a city devotee would Imvo
found silence. She paused a moment for
the rustle in the stir of leaves that
rusho d from bough to bough and died
out in cadences.
Once an insect impatient of twilight
delayed sent out nn imperative cry.
"Well , I reckon tho' nint no need o'
gUtin' mad , " she said , and laughed.
Tlicn n bird far up on the hillside began
his evening song. At this she stopped.
"I aint never hoard that bird before. "
She began to imitate the call , softly at
llrst , then more assured until the an
swer came. She laughed contentedly
and went on.
"I aint never hccrd a sound yet I
couldn't make , except the inline on the
Now Albany road. But that s jist noise
an' tho's a heap o' dilTrunee. "
As she iieared the top of Bald Knob ,
on which a halt doxon houses clustered
about "tho store , " she pulled her sunbonnet -
bonnet decorously over her face and
walked timidly past the group of men
who sat on the porch titled back against
the wall with their foot on the rungs of
their chairs.
A series of derisive shouts came from
behind a little wooden church a few
yards down the other sida of Bald
Knobs. A frown wrinkled her brown
brows , and the deacon , looking up at
her , was reminded to say :
"They hadn't pr'tor do it , they hadn't
reoly. " i ; ,
.But the other , men , recalling their
own boyhood , grinned.
She darted down the hill and presently
stood breatlcss in front of the church.
The boys of Bald Knobs wore enjoying
their hereditary pastime tormenting
Old Pete Connor.
Ho had emigrated from Ireland sixty
years before to these unfriendly hills ,
and retained yet in his manner a rem
nant of chivalry that excited the pity
and contempt * of.thcso rough settlers
from the .mountujiw . of Tennessee ami
North Carolina. , The -udo log cabin
stood back from the road defenseless
against the volley icf sticks nnd stones
that bombarded it from behind the
church.
"O , Pete ! " yelled a boy. Then in a
voice protornaturully nasal and quaver
ing ho sang
la my name written tharl
A burst of laughter from the boys fol
lowed by another shower of stones
"O , Pete ! What'll yor take fur yer
profiloV" Rooster-crows , cat-calls and
shrill whistles followed. The white
head of an ohl man appeared at the sin
gle square window of the cabin , the soft ,
wrinkled tlesh of the face quivering.
The boys stopped. Then the old man
knelt down , with his face turned sky
ward , and prayed , swaying back and
forth in his agony and forvorof faith.
"If it bo Thy will , O my Ileayenly
Father , that these persecutors air to
torment mo for my soul's sake , give mo
patience , to bear Thy will , but it these
boys are sent by the devil "
was he going to call down maledic
tions11 The boys waited. Jenny Lind
Bates , standing in front of the church ,
sobbed.
"Father , forgive them they know
not what they do. " Ho finished with
the words of his Master. For a moment
ho remained kneeling , than disappeared.
"Well , I'll bo darned1 said Jim Tay
lor. "Ho ain't got a bit of gumption. "
Then this Bald Knob ventriloquist
winked at the crowd and struck up a
tune in imitation of the old man's blind
wife , who always sang an octavo higher
than any one elbe in the church :
There is n fountain IHled with blood ,
Drawn from Immuiiuol's veins.
The boys howled and a wrathful old
face appeared at the window. But iuig6r
never found a place in that gentle soul
long enough for a speech to bo framed.
"If it's 'my lady' yor a mock'iuV Boys
it's ben bixty years senco I married 'my
lady , ' a red-cheeked gnl from Killarny.
' an' old an' the '
We're pore , light's gone
out o' her blue eyes forever , but if you
don't think I lovo'r jist same's over , yor
mistaken. "
The sad old face , lighted up with such
strange emotions , was lillod with despair
aa the boys howled in derision , and it
disappeared for tlio lost time.
Clear and penetrating came a girl's
voice : "Gustio , Gustio. Come huyr. "
"See huyr , you young limb. Thar's
Jinnvlin a-call in' fur you. G'long
now. '
Jim Taylor picked' squirming youncr-
stor up by the eollty'c pf his hickory shift
and started oil nrpu.nd the church , fol
lowed by a grinning crowd.
"I didn't know.hoiwas tlmror I'd a
sent him a skitin' , " ho explained , with n
wink at the other boys. They perched
themselves along > the top of the rail
fence brown-bkluimd. baro-logged , mis
chievous , alert arid listened.
"Wo'ro jist havlu' a little fun , any
how , " Bald Jim. , , .
"Mighty bneakin/Hort o' fun , pestorin'
the lifu out o' nn , old man. Giihtlo
shan't do it at least not till ho gits as
big an' mean us theirost o' you. " She
clutched the child' by the. hand and
started oil down tHb'feond.
"Boy's got to ha-vorsomo fun. I ain't
goin1 to stop om' illr you ? " The rest
grinned , and Jim 'loaned ' over the fence
with the air of one who was ready for
discussion.
She had stopped it before , and they
wore willing for her to do it again. To
see -Jenny Lind Bates got mad was
almost as good fun as tormenting old
Polo Connor.
"Boys , " she said suddenly , "if you will
' ole PeteI'll . "
stop pestorin' - sing for you.
If an electric light hud thinned in their
midst they could not have been moro as
tonished. They had hoard her wonder
ful voice only at incolln1 , when sorno
hymn was started and the rest of the
voices had dribbled to sllunco and left
her blngfng alone.
The line of swaying figures with the
dim background of darkening hills and
woods terrified hor. Standing there In
the dusty rood , her limp cotton dross
flapping against her bora heels , the
primn donna of Bald Knob was struck
with stage fright.
But she forgot herself in her song- af
ter the first faw notes had been , choked
out of her half paralyzed throat. They
were church hvmns she sang and simple
country b.xllnds all she know , but her
audience was not critfcnl. And It was
like-listening to nn untrained wood bird.
Such unexpected trills and variations on
those old hymn tunes. She would'nt
htvvo thought it right to llx things sa
cred up in this way to suit herself If she
had been in church.
She lost herself utterly In the gongs.
She was no longer therebut nIT after her
voice to the strange world beyond the
hills , down in the ruvino where cchcs
arc caught and choked to death , and up
in those unlmnglucd deeps of sky stud
ded with pale stars that began to gleam
lu the oast. * * * * * *
A few moments later Jenny Li nil
Bates rushed Into a furm-houbo mid
against her mother.
"Well , fur the land's sake , you coino
in 'if you was 's much in a hurry as the
cyara.ovcr to Now Albany. "
"Maw I've nowdrcs I'm '
, got a gotn'to
make like one I saw on the lady over to
town. An' it's blue an' whlto an' has
tucks on the waist nn' n sash nn' big
slcovcs gothorcd into cults. An' say ,
maw , turn 'round. You've jist got two
big squares on yor back. I wish yor
back'd a boon bigger or the squares
littler. "
"Good land ! Ain't you njhnmcd to
make fun of your maw's clothes' ? "
"Jinnylin's boon a slngin' to the boys
down to meetin' house to git 'em to stop
Eestcrin' ol' Poto'voluntcorcdhcr little
rothor Gustle , who was present at tha
performance.
"Stars ulival What won't you do next ?
Slnglu' to that passlo of boys as your
paw thinks ort a ben in poniiytontmry
along with Jim Hanson ! "
Jenny Liud looked up , crestfallen ,
from her treasure.
"Well , you said yoursolf't my voice
wasn't jist to holler with. An' the boys
liked It botter'u they did pluguoln' oL'
Poto. "
"Mebbe that's what It's fur. Well ? "
"Whenever you feel the fit comin' on
an' you have to poster ol' Pete or do
somothln' , jtst coma up an' I'll sing fur
you , " had been her general invitation to
" o' . "
that "passol boys.
They came often , perched themselves
on the rail fence in front of the house ,
and the primi donna never broke an en
gagement , and always had a now song.
"Never git tired singln" ? " asked Jim
Taylor , admiringly one night.
"Naw ! No moro'iitho moon gits tired
shinin. ' "
"It don't shine in the daytime ! " ho
said triumphantly.
"Bet you it does ! Shines on the
ChlneBO , . Goggorfry says so"sho replied
to his utter confusion.
"Bet she's smart. Aint stuck up
nuther , " ho remarked to the boys going
home.
"Not once during this whole summer
had the boys tormented the old man ,
but Jenny Lind was watchful.
"It's jist like throwin' u bono to a
dwag. Huyr , Shop , coma huyr. Now ,
see maw , when Shop gits a bono ho ain't
bin-kin' at his own shaddor. That's jist
like the boys. Some time when I'm not
thar to sing fur 'cm they'll go at it
agin. " One night in early winter Gustio
rushed into the house.
" ' ' Ol Pete. "
"Jinnylin , they're plaguein'
"An' the young lady 1 took berries to
is goin' to learn inc. to sing so as I won't
have to fuller other folks. "
"Reckon you'll be wantiu' a planner
party soon. "
No bird on Bald Knobs rose earlier
the next morning than this ? human song
stress with the sun-browned throat and
shabby plumage.
Her crest again was the slat sunbonnet -
not , except when in the shadow of the
woods she let it hang by the gingham
strings knotted about her nock. Then
her hair , burned bright by the sun and
tangled by the wind , snared every blun
dering butterfly that came near hor.
When the bucket was full she placed
a blanket of loaves ovci' the top and
began her four-mile walk down the
Knobs to the dusty valley , mimicking
ovcry cat-bird along the way.
As who reached the edge of the town
she stopped to put on her shoes and
stockings , then walked decoriously
through the streets a buttorlly boul
prisoned in the chrysalis of her country
garb and mntiuor.
The lady , young , gracious , beautiful ,
the top cream of a great city milk pen
skimmed into a country town pitcliar
for a vacation , came down herself to open
the door.
"An , my sweet child ! " she said , as if
she wore years and years older than
Jenny Lind , and took the fruit-stained ,
brier-scratched hand in her own that
showed traces of manicure powder in the
crevices of the naiLs.
"Como right upstairs and visit me. "
So the shy creature beramblcd up the
polished slops and into a room us won
derful as the blue dross. And presently
she was relating the story o her adven
tures of the night before.
Then the lady brought a book of bal
lads and simple soiigb , and the first les
son begun.
A long , happy summer followed , filled
with service for the beautiful lady and
learning the easy lesson of singing.
Jenny Lind rend notes almost by in
stinct.
"They're just signs of scuds here in
ny throat , " she said , clubpiug that llox-
iblo , brown column.
The lady brought the girl into the
wider sphere of town society so that her
ifo might bo broadened , but the sweet
wildbird hushed hushed her &ong in the
cages of brick and stone and curiosity
and wonder. When she got back to the
> rotty room she fluttered to her friend.
"It's only up thar I can sing. Down
niong those folks my voice aches. I
ockon they want good singin' up in the
\nobs as well as oilier places.
ir
4f
She was loft alono. The summer was
ondcd and the lady gone ; but fixed in
that delicate box in Jenny Li nil's throat
wore half a hundred songs old ballads
, hat had stirred the hearts of gcnora-
.ions before hor. And she could learn
rom others , and never , so lonlT as she
I vert. Imvo to "fuller other folks'
slngin' . "
She paused not a moment , but darted
up tlio Knob to the church. It was a
lark night and she was guided only by
tlio old , familiar stones , catcalls and the
comical mimicry of Jim Taylor. She
jot into the midat of them before they
iCllOW it.
'Boys , " she fill to roil.
Thoao nearest her stopped and the si-
once rippled on to the cdgo of the
: rowd. The into the darkiiens she
lit ted her voice and sang "Tho Water-
mill" one verso and the chorus :
The mill will never grind again
With the , water that la past.
Slowly , strangely solemn and impress
ive on tlio repetition , like a prophecy of
regret. Hoc. voice stopped in a bob.
Jim Taylor spoke Hast.
"Tluit'H-So , boys. Can't do n thing but
once. Mcbba we'll bo sorry for torment-
in' an' ol' man when we're growud up ,
an' inehbo he won't bo huyr to know it.
I'm goln' to quit. Now , how many goes
with mo. "
A perfect volley oil's. Jenny Lind
was sobbing.
Tlio old man tottered out of the cabin
ihading u candle with his trembling
liund. Ho had hoard the latter part of
the HiKsech but not the low song.
"En , boys ? Coin" to stop postorin'
ua ? The Lord bo praised. Is't fur re-
spec' fur 'my lady1 ? "
"Nnwl It wur Jinny "
But the sentence was never finished.
A rough , strong little hand closed his
mouth.
"Lot him think it wur his 'lndy , Jim.
It makes him feel good. "
"I'll ' go In nn' tell hor. Thankye ,
thank yo , boys,1 * He shambled Into the
cabin with eager , uncertain steps , his
whlto hair living into his happy eyes
and shading the tcoblo yellow llnmo with
his shaking hand
"Now , three cheers fur ol' Pete , three
fur his ' ' an' an'
moro 'lady. three a tiger
fur Jinnylin. "
How the woods and hills rang with
their shouts. Boys arc never so happy
as when making an authorized paiufu-
monlum. While the rocky gorges wore
saying "Rah rah nh al" Ikoy Mounts
voiced the sentiment of the ufspursing
crowd and made thorn stop.
"If ifinnylln would favor us with an
other song "
But for the first tlmo the prima donnn
of Bald Knobs did not respond to the
oncoro. She was half-way to the farm
house , speeding down the yellow clay
road , holding fast by Gustlivs hand and
crying all the way for pure joy.
Iho three ontlots of disease nro the bowels ,
the sldti nnd the kidneys. ItGguIato their
action with tlio best nuriivlng toulc , Burdock
Blood Blttora.
SOUTH DAKOTA TIN JUNKS.
Senator IVttlnrow 8113-8 the State Will
Supply the Country.
Senator Pottigrow of South Dakota
was in Chicago the other day. Ho has
recently visited the Dakota tin mines
and last evening gave an interesting
account of their development to a re
porter for the Tribune. Said ho :
"Enough tin will bo produced in Dakota
next year to supply the entire United
States. One company alone the Harnoy
Park has expended Si,000l)00 ; ) on Its
mines. Moro than 2,000 men are now
nt work on a new branch ot the Chicago ,
Burlington and Quhicy road into the tin
mine region , The Hartley Park company
is building a number of small railroad
lines to transport the o.o to one. central
place and any amount of money Is avall-
blo for other improvements as they may
bo needed. After the work of getting
out the tin begins on a large scale the
Harnoy Park company will put 12,000
tons on the inarko't anually.
"The statement that no tin could bo
obtained in Dakota was invented by the
owners of the Ettft mines , who for years
have been denouncing the Black Hills
tin. Thcso men attempted to buy all
the tin mines in Dakota , but found it to
mammoth an undertaking. Failing in
this , they sent out reports that tin
could never bo produced with profit in
this country. These people wore acting
in. solfprotectiou. The owners of the
Etta mines in Dakota control the tinplate -
plate of the world. They own the mines
ot the straits of Malacca , where 28,000
tons are produced yearly. More metal
Is worked there than In any other plnca
In the world. The work la donobycooly
labor. The tin is shipped to England.
About 0,000 toni are obtained at Corn *
wall , where the mines nro also owned by
the Etta syndicate. As those nion hrvva
a monopoly of the business U is for their :
Interest to discourage any attempt to
produce tin hero , When tin was dis
covered In Peru this bigsyndlcata
bought up all the mines nnd thnnclnlmod
that the ore could not Ira worked nt a
prollt. But their scheme won't work lu
the United States , and in a year they
will li'ivo ' lost most of their trade wltu
America. Black Hills tin has boon a
long time coming to the front , but
success is at hand now. "
Van Houtcn's Cocoa Pure , soluble , ccO
noin leal.
UNDKU CONTKACT.
lie Was Awfully Hml Hut AVouIdn't
VlKlit'Aftrr All.
Now York Sun : A man who was talc *
ing in some of the sights nt Brighton tha
other day was led to notice a short *
haired young man hi n loud check suit ,
who was accompanied on his rounds by n
couple of younger chaps , who Boomed to
dote on him and to imitate his actions as
far as possible. After awhile he with
the short hair seemed to gut up an ach
ing for a row , and ho drove the llrst peg
by approaching the man In a swaggering
way and impudently demanding :
"Is you the cove that's got a cigar for
mo':1" :
Ho received nn emphatic negative ,
when up went his eyebrows , and he con
tinued :
"Do cove Is Inclined to bo sassy , but
perhaps It's cause ho don't know mo.
Ohollle , you and Dan give him an oyo-
opener , " and while ho assumed a sup
posed graceful pone , with Ills hat planted
over his car , "Chollto" approached and
whispered :
"He's bad awfully bad ! He's da
wickedest llghtah In Now York , ho Is.
lie's going to challenge any kid of his
ago to a finish any kid In do world. "
"He'd better go and dig for clams ! "
growled the man.
"What's dat' ? ' ' demanded the awfully
bad. "Do cove wants his eye punched ,
and if it wasn't fur dat copper over doro
I'd do it. Perhaps he'll do mo do honoh
to step around behind do pavilion ! "
The man bald he would , and did , and
as ho reached a secluded spot and peeled
his coat the wickedest observed :
"I begs do cove's pardon , but I just
remembered dat I am under contract not
to llght-untll I meets do Oswego Whirl
wind. I should like to put him to sleep ,
ut It would be agin de contract. "
It was suggested that the other two
might sail in for him , but he replied :
"Cholllo is me trainer and Dan is mo
backer , and it would be agin do con
tract. "
The man then suggested that ho had a
licking in store for the three , and that
ho should begin businos in thirty seconds
ends , but before fifteen had elapsed he
was alone.
Fair white hands
healfliful skin.
"PEAHS'-Tiie Great Enslish Complexion SDAP.-SoM Evenntoe. "
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.
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