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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY APRIL 23, 1892. The Next Number Especially Good, TALES FROM Town Topics READ BY ALL MEN AND WOMEN. I'utilUtied flrat ilajr of DewalwT, March, Junt. and Heptabr. DELICATE, DAINTY, WITTY, INTENSE. Every reputable new and book rtaad hat It. 1'rlrr, alnate tuimbrr, MICBNTM. aa.OO I'KU YKAlt, jMiataffe FKKK. This brilliant Quarterly rtfiroducm tiie heat Ktorlea, sketches, burKsnuea, poem, wlttP claim, etc., from Uw back numbers of that much talked-about New York Boctrty Journal, Town Tories, which la pubUabed trrrkly. Hub acrlntlon rlce, ft.OO per year. The two publications r'Towi Tunc" and "Tales mo Town Torres" tOKethcr, at tho low club-price of ftS 00 per jrrar. Atk your uewadoaler for Uiera or addmn, town Tories, tl Wart Md fiuvot, N. V. Cu Santa Fe Route ! Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R The Popular Route to the Pacific Coast. Through Pullman and Tourist Sleepers Between Knpsas City and SAN MEGO, LOS ANGELES, nnd SAN FRAN- CISCG. 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Kverjr pntont takim out br ui In tirouKut be rot o Ibu publlo br a notice nlvt'ii fico of ctituno Hi llio JPritntii if wrihtm Larveat rlrrulntlnn of anr Hentlflft naner In tha Id. Hiilendlillr lllimlrateit. No lmllliiint I should hu without It. Weekly, P.'I.OO a rt fl.M) alz inontlii. AMrett MUNN A CO I'UUUsunn mi llrimUwar, Now Vork. HEgHBgHBr PaW Irf VT luNT)BwSSaati3K BWaBafaaaWaSkaiBBklrEfV3aV yawk 1 jtaCB vJaaaaaaaaaLaaK aaaaKS9aaaK aaaaaaaaaaaHaaaaaaHf LaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaaKN BWaWaWaWaWawBlP ijSEIE SOME ODD STORIES. INTERESTING INCI0ENT8 RELATEO BY ALFRED R. CALHOUN. Tlia Honor of MoOrpggor, a Switch Oar Jwter Tlir Sarl lw f tbo Gaelic Clana A LU. Taken anil a Life Havnl. (Copyrlifht, 1803, br American Preaa Aaasclay tlon.l Tlu-rn vriw In tny fiitlicr'a employ nn old Scotch Kurtli'iiLT iiiiuhhI McOrt'gKor, nnd my dellKlit na it child wah to attend tho old nmti iu IiIh work, wlillo ho told mo Htorli'M of the HIkIiIiuuIh, mid piirttculnrly of the fierce dKhthiK clan whose nittno ho Ikiv nnd of whoso explolu he felt no proud. Cttrloualy t'lioiiKli, wlillo vlaltltiK tho Tro well country, tunny yi'iirs after the death of Duncan McGrt'KKor, theiwnic Htory wiih re peated to me ami vouched for liy n (tuutln nmn of the mime name, no that I have Kood ri'iuson for Ih-IIi'vIiik that It Is true. It wa and ever had been the pride of the McGregor clan that they hadalwayH la-eu true to themselvex, and that to avenue n wrotiK to the liumliloxt If any cotild Ik1 IiuiiiIiIo where all were eiUal tho most powerful at(KKl ready with his clnynioru and hli life. It wan ever the mlMfortuuo of the clan to lie coiiHtantly at Hwortln' polnta with Its uelKhhore, the McDoualdn and Coliiuhouux; and the McGreKKorH, In addi tion to the lively local combats this dispo sition liidiiceil, were never ulte theinHelveti unless they were tiecretly opK)sliiK thoKov eminent or openly setting It at defiance. It Is wild that during the 100 years that elapsed U'tweeu the reus of .lames I and George I of England, that clan McGrcgKor was In a suite of chronic outlawry, with rewards olTeivd for the head of xome one of Its chiefs. In Dumbarton there lived, when Ronald more .McGri'Kgor was chief (more Is a Gaelic word meaning big or great), it fam ily of position, but numerically small, mimed Lamout. The I. union ts were rich and held up their heads above their High laud neighbors because that they were "bookmen" that Is, they could read and write while the bearded and kilted .Mo Greggors looked upon Hitch accomplish incuts as beneath the dignity of koIiIIlth, and only suited to priests and carpet knights. Kenneth Ivunont went over from Dum barton, on the Clyde, to Loss, on loch Ixnuotid, and he brought with hint n Kerr nut nnd two hounds, nnd announced hi purpose to hunt the red deer from the Tro kiicIih to lcli Katrine, nor ask tho consent of Ronald more McGrcggor. One night as young lntnont nnd his ervant were returning to their camp they met twoof tho McGreggors. Daggers were drawn In the dark, and iu the short, fierce struggle that followed the servant and one ot Latuout's kssalhtuU wero killed. rOOO PACK TO PACK. Heating others coming to aid the Mo Grcggors, Lamont, with the red ilaggerstill clutched in his right hand, lied into the hills till lie saw a light far In front, and he knew that it marked the abode of oue of the clan whom he so bitterly hated and whose territorial rights he had so recklemly set at defiance. He also knew that if he could reach this light before the pursuers, now elo-e behind, overtook him. he could claim and find protection under the laws of Highland hospitality, which gave shelter and protection totlie bitterest foe If, stand ing under the roof tree, he placed Ills life iu the keeping of his host Ijiinont sprang through the open doorof the house and stood face to face with u girl of surpiiH-ting beauty. At the saint instant a tall, bright eyed iiiiiu entered the room, and the fugitive recognlr.ed the Chief Itonald mure Mctireggur "I wits attacked to-night iu the hills," cried limout, "and to save my life I killed it man it tuny be of clan Mcliieggor. Here In the house of the chief I claim the protection of his roof and sword." "And you shall have both." said ch chief; then hearing near by the flying tops and the panting of swift runners, he motioned to his daughter to take tin stranger into an adjoining apartment An instant after, six men. with drawn claymores in their hands, stood iH-foiv McGrcggor mure, ami one or tlieiu gasped but the fugitive could hear him "The Lamont of Dumbarton this night killed your son iu the hills ami we have pursued him hither!" The chief smote his forehead and stag gered back as if he had lu-eu MrucU a pow erful blow, then, ijulckly recovering him self, he said to his followers' "Lamout Is now Is-ueatli my root, and my word is pledged for his life." Knowing full well the sacred law of the Gaelic clans, the men did not attempt to argue, but oowed their bends, sheathed their claymores and went back to bring home the lx;dy At daylight the next morning the chief fed his guest, then accompanied him till they reached that part of l,och limonil'j slioics from which they could see the spirc.4 of Loss, then he hulled, anil folding his arms iu his plaid of crimson mid green he said: "I .union t, go thy way. I give tlieu thy life, though thou hast rob!cd me of my only sou. Henceforth thero will bo death awaiting thee in the land of the Mo Greggors," and the two men bowed and parted. So far, parallels can be found to this characteristic story; hut even the Arabian version that most closely resembles it lucks the romantic nnd compensating bo quel ot the Highland narrative. Some time after this the Duke of Argyle, at the head of an army numerically strong er than tin? whole of clan McGreggor, marched out to the Trosachs "to kill, cap ture and destroy " Itonald more .Mc Grcggor was declared to be an outlaw, and a reward of WOO was offered for his head. And Kenneth Lamont, of Dumbarton, heard of the chief's danger and swore to place at his service not only his largo for tune, hut tiie life he hud saved. Again tiie young man entered the .Mc Grcggor territory, lint no longer as a de limit foemau. He found the chief, con ducted him and Ills wife and daughter to Dumbarton, where they were secretly cared for till the. red storm blow over. It wits the pleading of Kenneth l-utnont with the king that led to the withdrawal of Argylu'a marauders and the rt lease of the chief nnd hla clan from the ban of out lawry. An must have liecu anticipated, Kenneth Lamont subsequently married duiuette McGreggor, the Wuntlful daughter of the chief, and within it month he was formally adopted Into the clan. A "l.'ynl" farmer. After the battle of Prairie Grovo In A r knnsan six Union ofllcers and the same number of Confederates met under flag of truce at Cane hall to arrange, In accord Hiicewlth the cartel In existence at that time, for the exchange of prisoners. The ofllcers on Isith sides appeared In their best uniforms and ranged themselves on tiie opposite shies of it table. They hud Just completed the purMsoof their meet lug when an old gray bearded farmer, clad In a butternut suit, came In, and ad justing Ills "specs" he addressed himself to an oflleer In blue by asking! "Say, stranger, Is tills tho provo's orlleer" "What do you wantf" asked thu Union oflleer. "I want a puss powuhftll bad." Some oue attempted to explain to tho old man that he was Iu the wrong shop, but Isjiug somewhat deaf he paid no heed, hut continued with great earnestness: "Don't Ik' skeerod to give tno a pass, stranger. I'm I'yal, I am. I've got my IH'itecllou papers right liar. And I'vesohl forage to Mr. Lincoln's folks and got paid for it too. So you set1 thar ain't uo tils count on my I'yally." "Look out, my friend," laughed Colonel Wllklns, as he pointed to the Confederate at the other side of the tabic. "You had had U'tter lie careful what you say about loyalty. Can't you see that these gentle men are southern ofllcersf" The old mini's hand trembled as he read justed his sH-ctacles and tiiado it critical Inspection of the men iu gray uniforms At length he began In great perplexity to stammer out Ills explanations. "Wa'al, gentlemen. I didn't think. The fuc' Is, I've alius been a southern man Mini so ha, all my folks settee 'way buck I've got a sou with Murmadiike. Then thar's my son-ln law, .lake Carter, he's out a-flghtln witli I'rlce, and ef so be 'twasn't that I was so cussed old and bavin the agcr" "Hold on, old fellow!" cried Colonel Wllklns. "What about your being a loyal citizen C" "Will you Inform me,'' asked a Con fed emu; oflleer, "who paid you for y.mr for ger" Theold man wiped his spectacles, walked to the foot of the table and in great per plexlty surveyed tlrst the blue side and then the gray Then he laid his hands on the table and said, with an oath: "Wa'al, gentlemen, go on and light It out among yersel's Ale and my ole woni an reckons e. how we ken live In any d d kinder gover'metit you choose to build, or iu no gover'metit at all And It does look powerful like'sef that's w'at we're a-comlii tol" An II uncut Heft-gar. Mr. Solomon Fletcher his many lutl mate friends call him Sol is a well to do New York broker. When clothed In his customary calmness he Is iiotdlstliigiiished for his generosity, and hu particularly ills likes U-ggars Heceiitly Mr. Kleicher had a great run of luck, and by way of celebrating the event lielnvlU'd anumlsTol fellow brokers to enjoy a little Delmotilcn dinner at his expense The wine was of the best and abundant, and Mr. Fletcher felt particularly amiable And generous when, at midnight, he went down to the street to look for his carriage. Ah he stood beaming at the electric light nn old mendicant approached with plead ing eyes and extended hand. Anxious to make others as happy as he imagined him self to lie the broker took Home small change from his (tocket and handed It to the lieggar. With profuse thanks the old man with drew, and a few minutes afterward he bur rlcd bank and haudlugacolii to Mr. Fletch er, he Atld- "Pardon me, sir, but you must have made a mistake. You Intended, no doubt, to hand me a quarter, hut this is a five dollar gold piece." For the Instant the broker was thor onghly solsred by this extraordinary ex hibltiou of honesty and his dormant gun eroslty sprang Into sudden vigor Putting the gold coin into his vest pocket he pulled out a roll of greenbacks. Selecting a ten dollar hill he said, as he handed It to the old man, "Take that for being so honest, my boy," As the old man vanished around a neigh boring corner with the money, one of Fletcher's friends appeared and, after tell lug him alsjiit the la-ggar's honesty ho said. "It's such things as tills that keeps me from losing all coulldeiicu in human nn tore. Ict us go iu and bust the five dollar gold piece on a small Untie, while wedrink 'Success to honesty'' " They went Into the bar and ordered the small Untie and drank It. The gold piece was tendered Iu payment, The barkeeper pushed it back, smiled ami whispered- "Hlauked IhmI counterfeit!" Then the broker's faith iu human nature fell off a hundred points and he ex pressed a desire to go Into the cellar and kick hint itelf. A HIirnMil fool. An old gentleman, a resident of New York city, and who iu his early manliissl visited Sir Walter Scott, at AhUnsfonl, tells the following good story apropos of the Wlard of the Forth. We tiHik a walk one evening Just as the sun was setting, and although I wits young and active, and Sir Walter middle aged and noticeably lame, it taxed me to keep pace with him. He came ton halt on a hill back of the house and was about to call my attention to different points In the scene before u, when the panting of a man near by at tracted our attention. I turned In the direction of thu sound and saw a rouged young man, with a face unmistakably idiotic and the shred of a woman's bonnet on his head in lieu of n hat. "Ah!" said Sir Walter gleefully, and he winked to me to note what followed; "here is my ain guile friend Sandy Mclutyre, the wise man And whither are ye gauglu Sandyr" "I'm isit huntlii for goohl and siller. Sir Walter." said the Idiot, with a horrible grimace "Weel. weel, nionl" exclaimed Sir Wal ter. "What do you want wi' goohl and siller)'" "I want to be rich, unco rlchl" replied the fellow "Well. I'll tell you what I'll do. Sandy. ' "Tell on. Sir Walter." "I'llgi" ye a thousand goohl pounds If you'll let me kill you." "Nil, tin, Sir Walter." sjild the fool HU a Mash 'I'll compromise wi' ye " "Compromiser" "Yes, I'll let you half kill me for half I. the money" Al.riiKH l C.m.iioiin A SIMPLE TALE. Hut It Wami'l ho Nliiipln When He Tutil Ilia Wife. If thero Is one thing more, than mint lift calculated to throw a man Into a gnash' Ing-tif-tho-tietli and tearlng-of.the.lialr condition, It Is his attempt to give the wife of his bosirin an account of ioinu ordinary affair, to which she listens after this fash ion! He Oh, my dear, I must tell you some thing .lack llurroiighs told mo today while She Wheiv did you aec Jnck llur roughs? He Oil, we went to luncheon together, nnd She How did you happen logo out to luncheon together? He Well, we didn't exactly go out to gether. I met Jnck at the restaurant, nnd She What restaurautf He Calloway's, and .lack She How did yon luif)ieii togotoCnllo way'sr I thought you always lunched at Draper's? Ha I nearly always do, but I Just luis pelted to drop into Calloway's today, almu with .lack, and She Does he always lunch nt Callo way's? He I'm sure, my dear (a little sharply , that I don't know If hudncs or not. It makes no earthly dllTcreneu If Shu Oh, of cotirsu not. (Hastily) I Jim wondered If ho did, that's nil. Go on with your story. Hu Well, wlillo wo wero eating our soup, Jack Shu What kind of soupf HeOxtail, -luck said that She I thought you disliked oxtail Hotiiif Hu Well, I don't care much about it, but Shu How did you Implicit to order It If you didn't care for llf lie Hecuuso I did. (Severely.) Ilutthe soup has nothing to do with thu story. She Oh, of course not, (In it grieved tone.) I never said that It did. I don't see why you should get cross over a simple question. Goon. lie Well, whllu wo wero eating our soup, Lawrence Hlldreth and his wlfu came III, and Shu-Thcydldr He I have just said so. She Well, you needn't bo so croa, about It. He They cnnie in, and Shu Is she pretty? He Pretty enough. Jnck bowed and She Docs he know them? He Well, now, do you stipioso ho would have ImiwciI If hu hadn't known them? I declare If I She How wiih shu dressed? Hu How should I know? I uuvcrlookcd at her dress. What I was going to tell you was that She Did they sit near you? He Yes, at the next table. And wlillo they were ordering Jack said that they She Couldn't they hear him? He Do you suppose (fiercely) that duel; would have no more hciihu than to let them hear him talking about them. I,ook here, now Shu James, If you can't tell n slmplo little Incident without getting Into a pas sion you'd better keep It to yourself. What did Jack say? Ik He said that Mrs. Hlldreth'a father was opposed to the match, and - She How did he know that? Hu Great Ciesarl There you go again! She James, will you pleuso rviiiembur that it is your wife to whom you are shak ing, sir? He No other woman could drive ins raving, distracted, crazy, asking silly quc- tlons about She .lames! He Kvery tlmol try to tell you anything you begin, and you Sho James (rising with dignity and say. ingstiflly), I do not proposu listening to any such Insulting remarks, and Hu You never listen to anything. That's Ltho trouble. If sue v nen i iisk you u simple question you Ho I'd say "simple!" You'vo linked ipo a million "simple" questions in the last half hour, Just hecuusu I was going to tell you that Jack llurroiighs said that She I do not wish to know what Mr. Jack Hurroughssald, if you cannot tell It respectfully. I shall have my dinner sent to my room, since It is so painful for you to eat with an Idiot! (Hetlres scornfully, while hu narrowly escapes an attack of apoplexy.) Ixiudou Tit-lilts. La-khI Coiiiillriitliiii. "My neighbor tied a knot In my horse's tail, and I vaut ter hud du law on him," said Si Jackson, an Onion creek darky, to Lawyer Gouge. "Hand over live dollars," said the law yer. SI did so cheerfully. Having got the money thu lawyer said calmly, putting it Iu his pocket: "My ad vice to you, my colored friend, is now to go and untie thai knot In your horse's tall." Texas Siftlngs. What are Going to do This Spring ? Travel ? You give oats to n strong vigorous horse with self nsuritnce of returning profit You feed n worthless cur out of s)inpatbv for his Lunger, or to be rid of Ids offensive hlne Railroads of both the horse nnd the dog class are pretty well represented In the West, the worthless oneMtinkc the r.m. noUe. You prlronlze the former with confidence In profitable returns, the other-as vnn lling bread to the whining dog out of charity or "to get of cm." It's a matter of business nnd profit vs sentiment nnd peace. The cost is about the nunc, nnd you ought to have ) our choice. Do you ask where to put our "oats", or the "crust of bread"? You can easily tell by looking about a bit. J. FRANCIS, Gen.Passenge Agent, OMAHA. A MODERN Telephone 1761 n jAKBISKbKSHM ITSmm Y CT JOl Jl-awBaaaamaiHBPaaMrAiE iJW,irr Moving Household Goods and Pianos a Specialty Lincoln Prnlorln COAL AND WOOD. Office 1045 O Street. Yard fth nnd M Sti. Phone 440, German National Bank, LINCOLN NliU. C.K. 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