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INFLUENCE.
I dropped a pebMo In the streagi;
It uck forever from my fciht;
A tnomrr in the etin's warm Li-nm
A cllaiti nd KirklcKl warm nn-l bright
Itcflff ting fur I:n rnllant liht.
A -ln-.. nmll inif 1 at llr.f,
Wi.l.-nv J, oVn nii.!.,t t!j ti-:aji.t't; roar.
Until oc last ll faintly Jmr.t
Aul ninl;.li ! on (iiu fjrthi r :.lijre.
A frown, n ncol, an ory glance,
A lianty or umcuar.lHj orJ.
A formal Ixiw, a hxilc uiknm-o
Tint) riuickt.'t- than n nwift wingd llrl,
1'ii-nT to ll.o lii'iirt like two rdtnl twonl;
rir-ulin a Imlcfiil inllijpueo wi.l-,
Tln-jr fast a mirknoinu hIim1o bh'I kIooiii
ATu- I:ff' ruiih ai:il troillil.'.l tiili!.
Ami r.-;nj unto ttit? Rilont tomli.
A o;tI. a 1,U of s) ni:atliy,
A x-Miy i;ci)f roiisly ljn-towrl,
A Mi.iiluct of fourlfsy,
A Lin.lly I.MtliifiKTii kIkiI nliroml.
Ami from tin html lilt many a load
Tlw:! nnjr-l !- I.-, irraml and nul.Imie,
jk i i iIi-m on i!.i n-'-stlfSH
Bwpcpo'fr Hi, frt-tful Mri-utn of time.
And rtMtcli into t-U-ruity
I'uul Clayton.
PKDUO.
NoIkhIv know much :ilut IVdro.
In fjict. h wan a mystery ami haJ
been f;r a gn at many years for exactly
how many yrars, though, nobody but
Pedro himself could tell you. Certain It
Is that In- hal bc:i a mystery since ".I'J,
for in that year the town was M'tllwl,
anil Pedro was living in Judge's Clil!
when the first settlers came to I'.cuLtnn.
How lie came to be tliero nuljody
knew, ami nobody would have cared
had it iit been for the lat act of bis
life. Noliody Lnew who luilt bis bouse
for him. or bow it came to le where it
was, thou 'h as to the hitter jioint the
village koKH3 declared simjily that some
terrific storm that hajjciiel Ion; ago
must have been resniisil;le for tho loca
tion. All of which rather anticipate.-)
the Ktateiiit nt that Pedro's home was the
wreck of a boat a jueer. lubberly old
wreck that was lyin biel uicniHst
full twe !.-:y feet alove the water's edo.
A narrow l.-Ij;e. not more than ten feet
wide, ami running K-rfcctly horizontal
for a distance of forty or fifty feet, wax
all that Pedro could claim in the way of
a front or ba k yard, and outride that
limited ran;;e the old man ventured but
once a week. That was on Saturday
afternoon, when be would take hi i willow
market ba.-.ket on his arm ami go to
Beachton market.
Pedro himself was pelting old, very
old, for few Hiple could rememln-r when
Pedro' l-.air was other than scant and
pray, or hi: steps other than halting and
feeble.
The even tenor of the old man's way
had brought him in contact with few
people, lie had made in enemies and
no friends, and people were content that
old Pedro should remain a mystery.
Thus it hapc:;ed that when the old
man came and went on market days
there wa. no kind word for him. no
handshakes, n cheerful salutations. lie
came and went like a shadow, and the
school chil Ten hurried a:-t him as if his
very silence frightened them.
Now. Iietwis-ii the market and I'edro's
home, niid : situated, therefore, that
Pedro parsed i:i iins ami comiai;. was
Maj. Ucal :. home, a beautiful old fa.-h-ioncd
ho:.:. -lead, with a long shaded
walk that hd down to the Kate.
And the major had killed i'edro's dog.
Of cou've. t he major never did admit
that be had done wrong,
r The little terrier had barked at his heels
ami be had r truck at it with his cane.
He never intended to kill the dog. but it
wa only a dog and only old i'edro's
dog at that. Of course Pedro iewed
matters a little di.Tcrcntly. and a.; a nat
ural result of the dilferenee the major
forgot all aUuit it. while I'cdro remem
bered it very distinctly. In fact, there
can lie no doubt that the major's bahv
eaved a great ilea! of trouble al-out that
dog. When the weather was fair the
baby would be at the gate as Pedro
passed oSaturday afternoon, and she
had learned to recognize Pedro, while the
lonely old man bail learned to love and
yearn for that baby welcome. lie al
ways paused a moment in passing to
raise bis tattered old hat and smile at
baby Maud So. while Pedro remem
bered very distinctly that the major nai
killed bisd.g. hi. thoughts cf revenge
had piven place to other and Utter
thoughts, for :.!! of which the major's
baby was entirely rcsponib!e.
One beautiful Saturday afternoon hi
the autumn of ltTO a group of school
girls were gathered at the major's n-tt'.
and in thi ii mh'..-t was the major's baby.
Tight royally the little ;uecn was hold
ing her court Pedro saw all that as he
came on with LL. basket.
Suddenly a shout of warning was
heard, and ps.-to shots were fired at
Mayor Weed's house. ju.-t two doors
alve the maj- r s
"Mad dog Mad dog!"' shouted half a
dozen v:. .
The fri htt ! I gi h turned to see the
vicious Lr:::e "-" a few steps from I
them, and rr.a : -learning toward the !
n:wjor"s ho;;.'. j
The major's v. i.'e mrt ikcin at the
door.
"Oh. II rs Peal a mad dog!"
The voting mother's face was deathly
pale, and without a word she ran toward
the Rate.
Heforc reaching the gate, however,
.ko t'i-.t I . r Ij.-i1.-v was ..fe. and she
recognized Pdro lie bad placed the
child carefully upon the grass j:ist inside
the gate and t!:i :i losed the gate.
Then the do-; bad attacked Pedro.
The huge maddei.ed brute was biting J
savagely The blood was flowing freely j
from the old man's arms and liands. and (
from an ugly wound in the cheek. Pedro I
. was nearly e.hau?ted. and bis feel-tP
blows witha knife availed but little. Tlie
mother hail picked up her baby and was
watching the contest in an agony of sus
pense Throw ing all his fctrcr.gth with
his blow, the ol.l man drove hk knife to
the hilt in the d.g's throat, and as tho
brute lay foaming and writhing at his
fct the old man dropped his knife and
VUiifd wearilv against the gate. A
group -f J-copIe eooii gathere.1 about j
bini. and tt.e majors ue .u.j ... ,
name, but the old man paid no attention. J
As ho mstcd the laby's hatids v.ero .ipon
!iis lowed head.
"Pedro," agaio caid tho major's wife.
Slowly tho old man raised his head,
lie didn't see tho young mother, or tho
pf -opto around him: he saw only the baby,
lie look the child's bands in his own a
Moment, ami then turned away. Pick
ing up his empty basket, the old man
f;t'irtcd toward his home. They wcro all
Pedro's friends now, and onu ' offered to
carry him homo in a wagon, and another
lo carry his basket, but the oil man
shook his head. So ho went all alone,
an I they watched him until ho was lost
to t ight.
I'ead or alive he was never seen again.
Iii.foro night everybody in I leach ton
knew how Pedro had saved Baby Maud's
life, at what must inevitably lo tho cost
of his own.
The major was off at court and was to
be home on tho 12 o'clock train. Tho
night was dark and lowering, and tho
major had barely reached his home bo-
fore tho storm camo in all its fury. It
was a fearful storm. Tho heavens were
flashing continuously and tho thunder
rolled in quick, deafening peals. The
rain fell in floods, and unceasingly. The
wind howled and bhrieked liko a thing
of life, the houses rocked and tottered
upon their foundations, and all that
night not a soul slept in Peachton.
NV-.'.t morning the storm blacked, and
gradually tho wind died out. Tho rain
continued to fall for two hours, but by
noon it had ceased. Soon after dinner
the major i.ut on his rubber boots and
waded through tho mud to tho mayor's
home. Then tho mayor put on his rub
ber Uxits, and together they went to Dr.
Klder, the deacon's. Maybe tho deacon
didn't havo any rublcr boots, for ho
simply tucked his trousers into his boots,
and they all went together to I'edro's
home.
The major was a few steps in advance
where the path ended at tho top of the
el hi as he stopped and looked almost
straight down upon tho ledge whero
Pedro's home had been since "u'J.
A-.i he looked the major's face paled,
and uttering an exclamation of surprise
ho pointed downward to tho ledge.
The par.-on and the major looked, too,
and not a word was spoken.
Pedro's homo was gone. Chicago
Herald.
Ntvc-r ilt-ard Of.
Parmer Homespun (on a New York
Central train, to a fellow passenger)
Kver liecti we.-t?
I'e 1 1 o w Passenger No.
"(Jreat country, tho west."
"I've heard so!"
" Tain't half appreciated yet."
"Nor"
"No, sir! Greeley understood t,
tiuur-.'h. 'Co wist, young man,' was
what he said, and ho knew what was
good for a young man."
"Guess he did."
"Yes, indeed y. Now, wo had a young
fellow np ia Chemung county, whero I
live. SiTiai ter'n a whip. Could do any
thing. You'd orier see him speak
ia the dehatin' school. I?ut. bless ye,
be hadn't lit) sort o" chance around
there. All the good places filled."
"Why didn't he go westV"
"lie "did. That's what I'm gettin at.
Hut he didn't want to go at first. lie
kept h ingin' round, thiukiu' something
wo'.d l turn up. but it didn't. Polks said
if he would only go west with his tal
ent la- would knock the spots ofTn every
thing, lie would be a big man, sure.
So ;:ially he went."
"!t was the making of him, prob
ably?" "This was only two years ago, and
now. sir (rising in his seat and speaking
with great animation), and now. this
young man who hadn't no chance in
York state, where do you suppose
he is?"
"I don't know."
"Well, 1 don't either. We haven't
heard a word from him since he left."
Texas Siflings.
Advice to Contributors.
You lieginners seem to write nothing
but your views on politics, and your re
ilectii.ns on art and your theories of life,
wl. ich you sometimes even think origi
nal P.ditors won't havo that, because
their readers don't want it. Every paper
has its regular stalf of leader writers,
and what is wanted from the outside is
freshness. An editor tosses uside your
column and a half about evolution, but
is glad to have a paragraph saying that
you saw Herbert Spencer the day before
yc.-terday gazing solemnly for ten min
utes in nt a milliner's window. Fleet
street at this moment is simply running
with men who want to air their views
a!.;;t tilings in general. Each
thinks he is as original as he is profound,
though they havo only to meet to dis
cover that they repeat each other. They
tliould write of the things they have
seen. Newspaper readers havo an in
satiable appetite for knowing how that
part of the world lives with which they
are net familiar. Write on
p: hiics if you will, but don't merely say j
r. k: t vou think yourself; rather tell ,
whr.t is the pohtieal situation in tho
country parts known to you. When a
Man's Single Parrie.
The thnrm Girls' Tights.
I have referred to the frequent clumges
of t'.n ss required, and I am credibly in
formed that getting out of one pair of
tights into another i-i uo easy matter, to
say nothing of the other portions of the
scanty attire which havo to be put off
and o. To properly attire herself in a
pair cf silk fleshings requires no little
practice and skill on the part of tho
wearer. The finest sort of silk tights
are first gathered in the hand and drawn
on over the feet like stockings, the shoes
Uing laced on before the tights are
lie-ally drawn into place. Th waistband
isfoimed of strong webbing, so as to
guard against tho danger of tearing tho
frr.:!. r silk, and by this the tights are
pulled into place and smoothed and
stretched and rubbed, much as a woman
rubs on a new glove, so as to cause all
wrinkles to disappear. The tights are
provided by the management, and the
gi.-L are to a certain extent responsible
for their saf j keeping. St. Louis Globe-LV-mocrut.
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MADE HIS FOE'S TOMBSTONE.
Tlir Storjr of a Wounded Union Sold if r'
Sympathetic Art.
Mrs. Orra Ianrrhorno. of L.vnch
burg, Va., writes to Tho lioston Trans
cript to reply to tho confessions that
have been made bv ladv correspond
cuts of that journal that lliey cannot
feel (hat any northern aid should go te
southern soldiers. In eleplorinir the still
existing bitterness of members of her
own sex which mars the lull and
frank reconciliation between north
and south, she tells the following
story :
"A number of Massachusetts sol
dicrs, wounded in tho battle of New
Market, were left in my native village
in the Shenandoah valley. A few days
Ijofore. the Confederate authorities,
moving their stores to prevent (rupture
by the approaching I1 ederals, had re
quested the citizens to take into pri
vale houses a few Confederate soldiers
too ill for removal from the town.
Lieut. Woodly, a West Virginian,
was canicd to inv father's house.
and though every effort was made to
save him he die-d in u few days. At
my father's request Dr. Allen, the
surgeon of tho 1 hirtv-fourth ..Iassa
ehusett-j regiment, left in charge of
the wounded r ederals, visited Mr.
Weiodly at our house and paid hirn
every possible attention. In mydailv
visits to the l'oderal hospital, which
was near us, many kindly inquiries
were always made for the woundeel
'stranger within our gates.' One
morning I told the Federal soldiers
that our gue.st was dead, and many
i 1 . I r 1
retrreus ami mucii sviiinaiuv lor nis
family were expressed.
"A soldier, named Adams I believe,
who sat on the floor nursing his
wounded fool, said to me gently: '1
am a marble cutter by trade, and if
you will give me a slab of hard wood
I will carve Lieut. Woodly 'a name on
it so that his family can find his grave
after the war is over.' One of the
walnut boards used to mark tho sol
diers' graves was sent to the hospital
and the wounded Federal forgot his
own pain in carving in clear type
the dead Confederate's name and regi
ment, with the words, 'lie giveth His
beloved sleep.' Jn the spring" of '05,
after (Jen. (.rant had received Gen.
lice's sm'it-nder and ordered that the
'boys' should keen the horses, they
would need to make a crop,' a young
itlow, with her two lovely boys, the
eldest about G years old, visited the
soldiers' cemetery in our village and,
parting the tangled grass, found the
name ef her husband carved by the
foe who had be-en actuated by love,
not hate, though lie, too, had sull'ereel.
There was no pension for the widow
or her babes; a cruel struggle with
poverty lay before them, but as she
knelt and kissed the sod above her
lover-husband she blessed the man
whose care had enabled, her to lind
the grave,"
In conclusion Mrs. Langhorne saj s:
"Cannot the noble women of Boston,
who did so much to aid our beloved
country in her hour of need, lind
some pit' in their hearts for those
who havo sulFeret so severely for the
cause which they were taught to be
lieve was right t Massachusetts men
forgave their enemies when the fight
ing ceased."
Tlid-rt See It Working-
The Los Angeles circuit of the
Southern Overland became interrupted
m Oj. Lineman who were sent out
returned, stating that they could not
repair the break without a lot of sup
plies. About a mile of wire and nolcs
had as completely disappeared as
though they had been swallowed up
bv the earth. No trace could bo found
of the missing material and the line
was reconstructed. Afterward a de
tective was engaged to solve them-s-terv.
He worked for three weeks on
the case, exploring a country that
was a mere elesert. lie was despon
dent and about to abandon all fur
ther search when he ran across the
material in question. He was stop
ping over night at a small ranch,
which was surrounded by a neat wire
fence. Barbed wire was unknown,
and the ranchman was taxed with
stealing the Overland line. The old
settler, who had built a first class
corral at a little cost, admitted the im
peachment.
"xes, no saict, i ve been living
hei-e nigh onto three years, and have
watched that durncd old line. I never
saw anything go over and thought no
one was using it.
Tho settler was honest, and after
reading him a lecture on the invisible
nature of electricity the eletective re
ported. No prosecution followed,
San Francisco Examiner,
mo emperor oi umia win nave a
household consisting' of 500 persons,
iucliulinjj 'thirty fan bearers, thirty
umbrella bearers, thirty physicians
and surgeons, sevcnty-fiveastrologers,
seven cluef cooks and sixty priests.
OO TO HENRY BOECZ'S
FURNITURE EMPORIUM!
Parlor, Dining Room and Kitchen
no it yry,
HE OWXS HIS OWN BUILDING,
PAYS INTO liEISTX
And therefore can sell yon goods for le3
Money than any other dealer in the city.
HE ALSO HAS A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OP
HEARSE FURNISHED FOR ALL FUNERALS.
HENRY
COR. MAIN AND
THE CITIZENS
I'nATTSMOUTII.
NEHKAMvA.
1APITALST03KFAIDIN, - $o0.0(K
Authorized Capital, $100,000.
ofFICKlO
.fit AN K CAKKUTII. JOS. A. t'ONNOH,
1'resUleat. Vle-l'rsldeui
W. II. C'USIHNU. Catdiier.
imtKCTOKM
Frank Carruth J. A. Conuor. K. It. ;utliiui.n
J. W. JobnBon. Henry Buuck, Joliu O'Keele,
W. 1. Merriuiii, Wiu. Weteiicamp, W.
II. Cufthini;.
Transact a Ccneral Hanking lUisiuess -Al
who have any Hanking business to transact
ar invited to call. No matter h
larn or f ina.ll tho transaction. It
will receive our careful attention,
and we promise always cour
teous treatment.
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Buys and selln Foreign Exchange, County
and Citv securitice.
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BANKING BUSINESS.
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Highest market price" paid for County War
State aiid County Bonds.
DIRECTORS 1
John FltZRerald
John It. Clark, D. Haksworth
s. wauen. f. K. White.
John kitzokralii, S. "VVAUQU
rresident. Canine
Bank of Cass County
Cor. Main and Fifth Sts., Flattsniouth.
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C. II. l'AHMR.i.K....; President
hu:i) Cdhiikk Vice President
I. Al. Patteusov Cashier
Jas. Patikkso.v, .lit Ass't Cashier
DIKKCTOKS :
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.U. smith, it. 1J. Windham, U. S. Kamsey,
las. rauerson jr.
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Accounts Solicited. Interest allowed on time
deposits, and prompt attention K'ven to all
miMiiess eiuvusieu to us care.
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nOMCEOPATIIIC
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v ..... au oviiurtiirvui 'ilUCH.
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Women and
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2 to 5 and 7 to 'J p. lit .
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liil"
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ITU
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