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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1885)
PHKIKlS LwwA3&4 jy Wi iura" s u cssi r I i r THE EEDOLOUD CEIEr. A. C. HOSKER, Pa&iisSer. ESn c'I.OT'1). - N'EHitASK- ,THE LAND OF THUS-AND-SO. How uouif W.llie I ke to co 'J'n lli- land 1 TJuj!-nnl--o' .trtinn? W jnjM-r tiuTi A.I tlifiiiliiM-ii "onil thi-jr hair f-ifMKl!ir tliBii the fur of rutiv, r the iiuji ol h.irh nlk !ihJ: I.tv lace 1- ei"iii uil w litre A m Ml h-!ii (1 in JIu'JjI; 2- er VHsn,,'i it or ifk J oiiik! on 3or'h-HI. i h rout or neck; livery link- -r hijm-1 our. J mimI UU nj jtitrf h'h! t-Nir A tH- fh-tr-l.lo oiii M !.!) In tWo Ikim! o! 'nni(?-niKJ-rx. LHiiiKfjn tbttt ncvf fall Itiu ih- -Ih. or ery t ull Jh.tuf uftutuii lo I'-jw-nt, VHU-hloi aJHl ot.jH-iit: huiiirrt. iKir in lmnte "'Kit -Imm -IrdlS- HlWKJe lu:tl', X . r hiKloii nnlil 1-orn J-'kmii .1 ! :iou- Mil iciwoth: KlIM'lOM IriK'kcis .tlHiiyn new X Mkmi li-. xikI colhtr. W: Jjtl ini In . hoi it UUf mull, nil !ttii j.i:i-.iit i-n Jnot irH-!M ! r.rht. KihW, 1 ur the Jainl ol 'I 1ui-iim1o; ' And :lw l.tl'.- 1M-- ihrf Lit- ii:m- tin- Kli'litf i care XllW iM 1M1 N I III Ilk' lOilo IJol he iiafipv hihI iSN' !!(K! 1 hih )ttiHiim Ju-t ihmI-. jiih! knows INmiiiMtr lint to ! hihI !(; Nev-r litl'-r hkmiimI xh" jfr.tte: Nevi r liiiM'li ir iiiim r httti. St-vr tn hoii-hol! !n 1'1 Htthotit ir nrnr Hlthln V.nt -'tt sior iHiitrhtiit i-uIIn )i JIM Mkii. ir through 11m- halls .lij-l KicHt Ilimhc- lo him! Sio mo- th- iuiMt ot Thuaml-so: "O th- land oj Thnt bimI-So! mii t it I lijrlilJul. tlKiusli'f" Vex" H.jcl ill.. aii-H-rliiK ine Sitntfhat i-Nih uimI (ioiiiitlitlty " IUt ! MHllll IIM-f hill J KuJh'T UMIt lii 1V MtKl tiv Ttin I vit thi'-iiihv ! tvlien 1 Ih rli'Mi I ii ir th K-tiU'ii P.ut ' th- tlOlll.lf. iiltl lHfP h-T tr---l in mi mltriiix 'Ai iim-'ibimi'oi 'l hii-niMl-So:" Jai'ii. Whttftmb i:L)i, iii iitniunil.i Jour- ( ,"n- iSXUAVV.S15 LKAI'. Tho Causo of His Whitonod Hair and Terrified Lock. The sign above the door was in scribed Dramatic Agency," anil the Miiirwat. -een dimly from wilhoir, was worn w .th tread of feet, and revealed ju-l l hen a figure coming down. A moment more and the sunlight that was setting the du-t of 1'iiion Npiare aglitler wilii sliming particles shone tijMiii a face that would anywhere arrest aUeiiJion. It was not any scar or de lect of feature, but a tertau: terrified nance -aw Miotv. Odd looking, i-n't he'J" muttervd the teporitf to hi- omoaiiion. a meli'l. ber d 'tin' pre e ion ' engaged ju-t' then, like main ot hi- ft How-, in Mi ca wber bke pursuits. v The loimg ng Thespian looked up. looked alter the receding figure, and Mlid. .-now ball: yes, he i- odd." Whv do ton call him .snowball?'' ... i. .. i.: i....- ... i... Ml, on nifoiim in ins ii. in. m inj , , , , ...in mT .'ion i too nonce u. .... :..i.. i ......i.i ......,...ii... V nUl.llll. 1 tl'lllU Hill ; . .st.ljru Well, that's the reason he is called asou ne is caueu ,., . . . . it -. only a n.ck- -1 Snowball or Snowy. mime." ... t . .... '? m- 'n,'1' "". . . ,, , No: I e s, a circus man. 1 don t , i .i . i. . i ,' l.-.ieA- tt-tint lie i; t noiv. I tilt lie iiseil to be in the i rupee and tight-rope lm i rent i-k-u-i ;n ins ijuiiifs, ion, i iiu . - ,. t.ii t..n i, ,. . l 1 .. -. .1 ... M-r i i- .i i Ihe -peaker vta- dismissing the ol - jeel of the reporter'- in.juiiy with thi-. but there was something in ihe atved e.xpres-ion of the face, something in the white lock- clustering around it. that remained in the mind of the qucsi-uier like some haunting presence. What :in odd face it was for an athletic and an acrobat! Thought- oi the Grimaldi of the -tage, who carried under their grinning mask- ami pieb.dd raiment tragical -torie-. came before, and ten minute- later, when a burly -on! with the g.rth of a ral-tail'and the lungs of : Mentor, came along, who could te.Il the pe-sonal history of nearly etery bumau J eing who trod the saw du-t tin thi- -ide o! the Atlantic, he asked linn lor :iott had- -tort. -What hate ton heard about him?" was wh it the big man said, and then added, solemnly, "few know the truth about h.m." "I know nothing." said the reporter. 'It wa- hh face that made an impres sion on me " It well might." .-aid the other. "It Is not the face God gave the man. lie wa once a jollt enough mhiI. Hut one night"- fright fixed him. He ha live i- not a cheerful one. I jiromi.se1 voil Siiowt' we will call him that is not his name, but the boys call him j m--Snowy' was a trapeze performer. , You see he is a well-budl. graceful fel- j low even now. Hut when he was young he was as good a figure as anv i one 1 ever saw iu'the business. He was clever, too. and was among the first admire h.m. and look it. too "There are a good manv nitfalls for a young ienotv m such a business to Mumble into Put he steered clear of them. Ho never drank, and I have never heard of hi- being m.xed up in any gallairres. What was odd about him was. the way he Used to keep to him-e!f People believed he wa- jn s-ome -ort of trouble, or had come from ... V - a good familt and wa.- sorry for taking a circus i i.-. i.ut he neter enlightened them of hi- own accord. .-oon after 1 came to know Snowx- 1 had tne management of a traveling variety M-oir making a circu.t down Jsi. We had all -oris of attraction.-. iWm -song-and-dancf g: m to gr.mnd and Wit inmblers. 'i here wcrcMiimp pevei- and b::uvo player and liabad dingers till you couldn't reL Hut 1 noticed that with the Yanks down there ihe athletic feats took' best so I made it R point to enlarge that part of the entertainment. This was how -Snowy' came to get into my company. 1 niade him an offer, lie "accepted "it nd wns engaged for the season. You can imagine that in going the rounds of these dull country towns the players are thrown a good deal to gether and learn mostly everything about one another. Sometimes thev 4o; aoBictimes they don't. Anyway, look that gave the man tin: a-pect of -aw that something above the common two hanging uji there by a bra-s rod :u hold a I'edril otli- undent Diuiekratic one who liits just seen a specter. The wa-ging . n. The woman -ecmed to that might give way at any moment- pres dent. , .. .. i; ..., th.. i.;,!.. ' be pleading and the man lighting her I could hardiv breathe as I saw the rope This .same nigger is a standin retteck- retiortei -taiHimg out upon ine siiie- . ,. t . , . ,- .i i . . i .i . , . .. n ., 1 " . .ii ''- At la.-l what did the; do but take swinging down and the man irvmg 'c .spun on the Dmiocrisy uv the Corners. walk noticed iL and turning .o Joor lo c.n j,, both of them. " I fasten it about something in the Jantern ine.much a-he reed-and rite-, and his after the owner of that siange co.inte- , .. u.ltc.h,ii.r them, and after ! in the roof. He -e,;me,r to lmld on by wife he, a silk dress fur Mindv ware. lll.ll i.t .....a ...ai ......v .... the look of terror that it left upon him "" .'""" "'"l " "" .-" """ "l -- , western Kansas first o'. served the Hr-e lor mam a tear. He will wear it to l"r- a toutig le low m the Natal Acad- , ," 'r ' s.is. iir-t o crt ul t.u Jar t his grate, 'if VOu care about it 1 av.11 1 "" --- !"-"-" . although onv sh.e.ds projecting from a bhitl tell'tou wh-it f know Hut th nam-' lsc u:l" :i ltIt1i,t-'r 1,KO a-an. near Hutte (. leek. Ih-y were careful! v wnotook living leaps through si a.-e I ngm. wucn wuo suouiti i siumme on m i tia: Kans-is is the bed of a former York. and there was a fall ng off in ui a vineounaracter. from one trapere to the other. When 1 the corr dor but tlu young It How from j ocean nnd so h R A a in what ' thy i)t.raocratic vote in Frooklvn. Bnf- recd.nt Gev.Ttnd has wrifen r. l.rst knew him he was with a circus . the aval Aca.leiny. He daln t look ! j, p, b v ologists the Yretaecous fall and a few other cities. The J?? ,.. " f Z Jl Z,-ZT,ZL He w a- a great attraction, too. for when . mnch better than when I h-itl seoa h in ; Vcrloil lhaJ parl of the wo.ld W3S lfce te. iaa5cate that tht,rc wa5 a trdn.. I ra" I" to -iwt.ajruj.hed Republican he came out in his trunks antl spangles S that night out m the bushes. He was jeJ of a creUt e:i. 5n which. the great , fer oKthe Indendent vote, but ther since h;s election, including tho-e to and ki-sed his hand about the circus, j pale as d ath. and there was a wicked tnrl!c 5Wanu together wjth other mon- mtlicak? aL-K) the ab--nce of a good George William Curtis and Dorroaa Ik no one over learned much about dovv.' He generally sneaked away as -oon as the pcrionnanc wa- over, and we -aw little of bun t'H he was t wanted again. It was. therefore, a bit , of a surprise to me to find luni Innliug j mbout the hou.-e when we s? nick one , little town where we weie booked for a , ...L'i. iin 'finnvv was rill ttie time ' behind the scene-." wh-thT hi- turn , In fact, he seemed to ' drop, and jeepel outside, and there he , stood like a statue, -o ab-orlied I don't think he would have noticed it if 1 had ; drouiH-d iown on him I don't Know ' vi over or not- 1. t.-in.r tr. l-fffi nniler enter arm "n i ilrtwti. tr-iTii.iI.-f I nn lv .tiinji'ti t... in! i i t :.i . .. . - .:. i e.. .. I 'tu;J.nip to." a- en.-, wr uuttr.c. out a, little a, he could. . j by the t me I got up the hou-e wa, al- br the i l:o-v uv th lJ.Mocrev. wwh t aT foment t?LlMi "Unc night I was standing up in the mo-t char. ... . , . - . . : "- a , ' "' flie lookiti" things over, when who' -Turn on the ga!' I veiled, hoping ' """rat., wich want oft, (and the party. r,.e much-ta.ktrd-of IWn- should Ih-esLppm-overtooneof the that -ome of the hands would hear rne. w'-. "' ,e - tber one w,ch Oi-mtir Mu:ua fded t- --ch win", but s-iiov.-v, and h- all in a and was making for the meter clo-ei don't) from atein him and pn-atin ; ".ir Lckri. bad s- they procanne-l u trembie with exeitemeiiL -What", up. ' when I stumbl-d against -some one, I ther clam-. Tni- minvnn uv Mer , "j"1 -Ij bal a iu . I wonder?' -aid I. watching him all the h-ard a vo e. and a man almo-t drag- he the awda-itv to av"that we. xvich T'tJnZl "a r ln. Xe tiiiiM. Well, he, lid up alonn-ide the -,r.K a w.man brushed pat me. We , ;,,,.,, ' i-. ' , ., 1"wed lt? al& A P""11 .f.a? "l if tou'd think it mean of me or not. but , th" face of the woman who had i'en 1 ot down and took -lock of the audi- i in the f o. I neter 'aw the like with ei"ce to -ee what 3r.tere.-ted the man so friirht and agony. Involuntarily I lent much. I saw it all in a jiffy. There a hand to help her outside, litt she was a couple in a lo - a joung man ' turned from me turn J to the man b--aiid aladv and clearly as fond of each idc her and eri'd with vo;ce tha rose other as they dared to show. It was above the hubbub: av him! ve thi- couple 'Miowy' had been watch- him! (J, (lod! It i- mv brother!' ing, and when I got behind the scene-j "Then a -t range thin"; happenecL again, there he was "-till. and. .Jupiter. The man he-,ide her stood -lock stdl. blamed if h wa-n't crying like a child. . Hut only for a moment. The net in )! cour-e. I -saiil nothing, hut I -tant he had left her and da-hed into watched him. anil I notccd when his the auditorium. I went after him but turn eauie he seem-d backward, and I it was all dark then and -till. Only up thought he h.id a mind to shirk. Hut above, near the ceiling, I heard : he went on and peifurmel hi- pari a- .-trange. scrambling noi- and a chattel u-ual. lie wa- nearly through when I of gla-- where th big chandelier hung, heard a hubbub in the hoii-c and went J I wa- out in a iifl'y and groping about out in the corridor. The door of one for the gas-meter clo-ei. I found it ot the boxes wa open, and a boy was open, and as I felt about me I was burning .nto it with a glass of water, suddenly pushed aside and a voice Kneeling on tin lloor was the oung , cried out- man I had noticed, and at his feet the A rope here. Give me a rope young woman wa "lying, appaiently There i-one there. stone dead. We had a hard time bring- ' ! had seen a coil on the floor, and 1 in" her to, and I didn't Know what knew whoever had asked for it had happeiifd outside, lint 1 learned after- ward that 'Miotvy' funke I bad all of a .sudden suid cut hi.s part dead -Jhort. Thi- .-et me a-thmk :i;. Iut the next niht I had food en uh for re- llect'on Itwasac ear, niMonl ht niht, and I look a -4ro'l. Now. .sent. mental mortal, but I lin no: a do adinir u.iture. and once I wa- out of the town i I 1 up amone; ,-omc tie --on a btt.e moiiinl. and there 1 -trelched mvs'-lf. with ihe bright sky over me. There was not a sound but the croaking of j the fro";- and the chirn of Hie katy- did-. I don't know how lone; 1 lay there, but all of a -uldeii 1 -at up and looked down at the road. There were voices there, and they belonged to a ratter and getting along it heat any man and woman who were -landing by thing I have ever witnos-cd Well, he a gate, and hugging each other for re iched the top. got hold of the gas hx- dear life. 1 wa- ainaed at first and thoii"hl it was an nrdmurv rn-tii love- iiiuliiiiL'. Hut from their ecsture-. 1 - r awhile thev kiss.. I each other tenderlv. and the man went awat. It was then that i first became awaie of a curious feeling that had been coming over me . a leelmi'that I wa- not alone. We have all such a lechng soniet mes. vou know, and then, a- :U all such times, I found I was r.'diL There wa- u mail' -tandm" anion-- some bushe.- ist abote me and "lookui"- at the KJhur oiiir down the roa 1. 1 was in ' the siiadow ami he did not notice ine, . , ... 1 b.it the moonlight was full up-m his i i i 'face, and 1 Nknew at once lite vounr man 1 had seen in the'box. And such a face a- he dhl Siave. to be sure! Talk , ,. . ... , , , of dis.igt.nng a fau' with a blow, or by i . n . .. . ., ,, . -it. ... I.. tn ..r- u'irt, t itfiiil' I nit- v. an acciden'. or wit-h vitriol! They're nil bad enough. Hut V ton want to -ee a terror look at the face disfigured liv . , ... ,,x, . .... . jeal iiisv. and there ton IHiate it I hat J .- . . . was what ai.ed t'ie fact I tvas lot k ng '- ! iis oiiii v n mi Oii--iVUl. 1 Ol ... i ..!.. i ... 'PI... . .ii i-yes were staring, the bp-were pre-sed . ' . . together ! ,. . were cienehed. . " . . Then I started home. On the bor .it ti... tnti t. u-iwi i'i.-i-iI'! i ?!,...' ioucJiing z.lotig but Snowy!' ! -topped j ' ... .... ..... . . .... .v .. ... , .IIV . l..il. to lil.l -mil hn firiwd ill. his face w-.th a .-tail the moonlight fell .,...;. .....i tt....... .... i.; .... i i.i. ii. ... u. ...... .i iii r.i - .n in as ton pl.-a-e. Mid the big te ir- -hilling in them. I didn't preten I to notice it. but all of a -udden. as I looked at him. I got a curiou- -hock. The ngure. the tvrill. I i-i.lllilo'l lie liiiI-i L ..ri in 1I1.M11 bel.itie...! f the iii-iti whfi In. I t.-irt,..! pi. tl... .r-,i You may well believe I was inter ested. I was man iger of the company and 1 didn't want to have ant scandals about my car-. Jso 1 thought it mv duty to impure into the odd thugs I had -een. Hut I d du't learn much. The g.rl who tainted in the box wa- the daughter of a rich but cranky old fel low, who had tlr veil hi- only -on away some time tie tore out ol a wmtii. and -Well, the week went by and I saw nothing more of Snowy.' except when I him on the stage. Our la-t night tJu' "w" came, and it seemed that wt- were going to close with a packed house. 1 remember now every seat was fdl tid I had just got done count ng -hu receipt n and was going back behind tho scenes to ee if everything was all -s. -. ..- . down, now and then peeping m through, the door at the tUUlcncC ailll tlie p r- tormers. i remember nofeng. too. that he lounged a good deal a-wv.it a lit- --".'-"--" -'-- -'-- te closet where a pis :n tci -,as. and the door of which was ajar. It did not trike me at the time, but 1 often though: of it afterward-. Well, the performance went on. and soon nowvV turn came. He went out in his tights and tiuerv. mc tinted up to the traper.e ami was as clever as u-u:d iu h s teats. I had slipped : the front of the house again, and wa- look- ing in at him when my eves suddenly fell on a bo. It was the -aiar I had ee:t there 1 efore :he young woman who ha I fainted there wi h the naval chap. 1 looked around lor him, but he wa nowhere to bo seen. "dust then 'Snowy' got up to the perch on the gallerv irom which he took the Hying swing to a little trapeze aoove ine stage, it was a perilous feat, and there "wasn't a breath to be heard in the house, as ho prepared for it. Every eye was -watching him. 1 saw him in all his glittering spangles poising himsclt grasping tfce bar be tween his lists and then launching out. -He sprang. There was a whizz in the air, and then, like a flash, the house was in darkness. Every light had gone oat aad you couldn't sse the ad oi .i... ......i. uaie. sat age ami uureieni ng m.iiivr- ' " " -.i.t .... ...... .' , . - ff..,- o .s if need ue was m that look lab witnessed the meeting 1 had -een mv- UpoMs it meant anything? It wuz good such a M.ue oi .in.u.s. most -hdde-ed a- I ..-, Ml. ai-U that ,,, K,,,!uht night. As I said. ' cmdV to k tch vote-with, but did any 'I -.e DcMuocrat, made much of the fell a d.-il moie comlortable w Ten l was a very spitfire, and became . one po-o it meant anything more' ,nMI"n5 heard footcps crouchihg among the d,tright mad with jeiloiisy. .s e had j Dimocr.st afore the elec'. shun meant c am pa.sn. promise It II ' Vn o v drv leave- an. eradua.ly Tecedin- ' m-ter tohl him who the -trang.- per- I the sam- e it flu now. a change m the be "fl s;nbu.ed -a thing that can only in., .in.- .um -uiiuain iu;iusn. - i . ...i,,. .i... .... .,a .- ' he done bv navment of debts and call- . ... . . . . ... I..... ...;... ... l... .:.!. ,.t 1.:... ..! i t.l..t.L- m f in t -iltiirm lint lu! 'ine one Ol I 'nil'" i ,h uhiii'.uujhuhiu, iui HIV 11 .III sworn.:; """:"" sea-turtle found near Fort W.nl are in .. itlk ,. tit. -,-!. r., -. ...I. -- " - "- ,,- your no-e. Heavens! what . hubbub there tfa;. Every -on!, worked up as it was to intent excitement, .-'-emed to have a voice in that -brick that .nue. Iiefore I knew what to no then was a wild outcry about my ears, and a lot of peopb bnih-d pa-l me- No one knew what was the matter, and in th ) an!c some imn cried tl-ire! I will never target the ru.-h. I tried to -i-cak. but I wa., hulled :tga:it a wad. knocked were near the door, and a "Jmimcr of lie;ht from the lamp out-id- fell on them. Xever will I forget the face of the vun woman I aw revealed Uicre found it, when, a m mien: after. I heard otteps hurrviiir away ami heard -ometlnnix dramp; behind him. I5ut I d dn't .-I p. I turned on the ";-ts. ran in-ide and had the u jet.- tlamiti" uji a- I entered the auditor um ajrain. wnata sight wa mere, i p near the ceiling, holding bv a hand to a .. . shattered ;a.s fixture and likely to drop at any moment, with open mouth and .-tarinir eye-. 'Miowy wa- han;mr And jut alio e, climbini; alonr a beam a ort if beam -that ran up to an apex in the primitive little hall, wa- a man with a rope danirlmjr from bun. How he rot u; I can not tell. I have seen feat- in invday, but holding to that ture-. -lipped dow n, and ju:ck-r than I can tell vou lie had the rone about the lraoee nurf firmer, and there were the . - - I I ---- i a -ingle hand and climb with his feet about the bras- rod as though it was a ! stout pillar. In another moment ' nowy' sank flown and fell: but onlva I f'w yards. After that I saw the other ' em! of the rope slip up, and slowly, too. i and down came the body gently to the ground. In a minute's time the other ! man was coming down the rope hand overhand, ami soon he wa--tandmg beside me. pulling with exertion ami 1 pale as death. It wa- only t'-on 1 i looked at 'Snowy. At tirst I thought i uim some one eise. i inuu i kuow imi man. Hi black hair tvns la, rl, vv.utc. and there wa- that look of terror on i.: f..,.., ...,. i nts lace 1'iat ti.... : ,: ., ' lll:il Is ills sli has neter left it since. That is his story." "And who was his rescuer 9" nked the reporter. . ..n,.. ,ni,,i,,o-.,i f.,ii l he voung na.ai loll I , . . ... it ow. l he lover of hi sister. She had recognized in the lraiee pcrforner her vagrant iroth'T whom her lather drove awav . t i i .t - r ii,.... i i i ' in-ni noiai-. ano ine yoi.ng r-imn nan out. am lJet 'Miowy fulxjeap." taking i a l aw I "" n(, s-"1-"1' " i, ,,u- lo And Ik oul'"' :kedhe reporter. ( ( an tfui a-N 1 do not know mv- . , , self who put thcin out, as for that. Hut I have always thoVght that a man who proved a hero that iight. narrowly e caped being a mu-dexer. 1 have never asked nowv' what bXpame of his -i- tor and the ouug iiian I do not even i know if thev were niirried. I do know that 'Snowy" wa-Njiever recon ciled at home, an 1 I hnotthat the re suit of that night's work gavV him the name he bears." A. 1. Telegram. A BIG TOUTOISE. i The Montrr -Turtte Votin'l In Iaiia. sun! llmr It l'iin" 1 Iit. The discoverer of the gigantic exMinct taken out and brought to Philade'phila, where the restoration was made. The fore-f.ippers alone were nearly iivo fee: inriner-.tt :is niiin in. ii.-iiis iiriii "i hi- iuu-i;'' .um iui- i-ii-s-iiiui i. inuu uv . -- . j in mid-air long, while its expanse from the tip o! down under heavy majorities in the one" extended Upper to another waA Republican States' of Iowa. Ma-sachu-alwut seventeen feet. The l";9tion elts nlid Pennsylvania. It was .x- mav ane. how did this sea-turtli be- . , .. , .., ,; . i . come buried in a bluff in the State of ,Pocted that c Mugwump rote would Kansas? A natural suppos'lion would : cfin t ti4 -TiTAn"?!! s. s. ' V V. 4 V." .' V4 tl'IO 4. .- (-raduallv the crust of the "earth wa- i r ..,1 .,, u-5T.-.r fell hielr or lweniiip a.;r ? n.i i..f it... ;ni..ii. t..nt.- nf ti,. v.vw rf --. asvsv M s v -l -r w s. ' cy,.-..,. .,",,.""; s,... uxu ,,,! !ir,-'tAlu. ent-- tretacsoi:sea high and drv. to be cov- : omlllv lhc onrth :inii pro;0rved for a; to tnJv a n.-. .nvnnL The shores of this ancient ocean are easily found and followed by geologi-ts Its extent has been traced oVour West ern plain- by the bleach-rg and disin- I ;.T-aim' remain- that have ln-en found ujKin aad beneath the surface. Charles ! Itdcri i l.ol-Icr. in 5.'. .r holtis. I j A detensnat:on to succeed in life, accomnani d bv the necessary jud"- incut and wcil-d reeled effort must win sooner or late". A ot::ig man Und gebo rough, who had the rvputa rJon of hivim- nerer e-t-neH a -rnt in his life, resolved to turn over a new leaf and no longer be dependent upon oth- etss He engaged in the poultry busi- ness. amL raised fiftr choice fowls in one night There were more on the roost, but some got awar. X T. Jnde- urndent ' It is s.id ftn Tvxmeetsilil nt)Rr-h that more than hdf & million rvtnnd nf willow leaf were shipped from Shanghai last vesr ereen tes& l-e. nmn-.. tioa of it coiuirLC to America it 1. . & PETROLEUM V. NASBY. H Tnlk of CI'rrlnl Ir"ljinillnn Ulcli Jiar I)iio:rt tVlrli tVnut. Of-h- lr l rtrt. tFur inkin joe!ioH ur :br I'o-D.) t (iimh''.iiitX i.i'ik i AVicb 1 la ta SlU- ut Kfaf urkr.t .SM-j,r 1 lH. j I hev red the procl.-ui:a.-nen rreently j ichor! bv the tvrant and trod. Clefe- ; -he! not hev the privihg uv repre-ent:n v.hMour clames reelv .-,' Wuz ther rer rich a yoo-erpasfin uv power Wti7 :hr ever -ich nnpo Kleace? Kko an-ers 1 hev b'.n wort;u for Wfks upon a dock; infill w!-h i inteiidxt So travel all the way to Was1 mgtou to lay afore him. a'.d lad made my arrangement o to iii I h'd -ecoor'd from Ha-ooui th.. tit .iTit..; iii t IriMtt fcitOi .It. -tit tn t is V for sieh fM-ei i'7. 1 rood i-lit !.' or -It-el. I Wl. i'vi -v - . .v.... ..... ..v ... .w ..... . - - ' ! I and a!-o he I ed git en me a pare uv hi t c-t b ot- that I m te walk m .- me comfort aft-r I heil bin kicked otl' uv tra'ie-. and I led borrered a lether a pern uv a n gger .j o- make- to put in the et u: mv tio--i- thtt tne kick.!! mite b- uz lit le di-astriis t-z po. ible. Thu- eiiuipp-'d I perp .- -d. -oon 'i I wuz relees-i. to go on my pdgr.mmage j after the jilace w.ch 1 am entitled t't. I !..! t.r i...r... .. do. L vol.. th tiin forth i mt elam-. wh eh embodied the follerm i f..'x I hev alluz votid the strate tikkit from 'axon down, totm in m.mt ea-e- three and even four time- at an eleck-uun. I never skratched the Dimocratic tikkit but wun-t in my life, and that wu. when the man nom.natei fur Sher x Si lied bm in the redrel armi. and be .s'ub'S he bed taken a warrant out agm me lor borreiin a h rt o:l the line ut a nabor at twelve at nte. without mt gom thro the formality uv a-kia him r- - j,,r -llm Mt.j ni.ri.v no touliueuce m his 1 served in the C'onfedrit army, thu establish'm my uustaned Diniocn.-y and mt hatnd uvtheni wich now wave the bloody shirt. North. Last fall 1 not only organized my deestrik in Kentucky, but T went, at mv own expense in Imeant. and votid lor the trant Cleveland in one precink four times, at the ri.sk uv the peaiten shary. The ofli.s wich I want is now hold bv a disgust. n nigger who, in his ttventv teres uv servi- he mver spent ..nt"Mt ll'isciim'. mil don't knntv the i.i.i m- liLtir tt-eh makes him on't vks,sb.----.------- .-......- and alltiz hez shoes and stockin.-. I wuz tvun uv the stanch .supporters uv Hoss Tweed, in Noo York, hold in to him with a fidelity that wuz bootiful. so long ez he bed a dollar, and I never fpiit him till it wuz made shoor beyond a peradvencher that ther wuzn't a dol- lar more to steel. I want tiie p. ace fur the good uv the community into wich I live. I owe ev- ery one uv em. and unless I git the po- sishen furtiier borrerm is impo-.sibl 1 lied drord uji a paper embodyin these fax and wuz watiu lur nivrtlee-e, ez I -ed, lo go to Washington to present it to the I'icsidint. when this crooel order wuz sprung unto us. What does j Grover Cleveland mean? Wi:7 the eleckshuu last fall a joke? Did he spoe we wu a workin lo mak. him Predion fir his b-netit .-ololv? Did I lite fur him to eep a nigger in the Po-t-oifice at the Corners, wich is mine bv rite uv konket3 Troii" lher tvn. a civil servis reform -" ones to give us all lacc wich wantid em. (J rover (.'leveland is a frod and a fai'yoor. Hv wat rite docs lie pertend to jedge uv the qua itieashens uv ipplicants fur i dace' Wh is he, thet he shood re- j veie the r-iol thet he alluz guterned , D.inor-rat'.c Presidents3 I'pon wat met he, this on- Cecer fed. thet he shel -nun enatcr-. ami relooze ter ee me when I eome to demand a place? Wat sort uv a Dimckrat hev we elctid. any- how9 " I hev no words to express mv.-elf with Rf tho Dimncrisv wood only see that I lied supplies en nil' to eggsist onto, comfortably. I woodent keer ef I shood cont n:i"r in this Hasted fureter. Ther ain't no sich th ng ez ginooine Dinioc-ri.-t- left in this kentry. Petkolei'm V. Nasbv, (Ween.) THE NOVEMBER CONTEST. Comnlrtr Trluniph of thr Antl-Ilrform Klrmrnt or Ihr lrmicrtlr Tarty. In the November election? the re publicans were defeated in New York and Virginia, and the Democrats went rRjCt' a -ehowng against Mill in ew mnn ?rtmW 4V. 4iilt polls Hill's tnVmph i nmethine ri -i re- hnte tn thV Mncn-mniK. who ontoseil vv h s s. mm - s. - - - 9- w - -" "- T - - " hin smi ;t c in th. nature nf nn inrtor.e.n.nr f the rievel.tnd IVnio- indoremen: vx tne Lie er.its. who opos,HI hi ir. Hill will probably re nom. nation. pruoaDiy regaru ni eiec- Uon as a siap in the face of ihe Ad- ministration- It is certainly a tr umph of the anti-reform orJJourboc w ng of -he pany. p ine re-iii in irinis. i? mure to oe regretted than the ri-ult A "Democrat c victorv ther triumph of a faction lhat n tewlork. ereXnieaas the triumph of a facoa lhat i- proud of hostility to the Ln on. and ? mean tne retirement from tne l-ena.e 1 one OI -- w jrgin,aa who cau; wauc a conrageons ngh: for the tnaciple of . tree -pech and a free oallot In Iowa there was a strong comtunav v m mi .i.iij .. n.n. u -.'.I.-..K. k......ij, reiuiii. iitvter -auv.- uis. iac jr- ' -in aga.nst the Republicans, but theJohn Strpr.cas. dnnngtheday. fell into ' resultis the elecuon of the Slate ticket he company of General Toomb-. and by a majority over the fosioa-3ts of uvbe courv- of conversation remarked.: about 15.t-). aad this carries with it a "VdL (.eacraL I es that Ran Tacker g-0 ma.or.ty in the Legislature. demeXtiat he is dsd- -Yes," said 1 " Juth Dakota there was good the General qnickly. -I saw that, but ' Tote for the naw constitution and lor . he's sucAa liar I don't know whether , State officers. Inter Qctan. I The New York election ZiTeS tO tM Democrat their seventh Governor siace , 1856. the year the Bepubhcan party vet iu firt reverse in New York. Each P-tftr has thas elected iu rsadidsu fat Gomaortwrtm tmm arac tlut dat In other words Xew York i a tie a t:wcvn lh two e;r,,a j.arti-s. Tb conle t .at yrar jrovd tkat thi i at leat a vr-y ck-e Ulte It tunas' to ne thrr partv. Hill' piemluy 5r -ieu-tfBKa:Jvifraor wa- lVTaL 1W J"-creM- frum to at api-e t- lu.ofC ; rovo eitier that be tas not ruoa-nj: on hi men:-, three t ear-ago or lhat he a- nin- aa- ,c a" acJnl", ,n . , Jnc publ.cau? are at fault for the ;r defrat Tio masy of them in th- Interior faded to vule The re-u!: of the election 1- a triumph for 'Iammasy Hall Albany hi en in ; Jottrwi'.. "The greatet ijue-tion settled by th neinocratsc victorv i the jKKitum of the Mugwump-. Ihey are completely routed. hore. foot and dragon- The holier than thou politic an- went in to -how that thev had the balance ot TOter Hie reuil -hows that thev have no power. NfifuT the i n luetit nor the Kep-iblican party any longer owe- them nt th.ng Humptv-Dumpty ha.- had hi- fall. The election of Hulls a cjmp.e'.e vmdicat'on of the -traight-out Democrats, wh.ch i- a pntt agam-t t ivd-ve rvice reform and aga n-t the Mugwump lhl'.tience with the ! 'res ident. One reason for Hill's large ma jority i- that uearlv etvrv Democrat was outrage! oy the po-uion oi .ionn Kelly, with a whole Mate m-tad of a c.tv to bjck him. To the Kejmblwnns the fat that the Administration and Mugwump- are rebuked can ob-ctirc the'greater fact that they hate lost a pivotal tntu. ' "I'hilad' j.hni Art. The election of dot c nor H 11 in New York place- in the (Gubernatorial office m that Mate, bt the didiberate choice of her c.t r.eus. one of the smallest and least worthv men ever nominated for that high -tat on. Governor Hill's po litical record allies him clo-elv with his former partner in bumes-. William M Tweed, and identiin-s h.ut with some of the most notorious pol.t.eal and Legis lative achievements ot the men whom Teed controlled Hi career a Gov ernor since he succeeded Mr. Cleve land upon the hitter's election to the J'res dene) ha- been distinguished by con-i-tent ueniMgogisiu. and his exer tions to -ecure the nomination, supple mented by his per-onal con duct of his campaign, have of fered a repulsive spectacle ol eager -elf-seeking. Two things -ecm reasonably clear The tir?t i- that the Irish-Am "r can and labor vote, which I was attracted to Mr. Hlame last tear. ... . anil was coii-.oeranit larger uinu it a- ere lited with be tig. went back this year to the Deniocntticparty, to a large ex tent at all events, and wa cast for (Governor II 11. The -econd joint is that the inlluencc which the Independ ents exercise in New York has been inatcnallt oterraled. The Hepublic ans of Virginia have been playing against adttr-anes who held loaded dice, and it is not surprising that they have bc-en difeated. Boston Journal. AN ADMINISTRATION REVIEW. The Drmorrntlc I'Hrljr .shown In a llrrt Kyr Vlrtv It liirouirtriit financial I'ltllcv I'or.-leii llepret-iittlrr. Tlie Democracy, instead of consider ing grate pic-tions of National policy, have been since ( leveland came into power struggling to obtain office under the Government, and cursing the Presi dent for hi- foolishness in supposing that the Democratic party meant any- . . . .. , . r .. . 1 "'A u.v 1 piatPumuuerancc-m i.avor ; of ( "' Service reform, r National revenue is decreasing steadily under Democratic rule; and there HO reiison. other than tl StrUst mg ;n uonu-; uui There has not been a bond call since j the Democracy came into power' Not one dollar ha- been paid on the bonded debt" The amount of money in the Treasury i- greater than it was ever 1-efore. and there is not enough business sen-e in the present management of the Nation al finance- to continue the worn, of pay- mg the .itional tleht '- - already announced that the debt ' will not 1-e extiuqpi-hed at the time -et i by tie- Republican- long ago, antl the burden of the debt and its intere-t is to b" proimged indefinitely. The I nitcd State.- ha been made the laughing -tock of foreign nations by the utterly iucompetent men sent to represent us abroad men -elected, not for their fitnes-. but lieeaiife of their service to the Southern Confederacy men with their political d.sab'il.l.es l:ll unremoied. Men have ben given positions at home who are utterly incompetent aad unfit for office some who are crim inals with indictments hanging over them men who have no cla.ro upon of fice other than d.rty political work in the Democratic ranks. And the thing grow? wor-e as time pas-es on. Will tne people take heed . of these thing, and note them careful ly.9 Toledo hlndc , reform Hr ha. however, written for publ cation but t.vo letter- to Ierao crat. one denoun -ing the p-roa to w-hom it wa- addressed for bet-av.ng his confidence in relation to recom- mentiat ou for office, and the other $n- closing a one thousand-dollar check to ji,e New York Anti-Cm!-i- rv ee ReJorm Democratic ( arupaiga Comm-.Uce. hi- Drmoc atic correspon -ence oi more , -,He- character an J Ics- lo a crert:t ;n con,-. resoeet than his Keoeblicas eorresnoadnee 'a, no Jon,iL . There i a -tory to.u scout tienTa; Toombs Llnstrat.ng his wiu One day a rrd-s telegrani announced the dtr of Kaiidolpa Tucker, of V;-gica. aa the next dav a correction wa .sent on bv the Virgin; -atoraan. Colond , to beliere or notf -VI Y. FtuL j Qriia SBiith, of Htt-iord. Vt. has i a horse thirty-ihree yaw old which has sees driven to Vharck by seme os of the faaUy acartr nsry Smmfaj feff ttxtty .. r-atou. on tne -ubiect ot Lini-l'ervic STUDENTS DUELS. &grrrTnl l5-llt -. trr an t.nftt). rnn l 'Wo fnlT-rltv 1" . Hav.ng PN'e trs.1 a w :atJo lo t nr-eat at r. o dtk ! ict to he foogh; oo ift.-mooo la Ja!y at Wun- hut:. I rot wita mr fnrti a id--tii of iccmrr tUr-. a ditMM ei aot W-K SL7T T iTV k ., . . i esmr n ham fc - r"-! --ba trxJu thrw milr tmm lb mr. wbi i s. ui U - rrUUty maur slighted and Uie jktrrt w.m ttlcka?x!. f a4 rA. W c4 tfcr j?mm. k !. r Alliough ueh motfiing- wrre ma OfMa j MtmoUng In Ixmtm ikm Aafoc of a hv-d --rrpt, all coaeernod nowl ihtnz ll - j o" draror U Uin.tr h nolio. off the ' siil We wlkI xlour Um- k rod for aboa half a tmUs. ai ibea -xruek .n'u a tUtcki-h ilnI. jriw-isd oai .-.i bundre 1 ur m-vou hdrd rrd . ' pse I one of tbo utaay td-al mi. voDd the vedtth we earn, to a fkntr Wr- i -put wrti atu-rs ir. mi ami w :h iin -it wa- now - w i by th ..'.,.. . . i . .- i ..u i..r u amimruf vmiag mi ww m- enu,r .tudrat, aa of awttu.e t arv who. af!-r U-Ihng ir. tbnt h bad ' J .. .. .. l.l..l liugni nn-n-iuui 'w,s. .-v i.iwu-. wr nature of th pn.cJiau Ut t Uisc p:ao. whih b was t it r-rt &si44l tiy certain um;trv I was tie uait -traager trerou ( n the grouod wwr two - uali casks ot bt?r. a la rd coa taiaing w:er. a d miautlvc ramp t--.l4- ... ... irkili .t.m rk.l MtinfctfSiMft b. adages, soia hat ida,tr. aotl stia- dry m.s.firatuH.n'w. xad a camp stool. ; ftculty ir 44.tig a bt-l iti pmrtmmml T:w studt-at -hk hands with each i hitler pfer. prr oo rot. a wo4on other Ui a fnend v tay, -taokt-J tbr ; jHbokirr tprVw Um -w). d rt pipes. ami cenersd n a ';Ald8 a Wlov-, M .W. y,nmA until a ai'kster r.41 was caUni. U whtcb . ?. . , , . . . , 'v ,u. twentv-four replieu. The business of the meetiag then J ! " r - n1tn commenced. I"h uatus uf two Uk low Not lk.it kt pri" p v.'ttl in dotits of dubrent uaiversiUes Wmg , torrep tor ltur aa! ly far tbo wrlhir called, thet pr.pareml fir combat by r- j wtth a eon kd. It aa aHajfrfAnr motmg their niil-. catis, WAisUsnnls. ' liigcrtmt utatU-r. A ekap pretty fn eollar-i and tn-s. und jiroteet ng Uieir ijim to wake e of kt I eprwton necks, breast-, mitts ml th ghs with which tt wintkl atlnrMMxU deny Hu stout pads, aud tludr eve. iti sU' will wr.tii twc a (um ittprs n ho melai sptvtaclos. which nUo tin.-rth'i wmilil aiimit on a brnai h 4 pfon temples, iiw r head- and lac- lnriag -,t In r-enl uit m Hm U dv otherwi.M wttollt exposal. Hit lag ' frndnni sworn tbai lie kul urUH nn shaken hands, the ooiubntaat... -el U more than UU b-ttrs to lk phuaUlf, hlashiug a! i mli other with all the -.kill I Mie pnidiieiHl iottr kumlritd mad igWiy of whu tt they v. ere ma-lfrs, the seconu- j eigkl. He swore tkat ke kd arvir promttly :nterfenng at the smallest ex- itsud a temtar epron. Sk jw hih.tioti td temiM-r or pav-ion. The ' ius-l ono tkou-HOt atat hondretl and siirgi-on in alt -ndauee hnl no n.st t Uftrix d tkem frni hu lettor-. berth. b!o'd gu-h ng fv.rth oa Uth , 11 tun tin nature s tuigkly furgotful. lles. three, f hi r. titetiuios. until one and tt ken tko heart bob aad thni4 or the other gate in. j til beat. and intlprM fr ht, mtftu- Tne antagonists n.--mel fairly ( orr ecrt-tm t4 go oli ad lt oa lint matcheil, except in one encounter. , ftre luteal te gnHiu ka al lant wheu a lad of sixteen or -eteutea ; lxtn enllel tat play U Mtrat om ear-. a noiee, whs pilled Mguiti-t h j of the dtriVnlUris abnte iuetlk.im.L m.ui of double hi- age. The lot's ; CartU with Ike following labi on blood t'.otted freelt. hi- lace ami hend Uiem tt dl soon be for .th by inry ning hacieti until both were complete- ; re-pectahle aewmtenl.ir AaT dalnr !y cot ere I w th bandages, he menu- not hat tug'tkem in tookran U 4o.sihI .'.hde r.-fu- ng to lower hif -.word, until ' a disreputable .t nt la-l inirlv iJrojpeit out ol hi- IiuihI He wit- then led off and -e.tti-il on the gra-s. w hen he imuiediatelt called for his pipe 'That touth." wh -jiered my lriud. "will lw m a state of high fe.er to-night, he will hte to keep his l)ed for the next three or four wc-ks. and he may even succum'to the eiluct of his wouud.-s." TJi.s chauceil to be the third encounter, and I turned away sick lit heart ami would hnrw taken mv leave but 1 wiii askitl not to go until the end. Thu- wiT'- fought twelve duels. I hurr.ed awat so sikih as I obtained perm --ion, atid mt fnend and I re turned to town on foot, hating kept the wood t if greater part of the way. There wa no Imntenng or ehalllng during, the proceed ng-, which were conducted in a most orderly manner, ler being hlierally pasv-d to tho-e who a-Wcl for it. -i(. of whom, it struck me., must have been uncommon ly tn r-ty One feature i wortli vpt-ruu meutMiti. ldke mo-t toung wen. many -ludenU were nrcoinpnn.fi bv their' dog. and lt.'for' anv -tvord- wen cro-il ihi animals were !.rtnly chatuel to the smaller tree- arouml 1 pun m'jnir.au the reason. I was told that itntanre of the now of a comltalant b ng "-lieml itl' were -uiliciently frepo'nt to t-r-ritate -uch a jre ant . for that metn ler of the face had smetims disap pcarel when hg were lie. noil thi- to the permanent disfigurement fd thv wounded n. an. wherea if lb" nasal organ were iustnnUr pM-k-d up. it wa.- re-tore ! t it- plarv lr the sr geon Th sHrd- m-h1 wvre of tbe length of an ordinary ioil. the blade VH'ing narrow, f.exible and keen -iled Na. the wtranget part of th tonr is this that thee sicken. ng tights wer nl the t-onsetpH-nee of any loa Hii i:is-.ut oflred bv tn Baitersitr to the other. When s'lhleals were dull and diversion nt nelei. a student wimkl go ui Ut ike -indent of some tker uai- ; ver-itv antl call him a ?jpj, or! jay ".V.i. . hu' HmmrJun J hi wa- at onee re-ente I bv the mettle . t ... , , . . . .. . ' r.nd -kill of each university t-mg put to t test by reeour-c to the baneful cacouat- j ers I have dcscnb-d Tne same right' I att-nd.Hl at a Kntif or b-er-kou-e j where me fifty or -ixty took at at ( a loig table, with huge .Aof.rcn in j frmto: them 1-le-i with lw. In tha j chair wa the senior stud nt but none of tho-e who hail b-a engagM were nre-ent I s3t from n ne to eleven listening to nmc very pretty aad in- spinng -ong. -Mng in cwmMh- ra-; pd.tywit i wh.ch the .sA;.ca were empieii n renueu i-iag inconceiv- able. i 'attain J. Ji. Tetcr, 1L X, in London ,'ima. ARCTIC SPRING-TIDE- The rteitii of Spring and Hqmatr In 'orll.rrti li-zi""- When the little cre by ihe hone bnrt Is icy chains in Ma v. the nMe of it ripj' ng ami leaping over the rocky ob-lacl- remei Hke actooor ears accu-U-metl as tb- wre to th? 'lencc of the ;: w uu-z. and it- mormnr like a weloaie to the eoin ag irng How level, are tbe eveaMtg tJ tbe Arctic ,pnngtxl' The.tta.o; i folhwcl bj i ,, . .- . ., ' a pale veiJca.h t,t on tb. wera j horzo. wnler which the lew .un i aad rrr I.Le a field of gold. Fadiag ! away. Ibis yc'.lowWi light tt- nr? ed-J ler x -of, 'Is.iji ustz. wbich doe aet dref-js. IKK fmabk-i u read tbroogb-nt the estj-o 'gbt. Soevca!y --ijfa-el .s . a Ugfat 'hi tb-r i cot ine fAJ3t-t approach .o a sfeaio and a tolema -&: or cjum rt-p-; rts-t oa laad ami -. ae b ru aad an maK --reking rrj-o-e za d VAul night pre vajed. But a brief spacs aad tne nn ri-5 again in fell glory, touching the extern kr with roeate hoes, aad the nifri cs. churpaig aad -inging of our featSsVed Visitor agaia hartL Man alone ia the-e region heeds se rear ing time. The aatlrct hwp tut little during the fpring asd summer. Fcr to them pciag t the whaling period, the tiase hr layis is a stock of whale aseas aad blabber for she wiater. a tisae to cluwe the Seet bowhead to obtaia the preciow beae fc barter with the white straacer. At tkc I for day. ratk rw m ? or bteb,Tr. MMtc4 fcs4 b-iwc KMiwii mM wlw thry mv f jrsl ocMnc w kaWs WW iJ kf ( - camxM ti. i hacked xtnl eat f a4 U U; l m iwr Tutn. 0Tn mmm rrivtmm p- ot Am or bJabsVr V"nB wkxir aot u b -p.1 4 hr kk r,, " ww ' " f 1 Tk h.jftl 4 iW un &oW SMjt fa Umi dart mwi mCS Iao-l ad irpon Uw v iro boUh no - oommi vor u rHu rw).Wriat tialoo hataniomi ami trwaonw fWn. rtrri n4 tm tfcc ..j .1. -. , ,..... t.i. ' - . wJT ..... Htr ta ta lia-L-. ia hrlot w ., j mtM iHd , . ,. , . . . j.. . " U1W . t r MW V" WfWWWW. LOVER'S CARDS, X Tlalr ! t.telrt 1 lt. !' t.f f'.vlWC t..r ...l S:hl; -! Tb o -rrVrxt drvn-bnek ta too t matter of lovr i taw ulrt of Hds-o. Not lnt tkn to xmr dlf. Itt iwf IM tl I.js , ;rmr t'ntt Hml-r f tt ' trtf-rke fH. TIio eontetrenee ot the nrr.-tnumunt will nt once In understood. A giuMtio show the dat of vvrtUag. and tdl- whether it is tlie liftk or ninotv liftk eptb. In a of a ipiarnd ami j the return id keep-ake and lotlor. ' nch jmrtv knotty exnetlt how tmmy j letters should I' handed over li a j breath of promi-e mlt threntnnl ih J young man -il dow ti to Ugurw up hw I of. en lm has bud km-)f liable. Tim average love lotlr will pun ot about as folTtiws fWwl lrp Ittt mrr v inn fr'iO ;! ey ' ls tllir X No.JCSi.-I) rHtJ-.-6 4b tn. hMi mm rT i I I tfco 4Br wj Thb arrangement skotikla't 1- a on siilil , the handle ti k big. and oim- jKiaion curd. iHteaUwl for tke uo of ukn i -""r " - tnr h)' " nRUH rwHeinW dink Uhn jiroooriy uiii'ii on, u tvui renu anum ri ivuvm; MWee,tJ b " li &r.t& Ul h ak a, .No. ai iHa... y.ny Mr e-.MXiftI UN ta - My uu. r.fc MlttMk UH'4t'. It wM 4ol Im my mm to 'mr Mm eMl' Tbfat rard ha iioa pnimlnl ia all known laaguir-. and In all ejvUotl coontrHw. aai aat jwrti.-- (oih1 iti friagiog will be jroit-d to thn full I extent of tb law Itrtrml i rt rrmu THE LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE. An ITnc'"- 'VVli, l'f .Mali It 1'lar Tun., A llul ut lro"tlr. Hav yon over beard of an engi neer wko cohM play titans ufKn thn whiitle of h JocomoUve" a.knl a railronii man of tht reprt'r. I karw heartl of calltofe? mo-ks. but , can no. a? ,ha. , ,.r, j,9an, a Ulu . . . . . . . tdavw! jOB the whulle of a locomo- ' - ,. ' tiv' w x "" rrPv" " Well.' continue.! the rallroa1 man. -J know of an cngmwr who can do It. ana i condder that he not oalr ha an f.ar for ,,, itUl lhat h" i- a 'roieal .nm, or prtelgv 111 name U Hob (rjn nr t abwttt ,jjirtr Tran ot unmam'ti. an! i th- engineer of R Joeomotire that run, a freight train on lbr vair juI between Harr -bur amJ L-xm?ton, Va, tor tntnee. h7 knew of two of h; roong fr.end who w.r, . mirnA. Th-T rwje o:oa ihe line of lm route, and every Umn bt pacd thtr homn hs plated tb lun? of In the ijwee Hr and lt.' lb whit!e of the locomotive Then, again. a i usually the ca-e, he ha a gtri of hl own. and every unvc he r! her home he piav the tunc of 'Th Girl 1 UJi !Sehd Me.' " Thi pla.ing of rouic cfoa engine wht-tlr where there are no conaotfng pipr aad key tmlar to lb caIHj9 t r'rtamly rcnarablc." repiuyf the man of new. I have oltea beard the raxwic plsyrrl." Trplirii the railroad man. arnl eaa" vouch for the truth oi my tatrmc!. Th5nr l' aootb-r t,ag aboot agJa w-t!e4 that 1 wh to peak of. and u Ziieial. tht Pjr atw baTC aaaoenctag tbtr proximity io th3 heii oi their wit- aad -" lbert llare yon ncTer hrd bat to thongWl a a ratbrr frHar j j wue ewwisg frosa a nxwmotus "Oh. je. aad I ad otbrr ia ay coapasy at .the tirsc kate Tem;kixl ti.n it. .V"etL tho-e jcalar wht!r ar nothing nxre r,x r than, a jnrt of th cagia-cr co-br o. -jgsaK by whwh hi wite or wcc.beart is sotltcd of hu conslns. Thti jitanseat wa verified by a brother railroad a-taa who said: 1 haT eea a yosag lady who 8ad9r tood her loTer' whiUe walk te a ta tioa or road croiag whrre hi eagia had stopped. Mniitm&rc .Veicz. Utile Cha-JeT "Faa. wiD jom bey ase a draas?" Fesul father "Ah. but My bey. ye-s will dit5trb sss vwr muck it I -" Caky-KX a, ff wj dfWM -afag whs, jWa ,,'!.,1t!MWx