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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1896)
"! r fflf?' ZP U THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, AnU'KT? 1G. H 19 i a f est r c& ! MOll JUUSSK Y'S LI FE. ' , ONLY PUGILIST WHO EVER WENT TO CONGRESS. Vn linnet mill liifMi-tlcitrli.it rir.t, Lint nml .Ml tln Ilinn llo Mil I'll iiltcrulily fur Omul llimiriiint'iil -III, Willow In Wiint. (Troy, N. Y.. Lot tor.) itferinc. direst wan i. partially par a:;.:v f f t .jk. alyzed and totally blind, tin widow of John Mnrtisscy.oup of tho greatest pu t-V V gilists tills country ' V 1. his over known. Is Pacini; her declin ing years In this city In groat nion tal anil physical r ,.' U .'. ', WV - . distress. Klio was (JO years old on June I last, anil wore It not for tin? aid she leeches from John Mack, tlu husband of Carrie Turner, the well-known act ress, she would doubtless lip In the poorlioiise. Mack resides In Albany, and until admonished by the police to oli.so his establishment, ran one of the lines' gaming places in the state. Mor risscy's remains were burled in St. Peter's renietery, in thin city, and to lur intense sorrow, Mrs. Mnrtissoy !-' no longer able to visit the wave. Prior to the double allUetlon from which slit now suffers. Mrs. Morrissey worked in one of tlii groat collar shops In this city. The career of John Morrlsaey was. aa nil old-timers will remember, exceedingly picturesque. He was the only American pugilist who ever Iip canip it congressman. He differed from the other pugilist, of his day. He was a man of strict Integrity, and his word wiis as good as his bond. He was par ticularly open-hearted and free-handed. He discharged his congressional duties without fear or favor; he was, as far as honesty of piirpo.se and lixity of de termination were concerned, an Ideal congressman. First, last and all the time Morrissey was unalterably for good government. History substan Mates th la assertion. In ISnii, when 5 years old, John Mor rissey came to this country from Tem plemore, county Tlppv.'ury, Ireland. The Mnrrls-seys .settled In West Troy. His father obtained work at the docks. West Troy at that period of the cen tury was not the most relined place on the map of New York, and the boys with whom young Morrissey was thrown in contact were exceedingly vicious and degenerate. Even their evil inlluences did not warp the boy's better characteristics, and ho grew up .surprisingly honorable and upright for jone whose associates had been counted among the lowest. Young John learned to fight at an early age. No oppression was tolerated when lip was around. Many boys, some considerably older anil larger thin himself, did he whip In those days when championing the cause of some lad too feeble to light his own battles. It was this spirit that made young Morrissey ascend to a higher plane than that occupied by the other boys. Morrissey could light so well that be soon became to be regard ed as a phenomenon. In fact, ho was thought to be the greatest fighter for Ills years In till. country, though at that time he had met no recognized pu gilist. For u number of years after tin MorriHsey.s had moved to Troy, young Morrissey followed various callings. For sonio time he worked as a deck hand on u Hudson river boat between Troy and New York. In IS 17 ho be came very ill. I'pon his recovery he engaged as n bartender In a hotel on River street. While acting In this ca pacity Morrissey became acquainted with a number of professional gam blers, fighters ami sporting men of va rious kinds. They knew that Morris toy could light, and they encouraged him to meet some pugilist whoso abili ties wore then recognized by the sport ing fraternity. Morrissey was 11 red with an ambition to become n gre:r lighter; he longed to vanquish men. Morrissey nbout this time had been told that a saloon man named "Dutch Charlie," mid who ran a place In New lys-jS si-.. -r---K . ' . 1 v v .J1" ft te" iv; for... '.' Ml" 1 "Xr.&i ' ' "Ss A.... ;ij&$Y: w'lktXK mm?-1 THH MORUISSKY MONl'MKNT. York city, had said that ho could wnlp Morrissey with ease. Morrissey has tened to New York. Entering. "Hatch Charlie's" place lie asked that (lev man worthy if the import was correct. His tory does not record what "Dutch Char lie" said, but it does state that Moris Bey was sot upon by a gang of rowdies thnt was In the place, and so badly licaten that It was days boforo ho was himself again. U could whip one man, but ho couldn't whip n dozen. Soveral years Inter he moved to Now York, and the reputation ho established for himself as a lighter spread through out tho United States. Four years nfter this Morrissey married a Troy glri. Sho vns Susan Smith, tho daughter of a Hudson river steamboat captain. In tho years that succeeded, Morrissey became, a factor in New York politics, and in ISfiO ho was elected to emigre?. from tho Fifth diatrl-t lit that c'ty. ' S :77 ' vl 'A V " r' ! - "V m,J r -' a' W Ma I ' V.v-'X ... I , .. ,&w "... 1 rft 'X-m J .a ."OTfl T- ,R ! . I 't '' 'jZHXit I ' i i ' 1 '4 til'.t.C-A M fcl '- c,"",n W!W ""l "' " ome New Yorkers ns the greatest blessing I that had ever been conferred upon fhei in jri),)o:ii, and none felt this senti ment nio.e fully than Morrissey him ! self. It was practically the making i of ,Morrl.ne. Hp felt that lip was in: ;a position to do public good, and that eour.'e would lie pursue. Meanwhile., i he hid been Improving himself men-1 taliy. atrl when he took his seat In coiureM it was with a iloternilnatloi' to advocate that which he considered' was In the cause of honest government, j Ills work In congiess was not brilliant, j hut it was sturdy and reliable. Eleven i years after his election to congress he defeated Augustus Sohell, who had been put up by Tammany. Morrissey polled nearly 1 ,000 more votes than his op ponent. The strain of the campaign, however, was too much for MoitIhspv. and Iip broke down. Hp died a year later of llrlght's disease and organic heart trouble In the Adelphl hotel at Saratoga Springs. His funeral was at tended by a tremendous throng of peo ple. Many prominent politicians, gov ernment and state olllclals being pres ent. Morrlsseyls pugilistic victories have been so often related that It Is not worth the while to dilate upon them iit this time. It Is of Interest, however, to know that John ('. Heeiian. another great pugilist, and who Is best JOHN MORUISSKY. remenibered lor his battle with Sayres Him burled In St. Agnes' cemetery, hal way between this city and Albany. PHYSICAL CULTURE. It I S.1I1I to llx I.iiniHiitiilil.v ln:nlcill:itC III Amrrlcmi (.'oil rue. W. (!. Anderson, In an article on physical trnlnlns at the universities. 'points out that the olllcial provision for the physical cu' ure ol the young men at the big est seat? of learning in this country is lamen tably Inadequate, says the it. Loult-Globe-Democrat. In no co' ego nnd in only one or two schools in 'he coun try does there exist today a : stemntif course In physical training In which full physical measurements lire 11 ulc twice a year, including a special examination for the heart, lungs and c es, upon which examination us a bat 1 special class work is conducted in tl gyniiin sluin ami out of doors and popcr In dividual attention is given to even StllllPIlt. Kven at Harvard and Yale a curso ry Investigation of the facts will show that possibly two per cent of the who!' number of stuilPiits rerelvo nttentlon because they excel In rowing, posslbl S per cent because they can play base ball well enough to be valuable to theli college and not far from the sam- percentage because thoy havo the mus cle, pluck and ambition to make suc cessful members or substitutes in , 'varsity of class football eleven. It is the other unfortunate DO per cent whose physical condition the authorities ought to investigate and to whom thoy should supply, where ilellclencles exist, the necessary training to make them good. How Imperative Is the need for rals It'S the statiard of the national physi que is shown In the results of tho phys ical examination of Ml picked young sters preparatory to gymnasium prac tice at Yale last October. Of Oils number 2 were troubled with henna that wero weak in action, but other wlt'o normal. HO who had cither fair or poor circulation, !)7 had sonio form of malnutrition. Ill were deficient In lung capacity, 5S had noticeably Hat ches's, Oil had sloping shoulders. IS had lat eral curvature of tho spine, IS had stooping shoulders and S had project ing hips. These are valuablo and alg nlficant statistics. There is evidently much room for Improvement In tho American physique. A l.iimlnoii. Cut. Those who now tolenito mice or ra's In or about the house certainly must bo blind to the fact that a luminous cat. which costs very little to secure and nothing to keep, has been invented and can bo placed in any dark corner or nook and effectually scares away all such pests. This cat Is struck or stamped from sheet metal, or llko ma terial, so as to represent in appearance tho exact counterpart of its animated feline sister. It Is painted over with a luminous paint, so that It shines In tho dark llko n cat of lltiniu, After be ing used for nbout a week the place Ih forever freo of either mlco or rats. .jpular Scienco News. Iti'tnii'tliiii. "WJien are you and Miss DoiiRluloiie to l) married?" "Never, unlos.s sho retracts what she said last night." "IVhat did she say?" "That' sho wouldn't marry mo If I was tho last man on earth." Washington Time. 'I'llll lil'.lllxtll', Friend "That snowstorm that yon have painted l.s really wonderful." Ar tist "Yes; why the other day a friend of mine called on me and when ho saw that picture he put on my heavy ulster nud walked oft'." Tit-nits. V5 " J'i if 1 i U h A GRAND OLD MAN. THE LATE JUDGE TIIUMUULL A VETERAN OF RIGHT. Iln ItclniiKi'il to N'M'Ml I'litltli'itl I'urilnt mill Son I'll III till' ill.ltn Dlirlnc llm Wnr sUmrii of III, Lone nml l',i'fnl I'ltrfipr. 1114 1 1 1 I 'J i Trumbull in i.. i.. Lyman was one of Chicago's best known mid most highly esteemed cit izens. Ho was ullll latod with n largo number of lullueti t In I organizations, among them being the American liar association, I r o- U..V Kirf, mfcF m quols club and the board of counselors of the Chicago College of Dental Surg ery. Ills political career was an Inter esting one. lie was born hi Colchester, Conn., Oct. 12, lSi:i, and during the long period of his lifetime held many hlnh oIIIcps. Among the latter were those of Fulled States senator. Justice .if the supreme court of the state of Illinois, and state representative. He migrated to Illi nois In 1SP.7. and settled In Uellevllle. St. Clair county. In 1SI0 he was elected lepresentatlve in the state legislature, where he served two years. After that ho became a candidate for several of llces. but was unsuccessful until ISIS, when be was elected one of the Justices of the state supreme court. Four years later he was re-elected for a term of line years, but he resigned In 18ii:5. Ills career as a Fnlted States senator began In 1S", when he was elected to serve six years. At the expiration of this term he was re-elected for a sim ilar period, and In '(17 he was made sen ator for the third time. During his three terms of senatorial Incumbency lie attracted wide notice through his prominent Identlllcatlon with matters which were shaking the public mind. When the slave question was the theme on every tongue. Mr. Trumbull aban doned the policy of the democratic par ty, with which he had been prominent ly ldentilled. and espoused tbo cause of freedom. He was the Hist to propose an amendment to the constitution abol ishing slavery. cr L.41:-; Km Will Jr H THIS LATH Jl'DGH TRL'MIll'LI.. In the Thirty-seventh congress he took a prominent part in the discus sions relating to the following meas ures; On the transfer of certain suits to the I'liited States courts, on tho dis charge of state prisoners, and on com pensated emancipation In Missouri. In. thn Thirty-eighth congress ho was prominent In debates resulting from tho following measures: On tho oath of a senator, on colored voters in Montana, on amending tho constitu tion, and on confiscation. Ono of tho political meetings In which ho took a promlnont part, and which Is of moro local Interest, per haps, than sonio other oven moro Im portant matters, was that held In April, 1S54. when prominent state politicians, Including both democrats and whigs, who were opposed to tho courso of Stephen A. Douglas In the senate, con vened In tho Tremont house. Abraham Lincoln, Lyman Trumbull, .Mark Skin ner, O. H. ltrownlng, John H. Stewart. David Davis, Nomina 1). Jurfil, J. Young Scninnion, Francis C. Sherman and other well-known men wero present. At this meeting tho politicians pledged themselves to support tho nntl-Ne-braska party, and appointed 11 commit tee to agitate tho subject. The state voto of 1SS0, when Mr. Trumbull was pitted us tho democratic candidate for governor against Shelby M. Culloni, republican, shows tho popularity of tho democratic candidate. At that time Mr. Culloni won out by a voto of 111 1.5G5 to 277.r.32 votes for Triimhull.- Mr. Triimhull was a merihior of tho law llrm of Trumbull, Washhurno & Hobbins. Mmliigimur Splilrr.. The silk spider of Madagascar spins threads of a golden color and utrong enough, accordiiii; to a well-known na turalist, to hang a cork helmet on. Small texture. woven of these threads aro used by tho natives for fastening Mowers on sunshades and for other pit:'- lOK'S. Tho $3-gold plcco weighs 135 grains. it MI"''""""JlBhAJBMijrrjrjjtT h T JL T JL CJLTJIA.T-A V J. SK.L IT! ffnHMfrJm LOCOMOTIVES IJUILT IN JAPAN. r.itii'rliucnl.il Urn-' l'roc it Suroi'i, In ('on,riiclloii nml lUiiiiiitny. All Fuglish consular report recentl published sas .Much Interest wnt. Vented among Kagllsli builders by It. - 4tt (( tttt. It lllll lull till III f ftl.lfl titll ! I.i t .. . . 'J . . ' """" ', i;iigiiiiiu hi iiic ill's' locoiuoiivp oiiiit ai the government railway workshops In Japan, which. It vns said was cotr lili'tpil at n nisi of ft. noil, wlilbi n sluii lar locnmoihc built In lOngl.ind cun'il not be plaii'd on tln line In Japan, ready for running, at a le.is cost than 1,800 pound.. The alleged cost in Japan was lallaci.nis, no allowance hnv Ing been made for Interest on capital, sclenllilc superintendence and ot.er charges, all of which would be taken Into coii'ilileiiitlon by private biilldcit-. but at the same time there was no doubt that the cost, no matter how liberally calculated, was i'oniparntlol low. Most of Its parts were enllrelv constructed at the works in Japan boiler, water tanks. whcci. cylinders and valves and only the framo plates and a few minor part came In a rough state from abroad. This engine started running on April 20, and has since run over so.oiio miles with perfect tiucce.'-s, lowness In cult iiiiinpllon of coal, good hauling capa -lty nml ulcntliiicHH. Four tender loco motives have since been built in thn same workshops and are now running oil the Iliogo-Kloto section of the Tok kaldo railway. They have already run over 1. "1.000 miles, and In all respects ure giving as complete satisfaction as the llrst. Two of the largest prlvalo railway companies are now following the example set by the government and trying the experiment of construct ing their own locomotives. Neither government nor private companies will, however, be able for many years yet to siitlsfx more than a very small frac tion of their requlicineiits In this re upect." DEFENDER OF LABOR. 'oncri'iii in lirllwmp of 'lil:mn Iln, Wim l.iilior'n INIi'Piii. CougiesMiinn Hugh it. Itelkunp. whose speech on the Phillips Labor bill htlrred the members of the House and made a distinct hit with tho gallery. Is 0110 of the hclf-mnde men of Chicago. Ills educational ml vantages were sonic- what limited, but his effort on the Labor bill was rhetorical, forceful, and at time passionately eloquent. , Mr. llelknap is a line Impromptu speaker. Two years ago he attended the annual meeting of the Army of the Tennessee, at Council Illuffs, Iowa. Mr, John M. Thurston of Omaha was to have ad dres.ied the meeting, but could not bo present. Mr. llelknap was called upon without warning to take Mr. Thurston's place, and his pathetic and fiery ora tion 011 that occasion won for him tho warmest plaudits. Mr. llelknap Is only 'M years old. He Is n nntlvo of Keo kuk, la., and In tho public schools of that city he was given his preparatory education. He afterward spent a sho-! ;v ' CONGRESSMAN HHMCNAF. tlmo tit nn academy in Massachusetts, but ho was unible to finish his educa tion, as was his desire, in 11 college. Ho left tho academy to enter the servlro of tho Haltimoro and Ohio railroad in a humble capacity, In 12 years he had hecomo trnlnniaster, and was later inndo chief clerk to the general man ager. Ho loft his position to become Kiipurlntnndeut of Chicago's fli.it olc I vated rnllro.ul. and relinquished that I placo to engage In tho llnanclal hand I ling of railroads. Hi. nomination f ;r cougres- .amc to him unsought. EOU THE CANNIDALS. GHASTLY PRACTICES FOUNDED ON ANCIENT THEORY. i..i,,lml , ,,..,, , ,,,, Mr,..,su: m,,ik Ulio ll.'ll..i 'Hi it loiir,.. nml llllii'i' iln itiln f rotn llii' Prm Hi r. t'u.illtle (' niw . 5J---.1 ni'J siory iiooiii If W imiiiiiIIimIh 111 Africa. 2-.i 1 1 10 story about jr( tstol.l by Captain -. -! I limit ut the meet ing of the Hiiilsh association, says 11 writer In the Satur day Review, arous ed HUlUclent inter- '3 i.V. i 1" esi in ma lie in" iUf 'r subject worth pur- V" 'tl suing. He notlyoii th.it his followers were In the habit of breaking the legii of their game several das be fore they killed thorn. In order to make the meat more tender. Inquiring us to tli"'lr reasons, he was told that this was I lie result of experience with ihuiuan llesh; that they always broke the legs anil iirms of their captives anil then tle.l them up to their necks In .1 liowlng strci'in. in such a way that they could uciilifr fall asleep ami drown nor commit Milcido nml (hut at the end of three days they could be killed will, the assurance that thoy would t very tender citing. As the president ol the geographical seel ion remiirked at the lime. It Is n ssiiry to dlvoM inirselve. of all Insular prejudices In Heating of caiiulballnin. The idea of eating 11 part of a deceased human being with the ob ject of acquiring some of his qualities mil virtues Is widespread nud has been mi from time immemorial. Such nac rilicial or sacramental eating is com mon to most religions. In Peru a ligure miule of dough Is baked ami onion nml the people talk if this as "eating the god." In certain parts of France a ligure Is made with the last of the harvest corn and e.ilen under the Impression that It contains the spirit of fertility. This was the earliest form of entiullialism, nud the very name of cannibal Is derived from the Carlbs, who used to devour their piiemles with the Idea of acquiring their courage. They were the bravest of the aborigines of South America ami did not pursue the practice to supply themselves with food. Thoy pretended they could distinguish the llavor or a Spaniard, an Englishman and a Frenchman. A French traveler who has written about llieni Indulges the traditional vanity of his nation by de claring that the French llesh had far nnd away the superior llavor. in some parts of England It n the custom, when a man Is laid out. to bake what Is called n corpse cake. This Is put to rise near the Urn on the dead body, nnd Is supposed to absorb the virtues of the deceased. In the Halkan slates a little bilked linage ncennipnii lea every funeral procession, nnd the mourners rat It afterward, exclaiming: "God rest him!" In Wnles and Here fordshire thero exists a regular paid functionary known ns the "sin-eater." lie Is described as a "long, lean, la mentablo rascal." On the breast of a corpse the relatives placo bread and cheese nnd beer, which the "sin-eater" consumes, In order to appropriate the sins of the deceased. Formerly ho re ceived nix-pence for his trouble, nnd took cure to make himself scarce as soon as possible after his duties were performed, but of late years his price has risen to half n crown. Cannibalism has been surprisingly little discussed In books of travel. Wo aro told that In such and such a dis trict cannibals nro to be found, but we hear no details, neither how the llesh Is prepared, what Joints are preferred, nor to what extent the practice Is pre valent. Captain Hlnde asserts that nearly nil the tribes In the Congo basin are or have been cannibals, and that tho practice Is on tho Inerense, not merely for superstitious reasons, hut also for the provision of food. There Is n certain sturdy, fat race lu Africa which hns never been famous for its prowess, hut which Is nuido a regular staple article of diet. Whole cargoes nro constantly carried up the river and sold to the nntlves for food. Inquiries for a fresh supply of slaves will offn be accompanied by the com plaint that "meat is scarce Just now." The iiatella aro described as a line race, with no old or infirm poisons aniens them. The le.ison of this Is net far to seek, lor at the llrst sign of do crepltudo the sufferer Is killed ind eaten, parents even b.-ing devoured by their own children. The member.; of this tribe consider human llesh the greatest of delicacies nnd are ever on the watch for any excuse to kill and eat their comrades. Tile fate of the indi viduals Is decided by their king, So soon as a victim Is appointed to die, mobs collect outside tho klng'B house and the vbtim Is given over to them alle, but does not long remain allvo, for tho people tear him to pieces ns 'Illicitly as a pack of hound3 will make an end of n hare. Each sets himself out to cut off his favorite tit-bit, and no one makes It his bushiest) to kill the victim llrst, lest a coveted ploco should thereby bo lost. Altoci'tlier Too l.ltcnil. She glided into tho olllen and quietly approached tho editor's deok. "I havo written 11 poem-," sho began. Well:" exclaimed tho editor with a look and 10110 Intended to annihilate, but bIio calmly resumed: "I havo written a poem on 'My Father's nam,' and " "Oh," Interrupted the editor, with nn extraordinary suavity, "you don't know how 1 nm relieved. A poem written on your father's barn, oh? I was afraid It was written on paper and th.it you wanted mo to publish It. If I should ever happen to drlvo past your father's barn I'll stop and read tho poem." f 9 i j fiBUCATI L',f"NCKS' (ItiKv l-ii), Ih.lr l.mt for lllooil It Lnroiir.tsi'il. 'fhr re are two little boy now con Kptouoti in Euripo. one Is II mid the other S joaiM of ne; one Is a erown ,'iince and the other a crowned king; the foiniei is the mm' dre.iry and self inn.tiiiiiiH llitl.' pr.-j that ever wa.s dulled In a pip. l,i and buckram nnd the other Is si ill a hlgh-splrlted child, bold, saucy and lovable, but both the Priisslou Kioiipilir. and Spanish Roy Nino have already but one thought In their young heads war, says Onldn In the Forum. The pompum little Ger man lieutenant 11ms for ilrciais ot strategy, maneuvers, hrivpsplel, the Importance of buttons, the dignity of Mrlpc.s nud grades, the superiority of gitii-powders and chemicals, and the blight Nino cUmh.s on Marshall Cam pos' knees nnd begs to be told how Moors were killed In Morocco, CuhatM in Cuba, mid how many years ho will have to wait before he, too. can have the Joy of killing them. Divine edu cation of Christian princes! These children ure taken respectively to the Lutheran service and to the catholic mass, and they are alike told that they are the servants of the Son of Peace, and what are they In truth being made both by education and example? They are being made the acourgo of their own generation and of the generations to com" They are being taught to hope for and to aspire to direct the siniighter of their people and of neigh boring peoples, to Ituil their toys lu military science, their theater In the battlefield, their nnibnula In blood. The little lads of their own ago who run now before their earrlngcs lu tho dust, shouting their names with Joyous outcry, will be for them a score ot years hence crippled, maimed, riddled with shot, torn with explosive bullets, drowned by torpedoes, blown up by mines; thousands yet unborn will ntiso to curse them; mothers will ask their dead sous nt their hands and ask In vain; villages will burn like wisps of straw and titles crumble llko trodden nnt-hllls at their word; thoy aro inno cent as the atoms of tubing or tho tin' snnllne boxes which hold tho ilotonat' ors nnd the Iron mills of tho bomb, but as these are lllled with the deadliest fumes and II res of hell, so aro theno boys from their earliest Infancy lllled to the thioal with the lust, tho pride, the appetite of war. An llniln hlcil (Jiic.tliin. It wiis growing dark as I roilo up to the dugout of a pioneer and called "Hello!" A groat racket was going on Inside nnd It was live minutes before any one paid any nttentlon to me. Then u tall, lank unit ciwhotioil wornim came to the door. She was breathing hard ami seemed to have undergone great excitement and It was 11 minute before she could get her breath to In quire: "Well, stranger, what la It?" "I want supper, lodgings and break fast." "Wall, I duniio." "Wero you having a nfokot wtlh a wolf or a bear In there?" I asked. "Say, Sol, come out hero!" sho called In answer, and half a inlnuto later a long-nosed, long-haired, melancholy looking man showed up beside, her. "Sol, do you own this 'ero claim or do I?" she asked. "What does the stranger want?" lis queried. "To stay over night." "Willi, he'd bettor light down." "That'll accordln'. Stranger, at 3 o'clock this arternoon this 'ore critter liz up and claimed to own this 'ero out lit. I rlz up and denied It. Then wo nailed In, tooth ami toenail to aeo which was the biggest man and wo'vo bin bltln', klckln', scratchln' and pull in' ha'r up to this mlnlt. You kin light down If you wanter, but tho font rntist o on," 'Yes, the font must go on,"addod tho iiian. i may git the gouge on lilm and make him holler in half an hour or wo may struggle on till midnight. I'll never givo In." "Neither will I!" "Then I might havo to wait for ltoura to see who was tho boss?" I queried. "You moiight, stranger," sho sol emnly replied. "You but you moiight!" ho grimly ndded. "Then I guess I'll rldo on." "That'll bo the host way. Now, then, Sol, I'm a cotnln fur yo with both feet!" Sho ran In on him, and got both hands lu bin hair nml Dm tun rniimi down tho stop Into tho dugout and worn banging about as I rodo away. Ten rods away I camo across a boy 12 year.i old sitting on tho tongue of a cart and as hp looked up I asked: "Well, sonny, do you live here?" "I ilunno," ho replied. "I'm wnltln' to nee. If dad licks wo both stay homo and mam travels; if mam licks she ruiiB the ranch nnd mo and dad take?, a walk. Mam's out of breath and dad'a gittin' weak In tho knees and I guess I'll know all about it Insldo or an hour:" A DOZEN CONUNDRUMS. Why Is chicken plu llko a gunsmltli'ii shop? Ilecauso It contains foul-In pieces. Why Is a clergyman's hor&o llko a king? Ilecauso ho Is guided by a minister. What l.s that which no ono wishes to havo and no one wishes to loso? A bald head. Why Is a gatepost llko a potato? Do cause Jl".T ire both put Into tho ground to propagnt'.'. Why are coals In London llko towns glrn up to plunder? Uccauso thoy arv sacked and burned. What Is Hint which Is often brought ti, tho table, always cut and never ateii? A pack of cards. 111 IT ik h 5 .1 j -.7 .3 m3SZmiMSZ-filirrz: mJHMJlt!9"t-e mMmmm