The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, June 18, 1897, Image 5
i.fi i - .- - x v4bTm1'1"' THE RED CLOIJI) CHIEF, FRIDAY, JUNE 18 1897. V'M"1'""' -4 THE QUAY AT VEVEY. F cottrao, I am go trig to Uio hop to night," Bays Mrs. Darby, gnyly. "So llttlo happens nt Vcvcy In October ono really must tako In everything. Her companion, n man somo few years younger than the pretty widow, bows nbsont-mlndcdly to an Englloh girl who wnlka briskly by them, armod with a tennis racquet. "I may hopo for a fow dances, thon?" he questions. "A fow7" arching her delicate brows. "I know you dance awfully well. But tho American colony talks so In Vc voy." "They hare nothing bettor to do," answers Dick Tcmplcton, glancing con temptuously at tho many Idlers along tho quay. Ho Is too lately from college and tho actlvo life of American summer re sorts to feci himself at one with tho Americans who lead a purposeless, carc-freo exlstonce In tho llttlo Swiss towns which dot tho banks of Lake Geneva. "Tho people hero do nothing," ho re iterated, tho contempt In his volco dcopcnlng. "Somo of them study," murmurs tho widow apologetically, lowering her parasol slightly. Then sho adds a moment later: "Why do you stay hero, Mr. Tcmplcton, If you do not llko tho llfo7" Mrs. Dar by knowp tho young American 1b stay ing solely on her account, but she wants him to tell her so. As tho couplo pause to speak to n group of their ac quaintance sho Is Inwardly debating as to whether she will lot Dick Tcmplcton proposo to her now or wait until to night at tho Townsends' hop. Sho de cides It would better be now, as sho In tends dovotlng tho greater part of her evening to Sonor Sovardcs, a handsome Spaniard who has mado lovo to her all autumn In his charming, open, foreign fashion, saying, perhaps, In his broken but delightful English, more than ho had meant to say. Ho had been told ono could say anything to American women up to a certain po!t, and ho found Mrs. Darby very Interesting. It had been a now experience to Mrs. Darby and Bho had grown moro Inter ested In him than she would caro to own. So as Mrs. Darby and Dick Temple ton continued their slow promenade, che looks up at him In evident expecta tion of an answer to her last ques tion. "Mrs. Darby," replies tho young man, earnestly, his eyes avoiding her faco r "YOU ARE A FLIRT." and fixed on tho distant mountains, "you know why I am staying." "17 Mr. Tcmplcton, indeed I do not." Ho glances at her suddenly, but she, too, has her oyes fixed on tho bluo whlto distance. Tho man pauses abruptly and leans against the parapot. Thoy have reach ed the end of tho quay. MrB. Darby stops, porforco, with a wish that tho next fow moments woro well over with. Tho frank admiration of her yonng countryman has boon very pleasant to hor and sho has en couraged him until eveu tho most un observant matron In tho American col ony has coupled their names together. But n slight feeling of regret comes to her now that sho Bcea him so much In earnest. "I am Btaylng," Dick Templeton goes on, "becauso you aro here, Mrs. Darby, and becauso I would rather bo whore you nie than anywhero eUo on earth. Last week when I wont to Oenova I thought I could do without you, but I was mistaken. I camo back In three days. Every moment had been an hour to me. Ah, Marlon, I thought you were glad to see mo when I roturned. You cannot hnvo boon trifling with me, Marlon. I lovo you. I havo never lov ed another woman. I ask you to bo my wife." Mrs. Darby's faco oxprcsscs somo re gret but moro annoyance. Why need ho be so serious? She knows that he will reproach her, and sho hesitates a few moments beforo answering, try ing to think of somothlng natural to say. "Dlck," sho says at last, Boftly, "I am truly sorry this has happened. I think bo much of you. I thought we wero such good friends, I never " "Stop!" Interrupts tho man hastily. "Do not Ho to mo. You knew from the first that I loved you." "Sir!" sho repeats, her oyes flashing angrily. "Mr. Templeton, you Insult mo. You forget yourself atrangoly." "I forgot nothing but that you havo used mo for your amusement. Thero Is no Insult for such as you. You aro a flirt!" Ho is looking directly at hor now, but sho Is looking up at tho quay at a tall, dark man who Is approach ing thtm indolently at somo llttlo dis tance away. It Is Senor Sovardcs! This scene must be over beforo ho reaches them. Sho turna passionately to tho man who has dared to address hor Ukothls. "You fool," sho hisses, "becauso 1 have arecptcd your flowers and books; because I have walked with you, driven with you and nllowcd you to carry my wraps, Is that a reason why you should fancy I love you7 Your Intonso con ceit has docched you." Dick Templeton looks nt hor scorn fully, making no reply. Then, following tho concentrated gaze of her baffling eyes, ho sees So nor Sovardcs but a few foot off. "Hero Is a now toy for you," ho Bays, brutally. "I daro say tho senor will sparo mo tho very dlsagrccablo duty of accompanying you home." Mrs. Darby turns white. "Sonor," addressing tho ncwoomcr, "this man has Insulted me. Will you tako ino to my hotel?" Tho sonar eyed tho young American curiously. Ho had lent tho Spanlnrd COO frans tho night before, and after such gen erosity tho suavb foreigner could not believe him capable of Insulting a lady. He turns to Mrs. Darby. "Slnco when, madnmo, hnvo I had tho right to protect you from your own country men?" Then, holding out n smnll packet to Dick Templeton. "Hero Is tho money, monsieur, you so kindly lent mo nt cards last night. I nm leaving for Lnusanncs on tho C o'clock train." Ho shakes hands cordially with Dick, bows formally to Mrs. Darby and, crossing tho road, Is soon lost to view In n narrow side street. Templeton, thrusting tho monoy In Mb pockot, turns his back to Mrs. Dar by nnd again leans over tho parapot. "Dick," says Marlon In a low voice. Suppressing nn oath, Dick, without turning, say3 coldly: "Aro you going on, Mrs. Darby, or Bhall I?" Tho woman sees sho cannot retrlovo what sho has lost. A momont later Marlon Darby In walking up tho quay alone. WHERE MARY LAMB DIED. The Utile Dreamy Old Lmly's Fiwnoti VUltnr. Apropos of tho recent celebration of Chnrlcs Lamb's birthday at the Urban Club, John HolllURshoad writes aB fol lows In London Sketch: Tho faouso In which Mary Lamb died, after surviving her dovoted brother, Charles Lamb (who died In 1835), thir teen years, has been swept away with tho bulk of Alpha road by tho new Shef field railway woVks. After Mary Lamb had murdered her mother In n fit of Insanity it beenmo a question what was to bo dono with hor. Her brother nnd friends enmo to tho rescue to prevent her bolng lmprliaued as a criminal lunntlc. My two great aunts Miss Sarah James and Mrs. Parsons as friends of tho family, of fered to bo responsible for her safety and conduct, and Mrs. ParsonB, who lived nt 20 Alpha road, tho northwest Bide, about eight houses from tho main rond, fitted her up a comfortablo room on tho ground floor, with a Freuch door window opening Into tho orchnrd gar den, which In tho later '30's and MO's was full of apple trees. This room wob her Bitting room and library, every Inch of tho walls being filled with books, somo of thorn presen tation copies, In paper covers, from Wordsworth, Keats, Coleridge, South ey, John Clare, William Goodwin, Tom Hoed nnd others, with tho follna nmi old dramatists which Charles Lamb had Elenncd from many bookstalls. I Bpent ninny afternoons with tho llttlo, dreamy old lady, who often look ed over mo rather than nt mc, and tried my best to amwso hor by playing a very Irrcgulnr gnmo of whist. Visitors sometimes enmo In and I was nllowcd to watch them from a corner. William Goodwin, MIsa Kelly, Tom Hood, William Hnzlltt and many oth ers pnescd beforo my boyish eyes, and I am sorry to Ray I often left them to go out In tho garden ami feast myself on tho apples. Hotel In Greece. Professor Glldcrsleevo writing In tho Atlnutlc Monthly of hotels In tho in terior of Greece, ssjs thoro Is no com mon sitting-room. Thero Is no ofllce, Imit that does not seem to Interfere with tho presentation of tho bills. Tho ground floor Is given up to n enfe or restaurant, if tho Innkeeper goes Into thnt lino of business. Very often, how ever, tho master of tho Apollo has only rooms to let. Tho sleoplng apartments on tho floor nbovo aro often approached by an outsldo stairway, and, nB Is to be expected In a southern cllmnto, thoy ure scantily furnished. Over-furnishing Is a vlco anywhere. Under a southern sky II is a crliuo of which tho Greeks nro not guilty. Thero Is usually a mirror, though that tribute of human vanity la sometimes lacking, and, llko the Turk, tho solitary Turkish towol bears no brother near his throne. Tho bedstead Is Invnrlably of Iron. As In primitive United StateB within my memory, sin glo rooms aro raro Two, three, four, five beds aro put In on room or strung nlong tho corridors. A fnstldlous por son who desires to occupy a room nlouo haB to pay for nil tho bed therein. In somo places special charge aro mado for Bleeping In tho daytime, and thero b a fixed rato for sleeping on the floor. Golfer lu the Houth. Although golf may be played all through the winter, as has been tho caso at Lnkewood this year, many ardent golfers prefer to follow the BwallowB south of Mason and Dixon's line. There Is a very smnrt colony at Atken, 8. C, this year, and tho links at Hampton Roads buvo been played on regularly. Theso latter have tho ad vantage of being within reach of tho oillcera' quarters at Fortcss Monroe, and there Is much rivalry between sol diers and civilians. Exchange, THE HISTORY OF A SONQ. "Tho Vucnnt Clintr ami It War-Tims Origin. Almost every American Is familiar with tho song called "Tho Vacant Chair," though comparatively few know tho name of the author of Uio verses or tho circumstances which gavo rlso to their composition, sayB the Now England Magazine. A recent writer has given u sketch of Henry Stevenson Washburn of Boston, who wroto tho words of "The Vncmit Chair" and of Lieut. John William Grout of '.ho Mas sachusetts volunteers, whoso heroic death they commemorated. John William Grout was born In Worcester, Mnsn., In 1813, son of a well known and wealthy manufacturer. From tho Of.rlioHt naa thn linv manifest ed Intense love of things mllltnry and distinguished himself at the Worcester mllltnry ncadomy, where ho Btudlcd. At tho outbreak of tho wnr his ability was at once recognized by the authorities nnd ho wns commissioned second lieu tenant In company D of the 15th Mas sachusetts voluntocrs. Ho bocamo vory populnr In tho reclmcnt nnd was In great demand ns drlllmnstcr. In tho field tho young lieutenant displayed conspicuous coolncsB and bravery, but his career was unfortunately very brief. He lost his life In tho disastrous engagement which took plnco In Oc tober, 1SC1, near Poolsvllle, Md. Young Grout was Intimnto with the rnmuy of Mr. Washburn, being a warm friend of thnt gentleman's ron and on the Thanksgiving following tho young man's death Mr. Wnshburn, sympa thizing with tho family, which would feel Its bereavement doubly nt that fes tival season, wns Inspired with some verses, which wero afterward published under tho nnmo of "Tho Vacant Chair" In tho Worcester Spy and signed H. S. W. Theso verses mot tho eye of Mr. George Root of Chicago, who set them to music without any correspondence with tho author, as tho lines woro not copyrighted. Tho Bong appeared as "Tho Vacant Chair, words by H. S. W., music by George F. Root," and at once nppcaled to tho public, selling In enor mous numbers. Mr. Washburn, who hns been a prominent business man and wns for somo years In tho house of rep resentatives, Is now 84 years old and lives In a beautiful home in tho Aber deen district of Boston. Ho has writ ten many pretty nnd touching verses besides "Tho Vacant Chair" and not long ngo published a volume containing his principal poems. A COUNTRY OF SURPRISES. Conl, Lead, SlUcr and Tin lu South Africa. Whllo there is llttlo doubt that with proper development of Its agricultural and pastoral resources South Africa could bo mnde practically self-supporting, tho successful development of these Industries depends nevertheless upon tho creation of local markets through tho stimulus given by mining opera tions, snys tho North American Re view. With tho exception of mining gold, diamonds nnd coal thoro havo boon no considernblo exploitations of Us min eral resources. Coal fortunately exists In many parts of tho country, nnd It has been estimated that tho known coal fields represent an nrca of 50,000 square miles, which Is equal In extent to tho stato of Iowa. Thoro exist In fomo parts of tho country largo deposits of Iron contiguous to tho conl fields. But as yet tho economic conditions havo not favored tho development of that In dustry. Load, silver, cinnnbar, tin nnd other' metals aro also found In many partB of the country, but hnvo not been remuneratively worked. Amoug tho mining countries of South Afrlcn tho Transvaal Is fncllo prlnceps, and Is In all probability destined to maintain Its pnrnmount position, though, as Is well known, South Africa is "a country of surprises," and It Is possible, of course, though not probnblo, that within its great extent other equally Important districts may bo discovered. Kii.lilen Iteitarutlnn of Speech. A child who had for some years been speechless from what appeared to bo paralysis of tho vocal chords had been under treatment nt an Institution for deaf muteB in tho hopo that something might bo dono to restoro her lost fac ulty. Tho physicians had failed to produco any effect, and the llttlo one was to bo sent homo as Incurable. The children who wero recovering their powers of speech wero singing a fa vorlto and Inspiring hymn, when the child, without tho slightest warning, Joined In tho chorus nnd snng heartily and with tolcrablo enunciation. Later sho pronounced soverul words and spoko with tolcrablo ease. Tho dootors aro somewhat puzzled and can give no satisfactory explanation of tho curlour circumstance. Old-Illcyclo Tire. Thnt tho second-hand blcyclo, or Its tiro, haB its uses Ib evident from the fact that for Bomo time ingenious per sons havo used tho older Inner tubes as water or Ico bags. The tubo Is cut off at tho valvo and tho long section Is filled as may bo desired for heat or cold, lu order to avoid tho weight ol pressure at ono end of the tube rlb bonB or tapes aro tied around tho tube at intervals, suggesting a Btrlng of enu sages. As a hot-water bag this ar rangement Is most deslrablo. If one requires small bags tho tubo can bo cut In Bectlons, ono end sealed with ordi nary cement and tho other, after fill ing, may bo tied with tho string. .. . , ,, , i It la an extraordinary fact that only to nrcsldents were mm vt, ...,., two presidents wero born betweon April nnd October. Tho record by months Is as follows: January, two; February, threo; March, four; April, four; July, ono, August, ono; October, threo; November, four; December, two. aLtJdfe i.ituu iqi :- x-r-3 .-t-cjnsv "cob4cJ0 SV .t"" In former years a singular fishery flourished on the Island of Santa Cnt nllnn, Southern California, known ns tho boneless cod. Scores of Itnllnn fishermen, who could not speak a word, or but fow words, of English, mado tho attractive Island their headquar ters, and any ono familiar with tho bay of Naples or Polcrmo might have thought that they had been trans ported to those places, ns here were tho Bamc boats (roublc-enders, low In the wiuer, uiicic nnti Heavy, with plctur csquo lateen sails, which dodged in and out of tho bays in a suspicious wny that suggested piracy, or at leaBt smuggling. But nil these boats were fishing for the Los Angeles market, iuui mo Donelefcs cod constituted an Im portant Item. Tho first tlmo I saw the meat of this cod I was struck with Its fine ap pearance; nnd the evident size or bulk of tho fish nnd n desire to soo ono caught Induced me to tako passage on ono of tho fishing boats. Tho fishing ground wns on the southeast end of tho island, near n huge bed of kelp thnt stretched alone Rhnro. forming n perfect bnrrler against tho heavy sea that camo pounding In to brenk and wear away tho rock-bound coast. Instead of anchnrlni thn mnn tm..t,i aboard n long branch of kelp and mado it fast, and by this seaweed cable tho craft swung In the tide. Small lines were then thrown out, baited with crawfish. I soon hooked a fish, and hnd It fairly at tho surfaco when I dis tinctly sow Bcmo large black object dash upward from the depths below. A violent wranch, and my fish, hook and lino Were gone. Tho fishermen laughed at my confusion, and handed mo another line. A few momcntB later my nearest companion Jerked la a fish, when the same big object appeared,' flinging itself pnrtly out of tho water in its eagerness to capture it, then, turning ns it descended, lltorallv drenching mo with water, at which tho Italians inuglicd uproariously. Tho small fish which had been aught was now placed on a hook al most ns largo as a whale hook, with a powerful line, and thrown over. Hardly Hnd it struck tho bottom before tho lino began to run slowly out, at which tho flshermon bocamo greatly excited. When about twenty feet had gono over tho rail a lusty Genoese seized It, nnd when It camo taught Jerked It with nil his force. As a re sponse camo a Jerk that nearly throw him upon his face, and tho line, torn from hlB grasp, rushed over the Bldo with a force that mado It smoke and hiss. Out It went, tho colls leaping into the air like living things, tho men rushing from side to side to avoid them. Ten, twenty, fifty, ono hundred and more feet went smoking and hiss ing over the gunwale beforo tho fisher man dared to touch It, and then, when he did, his asms went down, cibow deep, into tho water, bo deep, in fact, that his companions seized him by tho legs to prevent his utter disappearance. By tho greatest exertion the Italian stayed tho progress of tho big flsli and gained twenty feet or moro of lino; then, In a magnificent rush, the gamy crcaturo rushed out again, to bo finally Btonncd by a turn taken about a be laying jmu, even men me uig lino creake. and groaned ominously. For . . . ;L, ...... . .... ... . laying pin; even then the big lino half an hour this strugglo went on, the lino bolng handed around from man to man as they grew weary, and finally It fell to me. The big fish even then was more than I could manage. "Whin It made a rush'tho line burned my band jgSSmS 2?,UliflK.W?"OTMtfttti& - 1 Wi ?&m.&JuimmMMxziS&2s- i m jmmmMmmmmfm z&l. &&, nvVmj vrfA lkiHBiX&9t3z3 -jmr.n MMmJ- m WSL ftsfe& V&W AVAr 0vJ"2L i -"" X r5&"J-Z3tmZz-'sr l. &L&&2Emkzzsm2&firr :tesrr) mE? amMm8mMmmm mm i ii wmm h in1!1 i g- mmamsssLdm mfczmrsamM5mim2zz&.rmirm vrz i-tr wSSkBiSiisic.. rSn. v JadiSMLiHiLHRBaflHeM. t&i mm wMX' nnd cut deep furrows In tho Bide of tho boat; nnd when the fish turned and made a side rush the force and power of the creature wero almost Irrnslstlhl.v But gradually tho struggles became less and less, nnd n final effort brought n huge body of rich color alongside. I caught a momentary flash of groat eyes, then a ponderous tall again drenched mc with wnter, and tho fish mado a last and futile plunge, then lay on Its side pounding nnd beating tho water with Its tall and rolling about from side to side. It was finally hauled up bo that Its head wns out of tho wn ter a magnificent crcaturo fully bIx feet In length nnd bulky In proportion; a blnck bas3 In general shape, elab orated and grown out of all Bcmblanco to itself, so thnt It weighed nearly five hundred pounds, a typo of power and strength nmong fishes. "You want see boneless cod?" said one of tho fishermen; "thnt'a him." So, then, tho secret was out. Boneless cod was neither cod nor boneless, but tho famous Santa Catallna black sea bass that was caught by tho wholesale, cut up Into great slices or steaks, nnd salted down as cod a very good decsp tlon. Our first capture was, after It was killed, fastened astern, and later sev eral other fish were hooked, some of wnicn must havo weighed several hun dred pounds, as thoy carried off tho lines and straightened out tho big iron hooks. Sometimes they would follow up the Bmall fish that were being caught for bait, and would strike heav ily against the bottom of the boat. We had struck a school of these giants of the bass tribe, and nearly a dozen of them were taken, ranging from ono hundred nnd fifty to flvo hundred pounds in weight. Lato In the evening tho heavily laden craft came to anchor In tho llttlo bay, nnd tho great fish wero towed ashore, cut up and salted down without their bones, to be sent out later as boneless cod. The great fish Is closely related to tho groupers, and may bo termed n gigantic ba3s, and Is known to sclenco as tho StoreolepBls glgas. It lives In deop water In winter, though occasion ally coming In shore to deposit Its eggs, nt this tlmo being caught In groat numbers In water from thirty to fifty feet deep. In summer Its capture con Btltutes ono of tho sports of the Island, visitors going out to tho various points or oven watching tho big fish from tho wharf. Tho enpturo of so gigantic and powerful a fish Is an experience to bo remembered by tho uninitiated, and when ono Is brought Into Avnlon at the beginning of tho season thero is great excltoment, and the big fish Is duly photographed with tho fortu-' nate fisherman. The II ell man' Little Joke. Kirriemuir, In Forfarshire, tho "Thrums" of Mr. Barrle'n delightful studies of Scottish llfo nnd character, onco possessed a humorous bellman. On one occasion ho was Instructed to mako tho following announcement on tho day of the local fair: "Notice! All persons driving cattlo through tho lands of Logle, to or from tho market, will be prosecuted with tho utmost rigor of tho law." Then, seeming to be sorry for the harshness of tho or der, and anxious to clear himself In the eyes of his neighbors, ho ndded: "Yo necdna mind a' this, lads; It's only a haver (nonsense) o" the grlovo a (the form overseer)." n HE DIDN'T DESERVE THE CURL. Wni Aotcnt-MlnJcd to the Lmt Do Kec. There is something at once amusing and pathetic In the fact thai. Robcly never mart-led, says tho Detroit Free Press. Ho was a bright, healthy, cheer ful young'man twenty years ngo. Un der theso conditions It was incvltablo that he should fall In lovo and his af fection wns reciprocated by n beautiful young lady, who was ns happy as ho In blllhlltwr air rnRflns. Tn nvnrvthlnir thev wero fitted for each other, unless in tho fact that Robely was tho most absent-minded young man that over went n-woolng. Occnslonnlly ho would start to seo his girl and wander In somo other di rection, forgetting his dereliction un til It was too lato to mako nmends. Twlco ho colled for tho special purposo of proposing nnd loft without nttendtng to tho matter. Even when tho tlmo camo to appeal for a parental consent and blessing tho matter escaped his mind until tho Indignant old gentleman appointed a special conferenco nnd curtly Insisted that falluro to meot tho dato would prove disastrous. Theater engagements and parties were over looked In the same way, and It was all passed happily over becauso it was Roboly. It was not expected that ho would comply with any special code of conduct. But when tho church chimes wero pealing tho brldo was In a flutter of anticipation, tho bridesmaids and groomsmen were on hnnd, tho minister Was mnilv. thn fnmlllnn .. tl, -...I the wedding festival needed but tho presenco of tho bridegroom. Ho wa missing. This was different. Thero wns no way of doing without him. Ho hnd been urged, warned and cautioned, but ho was nllowlng that absent mind of his to drift him down tho river In a rowboat unmindful of tho penalty fate would exact. The pitcher had gone to tho well once too often, anil tho wedding was never celebrated. THE POPULAR IDEA. nut Tlicy Are Not All Innocent Mod Who Go tn Hlbnrlim. There was a popular Idea that tho wastes of Siberia aro peopled with men who havo been unjustly exiled from Russia nnd that tho criminal Is really as difficult to find as the traditional needle In the bunch of hay, says Tit- uiia. acis, nowever, do not substan tiate this theory any more than they do tho largo mnjorlty of popular Im pressions. A great sensation was created two or threo years aco bv thn finding nt on,.n Russian exiles or prisoners who had maao tneir escape from Siberia. They were In an open boat In tho Pnnin n,i woro taken to San Francisco, whero they became the obientn nf nnn..i.n commiseration, ns well as tho text for tho denouncing of the Russian meth ods of dealing with political offenders. Tho Callfornlans, ever ready with sympathy, gavo them clnihpa nn,i found them work to do. It now nn- pears that durlnc thn intrrvnt i,f i. elapsed between their nrrivni ,, Francisco and now every ono of them nas ocen punisned by tho law of tho land. Tho In3t of tho nnrtv im inct been sentenced to twenty years' Impris onment for burglary, while ono of his comrades only a short time ngo was hanged for two murders whloii hn hmi committed. Investigations which havo lmon mn,io show that every one of these men had been sent to Siberia for reasons which wouiu have earned him a correspond ing period of exile from tho hnunto nf his fellow-men if not absolute deporta tion from the country in nny other part oi ino woriu. Wedded on n Trolley Car. Tho conductors nnd motormpn nhn run on tho electric enrs whirh niv lm. tween Council Bluffs nnd Omaha look nowadays with suspicion unon vnnnn couples who Boem only casual acquaint ances. They don't know when iimv nr likely to get roned In nn witnnnooa tr. mnrrlnge, says the Plttsburc fihrmiinin. Telegraph. Conductor Thorne and the motorman of car No. C5 had this dxpen lenco several days ngo. A young map nnd a woman boarded tho car at Broad way and Pearl street In tho morning Tho faro to Omaha was paid by th man. Neither the mnn nnr n.o ..., seemed to tako much Interest In llfi until the car ncared Omaha. When tho car readied tho crossing nenr Twelfth nnd Douglass streets the mnn looked out anxiously, and In n few minutes tho Rev. Mr. Overton of Omaha enmo puf fing in. Thero was n big crowd on hand nnd ns tho electric car sped back to Council Bluffs tho nuptial knot was tied. At Broadway and Penrl street the car stopped and tho husband and wife disappeared In tho snowstorm The minister carried back to Omaha a good-sized fee, nor was tho car crew forgotten. On the Home. "Talk about trained dogs," said Lar ry Phillips recently, as he wns standing beforo a down-town mixed-goods res taurant, "they ain't In It with Mike Come here, Mike!" ho ahouted, and Mlko, a three-legged bull terrier, wall eyed and lopsided, with an upper Up llko a County Kerry squire's, sauntered up. Hla owner walked Into tho saloon and laid a quarter behind a cuBpidc-r "Mike," said he, when he returned "J left a qunrter In tho room yonder, Go In and get .it." Mlko lookod up intelll genfly andran Into t,hq room, comlnc back presently empty mouthed. "Thnt'i tho first time hd eyor failed mo," said Larry, with somo chagrin, ns ho walked In and pIcRed up tho coin. Then look Ing at It closely: "Why, no wonde, the dog wouldn't touch It. The blamed thing's a counterfeit. Who changed that quarter?" But tho bnrtonder onls remarked: "Guess thoy'ro on the house, Larry." Philadelphia Record. '' it