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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1898)
TIIEBEDCJjUUUUJII&F. M i n ;Q I (STU MODERN "SITTINGROOM" OK BIG CITIES. tonsil .11 rn mill Women llilnli nml Itiuuly Sliuil) (token, Itllf tlm I'liino lln.irn tin Miiil I ne.irthl) MirleUn -'Iniglf Mile uf Clt l.lfo. ITT INC. sue tin 'OOllln vell'st places In u Ida city. Not Unit there Is to nun li i"iit, '!' Ill" vice tn In1 recti in them, perhaps, lint they U'.til tin' wuv to things whlen am Wilt HP, If pOS'lllllo T1ip uic .id' hem' tlful places lo looU npon tli.il Septate looms behind tin b.u ire llllnl with barn tables nml cheap chillis. (In one side stands the piano, (lie most necessary nrtlclo (if fiiriiltinn In the loom. Om i In .i wlille pome ptopiieten gtown iiinliltloiiH and bungs pletum.s on the walls tlm' me mine mniaikuble for something vIm Unit) their nrtlstle hr.inty. Hui most or the lODiiis .ue lure nml itnlii- It In;; The nil is full of tlm funics of tobac i o hinoke anil stale lieci . the sounds ;h e those of hcilluni. In ami out. through the him ii.i'.e. wnmlei woniin Hint ue not lieiiillfiii i in iitnler tile soft veil of HiuoKe issuing fioin their lips, stnln ed hy cigamttcs. Theie come nml po nil the giddy youths and Jailed :un nroiiml town seeking what ainiHi'iuent they may devout It Is :. quan cling. i& 3 l?l 'J Ct i Mmf -.MjEimy A TYPICAL SCENE laughing, scireehing, yelling panel mo- niiim. Amid It all Is heard the jangle of the piano nml the shrill voice of n young ho singing nhout mother, home ami graves. Then tomes :i pans while lie passes his hat iiio'tiul f n money. If yon hae none he will tal.n a cigarette The pioprietor anil hh waiter iiif.li lt.uk and forth. t'iliu drinkK for tit li Ht thioatr. Why do people po to such places? For many reiuons. Young men no theie because the think that there will he seen tlm giddy wickedness that they hae read nhout. Old hioK.cn down loiiiidfiH mid spurts go theie bo inline they hope something nin him lien Home day. The women :o theie hecause well, 1 oeaiise they want to It Is a plate wheie anything, evoty thlng hi allowed, hut nothing b' " done. It Is a place v. hem all th- hid eous foi ins of vice ai e seen. The eftivt niuy he electrical for u moment. Imt once away fiom It nml the leuitimi lonies. It Is u place whore hefoi.' you is laid nil the base, undisguised tlegi.i d.ulon of wickedness. Thete Is noth ing alluring, nothing uitiaethc nhout it. It Is hold ami disgust lag. It Is it rough. Jostling ciowd that liuiititH these places, u ciowd icad, to laugh, sing or light. It Is on1 a qucs tlon of oppoittmlty. Some poor wietili Ik fortunate enough to have two mi ni it era who Insist ou haying her drinks at the same time. That Is always a sign of tiouhle. The piano player looks apprehensively oer his shoul der while, he plays some painfully fn inillur air. The "bouncer" clutches his cluh tighter, the light of hattle gleam ing in his ee. The crisis comes. Hot winds are spoken, wild blows are ex changed and then the lleice combat ants aie out la the cool alght air. The "houacer" twists his collar Into posi tion. The people at the other tables look up for a moment, then go ou talking. They are tpilte accustomed to such nenes. It may he their tuin next. What has heroine of the wom an? Alieady a new atrhal Is laughing aad drlaklag with her. It Is a great life, full of movement ami action. The enrly pan of the evening Is al ways very quiet In these pl.ues. It Is then the proprietor is sad and cynical. No one Is there Have himself, the wait er, and the piano player. The "boss" stands behind the bar, his fat hod) lovered with a white apron, his dull lace scowling, for he always figures his losses this time In the evening. The plsno player Idly runs his linger over thb keyboard whllo he ehnts with the waiter. These two aro hnppj if they gel enough beer and enough money to pay for lodging. Hut all these peoplo huvo one thought la common-How tun we get nil their money out of the peoplo that romn In? When the rush of business starts all other ideas will be lost la that one absorbing effort. At IhlH time the place Is gloomy rnmiRh, full of hare tables and the IIrIUh Khlning through an ntmosphere of unwonted clearness. After a time two or three men wnn der In, who aie nlmlessdy strolling about looking for sights that are to be t'een. Some aro married, some aro Hlnglc; nil better bred than those about them. They talk to the ptoprlo lor In an easy, familiar manner, they ihaff nml tell the plnno player "to hit her up lively." The pianist plnys "rag time," tho woman smiles, while the viBltiwB solemnly drink the beer served with Krcat alacrity by tho proprietor. JJut matters do not go smoothly, far niK (iATIC OK HADKK m . W" as Hiry ill ml. at. J the rontli lltIM rp th v grew mom nml iii. in rolrmit. At last they leave In dlsgtnt declaring that life after dai. Is tame, Tluy are sttange birds In a stiaugo nest, and It was too e.ul for them to be plucked t Color of Mm. At a le.-cnt meeting of the Methodist Ministerial Association, held In Phila delphia. Up v. .1. V. Milan s.ild that he had lecently come acios a er In tel sting dlsovei made hy some one woiklng in the Snilthnoulan Institu tion. The illsiovety i elated to the color of sin. tfeveial of the mlnl tera piescnt said the color of sin was scarlet, because tin Mlhle slid m Mr Milan icpllcd that the sileutlst who had made this Investigation had dN coveud that sin hud a dlstlmt colot of Its ow n. I lo hail. h nieaus of a i hetu Ical piocess, evamliieil th" perspiration of pet sons aroiHiil to sinful passions. When (his was subjected to a ceit.iln test the peispliatlon became pinkish In color. lie had made mom than fnrlv eMieilnienis and In evety In stance the wiilt wan the same. The peisplrition coming ftotn persons not undei the Inllmnie of evil passions does not hae this calm. Thus he is led to believe that sin Is ill color .1 peculiar sickly pink a pluk that i athcr has a wicked look of Its own. Dr. Milan legaidcd this as another Instance vvheic science agieed with ie llglon. for the Hlhle riecpiently lPfeis to the color of sin. Its refeience to scai let being used for the mason that tint color was found the nio-t dlllliult cif all dves to leinovo. Hy a close study of the' Hlble many sections can h" found which stnngllini the chiliu Hut sin has a color of Its own. and that that color Is something on the oldei of pluk. S." Vi'irn li siililliT. Aii unusual special pension claim N about to be paid bv the government. U is tor the widow of l.ietit. Mlcha"l Moore, who died in Hrooklyn last car at the age of '.w. lie had reived con liniiouslv In the fulled States aimv for elghty-iHe .vcars. ami in believed to have Inoken the world's record In length of seniie. He enlisted In the tegular aim as a drummer boy at the outbreak of the war of LSI'.', and par ticipated In several Imttlih during that e (millet. At the close he re-eulisted 111 the regular army, and remained there to the time of his retliemeut. having been occupied on the western frontlet most of the lime. Ills widow writes tint she Is not the voting wife of nu old soldier, hut Is SL yeats old. and when her husband died thnj had be'iii mauled slt-tluco vears. cilil l.ltirv In Uic Mt.v. ('apt Thomas Hopkins er liontcm. 0 saw a Hag In the uoi thorn sky the nth ei night. It appealed to be sevetnl miles in length, and the mil. white an J blue stripes worn guilefully curved, making a peifeet ll.ig. Thiee or four stars were discernible, ('apt. Hopkins called the attention of the doyen or nioie passengers to the strange phe nomenon, and they gazed in wonder und ailnili.itlou ut the beautiful scene and patilotlcall.v gave three diceis to the heavenly stars and stilpes spiend so majestically befom their eyes. Tho scene Is the talk of the eltv and old men shake their heads and say war Is eoi tain. The Hag wan visible uhotif twenty minutes. IT TELLS IT ALL. A monument is to be elected over thu grave of the Kev. J. Wesley Webb. D. I)., or Huntington. W. Va.. wlio died ot gilef semi after his sou William was inurileied last fall. The monument will bear this Inset iptlnir "Hem lie. the body of J. Wesley Webb, a Hi in believer In the Lord Je suit Chi 1st. Jefiersonlan Demociacy ami the M. K. church." A few months ago sonic "sacrellglous thu co.MPnnnnNsivK inscuip- TION. cuss" added tho following In Indelible Ink: "And the Chicago platform If I had lived." Relatives state that Dr. Webb mado the above mpicst on his deathbed. Old Con foil Will Appreciate Thin. An old colored citizen, limilng tho rumors of war with Spain, applied for the position of cook ln the army. "What experience havo you had?" ho was asked. "I wuz cook ln do confed lit army, sub," ho tepllcd; "dr.t Is, I had cle position of cook, but ter ell do truth. I didn't vvuk nt 11." "Why"" "Dey wtizn't niittln' ter cook, suh!" .luck ituiililt I'lirm. W. D. (llbboncy and Ed De I.ons havo established a Jack rabbit farm near Wichita, Kans. Tho anlmuls will he raised for fur and meat. MtRl litSTrtl BOM'I niKATHICAIi TOIMCS. iOMi: SAYINGS AND DOINGS IN STAGlit-AND. llrli'iil Moiljr.ku U Alimit In ltd Ire from tlie stuce stun of IliU lltiil Aflrp l.lfe on nml off Iho st.igr Olliri siti;i Nnlio. upon the staue In a m '. -mall town in Hal Ida. In IMil Two of In i biolhois wore .k tens, a t lilnl was a musician mid i undue toi, ami r . aJ' iw n sister was also an acttess At an eail.v age she mauled M. Modjeska. and her Hist stage work was done un der his management. In n eonipanv of whli li her sister and her brothers weie members. Their llrst peifoiniance was given ns nmntfiiM, for a ihaiitable purpose, but they Immediately nftei waicl begun a piofesslonal tour. In the e.tily p.nt of her professional ci lcrr Mine. Modjeska phi.u'd all kinds of chaiaiteis, ami hv laborious stiidv ami dose attention to her duties she rose lapldly to the leading position in the innip.ui. In IM!.". her husband died, itiitl she sccuied uu eiigageinenl In the cnmpnu.v at the theater In Cia eov. where, in ISt'iC. she met Count Ho.enta Chlapowskl. whom she inar i K'il ou Oct IL'. I M'.S. linineiliately the maftei she appeal id In Warsaw, where she i rented so piofouml an Im pression that i he management olfcrcd her a life engagement rfhe was obliged to mtiirn to Cuuovv. hut again went to Wnisaw, vvhem she lemaiiied bail ing lnd of the Impel Inl theater for Roven yeniM During Hint lime she en deavoied to populniUc Slnkespeaie upon the Polish t.ige. nml appeaiccl as Juliet. Ophelia Knihaiine. Dcsde moiila, Cordelia ami l.ad.v Aline. Her health having failed fiom overwenk. she was orileied by hei idivslelan to mtlte fiom the stage and aeek anothei i llmate. and cou.',ecuentl.v. In ISTii she MMH. HKLCNA rami! with her husband to California, where they purchased a raneh. They brought with them some distinguished companions and endeavored to found a Polish colony. Her husband having lost his money by the fulliite of this scheme, Mme. Modjcsku, who hud applied herself to the study of the English language, again sought a posi tion on the stage, hut for a long while without avail. Finally, however, Har lem Hill, who was then managing the California theater In San Ktuucisco, gave her a week's engugement, and she made her American debut nt that house on Aug. 20, 1877, In "Adrlcnue l.ecouvreur." She met with triumphant success, and acted Adrlenue thiough out the week, save upon Saturday night, when she played foi the mana ger's lament Ophelia, In ' Hamlet," playing the mad n-nno In the Polish language. Hose Eytlnge, who was to havo commenced an engagement Aug. 27, kindly yielded one week of her time to Mine. Modjeskn, who during her second week repeated her Imperoona- tlou of Ophelia, and played Juliet, In "Homeo and Juliet," and closed her engagement with a repetition of Adrl enue. Subsequently she performed for a few nights In thu Interior clues, nml on Nov 2G following she began a sec ond engagement of one week's dura tion in thu California theater, acting the titular character In "Camllle." Sho also repeated Juliet and Adrlenue, and for her benefit, 29, and during the icst of the week acted Dellla, in the play of that name. Sho was then engaged by Henry Sargeant to go to New York, and inailo her dobut at the Fifth Ave nue theater on Dee. 22, 1S77, winning great success, first as Adrlenao and ne.u as Camllle. Since that time sho hns almost constantly toured this co'Mitry, being every wheie meogalzed as tho foiemost netress upon the American stage. From J 880 to 1882 the acted In lindou, Eug., und viilted rr lye) T.' ,,l! 'mliient net- Mudjeulm Is at piescnt playing u m- '.7 lwX """' M,,i ,""" ln ,mn imagctiient at the I'lrth Avenuii, aii-'ll wll r,Ml0H' "10 o1'1 thc.itPr. and, an she has for snine time '''-ryf "-MV iHil of Poland pnm contemplated mUmmem fiom tlm h.'' lJi1; lirrJ in i"1'". ami wein i st ige. huh tnav possimv ee ine i.isi Knr.ip. ,hl,i. in tSH llimtiB II. son it tss:i 'in she nnd( a Joint itar- ring ti in w'i l-Mwiii lloolb with who a tin iippc mdi i pent la. Ophiila, 1ulv Macbeth, ami .liilla. In "Ulclic lleu." Among other roles prominent In the lepcrloiy of Mine. Modjesk.v am rtou-Kiou. Cynibellne. Donna Di ana. Maty Stu.irt. Odette. Uosallml and Magda. Among the plavs piodiued hem b.v her am ''.ellat. I'he Choii- aiis." ' Najesda. ' '.liiaun, ' "The Trag ic Mask." Jiid "Mistress Hett)." Mme. opportutilt to witness the ilnlshed arl of hei pci foi inance An enthusiastic inntilbutor to tho Theairhal News delivers himself o the following Km two month Chai lntte llehiens la at death'a door In thu Hotel ll.inlugtou. Poit lltiiou. Tho Minldl lompauv went Kb wav to till the i outi.it ts made b.v the manage lueiit ami keep faith as far a posiblii with the public, who had been Informed Unit the plnveis worn coming. Koi u few nights the nt :u would nppiui lli''H he would be c illed back to the lit tit) town In Michigan, ami the audlem'i) would be luftii meil that the Idol (hey had paid to see could not appear, in he wan by the death bid of his wife, and the public was gtitmpv. tlic.v am not heuttlesn. but tbev wem disap pointed, nml then a i.i.v of hope would tome and the ai tin would avtaiu Join the troiipi. How haul It Is to work when our he. ill Is sad, when some one dear to von Is sld. unto death, cl.vlng perhaps; many a pla.ver has In en foued to go on with his pan vheu he knows that the one he loves best In all the win Id Is gone totevei. (!od help ou then when vou must he ga.v. Oh. the toi tum the suiTciing. the clicail desola tion iii voiir soul, the grief glows un til vou i mild sci earn Iii .vimr agony, but the conventionalities of life keep vou silent. 'I hem is woik to be done, no time foi walling ami I cats. Ah, we know, If you cannot woik, otheni will There aie alwas willing oneji toiiowil vou out, to i rush )u If they can so them Is no time for teais on Willi the in.i.-ik. then, the1 cold Impel'- M0D.1KSKA. ullwt mask of successful make-believe. Hold it tight ami let no hint of suf feilng glint through It. The eyes of the w oi Id lire so keen, so cruelly pone tinting. Keep your woes to yourself; there) is no sympathy when you want it. Them is work to he done, no time ioi moans. He ga.v, merry, even though your heart hieaks. Mon Dion what am I saving'' She Is dead. Keep on playing. The accompanying penlrait Is a mon excellent likeness of Miss Maude Sher- ') X. nsss-A ffi VSi5SS?3r MAUDE SHEHIDAN. Idan. tho clever Houhrettu of tho Syl via Uldwell company. Miss Sheridan was with Daniel Sully the season ot lSai-flo, ami wan afterward with the Honelcaiilt-Martlno company She Ij u young nctiess of promlbe. Diamonds may be black as well as white, and some nin blue, mil, brown, yellow, green, pink ami orange; hut there Is no violet diamond, although, In addition to amethysts there nre snp phlres, rubles and garnets of that color. MlLy ' .wrasT mew r?i6t .' i v'SS.&fc IM-'UKK INDIA. CNGLISH HI SIDI NTb I INI3 CX ISTCNCn NOT GAY. Ilic I lliinili' In line rv.illng s, ciwry In Mohotonoiis, lliiiitlni; Poor. liniiiliig I in o11il nml Ilic I litilteil Sin h'lji Mi tutu r. t'ulii uruhl) 'I Irrniiitii'. O We appeal lo the knowledge of ill Anglo-Indians when wo lepeat the sav ing of the Hmpeiei ll.ibii. tint for all but a few India Is tho llattcst of all ountrles, the one In which luteicsl ! I he most si i lolly conllned to woik, says Ihe London Spec tateu To the few who an move about It In frei'doin. who tut it special tiisto', who aie coin "rued to understand the thoughts of Asl i. or who urn uhlc to take In Its astounding vuiletlis of seems, peoples, i rwej." Ofid l Mirations. India Is nlmost overpow erlugly ntliactlve; but that Is nut Ihe position of the majorll.v They grow h degiees lnl"iestccl in their work, fot governing in all tin ilcpattmcu'a Is attractive, hut outside their work they llud few masons for den.vlng that It Is a weary land, which p.iral.vz mi intlmr than stimulates the lutel'e t ami d ul cus lather Hi. in foilllle-ii the rniiglut To begin Willi, there Is little dun 111 of scetieiv. Some p.utn of the Madras piesldeiii v. Indeed, am full of loveli ness ami theie aie plat or. In the Dec can ami cm tho Notbudda val'.ey of uu-surpii'-sahle beaut v. but for the nu bility of dill olllms nml soldiers, who .no tied lo their stations, India is n dull land to the e.ve Itengal Is speak ing htoadlv, a Jungle of fruit tics, in which theie Is little attiaeli: li ouopt a few inlghi.v ilven. while the north Is for half a vo.u nn nild brown nml for the other half a dull giecu plain. It Is hounded, no doubt, by the Hima layas, but the cnilv pleasing ndjcetlva which the inlghtv uiiige do n no de serve Is that of beautiful. Then the spoil of which we mail so much la cou llueil In print Ice to districts which the uinjorit of Euiopeans never much. 'I here Is kingly spent on the slopes of the lllue iiiountalus lu Madras, in the Teral of ihe eastern Hlmul i.vn, ami In p. ut of th" Dcccaii or the central provinces. Imt In lleugal. or the ninth, or Punjab that Is. in the leal "India" of tlm ollidal or the soldier sport is both iicaice ami poor. The people Ho too thick upon the Minimi, nml tho in tiudi'is know too little how to avail themselves of what them Is. It Is one curse of India that no man there belonging to the dominant race has ever u ttaeo of the kind of knowle Ige we all nciitilm at home before wo ar 20, the Instinctive knowledge of th" countryside, the familiarity with the ways of tlie humble, the pomopilon of all that marks the life around us, which Is like till' pel c option of Ihe gnmokecper who was boiii upon the moor. Hiding is Hither tuiiie, except in places, for the loads aie wearlsoni", unci crossing open couutr.v utiplenslng to its InhiihltaiitH, imt to mention that the days aie fully occupied, unci tint the nights fall early and with a pain ful rapidity that extinguishes twi light. .Swimming Is too dangerous la tho great rlveis. the gie.it tanks niv rarely found lu the ninth, und, though the luxury of swimming by moonlight lu nn aitllldal tank to whldi snakes can mil peiietra'e Is liaidly to b- ovev ostliuuted, it Is not nhttiluuhl' nvor.v whem. Them are games, to lm inr?--polo nml tout pegging nml ritcepiots -but the climate for nine months In the year Is oppnFcil to them all, and over them nil bungs a cloud of samene-s. produced hy the fact that s eh'ty Is limited, deficient In vaiiety und to) well known. Them Is. in short, no "white people" in India, hut only u caste which outside the pivsldnncv cltlrs, wrnrlcs of itself, teeks in vain for pleasurable occupation, and, ns It must not talk shop and has nothing nlsn of Intemst to bilk of, Is quite curiously dellclent in the power of con versing brightly. Dlvrmlou. "How silly It Is for those children to put pine shavings on their heads and pietend they are curls!" s-ild one lady. "Oh, yes," replied tho other. "Hut It amuses them, and they will outgrow It. Hy the wn, you arc going to our fancy dress party. Every one Is to im personate a vegetable, the costume In dicating which vegetable Is meant. It promises to be unique and very charm liii;," Waahltigtou Star. All In Ilic I'oliit of Vlevr. A friend of ours who la In the um irella trade deelnma that thero wai nover fo tenselets a thing as to speak Bllghtlngly of persons who don't know noui;h to go In when it rains. It In hli opinion that they urn the most worthy people going.- Hoston Transcript. ItllHlllUl I'lllllll. In Ilussla, when coffins are covered with cloth, tho color of the covering Is to a certain extent distinctive, pink being used when tho deceased Is a child or a young person, crimson for women, and brown for widows; but black lu lu no ease employed. A Olrl'H Mow of It. Mabel "1 have Jvst been leading In the paper that wo need more coast de fenses." Madge "I should think wo did. When I was at the seashore lna summer I noticed that there didn't seem to he an able Hulled man nloug tho whole coast." Iliirlc renin Ameiilllm. "Does that daughter of yours play everything she hearh?" "If she does, It Is better than telling everything she hears, mid anybody the shoe fits can put It In their pipe and smoka U."--In-illannpollH Journul, LHAVt; LILL ANTHONY. i,.iv l..l Mitfionj i.airlne ordrrly on Mi lll-fal' ! dilp .MliUie. In I'll) he "t r Uu i Miti n cut after the explosion, mot ( 'upturn Klgshie, siluted aw If on circus pin tide, ami Kiild- "Sir, I have I be bonne in Infiiim vou that tlm ship hu-i been liliiwn up, ami Is sinking.") Whir" people would lie free, em Isle of Mllllthl III M'll, righting reir liberty. Unints defying llticilliig fiom evil J pine, eillilfiini.il oil everv shorn. Us the hopllMiinl gore of piltllots dying. Tin ii mile our Million's pride wbne Cu- , tuin wait is glide. I.iiviiii; with iri'iiclii'tnii lid" Maine, I In- ilcli nib r. Men fill tho tioplc night, masthead m tnli licdlnhi Willi nil ihe coIoib bright. Uld (iloiy fpbiiil.'il ' Will mlglit lll'panhi eiuiill, nor ev-i otii plI'Vllll. White ildis m iluwlms mull, Neptune'- pioihl ilaughtei, i.iin i ii of Hi" tiople main crylns. 'till' not lu ii In Slinll i 'ut. us limit blood stiiln liullow- Ihlit vvcilei '' Tlnn lint the ' hnt'.cli all Ihllliileilug bin ioi tin ie. Mhtiikhu; n wlhl ill spall . ilieaiirul ills asii l ' Pi Hill ilitmul ihe vleteil'H I'OOII men tit (In Ir uiunhooilV uciou l' iIhIiIiik ell loo snout Death win th niiifli r! Vil. wheie desli ui'tltill Mini id. wlieio siiikIiii; v liters pouted, I'lnuillv an aiiKil ho. mil on ilu y's pin- Inn. Itcdilffrt of chaos mini, steinb In i m she hlnto. Hi like fill liitlnhml, owned bit itnut n v lutt. "A- If ell illesn pnrilile." wlllle Ills saloli- ho muili , llrave Mill Anthony wild. ".Sit , mute He huuiii ! fihips lilovvii up. und sinking!' Mis no t'linc fin thinking! Ills no cow mil shrinking with ilut'li ii I i 1 1 hei ! llUh nn tin' toll of faille Willi c the- iinlliint inline. Iir hllll lid flte fro III lilllllie let OthcrH him It' Kin mil a craven lolil! Ills mil a lo'tirt or dolt ! Ill- Inn iii know a gual-iind tin n to iluic It! All lhiiiiii.li thiil niiiiMelied night downed hi a tiullDi lluhl. rellnl h a s i pi nfs iuIkIH diMI nut th iiioii' Not nil the pow'tn or tilt", tint alt thar licaeherv ilaie. DliiVe lioiu Ihelr duly tlnie. UUt liohlii si'iiiiii n' S Mnilii Talbot hi Denvei News. -i ; BOSTONIANS IN TEXAS". ," i:-cioei inn- IIukk mot Citrly C!o tliinl. tin; o llli lllnnk Cnrlrlile. I'lom tlm St. Lemhi Post-Dlsputch: They have a great Joke on ex-Oovtruor Hogg clown In Texas, nlso on a party i of llcst nutans. The whole affair was ai iiiuged hy Captain Alsdorf Faulkner, who eomluetiil tho visitors to Sugaw l.iml. to Initiate them into the dolightn and inysteiies of n hear hunt "Tho p.uty was loinposecl largely of ladies and gentlemen from Massachusetts.' said Captain Faulkner, "and of coursei quite it number e.f them had icad 'Undo Tom's Cabin,' und the entertainment was arinnged for them uecordlngly. OC eouue the visitors worts not let Into thu' sei'iet. The Mabsac hiisettK pi'oplts weie engei for the hunt to begin. Each one was anxious to lake a diet at th. bear, little knowing that theli shells would do nothing hut make u loud ro pmt. Finally all was m ranged, ami the hlgurtl vvus given lo tinclulu the boiii. The fetters were tnl.en off of bruin unci he began to wander aimless ly about the thicket. The bora was niuniled, the does collected, all yelping' lu one voice, and ttie gay party uf hunters, ant ride of lien lies und iuuIpk and armed with salt loaded hIicMs, went off. Soon the hounds struck the trail of ihe bear anil there wan music In the air. Spina ami whips nml sticks were brought Into iiqulsltlon and the gay cavalcade moved off toward theyelplnjr hounds. Stum the hounds brought tinhorn- right by the p.uty of hunters, anil almost evoiybody took a whack at him with fliuiinm, but, of course, It novor feazed him. The heavy llrlng, how ever, frlghtined the hotses and mules, who were altogether unaccustomed lo this kind of amusement. One old corn field mule kicked up his heels and lit out across the Held. The gay Hos tonlan astride ot the animal stuck tr him until he Imagined hn had found a tojft pi ue to alight, and ho Jumped. He landed on a nun shy spot, so com mon lu tho Hiukoh bottoms, and I thought he vvmi.d nover stop sinking In the mud. He was llnally extrlcateJ, and he was tlie worst looking object 1 nvrr saw. In tho meantime tho chnso after the bear was fast nnd furious. Tho hunters we in htlll using their flro nniiK without effect, und finally the hear came neai nx-(loveraor Hogg, ami he hail suppo-iril that It was In the pro gram for him to kill the hear, so ho took dellliciMie aim and fired twicv. It wns 111. c the pulling of tho wind, antl the ex-governor Immediately eald that the Job hud been put up on him also. M iKIng ii Illntlnctlun. Mits Cayenne had caused her part ner a gmat deal ot annoyaneo by for getting what her long suit was and re maining oblivious to tiiimp signals. lie; mopped the perspiration from his browl ami ventured the observation: "I wan; under the impression that you said you were aceuEtomod to playing whist."1 "Yes," she answered, Bwcotly, "I play It. I don t woik at It as eomo pcopl do." Wndilngton Star. roinliilno Vluiv of It. Mrs. DlgLt 1 wan too ill to attend tho Woodbt-rperton wedding. Were you there? Mrs. HIbss Yes, Indeed' Mts. Dlpss And what did y'ou think of the ptesonts? The papera praised them very highly. Mrs. BlggB TheyH were just too lovely tor anything. do wonder of what firm thoy rented tliem. Chicago New- ' H . h 't XatwNM fc-ie'Si:, ,ir C VtHv vsi -y '..'"I