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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1904)
1 , ' . t . . ' . , . . . , ' . ' , \ - tOOJ tWJ The Labor of the Child , . J\ . . . . ' .t I. ' 1' . , ' ' ' . ' ' " Shut them trom the IIhht ot dll ) ' , i \ ' \ . Dh'ldends , dl\'ldends : ' Rob them or theh' ' ) 'oulh and pIll ) ' , , , : Dh'ldends , dividends : ' " . Slunt nnd dwart the cnrnlng race , ! \ . . , . . " Flnbby IImh and bloodless rnce- . . A prison mill. the In rant's plllc _ " Dlvldendsl Dlvhlcndsl , ! ' , ' J ) , . II. . . ! , Stenl their rreedom nnd their JOT , Dlvhlends dlvldelllls' ' tY ; , : : . ' . , , . Sacrillce , the , itrl nlll ] hny , " " , ; . Dlvldl'lHls , 'dividends ; . , S . Foollllh , blind. Iml\Olent slnte. Sowln drnon teeth ot hnto- Savc thy nUfsllnl"I " rrnm this rille- . . . , . ' Dlvldendsl Dlvldenllsl ' , -Robert Loveman ' - : , . 'L ' . ' , : , . t'W1 tWJ " " , i' ' , . ' \ , , irt' ' \ W rP 7VA8S : : , : ' < , . ; ilJ .t1IlJ ( ! ) Ph o .t : BY GEORGe : . DY R eLDRIDGE. Cop'rlght. 1001 , b ) ' The Shortstor ; , A land so desolate that imaglna. ' tlon might not plcturo it ; the surface alternating In gray and red , where the disintegrated line nnd sandstone . , lay side by side without mingling ; a soil too coarse for vegetation , hard with the baIting of a burning sun. and worn into ridges , where the spring torrents from the melting snow of the mountains had eaten nwn ) ' the softer earth. In scattered clumps , gra ' sage-seeming in its lifeless dryness rather a part of the dena 5011 than a living growth from it. Here anll there gleamed white in the sunshine masses of blenched bones of cattle-perhaps of men- who hnd wandered there and died. The vast plain that stretched , a dead walft.e , to the mountains which hung like banlts of mists on the edge of the horizon , was brolten by hideous masses of red sandstone , gigantic. water.worn Into curious shapes by the tloOlls of aged untold. Here , ono stood isolated , in the form of a orouchlng anlmf l ready to spring ; there , they lay along the plain , as If huge lizards had been suddenly turned to stone , Again , one towered IIko 0. p1111lr , carved with strange devices - vices of a forgotten people , and yonder - der , In masses and groups and rows. they seemed the ruins of some vast city , whose streets and squares must have echoed to busy feet hundreds -thousands of years ago. Not a tree In the vast plain , but over all a sltY without a cloud , and a sun , not : ret at the meridian , that burned with more than tropic heat. SUddenly , In the very center of thIs hOITor of desolation , appeared a man. He was crouching in the water-worn hollow of one of the biggest rocls , cowering In its blackest shadow and gazing off across the wide plain to the dJJn mist that told where the , I . . mounralns lay. There was a haggard - gard , hunted lodl { In his face. ant ! : , \ when In the deep st111ness , unbroken I by the hum of a locust or the buzz at a beetle , a bIt of sandstone I dropped from the great boulders , he I shl\ " red as with fear and drew deep. er Into the shadow of the hollowed rock. 'f. ' After some minutes , he seemed to gather courage and suddenl ' dropped from his rock-shelter , l1at upon the I , ground , still , however , within the . shadows of the great boulder. Then ho raised his head and again gazed away toward the mountain. It was as If ho felt that the mountain had e 'es and was watching the great plain , on which anything tl1at moved would bo seen through the clear ar and l\l1own by its Ilower ot lIfo to DO strange to that dead world. After a tlmo ho was crawling 1I1w 11 lizard , out of the shadows , across , a stretch of hot sunlight , in among the scant sago bushes-cralvling as It ho would bo a part of the gray and red earth , If only ho could burrow Into it and escape sight. Even when ho reached the sago bushes ho did . not rise , but Instead , crept on and on , until he came to one or these hideous water-worn gullloo , into which ho rolled without raising his body from the ground. There he Jay for a time , as If ex- . pectlng that the dead plain would " . . - - - - - , 11 . . , ' . r iI' . " , i - Cowering In Its blackest shadow. give sarno tolteD t.hat his caution had been In VD. ' " , Streams of pergplra. tlOll rolled dUWll his face and mlxec1 'wlth the whltA dust that was rlslnr ; C < Jnltantly from the dead soil , worlt- ing into the pores of his sltln and archlng hi mouth and throat IUJ ho - Y Pub. Co. ( All rights rcsen'ed , ) 'Iaj" and listened to his oWn heart bcats and the nwful silence. Evidently the gully had been se. lected as leadIng In the direction he wished to taite , tor finally ho rose to a crouching posture and began to ro1OVO up its course , 'Walking almost swIftly , though with still bended bacl" where it was deep and the sago bush hunl ; over it , and erawllng again where it grew shallow and lay open to the sun. In this way , aft or an hour of toll , he reached a mass of boulders , around whleh the gullY bent , and hero he ralsod hlnuclf : in - - - . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . - , , . , - - - " - - - : : - ? .ce.j - . : , . : ; . I' I'i i ! \ . - m Lay dead , the deep shadows on the sldo farthest from the mountains he had watched so Intently before he began his journey - ney and darted suddenly under the overhanging ledge , where the water had worn away the softer rod : , and hid again in a hollow as bofore. Then tollowed hours of strange toll. At times the man lay fiat on the hot 1)laln and dragged himself along , taking minutes to move his own length , so that auy ( lUe watching would have needed a keen and steady eye to be certain that ho moved at all. Then , In a friendly gully , ho moved faster , with the crouching posture of the mornlgg , and eTen once , where the great boulders stood like the ruins of an ancient clt . , he almost ran through the blac t shad. ows of what seemed on co to have heen a street , only throwing hlmsolf down to crawl where an open place , 1f1w a cross street , let in the unwel. come sunllght. The perspiration had ceasel } to fiOVT , for every drop of moIsture was burned from his hodr. The grlmo ftood on his face In dry patches ; his < 'yes were red and bloodshot : his tongue hung from his mouth , and oven the hot stones had ceased to burn his fiesh , so hot had It become In his fierce struggle under that u/- tempered sun. In the early afternoon , lIe stopped to rest In the shaded hollow of a boulder , and suddonlr , as ho loolted to the ground , his face blanched under - der its coating of grime. A broken sago bush told where a foot had passed ! This man had reached a point where signs of humanity wore moro terrlblo than the death that surrounded him on o\'err hand ! lIe loolwd again , and the pallor became morc tprrible , with the set terror of dospalr. Ho recognized the spot wher < ho had rested in the mornlhg and from which ho had crawled to the first gully ! It was hIs foot that had brolten the sago bush , and all these hours of superhuman toll had avalled onlr to bring hIm baclt to his starting point ! Then ho rose erect , no longer creeping , no longer slmll\ng ! , but upright , as God meant man to wallt , and toolt the direction in which lay the mist that was a mountain. Hours Ilassed again ! The Run had almost touched the top of the moun. talns , which now rose huge and dark before the man who dragged on and on , ever the dead plain , with pU1'llle taco and swollen hands and feot. fillell with but ono thought , conscious of but one wish , to reach the shelter of the mountaIns. and there to find water , and , drlnltlng , perchance to die , Long shadows ran out to meet him : a cooler all' from the mountain heIghts touched his brow. In u. gul. ly , high up among Ul0 ragged 1)lnes. ho caught sheen ot light. where the last s1m rars struclt a fallln ! : stream. Sudd/ml ) ' . trom behind a great boul. I der , n borsr'DaJbarred the way , the r I . ' . ' . . ' brldle.roln bnnglng loose , n short rlno : l.t his shoulder , IIhnl'd nt the hunted mnn's heart. 'fho fuglUvo StOPPOlt , his weary head llrollilod , allll with his swollen hand ho made the sign of the Cross on brow nnd breast. Thl'n came the sharp , quick ring at the : ' 1110 , nUlt the nmn tell , with arms outl.lpro\l : , allli with a slnglo groan In ) ' dend , himself malting the sign of UlG Cross on the dead plain. The horseman I1\ljusted \ his rlne across his sl1l1dle , glwo ono glance at the dead body , to mnlto sure that his aim had bl1en true , and rode away into the dellths of the mountains , CORN A VERSATILE PRODUCT. Innumerable Uses to Which It Can Be Put. Probabb' tow things that grow are capable of so man ' uses or are ae completolr usell as corn , The rl'I1ln Is used for food both for human bolngs and cattle. whllo the stallts nro used ns cattle feed. The plUof the corn. stlllk Is used In the mn.nufacturo of smol\Cless powder , In the manufacture oC hlgh'grade varnish , and In the man. ufacturo of paper. The woody pOl" tlons are nsed in the manufacture of a cheap qnallty of paper. As a fOOll corn Is supplied In many forms. The most faml1lnr are as meal , homlnr and grits. Practlcallr all the starch that 1.1 used In the United States la made from corn. Immense quantities are also useil In the manu. facturo of glucose , which , among other things , enters largely Into the manu. facture or beer , as a substltuto for malt. A large qunntltr oC corn Is used an. nually in the manufacture of whlslt ' , and nearly 16,000,000 Imshols are used every 'ear in the manntactllt'o of cologne - logne spirits nnd nlcohol. Even In the mannfncture of these products nothing is lost. The glutinous and other resl. dues In the manufacture of starch , glucose , whlslty and alcohol are used as cattle feed. "Access on Pronoun , " Two negro women boarded a Ponn- s 'h'nnla avenue car at Seventh street. One was a large , darlt.sldnned woman , fiashlly drcssed ; the other was a small , ) 'ellow woman , wearing a modest gown. 'fhe women were dl.scusslng n mutual - tual friend , Mr. Jonls. The large woo man npolw In loud tones and pro. nounced the name of the man as though it were spelled J.I.nlt.s. It was ovldent from the expression on the face of the smnller woman that she was annoyed by the loud talltlng and mispronunciation of her friend. Finally she protested : "You spealt of Mr. Jenls ns though his name were spelled with an 'i' Instead of an 'e' . " "Oh , ) 'es , " the largo woman exclaimed - claimed , "I perceives you puts the access - cess on the pronoun.-'Vashlngton Times. The Boy Speculated , Baron Moncheur , the Belgian minis. t'r , visited Baltlmoro last month. At a dinner in Baltimore ho : i I1ld : "Tho spirit of business enterprlRo and speculation is what Impresses nlO most profoundly In America. For in. stance , I waR riding ono day on the outsltlrts of Washington , and at a certain place I dismounted ar.d got a little boy to hold my horse. I was gone about ten minutes , and on my return I found the first boy gone , and another , 11 smaller one , standing at the llOrse's head. . . 'How is this ? " I said. 'You are not tl1e boy I left my borse with. ' " 'No , sir , ' said the tiny urchin , 'I speckllated and bought the job off the other rellow for a dime. ' "Of course , after that , " the minister enqed , "It was I1nposslblo for mo to 'bear' the mllrlwt.-Kansas City Jour. nal. Mayor McClellan's Simile , Mr. 1\cClellan was accompanied by a friend. He was smoltlng the last quarter of an Immense cigar and talled earnestl . . In front of the en. trance to the Potter building a half. dozen newsboys were sorting papers. The ma 'or wns caught there in the crowd , and delayed a few seconds. One of the gamins "sllotted" him. "He ) ' , tellers , " . ho said , in a low tone , "dat's de ma 'or. " "GollY , " said another. "Loolt at de size of de smole. Folly him and see where he tro's de butt. " As t1le mayor , smiling : at what ho had overheard , pushed on , he reo marlted to his companion : "Such is fame-mostly a blS' smolte.-New Yorlt 1\1a11. The Land of Long Ago. 'l'he Lanl ] ot Long Ago , . 'Vh ( > ro hnppy hourI ! sleep , Where Inn'Uhrivers ! , ; \ ! e , With stately lIow anti deep : ' ' 'here fndeiosil roses blow , And Love sits azure-cYed , There comes no frost , nor .8now , nut balmy brcezes sweep O'er gardens rnlr and wide , And slow the wutera creep Throu h h\ossoms \ bpndll1 low Above the charmed Ude. Ilow sweet to rise and IN From wa's where mortnls wecp , From love 110 IonA' denied. To dreams that roses heap , " 'here crYlltal waters lIow. And goll1ell daynJllde , -R , G. Coventry In Ensllsh Countr ) ' Llro , Has Learned Much of Africa. A rec.mt statement in the Sclontlfic } merlcan Ra 's that 1\1. Chevalier , the noted French explorer , has just returned - turned from a IIrolonged trip through Central Africa , where ho secured r\ valunble collection of Interesting doc. 1Itllcnts and Ilhotograllhs of the coun. try and its lIeollo. ( A phonograph. which ho toolt with him was the me. dlum for obtaining records of the languages of the Various nntlv"s 10 ho regions whlnh ho explored. In com'so of lectul"Cs which M. Che\3. , lIer Is to d ellvc I' ho Intends to repro < I duce these records. r . . , . . - I HAS DONE VERY 'YELIl I I NOT THIS TRUE OF THE RE- PUBLICAN PARTY ? I I H&1s the Democratic Party Ever Done as Wellt cr In All lto t-lstory. : Can It Do as Well ? There Is No Reason to Believe It Onn or Will. I An admlrablo beginning of the cnm' pnlgn which Is to termlnato in the olectlon of Hoosovelt ami Falrbanl s wa made at the grent ratification meotlng hold uuder the ansllces ( of the ROflubllcnn clu of the City of Now Yorlt In the largo al1 of the I CooWJr Union ou the ovenlng ot J\11\Q I 30. Anumg the speakers " "IlS lion. ; Jol1n M. Thurstun , former Unltod 1 States senator frbm Nebraska. The I Hellllblican club dill .well to bring I from hIs reliroment this famolls , orator and stalwart champion of I sound Rel1\1bllcl1nlsl11. \ 1\11' . ' 1'hurston never faUs to say something worth i I hcurlns : ulIl WOl.th remomberlng , but , ho has seldom struclt t\ finer vein of I usetul thoulht than when ho tool , I for his prlncllal theme the proposl- I tlon thnt- I "The Republican party has done tolerably well , " ! With mnster strolws 110 rapidly , slcctched the 51)1 el1l1 111 achlovoments ; In recent ) 'ears of the pnrty of prog' ; rOBS and prosllOrlty. ESIeclally im. I presslvo was his statem nt of what , the Hepubllcan purty hus done toward 1 enhanoln ( ; the mornl and material I welfare of the people or the United , States. Snlll 1\11' . Thuf'lton : , "As wo look over the history of the Inst neveral 'ears , the fruitful hIs- I I tor ' of HOlmbllcan administration , it I SOCIUS to me that the Amer can peo- 1)10 Ulust sny that UIO Hepubl1cnn party has done tolerabl ' well. Wo I find that our fnrmers and our plnnters have raised crollS such as they 110vor \ad before. Thor ! 1avo fed our own ) eople-they ha vo fml the m11110ns' , } r the outsldo world. Homo coo- sUl11ptlon and the abllltr to bu ) ' and I foreign demand have given them the I best prIces ther ever received. Wo , Ioolt abroad throughout the land nnd wo fil1l1 that In these seven years our I I manufactures have Increased to n I wondel'ful degree. Wo find that our people are busy-that the ) ' are at : worlt : that there Is no idle ss , anll , general lrOSllerlty abides in the Innd. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . , . ' . "We will stancl lor the protectlv. tnrler . which hns made thh Il\nd rosollllli , mt the hapv : musle .ol the turnlnl ; wheels I \'or ) ' limo I & 0 out into thl grent valleYfI of the Ohio aM the 1IIil\ slasftIII , nnd thlnl { of the conclltlon thai 0 > :18tOIIn these Tnlloys nnd on tlllSO ! hl11sll10s enl ) ' eight yenrs ngo , nil I went through the same country , It seems to Ino that I cnn heur In the music of every wheel as It turns , In the l11uslc or every 8111ndlo as It sings. ono J reat Lrnnd retrain tor the modern - ern lender of the protectlvo theor ' , ns It cries out to the witlo , wlelo world , W1111nm McKlnl07-lor ho wns the lI.an. . . "Wo hnvo heen dolnl ; tolorabb' well , . . .Ith the financell of the United 6tntos. Wo have do"ufolloll our Il1Ilustrlos IJC fast , we have llroduced 110 rl\pll111 that wo have chnnged the greut trl\de balnnces that s < < ! emorl about to II < l\U' 11\1'I1.0 \ usl11der the Domocratlc ad. ministration , ntHl 'onr by ) 'onr the In. creasing wealth of all the world rush. od Into the Amorlcan troaSllr ) ' , "Year b ) ' ) 'enr Eurollo IIOIU' ! ! her trl. ' buto , the trlbuto to the pollc ) ' and the 'I admlnlstrntlon or the Ropubllcan party. Wo are accul11ulnUng wealtli so fast thnt , Sh'o us but ono IIlQro decade or the same Itlnd , ntHI wo will not anI ) ' bo the creditor 111\tlon or the world , but wo w111 have so much of the money of nll the earth thnt no nation w111 dnro go to war with another - other nation without asltlng Amorica's consent. "Wo are doing tolernhly woll. " . Upon the truth or , talslty of these statements the elecllon of IJ04 ! w111 luroly , turn. Is It true or not true thnt the HopublicAn party has done tolerably " 'oil ? 'l' o answer must be , cannot fall to be , In the amrmat1ve. Has the Democratic part ' ever done as well ? Novel' In all Its his. tor ' , Can the Democratic pnrty cto ns well ? There is no renson to bellovo It. Ex.Senator Thurston hns sounded the real Iw 'note of the , campaign. The Tariff and 1904. Some of the Democratic teaders , sa ' they will attemlt to malw the tnrlff the lending Issue In 1904. It is Hafe to sn ) ' that the Hepubllcnns will be glad to assist them In this ondeav- or. It there is an .thlng that the Ho- publicans would bo grateful to the Democrats for In 1J04 ! , It Is for bring- . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - , - . . . - - . . . . . . . . . . - - I I A POINT AND A VIEw.1 I , , 1I I 1 ! j ( I 'Vl VIEW WITH ALARM" 21l"'or1l.4rr. , , 1I 1 , I------------------------------------ 1I I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Tho Hepubllcan party has done tol. erably well. It has put armies of labor seelters that travelell hopelessl ) ' I the hlghwa 's or the land in the roarIng - , Ing factories , where the wheels are turning , the aIn'Us ringing , the torgo fire blazing and the spindles sInging. "It has talten our beggars from the streets and placed thorn In ontlrely comfortable homos by quiet firesides , where they sit and 1001t Into the faces I oC.thelr happy wives and llsten to thl. ! laughter and the song of their content. 1 ed chlldron. "Tho Hepuhllcan party has done , tolembl ) ' welt. It haB furnlshod a ! llnco of labor for ever ' w1111ng Amerl. can man. It has put the factory next to the American tarm , and made the I opel'atlvo in the factory the best pur. I chaser from the farmer , "Tho Hepubllcan party hns done tolerably well. It has turned the great arm ' of Cleveland be/mars / Into the great nrmy of McKinley Idngs. I "Wo have been dolnl : tolerably well Iin continuing aud carrying out the I great protectlvo principles of HamU. ' ton and Clay and Lincoln nnd Blaine I' Ilnd l\IcKlnle ' . Wo have seen to It , that the yeUow labor of tbo Orlont and the pauper labor of Em'opo shall I not como Into comllOtition with Ameri. can men on equal terms , olther ont I this side of the sea or on the other. t fho Domocratlc party agrees with us that wo should shut out from entry I hto our Innd the cheap Chinaman , And the contract laborer from Europe , I tor the ' say-and in that wo agree , with thorn-that every day's job talwn b ) ' the cheaper man robs some good American oC a chance to do that du "s worle. And 'et that same Imrty which agrees with us on that provo. f1tlon ; Insists thai the product of the labor or that sumo cheap man In his , awn r.ountry shaH cumo In hero free I to tal\Q the place at the manufacture of the American man and rob him lof the sarno da"s "orlt o\"ery tlmo t\ n"s wo. . : Is sold Jloret I - - - - - - Ing the tariff queRtion to the front , it they do this. Two or three Democrats In Congress have been malting anti. tariff addresses recently , with the In. tentlon of using them as campaign documents. The He publicans w111 be glad to assist the Democrats in dls. seminating all of that sort of literature - ture that they will want to senll out , The tarIff IB a pretty old is&11O. It has been tallwd about in many can. vasses. In several campaign ! ! it has turned the scalo. For a great man ) ' rears the RellUbllcan party has stood out sturdUy lor a tlll'lff which w111 glvo adequate protection to American interests. For many of these inter. ests the Hepubllcans have been able to secure conslderablo Ilrotection. All the interests thut deserve aid of this sort at the custOIll house the Hepub. lIcan party will defer.d. Lot the Dem- ocratfl be under no illusions on that point. .Tho Hopubllcan party would bo very glad to see the Issue of pro- toctlon brought to the trent by the Democrats. The wiser members of the Democracy Imow there Is per11 for their partr In nssallIng the tarIrr. but perhaps some of the tenderfeet leaders of 1J0 ! , . may bo deluded Into malting an assault on this s 'stem. Several excuses wore made for Han- cock's defeat In 1880 , but the tariff was the reul cause of bls overthrow. It was the 1\1111s bill , which ne\'or passed , that Inld out Cleveland In 1888. The nepu lIcans do not neer ! the tarier as un al In 11O.1 ! , hut the ) ' w111 accept it if the Democrats are obliging enough te < furnish it. Unde. the Republican tarll' of 18J7 ! the coun. try has had a prosperIty almost with. out oxamph : in Its annals , If the Democrats 'Tant to aEsal ! thIs act , the HelmhllcnnR would very cheer. fu1\y meet them on that line , If the Democrats mal < o an aUncl , on the tUI' iff this ) 'onr they will bo conferrlur. a very great favor on every Hepub. IIcan candillato , from Presillont Hoose- wit downwnrd-St , LouIs Globe.Dem. ocrat. , - ThlE ODD j : ' : ; ; - ; ; , ; , CO ; ' " Nfn : t:7' : r-va Hlabel's Seaside Outfit , : : on' rahel'/I pnekOl1 hl'1' trunks nnd gene to dwell bl'lIlde the lien. Bhe tllok lIIoro thlngfl thnn she will need to wen 1' , It IIcems to me. Bho took 11"1' dllrk billetamlne , her 11on ( Oo nnl1 h.r,0110 , Twelve nall11lJolclI ! , twenly orgnndles , thnt cu t 11I0 loIn ot toll : Foulnralll gnlore , two crepe de chino ! , 'rOIl : II\l110 ! \ lie lIole. Two tnrtellll. ! ornhrola\erell . .ull-Lord 1 IeIJI pnor old pa 1- Some dotteal f3wlllS nil I\no \ n9 wlat , . ball , I1r" 1'9 b ) ' thv bunch , "Ilh ! ; n\\'I1 ror brcaUlUlt , IlInnel , ten , IInal Qlb I owns for I.neh. at cno" , rnu"\lm. \ IIbo Nlolc ten , of shirt- wnlsl8 IIlrlOty.two , ) t ) 'aehllnH ! 'IliUM alld'whlt tuck sldrts , enou,11 to 1IInfl , ( ! a shrew , : : ! ho II nl90 Jot her IlI\lhln" Bult It-surely Is I1l'e:1I11- - ' . . rnde out ot hardly nll'thlnl : worth men- tlonln/or. 'twollhl PCPI11. : Jho's J.rot /frO9 ! of petllcoats , eight lIun- drllll Ilulr ! ! or hope , AIIII hnllllltcrchlefft cnoll/h to blow eneh bll lIeal ! hlllllllll n080. Sho's rllrtt,1'1 ' 1(111)011011 nnl ] a IIl1nl1rc- wehht or gI0\'c9. , \nd ItrflHllnJ ! ; "o\\'ns 111111 plelure lints nnd other thlnss In drovos. She took n 110zen mirrors nnd n )1tck ) ot 11II\\'I1I'r l1 rtl. Wllh hnttlo acter bottle ot the best com- pll'lon sturts. Wllh thlrt-lIe\'en Jlnrascls nnd things I 11'110 : ' < ' her mn I\now9 : Qllite n Itttle more nbout than mo , for 1'111 her JIll. Wo 1110011 IIrnlllld to 8eo hcr ort nnd shell 11011111 terlrs ot fCllr Sho'll I1II R her caleh nl\ll make \I ! buy her sUl11mCl' Illld" next ) 'I'nr. 1101' I1In's Illst worals WOI'O : "Mabol , denr , he sure nnd don't rorRot To WOII" ) 'Ullf Imthlnlr suit eneh dnr- but den't ) ' 011 Fet It weU" -Halthnoro Amorlenll. - - The Oldest Cnr In America. The car that stands In the roundhouse - house at P.Jal m'l11 0 , 1\Iass" \ Is the old. ots rallrond conch in the Unltot Stllt l Hnll us ! Inch maltes n pathotlo alllHml to nll ) looplo who remember the oarlloot days of rallroadlng. It recalls tho. dR ) ' wbon It was admired by all tho. . countrysldo as It rolled ever the rulls between Boston nnd Pro\'hlenco at which . ; \ n pace to.da ) would bo rcgardell as almost lune. real. To.da ) ' it stanl1s neglected and' Illan ' ) 'enrs , and enmeshed by count. less cobwobs-n rusty , uselo.ss old thing In a remote corner of the round. bouso. ' 1'0 the 'Younger genoratlon It seems almost Incredlblo that this primItive \'ohlclo could 110sslbly have been the predecoasor of the magnificent Pull. man of to.dar. Its outllnss suggo.st a stage conch rather than a railroad car , nnel the jolting of the crude structure - turo was but IIttlo brolwn br the dell , cate.looltlng springs beneaUi ! t. The roof of thl8 venerable CO\\voy , nnco was used to accommodate pt sengers 'on da's when travel wa , "heaor the weather flno. Tlma has made many ravage.s on this old conch , nnd to Iteel ) It from further in. jury It has bcen necessary to nail bC'Jlrds across the sides and over the wheels that mnr the quaint offect. It Walked In. Early in th.o morning L. II. Hauo- , la11dlord of the City hotel at Barns. bore , Cambria county , was aroused tram his slumbers by a crash In hi. rODIn , ' Opening his eyes , ho was startled to see big bcar. The nolsQ hall aroused Mrs. lIaney , and she screamed tor 1101p. Her husband sprang out of bed and solzed a chait' to protect himself and wife. Bruin came toward them , and Han. e ) ' swung the chl\lr. Mrs. Hanoy waa stili screnmlng and the guests or the hotel were coming trom their rooms. About thlH tlmo the bear concludell that things were getting too interestIng - Ing nnl1 ho decided to lel1.vo. As ho emerged fl'om the landlord's room in. to the hall there was a rush to got out of the war. Arms were qulcldy ob. talned , and the benr urlven off. , , . - " ' " , Black Snakes Guard Southern Homes. It Is true that the rattle snalw and the blaclt snalw are mortal enemies , and the blaclt nnalto is the victor in tholr battles , hrealtlng the neclt of his adversary before the rattler has tlmo to strllw , The black Bnalws of this country are as harmless as frogs. On many of the largo plantations In the south they are tamed and lwpt as a Irotectlon from their enemy , ns the warm cllmato prevents Iteelling the houscs elosed so as to Itcep them out. - - Drove Away Hungry Lynx , As Holand ScrIbner of Stafford , Vt. . was out fishing the other day in a stream within sight of the hOl,1se , ho happened to glance behind him Md saw a h'nx coming toward blm from the woods , growling and snarllng , his mouth open , The haY' waIted until the anlmnl got within a few feet or him , and as It crouched to spring. dcalt It several blowa with his fish. Ing rod , whereupon the h'nx turned and ran bnclt Into the woods. Disproved Old Superstition , The performance of a Cannan , N. I H" hen which hatched thirteen chlclt- I ens from a setting of thirteen eggs I'ec'ntly may bo consltlered remark- ahlo considerIng the fnct that .sho was sct upon this unlucly number of eg s on FI'ldllr , l\Iay 13 , dth one or two ether unfavorable conditions Ire- i valllng. I Proud of Big Duck Farm. I A fioclt at snow white Peltln duclts numbering 20,000 and requiring a car- land of food over ' weelt , is tlo "show" to which the vlllngers of Hlvorton , Va" tal\O strangers. The duclt arm Is said to bo the largest ! a the United States. Monster Geranium , J , D. Fraser of l\Ierrlmaclt , N. n. , has something at a monstrosity In the ! ; E.'ranlum line. The plant consists of a Ringle stoclt which measures In holght fully 8y' : teot under the rule.
