D T UI S S LND.
tl AILURE OF A KANSAS CITY
COMMISSION HOUSE.
,
llteceivers NImeI t n Look After the Jn
torests of Creditors-.tboot 883),000
Involved-Assrts Equal to the Llahlll-
tlcs-poor lru , inetis and Slow Collec-
tinns Respcnslhle for the Suspension -
.An Old tun ] Largo Concern.
1ii : ; Itlliiirn In ] Somas City.
IcAF8AS CITY , MO. , July 1 h-George
-E. Black and George A. Neal have
'been appointed by United States Judge
Phillips receivers for the Campbell
-Commission company. The company
is an Illinois corporation , doing a
-cattle commission business in Kansas
r City , St. Louis , Chicago , South Omaha
-and Fort Worth. The main office is in
this City , James [ i. Campbell of Chicago -
, go is the president and George E.
Black of Kansas City the treasurer.
Mr. Black has conducted the active
rnanagenient. The business dates
] back many years in Chicago and St.
Louts. The present organization was
effected in May , 1892. The money involved -
volved is set by the Metropolitan
.National bank , which made application -
tion for thereceivers , atSSC,000. The
bank loaned the company 819,000 in
-June and has bought paper to the sum
of 834.450 , being the notes of various
persons , indorsed by the Campbell
-company. The receivers arc ordered
to continue the business for the bene-
fft of creditors.
The receivership is a move by the
-Comrany , Receiver Black admits , to
protect itself from the creditors , in
which the Metropolitan bank acts
inmerely as the vehicle to accomplish
the action of the court. Since 1892 ,
the petition sets forth , from 8600,000
to $ lOo0,000 have been annually advanced -
vanced to cattle raisers by the con-
cern.
The cattle raiser executes a mort-
, gagc on the cattle for the loan and
gives his note. The commission company -
pany has discounted this paper. When
the cattle are brought to market , no
matter who sells them , the company
gets its interest and money back and
-a commission of fifty cents on ea li
head. The value of cattle so handled
is placed at from $8,000,000 to $11,000-
O00 annually. In this way the Campbell -
bell company has borrowed $550,000 ,
now outstanding , from various sources ,
, .and in turn loaned out the money , for
which the notes and mortgages on the
-cattle have been discounted all over
.America.
The present assets , other than the
money owed to the company by the
1 .cattle raisers and the prospective corn-
.missions of $100,000 , are estimated at
( ; $100,000 , of which only half is availa-
tble.
tble.Tar'
Tar' failure of Clark & Plumb of
Tort Worth recently , has embarrassed
the concern. A few days ago a creditor -
itor tried to levy on a herd of 15,000
heal of cattle in Oklahoma , but the
levy failed and the creditor served a
writ of garnishment on the cattle
owner , instead. Notes have been
falling due lately which there
was no money in the treas-
Tury to meet. Judge J. S.
Botsford of Ilotsford , Deatherage &
Young , attorneys for the Metropolitan
bank. hastily wcntto Colorado Springs
and secured the receivership. E. P.
: Gates and T. B. Wallace , for the
Campbell company , filed an answer ad-
snitting insolvency and accepting the
action of the court.
Receiver Bla clc said this morning
that business last year had been bad
and losses incurrel. He asserted that
the creditors would receive ninety-
eight cents on the dollar. A circular
has been issued to customers announc-
anga continuance of the business by
: the receivers.
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"Ono of tIc Dcspenulo's Victims Dead.
C11ICAGO , July 13.-H. M. Sternberg ,
rtvlio was shot by Charles Gorman
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'while the latter was attempting to es-
: .capc from the police Monday night
.died at St. Luke's hospital to-day.
t .Sternberg wasin the crowd watching
the robber and was struck by a bullet
.aimed at a policeman , just before the
tlesperalo was shot dead at the en-
, .trance to the Auditorium.
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Leakage of the Grain Report.
Nlw YORK , July i3.-There was
rtnucli kickiug among the grain men on
the I'roduce exchange yesterday over
the leakage of the crop report. In-
.siders , it is alleged , are about twenty-
four hours ahead of the rank and flip
.of traders in gettin , the report , or
least figure so close that they car.
-work on a practically sure basis.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
-
, is dead.
Exports of petroleum increased near-
' 1y $5,000,000 last year.
Secretary IIoke Smith has gone to
'Georgia again to look after his fences.
a e
Two hundred and fifty thousand um-
migrants arrived in this country last
rear.
Large reductions will be made next
t.month in the forces of all the navy
yards.
Alabama coal mine operators , representing -
senting $20,000,000 , formed a gigantic
.combine.
Receiver McNufta's announcement
that he will contest some rebate claims
has exeited Cincinnati distillers.
At Chapel lull , N. Y. , Minnic inger-
sell w a ; murdered by a man who had
: served a term for : sttempted murder.
! Agricultural Secretary Morton says
lie will a purchase such seeds for distribution -
bution as are not common in this coun-
try.
r Half of Clayton , N. Y , including
the business portion , burned. The
I losses aggregate $7p,000 ; , , yltli light
-insurance.
0 Bray , the stepson of ex-Consul Walter
ter is trying to arouse feeling against
the administration for not acting more
' vigorously in behalf of the imprisoned
ex-consul.
George Rippet , aged 7 ; John Kee-
i .nan , aged 6 , and John McGill , aged 5 ,
were drowned near Slaterville , R. I. ,
while fishing.
. The Chinese loan was opened in
, < Berlin and almost immediately closed ,
; ns more money than was necessary
, was subscribed.
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BOLIVIA'S ULTIMATUM.
It Is Presented to Fern and Rejected by
that Country.
WASHiNOTON , July 13.-South American -
ican diplomats in Washington are
much interested in the press reports
that Bolivia has presented an ultimatum -
matum to Peru , which the latter has
rejected , and that Bolivia and Ecuador
have formed an alliance with the prospect -
pect of making war on I'cru. Peru's
former strength has disappeared since
her war with Chili. The Chilians took
all the Peruvian warships , and it is
believed one old transport is all that
remains of the l'cruvian navy. The
army is said to number about 4,000
men.
Bolivia has no navy , and her army is
said to be about the same as that of
I'cru. She is entirely inland since the
u : ar with Chili , when Chili took posses-
essioll of those provinces which had
formed Bolivia s coast line. Ecuador
is said to be in good fighting trim , as
she has just emerged from a rhvolution
; t d all her people are in arms. But
her navy is insignificant , her only good
warship having been sold to Japan
some months ago. It looks , therefore ,
to those conversant with the situation ,
that these three countries v rild not
engage in a very frznidable var. They
cannot fight by sea , and there ; rrc
great stretches of desolate and mountainous -
tainous country between them. Chili
is in no way interested in the trouble.
The last war appears to have established -
lished her firmly as mistress of the
west coast of South America.
INDIANA SILVERITES.
rho Free Colnago Committee Will Ii eap
Within the Democratic Party.
INDIANAPOrds , Ind. , June l3.-When
the committee appointed by the conference -
ference of free silver Democrats that
followed the annual meeting of the
State Editorial association at Maxin-
kukee met here yesterday , Senator
Turpie advised the members not to bo
too radical in any action taken. He
recommended that steps be taken to
form a state silver organization within -
in the Democratic party.
The committee , after consulting
other prominent free silver members
of the party , decided to do nothing at
this meeting except to form a tempo.
rary organization which will agitate
the question and in the course of a few
weeks issue a call for a state meeting
to organize a league.
The committee announces that ex-
Congressman Bryan has been engaged
to answer the gold standard speeches
of ex-Cougressman llynum.
YELLOW FEVEH EPIDEMIC.
The Scourge in Cuba anti Other West Indian -
dian Islands is mereisug.
WASHINGTON , July 13.-Advices to
the surgeon general of the marine hospital -
pital service indicate an alarming increase -
crease in yellow fever in Cuba and
other West Indian islands. The week
ending June 29 recorded twenty-eight
deaths in Santiago , while there is ai
average of five deaths daily at Puerto
Principe , a city of about 45,000 per-
sons. There are about 100 cases in time
military hospital at San Juan de Puerto -
to Rico and the disease is rapidly in-
creasing.
In view of these reports , Surgeon
General Wyman is redoubling his efforts -
forts for time nrotection of the Amen-
can coast against the in fection.
Miss Gould on Reporters.
\VIcIIITA , Kan. , July 13.-Frank Jay
Gould , Miss Helen Goul(1 , Colonel and
Mrs. Frank Ilain , Miss Ida J. Caste
and Miss Alice Northrop of Tarrytovru
and Mr. Will Northrop of Yonkers. N.
V. , accompanied by General Manager
D ) ldridge of the Missouri Paeifc railway -
way , spent two hours driving over the
city to-day.
' 1'o a correspondent Miss Gould said :
' 'I banter words with
never a newspaper -
paper man , I early learned that their
check is only exceeded by their good
looks and gentlemanly manners. "
Must I'ay Indian Debts.
1ASIIINGTON , July 18.-Secretary
Smith has requested the treasury department -
partment to pay the 2600,000 due to
the Nez I'erces Indians in Idaho for
their lands sold to the government a
year ago. The payment was stopped
two months ago on account of charges
of fraud of various sorts. These have
been proved unfounded , and there is
no further reason for delay. The
tribe comprises 1,529 persons , each of
whom will receive a little over 82,000.
1York mm the 1'anumm Canal.
NEW YoEK , July 13.-Among the
passengers who arrived by the Columbian -
bian line steamer : Ilicoca from Colon
were E. Le Connec , resident director of
the l'anamna canal at Panama. He was
accompanied by .I. Thornton , also an
engineer connected with the canal. lIr.
Le Connec intends starting at once for
Chicago on business connected with the
Panama canal. lie reports two dredges
are at work on the Pacific side of time
canal at Panama. Considerable work
is in prog.1ess at Colon.
Creeks iu a juandary.
EtTFAt'i..t , Ind. 'Ter. , July 13.-An
extra session of the Creek council has
been called by Chief Edward BuUett
to meet at Okmulgee , the capital , on
July 17. The session is called for the
purpose of deciding the present controversy -
troversy as to which set of national officers -
ficers are now entitled to their offices
and to end the dual government under
which the country has been suffering
for several weeks.
Sunday Closing at St. Josept.
ST. JOsEpir , Mo. , July 13.-It is expected
pected that the police commissioners
t ill close all the saloons in this city
nett Sunday and considerable trouble
nmav result.
Winfield Chautauqua Officers.
WINFIELD , Kan. , July 13.-The Win ,
field Chautauqua to-day elected P. II.
Albright , president ; F. C. Root and J.
P. Baden , vice presidents ; M. B. Kerr ,
treasurer , and A. P. Limerick , secre-
tary. The executive committee re.
mains the same.
Money for a Fremont Monument Wanted.
NEW Yom : , July 13.-The Associated
Pioneers' society of time territorial ( lays
of California has issued a call to the
late General John C. Fremont's friends
for funds to erect a suitable monument
over his Erave.
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CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS.
THEY CAPTURE BOSTON BY
THE THOUSANDS ,
The Great Meetings Get Under Way
Three Vast Uatlwrings Held the First
Day--A Grand Chorus of 500 Sing
Songs-Report of the Secretary , Showing -
ing a Great Work the fast Year-De-
nominations that are In the Lead.
Hosts of Endeavors.
BOSTON , July 12.-Over 9,000 enthusiastic -
siastic Endeavorers crowded the Tent
Endeavor on Boston commons to-day
for the first mass meeting of the
National Christian Endeavor society.
Crimson and white streamers waved
all over the tent , the bunting being
draped from the great center pole of
time tent. Flags and colors of all nations -
tions interspersed the streamers. High
above all , time flags of time United Kingdom -
dom of Great Britain and the stars and
stripes floated. Upon the platform at
the extreme end , the grand chorus of
500 and the speakers and prominent
members of time society were seated.
Before the time for time opening of
the service arrived the chorus and
delegates spontaneously Startcd an
Endeavor hymn. Other songs followed -
lowed and the music was almost
continuous until the I1ev. J. T.
hreckly , D. D. , of New York opened
the meeting according to the program
time first ' 'On-
by announcing hymn , -
ward , Christian Soldiers. " At the
conclusion of the hymn the Rev. W.
If. Albright of Boston read a passage
from the scriptures and then asking
for the earnest co-operation of all the
delegates in the opening session called
for testimony by the delegates. For
fifteen minutes from all parts of the
house came words of praise and good
tidings to the Endeavor society.
[ 'he hymn of welcome written by
Dr. S. F. Smith , the author of "Amer-
ica , " was sung , an(1 then Mr. Breckly
introduced A..1. Crockett , president of
the Boston local union , who welcomed
the delegates in behalf of the Endeav-
orers of Boston.
The Rev. J. I , . Cheeseman of Cleveland -
land , Ohio , read the annual report of
the secretary , John Willis Baer of
Boston , wlmieh was also read at the
meetings in Meehanmes hall and iii
Tent Williston. Le reported an increase -
crease of 7,750 societies in the past
year , 1,713 of them in other lands ,
every country now being represented
except Italy , Russia , Icelam d , Sweden
and Greece. In this country Pennsylvania -
vania still leads with 4,130 ; New York
next with 3S22 ; Ohio , 2,757 ; Illinois ,
2,446 ; Indiana , J,762 ; Iowa , 1,563 ;
Massachusetts , 1,309 ; Kansas , 1,2.17 ;
Missouri , 1,133 ; Michigan. 1,082 ; New
Jersey , 1,045 , etc , In all , from the
United States , 33,412 , as against 28,696
last v"ar. These figures from time
United States include 18 Senior societies -
ties , 33 Mothers' societies ( a movement
first started in Kansas ) , 62 Intermediate -
ate companies ; and it includes the societies -
cieties in our schoolsiu our collegesin
public institutions of various kinds , in
prisons and schools of reform to time
number of 1G i. In time United States
the denominational representation is
as follows : The Presbyterians still
lead , with 5.2S3 Young People's societies -
ties and 2.269 Juniorsocieties ; the Congregationalists -
gregationalists imave 3,9)0 ) Young Peo-
ple's societies and 1.DOS Junior
societies ; the Disciples of Christ an 1
Christians , 2,687 young people's societies -
ties and 862 Junior societies ; the Baptists -
tists , 2,086 Young People's societies
rnd 801 Junior societies ; Methodist
Episcopal , 931 Young people's societies
and 391 Junior societies ; Netliodist
Protestants , 833 Young People's societies -
cieties and 247 .Junior societies ; Lutherans -
erans , 798 Young People's societies and
245 Juuior societies ; Cumberland Presbyterians -
byterians , 699 Young People's societies
and 231 Junior societies , and so on
through a long list.
In the Dominion of Canada the Methodists -
odists of Canada lead with 1,0,7 Young
Peoples societies and 122 Junior societies -
eties ( most of the societies known as
Epworth Leagues of Christian Endeavor -
deavor : ) Canadian Presbyterians are
next , with 970 Young People's societies -
eties and lOS Junior societies ; Baptists
nest , with 160 Young People's societies -
eties and 26 Junior societies ; Congregationalists -
tionalists next , with 12 , ' Young Peo-
ple's societies and 36 Junior socie-
ties. ete.
In the United Kingdom , the Baptists
lead. with 791 ; Congregationalists next
with 738 ; Presbyterians. 1S2 ; Methodist
Free Church. 17. ; ; Methodist New Con-
nexion , 132 , etc.
In Australia the Wesleyan Methodists -
odists lead , and Congregationalists ,
Baptists. Presbyterians follow in the
order named.
HAD THREE GIRLS.
tt Pennsylvania Couple With Three Daughters -
ters Receives a1'leasant Note.
PITTSBCnO , Pa. , July 12.-Frank
Iiay and wife of Grafton have three
little girls , named ihith , Esther and
Naomi , born in the order given.
Struck by the coincilepce between his
family and that of the president , he
wrote t the latter and lmas received
the following reply :
" .fry Dear Sir : Tne president directs
me to acknowledge time receipt of your
recent kind favor in which yr a inform
him that your two oldest children bear
the names of Ruth and Esther and
were named in each case before the
children of the president were named.
Both Mrs. Cleveland and the president
are much interested in this coincidence
and beg leave to express the wish that
your little children ; ay have long and
lmappv lives and that they will always
be a joy and comfort to you.
HENRY TilirnuEn ,
private Secretary.
NEWS NOTES.
John Fritz of Bosworth. Mo. , was
Lillcd by a train at Gorin , llo.
Nicholas Pierola , leader of the revolutionary -
lutionary party , was elected president
of Peru.
1Ir. : . J. Coleman Drayton has gone
to Europe to become reconciled to her
husband.
Colonel W. D. Freeman was shot and
fatally wounded on a train near Bartlett -
lett , Texas.
General Ezeta has sent a proclamation -
tion to Salvador asking the people to
( aid him when he arrives.
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BUSINESS AND SILVER.
6onator rest Pleased With Tariff Ito-
form , but Against Gold Alone.
NEW YORK , July 12.-Before he
sailed for Europe to remain abroad
until September , Senator Vest of Missouri -
souri said : "I have never seen the
crops generally in such good condition ,
and everything seems favorable to a
harvest far above the average in
quantity and quality. Of course the
low price of agricultural products detracts -
tracts some from the prospect , but we
cannot tell what prices will be. When
wheat was up to eighty-three cents
it looked as though the farmer was
going to be rewarded this fall ;
but prices are now in the sixties and
the prospect not so good. The improvement -
provement in the iron , steel and
woolen trades has been rapid. Wages
have been advanced and orders have
come in large numbers. All this
means that the calamity cries of our
Republican friends have been wasted.
The Wilson bill has proved to be a
practical business measure. When it
is fully tried it will yield a much
larger revenue ; but whether sufficient
to meet all the expenses of time government -
ment remains to be seen. I would not
say that it might be necessary to increase -
crease the revenue by an additional
tax on beer , spirits or sugar ; but that
is a contingency of the future , "
Of silver , Vest said : "If any attempt -
tempt to commit the Democratic
national convention to a single gold
standard succeeds , it will split the
party and cause the nomination of a
ftee silver ticket. The people of the
East have no idea of the strength of
this sentiment in the Western and
Southern states. It will be the main
issuein 1890. Time question must be
settled and it will not down until it
is settled. Time silver men do not
demand an immediate approval
of a free coinage law , and would be
contented with a frank , honest expression -
sion committing the party to bimetallism -
lism and a free use of silver as soon as
some practical measure could be formulated -
ulated and enacted into law. 'l'ime Republicans -
publicans will probably straddle , as
they usually do. Missouri is strongly
free silver. The Democrats will hold
a convention in August , and I believe
it will declare unanimously for free
coinage. The presidential sentiment
does not point to anyone in particular
in the Democratic patty. Mr. Cleveland -
land will leave office with renown to
himself afd the country. I do not believe -
lieve lie would accept a third term even
though it simoald be offered him , which
is unlikely. "
CROP CONDITIONS.
Average Condition of Winter Wheat 03.8
Against 71.1 in June. .
WASHINGTON , July 12.-The July
returns to time statistician of the department -
partment of agriculture by the correspondents -
respondents make the following average -
age condition :
Corn , 99.3 ; winterwlieat , 65.S ; spring
wheat , 102. ; oats , 53.2 ; winter rye ,
82.2 ; spring rye , 77 ; all rye , 50.7 ; barley -
ley , 91.9 ; rice , S1.1 ; potatoes , 91.5' ; tobacco -
bacco , 85.9.
Acreage of potatoes compared with
1594 , l0".9 , and to tobacco , 4.8 per
cent. The report on acreage of corn ,
which is preliminary , shows 107.8 , as
compared with the area planted in
1394 which was a little over 76,000.000
acres , being an increase of 6,00,000
acres. and aggregating in round mmn-
hers 52,000,00'J ae1'CS. The average for
the principal corn states are : Ohio ,
10.1 ; Michigan , 10.1 : Indiana. 101 ; Illinois -
inois , 10i ; Wisconsin , 105 : Minnesota.
112 ; Iowa , 100 ; .Missouri , 107 ; Kansas ,
117 ; Nebraska , 107 ; Texas , i12 ; Tennessee -
nessee , 107 ; Kentucky. 10' . Time average -
age condition of corn is 99.3 , against
95 in July last year and 93.2
in 1593. The averages of condition
of winter wheat is 65.8. against
71.1 in June and 83.2 last July. The
percentages of principal states are :
New York , 7S ; Pennsylvania - , S8 ; Kentucky -
tucky , S5. Ohio , -Michigan ; , 69 ; Indiana -
diana , 52 ; Illinois , 50 ; Missouri , OS ;
Kansas , 42 ; Califo ; nia , S2 ; Oregon , 9 ; . ;
Washington , 93. The condition of the
spring wheat is 102.2 , against 97.S in
June and 6S. t in July , 1591. State averages -
erages are : Minnesota , 112 ; Wisconsin -
sin , 98 ; Iowa , 109 ; Kansas , 46 ; Ne-
braska. SO ; South Dakota , 112 ; North
Dakota , 102 ; Washington , 91 ; Oregon -
gen , 90.
The average condition of all wheat
for the country is 76.2. The condition
of oats is 53.2 , against S4.3 June 1 , and
77.7 July 1 , lsOl.
The condition of winter rye is S2.2 ;
of spring rye , 77.0 , and all rye , 80.7.
The averagecondition of barley is 91.9 ,
against 90.3 in June , an increase of
1.6 points.
A MAMMOUTH ARENA.
Corbett and FitzshnmonsYill Combat
in a Stupendous Structure.
DALLAS , Texas , July 12.-A diagram
of the great Corbett-Fitzsimmnons
building was displayed at Dan Stuart's
office in the Astor building yesterday
morning. It showed an octagon structure -
ture covering 400 feet of ground or
nearly four acres. Time following are
its rand divisions : Unreserved seats ,
30Stib ; reserved seats , 17GSS ; in balcony -
cony , 2,406 ; seats for the press , 632 ;
total , 52,815.
There never was such a theater built
in the United States , and possibly
never will by again. The Demnocratic
\Vigtvamn at Chicago only held 50,000 ,
and the Music hail at the world's fair
no more. The prize ring is in the exact -
act center and will be forty feet
square. elevated four feet from the
, round. The 652 seats reserved for
the pre-s will be next around the ring.
From thence there is a sharp ascent
toward the clouds , dizzy with marks
and sgmtres and pierced vitlt aisles.
As enormous as the capacity is , it is
confidently expected that every scat
will be taken.
'The Little Minute Nan" is the title
of a story by If. CT. Paine , which will
be published in Ilarer's Round Table
for , luly 9th. Time plot of this story is
decidedly ingenious , its hero being a
toy who , on the occasion of a visit
from a party of Ilessians in Bevofu-
tionarv days , bides in a big hall-clock ,
ascertains the plans of the enemy , and ,
by making the clock gain time , contrives -
trives that the hostile design miscar-
ries. The same number of the Round
Table contains an article by W. Iiam-
ilton Gibson , entitled "Two Fairy
Sponges , " and "The Raleigh Reds. " a
Fourth-of-July story by Julian Cono-
ver.
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
INSTRUCTIVE READING FOR
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Origin of You're It-Learning to Walk
-Two Little Tots In Church-boys
Composition on Sailors-A Water To-
bo gon.
,
'VE DONE MY
best to learn to
walk ,
But find it very
hard ,
And when I'm
standing on my
feet
I'm always on my
guard.
Because - perhaps
you've noticed
this-
If I happen to forget
When I'm thinking then of other things
That I'm not sitting yet.
The floor is apt to rise up quick
And hit me quite a blow.
Which makes me feel I'd like to sit
That's why I'm sitting now.
Two Little Tots in Church.
Two little Kansas City tots , one 5 and
the other 4 , were allowed to go unattended -
tended to Sabbath school. At its close
they decided to remain for church and
sit in the front pew with their grandma.
Now grandma was not able to go to
church that day. Disappointed as they
were , they remained , and were very
quiet and attentive. Finally something
was said that greatly annoyed them.
Then whispering commenced.
"If he says that naughty word once
more we will go tight straight home , "
whispered Lucy.
"Yes , we will , " said little Bessie.
Suddenly the tots looked at each other -
er , then , picking up their papers , walked
hand in hand down the long aisle and
out of the church.
On their way home they passed the
church in which their other grandma
worshiped. They decided to visit lien.
In they went and walked down to the
amen corner and seated themselves by
grandma.
At the close of service grandma
marched two crestfallen little culprits
home. Then she took theta to task for
disturbing time meeting by corning in
so late.
,
"Now , grandma , you know , " said excited -
cited Lucy , "that you always told us
when people said naughty words we
should run away from them. The
preacher he swore , he did , and I said
to Bessie that if he said that word again
we would just have to go home. He did
say it again , and we runned off from
the church. "
"What did he say ? " asked the amazed
grandmother.
"He said , devil ! "
Origin of "You're it. "
-Boys , do you know why you say ,
You're it ! ' when playing tag ? Of course
not ; the professor didn't either when we
asked him the other day , but he promised -
ised to put his entire mind upon so important -
portant a subject and let us know at
once.
This is what he says , though with
some of imis big words left out :
"The people who live over } n England
do not seem to think much of the letter -
ter 'h ; being in the habit of dropping
it from the words where it belongs and
putting it where it does not belong.
What fun there is in it , or why they do
it , no one can tell ; but they have been
in the habit of it for a good many hundred -
dred years.
"For this reason , when the little English -
lish boys who were great , great grandfathers -
fathers years and years ago were haying -
ing grand times in their games , they ,
too , kept dropping their h's from the
words they were shouting.
"So , when they played tag , as boys do
now , touching each other with their
hands , \vhenever ore boy- nit another he
vt once shouted out : 'You're 'it ! ' for he
couit : not say 'hit , ' you know.
"And all the generations of 1ttle boys
who have since then been playing the
game continued to say 'it , ' instead of
'hit , ' even after our fatimers learned i't
America to always put their h's in every
other word where they belonged.
Now , bows , let me whisper a word o
warning. Don't tell your teacher what
the professor says. If you do she'll
never give you any peace , but will rap
on the window at every recess and tell
you to say 'hit , ' instead of 'it.
Let the Lear Eat list
"Speaking of hair-raising adventures -
tures , " said the president of the Ancient
Order of Ananias the other day , as he
lighted a match at the tip of his nose ,
"reminds me of a little picnic excursion
I had about five years ago up in the
Rockies. There was a party of us ou :
there from Chicago hunting and fishing.
We were camped on a trout stream
away up in the Fte Pass , and , as 1
would rather fish than lug a gun about
all day , I made daily trips to the stream.
One day I went much farther than ever
before and finally came to a pool that
lay between two high rocks. To reach it
I had to climb up the mountain side and
out on a shelf of rock that overhung
the pool twenty feet below. I ( dropped
my fly and as fast as it struck the water
I had a spreckled beauty on the end of
my line. But all at once I heard a
scratching on the rock behind me and
on looking around I saw a big she grizzly -
zly bear coming for me with her mouth
wide open. There I was , without gun.
pistol or even pen-knife to defend myself -
self with , and sure death if I jumped
into the stream. "
"What ( lid you do ? " cried the Boston
man in great excitement.
"Do ? What could I do ? I just sat
there and let the blanked tiling eat me
up. "
Cold Day mt the Itaitroatl.
"The coldest day I ever knew , " said
the traveling man , "was when I iray-
eled up the branch to Glinton last win-
ter. I knew it was cold when I saw
the fireman get or top the engine with
a shovel to shovel away the smoke a-
fast as it froze. Soon after we starte'l
the conductor entered the car , knocked
his head against the side of the door
to break off his breath , and yelled 'tick-
ets ! " before it froze again. But it was
no use , the word only penetrated a few
feet and stuck fast in the atmosphere ,
but , as we could all see clearly , we coul9
not help noticing that word 'tickets'
frozen up In the , front end of the car ,
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H.
and we were ready when the smiling '
conductor passed along. He smiled because -
cause he couldn't help it. He wore that '
expression when he entered the ozone
anti it stuck to him. The poor fellow ;
hit his hand against the seat in front
of me and broke his little finger off as
clean as if it had been an icicle. It
rattled down onto the floor , but he
picked It up calmly and put it in his ' ;
vest pocket. You see lie was used to
that run , "
Just a City lro ) . '
"It's a wonder to me , " said the dear
old lady from the country as she stood
'
waiting oft the crossing , "that them 4
electric cars don't run off the track "f
sometimes. "
"They do , ma'am ' , " said the small boy
at her elbow , who saw his opportunity.
Mercy nme , child , and how do the
people keep from being run over ? "
"They don't ma'am. When one 0'
them cars goes gee-whiz oft the track
there ain't time for ennybody to get
out of the way. "
"La , sakes child ! Let me get up on
them steps. Now , are you telling me '
the truth ? "
"S'hope to die , ma'am ! But you ain't
any safer on them steps than out In the '
street. When they take a notion them
cars can jest climb any steps in this
town. Honest Injun , ma'am. " } , s
The old lady turned and looked at time
boy. She saw a frank face on the surface -
face of which a few freckles floatedmild f '
blue eyes lilted wrth innocence , and just r
a twinkle of mischief. She hadseen , boys
before and new the trade mark. But before - i
fore she had time to apply her clubbed
umbrella the urchin was gyrating down
the street. He had seen that expression
on a woman's face before and he , too ,
new the trade mark.
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A Water Toboggan.
In Perak , a state in the Straits Settlements -
tlements , the Malays have one form
of amusement which Is probably not to i
be enjoyed anywhere else in the wide
world.
There is a huge granite slope in the '
course of a mountain river , down which
f
the water trickles about tw inches
deep , the main stream having carved
out a bed by the Side of the boulder.
This rock , the face of which has been a
rendered as smooth as glass by the constant -
stant flow of the water during hundreds -
dreds of years , the Malays-men , woin-
en and children-have turned into a F
toboggan. Climbing to the top of the
rock , they sit in the shallow water within
their feet straight out and a hutd on
t
each side for steering , and then slide
down the GO feet into a pool of water.
This is a favorite sport on sunny
mornings , as many as 200 folks being
engaged at a timme , and sliding so quickly -
ly one after another , or forming rows
of two , four and even eight persons ,
that they tumble into the pool a confused - .
fused mass of screaming creatures.
There Is little danger In the game , and
though some choose to sit on a piece
of plantain , most of the tobogganers ara
content to squat on their haunches.
Boy's Composition on Sailors.
The following is declared to be the
work of a pupil in an English elementary -
ary school : "Seamen are what we call
sailors , and captains , and training dill
boys. The sailors you see in the streets
are nice little fat men , with red and
brown faces. They ware boys' coats
and hats , and their trousers are too the
for them above and too wide for them
down below. It makes tmeni } feel very
riled. Sailors don't ware colats , be-
cose their necks are so thick ; and they
always have their boots blackened for
fear the captin might see them round
a corner. They don't carry their best
close in boxes , but they ty them up iii
big red and blue handkerchiefs , just
like Christmas puddens. Sailors are
very fond of their mothers and sisters ,
and you neerly always see them taking i
them out to walk. The reaeson why i
sailors like to get drung is becose it { '
makes them roll about like as If they i
were on the ocheant "
A stir I Imprisoned In a flower.
A lady of New Orleans relates that ' .
some days since the first humming bird
of the season made its appearance am
her garden. sipping indiscriminately
from the wealth of sweets. Later in the
afternoon she observed the little fellow
hovering around a spike of annunciation -
tion lilies which had shot up perfectly
laden with bells. The next morning
early when she went out for a stroll
through the garden she heard a fluttering -
ing and faint cheeping from the neighborhood -
borhood of the lily bed. For some time
she could see nothing to account for the
faint sounds , but at last was astonished -
ished to discover that one of the lily
bells had closed its petals , imprisoning
the humming bird within. It is probable -
ble that the bird had buried its beak too
far In and extracted so much honey as
to cause the already fading flower to
collapse sudlenly.
A laird Lamb.
Dog stories are common enough. Stories -
ries concerning sheep are much more
rare. Many years ago it came under
the notice of the writer to observe a
mother with twin lambs , one of which
seemed quite different from the other.
wandering about aimlessly and not as
others of the kind. We were not long
in discovering the cause-it was blind.
The mother and brother were quite
alive to the fact and watched the little
one with tender and unwearied care ,
one or the other , as they saw it getting
into danger , rushing forward to the
rescue , and with a sharp but kindly
butt turning the little blind one out of "
danger' anI into a safer path.Vas
not something more than instinct developed -
veloped there. '
i'a + ' irg of the i' . .
A clerical friend of me is fond of
apt illustrations. The other day lme
closed a most ; athetic discourse as follows -
lows : "When a man jumps from s.
horse cat' withott waiting for it to
stop , and the car goes right on as if
nothing hail occurred , it should serve
to remind that man that one day he : : III
leave this world in about the same
manner. while the , : orbI will proceed
as though nothing remarkable had
transpired. "
Stnole d a Cgar oa the Caltoty- .
Douglas Henderson and Frank Jeffrey
were hanged at Murphysboro , Ili. , recently -
cently for the murder of J. Toyle at Car-
terville last winter. Henderson : : aikerl
to the gallows smoking a cigar. Jeffrey
showed signs of nervousness , but both
climbed the thirteen steps of the scaffold -
fold without effort. Jeffrey on the scat-
fold declared he was going to die for a <
crime he never committed , , ,
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