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THE NOitKOLK WEFrtLY NEWS JOUUNA.L FRIDAY JULY 2 11)09 ) Plan Nelltjh Races. ' Nollgh , Nob. , Juno 29. Special to Tha NOWB : A meeting IB called for this evening In the city nail by Presi dent M. 11. Huff man for tlio purpose of making dollnlto nrrnngcmonts for the coming midsummer Jubilee , ruco meet and baseball tournnmont , Hint Is sched uled to tnko plnco nt Illvorsldo park on Wednesday , Thursday nnd Friday , August 18 , 19 and 20. It goes without saying that Nollgh will have this year the best races over , and what can bo gathered on the outside , the free at tractions will eclipse anything pre viously attempted. The following Is the oIHclal program for the races which Secretary W. W , Cole of this city Is circulating among the horse men In Nebraska. The entries for the Nollgh races closes on August ,1 : Wednesday , August 18 2:40 : class trotters , purse $300 ; 2:20 : class pacers , purse $300. Thursday , August 19 2:25 : class trotters , purse $300 ; 2:3G : class pacers , purse $300. Friday , August 20 2:18 : class trot ters , purse $300 ; 2:14 : class pacers , purse $300. The Same Old Story. Nollgh , Nob. , Juno 20. Special to The News : James O'Neill of this city received a letter yesterday afternoon from a supposed-to-bo relative , now a prisoner In Spain for desertion , for which ho Is serving a term of sixteen years. The epistle could not bo deciphered by Mr. O'Neill , but was easily road by Attorneys J. B. Smith and O. A. Will- lams , who state It was beautifully written - ton , but the very peculiar slant to the letters was somewhat of n puzzle at the first glance. The letter was sent from Mandonla , and the writer claimed to bo worth 37 , ' 000 pounds , which In this country .would signify $186,000. Upon a receipt of a cablegram from Mr. O'Neill to the effect that he will support , educate and look after the welfare of his 14-year old daughter , who Is now In Spain , he promises to will him one-quarter of his fortune , which would bo over $46,200. Mr. O'Neill stated Inst evening that ho did not know what to do In regard to the letter , and said ho would confer with the authorities at Washington be fore any action would be taken on his part , as he has no remembrance of any relatives In that part of the world. The same old story , thl * . Iowa and South Dakota farmers have been re- celvlng bushels of Just Much letters. The government has declared most of them to be pure frauds. Langer In Odd Bank. West Point , Neb. , June 29. Special to The News : Roland Langer , who for some years was assistant cash ier In a bank at Davenport , Okla. , of which his brother , A. J. Lam ger , was president , Is the recipient of the appointment of receiving teller In the night and day bank of Oklahoma City. The position of trust was secured - cured to him through the representa tions of the national bank examiner of the district. The establishment of a day nnd night bank In the west Is n new departure in banking , there being only five Institutions of the kind'in the United States. New Hall for Nlobrara. NIobrara , Neb. , June 29. Special to The News : At the regular meeting of lodge Vysehrad , Z. C. B. J. , of Nlo- brnrn , it was decided that a hall be built for their meetings nnd for all amusement purposes , size 116x40 feet. The hall Is to b.e built from cement brick at a cost estimated at about $7,000. Contracts will bo let soon as plans are ready. Nlobrara is still alive and pushing to the front. MET AT MEADOW GROVE. Report of Epworth League Conven tion , Neligh District. Meadow Grove , Neb. , June 29. The annual convention of the Neligh dis trict Epworth League was held In the Methodist church at Meadow Grove beginning Monday afternoon , June 21. After organization , an interesting paper was read by Miss Ethel Admire on the subject of "Mission Study Classes. " This was followed by an annimatcd discussion. In the evening , after a very enjoy able song service conducted by Rev. E. J. T. Connely , an address of wel come was delivered by H. E. Mason of Meadow Grove , to which Rev. W. C. Kelly responded In behalf of the visiting delegates. This was followed by a most helpful consecration serv ice conductedby the Rev. E. T. George , district superintendent. Tuesday morning a Sun Rise prayer and testimony service , held at 5:30 : , was well attended , nnd marked the beginning of a day that was crowded full of good things. At 8:30 : , C. H. Tropln , our district president , conducted n "Witnessing Roll Call. " As the roll of charges was called the delegates from the several chapters responded with words ol testimony or a passage of scripture , making it a most interesting and pro > fltablo service. This was followed by a business session In which the committee on credentials nnd the district officers made their reports. At 10 o'clock the subject of "Tlth Ing , " was Introduced by the reading of an excellent paper on "The Obllga tlon of Tithing , " by a delegate froir Elgin ; an able address on "The Ad vantages of Tithing , " by Rev. G. L Goodell of Plalnview ; and yet anothei interesting paper on the "How ol Tithing , " by a delegate from Albion Following these presentations of th ( subject there was an Interesting am Impressive discussion of the subjeci which will , no doubt , result In greatlj Increasing the number of those wh ( contribute not less than one-tenth o : their Income to the Lord. Rev. E. E , Bowen , our pastor a Crelghton , conducted the devotional ! Tuesday afternoon , after which Mjs. R. F. Shaeklock conducted a most do- llghtful "Junior Hour. " Ono Interesting feature of the Junior exhibit was a number of maps of Palestine drawn by the juniors from Onkdnlo ; and while singing n song descriptive of our Lord's Journey through that land , the Juniors pointed out on these maps each place ho visit ed UB it was mentioned In the song. Junior hour was followed by an In teresting address by Miss Rosabella RelmorB of Pierce , on "Tho Possibili ties for Qlrls In Deaconess Work. " Following Miss Rclmer's address , ho roll of chapters was called and ho work of each chapter was report- d , each report , In tho'main ' , showing very encouraging growth and do- elopment of the Epworth League vlthln the bounds of our district. Tuesday evening nt 8:15 : Chancel- or W. J. Davidson of the Nebraska iVesloyan university gave an Inspiring ddrcss taking as his subject , "The 'wentleth Century Vision for Epworth Leaguers. " At 8:00 : a. m. , Wednesday , Rev. 1. E. Smith of Newman Grove , conducted n Interesting and profitable "Praise nd Promise Service , " participated In by nearly every delegate present , his was followed by the closing busi ness session at which the following district officers were elected for the nsulng year : President , C. H. Tor- iln ; first vice president , Ethel Ad- mlro ; second vice president , Mrs. B. A. Molgaard ; third vice president , uennett Hedge ; fourth vice president , Sdlth Mead ; junior superintendent , Mrs. R.F. . Shaeklock ; corresponding secretary.Mary Kile ; recording secre- ary , Mabel Young ; treasurer , Ivan Torpln ; members of executive com mittee , Rev. E. J. T. Connely and Rev. \ A. H gh. Just before adjournment It was dls- overed that wo had quite n surplus of funds In the treasury of the league nnd on motion , $25 was donated to the Nebraska Wesleyan university to be applied toward the new "heating piant. " TI.O convention closed just before noon on Wednesday and thus ended one of the very best gatherings of Its kind ever held within the bounds of tne Neligh district. Richards To Go xJp In Balloon. Prof. Richards , the celebrated aer onaut of Sioux City , Is the man who has been picked by the Fourth of July entertainment committee to make the balloon ascension. Prof. Richards Is known all over the United States and has made some thrilling ascensions. Besides this free attraction , a troop of ten trained dogs and five , trained goats of the Harrison Trained Dog company of New York city will enter tain Norfolk visitors and there will bo something very new In the way of dog tricks. One of the tricks the goats w.111 do is a high dive and many other feats which are not only amusing but very Interesting. More prizes are added to the list , and all who care to participate are In vited. The following are a few cases In which prizes are to be awarded : 100-yard dash , $10. Three-legged race , $5. Water fight , which Is limited to fire men , $10. Pulling team contest , by farmers' teams , $10. FRIBBLES OF FASHION. Girls Are Making Hats , Belts , Purses and Bags of Raffia. Rnflln Is enjoying quite a vogue this summer. It used to be a toy. Now girls with clever fingers are making It Into hats , and this season ratllu para sols finished with fringe are very smart It makes , too. lovely belts , purses and bags. Corsets ure not nearly so high us they have been In the bust In fact , the tundi'iicy grows dally stronger to eliminate hulk Immediately above th6 waist line. Therefore In selecting u new corset , unless you arc full busted , buy a model that Is well cut over the hips and very low bust Crepe batiste now comes with u mer cerized finish In all the new shades and In stripes for 14 cents a yard. This breakfast Jacket Is a graceful and comfortable garment for summer pen BUUITEB MonxiNos. mornings , It provides the open neck nd short sleeves that are such boom Instantly the thermometer rises to an ; considerable height Worn with a plain skirt it makes a charming com linatlonjmit , JUDIQ OHOLLET. Orchard vt. Pllger , Baseball. The baseball game between Orchard nnd Pllgor , two very fast ball teams of this state , will give the fans n good < exhibition of baseball In the afternoon. TUESDAY TOPICS. C. S. Hayes went to Stnuton on busi ness today. j Mrs. D. Damn left this morning for Rochester , Minn. ' W. B. Reed of Madison was In Nor folk on business. I Commissioner Malone of Madison was In Norfolk Monday. ' Commissioner Malone of Madison. was In Norfolk Monday. Fred Haaso of Battle Creek Is In Norfolk visiting friends. H. F. Barnhart left for Wayne this morning on legal business. | Mr. and Mrs. 3. M. Braden wore In Coujicll Bluffs over Sunday. Miss Gertrude Balsh of Madison Is In Norfolk for a short visit. Mrs. B. C. Mohr and her brother , John Holsor , of Monowi- were In Nor folk. folk.Miss Miss Faye Burnham has returned from an extended visit In the western part of the state. I i G. D. Buttorllold , who has been at Standing Rock , S. D. , for about a week , returned last night. ' i Miss Bertha Wllklns Is going to Holdrege , York nnd Lincoln Tuesday to attend house parties. . Miss May Edwards of Hastings , who as visiting friends In Norfolk , has one to Humphrey for a short visit. I Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Jonas nnd daugh- ej , Hnttle , and Miss Anna Broecker pent the day with friends at Battle reek. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Bennlng and lielr granddaughter , Miss Madeline Cnufman , spent Sunday In Battle Creek. Rev. J. L. Hedbloom of the First Baptist church , has resigned , to take fleet August 15. Mr. Hodbloom will evote his time to evangelistic work. Harry Hartford returned from Wood Lake with n suit case full of fine fish. He says although the fishing was note o very good he was unusually lucky. Little Elva Balleweg , 3-year-old .aughter of C. A. Balleweg , became erlously ill last evening. It is bought to be a case of typhoid fever. Constable John Flynn Is doing mosti f his walking on one foot today. While chasing a cow In the pasture esterday he stepped into a hole and wrenched his foot quite badly. . Henry Ebellng and family , one of he early pioneers , sold his farm , five miles northwest of the city , and is caving for Dixon , S. D. , where he has bought a half section of good land. Mrs. G. Bergman almost lost the fin- ; ers of her left hand while cutting > read at a boarding house at the June- Ion. She left Norfolk Monday for Bonesteel to Join her husband , who Is working on a contract gang. C. R. Kampmnn , of the Junction , has sworn out a warrant against Frank raham , news agent on the Norfolk-j Sioux City train , M. & O. , charging him with using obscene language and misconduct In the presence of ladies , raham is also charged by Vern L. Walton with threatening his life. Michael Halpln , a retired citizen , has sold his residence at 427 South Third street to John F. Klug. Mr. and Mrs. Halpln came to Norfolk about eight years ago from their farm. They will , leave about July 1 for Scranton , Pa. , and from there go to Los Angeles , where they will visit with their son , who Is In the hotel business. Darius Raasch has Just returned from Trlpp county , where he had been for the last six weeks , assisting his sister , Miss Agnes Raasch , in getting settled on her claim. Mr. Raasch says that the land upon which , his sister is lomesteadlng would be worth $75 per acre If it were here. She has a good well at a depth of forty-eight feet. She likes the country but is lonesome. There is not a single tree on the home stead. T. C. Cantwell lost three horses Sun day evening , but found them again Monday. He left them ima small in- closure near Fifth street and Madison avenue and this morning , they were i missing. It was thought they were stolen during the early part of the i evening , as there was no way possible i for them to break out. The horses i were picked up on Thirteenth street and recovered by Constable John i Flynn. It Is possible they were too , bard for a horsethiel to handle. Death of Miss Plere. Wlsner , Neb. , June 28. Special to The News : Miss Paulle Plere died Friday afternoon at her home In this city at the age of 28 years. Deceased was born at the old farm south of Wiser where the family lived until moving to Wlsner a few years ago. Death was due to pleural pneumonia from which she has suffered the two past months. She leaves , besides an aged mother , four brothers nnd three sisters to mourn her death. The funeral , which was largely attended , was held from the German Lutheran church Sunday afternoon after which the remains were laid to rest in the Wlsner cemetery. Insurance Business Hurt. Albany , N. Y. , June 28. Superinten dent of Insurance William H. Hotoh- kiss has transmitted to Governor Charles E. Hughes a report prepared by the department's auditor , J. H. Woodward , on the effect on the busi ness of life Insurance of the so-called Armstrong amendments to the New York Insurance law. This report shows that , while there was a notable falling off during the past three years in the business of New York com- panics , such falling off was due pri marily to the disclosures of the Inves tigation , and not to the amendments themselves , and such companies are now rapidly recovering. If you hunt for "the right man for the place" through the classified ads you will find him if he is to be found. GREET GENERAL HOWARD. Only Surviving Union General Meets Warm Dakota Welcome. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Juno 23. The people of Sioux Falls and a large number of old soldiers now In the city , gavb a warm and enthnslARtlc welcome to General O. 'O. Howard , the last surviving commanding gen eral of the union armies during the i-obelllon , upon his arrival hero to t- tend the annual encampment of the South DakotaG. , A. R. which opened yesterday. Practically every old soldier in the city marched to the depot and acted as a reception committee and escort. Every whistle In the city tooted for a number of minutes , nnd the famous soldier was given n continuous ova tion during his passage through the streets. SOUTH DAKOTA G. A. R. Officers are Elected at Sioux Falls for Coming Year. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Juno 24. At a business session of the annual encampment - campment of the Grand Army of the Republic , department of South Da- kota , officers were elected for the coming year : Department commander , Dr. A. S. Stewart , Hot Springs ; senior vice com mander , James R. Erney , Alexandria ; junior vice commander , Uriah Skinner , Watertown ; chaplain , S. A. Boyles , Yankton ; medical director , Dr. J. A. Smith , Huron. J. S. Pratt , Spearflsh ; vH. . Leucks , Egan ; A. T. Bridge- man , Springfield , were elected dele gates to the national encampment. Junction News. Mr. Clark of Scrlbner was at the Junction last evening between trains. Miss Marvel Saterlee returned home yesterday from a few weeks' visit with Her sister , Mrs. Harry Luelow , north west of Norfolk. I Mrs. Johnson and daughter , Vera , have returned home from Omaha , where they had been on business. Mr. Whiting of Oakdale spent Sun , day at the Junction. John Koerber nnd sister , Emma , returned - ' turned home from Wlsner last evening , I where they had been on a visit. | Fred Levijohn stopped off at the Junction for a visit with his sister , Mrs. C. R. Kampman , on his way home l'to I Lindsay from Osmond , where he purchased a farm of 150 acres at $65 per acre. j Mrs. Dixon and son , Verne , of Bee mer came up last evening to spend tthe Fourth with relatives. I Mrs. M. P. Ryan arrived home from a visit with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. 1 Samuel Marty of Crelghton. She was accompanied by her sister , Miss lone Marty. Ernest Mallory , who has been work ing'In ' Omaha'stop'p'ed off for a brlel , ( visit with Junction friends , on his way home to Battle Creek. . j New cement walks have been laid I In front of the Naper property , on South Fourth street. Miss Nora Potras spent Sunday with her sister , Emma , who attends the Wayne normal. Charles Durham has arrived home from West Point , where he had been to disentangle the telegraph wires , after the storm. Fred Boche recovered his boat , which had been stolen from him a few day ago , at Stanton. O. Wlrtz of Crelghton spent Sunday nt the Junction. Miss Alva Baker of Wlnnetoon passed through the Junction yesterday on Her way home from Omaha. Charlie Dean , who Is working In Ne ligh , spent Sunday with his mother at the Junction. Mrs. Matt Shaffer , Jr. , wont to Colorado rado yesterday noon for a visit with relatives. She was accompanied by her husband as far as Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. McNamees and two children left at noon for a visit with their parents in Canada. Mr. McNa mees will return In about thirty days , while Mrs. McNamees and the chll- dren will remain a month longer. Mrs. George Williams left yesterday for a few days' visit with old friends nt Clearwater , where she formerly lived. | James Brennan spent Sunday with his family In Omaha. ' The carpenters have the frame of Fred Molander's house started. Thomas Pryor , an old-time round house boy but who is now farming near Wlnslde , visited the shop boys Saturday. Tried to End H. F. Barnhart. When H. F. Barnhart entered his of fices in the Rudat building at 7 o'clock Monday morning he was almost over come by gas fumes which were escap- Ingfrom the gas Jets , which were turned on by supposedly some mall- clous person during the night. Mr. Barnhart had been in his office Sunday night and had only one light burning , which he Is positive he turned off when he loft , about 9:30 : p. m. Monday morning both1 Jets were found turned wide open and gas es caping so badly that it required the opening of all windows and doors forever over nn hour before the rooms were safe enough to be occupied. Mr. Barnhart has no Idea why any one would have dona this , but as ho used to have a Davenport bed In the Inner room and It was known that he occasionally slept there , It Is thought some malicious person might have en tered the room after Mr. Barnhart left and , thinking- was asleep in the inner room , turned the gas on. Lightning Stuns Woman. Madison , Neb. , June 28. Special to The News : The residence of J. M , Murphy was struck by lightning yes terday morning at 10 o'clock and Mrs. Murphy was rendered unconscious foi a long time. The house was badly wrecked. South Dakota Mine Sale. Rapid City , S. D. , Juno 24. A sale under foreclosure was made hero on Monday of all mining privileges , water rights nnd other property owned by the Harney Peak Tin Mining , Milling and Manufacturing company ; this beIng - Ing one of the largest , If not tho' larg est , sale of property ever made In South Dakota. The aggregate amount of the prices ; mld was $407,138.01. This sale cleans up Indebtedness of several millions of dollars of the block Issued of the Harney Peak com pany and closes up a lot of litigation : hat has been for years In the courts. A new company has organized , to bo mown as the Pahasa Mining company ( Pahasa being an Indian word , meanIng - Ing "southern hills" ) which will in- clndo the old bond holders , stock lolders and Judgment creditors. It Is [ iroposcd by the new company to be- iln operations shortly and to develop the properties on the same lines as : ho famous Homestako gold mine has been so successfully worked. Storm at West Point. West Point , Neb. , June 28. Special to The News : Another terrific down pour of rain with a little hall occurred In West Point and Cumlng county Sunday forenoon , washing out bridges and culverts and doing great damage to the streets of the city which were soft from the former continuous rains. No fatalities or personal Injuries known. Gregory County Can Smile. Sioux Falls , S. D. , June 28. Special to The News The first South Dakota town to get actively In the field for se lection as one of the registration points for the 3,000,000 acres of land In the Cheyenne river nnd Standing Rock Indian reservations , which is to be opened to white settlement next spring , Is Gettysburg , county seat of Potter county. Gettysburg is located In proximity to the tract to be opened and claims it has ample accommoda < tions for caring for the large number who will wish to register. It is expect ed everything will be In readiness so the registration for chances to secure farms in the tract to be opened can take place in October of this year. The business men of Gettysburg have enlisted the aid of the 'Chicago & Northwestern railway company , and officials of the company are already in communication with the represent * lives of South Dakota in congress. Those who "are In close touch with the situation say the prospects for Get tysburg being selected as one of the registration points are very bright. Today's ads touch a hundred human Interests some of them being your personal interests. Orders Flood Wright Brothers Who Cannot Supply Demand. AN INQUIRY FROM ICELAND Shah of Persia Also Wants an Aero plane Eighty Airships Ordered In America Chinese Mandarin Want One Many Applying For Instruction In Flying , More than eighty orders for airships to be nsed In the United States are now In the hands of the \VrIght broth crs , Orvllle and Wilbur. Since their demonstration of their ability to ban die their aeroplanes with safety and to tench others how to do PO they have been flooded with letters asking for terms for the building of the machines and Instruction In flying. The branch of the International Aero club which was organized at Duyton , O. , recently for the purpose of exercising sorn < supervision over prospective users o heavier than air devices has received many applications for membership some of which have come from wel known men of wealth throughout thi United States. For the present thel names are kept secret by the Wrights. The American orders , however , arc only a part of those that are coming in the heavy mail of the inventors , News of their achievements has pene trated to far parts of the world. From Iceland in the last few days has com an inquiry as to the cost of delivering an aeroplane and sending an Ins true tote to that far northern island. The shah of Persia , perhaps remembering one occasion when ht had to escape from his palace by stealth and desiring t have a new device to defeat the revo lutlonnrles. bos asked that a machine bo constructed for him as soon as pos slble. A Chinese mandarin who is one of the leaders in the awakening of that empire to western civilization has also sent an order. The Wrights will be unable to fill all their orders because their factory la too small for the work. They will enlarge - largo its capacity greatly this Bummer and hope to be able to meet all de mands made upon them. Another trouble they ure having is In obtain ing a sufficient quantity of steel of the exact grade to keep the present fac tory working up to capacity. They are endeavoring to make arrangements with steel mills to make them a sup ply in future , but are having some dif ficulty in doing so. That the oporatloqa of the Wrights need not bo restricted for want of capital la shown by the fact that they have refused an offer ilnco their re turn for the investment of a large sum In their enterprise. This offer came from well known New York capitalists , who believed that the oper ations of the Wrights should be great ly enlarged. They declared , however , that they had sufficient money of thejr own to carry on their work. The Great Alaska -Yukon - Pacific Exposition IS The Most Beautiful Fair Ever Held You'll always be glad vou went. Buy round-trip tickets via Union Pacific "Tho Safe Road to Travel' at low rates and enjoy perfect train service en route. Get full information , booklets , etc. Address . L. LOMAX , General Passenger Agent , Union Pacific Railroad Company. OMAHA , NEBRASKA Eleven Innings at Valentine. Valentine , Nob. , June 29. Special to The News : The first gnmo of a series of three to be played between the Fort Robinson team nnd the Valentino team was a hummer , ns It was a tie of 2 to 2 in the ninth nnd tenth , but in the eleventh Inning Valentino managed to get a run , winning with a final score of 2 to 3. Valentine . . .0002000000 1 3 Fort Robin. . .1001000000 0 2 Batteries Valentine , Grimes nnd Cox ; Fort Robinson , King and Hurch. Hits Valentine , 5 ; Fort Robinson , 5. Strike-outs Grimes , 8 ; King , 7. Er rors Valentine , 6 ; Fort Robinson , 7. Umpires Noyes and Clark. Time of game , 2 hours. A large crowd witnessed the game. Royal Beats O'Neill. Royal , Neb. , June 29. The O'Neill high school team defeated the home team here which , barring one bad in ning by the locals , was a good exhibi tion. Coyne was found rather freely , but was unhitable with men on bases. The score : R. H. E. Royal 10020000 0 3 8 5 O'Neill . . . .01120300 0 7 11 3 Base on balls Off Forsburg , 2. Struck out By Forsburg , 1 ; by Coyne , 0. Batteries Forsburg and Forsburg , Coyne nnd McNlchols. Umpire , Horls- icy. Says News Agent Pulled Two Guns. Madison , Neb. , June 28. Special to The News : Vern L. Walton , n res- aurant employe at Norfolk Junction , appeared before County Attorney James Nichols and swore out a war rant for the arrest of Frank Graham , he news agent on the M. & O. train between Norfolk and Sioux City , and who is also operating , as a side'line , an eating house at Norfolk Junction. Walton charges in his complaint that Graham pulled two guns on him Friday nnd threatened his life. The trouble grew out of an altercation which Walton had with a waiter em ployed In the Graham restaurant , over which Walton was arrested and fined $7 and costs. GIB , THEJELEPHANT. How Barnum Once Changed His Mind About What He Wanted. When Mr. Bailey headed the old flrin of Bailey , Hutchlnson & Cooper , their chief attraction was "Gib. the elephant with two trunks. " Gib was n wonder , the whole country was crazy to see him , and everywhere the Bailey , nutchlnsou & Cooper show spread Its tents they were crowded to their limit. Phlneus T. Baniura did not like the tremendous success his rivals were having. Calling In his secretary , he said la a thoughtful and puzzled way : "Dan , did you ever see that Gib ? " "No ; I never did see him , " replied Dan. "Has be really got two trunks ? " ask ed Mr. Barnum in a speculative man ner. ner."Can't "Can't say for sure , but they keep on saying he has good and loud. " "Dan , " said Mr. Barnum slowly , "we've got to have that elephant" And he reached for a telegraph blank and sent the following message to Bal- Icy , Ilutchlnson & Cooper : Will give you $10,000 for Gib , the ele phant with two trunks. P. T. BARNUM. The next towns the Bailey , Hutchln- son & Cooper show visited were pla carded up and down their streets with posters reproducing Mr. Barnum's tele gram with photographic accuracy and under it this line : "That's how much P. T. Barnum thinks of the famous Gib , the only ele phant In the world with two trunks. " When Mr. Barnum heard of it , he meditated awhile in silence and then said : "Dan , It's not the elephant we want ; it's that man Bailey. And thus was the great partnership of Barnum & Bailey formed. Needed Her at Once. When Bonaparte Bluebell announced his engagement to Lily Doe everybody in the blacksmith's shop congratulated him on winning such a hardworking and forehanded mate. But Erastus Coke remarked : " 'Peared Jak yon wouldn't never speak up , Bonaparte. It's goln' on six months sense you begun to fiddle roun' Lily. " "Dat's BO. " Bonaparte frankly admit ted , "but I didn't lose man. job till las' His Second Thought. Geese Egg cove IH on the Now Jer sey side of Delaware bay. The fann ers from miles around take their fam ilies to the cove in the summer for a picnic. Last summer among the crowd was one Camdcn county man who bua drunk too much Salem county apple- Jack. He made hliuHclf obnoxlout * by going to the men as they were with their women folk and shaking his fist under their noses , Haying : "I can lick you. Come out and fight. " No uno would tight , because be was evidently drunk. Convinced that he had scared them all , be walked up nnd down the beach , saying , "I can lick any one on the beach. " lie repeated this to every one he met. Finally an inoffensive little family man standing with a group jumped into him and beat him into submission. When he was finally allowed to get up the Camden man struggled to his feet nnd , looking around at the crowd which had gathered , said defiantly : "Me and this little feller can lick any man on the beach. " Perseverance. But little is accomplished because but little Is vigorously attempted , and but little is attempted because difficul ties arc magnified. A timorously cau tious spirit , BO far from acting wltb resolution , will never think itself ID possession of the preliminaries for actIng - Ing at all. Perhaps perseverance haa been the radical principle of every truly great character. John Foster. His Age. There was once a man who was asked his age. "I am two years old , " he replied. "Two years old ? " bis interrogator returned. "Why. that Is preposterous ! You look old enough to have voted for several presidents. " "You didn't ask me how old I looked , " the man retorted. "But you are more than two years old , " the other asserted. "Oh , perhaps I am. " said the man. "but you are counting from the date of my birth. Now. I nm not Two years ago I took a new lease of life , nnd I reckon from that time. " Didn't Like Waste. Saunders Carlyle was an old Scot who was very thrifty , abhorred waste and .loved his drop of whisky. In drinking he bad one peculiarity. Ho always drank off his whisky to the last drop the very Instant it was ponr- cd out for him. "Why do you drink down your liquor In that quick , greedy way ? " a stranger said to Saunders In n reproachful tone. "I once hud one knocked over , " the old man explained. False Colors. Sir Augustus Ilarrls one week end took a cab In London for Charing Cross. He bad painted In black let ters ou box and kit bag , "Augustus Harris. T. R. D. L. " They stood , oC course , for "Theater Royal , Drury lane. " But the cubby thought that they stood for some learned degree ; that here was an innocent , helpless scientist whom he could easily bilk : out of an exorbitant fare. So on reach ing Charing Cross the cabby frowned down at Sir Augustus and said darklyr "A good 5 shillln's worth , sir. " But Sir Augustus laughed and hand ed the man one and six , tbo exact faro plus a tuppenny tip. The cabby looked at tbo money and sneered bitterly. "Gam ! " he said. "An' ye call yersclf a T. R. D. L. Why , ye ain't no moro a T. R. D. L. than wet I ami" When Mind Acts on Mind. The most potent Influence that ever can rest upon the mind is that of an other mind acting upon it. This is tbo- highest Influence of which we know anything at present. There Is nothing , for example , that' ban power on your thought like a thinker thinking on you , as It were , or tlSTlnk'lng to you. Noth ing so arouses the affection as a great heart near yours. Like n fire , it sends out Its warmth to all that nrn near It , whether they want It or not Henry Ward Beecher. The best tenants for furnished rooms do not just "happen to come along" they corao along in answer to n classified ad. * As "a good head will got itself hats , " BO using some of Its "gray matter" la want advertising , it will get most oth er things it needs.