Nebraska Newspapers

    Part 2. FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE.I I 9 to 16
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TWENTY-FIBST YBAB. OMAHA , SATURDAY AUGUST 8 , 1S01-TWELV15 PAGES. NUMBER 50.
Tin : ( iit.t n : .i.v OA r.v ntina.
fur Tlie llel > n F. A. ' .
Because I hold It sinful to despond.
And will not lot the bitterness of life
Blind mo with burning tears , but look bcyont
UN tumult and its strife ;
Uernuse I lift my hond nbove the mist.
Where iho sun shines and the broad brcozos
blow ,
By every ray nnd every raindrop kissed
That God's love doth bestow ,
Think you I find no bitterness nt nil-
No burden to bo born , llku Christian's
pack I
Think you there nro no ready tears to fall ,
Because I keep them buck )
Why should I keep life's Ills with cold
reserve ,
To curse myself nnd all who love moi
Nay I
A thousand times more good than 1 deserve
God gives mo every day.
And In each one of the.su rebellious tcara
Kept bravely back do makes u rainbow
sli inc.
Grateful , I take his slii.'hicst gifts. No feats
Nor any doubts nro mine.
A 7 lionlrlenl ICplMxlo.
7'V'iHi Ilif. Xeiu'nrli \ Mtrnir.
Prcttv liltlu .soubrotto ,
Go Iden hair u-cnrl ,
Slyly masquerading
As u summer girl.
Dainty silken stockings ,
Saucy russet shoes ,
Hlbboned tennis rat-not
Carry out ruse.
Staying by the seaside ,
Merry minstrel mnn ,
Blowing In hU sheckoln ,
Face and hands of tan.
Meels ' .ho llttlo soiibrollo
There besldo the sea ,
Straightway fall In love with her ,
Days Just ono-two-lhrcol
Pretty litllu soubrottu ,
Merry minstrel man ,
Wander off together ,
Liku a picture on a fan ;
Love among thu roses ,
Kro another spring.
Fetching little soubrette
Wears a wedding ring.
Now they're billed together
As a clever team ,
Llfo 1s pleasant weather ,
Llko a sii minor dream.
Minstrel man still funny
Soubrellonot grown slow
And an infant prodigy
Travels wilh the show.
The Ihoucht of mo will bo to thee a dronm ,
My fuco will vanish in Iho far-oil past ,
When thou , a wanderer fur by Held and
stream
Back through thy checkered life thy glance
shall , cast.
Hound thco the phantoms of Iho dear dcail
days
Will weave strange spells until all things
seem strange ,
And real and unreal will interchange
Llku light und shadow through a forest maze :
While I , afar away in peiico sublime ,
\Vlll love thco oven as In the olden time :
For I shall go before thco to that land
Where loving hearts oven now our coming
wait ;
And when thy hour of purling comes , my
hand
Pcrnaps will load thco through death's
golden gate.
A l-'riiMUl.
ll'llll * Houtl Allen.
Who Is thy Friend ( not she who meekly
bears
Thy burdens , uncomplaining , with her own.
But she who unto thco oft-times has shown
How to subdue , nmko helpmates , of thy
cares :
Thy daya of anguish in Iho desert shares.
Takes from thy faltering hand the flinty
stone ,
Gives It bock , oread ; nor gives thco that
alone ,
But adds the word of hfo nay , even dares
Cut deep with surgeon's knife , If but to save
Thy soul from deadlier wound ; heals with u
word ,
Hcstorcs shield , helmet , flight-discarded
sword ,
And bids the battle bravely to the end ,
That end , the eternal God no earthly grave.
'Jan such be ! Ay , l kno.v. I have a Friend.
Suiihct uiitl SuurlHC.
M * . if. lice I m SI. Xlelinliu.
Bow your heads , daisies whitudaislcs white ;
Bow your llttlo heads , purple clover ,
And shut your eyes up tight , for soon it will
bo night
The sun sots , and daytime is over.
Tift your llttlo heads , daisies white , daisies
' whlto ,
And open all your eyes , purple clover ,
For the sun Is coming up to cover you wilh
light ,
And lo tell you llmt Iho nighttime is over.
Tlio Anclout , riddle.
Talk , ole llddlol you nn' I ;
Moon gwlno down nn' daylight's nigh.
You kin liiugh an ; you kin cry
Let folk BOS nil know you Is live
An' feelin' do .same ns dem dancers nil fool.
Wid uliuno In do hnld nnd chunc In do heel ;
You knows do cotillon ns well ns do reel
Come , scrape up , olu bowl Lof us drlvo !
Don tnlk ( o um. llddlol of on'y yon try
You gwlno lo make day slay awhile Pom do
sky ;
Tel' ' stars bo forglliiu' hit's time for to die ,
An' roosters dls'membors to crow
You ain't got hit's stierrlt of sin Is yo name ;
An' dom needn't Ibsen whut hollers out
"shumo ! "
1's ' boun' dat doy dunce or feels po'ly an'
lame
When yo fools do tech o' dls bow.
Moon turn whlto nn' sky turn gray
Don't you henh dls fiddle sny ;
Wheel yo' pardnors , don sosshny ,
Whirl nn1 come book to do ring ;
linn's all nroun1 to do lof nr. " right ,
Ileolln' nnd tnoln1 too swIP for sight ,
Forad an' back'ard goshufUln' light !
Talk to um , fiddle , an1 sing I
.Sing , ole fiddle ! duwn done brcnk ,
Alnwkln' birds begin to wnko ;
Duv gwlno to pick up yo' las' chuno.
Once mo' up an' once mo' down ,
Bwlng yo' pnrdncrs , walk aroun'
Stop ole tlddlu ! helsh yo' soun' I
For duyllghl's ilono follorod do moon.
Kiln Whnlcr ll'llcor.
'm no reformer ; for I sco moro light
Than darkness in thu world ; mtnu eves are
quick
To catch the first dim radiance of Iho dawn
And slow to note Iho cloud that threatens
Htorm ;
The fragments nnd iho beauty of the rose
Delight mo so , slight thought'l glvo Its thorn ;
And the sweet musla of the lark's clear song
Stays longer wilh mo lUan the night hawk's
cry.
Even In this gre.it throe of pain called Llfo
1 Und urapturo linked with each do. p.ilr
Well worth thu price of ungulsh. I delect
Moro good than evil in hnmunltv.
Love lights inoru tires tlum'hiUo extin
guished ,
And men grow holler as the world crows
old.
With You.
. .Uiiuifi- , llnncn.
I can chaff wltli you dear when you're
dialling ,
I've the art , when you're seeming , lo seem ;
I've n laugh on my lips when you're laugh
ing
And u dream m my heart when you dream.
I've n thrill for your song when you're sing-
I've u glow for the glow of your eye :
, fVQ n clasp for your hand when Its clinging
And u hob In my throat when you cry.
I've a kiss for your kiss when you glvo It ;
I've u heart lor your heart beating fas ;
PMa UK lei your llfo while you Hvo it
Aud a death ! cr your death at Uio la *
THE PHANTOM CAMP.
A I.KOKNDOK IDAHO.
O. F. t'itri iii (11 ( A'eio To ; k Iitila'r.
Idaho territory during the sixties woa
0110 of the most lawless regions on earth.
The courts wore corrupt , partisan , use
less for the ends of justice. Murder und
robbery went unpunished. In u single
county sixty homicides hud been com
mitted , nnd not ono conviction hud beet
had. The inevitable- result of this state
of IhingH was the evolution of the vigi
lance committee. The limit of nopulut
patience once reachedretribution began
and was punned with a firmness
that intimidated the assassins und
thlbvea who hud been permitted to do as
they pleased so long. It was In the fall
of ISO I that u pucker named Benton
Jones , who hud boon from Lewiston to
Virginiii , Mont. , with u train loud ol
moichandlso , und hud disposed of his
goods at u satisfactory profit , made his
preparations for the return journey ,
having sold some of his puck mules , and
discharged all but two of his men , us the
train \vus going homo unloaded , save
with the gold dust which represented
the outward cargo. It was the beginning
of October when Jones tot out on his
long journey , and in the mountains
some biiow "had already fallen. The
pucker took a tent with him , for the
nights wore getting cold , and there was
no reason why ho should expose hlmsoll
more than was unavoidable. Ills bus
iness indeed was full of danger and hard
ships , but it paid well , und ho hud so
comfortable u bank account that lie was
justified In some little luxury of travel.
The little party proceeded by easy
stages , for the roads were bud , and bo-
canid worse as they entered the Bitter
Hoot mountains. Nothing of interest
occurred until they hud been a week on
the trail , but the seventh day
out they overtook u purty ol
three men with six mules , who
appeared to bo bound in the
sumo direction as themselves. The free
masonry of the road soon put both par
ties in possession of salient facts. The
strangers wore minors who hud spent
the summer in Montana , and after doing
fairly well , were now on their way to
Lewiston to winter und arrange for the
soring campaign. The times were such
that no man could gauge the chaructor
or purpose of any stranger. Neither
dress , demeanor , language nor any of
the conventional indications hold good
in that wild country. The roughest man
both in appearance and manner might
bo honest us the day. The most pol
ished and bost-drebicd man might bo a
hlg-hwayman , gambler or murderer. It
was just as likely , moreover , that the
rullianly looking stranger would not be
lie Ills appearance , and in short there
wtisiio wiy by whicn any one's character
could be conjectured in advance of
uotuul experience. This , however , did
not utTect intercourse appreciably. The
people of Idaho in those days were ac
customed , us they would have said , to
"take big chances ; " ' and they commonly
look hostage of fortune by carrying
navy revolvers at their belts , so dis
posed that they could bo grasped and
Ubed quickly , fortho ono crowning argu
ment , then , was "getting the Urop" on
an opponent.
Now the three miners who joined
Uonton Jones were neither bettor nor
worse-looking than their follows , nor
wus there anything about them to
throw suspicion upon their story.
So Jones easily agreed to their
suggestion that the two parties should
thenceforth camp and miu-ch together ,
and when n likely camping-ground was
reached that afternoon , they all halted ,
put up their tents for the miners also
hud one lighted ono big lire , cooked
und ate their supper , und then sat socia
bly smoking around it , und "swapping
yarns" until It was time to turn into
their blankets. The next day was the
eighth out , and they wore now well in
the mountains , and a hundred and fifty
miles from any settlement. AH uay
they climbed , and the air was sharp.
During the afternoon they entered the
region where snow had fallen and lay
on tlio ground ; and wlion they halted
for the night it was upon n
small plateau having a steep precipice
on its loft , and which was sur
rounded on the other three slues by
higher und rocky ground , which shel
tered it from the prevailing wind. They
wore west of the divide , and between the
Cleat-water and Bitter Hoot rivers. The
tents wore pitched near ono of the rocky
walls of the plateau , and after a hearty
meal all hands gathered about the grou't
lire , upon which half a tree had bcon
piled , und begun the usual indolent chut.
When they halted for the night the
wouthor hud been linound the sky clour ,
und us they prepared supper the stars
twinkled brightly ubove them , with thut
sliurp glitter which betokens frost.
While ttiov smoked their pipes , however -
over , they became aware that the stars
were no longer to bo soon ; that the sky"
had rapidly become overcast ; that a
darkness quite remarkable for Us opacity
was closing In around the little circle
illuminated by the lire.
I'ircumstuncos , us will bo soon later , so
befell that only throe witnesses woro-to
remain of what happened during this
memorable night , and of those three
only Benton Jones , the packer , could
give a perfectly clear and connected ac
count. Ills two assistants , however , put
t.heir hands to an ulliduvit reciting the
main facts , and thougn In the nature of
the cube no instrument of the kind could
have tiny legal value , it at least demon
strated the readiness of the men to
atllrm their belief in what they thus at
tested. The six men in Jones' camp
wore scattered about the llro , some Bit
ting on their saddles , some lounging on
blan ! > ots and horse cloths. It was time
to turn In , but nobody had yet done so ,
and all who compared notes the next
day agreed In saying that a curious feelIng -
Ing as of expectation ulTeoted every mun
at this singe of the dark and still
night. Conversation had ceaccd
somehow. There was something
exciting and disturbing In the
houvy air ; something that made them
till thoughtful and mysteriously uneasy.
Neither Jones nor his men could say
afterward how long this objectless vigil
lasted. The only conclusion to bo drawn
from their statements would scorn to bo
that they fell asleep , or at least dozed ,
for when they became conscious once
more a great and Inexplicable change in
the scene had taken place. The night ,
indeed , did not appear to have grown
any llghlei. The same palpable black
ness seoir.ed to unfold and almost press
down upon the camp. The llro behind
which they wort ) sitting , too , had burned
down to n bed of glowing embers without
Hume. But right in front of the lire ,
and about a hundred yards away , to-
wa.-d the other side of the plateau ,
could bo distinctly scon another camp ,
also with two tents , and also with n great
lire in front of it , while on the outskirts
could bo seen the dark forms of the stock
uid about the tents and the tire the IIg-
ures of suvoral men moved.
Benton Jones and those who were with
lilui looked long ut this uaosjicctod and
in many ways extraordinary spectacle ,
but , oddly enough , nobody Bpoko , and
nobody olTorcd to do what in such c.asos
was always the first thing thought of
namely , to stop over to the now camp and
exchange greetings und questions. How
it came to bo berne In uoon them none
could say , but the feeling was there , ant !
rccognl/.ed , that somehow this was nol
an ordinary scene upon which they were
looking. The idea of unything mys
terious did not occur to them , forthoj
wore all Intensely practical , and oven
stolid men , possessing literally no Imag
ination and amenable to no supersti
tions. Still they did not speak to ono
another , and by a general but uncon
scious movement they hud all risen from
their seats and stood gn'/.ing at the cami
opposite thorn. And now a strange
thing was observed. Though it was so
dark all about their own lire that a man
who withdrew two yards from it van
ished , every movement of those in the
camp could bo perceived quite clearly.
As the action proceeded , in fuel , it
almost appeared as though this singular
camp had an atmosphere of its own -a
lurid kind of atmosphere , which in
vested everything with a subdued glare ,
but if this wus noticed , it was
not commented upon. The spectators
wore too deeply engrossed'to exchange
remarks , und it wus tiftorward recalled
that during the whole of what followed
no word was spoken In Benton Jones'
camp.
What they now saw was this : Two
men approached ono another by Uid llro
and evidently talked for some moments.
Then ono picked up a shotgun and the
other an ax , and they walked away to
where the stock wore gathered. Now ,
naturally , these men should have disap
peared as they receded from the lire-
light ; but to the surprise of the observ
ers , they remained in full view ; it might
almost bo said that they carried their
own light with them , for a faint , bluish
luminosity outlined their forms. As they
drew near the rocky wall of the plateau
the man with the gun stooped low ,
as if examining something. As ho did
so , the man with the ax stepped behind
him , swung his weapon high , and the
next moment all could hear the peculiar
sickening crash of steel against llesh
and bono. They wore witnessing a mur
der , and yet no impulse to rush forward
and pro vent or revenge it fell upon them.
A shudder passed through them , and
they stood motionless and silent as be
fore. While they watched , a second
mun with tin ux crept out of the brush
wood near where the man with the gun
h.id fallen , nnd struck the prostruto
form another heavy blow. Then the
two assassins , moving softly , en
tered ono of the tents. As they
did so , the walls of the tent be
came , in some unaccountable way. trans
parent , for two sleeping figures could bo
seen upon the ground inside. The in
truders took their stations , ono by o-ich
of the sleepers , raised their axes , und
two smushing sounds announced the suc
cess of tneir dreadful work. They pro- _
cecdtd to the other tent , inside of which
could now bo seen yet two more sleepers.
Those , also , wore to bo killed , but an ax
slipped , and ono awoke with a scream of
pain and terror , upon which the
bungling murderer dropped his ax , drew
his pistol and shot his victim and the
flfth man , who , aroused by his compan
ion's cry , hud tried to rise.
The curious unnuturul light con
tinued to expose every movement
of the murderers , of whom it was
by this time evident there wore four ,
though three only . took tin active
part in the assassinations , and the fourth
seemed greatly agitated and much in
fear of his bolder companions. All the
living men in the doomed camp having
been thus disposed of , the criminals
dragged the bodies together , stripped
them carefully of whatever might help
to identification , and then rolling them
In gunny sacks nnd pieces of canvas ,
carried them , ono by one , to the precipi
tous side of the plateau and threw thorn
over the edge. This done , the murderers
built a huge flro and into it they piled
all the evidences of their crime. The
tents , the clothing of the victims- their
saddles , harness , equipments of every
kind wore burned ; and so careful wore
the operators that they raked the ashes
for every scrap of metal , put all these
relics into a bag and hid the receptacle
under a log on the mountain side , fur
from the camp. In all they did , how
ever , their every movement could bo
followed by those who were wutchincr
them ; and in the precise and mechanical
way in which every detail was gone
through , perhaps more sophisticated
observers would have been struck with
the strange suggestion of a stage repre
sentation by actors who had so often re
peated the same piece as to peform it
almost unconsciously.
IIow long this weird spectacle con
tinued neither Benton Jones nor his
companion could over determine , for it
ended , so fur as they wore concerned , in
us singular a munnor as It had begun.
At ono moment they saw before them
tlio huge llro , canopied with clouds of
black smoke and the sharply outlined
dark figures of the muruorers Hitting
about it , throwing on fresh fuel and
thrusting into the heart of the bluzo the
various urtieles they were bent upon
destroying wholly. Then suddenly the
sc' < ua vanished ; the pitch black night ,
closed in upon them all round
as if a heavy curtain had been
drawn , and simultaneously o sonsoof ex
haustion and an overpowering drowsi
ness caused them ono and nil to drop
where they had bcon standing and to
sink into a profound , dreamless sleep.
Benton Jones was , as ho then thought ,
the first to awake ; but to his biirpriso ,
when ho opened his eyes the sun wus al
ready two hours high , the day was
bright and clear , and thocampllrewhich
had burned down when ho Hst noticed
It , had been freshly made up. Rubbing
his still heavy eyelids , ho looked around ,
and then lirst perceived thut his own
tent alone was stitndintr. Ho roused his
nion , and investigation at once showed
lhat the three minors were gone.
They hud struck their tent , packed
their mules , made up the llro ,
perhaps cooked their breakfast and then
bllontly and t-oCrotly taken themselves
oil. This event would have boon puz-
zllnir enough hua not the memory of tlio
[ > ust night overshadowed all minor in
cidents. Of the second camp , whoso
terrible drama they had witnessed BO
vividly , not a vowtigo or token could bo
soon. The snow lay over tlio whole
plateau some two inches deep , and save
ivhuro Jones' own stock hud trodden it
, ho surface was still virgin. Not an
ndicution was to bo neon of any other
lumun presence than their own. No
lurk patch on the unsullied covering of
.ho earth marked the site of the great
Ire or the position of the two tents.
S'o stain on rock or shrub chronicled the
uvful crimes which hud boon committed
mdor their eves but a few hours before.
Straiiffo as nfl this wan , however , it did
nit greatly impress the men , for they
uid been sensible from tiio beginning
hat what they had scon was in some
vtiy out of the common order , nnd noth-
ng showed this more clearly than the
ol any d.lsuqUloii among thoia
'
to interfere in the tragedy while it was
i being enacted. !
I Of course , they ttilltcjl of nothing else
i all the rest of tlio way lo Lewiston , and ,
of course , when they arrived there
they were not slow in relating their
experience. They wore tolling that
story in a saloon to an interesting
crowd , when a veteran packer asked
what day of the month and at what
part of the route they had soon these
things. They told him. The date wna
the eleventh of October , and the place
they described , giving its bearings as
well as they could.
"Just as I thought1 ! muttered the old
man half to himself. Then , raising his
voice , ho said solemnly : "Boys , ono
year ago , on the llth of October , 18GU ,
Floyd Alngrudor and four other men
were murdered on that very plateau , and
you all remember how lust Murch Doc
Howard , Lavory and Itoumin were
hanged for thut murder right in this
town. "
And so it was. The murder of Floyd
Magrudor was ono of tlio most atrocious
crimes over perpetrated In tl.o region.
Magrudor was a packer and trader who
had accumulated $14,000 In gold dust ,
and was returning with it to Lowiston.
Doc Howard , an educated scoundrel ,
learned of this , und devised a plot
to obtain the gold. IIo and his ac
complice , Lavory , Homain and a mun
mimed Page , wormed themselves into
Mugruder's confidence KO successfully
that ho took them into his employ , und
on his homowiird journey they accom
panied him us trusted tibsl.Htunts. Two
missionaries joined the train on the way
back , and these also were murdered.
The details of the butchery were after
ward mudo known through the confes
sion of Page , who turned state's oyi-
deneo to save his own nock. Had it de
pended upon the territorial authorities
the murderers would huvo escaped , for
they had succeeded in getting us far us
Sun Francisco before the crime was dis
covered ; but Hill Besoly , the stage
agent , a most determined and energetic
man , had been a friend of Floyd
Mugrudor , and he took up the pursuit ,
traced the criminals , caused their
tirrest in San Francisco , had them
brought back to Lewiston , and never
paused until they hud been duly exe
cuted. The traitor , Page , did not enjoy
his immunity long , having boon killed
in a brawl only u few months after re
gaining his liberty.
And now , what was , it that Benton
Jones and those who wore with him saw
that October night in ] the Bitter Root
Mountains ? That is a question which
was debated by the people of Lewiston
for a long time without anyone reaching
a solution. There are , hided , certain
theories held by qucor thinkers to the
etTect that the ugentS | of grout crimes ,
when they enter the spirit world , tire
doomed to haunt the scene of their vil-
liuny , and to re-enact It in a kind of
ghastly dumb show. ! But the case of
Benton Jones is not quite finished , and
what remains to bo told seems to have a
bearing upon the spectacle of the phan
tom camp : Two years tiftor that
episode , the vigilance committee
arrested , convicted and sentenced to in-
stand death a notorious ! ovil-door- Be
fore ho died ho made .11 general confes
sion , and timoncr other ( lungs ho staled
that he had been one of three men w'hO
joined thoinsolvos to the 'train of a
packer named Jonbs , with' the intention
of watching their opportunity , rising in
the night snd killing him and his men
for the sake of hid gold. The fearful
scone on October 11 , however , had so
completely unnerved and terrified the
intending murderers that they had then
and there abandoned the undertaking ,
and had decamped stealthily the next
morning to avoid awkward questions.
From the time of that disclosure Benton
Jones and his men entertained a very
positive and well-defined theory as to
the significance of the 'appearance hero
in described.
AllOVT
Harper's llatar.
O woman , la our hours of ease ,
Uncertain , coy , and hurd to plcnso ;
When pain und anguish wring tbo brow ,
Then none so cheaply poased ) as thou 1
We've only to submit 10 take
Hot rhubarb ten and nnll-acho ,
And gizzard oil and ipecac ,
And porous plasters on the back ,
A llaxsecd poultice , catnip tea ,
And Qtmckcm's pet discovery ,
Hot water bags and sweats beside ,
And camphor nasally anplied ,
And castor oil and vaseline ,
And coals with feathers burnt between ,
And soothing syrup , paregoric.
Cold-water cloths , and drinks caloric ,
And all the housewife category :
'Tis then wo sco her In her glory ,
Needing , to make her bliss complete ,
Put mustard plasters on our fuel.
Mrs. Amelia Ilives Chanler does not figure
in tlfo will ol her late undo , Francis H.
Hives , who left an estate valued at ? a,0MUOa. ( )
The wife of Senator Edmunds has a unique
card-receiver at their Burlington homo. It
is un immense. . Indian mortur , with Dostlo ,
from the Columbia river.
Mrs. Timothy J. ICeofo. wlfo of the well
, tnown pitcher of the Now York club , Is
foremost In the list of American sculptresses.
The Chinese do not permit their women to
bo photographed.
Two Milwaukee women , after a successful
burglary , nave themselves away by talking
too much.
The grave of Barbara Frltchlo In the Ger-
nan Kef or mod church cemetery near Fred
crick , Md. , is marked simply with a head
stone bearing her namp , age , and "IMB.1
There is a tangle of briers tjnd creeping vines
running wild over the mound.
Mrs. Senator Woleotl is nehlovlng the rep
utation of being the best d' ssea of the sen
ators' wives In Washington.
The Young laily with whom the Gorman
emperor waltzed tlmu and again in London ,
vhen this old moon was ] young , la Miss
Uurgot Tcnnant , the daughter of a very rich
Glasgow merchant. Tonnant pero was'mado
i baronet when Mr. Gladstone had charge of
the British lion.
Miss Ollvo Louis Barry who recently ru-
; urned from Kuropo bearing u diploma from
i-'r.incosoa Lamperto , the > celebrated master
at Milan , Is a Chicago jfirl of whom Chicago
s proud. She has been n close student for
the last throe years and has mastered her
irt by patient und earnest application. Miss
Barry possesses tin uiubimlly sweet und
Hoaslng contralto voice , clear and rich
n tone nnd exceedingly powerful.
There Is trouble among the ladles of the
National society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution , and it has resulted
u the removal from office of Mrs , Flora
Adams Darling , the authoress , vlco-proal-
dent of the organization nf chapters.
Charles Dudley Warner , in the August
'Harper , " puts the ciiso of the American
girl this way : "If the American girl goes in
seriously for repose , she will bo able to glvo
odds to any modern Innguldlly or to any an
cient nmrblo. If what , U wanted in society
s cold hauteur and languid supcroiU
ousness or lofty immobility , wo uro
confident that with n llttlo practtco she
can sit stiller , and look moro impressive , nnd
novo with less motion than any other cro-
itcd woman. Wo have that confidence In
lor ability nnd adaptability. It Is n iuostlon |
vliother U Is worth whilu to do this , to snort-
Ice the vivacity und charm native to her ,
md the natural impulsiveness and generous
rift of herself which belong to a now race In
i now laud , which is wulUng always toward
unrise. "
Mary Anderson has ( infinitely and finally
retired from tbo stage unJ can no longer bo
referred to as the most successful oud attract
tlvo ol our Mury-BO-round * .
novsnnot.il M/.M.SMJ.US.
. . . . .
That's the Hey for Me.
Show mo a boy who U oDini ami frank ,
And carries a smiling face :
Who looks you straight in the joyes when ho
spo.iks ,
Ami listens with modest graca :
A boy who follows his mother's advice ,
And is not afraid of work ;
Who attends lo his duties day by day ,
And u vcr attempts to shirk ;
A boy who Is rciuly with heart nnd baud ,
To help you m time of need ;
Who stands by his principles , firm run
strong ,
Whatever may ba his creed
And I'll show you a llttlo gentleman ,
Who'll bo u great man some day ,
For n man Is only u boy , full growu ,
No matter what men may say.
Well Armed.
Harper's Young People : Wllha Slimpson
Bay ma , you know that plcco of euku vou
put In my coat pocket this morning. Well ,
while 1 was going along to school , a big boy
came up and wanted to lick mo.
Mrs. Slimpson Duar mo , you bad boy , I
suppose you got whipped as usual.
Willlu-No , I didn't. I tired the cake at
him
General Alger tolls this story of an experi
ence ho und his little sou Allen hud In an
earthquake in California. The boy hint
missed his usual evening prayer , having
fallen asleep after a day's hard riding with
out untlrossini * . Whoa the shook c.imo no
stt : bolt upright iu bed and cried out : "Oh ,
papa , I know what's the matter ! God's angry
with me for not saying my prayers I"
A Natural Inli-rciiCQ.
Kato Field's Washington : "Where did
baby cOmo from , mammal" asked Willie.
"Heaven , my boy , " said mamma.
"It's u woniinr his bones wasn't all broke.
Did ho fall through the clouds ) "
t * far I'urdon.
In the efforts to secure n pardon for Har
per , the Cincinnati bank robber , his llttlo
live-year-old daughter has taken n part , send
ing to tin ? president her portrait , on which
she had laboriously written : "Dear Mr.
President , would you please send my papa
homo again und I will think you so good. "
Not tlio Sumo.
"Tommy " said "it
, mamma , tearfully ,
gives mo us much pain as it does you to pun
ish you. "
Tommy ( also tearfully ) Mobbo it does ,
but not iu the same place.
The Color Faculty.
Wide Awake : Well-intentioned Child-
Hero , little girls , is a llowur tor you , too.
Free Kindergarten Child Ol i could never
wear that its color is not related to that of
my gown. _
She I.ovcil tlie Teuolior.
Lutio loved her now teacher very much.
Ono morning she said , "You're so good I'll
go' the next hand-organ man who comes
round to name his monkey for you. "
A Dlft'croiiuo.
Smith , Gray & Go's Monthlv : Father. -
Washington was a very famous man , Johnnie
now why should wo celobr.Uo his birthday
anv moro than mlnoi
Johnnie. 'Cause ho never told a Ho.
Utility of Removable ; Teeth.
"Johnny , have you seen your papa's tooth
anywhqrot" "Ycs'sutn. Me nnd Annie was
crackin' uuts with 'em only ton minutes ago.
One Kind ol Uliuilictiou.
Harper's Young People : George Miss
Jessie ; do you want rae to come over to your
house )
Miss Jessie Yes ; you can come over any
time you wish to.
George Yes ; but please ask mo to come ,
'cause mamma said shu'd whip mo if 1 came
over without your asking mo.
A Uruvo IJ > y.
A HUlo Borltloy ( Cal. ) boy , aged six years ,
was thnnvu from n wagon last week and
badly hurt. Unable to ri.so ho was carried
into a neighboring store , where the first
words ho spoke wore : "Don't tell my mamma ;
she's sick , and it tnUht hurt her. "
A Moon Bath.
A little boy live years old stood with his
father In tha dooryard , looking at tho- moon ,
and spoke of its brightness. "Yes , " said his
father , "it has not been so bright for some
timo. " "Papa , " said tbo little fellow , "I
guess God's washed the moon , hasn't he ( "
M.IX'H FXllHrlS .l.V7 > Ji-OES.
An odd accident happened to a Frankford ,
Pa. , man a few days ugo. IIo shaved off his
whiskers to play u Joke on his wife , bu' . at
the front gate ho was met bv his dog , which
failed to grasp the situation , but succeeded
in petting a good hold on the puffery of his
master's pants.
A monkey in New Yoric got a bottle of
whisky the other day , and , after swallowing
the contents , proceeded to rip things up gen
erally , and even went so far us to decline to
hand over thii pouuios that were given to him
for his boss organ grinder , preferring to
squander them all on himself. There seems
to bo n gooJ deal of human nature in the
monkey tribe ,
A milkmaid's life in West Virginia has Its
excitements. While Caroline Brennemnn of
Juniata , wus in the barnyard mlluing the
other day , she was knocked from the stool by
a wildcat , which sprang on her shoulder
from n neighboring trco. 'iho frightened
cow made n Jump and ono foot struck the
wildcat a powerful blow in the side , stunning
it. Miss Bronnouian then llnlshed tbu
creature by beating it over the head with her
nnll. The animal was four foot two inches
.on ( ?
Man's faithful friend , the dog , sometimes
forgets himself. This was the case of the
largo mastiff which n citizen of Belleville , N.
I. , was loading along the river front the
other day. The dog apparently concluded
that ho wanted a buth and plunged into the
river , dragging the man after him , and the
man was drowned , Dogs have .saved so
many persons from wntory pravos that per-
taps this should not count ,
Twenty-two years ago nn owl flow away
with n steel trap In which It had boon caught
icar the hen-coop of n Pennsylvania fanner.
I'ho other day another Pennsylvania fanner
shot nn owl nnd there was the same trap
hanging to ono of its foot. The no.wsp.ipur
writer who tolls this story does not inform
us whether It. was the sumo owl , hut If it
was not it must have bcon 0110 of his llno.il
dusconuants : else how could the/ trap have
jcon ou hU root !
A funny incident occurred while some
jlasting operations were In progress lutoly at
Hull , Quebec. An unusually h--avy charge
was about to bo tired , and ovary bed v hud
boon warned nwuy. A llttlo dog Immediately
ogeeil over to the edge of thu pit where the
explosion was about to take place. The
canine stood wagging its tall , the onlookers ,
it a distance , of course , thinking it was In-
lulging In a Until bark. With n loud report
ho rock below was rent asundur , the men
ran over , and to their astonishment found
ho llttlo dog uninjured and barking with all
ts might at the nolio tu tlio middle of u
cloud of smoke.
A correspondent of "Our Dumb Animals"
ells this horse story : A team of haudsomo
lorsos was standing In front of my door ,
The uearhorsownsmunchlngsomo grass con-
ontedly.whlch the off horse could not ronch.
suddenly , to my astonishment , the near
lorac raised his head with his mouth full of
grass and held It near his companion's
uouth. After turning and eating uwhlln on
ils own account , ho repeated this manoeuvre ) ,
and I thou called to thu other membars of
the family to watch them. Ttioru could bo
no mistake about It ; thu horse which could
reach the gross fed his companion at short
nterruls as lung as they stood before the
door.
door.Newark
Newark has n most eccentric woman. She
s old , and IK said to bo Just ns rich as she 1s
eccentric. Her solo cr-npuniona are cnts anil
.lio house fairly Hwurinn with them. She'
uoldb an idea that her fulino pets uro moro
uonost thau men , and , therefore , she roll * up
\bo money thai she receives Iruia roata In
small packages nnd gives them to her cuts ,
saying : "Hero , pussy , put this away for
mo. " Her homo Is tittered with money , it is
? ald. Under thu carpets , In iho corner * . In
rat holes and In every conceivable place bills
nnd coins nro slufTod.
A snake , with marked climbing ability ,
mounto.l a high grapevine In U'ntorbiify ,
Conn , , and then onlorlng a bedroom window
that was open managed Iu some unaecount.v
bio wav to get Into u bird cage thai wns sus
pended from the celling. There were two
cunnnc.s In the eago and ono of them iho rep
tile had oaten when tlie head of the house ap
peared on the scene. The other poor bird lay
In u stupor ou thu boltom of the cage. The
repllia endeavored to escape on hearing thu
noise of thu footsteps , but it didn't succeed
and was dispatched. It measured , It Is suld ,
several foef
itn.inv TO IH.VH.v. .
A cablegram from Australia declares lhat
Sar.i Bernhurd's looks arc now of ebony hue.
When she last appeared In this city her hail-
was of n bright golden color.
Miss Fanny Davenport's repertoire during
the incoming season will bu madu up of
"Cleopatra , " "La Town" and "Fedora. " ( lot-
lour will begin In Omaha on September 17.
His understood that Messrs. W. S. Gilbert
and Alfred Collier's now comic opera will bo
put on nt thu I'rineu of Walcs's thoiitcr nt
thu conclusion of Iho run of "L'Enfant Pro-
digue. "
Augustus Pltou has purchased from
Marllm Merion , the author of "The Mer
chant. " a now play called "Geoffrey Middle-
ton , Gentlemen. " It Is a modern society
drama in three ucls.
Slnco Nut Gou.twln loft Paris a story Is
going tlio rounds there thut ho won lO.OOOf.
one afternoon nt baccarat nt a 1'arls club ,
wont ti ) dinner , returned to thu club and lost
U'.OilUf. ' and ! > omulhing besides.
M. Gounod Is lying seriously 111 nt St.
Cloud. Ho Is sutTorltirf from heart disease ,
and his condition is so critical that thu phy
sicians have unjoined comnletu repose as thu
only meant , of prolonging hi.s lifo.
John Uolaml Rood , known as "Pop" deed
and father of Uohi'id deed , the well-known
comedian , died in Philadelphia on Tuesday ,
aged eighty-four. IIo had been employed fit
the Walnut street theater for the past fltty-
slx yu.irs.
Kuthryn Kyddor is back from (2 ( tire pa and
Nolle PiTrouoh is going on Iho st.igo. In the
old clays these would IniVo boon plain Catha
rine Kidder nnd Nelly French. It is now iu
order for PlTraneys Smyth and Jayno PlTos-
tyro to bu announced as new stars.
Hereafter the actress who played the leadIng -
Ing female parts in the Boolh-Barrolt reper
toire lasl season , will be known simply as
Miss Galo. A few years ngo Iho y'imng
woman was known as Miss Minnie 1C. Gale ,
but lust season she dropped the K. and this
your she drops the Minnio.
E. II. Sothorn's compiny for the coming
season will bo made up chiefly of Virginia
Hurved , Ifato Pattison-Selden , Jenny Dun-
bar , Uussiu Tyreo , Morton Seldon , Rowland
Buckstone , Augustus Cooke , Owuu Fawcott ,
and several others us the cast of "Tho Danc
ing Girl , " with which play he will open. His
season is n long ono.
Mrs. E. L. Davenport , whoso iloalh oc
curred on July ai , was Miss Funny Vinihg of
England , a member of u wull-lcnowu the-ilrl-
cat fumll.v. For years Mrs. Davenport has
been living at Canton , Pa. , where her daugh
ter Funny ban made n home for thosu nearest
to her. MM. Davenport was u good actress
and an excellent woman.
Juan do deszku's voice is playing him
tricks , and a chance of bill has been necessl-
tated nt Covout Garden , where the great
tenor has been singing. This sudden col
lapse of De Keszko must make Messrs. Abbey
and Grau rather nervous , as hes \ engaged
with them for their Italian opera company ,
which appears in Chlc.igo iu November.
Who of the old theater"goera does not re
call Joan Clara Walters when she was n
member of the stock nt the Academy of
Music in Corn's days ! Clara xvill bu a mem
ber of Nut Goodwin's company this seaso'u
and will play in Omaha before the season
ends. She comes Irom Australia to Join
Goodwin and passed through Om.iha on
Monday.
The Boston aldermen are mad as March
hares because the newspapers of the Hub
stigmatize them as deadheads. The city
fathers now propose to take rovcngo out o'f
the managers by raising the license fee of n
theater to $1,000 , und to then stop asking for
liases. There are moro thoatric.il doad-
hoaus to the square foot In Boston thau In
any city in the United States.
The death is announced of Stof.ino floll-
nelli , an Italian pianist and composer , whom
some of his countrymen were at ono time
rash enough to descrlbo us the Bach of Italv.
Moro than two hundred of his workswritten
exclusively for the piano , have been pub-
ilsho : ! , but they nro almost unknown in this
country. In 1851 ho appeared in London at
Lho Musical Union , and retired from public
iifo in 1870 , so that , his numo is not familiar
.0 the present generation of musical ama
teurs.
Mnuriro Grau furnishes from Paris the fol-
owlng lint of artists engaged for the Abboy-
3rau Kalian opera at the Metropolitan next
December : ISintna Albani , Lilllo Lohmnn ,
iimma Kames , Mariu I'.ittiglanl , Sofia lluvo-
: li , Muthlldo Bauonneistor , Ida Klein , Maria
Van Xandt , Solla Sculchl. Joanne do Vigno ,
Juilla Kuvtvll , Fernando Valcri , Signer
Irifoni , Paul KtilUch , Victor Capoul , It' ' > . > or-
to Vanni , Signer lUnaldlni , Joan do Ueszka ,
Antonio M. Collotte , Jean Matupours , AITOJ-
tlno Carbono , Eldorado Camera , Julus Vin-
cho. Enrico Serliollni , Ludovlco Vivunl. An-
tJino di Vanschulti and Kdouard do Ues/.ko.
Charles Wyndhum has launched "Sliss
ieclma" nt the London Criterion. "Mlsi
Docima" is "Miss Uellyott" In Us English
dross. While it Is said to be fairly successful
'
ho opinion is freely oxpresso'd that the
rightncss and vivacity of the performance
nt the Paris UoulTe. < arc laekinir. This , too ,
despite the fact that Mllo. Nosvillo was im-
> ortcd from Paris with the French manu-
.cript . for the express purpose of playing the
oading role. Tlio opening tilght Chauncoy
Olcott , the tenor who sang huru with min
strels and with DulT'x opera companv , was
ho cause of a scene not down on the bills. A
goodly number of Americans were present ,
md those madu n great fuvorito of Mr.
Dlcott , applauding him at every opportunity.
\s it had oecomo known that Mr. Olcott was
an American several Britons present in the
) lt took offeuso nt this popularizing of a for
eigner and began to hiss. The Americans re-
on bled their npplau.se utthls and the hlsscrs
vera ns zealous. Finally Mr. Wyndham de
eded the ringleaders of the dissati.sllud con-
ingont , and Jumping over the railing sopar-
itlng the stalls from the pit ho .shouted with
ils most dramatic emphasis : "Whuro U the
cowurd ) Lot mo got at him. " Mr. Wyndham
got at him nud after a tussle ejected him.
klr. tVyndham does not often play In inolo-
ranin of this sort , but ho madu a hit \vitlb
ho nuUlencu. Inasmuch us Londoimr-i nro
lopondlng extensively upon American sing
ers Just new it would bo well for them to ex
orcise more courtesy.
A remarkably thorough and conscientious
vorkman is Arrlgo Boito , whoso opera , "No-
rene , " is among thu most important works
anticipated In Italy next season. Boito is u
nuslelan , n critic , nnd u 'Ibbrettlst ' , He U
mown in America as the author of thu book
of "Otello" and us the composer nnd author
of "Molistofelo , " Ho has given to "Nerono"
ulght years of labor. IIo has rewritten the
opera no fawcr than ton tlmos nnd his ex-
mi'twit publishers nra terrified even now by
i throat that , ho will wrlto It again. Thu
tullan musical Journals utatu that Boito nro-
cuts Nero ns u tyrant , but also un u sublime
and ambitious character , though how ho does
o without taking liberties with history Is a
[ ucstion. There In to bo no oveituro to the
opera , The work begins with a chorus heard
n the distance while the curtain it down , it
s the crowd cursing Nuro and attempting a
ovolt , The voices grow louder , and as the
curtain rises thu crowd rushes upon the
tngo. AH yet thu orchestra ts silent. Hud-
lunly Nuro enters and the orchestra bursts
nto n formidable crash of sound. Assuredly
an original and astonishing utfout. A con-
picuous scene will bu thu biirnini ; of Unmo ,
hough It Is not t-tated whether or not Nero
vlll execute n violin goto during the conllii-
rrntlon. Altogether It Is expected that
Ncrono" will bo as Important n work and
> orhaps moro strikingly original than
Otcllo. " "Why did you not wrlto an ovitr-
urcl" some one asked of Hello "I had not
line , " replied this versatile genius. "U has
taken me eight years to write tbo wor * uj It
stands at jircneut , "
STOHIK8 AllOVT JII..V ,
ijs'or.iisoti ,
The writer OPCO nskud Colonel
what was the groutou compliment ho ovnr
received , says the Indianapolis News. Hd
thought n moment nnd said : "I will tell ymi ,
I wns strollVog about the lobby of the Grand
Paclllo hotel In Chlcngo , one evening nftat
Mipper , smoking u cigar and waiting for
some friends with whom 1 Was going out ta
smiml thu eve-nlni ; . 1 saw n vacant chair nnd
sat down In It. Presently I was accosted by
n man sitting near who was trying to smoke ,
but was pretty drunk. 1 noticed that ho was
crying. Ho suld : 'Stranger , did you over
road Unit'pointing ! to a po.stcr six foot long
and ttireo and ono-lnilf wide hanging agnlnst
the w.iil of the Grand PaclIU1 ollleo glvlnff
the Mix-am' or 'vision' portion of my speech
nt the soldlorV reunion at Indianapolis only
n short time beforo.
" 'Yes ' I ' 1 '
, replied , have read It.
' 'Thu fo.low sobboit away for n few mo
inoutH longer mid continued :
" Strmu'er do you know what 1 think ! '
" 'No : what do you thlnki'
" "Weil , air , ' I have a copy of that bill
hanging in my store nt Tusco'la , III , and I
watch every man that 1:01110.1 : In read it , and
I tell you any inilu that can re-ad that through
and not cry Is hhuikoty , blank , blank , and I
would not trust him any further than I could
throw a male luvlno by the tail. 1 toll you
his heart Is not In the right place. '
"Now , " said Colonel ( iigonull , "If Unit
man did not know who I was , and 1 h.ivu no
idea tint he did that Is thu greatest compli
ment 1 ever hud paid mo. "
A UIM'OKTini'S IIII1UK ,
The Baron von Wichinatm-Kichhorn of AN
lamugno , Gormany. c.iniu near slaving a hotel
reporter yesterday buculi.su of the ( niter's tin-
familiarity with the Gorman tonguu , says
the Chicago Herald. Thu baron was dressed
In a lUshv suit of clothot , red nocictlo and an
Immense straw .sombrero which looknj like n
p.irasol. The hut was thu principal llirtim In
thuGr.md I'aelllo yesterday , where i ho dis
tinguished foreigner Is stopping. While ho
was strolling about a hotul rep irtor asked
him for an Interview. The baron talks very
llttlo English and could not undur.-itand the
interviewer. The t.wo men stood Jabbering
away at ono another nnd each thought the
other was cra/.y. Presently the reporter
hurried over to n Gorman traveling man ,
standing near the register , nnd asked him for
asuntoncMn German which win a transla
tion of "I am a reporter fur a newspaper. "
The traveling man wrote out a sentence nnd
the reporter returned to thu taron. Looking
on his paper ho shouted :
"Wo hiiben slu dns hut bokommonl"
"Vat you say I" oxclnlmoj the foreigner.
"I said , " and the reporter now yelled , "wo
liabon slo das hut bokommcn ! "
Ho didn't say any moro. Tim baron
grabbed him and was about to throw the
young man across Clark street when the
house oftleer , who is n Gorman , separated
them and explained the cause of the trouble.
When the interviewer thought ho wns telling
the baron his object in addressing him ho
was really asking , "Where did you get thai
hall"
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*
QUAY'S I'KCUi.iAiiiTir.s.
Senator Quay has certain peculiarities of
carriage which convey a great deal to these
who know him intimately says the Now Yori
World. While the republican executive
committee was in session at the Arlington
hotul In Washington , speculation down In
thu lobby 'is to what Mr. Q i.iv wouH do wm
rifo. Opinion as to whether or not ho would
resign from tlio commitluovu ; about equally
divided. Fluully u goutloman present who
know Mr. Qmiv well remarked : "I shall bo
able to toll when ho comes down stalra
whether ho hai resigned or Intends to
resign. "
By what meausi" wai the general lu-
Walt , and I'll show you , " was the reply.
At tllu ! when thu committee took & recess
until 8 Mr. Quay ciuno down stairs atone
walked slowly but with a certain short , ner
vous step out , of the house , and headed for
Chamberlain's. His straw hat was cocked
over his right eye , and as ho walked ho
jerked his ho.id occasionally ns if talking to
and reasoning with himself. The crowd
which hud boon discussing him looked after
him as ho went across tlio wide street , nnd
then the senator's friend was asked : "Well ,
what do you sayj"
"Ho has resigned , or will resign tonight , "
was the confident reply.
"Howcau you toll I" persisted the ques
tioner.
"I can tell by that nervous trend , and the
way ho has his eye shaded with his hat.
i'lioso nro infallible signs that his Indian Is
up. Mark what I toll you , gentlemen , Mr.
Quay Is In a lighting moo I. The cock of that
uit at this time Is n declaration of war. "
The prediction proved to bo true.
* *
A II lit TO KISSES.
Down at Nantncket beach they tell this
storyVncn : Governor Hill visited that
; ilaco recently ho was received with quite an
ovation from thu assembled natives and .sum
mer baardor.s , who gathered on the beach to
oceivo him as ho stopped from thu small
boat th.it carried him from the yacht Fra
Diavalo.
Among those congregated on the beach
was thu KodgorH fomily of this city. The
senior ( lodgers Is a prominent lawyer. The
next conspicuous member of the family , ho-
sldos the mother , is their son Tudor. This
boy is a child of four years. If u Vote was
.ukon in this blc city as to who was the most
loantlful child , Ills conceded by these who
enow that this boy would got the prize. No
ono appreciates this fact moro than the
women. The child Is n constant object of
, ht'lr admiration , and if It is possible to L-ot
lim within arm i roach they aru hound to so-
euro uii'l kiss him , nnd the child has become
lo.irtilv sick of It. When Governor Hill
stopped on shore llttlo Tudor vurv naturally
became an object of his ulmlr.Ulon , nnd the
governor naturally wanted to kUs thu child ,
ml upon his attempt to du so the boy druw
back and emphatically refused to bo 'kissed.
The governor was rather anuizod at this ,
but 10 humor thu child said to him : "But.
ny llttlo man , If you refine to kUs mo , what
lo vou do when the ladies want to kUs youl"
Q.ilck as a wink thu boy replied :
"I oat onions 1"
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COULDN'T MIT A IIKAP ox IT.
A newspaper man , spaaklng of Gus
Thomas , author of "Alabama , " relates Urn
ollowing : "Whon Gus was on tjio St. Louis
lopubllu he could wrltu anything , but ho
.ouhln'l 'build ahead ; ' that is , write I ho
leadlines , Ono day ho handed in an urtlelo
o the od I tor without the honJlinos , ns usual.
Build a huad for that , ' the editor coin-
nandcd.
' " . I can't ' build head
"S.iy , a you know
that.1
' "Wull , you will have to learn , so go
ahead. '
' Gus took th'J copy very unwillingly nnd
VIM visibly preoccupied for an hour. Then
10 returned , and , dropping the copy on the
editor's desk , said r.ithor admiringly lhat ho
bought that would do.
"Tho first line of the hold wa > ;
: And tlio llnnd I'liiynd
: Umiili-ta-uiiiph-ta-tim.
" 'What In the aovll do you moan by "tha
innd pluyod umph-tn-umph-tu-umt" ' In-
julred the editor slornly.
" 'Don't you know what that Is1 ! ro-
iliud Gus with an assumption of giillt'lexs in.
lucencu ; 'why. Hint is whut n bund sounds
Ike when It goes marching down thu street.1
"Tho editor was so angry that ho tore up
ho manuscript and GUH never wrote another
load uftor that. "
A strange bird , which has attracted tha
ittontlon of hundreds of people , U on oxhl *
iltlon on the farm of John Kodabaugh , a
armor living six mllo.s east of St. Mary's ,
Dlilo , The bird rosumblus un owl very much
n form , has n houd shaped like a heart , tlio
ace , at a monkey xnowy while fur uiloriiliiK
t.s face while thefisathors uru of a beautiful
nnd dolleuto yellowish gray , with thu tail ol
a lurKuy. Thu bird was caught a few weuna
ugu whIU the family wore returning homo
( ram church , and not until It had received a
load of shot did It allow Itself to bu tnkou
captive , ami thun its captor win fearfully
lacerated In thu light Unit ensued , ( t utters
a noise similar to that of the squeal of n pig ,
and is fuil whohy on small birds , which it
takes Into Its beak alive , throwing out lu *
bones and feathers ( t rwuid-