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CITAPTEIt 1.
FIUAItS OAK.
On th ! , ( lie 1t of January , of the year
, so , the nineteenth century has reacbed lUi
, midway term , and many of u who shared Ith
youth liuvo aitcady warnln which tell u
1 that IL lia outworn u. Vo put our grizzletl
1iead togethr , we older orms , and wo talk
of the great ilays that we have known , but
we find that when It Is with our children
that we talk It Is a hard matter to make
them understand , Wo anti our fathorp before -
fore us lived much the same lives , but they
witli their railay trains and their steam-
bouts boong to a dIffcrcn , ago. It Ia true
that we cnn put history books Into their
lIanthY , and they can read from them of our
weary struggle of two and twenty years with
. I that rcnt and evil man. They can learn
1- . how freedom fled from the 'hole broad
r - ; continent , and how Neleon's blond was shed ,
I and I'Itt's noble heart wa broken In strivIng -
Ing that she &iould not pass ( Is forever to
take refuge with our brothers across the
Atlantic. it th1 they can rend , wIth the
elate of this treaty or that battle , but I do
not know where they arc to read of ourselves -
' . solves , of the folk wo were , and the lives
41 _ we led. antI bow the world seemed to our
'yes when they were young as thera ! are
now.
Ii I took up my pen to tell you about this
yeti must not look for any story at my hands ,
for I woe only In my earliest manhood when
these things befall , and although I saw somethIng -
thIng of tIi edorles of other lives I could
I scarce claim one of my own , It is the love of
a woman that makes the story of a man , ntvi
many a year was to pass before I first looked
p Into the eyes of the mother of lily chIldren.
To us It cems but an affair of yesterday ,
and yet those children can now roach the
plums in the gardcia while we arc seeking
for a ladder , and wliero wo coco walked wIth
their littIc , liandi , in ours We are glad now
to lean upor their arms. But I shall e'peak '
of a tlrno when the love of a mother was the
only love I know , and If you seek for something -
thing more then It Is not for you that I
'write. lint It you wu1d come out with mc
Into that forgotten world , If you would
know hey Jim and Cliamploit Harrison ; If
you would meet my father , one of Neleon's
own men ; If you would catch a glimpse of
1 that great caman himself , and of George ,
afterward the unworthy kng of - England -
land ; It , above all , you woulti see my famous
. uncle , SIr Cliarlc.e Tregellis , the king of the
I bucks , and tim great flghtlng moi whoo
r' iiamoo are still household words among you ,
then give me your hand and let us start.
c But I must warn you al that It you think
that you will find much that In of interest
- In your guide , you arc destined to dlsap-
L polntmont. When I look over my book
! . aliolve I can ceo that It Is only the wIse
and witty and valiant who have ventured
to write down their experIences. For my
t own part , it I were only aSo'UrCd ' that I was.
as clover and brave as the average man
about me I should ho well natlsflcd. Men of
their hands liavo thought wollf my brains.
: ; anil men of brains of my hands , and tIiat
. Is the best that I can nay for myself. Save
hi the one matter of having an Inborn readi-
1eRs for music , s ) that the mastery of any
Instrument comes very easily and naturally
to me , I cannot rec'all any single advanCage
which I can Ijoast over my fellows. In all
things I have been a half-way man , for I
am of mlldle ( height , my eyes are neither
. blue nor gray , and my hair , before nature
emoted It wIth her powder. wac betwixt
flaxen and brown , I may , perhaps , claim
: this , that through life I have never felt a
touch of jealousy no I have admired a bettor -
: tor man titan myself , and that I have al-
vays scan all things as they are , myself In-
chided , which ahoilid count in my favor
l now that I sit tiown In my mature ago to
, write my memorie ! . With your permission ,
'h then. we wIll puh my own peroanallty as
far as pcuulblo out of tlioplcturo. If you
J. can conceIve mo as a thin and colorless
, f coril upon which my would-be pearls are
. ; strung. you wIll be accepting me upon the
tbrms vhicii I should wlch.
Our famIly , the Stones , have for many generatIons -
, oratIons belonged to the navy , anl It lisa
. : been a custcm among us for the elde3t son
to take the name of bin fatlioi"s favorite
commander. Thus we can trace our lineage
' . . iack to old Vernon Stone , who commanded
a 1,1gb-stern , , peak-nosed fifty-gun ship
against the Dutch , Through Ilawko Stone
and lienbow Steno wo came down to my
ntlter , Anson Itono , who In hIs turn
chrIstened inc Rodney at the parIsh church
of St. Thomas at Portsmouth In the year
, ' of grace 1786.
Out of in' window as I write I can see my
own great lad in the garden , and If I were
to call out "Nelson , " you would see that I
3iave been true to the traditions of our fam-
, t Ily.
I My dear mother , the best that ever a man
¶ : . had , was tli second daughter of the Rev.
John Tregellls , vicar of Milton , which Is a
jmall parish upon the brders of the marshes
I of Langatono. She came of a poor family ,
but one of some position , for her elder
brother uao the famous Sir Charles Tregollis ,
wiio , having Inherftod the money of a
, - wealthy East Indian merchant , became In
ttmo th talk of the town aid the vpry par-
, : : tlcuiar friend of the vrinco of Wales , 01
J 1dm I shalt kayo more to say hereafter , but
r you will ioto now that lie was my own uncle
at,4 and brotliee to my mother.
t-- . I can renioniber her all through her beatiti. I
y ful life , for ho was but a girl when she mar-
1 : - nod , and little inure when I can first recall
, , her busy fingers and her gentle voice. I see
I her as a lovely woman , with kInd dove's
eyes , somewhat short of stature , It Is true ,
, , but carrying herrolf very bravely , In my
sueniorlci of there dayn she Is clad always
In seine Purple shimmering stuff , wIth a I
$ 'white kerchief roun4 her long hIto neck ,
and I see her lingers are turning and dart-
4 ing as alto works at her knItting ,
I I see her again In her mIddle years ,
avoot and lovIng. planning , contriving ,
achieving , with a few shiIIiis i day of a
lIeutenant's piy , on which to support the cottage -
' tago at Fr.ar'n Oak , and to keep a fair face to
the world , And now. If I do but step into
, the parlor , I can see her once more , with
i over eighty years of saintly life behind her ,
; & Iver' haired , placid faced , with her dainty
rbboned cap , her gold-rimmed glasses , and
her wooly oiawl vIUi the blue border. I
loved her young ailil I love her old , and
'vhon abs goes die vlll take some-thing with
her which nothing In the world can over
make gocil to me agaIn , You nicy have
many friends , you who read this , and you
may chance to marry ; nore than once , but
) flfl mother is your first and your last ,
CherIsh tier , then , whIle you may , for the
day will come w'iien every hasty deed or heedless -
: less word vlll coiiie back wIth its sting to
live in your own ) art ,
$ uch , then was my mother ; and as to my
I father , I cali describe him best wheii I come
'to ' the time when he returned to us from
the Medit&rranean , DurIng all my ch'ldhood ' i
ho wets only a name to ni.e' , and a face In a
sninialure which liulig around niy mother's
iuck. At firet tliy told me 'he was fighting
the French , and then after some years poe
beard less about the French anti more about
. tloneral Ilonaparte. I remember the awe with
which one day , in Thomas stre't , Portsmouth ,
I saw a lrilit of the great Corelcan In a
IooksolIer'a wintow , This. then , was the
arch enemy with wlioiii my faIior spant his
lLo Jn teribIe and ceaseless contest , To my
cldldisli Iinsglnatioi It was a personal at-
faIr , and I ( gieve ! saw my father and this
clean-shaven thIn-lipped man swaying and
; raling in a deailly year-long grapple. It
, vas not untIl I went to the grammar ecliool
that I underitoo'.I bow many other little boys c
ther vera whose fthcra were In the wino s
cas ? . A
Only once in these long years did my
fstlier return home , which vlli show you
vliat it 8neant to be the wife of a sailor In e
thos days , It was Just after we had moved a
Uozn Portsmouth to Friar's Oak , whither ho a
came for a week before lb uet sail with o
'
Admiral .Tarvis ' to I1flp him to turn his
name into Lord St. Vincent , I rcmomber
that ho frightened as , ell as fascinated me
with his talk of battles , and I can recall as
it it vero yestotday the horror with which
I gazed upon a npot of blood ipOn his shirt
mule , which hadeomo , as I have no cloubt
from a mIschance , in aliaving. At the time
I never questioned that It had spurted from
some stricken Frenchman or Spaniard , and
I shrank from hIm In terror when lie laid
hi horny hand tilmn toy head. My mother
wept bitterly when lie was gone , but for my
own part I svao not. sorry to son hIs blue
back anti white shorts going dowim the garden
% alle , for I felt , with the heedless molfialmness
of a child , that we were clot'r together ,
iho and I , when we were alone.
I was iii my 11th year wlieii we moved
from l'ortemoutli to 1rIar's Oak , a little Sue-
e'ex village to the north of lirighton , which
was recommended to us b' my uncle , Sir
( ihuries Tregelils , one of vhoao grand friends ,
Lord Avon , hail his seat near there , The
reason of our moving was that living was
cheaper' In the country , and that it was
eatler for my mother to keep UI ) the imp-
pearance'i of a gentlewoman when away from
tIme cIrcle of those to whom she could not
refuse horpitaIIty. They were trying times
those , to save all the farmers , who made
such profits that they could , as t have heard ,
afford to let half of- their land lie fallow
while living Iikn gentlemen upon the rest.
\'heat. was at 110 shIllings a quarter , and the
quarterri loaf at one and niiiepcnce. Even
in tIme ( hulet of the cottage at Friar's Oak
we coimlti scarce have lived wore it not. that
in thu hilockading squadron , in which my
father was statIoned , there was the occa-
'ional chance of a little prize moxiey. The
line of battleships themselves , tacking on
and oft outeldo J3rest , could earn nothing
save honor , but the frigates in attendance
made prizes of many coasters , and these , as
Is the rule of the service , wore counted as
belongiii to the fleet , and their produce divided -
vided into head money.
In this manner my father was able to send
hiomo enough to keep the cottage and to send
me to time day school of Mr. Joshua Allen ,
where for four years I learned all that ho
bad to teach. It was at Alien's school that I
first know Jim Harrison , Boy Jim , as lie
has always been called , the nephew of Chain-
in his eyes , There was not a beggsr upon
the country side who mild not know that his
heart was as soft as his muscles voro
hard ,
There was nothing that ho liked to talk of
more then his old battles , but he svoulil stop
if lie saw hi.i little wife coming , for the one
great shadow in bar life was tIme everpreeent
tear that some day lie would t'hrow down
sledge and raso find be oft to the ring once
more. And you must bo reminded hero once
for all that that former calling of iiie woe
by no means at. ( hat time in time debased con-
ihition to which it afterward fell. Public
opinion has gradually become opposed to it. ,
for the reason that it caine largely into th
hands of'roguee , and because it fostered ring.
side ruffianism , Even the honest and bravo
pugilist was found to draw villainy around
him , just. as the pure and noble race morse
does. For this reason the ring i dying in
England , and wo may hope that vhmen Caunt
and flendlgo have passed away they may
have none to succeed them. lInt it woe ( hf-
ferent in the days of which I speak. Public
opinIon was then largely in its favor , and
there were good reason.a why it should be so.
It was a time of war , whoa England , with
an army and navy composed only of those
who volunteered to fight because they had
fIghting blood in them , had to encounter , as
they would now hove to encounter , a power
which could by dcpotlc law turn every elti
sen into a soldier. If the people had not
been full of this lust for combat , it is certain
that England must have been overborne ,
And it was thought , and is en tIme face ot
It reasonable , that a struggle between two
Indomitable mcii , with iOOOO to vIew it and
3,000,000 to discuss it , did help to sat a stand-
arl of hardiness and endurance. Brutal It
was , no doubt , and its brutality th the end
of it , but it Is not so brutal as var , which
will survive It , Whether it is logical now
to teach the people to be leaceftil in an age
when their very existence may coimie to tie-
pend upon their being warlike Is a question
for wIser ieads thiati mimic. flut that was
what we thought of it in the days of your
grandfathers , and that is why you mIght find
statesmen anti philanthropists like Windimam ,
Fox and Altliorn at the side of the ring.
The mere fact that solid mon should patronize -
tronizo it vaa enough in itself to prevent
the villainy which afterward crept in , Forever
over twenty years in the days of Jackson ,
Brain , Cribbe , the IJelchmers , Pearce , Gully
and the rest , the leatlere of the ring were
men whose honeoty was above suspicion ,
and those were just. the twenty years when
the ring may , as I have .ilti , have served
a national purpose. You have heard how
Pearce saved time Bristol girl from time burpIng -
Ing house , how Jackson won thin respect and
friendship of the best men of his age , and
how Gully rose to a nat in time first reformed -
formed Parliament , These were the men
who set the standard , and their trade car-
ned with it this obvious recommendation ,
that it Is one In whilch no drunken or foul-
living man could long succeed. Timere were
- exccptith among thmomn , no doubt , bullies
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"I'LL PAY YOU FOR YOUR ADVICE , MY MAN. "
pion Harrison of the village smithyI can
see him as ho was in those days , with great
flounderIng , half formed limbs , like a Newfoundland -
foundland puppy , and a face that eat every
voimian's head round as he passed. It was
in those days that w began our lifelong
friendship , a friendship whichi still in our
waning years binds us closely as two broth-
era. I taught him his exercises , for lie never
loved the sight of a book , and ho in turn
made me box anti wreatlo , tickle trout on the
Athir , and amiare rabbits cn Ditchhing Down-
for lila hands were as active as hmis brain
was slow , Ho was two years my older.
however , so that long before I lied finished
my schooling he had gone to help his uncle
at the smithy.
Friar's Oak ic in a dip of the Downs , and
the forty-third milestone between London
xnd Jirighton lies on the deirt of the village.
It is but a small place , with an ivied church.
a fine vicarage , and a. row of red brick cott
tages , each in Its owa little garden. At one
end 'as the forge of Champion HarrIson , .
with , his house behind it , and at the other
was Mr. Allen's school. Time yellow cottage ,
standing bck a little frcm the road , with
Its upper story bulging forssnrd and a criss-
cro5s _ of black woodwork let Into the plaster ,
Is tIme one in which we hlvoil. I d not
knowif' itis still standing , but I should th'nic
it likely for it was not a place much givea
to change.
Jumt opposite to us , at time ether side of thmo
broad whIte road , was the Friar's Oak inn ,
which was kept in ray day by John Cum-
niings , a man of oxc lient repute at home ,
but liable to strange outbreaks when ho
traveled , as will afterward become apparent ,
Though there was a atream of trafile upon
the road , thmo coaches train Brighton were
too fresh to stop , amid those from IAndon
too eager to reach their journey's did , so
that if It had not boom for an occasIonal
broken trace or loosened wheel , time landlord -
lord would have had only the thtraty throats
of the village to trust to. Those were the
days when the prince of Wales had just
built his i1ngular palace by the pea , and cc
from May to September , which was the
Brighton sOaaafl. there was never a day
that from 100 to 200 curricies , chaises and
phaetons did not rattle past our door. Many
a summer evunilg have IJoy Jim anti I lain
111)00 the grars , watchng all those grand
folk , and cheering the London coaches as
Lhcy came roaring through the dust cloude ,
eaders and ylmeelera etretchmed to their work ,
he bugles screamIng and time coachmen with
hats and their
: ho low-crowned curly-britnnied
races as scarlet as their coats. Time pasrcngers
mood to laugh when Boy Jim shouted at
Limomn , but if they could have read his big ,
ialf.eet limba and lila lese shoulders aright
Lhey would have looked a little harder at
tim , perhaps , and given hini back his cheer.
Boy Jim had never known a father or a
nether , and his whole life had been silent
vith isis uncle , Champion Harrison , ilarri-
ion was time Friar's Oak blacksmIth , and
me hail his nickname because lie f iught
rome Johnson when he held tIme English
) elt , and would nmost certainly have beaten
mini had time Dedfordshiro magistratea not
mplearcci to break up the fight , .For years
hero was no such glutton to talco punish-
nent and no more finishing hitter than
larrison , though he was always , as I un-
lerstand , a slow one upon lila feet. At last ,
0 a fight with l3lack fl ruk , time Jew , ho
inlehed time hattie with such a lashing lilt
hat ho not only knocked hue opponent over
ho inn'mr ropes , but lie left hiinm botwist
Ito and death for' a long three weeks , flur-
ng all this time harrison lived half do-
floated , expecting every hour to feel time
mand of a 110w street runner upon lila coi-
ar , anti to be tried for his life , This ex-
erienco , with the prayers of his wife , made
rIm forswear tIme ring forever and carry
iiii great muscles Into time one trade In
ehmich they seemed to give him an ativamu-
age , There Was a good business , to lie
rena at Friar's Oak from tIme passing traf-
to aitit thic Sussex farmers , so that ho soon
ecamo tlmq riciiest of tIme villagers , amid he
amno to ctmtirclm on a Sunday with his wits
nd his nephew , looking as respectable a
amily man as one would wish to see ,
ho was not a tall nian , not moore titan
ve fout seven , and it was often saiJ that
f ho liati lied an extr3 inch of reach ho
ould have been a match for Jackeon or
lolclier at tlmeli' best. Ills cheat was like
barrel , antI his forearms were time most
coerful that I imavo ever aeon , with deap
reeves between thi * aimmoothi , swelling moos-
lea , like a piece of water-worn rock , In
ilto of hi strength , hioweiver , he was of
slow , orderly amid kindly dispeeltion , o
hat there was no imian moore beloved over
he whmole country side. Ills iieavy , phaeij ,
lean-shaven face could sot. very r'ernly ,
a I have soon upon occasion , hut. . for nie
mmd every child in time village there was
vur a snmils upon bI lips aunt a greeting
1 like Hickman and brutes lIke Dories ; in the
I main , I say again , they were honest men ,
I brave and enduring to. an incredible .degree ,
j and a credit to the country which produced
them. It was , as you will ccc , my fate to
use ocenetimlng of them and I speak of what
I know.
In cur own 'lllage I can assure you that
o were very proud of tii preconce of such
a maim at , Champion ilarrieun , and if folks
stayed at the inn they would walk down as
far as the smithy , just to have a sight of i
him. And lie wac worth seeing. too , es-
poclally on a winter's night , when
tue red glare of time forge woild boat
upon 1mb grc.at niuolea and upon the prouml
hawk faca of fey Jim , as timoy heaved and
swayed over sante glowing plow coulter , j
franming timoniselvo in sparks with every
blow. lIe Would strike once with hi thirty- '
pound swinj eledge , and Jim twice with hms : c
hand hammer , and the "clunk. clink , clink ; c
clunk , clink. clnle ! " would brimmg me flying
down the village street , on time chance that
since. they voro both at tlio anvil there
might be a place for me at the bellows ,
Only once during those. village years can I a
ronmeinber Ciiampon Ilarrson showing me
for an instant the zort of mami that he had
been. It chanced one summer morning , when
Boy Jim and I were standing by the smithy
door , that there came. a private coach from
Brighton , with its four fresh horses and itt'
brass work ehlning , flying along witim such a
merry rattle and jingling that time champion
Caine running out with a half-forged shoe in
his tongs to have a look at it , A gentleman SI
iii a white crachnian's cape-a Corinthian , as
we called him. in thiose days-was driving ,
and half a dozen of his follows , laughing and
shouting , were on time top behind him , It
may have been that the hulk Cf the smith :
caught iis eye , and that ito acted In pure D
wantonness , or it may possibly have been an
acCident , but as he swung Past the twenty- ta
foot thong of time driver's whip iiLsed roond
and we heard time snap of It acroas Harrison's '
leathar apron.
' 'Iluhio , master' ' " shouted tito smith , look- te
in after him. "You're not to ha trmmsted 01
cmi the box until you can handle your whip
. bettcr'i that. " 13
"What's that ? " cried the driver , pulling ci
nit his team ,
"I bJd you have a care , master , or thiero w
will ho some one-eyed people along the road
you drive. " gi
"Oh , you say that , do you ? " said time
driver , putting his whip into its socket amid
pulling off his drivIng glovea. "I'll have a
little talk with you , my fine fellow. "
Tim sporting gentlemen of those days were o
very fine boxers for time most part , for it
w.mml time mode to take a course of Mendoza ,
just as a few years afterward there was no lit
omen about town wlmo had not had the mnuf- iii
fiera en with Jackson , Knowing their own fu
proweso , timey never refuad time chance of a
wayaldo adventure , and it va'smldem indeed -
deed that hit' hmrgee or the navigator had
nuch to boast of aftcr a young blood hind is
tnkemoff lila coat to him , This one swung th
Imimimelf off time box scat with thm alacrity of
a man who has no doubto about time upshot.
of the quarrel , and after hangimig lila capeJ
Caat upon time swinglebar , lie daintiiy turned it
up , tIme milled cuffs of his white shirt.
'I'il pay you for your advice , nmy man , " he
I inn sure that time men upon time coach oil
knew who time burly smimith was , and looked
upan It as a prUne joke to see their cam- lii
panlon walk into ir4ch a
a trap. They roared
with ileliglit amid bellowed out scraps of ad-
vice to him. cit
"Knock sonic of the soot off him. Lord
Frederickl" they lioutotI. " ea
. "Give time Johnny
Itaw his breakfaut. Chuck 1dm in among
lila own cinders. Sharp's the Yord , or you'll
sea time back of him. " to
Encouraged by timeso cries , the young
ariuocmat advanced upon 1mm oman , Thu vi
tmnmitli never moved , but life mouth set grim be
and hard , while his tufted browa came down tir
over his keen gray eyes , Time tormga had sti
fallen , and his hands nre hanging free ,
"have a care , mnas'tor , " said ho. "You'll to
get pepper , if you don't. "
Something ui time assured voice , aimI romeof WI
thing also iii time quiet pose , warned the lot
young lord of blu danger , I saw him look
hard at lila antagonist , amid as lie did so of
lila hamide and hum jaw droppo1 together.
"Gadi" imo cried " ' "
, "It's Jack Ilarrisool"
"My name , master , " Fm
"And I thought you were some Susax ev
chawbacon'hy , moan , I haven't seen you ni
c'Iiot ) time day you nearly killed Black Baruk , ye
ritI cast me a cool imuntlrod by doiimg it. " th
110w they roared on the coach ,
"Smoked ! emmioked , by Oadl" they yelled. M
"lt'im Jack Ilarrivon , the bruiser , Lord Freddo
oriole was going to take omm the ex-climunpion , ar
Give him one on the apron , I"red , and see iai
what happens , " mm
Ilut the driver had already climbed back jge
into lii , percl IMghing as lOtmciiy sue any
of lila comDanIpna
"We'il let ypu ft thim , time , harrison1
551(1 ho , "Are % Iqsg your eons uIeV11 there ? "
"Title Is my neiimew , master. "
"Hero's a guiqea , for him , lie shall miever
say I rhmbed im 1ot his uncle , " And so ,
having turned tmq 1aughin Imis favor by
his merry WAyS ottaking it , he cracked hmi
whip and away they flew to make London
under the fiverhours , while Jack harrison ,
with hio half.torged slice in his Imand , went
whistling back .tis forge.
CflAPTEIt II.
TIlE WALhW Ol' CIAFF'E ltOYAIj.
So mimch for1 Champion Harrison. Now I
wish to say smlhing more about Iloy Jimmi ,
not only becami'd ho was the comrade of my
youth , but bortust you will find as you go
on that this bhol ° 'la his story rather than
mine , and that there canto a tinme when hits
nahmue and tame were in tIm mouths of nil
England. You will bear with me , therefore ,
-while I tell you of his character as it was in
thot'o ' dayim , and espeiahly of one very sin-
guiar adventure whmich neither of us is likely.
to forget.
It was stramige to see .Iimn with his uncle
anti his aunt , for lie seemed to be of ammother
race and breed to thom. Often I have
watched thorn coimme up the aisle upan a
Sunday , first the square , thIckset man anti
then the little , worn , anxious-eyed woman ,
amid last this glorious lad with his clear-cut
face , hmi black curls amid bin otop so springy
and light that it neenied as it hQ were bound
to earth by some lescr tie than the heavy-
footed villagers round himn , Ho had miot
yet attaIned his full six foot of stature , but
no jutlgo of a man ( and every woman , at
least , is one ) could look at lila perfect
shoulders , his narrosv loins amid iits Proud
head , that [ 'at ' upon imi imeck like a flower
lilian its stalk , witlmout feeling that sober
joy , which all that is beautiful in nattmre
gives to us-a vague sIt-contemmt , tie though
in some way we also had a hand 1mm the
making of It. :
But we are used to associate beauty with
softness in a man. I do nbt know why timoy
should be so coupled , and they , umover were
with Jima , Of all men that I have kmmown lie
was time most iron-hard , itt body and mind ,
Who , on all thm country side , save only Boy
Jint , would have swtmng iilniself over Vol-
stonbury cliff amid clambcred down 1O feet ,
with time mother hawk Ilappimig at his ears , in
the vain struggle to hold him front her mbast ?
Ho was but 16 , with hi gristle not yet all
set into bone , whop he fought and beat
Gypsy Lee of Burg lts 11111 , tviio called himself -
self time cock of ttmo South Daises. It was
after this that Clmamppioim Harrison took hits
training as a boxom' in hmamid. "I'd rather
you left nmliiln' niche , Boy Jima , " said lie ,
"and so had thc' mlssims ; but if mmmiii you
must it will not be may fault if you cannot
hold up your hands to anything in the south
country. " And it was not long before Ito
made good 1mb Iromnise.
I have said already that they Jim bad no
love for his books , but by that I meant his
schoolbooks , for when it caitie to ttme reading
of romances , or of anything whIch had a
touch of gallantry or adventure , there watt
no tearing lmimim away from it untii it. was
finished. Wlmen ucim a book caine into his
himinis Friar's Oak amid time smithy became a
, lreani to him , audI lila life was spent out
upon the ocein or wandering ever the bread
continents 'lth lila heroes. And he voumkt
dr.iw me into hte enthusiasm also , so that I
was glad to play Friday to his Crusoe when
lie proclaimed that the Clump at Clayton
was a desert island mind that we vero cast
upon It for a week.
But when Pfodtid that we were actually to
sleep out therim Wthout covering every night
and that lie ptopCsd that our food ahouid hi
tiio sheep of tue Dbwns ( wild goats ito called
them ) cooked mporm a fire whilelm was to be
niade by the rubbIng together of two sticks ,
nty heart fal.eti , me , and on the very first
imgitt I crept juyay to my mother. But Jimmi
stayed out thQre for the whole weary week- .
a wet week it W5 , too-and canto back at
thio end of it hooking a deal wilder and dirt-
let than hmIs hero tioca In the picture books.
It is well thai lie fmatl only proznsed to stay
a week , for lf.i 1bad been a month lie would
have died of cebit aod hunger before lila
pride would have et imim come home.
. His prlde-hat vas the deepest timing in
all Jim's imatdrti. 'It Ia a mxcd qiialmty , to
my mind , half a yirtuo and half a vice-a
virtue in hoiting et man out of tbc dirt , a
Vice in makln It .hard for hum torisa when
DRCO ho has .Iallen. , Jhn.WLS proud down to
Lhe very marrow of hi bones. Yob remem-
or time guinea that ' the . young lord had
imrown him from the hex of'tho coach. Two
lays later some otmo picked It up from time
oadside mud. Jim only had eemi whore It
I
mad fallen , and lie wculd not deign even to
) Olflt it out to a beggar. Nor would lie
tOOj ) to gvo a reaton , in auch a case , but
vould answer all remonstrances with a curl
if his lip and a flash of his dark eyes. Even
it school ho was the stamo , wthm ! suck a C
menso of his own dignity that other folk
mad to think it , too. lie mIght say , as Ito
11th say , that a right angle was a proper sort
tf an angle , or put Panama in SciIy , but '
'Id Joshua Alien would as sooti have timought °
Pt ralstng his cane against hiimmt as ito would h
f letting inc off if I had said as mnuch. Amid
0 it was that , altimougim Jim was the son of
obody , and I of a icing's officer , it always 0
cemod to me to have been a condeaconaion
n his part that. ho should have chosemi me a
iJ his friend. b
( To be Continued. ) a
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1iuI'zETIIes , 0
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Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts was up a ]
L the capitol the other day , says time WashC
igton Times , and his presence recalled to
me mind of a good Episcopalian senator a
cry which time bishop told on himself. At
me time of the story time bIshop was dean of
me semnimiary at Cambridge.
Phillips I3rooks liimd just been eiectoi i
shop and bad accepted1 when one flue
ormmlng President Jlliot of Harvard met °
can Lawrence on lo street , fc
"The church baa , mnade the greatest mittm
LkO of a lifetime. " aid thmo presidemit to lbs ru
mu. "Brooks was tIme pivot around which t
0 revolved iii lioston. Now you have
tread him out oh over Massachusetts , I
II you it is a mistake , a great mistake ; any at
io would do for bishop. " to
Time rolled on and death claimed Bishop bc
rooks , and later Doami Lawrence was c
iolien Imitt successor , A few days after ho so
cain met President Eliot , and the latter iii
as almost warm in his congratumiatloims , ac
"My dear bishop , " he said , "I must conhi
atulate you , Time church couldn't have made
ado a better coleotlon. I thought . you at
mould imavo been the cimoico when Brooks lit
as chosen , " w
The bishop laughs as heartily as anyone th
ter the incident. 01
.
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In a very handsome little church , not two jo
mndre.l mniloa from Iijciianapnlis , time roadhzig w
atforni is adorned by a remarkably beautidc
I pulpit , flanlcpd by equally decorative Em
airs , says the Indianapolis Journal , Time do
tistic oaken pulpit , hand carved in passion e
mwrs and lIlies and bordered with trefoil , ca
almost the 1raen imnago" in tjme eyes of
0 associatiom ! of n'hurch vemen who earned Jo
Id purchmammed tli& pulpit furnishings when wi
C edifice sva ; tnmtTh , Recently a npiv minis- lit
r came into dImage of tim comlgrogailomm , ani Iii
was some tilio bfore lie learned this pecu. ov
ir doctrine of 4'l&ve me , love m'y pulpIt , " iii
mlch 1mb 1)50P10 entertained , 110 was a litfri
) teilow , and onoday casually rcnmarko ] to
IC of lila feirtinlnd churchm members : of
"Mrs. Iladgdrtifat pulpit Is entirely too cc
ghi for nie ; tlmirtk'it. haul hotter ho cut down in ,
trifle. " ' m ox
"Cut down ? " 'time horrified Woman ox cc
timed , "Cut that pulpit down ? No , iniii ,
od ; it. would rout it ; I vouit1 be mooch ivi
sier' to get 's ' ttaller preacher , " tIm
The Church Times of London reprints tmo lit
llowing paragi'aph taken from time flily lam
ercury of Jul $ 12 , 1804 : "An enormous mit
male is said to have been strantlej off Fiamn. Em
'roimglm ' Head In tim year 1259 , in a state of Lc
iadfui exhaustion , with a church steeple
cIting out of its nmouthi , On cutting up the
criligious monster , which could not be per.
rmctl so quickly as to vrovent his convul-
ns from setting all limo bells a-ringing , the
mole congregation were found in time body
tIme church inclosod in time stomach of time
.atiman iii the very act of singing l'aahiims ,
fl time parson in the vestry taking a glass
vine before sermon , "
John I. , , Sullivan said time oilier day in Fan
ranciaco : "I traveled with Sankey the
angolist recently and I load a bit of argu.
ent with him oa the subject of pugilism
raus limo pulpit , lie said a good many
logs tlmtd I couldn't contradict , and I guemis
got back at him , I said to him : 'Now.
r , Saukey , we miii kmmow you're sincere , but
n't you tlmluk that even in your game theta
0 a lot of bumico-stoerors ? ' Vell , sir , lie
aghied mind took It. . good-oaturdly , but. I
tlced lie did not comae back at m with a
neral denial , "
iiiF ; EASTER F'EL1T OF ECS
Origin of' the Oustom Envelopea with the
Mit.s of UGUtUrIOS ,
REGARDED AS ASACREI3 EMBLEM
A Feaiivni of .IcliiIy and ierrT ( nn'
ff1' tile inmt1a Dr Imtmi , . Cimimiut riett
-Ciurioti , , l'rnetiees mmmiii l'opi-
hut1eemiih , . .
With Easter comes the feast of eggs ,
( lobelia informs tie that tIme 'custom of glv-
ing eggs at Eater is to be traced back to time
theology auth philosophy of time Egyptians ,
Peralamme , Gauls , Itomnans , etc. , anmong nil of
whom tlme egg was the emblem of time mini-
versp , tIme work of the Supreme DivinIty ,
Ilutolminson remarkwl that 'TIie etig was
iteM lmy tIme Egyptians as a eacroml emblem
of time retmovation ot mnankimiti after the
deluge. The Ilobrowa adopted it to suit
the circumstances of their imistor ) as a typo
of thotr departure from the land of Egypt ,
and It wag used iii thin Feast f tIme Passover
na part of the furmtituro at the table , with
th i'aschmal latimb. Christians have certainly
uetl it on this ( lay , as retainimig tim do-
mnentmi of future life , { or time emblem of time
resurrection. It scents as if time egg was thume
decorated for a religious trophy after time
days of mortification nod abstimmence vero
over and fesUvity liati taken place , amid as
aim emblem of time resurrectiomm of life , cer-
tifled to us ly the resurrection from time
regions of death and time grave , "
AN Olil ) CUSTOM.
Time umsage of immterclmangimig eggs at this
seat'omm , says a writer 1mm tIme Now YorI 11cr-
aId , itas been referred for its origin to tIme
egg gaines of tIme ilomnans , which they celebrated -
brated at the tinme of our Easter , when they
ran races iii an egg almapcul ring amid the
victor received eggs as his prize , These
gaines were immatituited Iii Imenor of Castor
and Pohiux , who , fabulimuts relate , canto
forth from an egg depo&itcd by Leda
after Jupiter timid visited her In time shape of
a swan. Otlmers allege that tIme custom was
bamrowcd front the hebrews , vhio at their
Passover act on tIme table two umimleavened
cakes and two pieces of the lammib ; to this
they added some small fishes , hecamice of tIme
leviathan ; a hiad egg. because of time bird
zig , and. some meal , because of time belie-
mnnthm ,
The egg in all ages and in every country
has been tito subject uf poetical myths anti
legonde. Time ancient Fimmntm believed tlmat a
mystic bird laid aim egg on time lap of Vaiimmai- I
non , who hatched it in his bosom , lie let it
fall imito time water and it broke ; the lower
portloit of the lmehi formed tIme earth , tIme I
umppor time SIC ) ' , time liquid white becamne time
sun amid the yolk thmo moon , wimilo tIme little
fragments of broken shell were changed Into
stars.
English anti Irish nurses Instruct. children
whmemi they have eaten a boiled egg always
to puim the spoon through the bottom of the
hoil , "to hmintler the witches front nmaking a
" France similar custom pro-
boat of it. In a
valls , but tIme reasan assigned for It is that C
nmagiciantt formerly used the egg for their
diabolical witchmeries. They emptied it
idroitly anti traced on time inferIor cabalistic
characters able to cause much evil. Time
faithful were therefore instructed to break
at the same time the shell and the spell.
EMI3LEMATIQ. THE BEGINNING.
It is diflicult to aecertain time precle origin I
at the graceful custom so universal in France C
and Germany , and more or less prevalent 1
throughout time world , of offering eggs at the 0
festival of Easter. , Tiio Peroinna gave each I
ather eggs at the New year. time Russians
mtmttl time Hebrews at the festival of Eastor. '
Among time itomaums the year commenced
it Easter , aa it did among the Fraimks under
iiO Capote. . Mutual presents were bestowed ,
intl as 'time egg is tie embiomtof the begin-
ifog Qf tiiingsinothing better could be
: omind as an offering.
In Christian coun'rles ' many hundreds ot
eara age time church prohibited the use of
ggo ( luring time forty days of Lent , hut as
.iio lmeretlcal lien did not cease to lay , a
argo quantity of eggs were found to have
iccumulated at the end of time period of ab-
tinonce. ThmC.se were uouaily given to tIme
hilfiron , and in ormler to render thent more b
Lttractivo they were dyed with gay colors or I
tiierwlt'O ' ornamented. A favorita game was
0 kncck two eggs togc'thmer amid whichever ii
roke became the property of him wit Imeltl im
lie otlter. Of course this would not profit a
uch If time eggs wore in a fluid state , and
ut of this arose time custom of boiling thorn
a
Lard. . tire
\re silo find a record of tImi gamue from
Hyde's Oriental Sports , " in which lie tells
f one witim eggi amnong the Christiane of
Tesapotamia ott Easter clay amid forty Jays
fterward ; during which time their children
uy themaelves mm imiany eggs as they can
ndfitaifl..titcmlii witha , red color in niem-
11 of the bleoti of Chmrist , shod at time time CC
h
t His cruoiflxioti. ' Seine tinge them with
Im
reen and yellow , Sttincd eggs arc sold
II time while in Life mnarketu. Time sport
onciats strikIng ontu eg agmmimmst another , l
tid the egg that breaks first ic won by tIme 01
wner of the egg that broke it. Imnlne-
lately another egg is pitted against time U
inniimg egg , end so they go on , till tim 111
tat romnalmiing egg wins all time others. The
) ort is a favorite one iii Baltimore. There
may do not cook time eggs , and a skillful Ci
) y will ofteii brlmig home a baaketftml good °
ir culinary purposes. Then , again , a boy
ay bring haute a euit of clothes entirely
muted after a day spent In pIayizmg at what
icy call "pricking eggs. "
DELLS GO TO ROME. feIn
In some remote thiatricte of France It is ci
ill customary for the priest of the parisim w
I go aroimmiti to oaclm house at Easter ant am
i.toiv on It lila blessing. Iii return lie rej3
ilves eggs , vlain anti painted , 1mm these bit
Line regiomis a belief still lingers that durjim
:11 : Passion the bells of the churches
it omit for Rome iii artier to get. tltomnmmelven A
eso'i by the pope. During this verioti of
curntng time cells are mute in their belfry
id the peasants firmly believe that -they
uve started on their pious pilgrimage and
ill return to send forth a joyous Peal on
to mornIng of time resurrectiomi , People do
it COiflO back from so long a jourimoy with-
mt bringing presents to good children , Time
C (
y bells then always come first and bring
at
Itim them various beautiful playthings , Tite
tath bells come last , amid bring mtotiiimmg.
tit
sItter. tlmen , was 111cc a second NOW Year's
Jog
my , Time peasant b'atowed on lihi child an
Imt
] g dyed scarlet , like tlto cloak of a Roman
rdinal , amid sulipoited to come from Rome PC
On Easter mimontng , at the Hund of this ro.
icing bells , fair angels with azure wings
are suppobed t dehcend front lmea'etm hearsa
I ; baskets of eggs wimicim they ( lepositetI 1mm " °
0 houses of time faithful. fionmetimes , imow- hit
'or , it. hmappemiemi that tIme evil one slipped a. I
an accursed egg anmomig those which camno WI
man heaven. to
Iii tIme district of Ihrisce there iii a custom uvi
acattorimig a imundrctl eggs on a level pnco II
vered wltim aaii'l , ammil a ad and m' lass Imold- Am
t ; each other by tIme hiamul come forward to his
ecute a damico of the country. If they sue- ( IC
ed in finlaiming the "branie" without brealc.
II an egg they become affianced , oven Lito ru
Iii of theIr iaront.s avaihimmg not to hmeak dr
eir union. Cu
I1ormnerly at time approach of Easter all tim tht
nroosts of I"raimco were ramtsaclcei for the CO
rgeat eggs , which were brought as a trib- "
U to time loimig , At the conclusion of time trm
wtor high mass 1mm tIme chapel of thu
: uvre , lackeys Imrought immto time royal cabi.
Un
mmCt vyrnnilmls of gilled eggs , placed iii
baskets inherited with verdure , anti the chaplain -
lain , after having' blessed them , distrlhmitet
them in time presence of his most Christian
majesty to all time liersomme about the court ,
( lIFTS Oi 1MITATtON EGGS ,
The idea of fabrkmathmmg imliation cgg in
sugar and pasteboartl Li of later origin , ltmt
timeir manufacture has liccomne , both in
France anti Germ any , a source of Important.
( raffle , In l'arie especially time splendor and
lmiximry of the Easter eggs are aimmmoet fabmm-
bus. A fei years ago a i'arlsian house fur-
nlshmeml , destined as a present for aim infanta
of .S'pain , an egg which cost 20,000 trance.
It was formimctl of white emmamel : inside vas
engraved time gosimel of Easter day , and by
an Iiigentoims mnechaumism a hittio bird lodged
in thmls pretty cage sang twelve airs front as
niammy fashlonablo operas.
A curious cutommt prevails n Germany , for
vIiieIm I have in vain sought ami explanation.
liars are , in tIme hmopimiflF belief , transformed
for tIme imonee into oviparous aimimmmls , and
h'otl SCO in time pastry cool's windows animals
cf that species , as large as life , fltOChCllCd in
Sugar anti sitting upright in a imest , sur-
rountk'tl by ammy quantity of gga. Time fresh
mmmiii simple mmmlimded ( lornmami chiiiremm believe
I iinitiicitiy 1mm this egg producing iower of
tICO hare , anti whiemi almout Easter time they
see one running across a field they claim tlmeir
hands cmiii shout attor it , "hare , good little
imare. lay plenty of eggs for us on Easter
day. "
It Is the cmmstomn lit Germnan families on
Easter eve to place sugar and eggs-time
former uemmalty filled With hon bomme , , or tiny
playthings-in a imest , anti thou conceal it imm
the homm.e or gardemi , in order that time yommng
omies , vlm always rise at break of day cmi
that important mnormilmmg , muay have time tie-
light of seeking and fintiitmg the hidden treas-
tmres ,
In the Moraviami settlement at Salem , N.
C. , Is an old tradition as dear to time younger
people as that of Kris lCriimgle at Chmristnmas
time-that time rabbits las' bt'atmtifmmlly colored
eggs at Easter , and miests for time "good
rabbit" to lay in are eacreted within time
flower yards of each Imousehmolti , Time nests
are sommictimnes munch' of candy , the eggs likewise -
wise , but Liii' usual customn is to inmprovise
a nest of grass amid straw and place vIthiin it
eggs of every conceivable color. These are
tliscovered by time little folks early Sunday
morning.
MAY KISS TIlE PRINCESS.
Time .rammk of a princess does not shield her
from a salute on the chock by tIme lowest
boor that Itresents her with an egg at Easter
ill Etiatmia , and the ctmstoni of thistribtmtimmg
Pace or Pachme Ego-the I'assovcr or Easter
egg-is etili observed by the peamntry in
different parts of Englamitl , while time youmig
people of Scotland , where the festival has
been suppros3ed for centuries , still timrow
about anti play with barth boiled , cohered
eggs , which they finally eat.
In the days whmemi old auth yoummg alike re-
coiveil there eggs , the demand for them
was suchi that they comumnandeti oftentimmies
roat prices. After they were , boiled hmarti ,
md colored in roil , violet , blue , green , etc. ,
lyre , inscriimtioims and various designs were
raced on timeni , amid those thins ornamented
vero exchanged by those sentimentally iii-
lImed , after tim canto fashion as valentines.
rho plainer ones were saved by tIme youth
tlitl used emi Easter mimorning iii playing ball ,
vimichm , by time way , was a favorite game.
1mm tIme north of Emmglamitl boys beg nit
astor eve eggs to play wIth , and beggars
mdc for them to emit. Time eggs are liar-
iened by boiling and tinged with the juice
If imeiha , broonma , flowers , etc. Time eggs
) eing thus prepared , time boys go out amid
Clay hall with them iii time fields.
TIme ituss'iamms have a customn at Easter
vhichm they always observe , and that is this :
very year at. Easter tide they dye or color
etl a number of eggs , of which every man
111(1 ( women gives otto of the finest to the
iriest of time parish on Easter meriting.
rho common people carry one of these red
gp.m in their bianths not only on Easter clay ,
tut three or fOur days after , amid gentlammien
nd ladles have eggs gilded which they carry
ma hike nianner. They do it. they say , for a
: reat love , and a token of the resurrectinmi ,
vimeroot tlme > 1 rejoice. When two friemmds
coot thmmring time Easter holidays tlmey comae
ad take one another by the iianti and one of
Item says , "Clirist is risen' ' " time other
nswcrs , "It Is so of a truth ! " and then they
isa amid exchange their eggs , . both men and
romemi continuing this kinoing for four
lays. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sweet Mo'ments cigarettes are properly
amr.ed , as all smokers will testify.
CONNUIIJ.tId'I'ILS ,
One of time Easter bridegrooms of New York
ears the unrommiantic nammmo of Henry Stone
fand ,
lit London Limo belief prevails that early I
I time new year time prince ofmaies' remaiim-
mg unengageci daughter will be engaged to
ivell lenawn English nobleman.
It is wastefmml for a young bride to tlmrow
way her first. batch of mnlmmco pies , even it
icy aren't ideal in all respects , They will
mIce first-rate wimeeha for tii go-cart of
me oldest boy wiien ICe is 5 years old.
Lmmigl Erba , a reniterkabie Italian trom
erugla , about 40 years of age , started out
mimic tinmecge to pick up wives of all races.
Pith timemmi lie retired to Polynesia , and word
) mes from 1mb ; retrOat. that ito is now the
appy father of 370 children , lie set up
is harmmm in 1889.
The most notable society event of time
sar in Milwaukee took place on time evening
r March 25 , whmen the wethhtmmg of Miss Ida
ilmleimi , daughter of Mr. and Mrtt. Ammgust
Ihmleiim , and Fred Pabst , Jr. , son of Captain
ad Mn , . Froth Pabst , waie celebrated. Time
adding in a sense mnarkad time rapproche- ,
Lent of two of time greatest breweries of that
) uritry , and gave the event an added inter-
it in time miminds of the business world as
eli as society.
Major I'atrica McMaimon , duo do Magenta ,
ho line won the hand of time daughter of time
mc tie Chartres , Prlnceas MarguerIte
Orleans , was horn in 1855 , amid imas aerved
r inure titan twcumt.y years lii tIme army ,
miefiy in the Iiighith. . chasseurs-a.pieil , lie
cot out witlm his rogitnomit to Madmgascar ,
id it was wlmilo recruitixmg his health at
iarritz that he brought lila coultehip to a
ulipy iscue. Time I'rincosa Marguerite is
at 27 ,
"Shady" Chiidprs , aged 82 , and Mrs.
mnanda Winters , aged 46 , botlm Imithianlamis ,
et for time first time lamit Vcdnesclsy even-
g , Twenty-four hours hater they iveme mar-
ed. The groom's wife died six months
; o , after a mmmarried life of forty years but
C children bad been born to them. Mrs.
iCmterti hmao been a widow for fourteen years.
Mrm. Helen liegemaim Deami of Brooklyn
mnmnonmorated last Tuceday time eightieth
mimiversary of bier marriage , and held. liar
2d birthday fete on January. 29. To her
0 anniversary Is a , sail otto. for sue was
ft a widow imalf a comitury ego. hut to
tr relatives anti friends the day is one of
collar immterest , Sue is Iii good health amid
irita anti expects to live mmiarmy years yet ,
Albert Dummcan of Chautauqua county , ICan- '
a , ivent about getting a wife in a hiractical \
my , By imard work ime hmnil saved onommgim to
my eighty mmcromtof lmmmmmj , itocentlylto erected
oimmfortoble cottage , Time next timilig Was a
fe to put 1mm it : . lIe sent sit advertii'mmient '
a imiatrimonial paper in Chicago , and
thin two weeks had halt a dozen itimewera ,
om tlmeso Imo picked out the' name of Miss
ins .Stroder of Cimerokee Coulmty , because ,
I etaid , simo was a Kammeami girl , 'ithotmt
lay Ito wrote her to meet Imini at. sedan
itmirmiy , aol directed her to wear a blue
bbomm on bmep heft armmi. Young Duncami
eve to Sedan cariy in tIme mnornimmg , cc- p
rod his iieenite , donned a blue rihbomm amid
en went to time depot to watch time in- Si
tiiiimg train. At 2 o'clcck lie was ro-
irdt-i ] , A trim utile girl stopped from a
ibm , time two recognized eacim other arri
timout. further ceremon ) ' went to time real.
fleet of time Methodist parsoji and were v
Red for hlfo ,
PAINTcO
Ground THICK for your advantage , X OuarQnteecl . years. 0
H AMMAR AINTS _
I , I' , Lead lies flio griatiit ojiasity of an ulrt plgmmmemit in enerai e. but as cow icads imcdsr
Iii , pulp roemi , 145 mmml 1h iiIJlLtlmliifI ef l'ituenti iaads ilbout h. Eli tscids , i ( is Ibe _
: cid that dtmirsy time Oil , 11am ( teidized y last arid as cerredid ) tmitd ih'iiite Lead to proper
'roporiloc , stakes Its mr.mst setimfattcrp ci all taint Figmimemiti , .1 gallon of ilsiuwar J'aiimt ( umad , N 2
.1 pgOl'K I'iiOPOilIiOh of Lead and tine ) amid a rallea ci lure Linseed Oil , inst. two gaiioite of or ( Bilicim
ure i'aiut , eath guise eoierin see square tct , tao coats aimgoedsurfseeamid coitimig ommip . , . , , Ut Jtettmuih ,
toLl ) 'riimmolJiIi CNn ncsroNomICI.me baAL1mm ieflvxmmv TOWN , we vmc.r 'lxrtJNIi sicngy iF
As 1Lii'UE8IT5D , 8pcliI 2nducruieut In iocul 2tcwupap'.tr idvsrtCiIng , Lultb CIsc , 1C4 , , t J.cslera ,
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DOESJTPAY ?
Cost of one advcrtscmcnt , , $100
Profit on ordcrs gained , . . ' 50
Nct loss , , a . , , l $50
A 1 But cach of you havc saved \
mC LL ] . 0 510 to $15 on your Suits
madc by Nicoll.and you come again
and agali1and tell your fricnds ,
Making it pay you has gvcn us
the largcst tailor business In
the world ,
Pants to order S4 to S12 ,
Suits or Overcoats to order $15 to S5O
Samples ma'ilcd.
Garments cxprcsscd.
Visit our storcs lii oIlier citcs.
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Omalta-DcsMofncs---Kansas Cfty-Denvcr
HartIord-Wash1ngton-Pttsburg-In"
dianapolis-Minncapolis-Los.Angclcs-
St. Paul-St.
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Ncw York-SanFrancisco-Portland , Ore
207 S , 15th-Omaha
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Thrown off- ,
The creditgiving tailor is
losing his trade , , .
Sensible men are fasf ' fin.Iing ,
there's ' a big saving in Nicoll
the Tailor cash tailoring , - '
Thousands of styles to choose ,
Money back if not pleased , ,
pants to order S4 to S12 ,
p
3uits or Overcoats to order $15 to $50 , {
Samples mailed.
Garments expressed.
Visit our stores hi other cities. .
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Hartford-Washitngton-PittsburgIn.
dianapolis-Minneapohis-LosAngelcs-
St. Paut-St , Louis-Chicago-Boston-- .
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York-SanPrancsco---Port1and
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w ant US to make money
forycu ?
C/e can do it thro the clothes
yet & wear , ,
F not le1ighted with the clothes
and pleased with the amount
you savc _
_ Your money bac1r
ants to order S4 to $12.
ills or Overcoats to order $15 to $5O
Samples mailed ,
Garments expressed.
Lslt our stores in oilier citics.
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maliaDMolncsKansas City-Denver
HartIord-Wa1iingtonPLttsburgInj
dianapolis-Mlnneopols-LosAngclcs- !
St Paul--SL Louls-Clitcago-floston-
New York-SanFrancleco-Porijand , Ore.
07 S 15th-Omaha ,
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