12 TUB OMAHA DAILY BET5 : TirUKSDAY , DECEMBER 133. 1807.
Come anyway we've polite salespeople every few
feet you'll have no trouble in getting prompt and satisfactory service what a rush there
has been what a rush there will be today and tomorrow but we are prepared for it It . . W A * *
takes lots of buying to deplete a. $100,000 stiock plenty of nice givables yet to select from
Diamonds aitd then we're receiving new goods every iday pretty designs that were never shown be Jewelry
Real Diamonds not chips fore. II ; you've been here at the beginning , come now and see the new stock. Our solid gold jewelry depart
ment contains that
everything
but the regular cut stones ,
is and novel from these
in Rings at $7.00 from that new
to $500. prices up.
up Solid Gold Children's
We've the largest line of Rings 75c
mounted stones we have shown Solid Gold Misses's Rings
in five years all new in $ J,50
Rings , Brooches , Studs , Pen Solid Gold Indies' Rings. 2,00
dants . Solid G 1 | Gentlemen's
, etc. o
Southeast Corner Douglas and Fifteenth Streets.
SjUtaire DU"rmh : ani Diamonds Rings 2.00
mends in combination with Em Solid Gold Ladies' Chains
eralds , Rubies , Sapphires , etc. 9,00
'
Solid Gold Gentlemen's
An elegant line of Diamond Vv atches Umbrellas Gorham Sterling Silver Chain , Dickins' style. . . 11,50
mend Scarf Pins from $3,50
up Stick and
Boys' or girl's Watch , reliable O Pins Scarf Pins ,
and warranted $5.00 Ladies' Umbrellas , Dresden top.$1.95 Gorham sterling silver flat ware , solid gold , 6 trays of
Glasses. Elegant extra small sterling silver P Gentlemen's Umbrellas , Sterling P spoons and forks , all patterns , copy them , at each 1.50
Opera . ver Chatelaine Watch . . . . 7.50 top 2,25 righted and cannot be found in plated Link Cuff Buttons , solid
Genuine Letnnire. If you Boys' or youths' Watch , genu E Gentlemen's Umbrella and Cane E ware. gold , per pair 2.75
want a good Opera Glass come ine Elgin , in extra thin case. . 8,03 Sterling top 3.50 Dumbell Cuff Buttons ,
here. We don't deal in the Youth's Watch , small and new , N The largest line of fine Dresden N Set of Tea Spoons (6) ( ) sterling solid gold ' , per pair 2.75
$ } .90 kind. If you want a full jeweled , sterling silver case 10.00 hand'ed ' Ladies' Umbrelilas ever fine $3,50 Children's Pins , solid gold ,
good one every pair is war Gold iilled case ladies' genuine shown in Omaha. Set of Forks (6) ( ) sterling fine 7.50 Gentlemen's each Studs solid 75c
ranted. They are all new , not Elgin works , small or large E ,
a scratch on any of them ; from size 12.00 E Set of Dessert Spoons (5) ( ) ster gold , per set of 3 2.75
* ; S4.50 up. Gold filled case , for ladies , large V Pocket Books V ling fine 7.50 Belts and Chatelaines
or small , Elgin movement , The largest line of Pocket Books Set of Table Spoons (6) ( ) sterling
warranted 15 years 15,00 E fine 11.00 Enameled
Cut Glass Gold filled case , for gentTemen , for ladies and gentlemen ever shown E Elegant French
flat in Omaha suitable for presents at Gorham silver handled Bells and Chatelaines from $6,00
Elgin movement , extra Carving
Ours is the finest made the and thin , small or large 12.UO N very reasonable prices. N Sets , Wade & Butcher steel. . 9.00 to $20.00. Take the time to see
famous Hoare & Co. Blue
James Our watch stock ' never was as I I Serling silver Sugar Spoon. . . . 1.50 them if you want a presznt for a
White Glass ; piece is a complete and p'ece in it is reliable
every gem every
' Sterling Silver Novelties. lady. What is nicer ?
Sterling silver Sugar Sifter 1.50 newer or
in itself Hardly a thing in Cut ble goods. 'N N
We have elegant line of higher ' Sterling silver Butter Knife 1.50
an -
Glass but what showing 'NG We haven't time to quote prices Rookwood Lamps
we are ,
' er priced goods , from these prices up G on Sterling Silver Novelties but have G Sterling silver Bon Bon Spoon. . 1.50
and we've made the prices right. to years.'N received a lot of new goods so we can ' With autumn leaf decorated
The display alone is worth coming We sell a good rolled gold. Chain S supply anything you want from 25c S A complete line of Gorham's ster Globes , the newest , szz them in
for gentlemen for $2.00 , warranted . ling silver pieces in cases suitable for
to the store to .
ing see. 5 years. up. presents. our windows , $ U,50 to $20.00.
SAVI8G LIFE THEIR HOBBY
Noble Work Performed by New York's ' Life
t
Savin" ; Association.
1 * BRAVE BAND OF YOUNG MEN i
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9 I HeciirilH of ( lie Mi-mlie
In
n mill Their Collrotluii of Oold
anil Slli or Moiliiln Vulur-
T UI1H .IK'L'llH.
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"When I want a work done thoroughly give
mo x volunteer to do It. " Such was the dic
tum of Talleyrand , the greatest diplomatist
of modern times ; and such today is the prin
ciple on which the \ojutcer life-saving corps
of New York lives , moves and has Its being.
The Volunteer life saving corps of New
York is a magnificent charity , purely volun
tary , both as regards Its officers and the
contributions which support it. Its objects
are the saving of life at all times , and in
partlculai the sa\ing of life at scacoast and
lake shore resorts of the Empire state. When
winter that some evidence of their watch I
fulness is not reported to ( headquarters.
1-J/ery Instance of brave rescue Is rewarded 1
by the presentation of a medal , whether fie
plucky llfo saver be a member cf the organ
ization or not. The man who h s a number
of gallant rescues to his credit receives a
gold medal/ And all this la dene , not as the
British humane society doea It ( by a gov
ernment grant ) , but by wiclly voluntary
osntrlbutlons. From the president himself
donn to the latest Joined life suver not one
member of the corps receives a salary. Each
station Is supplied with rescue buoys trod
other apparatus , together with the flags and
Insj'ei la of the society. Bey end tuat 'they '
are given nothing.
And now fsr a few lnstanes of the noble
work done by the corps. Read at random
the flies of the New York , l Ubiny. Rochester
and Brooklyn dally papers for the last few
years mid one is certain to find Iti almost
every issue some Int'iance ' of the society's
signal usefulness. It would take a good-
sized volume 4to Justly chronicle what the
Volun'eer corps Jias accmpllshed.
GOLD MEDALIST OF THE BAND.
Rudolph Confleld Is a gold medalist of the
corps. To ttilm , in the presence of many
citizens , was presented the highest honor
vhlch it Is In the province cf the society to
bestow. Jlr. ConfleCd's gold medal was pre
sented to him by ( Mayor Strong of Greater
New York. The gold medalist Is but 20 years
old , but while he plunged recklessly and
corps' sphere of utility will probably extend
all over the great wuteruayu and coast lines
of the United States.
The corps Is barely 7 years old. In
iB'JO gome public spirited citizens , Incited by
tbo splendid work of the English Royal hu
mane society , and by the appalling number of
( loiths by drowning along our coasts , decided ,
i # at their awn expense , to found and endow
an organization for preserving life both in the
harbors and along the great Inland water
ways. For three years the philanthropic
fraternity struggled along unaided , but so
f. largq did 'tho field of Its usefulness become ,
. and * o many were the good results accruing
from its work , that In 1891 the president and
founder ; J. Wesley Jones was moved to oak
an.apprgprtatlou from the legislature at Al
bany ,
The legislature responded with a small
grant , whereby a number of new life saving
stations vvpro started , and many more valuable -
able Ihes preserved to the community. Since
then the -corps has obtained no financial aid
whatsoever from the state. All Us work is
done purely for the lo\o of It. That the
ork U a good work and productive a few
examples will perhaps best show.
VOLUNTEERS AT WATERING PLACES.
The volunteers of the corps are at every
( watering -place of consequence In the Empire
tote. Not a. week passea In < ho summer sea-
cv Lud eeircely a piocUi in the autumn or
fearlessly Into the water to save life , his
face was so embarrassed on the occasion of
the presentation that the only reply ihe could
make to 'Mayor Strong's almost elaborate
speech of commendation was a < few Inarticu
late worda. He Is'below ' the average height ,
but the uiuacles of his arms and legs are
developed to an extraordinary degree.
The Awards of silver medals during tbo
season of 1896-7 develop Interesting reading.
Hire li a typical case taken from the rec
ords of the society wherein a mere child
Ehowcd herself extraordinarily plucky :
Qltaa Llzzlo Moore , a young girl , accom
panied by young Denis Homau of Rlverbead ,
N. Y. . weio awardt-d modals of the Volunteer
Life Saving < co-ps : of-the state of New York
for coolness and bravery In saving lives.
On the 17th of 'April last , while fishing
from the bridge on I'econlc river , llttlo David
Colin fill Into the water , The lad was driftIng -
Ing toward tbowheel of the flour mill and
was In great danger , when Denis Homan ,
stopping out of a crowd of larger boys ,
plunged Into the water. It was an aet of
great bravery , and owing to Ills promptness
the child was brought to land , with much
dllllcu'lty. ( Matter Jloman Is the son of ex-
Supervisor George K'Homau ' , and Is a bright ,
wideawake lad ,
JIlM Moore rescued Fred 13rooks , tlie
7-year-old oi > of Cbarlea Brooks , from
drowning , lout April. The child was playing
ucur < b Fuconlcf river , jyhea be slipped aud
\
fell In. MlsB ijloore , see'tfg him fnm a
window , ran to his assistance. Tnc lad
would have diowned but for the timely aid
and coolness of the young heroine. Ml-s
Moro also received with iher medal a con
gratulatory letter front Admiral Jones.
DEAF MUTE HERO.
It la not often that a deaf mute figures
as a llfe-sa\er. Yet Sere Is > i case In which
a pcrtan so ainicted proved himself a hero ,
. and was duly rewarded by the corps Tne
'
following is a'ao from the society records :
It is not always accessary to hear cries
of warning to announce the presence of
danger. This is proven by the fact Ifrat John
j \V. Lyons , a deaf mule living at Itath Beach ,
| has saved no less than eight lives from a
watery grave. He has two medals awarded
him by the Volunteer life paving corps of
Now York , ono of them eonta'nlng two bari > ,
signifying that It Is a double award. Re-
: ently he was presented with his dcuble
mdgo of honor in Judge Nostrand's court ,
Coney island , for rescuing a joung woman
and a lad last 'August at Bath Beach. The
youig woman had become exhausted after
jetting beyond her dep'th , and Lyons , ut the
rltk of his own life , jumped from the pier
at the foot of Do Bruyn'B lane and swam
with her ashcre.
He made his first rescue at Fort Wash
ington , Eomo years ago , when he pulled a
little boy out of the- deep waters of the sound.
Ills second ono wes when he was rowing on
the Harlem river. A man had tumbled In
accidentally , and It was with difficulty that
30 was saved. It was during the summer of
1890 that ho effected a brilliant rescue. A
man named William Gallagher slipped from
a rock Into the deep water of the sound.
Lyors divested himself of part of his clothing
and swam to his assistance , and , after a hard
struggle saved him from drowning. All his
other rescues were made In the vicinity of
3ath Beach. Ho did not find out the name of
the first one , nor did he receive nny recog
nition of it whatever. The second was the
wlfo of a physician , anil her husband was on
the scene at the timeThe womin was
struggling beyond her depth , having been
carried out by an undertow , when ho swam
out to her assistance. She caught him around
the waist and ho had hard work to land her ,
ns well as himself , in safety. ! For this heroic
deed the Volunteer llfo-Bavlng corps of the
stito awarded him a medal and also a letter
of thanks.
Mr. Lyons Is 31 years of ago. He was
born in New York City , and his affliction was
left by a severe attack of measles whqn he
was only 1 jear old. For many jears ho
VVCB a student at the deaf mutes' institu
tion , Now York , It was while ho was learn
ing the signs and also his trade as a car-
petite. ' that ho cultivated bis taste for
aquatics.
"Such examples of volunteer bravery , " said
J , Wesley Jones , the enthusiastic president of
the corps , might be multiplied a hundred
fold. In the jcar 1897 alone 108 cases of lifesaving -
saving occurred , to the heroes and heroines of
which medals have been awarded. Each
grant of a medal IB only Issued upon the
sworn statement of two witnesses and of the
icscued individual , A representative of the
corps ( and our agents are now stationed on
every coast , lake and river and at every canal
station of Importance ) must also certify that
the account of the case is absolutely correct. "
To luvo saved 108 lives in a singleas (
) Ct Incompletcd ) y ear Is a boast to which any
organization might point with pride. But
the Volunteer life-saving corps merely looks
upon this remarkable record as perfectly nat
ural and In the ordinary ,
You can't make a new arm with Salvation
Oil , but } ou can cure the bruises with It. 25c.
MuriiiMl In a Pin * ,
NEW YORK , Dec. 2. . Mrs. Freda
Schllntz , aged and crippled , was overcome
bv Btnoko and died when within n fevv feet
of nattily durlnB ix lire which broke out In
tie house In which she lived on Bust Ninety-
fifth street , before daylight today , i\ery
effort ins innde to ? ave her life by her two
daughters ) , but their strength KUVO out und
they iaire forced to abandon their mother
and barely escnped death themselves. About
n score of other * were rescued by the po'lce
and firemen. The ( Ire originated among
some Chrlstmuu decorations In a candy
store on the llrst lloor.
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Remember that there it no foreign matter
In Cook's Imperial Champagne , extra dry ,
Pure Juice o. ' too gra ci4 , ltl
MAN WITH I THE PLUG HAT
It Provoked a Shower of Snow Balls from
Bemm Sporty 073 ,
FORTUNATELY THEIR AIM WAS BAD
Huu Hat MnKtevHoii Was Rrcetpil mill
tin * Siil > NC > < [ jii'ijt ViiiiIoKlt'X TrllliM
Unit Hu"\e I'riiiitfil llomt-
clilc lit tlie Wcxt.
"Shooting bees that might have proved
wicked and deadly have often been snitched
off and presented by narrow margins , often
by mere accidents , out In the Itocky towns
and camps , " saldcJoe Forsythe of Iteno ,
Nev , , to the New York Sun man. "I've seen
three or four Instances of this myself. In
1SS6 I was running a small hotel In Reno ,
about a block from the railroad station.
Reno wasn't a reform town nt that time by a
whole lot , and. It Isn't an especially long-
eared town now , for that matter , But ten
years ago the boys in Reno used to plug
away at each other on smaller provocation ,
and a gooi deal cftener than they do now ,
for the 'best ' to bo had out there ut that time
was sagebrush whisky that burns holes lu
Imestone , and it kind o' kept their nerves
on edge.
"Ono January day Reno got Into the middle
of a pi tty bad "blizzard " and the snow piled
ip to about a foot and a half on ? the level.
The express train from the eabt , San Fran
cisco bound , was a couple of hours late. It
was duo to stop at Reno at C o'clock In the
evening , but It did not haul Into the station
intil a bit after 8. Heno wasn't yet over
; he holiday drunk and the town was pretty
Ivcly. About fifty of the men wcru down at
.he station to see the train come In and to
give male arlvals at Reno a warm reception
should there bo any. There was one. He
was a compactly built man with grayish hair
and a serious countenance. Ho looked like
ono of those whisky drummers that never
sample their own goods. Ho was togged out
n swell eastern style. He wore a fine chin
chilla ulster that reached almost to his heels
ind was trimmed with sealskin , patent
leather shoes , and a plug hat !
"Noiv , that man's situation whrn ho got
off the train anil clutched his tnu big grips
was not one that I'd have cared to be In a
plug hat in Heno when Reno was still
rastllng with the regulation three weeks'
holiday Jag , and all of the boys right on
the spot Into the bargain. The poor man
stepped from the train with his two grips.
The boys wasted no time In giving him the
hoot. They didn't make any hostile demon
strations , nor dance around him , nor attempt
to perforate the bat with forty-eights , but
they Just howled In unison as he walked
along the platform , with a grip In each hand.
The man wth | the plug hat didn't pay the
slightest attention to them , iHo looked
neither to the right nor to the left. Not a
muscle of hli sarlous face twitched. Ho kept
right on bis way donn the platform , bound
for my hotel. TUla coolness on the part of
the man with tba Plug bat did not please the
'boys. ' They wanted him to gel mad and say
things. In order that they might ha\e fun
with him
himSURPRISED
SURPRISED THE GANd.
" 'What Kind bf a tenderfoot Is tilt * , nny-
how ? ' the ) asked t ch other as the new Arri
val disappeared around tbo corner of the
station. 'And wheredo we get the worth o !
cnir money out o him ? '
"They all madefia rush for the end of < Lc
station around \\Wcb tbo mun with the P'.II.T
hat bad dleappexrod. lie had not gone nioie
than fifty feet -from the station , for th re
were some pretlyheavy snowdrift * nlong the
jiath < o my hotel , and hla satchels were
heavy. Tbo hat 4ooked tempting , and the
snow was eteryvfcere at hand. The boys
began to pelt otathe plug hat with snon-
balln. Most of tbrm bad bands on 'em like
hams , capable of crushing a handful of snow
Into a ball of Ice with one crunch , The wtiole >
fifty of them pegged anay at the hat. Hut
the nnn prolably wore i charm Inside tlii =
lining of the hat. It olinply could not be nit
'Ihe man was , hit tveryxvlieic else from the
nape of the nrck to the ho'ls , but his hat nas
untouched , although perhaps a thciuiand nno
bnllB were heaved at it by men with tr , HP !
mark'mon's eye . The man underneath fie
plug bat dliln't tu-n arounj en o H > p o ded
right along to the ! door of my hotel ui h bu
tno grips He didn't e\en drop the grips to
Jecl of his neck end eais when the sunn-
bv.lls pasted him there.
"I was behind the hotel desk when t'o !
man with the plug hat oimo in. He walked
up to the desk and planted his two crlrs
donn on It.
" 'How are you ? ' eald he to mo.
"Then ho took off his plus hat and laid it
down carefully on the desk Then he unbut
toned his ulster and bis cutaway coat unJer-
nea'.h it and peeled off both nt the hiinc
time. As he stood for a minute pulling up
the nleeu < of bis shirt my eye caught sight
ci a gold star , with a big diamond set In
the center of It , pinned to his left suspender , ,
that bad slipped a bit from beneath his walst-
crat. And when he turned around and nrdo
for the door nt which he had come in , I saw
In each of his hind pockets a gun tint w = s
not built for Fourth of July business.
RETURN THR COMPLIMRNT.
"Bareheaded , and In his shirt sleeves , and
with a sort of flickering smile at the corners
of his mouth , the man who had worn the
plug hat went out the doar. The street was
well lighted all the way down to the station.
He dived Into a snow bank In the middle of
the road and began to make FOOWballs like a
man who had often made 'em before. Ho
piled up a etark of twenty or thirty good
ones before tbo fellows who had been pelting
him a couple of minuter ) before , and were
now coming In his direction , got onto him.
Then he began to hcavo his snowballs at
the gang. Every mowball be throw hit a
man. The gang net up a howl of delight , und
began to pelt him In return. They lilt him
everyv\line from the top of his head to the
toes of his shoes , but ho didn't mind It a
llttlo bit , apparently , and continued firing
'em back at them , one man against fifty ,
for twenty minutes. Ho got a lot of 'em
right In the eye , too.
"When ho got tired of the game ho walked
coolly to the hotel again and went over to a
wasbstand In the corner to wash up , with
out saying anything ,
"Then the- gang came In In a body , looking
for the man who had worn the plug Imt ,
whom they approved and admlied. They ad-
mlrtd and approved him a bit more when
they saw the two big guns sticking out of
bis bind pockote , and they looked like they
were still wondering what kind of a tender
foot he was. Three or four of the boys went
up to the stranger.
" -'You're all right , Cop , ' ihey said to him
patronizingly. 'Pretty nervy game you put
up for a man wearln' a dicer like that you
had on. We didn't in ecu you no harm , you
understand. Where you from , anyhow ? '
" 'Denver , when I'm at home' said tbo
quiet man. 'From Leadvllle Just now. '
' ' -See you're heeled , all right , ' said ono of
tbo boys , pointing to the stranger's guns.
'What would you do with 'em , anyhow , In a
pinch ? '
"Tho stronger looked at the speaker with
a vague sort of smile.
" 'Well , ' eald he , 'If any of you fellows had
lilt that hat of mine maybe thero'd have been
some dead onea around here. I can stand for
any kind of a game of fun except having my
hat Vn-rkcd off , I take cold easily , you tco. '
" 'The thunder you boy , ' si Id some of the
boys , and ihey looked again like they tho'igbt
this stranger wag a queer kind of duck They
flood around without saying much until bn
got through washing up. When he got
through ho came over to the desk , aiU I
turned the register around for him to put his
URtne on It. He took > a pen , examined
the nib carefully , and then In small neat
andnrltlng , ho put down this Inacrlp'lon :
Bard olomew Masterson , I.ad\llle , Cola.
THIS REVELATION ,
"I hauled the register arcund nnd looked at
the name. Bat Masterson resumed hl4 plug
hat and cutaway coat , nnd waited for me to
assign him a room I give him the best
In the lioutre. After ho had gone upstair *
tome of tbo boys walked over to the desk to
iiave a look at tlie rcjUter. The flrst man
wlo got his eje on the new arrival's name !
gave a Jump and then tifn" ) ( o the irowd
" 'Say , ' sjld he , 'you fellows can all uiss
by me In Injun flic and let me kick you good
and hard , and when It Is all over you cin
ell kick mo at once Who do you suppose
this man is that WO'VP been giving the laugh
to and chucking sno\v ta'ls at , and trying to
mike a monkey of In gcne-al ? '
" 'Ask us an easy one. ' tald the gang In
chortib 'Who Is he ? '
" 'Only Bat Masteisnn , ' sjlrt the man nt the
desk. 'And we've been taking him for a len-
deifoot. HP'S simply m dp faimcis out of
us , that's all. '
"He didn't hive to continue. Thp inpre
ment'on of Masterson's name bo na < then
the marshal and boss of Leadvlllp was
enough to make the gang feel cheap. They
all knew lint in a standiip gun fisht Mas-
terson was the wo st man In America , and
that ho had something HKe twcntj-two
notches on his right-hand gun to Indicate
the bullies and desperadoes he had klllel
while serving as general order pcscr\er of
bad camps and towns. The crowd went up
to Masterson's room , dragged him out by
main force , and there w.is nothing In ( ho
town too good for him for twenty-four hours ,
They would hardly consent to let him attend
to the private business that bad brought hl-n
to Reno , and you can gamble that no snow
balls were chucked at hla plug hat when
the gang etcorted him in u body down to the
sMtlon a couple of days later. Ho told me
confidentially , though , and on the level , that
If his hat had been knocked off his head by
a snow ball on the night he struck the town ,
he wouldn't have been able to hold himself
In from shooting , 'bccaiixe , ' told be , 'I was
born cranKy on that point , '
A CHIKD AS A PEACEMAKER. *
"I sa what might have been a double killIng -
Ing prevented In a queer port of way at La
Junta , Cole , about six ye-irs ago , fho two
fellows who would have shot each other but
for this accidental Intervention had no war
rant to kill each other , either. They were
both good follows and fijat-rato friends at
that Tom Lemon , the station master at La
Junto , and Clem Thompson , a locomotive
engineer but they hn < I the. whisky In them
at the time the thing fiupponcd and they
would have blazer ! anny at each other sure
as pop If the kid hadn't turned up Just at
the right minute. Lemon and Thompson hud
been on a spree together for a week. They
sat down to a two-haixlud game of prairie
lioiJro ono afternoon when th y wore both
ugly drunk. They quarreled Incessantly over
the hands , tbo luck , the whliiky , the weather
and the whole thing In Kent-ial , no .that the
rest of us who happened to bu around got to
throwing paper wads at the BJjust for fun ,
They didn't pay any flttentlov to us , how
ever , but went ahead snarling at each other ,
until wo all could BOO that trouble and a
whole lot o ( It was In Bight If the two inui
were not separated. None of us felt like
undertaking the Job of prying them apart ,
however , and so they went on with their
game , which wan for Jl or no a corner
Whllo the two men were calling each other
names over ttio cards ami working them
selves up to the red-hot stage Nan Cool-
lldgo's llttlo 4-year-old , blue-eyed girl toil-
died Into the saloon , dragging along by her
left band a rag baby made of an old shawl ,
with a string tied around the und for a head.
Nan Coollldgo was a woman down the street
of na oartlcu'ai reputation Vv'o all made a
gocd deal of the llttlo girl and petted her
up and then turnei her loose to walk around
the place an she saw fit , She. walked up bo-
hind Lemon's cbalr > and stood there , un-
obscrveil by both players , watching the game
with big eyts , and not fca/ed a little bit by
the hot talk the two men were slinging at
epch other.
'Clem Thompson1 , the engineer , was doing
all the winning at the same. Finally Lemon
could hold hluiHelf In no longer. He brought
his flat down on the tnblu with a bang.
" 'Thoiiipscti , blast you1 ! he shouted , 'you're
dishing out nhort carilu on me aid I'm going
to get hunk with you far It. '
"Tho worda were no sooner out of his
mouth than Thompson nuched behind for his
gun and tbon a look ut blank astonishment
came over hla face , At tilt ! name Instant
Lemon leaped to his feet and ii'acncd around
to hU right band pocket for his gun , lie
got the gun , and lomotblaK else along -with
It. The something duo wag the tiny , soft
baud of iUQ llttlo bluc-oycd girl , and
Lemon's grab was so quick that he Jerked
the little girl on her feet The station
master , with a funny look of surprise on his
face , looked down at the llttlo girl , who
was bcrambllng to her feet , with Clem
Thompson's heavy a : ny pistol , that she hid
slipped out of his pocket while ho was
absorbed In the game anil the quarreling over
It , still tightly clutched In her left hand.
When he saw his gun In the child's hands
ho broke Into n roar. So did Lemon.
" 'She'd 'a1 had irl'ie , too , In a second ,
Clem , ' said he , putting away" his pistol , and
there was no more ihougit of she ; ; . In either
of them T4iey were both too busy In mak
ing much of tbo llttlo one.
DIVERTED BY A OOC5 TIGHT.
"Then there was that dog fight In Thu
Bolknap's saloon In Crecdo that kept Sonic
Rutherford anil Bill Delaney from knifing :
each otliei. I was hi Hclknap'a place when
it happened. Rutherford and Del' noy wet a
miners , and each man owned a'llne bull ter
rier. Tie dogs haJ never got together , but
their masters had to keep them under a good ,
deal of restraint to hold them apart. Whenever -
over Delaney and Ruthcrfcrd happened aloiiR
Into the tame place with their dogs , the dogs
had to be tlcl < sufficient dlstailcc apart to
prevent them from chewing each other into
mincemeat.
"Rutaerford and Delaney came Into Bel-
knap's place a few minutes apart one after-
nson In the spring of ' 92 , with Hie bull ter
riers trailing after them. Delaney. who nas
the first to arrive with his dog , cl'lined ' the
dog at the rear of the salconi , and begin to
load Up at the bar , as was Ills custom on
Sunday afternoons and this was a Sunday.
Then Rutherford came In , chained Ills dog
at the front of the taloon , .mil proceeded to
imitate tlie eximplo of his frleiil Dehney ,
The two men stood at the bar , drinking ex
ceedingly vile whisky , for on hour or so , and
tnen they became Involved In a hrated argu
ment over sonio trivial thl'ig or other. Ilo'.h
mbn were kncwn as pretty bad knife HK'H- '
erB , and Belktnp , w 10 was behind the bar
helping his birkecpcr out , for trade wai
lively , fcaw that the two men were bound
to come together. Their argijmciit grow hotter -
tor nnd hotter , and finally Rutherford called
Delaney a liar , Dolinuy reached for hla
knife , and so dlil Rutherford , and In no time
at all the two men were deHcrlbhiK the pre
liminary circles aroiinl eaeli other. Then
Tim Ilclknap tipped tbo wink to his bar-
keeper. The Imrkeepor slipped around to-
where Rutherford's bull terrier was tethered
at the ficnt of tbo store , and Belknap him
self went to where Dcl&ocy's dog was.
chained , Then Belknap gave a whlstlo , and
tbo two dogs were unleashed at the tumc In
stant , They \u > ro at earii other's tnroatH Ilka
streaks of greased lightning , anl It VMIS funny
to sco how quickly the two men , Just on tha
point of cutting each other all to pkccH ,
dropped their knives to watch tha perform
ances of their dog They se'cmed to forget
all about fighting with the first yelp of Inc.
canlno battle , and for ten minutes they stood
over tiiogo iflghtlng dogn and mada bets with
exich other on the outcoi-t. Delaney's doif.
after fifteen minutes , killed Rutherford's bull
terrle. ' .
" "Well , that squares you for exiling me .
liar , Ser > k , ' said Delaney to Rutherford , and
thu two men left tie saloon arm in arm. " i
I Killed ullh SliTi fl.
| DAYTON , O , Ute. 22 , John Dcljili , n.
moulder , ( lied Ilila morning a | St , Kl'/ahrtli '
hoHpltal from u fracture of thn Hkull Ho
I quarreled with a ne ro labornr , Chnrlen
Ktrutlur. with whom he VVUH worklm- tha
Malleable Iron vs-oiku , who B Ijipcd up b-
lilml him und xiruc'j Dim with u HIIOVI I.
Btruthcr escnped.