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fers : 12 TJIR OMAHA DAILY BE : WEDNESDAY , JANUATIY 5 , 1808 , * * The Story of a Baby * and a Druydge . . / Ily Jonn IF. WhUion. Vlv VI. y t .It vn , } v .tv | . .I ( Ccp > rlB it , ISM. liy f. fl. M'Clu c Co. ) "I Just hate being a drudge ! " grumbled fenny. glv.ng a little cry of pal" a Ipllnlcr from tile dry beoci BtovcwooJ pierced her flnKor. "I Just hate It ! I Jus lute It ! Anl I hate everyone mill everything here. " She dropped the click and began to pull it the splinter. It came out , brlnp'.iig a flrtp of blood. The fhigor win hard and cal- loutcd , the hands rougj and red. Tile face wts rough anJ red , too , fiery red now wr h antjer. Kvery one called her Crooked Jenny. Thin was because she \\M a , dwarfish hump- wk. Mrs. Tllhcrlngton declared that she Jtscrved the tMtno quite as niutti bccauao f her crooked temper. Jenny Tutlow had been In the Tlthcrlng- .on homo three years. Her parents were lead , and Hie uncle ap well wl'h whcni she lived after the diuth of her parents.VCion .his urclo died Mrs. Tltnerliigton brought ( tany hame. There Aeemtd nothing else to ao done. 1'erhipa she meint to Jo well by the girl. Certainly she cxpcc ed Jenny lo "pay her way , " and was dlligint In lier ifforts to aso that she did , n extracted the splinter frcm her the torture of the dark room was alway * I added deprivation of supper. However , she did not reach up to take the npplc. "What T wanted to say , though , and wh > I've come for you , Instead of Mrs Tltherlng ton , " ho went , "Is that we've got company I * hope you'll llko It about the company they're down In the parlor now. I never glvo It much thought , hut I a'pose It inual bo ruther lonesome for > ou here sometimes ? ' Jenny maintained a pervcrec and doggci silence. "They came over from the village an hour or so ago , " he exclaimed , shifting uneasily to the other foot , " .Mrs. Gordon and her baby , or rutlicr her llttlo girl , for eho's nigh- about on to a year and a half old by now. Her husband died , you see , and being Mrs. Tlthcilngton's own cousin , and no place to go , she come up hero , nnd we've agreed tc do by her the best we can. I hope you'll llko her , Jen ; her and the baby. " Tills last doubtfully. "I don't want to ceo her , " said Jenny , her heart Icing again. She began to feel thai .Mr. Tlthcilngton's unexampled klmlncFo had Us cent In a desire to keep Mrs. Gordon from knowing she had been badly treated. "Sho'll hate me , same's everybody does , when aho sees my crooked back and red face , and finds out how mean I can be sonic- times. I know sho'll hate mo , nnd I don't want to see her. " "I dunne alnut that , " argued .Mr. Tlthcr- Ington. "I don't hate you , and I don't bu- liovo sho'll do anything of the kind , either. CRfJOKHD JRNNII5 UASHKU TO THG finger. Jenny picked up tie offending stick nn 1 hurled It Irom her with ficrco anger , not noting and not o.rlog he direction. The woodshed door opened at that moment , and t i3 lljlns utlck struck Mrs. Tithcrlni- t .n . on the shoulder , almost knocking her from her foet. "I'm going to whip you for ' 'hat , Jenny Tctlow. ceo If 1 don't ! " Mrs. Titherlngton Ocf-larcil , her face aflumc. She trcrood the Intervening tpjoe before t o astwUhed R'lrl could rise to beat a re treat and too'c 'her savagely by the shoulder. "What , do you moji by throw lug that silrk ? " S otOiook Iha girl violently. Jenny caught her breath , * et her teeth and paid not a w rd. thuit i her contracted brows and the rebellious lines In her face spoke volumes. 'Why rtco't jou answer mo , Jeni Tetlow ? " Mrs. Tl heriiiRton demanded. "Why don't jou speak ? \V.iy did jou throw that stick ? DM ycu do It to hi me ? I'm surc you did. You're the worst child that I ever saw in all my boic. days ! I really don't know \\Ciat to do with you. I've : no ion to ttirash ycu within an Vch of your life ! " "I don't cnre , " was Jenny's defiant as sertion. "I don't care If ycu kill me ! " Mrs. Tl'herlngton's anger appeared to gain volume. She pulled the girl roughly ncrcss the floor , pushed her before her up a stair way and locked her In a dark room. It was a worse punishment than whipping. Jenny paid no more heed to whippings than she did to the dropping of rain on the grcns and U-a\ca , but she feared the darkness and lone liness of that room. But It did not conquer her. It only roused her to fiercer defiance. When Mrs. Tlther- ton retreated down the stairs Jrnny wan Ecrcinilnsr. kicking on the door , nnd shouting out her hate llko a veritable littln savage. "SHR 1'UL.UBU THK G.WL , ItOUGHLV ACUOSS THE FLOOR. " "I don't know what I shall do with that child , " thought Mrs. Tltherlngton. "Tho Idea of her throwing that stick stovewood at me ! ha Is perfectly Incorrigible , and she gets worse Instead of better. I really believe If seine people had her they would kill hor. Hero she's been with me three years , and lm don't mind as well as aho did when she- first cumc. " For half an hour afterward screams con tinued to Issue from that upper room nnd lilckH to rain on the door , The furious llt tlo heart hated everything that lived. She know the story of \vrong-dolng would be told to Mr. Tlthcrlngton as HOOD as ho stepped Into the houeo , and she hated him for his expected condemnation. Above all things C.'GO , she hated herself , her crooked back , her homely , red face , and rough , red hands. Why was ehc horn , she naked bor- celf , to be an unloved and unlovely drudge ? Why had nature given her H deformed body , on uncomely face and an ugly temper ? Against all thetto thliifti her anger rose In hot rebellion. Three hours later , when thp night shadows were gathering , Mr. Tltherlngton pushed Into the dark room , carrying a lantern , He had heard his wife's Etory , and had a vague fcollng that perhaps she had been hasty and harsh. As for himself , Mr. Tltherlngton had never given much heed to the llttlo waif that the world's currents had drifted Into bis homo. Ho d only time for his hogs and his cattle , his horses and his sheep. Ho did not at first see the croaked form In the corner , where Jenny , having exhausted herself , had fallen asleep. When ho did see her and observed the tear etalns on the Ill- favored face , hla lips twitched , She started n | ) with a cry of fright as the light fell on her. her."It's "It's only mo , Jen , " ho eald softly. "It's tlmu for you to go lo bed , you know. You'll catch your death up here. " "I don't care , " eho declared , bitter mem ory reasserting Itself , "I wish I was dead , anyway , that's what I wish ! " "Tut , tut ! " bo cried , uncomfortably touched , "It's only foolish people who talk that way , You'll feel different In tbo mornIng - Ing , The eupper's been cleared away , but , " hesitatingly , "hero's an apple. I happened to have It In my pocket. " Jenny understood , but ealJ nothing. To I'm ruther calculating that she's going to like vou. " Ho still held the cnplo In his hand. It was Juicy and red-cheeked end c.ie looked at it hungrily. A hard sob struggled out of the llttlo thtoat and a shining , look came Into t.io eyes , but she did not take the ap.le. "Now I'm going to light you down stairs and put you to bed. If you'll let me,1' he went on. "Tlilngs'll look different In the morning , when the sue gits to hhlnlng and the bln.3 ! to sltigln' . I've often noticed that they do. And you're most certain to like Mrs. Gordon and the baby. It's name. Is Emmy. Emmy Gordon is a rlg'.n pretty name , I think. " His face flushed when fthc was still silent cud he ( > ut the apple back Into his pocket. The repulfe hurt him. He took up the lantern and stepped to the stairway , and she , getting up from the corner , followed. At the bottom he left her without a word. She heard t'.ie > sounds of conversation and laughter In the carlor , which was brilliantly Illuminated , then scudded llko a rat to the IjUlo back room where she sle\it. II. She felt that she was going to hate Mrs. Gordon , and even the baby , for the seem ingly good and sufficient reason that she al ready hated every one on the pace. ! ' But the next day the pink baby face , the toddling llmLrt , the big blue eyes and the cooing trustfulness of the child drew out Crooked Jcntiy's love In a surging wa\o. The starved little heart gave to the baby all the love It had co long held In check , a love ll'at ' In Its'power and depth was fairly wor shipful. "It's really wonderful how Jen takes to your Emmy , " Mm. Tltherlugton declared to Mrs. Gordon before a week had gone * by. "I've got to watch her or she'll steal the baby out or coax her uciEtalrs when you ain't" watching. I wish you'd Just look at them romping now ! I'm most afraid to trust her , though. She's that changeable and notbral there's no depending tn her. " At the moment Crooked Jennie was play- ItiK "camel. " Eho was down on her bands and knees , with the baby on her back , end f.io was plunging and prancing In what she conceived to be the true camel style. "I'm a pretty good camel with that hump on my back , ain't I1' they heard her say , and some way the tone and the imoitlon touched them. Jcnriy saw them looking at her and n great 'par chilled her heart. "I mus : bo careful or they won't let mo play with her at all , " was her thought ; and from that time there was a ch&cige In her demeanor toward the child. Mrs. Tltheringtcti observed this and duly commented on It , In her dlsparag'ng way citing It as a proof of Crooked Jenny's fickle ness. 'Mrs. Gordon was not observant. Mr. Tltherlngton was again absorbed In his horses and cattle , his hogs and his sheep. Jenny played with the baby whenever she felt who could do so with safety , an * at other times followed It with hungry glMiccs. u\s often as the baby sighted her It came tcdd- llng 1 her direction , or made efforts to reach her. 0 io day iMrn. Tliherlngton and Mrs. Gor- dcn sat 'in the kitchen , absorbed In talk. They were paring apples. The suaahlno fell llko a patterned carpet on the floor. The kettle sung a merry aong on the stove. Llt tlo Emmy was momentarily forgotten , A horse dragging a buggy flatbed wildly . up the read In a clou of dust. Crooked Jenny hoard the cliattcr of hoofa and glanced i out at the read. Her heart went Into her i mouth , and her pulses eccmed to s'lll. Down in the dust of the road , unccrscloua of peril , llttlo Emmy was plaj ug , \Vlt a choking cry Crooked Jwmy sprang through the cpnl doorway. Her llp.s wero' parted and liur hwuuly face was white , with ' 11 great fetr. She B < UV nho ( lery-evd horse , ' heard the thunder of hid Jioofs and the ra tie of the bor.cidlng wheels , saw the child. From her terrror-llllcd heart a sobbing prayer went up. up.Tho The shriek that was torn from her wticn It seemed to her the home's hoofs would strike the child to the earth brought to the woman In Uiu kitchen their first knowledge of llttlo Rmmy's peril Then Crooked Jinny , duelling to Lie rescue , went down under tCio hoofs herself and was beaten Into the duut by the wheels , She was gat-ping and half unconscious and her face was ashen when the women reached I her , but the chllrt was safe ; Crooked Jenny had held It at arms' length , beyond the blows of the hoofs and the beating of the wheels and It was untouched. Crooked Jenny came back to herself la a darkened room that made her think of Urn dark room upstatm. People were bout her She started up and cried out anxiously for llttlo Kmmy. The child , rosy and prattling wa placed in her arms by .Mrs. Tlthcrlngton whose < ? ye were red with weeping , and Jrtiny lay back on the pillow with a .look of content. The pillow was not whiter than her face. face.Mr. Mr. TUherlngton glanced In a sort of dumb appeal toward the doctor , a spectacled gentle man who stood near the head of the bed and who bad been very grave. "Vou will relieve > ourself of undue anxiety Mr. Tlthcrlngton , " ho said. "Jenny wilt re cover , though she ha * had a narrow escape , " Mrs. Gordon , c looped and kissed tbo white face. "I'm going to love you , Jenny , as If you were iny very own , " the promised. Tbo white f cq became pinkish with pleai- u re. re.tn \vhltpcr and with painful effort came the ancwcr " 0 ma'am , If you only will ! " Then they bcgtn to understand what It was that Jenny had needed all those years , the simplest thing * and at the came time the greatest things In the world , sympathy and love. WOULD IS TIII-J (111 HAT STUCK. of ( ho Knrtli ( orVlilrli ( lie I'ouci-M Arc I'lnj Inn. In a recent IESUO of Economic Studies , sajs the Haltlmorc Sun , some Interesting facts afc to the world's area and population nr& brought together by Mr. W. l \ Wlllcox , Ph.D. , In connection wlth-a-utudy the area and population of the United States at tlia census of 1800. The area of the earth's cur- face , Iswid. and water together , la computed to bo 196S99,795 square miles. The area ol the United States In 3,025.000 square mild , exclusive of the 531,000 square miles ol Alaska. In defining the bot-nds of the United States the ccneus olHclale excluded the eea within the three-miles Unlit and the portions of the Great Lakes subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States , but no uniform rule was applied to gulfs and baja. Long Island sound , for example , was flat Included n < 5 part of the area of ther United States , while the Chesapeake and Delaware bayn were Included Excluding Alaska , coast waters , rivers and lakes , the total land area of the United States would be about 2,970,000 sqmro mites Including all these , Its area Is 3,607,950 equare miles. The land surface of the globe Is estimated to be about CZ.300,000 square miles , or soma 2C.C per cent of the entire surface. A few great powers and a multitude of small pow ers pcascss the land surface. The powers that have each over 1.000,000 square mllea pcssess together 3SI51,91 ( > square miles , or 73 , G per cent of the whole , The list Is as follows : Ilrltlsh empire , 11,3,14,391 square miles , or 21.7 per cent of the earth's surface ; Iluosla , SCGG,2S2 square miles , or 16.5 per cent ; China , 4,218,401 square miles , or 8.1 psi cent ; United St-itfa , 3,007,950 square miles or C.9 per cent ; Urazll , 3,209.878 square miles or 6.1 per cent. Trance has 2,804,839 square miles , mostly In Africa ; Argentine Uepub'lc ' 1.778 , 09."i square miles ; Ottoman empire 1,609,240 fiquare mllca ; German empire , 1,228 , . 740 fiqucrc miles. If to England's share ba added coititrlco like Egypt and the Eaudan where her control amounts to possession acd countries llko Afghanistan , where hei Influence predominates , it will to seen that the mother country Is excreting her guid ance over obout one-fourth of the earth'o surface. If regard be had to the fact tha1 the cointr'cs ' hold by her arc for the most part fertile and populous and largely such as can he lately Inhabited by Europeans , tHt value of her landed estate , as compared with that of Hussli or France , will te seen bo vastly greater than the percentages make It appear to be. The tK'.JUlatlon of the 'earUTln 1893 Is estl mated to have bcon 1,485,763,000. In 189" , ac cording to the Statesman's Year nook , 1,273 , 284,463 , or four-fifths of the inhabitants of the earth , \\cro under the sway of the following ton great powers. In the proportions Indi cated : Ch'tia , 402,68.0,000 : British empire 129.615,000 ; France , 70,167,775 ; United States 62,929.766 ; Gcnr.an empire , 62F79J901 ; Aust-In Hungary , 41,358,886 ; Japan. 41,813,215 ; Nether lamia , 38,859,451 ; Ottoman -empire , 39,212,000 Among these powers the United States ' .loldfl the fifth place as respects peculation and has about one-twenty-fltth of the population o the earth. The population of China Is really unknown , some authorities placing It as lewis is 225,000,000. The population of the earth as a whole Is thought to show a > net Increase of some 10,000,000 or 15,000,000 a .year. Sevei of the great powers Just enumerated are European In origin and Christ1" ! In religion. while JjtMn Is assimilating Eurcyc.in culture. China and Turkey are supposed to be losing population and becoming relatively if mot ab solutely weaker , ' while Iht rest growing stronger. The great powers of Europe" , actuatec ohlefly by commercial Ideas , are still dividing among themselves the territories of non- Trogrosslve and nou-Ohrlstlan potentates. All are desirous of markets. England ac- aulres wider empire lo widen , or preserve , the area within which ahe may cinjoy "free trade. " or trade on equal terma with other > owcrs. Other powers widen their empires so as to wldeo Wie , nroas within which their ilgh tariffs will give them exclusive ad vantages. Commercial privileges" are the nodcrn Incentive to empire , not land , hunger or glory , as In former ages. Africa , at the door of Europe , has already been pretty completely appropriated. There remain for llvlslon Turkey Persia , Slam , China and 3orea. As to what Is.Jelt of Turkey the dlvlslciii proceeds but slowly , owing to the In ability of the powers to agree- upon their reflective shares. Slam lias recently lost argely to France. Corea Is In dispute be- ween Ilussa ! and Japan. China Is In the process of distribution. Japan"Tlussla France and EngUinfl , , havo..aU. rccpntly ' .iad 'whacks" at Its vast area , and Germany Is now seeking , It seams , to get even with HP rivals. China Is the com'ug Africa. Its Ibtrlbutlon among tllty powers Is to bo the next great problem of European politics. OUTSII1K TUB < ; < ) IyIKX G.VTK. Graphic DcNcrliitlon < > f < lie Power of Wlmj iii\cl.Wi ve. . Wind and waves presented a spectacular > orformanco outside the Gulden Gate ycster. ay morning that -dwarfed Into insignificance all human efforts , relates he San Francisco Call. There waa a wonderful grandeur In his display , and at tbo earner itlme- such an overwhelming mastery of the elements that he spectator could ibut look with awed amazement while the water ran riot and ook possession of all space. Foam-crested vavea thundered In toward the land In magnificent procession , and seamed to hreatcn the granite cliffs Uiat have stood he brunt of storms since the beginning o ! imo. Far to the westward the giant rollers could )0 seen , their white crowns toss > Ing the spra > ilgh in the air , and th's In turn was caught by the wind and thrown Into a misty cloud which veiled the sccno until an air of mystery seemed to hover over earth , sea and sky. L-aahol Ini o foarn ' 'oy the wind , swollen to miniature mountains by the loosened energy of the tidal forces and churned line a mad caldron by the ccmlllctlng currents , the breakers followed In quick succession until the whole ocean appeared as a vaot , seething , surging pit whose capacious nww eagerly opened to draw down to destruction all living beings that would dare venture within Its domain. Across the bar there was but a mass of ' under the foam , scintillating and glltte'lng sun like a vast field of rubles , emeralds and -dlamcnds now raised high In the air , , , -iimt n I'lnhnlcs as - the - - - onerv IO U1CUIV III | / w o - - wntori fretted at the obstruction In their path , and then odd ) Ing and whirling In apparent but deceptive calm , lying like an Immense bed of molten opals , shimmering In UK yellow glare. Far tothe nsrtU ( the Ions white Hues shrwcd where the giant wave * wera dashed against the rock-bound coast and , following down the line , became larger and Tieavlerl until off the rocka in front of the cliff houjo thy towered mountain high and apneu'o.l as If they would engulf the peninsula Itsplf. Thundering and crashing with terrific fore" , they beat upon the rocka , daahed against , tho'bulldlnps and tcro away portions of the cliff , scattering 'boards ' and heavy timbers fem below the Lath house llko so much cl.uff before a gale- _ , Il-gUinlng seven miles off shoo the white ceps could bo seen rushing shoreward , nnd by'tho time they reached the Seal rocks they Iml grown Into overwhelming billows ttmt refill fully thirty feet above the largest rock and dashed their spray to thp wlndcw of the rccwid balcony of the cliff hoase , Enormous b'rakers would wash over the highest seal rock and submerge the herd of seals that had climbed to the topmost point for protec tion against the heavy waves. Even the li'rc'a were driven Inland , finding no foot hold an the rocks , and being unahlo to rest upon the water even Inside the little channel between the shore and the homu of the seals. IJiit while the elements scorned to reign supreme man's God-given right of dominion over earth , air and sea was evidenced ns the white alls of slit pa and trailing smoke of j steamers came out ofthe misty dUtanca and steadily battled toward the entrance to tbo haibor. At first It was difficult to distinguish between white-capped wave and ( . listening sill , but as the vessels caino In with all ranvas set they presented such pictures as are never seen on painters' walls , for the lights and shades , the colors and tones , the tints and multlchroincs were sur * as no human mind could Invent and no baud could Ox. i ' OF OMRHR. T V AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMEMT Ljlii ' WHOLESALE DEALCH3 IK Agriculti'rai Implements. Buggies and Carriages. Cor. 6th and Facial Bts. Jobbers of Farm Machinery. Wagons and Ilugslti - Cor. tth and Jones. ART GOOD. * Hospe Picture Moldings. Mirrors. Prnmcs , Hacking and Artists' Materials. BOUKB1ND1NGETC I'RIXTIXU .1X1) HOOK 7J/.V/JI.VO. eleventh nnd Howard Sts. B JOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS , Sewed Siioe 60 'frs § Jobbers of Foot Wear WESTEUN The Joseph Banipan Rubber Co. Rubbers and Mackintoshes. Oiiinlinel > . F.PKlrkondall Boots , Shoes and Rubbers Salesrooms 110J-1104-11M Harney Street. WHOLESALE ! RUBBER G-OODS Owner of Chief Brand Mackintoshes Boots , Shoes , Rubbers , AT WtlOLESALn. Omcc and Salcsroori 1119-21-23 Howard St. Wholesale Shoe Manufacturers Western Agents Goodjear Olovc nubberi. 1114 Hartley Street. BAGS Importer * and Manufacturers BAGS 6i4-i6-rS Sonih nth Street BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS. Tarre \ \ SYRUPS , s , Sorghum , etc. , Prcseneu and Jelllen. Alco tin cnns and Jcpanned ware. CHICORY V a Growers and mnnufacturers of all forma of ' ' . Chicory Onialm-Fremont-O'N'ell. UN Hey \ViiH fiiliii7 ( o Tnl > Up Ciiln Kool. anil HiKtuw U'lmt II Meant , The business man wis very much occupied when ono of his acquaintances came In , re lates the Detroit Free Press. "I want to o.sk you , " began the caller , but the other , without looking up , waved one I bund back of him and reduced the friend to silence. After waiting half a minute the visitor tried again. | i "I won't take much of your time , " he said. "This lu somuthlng too Important to bo neglected or I'd K ° away and come again. " "I suppose there's no use In my trying to got through with this before dark , anyhow , " , was the rejoinder with a Elgh. "I'm isorry It's necessary to Interrupt you. " ! "Oh , It's all rlghti When I come to thliik ot It , I wouldn't /know whether I had the I right answer when I got through. " j "You could easily have the bookkeeper ' verify it , couldn't you ? " "No , I tried ths bookkeeper on It , He didn't know any more about It than I did. " "Isn't It anything connected with busi ness1 "No. If It were I'd bo comparatively se rene. Duslnras Isn't the only thing In life. " "It's a great deal of It. though. " The calculator rang for the ollico boy , and when ho appeared said , "Thomas , you takq thIt ; $2 bill and buy me as many works on arithmetic as you can for It , " Then turning to bLi friend with tbo air ot a cross-ques tioner , ho said : "Why do men engage In business ? " "To make money , " "And what do wo want with'money ? Wo want Independence and respect. We want to feel that we can hold up our heads In the world and not bo obliged to face humiliation. The purposes of this calculation , distant from business though It may be , are the same. I have a bo/ who baa done well In bis CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE linporttr and > Tot > btr Croc&ery. China , Glassware , Silver Plated Ware , Looking Olapses , Chan. Uellers , Lamps , Chimneys , Cutlery , Etc. 141O KAHNAM ST. CREAMERY SUPPLIES Creamery Machinery nnd Supplies. Boilers , Engines , Feed Cookers , Wood Pul leys , Shafting , Helling , Uutttr Pack * nges of all kinds. B07-909 Jonca St. - - - - - - DRY GOODS. Importers ami Jobbers of Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods AND NOTIONS. DRUGS. 902-906 Jackson St. r. C. HICHARDSON , Prcst. J. P. WELLER , V. Prest. ll'/'r * Slander I I'harm.icfiillcal I'ropura- tions , bi > eeial 1'ormnlne t'rri > arrtl to Order Send for CViM/of/iie. 1-aboratorj' , 1112 Howard St. , Omaha. , E. Bruce & Co. Druggists and Stationers , "Queen Bee" Specialties. Cigars , Wlniu nnj Brandies , Corner 10th and Hurncy Street ! . ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. Electrical Supplies. Slectrlc MInin ? Hells nml Gas Lighting O. W. JOHNSTON. Mgr. 1510 Howard St. WHOLESALE AND IlETAIL ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES U04 Fornora St , FRUIT-PRODUCE. WHOLESALE Commission Merchants. S. W. Corner ICth nnd Howard Stu. Mcmbera of the National league of Comml- loir Merchants of the-United States. 5trigst ! & Howes , JOBIIKH3 Fruit and Vegetables SPECIALTIES Stnvn berries. Apples , OranRes. * mon , Cranberries , Po'tatoea. 1017 Howard fit FURNITURE & , WHOl.nSAL.E furniture Draperies 1115-1117 Fsrnam Btrcit. TYPE FO UND RIES. Typ@ Foundry Superior Copper Mixed Type It thi belt on be mrrket. ELECTROTYPE FOU.VDIIT. 1114 Howard Street. studies , and who docs me the honor to aok my advice every once In a while. Moot boys d'on't do that. They think It's Impossible for their fathers to know very much , owing to the mUfortuno they labored under In not having the same school teachers. This boy of mine remarked yesterday that he was going to take up cube root today. Have jou tried to extract any cube roots since you left schocl ? " The caller answered In the negative. "Then you don't know how much you have forgotten. It's a heap easier to learn to ex tract a cube root In the first place than It Is to remember It again , after you have got ten out of practice. But I'm going to keep at It. Tonight he'll come borne with some examples to do , and Napoleon , when ho started for fit. Helena , didn't feel a bl : worco than I will If I have to lav down my lead pencil and paper and own up that I can't do them , " IIU.MOHOIS Mil. .MOWIO.V. Tin- Outcome tit Ilin i'r/K'llciil JoUi- III ! II V.'llIllllTlnHT I'lKt Theodore Mowen , a Clarlwvllle , Mo. , tin ner. Is confined to his nnmn with a broken arm and badly bruised body , as tbo result of a peculiar accident. Ono of Theodore's friends , relates t'lo St Loula Hcpubllc , railed on him to repair a leaking waterspout. The Jolly tinner got his ladder and climbed up , carrying his little stove , Iron and stick of solder. Ho nrocceded to his work and was making good headway , when a moving object on the ground below caused him to stop , In Glarksvlllo , as In maty other country towns , tlicro arc numerous pigs walking tha streets and Holds , feeding cii Die surplus provisions of the community. It happened that ) when Theodore Mowen was plugging u ( > holes In tlio damaged spout , ono of the numerous family of muiMovlug rjuadrupcda GROCERIES . 13th nnd Luuvcmvorth St Staple and fancy Groceriesl ICA AND COrrtC ROtSURS , Etc. eyer & Etaapke , FINE GROCERIES I | Teas , Spiccj , Tobacco snA Cigar * . I H03-HOT Harney Street. iMPournns. GAS COFFEE ItOASTF.ltS AMU JOUUI.XQ GIIOCE119. Telephone "SJ. HARNESS-SADDLERY H-Haney Si Co. ' JI'f'-3 Jl.t llfflXi 1 , SADIir.l'S a.VCOLL A118 Jobbers of Leather , AentdfcrHnriliraiv ; , Kte * \ Voollclt your orders I31D Howard St , HARDWARE. Wholesale Hardware , OThithn. Wholesale Hardware. Bicycles and Sportlnc Goods. 1210-21-23 Har- uuyutteot. e LIQUORS. Walter Hoise & 0 © LIQUORS. Proprietors of AXinrtlCAN PIGAU AND GLASS WAHK CO. 214-21C South 14th St. East India Bitters Golden Sheaf Pure n > a and Bourbon Whiskey. Willow Springs Distillery , Her & Co. , 1112 Hnrnej Street. Wholesale Liquor Merchants 1001 Farnatii Street- Wholesale Liquors and Cigars , 1118 F.trnum Street. WHOLESALE Wines , Liquors and Cigars. 413-4U a lith Street. LUMBER WHOLESALE juUMBER . . . 314 South 14th St. came miortlng and wobbling under the lad der. Mowcu couldn't resist the temptation to Imvo a llttlo fun. He Is a good lover of roast plK , Ha also enjoys n hog race , and nothing delights him more than to HI > C one of the fat nnliraU putting tin B'.jeed and uttering sin 111 cries as ho travels , Conpefiuently. when the pig In question sauntered under the Kiddcr , Mowen thought It would ho a capital Joke to drop a bit of molten solder on his back and see how fuht ho could run and flow loud ho could yell. Ho did not notice the direction Iti which the pig wan moving. "I'll Just put my Iron In the lire , get It red hot , and touch It to the Holder. Then I'll let the hot stuff dr'n cm that chunk of rrrano Oh. It's a daisy Idea , " atid , suiting the action to his thoughts , thu Joker poked s Iron Into the clove , got It hot , applied It to the colder , and a little stream of moltc < n metal poured on the animal's Lack. The olg uttered a piercing squeal and made a diirih forward. Mowen laughed loudly enough to perforate the spout with Joy. The idea had worked like a charm. The plf ? hesitated a moment after Marling off ; then , as if understanding the Hltuatlcci perfectly , ho walked through the lower rung of the ladder. Ills fjead got through all right , but his body wait too big. The. result was that ladder. Mow en , solder and pig fell In a lieoci to the ground. The oig escaped uninjured , but Mowcn's arm was broken , anil lip sustained sovcro bruises on the head , faco'aml body. KrknUx heard hta cries and caino to his assistance. Ho was picked up and cairled to his home , and his condition is regarded as nerlous. The pig's burns are not dangerous , and thu revengeful creature again Li rolling In the mud of Clarksvlllu , Mr. Mowen doetn't Uilnk his trouble Is any "laughing matter " Ho has foresworn Joking when engaged at hla trade , and anybody who : alkn to him about "the pig In the poke and the ladder that broke/ ' receives a cold re- LUMBER. eo. fl. Hoagland Wholesale Lnmbert Lime , Etc. 9th anil Douglas Sts. . * OYSTERS. David Cole & Go , rACKins. KING COLE OYSTERS , CULKIIY AND rOULTHY. 1013 Howard St. OILS-PAINTS and Paint Co. MANUFACTUIIUnS Air Floated i\lncral \ Paint And 1'nlnU nfll Kind" , Putty , Etc. 1015 and 1017 Jonn St. .7. A. Moffct. 1st Vice Pros I. . J. Drake. Ocn Jler . . . .OJLS. . . . ( InFo.lne , Turpentine Axle Grenfe. Etc Omnlm llrnnch nml AKrncMo , John 1) Hutli Mur. PAPER1- WOODEN WARE. arpg fer Paper Eo. y - Printing Paper , Wrapping Piper , Stationeryt Corner 12th and Howard itrect * . oaeamare Co. Wrapping Paper , Stationery , Woodcniuarc. 1107 llarncv Street. STEAM-WATER SUPPLIES 10M-Oir ( > DaUBlas Street. Manufacture nncl Jobbers ot Stenm. Gas and Water Supplies of All Kinds. iroS-mo Harnev St. itcam Pumps. Engines and Boilers. Pine. Wind Mills , Steam and Plumbing Material. Pelting. Hose , me. _ TOYS ANJ7 FANCY GOODS. Hardy & Co - 11--1- ' 3 - 'loys , Dolls , Albtins and FANCY GOOD3. [ ouae KurnlrlilncB , Children's Carrlecta , Eta. UIK Fuinura SirttU YEAST BAKING POWDER" iinufnclurerB1 celebrated "On Time Yens I" id German Unking Powder. Satisfaction laiantced. / joto jjzr North Twenty-eight Street. YES , SAII I IIEVG HEUl'D OF THE CHEAT TRANSMISSISSII'PI ' EXPOSITION READ IT IX THE DAILY BEE THAT THB KUMEL SENDS ME FROM O.MAIII. sponflo. Ho bargained for Just a llttlo fun , ho says , but did not rrcltoii on having hln good Intentions rt'cl.rocated. | The Incident Is known In Claiksvllle OH the pig accident , " and tim animal thaJ caused tint disturbance has the rltfit of way In every street , Held and IIOIIBO in the city. lie ICm-n iiN | lliihlucNM. ? ' " , r1-1 ? ; ° . " 1l ! k"1 ! ' * curloiiH. I tell you tlicro a " nothing In It , mild n nniy- iw ilsktHM ] man to tlio ClcVfhind Loader " " " 11 ? ) Vt alo"KH ! < l "f him nut to know what had prompted ' " ' ' ( ' for "Why . ; " contlntiod the imm with tha whlt > - kf.ru , "u telcKrnph boy eiiine to my houxo , J ' , , mV K ° , ( lurl" "I/ absence the other imy nnd wife ' my won < n't rrcclvn it * lm R&bw ' ! ; 1"1 " .ec" .u < nt 'lo11 1 ' " ' 1' ' " M \ \ < ? , , "iV'"t ' , 'l1"lrt < 'r I'fforu ' ho would lut h , ? , ' in I , i Vlly OIU ! " ' " ' I"1'1 me before . 12 r/1/ / . n ' 'f ' wo"111 a"y I * ? 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" It cures coughs colik and all throat and lung troubles
