THE O At AHA DAILY 3EE : SATURDAY , JTLY t-'O , 1800.
Extraordinary Reductions SECOND WEEK OF OUR GREAT SALE Extra Special Bargain Sale
OF THE-STOCK OF THE
nnd Final
f Clearing Sale ' I" BASEMENT
Ladies' Fine
Establishment
( of Men's and Boys' Outfitting
From Sixth Avenue , New York City. 10,000 yds. fancy corded 40-in , plaiti lawns , '
Crash Suits On account of retiring from business , this magnificent stock in the extreme in
Crash ( up-to-date every
ed lawn , the lOc kind worth 25c
, ery respect ) was sold to us at a tremendous sacrifice. ,
TODAY , SATURDAY , WE PLAGE ON SALE THE
jnd Light Weight Wool Ladies' Summer Dresses , Separate Skirts and Waists. Ynrd- Yard ,
Do Your Trading Early , '
Because We Don't Forget , Gome Early ,
CLOSE AT SIX O'CLOCK Wo Close at Six O'clock
SATURDAY EVENING , Saturday Evening.
'S $12.50 ladies' while open $25.00 Saturday is Bargain Day in the Basement.
work lawn suits , skirt ruffled Tailor-made cloth
LINEN CRASH SUITS 7c
fled and trimmed with ribbon Suits for $5.98 36-inch
! i50 men's lotion Crash Suits , , Cotton
In plnln crush rough Covert 10-ynrd Calico
homespun covert cloth and fancy pin Id and striped bon , waist elaborately ribbon All of them the coining Light and Dark
crashes all " . and
sizes the
whole suit for "Re.
bon trim season's styles , made of Bicycle Cloth Dress Pattern Percale
med all worth 16c
, overt cloth and broadcloth Per
sizes sale , at on waist silk lined through 8c yd Pattern 5c yd
out , skirts lined with fine worth 15c.
percaline , all dark color Large Hemmed Fancy
$10.00 white pique suits , ings , on sale at $5.98. Curtain 5-Foot Poles Turkish Spnchtel
plain and braided , exceptional
Wash Rags Tidies
tional fine quality of pique nny color of wood
$1.00 Men's also linen crash suits , 2C Each Ic each Ic each
Crash Pants 25c that sold in New York
City up to $10.00 , en- _ , _ .
Big lot of men's s All Linen
tire suit for $1.50 iJJ1 W I Cotton 36-inch Long
and crash
plain plaid Roller
pants in tan and ulato Roller Turkish Towels
colors all sizes Thousands of highest grade , Toweling
Men's $5.00 $7.50 . white pique , pure linen crash Toweling
, , $10.00 5c each
All Wool Suits for $2.90 skirts $2.50 , , on every bale one at worth up to From this immense purchase 2c yard 3c yd
To reduce our immense stock of men's Summer We have placed on sale thousands of shirt
Suits wo will cell Saturday ( ono thousand ) 1,000 Drapery Tissue Paper
ALL , WOOL SUITS , including plain and fancy cas- waistb and they in two lots at 39c and Checked
'
slmcro suits , nil wool checks , plaids and fancy mixtures Ladies' separate skirts made of good quality go Corduroy Napkins
tures , In Scotch chovlots , all made up In the very 50c. These in Towels
the finest of
latest styles , thoroughly well bowed and bought to ity figured brilliantine - come quality and Plush handsomely printed
EC ! ! for $5 , $7.50 and $10 a suit
c tine lined and inter madras cloth , white India linen trimmed with fringe worth 76o
Your lined , sold in New with embroidery and in 2C 39c 5c Per
Choice York City for $1.50 , sertion , in fact many yd Hundred
on sale at
Today other imported materials
Best Grade New York Mills
Table
day all made in the latest
at Limit- One Suit style , go at Oil Cloth Embroidery all colors Silk Spool Cotton
to Each
Customer.
a AC a spool
$20 MEN'S SUITS $9.88 Your choice Saturday of all our silk and $5 silk briUiantine
Eatln lined flno worsted suits , casslmcro suits , satin lined blue skirts , very flno quality ,
icrges and fancy worsted suits. Thcso are as fine ready-to-wear beautiful floral dcsipns , light
suits as ono can buy tomorrow go at weave for suminor wear , on and Fancy 1,000 yards
$15 MEN'S SUITS $7.50 Your choice. Saturday ot over 1,000 men's sale at Bone Hair Pins All Silk
oil wool blue serges , clay worsted suits , light colored all wool cas- $7.50 at5e
all kinds
slmero suits and very stylish cheviot suits for Ribbon
$14.00 MEN'S SUITS $5.00 Your choice Saturday of any of our
$10.00 , $12.00 and $14.00 Men's Suits , In all wool gray , clays and $5.00 1C Each worth up to 15c , go at yard
serges , elegant plain and fancy casslmeres and chovlots for
HOT FIGHTS WITH GRIZZLIES
Ono of Them Calmly Welcomes a Mill with
Throe Mountain Lions.
A SECOND ROUTED BY A BURRO
Lively Hustle to Cntcli a Third Ilrnr
AUrc E cnpc of the Animal and
the Timely Dtvrrnlon Mmlc
by a Railroad Train.
"As a corporal , " said a man from the
west , chinning a Now York Sun reporter , "I
had charge of flvo privates who were cutting
telegraph poles in the foothills on the west
ern Bldo ot a Nevada mountain. The poles
were for a military telegraph and wo had
an abundance of timber to select from. Ono
day , while out after fresh meat for our camp ,
I suddenly found myself on the edge of an nl-
tnoat circular basin of about an acre In ex
tent. This basin -was fifty feet below my
level , with a afopo down into it almost
opposite me. There .was just ono tree In the
basin , with a thick carpet of grass on the
ground , and I was wondering over the freak
of nature when aTialf-grown mountain lion
sprang Into vlow from the slope I have
epoken of. Ho came out of tbo bushes with
every appearance of toeing rattled , and after
[
a backward look and a snarl ho galloped
across the gross and Bought shelter exactly
'beneath ' one , probably in a cave. I could
have put a bullet Into him easily enough , but
us It was summer Ills fur was no good.
"Ho was hardly out of sight when I heard
a snorting and coughing and crashing over
the slope , and half a mlnuto rater a > blg
grizzly tumbled into vlow. If in pursuit of
the lion , he bad taken things' oasy. Ho
etood and looked around < for a minute , and
there was no doubt in my mind that ho
located the lion's den both by sight and
smell. He didn't head for it , however , but
ambled along to the tree and began a circus
performance. For ten minutes ho raked the
bark with his claws and tumbled around , and
I was getting ready to tire n. 'bullet ' into him
us a scare when visitors appeared. Prom
out of the den below mo crept three llorm
male and female and the cub I bad seen.
Perhaps they were mad over the way the
cub had 'been ' driven homo and perhaps oM
Ephralm had .been daring them to como out
nd settle matters. At any rate they were out
nd it needed only a look to prove they
meant 'business. The grizzly welcomed
them -with * a. low growl and then stood still
while the lions separated to attack him from
three different sides at once. The old fellow
knew bo couldn't face but one and be simply
gave the old male lion all his attention.
SUort 11 ml Furloim.
"I know that the lions would go In with a
rush when they got ready and I used my
eyes for all they were worth , Each beast
advanced as you have seen a cat steal upon
a bird , and the cub lion took the grizzly's
rear. Tbe fcraals planned to como up on
Ephralm's left side , pretty welt back , and
the male made a direct advance , All four
animals kept up a low growling , and now
and then ono of the lions would spit llko a
cat. There was no signal and yet the three
made tbelr springs simultaneously. I think
the distance covered was about ten feet.
The thing was done so qulcklv that my eyes
wore boaten. One instant the three lions
were lying halt crouched on the grass and
the next there was a .big ball ot bear and
lions rolling about on the grass.
"The struggle on the grass lasted about a
minute , and the growls and snarls and yelps
made by hair stand up. When the ball un
rolled Itself the cub was out ot the fight. He
limped off on three legs , with bis tall drag
ging , but ( he others simply retreated a few
jards to get breath. This time It was ( ha
lionets nho ekulkcd around to take old
f Kphralm in the rear. I presume ho watched
hi-r out of the tall of his eye , but 'his at
tention was central on the mnle in front.
The breathing , spell lasted , about ftvo min
utes and then the lions sprang In together.
This time the grizzly did not go down and
the trio wont round and round the tree
fighting in desperation. Now and then one
of the lions was rolled over and over by a
blow , only to como bock again , and twice
the big bear was fairly down and held for
a minute. It was tbo hottest kind of fight
ing for several minutes , and then the lions
suddenly drew off. I had a fieldglass with
me , and iby Its help I saw that a good deal
of damage had Tjecn dono. The bear seemed
to have had ono eye clawed out and to bo
raked bis full length , and tbo lions were
limping and covered with blood. I looked
for the fight to go on , but after watching
each other for a quarter of an hour the
combatants decided on making the alfair a
draw. The lioness began creeping slowly
away and she was soon followed by the
male , and though the grizzly held the battle
field he uttered no growls of defiance at the
retreating foe. Ho acted llko a bear who
was willing to let well enough alone , and
soon after having the field to himself bo
lumbered across tbo grass and disappeared
on the < bush-covered slope. |
"There is no other 'Wild ' beast on the face
of the earth so ready to fight at the drop i
ot tbo hat as the grizzly bear. He Is klug ,
over everything and h < j realizes It and will i
not bo disputed. Just after a full meal he '
mlgbt not rush forward to attatk a man
unless challenged , but at the same time ho
would not retreat. I have talked with In
dians In California , Nevada , Idaho and Mon
tana who had hunted the grizzly for years j
and encountered him under all clrcum- ,
stances and none of them could say they
had ever seen him rattled. On tbo contrary , j
all were agreed that there was no tmch
thing as scare in his composition. And yet
flvo of us once saw old Ephralrn BO fright
ened that a prnlrlo wolf could have kept
him on the run.
PlKlit of the Iliirro.
"Wo had camped on a level spot on a
mountain side In Montana and though we
had occupied it for five days and hunted
far and near , no signs of grizzly had been I
seen. The sixth morning was rainy and after j
breaikfast we sat about and gave our traps' !
an overhauling. Wo had three mules aud
one burro in the pack train. The mules
were hobbled out , but the burro had his
freedom. How It happened that be was on
the cast aide ot the camp by himself , while
the mules wcro together on the west , I can't
nay , but such was the situation. The burro
had eaten his fill and stood bcsldo a bush
about 200 foot from tbo tents and his atti
tude was so rsulky and dejected that it had
been remarked. Of a sudden wo werq
startled by a choking sort of noise from the
little beast and as wo looked up ho stood
almcst HOBO to nose with a grizzly. The
bear bad come down a gully beyond the
bush , having doubtless located our , camp , and
bio Intention was to walk right in on us
without any introduction. Ho didn't get
sight of the burro till ho turned tbo bush.
"Tbo eight came to ua so suddenly that no
man could ralso a hand. Dear and burro
stood there lor what seemed a full minute ,
though ten second WAS probably the limit ,
and then dashed forward. All of
ua believed that be cither bit the
bwir or bit him with u boot ,
r , tbo grizzly staggered about.
Whether ho did or not , It was probably the
sudden meeting and the awful bray that up
set bruin's nerves. He uttered a loud
'woof ! ' and wheeled to tbo left , but In his
fright he ran agalnet a rock , wns knocked
down and rolled over , Tbe burro ad
vanced on him , braying at the top of his
voice and bounding up and down with legs
as stiff as Iron aud an the bear got on bis
feet again be hadn't the courage of a rab
bit. He dodged the rock and disappeared
oyor tbo edge of the level and by this time
wo were nil on our feet. We saw him rolling
over and over down the slope for u distance
of 300 feet. Then he caught his legs and
got Into a shallow ravine to the right. He
wont down that llko a steam plow until liu
reached a bank of earth and rock thirty
feet high. Ho could have got out of the
ravine to the right or left , but ho charged
straight ahead at the bank. We didn't
think ho could make it , but he did. Ho
went up that bank llko a cat going up a
roof , but as bo reached the top bo set a
landslide in motion which brought down a
dozen carloads of dirt. That-was the last
we saw of him and three bullets fired prob
ably added to his scare.
"It wasn't the bravery of our burro which
saved us from an attack , but bin fear. Ho
did just tbo right thing at the right time ,
but ho deserved no credit. When the bear
bad disappeared wo turned to find the burro
lying on the ground and as wet with sweat
as if palls of water had been poured over
him. It was three hours before be could
stagger around and he didn't get bis appetite
back for several days. Wo could trace the
bear back from the bush to where be bad
first looked down on our camp. He had
stood for a while to make up bla mind about
us , and bad then descended with the de
termination to pick a fight. Had bo not run
upon the burro as bo turned tbo bush ho
would certainly have made things lively lu
camp.
Hunt for 11 Live Ilrnr.
"Tho London Hoyal Zoo wanted a fun-
grown grizzly , and through agents In New
York offered a cash prize which started out
n. dozen different parties on the trail. There
were six of us In the Idaho party and every
man In It knew something of the habits of
the animal ho hoped to capture. To kill
a grizzly bear , even by a pot shot , is some
thing to ibrag of , but to icajolo him Into a
trap Is a feat which has not been ac- |
compliance ! half a dozen times since America
was discovered. It Is a well known saying
of the Indians that you can outwit a fox , '
fool a lion , trap a wildcat or poison a wolf , |
but when you pit yourself against the >
grizzly you'lf get left. Wo started out I
realizing that the only way to capture old'
Kphralm was to outwit him , and a score of
conspiracies were cooked up before the ex- |
pedltlon bad made a day's journey Into the
mountains ,
"Tho first move was to find our bear. The
grizzly Is a puzzle to naturalists. Sometimes
bo roams over a largo area of country ami
sometimes he sticks for months within a mile
of bis den. Sometimes ho shows ua only
after dark , and again ho will roam all day
and sleep all night. As a rule ho Is always j
tncountered at unexpected times. When we
had penetrated Into the bear country we
made camp and began to prospect. At the
end of three days Uhe lair of a grizzly was
discovered about two miles away. It was
In a shallow ravine about half a mile long.
The west end ot this ra no began at a cliff
and the cast debouched into another aud
larger ravine. The den was at the cast end
and the bear bad worn a regular path In
coming and going. It was Joe , the half-
breed , who discovered the runway and tbo
den , and bo bung about for three hours to
get sight of the game. Old Kphrlam finally
came In from a promenade and Joe came to
camp and reported :
" 'Well , I have found him , and bo Is the
biggest bear over born In Idaho , '
"As I said , we had Invented various plans
for capturing our bear when he should have
been marked down. One of the cute dodges
was to doctor a piece of meat with morphine ,
A doctor bad recommended this and esti
mated tbo proportions and it was at the head
of our program. We dosed a haunch of ven
ison and bung it u ? near the ravine , but
Joe , who was In hiding , saw a lion pull It
down and bear it away , Wo tried a second
piece and abig - wolf got U. Then we turned
to our boar trap , We had brought with us
the biggest , stoutest trap ever made by man
and it was generally agreed that It would
hold on elephant. This trap was set fair on
the path , with its heavy chain fastened tea
a tree , and things were covered up so deftly
that a fox would have trotted right onto
the pan. The old bear wasn't to be fooled ,
however. Ho made a halt circuit around the
trap am ] after a day aud a night a wolf
walked into It and was almost cut In two i
as the jaws closed. Then we made a spring
trap 'by ' 'bending ' down a , stout spruce and i
using a loop of horsehair lariat , but the bear '
turned aside and avoided It and wo caught
a mangy wolf. Wo then constructed a dead
fall at the mouth of the ravine , meaning j
that a heavy log should hold the bear pris
oner until wo could otherwise secure him ,
but though we baited it with cholco meat he
was too sharp for us.
KlxIiiK a Trap.
"When It became certain that Ephralm
know of our presence and was chuckling
over our defeats , the half-breed suggested
a very simple dodge. Half way down the |
ravine was a smaller ono cosilnc In at rlgMt
cugles. Fortunately for us the soil was coft
and deep , and one forenoon we dup ; a pit flvo
feet wl'l9 , ten feet long and about ten feet
deep. The mouth was covorcJ with light
poles and over the poles we spread bunch-
grass and dirt. When our work was finished
the sharpest eye could detect no trace. So
far as wo could judge the bear did most ot
his roaming by day. When the pit was
ready we withdrew and did not go near he
ravine again until the third day. Then we
made a circuit along the mountainside to
reach the lateral without leaving a trail , and
at 9 o'clock dn the forenoon all of us were
well hidden except Joe. Ho sat out in tbo
open on a rock , just beyond the pit , and with
a stick he kept up a pretty constant tapplns
on the rock. The sound was ono to excite
the curiosity of any animal and was plainly
to bp heard at the -bear's dea. It was a fu'l '
boil ) , however , 'before ' the grizzly cirao down
to ECO what the nolsa ° Ignlncd. At tbo
junction of tbo ravine , which wne about
fifty feet from our position , tbo old f : row
eat down to slza up the situation. All ho
could see was a half-breed pounding nt a
reck. He sniffed and growlal , but didn't
seem to be looking for trouble. Jo < t gut
down from his perch and began to dnnco and
sing , but the bear didn't fire up. Then iho
man began throwing stones , and It was only
after 'bruin ' had been hit the third time
that ho got mad and made a ruab. With
blood In his eyes and bis tejth showing llko
gravestones ho came on , but as he struck
the pit ho turned end-over-end and disap
peared from sight.
"Wo had our bear at last , but hardly had
our shouts of exultation died away when we
began to wonder if be hadn't got us as well.
Wo hadn't figured on a bear In a pit. Had
bo fallen on his 'back ' wo might have noosed
his legs , but ho fell on his feet and gave
us to understand that there was lots of
trouble ahead. Wo designed to throw a
noose over his head and choke him , but he
ducked and dodged like a prizefighter. When
wo had worked away all day ho was still
ahead of the game and wo were very much
discouraged. It was finally decided to send
a man over to Hamilton's for chloroform and
sponges , and the messenger left next morn
ing at daybreak. During the two days bo
was absent we cut long , slim stakes and
drove them into the soil at the bottom of
the pit , so as to contract the space , and wo
finally had the bear in close quarters. Ho
didn't allow the work to go on without ob
jections. He tore out many of Uio stakes
and chewed them to matchwood , and toward
the last ho got so mad that ho bad a. sort
of fit ,
rnttliiK Him to Sleep ,
"The messenger returned with enough
chloroform to put four 'bulls to sleep. We
tied the sponges to the ends of poles , and
when all was ready we saturated them and
attacked all together , Ephralm was gamete
to the last , but ho finally gave up , and Joe
descended Into the pit and tied his legs
together and fastened a hauling rope around
his body , Dy means of skids and one of
the horses and hauling altogether wo got
the big bulk out of the pit , but It was two
hours' bard work and wo bad to use chloro
form tbrlce over. When bruin was out wo
resccUrcd his legs and bound him fast on a
travels. Only one horse out of the six could
bo got near him , and It looked as If tbo
bear would have to bo dragged forty miles
over a rough country by man power. It was
about noon when wo got him out of the
nit. The effects of the chloroform made our
captive stupidly good-natured all the after
noon , and before wo went into camp for the
night wo had dragged him seven miles.
Soon after dark he began to file objections.
Ho growled , coughed , snorted and strained ,
but he could not 'break ' loose. Ho would
have kept everybody awake all night , but
wo had some of the chloroform left and we
used it to quiet him down. It took a day
and a half longer to get him down to the
railroad station , and then we found wo must
turn to and make a cage to ship him In.
Dy this time ho was also suffering for food
and drink.
"Wo got six turns of a lasso around the
bear's .body . and to these wo fastened two
chains and secured the other ends to trees.
Then we cut his lashings and got out of the
way. The first thing ho did was to lap up
about two gallons of water , the next waste
to devour the freshly Id I fed carcass of a
calf. Then ho drew a long breath and was
ready for business. The cowboy w'lo had
bossed the tylng-up Job warranted tbo lasso
and chains to bold a herd of steers , but un
fortunately bo had never figured on bear
power. Of a sudden the grizzly inadn a lunge
and snapped one chain as If It bad been a
cotton string. Heave strain snap ! went
the other , ten seconds Inter , and ho wan
free. Wo tumbled over ourselves to gfit cut
ot his way , and I bellovo Ephralm fully In
tended to make things red-hot for the crowd ,
but an incident occurred to scare him off.
Ho < was making for the railroad tool house ,
on the roof of which three men had taken
refuge , when a passenger train came rushing
up. Ho hadn't seen anything of the sort
before , and the hiss of steam and the shriek
of the whistle started htm for the hill's. Ho
went off with forty feet of lariat for a belt
and a good length ot chain dragging on each
side , 'but ' ho had secured his liberty and
could take bis time about getting rid of tbo
ornaments. "
AX EVEIVTFUK YRAH.
HuipcnliiRH of nrcat Number and of
IllviTMllIed Intercut.
"In looking over 'the evcnta that have
happened during the years of my life , " eald
an old resident to a Washington Star re
porter "I think the year 1831 produced the
greatest number and tbo happenings were
of greater dlvemlty of Interest , Jenny
Llnd came to this country that year under
her { 50,000 contract with Darnum and sang
her songs with wonderful sweetness and
equally wonderful profits > to Mr. Oarnura.
John 0. Hccnan , the Dcnlcia boy , whipped
Tom Sayera and turned the eyes of civiliza
tion toward him. It was England against
America , and , as all the world knows , Amor-
lea won , with bare knuckles , too , for the
prizefighters of that era did not wear
gloves , The fight was under royal manage
ment and thcro was more royalty at the
ringside than anywhere else on that day
in all the rest of England. The ( loop Amer
ica won the cup for the fastest sailing ,
defeating the world , and the old ship
still exists and can hold its own even
against tbo modern boats with tbelr ex
tensive keels. Louis Kosiutb vlsltej
America in 1851 and gave a great Impetus
to national and international politics ,
"The first world's fair , the Crystal Palace ,
at London , was held In 1651 , and , though It
was a long time ago , It is not forgotten , and
has not 'been surpassed by the world's fairs
which have followed. It Wiui at the Crystal
Palace that tbo ( American mechanic- showed
that he stood second ( o none In the world ,
Hobbs challenged Chubbs , and Hobb.i , the
American mechanic , carried oft the first
prlzo as a lockmaker , Hobbs represented an
American manufacturer of Iron bank safes.
He placed bis safe on exhibition and tied tbo
key to the combination lock on the outside ,
Inside the safe was placed 250 , or $1,250 ,
and the free offer was made to the mechan
ics of the world that If they opened the
safe , the money contained therein could betaken
taken for their success. The safe wa8 never
opened. At that time Chubbs was famous all
over England and In Europe as a lockmaker.
Tbo Bank of England Indorsed Chubbs and
used bis locks exclusively. Hobbs examined
the workmanship of the locks and offered
not only to en.ter the outer doors of the
Dank of England , but to open also the
seven doors leading to the treasure safes
inside of two hours If permission was given.
This was too much for the Britishers
to stand , and they gave the necessary
consent.
"Hobbi was on hand two hours before the
time for opening the doors of the bank
arrived , and announced himself ready to go
to work. All the tools he had ho carried In
his vest pocket , consisting of about twenty
picks. Ho opened the front door in seven
minutes and entered the bank triumphantly.
Ho next approached the outer door of the
treasure safe. In six minutes the door
opened , and before ono hour had passed , half
of the time ho asked for , ho bad his hands
In the treasure ot the bank , much to the
amazement of the directors of the bank ,
and to tbo Intense disgust of Chubbs , who ,
besides being a lockmaker , was a knight or
duke or something similar as a side line , and
a man of Influence and wealth. Ho took bis
defeat gamely , however , and soon set to
work to Improve his leeks. Tills ho did by
taking Hobbs Into bla employ as an advisor.
For the time , however , I think the Dank of
England put American locks on their safes ,
for everybody recognized the fact that
Chubbs was no moro a match for Hobbs than
Bayers was for Heenan. We won great
races on tbo English turf that year and did
other tblngtt equally proud. An American
artist painted the finest picture on exhibition
In the Crystal Palace , while Henry Ward
Deccher cut-preached 6purgeon in his Lon
don tabernacle.
SHISS WITH HIS SOSK AM ) KUIST.
\Vlilrh Served in Pilot a
Illlnil Man Around Town.
There Is a 'blind ' man living in the heart
of the old quarter who walks nearly every
day to a little- restaurant near Canal street ,
i elates the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The distance each way is from sixteen to
twenty blocks , according to bis route , and
to see 'him ' sauntering carelessly along ono
would never suspect his Infirmity.
Talking yesterday -with nn Inquisitive re
porter , ho declared that be saw with his
nose and his feet and this wan the wny he
explained it : "Wfljen a uian ibas his sight , "
he said , "the smalls of the street are all
mixed up , but when lie's blind he learns
to separate them. Tbe smells of the shops
are almost e < plain to me now us the signs
used to bo over tbo doors. Some of them
you would hardly suppose to exist. Tuko
a dry goods store , for Instance , it smells of
cloth , and cloth has a very peculiar odor ,
Iron and tin havn smells of their own and
I can tell a ( hardware store Immediately ,
I paw two Ibook stalls nearly every day
and I eccnt them yards off by the old
books. Then there are a great many Inde
scribable odors iby which I know this place
and that. Of course , ray feet are my prin
cipal guide and I've 'been ' over the same
P round so otten that I have learned every
little Inequality by heart , but I couldn't get
along with either nose or feet alone. They
work together and where one falls the
other liclps out. Detwecn them they make
very good eyes , The nesret ot my stepping
out Is this : I've learned bow to ( Hop. I'eopla
who can eeo hurl thenmclves forward llko
locomotives , That's why the shock Is ah
ways so unexpectedly violent when you col
lide with another person. I put no extra
power whatever In my movements and if
the toe of my boot touches some unknown
obstacle 'I ' stop Block Btlll instantly. "
Tbl clever blind man leads a very tran
quil l.fo. Ho ban a small Income and llvrn
witb d granddaughter. iA servant li hlr d
especially to read ito him every afternoon.
Many of these -who know him are unaware
of bis blindness.
THEN TIII3 TOllXAUO OAMR.
Interruption to n I'oUer Ranie When
the Drummer Held Four Jaekn.
"I was reading a newspaper on the veranda
of a Texas hotel ono Sunday afternoon , " said
the dry goods drummer to the New York
Sun man , "when I wns aakcd If I didn't want
to take a hand in a poker game. Very wicked
to play poker on Sunday , I admit , but I
went upstairs and made ono of four at a
table. For the first hour things went slow.
It was 5 cents ante and 10 cents limit , and
no one lost or won much. I think I was the
ono who suggested a dollar ante , and on the
very first hand out I scooped In $25. $ For a
tlmo I was away ahead ot tbo game , but then
I lost steadily. The cards got to running
against mo , and It was seldom I got oven a
pair of tens. I was $50 out w'len ' a colored
man entered the room and sa'd ' :
' ' 'Mighty Busplshus lookln" jloud rollln' up
In do sou'wes' , and everybody dun says wo'i
gwlne to hob a cyclone. '
" 'That's all right , Jim , ' replied ono of the
men , and we kept right on. My luck began
to change after that. I got a straight and a
flush and a full house and raked In the pott ,
but before I was even with my losses Jim
returned to say :
" 'Dat cloud's lookln' mighty ugly , genti ,
an' Mars Taylor bo 'lows dat we all better
look out fur a cyclone. '
"Ho was told to go away with bis zephyr ,
and on the next deal I got four jacks. It
was the bat hand yet dealt , and I bad to
shut ray eyes to keep from turning pale. We
had $20 on the board , and much to my sur
prise ovcry man stayed in when I opened th
pot for another $5. After the draw I bet $10.
and ono after another raised U till wo had
$300 In the pot. I had just got my mouth
open to make another raise when there -wa *
a roar and a scream , and oft wont the roof
aboVu us and down came tbo dust and plas
ter. Tbe greenbacks went out of sight In a
wink and wo tumbled over each other to get
down stairs. The hotel was unrooted , but
not wrecked. It was all over while you
could count ten , Dy and by the four of us
got together again , and all began lamenting
the interruption ot the game.
' 'What did you hold ? ' I asked ono.
' 'Four queens , ' ho replied ,
"And youj'
' Tour aces. '
' 'And you ? '
' 'A straight flu h. '
'As I told you , I bad four jacks , " smiled
the drummer , "nnd I had $260 down in my
bind pocket. Every dollar ot it would have
gone on my fours , and I would have been
ncooped. How the others got their big hands
didn't puzzle mo for a minute , It was a put
up job * to soak mo , and It that cyclone HOn't
come booming along as It did I shouldn't
have had enough money left to pay my hotel
bill. "
Severn Toit of l < 'rlenilnlilp.
That there may bo such a thing as carryIng -
Ing Insurance too far Is Indicated by the
, cuse of Mr. Mulcahy and Mr , Mulhooly , two
, Irish gentlemen. Though tby were known
to be great friends , they were ono day
observed to pan each other In the street
without a greeting1 , cays the London Tld-
Dlts.
Dlts."Why
"Why , Mulcahy , " a frleud asked , In as
tonishment , "have you and Mulhooly
quarreled ? "
"That wo have not ! " uald Mr , Mulcaby
with earnestness ,
"There seemed to bo a coolness between
you when you paiied juet now , "
"That's the Insurance of our friendship , "
"I don't understand. "
"Wboy , tbln , it's this way , Mulhooly and
. I are that devoted to wan another that wo
I ' can't bear tbo idea of a quarrel , an' as wa
are both molgbty quick-tempered , we've
resolved not to tbpalto to wan another at
olll"
Ono Mlnuto Cough Cure quickly cure * obI -
I stlnato summer coughs and colds. "I con-
i elder It a most wonderful medicine quick
gnfl safe. " W. W , Merton , Maybew , WU.
