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DROLLERIES Of DONEGAL.
A Scries of Irish Folk Stories Hy Scumns Mncmnnus.
$ il ! $ $ iMURROGIIOO.MORE AND MURROGIIOO-BEG.
i ' < % $ Author of "Through the Turf Smol e , " "The leadln' Road to Donrgil. "
( Copyright , JS , l > y 8. 8. McClure Co. )
Murroghoo-more and Murroghoo-beg were
cousins and lived In the one town-land.
Murroghoo-more was the hlggest and strong-
cat and always kept poor Murroghoo-beg at
his command , and made him do what he
liked. Murroghoo-more one day gave Murro-
Rhoo-bcg a skillet and sajs he to him , "Mur-
( s roghoo-heg , go out In the wood and pluck
the full of that skillet of raspberries. " Mur
roghoo-bcg U ok the skillet and went to the
wood and filled It with raspberries , but on
the way home again there come on a shower
nnd Murroghoo-hcg had to go In under a
bush till It would pass over. When he wa3
In under the bush he began to take the
hunger , and when he looked at the flne
nktllot of rlpo raspberries ho was carrying
homo to lazy Murroghoo-tnoro his teeth
' 2 $ $ f began to water , and poor Murroghoo-bjg
$ ; couldn't help tasting ono raspberry Just to
BOO what they were like , and then another ,
nnd another , till at last he finished the
nklllot. Very well and good. When ho came
homo , says Murroghoo-more , "Where's the
raspborrlcs I sent yo for ? " "I had the full
of the sklllot , but hunger took me on the
toad homo , and I ate them , " says Murro-
Khoo-bpg. Well the next morning Murro-
Rhoo-moro como to Murroghoo-bcg again , and
gave htm the skillet , and told him to go to
the wood and pull him a sklllot of rasp-
borriMj "and mind , " nays he , "that hunger
dooim't take you on the way homo the day
or It will bo worse for yo. " Poor Murro-
rhoo-bcg promised that It would not , and
ho Bet out thla day again and pulled the
ON THE WAY HOME THERE GAME A
BHOWWR AND MURROOHOO-BEG
COULD NOT RESIST BATING THE BER
RIES.
more took poor Murroghoo-bag over to the
old church and left him there. About mid
night poor MurroBboo-bog hears the roolle'-
fooolla and helter-skelter , In comes a wholo' '
raglmlnt of cats. Murroghoo-beg got under
omo planks In the corner. BO he wasn't seen , |
tut could hear all the cats would say. After
n lot of chat they squared themselves round , )
nd then they differed on which of them
would tell the flit t Btory , Every one of !
them put It to an older ono till at length It ,
came to an old granny cat , and she con- ]
pentad to tell her story , but she said the *
fcouso would have to be well searched first , I
Jar It wouldn't do for anyone to overhear ,
jvhat she had to gay. Well and good , all ,
jhe young catn went hurry-skurry round the
church , looking under the seats and every-
wbere , and poor Murroghoo-beg begun to
tremble In his skin now with fear of being
caught , for ho knew they would tear him to
pieces. But the young cats were In such a
i hurry to hear the old granny cat's story that
they forgot to look under the planks where
j I Murroghoo-bcg wa hid. Then they reported
. there was no one In the house nor round
j about It , so the old cat begun her ntory.
"Well , " eayo ehe , "the daughter of the
king In lying bad , and very bad , and she
has been that way now off and on for
twelve months , only It's what It's worse she
1 getting every day , and all the first doctors
In the land have bocn called In , and the
king has offered her weight In gold to the
man that will cure her , but It's all of no
use. None of them can make out what's
wrong with her , or how she "an bo cured.
But I know her complaint and know how to
euro It , nnd I'll tell It all , only you must
promise never to como out with It , for I
mean to let her die a lingering death , "
eays he.
They an promised that they'd never split
lips again on the subject , so the spiteful
old cat went on
"Well then , " says she , "long ago , when
she was a child , she eaw mo putting my
head Into a p-itl of sweet milk , and she
came up and hit mo on the head , making
mo drop the mouthful. I had got back Into
the pall again , and she then took a drink
out of the pall herself with the venom of
my splttal In It , and from that day young
serpents have been growing In her. There's
one thing , and only one , would cure her
and rid her of the serpents , and that , please
the devil , she'll never have , nor neve
know of that la , just three spoonfuls o
IA1BOUT ( MIDNIGHT POOR MUIUIOOHOO- BEG HEAllS THE ROOL.IEM3OOLIH
AND IN COMBS A WHOL.E REGIMENT GEH" < a5IS.
full of the Bklllet of raspberries In the
wood , and on his way homo doesn't a bower
come on ln and put him under ft bush ,
and the hunger took him agin , and ho ate
the aklllot of raspberries. So when he wont
homo Murroghoo-more asked him where was
his raspberries , and poor Murroghoo-beg
told him again what happened to him. All
. Very good ,
" Murroghoo-more.
right. says
Murroghoo-moro comes to
the next morning
llurroghoo-beg the third time and gave him
the Bklllot and told him to go out to the
wood and pull him a skillet of raspberries ,
and that If he ate the raspberries this time
his life.
attain ho would surely have
Murroghoo-beg ate a hearty
But poor
breakfast and said there was no fear
of the hunger taking him the day. So out
ho goes to the wood and fllls his skillet
again , and Mt out whistling to carry It
tome to Murroghoo-more. But what would
you have of It but the ahower put Mur-
roghoo-bog anunder the bush , and the hunger
took him and ho ate the skillet of raspber
ries again. Then he went homo to Mur
roghoo-more. and says Murroghoo-more.
"Where's my sklllot of raspberrlea I sent
you to the wood to pluck for mo ? " "Och ! "
ays Murroghoo-bcg. says he. "the hunger
took mo and I ate them. " "All right. " says
Wurroghoo-moro , "yo must die. I'll pick out
your eyca first , nnd then I'll leavn It to
yourself to choose how to die after. " So ho
got a pointed stick , nnd setting it on fire ,
he put It Into poor Murroghoo-beg's eyes and
liurned them out. "Now , " says Murroghoo-
more. "what nm I to do with you ? " "Well. "
oays Murroghoo-bcg , mys he , "I suppoao the
easiest death will bo to leave me over In
that old church all night , for no ono that
Btopa a night there Is over alive In the
morning. " Very well and good , Murroghoo-
water out of the well here at the back o
the church , to be taken nine mornlngo on
the bare etamach , fasting. "
Murroghoo-beg heard all this , and he
waited till the cats went all away , and In
tbo morning ho came out and , groping hla
way to the well , he took off hla boots and
filled ono of them with , water , and then
started for the king's palace , nnd when he
como there all that place was In a commo
tion with all the first doctors of the three
kingdoms and France besides. And when
poor Murroghoo-beg come In , nnd ho was
asked what was wrong with him , and he
said he had come to euro the king's daugh
ter , and they asked him where was his
medicine , and ho eald he had It in bin boot ,
they commenced laughing at him. and the
doctors ordered him ito be turned out. And
the servants began to ehovo nnd push poor
Murroghoo-beg to put him out of the palace ,
but Murroghoo-beg wasn't for going , and
that was the roolle-boolle ! And by the loss
o' wars and what with the wrestling and
the fighting and the racketing they made ,
doesn't the sick lady hear It , and she sent
down word to know what was going on.
And they sent back the word that Jt was
a poor demented man that wanted to cure
her ladyship with a bootful of spring water.
"Let him como up , " said her ladyship ;
"sure he can't do no worse nor the rest of
thorn , anyhow. " Well , her wish , of course ,
was a command. Up my brave Murroghoo-
beg was taken , and when ho come Into her
ladyship's presence ho told her he would get
her out of bed in a short time. So he put
her under cure of three spoonsful of the
water ho had In his boot , on the bore
stomach , fasting for nine mornings. The
other doctors looked on and ohook their
heads , but daren't say anything. But the
tables wore soon turned on them , for sure
enough the very first day she took the
water she felt great en.no entirely , and so
on day after day , till on the morning of the
ninth day after she had took the
modlclno she was taken with a fit of
vomiting , and vomited up the full of a
basin of young serpents , and then she
got uo out of her bed and walked out as
flne , strong nnd handsome a young woman
aa von would ask to sec. And she waa BO
well pleased at this , and the king was bo
well pleased , that they sent home Murrog
hoo-bcg with double her wclrht In gold
along with him. After Murroghoo-beg came
homo ho went to the well behind the old
church for nine mornings , bathing his eyes
In U every morning , and on the ninth mornIng -
Ing hie eyes and hla oyeslKht were as good
s ever. Poor .Murroghoo-beg could now
live happy und well for the remainder of his
days , only the dread was In him ntlll of
Murroghoo-moro , and he know that when
Murroghoo-moro would hear of his good luck
be would put him to death and taka hla gold.
And , right enough , It wasn't long till It
came to Murroghoo-more's ears that Murro
ghoo-bcg was back alive again with his eyea
and eyesight , ami no end of gold In tbo
bargain , however he had come by It. So my
brave Murroghoo-morn starts out and comes
to Murroghoo-beg nnd " "
- , "Murroghoo-beg ,
says he , "I thought I left yo for death ; and
la It here y are now ? " "Oh , " says Murro-
glioo-beg , "but It was you that did mo the
good turn entirely. Here I am now with
eyes and my eyesight and a good bag of
gold Into tbo bargain , and If you would only
put out my eyes and leave me overnight In
the old church nealn I think I would bavo
been better luck this time. " "How Is that ? "
says Murroghoo-more. "Why , " says
Murroffhoo-bec , "this Is the way of It"
nnd ho commences telllnsr Murrnghoo-moro
about how there was a lot of cats came
every nlcht to the old church and com-
niencnd to tell stories every one of them
about where was no end of treasure bid
and about wonderful easy cures for oycs that
would bo picked out of men'a heads , till bo
had Murrnghoo-more besldo himself with
delight. "You must take and pick out my
eyes , now , " says Murroghoo-more , "and
leave. ma In the old church the night. "
THAT BEER THIRST
happens with the best of people.
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"Very rood , " says Murroghoo-bce. "I'll d
that with a heart and a half. " So rcddenln
a pointed stick In the fire Murroghoo
Ix-g picked out the eyes o
Muiroghoo-more and took him to th
old church , and hid him under th
same planks he had been under hlmeel
And there Murroghoo-more lay till midnight
when ho hears the roolle-boolle starting , am
In cornea tumbling the cats. "Och , squar
round , equaro round , " the young ones com
GROPIN'0 HI3 WAY TO THE TVT3LL IIE
TOOK OFF HIS BOOTS AND FILLED
ONE OF TJIBM WITH WATER.
monced to cry till we toll storlca. "Now , '
says Murroghoo-more to himself , "now I'm
In for It. " "I'll tell no morestories. . " eays
the old granny cat , "for the last night tha
I told the story about the king's daughte
you didn't search tbo house rightly , and
Murroghoo-b g was lying hid there under
them planka In the corner , nnd he bean
the whole rehearsal and went off and ourci
her bad luck to him nnd her and go
double her weight In gold for It , and cured
hla own eyes that had been picked out by
Murroghoo-moro Into the bargain. " "Oh
but , " says the young cats , "we'll searcl
bettor this night , and I'll warrant you wo'l
look under the planka , and may the Lord pity
Murroghoo-beg If ho's eavesdropping again. '
So oft they set at e. gallop to search the
house , beginning first by looking under the
planka ; and when they wont In there , oh
that was the ruction and the uproar , am
out they come , hauling Murroghoo-moro
with them , and when the old cats eaw this
they come bouncing down , spitting , am
their eyes flashing fire , and all of thorn
fell on him , tearing him to pieces and 1 *
was trying to see who would get most o
him. So , when Murroghoo-beg went to the
old church In the morning to see what hac
become of Murroghoo-more he got nothing
only a rlcklo of bare bones. Murroghoo-
beg burled these and wont home and llvec
happily ever after.
PUATTLH OP THE YOUNGSTERS.
"Jimmy , you must not eat with your
knife. "
"I have to ; I'm left-handed.-
"What kind of a &og 1 that , papaT" aoke < !
small Johnny , aa he observed the big animal
chasing bis own tall.
"That's a watch dog , " replied the father.
"And will he go as soon aa he winds hlm
eelf ua ? " asked Johnny.
Old Gentleman ( In the park ) What ore
you doing , my little dear ?
Llttlo Girl ( with doll ) rm giving dolly a
drink ,
"Giving dolly a drink , eh ? But the water
is running down all over her pretty dress. "
"Yea , ehe slobbers a eood deal. All
babies do. "
It was the flrat time little 4-year-old
Willie had evar seen a snake nnd as it
writhed and squirmed along1 he ran Into the
house to tell of hla discovery.
"Oh , mamma ! " ho exclaimed , "come here ,
quick ; here's a tall wagging without any
dog. "
Here Is a otory from the Old York ( Mass. )
Transcript : A llttlo flaxen-haired girl who
ON THD MOIIN1NQ OF THE NINTH DAY
AFTBIl TAKING THE MEDICINE SHE
WAS TAKBN WITH A PIT OP VOMIT
ING AND VOMITED UP THE FULL OP
A BASIN OF YOUNG SERPENTS.
A he dauchtor of one of the summer cot
tagers asked her mamma the other day If
ehe could take her best doll to heaven with
ler when he dlod ,
"No , child , of course not. " replied the
'ond mamma.
"Then cau I take my next beat doll to
jeaven ? " continued the child.
"No , they don't have any dolls In heaven , "
answered the child.
"Then I'll lust take my old black doll ,
3usan , and so to hell , " said the llttlo one
with a most determined air.
While the distinguished artist waa showing
its paintings to his guc&ta Bob eat at his
mother's elbow rather bored , but quite silent ,
as became a boy of 7 years , says the Youth's
Companion.
At length a spring landscape brilliantly
and wonderfully Impressionistic was placed
against the easel. Bob clapped bis hand to
his mouth.
"Oh ! " he gasped. "I very nearly said
what I thought I"
"What was that , Bob ? " asked the artist.
Bob shook his head stoutly. "I think
maybe you would like It better If I thought
said he.
Luxuriant , lustrous hair , with a clean ,
wholesome scalp , free from irritating and
scaly eruptions. Is produced by warm shampoos
pees with Cutlcura soap followed by light
Iresslnes with Cutlcura , purest of emollient
kin curce , the most effective skin purifiers
and beautiflera In the world. They clear
he scalp and hair If crusts , scales and
dandruff , soothe irritated and Itching fcur-
aces , stimulate the hair follicles , and sup
ply the roots with energy and nourishment.
The Missionary Herald for September
iftates that while there has been an In-
rense In donations to the American board
'or ' eleven months of over J53.000 , there
laa boon a net decrease-or { 37,000. There
a only one month's receipts to be odd < l
o the above and U U hardly ponlble to
avoid a debt.
SHORT STORIES OF THE DAY
Sergeant Beuler Receives a Medal of Honor
for an Act of Brartrj ,
FEARFUL MIDNIGHT RIDE ON A PUSH-CAR
"Where Did Yon Get thnt Unit" Mys
tery of n. Fire In a lleitr Pocket
U Kxplnlned llnvr n Grocer
Lo t n Cuitomcr.
Ono of the happiest men In the United
States army today Is Sergeant Norman W.
Hessler of Company D , Seventh Infantry ,
now garrisoning Fort Crook. The causa for
his happiness Is the receipt of the medal of
honor voted him by congress for gallantry
on the flold of El Caney , Cuba , a llulo over
a year ago.
The sergeant Is a , young man of 26 and has
already served one term of enlistment In
the regular army , having enllstod In 1895
with the Twelfth Infantry. Durlnc this
period of service ho waa stationed at Fort
Snclllng nnd was there discharged. Taking
a forty days' furlough ho spent some weeks
with his parents , but the lonctng for army
Ufa returned and he re-enllstod in the Sev
enth Infantry. When the Spanish war broke
out the regiment 'was stationed at Fort Lo
gan , Colo. , and In April was ordered to
Chlckam&uga , from which eainp It was sent
to Tampa and there embarked upon the first
expedition to Santiago. The transport ar
rived at Its destination on June 20 and a few
dayo later was at the front. It was during
the battle of Bl Caney that ScrjceAnt , then
Corporal , Hesalor distinguished hlmeelf. He
himself talks TCTT little of the affair , and
modestly says that there are a half dozen
men In his own company -who dcsorvo a
modal as muoh aa he.
"We wore lying on our facea under a
terrine Ore , " eald Serroant nesslor , "and
ono of our men fell In front of the line.
The ofilcers withdrew the company a few
foot for bettor protection and ho was lying
In the open. A comrade named Sheppard
and myself edged our way forward until we
could got hold of his foot and then we
dragged him back of the line. When we
examined him we found he was dead , the
bullet baring entered Just alongside the left
eye , coming out at the base of the brain. Of
course had wo known he was dead It Is prob
able we would never have gone for him , but
In a place like that one doesn't stop to think
whether his comrade la wounded or not. I
didn't' know whether ho was dead or had
dlod while we wore carrying him back of
the line. It waa all over In a mlnuto , and
didn't amount to much , although It was
risky -work while It lasted. I was lucky
enough to have the act seen by the officers. "
Bheppard , the man who , with Reeslor ,
carried the man back of the line , also re
ceived a medal similar to that worn by the
sergeant. He has been discharged from the
service and Is now In the east The medal
Itself to of bronze , being a five-pointed star ,
ono side havlne In relief Columbia with her
shield , thrusting Tyranny aside , and the
other bearing the Inscription : "The Congress
of the United States to Corporal Norman W.
Ilessler , Company D , Seventh Infantry , for
gallantry In action at El Caney , Cuba , July
1 , 1898. " Above the star are two crossed
cannons , surmounted by an American eagle.
A broad silk ribbon of red , wblto and blua
connects the medal to the pin bar , on which
s engraved the recipient's name.
Accompanying the medal Is a certlflcata
of merit statlnc that Bereeant Norman W.
Resale , has been riven the certificate in
recognition of his "distinguished bravery In
assisting the wounded before the lines under
a heavy flro from the enemy. " Thla certifi
cate entitles the holder to an addition of $2
o his monthly pay.
Not satisfied with his experience In the
Cutmn campaign Sergeant Hessler Is now In
lopes of his regiment being ordered to the
Philippines.
Hushing helplessly on a brakoTess push-
car down ono of the steepest railroad grades
n the country at midnight Is not an ordi
nary experience , but such was the thrilling
predicament In which two Omaha men re
cently found themselves. At a speed of a
mile a minute , the wheels making a shrill
shriek In the moonlight and death staring
hem In the face nt every turn , four men
were dashed down 4,000 feet In seventeen
miles In an adventure they win remember
as long as they live.
A. B. Rutherford and R. P. Patterson of
his city , H. W. Hill , superintendent of the
Colorado & Northwestern railroad , and J.
> ahlstrom , traveling freight agent of the
Jnlon Pacific , redo from Mount Alto park
o Boulder , Colo. , one night last week In
what was probably the fastest time eyor
made In that state. Tney were causal dur-
ng a day's outing In the mountains of the
mrk and their only alternative was to take
a push-car or camp out In the chilly moun-
nln atmosphere until morning. They de-
Ided to take their chances with the push-
ar. Ono was gotten at the depot and a
trong piece of 2x4 scantling waa rigged to
t as a brake. The start was made at mid
night. The drop wag from 10,000 to 6,000
cot and the party was entirely Ignorant of.
ho danger It was to encounter. I
After the start the speed Increased until
he air stung their faces and the car qulv-
rod like a living thing. As they were
whizzing along they discovered that their
cantllnR brake would not work. The
tnowlodgo that the car could not bo con-
rolled froze their blood. They were cath-
rlng speed with every revolution of the
wheels , the car was leaping Instead of run
ning renoothly and In the moonlight the
alls glistened cruelly In a converged point
ar away In the darkness. As they shot | I '
hroucrh space , they crouched on the car.
ringing to the edges with every muscle
trained and aching. I
It seemed an eternity before the car
dashed up Into the depot at Boulder , slow-
ng up as a slight grade was encountered
nd crashing Into a box car. Although the
night was cold and the men were wet with
perspiration , half delirious and staggering
Ike drunken persons they made their way
o town suffering from the reaction of the
earful nervous tension experienced during ,
heir thrilling drop through space.
Herman Dellfltodt , tbo director of the
Bellstedt-Ballenberj ; band , formerly trav-
led with Patrick Gllmore's famous organ-
zatlon in the capacity of cornet soloist. It
as Mr. Bcllstedt'a task to bo always on
ho lookout for something novel and now
omethlng out of the ordinary that would
cklo the public fancy. One day bo was
n a certain town In the east , and as ho
atintered along ho spied a bootblack stand
nd concluded to bavn a shine.
The cornetlst took his seat , and the
rchln , as ho started to shine the shoes ,
legnn to whistle. Bollstedt started sud-
enly nnd exclaimed : "What Is that you
re whistling , my boy ? "
The lad looked up In astonishment and
aid : "Where are you from , anyway ,
mister ? That is 'Where Did You Get That
lat. ' It le being sung overywheres. "
The tune struck Mr. Kellstedt's fancy
nd without watting for the boy to black
the other shoe he went Immediately to his
room at tbo hotel and began to arrange the
music for the band , with a cornet solo and
some humorous Bide Issues. That was on
Thursday. Saturday came , around and Mr ,
Olluaore said : "Well , Beltetedt. what have
you for today ? "
"Well , I have something , " remarked the
young man , "but I am not sure It will be
all right. "
"What U It ? " asked the great band
master.
" 'Wh * e did you u < * that hat , ' " WM the
rejoinder.
"I > aaw , that won't do at all ! Brery
The State's
Reception to The First
Regiment
At Lincoln , September 13 , 14 , 15.
W *
4s VINCOLN provides free eiitertainmout. The railroads provide
| free transportation. The veterans of the Gr. A. 11. provides
" ' " ' free quarters on the old camp ground , and the people
of Nebraska are invited to come with their enthusiasm and do
the rorit.
boya want to eeo the people at this reception , "
Jsaid one of the Mrat Rcniinent. "They learned
while in Luzon to appreciate Nebraska , and noio then
will be pleased to see thai Nebraska appreciates them"
thousand new tents will be pitched in the
d State Fair Grounds. The Grand
army veterans will receive the young fighters
* + * as fast as they arrive with due military honors.
The greeting between the old men and the young
will be a scene which you will never forget. Be
at the camp grounds Wednesday if you want to
see the boys come in.
The Battle of Manila three nights , "Wednesday , Thurs
day and Friday. Beeating capacity for 15,000. It's the great
est scenic fire display ever invented.
Grand Military Parade on Thursday. 8,000 young
soldiers in line , with the old veterans as a guard of honor.
The best Concert Bands in the state will furnish music.
The State National Guards encamped at eame time in
Lincoln park. They will be in the grand parade. It will be
the greatest military demonstration ever seen in the west.
Free Railroad Rates to members of the First. Every
thing free to them. One cent per mile to the members of the
Second and Third. Low excursion rates to the public.
grind organ In the atrect la playing it. I
don't boJlova it will bo a go. Did you ar
range It ? " queried air. GUmore.
"Yes. "
"Well , we will give It a trial , then. "
The piece was put on and the flrot night
It made a tremendous hit. Everybody wai
pleased with It , the humor of it being Just
of the sort to please the popular fancy. Mr.
Bellstedt continued to play the piece- forever
over a year , and at St. Louis for several
months the selection was the most popular
one of all. At the close of the long en
gagement there Mr. Bellstedt wan deluged
with hats of every variety and style. There
were floral hale , ellk hate , black hats , white
hats , fedora hnta , crush hats , old hata and
now hats , and the scene after the concert
waa a stracgo one , having more the appear
ance of a hat show than anything else.
The other evening a young man hurriedly
boarded a southbound street car from the
exposition. He sat down In the seat and
slid over a little way. He suddenly started
as though he had been hurt , and pulling
I ' up his coat tall found the lining of the
garment to bo all ablaze. He hastily ex
tinguished the flames and Investigated the
cause. He found that he had sat on a box
of safety matches In his pocket and they
had become Ignited. He could not explain
the thing , as the matches were of the sort
that It Is claimed will not strlko Ore unless
they are scatchod on a rough surface on the
box. Further Investigation revealed the
fact that the young man had a box of
chlorldo of potash tablets In his pocket
which he used for his throat , he being a
singer , and then the mystery was explained.
The potash coming In contact with the
safety matches caused combustion. The
young man came out of the occurrence with
a badly burned coat , a ruined white silk
handkerchief and some valuable experience.
"In thirty years' experience on a business
man I "over short-chanced a customer but
once , and that hapiienM only a few weeks
ago , " said a North Twenty-fourth street
merchant.
"Ono afternoon a woman entered my
ptoro and purchased a bill of goods amountIng -
Ing to Jl.40 and tendered $2 In payment. I
did not have the right amount of change , ' '
but went to a neighboring store nnd secured
It. On returning I took the J2 and gave the
woman 40 cents.
"A oouplo of hours later the woman sent
her 12-year-old boy to the store to toll me '
of the mlstako In her change. As Boon as
my attention was called to the mistake I
remembered It and crooned the cash drawer
to get the 20 cents. Again I could not makn 1
the correct chance. I asked the boy If he
bad any money and he handed me 50 rents.
I then cave the boy 30 cents and told him
that stralcntemed the matter up. I i
"About an hour later the woman sent a I
daughter to the store with a letter that con- '
talned eomo jiretty strong suscostlons ro- |
gardlng my methods of doing business.
thought the letter was pretty funny , and , j
after havlne a coed lauch about It , I gave
her the correct change and asked her If sbo ,
had anr money. She said 'no' In a kind of i
geared way and began tn back toward the
door. I told her If any of the rest of the
family had any money to send them down ,
and I would see what I could do for thorn. '
A queer thing about the whole story Is that
I lost a good customer. "
The band was playlnc a biutlful selec
tion. The music was as soft and sweet as
a summer zephyr. There was a sudden
pause In the music as tbo bandmaster lilted
bis baton for a now attack , when a woman's
Bhrlll voice rans out , "I like the anncorw
better than any other part. I wish they |
would play more onncores. They are the
best of all. " and then tbo strains of the '
music drowned any further remarks of the
woman who liked the "anncores. "
"I went to the circus this week , " said
an Omaha man yesterday , who haa grown
up from boyhood In this city , "and what
a change there seems to ho In It.
I have been going to circuses In Omaha for
the last twenty years and their develop
ment U certainly marvelous.
"The flrzt circuses I attended were held
down on Jefferson njuare , which at that
time was nothing but ft barren pleco of
ground on which the circus men aet their
tents nnd threw up one ring In which the
performance took placo. The farmers used
to como to town and hitch their wagons
on Sixteenth street all the way from Capitol
tel avenue to Chicago street , and let them
stand there while' they went In to see the
performance- . When the Jefferson square
elte was deserted , the circuses moved down
to Lower Farnam street and showed on a
vacant plot on Ninth and Farnam , opposite
the Union Pacific headquarters. I remem
ber going to eee Dan Rice's show down
there , which was a pretty good circus , al
though be carried no menagerie and kept
the free street parade down to the mini
mum.
"A few circuses showed on the top of the
hin , In the neighborhood of Twenty-fifth
and Dodge , and then they settled down for
several years to the old Kountzo tract. In
the hollow near St. Mary's avenue. It was
there that the Coups' big consolidated clr-
cus aggregation used to display Itself , and
Barnum nnd Forepaugtt's and all the leaser
circus lights. After the St. Mary's avenue
j grounds were converted Into a base ball
i pork the circuses wont to the northern part
. of the city , sometimes going as far as
j Kountzo place. Moro recently they cam
back nearer town and cnade the elto of
Twentieth and Paul their favorite.
"I remember about fifteen years ago the
| first electric arc lamp I eter saw woo
j brought out with a circus , I think Fore-
i paugh's , and advertised as the greatest
1 ' novelty of the age. The engine and dynamo
by which the olectrlo current was generated
I | was hauled round the streets In the parade
nnd afterward eot up outsldo of the tent
nnd connected with the wires which fed
throe or four arc Inmpo on the Inside. The _
engine kept pufflng away nil through the j
I I performance and sounded much llko a fire
' engine. I notice , however , that the circuses
have now all discarded the electric light , al
though they could have It without any such
Inconvenience by simply connecting Mth the
city lighting company's wires. Just what
the reason Is for going back to gaullno Is
not apparent.
"While the thrco or four-ringed show la
Rlmply a multiplication of the old one-ring
circus , to most people It Is too much of a
bewilderment. When they had ono or two
clovsns wo could enjoy their antics. When
the clowno come nut In herds It Is too much
work to keep track of them. In connection
with the clowna ono thing that la missed
is the bead clown , who used to come out
and stand on a barrel and sing one or two
topical songs of the day , after which hu
would announce that thla vocal gem , to
gether with a great many others bound In
a book with his picture on the cover , would
be presented to mombora of the audience In
exchange for 10 cent/ ! .
"Another thing which was missed was ths
final ulndup of tumbling by the entire com
pany , In which everybody ran down along
an Inclined platform and turned Bimersaulta
over the elephant. This waa really an en
joyable feature of the show , hut It seems
to have been discarded for some reason or
another ,
"A real Improvement In the circus llei In
the trained anlmaln and their acts , which
ore certainly marvelous. I remember when
the old circuses bad one trained elephant ,
but tills lost one had a whole troop divided i I
Into squads of five , and they put them
through the same performance olmullane- ' I
ously In three different rings , The horses' '
and the trained steer were equally fine
specimens of patient animal teaching. Tbo
evolution of the circus everyone must admit
haa kept up with the advance of other
branches of the amusement buslnccs. "
Kodol Dybpepsla Cure Is a centlflc ! com
pound halng the endorsement of eminent
physicians and tbo medical preen. U "dl-
gests what you eat" and positively cures
dyspepsia. M , A. Ketron , Illoomlngdale ,
Tcnn. , says it cured him of Indirection of
ten years' standing.
An easily operated bicycle pump haa been ,
patented by a New Yorker , having a pair ,
of bars pivoted at ono end and provided with ,
handles at the opposite ends , the base of
the pump being attached to one bar , and
the piston to the other , so that the opening
and closing of the bare operate the pump.
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