THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 17 , 1899.
DROLLERIES OF DONEGAL.
A Series of Irish Folk Stories By Scutnns Macmnnus.
THE OLD HAG OF THE FOREST.
Author ot "Through the lurt Smote. " "Tholeadln'Road to Donegal. "
( Copyright , 199 , by S. S. McClurc Co. )
CHAPTER .
Once on a tlmo , long , long ago , whoa
thftre were more kings and quccna In Ire
land than O'Donncll's old castle hn windows
dews , and when witches and enchantments
wore as plentiful as blackthorn buHhes ,
there 'was a king and a queen , with three
eons , and to every one of these sons the
que < m had given a bound , a hawk and a ( Illy ,
The Oily could overtake anything , the bound
could catch anything It pursued on dry land
and the hawk could come up with anything
In tbo air or in the water. In the couroo
of time , -when these three lads had grown
up to bo One , able , strapping young men ,
the oldest said one day that ho would go
away to pusb hlfl fortune. The king and
the queen were vexed at this , and wrought
blm high up and low down to keep him
from going , but it ivas all no use , ho
wouldn't bo enld by them , and BO , asking
thilr blessing , he mounts the filly , and , with
tbo hank on his ehouldor , and the bound
at bin heels , sets out. And ho told them
as he was setting out , to observe , from day
to day , the water that settled In the filly's
hoof tracks outside the gate , "for , " says he ,
him , not a man of nil the warriors there ,
covered all over ns they were In coots of
Iron moll from the crown of their heads
to the aolca of their feet tbo sorra resalvo
the one of them , but went llko that , trem
bling with fear , for tbo llko ot such a tar-
rlfflo giant none ot them over saw or heerd
toll ot before. So , my bravo king's eon
waited on till he saw there was none of
them present would venture to fight the
giant , and then out ho stops himself ; and
the giant and htm to it , and the llko ot
their fight was never witnessed in Ireland
before , and ho gave the giant enough to do ,
and the giant gave him enough to do ; till
at last , when it was going bard with him ,
ho gave ono leap Into the air , and coming
down with his sword Just right on the
giant's neck , ho cut off hlajioad. clean off ,
and then when ho bad that done bo dis
appeared In the crowd , and after killing
eomo game on the hills , came homo and
gave the old woman the game for supper.
That night when the old woman waa giv
ing him his supper eho told him about the
great gentleman that bad1 killed the giant
that day , and then disappeared all ot a sud-
dlnt Into the air. And then she said that
BUT AT LENGTH THE OLD HAG OF THE FOREST WAS GETTING THE BETTER
OF HIM. i -
"as long oa that water keeps clear I'm all
right ; but when you sco it frothing , I'm
fighting a hard battle ; and It ever you see
It turn bloody I'm either dead or under en
chantment. So himself , the hound , the
hawk and tbo filly , they started , and oft
with them , and they traveled away , and
away , far further than I could tell or you
could toll me , till at last one-evening late
ho ooroca In sight ot a great castle. When
ho got sight ot the castle ho pulls up his
filly , and , looking about him , he sees a small
wco house oonvaynlen-t and ho drew on this
house , and , going in , found only ono old
woman In it and saw that it waa a neat ,
clean llttlo house entirely. "God save ye ,
young gentleman , " says the woman. "God
eave yerself , kindly , and thanky ; and can
I have lodging for the night for myself , my
hound , my hawk , my fllly ? " says he. "Well ,
for yourself , you can , " says the old woman ,
says she , "but I don't like them other ani
mals , but uro you can house them out
side , " says she. Very well and good , he
agreed to this. When the old woman was
getting his supper for him she ( raid she
supposed be was for the big fight the mor
row. He axed her , "What big fight ? "
"And , och , " frays she , "Is that all ou
knoiv about it ? " commencing and telling to
him how that the king's daughter of the
QUEEN OAVE TO BACH OF THE
THREE SONS A HOUND , A HAWK AND
'A ' FILLY.
castle beyond was to be hilled by & great
giant the next day unless there was a man
there able to beat tha giant , and to any
man that would fight htm and
heat him the king waa to give his
daughter In marriage and the weight ot
liernolf three time * ov r in gold. "Och , "
sayu ho , "I'M find something bettor to do.
I'll not go near it. " So the next morning
early bo was up betimes and pretending
ho was going away to bunt , doesn't ho go
Icstcad to the king's caotlo , and there ho
saw no end of a crowd gathered together
from the four winds of the world , some-of
them thinking to fight the giant and win
the king's daughter , and more of them
eomo only out ot curiosity , just to look on.
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giant's brother was to be there the morra (
to fight any one that would fight ( or the
king's daughter , and eho told blm ho should
go , for dt would bo well worth eaclng. But ,
"Och " "I'll bettor
, says ho , flnd something
worth doing I'll not go near It. " So , after
his supper , to bed he wont , and ho was up
again early betimes In the morning , and
making pretend he was going to hunt , he
went off to the castle again. This day the
crowd was bigger than ever , and when
the giant appeared , and If the first giant
was tar-rlflle , this ono was twice over
double as tart-rlfflc , and ho could get
no man with the heart to venture to
fight him , till at length my bravo king's
son had ito step out this day again and en
counter him. Well , If the flght was hard
the first day. It was this day dbuble as hard ,
and the giant gave blm his fill of It , and he
gave the giant his fill of it , till at long and at
last when It was going hard on him ho takes
ono spring right up dnto the air and landing
down with Ws swordl on the giant's ne k ho
cuts the head rJghl off from the body and
then again disappeared in the crowd , and
after a while's hunting on IJio hills he came
homo with plenty of game ; and this night ,
Just llko the night before , when the old
woman was giving him his supper she made
great wonders of telling him of the tar-rlfQc
fight that day again between the strange
gentleman and itiho giant , and how tie killed
the giant and then disappeared right up
Into the sky before all their eyes. And
then she eald that on the morra the third
ami last giant was to fight , and she eald thds
would bo -wonderful day entirely , ana
tie shall surely go to s e It , andl to see the
wonderful gentleman that killed tiho other
two giants. But "Och , " says he , "I'll find
something better ito do I'll not go near It ,
to look at him or it. " And the third mornIng -
Ing again ho went to the castle , pretending
that It was to hunt ho was going ; nnd the
third giant appeared , and him far more tar-
rime ithan the first two put together. And
to make a long story short , my brave king's
son and himself went at it , nndl the fighting
was the most odious * ever was witnessed
before or since , and the short and long of
It was that ho sprung up at length Into the
air , and comilng down on the gloat's neck
out off his head , and then again disappeared
In the crowd and went home ; but as he woo
disappearing , doesn't one of the king's men
snap the shoo off his foot ; so homo he had
to go that night wanting one shoe. Next
day , and for the eight days after , the king
had all his men out scouring the country far
and ivldo to see 'If ' they could flnd the owner
of the shoe ; b\ut tihough they flocked to the
caatle In thousands not ono of them would
the shoo fit. And every one of these days
the king's son waa out with hla fllly , his
hawk and bis hound on the bills hunting.
At last ono day the old woman went to the
castle and itold how aho ihad a lodger that
eomo home tbo night tbo last giant was kilt
with one boot wanting. And the next day
the king came there himself with a carriage
and Jour ihoreoa and took the king's son
away to bis castle , nnd there when they tried
on him the boat , doesn't It fit him like as | r
U wan made on 'bis ' foot ; and the king gave
him bin daughter , and the marriage was
performed , and nil the whole gentry and no
bility of all tha land woo Invited In to a big
falst. But , lo and behold ye , on that TCI >
night when oil the spree was goIng -
Ing on , and ) the fun was at its
height , in the 'ballroom ' , and all
were as busy as beoa In the kitchen , what
would yo have of It but at that very time
doesn't there eomo to the kitchen window
a hare , and puts In Us head and commences
licking a plate of some particular nice dainty
that was cooling inside the window , and
the cook was so enraged at one of her very
best dishes being destroyed that she getup
up In a passion and put off all her sorts
and eald it was a nlco bow do ye do that
with a balro In the house that killed giants
a dirty liaro would bo allowed to eomo In
and spoil her cooking. This word soon
came to the groom's ears in the ballroom ,
and though the king and the queen and
the brldo and all the nobility and gentry
tried to persuade- him against it he
vouldn't stop , and there was no holding
of him. Ha eald be wouldn't etop two
nights , or eat two meals' meat In the ono
house till he would cat oh that bare and
bring It back dead or alive. So mounting
his fllly , and taking with him his hawk
and his hound , ho started off hot-foot In
pursuit. He pursued the hare all that night
and ell the next day , and at evening late
he drew on a 'little ' woe bouse he eaw In a
hollow , and ho went In , for bo was tired ,
and determined to rest that night. Ho
wasn't long in , and ho was warming-hlrn-
eelf at the flro , with hla hound , hla hawk
and bis fllly , when , ho hears n noise at the
wee window of the house , and there he sees
a dirty wJzencd old ( hag of a woman , trem
bling and shaking down to her very finger
tips , "Och , och , och , It's cold , cold , cold , "
sajo ithe , and her teeth rattling In her
head. "Why don't you come In and warm
yourself ? " eaya he. "Och , I can't , I can't , "
say * she. "I'm afraid of them wild ani
mals of yours. But here , " says she , pulling
three 'long hairs out ot her head , and hand-
Ins them In by the window to him , "here , "
says she , "Is three of the borochs" wa
ued to have In old times , and It you tie
them wild boosts of yours with them then
I'll go In. " So ho took the three hairs
nnd tied the hawk , the hound nnd the fitly
with thorn , nnd then the old hag came In ,
but she waa trembling no longer , and , says
she , with her eyes flashing flre , "Do you
know who I nm ? " says she. "They call
mo the Old Hag of the Forest , nnd It waa
my three eons you killed to win the king's
daughter , but you'll pay dearly for It now , "
says sho. With that he drew his sword , nnd
the hag drew another , nnd both of them
fell to it , and I couldn't bo able to describe
to you the terrible flght they had enlrely.
But at length the Old Hag ot the Forest
waa getting too many for him , nnd ho had
to rail on the help ot the hound. "Hound ,
hound , " says ho , "whore are you nt my
command ? " And at this , "Hair , hair , " says
the old hag , says she , "hold tight. " " 0 , "
saya the hound , "its hard for mo to do
anything nnd my throat n-cuttlng. " Then
ho called on the hawk. "Hawk , hawk , "
says ho , "whero are you nt my command ? "
Andt "Hair , hair , " says the old hag , says
she , "hold tight. " "O , " says the hawk ,
"sura it's hard for mo to do anything and
my throat a-cuttlng. " And then ho called
on the fllly. "FHly , fllly , " sajs he , "where
are you nt my command ? " "Hair , hair , "
says the old hag , saya she , "hold tight. "
" 0 , " says the fllly , "suro It's hard for mete
to do anything and my throat a-cuttlng. "
So the end of It all was that the hag over
came him , and then taking out ot her
pocket n llttlo whlto rod ehe struck him
with It , and turned htm Into a gruy rock ,
just outsldo her door , and then striking
the bound , the hawk and the fllly with .tho
rod she turned them into whlto rocks just
bosldo him ?
Now , at homo they watched the water
In the filly's hoof tracks oa regularly as tha
sun rose every day , day after day , till nt
last they ono day saw the water In the hoof
tracks frothing , and they said ho was fight
ing a hard battloiand ; so ho was , for that
waa the very day himself nnd the flrst
giant had the encounter. Next day It was
frothing moro than over , for that was the
day ho "was fighting the second giant , and
on the third day the water frothed right
up out of the tracks , and then they know
ho waa fighting a dcsporato big battle en
tirely ; and euro enough himself and the
third giant were at It hard nnd fast at
the eamo Instant. But at length didn't they
flnd the water turning to 'blood and they
thought ho must bo killed. So the next
morning the second brother set out and ho
said ho wouldn't atop two nights or oat
two meals of meat In the ono house till
he'd flnd out -what happened to his brother.
He took hla bound , his hawk and his fllly
with him nnd ho traveled on nnd on , Jar
further than I could tell you , till at length
ono ovenlng late doesn't he come to the very
> wee house near a great castle where his
brother had put up before him. And when
ho comes in the old woman that was in the
house flew at him and kissed him and wel
comed him back with a hundred , welcomes
ton times over , for ho was so like his
brother she was sure Jt was him was In
it. Then she told him that they were all
waiting for him anxiously at the castle , ex
pecting him back every day , and that ho
should lose no tlmo In going to them , for
that the brldo In particular was down
hearted entirely since he had went away ,
thinking that she'd never see him any more.
So off ho starts at once for the castle to
flnd it all out , and It's there was the wel
come nnd the rejoicing , and the pretty
king's daughter covered him all over with
kisses , and there was a great spread , and
all tha gentry and nobility were asked tln
again , but that night again , what would
you have of it , but the hare oomea a second
; ! mo , and spoiled the , cook's best dish , and
drove the cook Into a frightful rage , and
'It's a nice how do yo do , Indeed , " says
he cook , says she , "that with a hatro In
ho house that slew three glanta that hare
would bo allowed to eomo In and spoil my
very choicest dish , and then go off with
tself scot free , " says sho. And this word
came to the new groom in the ball room ,
and1 "by thia and by that , " says he , "I
won't stop till I go after that hare , and
I'll never stop two nights or eat two meals
n the one house till I .bring back that hare
dead or alive. " And so , off he starts , him
self , the hound , the hawk , and the filly ; and
all that night and the next day ho pursued
nCter the hare , and late the next evening
when he was feeling tired out and not
able to follow any further , doesn't ho see In
the hollow below htm a llttlo house , and
drawing on the house hewent In and was
warming himself by the flro with his hound ,
its hawk ami his filly about him when ho
lears a nolso at the window , and there he
sees an old hag quaking and shaking all
THE HARE CAME TO THE WINDOW AND
BEGAN LICKING A PLATE OP SOME
NICE DAINTIES THAT SAT COOLINQ
IN THE WINDOW.
over. "Ocb , och , ocb , It's cold , cold cold , "
says she , trembling all over. "Why don't
you come In and warm yourself ? " saya he.
"Oh , " saya ehe "I couldn't go in , for I'm
afraid of these wild animals of yours. But
hero , " eaya she , pulling three long hairs
out of her head , "hero's three of the kind
of borocka we used to UBO long ago , and
tlo your animals with them , nnd then I'll
go in. " So ho takes the hairs and tics the
hound , the hawk and the fllly with them ,
and them old hag came In , and Eho not
trembling at all now , but her eyes flach-
4ng fire , and , eaya she , "your1 brother killed
my three , sons , ' and I made him pay dearly
for it , and I'll make you pay dearly , " says
she , ' 'too. " Sd with that she drew a sword
and ho drew a sword , and both of them to
It , and they fought long and they fought
hard , but the hag was too many for him ,
so at length ho had to call on the bound.
"Hound , hound , " eez lie , "where are you at
my command ? " Sez the old hag , eez she ,
"Hair , hair , hold tight ! " "Oh , " sez tba
hound , "how I do anything and my throat
a-cuttlng ? " Then be called on the hawk ,
"Hawk , hawk , " sez he , "where nro you al
my command ? " Hair , hair , " sez the old
hag , eoz she , "hold tightl"1 "Oh , " sez the
hawk , "how could I do" anything and my
throat a-cuttlng ? " Then ho called on bis
fllly. "Fllly , fllly , " says lie , "where are
you at my command ? " "Hair , hair , " says
the old hag , says she , "hold tight ) " "Oh,1
saya the filly , says he , 'how could I do any
thing and my throat a-cuttlng ? " So the end
of it all waa again that the bag got the
bettor of him , and , taking out a wee bli
ot white rod out oj her pocket she struck
htm with it , and turned him into another
Cray stone outside the door , and then struck
the hound , the hawk ami the filly , And
turned them Into three white stones just
bosldo him.
Nor , nt homo ns before , they were watchIng -
Ing his filly's hoof tracks every day regular ,
nm ) everything went well till at last one
lny they obeorvwl the water In them turn
bloody nnd then they were afeerd ho wis
kilt. Then the very next morning says the
youngster son Jock , says he : "I'll Mart oft
with my liound , my hawk nnj my fllly , nnd
won't sleep two nights In one bed , or cat
two menls In tbo ono house till I flnd what
has happened to my two old brothers. " So
off ho starts himself , his fllly , his hawk nnil
his hound nnd ho traveled and1 traveled
nway , far furthiT than you could tell me
or I could tell you , till he came In sight
of the vetry eamo castle his two brothers
reached before him , and drawing on the wee
hut ho BO.W Hoar It ho went In , and the old
woman jumped nnd throw her nrms about
Ms neck , and welcomed him homo with n
hundred thousand welcomes , nnd told him
It was a poor thing to go nwny and leave his
brldo tbo way ho did , twice , nnd that she
was In n vary bad way , down hearted en
tirely , thinking nnd ruminating , what had
booomo of him , or happened to him at all , nt
all. And then she hurried my brave Jack
BUT AT LENGTH DIDN'T THEY FIND
THE WATER TURNED INTO BLOOD.
oft to the caotlo. And och , It's there the
welcome waa for blm and the rejolcemcnts ,
beknso he bad conve book again. And this
tlmo , just as before , the great falst was
given , and tbo gentoy and nobility all asked
In to It , and the play was at lt height when
the word come to the ball room once more
about the unmannerly hare spoiling the' |
ooolc's best dish the ithlrtl time , and how the' '
cook said It was o. purty how de yo do , on-
tlroly , that such a thing would bo allowed ,
with a balro In .tho ihouso that slew three
giants. And -with that , without more ado ,
off my bravo Jack Insisted on starting , and
there was no holding of him , good or bad ,
for he eald ho ibavo to fetch back that bare ,
dead or allvo. So off Jack starts himself ,
ibis hawk , his hound , and ihls filly , and Jack
had a sort of notion in his eye that this same
hare was nothing good , and that 'twas H led
his two brothers astray , whatever had hap
pened to them. So bio 'traveled ' on , an * on ,
and on , for that night and all the next day ,
and never came up with the hare , till at
length , late that ovenlng , ho saw from him
th eamo TWO hut in the hollow that his
brothers draw on before , nnd on. it my brave
Jaok drew , too. Amdl after ho had been in
the cabin eomo time ( himself , 'his ' hound , his
hawk and his fllly , ho hears the noise at the
window , and there ho eeeo the old bus.
trembling and shaking and quaking , and
'Och , och , och , but it's cold , cold , cold , " says
sho. "And why , " says he , "but you come
in and warm yourself ? " "Och , ' ' says she ,
"I'm afraid of ithem wild animals of yours.
But here , " says she , taking out of her heed
three hairs , "hero's three of the kind of
ix > rochs wo used to use In old times , and
tlo your animals with them , and then I'll
go .In. . " Jack -took from her the three hairs ,
and , pretending to tie the ihowid , the hawk
and ithe filly with them , be threw them in
stead into the fire. Then the old/ / hag came
n , her oyea blazing in heir head , and , draw
ing a sword , she rushed at Jack to
have hia life. And Jack drew his sword
and rushed at Ihor , and both of them to
it hard and fast , and they fought long and
they fought hard , till at length Jack , find-
ng the hag putting too sore on him , called
on hla bound. "Hound , hound , whcro are
you at my command ? " "Hair , hair , " says
tbo old bag she "hold " " "
, says , tight ! "O ,
says the hair , "It's hard for me to do good
and mo a-burnlng in the flro. " And then
Jack caHed on his hawk. "Hawk , hawk , "
says he , "who-ro are you at my command ? "
'Hair , hair , " says the old ( hag , says she ,
'bold tight. " " 0 , " says .the hair , "It's
lard for mo to do good and mo a-burnlng
n the flre. " Then Jack called on his filly.
'Fllly , fllfy , " says ho , "where are you at
my command ? " "Hair , hair , " says the old
jag , says she , "hold tight. " " 0 , " pays the
Jftlr , "It's bard for mo to do good and mo
a-burning In the fire. " So the bound , the
iawk and the filly all rallied to my brave
Jack's aid , and the hound got hold of tbo
hag by the heel and -wouldn't let her go all
eho could do ; and with ono fling the fllly
broke her Teg , and the hawk picked out her
two eye * , so she couldn't see what she was
doing , or where she wns striking. So then ,
she cried out , "Mercy , mercy , spare my
ilfo and I'll give you back your two
brothers. " "All right , " says Jack , "tell mo
where they are , and how I'm to get them. "
"Do you see them two gray stones , " says
she , "outsldo the door , with three smaller
white ones round each of them ? " " ! do , "
says Jack. "Well , " says she , "tho gray
stoiies are your brothers , and the others
are their hounds , their hawks , and their
fllllea ; and U you take water from the well
nt the foot cf that trco below the house ,
and sprinkle three drops of It ou c.ucb of
them stones , they'll aVl bo disenchanted
again. " Jack , you may suppose , didn't lose
much tlmo doing this , and lo and behold
you from the atones cornea up his two
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choice pattern , this - 30 PATTERNS Axmlnstcr and Mo- GO PAIRS heavy damask ilnlsh Curtains
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week Ot/O quctto Carpets , all now and deelrablo tains , full slzo , $4.RO , $ . ' .25 4 _
ANOTHER unusual chair offering , Is colorings , per yard , C | and $6.00 kind , pair . O
a very neat rich rattan made ot select S5c to . &JL 65 PIAIRS of extra heavy Tapestry
oak , golden finish , choice carvings , A BEAUTIFUL line velvets all Portieres , very chotco Oriental designs ,
thoroughly made and braced , cane seat with borders to match , yard sold for $5.50 , $6.00 nnd $7 ,
You'll wonder how wo do It when sale prlco , pair
OUR line of Imperial Velvet Carpets
you see the chair , which we embraces only the choicest of designs 40 PAIRS extra heavy Tapestry Por-
offer you this week for will designs , sold
and colorings and give splendid tlereo , Japanese
SIDEBOARD , hand polished , golden service , all new designs , _ . for $12 , sale price , pair . . . .
oak , quarter oawed , shaped top , eolld yard only . L JLO 15 HALF pairs Vclour Curtains , sold
trimmings , ono drawer lined for silver NEW patterns In Brussels Carpets In for $17.50 pair , palo prlco to , Q frr"
ware , largo bevel mirror , choice heavy parlor , library and ball effect _ , close , each . . t > /t >
carvings This week wo offer this o
Ot > O
at , yard . Curtains
35 HALF pairs of Tnpestry ,
to you at the very low
price of BEST grade , all wool Insraln carpets. sold from $2.50 to $15 pair , all odd ,
Cxtra heavy and extra flno qualities , half pairs of n kind sale iirlco
HANDSOME large sideboard , quartor- the highest priced designs and best each $5 , $2.50. $1.25 nnd .
sawed , golden oak , hand polished ,
swell top , tolld trimmings , ono drawer colorings go to make the finest line of 15 HALF pairs Chenlllo Curtains , $4 ,
lined , extra clinlco hand carving , largo Ingrain carpets shown anywhere - $5 and $6 p.ilr , go at sale
40x18 bevel mirror , a refined hand whore at , yard , GOc , 70o and. . price , each . .
some , honestly constructed sideboard , ALL wool two-ply Ingrains , TAPESTRY Table Covers , < - , _ ,
worth $30.00 , this week yard . 5Oo 4-4 slzo . Ot > O
only TAPESTRY Tnblo Covcra ,
BUFFETS , the largest line to select RUGS 6-4 slzo
from , vcrjr rich , neat quarter-sawed TAPESTRY Table Covers ,
OUR special sale of oriental rugs is
oak , polished golden finish buffet , ono 8-1 slzo
drawer , shaped top Our price for this now in 'progress another lot of Ids-
' kllum portieres and couch covers just EXTRA heavy Table Covers , Turkish
exquisite''piece of furnishing - _ _ . _ .
' design , very cholco , slzo 8-4 , _ ,
ing , only 7.OCI received. Rug connolscurs toll us that -
the line ot goods that we are now prlco , each . V- *
PIJATE Racks , hand polished In golden showing Is the best for the least mon DOWN Pillows , 20x20 , o
Flemish oak and Im.ltatlon mahogany , ey ever shown In this city. Note a each . OOO
fitted with cup hooks , a
few prices DOWN Pillows , 22x22 ,
bargain at GENDJI Rugs at $11.75 , each . > * 5O
atCOUCH&S $9.00 and CURTAIN Rods for saeh , with brackets
COUCH&S
ANTIQUE Bclouohe Hugs , very ets complete , sold for 15c ,
beautiful , go at $16 , $11.75 and go at , each
A COUCH can look very fine and at "
same 'time ' bo very poorly made , even "VERY largo and 'heavy antique Kajalc t TWO pairs Silk Curtains , sold for
though the covering looks fnlrly good. Rugs , $30.00 , $28.00 , $25.00 _ , _ . $22.50 , go at sale prlco ,
Not so with ours All couches made and 22. 5O pair
Orchard
I4I4-I6-B8 Douglas St
brothers , every ono of them with his
hounds , bis hawk , and his fllly , Just the
same as they -were before they 'had been
enchanted by the old Hag of the Forest ,
and that was the meeting and the greeting
between Jack and his lost brothers , that he
thought he'd never see again ! But off they
soon etarted'all of them , .with their hounds ,
their hawks and their fillies , away back for
the castle again , and the eldest brother got
his bride and the falst was spread this
time again and all the gentry and nobility
of both that and the surrounding countries
all eomo to attend It and do honor to the
bride and groom ; and such a tlmo for eat
ing , drinking , dancing , singing , fun and
amusement was never seen before or after.
Jack and the second brother started away
off afterward for homo with their hounds ,
their hawks and their flrileswith them and
as much goold ns they could carry. I got
brogues of brougham and slippers of bread ,
a bit of a pie for telling a Ho , and then
coma slithering homo on my 'bead. '
Odious fa a very comprehensive word In
tbo mouth of a Donegal shnnachy. It gen
erally means everything inexpressible by
the Kngllsh languape.
The boroch Is the rope used In tying a
cow to the stake.
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.
"What are you going to be when you are
a man , Tommy ? "
"I'm eoln' to work till I got enough
'money ' to buy a candy store , an' then I
won't do a thing ! "
"I've gat n hatpin made out of a nugget
from papa's copper mine. "
"That's notliln' Is
. All my paper dollies
cut out of minln' stock. "
A bright llttlo fellow , hearing a guest ot
the * family quote "An honest man's the no-
bleat work of God , " came forward , and ,
looking earnestly at tbo visitor , said : "Sir ,
my mother's the noblest work of God , too. "
"My papa swears when he geta right
mad , " said Johnny Upjohn.
"My paw doesn't ' , " Bald Tommy Tucker ,
"but when ho cuts himself with bis razor
ho says 'Jumptn' Jo-rusalem ! ' so you can
hear him a mile away. "
Small Tommy had tbo toothache one day
and his mother , after examining It , said It
was hullow and must bo pulled , A few
'la ) later the mother complained of a head
ache. "I guess It's hollow , " said Tommy.
"You ought to get It pulled. "
The teacher of a Juvenile Sunday school
class waa picturing to the minds of her
llttlo pupils the beauties uf heaven , and
concluded , by asking : "Now , who can , toll
me what kind of little boys go to heaven ? "
"I can , " answered ono small boy. "Very
wellt" said the teacher , "you may tell me. "
"Dead ones , " was the prompt but unexpected
reply.
THE AMBITIOUS LITTLE BOY.
Boston Globe.
Some fellers like to play base ball ,
An' some likes foot ball , too.
An' some thinks marbles better yet
( An1 plays for keeps they do ) .
But "Where's there uny fun In them
Is more'n I kin see ,
Fer Buff lo Bill an' cowboys
Is good 'nough fer mu !
I'd ruther roam the prairies wide ,
iAn' hunt tha InJIns wild ,
Than have to monkey 'round in school
Jes' like some llttlo child.
I don't see how my folks expect
To make much out o' me
Unless I'm round where Buft'lo BUI
An * all hla cowboys bel
It I could cot a nice fast horse ,
A gun an * pistol , too ,
You bet I wouldn't stay 'roun' hereWith
With sich prospects In view !
I'd start right fer the woolly west ,
An' mighty soon I'd be
With BufTlo Bill an' cowboys
They're1 good 'noueh fer me I
I'm Jes' about discouraged
When I think of what a name
I'd cnrvo In letters big an' bold ,
'Sides winnln' piles o' fame ,
I'd call myself the "Infant Scout , "
An' soon my ma would sec
That Buff'lo Bill an' cowboys
Wuz Jos' ithe men fer mo !
I'd wear my hair way down my baclt ,
An' sport a buckskin coat
With fringes runnln' down the * eams ,
An' open at the thront ;
I'd wear a bs ! > sombrero ,
An' boots with spurs O ( reel
If I could only llva out west
Whore all the cowlxiya be !
Sly mamma says I'm orful bad
'Cause I don't like my school ,
And aez If I keep on I'll be
Jas' notliln' but a fool ;
She sez she Jes' can't unficratan'
What 'he ' ? got Into me ;
An' what there is 'bout Buft'lo Bill
That's good she falls ter see.
But then , my ma she ain't a boy ,
So how is she 'to know ,
Fer If she wns I bet she'd
The reason I think FO ;
She never read 'of ' 'Jesse ' James ,
Er Injuns shot out wost.
Kr else she'd see why Buff'lo Bill
An1 cowboys Is the best ,
I TUOB8 thcy's tlmo enough fer meTe
To BO to school blme-by ,
Je-s' now I want to win a name-
How c n I 'less I try ?
If you Ilka school , why , that Is Jes'
The place you'd orter be ;
But Bufl'lo BUI an' cowboys
IB good 'nough fer me !
COIVNUniAI.ITIES.
'By ' a recent marriage In illddlotown , N.
Y. , the brldo becomes the step-mother of
her sister-in-law , ns her brother had previ
ously married a daughter of her husband
and the groom li the father-in-law of hla
brother-in-law. This sentence learned by
heart may toe a good cure for insomnia.
Assistant Naval Constructor Lieutenant
Joseph Wright Powell , U , S. N. , who was
married to Miss Bertha Allen Osterhout in
Oswego , N. Y. , last Thursday , is the young
man who hung about the entrance to Siin-
tlaso harbor In a steam launch , waiting ,
under the lire of the Spanish batteries , for
Ilobson nnd his crew to come out after the
sinking of the Merrlmac.
It has been announced in Paris that
Prince John , second son of the Due do-
Chartres , IK about to wed his cousin. Prin
cess Isabella of Orleans , third daughter of
the Comtcsse do Paris. It Is expected that
the marriage will take place toward tha
end of October or In the early nart of No-
veml iat Randan or in London or Paris.
Prince John Is 24 years old and Is serving1
as an olllcer In the Danish army. The
Princess Isabella , sister of the queen of
Portugal , is barely 21 and lives with her
mother chiefly in the chateau of Randan in
the Puy do Dome ,
A couple purporting- bo from Philadel
phia called upon a gentleman of the cloth ,
nt Wilmington , Del. , to mnrry them , which
ho Immediately proceeded to do with all
the expedition a proper observance of tha
solemnities Justified. The last words
spoken the presumably happy husband , al
though It is hard to sea how a man with a
heart so black in his 'bosom ' could bo
happy , thereupon gave fcho clergyman a
check for $10 The mutual courtoslcs inci
dent to this stage of the game being com
piled with the smiling pair withdrew and ;
the minister put the paper presage of so
much sound money in bank. In duo tlma
the chock came back with the ice-cold an
nouncement that it was N. G.
"Bill" Mercer of Raccoon Creek , fifteen
miles south of Huntlngton . Va , , is prob
ably the happiest mortal | n the cojmty.
Mr. fiercer has Just passed his llfUctti
year and was married to his llrst wlfa
when 19. She was ailss Jennie 'Maffatt and )
thp four successors to the Mercer marital
yoke have been her sisters , Ada , Catherine ,
Missouri. Last week Jllss Anna took their
placa. She In 26 , good looking and favored !
Mercer In preference to a well-known young )
man of the Raccoon neighborhood. Therd
i but ono more of the Moffatt glrln loft and !
frtio la now 20. Strange to relate the parents )
of 'the frlrls made no objection to thcjp
daughters wedding Mercer. They are ai
consumptive family and this dlHeaso nan
carried off mo t of the Mm. Meroem Mr.
Mercer Is the father of eight children born
during wedlock with the Moffatta w > far.
When spoken to of the paculiar feature
about his marriages lie replied that ho Just
simply fell In love with the Moffatt famllyv
Ho la In fairly good clrcumstancea ,
cii'ii Arsilou aiilve ,
Tba best salve In tha world for cula.
bruises , sores , ulcers , salt rheum , fever
sores , tetter , chapped hands , chilblains ,
corns , and all skin eruptions , and positively
cures piles , or no pay required. It Is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money ,
refunded. Price 25 cents par box. For Bait
by Kuhn & Co.
AN APPEAL FOR HELP ANSWERED. ,
Clarksville , Tex. , Jan. 30,1897.
I enclose an Examination Blank and would like lo have your advice. I suffer untold misery with Whites and Inflam
mation of the Womb , with interne itching and soreness. I expect to be confined soon. Mrs. HAITI E H. LYONS.
TWO MONTHS LATER ,
Clarksville , Tex. , March 8 , 1897.
Allow me to thank you for your kind reply to my letter of January 30th. It would have been answered at once , but I
was sick when it arrived. I have a fine baby girl live weeks old. I commenced with the Wine of Cardui at once , and
it did me more good than 1 can ever tell , though I used it only two weeks before my confinement. Always before , I
have suffered from eight to twenty-four hours in labor , but this time I didn't think I had any labor at all. I wasn't sick
more than two hours , and didn't have time to get the midwife before baby was born. I am still faking the Wine and
am getting along nicely. Mrs. IIATTIE II. LYONS.
P. 0 , Box 302 , Clarksville , Tex. , March 13,1899-
At | have received quite a number of letters from suffering ladles uklng me about my letter of March 8th , 1897 , which was printed In the Ladles' Birthday Almanac
( or 1899 , and alio about the merits of Wine of Cardui , I desire to make this statement for the sake of my suffering sexi Every word of the testimonial Is true , and It was
written voluntarily without any solicitation from the Chattanooga Medicine Company. I earnestly advise every suffering Voirun to try Wine of Cardui , and be convinced
of its wonderful merit. I will answer any private letter from any woman desiring to know more of my experience with Wine of Cardui ,
Mtf H ' § 'Ml < ? ifr . Lyoni Is promlntnt teacher in the Clarkivlllo ichools and stands very high
* M in Northcan Tezai. Hlie mukci tbo itatement printed eoUly for the bon fit of women
who sutler from the ailments peculiar to her aer. To unyonodeflrlnK further Information
about Win * of Cardui , Mr * . Lyons ogreoa to wrlto penoiially. Them J no excuse for your
. IIMSm. kH H auHtrlng ; from ache * or pains or weakening dralni another day. You uliould profit uy
* - B Mra. LJOJS' experience and take Wine of Cardal at ouc .