Marietta Monitor. (Marietta, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, July 23, 1897 Page: 3 of 4
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CAPTAIN CLOSE
BT CAPTAIN CIlARLEt KINS
lOuppIlkt im by J a Upplmn CoJ
I — Coxnxvzn
Quitting New Orleans after a long
day's sight-seeing with his friends be
bad sought a berth in the Pullman and
llept soundly until aroused by the porter
after two o'clock to change cars at the
Junction Now be was wide awake
and after the first few miles of jolting
and grinding through the darkness was
becoming chilled and lonesome— per
blips a trifle homesick Twice bad the
conductor bustled through the train
rousing sleeping passengers and see
ing them safely off at dark and mys-
terious stations where hardly a glimmer
of lamp or candle could be seen away
from the mere shanty which nerved
a a waiting-room and office A heap
of wood was stacked up near the stove
and Lambert poked the waning em-
bers and piled on fresh fuel whereat
a young man who had got on at Coates
ville with a shotgun and a big bottle
for luggsge and who had for nearly an
hour been singing sentimental snatches
to his own deep satisfaction now smiled
maudlin approval and companionably
held forth the bottle “ '8 good" said
he in loyal defense of the stimulant
most courteously declined “lies’ thing
you can take these co mawnlng's Live
bout hyuh an’where?”
"No" said Lambert civilly yet bop-
iug not to be further questioned He
busied himself again with the fire then
rising quickly sought his seat
Put the young man with the flask
was gregarious and bubbling over with
the milk of human kindness lie
promptly lurched after and flopping
down on the opposite seat sending
some of Lambert's belongings clatter-
ing to the floor held out his hand
" 'Sense me suh" he stuttered "I
hope I ain't 'fended you My name’s
Potts — Barton Potts We ain’t what
we were brfo' the wah you know But
I know a genTm'n — every time Hope
—I ain'— 'suited—
"Not by any means!” protested Lam-
bert loudly and heartily “Don’t think
of such a thing! I simply didn't feel
like drinking - but I'm a thousand
times obliged to you"
"Tha's right Tha's all right" said
Mr Potts grasping Lambert's hand
and shaking it impressively "I — hello!
ilha'i that?"
I-amliert's sword encased in chamois-
skin bad come in contact with the
stranger's elbow and gone rattling
under the sent Potts made a precipi-
tate dive and fished it out regaining his
equilibrium after some little struggle
'“Coin to Quitman — too? Tba’z my
home An I'm glad — meet ’you I
know a genTm’n — an’ I'll stan’ your
frien — 1 mean It Missur — Misaur — "
"My name's Lambert" said the lieu-
tenant quietly essaying to relieve Mr
Potts of the sword
"Lainmert? Glad — meetyou — Missur
Lammert Wfiere'd you say you
b'longed 7”
“I'm going to Tugaloo"
“Tu-gloo?— Tha’a no kin’ of place
C'mswn to Quimman Come to my
house Wbat 'n 'ell’s thi7” he broke
off suddenly
"My sword” said Lambert simply
"Sword?— sword?” exclaimed Potts
"Vou goin' Tu-gloo with sword? You
— Yankee ofTcer like that — wha'z name?
—Close?"
“A Yankee officer certainly” laughed
Lambert “I’ve never met C’apt Close”
The effect of this announcement on
Mr Potts was surprising It well-nigh
soliered him He slowly drew back un-
til he sat erect his head wobbling a bit
in spite of his efforts at self-control
Presently he began to speak slowly and
impressively at first then w lading up in
a verbal entanglement:
“Missur Lam-p-bert I didn't know 1
was talkin’ to — Yankee officer — but —
I'm a genTm'n suh an' I stan by
V’h-wha — I say J mean to stan your
frien’ suh but aa to’ that oth — fellu'n
— Close — I'll see'm in 'ell first”
IL
It was sun-up and snapping cold when
the brakeman shouted “Tugaloo" and
gratefully Lambert stepped from the
train and fey tree air Mr l'otta was
sleeping soundly doubled up in one of
the seats The only wakeful bipeds in
sight were the conductor and his train-
man Unseen hands forward had
shoved the trunk out upon the frosty
boards The sun was just peeping over
a low wooded ridge before them The
track wound sway among some desolate
fields where tiny flakes of cotton still
clung to the brown and withered stalks
Inacloudofsteamthe train pulled away
leaving Lambert and bis trunk to look
after each other as best they might and
as tbe cloud lifted the young officer
looked curiously around him
He was standing on a rude wooden
platform whose shrunken planks left
black gaping seams between their up-
per faces now at least beautiful in
their thick cost of sparkling white Ex-
cept where the footmarks of tbe train
men marred tbe smooth expanse and
where in two or three places the planks
were gone entirely this gleaming sheet
stretched tbe length of the platform to
where the white bulk of his trunk stood
on end tit the eastern edge The charred
- and blackened relio of a flight of stairs
led from the platform to tbe sloping
ground some five feet below but not
even a hand-rail warned the unwary
against a breakneck plunge into space
I’art of the platform itself had been
burned away and some charred and
blackened posts sticking bolt upright
from tbe ground in the shape of a nar-
row rectangle showed that a wooden
building of some kind had formerly
stood along the rear of the rickety
staging Midway along its length on
the southern side a shed with a sloping
roof had been loosely thrown together
and the ends nearest him boarded in
and pierced for a door and a couple of
windowq bore over the threshold in
black stencil the legend “Ticket Office”
Under tbe shed were a couple of
plows and some boxes Out on the
bars slope midway between the track
and a "snake" fence that paralleled it
some twenty yards to the south a dozen
bales of cotton were huddled three of
them partially covered by old war-worn
'paulius and ponchos the others en-
tirely exposed to the rain of sparks to
be expected from any passing engine
when the wind happened to blow from
the track and all of them evidently
defenseless against the predatory
hands of pilferers for jagged rents were
tom in the eosrse sucking of each an ‘
huge fistfuls of tha white staple had
been dragged from a dozen gaping
wounds in every bale
The red noil showing here and there
through the scant and withered herb-
age was seamed with mule and wheel
tracks and a few rods awsy a broken-
down farm wagon lay with a spoke-
bristling hub close by its shattered axle
While the tire rolling away from the
general wreck reemed to have crawled
off to die by Itself and leaned rusting
against one of the cbsrred timbers
The southward view was limited to a
long low ridge of ugly white-flecked
cotton stalks Eastward the sun was
breaking a pathway through the fringe
of trees along another ridge and a faint
line of mist rising sluggishly in the in-
tervening low ground with the hollow
rumble of the train crossing an invisible
bridge told of the presence of some
slow-moving stream' Westward the
track entne into view around a thinly-
wooded hillside with a clearing here
and there in which some low eabins
were scattered
With this cheerful outlook to greet
him at three points of the compass
Lambert turned him to the north There
was a siding with a switch at each end
but as three or four rails were missing
opposite the west end of the platform
it stood to reason that the railway com-
pany found the other all that was neces-
sary to the traffic of so bustling a place
as Tugaloo A brown freight car stood
on the siding with wide-opened doors
and some household goods loomed in
plain sight "There is more honesty
In this community than the United
States marshal would give ns to believe"
thought Lambert aa he recalled the ex-
tract from a recent report which was
shown him at department headquarters
He laid his satchel and sword upon the
platform and wrapping his blue cir-
cular about his shoulders took a few
steps forward and a peep Into the In-
terior of the cor From the midst of
liedsteads bureaus and cheap old-fashioned
furniture a quantity of bedding
had been hauled out upon the floor and
from the midst of the bedding a woolly
head protruded — that of a negro fast
asleep
Beyond the car stood a dusty open
square bordered on three sides by dingy
wooden structures some of two stories
but most of them only one in height A
wooden sidewalk framed the square in
rome places and in others only indica-
tions of its former presence were to be
seen The sidewalk was bordered by a
rude railing to which it was eviJent
l orses end mules were tethered during
business hours for at one of the rails
tven now sprawled upon the soft hoof-
yawed dust a long-eared quadruped
was half hanging by the bridle reip
while the dilapidated saddle had worked
cround during the night until it set-
tled upon the animal's side
Judging from such signs or legends
ns were virible over the doorways of
Tfea vooas Oot Sscsms ssddUv swsrs of s
Ba WMtuc te cSsxrotM of s corporal
wbo Sonias roS Is haad was — ls lust
Savosa a Uusp of Suauaa Ssiow
Tugaloo Lambert's impressions were
that the vending of intoxicating drinks
was the principal industry as there
were three saloons to one store devoted
to general merchandise — which estab-
lishment painted white and with an air
of prosperity and a flock of cotton bales
around it bore the sign of L Cohen and
told pathetically that the pioneers of a
relentless and one-sided trade bad a!
really made their lodgment in the midst
of a helpless community
It was sunrise and not a son! wsaap-
jiarently astir A street led away north-
ward at right angles to the main front
of the square and straggling houaea
lined it at intervals on either side One
of these with a belfry at the corner of
tbe plaz v seemed to be a meeting house
of some kind possibly the pro temporo
substitute for the county courthouse
thought Lambert for the center of the
square was still heaped with charred
end blackened beams and bricks where
once the courthouse stood
As for the camp or quarters of his
future comrades and asiociatea Lam
bert could see nothing that in the least
tesemblcd a military station and do
e hat be could the boy found it impos-
sible to down the faintly heartsick
homesick feeling that speedily took pos-
session of him A dog would have been
welcome as companion but there was
not even a stray dog For a moment
I ambert thought of arousing the negro
l ut after one glance nt tbe wide red
cavern uf bis mouth and the emptied
bask lying close to the frowzy head bs
decided in favor of the mule
A short walk brought him to the aide
of the prostrate creature and a long
pull Induced hia muleship to atagger to
his feet but in bis straggles he snapped
the old headstall and the remnant of
the bit and bridle dropped into thedusL
It was not until tbe vagrant stood erect
'hat Lambert discovered from the U
f brand that he was or had been gov-
ernment property The saddle too
turned out to be one of the old-fashioned
black-skirted pigskin McClel-
lans so familiar during the war days
As the mule seemed only Lalf awoke and
unaware as yet of his freedom Lambert
first essayed to reset the suddledo whit h
he submitted without objection and
then to replace ths bridle to which he
would not- submit at all but with low-
ered frout and menacing hoof turned
him abiut and jogged over to where
some wisps of hay lay scattered In
root of s shanty labeled "Post Office"
For tea minute Lambert exercised his
arts in vain effort to recapture that
mule and then in sheer disgust threw
tbe bridla on tbe sidewalk picked up aa
abandoned half brick and let tbe mule
have it !n the flunk He merely twitched
bis scraggy hide raised one instant the
near most hoof but never lifted bis
head The brute wee hungry from long
fasting and did not mean to be dis-
turbed and Lambert who bad eaten
nothing since the previous day was
presently In full sympathy Once more
be looked around In search of tome
human being and found himself con-
fronting a eitiaen in shirt sleeves and a
tangled head of hair who leaning out
cf a second-story window was neverthe-
less not to feet away For a moment
each regtrded the other without a word
Then the native spoke:
“What ye try in’ to do?"
"I was trying to catch that mule"
"Want him ft anything?"
"No only I fonnd him tangled In hia
reins and be got awiy nfter I loosed
him”
The native regarded tbe newcomer
curiously Lambert bad slung his
blue cape over the bitching rail during
hia brief pursuit of the ungrateful
beast and hia ueat-flttlng suit of tweed
was something new to Tugaloo eyes
So wss the jaunty drab derby
“You doo't b'long roun yere do you?”
queried Tugaloo next
"I don't and the Lord knows I don't
want to and I'd be glad to find some
way of getting myself and my trunk
yonder out to camp Can yon suggest
any?”
"Ws-ell you might walk Don't reck-
on your trunk kin thnughr Knew tbs
way?"
“No”
“Foller the track down thar a piece
an’ you'll come to a path along th
branch It'll take you right in 'mongt
tbe tents Taln't more 'n a fewrawds"
"Thank you my friend You're the
first live man I've found I suppose I
can send in for my trunk?”
“Reckon ye ca n They're gn wt mules
an w agons enough"
Lambert gathered up his belongings
and trudged away He did not mean
to yield to tbe feelfngof depression that
wan struggling to possess him yet the
blue devils were tugging nt his heart-
strings Wasn’t this just what his class
mates had prophesied would happen if
lie went into tbe infantry? Could any
service be much more joyless unevent-
ful forlorn than this promised to be?
“Mark Tapley himself would gn to
pieces in such n place” he had heard
some one at headquarters say of Tuga-
loo but be meant to out-Tapley Mark
if need be and nobody should know bow
much be wished he hadn't been assigned
to this sort of duty and to this particu-
lar regiment— certainly not his class-
mates and above all not the loving
mother at home Heavens! how unlike
was this bleared wasted desolate land
to the sweet and smiling New England
vale where his boyhood had been spent
to the thickly-settled thrifty bustling
shores of the Merrimsc!
He had walked nearly a mile and had
seen no sign of camp or sentry but on
a sudden the path left the brushwood
beside the sluggish “branch" rounded
a projecting knoll and was lost In a
rough red clay country road A fence
with a thick hedge cf wild-rose-bushes
wna to hia left— leaves and roses long
since withered — and over the tops he
caught sight of the roof and npper
story of some old southern homestead
nt which he had a better peep from
the gate-way farther along A path of
red brick led to the flight of steps
broad and bordered by unpretentious
balustrades Dingy white columns
supported the roof of a wide piazza
Smoke was drifting from a battered
pipe projecting from the red brick
chimney nt the north end and the
morning uir wna faintly scented with a
most appetizing fragrance of broiling
ham It made Lambert ravenous
Somewhere around the next bend In
the road beyond the northward extrem-
ity of the old fence he could hear ths
sound of voices and a splashing of water
Hastening on lie found himself over-
looking a level “bench" surrounded
on three sides by a deep bend of the
stream and partially separated from
the red roadway by a fringe of stunted
trees and thick stubborn bushes and
here In an irregular square Lambert
came face to face w ith the encampment
of the first company outside of Weat
Point it was ever bis luck to join At
that particular moment be was just
about ready to resolve it should be the
last
On two aides of the square facing
each other and perhaps 80 yards
opart wrre the “A" tents of the com
pany ten on a aide At tbe flank farth-
est from the rood and pitched so an to
face the center of the inclosure was a
wall tent backed by one or two of the
smaller pattern Nearest the road wss
a second wail tent used possibly by
the guard — though no guards were vis-
ible— the white canvas cover of an army
wagon and a few more scattered "A"
tents Cook-fires had been ablaze and
were now zmouldering about the wag-
on Several men in gray woolen shirts
were washing their faces at tbe stream
others in light-blue overcoats were
sauntering about the tents some of
whose occupants aa could be easily
seen wrre still asleep
Standing at the edge of the winding
road and thinking bow easy a matter
it would be to toss a hand-grenade into
the midst of the cahip Lambert paused
a moment and studied the scene Rest-
ing on his sword still In its chamois
case with hia cloak and satchel
thrown over his shoulder the yonng
officer became suddenly aware of a man-
wearing the chevrons of a corporal who
fishing-rod in hand wna standing just
beyond n clump of bushes below and
looking up at him with an ezpresslon
on hia shrewd “Bowery-boy” face In
which impudence and interest were
about equally mingled 8o soon as ha
found that he was observed the cor-
poral cocked hia head on one side and
with arms akimbo and a quizzical grin
on his frrckled phiz patronizingly in-
quired: “Well young feller who made them
elotbesr
Lambert considered a moment before
making reply One of hia favorite in-
structors at the academy bad spoken to
the graduating class about the splendid
timber to be found among the rank and
file of the army “They are like ao
many old oaks” said he and some of
Lambert's chums had never forgotte
it Neither had Lambert
' (to an continuzd
Men say more evil of women than
they think it In tbe contrary with
women toward men — S Du bay
MILLIONAIRES IM THE SENATE
Mast Blab Man la tfea l ew Haeaa
lesaa at Ike Bettea at Ike latter
“The United Htetes senate is frequent-
ly called tbe Millionaires club bees use
no many of its members belong to that
favored clans show fortunes are de-
noted by dlx figures" said a senator and
millionaire recently “and this gives
wrong imprraaioa of the character
of that body To be sure many of the
senators are millionaires and there are
some who while not so fortunate aa to
be listed sa millionaires are very rich
men bnt I am not stating it broadly
when I say the majority of the wealthy
men In the senate have only themselves
to thank for their riches Many of
them began life na poor boys and
worked and struggled their way to
prominence and nurcesa and the soma
enterprise that made them wealthy
makes them successful politicians ll
la not always to hia money that a man
owes his seat in the upper house ani
a man's self-earned wealth should enti-
tle him to the respect rather than tbr
sneers of hia contemporaries”
This ia quite true The majority ol
the senators began life in bumble cir-
cumstances and one of the most inter-
esting of these self-made men is Sena-
tor Fairbanks of Iudiana successor tr
the late Kfihator Voorhees Senator
Fairbanks is of Yankee origin and
those characteristics common to the
descendants of the Puritans have been
useful to him in bis career His father
was born in Vermont but went weat as
far aa Ohio when he was n young man
and settled there He was a wagon
maker by trade and worked at first for
37 cents n day but his application
perseverance and faithfulness won him
the regard and esteem of his employer
who finally took him into partnership
and gave him his daughter in marriage
But Mr Fairbanks Sr never be-
came n rich man The present senator
was born in a log cabin and by working
at carpentering on Saturdays and dur-
ing the vacations helped to pay hia way
through the Ohio Wesleyan university
of which college he is an alumnus
After leaving college Senator Fair
banka first real work was tbe Assoc!'
ated Preys and lie maintained him
self doing newspaper work while be
was studying law and until he was ad
mitted to the bar Be attributes his
success in life to steady application tr
one purpose that of becoming suc-
cessful lawyer From this purpose be
never swerved until he was made sen'
ator Political preferment did not
tempt him and his present office is the
first political place he has held
But Senator Fairbanks ia not the only
one among his colleagues who haa won
hia way to honor and distinction from i
modest beginning Senator Foraker
being one of 11 children bad perhaps
evea a harder struggle with poverty
and to this dist-ifline which he received
iu the army which be entered at 16
serving until the close of the war when
he retired witb the rank of first lieu-
tenant and brevet captain his success
in life ia largely due— N Y Tribune
A HERMIT BECAUSE HE LIKES IT
Jaks flann Teak M the WssSa Due-
tan aha W ar aal la Tkara Bttll
Thirty-five years ago John Starnes
lived near Blacksburg York county
und only a few miles from the battle-
fields of Cow pens and King's mountain
w here the Americana whipped the Itrit-
iah The proximity of the battlefields
did not inspire a warlike spirit in the
breast of Starnes During tbe war the
conscription officers cast covetous eyes
ou the mountaineer's stalwart frame
and Starnes took to the woods They
searched for him but Starnes was
better runner than a fighter and he
kept out of the way out of tbe war and
in the woods He had an old musket and
a supply of ammunition and fare in
the woods was better than in the
town Sturnes became fond of the life
and when the war was over and eon
arription officers had lost their dread-
ed mwer Starnes still remained in tbs
wilds of York
And there he is now living Hia home
is not s romantic cave -in tbe rocks hut
is a curiously constructed miserable
hut much the shape of an Eskimo
snow house without a window and
with a bole about two feet high which
serves aa a door There ia no fireplace
in the house When snow ia on the
mountain and the north winds howl
over the Blue Kidge the old man builds a
fire at the eutrauce of hia hut
Starnes is not a picturesque figure
Hia long white unkempt hair and
beard mid tbe ragged clothes that can
hardly hang ou liia frame make him
an unprepossessing object The hermit
does not like to have visitoraand shows
temper if questioned Be forages on bis
neighbors He has relatives who have
offered him a home am means of liv-
ing in comfort but the hermit haa de-
clined all advances' His neighbors rail
him "Wild John Starnes" but tha her-
mit says he is "not so damned wild aa
you might suppose" — X Y Sun
Why Smokestacks Rsrnn Lizktslst
Statistics show that of 10000 smoke-
stacks only three are struck by light
ning each year while of 10noochun-h
spires OL and of 10000 windmills 89
are atruck by lightning annually Aa
endeavor has been made to explain this
condition by the fact that the amoke
discharged from the smokestack takes
the electricity assembled around the
building along and distributes It in the
air whereby the source of attraction
for the electric spark of lightning is
not only diminished but almost disap-
pears This fact also explains It Is
said why people in the country kindle
a large fire in the fireplace when n thun-
derstorm in approaching — Chicago
Chronicle
After e lest alienee
Mrs Somers — The man in the flat
above has sung and whistled and
knocked over furniture nil the even-
ing Do you aupiose he has suddenly
become daft?
Mr Somers — Oh no he's all right
Ilia baby went awayforthe summer to-
day — N Y Journal
I Blmaalaable alienee
“You will be sorry for the way you"
have neglected me when I am silent In
the tomb” said Mrs Peck “Thiuk of
hat"
“My dear" said Mr Peek as Inso-
lently as he could “I cannot imagine
knch thing” — Indianapolis Journal
Hew Blie Knew
Me— Wbat makrs you think that Ilsld-
rrly will noon ask you to marry him?
She — Don't mention it to anyone but
I know his Income isn't large and he’s
beginning to argue with me that plain
living promotes the best complexion—
Adunii Freeman
AN APPEAL FOR FREEDOM
The Cabas Leasee el ew Tsrk Asks
fee Plaaaslat Aid
Tbe Cuban league of New York
whose president is Ethan Allen and
vice presidents such men of national
reputation and honor as Chauncey M
Dt-pew Roswell I Flower etc has in-
sued tbe following appeal asking for
financial aid in its patriotic efforts in
behalf of struggling Cuba
“To tbo People of tbe United States:
brave and generous people will aid
tha oppressed Cuba ia under e brutal
tyranny Inspired by our history aha
freely bleeds for independence and ap-
peals to na for help We must hear
and beariug promptly act An irre-
pressible conflict between republican-
ism and monarchy was inaugurated by
Washington and hia compatriots and
as trustees of tbe great political Inher-
itance from them we must be in that
conflict whether we will or not when-
ever any intelligent people fires tha
opening gun for freedom By an un-
paralleled career of courage and aacri-
flee the Cubana have proved their right
tit aelf-governmenL Our people to
keep untarnished ths berolo crown of
our fathers which our government at
Washington for three years baa failed
to do must extend material support to
tbe embattled heroes on Cuban aoiL
Tbe passive policy of this adminiatra'
tion in emulation of tbe last still re-
pressed the nobler Impulses of our peo-
ple while foul murder continues To
give now is more than to fight Ha who
auppliea the weapon la brother in
achievement to him who wielda it
“A plan for small subscriptions at
local points deposited there with
banks or business firms reaches alL
Let those who will serve send addresses
of themselves and bonk to the Bed
White and Blue League New York
“ETHAN ALLEN
“President of tbe Cuban League
DOCTORS
Odd
AND PATIENTS
Tales of Pkyalelaas ef Ska Old
School lo Esslsad
A physician with a large practice si
strange sights— some humorous some
pitiful and some irritating Sir Ben-
jamin W Riitiardson commenting on
the fact that these singular sights tend
to produce in tbe doctor's mind the
feeling “All things are alike to all'
says he once surprised n bishop by say-
ing that tbe writer of Ecclesiastes must
have been a doctor
Once a woman wbo kept a fuel store
brought her husband to Dr Richardson
in n little cart with his body covered
with small coal under the idea that by
this meana she was keeping him warm
Another woman to whom he prescribed
an ether mixture therefore volatile
first made it warm in order that it
might be agreeable to take
He was called in the early days of his
London practice to visit n servant in a
large house and overheard the mistress
ask the housekeeper: “Wbat sort of a
man Is be and how did become? Did
he drive?"
“I think you'll like him ma’am”
replied the housekeeper “but poor
man! he ia only z walking doctor yet”
People made a distinction between
the walking and the driving doctor in
former days A physician with a large
pay i ng practice used to ride in a chariot
which cost 300 guineas Now people do
not care if a doctor comes inn landau
or n brougham or n cab provided be
comes quickly
The old physician was known by
everybody as a doctor lit wore a long
broad-tailed coat knee breeches Hes-
sian boots n frilled shirt with ruffles
at the wrists and a large white cravat
of the finest lawn He carried n cane
with a perforated box at the top w bich
held camphor or some other smelling
substance When be was called to a
consultation be expected to find a table
spread w ith wine glasses a decanter of
brandy and a bottle of wine — Youth's
Companion
Papalsrlt jr and a ainp
One of the incidents that conduced to
give tbe queen temporary popularity
in Ireland was this: She and the prince
with the prince of Wales and Prince
Alfred were driven in their roomy car-
riage to Mr Dorgun'a exhibition The
streets and windows were thronged
There were only bright faces and the
air was filled with cheers She bowed
very affubiy the prince held his hat a
little before his forehead and hardly
bowed Tbe prince of Wales took off
a cap srith a white band and held it
rather gracefully as if to show that he
should have bowed were the queen not
present prince Alfred looked a little
sulky and kept hia cap on his head
Tbe queen did not appear to see him
but she did She whipped the cap off
bia head with one hand and with the
other gave him such a slap in the face
It was done in an instant and without
tny change of countenance Thunder-
ing cheers marked tbe approval of the
multitude— Contemporary Review
Did tbs Job Himself
It is related of the late Doc d’Aumale
that lack of decision is illustrated by
the following incident: When about to
enter a room at a reception in 1873 be
waa asked by the usher what name
thould be announced “Gen le Due
d'Aumaie" he answered and then sud-
denly changing bis mind he said: “No
announce bis royal highness Due
d’Aumale" But cot feeling satisfied
with this he said: “Say merely Due
Finally hr said: “Say noth
ing" and walked jn unannounced — N
Y Times
ABOUT STAMPS
Tbe British government has resolute-
ly refused to issue any jubilee stamps
this year although tbe temptation
must have been very great to thus easi-
ly add to tha revenues of the kingdom
Before stamps came into use postage
waa paid over tha counter to the poet
master and the amount written on the
envelope It U amusing to hear that
people of high social standing did not
consider a postage stamp an ornament
to a letter and preferred to pay the
postage in money Family crests and
stamps on one and tha same letter was
a sign of poor taste in those days
When tha first perforated laaut
United States (1853-40) came upon the
scene some post offices had large quan-
tities of tha 1831 imperforates on hand
which were not exchanged for the new
stamps It waa understood that tbe
tamps of tbe old design had to be sold
before any of tha perforated issue was
disposed of This seems to explain the
reason for the existence of the occa-
sional cover found bearing 1831 stamps
although postmarked at sometime dur-
ing the ISA 5-00 issue's vogue— Mckeel's
Stamp News
FOR THE HEALTH’S SAKE
Ha Had Heraed ths SlsM to Be Catted
' Cyetoae
Severs! men gathered about s horse near
i the western market tha oilier moraine
Jigeetiou Hot drinks rather than cold j eoiuroennng noon the prominence of tha
I re conducive to comfort in hot weather 'teaet'a ni ana general leas and lankineaa
If the eyes are much inflamed bath ! The animal belonged to a farmer living near
i'i 1 — IJ I oailanti and it was said never permuted
Ing them In eold water la sometimes m grow under its feet on tiie road
lbs farmer sss not pleased with the ra-
more restful than bathing them in hot
eater Noser under any circumstances
apply a warm poultice to tha ayes If
they inflame easily great ears should be
taken about going out where the winds
ire boisterous and tbe dust ia flying
To cure flatulency taka ten drops of
the tincture of nux vomica in cold water
before meals every day for eight weeks
tlao take the phosphate of aedium a
taaapooofnl In t teacupful of water
(boiling water to bo preferred) upon
rising in the morning and upon retiring
at nighL After meals take a teaspoon-
ful of pure glycerin
A bed should never be made up under
two hours from tha time it has been
slept in It should be aired thoroughly
and beaten until it is light Open nil
the bedroom windows and let tbe fresh
air and sunlight Into the room Hair
pillows are much more conducive to
healthful sleep than feathers and light
woolen blankets era better than heavy
cove rings
Eating between meals says a wise
doctor ia a ba-1 habitforone toacquire
It will certainly injure the digestive
process and soon upsets i natural
healthy appetite for regular meals It
ia n very easy habit to get into and ia
rather difficult to break up If any eat-
ing Is indulged in between meals per-
fectly ripe fresh fruit is the least harm-
ful kind of refreshment
FOR THE PHILATELISTS
The Ecuador stamps have been sur-
charged “ Proviso rto”
Post office boxes in China are rented
for ten dollars per annum Thin must
sound like a terrific sum to the natives
who consider 113 a year a fair salary
The letter "R" which appro ts on the
postage stamps of Jhind stands for the
initial of tbe name cf the rajah
“Rughir Singh"
Tbe movement to secure the adoption
of a universal postal stamp by tbe pos-
tal congress has collapsed There were
too many dlfllcultiro in the way the
chief being that of currency fluctua-
tions Tha new issue of Persian stamps hair-
ing the head of Muzafer ad Din the
shah comprises 13 varieties and are
of the following denominations: 1
S 4 A 8 10 and 18 she his and I 8 3 4
S 10 and SO krana
A St Louis collector haa in hit pos-
session on uncanceledl United 8tates
tbree-eent 1809 on a portion of the cov-
er On tbe reverse aide of the piece of
envelope la the written explanation:
“W riter of letter dropped' dead (n the
street while going to the post office to
mail letter" The holder of this stamp
received it yean ago from a relative of
tha deceased
LITTLE POINTS
People are auspicious of n woman
who does not like children
Every woman thinks she looks
mighty well on her way to church
Wt have concluded that the real
ligbt-hrorted people are those who
can't sing
Some people are always indignant
becaime they cannot get a ten-cent
cigar for five cents
A man who irorna to play a slide
trombone well won't have muck time
left for foolish talk
Occasionally a woman ia accused of
putting on glasses because it is a fad
when the real reason is age
Don't make fun of the lovers Where
would you be if yourmother and father
hsd not once met snd spooned?
A man doesn’t know real apprecia-
tion for hia jokes until be tells them
to some one fat enough to shake
After a woman weighs aa much as
130 pounds she looks too comfortable
for tragic airs to be becoming to her
Atchison Globe
CONSTIPATION— HSS
No part of the human body receives more 01 treatment than the bowels
after load It imposed until at tat the bitestinei become dogged refine to act
Thca you mot aantnaturs Do it and ice how easily you will be
Cured by
Not a violent mas of mercurial and mineral
HJ COMPOUND that acts directly upon i
canals makes it strong and restores muscular action at the rams time pally
stimulating the Ever snd kidneys Nat a patent liquid ar piH-iorm dose out a
CANDY TABLET — plraaant to cat easy and delightful as action
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A FAST COLT
marks and ths strong inferences that ths
poor thine had sever realized tha sensation
of com and oats
“Wbat do jos call your boras?" waa
asked
"Cyclone and don’t he look it?" replied
the man from the rural distra-ts
“Cyclone! What a name lie certainly
looks sa if one had struck hun”
“That's what happened to him my
friend It wss just like this Yoa remem-
ber the asrful breeze we had out to Ypn-
lanti about three years ago This feller wss
a sucking colt at the time and waa in the
barn with two horses The cyclone regular
old bummer came along and thrashed the
barn off its leas and dnqiped it nigh on to
100 yards away After the twister had raised
ail the holi fences snd shed it could ws
went out to look things up The two horses
sere stone dead and the colt would you
believe it was nowhere to be found
“Next day I turned over the hen coop
which lay in the field half a mils sway
Right in the coop and laying on ths door
which faced down was the colt He com-
menced kicking when he heard ns and ws
took him out in s hurry He wasn't scared s '
bit 1 tell you usd wus cool as a cucumber
The neighbors say they saw the coop goin
ug
little feller caught the coop and got inside of
it to save himself that's what he did That's
the plain truth and if you don’t believe it
ask the colt Good day strangers" — Do
troit Free Press
I'se Oewtlemeoa
Bs gentle in stimulating tbs kidneys
otherwise )ou will excite sad weaken them
The happiest results follow ths use of Hoe-
tetter’s Stomach Bitters to overcome renal
inactivity Avoid tbe nnmedicated fiery
timulsnt of commerce Tbe kidneys have
a delicate membrane easily irritated snd
upon this the action of such excitants is
liernicious Malarial complaints indiges-
ion rheumatism neuralgia snd biliousness
suceomb to tha corrective influence of tha
Bitters
Haw They Cams ta Laadas
The following conversation took place be-
tween two gentlemen in a crowded London
club room They hsd been talking about tha
condition of things when they first cams to
London Mr Rawaon mid:
“When I first came to London I had only
a ragged coat with a knife snd s few mar-
bles in my pocket”
“You were better off than I then for I
had neither a coat nor s waistcoat nor a
knife nor even marbles”
Nonsenee!’' was the reply "How could
that he?”
'Well I will tell yoa When I come here
I was a baby in long clothes”
The roar of laughter that arose could have
been heard miles sway — Tit-Bits
Tha Appropriate Place
“Ton ought to be schemed of yourself"
mid the judge to the gentleman who lied
been caught picking pockets at a funeraL
“Have you no sen as of decency?”
“Yes judge but you know people in a
place like that are ao easily touched” — In-
diana poll! Journal
Hall's Catarrh Caro
la taken internally Price 75c
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"Death sad tbe people of Germany are
alike id one respect”
“Name it”
"Ths people of Germany like to am money
direct from the mint”
“Go on”
“Death loves a shining mark too”— Pitts-
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Tha Mssd Cycle Company Chicago is
the original house to sell reliable bicycles at
low pnceo direct to the rider They have
built up s large business by their honorable
dealings snd have won ths confidence of
their customers They ask tbe public to be-
lieve that the house which leads and con-
trols the best source of supply is the beat
house to do business with
There are 230000 words in ths English
language and most of them were used on
Sunday by a woman who discovered after
coming out of rliOrch that hereiew bst was
adorned with a tag on winch wasa-ntten:
“Reduced to shillings H pence” — Tip
Bits
I bevy found Puo's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medicine — F K Lots 1309
Scott Ft Covington Ky Oct L 18H
Dead beats ail know jnet what property
is exempt from execution — Washington
Democrat
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