Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1896, Page 23

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CAUTION: None genuine without the signature firm i “Andreas Saxlehner,” Label. etosoededeatontoctetontenteetetenteretontod AS A CAPITOL PAGE. Stuart Robson ives Some Reminis- cenees of His Experience. From the Philadelphia Times. “IT was a page in the Thirtieth and Trirty-Srst Congresses,” sald Stuart Rob- gon, “end clearly remember events which then happened, while I readily forget meny impcrtant occurrences In my mature life. Henry Clay gave me an opportunity to make $: His compromise bill was pending in the Senate, and it was taken up unexpectedly when many of those op- i to it were absent, among them Mr. There was great consternation among those opposed to {t. The pages from both houses were sent in every direc- tion Icoking for Mr. Douglas, while some or was put up to talk against time. N of the messengers were able to find him. I came in from an errand in the inidst of the excitement and asked what commotion. Every one said: want to find Mr. Douglas." then Mr. Jeremiah Clemens of Alabama came up and s : ‘TN gi ve $25, to eny one who will find Mr. Dougla: “I at once inquired of the boys where they had been, and suggested half a dozen places where he might be found, fer the pages knew very well most of the haunts of the Cengressmen. ‘We have been to all of them,’ safd the boys in concert. I hit upon a place after a moment's study where I thought he might be. ‘The boys seemed to have covered all the other ter- ritory. I rushed out of the door, grabbed my hat and darted for the House. The pa in those days had horses to ride in going on errands. They were rather que>r herses, but neverthcless they were better than none. Mr Horner, the doorkeeper, had to give us an order for one. He kept them ready written, and they read, no matter what the bey's name, ‘Give Jake a horse.’ I got one, quickly ran and mount- ec one of the nags, and at the top of his speed dashed up the avenue. I drew up to the place, about half a mile distant, rang the door bell and asked if Mr. Doug- las was in. ‘He is,’ replied the servant. ‘Tell him Mr. Clay’s compromise bill 1s atout to pass, and he is wanted imme- diately. In a minute I heard Mr. Douglas’ voice saying: “Great heavens! is that so?” “The servant came back and told me to leave tne horse at the door and I started back toward the Capitol. Before I had gcne a great distance f was passed by Mr. Douglas on the horse making for the Cap!- tol as fast as the animal could go. I thought then and I think now it was one of the funniest sights I ever saw—this large man with an immense body and little short legs riding down the avenue astride the horse, and the awkwardness with which he sat his mount did not improve his appearance. I got the $25, however, for in bringing Mr. Douglas to the te on the compromise bill. look back to these times, now fifty years behiad me, it seems as though everything was then conducted with great laxity. The sergeant-at-arms used to pay the members in gold, and the Congressmen would send the boys after it with the greatest freedom. Sometimes the amount weuld be small and sometimes far larger than should ever have been trusted to such young hands. One day I was sent to Riggs’ Bank, where the deposits were kept, with an order for $2,000. It was Fanded to me in two cotton bags, very lecsely tied at the ends. After I mounted my horse I found it difficult to carry. “So at the first cigar shop I came’to I stopped, dismoun went in and got a plece of twin ard tied the two bags together. I then mounted and went galloping down the avenue. Just as I reached the corner by the old National Hotel the horse shied y and threw me off. The same ment broke the string holding the of gold. As they struck the ground t, and the gold pieces went flying 'y direction. The lounging negroes the place came out and helped me them up. I was nearly scared at never lost a gold piece. But landed about to pick to death, I breathed much easier when I The Sandman. Chicago Record. ink the Sandman lives? iy, ob I know. pwn the way by Banbury Cross, “re Tom, the piper, ran. he erump’-horned cow gave the dog a toss 1 the owl and the warming pan; t el _kept hovse for these last three, sheep paid the rent, img owl sat up in his tree he frog a-wooing went. de: It's quee But that's where ie Sandman lives: What do you think the Sandman does? yh, Yes, Just” guess. He sits on Humpty Dumpty’s wall And talks to Jack and Jill, s them of the little doll used to go to mill; st Tommy Tucker's song And blows upoa the horn es Boy Blue, who slept so long That Bo-Peep's sheep were shorn, Poor lad, It's sad | But that’s When do you think the Sandman comes? Well, well, twice ag high jumping cow goes th is well— moon-man’s mo Ah, but Eyes shut Tell that the Sandman‘s here. te Conclusions, From the Detroit Tribune. She—“You got the best of me when you married me.” He—“The best too good, was none IPAL PUBLIC HOUSE. Result of an Experiment Made in Birmingham, England. The Westminster Gazette tells an in- teresting story of the latest experiment in the city of Birmingham, already famous as the best-governed city in the world, as every one knows. It ts in this city that the people own the markets and grow veg- etables, milk, eggs and poultry cheaper than tradesmen can sell them; it is in this city that ashes and street refuse are made into a paving stone and the waste of the closets is turned into poudrette. It is in this city, also, that the people own the gas works and make money out of them, be- sides selling themselves gas cheaper than any other persons can get it. It is in this city that the worst of the slums have been bought by the government and turned into a region of palaces, and now we are to read that they are experimenting there in the line of owning the gin mills. The Westminster Gazette has the story from which I quote with freedom. The ex- periment was made by the secretary to the water department of the Birmingham cor- poration. According to instructions, a pub- lic house was opened in September, 1804, at Elan village, for the purpose of catering for the wants of several hundred men and families. “The rules of management,” continues the story, “were decidedly strin- gent, and the success of the public house is therefore more important. The public house is opened daily between the hours of 12 and 2 p.m. for one and a half hours only, and for the whole time in the evening between 5:30 and 9 o'clock. On Sundays it remains closed all day, but on Saturdays it remains open from I o'clock till 9 o'clock. “Women are not allowed in the bar at any time, under any pretext whatever, men only over eighteen years of age being per- mitted to drink in the bar. No woman un- der the age of twenty-one years, or boy under the age of sixteen years, Is served with beer at the jug department. No per- son is supplied with more than one quart of liquor at the morning hour, while but two quarts may be consumed on the prem- ises in the evening. Only village inhabi- tants are allowed to freely enter the public house, but strangers may do so with a written order, which is easily obtainable. It will be at once conceded that the muni- cipal public house was started at a great disadvantage, there being an ordinary establishment conducted on the usual lines a few hundred yards off. “Mr. Lees conferred with men of expe- rience in the ‘trade’ before the house was duly established, and a qualified public house manager was appointed to conduct the business on behalf of the corporation. He has fully entered into the spirit of the municipal experiment, and quite under- stands that he is thought no more highly of if his sales are high than if they are low, whereas, should there be any drunk- enness or disturbance, he is held responsi- ble for it. There has, however, been no difficulty at all of this description, and sa- loon keepers themselves even admit the satisfactory nature of the undertaking. The takings, of course, have varied very considerably, from $50 to $350 a week. “The trade of the other public house has fallen off very considerably since the es- tablishment of the municipal public house, by far the greater part of the drink now consumed in the village being purchased from the corporation house. The net profits for the first half-year were as high as $700, and they have since been increas- ing. The profits are devoted to the main- tenance of a reading and recreation room, which is distinct from the public house, and this has proved to minimize the drink- ing—one of the principal objects of the ex- periment. There are bagatelle tables and various methods of amusement to be had, and the public house is now regarded with considerable friendliness by almost every inhabitant of the village. “Much good has been done for the social benefit of the inhabitants out of the profits, which is greatly appreciated. This public house is being conducted on lines similar to those advocated by the Bishop of Ches- ter, and is the only one in the country. In concluding his report on the result of the experiment, Mr. Lees says: ‘Individually, I am a total abstainer, but I am perfectly certain that we are serving the interests of temperance far better in providing whole- some liquor, under proper regulations, than we should did we attempt to prohibit the traffic altogether, leaving it to be con- ducted in the usual way.’ ” ———-+e0-- A Chicago Luncheon. From Harper's Bazar. Has any one heard of what the girls call a “Chicago luncheun?” It seems to be quite the rage now, and certainly is “up to date,” if nothing else. After the following descripticn one may form her own ideas of what the present customs are leading us to. The invitations for said “Chicago luncheon,” numbering perbaps from one hundred to one hundred and fifty, are sent out on printed cards by the hostess, as her dinner cards are, viz. irs. Brown re- quests the pleasure of Miss Robinson's company at luncheon on Thursday, the ninth, from twelve to two o'clock. guests are received at the entrance of the drawing room, as at an afternoon recep- tion. The dining room is decorated with flowers and plants. Small tables are scat- tered about daintily set with shaded can- @lesticks, and flowers to match, bon bon dishes, ete. Each table is laid for from four to six guests, and there is a waiter assigned to cach one. As so many are asked, the women generally make up par- ties among themselves, that is to say, they arrange to lunch among friends instead of sitting next to strangers, as is often the case at smaller luncheons. If the tables are all occupied, the guests wait in the drawing room, chat and laugh, until one is ready for them, which a waiter an- nounces. It does seem a strange “restau- ranty” way of entertaining one’s friends, but it is new, it has its advantages as well as its disadvantages, and it comes from Chicago. METHODISTS’ MECCA Meeting of the General Conference in Cleveland Next Month. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE GATHERING Questions That Will Engage the Attention of the Delegates. A LEGISLATIVE BODY Spcclal Correspondence of The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 23, 1896. LEVELAND IS THE Mecca of Methodism this year. The twen- ty-second delegated general conference of the Methodist Epis- copal Church — will meet here the first week in May, and de- vote a month to legislation which will affect nearly 3,000,000 members. Delega- tions are expected EP: Z from all sections of the United States, and from Norway, Ger- many, Italy, China, Japan, Mexico and South America. Fraternal messengers will represent English, Irish and Canadian Methodists. the Methcdist Episcopal Church South and other evangelical de- nominations. There will be over 500 dele- -gates In the general conference. Since the conference is the great quad- rennial event of this denomination, it is safe to assume that the visiting preachers and laymen will be numbered by the hun- dreds, and possibly thousands. Tbe numer- ous vital questions to be settled and the accessibility of Cleveland increase the probability of a large attendance of visit- crs. The ertertainment committee, of which Br. A. J. Palmer of New York city is chairman, has secured from the hotels a promise that the .sual rates will not be increesed during the conference. The ex- Fenses of delegates will be paid by the church, but, of course, visitors will be re- quired to pay their own expenses. The sessions of the conference will be held ir the auditorium of the new armory. Indeed, it was the promised completion of this auditorivm that led to the selection of Cleveland as the place for holding the con- ference, because there was no other place of mecting in Cleveland large enough for the purpose. Early in the winter the audi- torium was ready for the floor, and was be- ing hurried to completion, when a decision of the supreme court put a stop to all Work. It was found that $10,000 would fin- ish and furrish the auditorium and com- mittee rooms., Permission was obtained from the commissioners, Methodist laymen of Cleveland gave the money, and the work was resumed. The auditorium will be ready for use when wanted, on May 4. A general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church is as interesting in many as a national convention or a session of Congress. It attracts numerous visitors who are more or less interestéd in the matters up for consideration, and who are eager to be present at each session. The finance committee this year has decided to charge $100 for a box and $10 for a chair, and the visitors will doubtless pay the amount asked without a murmur, and thus relp replenish a treasury badly in need of funds. Some Importint Questions. The coming conference Is one of peculiar interest because of the various constitu- tional questions’ to be settled, if possible. For years women have claimed the right to assist in making the laws of the church, but the men have dented them the right on the ground that it was unscriptural and in- expedient for women to have the rule over men in the church. By a large majority the church at large has expressed itself In favor of the admission of women to the general conference. Four women have been elected and will present themselves for recognition. Those opposed to women contend that the vote in favor of admitting them will not be a law until ratified by the general conference. Since the women were elected several months ago, it will be claimed that they cannot come in at the present session. Their friends -will un- doubtedly endeavor to seat them by a di- rect vote. They have the power, and may exercise it, but such a course may lead to a serious disturbance of ecclesiastical har- mony. Next in importance to the woman ques- tion is the proposed removal of the time limit regulating the length of a preacher's stay in charge of one church. The bishop fixes the appointments at the session of the annual conference, but cannot reap- point for more than five years. At the end of five years the law of the church re- quires the removal of the preacher. Dur- ing the past quadrennium there has been considerable discussion of this question, particularly among the city pastors. The circuit riders and men appointed to small stations are not much in favor of a re- moval of the limit. The argument urged by those who want the limit removed is that a metropolitan church cannot be de- veloped to a high degree of efficiency by @ pastorate of five years. The removal of the limit places the whole responsibility on the bishop, who must continue to reappoint a pastor as long as he wants him to stay at one place. Early in the history of the denomination there was no time limit, but the mit was enacted at the earnest solicitation of a pioneer bishop, who found that there were some things that even a Methodist bishop could not do. It was a hard thing some- times to move a preacher by mere author- ity, and it was considered more desirable to have a law that would create vacancies at stated intervals. At first the limit was two years. Four years ago.it was extended to five years, and now the demand is made to have it removed altogether. The mat- ter will doubtless provoke considerable dis- cussion. * Popular Amusements. Another question of more widespread interest among th? laity, and especially the young people, is the proposed elimina- tion from the church discipline of the spo- cific rules against popular amusements. Dancing, card-playing and theater-going are named particularly, and provision made for the expulsion of any indulging in these amusements. A rigorous enforcement of these rules would have a bad effect on the membership of some of the city churches, where there is a superabundance of wealth, society and young people. These specified restrictions did not emanate from the mind of John Wesley, the founder of the church. They were incorporated in the discipline as a sort of interpretation of a clause in the general rules which forbids amusements that cannot be taken in the name of Christ. They have given preach- ers endless trouble, because a literal en- forcement arouses resentment and falls to accomplish the desired object. Preachers who are opposed to the emuse- ments named urge the removal of the spe- cific restrictions because they feel that the proper way is to make the amusement question a matter of conscience, and not of arbitrary restriction. The matter has been freely discussed, and there is a strong probability that the rules touching amuse- ments will be considerably revised, A matter of deep concern to the more advanced Methodists and the leaders in all sections is that of the election of addi- tional bishops to particular geographical stations. At present there are eighteen bishops, two of the number being desig- nated a3 ‘missionary bishops.” The dis- tinction is that a missionary bishop is in power only while in a particular territory, while a “regular” bishop is in full au- thority anywhere in the world. Bishop Thoburn of India and Bishop Taylor of Africa aro missionary bishops. Thera will doubtless be a move to abolish the distinc- tion and make missionary bishops bishops indeed. Closely related to this question is the one of episcopal residence and seographical restriction, Methodist Episcopal _ bishops are not limited at present the same as Roman Catholic or Episcopal bishops. They travel all over the world and exercise general superintendency over the various annual conferences, according to a mutual understanding snd agreement. Bishop Bowman resides in St. Louis, yet he exer- cises episcopal functions in all parts of the United States. Bishop Goodsell has his episcopal headquarters-in San Francisco, but has recently béen assigned to duty in Europe. ee All the bishops ‘are equal, but Bishop Bowman presides at their semi-annual meetings by virtts-of his sentority. A bishop has no authority aside fiom that given him‘by thepliscipiine, which is the erystalized enactmea‘s of the general con- ferences. A numbop of prominent preach- ers and laymen have been urging a plan of episcopacy vequiring each biskep to look after a given teritery for a term of four years. This q~novemont also inciudes the quadriennial Jocation of a bishop in China, South America, Africa, India and Europe, the remaining bishops to he sta- tioned in various parts of tha United States. It is claiggyd that this plan will enable each bishop fo gain a more intimate and accurate knowledge of his fleld than he can possibly spin under tho present system of dependence on presiding elders and preachers. Purely a Legislative Body. The consolidation of tha book concern is under consideration. At present the pub- lishing interests of the church are car- ried on by two establishments, one in New York city and one in Cincinnati. Branch offices and depositories ere 1lo- cated in the leading cities. This move- ment toward consolidation also carries with it the proposition to elect laymen as agents instead of preachers. The general conference is purely a leg- islative body. It makes all the. laws of the church. In a general way “it corr sponds with the national congress. Mints- terial and lay delegates are sent by the hundred or more annual conferences. Four years ago there were 315 preachers and 189 laymen. This s ion there will probably be an increase. Ministerial and lay. dele gates meet In one body and have equal powers, although not equal in numbers. Separate votes can be taken on questions before the conference if demanded. The bishops preside in rotation one session each. They are not allowed the privileges of the floor. Unlike some legislative bod- jes, the bishop cannot call a substitute to the chair, take the floor and make a speech no matter how much he may desire to do 80. Like Congress, most of the work In committee. There are twelve si! committees, viz.: Episcopacy, itineracy, boundaries, revivals, temporal economy, State of the church, book concern, mis- sions, education, church extension, Sunday schools and tracts, freedman’s ‘aid and work tn the south. Each member of each delegation, beginning with the chairman, selects a committee, and so on through the list until the delegation is represented on each committee. None of the standing committees are appointed by the presiding officer. Each delegate will be on several committees, and each committee will have about 100 members. Order of Business, The names of the committees indicate the class of legislation referred to them. The committee on episcopacy stands first in im- portance. It is formed of the chairman of the various delegations. This committee inquires into the character and behavior of the bishops. The name of each bishop is called in turn, and if any delegate has any complaint he presents it when the name is called. All recommendations relating to the election of additional bishops and changes in the episcopacy come from this committee. ‘The committee on boundaries is final in its conclusions, but the remain- ing committees are merely for reference. The order of business of the conference ig to. hold a general session in the forenoon, committee meetings in the afternoon, and anniversaries and receptions to fraternal messengers at night. The new armory where the general con- ference will meet is a massive stone build- ing in the heart of the city, and only one block from the lake. It is within five min- utes of the union depot, two blocks from the post office, and- two blocks from the noted public square, from which all the street car lines radiate. Visitors who have attended other sessions of the general con- ference say the internal arrangements of the armory are far superfor to any. place where sessions have been previously held. There will be ample room for the delegat and thousands of seats for visitors. Amp Provision has been made for cloak rooms, waiting rooms, editorial rooms of the Dally Advocate, private rooms for the bishops, rooms for the post office, telegraph offices, ete. The committee in charge of arrangements has secured a writzen contract from the hotels to entertain delegates for $i a day, and to make no discrimination because of color or nationality. “The committee will as- sign delegates to places of entertainment, and each hotel, Including the finest In the city, will have colored delegates to enter- tain, on an equal footing with white: ALBERT SIDNEY G ee Newspaper Men. Address of Chauncey M. Depew. Every profession has its code of honor. That code is always based upon confidence and trust. I see more reporters and oftener than any ten men in the universe. They breakfast, dine, sup and sleep with me, or, practically, that 1s what it amounts to, They come to me blue-per:ciled at all hours of the day and night for a revelation which they must take back in some form or be discredited at the office. It is often a mat- ter which it is important to me, in justice to the interests which I represent or the people who trust me, not to reveal, but when, as often happens, something can be said which will reach over the important crisis by a suggestion of facts, and the sit- uation can orly be understood by a full explanation, the reporter hears in confi- dence the story, and then the line drawn beyond which he must not go, and never has that confidence be2n misplaced nor the line overstepped. —-s0e One in a Million. From the New York Mall and Express. Dr. Abernethy, the famous Scotch sur- geon, was a man of few words, but he once met his match—in a woman. She called at his office in Edinburgh one day and showed a hand, badly inflamed and swol- len, when the following diaiogue, opened by the doctor, took place: “Burn? “Bruise. “Poultice.” The next day the woman called again, and the dialogue was as follows: “Better “Worse. “More poultice.” Two days later the worhan made another call, and this conversation occurred: “Better?” yell. Fee othing,"”’ exclaimed the doctor. sensible woman I ever met.” es eS Pulled Bread. There is no nicer dessert for a luncheon or a family dinner than a piece of pulled bread, a bit of good cheese and a cup of coffee. Besides, it is ‘so English, you know.” To make the pulled bread, take a loaf of freshly baked bread, while it ts still warm and rather underdone, and pull the inside out of it in irregular-shaped pleces about the size of an egg. Put these in a good oven and bake a delicate brown. They are crisp and full of flavor and make a delightful combination with cheese and tender stalks of celery, or the white inner leaves of lettuce, in which case the bread may be served with the salad. An Honest Penny, From Punch. “Most “What have you been doing all day?” “Writing an article for the Gadfly.” “Who about?’ “Robert Browning.” “Suppose you've read a lot of him?” “Not I! But I met him once at an after noon tea.” BIRD CALLS AND TRAILS, TOLD BY A MOONSHINER. Learned in the Language of the |A Revenue Detective Who Came, but ‘Woods and of Animals, From the Nashville American. Everybody knows that the little darky, as he roams about the populous plantations of the south, is ragged and dirty and neg- lected in mind, body and estate, but what everybody doesn’t krow is that he is a born naturalist and gets as much fun and genuine, absorbing interest out of the woods and fields about him as the city-bred boy derives from a $1.50 show. A stretch of sandy road is a stretch of sandy road to the average person; not so to the small- er hunter, who, while on an errand to mill or store, traverses its rutty length. “Fox been prowlin’ yere! Dat a fox foot,” says one, looking criticully at the imprint in the sand. “Dat ain't no fox; 'tis a mink!” affirms another; and then all set to work to find a plainer track that will confirm or contra- dict their suppositions. “Dat are a fox, an’ he went in Miss Giegel’s yard after her young ducks. Here's where he push ‘em under de fence,” insists tha discoverer. ‘Tain’t so, tain't so, ’tall,” rebels his companion; “dat track ain't nothin’ but Mince Field's yallar dog what come long yere this mornin’,” and so the argument Goes, every foot of the road suggesting a Whole combination of possibilities to ac- tive imaginations. Whenever a ditch, fringed heavily with broom sedge, stretches across the field, a childish figure or two lurk near, listening eagerly for the welcome sound that shall tell them a trap has fallen. Partridges nest in the broom sedge, sparrows, too, and doves, and all manner of winged wild things. Traps -nade of carefully selected sticks are laid in ambush, a little meal of ground peas sprinkled within, and into these snares unwary creatures are liable to walk unsuspectingly. To contrive an criginal and certain ‘“dead-fall” is the acme of these boys’ ambitions. When the persimmons drop plump and toothsome from the purpling boughs, and the thick rinds that protect the walnut, the hickory nut and the chinquapin gap wide at the touch of the frost, these little huntsmen make their plans. “Squirrels awful fat now. de pecan tree jist a-sheddin’,” a lanky youth reminds his fellows, and forthwith they set about mak- ing a squirrel trap, or, in default of that, attaching themaclves in a bedy to the lucky owner of a gun to explore the fast- nesses of forest and field at his beck, con- tent at the prospect of being present when the all-important moment shall arrive to take aim and fire. The sweet, precise whistle of the part- ridge is well known to town and country People alike, but to these small game-lov- ers the peculiar inflection and number of notes in the whistle is significant of the sex of the bird. “It look like dat rooster- partridge can’t find he mate,” it will be ob- served, as the insistent call sounds across the field. “When pertridge is een trouble, he whistles dat fashion; all de other times he call different. It de same way wid de vhippoor-will and all dem whistlin’ birds.” Listen to dat chillie kawk,” one says: “she's got young ones near about some- wheres,” and in some inscrutable manner they manage to k their eyes on the hawk and track her to the particular tree where her nest is, the nest that she thinks so safe from detection. Great is the jubilation when a rabbit's nest is found with the tiny infants cud- diing clcee in the shallow hole. The news spreads like wildfire and pcor bunny, cow- ering somewhere near, trembles, and with reason, for her young offspring. The very first time in his life that a ne- gro boy kas anything that he can call his own he swaps it for a puppy that can be trained to run rabbits, then he begins to think of the gun he may be able to buy in the future. It may only be a common gun, unreliable, likely to explode when not expected, to remain obdurate and unre- sponsive at inopportune timcs, but never- theless a gun to be regarded with pride and cherished as a pearl above price. He will hoard up small change for months and months for this purpose. The next best thing to a gun, however, is a number of slingshots and various primitive contri- vances for letting fly a rock, pebble or other missile, and if his possessions boast none of these, effective execution can be done with a properly curved stick. As it is with the denizens of the fields and woods, so with the curious web-footed birds that live in the marshes and swamps. The boys think nothing of wading neck deep in water to get a belated young marsh hen, or even swimming across stream to run down a pair of flustered lit- Ue cranes that are too confused to get out of the way. A snake or lizard of any kind or descrip- tion has a marvelous charm for the little backwcodsman; he is not afraid to attack any snake, no matter how big, and when he has vanquished him will linger on the spot long, to study his color, markings, size and characteristics. If he can come across a “snake shed,” that is, an old skin that a snake has crawled out of, his de- light is unbounded, ard unspeakable bliss attends the capture of a live owl, no mat- ter how small and young. +o-— THE TRAMP ON THE COWCATCHER. A Wild Experience, but He Emerged in Fine Style. From the Dallas News. “It was away back in the '70s,” said an old engiteer. “I was pulling ‘the limited’ east from Council Bluffs to Chicago over the Rock Island. The night was bitter cold. We had gone about twenty miles out and had stopped at a night office for orders, and had started up again when the fireman reached over and said: ‘There is a hobo on the pilot; saw him get on at the depot.’ ‘Sure?’ I said. ‘Go out on the running board and see if he’s there yet.’ The fire- man did as he had been ordered to do, and returned with the information that the hobo was still there. ‘Well,’ said I, ‘it’s a bitter cold night, and if he can stand it out there I am willing he should ride with me.’ And on we went toward Chicago, with ‘old 21’ barking like sixty at the low joints ahead, and forgetful of our ‘head-end’ pas- senger on the pilot, who had ceased to have any existence for us. “By and by, by the faint glimmering of the headlight, I thought I saw ahead what seemed to be a bunch of cattle on the track. As we approached it the bunch seemed to grow iarger. It now was too late to do anything, so I just pulled her wide open, and old 211 hit that bunch of cattle ka bif. To paraphrase the language of Tennyson, who glides into raptures of ad- miration over the charge of the light brigade at Balaklava, there was just simply cattle to the right of us, cattle to the left of us and cattle in the rear of us, but none any more in front of us. After it was all over our thoughts reverted to the hobo on the pilot. ‘Go out and see if he is still there,’ I said.” £ “Well,” said an old shack, ufder whose feet the frosts of many winters had crack- ed as he wended ‘his way in the dark over many a long train of box cars, and who had been listening to the story. ‘Well,’ said he, “was he killed?” “No,” replied the engineer. “There he sat as large as any hobo could sit on the pilot with an oyster can milking one of those durned cows.” And Yhe old man went on his way, ven- turing something as he left about the life of the average American hobo being on a par with the proverbial nine lives of the feline we have all heard so often about. +o+—___ For the Public Good. From the Chicago Post. Attendant (of future great public library) —"I beg your pardon, sir, but you will please hand me your scarfpin. Visitor—“What’s that for?” “Our rules require it. Thank you. It will be returned to you when you come cut. Now turn your pockets all wrong side out, if you please.” “Why have I got to do that “It's one of our regulations. We are obliged to be very strict. In an institution lke this, managed for ‘the free use of the public, it is necessary that— Thanks. That will do. You will please let them remain wrong side cut until you are ready to leave the building. I will place your knife, bunch of keys and pocket book in the locker, -where I have already put your overcoat and cuffs. I shall have to ask you now to step over with me to this little room.” “What do you want now?” “Merely another precaution required by our rules. We apply the Bertillon system of measurements to all visitors. Thanks. That is all. Leave your coat unbuttoned. You may go in now end remain one hour.” ——~+e+______ He Whistled. From the Boston Globe. He—“Nice dog! Have you taught him any new tricks since I was here last?” She (sweetly)—“Oh, yes; he will fetch your hat if you whistl Did Not Go Away. From the Detroit Free Press. “Sit dcwn, sah—sit down,” said the grim- faced old man to me es we were returning to his cabin efter a visit to the illicit still hidden away in the deep and dark ravine. I sat down on a mound in a little glade in # laurel thicket, while he seated himself on a rock, and after we had filled and lighted cur pipes, he said: “The guv-ment’s agin us fur makin’ moonshine whisky, but yo’ kin see fur yo'- self how it is. We kin raise co’n avout vere, but thar’s no market fur it. If we turn it into whisky, we kin git some money out o’ It, though I never knowed a moon- shiner to make over a dollar a day in the best of times. It’s jest changin’ about 89 we may live, but makin’ whisky is against the law, and the guv’ment hunts us down as if we was wolves. All the whisky made fur twenty miles around this spot wouldn't sell fur $200, and yit fifteen men hev been sent to state prison, a dozen mo’ kept tn jail fur months and months, and twenty fam'lies bin put to it to sell off everything to pay lawyers. I tell yo’, it’s wuss nor wah times, with the guerrillas ridin’ about and robbin’ and killin’ “And there’s no money in making moon- shine whisky?” I asked. “Yo" see, it’s this way,” he replied. “Yo’ hey to pay cash fur a still. We’uns is pore folks arourd yere, and five or six men must dine together to buy. It’s also agin the law to sell the whisky, and we must let it go to traders fur what they will pay. It must be toted over the mountings on our backs, and by the time that we've got shet of ten gallons and divided up the money, no man has ‘nuff to buy a pound o’ coffee. If the guv’ment was to let us go ahead and hev frce swing, it would be clus work to make a decent livin’.”” “But you wer revenue spies.” “Yes, they cum sneakin’ round now and then,” he slowly replied. “The last time I Saw one was about a y’ar ugo. He cum along purtendin’ to look fur iron and coal, and he stopped at Joe Rutley’s fur a hull Week. He talked fa’ ‘nuff, and never once did he° say anything about moonshiners, but the boys suspishune him and kept their eyes open. The stranger would be out lookin’ around all day, but he wasn't arter coal and iron. No, sah. That was all a blind. He was jest tryin’ to locate our still, and he was a brave man to cum up yere among us when he knowed what the penalty would be. He must hev traveled around a heap, for it was six or seven days befo’ he hit it rigit. Joe Rutley follored him fur two days and knowed he wasn’t arter coal and iroa."" “Then he knew you suspected him?” I asked. “Reckon not. No, we never let on by word or look. Yo" see, this yere path is the only way to git down to our still, and in that bresh heap over thar’ we had a man on the watch. Of a Saturday, when fo’ of us war’ down thar’ at work and the stran- ger out lookin’ fur coal and iron, sunthin’ happened. The spy found this path whar’ it starts in by the rocks and knowed that it led to game. The sentinel heard him cumin’, though he was on tip-toe, and got ready fur him. Arter a bit the feller show- ed up right vere in this openin’, and he looked this way and that, and had a cun- nin ‘smile on his face. Yo’ kin sce that we had to cut sum trees and trim off sum branches, and as the ravine is right down thar’, it was easy fur him to figger it out. Diye see that mark on that chestnut?” . plainl. ithe scratch on that soft rock?” ~ going to tell me about the ¥ “Wall, he put ‘em both thar ’with his krife, so’s to make sure when he cum agin. Then he wes ready to go. He hadn't fol- Jered down into the ravine, but he knew what was thar’.” nd so he went away “Yes, his soul went away!” You—you mean— But his body stayed right yere!” ‘You don’t mean that he was shot vn! I exclaimed as I rose up. Yo" are standin ‘right on his grave!” said the old man 2s he knocked the ashes acon his pipe and led the way along the path. «=. Its Vera Weel. Ficm Griat Thonghts. It's vers weel, throughout the da: When ta'en up wi’ wark or play, To think a man can live alway Wreot a wi ¥ . when cla’es are new, Iways last juist 80, as they do nov, Wroot a wifey. But when the holes begin to show, ‘The stitches rip, the buttons. gor Wrat it the warl’s a man to do YLoot a wifey? It's vera weel when skies are clear, When frien’s are true and lassies dearg, To think ye'll gang through life, nae fea® Vioot a wifey. But clouds will come the ekies athwart, Lassies will marry, frien’s maun part; What then can cheer your saddened heart? A dear, wee wifey. It's vera weel when young and hale, But when You're auld, and crazed’ and frafl, And your blithe spirite *gin to fall, You'll want a wifey. Rut mayhap then the lassie dear, Will treat your offer wi’ a sneer; Because you're cranky. gray and sere, Ye'll get nae wifey. ‘Then haste ye, baste, ve siliy loon; Rise up and seek about the toon, And get heaven's greatest early ‘boon, ‘A wee bit wifey. —+0+- Why He Was Not at Schoot. From the Yonkers Statesman, Teacher—“William, you were not at schcol yesterday. Have you any excuse to offer?” William—“I was sick, ma'am. “When you are sick your parents usually send an excuse.” “Parents didn’t know it, ma’am.” “How is that?” “Wasn't teken sick until after I left hom “And why didn’t you return home?" “Was afraid to, ma'am.” “What was the ratter with you?” “Cigarettes, ma’am.” N a young girl's life there comes a time when the careless innocence of child- hood changes to the modest, blushing maidenly self -con- Pysciousness of ap- jproaching maturity. The eye is brighter; the form is rounder? there is a touch of shy coquetry in the glance :—the girl has She has entered that critical period so full lof happy possibil- ities, yet so hedged i, about with the phy- sical sufferings and dangers peculiar to her sex. It has been said that to be awomanis to suffer. Too often this is true. A wo- man’s whole nature isso bound up in the special functions of ker womanhood that any disturbance of this sensitive organism throws the whole system out of harmony. ‘‘Female weakness" causes nine-tenths of all the wretchedness which women endure. It can never be pe manently relieved by “‘local treatments.” That is generally an expensive, embgrras- ing, useless, make-shift. What is needed is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription to reach the innermost sources of the trouble and restore health and strength directly to the internal organs. This stops the weakening drains which sap life’s foundation ; heals all ulcerated confitions, gives the ligaments elastic power of themselves to correct mis- lacement of internal organs and imparts one, vigor and vitality to the entire feminine organism, In a word the ‘Favorite Pre- seription” makes healthy, happy women. Dr. Pierce is the Chief Consulting Physician of the Invallds’ Hotel and Su Buffalo, N. ical Institute, . 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