Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 23, 1890, Page 5

s s ROAD ACENTS IN COUNCIL. The Mational Travelers’ Protective Associa- tion in Session at Denver. BIG FEDERATION SCHEME PROPOSED. Programme of the Convention—A Drummer’'s Brave Act — Died Awmong Strangers— Trouble in the Camp-Samples. There are 250,000 traveling men in the United States and a majority of them are members of the Travelers' Protective asso- clatfon, which will hold its eighth annual convention in Denver, beginning today and lasting one week. Delegates will attend from every state in the union and 1t is expected that fully 10,000 commercial tourists will be in Deuver during tho week. The ofticial programme of the convention is as_follows: Monday, June 23— Reception of delegates and assignment to hotels. Tuesdiy, June 24—Procession forms at na- tional headquarters, Albany hotel, at 9: m.; moves to the Oddfellows’ hall'on Champa street; short addresses by Governor Cooper and Ma,or Londoner on behalf of the state ;nd city; convention meets and reconvenes at . m. teception of citizens and delegates and members or the Travelers’ Protective associ- ation at Coliscum hall, Champa and Eighteenth streets, at 8 p. m. Wednesday, June 25.—Convention meets at Oddfellows’ hall at 10a. m. and 2 p. m. for regular business, All traveling men and guests of the associa- tion will meet at the Colorado division head- quarters of the Travelers' Protective associa- tion club at 1640-51 Lawrence street at 1 p. m. and form in line for a procession and march through the principal streets, Thursday, June 26-#Convention meets at Ball at 10 a. m. At 10:30 a. m.—Carriage ride to ladies and escorts from the various hotels, 8 p. m.—Free for all. “The city is yours.” Banque l“l'!l‘ll June 27—Excursion starts for three days over the Midlaud and Denver & Rio Grande railways_to Leadville, Aspen, Glen- wood Springs, Buena Vista, Manitou and Colorado Springs. Saturday, June 28.—Excursion over the Loun by the Union Pacific to all who do not g0 on the longer excursion. After return of the Glenwood excursion such of the delegates and their wives as desiro to go over the Loup will be given a similar excursion. The Nebraska contingent will be large, but the menibers of the order in this state will go i own rosponsibility and not in a body ial train, as do sowe of the dele- other states, The lowa delegates arrived over the Rock Istand yesterday afternoon and immediately d on their way to Denver by a special over the Union Pacific. There were over onv hundred traveling men in the garty, headed by H. B. Hedge, president of the [owa branch of the association. The Iowa delegation was met here by Georre P, Moore of Columbus, Neb., formerly a traveling man for Metcalf Brothers, Coun- cil Blufts, ' Mr. Moore will pilot the special train to Columbus, where the delegates will Do tendered a banquet by the business mex of that city. The National Order. In 1582 a mere handful of commercial trav- elers, belonging to small local associations, conceived the idea of creating a national or- ganization for the purpose of making a united effort in the direction of obliterating obnoxi- ous license laws then existing in many states and territories. In the line of minor conces- sions the association sought to elevate the standard of hotels where they needed elovat- ing and also aimed to regulate livery and *bus charges throughout the country. The asso- ciation started out on the plan of amalg: ing commercial travelers, i e., permitting members from all sorts of commercial trav- elers’ insurance societies to become members - of a nat order. Up to the time of the enactment of the interstate commerce law members were being enrolled at the rate of five hundred per month and everything pointed toward most successful results. When tho iuterstate act was passed it marked the beginning of the decline of the association. Railway concessions which had been gained up “tosthat time were wiped out and old rates were. re- stored. The working clement of the as- sociation recognized the tremendous oads that faced them at this point, but mever once faltered in their determination to carry out their objects. As time grew apace the discontented element, which heretofore had enjoyed many itews of saving, now began to cry, “What are you doing for us?’ The brain and sinew of the association sought to appease this clamor, for the time bein working all the harder in fields less formid- the congress of the United States 0o proceeded to clean out state and territorial laws which exacted a license from ing men before they were permitted to show their samples. In this un i the association was highly successful, an, in less than two years wiped out the lu \ vestage remaining of thoso obnoxious laws. '+ In the line of small game the state divisions have succeeding in securing innumerable concessions from hotels, liveries, ete. Still the cry of the kicks rent the air wi “What are you giving me for my great, big two dollar bill.” The rank and file of the leaders began to doubt their senses and lost all faith in the good judgment of the traveling men, Paid national offcers began to join the ranks of the disaffected and adde fuel to the flame, and within the last months tho association has witne ix sed the dis- " iring out to a private individual schewo set up by a lot of enterprising indi- viduals for the ostensible purpose of benefit- ing tho traveling men, but more especially for the purpose of improving the condition of their own pocketbooks. While all this schem- ing has been going on Colonel M. J. Picker- ing, ox-president of the associ=tion, has been quictly ut work, as chairman of the national legislative committee, - carrying out his plans for u hearing before ccugress. Littlo or nothing has been heard of his work until 1 and then Mr. Pickering surprised the kickers by havingintroduced in congress bill amending the interstate commerce act. The bill provides that nothing in the commerco act shall be construed to prohibit any com- mon carrer from giving reduced rates of transportation and i permit to carry a weight of sample baggago in excess of the amount allowed tho ordinary traveler to commercial teavelers, whether” employer or employee, who travels to sell merchandise for a whole: sale business, taking orders from dealers for ods for subsequent d. 2 The bill bids fair to become a liw and will, in such case, infuse new life into tho trav- elers as: ons, both state and national. It is proposed at the meeting in Denver to awmalgamate all the various state organiza- P oL one great federated order. The Proposition is meoting with much favor. Deammers' Day at Columbus. The business men of Columbus, Neb., will give u monster demonstration on July 4, one of the features of which will be a parade headed by at least 200 Nebraska ing men undor tho escort of the ladies' band of “ullerton, A banquet will be tendered the kuights of the grip by the business men in the ovening. Traveling men desiring to have a royal good time by a participation in the event should notify the committeo on invitation and recep- tion, composed of George P. Moore, C. H. Jackson, C. S, Martin, F. G. Rummel, R. H. Mosgrove, E. S. Streeter, W. M. Fuller, C. B. Towli and J. N. Heater. » Died Among Strangers. Wednesday night F. S. Avmstrong, a trav- eling salesman for the W. C. Stanley manu- facturing company of South Bend, Ind., came to the Windsor hotel sick, says the Daveu- port, Ta., Tribune of June 20, and Thursday moraing o physician was summoned, who, after a thorough examination, said that the man was dying with Bright's disease. Mr, 4 Harford. proprietor of the hotel, telegraphed tho man's firm and also bis wife, who lives in Shoecraft. Mich. At #:20 Thursday after- noon he died. Mr. Harford notitied the wife and the firm and received word to take care of the romains, as the wife would start at once for Davenport, He was @ man of about llfl.f -five yoars of age, und has been coming to Davenport for several years. That he war faithful to his employers s attestod his keoping on the road until claimea by death. The check for his_ b, is a Burlington, Cedar Rapids & N check, and from letters found on his on it was evident that he was traveling on that line when he felt the attack coming on and camo as rapidly as possible to Davenport. He has a danghter who graduated from a school in Michigan only a fow days ago. A Drummer's Bravery. H. 1. Rhodes of this city, traveling agent of the Western Oil tank Iine, saved a woman's life at Creighton the other day. Mrs. L B, Miller had got on the train and came out on the platform to tell her husband to get a small satchel she had left in the depot, step- ping on a plank that connects the platform of the two cars while talking. While she was standing there the train was being made up, and two cars were *'kicked" back agninst the balance of the train with such force as to set all the cars in motion. The shock threw Mus. Miller off her balance and she fell be- tween the cars with her limbs across the rail, Mr. Rhodes immediately sprang to her assist- ance, and although lie worked at a disadvant- age and at great danger to himself on account of the narrow space between the depot plat- form and the cars, he succeeded in getting Mrs. Miller out of her perilous position just in the nick of time, The lady was somewhat stunned by the fall, but otherwise suffered but little from the mishap. At the Hotels. = At the Murray—F. R. Blakeslee, Buffalo; 0. J. Pfeifer, St. Louis; L. Sweeter, George B. Comstack, Peoria; M. R. Stevens, Buffalo; J. K. Armsby, Chicago; D. J. Stark, Minne- apolis; W. K. Buell, St. Paul; E. F. Weld, St. Joseph; D. F. Eisenhort, New York; John Cantwell, W. C. Hudgins, St. Louis; H.. M. Hunter, T. J. Godfrey, Georgo H. Hart, Chicago; Frank Adler, . Hendrick- sen, Milwaukee; M. W. Cane, Nath Cohen, Dave Brown, J. Owens, George Forrester, W. M. Sinith, P, A. Beddoe, New York; J. B. Allan, George A. Hill, A H. Wolf, Louis 4. Hohn, Chicago. At the Merchants—A. R. Galbraith, Janes- ville, Wis.; E. A, Peterson, Arapahot; John Love, 8. 'B. Flemming, Chicago; W. J. Green, W. D. Galbraith, John M. Fitzpat- Febron; James Johnson, St. Louis; George W. Munday, Burlington; D. Soper, Chicago; M. E. Hughes, St. Joseph, Mo.} illiam' P.’ Rooney, New York; Jamos T Grushmey, O. A. Goodr Grand Island; H. L. Miller, Lincoln; W, L. Van Horn, Defiver; Wilfred C. Potter, Chicago; G. T' Vallarid, Hastings; J. Palmer, Kansas City; Charles S. Whitchead, Crawfor James Rielly, Sioux City; J. H. Hawkins, Lincoln; . S.' Guggenheim, Lexington, Ky.; Ben Howard, Kansas City; Frank Dean, Sioux City; W. E. Page, John R. Dows, Chicago; John Hoye, Kearney: A. I'. White, New York; W. A. Brayton, Chicago; C. B. Thempson, Boston; Samuel D. Emerson, Denver; C. H. ers, Sioux City; J. B. Hayes, Hastings: J. J. Wilson, W. D. Funk, Robert W. Day, L. Pratt, Troy; George A. Briggs, J. W. Brown, Des Moines. At the Paxton— Hooper, Denver; C. €. Sullivan, New York; 1. P. Schoonmaler, Troy; J. 1. White, Fort Wayne; R. W, Green, St. Louis; J. W. Gues. New York; F. J. Taylor, Kansas City; J. Clarkson, St. Louis; George W, McCormick, Washing” ton; H. Raymond, New York; John W. Hamer, Beverly; William M. Runk, Phila- delphia; H. C. Grabam, Milwoukee! A. W. Cordes, New York; K. Locbenstein, Phila- delphia; A. E. Spencer, Chicago! Fred H ew York; A. A. Chouteau, D. E. Phelps, Menden} Sam. H. Rushville; maler, Deu Theo. Sprin Washington ; tz, Chicago; E. J. Robinson, W. C. Park, Kearney; R. V. Shoe- E. B. Shoemaker, Denver; 7. Chicaze: George W. Evans, George McPherson, Boston; A, Jones, Hastings; C. M. Northrup, Kansas City;'J. Hemingway, Newcastle; William Holtz, Columbus; A. Beauagard, Chicago: E. S. Popper, New York; Ross W. Bastlick, Chicago; M. Rosenheim, St. Louis} W. B. Montgomery, Denver; John A. Leslie, Philadelphia; M. A. Greenfels, Eminence; . L. Pies Joseph’ B. Brun Philadelphia; S. H. Williams, Kuansas Ci s s, S. Louis; W. D. B © J. Mo ; e, Di E. . Roberts, Rapld City; George C. Ingi bam, Boston; Georgd H. Collins, Oakland; H. Stein, Cinc ; Robert B. Stanton, Denver; C. A. Garlick, Chicago; M. P. Brace, Chicago: C. Tubban, Sioux Falls; David Ritter, Pittsby “harles C. Parks, Sturgis; K. M. Lane, Trenton. Samples. Virginia's division of the T. P. A. has col- lapsed. W. C. Erlan is up in Idaho for Z. T. Lind- sey & Co. iith & Co. Sherm McCoy is home from a Black Hills teip for Z. T. Lindsey & Co. Bill B t is up in the hills with the Gate City hat company’s goods. Jack Garrett will go out today with the Gate City hat company’s samples. . Smith, Z. T. Lindsey & Co.’s Towa home from a successfut trip. V. Bailey of she Gate City hat company plying the Mormons with straw goods. on wiil spend the week in Denver, participating in the travelers’ convention. He represents the Gate City hat company. A Des Moines traveling man arrived home unexpectedly on a late train the other night and was caught betweon two fires, his wife in the house and a policeman on the street, both shooting at him, thinking him a burglar, — Knights of Pythias Biennal Conclave, at Milwaukee, Wis,, July, 1800. For this great oceasion excursion tic ets will be sold from all principal points in the United States and Canada to Mil- waukee and return via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway at half rates. As its name indicates the Chicago, Milvaukee & St. Paul railway is the divect route to Milwaukee, and as the camp ground for the Uniformed Knights (to which point cars and trains will be run through without transfer) is located din y on this line, it will be scen that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- wiay has great advantage over other routes which are unable to furnish such facilities, and visiting Knights, their families and friends should bear this in mind when purchasing excursion tiel A circular giving detailed information will be mailed free upon application to A. V. H. Carpenter, general passenger agent, Milwaukee, Wis. J. E. PRESTON, F. A. Nasm, Pass. Agent. Gen’l Agent, 1501 Farnam Street (Barker Block), Omaha, e An Iunocent Man Ihes in Prison. Eight years ago Robin Shields, a negro was convicted in Marion county of arson, and was sentenced to pass thoe remainder of his life at hard labor in the penitentiavy, says a Columbia (3. C.) dispatch to the New York Sun. He has been serving his sentence, but contracted consumption, and for months past has been failing daily. Yoesterday the board of directors received proof that Shields was innocent. Shields had been em- ployed in a store which was burned. The clerk belioved the negro to be guilty, and the negro was convicted on cireumstantial evidence. He always de- his guilt. Now the clerk comes forward and says he is convinced that Robin Shields s innocent, and that the owner burned the store for the insurance money. The clerk was very anxious that a pardon should be granted, and the board of directors immediately petitionod the overnor to set at liberty the wrong- ully imprisoned man, Shields received tho information last evening with joy. He begged that he be released this morning, and the governor promised he should. While at his office, about to sign the pardon, the governor wus in- formed that Shields was dead. His vin- dication had come too late, —_—— Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills, An important discovery. They act on the liver, stomach and bowels through the gerves. A new principle. They speedily cure billiousness, bad taste, torpid live piles and constipation. Spléndid " for me: women and children. Srallest, mildest, surest. 90 doses for 25 ceuts. Samples free atKubu & Co.'s 15th aud Douglas. FAIR WOMEN AS PHYSICIANS, What a Boston Oontemporary Has to 8ay on the Subject. A WOMAN'S WONDERFUL SUCCESS. Remarkable Results Attained by Mrs. Frank Leslie—Military Marie Tis- serand—Education for Working ‘Women—Art and Fascination. Every day brings news of the advance- ment of women, says the Boston Trav- eller. Slowly but surely they are work- ing their way into the various profes- sions and trades and approaching that idea of equity in work with men which the progressive woman has always per- sistently *cherished. The appointment of Miss Belle Smith—who, by the way, is said to be only twenty-three years old— as resident physician of the woman's prison at Sherborn, a position of great responsibility, is another evidence of the fact that in this country women are ad- vancing, and advancing rapidly. 1In this connection it is interesting to note the inereasing number of women who are adopting the profession of medicine. Not many years ago the feeling pre- vailed among the unthinking people that women had noright to act as physicians; that by sodoing they were guilty not only of impertinent intrusion upon the exclu- sive province of the male practitioners, but of indelicacy and unwomanline: as well. Ttseems strange that this prej- udice should have been entertained, for from time immemorial women have been regarded as ideal nurses. Is it a sign of the advancement or of the retrogression of men that while women are ent the masculine profession of medicine men are adopting the feminine work of nursing. And the differenec between the functions of a nurse and physician 15 by no means a vast one, the physician’s duties being, on the whole, rather more delicate than those of the nurse, Another consideration which favors the admission of women to medical prac- tice, and which, it would seem, ought to have outweighed all considerations against it, is the fact that they are pecu- liarly fitted to treat in certain cases the members of their own sex, and that they are gifted with a certain feminine intui- tion (a quality, strange as it may seem, used by Mr. Grant Allen as an argument against the higher education of women) which would be invaluable to them in their diagnoses of those nervous dis- cases which are rapidly in ing with the advance of our civilization, the prdssure of the competition for exist- ence, and the ever growing demands which are made upon the faculties of the mind. There is no doubt that in a fow years women, instead of being admitted to the practice of medicine on sufferance, will hold legitimate and honorable places in this most important and arduous pro- fession. A Women of the People. Mrs. Leslie is undoubtedly the most famous woman in America Her beauty, inement and grace of manner, com- with her remarkable business ability, which has placed herat the head of one of the largest publishing houses in the world, unite in_giving her a reputation as unique as it is extend She has demonstrated beyond a doubt, that there are women in the world who have all a_clever man’s shrewdness in business affairs, with ability to assume and control large financial in- terests, and yet remain in every way refined and womanly, Mrs. Leslio isa native of New Orleans, and grew up in the French quarterof that quaint old city. She learned French, German and Spanish at a very early age, and when little more than a child she began the literar; rk which has made her fame world-wid She was married when only fiftcen, The attachment between Mr. Leslic and herself was extremely devoted; and at his death, she lu;:ull?' adopted the name of “Frank Leslie.” A resolute would quailed at the responsibilities invol in Mr. Leslie’s will and at the burden of debt and care laid upon her shoulders; but this graceful, beautiful lady sur- rendered her magnificent mansion, con- tented herself with humble apartments, quietly took up the unusual task, gave the business her undivided and careful attention, sut carly and late in her little office, and in a very short time saw her- self free from and on the high road to fame and a at fortune, both of which she has secured in less than ten 3 from the date of her assummg tho management of the publications—u re- vd unparalleled in the history of any terprise, and duchess of Gerolstein is by no means the only woman who has con- fessed frankly her woakness for the mili- but M T srand carvied her ation fu ys a Paris dispatch to the Daily Telegraph. Acting on the principle that imitation {s the sincerest form of flattery, she was'in the habit of donning the uniforms of the soldiers who paid their addresses to her, and she oved to sally forth resplendent in a blue tunic and red trousers, with medals and crosses on her breast. Her mania had on several occasions got her into trouble. Thrice had she been tried and condemned to various plans and penalties for attiring herself in war-paint of her suc ive lovers. Her last escapade of this kind to lounge along the streets habited in the dark costume of a—policeman! 1t is to be presumed that the men who had temporarily taken her under their protection found hev rather a compromis- ntance, for Marie Ti and sompelled to consolo herself with an omnibus conductor, whose kepi may at least have served to remind her of happier days, This time she did not attempt toarray self in the habiliments of her new friend, for which, with the exception of the kepi, she entertained profound contempt. Unlue worse. After a few days’ fl the conductor she disappeared, carr q away the man’s savings, which amounted to 800 francs. The theft was reported to the police, and some time after- wards Marie Tisserand was ar- rested on the Boulevard Voltaire, down which she was stroll- ing with the Tonkin and Madagascar medals affixed to her breast, the cynosure of all eyes. On heing escorted to the nearest police station sheadmited frankly that she had stolen the money, and had spent A'\\'l'{ sou of it in the pur- chase of trinkets, which she had since pawned. Marie Tisserand was accord- ngly locked up pending her removal to the depot. She had not been long in custody, however, when the police, hear- ing a noise, entered the room of which she had been the solitary tenant, and found that she had tried to hang herself by attaching her garter toa peg driven into the wall. To cut her down was the work of a moment, and ina short time the young women was on her way to jail in the prison van. THE PRIMA DONXLOF BALD KNOBS. “Nora Mnrks"'l:’ Chicago Tribune: A long, yellow-elay road winding up an ineline that grew eteeper farther on and terminated in a bar® plateau. The high- way was hemmed [t for a space by ser pentine rail fenceg, then farther led a perilous path along the edges af ravines deeply wooded, cagpeted with ferns and moss, and cumbered with wild rose and grape vines. Thestowes, dane blooming, showed scarlet seéd-pods where _tho foliage was thinest, and the grapes, not yet purple, hung {i" clusters high under their green canopies. Back in the valley lay a cloud of yel- low dust—here it was dewy and sweet, The round red ball of the sun had tum- bled over the tops of the higher knobs in the west, but blazed for a moment through a cleft in the hills. The skurry- ing white clouds in the zenith caught a reflection from the bands of scarlet and gold below and floated a luminous sem- blance off to the purpling east. A young girl coming slowly up slipped her slat sun-bonnet back until it dangled by the strings around her neck. She carried a tin pail, stained with berries on the inside, which she shifted from one hand to the other. Little damp rings of sunburned-brown hair clung to her tanned forehead. She listened with a hjll-bred ear for every smallest sound, hearing where a city devotee would have found silence. She paused a moment for the rustle in the stir of leaves that rushed from bough to bough and died out in cadences. Once_an insect impatient of twilight delayed sent out an imperative cry. “Well, I reckon the'aint no need o gittin’ mad,” she said, and laughed. Then # bird far up on the hillside began his evening song. At this she stopped. “I aint never heerd that bird before.” She began to imitate the call, softly at first, then more assured until the an- swer came. She laughed contentedly and went on, “I aint never heerd a sound yet I couldn’t make, except the inqinn on the New Albany road, But that's jist noise an’ the’s a heap o’ diffrunce.” As she neared the top of Bald Knob, on which a half dozen houses clustered about “‘the store,” she pulled her sun- bonnet decorously over her face and walked timidly past the grnufi of men who sat on the porch titled back against the wall with their feet on the rungs of their chairs. A series of derisive shouts came from behind a little wooden church a few yards down the other side of Bald {nobs. A frown wrinkled her brown brows, and the dencon, looking up at her, was reminded to say: “They hadn’t orter do it, they hadn’t reely.” f But the other men, recalling their own boyhood, grinned. She darted down the hill and presently stood breatless in_front of the church. The boys of Bald Knobs were enjoying their hereditary pastime—tormenting Old Pete Connor. He had emigrated from Treland sixty years before to these unfriendly hills, and retained yet in his manner a rem- nant of chivalry that excited the pity and contempt” of these rough settlers from the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. The rude log cabin stood back from the road defenseless against the volley (of sticks and stones that bombarded it from behind the church. ; “0, Pete!” yelled a boy. Then ina voice preternaturally nasal and quaver- ing he sang— Is my name written thar? A burst of laughter from the hoys fol- lowed by another shower of stones ROY el What'll yer take fur yer profile? Rooster-cr cat-calls and shrill whistles The white head of an old man apy at the sin- gle square window of th hin, the soft, wrinkled flesh of the face quivering. The boys stopped. Then the old man knelt down, with his face turned sky- ward, and’ prayed, swaying back and forth in his agony and fervorof faith. SIf it be Thy will, O my Heavenly Father, that thése persecufors air to torment me for my soul’s sake, give me patience to bear Thy will, but if these boys are sent by the devil—" Was he going to call down maledi tions? The boys waited. Jenny Lind Bates, standing in front of the church, sobbed. “Iather, forgive them—they know not what they do.” He finished with the words of his Master. For a moment he remained kneeling, then disappeared. “Well, I'll be darned,” said Jim Tt lor. *“He ain’t gota_bit of gumption. Then this Bald Knob ventriloquist winked at the crowd and struck up a tune in imitation of the old man’s blind wife, who always sang an octave higher than any one dlse in the church: There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins, ¢s howled and a wrathful old o appeared at the window. But angeér never found a place in that gentle soul speech to be frames ver a mockin?—Boy it’s ben s yeirs sence I marvied ‘my lady,’ a heeked gal from Killarny. Wa'te pore an’ old, an’ the light's gone out 0’ her blue ey rever, but if you don’t think I love'r jist same’s ever, yer mistaken,” The sad old face, lighted up with such strange emotions, was filled with despair as the boys howled in derision, and it disappeared for the last time. Clear and penetrating came a girl’s ) voice: “‘Gustie, Gustie. Come huyr.” **See huyr, you young limb. Thar’s .Iinn)_')lin a-call in’ fur you. G’long now. Jim Taylor picked a squirming young- ster up by the collgr of his hickory shirt and started off around the church, fol- lowed by a_grinning erowd. “1 didn’t know he was tharor I'd a sent him a skitin’,”” he explained, with a wink at the other boys. They pevched themselves along the top of the rail fence—brown-skinned, bave-legged, mis- chievous, alert—and Hstened. “We're jist havin® a little fun, any- how,” said Jim, **Mighty sneakin’ sort o’ fun, pesteri the life out o’ an, old man. Gustie shan’t do it—at least not till he gits as big an’ mean as the: rest o’ you.” She clutched the child” by the hand and started off down thevoad. “Boy’s got to have some fun. I ain’t goin’ to stop em''ufr you?’ The rest grinned, and Jim 'leaned over the fence with the air of one who was ready for discussion. he had stopped it before, and they were willing for her to do it again. To see Jenny Lind Bates get mad was nost as good fun as tormenting old o Connor, *‘Boys,” she said suddenly, “if you wil! stop pesterin’ ole Pete I'll sing for you.” If an electric light had flashed in their midst they could net have been more a tonished. They had heard her wonde ful voice only” at meetin’, when some hymn was started and the rest of the voices had dribbled to silence and left her singfng alone. The line of swaying dim background of darkening hills and woods tervified her. Standing there in the dusty road, her limp cotton dress flapping against her bare heels, the figures with the prima donna of Bald Knob was struck with stage frighs. But she forgot herself in her song af- ter the ficst fow notes had been choked out of her half paralyzed throat. They were church hvmus she sang and simple country ballnds—all she knew, but her audience was not eritfeal. And it was like listening to an untrained wood bird. Such unexpected trills and variations on those old hymn tunes. She would'nt have thought it right to fix things sa- cred up in this wu{ to suit herself if she had been in church. She lost herself utterly in the songs. She wasno longer there,but off after her voice to the strange world beyond the hills, down in the ravine where eches are caught and choked to death, and up in those unimagiued (h‘o{:l of sky stud- ded with pale stars that began to gleam R A S, O in the east. A few moments later Jenny Lind Bates rushed into a farm-house and against her mother. *Well, fur the land’s sake, you come in if you was ’s much in a hurry as the oyars over to New .\llmn&z " “Maw, I've got a new dres I'm goin’tq make like one I saw on the lady over to town. An’ it’s blue an’ white an’ has tucks on the waist an’ a sash an’ big sleeves gethered into cuffs. An’—say, maw, turn 'round. You've jist got two big squares on yer back. I wish yer back'd a been bigger or the squares littler.” “Good land! Ain’t_you ashamed to make fun of your maw’s clothes?” *Jinnylin’s been a singin’ to the boys down to meetin’ he to git ’em to stop esterin’ ol’ Pete,” volunteered her little rother Gustie, who was present at tho performance. “Stars alive! What won’t you donext? Singin’ to that passlo of boys as your paw thinks orta ben in pennytentiary along with Jim Hanson!” Jenny Lind looked up, crestfallen, from her treasure. “Well, you said yourself’t my voice wasn't_jist to holler with. An’ the hoys liked it better’'n they did plaguein’ ol’ Pete.” “‘Mebbe that’s what it’s fur. Well?” “Whenever you feel the fit comin’ on an’ you have to pester ol’ Pete or do somethin’, jist come up an’ I'll sing fur you,” had been her general invitation to that “passel o’ boys.” They came often, perched themselves on the rail fence in front of the house, and the primi donna never broke an en- gagement, and always had a new song. “Nover git tire ? asked Jim vlor, admiringly one night. Naw! No more’nthe moon gits tired shinin,”” “Itdon’t shine inthe daytime!” he said Ll'iumuh:mtll]’. “Bet you it does! Shines on the Chinese, Goggerfry says so,” she replied to his utter confusion. “Bet she’s smart. Ain’t stuck up nuther,” he remarked to the boys going home. “Not once during this whole summer had the boys tormented the old man, but Jenny Lind was watchful. “Is jist like throwin’ a bone toa dwag. Huyr, Shep, come huyr. Now, see maw, when Shep gits a bone he ain’t barkin’ at his own shaddc That's jist like the boys. Some time when I'm not thar to sing fur ’em they’ll goat it agin.” One night in early winter Gustie rushed into the hous “Jinnylin, they’re plaguein’ Ol Pete.” “*An’ the young lady I took berries to is goin’ to learn me to sing so as [ won't have to foller other folks.” cekon 3‘ou‘ubu wantin’ a pianner party soon. No bird on Bald Knobs rose earlier the next morning than thi$ human song- stress with the sun-browned throat and shabb, Her crest again was the slat sunhon- net, except when in the shadow of the woods she let it hang by the gingham strings knotted about her neck. Then her hair, burned bright by the sun and tangled by the wind, snared every blun- dering butterfly that came near hor. When the bucket was full she placed a blanket of leaves over the topand began her four-mile walk down the Knobs to the dusty valley, mimicking at-bird along tho way. A she reached the edge of the town she stopped to put on her shoes and stockings, then walked decoriously through the streets—a butterily soul prisoncd in the chrysalis of her country garb and manger. The lady, young, gracious, beautiful, the top eream of & great city milk pen skimmed into a country town pitchar for a vacation, came down herself to open the door, Ah, my sweet child!” she said, as if she were years and years older than Jenny Lind, and took the fruit-stained, brie atched hand in her own that showed traces of manicure powder in the crev of the na “Come right up staivs and visit me.” So the shy creatuve scrambled up the polished steps and_into a room as won- derful as the blue dress. And presently she was relating the sfory of her adven- tures of the night before. Then the lady brought a boolk of bal- lads and simplé songs, and the first les- son be »"n A long. happy summer followed, filled with service for the itiful lady and learning the easy lesson of singing. Jenny Lind rend notes almost by in- just signs of scuds here in ‘my throat,” she said, clasping that flex- ible, brown column. The lady brought the girl into the wider sphere of town society so that her life might be broadened, but the sweet wildbird hushed hushed her song in the cagoes of brick and stone and curiosity and wonder. When she got back to the pretty room she fluttered to her friend. “It’s only up thar I can si Down 'mong these folks my voice aches. I reckon they want good singin’ up in the Knobs as well as other places, She was left alone, The summer was ended and the lady gore; but fixed in that delicate box Jenny Lind’s throat were half & hundred songs—old ballads that had stirred the hearts of gene tions before her. And she could learn from others, und never, so lontl as she lived, have to ‘foller other folks’ singin’,” She paused not a moment, but darted up the Knob to the church, It was a vk night and she was guided only by niliar stones, catealls and the comical mimicry of Jim Taylor. She got into the midst of them befove they knew it~ “Boys,” she faltered, Those nearest her stopped and the si- lence rippled on to the edge of the crowd. The into the darkness she lifted her voice and sang *“The Water- mill”—one verse and the chorus: The mill will never grind again With the water that is past. Slowly, strangely solemn and impress- ive on the repetition, like a prophecy of gret, Her. voice stopped in a sob. Taylor spoke fiast. "hat's 80, b Can’t doa thing but once. Mebbe we'll be sovry for torment- in’ an’ ol man when we're’ growed up, an’ mebbe he won’t be huyr to know it. I'm goin’ to quit. Now, how many goes with me.’ A pe wis sobbing. The old man tott ot volley of I's. Jenny Lind d out of the es shading a candle with his trembling hand. He had heard the latter part of the speech but not the low song. Eb, boys? Goin’ to stop pesterin’ us? The Lord be praised. Is fur re- spec’ fur ‘my lady'?" “Nawl It wur Jinny—w" But the sentence was never finished. A rough, strong littlo hand closed his mouth, “Let him think it wur his ‘lady,” Jim, It makes him feel good.” “I'll go in an’ tell her. “Thank ye, thank ye, boys.”” He shamblod into the cabin with eager, uncertain steps, his white hair flying into his happy eyes and shading the feeble yellow flame with his shaking hand ‘‘Now, three cheers fur ol’ Pete, three more fur his ‘lady,” an’ three an’ a tiger fur Jinnylin,” How the woods and hills rang with their shouts, Boys are never so happy as when making an authorized pande- is worked there than in any other place in the world. The work is done by cool tabor. The tin is shipped to England. About 9,000 tons are obtained at Corne vhoro the mines are also owned by ta syndioate, As these men have a monopoly of the business 1t is for theie interest to discourage any attempt to produce tin _here, When tin was dis« covered in Peru this big syndicate bought up all the mines and then claimed that the ore could not be worked at a profit. But their scheme won't work in the United States, and in & year the will have lost most of their trade witl America. Black Hills tin has boen o long time coming to the front, but success is at hand now.” ——— . . Van Houten's Cocon—Pure, soluble, ecor monium. While the rogky gorges were | nomical. saying “‘Rah—rah—ah—a!" Tkey Mounts T RDRE CONTI A voiced the sentiment of the ispersing USDEI CONTIAOT. crowd and made thom stop. “If #innylin would favor us with an- other song-—-"" But for the first time the prima donna of Bald Knobs did not respond to the encore. She was half-way to the farm- house, speeding down the yellow cla road, holding fast by Gustio’s hand and crying all the way for pure joy. He Was Awfully Bad But Woulda' Fight®After AllL New York Sun: A man who was taks ing in some of the sights at Brighton the other day was led to notice a shorte haired young man in a loud check suit, who was accompanied on his rounds by & couple of younger x-hn‘)w. who seomod to dote on him and to imitate his actions as far as possible. After awhile he with the short hair seemed to got up an ache ing for a row, and he drove the first pog by approaching the man ina swaggering v and impudently domandin Is you the cove that'’s got a cigar for me?"” Ho recoived an emphatic negative, when up went his cyebrows, and ho con® tinued: “De cove 1s inclined to be sassy, but perhaps it's cause he don’t know me. The three ontlets of disease are the bowels, tho skin and the kidneys. Regulate their action with the best purifying touie, Burdock Blood Bitters, AU RIS SOUTH DAKOTA TIN MINES. Senator Pettigrew Says the State Will Supply the Country. Senator Pottigrew of South Dakota was in Chicago the other d He has recently visited the Dakota tin mines and last evening gave an interesting | Chollie, you and Dan give him an eyeo- account of their development toa re- | opener,” and while he assumed a sup- porter for the Tribune. Said he: | posed graceful pose, with his hat planted “Enough tin will be produced in Dakota | over his ear, “*Chollie” appronched and next year to supply the entire United | whispered: States. One company alone—the Harney | *“He i—awfully had! Te's da Park—has expended $3,000,000 on its | wi t fightah in New York, he is. mine More than 2,000 men are now | He’s going to challenge any kid of his at work on a new branch of the Chicago, ington and Quinecy road into the tin e region, The Harney Park company is building & number of small railrond lines to transport the o.e to one central place and any amount of money is avail- ble for other improvements as they may be needed. After the work of getting out the tin begins on a large scale the Harney Purk company will put 12,000 tons on the market anually. “The statement that no tin could be obtained in Dakota was invented by the owners of the Btta mines, who for years have been denouncing the Black Hills tin. These men attempted to buy all | ut it would be agin de contract.” the tin mines in Dakota, but found it to | Tt was suggested that the other two mammoth an undertaking. ailing in | might sail in for him, but he replied: this, they sent out veports that tin “*Chollie is me trainer and Dan is mo could never be produced with profit in and it would be agin de con- this country. These people were acting The owners of the Dakota control the tin- “They own the mines where 28,000 More metal age to u finish—any kid in de world.” “Ho'd bettor gound dig for clams!” growled the man. “What's dat?” demanded the awfully bad. Do covoe wants his eyo punched, and if it wasn't fur dat copper over dere Ud doit. Perhaps he'll do me do honoh to step around behind de pavilion!” The man said he would, and did he reached a secluded spot and ot the wickedest observed: SF bogs do cove's pardon, but T just remembered dat T am under contract not to fight-until [ meets do Oswogo Whirl- wind. 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