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' m EARLY have.
An Experience of a Reformed Oar-d
“ Sharp "—0loanlng Out a Party
of Arkansas Touche-blu-
oapln. Tholr Wrath.
During the palmy days of steamboating
on the \t estern and Southern waters, forty
odd years ago, one of the chief pastimes
lndulged in by the passengers, rays the
Cincinnati Compounds! Gillette. was card-
aying. and to such a great extent was
t carted on that the river interests re~
oeivetl an unenviable reputation through
the press, and the boat-owners were
“ obliged to roliibit all games upon their
steamers. n those da‘s it was a com-
mon thing to hear o the highest State ‘
and National otlicials sitting down to
es \vhoro lar moneyed stakes were
risked. while arpors and triokstenr
made it n Ngular business of traveling
back and forth from port to port, tlecc~
ing the unsuspecting. Sporting men
pl ~ed planters and others for high stakes,
an in many a case as high as ten and
twenty thousand dollars would change
hands in one night‘s sitting at a game of
ptiker.
kiamblcrs at times almost took posscs~
' sion of summers. and the captains and
clerks had no way of protecting their
passcugws. liver ‘ trick known in cards
was played for all it was worth upon the
Imig'tanls and others upon the steamers.
bud many an unfortunate deck pas
longer mct with a watery grave after he
had been lleoced out of what means he.
was p isseotcl of. In those days money
seemed to be more plentiful than now;
thesenth pt’ospcrctl, and her planters be-
, (‘Intc rich through successive seasons of
"end crops. Money seemed to tlow into
:heit‘ hmds. and with true Southern
characteristic h :spitalitv the planters lib-
erally spontViI. and during those years of
pmspcrtty south the Mississippi River
Itcatuhonts \vu‘c favored with heavy cal"
gore and large passenger lists.
'l‘hcre “'18 no better known person
along the river in those days gone by
than t‘utoucl (bio. llevol. of Cincinnati,
who is at present writing an amount of ‘
forty ye .rs‘ experience along the Missis~
si ipi Lligcr. Surrounded by a party of
friends a .few days ago, Colonel Devol
related some incidentsof his experience.
Among other things he told of some of
his tricks on the, panstmgers with cards.
in it game known as monte. To use. his
own language. the Colonel, throwing his ‘
portly form back in a large. easy chair.
and pacing his thumbs under his sus~
ponder-sat the shoulders. said:
“The good old days for sporting men
on the river are past and gone.
money fast and spending it freely.
tough. I tell you. I‘ve quit cards. and
repose now, in my old age to try and
ve a moral live. lint you want to hear
about my book i Well, I‘ll relate one of
my rrsonal experiences: y
“ ‘oruing up on the Sultana one night
there were about twenty-five of the
toughest set of men us caqu pissengcrs
I believe] ever met. They were on t. leir
way to Napoleon, Ark, which at that
time was a great town and known as lhe
lace. 'Iu those days these
apoleon fel ows were looked u on as
cut-throats and robbers, and thought
nothing of murdering ,a fellow. simply
. to make thorn appear big men with their
ng. I had for a partner a man named
'gunde Bill; as game a party as ever
st odo the deck of a steamboat, and one
of the shrew-dost gambit-rs I ever encoun- '
tc‘ ed.
“Aswan as supper was over this gang
of Arkansas ton hs got in the cabin on
of course \vante to play cards. Bill
had opened up business in the main hall. ‘
and a great crowd-7 had thercd about
him. i saw that most of t use chaps had
been drinking, and gave Bill the nod.
which he of course understood. He only
"played a short while and left the game.
retending to be broke.
he would'watch for any trouble. Well,
3 the rt-sult was i got about everything the
twenty-live men had. including their
watches. and beat some seven or eight
other passengers.
as the night were on and they
kinking from their private flasks I mar e
a sneak to my room and changed my
clothes.
iown into the kitchen and sent a man
after my partner.
face, and looked like one of the negro
roosters. I only had time to warn him,
when a terrible rumpus upstairs told me
the jig was up, and with their whisky to
aid them they were searching for me, and
, caught me it would be good day
term. #1 paid'thc cooks to kce mum,
and Bill made himself scarce. hey had
their guns out. and were kicking in the
stateroom doors hunting for me. Some
of them came down on deck, and were
walking back‘and forth by me, cursing
and threateningvcngcsnce. — '
“The best was plowing
up the coast. The stevedores were shout-
to the hands, hurrying them along
the freight for eluding soon to be
__ eThe boat‘s whistle blow, and
‘ seen Ill. wuhrnding in for .he shore. A
crowd of these fella}; viere awaiting for
“you? suspect . won try and
gag ~ hey were looking, mind you,
, a well-dmscd man. As soon as the
landed about ten of them. guns in
7 ran out over the ridge to shore and
V y scanned the facets! every person
thatcanm off. There was a stacker
plowetobe discharged from thcbost‘s
’ and noting the fact, I shouldered
' as. and with it. followed the long line of
rhuadsunid the curses of the mates, and
JO"... post these men who were
j {and I kept one the high bank
‘andoyerthe levee, and w on I threw .
fit! in there with theethcre. madcud‘
-v intrusion fields and laid no on _ my
mute the boat got again underway.
tho burning as in the torches on
’ “ been ex dished '
new close cal. Iced fissure yon.-
tithe bundle; which we: dis-1
. «is; the crass rootlets-
‘ j ’ fishnet”! hold for me‘iftcr
" s“ ,5... w-
I held the plum shell to hi ears
And it murmured soft and low
A melody in a sweeterstrnin
Than a human voice could know,
dad and Is the moon of an autumn wind.
Or the sigh of a river‘s flow.
“Hysoulistullol nstorytold
By a river that journeyed down
Through valley and quiet meadow land
And many a stately town.
And has of the tlowers and vines and true.
And the most rocks. messed and brown.
“But she stopped her singing and stabbed one
night. ‘
While rain went down from the sky.
. All! itpitied horses-rowan
It would give her sympathy;
While she told of a quiet forest nook
She ever went softly by.
“For the trees bent over with long. green
, II‘IIIS
To give her a blessing of love.
And up through the shadows cool she saw
Where the sky arched far above,
And the tleeoy elondlet moved acres
Like a sail or snowy dove.
- “A youthful face with a golden frame
0f wevirer, shining hair.
And bright eyes in a fringe of black.
and a forehead broad and fair.
tanned over the river‘s edge one day
Forty ‘
years Ilcd a gamblcr‘s life, making-
llut ,
the but live years of my life have been ‘
Then we lived ;
t up that lshould do the playing and ‘
Thesrncn all took it ‘
apparently good natured at. the time, but ,
kc t .
By the back stairs I slipped i
I had blackened my '
her way along ?
And lauhed at its image there.
“The river carried the picture fair
For many and many a ymr.
Till it came agaitv—a man‘s face thenw
“'ith tho bright eytw dull and blmr.
And all wine dashed and all aceursed.
\\’ith a slavish look of tour.
”A few months after it came once more.
All haggard. with go ltand shame;
heard,
And the curse and the prayer were the
same;
And the light burnwl out of the sun sick eyes,
Like a quivering, smoldering flame.“
80 the river carried the memory
l 0f the faces, one in tlin‘e.
l And told the tale as a secret
l To the hxstlr-ss heart of the son:
And the tinted shell on the mantel
Brought back the story to me
oLyftlefon Savage.
BESET BY BURGLARS.
In the falLof 18161 was employed as a
‘ clerk in n_ general store at a cross roads
in SouJicrn Indiana. The store,
" church. and a blacksmith shop. with two
residenccs. tirade up the buildings, and
the families of the merchant and the
blacksmith were the only residents. The
country about was thickly settled u 3.
however. and trade was always got“.
Before the merchant engaged me he an-
nounced that Iwould have. to sleet in
the store 0‘ nights. and that uulessl ad
pluck enough to det‘cnd the place
,lgninst the Inarnudcrs he did not want
me at any price. He showed me a shot‘
' gun. a revolver. and a spring gun, which
, woreused. or on hand to be used. to de-
fend the. place, and the windows were
rotcctr-d with stout blinds and the
nor by double locks.‘ The close of the
war had drifted a bad population into
Indiana. The highways were full of
tram is, and there were hundreds of men
who ad deb rmined to make a living bv
Ionic other means than labor. Several
attempts had been made to rob the store,
and it. had come to pr‘s that no clerk
wanted to sleep therc’alone.
The merchant seemed satisfied with
the answer I gave h'm. and on a certain
Monday morning I \vcnt to work. That
same. night a store about four miles away
was broken into and robbed and the
clerk seriously wounded. Two nights
inter three horses were stolen in our
neighborhood.
afarmor who was on his way borne from
our store was robbed on the highwnv.
If I had not been a light sleeper from
habit, these occurrcntcs
tended to prevent too lengthy dreams as
I lay in my little bedroom at the front of
the second story. The revolver was
always placed under my tillow and the
. shotgun stood within reat- . The s trim;r
m was set about midway of the owe}
001-. It was adouble-barrclcd shotgun.
each barrel containinga big charge of
bucksbot. and the man who kicked the.
string and discharged the weapon would
never know what hurt him.
It did not. seem possible that any one.
could break into the store without arous-
lng me. There was no door to my room.
and after the people in my neighborhood
had gone to bed I could hear the slight-
est noise in the store.
place over for-a weak spot. and lzad failed
0
_ nearproving my destruction. I should
1 have told you. in‘dcscribing the store.
spring gun was an o nin through
which we hoisted and ionized Inch goods
as were stored for n time on the second
door. When not in use this opening was
covered by a trap door. Toward ever»
ing, on the tenth day of my clerkship, I
' horsted up a lot of ils and tubs, and
had just hnishcd w on trade became so
brisk that l was called to wait cus-
tomers. Later on I saw that I . d left
the trap door‘opcn, and I said to myself
that I would let it go until I‘wcnt bolted.
‘ The std" had the onl burglar proof safe
for milefaro'und. an .it was customary
for-tho firmer whohsd“: hundred dollars
or so to leave it with us. He received an
envelope in which to enclose it, and he
could take out and put in as he liked.
9n this evening four or five farmers came
in to deposit. and. as I afterward figured
up. we had about $1,500 in the safe.
There were two strange faces in the
crowd that evening. One belonged to a
roughly dressed, evil-eyed man, when:
nonnced himself as a drover, and the
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, other as a professional tram I gavethe
latter a piece of tobacco on some crack;
E ere-and cheese and die-soon went away,
‘ and we were also so busy up to 9 o‘clock
that I did not give the drover much nt-
tention. . ‘thn we came to shut up the
starch} had gone from myjrnind alto-
gether. We counted up the cash, made
some charges in the day book, and it
‘ was about 10 o‘clock when the merchant
left ,I “tired but ind! took, sun-
dle and made the circuit of the store. set
thump-lug gun, and went- to bed-.7 : I
built; within six feetefthetfri
' dances ‘ went to my‘room, but Idling
see it. It .was
: tuber. and we ad no fires yet. and as I
so grateful that I soon fell aflcep. It was
the first. night I had goneto bed without
thinking of robbers and wondering how
_ Isheuld act in case the _
' notk'ncw when I fell as cop. Suddenly-
hnlf ‘ ht ’ in had. an
’ ' store oi if the
me. It
Then a curse. and a shot. an l a prayer Wore
ll,
would have.
'I had looked the 2
find it, but my own coutidcncc came '
that just over the spot where we set the ’
ther a chilly nightin (by
not me at Vicksl H the‘next a” get under the blankets the warmth wet '
,t
' ma%*mw is silent
as the ve. Hy window curtain was
up. an I could see that the sky had
thickened up and was veryblnek. I did,
not wait for the noise to be ropes I
was just as sure that. some one was in the
store as if I had already seen him, and I
crept softly out of bed, drew on my
trousers, and moved out into the big
room. having the mvolver in m hand.
There was no door at the hear of the
stairs. I intended to go there and listen
down the stairway. As I was moving
acmss the room. which was then pretty
‘ clear of goods as far as the trapdoor, I
suddenly recolloclcd this opening and
changed my course to reach it. It was
terribly dark in the room. and one unfe-
miliar with the place would not have
dared to move a toot. Half way to the
tra I got down on hands and knees,and
as imched the o toning. I settled down
on my stomach. here was a dim light
down stairs. That settled the fact that
some one was in the store. After a min-
ute I heard whispers. then the movement
of feet, then a certain sound which loca~
ted the intruders to a foot. They were
at the safe in the front of the store. I
drew thyself forward and looked down
the opening. I'could scc a lighted enn-
dle and two or three dark figures at the
s:ife.=and I could liver the combination
b. iug worked. My first thought. was to
drop my hand down and open fire in
their direction, but I remembered that
we had so many articles hanging up that
no bullet had a chance of reaching to the
safe. [was wondering what to do when
I heard oueof the men whisper:
“It‘s all nonsense. We might work
here a week and not hit it.“
“lint I told you to bring the tools and
you wouldn‘t.“ protested another.
“0h. dry up!“ put in a third voice.
“What we want to do is to go up and
bring that counter hopper down and make
hitn o ten the box.“
“l‘l give the cussed thing a few more
trials,“ said the tirst man, and I heard
him working away again. My eyes could
not have told me the number of robbers.
but my cars bad. There were three of
. them. and they were no doubt desperate
" and dctcrmiiusi men. They spoke of
bringing me down to open the safe as if
no resistance was anticipated or taken in
to account. Indeed, they might well
rats-m that they had me at. their more)“.
The rain was now falling. the hi ht was
w
could not have been heard in either of the
dwellings. If they had reflected that I
might be armed, they would have offset
it with the fact that I was a boy of
eightecn with a
girl‘s nerve. I t on‘t deny that I was a
fully determined to protect the store if it
cost. me my life.
trouble was soon solved. .
“There.“ whispered the man at the
combination as he let go of it. “l-won‘t
fool hero another minute. That kid
knows the combination. and we can make
him work it. (‘omc on.“
They are coming up stairs. The best
place for me would be at the head of the
stairway. Tho stairs had a half turn in
who came within range. I heard the
~men coming back to the stairway, and
my nerve gave way.
kill a human being upset the.
to retreat to my room. and, if they per.
The trio had rubbers on their feet, but
they came up stairs without trying very
hard to prevent makinga noise. The one
who came tirst had the candle, and. as
he gotto the head of the stairs. I saw a
knife in his other hand. They made no
delay in approaching my room. and,
. what. I wrw must happen. They could
g not see me until within three or four feet
that I was out of bed was when they
heard me call out :
“Stop, or I'll shoot!"
I had them covered with the wen ion,
and for fifteen seconds there was I cad
silence. Then they got a plan. The man
with the candle dashed it onthe demand
I su muse they meant to rush in on me in
the ark, but I cltcckmatcd it by opening
tire. They then either meant to retreat
downstairs or toward the rear of the floor.
for I saw the three together moving ed,
and fired at their dim figures. Three
seconds later there was a great shout of
horror, followed by the tremendous re-
port. of .the double-barreled spring gun,
and then there was absolute silence. I
think I stood in the door. shakin like a
leaf, for fully three minutw be ore the
silence was broken by a n. Then it
‘thmugh the open door upon the cord
g leading to the gun. I struck a match,
lighted my own candle, and, ring to
the. opening, saw three b0: ies ly-
in% below. Running back to the
bi room to recharge my revolver, I then
went down stairs to investigate. It was
as I suspected. The three had pitched
down together. The top of one‘s head
had been blown off by the shot, a second
had in hole in his chest'ss big as'your list,
while the third, who was responsible for
the groans, was severely wounded in both
legs. It was months before he
could be puton trial, and he then got
four years in risen. The whole thing
was a put up Job. The “drovcr” was a
Chicago burglar called " Clswhemmcr
Dick.” and he had hidden himself in the
store that ni ht; and then let. his ps‘s in
by the back oor'. The End a horse and
wagon in the ram of the ilding. and the
as to get at the money in the safe. A bit
of carelessness on my. rt not only saved
the store and .prebs ly my life, but
wiped out a very desperate gnag.—-Ncu
York Sun. ' - 7 *
' Carrier Pigeons in War.
Stepshave been taken in nearly all En~
ropearr’j countries to mblish military
communication by means of carrier
pigeons in time of war. England,
cc, Germany, Be our and. Italy
have definitely organi military carrier
pigeon services, andsomchavc. inlaid-
‘ the‘private‘ training establishments'
with the right to use the a in war.
This method of communicating origi»
noted inChina, or, at, least, lathe «rest,
and it warmest Iikclyin use by the
ancient Arabians. William of, Orange
and Napoleon I. used thesermeircngers
during. their were: but the greatest ser-
vice was thstsrcndered in 1870, between
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WmcmnMooe pri-
vate communications. ”representing, a
850!“ mood-were con.
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very dark, and a pistol shot in t c storci
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ornrnran LITERATURE.
Killlnr of a Cow by a Coach-Whip
Snake — Serpent. Hatched
b! a flea—A Cat and
Snake Fight.
Messrs. George and Joseph Holdcrlleld.
worthy citizens of the thriving town of
Ed wood, in De Kalb County, 0a., two
an a half miles out of the city. gave the
following facts, which seem to corrob-
orate the current belief that the coach-
whip snake uses his tail as a whip with
feta effect:
A few days ago a milch new of a widow
residing in an adjoining district broke
her record for promptness in coming
home "at night, and the following day
was found in an old field. a mile ofl, dead
by the side of a bluff. The upper side
0
the bluff was a thick mass of
woods. The cow. upon being
skinned, showed evidences of a
terrible tlagellation. The - bruised
places were all regular rings around the
body. The widow imagining that some
bod had wantotdy bratcu her cow to
dust . wasgrentlymortitlml. The Messrs.
lloldertield did not believe in the idea
entertained by ’the widow, and began a
thorough investigation. As they were
moving on to the bluli they came across
a negro man, who exclaimed : “ Boss,
you better be kecrful how you walk
around that blutf. Dar‘s a snake there
that slips u) on a fcller. and he‘s a
crowder.“ KThey had scarcely reached
the bluff before they spied the head of a
snake peering over the weeds. dartin his
tongue out with Iightuiugilike rupir ity,
and his eyes sparkling wi: rage. They
«prickly. however. dislutrhed his snake~
nine feet long by actual :measurcmeut.
llis tail was plaitoil like a whip, but the
end was as completely franlcd out as a
buggy whip after several years‘ constant
use. It was evident that it had been used
but a short time before. These gentle-
men were unanimously of the opinion
that the cow had bcclt whipped to death
rendered a vcr.lict.-—Atlaat4r {00.) Gem
Ititult'on.
Snakes Hatched by a “on. ‘
About two weeks ago a little English
lad named Sorby. who lives in Fetter-
Erl‘s face and probably a i
bit rattled, and that my lip would quiver :'
in spite of me, but I was at the same time?
How to get at tho fcl- '
lows “as what bothered me, but that,
:‘turtlo eggs were placed under r
them, and I would tire noon the first man .
It wasn’t from cow« ;
splice. but the knowledge that I was to g
i decided *
sistcd in coming that far. I would shoot. :
with a great effort. I braced myself for:
iof the door, and their first intimation ;‘
At the end of the week ' 4
Came to me that the re hers had fallen.
plan was to rob the store of goods as well '
man. took a baskct and went to the
_ neighborhood of \Vallace Run for
berries. 0n the road home, while cross-
ing a ticld, he found a number of round,
white balls about as large as walnuts.
These he put in his basket and carried
home. As soon as his father saw them
i be pronounced them turtle eggs. and as
they had at that time a hen that was
anxious to set. and. in fact. had been
tsctting around on brickbats. lumps of
' “coal. and other things of like nature, he
concluded he would try an- experiment.
E just for curiosity. So the supposed
o hcn
carefully, and she was left alone in her
glor .
A utaweck after that, one bright
morning. the family were startled by the
rcatcsr commotion in the chicken-yard.
‘pon running to learn the cause, what
, was their horror to see the place literally
, alive with black snakes. that were dart-
rsto The supposed turtle eggs were
those of a black snake, and the hen had
hatched them out. The snakes were on
an average. about six inches long. and as
lively as crickets. They would protrude
their ugly heals from beneath the old
hcu‘s wings and dart their little red
tongues out at any one who would up-
; preach them.
ishment until ulle of the snakes wrapped
l itself. round its faster—mother‘s neck and
l beganjo choke her to death. Then they
. procured sticks and went to work killing
i ml the horrid brood. After killing
ltwenty-eight the renurindcrvabout half
3 odour-n that had taken refuge under the
old licumwerc allowed to live. and it is
E said that she takes as much care of them
fas if they were little chicks. “'hcrcvcr
1 she goes they follow. and seem to know
,her cluck. She scratches diligently for
them all day, but no one has yet seen
them eat. At night they crawl under her
wings and sleep soundly. It is a queer
faintly—New Brighton (Pram) New.
C
In describing a duel between a cat' and
; ihcr snake on arnnch at Los Gatos.
Lu ., a corrvsliondent of the San I-‘rnn~
with great skill on both sides. The cat,
3 and from the beginning of the fray aetl‘d
1 in a manner indicating that she proposed
to make it a tight. to the death, while it
was evident that the snake would have
been glad to call it a draw at any time
and retire with “honors easy.“ .
Pussy is a I Turn of the dark.
handsome, stri ’ or ‘ tiger" kind. Two
yesrssgo he conceived a deadly hatred
for snakes, and began to kill them wher-
ever he found them.
lessly destroyed every non-poisonous ser<
t. he found. but, with rare intelligence
e did not attempt to molest the venom-
ous sort. When he at: a isonous snake
on the ranch he ran mowing to my son,
and would lead him to the lace where
he had left it. If the snake ad delayed
in taking his dc urn n3 son found it,
and he hasthns ‘lled a oxen through
the cat‘s able instrumentality. But Torn
has-lainnotlcns than a hundred byhis
own unaided adorn. though none nculy
sslargc as the one! sawhirn fighting! st
week. He never «any
snake when he has killed it, t after he
in on the aha. “‘1 'Olk’
lSwiss “”8121qu of
difitest, stretches himself upon his bed
in closet and is ill for two or three
days, during which he refuses to eat
ything. . > «
“It was Just growing dsrkarhon my
tale ' called the whole family to
z, , to see ‘10!!! tackling ‘
glitter! >Wc had an excellent view of
shuttle. The combatants were on an
open a? in frontof the housnandhes-
tilities d justmcuecd when we were
E5:
trite regardless nfeur resence.
3‘ hegcrpent was fully our feet long,
butheevidently feared Tom. who was
Shakingmnw ted cantioniin the en:
incur. Whenever- the snake made an
attempt to reach the adjoining brush-
. . r
s rip. and it proved to be a coachwbip .
by the snake, and as n'jury of iuqucst so '
ing in and out btntcath the old setting,
hen, and wiggling around at a great‘
The Sol-by family looked on in astuu- '
A Cat and Snake Fight to a Finish. .
cisco Ertnthicr snvs it was conductfd.
however, showed more determination. ‘
That is he merci- ‘
ion of n'
has torn und‘bitun‘iu life out he leaves .
called to mama: action. They fought P‘
l
drewnearcr anthem. Dirt sud
altered his tactics. When the snake‘-
hesd wasraised as héghabovethegronnd
as the reptile conl rear it, the 'eat les-
sened the space between them to a very
short springing distance. The snake
was visibly startled, but it viciously
faced it foe. Then thee-t. still kee ing
at close quarters, began slowly to 0 volts
around. The snake, in its semi-upright .
position, was compelled to twist its body
painfully to follow. for it dare not for a
single instant turn its eyes and fan
from the point of danger. At last its,
form was strained to the utmost, and it
could turn no, further. This was what
the cat was waiting for.
“With astonishing rs idly the snake _
suddenly spun srounr in the ovpositel
direction, but the movement of t e cat
was yet quicker. With a spring like an
arrow frame how it seized the snake by
the back of the neck and the strange
conflict was virtually over. The gopher
coiled itself around its opponent‘s body.
but it could obtain uo hold with its
fangs. and as Tom could not be persuaded
to let it go. its struggles soon, ceased, ;
and it lay dead. Then the on looking
very much exhausted. crawl to bed,
and was wretchedly sick for a couple of
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flaking Slate Pencils.
In the northwestern part of the town
of Castlcton. Ilntland L‘ouuty, Vt... is the ;
only mauufactory in the United States of :
slate pencils. The stone as it comes
fromjhc quarry is first sawed into blocks
from four to seven inches wide, accord~
ing to the length desired for the pencils.
Those are split quite easily with a chisel
into slabs a little thicker than the finished
pencils—say 5-16 of an inch. These are
passed through a planing machine and
over an emery belt to make them tlat,
smooth, and of a uniform thickness of
about 3-18 of an inch. Next thev are
pushed into the jaws of a “e ilc,“
which consists of a pair of steel plates.
in the under one of which are six rows
of curved knives. each set. so as to cut. a
little. dcc tcr than the one that wont be-
fore it. h‘hcse plow out llcl grooves
half way through the sin , which a man
then turns and lays on a steel plate, hnv~
ind ridges which just fit these grooves.
This slides back under the six rows of ,
teeth of a second crocodile lying in wait
alongside. which cuts the grooves on the
other side, and leaves the pencils side by
side.
all for an instant, to point them upon an
;etncry belt. A man can give this last
touch to about 8.000 in a day. The
l average daily output is about 30,000, and
the mill gives employment to some
twentydive hands. The old ilan was to
: by one.
i tied them round by hand at from a quar-
t tcr to half a dollar per thousand—Pb!-
zrry and Glassware Ikportcr.
i Another Old War Horse.
‘ After the battle of “’ilson‘s Crock, Au-
gust to, 1.9m, General Sigel conducted
the retreat of the. defeated l'nion troops,
says a Hamilton. Mm. correspondent.
In retiring from the field the Gonersl‘s
horse was wounded by a stray minic ball.
r
1 until the animal fell from exhaustion con~ ‘
‘ sequent upon the loss of blrud. Mount-
: ing another horse. General Sigcl left the
wounded charger to die. « A sutler,
chaucing to pass that way. made an ex-
amination and found that, though severe,
the wound was only a tlcsh one, and that
the horse. with‘ a little attention, would
recover. In a week or two thehorse was
able to be rcpo
shrewd sntlcr concluded to ship him to
St. Louis. believing privatobuycrs would
pay more for the horse than the Quarter-
:mastcr. lie was sold to If. \V'. Posy, a
Iivcrymsu. lie trained the horse to hsr~
ness and madea tine roadster of him. In
1863 Mr. Pcay sold him to his brother, J.
J. Pray. of Rowling Green, Mo, who
owns him now. The old war horse.
though more than thirty years old, is still
active. Ills owner recently said: “I
have not had a bridle on Sigcl for three
years. I keep him in the posture in surn~
tncr and grind his food for him in the
winter.“ Sigcl is full fifteen hands high.
blood bay in color. and has a long silky
mane and tail. lie is the pet of the en-
tire neighborhood. —— St. Paul Honor-r
I‘m
In a Venezuelan larkct.
Going ashore early, before sunrise.
our first visit was made to the market
lace to see what Maracaibsns live u n.
A better and n circa market woul be
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and fowls ave 10 cents is pound, and
all varieties of ropicsl fruits abounded
at corresponding priCcs.
in bunches wrire great green .
or three feet long, with brown warts
over them, and vicious black beads of
eyes. They sun ipcd at us like dogs as
--
lirnrds. two
we. passed. and w on teased witha stick ~ .
r ' ilunatrc asylum,
clung to it like bull terriers. These were
lguanns, whose delicious white flesh is'
ly eaten by all classes. It tastes like i
chicken, but is more delicate. Of course l field o“ mk" Grin Death.
. considerable hunger would be needed to 1 First 0mm Burglar—I tell M in
make them appctrzing to a stranger who
should recognize them in a stew. Further .
on, an animal with head and tail like a ,
rat, feet like an aligator, and a coat of
arms like an ironclad man-ofcwar, was
tied to a post. Upon receivi n kc it
rolled itself promptly‘into a head
and all being quite covered by its plates,
and thus defied further attack. This
was an armadillo, also a tidbit when
yoperly firmed or roasted—Am
‘ W.
Ion in. nu. Needles.-
“Necdles! needles! five cents a cud,
four packages, on a curd—five cents a
“.mnd'da‘s tfinst as‘thc vendc: could
pass ea s were boufi t ymcn
crowding around fie stand, b king the
sidewalk and trending upon each other
in their frantic endeavor to be ‘
served.” “Do I sell many!" said e
‘ vendor. “Doyou seethistnyf Twen -
four note feet of needles, four
doe evening I, return home
without a card—Only are, ur- te‘a cus-
tomer—and do you knowflnt rayon--é
8 are all bumthcrc‘s m
tango, as yonsay, t no
j ace in Neerork to peddle pin,
:needles, thimblcs. race or any ar-
ticle eonstd‘ cred pens-blag women,
thnndowhtownwhere men . ycanbc
relied on to buy. Why! Simply be
cause themnt to crow over-taint wines,J
‘ng ntthebargarnsf yeangct.
a men’s weakness, and we reins
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Lastly, they are broken and rolled ;
The hurt was not discovered, however, .
rtcd for duty. but the 1:
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Tied together
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“HOBO!!!
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Didn‘t Van‘s Any-Frolic. la the
Atlantic—Security Demanded
fictional Hate—A Sag»
-gesuon. Etc" Etc.
Barber to bald ‘hcadod customer)—
“Ab. Mr. ones. van ought to try some
of Professor Invigastor‘s hair rcstercr.
It‘s.“
Customer—“But I don‘t want any
hair."
Barber (in astonishment)—
hsirl“ . ..
Customer—“No, I‘m married—«Acre
York Sun.
Frolic: in the Atlantic.
French Woman (at Long Branch):—
“Oh, we hat sooch a line time bathing in
do otccan. lll‘sicnr Brown. he grf rue—«vet
you calls ‘ern-a goshng.“ ‘ .
American Woman-v-“A goshng! \\ by,
a vosling is a little duck.“ .
‘rcnch Woman—“lat is vat he git
me—a lcctle duck.-—I‘r‘d-b‘it¢.
“Don‘t want
Security Demanded.
Teacher—“Class in interest. take the
is forum
who _
friends Ich- the We“ wrth in all
her social duties are pedal-rad. end w:
is ticular in attend. mg to all the
tai so! intercou» newrthhcracqusintanctl
and friends, was recently put in on elm-
ingiy awkwark position by the In!
of a servant. A neighbor being
onsly ill, this lady one mommy spat
new maid over to inquire concerning her
condition. ‘
“Go ever.“ she said, “and tnanrelsew
Mrs. X. is this morning. And if she ll
dead.“ she added, as the girl
“ask when the funeral will be.“ *
The messenger went as directed, and
soon returned with the air of one who
has done her whole duty.
“Mrs. .'. is better this morning,“ was
her report. “and they cannot tell when
the funeral will lief—linear Coon-n
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Points on lessor-y.
“ Memory can be cultivated, of course,
but a great deal of noncsense is written
about the so—ralled art of kinematics.”
said a rmfcssor of philosophy. “That
are di chant. kinds of memo , to he
floor. What is the medium of exchange
in the United States?"
Class (in cout~crt)——‘unwary.“ ,
"Yes but there is something more.
Can‘t you think of another article that to
used as a medium of exchanger“
Class silent.
“Supposing l were to route to you and
want to borrow a hundred dollars. what
would you demand of rile-f“ .
(,lsss (snimatedlyl m "Security." ---
American Commercial Trtr :ct’cr.
Sectional Hate.
“Going West, sir?" inquired a Chicago
drummer-of a fellow pawcngcr, by way of
opening the conversation.
“Yes, sir. chpcct to take in the repre-
sentative cities.” (
“You will find Chicago a lively town."
“Oh, I shan‘Lvisit Chit-agar; only the
representative cities, you know.“
“Conductor." whispered the Chicago
drummers little later, "who is that four
cared mongrel I was talking to a moment
3“
“He‘s a St. Louis fish dealer,“ id the
conductor.
A Suggestion.
“Gosh blame the mcsslcy hummer- any
how,“ bowled a traveling man who was
.saw out square pencils from t. e slab one 3 ““kil‘g down “ piece 0‘ 03’1”" ‘3 he
These were boxed and dis-:
tributed among poor families, who whit. 1
flung down the hammer.“
“What‘s the matter!" asked his wife.
“Look at that.“ he said. takingout his
hand from under his arm and showi
the thumb. “I can’t hardly bend it.”
“Why don‘t you aim at your thumb
when on are tacking down our vet?"
asked is wife sweetly—Merchant rm»
afar. ’
Only a Brlcl' Interrupt ion.
It was in one of the stately mansions
of Beacon street, Boston. that our story
I opens.
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that only a Boston youth can use. and
even he must be sober.
“Dearest Penelope.“ he said. "if I had
= loved vou less I could have told you that
? I lov you long ago. I “
But he suddenly stopped.
A far away
; the girl‘s face, and his heart sank within
‘ him.
1 Miss Penelope,“ he went on in his broken
, tones, “if I have said what I ought not '
;to say. or you ought not to hear; if
,| .
l “Set at all.“ intcmrptcd Penelope.
looking wildly about her. “but I have
certainly lost my spectacles. Oh. there
7 they are. Thanks. As you were saying,
§ Mr. Waldo -—-——“-——."t'crc York Sim.
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' A Surprising Reception.
1 Book Agent-“I am offering to the
f ublic a now work, the ‘Eucyclpcdis
- 'nivcrsnl, Eternal,‘ only live—“
l Omaha .‘Inn—-"(‘omc in. sir.
stand there in thohot sun."
“I—I guess you didn‘t understand.
‘ sm sclling—“
“Certainly.
’thc window.
2 you'll
i “Permit me to ‘xplsin. This book,
‘ glorious work. is complete in forty-five
: volumes. at $5 a volume, and I am the
' agent for it.“ '
“I am sorry you brought only one
volume. Can you get the rest soon i"
' Oh, yes, but—"
Don‘t
I
There, take thst seat by
“By the way, there‘s the bell. Stay
" to dinner, won‘t you?"
“I——I beg pardon. This is very
, strange. Am 1 awake or dreami g?“
3 “Yes, the home don‘tlook very pretty,
' does it? You see, this is a private
and I sin one of the
patients.”-— Omaha World
man.
Second Omaha Burglar—I s pose In.
All themcn have come West. up .
“Yes. that’s how it. is.”
“Did you get much bundle there?!
“Yes; but I bade narrow escape once.
I noticed. lot of the finest diamonds
you ever saw on a Boston girl just going
out of the house to electurc or some-
thing. and I watchedmy chance and got
in and hid under her bed. You see. I
was thinkin‘ she would be so interested
in the lecture shewcnt to’ ~thnt. she
wouldn‘t think to look around for burg-
' ' 't
mfi‘ygnfiknew.
she did was to look under the bed, and
thereahc law no.“ ,
112?”? ”3.3a” '" ‘ h
e )us me wit
lubricated held on like grim death.
, “Eh! How did yougetawayf"
“lexphincdtehcrthstl was already;
$uned“ and she lotus ge.”—0srdc'
both
”
no lac-t.
lie was declaring his love in language ‘
whither~nm~l~drifting took had come over .
“If my words are displeasing to you, I
I am chightcsd to scei
awful the way things are in New Eng— :
land, twenty'or thirty women to m5
“But whenmshe‘carnc‘ in the first thing ;
be sure, and all Susceptible to rupture-
:ment by mustard practice. But as rule
2 a man‘s memory is stmngcst when follow-
ing the particular bent of his ou-npation.
j t‘cncral tit-ant had a line memory as to
3, persons. (Inn- a reporter met. him in
l San Francisco and had just a few words
! with him. five years afterwards he not
i him in Washington. The General said:
i ‘ Yes. Irvtncmber you.“ and called him by
name, tlutsidc of this his memory was
not extraordinary.
“There are many ‘freak‘ memories.
as I call them. They are in an abnormal
condition. of course, and strong only in
,one direction. The boy who takes the
guest‘s but at the It did as he goes in to
i dine and remembers to give back the right
hat has no ‘frcsk‘ memory, but simply
one he has acquired by practice. Clerk
’ Carr. of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. remem-
bered a California banker he had not
seen for forty years. The banker did
not recognize him,snd asked if he knows
Mr. Carrclerking in the hotel. The reply
‘was: 'ch. I am he.‘ Then the banker
* said: “I will strike a great deal that you
i not‘ know me.‘ Mr. (‘srr immediately
f called him by name. Mr. Carr‘s memu- ,
§ ry, outside of namesand faces. is not ex- "
f trnordinary. fix-Gov. Charles Foster
when Governor of Ohio, tome-tribe
thcrnamc of every county 0 licer through-
out the State. Ilc now rennin-hers where
icverygas well in the Failed Statesis
fsitusted and its daily output. Thorns:
{ M. Nichol knows by rote nearly every ’
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i The End of a Desperado.
‘ Jack Hayes has been taken to the tn-
sane asylum. About six years ago Hayes
- entered the jail :| big. burly, brutal dos-
pcrulo. with a \oi. o hoarse and harsh,
and with the blood of l'hilp Mueller on
his hands. Yesteniay he toztcrcd to the
gate a pooawr-ak, halting u rctrh, palsied
in every limb, his f‘t'it‘ r‘xprtfilonlefihls
. voice a childish treble. and his mind a
blunk.
“Do I leave my little house?“ he piped
: as the guards called a: his door.
“Yes, Jack, you‘re go it; home."
“Poor, poor littlc house-2" and he ran
his thin, long, clammy hands along the
iron walls and then sat down on the old
bed he had picked to pieces and gave
vent to a treurulous sound from his
throat which kept time with the patter
of his palsicd foot upon the stone floor.
“(‘ome, Jacki tunic on I" said the
guards.
He went back to a little cigar box in a
, corner of his cell, and took therefrom a
little sparrow. lie stroked it with his
hand and mumbled on it, and then put
it down upon the floor. It will its
wings and struttcd about,and he aloha!
it with a smile which behind the black
hair streaming on his face gave him a
ghastly up cc. The guards hel
, him on wit his court. and then, leaning
'on their arms. he was led totteringly,
mumbling all the while in his dreary,
,high—kcyed tone. to the gate. It was
j opened before him, and he was led out.
7 It shut behind him rather sharply,and he
ij started: "My . little boner: my
; bird,“ he said. and he continued repeat-
? ing these words while he was lifted into
‘ the ambulance. He was then rattled
5-way to Bedlam. and a few hammer
,thcgnsrdcsmc back sndhnnded to the
i jailer a receipt from the Superintendent
' of the Insane Asylum for “one inane ps-
ticnt, Jack Ham‘s."
g This'is the end of I! cri'ninsl as fi-jpg
. and treat as ever the pol‘lcchad to do
; with, a murderer of ti e coldestblooded
. kind. The terror of Butchertown is now
so mild not even a spnrmw fears to perch
upon his finger—S. Louis Repeaters».
“~Neu' York .Vail and E:-
Alligator—uddinll Fight.
We learn from an observer that a hull
was wading in the edge of the Flint
River swamp lost Monday. nipping came
.nnd kecfiglgcool, whonnhuge alligat‘ er
modes at his none, but M‘ I
rhold. The hull made tight and prodded
the alligator with his horns. Thence!»
merited s ficroeand bloody mar in
the shallow water. The xllig‘tnr struck
out with his tail and snapped ft!
with his huge jaws, tearing! skin
‘ ‘ hull.
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