Evening gazette, Monday, May 9, 1898 · page 2

 

 

 

 

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elaborate mood.
.take ‘the oath by the clerk, he assumed

_ prosecuting attorney.

FIGHTING_JO. enemy.

Anecdotes Told of the rumour Confeder-
ate General.

Gen. J o 0. Shelby, for he ever signed
his name in that way, was a char-
acter” with more phases than are ever
wrought out by the moon, writes a cor-
respondent of the Chicago Times-Her-
ald. I knew him before, during, and
after the civil war, more intimately
after peace was declared and he had
returned from self-expatriation in
Mexico.

After the war I first encountered
Gen. Shelby in connection with “the
James boys’ gang,” and was especially
intimate with him during Frank
James’. trial at Gallatin, Daviess Coun-
ty, the home of Congressman Dockery
of the Third Missouri District. Jesse
James had been assassinated in St. Jo-
seph by Bob and Charley Ford, and
in the summer of 1889 Frank was ar-
raigned for trial at Gallatin for the
Winston train robbery, during which
Conductor VVestfall and a railway la-
borer, Callahan, 'had been killed by the
raiders. Gallatin, an antiquated Mis-
souri town, became a scene of excite-
ment continuing three weeks. Stores
were emptied to give sleeping room to
those attracted to the trial. And
among these were hundreds of ex—Con-
federates. Chief among these old sol—
diers of “the lost cause” was Gen. Jo
0. Shelby. Frank James had been a
soldier in his command, “and a good
one, sah,” he emphasized in his Ken-
tucky dialect,” and I am hyar, sah, to
see fa’r play.” And besides the Gen-
eral there were troops of rough ride-rs,
men who had “rid" with Quantrell as
well as Shelby, and who had raided
with Morgan. Not only exciting, butrthe
times were tempestuous,and at any
moment , if the word had been given,
Frank James would have been whirled
out of the court room at the head of
as desperate a lot of men as ever rode
through the brush. But it is undoubt-
edly due to Gen. Shelby, though never
avowed, that “the word” was not giv-
en. ' But to better illustrate this con-
trol'of these men, who came into town
r-om all parts of Missouri, Arkansas,
Texas, Indian Territory, and Kentucky,
let this story tell:

One day during the trial the General
invited a detachment~of his friends, as
numerous as a squadron of cavalry, to
join himin a drink. Repairing to the
one saloon in the town, on entering it
was found to be full of ex-bushwhack-
ers who at times had belonged to Shel-
by’s rough riders. A good many of
’e-m were full too. The General stalked
in and commanded:

“You men get out of here.
had enough. Get out.”

They meekiy obeyed. Bill Pool, Bill
Gregg, Dud Palmer, who married Susie
James, a sister of “the boys,” and half
a hundred more walked out without a
word of dissent some of them even set-
ting down their liquor untouched.

“Now” said the General as the room
was cleared, “we gentlemen will take
a. drink.”

Turning to Frank Tutt, a Missouri
Pacific detective, I whispered: “Those
men do not seem to realize that the
war is over.”

“You bet they, don’lt,” replied he,
"when the old General is around."

Gen. Shelby was a witness for the
defendant, Frank James. When sum—

You have

'moned into court, quite early in the

morning, after a campfire seance the
night before, the old General was in an
When called upon to

a haughty military pose and exclaim-

led:

."Not until I have had an introduc-
tion to the court, an honor which I
have not yet enjoyed." '

Pacified, the General gave his testi-

'mony, and was taken in hand on cross-

examimation by William H. Wallace,
Wallace said:

"Do you know Bill Ryan?" (a for-
mer member of the gang.)

“I do, sah," was answered curtly and
pugnaciously.

"What kind of a locking man is he?”

“He has as villainous a countenance
on him, sah, as you have yourself, Mr.
Wallace."

Meeting a lady, he would take off his
broad lbrim, slouch white hat, and,

.bowing low, would say in a most defer-

ential tone: .
“Your servamt, madam," and stand

uncovered before her, no matter how

long the conversatiOn was protracted.

At his home in Bates County, one of
the largest wheat farms in Missouri,
he was the prince of hosts. Let a trav-
eler approach, he was at 'the door to
meet him. “Dismounlt, dismount!” he
would exclaim, and then, receiving his
guest, would conduct him with cordial
expressions of hospitality into the
house, shouting from the hallway to
his wife:

“Bettie, Bettie, Mr. —— is here; bring
him a toddy."

Just as hospitable and genial as her
husband, Mrs. Shelby would appear,
followed by a negro girl with a tray
in her hands, and the home of the
Shelbys became the home ‘of the guest
as long as he wanted to make it so—
for a day, week, month, or year.

 

A KNOX STRAW.

 

ONE KlND 0F oounAcs:
Ii: Gained Two 5511;511:1311 (or n. Lieutenant
in the Confederate Army
”Courage‘on the battlefield is not
the only thing that makes a soldier,"
said an err—Confederate officer. “It is

he is shoulder to shoulder with his
comrades, but it is different on other
occasions. It reminds me of an inci-
dent that came under my noticeduring
the late war. One day the Captain of
a company received/word that Union
soldiers. had taken possession of a big
mansion, and it was thought that some
of the soldiers had been left behind
concealed in the building. A Lieuten-
ant and two privateswere immediately
detailed to make an . investigation.
They reached the place easily. ‘ The
lower floor was examined, but nothing
appeared to be wrongfurther than the
removal of a few valuables. The fam-
ily had fled at. the approach of the
enemy. The men crept up the stairs
and looked over the second story. It
was the same as on the first. In the
hall, hOWever, there was a ladder lead-
ing to a trap door in the garret. The
door was swinging down and it was
evident that some one had climbed up
to the ceiling. The Lieutenant said
that the garret would have to be sear-
ched. He told a private to go first.

“The private refused absolutely. He
said it was certain death and that if he
was a soldier he did not expect to have
his'head smashed open simply to look
for a Union spy. He said he would take
his punishment at camp, but he would
not stick his head through the trap
door. The second private was told to
close the swinging door. He refused.
His reason was that he had a wife and
children at home and it was not brave-
ry to stick his head in the fire.

bed the ladder and poked his head in
the doorway.

ment to have a big axe slash out his
brains. He remained there a half-min-
ute and then came down, closing the
door after him. He told the privates
“that he would not report their cow-I
ardice to the Captain, but during the
remainder of the war those two pri-

Lieutenant ever had. It was human
nature, I suppose, for them to hate
him.”——New York Sun. .

CHAMPION LADYSHOT. ‘ j

She Hits Quail on the Wing and Rabbits
. on the Jump. ;

Miss Maude May, a charming young
lady of Joplin, Mo., can justly lay claim
to being the champion huntress‘of the
Southwest, and is one of the most ex-i
pert lady shots with the shotgun in the'
United States. Although only in her
18th year, Miss May can easily drop
the fleetest flying quail or prairie chick-'
en at long range, and her work in the
field would make many an old hunter
envious of her wonderful marksman»
ship, steady nerve and Quick eye. She

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MISS:M'AUDE HAY.

is also a great rabbit killer, and has
yet to miss her first rabbit. In a hum.
with her father, Capt. Ben May, 121$.-
winter, this young, huntress kiln 1.
thirty-four rabbits without a miss. 112'.
of them being on a dead run when
. Miss May is just finishing her (:oursg
in school, but often takes time 1'» A’-
company her father on his hunts. \ .. 1
her well- trained setter, and ne\ e1 11 s
to give a good account of herself in a g
field. She has yet to kill a deer, b..-
is preparing to go with her father .1:
the Indian Territory next season, ..1
try her Skill with deer and bear. ‘

DESIRE OF THE DRUG CLERK.

Parting Request to {Customer in Scan :11
of a Mixture to Cure :1 Gold.

The Long Acre drug clerk was com. .-
ing and sneezing when the young 1...”;
with the-astrakhan Cape hung carols...-
ly over her arm stepped in.

“I want something for a. cough," .4...
said.

The clerk sniffed and sneezed a...
then wiped the tears from his eyes.
“I see you have a cough too,"

ventured.

“0 yes, horrible," he replied, and 1'.
he showed her a bottle labelled "0L1“
twn cough mixture, guaranteed to cm .

$5..

the most stubborn cases of cold ..

cough of years' standing.”

“Islthat good?”

“Best in this market,” he answez'c ..

When he had finished another atta. ..
of coughing and sneezing she asked 1..
price.

“One dollar a bottle.”

“You may wrap me up a bottle."

He did so, and after she had paid it.
money and emerged from the door 114
called her back.

“Madam,” he said, “if_ that shoul-
help you any I would be pleased 1.-
liave you come back and let me know.‘

And then he began coughing again.

Inspiration.

1sked the heiress.
Why " repl: ed Penniless, with sud
:51 energy, “then you will be m:

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\ery easy for a man to be brave when‘

“Without a word the lieutenant clim-

It was very dark and.
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We: All. Imitute Each Other.
Have you ever noticed how persons
who have something on their minds
imitate unconsciously the actions or
others?

A sub-intelligence seems to be at
work in all of us, at all times, that
controls our actions and causes us to
do a great many things unconscious-
ly. A nervous man or woman will
twist and tear a scrap of paper, or
toy with some article, for an hour at
a. time. When spoken to, such per-
sons start and look at' the article in
their hands as though wondering
where they had obtained it. In nine
cases out of ten this person saw some
other person doing the same thing,
and unconsciously his or her hands,
under the direction of sub-intelli-
gence, sought out, the paper or article
to play ‘with. ‘

A few days ago a physician experi-
mented on this subject in a. railway-
station waiting-room where a score
of business men were waiting for the
train, all preoccupied mentally with
the business of the day.‘

The physician began a march up
and down the waitingrroom. In two
minutes a worried-looking man, who
appeared to be a proseprous mer-
chant, began to march also. Two
clerks and a stout person followed his
example. In five minutes two men
who were reading newspapers were
the only persons out of the twenty-
odd in the room who were not walk-
ing about. The physician ceasei
suddenly. Peculiar as it may seem,
his action appeared to give the whole
assemblage a shock. They woke up,
as it were, but not sufficiently 13
know that they had been experiment-
ed upon. Before the train arrival
they had assumed the positions in
which the physician found them.

. “Another thing I have noticed,"
added the physician. “is that the
higher the intelligence of a man is,
the more liable he, is to be con-
trolled by sub-cousciousness. A11 un-

I

intelligent man seems to have none

of it." 1 .
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Novel Design In Beltl.

Novel designs in girdles and chate—
laines are shown among the new gold
and silver ornaments. The Cleopatra
girdles are set with real gems, and
their price is excessively high. Apart
from its usefulness, an artistically con-
structed silver chatelaine makes an ef-
fective break in the plainness of the
dress skirt, more especially when it is
tailor-made. The genuine solid silver
chatelaines worn at the waist of women
in feudal times are heirlooms greatly
prized, seldom seen, and really beyond
price. Their close imitations are,
however, wide- cast, and they certainly
look antique enough to satisfy the ma-
jority. But there are chatelaines and
chatelaines. Oxidized metal, which at
first gives one an impression of silver
work of very antique design, soon gets
rubbed, and the good effect is de-
stroyed, so that nickel silver chate-
laines, which pretend to be nothing but

 

tlfe honest articles they are, are largely,

sold in place of oxidized goods. Occa-
sional cleaning with whiting will keep
nickel bright, and the attachments,
while less fanciful, are certainly stron-
ger, and therefore more likely to stand
the wear and tear of frequent use.

 

How to Avoid Lumpy Drawn Button,

Lumpy drawn butter for fish sauce
is an impossibility if the simplest care
is given to its preparation. An ounce
of butter should be melted in a clean.
saucepan and into it is sprinkled from

an ounce to an ounce and a hailf of fine- '

sifted flour. This is stirred to form a
thick, smooth paste that will leave the

sides of the, pan clean. Add to it, '

when this condition has been reached,
half a pint of boiling water, and let it

boil over the fire for ten minutes, stir-3

ring it all the time to prevent lumps.
If, despite all care, some lumps have
formed, it can. be poured through a.
sieve on its way to the hot sauce dish.
Despite the ease with which this un-

appetizing condition of the sauce in

obviated, many housekeepers seem to
accept the lumpy sauce as trying but
ifievitable.

 

Dre-l Trimmingl.

All sorts of milling for trimming
summer gowns and evening dresses can
be bought in the shops all ready'for,
use. It comes in Liberty gauze, chiffon
and lace all finished on the edge with.
rows of narrow gathered satin ribbon,
a. little ruche of chiffon, a tiny border
of flowers, or frills of narrow laco.

 

A DAINTY APRON.
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" " finely Items. ,- .

Combs are . best cleaned with
brushes; washing them causes an
teeth to split and the tortoiseshell be-
comes rough.

The following is a soothing lotion to;
‘bo applied with on eye bath several
times a day: 1 grain borax, 1 oz. cam.
phor water. _ .

When the hair has become dry the
following mixture should .be well rub-
bed into the roots: 4 oz. oil of sweet al-
moods, 4 oz. glycerine, 4 oz. lime-wu-
ter, $5 oz. tincture 'of cantharides,,
shakodzhe bottle well before uSing.

Carbonate of soda. is the. best of all
. .63 in cases of scald: and burns.
It may: be used on the Surface of the

burned place, either dry or wet. When
applied promptly the sense of relief is
magical. It seems to withdraw the
heat, and with it the pain, and the
healing process commences. It is the
best. application for eruptions caused by
poisonous ivy and other poisonous
plants, and also for bites and stings oi
insects.

’1' Strong tea applied with a. sponge sev4
eral times a week will darken faded
hair.

l “A few drops of oil of cloves added to
:paste will prevent paste from turning
,80111'.

‘ Patent leather shoes should be
’cleaned with sweet oil applied with a
piece of flannel, and afterwards pol-

ished with a soft duster. § .11.;

A little powdered borax added to the
water in which red material is washed.
will keep it from losing its brightness.

Ringworm in children can be cured
by applying a strong solution of com-
mon salt- and water every night to tho
effected partl. and then washing off in
.the morning with a; solution of boric
acid. 4

Saucepans should never be put away
with their lids on, or the smell of the

Iast thing cooked in. them will remain.

Turn the saucepan upside 'down on a

shelf'wit-h itsleid hung above or below

:Ule shelf’on ‘a. nail in the wall. ,'

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. Grngfli id‘K-ulb—upd—VNo. 1.

i A gentleman recently married the
Jwidow of a very wealthy man and on
tho proceedl O! the transaction he 11:..4
built a hondabme house. When the
house was finished and the moving
into it was accomplished, the wife
and her mother tell to discussing jvst
where they should hang the p01 11.1
of the former husband. They had jus:
decided to hang it in a. small room on
the second floor, when the new bus.
band came in- ond heard of the mat-
ter.

I “Hang him upstairs!" he said. “No,
siree. No, siree. That man was my
benefactor. I owe everything I have
to him. He shall hang in the place of
honor."

! And husband No. 1 now smiles down
from over the mantel in the drawing
rooms—Washington Post.

 

 

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' the best washing pow-
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in addition, a cake of ..
the sweetest; purest,
whitest and nicest
rGlyccrinc Taller Soap
' you ever: used. . '
You pay only for
the washing. poWdc‘n '
the soap is flee.

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‘ A fine building lot on ~W'ilton aver

nue. If you intend to build, look
at. this before purchasing:
.VYatergas and sewer on the avenue.

Will be sold at a Bargain.

w. H. evmcrou,
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Piano Lessons.

V1 1&8. GEORGE W BRADLEY. (dau hter

of the late Wm. 3. Nos .) HIV“! 0 cent.
and sctmfactory instructions on the Pin-o at
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