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FROM
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BY MARY
CHAPTER I.
"Wilt mikes yoo keep that big blue
snnbonnet drawn o closely ever yen
(tf? Are you afraid of having it eea?"
The person iddmrnd n a pal, sick
ly looking child about Bint years of at,
who on the deck of tho vessel Winder
mere, wai gasing Intently toward the dis
tant ah or of old England, fast receding
from view. Near her a fine-looking boy
f foartten waa atanding. trying in rain
to gain a look at the feature ahaded by
the gingham bonnet.
At the aound of his voice the little girl
titled, and without turning her head,
replied, "Nobody wanta to tee ma, I ant
00 ugly and disagreeable."
"Ugly, are you?" repeated the boy, lift
ing her up and looking her fully in the
face. "Well, you are iit very hand
some, that's a fact, but I wouldn't be sul
len about it. Ugly people are alwaya
mart, and perhaps you are. Anyway,
1 like little girls, so just let me sit her
and get acquainted.'
Mary Howard waa certainly not Tery
handsome. Her features, though tolera
bly regular, were small and tain, her
complexion sallow, and her eyes, though
bright and expressive, seemed too large
for her face. She had frequently been
told that she waa homely, and often when
alone bad wept, and wondered why she,
too, was not handsome like her sister
Ella, on whom cheek the softest rose waa
blooming, while her rich brawn hair fell
in wavy masses about her white neck and
shoulder. But if Ella was more beau
tiful than Mary, there waa far less in
her character to admire. She knew that
ah was pretty, and this made her proud
and selfish, expecting attention from all.
and growing sullen if it was withheld.
Mrs. Howard, the mother of these chil
dren, had incurred the displeasure of her
father, a wealthy Englishman, by mar
rying her music teacher. Humbly at her
father's feet she had knelt and sued for
pardon, but the old man waa ineiorable
and turned her from his house. I -ate in
life he had married a youthful widow,
who, after the lapse of a few years died,
leaving three little girls, Sarah, Ella and
Jane, two of them hia own, and on a
atepdaughter and a child of hia wife'a
first marriage, Aa a last request Mrs.
Temple had asked that her baby Jan
should be given to the rare of her sister,
Mrs. Morris, who wss on the ere of em
barking for America. Sarah, too, waa
adopted by her father'a brother, and thus
Mr. Temple wss left alone with his eld
est danghter, Ella. Occasionally he heard
from Jane, but time and distance gradu
ally weakened the tie of parental affec
tion, which wound itself more closely
around Ella; and now, when ahe, too, left
liira, and worse than all, married a poor
music teacher, the old man a wrath knew
no bounila.
"But we'll ne?," said he "we'll see
how they get on. I'll use all my influence
against the dog, and when Miss Ella's
right cold and hungry she 11 be glad to
come back and leave him.
But he waa mistaken, for though right
cold and hungry Ella oftentimes was, ahe
only clung the closer to her husband,
happy to share his fortune, whatever it
might be. Two years after her marriage,
hearing that her father waa dangerously
111, shs went to him, but the forgiveness
she so ardently desired was never gained,
for the old man's reason was gone. Faith
fully she watched until the end, and then
when she beard read his will and knew
that his property wss all bequeathed to
her sister in America, she brushed the
tears from her long eyelashes and went
back to her humble home prepared to
meet the worst.
la course of time three children, Frank,
Mary and Ella, were added to their inn
ber, and though their presence brought
sunshine and gladness, it brought also
in increase of toil and care. Tear after
' year Mr. Howard struggled on, while
each day rumors reached him of the
plenty to be had in the land beyond the
aea; and at last, when hope seemed dying
out, he resolved to try his fortune in the
far-famed home of the weary emigrant
The necessary preparations for their voy
age were made as soon as possible, and
when the Windermere left the harbor
of Liverpool they stood upon her deck,
waving a last adieu to the few kind
friends who on shore were bidding them
godspeed.
Among the passengers was George
Morelsnd, whose parents had died some
months before, leaving him and a large
fortune to the guardianship of his uncle,
a weslthy merchant residing in Boston.
This uncle, Mr. Selden, had written for
hia nephew to Join him in America, and
It was for this purpose that George bad
taken passage in the Windermere. He
waa a frank, generous-hearted boy, and
t favorite with all who knew him. He
waa a passionate admirer of beauty, and
the moment the Howards came on board
and he caught sight of EUn, he felt irre
sistibly attracted toward her. Mary,
whose sensitive nature shrank from the
observation of strangers, eluded all his
efforts to look under her bonnet This
aroused his curiosity, and when he fol
lowed her addressed to her the remark
with which we commenced this chapter.
At last, gently smoothing back her hair,
which waa really bright and glossy, be
said, "Who told you that yon were ao
ugly looking?" The tears started to
Mary's eyes, and her chin quivered, as
she replied, "Father aaya so, Ella says
ao, and everybody say to but mother
and Franky."
"Everybody doesn't always tell the
truth," said George, wishing to admin
ister as much comfort as possible.
"You've got pretty blue eyes, nice brown
hair, and your forehead, too, la broad
and high; now if you hadn't such a tr.nd
dy complevion, bony cheeks, little nose,
big ears and awful teeth, yon wouldn't
be such a fright!"
George propensity to tease had come
npon him, and in enumerating the defects
in Mary'a face he purposely magnified
them; but be regretted it, when he saw
the effect his words produced. Hiding
her face In her hands, Mary burst Into a
passionate fit of weeping, then snatching
the bonnet from George's lap, she threw
It on her head and was hurrying away
when George caught her and pulling her
back, said, "Forgive me, Mary. I could
not help plaguing you a little, but I'll try
and not do it again."
For a time George kept this resolution,
but he could nut conceal the preference
which he felt for Ella, whose doll-like
face and childish ways were far more
In keeping with his taste than Mary'a
Id look. Whenever he noticed her at
II, he spoke kindly to her; but she knew
there was a great difference between his
treatment of her and Ella, and ofttimes,
when saying her evening prayer, she
pray' that George Moreland might love
fear little, Juat little.
TO PALACE
J. HOLMES
Tw weeks had pissed tine the last
vestige f lead had disappeared frets
view, and the George was taken dan
gerously ill with fever. Mrs. Howard
herself visited him freqneatly, but ah
commanded her children t keep away,
lest they, too, ahould take the dine.
For a day r tw Mary byed her moth
er, and then curiosity led her near
Geergt'i berth. For veral minute shs
lingered, and waa about turning away
when a lew msaa fall on her ear and ar
rested her footstep. Her mother' earn
maada were forgotten, aad la a moment
the atoed by George's bedside. Tender
ly she smoothed hit tumbled pillow,
moistened his parched lipa and bathed
hit feverish brow, aad when aa hour af
terward, the physician entered, he found
hia patient calmly sleeping, with eae
hand clasped In that f Mary.
"Mary! Mary Howard!" aald the phy
sician, "this Is no place for you, aad
he endeavored to lead her away.
This aroused George, who begged t
hard for her t remain that the physi
cian went in quest of Mrs. Howard, who
rather unwillingly consented, aad Mary
was duty installed as nurse. Perfectly
delighted with her new vocatioa, the
would ait for hours by her charge, 8a
possessed a very sweet, clear voice: and
frequently, when all other meaaa had
failed to quiet him, she would band her
face tear hia. and taking hw hands la
hers, would sing to him some simple song
of home, until lulled by the soft mttsie
he would fsll away to aleep. Such un
wearied kindness waa not without It ef
fect upon George, and one day when
Mary as nsnal was sitting near him, he
railed her to hia aide, and taking her face
between his hinds, kissed her foreheed
and Hps. saying, "What can I ever do to
pay my little nurse for her kindness?"
Mary hesitated a moment and then
replied, "Love me aa well aa yon da
Ella!"
"As well aa I do Ella!" he repeated;
"I love you a great deal better. She hat
not been to tee me once. What la the
reatoa?"
Frank, who a moment before had stol
en to Mary's slds, answered, saying,
"Someone told Ella that If ah ahould
have the fever, her curlr would all drop
off; and ao ahe won't come near yon!"
Just then Mrs. Howard appeared, and
thla time ah waa accompanied by Ella,
who dung closely to her mother skirts.
George did not aa utual caret her, but
he aaked her mockingly, "if her hair had
commenced coming out!" while Ella only
answered by grasping at her long curia,
at if to restaur herself of their safety.
In a few day George wa able to go
on deck, aad though he still petted aad
played with Ella, he aever agala alight
ed Mary. At laet. after maay weary
days, there came the Joyful newt that
land was in aight; and next morning Bos
ton, with Itt numeront dome and spires,
was before them. Toward aooa a pleas
ant looking, miodie-agsd man cam ea
board. Inquiring for George Merelatd,
tad announcing himself at Mr. Selden.
George immediately stepped forward,
and after greeting hit uncle, introduced
Mr. and Mrs. Howard, apeaklng at the
same time of their kindness to him during
hia Illness. All wat now confusion, but
in the hurry and bustle of going ashore
George did not forget Mary. Taking
her aside he threw round her neck a
small golden chain, to which wat attach
ed a locket containing a miniature like
ness of himself painted a year before.
"Keep it" said be, "to remember me
by, or if you get tired of it five It to
Ella for a plaything."
"I wish I had on for you," aaid Mary,
and George replied, "Never mind, I eat
remember your lookt without a likeness."
Then bidding adltu to Mr. and Mrs.
Howard, Frank and Ella, he sprang into
his uncle's carriage and waa rapidly
driven away. Mary looked after him as
long as the heads of the whit horses
were In sight and then taking Frank's
hand, followed her parents to the hotel,
where for a few dtyt they had deter
mined to stop while Mrs. Howard made
inquiries for her titter.
Meantime from the windowa of a large,
handsome building a little girl looked
out, impatiently waiting her father's re
turn, wondering why hs was gone so long
snd if she should like her cousin George.
In the center of the room the dinner
table was standing, and Ma Selden lad
twice changed the location of her cousin's
plate, once placing it at her aide, and
lastly putting it directly in front, ao ahe
could have a fair view of hia face.
"Why don't they come?" ahe had said
for the twentieth time, when the sound
of carriage wbeela in the yard below
made ber start up, and, running down
stairs, she waa soon shaking the hands
of her cousin, whom she decided to be
handsome. Placing her arm affectionate
ly around him, ahe led him into the par
lor, saying: "I am so glsd that you hare
come to live with me and be my brother.
We'll have real nice timet, but perhaps
you dislike little girls. Did you ever tee
one that you loved?"
"Yes, two," wat the anawer. " My
cousin Ida and one ether."
"Oh, who la ahe?" asked Ida. "Tell
me about her. How does the look? It
she pretty T'
George told her of Mary,- who bad
watched so kindly over him during the
weary days of his illness.
"I know I should like her," Ida said,
"They are poor, you say, and Mr. How
ard is a music teacher. Monsieur Da-
pres hst Just left me, and who knows but
papa can get Mr. Howard to 111 hit
place."
When the subject was referred to her
father he said thst he had liked the an-
pearance of Mr. Howard, aad would, If
possible, find him on the morrow aad ea
gage his services. The next morning the
sky was dark with angry clouds, from
which the rsin wss steadily falling. All
thoughts of Mr, Howsrd were given np
for that day, and as every moment of
Mr. Selden s time wss employed for sev
eral successive ones, it wat netrly a
week after George's srrlral before any
inquiries were made for the family. The
hotel at which tbey had atopped was then
found, but Mr. Selden waa told that tha
persons whom he was seeking had left
the day before for one - of the inland
towns, though which one he could not as-
certain,
CHAPTER II.
It was the afternoon for the regular
meeting of the Ladles Sewing Society in
the little village of Cblcopee, and at the
usual hour groups of ladies were teen
wending their wty toward the tttttly
mansion of Mrs. Campbell, the wealth!'
est and proudest lady In town. The spa
cious sitting room, the music room ad'
joining, and the wide, cool hall hayead
war thrown pa to all, tad by tars
'eleefc-thsy were nearly filled.
At first there wis almost perfect si-
leaca, area ealy by a whisper or un
dertone, bat gradually tht ham ot voice
Increased, until at last there waa a great
deal mar talking than working. Thsa
far a time ther waa agala tllaac while
Mrs. Johnson, prasldoat t th clety,
tald of th extrem deatltutloa la which
th had that moratag fouad a poor Ear
llth family was had mevtd lata the vil
lage tw ar three years before. They
had managed to eara a comfortable liv
ing until th husband aad father tuddea
ly died, else which time th wife's
health had heea very rapidly failing, and
th wat a longer able te work, but wat
wholly dependent for subsistence npoa
th exertion of her eldest child, Frank,
aad the charity af th villager. Th day
hefor th sewing society Frank had bee
take seriously 111 with what threatened
to be scarlet fever.
Th alck worn a a la wham Mrs. Jena-
soa waa t much Interested waa Mr.
Heward. All taqairlt fr her titters
had baea fruitless. Slac w last aaw
them a sickly baby had bee added te
their number. With motherly ear Uttl
Mirv each day washed tad dressed It
aad thea hoar after hear tarried It la her
arm, trying ta still Its feeble moans,
which fell aa sadly oa the ear af her la-
valid mother.
It wat a tmalL law building which
they inhabited, containing but en room
aad a bedroom, which they had ceased
te eccupy. for oae by oae each article et
furniture htd been told, until at laat Mra.
Howard lay npoa a rude lounge, which
Frank had mad from soms rough board.
I'atil midnight th little feUow tolled, aad
thea when hit work wat don crept tart
ly ta th cupboard, where lay on allce
of bread, th only article of food which
the house contained. I-oog aad wistfully
ha looked at it, thinking how good It
would taate; but one glance at th pal
face near decided him. "Tbey need It
more than I," tttd he, tnd taming resa
Intely away, he prayed that he "might
aleep pretty aooa aad forget how hungry
be waa."
On morning when he attempted ta
rise he felt oppressed with a languor he
had aever experienced, and turning oa
hia trundle-bed tnd adjusting hit blue
cotton jacket, hia only pillow, he agala
slept so souadly thtt Mary waa obliged
t call him twice ere ahe aroused him.
That aight he ceme home wild with de
light "he had earned a whole dollar, and
he knew how he could earn taother half
dollar to-morrow. Oh. I wtah It would
come quick," aaid he. aa he related hit
uccesa to hi mother.
' But altt! th morrow found him burn
ing with fever, and when he attempted
to tttnd he found it Impossible to do to.
A ctee of scarlet fever had appeared la
the village, aad it loot became evident
thtt th disesse htd faatened npon
Fraak. The morning following the sew
ing society Ell Campbell aad tevsral
ther rhildrea showed symptom of th
tarn disease, aad la the season f gen
eral sickaesa which followed few were
left to care for the poor widow. Dally
little Fraak grew worse. The dollar he
had earned waa gone, the basket of pro
vlaioaa Mn. Johnson had senfwss gene,
and when for milk baby Alice cried, there
waa none to give her.
(Te be continued.)
SEEM ALIVE, THOUGH DEAD.
Iaataacea la IChlck Ceraaea Have Had
the BeasblaBce af Ufa.
Live peraotM hav feigned death
with marveioue exactness, but when
the dead feign life, or teem to feign
Ufa, tha spectacle la it grewsome can
well be Imagined.
Not long 8(0 a Russian cemetery was
the ocen of it weird a weeding at
ever hit been witnessed. A young
girl who had been betrothed died on
the eve of her marriage and her friends
decided that, In spite of the intervening
hand of death, ber marriage must take
place. The wedding ceremony wia
performed at the tide of the grave, and
after the marriage the body was re
turned to the coffin and lowered to Itt
long retting place.
It la not long ago that a valuable cup
waa won In a bicycle race In Australia
by a aaan who waa dead when be pitt
ed tb winning poet The race took
place at an "electric light carnival," to
called. In the presence of 10,000 spec
tator. In the last Up Jamea Soiner
vllle, a rider, forged to th front and
secured such a lead that bit victory
waa assured When within twenty
five yards of the finish be wat teen to
relax hi hold on the handle bar and
tone hit footing en the pedala. He did
not fall from the machine, however,
and amid frantic cheers daahed by the
goal, winning the race by half a wheel.
A be pitted the finishing pott h
pitched forwirJ and fell to the ground.
When he waa picked up be wa found
dead, and what waa more the doctor
declared that death bad come to him
when he waa teen to lose hi hold of
the handle bar. It waa a dead body
that had ridden the list twenty live
yard of the race.
On a recent voyage the sealing
schooner Arletli wat crnltlng about
200 mile off the coast of Brltlth Colum
bia, when the alghted a dismantled
hip. The Arietla bore down npon the
derelict, and it the got near enough a
man waa teen on board grasping tha
wheel and apparently tteerlng th
craft No other sign of man wa teen
on the ship. The man at the wheel wa
balled, but returned no anawer jutt
stood ther looking straight ahead. A
boat waa lowered and the mysterious
blp boarded. When tbey came cloee
to the man at the wheel they saw with
horror that he wat dead and had evi
dently been dead for mtny day. The
ship which waa named the General SI;
tin, had sailed from San Francisco for
Alaaka. She had clearly been blsmsn
tled In a gale and then abandoned by
her crew. The captain bad refused to
leave the ship, and, finding hit strength
falling, be bad laabed himself to th
wheel and literally died at hi post,
steering hit craft for hundreds of mllea
with bandt thtt held the wheel In at
firm a grip aa when alive.
Since the plague baa been prevalent
In India eearchlng partlea go through
the village Inspecting the bouses with
the idea of teeing that all esses of
death by th plague are reported to the
authorities. On entering a suspected
house one day the Inspectors saw s
group of natives playing cards. Some
thing in the appearance of one of the
players attracted the attention of one
of the Inspectors, who placed his hand
upon the man's shoulder. To bit
amazement the man swayed and fell
to the floor. Upon examination It was
found that be bad been dead some time,
but In order to avoid hiring the house
marked at plague-etrlcken the other In
mate) had concealed the fact of hit
death. Chicago Chronicle.
Crvd of tbo
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If a recent report from London, Ky
that the Baker Howard feud ha two
finally settled la correct It will put nn
end to a warfare which haa lasted for
mote ttiiitt thirty years, which has coat
the lives of more than thirty men. and
has several time necessitated tbe rail
ing out of the State troop with gatltng
Cutis ami loaded rifle.
"Bloody Clay" County, th scene of
tbe famous feud, la perhaps tbe moat
remarkable as It Is one ot tbe best
known count lea In the country. There
Is not a tulle of railroad or own a
wagon bridge with its limit. Tbe
whole country la covered with high
hills, to close together that It I de
clared there Is uot a piece of level land
In the county a sixth of t mile square.
Down and between all these wood-covered
hills are the beds of streams which
are dry in summer time and ire turned
Into roaring torrents lu the spring and
winter. The people of Clay County
travel either on horseback or on foot.
and they use the bed of those stream
In the place of roads. Some of the hills
ire quite high, and In several Instance
UANCHHSTKR, IT., J A It.,
the tops of two hills, which are 400 feet
in height, are lee than 2K) feet apart
Often a cornfield, which begins down
In a gully, will ruu up several hundred
feet lu the course of a few rods, ind
several farmers have beeu killed by
falling off their cornfields.
The cltlxena of Clay County are al
most all the descendant! of people who
settled there In 1770 or thereabouts.
Strangers are not encouraged to move
luto the county, aud there Is nothing to
attract Immigrants, even If tbey were
welcomed. For more thaw a century
and a quarter the land has been held
by comparatively few families, who
have Intermarried until practlcnlly all
the population la related lu different de
gree of consanguinity.
Over much of the country the forest
Is still unbroken and untouched, and
the hill are full of deep nnd mysteri
ous ravines. The only Industries ar
the raising of hogs, mules, and corn,
some of which la said to lie turned Into
moonshine whisky at hidden stills.
The people are by nature taciturn and
almost sullen. Tbey rarely laugh, and
are given to moods and brooding. In
personal appearance they are all of tbe
tame general type, tall, averaging over
S feet, and dark, with black hair and
eyes. The women are also tnrge and
dnrk, and a few of them have any
claims to good lookt. Scattered about
among tbe hills and usually near the
creeks are the little one-story log cab
ins, in which the larger part of Clay
County's population lives. These cab
in are built In a most primitive man
ner, with clay between the logs and a
huge clay and stone chimney at one
end, which Is often almost as large as
the rest of the house.
Some of the people of Clay County
have Indian blood In their veins. Others
are descended from old Scotch border
families. Absolute and democratic
equality prevails among them all. The
power of money Is unknown, probably
because there Is so little money within
the limits of tbe county. Tbey are di
vided Into clans, claiming descent from
some common ancestor of distinction,
tnd the poorest of tbem Is always ready
to hold his own and defend bis honor
at the point of a rifle or revolver. To
call a man a liar In Clay County means
at least one and probably half a dozen
deaths. Everybody In tbe county
knows everybody else, and It Is taken
for granted that a stranger Is either a
government officer or a detective look
ing for some of the feud warriors.
Therefore there are few visitors to Cloy
County, and those who go once are not
at all likely to return a second time.
Every Clay County boy has a rifle by
the time he Is 15 and In many cases
be has taken part In one or more of the
feud battles before be has reached that
age. Tbey are all good shots and they
keep up to the times In the line of the
latent and most Improved weapons. A
favorite amusement In Clay County Is
the shooting out of cabin windows by
a party of prominent citizens riding
their mules home through the hills
after partaking freely of "corn Juice."
With this knowledge of the country
and Its people It Is easier to understand
bow a feud like that one which has
Just come to nn end might And Its be
ginning In a trivial cause and be con
tinued for years, being banded down
from generation to generation.
In 1844 Dr. Aimer Baker, a promi
nent physician of Clay County, shot
and killed hi brothcr-ln-lnw, Daniel
Biites. Dr. Buker engaged as bis at
torney Daniel Garrard, the bead of
one of the great families of the county
snd the son of the second Governor of
the State, Hugh White, a man of al
most equal prominence, took tbe lead
ing part In Baker's prosecution. Dr.
Baker was convicted and finally hung.
Ever since that time the Garrard fami
ly, oue of the few wealthy families of
the county, lias backed the Bakers in
all their troubles, while the Whites,
who for years have controlled all the
county offices, have always been ready
to espouse tbe cause of the people who
for the time being were fighting the
Bakers.
For that reason the feud which hut
just been ended Is known as the Gar-rard-Baker-Wblte-Howard
feud. It be
gan Id a quarrel between Tom Baker
and A. It. Howard, linker lived with
his wife and a family of ten children
lu a one story log cabin on Cralu Creek
twelve mile from Manchester. How
ard, who owned a few bill near by,
hired Raker to cut some timber on his
land. He did not like the way Ha kit
did tbe work and quarreled with hi in
about It. An appeal to the ever-ready
rifle waa promptly taken. "Tom"
Baker and his brothers laid out lu ant
bush Ilk Indiana one night and shol
snd killed one of Howard's sons and
one of bis employes and severely
wounded the elder Howard. A not lie t
son of Howard waited bis chance and
put a bullet through tbe bead of "Tom"
Baker's elder brother. "Tom" Rakci
took it for granted that Sheriff Wblts
had Instigated the killing of his brother
snd took the first opportunity to kill
Wllllntu I- While, whose crime wsi
that he waa the Sheriff's brother. A
few days later Gilbert Garrard, son ol
tbe present head of tbe Garrard family,
was shot at from ambush aa be was
riding bis mule home from church. Ill
escaped unhurt and took ocraslou tc
move out of the county. But his fathei
was made of sterner stuff. When noti
fied that as the backer of tbe Bakers h
was In danger of assassination he hired
a nephew of "Tom" Baker aud a negr
man to guard hia premises at nlgbl
with dogs snd rifle. Within two week!
after the guard waa set both of th
meu were shot and killed from am
bush. Meanwhile Sheriff White waa mak
ing efforts to arrest "Tom" Baker fot
the murder of his brother. But llnkei
did not like the Idea of falling luto tht
hands of tbe White-Howard faction.
Accordingly he took to the hills, where
man might hide for years with abso
lute security. Finally the State lent
hundred militiamen, armed to the teeth
and accompanied by galling gun, up
Into Clay County to force Baker's sur
render and to protect him from the vio
lence of tbe opposing faction. Baker
surrendered and waa taken under
guard to Manchester, where he was
confined Id a guard tent pitched In the
courthouse yard and surrounded by th
troops. Half an hour before tbe rase
was to be called for trial he stopped to
the front of the tent to look around
Instantly a shot rang out, coming from
the house of Sheriff White, directly
across the street, snd "Tom" Baker fell
linrk dead Into the arms of bis wife.
Almost before he bad gasped his last
and before the startled militiamen had
recovered from their surprise and bor-
I , PE
TYPICAL BOMS IK Till I'lOKOM BOOST.
ror, Mrs. linker, the newly mnde
widow, called her ten children around
the iKxly of their father and there
swore each of them never to rest until
the death had been avenged.
Then "hell bust loose In Clay," is
they soy on the other side of the Ohio.
Both the Gsrrnrd-Baker and the White
Howard factions hired and armed a
number of men to fight for them, pay
ing fl a dny and ammunition, bacon,
and com bread lu plenty for such ser
vices. Now the word comes from London
that more than twenty of these pro
fessional fighters have enlisted In the
Cnlted States army and that old Gen.
Garrard, once a distinguished Federal
cavalry lender, has given his word to
Judge Beverly White that the feud
shall come to nn end.
Menial Innooence.
The stupidity of servants Is a trial
to tbe most even-tempered mistress,
but It sometimes serves to amuse the
other members of the household. There
was a girl who belonged to the familiar
category of "children and fools."
"If anyone should call this afternoon,
Mary, ssy that I sm not well," said
a mistress to a newly engaged servant,
"I'm afraid I ato a little too much of
that rich pudding for dinner, and It, or
something else, has brought on a se
vere headache. I sm going to lie
down."
A few moments later the mistress,
from her room at the head of the stairs,
heard Mary say to two aristocratic la
dles who called for the first time:
"Yes'm, Mrs. B Is at home, but
she ate so much pudding for dinner
she hod to go to bed." London King.
First Railroad Incorporation.
Tbe first railroad act of Incorporation
granted by any slato In the Union was
given by the Maryland Legislature to
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany on Feb. 2S, 1827. On April 24
of the same year the first railroad
company In the United ritates organ
ized as the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Compnny. Peter Cooper on Aug. 2X,
1830, made the first Journey from H.
tlmore to F.lllcott's Mills.
A Remarkable. Request,
There are some curious documents
filed In the county olllces In St. Joseph,
Mich. Perhaps t.he most curious of all
Is the v.-i.'l ui a prominent Mies town
ship former, who went to cliilm tils fu
ture reward some years before tlio
Civil War. Tbe remarkable part about
the will Is a passage leaving CO cents
to bis daughter's husband "to buy a
rope to hang his d self with."
There Is nothing a loafer enjoys bet
ter than looking wise on election night
when returns are coming in,
OUK BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS 8AYINQS AND DO
INGS HERE AND THERE.
Jokes snd Jokelets that Are ftapaoeed
to Have Heea Recently tWa-Kjla
aad tolna that Are Old, I urloas aad
I Laaahable-The Week's Huaor,
"Sometime," said Senator Sorghum,
, pensively, "I ant Inclined to look on
I w hat some people rail honesty as
downright egotism."
j "l don't quite understand you."
"Well, 1 don't know aa I ran make It
alwolutely dear. But I have alwaya
gone on th principle that every man
has his price."
"So I have observed."
j "Well, sir. Ihe bids (hat soiu people
JiMve refused would Indlrat a self vsl
gallon w hich deserves to be character
Ised by no less an epithet than 'Inor
dinate vanity.' "-Washington Stsr.
Ksanaerated,
) C.ahb-Htretclilt told me that he once
saw four bens' eggs which weighed a
' pound each.
! Blabb-l think It's sn Instance of
' sggs agoratlon.-Ohlo State Journal.
Msve Hlntwlf Away,
Merchant -Are your habit sll cor
rect ?
Applicant for 1'osltlon-Yes, sir.
Merchant (after a pansel-Do you
drink)
Applicant (absently! Thanks. Don't
care If I do.
t'umheraoaie.
"Do you consider It good taste for n
woman who marries to retain her for
mer name and merely add her hus
band's to It r
"Certainly not," snswered the lady
from Chicago. 'There Is a charming
friend of mine, a grasa widow, who,
oiuler such a system, would Iw known
as Mrs. Kill Jeuklnsliy Ntnlth Thomp
son Brown Miullhers snd several inure
that 1 can't remenilier."-Washington
Star.
soniirvTife.
Ctoseflat - Does your wife eternally
pester you for money?
(irnsjilt No, the people she buys
things from do that.-Ohio State Jour
nal. Ro Wan d Ther A'l,
"It's easy enough to tell," remarked
tbe girl In the fur jacket, "that niro
write the paragraphs In Ihe newspa
pers. They are slwsys putting In little
slurs on women."
"I'd rather have any man write shout
me than to have some other woman do
It," replied the girl with the retrousse
nose.-Chlcsgo Tribune.
Shorter P'oce,
Mrs. f'hiigwater Joslah. the paper
says $'.lsi,fMHi worth of onts changed
hands In few minutes. How could
they do all that In so short a time?
Mr. Chngwater-The oats didn't real
ly change hsnd. The cash changed
porkets. A woman oughtn't to try to
understand these things. They're away
beyond tier-Chicago Tribune.
Well, llnrdljr Kver.
Falth-I wouldn't marry the best
man In the world.
HopeOf course not, you goose, The
bride never marries the lwt man.
I'lillsdelphla Bulletin.
I "Isn't this a queer sjiot to plant seeds,
III tie boy?"
! "We ain't plnntln no seeds. Tlieso
i sre InJIn relics for the summer board-
era to tliid,"-The King.
Peculiarities,
"What kind of a man Is your em
ployer?" asked one young man.
"OH, lies peculiar," answered the
other, "lie thinks that simply liecnuso
he has satisfied his customers and
made money he knows more about bow
his business ought to lie run than I
do,"-Washlngton Star.
(nntraillcte '.
''Here's a scientist who stys that we
think wllh one-half of our brain,"
"Well, I could show him somo people
who don't." ruck.
Canaht,
She-Do you believe In this theory
nlMiut spreading disease by kissing?
He-Well, they gay (here's something
In It.
"Did you ever catch anything by
klxKlng a girl?"
"Yes, once; her fiUhcr saw me at It,"
Yonkers Statesman.
Farce Comedy.
"I see the druggists are forming a
trust to maintain retull prices."
"Tho stage Is not tbe only place
where one finds furce-coniedy." Ohio
State Journal.
More Peductlve.
"Sec here," said the lobbyist of the
future, "I want you to secure the vote
of Mrs, State Senator Jones, of the
'Sieetith district. You ought to get It
for $100."
"O! my!" exclaimed his female as
sistant, "I wouldn't think of offering
her that."
"Yon don't mean to say she'll want
more?"
"01 no. I'll offer her $08.08."-Phll-detyhla
Press.
0la ladUpeasahle,
Town I've seen Gssley vert
ntghta recently with his field gins, t
wonder what hia game Is.
llrown-0! he's calling on Mis Kul
cher, of Boston.
Towue-The Idea! Wbst does bs car
ry field glasses for?
Browne-He doesu't. II merely uses
tha rssa to rarry a dictionary lu.
I'hlladelphla Press.
knw Mini lletter.
Mr. Callcr-Hiirely, you're not Jeal
ous of your husband?
Mrs. Chellus-Yes. Ism. lie simply
csu't keep his eye off the womeu.
Mrs. Cailer-O! ye, he csn. You
should see him some time when b ha
a seat In a crowded street cer.-rblla-delphla
Press.
Itearlt HnaaM Kanwledae.
Itlvers-Thls "Order of Ihe BuffaloW
only shows that the fools ir W1 U
dead yet.
Rrook-Yra? How much did It cost
you to Join? -Chlcsgo Tribune.
Te lleTrtda'l !"
"These cigars, said tho dealer, "sre
the kind Seuslor Lotsmuu smoke."
"Hut Senator Lotsuiuu has sworn off
from smoking." the customer reminded
him.
"Well, this Is the kind hs swore oft
from."- Chicago Tribune,
In CM.
First Natlve-And the mlsslouarle
wsul eoutpeiwMitlou for Ihelr property.
Second Native-Dear me! Haven't
they a text thai If a man lakes yuur
coat you are to give bliu your cloak,
also? - Puck.
Two Walliaa lor Him,
Rowndert -Well,, there's one lime st
lesst when a fellow s sincerely glad
that he's not a HygninUt. aud that's
when he romes hmu late from tin
club.
De Ksnter-Well, on such occasions
I Invariably see apparent evidence thai
I'm it least i bigamist." Philadelphia
Press,
The Ceres af Mlrh
"Do you find the poselon of a
largo sum of nmnry occasions worry?"
said tbe luiulsillv man.
"I do," answered the millionaire.
"What sort of worry?"
"Worry for fear somebody Is going
lo gel It awsy from me." Washington
Star.
A t'areles kemsrk,
"I am really afraid you hurt that tc
lor's feelings," said Miss Cayenne.
"In what way?"
"You tald be played bis part very
well, You know be Is very sensitive,
snd by using the word 'part,' be may
have thought you were trying lo Imply
that he Is not (lie whole show."
Wsshlugton Stsr.
Mlldlna fValefr Weddla Keee,
KrastiisPnwsuii, what you' charge
toe marry me an' Mary Jane?
Parson Twenty dollars.
Krastus- Lo'd. dnt's high. What yu'
charge to marry me to 'l.lxa Siulf?
Parson-One dollar. Yo' sec, I s.l
minus Mary Jane luahself.
A Mo lest H itie',
Mrs. Chatterton- should like to go
shopping this afternoon.
Chstterton -But, honest, my dear, I
haven't got a dollar In my pocket.
Mrs. Chstterton lllgli'lyl -Oh, well,
then, you might give me ninety elglit
cents.- Puck.
No Wander,
"I got Into an srgiuiieiii with lllggett
coining home lu a crowded car lat
night a txl It didn't take me long to
make liliu acknowledge the corn."
"You don't mean It, really?"
"Yes; I accidentally trod on bis foot."
-Philadelphia Press.
Just the 'averse.
Fresh I hesr our "varsity team Is
going lo piny with the llrooklyu
leaguers next week.
Soph No, I'm afinlit the leaguer
are going lo piny with uur team,-Philadelphia
Press.
An Unwilling Victim,
First Reporter I gilesn I'll take s
Ilttlo of your tulmcro, If you don'l
mind.
Second Rcpnrtr-r-1 don't enre how
little you take.- Sommervllle Journal.
I'srn los c il,
Qulzzer You say you don't bellevsj'
In aerial navigation? y ,
Cy Nick No. .
Qnlr.zor-But what about these people
you hear of walking on a!r?Oliln
Stale Journal.
An Indlcntlnn,
He How Innocent Miss Prlscllla Isl
She blushes at everything I say to her.
She That Isn't Innoceuca, that's re
finement. Life.
Another Illusion Destroyed.
"I wish yon hadn't had your hnlr cut
so short, Harold," exclaimed the young
woman, turning from him Involun
tarily. "What difference does that make,
dearest?" asked Harold with tender
anxiety.
"You-you have destroyed an Illu
sion," she sighed. "That Is all,"
"You didn't think I was a poet, did
you, Clara, because I wore my hair
long?"
"No, I never suspected you of being
a poet."
"Nor nn artist?"
"No,"
"Then, what Illusion have I de
stroyed?" be asked.
"Perhaps I should sny, Harold," she
answered, with tears In her voice, "Hint
yon have unconsciously revealed a fact
I never suspected, dear. Yours ears
don't mntclil"-Slray Slorles.
t'ollriro-llrod Men.
According to recent statistics, there
Is one man In nliout COO In tho United
States who receives a college training.
Craiy men aud fools are poor Inst'rue-J
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