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A JOSSMOUSE.
fol.!» of it p "|>nl tree and aneeringly
I
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Fleiare
<•> lb»
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asked why Hie salilbs signed notes
«•Isen's < hleese Quarter.
THE STORY OF AN APPOINTMENT
they < >uld not |>ay.
INDIANS HAVE THE WILDEST CRAZE
In one corner is a miniature wooden
It meant ruin and shame and all tbe
lO’A JUDGESHIP.
FOR THE tented shows
warrior, frantically riding a fiery steed
rest of It. and even the face of hla
I toward a Jos» w ho Mauds in his door
friend, of Gaiety, all the happy boyish
How tbe M m a Slated IM*r Associale
The man is ptvperuua who saves a dollar on thia and a half dollar
By W. A. FRASER.
Mr» Ihr legruca Will
ness gone, was there In tbe evening
way awaiting the rider's coding. A
Juatice of
Meilcoa Supreme
on that; the prices quoted in our new complete tn-page list help you in
teapot of unique design, tilled with
dusk. tlniM u an t white anti pleadlug.
Court
Flrat
Got
a
lurprlw
and
Aft«
[Co^jTivht. Isuu. b, W. A. FHi«r.l
thia direction.
It wa» a Liner struggle, for Myton
fresh tea etery day. and a vary small
•rwar< tbe Ofliee.
Lieutei .nut 1-aytou bad a friend, a ad hail hoRur. plenty of It, but the odds
I cup and saucer are always ready for
It pays you to deal where no false representations are made, but
tbe friend had ptg-nbarlfies. One of were |< m > great. He could not fight
LMe in tbe year UOO It waa decided
tbe warrior. Th IB represents a man
"You
may
talk
about
your
city
circus
where
goods are sold directly an advertised.
tbe peculiarities wt» an lya-orblgg love against It. ^ud iM-sides Johnson bad nut
goers,” said the old circus man. “but killed in battle, whose tiRble steed, by tbe ¡»owers in Waablngton that Mr.
Isn
’
t it much more natfadhatory and much easier to sit down at
of getting into debt and consequent coutlded In him. had not trusted him.
Daniel
H.
McMillan,
ex-state
senator
tbe Indian, the wild, uututored red man missing his master, refused to eat and
kite flying. It's as easy to get tutu debt had not put him on hla honor. It was
home, look over the catalogue, select the goods required and mail your
of the plains, has got them all beaten so pined a»ay and died. A welcome of New York and for many years gen
in India as It Is to get into sunshine. his luck that he had seen the trial.
eral counsel iu the city of Buffalo for
order, than to de)>end upon stores where tbe stock is small, as well as
to death. There's no circus goer In tbe I is assured to them In the tietter
He was known by Ihr ebrerful Mine Fate had draw n him there to show him
assortment incomplete, and get something that does not give half
world like the North American aliorlg- land if tbe work of man can accom the Vanderbilt system of railroads, w as
of “Gaiety."
a way out of hla difficulty.
plish it. The horse and rider are to to lie appoiuietl associate justice of tbe
satisfaction, notwithstanding that you do pay an extravagant price?
fne.
He
will
travel
farther,
endure
I^ytoo's
name
on
With Lieutenant
Also, if be bought Zigzag In the lot more privations and skimp himself tlun (the Chinese» what the images of supreme court of New Mexico.
tbe back of a note and bls friend’s on teries Johnson could claim half every
This ap|M>ini iiient bad been urged nut
saints are to Christians. In another
the face of It It was an easy hunt to time. They could both win quite harder to get tbe price of admission <i>riier is a tiny bowl of water. Th« only by ilu»»e who kucw Mr. Mcilihan
than
any
other
human
being
tn
the
stalk a Marwarle money lender with enough, for the lotteries would be very
iu tin state <>f New Yorli. but by law
world. What's more, I believe he real I gods occasionally come down and
cash enough to discount It. But that heavy.
No. 25 Market Street, San Francisco.
ly enjoys the circus better than the ne wash. At tertain times of the year di- yers of Santa I'e and of other cities in
transaction didn't really help them
This was the day before the opening gro, though he doesn't make any fuss I mt questions are written on slips of New Mexico w ho knew of him and de
very much. It tided the friend over sf the Lucknow spring meeting.
paper and put luto the bands of one sired to see bint obtain tbe place.
over It.
settling day after the Bungaloo races,
Toward tbe close of 1000, with Gov
of Hie greatest josses. These disap
It was the next morning Frank John
"The
negro,
as
every
circus
man
Hla Hair Staal aa EaS.
but it didn't provide the ways and son was walking home from the course
knows, will sell the family cook stove pear, and then the Joss either nods or ernor Otero <>f the territory. Mr. Mc
“Fp to five years ago,” said a pros- BLAKE,
means against settling day with the after having seen bls string exercised,
Millan was oil a Lake Nliore train
Ito get money to see the elephant, but shakes bis bead In answer.
pector to a St. Louis Republic reporter, MOFFITT
Marwarle.
when he was stopped by oue Harvey, I (lie Indian w ill barter off bls papoose,
On the altar or altars are several «¡H-eding toward Washington. When
"I didn't believe In such a thing as a &
With nothing tangible In sight trainer to tbe rujali of Jagnat.
I his squaw or even bis most cherished brass and copper vessels. In which the tlie train slopped at Painesville, O.,
man's hair standing ou end." And
chances had to be taken, and one or
“Good tnornin. Meester Johnson.” be I possession, his horse, to get a ticket. worshl|H-r leaves a sandalwood punk uewsboys boardetl It. and one of them
I
then the old gentleluau told tbe story
STRAW AND BINDERS' BOARD
two little fliers on the part of Gaiety gan Harve.v. and In his manner was
burning iu such a position that tbe called out: "All aliout tlie new supreme
SS-37«rv-H , First st.
of the fright that led him to change
had only worked them down deeper In much of tlie I've got something behind [After the negro comes tbe Chinaman. ashes will fall on the fine sand In tbe court judge of New Mexico.
Silas
I The Mexicans, too. are not slow tn re-
Tax.
Mam tea. Si SAN FRANCISCO.
his mind:
tbe debt mire.
Alexander
appointed."
The
governor
ill tills style.
| spending to the toot of the calliope. Tbe vessel. When one of these Is full. It is
That was why Layton was wander
“I was In the mountains of Idaho
“What is It. Harvey?" said Johnson, I laziest greaser on the Texas border. emptied luto an Immense bronze vase of the territory and Mr. McMillan look
Nicely furnish
with a friend, amt we rail short of
ing about on the maidan close to the centing tlie something at once.
I who never paid a debt In bls life, bobs on the balcony, and this, in turn. Is ed at each other, and they bought a
ed rwuxh by the
fresh meat, so oue day I took my gun
Lucknow race course one even Ing
day. week or
"Well. str. you know Simpkin, don’t I up promptly on circus day wltb his 50 emptied into tlie ocean. Tbe Chinese paper, and In that paper they read tn
mouth, et suite
and started off alone. I went into a
when he should have been at the you ?"
I cents, though nobody knows where he take good care of their living and nev glaring headlines that Silas Alexander
or slngle.ai low
ravine and was making my way along
"gym” or the “mess” or almost any-
of
Santa
Fe
hail
received
the
appoint
rates. Count rv
“Is lie any good?' asked Johnson. I got It. But the Indian is the greatest er forget their dead. Once a year, the
• little brook w hen I came suddenly patronage Millcbed. and no pains wtli be sparad
where except mooning about on the
fourteenth day ot the seventh month, ment to tlie vacant Judgeship.
I circus flend of all.
to make them comfortable during their visit.
He's
never
done
auythiug
yet.
”
dismal smoke scented plain.
Mr. McMillan the morning of his ar npoit a queer sight. Not four feet in
BOB Market St., San Franciwco.
"That's hall right, sir." answered tbe
"In the west our circus Is known they have a solemn ceremony by which
front of me, in the full blaze of the
He was doing something that no offi
Telephone Red AM. MRS. RA.N'FT, Prop
[among the ludians as ‘the heap big | they send gol<l and silver and clotli to rival In tbe capital went at otlce to t be sun. lay four mountain lions asleep.
trainer
with
a
wink,
"band
'e's
In
the
cer In the whole service would have
office
of
the
secretary
of
war.
big 'audlcap here, the same race as I brothers' show.' It Is the only circus tbe great iiruiy of the departed.
"For
half
a
minute
I
thought
them
given him credit for—be was fretting.
"How did it happen 1 was uot up
A furnace is a necessity In a joss-
I Hint attracts the red man, and he waits
• AM MARTIR
CMS* CAMM
dead, but as 1 stood staring at them,
Tbe friend, who bad used up tbe your Zigzag's in."
house.
It is lighted ou ceremonial pointed?” he asked.
For 23 years with
For 3 years with
"Well?'
queried
Johnson.
for
Its
yearly
appearance
as
confidently
with my heart in niv mouth, every one C, E. Whitney A Co
money and who would most likely
"Wby.
”
said
Mr.
Root,
"you
are
ap
C.
E.
Whitney & Uo.
days,
and
patter
representing
cloth,
"The 'andicapper don't know much las lie awaits the return of spring. In
of them sprank up with a growl. And
pointed!”
ilMiut 'Im 'ere' sir. hand If you 'appen- I Missoula. Mon., one of our regular gold and silver Is burned, the ashes of
"Why." said Mr. McMillan, "you are they faced around lit me. looking ugly,
NEW COMMISSION HOUSE
•d to I m ? ha ny where near wbeu the stands, fully one-half of the audience Is the materials being. In tbelr minds,
mistaken.”
And be drew from bis sniffing tbe air. with their whiskers
weights was belli made liup and could made up of Indians. They come from useful In spirit land. Private families
drawn back, showing the white line
the
pocket
the
Cleveland
newspaper
of
get a tidy weight bon him we could las far as 200 miles on horseback and send to their relatives and friends
day before. Secretary Root turned all of their teeth, switching their tails
I even on foot, starting on their long whatever they want by throwing tbe
land the stuff."
colors. "This is a mistake." lie said; and looking like demous.
gobi,
the
silver
aud
the
cloth
paper,
"What weight’ll do you?” asked the I journey days l-efore tbe circus date and
"As for me, 1 stisal rooted to the
"an absurd, strange mistake, for I have
191-198 Davis St., San FranclMco.
iwner of Zigzag.
[.arriving promptly on the morning of also fruits. Into a tire built In tbe street
In front of their bouses. Tbe days of it from the president's own lips, cor spot. I couldn't move from sheer fright.
"Ilanything under 8 stone 7 ¡»ounda tbe day of exhibition.
General
Commission and
roborated by Mr. Griggs, attorney gen A queer, numb sensation began in my
"On circus day It Is a ease of every worship come ou the 1st and. 15th of
With 8 stone 4 pounds on 'is back he
Produce.
ankles and crept up my body, and I
eral.
that
your
name
wns
sent
yester
?oiil<l gallop right away from the both- man for himself with tbe Indians. Tbe each mouth. Modern Culture.
day to the senate for action and that literally felt my hair rise.
Specialty, Butter, Eggs and Cheese.
ers."
lord of tlie tepee brings enough trinkets
"I stood there motionless for several
the recommendation was duly signed
Year consignments solicited.
Then Harvey explained to the cap I In Hit* shape of moccasins and bows
THE TALE OF A TACK.
minutes, Then one of the beasts drop
by President McKinley.”
tain all about the trials Simpkin bad and arrows to peddle around town and
Then the men went to tlie slate, war lied liis tail and whined. Tlie others
given them down at Jagnat; how he I In this way gets money for bls own ad How mo Italian Tenor Was Kaabled and navy building aud found Attorney followed tits example,
My presence
to Reach High C,
liad beaten horses Hint ipiite outclassed mission ticket. Ills squaw brings wll-
mystlfietl them. A few seconds later
General Griggs.
"There
was
once
an
Italian
teuor
at
I
low
baskets
and
has
to
hustle
for
her
Zigzag, uutil Johnson saw that with a
"But you Imve been given the ap they turned about ami crept away
liglit weight on his back there certainly own ticket. They generally come In Covent Garden of tbe name of Tasca. pointment." »."Id Mr. Griggs.
down the ravine, looking back stealthl-
wlio.
I
am
sorry
to
say.
sang
bls
owu
couples astride of a pony, and if the
was nothing in it but Simpkin.
"Then w lint does this newspaper re ly two or three times to see me.
He knew that Zigzag on bls past market is overcrowded with Indian rel praises bettei than the score,” says Mr. port mean?" was the reply.
"Wlien they were out of sight, I lx»
William I’arry. tbe stage director at
form would certaiuly not get less than ics they will sell tbe nag.
The attorney general was dumfotind- gan to breathe again. I didn't care to
tbe
Metropolitan
Opera
House.
"When
the
show
trains
arrive
In
J stone 7 |M>uiids in tlie handicap, per
ed "I caunet conceive what It means,” hunt any more that day and made for
"For tills am) other reasous be was
All the world knows that cotice in
those western towns early in the morn-
haps KI stone.
tie said. He tapped bls bell, and when tlie camp at top speed, That was the
excessive use is injurious. And yet
I
lag
200
and
300
tents
have
already
been
strongly
disliked
by
all
tbe
workmen.
Tliis was a game after his own heart.
a messenger came in response he re time my hair stood on end, and my
the coffee lover cannot stand taste
They could make a coup wltb Simpkin, I pitched by the Indians, some of which One day lie came to me and said, with quested tbe aHeudance of the clerk tn scalp was sore to tlie touch for a week
less cereals. There has to this time
.ml Zigzag would have less weight an have arrived the night before. Tbelr great show of mystery:
confidential relations with him. whose afterward."
lieen no happy medium lietweeii
“'Tell me tile exact spot.'
little colony is almost as interesting as
other time.
Café
Blaml lilis the void with the
duty It Is to fill In u|>ou appointment
"I
could
not
for
tbe
life
of
me
under
the
circus
itself.
It
Is
a
veritable
ba
liest elements of both. It is richer
Two home« were huaylng each other like
Besides, Zigzag would fetch a pretty
lilanks tlie mimes of those who are de
A Caret'nl Mother.
stand what lie wanted
twine.
than straight cotfee, and many w ill
good price in the lotteries, and tt would zaar of relics and papoose exhibitions.
signed for H|>|H»ltitinents by tlie execu
This is ii story one woman Is never
" 'You know well euough what 1
not Is- easily convinced that it is
come a smash If the thing wasn't met take a lot of money to back him to win While the old squaws are getting
tive.
tired ot telling of a mother whose child
not all cotice. But we guarantee
was enjoying himself with bls brother a fair amount. That would be too breakfast the children are playing menu,' be persisted. 'Show me the
Tbe clerk niqs-ared. "Mr. Blank,” had been ill with scarlet fever. She
that Cafó Bland contains less than
officers as though lie hadn't n minute risky if Simpkin were as good as Har games and the chiefs are taking their spot when lauiberlik sang tbe high C. said the attorney general, "tlud out at always emphasizes the fact, too, that
fifty per cent coffee, which is scien
knickknacks to tbe market. They are There is always one spot on tbe stage once whose mime was seut yesterday the ntotlicr w.-.s pessessed. upon ordi
to spare from tbe arduous duty of vey said.
tifically blended with nutritious
spending his income.
Hie first one» after the doors of the big that Is lieiiei than all the others to to tlie senate with the recommemlation nary occasions, witli good sense and
fruits and grains, thus not only
“You can buy your 'orse in hevery
"It's a devil of a bole that we're In.” lottery." said the trainer, "liand we'll rents are opened to land on the blue stand oil w lien you sing Where is It? by tlie president tliat lie be appointed would be called a more than ordinarily
di-placing over fifty per cent of the
"
‘
I'll
show
you
later.
’
I
replied.
'But,
planks.
They
fill
a
good
part
of
the
mused Layton, as be flicked at the dry take 'nlf or three-quarters, just as you
canein, but neiitral'izingthat which
associate justice of tlie supreme court ilitelligeut tvonuii). She was. too, a
grass with his stick. “Gaiety can't like. He'll never l>c backed 'eavily, for arena, and they never move during the remeinlier, never a word. It would of New Mexico.”
remains and still retaining the rich
more tli.-iu ordinarily careful mot tier,
cost
me
my
place
if
it
should
leak
out.'
coffee flavor. To those who sutler
raise tbe wind, not a piece of It, to pay nobody but tbe stable knows nout entire performance. Applause Is un
"I will look,” saltl the clerk. He soon aud it was ns nn illustration of this
"Then I drove a brass lack into one returuisl witli a memorandum slip In
with the heart, to dyspeptics and
known to them. They make as little
that bloodsucking Marwarle, aud he'll about im."
tli.it she told tli<* story of tlie care of
to nervous people Café Bland is
show of enthusiasm as their brothers of the stage boards, and he was over his hand.
lie down on us for his pound of flesh
tier
boy
to
tlie
friend
w
ho
now
repeats
Always when things of this sort hap
especially recommended as a health
in wood In front of the white man's ci joyed wlien I solemnly pointed out 'the
like an Afghan Ghazi. I wouldn't care,
“Mr Alexander," lie said—"the man it.
Not ns much was known about
pen the recipient of tbe favor credits it
ful ami delicious lieverage, so satis
gar stores. If tbe trick elephant were exact spot.' and sc were the workmen from Buffalo"
only poor old Nell will have to wait till
snuitiiri
conditions
then
ns
now.
but
fying that only the member of the
to fate. That's just what the captain | to climb tbe center pole, they would no at ttie prospect of a Joke al bls ex|iense.
God knows when—wait till never day.
Then a glimmering of the truth it was not in n time of primitive Igno
family milking the change in the
did. "The gods are bound to thrust doubt enjoy the performance, but they That night be carefully stood ou Hie
I fancy, for tho Infernal thing will
“Are you re net*.
coffee knows there lias lieen one.
this purse in my tiocket,” he mused as would make no more show of surprise tack and sang tbe high C. Rushing dawned upon Hie group
break me too.”
More healthful, richer and less ex-
sure." said Attorney General Griggs,
"I always Ix-lieve in taking tbe great
tic traveled down the tree shaded road tlian if they were molded from clay. If into the wings, be exclaimed: ‘Beauti
[M-iiHive than straight cotfee. Better
lie threw up his head and listened.
"tliat the name was not McMillan?"
est
cure
to
prevent
contagion
in
any
toward n big white bungalow.
in every res|>ect. 2‘> cents per tt>.
Hie performing mule were to walk out ful! Wonderful!’ Ever afterward, no
Something was pounding tbe turf be
"Certainly." wns the reply. "The disease." said tlie mother, “and with
And fate laughed a 'little and went to on tbe hippodrome track and make a matter wliai part of the stage demand
Your grocer will get it for you.
hind him on tbe course. It was not
uatne was Silas Alexander."
tlie
fever
I
was
extraordinarily
care
sleep again, for he was not to act really concert announcement in the Indian ed Ills presence, he would rush to tbe
Ask for
the mixed, excited shuttle of ekka po
Tlie situation was remarkable, and ful.
Why. when the skiu began tc
till tlie day of the race.
tack when the lime for tbe high C time was Important.
tongue, they would only grunt.
nies. It was tlie clean, powerful stroke
peel
I
rubln-d
the
child
down
with
my
Johnson knew that three officers
"After the show Is over the chiefs came and there deliver it.”—Saturday
of thoroughbred hoofs, strong horses
The president of Hie United States hands every day to remove every loose
were framing Hie handicaps that very proceed to fill tbelr skins with tbe Evening Post
hammering the sod in eager gallop.
bad Inadvertently, by the error of a fragment, let it fall into a cloth, and
morning in Mai Jim's bungalow.
white man's firewater, and the squaws |
His racing ear knew that.
stilxirtllnate. I...... made to st t aside tbe then I gathered it up carefully and
11c didn't quite know how tie was go
Tbe Doctor's Indiseretlon.
with tbe papooses wait on tbe lumber
“By Jove, It's a trial?’ he muttered.
mail whom lie liad intended to name.
shook it out tlie window.”
Ing to get a band in the business, but If piles till the gray streaks begin to
"There Is no profession which calls
He could see a blurred mass gliding
There came a pause. Mr Griggs
Tlie listem r to that story laughed
lie could make any excuse to get In sprout over tbe hills, when tbe un for the use of more discretion than tbe
broke tbe silence.
along In the moonlight on tlie far side
then and there, to tlie great surprise
among them something was pretty steady train winds out of town over the profession of medicine.” remarked a
of the course. lie quickened bls pace
"Well. g< litl< men," he said, "the fat and Indignation of tbe mother, anti
sure to turn up.
well known physician of Ibis city
trail.
and drew up In the shadow of the lime
is In the tire, tiut we must get It out. laughs now at tlie ridiculous ignorance
When
he
stepped
up
on
tbe
veranda,
"Along tbe Pacific coast tbe China "Just to give you an instance:
plastered grand stand.
My subordinate lias made tliis mistake,
tbe rough dark green door of the bun
"1 came home lute one evening after and I must do my Iwst to get it recti of a woman who claimed to have even
men are among the firm friends of the
Pronounced cat-lay—accent on last syllable
Two men were standing at the "fin
galow was closed. He gave a knock circus people. Like tbe Indians, they a very busy day and was told by tbe fied. ami perbnps tlie fault is partly a vestige of common sense.—New York
ish post,” 20 ynrds past the stand. In
Times.
and shoved it abruptly open and walk- are good patrons of this particular office boy that a certain Mrs S. had mine, for I told tiim to till Iu the name
How He Cured the Uell.
the uncertain light be could not distin
d iu. pretending to lie mighty surpris show. In San Francisco at least 50,000 called me np three times on the tele of 'the Buffalo man.' and he. probably,
The late Fattier Boyle, who for years
guish who they were.
Wlll-o'-the-W
lap
Salvation.
'd at finding anybody but bis friend. Chinamen saw tbe circus oue season. phone. As tier young hopeful had scar seeing the name Alexander and Identi
was on? of tlie most prominent and
The Marwarle and Gaiety slipped
A well known rector of an east end
Major Jim. there.
Some of them came in coaches drawn let fever and I was afraid be bad taken fying It with the «-ongressman of the church was approached one day by a popular Catholic priests In Washing
from his mind for an Instant, and his
“Awfully sorry, gentlemen,” he ex by handsome horses, and they sat in a sodden turn for tlie worse. I got 'cen
same name prominently known tn lady who said she desired to rent a ton. had a great reputation as a wit.
sporting blood bounded hot through bls
claimed in his lazy, drawling way. boxes.
Some of his most intimate friends were
Mongolian merchants worth tral' to connect me with her house Washington ns coming from Buffalo,
veins in the excitement of watching
seat in a row nearest tlie door of bis
"Had no Idea that I was spoiling sport. their millions gave matinee parties, the without delay.
thought that tie «vas to be the ap church. The rector res[»onded that the Protestants and members of tlie Prot
the horses race neck and neck up tbe
My dogcart didn't turn up at the race men wearing richly embroidered gowns
“ 'The missus has gone to bed. sir. pointee."
estant clergy. A few months before
stretch.
seats In that row were all free and that
course, and I thought I'd come In nnd and tbe women clad In costly silk cut said the voice of a maid in reply, 'but
A lid SO t tie three men went to the she was nt IIberty to occupy any one of bis death he erected a missionary’ chap
It was a glorious tussle. "They’re
have breakfast with the major. I'll not in tbe form of dresses, but as a she was so anxious to know if she president ami exiaained Dinners, and
el down by the navy yard and bought
riding for blood,” he muttered. "It's
them, but she persisted, saying that
clear out. though, and let you finish up man wears tils broadcloth.
at a junkshop an old bell which had
At one could wash Tommy's face.’
as a consequence a messenger, preced
no blind, this trial.”
she
desired
to
have
It
for
her
own.
your work.”
"I called back that she bad better ask ed by a telephone message, sped rapid
been discard») by one of the Protes
matinee given In tbe California city
Two horses were hugging each other
Being
somewhat
curious
as
to
her
"Have a ¡»eg. Johnson?' said Major 8.000 Chinese and fully 2,000 Japs at tbe nurse If it was dirty. Now they ly toward Hie capitol wltb Instructions
tant churches. He sent tlie bell to a
like twins. Behind, a dozen lengths,
reasons,
the
clerical
gentleman
said.
beaten off. galkqH-d something that had Jiui. getting up from the table. “We tended. Tbe remaining few of tbe have another doctor "—New York Mall to seek Immediately the leader of the “But. madam, tell me wby you wish to foundry In Georgetown and had sev
«re busy, ami breakfast won't be on till spectators were Americans. The Chi •nd Express.
eral Inches of metal pared off the rim.
senate and ¡tretent any action on Hie sit so far back?"
been put in to make the running.
Having thus got rid of a crack, the
mistaken noiuiiiatloo and to make the
As they smashed past Layton one. a we finish. Sorry I cau’t ask you to naman is as undemonstrative as the
After some hesitancy she resjionded
•old nt Last.
stnieineut to Hint leader that It was that stie simply couldn't bear to have harsh and discordant tones of the bell
big bay, shot out as though the jockey stay In Hie room, but we're making tbe Indian. He expresses bls appreciation
Meeting a
became soft and sweet.
of tbe performance by attending time
A traveling man who Is absent from withdrawn
bad just let his bead go and swung be handicaps, you know."
any one "sit behind her.”
"I say, you fellows." exclaimed one after time.
Presbyterian minister not long after,
the city about <k> days on each trip
Tlie messenger arrived Just as tlie
tween the “finish post" and the judges’
"Yet
you
will
tie
sitting
behind
oth
Father Boyle called bls attention to the
"Probably the strangest mixture of carried a pair of shoes to a German senate was about to take action, and It
stand a clean length In front of his of tlie others ns the captain sipped
leisurely at his whisky and soda. people that ever attended a circus was shoemaker to lie half soled liefore leav tbe telephone had been retied upon the ers. who per imps feel tbe same way." change, and the Inttcr could scarcely
mate.
said the rector laughingly.
believe ft was the same bell.
It was pure sport that made Iuiyton "Johnson likely knows something found beneath tbe tent of our show one ing on a tour through the country nomination of Silas Alexander would
"That may be.” replied tbe devout
"What In the world did you do to
take so much Interest In tbe dash up to nbont this Simpkin they've sent up day at Tucson, A. T„ when ludians. towns. The shoemaker was accustom have been eoutirtued by tbe United lady earnestly, "but you know I have
that time. “The bay could have gal from Jagnat. He knows every gee-gee Mexicans, greasers, Japs, negroes, Chi ed to selling articles left with him for Slates senate, ami tbe will of the pres •uch a wretched little wisp of hair at that bell," inquired tlie Presbyterian
pastor, "to cause such a change in tlie
namen and a few American cowboys repairs if nut called for In RO days. ident of (be republic would have been
loped over the other fellow at any in tlie country.”
the back of my head that it would cer
"Yes." added the major,
"What fairly packed tbe big canvas arena and Tlie drummer stated to the shoemaker defeated.-Saturflay Evening I’ost.
tone?”
time,” be thought. "I wonder who he
tainly interfere with my devotions If
about this brute Harvey has entered sat promiscuously mixed over the blue be would tie absent from the city for
"We blessed it and blessed it and
belongs to?’
I knew any one was looking at lt."- blessed It until we got tbe Presbyterian
Just then a high pitched, drawling for Jagnat? We've got noue of his scats. Though tbe Chinamen snd In at least 'XI days and would not leave
Looklna For Work.
London Tit-Bits.
devil out of IL" retorted Fattier Boyle,
dians are undemonstrative, tbe cow tbe shoes to I m - repaired unless he was
voice came up to him from one of the performances to go on.”
“Yes. ma a in.” said the ragged fat
the
captalo
“
Oh.
that
crock.
”
said
“and then It sounded all right."—
punchers,
Mexicans
and
negroes
made
assured
that
they
would
not
tie
sold.
Miss < ansttr < BOKhl.
two men. There could be no mistaking
man. "I'm lookln fur work
Yer ain't
“Stick a postage as much noise that day as was ever
The traveler's trip was prolonged to got no odd Jolts of scrnbbln or wssbln
The wit is more to be dreaded than Washington Star.
It. That voice was known from one wltb fine scorn.
your worst enemy. Witty people lia ve
end to tbe other of the military racing stamp on liis back—shove him In at made at a frontier massacre. Tbe cow HD days. When lie returned, lie went ter lie did. have yer?"
A Sensible Qeery.
worlJ of India. It belonged to Captain iiytliing you like. 7 stone 10 pounds. boys yelped like a pack of coyotes immediately to the shoemaker for bis
“Why. yon surely don't do scrubbing a way of slapping a title on von which
Mr. Ashmead Bartlett once told a
stl<
ks
for
life.
These
things
bubble
up
Frank Johnson. Be was saying: “By • -d morning, gentlemen." be added when Mme. Noble rode tbe bucking shoes.
or work of that sort?' said tbe bouse
good story about Ids going to Ireland
set his glass down and opened horse, tbe Mexicans yelped at every
The shoemaker's Inability to distin keeper.
on their lip», and woe to the victim He
gad. Dick, lie'll do for the big handicap I
for tbe first time, “As soon as I land-
act.
and
tbe
negroes
laughed
at
the
Che
door
"Don't
put
a
load
of
bricks
guish
between
have
and
half
came
or
she
Is
rtiiucd
and
made
a
public
if they don't smother him with weight
"Sure not
I'tn lockln fur work fur
ed In Ireland 1 attempted to look for
clowns
till
the
earth
shook.
That
night
Je.ir
resulting
in
his
receiving
a
thrash
on
Zlszao's
back."
laughing
stock.
Even
your
best
friend
Two stun and a beating to the other!”
me wife."—Philadelphia Record
traces of some of my ancestors. wb<J
As he walked away from bls bungn- the cowboys and greasers turned tbe ing.
will giggle on the sly. One society girl
Layton hurried away, tils brain In a
came from tbe extreme north of Ire-
town
Into
a
shooting
gallery,
emptying
"Have you sold my shoes?" asked
b-»re. □ really nice girl, lias 'he hsl-lt, land. Meeting an Intelligent looking
whirl, no was like a man who liad low he whlstled softly under his
laaoraaee 1» 8llss.
however, of sitting In judgment on the
picked up a diamond of great value breath. "May I fall In love with Kall their revolvers at the stars and mani th? ilrunaiic.-.
Irishman. I Informed him of my mis
"Is
there
anything
peculiar
alxiut
festing their sorrow at tbe departure of
"Ya. I haf soled them." replied the
family standing of other |H»rple. She sion. saying that my ancestors emigrat
If ever 1 saw a chance to beat that.”
and was afraid of finding tbe owner.
him?'
the
circus
by
licking
up
all
tbe
refresh
the
handicap
was
¡Misted
that
shoemaker.
will
make
some
disparaging
remark
When
It was all clear enough. The bay was
ed from a lout Hint spot 100 years ago.
"Not at all Ge simply doesn't know,
"What In blazes did you do that
and conclude w ith. "Oh. well, you know
Frank Johnson’s Zigzag, with the cap evening on the notice board on the ments In the town.—Cleveland Plain
and 1 was there trying to look them up.
and that's tbe usual combination in
Dealer.
for?"
yelled
the
traveler.
and I know they arc really not to the lie answered: “Ye say your ancestors
tain's Jockey, Dick Richmond, In tlie course. Zigzag had the rather heavy
cases of people who don't know."—Chi
“You told me for to do It."
impost of lti stone, while Simpkin liad
manner I torn ”
saddle.
emigrated from our town about 100
cago Post
The Place For Him.
And then the drummer engaged in a
Now this girl does not come of arlsto-
He remembered tbe horse perfectly a weight to gladden Harvey's heart
years ago? Thin why are ye looking
"Gracious!
You
don't mean to say bit of- shocking profanity aud threat
ctatlc
blood
on
her
maternal
able.
Her
Ft- wns In at S stone.
now.
Many women first abow algns of age
for them here?'— Ixindon Tit-Bit«.
you are going to move out to Aigu- ened to clean up tbe ranch.-Memphis
ancestors
were
simple,
honest
trades
Frank Johnson was one of the clever
by a droop in tbe eyelid. This Is caua
burst r
The Tammany Tiger.
Scimitar.
est racing men In India. Ills knowledge
ed by strained eyesight, excessive weep men who never pretended to style or
Feellacs and Flngern.
"Indeed
I
am.
I
consider
It
an
Ideal
bad any nmbltlon to pose as aristo
The origin of the tiger as an emblem
had cost him something, for to have a
lug. Ill health or years It can be over
A boy was asked which was the
rroalik Hreedloa Condition.
place.
”
crats. They were in the shoe business.
free hand at the game he had resigned of Tantmany is said to date from tbe
greater evil, hurting another’s feelings
Robbins—Funny, but young people come by dady faithful manipulation.
"Huh! You want to read the papers.
One day tlie girl wn« talking much as
his commission in t:
Ninth hussars. time when William M. Tweed, then
or bls finger.
Onr
on
ibe
Triant.
usual. The wit. alas, was on deck load
If the trial bad «at - . d him that Zig foreman of "Big Six" Fire company, There's more sickness there than in who seem to love one another tbe most
"The feeltngs." be said.
Landlord- I Just came over to tell ed with l>ack number facts. "Ob." said
devotedly
are
oftentimes
tbe
first
peo
any
other
town
in
this
vicinity.
”
took
a
fancy
to
a
picture
of
a
royal
sag was good enough for the "open
“Right, my dear child.” said tbe grat
you that I’ve decided to raise your—
pie
to
fight
after
marriage.
"I
know
It.
I'm
a
physician."
—
Tweed
Bengal
tiger
in
the
fifties,
Miss
Critic,
with
a
toss
of
her
head,
as
handicap." there could I m ? very little
ified questioner. “But wby Is It worse
Tenant
(Interrupting)
—
Well
you
Wren
—
Tbe
trouble
Is,
you
see.
they
Catholic
Standard
and
Times.
adopted the emblem for tbe Americus
she mentioned a debutante, "of course
doubt about it whatever.
endeavor to protract tbe "two souls needn't bother atxjut It. I've decided she 1s not to the manner tiorn I always to hurt the feelings?”
Layton realised what It meant It club, and It soon was accepted by all
"Because ron ain't tie a ng round
to
move.
with
but
a
single
thought"
Idea
too
far.
Tammany.
like to express myself In quotations."
was the very softest kind of a snap.
A Caafldenee Retweeh Members.
them.”
landlord Uh. I merely desired to
Two persons with but a single thought
"So
do
1.
“
«aid
tbe
wit
softly
and
With this knowledge be could back
“1 understand.” said one member of between them cannot help bating one say that I bad decided to raise your
When Coronet, Are Worn.
wickedly "My favorite is 'let not tbe
the hot»'
. mAre thnn enough Yo pay
• tala Caaflp.
Tbe only occasion upon which a the legislature, "that tbe senator whom another sooner or later.—Boston Tran porch where It seems to sag there at
shoemaker go heyood bls last.’.”—Ix>l>-
off Galct.i 's ,!el>ts with the Marwarle.
F’ale candy can generally be worked
we
recently
elected
was
beset
by
foot
Rrltieli peer or peeress wears a coronet
the corner, and also to paper tbe taxi ¡•ville Timas.
script
,
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I t>e hardly hondtable to is at tbe cnroiiatlou of a sovereign. At pads and robbed In Paris.”
over by rel-olllng It hi tbe case of acid
But It t
rooms; but. of course. you will not.
ile had blundered up- the moment when the archbishop of
ward Joi.
candles, surh as tuRmn drhps. tbe candy
"Dear me.” answered tbe other mem
It's s pity a bstky horse does Dot Since you bate decided to move, care to
The climate of northern Ontario I« (a boiled, the acid Is withdrawn by tlie
* '» secret, almost stolen It
*1 tbe <
Canterbury .places tbe crown on the ber of tbe Irglslature. •'Those French- realize tbak it is easier to poll tbao to bear anything further atiout my plana
not unlike tlint«f nori hern MRrope, and use of lime or elm Ik. tftid tbe sirup taay
c ly do IL
tfc- cotiH
head ot tbe uew monarch every peer w?n have such a brutal and direct late tbe whipping that goes wltb • Geod day
I hope you'll like It where
otter band, , the
its m>* Is equ.H to that of many thickly then be used in the manufacture of that
Ami tbt n <>n
.. the
__ ____________
__ present at the eeremoDy dons bls swu method of getting a man's money away balk.—Atchison Globe.'
you're going.—Chicago Herald.
peopled port loua of tbe old world-
RPeaafv on Tons face of liR money
er any olbet species of Randy.
from him.”—Washington Star.
coronet.
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