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SPassing of 3j Siskiyou Bill. ^ Tb?1 ?lay ?ftd ueen unusually quiet in Skeleton Gulch. The stage had come ID> gouo. without mail, passengers or incident Frisco Dave shuffled the cords listlessly and heaved a sigh of relief the last player cashed in and ff8Dilered from the faro . table to the jjjj- Suddenly the spell was broken by f?ab Bob', who was staring at a wood en: oi J*101 Mace, which the barkeeper l,a,l nailed up the day before. "Which I wakes bold to state." he jemarked. after a long and scornful glac e at the pictured pugilist, "which j makes bold to state thet any galoot, bar Pegleg, what for attempts to make g bowan catapult outen hisself is plum j.j?oed an shore desarvin of pity. ** R "Which sentiments I indorses cw ^?pbatic" assented Poker Tom, "an I ? opbolds Utah's convictions with the ? ball bank roll, barrio, as he sez, Peg I ""Moaght I be so abrupt as to inquire ll ibo reason for this here unanimous bar B;jD(,f Pegleg?" asked tho man from H'QOII Hill. "My urly eddicashun has ?(bore been neglected regardin this here ?gent which you all mentions." B "Which it shorely has, you pore ten ?derfoot," said Utah pityingly. "Ram Brnd, decorate the center of the layout Bvitb 40 rod while I improves the shinin ?boar by enligbtenin this ign'rant in Boovidnal as to the reasons what for Begleg ain't legible in the loco class. : I "Tbet which I now propose to relate iHjtbe Inst hst fight what Skeleton Gulch jRver pcrdnces. This here camp harbors Britbin its peaceful breast, mebbe ten "ffiprs back, an irritatin element in one Ri?kiyuu Bill, who drifts inter camp ?$>...?:' thc Lone Hoss trail an opens his EBame by statin thet he's fust cousin to Hbatterin ram, an offers his roll ag'in a Bolo: thet he kin clean out enything jHbe camp perdu ces, bar lead an steel. Ho's thet hostile an immoderate its MEriiatin a whole lot, an the peace lovin ?Bator' of the camp revolts. JR" 'Wharforo I 'lows to call this Sis R:r,i gent's bluff some soon,' sez Poker mgjbi. which 89me is twin an pardner i H Poker Tom yere, an some 'nihilatin Rith aatnr's weapons hisself. *WM "Now, this here Siskiyou Bill's shore 'jwj a giant, standin 'some 0 feet 4 in his ??wis, an we all has premonishuns thet ?IIB in a-drawin fo' kyards ag'in a pat UB|D'. which premonishuns shortly prov ftWkorrect. It takes Doc Kearney an the JRceasin attentions of their entire camp Ijfloi'p a week to renovate his carcass so s Met be may peacefully inhabit tharin. * Meanwhile this yere human batterin I Br1 goe8 Pr?jec^in round, pervadin the nil camp, a-makin of hisself thet ob iiHpions we twicet comes nigh culmi Rtin bis toomultousness in a rope, but er jedgment pervails, an. we all rs our disgrace.in silence, the while tebin our chance to squar' the deal this yere pestiferons human in Which said chance shorely comes, t's mebbe two weeks arter the in ri which I relates when this Peg nnexes hisself to the scenery here ts, an states emphatic thet he be is a peaceful member of the camp, a him crippled thet-away, him bein one shank, which same is replaced wooden peg, an he bein free an tc sperited in the matter of fire wa re alls signifies our pleasure an in :s his intention a whole lol Which 3 don't apply to the gent from Sis a. He looks this yere pegleg gent some scornfullike an intimates this new acquisition to the camp t in value ekeel to a digger Injun. 'Which remark bein a heap pus V replies the pegleg gent, who hears the aforesaid an unpolite ae on of this pugnacious Siskiyon j, 'I rises to ask on what for yon s your insultin statement Y 'Hah,' snorts. Siskiyon Bill. ?I plies, an takea spechul pleasure in tin for your benefit iny reasons for said remark. Whenever I see a fo'lorn wreck like yo'self flo?tin \i my heart's moved thet deep with I don't enjoy myself none what Now, Ibis here camp's run on [principio of amusement fust an post, au your wooden stumps jest pally bonn' to breed thoughts [? air dead ag'in my desire to ab f Tharfore I puts it straight, this pnnity ain't nr-goin to be turned Ino asylum for cripples with my int. Yo'a shoo to prove a wuthless Fis, an yon air a blot on the ?ach is ti J*aaty of Skeleton Gulch. Whar >mj?Rvhen you imbibes sufficient freely, im~*!Bxatea myself a committee of one m ?Rlat you Horaitas teall/ over pm Mfr yon swiftly fades from view.' pm 4H"r.mthisyeie statement of opinion feTR***011 B-u wo ?U don't draw no am JR* bat stands, reddy to call for a LSiJSRtfo' tho showdown comes. ' Recol ?pecu^Rinr idees in the matter onde* dis nu"JJB?,ia some advene, but we all and'ofl't's a good test of this here pegleg apreKR, nerve? seein he's onderaized an open ^W"oof' wharas Siskiyou's big .enuff m fl him up without turnin a ha'r. i.Dopi H^^o we all allows the pegleg is jmba? Bfcded prompt, likewise we kinder Gen'HR00 the incident terminatin in a deDt R??6 for the S?BWyon Party, which 'mt. Rf'8 mi?hty pleasin to the camp in an Poker Jim in particular. T -ff1161? idees of yourn is highly in ; L*fS?' not to eay excitin,' mur Tit?egley WBder soft an ?.niet Bke? Jan^?i"1'8 yere caae they don't apply, on in? Btever **. yonr ornery carcass xolinA?" amusement, St shall shorely ?pt don't yon all get bogged too ?wor regardin my correct valia . ? jfR.Tot?t digger Injun you all refers --fR1008 don't classify nohow. Might j?j*S? R*ard what speahul form of gay? ***"fr Bc fancy noars? I'm thet stocked ^??t Rarity myself, like enuff leah Bl.fy your ^or?-n desires in, thet di oico it do seem,' sea "Siskiyou tatkin generallike. 'Thia yere 'wit is shorely co'tin death. I 'poses, ' ho continuel, turnin sud addressih, hisself to Pegleg, who uly absorb?a of his redeye an ? bead lookout on Bill, 'I now 8 tc distribute thia here insolent Kent over the scenery some pro* thet Jbein tho pecooliar drift Wch roy im?ginatiou gallops. ' cose you all ain't lookln for nr. j* oDjeition from no setth pore ^at^mcr'inqnireiPegleg ?tween o M. EMM " 'None whatever, ' responds aissiyon lightly. 'A man's entitled to scatter your remains around over tie year th from pore respect for tho community which yon disgraces with, your baleful pres ence. ' V 'Waal, he won't take on no flesh pendiu the accomplishment of bis Im mune designs. Thet kind intention of yoarn fails right yere through tho sud den demise of the philanthropis* onder takin the deal,' snaps Pegleg an turns loose his artillery cn Siskiyou quick an frequent. "He is shorely a pore shot, for when the smoke rises Sisikyoa is still air tight, on. barrilla scratch on his off ear. sound us ever. This yere disgraceful exhibition of ignorance in hundlin a gun places Pegleg in immejiate disre poote, an we considers lettin the Siski yon party carry out his leetle pro gramme of 'nihilatioo, when, a-thrcwin bis iron on the flo', he announces bis eelf this-away: " 'As yon all notes, darin the termi nation of my discussion with this yere hostile gent, I missed often, not to say frequent, which is primer facy evidence tbet gun plays ain't my strong lead. How8omever, if thet indoovidnol yon der is still laborin onder the delusion thet he's an untamed cyclone an desires to devastate me a whole lot an is willin to use natur's weepons, I shorely calls him, which likewise famishes some highly tbrillin amusement for the pub lic hereabouts.' " 'Which this pegleg gent is Bborely temptin Providence,' eays Poker Jim, 'an I here rem. rks I ain't lustin none to back bis play.' "Seein thet Poker's eummat preju diced, this remark don't b'ar much weight, but the proposition shore do look sooicidal. " 'Whatever is this yere deluded in fant a-tbinkin of?' roars Siekiyou, when he recovers from the surprise party the pegleg gent deals so onawares. 'Does you all know who I nmV "'Which I shorely don't, ' sez Peg. 'All information bearin on your ornery self plum escapes me thus far. How somever, not to delay no deal, do you all reek with desire to draw kyards in the game I perposes?' " 'You alls have heerd the war jig what for this yere pore locoed tender foot craves,' eays Siskiyou, speakin generallike, 'un which I trembles with delight wharin to participate. I now gives him until fourth drink time to prepar' his obetuary, at which hour the festivities accompanin the distributin of his remains begins mighty prompt,' arter which Siskiyou Bill wraps hisself around his 40 drops an Banters outen the Nugget a heap supercilious. "We alls don't onderstand this deal nohow, seein thet it don't look like this pegleg party can show ace high when his han's called, which same I makes bold to remark. to him arter Sis ki you's departure. " 'Don't you alls fret none what ever,' he replies. 'I bases my cal'la tionaon scienteefic principals) an I yere states a heap emphatic thet arter I ceasbd to fondle thet snarlin catamonnt a self respectin coyote 'nd be ashamed to 'so 'ate with bis remains, which opeemon I now perceeds to endorse plentiful an frequent even, ' an he on bosoms his war bags on to the bar, the same bein salted some heavy with dust "Not bein disinclined ag'in findin money an figgerin as how this yere pegleg gent can't last through one deal, we alls backs our jedgment, the same bein dead ag'in our sympathies, covers bis dinero some prompt au tarns the stakes over to the ramrod, arter which arrangements is made for the festive occasion. "Poker Tom, bein some familiar with the ettikette of these social contests, ondertakes to referee the warjig. I goes in the corner with Pegleg, an Burns is delegated "to fanctuate as wet nurse to Siskiyou. These minor details bein settled, we all perceeds to Burns' dance hall, whar Poker Tom chalks a claim on the flo' about 30 feet square This is. he allows, strictly 'cordin to Markee of Kingsbury.rooles. Then we all lickers up an awaits the arrivai ox Siskiyou Bill. 'Tain't long afore he swings hisself in, mighty confidentlike.. " 'Wharever is this pore wooden leg ged infant what longa for nay caressin touch?' he inquires, lookin round for the pegleg gent. *Hez he stampeded, tharby deprivin me of the pleshure of chastisin this ferocious infant Y "Shore enuff, the pegleg paity ain't nowhar to be seen, an I trnly hopes he's pulled his freight, it bein almos' sinful to let him buck ag'in thia Siskiyou catapult alone an single handed. " 'Nary a stampede,' says a quiet voice issn in from bebin' a pile of barrels in the corner, an a minuto later this here pegleg emerges, regalia nt in a acete of green tights an a robber shoe on his remainin foot "To si.1 y we alla is surprised isdrawin it plum mild. This yere pea green ap perishun flo's ns entire, an, befo' we regains full use of our speakin tubes, he's in the ring, a-beckenin me to jice him. This yere gorgeous array dazzles the Siskiyou party a whole lot, aa 1 suspicions he's tf-flggerin he's let hissell in ag'in a brace game. Likewise I feek an ardent desire to hedge some, bavin plunged mor'n a blue stack ag'in thu suspicions lookin green bantam. I'm that sluggish I don't hedge none, foi the next minute Poker Tom mounts thc bar an says: " 'Gents an females, which the latte] is speshully invited to remain, as thii yere contest is with natur's weepont only, tbarfore lackin any element o danger to tho ussemblied xnultitoode This contest is between Sisiky on Bill who announces hisself frequent as i bat teri n ram an whose tooxQuiiuonsnes hez kept this camp in a state of onrea ever since he becomes a part tharof, ai .thia on known pegleg gent, who, arte: frequent an onsuccessful attempts fi perforate the, carcass of Siskiyou, ac cordin to Hoyle, develops an eager de aire for this sty) J of conflict tho sam to furnish amusement for the resident of Skeleton Gulch an determino hi vaiyation in becomin a citizen of th same. The rcoles governin the matine will be Markee of Kingsbury? two min tito rounds, ono minute rest an no foul whatever. Clawin.an kickin is barret] an any neglect in observin of thia wi] result in sudden disaster . to the part; cor.sarnecL The seconda will now ni soome charge of their babies, an whe I fires the warjig begins prompt ' "While Poker Tom is a-deliverln hi? aeir or thia hf.ro oration Peg stumps ovc a-scownn ac my pegleg gent in au aiai m in'ly ferocious manner. Ho don't seem toalerm none an sits thar ca'inly. sniil in an ruhhiu his arms. He's shorely well put un, only a bit sawed off an chunky. "When Tom turns his artillery loose, Siskiyou purges for'ard li Icc a d?vast?t in simoon, an I 'lows Peg quits befo' the discard. But I'm plum off. Ho jest ducks an dodges thet lurid swing of Si8kiyou's an stumps outer reach, a-keepin his peg in front a tap-tappin on the flo', continuons. He don't make no rushes, which samo ain't possible with only one leg, but tho way he evades them swings is shore marvelous. Only oncet he reaches for Siskiyou, an he falls short mos' a foot. Arter this ho acts on the defensivelike, au don't close none whatever. When time's called, Siskiyou ain't touched him, an the crowd whoops her np for Peg. His stock's a-goin np fast, though as yet it don't look noway possible for him to hold ont long, mor'n less win the deal. I rubs bim down, an notices he don't blow none, but is a-quiverin about the arms an legs. 'Nervous?' I inquired, so low only him can hear me. " 'Nary a narve,' he replies. 'You is cl'ar strain, pard, an I warns you to hedge an eave your money, ef you kin, 'cause I shore eliminates thet Willyum person soor..' "Time's called afcro he can say more, an this time Bill don't rash none, but play3 plenty cautious, a-tryin to get bellin' Peg afore ho can turn. The ban tam's too quick for him, an the game don't win none. When tho second round is over, my baby ain't turned a hair, an Siskiyou's a-frettin an a-furn in like a cayuse onder a Spanish bit. Right yere is whar ? offers even money thet my lamb takes the trick, which samo is covered. I admits that I'm some as tonished at myself, but it bez its effect on Siskiyou, for be begins to lose his head complete. The next two zounds he's a-gettin wuss an wuss, on the uu jence, which same plays this yere Sis kiyou giant heavy, an, ag'in their sym pathy, roasts him a whole lot, makin insinooations about what'll happen if he don't win, which ain't calculated to cool his heated brain, none whatever. Pegleg's got the distress flag out, like wise, his bosom a-heavin like a mina toor Ve8oovious, an I regrets my hasty an sentimental action in hedgin, a whole lot. " 'I finishes this deal right yere,' be gasps, as I pours a jug of fire water on to bim, the same bein his request awhile previous. " 'Which I shorely hopes you do, but which same I reserves thu right to doubt,' I replies, bein some sore at this minute. " 'Tirnel' calls Poker Jim. "Siskiyou jumps up sudden, an, lookin at Pegleg desperate like, yells: .These yere festivities now draws to a close! In less nor a minute I 'mili tates you complete, which, bein accom plished, I delivers your wutbless carcass to the coyotes, ' an then thet Siskiyou catapult charges on to Pegleg similar to a mad bull. When he's talkin, Peg is arrangin biseelf on the flo,' emilin thet sweet it made me mos' sick to think of him temptin fate tbet-away. When Siskiyou rushes for'ard, strictly bent on carryin thet 'nihilation scheme to a brilliant finaly, we all shore holds our breath an thinks this yere pegleg gent's gone plum locoed. Siskiyou ducks his haid when he rushes, drawin back his arm for a terrific swing. When he starts, Peg gives biseelf a whirL He shorely looks mo' like a green top a-Epinnin than a man who's co'tin sud den death. Siskiyou swings at this yere human whirligig an misses. Next, we all knows, this here hummin bird's arm shoots out an buries itself in Siskiyou'B side, over the kidney. Thet toomultuous batterin ram makes no remark what ever. He straitens up a minute, tb n his knees gets wobbly, an down he goes in a heap on top of Peg, who falls from the impetus of the blow. "We all pulls this fallen giant on'en him an carries him to his corner, while Poker Tom counts ten. Arter thet de tail, which same is necessary, 'cordin io roole, he walks over to Siskiyou an surveys him ca ref ull ike, " 'Which I now awards the vict'ry to this pegleg party,' he announces, an adds for public information thet this 'nihillatin batterin ram hez cashed in an departed this yearth for parts on known. "Which same is shorely trna Thet last blow of Peg's oncouples bim Com plete. 'I tharupon concloodes,' con tinued Utah reflectively, 'thet thar's times when it's some remunerative an c?nsolin to let your jedgment slide an back your sympathies a whole lot" j "That's whatever, " assented the man from Qold Hill, "an, as yon all says, j natur's woepens air only fit to' locoes, barrio, in co'se. Pegleg."-Denver Re- \ publican. . flem Gulls aa ^Weather Fropbeta. The ex-Ben captain looked over the rail of the Hoboken ferryboat toward the east The rising sun, which had just cleared the house tops of Manhattan borough, looked like a huge red ball. "Dirty weather coming," eaid the ex-captain. "The sun, never looks -that way unless there's rain in the air. Then look at those seagulls too. Yon never see them in a harbor or on shore unless there is trouble brewing out to sea. Way back in the sixties I was on a sail ing ship coming up from southern ports. When we were abreast of Hatteras, the weather was very warm, and the crew were set to work washing ship. Tho men were barefooted, and their trousers were rolled up to their knees. Soon we saw several gulls flying about our trucks. In half an hour there must have been 200 of them. The barometer did not indicate any change, and we cer tainly thought the birds bad been fooled that time. But about an hour before sunset the barometer began to foll as if the bottom bad dropped out of the glass. By midnight we were in the teeth of as wild a blizzard as I ever struck. We reached New York all iced up." In the evening of the day on which the ex-captain had prophesied, bad weather it rained.-New York Com mercial Advertiser. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, T&9 Kind You Kavs ?t??jS B?ogm Bears the SlfcUAture of THEY AMAZED GRANT HIS RECEPTIONS IN THE NORTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. Th?* General, am a. Hale, Appeared I'nresitonalve to the Pluutllt* ul tts? People, but There Were Time? When lil? lVelln?? Overcame Hint. "At the close of tho civil war," said the ola" major, "the country was full of her> worshipers, and there were heroes by tho hundred worthy of worship. Grant was the fir?t of the great gen erals to pass through the Union states after the close of the war. and the greeting to him was like an uprising of tho nation. The hearts of men and women were filled with thankfulness, and the multitudes that gathered about Grant seemed intent on taking the most popular man of the time in their arma There were mothers by the thouaund who bad lost sons, wives who had lost husbands, ebildrer who had lost futbers and old soldiers who had served with him, all turning with the wildest dem onstrations of affection and pride to ward Grant. "Up to that time no such crowds had ever been seen in this country. Con trolled by strong emotion, they were not easily managed. Grant, never ? showy man, stood before these groat aggregations of deinonstrut? human ity amazed-almost abashed - -by the manifestations of affection and devo tion. The fact that the people stood in awe of the commanding general of all the arc 'PH restrained the great crowds when t. guards were powerless. There was nothing in Grant's manner or look or conduct on such occasions to invite enthusiastic demonstration. He seemed rather to discourage it So far as his appearance went, he was unresponsive. "When the enthusiasm raged in a tumrlt about him, when men cheered, when wemen held out their arms and called his name, when children screamed in delight, ho looked down on all with an almost distressed expression on his face, with an occasional look behind him as though be contemplated running away. His silent protest against mak ing so much of himself, the absence of all dramatic or showy qualities in his make up or his conduct, took him closer and closer to the hearts of the people. In those times he never said a word ex cept ?Thank youl' When the people howled for a speech, he shook his head. When they shouted at him tho most ex travagant utterances of praise, he sim ply looked at them in amazement. But ho was not unresponsive. He was sim ply a modest man, saying in effect to the people, 'I am not worth it' "There were times when the crowd broke through the line of major gen erals and brigadier generals and colonels about G-rant and got hold of him. On one occasion, after shaking hands with thousands of people, the committee in terfered, and the general stepped back a few paces so that the people, moving by in solid columns, would understand that he was not to shake hands. As he stoo? there, with his bands in his pock et?*, a little girl slipped through the guard of honor about him, went up to him in an awe stricken, childish way, tock one hand ont of his pocket, kissed it and put it back. She was going away aa quietly as she had come when the general, with a trembling of the lips, caught ber up in his arms and kissed her. Then the crowd poured OVK the guard and on to him, and for ten minutes the people had their way. "Another time, when school children were passing in a long procession, the committee, as an act of courtesy to the general, had him retire beyond the reach of the little hands held out to him, and men who bsd commanded di visions in the army said brusquely to tho children: 'You can't shake hands with the general. He is tired. ' But ca the high school girls came through one little miss took off her glove, and, look- j ingj straight into the general's eyes, held out her hand. "Looking into the girl's eyes, he un derstood the look, and, in answer to the pleading, the general stepped down and took her hand. Instantly, with screams of delight, the girls were upon him, and the guard ox generals retired, admitting their defeat This does not mean that the girls kissed the general; they simply caught bia hand, touched his shoulder straps, reached forward in ecstatic delight to put their hands on his head, and then they went away sat isfied. "When Grant and Farragut came through tho country with President Johnson and his cabinet, the general and the admiral were the centers cf in terest. On one occasion Farragut, walking through the rotunda cf the state capitol ot Columbus, was stopped by a group of women. One of them .sked, 'Are you Mr. Seward V Farragut, with a twinkle in his eyes, said quick ly: 'Oh, no; I am a much handsomer man than Seward. My name is Farra gut. ' The elderly woman took his hand in both hers and said simply : 'I am so glad of this. I want my little daughter to shake hands with you.' The girl came up as though she were approach ing a saint, and Farragut stooped and said, 'She shall not only shake hands, but I will give her a kiss to remember me by, ' and then he went on. "When General Sheridan came through the country after the war in a hurried, informal way, he looked upon the proposition to give him a reception as a great joke. He left the car quietly at Columbus with two military friends and started up the main street of the city. As soon as Sheridan was recog nized a great crowd gathered around him. He was forced to shake hands and was greatly amueed to see with what orderliness the tuen, women and chil dren arranged themselves in a line; but in five minutes he bolted. Ho could not escape, however, and was compelled to take position and shake hands with the crowd that had pursued him with the Wild clamor of any army stampede." Chicago Inter Ocean. - Russia, with a population of 127, 000,000, has only 18,334 physicians. In the United States, with a popula tion of about 75,000,000, there are 120,000 physicians. I have been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea ever since the war and have used all kinds of medicines for it. At last I found nn<? remedy thai !?aa been a success as a cure, and that is Cham berlain's Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.-P. E. GHISHAM. Gaars Mills, La* For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Th* Old Clacking lion. There is something ahnest pathetic in the faithfulness tn business ami the i unwavering diligence of tho ordinary hen when she gets her heart ?et on hatching out a brood of chickens. She , will sit all day on an cid doorknob and , dream of the happy day when she can j strut around in the back lot with a doz en or so of fuzzy chicks at her heels, , scratching and clucking and swelling ( out her feathers with sn-lf importance. In order to satisfy this motherly in- \ stinct she is not only willing, but fran- , tic, to deny herself all of the ordinary pleasures of life. She doesn't caro for n "good time." She is perfectly content to stay at home and attend to her ina- , ternal duties, and has no concern nboui bow Wer feathers aro adjusted or wheth er her comb hangs straight. When a hen is laying and not thinking of family matters, she takes pride in a red comb, and is frequently seen oiling her feath ers and trying to make herself look at tractive. But your "old cluck" i? a perfect type of the devoted mother. Her whole being is absorbed in the one thought of rearing her family, and even if required to hatch out a brood of dncks or tur keys she bends to her task with tho. same enthusiasm as though she had laid the eggs herself.-Punxsntawney Spirit Oenalne Hospitality. American?, even though wo are ut hospitable as any nation on earth, might well take a lesson from tho Russians in regard to the respect they pay a letter of introduction. The English send word when you can be received, and you pay each other frosty formal calls and then aro asked to 5 o'clock tea or some othet wildly exciting function of similar ini j portauce. Thc French are great stickler; j for etiquette, but they are more sponta neous, and you are asked to dine nt once. After that it is your own fault ii yon ure not asked again. But in Russiu it is different. 1 think the men must have accompanied my messenger ?lome, and tho women tc whom I presented letters early in thc afternoon were actually waiting for mo when I returned from presenting the last ones. In Moscow they came and waited honrs for my return-I wa? mortified that thcio wero not four ol me to respond to all the beauties ol their friendship, for hospitality in Hus sia includes even that.-Lilian Bell in Woman's Home Companion. Don't Kat Alone. Is it healthier to eat in company o. alono? In company, for many reasona Tho solitary eater is always tempter! to take too large mouthfuls and swal low them too quickly and either to eat too much or too little. Eating is only one part of feeding and without diges tion is not only useless but injurious. Those who eat in company have tc devote a certain amount of time tc talking and attending to each other'* wanta This makes the period between the mouthfuls longer and gives mort time for digestion. Then, again, conversation at meal times usually takes a cheerful turn, and the tone of both mind and body ii raised, the heart and nervous system act better, the flow of digestive juicei is stimulated, and a larger amount ol actual nourishment is obtained from s smaller quantity of food. In a word, the man who eats in com pany eats more like a man and lest like an animal than he who feeds alone; so his food does him more good in every way. _ Animals Like Tobacco. "I have been an inveterate user ol tobacco in some form for the past 4C yean- and during that time have had much to do with all sorts of wild beasts, which, I have found, are nearly all more or less partial to the smell or taste ol the weed," observed an old and experi enced animal trainer to a reporter. "For instance, the common brown beai is so fond of the fumes of .tobacco thai if you blow smoke through the bars ol its cage it will, with evident delight, push forward and rub its back and beac against the iron bars over which tht smoke passes This is invariable. "Not long ago I blew through a hol low stick a pinch of snuff into the noel of a sleeping lion. The brnto shortrj after awoke, sat up straight, sneezed violently and then lay down to sleei very contentedly again. All goats, deer, llamas and so on will chew and eat* to bacco and snuff with great eagerness Monkeys and big baboons also breath! with great satisfaction the smoke fron cigars."-Washington Star. A Distant Brother. A Boston woman had a servant named Norah, a rosy cheeked giri, whe received frequent calls from a young man, cf wbom she often spoke as "mi brother." The consternation of hei mistress may bo guessed when one da} Norah announced that she was soon tc marry the stalwart Tim. "What do you mean, Norah?" dc manded the lady, feeling that a pooi trick had been played npon ber. "Yot have always spoken of Tim as youi brother to me." "Yis, ma'am," said the blushing Norah. "I always thought of him so, ma'am, whiles he was making up hit mind. But he's been so bowld as vc remind me, ma'am, that he's only mt brother-in-law's brother, ofther alli" A Little Mixed. A woman went into one cf the down town Lowell grocery stores the othet day and, after ordering a number ol things, said, "I need some sugar, but I am not going to buy it until the price comes down." "I don't believe that it will come down much," said tho clerk. "You don't mean that wo have got tc pay that exorbitant price?" "What do you mean?" "The price that was in the papers yesterday." She had read the stock reports that sogar stock had taken a jump upward. -New England Grocer. J. Sheer, Sed al in, Mo., conductor on electric street car linc, writes that his little daughter was very low with croup, and her life saved after all physicians had failed, only by using One Minute Cough Cure. Kvaus Pharmacy. - It may bo an item not generally ! known that thc United Stntcs Supreme Court recently handed down an opin ion to the effect that poultry running at largo is wild game, and tho owners of property on which ohickens may,! trespass have, a legal right to kill ; A COOL DENVER STUDENT. ] HOM- Ht- Called Down a Pire Kntlntc (ierman Hally. "Quarrel* aro picked by ninny Ger man students on the slightest pretext. " mid a young physician who studied in Berlin university. "1 waa sitting one ?vening at a table in a beer garden con versing in German with a fellow stu dent who hailed from Denver. His name was Bartley, and he was u bnudli i)f nerve. We were talking in moderate tones, discussing the rivers of the world. Bartley remarked that the Rhin.? waa muddy. Twjor three German students were sitting at an adjacent table, and one of them happened to overhear tin remark. He stepped np to us with a blustering air. " 'Did you say tli? Rhine was a mud dy river?' he asked in a threaten!n , tone. Bartley replied that he did. '* 'I live on the Rhine. ' remarked tl ?.. Deutscher significantly. " 'What of it r* asked Bartley, w' t'.i amused interest. " 'This much.' answered the C er man. getting excited. 'You have ca lt a reflection cn the river, and you hav<?in sulted nie. I shall call you to ace >nnt for your offensive lanugage. I chilli inge you to H duel. ' " *I don't want to fitfht a duel." " 'As yon please, sir. If yon d'cline to tight, I shall brand yen as a covard.' " 'But 1 don't think I am a cov nrd.' answered Bartley in a quiet way. Ho still refused to look at tho matter in a serious light. 'I may bo u coward, but I don't think that I am. I shall not tight unless you insist on it, for I don't see that wo have any quarrel. You don't own tho Rhine. You act as if you had exclusivecontr.il of thc stream. Go away. Yon are drunk!' "Thia eurnned the would be duelist beyond measure. Ile fairly frothed at tho mouth and began to talk of the choico manner in which ho would carve np the insulting American. Things be gan to come to a crisis. Tho warlike student wanted to have tho affair como off right away. Bartley turned to mo and asked with a wink if I would act as his second. I replied that I would. Tho German dramatically shouted that he wanted no delay. " 'Hold on,'cried Bartley. 'I have the right to dionne tho weapons, I be lieve. ' Every ono stopped, and ibero was a murmur that told Li?u be was correct. I could seo that tho belligerent student was a little worried. Ho expected that tho choice would bo pistols, ami ho did not like to face ono with an American looking coolly over tho shining barrel. He paused, then added with a sneer: ** 'Let it be pietols, then, Herr ! American. I shall shoot to kill. So be ware. ' " 'Who said I was going to aek for pistols?' retorted Bartley with a glare. 'I call for shotguns loaded with 12 buckshot, at 15 paces.' "The mob stared in amazement. Tho big guy who was so anxious for a scrap gave-a gulp that should have landed his esophagus at the bottom of his stomach. " 'What do you mean?' he gasped. " 'Jnat what I said,' answered Bart ley, OB coolly as if he were discussing a shot at billiards. " 'You are crazy.' " 'I'm not a coward, then?' "But the stuacnt had forgotten all about wanting to fight, and be went away without a word. Bartley told me afterward that he would have stuck to bis proposition if his bluff had been called, and I believe that he would."-? Washington Post. --------- i The SlffB of the Boot. Tb?" cign ??f the boot seen banging out ia front of the shoemaker's shop may be made of wood or zinc ov of copper. Of these three the wooden boot is the cheapest, the copper dearest. Such boots havo been made also of chalk and of iron. Sign boots are made in two or three standard sizes and of other sizes tb order. They are most commonly seen gilded, but- sign boote are occasionally finished in some bright color, as, for in stance, a brilliant red. The boot signs may be bought in the establishment of the dealer in emblem signs, where there are also to be found the gilded fishes for the dealer in fishing tackle, the great gilded padlocks for tho hardware dealer and a variety Of other signs of an em blematic character, and they moy also be bought of the dealers in leather and findings who make a special*,-- of shoe makers' supplies.-New York Sun. - Jack-Why did you kiss Mamie so fervently? Are you engaged to her? Charlie-No, but I was, and she has consented to break off the engage ment. 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