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A Confederate Note. The following poem has been printed in southern newspapers. It was found written on the back of a $500 bill, presented to the young lady by the author, Major S. A. Jones, o Mississippi. Representing nothing on God's earth new, And naght in the waters below it As the- pledge of a nation that's dead and gone, Keep it. dear friend. and show it. Show it to those who will lend an ear To the tale this trifle can tell: Oi Liberty born of the patriot's dream, Of a storm-cradled nation that fell. Too poor to possess the precious ore. And too much of a stranger t.. hr row, She issued today her promise to pay, And hoped to redeem on the mor row. The days rolled on, and weeks be came years. But our coffers are empty still: Coin was so scarce. that the Treas'r' quake If a,dollar should drop in the till. But the faith that was in us was strong indeed, And our poverty well we discerned: And this little check represets the pay That our suffering veterans earnea. We know it hardly had a value in gold, Yet as gold our soldiers receivea it; .It gazed in our eyes with promise to pay And each patriot soldier believed it. But our boys thought little of price or pay, Or of bills that were ever due: We knew if it bought us our breaa today, 'Twas the best our country.coula do. Keep it, it tells our history over, From the birth of the dream to the last Modest, and born of the angel of hope,. Like our hope of success. it passed. CONQUERING AN ELEPHANT. How Robinson's Old Chief Was Made to Know His Master. New York Post-Dispatch. Gil Robinson, the famous circus man, has been in town for the past fortnight, "laying off" on one of his periodical trips around the\world, ana as usual he is full of reminiscences of the old circus days when he. with his father, the late John Robinson, were making the family fortune with Robinson's circus. An elephant story in a daily paper brought some of -:Gill's" recollections of his days as an elephant trainer, especially as re lated to one huge pachyderm who reo eled-in the name of Chief. "Chief." said Mr. Robinson, "'was one of our best. and at the same time. worst elephants. He wvas a great pei former and very kind to the childria. but he had little use for men. Famil iarity with them had bred contempt in his leathery head. One day :a an Ohio river town Chief lost his usual good nature toward children, too. ana killed a boy who had got too near him. We didn't want to kill the ele phant, for he was valuable, so we hustled him out of town with the show. But he had to be taught a lesson, and my father put it up to me to teach him one. "I had Chief taken to the dock by the river in the next towvn and a chain fastened around one of his hind legs. Then with a big derrick, we hoisted him clear of the ground. Next I made all the men get big clubs ana start in too beat the everlasting nerve out of the elephant. They beat. plug ged, pounded and jabbed, but Chier never let out a whimper. And if you can't make an elephant holler when y-ou punish him he is still defiant. W\hen he gives in he whimpers. "Finally I got a bale of hay. and spreading it tinder Chief's swinging frame, set fire to the loose hay. In a minute he was conquered. He let out a cry of defeat and there was no mistaking it. and they cut him dowvn. I led him back to the tent by the trunk, as docile as a kitten. From that day on he wre frightened to death of me. and it w~as pitial'e to ..e hi e-r i ntse to laugh when I TILLMAN THE PUZZLE. n Reality Senator Tillman is Level Headcd and a Model of Sobriety. In o-hrnicirg the wr of the re en. res' the Washington corre pnt the New York Times air i ina;n: It i a - tifie t tt!i the Ir"t:1 bn *FTllmatn. :,>ngh I ~h wi*! nt : we! nigh imip-4ble r kn 11:,z d that T'Ihw: ': a e ' 1S mth Can"!lina batt"in w i -;fhdrawn frmiii a cenc w%hich ':c his.and where lie wonid ra:h,r !t. arpaim, (n. than any whelr, ee in e w.irld. I'oraci: acid ia I in' ,v taw milre strigieinit remed l a i imlnan is .ight ing. If no. t f. r :t . at ast for heahh. It attords a sidkligh' -n the -:h. )eliberately Tillman holds ot his orst side to the public. And all the time he is as good a Illow. as sensible and decent a citi en. and as wise a man as one coula :,h to meet. The prooi? If proof e asked, what m'Mre Convnci1Z coul<I e offered than the fact tha: his armest admirer in the senae Corge Frisbie -Hoar, of Ma-zachu etts? Like seeks like, even though be disgnised by a rongh 'ntside nd a savage mask. and Hoar know; 'illman to be a mail. The Pilgrim nnoiices to Ihe Palmetto a-: ola ntler and Hampton and all those avawiers were never able to mae im do. Vhv did Tillman deibera.t .ek > spread abroad the impression that e retired ir-m bantlets in deirium. tat his sobriety was only for the :nate? The question is the despair i his admirers. all the more their de >air for the reason that the man is bsolutely sober. temperate. in every ay. decent and respectable. Plit the eper questions: Why does he )read abroad the idea that he is a ild man politically: that he drinks lood and eats raw meat. when he is vel headed and sane a man as the orld ever saw? Why does he pose a Wilkes and seek that place in istory when his friends know better? It is not long ago that Tillman, sing from his place in the senate. clared that Abraham Lincoln was te greatest of modern heroes. "And " he said, and then paused and look :on the men who remembered South arolina's outbreak which establish I the Southern Confederacy--and and . from South Carolina--and -emphasized the name of his state. id paus;ed and wait ed--". from Sonth arolina. tell youn so. and fcel Ih'ono redl doing' so." Th2i-2': . th hir:er ene my of the :igr e-. a:ccr:lh,g to ci'lommo repi rt, heter loed by ttegr :s than ainy :2e in \\ashi:'gt.. Th1ere i e negri who has ever met h!t im whise Le will nit lebit ny if y-..n meittt n lman's name. In mnomem, t-e ua candor illman has hiiself ad itted that he 1loves the ntegr' es ant' proud oif thleir love. That he i: tore liberal toward the north in his ndidl movements thant anyv .ther outhern senator is a fact wet! Is it not strange. then, that some eculiar mental twist inmpels :htis mam i gentle life. of broad views ant i soft and kindulyv character ti' h. hi inself t as the worst representta e of savagery andc the reactiotnary leet in civilazation ? Yet it woutld e nnfair tocall TillIman utncandid. nda poser: when lie is utterinig 1ese things he is believing them. A st- te combtlinationt of chtaraicter tie. is .>enjaintfl Ryan Tillmtan it'w :c vering fri i his illntess "n hii oti Car'olin a plinitat'in. A -:.t range an little knoCwn even by . his ce' agnes. HIe will he fortuntate if thi eteration liIearnS hinm'aright : itui e a mtiracle C f p' sterity ever kit' ws te rea!l mani. A Puzzle Story. Tbi, ts a pu:zzleC story. say- the lii Stin'bhu is a hiand wo rking man ye and a h alf (lay- itn the ee rnm .\lMn-lay m ritg unt Na thought of that mass f tfnesh and strength being scared of a little being: like me. when if he had known it he could have blotted me o:t with a wiggle of his trunk or one stamp ot his enormous foot. 1t he was .Izt plumb afraid of yours triy. "One night I was at a prize nght in Cincinnati when a boy came dow tIe aisle and whispered in my c:.r. "the big elephant's loose. 4) r. Robin son. was all he said. hut 1 knew what that meant. and I folowed him. Chief. it seemed had got away from the sh"w. and was tot in the suhurh :iushintg 'ver houses.1 T followed his :. .a:iy s,on camue up.m m . a-Iw h bo F of a little e -.cih he was rapi '' " .\i! he had to do v:an again-t a no-use a:id w'r wold -, Thenl he w -! proce'd w the next. and ;i that manner hitI N -e ,even or eight frame dweilinas. As l I drew near he was wrestling with an- - -)*ther. and th( terrified family, at al ;afe distance. were weeping and wail- u ing. Chief seemed to be enjoying the, affair hugly. and I conuld almost see his hu:ge sides shake with laughter as I approached from behind.* "T ran up alongside of him and gave " him a slap. 'Here. you lopsided.. leather-headed. moth-eaten old raps-'f callion.' I shouted. only those were not quite the nam- T called him. What the dickens do yon mean' b "Chief turned and saw me. His face b fell. He began to tremble. and he let-' out a yell of fear that shook the. C neighborhood. Tt was like a mother catching her yotmgster in the Jam t closet. a "T grabbed him hy the trunk. gave him a vank or two. and ligged him a back to his tent. calling him down al i the way. And he whimpered and c bawled like a baby. Once at home it h!d him soundly punished. "Chief was like that till the day ot his death. and I have the satisfaction h of remembering that at least one In- tl habitant of this earth lived and died s1 in abject fear of yours truly." 0 His Cause of Complaint. "Good graciou.!- said 'Miss -- the typewriter. who works for a d firm of lawyers with offices not far s from Broad and Chestnut streets,% according to the Philadelphia Press. b "The chief is ii a horrible humor to- 1I day. I've never seen him like this before. He snapped at me horribly a! when I went in to take some dicta- hi I tion from him this morning. And! when he spelt 'axletree' wrong and I ri corrected him he flew into a rage d and threatened to discharge me." tf "I saw it this morning when he' came in." said the office boy. "And l you bet yer life I'm keeping out o' C his way. Just then Mr. - opened his ce oor ar.d chillingly said: "As I.-. it you are no' t t' oobya taking to, that boy-. I'd like to giv eC von som if :ctatio'n. In halfx an hour -he came m' Iluth "Oh! he treat- ns jnst like dir. she said. almost crying "'I wish.I wish I had stay'ed with that Itumbei company on Front street." This excitedl the rest 'if the ofzee andl one of the oither stenographers I declared: i "He's generally the kindest man I n Iever knew." and even the offce hoy c; said 'yes' to this. But by noon theS offce force was in a state bordering k on panic. When for the tenth time thev' heard hinm mutrmuring through p the closed office door. the astnte of lee boy said-: "I guess he'll nire its all now. sure h1 'nough. .He would not listen to Mir.t W 'N. that rich man w~ho conmes in e here so much. just now."b The lawyer stood at the 'phone aa long time. but when he opened histi door l'ater he came-out beaming. loom - ed around and smiled tremutlously. i 'She came out of it beautifuly r, the dloctor said. The anesthetic wore off andl she walked like a baby. \ndn ie avs the ctut in her throat cani he 'I c vered by a string ofl beads." "What are youi talking abomt ?" a k- h ed his pa rner. "ly little girl has just beeni ope aed uipon at the hospital. It's W\ed neday and von can all take a holiday and( go mto the matinee, and her-:'' the mteev tar -eat s."-. Th twm 'tene.traphiers w'ipedn te:r eye. Te cieri:s cleared their thr ~a al heligeren:ly and i: "'S:v. didn't I te-i y'u the hi l rig-ht?" when he can devote his day and a half to rest and recreation. Last week was an especially busy one for Stubbs. By Friday night he was so tired that he told his partner he would not be at the office at ail :ext 4v. "It will take me tw%o whole days to rest up for the next week. he said. <1 much for Mr. John Stubbs. Niw for lrs. John Stubbs: \\'hen a neighbor dropped in for a (of g'sip with her late Friday llrnn .he found Mrs. Stubbs -kering with a 'an man. who hau led to give her a price on the mov .,f her houschod effects. Ye." -aid 'Mrs. Stubbs. after the 'r.:an had been made and the man g..m. "we are gcing to move to .rr..wx I fwunld the cutest little PEFUMERY . . . FR AS LONG AS We have Just r LaZellVs Fil and one dozen mizers and. as k We Will Give Ol to each customi ounce or more tracts at the regi cents an ounci tracts will please your money bac POPULAR ODORS: CRAB APF RUSSIAN ' JAPANESE CARNATIC FIFT Gilder, Weel THE RIGHT E I The Leadig g Ring up No. 74 for + STORE. Orders * ANS\WERED *gPrescriptions fron + berry filled at any I' We sell three bc earticle for $2.50. + We carry the best 0 * at very lowest price! IWmn. E. PEL * Reliable Prescri * Newber house today and hired :it on the spo: I know John would like it ever sv much. And I have made all arrange mets to move tomorrow because, you know. he doesn't have to be at his office Saturday afternoons or Sundays. and he can help me settle the new place." This is the puzzle: Guess whether Mr. John Stubbs spent Saturday and vesterdav in rest and recreation. A%ctres,: "I am going to give yo'.t back our engagement ring. I can't never marry you. I love another." 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