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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
A WOUNDED KAN'S NERVE.
rro,, Tn, Ninrfan1H Eu1ufr<y

A few days ago Isaac Lane, we'll known farmer
residing one mile west of Mount Healthy, In this coun
W. met with accident which threatened TO end his
life He was out In the barn, whom he fell on tho
prongs of pItchiors, which penetrated his leg Just
below the thigh One Of the prongs was broken of
In his leg, he supposed Two physicians wero
summoned, who made examination Of the wound,
but they failed to locate the piece Of steel. They
probed the small opening, but could discover nothing
and at once came the conclusion that Mr.. Lane
mistaken They insisted that the broken prong must
be somewhere In the barn, and some Of the boys on
the pace sent to look for It, but they could not
lind 1t. Mr. Lane persisted that the piece Of fork was
still In his leg which swollen and very painful.
day or two after the occurrence Mr.. Lane put his
the under side of his leg and felt some hard
substance. without waiting to summon doctor he,
with remarkable fortltudo, took his knife and cut q
hole the place where the hard substance seemed to
be. lie made deep incsion, and running his fin
gers into the opening caught hold Of something and
pulled it out 1t proved to be the prong Of the pitch
fork, and SIX inches In length. 1t had taken
q diagonal course and elulcd the surgeons probe. Mr.
Lane ut once experienced relief and will soon be him
self again The pluck displayed In acting as his own
surgeon has challenged tho admlrauOn Of his friends
and the strange accident with its result, Is the tain
Of Mount Healthy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
UPSETTIyG A PREA CHERS GRAVITY.
From I,ha Chi1r1o II,f<r. QcfdR.

DR.. Patterson was preaching very earnest dis.
course and carrying his congregation with him,
when an English pug dog crossed the line Of his
vision. The cog attracted the attention Of one In
the auditorium, and there why IL should
have attracted the attention Of the preacher, but
the thought came to him that the dog had its tail
curled about tight circumstances would permit.
Then the question II the tall was curled once
more what would happen. Would 1t not be possible
TO curl the tail tight 10 lift tho hinder parts Of
tie dog and start him walking his fore feet with
his tail In the air7 All the time he had been going
ON with his sermon, bat when this odd cOncet Of
giving the dogs tail extra curl came him he
burst into horse laugh.
The interruption came not only in the middle Of
proposition but in the middle Of a sentence. He
broke of without ceremony into . laugh that startled
himself quito much as the congregation. once
started he found 1t very difficult to STOP and although
he uscl his handkerchief and made pretencc Of
having . paroxysm Of coughing, stu he laughed till
the Even when he started again on his
sermon he found great difficulty In getting away nom
Idea Of that dogs tail, and several times his
voice trembled and he had to shake himself one
In dream.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
MIR. DUNDER GETS TWO BUNDLES
from The Detroit Erss PRATT

From The Detr0p free fTsss.
"yhas I arrested - softly inquired Mr. Dunder as he
leaned Sergeant Bendars desk yesterday.
Haven't heard Of any such thing What's the matter
pwY
"vhel few days ago man NIT pundle comes in my
place. yhas l Carl Dunder vhas. Dot vhas all
right. he prings dot package by express, und der
shargs vhas forty cent-sgn your nano here, und der
express company vhas not liable If goods be left more
ash six mons sergeantp
"Weli"
What you s'pose vhas in dat pundei'
"Greenbacks"
Humph 1t vhas a cObble- shtOnc. und dot fellow
shwindles me- vhas madt slump oafer der pool
table. I like " come and you aboudt u, but II
do tells dot Free Press und he makes fun or me-
Sergeant"
Eyes"
MAYBE vhas some lunatc but doan' belief him In
two days anoder man WALKS In init pundle Vhas
Carl Dunder vhas. Dot vhas all right He prfngs me-
dot package, und. der shange for fife dollar"
But you didn't payT
sergeant shuinp on dot man like cow slump on q
eede SPARROW und In minutes he vhas soooh licked
Teller dot his mother dOan tell who he vhas. lie
leafs dot punde and crawls avhay und when my wife
home she says vhas some shirts for me- dot she
puys at Metcalfs' r.
"Now
dot vhas it, Sergeant send Shake to settle init der
Teller $50 but maybe he hat me arrested pesdes
singular remarked the Sergeant after painful ST.
lence
Vhe II shtrikes like dot, too. Dis vhas sthrange
country Nopody vhas two times alike, und II you Kick
somep0dy II Shas der who doan deserve him. Good
bye Sergeant II warrant comes oudt for me and
vhas arrested Ike you To be aroundt una say 10 me dot
yhas all k und doan' go to shtae Prison for hfc"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
TIM QUAGGA.

From The London Spectator.
IT stated that the quagga, the beautiful wild striped
ass Of South Africa has suddenly ceased 70 exist The
boomakcrs OF London and York wanted his skin f
a particular kind Of sportsman's boot and lie
qdently passed away out II zoology There may be few
tempted by the high prices have extrpaed the herds
which only ten years ago existed In south Africa That
will the fate Of the elephant too and possibly OF the
crocodile. 1t takes whole provinces TO supply ivory for
advertising nrm IN Oxford ST. the price Is ourfold
the price OF quarter Of century ago. ana the beasts
hunted with pcrsistency which In long time must be
fatal
The Indian Government is making efforts to protect
Aslatc breed hut they viii all be futile Animals which
wnen dead exceedingly valuable contract habit Of
when II Is worth while TO the rsk OF breaking them
The crocodles skin is used by smokers and pursemaker
and so he VIII disappear Whatever Europe wants,
Europe win have and the fashion Of turning tigers
tigers would have pershed There will not be bird
paradise EARTH and tho ostrich has only been saved
bypryate breeders Nan win not wait for the cooling
of the world everything In IT, from teak
10 humming birds, and century or two hence will find
himself perpexed by planet In which there IA nothing
except what nc makeA He IL u poor sort " Creator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
RECEIVING TIE TOWN HEARSE.
From The CHICAGO H,rald.

"saw funny thing up In Rapid City, d. T.. the
other day." said travelling man Just In from the
West yesterday" The town, you know, is the
jumping of place of all creation. There 10 where all
rairoadng ends aud great deal Of tough staging be-
gins. The town received its first hearse about ten
days ago. It came on o fat car. After the black
vehicle had been unloaded the Mayor and City COun-
ell tho FIRE and police departments, and number Of
prominent citizens foot and In carriages, marched
TO the depot, headed by two brass bands
Here the grotesque procession was reorganzed, with
the heare in front, and the march through the prn-
cpal streets begun. Hundreds Of people swarmed
along the sidewalks, and many flags wcrc displayed
At might there was creitabe attempt at nlumina-
ton in the business district and an elaborate display
of fireworks in front of the undertakers shop. III
bet the first fellow to ride in tho hearse will get
send off that win beat any Fourth Of July celebration
the people in the Back Hills ever saw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
COWBOY HOSPITALITY.
". r. Hernaday IN The Cosnsepolttan

w, dofn0001 lotnsop0tfan
One hot afternoon, ~ approaching Big
Dry Crock, cowboy suddenly rode In sight the
crest Of ridge, and came down the slope toward US
at o swinging gullop. To eat a. ereot as q bronze
statue, and bod no boon lRshed to bis horse like
another Mazeppa no could not have sat moro per-
fecuy niouoniess In his saddle Insunetivcly We
Strengthened up our rrcd shoulders, and sat erect
also. ilvidentiy he wanted to spesk to So we
rode forward to meet him, wondering tho while wheth
or his manner would DO Agreeable or irritating.
After had oiviy exchanged how do -yon dos, hc
inquired IL had seen any horses sinco morning He
bad lost some, and up to that time two o'clock had
ridden about twenty Ave miles In search of them.
No, had not seen any horses. 80 we fell to ask
Ing questions about trails, creeks and water holes.
We were getting deal Of information, when he sud-
denly exclaimed:
"looky here fellersi The best thing you can do
is to pull ON to our ranch and put up for while. It's
only twelve miles from here Take tho trail that
turns OF 70 tho loft about threc miles ahead. You
wont find nybody al hOme-tho boys are ell of On
tho round up, you knOw-but Just 20 right ia and
make yourselves at home "
Giant the door lockedf"
Thunder, NO! We never lock doors in this cOun-
try. somebody might come along hungry, and want
to get in to get some grub, or stay all night. u a
cowboy wanted to got In, and found the door locked
he'd just simply break " down"
Aren't you afraid Of thicvesf"
"Oh, no: nothing 10 ever stolen. mans upon
his honor, you know; and, besides, II feuerd ever
really steal anything out Of shack, tho country'd
soon be too hot 70 hold him. Anybody that comes
shack hunsry isrpec.ed 70 go in and get square
neal, and stay all night II no wants to-"
LINT that privilege often abusedl"
"Ne, hardly ever Say, youu find a up at the
ranch and you can milk Der you want TO- There
sxv plenty Of eggs about the stablej you want em
ge for s. Just make yourselves 1T home, and stay
% long ss you Like. IN be glad tn have yer com
papy"
a few more remarks were exchanged, and then our
cowboy gathered up his reins and said:
"wsll, I've got - Hnish my circuit twenty miles
mors, reckonl 70 T must pc moving 30 long. IN
SEQ you 1t tho ranch about SHUTDOWN"
And finang the last remark over his shoulder at
us his pony gallopei rapidly away, moment later
he rode over the ridge and disappeared.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
HIS OPINION OF TENNESSEEA VS..

There was curious creature in the Interior Depart
ment yesterday. He had white sombrero hat slouched
down over his eyes, His pantaloSns tucked In his
boots red flannel shirt showed out between his ".
vest he walked with stamp and came angriy out OF
Indian Commissioner Atknss His face was red, MS
eyes blazing and he evidently very angry The rst
man he met bareheaded clerk, an Innocent looking
pers Secretary Lamar The cowboy OF the West stopped
him and asked this strange question In angry tones
say did you know man from Tennessee who WAS
not a blank blank fool e.
The poor clerk looked up in amazement and horror and
then glanced up whether the OF the Indian
Bureau which the Tennessee Indian Commisso sits
was open When he found 1t shut he didn't wait TO
answer but rushed though in fear Of his head The
cowboy had had fuss with Atkins about some western
land and this OF his Of easing his indigna-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
TH0RoUaHBREDs AT HOME
4 VISIT TO THE DIVERS RACING STABLE

..-. An, WIS COMPANIONS IN THEIR WINTER
QUARTERS AT sHKRPsHEAD.
wAiIe the several Jockey clubs are arranging a"'ee
- ths next racing and considering pans ~.
The settlement Of betting troubles IT may not NC oo
rdsr 70 Jake look ct the horses that are "
furnish the sport The running OF racer one season
!. or,v A;ebt indication oil chat he will do the ne1@
,.,.r M q. ons horse ana unmakcs another. II is
IN tho range of possibilities that the black wonaer
Trsmout nav not capture race in 1887, notwi'h-
s.pdur his thirteen straight victories In 1880 anu
Onto who performed 90 badly last year. may develop
int \ grand four-year-old. Stranger things nave
happened under our very noses
Far ak months st least the rscehorse In this part
che countr, must ROMAN in winter quarters VINO.
usvslv means that he must stand and lie day III MI.
dsv out in dark box stall. He receives plenty .,
attention no doubt, far - feeding ana cuIfys ~
rubbing 20, but HE only exercise 10 h'.'e waiAns
h.ok ma forth ON = narrow bed Of straw Fortunate
;naeed. IA the animal that can get an hour OF suoa
recommending in a day. Many excellent Heterogeneous
oct only lew minutes, and those are given grudgns
" Little wonder then that so few horses tram we'll
from one season to another.
Thu thoueh t Of fremont induced me to arrange val"
the Dvvers visit to their stables at shecpshead nay
80. a ;rtroduct,on to their trainer, Frank
M.cah ~a. sven me- but proved to be unnecessary
a. N. hrotbers themselves accompanied me to the sca
In the racing season these will be found o. inc"
stables ut 4 O'Clock every morning, LOOKING ave
their horses in winter they 60 down to nee tnem '"o
or three t;mes q week. They seem to derive g'e"'
Measure from such visits and never tire OF gong from
staIlst to stall, making pop calls upon INC '''S'
creatures within them. u.,.,
aDo your horses know you !" asked Micnne'
DIVER on the occasion Of my visit
al doubt it," he said ; they know monmouth
County hay great deal better"
HOW THE STABLE Is LAID OUT
One Of the Dryers stables is situated hunoreo ee'
from the junction of what called the back se.cn
and lower turn OF the Sheepshead Bay track. Inc
building is simply Q OF DO, stalls eighteen III
number, and each twelve by fourteen feet IN SIG
Be,veen the ninth and tenth Is opening fifteen ieet
wide for driveway. The ceiling is so high that an
eish,een-band horse could r.vcr strike his head
against jost above that is lott for hay ana 'he
whole 10 covered by root WIDE enough 10 make
comfortable sheds on all sides. These SHEDS are
ms ,ally open in summer but the Dryers always nave
them weatherboarded in winter, SO that the stable
resembles on the outside rectangular barn some AZ
feet BY 235. Here is ground plan OF it:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
AN INCIDENT OF TIE sToOK DEAL.

from The San francisco Chronfctf
"Ihad $40 ia my pocket two weeks ago." said the
Colonel my boy. II had put that into stocks, to-day
would have had 81, $50 clear profit"
"Yes, but II you hadn't got itP
My boy, would have got it, never miss in that sort
We'll you're lucky after all, to be out of it. They're
going down"
They not going down, sir. They're going uptheyre
going away up WAS fool. might just easily have
made that as not | had straight pointer and now
they're going up higher"
"Well. are you going In nowr
NO"
Three days later The Colonel Is blue and unhappy as
we walk up the street He begins swearing in low
voice He French German, Italian ana Spanish,
ono after the other.
whats tho matter ~
Never mind lie. I'm only swearing at myself little,
that's all"
"Why y
Young man, stocks are down"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
BE DID NOT OATOH TIE IDEA.
From The Lertsfon (Ms.) Journal

coed story liz told at the expense Of Q good-l
ing young farmer Of Rcad1od. he Ii not only
good looking young fellow but also @ steady worker
and very practical IN his IDEAS 1t serrns that last
summer among the guests at tho hotel was very
pretty young girl who was spending few weeks hero
with her mother. sho decidedly citiAcd In her
manners and Of rather cOquettish and romantic ma
turc The young man In question became very much
struck with tho young woman's attractions and was
quito devoted in his attentions. Young men arc
scarce here. and tho city maidcn was by no means
10th to accept the attentions Of tho good looking
young farmer.
One night the couple sitting in hammock
which swung the windows of the hotel par
lor and q certain person sitting near one OF these
windows overheard their conversation The moon
was shining brightly and tho crlckets chirruped NOR
uly, which fact may hayo prompted the maiden to
coyly ask, "what ID Gods best gift to man 7" Hav-
ing asked the question she blushed little and let her
long sweeping lashes hide for moment her down.
cast eyes.
But tie young man equal to the occasion. and
after hcstatng moment he answered, c0nfidestiy,
"a boss" The moOnbeans wore just as bright and
still continued their song but the maiden
was suddenly brought back from her romantic world
to the practical realities of farmers life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26

Western Anarchist refers to the Statue Of LIB
erty as ~ bIszea husay." Bronze. you fool and no
hussy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
JOHNyYSA ARITHMETIC.

FSoDs TIE Letctston mel Journal.
A member Of tho Lewiston school committee hap.
pened into the school room the other day just
class Of the youngest boys were called out to reca
In arithmetic. "Come, now, johnny said the teach.
er, "lct how well you can count" Johnny
begins, zone, two. thre, four, i've. seven" "Eo;
Johnny you have skipped SIX" said the teacher kind
iy. "six, eight nine," continues Johnny and
then besitates. go on ten comes next" prompts
the teacher. "Tcn. jack, queen, king, ace" con.
cludes tho youth triumphantly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
CURRENT ANECDOTES.
RAPID BOOEMAKIH0 IN VIENNA.
Nom TN< Pull Mall 0essetts.

Tho celebrated Chicago sausage machine has bes1
ecllpsed. In this machine tho pG. IL will be reools
lectod IL said to enter ct end and on the wtish
are making merry over bot made BY . celebrated
shoemaker In that city. He undertook from Q Given
calf 10 manufacture pair Of boots within twenty
four hours OF tho animals death. Tho conditions wor(
msde and committee was appointed to rec that they
were duly carried out. Large stakes were put into
the hands Of an impartial stakeholder. Early In the
morning OF the appointed day calf was killed In the
presence OF numerous Witnesses Tho skin was ct tho
tanncry ct noon: IL was properly tanned and turned
to one Of tho most skiful hands Of the spirited
shoemaker that very evening, and noxt morning 10
rcappesro In tho shepe of pair of boots which werG
worn by the man who owned tho calf that had Carried
the SIX tho dav before
So many orders have fiocked In - 0 result Of the
wido publicity givon to this event. which voritabIy
marks an epoch In tho annals Of tho boot and shoe
trade thatthe worthy manufacturer contempates erect
ing slaughter house the premises, together witt
. small cowshed. He deserves every SUGGEST
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-20
Notes About Preachers.

Rev r. ". Turner, of Edinburg. who preached
at the Tabernacle Church yesterday, Is the son
of minister, and Methodism runs in the family.
John Wesley preached in his great-graudfathers
house in England.
Rev DR.. W. A. Spencer leaves the city on an
early train this morning to visit his mother,
who is lying very i'll, probably on her death bed.
He has added to the esteem in which he is held
by the church as an earnest, faithful and
efficient pastor and worker by his visit to Indi
annapolis.
The ffty-ffth wedding anniversary of Rev.
Joseph Harrington and wife, of Greensburg, will
be celebrated next Tuesday evening at the resi-
dence of his son-n-law and daughter Mr.. and
Mrs Daniel Stewart. of this city It will! be
reunion of the descendants of this venerable
pair-sx children seven grandchildren, seven
grandchildren and the members added to
the family by marriage.
At Roberts Park Church yesterday morning,
from o'clock until the opening of the regular
service, an od-fashoned love feast was held, CON
Quoted by the patrarchs, Rev Joseph Tarking
ton and DIR. S. L. GilleJt The love-feast was
opened with prayer by DR.. Jenkins, of Rising
Sun. Speaking was opened by Mr.. Harrington,
followed in rapid succession by members of the
conference and lay members present It was
most fervent and spiritual meeting.
One of the least OBSERVATIONS men is Rev.
Pell, of Fairland aud no one would think, from
his quiet manner and his kindly voice, that ne
had been an actor in scenes that tried mems
souls. He was In Green river district, Ken
lucky, about the breaking out of the war, near
Bowling Green, and, being Union man. was
compelled to fee for his life While hiding in
the bushes his house was burned over the heads
of his wife and family. He afterwards went
into the army as chaplain of the Twelfth Ken
lucky Cavalry. When Sherman's army got to
Greenville. N. c., the Unionists of that State,
who had been hiding in the mountains, came in
and asked to be armed. "Those men had suf
fered cruelty and indignity at the hands of their
rebel neighbors," said Mr.. Pel land there was
look ip their eyes that told General Sherman
1t would be hazardous to trust them with
arms AS they would commit murder to
even Old scores l was told to speak
to these men, and did. l told them that they
must not use arms as murderers, bu: as organ
lied soldery. After / had spoken as well as
could, great stalwart fellow came up to me,
leading his wife by the hand. I don't know
whether can do what you think we ought to do.
parson. Here Polly, show your back He
slipped the dress off his wife's shoulder and
there upon her back were great red scars to wit
ness whore she had been logged to make her
tell her husbands hiding place. Those men had
the spirit of Parson Brownlow in them. They
could not be trusted with guns in that neigh
borhood, but were sent elsewhere. The Meth
odst Church is at work among these people, and
grand men they will make when they are
tanned"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-20
A Gentle Suggestion.
Frankfort Crescent (Dem.)

Frankfort Crescent (Dem.)
Courses, like chickens, come home to roost."
The Indianapolis Sentinel can now appreciate
the full force of this proverb. The Indianapolis
Journal in its issue of Monday makes q
savage attack on Bynum, and quotes at
length from the Sentinel's ill-advised
articles against Bynum, written while
exponent of Democracy, it must cease furnish
ing ammunition to the enemy. great party
newspaper should not make the mistake of turn
ing its artillery upon the adherents of its own
party simply because it differs from them on
some question of party management or party
organization. Mr.. Bynum may not have been
wholly in the right, but the Sentinel accom-
p!ished no good, and may have done much harm,
by the vituperatlou that it heaped upon him
To-day the Sentinel is working for Bynum, tooth
have its own reckless words about him thrown
in its face. Every wel-regulated newspaper has
balance-wheel. Does the Sentinel lack one?