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1taIl-OdSnlullN, ne fCdClltu Oul Il rtu
hand and gently stroked her hay
colored hair.
Tell me all about it, lcetlo gal" he
said.
Thon, with many sobs and lamenta-
tions, Liz told him the story of her dis
| appointment.
She was blessed with a voice Of
more than ordinary sweetness and
compass, and, even then, it gave
promise of something wonderful un-
der cultivation. 1t had been her own
longing and the desire OF her father,
the crippled squatter, that Liz should
receive IL musical as well as a general
education.
An Kin sing, too the girl said,
half proudly, as she looked with her
eyes shining through her tears.
jest lisscn.'
Although her voice was still thin
and childish, it sounded marvelously
sweet to the cowboys ears. 1t was a
simple, old-fashioued ballad that she
sung. He had beard it before in the
little home among the New England
hills. 1t took him back to the days
when he had been one of the happy
group about the open fire place, who
had listened as his mothers voice ca
rolled the old-fashioned songs Of her
girlhood days.
Then, a. the child ceased, there was
a glimmcr, as Of moisture before the
cowboys eyes.
"Do | sing nice?" the girl questioned
~anxiously.
Like a hooking bird" Yankee an
swored.
She went on with her story, 1t was
impossible for the cripple TO obtain
the means, to give Liz even the rudi-
ments of the musical education they
both 50 much desired.
a year before, an old-timc ncighbor
of the squattcr's boyhood days, who
had prospercd amazingly in the West,
had offered to bear the expense OF LIS
musical education whenever she might
come to him.
He did not realize that the sun nee
essary to carry her to the great city
where he lived was far beyond their
reach, and, as they were too proud to
ask, he never thought to sendit But,
he renewed his offer and wrote for Liz
to come, whenever they thought her
old enough. The squatter, by dint OF
close economy, managed to procure a
calf. This was considered LIS prop
erty, and she devoted all possible time
to hurrying the animal on toward
maturity. Upon the arrival Of that
condition the animal was to be disposed
OF and the proceeds used to take Liz to
the great city where her education was
to begin. The calf had at last become
the sleek, sharp-horned Cherokee
heifcr. In a week or two, she would
ldN' Dt'h l'dNN W. 0op'' anu Li'A
LIS happiness would have begun,
Now, all her bright dreams had beer
diSsipated.
As she finished, Yankee mounted the
waiting pony.
Stay yer till | git back, lcetle gal
he said, I'm goin' to see il | KANT
find the TELLER what killed yer heifer.'
The cowboys gathered around the
campfire by the grub wagon jumped
up in anger and astonishment a. Yam,
kee dashed up like a whirlwind, and
rushing up to the fire, kicked over tbs
skillet in which a choice cut OF ANTE
lopc" steak was frying. The cooL
started toward him with a ladle Of ho'
soup in his hand with the intention o
speedily ~avenging' the oversetting o
the meat by scalding the perpetratoI
OF the outrage.
Hold on thar, jake" commanded
Dock Walters. lies yer what Yank't
got to say. Sumpin' riled him,
reckon"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-08-11

-'Indians make just as good angels
as anybody else says a friend ind
defender of the red man. Most of the
people on the frontier, We think, are
perfectly willing that they shouli.--
ssmsrp'''s 5ssrHsh
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The Agonies of Lumbago'
FAST RIVER NATIONAL. hASK'
- ,w March III lhNA

II gives me great pleasure to ada my Pnn lCs,
,,n'oSv in favor of AlLcock's POROUS
t,"io srs,s last October l had n very Sc,
rL s5 a,,ock If lumbago and suffered untold
oconT. ronld not turn in bed or get IN any
" nostjor without assistance, and with pans
rIast urHearablc; the folks suggested
A~,,cocr,s Porous P1AsrrRs' As soon as
n n,iS / Ind one applied to tho small OF
my back, and to my great surprise irId
onced almost instant %reliel; l coh..u
wearing it until entirely cured, n am nap,
ny to say that l have not had the sisn.eS y
symntoms OF Lumbago since. They Hre y
wnnacrml and valuable plaster Tor Lunl'
harn and | take much pleasure IN recon-
meuding them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-08-11

L horse always goes faster aiter
being broken It's the same way WIN Il
tnn.dnllnr hill.-i0nkOrS Statesman.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-08-11

F,pRlcs and Cuticles are rendered mar
v~elously white by Glenn's sulphur Gn'P'
Hiu's Hair Dye, Black or BroWh, 'oo'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-08-11

PHENOMENAL tcnors can command more
than A nominal fce.-PttSburgh Chron Gle.
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''LIZ.'
Her Experience With the Cowboys
and What Came of 1t.


written for this Paper1
~
- WILING be-
.Nneath the jack
E<%/A W@oak's scanty shade
ENA FsEtfp was q queer little
Dix I2kNasA4Hhl figure. Her tanned
wv f7$HSf1 face was literally
IgN, EeF8$E| besprlnkled with
MI " CAlNM freckles OF decided
" VlN& 'N brown. She had
GU thrown aside the
VIZ - hat, which, at some
earlier stage OF its
career, had evidently been wor by a
man, revealing n tangled shock OF sun
faded. hay-colored hair. Her dress,
now OF no particular color or cut, had
probably once been brlght-hued calico.
Much wear had reduced it to an unde-
clded looking brown,
She raked n bare foot back and
forth in the grass. Its tanned and
caIloused heel bore a stone bruise OF
goodIy dimensions
ms chlld was ll1' the daughter OF
DIG crippled harkley' whose capln
could De seen on the SIDE OF the next
rise, ana whose south elghry'
when was sparseIy covered win as
couraged'looklhS Sod corn EXTENDED
a considerable way to the rlght' TO-
ward 'opper-head mound.
a locust whose raSPing 'Slz-saw2
had pecn heard Tor a long ume' as he
hddled MS mohotonous tune from the
under SIDE OF the distorted limbs OF
the scruDby ~]ack-oaK' presently be-
came too lazy to longer retain ms
hoId. lie dropped OIL ana landed be-
SIDE LhHs hhnd' as she lay stretched
out al lull length
She quickly grasped the insect ana
grayely examined the curious marx on
his pack wholly unmlndiul OF MS evil
ocht ueSlre 10 escape Inc marx IN
question X Il good deal IKE an IN
Nerted lelter M LIZ pronounced ii
a"N az once
wonder what ina stands ior' she
remarked haIl aIoud wv mat
might mean warts or wood, or wire
or a dozen more things. Ole man
Hanks, he says mt stands Tor war, an
WEI you see right smart NV locusses
there's II war a-comin'. WAL she
went on, shaking her head g~rayely at
the locust, 81 don't believe nuthin' NV
the kind, Hit don't stand to reason.
How could this we're locus know il
there WdS a wal comm ? lie couldn't.
Ole man Hanks talks jist to hear his
mouth, reckon.
She studied the struggling insect
with great gravity.
"Rcckon W means warm" she went
on presently. "Uv ours that's what
hit stands for, Hits warm, an the
locus knows Hdt,'
She released the insect, and. with 4
hu2zing whoop of delight. the Locust
shot away in the sunlight. Then the
child rolled over with her face upper.
most, and, with her arm beneath hel
head, lay and gazed thoughtfully "
into the clear blue Of the Indian sum.
mer sky, Ono by one long cobwebs.
as light as fairy lace, foated befor,
her sight in their aimless drifting.
from no man knows where to an un
known destination. Far above. a bu2.
card sailed back and forth in rhythmeti,
circles, coming and going in a solemn
stately fashion like a ship at sea. Tn,
point far below the center of his eve
narrowing circles was the top of Cop
perhead mound.
dead rabbit or coyote over there,
reckon Liz muttcred.
Then she turned her gazc off dow
the slope to the little '.branch" tina
gurglcd its way along the bottom q
the "draw." There. n Cherokee beifer
with sleek, fat sides and sharp, black
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GEPPERT Mcdeciuum, Cincinnati, cures
lang Nerve Throat Diseases. Sendfor BOOK
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TINE gallops under the spur OF tho mo.
IaAnnI
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'5s is.1 l.'.Is hsagFKIe" 'h
That's too d--n was Dock
Walters comment.
you bct.n agreed seveEai - uho
cowboys.
Then Dock gave a few rapid Offer,
Jake he said TO the cook, dump
out every last bit Of that thar ante
lope.' Then you an Skinny keep your
eyes on the cattle. Ne an the boys is
goin' to settle up a lcetle debt that We
owe
yer, Dock said the cook, IS he
handed the other a greasy bill, ''if ye
happen to see a little gal that owe,
give her this"
AM" chimed in skinny, al ye sec
anuther gal that | owe, give her this
And he added two silver dollars TO the
bill in Dock Walters hand.
Away sped the ponies with their
reckless riders saying never a word
till they matted about the child, who
was still sobbing bitterly.
"Leetle gall" said Yankee, "mo an
the boys found the Teller what killed
yer antc-yer COW, an we tuck enough
money away from him to pay you,
Boys, how much did each Nv We gitP'
Each cowboy tossed down beside hel
what he could spare, and the little
heap represented a goodly sum, al
most thrice the value OF the butcheret
heifer.
Dock added to 1t the offerings O
Skinny and Jake. Wrapped In Jake''
greasy bill was a shining gold piece
from Dock Walters W pocket.
Then, as Liz smiled joyously through
her tears and bashfully thanked them
Yankee said; ''Sing that thar OLE
song agin. won't YEP"
They sat In silence, as mute and mo
t~ionless as statues, while her childish
voice rose sweet and clear with thu
rerds Of the e,d.isshieasA sAliaa'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-08-11

WILING be-
meath the jack
scanty shade
was q queer little
figure, Her tanned
face was literally
b~csprinkled with
freckles OF a decided
brown. She had
thrown aside the
hat, which, at some
,,lt., -4, 81 e..
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-08-11

Apr,r man enjoys better health man
Others. He does not catch everything mat
is goinS.-N. o. PicdB'tnG
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-08-11
CINCINNATI
EXPOSITION DIRECTORY

The .Iolotcfnq represent ne lea I'm,
houses IN their rrspsc'irc lines. Ts ~ o@s
dssofmeni, n pdt pay 10 erdmiasi n s,an5'
prices before 6rying from other plrtiS, 'OOA q
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-08-11
CARE IN hot WEATHER.

Aah#fhH
Great care is required in the diet of chill.
dren during the extreme hot months. II is
Of great Importance at this time to keen
children cool. The coolest room in the
house should be assigned for their sleeping
room, and they should be given n bath be
fore bed time. During the heat of the day
they should be lightly clad, and it would be
well also TO give them a cool sponge bath
II a child Is seized with dlarrhna, keep /,
quiet, In a cool place, and look CAREFUL,
to Its diet, which II would be well to reduce
for d short time. II II does not soon 90,
better, send for a physician, and do not give
the child medicine without his sanction
Finally, whoever would raise healthy
children must be doubly guarded as to tho
cleanliness OF his house and surroundings
The little ones suffer first from unhc ,ltny
surroundings, and the house, from garnet tc
cellar, should be clean and we'll aired. Have
an eye to all sinks, water-closets bath. tubs.
etc., making sure, by repeated examinations.
that the air OF your dwelling is not being
poisoned BY escaping sewer gas. Remove
fifth Of oil kinds from house, cellar. and
yard; be sure your drinking water Is pure
aud not contaminated by teachings from an
cess pool OF. prtvy ehult,
You shquld not only Put your own hous.
SAAs Sssr nslabhss Assa llkswtss,
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Then Yankee told
forlorn little figure
the jack-oak.
That's too d
Walters comment. .
Az, Iu.'ff .yr,f
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-13
Two Newly Made Widows.

It is said that some of the chief railroads
in the country employ special persons to in
form the bereaved family when an employe
has been killed. Considering that every year
a small army of men meet their death on the
track, the statement Is not Incredible An
old railroad man at Reading, who has dis
charged this painful Office, gives the follow
Ing among other experiences:
.'It was only few days ago that went to
q home and found the wife chatting and
laughing with a neighbors wife while she
was at work among her rose bushes and
flowers. She hadn't been married very long.
/ first asked whether her husband was at
home She stared at me. became white IS a
piece Of chalk, then shrieked and fell among
the plants. helped to carry her into the
house.
Hes dead. my husband is dead know
he has been kiiledr
'''Who told your / asked, when she re-
vived
mo one. only thought so. Is it truef
''Ir was easy then to finish my errand-
Il once calie;, on a woman TO tell her her
husband had been Killed by striking against
an overhead bridge. This was three years
ago. near Philadelphia The wife curlea up
her lip and replied:
'''If he has been killed, heaven has revenged
me He abused me long enough He'll abuse
no more women now.
THAT was the easiest job in my line ever
had. Five minutes later the woman was in
Mysteries and tears Boston Post
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-13
Duties of New York's Eangman.

The hsngman is never seen at the Iombs
save when he has a job on hand. he doesn't
believe in idling about the shop waiting for
customers Besides he's not cultivated as
an acquaintance by the attaches. His smethod
Of disposing of case is simple in the e1-
trene The sheriff notifies him that mur-
derer is to be hanged at O'Clock on certain
morning. On the preceding afternoon he ap-
pears ON the scene with several assistants and
his tools of trade The scaffold, which has
been stored away in the prison since the last
execution, Is brought out in sections and soon
placed in position in the yard. The sound OF
the hammer reaches the ears of the doomed
man within. The new rope is tested, the
weights based upon that of the victim, and
everything got in readiness for the morrow
Then, with his aids, the hanglnan departs
By $50 in the morning they return and busy
themselves with final details, every important
point being gone over by the hangman In
person. The sheriff and his deputies appear
and greet the man of death. But they don't
shake hands with him. Then the reporters,
the coroner and physicians and the under
taker appear, and all is ready. The prisoner
is brought out, accompanied by the priest,
and of all those present he is the only person
to take the hangman's hand in his.
But while every eye has been turned upon
the victim several men have been going in
and out of the box were the final stroke is to
be given, and where reposes keen edged
hatchet, brought in by the hangman. When
the time is up no one knows who is in that
box There may be one man or two; il one
he may be a deputy sheriff or one of the
hangman's aids The ak falls upon the rope
with a thud, and the murderer swings in the
air. The awful fascination of the body dis
tracts all attention from the box, and its
tenant quits it unobssrved and at his leisure.
In nine cases out of ten he has been there for
half an hour before the execution.
No one has ever been found willing to
swear to the identity Of man who welded
the az, but the Tornbs officials, who have
nothing whatever to do with the hangmans s
work, say it is not always done by the same
band The honor goes round very limited
circle, and in this circle exists a sort OF Free
masonry which defiss the isquisitive. New
York Cor. Philadelphia Press
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-13
ghe aaieta Daily Eagle Eriday ouine, gnp 3, 1sss

VINO en- c1ear the g10R1e5 q 1e6Y aH q
the male population y apt to find an appre-
ciative audience in the ladies' gallery. II he
is at all good looking his speech is certain OF
attention In that quarter. However bare
the other galleries may be, the ladies' gal
laries are never empty on any occasion while
the house Il in session. When a member In
any way noted for his gallantry is to speak
the seating capacity IS apt to be taxed
There are some ladies who are at the Capitol
nearly every day, no matter what may be
going on. They sit in the front row and
watch the proceedings with equal interest,
whether it is roll call or wrang1a They
are always there.
Others come only when something especial
il going on. There are certain members
whom they always come to hear. They
never miss a great speech. and are always
present when the fate Of some especially in
teresting bill is decided They are habitual
congress goers. There are two strikingly op-
old, and are frequently angular and wear
glassea They often carry pencil and scraps
Of paper, upon which they sometimes take
notes. They are looking for an intellectual
treat" and these bits of paper are to take
some home on Some Of them care only for
the elequence that drops from the tongues OF
the statesmen, taking down to be preserved
many Of the striking words and expressions
Others are politicians, and set excited over
everything that is going on before them
This|is not the spring bonnet class and they
haven't patience to listen to roll calls or to
Sit out dull day They ara the congres-
sional blue stockings, and when there isnoth-
ing 'intellectual' in the house or senate,
many Of them go into the library to com
mune with old volumes.
The other class wear tailor made suits and
display the spring bonnets. They are
Younger, or look so, and add color and a
freshness to the scene. They are much more
constant than the others, and appear just as
well pleased, whether it is duh or lively
day As long as the house is in session and
the members are on the floor they find some
thing to interest them. At times some OF
them are Joined by members in the galleries,
and then for q while these cease their earnest
attentions to the floor. They are the pretty
girls; the spring bonnet girls. A bunch OF
them, in flowers and laces and bright coiors.
is the flower garden of the great waste OF
galleries, whereupon the eyes of the mem
bers love to rest. There is one corner con-
venient to the ladies' dressing room where
there are mirrors, etc, and they can see TO
straighten their bangs. Here they sit and
look sweet, more interesting than interested
Some Of these gallery goddesses carry books
in their hands-school books or music books i,
big geography or a history One or two
occasionally carry little prayer books and
hymnals, such as are carried in the hands In
neat little cases to church on Sunday. One
beautiful little creature with the face OF the
Madonna carries small Bible, which she
often reads during roll call, or even during
burst of eloquence from some member who
does not interest her.-WaShington Star
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-13
ssSSllIas
Daily eagle
NY WOLVES.

Three gannt, grim wolves that hunt Tor MA
Three gaunt grim wolves there be
And one is Hunger and one Is SIN
And one is Misery.
sit and think till my heart is sore.
While the wolf or the wind keeps shaking the
door,
Or peers at his prey through the window pane
Till his ravenous eyes burn into my brain
And CRY to myself. 'If the wolf be SIM
He shall not come in--he shall not come in;
But IL the wolf be Hunger or Woe,
He wiz come TO all men, whether or nor"
FOR out In the twilight, stern and grim,
A destiny weaveS mans life for him
As the spider weayes his web for flies;
And the three grim wolves. Sin, Hunger and Woe.
man must fight them, whether or no,
Though oft in the struggle the fighter dies
Tonight cry to God for bread.
To-morrow night shall be dead;
For the fancies are strange and scarcely sane
That fit like specters through my brain;
And I dream OF the times long long ago
When knew DO. Sin, and Hunger. and Woe.
There are three wolves that hunt for men,
And hare met the three,
And one is Hunger, ana one is Sin.
And one is Misery;
Three pairs of eyes at the window pane
Are burned anG branded into my brain
Like signal lights at sea
Francis Gerry Fairchild.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-13

How is it possible to teach people the virtue
of pure air and what it really iss Everybody
agrees as to its value, and goes on living in
rooms aired once day or in sweeping, which
draw breathing supply from the cellar and
the infected ground about it, strongly tine
tured by tho escapes of water closets and
drain pipes They breathe this shocking
mixture over and over, charging it more
heavily with organic poison at every breath.
They sleep and breathe thar own breath ten
times over in the course OF the night To be
sure they are enlightened. and strictly care
full to have the window down two inches at
the top; but how much water can flow into
cistern already full which has no outieti
People do not understand that there must be
one place for the air to go into room and
another in the opposite wall for it to so out,
or there is no change In the body Of stagnans
air unless the breeze is blowing directly in
the window. If they knew what they breathed
they would get up and open that window top
and bottom. and take the stopper out Ct the
stove pipe hole, or the front out Of the fire
CRATE, and three weeks after their friends
would be saying: "How much better and
latter you look than you used little while
ago.n-Shirley Dare's Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-13

A shoemaker, of Atlanta, Ga, has just
finished the largest pair Of shoes ever made
for actual use. It took piece OF leather
containing l,040 square inches to make the
uppers, and /, $50 to make the soles That is
5000 square inches altogether. II that
leather were cut into strips an eighth OF an
inch wide and made into one long string, the
string would be "a 900 inches long. The
shoes weigh eight and one-quarter pounds.
The soles are fourteen inches long, 81 wide
and Ssl inches deep That doesn't count the
heel, which would add another inch to the
depth-Chicago Herald
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-13
Once and Yards on Mosley street. between
DOpxlas avenue and First street
Freight Car Carrying Capacity.

An increase in freight car carrying capa-
city from ten to twenty tons nominal load
has beec accomplished within the last decade
Freight cars, as now built, are intended 10
carry twice their weight in load, while for
number of years before the increase was
made the weight Of the possible load was
generally assumed as that Of the box car in
which it was carried. The narrow gauge
movement. though not successful IN changing
the standard width Of American railroads,
served, we think, useful purpose in calling
attention to the relations between dead and
paying weight, with the result, as stated. OF
Increasing the relative load carried.-Rai-
way Review
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-13
eoDpEssEs OF TIE GALLERY.

Women Whe Watch .tss Proceedings Of
Congress-Two Opposite ClasseA-
Women make up the chief aadseaee at tbs
housa Nearly ever day greater number
and variety Of hats and booness than would
stock a fashionable nailliDrs shop for .
spring opening are assembled in the galleries.
and a great variety Of faces hok from under
these .'ssu6iesr IN heed dress Tho very
pretty faces II not as many as the pretty
bonnets. are not few. Women are the most
constant visitsaxs n fha Canitl 4 RaakE
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-13

He had ,rn stretched across the car Tor
everybody to stumble over. sud after survey
ing them for q minute hsaie girl turned to
he- ma and satd,
.Is that shs kind ~ bad fH dinner yesser
day.
hat, dearF
~Why, picked pigs feet
He blrshed snd drew e0 up-De-cs
Eraa PrrAS
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-13
"At Your Usual Ratee-I

Editors who are not in the habit Of paying
fer contributions will not generally print an
article offered 'ss your usual rates, without
notifying the author that be must notexpect
payment So many papers do not pay for
unsolicited contributions that writer who
does not let the editor understand that be e1-
poets payment. has 10 right to complain II
the editor takes it for granted that the AZ
cole was offered grAtaitosaiy.-The Writer.