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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-10-18

to a knowledge OF your wrongs.
The writer of this able address
concludes with the following good
advice:
els there no hope ofescapefrom
this terrible condition? Yes.
How shall you commence? Or
ganize a Farmers Alliance in
every school district. Take a
paper that supports the Alliance
movement. Organized you are a
power, unorganized you are Who'll
~ in the power Of monopolies.
Hold meetings as often as you
can, make it a point to be at
every meeting, study the plat
form of the Alliance, study the in
surance department and compare
with other companies. If you do
not understand all it's provisions
and clauses write the person hav-
ing that department in charge,
who will be glad to furnish you
with the desired information. If
you have an Alliance near you,
join it at once; if not form one at
the first opportunity. Write to
G. w. Haigh, at Mankato, for all
information in regard to forming
Alliances. Don't let the grass
grow under your feet. Farmers,
you must unite in this movement
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26
Quickly Dead.

This story requires tableaux and fire.
works, and can not be given in full to the
readers of plain paper and ink. It is real
istic and true as the Gospel of St. Sim
plicity.
Mrs. Bellamy Hines, of Hamilton, loaned
her COPY of "The Quick and the Dead" to
she left the home of her friend, Mrs. Hines
said: Snow, Linda, be careful and not let
your girls read that book, for it is too utter
ly awful, you know, for young people to see.
It is like the book Of Solomon's Song"
Ida Hines was the belle of Hamilton, and
the semi belle Of Keokuk also. She fire.
quently drove over the bridge to visit her
city friends. At last she became daily
traveller to the Allen mansion, and in re-
Spouse to her mothers inquiry, she replied:
"Tm going over there, ma, just for roguery,
YOU know. Mrs. Allen has an awfully
queer book which she keeps locked up in
her bureau, and the Allen girls, George
and Stella, are stealing it for an hour every
afternoon while Mrs. Allen is taking her
nap, and we are reading it together. You
ought to read 1t, ma, for 1t is, oh, can't tell
you about it. The girls say that it tells
them Just how they feel themselves some
times, and it makes me feel that way, too,
when hear Stella reading. It makes me
fall in love with every man see. It's too
queer, you know. They call it Quickly
Deai'"
When Stella finished her tale her mother
was lying in dead faint on the parlor
floor. This Is called by the hnguists real
contretemps. Ida ID now kept At home and
reads Solomon's Song.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26
An Unfortunate Resemblance.

Blifkins bore strangely similitude Of
Of pulchritude towards Simpkins. They
had been schoOlmates, classmates and rival
lovers. Blifkins had married Gabriella,
whom Simpkins loved; and Simpkins then
married Gabriella's girl chum, Ethelwilda,
who had Tilted Blifkins when they were
both in their teens. Now Gabrielle was re-
markably handsome, and the resemblance
between her and Ethelwilda was matter
Of comment all over the village Of Pick
wick. They were on Sunday-school picnic
down near La Crescent, and lemonade was
the only refreshment to be obtained in the
grounds. Blifkins hired skih and rowed
across the river. He came back with jug
of molasses. He and Himplins went Of
| into the woods and drank the syrup and
came back on the grounds rather tired, but
jolly. Both Of those distinguished gentle
men arc wearing their heads in slings
Bliff found his wife with young man Of
| whom he was jealous and he commenced Il
scold her roundly. T ,,5
Her young friend resented the manner Of
Bliff towards his wife. This angered the
old man, and, to show that she was his
wife, his property, he slapped her face in
the presence Of the young man. Just then
Simp came along. He raised his heavy
brogan-clad foot and landed it against the
anatomy Of his friend Bliff, saying: Tilt
my wife will you' The deed was done
but it were scarcely well done, when alonl
came Ethelwilda, and seeing her supposed
husband lying in the consomme, she raised
leafless branch from its resting place
upon the bosom of mother earth, and
dropped it upon the pate Of Simpkins
Gabrielle joined in the melee; and but fol
the timely Intervention Of the Sunday
school superintendent, those two familie.
would have gone on belaboring each Other
until this day. They were all Dromios, yet
none of them had ever heard of Dromio
Poor things. This story teaches us to be-
ware of molasses; and also marrying
doubles, ft
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26

would lift the saddle bags with forced
indifference, and Aing them carelessly
over rail fence 1T seems heavyl"
some suspicious-looking bystander.
perhaps bushranger, would remark.
interrogatively. "Oh, yes" the doctor
would answer, endeavoring to allay
suspicion by an apparent jest, 'full Of
gold, OF Counsel" When the gigantic
nuggets CAME to be weighed they
were found to contain little more
than one hundred pounds of pure gold.
worth, as metal, more than twenty
thousand dollars. But now the thought
flashed upon the doctor that had 1t re-
manned unbroken, it would have been
worth much more as specimen, and
fortune might have been made by
exhibiting it. With the usual perver
sity of human nature. the poor prac'
titioner began to look upon himself.
and to be looked on by his neighbors,
not as the lucky man who had made
twenty thousand dollars by single
days ride, but as the unfortunate in.
dividual who had lost ten times a.
much by few blows Of a Ratchet.
Among several nuggets Of extraor.
binary size found many years later In
the Victoria mines, the most famous
is the Welcome Stranger" which
| was unearthed by two Cornishmen.
named Deeson and Oates, who had, fol
fifteen years, known only the hardest
OF luck On the morning Of February
5, 1869, they had reached the very
depth OF their long-continued ill
fortune. For the first time in theil
lives they went hungry to their work.
the storekeeper having refused to
trust them any longer for the neces
stiles of life. But their patience and
perseverance were destined at last to
be amply rewarded As with
feelings OF gloom and depression
they set about their daily task, thu
pick of one Of them suddenly re-
bounded, having evidently strucl
some hard substance. On removing
the surrounding clay there was re
vealed to their astonished gaze q SOLE
lump of gold foot long and foo
broad, and SO heavy that their unitet
strength was scarcely able to move it
The poverty stricken miners had be
come in a moment the possessors o
the largest mass Of virgin gold eve
discovered. A dray was procured
and the monster nugget, escorted b!
an admiring crowd. was taken int
the town of Dunolly. where it wa
weighed and found to contain tw'
thousand two hundred and sixty-eigh
and one half ounces Of gold. It va
Immediately purchased by the banl
for forty-seven thousand six hundre'
and seventy dollars, which sum tn
fortunate finders divided equally be
tween them. St Louis Globe Demo
crat H
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26
A MYSTERY.

III you we're me, and trouble haunted YOU"
He whispered low,
weighed down your soul In doubt what
would you doy'
"Td tell some one my trouble, were you,"
With accent slow,
She sAid. And yet again: IF you were me-"
he said, 'and loved sweet Lass tenderly,
What would You DOR ~
Flushed grew her cheek and dropped her
head;
u think I'd 20 and tell her So" she said,
If were you" y.
"Ah. sweet It's you mean, my little love-
love you, Flo"
Yet lower dropped her sun.kisssd head above
The roses ON her breast; . frightened dove
Meier huttered 90. 49, %
u love you, DEAR" he said again; and She
Her answer e'er will be Q mystery, ~
Twas said 30 low.
Cecil Percy Poole, in Harpers Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26

and beaming mood, and had chucked Mrs.
Dodkins under the chin just before starting
upstairs, rare occurrence, and he softly
whlstled 'There is scene where spirits
blend" as he opened the drawer prepare
tory to bringing out one Of his new shirts.
There they lay in deceitful freshness, and
he drew one out with the comfortable feel
ing one has in the possession Of STOCK Of
new clothing.
He unfolded it and forgot to whistle.
"Sam Patch in the winterp he ejacula-
ed, as he held up the garment and revealed
. monstrous hole in the back, one sleeve
chewed OF to the elbow and large portion
of the rear flap gone.
whats happened to that shirt"
He took out another, and still another, un-
til the whole six adorned the bed and the
floor. each In various stages Of terrible
dilapidation.
s'Su san-nah-S u-s-a-n-n-a-h," voice
pitched half way between a groan and q
below, came floating down the stairway.
what is it, dear!" cooed Mrs. Dodkins,
at the foot of the stairs.
"Come up here, will youl"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26
AN EXPENSIVE FIND.
How Higgins Celebrated the Discovery .
I Five-Dollsr Gold Piece.

How Higgins Celebrated the Discovery d
Fivs-Dollar Gold Piece.
"Jee Whillikens! What's thatr'
Higgins made dive for something In
the mud at his feet, fished it out be-
tween his thumb and finger, and
slapped his thigh joyfully as he said
IA Hve-dollar gold piece. sure a.
guns! First money ever found in my
life! I'll have me new hat out OF
that, and take tho babies home some
toys and something to my wife!"
A moment later he met two friends,
and said:
"Ha, Smythe, how are your How're
you, Haleyp S'poslng we step into
Archie Flynn's place and take some.
thing. I've just found five dollars and
Ill set 'em up on the strength of 1t.
What he "set up cost eighty cents.
and ten minutes later he met three Of
the "boys" from the Office and gen.
erously ''set up. 'cigars all round"
Then he tossed twenty-five cents to
a blind beggar and gave the Office boy
ten cents for backing his boots.
He wrote letter to his married sis
ter that morning, to which was the
following postscript:
II picked up five dollars on the
street to-day, and inclose two OF it,
with which you may get the children
something from Uncle Henry"
Guess I'll 60 down to the Parker
House and get my dinner to-day in
stead of to the lunch-counter round
the corner" he. said at noon; II can
afford something extra to-day"
Then he paid dollar and half
for anew straw hat, spent dollar for
toys for the children and another dol
lar for vase for his wife,
by Jove!" he said, as he was pass.
ing theater, my wife's been want
ing all the week to 60 and see Lolita
and l said we couldn't afford it. but
hanged II we can't when a fellow
picks five-dollar gold pieces up out Of
the mudr' +
A day or two later Higgins found
rather sober amusement in covering
a sheet Of paper with the following
figures: tf.
Things bought with five dollars l
found Wednesday-Hat, dollar and a
half; theater tickets, two dollars; ci.
gars for boys. fifty cents; drinks for
boys. eighty cents; beggar, twenty.
FIVE; Office boy, ten cents; Sister Nell,
two dollars; dinner at Parker's, dollar
and half; toys for children, q dollar;
vass for WIFE dollar; box early
Strawberries, fifty cents; neckties, dol
lar and half; new cane, ninety cents;
pound candy, forty; gloves. dollar and
half; gave wife. one dollar and q
half; total sixteen dollars and ninety.
five cents.
IF I'd found twenty dollars I'd have
gone into bankruptcy. hanged if ]
wouldn't" he said. as he turned to one
Of the boys and borrowed dollar Ia
last him until SATURDAY.. Time.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26

their innocent little feast didn't give them
dyspepsia, don't you, Dodkins dear!'
1T would be thousand. pities to shut
them up and confine their pretty gambols,
and beg you won't be so hesrtless as to
dream of Furnishing the dear pets in any
such cruel manner" imploringly.
Mr.. Dodkins glared at his wife for one
awful moment as If he would gladly swal-
low her whole, then picking up his tattered
garments, he bundled them into one great
roll Of raggedness, and threw them with q
vindictive thump into clothes press, with
out a word.
Fortunately there were couple Of his old
shirts still presentable, so that the dressing
proceeded without further disturbance,
and early on Monday morning, in spite Of
his wife's protest, Mr.. Dodkins shut up the
goats. MRS. f. NJ. HOWARD.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26

The Shah of Persia, having been
made acquainted with Sir Edwin Ar
nold's poetical work, with Sadi in
the Garden" has conferred upon the
author the Imperial Order Of the Lion
and the Sun. fs - y ~ ~
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26
Both Ambitious.

Napoleon Bonaparte and julius Caesar
were ambitious. One Of them was slaugh-
tered in Senate chamber, and another Of
them found himself corraled on q lone,
desolate island, yclept st. Helena. Bene-
dict Arnold was ambitious, but no one
knows much about his death. It was not
at the end Of the rope which was prepared
for him. George Francis Train once was
ambitious; but he heard Of these eminent
predecessors and switched OF Of the track.
His Senate chamber il an attic room. His
St Helena IL in Central Park. His ropes
end has not been made, He il less hurt
full crank, less hurtful to his fellow-men
than were the other fellowA But he was
ambitious.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26
Something was evidently going wrong on

Something was evidently going wrong on
the second floor, and Mrs. Dodkins meekly
obeysd, struggling as she went to compose
her features into proper expression OF
sympathy.
"NoW, Mrs. Dodkins, I'd like to have you
explain what this means" He was skipping
around in undress uniform, and catching
UP one Of the garments, he held it up for
her inspection, and daylight could be seen
through it In every direction.
Mrs. Dodkins sat down on the edge Of the
bed. LET me tell you . little story"
she said, sweetly: ''Katy hung out your
shirts to-day, the starch in, and Q couple Of
playful, frolicsome little animals came over
into the yard TO have . little picnic Of their
own.
''They are very fond Of new cotton, bless
their little hearts, and just dote On linen
bosom with relish Of starch, and do hope
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26
MIR. DODKINS' GOATS.
@IHTN hBH HEN you refuse to
W shut nm the goats -

snut up tne goats"
Of course l do.
Its downright cruel
~ to keep the poor
fellows confined. A
goat likeshis liberty
as well as Q woman,
and how would you
hkeitnIwere to pen
you up in one corner
Of the house?"
"Since you choose
to compare me to 9
ra-S
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26

First Physician-Did you succeed with
that last patient Of yoursa eaaI les z
Second Physician-Ne, he got well; the
druggist filed the wrong prescription.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26

os IT, F. .oses1t = enobguuiag"'
sqfre lI. rNkgl- TiAE
The evening world., 1889-04-04
BROOKLYN THEATRES.

The ~.rain.storm. which Edwin F, Mayo intro
Theatre, IL intensely realistic.
Lite Oracle Emmett, who plays the soubrettc
parts In - Beacon Lights, " at Proctor's Theatre,
is entirely different from the stercotyped idea Of
a soubretto.
A number of clever local hits md the latest
songs, both of Englnnd and the. United States,
make. Mugs Landing" Mt Holiness stand
ard Museum, an entertainment well worth wit
Messing.
Tho performances of the Davenport Brothers,
whose marvellous skill iii the acroDatic line is well
known, have. met with warm approval at Zipp's
Casino where they remain all of the present
week. =
Owing to the severe illness of Mr.. r.. A.. Rob
erts - My EwCctheart - will he continued all the
week ut the AmphiOu Academy with pretty little
Minnie Palmer in her wcll-known creation Of
Tina.
The latest effort of john A. stevens, The
Mask OF life, now nj the Lee Avenue Academy,
has made an unioubtud hit. 1t IL almost free
from sCnsatlOualisnI one of Mr.. Stevens great
est tailinEs ~ n playwright.
The final engagement of the Florouccs at Col.
Sims Park Theatre is proving n notable one.
Large numbers of their admirers are taking ad.
vantage of this the last opportunity of seeing
this gifted pair together.
The few slight bitches in tho production of
- Fautt' 10y Lewis Morrison at the Grand
Opcra-liousc which were noticed Monday even
ny have been entirely overcome, and every
thing now runs AZ smoothly as clockwork. The
garden scene il a revelation OF beauty and a
large step towards perfection in stage art.
The evening world., 1889-04-04
The STOMACH DISTILS ACIDS.

These, II existent in q natural quantity, and unvl-
tiated by bile. play their part in the functions of diges.
ton and assimilation. But the artificial acid resulting
from the inability of the stomach to convert food re-
ceiyed by II into sustenance, is the producer of HHtu-
lence and heartburn. which are the most harassing
symptoms of dyspepsia, The host carminStive Is Hos
LETTERS STOMACH BrTTERs. Far more effective is II
than carbonate of soda, mnRnesia or othor alkaline
salts. These invariably weaken the stomach without
producing permanent benefit. No man or woman chrou-
icslly ~dyspeptio. and consequently nervous, can be in
possession Of the full measure of vigor allowed by ma
ture. Therefore, Invigorate and regulate the system,
and by go doing protect IL from malaria, rheumatism
and other serious maladies.
The evening world., 1889-04-04

Jack In a shabby way she was az hot on for
q long time before You found her brother.
He went to America a year ago.
=" But the marriagel I saw the certificate
she married q man named Morrison"
Boshl We knew when we made up the
plant for her to go to you hat the irst thing
you'd ask to see was the marriage certificate,
and that You might go to the church or to
Somerset House to try and get a clue to the
husband that way, and so we picked out the
married n man named Morrison. They live
in the North. That's how Ned's wife came
TO take the lame Of Morrison when she went
to Kingston. She couldn't cali herself
Frampton, for very good reasons, and 30 she
borrowed her cousins husbands name. We
thought Of all these things, and made them
AT, you bet, before we sent the girl to you.
Now, are you satisfied ?"
Quite" said the detective. 1T was O
The evening world., 1889-04-04

capital plant. and it has been splendidly car
ried out. 1t has been 30 successful that l
don't see why you should finish it up with u
murder that won't do you the slightest good"
- 1t won't do me any BARN. and | swore to
Ned when i got a message to him before his
trial that you should pay with your life for
the trick you'd played him. You won't be
the first man I've had to settle in the way of
business, will he, Bill 7"
The L" gentleman" who during the previous
conversation had sat an unobserved spectator
Of the scene, smiled approvingly at his friend.
No, Ned" he said, nor the last, l dare
Now, Mr.. Ellerton, ~ said Ned Donovan,
-" If you're quite ready, come on deck. You
won't like the company there any more than
you do the company here, for we're all a bad
lot, | assure you. If you knew what q game
we're carrying on with this little vessel you'd
be able to tell Scotland Yard and the French
police something that would open their eyes
so WIDE they'd have o bother to shut 'em
again."
~ can guess" said the detective, but I
The evening world., 1889-04-04

Instinctively Ellerton looked round him
for o means of escape.
Donovan turned to the other man, who was
no other than Mrs. Morrison's friend.
Hes caught in d rat-trap himself this
time, Bill, /" he said, and he don't like it."
What are you going to do ~ asked the
detective, with an effort. Murder ME ?"
''Oh, no." replied Mr.. Donovan, we're
going to help you TO escape. You're not
comfortable here and you don't like the COM
pauy, so we're going to let you get out and
walk away"
VERY we'll" said the detective, trying to
appear oalm, it's your turn now, Ned, aud
I don't suppose you'll let the chance alp.
But what / did was fair and square, and I
should have thought you we're too sensible a
chap 10 have looked upon it as anything but
A business transaction"
YOU'RE 0 cool hand, John Ellerton," re-
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piled the burglar. ''and / admire you for ii.
But l swore that I'd settle you for what you
did to Jack, and I've worked too hard to get
the chance to give it away when it's come"
lis there any hurry 2"
NO; so long as you've left the ship by
daybreak you can take it easy"
Very we'll; then, perhaps, you'll tell me
before l go who Mrs. Morrison is and who
put her up to work the game 30 ~cleverly ?
I'm curious to know that"
Delighted to give you the information,
old fellow. Mrs. Morrison is Ned Frampton's
wife !"
"The deuce she is! Then who Is the
young. fellow I've been fooled into looking
after 2"
THAT was her brother, my boy. After
Ned was Jagged she and her brother took a
furnished house at Kingston, and some Of
our mob used it to stow things. that couldn't
be put on the market. She was square
enough at first, and didn't know what Ned
was. It was quite a love affair. l can tell
you. But she's got foreign blood, you know.
and directly We told her that you had nailed
The evening world., 1889-04-04
COUNT ARNIM AGAIN IN A CELL.
The Bogus German NobIeman Who Traded
on MIR. Steinwny's Name.

At the Jefferson Market Police Court to-day
Martin Brann, the bogus Count Arnim. " who
was arrested two months ago on a charge of an
noying William S~teinway and Carl schurz by
claiming kinship with them. was arraigned on
the charge of swindling a man who is said to be
a well-known downtown merchant.
The Central Office detectives who had charge
of the case asked for n remand, and declined to
give the name of the alleged victim of their pris-
oner until the case comes mp for further hearing
tomorrow.
The bogus Count was taken back to a cell ut
Police Headquarters, which he occupied last
night,