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THE VERSATILE BABY.

A FARCE.
Dramatis Persona.
MA, the ba6y's mother.
PA, the bdby's Jdther.
BABY. the bon himself.
CHORUS sisters, cousins, dunts, grandma.
Ma
Come. Baby, show these people here
How very smart you are.
Call Pa.
70, b., ,,o,n. BADr. :.
Precious heart 49,
How very smart
PA.
Now, darling, sing that pity song
-'Baa! baa. black sheep" for Pa.
Baa! baa!
BABY.
Ba! ba! Bopup. :.
Well, declare. -.
What gen ius rare!
Ma. :
And now, my precious little one,
Say by-by to Papa.
Ta-ta.
BABY.
Ba, ba! Bopup.
CHORUS.
Oh, wonderful! magnificent! his like was never
seen;
most precocious youth is this whose weeks
are but eighteen.
To say so much, and exc to say 1t all so very
plain!
His equal ne'er has been before, nor will be
e'er again.
Upon his natal day the fates in union must
have smiled,
For nothing else could have produced so yer.
satile a child. lCurtain.l
John Kendrick Bangs, in Harper's Magazine
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

PROT James Bryce, authoro Of Tho
American Commonwealth" attained
great eminence. years ago. by making
the ascent OF Mount Ararat.
-Chauncey N. Depew never writes
. speech. but usually spends a few
moments in rejecting on his subject.
jotting down q few headings in the
process.
The short-story writer. Octave
Thanet whose real name is ALICE
French. is hard literary worker. not
unfrequently writing ten hours at q
stretch She is pretty girl with
soft wavy brown hair.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes COM
plains Of the prosecutions inflicted
upon him by volunteer correspondents.
Twenty or twenty-five letters in his
mornings mail is considered q light
delivery. and nearly all are upon sub
jects OF interest to the writer's alone.
Hans Won Burlow, the famous
pianist. is noted for his eccentricity as
well as for his musical talent When
he has done any thing to shock his
friends and enrage his enemies he
makes no apologies, but simply shrugs
his shoulders and says: '.It's a way
have"
"A New York bookseller says he
never has any trouble clearing his
angling book stock in the spring and
the shooting and hunting book stock
in the fall He affirms that books on
field sports and angling are the safest
things in the book line; they always
have a market no matter how old they
are. Their value increases with age.
Toward the end Of his life, it is
said. Charles Reade was accustomed
to dictate his compositions to secre-
tary while he paced the room, suiting
his actions to his words. In Love and
Money the remark occurs in the dia-
logue. There's smut on your NOSE. {"
The dramatist gave the original excla-
nation with such perfect information
and gesture that his secretary was for
once deceived. He rose and went TO
the mirror, handkerchief in hand,
only to be laughed at by his employer.
Miss Will Allen Dromgoole. says
report. is literary lady who has cut
her official throat with her little pen.
Some of her recent magazine sketches
Of life in the Tennessee Mountains
carried sting to the denizens of that
section, and when Miss Dromgoole re-
Gently sought an election to a Senate
clerkship, a big. rough-bearded Scion
from an up county arose and roared
out: ''She wrote agin the mount'ns! l
war be known'st ter it. an I'm agin
herr The Senate sat petrified and
Miss Dromgoole incautiously giggled.
1t sealed her fate Another hill-coun-
try legislator was hoisted to his feet by
his indignant colleagues to second the
objection. He did it tersely and effect
ually. ''She lowed the wimmen folks
went b'arfoot an Their men talked
diurlec. I'm agin anybody as is agin
the mount'ns The issue was Joined.
and ON the ballot being taken, Miss
Dromgoole was beaten.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30

Finally took Swift'D Specific, and soon began 70
,ast I've months have been - well - ever Was-al
h0m the effects Of Swift's Specific.
Jan. q 1851 n. Wayns. ia.
SWIFT SPDcu1c Co, Atlanta q,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30

-MrA Stoves 'sUncle Toms Cabin'
h still selling in this country q the
rate Of Loo copies . week
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horse, behind the Lieutenant in COM
mand of the squad. guiding them TO
the scene of his late encounter.
Caddo Bill was found without diff
Guilty. not dead. as Bruce had begun to
fear, but so badly disabled by a hand
full of bird shot, in the muscles of his
shoulder, that his capture was easily
effected.
The belligerent calf, Tom. was also
found on the field of battle contentedly
cropping the scattering heritage and
looking as harmless and Insignificant
as it was possible for a fat, well-grown
calf to appear. He evinced no disin-
clination to return to the ranch, but
trotted contentedly along in advance
of the party, the object of general adj
miration from all; and Bruce observed.
without pang Of jealousy, that In
discussing the particulars Of the late
''scrimmage. the soldiers accorded to
Tom the most of the credit for the
capture, which view of the matter the
lad was not disposed to dispute. since
he felt that to Tom alone he owed his
life and safety.
However. the reward paid for the ~
capture of Caddo Bill was accorded to
Bruce BY general consent and With
the money thus obtained he purchased
. number of young cattle-the nucleus
Of q large herd. over which the Here
ford. Tom. ruled Is monach and leader
for many years. D. Barnes. In
Yankee Blade.
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with not the slightest intention OF ex-
posing himself further.
Another pair of eyes were riveted
on the unsuspicious boy-a pair of
snaky. black orbs that cleaned dan
gerously near, in a clump Of verdant
foliage; for, by some unlucky chance.
the route to safety selected by Caddo
Bill. the red fugitive from justice, had
lain through this quiet valley, after
all; and the escaped murderer was now
crouched, like tiger gathering for q
spring, not twenty PAGES from the un-
suspecting Bruce.
If Caddo Bill had fancied his safety
assured upon successfully lodging his
guard and climbing the stockade
at Fort Griffin, his mind must have
soon been disabused Of that impression.
For more than forty-eight hours he
had been followed and harassed by the
numerous parties in pursuit contin-
ually on the move-gliding from COW
ert to coverEnow hid In q clump of
thorny cacu-again threading the
winding bed Of some narrow arroyo,
or gliding like q snake through the
tall prairie grassL Exhausted by his con-
tinued exertions, and weak from the
ravages Of hunger that he lacked the
wherewithal to appease, his moccasins
worn to shreds, and the red shirt and
cavalry pants. that he wore At the time
Of his escape. now torn to fragments
by the envious briers. the fugitive real
" presented . pitiable appearance
But worn and weary - he was, the
evil, snurderous instinct WAS still dom.
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SHOCKING RAILROAD WRECK.

A Methodist Sunday School Excursion
Train Wrecked-Probably One Hundred
Persons Killed.
DUBLIN, June IA train containing
an excursion party from Armagh has
been wrecked near that place. Twenty
persons were killed and a number m
jured. The train contained 1900 per
sons, composed of Methodist Sunday
school scholars, their teachers and rela-
tiveS, They were going on an excursio n
to Warren Point. The latest report
from Armagh says that fifty children
were killed by the accident.
DUBLIN, June 12.-Further dispatches
from Armagh show that the accident
was far more serious than at first re-
ported. Seventy bodies have been taken
from the wreck and there are Others
buried under the debris. Warren Point,
the place where the party was bound, is
watering place at the mouth of the
Newry River, in County Down.
ARMAGH, June 19.--Many anxious
friends are making inquiries for missing
children at the infrmary to which per-
sons injured in yesterdays railroad acci
dent were taken. Crowds surround the
building, and the discussion of terrible
disaster engroSSes the attention of the
entire community. The interior of the
infrmary presents sad spectacle: One
of the wounded, boy named Cleland,
died this morning. Both of his parents
and his rwo brothers were killed out
right. The dead now number "a. Others
of the wounded are in I; critical condi-
ton.
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general summons issued, various wit
neSSes arrived early on the scene. Mrs.
Conk}in and John J. Cronin were the
first to make their appearance The
CarlSonS, father and son, came next.
and were followed by Captain Schetler
and Pat Dinan, the liveryman. Martin
son, the eXpreSSman who hauled the
furniture to the Carlson cottage, and
Thiel. the bartender who found the
bloody trunk after it had been aban-
doued by Woodruff and his accomp!iccS,
were both escorted to the jurI room.
Nothing has tranSpired thus far that is
new as a result of to-day's Investigation.
CHICAGO. June 14.-Judge Tuley this
afternoon released Alexander Sullivan
on $780, bail, which was promptly
given. The Judge held that the Coro-
ner'S jury had been influenced by out
side sentiment.
Arrangements for a big memorial
meeting on June 2Sth, to commemorate
the murder of Dr. Cronin. are nearly
completed. The managing committee
have issued invitations to leading citi-
zens of every nationality, and it is ex-
pected that the hall will be crowded with
representative men. Mayor Creiger will
preside, and Governor Fifer will deliver
an address. The stage will be occupied
BY Congressman, leading lawyers, editors
and officers of societies. a feature OF
the programme will be singing by several
German societies.
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A CHILD LOST IN THE WOODS.
Three Days and Two Nights in Pitiless
Storm-Rescued Alive and Unharmed.

Three Days and Two Nights in Pitiless
Storm-Rescued Alive and Unharmed.
--NI% uAyEN Conn.,, June 10.- An ex-
traordinary story f70i Of r1Sasin 11aS9abes in the woods
is reported from the charcoal -ulErlct on
Salisbury Mountain, near Jealls village.
Four miles from the settlement, in the
thickest of the mountain woods, is al
encampment of charcoal burners, among
them being Andrew Fowler. OnThurs-
day two little children of Fowler's wan
dered from the paternal hut. The old
est one was readily found. but the other,
child OF 8 years, became frightened
and strayed so far away as to become
lost. All attempts to discover it were
futile, and when the storms of Friday
and Saturday set in it was not doubted
that the little one would die from expos
ure.
The excitement among the burners be-
came intense, and searching party was
organized, comprising 1876 men, who,
with flaming torches and lanterns,
secured the woods and mountain sides
for miles around. 1t was not until 2
o'clock on Saturday afternoon that their
search was rewarded. Then the child
was found in secluded nook in mossy
glen. where it bad fallen. The little
thing was without stockings, shoes or
hat, and had been out in the woods tor
three days and two nights, crawling
here and there, without any protection
from the pitiless storm which ragged al
most incessantly. Strange to say, the
child was apparently unharmed, and did
not appear to be much the worse fer its
thrilling and hazardous adventure.
During the search on the mountain
number of the men became lost in the
forest themselves, so dense is the growth
of timber, and it was some time before
all were accounted for by roll call. The
hardy fellows then ranged themselves in
line, and such was the desire to see the
tough little specimen of humanity that
had withstood so many hardships that
the child, after being fed, was wrapped
in blanket and passed along the line
to be looked at. 1t was greeted with
hearty cheers.
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The Price of Labor,

Northern papers frequently allege that
one reason that the South can make pig
iron cheaper than it can be made in their
section IS that labor is cheaper here.
Papers of a strong Republican bias are
fond of dwelling on that idea, and en-
deavor to make it appear that some op-
preston is practiced on the negro IN
order TO enable US to manufacture cheap.
The statement is altogether erroneous.
The fact is that we pay better prices for
labor here than are paid by tie Northern
furnaces. The cost of labor employed in
making ton of pig-iron in the furnaces
abeaats- -Bir Birmingham varies from $1.6O TO
S1.3O, whereas in Pennsylvania it IS
rarely higher than $1.4O. We present
these figures to the consideration of the
Chronicle Telegraph of Pittsburg, which
has recently SAID that the cheapneSs of
Southern labor is one of the principal
reasons for the cheapness of Southern
iron. As we baye remarked before, ne
gro labor is as available to Pennsyl-
vania as it is to Alabama. They have
imported Hungarians and Italians in
large numbers to the former State, and
would certainly come South for negroes
if negroes could be had cheaper. Iron
can be made cheaper in the South be-
cause ore, coal and limestone are all to
lie had here in a few miles Of one another,
which is not the case at the North.
That's the whole secret.-BTmangham
(Au.) Age Herald
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SMALLS APPOINTED
AS Collector Of Customs at Beaufort.
A Mahonite Appointed Collector Of


As Collector Of Customs at Beaufort.
A Mahonite Appointed Collector OF
Petersburg.
WASHINGTON, June 13.-The PreSi.
ident appointed to be Collectors of Gus.
toms: L. jefferson Jarrett, for the dis
trict cf Petersburg, Va; Robert SmallS,
for the district Of Beaufort, S. G.
Jarrett is merchant of high stand
ing, a leading member of the church,
and has three times been elected
Mayor of Petersburg. 1t is understood
that he is in political accord with ex-
Senator Malone. The former Vir-
cinia Senator was asked this afternoon
to what side in the fight the new APP
pointee belonged. There was a merry
twinkle in his eye, as he replied Il
know nothing about sides" Then, Yam
kee fashion, he continued: ''Did you
ever see a Jug with two sides? y jug
has only one side and handle. Jarrett
is straight, energetic, vigorous Re-
publican"
Robert Smalls, appointed Customs
Collector at Beaufort, S. c., is the we'll
known colored Republican eX-Congress-
man from the ''black" district of South
Carolina. He was slave at the out
break of the war, but captured a vessel
belonging to the Confederacy, and len
dered good service to the Union cause.
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HANGED HIM TOO MUCH.
Some Farmers in State Of Mind for Fear
They Have Killed Man.

TOPEKA, June 12.-News reached here
Yesterday from Jefferson County of the
attempted lynching of Charles Larkins,
suspected of theft, on Sunday evening.
Larkins was working for farmer, and
on Saturday the farmer missed his gold
watch and ring, and accused Larklns OF
stealing them, which was denied. The
farmer told the neighbors of his sus-
picion of Larkins, and it was deter
mined to hang him until he owned up.
He was taken out in field to a tree,
when rope was placed around his neck
and he was told to confess. He re.
fused, and was jerked into the air, but
was let down. He had another chance,
but he more Stoutly than ever declared
his innocence, and was again suspended.
When finally cut down he was thought
to be dead. Recognizing the gravity of
their offense, the lynchers sent for a
physician. After two hours work Lar
kins was resuSctated and taken TO the
farmers house, where he now lies in an
unconscious condition. The partici-
pants in the lynching are all known,
and are IN fearful state, for, should
Larkins die, they will be tried for muir
dpr
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You will am sure be glad to !earT
that there is no foundation for charge
which had it been true, might have
aided in keeping alive angry sentiments
happily gone by.
You are of course at liberty to pub
lish this letter.
To your reference in page 70 as re-
cord Of impressions which am not en-
titled to use, I can make no objections,
though you are probably aware that they
were many years ago the subject of a
detailed explanation from me to the
American government, and Of a most
handsome reply from Mr.. Hamilton
Fish. | remain dear sir, your very faith
full servant, W. +. GLADSTONE.
H. CLEWs, ESQ.
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AUTOPSY on Laura Bridgman.

Boston, June 12.-By special request
of the authorities of the Perkins lnStltu-
ton for the Blind in South Boston,
where the deaf, dumb and blind Laura
Bridgman spent fifty years Of her life,
and with the consent of her aged mother
and all her loving relatives, President
Hall of Clark University at Worcester,
made a post mortem examination on the
day of her death at the institution. The
brain was removed and taken to the
university, where it will be subjected to
an external microscopic investigation by
DR.. Donaldson. Results of the highest
medical value are expected.
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IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CHINA.
Reaction Against Railroads and Iron
Bridges Success Of Prof. Church with
His Silver-Civil Service Cranks Love

Reaction Against Railroads and Iron
Bridges Success Of Prof. Church with
His Silver-Civil Service Cranks Love
1t.
PEK1NG, April 30 Last night there
was riot in the Northern part of this
city, and the girls school belonging to
the Presbyterian Mission was looted by
the natives, but no foreigners were
killed. The same spirit which broke
out at Chin Kiang exists in all the Chi
nese cities. It doubtless arises mostly
from popular discomfort with the Chi
neSe government, lngeniously fostered
by the conservative and reactlonary ele-
mcnt of the official class, which for the
present has marked ascendency in the
imperial counselS. There is no indica-
ton of change for the better. In ad-
dition to having compelled the Throne
to recall its sanction of the extension Of
the ien-tsin-Kaiplng Railroad to Tung
Chow, fourteen miles from the capital,
it has also succeeded in compelling the
Vicerov to order the demolition OF the
iron bridge Just finished by the French
engineer, Thevcriet, across the Pel-ho
at Tion.tsin. They say it is in the way
of the junks.
1t looks as though nothing except a
coalition of the great Aslatlc powers
would ever open China to modern i'm
provementS.
Prof. Church, with his American ex-
perts and mlnlng machinery, is making
satisfactory progress in developing the
silver mines at Ku Shan-tSu, in Mongo-
liza. 1t is believed that be has enough
rich ore already out and in sight to pay
for all the machinery and expenses up
to the present time. Col. DENLY, the
American Minister, accompanied by Mr..
Cheshire, Chinese Secretary OF Legation,
has Just returned from visit to the
mines, and will doubtless make full!
report to the State Department. Prof.
Church has also discovered large and
valuable deposits of iron, coal and other
minerals in the region OF the silver
mines. Should his operations bring in
a real, tangible money profit to the gov
ernment; it will give a great impetus to
American influence IN this country. All
Cinnamon, high and low alike. under
stand the value of silver, and whoever
can produce it in quantities, has chance
to command the confidence and support
of the plain people as well as of the
great governing class of civil service
examination reformerS.
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Feasting on Roast Puppy.

Roast puppy was served up to several
of the employees of the Edison Land1
Company in Harrison, n. j., and thoscl
who ate it declared it was palatabe ~
delicions. J. Trumbull Marshall oan
employee, brought in his dinner askct
on Saturday some roasted meat HWhlch
he offered several OF his comJanlons.
They ate of it and declared il Excellent
in taste and favor. He them uniformed
them that 1t was roast dog Mr.. Mar
shall roasted the dog only b way OF eX,
pertinent. 1t was an ideAIthat he had
long entertained that can f flesh roasted
would make nice meaxY
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SHOT ON SIGHT.
a Mob Of White Men in Florida Assas-
sinate q Defenseless Negro.

MARIANA, June 10.-At Haywood's S
Landing, a few miles from this city, a mob
of unknown but undisguised white men
went to the cabin of Noah WhitehurSt,
colored, on Saturday night, and as he
appeared at the door in answer to their
call, fired on him with Winchester rifles.
He was wounded, but sprang from the
doorway and ran for his life. A second
volley, however, riddled him with bui-
lets and he fell dead.
The mob then went to the house of Isaac
Robinson, another negro living near by,
and not finding him at home burned his
house to the ground with its contents.
Both of the negroes bore good reputa-
tions, and no motive for the mob's work
can be imagined. It is believed that
the men comprising it came from Aia
bama.
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THE NEW DEMocRAT1c LEADER.
Calvin S. Brice Succeeds the Late W.
Il. Barnum as Chairman Of the Ma
tional Committee.

Calvin S. Brlce succeeds the Late w.
II. Barnum as Chairman Of the Ma
tional Committee.
NEW YORK, June 12.--The corridors
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel we've alive
with Democratic politicians this morn
ing, eager either for participation in the
meeting of the National Democratic
Committee or for proguoStication as to
its results. The members of the COM
mittee who have been in town several
days were reinforced last. ~night by
others, while the morning trains brought
the number almost up to the total mem
bership. AS accurate list of those
present at the meeting as could be OBJ
tained before the meeting was called to
order was as follows: Alabama, Henry
D. Clayton, Jr.; Connecticut, Carlos
French; Delaware, John H. Rodney;
Florida, Samuel PaSco; Illinois, ErSkein
NJ. Phelps; Indiana, S. P. Sheerin;
Iowa, J. ). Richardson; Kansas, C. W.
Blair; Kentucky, Henry D. McHenry;
Maine, Arthur Sewall; Maryland, Ar
thur ?. German; Massachusetts, Charles
D. Lewis: Michigan, 0. N. BarEs; Mis-
sissippi, c. A. Johnston; Missouri, John
G. Prather: New Hampshire, A. W.
Sullow; New Jersey, Miles Ross. New
York, William Steinway (proXy for Her
man OelrichS); North Carolina, Matt
W. Ransom (by proxy; New Mexico,
Colonel Rice proxy for G. &.
Poalv); Ohio, Calvin S. Brice,
PennSylvanis, William L. Scott;
Soueh Carolina. John c. Haskell; Yer
mont, Hiram Atkins; Virginia, John S.
Barbour; West Virginia, William N. Gle
ments; District of Columbia, William
Dickson; Montana, Major Maginnis;
(proxy for a. H. Mitchell.)
Shortly after noon the meeting was
called to order, and Charles French
presented resolutions expressing regret
at the death Of William II. Barnum,
eulogisinS the deceased as a citizen
and statesman, and for his fidelity, lib
erality, impartiality sound Judgment,
tireleSs energy and acute penetration
into the causes of political results.
Senator German spoke at length upon
the good qualities of the departed
leader, and the resolutions were unani-
mously adopted.
The secretary of the committee, S. R.
Sheerin of Indiana, made an address on
the death of Captain Francis W. Day
son of South Carolina, in wbjcs5
high tribute to his 49,
and briefly reviesssss
presented 80
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Death Of a millionaire Merchant.

PrrTSBURG, June 14.-William Semple,
a millionaire dry goods merchant of Al
City, and prominently identified
with various railroad interests in this
section, died this morning.
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he was held by the committee of
he was member. These were
Edopted unanimously:
nomination of Calvin S. Brice to
lairman of the committee was then
by Judge McHenry of Kentucky,
was seconded by Senator German.
IL was unanimously eleced.
Ats p NJ the committee was still
behind closed doors.