New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-21

...,s. s,.,,,s n ths shonandoah valley. ana upor
~. .,,., ave ,on several amusing Incidents OF ms
| .rpedstton. sone day. said be, felt qute ufesl
dring tho afternoon. and lay down IN = h.p ne -
among tho bushes rear stream VIA ~ !. ~,
| hasIde mo. had slept for ntup While ynen =
- a,v.n,.nao suddenly BY q loud thunp upon tne
ronrd caused apparently, by somcthng faiins rom
considerable height The sound feeurrcd au'o
c,,ariy at stated intervals OF about han minute
each. and appeared to como from thicA NVoe ~
| Itttle distance from the spot where was tShe' -
curiosity was thoroughly aroused SO ereps eaausus's
through the bushes ,sdraggng my gun after me ls
srtv discovered the cause OF the dsturpahcc'
Thre i9ht In front Of mo- stood tall poplar trec'
or rather the remains OF for the top OF 10 naa Do
torn Of about forty feet from the ground waue inc
dian,eter of the remainder was about hve i'e near
| the roots From the top OF the trunk lar % COON
looked warIy out for second and then Jumps ooNh'
with resounding thud, upon the ground, tasins 1no
forty-foot leap quito as mafter Oh COURSE In
mediately upon reaching the ground the coon msas
hee line for hole IN the roots of the tree, disap-
rAarcd and presently emerged again at the top, when
no again proceeded to take the flying leap, repeating
t,s cnrjous performance until grew tired OF watch
| ing him This was too much for me, SO sHlrmsneo
round rot several farmers together and we all pro
oeeded in a posse comItatus to the spot, with dogs
and guns and axes. Well, stri we cut down that
blamed tree and sult It up the middle and what do
| YOU suppose we foundl The trunk was hollow. all
\ the way up from the roots, and Pn Do burned II t
want hacked chock full of 1--we coons just as tight
| as you could stick 'em. Then we UNDERSTOOD the
whole thing at glance There was one additional
coon for whom there wasn't enough room, ana when
no fought his way into the hole at the roots Of the
tree, he just forced the whole heavy column of 1.-Two
coons above him upward. and the top ono had 10
leap down and OUT; IT want the same coon that
saw Jumping all the time, but different one at every
| trip they all took It In rotation" ts
NJ Hugh 8. Thompson, Of South Carolina, formerly
An Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under the Glove
land Administration has been calling to see MS miend'
| Iosaa m Abrahams who has been the ActinB ON
trolIer Of the Currency nearly every DAY since me
present AdmInl straton relieved Thompson irom ON
| olal cares number Of Democrats-some decsPle+teu
ones and others expecting to begatherea the otner
! morning in Mr. Abrahams's oftce
| al find you here every time come, Inompson' to
| marked one Of the Democrats.
| ooh yes,p replied the South CarolInian, Aorar
| bams is a nice pleasant man, and good friend OF
| mins; and am somewhat like the old feiiow VINO
| kent going to the circus every day for week. nus
,cends coldn,t understand it, and he told them that
he saw tho man 90 into the lions den during ns hfs'
vit and no had been attending the circns every Jay
since expecting TO ses the lions bite the BLOWS head
off, am Just waiting around nero |" SEQ tn' "'0A =,
| nv friend Abrahams drop OF?
The good-oohfng young Vlrginian Is no longer AcuhS
Controller as Mr. Lacey, OF Michigan was appointed on
| wednesday, and It probably VIII NOT De long oelore
Abrahams is relieved of his duties as Deputy COn1oher'
h..r FIAT sGenerap william Andrew Jackson
sparNs. ex.commissioner Of the Land ONCE is Just
| now torn by conflicting emotions. He can't maAe UP
| hiS mind whether he would prefer 10 come oaek 10
oongress or 20 30 Europe At stage oil his career
| when the doughty Land Commissioner was unSetuhs
tites ALI over the country President CleVeian1 was
earnestly besought TO give him some place Whero no
| could do no harm. The Consulate at CAIRO was sus'
gested aud seemed TO strike the President iaVoraoT
| He casually intimsted 10 Congressman VINO Kne"
| Sharks well what his mtcntion was. Inc congress
| man promptly vetoed 1t.
| at vouldn,t do at all,5 he said to Mr. Cleveland.
| Do you know what would happeni Sparks won't DO
there three months TIL he win be questioning the ute
| OF the KhedIve to the Pyramids and ordering the
| Egyptians to file qultclaim deed to the SPHINX
He'll get us into q grand international row.
| This reasoning was so forcibe that Mr. Cleveland
k.rt h,s Land Commissioner at home and subsequently
kicked him down the back stairs without any sort on
| o cushion TO fan on
| aCenerals Sparks deplored his enforced retrenRnt
m urtvafe Iiae but solaced himself with the promise
NJ a trip to Europe and the pleasure OF Continental
| travel His plans all arranged; whom . vacancy
| was made in bis Congressional District ny toe uean
OF Representstiev Townshend His enthusiastic neigh
~. who hnew that General" Sparks had Fat pocket
| hooh and would put up literally for campaign ex-
| penses, suggested his name But the Senerat
| maiestically put away the tempting suggestion ana
declared that nothing could induce him to foego the
pleasures OF his European trip. He had served his
country had been abused for IT, and ho going TO
lin ger among the old world desposms and leave IL TO It's
fate His nelghbors, however knew the weakness OF
Sparks. Again they made the prefer Of nomina-
,Ion Again II was declined, but with less positive
ness than Oh tho former occasion. Recently third
tender was made and It was put away more gently,
but stu Il was put away Just as Caesar refused the
crown Now the fourth Offer Is soon to be made, and
| eyerybody out IN Southern Illinois knows that II
SHARKS doesn't snap It up the able political workers
| who want a good campaign fund won't bother with
him, further Hence the eXCommissoner's painful
lndeeIson as between Congress and Europe.
Should General Sparks return to Congress.
wicked Representative threatens to have him invcsii
gated one evening long ago this member stood in
the lobby Of the Ebbit House the majestic fom of
the ex- Commissioner disappeared from view.
| Sharks Is Q reformcrn he said r,asdcally. q
don't doubt IT, because he says himself But I'd like
to know what The he's doing ciohtcen months
after he goes out OF Office that entities him TO use Gov
! eminent stationery
recent date from Sparks, all written Extra Super
fneD paper which bore the impress OF the General
Land 0Hlco.
The Pamers have not yet oft for their foreign post
| Tho Senator has on TO get "cOached" for his
duties and he and Mrs. Palmer alone with shoir
dogs in tho big Rst. house. These wonderful dogs
have been q source Of great amusement and pleasure
moi only to the Palmers bar to their friends and tho
public In general and have supplied many spicy para
graphs for the newspapers. The account Of the gor
geous funeral accorded tho King Charles spaniel who
was killed by poor plebeian dog some three or four
years ago was published al over the United States
and copied In the English papers
Bijou has long occupied tho warmest place in the
hearts Of his master and MISTRESS and tho senator
often takes the dimnutlve lo beast for airing in
the pocket Of his great coat friend OF tie Palmers
went with them night 10 the theatre, aud s,r they
were all comfortably seated she felt dig In her left
side, which nearest Mrs. Palmer Surprised that