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clost to suit me. Old Dewey Little was the
-meanest mun / ever saw. He used to gum
up the gas burners so that guest couldn't
to come down stairs and maybe spend
dollar at the bar. He was the meanest man
than ever walked. He used to steal wipes
out Of the wash and go through the pockets
of the overcoats in the check room.
NOT FAR BEHIND SATAN.
"I've read a good many stories about
Satan, and of course be has had advantages
that Old Man Little never had. Satan has
had thousands of years to think it over and
improve on his first amateur work, and so
say that it would be hard for anybody to
take his place, but 1 say this, that if he
should ever get disabled or have felon on
his thumb or anything like that and want a
good nnderstudy, Dewey Little could
run things so that only a few heads OF de-
partments you know would get onto the
iact."
"What do you think of tipping in
America?'
"Well Il think it's just getting on its feet,
and getting to be self-supporting. But it
amt what it ought to be. In tie old coun-
tries everybody tips a little, but here it is
only the liberal folks that does it, and so
they are overworked. We would rather get
a nickel head all day than to get quar-
ter from one or two. Outside of the big
cities, tips are mighty seldom, you bet.
Here in New York it is getting TO be pretty
good. I've made dollar day quite often
outside of nv regular pay, which pay is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07

"well, it was dollar, believe. We
had temperance lecturer in No. SO. He
was reformed temperance lecturer. That is,
he had been a rounder and so finally he had
braced up, it seems, and went onto the
platform. He done well as q lecturer, all
allowed, and great crowds came to hear the
man who had been jerked out of the gutter.
was sent to answer his bell. He looked at
me kind of skittish, and then he walked the
floor quite a spell and looked out of tine
winder. Finally he wanted to know if /
was to be relied on to transact business with
out too much conversation. I said yes, and
that had the secrets of great men and
great actresses locked up in nv breast and
that had time lock on it and that the
world wouldn't know anything about it till
Gabriel said so.
SOME QUEER EXPERIENCES.
And then the reformed lecturer told me
to bring up an Apolfinaris bottle full Of
common cooking whisky and q high glass.
1 done SO, and people that went to the lee
ture said it Just laid over anything they
ever heard as regards beseechin' tenderness
and all that kind of business. He was q
wet-eyed lecturer with a wabble in his voice,
and he could gather in a great many chill
dren and Young ladies when he got tuned
up. He gave me dollar for working the
Apolllnaris racket"
MARKS OF TRAVELLERS.
"what do you notice mostly about guests
when they come IMP"
"well, 1 judge them good deal by their
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07

ish red with ., stripe Of Vandyke brown
from the bill to the eye, and also barred
the tail. have known men who had lived
all their lives in the country say they had
never seen q woodcock.-s.that is to know
it." This may be accounted for by the fact
of the birds being nocturnal in their
habits, boring in the mud and turning
over bark and leaves in search of insects and
lying very close in the day time. But thou
sands of human beings live q long life in
rural districts and never become acquainted
with thousandth part of the interesting
things they trample under foot. The wood
cock delights in marshy places along the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07

had put the talent into most anything else
that he did into bowlin' up he would have
been rich man and / could have got out In
the grass and played and had fun, instead
of getting kneesprung here in hot hotel,
breathing gas leaks and sewer gas, while
other boys are chasing squirrels.
"You didn't like the Palace?"
mo, did not like the Palace"
"Why not?"
"Well, the proprietors were clost, too
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07
An Unnccommoda ting Omcer.

Detroit JournaI.1
The Muskegon Chief of Police is not an
accommodating fellow. Yesterday an un-
happy wretch called on the officer, and,
after explaining that his wife had LETT him
and he had no home, asked that the Chief
should shoot him. The officer objected be-
cause the city ordinance prohibited such
business, and the unhappy man is COM
PEELED 10 live as best he can without his
wife or home,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07
A Costly Prayer Book.

Philadelphia Times.I
The wedding gift of Mrs. M. v. Dshlgren
to Miss Drexel. who will become her daugh-
ter-in-law June 90, will be vellum-bouDd
prayer book, beautifully illuminated Tif-
fany has made the cover q work OF art
From the family jewels lot of gems were
taken, and a cross, a crown, and an anchor
of diamonds, rubies and sapphires set into
the covers. The clasps are similarly en-
riched
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07
A Good Test.

Boston Transcript
TELL me. Uncles Charles" pleaded
Amelia. do you think that Henry will
make sgood husband?"
II think he will" replied Uncle Charles,
without hesitation. 81 offered him a cigar
last evening and he took it as freely as it
was given. When he opened his coat in
search OF match he exposed his waistcoat,
and his two upper pockets were filled with
cigars. have no hesitation in saying that
Henry will prove saving and economical
husband"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07
A Thoughtful Agent.

Fliegende Blaetter.J
Mrs. Younghusband-This girl is too
young for a nurse. She is hardly taller than
the baby itself.
Madame O'Rourke (of the Continental
Employment Agency)-Sure then, madam,
it she drops the baby it won't have so far to
fall
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07

angry and perspiring with much tramping
through mirey places, pulling your feet with
difficulty out of the bogs, that seem as though
a thousand swamp furies were dragging you
down, letting go with a smack as you wearily
pull out Of the mud. These are some OF the
discomforts OF hunting in mid summer.
will admit that it is fine sport when the
game is plenty. which will give you a
chance to display your alertness, while the
epicurean treat that comes at the end Of the
day is worth all the little annoyances Incl
dent to days hunt in July. But give me
October and November for nv shooting,
when all the insect pests are frost nipped
and the brush is withered and beat down.
The best dog for woodcock hunting is the
setter or retriever; his long woolly coat pro-
tects him from the brambles, and he will
work hard all day without once coming in
shivering to heel. The pointer, being desti-
tute of this protection, is not so well adapted
for this kind of sport.
PENNSYLVANIA SHOOTING GROUNDS.
Along the small streams that feed Con-
neaut Lake and in the thousands of acres of
swamp and marsh land adjoining, there is
an abundance of these fine birds. While
hunting there one day last season, I sue
ceeded in capturing good-sized bag, and
able to secure some local hunter, who was
familiar with their known haunts, rs a
guide. Along the bed of the old Erie Canal,
which is now grown up with underbrush.
was informed they were the most plentiful
The greatest precaution should be taken to
insure against accident in hunting this time
OF year, as the jungle is so thick you cannot
see your companion even at the distance of
10 or 20 yards, but you can keep him located
BY the noise he makes breaking through the
brush, and Of course will have made arrange
ment with him in regard to the direction
each may shoot, always keeping on a paral-
lei line with each other. II you can hire a
"beater," then you can stand at either side
of the thicket and drop the bros as they are
driven out.
If you want to discover this bird feeding
you will have to approach his haunts noise
lessly, for if he hears you he will turn his
head around until his eve appears to be To-
Gated directly on top OF the head, giving it a
very comical appearance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07

6|N Deeu interviewer, duO
TX AWNS not being a voter, his
yNhI4SSA appeals for recognition
47Ekn have never been listen
ed TO. The bell boy is
the connecting link between the upper ana
lower order of beings at a hotel. that is, ne
fills the upper order after it is given.
Yesterday detained bell boy with red
hair who came to bring me pitcher of ice
water, and asked him if he would mind be-
ing interviewed for publication. he SAID
he would not, but would have to wait until
o'clock, at which time his days work
closed. and he would be at leisure. At that
hour ne appeared at my door. He is a
medium sized bow, but older than thought
at first. He might be anywhere from o to
20 years old. Sometimes ne looked one
way and sometimes the other. DE SAID
he had been in the business all his lie. The
irst dav he worked he cried good deal for
his mother and still felt KIND OF hungry ior
the boyhood he never had.
"would YOU mind telling me your name,
nv son?' queried in superior accents.
''My home name is Henry Clay Williams.
Here my name is Front
"What would you do if you had your
time for year?"
81 would play. Never played day in
nv life that can remember. jest polish
nv trousers on a settee and wait till the
office hollers Front, and then I've got to
run up five or six flights, knock on the door,
and nd that some old pestilence of feller
has forgot what it was he rung fer. That's
what puts the grey hairs into boys head"
MEMORIES OF A BLIGHTED LIFE.
"Who did YOU work for irst?'
81 worked tor a couple of fellers that run
the Palace Hotel. won't tell you the name
of the town and won't tell you the name
of the firm. 1 used to call 'em Messrs.
Dewey Little & Owen Moore. That's what
/ called 'em. Their hotel was called the
Palace because the man that named it was
humorist. 1t was hanted, the house was.
Nights it was hanted by wicked spirits and
days it was hanted with the spooks of de-
parted billed dinners. Did you ever run
across fhe ghost of billed dinner? 1 think
it is the saddest sight 1 ever smelled."
"How did you come to take hold OF the
hotel business?''
"well, my mother died just as got out
of skirts, and my father he was poor hand
at the practice of industry himself, but had
the theory all right, and could find openings
for other folks bully. He got me the job at
the Palace He then began TO rest. Heidi
most of his resting in the barroom of the
Palace He said once that he had read in
paper somewhere that the earth was the
Lords and the fullness thereof He didn't
want the earth, he said, but if there was any
fullness left over he would be glad to get
enough for grown person.
"Where is your father now?"
"He is busy Just now filling drunkard's
grave. 1t is the first opening he ever filled
win any kind of satisfaction. Ifmy father
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07
Indigestion

rs not only distressing complaint, Of
l itself, but, by causing the blood to
become depraved and the system en-
feebled, is the parent of innumerable
maladies. That Ayers Sarsaparilla
is the best cure for Indigestion, even
when complicated with Liver Complaint,
is proved by the following testimony
from Mrs. Joseph Lake, of BrockwSy
Centre, Mich.:-
Live- complaint and Indigestion
made my life burden and came near
ending my existence. For more than
four years suffered untold agony, was
reduced almost to a skeleton, and hardly
had strength to drag myself about. All
kinds of food distressed me, and only
tire most delicate could be digested at
aiI. Within the time mentioned several
physicians treated me without giving re-
lief. Nothing that took seemed to do
any permanent good until commenced
the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla, which
has produced wonderful results. Soon
after commencing to take the Sarsapa-
rilla could see an improvement in my
condition. My appetite began to return
and with it came the ability to digess
all the food taken, my strength i'm
proved each day, and after a few
mOntnS Oh 1altnlul aItenIlOn 10 your
directions, I found myself a well
woman, able to attend to all household
duties. The medicine has given me .
new lease of life"
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
PREPARED BIT
D.. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
krice 81; six bottles, Sc. Worth ss bottle.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07
When the Flag Look. strange.

DetrOlt Free Fress.
There won't be much change in the old
flag when the additional four stars are added.
and this is wise thing. A good share Of
the American people, especially on holidays,
can hardly make out the emblem now.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07

as gay as ever. Again and again strike at
him, each time fercer than the last, but one
might as we'll try to kill a sunbeam, SO
ethereal is this little fend, who dances and
piroue,tes in front of his new-found mirror,
while the hunter is expecting every moment
to feel his sting.
OF course. lift is you, it will be just your
luck to hear bird rise while you are in
combat with this pigmy. While the mos
quitoes are boring it into you at every ex-
posed part and singing vines brush your
neck and face, which smarts with the sweat
that runs from every pore, you are hot,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07
Professional Etiquette.


Lawyer Quabble-You a doctor? Why
you couldn't cure haml
DIR. Sawbones-And you, sir; you
couldn't try a case of lard.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07
A WOODCOCK'S GAME.
An American Bird That Plays With
Amateur Sportsmen.
ITS HAUNTS AND ITS HABITS.
Places Around Conneaut Lake Where it May
be Brought Down.
THE HUNTER MUST BE A WARY ONE
WRITTEN FOR THE p1srArcK.l

THE woodcock is 3
very tricky bird, as I
once found by expert
ence. When a small
lad, wandering in the
fields one day in early
summer, 1 flushed one
of these birds, which
.starte d skimmipg
ialong the top of the
weeds and bushes, and
finally, when about
20 yards away. fut-
tered, as though it
were MANNED, and fell
in the grass. 1 quick
ly started in pursuit,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07

margin of streams, where he can hide from
the binding glare of the MONDAY sun; in
dark and cool old osier beds, under old
fallen trees and projecting roots, overgrown
with swamp willow and fern, where they
doze and dream through the long, hot days,
unless disturbed by the prylng nose of the
keen-scented retriever, who goes through
the marsh poking his inquisitive rose into
every nook and Granny where they may be
secreted. While
THE YOUNG NIMROD
with legs incased in gum boots that reach
to his hips, wades through morass and
jungle, penetrating into their most sacred
haunts, smearing his face with sticky cob
webs as he stoops to 60 under some over
hanging bushes. No sooner has he emerged
into clear space again when some fendIsh
little fly will balance himself on wing and
dance up and down with iendish glee in
front OF his eyes, clapping its wings with
joy as it sees its dancing image reflected on
the hunters shining orb. Clout him away
and he lodges the blow and is back again
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but when I approached near, up it rose
again and futtersd away in an apparently
badly crippled condition a little way of,
when it dropped again. Eager In pursuit I
painted after, and was led wild goose
chase, for the next time it rose away it flew
as if its wound had been miraculously
cured, and it never felt better in,its life.
So thoroughly was / deceived, that when
the thought came to me that had read of
birds feigning a crippled condition, for the
purpose of leading YOU away from their
nests, was amazed at the perfect deception
that had been practiced upon me; and when
I turned to find Landmark to guide me to
the spot where had flushed it, 1 found
had been led through such tortuous
maze Of jungle that the attempt was hope
less. Does instinct prompt such q wonder
full display of intelligence, or is it pure and
unadulerated reasoning? Who can answer?
July is here and with it the continuous
crack crack of the frecracker, the hiss of
the skyrocket and the izz of the pinwheel,
while to swell the'confusion the bang! bang!
of the shot gun and blunderbuss will be
heard on all sides in the country districts,
as now the first game-bird shooting of the
year is lawfully ushered in. When the
birds are young and foolish and loiter on
the wing, they give every blundering school
boy an opportunity with his old musket
that he does not have later in the season
when the birds are older and more keen of
flight. Your aim must then be sure and
certain or your game has vanished in the
brush.
SNAP SHOTS AT GAME BIRDS.
Woodcock very often have to be taken at
"snap shot" which means that you have not
time to raise the gun to the shoulder. You
must pull the trigger when the butt is down
at your hip, using your judgment as to the
elevation of the muzzle. This manner of
shooting seems difficult at first thought, but
you will be surprised at the efficiency you
will attain with few days practice.
This bird is of the snipe family, with an
immense long bill, and, with its large eve set
well back and near the top of the head, the
sense of sight is very acute. Its flight is rapid
and irregular. The females lay from four to
five dull yellow eggs, with patches
of brown sprinkled over them. The young
birds are very active, and run about as soon
as hatched. If the old bird is surprised she
will rise uttering a peculiar cry, at which
the young will scatter in every direction
and hide in the long grass. They are a
beautifully colored bird, being of a yellow
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07
A BELL BOYS LIFE.
Bill Nye Extracts From One Urchin
Chunk of Real Romance.
HIS FIRST WICKED EMPLOYER
And His Hearty lndOrsement of the I'm
ported Habit of Tipping.
AWET WELCOME FROM A DEAF GUEST
rwRITTEN FOR THE pIsPArcH.I

HE hotel bell boy has
never had what might
be called a fair show
In the columns of the
press. He has not
beeu interviewed, and
not being a voter, his
appeals for recognition
have never been listen
ed to. The bell boy is
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1889-07-06
LOCAL ITEMS.
SALES ADVERTISED In THE UNION

Tuesday. July Q, by Richard Bernard Son, at
tOrneys, on the premises, in the 18th dis
trct, a well-imprOved farm of AZ acres also
one-half interest in acres of land with I'M
provements.
Wednesday, July 10, by VIM. Sherwood admin
istrator of VIM. Hardwick. all the personal
property of the deceased.
Monday July 15 by Rufus w. Applegarth at
torney for the assignee, on the premises,
three-story brick house on east Second
street. in the Belt.
Tuesday, July L. by S. Parker Bosley, attorney,
at the Court House door, small farm in the
5th district, . miles from Beckleysville'
Tuesday, July Ii, by s. Parker BOsley, attorney,
at the Court House door, farm in the Sth dis
trict, / mile from Oregon.
Tuesday July It, by Samuel REGISTER, attorney
for the trustee, on the premises, the snug
little property of the late RObt. A. White
ford. on the Hartford road.
Wednesday, July II. by S. Parker BOsley, attor-
ney, on the premises, house and lot in the
village of Homestead, Hartford road.
Monday, July I'D. by r. K. BOarman, trustee, on
the premises, the property of Joshua Barnett,
near Mt Hope Station, W. NJ. r. R., embra-
cling two lots of 20 and II acres. respectively.
Saturday, July q. by Uric Townsend, assignee,
at Phoenix, threshing rig and engine.
Monday. July 20, by Robert III. Smith, attorney
for Edwin Biddle, assignee. dwelling house
on Fourth street. Baltimore.
Tuesday. July 30 by S. Parker BOsley, attorney,
a house and lot in TOwsontown.
Tuesday, July 80, by NJ. w. Ofutt, trustee, the
valuable property of Col. Colgate o. COckey,
at Texas, n. c. X. X.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1889-07-06

Warren, 9tn Observation-Disclosures are
being pushed forward for the celebration ofthe
4th. The NJ. Il. Sunday school which, accord
ing to the last call ofthe roll, numbers 1872 will
be a conspicuous figure and are all counted
upon to receive their individual treats will of
course be in attendance. The school is called
to meet in the mill avenue at the hour of 8 A.
NJ and will be Joined by the Warren COrnet
Band, which will furnish music appropriate to
the occasion as the procession moves towards
the grove in the rear of the church. The Dec
laration of Independence will be read by Mr..
Walter Brown, manager of the cotton mill.
The Revs. HavenneF and Hayes Of this circuit
are expected to be in attendance, who with
others will deliver addresses suitable to the day.
An abundance of ice-oream, cakes and cOnfee-
tioneFy will be provided to meet the wants of
all present. A joyous time is expected if the
tickle weather of the past few weeks does not
intervene to mar the pleasures of the day.
The work upon the mll-race and retaining
wall is progressing favorably, but as this is a
long and tedious undertaking some time must
yet elapse before all the machinery of the grist
and cotton mills can be set in motion. The
latter is still running to limited extent, under
the pressure of steam power.
Mr.. Summerfield Baldwin's wife and family
have recently removed here and are occupying
their summer residence.
DIR. VIM. S. Thompson has nearly recovered
from his late illness and is again able to make
some of his accustomed visits.
Wheat and rye, both of which are heavy
crops, are pretty we'll secured, the Shocks
which are close and numerous as they stand
erect in the fields in rows straight and long
present pretty picture. L.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1889-07-06
A Romance of the Johnstown Flood
PhiI0delphia Letter.

IHtddetpHid Leffef.
A marriage sOlemnized yesterday by Rev.
Charles G. Fischer at his residence, in this city,
has back Oft story of unusual interest. The
bride, who is past 50 years of age, was Angie
Fackler, survivor of the flood at JOhnstown,
and the groom, Edward Levy an Omaha mill
ionaiTe, 60 years of age. The couple had loved
each other at Johnstown thirty years ago. at
which time Mr.. Levy went West to make his
fortune. No explanation other than this is
given of their long separation, but few weeks
ago Mr.. Levy arranged to return to marry Miss
Fackler. The lovers arranged to meet at the
house of Rev. Mr.. Fischer, with whose wife
both were acquainted. Mr. Levy arrived Just
in time to learn of the flood at Johnstown
For week he supposed his intended bride to
have been one of the Victims but then the glad
tidings came that she had been saved, though
her wedding trousseau, with her other posses
sions, had been swept away. Another was
prepared as soon as possible and yesterday the
lovers were united and started for their future
home in Omaha.