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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

LIVE STOCK MARKET.
BY Telegraph.

KANSAS CITY NO., May 15.-CATTLE-Recelpts
$500 shipments 5l00 Marke slow l0c lower. steers
s. 756s5 0G COWS, 81 coos IS; stockers and iced
ers. 50 25G3 50. HOGS-Receipts. S1Og shipmneIs
290O Market steady to strong; All grades 20 ezSS
971%; bulk 50 9065 921f. SHEEP-Recelpts 0yG
shipments, 200 Market barely steady. Good 70
choice muttons and lambs Il ODS5 s.; stockers anu
feeders So GOA 90
ST. LOUIS. No.. May 15.-CATTLE.-Recelpts
1900 Shipments 1900 Market easier: Natiye
steers IS G595 l0stockers and feeders 81 SBS3 w;
Texas and Indians, 50 6o9410 HOGS he ss Ups
69Ge shipments 300. Market lower. Heavy, 81 90.@
05 packing grades 50 S593 95 SHEEP-Recelpts
1890 shipments 300 Market strong. Far 10 cholce
81 UgG6 10.
5000 shipments =. Market lower than Tuesday;
Beeves 81 SOFAS 75 steers. 50 Soa4 90 stockers ana
81 yIsS 60; Texas seers 81 9js3 50. HOGS-Receipts
1900; shipments 6,0O0. Market weaker and lower.
Mixed 50 9lG4 90 heavy 50 9594 70, light IS g9s9
100 skins So 0Oa3 80. SHEEP-Receipts 1000;
shipments 1000. Market firm Natives o g1so y;
lambs IS 5097 ..
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MI1lIlil Eagle
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WICHITA MARKETS.

Receiptg of live stock at the Union Stock
Yards for "a hours-11o cattle, 1871
hogs Shipments 112 cattle. The re-
ports from eastern markets noting
quite a decline rather cooled the ar
dor of most of the buyers, and some
cattle were unsold as statesmen would
not accept prices offered. All the cat
tie sold, however, brought good prices.
Chicago reported prospects lower.
Kansas City closed 10 cents lower
than yesterday. The hog market
opened firm at yesterdays closing
price. $3.50, and nearly all the car
hogs sold at those figures. This close
was steady.
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wichita Wholesale Fruit Market.

WICHITA, Kan. May 10
No particular changes to note. Strawberries in
rather light supply today and prices firm.
ORANGES-MexcaI. IS 1904 on per box, baskets
81 75G4 90 California Mediterranean sweet I5g34 %
per box. California Riverside COCA ., per 0ox,
Messna S. 75&4 90 per box Imperial 81 % per box.
San Diego 4 2Aper box.
LEMONS-Messi ma per box. 81 5pG5 o.
STRAWBERRIES-S3 0Od3 30 per crate.
PINE APPLES-S3 1904 % per doz,
APPLES-Nonc in market.
BANANAS-S2O0 a SO 90 per bunch. tancS 50 80 per
bunch.
FIGS-Layers i5a1Sc PER ID Il oval boxes s. 500
3T5 per 100
DATES-Persian 60 II boxes, s1699c per ID, Fard,
l2dl4 Id boxes. l2jZc per H.
HONEY-California. Id frames, l78lSc per 10.
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kansas CI;y Produce

KANSAS CITY, NO, May ID
The Daily Indicator reports
FLOJR-Fira but light demand X &C; XXX
-; family 81 81 choice 81 ~ fancy - aS extra
fancy 81 rl3l "a. patent 81 49, u
chemical and refined - 10
WIEAI-Quiei. No 2hsrd cash and MAY S.
C6RNI steady. 20. cash and Msy 2Saec bid
OATS-S.cGdy. No. cash &c bid.
RNE-LoNyeT. NO. cash 46c bid.
BRAN-5c. -
HAY-wealer Strictly fancy prairie SC GOES 80,
good 10 choice - SEA- o.
ELANSEED-Sl p
LEAD-gu.et. son Missouri and common S S;
NfIISTJ FF-lirn.
CORN MEAI.-puli. s. s56S 81
CORN CHOP-5'c.
BUTTER-,Tool 10 fancy Creamery firm, lslSsl7c
.afY 10 choice lS.sl50.
EJ5GS-FirCl at ice.
EEESE->Ieady. Fun cream northern twins and
NouEs America fnEllC, western SSsS-
LIVE POTLTRN-Firu- Choice hens s. 50, roost-
ers - agz2 s.. small fat hens & JoasS - Spring
chickens small <S5R2s u
ERDNlSlD\S-EaSy
HAMS-S9 -
BREAKFAST BACoN-Ss =
DhlED BEES -.
DRIED SALT MEArS-Short ribs s. 3 long
cieSr - Sc shoulders 81 * short clear S -
SMOKED AEATS-LCuE clear & o. shoulders
$ az short clear sides s. b
PORh-SIl ~.
LARD-$s 81.
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New York Produce.

NEW YORK. May Is
wHEAT-Steadv No rcd cash g77sGgSc.
CORN-Weaker No . 4e7 4'eC-
OATS-Firn May ,s2aG}74c.
COFFEE-5 down 20 ) up. sales 1900 bags spot
Rio on Il steady. DC.
SUGAR-Rehued steady. Standard 4 l5-isc,
confeCtioners \ l-l5C; graduated 6 l-l6cubes
GS-GC powdered SIC
FGGS-ACt,ve. Choice Western l2'c12lSc.
BUTTER-Weak- Western dairy 0eslic, creamery
6EliC.
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This Weeks Pork-Packing.

CINCINNATI, o., May I5.-The Price Cur
rent says today:
The weeks packing in the west has been
rs. UO0 hogs, against 1850 0 the preceding
week. and 10000 last year. The total
from March is 2,Sl5, 600, against l.995, 0O0
last year, an increase of Is per cent. The
leading points compare as follows:
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REPRESENTATIVE SALES.
Following are the representative sales of cattle at
ffp stock wards today
HOGS.
Rhnhinfa lEl


The receipts were liberal and quality very good
The market opened firm at yesterdays figures and
ruled steady throughout, nearly all the car hogs
selling at that price, Chicago reported 25G0 on sale
with market slow and dull, Kansas City 1909 steady
This market closed steady.
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81. Louis PrpdueA

ST Louis No, Nay II
FLOUR-Essy but unchanged Cholce s. 20
IS Ss fancy - s'si az extra fancy s. +as4 q
patents :; s0e5 a..
WHEAT lcsc,i weak bot tIss &c above yeSfer-
dsy- No-2 rel cash 81. July SEC asked. August
SS5ac. December s-1ac.
CORN-Closel &c shOys yesterday. No mixed
cash Si'4c. July S2'sc, August Sizes.
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Notfca

ThOse in correspondence with friends IA
the east who contemplate visiting Wichita
on business or pleasure in the near future
should b. advised Of the series 81 home
seekers excursions TO b. run by the popu-
lar Frisco line from 81 Louis 70 " ichitil
on April % May 20 September =. septsm-
Der - and October IS, $50
These tickets ARE good 70 return thirty
days from date Of sale and are sold az the
extremely low rate 81 one fare for he
round trip The Frisco line il the only
line running two daily express trains
between ~ Louis and WICHITA without
change ID Wf-uAIgT
General Passenger Agent, - Louis. No
TfurF
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OATS-Very duh and prices nominal No 2 cash
29l4c bid, July 253.c bid.
RYE-Quiet. No. cash SIC.
BARLEY-Dull. Sample lots Nebraska sc.
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Wichita Flour Market.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Money.

NEW YORK. May Is
Money on call tight, ranging from 20 Is per
cent last loan &. closing offered at {.
Prime mercantile paper 4a4ol1
Sterling exchange quiet and weak at 81 ssh for
CO day bills and 81 S5le for demand.
The total sale Of stocks today were 595 ,lS9 shares
TO-DAY the stock market was decidedly active and
closed fractiUnally lower than yesterdays quota
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Cash quotations follows:
FLOUR-Unchanged Spring patents. soft to
hard, 81 5Q45 25 western patents 81 500fi IS. ba-
ker's So 251g3 20.
wHEATSNo. 2 spring s3@9ic, No. red 93@9lc
CORN-34l5 CJ3i14c
OArS-Z134C.
RYE-52c,
BARLEY-Nominal Soc.
FLAXSEED-$1 4tGl IS
TIMOTHY-Sl %
PORk-$l2 62Jb.
LARD-S6 D ,g6 PIP.
SHORT RIBS-$5 35G5 40
SHOULDERS-Dry sailed S. 00S5 TO-
SHORT CLEAR SIDES-$5 1898 S.
WHISkY-$l or.
sUGAR-Cut loaf G34971sc; granulated 65sc; stand
ard 4 Csc.
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Wichita Hide and TaIlow Market
WICHITA. Kan. May Is
The market on hides is active and firm.
HIDES-No green 3s4c per 10, No green SIC per
H. No green salt 4C, No green salt dry hides
5G1 JPC per 10, bulls and stagS NC.
TALLOW-Nol $40 per No. NO2 PFC
SHEEP PELTS--SOs75c each.
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Commencing SUNDAY March =. tie
Great Rock Island route viii place 10
service between Kansas City and Denver
their new and magnificent dining cars.
Pence de Leon" "Deim0ute" and Ray
rnoud" Passengers leaving Wichita 90
the morning trains Tor Pueblo. Colorado
Springs and Denver viii b. served with
dinner and supper on these trains ll0tf
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4 rarrera Tt-as ar-s- seT ~ .fsreas9z- sslsrz
vsh E-es@ slas ~ st,l ssi ss@sGt s-i- 1rfs tsss-
81
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SHEEP
No sheep on the market.
Wichita Horse and Mule Market.

The receipts show daily increase and there is a
better feeling on the market. The demand for good
drivers and heavey grades is good.
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WICHITA LIVE STOCK MARKET.
WITCH
CATTLE.
Rereipts mo. shinments no

Receipts 10; shipments 112.
The market not active as usual To-Day, rs
most Of the buyers wanted to purchase below the
price asked by the statesmen. Consequently some OF
the offerings were unsold The breaks In the east
crn markets during the past two days seemed 20
dampen the Al dor of the buyers. Good butcher
grades sold well and good values There was
rather weak feeling at the close
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-16

PROPOSALS FuR CONSTRUCTION uF SEW
and plumbing public bslilduEs az Fort sup
i.t. Indian Territory Headquarters Departments u
tIt Missouri OlCs Of ghr Chief Qunrfcfnasfer. Fort
leavvuw urth. Kansas. April u, irsi-scaicd pro-
pa.s. in trpctfe subject to the usual conditions.
.it te received this slrr and 70 the once Of Tho
Post 9Uutcrm8sfcr a. Fort supply. Indian Terri
tory Uufll T. o'clock, noon central standard time On
MONDAY. MAY ~ iSEi ard then opened 30 the pres
uf bidder Tor furnishing material and labor -
qujrc H the construction aud Cnfuplcigu ~ sewers
and Tor Plumbing iu Public buildings az Fort sup
ply, Indian Territory Preference viii lse given %
articles of domestic PROHIBITION or manufacture COM
dtions ~ quality and price dnciudiag n hs price q
foreign proauctoa- ur manufacture The duty thfrr-
ca being equal fult Information viii tn given.
and Plans and Specifications can b. ohtllnesi si thn
ofcc the Once 81 TIE Post Qurfermastsf. foft
supply Indian TERRITORY. The Government reserves
the right 90 reject al BIDS. paTts there
a. and ~ waive defects Envelopes containing pro-
Issti- should D. marked Proposals Tor ~Eer aat
l'rupn~et- fpr Plumbing, respectively at oTt sup
ply. Indian Territory. and Hddrezvi 20 The under
signed car Co fhr Post Quarteruastcr, Port -Hpptf.
Indian Territory. g. N FOSTER. Qssrter astssr.
4. =. A.. Chief QlarferruasteT. isl-At
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Wichita Wool Market.

Wichita Wool Market.
WICHITA, Kan, May Is
Bright cOnd ition-Bright medium l5c heavy me-
dunn l4c light fine l356c, heavy tiue PC.
Earthly COndit. Ons--M elIum BE. fine 4dllc coarse
lIaI3c Mexican se,ect grades l2&l4c. coarse and
kenny SdI0c,
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X-og- TO Know THAT = CkNI5 WILL GIVE
Il yaa god tsA ssy@sr q s2Azssa1sg hs22 A.
- Skzkz1r44zl. - = 4eGeaSA- A-l-
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Wichita Grain Market.

Wichita Grain Market.
WICHITA, Kan. May Is.
The receipts OF corn and oats quite heavy today:
There seems 10 be good demand on all kinds or
grain and prices rule about steady.
Receipts for a hours s., so bu corn; tO bu oats
GRAIN-Car lots on track:
wHEAT-Good milling 75c. while other grades
are quoted at zoe and down.
CORN-No or better z21Gc, white 241sc.
OATS-29a 25c.
RYE-No 8. or better 32CG135.
HAYS 80 per ton, S4 90 n car lots.
GROUND CORN-Chop in lots 45c per 100 lbs.
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EDUCATIONAL.
JUSTICES OF The PEACE.

For the use of Justices of the Peace we carry in
stock and make to order all kinds Of LEGAL.
BLANnS, DOCKETS, both CT Il and GRIN INAL.
Filing envelopes, transcripts civil and criminal.
with and without caption, stray BLANKS, Blanks
used in Civil and Criminal Cases, Justices Receipt
Books, Law Books in fact every kind of book or
blank used in Justices Once. Orders by mail
will be promptly attended to. Address
THE WICHITA EAGLE,
WICHITA. KANSAS
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Sew Pullman Car on the santa Re Route lie
Ireen W L.hLIa and -. Ln.enh-

tween W iehita and ~. Joseph
The Atchison. Topeka * Santa Re rail-
road arr now running in their night train
leaving Wichita at $50 p. m a new combi-
nation Pullman sleeping and chair car
Wichita 10 IT. Joseph. through Topeka
and Atchison. This car arrives AZ Topeka
AT AS a n. Atchison az e.. ~ a. M and 81
Joseph O'Clock O. ~ The Santa Re IL
the only line having this arrangement
from Wichita " ID MURDOCH,
% If Passenger and Ticket Agent
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BUTTER Easy. Fancy Elgin creamery 1870
lie; finest l51fa6c, finest dairy pGl4c; fine l4&l5c
EGGS-ll@ll13c.
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ron S4IE- Cffa Zeal Esfofe.
Is<ss a. ssas x FsF .-ss - zsT.
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DENTISTS.
DIR. L. c. WILSON
DIR. e. III. CREDITOR.
VETERINARY SURG'S.
]. NJ PHILLIPS. Sc PHILLIPS
PHILLIPS 6 PHILLIPS,
VETERINARY SURGEONS

VETERINARY SURGEONS.
Graduates OF the Chicago Veterinary College
members OF the Chicago Veterinary College Asso1
citation.
We are prepared TO do all kinds OF veterinary
work, including canine practice, dentistry and all
surgical operations. Hospital accommodations for
all patients requiring special care Calls by tee-
phone, telegraph mail will receive prompt atten-
ton by day night We use operating table
instead OF throwing horses.
ONCE. Ii North Lawrence Avenue. Telephone
No.1. l25-tf
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SOC per bushel. northern 75c
per bushel.
CABBAGES-New SC.
ONIONS-Nonp in market
PIE PLANT-lc per ID.
SPINAGE-Sc per H.
LETTUCE-l0C per H.
RADISlI ESP &c per doZ. lunches
ASPARAGUS-25 per doZ. bunches
SPRING ONIONS-l256c doZ punches.
PARSLEN-22c doZ punches.
EGGS-Sd9c per dOZ.
RUTTER-Fancy creamery &c. choice creamery
22C choice butter l5aI6c, fair PC cooking butter Sc
CHEESE-Eastern full Crea l3c. half cream ll@
l2c skim SG9c, limburger l5Gl6c, brick l5Si6 iuli
cream Swiss lG0lGc.
CHICKENS-Dressed 61S@Sc per h. live 81 $50
60 per dOZ.
TUKkEYS-Live sac per H.. dressed 99llc,
Wichita Leather Market.
WICHITA. Kan, May l5
No changes worthy of mention. Fair demand and
prices steady.
SOLE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 2955lc, B. A. 20
90, good damage 2l@2Gc.
HARNEoS-AcOrn oak SIC No oak SAC, L. 81. sc,
Union s0c, Hem Ock DC.
CALF-Domestic G5c@Sl %, French 81 GOAL 50.
CUT HALF SOLES--EXtra heavy So ~, heavy
IS W. medium - So light 81 25$l 10
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FOR RENT-WisceHaneOus
FOR RENT-FarBs Property.

TOR REST-A FINE PASTURE or 10 ACRES
il Living water. shade. Wei fenred. opposite
Riverside Park; 10 rent 20 reliable parties. " II
Maxwell Journal ONCE. Bl-t'
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DRoPosALs FoR coNsrRrcTIoN oF -.

city Union Ticket ONCE ~ North Main street. aud
I nlou Depot, Dugias avenue.
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RO4RDEKS.

II-A%TYp At PRIVATE BOARDING
" 49, II -.1srs 1s1ESrra Lze .nErs-rs
s-s.s-rsz. x Ssv-& Es2eEA - -
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MIsCELLAYEOES

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NTOSET IuASED Of H0RsEs. BL0fsfks
vi cows -5aH.-. tso1sstlIH fssTntt@rs. stc. Agtas
bsgzzht i gua VAR Fuaall asEa9r-1s 81 foaises
core ard ~ - -. =. AEa1 8 O. oFvF a. HeTtz
NAL s-rzeL *
MONT TO r0AN-sf4oET TTFE ECEET AZ
vi SuaEe rzses ~ k1rs~s- Gztk4s. s2ssl- - AzE
E-- - Mes- - - sss.zr- ~
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-06
THE TORTURE lLUTE.

in imitation of the keys or stops. Wives
who disobeyed their husbands wore one
OF the mock fddles, and if they persist
ed in disobedience or rebelliousness they
were carried to the market place to receive
the jeers and jests of their neighbors. II
two women quarrsled they were yoked to-
gether and also taken to the market place
and subjected to the curious gaze of the
multitude. Unchaste women were obliged
to wear crown of iron thorns and long
heavy plat of straw. Then we find in the
collection the thorn cradle, the torture
bed, and the stretcher, with it's grooves,
rollers and pulleys. On the stretcher the
bones were slowly broken and limb torn
from limb. These were resorted to, it is
said, in extreme cases; and yet it is i'm
possible to conceive how any crime could
Justify such death. The most fright
ful instruments of torture are the Spanish
Stock and Iron Virgin, which were used
to punish real or alleged political Offend
ers. The unfortunate victim was first
put in the stock, and here he was kept for
days in the hope of extorting confession
of some secret which it was believed the
accused would divulge. The hands were
fastened in the clamps and the feet or
ankles in the stock. Failing after a cer-
tain time to extract information, the poor
wretch was placed in the Iron Virgin and
slowly crushed to death. Beheading
seems bad enough, but beheading is mild
punishment compared with this slow and
agonizing death. There are innumerable
other torture in' ruments in the collec.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-06
He Didn't Mean To.

Mamma-Now, Johnnie, dear, You'll
keep nice and clean if mamma dresses
you up nice in your pretty white suit,
and puts on your lovely Fauntleroy
sacque, won't you, dear? We're going
to have company for tea, and mamma
don't want them to see her little boy
all dirty; you'll be very careful, now?
Johnnie-Yes'em.
Mamma-Thats a good little boy.
Here's cooky for you, dear.
An hour later:
Mamma-Why, Johnnie Kiserl What
nnder the shining sun have you been
doing? Just look at your clothes
Look at them literally and completely
Say?
Johnnie wasn't doing nothing but
Just throwing dirt on Dicky Rogers,
cause he throwed some on me; and
then we made little dam in the gut.
ter, and had some fun rolling down
that clay bank back of the house after.
ward, and-that's all. II didn't
mean to get dirty.
Mamma-Oh, mol You never mean to
do anythingl / declare if you're not
enough to try the patience Of saint !
Dear me, dear me!-DraheS Maga-
zille.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-06
TYPES OF MouNTAINEERs.

lady fsiend, who should know some time
ago. Obligated'-'you-uns in the
singular! Whoever heard such?"
She attempts realism, and yet is most
realistic, said bright writer, member
of the old ante -bellum school, but who
has long since ceased taking an active
part in literature. Feeling and rom ance
and subtle, intangible senses in noun
taineer2 They are as insensate, as in
Could I have politely said that the
speaker was blind--was dispossessed of
that fine, sympathetic insight necessary to
the full appreciation and understanding Of
the things he enumerated, wherever they
exist?
The child of this wild wilderness could
be nothing else than an anomaly. That
curious animal known as the human be-
ing is but an odd creature at best-with
mind attuned and in a manner adjusted
by culture or sophistication. Without
solitary trace of such, or the rudimentary
parts of that thing known tangibly to some
ns education, he must prove interesting at
least.
Ethically, such is the Southern mount
aineer. AS he lives now in the great
smoky mountains, SO his father and his
fathers father lived before him, geenra-
tions back into the days of Nolichucky
Jack and his yelling devils of the mount
aims"
The house he lives in-cabin is not the
word and hovel is tainted by ill usage-is
generally two roomed structure of logs,
with lean-to kitchen of pine poles. Here
the family hearthstone is. The structure
may be 100 years old. Over the door
hangs rife-perhaps a lengthy, flint
locked affair, time -honored, but service
able still. This rifle is the greatest insti-
tuition known to the mountaineer and his
family, and would like to speak extend
edly of it. 1t is looked up to by the
younger members of the family with sort
of underlined awe.
l once tried to purchase one of these
weapons, which was quite as ancient, to
the best of my knowledge, and fully as
conservative, as the hills themselves. 1t
was an enormous gun; the barrel was
fully five feet in length and an inch in
diameter, and it was proportionately
heavy. The stock was perfectly straight,
and imbedded in the cheek-rest was a
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-06
What Makes a Cat Tread Softly.

"Grandpa, what makes a cat tread
softly ?" asked little Tommy Findout OF
his aged relative, as the pair sat down
to improve their minds when the even.
ing lamps were lighted.
at is faculty provided by an all.
wise Creator, my son, which enables
the cat to walk softly" replied the old
man, as he laid down his paper and
beamed ON the youthful seeker after
knowledge.
"All members of the cat tribe are en-
dowed with a noiseless tread, which
greatly facilitates their capturing their
prey. You have doubtless noticed
that the pedal extremities of the feline
are furnished with soft, velvety balls
or coverings instead of hoofs. These
balls extend below the claws, which
are drawn up when not in use, enab-
ling the cat to walk across board
floor without the slightest noise"
"Oh, that isn't what makes a cat
tread softly" said Tommy, when the
old man had finished.
"No? What is it, then" asked
grandpa.
Rats" replied the boy, while hap
py, happy smile lit up his ingenious
face. Chicndo Times
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-06

the matter go, when, by happy IN
spiration, he saw an easy way out of
the difficulty.
Dora, said he, suddenly, "will you
marry me-"
Dora was so startled by this abrupt
question that she was unable to reply for
a moment and Jack, remembering the
old adage that "silence gives consent,
concluded she was too much overcome
with emotion to speak, and so put his
arm around her waist reassuringly.
"Mr Bronson" said Dora, rising to
her feet, 81 am very sorry. | never
meant to encourage you to think we
could ever be more than friends.
Jack was completely overwhelmed
by this unexpected reply. He, too,
rose to his feet.
81 suppose from that that some one
else has won your affections
Dora made no reply.
"Then" continued Jack, in the most
sarcastic tone he could command, i
am sure | wish you much joy, but
must confess am little surprised at
your choice" And he walked males-
tically forth, slamming the door as he
went, leaving Dora standing in the
middle of the floor, speechless with in.
dignation.
Not until he had nearly reached the
end of his run that night had Jack
passed through successive stages OF
anger, disappointment and chagrln and
recovered his usual complacency suffi-
ciently to remark to his fireman:
81 understand, Jim, that Dora Che.
ney is going to marry that brakeman,
Charley Dunlap"
"That SOP"
"Yes; pity to see that girl throw her
self away on such good for-nothing
brute, amt it ?"
"That's what it is"
Somebody ought to tell old Cheney
what's up. He'd stop Mister Dunlap's
little game"
"Ye-ep."
Il never did have any use for that
Dunlap. If he ever crosses my path