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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-22

Drunk" cried Mr.. Baxter, Indignantly.
1 should like to meet anybody who says
that I'm drunk! Let me explain, darling.
I'll come out now.
And then he caught sight of his vicar
again AMI shrank back, saving:
Is that man never going?"
What mani" asked Miss Alice, with
impotence. Really, Tom, you must be
mad to- day."
why, the clergyman, Alice, dear; do
you know who he isl"
of course / do. It's Mr.. Grayson, a
vicar somewhere in Yorkshire, an old col
lege friend of papa's: they haven't met
for twenty years. I'm sure he's not an
alarming person-in fact, the only strange
thing about him is that about twenty peo-
pie have mistaken him for your man
Mr.. Straightway, you know. ) Are they at
al alike?"
"Yes. they are-rather," gasped Tom,
scarcely knowing whether he stood on
his head or heels. Come and introduce
him to me, darling. I'll make it all right
with your father"
And he did; but it will be some time
before he hears the last of that cricket
match
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A DUEL WITH KNIVES.
A HALF-HOUR'S BATTLE IN AN
OHIO TOWN.

Incensed at the Abuse OF dis Mothers
(. Honor Son Attacks the Betrayer and
Stays Him with a Carving Knife-An
Awful Scene of B'oodshed.
Portsmouth, Ohio, dispatch: There
was desperate fight here with knives
between James Mault and Spencer
Huston, and the struggle ended in the
death of the former, he being stabbed
to the heart.
Mrs. Huston, a widow and mother of
the murderer, keeps clearinghouse
and is in Strengthened circumstances.
Mault boarded with the woman and
loaned her some money so that she
could purchase some pieces OF needed
furniture.
AS payment for this loan Mault IN
sisted upon taking unlimited liberties in
the house, ana succeeded in gaining
such an influence over the widow that
they were soon living only together.
This so enraged the woman'S son, who
was working In neighboring town. that
he came to Portsmouth last week,
and, learning the true state of affairs,
went to his mothers house and an
nounced his intention of killing both
Mrs. Huston and Mault. The latter on
seeing the son enter the house attempt
ed to escape, but young Huston grabbed
the man by the coat and dragged him
back into the kitchen.
"You coward, your end has GOMEZ" eX-
claimed the young man as he drew re-
volver from his pocket.
Mault who had become desperate,
grabbed up large carving knife and
rushed at the young man. The latter
dropped his weapon, and, with the re-
mark that he would not take advantage
of his opponent. succeeded in securing
another carving-knife from the kitchen
table.
Both men were powerful and a desper-
ate struggle began. The two fought for
half an hour, everything in the room be-
ing despatched with their. blood Both
were so weak from the loss of blood that
they could hardly hold the lznife-handle
at the expiration of thirty minutes.
Finally Huston succeeded in planting
the blade between Mault's ribs, when he
was on the floor, and, throwing his
entire weight upon the weapon, he drove
it up to the hilt into his body, the steel
penetrating the victims heart.
Young Huston, covered with blood,
then endeavored to find his mother,
whom he also declared he would kill,
but the woman had fed from the house
as soon as the CORY struggle began.
The assassin had returned to the
house and was preparing to mutilate the
body of his victim when the town mar
shall and several citizens arrived and
without difficulty placed the young man
under arrest. AS soon as he was relieved
of the bloody knife he tainted, exclaim-
ing as he fell to the floor:
''Father, you are avenged!"
The sympathy Of every one in the town
is with the young man, and tbs doubtful
if jury can be secured in this part OF
the State to convict him.
Friends of the prisoner say that he is
insane and they intend to make that
plea the chief argument in his defense if
the case comes to trial.
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The Funnel-Shaped Cloud.

When the colonel reached home the
hour was late, or early, rather. The
colonel's wife, who excuses none of the
foibles which men inculcate, met the
colonel with a freezing look. The
colonel, who is usually skillfully in
ventive. "lost his head" when he saw
his wife's face.
Wife, What made you so late?"
Colonel (after embarrassing hesita-
ton Ct was detained"
"What detained you?"
"Tell you what's fact Yesterday
evening funnel-shaped cloud came
along and blew me against wall
'gainst wall-and the doctor worked
five hours in trying to bring me around
all right.
"A funnel-shaped cloud?"
| Eyes"
care you sure it was a cloud ?"
Course [ am"
Il didn't know. I thought that prob
ably it was clearer than cloud. Oh,
yes, now see! A man took the thing
that looked like funnel, put the small
end Of it into bottle and poured some
| thing into it. Those funnel-shaped
clouds are very dangerous. They
throw men against walls and not infre-
quently throw them on the ground"
There you go! Most suspicious
woman ever saw. Got no sympathy :;
man works himself to death and woman
suspects him. Never saw the like in
my life. Haven't taken drink in
three weeks. Never saw the like in
my life. Nobody to sympathize with
me. Used to think you cared some
thing for me. Now know you don't.
Never saw the like in my life. Haven't
taken a drink in three weeks"
Il didn't say that you had been
drinking"
"No, but you might as well. Keep
limiting around. Never saw the like
in my life. Nobody to sympahize with
ne. Used to think you cared some
thing for me, but now I know you
don't"
"If you haven't been drinking any
thing why is it you are so drunk"
who's so drunk?"
"You are"
"There you go! Never saw the like
in my life. No use for a man to try to
do anything when his wife is against
him. Well, I must go to bed now.
Never saw the like in my life. "-ArkG4S
eO7D Tlcnq,oIoY
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STANLEY AND VICTORIA.
Tho Explorer Has an Audience With the
Queen,

The Explorer Has an Audience With the
Queen,
Edmund Yates London cable to the
New York Tribune says:
''Queen Victoria has been much in
terested in Mr.. Stanley, and as she was
determined to know him, she invited all
the members of her family that were
available to meet him. He drove from
the station at Windsor On his arrival to
Cranbourne tower, Windsor park, where
the Queen was having tea, and he had
his first audience there, after which he
drove back to the castle After dinner
he was desired by the Queen to give q
short account of his journey. which
short account took over an hour to de-
liver.
THE Queen has now given up her
habit of standing after dinner in the
gallery at Windsor, and as soon as she
gets into the drawing room a chair is
brought and she sits down, as she can
not from lameneSS stand any length of
time. The Queen is Queen always.
Nothing tires her so much as the draw
ing-room, for the perpetual variety of
colors dazzle and much fatigue her. She
was, however, gracious and smiling, and
no one. would have guessed from her ap-
pearance that she was unwell.
1.-THE visit of the Shah's first favorite
wife to Europe will cost at least ego, OOO
Her journey from Teheran to Vienna
occupied four weeks, and the expenses
were e6, 500. The fees of two surgeons
who attended her in Vienna and oper-
ated on her left eye amounted to 1900,
and 81, 900 has been paid for the hire of
villa at Franzensbad, where the Sui
tana is to go for month before return
ing to Persia
''The Sultana, who is just az, but who
looks like very aged woman, has an
immense influence over the Shah, who
is devoted to her, and if she had died
during the operation which she recently
underwent the astrologer who advised
the journey to Vienna would assuredly
have been beheaded.'
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forgive you if you don't come and see me
Wednesday afternoon we go to Essex to stay
with the Chivertons, so this is our only chance
of meeting Do come; in terrible haste. Yours
lovingly, ALICE.
From the foregoing it may be gathered
that Miss Alice Heathcote and Tom Bax-
ter were on to!erably intimate terms. AS
a matter of fact, they had been engaged
for six months, during which time they
very rarely met. Bakers people were
we'll off. and he had a very rich uncle,
among whose possessions was an excel
lent family living, destined in the future
for Tom and his bride. But the uncle
was stern and conscientious gentleman,
and he was determined, before he definite
ly agreed to give Tom the vacancy-when
it occurred-to see what the young gen.
tleman was made of, And this was why
Baxter had been sent to help Mr.. Straight
way in the East End, why he worked SO
hard in the parish, and why he was so
desperately anxious to stand high in his
wears opinion.
When Tom read the letter his first i'm
pulse, unclerical though it may appear,
was to use strong language. But he re-
strained himself and fell to thinking over
the various means of escaping his duties.
fresh appeal to Mr. Straightway he
knew to be hopeless. That worthy ascetic
did not only look upon cricket as friv-
olous waste of time, but he was strong
advocate of the celibacy of the clergy.
Moreover, by merely asking the question
Tom might offend him, and this he GER
tainly could not afford to do under the
circumstances.
There was nothing. for it then but a
pious fraud, and although Toms con-
science rebelled. against the idea of de-
ceiving his vicar, who trusted him i'm
plicitly, he could not make up his mind
to disappoint Alice or to deny himself
the pleasure of seeing her. He might,
under more favorable rcumstances, have
dined at her uncle's house in Portman
Square, but as luck would have it he had
undertaken to conduct an evening class
on both nights of her stay in town. So
he wrote very affectionate answer,
promising that nothing short of an earth
quake should prevent him from appearing
at Lord s, and he at once set to work to
arrange plot for the deception of Mr..
Straightway
The day before that on which he had
promised to meet his intended, Tom told
his vicar that he was passing the night
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Little News Nuggets.

FIRE at Auburn, Neb., destroyed ell
all ofsthe business portion of the town.
The loss is 100000 with little insur-
ance.
A FREIGHT collision on the Big Four
road near Sedamsville, Ohio, resulted in
the burning of two cars of whisky.
Engineer Mullen was injured.
EVERY State in the union is repre-
sented at the national convention of
the knights of Honor, which is holding
ten days session in Detroit.
The Real Estate Title. Insurance and
Trust company of Philadelphia has been
appointed receiver Of the insolvent
American Life Insurance company Of
that city.
AT meeting of the board of regents
of the University of California in San
Francisco the resignation of President
Horace David was accepted, to take
effect Sept. Is.
HOLDERS of $500, 600 against the Iron
Car company of New York have
agreed to allow the company to reor-
ganize under their supervision and pay
the creditors in full.
AT the annual meeting at Columbus,
Ohio, of the grand council of Ohio,
American Legion of Honor, Charles E.
Moore of Cincinnati was elected grand
commander.
w. L. NEWMAN, Western Union
operator at Ironwood, MIMI, has disap-
peared, and an investigation of his ac-
counts shows that he is $500 short. His
parents live in Indiana
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Spring Planning.

Petted Daughter Mamma, 1 saw
such beautiful set Of diamonds down
town at Stoneking & Co.'S this morn
ing! And they are marked only So, 500.
I'm sure papa will buy them for me il
you say SO.
Doting Mamma Ethel, your papa
does not expect to fail in business till
the LIST of May. You'll have to wait
till after he has compromised with his
creditors. IF he gets them for you
when we start for the seaside in June
that will be soon enough, won't it,
darling?
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Leave him to me, papa. 1 must see him
alone" Tom pulled himself together
with jerk, opened his heavy eyes, and
found himself confronted by Miss Alice
Heathcote, who stood with flushed cheeks
and indignant expression at the door of
the drag. r
Are you awake, sir, she inquired,
with elaborate sternness.
"Awakel yes, why not, dear?" STAN
mered Mr. Baxter.
Then what is the meaning of this?
You leave me hours ago and say you
don't feel well, and here find you sound
asleep when the play is over for the day,
and we have been sending all over the
ground for you. And in your shirt
sleeves, too.
Good gracious! beg your pardon. I
forgot" And, blushing scarlet, the GU
rate huddIed on his coat.
And they all say that you are drunk, "
she continued, with half sob. +Oh,
Tom. tie shameful /"
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with his curates. So, with wave of his
hand, he dismissed the subject, and Tom
knew that further appeal was useless.
Its rather too bad, grumbled Mr..
Baxter, as he walked home to his humble
lodgings. But it's no use talking to him
about cricket, and he doesn't know bat
from ball" And with heavy heart he
tried to resign himself to the inevitable.
But two days later circumstance oc-
CURED which entirely routed Toms yirtu-
GUS resolutions. letter arrived at the
reverend gentleman's lodgings which was
couelsd in the following terms:
HEATHCoTE HALL, Loannshire
DEAREST ToM-We actually coming to
town Only for two days. though, and we are
going to Lords to see the match. Uncle has got
q drag there Block B. OF course shall never
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-22

The word cyclone was first proposed
by Piddington in 1648, to describe the
violent hurricanes of the tropics, il
which the wind rotates, in the northern
hemisphere, opposite to the hands of g
watch. The term anticyclone was frsi
used by Mr. f. Gallon in 1868 to repre-
sent wind motion in the opposite direc
tiOp
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sides distinguishing
himself greatly both on the river and in
the cricket field, had taken very re-
spectacle degree, for he was by no means
afraid of hard work of any descript on.
Such men often make capital parsons,
and Tom was hardly less energetic In his
parish work than he had been in very
different spheres of action at Elton and
Oxford. But there were limits 10 Mr..
Bakers endurance; he liked an occa-
sional holiday, and this was the only
point upon which he and his vicar, the
Rev. Septimus Stralghtway, were not en-
tirely agreed.
The Rev. Septimus was an honest man,
and took severe and gloomy view OF the
pleasures of life. He worked terribly hard
IN an East-end parish, knew nothing and
cared less about outdoor sports, or. in
fact, about any form of amusement, and
fully expected his curates to follow I'M
hesitatingly in the extremely narrow and
steep path up which he led them. Hence
it came to pass that Mr. Straightway ex-
perienced considerable difficulty in find
ing curates after his own heart; the
young men were continually leaving him
for less arduous duties, and the wears
opinion of human nature in general, and
of the younger generation of curates in
particular, steadily grew worse. In Tom
Baxter, however, he really thought he
possessed treasure, and the danger of
working willing horse to death never so
much as entered into his head.
Poor Tom did his very best to satisfy
Mr.. Straightways requirements, for he
really respected the man and valued i'm
mensely his good opinion, but, as has al
ready been indicated he could not help
longing that his superior would enter a
little more into his own harmless liking
for occasional relief and sympathize with
his passion for rowing and all that was
connected with athletics.
At the time | write of the cricket sea-
son was in full swing, but Toms duti es
had not only prevented him from play
ing in single match. but even from look
ing on at one few hours from the roof
of the pavilion at Lords. Moreover, the
University cricket match, in which he
took an absorbing interest, was fast APP
preaching and he was sorely troubled by
the dread that he might not be able to
see it. 1t worried him during his visiting
and mission work, spoilt his rest, and. oc-
casionally obtruded itself upon him in the
pulpit. Even the absent-minded Mr..
Straightway at length noticed that his
curate's mind was Ill at ease, and one Gay
he went so far as to inquire the cause.
Tom stammered out something about
being out of sorts, and ventured to hint
that he thought days holiday would do
him good.
When was your age. Mr.. Baxter, 1
never wanted holiday, replied the aus
tere vicar. ~but you are certainly not
looking we'll. Let me see-to-d day is
June %. In about a fortnight 1 think 1
can arrange date for you. Say July IL. ="
"Can't it DE managed a week sooner"
quered Tom, desperately, for the Uni
Tersity match was fixed for the 4th.
Quite impossible, 1 fear, said the vicar
decisively for he was terrible martinez
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Making the Composing. Room Howl.

Two printers were eating their mid
night lunch. Says Sam: "Tom, have
you got your take up?" to which Ton
replied, mo, but I've got my coffee
cup"
On another occasion, Sam took UNI
bragg at some remark from Tom, ant
he sarcastically remarked. "Tom-ass.
But Toms ready wit was equal to the
occasion. He replied, "Sam-mule. >
ECcbGmqe.
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MEN often go up to temptation.
from which they should fly, in a self
confident way; and they often fly when
they should stand and fight.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-22

QUATREFAGEs reckons up at least rs
races of men, all, however, reducible
to the three fundamental black, yellow
and white stems
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SaW I'rdUeLe1

Miss What lovely puppy!
Are you sure he's gentle?
Tonir-Yes, lady His mother, be-
hind me here. comes from a nunnery
in Sibery, where he was ejjicated by
tn sisters. -J1Ldge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-22

BE proud. It is said that proud
maE connot be mean.
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MR.. BAXTER'S DILEMMA,

HE Rev. Thomas Bax-
ter was a curate of the
muscular, energetic
type, which, fortu-
nately for the church,
is turned out not I'M
frequently by our uni
versities and public
schools. He was a
big, broad shouldered
young man, who be-
sides distinguishing
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He was awakened by a rough shake
and shout in his ear of Hi, wake up!"
Returning to semi-cons ciousness he in
distinctly heard EXPLANATIONS of Shame
full" "Disgusting!" Who would have
thought it?" And then a familiar voice
said in somewhat quavering accents:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-22

"There you go! Never saw the like
in my life No use for a man to try to
do ything when his wife is against
him. Well, I must go to bed now.
Never saw the like in my life. "-Arka1s
SQlO IT1UeLer.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-16
An Emcient Omcer.

As the present term OF court has
now passed the period that imposes
arduous and important duties on the
sheriff, We are pleased to be able to say
that interviews with the several a..
torneys and the judge himself have
authorized us tn compliment Sheriff
Ed Jones on the faithful and efficient
manner In which he has discharged
bis duties in this. his first term. In
every direction in which his duties
have been exercised he has acquitted
himself with the skill Of u veteran
officer to the satisfaction alike of at-
torneys and court.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-16

much better condition than when
tagged out and bruised by railroad
travel, aud where they could be held
on cheap f-ed. To accom- li-h this
the us-oc!stiOl became necessity and
all that il needed 10 bring it into ex-
i,teDc- was united effort ou the Fart
Of the hre, ders. This was nearly ac-
compll-bed last summer, but the early
opaniug Of a hea.ed political campaign
FOR the time being Knocked out all
other mundane affairs. including the
horse sales association. IL wa. not
permitted to sleep. however. n shortly
after election Mr.. Jepp Ryan interest
I'd himself, and IN such u practical
manner ~ to put the enterprise on a
busines. footing ut once. Heading a
stock subscription list with a good
round sum himself ~ an evidence OF
his faith in the enterprise, be went
around among the bvrsemen aud
stockgrGwers generally, soliciting
their financial expression Of opinion
IN regard to the scheme. Though un.
able TO see more than half OF those
who would he supporters ri The enter
prise, he was 20 successful "a TO war;
rant the calling OF a meeting for the
purposes Of organization. Tha, meet
ing was held last Monday and a plan
of procedure decided upon, which was
perfected yesterday by the formal in
corporation OF the Custer County
Horse Sales and Fair association.
We congratulate the association on
its solid list of incorporation, and par
ticulsrly on the personnel OF It's officers
and first board of directors. These
names invite the fullest confidence Of
the community and are n gusrant G
that the imp rtant work of the frs,
three months of the association will be
performed with conscientious regard
for the best interest. If all concerned
No local enterprise has ever hsd q
better stsrl ar pr missed moe for the
future of Miles City and Custer county
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-16
THE PRINCEssEs RosATINE AND
TEMPEST.
A Fairy Tale by Mabel A. Sweet,

AFairy Tale by Mabel A. Sweet.
Go back with me thousands of years
to the antediluvian period Of our
planets creation; 10 that realm then
known to our Adamic progenitors A.
Torridzonia; to that land of surpassiDg
loveliness. and Eden beaaiy; the yeri-
table paradise, where the immortals
were born, who are not to pass over to
that beautiful beyond until eternity's
dawning; the history of those olden
days, tell the story of how: There once
lived mighty monarch, "Ixion," the
Splendid by name. who owned and
reigned over several kingdoms, and
the most magnificent and sumptuous
palace that the glorious orb Of heaven
ever shone upon, or was ever con-
structed, surprising even ihe splen-
dors Of Solomon's Temple.
Now the inhabitants Of these king
doms loved their King very dearly,
because he was 90 good, generous and
msgnanimous to them all. They also
loved his wife. "Leda," the Lovely by
pame. who was also called the "Queen
OF the Lillies." because she was more
fair, good, pure and BEAUTIFUL. than
any woman. or lily that ever existed.
Although King Ixion and Queen
Leda had every luxury that They de-
sired, they were unhappy, AID discon.
tented because they had been deprived
of heavens blessing, the sweet COM
panionship Of children, and often
their prayers were waited heaven
ward, to the Giver Of all good, to bless
their lives, and send them two little
treasures, to keep each other company.
and they often felt very sad. dreary
and lonely at this long continued de-
prlvation. So one bright, beautiful
day In June, when Queen Leda was
| walking iu her garden, she saw .
sparkling dewdrop fall from . white
russ, and then one from red rose; and
she said she wished she had . dsagh-
ter q white ana pure - tho white
ross, and one - red, roy and ruddy -
the red rose.
"Your wish then shall bs gratinsd, !"
said cross little voics near her.
Qu-su Leda could not Imagine 70
whom or whal the voics belonged, bot
she looked down on . tall lily near
| BY and saw . beautiful little fAiry With
q diamond crown upon hsr head and .
| Isvslsd wand In her hand. fa
"Your wish then shall b granesd,
! fklr Queen Of ths Lilllss" said another
lissls volcs nssr ~. whish sssnsd ~
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-16
PH isIGlASs.

L. J. LEoNARD, Physician aHd ,uTgeOD, Office
Gs Room No. 10, stoekgIowers Bank Building.