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an hour, an havin' tramped twenty
miles over the hills besides. begun te
feel my wind kinder gitten scarce:
Twas cold day, but I was sweatin'
wussn Gordon player at Fourth o.
July ball Consistently / wa'n't feeling
ez gentle o. little lamb on the hill,
side, an | think II could have ha'
froze onto that fox jist at that minute
ia ha treated him wuss'n Samson did
that little flock .o,=foxeszhees etehed
wunst upon . time, ez I've heern tell
about.
swat made the sittiwation SO much
moro grindin' were th't Id alluz ben
dead set ag'in foxes, an had stuck to 1t,
'arly an late, ag'in all corners, b'gosh,
th't man ED waste his time a-captur-
In foxes, or a-tryin' to- couldn't git no
furder down, not by land, an, here were
nat only tryin' to captur' fox, but act
ally befn made putin an BLOWN fool
Oh by one o. the mean cusses, an lettin'
It make me cut up monkey shines and
didoes wuss'n clown in circus, an
1t a-laughin' at me all the time at that
Thinkin o this made the sweat pour
outen me more an more, an put on a
heftier head % steam an tore round
arter that fox like an ingine, but I
never could git glimpse, even, of an
inch more Of its tail than I'd seen
afore. Then could feel myself begin
min, to go crazy. Yemowt asst me why l
didn't quit an go hum Well, I couldn't
no more quit follerin' that fox than /
could ha' quit breathin'l l spose I'd
ha' been follerin' of it yit if nothin'
hadn't stepped in to prevent it. got
wild. hollered at tho fox an called it
all the names could lay my tongue to-
| whanged away at its dod-blasted tail,
but the tail alluz disappeared jist in
time to get out O. the way O. the bullet
| Wunst tore away from the tree twenty
or thirty foot, SOS / could keteh the
fox ez he kim trottin' to the side o. the
| tree facin' me, but he didn't trot by, but
jist stopped an waited on t'other side
Then l tore over SOS could get full
sweep o. that side O. the tree, an then
the durn fox had p'tic' lar business on
the side th't had jist left. I till We
for fact that my reason we're totter-
in on its throne by that time an ]
| know'd 1t.
"'Yer sneakin' coward I yelled to
the fox. go don't dast-cnmeA out an,
act SQUARE, said. You only jist dast
to stick even the p'nt o yer nose
from ahind that tree l said, AN I'll
put a Slug inter it so durn quick, I said,
'th't yen wisht lightnin' had ben arter
We instid, said.
'But the sneakin' red-haired insec
didn't show up, an back tore to the tree
agf'n an chased the tail Wunst more fer d
spell, ez If it'd ben a jack-o-lantern in
! the swamp, an was one O. them fellers
th't d lost his way, same eE ye mowt
ha' heern on. Then l rushed away
from the tree ag'n, crazy ez bedbug
with p'ison on it, an yelled-to4 the fox:
eyer spook, dod blast YET hol.
Tered. 'Ye hain't no flesh-an blood fox,
but regular consarned spook!' | hol-
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lored. But even IL We be a spook, ]
said, If yell only come out an give me
show, 4 b. gosht'lmighty, l won't be
afeard to tackle yep ] said.
But l 'spect tht the fox only
laughed at me the more, for he didn't
pay no attention to my chal'nge, an so
l turned in an took another heat
chasin' his tail. ] had made mebbe a
dozent circles round the tree, putin
like porpus, wen ] dropped my eye
for the fust time on a big holler place
in one side o. the tree. Crazy ez / wer,
/ had mind enough left to hold> an
idee, an ez soon ez / see that holler
the idee struck me. / didn't know
wuther 1t d work or not an .jedgin,
from the way the fox had ben actin, /
didn't much think it would; but made
up my mind to try it. So flew around
the tree two or three times ez fast ez |
could go, an then wen l got round to
the holler inter it popped. ] stuck my
gun bari out straight holdin 1t about
six inches from the ground. Wuther
the fox wanted to show me th't he were
up to my trick an defied it or wuther
he got careless an we're fooled, o.
course didn'tehev no way o KNOWN,
but whichever way it mowt ha' ben he
KEEP right on his way, an wen he got
to my gun bari he stepped, over it. The
minute the middle ahts body were
over the bari 4 give the gun hist
up'ards th't ID ha' lifted an OK, an
tossed the fox twenty foot in the air.
/ got to my feet quicker'n chain light
MIN, an had dead aim on the fox fore
he turned to drop back to the ground
ag'in.
ut wouldn't be great sight more to
tell about this leetle circumstance II 1t
hadn't ha' pen th't jist or draw'd bead
on the fox in the air, wat should ] see
scroochin' on the limb of tree, right
in range O. my gun, an not twenty foot
away, but a cattymount th't was SO
blamed big th't think he must ha'
been the daddy O. all the cattymoupts
th't had ever been born up to that date.
|. / hadn't see him afore, an he we're all
ready to spring squarl at me..Inga
second 1t popped through me th't more n
likely my bullet'd slosh clean through
the fox, an keep on an tickle the life
outen the cattymount at the same time.
So / wanged away, an down kim the
fox deader'n gate post, but the ball
missed the cattymount slick an clean
Fore 1 could lower my gun quarter Of
Al. inch arter nrin' at the fox, the catty-
mount sprung for me with his mouth
open wide enough to take in sheep. II
the yarmint had been fred outen can
NON he couldn't ha' whizzed through the
sir no faster than he did, an wen he
struck the end o my gun bari, with his
laws spread. he couldn't stop on the
way, an the bari passed clean through
him, an then had him o. II held ha'
ben bead on 3 thread!
..Wnll, that's all th'was to IT. ] 1ist
siung my gun, cattymount az all, over
my shoulder; an draggin' the sly o. iox
by the tail, marched hum tol'able well
suited, after ali, with my days reecrya.
top, even II 1t lad ben leetie tryin
20 tho eyes along ~ fast ED Mott
Ia N. X. Sum
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A South Side pastor: Did it evcr occur
to you that politicians and others who
have great events in hand always call
upon some minister Of the Gospel with
the greatest assurance to open their de-
alterations with prayer? They hardly
ever ask one Of our guild II he would
like to do 80. or II II would be agreeable
or convenient They just say, I'VE
want you" and the. preacher leaves his
pastoral duties or his sermon to 60 and
invoke the Divine blessing on some as
semblage whose after delibera lions not
linfrequently show that the supplication
fell short Of its mark. / don't know
that ever saw the prayer reported. The
reporter simply writes that s'the Rev.
DR.. So-and-So made an opening prayer. !"
/ grant you that some Of the prayers
may not be worth printing. but IS that
little reward II All the poor preacher
can expect II would seem e II he ought
TO hAve.it And no ought TO make suoh
. prayer that the reporter would feel
Compelled % make II ! part 81 HI report
<-ghioaGo Yribunei
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RINGS IN WASHINGTON.
rhe'Jewelry Worn BY the Society People Of
the Capital City.

The Jewelry Worn BY the Society People Of
the Capital City.
The most popular rings in Washing
ton, said Jeweler Gait in recent in
terview, ''are those wrought In serpen-
tine designs. The pattern, two en-
twined serpents, one of gold, the. other
Off platinum, with diamond in one
head and sapphire in the other. leads
the fashion. In fact the most popular
rings are those combining the gold and
platinum. AS many as four serpents
are used each head set with different
stone
THE rings are not very costly, as the
finest gems are not used in them They
can be purchased for from $25 to $50.
The proper setting of diamond when
worn in a ring by gentleman is to
have the stone sunk deep into the gold,
as the raised or claw shaped setting is
not secure enough for men. Most Of
the imported rings have the Jewels
placed well into the bands.
with the coming of spring the fash
ion in rings in Washington changes and
gold is abandoned for silver, which is
still popular. The sales Of designs in
silver are increasing every day. Another
element of popularity is the fact that
silver rings cost very little and come in
as beautiful patterns as gold. Doublets
are most frequently set in silver rings
"Doublets are pieces Of cut glass with
q small piece OF diamond or other gem
cemented to 1t and having almost the
brifliancy of a genuine gem, but which
cost much less The garnet will be
worn a good deal this season Some
very fine ones are being imported. The
favorite setting will be four or five OF
them placed in row on small band
ring. "-Jewelers' Weekly.
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a RELIC OF LONG. AGO.



In little grocery at the corner Of
Prytania and Polymnia streets is plot
urc, which by no stretch Of the imagi-
nation can be considered work OF art
yet 1t possesses a peculiar interest to
the Orleanian, as being possibly the
only record extant OF one OF the great
events in the history not only 81 this
State, but of the country itself.
It is an oil painting about six by four
feet in dimensions, surrounded by o
cheap homemade frame. The scene
represents the ceremonies which were
held at the Chaimette battle-ground on
the day Of the funeral eli General and
President Hickory" jackson.
The figures are fat sfiH and awk-
ward in the extreme; the perspective is
ON a par with that of the Chinese and
Japanese artists, the green sward re-
sembling the green baize table, but the
woe-begone, blank expression Of the
lines Of the soldiers and spectators is as
suggestive Of the absencesof life as 1t is
possible for counterfeits Of the human
countenance to be.
In the center stands monument dec
Grated with large funereal wreaths and
surmounted by brass eagle; behind are
grouped the spectators, while still fur
Their back, outlined against the sky, rise
the masts and rigging Of several ships.
A mass of green foliage rising abruptly
from either side OF the picture forms a
background for two rows OF soldiers, in
blue coats and white pantaloons, who
are huggng their guns in very unmili-
tary manner.
At the head Of each row of soldiers, a
little to one side, stand Indians, the one
on the left hand chief and that ON the
right hand that Of squaw, with child
in her arms Between the rows of
soldiers Is . broad, red-colored walk,
which runs up to the monument. On
the right and in the rear of the monu-
ment, is reared tall flagstaff, from
which the American flag appears half
masted, not falling in graceful folds
moved by the gentle zephyrs, but fat
and stiff as plank.
Inscribed on the monument are the
lines:
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PERSONAL AND IMPgRsonAl-


Virginia r FarraEut widow
of Admiral Farragut draws Z pension d
5000 year.
Rev. Or. Lyman Abbott says he CON
siders Rev, Phillips Brooks BY Tar tho
foremost preacher in America.
1T was discovered at recent ban.
quet in New York CITY. which william
/ Lloyd Garrison attended that none Of
the negro walters had heard the name
before.
John Stephenson, though over four
scorc years, still personally supcrvises
his great street car building business in
New York. .Hc issaid to have built his
FIRST car In 1889.
The Duke OF Northumberland, per-
haps- the greatest land owner In En-
gland, has just entered his cighty-frst
year. He owns more than 200, 900 acres
with rent roll of ss75, 900 year.
"A shoemaker named Folkers, who
belongs in Portland, Me-, Is the cham
pion tramp. He boasts that he has
travelled 90 eoe miles . year for ten years
on railroads, and has never paid cent
Of fare.
Juliet Carson has the chair Of cook
ing and household economy in Rutgers
Female College. The college girls say
Eshe carries her kitchen in her bonnet
and can make soup with . watercress
and match.
Cyrus w. Field is said to wear two
watches One, an elaborate affair, val
ued at 81, 500, is worn TO please friend
who presented it to him, and the other,
an ordinary gold watch, Is worn TO tell
the time Of day.
Mrs. Prodgers. who would have boon
declared an exaggerated character had
Dickens created her, died recently in
London, where she had long been the
terror OF cabmen. Her habit was to
drive the fullest possible distance for.
the money, pay the exact legal fare.
and then cause the arrest Of the cabman
for expressing his feelings.
In the town Of Mayfeld, CAL, jose
Ignacia Aureque has been confined TO
his bed for thirty-fye years. He was in
jured by an accident in mine, and has
not been able TO put his feet to the
ground since. His only attendant Is an
adopted son, who has devoted his time
and means to the support Of the aged
invalid. A good woman OF Menlo Park
has contributed IS per month from her
private purse for the past twenty years.
AN old negro, living In Dalton, named
Election Barksda1e, claims to be t60
years old. He says he remembers dis
tinctly events connected with the revo-
futionary war, and other prominent
historical occurrences Of more than I
century ago. The old man Is still In
very good health and seems hale and
hearty. If the old darby tells the
truth about his age he is certainly the
Oldest man living in the State Of
Georgia.
Judge +. M. Kimmell, OF Chambers
burg, Pa, who served ten years as presi-
dent judge, beginning in 1851, and who
was the oldest member OF the franklin
County bar at his death, left the follow
ing model will: II Will, beqneath and
devise to my wife, r Jane Kimmel1,
who has been faithful and true, all my
estate whatsoever, she to pay my debts
and execute my will She is not to Ale
an inventory or settle an account
There is no chance whatever Of legal
battle ever that sort OF Will and the
entire absence of legal verbiage is abso-
lutely refreshing, considering that ii
comes from . ripe lawyer and judge.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.

The Democratic party is not
merely a party. 1t is the bulwark Of
Southern civilization. Memphis Ava
lanche.
1t is thought that Mr.. Benjamin
Harrison will finally be compelled by
the exigences of the political situation
to write a card indorsing Quay.-At-
lanta Constitution.
AS long as Pension Shark Lemon
can keep his debtor at the head of the
Pension. Bureau, he probably cares little
whether that S25, 900 note is paid or not
ST Louis Republic.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed is not only
Speaker of the House, but its general
manager. He should hang out his
single: bills putthroughathe popular
branch of Congress with neatness and
dispatch. - Boston Transcript.
Our wealthy men are only crea-
lures of special favors bestowed upon
them by the workers Of the Nation
through the agency of Government, and
are not rich men in any true and legiti-
mate sense Observation-Disclosures Mich. J
Broadaxe.
John Wanamaker's-gift Of $780,
600 cottage at Cape May to Mrs. Renja-
min Harrison, and the EATERS prompt
acceptance of the gratuity, easily make
up the most shameful incident of an
administration that has been more
scandalous and disgraceful than any
thing that the country has seen since
the second term of Grant.-Chicago
Herald.
1.-THE obstinacy of the House on
the pension question" says the St
Louis Globe Democrat rep J, will not
meet the approval of the people. 1t is
we'll understood that the Government
is not in condition to pay service pen
sions. and the politicians who are in
sisting upon the adoption of such pol
icy with a view to promoting their
chances of reelection, deserve censure
rather than praise"
1t would be far cheaper for the
country to pay $4,000 idle men average
wages to do nothing than to tax every
square of tin roof, every dinner-pail,
teapot, milk pan and tin can, simply to
.build up Kalf dozen more monopo-
list millionaires and enable them to
give coaching parties. through Scot
land to protection leaders, and to
found libraries from the savings Of q
10 per cent reduction in their working
mems wages. Y. World.
Every time that thermometer
is used on board of ship to determine
whether she is in the Gulf stream or
not, an American may reflect with
pride that though our flag is driven
from the high seas through the opera
ton OF our navigation laws, it was an
American who taught the world how to
navigate these seas, and that no nation
has in modern times done more to dig
Nifty the sail ,r's craft than ours. Illus
trated American.
Young James G. Blaine, Jr., has
been refused membership in the swag-
ger Columbia Athletic Clab Of Washing
tom Perhaps the idea may gradually
dawn upon that young mans mind that
marital eccentricities and personal in
adequacy can not be entirely white
washed iii the minds Of the best peo-
pie by even papa's great position %
PRIME Minister and puller Of tho wires
in ordinary to the amusing puppet
President Mr.. Harrison : Chicago
Mail
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE,

why do they call it the .Woolly
West? because, suppose, somany
young Eastern lambs have been fieeced
there by the real estate agents. -,
Light
BE good and you will be happy; but
II you want to be famous, you'll have
to 60 over Niagara Falls in barrel. or
break tho record as globe trotter-
Van Dorn's Magazine.
-Tonsorial artist dnsinuatingly)--
But your hair sir, comes clear down
to yonr Coat collar. Stubborn vict m
TN that case I'll have the coat collar
cut down. 81 Dry Goods Chronicle.
Madame PATHS picture on The mag
azine covers, in the attitude OF singing
the praises of soap, leaves no room to-
doubt that she Is indeed the great and
only ''soaprapo. Scranton Truth.
She from the Vest so you came
from Maine, | believer" He--"Yes,
am proud to say hail from the Pine
Tree State" She-"How delightful II
must be to be able to raise ones own
pineapples!'
-Scene-Irish country railway sta
ton. Porter, In vo.uble but dreary
monotone-'sThe half-pasht nine O'clock
thrain won't shtart tonight till tin
o'clock, and thare'll be NO iasht thrainl'
Once Week.
This room is very close, |" remarked
the guest to the head waiter, cant
have little fresh, air?" The we'll
drilled automaton raised his voice 70 .
high pitch. Zone airl' he yelis; after
pause, adding, s.let 1t be freshl'
American Grocer.
Eastern farmer (contem ptrdusly)---
"Catch me going West, where you have
neither coal nor wood. Mighty incon-
yenient burning corn for fuel, isn't it?''
Western farmer 'sWaal, yes, 1t Is,
rather. The ears Is so big we can't git
'em in the stoves. IN. Y. Weekly.
Second Gentlemen, before this
duel begins wish TO call your attention
TO one thing" Duelist What Is ii
you wish us to observer Second
'sYou must be careful that each one Of
you two principals stand 81 an equal
distance from the other Texas Sift-
ings.
You didn't sell = copy OF How 10
Make Home Attractive to that woman,
did your Yes, did. When she came
into the parlor rose and said ] had this
book. but saw that she did not need
any thing to tell her how TO make home
attractive, and begged her pardon for
coming and started to leave. She
bought two copies. IN. y. Sun.
Census taker Woodworking, mad
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HOW COLUMBUS LOOKED.
10 There True Portrait OF the Great Dis.
coverer Extant?

10 There True Portrait OF the Great Dis
coverer Extant?
Before contracting with either an
American or European sculptor for the
monument Id honor of the great navi-
gator, who, by the way, did not know
that he had discovered a new continent,
1t would be we'll to ascertain beforehand
whether there is any trustworthy and
faithful portraits of him by any artist of
his time, says Amedeo Huertan in the
Washington Post. Many alleged like
nesses have been painted, carved in
marble, cast in bronze or engraved, but
none OF them bear the seal of anthem
ITCHY from competent historians Like
the portraits of Buddha, Homer, Christ,
Confucius, Mahomet, ETC., those ac-
cepted without evidence, as represent,
ing Columbus, are spurious or. simply
imaginary, and resulting from unre-
liable traditions, some, perhaps, when
made from. the mere description given
by contemporary or modern blographers.
In the Colombian Library, founded by
his Legitimate son Fernando, in the
principal libraries and museums in
France, Spain, Italy and England
nothing to this day has yet been
discovered, claimed or proved to
be the unquestionable portrait OF
the Great Admiral and First
Viceroy Of the Indies. True, We
have meager pen and ink sketch
Of his appearance by Las Casas, in his
Historic de las Indias (voL I'LL J, but no
painter or sculptor could make evcn an
acceptable likeness from 1t, unless gifted
with marvellous Imagination. This is
what Las Cases says:
He christopher Columbus) was
ahove the ordinary height; his face was
long, but with dignified expression;
nose aquiline, the eyes blue, complexion
fair, his hair and beard red, tlnged with
gray. - Would this answer
the purpose to help the sculptor or
the painter representing Columbus In
any momentons event Of his life? 1t is
doubtful. Therefore would suggest
that, through the medium of the De-
partment Of State, our Ministers In
Spain, Italy, France and England, be- in
structed to consult with or apply to the
most competent historians, biographers,
directors Of museums and Librarians in
these countries to obtain, If possible, re-
liable information of every kind that
would serve as . true basis for salts
factory likeness in imperishable bronze
Of the great diseoverer whose tomb
bears the glorious epitaph:
A Castillo y Leon
Nueyo Mundo do Colon
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AULD LANG sYhe.

= Old friend who stitch by my side, take
Your hand in mine,
while memories sweetiy sad recall the days
OF Aud Lang Syne;"
How many changes have we seen. in fair
And stormy weather;
ry,F9. som times laughed and sometimes cried
When We have been together.
VITA joyous smiles our songs we sung, when
lie
Vas bright and fair:
Wfea nj Iifc's sunny slope we climbed, without
A-thought Of care;
In tittcr tears our smiles were lost when loved
Ones left our side;
II seems so long ago they crossed Deaths
Dark and turbid tide.
Dsar friend, whose bonnie locks were brown
NOW
siIvered Ger with white;
Woel9 YOU go back Ger LIES rough path once
m0rd s
Fen II you mightf
H. tread again its tangled maze, TO see
Hopes blossoms die,
T9 @feb DER cherished visions nedf Bcioyed.
So would not I.
Al friend the light is growing dim unto
Our failing sight;
LIS Jung TO sing our evening hymn and $500
Whisper each good night;''
As tired children who ut eve ne longer
Seek to roam;
We lain would lay our burdens down at
4as+ The threshold of our home;
Thai home, whose shining palace walls are
Drawing, friend, so near,
TBat, b6uIr wherein our loved ones dwell, unto
our hearts 80 dear.
= Fly me, and bear us TO that shore, th at
Heavenly
Realm above.
Whore the hearts best loved shall part no
more,
Come light, and life, and love.
.--MfsrAs NJ Tomlinson, In Christian at Work