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l,OR NEW 3-SToR AND CsLLAR
II B1ck DWELLINGS: 8 rooms and cellar each: Just
Completed. on the south side of y bet. LIST and "a se.:
cars snl market store near. only sl2.5U each Houses
p@pered sNORMsTEDI 4 o.. r nv.
t-0Gt
EOk ~RENT-12O sTH ST. NV. 81 ROOMS, MOD.
~ ImIs. rent s39 30 (neGr Patent OfhceJ. THOMA
W lONlEK 32l y st. n-w- I'd nOor. iel1-3I'
y Capitol, SO near Smithsonian. S1i IN West End,
az 80: near 9th and - SITS. els. n ~. s.w., els.
tlS-ot T. A. MCINTYRE, 222 ST.. near Sd ".
EoR E~kNr-HOUsE 632 / ST. s22 f MONTH
u Address THOMAS
1slSSt City p. o.. BoN 5Sl
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.2s Pa. ave. Sc, 4-room fat. all mod. imps. rent
$50 per mouth.
22l2 81. NV. s rooms. all mod. inps.. rent s3J
Per month.
1888 Corcoran ST., o rooms. all mod. imps.; rent
$40 per month.
Inquire iO3 7th st. n. ". je2l-S
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FOR SAIE=IOTS

EoR sALELCoNNEcTIcUT AVE. ABOVE pU-
"a Pont Circle. Non-resldent Owner win oner vslua-
days legation unsurpassed -
College Grounds; price zoe. MERRILL TERRY.
EOR sA~LE-CoLUMBIA HEIGHTs-LoT on
Hei s : and che Cheap one Lot OF ON ans K aDsl sls sss, b On sse
$500. MERRILLk TERRY.
EOR sALE,A BEAUTIFUL o on ORG
l. town Heights for sale on easy terms BY
jee-lm- zoos + st NV.
EoR sALE-Two FINE BUILDING OTIS on NJ
ao,ise sssh e sG slIsy: iSsss SOC q per- sSI soSt exposure
,aam ifHoss. 6. HENsEy 3 CO.
je23-6t 1900 + st. NV.
i the corner Of i Tin and F sis.' oI pSsite the State,
War and Navy DEPARTMENT, improved by large brick
'g iesins; nom B. H. w~AESNidsksco;
IDEsIkABLE LOIS Al Low Prices.
iSth be bet ok III E. 70 100; s Els 81. Az / s s5 s. > ISsI sb -
ss;i6tRk fth,affiSS.@33s$ | BET. St7 ne. COX 10 -
6t.ia&I4 iiGxi4:LsS iS.EcarxA ne, II 1sS:3
Ni Enc lots list i5 w ist1 %a.6 I'M ASet on Is = \ ne, ?2 I'm, 70
3lst SITS. sl.50.
cheap ca aHs and d e1 nlDGnt'1 oar A rs, Mi' oi nsa. dssir xs5s
lots, suitable for investment or speculation. je2I-6t
EoR s~ALE-FINE CORNER LOT on HEIGHTs
inston: three Lots in South s. hm BrO oSfned i i%s IN lots se q,
hs a aaf: TYLER a
EOR SALE-FINE LOT-251l27-ON r ST. Be.
L tween eth and 18th SITS. L. W., improved by three
'' js5i' S,'''" frame price III IL '' Ezf 81 81 ! ss ( z
EoR sALE-LOT go FEET FRONT ON SPRUCE
=, ST, LIE Droit Park. only vacant lot on square; 10
office. ~eIs-wks3xs
r. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
yisI9SHvIfRTTtHAILlLLY9 IL tG Il "a ciT Ih's AT f'f H
HlAp 9 F GoNSLGTIcTT ENT s.0yEkLddK
ING Nc TIT CITY MP M~ETRorOLITAN
y BUIlDiNG fI65fTs on LIE 10Y PLACE. 30
aND 30 FEET FK0NT; WILL SELL \ Q
AND WATER MAINS LAID. % FURTHER PAR
HILL 1 JOHNSTON,
)e4-eolm 1903 PA. AVE. NV.
IGOR ~SALE-RARE OPPORTUNITIES ECONOM.
Il ical Building Lots in finely improved square ne;
on two car lines; 80 and 80 feet deep; watered. sew
erea anu n paved red, tosethsr with Twelve party walls;
cash required. W. Z. BURFORD. l422 \. y. ave.
jel4-12t'
LTOR SALk-A DESIRABLE o on n ST. BE.
TERMS sSs to .g sh ap Il. { LAY 81 sTEW Fiafs s I sSs per fg5 tG0 +
ST. n. W. je20-2w
EOR SALE-SEvERAL CHOICE LOTS AT IVY
l. CITY cheap; easy terms. VIM. I. 0KIE.
)elI-lm 1881 I ST. NV.
LoR sALE-AT SPECULATIVE PRICES, LOTS IN
Parts Of squares. VIM. Il, BiSssTow. =
S1-lm 6l5 9Th ST. NV.
EOR SALE -L LOTS IN HEIGHTS.
= lying on west side of Tenallytown road. a, inter
section OF .Woodley lane; easy terms; electric cars are
NOV my !HHsnns 10 'n'' rtJS oaS l.. A BEhLI. 1921 ct.
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FOR = iun lsI apply - wEsCOTT & WILCOX,
le@l 100 Pa. ave. u. ".
Oh

23O4 Ia EN Tor $50 oil st. n w. l lr....s55
1913 Coz ST.. lUr......4J All l2tn Of. W, Or. so
III . n ". Tor 10 l109 Green's alley. Or. 8
4lJ1 5tn - II =, 9=-...40i l2i4 Union pL, Or $50
lHu3 Vermont ave. comp. turn. Tor. all mi;
shesp durirE summer; germAnent tenant preferred.
lI&]-3Ut 1ALEE - RUTHERFORD, 1907 4 s,.u.w
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II. vi RIM
u Stott Mansion. 23rS 6OOll 100 oyd At 6r m is25 IN
! s-3 III st, lOr, III. l. ..lOO'2I 40 ST. pr. mi, 20 so
1910 2Oth St. Tor. mL75 2I33 l. 81, 1r, mi 20 so
I+l2 10th St, l2r. NIL - 2OlG Nj. 7r. b nm. i. so 30
tl6 La. ave. 1Ur-...-I6U6 ~ 1t. or. mi. 3O. 20
SOl4G,l Or. .mi..... 90. o. 1895 25dst Sr. I'M 20 so
- Sor list ana III sts 90 800 Mass. ave. he, 6r...2S
SiV ASth ST.. lOr.,m \ 90 9lS I'D St. Or, mi % 30
ll3l lJth.str = dwg.1 ar lois 26th. Or. mi % 40
S3ll-lyPa av. !r-5O 30 lI4l 18th 1t. 81. mi %
3ZS -.d,9r. nj ..-35.5U 100 l4th ST, Or, IN. .25
Soi3I8I' IA aN.er.45 3Oi92l ?2d st, Or. mi 81. so
49, INST -.f33Ui26O41e l. St, Or.-...22. 80
80 2Othst. Tor IN 10. sol 1906 I'D. or. mi Ill 80
1l33 10Th 81. 81. 4. 40 5Oi3Il 30 81 N e Or 1O IN
iIf5 <lsI %T,m.L.4OJ 2l4O + ST. or, water. ~. 30
i%o LIST, Dr: mi 1880 ll2l I'D 1t. Or. mi. 2O.3O
1l43 2lst. 12r.-...4 (. 80 S2l ne. Or, I'M %
.4li h St, Sr. mi 400 1905 X It. 81. Is 80
90 -3t 81, Sr m.l-4O. 3OtS10 18th IA. e. ,6r. hi lis
ilZS;5O I'd 81. oriO- constable. nj .r20l. + st.l5
-, h s., VI, mi 3E0Ul23OG-l Va ave, 6r....l5
49, LATch ST, Tor. 81. 5Ol4O4 2lst ST Or water. Ia 10
1884 Larch ST., lUr. 81. 1OIl2-lI D1nxman, Ir.-S
NESI
2Sl9N, l2r. mI.....S6D 1926 sd, tr. L store sos
:Ol2 Dumb't'H, Or. 81. 80 29lS-2O Olive st, 6r..2I
i<is 3lst. ar. mL-3J 30 l22J 30th, 6r-.----.1S.50
sS2S VI St. or, ml.....2JI
FOR . iIn lsI apply - HESCOTT WILCOX.
Je-l 1907 Pa. ave. NV.
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lli3 9Th st. II A., Or. so
.. ii 81. n. e. 7-.........3O
1884 .th -. 4. W. 5r. %
l349 No ave.n.c. Or. 20
Slo list 81. nw.....lU.3 80
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DENTISTRY

TNR. STARR PARSONS, DENTIST. 9TH ST, JOB
~ En-. w.-First-class ! filings inserted. Application
10 gums prevents pain in extracting. AL branches OF
Ieuristry. At present location ten years. mhl7
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FOR

NOR sALE-2OTH n x II \.
Il w, Two Three-story and Basement S-room Bricks;
price of 10th $500.
t631 B. II. wARNER 4 CO.,
ie2l-5t Ole Il st NV.
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FOR

EoH RENT-2I5 12TH ST. NV. THREE-sToRY
Store ana Warehouse ~
YJl ELoic Island ave-. store corner....-.....- 2OOO
1913 10th st. stable. 800
9iO-42 X ST NV, Tr. bay window brick. mi. 5000
22.tO l2th 81. NV, Or. bay window brick, NIL LOO
5l1 ION -. NV, 4 Office rooms. M l.. sl2 to $500
Apply TO RIG CAMPBELL
je3I-6t 5l1 10th St NV.
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FOR II

ts.Oh ENI-B FISH L MILLER. l2i3FST NV.
tn.t Neat, Comfortable Residence 1917 COrcOran
- ~ ~ rooms and bath, concrete cellar under
.aih building. no basement; nne large saloon parlor
- ~ ps.Iect order $40 per month ~ good tenant.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-22
POST OFFICE STATISTICS.

The report of the count of the num-
Der of pieces and weight of matter,
with amount of postage thereon,
mailed from 6 o'clock Monday morn
ing, May 5, to 6 o'clock Monday
morning, May -, at st. Johnsbury
post Office, showed that 1926
pieces of mail matter had been han
died, weighing S72 pounds, with
postage amounting to $164.OS.
Taking the past week as an average
the clerks would dispatch during the
year $50, $50 pieces of mail matter,
weighing As, 344 pounds, with pos
tage amounting to $S522.16. AS
the number of pieces and weight
from other post offices and railway
post offices that come into the St.
Johnsbury officefor dispatch is about
the same as that dispatched from
this office as drop matter, in one year
there would be dispatched at this of
flee over I, 100000 pieces of matter,
weighing over 100000 pounds.
Taking the amount of mail matter re-
ceived and its weight the clerks here
handle every year over 100000
pieces of matter weighing from one
and one-half to two million pounds.
In this large amount of mailed mat
ter the loss is very small and most
generally can be traced to some care
lessness or error of the sender.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-22
81. cJulmsburn Galedonia1r.
"a. John.bury, Thursday, May I5, 1890

Secretary Window has sent to
Speaker Reed an estimate as to the
amount required by the various pen
sion projects before Congress. To
give service pension to every survi-
vor of the late war not now on the
roll would cost eighty-three million
dollars; seven millions would be re-
quired to increase all pensions now
on the roll to eight dollars a month;
ten millions would be required for the
widows of deceased soldiers-a total
annual expenditure of one hundred
million dollars
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-22

The Century magazine closes it's
interesting war articles in the May
number. It's chosen calculator of the
relative fighting skill says: eff one
will take the pains to tabulate the
numbers actually engaged during all
but the last months of the crumbling
away of the Confederate armies,
there appear plainly two facts
First, that the Confederates, by SUI
perior management and better posi-
ton, opposed to the Federals fully
equal numbers at the point of fight
ing contact; and secondly, that OF
the combats during the entire strug-
gle the Federals had their full share
of the victories.'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-22
Travellers Guide.


TRAINS GOING SOUTH, LEAVE
West Burke, 8 21 a m, 9 90, II so pm
Lyndonville IL 10, L 20, AZ a m, IL,
20, 9 80 pm
Lyndon, As a m, 5 %. 80 pm
St Johnsbury, - 80, 81, o OF m, 80,
Passumpsic, Is 81, IA m, OF, 10 IL
E. Barnet 9 "a m, 6 %, 10 27pm
Barnet, ~ So, 81 m, 50, 10 80
McIndoes, 90, 9 SO a m, 6 so, 10 45 p m
TRAINS GOING NORTH, LEAVE
McIndoes, so, 10 40 a m, So, 4 o5,
%
Barnet, 2 SO, 10 so m, 4 II, I % pm
E. Barnet, 1 so, II 90 m, II p m
Passumpsic, 10, II IL a m, 81 m
St. Johnsbury, O4, 90 II 80 m, 10.
80, so I'm
St. ]. Centre, II SO m, 4 As p M
Lyndon, / Sc a m, 50
Lyndonviile, 81, 40 m, ~ 80, SO,
West Burke, So a m, - So, 25, 20 p m
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-22
HOW CONDUCTOR BAILEY SAVED
THE TRAIN.

East ~
the heroisn of this man in the first
serious accident upon the Passump-
sic road after it was opened to this
place in 1850 During a severe
freshet the last days of October 1851,
a long freight train left the Junction
for St. Johnsbury, with Horace
Butterfeld. as engineer; Benjamin
Thomas, fireman; G. w. Boyce, con-
ductor, and Samuel Bailey, brake
man. When near North Thetford,
in the storm and darkness, the
engine plunged into a washed-out
culvert and many cars following
were piled upon it. Both engineer
and fireman were pinned down in
their cab, by the tender and freight
cars which followed. They could not
be reached by help, but Engineer
Butterfeld conversed with those who
would gladly have relieved him if
they could have done so. He told
them that Thomas was dead at his
side, that he was himself pinned
alongside the boiler with his legs
pressed against the fre-box. He
conversed nationally and gave direc-
tons about letting off the steam, etc.
The torrent was constantly under
mining the engine and in about an
hour it settled down and Butterheld's
voice was heard no more Their
bodies were not recovered until near
ly noon the next day. Butter6eld
was unmarried, but Thomas left a
wife and young child in this place
When the crash came, both Boyce
and Bailey were upon the top of the
e.,
their lives. Fortunately they both
escaped, With that instinct born in
railroad man their first thought
was to protect the rear. The even
ing express was due in a few minutes.
The crash had broken every lantern
on the train, and it was midnight
darkness. A faint gli1nmer of light
came from a farmhouse window
thirty rods away. Bailey ran across
the field to that house with all posi-
bic haste, and rousing the inmates
procured the only lantern in the house
"a round tin box punched full of
holes with tallow candle in it.
With this he made all possible speed
down the track He heard the ex-
press laundering along in the dark
ness. What thoughts crowded his
mind What if his tallow candle
should go out? Whatif the engineer
of the on-coning train should not see
his faintlight? With theseand many
other thoughts filling his mind he
stood midway between the rails, and
opening the door of his tin lantern so
far as he dared he waved his feeble
light. The alert engineer saw the
signal and instantly the two short
toots for brakes were heard this was
long years before air-brakes were in
vented), and the express train with
its passengers and men were saved.
Samuel Bailey, one of the heroes of
that fearful night, had been employed
by the Passumpsic road ever since
and was one of its popular conduc-
tors. Although nearly forty years
have passed since he signalled the eX-
press with tin lantern, he always
asserted that the call of the express
engineer for brakes that dark and
stormy night was the most comfort
ing sound he ever heard.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-22
st. Johnsbury & Lake Champaign II. n.

TRAINS GOING WEST, LEAVE
Lunenburg 7 90 m, 1 O5, II 4Opm
n. Concord, 2 o5, 90 m, 80 p
w. Concord, S IL IS, IA M 90 p m
st. Johns'by E., 5 - "a, 8 20 a m, 3 20 p m
St. Johnsbury, 10 m, 80, 40 m
Danville, 55 m, So, IS pm
Walden. 8 80 m, 4 II, ~ p m
E. Hardwick, OF a m, 40, Z rs pm
Hardwick, 9 10 a m, 4 So, Z 81 pm
TRAINS GOING EAST, LEAVE
Hardwick, Al m, - O5, Z 81 pm
E. Hardwick, 90 m, - IA, 90 pm
Walden, 7 os m, - 45, 8 %
Danvi11e, 90 m, OF, 8 4S p m
ST. Johnsb'y, 1 As, 6 50 a m, 2 35, As p m
f. st. ], is a m, 40, 5 O5 m
w. Concord, 80 m, 2 So, 5 20 pm
Lunenburg, ar. 2 40 m, 8 80, SO
Stops when signa11ed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-24
INGENIOUS EXPLANATION.
An Accused Murderer Uses Two Super.
stitious Ideas to Clear Himself.

An Accused Murderer Uses Two SUPER
stitious Ideas tn Clear Himself.
From Notes and Queries.
On January % at Bantry, County Cork,
in the course of the investigation into the
charge brought against William Barrett
and two other men Of being concerned In
causing the death of Thomas Crowley,
who is alleged to have been murdered,and
whose body was found in n bog hole at
Purdho on November IL last, the Cork
Constitution of January "A reports that q
witness
"John Gilman, deposed that on the
night of November IL he went To Barrett's
house To look for him aud found he was
not inside. Barrett entered in about ten
minutes afterward and witness said he
had got of Crowley's car about u mile
from Purdho; hat he was led away by a
will-o'-the-wisp and never knew where he
was until he was at Gutrsnascrenna, four
miles away. He turned his vest inside
out for fear he would be led astray again,
and expressed surprise when he heard
Crowley was dead"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-24
THE NEED OF GREECE.
Could d Find AN Executioneer She
Would he satisfied.

Could She Find AN Executioneer She
Would he satisfied.
From the New York sun.
OFor six years Greece has been search
ing for an executioner. The Office is
looked on with peculiar adherence i'm
that country and the present difficulty is
no new development. The last capital
execution occurred in 1881, also after a
long wait for an individual who was will
ling To perform il. A man named Mes
senior. who had killed his wife, offered to
serve the state as executioner for "A par
don and he %guillotincd seventeen muir
derers. the accumulation OF five years.
dearth Of an cxecutioner. There are
now five murderers awaiting the penalty
in Athens and eleven others i'm the rest of
Greece. They all will before long suffer
death at the hands of "a pardoned assassin
named Roukis, the Athenian convicts be-
ing attended. to first and then the execu
Toner cmbarking OF a man-of-war for "a
voyage along the coast, stopping here n
there for a journey into any interior town
needing his services. So uncompromis-
ing is the national d~etestation Of an exc
cutioner han even On the man-of-war
Roukis will he protected from furtive as
saults by the crew by being housed in an
iron cage.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-24
THE DEATH PLANT OF Java,

Its Perfume somstimes Kills Animals and
Produces Torper In Man.
From the Philadelphia Inn
A magnificent kali mujah, OF death
plant OF Java, has been recently received
nj Savannah by Mrs. Madison Black.
This specimen, which Is the only living
that has ever been brought % this
country, was sent Mrs. Black by her
brother, Jerome Hendricks, who went out
as n missionary 10 that island. The kahl
mujah In found only i'm the volcanic dis
trict of Java and Sumatra, and then hut
rarely. Il ROW from two to three and a
half feet in height, with long, SLENDER stems
armed with thorns nearly an inch long,
caves OF n heart shape and of n delicate
emerald on one side, n blood red
streaked with cream on the other.
The flowers OF the death plant are large,
milk-white, and cup-like, being about the
size and depth of n large coffee cup and
having the rim guarded by fine brier-like
thorns. The peculiarly OF the plant lies
In these flowers, which, beautiful as they
are, distill continually a deadly perfume
SO powerful as to overcome, II inhaled
any length Of time, a full-grown man, and
killing all forms OF insect life approach
ing H.. The perfume, though more pun
gent. is as s~ickeninRly sweet AS chloro-
form. which II greatly resembles IN effect,
producing insensibility, but convulsing at
the same time the muscles of the face,
especially those about the mouth and
eyes, drawing The former up into q grin.
An inhalation is followed by violent head
ache and ringing In the ears, which gives
way to a temporary deafness. often total
while IL lasts.
Other plants seem TO shun the kali
mujah, which might be termed the Ish-
mael of the vegetable kingdom, for il
grows isolated from every form of vegeta-
ton, though the soil about il may he fer
tile. All insects and birds instinctively
seem to avoid all contact with IL, but when
accidentally approaching il have been OBJ
served to drop to the earth, even when AS
far from il as three feet, and, unless at
once removed, soon die, evincing the
same symptoms as when etherized.
Mr.. Hendricks, who writes describing
how he secured the specimen sent his sis
ter, says he discovered il first by seeing a
bird of paradise he was endeavoring to
capture alive fall, stunned by the deadly
odor of the kali mujan, and on examining
the plant, though warned by the natives
to let il alone, himself experienced the
headache and commissions which are its
invariable results.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-24
The Trnut 40 be worked.

While in the PhilipsburR John Caplice
accompanied the general manager OF the
Blue Bird Mining company of Butte TO
the Trout niue, where the entire forenoon
was devoted Ia n surface examination OF
the property, says the Philipsburg Mail
The party found that the shaft was i'm
water from the 60O-foot to the 3O-foot
level, and that the shaft would Ia To he
retimbercd from the 400 TO the surface.
II appears that the shaft was sunk he
latter depth and timberea with tagging.
probably the only three compartment
shaft in the state so lined, and that square
sets were only placed in from the 400 to
the stump. From what ould he seen Of
the timbering above water IL looks as IL
rcfitting would be an absolute necessity
u such was the expression of the visit
ing gentlemen. With the Trout shaft re-
timbed and pumped out, the mine will mt
once step to the ronta s a dividend payer,
having nov three levels In ore Of excel
lent grade. From information received
through reliable sources IL is highly prob
able that n deal is OH hand transferring
the Trout properties to some Butte rom
cern-in all probability the Blue Bird
Mining company.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-24
WITHOUT CHANGING FEET.


~ norse 0elbops ftfteen M1les Without
Altering His Gait.
From the Times Democrat.
There was an unusually large attend
ance at Audubon park yesterday after
noon, the attraction being q novel race,
IN which . man and q horse were rom
tending on pretty nearly even terms.
Mariana Bielsa had agreed to run Is miles
against any horse that should be pitted
against him under these conditions:
The Spaniari offered q prize Of 500 for
any horse that would walk. run, trot, pace
rack or lope Is miles under saddle in less
time than he would run the same distance,
but II was In thea agreement that the horse
should adopt q certain gait ut the start
and not exchange II for another in any
part OF the race and IL was through this
part OF the contract that the element Of
uncertainty was introduced into the con-
test.
Everybody knew that anything Of a fair
saddle horse could cover Is miles in less
time than Il would take a man 10 run the
same distance. but the prevailing i'm
preston appeared to be that no horse
could he found that could be made to
lope, trot, gallop, C or rack Is miles
without changing its gait.
The horse selected for the contest was a
MISUNDERSTANDING black gelding Of good
'.@S ""u SupstahScs anu haStnR u talf
share of quality, though he was not a
handsome horse. He was ridden by his
owner, Mr.. X. l.. Harvey, who, with the
biQ Mexican saddle he used, must have
made up an iinpost of fully 160 pounds.
IL was announced that the horse would
"lope' tcanter), and il was understood
that, while he might shift his feet as often
as he chose, he would lose the race
he trotted ever half a length.
Before the start the man was the
favorite, as il was expected that the
horse would drop into a trot when shift
ting his head from left to right, or from
right to left, while no one appeared To
contemplate the possibility Of the horses
accomplishing the whole distance without
once changing his feet.
1t was nearly 5 o'clock when the rom
testants made their appearance. The
Spaniard was very gaily attired in flesh
colored silk tights, white kid slippers,
trimmed with scarlet, a scarlet silk hand
kerchief on his head, a cream colored
nndershirt Of silk net and beautifully EN-
broidered trunks and c~ollarette OF blue
silk.
Starting q little back of the mark, they
moved up and took the word together, the
man at the pole on a long swinging trot
and the horse about the middle OF the
track in a slow canter. The horse inn
mediately took the lead, and he continued
to draw steadily away for the whole dis
y till he had completed the fifteen
miles without having once as much as
shifted his feet for the purpose of chang
ing his lead, and was more than five
miles ahead OF Bielsa.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-24
COULDN'T SELL THE INSURANCE.
How n Maine City Came TO Get Hts First
Policy.

How n Maine City Came to Get ITS First
Policy.
From the Lewiston Journal.
A new insurance story is told by Mr..
Fairbanks, general agent for Maine for
the Connecticut Life. Years q DR..
James Christie, the leading physician of
st. John, Maine, was a student al. the def
ferson medical college in Philadelphia.
While he was taking a constitutional
about the Quaker City he CHANGED TO en-
ter n poor quarter OF the town, where he
found an auction in progress. In these
days the town OF brotherly love and
the state allowed a creditor to sell house,
hold goods for debt, and at this particu-
lar time "a widow was being sold out
for her husbands debts, he having
bee1 buried the day before. The wo-
man had a mind of her own regarding
the proceedings, and ~vehemently ex-
pressed them. yet the a~uctioneer kept
right along. Finally the fiend of the law
called attention to the cradle and asked
for n bid on IL.
A child was sleeping there, which the
mother vol in her arms, n then she
asked the crowd not to bid, hut some one
did make an offer and got the cradle,
whereupon the mother. full of wrath,
plunged her hand into her bosom. draw
ing forth n paper which she held aloft.
BLAST ye!" said she; 'you can sell the
cradle and the stove. but here's a 5000
insurance which you can't sell or touch"
The doctor never forgot the scene, and he
is said To nave been the first man in the
city of 81. John to take out an insurance
policy on his life.