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guinny hens got ter holm, Oh de chickens
to, caoklin', Ell Ole Bre. Rabbit tuck his
foot in his han on lit out from dar.
well. sub, mex mo-nin' Brer Rabbit got
up some sooner dan he in de habits or
doin', On he went 'roun' bv Brer Bars
house. He went 'roun' de same way whar
he see Brsr Bar go de mornin' TO- dat. en-
he amt gone fur twel he see what de ashes
been spillin' outen de bag. Dav what he
make de hole in dc bag fur. Eve'y time
Brer Bar take u step he jolt do ashes out.
Brer Rabbit, he follered de track or dc
ashes. lie follet'd long, no did. up
hill Ell down, throo bushes en- throo briers,
'twel bimeby no come pun Brsr Bar, en
\ what yo' reckon dat creetur wuz ?'
Unols Remus paused M ii he expected the
youngster to give him an answer. Receiv-
ing none he went on:
swell, sub, he want dom nothin' in de
roun' worr but eatin' honey. Pyo honey
Eatin' honey on chewin' do comb! Des de
natchul start nakedOd bee-iooce! When
Rrer Rabbit sen dat. he liked ter tainted.
He flung both hans mp en- fell down on det
Hroun' like he dead. Do sight skser 'im."
why. there wasn't anything to frightsn
him." said the little boy
"He bleedge tor be skeered. Ole Brer
Bar amt look like hisse'f. He done empty
do bag er ashes on de groun' on wallow in
'um twel he look like he done turn gray
endurin' de night. He put 'um on i'm. |
speck, fer tor keep do bees from stinGin'
] i'm. Oar he wuz, up n tree. eatin' honey
by dc han'ful. en- oil 'roun' about dat place
/ dey was n Chimp or big poplar trees. Every
| one un 'um wu2 holler Ell evs'y one un 'um
wuz full or honey. kass Brer Rabbit seed de
bees dea q swarmin', in OH out constant. lie
sot dNr. no did, en- watch Bier Par satin'
honey swel he gun tor to dribble at de
mout. ell he got 10 hungry dat bimeby he
went up ~oloster. Oh AK Brer Bar for tsE
| please. sah, gi' i'm Il hsn'ful or honey.
"Brer Bar low, 'G'way from dar, you
tritin', low down vllyun. ! Ri you nOthin'!
| Go on bout yo' business. TO I come down
dst on war you out ter q ~frazzle.'
"Brsr ksbbis ssy, Please, sub, 8rer Bar
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down the slope toward them. As he came
mp, he appeared aRitated and on the point
A STARTII ING CALL.

down tho slope toward them. Az he came
mp, he appeared aRitated n on the point
Of crying.
whats the matter. DickY" the three
boys exclaimed together.
"There's a party OF rough men arrived
loggers, l guess. They're building a camp
right next to ours and they examined every
thing in our tents; and there's one of them
tied with ropes who's either mad or tipsy.
and they tried to frighten me by letting
him out at me. And l think they all have
been drinking"
Have they hurt you. Dicky" asked Hank.
mo, they haven't hurt me-"
"Have they stolen anything?"
II didn't see them; but they may nav
That mad man is fearful"
"Where is heY"
"Ihey're all at their own camp now.
THEY'RE cooking suppe:."
''Then the best thing for US to do is to
get back to our TENTS" said Hank with the
air of a general. "We shnll be able to
watch them better from there"
The other boys were ready to follow his
leadership, and after making sure in imita-
ton of him that their guns we're ready for
use they stole after him up the slope. They
reached their camp without arousing the
leust sign of molSstation from tho invad-
ers. and George immediately plunged into
his tent in order to relieve his mind on
corning a horrible suspicion which was
uhulblHk Ns LILO OlAeIkou lOOhlOk GoEElUAy
disconnected.
'They've taken it." he exclaimed furi-
ouSIy.
Taken what"
my revolver-mv silver mounted, six
barr eled revolver. It'S an outl age. Pill
kill them rather than let them have it,"
he added, with a dramatic shake OF his
fist.
The boys looked grave. Dick had told
them that the enemy had no guns. merely
hatchets and knives; acco DINGHY the loss
of the revolver seemed a serious matter
apart from Georges personal distress. A
hasty search assured them that nothing
else had been taken; and it was decided K
eat supper and await the course of events
Perhaps they would not be molested vt all
| George, however, declared his intention Of
| paying a visit, If necessary, to the maraud-
ers and demanding back his property. HI
had scarcely uttered the words when
series of wild discordant cries caused then
to look at each other a%nxiously.
tits the mad man." said Dick. ''They'r,
bringing him this way"
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Judgment and a good retentive memory are
also essential. The intelder must know
the batsman; he must have tho power Of
quickly learning an opponents pecullarj.
ties n then he must remember them. y
can Recommend nothing more strongly to
young player. Make an experiment. witG
your powers in that line. Next time yes ~
on the field carefully consider what you
know about each opposing batsmnn. 1t yoa
hAve seen him before; or, IL you haven't,
inference from his conduct when he
first comes to the bat. Does he hit
the ball hard and run to the base
slowly? Then ou can play deep, take the
ball the easiest way if it comes 10 you. aud
throw carefully to the base. Ii no hits
weakly. but runs very fast, you come IN on
the ball and snap it over to first with all ths
speed you can get into il. Balance the
batsman's powers in this way and you Will
gain many a point. And don't expect TO b0
a good infelder without paying attention to
the individual peculiarities OF your opp0-
nents. Some young players always wait for
a ball, and go lose the fast runners whils
others always rush in, and 40 make many
an unnecessary error.
PHYSICALLY, an intielder should possess
activity and a good arm. An arm that oan
bs thoroughly relied upon Is most vNluR-
bio possession, play my position deep,
on the strength OF my arm, aud thus cover
1 q EIOuuu Iu0A ! - IS III eAt8 "
weak. But If it we're l should never play
deep for the sake Of getting balls which
there was no chance of my throwing over In
time. A player should study himself, and
never play an inaeld position too deep fos
his arm.
some infeldera suffer a great deal from
lameness. or from an inetficienoy OF the
muscles of the arm, which doesn't cause pain
but simply a weakness. have bonn singu-
larry fortunate in this matter, and ] attrib-
ute 1t largely to Il piece OF advice given me
by sutton, the famous third basoman OF tho
old Boston team. In those days | used 10
strip down pretty we'll for practice. Ons
day, on the Boston grounds. WAS com.
planning to Sutton that something was the
matter will my arm. II seemed to have NO
strength. I couldn't give speed to \ ball.
IF you keep coming out here with bare
arms" said Sutton, you'll never have any
speed"
| took his advice and kept my arms COW
erod after that. made u u point to wBrm
up gradually and never to throw \ ball
hard till I fclt myself psrsptring. Ihs
chill which strikes the exposed musslse
seems to parslyzs Thorn. q | bslisvn -
should be carefully avoided. have spoksa
OF this matter al sons length, because
speed 10 30 absolutely essential 70 . nnsa
playing my position, and because ! bsltsve
that many young PLAYERS are ,nlurlnR thesas
selves ~ ] might have done bus f0r hses
tons advice.
In throwing cultivate ths nnselss of tee
wrist and forearm. An intieldsr must ~
able TO SNAP the ball ~ we'll ~ throw. ~
. Yhjs N Asv b MAKES nsDy q ~ neeeeeeoe
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GREAT AMERICAN GAME.
Capt. Nash, Of the Bostons, Gives
Some Valuable Points to
Beginners.
Ono OF the Best Third Basemen
Who Ever Lined Them
Into First.
How the Young Player should study Hia
Own Ability and Develop It.
lnfleld Play.

Written for TIVE HELENA IaDgpENpssT.l
r HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE AN
az article on the national game. and 10 dis.
4 cass inisld play with special reference
to my own position, third base. Az the
article Is intended for young players l shalt
try to get down to tho basis Of good play,
and shall not neglect to give = piece Of
advice just because IL may seem COM
monplace to experienced men. II . youn0
man il trying to learn this game he can
afford to read = dozen things shat no
knows already for the sake Of one that he
does not know. Since I began TO play the
game there have been changes due to modi.
6cationsI in the rules, and the general inn
provemsnt resulting from better methods
of training and practice, nat from . fuller
comprehension of tho points Of m actual
contest. But the most important line Of
developments has led in the direction o. i
more perfect unity of action. A winning
team must now play all together, and the
infislders especially must act ~ ono man.
For instance. We have in the Boston team
4 system Of signals BY which We disssmi-
nate information among ourselves. The
pitcher let's rs know when he 10 going TO
depend upon the curve, and then 10 movs
around a little to the left. because the bat
ter is more likely to tilt u curved ball ovey
that way. But if the pitcher signals that
he will depend on speed, we move toward
tho third base. because the batsman will
probably meet tho ball sooner than he sx-
poets to. SO, too. il the third baseman 10
playing in for a bunt. the shortstop 10 plays
ing deep. And SO on through a variety Of
different positions.
But base bail is = game of infinite dt-
v~ersity. 1t is impossible to define all tina
situations and tell the player exactly what
what he must do in every case. Therefore
the necessary unity of play must depend
upon the trained Judgment Of the indi.
viduals; each must be thoroughly Taught
the necessity of supporting all the Others
but his own brain must toll him how to do
it in the vast majority of cases. He must
obey orders if he gets them. but no m
know what to. do without orders. He may
depend upon experiences, but he will meet
something new in every game.
Among the individual qualifications Of q
good intielder one Of the most important il
the faculty OF accuracy. ! doubt whether
anybody knows exactly what that 10; but
everybody knows that some men possess ID
while others lack it. The man who has IL
can be depended upon. If he can learn to
make a play he il reasonably sure 70
repeat it. This steady command
Of the faculties must be possessed by the
good infeld player. Quick and accurate
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The Accusation.

They wore, sure enough. Seven or eight
tall men wearing flannel shirts and SLOUGH
hats were coming toward them, preceded
by a fel ooious looking individual, with
cords wound about his body. and who was
held in leash BY Y rope fastened to his
waist. He WAS the tallest and most power
full of the crew, and no wore a red flannel
shirt. 1t took two of the party to manage
the rope. and they had all they could do to
keep him under control even then. The
entire gan seemed in jolly spirits. und were
singing songs. the melody of which was
sadly interfered with by the demoniac cries
of their companion.
The boys rose from the supper table and
tents. Hank held his breeoh-loadsr, but it
was hastily agreed to slip the other guns
inside the tent i'll order tnat they need not
run the risk Of giving offence by a warliks
aspect. They would DO able TO reach the
guns in nm instant If necessary. Before the
strangers reached the camp the two in
charge of the monster in red planted their
heels in tho ground and Iulllng hin back
succeeded in fastening him to u tres. At
the same time the rest OF the party aa-
vanoed sin ylng and yodelling gayly, and
one who was a broad shouldered, broad
faced fellow with n 90 ID -natured smile,
thrust ont his hand to Hank and said:
''Shnko, %sonny."
Hank promptly put his hand into the
giants paw with su effort to ssem equally
cordial. and though the other pulled him
nearly onto his knees. no got back his hand
again without the loss of u bone. "Out
camping. ehY" That's what the little toll
low said. -Four of YER" he added. taking
in the group. Where do yer bslonn"
1--WE live IN Boston, sir" said Hank.
II want to know" said the fellow, aud
turning 10 his comrades. who stood beside
him hS added. ''rhsy come from Boston,
Pretty tidy tents those" said another OF
the party.
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duce him to change his opinion that he had
lost a veritable monster in the fish line.
The worst of it was that it could not be
definitely. proved whether he or Hank was
in the right.
1t was time for dinner when they returned
to camp, II while they were eating it a
foracing expedition was decided on for the
afternoon. 1t was agreed that Dick. who
felt q little tired, should look after the
camp. and that the three others should 60
on a short tramp to see what they could
find. Each took his gun, but after some
deliberation George concluded to leave his
revolver in his tent. They would DO liable
to trip in climbing over fallen trees and
picking a way through the woods. and it CO.
Cured to him that the pistol, if carried in
ally to the injury of himself or one of his
companions. I'VE shall probably meet a
bear just because I leave it at home." he
said to himself rather ~ruefuily a. he hid the
pistol under the coat which he used a. q
pillow.
Al it happened. however, he did not need
it. Although they discovered a variety of
foot prints, which Hank ascribed success
sively to deer, wild oats and bear, they saw
nothing more important than an owl, some
cartridges and II weasel. Hank, who Was
making a collection of stuffed birds, was
delighted to bag the owl. which was "a large
white fellow. and as they were sorely in
need of fresh game none OF them folt any
conjunction In shooting three or four
cartridges. Even Hank sunk his pride
sufficiently to shoot one sitting on a tree.
for to tell the truth, they found it we'll
nigh impossible to make them fly. They
were 30 unsophisticated that ono could
almost have knocked them over with a stick.
The weasel was a much ahyer customer, and
would have escaped had not Gordon's aim
proved uncommonly good. Gordon WAS
very proud Of the skin. which seemed to
him at first ample enough for a collar
md cuffs for his winter overcoat, il not for
\ muff for his mother and a tippet for his
sister into the bargain. Hank was conf
dent that some Of tho tracks they ran
across were fresh, and they decided that
they would start from camp very early next
morning and devote a long day to follow
ing some of them to the end. They were
busily absorbed on their way back in the
discussion of this interesting projsot when
suddenly the loud notes OF an axe being
piled caught their ears.
whats Dick chopping trees for, l won
dor" said Hank.
II guess he's prsotisiag." suggested
George.
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Royal Lace Mt the "Expo."

The Countess Bsazza, writing to Mrs.
Potter Palmer from Venice. touching the
h~opsd-for exhibit at the Worlds fair Of the
historical collection OF lacss. the property
Of the queen Of Italy, makes several inter
estiug statements. The countess says tho
queen intends TO send the. crown LAGOS, "a
thing never done bv any sovereign outside
Of her own country. Our history Of lace
begins n thousand years before Christ, with
photographs of objects found in tbs Egyp-
tlsu tombs.' The countess guarantees
the most perfect exhibit Of its kind ever
made. aud ssipulates only for IN advan-
tsgsous location. A drawing Of tke pro-
posed arrangement was inolossd in the
letter, with II minute and detailed descrip-
tion Of the exhibit.
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"What are var up TO, now you're hsrs?"
asked . third, addressing George.
"Ws expect TO ish nd--cr--t0 shoot and
IN 1tvn in Aha fyaah air Ha-". ~

"Whst are yer up to, now you're hsrs2'
asked . third, addressing George.
1--WE expect 70 fish and--cr--to shoot and
to live in the fresh air."
bound" replied tbs third speaker, who was
. thin, dark. su~rly-looking nan. who was
chewing q quid Of tobacco. Tn laughter
caused by this sally WAS interrupted by =
series OF howls and frantic ejaculations
from the maniac, whieh prompted the same
individual 70 shout: lyon keep quiet, Big
Ben, or I'll settle your hash forever. Ny
arms H. most tore of hauling ON yer all
day. and 1t won't take much more nonsense
on your part TO get me mad. old h0ss."
The only reply which the monster made
TO this hsrangue, which no was too far OIL
TO hear. even il hs was capable OF under
standing II. was to endeavor TO frss himself
by q series Of leaps into the air, after each
Of which he fell supins at the foot of the
tree.
whats the matter with him?" asked
Gordon undar the fascination of curiosity,
addressing the go~od-natured spokesman.
"He was took that way this morning.
Hos subject to fits and drink crazss him."
was the answer. i've seen him SO once be-
fore, bat he's worse this time. We're log
gers off for q lark" he added by way Of i'm
parting information on his side.
BY this time the other men, with the ex-
"a ption Of the surly fellow, were helping
themselves to the remains of the supper.
which included a pot of marmslade and
other delicaoies unfamiliar to baokwoods
men. but the good natured spokesman afte I
his last speech seated himself in a friendly
fashion on the ground. and the surly fellow
having followed his example proceeded ia
cut another quid of tobacco from a junk hs
took from his pocket and then to play
stiok-knife in the soft soil, keeping an eye
meanwhile on Big Ben. II seemed "a
George, who had been waiting for an op'
portunity. that the time had come TO speak.
did You or any of your friends happen
deferential politeness.
The speech was addressed to the good
natured fellow, but it was tho surly one
who answered it.
whats that?" he growled, looking up
"Who says l seen 4 revolvsr?"
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'um. but shs speck hits dss one or his no

uIHs u oAO spcCA . , uob OAo OF uAs NJ"
tions.
'Ois Miss B'nr work 'er fan twsl IL fair
anttcr. 'en she low. Goodness knows, dat
olo bag or ashes IN done causin' me mo-
trouble dan IL with. Bat you know how
men folks 10. Brer Rabbit. dey'll have der
way Of It's dc las 40. What my ole man
want wild a bag or ashes ever mornin' IL
mo n ! kin tell you, but HAYS nun he will,
spite or all creation. Dey got Yer be rt dAr
by do ehimblsy corner 70 he can Ret UNI
when he start tor work.
''Hrer Rabbit say, 'Whar Brsr Bar nowi
/ amt hear him in dar.'
Ole Miss B'r laughed twSl she bent over.
She low, You amt Rwins tor hear 'em,
nuther. Brer Rabbit. less yer happen tel
hear 'om sno'. Sleep! | ain't never ia set
nobody what kin sleep like my ole man. Ht
sin't take time ter eat skscsiv, TO he't
ready fer DO bed, en- he MON strike do bed
TO- he's soun' or sleep. / laugh, end en-
den tell i'm it's mighty biessin' for him dat
! amt know what a sleepy-head he is for
l marroed 'im.'"
The little boy wanted to laugh, bnt tn.
gravity with which Uncle Rsmus narrated
this conversation warned him that his mirtk
would be ill-timed. The old man made nj
pause.
! vivid dat, Brer Rabbit say he better b,
, gwine. en- he tip ole Miss Bar a bow OF
wish 'er mighty we'll. He went off a Iittl'
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that the baby was crying for a piece of cake
refused to give up. The old man stood
watching long enough for the little boy to
see him. whereupon he exclaimed solemnly,
Laws q massyv' shook his head slowly
from side to side, and returned 10 the car
riags house. II WAS not long before the
little boy followed him there. Unole
Remus pretended not to notice the young
ster's presence, and began to talk TO him
self.
II dom put it down in my min long time
ago dat stingy folks amt gwins ter come
ter no good en-. I done sec too much UNI
it. Dare wuz ole man Dicke.son, he save
monsy en- save money; he pinched here en-
be pinched dare, en- he SO stingy he wont
buy him a dram skareely. En- de gracious
en- de goodness! What good do it do him?
scratch hisse'f right hard. en- swivel up en-
die. en- now dem are 3chiliun er his'n ia
Aingin' it fur en- wide Shoe! When it
come ter stinRy folks, take um away from
me! Don't femme come nigh um! done
see too much nm 'em."
'Well, Unole Remus." began the little
boy, but the old man interrupted:
'Heyo, dare! Dat you? Whyn't you
stay out dare en- fret dat ar baby some
MOP"
"Well, Uncle Remus, I had q piece of
cake for you and the baby saw it and cried
for it, and l didn't want him to nave it.
He gets everything anyhow"
"What dat in your ~pocket?'' asked the
old man.
"Well, that's my piece of cnke.'
"Den whyn't YOU gI de baby my piece en-
fetch me youneT" &c.
'"rhen l wouldn't haSSs had any.''
II speck dat's so,' said Uncle Remus.
May be do cake mouter flung de baby in q
spasm, en- dern I'd had ter got on Il host
On gallop after = Doctor, en- de boss moght
er stumbled en- broke my neck. EN- don deg;
yer trihin' good-fer-n othin' niggsrs roun'
"En yit,' the old man went on, slowly
eating the cake, II spices ter see stinginess.
Hit put me in min or ole Brer Bar en- DE-
honey orchard. If amt one tol' you dat
tale, I'd like to know de reason why, kase il
all de time a-poppin' in my head"
The little boy was very, very sure he had
never heard of the honey orchard before.
"Well." said Uncle Remus, "dev wuz one
time when mos all de creeturs, horn and
claw, live in de same settlement. Dey'd
have some fuses, but dey amt had nc
fallin' out, en- dey WIZ livin' just ez salts
factual ez what folks does. Times wuz
mighty hard. en- twas in about all dey kin
do fer scufie long en- make buck lie
Oh tongue meet. Rake en- scrapt
ez dey would, some un um'd hat,
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ntaftou Tor b o m Q
early the next morn
ing. and the boys
Q glad on The
whole that he was
gone 60 that they
might be thrown on
their own RESPONSE
bility. They spent
tbs frst two hours
after breakfast in
cutting down tresa
in order that they
might haye a plsnti-
81 n---1~u ~-~ "A
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PLANTATION FABLE MOI /,
Uncle Remus Tells Of the Fate OF
Brer Bar. Who Was
Stingy.
He Reveled In Honey While All
Other Creatures Were
Starving.
Brsr Rabbit, by Taking Thought, Relic ved
tho Famine In the Land-By Joel
handle Harris.
Written for The HELENA INDEPENDENT /

NE DAY w HILE
Uncle Remus was OIL
ing the harness in the
carriage house, he
!, heard the little boys
baby brother crying,
and he went ont to in
vestigate tho matter.
IT.. - 1;,.-,.,.d
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III.
The Invaders.

~, ARMER BUNKER
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21

Peoples party? We think not. We
would be glad to see such men as
Col. Phillips experience genuine re-
pentance for their past sins, and a
true conversion to the principles of
the Peoples party, but in our iudg-
ment they should be satisfied to be
taken on probation, as the Methodist
church takes new converts, before
asking to be advanced to the highest
seats in the gift of the people. When
Col. Phillips exhibits evidences Of a
genuine change of heart by acts,
rather than words, it will be time
enough for the Peoples party to con-
slider his merits as a candidate for
official position. We have not failed
to observe that our party is spoken OF
in somewhat more respectful terms in
certain quarters than it was a short
time ago. This is all right, and we
are glad to see it, but we prefer to
wait a little before we take the men
who have given their support to our
enemies up to the day of election, and
put them forward for every impor-
tant place there is to be filled. The
men who have fought this battle
from the beginning are entitled to
some consideration just now, and If
they don't receive it in preference to
those who have been opposed to our
movement, something will drop.