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MACS PLAN WORKED WE'LL.
HUT IL brought DrsOIatIon to IN Ad-
miring Dude.

From the Chicago Post.
The youth had apparently been making
himself offensive to certain young woman
and another youth had taken the young
wOmans part to the extent of punching the
jumping on him and then kicking him. At
ter il was all over an old gentlman took the
victor aside and said: II admire gallantry''
"WOt's that" asked the victor
II say I admire gaIlantry. | saw Won go
TO the defense OF that young lady"
she's my GAL explained the youth.
Your girl?''
Yep. We've been training together for
ak months"
Training
I'm her steady company. See?'
Oh, yes. yes, of course. That made you
all the angrier when you saw this fellow
annoying her"
'AnnOyin' her, Mister. YOU don't seem to
eaten on I've been layin' for this tow
headed dude fer most month. cause /
Don Ike him See2 He sorter riles me
An Mag. she don't like him neither But
couldn just get near TO him TO smash him
ne wouldn't give me no reason to do it,
IN 50 Mag. she says: III fix him. I'll lest
eet MN hirtin'. an then you can step up
an smash him for flirtin' with your gal
AWFUL smart gal Mag is. So she toys her
sell OUT an goes out an catches the gilly's
Tye an gives a sort Of razzle-dazzle. and
that gives me the chance i want an /
zines IN a. asks him what he's firtin'
win my gal fer. an biffs him one in the
fHr all the time I've been vaittn' Great
tirl- Mag Is She knows how to help a fel-
irr out when he's dyin' fer a chance to
swlpe one or these yeller-shoed skates"
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4 Pretty Had Picture.

sarah Grand In the Humanitarian.
For vulgarity. for ooldness, for folly,
ignorance, want Of principle. pettg weak
ness. intrigue and positive vice. ysu must
go TO the average society woman. Her one
motive Is self-seeking. She is q had wife.
bad mother and a false friend. For in
tellect she has a fair supply OF shrewdness
ana cunning; for religion. a rotten con-
glomerate or emotional superstitions that
do not improve her conduct; for virtue.
the hope Of not being found out; while for
charity. good feeling, modesty ana every
womanly attribute she substitutes fact-the
tact TO respond outwardly to what she
sees 70 required Of her ~ diHerant people.
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FROM the Pomona Progress.
1t has been shown by analysis that a
young person weighing l54 pounds Is COM
posed of sc pounds of water. 3 pounds of
white of egg. little less than one pound
of pure glue, 341-2 pounds of fat. STA
pounds of phosphate of lime, one pound of
carbonate of lime, 3 ounces of sugar and
starch, Z ounces of fiouride of calcium, 6
ounces Of phosphate of magnesia, and a
little ordinary table salt. Think of il
young man! That beautiful young lady
whom You worship a pillar OF unadul-
terated sweetness doesn't contain three
ounces of sugar.
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They'd Dun Him.

From Puck.
Ten Broke-"What is the language Of
fowers?'
any"
Ten Broke-'They should be very yocf-
ferrous II 1t Is true that money talks"
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is one that had better be avoided unaar .nv
/ circumstances -

Is one that had better be avoided under suy
circumstances. ~
Pocket Gophers.
Among the genuine farmers nests .b,s
are shown are the pocket gophers. which
are such a nuisance to the Mississippi VAL
iey IN their injury TO growing crops. There
Is also select lot of rabbIts-the Texas
JACK rabbit that loves the desert lands of
'he great basin and great plains and tie
commoner cotton tail rabbit. which abound.
all over the United States furnishibr foos
ana sport 10 many people. and thus FAR
committing but little serious injury. N
would be well TO look out for this innocent
n NJ Ie,ow- In Australia he has everrun
the earth and is the greatest nuisance .na
most dangerous pest I'm all the island.
There are. besides. ground squirrels ana
prairie dogs. but the animals enuuoerste6
here are the chief ones.
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L WAS TWO DAYS
after the great COM
ing Of age ball at
Hamburg Manor. and
there had been a lull
in business and traf-
fic, and in the minds
of men after that
great event. which
had given employ
ment to every man.
boy. and horse in
the little town of
Ledford. in the F'ens.
Masters and SER
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Weasel mud Mink.

Another animal shown is the weasel
which is so extremely cunning and shy that
1t is seldom that one is ever captured. In
summer weasel is of a fine deep brown
but in winter he grows white as snow
They live all over the northern part of the
United States. and in Canada No one
ought ever TO kill one, for he is the farmers
very good friend. Mice are his especial
prey, and he kills them not only TO eat.
but because of the sport. He will. thus.
slaughter a great many more than he can
not want behind When he gets very hum
CRY or is particularly reckless he will kill
a hen. He is not more than a fifth as large
but he fastens himself to the side of the
fowl, and soon brings her down.
Larger than the weasel. but similar to a.
is the mink, which is found in the greater
part of North America, but the mink is
most destructive TO poultry, and Stays right
and left from sheer love Of IL. When caught
by a dog the mink fihts desperately, and
often does some damage before he gives in
There are several fine minks In the .ame
case with the weasels. Next to them are
several skunks. These animals are slso
to be found all over the United Stste<
When one actually runs across one he is
not left long in ignorance OF the fact They
are not fighters or biters. but even the most
intrepid dog will be almost paralyzed by
the overpowering odors that a skunk poe
sesses as his weapons OF defense. Yet
skunks are boon to agriculturists. They
eat mice, grasshoppers and similar things
that ought to be exterminated. II Is a very
disagreeabls task 70 destroy Q skunk, and
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Cobble-'Don't you like the launlrvman
i recommended to you?''
Stone-"\o'
Cobble-'Whats the trouble?"
Stone-Hes just my size"-I.ife
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OF FARMERS.
Wild Animals of America Exhibited
at the Fair.
A GOVERNED COLLECTION.
Tillers of the Soil All Over the Coun-
try Are Interested.
APPEARANCE AND HABITS
CHICAGO. Sept.

ctpt. Id, 1870.
HAVE SEEN To-
day all the animals
on four feet that i
ever met with on my
farm In thirty years"
said a farmer. who is
visiting the worlds
fair. to the CORES
pendent of The Star.
He might have ad-
ded that he had seen
more. for the exhibit
he had been inspect
ing contains all the
chief wild animals
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Raccoons.

His companion is the raccoon, and the
Agricultural Department shows the two
together. Ii is strange to know that rae
coons and bears are similar in their hab-
u.s. and even slightly so in appearance but
any one who has ever hunted the raccoon
must have very Imperfect idea OF what
or America where there are no r,ccoons
ana they are identified with the earliest dis
coverfes. When the settlers Of the territory
bordering on the Gulf Of Mexico sailed for
the land, they saw an island that was black
with these creatures At a distance tbev
looked like cats, they called the MIA &c
Cat Island. Raccoons eat everything thar
Is good. including the sweet corn in your
garden ana they do some damage I'm the
chicken yard. but they are really nor nests
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Harold was always cratic
And the CHASTITY witness of the carriage?
A quarrel a scuffe-an accident of no inn
portance, perhaps.
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Will D JU STICE
WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY MISS
BRADDON.

copyrighted. 1893. by the Author.
SCENE 1.-THE INN YARD.
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The Familiar opo..um

There Is something in the sight-indeed.
IN the mere nane-of the opossum that
makes Washingtonian feel at home, for
the 'possum. as he is usually called. is
hunted very successfully in the country
districts around the District of Columbia
Ihere are several fine specimens in the ant
sum is found I'm the United States soutb 81
the Great Lakes and east OF the Mississip-
pL He eats anything. but ne loves perslm
mons best, and in the fall of the wear he
sIoMs tremendously fat and is very good
eating himself. America is the only cam
.ry that possesses the opossum except the
big island. Australia ~ '"e
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still unwound as they were forty years ago.
The organette and the accordion are occa-
sionally heard. and the trio who handle
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The Different Kinds of instruments
Played Upon.
The PIANO ORGAN The LATEST
Presidency of the Men Who Look
for Pennies.
SOME CHARACTERISTIC


USIC AND MUSI-
clans have delight
ed and disquieted
people sinse the
early days when
man discarded his
robe of fig leaves
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The Lynx and Wild Car.

Inc cayote is not a fighter. and his S.
pect is cowardly. but the Canada LYNX
which is found not alone in Canada. but in
the extreme northern part of the United
States. looks as intrepid and formidable al
most as a tiger. He is about as large a. a
pointer dog, is rough coated and his erect
ears are ornamented with white tufts of
fur he lis little larger than our own wild
cat, which is found in most of the forest 8
or the eastern, southern states There uses
10 DE terrible stories about these wild cars
ana IL is probable that no other beast of the
same size has such tremendous fghtinc
QUALITIES. 1t is not that they like TO ficht
or VIII do so IL they can help IL hut when
they DO light they fight in whole-soulea
way They have terrible claws and mouths
ana nave been known TO tear an Antagonist
literally almost 10 shreds. 1t used TO be
CONSIDERED the highest boast of personal
srehgth on the frontier for q man TO saw
ne could whip his weight in wild ca 10 .
ana IL is probable that no man ever LIVED
VINO could do IL with natures weapons The
WILD cats shown by the Agricultural De
partment are large. fine specimens. ana
ought to be quite suficient to satisfy the
curiosity OF an ordinary visitor.
Next 10 the wild cats IL an occlot which
is IN appearance, nothing more nor less
than little leopard. He Is not quite 40
large as the wild cat. The only farmers
VINO suffer from his depreda lions are those
VINO nave the misfortune to live in tho
most southern part of Texas
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that bother or please the farmers OF the
United States from ocean 10 ocean. II is
found In the Agricultural Department I'm the
government building, and is just the other
side Of the partition on which are hung the
portraits Of the Department of Justice Let
us see. then. what all these animals are re-
membering that they include the ones that
the agriculturalists all over America are
most interested in.
A big case brings before you at a glance
the representative animals OF North Amer
lca from Mexico to the Arctic regions
Ihey are all put In the positions and with
the surroundings characteristic of their
native state. A big mountain sheep or big
morn stands poised on a ledge of rocks and
mountain marmot stands near These are
tne animals that best represent the arctic
Alpine zone. jumping from this down 20
the lower Sonoran zone, which covers the
deserts east Of the Sierra, the chief animals
are the four-toed kangaroo rat. a strange
looking creature, that sits on his launches
as Australian kangaroos do and z he were
aIve. would jump In the same wss Almost
as large as these rats are the pocket and
scorpion mice and cliff mice. There Is a
ing fellows that are making a liebt and
wholesome diet of OF branches of deal
Wood. Ground squirrels are here too,
me upper Sonoran zone shows rats and
ihice, 100, ana here one sees the fine gray
fox that abounds in the country districts
south or Washington, where he is consid-
cred an animal sacred from the shot gun OF
every real sportsman. What is known as
the transition zone shows chipmunks as its
Grief Characteristic and the Boreal zone
squirrels, chipmunks and the ubiquitous rat
Some OF these animals belong to Mexico
properly and others to Canada. Leave them
ana In the next cases you will come upon
our own production.
Nearly every one has seen the American
RED FOX, which appears together with n
large cayote wolf. The former makes his
nome over nearly all the United States
when he is not hunted to determination nv
MOUNDS ana horsemen: but he will not live
on the desert lands of the west. and he sell
com goes into the southern portions Of the
gulf states The cayote. on the other hand
likes the desert lands. and confines himself
10 the regions west of the MississippI val
ley. The red fox eats skunks. rabbits
squirrels. mice. birds and eggs, and when
ne can get into a hen house he works AZ
much havoc as an Uncle Remus himself
A young lamb is not safe from him either
The wretched cayote eats what he can GET
ana the harmless sheep are his fayorite
prey. 1t is hard enough to catch a fox. but
10 eaten a cayote is well nigh i,npossible
ana the consequence is that their Ciestr7lc-
uoh Is usually wrought by poison. People
VINO nave been across the plains have seen
the cayote. perhaps, from the window Of
lne railroad car. He pauses upon a LITTLE
mound or earth and looks with a certain
coNardly curiosity at the passing train. His
tan hangs down behind him and there is
a cunning and furtive look about him that
stamps him at once as a mean beast The
specimen at the worlds fair is represented
IN ms meanest misunderstanding down a
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-08-12
WAR OF DIFFERENTIATION.
WaEed Against . Band Of Outlaws
AiaOana.

WaEed Against Band Of Outlaws In
Alabama.
JACKSON. Ala. Aug. 1.-THE counties of
Clarke. Cherokee, Wilcox and Marengo are
greatly excited over the murderous doinRs
of the notorious Meaohambites. and be-
tween four and Eve hundred heavily armed
men are at Meachambet for the
nvowed purpose of wipinR out every
member of the gang and avenalnR numer-
GUS wrongs perpetrated upon the people of
the counties named. The leaehamb bites are
a lawlsss gang who o Q ated under the
guiso of farmers. They nave killed num-
lsr Of citizens who expressed the opinion
that the country ought to be rid of them.
Some time ago tho lew abiding citizens
organized and killed . man hamed james.
leader of the Meachambites. and later Kirk
james and another member OF the gang
were killed. The Meachambites continued
tho depredations until the desperate citi-
zens to-day organized q posee- and started
to clean out the despe ate band OF outlaws.
Tooch Bedsoe. one of the Meaeham gang,
was captured tonight after . hard chase,
BY the posse. He confessed that Bob
Burke killed John Anderson and shot down
Willis House and that Jamos. tho leader of
the gang. killed Ernest McCorquodale
for a large sum OF money. and that
James Gordon killed Lem. House; also that
Gait. James Forsqus had been marked No
tho next victim. The posse liddled Bsdsoe
with bullets. Other members of the Qnne
are located in tho swanps aud the posse
proposes 10 kill them all by tomorrow
night
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TELEG RAPHlC RRENITIES.

GOLDEN Col. Aug ll.-President Cleve-
land was hung IN otligy Wednesday night
by free silver enthusiasts.
New YORK. Aug. II. The steamer Nor
mania. from Liverpool, arrived this morn
ing and brought 500, 696 in gold.
LOUISVILLE Aug. u.-Anarsw NJ. Wad,
dill one of the best known sporting mon in
the United Ststes. died this afternoon.
ColFAx. WASH. Aug. 1.-THE q. A. Il,
post here has passed resolution asking
congress to have all pensions paid in SILVER.
Nrw YORK, Aug. 1.-THE sheriff has
taken possession OF the Equitable Manu-
featuring and Electric company. II had a
ca ital of $i.O0O,00O.
LARNsp, knu., Aug. 1l.-Fivs separate
cyclones swept the county south of here
yestsr day afternoon, Several farm houses
were demolished, but NO lives lost.
SPOKANE, Wash. Aug. 1.-two liyes were
lost At Northrort. Wash. last night by the
burning of the Commercial hotel, George
Shields. bartender, and Flank lngle.
New YonK, Aug. 1l.-Senator Nest hs q
W itten q personal letter to n gentleman iii
this oty. saving that the majority against
the nnc onditional repeal of the Sherman
Law will be at least eight.
FAYErrEsyiILE, N. c., Aug. lie. j..
Fulisr, member OF ono of the leading
families of this section. shot and killed B.
c. Parker. q clothing merchant. this after
noon. lie claims f-dsfsnse.
AsroRIA. Ore. Aug. 1.-The total salmon
pack on tho Columbia Iiver for the season
OF 1893. just closed. amounts to $4,000
cases, which 10 about 30 600 less than LAST.
Tho entire pack has been sold domestic.
PARIS, AUG. Ills is reported that the
affairs Of the Panama Cansl company will
shortly have another airing in the courts.
due 10 the efforts of tho liquidators of the
company TO recover large sums of money.
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CHOLERA IN NEW YORK.
No Longer Doubt of tho Presence of tt
Plague.

No Longer Doubt of tho Presence of the
Plague.
New YORK. Aug 1l.-A bulletin from
Health Officer Jenkins says a bacte To-
logical examination of two cases rem owed to
Swinburne island yesterday shows spirills
of Asiatio cholera. Two more cases show
ing cLoleraic symptoms were removed to
the island to-day.
At nine p. m. Health Officer jenkins
issued this bulletin: "At four p. m. three
cases were transferred to Swinburne island
from Hoffman, and ut 1880 two more were
taken to the same place. All showed cha
acteristic symptoms of cholera. The bac-
THEOLOGICAL examination of tho cases re-
moved to- day has not heen completed yet.
A census of the hospital shows ten patients,
one OF whom IL convaiesoing. In three Of
the ten the diagnosis of cholera has been
hiolos saily confirmed. All are we'll on the
Gatamaris. Thus far all cases have devel-
opel within the period Of incubation after
removal OF passengers from the steamer.
The Mnssitia was discharged from quaran-
time to- day, her passengers having been
nineteen days out from Naples without the
slightest sign of cholera appearing, Her
bills of health are dated at Marssilles, July
10 and Naples, July %"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE surgeon gen.
eral oi the marine hospital service tonight
received II telegram from President Inps,
of the Mobile, Ala, quarantine board, stat
ing that the British bail Gelenora had ar
rived at Fort Morgan quarantine station
with two cases of yellow fever. One will
probably die tonight. Two diel at sea.
BUCHAREST. Aag. u.-ln twenty-four
hours ending at noon to- day fourteen new
cases of cholera and ak deaths were ,e-
ported in Brshilov; sixteen now cases and
eleven deaths in hoolina; six new cases ana
one death In Czsrnawod,
NAPLES, Aug. 11.-Ten new cnses of chol-
era aud ten de aths are reported in this oity
for the last tveuty-four houra.
AUSTIN Tex. AaR. 11.-Quarantins has
been deoln, ed against Pensacola. Fla. Per-
sons without permits will be stopped at the
border. All eastern railway entrances are
guarded by state inspectors.
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This Fact Plainly Apparent From
His Appearances When Taking
the Steamer.
Also Admitted in a Gard Which
He Addressed to the
Public.
Rest and Outdoor Exercise Needed to Rss
cupsrate HIS Strength, Overtaxsd
since Inauguration In darch.

Erw YoRE, Aug. 1l.-Psssid snt Cleveland
and Secretary Lamont arrived ho o this
forenoon from Washington. After lunch
the president and Col. Lamont we're driven
to DR.. Bryant's house. whore tho latter
joined the party and they were driven TO
tho Victoria hotel. whore Col. Lamont left
the carriage. The carriage was then driven
to the dock of the Fall River line TO take
the steamor Puritan. As tho president
nlighted 1t was noticed that his step was
not as elastic as when he came from Bug
zards Bay last week. His eyes looked
heavy. The president immediately won't to
his cabin. DR.. Bryant was asked:
''ls it not strange. doctor, that the prssi-
dent should leave the seat of government
while congress is engaged with legislation
of vitally important chnractsrf'
He replied that hs WAS not prepared to
citlcise tho president. Perhaps . do
mestic event required his presence. II
would be unprofessional on my part TO
speak of that matter" The colorsd porter
who waited on the president said, Just be-
fore the boat departed at five O'Clock, that
the president vas undressing to 60 70 bed.
The impression prevailed on the Puritan
that the presidents condition is far from
we'll,
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Gus. Western Europe would have to como
to the American standard or abandon its
comInerce with this United States and with
all civilized count'ies The money require
ments Of the United States, with the
wshlth, industry aud enorgy OF its people,
and Germany combined, md tho whole civ
iiiZed world would have to look To this
country for It's future monetary supply.
And yet," said he, with yrhemence. ''we
are asked here to-day to lay the bloody
hand OF cOnhacstion on millions Of oar pop
nlntion In ordtr TO satisfy the greed of
England. Will congress do itp VIII you
ttAmpls down the iuterests OF your own
psopls and destroy the valne Of one OF the
precious metal, simply TO Gratify the greed
of Wall street, the mere agent OF Lombard
stfeotI IL can not. il shall not be done!
lhpplause.
Speaking for the masses Of the people of
the Nississippi valley and OF the people
west Of IL, say you shall not do It, Re
newed applause. And anyboiy or any
party that undertakes to do u, will, in
Gods name. be trampled, as 1T ought to be.
In the dust of condemnation. now and in
the future. Continued applause on the
floor and in tho galleries. speak M a
democrat, but yet as IN American above
democracy. Cheers.
here Bland dramatically spoke the wofda
Mt the opening Of thia dispatch. Coucludina
Is and said, addressing the words to eastern
democrats: III YOU demonetizo silver the
responsibility will bs yours. not ours"
[Applanse.
Pence popuIist, Of Colorado. WAS the next
sneaker. and with hs opening sentences he
attained the close attention of the house
and maintained il TO the close. All reasons
arc assigned for democratic success, but
one is correct 1t was fbecnuse it had de-
clared unequivocally for tho remonetIza-
tion of silver that il had succeeded.
Wheeler. of Alabama. closed tho discus
sion for the day with plea for larger vol
ume Of currency and tho houso adjourned.