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among the big, brown, brawny roughs,
who left their card-playing to swarm
into the aisle, or lean over the seats
nearest those of their comrades who
had answered to his request for tick
cts that they had none.
The company will take money for
fares also said Lloyd, without
glancing at the gathering crowd.
When the company a get it,
somebody chu:kled.
Invariably Lloyd asserted, or
the passenger who refuses to pay it is
put off the train.
You don't say? Suppose you try.
Here are Tim and me to begin with!
And the whole carful after us, for not
one cent Of u earning is going into
the money-bags of your - swindling
company
That's so.'
You bet!
Not q chip!'
Lloyd listened to these expressions
of general determination until they
came to an end. Then he was consid-
erably paler, but his eyes had grown
~uncommonlv bright.
.sYou will hurt me much more than
the company he said, when he could
get q hearing. I shall lose my place
Il / don't collect your fares
That is your lookout.
We amt going to tell your loss, il
you keep quiet!
"Lloyd's shining eyes turned from
q TO another Of the twenty tall fell
lows Longing aronndhim 50 sure Of
The trunps they held that they were
N no hurry 70 finish the game:
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"There is a greed for tor1nenting
animals which d~isfigures most human
from Spanish bull ba.ters to
those rat-fighters down east. We are
not without a touch of it here in Mon
tana. And that she tormented animal
belongs to our own kind adds a keener
relish to the fun, when the party do
ing the tormenting has swallowed as
much bad whisky as the cowboys had
that morning. So those bright eyes of
Lloyd's didn't meet any more encour-
agement than did Father Noah's the
first time he took 4 squint at the
flood through one of the portfolios OF
the ark.
without speaking, he stood, very
pale and still for a moment, looking
at the open pocketbook in his hand,
while they all stared at him, grinning
and jeering. There was a frmness
about his mouth that didn't suggest
unconditional surrender to two or
three who watched him closely and
who were much surprised when sud
denly the color rushed back owe his
face, and. shutting his book with a
snap, he went out of the car.
HE was followed by roars Of laugh
ter and facetious yells.
Then the crowd returned to poker
playing, some of them just a bit dis
contented with their victory and mutt
tering that twenty to one was too big
odds for any chap, specially a slim
little chap with fists which couldn't
hold their own against a kid"
The story teller interrupted himself
with . chuckle.
They counted fists, you ee, and
forgot to take stock of brains. How
should they guess that the man they
had put to proof carried more brains
inside his handsome head than fur
nished the twenty of them, though
they were not fools, either?
"A quarter of an hour later the train
stopped, not gradually, but with a jerk
which sent poker chips flying. There
was a cowboy half out OF every window
in the car quicker than you could have
cooked a pistol, fore stations were sell
dom within a hundred miles Of each
other in those days, and they all knew
that this sop wasn't regular.
"Behind and before them the track
stretched as far as they could see.
while on both sides the prairie spread
away to tae low edge of the gray sky.
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which wasn't any grayer than itself,
lonely as the ocean, sir, and infinitely
more silent. Not q sound or a move
ment, except that of the locomotive
wllisking off at full speed.
''In came the cowboys heads with a
volley of hard swearing, and there
stood Lloyd in the doorway, cooler
than I am this instant, holding a six
shooter.
"'You have just five minutes tomake
up your minds" he said, and his voice
was as steady as his eyes. will you
pay Your fares like honest men or get
out and tramp to the next settlement,
forty miles from here? Our engineer
is waiting within hail of us, and he
will not come back unless / give him
the order. Oh, you may murder me if
you choose!' he cried, stepping further
into the car, as half a dozen pistols
were grabbed. But 1 can shoot as
straight as any of you-I don't mean
to die alone-and at the sound of the
first shot our engineer will be off to
Bismarck r :
For n long moment the prairie
wasn't stiller than that carload of CT
cited humanity. If Lloyd had even
blinked! Thank God, he didn't! Then
a big fellow broke into a laugh, took
his pistols from his belt, and laying
them on a seat walked toward Lloyd,
holding out his empty fists.
'Shake!' he said. That was a lone
hand! And pluckily you played it,!
"From Lloyd's side he faced the lot
of them.
".Boys,' he cried, a chap who can
look straight down the muzzles of SO
many cowboy shooters for the sake Of
doing his duty, that chap will make
yoke with, if he will let us, Ell?
Lloyd smiled, slipped his pistol
into his pocket aand gave his slim
fingers to the otSser's brawny grasp.
We'll, sir, all crowds are alike,
whether cattle or men-they follow
a leader. There was a cheering pres
entity which astonished the waiting
engineer. Then the fares we're paid
fast as Lloyd could take them. And
that is the end Of this story"
The ranchman paused, and began
carefully to relight his pipe, which
had died out.
Where is Lloyd now? In Helena,
senator from - county, he
answered an eager -q~uestioner when
the pipe was again in working order.
where is the fellow who stood by
him?' he laughed jovially. Neither
he nor his whereabouts point the
moral of this tale. But, when Lloyd
runs for governor. as he will next
year, he shall have my vote, for he
runs to win in any race he enters. And
is my creed Of life. boys-'the
Lord helps those who help themselves
zen it, and / believe it!'-N. Y.
Tribune.
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The Moral Of the Moral.

The p~ersistency with which children
see some other moral iFS fable than
the n which it is intended that they
shall see is often distressing, and
sometimes really igstructive. to their
coders. A mother had related to her
little boy the story of the wolf and
the lamb, and followed it up with the
remark: And now you see. Willy, that
the lamb would not have been eaten
by the wolf if he had been good and
sensible" Yes, ! understand, man
ma said Willy, If the lamb had been
good and sensible. we should have him
TO eatr-Youth's Companion.
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The ...1ost Mind.ulest Man."

Old man Nose Cranky that use to
live over on Huckleberry Ridge was
about the meanest, and yet the most
mindiulest man that ever had his day
and generation in this green and wick
ed world. lie was tough white people
tough enough for wedge wood in re-
CARDS to his general character. He
never was ftten to keep company with
the right and proper sort of people,
and so he lived and died a hayward
| and wicked and rebellious old bachelor,
When finally at last it come his time
to die several of the neighbors had
come to set up with him and keep him
company durin his last remainin hours
on the earth. In the mornin OF the
very day he died I took his tremblin
old hand in mine and told him that
the last shower would soon come
and he would nave to &c in. ! then
went on to ask him if he wouldn't love
to be buried over at Pilgrims Rest
church, where his sainted old fat her
and mother had slept the last sleep fer
10 these many years.
"Who, me, Rufe?" says old man
Nose. ''You know I amt itten to be
buried out there at ilgrim's Rest along
with my father and mother and all
them Christian people. and I reckon ii
is too late now to git fifteen. No, Rufe.
that would never do-never in crea.
ton. When I am dead l believe
would ruther for you to take me down
to Pine Top and bury lie there in the
niger graveyard-that is-you under
stand. Rufe-providin Of course the mig
gers don't object.
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that long linen Auster 80 as to aiue the
fancy front Of my shirt as best l could,
but as I warmed up to the struggle l
unbuttoned that long earth-sweeper
and stood forth in full bloom. Pres
emily l took notice of some OF the amen
members gain through the
with a far-away look. And let me tell
you now, RUFF. whensomever 1t comes
TO that pass<vhere you can't keep peo-
pie RICH. up in the amen corner IRON
gain off through the window, you
moueht as we'll to take out and quit.
But l ]foundered about to the best OF
nv ability till l could see that the
Lord had give some OF his beloved
SLEEP. and them that didn't go to sleep
had to look out upon the world IN Or
derment to keep awake. -,
well, / neverd did &C. to where cou'd
wind up the sermont, but after SO long
a time l Jest naturally broke it OH and
quit. Then one Of the brethren tired
to lead in prayer, but it was a mighty
sorry Institute for n prayer. Eute. The
congregation then tried to sing "a song,
but the man that pitched the tune
raised it with a step ladder, you under
stand, and swung the solo SO high till
nobody couldn't jine in and help. One
of the visitin preachers had TO make q
few scatterin remarks in conclusion,
and / am here to tell you, Rufe, he d'd
scatter scandlous. Even to the paster
he tipped and stumbled like a blind
calf in tall oats when he went to adj
iourn the meeting for dinner. Let me
tell you, Rufe, it was a f~reezeout, AMI
a freezeout from start to finish.
ITO be certainly Of course l had 20
remain over to dinner and then l hook
ed up and pulled out for home. But
before 7 left l told the brethren that
the meetin wa busted exactly like
said, and they mought as we'll to take
! out and quit for good. 1t want none
of my fault and they couldn't blame
me, but the naked unwashei truth was
| / had killed the meetin, and killed it too
dead to skin. They went in and pulled
through with one more sermont and
then / give it up as the biggest and
mos. coolest failue that had ever come
to pass at old Flat Rock church,
The next time I met up with the
Reverent Dave Hanson he went on to
say:
soon as could after I busted up the
meetin at Fiat Rock and went home l
sold my new three-story beeCum hat to
a niger preacher for six bits on a cred
it, YOU understand, Rufe, and now !
have likewise turned over my rufde-
bosom shirt and that long linen dus-
ter 90 the ome folks for dish rags
and baby buds and quilt pieces"
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A New Thnnky Bag.

In 50 far as / can see and hear there
amt no particlar news stirrin in the
settlement here of late-nobody sick or
dead or run away or got married. But
Aunt Nancy Newton has bloomed out
all of a student with a bran-spankin
new thanky bag. She has throwed
away here old 'dominecker.' as the
boys have beer won't to call it for years
and years. and the new n is solid
black and soft and shiny as the fur on
q cats back, RUFUS SANDERS.
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rates - can re-
e b e t h e
time when Rev
ereut Dave Han
son busted up
the big Metho-
dist meetin over
at old Flat Rock
church. Poor
Daye is o w
gone the COM
way of all
human fl h;
you understand,
and it amt for
So cnxy fNr
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His SpecialtY.

Farmer Hayrake-Did your son learn
anything at college?
Farmer Oatstraw-Yes; Igave him a
hammer to mend the barn with, and he
threw it so far / hain't been ale to find
lt-Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-10-26

Nerves irritated by tobacco, always crav.
ing for stimulants, explains why it is SO
hard to sucar of. No-To-Bac is the only
guaranteed tobacco habit cure because II
acts directly on atfecteakasrve centers' &c,
healthy, refreshing sleep. Many. gain 10
ro-Bac is sold and guaranteed by Druggists
everywhere. Book free. Ad; SterlipP
Remedy Co., New York City or Chicago.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-10-26

There is a virtue in country housea,
in gardens and orchards, in fields,
streams and groves, in rustic recrea-
ton and plain manners that neither
elites nor universities pnjoyt-A. =
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Mrs. Jones-Charles has an uncon.
querable spirit.
Mrs. Smith-Indeed?
Mrs. Jones-Yes; he was two hours
unlocking the front door early this
morning. --Pick-Me-Up.
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A Mean Boarder.

"Where do all the flies go to?" asked
an old lady.
"They have been boarding at our
house this month";" said the boarding.
house lodgef.-Tit-Bits.
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Let Her Keep Up the Record.
The woman that we call the new"
May have q heart OF gold;
Enough, II she will only te
As sweet as wns "the old"
Chicago Times-Herald
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Longfeuow Revised.

No one has such an ugly facc
But what some one will in it trace
A charm and make 1t known
And WOO 1t for his own.
IL A. W. Bulletin
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certain which way he went. But l
can shet my eyes to-day and see Dave
Hanson as he looked that mornin when
he rode by to tell me the news concern
in that dull and dreadful times they
had over at Flat Rock.
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Accounted For.

Saidso-Van Pelt complains of a trr-
rible buzzing in his head.
Herdso-How does the doctor dag
nose the case?
Saidso-Wheels.-N. Y. World.
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An Important DiRerence.

To make it apparent to thousands, WHO
think themselves ill, that they are not al
fected with any disease, but that the system
simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort
home to their hearts, as a costive condition
is easily cured byusing Syrupof Figs. Man
ufactured by the California Zig Syrup Go.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-10-26
Fair Warning.

He tnervously)-Who is that tramp
ing around overhead?
She-That's papa. He always gets
restless toward morning. Brooklyn
Life.
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What Saved Him.

Patient - Doctor, thank God youz
medicine saved me.
Doctor-Really? How ~dattering!
Fatieat-Yas; I fasgot to tsks any Of
ik~Tawn yep!aa .-----..-.-
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Tia I4nsaknut Hf0sa.

The LookoutPress Of Chattanooga, TENS,
has just issued o special edition OF 5o,u0G
copies that is of especial interest. Cuts OF
Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Natlonal
ment and observation tower, also a good
map of all the battlefields about Chattapoo'
ga appear. Short articles on Lookout Noun.
tain, the Chickamauga and Chattanooga
National Military Park and other interest
Ing subjects are printed. Our readers can
get a copy of this special edition free by aa.
naper. Address (enclosing stamp for post
agel, The Lookout Press, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-10-26

"WELL," said the monkey to the organ
grinder, as he sat on top of the organ, Pm
simply carried away with the music"
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Time Enough.

DR.. Endee-Is there any, last word
you want to leave your husband?
Mrs. Joe Kose-Hc a have the last
word when l am gone.-N. Y. World.
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BAeGsLY-"Does Bowser belong to your
club" Waggsly-"No, my club belongs to
Bowser. He's chairman of tie house com
mittee.'-Brooklyn Life.
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HE-"Is this the first time you've ever
been in love, darling?" She (~thoughtless-
ly)-"Yes; but it's so nice l hope it won't be
The last I,-Tid-Bits.
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"WuA1 must precede baptisms' the
rector, when catechising tine Sunday-school.
"A baby" exclaimed a bright boy, with the
air of one stating a s%elf-evident truth.-Ex
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PIso's CURE cured me of a Throat and
Lung trouble of three years s~tanding.-E.
Cady, Huntington, Ind, Nov. II, 1891.
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RUFUS SANDERS.
Still Mixes Up "Prontsous" With
the Salt of the Earth
Stories From Everyday Life In the Woods
and HliIs-Eow One Preacher Broke
Up the Meeting At Flat Rock.
Too Many Trlmmins.
COPYRIGHT 1895.

Everybody for forty miles around !
the Rocky Creek country-an Thorn OF
my own day and generation ut any
The Opelousas courier., 1895-10-26

THE sight Of a garden patch and a hoe
has been kn )wn to give a boy a severe case
of Observation-Disclosures Plain Dealer.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-10-26

.WHAr is the matter heres" asked q
stranger of a small boy, as he noticed q
large wedding party coming out OF churcn
going out,n was the rc~ply.-Texas Siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-10-26
Tobacco-weakened Resolutions.

THE WIFE-'It must be bedtime Hus
oand-'Hardly; the baby hasn't walked U.
vet. N-Ijfe.
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A SHORT road to wealth is seldom safe
to DISQUALIFICATION.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-10-26

THE true joy of reward is in the labor
which wins it.-Irrigation.
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PLAYED A LONE A N
How a Western Conductor Col
lected Fares from Cowboys.

I'll O S f " h o
a e t h e ir
failures to
Proyiden C e or
fate, or what
ever they may
choose to call
their Creator
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Rails Catarrh euro
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-03
GROWERS. MISSION
GREAT NORTHERN GENERAL So
LICITOR LOOKING AFTER
TERMINALS.
SEATTLE COUNCIL is SLOW,
AND UNTIL 1T ACTS THE ROAD
is WORKING UNDER A HAM,
DICAP.
Sioux Canal and Mackinac
Island.


AS was stated in the G l o b some
days ago, General Solicitor M. D.
Grover, of the Great Northern, is
at present on the Pacific coast. In
his company is Engineer Miller, of
the same company. When the gen.
tlemen first left home it was said
that they went ostensibly for a
pleasure trip. But there are other
reasons for their prolonged visit to
the coast. For some time past the
Great Northern has had a force of
Idraughtsmen at work in the general
offices, preparing plans for terminal
facilities at Seattle. But there has
been quite a delay in the progress
of the work as the railway COM
pany has not yet been able to secure
the necessary right Of way into that
city.
AS the matter now stands, the
Great Northern has no way of enter
ing its terminal grounds and will
not have until the city council of
Seattle sees fit to grant that much
needed concession. Mr.. Grover has
been looking into the legal status of
the affair on his present visit. But
as the city council Of Seattle will not
meet until the 5th of this month no
action can be had to secure what is
needed. Therefore Mr.. Grover took
a trip to Portland, but with the set
conclusion to return to Seattle in
time to look after the terminal in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-03
RAILROAD SWINDLE.
Charge of Fraud in Weighing
Mails on Pacific Roads,

Chronicle publishes an article in re-
gard to alleged frauds in the railway
mail service on the Pacific coast, which
most far-reaching federal investiga-
Railway Postal Clerk E. S. Culver and
others that the United States Mails
were fraudulently stuffed, with the adj:
Flint, of the Eighth division of the
railway mail service, during the month
OF June, 1894, in order that the weights
carried during. the month, which
formed the basis for estimating COM
the next four years, might appear I'M
duly large. Railway postal clerks of
long experience say there are great OPP
portunities for stuffing cars in such a
millions each year. The Chronicle says
that this local scandal opens up a
wide field for congressional inVestiga-
ton.
1T WAS THE OTHER WAY.
WASHINGTON, Aug. "A good deal
of interest was aroused at the postoffice
department this afternoon by the story
printed in San Francisco, stating that
Railway Postal Clerk E. S. Culver had
charged Supt. Samuel Flint, of the
railway mail service, with being
party to extensive railway frauds
dS dlIISI the governments second Assist
ant Postmaster General Nelson denied
positively that .Supt. Flint was con-
cerned in any, frauds. ''On the con-
trarya" he said, cit was directly due to
Mr.. Flint that an extensive fraud was
discovered last June, at the time when
Culver charges that Flint was in col
fusion with the railroads for the pur-
pose Of defrauding the government.
In that month. the mails on the Pa
cific coast were weighed, in order to.
obtain a basis fqr payments for carry
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-03
FREIGHT AGENTS, OUTING.
Trip to the 500 and Mackinac
Island for Pleasure.

Last evening a special train on the
ST. Paul & Duluth took out jolly
party Of railroad people on pleasure
tour. About twenty or more were
freight agents of the Twin Cities, who
are now on their midsummer outing.
The party goes by special train to the
500 canal. There a steamer will be
taken for Mackinaw island, where a
brief stop will be made. Returning,
the same route will be taken. Among
those who went are the following:
From Minneapolis-C. E. Mumford,
commercial agent, Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST Paul railway; j. P. Harrison,
general agent Chicago Great Western
railway; F. A Hawley, general agent
st. Paul & Duluth railroad; NJ. E.
Trumer, commercial agent Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha rail-
way; J, L. Blake, commercial agent
Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad; H.
M. Weston, commercial agent Mime
apolis, st. Paul & Sault Ste Marie
railway; c. H. Russell, general agent
Great Northern railway; F. M. Fair
banks, commercial agent Northern Pa
cific railroad; G. T. Huey, Northwest
ern agent Wisconsin Central lines; j.
G. Howard, general agent Chicago,
Burlington & Northern railway.
F. A, Minneapolis, st. Paul & Sault
Ste. Marie railway; W. F. Lord, COM
mercial agent Wisconsin Central lines !;
George F. Thomas, commercial agent
Chicago Great Western railway; L. T.
Jamme, contracting agent Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis e. Omaha railway;
H. K. Cole, contracting agent North
ern Pacific railroad; William M. Burk
general agent st. Paul & Duluth rail-
road; John R. Hawley, contracting
agent Chicago, Burlington & Northern
J.
railway; c. R. Capron, commercial
agent Great Northern railroad; E. A
Whitaker, general agent Minneapolis
& st. Louis Railroad company.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-03
EUSFIS RECEIVES LENGTHY IN
STRUCTIONS IN THE WALLER
CASE.
RENEWING THE DEMAND.
ALL PAPERS MUST BE SHOWN
AND PROOF OF GUILT SUB
MITTED.
UNCLE SAN MEANS BUSINESS.
Refusal to Furnish the Complete
Records to BE Interpreted
as Il Denial of Justice.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-F'ailing
to receive any assurance of progress
from Ambassador Eustis in the Wal
Ter case, Acting Secretary of State
Adee has again cabled him to press
the request for the records of Wall
ler's trial in Madagascar, and has
instructed him at some length as to
the position which he should take
in presenting it. 1t is understood
that the department has adopted
the view that the government is en-
titled to full records of the proceed
ings, and that Mr.. Eustis has been
instructed to say to the French au-
thorities that nothing less than the
inspection of the complete papers in
the case will be sufficient to satisfy
the United States whether justice
has been done. 1t is also stated,
upon what is believed to be good
authority, that the instructions to
Mr.. Eustis go a step further, in that
they direct him to say that final re-
fusal to furnish a complete tran
script will be accepted by this gov
eminent as denial Of justice.