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time In shIllyshallying, but would ask
L.. to be his wire that evening. If she
consented he would take her back to
Rhode Island on Saturday. If she re-
fused he'd 60 back without her.
That evening he chatted with Hiram
until Alice had washed the supper
things, and then he asked her to take
B walk.
Alice" said he, abruptly, and in a
business like tone, when they had left
the house. II have never given mar
riage a thought and I never expected
to- But when 1 saw you l found
loved you. I've laid by considerable,
and if you're willing to marry me and
go home with me Saturday, just let
me know. If you don't want me, say
so, and I'll shut up"
Alice had often thought of marriage
-as what pretty girl hasn't-but she
had always pictured herself as capitu-
lating after protracted siege. Yet now,
upon hearing this sudden, bald prosaic
declaration, she felt impelled to ex-
press her Willingness to marry Arthur
even on as short notice as five days.
Her father, when told of their hasty
courtship, though startled and reiuc-
u,
consent to the marriage. He had always
liked Arthur, and If his daughter must
marry he knew Of no better man.
But, think you'd better wait until
you know Alice BETTER" he said. II
have confidence in you, and the man
who isn't suited with Alice is Il hard
one to suit; but one days courtship
amt even as long as I courted the girls
mother. I never regretted marrying her
and l don't believe you will, and I hope
she won't; but better wait awhile"
"Mr Davidson, if I'm fit to marry
Alice any time, I'm fit now. I must be
back Saturday night, and we'll go right
to housekeeping.
So it was decided that the wedding
was to take place at the house on Sat
urday. Alice wanted to be married by
Peleg Cracknell, distant connection
of theirs who lived by himself up the
mountain road, about three miles away.
He had no regular church; but as he
always had something to say in an un-
usual way, all the clergymen in the VI
cinity were glad "to exchange" partic-
ularly as the exchange meant a rest
for them. He was altogether an odd
fish, spending good part of the time
with his dog in the woods. This dog
was valued by Peleg as the apple Of
bis eye. Wherever he preached the dog
went with him, curling up behind the
pulpit or sleeping at the foot of the
stairs.
A messenger was sent asking wheth-
er he would perform the ceremony on
Saturday at two o'clock, and he sent
back word that if the roads had bottom
enough to hold him and his dog they'd
be ethere--no great assurance, for it was
April and the roads "were beginning
TO get better" in local parlance; that is,
they could not well be worse.
All the Corners was invited and all
accepted, which meant at least q score
Of guests.
Arthur was devoted in his attentions,
although he was still assiduous in his
trout fishing.
AS for Alice, as time wore on and Sat
urday more nearly approached, she felt
more and more satisfied with the wis
dom of her decision. Jack, too, looked
with favor on the match, although it
Is probable that he did not realize that
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arrived. The women went up into the
spare room next to the one containing
Jack; the men congregated in the wait
ing room below, and discussed the
probability of the arrival of Peleg.
"Ncver saw the roads so bad," said
onc.'
"But eff Peleg comes afoot, he'll git
here all right, 'thout somethin' happens
to his dog. Never see man so fond of
his dog"
But two o'clock came and went. and
Peleg had not arrived. Alice, looking
prettier than she had ever done before
which is saying great deal, sat in her
bedroom with Sally Negus, her dearest
friend, and grew more and more ner-
vous as time went on.
IF Cousin Peleg don't come ] believe
that Arthur will go back without me, u
she said, ruefully.
"Well, the idea!' said Sally. "Pity II
he can't wait over a day to get you
dear"
Half-past two and a quarter to three
passed by, and Peleg came not.
''Did that minister understand that
couldn't waltz" asked Arthur Of Mr.
Davidson.
Maybe he couldn't understand it,
replied Hiram drily. "See here, you'd
better buy your tickets and check your
baggage, and then If he hasn't come
We'll have the reception and lunch
first"
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carry stretcher bore water and band
ages to the wounded, and made himself
| generally useful.
| For three days these western troops
! fought in the most disagreeable weather.
( 1t was bitter cold, Oyercoats had been
thrown away on the pursuit, and the
boys had nothing to eat except hard tack,
| bacon and coffee Charlie Bliss father
got hold of a blanket, doubled it, and
| pinned it around the boys neck as
sort of cloak. He was so small the ends
of the blanket just cleared the snow as
| he walked. But he never murmured. and
was ready for anything that might turn
| up.
Company G was on the skirmish line
! on the second day of the fight. Charlie
, determined to see what the boys were do
, ing. and crawled out to them notwith-
standing many aNgruff, Get back there.
| you little devil" While out with the
skirmishers the report was passed along
that Lieutenant Bliss had been killed.
That settled it for Charlie; he wanted
to fight, and picking up rife crawled
| over to wounded sergeant and borrow
ed his ammunition. Out ON the farm he
had been taught to shoot. and he was
| a good marksman. He could hit squir-
| he now put to practical use. He ami
! the sergeant lay behind n log on the side
of the hill. Peeping over this and direct
ed by his companion, he would take aim
| as cooly as if still sighting at squirrels;
and so he fired away until his ammuni-
| ton was gone and the skirmishers called
| in. Here, to Charles joyful surprise,
he found his father unhurt. The re-
mainder of that day and the next he was
| kept busy in the rear: but he was ready
| to march into the fort Sunday morning,
after the white flag had been hoisted.
Lying side by side in tent on the slope
of the hill that bitter February morning
were Gen. Logan and Col Morrison.
The flap was closed. and while they
could hear the steady tramp of their
western boys on the way to the fort.
they could see nothing. Chatting over
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THETASMANIANZ ZEBRA-WOLP
The Most Destructive and Dangerous Of
the Marsupials is Becoming Extinct.
ONE BEAST A WHOLE MENAGERIE
1t Has the Face of a Dog, the Eeys of
an Owl, the Stripes of a Zebra,
and a Pouch Like
Kangaroo.

This animal is also called the native
tiger; but, strange to- say, it is not even
a cousin to zebra, wolf, or tiger, belong
ing to the same family as the kangaroo,
the slow and gentle wombat, and the sly
old opossum.-all those animals that. car
ry their babies in their pockets. Common
names are usually given from fancied
or external resemhiances without re-
gard to scientific classification. and in
this case the dark stripes. like belts
around the body have suggested the
name of zebra, while the ravenous and
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he was SO soon to lose the only woman

he was so soon to lose the only woman
for whom he ever cared.
On Friday night Alice told her father
that Jack must be shut up next day, as
the Reverend Peleg would undoubtedly
bring his dog, Jim, and Jack would
make short work of him.
Every WELL" said Hiram. "1t seems
a pity, though, for he's taken quite a
fancy to Arthur"
Saturday was a beautiful day, such
as April sometimes offers to the world
when she has cried herself out for the
time being.
By half-past one the guests had all
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CHINESE MOTHERS.

1t is curious how little the maternal
instinct is developed in the average low
grade Chinese women. 1t is not at all
unusual in China for mothers to turn
their girl babies over to hucksters, who
hawk them about the streets in bas-
ket, selling them for the price of a
spring chicken, perhaps. The babies are
bought by the mothers of infant sons,
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REASON RESTORED BY suRGER

Horace Tetlow of Philadelphia has
been restored by surgical operation to
reason. He uttered the other day his
first intelligent words, Friday, May 81.
1899, when his skull was crushed by q
piece of falling timber. Since that time
he has been an imbecile. Last week q
thorough examination was made of the
wound in his skull. Trephining was de-
cided upon. The operation was perform
ed on Tuesday, bone button, the size
Of a half dollar, beingremoyed. The pa
tient, upon opening his eyes, said ut
comes from the DAM His mind is .
blank as to the occurrences Of the last
five years, but he recalls the events Of
his life proceeding the accident that rem
dered him speechless.-Denver Field aud
Farm.
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JUST WAIT TILL HE PUTS 1T ON.
"Ive planned such delightful sur
,,r;eo for INV husband

prise for my husband"
"Really?"
Eyes; he has summer suit nearly as
good as new hanging in the wardrobe
and I've put quarter in one of the vest
pockets" Chicago Record
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DaS cbail at State College

State College. Pa. April l0--The base
ball season here will not open with
the game on Saturday with the West
ern University Of Pennsylvania. the
same having been Cancelled. The sea-
son will open, however. next Tuesday
with game with Washington and JEFF
ferson to be played here. The ball cam
didates are in good condition. but as
yet Manager Cromlish has not decided
on the team he will shoose to repre-
sent the college on the diamond this
year. The selection will be made now
within a few days. The schedule has
been entirely revised for the season.
and. as 1t stands. is as follows: April
IA. Washington and Jefferson at State
College; April Is. Princeton at Prince
ton; April 20. University of Pennsyl.
vania at Philadelphia; April 81, Ford
nam at New York; April %. open date;
April %, Westminster at State College;
May 4, Colgate at State College; May
.. Emmittsburg at Enmittsburg; May
~ Dickinson at Carlisle; May l5 Dick
inson at State College: May 2l. open
date; May 80. Demorests at Williams
port: June ). Lehigh at Bethlehem:
June 4, Lafayette at Easton June II.
Demorests at State College
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WHlRLs OF THE WHEEL. /.

The easiest way to repair q tire is to
have some one else do II for you.
The English unpaced mile straightaway
road record has been lowered to l,2j 2-s
by 4. e. Nesbitt.
Austin Crooks will try tn. foreign tracks
this year, as he did last. He will, more
than likely. run up against the Johnson
Eek party over there.
A bill has been introduced In the Rhode
Island state legislature which makes II
criminal oifense 10 throw anything on
a road which will puncture bicycle tire.
Since Richard Mansfield began riding a
bicycle he has gained some of the sound
sense he was supposed to be possessed OF
years ago. The other day he signed a five
years contract at IA salary that would
support the Duke OF Marlborough. And
now Richard Is himself again.
j. w Parsoh. I;mlny's hoodoo, has been
Noing solne ex2-llcn: work since the
Skeeter returned to his native heath. On
Feb. l, at Melbourne, the Australian won
the 5,lnile championship In las, and on
Feb. %, at Adelaide. reiuccl the Austria
lian mile record to 2.03 This time was
made In o special trial In which he was
paced and offacially timed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-11
UMPIRES' INSTRUCTIONS.
Sent Out by President Young Of the
National League

President Young. of the National
base Ball league, has issued a circular
OF instructions, addressed as follows:
To league urnpires: As the gentlemen
selected to I'LL the positions of league um-
pres FOR 1896 are all men Of large expert
ence and mostly old league umpires, it
seems almost unnecessary for me to issue
special instructions. | desire. however, to
call your special attention 10 the changes
In the rules in relation to lining and re.
moval OF players. ETC.. and | shall Insist
that every umpire enforce. not only that.
but every playing rule. both in letter aud
spirit. II any rule is faulty, IL can only
be demonstrated by It's strict enforcement.
IL Is useless for one umpire 10 enforce
the rules unless each ana every one does
exactly the same. III You cOmmnce from
the very first game to do your whole DUTY
you will have little trouble in doing SO
during the entire season: but If you do rot
your trouble will have just commenced
and your usefulness as an umpire be
practically at an end.
! have the utmost confidence In every
one Of the u,npires. ana | believe that ev-
cry decision rendered will DE governed by
his best honest judgment. In the Ills.
charge OF your duty on the field You all
we'll know that you have my unqualified
support. and YOU will receive the sup
peri of every league official
Tie umpires viii provide themselves
with Il blue flannel sui, and CAP. and al
ways present :. neal appearance On Inc
field.
BE courteous AMI polite TO all players
whenever you meet them. ana / Woulu
advise that you avoid familiarity with
any. With many II would be harmless,
while with others 1t would be taken ad-
vantage of ana destroy your usefulness 10
q Very great extent
You will consider all assignments IS
confidential, as circumstances might make
|, change necessary al very short notice.
Atter the game 60 directly 10 your no.
tel as you may lind q telegram awaiting
YOU You cannot he too careful ia watch
Ing for kilograms. and by so doing you
can save US both considerable trouble
II is also very important that You should
advise us at once by letter or wire where
you are stopping in each city ana II pos
sible / would like a list OF all the hotels
where you stop during the season and
then make no change without previously
advising me.
ii YOU have any doubt about the proper
construction OF any rule let me know and
l viii take pleasure In giving YOU ruli IN
formation. Your decisions must pe ehi'
form upon every point OF play.
Don't be too nasty III rendering ueci-
sion. but | cannot too strotkH lipress
UPON your minds the Importance OF be-
ing prompt in doing 80 after You nave
formed all intelligent judgment: Even a
very slight delay gives the audience Tue
,mUression tina you are in doubt.
ISe perfectly fearless In dcihG JUST eN-
,ctiy what you believe 10 be right.
Yours truly. ,,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-11
SPORTS OF ALI. KINDS.

There is a possibility Of Dick O'Brien
ana kid" Mccoy coming together In the
near future. These men fought a 2J-
round draw n: Boston on May 20 last.
The famous PAGER Joe Patchen. 20l. has
arrived at Kankakee, ILL.,, with Is driver
Jack Curry, and he will be trained over
the kite-shaped track at that place FOR
the coming campaign.
Siavin Creedon and Choynski for s.. 800
or 5000 Il side. ard the largest purse Of
fered. the fight to ccme off before the club
Offering the best purse.
Eight mares have been bred to Domino.
seven imported and one native. Among
the imported mares are half-sister to st.
Gatien. a sister to Welton and daughters
Of St: Simon. isonomy, Bend Or. Hermit
and Toouchet.
Mike Leonard and his brother are 60
ing on the variety stage in an act to be
called "The Swell and the Tough" OF
course Michael Is the swell, and when
he IL insulted by the Tough. there IL a
fight, In which the brother gets badly
punished.
Billy Plimmer Is coming to this country
again next fall. In a letter to an intimate
friend Billy announces his intention Of
re-entering the ring to try and regain
some of his lost prestige. "Pedlar' Pal
mer. who was the first boxer to down
him. according TO Plimmer. will be here
al the same time.
San Antonio, Tex. boasts an artist with
the euphonious name OF Topperwine, who
handles rifle in an artistic way. Re-
Gently he made very good profile Of his
head by shooting 22-caliber bullets into a
paper with repating rife at a distance
OF twenty-five feet. 1t took seventy shots
to complete the picture
The Coney Island Jockey club has Is
sued a handsome stake book bound In
boards, for the current year. 1t contains,
besides full conditions Of the stakes, entry
and declaration blanks. etc. The chief
events of the spring meeting, with their
estimated values, are: The Suburban. SIS,
90; Realization. $685. 900: Great Trial, $40,
900; Volunteer, $1,000; Double Event. Sl0.-
000; Sea and Sound. SO. .0O0 and Tidal, 1850.
There Is no change of cars OF any class
between New York and Chicago via the
hc,. i1alx rl la& 20 non ax,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-11
ROLL STILL CLIMBING.
Over 1000 Members Added to l.. 4. W.
During the Year.

Boston. April l0.-The League Of
American Wheelmen membership got
another big boost last week. 1t buries
the previous weeks record by more
than 100 names. Out Of thirty-seven
states and territories 1850 applications
found their way into Secretary Bas-
setts Office. New York. az usual. lead
ing all by big plurality. Massachu-
sets Is In second place. New York
contributed 4Sl. Massachusetts, 209,
while New Jersey comes in third with
ll5
The other states follow In order:
Pennsylvania SO, Indiana 3S. Iowa So.
Missouri 81. Kentucky ~ California
(north % Michigan 20. District OF Col
umbia II. Maryland Il. Rhode Island Il,
Connecticut and Wisconsin II each.
Kansas ?. Illinois. Maine. Ohio and
Oregon each. West Virginia 4. Ne.
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Chicago to New York in Five DAYS.

Chicago, April lO.--John Lawson. the
terrible Swede," a well-known Chica-
go bicycle rider. has determined to try
for the Chicago New York record as
soon as the weather permits. Lawson
has some original ideas about racing
which he will utilize on his attempt.
The Swede is confident of placing the
record between the two cities at five
days. The present fastest time il 3
days, 90 hours and Ii minutes, to the
credit of Rob Scarle.
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have one crack at the ball. and III make
a Canadian citizen out Of it,
Strike two,
'O'Leary was frenzied. III lose the
ball in spite of you Daa bats left haa.i-
ed. Aioungjoy pitched him an inshoos
Dan stepped out oY the lines and knocked
II away over Morrison into the left.
Well. what do You think OF me-
George, sou great mountain OF Obesity
60 back on a fellow townsman, Ell? Well
just tell the scorers to mark down home
rum (Dan had made the circuit1
~ cannot do that, Dam. said.
why not?'
Your out
Well. what am out for" O'Leary de-
manded In amazement.
For running the bases In the wrong
way
"O'Leary was SO excited that he actually
made the circuit by way Of third instead
Of first."-New York Telegram.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-11
TROTTING RACES.
1 Local iiorscmcn Are Well Pleased at the
Prospect.

Local horsemer are deeply interested
in the fact that there will be two trot-
ting meets here OH June %, "a ana 20.
and in October They feel that the
meetings will be of more than ordinary
excellence in view Of the strong circuit
combination in Waverly. n. D.. Alien
town. Bethlehem, Scranton ana bins-
hamton and the assurance OF generous
entries.
The circuit Is that Of the Penn
sylyania and New York Trotting
association. At meeting OF rep
resentatives Of the several interests
held in this city. jeremiah Roth. Of Al
lentown. was elected president. and II.
A. Groman. of Bethlehem secretary.
The Scranton secretary Is j. a. Fritz.
with whom entries should be made.
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STATE LEAGUE TROUBLES.
Arc Ended by Getting shamokin Into the
League.

Pottsville. Pa. April l0.-After many
days of trouble and great anxiety. Man
ager John Milligan is once more happy.
Milligan evidently lost all hope in be-
ing able to make satisfactory terms at
Reading. and he therefore turned his
attention to Shamokin. which town he
this afternoon induced to take the fran
chise OF Reading and join the State
Base Ball league.
This completes the State league. and
now base ball enthusiasts look for
ward TO smooth sailing. The Reading
club will report ct Shamokin April 90
and open the season at Pottsville May !.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-11
ROUND THlE SPORTING WORLD|
and the Venezuelan questions are nc
In IL,
WILL LEAVE TUESDAY.

Between now and Tuesday the play
ers will timber up and will leave that
night for Hartford. where they play
Billy Barnie's Atlantic leaguers. The
negotiations to begin the exhibition
games with Princeton and the Orange
Athletic club were not completed. At
ter Hartford. games will be played at
New Haven. Paterson, New Bedford.
Newark. Brockton and Fall River be-
fore coming home for games with the
Cuban Giants Tuesday and Wednesday.
April 81 and 2S. and with Carbondale
on April 30. On April 30 the team will
leave for Springfield. where the season
will be opened Friday. May I.
Meanwhile, Ii behOoves somebody
with authority to give 1.-The base ball
park" name. 1t didn't deserve one
last year. but II does now: it is no
longer u child Of perfidy and dishonor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-11
BICYCLES ARE BAGGAGE.
The New York Legislature Passes Arm.
strong Dieycle BilI.

The New York Legislature Passes Arm.
strong Dicycle Bill.
Albany, April 1O--Both branches of
the legislature passed the bicycle bag
gage bill.
The bill as passed provides that BIZ
cycles are to be deemed baggage and
shall be transported as baggage for
by railroad corporations
and subject to the same liabilities and
no passenger shall be required to crate.
cover. or otherwise protect any such
bicycle. provided, however. that rail-
road corporation shall not be required
to transport. under the provisions of
this act. more than one bicycle for a
single person.
The senate also passed the assembly
bill. which forbids sparring exhibitions,
except under the auspices of legally
organized athletic clubs.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-11
SARATOGA Gets the Race

Upon the authority OF the L oston
Herald. II Is now practically sertled d
that the big quadrangular boat race
between Harvard. Columbia. Cornell
and PENNSYLVANIA. will take place at
Saratoga, N. Y. and not on the Hud
son river course at Poughkeepsie. or on
the Connecticut.
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RANDALL ON A TANDEM.
Rochester Bicyciist Assisted In Making
Two New Records.

San Diego, Cal, April lO-Two BIZ
cycle records were broken at the Coro-
nado track. The first was the tandem
half mile, unpaced, a lying start, and
was made in so So seconds. by J. NJ.
Randall. of Rochester, n. y, and G..
Schefski. of Salt Lake City.
The second record was the one-quar-
ter mile unpaced, flying start, made in
"a 2-5 seconds by J. NJ. Randall and
Earl Kiser, of Dayton. o.
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Princeton. April l0.-Thc students Of
Princeton college assembled In Alex
ander hall and amid the greatest en-
thusiasm passed a resolution to send
the following cablegrain to their team
in Athens: I'VE. the undergraduates
Of Princeton. wish to express out heart
lest appreciation for your efforts and
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Rode His own Jumpers to Victory.

Dublin. April l0.--At the Fairy House
Steeplechase meeting, which was held
here on April 6. w. G., Eustis, an Amer.
lean millionaire, won three races. Mr..
Eustls hode his own horses. and had
for his competitors some Of the best
jockeys In Great Britain.
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braska s. Minnesota and New Hamp-
shire 4 each. Colorado. Delaware. North
Dakota and Virginia each. Arkansas.
Georgia. Oklahoma and California
tsouthD . each. Florida. Louisiana.
Texas. Vermont and Washington
each
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AJOCKEY CONFESSES.
ChOrn Makes o Clean Breast Of the Cor
piracv to Heat BoOi; makers.

piraev to beat BoOi; makers.
New York. April l0.--Jockey Chorn,
one of the jockeys accused Of entering
into conspiracy to defraud the book
makers at the Bay District, San Fran
cisco. race track. has confessed. He
said he was implicated with the Chi
nese plunger, Fong Ching. or Little
Pete" who gave him share of the
winnings.
Chorn also said that Little Pete"
had big staff whom he paid from $50
to $500 for their assistance. He says
the jockeys implicated got about $l5.-
OO0 as their share of the schemes.