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The morning times., 1896-10-04
Little
Captain
Toby
BY T. c. HARBAUGH
Copyright, 1896.

Perhaps the darkest days experienced
by the little army OF Washington were
those that witnessed the retreat across
lie Jerseys. New York had fallen into
the hands of the bOastful enemy; lie had
taken Forts Lee and Washington, and
the patriots were on the retreat with the
victorious British following i'll their wake.
It was during this famous retreat that
the following incidents occurred.
Some time after dark during one OF
those memorable autumn days the Amer
lean army began To pass a little hamlet NJ
crossroads between New Brunswick and
Princeton, in New Jersey
The place did not contain more than
twenty houses, and these were su scat
tered that the collection had never been
dieBi:ied by. IL name. Thc houses were
of the oldfashioned kind, and several
were stone, and to all large Ga rdens were
attached.
The wagon train which carried much
OF the ammunition that belonged to the
army came Struggling through the haui-
let, guarded by detachment OF the most
faithful. AS the last waeo:- reached the
place the hindmost axle broke of and ih,.
precious contents were dumped upon the
ground.
The soldiers were discussing the hu:ia
of the ammunition when boy of fifteen
appeared suddcnly III their midst. lie
WIS Il Stout id'. hot very WcH ti''i, "ht
bright-eycd. and eager To lend Il maud IL
| the time OF need.
'If you bury that powder here you must
take care that the Tories don't watch YOU
and turn il over to The British wncu they
| come aloug." SAID he To the sergeant wnt
| had charge of the wagonguard
IL was lar INTO the night when the waGot
| guard moved oil without the powder. Gnt
| ihe boy had been cautioned To keep The
| secret that had been entrusted To his care
| IN do that, SIR said he, his eyes
| flashing. You can move on relieving
| that Toby Travers Won't tell the enemy til,
The morning times., 1896-10-04
A BALLOON DUEL
How the French Overcame the Prus-
sian Flyer

During the iIvestm ant of Paris by the Ger
man forces in 1870, frequent attempts
were made by pucky FrenchInen 10 com
municate with those inside the bcicaSured
city by means of balloons. Nome OF these
voyages, however, could compare FOR cX-
citing and peFilous incidents, with one
which was performed by the weli-known
acronaut NJ. .Nadar. That gentleman left
Tours for Paris with important government
dispatches at O'Clock one morning. At /
he was IN view of the capital, and while
floating some 8. 600 feet above Fort
CharentOn, a second balloon was Observed
on the horizon. NJ. Naiar at once displayed
the French flag aud the other balloon re-
sponded by exhibiting the same colors.
Gradually the two balloons approa ched one
another, being drawh III the same direction
by the current of air. When they were
separated only by a short distance several
| explosions were heard; the stranger had
| commenced To fire shots ut NJ. Madras
balloon, the ''Interpide,' which began
| To descend rapidly
The French flag aG by this time s:ri
| taken in 10y the other balloon and thu
Prussian cClOrs were exhibited Instead.
| These who were watching the affair
| from the French fort Fellow I'D who now
| saw tn, character and uhjcct of tie pur-
| sucr, cried ont thar Nadar was lost. But
| they were mista ktu.fIle had scrambled
! from the car, up tie hcNWoTh bI th' idii"ou
! an the IirSt shot from the enemy, ap-
| pare ntIy Ia stop n hole made i'll the tissue.
| aud he now descended aS the i#llo'-Ii
| ri:h,cd Itself. artt CIR at. antits- oi=Lal
| asst being thrown oat again rose high
| into tie air. Thdn A3ading riffe wia
| eXIl, sivc bullets nc fired shots with Eapie
| succession into the Prussian alloon, Which
suddcEly split open and sank to The carLi
| with headlung raphjty. NJ. Na'iar thci
| JnSrnuIaI N sIfpfN al harpntln
ing with an enthusiastic ovation for Liz
|
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VICIOUS JAKE
This Story Is About Woman and
Horse

One day IN: grandfather brought home
a new horse, one that he LAD takci: in
some trade: hitChed with IL halter TO the
back Of Wagon hr was when he entered
his new home because forsoOth, my grand
father had not teen able TO mount him TO
ride him home.
That's a fine lookout" said my grand
mother as She stood on tLe long porch at
the back Of the house and heard this ac-
count of things ''ant you say hes DAN
cercus in harness tool admire Your bar
gain, john
well II was this trute or nothing ON
mat dcbt aud he's Il fire fellow IL he
wasn't SO ilitcmDcred. Come here ana
look HIM over yuuIseif. Emmy SO said
my granGfathcT to my grandmother, for
one was as good judge Of horseflcsh as
The other and that is saying good deal
for both.
Ali lms time Tie Gew horse stood or
pranCed rcstlessiy while Lesro Toy held
| his hal,Cr. Take CaIe. ,le miss. cried
| the boy when tie lazy stepped up to III"
| big gray brute but she uidn't nCtice u"
! waruiuG. She took hold of the hoisc's ;
| head and drew 1t taw;Irdher and looked III
! his eyes Now here is as curious a part
| ur the story DIS any and il is absolutely
true: She and Jake, as he was already
ramed, naturally Surveyed each utlIer,
! Gnd they did it % sudh good purpoSc u TT
/ >nr Slil alleT Il U!ti4itUI 10 tht HtSto
! boy:
/ rom, do get my saddle aud bring it
| here Thcu To her husband: Now, don't
say word; l Know what l AM doing.
| Scr.' and She picked up the horses ieel,
| opened his mouth. took every liberty with
! him, while Ire acted as II she were Nary
! aud he the lanh. She put the saddle on
! him with her own hands, then led him to
/ The porch steps. spraug into the saddle, and
! rO,ic around the yard, Jake stepping rs
\! carefully as ii he had Il load of eggs on
his back.
Well, he was lady's horse with a ver-
| gcance from that time forth, for no one
nut my grandmother revcrmountedbim. No
Que else could But between those two the
, lie that bad been formed when they first
+ looked into each others eyes continued
F, down to the day of Jake's death, years
| alter No better understanding ever ex-
lstcl in the whole romantic field of frienG-
| ships between horses and riders. The lady
, was not then Young; she was already "a
| grandmother Though not mine), and one OF
her freuueut lies was to q married daugh
| ter's. five miles away, and do you want 10
| know how she amused herself on that trip?
She used TO throw Sthe lines on Jake S
neck. trot him to a7ga!iop, draw out her
| Knitting, and so,-kaittinG and riding,
progress to her journeys end. There you
have one little bit of pure history about
woman of ye old time way down in
Tennessee. V. Il.
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lost would be found, an dad would come
back To us again
Old shaun had risen, and was trcm-
bling. his lack -lustcr eyes fixed upon the
boy.
.'w!II We go to the fairy tree, gram
dad"" demanded the boy.
For second the farmers face seemed
to light up: then the old gloom rcsettled
upon it, and he sank back upon the oaken
Settce.
..''Tis only an oud wifc's tale, avick. y
he said. Yer father is gone forever, l'In
afeard-"
1t was about the rnll OF the moon that
night that tn. two ShauuS. the Old man
and his crippled grandson, clambered over
the rude stile, and slowly assembled the
mountain road. Young Shaun hobbled man
fully onward and upward; for hope lent
him i third crit-h TIA aid his steps. But old
Shaun walkchas u7r in"a dream, With bent
head ana iahOred gait.
At length they reached the tree, ai-l
the old farmer, removing his caubeem and
Sulcunly fitting his eyes to the starry
heavens. repeated three times the words;
Shaun, my son. impiurc We To return y
There was a nIst!lng among the furze
bushes on the side OF the rath. and Il
stalwart figure hnpcd into the open.
Il am here cried a voice. aud two
brawny hanhs-restcd lovingly on old
Shaun's shoulders
'"Dou't ye Know me, faIl.-r?'' ex-
cIaime, this very .palpablc aprGntioG, and
then at last old Shaun found voice.
'Tis my Uaga' he cried. TITS my
lost shaun Ana falling upen his son
neck .-liEe. the,l'irg int, ne OLD Bible story,
be wept for very JOY.
EGr @yeunS S,rtrn bobbled forward and
plucEei the man who held his grand
father, hy tie sleeve.
Sure we're the SaIue that spoke TO me
by the dyke beyond he raltered.
A yc, aSlsk,' answered. old Sbaun's son.
" Twas myself, sure enough | wanted
| to learn If you and Your gran'dad here
really wanted me back aguin."
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A
Rogue
Elephant
nv r w MAYO.

ID w MA j "
Copyrichtcd, 1896, by $. S. Mcclure Col
Mawaua was only GCod-for-notiiinS
Young 2umb His father said so, and
he certainly should have known lie de-
clarcd that Mawaua was not strong enough
or brave enough to he a warrior, so thc
boys kiDky locks were never trnlheu mo
the warriors kuot and the Logs unealhiy
bowie were kept busy all day long
running Crrands for his brothers and tue
other members of the household. j needed
a native boy and in spite of the protcs'a-
lions of his father that he would lie of no
use to me, / d,ciGcd that Mawana wouId
make a paSsa bile servant So il was decldcd
and the boy passed into my hands. lie was
grateful 10 NE aud tried to show IL IN Iis
clumsy Zunhi fashion by teing very faith-
ful and ohrdcnt, hut N best he was trial.
one day soon after ! set out on tramp
across COUNTY,, accompanied only by MAI
nuke, Mawana and fcur native carriers.
We had left the Nunda station ap"ut
foGc hours behind, AMI was Eyalkihssilentiy
and some what gloumiiy along WITH my rifle
on my arm, aud Ma wana, carrying my eight
bore gun close behind. Suddenly the boy
darted up and touching me on the arm
pointed To Il thick Clump OF trees nun
drcd Yards ahead, crying ont:
.Onzuw, master, onzow elephant
/ could not see anything, but the boy IN
sisted that there was an elephant ahead ol
us SO, calling Malnuke, to myside, we went
forward cautiously. We had no. gone more
Than "A dozen yards through the heavy
seycn-foot elephant grass that lay be-
twern us and the timber where Mawana
assured us there was an elephant, before
Malmukc stopped down, and, parting the
grass. showed me q single large and fresh
elephant track.
We made oar way painfully through tht
tall grass that tore our hands ana iacct
until We rrachedits edge. BeNondt ina aion,
| twenty yards OF open ground interviewed
bcrorc the fig tree could be reached. W.
| halted and listened carefully. hut no soun'
reached our ears, Il fact which seemed u
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Glow Do You Do?"

In "a Partisan in AMERICA NJ. de Sois-
sons says: Two Americans meeting ac-
cost one another with How do You do?'
Immediately folio wedby the inquiry, 'How's
busincss?' We Frenchmeu say, Comment
vous porter vous?' tHow do You carry your
self?), because we care so much about our
appearance-in fact, W" are the most vain
nation in the world. The Germans say
we gehls Ibcn?' tHow goes it with you?)
and, indeed. they do go very slow, but sure.
The Italians, Come slater tHow do you
stay?) And you know how they stay, es'
pecally in these days, with their army and
finances. The Russians, 'Kak pagiviyet-
yeh?' (How do you 1ive?), because they are
so fond of good material living. But the
Anglo-Saxons say,.'H How do You do?' be.
cause all their faculties are concentrated
upon their work, upon hard work from morn
ing till night; that is the secret OF their
prosperity. The American says still more;
lie asks Immediately about business. They
do not care about their health, about their
living; they Kill themselves with hard work;
they neglect their physical and mental life,
but they make business ilourishnig aud
booming. New York Tribune.
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An "AmUsiupv Incident

\ large number OF foreigners are being
naturalizcdi in the criminal court, and many
amusing features are encountered. One
which occurred IN Judge Burke'S court is
causing much laughter around the build
ing. An lt3lial-,who was unable To read or
Write in any language. and whose vocab-
ulary in the English language was restricted
/ to one word. appeared to be naturaliZed.
''Whatfs your ndme?' asked his honor
Mckinley" replied the Italian.
Judge Burke smiled. while another Italian
furnished the desired Information.
"Can You read or write the English Ian
gUage?'' asked the court.
! Mckinley" answered the Italian.
.'lf you can neither read nor write how
do you expect TO vote?" persisted the
| court, While everyone present laughed.
Mckinley" replied the Italian, with q
decisive shake of his head.
He was given his papers. Chicago Trib
| une.
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Bang, bang went two shots aim ost
together and then I turned and ran for
cover | had not taken dozen steps
when tripped on a trailing vine Il nd irll
headong. 1t seemed as though l lay
| there an age. waiting for the maddened
| elephant TO plunge over me. In reality
| it was not Il quarter of u minute, for
the instant | fell Mawana sprang to the
| rescue. With a loud cry the Zumbi la d,
| with my eight-horc gun still in his hands.
leaped into the path of the great brute.
| he elephant had lost sight of me and,
| winding Mawana at the same instant,
| he wheeled almost in his tracks, as IL
| seemed and plunged toward the boy. We
| had often laughed at Mawana because OF
| his fear of a gun, but he seemed to have
| forgotten his terror of firearms in this
| critical moment. AS the side of the ele-
phant turned toward him two sharp re-
ports rang out from the eight-bore gun
and Mawana leaped nimbly to one side
| while the elephant went past him with
the rush of railway train. 1t was the
coolest piece Of work that I ever saw and
| Malmuke, who had killed score of ele-
| plants in his time, afterward said the
same thing.
But the battle was not yet over. sThe
| rush of The angry beast carried him some
distance beyond Mawana, but he quickly
turned and charged back again. u was
Juse Trying 10 rise, oul SANK DICK again
as the ankle which I had sprained in
falling refused to bear my weight. Tho
| elephant had caught sight Of Inc as
| half rose to my feet. and now he came
| charging down OIL me once more. But
| again Mawana saved me. Again he
| sprang directly before the brute. and then
| as the elephant wheeled toward him sped
away into the timber. There was a
crushing like the falling of hundred
trees as the elephant broke through the
| thick growth after him, but this time the
huge beast. now thoroughly frenzied by
the sting of the bullets. kept straight on
into the forest. AS Malmuke and the ma.
tives rushed forward, expecting to find
the body OF Mawana crushed among the
| trodden bushes that marked the elephants g
Course. the lad sprang laughing from be.
| hind the shelter OF fig tree. and CAME
dancing toward me IN his grotesQue fashion.
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our prisoneT!''

There's Your prisoner!'
The sergeant unlocked the door, III" Icy
grating harshly III the rusty paddock. and
lie ne NJ nome nj ne booked IL, and called Tor
Tuby.
There was no reply and the soldier went
inside.
y moments glance seemed sufficient
There's Il hole in he fcOf!' cried he.
"A hole in the roof echoed ialf Il dozen
voices.
bring light, quick. The little scamp
has escaped
The aay after the surrender AZ YOrktowa
Toby was the bearer of 4 message from
Washington To Cornwallis. and the &c
fcatetI general looked ut him with srca.
deal OF curiosity.
We have met before, my lord SAT-
Capt. Toby. with a bow.
I've been thinking as mHch,'' answered
CORVALLIS, but Just Eow cannot pla' ="
you.''
I'm the Jersey boy who wouldn't tr-
tray the hiding place of the patriot pow
der"
a flush came TO the BrtOn's face ar'i
he turned ii away. But tie next uomeGt
he turned suddenly To tie young captain;
We've heard from that powdcr-s,ncc
| understand that = lot of rebcis aftyrva.si
uncarthed il and used some of II Irain>;
US IN the siege of Yorktown lie >;t;u, wii''
a smile You general ne .-!Sfost q youpG
captain that time: but / cumpiend yoli
courage on that occasion. Iou Ceserv,' :
be made - ma j0r."s
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The Good for Nothing's shot.

me rather disappointing, as an elephant
usually makes considerable noise WHEN
feeding. After waiting for five minutes
/ rose 10 my feet.
Have care, MASTER said Ma wald.
putting out a Cotaining hand.
But 1 WAS satisfied that there WIS no
elephant in our vicinity. and started boldly
across lie open space. ! had not gone more
than fifteen feet, when ! heard MalmnSe
give a warning cry-"There lie is.'-irum
Ms SHELTER hehImd a zig tree, and at tn" same
moment caught sight Of huge gra y ili2ss
through the trees. An instant later Tic
silence was broken ny q trcmcnd0Is crash
ing in he timber, and the largest tuSk"d clc
phant had ever seen charged into the open,
hearing directly down on me. He lnobt L
the picture Of frantic rage as he loumcd
up before me as hIr rs Il mountain. and
must admit that l was scared. though
didn't stop to think of that at the time
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side the listening lad, IDS an I'D, Old
story. The tree is "A fairy lack
thorn: and it stands Cn the very top or
the Hills beyond, where the fairy ratll
is. They say that st. Patrick blessed it
and promised that if ever son or daughter
came to lie carried eff 10 faiTyland. or 10
leave their parents reef tree, that tree
should bc their trysting place. For, If the
Surrowing father or IEutl.cr. slCuld make
Il voyage to the tree at the full Of the moon
and call three times upon ntc missing
Child the lost would straight way be found.
III.
No sooner were ic ard lis grandfather
seated over their dinner than young Shaun
Ilungcd into the great news of the day.
''Gran'dad. ne asked, have We eyer
heard ten u the Tree - the Lost Chill
drcn"'"
The old man started slightly. Aye
lie mumbrd., Ills an ouId wifes story
| had forgot il, I'm thinking
There was IA gentleman here today
then continued young Shaun Nolubly,
that kncw all about il. He tonld me
20 tell YOU that il you went there, and
called ont MY dads name three times, the
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Of this rebel puwt der you viii stand BIN up
before six soldiers and see that The mus
kets are loaded with ball
THE last detachment OF the British army
had vanished, but twent men remained be
hind TO take care OF the boy, safe in ih''ir
clutches. More than once since SHUTDOWN
Toby was visited and urged 10 bct:ay the
hiding place OF Gen. WashingtOn's aTuInE-
milton: but ru all the piradin"s aud threats
heturncd 4 deatcIr, and WAS heartily curs,.!
for his refusal
I'VE will quit here at 8 o'clock" s.id the
sergeant at last. 1T is the last moment Ot
grace you have, boy
1t was almost O'clock when the sergeant
drew up his squad and saw mat theiT mas
keIs were loaded with ball.
In front or the stone hous.' the detachment
halted and the sentry saluted.
1T is 8 o'clock said the sergeant.
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Out of Her Element.

Mrs. Wilson tried to get Mrs. Zones, cook
away from her and ACTUALLY went 70 Mrs.
Bones house when She w"s out and offered
the cook more money. The next day 'h'y
met at 4 iG dinner Mrs. Bones did not Hu-
ticc her. some cne who sat between them
said: Mrs. Bones, you know Mrs. Wilson
do you not:''
mo, believe not" said Mrs. Bones, Ssh,
sometimes calls on my cook understand.
Waiter some ice.'-London lid Bits.
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soldiers, headed by tail sergeant, ad-
vauclue toward him, and while he GaZed
they halted in front of the house
You're the Travers boy, aren't you!
the sergeant said. hauGhtly-
NY names Toby Travers.'
Il thought So. Well, Master lra'ets'
we want you"
Without IA word OF further cSplanat ton he
was marched tothetory's house and pushed
half rndely over the threshold.
..,rhis is the boy said the sergeant,
salut,pc the officer I'VE caught hin, at
his home, and he is the boy WHO Knows
where they buried the powder
For n moment longer the leader OF the
British army looked across the taoie' auu
then said gruffly:
Where is it, boy?'
lyon must tell me what You mean,'
said Toby, innocently.
one OF the other officers laughed and
glanced at Cornwallis asif to say He s. on
mis- guard:- but the features of the stern
general did not relax.
Gomez" cried CORVALLIS, impatiently.
| You know what I mean. 1t is useless
for YOU to try and trick us. Where did
they put the powder last night!
All eyes were riveted upon Toby, and
the tall sergeant at the door grinned his
delight.
Aren't you going to tell?'' demanded
Cornwallis.
why should I? II you found the powder
you would use 1t against Gen. Wash
ington."
"Do YOU know who I am, boy?" he ex-
claimed.
YES, sir. You are Geu. CORVALLIS
II am. command this army and serve
the king. I hold your fate in my hands,
young sir, and unless you tell where
| The rebels hid their pow der last uiSht you
are liable to severe punishment"
IT cannot do that, general" said Toby,
resolved to keep his secret at all hazards
II promised"
"What's promise to rebel?'' inter
rupted the British chief. "Come, sir: we
can't wait all day on you. You are delay
| Ing the advance of the army. and you must
| tell Here, sergeant, take the prisoner and
see thet he 10 guarded TIL night II he
| still refuses to disclose the hiding place
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hiding place of the ammunition. IT'S safe
here, and when you come back you'll! iind
il right where you've hid it
Daylight saw the headquarters or LORI
CorEwallis established i'll ouc OF III" Tory
homes and Toby saw more rrd-coats Khan
he ever expected to see.
lie was standing IN the doorway OF ms
humble home when he cspieG ious BRUSH
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Sent Them to Develop.

A pretty story is told about little boy
whose elder sister is much interested In
photography, aud gives the family the bene-
cit Of many observations about her work.
This little boy Was TAX en- to the courthouse
to see the end OF certain trial. He came
home and told his mother about 1t. 1.-THE
Judge made speech to the jury" he said,
land then sent them 10 little dark room to
dsvelop.'e
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