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New-York tribune., 1897-08-01
HOW SHE MISSED 1T.
A STORY OF MONEY AND MATRIMONY.
From The Cleveland Leader.

From The Cleveland Leader.
Tr ns az n h9% u a a hIS Sfee
out his love HIS was no ordinary passion, ne ne
had worshipped the beautiful girl from the moment
"Flavia," lie impIored. have mercy. Can't yo,ui
see that i you VIII not become my wife there will
don't say 'ha she returned i0w sweso aso
TITUS Henderson told me the same thing; Now he
Is married to anothe anG the father OF M wins m he
SnSw Sn aat ee rs d na Su viii m sde one else
and love her. and then. In good time be happy with
"Ah." he bitterly replied "others may be happy
with their twins. I do not care for them YOU
Star Of my existence Say iha, you learn to
love me- Say that ! may at least hope ., DO not not
nU'"'Si me' 'FaVia. via s. save e me-! @ w ,, , m am
Poor boyy' she said. stroking his cnr!s; II am am
sorry for you wish were MOI so lovely i is ter,
rbc this thing of driving people mo3 a. n for love Love
that VIII ncp you to get cycr it,; thin, look ..
hair S9i On Mh No heart hT %0SG do qG BIT Of soo Would
only tickle me / very ticksh Flayla; Keep eel,
oii going to give $on just one more chance Will you
or viii you not be mine u,. ,,s o.,irs,
She bent and pressed uer f!'H r'Pc "i'' '7''
Alas. c:innot ] am promised to another. who
Week r. nearly breaks my heart 10 have to tel you
Ills br: yoG have forced inc TO do so. Were Things
5r'i'i for !"tS i rnorkns a, the door of my heart"
oratio Dexter got up looked & to see dr III h5 no amd
then. IN cold, harsh tones. said: ..
well inasmuch at is seems to be a money u iins ,
action with YOU | suppose | ought 10 pay you
something FOR the time that you have vase waS.eo III
hn1ring ms story. How much do owe you +.
Drawing herself up like an angry princess she
said: 49, ,, 49,, f,,bor
You Insult me sir, Co. before cal! my fathea,
who stands six feet two In his socks and weighs l''
pounds
So he departed. saying: "a .,..
.'The day will come when sou VIII be sorry tnat
Won permitted the desire for money TO XIII your
That was five years ago To-day she Is a grass
widow living upon miserable allmony OF $if "a
week. while he has 4 political job with salary anu
fees OF $4,000 n year. and clerks, hired at the ex-
pense Of the public 10 do the WORK ~ ,, n
often does the now miserable WOMAN Say "
herself: .,,, ho,.o Lnown from
Tho hmsrrsslike proposition lie made That night
that he couldn't lose'
New-York tribune., 1897-08-01

vanian did as predicted by Masterson and
Creede. That is to say. he bowed himself out
Annie crept stealthily behind him as he moved
toward the door. Just as he reached the exit
she flashed a long. keen. gstening bowie knie
from her ample bosom. and quicker than IL taxes
to tell it. had plunge(. the blade into the poor
young fellows back He WINGED and reeied
Annie preparing to plunge 1t into him again
when "Soapy" Smith. Of high position in the
camp because of his fame the greatest con-
fidence sharp in the country, seized her uplitted
hand and stayed the blow. The first thrust had
not rea ched a vital spot. Sympathetic Specta-
tors hurried the foolish youth out OF the build
ing, otherwise he would have been slaughtered
for his folly
"Tm glad Annie didn't kill the tenderfoo.
said Creole, when the excitement had Subs:ded
and the dance was resumed. but her treatment
Of him will teach these rash youngsters who are
crowding in here that they have to behave
themselves in this town or get hurt
cultivated Mr.. Creede's acquaintance during
my stay in the camp because he vas the lion
Of the place, next to Bat MaStcrSOn. and
thought he would some day cut big figure in
the country, as most Of eur bonanza kings have
done. He ignorant and uncouth. and
learned TO like him because Of his ruGgedness
and freedom from pretence. He seemed rather
proud Of his lowly origin and the hard strug
giles of his life. over which he had at last tri-
umphed He told me OF his lonesome and tedi-
New-York tribune., 1897-08-01
A GEORGIA 4NiNIlS.
/, Atlanta Constitution.

From The Atlanta Constitution .
They had stretched themselves under Waysiue
upon the grass and they were breathing ike urea
dogs in summer time. . =, -. ..... .,o.,
pretty good time that; SAID snort Toutu u t mtn
who was very warm In the face we hit II pretty
lively ,.o,n "or,v fair"
The angular wheeman wore s,ocKhss i VIII MIL 1; pii
could not be by any manner OF mistake taken iot
any other OF suit 1t had big checks. too, and
But a fellow can surprise himself with the time
he makes" went on the angular wheelman ,,e Ihe
other was last o es cSf Point E tlIt s
to get up appetite for breakfast. IL was Just
fine that morning. good breeze and no dust Vel.
hit it good stiff pace sorter lost slsht OF time time
and distance It was fine, and forgot to turn
around after I'd been out a few minutes. | guess
I must have surprised those farmers who saw me
streaking along down the railroad track. 1t took
swift farmer to me. went so fast.
Presently ! came to myself and taking new
was on the outskirts Of Jonesboro / thought
This is Jonesboro amt it" asked two young
Kids who going along the road with some fish
3 Jonesboro-nit' said the smaller kid. Not
much it ain't-I don't thnk-not very like and not
wei. You wouldn't have believed t-I could
hardly believe it myself. But / remembered the
beer saloon on the corner and there 1t was as big
on the corner, where the long distance telephone
is. and thought I'd ring up my wife and tell her
ring up seen hundred when the lines open and
tell Mrs. Wheeler that her husband may be a few
well. the ride back was great. The preliminary
ride down had just put me in trim for It, had
got second @ bs nGah 1i tbSr 9 n Wv aSHgt n
I'm hungry as streetcar driver BE ready in
a, few minutes she said. An. there's that tele-
non M acdn Sn Tnv1 40 there yeu% % sd
be little late to breakfast"
New-York tribune., 1897-08-01
WONDERFUL RESOURCES.

THE REMARKABLE TALE OF WHAT rHE. fiShf''''
MAN GOT AT THE DEPARTMENT STORE
From The Chicago Record.
II was n Saturday afternoon train out OF town.
and tho smoking car had half-doZen hsherInen
bound Cor Cedar Lake. Each man had an array S,( y.
tackle and a moist cheesecloth bag, wltnih ""ic"
snructhiny was wregling ana kicking
whats in there?' asked Il man WIN an uhuef'
growth of whiskers of one Of he fishermen
"WHerc in Sam Hill did you ketch any frogs here
i'm ChicagO|
Il bought them"
"WheTedboutS?' - ... -
"tip a, one of the big department stores
"You cit out, You didn't. did you? -
Certainly. You can buy frogs for Dait up 'here
"Woli dorgone. | guess you can get most any
thing at one o. them big stores. If the truth uz
"Tha,s right. While the girl was picking out
the frogs Tor me went down 10 the hooi o'''"
and had tooth pulled.
"Then / had a little time TO spare. S" took
BATH m
"feriainly They have a bath department In every
store Then got man TO NOW inc grass up at
my house"
YES and paid my taxes. You pay your taxes on
the same floor that you get the patnS Iiey ~. rs
convenient those department stores Nnen I So9i
about twenty minutes to spare. so look o'c'ce
".rhcv let you take wheels. eh?'' iii.
No.ridc on the roof. They've got a qlartc Hft
track on the roof. There must have pee" navy
people up there riding to-day.
That's fact. You do anythins at "a Depart na-
mont store Now just before ! left to-day ap'
,'IicI for a divorce from my wife , 49,, t.,
.Ynu go plumb to grass exclaimed tne III
quisitive man. and he moved to another seat
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-27
KET AND TAYLOR SITS.

that when Mr.. Grunsky and Mr.. Manson
made their report of the cost of and plans
Tor perfect sewerage system the City cut
the work off, and since then nothing has
been done in thatline. The Merchants As
sociation proposes to petition the Board of
Supervisors TO have the work taken up
where 1t was left off several years ago, and
thereby save the trouble of going all over
the same ground again. The association
Will ask that commission to this end be
appointed to look into the cost and re-
quirem ents of this much-needed improve
ment, and then for the City 10 be SLOW
and cautious in the manner of having the
work done. For such work the City will
no doubt have to be bonded, but the City
should not be bonded for old debts, which
should be provided for in other WAYS. In
addition to the recommendation by the
association set forth that body would in
clude IN the object of the bonds such
matters as the improvement of streets,
better payements and the repairing OF the
principal streets of the City.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-27
LITTLE PETE
I HAS PASSED
His Funeral Made a Gay
Holiday in China
town.
THE CAMERA FIEND IN
CLOVER.
While the Widow and Her Chill
dren Wept the See Yups
Celebrated.
a MOB AT The CEMETERY
PLAYS HAVOC.
The Police Have Secur, Another
SuSpect-He Is Gee Pom J n, and
Is Well Identified.
a MOB AT The CEMETERY
PLAYS HAVOC.
The Police Have Secur Another
SuSpect-He Is Gee Pom J n, and
Is Well Identified.

The funeral of Little Pete yesterday
formed the occasion of heathen holiday.
When any great thing shall happen in
Chinatown in the years to come and some
word shall be wanted to draw comparison
of the interest manifested. it will be SET
alongside of "the day that Little Pete was
buried"
From the lighting of the first taper
On the curb in front of the closed shop
where be was shot to death until the
mob charged, almost over his coffin, al
the cemetery, carrying away the baked
meats and putting to rout the mourners,
the affair was an altogether notable one
in funerals.
Little Pete was not good man in his
lifetime, but he had q pull and it made
him great. Perhaps in his wicked way
he was great in the first instance, and that
secured him the pull. At any rate he was
great at the last, in Chinatown, and his
greatness, testified to by funeral a mile
long, was the cause of his undoing and
precipitated the funeral upon him pre-
maturely.
To the matter-of-fact native a Chinese
funeral, with its barbaric rites and color,
and incense and chanting, is always inter
esting. but the interest attaching to Little
Pete himself and his killing being added
in this instance made it a gala day in
Chinatown.
All the night before there had been GO
ing on in the street in front of the build
ing where the murder was done, and
where the body now lay, those familiar
preliminary rites, the burning of punk,
the clang of cymbals, the incarnation of
the priests and the offering to the gods
of fruits and meats and drinks. For the
body had been brought from the Morgue
and lay in the shoe factory on the second
floor that had been owned by the schem-
ing little Chinaman.
On the floor above, in the two little
rooms that had been their home, the wife
an inter mittent moaning.
In the OVEN and bakeshops of the neigh
borhood great preparations were going
forward, for unheard of quantiti of
meat and pastry had to be prepared for
the appeasing of the ravenous appetites OF
the gods and their consequent propitia-
ton in behalf of the very unsavory record
Of Little Pete.
Then there were great numbers of
gowns to be stitched together for the
mourners, real and purchased.
Yesterday morning early the real SER
vices began, although the hour fixed for
the funeral was at of the afternoon. The
leather and the machines and all the work
Of the factory had been cleared away a
much as possible and the handsome black
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-27

Prison under suspicion of having fired the
shots that closed the career of Little
Pete" He is known by his fellow pagan
associates as Gee Pom jim. The police ac-
cept the name as correct, as it is of slight
importance.
They know him 10 be member OF the
Suey Sing Tong, reckless man in high
binder controversy, and have a fairly
good case against him, so they are con-
tent.
Frank Mason, an ex-freman, is the
most important witness against the prs-
oner. He had passed through Ross alley
into Washington street on the night of
the murder, and was standing near the
barber-shop when Little Pete" was shot
to death.
Two Cinnamon, one of them the assas-
sin, sprang from the doorway and hur-
ried past the ex-freman. Plenty of light
was shining from the windows on the
street, and Mason impressed the features
of the fleeing hiehbinders on his mind.
Since that time Mason has been fre.
quenting the Mongolian quarters, hoping
to meet the Chinaman he had seen hurry
ing from the scene of the killing. Last
evening he was successful and noticed
Gee Pom jim entering atenement house at
S24 Washington street. He notified Officer
w. II. Young and they returned to the
lodging-house together.
After a climb up a dark flight of stairs,
the policeman and his informant located
the room entered by the desired China
man. He was sitting among q dozen of
his fellow countrymen. Mason pointed
him out, and he was placed under arrest
Sergeant Mooney of the Chinatown squad
was informed of the arrest and will trace
Gee Pom Jin's movements since the muir
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-27
FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

Contribution to the Relief Fund-An
Entertainment to Be Given.
O. Bozio, president of the French Mu-
tual Benevolent Society. has received a
letter from New York, written by Sylvan
WE'LL, containing check for $3.50 as do
nation from the writer and Mrs. WE'LL to
the relief fund of the society.
The committee of the society having
charge of preparing an entertainment for
the benefit OF the relief fund has decided
10 substitute for the ball annually given a
vocal and instrumental concert, to be fol-
lowed by the production of Lies Noces de
Jeannette," by Victor Masse, the charac-
ters to be assumed by dramatic talent.
There are at this time ninety-three in
yallds at the society's hospital on the
Point Lobos road
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-27
MANY MEN GUARDED.
Chinatown r SITS Under an Awful
Suspense.

Chinatown r SITS Under an Awful
Suspense.
Lurking in the dimly lighted streets and
dark, foul-smeling alleys of Chinatown
are scores of highbinders thirsting for the
lucre that will come into their itching
palms by the shedding of human blood.
Many of these fends in human shape are
strangers to the denizens of the Chinese
Observation-Disclosures brought from the
interior and coast towns for a price to
avenge the death of "Llttle Pete"
Foremost among the men marked for
slaughter is Chin Hen Shin, better known
as "Big Jim" man reputed to be worth
nearly million dollars. He owns club
house on Waverly place, various business
houses and banks and extensive property
in China.
Everywhere "Big Jim" goes he is closely
guarded by Caucasian. Profiting by the
careessness of Little Pete" big Jim"
never permits his guard out of sight for an
instant.
The Sam Yups have nothing in par
ticular against the Celestial in euestion,
but he is the richest and most influential
man among the See Yups, and that has
branded him. The price ON his head is
$4,000.
Then there is Ung Hung, commonly
known as 1.-The Russian" interpreter and
policeman for the Sam Yups and per-
sonal friend of Little Pete" He must
die. the See Yups say. because he knows
TOO much about the murder and may
choose to tell it at any time. His head is
worth just $2500 to some highbinder, and
is considered cheap at that, because he
was instrumental in the arrest of the two
suspects now in Jail. Hung, however, has
employed Tom Douglas, son of Captain
Douglas, as bodyguard.
A price OF $1,000 also rests on the head
of Sin Coon, a warm pessonai friend oi
Little Pete" He has employed Tom
Conboy as guard. and the two are more
inseparable than schoolboy chums.
Dong Gong. the Chinese interpreter,
never goes out without a guard, and sell
dom is seen on the streets at all. Guards,
in fact, ara a regular fad in Chinatown
now.
So bitter is the feud that a See Yu 2
translator, who was present to act as trans
lator of the priests sermon at Pete's
funeral, was complained OF to Attorney
Riordan, and asked by that gentleman to
leave in order to avoid trouble.
The See Yups say they have all those
who took prominent part in the arrange
ments for Pete's funeral mentally noted,
and they will probably prepare the por-
ton of lead due them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-27
HIS HEATHEN PRAYER.
Something of the Meaning of the
Ritual Performed Over "Litrle
Pete'S'' Remains

The incarnation of the prest in yester-
days ceremony consisted of the Faoist
chant, and it was accompanied with a
pair OF rosewood clappers. The chant is
adopted from the Sanskrit, and none but
the priests themselves can understand the
literal Specification.
The meaning of the chant of the priest
is simply that of prayer. In it he be.
seeches the Chinese Pluto, Yung Lob
Wong, to be merciful to the spirit of the
dead man.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-27
ANOTHER SUSPECT.

Gee Pom jim In jail at the Instance
of Frank Mason.
Another Mongolian of vicious appear
ance is confined in the tanks of the City
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-27

HYPNOTIC Inst. 8 oFarrell. teach, treat.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-20
AMERICAN HORSES.
Many to BE Exported for Use I'm the
French Cavalry Service.

Many to BE Exported for Use I'm the
French Cavalry Service.
AneXperimentals shipment of 100 horses
from this country is TO be made to
France for use in the army. If they
ship well and prove satisfactory to the
French inspector regular purchasing
aepot will be established at some point
In this country. Louis Noel has been
sent to Kansas City to act as purchas-
ing agent of the first consignment
Some mules will also be included. DR..
GracieuX de Malliol made the report to
the French government which resulted
In commissioning Mr.. Noel as purchas-
Ing agent, and he is thus quoted: "In
q few years America will not have
enough horses to supply the old coun-
try. France alone bias 1870 regiments of
cavalry, and each regiment has about
1000 head of horses. France has the
finest cavalry in the world. She never
pays less than 5000 apiece for the horses
of her private soldiers and her officers
horses cost her from $500 to $500 apiece
No other country can compete with
America in fine bred horses" If the
French government is willing to nav
from $500 to 500 for army horses some
very fine remounts can be secured. It
is true that horses worth those prices
are none too plentiful, but such figures
will bring them to market We inn
ngine, however, that there is somewhat
of braggadocio in the statement, and
would expect to find Mr.. Noel driving as
hard a bargain with sellers as any other
buyer, and paying about as low prices.
AS an addenda to the foregoing comes
the announcement that an agent of the
French government has purchased at
and around the race track at FORSYTH
near Chicago, some So head of thorough
breds at $125 or less per head for use in
the French cavalry. This is much of q
departure from the time-honored con-
viction that the half-bread is much bet
ter for army service than the thorough
bred. Possibly serviceable skates" can
be picked up around race track for
SIPS, but it seems rather doubtful. The
price paid quite iustifes our prediction
as to figures that will probably be Of
fered in the Kansas City market by the
agent of the French government. How
ever, we welcome all buyers who will
take our horses-cheap or high class.
Our own army officers who do not make
boasts concerning the character of the
remounts they purchase, and who are
limited in price, have difficulty enough
in getting horses that fill their require
ments, and If our friends from France
obtain what they want at prices they
can afford to pay, we shall certainly be
glad to deliver to them the goods
Breeders Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-20
NOTES FOB SHEPHERDS.

Pine tar on the sleeps nose is an ex-
cellent defense against troublesome and
often dangerous flies.
The New Mexico lamb crop will prob
ably amount to 100000 head; about
100000 of which will be offered for ship
ment.
The sheep should be clipped clean
about the hind parts, lest filth gather
and attract blow flies. A mixture of
glycerine and fish oil in equal parts,
is excellent to smear over such parts.
Makes no difference how good a ram
is, if he is a scrub, never use him. Sell
him to the butcher; buy recorded ram,
breed your best ewes to him, and you
will notice the difference in the lambs at
once.
An old sheep keeper says that good
fat sheep never lose their wool. Wool
is lost through lice. ticks or scab, due to
mite, and none of these beasts can
endure fat. Poor sheep is always their
feeding ground.
Ifwool is the principal objectin breed
ing, then ram with plenty of wool
bearing surface, yielding a washed
fleece of at least 10 pounds, should be
selected. His wool should be of strong
fiber, coarse crimp. A ram should not
have ewes fleece.-Rural World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-20

NJ. Bournouf recommends in French
journal the following method of pre-
serving eggs: Dissolve in two-thirds OF
warm olive oil, one-third of beeswaX
and cover each egg completely with a
thin layer of this pomade with the end
of the finger. The egg shell by degrees
absorbs the oil and each of the pores be-
comes filled with the wax. which her.
metically seals them. NJ. Bournouf al
firms that he has eaten eggs kept two
years in this manner in a place not ex-
posed to too great extremes of tempera-
ture. He thinks also that the germ
may in this manner be preserved for a
considerable time.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-20
Keep Your stock Growing.

Every farmer knows that it is while
stock is young that it makes the great
est growth in proportion to amount of
feed. Then the cost of maintenance
is less. and at least while the animal is
sucking part of its feed is admir-
ably adapted to make growth. But
there is another reason why young
stock should be fed sufficiently to keep
thrifty. If ii is underfed, or fed so as
to fatten rather than to grow, the prob
abilities are that the digestive organs
will be injured and that all its life there
after that food it eats will do it less good
than it should. A stunted animal can
not by any kind of feeding be there
after made what it ought to be.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-20
employees in the Government Printing

.!iHce and certain positions in the In
dian service So manifest is the Dur
pose. OF the party 'to take backward
step rs TO call forth a general protest
ir0" the Civil Service Reform Associa-
'icn oi Maryland. .
IN view Of .his presentation OF indis-
nrtahlo facts. il must he clear TO every
reader whatever may be his opinion rs
tc the merits or dement's Of civil ser
..'re reform. that the Republican nosi-
ION N this question is one of bad faith.
deceit and hypocrisy and it is not a
little STRANGE that any hodv of intelli
cent Rcnrblicans should have the ef
trontcrv in public document. to claim
praise for their party because of its rec
ord on this subject. either in the State
81 N7rv''nd or ont Of it IF snc, Nv
and wholesale augmentation of all the
enoile 81 Office. from the lowest 70 tho
highest whether rndcr control Of the
'Vcr'''ivc the LEGISLATURE or the board
ct public works Gin MANY instances to
the positive detriment of the public ser
N'cc), 1t the INSCRIPTIONS manipulation
81 patronage NV the governor in the in
tcr"et 81 = political favoritc and Of him
sell: il the dismissal Of Democrats from
Office under pretense Of changes with
out even the ORDINARY form of trial. bv
partisan board OF police commissioners:
i tHe passage OF a civil service law
cr'''j'v worded so as to render its oper-
atoms uugatorv-if these are evidences
Of LOYALTY to civil service reform then
oraise eNo0ld be given the Republican
party in unstinted measure But il they
are not then that party stands con
dcmn"d for insinceritv and hypocrisy
rs well in this as in other shan1 Reforms
i.''roeod unon the oocrlc 81 MARYLAND
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-20
A Novel Gnne cnre.

Saws the Farm Journal: A very sim
pie method for curing the gapes in
chicks, and one that is successful in
the hands of some persons, is to pinch
the wind-pipe. With the left hand hold
the head of the bird up and the neck
straight, and with the thumb and fin
ger of the right hand pinch the wind
pipe smartly, slightly rolling it. Be-
gin as low as possible and follow it up
wsNrd to the mouth. Be careful to re-
lease it frequently to give the bird
chance to cough up the parasites.