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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13

......t- .Nc l,e-,-'ef.
s.rre. ~. Va. May l2.-The
o.. Company struck a tremen-
Sell at CORVALLIS to-day on the
tract. near the B. s o. depot.
u.r has lowed ever since being
1ata 300-barrel IN hour gate.
r-, Che E.-.s-er.
.rsr,rlo. W. Va, llay MAT
-.r..u.ng 10 the Development o.
his particular section is very
.. the present. on a1(ount Oh the
which the celebrated ElE
III has developed. NoIhlhg
I +. teiuI done and 1oJhlng much
done until the matter is deh-
scaled. When it is this section
.... county VIII experience the great
.r ever known since the earlier
the renowned field. The well
.r .~e now producing out there are
- .rr. occasionally and as rule
,-r respond nicely. Yesterday,
r-~ Treat & Crawford endeavored
r.- their No. 1 d. r. Hawkins
....rr success. They viii try II again
This same company should
tho pay 40 their Asher No. / late
evening" or early i'm the morning.
ATLAS OH Company are getting
nicely with their Nos. 1 and ,
same farm as that Of the Treat
Crawford people. and should reach
ts~t by Thursday or Friday i
luck happens 20 bar the advent
They are also nearing the
r..-- or their location on the Prlch'
. .-u and this we'll should also make
r-er- about the same time.
O.. work of develOplng over IN the
---f uoCl goes steadily on win
-.r e2sw TO report except that me tne
OH Company have made another
on The Jacob Cehrs farm iusl
the Drum farm. on when tu I'5
rrv hole a few days aso in the
t-. rf extending the POOLS llm-Is'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13
GROCERIES.
Register Office.
NM~WU FNWnW UN#1f


Syrup-Silver Drips Syrup, 1Sc; Fancy
Drips, zoe; &c additional in half barrels) !;
New Orleans MolasseS-Pancy new crop,
35c; choice. 32c; prime. S0c: mixed goods
New Orleans, Csc; bakers goods lSc.,
MISUNDERSTANDING medium s. c. hams
99sc; 2O-lb average, 93sc; S. c. breakfast
bacon, 7GSAc; S. c. shoulders, 6l4c; city
sides, &c; ham beef, lS12c; ordinary beef.
Canned coods-s-lb fancy tomatoes, 9Oc;
tomatoes, new. Toe: Hartford Co. Stand
ard corn. zoe; 2-lb Honey Drop corn, 81 15;
y ysd% free h$ 81 S S sbs ssaJ5ri a6c
coaches; 81 80, pie peaches. !5c: lib Deep p
light weight cove oysters, soc; Acorn
Standard string beans, ooc; ZIP can corn
beef, So on; 40 can cnipped beef. & 70: LID
can luncl tongue. SO 90.
carbon oil. 10. sac; carbon. 100. nc; water
white. 1l2c: Lewis miners winter white OIL
42c; summer white, Csc. ~
Lard-Shenck's pure kettle, tierces, 5lsc;
Armour's pure. tierces, sc. The advance
for smaller packages over tierces Is as FOL
lows: Fancy tubs &c: 50-lh tins. l4ci 20-lo
tins. Sc; i0-lo tins, &c; 5-lb tins, sc: GID
coffee-Green Coffee. Fancy Golden Rio.
choice green. 22l5c; prime green; &c;
roasting grades. 1Sl2c; Java and Moen NJ,
Sale; high grade. 2lPc. RHasteI ~ bdcks-
fee. - 29c: Lion coffee, 1229c; Arrow cof-
fee. 70. 29c Pan-Hantle coffee, l2.29c.
Sugars-Cut loaf, 5.S7c; cubes. 5Ooc;
powdered. 4.55c graduated. steanndara'
/ soc: standard confectioners' A, 4:62c; CO.
iumbla a, 455c; Ridgewood a, 4e-e;
America A. 455c: white extra c, 4.SOci {,
4O5c; choice fruit sugar, 3.62c; CHARMED
y. o., 4l4c. or, s,Lo.
cboice domesyle' &C; prime domestic. SIC;
fair domestic size: fancy head 612S
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13
LIVE STOCK.
Regisrer once.

WHEELING, May II.
Cattle-EXtra, 1000 TO 1,200. 81 5Oq4 %;
good 900 10 LOCO, 81 25d4 80; good. 500 TO 800,
81 0OQ4 %; fair, 200 10 500, s. 50Q3 20: com
mon, 600 70 200, SO 25d3 so; bulls, 50 0oaS %
Hogs-EXtra. 50 S0aS 80; good, 50 6od0 20;
common, 50 25dS 30.
sheep--Extra, 50 5OQ4 90: good. So O0aS 80;
common, 81 50R3 90; lambs, Sc OOa6 %.
Fresh Cows-At 800 00q30 20.
CalVes-At 81 50d5 90.
Chicago May l2,-Trade in cattle was
quite animated at firmer prizes for desir-
able offerings. Sales were made at 50 9O4
4 p for the commoner lots of steers adapt
ed TO the dressed beef trade while choice
TO extra cattle were salable at 50 O0Go ~,
but the bulk OF the steers crossed he scales
a 81 4OQ5 co. Sales OF heavy export cattle
at 81 10u5 90 We're brisk. Stockers ana
leaders sold as high as 81 IS. Cows and
heifers were salable at 81 lj44 90; bulls
were steady at 81 50G4 90 and calves sold
largely at 81 50G5 20. Texas grassers sold
as low, as 81 Is. while fed lots sold largely
around 81 OOOd4 80,
There wa a good demand for hogs, but
prices ruled about PFC lower: Hogs sold
at an extreme range Of So 5Oq3 50, sales
being largely at SO S5d3 90.
Pigs sold at 81 50aS 50. \ year ago the
very best heavy hogs sold at S. 42la and
prime light at 50 80.
Prices for sheep ruled frmer TO 1Oc
higher under the influence OF a fairly ac-
tiv general demand. Sheep were wanted
At 81 GCfQ2 30 for inferior up 10 81 JOq4 20
for choice to prime flocks, Texans selling
freely at 50 s0d3 90. Lambs sold at 50 2jq
. So spring lambs brought So 00G7 90.
Receipts; Cattle 1900 head; hogs, 81 900
head; sheep 1000 head.
EAST LIBERTY. May T. - Cattle.
steady; prime s. 10d5 %; bulls stays and
COWS 81 00G3 10; common to tat oxen 81 0oq
t 10.
Hogs, steady; prime Workers So 95d4 90;
best medium weights 50 90G3 95; heavy
hogs s. 9OQ3 30; common TO fair Workers
50 S5d3 so.
Pigs. SO S5d3 90; roughs 50 2563 ..
Sheep, steady; clipped sheep, choice
ST S5d4 80; common 50 00n3 CO., choice
lambs s. OOd5 Is; veal calves 81 seal 70.
CINCINNATI. May 12.-Hogs, sc lower;
market slow at SO OOd3 S..
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13
FLOUR. GRAIN AND FEED.
Register Office.

IaI.L CIIINts
WHEELING, May II.
Flour-Choice family flour in wood,
81 so; in paper, 81 10 per barrel; Mime
haha in i cotton sacks. 81 IS; Minnehaha
81 10; Famous in sacks, "a 80; Famous in
wood, 81 20; spring wheat flour in jute
sacks OF 40 lbs, 81 so per barrel; Pillsbury's
Best in wood. 81 70; Pillsbury in paper,
81 80; Reliance, spring wheat, in wod and
winter wheat family -four, 81 50 in paper;
Gold Coin, 81 ca in cotton or wood; Royal,
81 % in d paper.
Wheat-Per bushel, 70QSOc; corn, SO4S5c;
Feed-diddlngs, per ton, s13 90; bran,
per ton. S13 90.
Hay-No l baied hay, S11 0Oq12 90; loose
hay, $40 OOdl2 90; new hay, baled, Sl3 OOg
II 90; loose, $40 O0Gl2 10.
Straw-Baled. IS 90: loose. s. %.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13


WHEELING AND PITTSBURG DIvI-
SION-
For Pittsburg. Washington. Baltimore:
Philadelphia and New York, $40 q. IN. anj
$40 p. m, daily.
For Pittsburg. 700 a. m. daily.
Pittsburg express. 1855 y. m, except sun
day.
ARRIVE
From New York. Philadelphia. Balti
more, Washington and PittsDurg. -I1G s.
m. daily, II 80 q. m. daily except Satur-
Day and 2:30 O.. NJ. Sunday only.
Pittsburg mail, 1890 .. M, except Sun
day, and 6:5j =. m, daily.
From New York. Philadelphia. baltimore
and Washington. 500 a. m. and 4:25 p. m,
TRANS-OHIO DIVISION.
For Columbus. Chicago and the West.
7:25 a. m. and $40 p. m, daily.
Columbus, Cincinnati ano st. Louis. lO:E
a. m daily. 40 p. IN. daily except Satur-
day and 2:40 a. IN. Sunday only.
St Clairsville accommodation, lC:lb g. N.
and $40 p. m, except Sunday.
Sandusky mail. l0:l5 a. M. daily.
ARRIVE
From Chicago, I:l5 a. m. and n:5O a. m.
daily.
bus, sos a. m. and $3.50 p. m. daily.
st. Clairsville accommodation, u:50 a. m
and go p. M. except Sunday.
Sandusky mail. $50 p: NJ. daily;
ID. j. MARTIN
Manager OF Passenger Traffic.
J. II. LANE. I. p. ACT. Wheeling. ". Va
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13

This exceptionally well written
story will be commenced in next
Sundays edition, May 9th, and
will run for the succeeding two
months. The interest is we'll sus-
tanned, the plot unique and we'll
worked out, and the characters
such as will attract and hold atten-
ton and interest.
Start this great story next Sun
pay.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13

79isc.
Corn, active and steady; No, mixed
25c.
Oats, dull an dsteady; No. mixed 19c
Rye dull and steady; No. cash S6l2c.
tober 81 40 bid.
PHILADELPHIA. May 12-Butter dull
and easier; fancy western creamery lJc.
EGGS, quiet; fresh nearby and western
1910.
Cheese, unchanged.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13
UNAPPRECIGTED HUMOR.

-Ard you promised me- she sobbed
intensely. that when we were once
married Won would be as steady as Z
c..s
swell bully gee," was his impas-
stoned answer. "ain't I? Don't l keep
rmnu around allertime?
Ya- as women are VIGOROUSLY With
ou.a sense OF humOr. neither his limo
cont rtterance nor his play upon words
s--r.., her as the least bit amusing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13
.-LrELY KENTUCNY sHOUIER.

,44.,., M.
The interference 10 Jue A No l,I j
revival Iet-h,3 ny 80 70.
calls attention TO the great re, re-,
.s zeal O. the negro race IL - ~,
e--orel religious ZeaIc,s Nuose
..rgs could remain Wrouslt Up a. -
the followers or Aion nm. ~, -, u.
$40. difficult 10 imagine the H"IIu my
could accomplish 10 I'en1.eu , u -. so.
Perhaps ir rs fortunate , ,.@- - -.arldi,.
.---. The story coming rom N', 80
r.rrs kelUCkian.s experience VIZ
..r-- regryss who was a new con
~- Her sister. reared IN the country ~. >
r- the larer's return 20 her OLD nome
.r visit, che Iotmet was 1'- go 90
learn something OF urban ways dix
49,, Ill,
SAM do You hey big mee''' Ian
.r-eh. we hes monsuous big reVivals'
'ShCut, Too.
.yare"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13

1Daily, except Sunday.
Sunday church train will leave Elm
Grove at e:43 a. m. and Wheeling at H:l
H. e. WEISGERBER.
General Manager.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. May 12.-Pig iron, easy
sontrerp 80 25GlO 30: northern so 0OGl2 o.
Copper, steady; brokers' 81 co; exchange
Tin. iirm; straits s1S S5a1S As; plates
weak.
Spelter. steady at 81 1Od4 20.
Lead, quiet but steady; exchange So goo
8 So
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-13
DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK. May 12.-Print cloths dul
but steady at 7-16s; Fall River declines
10 sell 1T that price.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
Pen Portrait of Sardou.

Edmond de Amicis, the Italian writer,
visited Sardou in Paris and describes the
visit in his "Nuova Autologia. OF the
old dramatist he says:
HE looked little like Napoleon, lit
tie like Voltaire and a little like the smil-
ing portrait of malicious actress which
had seen in shop window the previous
day. He wore large black velvet cap.
below which fell long, waving gray locks
He had silk handkerchief round his neck
and was wrapped in wide, dark colored
jacket, which looked like demidressing
gown. My attention was riveted by his
strange face, without beard and colorless,
with long nose and pointed chin and ir-
regular and strongly marked features,
lighted up by two kecnly sparkling gray
eyes, full of thought, the glances of which
correspondent with the rapid motion of the
thin and flexible lips, and the acute yet
benevolent expression of the whole face,
sometimes illuminated by a bright, slight
ly knocking smile, like that OF quite
young man. He did not look more than 10
years of age, and when he spoke he seemed
still younger"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
She Was Different.

It was nearly O'Clock in the morning
when Mr. Younghusband stood on the
doorstep fumbling with his latchkey. He
had met an old college chum at the club,
and while talking over past experiences
had imbibed a trifle more than he abso-
lutely needed. Now, as he thought of the
wife who was doubtless worrying lest
some accident had befallen him, he was
filed with remorse. He knew she would
be sitting up, for it was the first time he
had come home so late since they were
married.
He entered as quietly as he could and
tried to assume dignified gait as he as
cended the stairs, but 1t was dismal fail
ure. He could not disguise the fact that
he was drunk. His wife met him with q
look of silent contempt and Indignation.
1t almost broke her heart to see the man
she loved In such disgraceful condition,
but not one word of reproach did she ut
ter. Most women would have called him
brute, a crnel, heartless man, and would
have threatened to go home TO mother,
but she did none of these things, for she
was not like other women. Silence is not
one of the virtues of the gentler sex, but
with her it was different. She was IA deaf
mute.-Up to Date.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
Japanese Paper and varnish.

How many varieties of paper do you
think they manufacture in japan? Over
60 kinds are made from the ibers of vari
Gus grasses and plants. Paper" says
Miss Bird in her interesting record of
travel in Japan, lis used for walls win
dows, cups, pocket handkerohiefs, Ian
terms, string, wrappers, cloaks, hats and
baggage covers and is used domestioally
and professionally for all purposes for
which we use lint, bandages and cloths.
1t is so tenacious as TO be nearly untear
able, and even the finest kind, an exquisite
and nearly diaphanous fabric, soft as the
most delicate silk Grape, in which fine gold
lacquer is usually wrapped, can only be
torn with difficulty
The same writer tells about the fine
varnish or lacquer which we see on the
beautiful japanese trays and bowls. 1t is
natural yarnish, the product of a tree,
from which the sap is taken in the early
spring When il comes from the tree, it
is of the color and thickness of cream, but
it darkens when exposed TO the air Lac
quer is used for all kinds of purposes,
from the golden shrines in the temples to
the rice bowls in which the humblest
cody takes his meal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
TRAIN WAS NOT WRECKED
Misdirected Mustard Plaster Creates p,,,.
In Sleeper.

Another sleeping car story is being ci,cD.
lated, and the truth of IL is backed INV.
man well known In Chicago for his 70
racity and adherence of exaggerated
He tells the story on himself, or ratherns
wife, and, while IL sayors of the usual
sleeping car tale, it has its good points
Together with his wife, the man VIC.
travelling recently from California. Ous
night he awoke in his berth in the apony
of horrible pains In the stomach. As thev
were passing through prohibition dis.
trict. and there was nothing more temnt.
Ing on board than apollinaris water. HI,
wife was assured that his intentions wer
honest when he shrieked loudly for bran.
dy.
But there was none to be had. so. with
the instinct of a.true woman during fam.
lily affliction, the wife rushed to her satcb.
Ell and drew therefrom a mustard plaster
an institution upon which she pinned her
faith in cases of the kind, and requested
the porter to get hot water without delay
When the poultice was in readiness "a,
application, she returned and carefuly
pulled aside the curtains of berth. ten
derby placing the plaster.
An instant later howl rent the air, and
voice OF agony, emanating from behind
the long whiskers of a stranger, gaspd
out:
Great heavens, the trains wrecked
The boilers lying on mel Oh, how IL
burns Help! Help FIRE. Fire"
Niebtcaps, disordered frizzes, red and
sleepy eyes and ashen faces were thrust
out into the aisle in horror, wonder and
surprise. The poor woman who was tie
innocent cause of the excitement hastily
withdrew to her own quarters, while the
porter removed the "boiler" from the
stranger and assured everybody that all
was we'll. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
In Lenbach's Studio.

For years he worked in an unpretentious
back building on the site where he has
now erected the magnificent house of which
his brother, well known in his special
branch, was architect. The studio Is divid-
ed into three spacious rooms and occupies
the whole of the second story. The ceilings
are richly decorated with medalions and
bas-reliefs in dark woods picked out with
gold. The walls, also dark in tone, are
hung with valuable tapestries and copies
of we'll known pictures made during his
wanderjahre, with here and there an au-
thenticated work of an old master. An
unceasing and discriminating collector,
Lenbach has filled his house and studio
with objects of aesthetic and historic in
terest. There are marble statues and
friezes of ancient Greece and Rome, busts
and bas-reliefs dating from the renais-
sance, crucifxes and reliquaries breathing
the mystical afllatus of the middle ages,
priceless and historic brocades, rugs and
hangings from the east--everything from
the beautiful shell grotto adjoining tho
studio, with its elaborate mosaics, to q
rare bit of brocade from some suppressed
monastery, giving evidence Of the unerring
taste of the master. The whole building Is
illuminated by a complete system of cleo
trio lights, enabling him to paint, as he
often does, until far into the night. He is
In consequence late riser, brea kfasting at
10, and rarely going to his work before l l
O'Clock. - Lenbach, the Painter of Bis
marck," by Edith Coues, in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
A Tall Rat Story.

The London Field tells this story: A rat
was caught alive on board a British naval
vessel In trap, and the beast was thrown
from the trap into the water without be-
Ing killed. A large gull that was follow
ing In the wake of the ship to pick up
scraps of food thrown overheard by the
steward stopped several times, endeavor-
Ing to pick the rat up. Once the bird got
too close to the rats jaws and the beast
grabbed 1t by the neck. After short fight
the rat succeeded in killing the bird.
When the gull was dead, the rat scram-
bled upon the birds body, and, hosting
one wing as sail and using the other as
a rudder, succeeded in steering for the
shore. Whether the rat reached shore or
not Is the question, since the ship soon got
out OF sight of the skipper and its craft
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
CONGRESS REPORTERS.
Merit, Not Favoritism, Governs the Ar
pointment of These Experts.

Merit, Not Favoritism, Governs the APP
pointment of These Experts.
The seven house reporters hold their
places for life The positions they occupy
are i'm the gift of the speaker. under whose
direct authority they are, but they cannot
BIO removed except for cause. None of them
has ever been dismissed up To date. n
vacancy in the corps made by death or
resignation is filled ny the speaker. Merit
and not favoritism governs these appoint
ments, for only first class expert can do
the work. The pay, though good, Is not
so high as that of many court stenogra-
pliers, whose labor is not so arduous or so
difficult. 1t was in 1869 that the first ap-
pointments of stenographers by the house
were made, two men being employed to
do committee work. 1t ought to be men,
toned, by the way, that one copy of The
Congressional Record is carefully corrected
by the reporters each day and filed away
as official, in case any disputed point shall
come up at future time requiring refer
ence TO exact authority.
The shorthand business over in the sem
ate wing of the capitol is managed on q
plan wholly different. All of 1t Is given
out by contract to two men named Shuey
and Murphy, at $25, 600 n year. Murphy
is younger brother of the famous Dennis
Murphy, who served as an employee of the
upper house from the age of II until his
death at 81 years of age. He had the en-
tire contract for stenographic work, and
employed four assistants. not counting
amanuenses. Shuey and the younger Muir
ply now employ three assistants, with sew
eral amanucnses in addition. Three men
do the reporting on the floor of the senate,
each taking an hour at time in turn
There are no official reporters for commit
tees, the work being done by outsiders
hired for the purpose. There Is compare
lively little reporting to be done for the
senate committees, because all bills for
raising revenue originate in the house of
representatives. In the senate the report
ers always do their work al table In front
of the presiding officers desk. 1t would
shock the dignity Of that august body II
in the sacred precincts Of the chamber a
shorthand man should approach SENATOR
notebook In hand, TO take down his utter
ances at close quarters. Rene Bache in
Boston Transcript.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
4 GOOD INDIAN.
He HIRED Hearse In Ills Savage Day.
In Which 20 Take a Ride.

Jack Stillwell So well known 20 Kansas
plainsmen, is now sober and well be-
haved citizen at the little town OF Anar-
darko In Oklahoma. Stiilwell got his first
fame by passing through the Indian lines
surrounding the position Of Forsythe ON
the Aricaree in 1865 and getting 10 Fort
Wallace for re-enforcements. Later he
served through Clusters campaigns and
still later appeared as one OF the great
cards in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
When Oklahoma was opened 10 settlers,
Stillwell located at FL Reno, where FOR
term he was police judge. The lawiesSness
in the territory took many of her citizens
up 10 Wichita 20 the sessions Of the federal
court. When Jack Stillwell went up, the
people Of Wichita usually knew thar ne
was there. He with some OF his friends,
was In the habit Of liyening mp the town
by various kinds Of freakiSh sport
On one occasion he hired a hearse and
they were going 10 take drive over town
when the undertaken learned that there
was no funeral and vetoed the thing just
as Jack was crawling into the body of the
vehicle. Jack tried 70 argue that they
had paid for the use Of IL and could ride in
il If they chose, but they had 70 give up
the ride.
One evening. after they had been In
town several days and were feeling tolera-
bly, good. Jack and some OF his friends
were walking down the street when they
came TO bright, newly painted BARRIERS
pole.
Jack sought out the proprietor, found
what the pole cost and bought IL on the
spot. Then the crowd hoisted IL on their
shoulders and went on down the street.
They had not gone far before they met
nm" with a patrolman, who, thinking they
had. of course stolen the pole, arrested
the crowd and took them 20 the city has-
tile. There they put up small cash bond
and were released until morning. When
morning came. they appeared for trial
and Jack explained thar the pole was his
and he had paid for il; that he was going
TO take il 10 Oklahoma, where the natives
had never seen a barbers pole, and 10
would be an object Of curiosity and wonder.
Then he sent for the barber from whom
be had purchased the pole, and the result
was that they were all released.
Whereupon they shouldered their pole
and marched down the street again, TO be
arrested by another policeman and brought
up before the Judge again. As soon as the
Judge saw them he ordered the officer TO
let them 90. They started out In another
direction. only 10 be arrested for the third
time In the end the chief of police was
Obliged 20 issue a general order stating
that the pole belonged 60 Stillwell and he
should not be molested. At the same time
he intimated 20 Jack that they had had
sport enough and it would be well for him
20 take his pole and return TO his native
wilds Guthrie Leader
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
Little. but Smart.

A little boy who had cousin living but
three blocks from his home was given per-
mission to stop and play there after school
whenever he chose. The tempter soon
whispered in Harry's ear that he might
go anywhere under the pretense of having
been at his cousins home.
One evening after his mother had heard
OF her truant boys wanderines she asked
him where he had been since school closed.
Down to Cousin Alfred's house," he
replied.
Then she kindly said: Harry, mamma
knows you have not been there. Now
don't tell lie. Just tell the truth and all
will be WELL" He replied, "How did you
find out9" "Oh, little bird told nam.
ma" After which he pointed his finger
with little gesture of warning and said,
Don t talk to me about lying. Birds can u
talk. "-Cincinnati Tribune.