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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-20
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A MODERN MIRACLE.

Mr.. jenkins Fench sat in his private
office in the new building of the ALA
cOOchee Land, Manufacturing and I'M
provement company, giving audience to
prospective investors as they were adj
mitted one at time by the clerk in
the outer room. If, in the beginning,
the manager had played somewhat
leisurely second to Lawyer Sharpless'
lead, all traces of inertness vanished
with the breaking of ground for the
new city, and Mr.. Fench became for
the time an incarnation of enthusiasm
and restless activity. Allacoochee and
its advantages circumscribed the rim
of his horizon; the rest of the world was
4 mere tail to the comet of which this
latest luminary in the urban galaxy
was the head.
And evidence was not wanting that
no ainconsiderable portion of the world
of investment stood ready to take ALA
coochee at Mr.. Fench's appraisal. From
morning till night the outer office was
crowded with buyers; and the rocket
like flight of prices seemed only to add
TO the eager anxiety of those who wait
ed their turns to get speech with the
busy manager. 1t is true that Mr.
Fench left nothing undone to fan the
flame of enthusiasm, and it is equally
certain that some of his methods were
rather more enterprising than honor
able; but no one stopped to. analyze
the reaping process while the golden
harvest was so plentiful, and Mr..
fench's little ruses were accepted and
credited by scores of people who in the
ordinary walks of life were neither
knaveS nor fools.
Lot %, Block 16'-an elderly gentle
man whose portly figure and benignant
smile were best known to frequenters
of the Chicago board of trade had just
been admitted 10 the presenee-"Yes.
sir: that's one of the finest locations in
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-20

of Indifference was bullet-proof, he
wodld have smiled and said there was
time enough to prove all things; but
now there was a sting in the pleasantly,
barbed by the thought that he should
never be able to refute this or any other
just reflection upon his shortcomings.
81 deserve that" he said. "I'ye never
been anything but drone."
"Eh? what's that?" asked Mr.. Nor
risson, looking up from his book
That's what I've been telling you ever
since you left school. You've got your
work to do in the world, my boy, just
the same as the rest of us. I'm glad
you're finding lie out before it's too
late"
st is too late,' said Philip, quietly,
the answer slipping out before discre-
ton could shut the door.
Nonsense! Why, you've got the bet
ter part of your life before you yet"
Perhaps; but that isn't what /
meant. If one does the best he can from
the time when he begins to learn the
meaning of well-doing, he is only fill
ing the measure of his reason for be-
ing; and, granting this, there is no
such thing as atonement for years of
idleness."
The old lawyer put down his book to
applaud the sentiment. Better yet!
at this rate you'll be an enthusiast be-
fore you're 80. I've often wondered if
the good old Woodworking stock of
the Thorndykes would run to seed in
one generation"
'That's one disadvantage in having
had brilliant father" Philip replied
laughing. people expect the son to
keep up the family prestige, and they
lose sight of the fact that one of the
commonest results of the fathers abil-
| ity is the accumulation of q fund for
the propagation of idleness in his chill
dren."
Meanwhile Helen had been making
mute little tentative movements TO-
ward the door of the adjoining draw
ing-room, and, as Philip continued to
ignore them, she left the group and
went to the piano in the other room.
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both over the road whenever he gets
good and ready"
The attorney seemed to be ENJOYING
the discontinue of the manager. The
incident threw a sidelight on Fench's
character that was Instructive; it ex-
posed the shoddy warp that was usually
hidden under the wool of impudence.
Sharpless knew then that if there were
any fighting to be done he would have
to do 1t himself, and there was a con-
temptuous emphasis in his reply:
That's as you like. He'll fight for
what he gets. can tell you that; only
/ wish we had that deed"
Fench swore quavering oath, which
was, nevertheless, broad enough to
cover the whole transaction and every
one connected with it. 81 don't see how
that could make any difference. tell
you, we're done up, Sharpless."
1T will make just this difference
we had that deed with Gates signature
we mlghtstan some chance of pleading
as innocent purchasers, and Gates would
make a first-class scapegoat. AS it is,
there are some people who might be
mean enough to hint that we made our
title out of whole cloth. However
that's all beside the mark. This old
fellow must be at least 65 or 20; he's
an outlaw. and he's only one ignorant
man against the whole syndicate. II
we can't hold our own we deserve to GO
to the wall"
What are you going to do about it %
Run him out of the country again
II | can; get somebody to give him a
hint that Uncle Sans men would like
to interview him.
"Who knows him?"
'FPlenty of people among the natives
but | think he can be reached quickest
through the old Scotchman up on the
Little Chiwassee-what's his name
Duncan-Jamie Duncan
Sharpless rose to go back to his own
room, and Fench called to him as he
reached the door:
Say, Sharpless, you know I never
would have touched this damned thing
with ten-foot pole if you hadn't made
me believe the man was dead. Now
you've got to stand by me; are you sure
you burned that-that deed we made
sure you didn't make mistake and
burn the wrong one?'
The lawyer glanced back at his abiect
fellow conspirator with a frown of inn
patience. ''Fench, you make me tired
Do you suppose I'd be fool enough to
take any chances?"
BY what means the attorney carried
out his threat of intimidation no one
but those most nearly concerned knew
but there was no more talk of the sen.
tinel on Eagle Cliff and the gossips OF
the town were much too busy fighting
for the crumbs which fell from the spec
ulators' table to make more than q
passing mention of this old mountains
GERS second Disappearance.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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Fighting RicxcIe..

Capt. Gerard, of the French army, has
formed an experimental company of 60
men riding bicycles, and intended for a
fighting corps on wheels. The captain
has invented special form of bicycle
for his men. The cross-bar is hinged, so
that the machine can be folded and car
ried on the back when ground iInprac-
ticable for wheeling has to be crossed
1t is thought that companies trained To-
maneuver on wheels may be very use
full in light skirmishing and scouting.
Each rider carries Lebel rifle and
bayonet.-Youth's COMPANION.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-20
NO POSTAGE STAMPS.
A Place Where Letters Are Sent Free
of Cost.

The letters that the Sikh police in
Singapore send their kindred in India
and those that they receive in return
are almost invariably minus any post
age stamps. One of their European of
ficers, noticing this, asked one of the
men the reason for this universal omis-
sion, an6 it was explained that the ma
tive postman's idea of honor concerning
the delivery of native letters are re-
stricted to towns
Should the epistle be addressed to a
man in village some miles from the
office, the postman duly takes the let
ter and starts off, but after going a lit
tie way slips into the nearest patch of
jungle and throws it away, thus saving
himself any further trouble about the
matter. 1t is curious to note that let
tiers are seldom rifed. The trouble of
walking so far for mere letter seems
to worry the native mind, and no GU
riosity is aroused as to its contents.
If the letter, however, is unstamped,
the unhappy postman must deliver it at
its destination, as he is bound to pro-
duce on his return receipt for the fine
imposed for the omitted stamps.
They bear no i'll will to the postman
probably they would do the same in
his place; but they know the length of
his methods observation-disclosures City
World
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Spain Has Had Many Rulers.

The present king of Spain is AL
phonse XIII., who assembled, or rather
was lifted up to the throne in the year
Of his birth. 1856, his mother being de;
clared queen regent. Between TIA and
756 Spain was governed by emirs.
Pelayo, a descendant of Gothic kings,
was the first distinctively Spanish SOW
ereign, whose rule was acknowledged
ever a portion of the north about 719.
From that time to the accession of the
present sovereign Spain has had about
$50 kings. This extraordinary number
for that length of time is. explained by
the circumstance that up to the union
of Ferdinand and Isabella Spain was
divided into number OF independent
onarchies.@ChicagO Chronicle.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-20
MOOSE TOWED THE BOAT.
1t Was Fun for Awhile, But the Pas
senZerS Tired of If

Up on Sebec lake in Maine they have
steamboats, and lots of other things.
The latest is a moose which can do {,
towing business. One day lately while
the good steamer Marion was passing
up through the narrOws in Sebec lake.
big bull moose was sighted swimming
toward the craft to cross her bow. He
had bone in his teeth, and was leaving
wake like the cruiser Columbia the
time she came up Penobscot bay into
Castine harbOr last summer. Capt.
Hersey saw the bull in good time, and
he got out his biggest hawser and put
Or little more steam just to brig Sne
boat alongside the moose. When he
got into comfortable distance be let go
the hawser like lasso, and the rope
settled over the he'd of the big fellow
and caught him fast
The Marion is sturdy little craft,
but she wasn't built for moose. The
bull swan straight on for awhile, tow
ing the boat after hir, and PLAYING
horse" generally with everything with
in reach. just in the height of the
fun he gave a sudden turn to starboard,
p'iS straight about, and, with full speed
on in both engines, let himself out for
shore, the steamer dragging along be-
hind. All the passengers offered free
advice as to how to get the moose out
into the lake again, but meanwhile the
rocks OF the shore were getting nearer.
Finally Capt. Hersey cast off his line
and let the moose get ashore, up which
he fled and disappeared in the forest
with the speed of the Boston & Albany s
fastest express. 1t takes more than a
steamboat to stop the progress of a
healthy Maine moose.-Bangor Com
mercia]
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A Gentle Reproof.

The infant of the household was il,
its cradle. The head of the house was
at home. peevish and fault-inding. At
length he became uncomfortable.
HYou've done nothing but make mis-
takes tonight" he growled.
YES" his spouse began. meekly: II
began by putting the wrong baby to
bed .''-Tit-Rits.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-20
An Icy Refort.

This" said the ice man. sis the time
81 year when cut considerable ice.'
You" said the kitchen lady. "don't
cut half as much as you are paid for.'s
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-20
In the Prisoners. Pen.

First Unfortunate-What are you in
fer-drunk an disoFderly?
Second Unfortunate Do look
as if wuz run in fer scorchin' Brook
lyn Life a
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Mother-Do you know why your pa,
called Mr.. Blowhard liar, Tommy?
Tonmy-Yes he's smaller man
than pa.-Harlem Life.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-20
He Fell and Felt.

"eY gods, but this is a hard world!"
The young man slowly and painfully
picked up his broken wheel and limped
on.-N. Y. Truth.
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Old Heads for Counsel.

Young Maid-What is the best time TIC
marry?
Old Whenever the man is will
lug IN. Y. Weekly.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-04
AN INDIANA LoCHINvAR.

Emma's Papa Punctured Her Tire With
a Revolver, But Couldn't Stop the
Wedding.
Shelbyville, Ind, Aug. 3.-Dr. Charles
Perry and Miss Emma White, living
ten miles south Of here, have been en-
gagged many months against the wishes
of the young won1an's parents. DR..
Perry decided, in spite Of the parents
objections, to marry the young woman,
who was willing, and yesterday,
through a friend, he arranged for her
to meet him in blackberry patch a
mile from her home. Perry appeared
with two bicycles, and on these he and
his Intended bride started toward this
city,
Soon after they had set out they were
surprised to hear the report of revolt
yer behind them. Looking back they
saw Emma's father on a bicycle in
pursuit. They increased their speed
and Emma's father increased his. He
fired another shot from his revolver,
which punctured the tire of the girls
wheel This wheel was then deserted,
and Perry took the young woman on
his own bicycle. They soon distanced
the irate parent, and were married long
before he arrived in town.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-04
POULTRY FANCIERs
To Meet at Fishers Island-c Committee

To Meet at Fishers Island-Co Committee
to Revise Standard of Perfection.
One Of the most important commit
tees ever appointed In the interests Of
thoroughbred poultry was the one Sc
lected at New York last January by the
American Poultry association at Its an
nual meeting. This committee Is to re-
wise the present standard and will meet
at Fishers Island for one week, COM
mencing August 81
The following clipping from the Poul-
try Journal of Quincy, ILL.,, concerns the
scope and object Of this meeting: Now
that the time is fast approaching when
the revision committee Of the standard
of perfection will take UP their work, it
stands the breeders of the country in
hand to see that matters Of Importance
are properly presented. Write to one
Of the members of the committee re-
garding what you consider flaws in the
present standard; state what changes
should be made and why they should
be made. Make your case as strong as
possible; then when the committee has
| finished the revision 1t will be found,
we trust, that it has accomplished the
work for which 1t was appointed.
| The executive committee for the re-
vision of the standard, consisting of fif-
| teen Of the leading fanciers Of the coun-
| try, as appointed at the last meeting Of
the American Poultry association in
January last, is as follows:
A. r. Sharp, Taunton, Mass; James
Forsyth, Oswego, N. T.; ]. Y. Bicknell,
Buffalo, N. r.; F. B. thinner, Glovers-
vile, N. Y; Theodore Hewes, Trenton,
Mo-; Philander Williams, Taunton,
Mass; j. F. Crangle, Fishers Island,
N. Y; B. N. Pierce, Indianapolis, Ind;
Sharp Butterf1eld, London, Ont; H. A.
Bridge, Columbus, Ohio; George o.
Brown, Baltimore, Md; T. F. MoGrew,
1867 Broadway, New York city; H. s.
Baboock, Providence, r. l.; J. H. Drew
enstedt, Johnstown, N. Y; A. F. Pierce,
Winchester, N. H.
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RAILROAD CHANGES HANDS.

The Illinois Central May Extend the
Ohio Valley Road to Nashville.
Chicago. Aug. 3.--Formal possession
was taken by the Illinois Central rail-
road on Saturday night of the Ohio
Valley railroad The road used to be q
part of the Chesapeake and Ohio South
western road, which passed into the
hands of the Illinois Central some time
ago.
The Ohio Valley road has been oper-
ated by separate receivers, and It's sale
to the Illinois Central under foreclosure
proceedings has been delayed until
now.
There is some talk about extending
this line to Nashville. No steps have
been taken, however, by the Illinois
Central toward carrying out this pro-
ject. The Nashville people are exceed
ingly anxious that this should be done
At present they have to depend en-
tirely upon the Louisville and Nash
vile. The Illinois Central, in connec-
ton with it's Ohio Valley road, could
give them an equally good line from
Chicago
The Illinois Central will hereafter
operate the Ohio Valley road as the
Evansville line of the Louisville divi-
sion. L. A. Washington has been APP
pointed assistant superintendent of this
branch, and will be In charge Of trans
portation and road departments, with
headquarters at Henderson, KY. He
will report to the superintendent of the
Louisville division.
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SUES FOR $4,000.
HEAVY RAINS IN NEBRASKA.
The Kansas Corn Crop, However, is
Withered by the Heat.

The Kansas Corn Crop, However, Is
Withered by the Heat.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 3.--Heayy rains
fell all over Nebraska last night, and
to-day the mercury is at s. degrees.
While the Nebraska corn Is in fine con-
dition the reports from Kansas are
most distressing. Reports from every
corn producing county in that state
show that this years Kansas corn crop
will not be over SO per cent. of last
years Hot winds have withered the
product of the southern half of Kan
sas, and fields will not average over f1f-
teen bushels to the acre. In the south
ern tier Of counties, except in the ex-
IRENE east, there will be no corn. In
the northern belt north of the Kansas
river, though needing rain, corn has
not shown the least sign of drought,
and will make full crop If relief comes
within week. No hot winds have
blown there. Reports show that to-day
has been the coolest day for a week
and Sunday the hottest. Yesterday the
thermometer stood at from 10S to Iii
degrees. in the south central part of
Kansas, and there is no crop there.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-04
OUR FRIEND. THE TOAD.
Get. Acquainted With Him and You
VIII Like Him Better.

Get Acquainted With Him and You
VIII Like Him Better
Somehow, neither man nor woman
was ever bred to have a good opinion
OF a toad. The toads are not looked
upon as intelligent or comedy, or as
possessing style. The persons ac-
quainted with the habits of the common
toad are so few that his usefulness is
overlooked and his presence generally
unappreciated. Yet those who have
interested themselves in the toad have
discovered that he Is clever, knows his
business and does it with skill, and
changes his style to suit the weather
A well bred toad doesn't wear the
same colored clothes during the rainy
spell that he wears during drouth,
for If 1t Is rainy he assumes very
dark brown hue and when q drouth Is
on he takes on a color approaching the
tint of reddish brown.
The late j. G. Wood. the English nat
uralist, took toads into the house as
other people take birds to get acquaint-
ed with them, and he discovered that
toad could be called to food like dog
or cat, and he gave one toad a name
and had evidence that he knew his
name. So upon his authority 1t is es-
tablished that toad shows more intel
ligence than a rabbit and some kind OF
birds.
AS grub and insect eaters the toads
stand unparalleled, and they not only
show expertness in taking them on the
wing, but in finding and stalking out
claim to spots where insects are most
abundant. Every electric arc light in
the city and every other kind of a street
light has its colony Of toads for nightly
visitors. OF course these toads We're
not brought up to these street-light per-
formances. These are acquired habits.
AS soon as they learn that beneath
these glazing lights at night insects are
the most numerous they establish there
their browsing grounds. They have an
abiding place days and usually travel
nights and will hop long distances for
food or to enjoy social functions.
DR.. Charles G.. Abbott, the New Jer-
sey naturalist, tells Of an old toad that
lived near his back doorstep for nine
years. He watched him in his perform
ances as a hycatcher and timed him.
He saw him capture twenty-nine flies
in three minutes, and after a rest of
four or five minutes he began to nod
and fire out his tongue again, seldom
missing his aim.
If single toad will capture twenty
nine flies in three minutes, and repeat
the feat ten times in day, one toad
will put an end to 200 a day, or in six
active months get away with $1,000.
Following out this computation. what
a host Of insects the thousands Of toads
in this vicinity must put an end to!
BY kind treatment and the making
Of toad shelters by showing narrow
single in the ground at an angle OF
about forty degrees, the toads can be
retained as workers in the garden, and
Ia Worcester man familiar with toad
habits AYERS that their services as help
ers In the field are worth twenty dol
lars a year.
The toad ceases to be "a horrid
thing" when we acquaint ourselves
with its ways and its works.
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CHIEF EATON WILL ATTEND.
Has Been to All But Six of the rwent,

Has Been to All But Six of the Twenty
Four Convention of Fire Chiefs.
Chief Eaton of Hartford will attend
the international convention of fire
chiefs which begins at New Haven Au-
gust II and continues the 18th, 18th and
goth This Is the twenty fourth con-
vention held by the fire chiefs of which
all but six have been attended by the
energetic chief of the Hartford depart
ment.
Chief Eaton will read a. paper at the
convention, his subject being the
'Practicability of Steam Propellers for
Fire Service" Last summer Chief
Eaton was in London attending the
great tournament of the firemen there
and his wide experience and keen ex-
ecutive ability make his presence val
ued at all meetings of f1remen.
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BACK FROM THE KLoND1KE.
Michael Hickey of Great harrington,
Mass, Coming Home With 100000.

Michael Hickey of Great harrington,
Mass, Coming Home With 100000.
Great Darlington, Mass, Aug. g.
Word has been received here by James
Hickey, who lives on the Monument
Valley road, about four miles north of
here, that his father, Michael Hickey,
had started east with 100000 which he
had taken from Klondike placers in the
past eighteen months.
Hickey is a widower. He left Great
Darlington for Alaska in the spring of
1896. In his letter home he has not
complained of the hardships he has
met. He spent the winter of 1867 in
the gold regions. He Is journeying
homeward by easy stages, staying a
few days at each Of the large cities.
He wrote that his fortune of 100000 in
gold dust and nuggets had been con-
verted into drafts.