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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24
Schedule in Effect May 80. 1897.

Schedule In Eject May 80, 1897.
Train H.-Leaves Wilmington $40 p. m,
rrive Lumberton 5:26 p. m, Pembroke
5:46 o. M, Maxton 6:12 p. m, L~aurinburg
6:23 p. m, Hamlet 6:53 p. m. Connects at
Hamlet with train Al for Charlotte and
Atlanta. and with train 4O2 for Ports
mouth, Richmond, Washington and points
North.
arrives Weldon u:4 a. m. Raleigh $3.50 p
m, Sanford sos p. m, Hamlet 6:53 p. n.
Rockingham 1888 p. m, Wadesboro S:l1 p.
m, Monroe S:12 p. m.., Charlotte 1925 p.
m, Athens 3:45 a. m. and Atlanta $40 a.
m. Connection at Weldon with train from
Richn { I'D and all Northern points. Pull
man a.eeper. Portsmouth to Nashville.
Tenn.
Tra'1 4o3.-Leaves Washington 4:1o p. m.
m. Arrives Weldon u:1o p. M, Raleigh
2:07 a. m, Sanford 3:35 a. M. Hamlet 5:10
a. m, Rockingham 5:23 a. m, Wadesboro
5:54 a. m. Monroe SAB a. m, Charlotte 1850
a. m, Lincolnton 1920 a. m, Shelby 11:1s
a. m, Rutherfordton 1880 noon. Athens
lis p. m, Atlanta $3.50 p. m. Connections
at Atlanta for all points South and West.
Pullman Sleeper. Washington to Atlanta,
and Portsmouth to Chester.
Train 3S.-Leaves Hamlet $40 a. m. Ar
rives L~aurinburg 8:46 a. M. Maxton sos
a. NJ, Pembroke 9:3l q. M. Lumberton
meets at Hamlet with trains from Wash
ington, Portsmouth. Charlotte and At
lanta.
Train 402.-Leaves Atlanta 100 .. m. Ar
rives Athens 3:16 p. m, Monroe $3.50 p. m.
Leaves Rutherfordton 4:35 p. m, arrives
Shelby 5:55 p. M, Lincolnton 6:56 p. m,
Charlotte 8:18 p. m, Monroe $40 p. m,
Wadesboro 1881 p. M, Rockingham 1l:O5
p. m, Hamlet n:20 p. m. Sanford Loo a.
M, Raleigh 2:16 q. m, Weldon 4:55 a. M.
Portsmouth 7:25 a. M, 8:18 a.
M. Washington 1881 noon. Pullman
Sleepers. Atlanta to Washington and
Chester to Portsmouth.
Train 18.-Leaves Hamlet 7:15 D. m, ar
rives Gibson $40 p. m. Returning, caves
Gibson 7:00 a. m. arrives Hamlet 1850 a. m.
Train II.-Leaves Hamlet $40 a.. m, ar
rfves Cheraw 1000 a. m. Returning, caves
Cheraw 500 p. NJ, arrives Hamlet go
p. m.
All trains daily except Nos. II and Is.
Trains make immediate connections al
Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Or
leans. Texas. California, Mexico, Chatta-
nooga, Nashville. Memphis. Macon,
Florida.
For Tickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to
THOS. d. MEARES,
GenI Agent, Wilmington. N. G.
Vice President and Gent Manager.
III. w. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager.
v. e. McBEE, Gen'l Superintendent,
+. J. ANDERSON. Gent Pass. Agent.
General Office. Portsmonth. Va
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Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. C., December 20.

~ DCtCAlbCA ~.
The first sleet Of the season made it's
appearance this morning and was in
sharp contrast to the roses in bloom.
The holiday trad is no so good as
usual, the merchants say. 1t is in
sympathy with the low price of cotton,
which SO greatly depresses the farmers.
The negro Shadrick from Rowan,
who was reported to have escaped from
the penitentiary, did not get out. He
was found late Saturday night and had
been hiding in one Of the buildings.
1t is officially stated hat in South
Carolina this year there a been over
200 murders. In this state there have
not been thirty.
The supreme court will adjourn
Thursday afternoon for the term. To-
morrow it will hear argument in sew
eral criminal cases docketed since the
call of the districts ended.
Rev. DR.. B. F. Dixon yesterday
preached at the oxford orphan asylum
tic the teachers and the pupils. OF the
latter there are 200.
Claudius Dockery, chairman of the
penitentiary board, is here. He de-
clines to give an opinion as to the
change in the superintendent from
Smith to Mewboorne. He declares he
will not take any position in the reve-
nue. department here. It has been
rumored that he was to be hief clerk
OF treasurer.
ALFRED Upchurch, for many years a
leading carriage maker here and for
aiOhfnnn vaqrc an alderman hjpG Cld-
denly yesterday, OF heart disease, aged
rs years.
The negro Chavis, who was arrested
at Baltimore for the murder OF Mahala
White near here, is in Jail. He has
made a partial confession. Though the
roads were guarded he escaped directly
after the murder and made his way to
Nashville, Tenn, and thence to New
York, remaining at the latter place I'M
til two months ago, when he went to
Baltimore. He is a brutal looking man.
The negroes hate him and all say they
will he glad to see him hanged. OF
course he has no chance Of escaping the
gallows.
Bishop Cheshire yesterday preached
a sermon in Christ Episcopal church, on
the subject of state missions. There
are twenty white Episcopal missiona-
ries in this diocese, serving sixty w
congregations. In 1867, the membership
of the Protestant Episcopal church in
North Carolina was only 5000; now it
lis 5000.
SO far North Carolina has entirely es-
capped the smallpox. 1t is said that in
no state is this dreaded disease more
infrequent tina in this.
Last week the sensation here was the
exposition of hypnotism. Most of the
subjects were boys. A number Of
them now acknowledge that they were
taking"
The Lynchites or sanctified band, who
have been keeping rather quiet lately,
are now branching out in that part OF
the state.
The town of G%reenville has suffered
more thai any other in the state from
fires this month. 1t had three last Fri
day within five time.
The plan for the Braxton Craven me-
mortal hall at Trinity college, Durham,
is accepted. The seating capacity Will
he 200.
Several members Of the staff of Gen.
eral Miles, are in Davie county, par
fridge hunting.
The Carthage railroad extension was
completed Saturday and is to Hall1son
on the Durham and Charlotte railway.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, n. c., December 1.-THE
railway commissioner issues an order,
effective at once, fixing the rates of
freight on provisions, such as corn,
meal, flour, etc., making the rate same
for any quantity as per car load lots.
This is done in the interest OF small
shippers. The railways had made the
rate 4 cents per 100 pounds higher
than a load rate.
The grand lodge Of negro Masons has
adjourned IT reelected James III.
Young, OF Raleigh, Grand Master.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24

Bridgetown, N. J., December 90
Fires were put under the furnaces to.
day in the Cohansey, Cumberland
Moore-Jones window glass ~factorie.
neal here and it is expected that ths
works will start UP in a week or two
probably on January End. 1t is expect
ed that 1000 persons now idle will b.
given employment, z
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Washington, December 20.-The fol-
lowing fourth class post1nasters have
been appointed for North Carolina:
Chandler. e. w. Chandler: Colhnsville
]. N. Putnam; Kellford. E B. Clark;
Ramseytown. Robert Warwick: Rice
Vile. Mamie = Clark; Winfall J. J
ChappeA.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24
The Clyde Steamship Go.
NEW YORK. WILMINGTON. N. c.
AND GEORGETOWN, 8. c., LINES.



s. s. CROATANNNNNFriday, Dec. 24th.
S. s. Saturday, Jan. LIST.
FROM WILMINGTON.
s. s. ONEIDA.....-....Friday Dec. Path.
s. s. CROATAN... Saturday, Jan. 1sr.
FOR GEORGETOWN.
8. 8. Tuesday. Dec. list.
8. s. CRCATAN........ Monday. Dec. 9TH.
Steamship Oneida does not carry pas
sengers.
Through bills Of lAding and lowesl
through rates guaranteed to and from
points In North 81 South Carolina.
For Freight or Passage apply to
H q. 04ALLBONES.
- Superintendent.
THEO. q 00ER T11nc Manager.
Bowling Green, II. Y
". y CLYDE . CO, oonagal AeaueA
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cope teG 0Id I0d00 V0|leJ RQITQy
JOHN GILL. RECEIVER.
Schedule in Enec, November 18th. 1897.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON.
DAILY. Arrives Fayetteville 1910 p. m.
900 a. N. Sanford las p. m, Greensboro
40 p m. Walnut Cove SAT p.m..
Mt. Airy S:45 pm. Connects with
Southern Railway at Green's
boro. Arriving. Salisbury $50 p.
m; Ashsville l2:l2 a m. Knox
7:4o q. m. NJ hville i:s p. M.
Ga: nsl a. NJ. i Dan9 Fl ia is:oo 1 night.
ksnsn0u 81. lis =. n M. Nv wa. SnaE-
ton 6:42 q. m. Baltimore 500 a
m. P~hilade!pnis lo:,5 a. m. New
York 2:Es p. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE WILMINGTON.
DAILY. From New York. Philadelphia,
7:20 p. m. Baltimore. Washington. Char
lottesville. L~ynchbu.:. Danvtlle.
Mt. Airy. Walnut Cove. Greens
boro, shy Chattanooga
Knoxville, Asheville. Salisbury.
Atlanta, Charlotte and all points
North. South and West.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN NO. 3
Leave Wilmington 2:s5 p. m. arrives
Fayetteville Oils p. m. Passenger Coach
attached to this train.
Connections at Fayetteville with At
lantic Coast Line, at Maxton with the
Carolina Central Railroad. at Red Springs
with the Red Springs and Rail-
road, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air
Line, at Gulf with the Durham and Char
lotte Railroad, at Greensboro with the
Southern Railway Company, at Walnut
Cove with the Norfolk and Western
Railway.
J.. w. FRY, w. e. KYLE.
Gon'l Manager. 0en'l Pass. Agent
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-24
FIRST SLEET OF TIE SEASON
AND CATCHES GARDEN ROSES IN
FULL BLOOM

Holiday Trade Not .Good-The Negro Shad-
wick Found Hiding in the iPenitsntisry.
Two Hundred Murders in south Carolina
This Year, Against Thirty in This State.
Chairman Dockery Will Not Talk About
tho swap of O~fices-The Negro Murderer
Chavis In Wake J~ail-Subjects FakiDg
Being Hypnotized
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-09-23
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

Eighty acres Que mile North East OF town
scres IN cultivation good house barn and ont
otidiinss good orchard we'll OF water good land
and title for terms apply at this Otilce.
GOOD farm OF 275 acres for sale cheap. I7O
dwelling, large barn and other other ont build
i:ss This farm IS ON the Berryyille aid Bur
iihgton road, miIeseAst OF Berryville For far
ther particulars call on this office.
fine bottom farm ~ the Usage valley miles
south of 0rnen Forest. $40 acres in tract; 2of;
acres In cultivation, under good fence. one
houses and out buildings. Good fruit orchard
and springs Situated Oh two leading conltv
roads, One mile from school house. church and
post oMce. In other words three good homes
none Good bargain. Call at this oiiice. 0'''''
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-09-23
THE ODELL
Type Writer.

000 will buy the ODEJI. TYPE WRITER
Wv with IS G aactcrs, and Sl3 for the Single
Case Odell, warranted to better work than any
other Inacl,ine made
1t combines simplicity with durability, speed.
ease OF opperation. wears longer without cost ot'
repairs than any other machine. Has 10 ribbon
to bother the operator IL IN neat, substantial
oickle-plsted. perfect and adapted to all kinds
ot type writing. Like printing press, prodr ces
sharp, clean, legible manuscripts Two or ion
copies can be made at one writing ANY inteiii-
gent person can become M operator i, two la, q
cial Inducements to dealers For pamphlet riv-
ing Tndoryment' etc. address,
q ooELLTyPE WRITER COMPANY.
3s8-364 Dearborn St. chicsgo u
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-09-23
FRISCO LINE.
ST. LOUIS & SAN.FRANCISCO r. X

The popular through car route from seig-
maa Missouri. to all points in
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian
Territory, Texas. Colorado, Wyoming, Utah.
Now aud Old Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Monta-
ia, Nevada, California, Washington and ore
Eon.
The Frisco Line is also the most direct route
to st Louis .snd all points east. Elegant Pull
man Palace Sleepers, reclining chair cars (seats
free) ami coaches all through trains
For time tables, maps, rates aud full partic-
: plnrs. address nearest agent Frisco Line,
B. +. Yoakum. ID. W1SIlART,
Gen'l manager, Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
St Louis, Mo. st Louis, Mo.
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-09-23
A Cure far Bilious Collie.

RESOURCE, screven Co., CAL
have been subject to attacks OF
bilious collie for several years.
Cnam berlain's tolic, Cholera and
Diarrhoe Remedy is the only sure
rcliet. It acts like a charm. One
dose of It gives reliet when all other
remedies fail.-G. D. Sharp. For
sale by J E. Harbert, druggist.
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-09-23
EtverybotlY saws 20.

Cas,arets Candy Cal!,;r5ic. tic most won
1ertal u,sdica1 disco, erv of tit, Afe, y cas-
as.L anc i,''rnsiiing 10 the tas,c. ac' gently
ind LOS tiv.iy ~, .iuncya liver ird novels,
-ii3il*i,fsg 4hx e;ttir,. ssrss ~. TzSiss rGldS,
ard oiAous.i,ass. II case s:2v ana u, Il bog
II &. e. O. To- n : ~ u. e senis, SU.dal
g'ssri.r.e .ecd so e 'ssiii d y. g,s'
ss-as,ss -s<.f-
ssS Sf,u . q Ss syas sf.dia
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-09-23
CLERKS NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that the following
nemcG administrators and guardians fled =
thsyuiy t term 1881 Of the Carroll Probate CONT
It was ordered by the court that the sane hs
contlnued ana advertised for confirmation or re-
1eSio, az sne oct term OF said court, ISL, via
deoensed, first annual account cnrren. ''''o.'
AZ Parsons having exceptions to said settle-
IleIts are requested to file the same in thie
tnMra th on OF besore thu 2nd day Of the oct. ter,
ihisJuly. Is ls,f
j. T. FaneAsr. Probate Clerl.
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-09-23
Additional Locals.

wHEN niIlious cos tive.. eat a Cascaret,
candy eatnartie, cure guaranteed. loc, 25c.
Eight to ten bushels of wheat
will buy you GOOD suit of cloth
ing ut A. Blasingame's. s.
While in BerryvilIe if you want
a good meal or your team we'll
cared for stop at the Southern
Hotel.
If you want any Fire Insurance,
talk with A, +. Russell. He rep
resen,s one of the very best compa-
nies in the world.
If you want to take advantage OF
the hard times trade your surplus
wheat for suit of clothing al A.
Blasingame's.
"They don't make much fuss
about it" We are speaking of
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little pills for constipation,
billionsness and all stomach and
liver troubles. They never gribe.
J. &. Harbert.
A. Blasingame has just received
large invoice ofclothing direct
from the factory, which he will sell
cheape. than were ever sold before
in Green Forest. He will trade
them for wheat and produce Of all
kinds.
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-09-23
DIRECTORY,

STATE OFFICERS.
CesSsasssss secretary OF state Dan A.. c. Ha9i. aali
Auditor e. B. Mills.
Treasurer Ransom Guley
Attorney General h. kinsworthy
Supt. Pub Instruction JuiAus Jordon .
ChiefJustice Supreme Court $; r. cockIill
NV. E. Hemingway, Z,
ASs00'a'e 'S'''e'1 s s: F Fl. hasnSss ! ssasisss.
UNITED STATES SENATOR'S.
y James X. Jonss Washington
JUDICIAL.
Judge E. s.McDanel
f'0s. A''G[dse GL[dEsGeIsIATuRE.. :. \, ''''''''
, Representative +. o. Butt.
eg-Iegislature meets bienmially, on second
A'-1A' coUNTfY OFFICERS.
Comfy Josgs 9Ya,. :. s s Naples M1;les
County Clerk j. r. Fancher.
Sheriff "A. L. Naples
Treasurer L. T.. Nick kennon
souyoE Sopnty Exam,psr - WIZ. Phillips. i,iliI
H-Tax celltcting closes April 10.
~" issessExaents Of real estate biennially and
personal property annually.
COURTS.
circuit court convenes LIST Mondays IN Feb. anr
Aug III " esteru District, and :;rd Mondays
In Feb aud Aug in Eastern District.
County .iourt LIST Mondays in jan, April,
July ard Oct. ~
Probat4 Court Eastern D 3rd Monday in an
April. July and Oct Weet ern D 4tb Mondays
In Jan. A priI. July and Oct.
TOWNSHIP.
Justices Of the Peace. l.. J. Ieathsr'.ury
and e. r. Graham Contablt, JEFF Harbert
LODGES.
CnEEN Fokxsr I.opeE No. 4o4, r 4 A. NJ
~ Meets on Friday on or before the full
moon Of each month, also on Friday two weeks
thereafter G. NJ. WALLlck W. NJ.
w. A. B,'rr, Sec'y.
CHURCH SERVICES.
N +. CHURCH SouTT-Servicee every second
AA. aud fourth Sunday II o'clock n. also
right. Prayer meeting Thursday night. Every
body Invited u. C Ross Pastor
M Church Services, LIST Sunday AID Sat
q yhr PRAYER nsstny every Tuesday night
EyM-'bady cordially invited. j. O. Coleman p
post O.hce. Sunday hours to9 a m.
GIN. WALLAcE p. M
The Green Forest tribune., 1897-09-23

fipaas Tabrles care liver t.-oub,e
Pipans TaE lleg assist digestion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-05

Murray Of Lawrence. Kas. She was
divorced from her husband a short
time before her marriage to Col. Harris.
and the husband Instituted proceedings
against Harris for damages on a charge
OF alienation, but the suit was subse-
quently compromised without serious
reflection upon either of the parties.
The Harris home Is at Linwood farm,
In Leavenworth County, twenty-seven
miles west Of Kansas City, on the line
Of the Union Pacific railway, and is one
Of the most beautiful and desirable
locations In the state. The farm prop
er comprises 300 acres Of land, much
of II in blue grass, which the Colonel
prizes highly and in which he has
great faith in connection with the
breeding of fine cattle.
The family residence Is on a gently
rising eminence situated nearly a quar-
ter of a mile from the main road. It
is distinctively a southern house, with
broad and inviting porches, large halls.
library, open fire-places. and every
thing suggesting convenience, comfort
and refinement. There are delightful
shade trees about the place, the build
ings are all kept in excellent condi-
ton, and the broad lawn with its rus
tic seats and carpet of green give a
hearty welcome to the visitor. Not far
away are the houses of the herders Of
the famous imported short-horns-the
Cruikshanks-of which Col. Harris has
a herd well known to stocknen all over
the United States. The cattle were i'm
ported direct from Scotland and are Of
the very best strains.
Mrs. Harris has already spent one
winter in Washington, while her hus-
band was filling the post OF congress
man-at-large, to which he was elected
in 1892, defeating the Republican
nominee. George T. Anthony, who had
been a Union soldier. This was ac-
cepted in Kansas as a timely and COM
plete burial of the bloody shirt" issue
In politics. on which 30 many former
battles had been fought and won. Two
years later, to show that the issue had
not been entirely wiped out. Col. Har-
rls was defeated for reelection to the
same Office by Col. r. w. Blue, q Re-
publican and a distinguished Union
soldier. This year the war again cuts
no figure In the campaign between the
two leading parties. and Kansas, the
great soldier state. sends to the senate
a Confederate officer who was a pupil
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-05
WHAT'S A
The Gypsy Method Of Leaving . Trail
Visible Only to Their Fellows.

Tho Gypsy Method Of saving . Trail
Visible Only to Their Fellows.
you don't know what a patteran
is?" inquired surprisedly Of the group
about him a man at the Authors club
the other evening, says the New York
Journal. why, that was one Of the
first things I learned when I began to
study the gypsies. The patteran, or
patrin, Is what the Romantics use to-
indicate the route taken by a party Of
their people journeying from place to
place. 1t has a great many forms
which would pass unnoticed by those
not initiated. In some instances a clod
OF turf, lying at the intersecting point
OF four cross roads, Is SUFFICIENT to tell
a straggler from the gypsy camp the
direction to which his friends bave
gone. Only last summer, out in Ponn-
s%ylvania, / came across 1t many times.
Once I remember just because some
school children had kicked the clod
into a ditch an old gypsy ona who
had fingered behind to tell a fortune
wasn't able to find her people for two
days. Seeing the clod at .he cross
roads, you know, the straggler will
glance down each of the different ways
until he sees a similar sign which
shows him the right n In every
country where there are gypsies, there
you will find the patteran-among the
Zigeuner Of Germany, the Zincall OF
Spain. the Czijanyok of Hungary, all
those rowing tribes which are descend
ed from the original wanderers from
he ast-and there Is very little doubt
that the patteran dates very far back in
the history of their race. Sometimes
1t takes the shape Of a cross. scratched
on the ground with a sharpened stick,
the longer line of the figure being
drawn In the direction In which the
trail leads. A cleft branch or two
sticks so placed as to point In a certain
direction is also used. Stones. leaves
and handfuls of grass are occasionally
employed, and many of the gypsy
families formerly had their own parti-
cular signs. understood by none but
themselves. BY following these pat
terans or trails the first gypsies on
their way to Europe never lost each
other. 1t Is strange that this curious
practice Of the Romantics has SO long
escaped the attention of the romancist;
but It Is only comparatively recently
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-05
Our Indian CusswOrds.

"Gewhiteke,' is Indian. It means
fight, charge. advance collection OF
Rhode Island Historical society. vol. l..
page 14S). There is no Indian word
for father" Elliot In the Indian BIZ
bic uses gosh for God and Our Heav-
emily Father. The Indians soon learned
that settlers used the same word when
swearing in anger, and the Indians
prefixed gosh to gewheteke. and seven
ty years ago, gosh all hitticutt" was a
phrase In common use, called deacon's
swearing; It may fairly be translated
God and the Battle" Indian words
so forcible to the eye, are sometimes
very pretty when traced to their roots
thus young girls are ''squog," from
star" When grown to marriageable
young ladies'. "~nungsquog," which
means "twinkling star."-Boston Jour.
nal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-05
black Cats,

Although black cats have come to b
regarded as mascots they were not
many years ago looked upon with hor-
o and distrust and supposed to en-
shrine the forms Of familiar demons
patronized by witches. Even now many
people find something uncanny about
black cats and refuse to own them.
Who II Is asked, would trust a
black beetle? Look at his ~furtive, MUIR
derous, round-shouldered deadliness Of
shape-a masked. black-clad headsman
among insects, Doubly false even to
his OWE name, he is neither black nor
a beetle but a cockroach."
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-05
A COMPLETE FAvoRIrs.
How q Conversations Terror was Va

How q Conversations Terror Was vas.
pushed by superior Forces.
WELL" exclaimed the man with the
fur-trimmed coat, according to the
Washington Star, II never expected to
see it. but I'm glad 1t happened" He
was SO busy talking to himself az he
hurried through the depot that he ran
into a policeman. II beg your par
DON" he exclaimed, as he observed the
policeman's offended dignity. II really
didn't meal to do 1t. Things have
gone SO strangely with me today that
am liable to make most any kind OF
a blunder; I really am"
What's the matter with your In
quired the policeman. you aren't get
ting hysterical, are your
Certainly not. I was holding a lit
tie jubilee-a sort of jolliication meet
ing-all to myself. You see. myself
and the other people connected with
the dime museum which l manage
have been domineered over for a long
time by the bearded lady. She's a pop
ulist, and l never saw anybody so opin-
donated. She won't even admit that
McKinley's elected. She talks silver
by the hour and when anybody tries
to argue with her she simply opens
the fi~Ood-gates of her ~elOquence and
washes EN- clear out of the debate.
She started. in just as soon as we left
New York to make life a burden to
everybody in the car. Talk? She can
articulate faster than Russell Sage
makes money. We all gave up trying
to outtalk her long age. We knew
there was nobody that stood any
chance. So we just let her have her
own way. But she met her Waterloo
at last, and it's all l a do to keep
from singing for Joy"
How did she meet it?' inquired the
become interested.
"The two-headed girl Joined us here
This afternoon. They're mighty bright
I meal she's a mighty bright girl.
The bearded lady started in to talk
politics and in a few minutes she didn't
know what was happening to her. One
Of the two-headed girls heads threw
the protective tariff at her In sentences
a yard long, and the other head gave
her hark-from- the-tOmbs about the
gold standard. 1t came like q cy-
clone and the bearded lady hasn't had
, word to say for more than three
quarters Of an hour"
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me, then, Amt she?"
II should say so. She was kind q
oashful at first, because she has been
out Of an engagement and wasn't
dressed very we'll. I'm going out now
to look for a millinery store. I want
o buy her a couple Of handsome new
bonnets Just to show her how much
we think of her"