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fall for phillips's home, with the determination
OF killing him. We surrounded his home some
on a little path that led through the woods 70
the clearing beyond. The others were well
SearS and f hna s ss ne r was az to nG Seiies Ss we we a ala
not see how ho could escape. just before day
somebody came out Of the house and down tho
me to sec. 1 would have hailed him and or.
dered him to throw pp his hands; but nunt IL ! was was
s siTe th IL a II Mns n and f Il Il %a a' h w0 %iss e. S S1 f the
drop on me-. Therefore he passed along with.
out any notice Of my my, presence; l said out
] had seen and could see no sign Of q man
about the premises. I gave the Bob White,
came up. and I told him the circumstances We
determined to follow the man who had, gone
out t,s so ,S early 1T Taking ! rgii the path ;vn we .1 followed f~ sa
open n field sHi" at tho ( foot Of a high hin. There in
the centre Of the field was Phillips %ploughinE;
the woods without him seeing u.s., Then, l
rode around to the top of tho hill above him
and waited in the edge q the woods; He he
hill. and just as he was going to turn around l
stepped out from the woods and covered him
Phillips; says I, I want you.'
LET me go to the house first and sec my
NO. ] want you right now.' says I.
well, let ME unhitch my horse from tho
plough
about a mile away beyond the woods I could
see The women and children running out of the
house and l knew they had seen some of our
party and knew our mission. They wers starting
toward the field, and ] knew unless l killed him
pretty quick they would all be crying and snivell.
ing around me. Phillips. while SURPRISED. showed
no great agitation. He knew that his time had
come. l kept my gun on him and when he had
taken the harness off his horse he came on up.
Phillips, who killed my fatherf says ].
He gave me tho name of a man who / knew
had no connection with the murder. ] told
him I had the best of evidence that he did tho
killing. Then he fell on his knees and began
to beg for his life.
You needn't expect any mercy from me-
says /. L am going to kill you
He then asked for a drink OF water and l
told him We would get over tho fence and 60 to
the spring. We had just got over the fenca
when he started to run. drew q pistol and shot
Montgomery. one Of the other murderers.
too. I could have killed him that very morn
ing, and once before, but had determined to
shoot Phillips first. Seeing that my victim
was too dead to even kick again, I jumped on
my horse and rode to Montgomery's as fast as
/ could. But he had gone. He had got wind
of me and fled the country. I had people look.
ing for him in Texas, and I once went to Ok
Iona, Ark. after him, but his brother.tn.law so
pleaded with and persuaded me that l did not
kill him. Bishop died within q short time after
/ killed Phillips. About five years ago Mont
died in Arkansas.
so now I have told you the tragedy part of
my life AS 1t occurred. ! have told you all tho
truth, for half the truth is worse than q lie."
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Prom the Washington Post.
A Southern Congressman received 70 letter some
time ago, which. being like hundreds OF other com.
munications. did not attract attention. It read a.
follows:
"BLASKvnLE. Jan. 4. 1898.
DEAR SIR: VIII you please send me a parcel of COW
peas from the Government distribution? Very truly
yours. JAMES LANCASTER"
The package was duly sent. week later there
came another letter. It made tho following request:
"BLANKvnLE. Jan. 10, 1898.
"DEAh SIR: Please .send mo some COW peas. 1 only
want one package. MARY LANCASTER"
The Congressman promptly compiled with tho re.
quest. and thought no more about It until nve days
later. when there came still another letter. 1t was
postmarked ut the same country town, and was evil.
IDENTIFY from . member OF the same family a. his two
previous correspondents. The Congressman rather
smiled as he read:
"BLASKvnLE. Jan. 10. 1893.
DEAR SIR: I should very much like to have one of
the bags Of cow peas which you are sending free. I
am your friend, and hope you will be reelected.
Yours truly. SAMUEL p. LANCASTER
The letters did not stop coming. Three more ar.
rived. one from the mother of the Lancaster family,
one from q daughter. and another from q son. Tho
Congressman thought that his constituents intended
to plant 4 ten.acre lot with COW peas. Nothing Of the
kind. Yesterday he received q letter which told of
the use to which the Government seeds had been put.
It said:
"BLAsKvILE. Jan. go. 1898.
"DEAR Mr.. CONGRESSMAN: We got all the packages
of cow peas and thank you very much. We put all
the peas together and boiled them for dinner. It was
the best meal we have had for q long time. With
many thanks. Yours truly. JAMES LANCASTER"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06

sharohe old srs. Ia Drend or Competition. Come
to tho Prince or Monacs's Terms.

sharobeiders. In Drend or Competitions. Come
to tho Prince or Monacs's Terms.
From the Norddeufsche Aligemetne Zeitun0o Of Jan, 20.
An extraordinary general meeting Of tho
shareholders in the gambling bank at Monte
Carlo. or. as it is officially called. the "Socitte
dcs bains de mer dc Monaco" was held recently
at the Casino at Monte Carlo. The business in
hand was the prolongation of the gambling
privilege until the year 1913. The present con-
cession only runs to the year 1905. 1t was
thought better, however. to close the negotia-
lions about the prolongation of the concession
at-once, because. as the FrdnkJurtcr Zeitung
states. a serious rival TO the company had APP
peared in the person Of Mr.. James Gordon Ben
nett, the well-known proprietor of the Ne,o Fork
Herald. The Prince of Monaco had shown that
he was not'disinclined to listen to this now
applicant for his fourteen. roulette and ,trente
ct quarante tables.
Only shareholders possessi ng at least 200
shares were allowed to take part In the meet
ing. The real masters OF Monte Carlo, there
fore, had matters all in their own hands. for the
represents a capital OF 100000 francs. and it is
10000 share, s42 900 were represented at the
present Is the Paris banker netste He Hao'T Who owns as
5000 shares; He obtained them from Prince
nfSnSdae~' OF Monte is%aeiT Carlo q f NJ. Bianc. OF E ths ins9
Blanc. a son OF the Father of Roulette and
Prince Roland Bonaparte, who, like Prince
Radziwill, married a daughter of old Blanc,
are also heavy stockholders; Furthermore. 1t
must. not be forgotten that the Prince Of Mon
AGO Is himself a shareholder. These gentle
men, however, were not present at the meeting;
they, were, represented by their attorneys.
After a long discussion, in which the opposi-
ton was led by Georges Baltazzl, the represents
tive OF Edouard Blanc, tho meeting ratified the
new agreement with the Prince OF Monaco.
According to this, the company will carry out
three great public works-it will enlarge the
harbor OF Monaco and erect a hospital and a
is In the gambling building. The hall barely
seats 800 persons and tho stage is entirely in.
adequate. Above all, it is too small for mod
ern operas.
10 meet these new obligations the gambling
bank increases 1t capital from 80, 900, 600 to
~ oo0.0O0 francs. Roulette and the Paris ET-
hibition, due In two years will provide for the
rest. The latter, according to past experience.
viii entiSe a multitude Of rich people. especially
guently TO Monte Carlo, where thoy will let
themselves be plucked severely enough not TO
ten years after.
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GOING FOR KLoNDIKE DUST
MRS. smith Is Worth $500 o Now, In, sh.
Wants some More.

TACOMA, WASH, Feb. Mrs. William Smith
heiress OF an estate worth $500. 900. has pur.
chased an expensive OUTFIT and will leave tbIs
week for Dawson, accompanied by Floyd Steel
her brother. Both are under 25 years and in.
hcrit the gold fever from their father. Hugh
steel, who made his fortune mining In the Carl.
boo IN tho sixties ana secured some OF the rich.
est claims; Returning in 1868, he built The first
holdings, In tho eighties he went 10 the Yu'
k9n with two friends, to Forty Mile Greek.
Mhere they found gold plentiful. He made
Time; On returning in 1892 he became para.
since the Klondike excitement beam Hsr SSU H !
band will join her later.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
The disappearing HAs.ayamDa River OF a ri.oua
From tho Washington Post.

There is a river out in our Territory called the
HassayHmps. which is typical of Arizona" said
MT; ). I. Adams, the Mayor. OF PhGnix. Ariz..
lively town. This river will run along for a
few miles as a broad, beautiful stream, and. mar.
only to crop up again O few miles further
or and run along as placidly and beau
Thore is u legend connected with this
river that any ono who ever tastes of its
miners In the country through which il flows
are called Hassayampas, and from them come
most of the weird, wild stories of adventure
the erstwhile homo OF Alkali Ike and Cactus
Bill. This water can be bottled and brought
mission can take . small nip and then tell his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
THE HUMoRoUs SIDE or LIFE.
Chased Up . free sss 1avea en- 'Psssus.


Frofn the lfianfa Constitution.
negro. being hotly pursued by dogs that were
guarding . farmhouse in the owners absence, NED 20
aswamp and climbed a tree for safety. In telling
about It afterwa ard no said:
Yes, subj l vuE in . tight place. I tell you'll Up
dat tree I went, en- dar ! stayed fer two days en-
nights. wild dom dogs keepin' guard At dc foot.
When dey'd git tired dey'd relieve each yuther. but
dey wuz always n couple err dem on duty all de time.
so dar l wuS. on fraid over minute 'ud bring dc
farmer. wild hs gum"
"And you had nothing to eat all that timer"
"oh. yes, sub; l wuE well NJ in dat respec'; I lived
high. so ter speak"
"And what did you live on7"
"Wcll. sub. ter make q long story abort, der wuE q
'possum up dat treo likewise. en- bless God, he wuE ez
'fraid er de dogs ez I wuzl'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hush, now; your shoes squeak Take them or"
"Do you think he 10 asleepp''
Yes. but don't breathe. Now wait"
How Internally dark the house is. Can't I light up
o little?"
"sh-h. Certainly not. He would hear tho match.
Come"
Hang the stairs! How they creaki"
"Stsp softly. Don't stumble"
"Where are your"
keep quiet. Don't breathe so loud"
III can't help It. I can't hold 1t In"
"Sh.h-hl"
"Hang that Internal ohatr!'
"Now you've gone and done t.! The baby Is
awake!"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
The Origin or the Raosulan CIpher.

From tho Chicago Daily Tribune.
"william. said Bacon one day. 81 am short. Lend
ne an X"
"oh. wisest. etc, OF mankind. replied Shakespeare,
81 Will lend thee Just 1. Thou canst add . cipher and
make a 10 out OF IT."
~ willl' muttersd the other. vengsfuliy. as he
turned away, and l will afterwsrd put that cipher
In your works. old MANI
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From the Chicago Record.
"Nan and I are getting mp q Don't Worry club.
Don't worry abou: what ?"
"Dont worry about other peoples troubles.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
Confession Arouses Suspicion.

From the WASHINGTON star.
IL dunno" remarked Pluto Pete. "T'm beRinnin'
to feel kind o. doubtful about that case"
"Ye mean about that boss thief we jes' tended
TOP
Yes"
"But he confessed"
~ know It. An II wasn't tell hs confessed that 1
had doubts. There amt no circumstances what
somever under which I'd take his word for any.
thing"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
She's 0s Inches Tail ana ~ Around.

T'0" inc LoutSctHe DISpatoh.
LEXINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Cincinnati Museum
- 70 nave . new attraction from this place. =
hSsLo elEi Weighing 476 pounds. b feet 8 inches
tract Her bust measure 10 z feet 3 lnohsG
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where the Though. was.

From tho Philadelphia North american.
Margaret-Mr. Pentameter POLITICALLY describes Ed.
ma and Tom Shallow as two souls with but q single
thought.
Jack B~lunt-Yes. and Edna has the thought.
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Compromise.


Father-Baby say dadl (Encouragingly) DID,
d.
Mother-Baby say man tEncouragingly) Nam
nam
Baby-D-d-dam
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From tho Boston Traveller.
Belle-And so they were happily marrieda
Neil-Yes; each of them married somebody else.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
How They Got Rich.

From the EetD York Weekly.
Shell could have married either whipper or Snap.
per If I'd wanted to. and both OF those men whom /
refused have since got rich. while you arc still as
poor as a church mouse.
He-of course. I've been supporting yOu ali these
years. They haven't.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
Taken nc His wora.

From the Abilene Reflector.
Gentlemen. =" shrieked q medicine fakir on the
streets OF Abilene. II pledge you my honor that there
is no whiskey in this medicine With which the
crowd gazed Oh him reproachfuliy and melted away.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
At the Altar in Chicago


from The Chicago TT1buNe.
"Theophilus.' said the oniciating clergyman. "do
you take this woman"
Lady" corrected the bride. formerly Of the rib.
bon department at spotcash & Co.'S dry goods ON.
porium.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06

From Brooklyn LUe
P~ruyn-Havo you heard that horrible story about
old stino being buried alive?
DR.. Bolus (hastily)-Buried alive? Impossiblel
why. he was ono of my patientsi
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No Complaint or That scsre.

From London Tt-BHs.
Nurse Grill lost sight of the child. mum. and
Motherhood gra,ious! Why didn't you speak to
q policeman?
Nurse Grill was speaking to wun all tho tonne.
mum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06

Southern Family Dimes on Government Co,
Peas.
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RICORD'S SUCCESSOR.

Tn sw na suseo-ra,N e.hea e c.ans en- " w' -. r SsS.s w.s.S, c C"%.s' a rn an
Confinement
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VENGEANCE IN GEORGIA.
JOHN II PRIOR AGREED TO KILL
SI1 MEN AND KEPT IFS WORD.

They rrnd KILLED His Father ana ne Took
Hia Time 20 Get Evcn-EHunted BOWS Hia
victinis Deliberately and Gave Them Tin,n
TO Prny-Foud or~shermnn,s VIA rch to the sen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
BEGGARS MAKING MONEY.
fall for phillips,s home. with the determination

CONSULTATION FREE AVID PRIVATE
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IL anu IL % CLOCK Wnen, JllSt beyond COlOmn.
Ala, rode mp in front Of the Widow Lanes
house and saw two men sitting under some trees
and three horses tied near BY. remember
and the house. situated rs il was at the foot of
the Wiseman MOUNTAINS made IA most inviting
place. The men, l think, saw me about the
same time ! saw them and both sides were
somewhat surprised. One of them made u
movement to reach for his gun. I Jumped OFF
barreiled shotgun and tired before he raised his.
One Of, the men fell over riddled with buck.
shot, while the other ran around the house. |
drew my, pistol and ran after him, but just
around, tho corner came upon his dead body
running to the door and said. i am so glad You
Killed them They threatened to shoot me ~
to jump off my horse one of my men had Seilod
10 me that there was a fellow down tho road
shooting al, me. had looked in the direction
horse they told me the fellow had taken to the
y,P.nl ! quickly caught Up with him and
of the other two Slack and Tucker. They were
not the m lrderers Of my father, but doubtless
Saii srm cd y? Tus Saere h sans' four Th pist TsFo and ai
about $500 In money. which l divided among
the men who accompanied me. gave. my
sisted on the girl in the house taking half of the
money. She would not do it, so l gave her 80.
time to attend my fathers funeral.
For several weeks following tho murder of
going of on short trips, when ! heard of Phil
lips, Montgomery or Bishop being in our SAC
ton OF country. Ihey knew that ~ was, dan
as would xiii them on sight. 1t Was Phiiiips
that ! wanted more than the other two. as he
Was the murderer, although ! swOre never To
rest until all had bit the dust. The country
was considerably excited with The news OF tho
assassination of President Lincoln. hut nothing
made me lose sight OF my purposc to revenge
he cold.blooded murder OF my father. / learned
that Phillips, when not on a free-booting excur-
sion. lived on a farm down in HARRISON county.
made a trip there In June, but missed him.
II was moro successful on my second trip.
1t waS. carly In July that. with ono Of my broth
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05
PLAY E.

The time for skipping ropes is here,
The time for tops has come;
The bud is on the apple bough,
The blossoms on the plum.
Along the lane and in the park
The robin builds it's nest,
Twill soon be time for balls and kite
And marbles and the rest.
Kite time, marble time,
Skipping rope and ball;
Fishing time, cycle time,
Swimming time and all.
All that makes the year go round,
Full of healthy fun;
Skating time and coasting time,
Sc the seasons run.
The scholar shouting by the school
Proclaims the joy of spring:
A flock of cyclers scurry past
Like birds upon the wing.
1 hear the humming Of a top
Upon the streets below;
That little girl has jumped the rope
A hundred times, I know.
Skipping rope and blessoming time,
Time for spinning tops;
All the year the fun is here,
Pleasure never stops.
Time for fun and study, too;
Time for work and play.
Joys Of spring are on the wing,
Summers on the way.
New York Herald.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-05
The divorced wife Of Lenbach an

The divorced wife Of Lenbach an
nounced that she vas going to marry
DR.. Schweninger, but the unconven-
tional doctor seemed to tarry. A little
more than a week ago, however, the
world was surprised to hear that DR..
~Schweninger and Lena Won Moltke had
made a trip to Heligoland, Germany's
Grenta Green, and there been married,
They went on to London for their
honeymoon.
Franz Won Lenbach is living as a
prince of painters in Munich, happy
with his second bride. DR.. Schwen-
niger will soon be back with his new
bride to resume his old task OF keep
ing his great patient out of the grave.
The favorite niece of Marshal Won
Moltke will aid him.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-09-07


prehencing how outrageously he
had been imposed upon he arose
fromthe table in rage and Selling
switch from behind the door lie
scattered them at one fell swoop.
lie returned to the table in any
thing but good humor.
Them children are enough to
drive man to destruction. Tve
good mind some times to take a
shotgun an shoot the whole shoot
in match nv en-" he said in
deeply aggrieved tone of voice.
"Here | wuz tryin' to git some
thin to eat an them children a
takin' it right out nv my mouth.
Beats all CREATION" and cutting off
another large slice of the pork he
helped himself to plateful Of boil
ed cabbage and settled down to
make up for lost time. After a
while he took up the thread of his
remarks again and said;
"Well, [ sot there in that parlor
till purt' nigh midnight an bofore
left l had planned to run off with
Sarah Jane an git married an
through pure contrariness, an sure
nough the very next Wednesday
night l drove round there an
Sarah Jane tied two sheets together
an slid down from the second story
winder, with a bundle Nv clothes
IAN we went an got tied up an
thcn there is the result" and Mr..
Piqsens pointed to his flock of
ehildsen now gathered on the back. |
Whats what teller gifts fur bein'
contrary. 1t runs in the breed.
There WIZ my father--he wuz SO
sick the doctors come an examined |
him an one NV 'en, young doc.
Sayers, he says, there amt nothin'
the matter with you, Mr.. Pickens;
you'll be all right in few days"
"'No.' says the old man, not /
disputin' your word at all, Doctor,
but amt a goin to git WE'LL" "
'Pshaw,' says the doctor, there
amt thing the matter with YOU"
"'I don't care says my father,
I've tuck a notion to die am Pm
goin' to die in spite of YOU an
said Mr.. Pickens, lowering his voice
and looking cautiously around, "die
he did, just out Nv pure contrari-
ness. So you see," Mr.. Pickens
continued. addressing himself to
Mr.. Sparks, ut amt no sorter use
fer you TO talk to me about votin,
fer when the votin' day comes an
| go up to them poles an there
take notion to vote fer Horace
Greeley ur Jeems Buchanan, I'd
vote fur 'em ur tear all creation
wide open. That's just the kind
w man [ am. 1t depends on
what kind Nv notion | take as to
who | votes fur. | don't care a
durn if it's chinaman ur an
orarge.a-routang, I'd vote fur 'em
if | wanted to. This is free coun-
try an a man kin do just as he
darned please if he wants to-"
We'll, Mr.. Piclens, if that's the
case" said Mr.. Sparks, suavely, 81
guess we might just as well go, Mr..
Page and l, as it would only be
wasting our time and yours to
spend any more time here" and he
got up from the table followed by
his friend.
,'When lection day comes" said
Pickens, accompanying them to the
door, its jist as likely as not, that
I'll take fool notion to vote fur
you an Page here, but if 4 don't
why it's no tellin' whoII'll vote fur
an so there's no use sayin' any
more about it,"
@Well, take good care Of yourself,
Mr.. Pickens," said Mr.. Page. ex-