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Cnt Killa a Rattlar.

George Mathis, a farmer living near
Red Jackets Mound on the; Naples
Poad, Geneva, N. ", has three,
old-daughter and o large Maltese tom
cat. The child was in the garden
playing with the cat, its almost con.
stant companion. 4" She saw rattle
snake, about four feet along, down the
path. She started toward it to play
with it. The cat looked after her and
saw the snake. AS the child ap-
prosched, the rattler threw itself into
q coil, sounded the alarm and, pre-
pared to strike. When the child came
almost within striking distance, q
streak of gray flashed through the
air, struck the snakes tail and
bounded to one side. -.
The rattler turned to attack the cat,
which backed up, yowled and spit.
The child ran screaming toward. the
house. Mr.. Matthias, who was close
ct hand heard the scream, picked up
a club and ran into the, garden. He
saw the snakestrike aSatheo cat and
the latter dodge the blow. Before
the snake could recover>itself~ ~the~cat
rushed at the snake, % Bit failed to
secure a hold.'.sIt, bounded out of
danger while the snakerecoiIed.' Mr..
Matthias approached and the snake
turned its head. The cat rushed
again, caught the snake just behind
the head and held on. The rattler
twisted ,swriggled, .writhed and rolled
over. 1t tbrew.the cat offits:feet two
or three times, 'but could not loosen
it's hold. Z In; a few minutes the rat;
tier slaughtered, out, and lay still e1-l
cept for aiierky movement in its tail.
It was dead. I
The cat has been, e snake killer
since it was kitten. Mr.: Matthias,
says he would not take $1,000 for it.:
New York Sun. @a~a.' s'' AZ
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ulsm1sseu. Stalwart and vigorous as
ymans of them farei in appearance,
alcoholism IS sternly barred by the
army. regulations. Permanent and
professional tramphood would in it.
self be an insuperable obstacle, but
7tramphood that is only O. recent ac-
cident in nni otherwise orderly life
may be overlooked if the applicant
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"I'll be all right to-
of robust health.

of robust health. ''I'll be all right to.
morrow. =
But the fiat had gone out. It;could
not be recalled. He went out angrily,
rubbing his eyelids, rs though they
were rebellious children who had will
fully brought their parent to shame.
To all the men, indeed. who fail in
the final test, just when acceptance
seems in sight, rejection is q crushing
blow. They who survive are proper
tionately iubilant. To each Of these
is given meal ticket and comforta-
BILE cot in a room back of the recruit
ing Office which lie makes his head
quarters until he is sent off to camp
for the trainingwhich will turn amen
ber. of the. awkward squad into SOL
dier. Then be is ready to be shipped
to the Philippines. 80 H'''''.iF'''"
From two hundred to three hundred
men daysapply to the three, stations
in. New York, but rarely have more
than twenty-five or thirty been, Sc.
lected.
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has excellent qualifications in 9th

has excellent qualifications in othe1
respects. ''2 -
{ Then there is the large army of th'
unemployed who have no vagran
habits save those .entailsd in th'
dreary pursuit. IF work. These ar
what the French, zcall conscrits d
II ffaliim@conscripts Of hunger. Thougl
they are nominally volunteers, the.
areSdriysenSinto erfstingby that hard
esta form Of compulsioh- starvation
For one that wantsIt9 tight, ninety
nine Simply want bread. But if the.
have been earnest and, willing all!
honest in their search for bread, ]
they have always purchased it by tn
sweat Of theif brows, and if they hav'
Ithe mental, moral and physical quail
ications for fighting Uncle Sam viii
not deny them the bread which the.
are more willing to purchase will
their blood.
But not. even these form the bes
material which Uncle Sam has thrus
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tell me she was looking at him,se search
lneiys - sairgc : .st.l54 ~
''My dear girl,n he replied, tender:
ly,.. ..swhat has. come over you? yYed're
not like yourself, Mary. What is it?
And what has brought you here SO un-
expectedly?"
''Did you not hear what said,
Richard? Surely, the fact that have
been insultsa is reason enough for the
change. .yoa remark.
- 'sBut not reason for your advent,
since, you must have. been insulted
throusa Coming here she responded;
IwithShis usual proniptness.
d 'tSince when has sotr wife been
denied the right to enter your private
room q she demanded.
b ""Ever. since she wrongly assumed
that she had such right, Mary. Ny
clerks have. their orders; they obey
them. You cannot blame them for up
holding rules I myself have framed.
Come; dear, be reasonable. What do
you want? I am very busy this morn
ling. Tue ketsis very unsteady just
now" =,
At this juncture it struck ME that it
was incumbent npon mo- to let them
know ID SEINE way, that they could be
overheard, or elss TO get out OF ear
shot. While undecided which course
to take, heard what aggravated my
lndeclsion. srrs Ne,y44A sevsv zaw 81
"Tell me, Richard; had Won knomh
was coming, would you, IN. .eal1owed
your clerk to deny me access to your
private room?" Mrs. Blakely inquired,
somewhat sternly it seemed to me.
"Did you come here to ask ME
that:" a-,y sa 80
answer me, yes Or mol" she in
sisted. - "a ~. ( %
1.-The rule is of many years stand
ing. Nary" said, deliberately eff
it were set aside for yoa it would be
the thin end of the wedge; my room
would no longer be private. y
''You indo:se your clerks insult?"
81 uphold my clerk who uplolds
th banks rule" > ~
e was evidently |nonplussed for
tn" T. t by the fine fencing, for
spoppir i 5>:i
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|EfNsss u 3SIth sa5S / .sn within 5isSE,T 'sfsT
hoafs my con Luence in you-has been
\ eunshaEen. You let me into all your
secret hopes and fears; you kept moth
ing from me. Suddenly I hear a
stfangey story about a mysterious
green ibaize door, which, S.eneibut
yourself is allowed 70 approach. l call
the carriage ard drive here ,to7fathom
the depthSoff the mystery which I
fancied was only imaginary. But am
more. than amused now; 1 am. piqued;
my confidencs in you is, at stake. Let
me see into the room which no other
person but YOU has ever entered, and
III SO, home.,n 81 I %! gEisifett
."You are the first person ao,suggest
that any mystery sattachesitselfto TO tie
room, dear, he replied, with n good
'natured laugh. at is simply humble
room, where I 'wo@k too hard to admit
of being disturbed at all hours OF the
day.."i7 Sfsv Esiii45s4 4a'A'
"Will you let me see? T don't
doubt you-*hy should l., ButI am
determinedly- inquisitipe. Will YOU
show me the room2"F Sd aaA >
"Not today: dear, / am very busy
I felt her brush past me MS she
came outeof the room, and saw her
walkrouud the desks, hcr lips tightly
compreseedand her head very high.
*G.ti FL s]G**l FIJI
The following morning when r. ]
turned up at the 2bankthe Porteessssmn.ett ssssn #
me with the inquiry, HadIsesn any
thing of Mr., Blakely? No?g Strange!
No one had seen him since the bank
closed the night, before. He wasnot
in the bank-had not been home jim
deed, it was Mrs., Blakely who had
driven down tile first thing to inquire
about,him; and no one had seen him.
"Was he on the premises You
locked up?' I asked.
Can't say, shouldn't think so" the
porter replied. II left the side door
on the latch until seven, as usual, and
then bolted up, expecting he must
have gone-generally goes before that,
you know, sir. He must have gone,
foreI sgung his bell again and again
this Smerning." . - rsgRS,i s u
T rars. Blakely came upito me at this
moment, locking pale and anxious. 2
"A1r. Boyton." she asked. "havt
you seen my shapd2 g9eu geyere the
last tofeave,s Z betievs?'
- eyes, madam; hut 1 have not seer
Mr.. B,sksly since he put you into
,yonr carriage iyesterday." - - u
"That decides it," she muttered
"Sometlfingshas ehappened to. him il
| his room. Then door must be forced
Porter, go for carpenter!'
nYou take the whole responsibilit..
Of forcing the green -baize door?'
suggested:
Piled, and turned away impatiently.
When the, carpenter arrived Mrs
| Blakely led him to the door and or
dered him to force. it.. He smiled
grimly, as he, looked the door up ant
down: He sounded it with d mallet
and his jaw fell. .,,..
! ssIron!" he said, laconicallE. sHH,'Tisn'
my jo5; you want a blacksmith, "i&,,,.
/ TIE po1tergwas. sent off in the car
riase to fetch smith. When the NAL
arrived. shenjeyea the door criticall,
an / looked Slubious.saT 'of s4.s ~. -
/ ssAlong iobv he said.
.sBreaK it down them cried Mrs
Blakels. Shut waste no fine;
|, The smith bared his arms, and, or
dsriug Mrs. iBIakely, The porter an
sEinsyeffs give him space, picked edd]]!lp,I y !,
Ehsars hammer. He gtapreda edasltthh The d9o d5.
q 49,. go ~
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ters Of varying sizes. Many learn here
for tic first time, to their dismay that
their eyesight is defective.
It is really pitifuI to hssr the e1-
Guses; perfectly honest to themselves,
which they make for what they deem
to be a mere temporary lapse. They
had been anxiousj they had been ner-
vous; they had not happened to sleep
we'll the night before.
"Give me another trial., pleaded q
man; who bore every other appearance
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ethan you getelssshsre. nhey do DeiYns Is -
price This is Southern enterprise and
should people The publisher
will arrange paints his subscribers who would like
to through ADVERTISER This paint has thick heavy
body that buyers Lnseed oil and make the paint
further money the oil will cost about fifty cents gallon
Write telling them Whist colors want and
much and price given paint contains the best material
and goes with every barrel and package paint
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There was a mystery beyond the
green -baize door; tangible or intangi-
Nesnobody kdew, Since no one but Mr..
Blakely ever saw the inside of the
deor which shut his private room at
Messrs, Blakely and Stephen's bank
from the narrow passage connecting it
with the general offices. We We're SO
accustomed to the green-baize door,
end to the rule that no ono was toyaps
preaehsit, that we SaStt>not oftenssggiiv
the mystery ,nach thought Even
Mr. Sharsley, the head cashier, was
not permitted access. Clients t.land
callers of all kinds Mr.. .BlakelS invass
riabiy interviewed in another room,
where he was summoned by III electric
bell connected with the green room,
as Wesused to call it. - 2zt+Ey2 go
There! was nothing strange in the
baize door itself; a plain green door,
with brass handle, which in no way
Influenced the secret springs by which
the door opened and closed. Brass;
headed nails marked the outlines Of
the doors panels..s.A less suggestiye.
door! never swung on hinges. Yet for
ten years, the length OF time<I had
been a" t"fHe Bank that door had pos
sessed the most melancholy and un-
canny influence over the banks stat,
from cashier to charwoman. But nc
ona knew why.
Nh. Blakely was sole proprietor of
the bank, which wes the only one in
town and showed every mulance of
the soundest financial basis; aud the
magnificence OF his Income was clearly
displayed at Somers Towers, his splen-
did residence two miles cut, where, at
the time of this story, he lavished the
luxuries of life uron his second wife,
very lovely and proud young lal ly
half his own age-or %.
Mr., Blakely was man strangely
devoid of .ecce tricities. considering
his conduct CONCERNING the baiZe d o
the chief faults the bank staff found
with him were his indefatigability, and
that whenever there was business to
be done in London-selling or buying
stock, buying cash. etc.-he invariably
attended tQit himself g > "a
! was, seated atsthe- desk OF theShead
cashier,swho was away on short holi-
i day, Lone morning in September, when
/ one of our clients entered the counting
| house.
J; ''Mr. Boyton, look her.
slipping a crown -rir.5
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non him for selection fac wr ho speak
are tie brawny, bra;ny and eage1nsish. i 4
who hese points easily
soldilly sprT most difficult determine
by emptiness 3hehcr his habits orderly his
.a With hr and full character good il lie ont of work.
and generous nbton aniheth it his fault that lie
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The remains of have discovered
Kentucky Tile oier fe sGH that Can match Orange
brought to the groqnn schae about
consist Of the head tusk the
lower law ribs sections Of the Teb
part humber smaller bones The place
bed lake which has been
filed by vegetable mould and Washings from the hills
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. For every dollar expendedfor spirit
nous and malt liquors in this coun-
try twenty cents are spent for tea or
coffee. .,s sata1' a ',."sSE -, -, ,asy
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regiments. From all the various. ne.
/ cruiting stations established in the
United States comes the reassurlng
report that the -oplNdificulty is thas
Of Selection.
Among the applicants there is fof
course ta~certain contingent frnn,-iiiaf
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....-., .your,I, yvugs Grimes
satliat I'll M and nowts Oh MI Bogton,
do yoi{ understand all this2 |. MY Ehus-
band is felonl Dead, my heart is
deal. But he is well dead, better
dead. This is his secret! Last night
the night before, he was restless in
his sleep, lie talked of coming, yes
of coining-coining silver coins aud
reaping proft-pro6t. You're liar,
he,c cried once ina his sleep, the coins
are good=equal to the >Mint's: The
Mint makes profit on its silver coins,
and why not l?' He said that, and, as
lay awake, I hoped he merely,
dreamed-I knew he dreamed. But
now know the truth! Dead, dead!
Yes, yes, and if you lived these hands
should xiii you for the. ignominy and
ame!fRichard, oh! Richard, Richard!'' -
$
Little beyond evidencegof identified
tion and as to the cause of death was
given at the public inquest held upon
the bodyof Richard Blakely,, but the
police pursued the, matter to some
length in the hope of discovering the
M engwlro'mnst haye helped'the banker
in his .secretlsilver rnint.i.s F5s32:.i@
: The@poiice found the door in the
vault opened upon a marrow subter-
ranean passage, running to cottage
hard by. But when, the ..Eoliee. laided
the cottage they found # Completely
deserted. fTheir. theory is that. the
Lanker's,ass;stauts wentsto e;thegyanlt,
found their employer lying at the foot
Of tie ladder with his neck broken;
and realizing, that exposure must fol-
low, they took flight without de'ay.
a Beyond the police, on nly Mrs; - akely
and myself know the true secret that
hid beyond the sreen7baize adoor =
It'd Bits. All "Piz
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The fraternities OF the United States
lave 5000, 900 members. Iss61s
lead With 7ee,59s. - ~ t'"s 92t
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SJJOs5SJs5s1'5Jl''-'t > I'-'110e'E1''-' :
; : Busy Days at the i
8 8 Recruiting Stations. j. ).
X How Unclc Sam Picks Ont Ills Men
S For tile Philippines: S

UsT now, by order Of the
President, ten new reSl7
ments are being raised;
equipped and sent but
\ to the Philippines fol
IaA immediate vi!ces
/: - There is no difficulty
in making nn these
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-03-03
VISIT TO SWEAT SHOPS
JENNIE M'COUGH GRAPHICALLY
TELLS HER STORY.
To Perceive That There IL Something
Fundamentally Wrong in q System
That Exacts the impossible Against
Natures Protest.
Especial Letter.)

\OpCCAoA /CIICI.J
Miss Jennie McGough, young
woman employed on the editorial staff
OF daily newspaper in Chicago, ILL.,.
recently made a tour of some Of the
sweatshops OF that city. 1nasmuch as
q strong effort will be made at the
next national meeting of the Fedora
ton OF Labor, which occurs next
month, to devise ways and means to
blot out these curses of great cities,
the narrative of her experiences is OF
timely interest at present. The pic
lures are from sketches made by Miss
McGough, and tell their own sad
story. Narrative and pictures alike
bear the impress of careful observa-
tlon, and are free from exaggeratlon.
Miss McGough writes: At the first
shop l visited l was obliged to COM
municate with the proprietor through
an Interpreter. This shop, like most
OF its kind, is on the second floor Of a
rear building over a stable, and is
reached from the street by narrow
board walk between two brick houses.
Here, where two score pinched and
pallid human beings spend the great
er part of their lives, there is little else
than foul smells, hopeless drudgery
and weary hours that too frequently
drag their length far into the night.
AS l approached the entrance to the
shop man came out and spoke to
me in foreign tongue-Bohemian
afterward learned-but as we could
not reach a mutual understanding he
called a second man who could num-
Bile few words of English. When l
said l was seeking employment they
ing questioned as to my ability as a
tailoress l was told to come to work
next morning at o'clock. Next
morning l was up at 5, and after
swallowing hastily prepared break
fast set out. 1t required great hustling
to reach the shop at 6, but managed
1t somehow and was at once put to
work on a sewing machine and given
small pile of Innings to sew together,
with instructions that no basting was
allowed. Five or six men, about 20
women and Is children constituted the
force at this place. The larger girls
were operating machines, the children
finished the garments as they came
from the operators, and the men were
variously engaged in cutting, basting,
pressing, etc. Some of the children
assisted in cutting, some in basting the
material to the Innings, and others
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were pressing with irons almost as
heavy as their own frail little bodies.
During the forenoon headache waf-
ers were frequently passed along the
work table. A pretty little girl who
sat near me was obliged to go home
because Of illness, but l noticed that
she was back at work again in the
afternoon. If the men and women who
patronize the stores where sweatshop
goods are sold could see the double
row Of emaciated little faces around
the work table; if they knew, from ac-
tual contact with these creatures, what
their daily lives are, they would turn
from the sight Of bargain forever
more, and the more philanthropic ones
would direct their energies toward the
betterment Of these children, for whose
condition they are so largely respon-
sible. At IL o'clock most of the wom-
en- and children went home for dinner.
Work was resumed at 12: 45. During
the afternoon many were still COM
planning OF headache, and great sur
prise was expressed all around when
they learned that was not troubled
that way.
"Oh, you must be strong, you are
having such good day." one girl re-
marked.
But l was not strong enough to re-
sist the sickening odor from overheat-
ed irons pressing on the garments
that soon after polluted the already
foul atmosphere of the room. A girl
opened a nearby window and l was
thus saved from fainting, but my head
ached and throbbed for hours after
ward. Along about GAS l felt so Ill
that was forced to quit the place.
They were still working when / left.
There being but few girls who un-
derstand English, it was difficult to
get much information here. l learned,
however, that wages are paid by the
week, the children and small girls get
ting SO, and the larger ones S.; that 12
hours is a regular work day, and that
In busy seasons they work IA and Is
hours a day.
| Because I did not understand the
language of these people they nick
named me English" and somehow
before the day was over l had con-
ceived a great and growing respect for
the name. Coarse and ribald testing
was INDUCED in by the men, at which
some Of the women laughed and others
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-03-03
LATE NEWS OF GORDON
STORY OF CUZZI, THE GEN.
ERALS FRIEND.
Captured by Dervishes and Held Prisoner
for sixteen Years-Finally Delivers
His Dlspatches-His Narrative Reads
Like Romance.

| From Giuseppe Cuzzi, one OF the 130
prisoners of the Khalifa who were set
free by Gen. Kitchener after his en-
trance into Omdurman, the English
authorities have obtained interesting
information as to the last days OF Gen.
Gordon. which. however, had not at
fast accounts been made public. In
mediately after the fall of Omdurman
Cuzzi was taken to Cairo, where he
was joyfuly received by the English,
and Italian residents. When liberat-
ed he had in his possession important
letters and kilograms from Gen. Cor
don and Col. Stewart, which had been
hidden during his long captivity. Cuz
ri is SIS years old and native Of Bri
anza. Italy. He is veteran of the
Garibaldi campaign and fought with
the famous patriot leader at Dijon. He
also had part in the war in Herzego-
vlna quarter Of a century ago, serv-
Ing on the staff of the Prince Of Mon
tenegrO. Later he travelled in Amer
lea, and after his return to Italy went
to the Soudan as resident manager for
q NIliducSO COUlIucICid SCClcly.
While in Berba he met Gen. Gordon,
who formed so favorable an opinion of
him that he made him his personal
representative there and also secured
for him the appointment of consular
agent for her British majesty After
the fall Of Berba Cuzz1 was taken pris-
oner by the Khalifa and transported
IT, nvN,I
vile dungeon, and for time was SUBJ
jected to the most cruel torture. One
morning, to his great horror. a COM
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-03-03

pany of dervish soldiers appeared at
the dungeon and ordered him to go
with them to the palace. Cuzzi was
seized with fear and trembling, believ-
ing that be was to be put to death. But
instead the Kalifa, before whom he
was taken, received him kindly, and,
after questioning him closely, inform
ed him that he had been created Mu-
heddin Of the mosque Of Omdurman.
He was commanded to abjure the Cath
olic religion and accept the Mohamme
dan, which he did without murmur.
Cuzzi describes his life at the mosque
as lonely and monotonous. most Of his
time being spent in prayer. He was
not permitted 20 converse with those
around him. and during all the years
of his service as muheddin not a word
escaped his lips except at rare inter-
vals in response to the commands or
inquiries of some superior. Upon state
| occasions Cuzzi was summoned to the
palace. where, with Slatin Pasha, he
acted as guard at the door of the Khal-
ifa's apartments. When engaged in
this service discipline was somewhat
relaxed. The Khalifa seemed to be
proud of his white servant and showed
him attentions which created jealousy
on the part of his Dervish attendants.
But, although this occasional absence
from the mosque served to relieve
somewhat the strain upon his mind
and body, Cuzzi declares that he never
for moment knew what happiness
was or felt his life secure.
"In all the sixteen years of my cap
tivity," he said to the Sirdar there
was never a day in which had food
enough to satisfy the cravings of hun
| ger, and what little dura l managed to
get in addition to the meager rations
served to me as food l had to beg.
Opportunity to solicit aims was given
me at certain times, usually during
some religious celebration, which may
have lasted several days, or upon the
anniversary of the Khalifa's birth.
Then I was allowed the freedom of the
town and the special honor of being
permitted to beg for food was con-
ferred upon me. Many times the Der
wishes threatened to kill me, and
would have done so but for a little
chaplet worn around my neck and
which had been presented to me by
the Mahdi. Seeing that sacred treas
ure the Dervishes would invariably
cease cursing me and, falling upon