New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-20
THE PASSING THRONG.

"A story / read In me lrlpuhe inc o'"e' ""''
said A. G. Hepworth Of Atlanta. strongly re-
minds me Of one that heard OF
prTRrAT Mobile lawyer This lawyer, who
WITH was lame and had something OF
pI-RpOsE reputation as a fighter, was at one
time attorney In suit that caused
much III feeling. He won the suit Tor MS che''.
and the loser vowed vengeance. In pursuance OF
that same in the language Of Truthful James ne
one day went into the lawyers office and subjected
him TO a TRADE of abuse that would have caused
q salt water captain to die from pure envy such
was his talent In vituperation The lawyer an
swered him nothing. to the surprise OF Two OF
three men who present. but. getting out OIL
bls chair began to hobble backward. His enemy.
thinking he was retreating. followed him up. WIN
more abuse and threatening gestures Inc NV
he suddenly Strengthened up. and saying, Gentle.
men call on you to witness that on account on
general law Of homclde) drew out derrnger. ana
Shot his opponent Az the trial ne wac va ,be lime OF
the killing who testified to the lawyers having
retreated as far as possible
A. r. Johnston. OF St. Louis, has friend who
"a an officer in the Army, whom ne told the
following story yesterday MY
TURKEYS friend" said Mr.. Johnston mad
BY received higher ram ~ a..
BREvET than the one he received pay 'o'
ONLY In recognition OF MS 'e a.
one OF the Indian campaigns Al
he was stationed at one OF the frontier posts ana
doo,ded IN celebrate the occasion by hunting trip
after wild turkeys So off he started, accompanies
onIv by his orderly. an Irishman who was thor-
oughiy familiar with the region An evening al os
limb Of which they made out in the moonlight "a
number OF dark forms roost,ng lnsy crspt ~. "
aim when the orderly began. But, Captain-
long shh-h-hr the only response from Tina, tmat
drawing a Shut up. you fool; do you want 20
the birds away? In an angry gnsp letting
co both barrels dropped bird with each ana
was starting to reload, when hc awoke to me ,ac s
s shst had his G nSS eS Tas shSt
want to get any snce Why se even o had
and he made the most OF It as he demurely repIed'
apS oorkeys by breSet They're
hoozardsr And so they were as my creS''ai'e"
friend discovered.
T. NJ Harlow. OF Columbus. took two or three
years ago trip to the Mediterranean. In
speaking Of 1t at the Hoffman
HONEST House yesterday Mr.. Harlow
LITTLE said: 'It Is an extremely interest
GIBRALTAR ing trip, and one well worth the
taking OF all the places we
visited can't think of any more interesting ana
attractive than Gibraltar. As you may Know
Gibraltar is n walled town and English properly
1t Is kept as clean wax. and so caretully gudu-
ed is It that nothing Is ever stolen there Inc
W. ran In to Gibraltar was rousH 81 'NNo'
that we had to cruise about for three or four hours
until the sea subsidized enough for us to come 10
anchor From this anchorage we were landed IN
small boats. and going down the gangway my
derby hat blew overheard. l replaced II win
can and thought no more about 1t until the next
day when wishing to replace my lost headgear'
asked mine host Of the hotel where was the best
place in Gibraltar to get hats. He at once asked
me II I had lost my hat. and when l told MIN l
had described my missing bonnet TO l. ana
then relieved my establishment by telling me that
nv DERBY had come ashore some hve miles from
where II blew from my head and had been picked
I'D by Spanish fisherman, VINO mao tnat MOI I 1l
been at the hotel in search OF the owner. me
fisherman was sent for, and sure enough IL was my
hat he had found, and apparently lttle the woise
Tor It's experience I rewarded him with Spanish
Ave peseta piece whereat he assured me tnat me
bonorabie and generous senior had his obesances,
and courteously wishing me a long ana prosperous
life. bowed himself out. -, r,o
'They have interesting ceremony there. ne
town and fortress lie at the end or a peninsula
about n mile and half long, the MAINLAND peHs
Spanish territory. The gate leading 10 span, Is
every evening locked at sunset and every otr rnr
unlocked at sunrise. Each day company IRON IRON
one OF the regiments performs these functions. N
the morning the company, fully oncered WIN
colors flying and accompanied by oand, marches
TO the commandments house. The company comes
TO attention and the commandant hanos OUT the ne
the captains orderly. the band strikes up and the
nrocesson marches to the gate. which Is unlocked
with great ceremony. In the evening the same
CEREMONY I'm the reverse order Is gone through,
All suspicious characters are put out or the town
before the gates locked in the evening.