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was the hand and promise of Joe of
Washoe, and he never goes back on
either"
| There were murmurs of applause on
every side, but no man spoke above his
| breath.
"You were goin' to hang him." re-
sumed Joe, as he lifted hand to the
rope above his head. 81 don't say he
didn't deserve it, but I'd promised that
little woman to hunt him up and send
him over to her at Sand Hill. He'll go
back to the states with her. He'll go
because he amt so bad way down in
his heart, and has still got feelin' for
mother and sister. and he'll go because
III hunt him down and kill him if he
don't. That was the understandin' be-
fore helped him of. Yes, / helped
him off. ! cut his bonds. and told him
to take my boss and ride like the devil,
and by this time he's jined his sister,"
There were angry shouts from hun
dred threats at-the admission, but Joe
waved his hand for silence and said:
"She was a woman. and felt sorry
for her and gin her my promise. had
to play Tin Pan Diggings low-down TO
keep my word. but Gi6n't run away
from you. No. stayed right yere TO
explain matters, and to say that you
shan't be disappointed In a hangin'.
I'd heap rather died with gun in
my hand and for better man, but she
was little woman, and she was break
in her heart. Gentlemen, let the hang
in proceed!"
No man moved nor spoke.
I'm up here with the moose about
my neck, and If some of you will kick
the barl away I'll make us good
show as the man who got away"
They began to fall back. They kept
their eyes on the man, but they fell
hack and melted away from him and
never uttered word. He looked down
upon them with folded arms and a
queer smile on his face. and by and by
only one man was left-the president Of
the diggings.
What's the matter. Tom?" queried
the man on the barrel.
"No hangin'. Joe," was The laconic
reply.
"But why?"
Because she was purity little won.
IN who had come thousand Fmilex
md he was her brothssi"
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A Lawyer COMMUNICATED.

Jim Webster was being tried for
bribing colcred witness, Sam john
sing, 10 testify falsely.
you say the defendant offered YOU
$50 to testify in his behalf?" asked the
lawyer of Sam.
"Yes, sah."
"Now, repeat what he said, using his
exact words"
He said he would glib me $50 if +"
He didn't speak in the third person,
did hep
No, sab; he tuck good care dat dar
were no third pusson round: dar was
only two-us two"
II know that, but he spoke to you I'M
the first person, didn't hep"
II was de fust pusson myself, sah."
"You don't understand me. When he
was talking to you, did he say, Il will
pay you s5o?"
NO, sab; he didn't say nothin' bout
you payin' me $50. Your name wasn't
mentioned, 'ceptin' he told me eff cher
] got into scrape you was de best law
yer in San Antoine to fool de ledge and
de jury-in fac you was de best in
town to cover up reskelity."
For brief, breathless moment. the
trial was suspended Detroit Free
Press.
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AS UNCLE JAeEz SEES IT.

This world amt what it used ter be-
No, nowhere nigh;
The good old times we used ter see
Have all gone by;
Fer all these modern fellers spout
''Progressiveness." and tell about
How airth has just begun ter sprout;
Tween you and /,
The old dirt bali IS all played out
And bound ter die.
Now. see the gals-they're all so plain
That, declare!
Yer can't find one like Betsy Jane
Not anywhere;
She's older now, but take her when
She picked me out from all the men
BY jinks! If yer'd a-seen her then
She'd make yer stare.
They'll never make that kind again:
Sich eyes and hair!
There's cookin'. NOVELIST take mince pie;
An eight-inch slice
or mothers style want more try
Ter taste the spicel
But nowadays II jest take
A bite of this new kind they make
I'm doubled up in hat shake,
Jest like vice,
And have a kind Of stomach-ache
That isn't nice.
Take weather, too-now there's the snow;
Ma used ter let
Me wade in drifts waist-deep and. sho!
'Twa'n't cold err wet;
But now the stuff that falls-gee whiz!-
Don't make no odds how light 1t is.
It soaks me and I'm almost friz;
And don't get
The chilblains and the rheumatizf
Well, you jest bet!
That's why say. IS said afore.
This old dirt ball
Amt what 1t used ter be no more:
It's ON the fall.
All this progression s in horn;
/ see myself airth's old and worn
And gettin' wusser every morn
Fer large and small.
pity them that's jest been born,
BY gum!-thats all.
Joe Lincoln, In L. A. w. Bulletin.
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Very Low Rates Via the Missouri,
kansas q Texas Railway.

Semi-monthly excursions to the south
Texas, the Empire state of the Union, un-
paralleled as to resources and products and
with an area exceeding all the Eastern and
Middle States. The statistical reports Of
products, as compiled by the commissioners
OF Texas, indicate this section as having the
greatest possible advantages in its mild and
equable climate and in the variety and pro-
ductiveness of its soil. For further infor-
nation, descriptive pamphlets and dates Of
excursions, apply to H. +. Bowsher, Dist. p.
A., Cincinnati, o.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-01-28

Clearly it was advisable to 60 to war.
But how about revenues" ventured the
courtly Sir Godfrey.
Revenuey repeated the queen, lightly.
Il have but to stamp my foot and abundant
revenue viii be forthcoming!''
1t will be observed that in those dava
there was no stamping of bank checks, vac
cination certificates or chewing gum, to saw
nothing of cigarettes and keg pilsener.-De-
troit Journal.
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Not Too Much for . Certain Grade.
Mrs. Homespun Gndignantly)-
Here's an article that says that in For
mesa a wife costs five dollars.
Mr.. Homespun (thoughtfullyj Wal,
. good wife = wuth it-Spare Nomsnt1L
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Diplomacy.

Tommy-Papa, what is that diplomacy
the papers talk so much about?
Papa-Diplomacy is the art which en-.
ables one man to inform another that he is
q scoundrel without giving him chance to.
get mad about it.-Chicago Evening News.
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Can You solve This Pun.Ie ver.er

"a simple go-between am /,
Without a thought of pride;
/ part the gathered thoughts of men,
And literally divide.
set the soul of Shakespeare free,
To Millions thoughts give liberty,
Bid Sidney speak with freer speech,
Let Spenser sing and Taylor preach.
Though through all learning swift glide.
No wisdom doth with me abide.''
II you can solve the foregoing, and send
the correct answer to George III. Heafford,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway, Old Colony Build
ing, Chicago, together with two-cent
stamp, he will send you what it calls for.
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The .Sprangles have been Boosting a Ionp
time about their horseless carriage. ftturns
out to be only baby's perambulator.
ton Transcript.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-01-28

Some people seldom Ind helping hand
unless it is to help tiemselves.-Rau's Horn.
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"Will see you later"
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Good
Digestion

Waits on appetite, or it should do so, bus
this can be only when the stomach is in q
healthy condition. Hoods Sarsaparilla SO
tones and strengthens the stomach that it
digests food easily and naturally and then
all dyspeptic troubles vanish
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Hoods SarsapariIIa


HOODS pile cure Liver ms. Is cents.
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ALIFoRNIA FIG SYRUP co.

SAN FRANCISCO. Gal
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. TT.
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anu must nurry.
well, wait one minute. It's time we
were going in anyway. Miss Merton.
this is Miss Simpson, and think we'll
have to leave the birds now, if we want
any breakfast"
All the way to the house young Con-
ways little friend had not word to
say, save in briefest answer to some
question put by Miss Merton. When
asked whether she were interested in
birds, however, quick CLEAN came
into her brown eyes. 81 guess could
learn about Them" she said. Some
damp wisps of chestnut hair were
blown across the Redeemed cheeks. and
the shining brown eyes were always
down. 1t was a childish face. but If
one could have read the woman's heart
that throbbed under the calico gowni
Oh, the world of love and the passion
OF pain that can fire the beings of these
little chits of girls, who can only redden
and keep silent when they are hurt.
But Miss Merton felt superior enough
to be entirely magnanimous. Besides.
had she not her own sad little romance!
She Rugged the thought of it close. as |
though it had been slipped away lit |
tie these last weeks. Her life here was
30 very different from her life at home.
That must be why the interests which
had absorbed her seemed more remote |
of late.
That evening young Conway made his |
usual call, but came back early. AS
he walked up the path he met Miss
Merton, who was strolIing alone under
the evening stars.
"You are early" she said, very
gently.
"Yes." His voice was grave, and he
hesitated moment before turning to
join her. 1t was an exquisite night, and
they walked beneath myriads Of shin
ing worlds. 1t was of these they talked
together, and now the girl was able to
take the role of teacher, and she scarce
knew which was the pleasanterlesson-I
that one amid the new freshness oil
thA marnin9, or this quiet talk beneatA /,
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plants unknown 70 this country. Among others
he found at Khiva Turkestan, the seed Of a melon
which was picked grccn and kept 70 ripen In a
root house or cellar. The fruit often reached the
great size OF 80 pounds and II bore some reSem
blanco when ripe both TO the canteloupc and 10 the
watermelon; IL seemed indeed 10 be in some way
hybrid between the two. These seeds planted in
this country have grown with great success and
the Agricultural Department Is confident that II
has made discovery which will later yield sub
stantial money returns 10 the fruit growers OF the
entire country. In the course Of two or hreo
years may expect TO sec delicious ripe melons
on sale during the Christmas holidays and even
later In the winter.
Watermelons. unlike the canteioupes, have not
yet begun TO be designated by variety names,
except perhaps by the more advanced dealers
There Is the round watermelon and the long green
watermelon, and that IL about as far as II goes.
But II is only question Of time when the pur-
chaser himself will be able to distinguish the
Triumph melon from Kolb's Gem and Dixcy from
Mountain Sweet One of the greatest educators
Of the public In this respect have been the fruit
shows held Of late years in many important cities.
People are beginning To know that the best looking
melon is not fways the sweetest and best and
planters beginning to learn that It pays to
advertise and push varieties which particularly
excellent For this there has been growing
during the past few years a tendency on the part
Of advanced growers TO ship In peculiar kinds of
crates, and boxes with special labels so that their
fruit can be distinguished anywhere in tho market
know grower whose fruit comes largely TO
the Chicago market who has this sign on every
one Of his baskets:
by THEIR FRUITS SHALL YE KNOW THKM."
Another famous grower who has extensive
peach orchards in Connecticut and extensive melon
fields in Georgia had adopted the following:
u. c. TOP U. G. ALL"
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His UncontaEious Laugh.
From d, chicago Tines Herald.

Laugh and the world laughs with your
for, -, Wow" "''"H
OF philosophy In the poem from when those
words nrc taken. but It isn't always true"
MY dear" Mr.. HigGleson exclaimed Won
are mistaken. 1t Is always true. Laugh and
the world laughs with you It's as true as any
philosophy OF human existence is bound up in
The whole philosophy OF human existonca
may DO bound up in them. " the lady rcsnonGef
but Insist that Il doesn't WAYS happen that
way: I've n2ticed that you always laugh when
that the world laughs with yon. ''''0"'
MT HigEleson drew himself up with all tho
dignity he could command. and, strIdinV
anRrily from the room, exclaimed:
AS Milton says In his Essay on Man 'Ho,v
shsrnnr thnn serpent's tooth 1t is 70 have a
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The Ci.y.s Marvellous yar,s,v.

There is no end 10 the variety OF things that one
may zee carried in the streets Of a great city.
where every human interest is experienced so
thought man who on one trip across the City Hall
Park met man carrying bass drum in a black
eambTic bag, and on another trip across the same
space. boy carrying scythe snath
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Two Points of View.

From The Chicago Netp&
She-"Would you call go II an amusing gamer
He--Well, that depends"
She-"Upon WHAT
He--Whether was a spectator or one Of the
playera
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little delay and then the hike was resumed toward
DasmArinas and the relief Of Bulbs battalion

little delay and then the hike was resumed toward
!
| ro' '"N nAAo ooLo" MN
"hen wheaton cSueh' agn' OF the nara""ed
| column our men we're coming IN GOOD shape
anu making Roou ngh' Oh H. pu' ues "ore III
/ sore neeu o' heip lhcii arimuniuoh nou run
dangerously near 'ne POM VI giving ouN Two
COMPANIES hon naiui! ha'' uohoh iounoH pei
man ana many OF inc men nau uSeu ther i"S'
eoIuiueo
inc yen "nich WIN VIC "reu mon sloeon 'neii
ionoi "nN WANING oioush " '"o isuiko"e' IL
inoeoo 'noy noo NOV "co'i VIC ooiunin coming lung
oo'"io' 'n no, no" pno9o neu oo''' pu, On .ho
na"e' INC nc" mon "eh'' III WIN win anu 'ne
'ao'ea "oio 'uiheu "qun'eiy a''uho IN ,eSS hon d
ninu'c' FROM peing inc purSueIS inc hsuirec'oS
u0onn'o ''' pu'suou ~ ha,. my anu '','S 'n,e
II was a case Oh run IoiiF wen OF &c, wne. Wouio
sop WeH from running forever. buDp urea
'ie" "op' "h 'oi VIC NV" ou' VIC "oSh oa''ahons
"oh, Nv NC 'N'uisehN' a' u,os 'neon' F." o'oah
o., VIC ""D'o pi"'in'o III "',""sh wa" iu''
~ "nou VIC WV uoiu",i'' h'oe r.oh' 'na' 'ino
.a uo'A ''o '"e"isonS' "eie hop' VI .'o i"h
Da.a I've, WIG S'o""" ',ei WHICH .ios heu io'o"eu
,,. u"o "n'an '"'ee. 'ie" ine ' wa" very
i,'"o nsh' III 'ne'm anu our ooAuaiies were very
s s "u' wien "nea'on "en' over 'no GROUND
INC noN' nioih'is WIN ouisihs parry 'iey iouhu
''."''' W" '""'e'"" ioi ""o"' "ios iuiniSheu
s'o'
INsURGENrs HAD GONE AT DAYLIGHT.
Wheaton camped that night within a couple of
miles of Dasmarinaa He thought he was sure TO
have a hard fight in the morning. A battalion
Of the Fourteenth was scnt out TO him. and ho
made preparations TO drive the insurgents into
their holes as soon as daylight camo But when
II arrived the insurgents had rona They had
taken the hint and decamped during the pight
Nor have they been seen in force since. Whether
,' 10y Iue' u'u 'uoii guns anu pun On uoir "n'@
.,, aAu GOV w 'no iuH Vi war unui more
'0 ena., p'osoh' 'U'o' .ohno'
~ Ni y 10 '''"' .no'e 10 ho
80. " - m' 10y 49,. 70. .i'' ""oo.o',
=, In ,.sNln'. '"a' a.. 'o''nou
:. 80 H., NV ~ aN, az '''' o'ai'
,,, 'oe -, '""ee "ie ""' "a" PROXY
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Colonel the men wishes to speak with YOU
"Tel EN- to wait! Get outr was tho colonel's
grIf reply,
The private was so surprised that he actually
dropped the tent Flap and retreated. There was
good deal OF talk outside but no violence was at
tempted. peeped out through the flap and saw
the whole regiment drawn up there in ragged form
but unarmed. They looked sulen and determin-
ed. The Colonel took another drink II was raw
mountain dew, almost as white az water and with
edge like vitriol
Now, Colonel, said, let us be quick. This
complaint says that you have given your men no
fresh meat since you came here. You know az
well as do that meat has been delivered To your
wagon every day Now want 70 know what has
become of want TO know II quick
Well said the Colonel, II that's all you want
I'll tell you. We amt got any meat saw
i took another drink and the Colonel, for polite
ness sake did likewise
No meat saw? exclaimed No meat saw,
And you made your men eat salt meat and made
EN- mutiny and got me in hole because you
didn't have any meat saw
Tho Colonel puracd his lips cooked his head n
one side and squirting at me- remarked:
callnte that this guy ment undertook To
equip this regiment proper an II ain done II We
never got any meat saw. These here commissar
les sent us lot OF meat without saw at our Stote
camp We couldn't cut the meat an we couldn't
eat the meat, an lust lowed that the Guy'ment
oouid go To with its meat TIL II give us meat
saw, an II you want your meat you can 20 FISH IL
out OF tibet horse pond along the road
i got my men on the telephone and had two
wagon loads Of meat yanked over To that camp in
about five minutes As soon as II appeared with
two OF my meat saws In each wagon, all signs Of
continued mutiny disappeared and I'll bet that
there wasn't man in that regiment that night
who wasn't stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey.
That evening also my men found twelve quarters
Of beef at the bottom Of that horse pond"
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A SLIPPERY FOE.

The whole campaign illustrates some features
of tho situation in the Philippines admirably.
We are fighting a reckless, irresponsible enemy
who can scatter his men like scared chickens at
will. whenever he is pressed too closely. When we
think we have him completely demoralized and
ready TO give up he takes advantage Of the
lapse of vigilance part TO gather his robed-
in the garments Of peace soldiers together again
and give us a whnck. BY the time we can gather
ourselves up to wipe him off the face Of the GARTH
he is heck in the garments of peace ag ain and We
can't find him.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-29
AN IMPROVED PIANO.

Few well-conducted households in
the country will fail to be interested in
the news that an ingenious German
has invented piano sounding board
that promises to transform a musical
STUNNING machine into an instrument
of artistic delight. Something of the
perfection of tone which marks a Gre
mona violin is declared to have been
produced by the new invention Must
clans and manufacturers In Berlin are
now disputing as to the degree of sue
cess attained, but there seems little
reason to doubt that an invention of
real value has been made. But think
of the revolution in music If this i'm
provement fulfils its promise! There
is nothing particular sentimental either
in cat-gut or wire-wound piano strings.
but if the latter can be made vehicles
of such sympathetic melody as the for
mer, if. they can be made to speak to
the soul and sweep it's moods with such
mastery, the piano of the future will be
as little like that of the present as a
Stradivarius is like some Of the fiddles
now made. Curious II would be if the
plano should take a great step like this
in advance, while the making of
violins, except in a very few cases
which partly remind one of the old
master workers, is reckoned among the
lost arts. Like a perfect violin. too,
the new sounding board will improve
with age, and if the skilled performer
is truly devoted to his instrument, there
is prospect of continuous and delightful
rivalry between him and his piano, with
advantages on the side of the latter
The tone will grow richer and purer
whether his skill keeps pace with it
or not.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
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THIRSTY LONDON.

In 1894 the astounding total Of 1872 OSl. =
| 900 gallons day was reached by the
| combined water companies of London.
This was supplied to the five and half
million inhabitants at the rate of, say,
thirtytwo gallons a head for all pur-
poses. These figures represent an enor-
nous volume of water, though small
when compored with the mighty river
that flowed into old Rome. We can
only deal with the figures roughly; the
supply fluctuates to considerable ex-
tent at different times of the year, 1t is
therefore not possible to be mathemat-
ically accurate. Allowing for slight
increase since the last return, and TAX
ing in other sources of which / shall re-
fer little later, we may pretty safely
put the present London water supply at
about 10000 900 gallons a day. Let us
try for a moment to realize what these
figures mean.
With 200,000000 gallons of water we
could fill lake a mile long, a quarter
of a mile wide, and five feet deep. The
water in it would weigh nearly a mil
lion tons. This lake would stretch from
the Bank of England right away to
Clement Danes Church, yet it would be
emptied in a single day to assuage the
thirst of London. Or suppose we could
freeze all this water, we could build up
a great block of ice a thousand feet
long, thousand feet wide, and thirty
two feet high. If we allow for the ex-
nansion Of freezing, the block would OF
course be still bigger. SiXty-five of the
largest ironclads of the British Navy
could float in the water we use every
day in London. When we come to COM
pare our supply with the mighty tor
rent of Niagara, we belittle it. The
water goes laundering over the falls at
the rate of two million tons a minute,
or four hundred and twenty million
gallons. Our whole daily supply would
be whirled over long before the second
hand of a watch having travelled once
round the dial. And could we divert
the magnificent torrent for only three
hours, we could supply London with
water for whole year al the present
rate, Niagara is a big thing.-Good
Words,