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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-01-20


"Then there will be all the more for
me-"
''If she sends any
"She is bound tor'
eff she sends any, ! shall of course
expect to have voice in the matter Of
its administration"
eff your voice is going to be as big
as your words, l can see that the money
might just as we'll not come, as far as
I'm concerned.
"My dear, you really must not be
petty"
"I'm not petty, and shall be as pet
ty as like
"Really. Nell, you surprise me some
times.
"You are always a surprise.
"You almost speak aa ii ! were al
unpleasant surprise
Surprises are too s1dden 60 To pleas
ant. "
"How thing that is permanent can
be sudden also
+ "Now kAuw what you are going to
do, she said 'Yoa are going to make
me cry.
"My dear
Eyes. yOu are. You know arguing
always makes me cry And it's very
cruel of you. If | could argue back"-
"You can cry.
II suppose you want me TOP
"God forbid!'
Don't be wickedl'
'Don't suppose.
Mrs Cheedle dropped into a chair.
"And to think that before we have been
married three months | should be for
hidden to suppose.
"Now, really, my dear, said Chez.
die, don't you think you are little
unreasonable?'
"Don't you think you are unreason-
able to expect me to answer that?''
"Of course. | don t expect you to an
swer it. was merely
"Then why ask the question? 1t
makes you more unreasonable STILL"
Cheedle laughed. "Now you are laugh
ing at me. F."
Really, my dear, think the laugh
was on your side that time"
She smiled. "How nice you are when
you don't argue, JosieP'
"But about this money" said he.
lin the improbable contingency Of
Aunt Jane mistaking the intention Of
my letter.
"Don't make it too improbable, Josie,
you know. If you don't want the mon
ey, l do. wonder how much she will
sendf''
"You have no right to expect any
thing. don't expect anything"
"Ohl"
II DON'T"
"Oh!"
"It wouldn't be more than e95 any
way"
IF she has the insolence to send me
anything less than 91O0 after the shame
full way poor dear grandfather has be-
haved to us, II SHALL shall'-
"Spend it. expect.
II expect so too. No. won't. I'll
waste it."
"That would be silly"
lit would be jolly"
"You would be very sorry after
ward
"Of Counsel
Really, my dear
"All nice things make You sorry aft.
erward. It's worth it.
From what You say gather
"Oh, don't gather, Josiel It sounds
60 dreadfully formal and proper. / feel
as II ! oughtn't to ba alone with you
when you gather"
~ understand, then. Is that bet
ter?'
mot much. But 60 on
~ understand that you have sys-
tenn of wasting money. Will you ex-
plain it?"
ut isn't system at all. "
"What is it, then?'
"It just isn't system. just let the
money 60, you know. and get nothing
for il"
."And you find that-jollyr'
"Jolliest fun in the world"
"Well. should be very sorry to have
to exert any--ah-marital authority"
"Yes, you would be very sorry"
said she.
~ should be very sorry to have to do
it. But really could not permit You
to squander'-
"My aunt's money"
Cheedle frowned. "You forget, said
he, "that am your husband
"No," said she; ''you make that i'm
possible. -
"When married you'--
"You did not marry my aunt"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05

ously. There is the bugle! Walk
trot-gallop-charge! They sweep up
the hill in a solid mass, every trooper
cheering every saber glintinting and
cheering-every saber glinting and
crest OF the hill--down across the
meadow-over the cotton fied--and
then they strike the foe. IT is crash
as il thousand feet Of stone wall had
been toppled down. There are cheers,
curses, shouts, shots and the clash of
steel. The black horse and his rider
were in the front rank. With the bit
in his teeth and his ears laid back the
black horse dashed at the foe, and with
saber whirling about his head the rider
cheered and eXultcd. The thousand
break through and scatter the foe, but
when they draw off there are only
roo to ride away. Down there on the
two acres of field the dead and wound
ed almost touch each other and as the
sun goes down and night comes on the
groans and walls of the wounded arc
a sound to make one shiver. An hour
goes by-two-three hours. Then one
of the wounded men-one who has
been lying as if dead-struggles up and
braces his back against a dead man.
He pants and groans with the exertion,
and presently purses his dry lips and
sends forth signal call. II is shrill
quavering whistle, and many another
wounded man listens and wonders.
-twice-thrice. And then the
signal is answered. From where he is
lying, 40 rods away, slowly bleeding to
death from gaping wound the black
horse gathers his feet under him and
utters shrill neigh. Again the
whistle, and now the stricken animal
picks his way among the dead and
wounded, moving at snail's pace and
groaning as he moves, and by and by
he halts and sinks down in his tracks
and thrusts his muzzle against the
breast Of the man who called him.
Its you, Harry" whispers the man,
as he puts out his hand. II knew you
were hit, but hoped you had not left
me- Got your death, eh! Well, same
here. But wasn't it glorious charge,
though! How we thundered down!
How we crashed into EN-. How we
slashed right and left and drove them
before us! Men had to die, Harry.
men and horses. Back there at the old
home there'll be weeping and grieving,
but they'll be proud to know we died
with our faces to the foe"
Dear old Harry!" said the trooper,
as he stroked the soft muzzle with stiff
fening fingers. Eyes, men and horses
had TO die, and why not we as we'll as
others? All! but how strong you were
under me as we swept up the hill! 1t
was your first battle--your first and
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
gn3xGrgIusasraSR1ssH
The Black Horse "Hary"
BY CHARLES B. LEWIS

Leaning against the barnyard fence
was farmer with gray hair and wrin-
kled face, and the look and posture of
man whose years had been spent in
hard work. To his left was hitched a
horse--a coal-back horse with star
in his forehead. On the kitchen door
step, 300 feet away, sat a woman of so
"a gray-haired woman--a woman with
wrinkled face-a woman who had been
wife 10 the man over there for 80 years.
She had her hands under her apron, and
she did not raise it to wipe the tears
from her eyes. By and by there was u
cloud of dust down the road, and five
minutes later a brisk-looking man
drove up and halted and called out:
"Well, Uncle Joe, you've concluded to
sell, have you?"
The old farmer choked up and mo-
toned towards the horse, and it was
half minute before he could say:
ITS most as bad as the day we bid
Sam good-by, but I've got TO sell. Take
him along. and be quick about i'll"
1.-Two hundred dollars" said the man,
as he counted out the greenbackS
"and I'll tie him behind the buggy.
Sorry you are forced to sell, Uncle Joe,
but let me tell you he's just the finest
horse this country will ever send down
to- the cavalry. You've owned him since
he was foaled, and know how
hard"
Uncle Joe reached for the money and
turned away towards the house. His
lip quivered as he sauntered along, and
he had to shut his teeth hard to keep
the"tears back. He passed the straw
stack at which the calves were nib
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05

"Why, I'll be tetotally busted IL this
aint'Harry'-my own pet colt, straight
from the old farml It's him MS sure's
you're horn! Hey! Harry boy-don't
you know me?"
And as the horse stood with out
stretched halter, ears cooked up and
eyes wildly glancing about, the troop
er uttered a peculiar whistle. The ami
NAL walked straight up to him and
rubbed his soft nose against the sun
burned cheek and whimpered and
kissed and showed his delight, It was
the strangest kind of luck, The father
had said he would write to his soldier
boy that he had been obliged TO sell
Harry" but he had not done so. His
heart was too sore over the parting,
Sans joy was great; it was like COM
ing across a brother. His own hands
had first bridled and sadded him-had
first broken him to harness. Every in
fantryman had his chum. Every troop
er two of them-his horse and COM
rade-his horse first. The father had
pleadingly said TO the mother, hoping
to tighten her sorrow, that Sam and
Harry might find each other down at
the front, and chance had brought it
about. A hundred envious men crowd
ed around the black and looked him
over and growled at chance. He was
game horse, they said-one TO thun-
der down into battle with eyes blazing
and foam flying and his heart set on
victory.
A thousand troopers have formed for
charge. The men are pale-faccd and
gritting their teeth-the horses lifting
their feet.and working their ears nerv-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05

People who have q grudge against
telephone companies in general will be
pleased to know that the women Of
New South Wales refused to be ground
down by any soulless corporation.
They determined to get the worth Of
the telephone rent, no matter how
much time it took, so they conversed
over the wires by the hour until the
central Office people were driven to dis
traction. Things got to such point
that the postmaster-general in Sydney
was appealed to, and he issued an or.
der forbidding loquacious women from
monopolizing telephone for more
than ten minutes ut time.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, MAY s. $780,

your last-but you had heart of oak,
and we struck the enemy first of all
our regiment. How strange and queer
that you came down to mel Poor old
dad-poor old mam-it must have
wrenched their hearts to part with
you'll Are you here, Harry-are you
talking to me? Poor old chap! That
was terrible volley they gave us, but
that's the way for a soldier to die.
Dead, are you, Harry-dead with your
head on my knees" ?"
Again the woman sat on The kitchen
doorsteps with her hands under her
apron, She leaned her head on The
door casing, and her eyes were fixed on
a man coming slowly across the barn
yard, He had been to town, and he
had letter in his hand. lie did not
wave IL and shout; he looked this way
and that-any way but towards the
woman. She grew white as death as
he came nearer but she neither moved
nor spoke. At last he sat down beside
her with groan. He still held the let
ter in his hand, and she saw that it
had been opened. She heard him
breathing like one who stranglesin his
sleep, and he could hear the furious
beating of her heart. BY and by he
husllily said:
ITS from one of the Reynolds boys,
God help us, NAL"
"0ur Sam is dead!" she whispered
between her white lips,
"Y-yes, ma; but Harry found him
before he died, just as l told you he
might" 4o +
"And they died together?"
"Died together, ma-died together!"
he answered, as he reached out and
took one of her hands and sobbed in
his throat.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05

bling'-the hayrack dumped against
the fence weeks before-the open shed
under which he housed the plows and
drags. lie did not look up. Even when
he opened the gate and struck the path
leading TO the kitchen door his eyes
were on the ground. He stepped aside
10 glance into the pig pen--stopped for
moment in front of the smokehouse,
and he had choked down his emotions
when he reached the doorsteps and
the woman waiting for him. She had
her face in her apron. lie sat down
beside her, tossed the money into her
lap, and after awhile he said:
There was the interest on the mort
gage and the taxes coming due, and l
had to do it, Martha-had TO do it,"
"It was Sans colt" sobbed tire wife,
"Yes, but | had to sell--had to sell.
Let's make the best of it, They've
bought him for the cavalry, and
wouldn't IL be funny if our Sam should
come TO get him way down at the
front? Sam would know him on sight,
and if he jest whistled once Harry
would jump fence to find him. Say.
ma, don't take on about it. Let's chirk
up and believe it is all for the best"
The woman rose up and entered the
house without reply, and the man
presently got up, looked about in an
absent way, and then took a corn cut
ter from its nail in the wood shed and
went out to the grindstone under the
Bartlett pear tree to sharpen it for the
davis work in the cornfeld. Half an
hour later, when the implement had
been edged to his satisfaction, he
looked into the kitchen to say to the
woman who was wearily washing the
last of the breakfast dishes:
"Say, Martha, III write to Sam to-
night to keep an eye out for Harry
and shouldn't bit wonder il they'd
run across each other down there. Sam
would feel most as tickled as if he'd
seen one O. us"
Two weeks later drove of 500 horses
we're turned in at the remount
camp, at Pleasant Valley. There were
500 dismounted troopers there waiting
for them Sheridan was pushing Early
ZIP the Shenandoah, and there was no
time to sort the bays and blacks and
grays and assign them to companies
So many horses 10 so many men, and
on the morrow they must be off to over
take Custer and fall into the ranks.
"By the living jingo!" shouted a
trooper, as horse was trotted out OF
the enclosure and the halter passed
his hand. SAY, now you fellers, say
say!"
"Wbat the devil is the matter with
YOU Sam Johnson?" shouted the ser
geant in charge Of the remounting.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
The Better Man
BY M. QUAD u Copyright, 1898
S;>S;Ss3S:SsS.S;SzSS&S,S:S:S:S:SsS:S;S:

AS the highway made turn and
ran alongside the river l came upon a
man seated on Il rock with his bare
feet dangling in the water. He looked
up and nodded asI came to halt, and
in reply asked:
Have you been fishing and got dis
couraged?"
"No, sab, hain't bin fshin'," he re-
Piled
Just taking a sun bath, eh?"
mo, sab, hain't takin' no sun bath"
l saw that he was crusty, and so
made ready to ride on, but he stopped
me with:
I'm jest a-sittin' yere to beat the
ole woman. You'll find her about 40
rods above. You kin tell her that
you've seen me, and that | said l
wouldn't give in till this river run
dry"
Family trouble, is it?" queried,
"Sorter that way, sab. We had a
jaw bout who should cut the wood to
git breakfast. She wouldn't do it, and
| wouldn't do it, and we are tryin' to
outsot each other. Jest tell her that
YOU seen and talked with me, and that
you never see sich determinSd man in
all your life
/ promised | would report him as
firm on the firewood question, and ten
minutes later came upon the woman
She was also seated on rock, and in
addition to daBbling her bare feet in
the water she was throwing sticks at
an old blind goose swimming about
She called out "Howdy!" as came up
and added:
Stranger, mebbe you met up with d
critter of a man back thar a bit-sl
shiftless, shuckless critter, with hun.
cry look?"
There's a man back there on rock
who said he was your husband.
Did he say anything else?'
"IIe wanted me to annonce that he
was as firm as the rock beneath him
and that he would outsit you if it took
a month"
"ITe said that, did he? she asked, as
a grim smile played around her mouth
Stranger, you didn't know my pop
but he was a man who watched foH
hole in the airth fur seven days ant
nights and perished right thar sooner
than give up. You didn't know my
nam, either, but she was woman who
got mad at pop and didn't speak to hin
fur 'leven years, That's the stock
cum from, and do you reckon I'll Lei
that critter Of Dan Jef'ers outset
me?"
/ had no advice to offer, and rode OF
over to Sellersyille, where | put up fol
the night. 1t was noon the next day
when / returned, and ] saw the mar
welding the ak in front of his cabin
while his wife stood in the doorway.
"And how did it come cut?" asked
as / rode up.
"Say, stranger" he replied, as h
drew nearer to me and spoke in {
hoarse whisper Il stood it till abou
an hour ago. and then ! got so sleepy
and hungry that had to give in. /
you meet anybody who axes about Dar
Jeffers, you jest say to 'em that he il
the most determined man you ever sav
in all your bon days"
"But you gave in" protested.
Eyes, of co'se. You jest say that Dai
Jcffers is the most determined man il
all this world, but that Sue Jeffers hi
wife, is still more determineder, ant
now you git along and lemme cut th'
wood to git hoecake bakin'!'
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
NUMBER IS.
DAYS of the Horse Numbered.

The greatest electrician in the world dc.
clares that the days of the horse are mum.
bered, and that in short time electricity
will completely suppOnt mans most useful
animal, In 20 years, he asserts, the horse
will be curiosity. Diseases of the stomach.
liver, kidneys and blood would also be
curiosity il all sufferers would take Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters There would then be
practically no dyspepsia, nervousness, sleep.
!lessness. indigestion, constipation, malarial
fever or ague
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05

Colonel Hamilton OF Columbus, o.
demonstrated in my family, ] have
number of friends who have taken ii for
catarrh and stomach trouble, and all
unite in praising it. AS a remedy for
catarrh can fully recommend it." Mrs.
Hamilton, wife of the gallant Colonel, is
an ardent friend of Pe-ru-na also. In
letteron the subject she writes 81 have
been taking Pe-ru-na for some time, and
am enjoying better health now than L
have for years. attribute the change
in my health to Pe-ru-na, and recon-
mend this excellent catarrh remedy to
every woman, believing it to be espe-
cially beneficial to them
The spring-time is the most favorable
time of the year to treat catarrh. There
is so much less liability to take fresh
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
Ocular Deception.

"Did my eyes deceive me last night,
or did see that young mans arm about
your waist?'
"They must have deceived you, NAM
ma; he was using both his arms. ."-Yon.
kers Statesman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
Perils of the Arctic.

The Sweet Young Thing-I love to read
of those dear, daring explorers in the Arctic,
but should think scaling icebergs all tn
time would become monotonous.
The Savage Bachelor-Papt of the time.
they were scaling fish.-lndianapolis jour-
nal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
A CIenr Cnsc.

Managing Editor-That new report
er is crazy
Exchange Editor-What did he do?
Managing Editor-Tried to gain ad-
mittance to house by representing
himself as book agent.-Brooklyn
7 ifn
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05

cold that the treat
ment is unimped-
ed. All old cases
of chronic catarrh
should begin i'm
mediately a course
Of Pe-ru-na as di-
rected in DR.. Hart
m a n s books on
this disease. There
are so many differ
ent phases a n d
S t a G e S OF catarrh
I h a t one hardly
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05

mrs' ooi' iiah'''on knows when he
has it. A great many people think they
are suffering from something else and
have tried many medicines in vain,
when if they could realize that It is
catarrh and take Pe-ru-na for it they
would improve promptly and soon re-
cover entirely. There are no substi-
tutes Let no one persuade you there
are other catarrh remedies just as good.
Winter Catarrh" is a book written
by Dr. Hartman, Columbus Ohio. Sent
free to any address,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
A scentless Flower.

She loves Chris, yet her love for him is
dumb;
She can't afford to marry and repent.
She says he should be called Chris-anthe,
mum;
He's splendd-but he hasn't got cent.
-Brookiyn Life.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
Cruelty.

"Oh, | knowed I would get l." said the
man who had been fined for selling tinted
butter "and | guess can stand it,. But it
does seem kinder hard to have been fined by
a Judge with dyed whiskers. Indianapolis
journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
A BRAVE COLONEL
Recommends Pe-ru-na as a Fam
lily Medicine.
A Scientific Spring Medicine,

Colonel Arthur L. Hamilton, of the
Seventh Ohio Volunteers, 259 Goodale
street, Columbus, Ohio, writes: "Besides
having the merits of Pe-ru-na so fully
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
Speaking About Exnansion.

Brown appears to be great e&pan-
sionist,"
"Yes; he won't even confine himself
to the truth. Ohio State Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
pnra dOxicaI.

1t seems strange that fellow isn't "in
the swim" when society throws him over
board.-Phiadelphia Record.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-05-05
"Peace Hath
Her Victories

$40 less renowned than
avar said Milton, and noqv,
in the Spring, is the time
to get a peaceful Victory
oVer the Impurities avhich
haze been accommodating in
the blood during Winters
hearty eating. The BAN
ner of peace Is borne alof
BY Hoods Sarsaparlla.
1t brings rest and comfort to the
weary body racked by pains of all sorts
and kinds. Its beneficial effects prove it
to be the great specific to be relied upon
for victory. Hoods necer dtsappotnts.
Salt Rheum-"My mother was seri-
ously afflicted with salt rheum aud painful
running sores. No medicine helped her
until Hoods Sarsaparilla was used, which
made her entirely we'll" EssB E. MAPLR.
STONE, 1853 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
Tired Feellng-"I had that tired. duh
feeling, dyspepsia, headaches and sinking
spells, but Hoods Sarsaparilla made me
new man. | never was better than now"
IoHN MACK, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Smyrna times., 1899-03-15
OUR TOWN CHARTER.
Amended by the Delaware Legislature Fri
day and Re-cOmmitted on
Monday.

In the latter part of February, Rep
resentative w. A. FAIRIES gave notice in
the Legislature that he would offer a
bill amending the charter of the town
of Smyrna. The bill was not prepared
and placed in his hands until Thurs
day, and as the days of the session
were nearly numbered, it and the bill
to change the mode of marking the
ballots were introduced in the Hous se
at the same time and pushed along
with speed. When the Legislature adj
Iourned on Friday afternoon. the
charter Gas was the case we believe with
the ballot bilD had passed both bodies
unanimously, was enrolled and signed
by both Speakers Saturday morning.
and only needed the name of the Gov
ernor to give it the full effect of law.
The amended charter, as we under
stand II, was simply to restore the
charter to its original condition as rec
commended by a non-partizan Board
at the hrst session of the Legislature.
lt VIII be recollected that at the second
session of the last Legislature certain
amendments and additions were made
at the suggestion of individuals (not
the CounciD whereby the members of
the Council were elected from six dis
tricts, the seventh member being
chosen from the smallest district.
when the largest district with three or
four times the voters, was assigned
only one councilman. Why there was
partizan election, and why the
amendments were adopted confning
the election to single districts, is we'll
remembered by those familiar with the
incidents of the past.
The last election was entirely non
partizan, there being only one ticket
in the field. The Democrats who had
majority in the non -paI tizan Board,
have now and have always had with
the exception of one year, evidently
prefer the existing charter to vote ex-
clusively by district, rather than the
old charter which prescribes nomina-
ting in districts, but being voted for
throughout the town, over wich their
jurisdiction extends. This was made
manifest Monday by the determine