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POSTAL SERVICE
II Cuba Observation-Disclosures Con-
fIdcnce Prevails,

In Cuba Recommendations Cou-
fIdonce Prevails.
NEW YORK, oct. 25.-cOl. F. G.
Rathbone. who is in charge Of the post
al service in Cuba. arrived from Ha-
wanna to-day on the steamship Havana.
He says the postal service Of Cuba.
which was in very bad condition, has
been thoroughly reorganlEed Among
the new features introduced are the
registry and money order divisions, both
Of which have been in successful opera
ton since April.
''The bankers and merchants Of
Cuba" caId Col. Rathbone, "now send
rsmittAnces averaging at least $4,000
a day and there has been sent to the
United States alone over &200Oe0.OeO in
remlttances. Both Spanish and cubans
give evidence Of the utmost confidence.
We have now introduced the two cent
stamp and in consequence the bulk Of
inland correspondence has greatly ta-
creased.
"or the acc clerks employed on the Is
land by the postofIice department, fully
800 are Cubans and 1 am hiring Ameri-
cans only where absolutely necessary,
this being the policy Of the adminIstra-
4ion.H
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3eeetper.Sale.
IE OF cATsUEIP AND MUSTARD

GALE OF CATsUP AND MUSTARD
MILL,
The sickness OF Mr.. j. W. Hunter hRv-
ing necessltnted the winding up OF ihN
GfaIPs OF the j. ". Hunter Company, 81
wheeling West Virginia, the undersigned,
nv authority duly conferred on him, Eili
offer foT sale at public auction at tho fac.
Tory building Of said company, in the CIty
OF Wheeling. W. Va, for cash, on
TUESDAY, THE 18th DAY OF NO.
VEMRER, A. d, 1899,
commenting nj o'clock p. NJ. the plant
an GAid company. which Is In dTIt.clSSS
Condition, embracing machinery for Inc
manufacture OF tomato cAtSup tWelrS
mills Of wet mustard, one hydraulic press
and twelve FOUNDERS Tor the manufacture
OIL steam engine. boiler, smiling beltiT,S
etc, materials manufactured, unmSniS,
featured or in process OF manufRcIiT" M
lease OF said factory property. eNGirin,s
March 81, 1908, the purchaser 10 nav ihsS
rental under said lease from the tJTo ~
his purchase, and all other assets ~ ~, ~
eomPany, excepting debts due IL or H. ,"t
ceiVer ana money OF his tTlIyt in th ~
celyer'E hands, Such plant hns 4 rSIIr, ~
switch ANA Is admirably situated :, 1 y,
Nentory md nun infOrmRtIpn n: IN ~" m
properly TO be sold viii be nnIlSG az ~ ~, tne
nlsneu by tho undersigned 10 any " MI
cant. and nm inspection OF thS TrC Mppm.
cheertully permitted. property
o''S-m I. NJ DARRAII, Receiver.
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ArmeFetl Traln RneaeeI.

LONDON, Oct 2S.-A dispatch to the
Morning Post from Kimberley dated
October q via Orange river, October "a.
says; IAN armored train was engaged
this evening, one Of our men was killed
ana two trunks Of dynamite were re-
moved from the town for safety and
were blown mp by the Beers. The Boer
loss Is uncertain. The Beer artillery
moved around, trying 70 draw the
forces covering the town. There was a
small engagement but nothing of con.
saquence happened, We are complete
" isolated but as safe as bank. Not
one man has left. Rain is approaching.
Our troops met the enemy, cutting the
line to-day, and Maxim gun on the
train did good work and cleared away
the wreckers."
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ARMY ARRANGEMENTS

Caused by the Increase of the EnIlst-
cd Strength.
NEW YORK, Oct. ga special to
the Herald from Washington. says: In
addition to General Funston. who Is to
be retained as brigadIer general in the
provisional army. the President has the
appointment Of three brigadier generals
to fiji original vacancies caused by the
increase Of the enlisted strength. Col.
William a. Kobbe. now in command OF
the Thirty-fifth volunteer infantry, is.
It IS understood, to be given one OF
these new commands.
No decision has been, reached In re-
gard to the other vacancies, and II is
probable the appointments VIII be kept
open for two OF the colonies who are
now campaigning with Generals Law
ton and Macarthur.
There will be no need for their SER
vices until all the new troops have
reached Manila. 1t seems settled that
the appointments Will be made from the
officers now In the Philippines and will
be made for conspicuous gniiantry.
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"wILLIAM M'KINLEY
Giant Brass Combine.

NEW YORK. oct. ga giant
brass combine is being formed which,
It is stated. will comprise all the
plants in the Naugatuck valley. Conn.
The main office will be in this city.
Among the concerns that are repre-
scented to have already entered the trust
are the Waterbury Brass Company, of
Waterbury. the Ansonla Brass & Cop
per Company, OF Ansonla; the Coe
Brass Company, Of Torrinston and the
Coe Brass Company's new plant in An
sonia, formerly Wallace & Sons. This
nucleus, It Is said, represents an an
nual business OF scr, 900 and joint
plant Of $6,OO0,00O.
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E1tnnai,c AIine 8 nern,ionn.

Special Dispatch to the IntellIgencer.
cLARKsBURG, viva, oct. 25.-The
Lynch mines, owned by C. W. Lynch.
of this city, and located four miles
from town on the West Virginia &
Pittsburgh division Of the Baltimore &
Ohio, have been leased to L. A. Lewis
and W. w. Brooks, OF TaIrmont, and In.
directly to the Watson Coal and Coke
Company. They have also leased l25
acres OF good coal territory Of George
T. Rodgers, of Mont Glare. The Wake
man mines. near this city. have been
leased by the John A. Clark Coal and
Coke Company. and will be extensively
operated ut once. This company has
also leased the Adamston mines. which
has been Idle for some time ana VIII
put large force TO work at once oper-
atlng the same.
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FITINESS.
no Installing he PFqWsss q Uu-
soldierly Beers.
THEY ARE IN aIGR SPIRIT
According to Correspondents - To
Fight 70 the Lass for Independence
OF Their Country me one De,ermI.
natlop.

NEW YORK. oct 2s.-A dispatch to
the Herald from London says: The
London Standards special correspon-
dent with the forces at LadGsmlth. who
was captured by the Boern and released
q the battle OF ElandSlaagte. IN speak
inE,o Of HE experiences says:
\ "unsoldlerly as the. Beers might seem
there Is no installing their physical 1T
ness, Nearly all Of them are atrong.
powerfully built men. while few are
VEGETABLE giants. They were a In high
est spirits; for instance on the night Of
our capture our feld cornet was In
duced to preside over an impromptu
smoking concert. It was amusing to
zee Johannesburger playing the plano
with his gun sim slung over his shout
der, while his more rustic comrades
stood around spelIbound. They sang
"TransyaaI volEsIled" With immense
fervor.
''The one subject Of their talk was
their resolute determination to hght to
the last for the independence Of their
country"
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DIED on THE TRAIN.

Ex.sheriG Gerltng, of Martiushurg
Expires While En- Route Home.
Special Dispatch to the intelligence.
MARTINsBURG, W. Va, Oct. 25.-
Ex-sherin L. c, Gerllng. Of this place.
died on the Chicago express near HSr-
per's Ferry. while on his way home
from Baltimore last night. He had
been in Baltimore, undergoing treat
ment for consumption. He was not
benefited and started Inst night, accom-
panied by his wife and DIR. s. N. Myers.
Mr. GerlIng was only thirty-nIne years
old and had q successful career for one
20 young. He was elected sheriff in
1852. Previously he had been a member
Of the city council. serving several
terms, and subsequently he declined
the Republican domination for the leg
stature. He conducted a large retail
hardware store. was director in the
Peoples National bank. and was iden-
tiled with number Of business enter
pFIseS
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DISASTROUS rYPHooN.
Raslng Winds on Land and Sex
shipping Losses.

RagIng Winds on Land and See.
shipping Losses.
VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. 25.-Intelll-
eence is brought by the Rinsei Maru,
which has arrived here, that typhoon
through which the Empress and sena-
tor passed proved even more DISASTROUS
ON land than on sea. In Toxic and Yo-
kohama It ragged with great fereeness.
Hundreds Of houses were wrecked m all
districts, though the storm seems 70
have been attended with less less OF life
than usual. A train bound for Fuhu-
shIma from Myeno, encountered gaze
OF such terrific fury when crossing the
HOkogOWa that It was blown into the
river. It consisted Of ten cars. includ-
Ing two locomotives, four carriages and
three break vans. The locomotives
having cut of their coupling pins es-
capped scathless, but ali the other cars
carrying about one hundred passengers,
were precipItated from the bridge. One
person was killed instantly. thirty were
severely injured and thirty others
slightly. One woman Is reported MISS
fortunately the water below the
bridge was not deep. Had It been all
the passengers would have been drown
ed.
News Of another disastrous catas-
trophe comes from TagonaurJ, between
Nunadzu and Suzukawa. About ]
o'clock on October z, a tidal wave swept
over TpgonRura, over two hundred
houses were destroyed and more than
one hundred people persisted. The
neIghhorhood Of Yosohiwa Meiwa was
k.A NI9kA az "A
number OF boats are engaged in the
search for the dead bodies. Great mis-
cry and suffering prevail among the af-
fllcted people.
A telegram from Miyazah prefecture
also reports the occurrence of n tidal
wave at MImitsumachi on october 9,
and the destruction Of many houses.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-F'lve
United states transports are scheduled
to leave here to-day. The Olympia and
Pennsylvania will 70 to Portland. Ore,
to embark the FoTtieth regiment md
two companies OF the Thlrty-ninth reg
iment, which are now encamped on the
banks OF the Willamette. The Tartar,
the Newport and the ManuGnse viii fol-
low the Olympia and Pennsylvania to
sea. They will steam direct Ia Manila.
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IT is VERY SCIENTIFIC.
Preferred to all Others Oi.Its Kind.
A Fow of tho Many Points OF Excel
Iencc No: TO DO Found Among
Other Kidney Remedies.

Morrow's Kid-ne-oIds. the great
remedy for kidney and urinary all
ments Is a scientific preparation. It
has been perfected after eighteen years
Of hard work, by an experienced chem
list. Kld-nc-olds act gently, thorough
ly, quickly and directly on the kidneys.
nerves and urinary organs. They Will
build up the system and restore It's
normal parts to their natural condition.
Mrs. G. o. Blubaugh. l76 Summer
street, Charleston. BayA; II suffered
for long time with very severe Rch-
inE pains across the small part OF my
bnck Just over the Kidneys, At times
they would be so bad could not get up
or down without assistance, became
very nervous and could not rest at
night; what little sleep l could get did
not refresh me. and would feel moro
tired IN the morning when would get
UP than when I went to bed.
II also had very bad case Of torpid
liver and stomach trouble, was i'd
Vlsed TO try MOrrOw's FSld-ne. oids, and
after securing some at the drug store,
l began taking them lust as the dirGc-
lions said. / took Morrow'B LlveFIax
with them, as recommended: In q week
or so was feeling well again and have
been 80 ever since. The LlvcrlaX re-
moved nll the liver spots from my skin
md the KId-ne-olds cured the pain In
my back. as well as the nervousness
and sleepiesHneHa,"
Morrow's Kid-ne.oidR are not pills.
but Yellow Tablets and euro backache.
nervousness. sleepleaSncsB and ALL
kidney disorders. They are put up IN
wooden boxes which sell ut ATTY cents
each at Charles r. GoetEe's drug store.
Morrow'a LiVcrlax nro small red gran
uleR and cure constipation and bilious
ness; they sell at twenty-five cents n
box.
Descriptive booklet mailed upon re-
quest BY John Morrow & Co., Chemists,
Springfield, Ohio.
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General synlons Dolne Won. a

CAPE TOWN, oct. 25.-Intelllgence
received here yesterday from Natal
says tie bullet has been extracted from
the wound Of General sy1nons, who
was struck down while leading his
troops at the battle Of Glencoe, and that
the patient Is cheerful and doing we'll.
Adviees from Orange river. Cape Coll
ohy. near the Orange Free State bor-
der. announce that the Beers have
taken 1lripdam near Barkly West.north
Of Kimberley. and that Assistant Mag
istrate Harmsworth and his clerk are
prisoners. II 10 supposed that the
Beers are advancing on Douglas, fur
ther west. the inhabitants Of which
place are asking for protection.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Co5. Charles
DENLY, of the Philippine commission
had conference with the President to-
day that lasted about an hour and a
half. but declined to make any state
ment for publication. The commission
will meet probably tomorrow as Pros
fessors schuman and Worcester are
expected here to-day. Col, DENLY said
that he did not think the commission
would experience any difficulty In
agreeing upon their recommendations.
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Rc.eicct Directors.

CINCINNATI. Oct. 25.-The stock
holders OF the Cleveland. Cincinnati,
Chicago & st. Louis railway (Blg FOUR
to-day reelected the following direc.
tors: George t. Bliss. H. Nick. Twom-
bly,. j. B. Laying and F. W. Vanderbilt.
There were e3.45s preferred and 15sIH
common stock represented. No one
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NEW FORK. Oct. 2s--The Tribune
says: It has Just been learned that n
number Of Engllshmen recently came to
this country for the purpose Of esthb-
fishing n mill for the manufacture Of
paper 10 be used in the printing Of
newspapers. The party includes 8.
ernl other prominent men. Mr.. Phillips
ID the publisher OF number Of English
trade Journals He Ia the head Of s, Q.
Phillips & Co., of England. Frank
Lloyd Is n well known publisher OF
London. II IL Understood the Intention
Ii to put up big plant In the neighbour
hood OF Nlngnrn Falls.
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Special Dispatch to the IDtellig4neer.
CHARLESTON, w. Va. Oct, 25.-A
charter was issued yesterday by the
secretary OF state to the c. L. Ritter
Lumber Company, OF WEIGH, with sub
scribed capital Of $4,000, 10 per cent
paid up and authorized capital Of
100000. The lncorporators are: c. L.
Ritter d. II. HRrmnn, tr, James
French strother and Edgar P. Rucker,
Of WEIGH, and u, Dundon, OF POcahon-
tnn. Yn.
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Connt TorrnnaE. AIInlater "a JnatInc.

MADRID. Got. gi:-Count TorranaE.
governor of the Bank Of spain, has been
appointed minister of Justice, In success
sion to Senior Duran, who resigned yes
terdny, having the decision of the gov,
Crnment to suspend the constitutional
guarantees nj Barcelona, Martial law
has been gR7etted at Barcelona,
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brooklyn Blaze.

NEW YORK, oct. 25.--A fre To-day
caused damage estimated at from $780,
900 to $4,000 to the Palmer's cooperage
Company. ,E Brooklyn. A fireman, Pat
rick Sullivan, was overcome by smoke.
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LONDON, Oct. 25.-Graut Allen, the
author who has been in ill-health for
some time past. is dead. He was born
at Kingston, Ont. in 1913.
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Philadelphia and Return S15 10 by
the Pennsylvania Lanes,

Tickets now on sale to Philadelphia
and return at rate Of $l515. For par
ticuiars apply to J. g. TomIlnson,
agent. Wheeling. W. Va. Tu&S
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GERMAN GOVERNMENT

Lent no Aid to Other Powers for In
tervcHtlon IN TranSVaaL
BERLIN, oct. 25.JThe Tageblatt de-
mics the statement of the Eclalr. of
Paris, that Germany, after promising
assistance to France ana Russia for the
purpose OF Intervention In the Trans
vaal, seems now to withdraw It.
The Tageblatt declares: 1--WE believe
we are well informed when we say the
German government did not participate
in any combination for Intervention.
NEW YORK, Oct. PA dispatch 10
the Herald from Berlin says: The
Tageblatt learns from ST. Petersburg
that rumors are current there that the
nineteen Russian men OF war in the Pa
cihc wifi shortly be reinforced by six
ships from the eastern squadron. The
'Fagebiatt sees, In this connection,
rumors of China Japanese alliance.
BERLIN, Oct. 95-The secretary of
the admiralty. Admiral TirpIta. and the
minister of foreign affairs, Count Won
Buelow, were summoned last evening
to a Joint conference with the emperor
at Potsdam. The admiral to-day has
gone to Baden Baden for the purpose
Of reporting to the Imperial chancellor,
Prince Hohenlohe.
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&sdYesl.
Beautiful Forms
and congestion

...... Are not made by chance, nor can
they ever in any material be MADE
at small axpense. A competition
..... for cheapnoss, and not for e1ee''
...,. lehee Of Workmanship, iSthe moa
$500. frequent and certain cause Of the
..,... rapid necAy and entire de'true'
...,.. ton Of arts and manufacture,
.,.,, Fer best (which 10 the chesps'u
...'. work, the IntelllEeneer Job Prin''
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was elected to succeed the late corne-
Illus Vanderbilt. The board will meet
In New York November Is, to organ
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Tho Best Prescription fOr chius
and Fever IL n bottle Of Groves Taste.
loss Chill Tonic. II 10 simply Iron and
aulninO In n tastelNss form. no cure
no pay, Price, Goo. tthS&W
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w.D. Jones, the Tailor.
Is now located in his new store at
1916 Market street, A full and COM
plete stock on exhibition at popular
prices was
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a go "a 80, -.
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The Nati0naI Die insurance G0mpany,
Of MoNTPELIER, YERMONT,

~ - experience q nearly my yo q unhoken PROPERTY ga
don Tor equitable DEALING. furnishes such an nlaas. MIA
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slE vsry VOID ,.opstltioa strikes terIor 70 aNOmaay
Nearly always thsss operations become necessary
through neglect
hs enses are very painful FREQUENT and excessive,
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got the right edpice at once and
stop taking chances. It viii cost
yoanothing fer advice if you write
% Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
for Il. and If you let the trouble
Fsn along &c win surely cost you .
great deal Of pain and may mean
a operation.
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At, Top. & $. Fe gen g as. 80. .102 102N
At, Top & 5. Fe. adj. gen ga. SO 83A
Brooklyn III Co., cts IS, ....,.... 10 110h
Brooklyn El r. I. Co. IS. .. 101 1902
Central Ry of N. J. 6 mtg S. .1171a 11S
Chic, r. l. & Pacific ext. 5s. .106H 106%
Chesa: & Ohio 4lasr ........... OF 92A
Erie LIST Con- prior lien rs. 931a o.
Manhattan El Con. mtg As :. los 1861
Mo-, Kan. & Texas LIST mtg As. 93ia 94
Mo-, Kan & Texas ID mtg As. 81 67h
Mobile & Ohio gen mtg As. 49,. SO "a
N. y, Ont. 4 West. gen mtg As 1924 104
n. Y, Sus. & West. gen mtg 5s. 96 961a
Nor. Pacific prior gen mtg 5s. .103 104
Northern Pacific gen lien 6 3s. GSA 6s%
Oregon Short Line Con. 5s. ~. Ill 111M
Phila. & Reading gen mtg As. ~. SOY 90
Rio Grande " West. list mtg As. "a 94la
Southern Ry list Con. & 5s. -. .105% 108
St Louis & Southw. 1st mtg 5s.. OH 92
Texas s. Pacific LIST mtg 5s..... .l12h 113
Union Pacific As. .1o4h 1o4A
Wabash Ry Co. LIST mtg & IS. =. .114h 115
Wabash Ry Co. I'd mtg 5s..... "a 90
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BEAR STORY mob pove

Happy Hollow was our hone-ar
ideal little poets valley, nesting in the
mountains of east Tennessee and SIR,
rounded by splendid mountain ranges
The name was most appropriately giver
10 mat hollow, which was happy ii
lact as IN name. where, in COMPANY
with my boyhood's boon companion
Plato--a great ugly brindle cur dog. as
true and faithful as dumb brute eve,
was-I have had many an exciting how.
1sh romp and ramble in the DAVIS long
gone.
one morning in the early fall of 1871
while Plato and I were out for a rab.
DIT hunt In the upper end Of the hollow
L mad an experience, which I am in no
danger OF forgetting until life itself is
forgotten. 1t was my 18th birthday
ana my father had presented me that
morning with a long-coveted treasure
In the form of a shotgun 1t was n
single-barrel muzzle-loader concern
and would doubtless be considered quite
Anticipated by boys of this advanced age
of the breech-ioader and the hammer
less. AT all events, it was entirely up
to date then, and 1 am able to recall
few prouder, happier moments of nv
life than when that gun--I have it yet
first came into my possession. On the
morning in question 1 had 1t on nv
shoulder, feeling like veritable
Napoleon Bonaparte going forth to con-
Quer the world.
The rabbits must have heard the
news, however, for hunt as he would.
old Plato could not start even a single
one Of them. They were ordinarily
plentiful enough.
At length weary with walking. I sat
down ut ths very foot Of the mountain,
whicn formed an almost perpendicular
wall above my head. Just to the right
of me was the dreaded Danger Line"
of the mountain range-a rocky, bar
rem, desolate stretch or belt across the
mountain, with here and there a cave
sunk IN pr huge rock jutting out
When all the rest of the mountain sides
were clad in the green garments of
springtine, or the russell robes of
autumn, this stretch of sterile, untim
loered land showed, naked and glarng,
like an ugly frown on natures face
1t was Some unpleasant freak in the
construction Of the mountains that 7
never knew the reason for, but I know
that Danger Line" was universally
avoided, by white and black alike-the
latter declaring that it was haunted"
and the former that there were rattle
snakes, and even worse things to be
encountered there. My mother had
positively forbidden me ever to go into
that part of the mountain, and hither-
to had seen 1t only from a distance,
curiously.
/ had sat there under the shadow of
the mountain In the sweet autumn still
ness for perhaps ten minutes, tired,
half-d dreaming, half-wishing myself at
home, when was suddenly aroused to
life and interest by a furious, excited
barking far UP the cliff above me and
slightly to my right At first 7 doubted
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writing now, snoozing snugly In the
evening sunbeams where they play
upon the floor through the open win
dow, is a large and beautiful Maltese
cat, coiled up, in restful oblivion to all
am writing, on an immense bear skin,
the wearer of which once came so near
making an end of me.-Rufus McClain
Fields, in Country Gentleman.