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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25
DOES NOT LIKE BALL VALVES.
Old Detective Tells How One OF Them
Figured in His Prison
er's Escape.

81 never had but one prisoner es-
cape from me- said an old railroad
detective to a New Orleans Times
Democrat reporter, land that was
under very peculiar circumstances.
In 1892, when / was working for the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road, I
captured fellow named Jim Lake,
who was wanted for robbing freight
cars. | got him near Trinidad, Col,
and after securing the requisition pa
pers started east with him for Kan
sas City. Lake was a little, consump-
tive chap, fraiI as woman, and I
didn't consider it necessary to even
put the handouts on him. With one
twist 1 could have broken him in two.
Besides, 1 didn't care to cause him
needless humiliation before the other
passengers in the role of a prisoner,
so we simply sat side by side, like two
fellow tourists, and nobody in the
cars had any idea he was under ar
rest.
Naturally we did a good deal Of
talking, and at about dusk of the first
evening out Lake turned the converse
ton to curious mechanical contriv-
ances and described seeral remark
able machines he had SEEN. He had
been skilled engineer earlier in, life,
and, being a good talker, soon got me
deeply interested. Among other
things he told me about an air pump
with a singular ball valve. The ball
lies in socket, and the greater the
air pressure behind it the tighter it
sticks To illustrate, he twisted an
old envelope into cone and dropped
paper wad into the mouth. Now,
when I blow he continued, you'll
see that the wad stays right where it
Is Like fool, stared at the thing,
and he blew violently into the little
end. At the same instant 1 felt as if
a raging furnace had suddenly
belched it's flames right into my face.
1 couldn't see, / couldn't breathe; for
moment or two / couldn't even
move My throat and nostrils were
on fire, and 1 felt sure my eyes had
been burned literally out of their
sockets.
"What had happened was simply
this: The envelope was full of red
pepper and I had received the charge
point blank, at about six-inch range,
While I was gasping the scoundrel
ran to the other end of the car. My
friend has fiji he shouted; I'm
going after water!' Of course, he
jumped off, and that was the last of
him. He was never caught. The
other day man tried to sell me a
lawn sprinkler. 1T has patent ball
valve he said. 4 don't want it. re-
Piled"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25
JUGGED MUTTON.
BY Closely Following Directions One
VIII Find 1t PaIRtabIe and
Nutritious.

Cut some moderately thick slices
Sufficient for dish) from the remains
of a leg of roast mutton and place them
for an hour previous to cooking in
pickle composed of two tablespoonful
of salad oil, one and half teaspoonfuls
of vinegar, a sliced onion, saltspoon-
full of black pepper, small bunch of
parsley, which has been bruised, and
three cloves. Rub an earthen jar over
with clarified dripping and put in the
slices of meat, an onion, and carrot
cut into rather thick slices, few pieces
of celery, saltspoonful of black pep
per. dust of cayenne, a little salt and
small blade of mace, says the Washing,
ton Star.
Pour in enough brown stock, which
should be hot, to entirely cover the
meat and put the jar into a saucepan
containing boiling water and let the
meat cook for two and half hours.
At the end of the time take the jar out
of the saucepan and put the meat on a
hot dish in the oven for a few moments
while the sauce is made. Strain the
stock in which the meat was cooked
into a saucepan in which a small guam
tity of melted dripping and flour (use
in the proportion of one ounce of each
for half pint of liquid) have been
cooked together until lightly Drowned
and stir quickly until the sauce is
smooth and thick; add few drops of
browning if necessary to make the
sauce a rich brown, a teaspoonful of red
currant jelly, small quantity of mush-
room ketchup, few drops of lemon
juice.
Pour the sauce through strainer
over the meat and garnish the dish
with little sippets of fried bread.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25

ton, where he had been doing over a
paper, man of middle age, slim, ath-
letic, with heavy mustache and i'm
perial, just beginning to turn gray, with
deep-set eyes under bushy brOws, and
keen face, rather deeply lined. There
was look of dissipation there, a shade
ofshabbiness about his clothes, a rakish
cut to the entire personality that
caused Folsom to glance distrustfully
at him more than once the previous
afternoon, and to meet with coldness
the tentatives permissible in fellow
travellers. The strangers morning
had been lonesome. Now he held his
newspaper where it would partly
shield his face, yet permit his watching
the officers across the aisle. And some
thing in his stealthy scrutiny attracted
Pappoose.
YES" continued the major, Il have
seen a great deal of that country, and
Mr.. Dean, of whom you spoke, was at
tached to the troop escorting our COM
mission. He is hardly-I regret to have
to say it-er-what you imagine We
were, to put it mildly, much disap-
pointed in his conduct the day of our
meeting with the Sioux"
A swift, surprised glance passed be-
tween the girls, a panied look shot
into the lieutenant's face, but before
the major could go on the man across
the aisle arose and bent over him with
extended hand.
"Ah, Burleigh, l thought knew the
voice. But the hand was not grasped.
The major was drawing back, his face
growing yellow-white with some
strange dismay.
You don't seem sure of my identity.
Let me refresh your memory, Bur
leigh. l am Capt. Newhall. l see you
need a drink, major-Ill take one with
you"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25
rHE pEssIMlsr AND EArE.

He's in love with Despair!
When a day is fair
1t makes him sad;
His Joy is to prate
OF the ills he's had
OF the means that Fate
Is ever taking to raise the bad
And trample the good beneath her feet
Woe is his joy, his drink, his meat!
re staked his all, one day,
aud didn't lose:
But he went around in a mournful wav.
With the blues!
You might have been dragged to the
Depths" men said
And yet you were favored as never be-
forer'
But he sighed
And shook his head:
Had Fate been fair" he sadly replied
IT might have had much more!"
His child lay white and wan,
And he sat in the dark
Moaning that hope was gone,
That Fate had singled him for her
mark,
But the little one sings
And her laughter rings
Through the halls to-day,
Yet he grieves away,
For still
There's Fate and the doctors bill!
S. E. Kiser. in Chicago Tines Herald.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25
From the Mare,s Mouth.

Sir Robert Finlay, the new attorney
general, like most counsel with large
practice, knows what it is to receive a
disconcerting reply from an apparent
ly guileless witness, and tells a good
story against himself in illustration.
He was engaged on a case for a breach
of warranty of horse, the age of the
animal being the chief matter in dis
pute, andhad cross-eXamined hostler,
a yokel with every appearance of rustic
simplicity. Upon what authority do
you swear to lineage of the mare?" he
asked I'm sure of it," was the reply.
Half dozen more questions failed to
elicit from the witness any more spe-
cific answer. But how do you know?"
Numbered Sir Robert at last. 81 had
it from the mares own mouth" re-
piled the hostler.-London Chronicle.
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dfer's bounding heart, just nipping and
soaring the skin, had left its worst
mark on that dainty carte de visite.
In that same pocket, too, was another
packet-a letter which had been picked
up on the floor of the hut at Reno after
BHrleigh left-one for which the major
had searched in vain, for it was under
meath lot of newspapers. you take
that after him. said the cantonment
commander, as Dean followed with the
troop next day, and little dreamed
what it contained.
That very day, in the heavy. old
fashioned sleeping cars of the Union
Pacific, two young girls were seated in
their section on the northward side.
One, dark-eyed, radiant beauty, gazed
out over the desolate slopes and far
reaching stretches of prairie and dis
tant lines of bald bluff, with delight in
her dancing eyes. The other, a win
some maid of 10, looked on with mild
wonderment, not unmixed with disap-
pointment she would gladly have hid
den. To Elinor the scenes of her child
hood were dear and welcome; to Jessie
there was too much that was somber,
too little that was inviting. But pres
entity, as the long train rolled slowly
to the platform of. rude wooden sta
ton building, there came a sight at
which the eyes of both girls danced in
eager interest-a row of ''A' tents on
the open prairie, a long line of horses
tethered to the picket ropes, groups
of stalwart, sunburned men in rough
blue garb, silken guidon Tapping by
the tents of the officers 1t was one of
half a dozen such camps of detached
troops they had been passing ever since
breakfast time-the camps of isolated
little commands guarding the new rail-
way on the climb to Cheyenne. Papa,
with one or two old cronies. was play
ing ''Old sledge" in the smoking COM
partment. At big station few miles
back two men in the uniform of officers
boarded the car, one of them burly, ro-
tund and saHow. He was shown to the
section just in front of the girls, and at
Pappoose he stared-stared long and
hard, so that she bit her lip and turned
nervously away. The porter busted
the seat and disposed of the hand lug
gage and hung about the new arrivals
in adulation. The burly man was evil
IDENTIFY parsonage of Importance, and
his shoulder straps indicated that he
was a major of the general staff. The
other, who followed somewhat diff
IDENTIFY, was a young lieutenant of in
fantry, whose trim frock coat snugly
fitted his slender figure.
''Ah, sit down here, Mr.-Mr. Loom
is" said the major, patronizingly. $50
you are going up to the Big Horn.
Well, sir, l hope we shall hear good ac-
counts of you. There's a splendid field
for officers of the right sort-there-
and opportunities for distinction
every day"
At sound of the staff officers voice
there reused up from the opposite sec
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father, and such a friend as she had
been to his Pappoose when, a homesick.
sad-eyed child, she entered upon her
schooldays. Elinor herself had to
chide him, and with contrition and dis
may he admitted his fault, and then
Tor hours nothing could exceed his hos
pitable attentions to Jessie, who, sore
" disappointed because Marshall was
not there to meet her, was growing
anxious as no tidings came from him.
Two whole days the damseIs spent in
going over the new house, eXclaiming
over papa's lavish preparations, but
wishing presently that Mrs. Fletcher
were not quite so much in evidence,
here, there, and everywhere. Only
when bedtime came and they could
nestle in one or other of their connect
ing rooms were they secure from inter
rUption, and even then it presently ap-
peared they could not talk confiden-
tally as of old. Folsom had taken
them driving each afternoon, he him
self handling the reins over his hand
some bays, Elinor at his side the first
time, and Jessie, with Mrs. Fletcher,
occupying the rear seat. But this,
Elinor whispered to him, was not as it
should be. Her guest should have the
seat of honor. So, next day, Jessie was
handed to the front and Mrs. Fletcher
and Pappoose were placed in rear,
and in this order they bowled round
the fort and listened to the band and
talked with several of the women and
one or two officers, but these latter
could tell nothing about Lieut.. Dean
except that they had been expecting
him for two days-he having taken the
long way home, which both Jessie and
Pappoose considered odd under the
circumstances, though neither said so
and nobody thought to explain. But
the morning of the third day Miss Fol-
som"-as the veteran was amazed to
hear his daughter addressed, yet on re-
Election concluded that he'd be tempted
to Kick any man who addressed her
seized favorable Oppor-
tunity and whisked her fond father
into corner of his library, and there
gave him to understand that in eastern
circles the housekeeper might some
times, perhaps, accompany the young
ladies when they were going shopping,
or the like, alone, but that when
escorted by papa it was quite unneces-
sary 1t was, in fact, not at all con-
ventional
RIO BE Continued
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25
ITO Be continued.l
The Japanese Divorce

The following are the texts of won
drous letters, bearing a recent date,
exchanged between an aggrieved' hus-
band and his delighted successor, both
of Azuma-mura, Ashikaga district, To-
chigi prefecture.
"Mr. Sokichi Yamamoto: Sir-You
have been guilty of improper firta-
tons with my wife, Tsune, and the
affair has greatly grieved me- For
this reason I have made various COM
plants against you for your offensive
conduct, through the members of. our
communal body, and you have sent
me endless apologies, but as / find
them unsatisfactory, 1 have like a
man decided to get rid of my wife,
and l do herewith give and transfer
her to you Henceforth l will not en-
terrain any lingering affection for the
woman, and in proof thereof witness
my signature. Kamekichi Fuiikawa."
''-Ir. Kamekichi Fujikawa: Sir-It
is indisputably true that l have been
sguilty of intimacy with your beloved
wife, and on that account have sent
you apologies through the. members
of our communal body. You have,
however, steadfastly refused to for
give and have instead forwarded your
wife to me. As it is your will, beg
herewith to acknowledge receipt and
transference of said wife, Etc.
japan Times
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25
Fried Rrenhnnnrh-

When your bread is ready for the
baking pans reserve quart of the
dough; cut it into II thin. oblong pieces
putting them on a well-greased plat.
ter, some distance apart. Let the
dough get very light. A few moments
before dinner is served put two table
spoons of lard into skillet and heat
very hot. Drop the pieces of dough
into the lard and fry delicate brown
on both sides. Serve Immediately and
You have dish that wild bear repeti-
ton. 1t may be eaten with strip or a
fruit sauce or without either. Whole
wheat bread dough is nice served in
this way.-Ladies' World.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25
To Clean and, polish a Piano,

In cleaning and polishing piano go
over the woodwork with a cloth wet
with paraffiae oil, BEING generous with
the oil where the woodwork is very
much soiled. Let this remain two or
three hours; this is to soften the dirt.
Then wash with soap and water and a
soft cloth, being careful not 20 let any
water touch the works inside he piano
Use a good white or a whit. CASTLE
soap Wipe dry with a soft ,loth aud
polish NTH soft old linen OF chamois
leather Ladies Home journal
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25
CHAPTER TX.

For nearly week after the home
coming of his beloved daughter John
Folsom was too happy in her presence
to give much thought to other matters.
BY the end of that week, however. the
honest old westerner found anxieties
thickening about him. There were As
hours Of undimmed rejoicing. Elinor
vas so radiant, so fond, and had grown.
so said the proud father to himself, and
so said others. SO wondrously lovely.
His eyes followed her every movement.
he found himself negligent Of her gem
tie little friend and guest, Jessie Dean,
TO whom he bad vowed to be a second
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25
Most ConN3derate Man.

Eyes; / think his marriage showed
him to be most considerate and kind
hearted man."
"Considerate and kindhearted! Well,
| admit that she's not beautiful, but
she's worth a mint of money, and
wouldn't have suffered for a husband
if he had never seen her."
"Oh, l don't mean that he showed
consideration for her, but for his cred
itors. Chicago Post.
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A strnnr Indicntinn-

do you think he has any real bust
ness ability?
Il should say he had. 1 did him the
favor of going on his bond. without
compensation. the other day, and
blamed if he didn't let me furnish the
war tax Stamp for the document. -
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25
UnsopbiSticated.

The Fiancee-Poor fellow. He con-
fessed that l was not the only girl he
ever loved.
The Confdante-Oh, well, that
doesn't make any difference.
The Fiancee-Of course not; he
seemed to be afraid it might.-Brook-
lyn Life.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25

Bookkeeper-I think l ought to get
more pay! l am engaged to get mar
riedl
Employer-Well. hurry up and get
married and you won't need more payt
It's this being engaged that's SC expen,
sivel-Puclx.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25

A noiseless street piauo would FL
Iong-felt want-Chicago Daily
NvAA.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-09-25

with a letter from his late post COM
mander: Your vigorous pursuit and
prompt, soldierly action have added to
the fine record already made and merit
hearty cOmmendation." The cordial
words brought sunshine to his heart
How proud Jess would be, and mother!
He had not had word from either for
over a week. The latter, though far
from strong, was content at home in
the loving care of his sister, and in the
hope that he would soon obtain the
leave of absence so long anticipated
and, after Jess's brief visit to Pap
posses new home, would come to
gladden. the eyes of kith and kin, but
mothers most of all, bringing Jessie
with him. Little hope of leave of alb
sence was there now, and less was he
the man to ask it with such troubles
looming up all along the line of from
tier posts to the north. But at least
there would be the joy of seeing Jess in
a few days and showing her his troop
her and Pappoose. How wonderfully
that little schoolgirl must have grown
and developed How beautiful a girl
She must now be if that photograph
was no fattererl BY the way, where
was that photo? What had he done
with it? For the first time in four
days he remembered his picking it up
when Mrs. Hal Folsom collapsed at
sight of Jake's swoOning. Down in the
depths of the side pocket of his heavy
blue flannel hunting shirt he found it.
crumpled bit, and all its lower left
hand corner bent and blackened and
crushed. Chaska's last shot that tore
its way so close below the young sol
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-13

formerly of Wales, but now OF West
Scranton, will given an entertainment
at Parker's hotel on Union street.
At the Methodist Episcopal church
tomorrow the pastor. Rev. Francis
Gendali, will preach at the usual hours.
Sunday school at 2.15 p. m.
The Young Peoples society OF the
Calvary Baptist church will conduct
grand social in the church vestry on
Monday evening. The menu will con-
sist of cake. coffee. faggots. etc.
Mrs. william Baker and daughter,
Ella, of Nicholson. are visiting rela-
tives on North Main street.
Mrs. John T.. Evans and daughter,
Margaret, were the guests of relatives
in Nanticoke yesterday.
Services at the Calvary Baptist
church tomorrow as usual. Rev. DR..
II. II. Harris. pastor officiating.
Mrs. Jones has returned to her home
i'm Petersburg after visiting friends
heca
The fair of immaculate Church of
Conception at weber's rink was largely
attended last evening.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-13
THEATRICAL.
"His Excellency, the Governor. "

At the Lyceum last night Frohman
company, headed by Joseph HOLLAND
and Ethel Barrymore, presented His
Excellency. the Governor" which the
author, r. Marshall terms farccal
romance" 1t is very bright and very
entertaining and thoroughly delighted
that saw it last night. Nothing hettor
in the way of light comedy has been
seen here this season.
The scene is laid in one of the island
possessions of the British empire ami
the three acts Of the comedy have their
being i'm the vestibule of the govern.
ment house of this particular island.
which, for the purpose of the romance,
is called Amandatland Island. Indian
ocean. There is neither the wearisome
number of scenes nor the wearisOme
tangle of Identities and situation light
comedy builders consider Indispensable.
There Is just a quaint story artistically
developed by competent actors.
Joseph Holland was Sir Montague
Martin. the polished and distingushel
looking governor Of the island who
made fine central figure for the other
characters to revolve around. Miss
Barrymore was quite surprise. On
her former visits to the city she seems
to have been unhappily cast and Scran-
ton theatergoers did not give her cred-
1t for the cleverness she displayed last
night. Her deftness in the comedy
scenes in which she was last night
the prominent figure prove that she
has future on the stage that will be
interesting to watch.
+. Newton-Lind did well in an &C.
centric role and Edward Lee. Junius
Booth. Charlotte Crane and Ida Var
non show marked ability.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-13
The Utopians at Gaiety.

Burlesque, vaudeville and farce COM
edy will be the attractions at the
Gaietv theater, which will be pre-
sented by the UtOpians, who make
their first appearance in Scranton. The
Utopians consist Of a company Of
thirty people, twenty carefully selected
chorus ladies and ten of the best COM
edians ever appearing together in ona
show
The performance commences with
a burlesNue Of that far1Ous New York
resort. lie Chat NOir (The Black CaD.
followed by an olio of vaudeville,
headed by Barton and Ashley, who in
troduce their original tough cake
walk the three Gardners, James G..
Flynn. assisted by Ida DEXTER the
three sisters Lane and Clara Adams.
The performance concludes with a
hilarious farce replete with songs and
dances, entitled. Hotel RaZzle Daz-
Zle"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-13
"Children of the Ghetto.

I.iebler & Co.'S original New York
and London production Of Israel Zang-
Wills dramatization of his own fam
Gus novel. children of the Ghetto"
will be the extraordinary attraction at
the Lyccurn next Monday evening. 1t
is by peculiar combination OF cir
cumstances that local theater- -goers
will be enabled TO see this great pro-
duction with its original cast, scenery
and elaborate stage settings. exactly
as it was presented at the Herald
Square theater, New York, and the
Adelphi thcater, London.
The latter part of November I.eibler
K Co. sent the American company
across the Atlantic to present the
play in the city where its scenes are
laid, but British reverses i'm South
Africa threw such a damper over the
spirits Of the London public that the
places Of amusement We're but poorly
patronized. Accordingly the company
returned tn America before It was in
tended. and preparatory to engage.
ments in some of the larger cities Of
the United States, will fiji in few
weeks on the road. This means q
great deal to play numbering thirty
two speaking parts. with twice that
number Of extra people, who appear
In one Of the greatest mob scenes ever
put on the stage. the Jews market in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-13
PECKvILLE.

Services in the Methodist Episcopal
church tomorrow at 1890 a. m. and Z
p. m. Preaching by the pastor, Rev.
S. C. Simpkins. Theme for morning
''The Strength of the Helpless:"
evening, MANS Unwise Attitude to
Christ Evangelistic services. All
welcome.
At regular meeting of the MEM
bers of the Methodist Episcopal church
held last Thursday night Mr.. Henry
Chapman and George Treverton were
elected trustees to serve three years.
The e>meetings in the Methodist Epis-
copal church have been very interest
ing all this week. Four have expressed
their desire to live better life and
it has been decided TO continue them
next week.
Peckville Baptist Church,. l..
Thomas, pastor. Services tomorrow
at 1890 a. m. and p. m. Morning
subject. What Sin Did for a Good
Man," evening subject. "Going Home"
Sabbath school at 11.30 a. m. All are
welcome.
The new organ for the Presbyterian
church has arrived. and the choir will
render special music tomorrow even
ing.