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CAT FOSTERS WOLF CUB.

wolf, so the remaining animal was
carried home and placed in Tabby's
nest along with the black kitten. The
mOtherly animal at once began to lick
the doggish little brute and the latter
sucked at her breast as if he belonged
to the cat family. The black kitten
also took up with the stranger. wres-
tied with him at meal time and played
with him as if he were his brother.
The kitten is older than the wolf.
has his eyes open. while the drinkers"
in the little round head of the wolf
are still sealed. The kitten thus has
the advantage of the wolf in feeding.
but when the latter fails to fully APP
pease his hunger he sets up a snarling
and wailing that quickly brings one
of the Blanchard children. nurs-
ing bottle is then produced. the whelp
is given hold of the nipple and he
keeps it until the bottle is empty.
This is the regular season for catch
ing and killing Illinois wolves; and
although it is not generally known
that many of the gray fellows are left
to tell the story of pioneer times the
county clerks count a good many
scalps and pay out a considera bic sum
in bOunties. The usual price is one
dollar scalp for the young, while
ten dollars is paid for the scalp of an
old she wolf.
The old wolves generally know when
their dens are being robbed of their
young and set up a dismal howl that
may be heard many miles. The night
is made hideous with their barking
and wailing, the mother making
fruitless search for the young that
have been taken from her
A man who lives within an hours
ride of Chicago has successfully raised
and tanned a black timber wolf. The
animal was the only one of three that
were caught at the same time that
could be tanned. The owner taught
him to do all kinds of tricks and the
wolf now hunts foxes for his master,
distinguishes coins, rides a horse with
the bride rein in his mouth, distrib.
utes handbills and does many other
interesting things. The owner called
him Teddy and wanted TO give him to
the president. but Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clined the gift.-Chicago Daily News.
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thrilling yells, and broke through the
union forces till checked and hurled
back by the One Hundred and Second.
Immediately after this repulse the
Twelfth Georgia, numbering 600 men,
came out of the woods in front of the
New York boys intrenchments, and
swept down like a tornado in the direc-
ton of the color company commanded
by Capt. Green.
A fierce struggle followed for the pos
session of the national colors. The Off
GERS in command of the GeOrgians
sprang at Capt. Green with appraised
sword, and shouted, Surrender"
Not yeti" thundered back Green, and
he seized the confederate, who was a
much smaller man, and, dashing him to
the ground, he tore the sword from his
grasp and hurled it away.
The men were now engaged in a des-
perate hand-to-hand conflict, and con-
fate of his commander, leaped at Green,
placed his knee at the middle of his back
and flung him to the ground.
Like maddened tiger Green, was on
his feet in an instant, and the sergeant
was unconscious on the ground.
In this struggle Capt Green's giant
strength asserted itself, and he became
the center about which the contest
ragged. The banners were so near to-
gether that a varying wind might have
mingled their folds. He leaped for the
opposing color sergeant and tearing the
flag from his grasp, he shouted: This is
mine!"
Quick as flash he stripped the colors
from the staff, threw the staff away,
and pushed the silken southern cross
inside his coat
Seeing their colors gone, the confed-
crates broke and made for the cover of
the woods from which they had lately
emerged, but nearly one-half their
forces were prisoners in Capt. Green's
hands.
Capt. Green was supplemented,
modest man, and did not take kindly to
the name the boys gave him after that
viz, THE Samson of the Army of the
Potomac"
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BOTH WERE HEROES.
BIOodshed Was Expected When They
Met, But HOstilities Were
Averteu.

They told us as we reached Lawns
dale that there was certain to be shoot
ing affair between two prominent citi-
zens, who had had a falling out, and
for the next half-hour we expected
every minute to hear the pop of pis-
tolls.
Then, from the hotel veranda we saw
the two men meet and heard one of
them inquire, relates the Boston Globe:
Beg pardon, but is this Maiah Will
liams?"
ut is, sab"
The Majah Williams, who glorious
ly led the Sixth infantry at Cedar noun
tain?"
Yes, sab, and am l speaking to Kur-
mel Gruber?"
"Yo' ar sab"
THE Kurnel Gruber who worked his
battery at Antietam without supports,
and was justly considered hero?"
The same, sah.'
Then howdy do, kurnel?"
quite well, thankee, majah, Warm
EVENING""
Powerful hot. Hev nip, kurnel?"
Being as it's'you, yes"
And they linked arms and walked off
down the street, and the town drew a
long breath and went to supper.
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stain of red on the bit foam and
turned around.
(Which way did he go?"
Towards the pipestone quarries,
Trent thought. He wanted to show
them to Miss Howard.
HE will marry her, yes?" The girl
glanced at him stealthily from under
her lashes.
Looks that way" said Trent,
carelessly, but the look in her eyes
bothered him and he watched until
the pony was a mere dust speck on
the prairie and wondered what mis-
chief the half-breed was up to.
Ainslee and Estelle rode leisurely
on. 1t was after shutdown when the
dried up creek and long line of dark
red bluffs came in view- They looked
like jasper in the rudy light of the
afterglow.
A light, fresh breeze had sprung
up from the southeast with the set
ting of the sun. Before they had
ridden two miles the horses began to
act FESTIVE, and ainslee's glance wal
fixed ahead on low. pale vapor
that seemed to rise like mist out on
the prairie between them and the
fort He said nothing to alarm her,
and they rode faster as the twilight
closed in. Suddenly Estelle drew
rein.
"There is a fire somewhere" she
said. Don't you smell smoke?"
1T is probably smouldering grass
somewhere" he returned rising in
his stirrups to get a better view.
There is no danger. They will see
it from the fort and send for US"
They rode on in silence. 1t was his
first prairie fire, and he had a vague
idea that there must be some clear
spot where they could break through
in safety but as the dusk grew deep
er he caught glimpse of low flashes
of light here and there in the dis
lance and halted again.
There is no danger he said. But
l think we had better turn back to
be sure"
She obeyed and urged her horse
raster. AlnSlee wondered desperately
whether they could make the quar-
ries before that line of smoke and
flame swept over them, whether the
horses would hold out, whether she
would faint when she realized the
truth, whether they would send from
the fort, wondering fifty things at
once and. most of all, whether she
loved him.
AS the red bluffs doomed ahead in
the gloom, the smoke grew dense
and the horses staggered blindly.
Ainslee dismounted and held out his
arms.
eve shall have to run for it." he
said. "The horses will make their
way without u.s.
She laid her hand in his and they
run like children down the slope of
the creek bed. At the bottom she
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WARTIME BULLY WILTED.
Acted Like n Great Fighter Until a
Bullet Scratched Him, Then
He BIubbered.

"a most unusual thing" said the
sergeant, in the Chicago Inter Ocean,
happened in our company in West
Virginia. There had been a skirmish in
the mountains across the river from
camp and our company was ordered up
the road. We found signs of the enemy
in less than a mile and finally heard the
noise of a heavy advancing column.
The company was posted to command
the mountain road and the captain with
two men went forward to reconnoiter.
They came, at sharp turn of the road,
face to face with the enemys advance
guard, and the captain, who was carry
ing musket, blazed away without an
instants hesitation and killed the Off
GER in command of the enemy. There
upon the confederates threw themselves
bodily on the captain and his two men
and all were sent to Richmond"
Il suppose" said the corporal by
brevet, that the captain was criticised
for carrying a husket. But in the Thir-
teenth Massachusetts, which saw a
good deal of service in the Army of the
Potomac 1--WE were in over 20 engage
ments), the adjutant, sergeant, major,
captains and lieutenants generally
came out of fight with rifles in their
hands and empty cartridge boxes. The
boys were in the habit of saying that
the shoulder straps picked up rifles to
keep up their courage, but we knew
they did it from choice. AS the most
of the commissioned officers had come
up from the ranks they felt more at
home in a fight with rifles than with
swords.
1T is true, nevertheless, that men in
battle often joked with each other to
keep up their courage. At that time |
had very full eye, an OK eye, the boys
called it, and as | was one of the short
est men in the company | came as a
rule next to our left guide, old Jerry B.,
whose face showed how he felt when
the bullets began to fly But no matter
how badly scared Jerry was, he always
called my attention to the fact that
my eyes were sticking out so that he
could hang his hat on them. This was
said to me a hundred times, and a hun
dred times | told Jerry that if he was
half as scared as | was he would run.
AT the battle of Fredericksburg our
regiment was on the skirmish line for
eighteen hours, and hard at it all the
time. When the assault was ordered we
we were to rally on the reserve, 80
vancing line might run over us. Then
we pere to rally on the reserve, so
rods to the rear. To reach the reserve
we had to cross an open field over which
bullets were flying like hail. Even in
that crisis hesitated to run the so
rods, fearing that, after facing the enc
my for is hours, | would get a
bullet in my back. So side-stepped that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30
WHEN BEDTIME COMES.

Just when I'm having such good times
l never had before,
With all my playthings spread around
On table, chairs and floor;
When it's dusk behind the sofa back
And black dark under the stair.
And l wonder what strange animals
Perhaps are lurking there;
And think I'll go a-hunting them,
And begin to clean my gun,
Then mamma shuts her book and says:
Its bedtime, SON."
Outside the window by my crib
l see the sky all red
Where the poor old sun, like me, s'pose.
Has been carried off TO bed.
He never sees the tireflies dance,
Or hears the whippOorwiu;
He never sees the rockets dart
Straight up from Signal Hill;
He never sees the wee star eyes
Wink open, one by one.
/ wonder now who says to him:
It's bedtime, SUM-
Mary Marshall Parks, in Youths Com
paniOn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30
BOUND TO HAVE A WIFE.
Cleveland Man Tilted by His Be
trOthed, Marries Her Chum, After
"a short Courtship.

The marriage of Harry w. Wilson,
of Cleveland, O., to Adah Harrington
Requa, of Kansas City, recently caused
great surprise among their friends at
Kansas City, Mo, for the reason that
Mr.. Wilson came to Kansas City to
marry another young woman, who
changed her mind a short time before
the day set for the wedding and broke
off the engagement
In the summer of 1900. when the
democratic national convention met in
this city, Harry Wilson attended the
convention as delegate. During hia
stay in the city he met Miss Clifton
Mills and her closest friend, Miss Adah
Requa. Mr. Wilson took particular fancy
to Miss Mills and after returning to
Cleveland he began corresponding with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30
A VERITABLE SAMSON.
Green, New York VOIuE teers,
Won the Day.

Acts of personal strength, bravery
and devotion were so common on both
sides during the contest that if they
were all written down it would take a
fair-sized library to hold the books; but
the case of Capt. w. ~ Green, COM
handing at Charlottesville the color
company of the One Hundred and Sec
ond regiment New York volunteers, de-
serves special mention.
After two days hard fighting between
Hooker and Lee, the morning of Sum
day, May 3, 1868, found the One Hun
bred and Second regiment forming a
portion of the Twelfth Army corps, ly-
ing in trenches on the extreme left of the
union forces.
The battle opened at five a. m, and
the One Hundred and Second were sub
jected for several hours to heavy fire
from battery placed by the enemy so
as to enfilade the left flank.
At 10 a. m. the cOnfederates charged
with their characteristic daring and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30
By MRS.E.H.SMITH

'peeped again, and Dick grabbed the
mud where the sound was, and inside
was the frog.
We put him in a bottle. and Dick
rushed off to show him to the natur-
alist, who had wanted to see one all
his life, and that now he could die
happy.
Such cunning little fellow he was,
perfect little frog, bit over an
inch long; of an amber color, I
should say, he looked in the lamp
light, though l have seen him de-
scribed as having "brown back
with a dark cross on it, and white
stomach" | intended to examine
him more carefully by daylight We
left him in the bottle with piece of
netting over the top. When Dick
went to look at him in the morning,
there was just patch of mud in the
bottom of the bottle, and not sign
in the meshes of the netting of the
runaway's escape. We never saw or
heard him again. Dicks little
brother did hope he got back to the
other little peppers" He had what
looked like a bladder on his throat
This is called his vocal sac" When
he wants to peep" he fills it with
air. l have read that he has tiny
round sucker on the end of each toe,
by which he can easily cling to the
grasses, and he knows how to
freeze" when he hears anyone com
ing. All winter the peppers stay down
in the mud, but come out when the
warm weather arrives, and finally
leave the water and live in the trees
through ~ summer.-Little Chron.
icle.
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Charles R. Toll a wealthy farmer. died
at Tyrone recently. He was a member
of the famous Orphan brigade, and after
the war said the county should not be
without a confederate flag as long as
he lived. He kept a large one on the
headboard of his bed. He attended all
reunions, and always took the flag with
him, and left instructions that when he
died he wanted to be buried in it, He
was a superior type of the southern gem
tleman, and contributed literally to aid
unfortunate OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Item.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30
CAT ADOPTS i WOLF.
Peculiar "HapPy Family DiscOv-
cred on Farm Only Two Hours
Ride from Chicago.

A singular outcome of a wolf hunt
near Byron, Ogle county, only about
two hours out of Chicago on the st.
Paul railway, is that two-weeks-old
snarling wolf whelp has been adopted
by cat owned by j. G. Blanchard, who
lives on farm near that town. The
motherly animal is at the same time
rearing kitten that doesn't belong
to her.
One day recently Mr.. Blanchard
found on his farm a wolf den. from
which he dragged ten whelps that
were not more than few days old.
Nine of these were killed and the
bounty of one dollar a scalp was paid
for them. Mr.. Blanchard's folks
thought they would like to have pet
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30

her and made frequent visits to Kan
sas City to see her. In due time the
young people became engaged and the
wedding day was fixed. The other day
Mr.. Wilson came to Kansas City for
the wedding.
After a short visit from he1 be.
trothed, Miss Mills suddenly changed
her mind and broke off the engage
ment. Mr.. Wilson appeared to be very
much grieved but he had come to
Kansas City to be married and did not
intend to have his trip for nothing,
so he laid siege to the heart of Miss
Requa, the friend, who capitulated
within As hours. They were married
and have gone to Cleveland, where
they will occupy the home prepared
for Miss Mills.
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Faithful to Her Old Home.

A grocer in Syracuse gave a brewer
an old cat and four kittens a day old.
The brewer locked them up in his
brewery for the night. When the
grocer came downstairs the next
morning he found the cat and her
four kittens asleep on his doorstep.
The brewery was four miles away,
and the kittens too young to walk
more than a few steps, so the old cat
had carried each one in her mouth
four miles.
The cement foundations of tele-
graph poles are called cement butts.
There is now a company engaged in
their exclusive manufacture.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30
WE HAD TO CROSS AN OPEN FIELD.

80 rods, and was laughed at by the boys
who made quick run.
I'VE had in our regiment one of the
old-style DULLES, who made a good deal
of noise in battle. He was always urg-
ing our boys to give en- hell, and shout
ing threats to the enemy. Most of the
younger men in the regiment thought
the loud talker was great fighter, but
at Fredericksburg he received a slight
flesh wound in the leg which took all the
conceit out of him. He blubbered like a
whipped boy under his trifling wound,
while dozens of men with serious
wounds stood grim and silent, fighting
to the last. We never could get our
bully into another fight, and came to
the conclusion that he was brave
through ignorance, and that when he
learned from experience that bullets
would hurt he lost his nerve"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30

M OW many of you have ever seen
III that little delusion of the
swamps, commonly called the peep
err" One of the first signs of the
spring he is. peeping away through
the soft, warm nights. Did you ever
try to catch one? If you had tried you
would know why l call him "delu-
sion" When you reach the place
where the sound seemed to come from,
you don't see the little piper-he es-
capes you as surely as the mystical
"will-o'-the-wisp, and chooses much
the same kind of place to live in.
The other day Dick, my persistent
nature-boy q call him that because
he usually succeeds in prying out ma
ture secrets when he makes up his
mind to try), declared he was going to
find a "peeper." a friend told him he
had watched hours in vain for one, an
other said her father watched about
an hour for one, and at last he saw him
sitting right in front of him in the
tall grass When the man got there
the pepper just stopped his music and
"lar low" The next day some one
brought Dick a copy of a magazine
which had in it photograph of a
peeper-said to be the first ever taken.
That night after supper, as soon as
it began to grow dusk, Dick put on
his rubber boots and started for the
swamp. Inabout half hour he rushed
into the house, wildly shouting:
1--WE got one! I've got one!"
In his hand was a little pinch of
soft mud He said he had gone to the
place where he had heard the peeping
and waited, Finally, after keeping
stall some time, one little fellow
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30
AN EFFECTIVE TRICK.
To-day ns Much as 1t Amused
Their Fathers

This is remarkably simple but
always surprising and effective trick.
The performer takes the stem of
broken clay pipe or straw and, hold
ing it perpendicular to his mouth,
places a pea quickly upon the upper
end. Then he makes the pea hop up
and down to a lively tune on the piano.
The whole trick consists in sticking
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30
THE DANCING PEA.

a long thin needle into the pea. This
forces it always to return to its place.
a piece of thin wire can be used in
stead of the needle, which in order to
remain invisible, should not be bright
and shining. Care must be taken that
the needle or wire is fastened well into
the pea, so that it will not drop into the
performers mouth-Louisville Cou-
rier-JOurnal
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slipped on rolling rock and he
caught her in his arms. The cloud
of dark genii shapes were closing in
on them, and with one last glance
over his shoulder he held her close
to him and struggled up the bluff
towards cave near the summit. BY
the time he reached it the first
scorching blast of fire was licking up
the tall, yellow grass of the creek
bed. With a low, cracking roar it
swept across, and broke helplessly.
like a beast of prey, on the lower
face of the pipestone barrier, then
parted and moved on like the divided
currents of a river.
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We followed in the wake of the
fire. At the first alarm Burton head
ed a rescue party for the southerly
wind which saved the fort from de-
struction blew the whole force of the
flames northward, and we knew it
'''""'d catch them somewhere The
only thing of interest that the fire
left was a half-burned Indian quirt
near the starting line, and Burton
hid it from sight until a month later,
when Ainslee and his bride went east
on their wedding trip. 1t was Sun
Fires. but some way we did not
blame her
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-07-30

The doctors say fat babies are not
healthy. Is this, asks the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald, to be construed as deadly
blow at the nursing bottle?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-25
NEW PLAN FOR ICE MEN.
They Will Work for Company Instead
of for Themselves

Delos Woods, manager of the Crystal
Ice company. yesterday announced that
this season he would inaugurate a new
scheme for furnishing fee to the people
of this city Heretofore the drivers of
the wagons purchased the ice of the COM
pany and sold it to the consumer. Some
times complaint of short weight were
made and poor service. The iceman said
that he was given short weight at the
plant and had to get even some place
so he divided it among his customers.
This season the company will hire the
men to drive the wagons. Each wagon
will have pair of scales and any COM
plant made about short weight are to
be reported to the factory and corrected
there. In former years when anyone de-
sired some ice they telephoned to the
plant their order. The company could
not sci lice except at the door Of their
plant and of course could not deliver the
goods They would tell the men about
ii, but of course a man would not drive
a big ice wagon twenty blocks for 100
pounds of ice or even smaller order.
satisfaction and Mr.. Woods promises to
remedy it as far as possible this year by
having scales on his wagons and making
the men responsible to him.
There have been many rumors of an ice
trust being formed in this city and that
prices would go away Up this season. Mr..
Woods emphatically denied this to the
Eagle yesterday and stated that as far
as he knew there would be no change in
prices OF fee this summer.