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that it was worth the money; that this, as
the old man had set out to have it. was for
once. anyway, really something like.
Great as the old man was In planning
on great scaie. ne never forgot or neglected
the de tails; he hadn't provided q baked
ostrich for the giants dinner and then left
the great man TO try to carve this great
bird with an ordinary carving knife and
fork, No; he had provided him, for this
occasion, with a carving knife having a
blade longer and "1der,n sabre blade; and
and fork the giant picked up and proceeded
to carve with, Just as II they'd been of ordi-
nary size, which, Of course, they really was
to him, .,, - -
great, and it never occurred to him but
what hers could eat as much as he did.
He carved of a second joint Of the sstrich
and sent it around to the old man, on one
Of he rlatters that the cook had sent In to
use for plates.
that yourself. Don't rob yourself
But the giant wouldn't listen to him;
he insisted on the old man keeping it.
And he would have sent me the other Sec
ond joint, but l told him I'd rather have
dr,imstick.
That drumstick, you know, had more
meat on it than a ,good-sized ham, so that
there would have been, even II had liked
it, good deal more Of IT than / wanted
anyway. But, say! While it may not be,
as they say in the Congress debates, ex-
actly gcrmane to the subject. Id like to
say, just persona ly to you, that if I had
money enough so that could afford TO buy
pretty much anything l wanted to eat l
never should spend very much Of II on baked
ostrich. That 1 had at the giants dinner
was the first l ever eat-I don't think
should miss it much if never had any more.
But the giant? Well, the great giant
actually seemed to like 1.-THE ate away oni
n, { h. did, anyway in the coli Sc Of
time. in carving, wheh he came to the wish
bone and carved that out he held II up and
smiled. He didn't do this bee ause it was
80 hiS. whit h it wasn't. in fact, to him, but
Just as every carver does when he comes
10 the wshbone ;-everybody holds up the
wishbone: but .he rest of us smiled little
over its size, when we saw II. as you sec IL
there now on the wall;'-a wishbone with
arms two feet long.
After dinner the giants hung the rich s
wishbone on harness peg in the hall to
dry. and u week later, one day, he asked me
to break il with him and wish. And we
two pulled on that wishbone till we pulled
it pooty near straight and the n never cracked
ii; you'd thought 1t was made OF a combi-
nation of steel and gutta-percha. And
then the giant hung Ii up on the harness
peg again, to dry some more, and there it
hung till we were ready to take the road
AGAIN, in the spring and then the giant gave
Il to nc. and I've had the big wishbone
alctid somewhere, ever since, and Just
come across il again to-day
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TOLD BY THE OLD CIRCUS MAN.
A striking Event in the Giants iAie He.
called nv a singular Souvenir.

THAT" said the old circus man, follow
ing the eve of his visitor, which had rested
upon something hanging on the wall OF the
old showman's den why, that's an
ostrich's wishbone, n souvenir OF the great
giant. 1t came out of an ostrich that we
baked one year for the giants Christmas
dinner.
.You see, an ordinary ten, twelve, hfteen-
mound turkey would be to the giant about
the same As a quail would be to us, he was
% hip. and every winter we used to scour
the country round about the town where
the show made its winter quarters 'or
. twenty-five-pound turkey so as to
have a bird that would come somewhere
near TO being in proportion WIN hih' ior
the great giants Christmas dinner vi
course, even such turkey useu 10 loon
like n pigeon beside him, and one WINTER
when we we're talking over the giant 5
coming Christmas dinner, the old man
saws. BY gracious lets give the giant ths
wear, for once in his life. anyhow something
like; let's give him baked ostrich
-That. of course. you understand. meant
=. very costly dinner Now. when these
grea, birds are raised in thus country
snppose YOU can buy good-sized ostrlchs
for somewhere about couple OF hunured
dollars apiece. but the ostrichs we mad. at
that time, cost US $3.50 pair. But we had
had that year a phenoinenaliy good season.
with the great giant easily our greatest
attraction, ana there was never anything
too good for the giant, anyway, and so
when the subject came up the old man
says, IKE that
Lets give him. this year, an ostrich
and we did
-There wasn't any trouble at all about
cooking the bird. We had a big brick
oven, that we d built ourselves to bake
bread in. and we baked the ostrich in that ,
without the sligntest difficulty, and beauti-
fully baked il turned out, too; the chief
cook himself. of course. looking after the
cooking of it.
1T took two men 10 bring the baked
ostrich in. at that Christmas dinner, and the
two men walking down the room with It .
on a great wooden platter, keeping step
all the way, was certainly Il sight to see;
and when they lad SCI this great bird
nicol " browne d. down on the table in front
of the giant. ara you had locked from it
to him. and from hin, to it, why. you fcl
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gentlemen's gentlemen's hotel that they
first learn about the vacancies that aretob be

gentlemens gentlemens hotel that they
first learn about the vacancies that sreto be
filled.
Fellow servants In large houses know
when "A valet leaves and they report the
fact to others, who In turn pass along the
news. Or the servant himself, whether
he be discharged or resigns, goes 20 Inc
haunt Of his colleagues and " Is str&iRht-
way known that his former employer
wants a successor. Then the unemployed
seek out the valetless.
In this informal intelligence office there
are no fees, no commissions and no charges
of any kind beyond the price paid to the
host for his liquor, Standing about the
hor or seated around the tables in the par
lor. the business which. combined with
the pleasure, brings the men to the place
is transacted. The proprietor's rroht
Then there are always Wallets enough out
of employment TO fill his three floors OF
rooms above the bar. So he is not dis
posed to gr,lmble. D.,
The phraseology Of the men who ire
ouent the place is usually American enough,
although their accent ia Londonese. ana
it savors of London even when there is
further back even a suggestion OF Conti'
mental accent. The Wallets, whether they were
native in France. Germany or s~itzeI-
land, had their training. or part OF II, ~
London And this accent is an asset which
none of them would care TO lose
But the majority are English. They, all
have the white look that ,bespeaks indoor
living. They are dressed with, a faded
modishness that has been handed down
from those above, but there Is observable
in many of them tendency to broad checks
and red neckties when they are on duty,
Varied types OF humanity gather about
these tables and varied tales are told there
in the atmosphere laden with the PIPE
smoke-pipes are the favorite smoke OF the
valet even when he is on fatigue duty and
might be expected to enjoy a cigar or
cigarette like his master And as no man
is a hero to his valet, the tales told are not
fiattering TO the employers.
Masters however. are not the only
subjects discussed around the tables.
Weighticr matters Of stock speculation,
poiitical incidents and municipal CUES
lions are also talked over. Social affairs
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THE HENS ARE WORKING HhRD.
So the Supply OF EGGS Newt Winter VIII He
Larger Than Usual.

The American hen is very busy Just now.
She has on hand what is called in the pro-
vision trade the egg season. and that is
period Of great activity and productive
ness for her. The season runs from April
to July.
The indications are that the egg season
this year is an exceptionally good one.
From the middle of March to the middle
OF June about 750, O00,0o0 eggs are handed
daily by the jobbers who deal IN that sort
of farm produce.
Only part of this large number is disposed
of in the markets at once, The Surplus
goes into cold storage and This year an IN
usually large supply of eggs is b7'tG
slowed away.
Instead of the average supply OF sIXfv-
hens. especially those ouJ West. arr work.
ing hard enough to produce, nearly r1'
hundred billions. 50 next winter, in' -
the Egg Trust gets III its wicked WORK ~.
cheap.
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PARK ROW TROLLEY RACES.
A Sunday Afternoon DiverMon OF the
MotOrmcn Al the Post ONCE.

People in Park row near the Post Office
on Sunday afternoons have a chance to
zee trolley races between cars Of the Second
and Fourth avenue lines and those OF the
Third avenue line from the Bridge entrance
to the lower end OF the Post Office.
The cars stop at the junction OF Park
row and Centre street to let passenger off
1t frequently happens that the conductors
give the signals TO start at the same time.
The motormen whisper to each other and
then the full current Is put on,
In most cases the Fourth and Second
avenue cars come out ahead of the Third
avenue cars by few inches. Last Sunday
afternoon quite number of persons walk
ing along Park row on their way to the
Bridge stopped TO look at two cars going
along at full speed.
Both of them started at the same time.
and according 10 those who were watching
them il was a true race. When they re ached
Park row and Btekman street they were
on even terms, but after that the Fourth
avenue car drew ahead and won out II
takes them about twenty-five seconds to 60
from the Bridge to ;he Post Office.
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room YEAR FOR MEAT PACKERS.
Nearly Five Million Fewer HOGS Killed.
and the Slanght cred We're Not So Fat.

Tho meat packing industry began a new
year with April, The packers are now look-
ing over last years business with anything
but satisfaction.
Las; year 4sO8,0OO fewer hogs were
slaughtered than in the preceding year,
and the amount Of meat produced was
$4,000 900 pounds less.
Fewer hogs were marketed and sold
than in any year since 1897. The price of
live hogs rose to high record figure and
provision exports decreased correspond
ingly. The exports of fresh pork were the
lowest for six years.
1t was notable, too, that the hogs were
not up to the standard of fairness demanded
by the prosperity of the times. for the
weight of lard obtained in proportion Ia
the weight Of hogs Was less then it had
been for thirty yoaiG.
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Nick, and It began to dawn on us how he in
tended to 20 about the business of preserv-
ing law and order during the daylight hours
in Tombstone without taking many chances
the depressing aroma OF drugs, lotions, ONT
ments and unguents.
About ten days after Mcdowell had been
tucked away as Nick's No. in his new
official capacity. Jack Bradley, long-hau
freighter from Cochi s county and a
got good, hefty cargo of the cochineal
fluid slowed beneath his surcingle. loped
into Tombstone from Tucson with left
over. Taking up good position on a
little sand mound at the head of the street
he notified all hands within hearing of his
voice that from that moment he had as
slimed the reins of government in Tomb
stone and the environs thereof. Then. to
SORT Of emphasize his remarks, Jack planted
pau she q 3bs an
up the road. 1t was forty-yard shot
and showed that Bradley's prolonged ia,
hadn't filmed his shooting eye any. The
burro jumped clear of the ground with all
four feet, came down on its side, and passed
II up without struggle.
Then Jack descended from the mound
and stroiled to Ramon Fernandez's rum
joint, where he announced he would es-
tablish his headquarters as the plenty
chief Of the camp. Jack numbered around
or so. intimidating men who didn't care to
60 up against his strong gun game. and
announcing that along toward noon he
reckoned he'd lunch on some marshal
meat-he cal clated that after he'd bi, an
arm or two ofr'n the headed, ham
mered down coyote that thought he was
keepn' cases on the camp he wouldn't be
hungry no more till evenin'.
Jack was still delivering himself Of
these fulminations--and the man really
was almost as bad and dangerous az he
pretended to be-when he suddenly broke
of. His attention. and the attention Of
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CLEANER sT. I oJis SIGHTED.

LONG Overdue steamer viii Reach
New York Day.
y Siasconset, Mass, Jan. Through
the medium Of the wireless system
word came ashore to the station here
! at 6:45 last night that the American
line steamship St Louis, for whose
safety there has been some anxiety.
was within twenty-four hours sail Of
Sandy Hook. just what the trouble is
on board the liner could not be ascer-
tained because of the inability Of those
on the South Shoals lightship, forty
miles southeast Of here, to read her
signals, but the conclusion reached
was that either her steam power was
low because of leaky boilers, or she
had broken one Of her twin shafts and
was coming into port under one pro-
peller. At 6:40 the men on the light
ship caught sight of the st. Louis
miles away. Having seen her pass
and repass many times they were able
to identify her as the craft long over
due at New York, and the wireless
operator on the ship Immediately tel
egraphed the glad tidings to the sta
ton here and message was sent at
once to the Office of the American
line in New York. The lightship men
sent word to the station here that the
st. Louis was proceeding on her
course for New York at a very slow
speed, and unless she could increase
it they judged from the rate she was
travelling that she could not reach
Sandy Hook until this evening.
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OPERATORS ON THE STAND.
Say Influence Of Union Restricts Coz;
Production.

Say influence OF Union Restricts Cosi
Production.
Philadelphia, Jan. 10. - More mine
officials yesterday informed the coal
strike commissioners that under the
influence of the union the minework-
ers restricted the production of an
thracite coal and interfered with the
discipline of the employees. The Erie
company closed its case early in the
day after calling physician, who tes-
titled to the good health of the mine
workers. The Scranton Coal COM
pany, which operates. besides it's own
collieries. the Elk Hill Coal and Iron
company's mines, then took up the at
tack on the demands of the miners.
The Scranton and the Elk Hill compa-
MES turn their coal over to the New
York, Ontario & Western railroad,
which virtually controls them. The
witnesses called yesterday testified
generally that no blacklist existed;
that the contract miners worked on an
average of from six to seven hours a
day; that the local unions compelled
the men to load an equal number Of
cars. thus restricting the output: that
the men were careless in obeying or
ders, and that frequent petty strikes
occurred whenever a union man was
dismissed for insubordination.
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Casualties,

Fire in the warehouse of Franklin
McVeagh & Co., wholesale grocers of
Chicago, caused loss estimated at
$150,00O.' The loss is covered by in.
surance.
George H. Trumbell, thirty-fve years
of age, superintendent of a gold mine
in Yadkin county, North Carolina,
was instantly killed by the overturn-
ing of hosting machine. The dead
mans home was in Milwaukee, Wis,
where he leaves a family.
Fire started in c. Mendell's store at
Wapella, NJ w. T., about midnight, de-
stroying the. store and contents. and
the following buildings: R. A. Pease
& Co.'s bank; ]. S. Judges butcher
shop; w. ]. Winnings clothing estab-
lishment, ]. Pritchard's drug store and
Jubilee hall. Mundell's hotel was bad
ly Quilted. The loss is estimated at
about $4,000.
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DOCTORS HAVE LITTLE HOPE
TRAGEDY ALMOST THE ONLY
TOPIC OF CONVERSATION
s IN sTATE.
PRAYERS FOR the STRICKEN MAN.
TILLMAN SAYS HE WAS JUsTl.-
FLED IN ACTING AS HE
DID.

Columbia, S. c., Jan. 17.-Editor NJ
G. Gonzales, who was shot and seri--
ously wounded by Lieut. Gov. Tillman
on the most travelled street in the
capital Of South Carolina, was hold
ing his own at an early hour this.
morning. There had been no change
for either the better or the worse,
since Thursday night. The crisis is
yet to come. The best doctors IN this
part Of the state are doing all they
can to save his life, but hold out little
hope of his recovery At the same time.
Mr.. Gonzales is making plucky fight
for his life, and as he has a strong
constitution, excellent habits and $50
solute will, it is thought there is a.
chance he may pull through, notwith-
standing his critical condition and the,
serious nature of the wound. His
condition and the details of the trag-
edy are almost the only topics of con
versation in South Carolina. Tele-
grams came throughout the day from
all parts of the state and from many
places beyond it's borders expressing
sympathy and asking for the latest
news as to his condition.
Sympathy for Stricken Man.
All day long sympathetic crowds
gathered around the bulletin board on
Main street and expressed ardent
hopes for the recovery of the stricken
man. All the information obtained
was the bulletin of the physicians
posted on the boards. No one, not
even the members of his family werH
permitted to see the patient.
Yesterday morning when the city
schools assembled and prayers were
said, they included all appeal to God
for the recovery of Mr.. Gonzales. At
the South Carolina college prayers
were offered for the recovery of the
stricken editor, and even in the, SEN
ate chamber, where Lieut.. Gov. Till
man had presided shortly before the
shooting, the chaplain prayed the AL
mighty to save the life of Mr.. Con.
zales. While there is q great deal of
feeling over the affair, it can be stated
with positiveness that there is abso.
lutely
No Thought Of Whence
against Lieut.. Gov. Tillman on the
part of Mr.. Gonzales friends. All SEN
sational reports of threats against
Tillman's life, in the event that the
stricken editor should die, are abso-
lutely baseless, as it is the wish of
Mr.. Gonzales and his closest friends.
that the matter should be left for the
courts to settle judicially.
Lieut. Gov. James H. Tillman, who
had done the shooting, took things
quietly and calmly during the day in
the county jail Two of his counsel
gave to the associated Press, with a
request that it be published, the fol.
lowing statement, prepared by Mr..
Tillman himself in response to tele-
gram from New York newspaper.
Il can only say that when the truth
Of the unfortunate affair is known,
my friends. as well as the people, will
know how thoroughly I was justified
in acting as did. The statements al
ready published in the papers are un-
true, and at the proper time this will
be prepared to show. Beyond this
do not care to make any further state
ment. james H Tillman
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WINE, WOMAN AND A JUDGE.
Unusual Admissions to Come From
His Honor.

Butte, Mont, Jan. II. = The court
room was crowded yesterday when
the hearing of the Shores disbarment
proceedings. was resumed in Judge
McClennan's court, Harvey was the
first witness. He again went over the
circumstance of the alleged meeting at
the Thornton hotel between himself,
Mrs. Ada N. Bracket, A., ]. Shores, D.
Gay Silver, G. w. Clark and Jesse
Root. He was subjected to severe
ross-examination, which had not been
concluded when court took recess.
Harney's examination on the whole
was creditable one, although he was
compelled to make some rather un-
usual admissions relating to the use
of liquors and his acquaintance witS
Ada N. Bracket, the woman alleged
by the Amalgamated to have unduly
influenced him to decide the Minnie
Healy case in favor of Heinze.
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WRECKED BY COLLISION.
Forty Cars Roll Down an Embanl

Forty Cars Roll Down an Embank-
ment and Some Are Destroyed.
Litchfield, Ill.,, Jan. 10. = An east
bound fast freight and a west-bound
local freight train on the Big Four
railroad collided at the bottom of a
hill thirty miles east of here last
night. The engine crews of both trains
jumped, but Engineer Krapf of Mat
toon, and Fireman Green of st. Louis
and Brakeman Myers of Nation, all
of the local freight, were seriously
injured, Engineer Krapf probably ia
tally. The "battle engines" exploded
and rolled down the embankment,
and forty cars, many of them loaded
with flour, cotton aud iron, were de
stroyed. The cause of the wreck is
supposed to be due to conductors not
reading orders carefully.
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Otherwise,

The torpedo boat destroyer Mac
Donough made 1856 knots per hour on
her trial trip.
Mrs. w. T. Richardson of Detroit
held up coal firm with revolver and
purchased ton of anthracite.
The resignation of Charles Dyer, gen.
eral superintendent of the Colorado &
Southern road, has been rendered.
The Ohio Fuel Supply company has
just drilled a gas we'll in the Homer
field with daily capacity of $4,000, 900
feet
The British ship Comliebank, from
Panama, reports the death, from yell
low fever of six of the crew during the
voyage.
The Pressed Steel Car company will
sell shares of it's per cent stockNto
employees at discount of per cent,
on installments.
The forty-ninth annual convention of
the American or International Typo
graphical union will be held in Wash
ington during the week of Aug. 10.
DR.. Park, of the New York board of
health, says it takes too much lemon
juice and too long to kill typhoid fever
germs. The water should be boiled.
A proposition is on foot in favor of
admitting Arizona and New Mexico as
one state, with three representatives
and the capital at Santa Fe.
The Pike, second of the Holland tor
pedo boats to be built on the Pacific
coast for the government, will be
launched from the Union Iron works at
San Francisco on Jan. IA.
Three hundred engineers, boilermak-
ers, switchmen and yardmasters on
the Oregon lines of the Southern Pa
cific road have received an increase in
wages ranging from 6 to 10 per cent.
Letters up to Dec. from Forty Mile
ristrict, via Valdes, have been received
at Seattle confirming the great gold
quartz strike on Chicken creek. The
rush of miners from Dawson has al
ready set in.
Thirty-one thousand barrels of beer
in five years is the record of sales
made by Aid. Michael Kenna of Chi
cago, popularity known as "Hinky
Dink," at his "Workingmen,s Ex-
change" saloon in Clark street.
Magistrate Connorton of New York
decided that father who finds his
eighteen-year-old daughter dancing in
a public resort after 10 o'clock at night
may spank her In the presence Of her
"best fellow" and the assembled dane.
ers.
Miss Estelle Hoffman, a. stenogra.
pher, has brought suit for $25, 900 dam
ages against G. M. Walter, secretary,
manager and organizer of the $1,000
900 International Leather company,
whom she charges with breach Of
promise. III 81 Il. II.
Topsy, the original baby elephant =
who was brought to this country By
Adam Forepaugh, twenty eight years
ago, and was exhibited by him all over
the country, was executed by electric.
ity ct Coney Island, She had become
1 tinmanageable. q 5Ssa3
The tobacco crop Of the Connecticut
valley. especially that grown IN the
open air, 10 not coming f!Om the sheds
In satisfactory condi tion, 4 and the
prices which are being paid rule con.
Esiderably lower than the growers were
expecting. The cold, damp weather 81
! last summer was not favorable
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COAL BILL is LAW.

President Compliments Congress on
Speedy Action.
Washington, Jan. 17.-Shortly after
/ o'clock yesterday afternoon Repre-.
sentative Watcher of Maryland, chair
man Of the house committee on en-
rolled bills, accompanied by Repre-
sentative Allan of Maine, reached the
executive once with the engrossed
and enrolled copy Of the free coal bin
passed by congress. President Roose.
welt received the committee at once
and signed the measure, immediately.
ut the same time expressing his pleas.
ure that congress had acted so prompt
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