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ploded under a battleship, and the
hippo had sneezed all right, and pa
and the audience which had followed
him were drenched and deafened by
the explosion. The hippo had blown
the water all out of his tank and he
lay at the bottom, on his side, sneez-
ing little sneezes not louder than the
+ report of a six-pound cannon, and
painting for breath. Then he raised
his head, got up on his feet, and
opened his mouth like a cash cut in a
steer by cow catcher of an engine.
and he yawned, and 1 guess he got
the locHJaW, cause he kept his mouth
open all the afternoon to get the
air, who has been fed a cayenne pep
per lozenger by the tenor, just before
she gets up to sing: "A Charge to
Keep, / Have"
I We went around and inspected the
sneezing animals, with the manager.
and he complimented me by saying [
had saved the show from becoming an
aggregation of stuffed animals, only
fit for taXidermist studio, and made
every animal show that he had ginger
in him. He wanted me to try my
snuff cure on the performers and
freaks, cause they were getting to be
dead ones.
! Well, before the day was over at
! Wilmington, Del, pa was scared worse
! than he ever wS5 in all his life be-
fore. The State of Delaware is the
only State that Furnishes criminals by
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08

ing the camel with an iron bar, and
that if pa didn't want to be publicly
horsewhipped on the bare back he
better skip out for Washington, D. c.,
where we would show IN d COUPE "a
days, and wait for us.
Pa was so frightened he couldn't
get supper and everybody talked
about cats of nine tails, and how
prisoners were cut TO pieces, and every
time pa saw a jay with a SLOUGH hat
he thought it was a constable after
him. After dark he put on an old
suit of clothes and said he was going
to Washington. They told HIM If he
went to take train he would surely
be arrested at the depot, so pa put
saddle on one of the mules. and rode
out Of town and rode all night and
all the newt day he bought oats of
farmers 10 be delivered at Wilmington
for the circus. Finally he got out OF
Delaware, and the next day the far
merS came in with the oats, but the
show was gone, and they won't do a
thing to pa if he ever shows up in
Delaware again.
Pa met us at the depot in Wash
ington. but he was ever so changed
from his long ride and anxiety over
the possibility of being arrested and
pillOried, and Iambasted by negro
in Delaware. He said to me- with a
trembling voice: "Hennery, this ere
show business is too much for your
pa. ! would rather be a Mormon, in
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the place where 1 put the paper of
snuff, put his fot on it and broke
the paper, and then he put his nose
down and shifted a sniff that drew
the whole of the snuff up into his nose
and lungs. and insides generally
Gee, but you never saw such d
change in a lion. The crowd of Wis
itors were right near his cage, when
he shifted, and when he got the snuff
into him. he began to heave his
sides like man who is preparing to
sneeze, caught his breath a few times.
and let out a sneeZe that sounded like
the explosion of an automobile tire.
II threw cut feed all over the audi
ence. and everybody ran away, veil
ing that the lion had busted.
He kept on sneezing and looking SO
astounded, as though he couldn't make
out what had got INTO him. Pa heard
the commotion and came running up
to the cage to find out what allied the
lion After | had gone around to the
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tying them UP and whipping them on
the bare back with d cat-o-nine tails,
and all our men had been warned to
be good while they were in Delaware,
cause if they committed any crime
there as no power on earth that could
save them from being publicly horse
whipped. Pa~himself impressed it on
the men to look out that they didn't
get into any trouble. Gee, but the
fear of public whipping makes men
good
Twenty years ago some hold-up men
from New York robbed d bank in
Delaware, and were caught, and given
so lashes apiece on the bare back, by
a big negro and there mas never been
a burglary in Delaware since. We
thought we would play joke on pa.
so the manager told pa that consta-
bles were looking for him to arrest
him for cruelty to animals, for kick
ing a camel in the stomach, and hitt-
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DON'T BE AFRAID

to ask our prices for tailor made
suits. To be sure they'll be trifl,
more than the ready made kind: but.
honestly, aren't they worth more ?
Think of ft--think Of buttons tina,
stick, seams that don't rip and ther
decide for yourself IL the difference
N price isn't we'll earned.
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as much as to say: 20, you think
you are smart, don't your" Then
they will go and dig it up, and play
with it, and eat it if they want to.
l took my first package of snuff to
the lions cage, and he was the sickest
and most disguised looking lion you
ever saw. acting like a man who has
taken a severe cold. and wants to kill
anybody that looks at him. The lion
lay ON the straw, stretched QUA full
length, paying no attention to the
crowd that passed his cage, and act
ing as though he wanted a hot whis-
key and his feet soaked in mustard
water. When he was not looking
hid the package of snuff under the
straw, and ratified the straw a little.
and he opened his eyes and looked at
me as much as to say: You can't
fool old Shadrack, for l am on to
YOU L walked away behind the
hyena cage, and Mr.. Lion got up
and stretched himself and walked to
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Copyright. 1904. &

Well, / spose 1 have done it, now
and it would not surprise me to be
killed and fed to wild animals. The
manager of the show was talking to
pa and me, before we left New York,
about the condition of the show. Its
finances were all balled up on account
of settling with people who pretend
ed to be injured when the tent blew
down at Poughkeepsie, and the
hands and performers are kicking
because we are a month behind on
salaries, and they get drunk whenever
any jay will buy for them Every
body gives passes to everybody that
wants to get in the show, so the
box office man has a Sinecure, and
people chase us from town to town
for money for board. and hay, and
everything.
All through New Jersey we showed
to claim agents and creditors, and
didn't take in money enough to buy
meat for the animals. He said the
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animals had all taken cold, and lay
around dormant, and didn't take any
interest in the business and the man
ager told pa he must think of some
thing to wake the animals up. Pa
said he would leave it to me to wake
EN- up and get some ginger into
them. ] told pa if 1 had five dollars
to spend l could make every animal
jump like box car. Pa gave me the
money, and / went and bought five
pounds of Scotch snuff, and divided
it up into ounce packages, and start
ed during the afternoon performance
at Wilmington, Del, to wake up the
animals.
There is something peculiar about
animals, if you try to give them any
thing that they think you want them
to take, you can't drive 1t down them
with n pile driver, but if you try to
hide something where they can reach
it. they watch you out of one eye, and
when you go away they look at you
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Hon. Henry X. PreNitt
Insurance Commissioner.
Frankfort, Kentucky.
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me Following Correspondence Speaks for Itself.

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Insurance Commissioner,
Frankfort, Kentucky.

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-13

The people of Wisconsin recently
repudated Senator Quarles and Sena-
tor Spooner, as corporation tools, by
electing La Toilette, whom the two
senators fought, governor, and legis-
lature which has made him senator.
La Toilette, all through the campaign,
found himself opposed by the entire
Roosevelt federal brigade. Last Sat
urday, in the inaugural procession,
Spooner rode in the same carriage
with the president who, few days
before, appointed Quarles to United
States judgeship. And yet, we are in
formed the president is death on
trust rats.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-13
\ CHILD STARTED A REVIVAL.

When the attention of w. T. Stead
was called to the Welsh revival
which has been carried on during the
past winter, it had assumed tremen-
dous proportions.
Five hundred cities and villages in
Wales and Cornwall were holding
meetings and $4,000 people had been
converted when Stead started on his
hunt for the very beginning of this
greatest religious awakening of the
century.
II seemed an impossible task to
nIunqe into that movement which had
come to envelop the entire country
TO search for the very first impulse of
life which stirred In the beginning OF
tliis revival. The task resembled that
Of a man who should find a grain of
gold or the Columbia river bar, and
who should start out to find the exact
spot at the head of some one OF the
thousand rivulets which form the
great Columbia river from which this
grain of gold had first begun its way
to the sea.
But stead. who is the greatest living
Journalist, did not despair. He had
met puzzling tasks in journalism be-
fore. He was determined to find the
first word spoken in this Welsh revi-
val and he found it, after a months
constant labor and inquiry among th'
various cities of Wales.
one week in November, 1904, II
Cardiganshire, a good Welsh Meth
odist minister in the usual Sunda,
meeting, called for a few testimonies
after the service had closed. Tn
eontented old Welshmen had testifie
time and time again in their meet
ings; It had become commonplace
hear the same old testimonies owe
and over again. SO not one of the oil
members responded. The minister de
SPARED of hearing a word that da,
and was about to close, when in tn
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-13

rear of the church little girl, the
1O-year-old daughter of a rough
Welsh miner, arose, and in a trembl-
ing, faltering voice, overcome with
and scarcely able to
make her thoughts understood in pub
lie, said;
IF NO ONE ELSE WILL DO so,
THEN I MUST SAY THAT I LOVE
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST"
Like an electric thrill, the rebuke
of the little child went through the
congregation and man after man and
woman after woman arose and con-
fessed their religion that day and be-
fore the close of the meeting it was
decided to hold meeting every night
during the week, for the old members
felt keenly the need of an awakening
among their number, when a child
had rebuked them with such an out
spoken, touching confession of relig-
ion
Meetings we're held there that week.
other coal mining towns took up the
enthusiasm. Miners by the hundreds
who had never attended church be-
fore confessed religion, and spreading
like wild fire over Wales and Corn
wall, the revival enVeloped the entire
country, 500 cities and villages join
ing in the meetings, and when the
final accounting was taken after three
months it was found that $4,000 haC
joined the churches as a result of the
revival started by this little child.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-13
KENTUCKIANs HEAR NOISES.

That they are drinking a new
brand of whiskey in Kentucky. is
shown by the following from the Pa
ducah Democrat:
Out on the farm of viii Albert,
near Heath, this county, the people
of that section are yet wrought up
over the talking tree" that has been
there for some time. Enormous
crowds continue to congregate there
every Sunday to hear the strange
noises that emanate from the tree.
The voice can be distinctly heard, and
says: There are treasures buried
at my roots"
A party consisting of the most re-
liable citizens of the country visited
the tree not long since to make a
thorough investigation for themselves
of the noises being heard. They lis
tened hours and were preparing to
leave for home, when a sudden crash
which has been given many times
before the marvellous production of
voice, came. The mystery still re-
mains unsolved. and so great has the
number of people been who have gone
there in the past several months that
the tree is now dead, caused by the
continuous tramping on the earth
surrounding the tree.
The only theory that has been sug-
gested is, that a man was killed under
the tree in 1862, and while many dc
so plain and the voice can be so dis
tinctly heard that they cannot dis
pute the fact. A family of people
who lived there many years ago be-
came so frightened from the voice
that they sold their farm at a sacrl.
flee and went west and are now liv.
ing in TeXas.-Paducah Democrat.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-13
HARD BLOW WELL PUT.

The Salem Statesman, in answer to
the claim of Portland politicians and
would-be economists that the nor
ma. school appropriation is a graft,
says:
with an Appropriation of 100000
for the Lewis and Clark fair, another
of $156,OOO for The Daues-Celilo port
age road, and 100000 for a right-of
way for The Dalles-Celilo canal, all in
the interest of Portland, it is hardly
becoming in the Portland newspapers
to complain so bitterly against the
appropriation of a small amount of
money for normal schools to be ex-
pended in other parts of the state.
The normal schSol appropriation
may be rather heavy; and may not be
popular with majority of the people
of the state, but it is not just to call
these appropriations gratis for it is
presumed the sums allowed are for
legitimate use, at least.
The proper way to settle this matter
is to submit the question of the nor
mails to a vote of the people under the
initiative clause of the constitution,
and then il will develop whether they
are wanted OF not If the people vote
them down or not, the matter will at
least be settled.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-13
FORAGE FOR THE PACK MULE.

The newspapers are the pack mules
fhr the community.
They carry loads for every private
enterprise that is found in the city;
they boom private business day and
night. they give column after column
to churches, societies, commercial
clubs, labor unions and organizations
of business men; fight battles for the
city without hope of reward except
ing the good viii of the community.
and make enemies for themselves by
defending citizens and institutions and
run a general free advertising bureau
for the community, that is only equal
led in scope by the free soup houses
run by the Salvation Army.
All these things are part of the load
of the willing pack mule and he never
complains at. the weight of the load.
But he does complain when bust
ness men give forage that rightfully
belongs to the pack mule to some
other fellow who is not entitled to
it. When money goes out of town for
job work or goes to some transient
concern that does not fight the bat
ties of the community, then the pack
mule has a right to complain. When
YOU have any forage to give out give
it to the newspapers, the pack mules
that carryy your loads while others
sleep.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-13

Montana, following the example of
Oregon, has adopted the initiative and
referendum. Every other state in the
Union will soon do likewise. The ini-
tiative and referendum will take"
with the people, Just as the Australian
ballot did.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-13

Have you put the finishing touch
on old Moneymaker's portrait"
Yes, l got $500 advance money
out of him yesterday"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-13
sosoeOsosoossssos

oO OS go .
A hint of softness in the air .
. The answering note to Natures .
prayer,
Springs wondrous miracle to .
Let it be springtime, Lord, to .
me!
Long have dwelt in Winters 9
night
. When moon and stars withheld .
their light, .
With raging winds and roaring .
Let it be springtime, Lord, to .
mel .
Ruth sterry. .
sseoo Sssos .
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-12
TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE
m PROPERTY
On Spa Road Near the City OF
Annapolis.

BY virtue of a decree OF the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel County, dated
the 9Th day of April. 1905, and passed
in an equity cause in said Court depend
ing, wherein George Winterling and
others we're compliments, and Adeline
w. Rullman and others, defendants. and
numbered 1000 Equity in said Court, the
undersigned as trustees appointed TO sell
the real estate in said proceedings men
toned, whereof Frederick Rullman. late
of said County died seized. will offer for
sale At the COURT HOUSE Door, Anna.
polls, on
SATURDAY, JUNE grid, 1905,
AT A. M,
All that property in said proceeding de-
scribed, consisting OF three parcels OF
land lying on the South side OF Spa
Road. near the Annapolis City limits as
follows:
Ist.-A lot fronting 80 feet on Spa
Road with depth of SO feet and I'M
proved with
Two Frame Tenement Houses
of four rooms each and now under rent.
and. = A lot fronting 81 feet. more or
less on Spa Road, with depth Of SO feet,
improved with
Four Frame Tenement Houses
three of four rooms and one of five rooms.
and all under rent.
ard. "A lot fronting 1919 feet. more or
less on Spa Road, with depth OF 100
feet, more or less, and containing about
FIVE acres of land in high state of Guilt
walton and improved with good
Five.ROOmed Dwelling, Large
Stable and Out Buildings.
The proximity of this property to the
City OF Annapolis and its ready suscepti-
bility OF division and improvement
make this great chance for profitable
investment.
The Trustees reserve the right to sell
the property rs whole.
TERMS OF SALE named.in the decree:-
One third cash, one-third in six months
and one-third in twelve months, or all
cash, ut the option of the purchaser or
purchasers. the credit portions to bear
interest and TO be secured to the salts
faction of the trustees.
For further particulars and fuller
description of the property and plat APP
ply TO the undersigned.
DANIEL X. RANDALL,
JAMES X. BRASHEARS,
Trustees.
Notice to Creditors Of Frederick Rullman.
Deceased.
BY virtue of the aforegoing decree.
notice is hereby given to all creditors OF
Frederick Rullman. late of Anne Arun.
del County. deceased, to file their claims,
properly authenticated, with the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County within thirty days from the above
date OF sale. June .3,si Ioo5.
DANIEL Il. RANDALL,
IAME S Il. BRASHE AIRS,
Trustees.
!. ROLAND BRADY, Auctioneer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-12
OVAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK Ann
PllII.A DkI.nIlIA

-. Eastward. Nv. Camden. Nv. MI Roya
farlor and Diner 100 a. N. A ssuO A. a. q
bullet larl0i eN...... 1850 A. Al tg.5I An.
Iatlor' Dller sun. $500 A. A. S961 A. Al. q
taflor' Diner cX. tll.5OA "A. Nj. tll.bIA a.
Iarlor, Dincr...... f1.a5 4. NJ sI6gP NJ
'h0yaI Limited" Exclusive Pullman Train, But-
lot smoker, PaliOT, Observation aud Dining
Oafs.s-..s.. T. NJ B s352P Al
coaches, Phila. OK. tI.55 r. A. t6WP Al
LaIloFs Dlner..,... 900 4. A. 800 r. Nj u
Coaches 10 Fhila.. *gOO T.. M. 1900 4. al 4
nieepefs. Fi2.Sg a. "A. *Ig.4I A. A. 4
Local Sleepers for New York ready lur occu
fancy IA Al hoyai station at 40 A.. "A.
a, ior Atlantic City weekdays, d, for Atlantic
Wy ualAy; All trains stop AT Wilmington 80
stops at Chester.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-12
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
schedule In eject February 8, 1905.

Schedule la effect February O. 1905
trains arrive az and depart from Annap-
oils via A., W. q B. X. L., changing cars al
OdenLon.
Leave Annapolis for washington-Weok-
days, 40, S.43 and ll.46 am. 800 and
O.4V PIN. sunday, $40 am. and DO pm.
Arrive Washing t0n-Meek. days, $40 and
l0.Io an. LIZ. 5.I0 and 40 pm Sun.
dAys lolO am. and 1.15 pm.
Leave Annapolis for Baitimore Week
uays' 40, $40 and II.45 am. $3.50 aud
Gay bin pm sunday, $40 am. 5.25 and 1O.45
arrive Union Station, Baltimore Week.
days, SIC and 9.J1 am I.OI, $50 ana 40
Pm sunday V.01 a.m. Gao and 1I.45 pm.
Leave Calvert station. Baltimore- Veal.
days' t.S4 and 500 am. 800 pm. sun
Leave Union Station. Baltimore Week
uagsp t.oO anu 800 am. l2.aO. 400 and
o.Vo pH sunday, 3. 30 a. ia aud b. O5 pnl
,t LeaFe fehnsy ivanBl Avenue station, bal
III ~ ~ neek days, TAI and 300 am.
600 pm. N ' anu
Leave washington--w eek days, 7.4O and
s's ee am LOO, 800 and 5.4O pm. Sunday,
e'OV am 0.4O and 1910 pm.
Arrive Annapolis Week days 300 ana
tO.0O AIN. lao, 900 aud 7.00 M. sun
uay, us AIN. 1.Ov pm. and i've minutes
Dor Philadelphia, New York and the East.
changing at Odent0n-Week-d days, 40, SAD
Sn ~, ti;sO AN; 900 and 0.4O I'm. Sunday,
o.5V AIN DO and 1916 pm.
FOR Boston-COlonial Express, week. DAYS.
with through Pullman Bullet Parlor Cars
Union station, Baltimore. 80 a IN CON.
neetl0n leaves Annapolis 7I5 am: arrives
bosAohg VIA Steamer Maryland route 40
P;n; Federal Express, daily, leaves Union
station, baltimore, 6.35 pin; Annapolis
connection leaves $50 pm. week. days ar
tiNes BOston, 1.lS am. Pullman Buffet
Aestlbuled Sleeping Cars through 10 Boston.
BOZ THE WEST AND NORTH-LeaVe Calvert
station, Baltimore, as follows:
=, 4.4V am. daily for NilliamspOrt and Loeb
haFen. Leave Union, 4.44 am.
e,4o Am; daily for Pittsbsrg, Chicago.
Niagara Falls, Loch Haven and Kane, week.
uays. Leave Union, 500 am.
$40 am. daily for Buffalo (via Emporium
Junction.. Leave Union, 500 am.
LAO am. daily for PittsburR and CleVe-
land, kenoyo, Williamsport, Elmira week
days. Leave Union, 100, noon.
,.,. il.4o am. daily, Limited for Plttsburg,
IInieaso' cleveland, Toledo, Detroit. Gin
clhnaIi, st. Louis. Leave Union 1900 noon
500 pm. daily tUnion StatlOn), for Pitts
Durg, Chicago, Louisville (Via Cincinnatil.
indianapolis, ~. Louis, WilllamsDOrI
Cleveland and Toledo.
o.SV pm: daily Union Statlon), for Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, St. Louis.
800 pm. daily Union stationl, for Buff
tdtO iva emporium JunctlOn), with through
Bullet Sleeping Car and Coach.
BOO pm. daily Union StatiOn), for
flttsburg, Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati
anu anu Erie hochester, BunaIo and Niagara
1I.41 pm. daily for Pittsburg, Chicago.
Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Tails Erie
Cleveland, except Saturday. Leaves Union
For further information consult CITY
Ticket Agent u Maryland avenue, or ad-
dress b. IA. kewboId, Passenger Agent,
southwestern district corner 10Th and q
W. w. ATIEkBURI, General Manager.
J. X. WOOD, Passenger Traffic Manager.
GEo. W. BOYD General Passenger Agent.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-12
RsnislInorr = ohio HsaiifonsI
VA karAFptis apHUrlUH
Dsil5 Efevf' Sundays

an - N pm . "a "a p h
Lse. aaaspiis-7 ID. q. Il fs, 30, AZ 40 s =
Al. wash -sto s., y a, "a. $50 ebs. : i i
Ar. BALTIC IS 50. I0l0 1850. 1860 10 10 : q
IL 45
am m pm pm pm ampm
I've. BALTIC. IS ~, = %, ~ IS, "a, " 90O rs
I've. Wash. -SOO, S IS. lei a a., 90 IS. 5 y
Ar. AnnapIs-s a, 1000. 40. eco 7O5 o2s. = ~
IL
Trains leave Camden snd Mt. Royal Stations Bal
timQrc Note additional service
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-12
PAUL BROwDY.
THE oPTIGIHN
a. WEST STREET.
Eyes Examined Free Of Charge

Eyes EXdl1Ef11elE Free or CIfHTge.
Are your Eyes effected DO you suf-
fer with headache. neuralgia or nervous
ness-If they are, why not come TO an
experienced Optician and have them ex-
amined free Of charge. Others have
been benefited, why not you.
All glasses guaranteed to give satisfac-
ton. Office,
PAUL BROWDY.
20 West Street. Annapolis. Md