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CONTRACT NOT AUTHORIZED.
CENTRAL REPUDIATES LIARIUTI
TO ISAAC JOSEPH IRON COMPANY.
Aiumdnl Answer of tlie t'ornpnny
.\PRHlivo Its Alleged Indebtedness
of s>>2,ooo to the Plaintiff— Says
Tliut I'urehnsinK Agont J. AY.
Comer, if He Made an Agreement
to Sell the Plnintiff All the Scrap
Iron Accruing From Improvements
and Itepairs, Had No Authority to
Make It unl Hind the Company.
The Court's Alive With Ilusiness
nod Much Transacted.
The Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany filed an amended answer in the Su
perior Court yesterday to the suit for
damans brought by the Isaac Joseph Iron
Company against the Central. The 3am
ages claimed by the plainliff in the action
amount to more than $82,000.
The action for damages filed was based
on a contract alleged to have been enter
ed into between the plaintiff and the
Central. Mr. J. W. Comer, the purchas
ing agent of the Central, acting for it In
the matter. This contract was for the
sale to the Isaac Joseph Iron Company of
all the scrap iron and steel accumulated
in the company’s various shops and in the
course of Tepairs to the tracks and roll
ing stock during the year ending Jan. 14,
390 u. Each grade of scrap iron was to oe
sold by the Central and bought in by the
plaintiff at a specified price per ton.
It is alleged in the original petition that
after carrying out. this contract for some
months the Central, without cause or
provocation given by the plaintiff, refused
longer to deliver the scrap iron as it had
contracted and agreed to do, and although
the plaintiff was at all times ready and
willing to accept and pay for it. It waa
further alleged that during this period the
price of scrap iron had greatly increased,
that it was worth much more than the
price at which the Isaac Joseph Iron Com
pany had purchased it from the defend
ant, and that had the iron company had
delivered to it the scrap iron which the
Central had agreed to deliver and which it
had in its shops and along its lines dur
ing this time, the purchaser could have
sold it at a profit of more than $82,000.
The answer of the Central absolutely re
pudiates and denies any and all liability
whatever. It is charged that the agree
ment entered into between Mr. Comer, its
purchasing agent, and the Isaac Joseph
iron Company, could not bind the defend
ant, for the reason that Mr. Comer was
never authorized to make such an agree
ment. It is further alleged that, even
conceding the legality of the contract, the
amount of damages recoverable does not
compare with the amount claimed by the ,
plaintiff, for the reason that the scrap
iron that is the subject matter of dispute
was not worth at the time of the alleged
breach of contract anything like the price
at which it is quoted in the petition.
The answer of the defendant admire that
for some time after the agreement with
the Isaac Joseph Iron Company was en
tered Into by Mr. Comer, the scrap iron
accumulated by the railway was sold to
the plaintiff, but it denies that this affords
any ground for the judicial determina
tion that it sanctioned, authorized or ap
proved the agreement or lent to it the
force of Us corporate action.
AY OFF I>\\ FOH THE STATE.
Six Dr fen dn n(m Tried In Superior
Court nnd Six Acquitted.
In the Superior Court yesterday six
prisoners were placed on trial for crimes,
ranging: in gravity from forgery to oyster
stealing, and every one of them was ac
quitted promptly I>J' the jury that tried
his case. It was an off-day for the state
in the matter of convictions.
Charles Jones was tried on an indict
ment. charging him with raising an order
upon Aleck Mendel, signed by J. B. Scott,
a foreman In Mendel’s employ, from 50c
to $2.50. There was conflicting evidence,
as to the guilt of the accused, and the
jury chose to believe the statement of
the defendant, to the .effect that he was
absolutely guiltless of any criminal ac
tion. and had never raised the order
which he was charged with raising, or
any other. At any rate, it presented
Charley with a verdict of acquittal and
his liberty.
Lea rider Bonaparte had been twice in
dicted, once for simple larceny, and once
fof larceny after trust. t The larceny after
trus* charge was based on Bonaparte’s
a])eg % l defalcations in the management of
the financial affairs of the Pooler Lodge of
colored Odd Fellows, the specific offense
alleged being his wrongful appropriation
of the sum of $5. To this indictment Mr.
G. E. Bevans, who represented the accus
ed, tiled a demurrer, alleging that it was
fatally defective in that It failed to aet
out that the money had ever been en
trusted to the defendant by anybody.
Judge Falligant sustained the demurrer,
and the ease w as disposed of in this way.
The second indictment was found at the
Instance of Wesley Herring, who appeared
in the role of prosecutor. Wesley swore
that he had stood up in his field of corn
and watched Bonaparte steal 160 ears, up
on which he placed a value of $lO. The
defendant denied this story with much
virtuous indignation, saying it was but one
step in a long' train of persecution to
which he had been subjected. The jury
found him not guilty.
Four negro oystermen, George Howard.
Isaiah Wright and Ned and Robert Har
graves. were found not guilty of the of
fense of stealing oysters from the private
beds of Mr. Wimberley J. Deßenne.
FAMILY ROWS REVEALED.
Trial of ( dno in City Coart Resalted
in Small A'eriliet.
In the City Court yesterday was tried
the case of Ellison & Harvey, a business
lirm of Richmond, Va., against Eliza
beth Gaffney. The verdict of the jury,
returned at 6:30 o’clock, found that the
defendant was Indebted to the plaintiffs
in less than one-fifth of the amount for
which suit had been brought.
The defendant was sued on ten notes,
aggregating in amount $524.62. It was
shown on behalf of the defense that the
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lant.
Bold at all first-elaas Cafes.
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
Bole Agents, Savannah, Ga.
Did You Ever Know
any one who smoked the same kind
of Five Cent cigar any length of
time? Five Cent cigar smokers are
always dissatisfied—always trying
something new—or something differ
ent, as there always seems to be some
thing wrong about the cigars they have
been smoking. Ask your dealer for
OldVirg mia Cheroots
They are always good.
Three hundred million smoked this year. Price, 3 for 5 cents.
defendant was unable to read or write,
and that her signature had always to
be affixed by another. It was contended
that eight of these notes had never been
signed by her authority, and that the
proceeds of the two others had been
used by her husband, Frank Gaffney,
from whom she has since secured a di
vorce, In the business which he con
ducted.
A daughter of Gaffney by a former mar
riage testified that a certain letter, writ
ten by her to the plaintiffs, had been
written at the dictation of the defendant.
The letter acknowledged indebtedness of
the amount represented by the notes
upon which suit had been brought and
made various excuses for the non-pay
ment of the money and arguments in
f&vor of the extension of time that was
asked.
When Mrs. Gaffney was placed on the
stand in rebuttal, she testified that the
jeter had never been written at her dic
tation, and that the statements of fact,
It contained, mode up a tissue of false
hoods, with but one single redeeming
truthful assertion.
The Jury evidently gave entire credence
to the testimony of the defendant, for
upon matters of fact, it found entirely for
her. There was some question as to
whom the business belonged, and under
the charge of the court, the Jury found
that It was sufficiently Mrs. Gaffney's, -o
make her liable for money (spent in ex
tending or improving It. The verdict,
therefore, wns for }IOO, the amount of the
two notes the defendant acknowledged
having executed, with Interest from Octo
ber, 1895.
The trial of the ease brought out nil the
elements of a well ordered family row,
resulting in divorce, and was not without
other elements of Interest. There was a
legal spat and difference of opinion on
more than one occasion, between Mr. W.
H. Wade, representing the plaintiffs, and
Mr. R. R. Richards, representing the de
fendant. but these, of course, w'ere kept
within bounds entirely parliamentary’.
VALVE OE NEWTON’S ESTATE.
Hln Adnilnlatrntrlx Granted nn Or
der to Sell Stoelx of Goods.
Thera was considerable business trans
acted yesterday in the Court of Ordinary,
among the matters passed upon being the
appraisement of the estate of Samuel L.
Newton, the unfortunate grocer who. in
a fit of despondency and temporary aber
ration, shot himself in the head.
The appraisers' report showed that
Newton's estate was worth Z 1.212.55. An
order was granted permitting Mrs. Laura
A. New’ton, administratrix, to sell the
stock of groceries that forms part of the
estate of the dead man.
The lasi wills and testaments of Mar
garet Spencer and Whipple Aldrich were
filed and probated in common form. In
the first case letters of administration
w'ere granted to Albert Spencer, while in
the s cond, no executor being named, the
letters will be issued to County Admin
i trator Jordan F. Brooks.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mr. Walter Coney has gone to New
York.
Mr. G. C. Jones of Augusta is registered
at the Pulaski.
Dr. J. H. Roberts of Charlotte is the
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr. John Compton of Chatmcey is reg
istered at the Pulaski.
Mr. 9. G. Dang of Bandersvllle is regis
tered at the Screven.
Mr. W. W. Allen of Fitzgerald is reg
istered at the Pulaski.
Mr. 9. B. Fowler of Milledgeville is reg
istered at the Screven.
Miss Annie Tennent of Carterevllle, is
regtslered at the Pulaski.
Mrs. F. Flexson of Atlanta was a guest
of the De Soto yesterday.
Mr. William McCormick of Fitzgerald
is the guest of the Pulaski.
Miss Julia Fecklin of Washington, Ga.,
is the guest of the Pulaski.
Mrs. F. Anderson left for Philadelphia
yesterday via the Southern.
Mr. Dee Heymon of West Point regis
tered at the Pulaski yesterday.
Miss Nona Belie of Washington,
Ga., is the guest of the Pulaski.
Mrs. Joseph Hull and family left via
the Central last night for Atlanta.
Mr. M. C. Tobias left via the Plant
System yesterday for Philadelphia.
Mr. W. G. Lynch of Tampa was among
the arrivals at the Screven yesterday.
Mr. J. L. Sweat of Waycross was in tho
city yesterday a guest of the De Soto.
Mr. J. C. Crichlow' of SI. Augustine waa
among yesterday’s arrivals at the Screven.
Mr. W. A. Thaggart of Claxton was
among yesterday's orrlvals at ihe Screven.
Mr. W. C. Jackson of Altoona was
among the arrivals at the Pulaski yester
day.
Mr. Thomas N. Baker of Higgstcn was
in the city yesterday a guest of the
Screven.
Mr. W. M. Hill and Miss Margaret Hill
of Washlngcon, Ga., ore registered at the
Pulaski.
Mr. W. V. Almand of Conyers was in
the city yesterday, and etayed at the
Pulaski.
Mr. R. Elliott and family left via tho
Southern yesterday for White Sulphur
Springs.
Rev. Harry Casoil and family passed
through the city yesterday en route to
New York.
Mrs. A. 8. Cohen was n tvassenger on
the Nacoochee which sailed for New
York last night.
Miss Clara M. Chandler of New Bruns
wick, N. J., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Van Wagenen.
Mr. 8. Melnhard. wife and son wer*
among the |>assengers of the Plant Sys
tem yesterday for New York.
Mr. J. G. Nelson left via the Plant
System yesterday for Philadelphia. Be
fore returning he will visit New York and
Chicago.
Mrs. Joseph Hull, Miss Hull and Mrs,
Hull's little daughters left last night for
Bew&nee. Tenn., where her son, Mr. Dan
Hull, is in attendance upon the Universi
ty of the South. They will be gone for
the summer.
Col. and Mrs. P. W. Meldrim, Mr. anti
Mrs. B. A. Denmark and Mr. Ben Yancey
are in Athens attending the commence
ment of the University of Georgia. Col.
Meldrim and Mr. Denmark are members
of the board of trustees of the instltu*
tlon. ...
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1900.
*lO FOR USING SHORT !IEASI RES.
Two HnckKtcr* I'lnnl With an Al
ternative of 20 Day*.
In the Recorder’s Court yesterday Wil
liam Wright and Ed Williams, two colored
hucksters, who were reported by Clerk of
the Market l a*o Masters to be using false
measures, were lined $lO each, with the
option of twenty days apiece in the lock
up.
William Nixon, colored, who was ar
rested Saturday night on a charge of
beating his better half. Henrietta, failed
to put in an appearance when his name
was called, and his bond, signed by James
Mcßride, was estreated. The same dis
position was made of the bond of Henri
etta Marshall, who likewise was absent
from court. Her bond was signed by W.
B. Brown.
James Sweeny, the drunken hack driver,
who ran over Fritz Bormann Sunday
night at the corner of Liberty and Hab
ersham streets, was fined $25. with the
alternative of thirty days in jail, but the
Recorder afterwards reduced the fine to
sifj, which was paid. Mr. Bormann, whose
most serious bruises were on the face and
head, is getting better.
Nine negroes, who were arrested for
gambling in a house on Huntingdon
street, near West Broad, were given sen
tences of S2O or thirty days each. The
game that they were engaged in at the
time of their arrest, couldn’t have been
a very remunerative one, for each of
them was forced to accept the latter al
ternative.
t.
Tom Young, who is better known to the
police as “the king of chicken thieves,**
wasarrested early yesterday morning, near
the water works. Young was sent up for
a good long term about two months ago.
for playing his favorite occupation, but
served only two days gang, when
he made his escape, since which time he
has cleverly kept out of reach of the jk>-
lice. He is now held subject to the or
der of the county authorities.
CITY BREVITIES.
The -Sunday School of the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist held its
annual picnic yesterday at Tybee. The
rain kept the children indoors a good deal,
but otherwise the outing was greatly en
joyed. Many wont down, and the day was
another of the many very busy ones the
Tybee railroad has experienced this sea
son.
Iliineball Games.
At Chicago—Chicago, 4; Milwaukee 1.
Ar Indianapolis—Buffalo, 8; Indiana pe
ls 7.
At Minneapolis—Minneapolis 5; Kansas
City 4.
IMRE AT HIGH SPRING*.
Second Dlnn*trona Con flnurn tlon
Visits That Place.
Gainesville, Fla., June 19.—Almost be
fore. the debris from the last .serious con
flagration at High Springs had been clear
ed away, another disastrous fire has visit
ed the place, with the result that what
was Sunday night a row of prosperous
business houses, was on Monday a heap
of ruins.
Sunday night about 9 o’clock, fire was
discovered in the rear of the store, occu
pied as a general merchandise establish
ment by E. K. Anderson.
The alarm was immediately given, but,
as was the result on the former occasion,
on account of the inadequate facilities for
fighting the flames, it was not a great
while before the fire began to spread. In
less than two hours the stores of E. K.
Anderson, Whatley & Townsend and De-
Bros,, with their enormous .--f.-.-ks,
were in ashee. The High Springs Senti
nel, owned and edited by I. M. Putnam,
ond Richardson’s barber shop, were also
consumed, very little or virtually nothing
being saved.
The origin of the lire has not yet been
determined, but it is the opinion of many
that ii might have been incendiary.
The burned district includes an entire
block, about the only business houses
saved from the ravages of the first fire.
It has been impossible to determine with
any degree of accuracy the amount of
losses, but the. loss on stock has been
placed at about SIO,OOO, buildings about
$3,(>00, with about 50 per cent, insurance.
Of this amount, DeLugal Bros, carried
/$4,U00 stock, with $2,000 insurance, ami E.
K. Anderson about the same amount,
with $2,500 insurance, the remainder be
ing divided among the other losers.
There was no insurance upon the Senti
nel outfit, but Ediior Putnam succeeded
in saving all his stationery and some ma
terial.
The people of Gainesville deeply sym
pathize with their neighbor? in this seri
ous loss.
Wuyerutiti Novm Note*.
Way cross, Ga., June 18.—An abundance*
of sugar cane will be raised by Ware
county farmers this year.
The most terrinc downpour of rain fell
Saturday and yesterday in the city, that
has been experienced here this summer.
Several washout. 1 - in i'u st\vr divlus
were reported, -and lanterns had to be
hung out to warn teams of danger. The
electric, light plant suffered fiom the ef
fect of the lightning, as did also the tele
phone company.
Some sneak thi* f entered the residence
of Dr. F. C\ Falks and stole a pair of
pants, three shirts, a lot of collars, socks,
gold collar and cuff buttons nnd $5.60 In
money belonging to Grover Geiger.
Twenty-eight accessions to the church
are reported from the meeting Jus* closed
it Atkinson. <*. C. Buchanan and J. O.
Clough returned from there this morn
ing.
A child of R. F. Wainwright of Charl
ton county was bitten by a rattlesnake
while picking berries. The snake was
only about two and a half feet long.
Hopes are eniertalnvd for the little girl’s
recovery.
While fishing in Satilla river the other
-lay, James Rowell caught two trout on
a bob at ihe same time.
Mr. H. li. Burnett, one of the proprie
tors of the New South* rn Hotel of this
oUy, was married yesterday afternoon in
the city of Charleston to Miss Lovena
North of that place. The newly wedded
'couple reached Waycrosß this afternoon.
WILL COMPLIMENT BRADLEY.
Continued from First Page.
; ures of the Kentucky delegation, which
lias quarters at the Continental. The del
! egation Is augmented by the McKinley
I (*lul of Louisville, with a big band which
keeps things lively. Delegate W. P.
! Ross summed up the feeling thus:
“Kentucky wants to compliment Gov.
Bradley by having his name considered
! for the vice presidency. After that the
sentiment seems strongest for Roosevelt
1 If he will accept, with no definite choice
among the’other candidates.”
Gov. Taylor is accompanied by his wife,
and the two keep to their rooms much of
the time. Members of the party say the
Kentucky authorities, who hold a war
rant for Mr. Taylor, are following ids
movements from state to slate, but no
fear is expressed that the matter will
be brought up while he is here. The Gov
ernor, himself, told his friends he had not
been annoyed on the trip here, and did
not expect to have any trouble.
When the matter was referred to at the
Kentucky headquarters, it evoked heated
denunciation of the “conspiracy” against
Taylor, and expressions of sturdy loyalty
<° him * * . 4UL Aii .
ALABAMIANS MAY SETTLE IT.
North Carolina Will Try to Boom
Senator Pritchard.
Philadelphia, June 18.—Alabama—The
contesting delegations from Alabama have
spent most of the day in an effort to bring
about a reconciliation between the Vaughn
and Bingham delegates, whose names
were not placed on the temporary roll.
The National Committee failed to seat
four delegates nt large, and four district
delegates, referring the contest to the con
vention. Of the fourteen seated the Bing
ham faction, has a majority of two. To
day the last of the delegation arrived.
J. H. Bingham stated that an amicable
settlement of the difficulty would be ef
fected.
North Carolina—With the arrival of the
North Carolina delegation to-day. the vice
presidential boom of Senator Pritchard
was set in motion. All of the delegates,
who are headed by National Committee
man James E. Boyd, are enthusiastic
over their candidate, and express great
confidence in Senator Pritchard’s ability
to command a large number of votes.
Tennessee held a ten-minute caucus to
night, nnd placed all of its committee
men and adjourned within that space of
time. The vote for Brownlow as mem
ber of the National Committee was 19 to
3, the three votes being merely compli
mentary to other delegates, there being
no real contest against Brownlow.
H. C. Turley was to-night elected na
tional committeeman from Mississippi to
succeed James Hill, who held ihe place
for twelve years, by the delegation from
that state. The delegation took no action
on the vice presidency, but it Is under
stcod the Miseissiplans are solidly for
Roosevelt.
WHERE FLORIDA STANDS.
Delegation Will Obey Wish eft of Ad
ministration Leaders.
Philadelphia, June 18.—A statement thai
Florida’s delegates had been instructed
for Lieut. Gov. Woodruff was emphatic
ally denied to-day by H. S. Chubb, vice
president of the delegation.
"We are uninstructed,” said he, “and
we feel it our duty to ascertain the wish
es of ihe administration leaders whose
opinions we shall indorse.”
Joseph K. Lee was elected chairman
of the delegation and Judge John G.
Long was chosen for the National Com
mittee.
TENNESSEE FOR PRITCHARD.
\fter Tlint There In No Telling to
Whom Its Vote AN 111 Go.
Philadelphia, June 18.—Tennessee has a
vice presidential candidate, Senator
Pritchard of North Carolina. Congress
man Bromwell said:
“Senator Pritchard will have the Ten
nessee delegation if his name is pre
sented, which I think will be done. We
were brought up together and Pritchard
used to be a printer in my town. After
that things are too mixed to say where
Tennessee will go, but definite action may
be taken later.”
SCOTT TO HE COMPLIMENTED.
Virginia Will Support tlic Senator
From West Virginia.
Philadelphia, June 18.—The latent candi
date for Vice President is Senator D. B.
Sco.t of West Virginia.
Senator Scott was brought out by the
Virginia and l'gation which decided to-day
to give’ him the support of her twenty
votes in the convention. His name will be
presented by Hon. J. Hampton Hoge, of
Rcanoke.
The understanding is that West Virginia
also will throw her twelve votes to Sen
ator Scott, notwithstanding the fact that
personally Mr. Scott has declared for his
colleague, Senator Stephen B. Elkins.
IT WILL NOT HE TOWNE.
Kern Sny* He Favor* Clianler for
A lee President.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 18.—John W.
Kern, Democratic candidate for Govern
or, was asked to-night who the Demo
crats would nominate for Vice President
at Kansas City, and replied:
“I do know it will be a Democrat, and
not Towne. J have heard a number of
persons mentioned, but of all I have
heard spoken of, my choice at present
would be William Astor Chanler of New
York. lid is very popular, and was
elected to Congress from a district that
was 10,(MX) Republican. Ho has a clean
record, and raised and equipped a regi
ment in the last war. He has the means,
he is popular, and he would add great
strength to the* ticket. I do not believe
any man will be nominated who has oc
cupied such an advanced position on sil
ver as A. J. Warner of Ohio.”
Franco-American Pintnl Match.
Paris, June 19.—The grand total of the
French marksmen in the Franco-American
revolver match, for two distances, is 4828
points. The short range score was 2357,
the long range 2441.
American Team** Score.
New York. Juno 18.—With a grant! total
score of 4.889 i>oints out of a possible 6,000
to their credit, the ten men composing
the American team of revolver shots, com
pleted their work at both distances*—s2*4
feet and 50 yards to-day. Their total
score at the short range was 2,410, and ut
the long 2.479 points.
Off for M. Simon**.
Waycross, Gn . June 18 —Judge Warren
Lott and fami y. Mrs. B. F. William* and
; Miss Mattie Williams of Waycross, and
the Misses Miller, of Gainesville, Fljl,
! have tomorrow mornlrg for an. outing
on 8t Simons, where Judge Lott owns a
I eatniful summer home. Mr. Lott sent
his hors s down this morning in charge
cf a trusty man. Waycross will be wHI
re resente 1 at St. .Simons th s rummer.
If You arc Tired
take
Horsford 3 Acid Phosphate
It afTords immediate relief in mental
and physical exhaustion and insomnia.
Genuine bean name HoasroaD'f on wrapper.
CHARGED ON A PACK TRAIN.
GRIZZLY BEAN CAINES CONSTER
NATION A4IO\G PROSPECTOHS.
Lea, of Her Cob, Madf the Animal
Immodrratel, Fprwlona Tb,r,
Waa a Hurried Sporryin* for Any
Sort of Cover—Treed All Jilfbt In
n Snowstorm AJ'hlle- thr Terrible
lleaat Lav Dead,
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From the Los Angeles Times.
"You don’t know anything about fun
if you never saw a grizzly charge a pack
train," said Bill Ellis one night as he lit
his pipe at the camp fire. "We were gain'
over a little flat in the tnountalns one d*y
toward dark, with about fifty animals, all
heavily packed. There were about twen
ty of us goin' to the mines, each man
with a rifle or pistol and most of us with
both. All at oncte two mules that were
in the lead wheeled and come a-sallin' back
with coffee pots and fryln’ pans a-elatter
in' to kmxk the hind sights of a Chin
ese concert. Everything in the line wheel
ed as they came on and in a minute Jacks,
mules and horses were waltzln’ through
the manzanita with sacks and beddin’ a
rippin’ at every Jump, and JSO flour and N2
bacon ornamentin’ the bushes as if they
cost nothin’, while most every pack that
held was under the horse’s belly and the
horse a-buckin' downhill among the
rocks like a kangaroo runnln’ for first
money. ’
"The boys that had common bridles on
their horses couldn't hold 'em a second.
They came a-flyin’ past me and Tennes
see was wiped off his horse by the limb
of a big oak alongside of me. Jersey bust
ed the bridle tryln’ to hold to his plug and
threw himseif off to save himself, while
Grizzle Jake, who was always braggln'
that he wa'n’t afraid of nobody’s bear,
landed square in the track behind his
horse, that flew out from under when the
cinch busted.
At the Bear’s Merry.
"Just then my horses reared because I
was holdtn' him so tight with a big Span
ish bit, and I slid off Just as he went over
backward and smashed the stock of my
rifle that was hung on the horn of the
bridle.- Just as I gathered myself I saw
the dogs of the outfit radiatin’ like no
many spokes in a wheel, and close behind
’em, with blood-red mouth wide open, ears
laid back and froth awhirlin’ around her
head from her big, white teeth, came the
durndest old hag of a grizzly I ever see.
A brace of cubs come tumblin’ along away
behind her, stoppin’ once In a while to take
a look at the circus, but she didn't stop
for nothin', and was strictly business in
every move. .
"It suddenly struck me that a tree would
come handy, but there was nothin’ near
me less than four feet through and fifty
feet to the first limb. You might as well
climb the bear as tackle such a tree. It's
bad enough when the tree fits your legs.
Shinnin’ up a tree with a bear after your
Ags is quite different from shinnin’ after
persimmons. I dodged around behind It
and saw Grizzle Jake making about a foot
a minute up another tree about a foot in
diameter and twenty odd feet to the first
limb, with mules, Jackasses and dogs
shootin’ past him at Ihe rate of near a
mile a minute, with the bear gainin' on
most of ’em. He was a-workin' arms and
shins and rakin’ down bark enough to run
a tannery. His pants was worked up
above his knees. hiß pistol belt was under
his shoulder, the pistol had tumbled out
on the ground and the seat of his pants
were Just 4 feet 4 Inches above the pistol
when the bear, 5 feet high when stretched
out in full run, came tearing past, hug
ging the ground like a racer on the home
stretch.
Diverted by a Donkey.
"She was so blind with rage and so
close to one of the donkeys that she
didn t see Jake. Somehow I’ve elwaya
felt mad at that donkey ever since for
drawln' her fire. There’s as little mean
ness in me as in any man In the acrid
and I hadn't a thing agin' Jake, but f
have somehow always felt that the fun
niest thing in the world was spoiled ty
the donkey takin’ the bear’s attention He
got w-ell paid for it, though, for in a m'n
ute she overhauled him and the two went
rollin' over in a whirlwind of rattlin’ pant
and kettles, flyln' beans and scatterin’
crackers and when the bear got up the
donkey didn't.
“The clatter of hoofs and the rattle, of
coffee pots was dyln’ away in all dilu
tions and not a man of trie outfit was H
sight except Jake, and he had his legs all
bare up to his knees, with the p int of his
britches, where Ihey was bagged in the
seat, nearer the ground than before. But
the bear didn't see him, for ehe was lock
in' ahead all the time ’for more game, end
when she didn’t see anythin’ she turned
to and bit the jackass again.
"Just then came the crack of a r(le
from the top of a big rock about fifty
yards away. The bear gave a Jump and
a tremendous kow], bit herself in the
side, flew at the jackass again and Mt
it. when bang went the rifle again and she
gave another Jump and started for the
smoke that showed plain through the
leaves. She went past Jake so fast she
didn't see him and a minute after he
struck the ground with a bump that muet
have made a dent 1n it and rolled around
the other side of the tree as fast as he
could, while a rhan without rifle or hat
come a-flyin' away from the rock holler
in, 'Shoot, shoot—somebody shoot! For
God’s sake, shoot! I ain't got no time to
load.'
dinned Ip n Tree.
“You bet somebody shot. I shot for a
live oak up the hillside about 100 yards,
(he only one 1n sight that anyone could
climb, while the man she was after
whipped through'an opening in a pile cf
rocks and dodged her for a mlnuie. This
minute was just enough to tet her catch
sight of me and up she came a-pa in’
after me faster than you ever saw a horse
pace in harness.
"As I reached the edge of the tree I
heard her close behind, and I couldn’t he p
turnin’ my head a bit around. I we*
green on bear then, but such an educa
tion as I got in that one giance you can’t
imagine. It was like a storm at sea seen
by a flash of llghtnln’. The lowest bg
limb was about seven feet from Ihe
ground. I grabbed it with a Jump, swung
myself up and hod both feet on the limb
and was Just goin’ to swing over It, when
there was a sudden Jerk In the slack of
my buckskins that felt as if a (on of lead
had suddenly dropped into ’em.
“But I was mighty strong In those days
and my hand-hold stayed. But my feet
gave way Just as the top button of the
britches broke, and the rest followed like
a row of bricks. As my legs swung down
I did some lively kickin’, and oIY came
the pants. By the way, you never want
to wear suspenders when bear Is after
you. If I’d a-been puttin’ on city style
I’d a-been called In sure. Before the
old hellion could get her claws-free from
the buckskins I had whirled over on the
limb and in a second was on the next
one.
"She tore bark off the tree a while,(iry
in’ to get up. but couldn't make it. Then
she flew at the britches and chawed them
a bit. and then flew at the tree and bit
at that until -the splinters sounded as If
the whole business was a-eomin’ down.
Then she took another turn at the pants.
I could see she was bleedln’, though It
was getting dark, hut she made strings
out of the buckskins Jus* about as fast
as if nothin' was the matter.
The Bear Was Dead.
"As it got dark she began to quiet
down some, but I could still see her out
line and she vibrated between the trunk
of the tree and the pants for a while.
Then she sat down and tried to sit me
out, a* I supposed, for It got dark so fast
t couldn't see well through the thick
leaves. It was late in the season and
mighty cold, and for a while there .was
quite a flurry of snow, nnd then It clear
ed some and began to get awful cold,
nnd by that time It was so dark I couldn't
see the hear except in Ihe dimmest out
line, and she looked ns If she was lyin'
down for an all-night's Job of herdin'
me.
"It got colder by tl.c minute end Inerc
"as no us® of goin' upstairs, while down
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stairs It was entirely too h~t for com
;oft. and I had to spend ihe night there
witchln’ the great bear it* iho sky and
tho hig bear under the tree without git
tin any comfort out of either. You’d
a-kept warm swearin’, but I was pious
brought up and can’t swear no more than
I can lie. I decided, though, that there
was a big mistake made in the buildin’
of hell. Perch a rich sinner on a night
as cold as that was up a tree without
hi* pants or supper and he'd soon squeal
for Lazarus to bring him a red-hot brim
stone cocktail.
“Mornin’ come About the end of a cen
tury and Just as I had rubbed about the
last tflt of hide off my shins tryin* to
keep warm by pollshin’ ’em on the bark
of the tree. There was the bear, stone
dead, with a skein of buckskin strings
big enough to keep a camp in moccasin
•trings for a season. And, by gum, sir,
would you believe it, the snow that was
on her and around her from that little
flurry of snow showed she was dead then,
and I’d been seitin’ up garret all night
toastin’ my shins by the oak bark stove
for nothin’.”
TOBOGGAN Cl RE FOR THE NERVES
•
rrodnefi a Spleutltd Appetite and I*
Follorrel by Dreaiule** Sleep.
From the Philadelphia Press.
“There are many cures nowadays that
do not cure,” said an American who re
turned the day from Europ?. “Who
among us does not know of a woman
really In need of good hard work nnd bi
cycle riding putting her faith end m >n y
in rest cures? And, in the same breath,
some overtired, overworked, overworried
creature masnaging away and performing
the meet nerve-racking gymnastic feats
to get rid of 'that dreadful nervous fuel
ing/
“The world is full of otherwise sensible
men and women being violently manipu
lated by machinery, mas-aged by knobs,
expanded by wheels and pulleys, straight
ened by revolving pillows or pumred u >
and down by saddles that never touched a
horse. In fact, many seem to spend their
live* in the pursuit of fresh cures.
“Yet they still complain.
“Among all the ’cures’ of which one
hear* the praises sung there has been no
mention of the toboggan cure. I have been
trying it this January in Sweden atd I
have learned to believe in it mote than in
electricity, baths, massage, hot water and
minced raw beef, the mechanical boat
or four weeks of undiluted feather bed.
Nobody in Stockholm calls it the tobog
ganing cure; that name is given to i by
one who ha* realized its benefits and who
think* it a delightful remedy for dyspep
sia, a splendid builder-up of nerve fore*.
“When the miow comes ands ays in thit
northern latitude the world toboggans,
and as the snow comes early and stays foe
many weeks the world has plenty of tim*
in which to revel in this most exhilarati ig
sport. The innumerable infants of St ck
holm content themselves with the dimin
utive slide behind the library in the Hum
legard. The schoolboy* rush down the
curving ice elope that surrounds the skat
ing park. The King and the royal prin o.i
and princesses frolic at Saltsjobaden, be
yond the great hotel that is a paradise in
•ummer. But the romantically indie el—
those who love a touch of wildness in
scenery, and those, more practical, wi o
adone a really splendid ice hill (stop,
smooth, straight and long)—go out into
the wood* to DJursholm, a village that
lies among the pine trees and the firs up
on the edge of the frozen deep. And the
DJursholm slide is the best within reach cf
Stockholm. Abont 1,000 feet in length, it
Is swept daily, and is daily visited by
those who love to undergo the cure, and
they are many, and Include young m n
and maidens, an occasional <ld man, a
very persistent girls' school,and,of course,
any number of pink-cheeked, s.irill-voi ed
children.
“It is an amazing sight to behold a sol
emn mite of 8 or 9 launching fo th a loti •
on the flying Journey, calmly resting sld -
ways—like an ancient Roman at the feast
—upon a diminutive toboggan. It is, per
haps, even more wonderful to so* som j
boy of 12 or 14 lying face downward, Ms
hand* grasping the runners of one 6 e ig ,
his feet tucked through the runners of
another, pioneering a crowd of twche
companions at breakneck speed thr ugh
the keen, frosty air, keeping a straight
course by almost imperceptible wriggles
of hi* body, and shooting clear of his bur
den when the level ice is reached. Tlur •
are indeed a good many ‘spills,’ a g od
many plunges made into the soft snow
that lies heaped on each side of the t a k.
But nobody seems much the worse and as
for me, I look upon an occasional Bhcc<t
as part of the cure, like the douche trat
puts*the finishing touen to a Turkish
bath.
the toboganning cure, wheth
er undergone in Switzerland or in Sweden,
is a superb tonic, the very b I know.
It puts gayety into the heart.tfcelor into
the cheeks, light into the eyes, stieng h
Into the nerves. It gives the pati nt an
appetite that is ainrmir.g. a long sue fu
sion of nights passed in dreamless sleep.
It banishe* pessimism and drives aw.ty
dyspepsia. The toil up the hill, drug
ging the sleigh, is lightened by the
thought of the exekiment of the rush
down, the flying vision of the hurtping
trees, the leap at the litt'e ledge cf ice
that forms a ‘bunker.’ the music o 'lie
runners over the sparkling surface • ( the
slide, the whirlwind of snow in which the
patient reaches the goal.”
Bryan I* Flailing.
MlnQcqua, Wis., June 18.—Col. W illiam
Jennings Bryan and party spent to-day on
Kawagusaga lake fishing. Ex-Congress
man Towne left this afternoon for his
home at Duluth. Railroads will run ex
cursion* for to-morrow night’s big meet
ing, at which Mr. Bryan will speak.
—The early accounts of the destruction
of the old English iron-clad Belleisle, by
the modern llne-of-battleship Majestic, all
agreed in declaring that the hulk wns in
flames from end to end within a minute
or two of the beginning of the bombard
ment. It now appears, to the apparent as
tonishment of everybody, that this was
not the case. In answer to a question In
the House of Commons the other evening,
Mr. Goschen, the Secretary of the Navy,
declared that “the Belleisle did not take
Are at all, to the extreme surprise of oil
concerned. Spertators were misled into
th* supposition of fire by seeing cloud* of
steam arising through a steam spout be
ing cut, and lyddite shell*, as they burst,
in the water, emitted cloud* of smoko,
again giving the impression of the ship be
ing on Are; hut she was not on Are, there
was only a smouldering Are In one of
the cabins among some clothes. The wood
work was shattered in nil directions, but
did not lake Are. While Ihe ship was be- |
Ing battered the Are pump* were uninjur
ed. and for a long time continued to work
flooding the deck.” He added thut one of
the chief object* of the experiment was
to see if the woodwork would be set on
Are. a* wa* reported to have been the
case In the engagement* between American I
and Spanish warahip*
HEARING WITH THE EYES.
REMARKABLE PROGRESS MADE IN
SCIENCE OF SPEECH HEADING.
Deaf Person*. Guided by Eyenight,
Able to Converse Freely— Only a
Small Minority of the People Hear
Perfectly—A Southern Matron Who
Had No Trouble Concealing Her
Affliction.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
It is estimated that more than 300,000 per
sons in the United States under 35 years
of age have grown deaf since their teens.
A large proportion of these have sustain
ed almost complete loss of aural power.
How to benefit this constantly increasing
; class of sufferers is a matter af far-reaeh
t ing interest and is engaging the attention
1 end most earnest investigation of numer
ous scientists. Many educators, too, are
engaged in efforts to ameliorate the condi
tion of such as are called upon to bear
with this affliction. The Volta bureau of
j Washington, D. C., under the supervision
1 of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who him
self conversed with his profoundly deaf
mother by placing his lips on one of her
closed eyes, and the laboratory experi
ments at Clark University bear witness to
the progress made in this important sub-
JeJt. Aside from the almost totally deaf
adults, growing is the number who have
one defective ear and are forced to take
a front seat in church or public hall, while
never will be known the army who are
, conscious of gradual failing of the hearing
sense .and are wondering how soon their
friends will find it out. Curious i?; the
authenticated fact that only a small minor
ity of people hear well. It is much hard
er to bear deafness which has come after
once knowing the pleasures possible
through the sense of hearing. The mem-
I ory of it is prone to make hard-of-hearing
j adults suspicious. They are painfully sen
sitive to the publicity given by talking to
them in a loud voicte. They shrink in
stinctively from the use of artificial aid*
to hearing. Why conversational tubes or
ear trumpets should not be as commonly
employes! as are eye glasses and specta
cles—the need is scarcely less great—only
the pride of the hard-of-hearing can ex
plain. It is less than thirty years since
the flrst effort was made to teach the deaf
to speak. Such progress has been made in
the interval with deaf children that they
are now being largely taught to substitute
the eve for the ear. Out of twenty year*
of varied experience in teaching children
of defective speech and hearing a clever
woman evolved some six or seven years
ago a unique method, which is working
miracles for the hard-of-hearing adults,
no less than the totally deaf.
Kept Her Secret Well.
The remarkable progress made by those
who study what may be called the science
of “speech reading” is illustrated in the
! case of a charming matron from the
South, whose story was recently told to
a writer for tlie New # York Tribune. She
was among the guests last winter at a
house party in a well-known country seat
on Long Island sound. Winsome in her
beauty, possessed of a sprightly wit and
gracious in manner, she was the belts
of the party. She was compelled to re
turn to her Sou 1 hern home before the
Party broke up, and many were the ex
pressions of regret at her reluctant de
parture.
“And to think, she is deaf—totally
deaf!” sighed the hostess, as the car
riage turned -toward the station, leaving
the group on the veranda disconsolate.
. “Deaf?” they repeated in chorus,
“Deaf? What do you mean?”
“Lucretia Throckmorton is as deaf as
j a post. She has never heard a word
, spoken to her while in this house. It’s
years since the sound of a human voice
I has reached her clever brain.”
Incredulity was on every face; protest
in every voice.
“Nonsense!” said one, “I have talked'’
with her by the hour, and I am sure sho
heard every word.”
‘‘She never failed to answer me,” said
another. “Indeed, so quick was the re
j * s l>onse that she seemed almost to divine
my thoughts.”
“1 made love to her as industriously rs
is my wont,” confessed a gallant from
the neighboring military post, “and I
; swear not a word of it was lost.”
DiMcloNiire ( nine With Darkness.
“I am not surprised,” smiltd the hos
tess, “that you doubt my word. I I ved
n week with Mrs. Throckmorton b- fV>re I
discovered her affliction. In all probabil
ity I would never have suspected it had
not circumstances forced ia* one night to
share the same bedroom. Not until (he
lights were out and there was 10 response
to my repeated remarks did it dawn upon
me that my companion was as deaf a*
the bedpost. Next day I learned her
story and, believe me, the day cf mira
cles has not passed. She had hern s ead
ily growing deaf since girlhood, but ii was
not. until after her mirriage that it be
came a source of such * mbarrass r.e.it
that she was forced to retire from soc.a
ty. Her mothqr had throat trouble, uni
it was such an exertion for her to make
her daughter hear that often a week
passed without a word being exehang and
between them. Aurists declared her e-rs
beyond medical skill. Artificial aids—
trumpet, fun, conversation tubes—only
added to her embarrassment without re
lieving her trouble.
“Cut off from all her Umprraip nt,
youth and beauty craved, she was border
ing upon melancholia when a friend sim
ilarly afflicted summoned her to New
York. For some time she was absent from
home, to return to it literally reb rn. The
strained, worried expression, 1 riser* ruble
from ihe faces of the deaf, gradually
appeared and to the surprise of her fam
ily and friends sho was not only able to
carry on conversation, hut soon took up
her old place in the social world.”
“How does she hear?”
“With her eyes. It’s called 'spaech
reading.’ ” ,
Hardly one of the astonished listeners
had ever heard of speech reud
ing until then and several knew • f charm
ing people to whom it w 11 perhaps eio
long prove a blessing.
Mi'll t to t lie An) lum.
Douglas, Ga., June 18.—A lunacy J l * r Y
In Ordinary Thomas Young’s court tnl*
morning, declared Mr. E. L. Plckreni in
sane. and he was at once sent to tn*
State Sanitarium at Milledgeville,
charge of Special Officers T. P. Wilcox
and William Denton, Jr.
Mleliitel lien ten by Pierce.
Cambridge, Mass., June 18.— Jimmy
Michael was easily beaten by Burns Pierce
in a twenty-mile mo tor- paced race at
Charles River Park this afternoon, in th*
slow time of 84:29 3-5. A strong w’ud
made record time Impossible*