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A BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN.
i.rww hovw and ku ui a oa
VIC'IUI M AWRO.
Illlirrt KriiArtrk Unnird l Tnkr
Hi* Wife *"> Fro m thr Ilona,
mill Op-nrd Hrr RrtWMt Ho \\ no
llrlooril-l’lrod TANARUS I‘latola lulu
ikr I ruxil and F„iall> Wonnilnl n
Hr. Ainuoun— Noun.ro t.a 11.rrr.l n,
I'rulrrl lllm—u lirn Arrraird Ho
Warn I'vnml lu limit- A'lvo AVnnailo.
Mm un. Oa . Dm*. S.-lIIM Zona lMi-k
--►on, a >oudk nhtir lady living In Man*
, iit-Mrr. a üburb of Macon, hoi and
imdly wounded Elbert Kendrick, a negro
alio woe making an attack on her houii
. irly ihi* morning
ALea Ulckeon llvua with her eleter mol
two brother*. Kendrick* wife n em.
yilorad by them and the negro wanted
her to leave He went to the home early
tbi* morning, when only Ihe three women
were at home and demanded that rhe
leave with him On being refused he
opened lire on the house Mia* Dl kron
returneil the Hr. and there was a lively
Interchange of otiota which soon attract'
ioj a crowd.
Kendrick lwd two platol* an-1 emydUd
>o>th of them Into the crowd. Uifllvtitig a
wound on Hr. Tohe .Amazon, which will
..rove fatal. He made hi* eaeape to the
home of hi* father, where a crowd of
armed negroes gathered to protect him.
Deputy Sheriff Phil Stephen and a poe
went to the house and took the negro. ll
wav tfiken to the Macon hospital, where
It was found he had been wounded five
times, notie of the wounds being serious.
He |s now tn jail.
'TfILKPHOmi I ADF.H SE A.
sueeeaaful Ksperlwienl lletireen Key
West and tfamnn.
Key Weel. Fla . Dec. 2u. An Interesting
• tl-erlmi nt has Just been made here
which demonstrate* conclusively that a
proper telephone cable communication
ran lie ha I with foreign countries. In
the presen* e of several prominent |>-oplr
ihe officers of Ihe Southern Hell Tele
phone I'ompaiiv ,-onnecicd the telephone
wires here and at Havnnnah with the
tlulf cable between the two oltlev For a
few minute* a roaring nedso prevented any
i-Hiimuntcatlon. but Anally this sutoi-ted
and the officials here heard Havana dis
tinctly. the words. "1 cannot understand
von," being clearly transmitted. Havana,
however, failed to clearly understand. The
first experiment was regarded a* highly
eurcaaaft)!.
roll <VM.A> IA THE AAIHII.E.
Jenkins. A\ ho tin. Also Hetomed
From Enwland. It oe the Hare.
San % Francls* o, Drr 2u.—Jo- kcy To,I
ftluan math hip flret apt-nt-anse in the
saddle to.lav since hi* returti from Kng
h-nd. It wws at Tanforan In the Christ
mae Handicap. The race was woti by
Ivklle Jones, ail otitslder. with Jenkins
up I wa* also Jenkins' first ride alnce
returning from Hngitnd. Veeuvlaii. on
which Hloan made hi* first
was Installed Joint favorite with his pta
hh ctn|si mot, Andrlssa. Oreyfeld and
Advance Guars received strong nupport.
while llfldle Jones and Mortgage were
■ copied at 7 to I. ,
AItIIKKTED Ft llt 111 I,K HOHIII'H IF.*.
John Vtnrrnv Helleved tn Have
stolen Silks In Many Cities.
Chicago. Dee. 3ft. —John Murray, alias
JMIIam l*nvts. alias ‘‘Bloomington Rad."
was nrreste.l here to-day while at his
Christmas dinner and Is held, (tending In
'•■stlgstlon of recent silk robberies at He
lolt and Janesville. Wls,, Klkhsrt and La
T'orte. Ind.. Ottawa. Qulney and M>metiee,
111 Dubut|ue. la.. Detroit. Mich., and at
ether fs’lnts tn the Middle Western states.
Silks to the value of I3>*n. mild to have
Ison stolen from a store In Qolney. 111.,
last tbabl were found in Murray * posses
sion.
A IHI.I, 14 III*
Orlando Bots Get In Trowhlr Willi n
Pistol,
Orlando, Fla.. Dee. S.-Th
f'hrlstmaa accident resulting from the
arele** handling of flrvarmn*. occurred
here lsat night. Willard Makin, a ial
of ulioiit 17 years, had been monkeying
with a pistol moat of the day. In ?h
--evening, as he was sitting In the house,
I accidentally discharged If. the ball en
tering his abdomen, and passing almost
ttirough his body. It was located by his
physician and taken out at the opposite
side lie is In fair condition to-day. and
It is hoped that he wHI recover.
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It WHIR LOHT AT ABA.
Tng roinmn* Mr port* !.•• of ttarge
No J Wltli I.MMI Tons of ( oil,
Key West, Fla.. Dec. 25.—The ateam
tug Povamas has arrived from Norfolk
and roports that on the Ifth, while ahe
had the government barge No. 2 In tow,
with I.lo* tons of coal, the barge sprung
a leak and after two days* hard work
had to be abandoned, and whs lost at sea.
The erew was all saved, hut their per
sonal effects were not saved. The coal
was for Cibe.
tllAMl’lbh noWI.FH AHOKHTKI).
Thomas W .In* barged With I'm*
heaslemrti t of to AUI.tNMI.
lndlanapolb, Iml.. Dec. 25—Thomas
W'ebh Jay. Icral manager for the Frick
Manufacturing Comi*nv of Waynesboro,
111., and rhanpion bowler of the mate,
was arrested tday on the charge of em
hesslrment. Ifh shot.ige Is variously es
timated gt front to $12.Wl The ar
rest was made it the Instance of fl B.
Hlitchart. presUhnt of the company.
II It OH K W SItI D’N It HI 'OH D
Indianapolis Wan Makes Howling
leore nf 210 Oat of tt*n,
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 25— Tho?nas
Webb Jay of this city broke the world’s
fowling record at th City Club to-night
by bowling 91 out of the possible 200 ler-
M score Strike after strike was made
h hie game with thru? oomrades. until
tha last ball, which mleted the eighth pin
EAT-WELL
Salad Dressing
Differ* From All Other*.
MUNYON’S
RHEUMATISM
_ CURE
nfn Prof Munyon eay* h,* Rhiuny-
Cure will run- rheumatism there
n i hii) guesswork atniiit U— inn t
any fa!-- t.t*tn*nt about I: It simply
jUM exactly what hr says
t will i|it |( cure* more quikly than
cxiH, t It curen without Ira vim;
•ny 111 effects It U n splendid stomach
anJ nerve tonic, a* well a# a positive
nirr for rheumatism
Ail ftie Munyon rameii*f arr Just a* rr
liahlf.. Any drtiggtet f&<- vial. Tar Guide
t* Health 1* fn*\ mj la medical advice. If
you write to IhuoUwuy and Ath street.
Nrw York
\%M%T 'llhl> THK III'. %It I NEAT.
CHlcagn I'HtaltiloaUtii llrrlarr If la
Common Salt In thr Hlond.
< hlraffx Deo. 2’ —Thr Uecord to-mor
rnw wUI iy:
Kxtorlmci ta on turtle# have convinced
Jaquea le> h an 1 l'rof. D J. Luigb*.
phyaiolotii'<. tt,. r ;vir -n-> of Chlv’Uk'".
chat common sal*. In th* bk#>d maker the
hrari beat. What 1# more, they claim
that not only *4**■ > rail keep ih* lirart In
acJon, hut tha? It pii|hly may cause
the hciirt to h*.' attain after if ha# on c
stopped.
For aeveral monthr Dr I.oeb and Prof
I.lnjclr have Urn experimenting to m ure
•he necessary result* to provr thrlr
tneory Thry have ('otutuctol awrier of
delicate scientific trrtr *N*orlng upon thr
pulsation of the h**rt. an<l to-day mle
l*tihH> the m.tiiiiiii . mi ni that the mailta
ih* y obtained had vrrlflrd bryorui a doubt
thru throry that tnr pr rrn*- of aait in
thr olood I'fiatd th#- twatr of lh* ht*art
In thr experiments I w*rk ly
th** two phyriok>K>atr turUr were uw.l
almost rxdurlvrly. Aftrr rni;f>lnK off thr
hadln a* humanr way ar powlhlr ftr
lowrr part of the rhril war rrmo\r*i and
thr lu-art lakrn |Mrrf7%iun of. Inr trail of
taking the organ ar a wholr a rmall rtrlp
frn tuif- of thr crntrlcln* war uaMi. Thr
blood war rrmovrd aid a piror of flr-h
ruapendr*! In dlffrrrnt aoluUona Ivi thir
way their conclusion* worr n*lduc(Ml
l>r 1 eO**• i and Prof. Utifle claim tiiat
thr fa ila i• y of thr *arly hrllrf that in**
hr*rt iipmih h*. hum It I* full of Mood w.
quickly rhowti when a rtrlp of t'lr tu*-
tlr * heart wax aua|*rMlrt| tn a *olu
tion of rrlium <-hlorkl and n
rraular rarir* of brat* Maan. B<purated
from all nerve conitectlona thr lifeless
rtrlp of heart muscle rrrponded perfectly
to thr prer nc‘ of the rally aoltMton.
kVr we-k* thr rxfrrlmentere work to
ascertain what qualities po** rseil to
cauae thir rhythmic heat Ini; of fh** heart
th. were not poaaoaaod by calcium or
potaMlum. the aalta f which enter Into
th* composition of ihe Mood They
found t ao4utton of th* proVem in
fact that the action of sodium *hlorkie
was due to the |>ecullar char* ter of th
s*elium ion* In makintr the InvratMation
they discovered that a pure rswliutn
hloride Moltitlon wr d*'r:rctlve of heart
ti*uer and that hv mixing ciiMum atel
rotar*ium solutloci* with the sodium m>~
luttonr they found that the
<*flfe.-t* of the sodium chloride were dr
at royeri.
< oki: prick* in-:inc. ti t.
Producers Ire Involved In lVnr
Or er 4 onf rani.
Pittsburg, Dac. 25.—Producers of coke
hove become involved In n price war over
the contract* for furtta< r-ok*. which
are now being closed for the delivery dur
ing the first half of the ne# year. The
result Is that some of the Independent
non-f onnellsvi!!** producer* are selling
furnice coke as low as II 40 per ton In
volved In the conflict over the cuke prices
are rhieflv the II C. Frick Company,
the* J U llalney Coke Company, the
Washington Coal ami Coke Company. nnd
the Bessemer Coke Company. The Ftt k
Company Is sahl to he holding to a mini
mum price of 11.75 per ton. on furna v
coke st the ovens, w hile lnd|*ndrnt com
petltorc are piloting mn low as the figures
named and one of the larger of these in
terests is holding to 1 :*V
NOT mu: MAKgI FTTK*I,
Ills llnnra In I'oim'mliiii of War
ciaette < olleae. MllwNnker.
Milwaukee. Wis . TVr 25.—Surprise was
occasioned in this city hv the report of
the discovery of the sup|K>*ed lionr* of
Father Marquette near Frankfort. Mich.
It has been generally sup|Hieed for the
past twsnty years that the remains of
Father Marquette ara In possession of
Marquette Collage*, this city. They were
located by Father Jacker. an Indian mis
sionary. in 187 k. at Ht. Ignace. Mich., on
the site of the cha|e! of the mission at
8t Ignatius, which Father Marquette
founded in lt*7l Father Jacker found the
ruins of the chapel and digging beneath
the altar aite discovered the relics. They
were sent to Marquette College, which
was then being built.
CHICAVO'S liUlll) C I<KKH.
HHlvmloN %rm> Pml aad *lif
Poor tt rll fared for.
Chicago, Deo. K—A feature of th*
Christmas .toy was tho provision mad*
to carry fowl cheer to tho poor.
If a man. woman or child remained hun
gry It waa not the fault of thoee who
distributed Christmas arret in* In th
substantial form of food.
Tha Salvation Army fed .*> person* in
a hall where prls'-flghts have been fre
quently held.
The PsoMe Harden mission served din
ner In the afternoon to between *0) and
ton men and women, mosi of whom
were out-'•eta.
flight lhanaatd men were Riven dinner*
In the fourteen hurne of the Cnion Tra ’-
tion Company during the day.
n.ARKE nut o'linLU
Man I Treated for Nhopliff lag May
lie Wanted for Murder.
PHtnhurß. Dec. JS.—What nuy prove an
important arrant made In Allecheny
to-day. J. C. Clarke and hi* wife warn
a Treated on a charaa of shoplifting and
con*lderalde loot waa fount In their po
e**lon A *earcli of t 'larke * effect* dis
cloaed the fad that h< had tieen arrested
in Hi leoula Oct I. ISB. charged with
murder. It I* heileved hi* real name I*
J C O’Neill, and that he wae one of
the notorlou* "Bllnkey" Morgan gang,
n lid operated *>> e*tn*lv*ly 111 thta eec
tlon a number of year* a an. ‘"larke and
hi* wife, the police think, are wanted In
other cltiea.
0 > ~
tmif T. IIKIIW MBAD. t
llallroad Man llr From Fall Pr
Ml* Horae.
St. Louis. Dec. *-Aolln T Drew
RMieral freight agent of tha Missouri.
Kanaa* and Taia*. while horasbsek
rktiiiß to-day in Korsst Park, fell from
hi* home, cauauig ooncu#lon of tha
btaln Thh> In conjunction with uraemia
ftom whteh Mr. Drew ha* lona been a
eulferer. cau*ed hi* death at 10 o'clock
to-nlghf.
hr. Drew wa* born at Par*one Kan ,
arid ha* been connected with toe M.,
K. * T. road for twenty yeare.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2G. mna
GROWING SUMATRA TOBACCO.
brpnrtrarn t of Arlenlfarr lie porta
I pon Very thperl*
menf In I onnrellent.
Washington. I>ec 3T* -The followtnf no
Ib'e war |M*cted to-day by the Secretary
of A*ricu!tur<
Mil ion Whitney chief of dtvirton cf
•oil*, report* a mi > **ful termination o.
exprr liiu-litt* >'>r,du* (•■) in i
eltn the ('win-i:xp*rlment Hi 4 loti
in the production of Humatra tolmcco near
Hartford. Ota*-third of an acre was plant
ed utaler a ch ee<-U*t h shade nine feet
high and cultivated and fermented un
der the direction of M 1.. Kloyd. tobacco
expert of the department The yield of
cured tobacco waa ?ot* poun-l* making an
estimated yield for one a ere of 2.1(0
poutul*. Tht* Kwl ahoui lt> per cent. In
th* fermentation The crop ha* Jiawt been
•ajUI by la. 11. HtiatjA A ’o oi Matt ford to
Mitchelsoti Ar Hlbbnrd of Kansas fit> for
9473.7 b. making art estimated value for one
a re of sl.d. The i'on of production. In
cluding th*' whole coot of the
shale—the frame for which will
Inst five year* will not excetd
f's per acre. l*<vlnic .1 net profit >f o\er
IW* ia*r acre This wa* an average price
of 71 cent* p*t iMjtmrl The crop up>wii
in the same field, without the shade, and
fermented In the *am* way yielded als*ut
the same quantity nnd trrouxht 27 cwnt*
p* r iound 01 at the rate **t SOO7 97 |er
acn lAediictlnu the *oat of cultivation.
fertlllMtksci and treat ln. this would
Ic .va a profit of about $:• |*r acre Tire
*fllntp crop *f the Connecticut valley
l-r.nirs th* fa 1 met- atsmt 2r cent* per
pouxnl r $• per acre. and. l* ducting th**
• >st of expense*. leo\s a prAflt of about
tA* |h*t acre The Sumatra tobacco rrown
ender shade has Is hi submitte<l to New
York and Philadelphia hutintw m#*n hiia!
tH protrounA el entirely a.itl.-factory
and fully rqiMl in|s>rte| Sion.itru
’riiesa- facts—taken In connection with the
award at th* Pari* exposi
tion of two point* for th*
Florida grown Sumatra over that given
for the :ni|*ort< and Surna r -show that we
can arrow Sumatra toha o of the highest
quality In this country and save our
farmer* bat wean and $7
which is now sent abroad annually for
the forelgn-ifrrtwn leaf This work Is
the result of ihe soil survey made in the
Connecti. ut Valley two y-ir a*n. *nd
similar result* can is expected only
from very limiteil area* where th* eoila
and climatic eondlliona are similar to
those in the Connect!* ut \ alley and In
Florida.
kOMR H 1V OF TNK 1VOHI4).
Hospitality In n Sonlhern Home.
Fame nf *'%unt lllnnh.*'
From the New York Tribune.
On the shores of what are galled rapid*
in many of our streams one often see*
near the scurrying end hurrying water*
:hat carry everything Hflo.it swiftly on
ward. quiet, placid pools. where th** w*tr
develops, by reason of Its surround.nc
lamb. Into quite a different character mir
roring in Its smooth surface the gnat* and
flies that hover about If and affording w
quiet haven for the fat trout that glide
lazily atMJUt under the shallow of the veg
etatlon cm the hank*. So. In places, *'f ir
from the maddening crowd” there
are. even in this e tger, busy
country of ours. where every
bne Is striving nnd pushing In the race
for success, quiet communities, win re old
time cuatom* still prevail and where the
Inhabitants are quit* content with the
simple pleasure* and occupations of their
forbear* Particularly I* this the case In
the rural districts of the Smith where. In
•is* ! im!iwi : • ■ I .:d ru.iruM- :,■ i*e* o i
-urr.Cifid*--i :l • i• r.•' .i r*• ■ t fi.
scendaut* of the heroes of the Ist Cause
still keep up the semblance of their for
mer existence. Indifferent to the rush and
turmoil of the outside world. And al
though their crop* are gathered In by
“hired nigger*” very different from the
faithful serfs of yore, their stud of horaec
reduced to a fewr ungroomed nags and
money 1* more than a scarce commodity,
they still dispense their hosHtulity with
th** same generous spirit, and are unmis
takably what they pride themselves on
being—worthy representative* of the gen
tlemen of the olden school both In m in
ner* and appearance
“It seemed very strange,“ remarked w
Wall street man recently, who had Just
returned from a business trip to the Inte
rior of Mississippi, “to go straight from
the routine of a broker's life at the Block
Kxchange In New York into a community
of Southern gentlemen farmer*, descend
ants of the old planters, and 1 kept long
ing tor the pen of n modern realistic au
thor to Introduce soma of the Interest
ing characters I met with lirto the great
American novel. They ought to per
petuated before the great business boom,
which I* beginning to pervade the Houth
sod which must ere long Inevitably de
stroy these old-fashioned characteristics,
becomes universal II seems a great pity
that the selfishness mid greed of business
competition must sooner or later destroy
such types, for certainly they are flue old
fellow*' 1 went there a complete strang
er. stayed a week, and now feel that
there are half dosen houses In the
neight*orhood, where st any time I would
be a welcome guest. Immediately on mr
arrival st M our party was Invited to
luncheon; or. rather. to take early dinner
with Col. X. Arriving at the house
we were ushered Into a *ia loo* hail,
through which a hearty voice sounded
from behind a closed door, "Slap right In,
gentlvm’4 I will 1* with von In a mln
ute. and. in' Go- means hlb . you II llu-l
everything you want near the dining
room door,“ meaning thereby a table lib-
FIFTY TONS OF CANDY
lime lire* Heat to Oar Soldiers la
Ike Phlllpiilae Inland* by
the floyrrnmrat.
Fifty ton* of candy luv been aent to
tile noldler* In the Philippine Island* by
the coromHsary depurl ment of the army
durtntf the lat three month* and larg •
a mount a to the noldiera In Cuba and Por
to Rico.
Thla la dun* upon advice of the medical
cUlcer* of the army, because It I* n ph>
t slologtcel fact that a moderate consiimp-
I nun of confectionery promote* hetiith and
*atl*fle* a natural craving of the *(om
j ach.
i’andy wa* never fmnl*hed to tho I'nlt
i< and State* army before although It ha*
| tieen lOdunonl) u*ad a* a ration by the
! French and Rrltlah troop* In the tropic*.
Tht* explode* another old fashioned
theory that *weet* were Injurious lo the
' ilißeallve organ*. while a moderate uae
j of aweet* I* actually beneficial
i Very few thing* are Injurious and the
food crank* who advocat* the u*e of a
few grain* and vegetable* and decry the
use of sweet* and mca.s are In error, a*
a wholesome variety of meat ami vege
table food I* absolutely necessary for the
maintenance of the high*et condition of
health.
The best rule to follow 1* to eat wlait
the aptwtlte rrac*. uud If there 1* any
'Hsoomfort or trouble lu digesting meat
and sweet*, tlie dllfbatlly cun be raadlly
cvereome by the regular uae after meal*
of some *afe dißeadvc < omtrated of pep
sin and diastase which will a*lat tha
stomach by Inert using the flow of gastric
Juice and furr,tn the natural peptone
larking In Wtuk stomachs
The heat prepuratlon of thl* kind Is
probably (Jtuart'g Dynpepelu Tablet*
which mv iw found st all dtug store*.
Years f use have demonstrated the
value Uftd effectiveness of Stuart's Dya
pepeta Tablets In all cases of Impaired
dig astir
The Bost Natural Aporicnt Water.
BnnyatU Jdnos Acts p x^bri P .
It Is A W onderful Kerncdv l or Those Suffering With
Constipation and Hemorrhoids.
€>*er Pkyalelaa* manv ef th# vu faa>n* in ttu-..|,i Teatlfy TaTht*.
It art* witb ut fivta * rise .■ iotetiii%| irntaloxi and a.-ta apesdr *ir* and aetpte
Averag* la.ar s luwbiertm ■*. u*|f | u r baloie bieakfaat will .m..- aropmoa
ra. uattea, without tuinattut any dlsruintort t* th j ali. nt
n,:w AMI ul Wubatltute* aad ,||.l| I1 <• |*k lor ihr fill \ %%| |
Hunyadi Janos
BLUE LABEL and RED CENTRE PANEL on BOTTLE.
erally -pi*kid with liqtMTr# .itil .i| |H ii< i
**f various dw'rl|Hio<i. from which he
i itasembled guest* tu l|*l themseiv* ■ with
iut ceremony, an*) where out boat Joined
‘ ua .* few iind* later, ouraHHin; hi*
I toilet an h* came.
, A* for the luncheon, I never such
! I*4 untv or sili'Ji deliczou* is*>klnit Hei
1 muater trropuseil w< -Ih>uUl naike .1 vl*li
to Aunt lHnah, In the kitchen, who, h*‘
I told u*. adoi e%l compliment*. i*l w*s .
character worth seHnn. a* she wa- the
flni at rook In the neighlxirhcsMl an I w.i
j sent for from f*r and n.*r to sup* tin
1 t h! the \ -roiD function- W nil .-* •• I
‘thai such n lunclioMi de.-* rved otirtliwnk
.ind Mjeurned in a laaly to the kl’ het .
where Aunt lhimh r •ivi.l us with th
greatest digmlty and affability, and stioa
t I u# the wonder* of her at ore room
“One of the no n 1 met then* s|!* n
aslly pre** rvt*d specimen of \ tgon u* old
oat promt-* I nu> some (In* quail -h**t
ing the next day. ind drove m- In •
shabby oUI huggv with a beautiful M*>r
ikUii man* t ad point, whet* .1
iOU|de of hors*"* were waiting for u*
A*ach ridd n by a small <njlored Ik>> . with
an ok hr man to tak* our (rap It * •**?•
ter rklitw than walking.' exidalned (Jen
B . ‘and we down when we want
t# -hoot < 'offe*> and Ha mho will n>* witti
us to take 1 are of the najfr*. and to my
surprise (h* two little Imp- hopped nlm
t iy up behlml us. holdlnj; on to our • at*
to keep themselves from falling off The
!or*e were steady old beast a. accustom
ed to th* work, ami certainly It was an
eaay wav of getting a day * >q*ort A
splendid brace of |ofnter* h*-l|ed u* to
u ha* of Uftv quail. *< tiia( on live whole
l was well content with th* 1 flout hern
fashion of ahuoimg It went on Fvery
*ly wa* mark’d b\ seme ho-pi table kind
11 ** and I came away wi*hlna mv week
. < uld have lm*en lengthened into n
month."
vAa Ait if* or \ torikvnotf.
There Are Msm 4|nrer Applicant#
at Urn# Mares.
From the New York Tost
Another case of smallpox has been dls
covered since lad announcement, Ihb vi -
tlm being Mr*. !,oul*e Temple U years
old. Khe was taken to North Brother
Island last night. No new case# were
found this morning
“When the present smallpox scare run*
Its course. I do not think there will he
mmy anti-vaccinationists In the city. ’ re
marked a West-Bide druggist, whose shop
Is near the district where the recent out
break began. “It Is all right to be an
anti-vaccinationist in times of no ej4-
deraic, but ft Is different when th* smali
l*>x comes next to you
“When the present duthreak started In
this neighborhood. I wa* amused at the
conversation of M>ne of my customer*,
educated people, too. They bravely aired
their views stiout the danger of vm infla
tion. dwelling In particular upon alleged
instance* of blood-poisoning. tetanus and
tuberculosis otiuol by th#* introduction
of Impure vaccine In the blood of the pa
tients. and they drew such vivid pictures
of the suffering of the unfortunates that
the uninitiated might well feel disposed
never to trust to the operation. Hut
since the spread of the disease more gen
,-rally, these sanv- theorist* have begun
to nurse a sore left arm
"The present ejddomk ha- ie* n m -du
cat tonal movement for a g*at number,
and there l* little doubt but It will have
a good Influence upon tne very i*oor who
inhabit the tenement district*. 1 hardly
have a customer nowaday* who does not
stof* long enough to ask me a few ques
tions about sma.lpog and vaccination.
They have ail been vaccinated, and they
arc curious to know something more
about the disease and tin- remedy A;*>ut
half of them ask if I have any literature
on me subject which they can take horn,
and read. For their benefit it would pay
the Health Board to issue Just no* a
popular and reliable pamphlet giving the
history of the disease. Its cause, remedy,
ami descriptions of tha grt
the past. in flg.'Hit * •-- • * b . m: *•
Hie gr -ate •oh a, * n,. - * • •
superstition, and h campaign ilk# th*
present could thus be converted Into a
beneficial educational movement.
“Many patients conic in here to pur
chase the vaccine with the Intention of
vaccinating themselves. What’s the good
of paying your <loctor a dollar or two
for something that you can accomplish
yourself In five minute* at a oat of shout
10 cents? Now a man or woman <’n vac.
clnate blmaelf or herself, provided th re
I* sufficient nerve. It I* a fact that
Seem* ridiculous, but nevertheless true,
that not on-' out of ten ha* a-eually the
nerve to lake any h*n> Instrument ami
deliberately draw blood freely. I have
had aeverwl Illustration* of thl* among
my own friend*. Ilreat, big. strapping
fellow* have attempted to vaccinate
themselves, and only one ,to my knowl
edge tarried the work through succera
futly. I have aokl hundred# of the little
glaa* tuba* lo would-be vaccinators which
l know were never used. In moe! In
stance* the doctor* have Anally performed
the simple operation.
' ftpesklng Of iloclore. however, make*
me think of the good thing some of Ih.-m
have uiada out of the epidemic On#
physician told mo that he had vaccinated
1.000 patients In the last four week*.
Now. hi* tegular charge for an office call
Is fvom one lo two dollar*. ami for a
house call from two lo three If he charg
ed the minimum cost of II a head, he
would be In to the tune of SI,OOO a* the te
sult of the pr sent outbreak, but It I*
more than likely that he made |2.of or
|l >*>, at the least. Other doctor* have
fared pro|*>rtlonately well In the neigh
borhood of the Infected district.
"There ha* been a c|aa* of customer* In
the store In the last few week* who have
persistently *k'-l m* for some medicine
to prevent the smallpox. It I* hard to
make them believe Hist nothing except
vscclnstlon will work Th* class I should
rail the patent-medicine consumer*. They
support the big concern* which pul up
patent-medicine* for every 111 under *h
sun. Imaginary or real. They have stieh
Implicit faith In the*' medicines that they
run lo the drugstore for some of th* med
icine# as soon as they have a rold. cough,
fever, or headache. It I* surprising how
much this class spends In patent nostrums
In the course of a year. I believe they
actually spend more than If they hud' a
physician attend them a d;>y oul of each
week the year round It ho* been diffi
cult to convince thl* class shat small
pos was out of the category of ordinary
diseases which patent medicine* could
cure or prevent.”
g , •
—"Wlltr" exclaimed the first Londoner,
stopping before the London Time* office,
"lei's read these bulletin* about the situa
tion In South Africa.”
"No," replied the other, much disgrun
tled, "I wan* lo know nothing about the
It."
"Then you ought to read these. Thav're
official -Philadelphia Pres*
NAPOLEON S GRANDSON
• nun or % riiMiii miio *%%%
i:ra 1/111.1 ov* *o\.
H*Min|inrtl*t !liti*e t*nn<l-lad (tie
Man W Ini I* wld to ll* Nn liulroa’s
Only ll***eitNMt V\ 111 1.1% e in
•t> lr Iu Purl*
Fiom the New York Wot t
The Third NM|H*leiui In direct |*<s cut
for 4h.it I ami' Bonaparte w a* mount’d
til*- throne of I’niM ■ .is Napoleon 111
w * hvi? n nephew of the great foumler of
hi- intnllv Ia tailor m Chrmnitx. (lei 1
man y
lie is the only Avn of the ill-fatel I>uk
of lie|ch*tad‘: •*f “1/Alglnn -the "Hint
let’ wile-’ p.itheti *tor\ Item i;n 9t an I
Mntsl’ Adam* .iave portra>tnl on the
stage of that baliv King of Home whose
very piav things a cup and ball—-were a
h. epter and n globe in token of the uid
versul k>inlnl<Hi that w.e to i*‘ his. hut
who died piwrrlfM and forgiatten
Th* claim* of th*- tallot are so well e*.
tnl.laheil that Iktroti la-goux. lalrman
of the Frm*h Imperial party, I* pr#|Mt'
Inga home m Far I* for the direct b
s endant of Fran*'* * greatest ruler
Huron l. g x is raising m fund of 1.000,091
fr.MHH f him. it'd he will live rtt the
interest .if this focune in a little pat • .
on rite Champ- Ktysee* n>t far from the
site of the old Tulilerict*. wliere hi* f*• ttr
ee ssw th.* light
l*rin e t*>gene Joseph Napoleon** fils;
recohe't km* go hack to the town of
Wurxett, m royal Saxony, where h** lived
• the adoplfHl son of a tailor named Lud
wig
When he had grown to manlKxst hi#
foster father told him that he came Into
the fanillv in 1*4.1. and tnat previous to
that tine lit- had resided with h motfi
#i “u great lady.” at the paiac*>
“Tire Cleat ia.lv," he explained, was
the inUtre** of one of the Austrian Km
|*tor # grandson*
Th* son of l/Aigiort says this Inform -
tlon revived tn Us mind chlklhood re
fle> done which heretofore lie had regard
ed a dreams l|* remr mlerrd having
several years in a stately hou*'
and park where he owned a pony and
carriage and fine plaything#
The thought of establishing Mm Identity
was uppermost In .Kugene Joseph** mind
when it 21. he |#*fi his foster father and
accepted m I’osttlou at lletgeiwlorf a vil
lage near tlje imperial castle of K hoen
hrunn As (he documents . ||| * of the
young talk>r were In batln. Eugene Joseph
had never learned their contents, and the
vlfTuge pastor whs appealed to He dls
coverod that the tie ailing* relating to par
entage amt birth were rvot filled In ln-
Hnul there wa- the remark Htate ac
re!. in tiie keeping of the Minister of the
Imperin! House. Hotburg." which seemed
to Indicate that Eugene Joseph's father
l>elonged to the reigning family of Aus
tria The Information under "religion"
read "Haptlxe<l In the religion of (he
mother, a Hungarkm Prote*tant“
I’nder “menu* of kl’miincatton** was
ltd* “Birth mark—Maltese cross on the
|ef( hraast over the heart.'’ Kugene Joseph
■asl he poeseMse<| that and the priest ex
amined him Finding that the tailor had
told the truth th*- pastor s.ild "I am
hound to take (hi- paper to the Vienna
authorities, hut will give you an authen
ticated copy.** This was Ihe last Eugene
Joseph saw of Ihe original. Which was
confiscated by Prince Metternlrh. while
lefore the week was up he was marched
toward die frontier of Saxony tietween
two gendarme* ( a- on "obnoxious for
eigner. " \
The ftchoenbronner?. Including several
officials who had - e** to th** record*,
assorted that hi* Ilf**’.* circumstances tal
lied with what 1* known of th* fate of
•u - n..b. r # .-• -•
Thl* chlkl. (he%* said. was born In
Pehoenhrunn toward the end of mi. and
M* mother waa Comtesse Vllma von
Bedlnlockv. n beautiful Hungarian.
Reich*'adt died July 2L IM7. and Mill*
von Hedlniocky and her child were hurried
aw y from where the Imperial
lover bad e-tahllehcd th*-m In a hunting
lox The baby son was between 9 and h)
month* old.
Trine* Mettemh-h caused Mile von .♦.
dlr.lorkv and her child to be taken to
R.txony, whose King could lie truste<|. **
h- wa* under obligation* to Austrii and
to the Bourbon*
Kugen# Joseph instituted Inventlgntlon*
j.t Worm and b-arned iha: n Hungarian
lady, accomiHtnled by mal<- child, had
l*eei a prisoner of *Me there, and her
very considerable allowance wa* paid hy
the Aiistrisn *-mba**y In Dr**d*i
Nothing bad Interrupted the* prisoner *
Hfe for ten o* more year* when a younr
and handsome strsnrer. with *b* liesrlng
of an Mrrnv officer, began to visit at the
Phlm<’c ll and the t'otmtes* lecam*
friend*, and on day he cm triad her off.
the royal Governor looking benignly on.
for She) were to !*• nut triad
The little Imy wmm soon afterward re
nvivol frrim the ra*tl** ami taken to Dres
den. whence he returned a Htle later, not
a* the pensioner of the palace, big a* the
apprentice of Tailor Ludwig, who. It wa*
understood, rrce!vd a large sum down.
The servant* Of the (Mi.ice were paid
and discharged, the gnrrli>ti w;t* broken
up and sent to distant {dace* nnd the
oastle was turned Into government offices,
F.ug* tie Joseph gathered that all that
wa* needed to establish his MentHy was
to And Vilms von Acdlnloclry, for there
could le little doubt that she teas hi*
mother He traveled for years, searching
for the woman who ha 1 abandoned him
The Aedtniorky* he dlS4*overed soon
enough, there are two branches of th
family, an Austrian and a Hungarian
one.
It-warr|ltig the fate of their relative.
Vlltnw. they were silent, and when Ku
gi tie Joseph contlnuenF'to bother them
•aey procured hH removal from Hungary.
H* <*i after K 'g in- Jo*efh had estah
llshcd him. elf In Chetaiilti he wa* visited
by fapt 1 aniel von Kassony. of the Hun
garian Honveds. whose story of his fair,
tillage coincided with the discoveries al
r*h Iv made Moreover. 4he captain hid
known Vllma von Sedlntocky personally
-In fact she had Jilted him for the Duko
of Kelrhatadt.
kassonv ofTeretl to go to Hungary and
continue the search for Kugeur Joseph's
mother Trine, four month* passed At
last the tailor rec#hd word to come to
Nenudorf. Courtv Zips.
Neudorf was Vllma's birthplace, and
th,. Hungarian and Austrian authorities
bad reported to the parson every change
In her station of life, as the law pro
vides.
The record* showed that (Tomtoas* Vll
nw I* rime the rm/tber >t a maJe child In
Novemiiei IM2. ami that, in the follow
ing August, ah. removed to n foreign
state tßasotiyl.
The child was l*aptigrd in the Protestant
faith and rvnelved tne name of Kugeti*
Joaepii Napoleon.
Bhe entry was made Aug It, 1*45.
It re*am*dial Vllma*# marriage to IJariti
Ferdinand Hoicky f1: - M lieutenant In the
Hung arum M>ikii#*l Notde (luurih
Til*- isiir ltv%l together three year#. In
January. Jfrc a *h tee of divorce w.t- ro
-ctrd*i
Th* iast entry r#iorJid thr uchayipv w*
man # ilMth in kbvtemher, Iv*
After that Eugen* J*#n*jli iseamrd ids
fumli* * A(ue H itaparte, hut ’'a paM>'e
tlireati> l iirrest It lie per*d t in using
any other Inaii m mot tnr’a iuviim * - the
aw relating to l.l’aliiiuste cM dren pr.e
vl'k* Next the lalkrt wh* 'ontlliUd to
a oil liiinse.i lam* ig tf oi tin* tVwims H
hdts k \ |*f ;.-xt*M| M 44.10-1 lit# imp.a l t •
Utk sliipi a j..\ ,r | id Napoleon 111 win.
was Jus then guth ring .ill the Napoleon*
hi# lino.’ Mm tilt* l<v- cei*n
• oiiMii't ot 1 (in re A'gnltkai m th* TuUb t
ir * The Ktni* tn we tifmhl if him cut
••rtill woiu.rt |( F,ti**i - J#‘-pti w i *
* *4l a’l liii k* nf H-l' - li#lodt lie atwl
iW’t tile Off# PI l tig lf tjlleell lb’ll’ il *
might t*# ttk’Uglil cit'lllel to the ’hr*m
Hill th* Hone par tea thnnthi tiwni(h *f
the Candida* yto wish ti lein|w’rixe The
*on if I. \ig *n ha- hi hi# #•-* --ion n let
ter whk t tin lat* Frtn r Napoleon. ' Flon
Fhai ' #’ iit him.
Two ><ai * after Fugeiie Joee|h present
•*d himself it th* Tulllerb*#. nut tie ISm
l-rmt lit. High giving film prewents mil i
p* union iefU%t to pedvi turn uiitlt the
Investigation# cf I’rln • Nafolect> w> •
mw link .i
tn the fall of 1972 Fugei • Josupli In im*
a t*Mthoti I‘hat was th*- la#t step taken
by la lor Ludwig to etal’llsh his claims,
w iildi la* consider# above eucpn ton. the
ii”t* st a- th lea llrg Freiw h l **t >Mst
in IntenoMlng thamscWeft t sga
Meanwhile lie auik# at lit*, tra I**- mat of
iadi< # tailor, in w til h in|wdl> lie Im# a* -
•lulfed a icpirt.itkm Among his ou#totin*rs
ar* the 1 .li. of tin* of Bad’ti Slid
ItHiarls. wio [e.imol of hi# cxl#tein •'
w tien Huron Lg**ux tiH|'itret afi* hltik
l.llMit\*k Fit IV \I I !•%!.% FA.
ilnnv lions* # I Hal %re Wortht t
lie the % Immlcs f KlnM#
From the ls>nd*m fcJxprca*.
Is’islon may ih'. Im* a city of palace#,
ut It <*>ntatns several hou see worthy to
?.*• the •itN’-ie of King# Tnr* * memorable
I mansion* overtook the tlteifi Fatk 4*l.if
ford House, the town test*ten* of the
1 nik mid DU' heas of Mutbetkmd. is #awl
to le the finest pi I vale ituus*- in file in
ropolw The entraticc hall, stairews* .
and banqueting room are worthy of Ver
sailles The collection of pictures t# die
tflbuied throughout me house, and some
Ii fie iuoet valuable mi e to 1# seen In
the Hut het Mul Haller), a sort ai<r •
meni, with celling painted by Uuer-
Kur The state room# are sp'.eiulki’y
furnished. bu( tlie living rtionw- *f the
family hear *?he au|>eiior #lanp of
heir owners refined and cultured per
sonality. Tiie I ruches# of Rutherlaiule
i’ou’k’ii Is a* ha rising ly arranged, with
many l*ok iiul picture#. an*l nlway's
fresh wHh flower# aisl foreign plant#
llrklg**water ||ou#r. bekmglng to laird
and 1-idy Klb#im*ie. |# another notable
dwelling and f*r*a ihe Ureen Park Tbs
o4le Ibm of plctur* i# very flue, and
• oiUain# among other# Itapnael s wurM
ftirnniMi Vlerg* mii I'aimter."
Near at hand stuiul# Spencer House, the
lain dot i home of laird and Lady Spencer.
Its distinguished featur*** aie the charm
ing view from the windows, and the
•croat beauty of laid) Spencer's red draw
ing room
In A; Juflies’ HtiuaH' stand* Norfola
I louse, the town riieiislon of the Duke of
Norfolk The sat of drawing room* ou
the flrsi floor form a flu* suite ol apart
uc*nts. terminated hy a stated dining
hall lined with mirrors and having t
• Him* rt hly Mdorii'l with carving a tid
ing and pictures In the rear la |*rt of
the okl hou*e u> wtilch tborg* 111 w.u
torn. la tidoii llousi the oftb lal rea.-
dcnce of the Bi*tni* of Isaekut, m also
lii Ht .lame* Hipiare.
wimtorne House, the I guidon home of
Lortl and laid) Wlrniiorne, la In
street, and ulm* iMka over the Green
I’ark The great feature la the beauti
ful hallway <*i the ground floor, with a
musicians' gallery at one end and aaveral
line reception rooms, and a conservatory
>MM‘iilng out of it Wlmhort)** house lias
been tho scene of many roywl l-al.s a ret
princaly entertainments. The Mayfair
district contain* many distinguished
bolt*** Chesterfield House, the residence
of lord ami (oil) JiurttNi, Is quite a his
toric lit aide The house Sum built for th
famous Lord CheatiVfleld, author of “let
ters to Hl* Hon.” nnd this rather doubt
ful Instructor of youth styled the tmudolr
“the gayest room In Kngland. and the |i
lrry the best “ He also speak* of the
“Canonic*#| pillar*” eg his house, meaning
the tolumnn brought from the Canons,
the seat of the Duke* of Chnndo* The
mnrhle staircase and the ball room are
magnificent Nut fa r from Chesierfle.d
House atnnd* Dorchagtar House, the
proper!V *f Cant II ilfnrd wni-rry in flin
Prince of Wale- From an architectural
l*lnt of view thl* I* the finest prlva e
palace in laaidon. It is built In the style
of an Italian palasso, and oontalita a
grand staircase of pure white marble
The picture gallery la a notable one, and
among many valuable painting* Is n mas
terpiece of O reux*. called “The Girl With
M Pigeon •• A few year* ago Dorchester
House was occupied by the Hhahsada. and
the stable* were converted into shamble*
for the slaughter of animal* for food. •-
•ordlng to the tenets of our royal visitor's
Fastern religion
Grosvcnor House. Fpper tJcotvcOOV 0
la the town hous* of the Duke of
Westminster. The hatHlaornc screen of
classic pillars with a double archway, di
viding the courtvar>l from the street was
in Hied In IM2 The Grosvenor gallery of
picture* Is celebrated. It# mbrandt and Ru
bens are sc#-n to great advantage, and
In the drawing room Is Gainsborough's
famous “Blue Boy “ Grosvemor llu*me
ha* a falr-stsed garden
latnedown*' House lie* on the south
*t>le of Berkeley Hqoare. It wa* origins:
ly built for n Marquis of Bute whn was
minister to Georgs ill, and afterward
iwssed to the latnado’wne family. Th*
house contains many valuable pictures,
but the sculpture gallery Is of far great
er Interest The collection la of ancient
I toman sculptures, many of them from
II Adrian's villa m Home A large semi
circular recess at tha end of the room
hold* the moat itrqiortam statues
Dnvofislilre House. Piccadilly, la a pa n,
w*U-proportioned brick building m u
court-yard, a rough ahell containing many
features of beauty arsl treasures of art
The magnlfl< ent marble staircase with Its
balustrade of crystal Is unrivalled Home
of the pictures anl portrait* are very
line, ami the Devonshire gems safeguard
ed In the library, the “Kemble Plays,“ a
series of old Fngllsh (Hays, and some flr*t
edition* of Hhak'*speare. arc among the
treasures of this historic mansion. Devon,
•hire House was the scene of the never
to-be-forgotten fancy hall during the Dia
mond Jubile* season of IBT The ground*
extend to lanelowne House, and the***
two abodes may be styled palaces in
dens. Ix>rwlon lerry House. Park lan-, the
residence of laird and lad) Londonderry,
Ift a covnmodbai- mansion, and remarka
ble for Its grand gwlbrv and sHende!
decorations. One of the rooms contains
; Tbe Ordeal is r ryinq
• is a perfectly natural func- £S|agHK< !
! tion. hut it is robbed of its terrors where '
1 th. virtue ct “Mothor'n Friond" f j
is known. This unioue liniment, applied i
J externally, relaxes all the muscles, *o that 1
; The ordeal is Easy \
** Sold bf *n rvfgtMs. last by I
1 WILL BOLT, mt L.y*s>4*. !•*. erttn: •• *MetHw* Fritad* m* bf* W |>dt, (
I hSttlMSdayvidala l'un.p,.i b na*fcitwanJuktMeas;.** I-OP per Inl tlc.
J TSi: RHIUni liigtO.lXATOlMO...!tla*t*.t*. j
%asa# and tabic# of malacfilts, given by
th* allied ’Aiverdgn# to Ihe aecond la^rd
landonltirj‘.
Aps|ey House. Hyde Park Corner, fkw
ttslderc*- of use Duke of Wellington, waa
presented to the Iron Duke hy a grata-,
ful mintry its l%Cv Tlm #lte 1s one the \
bc#t tn ami. po*#Ubljr, In kbirope, ‘
There I# a picture gallery, called the Wa
terloo (Sail* t), containing portraits, P(c
tures. #t ime#, md gift# from many roy
, tte On (h* ■talna## i# t’anova's coto*-
mI statue of the great Napoleon
#1 FI HSI ITIOAS ill THE TN4CK.
Tridea h liieii Prevent the Rsrlsg
lout* Irniii Medina.
From llie New York TxlHflffc.
I I**ll you It # a cinch ll# can't loo#.**
Dow do you know .*"
ic *ok ut th* wav he's br#d and
he's been winning right along."
I ’•>< k*d at ti • guide this morning ami
ii not iiu t unn. | in it Tht* I* his first
start thl# v'at, 4ml. a# you nan ##e. It
I# n race few maidens."
Well. I know h*’# a • orker hy tha
way he r (>re*l Him sire waa one of tin*
fast* •' h*r-es ier raised In Kentucky
anl hi** dam never wa# iieateti at any
(stance up to seven furkngs."
Mow i u* tired’ Who wa# his sir#
•itil what wa* the name of the *lan?"
U ell l can't remember Jihm now, but
I know he t# well bred "
Fcihafv# he i#. but vou don't know
mu* h atiout him. for tie i# an imported
Fitwling that he had made a "bad
htwak tii*’ (out iri’iiHil id# Interwled vtc*
tltn and lked rather crestfailan. In a
few minute# a reporter tnanage<l to draw
him into conversation.
That gentleman lo**# not appear to
hav* much uae f*r any Information you
bavc to give hltn'*“
“Oh. In # •* good He*# one af 4ho#a
peqtgtce crrtTik# who know# all about a
ind dot i • I*ll hat ha
iiasn't pi< k* and m winner tn tw% months
“How ar< y<u making out po king wlu
. . .# ( Ik
‘rid SO.'*
What's your system?'*
•Well, I *a*k out for n horse that's
n*#wt due to win and then gef MOllkOily
to play Mm He*# a# likely to b# worth
the prt e h* goes for a# any of them, but
thi<. you know. it*# all luok. anyhow.
‘Do you bellev# in lockt**
Well, l shouki #) no I can always
tell when I'm going to win."
Ilow ?"
“J feel lucky, and anybody that take#
llie pain# t* iHttlcw little thing# can al
ways do the same, no matter whether he
know# Mnythlng snout horse* or not **
'What little thing# lo you mean?"
"Why, If you meet a cross-eyed man
or woman when you're on the way to the
p'A/lrourn you won't make a bet that day
If you've got any #cn#c Home people
#) the#*- thing# are all nonsense Tfctsy'll
turn atound and go hark home for the
leas* little thing thav've t**rg*tter like a
I” *ket handkerchief or some trifle of that
kind, because they aay there's nothing
m luck But you Just let on# of fheoe
fellow# ruetl* for Id# own living for a
year or two. I jet him follow the races,
play the hore# all Hie afternoon, play
the latftik at night, and then crawl tn
hih! sleep with the stable loyi at tha
track from 4 o'clock till daylight, and then
he’ll lenrn that (here Is something In
luck, and he| pay attention to all the
#ign of had and good luck."
What ar** some of these euperstltlona
of the turf?"
"Oh. fher* are so many l couldn't think
of half of them Now. If there's ever
keen a lawsuit over ty horse I wouldn't
play that horac at l< to 1 If he wa% lead
ing twenty length' In (he stretch and all
the other# had fallen down for I'd know
he couldn't win any way they could fix It.
•uch Horae# are always hoodooed as long
a# they live. 1 like to play the first homo
mg of the paddock. A man ought never
to show hi# ticket or tell anybody tha
horse he b# bet on. IF# all light to say
you're going to get on thl# or that horae.
hut after you have made n b*g don't tell
anybody what horse you have het on. If
any one o#k# vou. and you don't want
to hurt hi# feeling#. Just lie to him.
"Don't 'save stakes* with anybody, for
then you will ho:li lose
"I most always tear my ticket* shout
half In tw<i a# soon ns I buy them. I
don't think there # much In this, hut then,
you know, when tt fellow Is hard up, h
don’t like to (hrow away any chances.
"I got hold of a fellow once when V was
In great form and I had all the winners
down pat for that day. nut somehow ev
erything went wrong. The first one wo
caught at 3 to 1, and after he had put a
swell bit on him the horse was hacked
down to 3 to &. ll** led tn the stretch hy
eight length#, and I was only a flve-fur
long race. Now, would you believe It,
that onery eon of a gun Mowed up In tha
last sixteenth and didn't finish ‘one, two.
tltiee.*
"The next one wa* sure to land for ug.
for after o|tenlng nt and to 1. and slaying
Just long enough for us to get down, ha
wa* cut to 4 and at last went to tha post
at 31% That looked like ready money,
and we Just waited to rash our tickets,
but he got off bad In a five eighths race,
and then, when he wa* rounding Into the
stretch, th’rd, with two rank quitter*
ahead of him. an old yellow Texas gelding
• hat was tiring badly In second place
swerved from the whip and chucked him
over on the Inside rail. I thought he was
going over Into the Infield sure enough,
though he didn't, hut th 4 hump on tho
mil skinned hie near shoulder and put him
out of hualne*. He finished last, and doad
lame at that.
“The third one we plaved that day was
an even money, and after breaking out
with the ]#od he had Ids nose In front oil
the way. though he wa* tired ami stag
gered In the laat sixteenth. Hi* number
went up and then them onery Judges dis
qualified him few swerving In the stretch.
By that time I was all but out. and my
friend, who wa a putting up tens along
with my dollars, nnd declaring im* In with
all his beta, concluded that tuck wa*
against him and went home without wait
ing to see the rest of the raring. It wa*
just as well. too. for not one horae that I
had picked that day took down any part
of the money.
’'‘When f got t the house where 1 was
boarding that nigtM 1 found out how It all
happened I had been hoodooed by mis
take There was a Csgten widow from ©no
of the parishes boarding for a few days
at the same house, and someone who had
It in for her had sent an old houdoo nig
ger lo sprinkle w hite sand on the steps so
tha*. the would he the first to step on It
coming out. The old scamp was cunning
enough, for be rang th*' ieil and asked If
the lived then Just a few minute* before
I came out. He had found out when ahe
wa- going up street, and sprinkled hla
wind just In tlm* for her: hut after rha
had her hand on the door to come out
she ti rued around and ran hark to her
room for a handkerchief, and It waa Just
my luck to be ready to leave that minute,
and so I was the flrsi one to step on the
hoodoo sand, an*!, of course. I got H.**
—“What are you leading. DorleT** “Pg
pa * poems. M ' Been naughty7*’—Punch.
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