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GUN PLAYS 0 Shooting in Which. C Tr .-i Tho hurrah dajs of western Kansas had passed, Bay? a Guthrie letter, be fore Oklahoma was opened to settle ment, and the men who had enliven ed the towna of Dodge City, Abilene, Medicino Lodge and Caldwell had moved further west or remained stranded in their old rendezvous. Thc opening of Oklahoma gave them a new outlet, and many rode over the border and Bettled in the new country. All northwestern Oklahoma is sprinkled with them. They have reached the ago of reminiscence and no longer lie in wait for the unsus pecting tenderfoot. Col. Ed Marchant, of Carmen, lived in Medicine Lodge in the old days and knew everybody from Junction City as far weat as Dodge. "Most of tho * TO spade 2 of that reckless time were intended SB prac tical jokes," said Marobant. "They were rough jokes, but it was foolish to protest. "No barkeeper ever liked to have a cowboy ride into hie Baloon and up to thc bar for a drink, even if he pay two bits for it, but the barkeeper did not say so, at least not in the presonoe of those who would repeat it, for if the report beoamo ourreot ihat the Looo Star saloon or the Long Branch did not like such customers, no one for twenty miles around would take a drink at any other place or in any other fashion. "While the merchant H did not like to have their signs shot up they dared not complain. If Prairio-Dog-Hole Dave or Cimarr?n Pete took a pot shot at and drilled holes in a newly paint ed sign with a 45 bullet, the owen looked on and smiled, for it was only a display of Dave's humor or Pete'? joking proclivities. If the merchante had protested a dosou or moro cow boys would have rallied to the support of their comrades and a fusillade wouid have wholly destroyed the ob< jest of wVe joke. "Only o^o did I hear anything ic remonstrance said about suoh pleasan tries, and that was when the ornate gilt sign of a young lawyer from Bt. Louis was shot up. He offered a re ward of $5 for information ss to whe did it. "An hour or so after the report ol the offered reward was in general cir culation. One-armed Miller from thc Bar X raneh rode to the young1 law yer' ? door and announoed that he eould toll who did it, and would if the five were plaoed in his hand. Thc lawyer pasBed over the money whioh Miller put in his pooket. " 'Now,' said Miller, "I fills rn; patt of the deal. I done.it, partner, with this'eie gun. And np came (?hs oix-ebooter, falling carelessly across the horse's neck, so that the muz zle pointed in tho lawyer's direc tion. " 'You offers the reward,' Millet S EE D l ? M E* 1 ^experiencedfarmer * has learned that some grains require far differ ent soil than others ; some crops need differ ent handling than others. He knows that a great deal depends upon right planting at the right time, and that the soil must be kept enriched. No use of complaining in summer about a mis take made in the spring. Decide before the seed is planted. fi best time to reme* dy wasting conditions in the human body is be* fore the evil is tao deep rooted. At the first evi dence of loss of flesh Scott's Emulsion should be taken imme diately. * There is noth ing that will repair wasted tissue more quickly or. replace lost flesh more abundantly than Scott's Emulsion. It nourishes arid builds up the body when ordi nary foods absolutely Wttr?H send poa m surfte fret. Bo sure that thia picture in tho form of ? lobtlU on tho bo ufa*'of Emuu"n. SCOTT ?'l BOWN JE 409 Pearl Street] Wj&W YORK F HUMORISTS. owboys Used to Kind m. I continued, I claim it. You comes up j Hjuare and pay? like a gentleman and 1 tote f-'juare and tolla. Everything ought to be agreeable, so I invite? you over to the Lost Maveriok, where thc boya ie, and we proceeds to blow in this 'ere five for drink"?.' "The young lawyer was not slew to grasp thc humor of tho situation and io acceptance of Miller's invitation seoured for him forever thc friendship of every man OD t'bat raDgo. "Speaking of shooting signs recalls that trouble that tho Harton County omsiissioncrs used to have to keep signs over the bridge across the Ar ansas river at Great Bend. The rsv bridge built was a rickety affair laid on piles and tho commissioners decorated each end with gorgeous lue signs reading: 'No riding or driv ng over this bridge faster than a walk.' Hunter and Evans were holding cattle south of tho river, and the men made frequent trips to town. The gayly painted signs were too muoh for them, and going ont of town they would put spurs to their horses, and while on a dead run shoot at the first sign, then cross tho bridge without slackening paoo, tho structure sway* ag and rocking to their horses hoof boats, firing moro shotB at the second sign as they passed under it. "It may scorn almoDt incredible, yet it remains a fact that within a week after the signs were put in place the letters were out out so that each sign looked like an overgrown marking stenoil, and within another week not a splinter of either remained. 'It was at this satae town of Groat Bend that was boot displayed an inci dent of oowboy humor. It was just after the Atohisoo, Topeka and Santo Fe railway reaohed the town, whioh was as far weet as the railroad gave passenger service. The last train out reached Great Bend ai about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. "One day there disembarked a mao wearing a plug hat. After leaving ibo station'ho hui to go west for a short distance to get into the street leading to town. That street was a continua tion of the road into town from the south and the country where the southern cattle were being held in quarantine. "The man wearing the tall hat was about two blooks north when the two cowboys oame ocrosa the railroad track at a smart gallop. They glanoed at esoh other as they reaohed a point op posite the man with the hat, both their guns esme out, there was a blend ing of two reports, and two bullets perforated the stranger's hat. "The cowboys were fooled, however, for instead of a terrified tenderfoot making rapid time toward the nearest shelter, they were greeted with a po lite bow. "'How are you, gentlemen?' he said; 'it pleases me greatly to be re ceived >with Buoh marked distinc tion.' "The cowboys were speechless in amazement. Here was a cow speci men, something altogether different from anything io the tenderfoot line they had ever seen. Finally one found hie voioe and said : "'Soy, stranger, you're ?.plumb good 'um, and me and Jim 'pologizes for spilin' yer hat. The Borne sa loon's tho first plaoc goin' uptown where we can lioker np, an* il it's all the same to you, the drinks is on us.' "The stranger signified his satis faction with this arrangement, the two oowboys dismounted and walked at his sido and they became well ac quainted in the quarter mile walk to Rome. "An hour later they were better ac quainted. The stranger was still under the rsoort of the cow men. AU three were loaded with cow town whiskey, and the man with the plug hat. now forlorn and marked with many a dent, was being' introduced to .every cow punoherin town as ?the unbranded cayuse that stood fire the first dash and never twitched an ear.'!.,;: "Shooting np it town was not al ways, unattended by casualties. In 1680 a crowd shot np a Kansas town. A young woman was visiting there from another town. Hearing shots, she stepped to the door of the Louse in which sho was a guest and receiv ed a ballot In the middle of her fore head, killing her instantly. The maa who fired th? shot was identified and convicted, and ho served a terra in the Kansas penitentiary. "A strange fate has' since pu&tt$ the town. From a bustling, active town . and a cattle ?hlpping point ii" has bcoomo only a hariet .ataong too eand hills of the Kansas hordor. There awi many old cowmen who MeUl ?^n clare that the town has since been un der a curse. "When Hat per beoame a railroad town a number of shipment drives wero made from territory points, liaving attaiued to thc dignity of a railroad town, a number of ordinances were passed prohibiting fast riding and driving within the city limits and assessing Ones for discharging fire arms, etc. "Thc men who cami on the drives were surprised snd indignant to find this, but the straw that tipped thc scale and broke tho camel's back to j the point of rebellion was a city mar I shal wearing a big silver plated badge. I There was a consultation among tho men who were stioklcrs for oustom and supporters of precedent. 'They ! always ftad run the town, and it stood to reason that they always should. "It was determined to make a test caso right then and there. Two of them made a wild race through the main street and the 'e-e e-i i-o-h' of the cowboy yell pierced tho atmos phere of Harper. "The marshal remonstrated and ex plained tho ordinance in suoh oase mado and provided. His law lecture was interrupted by the swift passing of a yellow cur fleeing madly from a pinto pony bearing a- cowboy, who en circled a rope which settled about the ncok of tho yelpiog dog when not 2C feet away from the marshal. "More leotures from the marshal and threats of immediate arrest. A pistol shot was heard, in the direo tion of whioh the marshal hurried Near the city well stood a cowboj with a still smoking pistol in hil hand. " 'Consider yourself under arrest and turn mo the butt of your gun, commanded tho marshal as he threv down on the man with the gun. " 'Drop your gun and get up agains the pump,' said a voice behind th marshal,' and before he could realiz what had happened to him a lariat ha settled about his neok and he wa jerked backward, disarmed and tied t the windlass. "Then Harper began to howl. Man of the merchants closed their store and put up heavy shutters. Tb danoo balls and saloons were the onl places in town left open. That nigl they took the keys of the lookup fro the marshal's pocket, oonveyed hi thereto and looked him in. Thc thoughtfully Bent him his supper ac a message that he would bo release in the moroiog. "The town ran wide open until da break, when the roysterers left. I> one was hurt and no property dat aged, for, as one of tho partioipan remarked 4wo was just into it for tl fun.' "Much fun was enjoyed in tho days st the expense of commerol travelers, who made the southweste Kansas territory in light wagon Whenever a oouple of oowboys cou stampede a drummer's outfit by a su den charge from behind a sandhill from thc mouth of a draw, it was gre fun. "At the half way house betwe Harper and Medicino Lodge one da} drummer complained because thc was little else than beans for dint and declared that he oould not c them. A oowbow who was seated c p?sito reached down for his gun a brought it up, covering the drumuv Ho ordered beans, and Covering t drummer ali the time compelled h to eat plateful after plateful. MA* *-? -J:-:_T .J.. lm amit Al lUDUlUIUD UUUgD, iu ?SC ap?! of 1882, during a cattleman's oonvt tion, I saw ? big cowboy catch apron nent citizen in his arms and kiss bi As he dropped the prominent oitizi the cowboy eaid: " 'You looked go pur ty, Tom, shat up and powdered BO nico, I Just wa ed to kiss you for luck.' 7.., "Luck for whom may not be knoi but it may cot jingle inharmoniou with this story to record the foot tl the man who was kissed afterward 1 came mayor of Medicino Lodge, s that as suoh he appointed Jerry Sic son oity marshal, whioh position Je held when he waa first n 0 mi n a t ? d' congress." ' !-~ 3 A Freda* Answer. "Lawyers are supposed tc bo I j moat literal minded men," said Eli Root, * 'but every now and then W j sei zn course of practice will encoun witnesses who can give thom poi in the* matter of literal answers. Irishman was called to testify li damage suit arising out,of the de ?f a man 'et the hand of a bull,' so speak. !".;? ** 'Are we to understand, sir," s ed tho prosecuting a?omoy, 'that; deceased, C Patrick- ' Flannigan. - .1 your father?' v " 'He waa till thc bull killed hi was the reply of the witness.'Mj tn'nt)V -' ;. ' ?mt:.?-1 ' ;.. ? It's q?e?r^?iPfVcss^ it ls. to plain to a woman the things yoiffi expiait? k#<f8tft?l$*t % ?' r- Half the fun of hiving a g time is miking people think you having a better. r There Js room at tko top for man who can push the other fol Hundred ??snelo of Corn par Acre Can be Made by Stunting the Stalks and Fertilizing, Airer Planting. Tho following highly valuable pa per, prepared hy Mr. E. Mciver Wil liamson of Darlington county, has just been published lu the Hurtsville coun ty Messenger: For a number of year? after I be gan to farm I followed the old-timo method of putting the fertilizer all under the corn, planting on a level or higher, six by three fuet, pushing the pia nt from the ?tart and making a big stalk, but the ears were few and fre quently small. J planted much corn In tho spring and bought much more corn the next spring, until' Anally 1 was driven to the conclusion that corn could not be maio on uplands in this section, certainly not by the old meth od, except at a loss. ? did not. give up, however, for I knew that the farmer who did not make his own corn1 never had suc ceeded, and never would, so I began to er.perlment. First, I planted lower, and the yield was better, but the stallt was still too large, so I discontinued altogether the application of fertilizer before planting, and knowing that all crops should bo fertilized at some time, I used mixed fertilizer as a side application and applied the more soluble nitrate of soda later, being guided in this by the excellent re sults obtained from Ito use as a top. dressing for OE'.-. Still the yiold, though regular, was not large, and the smallness of the stalk itself now suggested that they should be planted thicker in the drill. This was done the next year with results so satisfac tory that I continued from year to year to increase the number of stalks and the fertilizer with which to sus tain them, a iso to apply nitrate of soda at last plowing, and to lay by early, sowing r?:d8 broadcast. This method steadily Increased the yield, until year before last (1904) with corn ll Inches apart in six foot "rows and $11 worth of fertilizer to the acre, I made 84 bushels average to the acre, several of my best; acres making as much as 125 bushels. Last year (1905) I follow???, the same method, planting the flrtt week in April, 70 acres which had pro duced the year before 1,000 pounds seed cotton per acre. This land is sandy upland, somewhat rolling. Sea sons were very unfavorable, owing to the tremendous rains In May, and the dry and extremely hot weather later. From June 12th to July 12th, the time when lt most needed moisture, there was only % of an inch of rain fall' here; yet with $7.01. cost of fer tilizer, my yield was 52 bushels per acre. Rows were B?X feet and corn 16 Inches in drill. With this method, on land that will ordinarily produce 1,000 pounds of seed cotton with 800 pounds of fer tilizer, 50 bushels of corn per acre shoui'd be made by using 200 pounds of cotton Hsed meal, 200 pounds of acid phosphate, and 400 pounds of kalnit mixed, or their equivalent in other fertilizer; and 125 pounds of nitrate of soda, all to be used as side application as directed below. On land that will make a bale sad one-half of cotton per acre when weil fertilized, 100 bushels of corn should be produced by doubling the amount of fertilizer above, except/that 300 pounds of nitrate of soda should be used. In each case there should b'j left on the land in cornstalks, ?peas, vines and roots, from $12 to $16 worth of fertilizing matelat' per acre, beside the great benefit to the land from ho large an amount cf vegetable matter. The place of this in the permanent Improvement of land can never be taken by commercial fertiliser, for lt ls absolutely Impossible to make landa rich as fong as they are lacking in vegetable matter. Land should be thoroughly and deeply broken for corn, and > this ls the time In a system of rotation to deepen the soil. Cotton requires a mor?) compact soil than corn1, and while a deep soil ls essential to its best development, lt wlli not produce as well on loose open' land, while corn d063 best on land thoroughly broken. A deep soil will not omiy produce roo?e heavily than ; a ehailaw soil with Good seasons, but it will stand more wet as well Ss more dry weather. .. V^V'V. In preparing for the corn crop, land should be broken broadcast during the winter one-fourth deeper than it has been plowed before, or if . much vegetable!,matter ls being turned un* der, it may bev broken one-third deep er. This ls as much deepening aa land will usually stand in ono year and produce well, though lt . may. he continued' each year, so long aa much dead vegetable matter is being : (hrh' ed under. . It-may, however, he ?ub? Soiled to any depth hy following liv bottom; of turn plow- ?furrow, provided no more of the. subsoil than has been directed, 4s turned up. Break -with two horse plow, if possible, or better, with disc plow. "With the latter cot, ton stalks "or corn stalks as large as we ever make can be turned under without having been chopped, and ia peavlnea it will' not choke br drag. Never piow land when it is wet, If you expect eyer to : have any usc for it ?gain. .. ' . . ->;;>;''.* Bed with tun? plow in six foot the land tho more necessary it ls that the stunting process should be thor oughly done. When you are convinced that your corn haa betra sufficiently humiliated, you may begin to make the ear. It should now be from 12 to 18 inches high, and look worse than you ever had nny corn to look before. Put half your mixed fertilizer (this being the first used at alt') hi' the old sweep furrow on. both ?lde? of every other middle, and cover by breaking out this middle with turn plow. About ono week later treat the other middle the 3arne way. With in a few days side corn in first mid dle with lG-lnch sweep. Put all your nitrate of moda Irv this furrow, if less than 150 pounds. If more, use one half of it now. Cover with one fur row of turn plow, then BOW peas in this middle broadcast at the rate of. at least one bushel to the acre, and finish breaking out. In a few days Bide corn In other middle with same sweep, put balance of nitrate of soda in this furrow if it has been divided, cover with turn plow, BOW peas, and break out. This lays by our crop with a good bed and plenty of dirt around your stalk. This should bo from June 10th to 20th unless season is very late, and corn should be hardly bunching for tassel. Lay by early. "More corn Is ruined by late plowing than' by lack of plow ing. This ls when the ear is hurt. Two good rains after laying by should make you a good crop of corn, and lt. will certainly make with much lefe* rain if pushed and fertilized in thn old way. The stalks thus raised are very. Bmuil, and do not require -anything like the moisture, even In propor tion to Blze, that is necessary for large sappy stalks. They may, therefore, be left much thicker in the row. This ls no new process. lt has long been a custom to cut back vines and trees in orde to Increase the yield and quality of fruit, and BO long aa you do not HOLD back your corn. It will go, like mine so long went, to all stalk. Do not be discouraged by the looks of your corn during the process of cultivation. It will yield) out of all proportion to its appearance. Large stalks cannot make large yields, ex cept with extremely favorable seasons, for they cannot stand a lack of mois ture. Early applications of manure go to .make large stalks, which you do not want, and the plant food ls all thus used up before the ear, which you do want, is made. Tall stalks not only will not produce well themae ves, but will not allow you to make the pea vines, oo necessary to the im provement of land. Corn raised by this method should never grow over seven and half feet high and the ear should be near to the ground. I consider the fina) application H ONE ACRE CROP ANALYSES. xi s firs S JP OJ 2,800 pounds corn - : . (grain).51 20 U?. 600 pounds shucks. 5 2 "w-' 400 pounds cobs ..2 0 3: "A" taken land.... 58 22 20 1,200 pounds corn stalks.12 3 17 3000 pounds peas, vines and roeta grown In- com.. 69 16 44 & Entire crop con tains. 129 41 81 28.26 Taken from land "A".. .. .. .. .. 68-22 20 12.03 Left for next crop v .. .. ... ... .. ... 71 19 61 16.23 100 bushels oats and straw will require 78 81 48 1,500 pounds seed - cotton and stalks will require...... 64 17 66 50 bushels corn, cobs, shucks and stalks will require... .. 70 25 87 nitrate of soda and essential point In this ear making process. It should always be applied at last plowing and unmixed with other fertilizers. I I am. satisfied with One ear to the stalk, uniess a prolific variety is plant ed,, and leave 100 stalks for every bushel that I expect to make. '" i find tho six foot .row easiest to cultivate wltho?l injuring the corn.; For ; 60 bushels to; .the vere, I leave . lt 18 inches apart;-' for- -75 bushels to the acre, 12 inches apart, and for. 100 bushel?, eight inches toparL?,;.Corn should be planted Vf rom " four1 > \tb : tsfifc Inches, below the level, aud that by from l'our .> to si? Inches aboV^?^ hoeing chouid bo necessary; and mid dles may be kept clean until tipie?|<| break ouV.by using, harrow : . or by | running one shovel furrow' in centre of -middle and beddlnig ?onVthtdg^lt one or more rounds of turn' plow. . VI would advise : only a few acres J , tried by this method the first year? or j unttf you "are familiar 'with " wm cation. Especially ia it bat to /'luiiir^'^rr^!iimi^ili?>- stunting' pro COBB; where a whole crop is involve^, ?and this ls the absolutely essential part of tba process. - this method I have applied or eeeali appliedsuccessfullyto''vallWkra^?or land in this section except river iahdi, and inoist bottoms, and I am confident lt can be made of great benefit throughout the entire south. ! In? the middle Weet; wnere,co*a*;_ so prolific and p.ofltabie, and wtfl^l nttfpri onately for u*, eo mS? of allude-*pro^?ced??ie ?tafo d nattily gw sontb liaise Increases, V j^t?se of tn? ear^nntl* Mexico it is ! neajrt^t: Mexican varieties.) . A purpose of thi* m4tf-od; to eliminate this tendency of com to wth at the expense of yield, southern climate, thia method vi 1 have made my crop inoro profitable than my } crop, aa? neighbors ?na 'i who have wl^pted mvt?*&. I exception; derived great bene fit uierefiom. \'"< Plant jpotir own ???d; --i.-^c^Viftt adviso a change of seed and method the ?ame year, aa ;iron will/ iaotfjti?ew ^5??t. r have nsed , thWe. ve^t?ea. P^t?ut^a?iftethod for lates^t?ngy M tuft, l do not advise the Vate planting :b??^mv ' J* . be ^nec??farjr ?lM cold lowito^fc . - ? , - /c ' i i^^M^0?^0-''???* '^f:' -fe^Tfff?i? 'ms ?pm: one -?*r?^jAv^|^^^?3?^ ^:jrTra-twC;} lends rich by plowin^^?e^ plant lng peas and other legumes, -manuring them with acid phosphate and potash, which are relatively cbeap, and re turning to the soil the resultant vege table matter rich in humus and ex pensive nitrogen. The needs of our soil are such that Ihe south can never reap tho full measure of prosperity that should be hers, until this is done. 1 give this method as a fanner to the farmers of the south, trusting that thereby they may ho benefited as I havo been. Ferry from n<?? ?? io Cuba. Mobilo, Fob.ll.-To give outlet into Cuba for the Florida East Coast Rail road Henry M. Fiagler. who bas made s mic thing less than a hundred million dollars in Standard Oil, and who has spent a few of those millions in build ing winter hotels in Florida, and the de ve lop raer, t of tbe east coast of that State, ha3 gives orders to his railroad engineers to devise a feasible scheme by wbio>i through trains over the Flor ida East Coast system may land pas sengers in Havana without chango of cars. Mr. Fiagler believes that boatu, constructed somewhat after the model of ferry boats, can be built With train parrying oapaoity, and at same time ca pable of navigating the Gulf ia all weather. If it is found that the scheme is practicable, orders will be ?j? vo L' in a short time for building boats to carry all through trains over the Florida East Coast line. If the scheme goes into effect it will mean that people desiring to go to Havana may get on a train at Jersey City and not leave it until they reaoh the Cu ban Capital. - Maj. Thomas M. Owen, Com mander in Chief of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, has issued an open letter to the oamps and mem bers of the United Confederate Vet erans appealing for aid and assistance in reviving old oamps of Sons of Vet erans and urging the organisation of new ones. Maj. Owen is especially anxious to see a renewal of interest in the Sons of Veterans by the time the next reunion meets in Nev? Or leans. The Commander in Chief hopeo lo have more than a thousand replies to this appeal from veterans in the next thirty nays. - The o on fore no o between commit tees of the United Mine Wor&oro bf America and the operators at. Indian apolis on the wage seele and other de mands broke up in a disagreement, and it is probable that 55,000 men will strike April 1. - Q?? Friday Mrs. Alice Sewell, of ckvaiosboTc, Ga;., became & widow' by the jdsalh of her. husband, A wealthy mani who left all his property to ner. He was buried bo Sunday, and on the way from the funeral, the widow was married to Robert 8. McDaniel, who had beea ?n love with her before her marriage, nad the. two went off to gether os a bridal tour. - Some people never think of ohar ity until they meet with misfortune themselves. ? - A mau loses more by lying than he gaina. - It takes a good deal of courage not to pretend you have it. ?jk 0 No family ever yet felt like flam ing its liquor bills. - *? r- A free thinker is one who ia un able to dispose of hi a thoughts for a pecuniary consideration, * ? ; --Love at first sight may requite tho services of an. oculist after a sec ond look. JUNE 13th. The Mj ...... Bo&'t miss thte Oreat i Wouldn't Kiss and Tell. Daring the trial of a breseh of promise o&so in the Circuit Court at Kirksville, Mo., tho defense under took to show that the pr&eeouting; witness's affections bad not been al together cornered by the defendant* There was evidence tba! ono Boy Mail - erne bad, once upon a time, kies ed her without a serious reprimand resulting. Hoy, a smart looking fei* low of the yeoman type, wa? called in*' rebuttal and vigorously denied the? imputation. M. 3>. Campbell, OE cross-examination, drowsily asked the* witness: "Hoy, you didn't steal into the* kitohon, where Miss M. was mixing dough, slip up behind ber and kiss herr' "No, airl** exclaimed the witness? indignantly. "Roy, you didn't steal into the kit? chen, whore Miss M. was mixing bat ter for flap-jacks, and kies- her?" "No, Bir; I didn't." There was a brief pause, duri og: which the examiner looked at his hal? burned.cigar meditatively. The audi ence began to titter. "Roy, you didn't steal up behind Miss M. in the kitchen, where she was" "I tell you I didn't kine ber at all," laid the witness angrily. ? "At nowhere and ne time?" eaidx tte lawyer, gently. "At nowhere and no time." There was another pause as the in terrogater earaly kaosked tbs ashes o?: his elgar and studied the floor. "Boy," he said ingratiatingly, "if you had stolen ic co the kitchen and kissed Hiss M. when she was mixing, the things for Johnnycakes, you'd be tor . much of a gentleman to admit it before all this crowd, wouldn't you?" ? V "In the laughter following iud mild observation the' witness fitted to? veech the significance of the ques tion. . "Surat" he replied excitedly. "? ain't no Nanala Telltale, v.; *?That*a ali, Soy," aaid the esami nor pleasantly; 1 'you may ron along heme now.*'-Kansas City 8i*t? Prietf* Coartihip Rides. Wilxesbarre, Pa., Feb. ?r- Father Burnett in addressing the youDg people of St. Nioholaa's German Catholic*! Church this morning,. ?ai?. dow? the following rules foif courtship. "No curtain' should last longer than six months. If ai the end of that;|j tima. the yonbg nan doea not propose j marreigo than it io in order to dismiss him. "Malecompany should bo received once a week, and then between tho hours of.8 and 10 P.-M?ff-I t'??hW':-k. - Last Friday Ed Willingham, a respectful negro, Foil oft tho bridge over Broad ri var, connecting Peak and'Alston on the Southern, and was drowned. ; He: had slapped asido and waa waiting eh tha bridge for s pass ing train, when he wan seised with: vertigo andv fall into the river. His body bas not bean recover cd. Ho waa a good negro* and no vcr drank. - Moat people imagine that tha| joko writer's t nco ia wreathed in per*J peftual ?milos, .. JIJNE lap: rstery of m yy Story. Tho Critics Bay ;"v:\ enough?^.ppnikjp y'. ; ' ' ' -?8f JUN? !3th; . &,rif ri rm ?iiiiiii??i?i i. . gegjgg i ment of ; succ?ay The iwoney I . aav?dl makes oneeure be can eave CT more? Tba firat JiuiM?iwi? aiaVed is a ?ftETaeoond, the second the third, etc j You?; saying* being . #ac*4?te, . A* ..^B?njtgWeayou reptttat?o? a?f^redit that aid you in saving hundreds more. .'??Sevin'tt-^Ba'aucceaC^M^BWB^?l " ''''^'^i^rla?aa^fe?^ ?I^^^HK3 $ uepaxsmeiit os f uo o?un .,Jer?on-ihe strong** Bank in SOU. "Hg* ED PAINT. ?e?rsVaod4?i;?^ ?pt^r?^fWti& of