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8 Short stories of the day. Court Notes. The United States district- court con vened yesterday morning, but tho only business transacted was tbe adjourn ment, by Judas Rosa, of the federal grand jury, upon the motion of tho United States attotusy, nntil Decem ber :58th. August V. Handorf, a dairyman living at Highland Park, vat arrested and brought before Justice Bartholomew, in tbe township court, charged with hav ing used abusive and iudecent language to the complainant, Charles Wellit, a laboring man, iu the presence of women. The detendant wm mulcted to the ex tent of fj5 for tbe offsnae proved against him. Tho application for divorce in tbe case of E. O. Manning vs. W. Maunine, more popularly known as the Thespian i'ug, , was hoard yesterday by York, and a decree as prayed ordered. The further hearing ni testimony ia the caae of Shaw va, Myers wag resumed before Judge Shaw ye "terdav. The case : involves nine shares of stock, allege ! to I have been misuppropriated by the de» feudant. Before the conclusion of testi mony the court granted both sides five days within which to file oriels, when the case will be submitted. In the case of S, 0. Efdbbeil vs. Bradley et al., aa>la)g an action to re rover on n note, .fudge Sho.*- yesterday gave judgment for the plaintitl" an 1'Haini/t 1. J, Stewart by default, tbe tuaiMr being dismissed as against the u i ! i r I . I etc 0 it rtij I 5. The f'-tpc.ii nire euit of (1. V. Ferris va. M. N. Vaidkett area Ot) trial in depart ajentall, before fudge MiKinley. ves terdav. A protm-snry note 1/2891 Of), hs cured by a mortgage on 411 acres ot I land at Pomona, w.n eiven, anil the | present suit lii»s bseti instituted to re- Cover. Dungings U inoy, c ItMtiflß, man, who dreume aud rt'Os vision i, wkl brought before .lild.{* Ol<»tB yeHerday t > hs cr amiua.l vi to lit* ("unity. There ap peared an trident method i:i hit mv lnme to mane it uncerlA'n whether ih» pu> tient wnseUtTaiiug Irom on BXBggafßtßd cere of ' jsK 1 ' or from mental unbal nnt,t>, co he-was CftWmUted WI jv.l until Monday, when b» wili asuin bd brought into nonrt. Furtliur lieirini in the nuit o< the Lo9 Angeles Nniion.il b.ink vh. W'p.llace et al. was resumed in department two, be fore (Jl.uk, yesterd-sr. Ktrly iv the aftetticon till the evident was in nod the case was con iuued until next Monday. ,1. 11. Jaiq-et and I. Ftiend entered their plea ol not guilty W the charge of burglary preferred agnin.it them in de partment one yestxrdny and Judgo Kraith ordered the CAM entered on the trial calendar. The o two worlhioa lave seven riiaiinct charsei of burglary against them. Bicycle Against Horse. A novel rnco taken place nt Athletic park Sunday, at 1 o'clock, between Albert Schock, champion loot? distance bicyii/st of the world, and Win. McDat moll's horses, (or 50 miles, while Schock rules 50 miles straight. Everything is comuleted, the track for the horses hav in? been surveyed, and they will hnv« to travel 204 tiraeß kroUßd the tfMB lor 50 miles, while Schock has to ride 200 times to enver the distance. Mr. Mc- Dermitt has engaged two of the best long distance jockeys from Mexico to ride his horses ligninst Schock. The following persons will officiate at the race: Referee, Dr. W, F. Kennndr ; judges. VV. A. Hurke fur Schock. F. R. tmlHvan for McDe.-motl; scorers, 1). L P.urke ior Schock, K. E. Russell for McDsr mott; timekeepers. \V. If, Jenkins for Schock, Kuril l lbricht for McDermott ; starter, Louis Fox; announcer, Fay jtepheneon. New Suits. Preliminary papers wore filed in tho following new suits yesterday, in the office of the connty clerk : Juiin E, Patterson vs. Albert Iv and Georgians J. l'irikham et, nl. An action to recover on a prom'ssory note lor (iB6O, with accruing intereat, etc., nud coats, sec'ired by n njortirage Ob lot I>, block 2, ol ths >'iiw Fair Oaks Avonue tract, at Pasadena. Jeanne L. Geantit,executrix of the eo tate ol Marie llagon, deceased, va. Jean Pierre Agoura. An action to c.meal a deed ol record to the tiorthe.tstetiy cor ner ol Ord snd C.ißteinr streets. Allega tions ol fraud are made with regard to the instrument transferring the prop erty. jenn Pierro Agoura ye. Jeanne L Geantit, An action to quiet title to tbe norlhesterly corner ot" Uid and Oastelar streets. James A. Paxton vs. James A. Gifford et al. An action to foreclose n mortgage ou lot 29, Walker tract, this city. Union Revivals. The uni in revival cervices at tlte Con gregational clinrch on ths F.ast Side were not bo largely attended yenterday. Dr. Goodwin hns made a good imprsna |oß and is worthy of a larger hearing. After the untiring ot "Itieseod be the dear Son of God" and prayer by Key. Geo. K. Dye, Key. Dr. Goodwin deliv ered an excellent discourse from tho text, "Behold, I stand at tti3 door and knock." The sermon wae both eloquent und helpful. Dr. Goodwin wiil speak at the Congre gation*) church next Sunday night. Beat a Boned Bill. Detietive Doiqui yesterday arrested n young man named A. E. Minnie, who ia wanted in Anaheim for betting a hotol bill. Too young follow waa staying at j the Paik bouse, Fifth snd. Hill atreeta, : under the name of Luther Wilcox. The I hotel keeper had caused Ninnie' arreet once before for a similar charge, and : finally took him in ac a guest again. Tbe Bmooth young man was only '"lay ing" for a chance to play even, and niter running up a heavy bill left the country town and came here. Will Serve the City. Charles Daley was given MO days iv chaingaug yesterday b Judge Seaman for etealing an overcoat from a China- i man. Albert Johnson got a sentence ior battery upon a bootblack. Other Cases were disposed of as follows: J. VV. ilrown, William Bentler, William Doyle, Jim Murphy, John Daley and Joe Ho mer, vagrancy, 15 days; S, Levi, dis turbing the peace, $20. Wonder If It's John L.? Chief Class yeaterday received a tele gram from one Johanna Sullivan Shea of Bridgeport, Conn., inquiring as to the whoroabouts ol John Sullivan. The telegram adda that the Sullivan wanted waa a son of Jnmsß Sullivan, born in j County Kerry, Ireland. 1 City Hall Notes. F. 1). I.anterman, tbe ownor of all tbe property fronting on either side of West Tenth street, between Aivarado street nnd Grand View avenue, petitioned the council yesteerlay to abandon that por tion of the street. There ia a jog ot 37 foet id the street hare, and Mr. Lanter uian tendora tho city a deed lo other property to straighten the jog. C. F. ileinzemann and A. 0 H*y. the remaining bondsmen ou tbe bond ol H. L. Hewlett, etreet sweeping contractor, yesterday proeented notices to the coun cil of their withdrawal from the bond. Cooper A Brantd, who keep a saloon .it -nil North Main street Yesterday, asked the council for a rebate of 14 days' license. The board of health held a short sot tloa yesterday, when little but routine business, wna doe*, Messrs, Nadoan and Kulirta and Mayor Kowan were praeaat Tho report oi the health olli cer, a synopsis of which waa published yesterday, was accented. A unknown Nimrod. President Teed, who controls the de liberations of the city council, was mis taken (or old Nimrod, himself, on the car last night as he was going homo. Mr, Teed hud a brace of ducks of the "spoonbill" varietr. H the truth were known Mr. Teed wasn't "in at the kilting" of those fowl at all. Sly ns yon keep it, Citr Attorney Mvrariand shot- those dncits nnd a whole lot moro yeeterdrty down at Nig irer t>.l nigh. Ho bagged just 30 ducks, that's what he did, nnd he met quite a fow frionds on the return to thia city 1 int night and —well, he got four of the ducks home witli him. The balance oi tue 39 ho gavj io his friends, or anyway bo said ha did, end he had that tired fading to show lor it. Not unknown Yet. Chief Moriarty has not yet made his ! recommendations to the fhe commia- 1 eioner; on the most suitable location for tho new chnmtcnl engine houses soon to be built, and 6t«tei that he haa not deli ! r.itely settled the matter in hia own . mind. j At the tail session of the fire commis sion he intute a verbal report to the ' elTjct that he considered some good ; - location in Fast I.os Angeles more suit able than one near the county hospital. \ Tnren locations which have been talked about in a general way are the comer of Pico and Vernon streets, tbs corner.Of Twelfth end Central avenue and the corner Of Sichel aud Kuhrts atreeta in , ; Eaat Lot Angolee. County Jail Arrivals. Henry Wood and J. L. Woodruff were sent to tne county jail yesterday from Pomona to serve 40 days each for petty la.-csny. Other arrivals were ss follows: T. B. Smith, petty larceny, Palmdale, Oldayn; 11. MartersoD, vagrancy, Pasa dena, 3 days; Henry Koderso, city, va grancy, 30 days; 1). Haney, city, insan ity. Sat on His Knar. A warrant was issued yesterday Alter noon for the arrest of Ida Arbuckle, a well known young woman, charging i her with grand larceny. The com« ■ plainant is YV. J. Hildreth of 2450 East Pint streel:. 119 charges that the WOfßftn stole $25 from him while she ' was sitting on nia knee. The woman ' whs arrested last night. Hold for Grand Larceny. James Cullen, a big burly fellow, was held to answer in the superior court yes terday by Justice Seaman on a charge oi grand larcsny. The complainant was Jim Colli*', a motonuan ou the eisciri i railway. The men nut in a Loa Angeles etreet saloon and resulted in Cullen grabbing Collier's watoh and attemptirg to get away with it. A Daylight Burglary. A bold daylight burglary wae com mitted late Thursday afternoon at the residence of a Mr. Hamus, at Central nud Vernon avenues. The thievds, in the absence of the occupants of the honse, stole valuables amounting to $75 Some ol the property belonged to Mrs. Brodtbeck, a teacher in tho Vernon schooia, who rosidea in the Hemtis resi dence. There is no clue to the burglar-*. Artists' unknown. Preparations are being mntle on au elnhorute scale for the artists' reception which -vill be held in the rooms of the chamber of commerce next Monday, uu dor the auspities of the Artists' associa tion. A number of pictures have al ready bett! hang, Mr. and Mre. Wiggins and a committee of the Artists' associa tion will manoi»e the affair, which prom ises to be most successful. Some 1400 invitations have been issued. Another Railroad Case. The trial of Henry I'attergon, charged ' with assault to commit murder, in hav ing, during the railroad strife, shot at this engineers of a train on the Southern Pacific about three miles north of ttie city, wae to have begun in department one yesterday, bnt owing to the pross of business Jud;o Smith continued it until December 15th. A New Story . It is Incoming quite the thing for publio echool teachers and pupils to visit the chamber of commerce. Yes> terday a number of the pupils were studying the exhibits. Anyone who has children will rejoice With L. M. Mulford, of Plainfield, fl. J. 111f> little b )y, five years of ayro, was sick with croup. Kor two days and nights ho tried various remedies recommended by friends aud neighbors. Ho says: "1 thought sure I would lose him. I had seen Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy ad vertised and thought I would try it as a last hope and am happy to say that after two doeea he slept until morning. I gave it to him next day and a cure wae effected. I keep thi.i remedy in tbe house now and as soon as any of tbe children show any eignß of croup I give it to them and that is the Ust ol it." 50 cent boitles for gale by Off A Vaughn corner Fourth and Spring etreets, and 0. F. Hoinzsman, 222 North Main etreet, druggists. Ao a roister and baker the Clenwood range takes the first place. Furrey Co., 161 N. Spring. Dr. D. 8. DittanßaCher, iient'st, rooms 4an,15, I IMS. Sprinit St., Lot Ange es. Nelteto A Boeok, funeral directors md ess> palmers, Sstl South Jlain street. Tel. 1319, Wall paper noust ol trie coast, 3J» s. Spring. r.OS ANGELES mUA Lff MORNING: DECEMBER is; 189 i, AH, LITTLE MAID OF MINEI Ah. other fßCra fr.ir thai* 15©, But so fair M thlr.o. And otnW BpOTltline ' yr s there he, But none ao bright us Ihinc As v hen. thy face ton.' d up to tne, They gare full into mine! All. other voices clear the ro be. Hi: t none no clour ns thine. Anil other hencvui lips there bo. But none so sweet as thine As when, in modest ecstasy, They softly brush 'guimt mine! Ah, littlo raetd, there others bo Tilth face--* fir IS thine, Willi eyes as bi ii-ht nmi voices clear And lips os swept en thine. But bom CM sci m the snmo to mo, None, can \«» half no dear to mo As you in your entirety! Ah, little maid of mil ' —New York Advcrtlsor. OX GOOD FRIDAY. "Bcckson, I pray you, tell inanima tho story uf your alike this ovoning, ns WO ata alone. Hut do not skip any of it. Tell it all." And after obeying mamma's motion to sit nearer her armchair, as she was begin ning to bo a little hard of bearing, though •he was lonth to luimlt It, ho commenced: "After your war with tho Prussians I was in Pari3 nnd remained there all through tbeeommiino, from the lirst gun thota to the devastation and ruin of the end. And this lr. how It came topass: My father, noxious that I should bernmo a good French scholar, had placid me, as a hoarder, just nftcr the signing of peace nt an institution presided OVC* by priests, tho Huurdalouo school 111 the li so d'Assus, near the Luxembourg gardens. Then ho hUll'Li'd foe Ciiimiiiiiu, vet bo guile foi : 6C-V --evai months, all llis business Interests be ing centered there. My companions called too 'the American.' There were only 20 of us, alt nearly tho sumo ngc. A few of ns —thu larger boys—were about 111 or 13. 'To tell the truth, wo were net killed with overwork. Thero were no tasks to bo studied after school or boys kept in for imperfect lessons. The days passed in rec reation, broken into by desultory studies of half an hour's duration, during which we could read or draw mops with colored pencils. My great forle was shading mountains. At mealtime we wero allowed to talk in aloW Voice, und the kitchen was not bad. In company with one of my lit tlo friends we managed to escape tbo te dium of the schoolroom very frequently, and we reveled in the pleasures of tho In firmary, which WAS presided over by Ulster (iraelcuse, who tod us on cough drops. What games of hide aad seek und football we had in those days! The professors wero not strict with us, and in order to be able to run Witli more freedom, as they joined us in our games, they tucked up their long black skirts and disclosed their black cot ton hose without tho least shame. Wo laughed heartily ut them. Thero was ouo» among them, Abbo Fontaine, whom wo never could catch. Ah, those were indeed good old times! "But one day a scholar was withdrawn from school without warning. Five left the next day, 12 the duy after. It was iv reality a case of protect yourself us beat you could. At the end of a week only two remained—myself and the eon ef a ship plug mcrohapt. Then one afternoon bo, like the others, was called to the parlor and taken av.uy by a gentleman, Who looked at his watch every 11 vo minutes, as though fearful of missing the Inst train. A baggage laden carriage waited ut tho gate fur them. They hurried Into it, and 1 was left alone. Pardon me if I linger over these trivial remembrances, but these Imperishable futilities have remained so vivid in my mind, so interwoven in this story, that i could not pass them by in si lence. A profound melancholy enveloped the empty school and the silent corridors. In the study hall tho ground glass win dows were streaked with the mar!;s of pa per balls und tho dust whitened desks dis figured witli penknife scratches. •'The largo buildings, which had echoed with shouts of laughter a few days before, resembled a war depopulated fortress. I can still see the great oaken brums, from which tho knotted ropes, shrunken by rain, hung motionless, side by side with the melancholy looking trapi tea in the playground. Since tho dormitories .had been locked up I had slept In a littlo closet opening oil Abbe Blan's bedchamber. Ono nftcr another the priests, carrying small hand satchels, had deserted ua— monsieur the superior, the first prefect, the librarian and the Stewart!—every one, in fitct. No one was left in charge of tho bearding school but Abbe Plan, director of studies. After letting me sleep until ('. o'clock every morning he would como to the side of my cot, pull off the covers, toss up my bolster and in his jolly voico cry out: •• 'Deo Gratiasl Get up, lazy boucst' "He had not delayed changing hia cas sock for civil garment*, Which ho wore without tho slightest awkwardness. A dark- brown suit, a largo brimmed, soft felt hot end a dark blue cravat wero his doily cnstunio. And to sec hint in tho full vigor of his 1!0 years, his short mustucho and his halt worn quito long under his bat, you woidtl bave sworn ho WOB sumo {ray young rake, down from the heights of Yauglrad, seeking to moke an Impression on susceptible hearts. Wo wero out all day, strolling along, trying to accustom ourselves to tho strange tights in tho streets. "At every step wo jostled against un kempt soldiers, with comforters around their necks and beards which had not known the barber's caro for weeks, no buttons on their cutils, nnd. taken alto gether, a very distressed looking lot. Or else wo met Vengeitrs Vermilion, F.-.n chours Noire, light Infantrymen, with cock's plumes in their hats; enfhnts dv despair, zouaves of tho atmce d'Afrlque ties oarrieFM —a dissolute typiflcation of a Crawling, howling, patriotic drama of the Boulovard dv Crime. Wo frequently on countered national guard funerals which surpassed any Mi-Carome fantasy. "Following a rude hearse, draped in red lings, which flapped mournfully in tho wind, hurried in pcllmcll confusion gen erals who wero literally covered with gold braid, wearing high Hessian hoots nud accompanied by women, whose heads wero swathed in Madrashundkerchiefts, astride heavy cavalry horses, which they lieut and spurred incessantly, while lv year-old trumpeters, with cheeks puffed out to bursting, essayed playing tho 'Marseil laise.' • The crowd bowed abjectly to the gor geous pageant. Tho abbe, With his back to tho wjtll, In order to hide the slight rem nants of his tonsure, doffed his felt and I my cap. We were rewarded for our cour tesy by tho many sympathetic glances cast upon us. "The first duys rolled by without giving tho abbe any eau<?o for uneasiness. He had prudently taken the precaution of pro viding himself with fnlße pa]HTS, and his position could in enso of necessity be re dnced to tho following: 'A teacher, ot t!> sous per day; ho hail been left in this large boarding scbool in charge of tho only re maining fioliolar, whose parents had been unable to remove hi:n; ho was earing for tho littlo fellow, looking to the aid And tho protection of the commune, positive that it would shield and save a son of free America!' Besides his Imperturbable sail:? bold saved him from many nn enibarrass : ng situation, and on,o niijlit almost say tbat it pleased him to play hide and sec.: with daugcr. Ml two ortrwaea square* r;o qUCSttOmd the nflerrs, found fntllf with everything, always had the last word, oa lent "»t!onsly bought the Bonnet Rougo or the Pi re lnVhetic. Iti public he wus prod igal ia the usool the word eltoyon.' Who wottld havo suspect.-d, in this bragging BOoffCr, the fervent retiring priest we knew in retreat ? Tbe same whom I could sco rial lay with half closed eyes on my cot bed kneeling on his wooden prie Dleu dur ing the hour* el the silent night, lost In prnvcr and nicditntlon. "Wo wore in tho hnblt of taking our meals at a miserable littlo restaurant in Ihe Buo de Ronnes, filled at all hours with common people and workmen in blouses, who hobnobbed noisily together without paying any attention to us. Wo always hail the Same dessert—an npplo and three black nuts. I think thnt tho j proprietress, a jolly sort of a woman, In n trlcolored cap, rcoognltcd tho abbo tho very lirst day, but sho hud a good face and she invariably greeted us with n pleasant smile. ••On the 10th of April—it fell on Fri day, and Good Friday, too—after we bad been seated at our table for a few mo ments, looking over tho bill of faro, pre paratory to ordering our breakfast, several national guardsmen, who were drinking beer at 11 tuhlo or two nway from us, scom cd to lie whispering among themselves. They cast suspicious glances In our dlrre tlott, and excitedly shipping their thighs raised their voices to 11 loud pitch, Snd di uly ono of them, rising, stagrrored to ward us, and touching the abbe's shoulder with his dirty forelln;. W —he In the nil "Ul timo continued to s'.atiy the llsli portion of tho card without flinching—addressed him in 1111 insulting totie of voice: •' •Come, do not. lio to us; you are a crow.' o slang phrase for priest. *♦ ' More rhnn Mk*ly,' added nnnflipr "And a third chimed in: •Certainly ho is one. He dare not deny iti Come, preach to us; wo will listen.' "The abbe had never budged, had not even mado a gesture. He looketl them in the face jceringly, shrugged his shoulders, ami in a laughing voice called out: '•'Around, of drinks for theso bravo men!' " 'Xo,' replied the first speaker, 'no li ters; o;:r thirst Is quenched—something else! Since you are willing to treat us, pay for somo folo gras' and join us. If I remember rightly, today is Good Friday, that's right—wo will see, no mistake, ns to what he is!' " 'Ah, bravO, that is good!' applauded tho gallery. 'Hft, tbat catches him, Al phonsol Con:c, feast with us, or wo will cut off your head!' "All the revelers had left their seats and crowded around us, with distended eyes, looking for the consummation of tho farce. And a frowsy mason, with crossed arms, hiccoughed: "In the meantime an enormous slico of pnto had been placed on the table, a nasty, rancid, yellowish mess, swimming lv grease, a large black truffle stuck in tho top, the kitchen knife lying alongside of it on a thick common plato. On all sides curses were hearth " 'No danger; he will not take a bite, tie is too much afraid of damning his soul forever!' '■ Will ho cat it? Ho is not eating! Warm him!' 'All at once the silonroof tho grave fell upon the room, and you could have heard the (hitter of a fly's wings. The abbe had taken the knife. He cut off a slice, put it on a plate and tranquilly ate it. Ho was pale, but ho swallowed without any hurry or outward sign of disgust. After several moUthfula he rose and said in an icy tone of voice: '• 'Are you satisfied?' "Then, putting on his hat and taking mo by the hand, he paid his bill and went out, leaving them stupefied with astonish ment. Once In tho'strcct, he never opened his mouth, and I was too much upset to address a word to him, Tho weather was warm, and somewhere a street band was playing a German waltz, snd enough to listen to. On tho curbstone a crippled woman stood begging. Ho crossed tho street to givo her alms. "Still In silence, wo entered tho school house. Ho went up the stairs which led to our room; but, all ut once, on tho stair case, his Strength gave way, and he burst Into heartbreaking sola, his fnco pressed against the wall, trembling and us weak us a child. He cried out in the midst of his paroxysms: 'My God, my God, It was for tho littlo one who was confided to my caro lhat I sinned! Pardon me! Pardon me!' ' Then, turning to mo gently, ho sent me away, saying, -Go piny and lcnvoino alone!' ''I obeyed him, but as I descended tho 6tairs I hoard him ray: 'A priest, a priest! And today is Good Friday!' "Seme days later wo left the school and found refuge with some friends of the nb be's, and tbey bid us until the arrival of tho Versailles troops." My mother appeared to bo very much moved by his story. In n low voice sho Unthinkingly gave expression to the poign ant regret of her life, "I would have loved to havo had a son a priest, to have hod him by me ns I closed my eyeson this lifo und to have had hia prayers after my death." Then I felt that I must scold her: "Como, come, petite mamma, no euch dolcfulldoas beforo whist. Shall I turn up the lamp? Shall I givo you somo sug ar—two lumps? Now, do not hunt for your spectacles; they aro en your nose."—■ From the French. Watching Them 3i«Uo Cigarettes. Tlic most attractive spectacle ot the many shops on Broadway is tho Turks who make cigarettes in tbe store windows of tobacco stores that deal in oriental goods. Tbey are hired nt so much per 1,000 cigarettes, and it Is stipulated that they rnnrt work In full view of pnssersby. A woman and a man, the latter wearing a bright red fe/, work together. The wom an does tho most important part of tho wcrk. She takes *a whlsp of tobacco, kneads it into circular shape, wraps round it a hit of stilt paper, puts a bit of rice pa per already pasted above the stiff paper re ceptacle, already full of shreds of tobneco, arid by n deft movement with a stick crowds tho tobacco from the stiff paper Environment into tlte rice paper, and there Is tho complete cigarette, burring the trim ming at the ends. It is, to the smoker, like tho seeing of his eteuk cooked on v broiler to tho epicure. It just makes him want t:, smoke, and as a rule ho steps In tide, after watching the cigarette makers awhile, and buys n package of tho weed. — New York Telegram. • Poorly nnoa. A business man basin his employ ono of those quick witied sons of Erin who OXQ rarely if ever at a loss for a bright rejoinder. One day when tho streets wero very slippery with ice a truckman tried to got up to the gentleman's door with ri heavy load. The horses, having no corks on their shoes, struggled nnd slipped about ii' i» desperate way without mak ing any ronl progress. Tho good humored Irishman went out ami endeavored to assist the truck man. At lust, when it seemed ns if their united efforts wore nil in vuin, I'tit looked np nt tho man and said, with a grin: "It's no use. Thim haorses ay yures have unry a shoo thim —only ahlippew!" THE BOWLDER WAS ALIVE. Aa Apache Stralns-em That Nearly Coal a Government Cornier Ills Life. "Talking of Indiana and thoir strata gems, '' said D. A. Marston, lately of the United States cavalry, "they are past masters in the arts of skulking and de ceiving. An Apneho will lie behind p. soapweed on the open prairie, and you may rido past 200 or 800 yards away and never br.vo tin idea that thero is !■ redskin within 50 miles of you Utiles* ho decides to fiflk a shot nt yoa. As yov pass tho tsonpwcod ho works Ids body around so as to keep it always in lint with the plant and yon. Even on tl:r open prairie, with no moro shelter t.'.nt that affordiul by somo little inequality of surface, ho will sift dust ovor hi body, flatten himself out, frtco down ward, against tho ground, and lying a motionless as a stono Will cscapo flu Observation of any except sharp nut practiced eyes. Sometimes in a group od cactus or Spanish bayonet, his bncl:.-k: garments blending with tho hues of the plants, his face find neck concealed b> tho head oi n Spanish bayonet, ho wili stand liko a post, indistinguishable to tho inexperienced eye, oven nt close quarters, from tho grotesque plants about him. "A queer experience of this kind oc curred to mo iv niy sorvieo in Ari/.ona during General Crook's, last campaign ngninst tho Apaches. Tom Mcrrinm of my troop and myself wero detailed to carry dispatches from Camp Bowio to Camp Graht, up on tho Rio Benito. It was *i dangerous servic-u at ilini iiine, and wo had to keep a sharp lookout and bo ready to light or run at a moment's notice, for thero was uo knowing at what point on tho routo tho Apaches might not ho lying in wait to jump us as wo came nlone;. "Wo wero ou our return to Camp Bowio and had just crossed the wooded canyou where (ho cold spring is and ■wero coming out npon tho open prairio that stretches down to tho San Pedro river, when through tho branches of a low treo I saw what I took to bo an In dian on tho plain, about a half milo ahead. Eut on spurring my horse for ward so as to get ft better look nothing was to be seen save tho bnro prairie, with no sign of man or boast upon its expense. "As wo rode along I spoke of the matter to Tom, who laughed at what ho called my scare, which ho said caused mo to sco imaginary Indians. Wo ennio oppesito a low, gray bowlder upon the prairio 200 paces or so from tho trail. " 'I don't remember ever tohavosren that rock before,' said Tom, who hid been over tho route several times. 'How in tho dovil did it get there? I'll ride over and taho a look at it!' And he reined his horse .and rodo toward th: object. I followed him, a fow yards be hind. "His horse had ecarcely taken a dor en steps when tho seeming gray nick moved slightly upward, aud thore came from its lower edge a flash and report with tho sercam of a big caliber ball that flapped Tom's coat with its wind and caused his horse to plunge so and denly that Tom, ono of the best riders in tho troop, not being on fho lookout for such a happening, was thrown. At the same instant an Apache leaped from beneath the gray blanket that had serv ed him to masquerade as a bowlder and ran liko a deer for the onuyon, leaping to left and right us he went toavoid the shots that Tom and I sent after him from our repeating; carbines. "Wo knocked up tho dust abont his feet nnd nindo him do somo tall dodging to the whistling of onr bullets, but that was all, for wo didn't hit him. Tohavo chased him Would havo been folly, first, because wo wero bearing dispatches iv haste und needed the last ouuco of rc servo force in our horses, and, secondly, because with tho start he had wo should not have overhauled him in his run for the canyon, into which wo could not havo followed him. Ho wo took tho trail rgaiu aud redo onr way with another Wrinkle added to our expericnoo of In dinn trickery and cussedness."—Now York Sun. Terrible Torturo In Maroeco. A chargo had been laid nt Mulni Omar's door—that of having ordered tile music of tho drums and fifes to ccaso on tho occasion of tho announce ment of Mului Abdul Aide's succession to tho thvonc. On tho playtrs refusing, his highness sent a slave, who enforced silence by splitting up tho drums with a dagger. For this act of treason lm was afterward punished by having tho flesh of his hand sliced, the wound fill ed with salt and tho wholahaud sewed up in leather. It ia a common belief that this pun ishment causes mortification to set in, | and that the hand decomposes, but such I is not tho case, for by tho time tho j leather woars off tho wound is healnd, I tho result being thai tho hand is render- i cd useless nnd remains closed forever. J It is a punishment not often in tiso, but is sometimes done iv cases of murder or ; const tint theft, as, without in any way injuring tho health of the man, it pre- i ventn his committing the crime n Second j timo or for the hundredth timo, as the j case may be. It is a punishment that j cannot bo applied except, by the sultan's t order..-. —Blnfltrvc nod's Magazine. Your Family should be • provided with the well-known emergency medicine, cherry pectoral The best remedy for all diseases of the Throat and Lungs. Prompt to act. Sure to Cure C. F. HEINZEMAN " Druggist & Chemist Hit R. SiAIN ST., LOS ANGELES. 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