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Discovered That the St ruucer'a Bpnra Were Sharp sad That ll Could Ue Them. Everybody, and u great many other people, who ver put iu any time around Dogtown either knows or knows of Bill Morris. There used to be a great deal of mining going on around Dogtown placer mining, and Bill was a celebrity all the way down Butte creek from Ilupp'a Mill to Chico. There was hard ly ft man of any fighting proclivities in that part of California who had not in the course of his career tried Bill on to bis Borrow. Bill was a shining success as a rough and tumble fighter, depending more on strength and agility than science, and hia 4nn.l1.1n r..1 iinuiiouijl BUUUCSMUJ CAJJl-lJCUwro in this line persuaded him that he had a dead cinch pn anyone who was fool ish enough to engage with him in a dis cussion as to who was the best man. This feeling of security tended to mak Bill arrogant, not to say haughty, and 1. ! . A .1 -,1 uis xuooiuer to strangers wus wugcu with an offen$iveness as pronounced as it was unmistakable. lie became fully persuaded that it was his boundenduty to harass and annoy every stranger who came along until the victim was left no resource but to resent the provocation given him and join issues there and then. Bill went up to Nlmshew one day on come business, and while he was in the barroom of the hotel talking to some of his mining friends a tall, slim man came riding down tho mountains on a small broncho. The traveler hitched his horse co a post in xront 01 tne notei ana warned Into the barroom to gt a drink, lie at tracted no particular attention except that it was observed by some present that he had particularly long legs. Bill noticed this fact also, and it occurred to him that it would be a source of great amusement to show his friends what a stride the traveler had and to illustrate it by making him get out of the room at full speed. With this laudable object In view, he responded affably to the stranger's pleasant salutation, which was accom ' panied by an invitation to drink. In the conversation that ensued Bill mada an observation to the effect that it struck him as rather absurd that a man with legs as long as those in the pos session of the traveler, should squander valuable time in riding a broken-down broncho when so much more ground could be covered by walking, closing his remark by stating that an ordinary jack rabbit wasn't in it with the man to whom he was addressing his conver sation. , This nettled the stranger somewhat, and he threw out a hint in the direction of how much more profitable it might prove to attend to one's own affairs than to worry about those of others. Such boldness was not calculated to in duce the conversation to languish. Bill was unaccustomed to what' he char acterized as back talk, and the traveler was promptly challenged to fight. lie failed to sea the necessity for this, and tried to excuse himself on the crround of suffering with chills and in no con . ditioa'to fight. Bill declined to recog nize this as valid, and the stranger, . with much reluctance, prepared to meet as best he could Bill's onslaught. No time was wasted in scientific dis play. Bill closed at once and down they both went on the floor. Bill, as usual, on top. But the stranger knew his busi ness. No one had noticed that the tall, slim man had on a large pair of Spanish sours, which, contrary to custom, were sharp. BUI was the first one to make tho discovery, for the stranger, instead of struggling, as he ought to have done clasped Bill firmly with his arms, while he doubled up his legs and, planting tho spurs on Bill's back near the shoulders, be ishot first. one les1 and then the otter brought the legs alternately up Bill's back, exerting all the tirde a violent downward pressure. The spurs being sharp, and Bill having on. no coat, the points penetrated the flesh, causing great pain. Bill howled and struggled, but to no purpose. The stranger worked his legs rapidly, and with the regularity of pistons, literally "ripping him up tho back." ! Bill informed the audience in lan guage which admitted of no mi3under standing that he had all he wanted, and he and the stranger were untangled. The traveler set 'em up and, mounting his broncho, resumed his journey. Bill went back to Dogtown a reformed man. He rarely addresses n stranger, and when he does it is with great civility. If you doubt the truth of this story stop at Ccnterville, on Butte creek, and nsk Bill Hooper about It. Washington Post. Foiled After AIL During tho Teninsular war a number of English officers had established' a mess in a Spanish village, with native .cooks whose efforts were fairly satis factory to the keen appetites of the campaigners. They were joined, how ever, by a certain peevish, cantankerous major, who bitterly complained that every dish was flavored with sugar after the Spanish fashion and quite uneatable. Finailv. he confined him self to a diet of eggs boiled In the shell. "They can't sugar those," he cried, tri umphantly. But his triumph was short-lived. Next morning some mis chievous subs were at the mess-table before the major, and emptied all of tho salt cellars, replacing their contents with powdered sugar. Tho major soon appeared, and with gloomy com placency began upon an egg, with which, as usual, he took plenty of "salt At tho first mouthful his face turned purple with rage. "Sugared, by JoveJ".he exclaimed, and rushed off to his tent Son Francisco Argo naut. Well Supplied. Lady of the House Hare you refer ences? Servant Flinty, mum I Ol've nlver staid in on place more than a weelct! Answen. i An Awkward T Moment. JJehadbeentraveling-obroad for a long time and was enraptured at seeing an old friend. The traveler had talked about himself for some time, when he exclaimed: "By the way, what has become of that fallow, freckled-faced, red-headed girl who always wore a pink dress and gold rimmed spectacles?" "Did you mention a pink dress and goldnrimmed glasses?" "Yes. What has become of her?" "I er I guess I married her." -Washington Star. s How De Knew. Hotel Manager I see you have given our best suite of rooms to a man named Wiggins. Are you sure he can pay the price? Hotel Clerk Yes, sir; he is immense ly wealthy. Hotel Manager How do you know? notel Clerk Oh, he is very old and very .ugly and his wife is very young and very pretty. Buffalo Times. No Mention of Her. Old Klnsr Cole Was a merry old soul. And a merry old soul was he. Why was he merry? It Is evident, very, . . Twos because there was no Mrs. C. Philadelphia Press. A POSBR FOn PAPA. Willie Papa isn't a monarchy the best form of government? Papa No; a republic is. Willie Then why do they, say "tlxe Kingdom of Heaven?" N. Y. Tribune. With a Rising Inflection. What proflteth the man who brings All sense and argument to bear In joint debating with his wife. Who then replies: "Well, I don't care" Chicago Journal. THE BOOK WORLD. Popular interest has recently been re vived in the novels of Wilkie Collins. Rudyard Kipling has finished a new hort story of 12,000 words, called ."Slaves of the Lamp." Judging from the sales, the most popular three of Hardy's novels are "Teas," "Jude the Obacure" and a "Pair of Blue Eyes." It has been asserted by a high au thority that the people of Indiana write more poetry than those of any other state in the union. Hall Caine confesses to taking his work too seriously to be either carried away by warmest eulogy or disturbed toy severest censure. Walter Scott loved animals, and never could reconcile himself to the cruelty of shooting for sport. How can any healthy mind so reconcile itself ? William Morris was the richest Brit Ish poet of his time except Tennyson. His wealth was due, of course, more to his business than to his poetry. Russell Sullivan said that he "read a few pages of Longfellow before sitting down to dinner, so as to be in a com fortable frame of mind for his meal." W. D. Howells daughter Mildred has a studio in her father's New York home, and has furnished some clever illustra tions for books and magazines. Thomas Hardy's personality is said to be that of "a retiring1 and modest man of letters, and nothing about him to indicate the poseur or the prophet.' A request has been sent to Brander Matthews to permit his "Introduction to American Literature" to be printed in raised letters for the use of the blind. Charles Beade once gave to a young novelist, now well known, the follow ing recipe for writing a novel: "Make 'em laugh; make 'emery; make 'cm wait." In direct opxositlon to the known wishes of Washington Irving, the new owner of Sunnyside is building on ad dition to it, and closing up Sunnyside lane. Thackeray's own favorite book was "Henry Esmond," and Lady Costlewood was modeled on the late Mrs. W. H. Brookfield, from whose mind the au thor received most stimulation. The German eirces is paying the expenses of a trip to Italy for Johanna Ambrosias. That mighty land of mel ody, poetry and science has seldom failed for long to recognize its geniuses. A Coquette. The Paste Bucket What are you look inpr so down-hearted about, old man,? The Taste Brush As soon as I begun to make love to the poster girl she got stuck on the bill board. N. Y. Journal. A Gentle Stroke. Sllllcus Id your pugilistic friend a hard hitter? Cynicus I've never known him, to strike anybody for more than 60 at a time. rhiHadelphla Record. ? li n cf No-To-Bao for Fifty Centi. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, blood pure. 60c, 1. All druggist. EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. Cholco Farm Lands FOR SALE at low prices and ori easy terms usually one-tenth cash down and the balance in nine equal annual payments, with interest at 0 percent. Write for list to GEO. M. READ HUXQJ, P. DAKOTA. LETTERS AND ART, Tho Hungarian Academy of Sciences has lately taken up Ruskin's "The Stones of Venice" and is publishing a translation. Some years ago Rev. Dr. Crane, the father of Stephen Crone, the novelist, wrote a tract on popular amusements, in which he condemned novel reading as one of the vices of the age. The Russian imperial academy is pre paring a national biographical diction ary of Russian men of letters and scientists. M. Vengueroy.whp has writ ten already the bulk of the work, has accumulated no less than 400,000 pages of manuscript. The latest contribution to the sym posium on a suitable memorial to Rob ert Louis Stevenson hasat least the merit of originality. Some one wants to erect a gas lamp to him, because he has in more than one place written of lamps and lamp posts! An Englishman with more money than education recently sent the fol lowing order to a bookseller; "I have 60 feet of 6heMng. I want ten feet of poetry, ten feet of history, ten feet of science, ten feet of religion, the some of novels, and fill up the rest with any kind of books." Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin-Riggs' charmingstory, 'Timothy's Quest," has been translated into Danish, and, with beautiful illustrations, published in Denmark, where it is a great favorite. It may encourage young writers to lenotw that the manuscript of this suc cessful book was offered to the eighth publisher before it was accepted. A couple of curious and useful little volumes ore the nhymed histories of England and Trance, by Mrs. Charles II. Gardner. They give the main facts of the histories of these countries in such a way that they can. be retained In the memory with remarkable ease, and are found useful not only in the schoolroom, but by adults who want to furbish up their history. TABLE DELICACIES. Nut Cookies. Two cupfuls of sugar, two eggs, one-half cupful 'of melted butter, six tablespoonf uls of milk, a tea spoonful of cream, tartar, half a tea spoonful of soda, one cupful of hickory nut meats, enough flour to mako rather a stiff dough: Chicken Pillau. 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