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*-,y -\\-,irv ft ji-« ic I afe' *&&' is Tt tp-'' W.f fe SV if-i I «fe &s?j m. ~t .r.v?* Pierre Vveekly Free Press. MY I'M US! l'KCNS (HI, Ki:ieit»«:iTV. K:i|tid City has always been tho fast friend of l'ierre, :iml liiis stood by the "peerless" during nil her eight years struggle for the crown jewels. Perhaps its :i ease of nlHniiy. Pierre gathers •within her gates some of the best, bruv est ami truest men in the whole state. Men who would not stoop to a mean or dishonorable action, even in a capital •••corttcst, and Rapid—well, the diameter of her manhood is way beyond the aver age, too.—Rapid City Republican. 1 Pierre knows every word of the above regarding her western neighbor is true as gospel, and believes the day is not f.ir distant when they will be conneeted by something stronger than their friend ly feeling—say bands of steel, that will soon bear the wealth of the Hills via Rapid City through Pierre to the east. In the last, six years of gloom that settled down over Pierre like a pall, and while our city was struggling with all her might ami main to open up the In dian tvservaiious to the west, thai have long obstructed the march of pro gress, and elear a way that would en able settlements and railroads to ad vance into and through the uncleared wilderness—oft called a "barren waste" Rapid City has been the best and truest friend Pierre ever had. She has been unrelenting in assisting to accom plish the great good object that linally •came to pass. And in addition she. has -stood nobly by Pierre through the cap ital light of the past year and this, anil seen I.er principal victorious in each in stance. Pierre knows that Rapid City is a friend that it will do to "Lie to." She has never proved unfaithful in any way to Pierre. It has been the almost solid vote of Rapid City that has helped Pierre win the capital each time, and it was the means so generously contrib uted by the enterprising citizens of Rapid City, combined with what Pierre and Chamberlain furnished, that kept the lobby at Washington during the past six years to labor for the opening of the reservation. Rapid City has seen Pierre accom plish evi-ry purpose she has sought, with best wishes at all times, and Pierre would indeed be ungrateful if she iu like manner did not wish Rapid City all the prosperity she can enjoy. Reciprocity as defined and applied by that, greatest of living statesmen, .James (i. Blaine, certainly exists between Pierre and Rapid City, as well as all the rest of the Black Hills country that Rapid City stands such a good show of becoming the gateway and coinmcrci.il center of. The Youth's Companion has readied the phenomenal circulation of nearly five hundred thousand copies per week, which is believed to be thelargestcircu lation of any publication in the world. Great as the success ot this journal has been it is not surprising, as it possesses so many excellent features to commend it to the reading public, both young and old. No child who begins regtilariy reading the Youth's Companion as soon as old enough to read and understand and keeps it up, can fail to become well in formed in history, science, politics, gov ernment, and possess a large fund of general information. In addition to '•the knowledge gained there is a vast amount of interesting and entertaining matter, but nothing that is low or de moralizing. The Companion is pub lished in Boston at $1.75 per year. Correspondence from Howard in the Sioux Falls Press slates that a mem ber of the Huron capital committee as serts that they are in no way respon sible for the reports being .sent out, and that the committee concedes their de feat and are willing to bury the hatchet. This subject is becoming stale, but never theless reports have gone from Huron quite recently signed by the Huron cap ital committee staling that they claimed the victory by 500 votes and that a con test was in order. Maybe the scales have since dropped from their eyes. The county seat of Brown county, which has been a bone of contention be tween Columbia and Aberdeen since the lirst organization of the county, goes back to Aberdeen for good. It has be longed there for several years, but some technicalities of law prevented it from going. Sol Star, the generally quoted popu lar mayor of Deadwood it seeems was the only candidate for the legislature on the republican ticket in Lawrence county who failed to pull through. Pierre will miss him the coming winter. Since the democrats have captured the New York legislature, coming scii atorial honors seem to rest between Grover Cleveland and Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun. The senatorial situation in South Da kota is certainly an enigma just at pres ent. It will probably taKe sevoral dead' locks and dark horses to figure it out next January. Wm. P. Butler or no one else is heard disputing Pierre's census figures now. The election settled that case, as well as all others of the same nature. '?&>: Jg Work on the new state house at ron has been ad journcd sine die. f*/19* Hu- «v 4V OI AUEHDlillN' KOAII. Tlic Intoriiinlloii Conveyed ly Tno Aberdeen Paper*** Aberdeen News. IS: Messrs Newport and Bixby, of the eastern syndicate in terested in the construction of the Pierre and Black Hills, are expected to arrive in Aberdeon this morning. They are anxious to have the right-of-way deal from this city to Oakes closed up and come to look after this matter as well as others of im portance at this time. General Manager Ward was found at his desk yesterday busily at work. He stated that Saturday's storm blocked to some extent the grading operations, but that work had been resumed and all un dertaken would be closed up in ten days time. The ground is frozen but little and the snow has been going off so rapidly that it does not materially interfere with the work. He thought the matter could bo steadily pushed and good progress made for some time yet. The operations at the Pierre end will be continued way into the winter. Aberdeen Republican, 11: The man agers of the Duiuth, l'ierre and Black Hills railway do not propose to stop grad ing, not even when It freezes up. There area few contracts between this city and Kaulkton not, yet completed. In case the contractors do not iinisli them at once the company will put men at work to complete them before a freeze lip. The survey is not quite completed to Oakes but will be very soon, so that all the necessary ollice work by the engi neers may be completed to begin gradir.g very early in the spring. On the Pierre end the surveyors have been busy during this month running a corrected line and will likewise complete their prolile and sectional work, ready for tin.'graders. The grading for seven or eight miles out of Pierre will be very heavy and will be pushed all winter, as frost will not stop work in heavy cuts. It is doubtful if any other new work will be commenced elsewhere on the line before spri ng. The tics for the entire line from Oakes to Pierre have been contracted for and will be delivered at Oakes during the winter. There is little doubt but .1 uiy 4th next will see Northern Pacific cars in Ab erdeen—the first in South Dakota. An lloncKt Advertisement. ICditor Pi:kk Pukss:—I would announce to the citizens of Pierre and the rest of mankind, that 1 am very grateful for oast favors and still solicit a share of public patronage. In anticipation of the great jubilee in celebrating the victory of l'ierre over Huron. 1 have just laid In a choice lot of wines, spirits and lager beer, and am now prepared to do a smashing business in my line. My liquors are all in original packages and 1 intend to sell strictly ac cording to law. as 1 am a law abiding citizen. 1 have also paid the United States revenue lax which makes my busi ness legal and respectable. I am still at my old stand on the corner of Ittitii street and Whiskey alley where I shall continue to make drunkards and beggars out of sober and industrious peo ple. My liquors excite riot, robbery and bloodshed, diminish comfort, increase ex pense and shorten lives, and are sure to multiply fatal accidents and distressing diseases, and usually render these latter incurable. They will cost some of you ife, many of yon reason, most of you character, and all of you peace: will make fathers and mothers, friends, wives, wid ows, children or orphans, and all poor. I train the young to ignorance, intidel ity. lewdness and every vice: corrupt ministers of religion and members of the church, hinder the gospel and send hun dreds to temporal and eternal death. I will do all this and more, even at the cost of my soul: for the trade pays, and the public encourage it, and some christ ians countenance it. 1 have some little knowledge oT the Bible formy mother was a christian woman and I can remember of hearing her read such passages as "Thou shalt not kill, "Woe to him that givcth his neighbor drink." "No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God," and sup pose a drunkard maker will not share any better fate but I am too lazy to work and my iniquity pays very good wages. I shall, therefore, carry on my trade, and do my best to decrease the wealth, im pair the health and endanger the safety of the people. As my traflic flourishes in proportion to your ignorance and indulgence, I must do all 1 can to prevent your mental culture, moral purity, social happiness and eternal welfare. For proof of my ability I refer to the police, ollice, the hospital, the luna tic asylum, jail, penitentiary and the gal lows, whither so many of my customers have gone. You will find my back door open on Sun day and other times to those who are ashamed to be seen coming in at the front. I know that I am putting my soul in jeopardy by continuing in this business but I am not yet very old and my health is pretty good, I will risk it awhile longer, and when I have bccome wealthy I pro pose to reform and will probably comc out as an independent candidate for office on some kind of a prohibition platform. Yours fraternally, Lick R. Sklt.kr. An Apology Asked Scotland Citizen: If the Sioux Palls Press,c Aberdeen News and Yankton Press and Dakotian have any conscience left thoy will publicly apologize for the manner in which they carried on the cap ital campaign in the interest of Huron. These papers opened their columns to all the falsehoods, deceits and unfairness that the Huron capital committee Issued, and their reputations of being journals of any responsibility lias been destroyed. In the towns that those papers are published in, the voters administered a stinging rebuke to the course thoy adoptod in the cap ital campaign. Every ward in the city of Sioux Falls gaye Pierre a large major ity, and in tho county Pierre's majority is over 400. The same is true of Yankton and Aberdeen, botli cities and the coun ties in which they are situated giving large majorities for Pierre. Mint Have Something Else."' Miller Republican: Pierre now has the capital, and she must have the Midland Pacific, and tho Aberdeen and Pierre. She must have something besides the capital, and from what we have seen of her people we are led to believe she will have something else. She generally gets whatever she goes after. 1 ,v Y®"« «H j, .• TIIISN AND NOW Wlial Sugar Factory Hun Hone lor Norfolk, NcbruMliu. Aberdeen News: A well known gentle man of Aberdeen read among the adver tisements in the Sioux City .lournal last evening that 2S0 acres of land within one half mile of the sugar factory at Norfolk, Neb., could bo bought for "only $80 per acre." "Ten years ago." said the gentle man,"! was in Norfolk and land adjoining the city could bo bought for from &"> to $10 per acre. Of course the place has had a substantial growth since that time, but I want to say that to such enterprises as the sugar factory spoken of and to others of lesserj Importance it owes its present solidity and firm real estate prices. If wo could get a plant hero and get the farmers Interested in the culture of beets, as they would surely become, it would be a much belter thing for Aberdeen than the capi tal is for l'ierre or any other town. What has been done at Norfolk can be done here. Furthermore I predict it will be done inside of live years." A Howard Tor Loyally. Kpcartish Mail: There no longer exists a doubt that Pierre has been chosen for the permanent capital. Tho majority is not yet, known to an exact figure, nor will it lie known until the official canvass is completed, but it is largo enough to pre clude the possibility of a contest, tho doleful wail and shouts of fraud which come from defeated Huron to the contra ry notwithstanding. Huron is in sack cloth and ashes over the disastrous de feat her boomers have sustained, ami will not be comforted. She staked her all upon the cast of a die, and lost. It is not a matter of surprise thatshe still nurses the hope that something may yet turn in her favor, but as returns come in Pierre's majority grows larger. This question now settled for all time, confidence will be restored, business will receive a now impetus, railroads will *eek entry to the capital from the east and will send out the arteries of com merce and trade across the fertile plains of the leservation and into the rich min eral deposits of the Hills. And here is where the Black Hills will receive their reward for loyalty to Pierre. The better portion of our people spurned the bribes offered by Huron, and the result of the next two years will prove their wisdom. The coming of new roads from the east in to Pierre will force tho Northwestern to build west, and where else will that road go but to the Hills'.' Two years will not pass before three, and possibly four trunk lines of railroad will connect tho Missouri river with tlte Hills. Does anyone sup pose that such results would have fol lowed had Huron succeeded in gathering in the capital prize-.' Huron's battle cry from the beginning of the strife was the "desert waste" of the reservation and the utterly worthless character of all the western part of the state. Would she then have felt any interest in opeuing up that "desert" to settlement, by pushing out her railroads towards the Pacific? Not much. The Senatorial Situation. Washington correspondence Sioux City Journal: For some time there has been talk in Washington about the chances of the various candidates for the senatorship to succeed Senator Moody, whose term ex pires the first of next March. It has been he commonly expressed opinion that in the event Judge Moody is shelved the sen atorial cloak will fall upon Governor Mel lette, who is without doubt one of the most popular men in the republican parly in South Dakola. Tho name of Judge Gilford lias also been mentioned as a pos sibility, but his following is not so strong and lie is not looked upon as a very for midable candidate. But for the past two or three days it lias been quietly noised about that Congressman Pickler is anxious to represent his state in the upper branch of congress, and so sanguine are IiN friends that they openly assert, lie has enough members-elect pledged to insure him the nomination. There can be no doubt that Maj. Pickler would have a very strong farmers' alliance, grand army and prohi bition following, which is something that hardly any other man iu the state could secure, but as to whether the major has as many votes as his friends say is some thing that cannot be vouched for at the present time, Inasmuch as no one is pres ent in Washington who is qualified to spoak authoritatively and Mr. Pickler himself is not here. Advice to Huron. Sioux Falls Press: If the statement is true, that the capital committee at Huron concedes Pierre's majority of the votes cast, would it not bo a wise move for that committee to publicly announce the fact? This action would settle the controversy now going on. Whatever may be tho ma ority in tho capital vote, there is noj doubt a very large majority of the people of the state believe the prize belongs to Pierre, and all ad verso claims by Huron, unless upon grounds susceptible of ab solute proof, will result in greater injury to herself than to her rival. If tho Hu ron committee is satisfied that she has to take her mcdicine, the quicker and more gracefully she swallows it tho better for her future. Huron'* Alleged Context. Mitchell Republican: Huron still talks of contesting the capital election. We can't believe even her most rabid par tisans during the recent campaign are in favor of such a childish proceeding. Hu ron ought to stop her squealing and settle down to business like the reBt of us. The polls have closed and the verdict is ren dered. When tho capital was located at Bis marck the litigation which followed took the wind right out of the boom which started with the location. Can it bo pos sible that Huron's threat to contest the reccnt result has. in view tho same effect on Pierre's boom? Ugly and Ferocious. Minneapolis Tribune: A Huron dis patch claims tho capital by 1,500 a tele gram from Pierro received at tho same time, claims the honor for the latter city by 10,000. This loaves a balance of 8,500 in favor of Pierre. Somewhere between Huron and Pierre there is an ugly and ferocious lie at large. Tho Huron dispatch also announces a light fall of snow caused no doubt by the cold nerve of the two towns. On The Crooked muddy? Bismarck Tribune: Peerless Pierro wins by a good, comfortable majority, and the capital cities of the twin states will remain on the crooked shores of the old Missouri. 4 A fine Imported clijar three for 25 ceuts at Tucker & Root's Hotel Locke cigar storc WMp--••••• A tJllKATAHIEItlCAN iUAKAZIlVIi. Tlic MiccenK of "Tile Century'' and I IN PlaiiM for 1801. The Century magazine is now so well known that to tell its past success seems almost an old story. Tho New York Tri bune^ has said that it and its companion, St. Nicholas for young folks, issued by the same house, "are read by every one per son In thirty of tho country's population,'' —and large editions of both arc sont be yond the seas. It is an interesting fact that a few years ago it was found that seven thousand copios of the Century wont to Scotland—qufto a respectable edition in itself. The question in England is 110 longer "Who roads an American book?" but "Who does not see the Ameri can magazine?" A few years ago the Century about doubled its circulation with the famous war papers, by General Grant and others, adding many moro readers later with the Lincoln history and Kennan's thrilling articles on the Siberian exile system Om» groat feature of 1S91 is to be "TIIK IIUXTKItS OK AUr»KN!A." desei ibing that remarkable movement to the gold Jields iu '4u, In a series of richly illustrated articles written by survivors, including the narratives of men who went to California by the different routes, ue counts of the gold discoveries, life in the mine.'-, the work of the vigilance com mittees (by the chairman of the commit tees) etc., etc. General Fremont's last writing was done for this series. In No vember appears the opening article, "The 1" iist_ Immigrant Train to California'"— ciossing the liockies in 18-11—by General Bidwell, a pioneer of pioneers. Thousands of American families who had some rela Uvo or friend among "the Argonauts of 4!) will bo interested in these papers. •MAX OTIIKIt (iOOI) THl.VfiS .Villi CO.Ml.Vo!— the narrative of an American's travels through that unknown land Tibet (for 700 miles over ground never before trod by a white man): the experiences of escaping war-prisoners: American newspapers de scribed by well known journalists ac counts of the great Indian lighters, Custer and others personal anecdotes of Lincoln, by his private secretaries: "The Faith Doctor, a novel, by K1 ward Eggleston, uitha wonderfully rich programme of novelettes and stories by most or the lead ing writers, etc., etc. It is also announced that the Ccnturv has purchased tho right to print, before its appearance iu France or any other country, extracts from advance sheets of the famous Talleyrand Memoirs, which have been secretly preserved for half a century to be first given to the world through the pages of an American mag azine. Ail buropc is eagerly awaiting the publication of tills personal history of 1 alleyrand—greatest or intriguers and diplomats. The November Century begins the vol ume. and new subscribers should com mence with that issue. cTlio subscription price may be re mitted directly to the publishers. The Century Co.. -i'l East 17th St., New York. or single copies may be purchased of anv newsdealer. The publishers offer to send a free sample copy—a recent back num ber—to any one desiring it. CHlIiDIIICN'S LI'I'liHATI KK. What "SI. JlSllt$ NIcIioIum" lia» Jlone for Boy* and (iirlit. Victor Hugo calls this "tho woman's century." and he might have added that it was the children's century as well for never before in the world's history lias so much thought been paid to children— their schools, their books, their pictures, and their toys. Childhood, as we under stand it, is a recent discovery. Up to tiie time of the issue of the .St. Nicholas magazine seventeen years ago literature and children's magazines were almost contradictory terms, but the new periodical started out with tho idea that nothing was too good for children: tho result has been a juvenile magazine gen uine witii concicntious purpose,—tho gi eatest writers contributing to it, with the best artists and engravers helping to beautify it,—and everything tuned to the key-note of youth. It lias been the special aim of St. Nicho las to supplant unhealthy literature with stories of a living and healthful interest. It will not do to take fascinating bad litciaturo out of boy's hands, and give them in its place Mrs. Bardauld and Peter Parley, or the work of writers who think that any "good-y" talk will do for child ren, but thoy must have strong, interest ing reading, with the blood and sinew leal life iu it reading that will waken them to a closer observation of the best things about them. In the seventeen years of its life St. Nicholas ims not only elevated the child ren, but it has also elevated the tone of contemporary children's literature as well. Many of its stories, like Mrs. IJurnctt's Little Lord Fauntleroy," have become classic. It is not too much to say that al most every notable young people's story now produced In America first seeks the light in the pages of that magazine. The year 1891 will prove once moro that no household where there are children Is complete without St. Nicholas." J. T. Trowbridge, Noah Brooks, Charles Dudley Warner, and many well-known writers are to contribute during this coming year. One cannot put the spirit of St. Nicholas into a prospectus, but the publishers are glad to send a full announcement of tho features for 1891 and single sample copy t* tho address of any person mentioning this notice. The magazine costs $3 a year. Address the Century Co., 33 East 17th street, New York. A Pierre man Abroad. Omaha Bee: G. C. Wilson, of Pierre, S. D., was in the city yesterday. He had just arrived from Dakota and speaking of the election, said it was oho of tho most bitter ever held in the state. Tho main fight was upon tho question of the location of tha capital, Pierro and Huron being the contestants. According to his'statement, both towns spent thousands of dol.ars hir ing workers, who were located in every precinct of the now state. Personal en counters wero of frequent occurrence, but now that Pierre has won by several thous and majority, he states that tho people will drop politics and commence booming their country. The suffrage .amendment was snowed under by a largo majority, notwithstanding the fact that the women fought valiantly at every polling place. Mr. Wilson states that tho ladies, young and old, fair and ugly, commenced work in the morning aud never deserted their posts until the last vote was polled. They drove rigs, importuned the male voters, scratched tickets and made promises to both parties if the amendment carried. His theory for tho reduced republican ma jority in Dakota is that the republicans split and went with the alliance people, while the democrats stood solid for their candidates. '^1| f$f SOUTH DAKOTA POLITICS. Kcawoun Why Our Leglnlature Should Not Blcct Democrat Senator. There is a vast amount of Ingratitude in politics, says tho Sioux City .lournal. Perhaps IiiKratitudo is to be found in lib eral supply everywhere, but in politics it is frequently conspicuous enough to ren der tho business of politics extremely dis couraging. It is bad enough when Indi viduals are forgetful of thoso who have been their friends, those who have ren dered them service, trusted in their worthiness and in their fairness. But it is something a great sight worse when it comes to the ingratitude of a whole com mnnity. It may hardly be fair to say a wholo community, but we judge com munities in our politics by majorities, and we speak of the state being one way or another as the election may have turned. Tho Journal heard a Sioux City bus iness man, an active republican, say the otlior day that tho republican party re ceived "the unkindest cut of all'" in the Dakotas. Ho went on to speak of how the republican party had been battling these years in behalf of thoscstates: first, for the division of tho great territory and second, for the admission to the union of the two states. If the republicans of South Dakota have not a majority on joint ballot in the legis lature of South Dakota, what will the leg islature do with reference to the United States senatorship? The coming legisla Miro will elect a successor to Senator Moody. The names of life-long democrats are mentioned for the place. What will the legislature of South Dakota do touch ing the senatorship? Will it elect a dem ocrat to take Mr. Moody's seat? That would boas remarkable athingasa South Dakota legislature could do. Think of a South Dakota legislature recruiting the United States senate on the side of Car lisle and Hampton and Bill Springer! Such action would involve proof of very short memories or of ingratitude in its darkest shades. The republican party, in the matter of the Dakotas, did what it thought was right. It seemed just to tho people that tho great territory should bo divided, and just to them, also, that statehood should bo opened to them. This matter of right was tho foundation for whatever action the republican party took. So thoroughly were the people of Dakota convinced of the integrity of their cause that they felt the democratic party could not deny them their petition and they found themselves repeatedly rebuffed by the democratic party there were excited leaders among the Dakota people who advocated force ful measures to secure just recogni tion from the general government. But the democratic party resisted all appeals, standing on tho ground that statehood for two Dakotas, or for one, would be a peril to the partisan advantage of the democratic party. The democratic party had to be whipped in a national campaign before it would give heed to this appeal of justice, and then its motive was simply to fore stall republican action and amend the record of the democratic party for use in future partisan campaigns. The party that does a proper thing because its op portunity to do the wrong thing lias been exhausted has not done a thing for which it can reasonably claim credit among dis criminating men. Tho Dakotas were for years tho victims of the selfishness of the democratic party. They had example of democratic spirit. Tho fault of the Dakotas was that thoy wore located too far north, and that the sympathies and relationship of the people were moro identified with the north, and particularly with the northwest, than they were with the southern section of the union or with Tammany hall. The people over the Iowa border keenly felt the injustice of the democratic party, and for one thing they professed desire for relationship with tho union that their power might be exercised to check this injustice as toward themselves and as to wards people elsewhere. Let it be granted, for the sake of argu ment, that „ne Dakotas do not owe the republican party anything—for the re publican party simply did what was right and what its obligations to itself (md the people of the whole country required. But the Dakotas owe it to themselves not to be a reward to the democratic party—not to become its ally on the heels of the record so flagrantly anti-republican and in such violation of popular rights. The democratic party in South Dakota, and presumably in North Dakota, will bo on tho alert to profit by the disturbance caused by the independent movement. That party in its own right is notstronger in either state than it was before the break but its web is spread and its can didates are already proffering entertain ment and inviting confidence. Nothing more singular in politics could happen than for South Dakota to choose a United States senator at this time to recruit the democratic caucus. It is not probable that such an ex hibition of ingratitude, indeed, of such disloyalty to South Dakota, will happern- Certainly there could be no excuse "for carrying the independent movement to, that extreme—not in either of the Da kotas. The Old Name Would Ko| Do. Gazlay—Isn't Colon the name .0/" that town on the Isthmus of Panama? Bunting—That used to be its name, but It has been changed to Period since the Panama canal came to a full stop.—Man •ey'i Weekly. Be Locks Up.- "It's pretty damp for a person with the rheumatism to be prowling around, Uncle Joah." "Mebbe, boss, but it's the doctor'a ad »ioe." "Do you mean to tell me the doctor ad vised yontobe out nlghtaV "Not'sactly dat awfty—but he said I muit have chicken brof."—Life. Lets HI* Neighbor'* Dog Alone. Some time ago a camp meeting wns be gun at Hollow Rock Springs, owned by an old fellow named Mayhow. Just after the religious exercises were started ono of tha officers of the association went to old May hew nnd said: "Look here, old nmn, there is something the matter with that spring water." "Think so?" "Yes, I know it. Tastes bau and smella awful." "Wall, I won't dispute your word. Man's got aright to his opinion in tfila hero neighborhood." "But can't something be done?" .1 "I don't know but thar mout." "What would you suggest?" "Wall, I reckon tho best thing to do ft starter would be to take the dog out." "Take the dog out?" the officer gasped. "What do you mean?" "Mean you bad better pull out the dead dog, aur give the water a chance to prove its innocence." "Is it possiblo that you know there was a dog in there!'" "Of course I knowed it when I seed him in thar." sg "Why didn't you take him out?". "Well, it's old Andy Patterson's dog, an' me an' Andy ain't on good terms, you 1 know. Andy is mighty funny about hu As soon as Sam left, Blanton called up the other end, described the negro and gave the operator tho tip. fj Sam came back in an hour, the Hampden "'f-S. Sydney operator was called up and Sam put the bell to his ear. This is what he heard: i-idS "The person that burned the Planter's warehouse last night is a ginger cake col ored negro, 5 ft. 10 in. high, little finger Sgj gone from left hand"—Sam's'eyes began to bulge—"ono front tooth gone, wears a mustache and goatee, has three children, JJ has been in jail for stealing a sheep from Maj. Venable. and bis name is Sam." '%$ With a wild yell nnd eyes starting out of "iVjpj his head Sam bolted from tho room, jumped on a passing freight train, and sjtg-) never came back to claim the reward offered for him.—Chicago Herald. He Might Have Expeeted. w^lf^ L£ If 1 property. I found tho dog, tho samo one,. in my spriughouso once, an'I pulled liim out, an' pulled him putty hard, too, an'' Andy got mad nn' chunked me round a good deal, an' since that I alius let his property alone."—Pittsburg Dispatcli .Sunday with the Vunderblltn. The Vauderbilts are all religiously in clined, and early on Sunday morning the children are washed and dressed and sent s, to Sunday school. At church time they go to their father's pew and sit there with him and their mother during the service. fn the afternoon they go to Sunday school again. They ar3 never allowed to use 11 horses or carriages, nor to go out, except for a short walk as a matter of exercise, The day is spent very quietly. They hava an early tea, and in tho twilight the chil dren gather in the music room, while ona /"J of tho ladies plays tho piano or organ. Cornelius Vanderbilt, William K., Elliott F. Shepard aud the ladies of the families join for an hour or two in song. Tho boys sometimes bring out their vio lins, the young girls play their harps, and there is an hour or two of the most de licious music that one could imagine. They sing hymn after hymn, and when the twi light fades tho little ones are put to bed, to get up tho next morning with the glow of health upon their cheeks, and begin their week of study and play that shall fit them to become strong men and women to administer wisely upon the vast fort unes that will soon be theirs.—Ladies' Home Journal. IIo IIltd Heard Enough. Two nights after the completion of tho ."I telephone line between Furnville and Hampden Sidney, Va., ono of tho largest tobacco warehouses in Farnville was burned. Tho Are was thought to be tho "it z'-p l" 1 pi. 7 J.' 1 work of an incendiary. Next morning a negro man with a bad reputation and very little sense went into the telephone office. "W'uts dat ar thing you's talkin' inter, Mr. Blanton?" "That's a telephone." "Er.tell you what?" "A thing to talk into. You just ask it anything you want to know and it tells it "Is dat «o? I done hyard 'bout dat corn .venation hungln' up on de wall, but I ain' -r knowed it could'tell all dem things." (g? "Oh, yes: I am busy now, but if you Will come back iu au hour I'll get it to tell you who burned the warehouse." •••'$ "I dinno ez I got time fer dat." sf "Well, you'd better take time, or aMI think you did it." Vi ii a •V 1 How Ho Resembled Flannel. There have been a few, a very few, ex tremely High Church Episcopatalergymen iu this country who appeared to think that a studied neglect of the bath was a mark of Catholic orthodoxy. One of these ex collent men, who was well known in this city a few years ago, was generally arrayed "SfB** in a coarse oassock that had long ceased to be oven approximately clean, and in linen that wgs simply dirty—that is the onljr word that can be used. His finger were in mourning, and altogether he was a good reproduction of a mediaeval saint— the kind with whom the odor of sanctity was made visibly manifest by the odor of dirt Strangely enough, he was at the same time a gentleman by birth, educa tion and rearing. He was simply misled by a false ideal of Christianity. But that is not the point. One day two Episcopal clergymen got to talking about him. "What does he remind you of any way?" asked one. "Of flannel,'.' was the reply. ."How«o?"aakedthefi«t:. "Oh," answered the second, "because he. shrinks so from washing."—New York Tribune. ?J§ "Dot rast old Liebig, anyway," exclaim ed Phipps the other morning. "What has the baron been doing' now?" asked Doddsley. "Doing? Wliy the old wretch said that horseflesh was more wholesome than beef or mutton, and I went him one. Ate all I: could." .•• "Well? It was good, then, wasn't it*'13 "Yes, but, blame the old scamp, I had W^1^ the nightmare all night.' '—Chicago Times. Pays Cash. ft Merchant—I wish to insert nn advertise- jfej ment in The Morning Bugle. Clerk—Yes, sir. ••-sm Commence it in this way: Pay cash, udcif pub thoso words in large letters." I "Yes, sir." ?M "And 1 wish you'd trust me for the amount... for a month or so." **wm Horrible, "I understand Dabsley paints?" "That's bad enough, but he does wocm even. He presents the paintings friends.—Philadelphia Times. gr .} •tf.l Plainer Still. I know her'foce is very plain— It goes againstmy will Bat the fact she's her rich ftttucii •To me is plainer still AU*