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Show -- road behind him, did yeh? Well, yeh got fooled thet time Yer dinner alnt quit ready fer yeh yet, an twont be till ole Cy git back! He raised hla revolver to a level wtft hie right eye and squinted eteadi y along Its shining barrel For fully a minute he held It thua. and .then dropped It to his side with the remark Hand an nerve et steady ea ever f r the time bein, an' now all 1 ask of the I.ord In Hla mercy an goodness la to send Cy Grandy back here to git hi deserts an send him quick, before the tlTeiks of thet whisky works off so' my stienth begins to give out- - Got to save it all now for the final clinch. A half hour passed during whhh the woundup. man neither stirred nor eiuatie amt the light fanlaMk- - Iti a etyte with abandon that 1 rate. tn a She I aweetnrm and and h bunch of great wmpU im.-akerpa u at her Milieu In a manner Eh ia-deund emhn-alaall- c spoke. debonair, She ran dally bn the alley with ten ttn and make a tally, and the hov around tier rally wf n eh a uut upon the Milks. Ahd alien patter 'round and (.hatter on most any weighty mutter, hut sintalking through her hat- - er Utile thinker never think Oh, ahe e happy when she's fiappe mid Is throwing bright and snappy hue of at chappy (hllkoot Fa uut the Spoony hoys, And the measure of her pleasure in to r g U a lit - Woild , of treasure In unmitigated lots Shell abuse you and amuse you ami holh well and 111 she'll use you, ami she II finally refuse you, tho heart brokm you Implore; content But don't bother get another-b- e to be her brother, for she likes to see her mother mopping up the - $ never-i-eanin- v kitchen , floor. His eyes were half closed, but Ail hi senses were on the alert. Suddenly tbe stillness was broken by the sound of a home's hoofs clattering ou the hard mountain roadway and rapidly approaching the spot where lay the wounded man. Instantly he was all attention. H turned hi face toward the point front which the horse was evidently coming, and a!l his faculties .wrought 'up to the highest tension were strained to caLk the slightest sound. Neaier and nearer came the approaching footsteps, until finally they halted near the spot where the man and the pistol lay waiting. 'i thought so, gleefully whispered the wounded man to himself. Tta oly Cy Grandy on his way home, anVhe wants to make sure Im dead. iV'aal boil find out I lnt ea dead 4 hell wush 1 was when he stick hla noee through these bushes. Slowly, painfully befalsed himself on his left elbow. Jfie exertion sent the red gushing forth afresh from tbe gaplng'wound in hla back, but be heeded, ft not His whole mind was Intent upon tbe movements of his enemy, pis right hand firmly grasped the stork of the heavy revolver, with his ready forefinger grimly caressing th trigger; his lips were pressed tightly together; hla eye gleamed brighter, more hatefully than ever, and his whole attitude was one of Intense, nervous expectancy. The waiting man heard the horseman spring to the ground with a swagger and an oath. Then heavy footsteps approached th spot where he lay, the bushes parted d and a bloated, face with bloodshot eyes appeared in the open-In- g. life-blo- tha Tha Man By Roadside, "Yias," lie resumed after a pause, the road- JHql die like a dog an rot by side; but by the Eternal, good at sewing, go In and win bar, my boy. and you will have my LiMKinr first effort. "Yon never can tell what kind of a shot youre going lo get from the crowd when youre campaigning, said Jake Kemple, a veteran spellbinder, at tbe Fifth Avenue Hotel the other night, "The State committee sent a kid speaker along with me in Stanton street last October. It wa a trying out process for the youngster, a student In Columbia and tbe son of a rich lawyer. Just for fun, call him Slim Idas -- worsen long .Prince Albert eoatt and hver that a light, short, fall overcoatjiat lacked about rough-bearde- blessing. "I bav resolved, father, to sack such n wtfe as you describe, said th see young man with determination. the folly of seeking a wife in society. I will go o an Intelligence office this afternoon and see If I can find one that will answer. And then Ill have mother call on her, and and Young man. Ill break your neck In about a minute! But you said Never mind what I said. Ive Leslies Weekly. changed my mind. 'I ink' EXCKFTIOH Slim-.kin- a. seven inches of covering the" Prince Albert Add to this a skyscraper collar, a pair of light colored tan gloves and a plug hat, and you have a line on Sllmkins getup. The chairman of the cart tail meeting knew me. and as sooq as I hove In sight with Sllmkins he got , hold of me and dlB yer sprlngln wot's Jake, on us. If de gang gits after dis plotur plate wunt deyU make him look like t'lrty cents. I said I guessed tbe young fellow wouldnt make any bad break, but the chairman looked apprehensively at him and at hla fine clothes. It wa Arranged that my college friend should follow the chairman, who made a good-shor- t ( Say, Bill, there's one of them paddtalk. When Sllmkins got up he ed-up dudes. Look at bis cotton waa badly rattled, but he removed hla shoulders! Lets go an insult him, overcoat, tossed his gloves Into hie tall hat, and said: 'Fellow-citize- n and Republicans of the Fifteenth Assembly District: Tbe aw Issues of the campaign aw have aw been so fully promulgated aw by the gentleman who has Just spoken aw aw that I aw a hardly know what to talk about n set "Talk about a down, an let the fat lobster spake hla man on piece, said a hoarse-voice- d the far edge of the crowd. "That settled Sllmkins, added Mr. He seemed to shrivel up. Kemple. Soon . his short light overcoat faded away In the darkness toward tbe Bowery, The fat lohster referred to waa See here, mister, you oughter git myself, and I had a bard time getting started. I told the State committee Into a museum as de prize stuffed about It afterward.' and Sllmkins was dood. list scratched off the speakers New York Tribune. said-"Say- half-minu- te get even with him yeh kin bet! He will find that I am more of a snake than a dog. A, rattler eaa strike baek even when It Is dyln ay 111 live long enough to give oto Cy Grandy hla tucky roadside a man - grizzled -- and death-woun- d yetYaaa, 111 do It. If It was lac whose lean gaunt, and upon takes a hundred years! -the bronze of fifty summers sod assay VASA VIKWS or WOMEN. Good God! alive yet, an an Another pause longer than before, a jagged seam and scar. He la a fool who thinks, by force or For one horror-fille-d Instant tha and then the man by the roadside went A rabbit poked Us noee Inquiringly on In x bloodshot optica gazed fascinated Into aklll, to turn the current of a womans A hoarse whisper: through the bushea as he lay there, baallisk-llk- e orbs behind the pistol; will. Samuel Tuke. peterin' out mighty fast; my the and then at a Hidden movement from The moat beautiful object in the la gain but Ive got jest es then a shot rang out, the owner of the stenth the dying man turned and scuttled much bloated face and bloodshot eye It will be allowed Is a beautiful world. es ever. I Ef bed only grit awlftly away. itched heavily forward across the woman. Macaulay. blue-bottbut-1 Then ablg fly came body of hla adversary, the waiting If the heart of a man is depressed steed gave a startled snort and gallng around the hetpleee man, wtlter with, care, the mist la dispelled when d beelde the In In hla own two 'tua a woman loped riderless a way-- end appears, Gay, were left dying by tbe roadside instead rude mountain trail, and' after five Lovely woman, that caused our and one. of of bumping minutes blundering cares, can every care beguile. Beres-foragainst bl battered feature finally OATH. A FOR PEBBLE EVERY settled down on the aw edge of a Raptured man quits each dozing Am wound, juet below the matted hair on Attiatleally freton Oh, woman, for thy lovelier age, &4Hr4 hit forehead and began patiently drillla page. Moore. well-knoa flesh. sensitive man Into Is the There ing young t Kindness in woman, not their beauThe exquisite pain seemed to revive in Omaha, who does several other teous loakt, shall win my love. wounded sufferer and the mortally things better thau be plays golf. He of awaken bis instinct la a past master In artistic swearing. Shakespeare. Ilia right hand stirred by hts In fact, his anger fiuds expression in DAMAGE. aide, and then crept slowly slowly such coherentilreams of expletives but surely up toward hla bloodas member hla of a the that reputation stained forehead. ' Country Club la based chiefly on this Inch by Inch it advanced that But to get at the accomplishment. hand until .It was gnarled, ciaw-lik- e story of a famous bit of golf playing on a level .with the demon fly probing thla loquacious young man did last Into hla wound; and then with a sudweek. His record is 137 or thereabouts den movement he bron-- ht it down, and every time be makes the rouud of brushing the life out of toe tormentor, the course his score grows worse and he ..Vila, . haL.l .AOt.....yeh,,d Id he gets onarftjiehemenlJn glvingk-- . Chuckled hoarsely,. Wush I could an "Alive Yet. sn' uppermost In hla pression to what reach out an mash, ole- Cy Grandy nothin' to brace Last mind. before he Weaaivday up my power physical Bowera-'D- e under my hand same M 1 did thet fly!'' trulls I'd" started on the course one of the young allBrainy an me biographer 1 ed die happy then.' Yaas, I d be Ispose right, He stretched out hls'rlgbt hand and mans friends Jokingly 'remarked: willin to go to hell It I Vd tend Cy when he comes to write me life Tl say came Into contact with a smooth, Every time you swear put a clod or a de position waa critical, but data a lie. thar fust the treacherous,- - cowardly it oblong-shape- d on the object lying chip or a piece of giavel In your skunk! d grass by bis side. pocket" This was early in the afterThe' wounded man rolled over and With an eager cry of Joy he clutched noon. Just as the sun wa sinking in a to to rise postmade an effort sitting and hugged !t t0 hU bogQ!B. the west a weary young man with tlon, but the attempt was a failure. .. Whisky! whisky! Im good for an bulging pockets staggered into the club "Tbe sneakin' ole dlvtl has got me, hour longer nowL he whispered, eager house. Hla friends hud forgotten him fixed ter good an' all thla time. I'll It dropped from my pocket when and supposed he had gone horned A ly, be s dead man inslda.of two hours, fell here among the buahea an he entered tbe door he emptied a coat a be went he on, huskily. "Yaas, Ill I had lost It. Thank God, it and pebbles rolled all over the dead man, an ole Cy Grandy Tl be thought will give me stren'th an' courage fer pocket " Cause 1 just do d lightsome skip room flooj. That's the plain & goto round braggln reception bout how he Job heed of nse! the i'rom den turn round an see de ftut. an ' d be na exclaimed, another him! ef I had wiped me out. p Still clasping the flask t6 hU breast 100 pebbles which he foldumped to Pd was able ride pocket an horse my be fumbled with nervous, 'eager finger iar hla up an settle matters with him at th stopper until It came out, and stood for a stronger number of the Other then pressing the mouth of the Bask purely masculine vocabulary. to hla dry llpa, V he thirstily gulped pockets produced still more pebbles and clods which represented other had down the content. words. Hla friends tried to call a halt. more feel I stuff! Ah! that' the Tike a man now, he mytttered thickly but3e persisted in Uttering up the This ain't A a the last drop went trickling down floor, remarking: Judt wait till you see the hla throat I Ilk whisky with an edge to It authln thetU put new. life In a wagonload of oats tbe caddy and the This story 1 corpse. Im wuth a dozen dead men teamster are bringing Tte deee little exhibitions o roind- -' this mlnet an Ill down ole Cy Grandy told on the authority of friends of the what make me fink dat prapa I reason reikon power the man. know profane why. From of artistically youhg yet I didn't Incorporate meself as a comBee be oughter hell be sorry the Omaha an had be when give de world at large, de pany that flask of moonshine ! Wontx ixfraia, benefit of me brains. th chance. Ef It war nt fer'thatbul-le- t r- Mra. Af Edwin Knowles of Brooklyn, In my back I'd feel bout ea chipper of the Professional the hew . A REGARDS A WIVE. ea ever. , Bet I kin pull a trigger with Woman's president does not believe In league, - Lemme whar em Of ee; Have best yetyou considered all that I have tha woman suffrage- .- DtScussipg the eub-Je- ct aid my boy? asked the old gentle-la my gun?- -, th other day, she said that to her man tbe day after he had given hla son Reaching down he drew a heavy from hla hip pocket and swung mind the woman suffragist appeared n little fatherly advice. , as a ridiculous bring Mrs, Knowles, Yaa, father." replied the' young It Into position for action. Hla steel who the reputation of knowing man meekly. gray eye gleamed with the baleful what enjoys , is she -talking about, expressed Toil are getting near the age at gtltter been In the eye of a wounded the opinion that to be was nothing snake or a wild beast at bay. There which a young man naturally begins was a smile on hla face-rth- ecrafty, gained by enfranchising women There to look around for a wife, and I dont vindictive emlle of a savage lying In are as many Ignorant women a men," want you to make A mistake." wnlt for hla prey or gloating over the she aays, and giving woman the right ITI try not to, father. to vote would merely increase the numWhUky! Whisky! butterflies of fashion, my boy, suffering of his victim tied to the 'vNo ber of voters, while their division on A girt of some .solid worth; one yet, but 1 balnt got the strenth left torture-stak- e. bnt the issuee of the' day would be about who has some practical accomplisA little brown bird alighted on !te do It I've got lead enough tn toe head and .'"-'-s- -.' hla an above began cheerjly as It is now. The only thing that hment. to hill elephant, Ole Cy meaat to twig , wave of the hand would be gained would bemore trou-bl- e , nahe a sure thing of It That bullet singing, but with a father. "Tee. women. for But tbe "Never mind the pianoplaytng and la my back alone wouldve fixed me. It and an Impatient oath he frightened baa a strong belief la clubkre. Knowles life for her Delsarte lesson; never mind the dancmustve struck the muse'e that works It away. Then a buzzard wheeled lazily over sex. It broadens a woman, she fay. ing and the small talk. When you find my leg, 1 reckon, cut 1 halnt had no New Tork Times. , em me. . tence But my head, scanning with hungry eye the It hit use of girl who can cook, my boy, It will man wounded and a tha ' mind la clear an my right arm la all earth below, time to think of marrying. When he King Edward 11. has find a girl who can make np her right yet an an Id give tbe rest of looked up and saw it he broke into Bcott Mantagu. M. P accepted frpm yov natnber of owfl bed, knows how to set the table 7 t It Is, fer Jest one more sardonic laughter, my life, acch-aAmerican bronze turkey taken to without torgettlng something, U able Ha, ha, ha! Yeh sen ole Cy Gran chance at the man who shot me down in a wild state. England an with his out thought gun me here yeh to dy bushes la the die They will to put RP the preserves, nd, above an Cung hed left Mtt grab fer yeh along the be boused, at SaBdriugU. IT a dog! BY WILL 8. GIDLEY. (Copyright, am, by Dally Story Pub. Ce.) A man suffering from bait a dozen gunshot wounds lay dying by a Ken- RATES ARE REASONABLE. AO, I "I-r-l- m - rlH laipewtua Corrected Enree R run American Kxpoeiti, too!J be sad Hctel Batee Lo Expected. Buffalo, N. Y.. July 30 A Joint meeting of railway passenger agents, hotel and newspaper men was held this afternoon with the view of adopting some means for correcting o far A as possible the Impression that appears to prevail at distant points tbat Exrailway ratts to the ratea hotel that and are position high in Buffalo are excessive Tbe conference revealed tbe fatt that Buffalo can accommodate tao hundred thousand ls visitors In private hons's and at rates ranging from fifty cents to two dollars per night, and tbat, no one need pay more than one dollar for a first-cla- 8 l.daing nna pnvae house. It was also rhow n that the railroad rate is lower than for any former exposition for a five, ten or fifteen day tuket according to distance, being at the rate of one fare plu one dollar for the round trip, from all parts of the country The tpecial Niagara Falls cheap, one-da- y excursions of former yeais. when trains were overcrowded and everyone subjected to great d'seomfort. are remembered only so far as the low rate is concerned, and this is quoted as showing what might be done. Tbe passenger agents assert that the pres ent half rates are as low as can rea- sonably be expected. An extension of the present limit has been looked for, as It gives too short a time for anyone to see the big exposition, but it has not yet been modified Other points which the representatives of the pubwill lay stress lishers association upon are that the Exposition is completed in all details and that both Buffalo and the Expos tion are well policed and as free from dangerous characters as any city in the country. A Joint committee was appointed to deal with quest ons affecting the Exposition and the proper weltome and care of guests. The Exposition haa had In operation for some time a free bureau of information for the convenience of Intending visitors. It, flow Ictroam ft The refining of petroleum is a proc-esof distillation, in which it la separated into several marketable prod-- " ucta. There are two methods of distillation, known technicailly as In vacuo, and "cracking," In the first the petroleum is distil'ed In a partial vacuum, and in the escond, with superheated steam. This process receives its name from the cracking sound of the steam hs it enters the petroleum. ss le Ar It e, d. ?i ?-- .1 ? ' Sil'' $ v If - A f f blood-soake- f v ' rjb lt con-fla-c- at 1 a Ton t'llaf 4Ua'a foot EmT Is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning. Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. ' Ask for Allen Foot-Easa powder to be shaken Into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c, Sample sent FREE. Ad- -, dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. life-bloo- 'd ho-te- An Help! Say, how could we know that them shoulders wa real? ' a public school up In the Hundreds tells this: In one of my classes," she said, waa a young woman who had a way MADE A teacher in CPiT6-DAT- - . Allff.d B hem. Carnegie and Schwab have before, and we are not sure; says the American Machinist, but that Carnegie's gift of $10,000,000 to make tuition free In Scotch universities is a deop-!a!- d scheme to disqualify Sir young' Scotthme'h from 'becoming efficient competitors with American steel woiks by giving them all a college education. Mcs-rs- I s Ohio, citt or Tolido, of applying modern ideas to old sub- Stats orLrcAS CoPHrr, oath tbnt he la the frank J Chencr make jects. which now and then smashed an the firm of f J Cheney ACa, Idol.' On one occasion 1. asked her to doina partQrof butdnctw lu tbe City of Toledo, County and that said firm will pay Statoaforosniil she ruin and exercise writean might the sura of ONE HUNDKtU otxany DOLLARS fof la eWh iiriil'f vcrvcaw tit KWnrfe'tlKity&iK&at select The Uf cured by the use of Hall a Catarrh Cum the following: FRANK J. CHENEY. 'If thou wouldat view fair Melrose Sworn td before me end nulmmllied In my ior f -- aright Take a kodak' and visit It by daylight Thla prompted another In tne class to turn in this: Tp Venice Tassos echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier, But at the quay he plays the mandolin To ragtime music, not by note, but ' ear. women evidently The young a rich mine struck had they thought In my suggestion, for at the. next call one of them handed In this: TIs tweet to hear the Dachshund in the welcome as we draw near ' home, sweet home. Tl nice to know the Dachshund doesnt bark Or make unseemly racket when we come. Wen, I saw I had made a mistake, and immediately informed the class that it might in the future confine lta ruminations to scenes on Manhattan. New York Sun. dark-Whln- -- e UOOHUTI, W the Othe "That social reformer has a very spectacular way of presenting some extraordinary theories." "Yes. Tbe man is either posing or supposing all th time. Washington ,5 Star. ' , i is.S thla 6th day of Dercmher. wu,j-r,ya,,- A. D. ibbd c Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and act- - directly on the bloodaail mucous surfaces of the system. Send fo testimonials, free, Ok F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo; '.. Bold bv Drurui-i- s. Hall s family Pills are the best. Keanebuakp trt'e Industries, Is one of the indusg tries of the Kennebunkport, Me., which used to build great ships, and even now taunches an occasional schooner. - Visitors to Salt Lake will Bod no bettee place Uj Afeombine pleasure and health than at the Sanitarium Baths ' one of the finest bathing resorts In the Whether for washing away country. the dust of travel or simply to spend a pleasant hour, you will find what yon want in either the private bath or tbe large swimming pools. Open day and night and within five minutes walk ot Canoe-buildin- anyooewill tell jon all the hotel where. ladtan Girl la the tawyaa Indian girl who la preparing to enter Rad-cli- ff College, Cambridge, Mas., la At present employed a a typewriter and stenographer In the office of a Boston lawyer and does her studying for her examinations at night Every person and every animal on the fanq 1 benefited by the use of ' Wizard Oil. for accident and pain, Wow m- - lAFUxrlH. Women- - in the Philippines, at least in the island of Luzon, are showing s. wonderful skill as lapidaries and Their taste and workmanship are far In advance of JLbef power of " men. v-"Wah ta-wa- full-blo- gem-setter- - Be Fall the (Hssrece. I see since Packman has been em;ployed on the yellow- Journals- bin Tbe eonsurapt.on of rnbber In the to refused haa father recognize him. worldia "at present about 4,500 tons Indeed! What doe hla father do? 7 The world production ia term life a monthly. at Sing Hs 'serving . . 54,000 tons. v Sing. Llfa. ef CeUrltf. Dont you think that public man should devote htmaelf to study of hla country history and its present Mru. WImIow'x Soothing Syrup. for children teolbiuff Suuutkm.aUu7tpuu.curM win oollc. !e buulu It is reported tbat tbe French intend to build a railway from Pao Ting Fu , needs. to Tien Tain, with or without Chines Well, answered Senator Sorghum . . all that la Interesting. But it Is g consent. Wash- mighty slow way to get Office. flu bo believe Piso's Cure for Conmmptiou I In ft on Star. hu ta equal for coughs and colda. Johh F f Ind., Feb. '.A Boras, Tytsity g, , Sp-ra- V.. |