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1 THE SELFISH GOBBLER.

W& Mosrn nxnx itoodb rout lobeKx lot.n nr ioxt jivchanax.

jjjj The near tke Turkey' Ilatatta-- sy Tbe Turrmtlnr Trta Trap-Caa- ala Coea

,"JP Ilnrrii-Th- a Bwrt DliHallin- -tB, rate or the Hclaek Turkey Oakkler.WB Bourn-a- m PIKE, N.C., Jan. 29. "Look timeij uoinol' wll' tucky gobbluh live In the tlmbuh,ifjfc 'wy omh yon," said Tonjr Buchanan, th Black

fr Homer of Jliutown, saving an Indefinite butlb comprehensive sweep of lilt hand eastward,fr "He Chilian an' ha Chilian' chlllnn might t

3 llrln' dab ylt, I reckon, If dat of gobbluh didn'tftf. bare troabla wlr an ol' bah vr'a come anoopln'S roan' In dab. Dat gobbluh an' be fambly hare

nlceat krlne o' plckln' In dat tlmbuh. Uo-n--

im-m.- w'at nice plckln' dat ol' lucky an'if he famblr have i Ae'on, aco'ns, ncn'ns heapX an'heapsof 'em; an wll'grap I Hhoo I Wll'W grapes Je' natch'ly cllm an' kink an' twla'& 'amae'fa 'mongst dat tlmbub, an rltcb out dlag dat dla dat till ItK 'pears like day goln to hug an' squeeze dat bin

i tlmbuh Jea' 'bout to deft wlr Joy. dey ao pow'falP Klad dey llrln' In dab I Hat dat ol' tucky. gobbluh he done t'ink It ain't 'nough fo' htm to

be Jea' a tucky. an' he set heaeff up to be a ho.too. an he overrltch beseff. Desp'rit eight, hedid. nab! Despr'it eight I

"Mona't'os cur'ue. too, wafTo, dat ol' gob-

bluh bo so selfish, 'cause he mighty good to hewife, an' wll' tucky gnbblohs w'At don' lick deywife, eab. dey'a pow'ful scabcr, 'Tlckly w'endey wlfeata gwan to hatch cloy algs. Dan de!'i, gobbluhsdey git mail an' ugly nan nlggnhwlrha bead full n' pine-to- p mm, auh. nn' kick anpick an' Joggle dey wlfcs 'round till de po' nlfasday wuah dey dald, nn' anlck away an' hidedey tsff whah day husuan' can't fln' 'em, aodey kin lay dey alga nn' hutch 'era. Hat diehyuh ol' gobbluh be dun' do dat array. lie

$ mighty kylne to he vrlfe w'en the hatchln, ao Itj? inontt'ua cur'us he ao pow'ful selfish.

"One day ho drnp he big wings on de groan'.R an' awull up ho elves', an' turn all ho blood Intof. hewlskubs. an'Btret 'roun' an' roun', to ahow

t ho wife w'at a pow'ful gran' chap ho am. whahF ahe aot on do nes', hatchln' a new fambly.b Illmeby he quit strettln', an' aay to he wlfeiW '"Itogwan ovuhyon,' hesay. 'to scratch upjr, iomc laa' ycoh's aro'ns fo' mnh dlnnub,' ho eay,

'an' ate wurvuhde grape vines la buddln' rightWr; atnaht.' hr ray.W "He wlfotheeay: 'All right, uh. an' he went.U " De ol' gobbluh he scratch up an' pick aco'naW, till be craw 'mo' biitln w'en he heerd aB acrunch In de groun' behln' him, an' a nolle,Et way down In somefln's froat, w'at aay;W "'noo.o-o.o-f- !6 "De gobbluh mighty akeert. an' fly up on aV

"

limb. Den he lnnk down, an' sco.on' ol' bah an'jfe two teeny cub. Dat make de ol' gobbluh dca

p'rttmad, an'heholluh:. "'llyuh. yo t'levln' baht W'affo' yo' come

jH anoopln' roun' hyuh, rootln' up mah aco'na?JE Illmeby I 'epec' yo' be aftuh mah grapet, tool2 O'way turn hyuh, bah I DIs hyuh'a mah planta- -

tlon. ealil O'way, I tell yo'l'W " Den de ol' bah Jea' natar'ly lay back an' lahfi an'lahf, on" lie teeny cubdoy moe' tickle dey- -3E teftjtodetT, Illmeby deol' ball aay:

"'8ho Maha' Oobbluhl Aln' yo' shame yo'--W ff'' Whali,dnh'a mo' aco'na layln' roun' hyuhJ; dan all de bah an' turkeys dah is anywhah,

FJp moV, could vat tn a yeah 1'

W " ' "on' rnuh fo' dnt. auhl de gobbluh he hot.;L lull, 'Dlsbyab'a myplantatlont Don'wantnojK balKlanfln onlt, auhl O'wny, I tell yo'l'W " Den ilo ol' bah lay back an' lahf an' lahf

5'2 mo'n eruh, r.n' do teeny cubs dey Jea' roo,'

S. cnuliln' linl' dvysrlTe, dey so tickled. Den deolhah mot up a hoap o' aco'm an' chomp 'em, an'

9L cock nlmi-y- up an' eayjR "'I)-- mighty flue aco'na. Mahs Gobbluh!

V,' Mighty Hne. auhl'W "Den hlie lahl some ma, an' root an' chompMx an' lahf some inn', an' root an' chomp, till do olE-- L'obbluli he Jes' natch'ly git so pow'ful mad hefc rlzupnn, pllnk down squab nn de ball's back

IvE'- An' ho monm'un heary, dat ol'Kbblub, suh, an',V,, inoa'knnckdabrelT clean out dat bnh w'en be)w". light. Hut dr bnh cotch ebebrvfT, an' done kickE. an' growl An' annp, an' try to shake de gobbluhR, off, hut ife gobbluh he clutch de bah'a woolK' mighty dcap wlr he Ionic toenalla, an'& airunch 'em down In do bah'a meat till

' slip squral, I tell o'. Suh! An' he peck at deJr' lih'ea wlv In' nbiirp bill, an' hammali her

lv liu Mir wings till xhe gerruh nbeself upan'ruake trni-k- a mighty fa.V 'way from dal plunu-St- -

tlon. iln ol' coDbtuh cluichln' de bah' meat cleanW to de bai'klione. an' prakln'. and lioll'n:V "linl'yn- - to g'way rum mah plantation, yn!f t'lerln'bnli! I makuyo Inhton udduh sldo yo'

uglrrhiips! Hrckoii yo' jton' come rootln' upM, mah iico'ns mlnlity ou ac'lnl'jft "Do ol' gobbluh he Joggle de bab datX fo' moV a mile, un' d teeny cabs dey tumble. Muni: behind, snuealln' an' wlilnln', an' mos'ft vutliln diy wuh dnUI. Den de gobbluh he letV looioan' fly uu In a tree, an' lahf an' bollub, an'K liollulian' lahf. till (In nl' bah an' de teeny cubsv lna' rum he sight In d tlmbah. Den he go boron

'f- - an' tell lie wife how he whup deol' bah, an' hei frow be blond In he wiakubs an' swell he chas',:e an'stretnn'tret nu' au-ft-

.

i&L " Ilimebv de ol' bah she stop an' flop down& an' wait fo' de cubs. W'en dey cotch up she'a' punt awhile un' aay:i': "'Chlllun.dat ol' tuckey cock do mos' man.ip at'ae sefllih crittuh on de face o' ills wide erf!f Dat nereh mln'. chillunt Vo' mammy git eren;i wlvdat turkey 'fo'ahn die! Mln'w'al I tellyo'l'fr "Den deol' bah telldncuba to comu along, anR she go to a big holluh tree whah she secun'g. cousin, Mahs' Coon, he lire wlv he fambly.4 Slabs' Coon ho home, an' ile ol' bah she aay :W "'Mighty glad to see yo,' Cousin Coon I'&-- "Maha' Coon he say he mhzbty glnd to see ha

liV Cousin Dab. an' blmeby dey sen'de Coon ohll.V dren an' de bah chlldrrn out to clay, an' de ol'K bah she tell di coon how de aefllsh 01' tuokeyV gobbluh Joggle her an' mass her up.

j "'Bresn my aoull'decoon heeay. 'Isepow'- -W ful'atonlshrdl'2' "'Yes, suh I' de hah say. 'Dat'a w'at dat sef- -Z flah crittuh done gwan an' do tome, aub! Doss1 yn' know dat Eohbluh?'L " "Deeil I doek. Cousin Itahl' da coon be say.i 'Mighty fine neighbor dejsnui, rool Da ol' gob.fj bluh's wife she Just stalit in yls'dar to batch"R her fambly.'2 "'Dat'a Joyful newa. Cousin Coon!' de bahft aay, an grit her teef, and look desp'rit ugly.if 'Am de gobbluh fon'o' he wife?'

hesay. A heap,I tell yo'l'

V "'Am de wife fon'o' dat hatchln'?' deol bahn she aay.C "Deooon ho say: 'Pow'fal. pow'ful. Cousin

Ilhl Ilreak her hht if she lose dem ales. Shei. drap dead, shuahl An' de ol' gobbluh too, I5 reokonl'?--' "Den do ol' bah she irrln an'aheRrln, an'deX way ahe talk 'nay down In her froat make deR coon's blood tu'u desp'rit col', suh.Jf "'Now wo pit even wlv dat ol' gobbluh 1' doi, bah aay. u' mus' aulck dem algs. Cousinr Coonl'aheaav,i ""Uresa yo' haht I' do conn he say. 'I cahn'tf do dal! Hem tuckeys good nelghbuha to me,f. Cousin Hah! .Mighty fine nulshbuhs! I cahn'tj. break day hahts dat 'Deed 1 (.abn'tl'f, " 'lliood am ticker dan wuhtuli. Cousin Coon I'l de bah aay. Yo' mus' Milck dera algs!'

V " Hut de coon he mighty ly, an' he don' saynoflln' fo' n aunll, an' den he say: 'I 1I0110 tell

1 yo'detronf 'bout II, Cousin Huh,' be say. 'lso, jes' watchln' out fo' dat iiatchln'. 'cause I aln'

V mighty fon' o' ulg. uu' my fambly aln'. butwe'se mighty fon'o" young tucke) . Ho I'sejes'keepln' an eye skinned nn dat hatchln', so'sw'en de ol' gobbluh'e new fambly comes 'long Ikin Jes' natch'ly snick 'em. Dai'n de troof,

J Cousin Hah, un' I cahn't anlck dem alga, don'1, yo' aee?'

"Now de troof wuh. suh, de coon had tried toV anlck dem algs only ilut raornln', but He gob.

bluh's wife Bbe hulluh. an' de gobbluh come an'Klre do coon setoh a Jnitglln' 'fo' bo could git

$ away dat It wuh tnonst'us wnnd'ful dat begotJ away at all. suh. Ha wnnied de algs mlnhty,. had ylt, but he didn't reckon he'd try to sulcito, 'cm ag'ln. Cnuilu Hah or no Cousin Hah. Dal( wuhde troof, an' so de coon Jet natch'ly llodpow'tul hahd to de bah.

" W'en do ol' bah hcah de coon say whah hewouldn't snick do algs. she Jes' crunch her teefan' snahl Jlcketiy. how she did swab! Au'she holluh:

"'Yn' Jes' as monst'us Befflih as de tuckrgobbluh!' she holluh, an' den she haul olt an'ahesw.a-n-a-tdatroo- uin-m--

, how she did swat dat conn! Hho llf de coon olthe feeu an' be noruh Ian' ag'ln till he salt away

; mo'n ten yabds, suh, un' tumble In de bushes!pen de or bah she holluh to her chlllun, an'A way dey done went. De cnon'a wife ahe

aoampuh out an' fotch him In, an' 'link he aj dald coon, shaah. but blmsby h come to beselT,

an' say be wish to de Ian' o' goodness dah neruhwah any tacky alga no' Cousin liahs Id de wide,

Swldo witld.ol' bah she bunt np a holluh tree an'

de cubs In It an' tell 'em to take ai auooze, an she go fo'a walk. Ulmeby she come!,' to a big pine tree, an' she raise up to scratch heraahknu It, an' gnash de bubk: like baba does,

sub. She scratch an' ahe gnash an' make abatik an' do wood fly, till blmeby ahe tin' herpaws pow'fal sticky, an' when ahe put 'em on

I de groun. alio! bbe mos' stick fas' dah. auhlPheskeert, an' she look up aide tree whah abascratch nn' gnash it. Juice runnln' out dat treestiff as tub. suh, Dal wuh atabp'ntln tree,

S, butdebahdon' know dat, an' aba wuhjeagwant, to run away fum It, she so skesrt, w'en saffln'j' make her stop au'considuh. Hhedon'conslduh

,-- mo'n a minute, w'en she Jes' lay down an' lahfi an' mil an' holluh.k '" I alt eren wlr dat ol' tacky fobbluh nowl'

' aheholloU.au' ahe raise up an' gnash dat tra

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tilt de bahk am' da wood fly offdaaa famdahigh nn as aha kin rltch, an' d stilt

ale resh down like rain. Den ahe dla; a bolen de groan' mo'n a foot squab an' deep na a

dlsb pan, an' lahf an' hn sheaett like ahe crazy,an' watch de Juice tumble down an' Slide hole.

"Mahs' Coon, bark In he holluh tree, he gitoruh he swattln' blmeby, an' staht oat fo' m

walk. He hcah a noise, an' anlck ap whah Itam. an' peekln' out fum 'hind a stomp, he seedol' bah gnaahlu' away aide tree.

"'Jlckrtty I' be say. 'Dab's Cousin Bah w'atwat ma I'" He watch an' he listen. He heah da el' bah

say ahe git eren wlr dat tacky gobblnh now, an'he heah her aay she klrruh op dat hole fall o'teh J nice wlr to It look Jea' Ilk de natch'lgroun'. an' den !.u g.ran to lay a trail n' aco'natollman' put ao'ons roun' It, to deol' gobbluh helake de trail an come 'long rigbt to do hole o'tah Juice, atep on de leafs, an' equaah I dah bebe. catch In de tali, an' he can't git away I

" 'Den I come man' hyuhdlaerenln'an' baretucky for suppuhl' de coon heah de ol bah say.'I (It eren wlr dat selfish ol gobblnh I Yam.ynml'sbesay, an' smack her lint.

" Den de bah ahe go baok fo' de gobblah'atoetabt de aco'n trail, an' de coon he

!)laalatton hind de aturao an shake heaaCC aha scoot back home, lie tell be

wife saffln. an' she labf and holluh, an' den hecall one ' he Chilian an' tell he euftln'. an dechile he done ran off fas' In he woods one way,an'de fodduh be ran nadduh way, Deobllebe run tod log whah de ol' bah anuggle heroaba, an' he wane 'em np an' ray:

"I know whah dah's a honey tree,' ha aay.'Come 'long an' bep lick It.'

"One cub he say no, bntodduh one he aay hean' he do. De faddnh conn he run to whah

eol'tucky'awlfasattln'on denes'. Ol'cobhluhbe dab. too. an' be Jea' cwan to pllnk hetaft onMahs' Coon an' Joggle Sim. w'en de coon be hoi'up ho ban's an' tail de gobbluh w'at deol' bah

to do to him, an' how be done gwan tu'nSwan nn her. De gobbluh he Jes' dance,he so tickle, an' be wife she enlrxor apow'ful lot. an' day bote go long wlv de connlu ree de fun. Dey git to de tahp'ntlne tree an'Jf" bide, w'en long come de coun's chile an' deDab's cub. D weeked young coon he show helittle cousin de Juice on de tree, an' tell him 10lira de honey. De po' little bab he aup uumighty peart, an' sink down In de holean'aahho slick. lie wiggle nn'sqaral an' try to pullheelf out, but hnfui-'da- h as If lie aroned. An'de coons an' de tuckles dey Jes' luhf un' holler.Ulmaby decoon he pay:

"'rjh-h-h- l Dah comes do ol' bah, layln' hsracn'n trail!'

" Den dey all abet dey moufs an' keep still asmoles, De ol' bah she come 'long, drappln' heraco'ns, nn' w'en she got to de tree an' see herchllecolch In de trap she sot fo' de gobbluh, themos' drap thesefl. Dende tackles doy fly upona limb an' holluh at de ol' bub, an' lahf au'chuckle her till she Jen nuUhr'ly mos' go crazy,she so mad, an'aheyank au'tugaldecobtlllahogit him out de hoi, cuff he tabs good, an' anlckwlv hlui 'way in de woods. Da tucklea lat?nn' holluh so much dey don' notice datMahs' Coon hnalii'l dah no mo; an' dey stnhtfo' home, tickled mus' in deff. Wen ifey gitshome degobbluh's wife she go to squat on denest, but she Jes' aire one yell, suh, un' tumbleovuhdald! lie algs wuh gone, suh! Dn K"b--

uh's wife's haht Jet' broke, tub, an' she diedald I De ol' gnbbluh, w'tn he see d nestempty an' he wife dald, he Jes' butt behead rivall he might at'ln a big gum tree, an' full downby he wife's coccusl An' ne weeked Mahs' an'Mlsus Coon, der snug In dey holluh tree,snloterln' an' snlckerln', 'cause dry gntde algs!

"Deol' bab, w'en ahe sit lode log an' chuckher cub la, she so powerful mad she stabtout tosit even wlv de tucky gobbluh, werouh or no.Hha slosh right along to' he home, an' git dahJes" at deol' gobbluh he floopln'on de groun',

"'Hoi ho! Maha' Oobbluhl' do ol' bahchuckle. ' I reckon I Jes' natcbr'ly take de titleto dat plantation o' yo'n now. suhl'

"An he chomp deol' gobbluh'a headeteanoS,oh, an' had tucky fo' suppali, anyhow."

TAKINO MISr.HS TU I III: IfKMT.

Aseat fJeawrorta'e Now llaa fop CarrytecOut m Dtaealt Cemlraet.

Pittsbcikim. Jan. 3D. The Great NorthernRailroad has hod considerable trouble In ex-

porting mine workers from Pennsylvania toOregon and Washington, although coal minoraare scarce on the rTCclflo coast, and their ser-vices are In demand. II. W. Uosnortb, travel-lin- g

passenger agent at Pittsburgh for the GreatNorthern IUIlroad. got together a party ofality.foar miners last summer, after offeringthem superior Inducements and fare paid to goto Oregon. Hefore startlne with them Mr. th

advised his company to secure paymentIn advance for the slity.four fares from themining company, as he doubted bis ability toland the whole outfit ut Portland. Tho coaloperators had to bank sixty-fou- r fares In Port-land before Hoswortb started with tho gang.

The aggrecatlon reached Chicago and wasrushed through, although many of the minerspleaded for a little time In the Windy City. laspite of the hurry Hosworth somehow lostthree men In passing through Chicago. At St,Paal the real trouble began. Six miners droppedInto a saloon, got tipsy, were locked up andwero sentenced for ten days. At Mlnncapollathe mil call proved that two more were miss-ing. When the ellver mining country wasreached deeertlons were so frequent that Dosworth deipalred of landing a single miner InOregon. At Helena his force nad dwindled sothai only a corporal's gourd remained.

Hosworth thought it was time for htm tobestir himself so as to haul at least one maninto Portland to provo hla good faith, liebought a quantity of liquor at Helena and"doped" It good and strong. He soon had theremaining eight men subjugated and triumph,antly landed them In Portland, rather stnpld.but ready 10 undertake the trio of J00 milesoverland to the mines.

Ihe Oreat Northern Railroad boa anothercoatrncl to haul miners to Oregon from thosame company, bat this time the railroad com-pau- y

was forced to sign a guaranteu that thesame number of men would be delivered asfares were paid for. Boawnrlh will thereforetry a new plan. One of the Oreat Northernpassenger cars has been equipped with strongsteel bars over the windows, and Hoswortb baiengaged two wild Westerners, handy with theirguns, who are going to work their pastage tothe Pacific coast. They will be known usAlkali Ike and Shawnee Bill, and one will beplaced at each door with arsenals at theircommand to keep the miners la tho cars, andnot a soul will be allowed to step out untilPortland is reached.

Recently Hosworth met at Johnston, Pa., oneof the miners who had draertrd hla party atHelena. After calling Hosworth some hardnames, the miner aald that he bad walked theentire distance from Montana and waa on hlaway to his home In Scranton. Tbe eight menwho reaqhed the mints write that tney are do-ing well and making good wages, and they ad-vise thslr friends to come West,

JOVJtXALiaX IK OKBKCK.

There Are Few Newspapers, bat a:

Title Are rieatirnl.The newspaper of Oreece, the Kingdom of

George I, do not take rery high rank In Europeeither In respect to their progreaalre feature ortheir extensive circulation. Tbe standard sizeof aOreekpaper Is twelre and a half by cineInches, and there are usually foar pages

to the dlsoustlon of political and theo-logical matter with an occasional reference tolocal occurrences, when adequate corroborationhas been obtained,

Athens, the capital of Oreece, has about thosame population as Grand Itaplda, Mich. Theancient Greek city maintains, howerer, ninedally newspapers, not one of which has morethan 3,000 circulation. The names of these pa-

pers are themtelres a fair indication of thewhich covers the periodical publication

business In Greece. There are the OruflhoHour;; the Pdioliriiritta (Regeneration); jVeaiJilral (New Ideas); Ainn (The People); 7'ola(Morning), and Ttlturafv (Tho Telegram.)Thore are, moreover. In Athens two weeklypapers published In the French language. TheJuuritiil d'Athtnrt and Lt Mtwitytr d'Athenes.There two newspapers are designed especiallyfor the enlightenment. Instruction, and perusalof tourists and resident diplomatist. Thepartiality of such diplomatists for aweekly newspaper published In a languageother than Greek may be understood when tbefact Is known thai tbe title of the chief Athe.nlan weekly newspaper Is as follows; KiJttlxenrtMil'tliilnglka A'ul Pnlllrtt. The circulation of thisJournal Is not so extenslre as Its name wouldIndicate. In Corfu, a city larger than Athensand which doea uu extensive commerce withforeign countries, ttiero Is published the Amtr.sllphis I'i'ho Voice), and In the town of Trlpollsis published a Journal with the odd title of theI'rorUIiiiial VuUe. The town of .ante Is chieflyknown in the United States on account of Itscurrants, and It would be a not unreasonableInference tout ut least one of tbe two papers pub.lUheil In .ante bad a commercial or at leastconventional title. HutlheOreeks In Journal.Ism, as In other literature, are nothing If nntserious and to the publishers of these twopapers call them respectively Agon and tints,ahetngllsh equivalent of the former la "Thebtruggle;"of the latter, the Kngllah equivalentla'Mlope." There Is a marked lack of originalityIn newspaper nomenclature In the Oreek townof Plreus. It has three newspapers, one dally,one weekly, and one bl.weekly. They are pub!Ilshed separately and, In fact. In oppositionOlotic. tbe Jfemupliere. and the irordf.In the town of l'atrat, whloh haaabaut tbe saino population a New Bedford,there Is one newspaper with the extensive titleof ,mnorlw ParatlrUU, and In the ancient.Illustrious, and historic town of Sparta thereare the I'OuponnltUiUm Attir and the Moan.nutaans Kot. Journalism In modern Spuria lasomewhat astronomical, thealgnlflrancenfonol the Sparta papers being tbe " PeloponnrslanStar " and of the " Peloponneslan Aurora." ThoOreek newspapers deal sparingly with the com.modlty of newt, and uncorroborated narrativesobtain apace lu Oreek dallies only ondr thehead of advertisement.

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HE CAPTPRES MURDERERS.

nr. TtAt Bitovnnr titikkx orTUEtt TO JVHTIOC 8XXCB J8SS.

Scortc tVaahtaastaa Brakea llawree taItaatUK the Deaawraaeea of Kealaekrllle Narrow Ewates frees Deatkfile Deepens! rick t with Moe Baraett.

Lr.xinoTon, Ky., Jan. 28. Detective GeorgeWashington Drake, who two week ago cap-tnr-

Jacob Neace and Dan Farler, the mur-derer of Deputy United States Marshal Wil-liam A. Bird, waa born In county, Ken-tucky, la 1801. Ha first followed hi business-es a hotel and railway detectlre. HI subse-quent career, during which he haa caught fif-

teen marderera of the most desperate type, wasrelated by him thus to Tux 8ck correspondentearly In the week:

"While I waa Jailer of Wolf county, from1888 ta 1802, 1 arrested sereral notorious mur-derer. The first waa William Klier.who killedTom Cundtff In Lee county. He left the neigh-borhood Immediately after tbe killing, but Ifound him after six month at the home of hibrother-in-la- near Sedalla, Mo., where I haddo difficulty In capturing him, lie got a longterm In the penitentiary. I next captured Jameaand Green Morris, brothers, who had killedJohn Illgnlte In Porry county. I located themat th coal mines In and around Jeltcu. Toon. Itook a man with me. ami we went todlSrrenlmines. I found James Morris boarding at ahotel In Jellco and arrested htm In tbe lobby.At the station a number of miners congregatedJust before my train waa due and (wore I hadto give the prisoner up. The leader drew a largerevolver and told me to take the handcuffs offMorris. I tried toqulet them but failed. I tookthe prisoner by the arm and pulled him In frontof me, and drawing my revolver I told theminers they could get Morris, but when they gothim he would be dead; that they couldn't (hootme so dead that 1 wouldn't kill my prisoner first.Morris, who knew me. begged the men to stop.He told tbem I would do aa I aald. and at Morris'srequest they allowed us to board the train. Atthe next station my assistant boarded the trainwith Orren Morris, whom he had arrested with-out trouble. They went to the penitentiary.

" Boon afterward one of the most sensationalassassinations that ever occurred In easternKentucky took place In Powell county nn theLexington and Eastern Railroad, near Clay City.John Hose, u conspicuous citizen, about CO yearold, had kilted hi Doc Hall, In apistol fight. It was said that Hall's brother badaworn to kill Rose. One morning while Rose waawalking down the railroad to catch a train atClay City two men turned up In a cut and beganhooting at him. The first shot struck him In

ornuor. w. wiakk.the abdomen, bringing him to his knees. He badtwo revolvers In his saddle pockets, and he soonhad one In each hand, and although mortallywounded, began blazing away at his assailants,who ran. He died a few hours later. I wasemployed to get the murderers. I went to Stan-ton, the home of Rose, where I learned thatGoodlne Combs of Jackson, Breathitt county,had been seen there several days before themurder In company with three strange men, pre-sumably from Breathitt. The description ofone of the men fitted Jesse Harnett, and I foandhim on tbe fence In front of the Coart House atJackson. 1 told him I had a warrant for hisarrest, and took hold of his arm. but he pulledaway, drew a big pistol, and commenced shoot-la- g

at me as he ran. He failed to bit me withany of the three shots he fired, and I missedhim with the two I fired. I caught him In theriver bottom and two of the chambers of hispistol woro still loaded.

" I bod learned that James Combs and CharlesWall had left Jackson with Goodloe Combs,nnd I suspected tbem of being parties to thekilling. At any rate I told Burnett that Wallhad been captured and had confessed to thepart be took In the killing, and It was not longuntil Burnett told me how Goodloe Combs badagreed to pay him and Charley Wall and JamesCombs 500 each for murdering Rose. Ilocked Harnett up and soon captured Wall. Itold blm that Harnett had ronfe-se- and he

0011 made a clean breast of the whole matter.James Cnrana was next captured, and, like theother", he made a full onnfesslon. GoodloeCombs left the country as soon as be heard 1had raptured Harnett,

"When the three murderers were arraignedfor exumlntiig trial In the Court Housethey all confessed, and a mob, headed by StephenRose, sonof the murdered man, started to lynchthem on the spot, in broad daylight and withnone of tbe mob wearing a mask, I appealed toRose 10 let tbe law take its course, ana told himthat there waa no doubt about tbe prisoner1being convicted, and that If they were lynchedthen it would be Impossible to bring Combs,who was the most guilty man, to Jus-tice. Rose saw the force of my argu-ment and he allowed the men to betaken to the Mount Sterling Jail for safe keep-ing. On their llnal trial all three were sent 10the penitentiary for life. After they haa beenput In prison Goodloe Combe returned and sur-rendered to the authorities, believing that con-vict could nnt testify In court. His mistakecost him dearly, for the three men he had hiredto kill Rose were brought out of the penitentiaryand they testified agaTnai him, and he receiveda life sentence. James Combs has elnce died.Theolherthree are still In the penitentiary. Itwas alleged that Hall's brother hired GoodloeCombs to kill Hose and he sublet the Jnb.

"My next trip in capture a murderer termi-nated badly for the 11 an who did the killing, aaho, too, got a life sentence. The murderer whsThomaa Hakrr, who killed William Halton inPowell county. He escaped, and I located himIn Bryan, Wis., and 1 captured him withouttronble. A few month after that I went backto the same town for Grant Bowman, who waschurned with the murder of John Tharker InLeo county, lu company with a WisconsinShurlff 1 went to the home of Howman'a

The Sheriff watched the back doorwhile I went in at tho front. Bowman was up-stairs, and as I reached the head of Ihe steps heJumped out nf the window In his nlgblclothesami down Into the snow. Tho Sheriff fulled tocatch hltn. and when I came down we decidedto wall near the house in the hope thathe would come back to get his clothes.We had been waiting bai a few mln.utrs whon w heard n slim about 300yards away. We ran In the direction of thesouud, and Just us we approached the rear of ahouse we saw a man coming out with a lanternIn one hand and a Winchester in the other. Weasked him what was the matter, and he saidhe thought he had shot n near, lie aald bearhad been r.f ter his pigs, nnd he fired at what hethought a-- a bear u few minutes before. Womade u scaroh of tho barnyard and found not abear but Bowman lying on thu ground in greatek'otiy. lie hud boon shot through and throughwithulhlrty.elghi cullbre bullet from the kuupf George Irish, the farmer, who thought ho hadkilled a bear, Irish was nearly beside himselfover his mistake, and when Bowmnn died a fewhours Inter I was afraid the muti would gocruzr. He surrendered to the authorities andmis honorably acquitted.

"I captured no more rourdororn until aftor Iwas elected Sheriff. The first man was WickJ alent, who killed John Lucas, a section handon the Lexington and Kastern Railroad. Hoescaped to Texa. where I captured him nearWichita Falls without trouble. He got n lifesentence. The next man I went after gave uman experlonco I shall never forget. He wasMuse Harnett. He hud murdered a man InLewis county, anil had received a llfn sentence.Ho esenped after having served fifteen years,and I located him at the home of h relative atthe levee, near Mt. Sterling. Joo Johnson ac-companied me. and we arrived at the house at10 11 clock at night. We looked through thewindow and aaw Harnett nnd two other monalttlug before the fire. Johnson went to the backdoor lu prevent an escape through It and I wentIn at the front door with a forty-fiv- e calibrepistol In my hand. Harnett sprang to his feetthelustuut I opened the door and tried to drawhis pistol. I Jumped at him and threw my leftarm around him, and tried to throw him to thefloor, but he was a very Btrcng man, and beforeI could carry out my plans he cat his pistolagainst my abdomen and tired, I thought 1 badreceived my death wound, and I tried to shoothim in the head, but he grabbed my pistol andthe bullet only ploughed a furrow In his scalp.We then had a fight for life. I caught hla pistoland he still kept his hold on mine, so that neitherof us could shoot, I rushed blm back against th 1

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Crp!ac. and riesnok4aTBAD frees theraan.tel whloh t tbe floor 00 fir, I floallr threwMm on a bed. and waa trying to bold himthere) when Johnson rushed in. II told m notto thoot htm any more. I replied that I had nothot enough and that Barnett bad hnt me,

perhaps mortally, Johnson tried to thoot, buthis pistol anapped, Harnett's two frlenda triedto pall me off, bat Johnson knocked tbem downwith his revolver and then struck Harnettacross the head, rendering blm onoonsolona.We took two revolvers from him. ond then Ilooked to how badly hart I was. I hadon a heary orercoat, and the bullet badgone, through that, my undercoat, rest, arid thwaistband of ray trousers, and had penetratedabout half an loch Into tbe flssh. When Iraised my shirt the bnllet dropped out on thfloor. It waa badly battered by It contact withthe heavy olothlnr. and I was severely braisedand powder burnt. Harnett waa returned totbe penitentiary, and I passed a week In SuJoseph's Hospital at Lexington recovering.

"A Deputy United State Marshal I nrrestedIsaao Sloan, the murderer of Deputy MarshalRussell Wlreman. who was killed In Knottcounty during Cleveland' first administrationwhile alter moonshiner. Thomaa Helllflelda,who Is now a deputy marshal, and three nr fourother guards went with me. We captured Sloannear hi old home In Knott county wltboattrouble. We thought we would catch somemoonshiners In Leslie, and did arrest live ofthem nn Ootnn's Creek. The guards startedwith them, and I stopped to summon some wit-nesses. After this wo done I was riding fastto overtake my party when t waa fired on threetlmea from ambush with a Winchester. The firstshot clipped a piece out of my hat, I saw the manbehind a trro-- shooting at me and I flred twicewith my revolver, but mls-e- il Mm. My parlycame to my rescue, but we fulled to catch theassassin, who proved to be James Halley. Mar-ah-al

Bird hud a warrant for Halley in his pocketwhen he was killed by Neace. Mloan waa triedin the United States Court nt LouUrllle and he

life lenience in the penitentiary. Afterlresigned ray placa as deputy marshal I cap-tur-

John. M.Sebastian In.Matron) 11 county, whomurdered a man named Ntrlppllng, at Waco,Tex., and escaped to hla old home in Kentucky.I had eersral guards with me. Including thelale Deputy Marshal Bird, when I went inmake the arrest. We arrived within '.'00rani of the house at midnight and weretired nn from ambush. We tired back, butSebastian and his friends made It so lint for nsthat wo retreated. I was slightly wounded Inthe knee during the battle. Two weeks later Ifound Sebastian at the home ol his father-in-la-

Drown. 1 had s.ieral guards with me. Iwent In the house and found Sebastian In theloft with threo men. ull heavily ar rued. At firstthey refused to surrender, but I persuaded themto let Sebastian submit to arrest, lie was sentback to Toxas. where he got a fire-re-ar sen-tence."

Besides tbe fifteen murderers, Drake haa cap-tar-

countless minor criminals.

MAUXATIOS IS CASADA.

Dlaeaateat (with the tlovrremeat ssl aHpreaalaK Itratre for Inorpeadenee,

Mo.t:iea!.. Jan. 211. The sUgnetlotOn af.fairs generally and the Increasing numbers ofthe unemployed In the cities of Canada are glrIne rise to mu:h discontent throughout thcountry. The Imperialist organs vainly

to keep up tl e fiction of Prosperity, al-ways with an eye to the brco:bes.pocknt ofJohn Ball, who. It Is hoped, may be Inducedto throw a few millions more of good moneyafter the bad he haa already Invested In Can-ada, The prose whose loyalty la to Canadaand not to a European State has no hesita-tion In exposing the truth of the altuatlon. andsome of tbe paper are expressing Impatiencewith tho Government to which they gave un-equivocal support during the election. Thofarmer of Ontario who are tho backbone ofCanada, are becoming menacingly outspokenat tho dllatorlneu of the Government In theenunciation of Its commercial policy, and amfar from sharing tho rnthuitasm of the

over Mr. I.aurler's latest expressionof loyalty. Tho Toronto Sun, which speakewith authority. In a leading article 01 thereciprocity question, aaya:

From what we bear, the only ssrlous dlrnculty Inthe way of a reciprocity arrangement with theUnited States Is the Inability of Canada to mtke anarrangement wholly and solely In her own Interest.

Some Canadian papers, which do col understand the subject, (lory In the 'Ivibllltle. that hin-der us from promoting the Interests of Cenada bypurely Canadian trestles. These disabilities aresupposed to bear witness to our (orally to England.What they do bear witness to Is our pollileal Inferlorltr. We are -a- .OOO.OOU Ilrltons Lot free,"

not djilro'ii of becoming free.It g.vs on to say that things have :ome to

uch a pass that the two political parties mustsoondlvldo on tho question whether CanadaIs always to be sacrlllced to Sheffield nnd Man-chester, or whether It Is to hive a nationalpolicy of Its own. In concluding. It taxes Mr,Lattrler with hesitating, and when talking be-fo-

a French audience with holding a Cana-dian ton, while "to English-speakin- hearersho talks the conventional clap-tra- nboui set-ting Irov.denco at defiance, and divorcingourselres completely from tho New World Inorder to remain a political Enrrton of the old.A man cannot serve two masters or two con-tinents, either."

This is sober sense, but Mr. Is ntpresent overpowered by the reactionaries Inhis Cabinet, and by un artificially created pub-lic opinion In the Interest of the expectantdiamond Jubilee knights and the floaters nrenterprises of'nno kind or another In tho Eng-lish meney market.

Mr. I.aurler Is vory much In the position ofthe proverbial man between tno Moots, andwill be lucky If h does not come to the ground.He It being considerably criticised for duellingtoo much In hi political discourse on thedifficulty hit Government Is havlm; with theCatholic hierarchy and tns llttlo on the mat-ters affecting tho material prosperity nf thepeople. Hut the fact is that he can hardly dootherwise. Ile Is not (he first Minister of afree country, but of country that has hithertoapathstically accepted foreign domination andbeen satisfied to bask In the roflect,l lustre ofa distant monarchy rather than strike oat forItself. The fact that a real and ssrlous desiretor Independence is spreading In Canada haapot jet been quite giaspel by the politicalleaden nn either tide, but It will not be longbefore they will have to rrcognlre It,

A deputation wtlte-- t on the Mnyor. one ofth knights expectant, yesterday morning,and Informed him that there were fully tenthousand men out of work In this city. InToronto there are said to be an unusual nam-be- rproportionately who are without means ofexistence, and all over ihecruntry there Is ihesame condition of thlnra. This is nnt a usedby the want of resources In Canada, hat bybad Government: In other words, bv Imperial-ism, The party that has the courage to thrustIt aside nnd udopt a Canadian national policywill Boon restore prnsprrl.r to the people: butIt mast first be prepared far a death grapplewith the Canadian Pacific Railway and thereal Imperial interest. It may be that thochange will be forced b the ruined farmersand the starving workmen of the cities, whohave hern rnthlersly tucrlllcod to promuto

Imperial Interests."Though ml-er- v 1b right hero at their owndoors, with great ostentation nf devotion tothe "Impel In I Idea" mnnor is being collected totend to feed the victims nf

lu India, What Is remarkable In thesuhscrii-tlon- aIt not their amount, but that they come

from the Institutions and Individuals whohave benefited from imperialism at llio ox.pens of Canada. One of the papers of thatpmty, as an Incitement to Canadians to Bub,ecnlie, uye. In conspicuous tvno. "Britain'historic enemy, Russia. Is s ndlnit relief,"

T,lu'..,co.ml"i: provincial elections nre, I amtold, likely to ee soino cry pronounced rndl.ctl candidatures. One Intending candidateprouoeee a programme that will ln:lude amongother thlnga tho abolition of lltlus, and willadvocate the taxing of all ecclesiastical prop-erty. This lutti-- r would not fall to encounterthe most formidable oopoiltlon from nil thereligions bbdles, and I doubt if tno moment Isrltio for so radical a polloj. nut with overypther eourco or revenue In this provlnco near-ly dried up, and the taxpayers fleeing from It.something must be done In that direction bo.fon long. Lt Until, an organ nf the reformparly In this province, has comr nut openlyfor tho audition of the Church tithe system,from which It will be srxu that the spirit ofchance Is In the air.

Aaregarda the French Canallans, It may boeaiely that once thej havo deridedto ubollth some of the fundaiuenlnl privilegespf their Church, by which tl ev havo stood solong, It will be but a ehort step to a refusal tobo taxed for the aggrandizement of a nationbeyond tho Be as with which they havo no

An analyst of tho publlo debt of Canada upto dale show an Inrreaso of SD'.'.OOO.OOO dur-ing tbe last.eleven yeoraof Tory rule; and It Is,till Increasing.

Mr. Charlton, M. P., who has hern to Wash.InKlon to reconnoitre us to tho prospects of areciprocity treaty with the United States, habeen giving his views on the subject at

He doe not seem to havo been muchImpressed with the chances of Immediate suo-ccs- s,

and tbe British Ambassador, whom lieconsulted, frankly told him that ne had "agreat deal of work tn do before a successfulIssue of this movement bo reached," ltwas not, of course, to lie expected that SirJulian Paumefote would be an ardent advo-cate of a policy that would toud to weaken thetie between Canada and England and creatslinks binding her to her American nelahlxir.but the Indication so fur are that be I rightIn his diagnosis or the situation nt Wushlmr-to- n

at tula moment. We shall be better ableto Judge, however, when Mr, Laurler himselfgoes there.

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THE MONGOLIAN PHEASANT

AxtsnoAMK nznn ixrnoDOcttD ixXAtaAcnvsr.iiii trooDt.ASDs,

Haeeea of the Cnaerlaklua marled by I.A, ftraekett af Wlaeheeter-T- ke Abilityor tbe Blra to Lire la the East Proved-- afetkoa r Ralalait tk Pkeaaaata.

Wi!scnisTKB,Ma.,Jan.30. With lesson the part of farmer legislator, more

liberality In th way of appropriations forgam protection and a few changes In th ex-

isting game laws, Massachusetts will be able tooffer In Are yrara sport for th wing shot notU be excelled elsewhere In New England. Aftermany disappointment and a great deal of hardwork the Mongolian pheasant has been suc-

cessfully Introduced. Experience has provedthat tht aptendM game bird take kindly tothe ollmate of tbla Bute, And abundance of foodIn the not of thescrub oak, the liawa of the wildrose, tree mosses, and rarlont other seeds, buds,and berries eaten by the partridge. SporUmsnare delighted at th outlook for shooting In thefuture. At the beginning th Introduction ofthe pheasant waa beset by manr dlfflcultles. Itseemed at first almost Impossible to raise theyoung bird , but the rare and diligence of E. A.Bracken nf ibis town hare surmounted tbe

and to-d- several hundred adult pheas-

ants are shifting tor themtslve In the coveraround Winchester, Fltchburar, and North Eas-to- n

and In the Berkthlret. They are protectedfor three years to come, and It It rery likelythat an additional protection of two years willbe added before the close season on them ceases.

The first more toward brlnslng theMonnollanpheasant to Massachusetts was made three

ear ago by Mr. Bracxett, who for twentyyears has been a member of the Commission ofInland Fisheries and Game. Ho. asked theLegislature for an appropriation of $400 to bura few hens and a cock and to build an nrlary orcoop In which to breed them. The request waslaughed at by tbe rural members, but as theamount wa not large there was a general illsposition to Kraut It, A member frnmPlymouth was honest enough to say thatbo didn't know a Mongolian pheasantfrom an elephant, but If It was a thingwith wings and would afford tbe gunnersany sport ho was for It. The member from Nantucket and the representative from Gosnoldwaxed merry over tho strange bird, and tbe ap-propriation of StOO was carried on n wave nflaughter. Mr. Brackett had been correspondingwith Judxe Denny of Oregon, nnd was thor-ough-

convinced that the bird would takekindly to Eastern conditions. When he got thoS1U0 he sent to Oregon for the birds. Thewoods of that Slate bad been stocked In lMtl.Judge Denny wroto that in that year twenty-rig- ht

birds were rccelied, and so succesful wastbe experiment that In 1811.1 thirteen thousandbirds were killed In Linn county alone.

In tne spring of 1MH twelve birds, threemates and nine femalrs, were received by Mr.Brackett. Pekln bantams were secured for sit-ters and the work nf breeding wat commencedosfcoonaaa supply of egga could be obtained.Hard luck was encountered almost as soon atthe first brood was hatched. Proper food couldnot be obtained, and the chicks died so fastthat tbe future of the bird In this State lookedanything but promising. As toon, however, asMr. Brackett was able to supply the yuunc oneswith maggola for food the death ralestopped. Then there was an Invasionof rats. From all the back yards andalleyways in Winchester they came, butthe supply was not large enough to work anylasting Injury. Mr. Hracketi Is a good shot,and as be la at homo moM of the tliue. very fewof tho cats hereabouts paid the aviaries a sec-ond visit. Young ilongoIlar.a are very hardyafter they are three weeta old. At that agethey can (ly like a hornet, and as tbe tops of thechicken coops are left free, tbey fly away to thewoods and Held in quest of their own grub.Until iter nre six to eight weeks old theirreturn at night can be relied upon, but after thatage tbey are nnt allowed ao mucn freedom.

When Judge Denny shipped tbe experimentalbirds from Oregon he assured Mr. Hrackeitthat the farmers of .Massachusetts would tlndthe Mongolian a great destroyer of Injurious In-sects. This statement has been borne out brobservations tnudo by Brackett, who believesthe pheasant to be the most persistent seekerafter Insects In the feathered family. The birdsscratch but little, using their strong bills toturn over tbe ground for food that does notcome to the surface. Of the different kinds ofcaterpillar which IWore tbe Introductionof the pheasant were abundant on Mr.Bracketla estate, few. It any, were al-lowed to tire long enough to change to a chrys-all- s

or cocoon. Heforuthe arrival of Ihe birdstne gypsy moth was found on the estate, whichIs partly corered with forest and Irult trees.About 400 of these trees were burlapped. andmany of them were Inside the Inrlo-ur- e whentbe oung birds were bred. The burlap wasturned twice a week, but nn lamp or cocoonswere found. Chicks wero often teen chasingeach other for the possesion of a fat catrrp'.llar. Notuvrn a frog was allowed to lire on thegrounds, uud the large, dusky, mottled worms,from one to two Inches ions", whlcn Infest wal-nut trees were eaten with great avidity.

There are many kinds of pheasants, but onlytno of them are desirable as game nlrds theEnglish and the Mongolian. In disposition tbeEnglish pheasant Is logy and tamable, andwhen artificially bred may bo taug'it to takefood from the hand. Not so with the Mongolian.H Is n mole active and nervous bird, and is uswild as u partridge. He is also more prolific.In cotiilnemeni thr English pheasant lata fromtwenty to thirty eggs during a season, the Mon-golian from sixty to eight! . and In Oreeon therearo two or three broods a year.

Mr. Hrarkell' estate Is one of the most Inter,estlng In New England for the sportsman tovisit. When Tile si' correspondent called ou rrcent afternoon, Mr. Bracket! was n hisworkshop Inspecting an Incubator which he

trying with achargvnf II'.'O cg. lie hassecured an artificial brooder, and he thinkspheasants can be raised in Ihls way as well aaby the bantam process. Ills odrlco to thotawho may think of raising phca.ants is to avoidgame hens ns sitters, as they are very cruel andbegin to kill the chicks almost as soon aa thelatter poke their heads from tbe shell. WithPekln bantams the chicks stand a better showfor life, but he hopes to demonstrate the desire-bllit- y

of the Incubator and artlllelal brooder.Mr. Brackett'a avlarlea are hla pride.

"I never have leas than HO feet of groundroom for a quartet of birds." he said, "as suecess In breeding depend largely on the healthand vigor of th breeding bird. I also haveduplicate apartments where tne birds can beplaced In April, so that the ground In the othermar be strewn with phosphates, spaded, sownwith herilgrass and clover seed, nnd allowedtn remain until the 1st or September, when thebirds are returned and the other apartmentmad ready In the same way for occupancy Inthe spring. Unless tbe aviary Is very large,this rotation Is necessary In order to raise goodstock, as It keeps the around lu healthful con-dition and pro Ides good food for the birds.The aviaries should be built In group and onslightly sloping grounds, so that the water fromrains will not remain to disturb the birds.I hose who breed English pheasants do not coverthe tops of the coops, but the lopping of onewing will not alwais prevent a Mongolian fromescaping In that way.

"Tho 100 or more birds you sro here In myaviaries are breeders, I turned a lot out thisspring and tiave furnished many sportsmen inthe State with cocks and bene tor breodlng.From all of these gentlemen 1 hear the must en-couraging reports and If we can Interest thoLegislature enough to get innro liberal appro-priations tu atop the snaring nf birds, which Isnow permitted In the case of owners of land, wucan soon cilTer as good shooting within u dozenmllesof Boston as any trim sportsman could wishfor. There Is nn longer any itoubt of the successof the Introduction of tbe birds, and that theycan hunt their own living has been proved bythe hunureds of birds liberated over a year ago.When in confinement I feed tbem on wheat,cracked corn, scalded Indian me.tl with a llttloflno ground meal scraps mid a dash of Ciiyenmipepper mixed tn, barley, bucknheat, uudchopped cabbage. But they must nut be fedany more than they will eat up clean, and freshwater, ground oystar shells, and sand must bekept In tho coops constuutly. I find thai theyseldom lay In nests lu confinement, but droptheir eggs, morning and evening, promiscuouslyoer the yard. These egKs must be gathered up atonce, packed In cnlton and put away In a coolPlace. They will keep two or threo weeks, butII Is bcttertoeet them as soon ns possible. Itrequires about twenty-fou- r days to hatch theeggs, and when the chicks aro hatched thevmust bo fed on maggots. If they cau be had. Ifnot, with custard made without sugar andthickened with corn meal and finely cnoppedlettuce. They snnuld not have any food for thefirst thirty. sliliour'. and tittle for tho II rat weekunless tho w anther Is scry hot and dry,"

Spunking nf tho birds let loose, Mr. Brackettsaid that unless food was left dally In the vlcinlly of tho spot where they err released theywould scatter In every direction. Before givingbirds their freedom Mr. Brackett builds a

coop In a quiet place not far from wherethe birds were raised. In this he places thebirds tn be frrd and keeps tbem there svellsupplied with food and water for two or threeweeks. Before letting them go he pats plentyof food Into the raop and leuves the door partlyopen so they can go in and out at will. If theynre not frightened away they will come back tofeed all through tbe fall and winter, and lu thaiway they wilt establish themselves In the vicin-ity of the place wnere they were let go.

After finishing the Inspection of the aviariesMr. Brackett took Tut: Sun correspondent on ashort walk buck Into the woods. Fifty yardsaway, under some scrub oaks, a flock of fifteenwild pheasants were kicked up. Thoy wentaway In every direction; some of them treed uplit a grove, while ottiers took long flights IntoMiddlesex fells, which comes close up to Mr.Bracken's cstnto. Shooting Is prnhlbtrd In thofells, so that the pheasants taking tn that 4,000acres ot woodland controlled by the Metropoll.tan Park system will be comparatively safeI from the poachor'a gun. Th fine for killingon of thu birds 1 20.

A JPROFUBKD flSBATBIt XSOT.

Ttaa .ltatnrt te Be Akl ta Asssx taIt the Villas af Ketnalaabantb,

Amust. Jan. 30.-- H I expected that withina few day citizens of Troy and Lanslngborghwill bo here to hare th Legislature perform amarriage ceremony wbloh will unite the two,making Troy a municipality of about 7S.000:peo-p!- e.

The charter bill will beiobmlttedonToe-da- y

next to a committee made up'of prominentbusiness men of the two placet. It 1 under-stood thai no publlo hearing will be glrn bythe committee of citizen. The charter willprovide for eighteen ward divided Intothree Aldermanto districts Each districtwill hare equal representation In the Board ofAldermen, and by the division the politicalparty whloh it auccessfnl will hare a two-thir- d

majority In the board. The two northern dis-

trict, one ot them Including the entireTillage of Lantlngburgh and two ward ofTroy, are believed to be urely Republl-ca- n.

Under the proposed charter the Com-mon Conncll I empowered 10 elect ail

for the government of the city. r.aODcommission shall consist of three memberstwo to be ot one political party and one of theother. The Mayor Is empowered to appointheads of departments, such a the Comptroller,Chamberlain, Corporation Counsol, and LilyEngineer. There will be three Police Commis-sioners to serve without salary, and they are toappoint a force as to number and remunerationpractically tho aume as that at present existing.

The contemplated bill will be the third forth expansion of tbe cltv of Troy. One of thesewaa Introduced a year ago. It met oppositionfrom Lansingburgh and also from Albanycounty politicians, for It sought to. absorb thevillage of Green Island, lying In Albany countyopposite the city nf Troy.

The Aral measure was tho cause of much sur-prise In Luuslngburgh In March. 1800. Thevillagers awoke one morning tu learn that theAstcmblrbad passed a bill annexing their Til-

ings 10 Troy. They began an energetlo opposi-tion to tbe further progress of the measure, butit was unavailing, and soon afterward the bill,with a few unlmpoitanl amendments, waapassed by the Senate. It was generally assumedthai Gov. Hofliiiun would algn tbe bill. A dis-cussion In the newspapers arose a to tbe originnt tbe bill, and 11 became known thatll was In lis Inception ft private enterprle. II.W. Mosher. noted for his connection with whatwere known ns the Hrydrlck oil trantactlons.bywhich many residents nf this city, Troy, andIjtnslngburgh wero mulcted, waa the father pfthe bill. He waa the nominal head of a bank-ing Institution In Lantlngburgh which had comeInto disfavor. Ho sought to remove the Institu-tion tn Troy, but found obstacles In tbenational banking regulations wblcb becould not overcome. To remove a nationalbank Into another municipality entailed a vastamount of annoyance. With Lansingburghmade a part of Troy this would all be arolded.The bill was in Gor. Hoffman's bands a numbernt days, when, to the amazement of Its sup-porters, be vetoed It. lt Is said now thatthis result was brought about' by Mrs.Hoffman, a relative ot the Lansing family, alterwhich the village was named. The opposi-tion appealed to her family pride, and she pre-vailed upon the Governor to disapprove themeasure. The Governor gave as hie reason forthe veto that the proper notice of tbe Intent toIntroduce the measure had not been given tothe taxpayer of the Tillage.

Hlzty Capitol Easplar IJIeehargea.r. Jan. 30. The force of employee un-

der Superintendent Eaaton In the Capitol maintenance department wat reduced by about alxtypersona y. Tbla la the second big lay-o- ff

thla month, eighty baring been dUmlsted bytbe superintendent two weeks ago. Tbla lastredaction cuts down the force of the depart-ment to 130 men, the lowest point In years. Theforce has almost always numbered from 180 to825, the maximum being reached In tbe winterdaring the legislative session. The lay-o- ff waamade to carry out the orders of Got. Black foreconomy In the department. Among those laidoff to-d- were 20 cleaners. 20 laborer, & po-rter. 2 orderlies, and a few other of variousoccupations.

Ill CUB BR 11A S T II AT TI It ED rEELIXO

lie. Too, Vflll reel BelUsed lYhea Hallowa tke Care of GoTermaaeat,

rose (Ae Chicago Daily .Vesss.

Wasiiinotom. Jan. 20. "The man who suc-ceeds me In the office of private secretary andImagines he will get rich out of lu aalary ofSfi.OOO a year." said Private Secretary Thur-bu- r.

"will be adly mistaken."The President' private secretary had Jutt

aettled with a real estate) ae-e- for hla lastmonth's rent. "That pays to March at 12o'clock," said Mr. Thurber. as he traced Msname across the toot of the chock,

"No. only to Feb. 28." persisted the real es-

tate man."Well, where It tbe copy of the lease?" tald

the man of affairs In tho White House, "I'llshow yoo that I am right." The instrumentwas produced and the private secretary soontriumphantly clinched his point.

The agent looked crestlnllen, and aald: "Vonknow. .Mr. Thurber. )ou have tho privilegeof extending the les.se beyond March 4. Yoawill, of course, want to remain a few days tuatr.itghten up matters."

"Not n minute alter noon March 4. Whenthe ceremony Is pronounced at the east frontof the Capitol I nil! be through, and pickingup my hut and cane will walk out Into theworld a free and happy man." The privatesecretary then leaned back in his chair andtalked uboui his critlca and his duties.

I don t mind the d gibes ofnewspaper men who ray that 1 move In anImaginary air of consecration or that I actu-ally relish swan's flesh or uecoy ducks If con-ferred by the Piestdeni. WhenJ nret readthese Jokes Just after I ramo Into the WhiteHous I laughed as hrartllr as any one. I havoenjoyed them tn a modified degree as they havefrequently recurred. When the story aboutthe decoy ducks flashed on me the othermorning with slight ruodlrJcaliona In a morningPpcr 1 did not lauch- - 1 was reminded of thestrain and overwork Incident to newspaperlife, and lifted my hat reverently to that Joke,as I would to an old friend.

"Bat what I do object to Is such cases asthat presented pn th floor of the House ofIU'uresont.athee'when I was attacked by Congressman Cooper of Texas unjustly without anyopportunity to replv. He bad been here threetimes to urge the President to sign a bill cre-atl- nr

an additional court at Beaumont, Texas,Each time the Congressman came 1 tarriedhis card, but the President had either a diplo-matic or Cabinet consultation that could notbe interrupted. The last ilmo I carried In thTexas Congressman's card the President wasIn consultation with three member of hisCabinet on the Pacific. Railroad bill.

J. w th0 President, who said he wouldgladly see tho Texas Congressman If thre wastho remotest possibility of changing the fateof the bill. Hut that mornlng;the 'residenthad given an hour a audience to Judge Culber-son, thp oldest and most experienced member oftho delreatlou. n favor of the bill, and not-withstanding that had decided to adhere 10hi original Intention nnd veto it, I told thisto the Texas Congressman, giving him theinformation not vouchsafed In

I shotted him eery courtesy I could,nnd was then bitterly attacked for It. ThoPresident etoed tho bill lecause the FederalJ Jd bo for that district Informed him the billestablishing.! now court would tie very expen-sive and still further deliy tho business of thecourts, already three soars bch.nd.

"Hut I havo tried to do my duty withoutseeking notoriety or violating my obligations5, " President. Oojil-natur- newspaperJokes I relish 11s much as anybody wnen nnttoo ottnn repeated. Uncalled for attacks ltkothat of Cooper ot Texas 1 believe I can affordto overlook.

"Congressmen oght to tie more condslderatepf n prtvnto secretary. He has 10.000 dutiesto perform that the public has little idaabout"Tbe tVeet Shore Ttoart Move It Repair

Hhiiiie.The repair shops or the West Shore Railroad

Company at Now Durham, N. J were shutdown Permanently on Friday. Th company'srepair work will In future be done nt tbe WestAlbany shops, which ure the largest on tho

f theNeWw.'r,1ed.TchheaVg,e,dl.0),eeS -

The tTeathrr.All trace of the severo storm had disappeared y

and there was no other disturbance n sluhtFair weather provulled In nearly all States, exceptfor a few local nurrlcs of snow arouim the lowerlakes. In Kehroaaa, and I'tah, and heavy rain Insouthern riorUa. Tho cold wave Is completelybroken.

In this city the dny wat fair; highest official tern,peraturo KM', lmutXl ., nrera,0 humidity, 08 percent. wiiul northwest, nvrrate velocity ltj miles anhour; barometer, corrrcte I to read to sea level atV A. M. J0.. 11 p. a in (,j. '

The thrrninm. tor a- t , uitmj states Weatherregistered Ihe temperature yesterday as follows;A.M 'Mr ':I7 HIM! '5V; 'Zi

ui'.m.. . v 3u'!iitid..,.,.:::;::g5 ajnasiiisorosj ronrcitT kor svypav.

For New Knuland-Fa- lri nortliorly winds, becom-la- g

variable, slightly warmer Sutnlay ereulng.Or wjl.ru .Vrie rori-fU- Ir; norlktrlu irlads, ta(T.Ing fo talterlv ; tligMlv irormer in norlftern portion.

toreaitern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delsware-F- air westheri northerly winds, shilling toeasterly.

for the District of Columbia and JJaryland-Fa- lrieasterly wlndu slight rise In temperature.

For western New York-Fa- ir; light variable winds.For western .Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indlan-Ot- n-

LEMON BALL JOHNSON,

na ib a. ntcAit ntior axd axJiSEitT Uf .SXAli:.S,

la ITIa Lea Cooneellent Career lie It,Takes Heveaty.thre ltuehele or.i,lereand Battlers aasl brae Ilancerntie Mnnkse

II ow II (lot lite Vntisnal Nnm,,Bamtam Falls, Cona., Jan. th

most remarkable man In Hromlaa Is hospitable" Lemon Ball " Johnson, farmer, snake hunter,watch repairer, and rifle shot. Ihe mostmarked peculiarity In hla personal appearancslie In hi eyes, one of which Is blue and thsother black. It I In consequence of his remark- -able power of vision that ho excels In son.e ofhla chosen vocation In life.

Johnson Is something of a story teller. Hitfirst name I Atarlah. and he settled In a mostunexpected way In Bromlka ten jears ajo,coming from Rhode Island. If there Is onething that Johnson likes belter than entertain.Ing agreeable company It I shooting n rlile.

Johnson I 00 years old, tall, and straight asan arrow, and hi eyea have a penetrating ex-

pression. Soon after he sottted In Bronnkahliproweaa a a rifle shot and snako hunterattracted wide attention In Litchfield cnumr.He Is a phenomenally good marksman. He Vuliall bt game with a rifle, and. In slaying snakes,which are abundant In Hrouilka. his ulm l in-

variably ao perfect that the bullet passesthe serpent's head, breaking It backbone

at once. Johnson frequently has killed a crow,one of the hardest of birds to bring don n atforty rod. He haa done this with his rifts,which Is a weapon of fair, hut by no meatis ex-

traordinary excellence. HI aim Is surer lareasonably long shots than In short oties.

In what he calls hla snaking season he stringshis dally lake of tnakea by the heads on locisticks, much as the salt water fisherman hangseels whlcn are to be split. Johnson hangs theserpent In the sun. He tays that the sun bathloosens their skins bo that these slip off easily,and starts the snake oil. He haa kept a chalk '

mark record on hit milk room door of all thesnakes he baa killed. He bat measured themIn a peck measure, and, upon figuring up ttsentries the other day. he found that he Ladkilled 7.1H bushels, principally d

adders, black and striped snakes, with a com-

paratively small number of red tnaket anrattlers.

Bach has been Johnson' fame aa a marktmaathat people have visited him from far and nearto see blm shoot. Four years ago a party ofNew York men drove down to Bromlka fromLenox, tried a few shot at Johnson's range, andwitnessed some exhibitions of bit skill. John.son wa repairing a neighbor' watch la hisworkshop when hit visitor appeared. H

hsd the watch In pieces, spread oat 03the table, and he sacceeifully assembledIts parts again before tbem without aidinghit keen eye with the magnifying gloat tbatmost jewellers us. After tbla task watdone Johnson took them out to hi rang. Itwas In consequence of thla visit that Johnsongot the nlckame of Lemon Hall. As he trltitbe story, one of the visitors fired a rifle fromthe forty-ro- d range at tbe target, a bit of chest.uut, and struck the mark on one tide. Then tthanded the gun to Johnson and asked him to Cobetter. Johnson stepped back to the fl ftp rodrange, alghted the weapon, and let drive, split-ting tbe target apart, tbe ballet borlr--g directlythrough Its centre.

"Great guns!" ejaculated on of the party,"bat he can shoot-- "

"An then." said Johnson, I showed 'erahaow I ked do It agin at sixty rod, three or fucrtimes, an' then I cnt some ches'nnt burrs of! atree tbat wax 'baout a quarter of a mild away.An' arter I gin 'em some cider 'a' botl'nuu Vsome of my wife'a raised cake tbey wantld meto go tout an shale over a fox baoun they bed.So 1 pot the haoun In with mine, an' the ten'rooted aout a fox In the old Ox Pasture In Jestno time at all. An' when th fox come a clrclla'raonn. arter a spell, I shot htm at seventy rods,good an' strong.

"Wall, tea make a long story short, one ofthe party tbey called Doctor. arter some talkamong 'em. ast my permission tea examine myeyes, an' I let him. He held a ban'k'cnlef overone eye an' bed me look, an' then over tother,an' he squinted Inter 'em both with a glass 11'did a lot of secb things, an' then he rex;

By Grorcelboys, it Jest a I summlzed.'"WbatlsI'ef tbey."'Ill blue eye I a telescope, an' his black ey

Is a microscope, sez be."Slr. Johnson, you're a good one,' set b.We've Injoyeu ourselfs An' now

what kin we dew feryewl"An'Itea: do nothin'; I'm glad

tew tee yew. rente.""An be sez: 'Let na send yew aathtn far a

remembrance. What shall lt be? A cats c!red ej e, er a few cigar 1

"An I sz: I don't drink, an' I don't moke.'"An' he sez: Wbaidew yrwdew?'"An' I sez: 'I don't dew nothin'.'"An he sex: "Don't yew like nothin' f"An" I sex: 'Hike candy'"An ho sex: 'What ktndT"An I sez: 'Lemon balls Is my fav'rit. !

Terr fond o Jackson halls.'"An' be sex: 'We'll send yoo on. An' ofthey went."Wall, I didn't hear nothin' more from 'tafer a month, when one day, who shed drive ccthere from Wtnsted bat a man with a truck aa'a palro' boeae, an' be eez, Bex be: 'Air jew

--Mister Azarlah Johnson?' An' 1 sez: 'J air'A"' he sez: "I've got a lemon ball fer yew fran--Sew lank, charges prepaid including twentymil ot darned hard truckin' from Wlnited.Will yew slrn this way bill V An' when IsiesriI wui thunderstruck lew set what them fellersbed did. They'd went an' bed a 300-poa-

lemon bell made, an' shipped It up here tew me.I an' the man rolled it oft tne truck inter myfront room. An' there I keep it, wlm a hatctelalongside of it. When I want sonsfandy.er my neighbor gits candy hungry IPW.'i off flee. An It's might) good, tew, batIt'll last m. I ain't gnt It half et up ylt,"

I.XTB WABUIXOTOX TOFICX.

Tke Sridlraa Clah'a Dlaaer Capt. Walleertke afarla Car Reprimanded.

WAsnixOTOM. Jan. 30. At th twelfth aa.nual dinner of tbe Gridiron CUkthe list of guest included the nt

of th United State. Senator Gorman.Senator McBrlde. Speaker Reed. ChauncsyM, Depew, Secretary Morton. Senator Jor-e-t

of Arkansas, Senator Carter of .Montase,henator Piatt of Connecticut, enatoreleclMason of Illinois, Kellogg of Loj-l"?- -

.Assistant Secretary McAdno. lomr.J'ler fcckela. John Russell Voung. Logan 1Dr. Talmage and others, that made the

number seated around tbe beautifully decorate Itables more than ISO. In every respect tbsdinner was the most successful gathering lr.althe Gridiron Club baa hud.

Mr. Cox (Dem., Tenn.) offered In the H uto-d- a bill which recites the clrcumslan es .'fLev's surrender nt Appomattox and the r t'eiguaranteo that the artillery and cavaUj effl. rtof the Confederacy should be pennltt.d lore,tnln their horses, side arms, and baggage.After tho surrender the Federnl s. d r de-

spoiled tho Confederates of these rt!ec' s dthev wero never returned to the r . a.owners. Ills bill appropriates S"" " 'compensation rnr these losses upon saii-f- a t"fprour being furnished to the Quartering erGeneral.

The Inaugural Committee announces to daythat the tickets for the inaugural ball are 0'"ready for distribution. Karh Uccl wi beaccompanied by a souvenir, which Is ei fed.Iiigly handsome, and Is included In tin. pr eeofthe ball ticket- - JS. No rnniilimpntnr setswill bo Issued, except to president-elec- t Men,

Secretary Herbert has publicly reprlman 'elCupt. Littleton W. T, Waller of the Ms 'ntCorps, on the b.ittleehlp Indiana, and inform. ihim that he will not be permit:.. fort1'' 'ttwelvemonths to appear n Judge d". '.Recorder, nr counsel before uns 11:11 ni to ofboard.

At nn Inquiry Into the charges ncainst 1 '.CoinnianilerAlllbiiiiiifiirall.grdltrui.il "capricious conduct Cnpt alter crili e eilrpuriiiiriit for reprimand ng Lieut.without Murium, Secrclurj Heibund -- lthat tho court was remiss for nut 1., . uCaptain to order.

isjviwn 11 y a ituxAfr.ir.Ttvo Person Throws from Melgu ae

Third Knocked llunn,PATgnsoN, Jan. hefnio n .on to-

day a spirited horse attached to a - g I"which Tax Commissioner Joseph t 1 n- k f I "tie Falls and hi daughter wero seated ' k

at an electrlo car on Grand street and ra"TheruritierscBUKht In thurnr l mk "BlelghwiiB overturned, throwing notPunts. 1 hey landed In nsnnw liiink a " 'liijurle are nut serious. When .hereached Pine street Mrs, Cntherlut) limn uewas on tbe crosting. fulled to notui- - s ap-proach until too late, and ahe was aiiucktdli0"1 f?" trampled on. It I feared thai su UInjured Internally,

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