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CURREMC QDEST10M.

Has It Been Settled by the Treasury Officials?

IT NOW LOOKS THAT WAY.

A Spirit of Serenity Pervades 1he Troasury :'I)«'| irt iiivnt.—A New l'ond Jssuo lias l'i")l)ably Moon Ordered It is Thought I T'.iat Tliey Will All Be Taken by lorI eigiiers.

AY.\siiiNCiTOX, Fc'l). 5.—So fair as can lu ltsirncd rlicro lias in'cn no c-lian.(o in the 1), 11 siluatiou. J:Uit a spirit of st"iviiity •porvndt.'il tlio treasury depart3'ii'iit yrslcrday tint is «p.iito 111 tviitva.sr with tlio anxious looks and hurried movements nt" the oilieials last wrek. Seerciavy Ca.riislo was in his Ofiiee and saw all comers, which he has heen unable ro do i'or some time ]ust. Iji answov to all iminifies, 3u\ Carlisle stated that he had nuthniy to .say on the imancial situation.

Assistant hec-vt.-ry Cui'^s, who h-is i*'• tui'iied from Tn'.-w ork. was aI,~o his oifice and accessiitie ro all callers. He, however, w.mld not say whether or nor his mission in New York had been Biici-essi'nl. •All of the other officials are oxiTomoly rei'iceiit on the subject ami decline to either ailirm or deny any of the minors brot'..'.:-hf to their aticniion. Oiie rnmor which had. an apparently 'ooil basis was that he bonds i'or the new issue were already beiu.n- printed at the bureau of enirraviny and printing, but. like tho ot hers, it could not be continued.

The concensus of opinion is that the amendment of a bond issue to foreign purchasers, directly or indirectly, will lie made very soon, and that ailarri.Miyements to this etui are substanually complete.

The amount of bonds which the administration contemplates issuing, and .nay i^ive notice of at any time now, is $100,000,000 of -1 per cents, to run :i0 years. Arrangements, it is believed, have been practically concluded, assuring the government that these bonds will be paid for with foreign gold.

Treasury officials generally express the opinion that Secretary Carlisle's estimate of a surplus of $22,500,000 for the calendar year 1895 is conservative. It is urged that the customs duty on sugar alone should bring in at least $85,000,000 during the next 11 months and that the revenue from the income tax is likely to reach $40,000,000. The receipts from general customs and from whisky withdrawals are expected to materially increase from now on, which it is believed will bring the receipts for the 12 months up to about $880,500,000. The disbursements for the year, it is thought, will not exceed $851,000,000, leaving a surplus, after deducting the $7,000,000 delicit of January, of $22,500,000.

Tho internal revenue officials, in figuring on the receipts from income taxation, estimate that" the returns prior to July 1 will amount to $10,000,000, and for the remaining six months $80,000,000.

HALF WILL RF.MAIN HERE.

The Js'ew York Press Discusses the Xew llitnil Issue. Nkw York. Feb. 5.—On reliable au

thority The .Press is able to announce that I lie new bond issue will be taken by a syndicate composed of American and foreigu bankers. The issue will boat least $100,000,000 of the United .States government fours and may be more. The delay is understood to be due to the exact figures at which they will be soid.

The. men who will underwrite the new issue according to the best information of Wall street, are the Rothschilds, repivsented here by August lielmont, J. Pierpont Morgan and several prominent, local financiers who are 1 lie head of big moneyed institutions in the city.

Several important factors have contributed to bring the local financiers into the deal. I11 the first iilace neither the Morgans nor the Belmonts have much gold here, hence would have to draw on the banks so that the latter would have figured in the transaction some way. In the next place, the Rothschilds, so it is stated, are just as anxious to have the local moneyed men in the deal as the latter are anxious to be in it themselves.

Assistant Jordan, in discussing the situation, had tnis to say: "I do not expect that Mr. Curtis wiil find it necessary to come to New York again. Judging from the inquiries we liavi* received, I think that there will be plenty of demand for the bonds when once they are ready to be issued. The general conviction is that the loan bill will be announced in a very short time."

The Press also learns from trustworthy sources that there will be an opportunity given to the public to make a bid on the new bonds. Inside advices are that the local financiers will take about $50,000,000 of ilie new loan, and the remainder will go to foreign houses.

REED HAS A SCHEME.

He Will Oiler a Substitute to the Administration Plan. WASHINGTON,

Feb.

5.—Calculations

the supporters and opponents of the new administration financed bill were upset yesterday by the interjection of a new factor into the campaign. Mr. Reed of Maine, the Republican leader, brought forward anew plan for which he is endeavoring to enlint the entire strength of his party, and which he will offer a*s a substitute for the administration scheme, if lie thinks his plan can command sufficient support to make it a factor in the light.

There are but two sections to the Reed plan in the form in which he has submitted it to his colleagues. The first proposes to restrict the law of 1875, which authorizes tho secretary of the treasury to issue bonds to redeem the greenbacks to 8 per cent bonds. Tho second section, authorizes the secretary of the treasury, when there is a deficit to issue certificates of indebtedness to pay current expenses, the certificates to De in sums of $25, and $50 and $100, and any multiples thereof, bearing interest at 3 per oent and payable in coin.

The bill, as Air. Reed explained to the Republicans whose support he sought, is but a temporary expedient to tide over the present distress. The substitution of "coin" for the gold provisions of the administration plan is expected to win for it toleration, if not support of the free silver men, who bitterly oppose all propositions to discriminate by stipulation in any bill in favor of gold. Its comparative simplicity, it is expected,

trill commend the bill to the house in preference to more complex plans. Mr. Reed devoted himself assidiously throughout the day to cloakroom consultations with the Republicans. He first endeavored to elicit the opinions of the gold men and then talked to the silver men. The measure of his success isdifficult to estimate.

The plan is to offer the bill as a substiI tnte for the administration bill and by polling the solid Republican vote while the Democrats are divided 011 the administration bill, make it the most formidable proposition in the field, and perhaps induce the Democratic opponents of the administration bill to rally to its support.

Chairman Springer and his colleagues have counted on most of the Republican votes ftr the administration bill and have

prophesied that, it would poll about the same support that was given to the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act. Accordingly Mr. Reed's move over tit ns their calculations to a great extent.

SILVER MEN IN CONFERENCE-

They Are Tree

llopeful of l'assiil Coinage 5easure.

WA^iitNtrroN. Feb. 5.—Interest in tlio financial itV 'staii about the senate yesterday centered in the activity of the silver senators and the frequent consultation held by them. This, taken in connection with the call issued by Senator Voorhees, chairman of the finance committee, for a meeting of the comtfees led to the general supposition that an attempt would be made by the silver advocates on the con unit tee to secure the reporting of a free silver bill.

Inquiry among tho members of the committee failed to develop absolute assurance that the effort would be made, but enough was said in many quarters to indicate that" the general supposition was not without good foundation, and to justify the statement that the silver men arc very hopeful of bringing a free coinage bill out of the committee, if not at this meeting, at the next one to be held. They believe that Senator Jones of Nevada will unite with Senators Voorhees. Harris, Vest, Jones of Arkansas and White, in support of some measure that, will be satisfactory to the silver men.'

Condition of the Treasury.

Vi/AkiiinGTON, Feb. 5.—Yesterday's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $144,412,174 gold reserve, $42,048,780.

BANK BURGLARIZED.

Safe Blown and Probably $25,000 Secured by the Thieves. Norwalk, O., Feb. 5.—The Milan

bank was entered by five burglars at 8:80 yesterday morning. The safe and vaults were blown open by dynamite, making ii complete wreck of them and the office. The burglars took some $15,000 in cash and $10,000 in government, Nickel Plate and Sandusky, Milan and Norwalk electric railway bonds.

Cashier Stoddard heard the explosion, and, rushing out with a gun, he was confronted by three of the burglars, who told him to stand off, and fired at him. Stoddard returned the fire. The burglars had a livery rig near by. They jumped in and drove to Sandusky, where they took the 5:80 train for Cleveland. Parties in pursuit reached the livery stable in Sandusky a few minutes after the burglars had been there. Some of the parties can be described. Cashier Stoddard will not tell the exact amount taken. It was known there was considerable 011 deposit.

Tho police at Sandusky have arrested at their homes in that city Gib Stouglitoti, a saloonkeeper, and Solly Hirschberg, the latter of 110 particular occupation. Stoughton and Hirschberg hired a rig from Hock & Hurd's livery stables there, late Sunday night, saying they were going to Fremont. This rig was partially identified as the one in which the five bank robbers drove out of Milan after committing the robbery, and. the fact that it was returned by Stoughton and Hirshcberg yesterday morning caused suspicion to be attache.: to them. None of the plunder was found on the prisoners. Nothing further has been heard as to the whereabouts of the other three cracksmen.

HURLED INTO A RIVER.

Three Lives Lost by an i'Jlectric Car Accident. at. Milwaukee.:

Mtiavavkkk, Feb. 5.—A trolley car loaded with passengers ran into an open draw 011 the Russell avenue line of the Milwaukee Street Railway company yesterday at the Kinuickinniek bridge. The passengers were all dumped into the icy water.

Thousands of people were 011 the spot at once, and the people in the water were fished out as fast as they appeared on the surface. Three persons were drowned. They were: JVILss Ehlman, a typewriter Miss Smickins, employed in the National knitting works, and John Kennedy, motorman.

Several of the 11 passengers were slightly injured. All have been accounted for.

The motorman, Kennedy, did not try to stop his car until within five feet of the draw. He then set the brake, but the car slid into the river. It plunged headforemost on the ice and stuck there, half in and half out of the water.

Kennedy, the dead motorman, was a prominent member of the local streetcar union, and leave,s a widow and family-

REBELLIOUS KAFFIRS.

They Knter a Portuguese Camp and Hlootly Battle Follows.

London, Feb. 5.—A dispatch to The Times from Capetown says that advices received from Lourenzo Marquez are to the effect that the rebellious Kaffirs entered the Portuguese camp at Maraqueen by the treacherous use of a flag of truce and tho pass word which they had by some means obtained.

Once in the camp the Kaffirs fiercely attacked the sleeping Portuguese, whe were unable to get at their big guns. Lieutenant Antonio rallied his men and kept fighting after his body had been pierced by sin assagai.

Independent reports have it that from 50 to 70 of the Portuguese were killed and many wounded.

British and German men-of-war lire in readiness to protect the subjects of their respective countries should such protection become noeessary. -.

Had Been Identified.

Oswork, O., Feb. 5.—The man found d*ad by the track Jan. 20 has been identified svs John Rawley, who formerly worked at the Cold Spring stone quar* ries.

EXPLOSION IN A MINE

Fifty People Meet a Horrible vDeath.

MANY OTHERS WERE INJURED,

It Occurred at Monteeaules Mines, ill the

og'iiition.

Paris. Feb. 5.'—A fire broke out yesterday in the St. Kugenie pit of the Moiiteeaules mines, department of Saone et Loire, and while the miners were lighting this fire an explosion occurred which wrecked the galleries and entombed over half a hundred miners.

It is believed that 80 persons perished in the disaster. The rescue party thus far has recovered 21 bodies and lias removed from the ruins eight terribly iujured miners.

Tho work of rescuing the living and recovering1 the bodies of the dead is greatly impeded owing to the fact that the explosion caused the workings to collapse, filling the galleries with tons of nV-k and earth and great quantities I of timber that had been used for sup-

ports. Tho bodies that have already been brought to the surface were so badly burned that they presented the appearmice of blackened cinders. The wounded are in a terrible condition, their flesh being frightfully torn. Many of them have broken arms and legs in addition to their other injuries. They sulT'ered the most excruciating agony, and as I they were removed from the pit, their groans caused the hardest of the miners who heard them to shudder. The mouth of the pit is surrounded by wailing women and children wiiose husbands and fathers are entombed in the mine.

There has been two explosions in the St. Eugenie pit previous to this last disaster. I11 the first explosion 84 persons were killed and in the second 40 perished. During the past IS years, however, not an accident had happened in the mine.

HOUSE AND SENATE.

One Bill 1'asses the House, but Nothing Done in the Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—A11 attempt

was made yesterday in the house to pass an omnibus bill for the payment of claims for stores and supplies confiscated from loyal people in the south during the war, amounting to $718,068. It excited much opposition, especially from Pennsylvania members interested in Pennsylvania war claims, amounting to $1,000,000, and not included, mid the measure was defeated, 95 to 148.

A rule was then adopted for the consideration of the currency bill Wednesday and Thursday, after which the remainder of the day was devoted to the agricultural appropriation bill, which was passed without amendment. A11 attempt to reduce the appropriation for the distribution of seed failed.

111 the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—The senate spent almost the entire day 011 the District of Columbia appropriation bill, and for the first time since the measure was taken up, it did not serve as a text for financial discussion. It is hoped to pass the bill tomorrow, thus clearing the way for the postoffice and the diplomatic and consular appropriation bills now 011 the calendar and for the Indian and sundry civil appropriation bills soon to be reported.

WAR NOT YET DECLARED.

Still There in livery Indication That It Will Soon lie. CITY OK MKXICO, Feb. 5.—In spite of

the many announcements that yesterday was set for a definite declaration in the Guatemalan embroglio nothing has yet transpired.

A large demonstration was held in the afternoon and some 10,000 men with banners and bands marched to the palace and calling out President Diaz tendered their services to the country in case of war with Central America.

There is 110 diminution in the enthusiasm of the populace for the upholding of what are hero considered Mexico's righteous demands.

The. building occupied by El Nacional was gutted by fire yesterday morning, but the paper appeared in the evening wearing a mourning border. El Nacional declares in an article on the pending question tlmt under no circumstances will Mexico deviate from her original demands on Guatemala for indemnity, etc. Mexico, it adds, cares not for such federation as Guatemala may form with other Central American states.

An £x-Cwnvlct Shot.

Louisvillh, Feb. 5.—Thomas Carney, an ex-convict, was shot and fatally wounded by William Nantz in tho latter's saloon at Sixth and Broadway, in Jeffersonvillo, yesterday. Carney went into the saloon and demanded a drink, but having no money the saloonkeeper refused to give him the liquor. Carney then drew a dirk knife and threatened to kill Nanta, when the latter shot him in the groin. Physicians say Carney will die.

Frnlt Dealers Assign.

New Yokk, Feb. 5.—Matthew Dean & Company, dealers in fruit at 526 Washington street, have made au assignment to John Hills, without preferences. The liabilities are estimated at $150,000, with assets only slightly less. The failure is attributed to depression in trade and heavy lasses

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Department of .Saonc et Loire, JKraiicc.

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Champion Pedestrian Dead.

•Lynn, Mass., Feb. 5.—Dennis N. Driseoll, well known a few years ago as champion pedestrian of New England, died at his home here yesterday, aged 37 years. Drisooll was the winner of many heel and toe contest**. He had been suffering some time from an affection of the lungs, which caused his death.

Only Lasted Seventeen Minutes.

Detroit, Feb. 5.—Tom MoMahon of Detroit defeated Peter Schumacher of Cleveland last night in a wrestling match at the Catholic club. McMahon won at every point, showing superior strength and cunning throughout. The two rounds lasted but 17 minutes.

Wrestling Match In Knglknd.

Bradford, Fei». 5.—In a mixed wrestling match hero last night Cannon beat Row. winning throe oat of live falls.

ON THE PLANTATION.

THE FARM NEGRO AND HIS LOVE OF SPORT.

Remarkable Habits of Close Observation.

Peculiar Superstitions The Possum

Hunt—Fishing In the Old Millpoml—Sto-

ries Told at the Mill—Social Amenities.':'

I Hnceial Correspondence. JAMIPOX, S. C., -T»»- 9" —The first time in Iiis life that a negro boy lias anything which he can call his own lie swaps it for a dog that can run rabbits and squirrels.

He trains the dog to bring these rabbits and squirrels to him when they are caught, no mat tor how much lie dog might like the taste of fresh meat luinself. When the negro boy lias attained the importance of being able to earn a little money by ing or picking cotton, gathering pea-, shucking corn, driving a wagon or other occupation, he buys a gun, usually a cheap one, with a single banvi and old fasliionC ed manipulations. This weapon is likely" to explode when not expected to do so and not to explode when it ought to, but nevertheless it is a gun precious beyond compare in its owner's estimation. It is kept up in the loft or in some secret corner of the cot,ion house, where thieves may not breed in and steal, and ns often ns possible the owner visits it, rubs it up, examines it, over and over again, aims it at various imaginary objects and oiin rwise de.'ights in his dariintr possession. I-.'very Saturday alter the game laws are "out' these lire-.

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Every bush and shrub of tho numerous kinds in the southern woods has its individual meaning for tho negro, and ho knows the names of all the various species of trees, all the diflforent kinds of oaks and what they are good for. "My baby will be a year ole, risin two, when do maple tree blossom red," some buxom matron will say as sho displays hor sturdy offspring, or she will date his birth from "de timo do gessamino fust come," or say, "Dey begin to haul cotton to do gin when ho was two day ole."

Oat For the Possum.

Passing the averago negro houso at dusk of a winter's evening one will find the large and small boys of the family, often the sober father himself, engaged in selecting choico pieces of "lightwood" to do duty as torches for use on a possum or coon hunt. The negro rarely takes a gun with him on a possum hunt. Plenty of lightwood to old liim in looking out for snakes and a good sharp ax with which to fell the troe in which the game takes refugo, perhnps a stout stick to help him break through the thicket, usually complete his hunting outfit. The night selected is always 011 "tho dark of the moon." "Possum's cute," thoy say, and knows well enough that his shadow will betray him on a moonlit night, so he stays in hiding. 'Tls only In the dark that he walks abroad. Lenient landlords, with an abundance of timbered land, do not prohibit tho cutting down of trees for the sake of securing a possum or two, and many a noble pine and stalwart sweet gum fall prostrate In the watches of the-night amid the yelping of tho dogs and the shouts and calls of the sable hunters.

Angling.

Occasionally, when game seems to bo shy and tho hunt not promising, the possum hunter will kindle a fire right there in the swamp, within a few feet of some black, sluggish looking, winding stream, and go to sleep, depending on tho voice of his dog to rouse him whon that alert and faithful animal shall have "treed." The

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HINTING THE POSSI'M.

arms aro popping and cracking in every direction 011 tho plantation, and dogs aro baiklng and running hither and thither in pursuit of rabbits, squirrels, partridges or doves. All the boys 011 tho place are on hand, for those not fortunato enough to possess guns themselves are almost, as delighted to attend the lucky sportsman who is to bring down tho game. A negro boy of 10 years knows the peculiar note or whistle of every bird that inhabits his native woods and swamps. He knows tho nature of these birds, whether they remain in the neighborhood all winter, whether tho male and female of a certain species liavo tho same note or cry, what kind of nests they have, whether they build them near to the ground or in more inaccessible places. lie is familiar with tho appearI ance and habits of these little songsters and calls them by names indicative of certain peculiarities which he or his faI tiiers before him have discovered, without, regard to what ornithologists may denoininate tin 111. 1 Bird Lore. "I)erc goes a shirttail!'' calls 0110 of a group of small darkies, defiling along a pine woods lane, each crowned with a

weighty sack of meal, white in contrast I to their dusky faces, each looking with I eager interest after tho bird that lias llitted across the way- in front of I.hem. The I most conspicuous feature of this bird as he Hies is the decided glintof white in his wing hence the homely appellation with which ho has been christened. "J)at dere's a t'rasher!" these small woods craftsmen will declare, "an dere's his waitin man," indicating a modest appearing brown bird, such as is often seen in company with tho thrasher, and which it is insisted tho thrasher makes wait upon him. "De t'rasher oversee do job, but he waitin man got to do all de flj'in 'bout an fetch in obde sticks an straws for 1110k he houso," explain the little naturalists, and then tliey will go on to tell you that nobody ever sees a blue jay 011 Friday, and the reason of their absence is that on that day of the week they aro obliged to go to hell. "Blue jay am do debble's own bird," they say. "Ho an all he tribo dono gifted an giv' ober to de ole boy, dat nick dey neber mix wid no udder kind ob bird an always figlitln and cuttin up."

young negroes, as a rule, go hunting in ,-Company, reveling in the fun of a merry party, but he older heads often go totally alone, spending night after nmlit in the I'.dense swamps that- edge the fields, their I 'deg their only eomnanion, undeterred by the presence of owls and bats and myriad crawling reptiles from enjoying their fascinating pursuit. a a spring evening, or any tune after the fish have begun to .•:• isruii up stream, one will find all thedarf'skics fixing their nets, li.-ning canes, lines ar.d hooks, limiting up cans for bait, etc., to set out, for the adjacent ponds and creeks, there to spend the greater part of the night, angling for the fish, which abound in the southern waters. And this is a pursuit in which the women join with the in: n. All aiong the banks of tho creeks and pom's lights are gleaming and torches Ila.-hin.tr where! these night fisherman are seeking to inveigle the finny

I riiie. If the plantation boasts a water in:!l, e- 'ao-t plant:1.: iens do in that well vS-watercd country, and if that water mill is mt: only for grinding corn and ginning ,-grotran. but n!-:o for sawing lo^s. lien tho ii- :.! i- part h-nlarly seductive, for then^ whole parties can go '"gigging

The miller is persuaded tosiiui off near'"": ly all tho water Irons the ilossnm or sheeting jn-t he!aw his mill gates, and on this so: oof! surfec- the 0nsuspeet 1 ng fish aro gigged—that is. vired—thrust through and through with a miniature pitchfork whose piongs au- sharpened for the pur]'OoO

Social Spur!-.

When one wateius a group of plantation roe:- many of whom arc nnodle a,.,ed II nor even g:-:ndfath"vs, assembled at

tin 11. where they have taken their corn •. 1

ground on a winter's evening, their ."ve:oiis vitaiii v, manualed good nature 1 a measurcle-s contentment with life iivss tiie beholder. Two stalwart .1 11 will gei to wrestling to entertain the

Mi inkers, or else a half dozen will undertake to surpass each other's agility in pimping long distances, and be lore the party breaks up pome well known local "shufder" will make the hare rough platform over the mill race resound with the measured patting and kicking and toeing in and out. of his nimble feet, some one of the bystanders chinning ins hands in that peculiar rhythmic fashion which the darkies have. .Many will he the tales 01 -Jack o' my lanterns" and "spirits," sworn to as true, told round the biazing light wood logs, and later some one will come up with a rabbit or possum, or perhaps a newly acquired ration of meal and meat, and cook it light there 011 that open fire, sharing it, readily with any who are hungry. Oi.ivk (,Ji NUV.

-.SOME STORIES OF DOGS.

They Are Offered Apropos of the Imminent Opening of the IScnch Show Season. .Special Correspondence.

CHICAGO, .Jan 2U.—The bench show season wiil shortly begin, and then the annual wave of (leg stories will surge through tho land. In fact, it has already reared its awful crest, as I discovered yesterday during a two hours' rido in the smoking car of an accommodation train.

As is always the case on such a train, the personnel of the passengers was constantly changing, but there were two men besides myself who remained in the car as long as I did, and they both hail a few dog stories to tell. I started the trouble, innocently enough, by speaking of Strip, the dog that was employed in London two or throe years ago to insert, electric wires in subways. "That's a good story, stranger," said the man who we.s sitting in the seat with me as he bit. off a big chew of plug cut, "but. leniiue tell you about a dog I know about. This dog was in New Jersey five or six.years ago. and lie was just, naturally the knowingest dog on tour legs. He belonged to a man named Young in Flagtown, Sonierset county. Kvcr been down there? Well. 1! you had. you have heard ol Young's tlou Frank. Frank is a liver and white mottled, full bred Itidgeway set ter, and Young has 1 rained him till you can't, rest. .As a sporting dog he's the best I ever saw. but it's in other things that lie is rcallv great. W hen Young gets up in the morning, he veils to Frank. "•(Jet me my duds, old chap,' Young says, and you ought to see that dog gather up the clothcs. "Whenever Young wants to go walking, he lets Frank know, and the dog jumps on the rack and gets his master's hat. Ile'll carry a note to any one and wait for the answer, and when Young is cutting kindling wood the dog carries the sticks into the kitchen and puts them in tho woodbox. More than one man had tried to buy Frank whon I heard about him, but Young used to say there wasn'tenough money in Somerset county to get that dog." ••When I was up in Winnipeg two or three years ago," said a man wearing a fur cap who sat in front of us, "I heard about a dog that went out with his master shooting. Thoro were plenty of prairio chickens that duy, and tho dog pointed 'em all right, and tho man shot ovory time, but for some reason I10 didn't hit ary bird. Well, finally ho quit and started* home. Tho dog seemed to bo awfully downhearted, but when they got almost to the houso he got excited and grabbed the man's coat, like he wanted to lead him somcwhero. Well, the man had to go, and whore do you suppose tho dog led the fellow? Well, sir, it was straight to the market, and when ho got tho man thoro he gave one look at tho hundreds of prairio chickens there for sale, and thon I10 just pointed, and ho wouldn't go away till tho man had bought."

The man who was sitting with me seemed to tako this story as a direct reflection 011 tho truth of tho one ho had told and, straightway retorted with another, wh^h was manifestly invonted, and then *0 man with the fur cap told of a dog that: could chew tobacco and expectorate as accurately as Dickens' Mr. Cballop, whose exploits wero recorded in "Martin Chuzzlewit." I am not suro how long they would have continued their rivalry if I had not silenced both by telling about the swimming races between dogs that were carried 011 near Boston two or three years ago. Although this story of mine was perfectly true, and the result of tho raoos was printed in tho newspapers tho day after their occurrence, both my companions evidently thought mo a romancer whom thoy could not hope to outlle, and tho conversation was abruptly changed.

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K. C. NOYKR

Rough on Victoria.

Among tho items gleaned from Colonel Cody is a story about Queen A ictoria and a littlo half breed attached to Buffalo Bill's company. It seems her majesty is very fond of talking with tho denizens of the wild west, and among other questions 6ho asked tho half breed youth how he liked England. Not having learned to lie politely yet, ho answered bluntly, "I don't like any country with a squaw for a chief." llo couldn't have boon much ruder if he had ueen a thoroughbred and English born.