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J. 7 k X t WENT TO WAR TO LOSE HIS LIFE. WantodtoBe Killed Ourln an EnBaRement-Falthlosanesa of a Wlfo Mada a Martyr to the Causa of Fran Cuhn. thl! wl?r ffiriif?' A ?!! ' 0rfkled " Mr and soothed vain, ai.ly .. """ "- forth. Die and strange and debonair, he looked the last man to whom the wish of death should come; ho seemed too vital. One could not think of him Inert and helpless. But dead he Is In his youth nnd strength, a broken heart killed him. His parting wish was prophecy. Dr. Danforth was a rich young phy sician of Milwaukee before he rushed to seek the bullet that should end his sorrows with his life, by enlisting In the army as assistant surgeon of the Ninth cavalry. They killed him at Santiago. When the message came, friends of the fam ily, who knew the sad storv of tin. iman's life, shook their heads and said, ""Spain, for once, was merciful." "Pierced through the heart with a rifle ball, he died whispering messages of love and forgiveness of his wife and hopeful words for their child," said the messages. The story of his life, his wooing, his death Is on every tongue today. Harry Danforth was full-blooded, faring, Impetuous. He loved tumul tuously. When he found his home de spolled he hated as fiercely as he had loved. From the exultation of a successful Avooer he sank to the desperation of a oeirayeu anu discarded husband. The bullet that sped from the mur derous Mauser pierced a heart that was already riven by grief and anxiety. Impulsive, daring and eccentric In all things. Harry Danforth wooed and won lovely "Bess" Whitehall with the same Impetuosity that marked his every action. Daughter of one of the most prominent citizens of Milwaukee, .gifted and haughty and rare personal chars. Elizabeth Whitehall became the belle of the city as soon as she was past her teens. Her fame extended over the great northwest. Beautiful, with a veritable siren's voice, she drew men on; listened to their protestations of devotion and laughed snyly as she tossed them aside and sought new sensations. Her conquests numbered half a score oefore she was 20. Half the vounir -ellglbles of the northwest had been at Tier feet during the few years she waa In society, but she floated along always si favorite with the men, though KEENLY HATED BY JEALOUS RIV ALS. Nntll hale, handsome, careless Harry Danforth crossed her path. Something In his wayward, insistent manner, so different from the beseech, 1ng lovers whom she had entangled In her wiles, seemed to appeal to her. He stormed the citadel of her heart and she capitulated. yuuug women, lie was a capau.e mimic and had quite a vogue in ama teur theatricals. Mrs. Danforth was wrapped up In little plays and operettas. When a dramatic club was organized Cressy Morrison Joined, of course. Dr. Dan forth was kind, Indulgent, unsuspect ing. He readily acceded to his wife's desire to Join the club, founded as It had been by leading society women. Nobody could Plnv lover's narts like Cressy Morrison, tnat was frankly ad-1 miueu ny an uie men In the club, nnd she well a better Juliet, Desdemona, dlnn. U7A0. The truth Is, that Is more innnev than I have. Now, dear one, I hate to ask any one for assistance, but as I am alone In the world. I will do It be Tore I will dishonor the name of my dear father and mnihur. wtn imvo -.,., Ophelia. Carmen, Marguerite could not to their long home beyond the river among amateurs be found. If you will send me the amount 1 n.,i' Soon It came to be recognized that I will start rlirht awnv. r u-m r,.i 1 "Tlnool.." nt,n..1.1 l.n ..n... lMtl rt IIah rt At... .1 ... ,,.. ., j.trcu ui mu uress i win wear and a piece of the ribbon I will wear on my breast. You can pin the ribbon on your coat, so I will know you when we meet. When with others you are happy, Keep for me one little spot; In the depths of thine affection Plant one sweet forget-me-not. Darling, I am sorry you are so far away. When I once meet you I will do all In my power to make you happy. Lovingly, your dear little friend. POSED AS GIRL IN SEARCH OFA HUSBAND" Blonr-Eyod and Rum-Soaked Tramp Moved Many Masculine Hearts to Part with Cash Advertised For a Husband. -- HIS LOVE LETTEltS. , I am a young girl, 7 years vastand strong and healthy; B feet 2 Inches high, brown hair, hazel eyes and of a loving disposition. I can do nil kinds of housework nnd cooking; can also harness up a team of horsts and drive very well for a girl of my age. I am nn orphan, keeping house for my guar- "." '",,- you sav. is "Cressy" and "Bessie" should be east for the lover's roles. From mlmlo love making to the grand passion was a short and eaBy step. Danforth was ap prised of the course of affairs. Kind friends attended to that. They always do. Still, he smiled and refused to listen. But the gossips' talcs came true. The denouement occurred one night when, returning home quite late after some delicate major operation, Harry Danforth stepped noiselessly Into the hall, Intent upon retiring so quietly he would not wake his wife and boy; he stopped suddenly. Surely that was a merry laugh he heard. Had Bessie any company? He had beeen away all day. Perhaps some old school friend had come to town to spend a few days with her. His surmises were rudely broken. He distinguished a man's voice. He knew it. It was Morrison's. He went on until he was face to face with his disillusionment. The doctor recovered himself. Ha crept downstairs again a broken hearted man. The next day Mrs. Danforth returned to her brother. The divorce was ob tained. Afterward Mrs. Danforth made strenuous efforts to regain her lost so cial position. She had champions, among them one who was bold enough to ask her to aid In a reception. When the other ladles of the receiving party heard of it they canceled their accept ances, and as the news circulated, pro. spectlve guests sent excuses until but a half dozen remained. The woman who championed Mrs. Danforth's cause puld for It by the toss of her social posi tion, which she has since been striving to regain. Danforth, poor fellow, was a changed man. His naturally excitable disposi tion changed to moody taciturnity. He became morbid and melancholy. The Cuban cause Interested him all of a sudden; not that it promised honor or profit, not that he cared particularly for the cause. But life had lost all FBOM A VICTIM. Hornsby Island, British Columbia. Canada. My Very Own Dear Darling; I received your very welcome nnd lov ing letter today, and win nn.- tntu great pleasure In answering It. Well, mpetuouB. Others dragged along at a I am here answering this letter In my J conservative gait, for, as has been said, uwii nouse. and nave got It all ready M" ls a Juuge of humanity, and he ------"--------- Deputy Postofllce Inspector Klrby who ran down Klrby In February, M3, says the swindler Is the most disgust ing looking tramp he ever met. May dresses like a railroad tramp or a beer bum of the lowest strata nnd lives at cheap lodging houses. Ills stock In trade Is a good knowledge of human nature and the ability to rutin tetfelt a school girl's handwriting. He rarely failed of success In fleecing a man whom he picked out, and he only slipped up when drunk nnd careless In the matter of details. May's plan was simple but Ingenious. He would advertise himself over some euphonious name as a bewitching maiden In search of a husband. "Olive May was a favorite alias. There is a young lady of this nnmo who was a well known society girl on the South Side befote she went on tho stnge, but that made no difference to Klrby, who ls no respecter of persons. According to the ads, Olive was pos sessed of all tho virtues that a man might wish in a wife, but foibles wen not In her makeup. She would have her mall addressed to general delivery. Klrby would forge Olive's name to an order for the replies and get them wunout nny trouble. Many a rugged "cow-man" or miner, with all In the world to make him happy but a wife, was gently led thro the mazes of love at long range by Olive. Some of the courtships were fiery and BARBED WIRE. Joy and he was drinking deep of tin- The marriage was a social event. A Jregs. So he arranged his earthy uf. long honeymoon tour was planned, and 'alrs and two years ago last April he LEFT MILWUAKEE FOR CUBA. then tho much-envied pair settled down in Milwaukee. The love Harry Danforth lavished upon his wife was all the affection of a big. manly hear.t. When later a lit tle son came to crown the union, he became more than ever a devoted help mate, a tender lover and constant frlen J But then came the rift within the lute. The young man's professional duties absorbed more and more of his time everywhere he was In demand. His cheery manner no less than his acknowledged skill endeared him to his patients. He became wrapped up In Ills profession, proud of his achieve ments. This meant lonely hours to the proud. Imperious beauty at home. She yearned for constant devotion. The "Danforth home was irreproachable, nut the handsome, bluff, Jovial doctor could not spare the time to pay those pretty dues that more diplomatic men would havs seen wore essential to domestic peace and happiness. The woman hungpred for compli ments. A dozen gallants Jumped at the chance to be her ravaller. Among them was one A. Cressy Morrison a brewery magnate ana vice president of the Almost immediately upon his arrival he was appointed private physician to President Clsneros. For fifteen months he remained with the Insurgents nnd took part In many skirmishes. In one of these he was wounded in the left leg. He carried the bullet to his death. He came home In July last year, but left again last April to Join the Ninth United States cavalry as assistant sur geon. To a friend he once said: "I hope this war will kill me." As private physician to the president of Cuba he was not assigned to active service, but there was something solac ing In dally Jeopardy and he sought occasions to fight like a demon The wife remarried and removed to Detroit. The son remained with his paternal grandmother. Before San tiago Harry Danforth fell Into an am buscade and was shot through the head. He died two days later on July 5 In a mansion In Detroit Is the beautl ful woman who caused his death. She Is beloved by those who know her and not her story. Recently the boy went to her to spend his vacation, and while d It a folia t.lm ft timi Vil. tn Uam 4t.l league of American Wheelmen. He for his country, she will not tell the lit was as suave as Harry Danforth was I tu fniiniv uhv hu tt n ,ia ..,... .,.,.. bluff:h?Eang well and-pajnte-i a HtMe-'and fought .so, desperately, so recklessly Jie could wenvp rnlntv voro rhm u ......... , a ' ' iu inc iuvcicu cnu. for you. The walls are papered, as well as the celling, and I have made some cupboards, tables, shelves and such. The other day I scrubbed and washed the house out. Then I started In and washed my clothes, but In the very first going off I got In the tub and had a bath. In Met, I had a reg ular wash day of It. Today I am work ing at a road contract that will take two weeks to finish. I am clean out of money now.' but In two weeks I will send you all I get. How much do you need, dear, to get here? Well, I have nothing much to say except that I hope you will have a pleasant Journey to iiuiipuiL-as nere anu a nome of yourl own. With sweet kisses nnd best wishes i remain your loving and sincere In tended. WILLIAM FORD. Jie could weave ralnty verses that BATTLE CRY OF KENTUCKIANS hands are swollen to double their nat- urai thickness, resulting from having "Remember Crittenden" will be the tattle cry of every Kentucklan who lands to flght on Cuban soil. Nearly half a century ago Kentucky blood was spilled there In the cause of Cu ban freedom, and the bones of William Logan Crittenden and his men lie In some unmarked spot In the city of Ha vana. They tost their lives In a filibus tering expedition which was unsuccess ful because of the expected rising of the Cubans to aid It never took place. Of the 150 Kentucklans whom he had, 50 were killed In battle, as many more escaped, and the others-were-captured with their leaden Every one of the captives were shot. Narclsco Louez; a native Venezuelan, who had lived for many years In Cuba, was the organizer of. the expedition. His first attempt. In 1849, was frustrat ed by the United States, authorities. A year later he succeeded in landing a force at Cardenas, but was driven back and forced to take his boats and re turn to Florida. SHU he was not dis couraged, and In August, 1851, 500 men, Incluldng Crittenden's Kentucklans. sailed from New Orleans and landed on August 15 at Morlllo. Lopez had spread enthusiastic reports of how the -Cubans would rise to meet them, and their little force would be a nucleus for an army which was to spring Into being Instantly, thousands strong. He had mlsreckoned. Only a few strag gling natives Joined him, The Spanish attacked the Invaders at once and routed them. Crittenden's command tore the brunt of the attack, and, driv en back by greatly superior numbers, took to the woods, leaving a third of their number on the field of battle. In this way fifty of them, with Crittenden himself, were captured and taken to Havana. Lopez's main force had al ready surrounded, and Venezuelan waa afterward garroted In Havana, some of his followers being shot and others pardoned. It was decided that the Americans should be put to death by military execution. Tightly bound with ropes, they were brought Into Ha vana and kept confined for eighteen hours, after which they were led forth to their death. In platoons of six they were made to kneel facing a file of soldiers, and were shot. Crittenden, when bidden to get to his hnees. replied: "A Kentucklan kneels only to his God" He was shot standing. The bodies of the victims were thrown Into a trench. An hour before the execution the hands of the captives were untied, and they were notified that they would have half on hour In which to write any messages or letters they wished sent. Colonel Crittenden wrote to his friend, Luclen Hensley: "This Is an Incoherent letter, but the mem too tightly corded for the last eighteen hours. Writ John (Colonel Crittenden's brother) and let him write to my mother, I am afraid that the news will break her heart. My heart beats warmly for her now. Farewell. My love to all my friends." Some few of Crittenden's men es caped and put back to Florida In the vessel which had brought them over, pursued by the Spanish warship Plz zano. Men were stationed at the mag azines to blow up the ship, should cap ture become certain. Thev reached Florida by a narrow margin, the war ship having fired on them. but with poor aim. Colonel Crittenden was a nephew of John J. Crittenden, ex-Senator from Kentucky, and a brother of ex-Governor Crittenden of. Missouri. He was 2. years old at the time of his execution. "WANTED-A husband.V What a stuck of answers. Thoughts of connubial Joys rumble through the minds of stoics of gullible men at sight of It. After the Initial exchange of corre spondence come mlpsives of Increased tenderness and warmth of expression from both sides, followed by reckles.t abandon In the use or superlatives' and then sometimes marriage: but uiualiy n financial advance by a would-be hus band entailing th humiliating dlscuv ery that he has been fleeced. lie Is now In jail at Decatur. III., where he was urrtsted last Thursday. Tim champion of all the fakirs who win money thiounh mans proclivity to bite at the feminine bait is Klrby L. This Individual who has caused more masculine hearts to throb with the ecstacy of a fancied matrimonial para dise than any other who has not es caped the grip of the law Is a dirty, grimy, rum-soaked, blear-eyed, red nosed, lll-smulling tramp. For years May has lived by his wits and the credulity of his sex At times when business was good he would reap richly of the gold of victims: again, the matrimonial market fell off a few points and May's dally portion of "booze" was harder to acquire. But the western axiom, "a sucker Is born every minute " did not fall far short of exemplification In his case and the hobo who signed his passion breathing notes with various stage names of the feminine gender was sel dom without a victim In sight. May, who is now under arrest at De catur. 111., for practicing his old tricks played two engagements In his own pe culiar role at St. Louis during the year IS9S. That Is. he was arrested and prosecuted only twice, ultnough he may have operated from here at other times He served t.wo Jail sentences In this qlty and after each release protested vehemently that he would abandon the scheme. studied the character of his correspond. ems wen ana conformed as nearly to the would-be husband's Idea of maiden ly propriety as possible In each case. Getting down to the business of the conespondence, Olive would ndroltly sandwich' in between the lines of paH slonate effusions a shy suggestion about "her" temporary financial trou bles. Sometimes "guardy" was so close with her that she could not save the necessary amount from her pin tnoiuy in uuy ner trousseau or purennse a railroad ticket to lly to the arms of the love-lorn man at the other end of the line. - Again Olive would be a working girl, poor, but chaste and honest, and the "times" would be so hard that tdie could not earn enough to come as quickly as her heart bade her. But, like all geniuses, May had one weak spot. He could not stand success. All of his money went for bad whisky, and when drunk he would get negli gent. While he seemed partial to Olive May as a heart winner, he also used Cora May, Laura Zone, Coia Hammer and other hllases. One time he got them mixed and the mixture proved the means of his undo ingfor a time nt least. Olive had been In correspondence with n guileless old party in Wash ington, who wanted a wife exceedingly He made lavish advances and May got drunk. The swindler thought to keep the old man in tow a while longer and contin ued the correspondence. Olive was drunk when "she" wrote one of tins letters and thoughtlessly signed It Cora , A later epistle written under the In spiration of Bacchus was signed Laura Zone The man at Washington marveled at this inconsistent and nlso at the delay of the St. Louis girl's start for his home after he had forwarded her the money for transportation. The result was an investigation by the postofllce authori ties and Klrby May was located at 121 Clm street and arrested. He had a valise full of letters from men In the west, all of whom wanted to marry the beauteous lady of the want ad. t After being released from the St Louis Jail in April, nothing was heard of May until late In August. A complaint came from Postmaster Bird of Odessa, Mich., stating that somebody was, trying to swindle him through a matrimonial scheme. The work was traced to May and he was again convicted and served a sec ond Jail term. Since that time he kept out of con flict with the postofllce authorities un til last Thursday Post-Dispatch. Many accounts of the operations near Santiago and othor places In Cuba show that barbed wire plays an lm portont part In the defense of the Isl amis, u has been known ever since the revolution began In Cuba that tho Spanish trocha or dead lino was marked with barbed wire, but until the United States troops reuched the Island there were only Indistinct Ideas as to how tho wire was used and to whnt ex tent It became an Impediment to nn Invading or opposing force. It was believed by many that these barbed wire abatis were simply wire rences of from four to eight feet high, but It has been found that they are not built on the fence plan. The wire in mien-iieu irom tree to tree at Irrcgu. Jar heights. SometltneH a strand will be fnsiened to a stump, and fiom there to a height of eight, or ten feet on a tree, then down again to tho next tree to a height of three or four feet from the ground. In this way hedges with six or eight strands of barbed wire nro run along for miles, the construction being so Irregular that one never knows wiiere to look for the Individual stionds. Tho whole forms a formidable uurrier. This stylo of abatis In popular In all southern countries, and has been used wherever there has been a war since barbed wire became a commercial com modity. The only thing like a barbed wire hedge used In the civil war was a telegraph wire hedge at the siege of Knoxvlllc. It has been said by the Cubans and South American leaders that the barbed wire Is superior to wood abatis made from limbs Of trees llcrilliac tlm U'nnil can be torn to pieces by artillery fire, and once down the forces can march through tho breach. It can also be set on lire. The barbed wire abatis cannot be destroyed In that .way nnd Thoma A. Edison has suggested that a dynamo might make the collection of wire strands exceedingly hard to handle. But It does not appear that the scientific methods have been employed by the Spaniards, and their wire hedges were simply Irregular, obstinate and most uncomrortable things, which yielded, however, to the nippers with which tho troops were supplied. The large manufacturers of barbed wire say that while great quantities of their product were sent to fiuim during the lust two years they have no means of knowing how much of It wus used In building defensive works. They discredit the report that the American expedition to Manila carried many tons of barbed wire to be used In building hedges similar to those used In Cubrt. They believe that much wire has been sent thero, but they say that It will be used for purposes of peaco and not for war. An Afflicted Mother. From the Time, l',iw Vaw, III. .t.!fu,'J,ini..t "U lwn who ha loU two chit jlh-n during the pant six years by violent death, nil hern utterly prostrated by the shock, anil mri.',),li,Ly.r,lc?,nn ni",,lf of." 0ne ehlid cVa rt)..,ui."..kl '.'''' ,,Jr ,l c'cl.onn n M while at Mliool; i.1.1.! ,,r.' ,l'r.''. " Inter wnt rim over by a liurlliiKtou It. ft. train. Tliut grief nnd nil. '!. )!,'!J'?.i":ftJf w5 Wy ." ,,,. '"""J ' ,0 'Ml o XVri"i 7i" cnl ""suf" hasbwtn Fell diniou. i. rA'.h'J" , ?MH' . A". a rM,,lt 0 ttiem, bet lii-aUhHii nlintteiPil nntl lie tin boon n con taiitiinmnriiicn IBWO. Her principal trouble nn lieeii nriiruluin of the stomach which wa very painful, tiiiiToxhlblted nil the yim.toinol i.V1lli,,"!;y."0,!rnlf '" nerTi.iiMi.-M mid Indigestion. I H)MclHti tl d bur no eood whatever, blio wa dlirournurtl nnd nlinniloiied nil iioikj of Kcttlnit well. Finally. hoiMuer. a corbtln well kuowii mi1 V r.c '"'"'"''led (l)r. Williams' link 1'ilti for Palo 1 eoplnj, film supplied hnrsoif with a quant'ty of them SmLI'i'1 .""t.tnkrn them two vtccks fwhmi she noticed a marked Improvement In hor condition. A Comtant Sufferer. eiihtCh.l?iLlUi.L W"8 ,,, P" until scvon or ii t in "0,?f v"lity fured. JM10 can now cat nil Kinds uf roml. uritiMi i ......!. .. .1 i.. .it ),.,, Vi.. . '.'.": ""v,",,",h B" """ irni.r.TCi ..:: '. "I ".". yenr. hiio is noi Ll i.,iln.,,n6..,t'nsl.Yr,th nervoiunoM a she was during tho time of hor ttoinach trouble. n8.ll0.,?nV,,'.w.n" Bni1 all becnuso of Dr. WH- sssuwaKir?1, 1,tt, i,oo,,i a co,n",ot- .i.li-Ni'Jf0.!!?. W'UI,,1 llke 5 noftr mots of th in. 1?! ,ittnIUIT,r "Knnd relief Rained hythe ii-o of Dr. William-.' link I'lll for 1'alo I'eonla tlioyitmybo ;; 1 nlnod probably, hywrltliiK tha iH.ly direct. Hho Is one 'of our wclf known rot? iit'iit. Mr. Kiion A. Odorkirk, Paw raw, 111. AN EXCITING INCIDENT. A Pomale Fugitive. The arrival yesterday afternoon of the British tank steamer Mexicano. Captain Kink, from Vera Cruz and Tamplco, Mexico, marks the end of one of the most Interesting trips ever made by this well known vessel In the oil trade between this country and tii tropics. On May 31 the Mexicano cleared from Philadelphia with a cargo of 782,203 gal lons of crude petroleum, consigned to Vera Cruz and Tamplco. The ship ar rived at the former port on June 10, While discharging about a mile from shore off the ancient city the crew of the Mexicano witnessed the rescue of a female prisoner of high degree from the Mexican fortress of San Juan, now used as a military prison. The lookout had his attention attracted shortly after midnight on June 11 by the sound of a boat approaching with mufHed oars rrom the vicinity of the citadel. From the nature of the Instructions received the crew was nrenaredto reeard nil such craft with hostile Intent, and the alarm was at once given. The strage boat, however, seemingly avoided the Mexicano and made for a point near the Plerson Breakwater. In the mean time, the alarm had aroused the sen tries on the ramparts of San Juan and the big searchlight there was at ohce Hashed over the harbor until the little craft was located. Under its beams the occupants could be plainly observed. They were three men and a woman, who was lying In the stern. The commandant's launch was at once put out from the fort and the fugltlves.for such they undoubtedly weie, buuii uurrenuerea. Tne otneer In Our boarding house Is usually one of the quietest places Imaginable. Last night It was as lively as the next one. The young lady In the third hall front began It. She heard somebody fumbling at her door knob. That Is, she said that It could not have been her umbrella tumbling behind her trunk. To be sure, her umbrella had tumbled behind her trunk, but that was a different matter. Umbrellas tumbling behind trunk didn't make the kind, of noise she heard. She was quite sure that could have been made only by some one fumbling at her door knob. So, of course, she was Justified In opening the door and. yelling like a Comanche: The woman In the next room poked her head out, and the man In the hall room back came to the rescue. "Oh, I thought It was a mouse," snipped the woman, slamming the door. The man gave himself more concern. The .young lady needed pacifying and he sought to pacify her. "It couldn't have been, you know," he said, reassuringly. "No doubt you heard something, but It couldn't have been that anybody turned your knob. You see, there's nobody on the floor but ,you and me and the woman next you here. So. don t be afraid. Just go back to bed and to sleep." "But I am afraid," the young lady gurgiea. "Well, don't be," the man persisted. "I shan't get to bed for an hour yet, and nothing possibly could hurt you." "But after you do go to sleep," said the girl. "Oh, I shall not be able to sleep a wink. I know somebody turned my knob." Now, the man was a kind-hearted fellow. He was also full of resources. "I'll tell you," he said. "I've a plan. I'll get a string and run It from your room to mine through the keyholes, "Help!" "Murder!" They yelled alternately till the whole house was alarmed. There was stirring on every floor: there was running up stairs and down. "What is the matter? Who Is It? Where Is It? Help' Murder! It's a man!" everybody seemed to be yelling at once. Finally somebody opened a window and called "Police!" Of course, when the racket began the house was as dark, as a respectable, house should be at 1 a. m.. and by the time somebody got a light turned on things were pretty well mixed. There were men In pajamas hurrying to and fro. "gentlemen, unafraid:" there were women la night-dresses, and. crimping pins poking their heads out of doors, ladles unarrayed. In the course of time the Jlght and the crowd and the policemen reached the third floor. There, at one end of the hall, Just without her doorway, the twine about her wrist holding her fast, stood the young lady dancing, pranc ing and screaming. At the other end Just across his threshold, the twine sawing Into hla wrist, was the man of the hall room back, kicking and prancing and swearing. Between the two In the middle of the hall, all tan gled up In the twine, his arms Dlnioned to his sides, and he, too, kicking and prancing and swearing, was the young man who occupied the top floor front "What does this mean?" asked the policeman, putting his hand on the young man's shoulder. "the devil only knows what It means." the young fellow answered. "Here was I going upstairs to my room like a Christian to be roped and bound like a heathen, and here are those people who have lariated me see sawing at either end of the rope To Make loo Cream. The first essential, next to Ice, is a freezer, and a good one can be obtained at low cost. The Ice must be finely and evenly eruHiieu. 1 nose who use large quanti ties and can afford one will get a patent crusher. But for a small family freezer an ex cellent substitute ds the Ice shuver. This stout tool quickly chips a large piece of Ice, and may be had In sev eral makes for about 50 cents. There 1b alwuys an old-fashioned, but effective method of putting the Ice In a stout sack of canvas or carpet, laying It on a hard cement floor or stone Hag. glng, where a few vigorous uounds with hammer or hatchet soon reduces It to small pieces. In packing the freezer coarse rock salt Is the sort to use. and them iinnM be for creams three times as much Ice as salt, and for Ices twice as much. A layer of cracked Ice three Inches deep begins the packing, and then Ice and salt alternate. A wooden paddle should be used closely to press down the mixture, nnd when the space around the freezer Is nearly to its top a little cold water Is poured In, about a pint to a gallon freezer. The water which Is now about the freezer Is salt, with the temperature at the freezing point, and Is kept so by tho Ice. . This water should nnt h Hussla Is experimenting with giant searchlights mounted In balloons and, containing electric burners connected With dynaniOH on tbn trrmin,! Tt I. also Introducing tall observation towers iiuu u.Keuier out or sections distributed among the men while on the march. In their drills with these a squad of sixty men can erect complete struc tures In twenty minutes, thus enabling the oillcers In command to survey m much wider extent of territory than would be possible without these de vices. The Prussians already have nn excellent system of army balloons with photographic ond other equipments, and In this particular take the lead of all the European nations. The Noith China Herald says that a curious phenomenon was witnessed recently at dnybieak upon the opening of the Chnngmen gate 'of Soochow. Some 1,000 or more rats of nil sizes were seen to me out or the gates, showing no fear of the country people who were flocking to sell their market pro duce In the city. Thero Is much ex citement, amounting almost to a panic, therefore, In Soochow, and a dire fato Is prophesied to the city, It being re membered that a similar exodus hap pened In the BOs, Just prior to the fall of the city Into the hands of the Talplng rebels. . i. .,.' .. - ' """" i.uun-u uii nn me ireezing is accom plished, a fact which must bo empha sized to Ignorant cooks. Let the cream mixture In the freez. lng can Ave minutes to chill the cream before turning. The turning process Bhould not be too rapid, as friction is, created, which means heat. Fifteen to thirty minutes will finish the freezing. When the cream Is stiff remove the beater, scrape the cream from the sides of the can, giving It a thorough, short beating with a wooden spoon: then nack hoIMIv nnri .. - - -- - - .. ,uv. tiunt-iy, ueing carerui that the opening in the cover Is well corked and the cross piece firmly In place. Draw off the etra water, replacing the freezer if necessary, having this time the salt on top; cover with a piece of carpet wet In salt ani water; or, better, with newspapers wet and wadded In handfuls and. pressed .down around and over the freezer till the pall Is filled. The cream should stand then from two to three hours to "ripen." Cases of Ice cream nnUoninrr ,o,.a been voted. Investigation shews., how ever, that home-made creams did not do the work. Poison has remitted n a rule, only where professional restau ranteurs have used poisonous chemicals for coloring or have sold old cream, either several times frozen or madt from tainted or fermented materials. Absolute cleanliness at every stage of the process thorough scalding of the tin cans, protection of the cream from the freezing mixture and machinery, the use of fresh and pure cream and the milk and cream to kill germs will make Ice cream as wholesome as milk and Ice uncomblned. Through Yellowstone Park on a Bicycle. Among the coyBers, waterfalls. . lakes, and terraces of Yellowstono 1 Park is where every true wheelman t should SDand bin 'HR ImlMnv t ' ' . -- -. w MW....UJ, fxunb ' idolightrul outing imuginablo. Less i I J expensive than a woek at a fashion-; ' J able summer resort. Goodroads. EIo- ' I Rant hotels. Fino fishing. Splendid i -1 1 1 H I. I' I' " ' I 1 r n ' 11 I 1 1 1 1 J air. i Write for ImnklAf rrtvln r..n : 1 formation about the cost of. tlm trin X - - "' " wnat to tako, what the roads are like, etc. X J. Franclt, General rattier Agent, i Omaha, Neb. A St. Louis physician says: "I at tribute many colds contracted in sum mer to the new hot weather luxury electric fans. Artificial ventilation Is seldom healthy. The swift draught of an electric fan not infrequently closes the pores of the skin, resulting In se vere colds." till T llflVpn't trnt n flonunt tnnV. nt ...I..U Then you can tie one end to your wrist skin left on my body. Cut this thing and when I go to bed I'll tie the other i008e and let me out. but ask some end to mine. Then, If you hear any-'body else what It mnnns "Oh!" said the young lady as she fell to the floor In a faint. "Damn!" said the man In the hall room back, and the next morning he came down to breakfast with his arm In a sling. thing just pull the string, see? And I'm on the spot." The plan did seem a good one, so the man got the string and rigged up the running gear satisfactorily. The girl tied her end to her wrist all right, went to bed and to sleep In great security. By and by the man did the same. Then time passed. About 1 o'clock the quiet of the preternaturally quiet boarding nouse was again disturbed. Again It overdye0.! Sh&''aii& 'Herce rZ actions of hlmwl 'and hi. comMnlon. out ln a peaI of "aching. The the ImpresslS formed l oil ! theTexfto " at thS ther " f the ha" Ch,med - '"'"' '"i". "" me in niui me woman ui lease was Of some iitibh olroumstai.ces must excuse It, Mj'j Importance as a political prisoner"' Murderl" PAINT:: WALLS CEILINGS. MURALO WATER COLOR PAINTS FOR DECORATING WALLS AND CE L NQS ao2hif r?.k'"of MHRAI ) p.lnt dH .r ud do roar own door.tln,. ThI. n." .l U diui? viVii?iri TV UVB- cold or but ntcr. ..atj.foar Uou .ad work. mmIIf ' -.li'iV iaK&iffm?tfrin's te,asifijf,sr thu - " nc Munnujuu., new BRIGHTON. B. I.. NEW YORK The feat of photographing flying bul lets has been eclipsed by M. L. De combe, who has reported to the French Academy the photographing of the Hertzian oscillation, occupying less than the five-millionth part of a second. The period of oscillation was shown by reflection of the explosive spark rrom a rotating mirror to the focal plane of the camera by a colllmatlng lens. R OYAL ftUSTLERS, But OATHARTIOftaf la u Wirld. C.cra TtbUU CImom rumr u nnuisi Tritl Bx 2 ctati I 1 fa Brparlll & " Celery Co. Oiuli.Heb. Mill What 1b known In the Hood River valley, Oregon, as the Big Ditch, cost J28.000, and this year's crop of straw berries, blackberries and other fruit In the valley will bring enough money to pay for It. It was constructed for the benefit of the fruit growers, who are enabled thereby to get their pro ducts to market in greater bulk. v'km'fi M1i,,r Eriporetlng Ne.t J 811. kill, lice nod tuife on nulirTtak. In llie beat Uj more f rel. sod lde bellb. comfort end beaut? tolbe toVle. eecb.fl.UiDut tiweu prepeid Agent wented. ItlNS-MlSS IXKIBIT. mm! & MIUU. WAKOO.Hi, O. P. Co., Omaha, No. 31, 1898 Beit bUHtS KrttHt Alt USE FA iungnBjrup. 'j'uiesGu In time. Sold br drusgU