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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1896)
. , 20 rrIii OMAHA DAILY WET SUNDAY , APRIL 19 , 1899. . "a 3a , , . a REDUCTION tlfr I 0 . Q 1 1 + v t r1 tw' THE ] GAS Commencing with April sales , 1S 1 payable May 1st ) 1e price 1 0 gas will e I tl CC 1 0 111 11e 0 $1.35 $ net , d reduction 0 cents per thousand cubic feet. , t ' ' Bl rendered at ' 45 per t lotis l naIl r z discount o cents per thousand c1Ic feet a1 U eC OIl a 1 llS paid a t t he office a the company o n 0 1 before t o 10th clay o following n1011t11/ This. brings t le ArtCe 0 gas 0r illuminating an fuel purposes to the same rate , and relieves our / custom e i s o the necessity o installing separate meters or gas stoves. . 'e ' haye laid in a stock of fine Gas Cooking lZ an es which w1 e set up 1n the ( kitchen' o any 1 . 110L15eUI1 the l ne aOul mains , at a net price 0 1 11S A11Ce includes a1' 1 COSt 0 service a11 COIl- r. nectlons The shove is ready or use in the kitc ten. ' . . Call at our office w lere full particulars 1v1 l e given and the stoves can e seen 1 1:1 V Orders will e filled 1'11 the order taken. - ' elan ell o be sure that your stove will be ready foiUse when -1e warm ea 1 e r . IV . C 0 11 11 c nces ) Company , . N South rep I a e 4 FREEDOM. i A Cuban Story of Today. v f 'r BY GIItALU IIItNAN. ' . q , ; + t e , i T' " 1 . . r . , trM r e n .y to w u s V ti ) eta ( Copyrlghl , 1976 , by the Author , ) + $ The noon sun flooded the hacienda with Its radiance. Peace dwelt under the tall palms , and along the cool verandas. No one was stirring among the flelds of sugar cane. Thu green jaloses of the long , low dwelling houses were closed , presumably that the + fmnates might enjoy thnlr afternoon slesta. had one searched through all the fair Island d of Cubd it would have been hard to find a more perfect picture of calm beauty than that presented by the plantation of the Scnora d'Arroyo Hut one must not judge from the surface , In troublous Cuba. Desplto Its appearance of peaceful rest , the old house held many an anxious heart. In order to vi It his widowed motbei , the young Julio d'Arroyo had obtained leave of : absence from the Insurgent army with which lno had cast his lot at the outbreak of the rebellion , Paaeing , after dangers Inmmner- abe ! , through the Spanlsh lines , he had managed to reach the home of his boyhood t and to clasp his mother to Ills breast , Hut t al may moment spies might carry the news of his return to the Spanish general ( for Julio d'Arroyo , by reason of his ancIent deseent and great personal bravery , was already - ready a marked man , ) So , while the cider brother spent a few brief hours of hap , 11 Ii 00 1. V i 'I SIIALL 1IEET TIIEM R'ITII REVOLVIII 1 AND MASCIIITTE , " the darkeued rooms below stairs , 'the younger-a mere boy , not yet emancl rated from school-kept watch In coYnpapy with p negro servant overhead , Joao Af royo was all eagerness to bo up and doing fn the cause of his beloved Cuba ; but neither his mother nor his elder brother would allow ' Ml urchin barely In 1118 teeu0 to go forth to war. war."Tluto enough , Joeo ; ' Julio would aay , "when they liavo killed me , for you to think of fighting , " In keeping watch over his brother , Jcao felt that ho was at least able to hcdp the patriot cause t0. some extent. IIe would have dearly liked to sit below , listening to trio thrilling adventures of Julio ; but duty was above all-and duty kept him with a field glass and old Manuel , the negro , of guard in the lookout room. Sometimes old negro's eyes are quicker than the best field glass. Jose was sweeping - ing the southern horizon , when a cry from Manuel caused him to turn westward. Through the waving forest of palms , he could dimly discover moving ilgures. Who could they be-friends or foes ? In either case Julio muat be alarmed , and Manuel was fits- patched down stairs upon this errand , The elder brother soon stood upon the lookout examining - amining trio approaching body of men , h'or a few moments he did not speak , and then an exclamation of rage escapeil his lipu : "The Spaniards" ho cried. "They are upon me-a whole regiment at least , I must fly ! " Heroic Senora d'Arroyn threw her arms about her son's neck , embraced him once , and then , hastily placing bin sombrero upon his head , bade him begone. Hut just as Julio reached the rear veranda , a servant , covered with dust , rushed through the palms. "Senor Julio ! " he exclaimed , "yon are lust ! The spies have found you out , and the plantatlon Is surrounded , To attempt to cs eapu by iigltttis to go to certain death ! " Quickly Jullqd ; + Arroyo dpnestioned the man , and found tlistvbin news , was all too true , lie Ind been caught like a rat hr a trap , and , foot by foot , the ring of mvenging Spaniards was closing around him. Julio d'Arroyo i nusod for a moment to consider - sider , Ills mother ; still In the lookout room , had not beard the scout's intelligence , Only Jose , his little brother , who stood beside him , shared the knowledge of diuaster , It took but a brief epace for hum to make up his mind , Thai he turned to Jose , and , in a clear , manly vuica , bade him farewell , "Tlicro is no poseJblo escape ; lie mid , "but they shall not capture me alive. I will sell my life dearly , as our fattier did before' us. You know the old sugar storehouse near the gales ? " Jose nodded , "Very swell , I will shut myself in there. and trust to heaven , When they coma to take me I shall meet them with revolver and machete , In the doorway I can hold therm at bay for a good hour cr more , It will be a brave death , for Cuba Ibre ! , Adios , little brother minp , Ho good to the muther , main tell her nothing till all is over , " Then Julio was- gone , machete in hand , and JCBO stood with the friendly scout In the verandah , Them svern bitter tears In his eyes , but lie brushed them away ae he heard old Manuel's step approaching , A great Idea had been born wutldn hla soul. There was a chance for him at last , a chance to show his mettle , and do a deed of hero. Ism for the cause , "Manuel ! Juan-Maria ! " he cried , the spirit of very manhood dashing front his eyes , "do you want to help the Senor Julio ? " The two servants answered eagerly In the aplrmative. "puenol" said Jose , "Then bring me lds bores from the stable ; and'- out Manuel- help Bunn , Not a word to th senora , my mother , Quick' ' For God's sake , ho qulckl" They would have ren their ; but ho hurried them forth upon several n Is. sicna. Then , hastening to , the lookout rbom , ho persuaded his mother to descend. "All will be well , " be said , "Julio vlil l bseer' , , a'4r + t .l n011 are 8Urc my son ? ; ! , "Yea , mother , quite eutp , You must not be found ! n the lookout. } Tbat would the Spaniards say it tboy found you on the watch ? " , ' ui md'tlll ' "That Is true , Which way baa Julio gone" "Lie will go by the cans brake to the sea. Our little boat is in Andros cove IIe can coast out of harm's way. " The Senora d'Arroyo seated herself in the cool reception room , behind the jaloses , ready to receive the expected Spaniards. Then Jose stole out of the rear veranda. Juan-Maria was there with Julio's black horse , ready saddled , and old Manuel with great , staring eyes standing brealhleasly by. "New , Juan-Maria , " he said , still with that masterful tone , so astonlohing from the right ! to the right ! I lie has gone to the right ! " Then a loud , commanding voice rose over the tumult : "It la he ! I know the horse. It is surely he ! . , Pursue the rebel ! To the right ! " Louder grew the sound o1 horse hoofs. Joea's brave heart bounded , for he knew that all the outpostsa on the seaboard side were in hot chase dondly believing that the black horse carried Julio D'Arroyo. And now the ride and revolver shots came . 1 ± ' - s u & rli Y ti. ; .IC A rCw % / s / t r / uJAb/ . a "ALTO ! " lips of a bby , "go down , to the old sugar tiouso near the gates. Tell the Senor Julio that all is safe ; and tell him to fly through the cane brake to lho cove at Andros , where our boat is waiting , " "And wliero do you go , aenor ? " "I ? " Bald Jose , vaulting into the black horse's saddle and urging him onward ere thin sen anb , could grasp the bridle , "I go to light tor Cuba 11bre. " . In an instant hC was gone ; and they heard trio quick "lhud tlitid" of the black steed's hoofs on the sunbaked turf , ' what was trio daring project which had occurred to Jose ? Simply this : lie hoped , by personating his brother , to attract tjie Spanlarda in pursuit of himself , and thus give Julio a chance to eseapo and , strike another stroke for the patriots. Well he know the risk ho Involved ; but the blood of heroes ran in his veins , and not a moment - ment was ho daunted , Straight ucroas the sugar ileld lie went-tIo black borne , rested and well fed , racing gallantly. Into the belt of palms beyond the plantation they plunged , and then , for the first timer Joao drew rein , anti continual more slowly. Ills object was not to pierce through the Spanish lines , for that would be Impossible , but rather to draw away from thin side toward rho rca thin soldiers posted in that dlroetion. If ho could illdaee them to puwuo him , the coast would be clear for Julio , to the coye of Andros ! "Alto ) Quleu vivo ! " A sentinel's voice rang out from among the palms on the hill- slope toward tlio sea. Without answering the challenge Jose tug , gel at to black horae'u rein and sent him careerin rustily to the right , There was a a6 ii eporl and a bullet wlzzed past among thQ 'ts ' "then behind him lie heard thin sound of horses galloping. ilurrahl The outposts oa the side toward trio sea were cavalrymen , They would naturally purfuo him and there would be a gap In the ring for Julio , "Alto ! " Again the warning about ; again the rapid turn to the right ; and again the ring of the rile bullet. Jose throw himself sldowpys In the caddie as he had seen Julio do at exercise , Shouts arose behind , lie beard the aeatrietl calling to one ahottlor ; "T0 the r faster and faster , Once the black horse swerved and bounded-a shot had grazed hits flank , Once something went whistling -through the boy's white sombrero , Still forward - ward went steed and rider-ever to the right , riding in a mad circle around trio plantation of 'the Senora D'Arroyo. "Alto I" This time the call carne from in front , w'Y ' i4 rff ( / 1b"J It IIE WAS PROMIYLY KNOCKED . LESS 11'ITII11THE BUTT OF A RIVQLVER. 'and Joea looked up to see a foot soldier , rifle at shoulder , barring his progress , lie wrenched the reins , pulling the horse back almost upon his haunches. Up came the soldier at the double , thinking that trio boy meant to surrender , But Jose dexterously slipped off hits horse's back , and leaped Into the palms. "Bang ! " went the Mauser rifle ; and a great 'pain tingled thin nerves in Joro's shculder , lie stumbled , recovered himself and sped on-the Spainard in hot pursuit. It could not be a serious wound , he thought , since lie could still run-and at running few Spanish infantry men could beat the fleoteat foot for many a league. There was a temporary lull In trio sound of hoofs be- hind. They had found his horse and were consulting , no doubt. Soon again ho heard them , crashing through the undergrowth. "It's tile horse , sure enough ! Remember the reward ! To the right ! To thin right ! " Jose , good runner as be was , felt himself gasping for breath. He could not hold out much longer , but an effort yet remained to ha made for Juio's ( safety , Straining every nerve , lie dashed onward , now through the underbrush , now across a cultivated field , now down a roadway , where thin shots rat- tlcd llice castanets in the theater at Havana , At last , spent and with a mist before his eyes , lie ran almost in the arms of a man in the Spanlsh officer's uniform. Ho tried to grapple with the enemy , but was promptly knocked senseless with the butt end of a revolver. An hour later General V- , thin Spanish dls- trict commander , was sitting before lds lent , when therd approached a body of troops in charge of a prisoner , "Ha ! " said the general , "the men sent out to capture that desperate rebel , d'Ar ' royo , Have they caught him ? " "They have a prisoner on a stretcher , " replied - plied one of the aides-tie-camp , "Dead , I suppose , " said the general , "I did not expect that he would be taken alive. IIe was always a dare-devil , that d'Arroyo , I remember him when ho was a boy at the mllltary school. " But the prisoner was not dead , and when ha had been carefully fetter in thin guard house , his captors furnished their commander - mander wIth a gorgeously colored account of the day's events-the officer who had knocked poor Joao down with a revolver putting in lila claim for tltp reward , Toward evening , however , a spy-the same who had first betrayed Julio d'Arroyo's pros- euce to the Spaniards , carved an audience witht the general , "Your excellency , ' ' ho cried , "they have not taken Bon Julio d'Arroyo after all The prisoner is a mere boy , " "Nonsense , " said the general , "D'Arroyo is quite young. " NevCrthetess he went later on to investigate thin matter and found the prisoner'lying on a wretched pallet , hla wound clumsily bandaged , and a cruel gush over hla brow , "You are Julio d'Arroyo' the rebel ? " ho asked , "i am not , " responded the prsoner ; , "Than wind , are you ? " "Ills younger brother , Jose. " Thera were hard words in the Spanish camp when the truth became itnowu , as it soon did svhon hue Senora d'Arroyo canto over from her plantatlon to identify and claimn Jose. A hurried council in tbo general's tent tie. veloped the decision that the boy could not be held a prisoner. No arms were upon him when captured ; and running mail races with the Spanish troops-while disrespectful-is not a crime Accordingly the general ( who being a shrosvd man , quite understood hots thin ! and lay ) released Joae , with the cynical opinion that Spain would catch hlni in good earnest some clay when ho was grown up , As Joeo was carried tenderly back to the plantatloq the senora bent over him to whisper ; "Julio has escaped , The outposte pursued you in hopes of the reward , and ho got clear off by the boat at Andros , " "Viva Cuba Ilbrel" exclaimed Jose ; and then , utterly worn out , he sank to sleep ju the loving arms cf his mother. , "Pwo ] N . Strnng est Quadruped In tire S'orlil b'ouud in HPiiln. A friend of mine from Cadiz , who says that Spain , for the time being at least , has become - come a little unhealthy for Americana , showed me the other day a remarkable object which he took from a little red box pierced full of holes , "You may likely enough mistake it for a Japanese grotesque hu bronze , " he said , which , to tell the truth , misled by its Immobility - bility , its color and its outlandlsh appearance - ance , was the identical thing I had done , "But , he continued , "he 1s alive , though fast asleep. I found limn In an olil monastery - tery garden in the environs of Toledo , When I first saw him , at noon , as is common with the great majority of Lis fellow-citizens , lie was Indulging in his midday siesta , I took him for seine queer vegetable excresenco growing out of the branch of the olive tree upon which lie rested. Exactly matching the greenish gray bark In color , the granulated texture of Ids mottled hide looked like the scaly surface of a Ilchen-covered knot , and it was only on thin closest Inspection I determined - termined hia real nature , Touch him up a bit. II'a Is a Spaniard , and looks ugly , but he can't hurt anything bigger than a fly or a cockroach. " In response to my frleod's suggestion I gave him a gentle poke with the ferule of 1my umbrella , and he began by slow Installments - stallments to wake up ; that is , thin side next to mo gradually showed signs of life. One fore leg moved with the almost imperceptible progress of trio minute hand of a clock , and his hind leg on the same aldo also quivered. His color changed more rapidly until thin halt of his body nearest me was almost black , while that which had not been touched remained mained its original light gray-green , the hue of oxidized bronze. Dy thlo I knew thin creature. must be ono o1 the vermilingues. Although quite fAunlliar willt the American lizard , incorrectly called a chameleon , I had never before seen an enlmal lake this , and I examined it with feelings - ings of the liveliest interest and curiosity. The wakening proceso went on by easy stages , until trio eye next me opened and one side of the reptile was plainly wide awake , while the other w'as as obvlouely fast asleep , I then walced up the other side , and it was one of the oddest things you can Imagine to see Its glaring eyes , covered except ! n the center by skin , iook in different directions at tine mine time , the one directed forward and line other backward , My friend placed a small roach ( lie kept a bow of them for the purpose of feeding hia pet ) , * ilhhi range of one of its swivel-mounted'orgaua of vision , and thin show began , The half animal on that lido evldenlly communicated the fact to the other half , for both eyes were for the first time fastened on the eamo object , The roach was a ccnatd erablo distamco away , and I wondered how thin torpid , slow-moving creature would manage - ago to approach the insect to capture it. Thin two' huivcs of the animal having consulted - sulted over the matter and reached a conclu- slon , -thapehesa month 'opened and a tongue thlat eeitied to lack perhaps a third of being as long as the creature itself , shot out , etruclc thin roach , and stuck the rcachi on its adhenive club-shaped and and jerked It buck instanter into thin cavernous depths of reptilian anatomy , This is about thin only rapid movement thin animal Is ever guilty oL lira "little gains" is to lie low , to blush all over the particular color of ) tip environment ( and lie has an eye for color ) , to lame as much as podaible lute a bit of rock , or bank , or rand , and thou to approach hla prey so sllontiy , so siowly , so gradually end so 1m' ' perceptibly that lie scorns rather to grow flan to go in their direction. If thin prey la , as Is generally the caoa , a blue bottledy , and is making an elaborate toilet after thin manner of such insects , tvlsling leis fore legs together in front and then rubbing them over hits head until ho seams about to break it away front the body , the prohabllity is that he line become en engroseed in thin ! n tereeting occupation as to allow the reptile to bring him In range and I icontlnently end his career of uaefuhnl'ss. Ninetynlno times out of a thousand , however , ho loses patience and ( Iles away , Cn scratching "Scalywag , the name my friend had given this Interesting pet , with a lead pencil , ho began to dwell with Indigna lion and kept It up until le seemed to be at least twice his original size. Standing bight on his slender legs he appeared - peared an incarnate nightmare , Certainly no artist In portraying llle inhabitants of Hades , giving rein to hula wildest fancies , ever depicted so menacing , an grotesque a horror. Doubtless this is bla protection ; tow birds or beasts would care to attack such a veno- 01000 looking cfeaturo , The changes of color he can command , I am aasured , arc In popu- jar aceounto much exaggerated , and do not greatly exceed those of opr own anolls of Florida. 'thin chief interest connected with this Spanish gbamFi ea is his double con , sciousness , which Is unparalleled amcng living animals. So complete Is this that if th creature falls into water the two half individ- i - unls of which 1t is composed become so frightened and confused that each attempt to act on its own account , and ac no co-ordinato unovemento are posslble , the animal invariably - bly drowns , J , C , BEAItT ) . A MO'I'ltlsICS I'RIDF. , Written for The Sunday lice , When papa an' me went widln' out In our buddy , 'un day , weal fast , ) We wodo to do park , an' stayed dare 'ti. dark , An' den we dot home soon , at nstl An' den when papa put horsey away , Ve sit in de House en a chair ; An' I timbed on Is knee , an' tlssed 'imn two-free Times , tun' was dad I was dare ! i Den my 'ittlo sisser , c'hat's bigger nor me , i Picked ' me up an tooketl mo to muzzer ; An' den she tiased mc , an' said " R'onder if Ito i Will dib 'is dear mamnia 'inn uzzer ? " t Den she woekedl ma lots in de bag wockla' j' chair. ! An' singed to me dare by go gwnle ; An' do House was all bwight , from do biiq lire-light , , An' I spent , to s'eep 'tause it was late , -Clarence I' . McDonald , t I'ItAT7'LL" OF' ' ' ' 'I'11H YOUMIs'PIRS. The Philadelphia Record tells of a school teacher who was instructing a class of in geography. Everything went well lioytp / , ; In order to make the matter plainer , ahd4 tpok an ordinary globe , and , pointing to trio portion containing the United States , ask her class whore shin would come out if se should start from Philadelplda and go " straight through the earth , She k nosv they , would all say Cldna , but shi warted to see whlein of her scholars would answer flmtfl , She wafted fullyi a minute , and no amrwertf canto. Away back in the room a grimy hanutt was dnalll held up , "w'ell , David , " she asked , "wliero would I come out if I sliouk)1 go straight through thin earth from here ? " Thin silence was growing thicker every seed end , "Please , Miss Mando , you would cetno out of the hole , " was the reply ; and the clash in geography was dasmiseed for the day , s V rt In a recent article on "Peculiar Cldhlron" Max O'itell tells thin following story : "A' ' boy , reading from a play that was being ' translated at sight in class , came across thq r phrase : 'Calmez vows , monoieuri' Ito na urally translated this by 'Calm yoursel , sir. ' I said to him : 'Now , don't you think this is a little stiff ? Couldn't you gave tno something a little more colloquial ? 1'or in stance , what would you say youraplf in w like case ? ' Tins boy reflected a few seeorida and aaid : 'Keep your hair on , old man. ' A little girl attending a Syracuse school expresses her thoughts without rear on favor. 'rho other day' she inquired of liar teacher why the newspapers always placed "Mr. " before the "Mrs , " in writing the names of a man and wife , " 1Vell , " replied thin teacher , " 1 suppose t hi because the man is master of the house. " " \Veii , " said the girl , "It h ) not that wavy ) at our house , Ma is always boss there. " f Mother-henry , you should always ] teeq your protnsca ! , Henry-All promisea ? I Mother-Certainly , my son , Henry-Well , I take notice that pa drawq the line , When be promises to lick me hq does It every time , but when he promised to pay the grocer he don't , t j "Goyls don't ' know nothin' , Bald Bobblei "Yes , they docw , too , " retorted Mollie "They knows moro secrets than boys does. ' "You can't prove it , " sold Bobble , ! "Yea , 1 can , " said Mollie , "They tell twlc/ as many of them as boys does , " + j "Olt , mamma , " said tittle Willie , as h made Its first close inspection of a bicycle , "this machlno Lad got rubbers on to keel % ' its wheels from getting wet ! " t , Kalamazoo , Mich. , is famous for celery also as the Bonito of Thos. Slater , w tope a l4. vertisemeut appears on page 11 , l t The annual convention of the Iron and steel warkers will be held in Detroit a , May 18 ,