Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O fAITA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , OCTOBER 10. 1890.
NEW ARRIVAL OF LADIES' AND MISSES
CAPES AND JACKETS.
Every day there's something new. Now the very latest has come in. Btt comprises
several new styles in capes and jackets , both in the make and material , that have but just
been shown in New York. As to the prices , we are easily the leaders. Ours are like our
poods risrht.
Ladies' Capes.
Capes of liunvy navy blue cheviot
bpx front correct styles
. lilted back a splendid
vnlnu at .
IJouble Cnpcs full 120 Inch sweep
Velvet collnr , cupc trimmed with 2
inch kind of cloth stitched silk finish
price .
jalnjjlo Capos 110 Inch sweep , cnpo
njid collar trimmed with 2 Inch band
ttf cloth , stitched nil around with silk ,
' "colors black and dark brown $3.03 and
< loublc ) Capes of black bonclo cloth ,
"tj-linmcd with Thibet fur ,
full sweep
> and storm collar .
tilcgunt Koracy English box and fly Ask to
front capes , lined with Poraian sillc ,
' 'fastened with largo pearl buttons , new see
shades of navy and dark green . them
Kino plccod ARtrnklmu Capes
: Inches In length full sweep
fitoriu collar best of
.
A new line Velonr Plush Capes
Jet embroidered trimmed In
Martin and Thibet fur full sweep
stylish length satin lined
Plush Capes
tilmmcd with Thibet fur Jet
embroidered 21 ! In. In length nil
mveep lined witti satin ? 1.75
Plush Capo
J'tl In. in lenjjth full sweep-
lined Svlth satin edsed with Mar-
tlu or Thibet fur
Jackets
Flue Melton Jackets blnck
lined throughout , small alcoves ,
stonicollar } , fastened
pcurl buttons
Hoiiclo Jackets
-blicJc box.front coat back , storm
collar and now sleeves
Ecavor Jnckcts
tun , trimmed with buttons and braid ;
and boucle mixed , tun uad brown
finished , velvet collar
Blnck Hondo Jackets
lined throutrhout , trimmed with
bands of cloth . . . ,
Navy Boucle Jackets
1550
lined all through , trimmed with JR. S
Persian lamb braid at
Boys' Suits $2.00
Rpofur and Junior Suits , made of
Hue worsteds and casslinere
cloths the price Is almost
cut in two for Saturday
Boys' Suits $2.50
Nice , decant casslmere and
cheviot Suits In two pieces-
made stroii } ; and well-
Saturday's price Is
HARD FATE OF THE SULTANS
Violent Deaths that Have Gome to Occu
pants of the Ottoman Throne.
DISADVANTAGES OF A ROYAL JOB
Tlu > Sli-k Mini of Iur iic I > lHi | Hcil of
In VsiHoiiH 1'iiliifiil mul I'rvolii-
Kule AVujN Hiiiulil Veurx u
J.I lie Knto.
The news from Constantinople that Sul-
Mn Abdul-IIamtd Is in a panic on account
of the outbreaks In his capital aud has ar
rested and locked up all his brothers , has at
this time n peculiar significance. In coun
tries like Turkey , governed by a despot , the
only claim the monarch bus to his throne
is his ability to hold It against all con
testants. "In Tuikey , as elsewhere , " says the
Globe-Democrat , "nothing succeeds like suc
cess , " but failure In the business of govern
ing the Ottoman Empire Is fur more dis
astrous to him who does not succeed than
a similar or even WOIBO failure In a Chris
tian land. When the Spaniards , a few
jcars ago , became satisfied that their queen ,
Isabella , was not a success , they simply
told her to go about bcr business ; she
promptly went , and they chose another
Eovcrclgn. When the French became tired
of Charles X anil of Louis Philippe they
chased these royal personages out of the
kingdom and established another form of
government. When the Brazilians wearied
of poor old Doni Pedro they put him on a
Bill ] ) and told him to go home to Portugal ,
mid ho went. Time and again has the llko
happened In Europe during the present cen
tury , BO frequently , Indeed , that nt onetime
time , about eleven years ago , there were
no less than twenty-two ex-roynltlcs In
London or Parts , doing their best to pass
nway the time , and flgurlng on the problem
of regaining their thrones without subjectIng -
Ing their royo ] necks to any risk. Their
number has since then been somewhat di
minished by death , but Rtlll enough remain
to furnish a vivid object lesson on the lib
erty of modern duyu.
AS DONE IN TURKEY.
In the land of the sultan , however , this
eort of business U transacted In quite a
different way. The pcoplti have nothing
whatever to say about the matter , for the
feelings of the rabble are never , by the re-
inotett accident , taken Into account as a
factor In Turkish politics , nor Is there any
special evidence that they care a straw who
U sultan , knowing , as they do , that no mat
ter who may hold the throne , the pashas.
eltcndU anil beys und other provincial of
ficials \vlll be Just as rapacious as ever and
\\lll plunder Just as greedily under one uul-
tan us under another , Palace and harem In-
trlcuo doaides all matteis of politics , from
the granting of a franchise for n now street
car line to the deposition of ono sultan and
the elevation of his successor to the \acant
throne. Uut. In Turkey , when the Joj of
changing rulers Is undertaken , It Id with
tlm clearest possible knowledge that If his
royal highness finds out what they uro about
lliu very least that bo will do to the con
spirators \\lll bo to tie a stone around their
necks and drop them gently over the side
of a boat Into the Devil's Current of the
llosphorus , and even then they may consider
themselves Iu great luck ut not being boiled
alhc. or beaten to death with switches , or
Impaled on u stake In the palace yard , or
liung up alive by the heels for the crows
to begin , on before death cornea to their re
lief. With this knowledge conspicuously lu
mind , when Turkish coiisplratois plau the
overthrow of a sultan It Is with the dla-
tlnct unflerstAnrtlBB 'that a good Job shall
bo made of' ( ho builm'sa at-once , for li < .
Turkey It la axiomatic that the sultan re-
Ecmblca an American Indian Jn one respect
nt least , that he Is never ao good at when
ho U vet)1 dead ,
DKPPSINQ A SUI.TAN.
Thu deposition pf A nullan In Turkey In
the manner In' ' vlil'-h H Is conducted , nt
least heart 4 jrtrlklns resemblance to the
traditional ftory of o wcntcin Judge , before
\\liom a confessed murdeier arraigned
for trial TinJti.lpe was a firmer and Hie
incident ccntricd during Ills biiky pe.ii-oii
* o when court WUH opened , liu EUggusteJ
to the sheriff nnd audience that. s there
jvus fiu daubt about the sullt < if tuu nxU.
oner , and the weather was threatening , It
might be as well to hang the man at once
anil have the trial a week later , after the
hay had all been safely stacked. Many
sultans have been "deposed , " after the
Turkish fashion , but it Is worthy of note
that they all died so quickly after the
deposition that the suspicion Is strong that ,
as a rule , they were murdered first and
"deposed" afterward. In several Instances
this Is known to have been the case ; that
Is , the sultan was assassinated , and after
the power of Inflicting vengeance was thus
out of his power , his deposition was pub
licly announced , together with the proc
lamation of his successor , and a day or two
later , after things hail quieted down a little ,
the Ottoman world was called to mourn
the departure from this world of his late
majesty , who had died of grief at the loss
of his power. Of course , the Ottoman world
cheerfully complied with the request to shed
copious tears for the untimely demise of
their great and good ruler ; the old sultan
was burled with becoming ceremony , and
the now sultan began his reign by hanging
or drowning all persons whom ho In any
way suspected of being Inimical to his In
terests. It sometimes happened that the
assassins of his predecessor wcro among
the number , for , he plausibly reasoned , If
they wcro sufficiently lacking In respect for
royalty to conspire against one sultan , they
might do the like against another , but
their fate , when It came to them In this
way , excited llttlo remark and no compas
sion.
A GREAT RECORD.
Since 1299 , when pthman , or Ottoman , the
Great , founded and gave a name to the cm-
sultans have ruled including
plio , thirty-seven ,
ing the present nervous Incumbent of the
throne , and of this number seventeen are
now known to have been murdered , twelve
are believed to have met death by violence
In ono or another form , and In the case of
four more , suspicion Is very strong. Of the
ontlie royal roll of the Turkish empire only
four sovereigns are believed to have died a
natural death. A simple statement of this
kind goes a great way toward elucidating
the problem of Turkish history. The sultans
have all been men of blood. Not the slight
est regard for the sanctity of human life
seems to have been entertained by any ono
of the number. "AH they that toke the
sword shall perish with the sword" was
never better exemplified than In the case of
Turkey's rulers , The pages of history
are everywhere spotted with human blood ,
but the records of Turkey are uniformly red.
When Turkey waflingrowing | power , every
war was not alonQiof , conquest , but also of
the annihilation of all enemies. When the
Biiltnn made war no ago or sex was spared.
When a city waa captured by his forces ,
that fact meant the butchery of all the
population , save , an some occasions , the
young women and girls , who were reserved
for a fate worse than death. Even ene
mies who had laid down their arms under
the mosj solemn promises of security were ,
after being tllrurmed , massacred In cold
blood , It being a maxim that no promise
given an Infidel need be kcpW With such a
record as this it Is not In the Itfast to bo
wondered nt that the sultans died by vie
lence. It was the natural consequence of
the lives they led , Themselves merciless ,
they found no mercy at the hands of those
who suspected they were In danger of death
fiom Jho whim or caprlco of the despotic
ruler. Men , condemned to death anyhow ,
conspired to rid the world of a tyrant , pre
ferring to dlo In the attempt rather than bo
hung like dogs.
HAREM INTRIGUES.
In almost every case where the circum
stances which led to the assassination be
came know the hurem had something to do
with the murder. H Is probable that this
peculiarly oriental Institution U chargeable
with many murders that will ne\er bo
known , but If It had no other evil feature
than the asbubslnatlons that are known to
have taken place within Its limits or have
been Instigated b > Its Inmates , these would
bo sufficient to condemn It. Some would-be
facetious writer has said that where there
are two women there are always three opin
ions on any subject that may bo brought up
for consideration , and. this being the case ,
( hit Inharmony , dUrord , * quancllng and bit
terness that are to be found In an aggrega
tion of COO to 1,000 women of all uges , of
two or three- colon , of a dozen different
nations. epeaKIng us nmuy languages and
dialects , can bolter bo Imagined tbqn de
scribed. It Is the delight of oriental poets
lo plctuie the harem as tlm abode of happi
ness and bllbs. tile women as lovingly nt
lacheil to each other and til pasblonutely
'levoted to ttielr lard unrt matter , Xo pic
ture vas ever mere iintiuo tn life Tbo In
natt-ft of u hAii-m arc itltiinii without rx
ci'ptlon Illiterate uncultured uomei , with
out v\en \ n prcte.-uo. of refinement , without
rtsourcm that would euablo them lu enter
tain theoiichea. tul tUey therefore , aa
Children's Jackets in boucle , blnck nml
red , or blftck and grcon , mixed
tri tinned in bunds of cloth nnd
pearl buttons ngcs 4 to 1-1 .
The latest styles In Children's and
Misses' Jackets In brown nnd tan-
am ! the new mixed Koods with
new sleeves and collars trimmed
with button : * ; und bnilil afjes 4 to
10 years .
Children's IXIIIJT Clonks
lu Uouclc nnvy and brown and red
cnpu collars new sleeves buttons
hrald aud , fur trlmme l ngcs S 10
und 12. . . . .
LOUR Clonks In fine beavers-
Kersey nnd novelty nil wool mixed
Kooils trimmed with cloth and buttons
ages 0 to 14
Good Cloaks for Children
In mixed goods and plain beavers -
made with capes and storm collars
some trimmed others plain all sizes
Boys' Suits $2.75
Corduroys , worsted and
boucle Suits two pieces
If you paid ? 0 It would be none too
much but our price Is
Boys Shoes $1.00
Good , well made , substantial
Shoes sizes 1U to U
at a pair
1511 Douglas St. THE STATE * 1511 Oollglas st
might be expected , find their entertainment
In quarreling with each other. Confined to
the house , It Is not strange that they should
become morbid ; having not oven a pretense
of moral training , no winder can be felt at
their readiness for any crime. Hatreds
grow more Intense In proportion to the lim
ited area ; two cats In a barrel will claw
each other to death , when If free n few
scratches will represent the sum total of
their damage. The woman Imprisoned In a
harem plan for each other and for their
master murder and death , when It the same
women were free a few 111 words would bo
the sole evil result of a quarrel.
A HAREM TRAGEDY.
According to a gossipy old Mohammedan
the Sultan Musa Chelebl came to his death
from a harem conspiracy. His harem , as
usual , consisted of nearly a thousand women ,
but for years It was despotically ruled by
the favorite wife , who had much Influence
with the sultan. It happened , however ,
that a Circassian girl of great , beauty was
given to the sultan by a pnsha , _ and the new
comer at once succeeded In supplanting the
former wife In the sultan's affections. Itt-
tcr quarrels resulted In the household ; all
the women took sides for or against the Cir
cassian , who. Indeed , seems to have been
well able to hold her own , and the
trouble reached a stage so acute that
the chief of the harem guards spoke to the
grand vizier , suggesting that ho advise the
sultan to have one set or the other drowned ,
In order to secure some degree of peace In
the establishment. Nothing was done , however -
over , for some time , until finally one day
when the sultan was In the harem , a quar
rel broke out between the former favorite
and the Circassian. The sultan took the
side of the latter , and , at hU command , the
guards chastised the old favorite , admin
istering a dozen lashes on the soles of her
feel. This open dlsgraca was 1oo much for
her to endure and , a night or two later , she
and about a dozen of her adherents quietly
gained admission to the room where the
sultan and the Circassian wcro sleeping.
How the murder was carried out was never
fully known , but the evidence went to show
that several women at the same moment
threw themselves upon each of the sleepers
and slipped cords around their necks , drawIng -
Ing them tight so quickly that before the
victims had u chance to utter a pund the
bowstring cut off their breath , Mohammed
I , who Giicceedcd Musa , made tin Investiga
tion and fixed the guilt on the ox-favorlto
and her faction , and , without taking the
trouble to go too deeply Into the matter ,
ordered COO of the women to bo strangled at
once.
HUNG BY HIS WIVES.
According to a story told by a French
traveler of the last century , Achmet III
was hung by two or three of his enraged
wives. This sovereign began to rule In 1703
and had the good fortune to exceed in the
length of his reign most of his family , for
not until 1730 was ho deposed , and then , In
stead of belnc murdered , ho was , for some
unknown reason , only Imprisoned , remain
ing locked up until 1736 , when , one morn
ing , ho was found hung up to a nail driven
In the wall of his room , It seems that
after his deposition he was allowed by his
successor , Mohmiid I , to take a limited
number of wives Into prison wth | him , In
order to cheer his lonely hours , and chose
the five youngest and best looking as being
most likely to divert his mind from hla
troubles. Ilelng , however , well advanced
In years , the gay damsels soon became
tired of him , a possibility he had over
looked , and with a keen regard to their own
future , they , through an attendant , entered
Into negotiations with a certain Abdul La
in Id I'nshu , the governor of the fortiess
where Achmet was locked up , the arrange
ment being that ufler the old sultan had
given up the ghost the pasha was to pur
chase all flvo of the wives and live happily
with them ever afterward , The arrange
ments were all perfected and awaited only
the departure from the scene of the old
gentleman , who , however , most obstinately
persisted In refusing to die , Getting tired
of waiting , the live wives of the much-
married old sultan took advantage of an
opportunity when bo had Indulged , con
trary to the precept of the Koran , In ex-
ccshlvo libations , tied a rope round his neck ,
and with their united strength hung him
lo the null In the wall. They waited until
they weio sure lie was dead , then raised a
terrlblo outcry , pretending tney had just
come Into tbc room and found him hanging.
Contrary to the usual ending of such stories ,
the denouement In this rase was all that
could bi * vNperiod by the participants ; the
pasha iHirclmiiod the women from Sultan
Malimtul , tbo BUtrc/kor , the story of the
suicide MIU circulated and received polite
irulfiii'O wlitrv\cr told , and not for years
did HIP truth become fully known , when the
pasha , iu hit , old uge told It as q good Joke
TIU5 OLD UAJAZETS.
The Turkliu Idea of ft joke Is peculiar , not
to say ghoulish , but oven a Turk could
hardly find any amusement In the fate of
the two sultans whoiboro the name of BaJ-
uzct. The first succeeded to the throne at
the death , of .Amuralhj J.-iOii.the. battlefield
of Kossovo , In ' 1389 and 'Immediately , as a
mere precautionary measure , to prevent any
trouble In the family , ] strangled his brothers.
History tells many tales of his prowess tn
war , but , able os'httwas , Tamerlane was
greater , and after the'tattle on the plains
of Angora had settledjUie fate of the Turk
ish empire , BajazeUvas brought before the
conqueror. "Whatv would you have done
with me , " asked Tarterlano , "had I been
the captive ? " Untaued by adversity , the
haughty Turk responded , "I would have
locked you up In an Iron cage and carried
you about with raov wherever I went as a
show for the people. " "So be It with you , "
was the answer. Thd cage was prepared ,
Dajazet was thrust In and never left It to
the day of his death. iHe deserved Ills fate ,
for If over there waa a. wild beast In human
form Dajazet was the man. He was not
much worse , though , than that other Daja
zet who ascended the throne In 148t , and
who , llko his predecessor , began his reign
by strangling his relatives. Only ono es
caped , a brother , who , knowing that death
awaited him anyhow , took up arras and
for a time carried on u successful war
against the occupant of the throne. Be
ing finally defeated , ho fled to Rhodes ,
whence , by the kindness of the knights , he
was sent to France. Even In a foreign land ,
however , ho was not safe from his brother's
hatred. Dajazet , fcarful'of his return , hired
Venetian agents to follow him ; Borne of
them found employment In his household In
, Parl3 as servants aud by this means he was
poisoned. Bajazet himself met the same
fate , for , a rebellion being Instigated by
threeof his sons against his authority , he
was compelled to abdicate In favor of one
of their number , who thereupon put his two
brothers to death and ended the tragedy
by poisoning his father.
DROWNED IN A WASH DOWL.
If the stories told In Turkey of the fate of
Mustapha IV bo true , this sultan came to
his eml by being drowned In a bowl of
water. Ho began his reign In 1807 , as usual ,
by having all his brothers but one and other
male relatives strangled , but among the
former was a handsome young man , for
whom ono of th < 3 younger wives of the pre
vious sultan , Sellm , had formed a secret
attachment. Infuriated at the loss of her
lover , this woman resolved on revenge. She
had the tact to enter Into communication
with the sola surviving brother , Mahniud ,
and promised , If guaranteed Immunity , to
put Muatapha out of the way and secure
the throne to Mahmud , It seems that a
custom prevailed In Turkey , when a sultan
ascended the throne , far the now sovereign
to adopt the harem of his predecessor , re
vising the roll , however , so to speak , weedIng -
Ing out the old , ugly or otherwise objection
able Inmates by drowning them In the Dos-
poruB. Nourma , the young woman already
mentioned , escaped the revision and was
fortunate enough to meet the approval of
the sultan and bo Installed as one of bit )
favorites. No sooner did she feel secure of
her position than she began preparations to
carry out the plot she-had formed , took a
slave Into her confidence and began nego
tiations with the Eultan'o sole surviving
brother. Ho entered Into the plot , the guards
were bribed to be deaf to all unusual sounds
about the sultan's apartment and all was
made ready toi carry It to a. successful con
clusion. One evening , when the sultan waste
to perform his ceremonial ablutions , the
usual basin , a diver wash bowl set In a
stard about two feet high , waa placed before
him by the attendants. Nourma. and the
slaves stood In readlnesa and as the sultan ,
sitting cross-legged on the floor In the Turk
ish fashion , bent hla face over the bowl to
wash his beard two of the conspirators sud
denly seized his anna and twisted them be
hind his back , while-f wo moro put all their
weight on his head and forced his face Into
the water. Ho was powerless to help him
self and In a few minutes was dead. The
body was laid out rand examined , no marks
of violence wcrovisible and the high officials
who surveyed the corpse declared ; "Kismet !
Who can live when Allah decrees he shall
die ? " Thus , In lessUhan a year from the
beginning of Ills retail , did Mustapha come
to an Inglorious end by being drowned In a
couple of quarts of t > ater ,
SULTAN OF THEIiARADIAN NIGHTS.
Everybody1 who basiread the collection of
fanciful tales embraced in the "Arabian
Nights Entertainment" regards the sultan
of these stories ! iiuch < as we now look on the
hero of a romance'of chivalry , a being be.
longing to another nge , a.time of fable. Wo
cannot accustom oursehes to the thought
that absolute power such as belonged to
Harouu al Haschlo. , van be held by a ruler
of the nineteenth century. But tbo march
of civilization las left such countries as
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Laird , Schober I Co
Fifteen Hundred and Fifteen Douglas Street.
Odd Pairs of Shoes 25c.
. Girls' Straight Goat.Shoes for. $1.25
Girls' Dongola and Kid Shoes for 1.75
They have heels , and some arejwelt soled and some are Mc
Kay se\ved.
SmallBoys' Lace Shoes with heels l.OO
; Big Boys' , like the men's ; jBhoes 1.50
. Men's Shoes , in pointed and square toes 1.50
Ladies' Goodyear Welt Shoes , new styles. . . 2.50
The most , phenomenal 'bargains of every kind
are to be found at the
Fifteen Hundred and Fifteen Douglas Street.
WILCOX , Manager.
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Turkey and Persia far In the rear. So far
as matters of government are concerned ,
he Ottoman empire Is today exactly where
t was when Mohammed stormed Constanti
nople. The sultan of today Is exactly the
same sort 'of potentate as the sultan of the
'Arabian Nights1' ; Just as Irresponsible ,
Just as capricious , Just as absolute. The
Turks are the Bourbons of the Orient ; In
nvo centuries they have neither learned nor
forgotten anything. Only twenty years ago
\bdul Aziz was deposed as a result of tne
insuccessful war with Russia , and , a fe > w
dajs after. It was given out that he had
committed suicide. Five years later the
circumstances of his death came to public
notice at the trial of the conspirators , and
t developed that he had been murdered In
a manner so peculiarly atrocious that fiends
night bo proud of such Ingenious cruelty.
The present sultan no doubt fully appre
ciates the situation In Constantinople and
probably baa good reason to dread the fate
hat has befallen nearly all his
predecessors. " They were murdered
hrough ' 'palace and harem Intrigues ;
hey came to their death through the
acts of tficir most trusted confidential
rlends anil Intimates , and , knowing this
act , It Is not strange that In every one of
he men and w'oraon who surround him Ab-
lul Hamld sees a possible assassin. He
mows not whom to trust. At every rustle
of a curtain he turns to meet the dagger
of the hired murderer. The cord of the
stranglcr Is ever present to his mind ; In
every mouthful of food he dreads the hidden
mlson. With such surroundings the busi
ness of a reigning sultan In Turkey certainly
jossesses serious drawbacks. Such a po-
entato furnlshm a living picture of Shake
speare's famous Hno : "Uneasy lies the head
hat -wears a crown.
_
They are so little you hardly know you
are taking them , They cause no griping ,
yet they act quickly and most thoroughly.
juch are the famous llttlo pllla known as
UoWitt's Little Early Ulsers. Small In
size , great In results. _
WITH IlOAIl OP PAIN.
A. WoiimU'tl Deer Clmrtfi'il on ItH Ho-
Sylvester Pomcroy of. Schoodlc , Me. , one
f Benjamin Dullard's best guides , shot and
killed n 1,000-pound bull moose at 9 o'clock
n the morning of October 1 , within a few
miles of the Schoodlo house. At noon of
ho same day Mr. Ilallard brought down
ono of the noblest bucks that over received
ils quietus In the big woods of Maine. It
vas a great day for Schoodlc.
The slaying of the moose was ono of
ho most remarkable Incidents In PIscata-
quls county since the opening of the Hangar
's Aroostook railroad , a couple of ycaia ago.
Pomeroy , who la a veritable forest hercules -
cules , as ho stands well above six feet In
lelghl , started from the Schoodlc house at
i:30 : a. m. the first day of the open season
It was not without a feeling of hope tliat
10 pressed sixteen shots Into the magazine
of his rifle and started through the rain on
a tramp that was to have such a fortunate
ending. Ho had seen moose tracks several
lays before , and so felt confident of finding
ils quarry ,
Ho threaded his way through the wilder
ness several hours betoru ne struck the
rail. Then he followed It as only a Malno
; uldo or a bloodhound can , and finally came
ip with the gigantic creature.
With tense muscles ho awaited a favor
able opportunity.
It came at last , and drawing a line boiui
on the enormous bull , ho scut a bullet crash-
ng through Its heart.
With a roar of pain the big fellow gal-
antly charged upon his enemy , but two
nero bhota In the same portion of Us
anatomy brought It to Its kncea , where In
bo throes of death It bellowed with pain
and anger ,
The moose lay In a thicket some distance
rom the "tote" road , and a liro-trl jmth
md to bo bowed through tbo wooiU to Dm
ipot ,
Prone on the damp mess , under n canopy
of frost-tinted trees , tbo monarch of thr
forest lay , an inert , lifeless mats , with bin
Ivc-prongcd antlers sweeping In graceful
curves over his noble head.
His coarse , bristle-like hide Ma * .lamp
and his powerful limbs weio itifftneU with
tbo rigidity of death ,
When In life , stalking on Jils atilt-lll.c
cgs. be towered six feet In the nlr.
It took the united efforts of rite strong
lien to lift the carcabs by gud-.ial rtascs
on the "Jumper" or Hied \ > hki ! bail IHCJI
jrought along to carry It bade ,
Speed and safety are tbo'tl lr.vuid . o.
ho age. One Mluuto Cougn Cure tiU
speedily , safely and nerei fails. .Vithrna ,
iroucultls , coughs and colas are ua J by It ,
SI'AI.VS I'llESIiVT IMIOSI'ECTS.
Everj-tliliiK ( lie Nation Omicil I'nmicil
(11 .Siilxlue Cuba.
Europe presents no spectacle more extra
ordinary than the contrast between the
nerve of the Spanish people and their In
capacity In action , says the London Specta
tor. For eighteen months they have en
deavored to reconquer a revolted colony
4,000 miles away , and have In the effort
used and consumed resources such as It was
hardly believed outside of Spain that they
could have called up even to resist In
vasion. They have actually forwarded to
Cuba 210jOOO regular troops , sufficiently
equipped , a force nearly three times as great
as that with which this country met and
quelled the Indian mutiny of 18G7 , anil
more than three times as great as the whlto
garrison which holds the Indian empire.
This army , sufilclent , one would think , for a
defensive war against France , accomplishes
nothing , but the Spanish statesmen lose
neither heart nor hope. They are wholly
unchcered by victory , they know that their
soldiers dlo llko flics , and they are told
every week that the rich Island is becoming
a desert , that three-fourths of It Is going
out of cultivation , that the settlers are
quitting In thousands , whllo those left be
hind are Joining the Insurgents ; that the
whole expenses of the Island must be borne
for years by Spain , and that every month
Increases the chance that the American
republic , with Its limitless resources for
war , will Intervene ; and still , with a tenacity
which Englishmen cannot but-admire , they
refuse to relax their hold , Do the results
wliut tli y may , they will make no terms
till the rebels have submitted uncondition
ally. The fissure between parties In Spain
is deeper than a political fissure ever was
in this country , but upon this subject the
parties act together , scarcely differing even
as to means. Pitt was never firmer than
Senor Canovas , and never better suppoited
by a packed parliament , which , neverthe
less , represents the dominant feeling of the
country. If the conscripts die , the Spanish
premier sends inoro conscripts. If the
peasants or the city mobs object to their
dispatch , both are silenced by an unhesi
tating appeal to the military law , which
makes icsUtanco to the conscription one of
the most deadly of offenses. If the I'hll-
lpplnc < 9 rlso In Insurrection , the premier
olfcrs to tend an army there also , even an
army of cavalry. If that will bo the arm
most required. If tliiy pt'opjo of the United
States mutter or thrl-aton Interference , the
premier ransacks the world for cruisers
irmly built , or builders who will build
quickly , giving enormous prices , In two
cases three-quarters of a million per ship ,
for the needed vessels. If the treasury Is
harassed , he sells t-vorj thing that Is avail
able , monopolies to the Hothschllds , privi
leges to the railroads , preferences to the
dealers In bonds. Hpi even ventures tn
leave the troops In the Uland unpaid , and
for four months no soldier there has Been
the color of coin. ' and has been fortunate If
bread .md gaillo have been served with any
regularity. The ono thing which Senor
Canovas will not do Is listen to proposals
for compromise , the tlmu for which Indeed
haa now at length pasted away
The Spanish premier la a" tough man , and
there are very few lingllshnun , howo/ci
familiar they may bo with the misrule of
Cuba , who will refitso him a mcasuro of
sympathy , more especially AS It Is probable
that Ills pcwcr of cniluranco may be still
inoro handily tiled , The Insurrection In
the Philippines may prove even a greater
blow-to Spain than tie | Insmrectlon In
Cuba. They tire twlco an for off , they ha o
never linen thoroughly subdued ; far less
civilized ; they contain tribes whlih have
often fought desperately agafnet Spanish
mlBgovrjrmr.nnt , and they aiu threatened
by a foe , who , though not ai ktrong an thu
United States , Is probably ctrongei at sea
than Spain , wlio In far inoro unscrupulous
than the union , and who. Instead of any
languid dcslrp that the Philippines should
be free , has a passionate desire for their
possession. Tbn Japanese believe that they
mutt find frrsh terrltoilts somewhere or
their civilisation will perish for want of
laud to support their RIowing population ;
and * a tht-y luno lout Cores and cannot
obtain Auatulla , which , according to their
Jlngoe. * . IH ttielr natural place of expansion ,
tl.cy phavo Isoil ! their regard on thu
I'hlllpplupB , which He , an It wcro. In sight ,
vh'ich me thinly populated , which arc
gloriously lei tile , though liable , llko .lupan
Itself , to eartliqtml.c8 , mul the arcn of
whl'.h ' , If n cowjuost. could once lie effected ,
.vonli ! almost exactly double the arpa of
Die Island empire. They posucts already In
Formosa the halt-way hcuift' 'o thePhilip -
flr.re , and limy b-lU-v ? that t KCU. they can
t.-ully tlcfe&t thu Spaniards. They have of
late years bioa qulitly pout lag Japanese
emigrants Into some of the Islands , and ;
there lb trustworthy authority for the state
ment that recently at Moscow- Marshal Ya-
magata assured American representatives ,
of the adhesion of Japan In war with
Spain , adding 'that this government would
cheerfully expend -10,000,000 for such an
acquisition.
How will It all end for Spain ? Wo caa
not pretend to foretell events , for wo cannot
oven guess what line the go\crnmcnts of
Washington and Tokio will ultimately taker
but if history Is any guide , the Spaniards ,
will fight on stubbornly against nil odds ,
will receive much sympathy for their cn
iluranco and courage , but unless helped by
some great ally will ultimately fall. They
ought to win , but they will not. Somu Incurable -
curable vlco In her organization , or , it may
be , in the temperament of her people , neu
tralizes all the advantages Spain ought to-
derive from her stubborn haidlhood , hcr-
nearly perfect capacity of endurance , and
the somber genius alike for war , for art.
and for literature , which has so often market
her sons. No race outsldo her own bor
ders , oven If Spanish by origin , has over
been able pcimaneiitly to endure her reign ,
and every race which has resisted has ul
timately succeeded In withdrawing Itself
from her control. She could not keep Hol
land when Holland wan to her what Ireland
Is to England , and she lost the whole of tho-
new world after feats of conquest and col
onisation so great and so successful that to-
this day every native of the American con
tinent from the Hlo del Norto to Patagonia , .
If not a Portuguese , speaks the Spanish ,
tonguo. profcbscs the Spanish creed , and , so-
far as he Is civilized at nil , la civilized In the
Spanish way. Wo e o no reason to suppose
that she will keep Cuba any more tbau
Mexico , or the Philippines any more than
Peru , and Buppono that after unheard-ol
efforts , ending In some sort of bankruptcy , ,
she will desist , and sullenly fall back , to-
await , amid perpetual domestic fctido , the-
day when n competent government will
once moro direct her splendid resources and
the stubborn courage of her children to-
some end which will again make her tem
porarily greit. We see no evidence what
ever that the population of Spain has lost
any of Its historic qualities , but she halest
lost , for some reason beyond our ken , tho-
canacUy of micccss. It may bo that , aa
Spanlanls say , Spain has never had tho-
government that suits her. It may bo that
she lacks , as Italy locked for ccntuilcs , of
all useful qualities only the political sons *
which would enable her to become great.
Or It may bo that the refusal to compro
mise , of which Senor Cannvas Is not un
justly proud , Involves a mcrcllcsancss which
piohlblts permanent dominion , anil In the-
end reduces discipline to mechanical obedi
ence , whlrh does not save oven armies , ami
will never tu\o a state. The only thins1
certain Is that she docs not succeed , even
when the enterprise Is so apparently easy
as the icconqucst of Cuba by 210,000 Spau-
lali soldiers safely encamped upon her uollt
Her ( iri'iili'Nl Trllintr ,
III replying the oilier day to u frlcuti's
mention of that exquisite clatslc , "Tired
Motheis , " Mrs. Mary Klloy Smith told of
what she called the greatest tribute she had
ever recehcd. Whllo traveling In Cullfouila.
two or tlneo years ago nho bo.amc acqualutcl
in a San Francisco hotel with a woman who
was a winter lesldent of the place. Accom
panying her one iluy to thu room of the xulto
devoted to her especial lisp , Mrs. Smllli
was surprised to notice framed and hanging
on Hie wall a copy of her llttlo pooui , "I
rould not icfraln from commenting on It , "
coys Mis , Smith , "and usldng my hosten *
why she had It there. 'Oh , ' she replied.
Ignorant , of court > o , that the author utooil
before her , 'that Is a bit ofl verse that haa
clone mo any amount of good. I'm naturally
quick-tempered and my children often Inl-
tate mo iiuieasonably , I am tempted to
punish them , simply , as I realize afterward ,
to icllcvo my own overwought ( eoniJIUon.
When I read "Tired Mothers" a ( nw yeaia
ago In K newspaper corner I cried as I saw
m > Ei > lf In It and thought of the rcmorro I
should feel o\er my own hastiness ) f one of
my dear babies should Blip away from me , I
rut tlu * poem out and since then It Iiau ul-
wnyn hung In my sight , contioiling many un.
Impulse to temper punishment. '
"ilefore I said goodbye finally tn till *
appreciative ft lend , " continued Mrs. Smith.
"I told her that I had written the \erscs
UK much because I knew she would ) >
ideated , aa to huve tbu chance to cxprecs
my gratitude tlut woida of mluo had helpcl
it sUter mother , "
Many Ihei of usefumeca nave bcni cut
short by neglect to break up an ordinary
cold. Pneumonia , bromhitls and even uni-
amnptlon can bo averted by tbo piomjil u * *
of Oao Mluuto Cough Cure.