TITTC OMAHA DATLY BE Kt.'MON DAY, MATtOII 5, 1000.
SIDELIGHTS ON POPPLETON
Hit Obareo'.er is Illumined by Incidents of
His Career.
SHAKING GRIMY HANDS TOO MUCH FOR HIM
'rolnlcr im to Sump of tlir Oilier fiui
illitntea .SockliiK I'npiilnr I'nvur
at the Co nil ii City
Hlcctlou,
Although I'oppleton In boasting of sup
port be Is expecting from tlio business dis
trict, he evidently Is overlooking several
points remembered by every llvo business
man.
"It a grasping and selfish disposition Is
a qualification for tho mayoralty, then W.
S. I'oppleton Is endowed with supremo qual
ifications," said a promlnont buslne(u miiti.
"If men are only known by their works,
Mr. I'oppleton Is unknown In tho ranks of
progressive public-spirited citizens. Who
knows of him ever having given, even spar
ingly, of his amplo means to any enterprise
that boro tho carmarkn of a public enter
prise? Did ho glvo nnythlng for tho pro
motion of tho Fair and Speed association
of Omaha? Inquiry of the promoters of
that organization will dlscloso tho fact
that he never contributed a cent to that
enterprise. Has ho evw given anything
toward funking tho Ak-Sjr-Uun organiza
tion or its demonstrations successful 7 Its
ofllcera say that ho has not, and declaro
that ho has never oven become a member
of It, I)ld lils patriotism over lead htm to
contribute to tho Thurston UHlcs' fund, or
did It prompt him to go down Into his
pocket and help out tho fund that Omaha
raised last summer for the entertainment
of tho gallant First Nobrs;ka boys upon
their return from tho Philippine? No
patriotic Impulso ho may Jiavo felt was
strong enough to drag a dollar out of lili
woll-llncd pockets for any such purpose."
W. S. I'npploton In making bin vote-hunting
rounds took In tho Union Pacific shops
last weok. Ho tried to be as agreeable an
possible as he camo In and removed Ills
glovo for a handshaking campaign. Tho
mon started up and grasped his hand ono at
a time and every time one of them loosed
tho grip ho would look at hla hand to seo
If there, was any grlmo left on It. Finally
tho ordeal bocamo too great for him and
lio refused to shake hands any more for
fear tho Hkln might bo soiled by contnet
with tho worklngmcn and simply tipped
lils hat to thorn as they passed up and
woro Introduced. Ho went from tho shopj
to tlio smelting works, but when ho got
thoro he showed that ho had learned a thing
by IiIb experience. At tho smoking works
ho did not even take off hla glovo and thun
avoided coming In touch with common mor
ula. As an Illustration of tho size of the fusion
candidate for tho council from tho Ninth
ward, F. W. Simpson, It may bo mentioned
tliat although ho Is a democratic and a
chronic ofllco-seekcr on democratic tickets,
Simpson went down to the county Judge'i
ofllco last fall and swore he was n populist
In order to have himself appointed as a
populist to a J(l Job on the election board,
democratic principles do not count with
Ulm aside of a $G appointment.
Mortens, the democratic unknown for
treasurer on the fusion ticket, ought to havo
run for ofllco long ngo. Slnco his nom
ination somo of his friends havo put up
tho money to square numerous back debts
which tho creditors had leng ago given up
na hopclreu assets, among them a three
year rent bill. At last accounts, however,
tho woddlng suit for his first morrlago
and the doctor's services for his first wife's
fatal illness had not been ecttlcd for.
Tho republican nominee for city clerk, W.
II. Klbourn, Is ono of tho Btroot car boys, Ills
associates not only feel a natural prldo In
tho recognition given to their crowd, but
nro going to show by lining up for tho -whole
ticket that tho republicans made no mis
tako when thoy accorded n placo on tho
official list to a street car worker.
Fred Iloyo Is another candldato who has
grown up with Omaha and kept to the front
with It. Ho Is a bricklayer by trade, and a
union bricklayer, too.
OMAHA, March 2. To tho Editor of Tho
Boo: I have been absent from tho city for
aevoral days and. In meeting with business
men and people In tho central and western
part of tho state, I am surprised and cha
grined ot tho results and feeling manlfosted
by tho public regarding tho campaign now
being conducted by the World-Herald. It Is
gratifying to noto that tho better eloment
of the stato nt largo havo but little confi
dence In tho World-Herald and less for tho
man who Is supposed to be Its editor.
Those of us who travel In tho stato are
often burprlsed at tho feeling of Joalousy
manifested In certain sections regarding
Omaha, and when nnythlng occurs In this
city that causes any friction between the
citizens it is rolled as a sweet morsol be
neath tho tongues of thoso who would bo
glad tn seo Omaha extinguished.
Tho vllo mud-sllnglng vituperations and
double-headed editorials are doing Omaha a
great harm, Injury nnd Injustice, and as tho
statements mado aro falso and untrue it cer
tainly dewdves on tho sober. Industrious, In
telligent business men of Omnha to muzzlo
and throttle tho man, or newspaper, who is
ono of tho worst enemies Omaha has ovor
linrhorcd and who persists In working tho
"sting of lugratltudo" to such an extent that
the good uaino of tho city and tho business
Interests of our citizens aro becoming Jeop
ardized. It would havo been better It the
"sting" had never been administered ratlior
than have the would-be "U. S. 3." cause tho
public to blush by his vllo misrepresenta
tions. Under the management of Mayor
Moorcs tho city has prospered we bcllevo ho
Is tho man for tho position nnd are confident
our prediction will be verified nt the polls.
On the contrary, who Is his opponent? Out
Ido of Omaha's "400" Is thoro anyone who
knows Mr. I'oppleton? Asldo frctu being tho
Whims nuiMUNOTHK old missions
of California the good padres wero
ansUttHt by Nature's uncivilized race
tho Indians thou sturdy of form nnd
troniof limb, duo to their lcnowlodgo nnd
uso of extracts from roots and herbs that
proven tol and cured Urlo Acid I'oUnnlug.
Their formulas nro used In SAN CIJRO and
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Curofor Rheumatism, KUney, Ul.dder and
all Uric Acid Troubles,
Ask tho DrugcUt for
California's Mission Remedies
lleailtlfully Illustrated book mulled free
on application to Sam Cuuo Mkuicai Co.,
hot Angeles, ChI.
Gala Cactus Liniment
Acta with lightning Hpeod in
reducing ail Inflammation.
son of ono of Omaha's most successful and
honored citizens, who Is he? What Is ho?
Does ho wear worthily the mantle of his
father? No, not by any means. I Rm a
poor man, but A. J. Poppleton always rcso;?
nlzud and spoke to mo whenever we met. I
once had a business deal with Sir W. 8. I'op
pleton, and I found him difficult of approach,
cold, bloodless. He has no sympathy with
the laboring men. Today he passed mo with
his coach and liveried servant. Although I
havo known him for several years ho never
roeogulzes me on the street. What object,
what ambition prompts him to asplro to the
position of mayor of Omaha? Certainly not
tho salary attached to the office. If ho Is de
feated at tho polls, as certainly will bo tho
case, will there be another "sthig of In
gratitude" laying around loose and liable to
turn upon the unsuspecting public if thlng3
do not move In the channel he directs?
COMMKKCIAL TUAVELKIt.
Our Inrri'iint of liiminlty.
Much dlscuselon has been aroused lately by
tho alarming Increase of insanity. Our high
rato of living Is the causo assigned. In tho
rush for money. bsth men and women neg
lect their bodies until the breakdown comes.
Tho btst way to preserve health is by a faith
ful iitM of Hcutottcr's Stomach Hitters. Hy
curing all stomach Ills this remedy prcvcntH
nervous breakdown. It Is also an excellent
medicine for constipation, dyspepsia and
biliousness.
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..AMUSCMENTS.
Vmnlovllle
Hegulnr weekly change of bill nt
tho
CTclgtiton-Orpheum thentur Sunday.
THE muu.
Lillian llurkhart nnd Company, In
A Deal on 'Change
Melville nnd Htetson
..Topical Songs and Dlnlcct Imitations
Unlet and llevlere
French Unotlsts and Mimics
The Illograph, showing new moving pic
tures The (.lamella, In My llrother Johnny
y.lrku Magician
Hubert Drown Eccentric Dancer
Of tho m an v vauJcvlllo artists who visit
Omaha uono arc more heartily welcome than ,
Is that dainty llttlo Dresden china type of
actress, Lillian llurkhart, who heads a
splendid program at the Orphcum this week.
Miss llurkhart comes to this popular play
hous for tho third time since It was opened
a year ago. During her two previous visits
sho captivated local theatergoers by her
dainty comedy methods, her artistic ublllty
to act nnd her charming personality. Tho
llttlo one-act plays which she presents and,
unlike tho majority of vaudevllllana, sho al
ways has a different one each time she comes
arc well chosen and full of Interest from
first to last, which can truthfully bo said
of but fow one-act plays. It Is these char
acteristics that always make her coming an
ticipated with pleasure and her engagements
fraught with unusual Interest. This tlmo
sho offers a playlet by Edmund Dauy en
titled "A Deal on 'Change." It Is a story of
a devoted girl who Is In lovo with a young
broker and whoso wlfo sho has promised to
be. Her father does not sanction tho match
and hopes by ruining the young man to 'break
off tho match. Tho father Is a stock broker
himself nnd plays bear until tho bottom
nearly drops out ot tho mining stock in
which his prospectlvo son-in-law Is Inter
ested. Tho daughter discovers her father s
plan and, having some money of her own,
bulls tho stock and saves her lover from
ruin. Tho play, while perhaps a trifle leas
artistic that others in which Miss llurkhart
has been seen, Is ono that appeals strongly
to gallery and pit allko and was exception
ally -well received at both Sunday perform
ances. Miss Durkhart has qulto a lengthy
sceno at tho telephono which gives her a
Bplcndld opportunity, and sho takes advant
age of It as only an actress of her excep
tional ability Is capable. On Thursday
night she will present for tho first time on
any stago n now ono-act costume play en
titled "Fifty Years Ago."
Almost enually as familiar to urpneum
patrons and quite as welcome as Miss Durk
hart are Janot Mllvlllo ana utio mem u,
two comedlonnc3 who have no equals In their
lino of work. Their act consists of dlaloct
Imitations, clover topical songs and some
repartco that Is much above tho vaudeville
standard. Their dialect Imitations of dif
ferent well known actors and actresses, to
uso a common slang phrase, aro simply great.
Their song, "Kelly the Car Man," Is a de
cided hit. Tho gowns they -wear aro stun
ning, to say tho least, and enough to turn
tho women patrons of tho theater green
with envy.
Tho Imitations of bag pipes and other mu
sical Instruments as dono by flruct and Ko
vlero aro among tho many pleasing features
of tho bill. Tho blograph Bbows a number
of now and Interesting motion pictures. Rob
ert Hrown's buck dancing Is meritorious,
Zlsku dees somo mystifying tricks and tho
Qaruellas somo difficult acrobatic work.
"I had dyspepsia for years. No medietas
.rt..itn i Tfnrtnl DvsneDSla Cure.
WW nil v.." - 1
It gavo Immedlato relief. Two bottles pro-
j. i nolnun rnmiltn " writes L.. II. War-
rcn. Albany, Wis. It digests what you eat
and cannot ia 10 cure.
Clnuli Iletiveen norr mill llrltim.
Krlends of tho Doers and Dritons con
totted at the Orpheum theater Sunday aft
ernoon. When a blograph picture was
Hliown of a body of DritU foot Holdiers
starting from camp In battle array It was
greeted with a storm ot hisses, which
reemcd to como mainly from the upper
loors. Immediately a hnndclupplnti was
started. The sound of hissing- Increased
and tho Hrltlsh sympathizers redoubled
i ..! nmiiiiiiun. Kor a time tho Doer sup
porters appeared to bo tho more runner
un. but the sounds of disapproval were
llnul y almost drowneu oy inu iiuuiu;iuiiiia.
Just as the friends of tho burghers had
begun a fusillade of Jeering and cutcnllliu,'
thu plcturo wns changed.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
"Jim" Perkins Is back In Omaha and Is
nt tho police station on a charge of lar
ceny committed about a year ago, when,
It Is alleged, in company with another, ho
stole a carpet from Mrs. Peterson, who
keeps a boai-dlng house on North Thir
teenth streot and pawned It at a shop, whtre
it was found by tho police. Ho will bo held
to nnswer for tho crime.
Dev. G. H. Schleh of this city was In
Sterling Sundny, where ho went to conduct
the funeral services over tho body of Mrs.
winirr Mrs. Winter died at her
homo In Sterling Thursday of brain fever.
Sho was tho state Inspector and organizer
of the Woman's Hellef corps and was
prominent In tho national affairs ot this
orcanlzatlon.
"The Campaign" was tho general topic
of discussion at n meeting" of the Omaha
1'hllosophlcal society held In the public li
brary building Sunday nfternoon. Invita
tion bod been extended to the candidates
of both -parties to bo present and stato
their views on current municipal Issues,
but for somo reason nono of them appeared.
The time was tukon up by mombers ot tho
society. Tho speeches, while nominally non
partisan, inclined very much toward popu
lism. Municipal ownership of all public
utilities was advocated by 3. W. Logan,
J T Patch, U J. Qulnby. Dev. O. W.
Woodby. J. J. Points and N. II. Church.
Jlr. liOgan made the principal address and
tho others followed with ten-minute talks,
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
John It. Henley Is In tho city from Ogal
lula. John J. IlnlUnger of North Platto Is In
tho city.
Mr, nnd Mrs, O. D. Harford ot Ashland
nro In tho city.
Ed J. Fltxgerald of Lincoln Is registered
at tho Merchants.
Oeorge L. Jarrett, a large mining oper
ator of Joplln, 'Mo Is at tho Millard,
James D. Hardin, a Illack Hills mining
magnate. Is In the city from Dradwood.
S, A, Spooner of Mondamlu, la., a large
grain operator of that place, Is In tho
tit:-.
Dr. Old E. Johnson has returned from
a two weeks' visit to his old home In In
diana. IS. I Score!, n Chadron banker, who has
been In tho city attending the Masonic
festivities, leaves for his home this after-noun.
SWEETHEART WORTH HAVING
She is a Texts Maiden with tho Courage of
Her Convictions
SOUGHT HER LOVER AND RESCUED HIM
llodo n Musfitnu; Into Olil Mexico,
I'enet ruled n (llooin- l'rlmin
suil Ilroimlit Her I. over
to i-'rectlnm.
Just at this particular time everybody Ir.
Dlanco county, In western Texas, is en
gaged in sounding the praise of Miss Cora
Uramlon, reports a correspondent of the St.
Louis (Hebe-Democrat. This remarkahln
young girl has just returned from Mexico,
accompanied by a young Texan, whom sho
rescued from a gloomy prison located moro
than 100 miles beyond tho Wo Orande. This
courageous and daring act Is hardly more
to bo admired than her many charms of
person and mind, but sho Is so very modcat
that It Is ntmost Impossible to gather from
her lips tho particulars of the story that
makes her the heroine of a frontier adven
ture moro Interesting than a chapter ot tho
most stirring fiction.
About a month ago MIes Uramlon learned
that her sweetheart, to whom she was affi
anced, had in some way incurred the dis
pleasure of the Mexican authorities and that
ho had boon thrown Into prison. Judging
from tho fact that eho had not received any
letters from him for somo lime sho becanto
convinced that his Jailers would not pormlt
him to write. Such facts as sho could
gather furnished only a partial clow to th
troubles that evidently surrounded tho
young man In whom sho was so deeply In
terested and alio determined to go aud seo
him.
It appears that a wealthy cattleman by
tho namo of Mosely employed about twenty
Texan cowboys to go with him down Into
old Mexico last fall for the purposo of
bringing a largo herd of wild steers back to
Texas. Handal Darett mado ono of this
company, though Miss Drandon tried hard
to persuade him to remain at home, declar
ing that sho had a presentiment that he
would becomo Involved in troublo of some
character. Thcso young pcoplo had been
lovers from their Infancy, and It had been
their Intention to consummate their vow by
getting married about Christmas. Handal
was courageous and possessed of but llttlo
superstition, and ho laughed at tho fears of
h! little sweetheart, telling hor that Mosely
was offering big wages. "And you know we
can't havo any too much money to com
menco housekeeping," he said as ho gal
loped away with a light heart. Miss Bran
don recclrcd several lettors from her absent
lover, nnd, of course, sho was very much
troubled when tho tender missives ceased
to come. Sho scorned tho hints and sug
gestions of annoying parties, who Insisted
that her wandering admirer had doubtless
found brighter eyes and a prettier faco In
tho land of sunshluo nnd flowers than her
own, nnd sho patiently awnlted tho return
of the cowboys, expecting that Randal wodd
bo with them. When tho Texans arrived
they had bad new3 for Miss Drandon. They
told her that hor lover, with other cowboys,
had attended a fandango in a llttlo Mexican
town, and that tho festivities had ended In a
row. There had been somo shooting, and
Randal Darett had been accused of wound
ing a Mexican. "Is that all you havo to
say?" said tho spirited girl with a look of
scorn that plainly indicated tho contempt
that sho felt for a set of cowboys who had
deserted their comrade nnd friend In a
strango country. Tho Texans Insisted that
they had done all that they could for Ran
dal. They said that they had mado up a
purse and employed a good lawyer, and
that they had stuck to their unfortunate
companion during a preliminary trial, which
bad resulted In casting him Into Jail with
out ball, tho alcalde having refused to ac
cept the deposit of a very large sum In gold
as surety for tho defendant's further ap
pearance. Tho lawyer had told them that
his client would certainly bo acquitted, but
that ho would havo to remain In Jail to
nwalt trial, or at least until tho wounded
man recovered.
On to tlif Deictic.
Tho brave, true-hearted girl was not at all
satisfied with this stato ot affairs and she at
onco determined to learn moro ot the fato
of tho young man who was all the world to
her. Telling hor parents that sho -was go
ing to visit relatives who lived some ten
miles away, this daring young woman, who
Is hut llttlo moro than 18 years of ago.
mounted hor favorite mustang and galloped
across the pralrlo as If nhe "were really only
Etartlng to take a short ride. Her pcoplo
did not know that a cowboy's Spanish saddlo
and a pair of saddlo pockets stuffed full
of hor brother's clothing was concealed be
neath her riding dress, and If her own
mother had met her after sho emerged from
a thicket only a few miles from her home
the old woman might not havo rocognlzed
her daughter. Ono man who had known
hor all his life actually did meet her a
short dlstanco from homo and he "only saw
n verv lino looking cowbov." as hn said.
"wearing a big sombrero and very bright !
spurs, going toward tho Rio Rrando as If
he wcro nftor a bunch of stampeded steers."
Tho dress and the skirts which had so ef
fectually concealed the Spanish saddlo were
now" carefully stowed oway in tho leather
pockets and Miss Corn Drandon, with a good
revolver at her belt and a stout heart In
hor bosom, felt equal to the task of riding
about 200 miles, half of tho distance In n
foreign country, for the purposo of helping
hor lover out of troublo. Her Journey to
tho town of Sablnas, In Old Mexico, Is re
garded by her as uncvontful, but fow young
women ot her agu would look at It In that
way. Sho traveled alono nearly all the
tlmo and often slept out on tho prairie
with tho wolves howling about her camp
fire. Fortunately, sho speaks Spanish flu
ently, nnd since she Is a very pronounced
brunette with wondrous big, black eyes, sho
found llttlo troublo In making the rural
population take her for a tlno young cobat
lero. "My only trouble," she says, with a
sly glance at her happy husband, "was to
keep the Mexican girls from falling In lovo
with me." Her only affair of nny Import
occurred at tho llttlo vlllago of San Juan,
whero she found a lot of Mexican vaquer
roes belonging to General Trevlno's ranch
engaged In drinking mcacalo. They Invited
her to Join them, and when she refused a
big ruffian seized hor pony by the brldla
and told her to dismount, adding with an
oath that he proposed to change horses with
her. Sho Instantly threw her pistol In his
faco and ordered him In her most forceful
nnd elegatit Spanish to release his hold If
ho valued his llfo. The other Mexicans
laughed, nnd a woman ran forward and
pushed tho desperado away, at the same
tlmo Inviting her to dismount and accept
such hospitality an she was able to offor.
"This Antone," sho said, "Is a fool, and If
my husband wbb hero he would chastise him
for insulting such a good looking traveler."
It appeared that this woman kept a hotel,
and sho was eager to secure the patronago
of tho traveler and preserve the reputation
of the village. Others now crowded nhcut
and asked many questions with tho greatest
show ot politeness, evidently a llttlo awed
by tho stranger's prompt conduct In resent
ing tho Insult ot the desperado, Miss Dran
don treated tho crowd without dismounting,
and, after Inquiring tho distance to Gen
eral La Vegas' hacienda, eho galloped away,
feeling a little nervous.
In Iho I.nuil of the Duriuy,
When sho reached Sablnas she put up at
a hotel and soon afterward succe?del In
having an Interview with tho lawyer who
had been employed to defend Randal, A
little Investigation convinced tho young girl
that the circumstances surrounding her lov
er's case presented tew encouraging features,
Tho lnwycr could' rio't' even tell her when
Randal would hard to appear In court for
trial. "It might bo a year or maybe two
years," ho said, "before tho honorable court
would take up the1 rrfatter." Sho found tho
wounded man and learned from his own lips
that he did not know who shot him. He had
never been badly hrt nnd he said that he
felt sorry for the Americano. Miss Drandon
sought the Jailer, whb'at first positively re
fused to permit Her tb havo an Interview
with his prlsonerj "I have my orders," he
said. "I cannot lot any ono into the prlon
but the lawyer or one of hla relatives a
mother or his wlfo or sister."
"His sister will bo here tomorrow," re
plied tho quick-witted girl, nnd she walked
away. Miss Drandon devoted tho remainder
of the day to perfecting a plan for securing
the release ot her lover, which might have
been dreamed of by a bold and daring Texan
of the typo of Jack Hays or Den Thompson,
but there aro few men' even of the desperate
class ou tho border who would have ventured
to execute It, Sho looked about the little
village, where, fortunately, her presence at
tracted llttlo attention, from the fact that It
Is located In the midst of n cnttlo country
frequently visited by vncqueroes from dis
tant ranches. Fortune favored her designs
by bringing her In contact with a Mexican,
from whom sho succeeded In purchasing a
flno horse, saddle nnd bridle nnd a good ro
volvcr. On tbe next morning tho Jailer was
very much surprised when called upon by a
beautiful young girl, who appeared to bo In
the greatest distress. She addressed him
with such mournful tenderness, uttering his
own mellfluoiiH language In n tone so appeal
ing nnd pathetic, that he found himself ready
to grant the first request that sho mado
without the slightest protest. Ho led tho
way to the Jail door, which ho throw open
nnd courteously Invited her to enter, acting
as If he felt himself highly honored nnd
under many obligations to the beautiful
scnortta for tho privilege of being ablo to do
her a service. Tho embarrassment of tho
Jailer afforded tho girl an opportunity to slip
a noto Into hor lover's hand, nnd sho says
that thoy might hare talked almost openly
of the plan of cscapo that she had devised If
tho surprised young roan could havo better
controlled his trepidation and tho amaso
nient that he manifested over seeing her
enter his prison. Sho threw her nrms about
his neck, calling him brother nnd whlspered
words of encouragement Into his cars. Dur
ing tho Interview she mnnsged to drop sov
cral significant hints, which sho know would
bo of the greatest importance to Randal
when he camo to read the noto that sho had
given him. It was arranged, with the con
sent ot tho Jailer, whoso humor hnd been
Improved by a bottle of wine ordered by the
pretty visitor, that tho young lady should
fetch hor brother his supper from the hotel.
Handal suspected that a llttlo army of Texas
cowboys woud appear on tho sceno about
that time. It never occurred to him, even
after he had read his sweetheart's note, that
Bho was alono In tho desperate enterprise.
Ho held himself ready to obey her slightest
hint tho moment the Jail door opened. Miss
Drandon Is silent, as to ono particular
fcaturo of her., daring exploit, but
her friends believe, thai the lawyer or some
ono In his employ' led her ponies Into an
alley '-nr tho Jail and perhaps held them
there subject to hor orders. One can accom
plish wonders with, $10 gold piece In Mex
ico, i
Itrscnc nnil Flight,
When Miss Drandon entered tho Jail sho
Invited tho Jailer tcj etep Inside, saying that
sho wanted him to help her to open a bot
tle ot wine. Sho sol th'c fow dishes that sho
carried on tho floor, and handed the bottle
to the thirsty Mexlcah. When he stepped
toward tho only window In the gloomy vault
to secure tho benefit of"a fow straggling rays
ot light, sho qulckjy handed Hnndal a re
volver and whispered, tho word, "Now!" The
.Texan bounded forward like a panther and
brought tho weapon down on tho Jailer's
head with so much force that ho fell In a
heap ou tho stone floor, barely uttering n
groan. To make sure of keeping the poor
devil silent, they drew a handkerchief
through his mouth and tied It fast at tho
back of his head, and after binding his hands
aud feet they walked out of the Jail and
locked tho door. It was now quite dark and
they mounted their ponies and rode quietly
out of the llttlo town without attracting the
least attention. When tho sun roso next
morning they were little less than fifty miles
from that gloomy prison and they wcro
about tho same dlstanco from Texas. Th?y
might havo reached homo without further
trouble, but a captain of rurals, who was
guarding tho famous Free Zone against
smugglers, received notice of the cscnpo of
the American Diablo nnd ho hurried oquads
of his command to tho various croplngs on
the Rio Grande. Just at the moment when
tho happy lovers woro congratulating them
selves over tholr good fortune, they wcro
suddenly confronted by six Mexican dra
goons. Thoy turned aside Into tho chaparral
and, although the Mexicans sont a shower
of bullots after them they micceeded In get
ting out of sight of their pursuers, nnd nfter
a hard ride of otno hours reached tho Hlo
Grande. Here they wore ovcrtnken by an
other squad of rurals, and after exchanging
shots with them thoy boldly plunged Into
tho river, preferring tho risk of drowning
rnther than to be carried hack to a Mexican
dungeon. The soldiers rained bullets about
them and sovcra! dragoons continued tho
pursuit In the water. The lovers would have
easily escaped, but a ball struck Randal's
horso nnd disabled him. The young man
was forced to abandon hla animal and In
doing so ho lost his pistol. His devoted and
bravo llttlo sweetheart had no thought of
nbandonlng tho man for whom she bad nl
ready braved so many dangers. Drawing her
rovolver sho turned her pony towards Han
dal, and ns sho called to hlra to seize the
animal's tall Bho fired at tho nearest Mexi
can. Then turning her horse's head toward
tho Texas shoro sho throw horself over tho
rump and deliberately sent ono bullet after
another In rapid succession Into the faces
of hor pursuers. Hor friends nro uninformed
ns to tho result of these shots, but they know
that the courageous Jlttlo girl brought her
oweethcart home, whore hoth of them re
ceived n warm welcome. They were mar
ried last weok and 'It was altogether the big
gest wedding that'1 wtfa ever witnessed In
western Texas. Rrindnli Darett says that he
has looked all though the big dictionary
nnd that he can't find nny word long enough
or sufficiently comprehensive to express his
feelings towards hlM wife.
Mr. Darett l highly respected In tho
neighborhood where 11(3 was raised. He says
that ho did not flren single shot at tho
fandango, and that 1i would be perfectly
willing to stand fair trial. He believes
that he' never would 'h'aVo gained his liberty
If he had not bceri ''rescued by his sweet
heart. '"''-
' Hi'
To tltjfl'iilillc.
"I have used Ctia'i'ijbcrlaln's Cough Rem
edy slnco It was Introduced n thl.i vlcWIty,
both for myself and family, nnd always with
tho best results, and cannot speak too highly
of it. It dees Its work thoroughly and
effectually," says Elliott Ingram, South Lee,
Mas3. This remedy Is a favorite because It
In prdmpt and certain In Its cures and Is
pleasant and safe to take, Price 25 nnd K0
cents per bottle.
Coekrnii Ilnpo the AilmliiUlrutlon,
NEW YORK, March 4. In a speech last
ing nearly two hours at a Robert Emmett
birthday meeting at the Academy of Musli
by thn Clan-Nn-Gne! organizations ot this
city, W. Dourke Cockran bitterly denounced
the attitude ot tho administration at Wash
ington toward England In Its nffalra In
South Africa, and almost advocated retalia
tion on the part of the United State.
Cockran was Introduced by Recorder John
Golf, who presided at the mectlne.
DAKOTA TIMBER MENACED
Worm Threatens to Devastate tho Bltck
Hills Forests.
OBSERVATIONS OF SUPERVISOR HAMAKER
Alrcndy n .Number of Totnmlilp Itnve
Item Vlxlteil hy the Iimcctn nnil
Sevpnty-KlTP l'rr IV nt of
l'lne Timber Killed.
HOT SPRINGS, S. D., March !. (Special.)
II. O. Hamakcr, supervisor of the Dlack
Hills forest reservation, says that the worm
that has been nt work on tho Dlack Hills
pluo timber for somo time will finally de
vastate tho country of timber If Its rav
ages aro not In some wny checked.
Ho says that "already four and one-halt
townships havo been worked over and about
75 per ceut of tho pine timber has been
killed. I examined a piece ot bark taken
from a dead plno tree, tho piece being nbout
ten inches square, and counted seventy
one dead bugs, and nround each bug there
was a cluster of eggs which would hatch
out In tho spring in worms. Thcso worms
do the work of destruction.
"Tho fim season that n tree Is attacked
the body part seems to dlo ond the boughs
remain green until the following soason,
when they dlo nnd turn brown In color.
Tho tree will retain Its llfo for nil pur
poses for ubout two years, when It com
mences to decay and finally falls to the
ground.
Demi Timber Sold Mlurn.
"During tho last year there havo been
about 20,000,000 feet of this worm-killed
timber sold to tho mines and sawmills for
DO cents per thousand feet. As yet no ob
jection has becu made by tho state mine
Inspector to tho mine owners using thin
class of timber, but It Is a question whether
It will always bo permitted. Somo years
ago thero was a similar worm In the forests
of Virginia which killed tho trees the same
way as tho Dlack Hilts worm does. A bug
wns Introduced Into that district which In
a short tlmo exterminated tho wood-catlng
pest. The government Is nt present work
ing upon tho Dluck Hills worm, and somo
method will be found for Its extermina
tion." Mr. Hamaker sayo that there aro at pres
ent seven lumber camps In the Dlack Hills,
Which aro producing monthly about 600,000
feet of lumber that Is practically nil used
within tho Dlack Hills. The Homcstako
Mining company now buys all of Its tlmbor
from tho government reserve, the last pur
chaso being 17,000,000 feet. This tlmbor Is
first measured standing ond Is again meas
ured nfter being cut. This purchaso will
last tho Homcstako company about two
years. Tho annual consumption of timber
for nil purposes In tho Dlack Hills is nbout
15,000,000 feet. Mr. Hamakcr is in hopes
of gottlng a larger appropriation for tho
maintenance of the forestry reserve than
he had last year.
STATISTICS
OX
Livn
STOCK.
KlKiireM SIiimvIiik the Ntntiin of the In
ilimtry In Wyoming.
CHEYENNE, March 4. (Special.) Not
withstanding tho fact that llvo stock rais
ing has been Wyoming's chief industry for
over a quarter of a century, very tittle)
attention has over boon paid to tho matter
of gathering statistics of tho business. Tho
current number of tho Industrial Journal
contains an Interesting article on tho llvo
stock Industry of tho state, together with
a statistical tablo showing tho steady
growth of tho sheep business and the rise
and fall of tho cattlo business.
In tho yenr 1880 tho cattle growing busi
ness wns at Its zenith, there being 898,121
head of cattlo returned for assessment
From this tlmo on until 1898, however, tho
number of cattle In tho stato foil off rapidly,
and In this year thoro wero returned for
assesament purposes only 280,102 head, ty
decreaso of nlmost 23 per cent during tho
twolvo years. In 1899 tho number of cattlo
had Increased to 311,029, and tho Indica
tions now point to a still further lncreaso
during tho present year.
Tho sheep nnd wool growing Industry
shows n remarkable growth during tho four
toon years from 1886 to 1899, Inclusive.
From 308,977 head of sheep in 1886 tho
number increased to 1,172,810 In 1895, nnd
to 2,164,701 in 1S99. It Is estlmnte,1 liv n.
scrvatlvo wool growers that tho number of
sneep in Wyoming will reach 3,000,000 bo
foro tho close of 1900.
Horses bavo Increased and decreasod by
turns. In 1886 thero woro returned for
nsscssment 61,151 head, which number was
Increased to 84.001 In 1891. Thn fniinin
years show a steady decreaso, and in 1893
thero wero onlv 71.283 hemi nf hnr... in
tho stato. In 1899, however, tho number
uau increased to 82,446.
Denrth of HnrriMvors.
HURON. S. D.. vMarch 4. la
Gcorgo A. Sllsby, national bank examiner,
was hero on Friday. Referring to money
matters in South Dakota, General Sllsby
remarked that not for several yenrs, if over
has thero been so llttlo ii
nmong business mon and farmora In this
stato as now. Ranks havo plenty of money,
but thoro is a dearth
condition ho attributes to tho fact' that so
many larmora aro engaged In stock raising
nnd nro nlso liberal
, , " w i-i fuuiu tats
nnd chceso factorlos. LMorchants, be says,
"i""' uumucna u4 (n0 last yenr largely In
excess of former years, nmi nil ... i
hnvo nearer a cash business than ever bo-
ioro.
Itnckefrllvrn IMci-chUmI.
CHEYENNE. Ilarch A ispi.,i it i.
reported hero that tho now purchasers of the
ruriiB-iiagsariy copper mlno nt Dattlo
Lake, Carbon county, are somo of the lead
ing offlcials of tho Standard Oil company
nnd that tho Hockofollors are Interested tn
tho deal. It Is also stated that tho pur
chasers will pay over to the present owners,
In a few weeks, tho sum of J1.SOO.000 for
tho property.
MICK t)F A DKSKIITKIl.
IIov lie Ilei'mnr a Millionaire nnd
What Kollntrril.
Along In tho '50s, relates the Chicago
Record, a Scotch Bailor named Penny de
serted from a man-of-war on the west coaBt
of South America and found his vav tn thn
Interior of Dollvla, where ho worked as a
miner nnd did odd Jobs for n living. In the
courso of tlmo ho took up with nn Indian
womnn, and after she had nursed him
through a long and dangerous Illness ho
married her to show his gratitude. She re
ciprocated his confidence nnd affection by
leading him to nn ancient mlno which had
been abandoned nnd partially filled at tho
tlmo ot tho conquest in order to keep It
from falling Into tho hands of tho Spaniards.
With tho aid of his wife nnd a fellow coun
tryman named Mackenzlo Pon
out the rubbish nnd struck a vein of silver
that mado him a millionaire. Thn mlnn u
still operated and is ono of the rncst profit
amn in houm America.
After having developed tho nronertv nmi
organlzcad his affairs with Mackenzlo ns
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Slfiuaturo
TUB TRUTHS.
DROP of ink will color a whole glass
mm
y of water. It is
fKl makes a pan ot
cake of soap
alkali can ruin a hundred times its cost in laces
and fine embroidery. After all, is it wise to take
such risks with common soap ? Of course you
can get along without Ivory Soap. So can a
wagon without axle grease but it goes hard.
CO.TRI4NT tT TMf
his superintendent, somo years later, 1'enny
returned to Scotland and purchased tho
cstato near Aberdeen upon which his par
outs had lived as laborers. His Indian wlfo
could neither read nor wrlto and could not
speak or understand a word ot English, but
was habitually arrayed In silks and satins
and woro Jowcls that wero thn wonder of all
tho country round, l'cnny spent his money
llko a Mouto Crlsto nnd tho fnmo ot his
philanthropy will never bo forgotten by the
peoplo of that region, Ho brought a son of
Muckonzlo to Scotland to be educated and
sent him to tho best schools. Ho nlso adopted
a nophow of tho namo of Craig, the son of a
vlllago parson living near Aberdeen. Penny
Insisted that both should adopt his namo,
nnd, ns he had no children of his own, and
no prospects of any, promised to make them
his heirs.
When ho died suddenly ho left n will bo-1
queathlng his mines and his millions to
his wlfo and commending to her care and
generosity his two adopted sons, Craig and
Mackenzlo Penny.
Shortly after Craig Penny started for Do
llvla with the widow, leaving Mackenzie,
who was then nbout 18 years old, lu school.
During tho voyage, by somo means, Craig
Induced Mrs, Penny to marry him, and when
they arrived at Oruro ho produced a mar
rlago certificate, took chargo of the property
and dismissed tho faithful Mackenzie, who
hnd been sole manager of tho mine for many
years. Then Mrs. Penny died under mys
terious circumstances. Although her hus
band nttcmpted to keep nway doctors and
priests, tho old lady, through a Hervaut,
managed to send word to friends that sho
needed protection, and before her death de
clared sho had been poisoned, Tho scandal
was hushed with money, mid Penny lived
llko a lord on the prollts of tho mine, ot
which he claimed to bo tho sole owner, but
after a time young Mackenzlo learned what
had transpired lu Dollvla and started for
Oruro to protect his rights. Doing a Drlt
Ish subject, ho placed his claims In the
hands ot Thomas H. Anderson, United
States minister to Dollvla, who was In
charge of Drittsh Interests, and tho latter,
with tho aid of Dr. Alonzo, recently presl
dent of Dollvla endcavorod to arrange an
amicable settlement of the controversy, im
der which tho two boys were to havo equal
shares In tho mine.
When Mr. Anderson returned to tho
United States at tho end ot his term of ofllce
ho brought young Mackenzlo Penny with
him in order that he might complete his
education in WaBhtngton, but after a tlmo,
when tho boy returned to Dollvla, Presi
dent Alonzo organized n syndicate to buy
out both the heirs for $500,000 each. Ho
now controls tho mines and Is paying tho
two heirs in Installments, while both are
drinking themselves to death at Antofu
gasta. I'.tl!-ll.
Chicago Tribune: Mr. nnd Mrs. Pipes, It
would appenr, differed sharply in their
views on social nnd political economy.
Mr. Plpos camo home nnd found that the
boys of tho neighborhood hnd torn up his
lawn and muddled his sidewalks to a dls-
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK ?
Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you
tried the new food drink called GKAIN-O?
It Is delicious and nourishing and takos
the place of coffee. The more Graln-O you
five tho chlldron the moro health you dls
rlbute through their systems. Graln-O Is
made of pure grains, nnd when properly
prepared tastes like the choice tirades of
coffee, but costs about VI as much. All
grocers sell V. Ito and Stor-
When Drex L. Siiooman
wits looklnn for a lot the other lny
tlio real estate agoiitH tlldn't do a tiling
to him Just run lilm nil over town
nntl tlio Avny tho prices went down
made ub tliluk of the way we nell bIioch
bedrock priced all tho time. You
wouldn't expect to get a Rood, rcllablo
misses hIioo anywhere clue but at
Drexel'8 for $l.f0, but our iiiIhsph $1.W)
Blioes Htund by our reputation of hcIIIus
the best for the least money In Omalin.
We would llko to have you examliio
these sliooa.
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U1B FARNAil STREET.
The Framing of Pictures
Has become an art with UH-thcro are
two ways of frnmlui; ouo Is tho right
way, the other Is the wrong way We
have framed eo many that we know
only the rlcbt way Then wo give you
the largest assortment of mouldings to
delect from you erer saw In your life
Right up to date, too Nothing adds so
much to a room as a picture well
framed Wo Invite visitors to our art
department.
A. HOSPE,
Music and Art. 1613 Douglas,
an inch of yeast which
bread rise, and a single
containing unabsorbed
MOOIt. OAMtiC OO. CIWCtwt.TI
gracetut extent by playing rudo and holitor
ous games In front ot tho house.
"Penelope," ho said, In a high-keyed voice,
"can't you keep thcso young rutllans oft out
premises?"
"I don't see how I can, Philander," uhc
replied, with hor arms nklmbo, "so long as
you go around preaching socialism and cam
mon property In Innd."
lleltft'tluiiH of a lliii'helor.
Now York Press: Tho arch hypocrite Is
tho human heart.
No out) would over bollnvo me If I wrote
what I hcllovcd nbout what women pity
bachelors for.
Tho worst type of bachelor Is tho ono whe
goes nbout proclaiming that ovcry man aughl
to marry young.
The fewer things n man gives a woman te
lovo him for, the moro certain sho Is to lovi
him for thoso few things.
Tho only woman who can make a succcsf
of chasing a man Is tho ono who can maki
him bellovo ho Is chasing her.
Intcrxtiitf Aitifiiltlt'N,
A tall, lean, hungry-looking countryman
wulked up to the box olllco at tho Grand
Oiora house several nights ngo nnd called
for a front seat, relutes thw Memphis
Sa!mltnr. Ho wns uccommoduted us be
threw Mii half-dollar down In front ot the
ticket seller. Ho stnlked Into the thenter
about ten minutes before tho curtnln went
up and wns shown hla sent. Tho usher
did not turn It down for him and lie didn't
know there was any turn to It. Ho perched
himself on the nlgo of the unturned seat
and wns apparently cnjoylnff himself, until
nn old gentleman behind him touched aim
on tho ihonlder nnd said:
"Whv don't you sit In your sent right?
"Wnl, 1 'lowed I was," replied tho coun
tryman, but he was from Missouri, and tho
usher hud to show him.
Hoot nnil I. ml low nt Tunitiii.
TAMPA. Fin,, Mnrch 4.-'Sccretary ot
Wnr Hoot and wlfo and General Dudlow
nnd party nro spending tho night nt Port
Tnmpn. They nrrlved at Port Tampa this
mornliiK nnd proceeded down Tampa bay
to Egmont Key, thirty miles. Hero they
expected to meet the trniiMport Sedgwick,
which wns to carry them to Ilavnnn. The
boat fnlled to nrrlvo, however, nnd nfter
waiting all dny tho party returned to Port
Tampa tonight. Tlio party hopes to got
nway for Cuba some time tomorrow.
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