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T contains all there is in tho English language, compiled, pronounced and define by the most eminent modal- istu of tho present day, in every popart- raont of literature, science and art I Parents Should not underestimate the value to their children of imme diate consultation of a Standard authority whenever any question arises with regard to a word. The early use of reference bookB by the young leads to habits of thoroughness in Btudy prevents careleBB writing and cultivates exactness in conversation. You can now procure it, elegantly bound in full sheep, at tho low price of $8. Thirty-three and one-third per cent discount from puoiisners' price. v MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION. MEGEATH STATIONERY 1308 Farnam Street, Omaha. A MS ADVENTURE AT LONG TUNNEL I o o BY C. W. REAMER. O , O (Copyrighted, 1900, by C. W. llcamcr.) ol tho tunnel a temporary telegraph office had been erected, between which a private wire had been strung for the exclusive use of, tho tunnel operators. Tha ofTlccs thorn selves wcro hastily-constructed shanties, each oontntnlug a chair and a Ublo for the Instruments. It Wan .simply n Snnp. Tho samo evening-1 went on duty at tho tho man at tho other end, but be had evi dently forgotten that tho train wub back and had taken advantage ot tho quiet to catch a nap. "Dawson must bo 'pouudlng his ear," " I said to tho 'watchman, who was stretched out on tho lloor in the cornor. "I can't raise him." But that gentleman, whoso duty It Is to keep watch and ward, was evidently In dulging In tho same luxury, for hin answer was a snore. I kept on calling until the long train had came almost to a standstill. I knew as a matter of fact that thero -wore no trains bound In tho opposite direction within many miles of Long tunnel. I also kriow that even It there wcro they could not enter the tunnel until given tbe signal by Telegraphers aro essentially a class ot rovers. In tho dally course of their business thoy aro brought In touch 'with points, hun dreds, even thousands, of miles distant. The acnso.of dlstanco is thus lost and nt tho samo time u feeling of rcetlcs3ncss Ih created which' can bo satisfied only by travel. To this 'rulo I formed no exception. For several years I had knocked about tho country at random. I had seen servlco In both tho largo commercial telegraph companies and on many railroads. I had traveled hy rull ruan and by frolght, according to tho state of my finances at tho time, and In tho course of these travels I had met with many experiences which, when viewed retrospec tively, aro brightened by tho glamour ot ro manco, but at tb,o tlmo wero 'terribly real. One of these Is the story which I have to relate. It wan In tho spring nt 1890 that, In tho courso of my wonderlnris. I drifted Into Ashovlllo. My finance were In a depleted state and It became. necessary to replenish them. Several days had been opent In a vain search for a position, when I dropped In to sco tho superintendent of telegraph on one of the great railroads leading out of lAshovllle. Putting on my brst front I asked him If he needed a first-class operator. "Well," ho said, looking mc over quizzi cally, "I do need a man If ho's the right kind. Where have you worked?" I mentioned tho name of a single railroad only. Uovlng telegraphers' aro not favored. "Any references?" I produced a soiled paper that had accom panied me through nil; my wanderings. "A lltt'lo stale," ho' said, "and somewhat tho worse for wear; but It looka all right. Go Into tho next rcom and Mr. Jones will see what you can do." Ho took mo to tho dcor and introduced me to the dispatcher, who was sitting at a tablo with tho train record spread .beforo him. . v, "This young -man "clalmn to be n first class man. Seo what he can do." "Well," said tho dispatcher, turning to me, "answer that fellow calling 'Hx,' " I answered, took the mtBsago and handed It to him. Ho lookod at the handwriting ap provingly. "Now." he said, "send him that one." When I had done so he tcok me to tho cast end of I.oiig tunnel. Tho day man cx-1 tho operator, and such signal could uot bo auner ntendont. ulalned to mo the nature of tho work, which ; given until 1 nan Dean consulted, i was, "Well." talfl the superintendent, when he , was anything but arduous, therotore, perfectly safe In allowing tho had hoard tho report. "I cuoss you'll do. I "You simply call up the roan nt the other train to proceed. So, not wishing to hold It, Now. I want you to go to the east end of end when you want to let a train In tho Ixing tunnel. We aro widening tho tunnel tur.nol," said ho, "and get hla permission, for three tracks. While ihls work Is going ' He must do the samo txfere ho lots a train nn, ono of tho two tracks at present thiiro enter at hi end. Such permission having will necessarily bo blocked, and wo will . lucn given, the rpsrator giving It Is bound hnvo lo run trn'np through tho tunnel on a ' to hold all oppoilte bound trains and keep single track, Tho position will bo ono of , tho tunuol clear until tho train which has responsibility. You wjll havo to be con- been given tho rlf,'ht of way clears at tho stantly on (ho alert no going to sleep and othor end. That Is all It amounts to. It's nt AS I LOOKED THERI3 CAME KROM THE MOUTH OF THE TUNNEL A WHITE MOHT. lcelng trains there," ho added, wnrnlngly. "I thank you for your kindness," I an swered. "Whan Bhall I go?" "no rmdy to go on duty tomorrow night." "I shall glvo a good account of myself," I answered ns I left hlnj. , Tho next morning I boarded tho train for my now field of labor., Iong tunnel was Rbout forty nillen west of Coal tower. Kor jnlles to tho east the. railroad ron parallel with thu river, through n' beautiful and fertllo valley, but ut this paint It had mot nn obstruction In tho sJHapo of tho moun tain and, parting from jts sinuous com panion, had plowed Its way through this natural barrier, emerging Into tho light of day a mile to the westward, At each end tho greatest snap I over had." Tho rcmilt of nil this was that no train could enter the tunnel until the operator at the other end had signified that tho track was clear and would bo kept clear until such train had emerged nt tho other end. Simple as tho system was, Its very simplicity seemed only to add to Its effect ler.rs, and had we, tho oporators, ndh'ered lo It strictly, this story would not havo been written, nut ono night about n month after my advent at Long tunnel a chanro ovent disclosed to me and tho operator at tho wont end tho possibility of making It simpler fctlll. It came about In this way: About 3 o'clock one Sunday morning a belated freight train approached my end of tho tunnel. I opened the key and called I pulled tho signal and It rolled Into the tunnel. When It camo out at tho other end tho.nolso aroused the sleeping operator nnd I told him what I had dono. This event, as I said, awakened In both of us possibilities that had never occurred before. Sitting at breakfast In tho big farmhouse the samo morning we talked tho matter ovor. "Thero Is no renson," said Dawson, after we had discussed tho thing from all sides, "why -wo shouldn't got Borne sleep out of this." "Especially," I added, "when wo can do so with ported safety." So wo agreed that for the future, If ono of us called the other for "track" nnd re ceived no reply, ho should act on the as sumption that tho other was asleep and let the train go through. In such a courso thero appeared to bo absolutely no danger, be cause If, while this train wna In tho tunnel, another should approach at tho opposite end, the operator thero would have to call up the other man to get tho right of way, when he could hn Informed of tho state of affairs. And thus we altered tbe system which had been adopted by the .officials to suit our own convenience. So far a ivo could soe thero was In the now system not a single flaw. No posslblo contingency could we devise with -which it could .not successfully cope. But such a contingency did arlso and it shall ever bo to mo an object lesson of tho limits of human conception. Wo went on with our new scheme for a month, sleep ing when we choso and staying awako when wo chose, when our "system" was sud denly exploded. On tho particular night In question tho operator at tho other end of tho tunnel was attending a festival In a neighboring village and his placo was filled by tho day man. Of this fact I was unaware until afterward. About 1 o'clock I got out my lunch basket nnd had Just mado a half moon In a plcco of plo when a hevy freight train drifted around the curve and whistled for tho signal. Ab usual, I called the man at the other end. Receiving no answer. I pulled tho signal to white, and tho train rolled Blowly Into tho tunnel. As tho engine passed tho office, I heard a lump of coal strlko tho door. Somo of the trainmen wero In the habit of throw ing off old papers and magazines for my perusal, and usunlly took this way to at tract my attention. Relieving this to bo tho case now, I picked up the lantern anil stepped out of the office to look for tho papers, nut I found nothing. Thinking that the momentum of tho train might have carried them along, I walked up tho track perh.ips fifty feet, hut could see nothing of tho papors. Then I returned to the office. I had been out perhaps two minutes, but In that time tho mischief had been dono. The "tall lights" ot the freight wcro Just onterlng tho tunnel when I again called Dawson. This tlmo ho answered. "No. Dt Is In tho tunnel," I told him on the wire. "Don't let anything In east." "My Clod," bo ticked back, nnd tho dots and dashes came to mo llko tho death war rant to a condemned culprit: "I Just let an 'extra' go. I called you, but couldn't raise you, so I let them In." Swift as lightning tho terrible truth flashed over mo. lie had culled while I was out looking foi tho papers. Falling to nilso mc, ho had lived up to tho letter ot our system nnd sent the train through tho tunnol. And now-whnt? Why, two iron fiends, nuided by human hands, wore re lentlessly bearing down upon each othor in tho heart of tho mountain, and no power on earth could ston them. The sensation which I then experienced Is somethlns that every man will hnvo to imagine for himself: It la Incapable of being put down in black and unito. vvuuoui Know ing what I was doing, or why I. was doing It, I put on my hat und coat. Then I walked out of tho door and up tho track to tho mouth ot tho tunnel. 1 listened for the crush that must surely come. 1 strained my eyes In a vain endeavor to penotrato tho tunnel s black mouth. I thought of the human Uvea thnt wero going swiftly and surely to their awful death, and I their murderer. I wished that I might bo In tho tunnel when tho monsters met In combat and be the first to die. Soon this mood gave way to another the Instinct of self-prrsorvatlon. I turned abcut and faced the. open country. Surely, In that wide, Illimitable expanse which stretched far away to tho east, thoro was tcmo place where I might bldo myself somo hnvon where I might bo secure from thrf vengeance ot tho law. I leaped ovor the ditch at tho sldo of the track and climbed tho fence, mindly I stumbled acros tho swnmpy bottom, going I know not nor cared not where, but simply that I was golntr. Once I turned nnd looked back. I could foo tho signal light nt tho entrance of tho tupnol, showing through tho blackness of tho night the danger signal, nil. "Curso you," I cried out in my despera tion, " jou car show danger now that It is too late," Rut us I looked thero came from tho mouth of tho tunnel a white light, large and brll- Itnnt, causing grim shadows to danco up and down on tho glistening rails. At first I thought I was dreaming, but I looked again and know, even In tho face of tho utter Ira pofslbliity of tho thing, 'that It was tho headlight ot an engine tho "extra." Then, like a crazy man, laughing ono minute and ctylug tho next, I ran back toward tho of fice. Several tlrues I fell, but In an In stant I was up again aud on. I did, not ask myself how this could be; I mado no at tempt to reason It out. I know, simply and only, that tho miraculous had happened that tho two trains had passed each other without a collision. And so, covered with mud from my falls In tbo swamp, I reached tho ofilc which a few moments before I had left bearing with mo a terrlblo burden. The Instrument was ticking my call as I walked in the door. I sank down on the chair and answered. "Where in the name of Clod have you been?" asked Dawson s substitute. "I thought you had skipped tho country." "Don't uok mo wIjctc I vo been. Tell mo how tho trains passed In tho tunnel." "You fool," he retorted. "They didn't pats In tho tunnel. I held tho 'extra' here until 01 had cleared. "You told mo you had let the 'extia' In." "Yes, my boy, I did that to teach you a Iptson. Dawson told mo of your little scheme. After he left I got to thinking It over, wncn you cnuou me 10 gei me irncK for 04 I was standing In the doorway. 1 knew that you would lot tho train como anyway, .so I didn't trouble myself to answer. Then the 'extra' came. I thought you might bo holding tho train, eo I called you. When you didn't answer thero Hashed over me tbo porslblllty of what might have occurred had I been asleep when you culled for 01. ou would have let them In, ns yott In fact did. Then the extra would hnve wakened mc and I should have called you for track. Re ceiving no answer, I should have presumed you to bo sleeping and lot the 'extra' go. Now you see what your little scheme might havo led to?" "Yes," I said, "I neo." I was, tco much relieved .tt the happy out come of the affair to be angry at his decep tion, nut I told Dawson what had hap pened and tho next night we abandoned our system and thereafter used tho old ono. cwi'taix i,i:.nv ay ouam. Itrnl Covornor Seimrnioil from iltr I'lflltloii .Stories Aliont lllni. So many varying and untrue stories havo been circulated about the recall of Cap tain Rlchnrd V. Ieary, tho first American governor of our new Island possession, Guam, that tho Navy department has felt Itself called upon to print Captain Lcary's letter asking that this step be taken. Whatever picturesque methods and high-sounding phrases he may havo used during his porlod of almost autocratic sway there, It Is plain that the chief reason for bis recall Is that his tour of what Is called "sea duty" has practically expired. Leary undoubtedly did stir up tho friars as to their charges for marriage, and he proclaimed against servi tude amounting to slavery and against in toxication and various other customs calcu lated to debaso thoso who Indulged in them. He also used many lofty words to Impress tho easy-going natives with a vivid Idea of the greatness of the American flag and the United States as a nation. All this made our first governor of Cluam picturesque. I3ut. according to Franklin Matthews In Harper's Weekly, Captain Leary Dick Leary, as cveryono who knows him and thousands w,ho do not know him call him la more than picturesque; he Is positively rugged, always Interesting, and never hap pier than when ho scents the atmcsphere of Btrlfe. His career In the navy has been 1 "Darling. I could sit ho-c torevnr iling sou a my I o, and-- 2 Just then tho bleigh upset. ono of turmoil. Few men In the navy hav more sturdy friends or more bitter enemlos among his Immedlato fellows than Dick Leary. Three times his name has been re moved from tho roster. Twico It was re stored by the department after thorough In vestigation and review of tho circumstanced under which It was removed. Once it -was restored by order of congress. Somo of the naval officers havo never for given Leary for that distinction. Ills career In tho navy has not been n bed of roses. Ha didn't get much of a chance In the war with Spnln. Maybe it was bocause thoro was a reluctance to allow ono with something ot tho repute of a daredevil to come to tha front, and It might havo been that th projudlco of others bad somo effect. Juet before the war came he had had another tlm of stress In tho navy. Some of his enemies suddenly discovered that Leary was color blind. He said It wasn't so, nnd again ha confounded his enemies, although It took more than ono examination to thoroughly establish Leary's contention. The antl Lcarylsts that time thought they had him sure, but he passed bis examination for the captain's grade, did more or less obscure work In tho war, and now haa won notoriety and glory of a certain kind In Guam, Leary did ono servlco for his country In tbo latter part ot tho '80s In Samoa which attracted a great deal ot attention, brought him tbo thanks privately ot a president, u secrotary of state and a secretary of the navy, but no official document of ap proval, and when It was proposed to glvs hlm the thanks of congress n storm raged about him. Ho had resisted the aggressions of the German Influence in Samoa and had cleared his ship for action ono day when n Oerman war ship threatened to fire on some natives. His correspondence at that tlmo, when he was beyond reach of the government, was so vigorous that when It was transmitted to congross certain sen tcncei wero ccnsorol, probably for the good of continued pleasant relations with a cer tain foreign power. If Leary had fired on that German war ship It would probably have brought on war .between the United States and Ger many. It was a tromondous responsibility to put on a lieutenant commander. No officer of his years and rnnk was ever placed In aush a position. Ho was un questionably right In his attitude, and In his vigor ho was truly Amorlcan. His distinction, It Is openly asserted, brought down upon him more Jealousy, nnd that may nccount for tho fact that, Inasmuch as his country goo him no public ap proval, his state of Maryland felt called upon to honor him, and did so, present ing him with a watch by order of the leg islature. Personally Leary Is slight In physique, quiet In behavior, quick to wrath, a typ ical southerner In chivalry, an ardent lover of hl country, a man who In war would rather fight than eat, drink. r lee- -d In peace would rather devote himself to his real frlonds than have any attention whatever brstowed upon hlmtelf No m ter where Dick Leary may be or what ho may do, it Is safe to predict that something will always bo going on there of especial Interest. OAHTOSIIA. Bun tin lhl Y,u Hm B,ulM o a. tst a? o x. i Jk. . Sean th j9 1tl9 Have Always CiujU oAsrroxixA. t B tho I Kid YOU nMAlMjj BWiN D