"JRT DA&OTA COUNTY HERALD. fA ;rac. r t y i MOTTO-Ail TTi News Wkaa It Ii Htwm. t s VOL. 20. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1912. NO. 47. bbsHElT 1 .:- IN FINE CONDITION SECRETARY ROY8E FINDS NE BRA8KA BANK8 DOING) WELL. DEPOSITS ARE MUCH LARGER Totals In Report Submitted for ths First Time Run Over the Hun dred Million Mark. The secretary of the State Bank ing board has made his report tor the month ending Juno 14, 1912, which shows a commendable -Increase In the right direction. For the first tlmo In the history of the banking board the totals have run over the hundred million mark. Following is the re port: m "Number of banks reporting, C81. "Number of depositors, 256,188. "Average reservo, 30 per cent. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts.... 71,250,086.26 OvordraftB 505,210.38 Bonds, securities. Judg ments, clajme, etolu.r 830,041.54 Cue from national and state banks v.. 20,925,722.29 Banking house, furniture and fixtures 2,694,056.85 Other real estate 273,698.15 Current expenses, taxes and Interest paid .... 1,288,037.21 Cash items 3C.517.32 Cash 4.605.589.6G Total $102,416,459.66 LIABILITIES. Capital stock 'paid in.... $13,169,740.00 Surplus fund ..'....... 2,800,846.74 Undivided profits 2,825,525.31 Deposits 82,825,356.02 Notes and bills re-dls- counted 09.7C9.23 Bills payable 348,140.54 Peposltors' guaranty fund 367,081.82 Total $102,410.459.6G "Slnco the report of March 16, 2912, deposits have increased $2,196, 380.26 and loans have Increased $1,474,104.94 and there has been a gain of ten in the number of banks. The reserve Is the same, being 30 per cent, double the amount required by law. "Compared with a year ago, Juno 1,- 1911, the Mxcrease In deposits is $10,948,872.86 and the increase in loans amounts ""to $8,254,076.58, and an increase of twenty-throe In the number of banks reporting. "With depositB the highest In the history of the state, an average re sorve doublo the amount required by law and a reduction of $63,000 In notes and bills redlscounted and bills payable during the last year, a very satisfactory showing for the banks of Nebraska is presented at this time, and indicates a most safe and sound condition, a substantial growth in bus iness, and the careful and conserva tive lines upon which they are being operated." Unveiling Lincoln Statue. Tho members of the Abraham Lin coln monument committee met and discussed the program for the un rolling which is to take place Septem ber 2. Ab that is Labor day and a legal holiday and the first day of the fitat fair, a big1 parade of civic so cieties and labor unions may precede the unveiling ceremonies. Charged With On Information Oklahoma sheriff, arrested Crocket Catttle Stealing, received from an Detective Schmltt McIIenry, colored, cattle stealing. Mc- employed for tho Commercial club on the charge of Henry had been paBt week at tho dining room. Legislative Reference Bureau. Assistant Director Hnnnan of tho legislative reference bureau 1b 'col lecting election data and figures from state records for publication in the blue book which Is to bo ready for members when thoy arrive in Lincoln -early in January for tho 1912 session. Primary and goneral election figures (or several years past will bo given lay counties and for all of the offices Toted upon at each election. The In formation will be a small part of gen eral data relating to the operation of the state government and designed to give the incoming legislators ready reference to matters which aro likely to come up during the session. Headquarters at Lincoln. Lincoln will have the democratic state headquarters during the com ing campaign. A decision to that ef fect has been arrived at by candidates on tho democratic stato ticket and their wishos in tho matter will bo followed by the new Btato ceptral commltteo to bo chosen at the com ing convention at Grand Island. Bids for Printing. Secretary Thomas of the state Erlntlng bureau has advertised for ids for tho printing of fifteen bien nial and annual reports of state de partments. Bids will be received up to noon of July 29. This la tho an nual letting of printing contracts that formerly took place In tho month of April. The fiscal year of the state closes November 30 and reports of departments witt close on that date, but contracts can ho awarded UiIk month and much cf the copy can be nt immediately to the printers. A8 TO VACANT LAND. Deputy Labor Commissioner Sends Out Circulars. Louis V. Quye, deputy labor com missloner, after a personal investiga tion of the lands open to homestead entry in Nebraska, has issued tho fol lowing circular letter, which is being sent out to all who have made In quiry, regarding the matter of home steads. In reply I wish to say that my de lay In answering hns boon caused owing to the fact that I have been making a personal investigation of the entire district having lands open to homestead entry, I have pursuod this plan as tho means of furnishing to those interested in taking up lands reliable Information based upon actual observations. Generally speaking, I find this land to be quite sandy, well adapted to stock raising, dairying and poultry raising with the valleys fairly good farming lands, especially for the root crops, potatoes, etc. . The majority of tho land Is under fenco, being used as range by the largo ranches. The land yet open to settlement is equally as good as that which Is taken, but, naturally, it is farther from tho railroads, ranging from fivo to twentyflvo miles. Each claim, which consists of 640 acres, Is capable of caring for from fifty to 100 head of stock. The rancher very readily leases all land, not pastured by tho homestoader, paying about 26o per. acre per year. Deedod sections aro selling for $2,000 to $4,000. Rural mall delivery and telophone linos extend In all directions. Schools are rarely found outside of tho small towns, and I would advise only that class to mako settlements who have no children of tho Bchool age, or who may be ablo to place their children In tho town schools. The climate Is very healthful; wa ter good; an inexhaustible supply be ing found at from ten to fifteen feet Cattlo and horses live on the range the entire year round without sholtcr or food, although, in my judgment, such Is necessary as a guarantee ol perpetual success. As a class the homesteaders of this section appear to bo exceptionally prosperous, their buccosb being ob tained with but slight effort. The ranchers as a rulo seem to be yery willing to assist tho earnest home steader in making a success by sell ing him stock on time, etc. One should bo possessed of a few hundred dollars to Invest in stock as a moans of assuring success, otherwise help will bo necessary or his progress will be slow. The chief drawback to tho pioneer life In the sandhill country under the Kinkaid law Is Its monotony, Isolation and desolation made certain owing to the fact that the minimum sized farm Is 640 acres, which places neigh bors one mile apart. To those who can adjust themselves to tho condi tions of pioneer life I can cheerfully recommend this country as affording opportunities never again to bo se cured under the homestead laws of this or other states. Four Pins Cause Disturbance. Four common pins were the cuubo of a great dlsturbanco at the state university convocation. During a piano recital by Prof. Johannes Ma gendanz of the muslo faculty the ptna began to mako know tholr presence on the inside wires of the instrument whenever a high note was struck. Tho discords caused quite a little amusement, and tho obstructions had to bo removed before the recital could proceed. For Maneuver Camp. About 500 Nebraska National guardsmen start July 29, for their maneuver camp at Pole Mountain, Wyo. They land at Laramie and march eighteen miles northeast to the camp. They will be away from home ten days. The first regiment and companies O and IC of the Second will go. Wheat on State Ferrm Land Commissioner Cowles haB re ceived a report showing that the seventy-five acres of wheat on the state farm at the soldiers' home at Grand Island will yield about thirty bushels to the aero. It is being sold as fast as it Is threshed for 88 cents a bush el. Tho crop may bring nearly $2,000 to the state institution. The state pays $175 a month for funii'lielp, bui tho men employed do other work bo Bides ralso wheat Burlington Prepares Ballast. The Burlington railroad is prepar ing to ballast 100 miles of track with burned gumbo, manufactured from soil to be taken near its track, cloua to Havelock, about six or eight miles from Lincoln. Tho railroad company purchased tho land several years ago. Barton Goes West. Auditor Barton left for Seattle, where ho will atttend the annual meeting of tho state lnsuranco com missioners of tho United States. Ho will advocate a reduction of fire ln suranco rates and a moro uniform set of laws throughout the country. Treasurer Buys Bonds. State Treasurer Gcorgo has bought $18,000 of municipal bonds from Cam bridge, $8,000 from 3osalle and $7,000 from Beatrice and haB notltlrd sev eral other towns and school districts that aro on tho waiting list that ho Is reudy to buy their bonds. The bonds which ho la prepared to buy aro aa follows: Benson, $23,000; Brlstow school district No. 30, $1,500; Supe rior, $4,500; Hebron school dwtrict, $20,000; Hayes Centor. $2,000; school district No. 10, Scottebluff county, $MO0. i iIHb jBtsjtssMjjWi JTvSCTSBFSvSiJBSiiissflJ&BtC 3Bs.sWlsft TiiL mFwWi )JiwPsy TtPifcIBWPfPWWjSfifrH X iJWMkS tflMMflar IN the parade around the stadium at the Olympic games tho American athletes made a fine appearance, all of them wearing blue serge coats and whits duck trsusers. Our photograph shows them saluting the occu pants of the royal box. 60 IN MURDERED MEXICAN REBELS BLOW PASSEN- QER TRAIN FROM TRACK AND KILL VICTIMS. BOMB PLACED ON RAILS After 8acklng Express and Baggago Cars Zapatistas Pour Oil on Coachea and Set Them Afire Bodies Are Cremated. Mexico City, July 23. In an attack by Zapatistas Sunday on a passenger train between this city and Cucrnav aca, Morelos, more than sixty persons were killed and many wounded. The Zapatistas, who are said to nave numbered 500, placed a mine un der the railroad track, which ex ploded as the locomotive passed over it. The overturned engine hardly had (settled when the Zapatistas sprang up from all sides and poured a mur derous fire Into the train. First the object of their attack was a second-class coach in which wore riding a federal military escort with a captoin and two lieutenants. The federals got out of tho car as quickly as possible and answered the fire of the assailants, but their efforts wore futile. All of tho command, with tho exception of fivo who wore wounded and two who escaped, were killed. Thirty passengers in tho second class coaches wore killed and many wounded. The conductor, an Ameri can named Aller, is not expected to live. After the train hd been swept by their fire and fow of the passen gers or crew not killed or wounded, the Zapatistas rushed on their strick en victims and began killing the wounded. After racking the express and bag gage cars, the rebels poured oil on the cars and, putting the bodies of the dead on them, set fire to the (train. When the relief train arrived there was nothing but debris and a few persons, most of whom were hurt, to tell the tale. GOVERNOR DENEEN FOR TAFT Illinois 8tate Republican Nominees "Will Stay by Party New Ticket Is Promised. Chicago. July 24. Gov. Charles 8. Peneen and the other nominees on the Republican state ticket told the Progressive party committee of fivo Monday they wero first of all Repub licans; that they expected to support the Republican national ticket, and that they would not Indorse Theodore Roosevelt and his new party, When this information was conveyed at noon to Senator Joseph M. Dixon, manager of the Roosevelt campaign at the Congress hotel, ho said it could mean bnt one thing tho nomination of another state ticket composed of men who were identified wflh the new political party. None of the Republican state nom inees left the committee of fira long In doubt. The Progressives MedHI McCormlck and Chnnncey Dewey of Chicago, J. T. Williams of Sterling. B. F. Harris of Champaign and F. O. Allen of Moline went into conference with the governor at the statehouse in Springfield and In two hours had re ceived the answer of all tho nominees. Senator Dixon professed surprise that there should bo any question raised regarding a third ticket In this state. $3,000 Goes to "Pop" Geers. Detroit, Mich., July 24. "Pop" Geers on Monday at the Blue Ribbon meeting won In straight heats tho $3,000 stake for 2:16 trotters with the bay gelding Pee Wee, giving him tho record of 2:09U- Deficiency BUI $11,000,000. Washington, July 23. Tho house ap proprlations committee put the finish ing touches to tho general deficiency bill Saturday, tho last of the supply measures to be taken up in tho house. It will nggregato $11,000,000. Lo rimer In Auto Smash. Pittsburg. Pa July 23. William Lorlmer was slightly Injured In an nil tomoblle accident near here Sunday when the machlno In which he Is trav eling from Washington to Chicago ran Into a telegraph role. AMERICAN ATHLETES AT STOCKHOLM WILL ACCEPT SCHEME BEEF TRUST'S PLAN TO DISSOLVE 18 SATISFACTORY. Department of Justice Will Drop the Prosecution Following Conclusion of Agreement. Washington, July 23. Tho volun tary dissolution plan of the National Packing company has been approved by the department of Justice and ail prosocution of the packors now pend ing will probably bo dropped. This much was practically admitted by Attorney General Wlckersham on his return from New York, where he has been for seVerai days. "I know nothing of the plan of dis solution other than what I have read in the newspapers," said the attorney general. "It looks us if the packers had at last decided to throw up the sponge and surrender." The newspaper articles which At torney General WJckersham read in cluded the statement issued by United States District Attorney Wll keraon of Chicago and the outline of the plan was official. It is understood that the only thing which can provent an agreement between tho department and the packers isfor the complete plan of dissolution, to be submitted in a day or two, to differ from tho outline already presented. NAME CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Announcement of Selection Is Made by Democratlo Nominee Himself After 8everal Hours' Conference. Sea Girt, N. J., July 20. The cam paign commltteo which Is to run Gov ernor Wilson's campaign for president was selected at a conference at the nominee's summer home hero Thurs day. It consists of li mcmbeis, as fol lows: Williams F. McCombs of New York, chairman; Josephus Daniels of North Carolina, Judgo Robert 8. Hudspeth of Delaware, Col. Robert Ewing of Lou isiana, A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsyl vania, Joseph E. Davits of Wisconsin, former Judgo Will R, King of Oregon, all members of the national commit tee, and from outside the natlonul com mittee Senator Thomas P. Gore of Ok lahoma, Senator James A. O'Gorraan of New York, Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, Congressman Daniel J. McGilllcuddy of Maine, Congressman Albert S. Burleson of Texas and Wil liam G. McAdoo of New York. DEATH FOLLOWS BIG STORM New England States to Virginia Capes and West to Pittsburg Hit by Severe Tornado. New York, July 2S. Severe rain storms, accompanied by high winds in some localities end involving loss of life at widely separated points, swept all Now England, down the coast as far as tho Virginia capes and west ward to Pittsburg, tho heaviest rain fall coming after noon on 8unday( At Wilmington, Del., two persons were drowned; in New York a man was drowned on the roof of a twelve story building and in Pittsburg one man met death. In addition to the death of one man in Pittsburg the trolley linos wore forced to suspend operations, rail roads were washed out and many basements flooded. Andrew Lang, Scholar, Dead. London, July 23. Andrew Lang, es sayist, historian and one of the best known eduoatora of tho present dec ade, died at Benchery, Desslde, Scot land, Sunday, of heart failure. He arrived at the Hotel Benchery from London last Tuesday apparently In perfect health. Bomb Hurled at Infanta Isabella. Madrid, July 22. An attempt to kill the Infanta Isabella Friday by means of a bomb whloh was exploded In Cat alona square, Barcelona, fallod. Sev eral buildings In the vicinity were wrecked and a few persons hurt. Indicted for Towel Plot. Washington, July 22. Five local laundrymen wero Indicted by the fed eral grand Jury Friday for conspiracy to defraud the government by shutting off competition In tho laundering of towels used by tho government. "- - E FEDERAL JURIST AT SEATTLE QUITS A8 HOUSE COMMITTEE 18 INVESTIGATING. ILL HEALTH IS REASON GIVEN He Telegraphs Resignation to Pres ident While Last Witnesses Walt to Testify In Impeachment Proceed ings President to Await Letter. K Seattle, Wash., July 24. United mates dlatriet court Judgo Cornelius H. Hanford, whose conduct on the bench has boon under investigation for nearly a month by a subcommittee of the houio Judiciary committee, tele graphed on Monday last his resigna tion to President Taft Tho Impeachment proceeding against the Judgo were the direct out growth of a decision rendered by him last spring declaring forfeited the naturalisation papers of a resident of thla city named Olsson because of his Socialistic views. Hanford based hia action on the groundthat Olsson had docelveu" the court andlhat his rad ical opinions constituted a menaco to' the institutions of tho country. The Impeachment resolution Was in troduced in tho houso by Representa tive Victor Bergor of Milwaukee- and on its adoption a subcommittee head ed by James M. Graham of Illinois was appointed to conduct an Investi gation In this city. When the committee met hero Mon day It was believed tho last oral testi mony would be presented before night and tho committeemen be ready to begin consideration of tho mass of documentary evldenco already In the record. While the range of subjects to be considered was not known. It was thought probable the trial of Charles F. Munday and thoso of tho other Alaska coal land operators would be Investigated. To a quostion put by a reporter as to whether tho resignation of tho Judge would relieve tho commltteo from furthor duty, the chairman de clined to answer. Washington, July 24. President Taft will tako no action in connection with Hanford's resignation until ha has received a letter which the Judge has written him. Tho presldont made this statement: "Judge Hanford has telegraphed mo that ho has written me a letter," said the president, "and I shall do nothing until I have received it." JAPAN'S RULER IS GAINING Capital Rejoices Over Improvement Shown by Official Bulletins In Em peror's Condition. Tokyo, July 23. Bulletins Issued from the palace by the court physi cians report the improved condition of health of Mutsuhlto, tho emperor of Japan. These have been received with great rejoicing throughout the capital. The stock market Improved generally as a result of tho satisfactory nows. A note of warning, however, is sounded by one specialist, who is quoted as saying that this Is only the first stage In tho emperor's malady and advising against overhopefulness. Many Die In Cloudburst. Reno, Nev., July 20. A report re ceived here Thursday says that a cloudburst destroyed the Seven Troughs and Mazuma mining camps and that many lives were lost. All available doctors are being rushed to tho Bcene. Telephone and telegraph communication has been cut off and It will bo several hours before de tails can be obtained. New Tree at Appomattox. Washington, July 24. The famouB old apple tree near Appomattox Court house, Va.( under which Lee surren dered to Grant, carried away by sou venir hunters, Is to be replaced by a tree planted by Governor Wilson. Olympiad for 1912 Ends. Stockholm, July 24. With the finish of tho yacht races Monday the Olym plo games for 1012 ended. With tho points gained In the yachting ovents, Sweden leads all the participating nations with a total of 138 point DG A OUT DENIES TRUST AID FORMER 8ENATOR SCOTT SAYS CORPORATIONS DIDN'T HELP. Parkins' Gift Was Personal Former Legislator's Own $30,000 Was ths Biggest Contribution. Washington, July 24. No contribu tions wore mndo by corporations, Hen ry Hnvemeyor or tho International Harvester compnuy to tho campaign of Colonel Roosovelt, according to the testimony of former Senator Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia on Monday before tho committee Investigating campaign contributions of 1904 and 1908. Mr. Scott tostlHed that too largest contribution made to tho national com mittee in that campaign of which ho had knowledge was his own, amount ing to faO.OOO or $40,000. George W. Perkins, ho said, had giv en $16,000, but not to the national com mittee. Both contributions wero used in the West Virginia state campaign. Mr. Scott said nono of tho "har vester people" had contributed to ths 1904 campaign. "How about tho Perkins contribu tion?" asked Senator Clapp, "Well, I understood that Mr. "Per kins' contribution was a porsonnl matter of his own," said Mr. "ScotL "becauso of tho personal rolntlons that existed tbotwocn him and President Roosevelt." Washington, July 20. When Alton B. Parker ran for president In 1004, tho Democratic campaign fund con . talnod about $1,000,000, said W. F. Sheohnn of New York, who testified Thursday before tho senate commit tee investigating campaign funds. Mr. Shoeban was then chairman of ths Democratic national executive com mltteo. Money was sont by ths com mittee, he said, to Malno, Colorado and Nebraska. Tho witness doclared tho commit tee raado a rulo at tho beginning of the campaign to accept no money from any trust LOSES SEAT IN CONGRESS Representative Catlln of Missouri Is Ousted From House, But Wins Bride 8am Day. Washington, July 22. While tho so ciety columns or Washington newspa pers wero announcing Friday the en gagomont of Representative Theron E. Catlln cf MloaourPto illss Laura "st rlam, daughter of former Gov. Wlirnm R. Merrlam of Minnesota, the houso elections committee No. 2 was report ing that Representative Catlln's elec tion to congress had been obtained by fraud and declaring his seat vacant. The vote In tho committee wus 6 lo 8, tho record having shown that $13, 000 was expended by tho candidate and his father, Daniel Catlln, a re tired tobacco multl-mllllonnlro of St. Louis. It wob contendod on behalf of tho accuwd representative that most of this money was expended by his fa ther without his own personal knowl edge, but this bore no weight with the members of the committee. Washington, July 22. Tho impeach ment court which will try Judgo Rob ert W. Archbald of the commerce) court, after a brief session hers Fri day, fixed August 3 as tho limit for all formal answers in the case and then adjourned until July 20 without decid ing it tho trial shall go on this sum mer or go over until fall. Washington. July 20. The senate adopted a unanimous consent agree ment for tho disposition of tho pend ing tariff bills. It was agreed the wool bill should be disposed of on the calendar day of July 25, exclso bill .Tnlv 2fl nnil minr hill Jnlv 27. nir-i... -. ...,.. t, , , ... ruiBDurg, ra., juiy u, 11 wan tstuu l. ,uof it,.ri- h ,- t,-.. hero that Charles M. Hays, the pres- ldent of the Grand Trunk railway, who lost his llfo on tho Titanic, had with him when tho ship went down, signed contracts for tho purchase of $10,000, 000 worth of coal properties in this region. WOMAN ADMITS FATAL ERROR Operator Testlfia She Misunderstood Order That Caused Burling ton Wreck. Chicago, July 21. "I misunderstood .an order." Mrs. Julia A. Wilcox, said to be a former Inmate of tho hospital for the Insane at Dunning, 111., and block signal operator at Western Springs, the scene of last Sunday's wreck on tho Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy railroad, accounted for the catastro phe She said her error In a telephone order whereby she unnecessarily had stopped two trains, had caused the confusion which brought about the collision. Swartz's Body Is Found. New York, July 20. The body of Nathan Swartr., whoso fathor Informed tho police that his son was the slayer of fourteen-year-old Julia Connors, was found Thursday on the fourth floor of a tenement on Chrystlo street Pass Rivers and Harbors Bill. Washington, July 20. Tho confer ence report on tho rivers and harbors bill was adopted by the senato ThurB ady, Senator Nelson snld the bill now carries $33,209,370. As passed by the houso It carried $26,365,000. SPARKSnROM I THE WIRE IfSQf STRANGE CIVIL WAR INCIDENT, Negro With Piece of Spent Ball In Head Is Restored to Consciousness by Surgical Operation. After tho battle of Bull Run, when tho wholo country was holding up its hands in dismay and breathing hard' ,in tho realisation that tho war was mot, after all, to bo a picnic for tho. northern troops, I, together with many .other doctors and surgeons, rushedi Jnto Washington from distant cities, writes G. Gufflng Wilcox in tho New, Orleans Times-Democrat I was taken, one dark, rainy night, by nn affnblo old negro woman to hef icabln, in tho outskirts of tho city. Sho camo to mo in tearu: "Doc tah, I dos wlsht yoh come an' see my 'Samson. Ho 'pears mons'ous cur'ous, ,an' ho acts dca like ho 'strncted." At her cabin I found her son, a tre mendous fellow, as black as a coal and ovldently nn athlete, wltli no evl denco of a wound upon his body, but with n tendency to bear off to ono side ns ho walked, an apparent inability to talk, and possessed of a persistent ef fort to march and keep tlmo to mar tial music, which he could not do. Aunt Hannah told me that hor son .had always been strong and healthy, 'and that when he loft Washington 'with tho array ho was perfectly sound land "des like do res' of do folks; but doy fotch Jflm back to his po ola niammy des llko yoh so him, doctah, an' I deB skocrcd plumb outer my senses, dat I Is." I examined Samson carefully and could find not tho slightest thing the matter with him, and half beHoved? that ho was shamming. Tho room was whitewashed UHtJUX" -noticed a streak entirely around it that wan so evenly drawn that It at tracted my attention, but in tho stir ring events of. tboso days I really paid vcant hoed to bo trifling a case as Samson's, and so .apparently, trlvlnLML-r-. indication as waa that level streak"on" the wall. I spent sovcrnl years in Paris and tn Germany after tho war, and it was liot 'until 1886 that I was back- la Washington, " x Wo had an International convention Miere nt tho time, and were taken to arioua public Institutions, among i , JL2I iWlth a Tendenoy to Bear Off to On Side. which was a llttlo asylum for poor and tisane negroes. In one room, as wo were passing 'the oor, I happened to observe on the ivhltii aahed walL a wellborn, streak n; , , - , .i YiT I drawn so level and circling tho room ... ,. . ,, .r , tn mv tntntt- (to porfoctly that it called to my mind' Is, vision which I had wholly forgotten. Before noon tho next day wo had ISamson's small room looking like a hospital operating room, and tho great (black frame lay on tho tablo under tho influence of other. J I cut open, tho right side of tho thick Bkull, and ciiro enough, a Bplln. ttnrcd pleco of bone from an old de creased fracturo pressed into tho train. I lifted It, dressed it with aseptics. land replaced skull and scalp and placed blm in bed. Then wo set about reviving him. Presently SamBon opened his eyes and stared about him. Then ho asked and it was" the first artlculato word het had uttered for over twenty long years "Whar did do army move to ylsterday? I waa too excited to ropiy, ana no one olso seemed to grasp tho full meaning of the question. Presently I said: "Forward Rich mond, Samson, but you wore hurt a lit Itlo and had to stay behind, and wo have been doctoring you. You are all light now. How do you feel?" I "First rate, thankee, sir; first rate. Which sldo licked ylsterday? Ourm?" Tho war and hU experience up to that tlmo when ho was b truck on the head, most likely by a piece of spent shell, are an If thoy were yesterday in his memory, and his mind is as clear and as good as tho average of his raoe and condition, but where that mind was, and how It was occupied duriBs; tnoso yeurB, is a never-falling query to mo, all tho more, perhaps, because it does not trouble or puzzle Samson la tho ienst. M "irl :l .in ni T) l& -v