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CHAPTER XIX.
Surrounded by Fire.
Truer words wore nevor spoken
than when Travors declares they had
hot work beforo them.
As tho otliers comprising the Utile
party of defenders come tumbling out
of tho compartments which they have
defended so bravely, they, too, dis
cover the advance of the guerrillas,
marked as It Is by a dozen waving
flambeaux hastily snatched from the
tires.
Jack Is by instinct a lender of men.
His quick mind grasps a problem
nnd almost on the Instant solves It.
He seems to know by Intuition, as
it appears, just what sort of action
hiiits an emergency.
Speedily ho places his men whore
ihey can do the most execution, nnd
in the darkness they crouch along
.side the carriage, awaiting the coming
tt tho enemy.
There Is hardly a breathing spoil be?
orc those who come running along
the railway track will be close enough
10 Invito an opening of the engage
ment. Tho guerrillas of course cannot see
ihe cavrlage, since all lights have
been extinguished; but knowing the
nature of the ground, they aro able
to guess Its present position with
some degree of certainty.
Jack Is there In the van ready to
give a good account of himself. He
has regulated matters so there may
bo no great waste of ammunition.
Smlthers nnd himself are to open the
ball, and If it becomes necessary, the
others will chiino in.
Tho two comrades aro close togeth
er, and have time for the exchange
of a few sentences ero the nearest
lorchbearers come within the range
whore they have marked an Imagin
ary dead line.
Then the bnll opens.
Doubtless tho advancing guerrillas
understand tho situation as soon as
tho double flash cleaves the darkness
up tho rise, for their savage shouts
scorn to increase in volume.
Those in tho lead are naturally the
ones to suffer when meeting with
such an obstacle.
Two torches aro seen to plunge
downward, and those who carried
them will hardly give further trou
ble. Still, behind presses a throng; the
catastrophe has not dulled their en
ihuslnsm, but rather whetted their ap
petite for revenge.
Again Jnck and Smlthers let loose.
They aro as cool and collected as
though practicing at wooden targets.
Each second Is tho Bignal for a double
discharge, and tho regularity of this
death dealing report stamps Itself
upon tho mind with awful distinct
ness. Unseen by Travors, two heads have
appeared at tho enrriago window. An
overpowering curiosity to see tho na
ture of tho danger that hangs over
them has influenced Jessie and the
Spanish girl to thus endeavor to sur
vey tho scene.
They discover tho advancing
tenches,, and. hear thevhputsot the
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ly one of tnese gentle hearts Is pray
ing for tho safety of tho man who
has offered his body as a bulwark be
tween thoso desperate devils and her
self; for Jessie Cameron has Indeed
made a startling discovery, though
she does not as yet breathe lla na
ture, even to her stepsister.
Meanwhile, the fusillnde has borno
fruit. Even bravo men might ie
coll boforo such systematic firing.
The shots continue to ring out as If
liy machlno work each discharge
Then the ball opens,
might bo tho pulsation of a mighty
heart capable of sending leaden hail
whistling through space.
From incarnato rage tho shouts
Mend Into cries of alarm yos, even
of terror.
The advance Is not given up, but a
new system of tactics brought Into
llay.
' One man gives his torch a toss into
Hio surrounding Jungle, Another
ets tho point and follows stilt. For
a Vlef Intorval tho air scorns filled
witn ilamboaux, each describing a
parabola and landing In tho thicket.
Jack understands wbat it moans,
nnd hag no liking for the advance
that must follow, since it means tho
HMKlble Arrival of the guorrlllaa tt
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the car, nnd a posslblo hand-to-hand
conflict that will work against them
on nccount of Inferior numbers.
Ho sees many dark forms stumbling
forward over tho bodies of those who
have fallen; the torches have not gone
out, but klndlo Incipient conflagra
tions among tho dend leaves.
"Fire! Give It to them hot," Is
what Squire John exclalniB.
With a crash tho others open. Even
Ah Sin can do his share, since Jack
has no use for u retainer unable to
handle a gun, nnd In the early days
of their Intimacy taught tho Celes
tial how to aim and fire, though tho
Chinaman canrot bo broken of gun-
shyness, and persists in shutting his
eyes each time lie pulls trigger.
Such a wholesale dlschargo is
enough to qulto finish the business.
The advance' hns been fecblo be-
fote, but now It ceases entirely. When
tho seeds of a panic are sown they
germinate with lightning rapidity.
From lip to lip tho cries of alarm
pass. Perhaps never before In all
their experience hnve these barbarians
met with such a desperato resistance
as this.
They melt away, theso fierce guer
rillas. In tho dim light their fleeing figures
can bo soon in various quarters in
desperato flight. The shots continue
so long as any aro In sight, nnd while
probably lacking in oxecutlon, cer
tainly ndd to tho temporary terror of
tho mob.
Some have sought safely In tho for
est, and Jack's attention being called
to this fact, ho awakens to a now
danger that confronts them.
The dead leaves and brush catch
flic easily at this time of the year,
since tho opening of tho rainy season
has been delayed.
Already In half n dozen places,
where the descending torches nllght
ed, can bo seen a rapidly-spreading
blaze. The breeze seems to bo in
creasing with tho passage of each
minute of time, nnd fanning tho
flames into vigorous life.
Jack knows better than any of the
others the full measure of tho now
danger menacing them.
Still, what can bo done?
There is a flro'for evory man, some
of them already burning so fiercely
that it would tax tho ingenuity of a
single Individual to encompass tho de
struction of tho blaze.
Should they attempt to extinguish
the II res that already begin to snap
and cracklo ns they greedily seize
upon now material, they will natur
ally becomo n target for thoso of
tho bushwhackers who may still lin
ger near.
Hence nothing can be done.
Tho others begin to notice tho in
creasing light.
They comment on tho fact that
presently they will offer fair targets
to tho aim of the enemy; but
strangely enough none of them appear
to grasp tho most serious part of
tho Impending disaster.
Even Smlthers, usually so quick to
seo such things, makes no mention of
it.
It is suggested that they sfcek tho
'interior onco inore5fNonfl of tjienrhiro
-lo'tiij UWdo so. "lmgunjd,,anMk,h;
Sin iflnd an-asylunuklnv thoenitS'tni;
pui win-in: tin ui'iurt.vaM - n mt
Smlthers appears to dislike this di
vision of their forces, and one of his
first acts upon entering is to ex
amino the partition between.
Ills scrutiny appears to satisfy him.
for io at onco opens an assault on
tho wall, which proves to be a mere
shell, and In wretched condition at
that; for under the vigorous mea
sures brought Into play by tho ener
getic agent, there Is an opening made
through which tho stbutest of tho
party can pass with ease.
Don Hoblado nnd Spencer aro
keeping watch at ono door, nnd Jack
opens the other in order to tako nn
observation.
Ho Is teally startled and not a llttlo
worried at the amazing progress
tnado by the fires. They lmvo eaten
their way along on that side of tho
track until the "Mines of separation
lmvo censed to exist, and nil aro
united. The flames, fed by dead
loaves and hranchos from trees lopped
off during the passage of some West
India hurricane, now leap hungrily
into tho nir, ns though snapping at
the branches overhead.
Travors cant ot romomber over see
ing a fire start with so much vim.
And while ho leans there at tho
door, his mind endeavoring to plan
new methods of meeting the deadly
dangers that keep cropping up so
continually, ho foels a touch, and ex
periences a burning sensation. Some
monitor of tho heart, some marvolous
Intuition of the spirit tolls him it is
tho hand of his Highland lassie thnt
tulographs thus to his soul.
"Is the dangor over?" she asks,
softly.
Hoblado and his friend lean out
of tho other door and compare notes
over tho situation. Smithors has
passed into the next compartment to
tpoak with the guard, and no one is
near but Juanita, Jessie's faithful
friend nnd stepsister, who loves hor
with the blind affection which tho
Aztec worshipers felt for their sun
god. "That would bo hard to say," ho
replies, softly. "Those men are des
perate characters, and although we
lmvo temporarily boaton thorn off.
they may return. I hopo you will
npt bo alarmed, however. Wo 'have
been able to hold out this far, and
give a good account of oursolves, and,,
with the favor ot Heaven, will con
tinue to do so."
"Wo nro uiutar honvy obligations to
you!" sho Rays; nnd Jnck smiles
grimly at tho way Fate manages his
case.
"1 hopo you will not think so. No
man could stand by and not lift hla
hnnit to defend ladles," is what ho
maunges to say.
"Pardon you art not a Spaniard,
scnor?"
Travers suddenly remembers thnt
ho no longer holds the pebble in his
cheek; ho has been talking in his
natural tones.
"Only nn American, lady," ho re
plies. "I thought so," ho .hoars her say,
as though to herself, and Immediately
follows by asking nloud: "You ap
pear to bo moro anxious than boforo,
and I Imagine wo nro threatened with
somo new danger. You seo I nm
brave. 1 would know the worst. So
plense let us understand what Is com
ing next."
"It will come from tho fire," ho
says, quickly.
"I understand whnt you moan," slip
Kays, as she leans out of the door,
ZZxt"f
"Id the danger over7"
sustained by his arm "tho foroat is
afire. Wo aro in danger of being
burned allvo. Well, sir. that Is a
terrible fate to face, but I had rather
meet it than fall Into tho hands of
those wretches;" and Jack, remem
bering the savago appearanco of tho
guerrillas, fully half ot whom were
black devils, can heartily say "Amen"
to her words deep down in his henrt.
What Jessie characterizes as a
forest fire has really reached tho dig
nity of such a conflagration, for tho
flames have seized the brauches, and
shoot upward with n vehemence that
promises a wonderful result.
If tho wind grows stronger It will
sweep over tho rldgo anil run a
courso of miles until checked by somo
stream or savannah.
"Can nothing bo done? Tho heat
is already becoming so dreadful. Per
haps tho carrlago may tako fire, and
wo will lose our refuge," is what
Juanita says, just behind them.
Jack has been considering tho mat
ter, and trying to decide which of
fwo evils Is tho lesser.
Ho realizes that whatever Is done
must be accomplished quickly, olso
the Intense heat may cause tho
old tinder-box ot a railway carriage
to lake flre.
jgBofore Trevors. tcan,, make any fur
JJutjtmiarh; jrpcmKlie subject Jib
;)j.mlthersSa1lm; aloud 'Torgthe
it'doctor" in. theylrioIS' comparTme
and it suddenly flashes across his
mind that It was agreed ho should
pass under tho namo of Dr. Jim.
Evidently his presence Is needed.
Smlthers shows somo traco of ex
citement In the tone of his hall, nnd
it may bo set down for certain that
when he allows his well-trained nerves
a little holiday, there Is good reason
for alarm.
(To be Continued.)
PANAMA CLIMATE NOT DEADLY.
Temperature and Rainfall Not Worse
Than in the United States.
Thero is a widespread belief that
the climato of Panama Is so fatal that
the construction of the canal can only
be accomplished at nn enormous sac
rifice of human life. Both malaria
and yellow fever may bo said to bo
to-day practically under control, and
thoso nro the two diseases, says tho
Scientific Amorlcan, which are most
to bo dreaded when tho great con
struction camps are assembled and
work Is In full swing throughout tho
whole length of tho canal. According
to (Jen. Abbott, tho records of tho
hospital of tho old Panama canal
company show that the total death
rato among tho laborers was far less
than Is commonly supposed, bolng in
fact from 44 to 07 per 1.000.
It seems, moreovor, that the rainfall
has been tho subject of ns gross ex
aggeration as tho disoases. It varies
from about 130 Inches on the Atlantic
to sixty-five inches on tho Pacific, a
record that can bo duplicated in the
United States, where tho average
rainfall on the Atlantic coast is about
fifty inches and tho fall on portions
of the Pacific coast compares In total
precipitation with that of the Atlantic
terminus of the canal. Furthermore,
It will bo news to many resldonts of
our mre northerly latitude to learn
that tho temperature ranges at Pana
ma from 70 degrees to 85 degrees
fahronheit. and that It Is very rarely
that the thormometor roaches tho
hlgli temperaturo which Is experi
enced when a hot wavo passes over
the United Status.
A poor man may be a crank, but a
rich ono is eccentric
LEGISLATURE
q NEBRASKA
A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty Ninth Gta
eral Session.
SENATE These bills wero read a
third time and paged In the senate on
tho 14th; S. F. Gl, allowing any one,
whether tin officer or not, to seize n
seine or net being used Illegally. S.
F. 7, to provide that Inebriates nnd
those addicted to the "dope" habit bo
confined In tlie nsyluni for treatment.
40, providing n penalty for overwork
ing n horse or mule nnd for unneces
sarily tormenting any other nulnial.
S. F. -11, providing that corporations
shall net us guni'dluns. trustees, etc.
This bill was objected to yesterday
because It wns argued thnt It would
place all of the probate business ot
the state in the hands ot foreign cor
porations, but today there was no ob
jections to it. A largo numbervif bills
were reported tor general file and
many recommended for paasase.
HOUSE The house, on tho 1-Jtli,
took up bills on third rending and
passed- To give to cities nnd villa
ges the right to foreclose tax sale
certlllcatea Immediately ufter their
purchase and to provide rates of in
terest in such tux salo certificates.
Providing for u state accountant at u
salary of $2,000 n year. Olvlng to res
taurant nnd boarding house keepers
the same legal protection ugulnst
fraud as Is accorded hotel nnd Inn
keepers. Providing for tho payment
ot the entire county road tnx In cash.
To make the penalty for breaking
nnd entering npply to buildings of nil
characters, Providing for construction
of plank, brick, stono and concreto
sidewalks In cities under 50.000 popu
lation. Mnking tho open season for
deer nnd antelope August 15 to No
vember 15; on prairie chickens, sago
nnd grouse, Sepember 1 to Noyomlicr
30; ducks nnd other ylld. water fowl,
September t to April 15; jacksnlpe
and yellow legs, September 1 to May
1; wild pigeons, doves nnd plover,
June 15 to August 1; trout, April 1
to October 1; other fish, April t to
November 35; prohibiting killing ot
qunil during 1905(5-7 nnd fixing open
season on them ufter 1907 from No
vember 1 to November 30; limiting
number of goeso or brant to be killed
per day by n single hunter to ten;
game birds twenty-five anil prairie
chickens ten during the month ot
September. The bill Imposes a fine of
$5 a bird or sentences of ten days for
each for nil birds killed In excess of
the legal number. Providing that tho
proceeds of inheritance tnx shall be
used for the construction of perma
nent roads and go into the road fund.
Vesting in the State Dunking Board
djscretlonnry power us to the Integ
rity and responsibility of persons np
plying for banking charters. Appro
priating the $15,000 balance from the
World's Fair state fund to enable Ne
braska to pariclpato In tho Lewis nnd
Clark exposition In Portland, Ore.,
and providing for tho nppolntment by
the governor of n board of commis
sioners to carry out the provisions of
this act. A call nf Hip hnnnn wnt,!
necessary to secure the twothlrds for
an emergency clause.
RRMATP I'll,,
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r aiffeloctedmomber-
bill, prdvfii ijnHTfor
.shlDToBTneflcent11,
3f-n-fimt.-t 'V?
-SfL8illirin'h'8 com
ISItTeTOThlo'lFOTiTehate on
the 15th. House roll No 30 was recom
mended for pnssage, giving the frater
nal societies the right to Incorporate.
All the orders wero Included nnd sen
nto files Nos. 10 and 12 wero Inde
finitely postponed. House roll No. 102.
by Ward, to give $3.0f0 to the Smith
Bend hntcliprles was recommended for
passage. House roll No. 14(5 wns re
commended for general file. The bill
regulates tho speed of motor cars.
Senate file No. Kin, tho Shreck drain
ago bill, was recommended for gener
al file. House loll No. 128. by House,
regulating the payment of lintel bills
and providing n ponnlty for neglect
thereof was read for the first time in
tho senate. Sonato filo No. 7, by Shel
don, wns passed without the emer
gency clause. Tho bill provldos a 1
mill levy to pay tho stato debt. Sennto
file No, 21, by Vore. to regulate tho
passage of traction engines over
bridges was recommitted to tho com
mittee. Senator Giflln'f; reapportion
ment bill wns recommended.
LUHUUI nn: ill
HOUSE When tho house met on
tho 15th Jones of Polk called up his
resolution calling for nn investigation
of tho action of tho stato board of
public lands nnd buildings for having
usod, to build cottages at tho Norfolk
asylum, $100,000 that was appropri
ated two years ago to rebuild the west
wing of tho asylum, which had been
destroyed by fire. A motion to tablo
tho resolution was defeated. House
roll No. 133, by Jouvenat, to provido
n guaranty deposit fund on Interest
bearing deposits, lu stato banks, by
an annual tax of one-fifth of 1 per
cent on deposits, to be paid by the
banks, was defended by its introducer
and .opposed by Howo of Nemaha,
Perr'ar of Hall, Wilson of Pawnee nnd
other members. The bill was recom
mended for lndeflnlto postponement.
Thoso bills were introduced: To per
mit stato officers, in case of emer
gency, to purchase stationery costing
less thnn $25 without intervention of
the state printing board. To rodlstrict
Nobrnska Into senatoilal and repre
sentative districts. To nmond chapter
43 of the Compiled Statutes of the
statu of Nebraska of 1003, by adding a
now section. To prohibit tho stealing
of, or attempting to steal, rldoa on
trains, engines or cars, or any part or
portion thereof, or climbing thereupon
while stationary or In motion, nnd to
provide n penalty nnd punishment not
exceeding sixty days In jail and $25
fine. Authorizing county boards to ac
quire title to land to be used for pub
lie road purposes. To nmend sections
ti nnd 45. chapter 28, or tho Compiled
Stntutes of Nebraska for the year
1903, relating to the fees ot sheriffs,
nnd other county ofllclnls. Fixing tho
snlarles of sheriffs and tho manner of
appointing and paying their deputies.
To fix tho minimum numbor of trains
nnd rogulato tho running time on rail
roads In tho state of Nebraska.
SENATE Tho sennto got busy on
engrossed bills on the morning of tho
16th nnd passed these measures: S.
F. 107, transferring $2,04(5.15 from tho
penitentiary special labor uind to tho
general fund. S. F. 101, allowing coun
ty courts to dispense with administra
tion of estates nnd to enter decrees In
certain cases. S. F. 128, providing
when n husband or wlfo Is competent
to testify for or against each other.
S. F. 113. o prevent tho Illegal ex
penditure of public runds. S. F. 123,
to repeal the statute providing for tho
appointment of county attorneys, s. F.
UU5, to transfer $(5,030.45 rrom tho In
heritance tnx fund to the general fund
of tho stnte. S. F. 120, to provide for
susponded sentences In cases of wife
desertion. S. F. 8(5. district clerk feo
bill. S. F. 11(5, providing for tho pay
inent of road tnjeos In cash or labor.
A motion by Sheldon of Cuss wns
adopted to not consider II. R. 4D, pro
viding for tho establishment of n
tilndlng twine factory at tho atnto pen
Iteiitlary until the iippropilntlnn bills
hnd nil been considered.
HOUSE In the hoiiso on tho lfitlt
II. It. 20. by Hlchnrdson of Mndlson,
appropriating $35,000 for general re
pairs at the Norfolk lusano nsyluni,
Including the rebuilding of tho qld
wing, was favorably nctod on, dosplto
the protest of Jones of Polk', who
wnnted tho bill to lny over until tho
Investigation committee appointed un
der his resolution yesterday repotted.
II. It. (52, by Ernest of Johnson, pro
voked much discussion, being nn ap
propriation bill. It provided $10,000
for nn agricultural pavilion nt tho
Stato fair. It wns recommended for
passage. II. It. 110, Junkin's nntl-trust
bill, was amended so ns to have suits
brought under this net for Its enforce
ment in tho state nnd not county
courts. Tho bill lias been recommend
ed for passage. II. It. 105, by Bouse ot
Hall, requiring saloonkeepers to give
guaranty bonds of $5,000, wnB rocom
mondod for passage, but Hortou moved
to except it from the commlttoo's re
port and hnve the bill recommended
for Indefinite postponement, Burns
moved to except 11. U. 1C9, his bill to
nllow university regents to condemn
land for university purposes, which
had been reported for Indefinite post
ponement, and recommended It for
passngeASF, 198,-byEirpcrson -oC;
ClayinndMsaervoof JCnox-To, eatnli-,
llsh' nv sEnginoerj.-nmlt)inR
boardaSJFUlftf), by Gllllgan.o'f Hoit--.
To nmend nn net to rogulato tho pur
chase of supplies and to create a
Hoard of Control therefor. The Board
Is composed of tho members of tho
Board of Public l-nnds nnd Buildings
nnd is authorized to purehnso supplies
In wholesale quantities. S. F. 200. by
Cady, by request To allow tho Etato
board to grant certificates to osteo
paths when latter hnvo diploma from
a school of osteopathy.
SENATE On tho 17th S. F. 00. In
creasing tho Salary of tho game wnr
don nnd fish commissioner, was pass
ed. Standing committees- reported as
follows, for tho general file: 8. F. 181,
allowing a township, road district or
precinct to vote n tax of 25 mills for
the improvement of public roads. S.
F. 51, making stnte warrants draw 4
por cent fnterosf; school district war
rants, 5 per cent; warrants of town
ships or siib-divlslojis less than a
county to draw 7 per cont Interest. S.
F. 50, 51, 52 nnd 53, bills to nmond
tho prosent decedent law. II, It. 52,
legalizing tho use of voting machines.
II. H. 29. to pay to former Attorney
General Front $240 which ho paid for
u bond. 11. It. i)8, to provide Jury trials
In Justlco courts. H. It. 97, to provido
for u chnngo of venuo where cases
aro to bo tried in justice courts. II. H.
100, to provido for payment ot cost
in chnnges of venuo from ono justice
court to another. H. H. 99, to fix foos
for Jurors In cases tried in Justlco
courts. Among now bills woro tho fol
lowing: Establishing n standnrd for
stato printing. To labol penitentiary
made goods and to rogulato the salo
thereof. A Judicial apportionment bill,
recently printed herewith. To mako
Justlco of tho peace outside of towns
overseers for the poor nnd to compel
county boards 4o employ physicians
for country districts, to be paid not
moro thnn $200 yearly. To authorlzo
tho leasing of tho homo for tho friend
less when vacated. To fix tho salaries
of deputies to stato officers at $1,800.
The present law provides that tho de
puty secretary- of stato nnil deputy
stato superintendent shnll each re
ceive $1,500' ,i' yoar. Each Is now get
ting $1,700.
HOUSE On the 17lh II It 111 br
Copsoy of Cnster providing for tho
distribution of the temporary school
fund on the basis of tho numbor of
school districts Instead of population,
was indefinitely postponed. Jackson ot
Antelope made a strong plea for tho.
bill, urging thnt it. wns ncodod lu tho
western port ot tho stnte, whore tho
sparsely sotllcd communities did not
get their Just share of this fund. Ono
lt?m of business wns to hear nnd net
on committee reports on forty bills'.
Tho general file, containing forty
three bills, wns entirely cleaned up.
All tho bills which sirted through tho
strainer of tho committees go direct
ly to the gonornl file, Cascboei of,
Ongo won Ills fight to compel mem
bers to sign uppllcnttons for supplies
before receiving nny nt tho first t
onch session. Tho bill provides' that
nt the end ot onch session the Stato
Board of Public Lauds and Buildings
shall Invoice loglsintlvo proporty loft
over and hold It for the noxt session,
nnd thnt no member shnll ho supplied
until he shall lmvo made written ap
plication on regular blanks furnished
for that purpose. McClny's bill, appro
priating $10,000 to rc-lmburse T. P.
Konnnrd, was recommended for pas
sage. The bill says M. Konnnrd, ns
socrotary of stnte under Governor Fur
nas, expended out of his own pocket
$10,000 In tho prosecution of claims
on tho sale of Indian lands. He was
to receive 50 per cont of tho money
thus collected. Tho hoiiso ravenuu
committee reported forlndeilnlto post
ponement tho fusion cnucus revenue
bill nnd the report was confirmed by
tho house. The bill was rather volum
inous nnd mnde sweeping changos in
the present revenue law.
Senatorial Districts.
Tho apportionment bill Introduced,
by Glllln of Dawson wns nmended by
tho steering comtnlttoo as follows and
plnced on general file, on the l".'h.
Following nro the sennlorlnl districts
ns arranged by tho measuro:
District No. 1 shnll consist nf tho
counties of HIchardMm mid Pawnee
nnd be entitled to one menu tor.
DIstilct No, 2 shnll consist of thn
counties of JoIiiimim, Otiie, Cnss anil
Ncninlm and be entitled to ono semi
tor, lJUltk't No. 2 shnll consist of the
counties nf tinundtrs ulld Harpy and
be entitled to ono senator.
District No. 4 shall consist f th
county of Douglas ami bu untitled u
four senators.
District No. 5 shnll constat f the'
counties ot (Miming nnd Hurt nnd lie
entitled to one wimtnr.
District No. G snail consist of the
counties or Thurston, Dakota, Dlvoti
and Wayne nnd be entitled to oim
senator.
District No. 7 xlinll consist of I ho
counties of Plorcc, Madison nn-1 Htan
ton nnil be entitled til tthq Humitor.
Dlsltlct No. 8 shnll eoilflfM of the
counties of Cedar, Knox and ltity.1 nntl
shall be entitled to one senator.
District No. n shall consist nf tln
counties of Holt, Wheeler, GaiOfManil
Antclupo nnd be entitled to one sena
tor District No. 10 shnll consist nf the
counties of Bonne, Merrick nnd Nance
and bo entitled to one senator.
District No. 11 shall cnnsNt of tin
counties of Dodge nnd Washlngtnn nnd
be entitled to one senator.
District Nn. 12 shnll -consist nf the
counties nf Platte nnd Colfax and b
entitled to one senator.
District No. 13 shnll cnnslst nf the
cnuntles or Hall, Howard and Greeley
and be entitled to one senator. .
Dl&tirt No. it shall consist of th
counties ot Polk mid York and bo cn
tltlod to ono senator.
District No, 15 shall consist of the
counties of Butler and Reward and bo
entitled to one Hcnntnr.
District No. 10 shall cnnslst of tho
county nf Lancaster and be en' III"'' tOv
tVU senators. ,
Distijct No. 17 shnll consist of t ti
county vi uugc nnu ue emit
;mmi I
WhAtArr
lShn!l cnnsT
counties of Jefferson nnd Thnj-it ami
bo entitled to ono senator.
District No. 20 shall consist of tin
counties of Hamilton and fluy und lie
entitled to one sonator.
District No. 21 shall consist nf th
counties of Adams pnd Kcarm-y and
be entitled to nno senator.
District No. 22 shall uinslst of the
counties or Finnklln. "Webster en 1
Nuckolls and be entitled to ono sena
tor. District No. 23 shall consist nf tho
counties of Phelps, Harlan, Gosper nnd
Furnas nnd be entitled to one (fenittt.
DIstilct No. 24 ihull consist nf tin
comities or Frontier, Hod Willow,
Hitchcock, Hayes, Chase nnd Dumly
and be entitled to nno tienatnr.
DIstilct Nn. 25 shall consist nt tho
counties of Buffalo and Dawson and be
entitled to ono senator.
Dlhtrlct No. SG Khali consist of tho
counties of Sherman, Vnlloy, Cn-to,
Loup nnd Blaine mill he entitle 1 to
one senator.
District No. 27 shall consist of ih
counties of Hock, Brown. Keya P ,h i.
Cherry, Hhcrlduu, Box Butte, Dawna
nnd Sioux and ho entitled to one sena
tor. District No. 28 shnll consist of thn
counties of Lincoln. Porlilns. Ki'h.
Deuel, Cheyenne, Kimball, Bun
Scott's Bluffs, MoPherson. Logan,
Grant, Hooker and Thomas and be en
titled to one se. ntor.
Force of Dynamite.
Dynamite explodes so rapidly thnt
Its force is exerted in the direction
from which the greatest prosur
comas. Thut Is, if tho dynapilt" b
placed on tho ground, the oxplolv-i
forco Is down; If it bo hung as n r
a wall Its forco attacks the wall; 'f It
be hung under an objoct Its force U
upward.
Cost of Capital Punishment.
France was on the verge of nhe'h
Ing capital punishment because of tht
expense. Yet the salaries of the exe
cutioner and his assistants nmount to
only $3,800 a year, with fees of $4 for
oach execution outside of Paris, nnd
It cost $300 a your to "stnble" the
guillotine.
London Births.
Tho average of births in I.oniUn li
11,000 a month. It is computed that ;i
single month's births ot male 'liable
would nearly suffice to repine t'i
men lost by England' pn the Bo -r battlefields.
led to on-
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