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CHAPTER XXI.
A- Goddess of Battle.
The rotroat of the Spanish troops
ffcim the scone or the dynamite wreck.
Imclover the fie or Fix miles sepa
rating them from the alopo wljcre the
stranded ammunition enr is Settled,
has beeifVaecompllslied, in nn almost
incredibly short space of time, for tho
visor or Gomez' attacks has kept them
constantly on the Jump.
Jack and Smlthers have hastily
formed a plan of action They are re
solved to tnke no part In tho inev
itable conflict that must he fought
round the carriage, unless actually
forced to do bo by their determination
to protect tho ladles: and If circum
stances render It necessary for them
to eiitcr the lists against all comers,
they are Just as ready to meet Span
ish warriors or Cuban patriots as they
have stood against guerrlleros.
The first man to reach tho carrlago
Is a tall captain, whose sprinting qual
ities have proven of no mean order
indeed, he is so easily able to out-distance
all of his comrades that Jack in
secret Is ready to believe his athletic
abilities must have been gained in the
hull-ring eluding the mad. rushes of an
infuriated old toro.
As he comes up, he gasps out:
"Senor, an axe something to break
open the door of the ammunition van.
We have no cartridges; we will bo an
nihilated unless our guns arc made
available."
So he chatters on, while gasping for
breath, and continues to beg for an
axe. Jack does not know where such
an Implement can be found, and as for
Smlthers, he would see the whole reg
iment in Guinea before he stirred a
step to further their cause an iota.
fortunately for I he soldiers, they
have a friend in Senor Itoblado, who
hardly relishes falling into tho hands
of Gomez in this way, though he had
planned to visit the Insurgent chief In
his camp, with the secret hope of be
traying him to thoauthorltles.
Ho has discovered an nxe in tho
guard's den, and this he eagerly tosses
lo the captain.
Then ensues as remarkable a mov
ing panorama as Jack has ever seen.
While the blows of the axe sound
upon tho barricaded doors of the other
compartments, the Spanish soldiers
have gathered around the carriage,
many of them wounded, and yet show
ing no disposition to capitulate.
So Trovers, while secretly opposed
to the cause for which they fight, feels
himself bound to admire tho way In
which these almost untrained recruits,
hut jecently from across the sea, face,
death ns it comes swooping down the
jilope.
The ofllcer in command forms his
men in a phalanx. Not a shot do they
(ire, because few guns contain a load,
hut with the grim front of 'veterans
they await tho descent of tho hawk.
- Again tho hillside is covered with a
rushing throng. Men come running
clown in squads and singly. They have
no Idea or order, or discipline- either.
Just at present, us it is every man for
himself. The soldiers are on the run,
and these wild followers of Gomez
mean to keep them moving until they
ure swallowed up in the sea of fire
that sweeps over tho Cuban chaparral,
or kenneled In Havana.
Travers confesses to a tremendous
interest in the outcome; he belleus
thoy will be safo once the battlo Is
over, no matter who wins, as Smltheis
is surely on one side, while Senor Ho
blado covers the other. It Is only the
"Look!" cries Jack, hoarsely. "See a
girl among theml"
danger that must threaten while the
warfare Is on that gives him cause for
mental anxiety.
He hna not long to wait for the
Hhock.
A .few fchols are fired as tho patriots
dash down the hill, but it is possible
that (heir ammunition has also run
short, or olse they tletermine'to cleave
a passage through the ranks of the
foe with their gleaming and terrible
machetes.
Now they engage with the soldiers.
The line wavers before tho furious
nttack a'hd partially gives way. What
follows seems to be a moleo. The sol
dlors are divided into small groups,
and fight desperately. Sometimes they
oliuse the Insurgents, and again it is
the rebels who hayo Jhe host of It.
Njimbemof tho tobels are mounted,
UiiE FMN
I'lwjilj.ht, ivfl. ,y stirpt and Smith.
aud ir the field wore open, they must
soon annihilate tho troops. Within
tho narrow confines of the railway the
horses are as much a hindrance ns a
help.
A largo number of the soldlors have
gathered about the low or end of the
coach Jack can readily guess their
design is to guard tho door whore the
Spanish captain is passing out pack
ages of ammunition In frenzied haste.
Just in front or Travers occurs one
of tho most desperate engagements.
Some of the mounted rebels have cut
thoir wny through the lines, and are
slashing nnd hewing right and left.
Jack Is spellbound by the sight, but
ho receives u greater shock presently.
He grips the nrm of Smlthers, who
crouches beside him, also watching
the first fierce engagement between
patriots and Spanlatds that It has been
his good fortune to witness.
- "Look look!" cries Jack-, hoarsely,
as he points Into the thick or the
struggling, surging mnss. "See, a girl
among them on Hint snow-white
horse ti girl with flowing hair, and
wielding a machoto. Look closely,
Smlthers. I could swear that Is our
charming hostess, Lola Montez."
His words reach other ears than
those for whom they are Intended.
Jessie, hears, and wonders. She has
read much of theso Cuban Amazons
who fight alongside their brothers and
lovers in flerco engagements. Perhaps
tho way in which Travers unconscious
ly speaks of the girl as "beautiful" and
"charming" has something to do with
arousing her curiosity. At nny rate,
she, too, endeavors to seo the girl on
the white horse who thjnks less of her
life than the sacred cause to which
she has devoted her existence.
Smlthers in one glance sees that
Jack- has spoken the truth. He in
stantly recognizes the lovely Amazon.
"You aro right, bu:; but please don't
mention names again. Walls and
rocks have ears In Cuba now. Hfer
life might pay the penalty," is what he
calls aloud In Jnck's ears.
He has hardly spoken than his com
panion utters n cry.
"She is down her horse tripped
aud has thrown her! Good heavens,
she will be killed before our' very
eyes! See, that devil has his bayonet
aimed at her only a wounded rebel
bars his way. Ho believes her to bo
tho leader, and is determined to turn
tho tide. Smlthers. I can't stand this.
Let go my arm, I tell you."
Smlthers dares not refuse when
Travers roars In this tone. Perhaps
he is not sorry, after all ; for, only that
Jack bars tho way, tho agent would
have leaped out of the door to the
rescue of the beautiful Amazon.
Jack is not a secojid too soon.
The wounded rebel has proven no
match for the muscular Spanish sol
dier, who has broken his hold, plunged
his sword-bayonet through the poor
devil's body, and then, still intent on
tho desperate deed that had engaged
his attention when Interrupted, ho
makes a rtifch for the young girl, who,
still partially stunned by her fall, is
slowij picking hcrseff up from the
ground, while her white steed whin
nips his dismay over the disaster.
Before the furious soldier can carry
out his desperate Intention, Travers
has seized hold of his gun Travers,
who Is boiling over with Indignation at
the sight
There is a brief but terrific struggle
in connection with the possession of
the gun. and only Jack's superior mus
cular power enables him to come out
victor.
With a furious outburst he bends tho
soldier whirling down the slight em
bankment, having at the same time
wrenched his gun out of his hands.
As Jack turns, he finds that Lola
has gained her feet. She no longer
appears dazed, hut as her gaze fastens
eagerly upon tho face of the one who
has saved her life, sho gives him a
radiant smile.
Travers cannot hear whut words she
utters, for guns have commenced lo
rattle with the distribution of ammu
nition among the men, but he accepts
the hand she Impulsively stretches put
to him.
And Jessio Cameron sees it all from
tho carriage door Just back of Smith
ers sees It with a reeling she cannot
comprehend a peculiar sensation or
distress in tho region or her heart, ns
though In some unaccountable Way tho
proximity or thnt Cuban beauty to her
protector gives her pain.
That is how Kate takes a hand In
the affairs of Squiie John once mote,
and gives promise of great results.
Another moment and the fearless
young girl hns sprung upon hor milk
white steed, and is In tho thick of tho
fray.
Jack makes his way back to the shel
ter or the carriage, as he has no desire
to become, a target ror the bullets that
begin to whistle around bo merrily.
Up to tho present moment the dash
and bravery of tho insurgents have
carried (hint's befoie them; hut now
that the soldiers are enabled to make
use of their guns, tho tide seems to
set the other way.
Tho rebels gle up (ho advantage
their pluck has wrested from tho sol
dlers very stubbornly, and moro than
once turn about, as though tempted to
make another dash.
It would bo folly, how over, since the
men of Spain hne uu abundance of
ammunition now, and can mow them
down like rJpt 'n.raliii 'Against this
they can only oppose thoir machete
and while those arc effective weaponi
in n hand to-hand encounter, tl ; are
of no use whatever at n dlstnnco.
So the revolutionists melt nwnv
some passing up the rise and others
plunging Into the shelter of tho woods,
as yet untouched by tho fingers of the
fire king.
Jack honves n sigh of roliof He
has seen that the white horse nnd Its
lovely rider have been nlmost mlrncu
lously spared through tho fierce rattlo
of musketry that ended tho affair, and
the last glimpse which ho obtains of
them is when, outlined ngalnst the
heavens. Ixiln Montez, on the hilltop,
waves her hat from tho end of tho
machoto sho carries.
And yet .Inch Travers turns from
contemplating- her heroic deeds to the
gentle girl of Edinburgh with a posi
tive satisfaction.
One may admlro a modern Joan of
Arc, and be enthralled by hor prcsoncc
ns she leads soldiers in battle; but
when it comes to tho choice of u wife,
tho average male bipod Is very apt to
turn aside and tnke to his heart somo
loving girl who will make his home a
dream of peace and cheerfulness rath
er than a warlike camp.
But Jessie Cameron does not know
J f
There is a brief but terrific struggle,
what Jnck's thoughts nre. She has
sunlc. back behind the barricade, as if
fearrul lest somo flying bullet might
find its way through the frail sido of
the carriage, when In reality sho dg;
sires to shut out the sight of Jack and
the little Cuban beauty together.
The bnttle Is won.
At least, tho rebels linvo ceased to
harass (ho troops and the latter are
enabled to take stock or their losses,
which, counting dead, wounded, nnd
missing, amount to almost hnlf tho
original force. m
As a further retreat to Havana is
rendered utterly Impossible by the
blazing forest that bars their wny,
their only plan is to strengthen their
present jkjsIUoh nnd nwnlt the coming
of dawn, when thoy may bo able to
figure on the future.
The rebels have not been gone more
thun half nn hour when Smlthers,
who lias been -wandering around In his
restless way, tnklng an observation, ns
he calls it, comes upon Jack us tho lat
ter sits upon the end of n railroad tie,
meditating while Indulging In a smoke,
nnd the latter has only to take one
quick look into the ngent's sober race
to realize that ho carries more bad
news.
(To bo continued.
DIFFICULT LAND TO REACH.
No Ships of Civilized Nations Make
Trips to Greenland.
"No private vessel plies between
Greenland nnd the rest of tho world,
either with passengers or cargo,"
writes Roger Pocock. "Of the Dundee
whalers very few remain .and if they
happen (o take fresh water on tho
Greenland coast, their stay Is limited
a matter of hours. Ten years ago
seme fishing schooners of Gloucester.
Mass., frequented the Greenland
banks, but after n couple or seasons
round thnt the halibut catch was not
to be relied on. In 1894 the Miranda,
an American steamer, attempted a
cruise with tourists, hut was wrecked
at tho gate or the first harbor she
tried to leave. Sho foundered at pea,
but one of the fishing schooners
brought her people homo.
"Apart rrom arctic expeditions no
other foreign visitors lmvo risked a
oyage for about two centuries. The
whaling ships are handled by experi
enced men, jet the Vega was nipped
recently, her people barely escaping.
For arctic expeditions one ship lost in
each twenty measures tho scale of
risk. Fog, Ice-uack, bergs, currents
aud death-trap reefs bar out all casual
shipping on pnln of death.
"There nlso exists un oxcellcnt In
tel national treaty, whereby most
Kuiopenns and Americans are abso
lutely foi bidden to entor Greenlnnd.
This treaty Is enforced by Denmark
on behalf of her royal trade, a gov
ernment department, which is trying
(o savo and civilize tho native tribes
of the country. Dy this means nlono
can the Eskimo people be shielded
from disease, ftom alcohol and from
interfoienco with (ho hunting on
which (hey depend ror existonce."
A Reasonable Claim.
"We'll dispense with your services,
sir," said Mr. Merchant sternjy. "I
saw you coming out or a saloon to
day. I told you I'd discharge you for
that, didn't I?"
"Why, no, sir." ropliod Galley, "you
fcld you'd disehnigo mo ir you saw
mo going Into or.e. I think I deserve
some credit for coining ,quu" -Philadelphia
Press
LEGISLATURE
of NEBRASKA
" L . . . ! 1 . L10.-T- 3SBt tTi
A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty x Ninth Giv
eral Session.
SENATE The somite on tho 28th
was busy with passage of hlllic, among
thorn being tho followinc: S. F. OR,
providing that Judgments nhnll hocom
dormant in flvo years. S. P. 36, pro
viding thnt railroads shnll keop open
for the convenience of tho public suit
nble wnHIng rooms at stations. S. P.
ins. providing thnt It is unlawful to
kill squirrels. S. F. Lin, providing for
appeals (s the district court from tho
decision of n board of equalization. S.
F. GD, ptovidiug that hanks In towns
of "100 shall lmvo n capital slock of
$5,000. S. F. ISO. providing (hat the
number of pounds contained In n sack
of flour or cereals shall ho stumped
on the outside of the sack. S. F 181,
allows road districts to veto a 25 mill
levy for tho Improvement of roads. S.
F. 76, Dresoo's hill to divide the Four
tocnth Judicial district. II. 11. 14, al
lows villages to buy land for parks. In
tho committee of the whole, with Ep
person In the chair, tho senate killed
II. It. 20, the bill to pay for tho bond
of formor Attorney General Prout. H.
11. IIS, tho object of which is to do
away with professional Jurors, 'wns re
commended for pnssage. The bill to
create n slate board of pardons was
indefinitely postponed.
HOUSE Tho house on (ho 28th,
the fortieth day of tho session, passed
these bills: H. It. 174, by Andersen of
Douglas -A Joint memorial to deter
mine tho true status of (he Nebraska
tenitorial mllltln. II. It. 179, by Doug
las of llock Providing for salary of
school superintendents' In certain
counties. H, It. 122. by McClay of Lan
caster Providing for burial of Inmates
of state Institutions in tho stitti ceme
tery at Lincoln. II. It. 129, by Dodge
or DouglnB Providing for (lie detach
ment of unplatted laud rrom corpor
ate limits to exempt It from locnl
(axes. Emergency. II. H. 194, by Ilouso
of Hall Providing for the payment by
counties of die premium on (ho bonds
of (ho county treasurer where Ettch
bonds arc executed by a surety com
pany authorized by tho laws of No
braska to execute such bonds', such
premium not in nny Instance to ex
ceed i of 1 per cent per annum of tho
penalty stnted in the bond. II. It. 224,
by Pcabody of Nemaha Providing for
the organization and government of
drainage districts. II. It. 191, by Mc
Clay or Lancaster To print all bien
nial state officers' reports in one com
pilation. A large number or bills were
introduced. t,J)Qlng tho last day -for
such opportunity. Among them were
the following: S. F. 248, by Thomas of
Douglas To crento a county comp
troller. S. F. 249, by Shreck of York
To compel railroads (o pay shrinkage
oh freight shipments', S. F. 253, by
Laverly of Sounders To amend gnmo
laws. S. F. 251, by Sheldon or Cass
Regulating tax sales. S. F. 252, by
Sheldon To abolish tho Nowbcry
maximum rrcight rate act.
SENATE Members of tho senate
on the 1st took advantage of their Inst
chance to introduce bills except
through n personal message of tho
governor and handed In twenty meas
ures, several of which will affect the
corporations of tho state, The South
Omaha Stpck Yards will havo two
measures to contend with, the one by
Sheldon of Cass to mako it unlawful
for the company to chnrgo more than
25 per cent aboVo the market prico
for hay and corn nnd the other by
Gould to compel the company to un
load stock within one hour after re
ceiving It or to pay damages to the
amount of $5 for each car for every
hour or fraction of an hour over the
stipulated time in which it has to bo
unloaded. The senate passed theso
bills: H. R. 97, 98, 99 nnd 100, by
Clark or Douglas Curativo acts re
ferring to costs, Juries nnd changes
of venue in Justice courts. H. It. 118,
to provide for the drawing of grand
Juries In Gage county. H. R, 204, to
nllow mutual insurance companies to
withdraw securities deposited with tho
state auditor and deposit cash instead.
In the committee of the whole with
Epperson In the ehnlr this morning
S. F. 122 nnd 157 were recommended
for passage. The former authorizes
tho ennvass or tho vote on constitu
tional amendments by the legislature
and the latter is n measure which
seeks to make the drainage law con
form to tho decision of the supremo
court, which recently declared that a.
portion of it was invalid. At the after
noon session, with Beghtol In tho
chair in committee of tho whole, tho
bill by Cady of Howard, which Inter
prcts tho constitution in Its reference
to property which is exempt from
taxation was discussed at length, nnd
finally passed over for further discus
sion. HOUSE The house on the 1st
spent almost tho entire day in com
mittee of tho whole on tho salaries ap
propriation bill. It cut out of the bill
the appropriation of $5,000 to main
tain the state architect's ofllce In
creased tho salary of the pathologist
at the Lincoln nsjluiu from $1,2Q0 to
$1,500, raised the salary of the su
perintendent ofiihe feeblo-ralnded In
stltute nt Beatrice from $2,000 to
$2,500, and increased the snlarlos of
the two bookkeepers in tho land com
missioner's ofllce from $1,200 to $1,500
each, Many bills wore introduced, in
cluding the following: To repeal sec
tion 3 of t.te valued iwlloy insurance
law allowing attorney's fees to plain
tiffs when thoy have recovered
agnliiHt an Insurance company there
under. To nmemT tho Inw relating to
tho proceedings of commissioner with
respect to drainage improvements. To
provide for the appointment of coun
ty nttorneys In counties or less than
2,500 population. To provide for tho
appointment and tho payment of ns
slstnnts for clerks of the district court
In counties having over 30,000 nnd
loss than 00,000 Inhabitants. To pio
vldo an appropriation uf $3,000 for n
llbtnry for tho olllcors and crew nnd
marines or tho battleship Nebraska.
Relating to tho procedure for collec
tion of tnxes on personal property un
der seizure by ofllcors. A Joint resold
lion (o amend article 10 of (ho con
stitution of tho stnto of Nebraskn by
adding thereto section G, relating to
municipal charters; gives cities of
5.000 or moro the right to mako thoir
own charters. To regulate and lis the
prico of electric aro lights for tho
lighting of streets nnd alleys In metro
politan cities In Nebraska; limits cost
of 2,000 candle power nrc lights (o
$50 a year. To provide moans or
warning public .school teachers and
owners of live stock In this Btnto
against approaching severe storms
through cooperation of the stnlo de
partment of public Instruction with
tho United States weather bureau;
appropriates $500. To abolish slot ma
chlues in Nebraska and (o provide a
penalty of Imprisonment not less than
one or moro than threo yenrs. To re
quire public officers to report nil in
terest received upon public funds, nnd
requiring detailed reports of fees.
SENATE In the sennte on tho 2nd.
the following bills' were passed: II. It.
30, by Douglass of Rock A bill to per
mit fraternal orders to Incorpotato.
H. R. 5C, by Burns A bill codifying
certain sections of (ho Insurance
statutes relating to filing securities
with tho auditor. H. 1. 17, by Case
beer A bill to authorize the uso of
die Stnto university cnsli fund for tho
general uses of, the university. II. R.
45, by Knox A bill authorizing the
Peru Normal lo buy library books with
matriculation fees. H. R. 27, which ex
empts cemeteries owned by private
parties from taxation, wns recom
mended for pasBngo. H. It. 90 Tho
hill provides thnt inheritance tax, now
paid into tho stnto treasury shall bo
paid to the counties in which money
Is collected and used in the lmprovoi
ment oi tho public highways. Recom
mended for passage. Tho senate inde
finitely postponed Tucker'B bill for a
Joint resolution calling for n consti
tutional convention.' Tho vote was '2
to 9. S. P. 108 Providing for the se
lection of grand and petit Jurors, was
ordered presented for third tending.
H. R. 01 To provldo a;i appropria
tion for the burinl of Indigent soldiers'
was recommended for passage. The
-3nnto concurred In die notion of tho
house in killing tho emergency clnuso
on S. P. 8, tho county engineer hill,
and nkso on tho house amendments (o
S. P. li, the Juvenile court hill.
HOUSE Theso bills wore pnsscd in
the house on the 2d: Authorizing tho
Slato Board of Public Lands and
Buildings to sell a section of school
land to Daniel I. Johnson now oc
cupied by him. Tho Juvenile court bill.
Appropriating $35,000 for rebuilding
tho old wing of tho Norfolk Insane
asylum. Appropriating $32,000 for' a
fireproof library building at the Peru
Vormnl school and n heating appara
tus, hewer and steam tunnel connec
tions. Giving the right or eminent do
main to electric and intcrurbnn rail
way companies. To protect trado nnd
commerce against unlawful restraints
and monopolies am to prohibit tho
giving cr receiving tof rebates on the
transportation of property. To pro
hibit shooting or English, China or
Mongolian pheasants, English nnd Bel
gian partridges, English black cocks
or any other Imported bird. To permit
owners or contracts for lease of edu
cational lands to perfect (heir titles
under the law in force prior to 1879.
To give warehouses u lien on goods
left with them. Authorizing appeals
from county levies' to tho district
court nnd emergency clause. To per
mit drainage by tiled or open ditch
into national water courses. Changing
tho offering or giving of a bribe In
Jury cases from a misdemeanor to a
felony. A recalled antl-pollcy nnd lot
tery bill, said to lio directed against
suit clubs nnd emergency clause.
SENATE In the committee or the
whole on tho 3rd Cady of Howard
succeeded in having recommended
for passage S. P. 190, proposing a con
stiiudonal amendment for the election
or n railroad commission or ttiroe
members to be paid n salary or $3,000
a year each. Tho committee recom
mended these bills for passage, includ
ing Cady's constitutional amendment
providing for a railroad commission
S. P. 180 Making Stnto Historical so
ciety custodian of records lying dor
mant for twonty yours. S. P 1C5 The
veterinary surgoon bill. These bills
wero rend a third timo and passed:
11. R. 27 Authorizing cemetery asso
ciations to buy land and exempting
tho same from taxation. H. R. 90
Providing (lie inheritance tux shall be
paid Into tho counties whore tho tax
was colleoted.Jnstend of bolng turned
into the stnto treasury us at present.
The money Is to bo used fdr tho im
provement of roads. II. R, CI Appro
priating money for t' burial or Irdl
gent soldier. Tho senate voted to '0
consldor Its action on II R. 17C vfc.ch.
It lind previously Indefinitely poa
poned. This hill provide thai (newr
pcoplo can orgaulzo n county agrtct't
turnl association, hold a fair nnd se
cure an appropriation of 3 cents for
onch inhnbltnnt It npplloa to counties
of over 40,000 nnd will he a great
thing for tho present Douglas County
Agricultural Fnlr association nnd nny
other association which exhibits n few
pumpkins or slich like nnd calls tho
occasion a ialr. H. R. 137, to nllow
townships In counties undor township
organization to vote n levy of 10 mills
for road purposes was recommended
for passage. S. P. 137, nn amendment
to (ho nnthtrust Inw nllowlng Individ
unls to bring suit In their own nnmes,
when nggrloved, Instead of tho ntlor
noy general or county attorney bring
ing (lie suit, wan recommended for
passage. S. P. 87, providing for pay
ment of costs in misdemeanor cases,
was recommended for passage.
HOUSE The following bills wero
passed on the 3rd:.H. R. 240. by tho
IJihcnBlor delegation nnd Leo and
Fostor of Douglas, to prohibit (ho
"oriental nnd muscular dance" known
ns lioochee-koochoo; vole 02 to W 11
R. 104, by Loo of Douitlns, to prevent
tho snlo or donation of opium, famine
or morphtno except on n physi 'an s
proscription. Emergency clause II It.
177, by Burgess of Lnncasler, to pro
vldo for the funding or the out taint
ing Bchool district bonds, rate of in
terest not to exceed (5 per cent II. It.
221, by Muxen or Douglas, (o regulate
baby farms nnd provide n licence.
Emergency. S. P. 00, by Joiiei of
Otoo exempting houndnry strrnms
from gnmo nnd fish laws and permits
seining in tho Missouri river. Emer
gency clause. S, P. 02, by Mestrjc of
Dixon, regulating tho admission to
practice of attorneys-ntlaw. II. R. 15fi.
by McMullen of Gngo, providing for
tho organization, government nnd
compensation or (ho stnto militia, in
crcaseB adjutant general's salary ti
$1,800 n year; quartermaster genTnl's
to $1,000; gives each armory $250 in
stead of $100 n year rental, allows tho
men 25 cents for each drill, reqiil'lnt?
them to drill nt lenst twice a ni'-nt'r
nnd brings the law Inlo conformnT'co
with tho Dick law. Emergency clauso.
S. P. 9, by Thomns or Douglas, ex
empting from embezzlement nn attor
ney or collector who may retnln tho
amount of his feo or coinmlsloh on
a collection. S. P. 40, by Shreck cf
York, requiring railroads to give one
round trip pasB to a shipper of ono
car or horses or catde, two cars or
hogs or mixed stock. At 1:30, when
tho house convened after noon reread.
It went into committee of the- whole,
with Jackson of Antelorn in the chair
S. P. 1, by Thomas or Douglas, camo
pp. It Is tho bill providing for two
Bliifts of twolvo hours each for tho
firemen. Clarke of Douglas; offered an
amendment (o havojho hill take effect
only when ratified "nt tho polls by a
majority of tho voters of Omaha after
it hnd boon submitted by a petition
of 20 por cent of the voters, Th
amendment was(ndopted by 40 (o 11.
After considerable discussion, McClnv
of Lancnster moved to recommon I
the bill for pnssage ns amejid t.
Uarnes sulci it might as well be klll"d,
since the citzens of Omaha had n't
voice In there matters, as the gover
nor nppolntcd tho Board of Fire nnd
Police Commissioners, which com roll
ed tho affairs of the firemen. Clar
disputed this. McClny's motion j rn
vuilc(f. nnd the house adjourned until
Monday.
Use of Arbalest Once Forbidden.
During tho twelfth century Cio
early arbalest or cross-bow, wos con
sidered such a deadly weapon whoi
it wns first Introduced in war nro
thnt Its employment In wnr wns for
bidden among Christian nations, and
it wns not until tho fourteenth n
tury thnt it came Into general uso.
Wrong-Foot- Foremost.
"I got out or bed this mornln?
wrong-foot-.foremost, nnd so every
thing has gono badly with mo tint
whole day through!" Common enough
It Is (o hear a man or woman uy
this, nnd bellovo It well nigh as liter
ally us ir, in thus doing It, either nf
the two hnd stepped on a tack point
up and head clown nnd so gon
limping ever since, not to speak cf
dire apprehensions or lockjaw.
Every Day Celebrated as Sunday.
Pew people know that other days
of the week than the first nre beln?
observed as Sunday by somo nation
or other. Tho Greeks observe Mon
day; the Persians, Tuesday; the As
syrians, Wednesday; the Egyptians.
Thursday; tho Turks, Friday; Vi
Jews, Saturday; and the Chrlcttuns,
Sunday. Thus a perpetual Sabahth h
being celebrated on earth. Succeaj
Magazine.
Longest Straight Railway.
Tho longest straight piece or ra"
way lliie In the world Is from Nyii". i
to Mourke. In New South Wales T' i
mllway runs 13C miles ou a level la
a perfectly straight line.
Black Tupll in Luzon.
A black Illy, or tulip, with n flow
eight inches in dinmoter, has bee-
found on the island of Luzon, in tho
Philippines.
Coveteous Engineers.
The civil engineer often vrleh-i
with a slglrthut he were really nici
arch of all (hut he vurvoys. Same
ville Journal.
Japanese Marry Young.
It is stnted that uot one bride f i
over twenty-two yenrs old In 'the 3I'J
590 maniagw lnMirn last year,