it;
Star .
lEAi BARE, Edetok akd Pkopriktoi.
SUBBCXIPTION BATES.
One Tear, cask in sdvanee, $1.25
Six Mostka, o&ak in sd ranee 75 Ceats
Katerea attfieKorihPUtte(Xebra&ka)posto&eeM
eooad-rsl aw matter.
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1898.
The stock of gold in the United
States Treasury has now reached
in round nutnbersl70t000;000, and
is still increasing", while the go
in circulation in the United States
has also enormously increased dur
ing" the past year.
It-is reoorted that a Catholic
. A.
priest at Rondout, N. Y., advised
his parishioners that in case of war
it would not do for them to take up
arms arainst Catholic Spain. The
r- a
Lincoln Journal says the report of
the affair bears the earmaks of the
new journalism and that it is fool
ish to take it seriously at present..
The suspense in waiting- for the
finding of the Maine inquiry board
has been very trying to a patriotic
people, and it is. pot expected they
shall suspend judgment or cease
to condemn Spain in view of the
news which comes from the Havana
newspaper correspondents. The
board of inquiry should hot make
useless delay in giving to the
people the facts it has acertained.
The jury in the Hartley bond.case
on Sunday evening gave a verdict
for the bondsmen, thus declining to
hold the latter responsible for the
shortage of 'the '"ex-treasurer,
was a complicated case, and
iury was out fifty-one hours.
It
the
In
the trial of the case Judge Powell's
rulings were inclined to be more
favorable to the state than to the
defendants. The state attorney
will probably ask for a new trial.
THEYare putting together at the
Watervliet arsenal in New York a
big sixleen-inch gun for service at
Sandy Hook that will be the largest
one m the world and will cost when
completed $390,000 and will weigh
126 tons. However, the machinery
made for the construction of the
gun and which will be ready for
use hereafter for other guns, is in
cluded in the cost. The cost of
the gun outside the machinery
used in its costruction is $120,000.
The fake dispatches of the yel
low journalism regarding the situ
ation in Havana nave had but a
"momentary effect on trade in New
York and the whole country, and
prices. remain firm, says the Journal.
Dollar wheat is now a memory, as
you cannot get that cereal tor a
dollar any more, and it may be
that it will be years before we get
down to that uormal figure agaii
Corn holds its own and cotton gets
a little firmer. The probabilities
are that the war scare has been dis
counted and in the case Uncle Sam
should send a fleet down to Havana
to take possession of the harbor
there would be no great excitement
on 'change.
MT7RTT. A ST A 'S XAUlKCH SHEET.
Bonds and Mortgages, a publica
tions of Chicago 4of the , character
indicated by the title, presents its
readers with a careiully compiled
statement of the number and
amount of real estate mortgages
filed and released during 1897 and
comments on the showing as fol
lows: The showing of Nebraska is
one that state has reason to be
proud of, for in nearly every county
a marked reduction of indebtedness
is shown."'
"Eastern Nebraska, with nine
teen counties returned out of twenty-eight,
leads with a decrease of
$3,146,419.69, and is closely fol
lowed by Central Nebraska where
twenty-six counties out of a total
of thirty-seven show a reduction of
$2,107,426.98. There are not many
counties devoted lo agricultural pur
suits in western Nebraska, which
section reports a reduction of ,$71,
042.27 in twenty-seven counties.
Taking the ratio of the abdve fig
ures, Nebraska's liquidation of real
estate mortgages last year would
aggregate the sum of $7,728,676 for
the total of ninety counties.
There never has been a period in
the country's existence where this
state has acquitted itself more
. creditably and evinced the disposi
tion to give back 100 cents on every
dollar borrowed.
The sad experience of former
years will now be lost and borrow
" ers are slow to incur new obli
- rations. The business of mak
ing loans has also, been confined to
responsible parties, whose refuta
tion for honest dealing is better
guaranty than the oyer question
able guarantees of the loan com
vpanies of the -past,
v While there are; many mortgages
remainisingSntfils state ;the liq
Hitfatioh pi 1897 will go far toward,
.attracting new cap1tal,andpaVticu
"'iWfv so if the laws could be-amend-''d,so
jU:fo offer "bfterpp rotectiotv
tkan mow exisU."
?KENCH"0M GrUABD"
TNAPOLEO WSSeLLTE FIGHTING CORRS
and5-its Header, bessieres.
Story of the "Old Guard" a&d Its Strsage
Composition Made Up of Old Peasants,
ikelPIck of the Grand Armies ef France.
rCoDyriKht. 1S38. by American
y American .tress asso-
elation.
Book rights reserved.
APOLEON'S
long and terrifio
wars brought in
to existence that
.magnificent body
of soldiers known
as the Old Guard
of France. Al
great armies
since Waterloo
have contained
fiahtibe corns which strove to emulate
the prowess of those far famed reserves.
The history of the Old Guard, nowhere
definitely given, is something like this
When General Bonaparte took the Held
with the civic title of first consul, the
body of soldiers answering to the house
hold- guards of all royal and imperia
armies when led by their monarch took
the name of Consular Guard. Following
the old custom when he became emper
or a still larger contingent gathered
around him and was known as the Ini
perial Guard. The Old Guard was al
ways part of the Imperial Guard o:
France, but when it acquired its specia'
name it was for reasons that distinguish
ed it as the elite corps of France.
Napoleon's wars were so destructive
of French soldiers that the Imperia
Guard had to be recruited, and the old
battalions, jealous of the hard won lau
rels, did not wish to share them with
novices fresh from the plow; hence
new corps called the Young Guard, and
in time a second Young Guard, the first
taking the name of Middle Guard.
One of Napoleon's veterans described
the Old Guard in language which,
though flowery, as becomes the theme,
coincides with all that has been handed
down regarding this unique corps. He
said: "The soldiers" of the Old Guard
were nearly all old peasants, born be
fore the republic, men 5 feet 6 inches
in height, thin and well built, who had
held the plow for convent and chateau.
Afterward they1 were levied with all
the rest of the people and went to.Ger
many, Holland, Italy, Egypt, Poland,
Spain and Russia under Kleber, Hoche
and Marceau first and under Napoleon
afterward. He took special care of them
and paid them liberally. They regarded
themselves as the proprietors of an im
mense farm which' they must defend
and enlarge more and mora This gain
ed them consideration. They were do
fending their own property. They no
longer knew parents, relatives and com
patriots. They only knew the emperor.
He was their god. And lastly they
adopted the king of Borne, who was to
inherit all with them and to support
aud honor them in their old age.
"Nothing like them was ever seen.
They were bo accustomed to march, to
dress their lines, to load and fire aud
cross bayonets that it was done mechan
ically in a measure whenever there was
necessity. "When they advanced carry
ing arms, with their great caps, their
white waistcoats and gaiters, they all
looked just alike. You could plainly
see that it was the right arm of the em
peror which was coming. "When it was
said in the ranks, 'The guard is going
to move,' it was as if they had said,
'The battle is gained. ' "
JL'ne name or .marshal $essieres is
linked in glory with that of the Old
Guard. Bessieres was the' companion of
Murat, the country hostler, when he set
out,for Paris in search of adventure in
1790. Both enlisted in tho Cohstifution
al Guard, formed to defend the house
hold of liouis XVI Faithful to the
king until the end, Bessieres entered
tha republican army as captain and in
Italy won the heart of Napoleon by gal
lantry in battle. He -was given com
mand of a picked body of the Consular
Guard, which -always attended Napole
on in person, and in time rose to the
head of the Imperial Guard. At "Wa
gram Bessieres had his horse killed un
der hiin and was thrown with such vio
lence that he lay on the field as one
dead. Afterward Napoleon said to him :
"The ball which struck you down drew
tears from all my guard. Return thanke
for it. It ought to be dear Co you. "
Bessieres led the guard in all its
fiercest battles and was second to none
but Murat in the brilliancy of charges
in mounted battalions. The night before
the battle of Borodino Napoleon sent for
Bessieres and ordered him to distribute
from the private imperial stores three
days' rations of biscuit and rice to the
members of the guard.
The historian of Napoleon and bis
marshals; Headley, says that during the
retreat from .Moscow Bessieres, "with
the faithful guard, that no disaster
could shake and no losses dishearten,
hovered like a protecting spirit around
Napoleon. Though their thousands bad
dwindled to hundreds, and toils that
seemed endless wasted them at every
step, and famine and cold and a victori
ous enemy thinned their Tanks daily,
and the most appalling sights that ever
met the human eye were before them
constantly dismay and despair on
every side they, with their worn yet
firm hearted leader, faithful to tlieir
trust, still maiutainedorder and cour
age. Singing gayly past the batteries
that tore their ranks asunder, standing
in squares around their emperor as he
bivouacked in the snow, and furnishing
him the last fragrant of fuel that could
be gathered, while they one after an
other dropped-dead in their footsteps,
they fasten themselves'on our affections
and stand to the remotest time as a
model of fidelity and firmness."
The nest year, 1013, Bessieres was
shot dead while gallantly reconuoitering
the position of the advancerguard of the
allied army ou the eve of the battle of
Lutzen. Different commanders thereaft
er led the Old Guard. In the immortal
charge at -Waterloo the remnant that
remained to rally around the adventurer
rrom Elba was led in the crisis of the
battle by Marshal Ney, the "bravest of
the braye;"
rThe French veteran quoted above
tells the story of the Old Guard in their
last cast for the throne of the emperor.
He says: "From all sides, over' the
thunderof the cannon, over all the tu
mult, the cry was heard, 'Tks guard, is
coming 1' Yes, the guard Avas coming at
last. We could see them in tke dis
tance, with then; high bearskin-caps,
advancing in good order.
- "Thoeewbo have never .witnessed the
-arrival of the guard on the battlefield
can never know the confidence which is
inspired by a body of tried soldiers, Jhe
sr; terrible massacre after the".
now after
repulse of, furious attacks, on seeing the
Prussians fall back on our flank we
said; 'This is the decisive blow.' And
we"-thought, 'If it fails, all is lost'
This? was why we all looked at the
guard as they marched steadily up.
"It was Ney who commanded them.
The .emperor knew that nobody could
lead them like Ney: only he should
have ordered-them up an hour sooner.;
Then we should have gained all. But
the emperor looked upon them as his
own flesh and blood. If lie had had
them at Paris five days later, Lafayette
and the rest would not have remained
long in the chamber to depose him.
This was why he waited so long before
sending them " in. He hoped that Ney
would succceed in overwhelming the
enemy with the .cavalry, or that Grou
chy would turn, attracted, by the sound
of the cannon, and then he could send
him in place of his guard to break
Wellington's front t because he could
always replace 80,000 or 40,000 com
mon soldiers by conscription, but to
have? another such guard he must com
mence at 25 and gain 50 .victories, and
what remained of the best, most solid
and the toughesfrwould be the guard.
"It came; and we could see it. Ney
and several- other generals marched in
BEAOY TOR A CHARGE.
front. We could Eee nothing hut tha
guard--"the roaring cannon, the musket
ry, the cries- of the wounded were all
forgbtfenr But the lull did not last long.
The ingiisn perceived as well as we
that this was to be the decisive blow
and hastened to rally all their forces to
receive it.
"The attack sounded and our cannon
began to thunder. All was quiet on the
hillside, the rows of English cannon
wero deserted, and we minht have
thought they were all gone only as the
bearskin caps Of the guard arose above
the plateau five or six volleys of shot
warned us that they were waiting for
us. Many of our wounded retired at
this moment and the guard advanced,
sweeping everything before it, hut it
closed, up more and more diminished ev
ery moment In 20 minutes every offi
cer Tras dismounted and the guard halt
ed before such a terrible fire of musket
ry that even we, 200 paces in rear, could
not hear the sounds of our own guns.
"At last the whole army in front, on
the right, on the left, with the cavalry
on the flanks, fell upon us. The four
battalions of the guard, reduced to 1,200
men, could not withstand the charge.
They fell back slowly,-and we fell back
also, defending ourselves with musket
and bayonet.
"When we reached the edge of the
plateau,-all the plain below was envel
oped in darkness and the confusion of.
defeat. The disbanded troops were fly
ing, some on foot and some on horseback.
a single Dattanon ox the guard m a
square near a farmhouse and three other
battalions farther on, with cue square
at the junction of the route at Planche-
uois, stood as motionless as Eome firm
structure in the midst of an inundation
which sweeps away everything else."
In the line of one of the squares stood
Ney, firmly holding on while the Brit
ish cannon plowed through his ranks.
Overrun at last, the squares broke, and
then it was that the brave Michel, when
summoned to surrender, gave voice to
the renowned motto, "The Old Guard
dies, but never surrenders," and fell
fighting for the honor of those elite
warriors of France.
George L. Kilmer.
The Bishop a&d the Cabby.
The Irish -Ecclesiastical Journal tells
this story: "Last week an Irish bishop
was driving homo to his hotel in the
city from a suburb of Dublin, with a
lady and one of the junior clergy as bis
escort. Itwas late at night, dark, windy
and rainy, and the cabman drove away
merrily; but after some peculiar turn
ings and ten minutes1 driving the cab
was returning whence it had started.
The wherefore was evident, as the cabby
was drunk. However, home had to be
reached, and his lordship, a man of ac
tion, jumped out of the cab, mounted
the box and drovo at a good round pace
into town. On reaching his destination
the right reverend prelate said he
thought he ought to be paid, a senti
ment in which the abby acquiesced
with the utmost good humor, but pock
eted his fare notwithstanding. To be
driven homo by a bishop on a cab, " adds
our contemporary, "falls not to the lot
of many curates, and is surely worth re
cording."
Very Close Indeed.
"This gentleman, " pajd.the phrenol-.
ogist at the open air performance, " js a.
close observer a very close observer.
"So much so, " continued the phre
nologist, "that I doubt exceedingly if
lo would have been here tonight had
we charged any admission fee." New
York Journal.
The four principal diamond mines of
tho Kimberly district employ about
8.000" persons. From 2,000,000 to 8,-.
OOOOoO carats are turned out each year,
and up to 1892 ten tons of, diamonds,
valued at 60, 000, 000, had come from
t'ht'so mines. .
kind of
HE IS A B AT DEIVEE.
L
LUMINOUS PAIWT SUCCEEDS WHERE
bells; tar and traps-failed.
A Mam Who M&fcif Good Meaey Clearing
Warehouses and Other Ceacenu Are Had
New York, of Treafeleeeaae Xodest Be-
jran the BoalBesa'la Steekhelau
Haibtues of Riverside drive, between
Seventy-fifth and Eightieth streets, on
very-sunny days-have noticed a middle
aged man carrying a case, which .ap
pears to be about three feet long by one
foot deep and two feet wide. .It is ap
parently a DJacK leather case with an
ordinary grip handle to the upper part,
and the man, seeking some unfrequent
ed piece of wall, generally one of the
embrasures, places his. case Oh the wall,
smokes his pipe and loiters around, look-
ing at the ever changing river and its
traffic. If others come around, he moves
on, but if not ho may stay there from
two to three hours in the full sun. He
is a rat catcher, or rather a rat driver.
He 'works only in large warehouses and
does not touch tho smaller dwelling
houses or flats except in rare, cases.
He is a Scandinavian whom nothing
will warm to conversation but his na
tive tongue. His case is wood on the j
back, ends and bottom and wire on the
front and top. There are neat spring
shades which roll down over front and
top. In this cage are eight or ten large
rats. If any one comes near, down go
the shades, but as long as the coast is
clear the shades are up and the rats are
running around baskiug in the sunlight
If he takes you into his confidence, he
will tell you that it is"with these rats
ho clears buildings. Tho other day he
said:
"When I was living in Stockholm,
the largo granaries were full of rats,
and a reward was offered to clear them.
iMany tried. Traps were setr by the
hundred.
"One man built a room as large as an
ordinary parlor, cased it wih tin and
fed the rats with oatmeal scented with
oil of aniseed, gradually laying trains
of this feed to tho room until he had all
tho rats on a string. Then he fitted an
automatic drop to tho entrance, and
when his rats wero feeding he caged
them all, several hundred. The first
man who did this went into the room
with dogs to kill them and was nearly
eaten himself, liko that farmer out west
few weeks ago. Tho second man
starved and then poisoned his, but in a
week there wero just as many rats as I
ever. Tijo supply was inexhaustible
from the rivers and quays. Poisoning j
was no good because or the terrific
smell, and so I took the matter in hand.
"I thought it over and finally set a
trap and caught some rats. Then I tied,
a picco cf wiro round their necks, to
which I slung a littlo tinkling Lrass
bell, and then I let the bell ringers
loose in the building they had been
caught m. They knew the runs and
went to join their friends and relatives,
who of course ran from tho bells. Tho
more they ran tho more ran tho bell
carriers, until tho building was 'hoo
doo in rat languago and not a rat
would enter.
"If I could have lured back my bell
carriers, all would have been well; but,
familiarity breeding contempt, the. rats
grew accustomed to them and in a few
months were tack again, aud as build-
ins after buiidmc had been cleared bv
this trick there was not a rat in the' city
who did not know of tho bells. Then I
tried tarring some rats with strong
smelling coal tar, which rats cannot
bear aud will avoid if possible, and this
answered for awhile, but a fire occurred,
aud a rat, tar coated, ran out cf the
blazing building with his fur ablaze
and, going into another building not in
danger, set it on fire-r wood gers very
dry in those old buildings over there
and so an ordinance was passed prohib
iting tho use of tar.
"I had made money, aud I came to
this country. I did well for some years,
but in tho depression my canital ran
short and I failed; so then I took to
clearing business places of rats again
and am doing quite well. Tho first
thing is to learn tho lay of the building
where tho rats come from. If a grain
elevator is near, clear the elevator aud
trap those iu tbo ether places. JKuts very
Eeldoin run around mere than one build
ing, except as an overflow. Tneu, hav
ing determined that point, try the tar,
then tho bell, and after that these fel
lows in the cage. They are coated with
luminous'paiut, and being exposed to
the sunlight hero can bo taken to a
building tonight, loosed and will fly
through the runs, spreading fear wher
ever they go and creating n stampede.
If you havo ever seen luminous paint
effects, you can readily understand it.
The great beauty of this plan is that the
rats do not live more than 24 to 48
.hours after a coating with this paint, so
the novelty never wears off. It is a prep
aration of lime, which I discovered fori
myself, and has to be newly made and
mixed liko a varnish. This closes the
pores of tho skin, and after chasing
around to catch up with the flying rela
tives the rut is in a sweat, and that fin
ishes him, and they never get used to it.
Will a rajb sweat? Well, you cage a rat,
and then let a terrier roll the cage
around for a few minutes, and you will
see a rac as damp as it aippeu into a
pail of water. I get as high as $20 a
month for keeping some places in this
city clear of rats, and I work several
other cities as well. Tho only thing I am
afraid of is the society (Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals), but I have nearly
made enough to start in my own busi
ness again, and then I win cease rac
driving. Sell my business? No, I may
want again in this city of ups and
downs." New York. Sun.
Chios Modesty.
"Did she havo a chrtch wedding?"
"No. There's no foolish desiro for
ostentation about her. Why, every time
she's been divorced'. the case has always;
been heard in tkejadge's little side
room. ' ' uiey ena''iainiJeaier.
6bs of "fbe Bleasfaav of Work.
"Oh. I guess it's a good thing I haviH
tn work so hard I" said-a hroodipcr tier? I
eon.
" Why?" sald-ihe others
"I don't have sb'much time toihink,
said the first. New York Sun.
ThejBerrlasV
A medical-authoriiy on the virtues of
various kinds of food declares that the
herring gives the muscles elasticity
the body strength and the brain vigot
and is not flesh - I oraiag lFl ttqbutg
Bulletin. "
Awarded
Highest Honored-World's- Fair
G&dMfrt&whiter Fair.
CREAM
A Pure drape Crtaa ef Tartar Pswder.
40 YEARS THE'STANDARD.
THE SIAMESE GIRL.
Her GaraitmiA Are Scanty,' and She Is am
Inveterate Smoker.
From the momeSK; cf her high a Si
amese girl in treated with less consider
ation than & boy. For several years aft
er quitting the realms of "babyland"
she dresses very slightly indeed (I refer
more particularly to the lower- classes,
though tho rule applies more or less
generally) Next she adopts the sarong,
or waist cloth, and on top of this is
placed a bright colored scarf of consid
erable length and breadth, which is cus
tomarily crossed and recrossed over the
breast and under the arms. Tnese two
garments constitute tho whole of a Si
amese girl's wearing apparel unless she
chance to wear a scanty vest of linen.
Bings and bracelets are inevitable, pro
vided she be of class enough to afford
them, and in a few cases the costume is
finished off vith a flimsy pair of slip
pers, into which tho stockingle3S feet
are thrust.
The average Siamese girl is an invet
erate smoker of cigarettes from a very
tender age. When quite a baby, too,
she, in common with the rest of the
population, is taught to chew the leaf
and nut of the betel palm at least
she does notrequire to bo "taught" this
lovely but (if we may Relieve what
wo see) fascinating pastime. Since,
however, she knows full well that she
will be esteemed passee, not to say an
cient, at the. age of 30 she concentrates
the whole of her intellect upon the seri
ous business of either entering- the pal
ace or getting married. But if it be the
latter, the marriage in Siamese middle
and upper class life is the most elabo
rate function that an English girl could
imagine. The negotiation what we
should term the "courting" is gener
ally conducted in the first instance
through an old beldamo. It is this old
woman's business to discover among
other things whether the "stars in their
courses" are propitious toward the hap
py event and whether the respective
birthdays cf the bride and bridegroom
fall suitably to the date fixed for their
union, for in all such matters the Si
amese would appear to be even more su
perstitious than their Buddhist belief
might reasonably be expected to make
them. Gentleman's Magazine.
STARTERS OF RESTAURANTS
A Bdslnesi Operation by Wlilch'Souie Men
Make Considerable Money.
"It may seem strange to say so," re
marked a lawyer the other day, "but it
is true, nevertheless, that there are men
Jn the city who are getting rich by es
tablishing restaurants that do not pay.
This is the way they do it: A cheap
shop is rented and fitted up as a restau
rant at a cost, say, of 250, Food val
ued at abont 100 is purchased, and
some judicious advertising is done.
More food is sold for the money then
than customers can get anywhere else
in the neighborhood. The result is a
crowded restaurant, though the pro
prietor is losing money steadily. When
he has a first class line of patrons and
be appears to be doing a big business,
he advertises the place for sale. Ill
health or a desire to move south, east
or west is one of the excusps. Custom
ers appear promptly, and the proprietor
usually sells his place for $1,200 or
$1,600, half in cash. His investment
has not been more than $400, so he
clears from $8C0 to $1,000. Of course
the place proves a failure, and the pur
chaser loses his money. The restaurant
starter, however, moves to another por
tion of the city and repeats his enter
prise." The lawyer raid that Be recalled one
man in particular who had started no
less than ten restaurants in tho last six
months, all of which he Eold. With two
exceptions the places did net pay, and
the men who bought them were com
pelled to close them. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Tho Schoolyard.
To spend largo sums of money on
architectural beauties and stone carv
ings of historic ornaments which have
but little attraction for children to
make a school building look like a pal
ace and then to leave the schoolyard
looking like a desert or the top of a bi
tuminous lake, without a single attrac
tive iiower or one bit of beauty, are in
consistencies which sem possible only
in the modern system of education.
Weather beaten houses in tbo country,
log cabinn on the frontiers, railroad sta
tions in the Great American desert and
all over our country have their beauti
ful flower gardens, and it refreshes
one's soul to see them, but there is no
such source of refreshment, inspiration
and instruction where children are be
ing educated in tho "essentials. "Hen
ry Lincoln Clapp in Popular Science
Monthly.
2Men Your Wants.
More of the true enjoyment' of life
lies in this maxim than is generally
thought. 'We may indeed goto extremes
and cut to the quick, like that cynic
philosopher who threw away his wood
en cup on seeing a vagrant boy drink
froh the hollow of bis" hand. But the
truth is we create many of our own ne
cessities, and with tho growth, of luxury
new wants come in, not by ones, nor by
tens, but by hundreds. New York
Ledger.
The "Hedge" Doctor.
A "hedge" doctor, a kind of quack in.
Ireland, was being examined at an In
quest ou his treatment of a patieat-who
had died. "I ave him ipecacuanha, "
he said. "Ton might just as wqll have
given him tho aurora borealis," said the
coroner.
"Ihdade, yer honor, and' that's just
what I sbould have given-hinrnext if
he hadn't died. ' ' Hospital Gazette.
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WONDERFUL RESCUE.
HOVi SERGEANT VAUGHAN SAVED A
. LIFE' AT A HOTEL FIRE. "
k Member ef the New.Terk Department
Who EadaBgered Hix-Owa Ufa to Save
Guest of the Hotel Beral Wfce Had
Aheat Glvea Up All Hope.
Jacob A. Riis, author of "How the
Other Half Lives," writes of "Heroes
Who Ficht Fire" in The Century. The-
article is one of the scries
"Heroes of
Peace." Air. Biis tells the
following
story of a heroic rescue at the Hotel
Boyal fire in New York some years ago:
Sergeant Vaushan went up on the
roof. The smoke was so dense there
that he could see little, but through it
be heard a cry forhelp and made out
the shape of a man standing upon a
window sill in the fifth story overlook
ing .the courtyard of the hotel. The
yard was, between them.
Bidding his
men follow they were five all told
he ran down and around in the next
street to the roof of the house that
formed an angle with the hotel wing.
There stood the man below him only a
jump away, but a jump which no mor
tal might take and live. His face and
bands were black -with smoke. Vaughan,
looking down, thought him a negro. He
was perfectly calm.
"It is no use," he said, glancing up.
"Don't try. You can't do it."
The sergeant looked wistfully about-
jjiin. Not a stick or a piece of rope was
id sight Every shred was used below.
There was absolutely nothing. "But I
couldn't let him, " he said to me months-
after, when ho had come out of the hos
pital a whole man again and was back
at work, "I just couldn't, standing
there so quiet and brave. " To the men
he said sharply:
"I want you to do exactly as I tell
you now. Don't grab me, but let me
get the first grab." He had noticed that
the man wore a heavy overcoat, and had
already laid his plan.
"Don't try," urged the man. "You
cannot save me. I will stay here till it
gets too hot, then I will jump."
"No, you won't," from the sergeant,
as he lay at full length on tho roof, look
ing over. "It is a pretty hard yard down
there. I will get you or go dead myself. "
The four sat on the sergeant's legs as
he swung free down to the waist, so he
was almost able to reach the man on the
window, with outstretched hands.
"Now, jump quickl" he command
ed, and the man jumped. He caught
him by both wrists as directed, and the
sergeant got a grip on the collar of his
coat.
"Hoist!" he shouted to the four on
the roof, and they tugged with their
might. The sergeant's body did not
move. Bending over till the back creak
ed, it hung over the edge, a weight of
203 pounds suspended from and holding
it down. The cold sweat started upon
his men's foreheads as they tried and
tried again, without gaining an inch.
Blood dripped from Sergeant Vaughan's
nostrils and ears. Sixty feet below was
the paved courtyard. Over against him
was the window, behind which he saw
the back draft coming, gathering head
way with lurid, swirling smoke. Now
it burst through, burning the hair and
tho coats of the two. For an instant he
thought all hope was gone.
But in a flash it camo back to him.
To relieve the terrible dead weight that
wrenched and tore at his muscles he
was swinging the man to and fro like a
pendulum, head touching head. He
could swing him upl A smothered shout
warned his men. They crept nearer the
eage witnouc letting go their grip on
him and watched with staring eyes the ,
human pendulum swing wider and wid
er, farther and farther, until now, with
!
reach. They caught the skirt of the coat,
held on, pulled in, and in a moment
lifted him over the edge.
They lay upon the roof, all six,
breathless, sightless, their faces turned
to tho winter sky. Tho tumult of the
street came ' up as a faint echo. The
spray of a score of engines pumping be
low fell upon them, froze and covered
them with ice. The very roar of the fire
seemed far off. The sergeant was the
first to recover. He carried down the
man he had saved and saw him sent off
to the hospital. Then first he noticed
that ho was not a negro. The smut had
been rubbed off his face. Monday had
dawned before ho camo to, and days
passed before he know his rescuer. Ser
geant Vaughan was laid up himself
then. Ho had returned to his work and
finished it, but what he had gone
through was too much for human
strength. It was spring before he re
turned to his quarters, to find himself
promoted, petted and made much of.
A. Bareaa of Coartesy.
"A curious innovation, " says the Bos
ton Transcript, "at the coming Omaha
exposition will be a bureau of courtesy.
Not only is the idea novel, but it is sur
prising to learn that nearly all the peo
ple of tho city will be enrolled in the
committee. Every member will wear a
badge, and visitors will be at liberty to
address any ono whowears the badge
and ask for information just as much as
he likrs, Tho member, on the other
hand, will be pledged to treat the Visitor
courteously and answer his questions,
or put him in the way of getting them
luswered."
Coko la Different Countries.
The prices at which coke is quoted in
different countries are given as $1.44 in
tho United States, $3.18 in Great Brit
ain, $3.24 in France, $3.86 inGermany,
$3.48 in Uelgium, and id Spam $5.08.
These figures are based on the quantity
of coko used in the manufacture of a
ton of bessemer pig iron.
The proportion of deaf mutes to the
population is one to every 2,043. In
; 18ol there was one deaf mute to every
;1,7:J8 of the population. Physicians
I claim that this decrease is mainly trace
able to greater knowledge and care ir
the treatment of TcarluUna in childxvr,
No Need.
"Do you know, I don't think much of
Mawson."
. "You don't have to. You can slae
Mawson up in two seconds." Harlem
Life.
la Japan all cars "are smoking cars,
and the few American women tvho. take
long railroad journeys in Japan find
themselves very uncomfortable.
Americans use annually 350 cubio
feet of wood a head, while the English
use only 18.
t is undoubtedly a feet that er
graaa
. mothers,
Atbe pio-
jaeer w
ntes ef
Jtlie cowl-
borioas
KvM
Btfeaa the
hoasc-
t wives of
In spite
(of this
feet, they
bore
'healthvA -
robust sons and daughters, and did not '
become weak, complaining' invalids as a
consequence.
Tkere are probably several reasons for,',
this. One is, that they lived more in tbe
open air, and another, and probably the
most iaflaeatial ef all, is that they were r
less prudish thaa the women of to-dayi
Thevwere not ashamed to knowsomethiac '.
of their own physical ake-up. They were-
not-too nice to take? care of tHeir health hi
a wo manly; way.. Women now-a-days stif-;
fcr untold tortures ik silence, because of
weakness and- disease of the distinctly
feminine orgaaisnc, Tatier "taaa;.coalt i
physician,- or evea talk apem tke sabject t
their owa husbaa& They. tatagMte that
troubles of this description caar oiriy he
cured by undergoing the dfegw. jK:exaffl-
inations and local treatment irwiJIfed-spof-.
by the average modera pfcysiciaai Doctor
Pierce's FaVorite Prescription cares atf dis-
eases peculiar to.womea in the' priviey of .
their owa hlmes. It does away with the
necessity for examinations and local treat
ment. It acts directly, oa tke efortaat
organs concerned, jaakine then-,' strong,
healthy and vigoroas. It fits fer wifehood
and the burdens of koaaekdd- 4t5es. It
allays' iafiaminatioH, heals 'nteeniticm and
soothes pain. It tones and. builds p tke '
nerves. It banishes the discomforts of the
time of expectancy and makes- baby's ad-
vent easy and almost painless. TfconsaasU''
have testified to its merits.
" Over iooo nacres of medical advice free." SeatT"
2i one-cent stamps, to cover mailing only, for paper-covered
copy of Dr. Pierce's Common Sease
Medical Adviser. Cloth bouad 31 stamps. Ad
dress Dr. X. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Matrimonial ComBuadaeBb; ;
Matrimony has ten commaxklh&ntgf
These wero studied out by Theodora
Parker shortly before the day of his
wedding. They took the form of ten
beautiful resolutions, which ha inscrib
ed in his journal. They were as follows:
First. Never, except foe the best
reasons, to oppose my wife's will.
Second. To discharge all duties for
her sake freely.
Third. Never to scold.
Fourth. Never to look cross at her.
Fifth. Never to worry her with
commandments.
Sixth. To promote her piety.
Seventh. To bear her burdens.
Eighth. To overlook her foibles.
Ninth. To save, cherish and forever
defend her.
Tenth. To remember her always in
my prayers. Thus, God willing, we shall
be blessed. '!
Sebaked.
A car conductor who wished to :
a very stout, middle aged lady to board
and enter the car felt utterly abashed
and rebuked when she said acridly:
"Keep your hands off'n my back.
will you? If you ain't got no manners,
I'll see if I can't learn you somel"
And as she walked unsteadily to a
vacant seat she said for the benefit of
the other passengers:
' It makes me so mad to have these
here conductors callin me 'lady' an be-
in so familiar ev'ry way, an I guess
I've learned one of 'em a lesson !" De
troit Free Press.
Circumstantial Erideace. '
Sherlock Holmes (at the theater)
That woman in front of us has remark
ably pretty teeth.
Dr. Oubebs How do you know? Yo'
haven't seen her face.
Sherlock Holmes But she has laugh
ed incessantly ever since the curtain
went up. Chicago News.
New York Babies.
There are 90,000 babies born in the
city of New York every year. They
number 250 a day, or one each six min
utes. Take them out together for aa air
ing, and the row of baby carriages
would extend up the Hudson to Albany,
150 miles. Current Literature.
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