s
usie:
Dy Philip Vnrrlll Mldhols
CHATTER I-(Contlnued.)
Along tho path at noon camo a
stunted man, a barrel-shaped miner,
who "blazed" his track with a cut-olf
Bhovol used as a cane.
"Paper for Honloy," ho pufllngly ro
xnarked as ho oponed tho door of tho
shed abovo tho shaft. "Paper 'dressed
to 'Franklin Henley,' " and tossing It
In by tho side of tho man who was eat
ing his lunch on a box, ho plodded
ahead to return to tho trail.
' "Thank you, Billy," called tho other;
"much obliged."
Ho finished a bone, gave his fingers
a wlpo on tho ragged trousers and silt
off tho wrapper of tho "down-east"
paper.
Sitting In tho door, ho read tho nows
of the far-away homo eagerly absorb
ing every line. Of a sudden ho paused;
a gleam of something wild camo flash
ing In his eyes and tho muscles of his
hands and arms nbruptly stiffened.
"Married, by the Rev. Richard Wat
son, Feb. 20, Miss Agnes Coles to
Frederick Law," was all that ho read.
Tho typo swung a dizzy waltz, with
tho notlco for their center a thousand
animated demon spot3 they were,
dancing at his anguish.
Ho hurled tho sheet, In a crunched
up ball, along In tho brush; ho grasped
a pick and went where tho paper lay
all crisply swolllng to open again
and dug and gashed It to dlrt-prlnted
shreds.
"So that's tho reason sho hasn't been
writing!" ho fiercely hissed. "That's
tho game ho's worked on tho quiet
shift! Undermined mo! tapped tho
vein! robbed tho pockot! Damn his
cowardly heart! damn tho mine!
damn everything!" His voice wa3
choked; he reeled to tho shed, he
sank half flung to tho earthen floor,
to Ho whero tho door, Hko a flabby
Jaw, was vainly trying to closo against
his body.
His fingers gouged in tho sand Hko
hooks; his face was pressed to tho
chill, hard cheek of tho soil. The wind
swept through, tho hole of a window
its vent, beating tho door, In weak,
squeaking blows against his back.
The day grew old; a drizzling rain
descended; darkness obscured him as
he lay, half within, half without. Tho
night camo down and found him mo
tionless. Tho croak, creak, creak of
tho door was mingled at midnight with
the distant howling of a lone coyote.
In tho morning, when tho Indian
girl was come to tho cabin, a wild
eyed man, mumbling and groping, hag
gard, unkempt, staggored out of the
eage brush to fall over on tho floor of
tho kitchen.
There on tho boards sho fashioned
the couch whereon he tossed and roll
ed, fought and mined for fourteen
nights and days.
Feebly ho opened his eyes at length.
It was Suslo abovo him, laving his
forehead; Suslo preparing tho food at
tho stove; Suslo who sang -him the
lullaby of rest lu Washoo music, soft
and persuasive.
Wistfully his eyes remained on her
round young face. Ho lay there help
less, reeling Hko a man of thewloss cot
ton. Day by day sho coaxed his pulse
to Its strong, quick thump of action
Night by night his energy crept in
through his system again. Yet what
was the use.
There came an hour when he tottered
to his feet, got tho gush of spring
from tho visiting breeze, and nt length
returned to the mine to dig In tho
adamant, to work off tho shadows of
hatred and vengeance.
Ho dug out a pocket of gold, nearly
. pure, and laughed In scorn nt its glit
tering spread on tho salver of dross
and porphyry. It lay whero It foil a
pyramid of riches; and ho striking
sparks from his steel and tho rock in
tho opposite end of tho tunnel.
Susie remained his shy littlo doo
adoring tho air that haloed him about,
thrilling unceasingly to hear aim
speak lived in her womanly schemo
of an earthly heaven.
Tho blossoms now presented their
checks and lips in manifold petals far
the sun's caress; tho birds, wldo
throated by gushing melodies, expiess
cd throughout tho day tho Joys of
twining a nest In tho branches. Tho
Indian girl outspread her very flngera,
to feel tho current of lovo and llfo
that sweetened tho air.
At times, a3 tho spring bud bour
geoned into summer, tho girl nnd Hen
ley roamed on tho hills hand-ln-hand
seeking tho grass blades that smoothed
tho roots of tho eage brush, hunting
out tho flowers, mocking. tho mellow
lark who sang of endless summer.
Now nnd again the man was flred by
hot desire to honeycomb tho mighty
hills with drifts and shafts and tun
nels. Yet, how sweet to wander
"homo" in tho coolf tho evening
stepping to tho cheeruil notes of crick'
ets by tho trail, to meet tho day now-
horn again in tho beaming faco of
Suslo!
CHAPTER II.
Chlorldo Hill, the mining camp, was
nothing to Henley, nothing to Susie
But out of Its streets thero camo one
day a tall, stalwart Indian, who stood
aloft in tho kitchen door and gazed in
pleasure on the Indian girl.
"Mingo!" sho cried In alarm.
"Yes, Mingo," he replied slowly and
clearly, grinning llko a wolf. "Mingo
big hunter."
Sho had backed away and stood thero
trembling. "What do you want?" she
finally gasped, In the musical speech of
tho Wnshoes. "Why do you come?"
"Mingo, the hunter, comes for you,"
A Character
Sketch
said ho. "Mingo wants his mahnla,
his wife."
"What do you moan?" sho cried
aghast.
"Mingo's mahala Is afraid llko tho
chipmunk," ho Joyously announced.
'Mingo will make her llko tho pool of
tho water. Mingo will tako his wife;
ho has given her fathor his rillo and
pony. Sho will go to tho lodgo of Min
go."
"Mingo is locoed" (crazed), sho an
swered. Hero Is my lord. I am
hla mahala. This is Suslo's wlklup."
No," said ho, growing dark with
frowning, "you my wlfo my squaw.
Your father, ho say so. Ho say you go
with Mingo, go to Mingo's wlgwnm."
But I can't go to your wigwam. I
don't lovo you don't you sabboo? I
don t lovo you."
"Mingo, ho loves you. That is plon-
ty. I tell you come."
"Oh, you sneaking coyote! If my
husband wero hero you would run llko
tho coward. You would nover como
to tho white man's wlklup."
"Ho Is not your husband, mahala.
Do you say to Mingo, tho whlto chief
here Is your husband?"
Sho faltered, staggered and groped a
littlo backward.
You say It not," ho quickly con
tinued. "It is lying. No, tho mahala
Is not tho wlfo nt his sldo. She has
broken tho Indians' law; sho has bro
ken tho law of tho white man. Mahala,
you belong to Mingo. I tell you como."
Ho moved toward her; sho recoiled
in dread. Her searching hand camo
down on tho table, fell on tho handle
of a knlfo, and sho grasped it sudden
ly.
"Stand far away," sho cried, display
ing tho blade, "you sneaking coyote!
You como when women nro alono you,
tho great hunter! Keep away! Go!
Let In tho light! Tako your bad coy
ote faco to tho sago brush, you cow
ard!" Tho sayago blood of her naturo was
aflame. Tho Washoo flinched not at
all, neither did ho come. Ho was cun
ning, more thnn brave. Tho dull.
banked fires wero nglow in his eyes,
his body was bent in a menncing atti
tude, his head thrown malignantly for
ward. Muttering threats of vengeance
ho glided backward, and sho slammed
and bolted tho door. Then down on
tho floor sho sank, to Ho there breath
ing llko a wounded animal.
On tho hill, in the sunshine, Henlev
was gazing at tho deep blue sky, that
showed In a patch through a window
In tho shed abovo tho mlno. Alont:
tho path, down below, at his back, the
squat, little barrel-shaped miner la
bored wheezingly upward.
Letter for Henley," ho called at the
door, and threw In tho mleslvo nnd
trudged along tho hill.
Not an nnswering sound did Henlev
make. "A letter." ho mused, not stnrr-
lng at all from his resting position.
"Comes a trifle late. I reckon. Life
preserver to a corpse so far as tho
world beyond Is at all concerned." Ho
gazed another hour at tho sky, while
tho light moved slowly athwart tho
earthen floor nnd lay at length, a bril
liant finger, ncross tho faco of tho up
turned envelope.
Turning, ho saw tho whlto and placid
Invitation. His eye3 began dissecting
Its features. Presently tho writing,
round and straight, made him move by
stages involuntarily toward tho light.
"Hers," ho whispered.
His Jaw grow square and firmly set;
his eyes grow hard and glinted Hko
fl-int. Yet ho took up tho letter and
broke It open sullenly.
and my illness Increased to
such an extent that the doctor said I
would havo to go to tho warm Ber
mudas. Every one about was quite
alarmed they neglected you, my dear
est heart and for many a week I lay
Hko a shadow on tho pillow.
I enclose a notlco, tho fun
niest thing, that was printed in tho
Star.
"Married by tho Rev. Richard Wat
son, Fob. 20, Miss Agnes Coles to Fred
erick Law."
Isn't It odd? the oddest thing! Of
course it ought to bo Kolles; but such
a laugh they havo had on mo, and on
Agnes too. But bless her heart, sho
doesn't mind; she's got her Fred at
last, and they aro very happy "
His senses wero swimming crazlly,
tho world was whirring wildly In space
he tottered In his walk.
Out he went.clutchlnghls letter out
to tho light out and away up tho hill,
striding Hko an engine breasting the
breeze, fronting the steep ascent, pant
lng and straining to reach that upper
isolation.
"Frank, oh, Frank," cried Suslo
when he came. "Mingo, tho Indian"
Bo brushed her by. Ho looked at
her blankly; his ears failed to focus
the sounds of hor volco; ho merely
comprehended that something was ut
tered. "No, no," he answered, "no, not now
I'm dizzy rattled."
Sho stood with eyes wldo open and
startled dumbly appealing. "But
Mingo," sho said, "Mingo, tho Indian,
ho camo to-day and ho threatened
threatened us."
"Mingo Mingo! Ho's a coward I'm
tired nover mind him, Suslo."
Ho stretched forth hla hand. Sho
leaped to place it on her neck, and
kissed It wildly. He stood thero truly,
but himself was far away.
Pjiclng and pacing, he wore away the
hours In the cabin. All through tho
nigt" she watched his faco with Btar-
tled eyes, pain, doubt nnd yearning In
her dumb, trusting look.
In the morning ho bolted to tho hill
again; nnd she, llko a doe tnnt
not anything but ono who la master,
followed him timidly far behind fol
lowed till ho threw himself down in
tho sago brush. Sho sank whero sho
was, to wait thero In patience.
In tho grass-broken sand ho lay and
sat and lay again, thinking rapidly, ln
coherently the samo things over nnd
over. Under It all ran a curront ot
echoes; "Saved my life sho saved my
llfo sho saved my life."
At length his wandering attention
was caught by a motley procession
moving slowly along In tho dust
wrenthed road bolow. There wero half
n dozen Washoo Indians, more per
haps, approaching the town men nnd
women. They had two horses Jaded,
hopeless creatures that threo old men
wero riding. Near them, walking
barefooted, heavily laden, wero threo
or four squnws, with tlmo-furrowcd
visages. Tho loads wero contained In
sacks and In conical baskets, heaped
on tho shoulders nnd Bupportod by
heavy bands, which wont ncross tho
foreheads of theso cnmel-females. For
ward tho burdened ones bent, looking,
as If in submission and patience, on
tho ground, leaning on sticks which
they used with cither hand. It was
only a party returning from tho
mountains with tho gathored supply ot
bitter acorns nnd berries from tho red
manzanlta. For fifty miles they had
traveled thus. Painfully tho wretched
caravan crawled around tho hill nnd
disappeared.
Henloy watched them, strangely In
tent. "Saved my life," ho muttered
nloud. "Indian same as those. Saved
mo. Yes, she'll wrlnklo bo old. Why
did I havo to have tho fovcr! Saved
my life. Wrinkled, fearful old squaws."
Susio saw tho squalid show. "Oh,"
sho cried In anguish to herself. "Oh,
tho women oh, the Washoo womon!
Wero they young long ago? Wero they
part of tho summer? Did they hoar
the larks and crickets? Did they
lovo?" Sho threw herself forward
whero sho sat till her faco was buried
in her curving arm. "Oh, love!" she
cried; "thero Is nothing In tho world
for mo but lovo!"
Tho thoughts of Henley finally crys-
talizcd in form and sequence. Ho know
ho would leavo her, know ho would
certainly dosort all things Western
and go to tho far-away East. How to
do it gently, what to provldo for her
comfort, what he should say, how
apply a balm with tho caustic theso
woro matters to be planned and
planned.
Early tho following morning ho wont
to his mine to gather tho gold whero it
lay beneath the pocket. There, alone,
ho labored hour after hour. Tho mlno
was simply a hole in tho ground, f0
foot In depth, with branching tunuols
down below; nnd over tho mouth a
windlass stood, with a ropo about it,
supporting a bucket that rested on tho
bottom. Built against ono of tho per
pendlcular walls was a wooden ladder,
for Ingress to and egress from tho
lower levels.
In tho afternoon, from tho rocks on
tho hill, a crouching form camo
stealthily down through tho scrubby
brush. It wns Mingo, tho Wnshoo In
dlan. Noiselessly ho crept to tho shed
after scanning tho prospect far and
near for any living thing thero to Ho
full length on a plank at tho edgo of
tho shaft. His practiced ear was quick
to catch tho dull sound of blows that
Issued from the mine. Long ho lay
without moving a muscle. Ho could
wait an hour; ho could wait a day.
(To bo continued.)
Farm Wells.
Tho location of tho well on tho farm
is ono of the greatest Importance. In
many instances tho farmer starts his
well near tho buildings and yards, an
selects tho lowest point as a location,
with tho Idea that ho will not havo
to dig as deep as ho would upon high
cr land. This Is often a mistake, as
wo know of several places In a vlllngo
whero tho wells near tho top of tho
hill aro not as deep and aro not as
much nffected by a drouth as those on
tho lower lnnd at tho foot of tho hill,
though thero may bo fifty or a nun
dred feet difterenco In this elevation
But tho chief objection to the well on
tho low ground Is that it receives tho
surface dralnago from tho higher land
and thus tho water soon becomes so
contaminated as to bo unfit for uso,
either by tho family or tho animals,
for to bo healthy they must havo pure
water. In these days of driven wells
a pipo can often bo sunk on the high
est gravel knoll or sand hill on tho
fnrm moro cheaply than In tho low
land, and when water Is reached it is
pure nnd will contlnuo so, becnuse
tho surfaco water runs away from It
and not toward It. If a windmill Is
erected tho wind powor Is better, and
by tank and pipes water can bo
brought to house, barn and yards, or
carried to Irrigate tho garden nnd
strawberry bed In a way to make It
doubly pny for Itself, first In savings
of dally hard labor nt tho pump and
next la Increased crops by having a
water supply when needed. Wo heard
a market gardener near Boston say
a fow years ngo, that ho put down
driven wells, bought a steam englno
and pump, built a tank nnd laid pipes
and tho increased value nls crops
paid tho wholo expenso fno first year
Including cost of running tho engine,
Many a man who thought ho could
not afford to put In a new well has
paid out moro cash for doctor's and
undertaker's bills than tho well would
have cost. American Cultivator.
Mil (inulil'4 (Sift to Vmnnr.
Miss Helen Gould has presented to
Vassar Collego, Poughkeopsle, N. Y.
a scholarship of 110,000 In memory ot
her mother. This Is tho third schol
arshlp recolved from Miss Gould with
in a few years.
L
IV I,
III
Owners Have Decided to Oloso Up tho
Manufactory.
IAS DCCN OPERATED AT A LOSS
Tim Mill to He Sold nil the Future Out
look l Not Kncnuraglng Outlook for
the Comliic State fair Bald to llo
llrlglit Mlseelluneou Nebraska New.
KEARNEY, Neb., Juno 13. It hna
been decided by tho owners to closo tho
Kearney cotton mill. For somo time
past, particularly slnco tho closing ot
tho Asiatic market, occasioned by tho
Chinese wnr, tho mill hns been oper
ated nt a loss. The Kearney mill was
a direct shipper of special grades of
cotton goods to China. Tho building
ot nearly 200 mills during tho last
year, moro than thrco-fourths of them
In tho south, has overstocked tho
sheeting market, and It Is understood
titer is now moro than n year's supply
of manufactured goods in storngo In
this country. Tho high price of cotton
hns mndo it imposslblo to manufac
ture without a loss. Eastorn Investors
hold mortgago bondB for $90,000, bor
rowed to uso as worl'lng capital. Tho
mortgago Is in process of foreclosure
nnd n decrco Is expected within thirty
days.
Tho mill will then bo sold. It la not
Improbablo that tho present owners
will buy tho property nnd reorgnnlze,
hut at this, time it is not posslblo to
say whether tho mill will bo operated
ngnln or not. Considering tho hard
competition nnd tho condition of tho
cotton goods trado tho outlook Is not
encouraging. Thero have been various
rumors regarding tho purchaso of the
property by other Interests and tho
uso of the water power and building
for other purposes, but these cannot ho
traced to a rcllablo source.
A Scries of Pnpulnr Concerts.
Tho Bcllstcdt band, widely nnd fa
vorably known by roason of engage
ments nt tho Trans-MIsalsslppI nnd
Greater America expositions, is giving
concerts at Omaha all during tho
month ot Juno. The opportunity for
hearing this celebrated muslcnl organ
ization may never again occur, nnd
thoso who would enjoy a season of rnro
entertainment should remember that
tho engagement closes with tho month.
Concerts tako placo twlco a day, tho
afternoon matinees being at reduced
rates of admission. On certain dnys
railroads aro offering a cut In fares.
llrlght Outlook for State. Fitlr.
LINCOLN, Juno 18. Secretary Fur-
nns has issued the premium list for tho
thirty-third annual Nebraska Btato
fair, to bo held at Lincoln August 30
to September C, 1901. Tho premium
list was prepared In advanco of secur
lng a placo to hold tho fair and has
been held back awaiting tho decision
of tho board of public lands nnd build
ings on tho old fair grounds site at
Lincoln. Tho stato fair has an en
couraging outlook for ono of tho best
agricultural and live stock Bhows over
given In tho stato.
Sinn Hurlvd Into the Air,
ASHLAND, Neb., Juno 19. While
nt work at tho now stone quarry Roy
Dean lighted a match to lgnlto a fuso,
when tho match broke and tho burn
ing end dropped. Ho struck another
match, not noticing that tho first ono
had dropped so as to light the fuse,
and before ho know of it tho blast
went off, throwing him thirty feet Into
tho air. As ho camo down ho fell on
tho roof ot a shed and tho forco of tho
fall was broken. Ho wns badly
burned nnd bruised, although no bones
iworo broken.
Tim .Mllr Cum.
FALLS CITY, Neb., Juno IS, The
Miles will caso Is to bo reoponed In
tho district court of Richardson county
nt Falls City at the next term, tho bill
In equity for this nurposo having boon
fllcd. Tho man who wrnto tho second
will, tho ono refused probnto by tho
county Judge, has been found and has
made aflhlavlt bearing out practically
all of the contentions of tho attornoys
for tho plaintiffs, which they woro un
nblo to prove at tho trial held In tho
spring of 1900.
Kiipii Deep In Wntcr,
WINSIDE, Nob., Juno 18. The hoav
lost rain ever kilown fell here. Cellars
nnd all tho lowlands nro flooded. The
damage to tho crops will bo great, ns
tho ground was already thoroughly
soaked by tho recent ralnB, nnd fields
washed badly.
Hentenceil for Cuttle Htmllng,
ST. PAUL, Nob., Juno 18. Frank
Wayes, who was tried by a Jury In tho
district court here last week and found
guilty of cnttlo stealing, wns sentenced
to threo yenrs In tho penitentiary.
Unturned for Trial.
CENTRAL CITY, Neb., Juno 18.
Dr. Wood, who figured last Februnry
In a shooting affray hero, has boon ro-
turncd for trial. Ho was located, In
Sherman county, Kansas.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
I.ntctt Quotation from South Ono alia
nnd Kntiaim Cltr.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cattle Tliero wns not what might bo
called a heavy run of cntilo hern today,
out Mill tho market wns very Blow nnd
lower. Tho rensnu seemed to be tlmt
packers clnlm prices did not bo down
nenrly us much here Inst week ns Ihey
did nt other points and ns a result they
hnvo to tnko off hero this week. Packers
tnrtcd out bidding I0tno lower on nil
grades of beef steers. Sillers, howover,
hold on nnd cnttlo Hint did chnngo hnmls
were on the nvorngo nbout a dlmo lower.
Somo of the choicest hunches wero per
haps not over n nickel lower, but to offset
that the commoner grades were In somo
enses more thnn n dlmo lower. Tho cow
mnrkct wns also very slow nnd lower.
nckers wnnted to get their suppllos lOlf
13c lower, nnd whllo sellers held on for
heller prices, they were unnble to got
them In tho mnjorlty of ensos. Hulls also
took n drop In sympnthy with tho decline
on cows nnd steers, Stngs wero nlso nbout
u dlmo lower und venl calves wero slow
nnd weak. Stockcrs nnd feeders wero
moro plentiful toduy thnn for Homo littlo
Imo pnst nnd buyers took ndvnntngo of
tho opportunity to pound tho mnrkct a
littlo.
Hogs There wns Just n fnlr run of hogs
hero today nnd tho mnrkct oponed 2M9
5o higher. Tho llrst hogs sold mostly
nt J3.S7H. with somo of the lighter wolghts
nt J5.S5. Not ninny, howover, changed
hands on that bnsls, ns It soon became
evident that pnekers wnnted tho hogs
nnd ns n result sellers held for hotter
prices. After tho llrst round tho mnrket
wns n good nickel higher, with tho bulk
of the hogs selling nt J3.SJ4 nnd J3.K0. with
the choice heavy weights going ns high ns
3.03. It wns n good, nctlvo mnrkct and
values Improved ns tho morning nd-
nnced, so thnt tho closo wns good nnd
strong.
Sheep Thero wns not n honvy run of
sheep nnd lnmlis here today nnd ns tho
demand on tho part of packers wns in
fairly good shnpe they bought up whnt
wns offered nt Just nbout steady prices nil
compared with yesterday. Thero wns n
four-lond hunch of Wyoming grnss weth
ers on tho mnrket that sold for J3.50,
which wns pronounced a good price, ns
comnahM with tho wny other sheep nro
selling. Tho clipped lambs on snlo brought
from 11.25 to JI.50, nnd spring htmbs sold
ns high ns J3.25. It looked llko Just about
n steady market nil nrouud.
KANSAS CITY.
Puttie Tleof Minor, stondv to easy
other cattle, stendy to 10c lower; cholco
beef HteorH. Ki.40ns.90: fnlr to irood. JI.S53J
5.30; Blockers and feeders, J3.5O01.9O; west
ern fed steers, JI.C3u5.70; TexniiB nnd. in
dlnns, J3.S0ft3.23; Tcxns grass steers. J3.00
fi?3.Tn! nows. tt.0uftl.S0! heifers. tt.8MC.20:
dinners, J2.000 2.S3; bulls, JJ.23iffl.G5; calves,
J3.&??5.0).
Mnrbnl U.iSi lileher; ton. I8.02U
bulk nf r1i. ir..K..ftri.M: henvv. J3.931C
0.024; mixed pnckerH, J3.50Tio.03; light, J3.C0
53; pigs, J3.20ft5.C0.
Rliiwm mill r.:imlin Snrlnir lnmbs. 10O
Inwnr; wi.stnrn lnmbs. tl.23fto.00: western
wethers. JJ.DOftl.0; western yonrllngs, $1.00
ftl.50; owes, J3.00tt3.'B; Texas grass sheep,
JXOOfi.1.55: Toxns lambs, J3.50ffl.fr); spring
InmlM, Jl.23ftu.z..
HALF MAST FOR PINOREE.
Flags In Detroit Are Lowered In Honor
of F.xMlovornor.
DETROIT, Mich., Juno 20. All tho
flags In tho city nro floating at half
mnst today out of respect to tho mem
ory of ex-Governor Plngrcc, whoso
death In London Inst night Is nlmost
tho solo topic of conversation on tho
streets todny. As n whole, tho city
H moro deeply moved by Plngrco's
death than by tho loss of any public
mnn in many decades.
Tho body of Mr. Pirgrco has been
embalmed. It will bo romoved to n
prlvato mortuary tonight, prior to em
bnrkatlon on Sunday. Mr. Plngreo,
Jr., Is tho recipient of cable messages
ct sympathy from nil parts of tho Unl
ted States. Tho ofllcials of tho Unl
ted Stntes embassy havo extended him
every courtesy nnd nsslstance.
dowry's Ynclit Christened,
LAKE GENEVA, Wis., Juno 20.
Chicago society was well represented
hero this evening nt an event highly
Interesting In yachting circles of Lako
Genova. It was tho successful launch
lng of Colonel R. C. dowry's new
steam yacht, which promises to bo the
fnstest plensuro craft on tho lnko. Tho
honors woro gracefully borno by Mr,
dowry's niece. Miss Estnbrook, daugh
ter of Henry D. Estnbrook, formerly
of Omaha, who, breaking a bottlo of
chnmpagno on the prow ot tho vessel
christened her tho Blanche. An olab
orato program was obnorvcd during
tho afternoon nnd ovenlng, partlclpnt
ed In by a largo party of Invited
guests.
iIiiiik'H (1. Illnlne Monument.
PITTSBURG. Juno 20. It Is Btnted
that Andrew Cnrneglo will erect n
monument to James G. Blaine.
r.ersonnl friendship of many years nnd
n wnrm admiration for tho grcnt chain
pion ot American Industries inspire
the philanthropist lu his undertaking
Mivrs (,'nih'U 11 Trip,
WASHINGTON, June 20. Tho aca
demlc board at tho Naval academy ha
rocommonded to Secretary Long that
thf' young men designated for naval
cadets bo examined nt or near thel
homes, Instead of at tho Naval acad
any.
I.yui'lirr After Keker.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Juno 20. Geo
Ecker, wanted nt Big Pinuy for for
gory committed thero a year ago, shot
nnd killed Deputy Sheriff C. B. Hold-
en and seriously wounded Fred Rear
den, a merchnnt of Big PInoy. The
kllllnK occurred in tho mountains bov
enty miles north of Opal, yo. Shor
iff James of Evntibton and a posse aro
lu pursuit of the murderer, but It is
feared ho will be lynched beforo olll-
ccrs reach him.
LIOHT STREET COSTUMES.
Coinparatlrely New Fashion, Although
Started Some Yenrs Ago.
Wearing light costumes on tho
street Is a comparatively now fashion,
nlthough tho fad started two or threo
seasons ago. At present tho fashion
has boon carried to such an cxtont
that tho plain dark gowns aro con-
plcuous from contrast. Not only aro
tho smart gowna ot this Benson light
In color, but in texture, and gauzo
olllngs and silks thnt wero at ono
tlrao only considered appropriato for
midsummer, nnd for gnrden parties
then, aro now worn for shopping and
going nbout. Foulard gowns, always
pproprlnte, always useful, aro ox-
tromcly fanciful In design and moat
olnboratoly trimmed with laco and
embroidery, and mado in tho lightest
or most brilliant colors. Tho smart
est dressmakers mako for their best
customers tho qulctost of gowns to
como In town for a day's nhopplng
tho black nnd whlto check silk mo
halr, a light wool, tho dark bluo, a
gray veiling, with a touch of color or
with laco collar or rovers, no laco on
ho skirt; mohair gowns trlmrrod with
tho Bamo material or taffeta in flat
folds or bands, lines of stitching, olth
cr whlto or tho color of tho gown,
nnd tho only nttompt nt lightening
tho somowhat aovero effect Is to bo
seen in tho front ot laco. Dark color
or black tniTota silks aro mado also
for street wear, but also very plain,
with short Jacket and skirt trimmed
with stitching tn tucks nnd folds.
Striped or checked silk ginghams,
made qulto plain, nro also smart for
street wear in summer or for a day's
shopping. Theso aro on tho lines of
tho tailor gowns nnd aro mado without
laco or ombroldory, excepting what la
used in trimming the waist.
INSANITY FROM COFFEE.
A St. I'aul, Minn., Woman Insane from
Its tfa.
A Mrs. Llndborg of St. Paul, Minn.,
was recently adjudged by a probato
court to bo Insane. On Investigation
oho was found at hor homo In a stato
of manlcal excitement so groat that '
sho could only with dllllculty bo re
strained from tearing off hor clothing.
According to her husband's statement
and tho facts which woro ollclted by
tho Investigation, it appeared that tho
causo of Mrs. Llndborg's insanity was
tho uso ot coffco. Mrs. Llndbcrg had
for somo years been accustomed to tho
frco uso of coffco for tho relief of
headacho. Tho hoadachos had greatly
Increased in severity, and tho amount
of coffco was gradually increased. Re
cently sho had been taking thirty or
forty cups of coffco dally. Tea pro
duces tho same effect as coffco. Nu
merous othor cases havo been reported
in which a complete breaking down
ot tho nervouB system has resulted
from tho uso of ton or coffoo. Tea
tasters and coffoo-tastorB furnish many
Illustrations of tho dclotorious effect
of thoso bovornges. Mrs. Llndborg
was simply a coffco drunkard, and was
as much addlctod to her beverage as
any topor wns over addicted to liquor.
Sho kept her coffco-pot boiling con
tinually, and dovotod her wholo atten
tion to tho browing of her fnvorlto
bovorngo.
A Famous Applo Tree.
Tho American Cultivator says that
the original greening npplo trco Is still
standing on tho farm of Solomon
Drowno nt Mount Hygola In North
Foster, R. I. Tho trco was a very old
ono when tho fnrm was sold in 1801.
Tho sollor Informed the purchaser that
It was a pity tho old trco was going to
decay, as It produced tho best fruit of
any trco in tho orchard. Tho pur
chaser determined to soo how long ho
could kcop it alive, and it still sur
vives after almost anothor century has
beon added to its venerable years. But
It shows signs of final decay, and tho
parent of all tho famous Rhodo Island
greonlngs, which has set Its graft on
tho orchards of almost all tho world,
will soon bo but a neighborhood mem
ory. It Is doubtful If thero is a moro
famous applo troo to bo found in all
PomonVs grooves lrom end to cud of
the enrth.
What It Colts to Fight Fire.
Tho cost of tho Now York city flro
department, tho efficiency of which Is
unchallenged, Is RG00.000 a year.
Chicago, which has suffered moro so
vorcly from a great conflagration than
any othor largo American city, ox
ponds $1,500,000 a year for tho maln
tonnnco ot its flro department, and
Boston, which hns suffered soverely
in tho samo direction, though vory
much less populous nnd a moro com
pact city than Chicago, expends
200,000. Southern cities generally
spond littlo on their flro service, and It
has been found generally that tho ra
tio of cost Increases as tho population
becomes moro compnet.
Wilt Hell Kx-I'reildent's JemeU.
Carlos Ezeta, ex-presldont of Salva
dor, who has lived In California evor
slnco ho fled from his native country,
eomo tlrao ago negotlntod a loan on
his own and Mmo. Ezeta's Jewelry,
and, being unablo to redeora tho valu
ables, will soon sell tho lot In San
Francisco. HIb wlfo is the daughter
of a wealthy Gautomalan, who refuses
to glvo hor nny financial nsslstanco
becnuso sho refuses to return to tho
land of hor birth. Sonor Ezeta left
Salvador because a price had boon
placed on his bond.
Clergyman on Jonah,
Rev. Dr. Gaston, a Baptist clorgy
man ot Santa Rosa, Cal., has Invltod n
trial for heresy by declaring thnt Jo
nah died in tho whalo'a belly instead
of tioing thrown out upon tho Bhoro
and proceeding upon his missionary
expedition, as related In the Bible.