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Tales of the Pineries.
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A LTNCTI1NG IN MOSINEE.
ICopyrlcht 1894, by Dnchcllcr, Johnson &Hach
ollor.l Thu DImblobnts wero defeated, tho
Itipupnglns wore victorious, inul Mosi
noe, like countless other towns that
night, was in an uproar of jubilation
buch as had not been seen since tho
celebration of the great Dimblebat vic
tory of 1S8-, after successive defeats
for a quarter of a century.
Every saloon yawned like a orator
nnd uttered noises like the mouth of
hull. Laughter was loud, and now
nnd then the shrill convulsive whoop
of a drunken lumberman rose above
the cltunor, the trample, the clatter of
passing teams and the braying of tin
horns.
All tho countv was in Mosinec. The
IHpupugins had assembled for tho
parade, and tho Dimblebats were there
to look on and jeer. It was the day
after the presidential election. New
York had been carried, and that set
tled it. The parade was hurried for
waid at once, and preparations for
speeches and bonllrcs went forward
simultaneously. Very little business
was doing. All trade, all talk was of
the election and its results.
Dan Clark, the sherilf (and a Dimblc
"bat), was not depressed. As he sat at
supper with his wife, in the county
jail, that night, he said, prophetically:
"Just you woit, Annie. They're goin'
to passu high tariff bill, and then you'll
hear sumthin' drop. Tho people won't
stand it."
Mrs. Clark was a small woman with
a round firm face and piercing blue
eyes, with little outward indication of
the courage she was known to possess.
"Are you goin' out ugain to-night?"
Bho asked.
"Yes, I'm a little afraid of trouble.
The town is full of hands from tho
mills and camps, and the saloons are
ul) open. Why? Want 'o go down aud
tsee the parade?"
! "No; but somethin' is going on in
there.'' Sho nodded her head toward
tho prison purt. of the house.
, "So? What makes you think so?!'
"Well, they've been pretty lively in
there singin a good d"ul, and I've
caught Jack and Shorty talkin' to each
other suspiciously."
"Conomul 'em! What do they take
on to-night for? Well, I won't be gone
long. I'll look in, before going down."'
As they ato their supper, tho far-ou?
clanging of the prisoners' voices could
be heard as they sang in their cells. Tt
was u wild sound, but Mrs. Clark was
tised to it, and paid attention to it only
s one might study tho moan of the
"you'm: tiik man i'vi: iikkx lookixo
FOll."
wind as a sign of tho weather. She
was almost as renowned as Dan; for
once, alone, sho hod quelled a mur
derous row, and at the point of a re
volver had driven six escaping convicts
"back into their cells. Like many
county jails in tho west, tho building
was divided into dwelling and prisou
by a heavy wall cutting the building
through the middle. A heavy door
opened from tho hall of tho dwelling
into a main corridor running at right
angles to tho wall of tho house. This
main corridor was in turn separated
from the corridor before the cells by a
heavy iron grating. Thero were tw
etories of cells, and during tho day tho
prisoners had tho run of the entire
prison proper.
The change from Mrs. Clark's pleas
lint dining-room, to this prison, was as
sudden as it was gruesome. A dim
light at noonday, a sepulchral light at
night, a cold clammy place at all hours;
badly ventilated, having that indefina
ble, sickening odor which becomes an
intolerable horror to the sensitive
prisoner; and, worst of all, nothing
for tho convicts to do. Their quarters
were clean, in a way, food abundant
enough, but no employment. -Modern
civilization is slow in ilnding its woy
into u county jail and almshouse. In
such an atmosphere guilty men (not to
mention possible innocent cases), grow
sullen, morbid, bitter, even insane, and
o back into the open sunlight educated
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BY HAMLIN GARLAND..
to crimes. If such prisons were onco
excusable, they are so no longer.
As Clark rose to go Into tho jail ho
could hear the song beginning again.
He listened a little, critically.
"They're all right. A little excited,
that's nil. They hoar tho noise outside,
and it stirs 'em up."
lie appeared to bo speaking of a den
of leopards.
As ho opened tho door, the song burst
through, hollow, reverberating, thrill
ingly wild:
" Light In tho dnrknoss, sailor,
Day Is nt humi:"
These were the words, but the singers
managed to give them the ferocity and
abandon of a robber's glee in a resound
ing cove. Each man stood at tho door
of Ills cell, his face to tho little grated
window; thus each cell was a voice, and
tho iron walls vibrated like a violin.
As tho door opened, some one gave a
piercing whistle and instantly all fell
silent.
"Hello, boys, what's the row?"
"Our evening hymn, Dan," said a
voice from the open tier of cells.
"Well, don't s.iy y'r prayers in that
samo key. Want the latest?"
"Yes, yes. Let's have it," shouted a
half-dozen voices.
"Tho ltips aro In it. Now York
goes "
Some of tho fellows cneorcn, otnera
doubted. "Is it settled?"
"Well, yes. New York Herald con
cedes tho victory."
"Well, that settles It."
"What's goin on in town to-night?"
usked one voice eagerly, wistfully.
"Parade," said Dan. "Now no more
questions and don't mako any more
noise than is necessary."
"They're all right' he reported to
his wife. "Hut I'll come back early.
Keep your ear to the tube, and If you
hear anything suspicious, send Julia
down to Jim's."
When ho got out into the street ho
found everybody else there, and tho
procession was nearly formed. Torches
were Hying here and there, the band
master was bugling the "fall in," and
tho main street roared with voices, in
song, in whoop, and in jest.
The electric lights sputtered, dying
almost out at times, to the derisive
groans of the crowd. They had but
lately been put up, and every evidence
of failure was hailed with joy by some,
and with dismay by others.
Just behind the band Capt. Frank
WPloy, tho master of ceremonies, had
dismounted, nnd was arranging tho
boys' brigade, which was to lead.
Willoy was a cashier in tho bank, and
no of tho finest men of the town, an
almost universal favorite. Handsome,
in his slouch hat, gold-braided coat,
and his graceful dark red sash, ho was
a great figure in the eyes of tho boys,
who held their llaring torches aloft
with tho gesture of veterans.
The crowd around the band was so
thick it forced the passers by into tho
gutter, nnd tho captain was saying, as
the band struck up:
"Spread out, gentlemen. Don't crowd
peoplo onto the boys. All ready!"
A figure reeled off the sidewalk,
toward tho captain, with a revolver in
his hand.
"Damn you, you're tho man I've been
looking for," ho said, as he fired.
The captain stiffened in his tracks,
waveied a moment and fell.
"Take that.'" snarled tho murderer
again, as he fired a last shot and Hung
the revolver at the captain's face then
turned and walked away.
The unexpected finds men powerless
to stir, and the fifty men who saw it
stood appalled, unable to cry out or
move till tho man had passed on into
the crowds farther up the street.
Then a wild cry arose.
".Murder1"
"Man killed!"
"Stop 'im don't lot him escape!"
The hoarse cry of murder reached
Sheriff Clark, who was some distance
down the street, talking with tho city
marshal.
"Trouble, Joe, como on!" cried Dan.
They rushed toward the sound of tho
cries. There was a struggling mass of
men just ahead of tho bund. Curses,
wild cries und commands came from
tho group. Another smaller, silent
swarm was concentrated around some
thing on the ground across the street.
Clark and the marshal rushed into the
struggling mass.
Some one yelled: "The sheriff! Stand
off!" and the crowd gave way before
Dan's furious strokes as he fought his
way toward the center.
"Kill him! Smash Mini" yelled voices
hoarse with passion.
"tilvo Mm to me!" shouted Dan.
As ho laid hands on the wild-eyed,
pallid, struggling wretch, foam was on
his lips, his teeth wero clenched, his
face was bloody, his neck baro. Ho
had been knocked down and trampled
upon by tho mob. He clung to Dan in
stinctively, but remained perfectly
silent.
"Get out o' tho wuyl" yelled tho
marshal. "We'll take caro o' him.
What's the matter?"
"lie's shot Willoy."
A wild clamor of voices burst out to
gether: "1 saw himl" "Kill the hellion
1 Lynch Mm!"
"Clear the track!" commanded Dan.
"I'll take care of him. Marshal, you
look after Wlllev. Clear the way,
there!"
He rushed tho panting assassin
through the crowd or rather along
with the crowd toward the jail, which
was only a short distance away. Tho
prisoner made no resistance, and said
nothing. Ho appeared dazed. As tho
sheriff got a llttlo in advance, tho
crowd thinned, and he hurried his pris
oner faster. Tho curious, furious
throng was divided; part remained to
see what became of tho murdered man,
the more careless and more youthful
ran along beside Dan as they had often
followed a circus. Everybody thought
tho case exaggerated, for few had
heard the shot in tho tumult.
They followed, however, up to tho
very door, and thero were several voices
crying: "Lynch the cowardly son of a
dog!"
"Keep your hands ofT," said Dan, in a
significant tone, as he waited for tho
door to open. "Tho law Ml look out
for this feller. Don't worry."
"Thu law yes. Some damn tricky
lawyer Ml git him off with ton years,
just like the " Tho speaker's words
wero lost in tho mutter of assent
which rose.
When the door swung close behind
them, Dan turned and looked at his
prisoner.
"What is it, Dan?" asked Annie. Tho
prisoners now were perfectly silent,
hoping to hear about the arrest.
"O, a little row," Dan said, careless
ly. "Come in hero, young feller."
Tho man was dressed like a lumber
man, in a gay "Mackinaw" jacket, with
trousers of the same material, and red
stockings of felt which came nearly to
his knees, lie was a lithe and power
ful man, with a sullen face, now that
tho look of mortal fear was passing
from it. Ho was dazed and breathless,
nnd mndo no resistance as Han thrust
him into n lower cell.
"What's up. Dan?" asked the convict.
"Some drunks lighting," Urn replied,
in a tone that silenced further Inquiry,
though they knew a drunk would not
bo brought to the county jail. He tried
all the doors of tho cells to see that
they were secure, then joined his wife.
"I'm going down the street again.
They need me. There's five thousand
men out there, half of 'em full of
whisky, and Joe can't handle 'em
alone."
F've hundred men within a minute
passed tho word down the street:
"Frank Willey's shot!"
All order disappeared. The parade
broke into a disordered mass, hastening
toward tho band. Tho boys' brigade,
the center of tho mnss, illumined with
their llaring torches the wash and rest
less surge of humanity.
From every direction streams of men
debouched into tho main street like a
spring overflow. Women and children
lined tho sidewalks.
"Who done it?" shouted furious
voices.
"Some damn Dimblebat, of course."
"Where is ho?"
"Clark run Mm into the jail."
"Where's Willey? Is he livin'?"
"Yes. He's in tho drug store."
Then a sort of silence fell on tho
crowd. They stood in dense groups
surrounding some eyewitness of tho
shooting. From time to time news
emanated from the drug store.
"He's bad. They've sent for his
wife." Then the talk would go back
to the prisoner.
"What in God's heavens any man has
against Frank Willoy ' don't see."
A carriage drove up through the
crowd with a white-faced woman in it.
M'he moaning hystericul sobs wont to
the heart like tho thrust of a jagged
knife. They stood aside in awe of her
grief as sho was hurried into tho btore
by two men.
"My Cod! Just think what's on her"
was tho universal comment of tho
crowd surged against tho door.
"Stand buck there! Don't crowd "
M'hero came a piercing shriek that
made every man shiver as if an icy
blast hud blown on his naked heart.
Then the word came out and wus Hung
from lip to lip.
"Ho'sdead!"
"What? No!"
"Willey's dcadl He didn't know
her."
Few questioned it, coming after tho
wife's cry. Men stood staring into
ooeh others' faces and swearing great
oaths, helplessly.
"Frank Willey dead!" sobbed one
great bearded follow, his voice high
and broken. "Why, my Cod, gentlq
mon, ho stood right here ton minutes
ago I had my hand on his shoulder."
Nobody laughed at his crying there
wero too many with tears on their
cheeks. Everybody knew tho captain;
everybody had felt the pressure of his
hund. Some had been his comrades in
the war. Some of tho young follows
wero In the militia which ho com
mandedall loved him.
MMio street grow darker as tho torches
went out. Tho crowd again broke
Into knots. "Ho ought to hang to
morrow morning," was a remark made
hero and thero.
"We ought to 'a' lynched him when
we had him."
Mrs. Willey, in that utter despair
which is like the surrender of life, was
carried out to the hock and taken
away. The men silently looked on,
Hut as the carriage disappeared up
tho street, a crowd of men came out of
a saloon, and thero arose a strident,
overtopping, ferocious voice in a far
reaching howl.
"Every man that's got airy sand, fol
ler me."
"Where to?"
"To tho jail to hang that"
Scores of voices replying cut off his
terrible oaths.
"That's right, Tho jail. Smash it
in!"
"Come on, you cowards!"
Like u mass of logs let loose In n
swift current, the "pack" of men be
gan to move down the street toward
the jail. As they moved they gathered
strength. Each man seeing his neigh
bor moving moved with less fear. A
sort of inhuman joy and elation oumo
into their souls; many of them felt like
singing as they marched.
Dan and Annie wero standing on tho
steps of tho jail, listening.
"M'horo's no tolling what they'll do,"
ho was saying as ho heard some of tho
wild voices. They heard a new sound
a chorus of savage shouts. The
trample of feet grew plainer and more
rapid, boating tho frozen ground and
the hollow sidewalk till an ominous
roar arose.
"They're comln', Dan." Annie turned
her resolute face to her husband.
"They're after him."
"They won't get Mm. I won't open
up Listen to that, will ye?"
TO III! CONTINUKll.
ORDER OF THE GARTER.
Its Alleged llnllroom Origin n I'leco of
Logrmliiry Itoiiinnco.
The origin of tho order of tho Golden
Fleece Is, like that of our own (farter,
shrouded in mystery, says tho London
Telegraph. Very few modern archae
ologists attach any credence to tho
Milgar tradition, wholly unsupported
by any authority, that, at u court ball
given by Edward III. a lady, supposed
xo be the countess of Salisbury, dropped
her garter, and tho king, taking it up,
and observing some of his courtiers to
smile, as though they thought he had
not obtained this favor merely by acci
dent, exclaimed in a loud voice: "Honl
soit qui mill y pense."
Th"-o is another opinion which
traces tho origin of this order, which,
according to tho learned Solden, "ex
ceeds in majesty, honor and fame all
tho chivalrous orders of tho world," to
Hichard Coeur do Lion having, upon
the occasion of some warlike expedi
tion during his wars in l'alestino,
chosen a leather-thonged garter as
the distinctive mark of his partisans.
Yet another theory ascribes the foun
dation of tho order to the fact that Ed
ward, at the battle of Creey, issued his
garter as a signal for battle, which,
proving successful, determined him to
institute tho order in memory of tho
event.
IJoth those opinions nro to a certain
extent feasible, and tho first Is mate
rially fortified by the well-known his
toric fact that, when the Crusaders cap
tured St. Jean d'Acro In a nocturnal
assault, tho knights of tho Christian
army were ordered to wear a strap of
white leather bound round tho leg
under tho left knee in order to distin
guish thorn from the infidels.
Mines of Wood.
A curious source of wealth Is report
ed by the French consul at Mongtze, in
upper M'onquin. It lies in wood mines.
The wood originally was a pine forest,
which tho earth swallowed In some
cataclysm. Some of tho trees are a
yard in diameter. They lie in n slant
ing direction, and in sandy soils which
cover them to a depth of about eight
yards. As the top branches aro well
preserved, it is thought the geological
convulsion which buried them cannot
be- of great antiquity. M'he wood fur
nished by these timber mines is imper
ishable, and the Chinese gladly buy it
for collins. Along the coast regions of
some parts of New Jersey thero aro
trunks of cypress trees, deeply buried
in the sand, the recovery of which
forms a valuable Industry, tho timber
being used for making shingles.
.Strength of i Orlolf Arch.
The strength of a brick arch having
a span of fit iVet IK inches and a rise
of 1 foot 11 inches was recently tested
at lleaue, France, with a view to deter
mine the suitability of such a construc
tion for a service reservoir now being
built there. The bricks measured
11. 8x.1.1xl. 2 inches, and were laid flat,
with a joint of cement mortar 0. 1-inch
thick between them and an 8-10-lnch
layer of mortar outside. A section 3
feet wide was built on rock abutments
and loaded with 820 pounds per square
foot, which load was carried without
tiny signs of failure for oiirhtoon hours.
Tho Li-Mem Ho I) row.
"It's no use," sho said dejectedly,
"I've simply got to suffer."
"What's the matter?"
"Young Mr. Slogo called last night.
I endured his society patiently uuvil in
self-defense I was forced to remark:
'Ueally, Mr. Slogo, I'm very much
afraid it's getting late.' "
"And what did he do then?"
"He simply smiled and said that
women aro naturally timid." Wash
ington Star. i
Cm:oiaiha was a Greek, not an
Egyptian, and it is supposed by somo
that sho was of tho red-haired type of
women, whom tho Greeks admired ex
cessively. A II UNO A in an Inventor claims to bo
able to mako from wood pulp a Ifabrlo
suitable for durable clothing,
FAVORING SILVER.
Tlio Tnuniiilnlnl(l C'linurrm lton It
Work rrco Silver Itrftoliitlon Adopted.
O.M.MIA, Nob., Nov. 29. -After flvo
hours' discussion of tho financial Issues
the Trausmississlppi commercial con
gross yesterday declarod for tho free
and unlimited coinage of silver, Hi to 1
basis, and adjourned at it o'clock. M'he
vote was fiO for gold, 127 for sliver. W.J.
Hryim led the friends of tho white
metal, and J. L. Webster, of Omaha,
tho opposition. M'he debate was spir
ited and participated in by most of tho
delegates. This resolution was finally
adopted:
Wliorcns. An apprcolutliiR money Rtmnlnnl
Impairs nil uuntniots, bankrupts enterprises,
innkes lillo money prolltublo by Incruaslin; 111
purchasing power mid suspends productive
forces of our people: und
Wliorens, Tlio spoliation eonseiiuont upon
tho outlawry of sllor In tho Interest of tho
creditor class by constantly Increasing tho
valuo of cold, Is undonnlnltiK all Industrial so
ciety; thoruforo
Kcsolvud, That wo demand tho Immediate
restoration of frco nnd unlimited coinage of
KOlil and silver at the present ratio of Itl to I,
without waiting for tho nld oreonsont of any
other nation, mmli nold and silver coin to bo
ullko a full local tuudor of all debts, public und
private.
Mr. Webster, on behalf of tho minor
ity of tho committee, presented tho
following:
Unsolved. That wo nro In favor of true bi
metallism, which consists In tho largest pos
sible uso of both gold and stiver ns tho stand
ard money of tho country compatible with tho
power of tho nation to maintain tho caual
'purchasing and dobt-paylnt; power of tho two
mutals that wo nro emphatically opposed to
tho frco aud unlimited coIiiiiko of silver at tho
ratio of HI to 1, under present ex
isting conditions: that such coinage
would destroy tho parity botwoun tho two
metals; that the silver would drive tho koUI
out of circulation, and thus destroy bimetal
lism ami produce silver monometallism, that
wo bollovo this lonif continued iiKltatlou of tho
silver question has had much to do with tho
present lluanulal depression, producing want
of conlldence, threatening tho stability und
permanency of prices, and Is a constant men
ace to tho national credit, oxcttlm; apprehen
sions abroad aud uncertainty nt homo.
President llryau asked unanimous
consent to introduce tho following me
morial on behalf of tho Nebraska dele
gation: Whereas, Wo bollovo that an exposition of
nil tho products. Industries and civilization of
tho states west of tho Mississippi rlvor, mndo
nt somo central uatowav, whoro tho world can
behold tho wonderful capabilities of tliosu
ureal wealth-producing states, would bo of
iirciit value, not only to tho trausmississlppi
states, but to all tho bomcseuker.s In tho world;
therefore, bo It
Itesolvcd, That tho United States congress
bo asked to tnko such stops as may bo neces
sary to hold u trausmississlppi exposition In
Omaha diirlnu tho months of August, Septem
ber and October, In tho year IH'.'H, and that rep
resoutatlves of such states and territories In
conurcss bo requested to favor such an Appro
priation, as Is usual In such casus, to assist In
carrying out this enterprise.
Resolutions wore also adopted in fa
vor of a congressional appropriation
for defending the harbor of San Diego
by war vessels and fortifications; for
tho improvement of waterways, and
for a deep water harbor at San I'odro.
A long resolution urging tho various
state governments to take legislative
action relative to irrigation was sub
mitted and passed. Salt Lake was
selected as tho next placo of mooting
and the body adjourned permanently
at 0 o'clock.
ON THE GRIDIRON.
ICohiiU of IntoriMtluir I'ootball (IniiicH
riuyiid on riiiinkHKlvIni; Day Kant mid
WlMt.
At Kansas City, Mo., in tho presence
of 10,000 spectators, every one of whom
was an intense partisan of one side or
tho other, tho Missouri M'igers met and
defeated the Kansas Jayhawkors. M'he
score was 10 to tl. M'he game was so
close that the result was in doubt up
to the moment time was called with
the ball but a few yards from tho Mis
souri goal. It is the second game Mis
souri lias won from Kansas in five
years.
At Omaha, Neb., Nebraska university
defeated Iowa university, (1 to 0, Iowa
thus finishing tho season without scor
ing in the inter-collegiate series.
At Chicago two interesting games
wero played. M'ho contest between the
Chicago Athletic association and lios
ton Athletic association resulted in u
tie, 1 to !. M'ho Chicago university
eleven was shut out by Ann Arbor, tho
score standing 12 to 0.
At Philadelphia tho university of
Pennsylvania won from Cornell by u
bcoro of Vi to 2.
I'niilo nt n Fnlr.
Woostkii, O., Nov. 29. During the
progress of a church fair hero an im
mouse crowd was packed into tho city
armory, when a lamp in one of the
booths exploded, setting fire to the
draperies of Miss Myrtlo Elsor, an at
tendant. A rush for thu single exit, in
which dozens of women and children
wero trampled, occurred. Fully 100
persons jumped or wero thrown from
thu windows, many being badly cut by
glass. Mrs. Carrie McKee, of Jeffer
son, was thrown through a window,
sustaining injuries which will likely
prove fatal. Jeunio Putnam, a 10-ycar-old
cripple, could not help herself and
received internal injuries which will
cause her death. Mrs. Mllford Snyder
and Miss Sharp wero trampled by the
crowd. Many others wore more or
less injured.
l'nnfllou A;oiit (illolc Iiitlurnnd.
M'oit.ka, Kan., Nov. 27. Pension
Agent Click's refusal to take from tho
post oilico vouchers on which postaga
was not wholly prepaid, lias called out
a letter from United States Pension
Commissioner Lochron. Mr. Loohren
thinks Mr. Click's stand is a good one,
and has ordered every pension ugont
to take thu samo position.
