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NEMAHA. NEBRASKA.
THE QUILL-WORKER.
rialns, plains nnd Uio pralrlo land which
me suniigm uooub nil (j mis,
To tho north tho open country, southward
tho Cypress hlllo,
tNovcr a bit of woodland, never n 1-111 that
flows,
Only a stretch of cactus beds, and tho wild,
Hwect prairie rose; .
.Nceer a habitation, save whero In the far
HOUtllWOSt
A Bolltnry tepeo lifts Its solitary crest,
Vhcrc Ncykn In tho doorway, crouched In
the red sunshine,
Iiroldcrs her buckskin mantlo with tho
qullla of tho porcupine.
Noykla, the Sioux chief's daughter, sho
with the foot that Hies,
Sho with the hair of midnight and tho
wondroua midnight eyes,
;8ho with tho deft brown lingers, sho with
tho soft, slow smile,
8ho with tho voice of velvet and tho
thoughts that dream the while
"Whence como tho vnguo to-morrows?
Whero do the yesters lly?
What Is beyond tho border of tho prairlo
nnd tho sky?
roca the maid in the Land of Morning sit
In tho red sunshine,
Uroldcrlng her buckskin mantlo with tho
quills of tho porcupine?"
So Neykla, in tho wcstland, wonders and
works away,
Far from the fret and folly of tho "Land of
Waking Day,"
And many tho pale-face trader who stops
at tho tepee door"
Kor a smllo from tho sweet shy worker and
a sigh when tho hour Is o'er,
"For they know of a young red hunter who
oftentimes has staid
To rest and smoke with her father, though
hla eyes were on tho maid,
. And tho moons will not bo many ero sho In
tho red sunshine
'"Will broldcr his buckskin mantlo with tho
quills of the porcupine.
13. Pauline Johnson, In Black and White.
.. Copyright, 1895, by D. Appleton & Co.
' CHAPTER XI. Contixukd.
' I resolved not to go back to my lodging,
hut to quit Florence the moment I had he
cured my horse. It was necessary, however,
to provide some change of attire. 1 did
i not intend to substitute a steel corselet for
my buff-coat, having a mind to fight my
way back to fortune with no defense but
-, that over my heart, and contented myself
with purchasing a light steel helmet, a
. pair of stout riding-boots, a cloak, and some
other articles which could go into a small
vulise, capable of being fastened on to the
back of a saddle. These 1 left at the ven
dor's, promising to call for them in an hour
or so, and hurried toward the horse mar
ket, my shadow still keeping behind me,
in his nccustomed place. Opposite the
"Baptistry I hoard, to my surprise, some one
shouting my name, and looking in that di
rection saw a man running across the
pavement towards me. 1 recognized at once
one of my lances, Jacopo .lacopi, a Lucehese,
whom 1 had every reason to believe de
voted to me. lie had served with me at
Fornovo and after; and although he sub
ncaucntly left me for a little time, on my
joining the Venetian fleet against the
Turks, he returned to my banner once more,
when it was spread on firm ground, anil
i had nhvnye proved a devoted follower. He
came now to me with joy on his face, shout
ing out, "Ah, excellency! It is I, who am
a glad man to see you."
"Jacopi!" 1 exclaimed, "but my name
is no longer Savelli. It is Donati now and
what do you here?"
lie looked a trifle embarrassed, ns he
replied; "I am seeking service 1 left the
army when your excellency left."
Knowing the man to be a stout soldier, I
.decided on the instant what to do.
"See here," ,1 said, "1 have no time to
lose. Will you follow ine once more? 1
. am bound to Home on an urgent affair, and
leave to-day."
"Will a dog sniff at a bono? Will a cat
pass by cream? Will an ass turn up his nose
at a carrot? T will follow to the devil, let
. alone Home, excellency, and nt once if you
will."
"Have you a horse?"
"Nothing, signore, but an arquebus and
jny sword, which 1 have at my lodging."
"Then come with me, we must buy two
horses, and leave at onc-e."
"1 am ready, your worship," and taking
' his place a little behind me we hurried on.
"We will have a hard task to get to
Home, now that the whole country is up,
signore," said Jacopo, as wo walked along.
"J have thought of that," I answered; "I
propose to go by Leghorn, and taking ship
there, proceed to Home by sea."
Jacopo gave such a groan at this that
I turned round in surprise, and became at
-once aware that my shallower had crossed
the road and come so close up to us that
.he must have lieaul every word of our con
versation. This was most annoying, and a
disaster of which tho future consequences
might be most serious. 1 determined how
ever to be rid of him for the rest of my staj
in Florence at any rate, and addressed him
nharply:
"Signore, I seem to linve excited much
curiosity m you. May I ask what it is you
want?"
lie Ktood for a moment, at a loss for re
.ply, and then said: "The road is ns free to
me as to you."
"I admit that," T said; "but I object to
your stopping to listen to my conversation,
nnd therefore will be obliged by your pass
ing on, unless you want a more severe pun
ifchment than you received last night."
I J n turned pale- with anger, and slipped
Una hand into hio vest; but as suddenly
.pulled it out again, and without another
-word hurried past us,
"Mark that man, Jacopo," I said; "wher
ever he is, there is danger for us; and now
tell mo some news of the army."
"The duke is in full inarch on Perugia,
and nieaiiH to drive Ccsare thence. The
whole country is nwake, as you know. The
general, Ives d'Alcgres, is come on a mis
sion to Florence."
"Ives d'Alcgres here!"
"Yes, excellency, nnd tho lord of Bayard
lias hurried lo Home."
"Then this means something that I can
not follow.",
"Nor can t explain, excellency."
"And tell me, has tho duchesso de la
Trcniottille gone back to France?"
"Yes, by sea from Leghorn, with a great
train of ladies, just before war was declared
again. It is said sho is gone to the court
of the king of Macon, and the escort was
commanded by Count Carlo Visconti."
"Do ou know nny who went with her?'
"Nearly all the ladies who were at Arezzo,
for the duke, it is said, would have none of
them, now that war was begun again."
1 had to come to the question direct:
"Was Millie. d'lintrnngucs in the train of
the duchess?"
"1 am sure of that, excellency. I was
with them ns far as Siena, when I took my
leave."
So sho had gone, and I felt a relief at tho
news. Once in France, she would be safe
with her family, and I was honestly glad
she was out of the dangers of the time.
We had now reached tho horse market,
and with Eome search discovered two like
ly-looking animals, whose price was within
the measure of my purse. I could not nf
ford to pick and choose to any great ex
tent, but for 40 crowtiB became the owner
after a little trial, which showed they
were as sound ns I could sec of two nags,
one a bay, and tho other a russet, with an
off foot white above tho pastern, an un
lucky color, nnd the white marking denoted
deviltry. Hut ho was a shrewd-looking
beast, and I kept him for myself, giving
the bay to Jacopo. Having paid on the
spot for these, together with the necessary
saddler, wc rode to the shop where I had
left my purchases, and collected them. It
was here that the idea struck mo that there
wns an opportunity to keep my word, nnd
return her gift to Mndonna Angiola; there
fore nsking nicsscr the shopkeeper for sealing-wax
and some parchment, which he will
ingly supplied on a small payment, 1 care
fully folded up the tari, and sealed up the
packet. Taking it in my hand, 1 went out
to Jacopo, who was holding the horses, and
said:
"Sec here, Jacopo. Take this packet to
the house of the secretary Machiavclli. It
lies in the ward San Spirito, near Santa Fe
licita, and cannot be missed. Deliver it
unto the hands of the Lady Angiola, say
nothing, nnd come away. There is no re
ply needed; you follow?"
"Excellency."
"Hight. Then after doing this you may
dine, collect your arms, nnd meet me in an
hour and a half at the San Frcdiano gate.
And you might as well bring a feed for the
horses with you. Stay, here are two
crowns."
"It shall be done, your worship. I know
the secretary's house, and the rest is sim
ple." lie mounted his horse, and trotted oft";
nnd, reflecting that a chaffinch in n cage
is better than a mavis in a bush, and that
I might ns well dine now whilst I had the
chance, 1 swung myself into the saddle, and
proceeded nt a smart pace toward the
Double Florin.
1 had to cross tho piazza of the Signory
nn my way there, and whilst doing so came
face to face with a riding party. It was
composed of several ladies and gentlemen,
nnd nmongst them was Machiavclli, who
glanced nt me with a friendly twinkle in his
eye, nnd gave mo an imperceptible nod of
approval. Almost immediately behind him
was old Ives d'Alcgres, riding with a bolt
upright seat, and making himself agiccablc,
in his bear-like manner, to Daily Angiola,
who rode beside him. There was no avoid
ing them, and yielding ton sudden impulse
I saluted ns they came up. A look of
contempt spread over the features of the
general, who made no response, and Ma
donna Angiola kept her eyes fixed before
her, as if she had scon nothing. They
passed by in a moment, leaving me speech
less with anger, for, owing to my failure
to preserve a disguise, 1 had allowed my
beard to grow again, and D'Alcgres without
doubt recognized mc. There was some ex
cuse perhaps for him; but none I could
think of for her, and, to add to my chagrin,
1 thought that Jacopo would probably
waste hours in awaiting her return. I let
my horse out to a hand gallop, notwith
standing the pavement, nnd luckily doing
no injury to nny of tho passers-by or to him,
pulled up in n few minutes at the door of
my ordinary. Here, although 1 tried to cat,
I was so angry that 1 could only trifle with
my food, and, raging within myself, I drank
a full measure of wine, swallowed such mor
foIs as 1 could, and went to see nftcr my
horse. J5y my directions ho had a light feed,
and was being rubbed down. As provision
ngainst accidents, I purchased a bottle of
Chianti, together with a roast fowl and a
loaf of white bread, and these I placed in
my saddle-bags. Then, seeing to the sad
dling of the horse myself, I exchanged my
-. civet cap for tho steel helmet, and draw
ing my sword-belt in by a hole, sprang into
the saddle, and went on at a leisurely pace
towards the San Frcdiano gate. There was
still plenty of time, so I made no hurry, and,
indeed", when I reached the gate, tho gong
there boomed out five o'clock, leasing a
half hour still to spare before Jacnpo was
due. I pulled up therefore at tho side of the
road, and dismounting, led my horse up
and down. It was whilst thus engaged that
I noticed a priest, mounted on a smart cob,
trotting in tho direction of the gate, and
knowing that a misfortune and a friar arc
seldom apart, I observed him narrowly ns
he passed, lie drew his cowl, however, over
his face, so that I could make nothing of
him; but, on reaching the gate, ho stopped
to ask some questions of the sentry there,
and the man, in raising his hand to salute,
slightly Btarlled tho horse, which threw
back ita head. This sudden movement made
the hood tho rider wore fall back a little,
but it was enough to enable mo to sco it
wns tho library scribe, old Ccci's nephew:
nnd 1 augured no good from this, resolving
nevertheless to be on my guard more than
ever. Tho pretended priest received an
answer to his inquiry, and, giving his bene
diction, in true suereilotul maimer, rode off
at a pace that showed his scat on thulibrui-y
stool had not interfered with his seat in
the saddle. It was now fully the hujf hour,
and yet Jacopo did not come. 1 waited un
til the gong struck six, nnd was just about
to ride off, leaving n message with the guard,
when I saw him approaching.
"iMako haste," 1 crted, as I mounted;
"jou are late."
"Pardon, excellency! Hut the lady was
not there. 1 had to wait n full hour be
fore she came back from ruling, and Gpn.
d'Alcgres was with her."
"Did you give the packet?"
"I did, excellency. 1 rode up, asked who
Lady Angiola was, and presented the
packet, saying it was from Cuvnliero di Sa
velli, my muster."
"Oh, glorious fool! Did I not tell you
my name was Donati? Did I not tell you
to say nothing, but merely give the packet
into the lady's hands?"
"Body o' me, excellency! Hut there were
so ninny about, my wits almost went a
wool-gatheting. I gave mailanie the packet,
however, and she took it."
"Said anything?"
"Nothing, excellency never n word."
There was no use crying over spilt milk,
nnd cursing Jacopo in my heart for a muddle-headed
fool, wc started off. On reach
ing the sentry, 1 thought 1 might as well
try and find out what the sham frinr was
looking for. Tho man raised his hand in
salute us I came up, and flinging him a crown
I bade him drink to the health of the Sig
nory therewith.
"Marry! I will with pleasure, and yours,
too, excellency," he said, ns he pocketed the
money, evidently stirred by the nniount.
"Instead of mine, drink to the health of
my good friend, tho monk, who has just
gone on. Can you tell inc if he inquired for
anyone here?"
I relied on tho simplicity of tho man, nnd
on taking him by surprise with the ques
tion, and ns it hnppcnod I hit my mark.
"In truth, excellency, tho reverend fn
titer inquired nbout a party of five horse
men, who took tli3 road to Leghorn about
four o'clock this afternoon, lie doubted
much if he could overtake them 'ore night
fall, he said, and would have to ride hard."
I poised another crown on my fingers, ab
sently. "Do you know any of tho party
who went nhead?"
"No, excellency; but their lender wns an
old man with a long white benrd, and 1
think I heard him addressed as Ceci. Ex
cellency, the wine will flow to-night a hun
dred thanks."
I dropped the crown into his palm, mov
ing nun co ins ciusiuk wuiun.
"Come on, Jacopo. It grows late," and,
setting spurs to our horses, we rode nt a
gallop.
CHAPTER XII.
THE AMDUSCADK.
It is good to go through the air, with the
strength of a bravo horse under one, to
know that his strong muscles are stretching
with an enjoyment as keen as his rider's
pleasure, to hear the air whistle as one
cuts through it, nnd to feel the blood fair
ly dance in tho veins. After those weary
weeks of illness, of inaction, nnd of men
tal despair I had passed through, it was
as if new life was poured into -me, to know
that I wns oncet)inore in the saddle, with a
prospect, however faint, of regaining nil
I had lost. As the landscape on each side
of me melted into a green gray streak, it
seemed to carry away with it my suffering;
as the true horse answered willingly to the
touch of my spur, I forgot the past, and was
once ngain Ugo di Savelli, with a spirit as
high ns the days before the black sorrow'
fell upon me. To the left of the road was
a broad stretch of springy turf, crossed by
a fairly wide water channel. I could not
resist giving the beast a burst over this,
and, followed by Jacopo, galloped over it
with a free rein. Both tho horses took the
jump like bucks, anil, carried away by the
moment, we held on, until we reached the
stony and bowlder-covered incline which led
to the valley of the Grove. Hero fho turf
came to a sudden end, in a line such ns the
edge of a calm sea makes in a bay, and then
began a steep descent of gravel and looo
stones, whose many colors of gray, ochre
nnd brown, were splnshcd hero nnd there
b' masses of short, thick shrubs, which
gradually increased in densencss, until they
uprcad before us', n sea of somber green, that
stretched to the clear blue of the Grove.
Here, on the crest of the slope, I drew
bridle, thinking the horses had enough of
it for the present, nnd that it would be well
to husband their strength. Jacopo pulled
tip alongside of me and, stooping to pat the
neck of his mount, said:
"Excellency, tho horses are in good con
dition; they will carry us well to Leg
horn!" He spoke the truth, for although
they might have been in better training, .is
the few clots of yellowy white foam on tho
part of the reins which had touched their
necks showed, still we should have been
content with less from new and practically
untried purchases, such as we had made,
nnd 1 congratulated myself mentally on our
luck, for llarabbas himself would have had
much to learn from tho horse-dealers of
Tuscany.
"By keeping at this pace, excellency," said
Jacopo, as we trotted on, "wo shall reach
the Hesa bhortly before it gets quite dark,
nnd 1 submit that we stop there to feed the
horses. As your honor commanded, I have
brought a meal for them, nnd there wns
space enough in the sack for n snack for
me, which would do nt n pinch for two,
if your excellency would but condescend to
taste of it."
"You say well, Jacopo; but I also nm an
old soldier, ami my saddle-bags are full. A
fasting body makes but, a fnint heart,
whether for man or beast on the other
bank of the Hesu then, wo shall call a halt.
'Ihero is a little light still, enough to in
crease the pace-so onwards!"
We broke into a hand gallop, keeping one
behind tho other, and following the wind
ings of a cattle trad;, for 1 had purposely
avoided the road after receiving tho in
formation 1 had extracted from the sen
try nt tho San Frcdiano gnto. It was evi
dent that the party of men, followed by
C'eCi's nephew, had left I-loronco to carry
out homo desperate design. 1 had been
dogged all day by this man, and now ho
had galloped off in disguise to join the men
who had left Florence before wo had, nnd
nmotigst them was his uncle. Ccci's words
nt our last interview, and tho persistent
manner in which I was followed, left mo
no room to doubt that 1 -was tho object
of their attention, nnd that it would be
. noc-fssary to keep well on the idort. I did
not nppichend dnngcr nt once, but thought
that if nn attack were made it would bo
iu the narrow valley between the low hillu
to the north of Montespertoli, or nt Pontc
a Klsa, each of which plnccs wns particu
larly suited for nn ambuscade, although, of
course, considering their numbers, the at
tempt might be mnde elsewhere, nnd open
ly, without very much danger. So with
another hurried word of warning to Jacopo,
nnd holding my sword rend', 1 galloped
along, increasing the pace nn much ns pot
sible, whenever wo went past a clump of
trees, and both of us keeping ns sharp a
lookout .is tho light, or rather darkness,
permitted. Wo nvoided tho regular ford
of the Hcs.i on the Montespertoli road,
crossing higher up in the direction of Monte
lupo, nnd here got a good wetting, for the
water wns deeper than we anticipated. Ilnd
Ceci nnd his friends only lain in wait for
us at this point, we should havu had no
chance. As it happened, however, we had
taken n zig-zag route, which hud cither
thrown them off the track entirely, or we
should meet them further on, either at one
of the two spots mentioned by me, or iu
some other equally convenient locality. At
nny rate, we were safe for the present, nnd
Hint wns something to be thankful for, even
if wo were in darkness. So my thoughts
ran on ns wc scrambled somehow to the
opposite bank of the Hesa, and groped our
way up until wo felt soft grass under our
feet, for we had dismounted on fording the
stream, nnd led our horses by their bridles
up the steep left bank. Hcru wu called a
halt, determined to await the moon, nnd
Jncopo managed somehow to tether the
hordes, fastening the halters to the stump
of a tree ho discovered by stumbling against,
nnd on which he wasted sonic of those curses
he was so anxious for me to reserve for my
enemies. After giving tho horses their feed,
which they nosed out readily enough, de
spite the darkness, he joined mo where I sat
on the grass trying to dry, and wrapping up
the lock of his arquebus in a woolen cap,
which he produced, to keep it from damp,
he took his seat beside mu nt my invita
tion. It wna fall-to now, to our supper, nnd
ndding my store to my faithful follower's
supply I sunk distinctions of rank, and
wo enjoyed a meal, with a hearty content
ment thnt hud been a stranger to mo for
many a day. When the last drop of wine
iu the bottle was finished, and we had
picked our last bone, Jncopo nroso with u
sigh.
"Before supper, excellency, I wns ready
to cut nnd then light my way through an
army; now, beshrew me, it a sound imp
of an hour or ho is not much tomytastel"
I could not forbear mulling, but did not
rise to the hint, and when our horses were
saddled ngain, and every buckle nnd strap
cxnmined with the minutest cure, we mount
ed nnd set off. As although we both well
knew the direct road to Leghorn, but were
not acquainted with the district fo ns to
correctly pursue our way by moonlight, I de
cided to run the gauntlet of the ambuscade,
if there was any, nnd take the risk of com
ing off with a whole skin, to the certainty of
losing our track by chancing short cuts,
which might lead to, Heaven alone knew
where! Now that we wcie once more on
the road, we trolled along at a fairish puce
through the silent night. The way led for
some distance over an uneven plain, cov
ered with a multitude of white stones, that
shone in the moonlight like water. The
plain gradually narrowed to where it was
intersected by a chain of low hills, and it
wns iu crossing these that wo should have
to ride through a narrow gut, nnd possibly
meet our danger. As we approached the
hills, the short, stunted foliage that tufted
the plain changed to n half-grown forest,
iu the midst of which the road wound, nnd
here we waited for a second, whilst Jacopo
examined his piece to see that all was aright,
nnd gingerly blew at the mutch thereon,
to give the fire n little strength. This be
ing done, we proceeded with the greatest
caution, riding one behind the other, and
going slowly, as we feared a pitfall of some
kind among the trees. Luckily there was
none, and at Inst we got out of the im
mediate presence of the forest, and into the
put, where the precipice rose high on each
side of w.i. All was rock and stone, but the
road was fairly even, a trap could have
been seen, and going slow a mistake here,
so wo clapped spurs to the horses and sent
llicin along, and although momentarily ex
pecting lo see tho flash of an arquebus, we
were agreeably disappointed, and got out
of the passage without mishap of any kind.
"Animo! Signore, we are out of this, and
to-night will not bo bread for the teeth of
these brigands;" and Jncopo, whose horse
had carried him a little in advance, drew
rein to let me come up, and we rode out of
the tail of tho pass.
"I hope so, but wo arc not out of tho
wood yet," and I pointed to where a dip in
the ground showed there was a small
stream, and on tho opposite bank the road
again led into forest land.
"And I was just going to beg your wor
ship's leave to troll a catch," said Jacopo;
anil as he uttered these words wo plashed
into the shall stream- before us. Almost
nt this moment my horse neighed shrilly,
and an answering neigh from the wood be
fore us rang out into the night.
Crack! Crack! Two red tongues of fire
licked out from the darkness of the trees, we
heard tho loud report of firearms, and a
brace of balls sang past, unpleasantly close
to my head.
TO III! CONTINUKI).
Tin- (lucHtton of IIcimIn.
"How can you bent nnd t-cratoh your
husband in this terrible way?" said a
judge to a woman of spirit and inde
pendence. "Don't you know that he is
the head of the family, and ought to be
respected us such? Don't you know
that, he is your iiead too, nnd ought to
be obeyed?"
This was pretty Revere doctrine to
preach to u distracted family, but every
mini in the world will nay that it is
strictly true, and ought to be enforced.
This woman, however, wns untorri
fled. ami in very pert tones hiiid:
"Judge, Is that man my head?"
".Most assuredly he Is," was tho reply-
"Well, judge," said the stern disciple,
of a logical system, "is there any good
reason why I .shouldn't scratch my head
if 1 with to?" London Tit-Bits.
The first large iron bridge was built
in 1777.
TWO BILLION DOLLARS.
TrriiKitry Htntmnnnt .Shown Thnt Mm " Me
dium" IhcriMtnmt About P2.1,00n,00( In
Jiutuitry Alituiftt Onn-IIulf (lolil.
Washington, Fob. !.- A $2,000,000,000
country In actual money supply was
shown to lie. tho position of tho
United St at oh for tho first tlmo by
tho statement of circulation prepared
at the .troiiHiiry department. Tho
money in circulation January 1, 11)00,
was $l,l80,:il)8,l70, an nniount, never
before attained. Tho figures for Feb
ruary show an inereiiHu of nearly $2.'!,
000,1100, and carry the. total money in
actual circulation iu the United StatoH
to $2,00:i,M0,nr.r), The per capita cir
culation, for mi est hunt oil population
of 77,110,000, Is staled at $2r.l8. Ono
of the features of tho $2,000,000,000
circulation is tho fact, that nearly half
of it rests upon gold, being nit her gold
coin or gold oortfienlcs Issued against
gold coin In the custody of tho treas
ury. The gold coin reported iu circu
lation on February 1 wns $010,117,170,
nnd the gold ccrtlleatcs were $181,882,
880. AN AFFECTING SCENE.
Mr. I.oriiii mill Mr. I.nwton Ovnrunmo by
Kmotloii. Kmliritcn Olio Another
unit Then Fnlnt.
Chicago, Feb. f. The funeral train
bearing tho bodies of Muj. (leu. haw
ton, Maj. Logan and Mnj. Armstrong
arrived ut. the. Chicago & North west-
crn depot. Inst night. Awaiting tho
train were Airs. John A. Logan, Maj.
Logan's mother, Charles E. Wilson,
secretary of Gov. Mount, of Indiana,
representing the statu in reviving
Gen. Lawton's body, and several lo
enl committees. When tho train
stopped Airs. Logan was one of tho
first to mount the steps of the. sleep
Ing cur in which wns the widow of
(Ion. Luwtou. Mrs. Luwton was com
forting her young son, Mniiloy, when
Mrs. Logan appeared. There was u
moment, of silence and suspense. Then
the two bereaved women, overcome by
emotion, embraced and mingled their
tears, and ns the two women wept
together their einotioius proved too
strong nnd they filiated simultaneous
ly. GEN. ALGER INTERVIEWED.
Tlin ICx-Smirotury of Wiir Thlnlm It IJnfor
tiliiuli) Tlmt Aiiinrlciimt Should Mix Up
In South Afrlrmi A IT Irs.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. !. K.--Secrc(ury
of War Kussell A. Alger said yester
day in the course of an interview: "It
is most unfortunate and in exceeding
bad taste for the public men of tho
United States to mix up iu the affairs
of South Africa nt the. present junc
ture. It is particularly unfortunato
when the animus is directed against
Great P.ritnin sho who wns our val
uable friend of two years ago. Dur
ing our war with Spain Great JJrlt
aln'.s whole attitude towards us was
so unmistakably friendly that Us in
fluence in preventing what might
otherwise, have occurred in tho way
of European intervention will never
be capable of full measurement. Wo
owe her a. debt of gratitude and tho
least we can do to repay it is to ab
stain from interference in her pres
ent struggle against the South Afri
can republics."
FEDERAL ELECTION LAW.
ltpiiliIlciiiiNTiilklni;or it JUini-iimi fur Kim-
tucky, JMIhb1rmIIiI mill JMUxourl Cnu-
KroKHinitii Hurt liolilt AilvociitdH It.
St. Louis, Fob. 4. A Globe-Democrat
special from Washington sayo:
A federal election law to meet con
ditions in Kentucky, Missouri, Mis
sissippi and other states has been
drawn up by some of the republican
leaders of the house, and unless there
Is a change in the presentiment of tho
republicans it will be introduced in a
few days. Congressman Dartholdt, of
Missouri, informed the republican
caucus that unless a measure of this
kind wns passed by congress they had
seen the lust republican representa
tive from Missouri, nnd his statement,
taken with the- conditions alleged to
exist in Kentucky, Mississippi nnd
other states, has aroused a strong
feeling among republicans.
DUE WARNING TO CHINA.
IJnltml SlntiH mid Kurimii I'oworx.Iolii In
it Nntii to tlin Nw Dynusly Hhj-Iiik I'or-
olKiKtrs Mint Ilti l'rotcotxil.
IS'cw York, Feb. 1. According to
advices received by the state depart
ment at Washington from Minister
Conger, accredited to China, there is
a secret society organized in China,
the avowed object of which is the mur
der or expulsion of all foreigners in
the celestial empire. Members of tho
society are known in China us tho
"lloxers." Mr. Conger has joined with
representatives of other powers In pre
senting a joint note to the Chinese
government demanding that it pro
vide adequate protection to citizens
and subjects of western nations re
siding in China.
Ivolibit's I.utcut VlcUuV.
Manila, Feb. 4. Mrlg. Gen. Kobbo
has occupied the islands of Saniar and
I.eyte. In the fight at Tacloban ten
Insurgents were killed and the Ameri
cans captured five cannon with their
artillerymen.
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