, THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. Aug. 31, 1899 A OU will be my wife, Louise? And you will wait for me until I return, will yon not, my darling? Surely, your father will give his consent to our marriage when, he realizos how dearly you love mel" , , ; ; Charlie Miller's ' voice was full of earnestness. He was standing in a secluded corner of the veranda of the Hotel Eastman, at the famous not Springs of Arkansas, with the girl he loved at his side. She lifted her dark eyes to his handsome face, and in their true depths he read the sweet secret of her love. He drew her cloer to his r- art, and his dark head was bent, while his soulful eyes gazed Into hers. w , "I do not know," she murmured. "I willfttell you the truth, Charlie. I fear opposition. Papa has set his heart on my marrying Mr. Day MrDavenport Day, and I I bate him!" , ."But surely, darling," the young. man interrupted, hopefully, ''your father will consent when he lees that your happiness is at stake?" r "You do not know my father," she sighed. "He is very stern and set in his ways. And you do not know Davenport Day. By the way yon have never r -t him, Charlie!" "No! and I do not care to. Louise, that man shall never take you from me I swear it!" 1 - Then, after a brief pause, during which the lovers were perfectly happy, he went on: ' 'So! our pleasant sojourn at the Hot Springs is nearly over. I am ordered .South for my health, and you will remain here until ' "Until papa decides to move on," she Interrupted, smilingly. ; "You know, he and I are birds of passage, . this spring. Why, we may even reach , New Orleans, yet your objective point!" "I wish you would!" exclaimed the young man enthusiastically. "Fancy the happiness of meetinsr you there, j Louise! And so our happy time here ... is over." v . , "Oh, yes, and, by the way, Charlie, have taken Davenport Day's photo- graph!". ' - ' . ."Yes?" A "You see, dear," Louise went on, persuasively, "he left the day you arrived here; and I took a snap-shot at him while he stood at the depot, waiting for his train. He will be ' back soon, and oh, how I dread it! Papa thinks tuere is no ne like him, and he is rich and influential, and be seems so certain that I will be his wife. . I fairly hate him!" "Where is his picture?" demanded Miller, a little savagely. - ' "Ah, dear! 1 have never taken the trouble to develop it," she cried. 'Til tell you. Charlie, since you are going away to-morrow, I will develop the photograph, aDd forward it to you, so that you may. see the face of your rival ahem!" tlirowing her arms about his- neck with a pretty little gesture, which plainly told the young banker that he had nothing to tear from Davenport Day. . Then followed a tender farewell, for Charlie was to leave on the early morning train, and Louise would not be able to see him again. The lovers had hardly left the ' secluded corner of the veranda, when, from the shadow just below, a tall, dark figure crept forth. ' A man with red face, dark eyes and hair and ATTACK EU FROM BUniSD. mustache; the general aspect of a stage villain Davenport Day. His face was darkened with anger, and he shook his fist in the direction which the young people had taken. "So!" he mnttered.harshly, "that is my rival! The young man from Chi cago had better beware, for Daven port pay Is not an easy one to baffle. I must marry that girl! Her father is worth a couple of millions and I need them. Ah! my fine Chicago boy, you had better look out, for your little game is not won yet not muchl He must be put out of the wsy. It will not be impossible. He has never seen me, and he must not see my photo graph. Confound that kodak! It has caused me trouble enough; but I'll conquer yet!" , , It was iin A fair April morning, when a cab rolled np to the St Charles hotel, in the quaint old city ' of New Orleans, and a young man alighted. Xntering the hotel he reg istered his name: Charles F. Miller, Ckicago, III Almost the first persoa ne encountered was an old friend, Bruce Hayes, who was traveling with a dramatic company. : "Halloa," old boy!" cried Bruce, who was a genial fellow "I'm glad to see you. I want to introduce to you an acquaintance of mine, who has just arrived and is doing the Crescent City. You and he ought to know each other!" "Very well!" returned Charlie Mil ler. So, a little later, the introduc tion was accomplished, and Miller found himself in company with a tall, dark man, who answered to the name of Burton Da'ton. He was extremely clever and agreeable, and Charlie found as the days went by, that time passed in his .society very pleasantly. But Charlie was vasruely uneasy. He was conscious of certain strange and curious circumstances. He was fol lowed everywhere, when alone, by a man whose face he could never see, try as hard as he might. Once late at night, while passing , down Royal street, he was suddenly attacked from behind by an unseen foe, who flour ished a sharp knife in close proximity to the young man's heart. A vigor ous outcry from Charlie brought the police to the rescue, but the would be assassin was gone. The police warned Charlie to be on his guard, especially in certain streets; and then he called a cab, and was driven back to the St. Charles, his mind full of conflicting emotions. ' Another thing troubled him beyond words. In all the time he had been in New Orleans, he had not received one letter from Louise, not a line, nor the expected kodak picture nothing. Late oue night Charlie Miller was awakened to find some one in his room. A tall figure with a masked face was bending over his open trunk, hastily turning over , its contents. With a stifled cry Charlie sprang np in bed; but the thief dashed wildly past him, and was out of the room in an instant. No traces were found of the thief, and upon investigation, Charlie discovered to his surprise, that none of his valuables were missing; nothing but a package of kodak pic tures, which were yet to be developed. Saturday night, the twenty-eighth of April, came, and Charlie invited his friend Dalton to accompany him to the St Charles theater. .The play was unsatisfactory ,v and between the second and third acts Dalton excused himself for a few moments, and left the theater. He went straight to the St Charles hotel, and going to the office, inquired for mail for Charles F. Miller, and received a letter and a small package. At sight of the pack age, his face grew dark. . ; "That accursed kodak picture has some at last!" he muttered. "And sow Miller will recognize me; for I have never disguised myself, trusting to do my work and get away before it was too late. In vain have I tried to put him out of the way. He is ever on the alert and though he does not suspect me, he is on the lookout for his hidden foe. To-night is to see the end. I have arranged all. ' We are to drink in Miller's room after the thea ter; his drink will be 'doctored,' and he wilr not live an hour. No one will suspect me, as I have an excellent disguise in readiness, and will ship on board a certain little craft which will be far away from here before morning." . ' These murderous thoughts were rushing through his mind the horri ble purpose to remore his rival for ever from his path, that he might win the girl who would did he but know it never be coerced into marriage, when hasty footsteps fell upon his ears, and turning swiftly, he saw be fore him Charlie Miller. Burton Dalton dropped the stolen mail upon a table, and stood glaring wildly at the unexpected apparition of Miller upon the scene. But Char lie's quick eyes had caught sight of his own name upon the package, and, with a swift bound, he possessed him self of it end tore it hastily open. A small package of kodak pictures, which Louise had neatly developed, and the one on top was the picture of Davenport Day. " A cry of surprise fell upon the sil ence, and, turning, Charlie Miller be held Louise Stewart in company, with her father. , With outstretched hands, she rnshed to his side. "Oh! Charlie! Charlie!" she cried. "I have never had a letter from you since you left me at not Springs, and I was so sure that yon were ill, I per suaded papa to come on here! I know now who intereepted our letters; I have found him out; it is that lforrible Davenport Day and, why! Charlie there he is now!" And her indignant eyes rented upon Burton Dal ton's wrathful face, who saw that his game was up. All at once the cry of "fire" arose upon the night The St Charles hotel was wrapped in flames from dome to basement It had broken out so suddenly, and must have been burning so loag, that there was no hope. . In the midht of it alL the horrible conflagration, the shrieks and groans, and mad excitement Davenport Day b?held his rival holding Louise close to his heart, making mad haste through the horrors of the scene out to safety. With a wild execration, the villain turned swiftly, and plnnged into the flames. It Is not known whether he meant to sacrifice his own life, or whether, bewildered by the discovery of his attempted crimes, and maddened by the awful scenes around, he lost control over his own actions, but it is certain that he perished in the burning building, and was seen no more. Over his bad past Louise and her lover, now happily anjted for her father no loafer ofaoaed the mar riage-hav agreed I frop the veil of forgeffulnesa. They are happy, aad h we will leave them. CAUSE AND EFFECT.' THE DEADLY PARALLEL OF "PROS PERITY" AND SUICIDE STATISTICS. One of the "Result" Which "Prove the Capacitr and Wisdom of the Republican Part 7 For Meeting- Fl nancial Difficulties." "'; Special Correspondence. According to. tbe annual polio report, ther vera In 1S8, 073 caaea of auicide in New York city. The police gave aid in 628 curt ol at tempted auicide, but that waa not tha total num ber of auch cases, aa 006 peraona were arrested (or trying to kill themselves, of whom J65, or nearly half, were women. New York Press. The foregoing shows that in the year 1-1808 at least 1,279 people In New York city found life so intolerable that they tried to escape it -: , . Men and women of America, what, have we done to make such a hell of tliis great country that to get out of it 1,279 people in one city In one year risk the other hell of fire and brim stone which Is said by some theologians to await those who end their own lives? Thcre is no effect without a cause. What is the cause of this mis ery? :-'.s ,';.;:-':;.i': At about the time these suicide sta tistics were published in The Press another paper In New York said ed itorially: The safety of the republio does not depend upon Democratic vagaries or pretences, but upon tha strength and well defined purpose of the Repub lican party. Tlat parly baa given the country period of unexampled prosperity. It lias led the country through another war with signal success and glory. It has met financial difficulties with such courageoua reliance upon its convictions that the results are a proof of its capacity and wisdom. It has, with the millions, the incalcu lable sdvantage that it carries the flag and atanda (or the honor of the nation. . v Are these two quotations related to each other? Yes. Politicians, , "pros perity" and suicide are very often cause and efrect. It is not assumed that all tbe people who attempted sui cide in New York last year did so be cause of direct financial distress. Oth er causes were sometimes added to these. ' But who reads the papers and does not know that "out of work," "couldn't find employment," "did not want to be a burden," etc., are the most frequent causes given for sui cide? And these do not take Into ac count that Indefinable depression, aris ing from a general feeling of insecuri ty and fear of losing a job, which ag gravate other causes. , What and when is this "period of un exampled prosperity" which the Re publican party has "given the coun try V Is it now? Wbat are the "re sults" which "prove the capacity and wisdom of that party for meeting financial difficulties ?" Must not these 1,279 suicides be counted among the "results?" -v. , . - What "boots the safety of the repub lic" to the man or woman going through the agony that precedes the destruction of that strongest of all in stinctsself preservationT" What to them is "tbe honor of the nation?" What care they who "carries the flag?" , ' , ' This long and ghastly army of sui cides march before us, examples of "unexampled prosperity" and "results" of .Republican financiering.' Only this part of tbe picture Is not given by the "prosperity howlers." It is not easy to see why the Re publican party should claim so much credit (?) for the present condition of affairs. Has this administration obeyed the money power more faithfully than did the preceding one, called Demo cratic? Did not Cleveland show , tbe same "courageous reliance upon his convictions" and meet "financial dlfli culties" in the same way by issuing bonds? Did be not, to maintain the gold standard, issue 2G2.000.000 worth of bonds, on which the people, in their 30 years' bondage, must pay 314,400, 000 and still owe the original debt of $202,000,000? So far as meeting "finan cial difficulties," a Cleveland Democrat and McKlnley Republican are the same.' ' This story may be old, but it Is new to me and seems to illustrate the point in hand: A California man asked an other man if he bad ever seen two things exactly alike. The other man thought he never had. Tbe California man said he had. Tbe other man asked what they were, and the answer was, "A Cleveland panic and McKlnley prosperity." Let newspapers say what they will, from no country truly prosperous would so many people flee at tbe cost of their lives. Not long ago a note go ing tbe rounds of the papers stated that "fully 2,500 persons commit sui cide in Russia every year." We de plore "the horrors of Siberia" and look on "the tyranny of the czar" as things which make life Intolerable in Russia, bat In one, year In this country under the Cleveland regime 6,000 persons were reported as suicides. Judging from New York, this "period of unex ampled prosperity," In which the Re publican party boasts of "the results of Its capacity and wisdom," will show a till larger percentage. In the closing chapter of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote as follows: "This Is an age of the world when nations are trembling and convulsed. A mighty Influence is abroad surging and heaving the world as with an earthquake. And Is Amer ica safe? Every nation that carries In Its bosom great and unredressed In justice has In It the element of this last convulsion." These words, written with reference to chattle slavery, apply with tenfold1 force to tbe Injustices of today which enrich some beyond all possible need and Impoverish others beyond all pos sible endurance. We are still suffering terrible retribution for the wrongs In flicted on the helpless victims of those old slave days; what will come upon us If we persist la a course which drives to a miserable death so many of the Tlctlms of wage slavery? CXLIA B. WHTTXHEAD. LAUGH AT THE IDEA OF IT. Basting People Do Not Halle Viola Horlocker waa Hypnotised. The, report coming from Jackson ville, 111., to the effect that Viola Hoi locker claims to her physician that she has no recollection of events for sever al days preceding the day in which the j attempt to murder Mrs. Morey was , made, nor for several days thereafter; that she has no remembrance of mak ing such an attempt, and that if she did it was j at the suggestion of a stronger will than her own, "is looked 'upon with considerable amusement by the people of Hastings vho are so familiar with every phase of the case. The idea that Miss Horlocker was suf fering from hypnotic Influenoe is a re cent creation. Judge Ragan, leading , counsel for Miss Horlocker, says that the report is all news to Win; that no such claim has ever been made by any of Miss dlor looker V attorneys, and that there was nothing in it whatever. He . stated further that no attempt would be made to dispose of the case by feigning that the defendant was ' insane, but that she would go to trial in the plea of not guilty, and the case would be fought on the ground that she never committed the crime with j which . she is charged. ; The Judge further promised some sensational de velopments when the case comes up. ' Sato Robbed of S100 Between the hours of 1 and 3 o'clook Sunday afternoon the safe of Eldredge & Gilbert, commission merchants at York, was robbed of $100. The safe was not locked, and is is evident that person who did the job knew of its be ing generally left in this condition. The safe was uninjured except the wooden ' drawers, ; which were pried open. Not long since the safe in O. Froid's shoe store was tapped in a.sim " ilar manner, by the safe door, being unlocked, but no money was secured , , .y y Badly Hart. At Grand Island Saturday evening arhile engaged in unloading from a wagon a 6,500 pound boiler, George Uroadwcll, a contractor, was seriously injured, the heavy weight rolling over him; His body was pressed between the boiler and the plank leading to the factory and pressed into the space of the three cross planks, about five and three-quarter inches. Five ribs were broken near the spine and two short ribs fractured, yet he is doing well this morning, and if no inflammation sets in it is expected he wil recover. May Cost ft Life. At Nebraska City Fred Kramer, a Jve-vear-old bov. was taking home a small wagon load of corn .husks from the canning factory, when in some manner he was run over by a heavy wagon loaded with corn. ; The wagon ran over his foot, which pulled him under the wheels, which passed over . his head and arm, partially crushing his skull and paralyzing his arm. ' It is doubtful if he recovers. No blame ir attached to anyone. - " ' ; .. . ! - Barn Struck by Lightning-. The large barn of Rudolph Umbland, jear Eacie. was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Mr. Um land was fortunate in . getting all of his horses out. The barn, several set of harness, several tons of hay, and various articles were burbed. The en tire loss will probably be about $1,000, , with partial insurance on theTjuilding ana, nay. . , . . , ' V Bleeps on the Track. An unknown man was found crushed to death under the wheels of a switch engine in the Rock Island yards at Fairbury shortly after midnight Satur day night. But little is known of him other than that his name is Jack Mc Donald, and that he had been employed on the Rock Island steel gang tnat ir operating in this vicinity. . Aged Surgeon Injured. Dr. E. II. Bartlctt, a veterinery sur tfeon who has been in Wyoming look ing after the stock in one of Kilpat rickBros. & Collins grading camps, was brought to Hastings recently suf fering from a broken hip-bone. He was injured last Thursday by belnf kicked by a horse. ' s Settling with the State. . County Treasurer Lloyd Monday remitted $22,000 to the state treasurer at Lincoln to take up a portion of a $50,000 issue of Otoe county bonds held by the state. Mr. Lloyd had previously taken np $10,000 if this issue and ex pects to cancel $13,000 more before th close of the year. Aaffera Broken Leg. Dick Lane, a farmer living south of Exeter had the misfortune to have bis left leg broken below the knee while returning home. His team ran off t ulvert and into a ditch. Loaes a Finger. A young son of Richard Meredith got his hand caught in the cog wheels of a "clothes rineer, and lost thr greater portion of one finger. Wonmn Swallows Poison. Mrs. Belonsek, living south of Hum boldt took poison a day or two ago with suicidal intent, but prompt action on the part of the family in securing medical aid, saved the woman s life, Family trouble is tha alleged cause of the act. .. - ' Talking of New Creamery, The subject of a creamery at Table Rock is being strongly agitated, and, if the proper encouragement is shown to the enterprise, it will become an assured fact DR. . Ill The Noted Eye, Ear and Catarrh Expert Wants to see and examine FREE OF CHARGE Ereryoaseof Catarrh, Deafness and Head Noiaes in this vicinity at the HOTEL, Lincoln, Neb. Sept. 11 to 16., How is the Time to be cured of , Catarrh More . the changeable fall and winter weather sets CROSS EYES CAN BE CURED at any time, without pain, chloroform, bandage, or the least inconvenience. REMEMBER DATES OF FREE CON BOLT ATI ON SEPT. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16. TROTH AND OTHER THINGS Tha huu An Ai. .mall mm mmaat. ' The pulse does not aa strongly beat, ' Lire is not as near complete The next day after. Tha world is not so fall of woe; ' Tbe skien a little brighter grow: ' Silas doesn't teem so slow; - Tbe second day alter. Papilllon.Times. Sugar Making In Old Mealeo, It . has often been wondered at that Mexico, with a climate admirably aaaptea to sugar raising, oas never en tered into competition with the United States. Official figures Bhow that the republic of Mexico it now producing annually about 80,000 tons of sugar, all made from cane and with , the most primitive machinery. It is all con sumed at home. Figures which are also official show that Cuba produces annually a million tons of sugar, or twelve times more than is produced in Mexico, and on one-fifth the num ber of plantations. The reason ad vanced for this difference is that Cuba employs modern methods of machin ery, while Mexico does not. There is no likelihood that Mexico will come Into the sugar market as an exporter for a great many years. ' Cuba, how ever, will develop with great rapidity in the manufacture of sugar, and under American direction her factories are expected to almost double their output within a decade. Mexico cannot hope to be a formidable rival in the sugar producing Industry until she discards her old : custom of manufacture and adopts at least some of tbe modern labor-saving applfances. A TarUlaB Skirt. , Long skirts are denounced as so in convenient for walking that Dam Fashion, sensible woman that she is - at times has decided to make a virtus of necessity and retain round skirts. By round skirts are meant those that barely touch the ground in the back. Demi-trains are retained for ceremo nious calls made in a carriage, and the long train is used only for dinner and evening receptions. This renders superfluous all the various more or less complicated sys terns of dress-lifting which have been offered to the feminine public within the last few months. All that if needed is a single large button and a button-hole tab inside the skirt, bj means of which the back breadth can be raised somewhat when the state of the pavements demand it; and skirts being s.-anty about the top, there is ne appreciable addition to the bulk at the waist The ' short street costumes oi eloth or camel's-hair which are coming into favor again are composed of a plain skirt reaching to the instep, finished with rows of stitching around the bol torn, and a tight-fitting jacket of the ame material with wide sleeves. The hist remnants of drapery still eling t skirts in the "movements" which dress makers give them by cross folds on tha hips on either side, or on both hides, which prevent a clinging skirt from toe sharply denning the figure. "Sandwiches fhrowa In. 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