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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1899)
THE AMEHlC."'!!! ,k ..-! lt1lr'OM IK llDti tMt k,,. 1 i.ovt Tin; HtixfK. ill; "4 a . N,. If I v!g ' '' tvM t nh , V" on; 'RAkCO-IiERMAN ) 9 r 0 ( Spying on iiiiher Haii'fcrons u Not month ! tint Am pr l taken, k or orm. o th rrn o tiermaa fnMler. Tb f th latrsl uafwttinat maw U typical. Alfred rinrown. S rear old. Uft th French army with th grd of adju tant. Wrll to do. he hail Ad ftMd U (o pylng, t xv of adventur anl fwUlotlc ardor .,t him to It. Ilia father being In th leather business, rinchoa mad hi pelel knowledge Jrefe bla traveling excuse. Mak lD Nancy where hla father t him up a branch, .Uhr.nti center, th Jolfiig advnlurr matt frequent , "buslne trip". Into Al-aci-Lorratn and (ftrmany. In Cd, ha waa even on the point of concluding a contract with the flerpjan army" thru bla mltrw, a girl -of Oerman armpathtra, beirayad htm. It la trua nowadaja that aplM ara not hot In tlm of pac, and Plnchon la aot UVeTy to g-rt more than flv yoara' Imprlaonment. Out eren tbla la a dear lrioa to pay for patriotic effort T.ha French proMdent baa just pardoriati Oaneral GarletU. condemned for" the erne offenaa. Such clemency, howcer, exceptional. Sglei patriotic or merely mercenary-tike their owit Thi'ordlnary apy work on this moat Jfaloua of all frontier Is peculiarly ayatematic. A month or two In ad vanca the French Etat Major commu nicates n programme to the spy, with maps prepared by the German gov ernment which have arrived In Franco through traitorotia channel. If work baa already been done In the region full detalla of It are communicated to the apy. During thtat preparatory time his work must be to study up the reRlon i?r,S theee documents In auch a way rtliat be will know them all by heart. A ttrpy must not be caught with maps or papers on him. When he Is perfect, officers of the fa mous Socond Bureau put him through a rigorous examination. Several ad- dreasea, both In France and Germany, to which he must send his correspond ence, are given to blm, and he Is rec ommended to change them to avoid suspicion. German gold and notes are given to him. Then they say, "God ave you, for we cannot." And so he departs, well knowing that if caught his government will do nothing for blm. Indeed, it will deny him. It. will ay, "We do not know this man, He must be a mercenary volunteer ad venturer, hunting Information to sell to us. Treat him as he deserves.' On the other hand, they leave the npy free to choose his own means to execute the work assigned to him. Hi takes orders from no one. He makes bo account of his expenae.i. He must CAVGIIT even forge bis own fab papers. Some time in advance be has worked np a flcMtious identity, and if his govern illn'. gives blm a passport It is only Thn tlof with the Roin, The other evening as an open elee trie car was going south on Centra avenue It pansnd a small youngster en gaged In sprinkling grass with a hose. Just as the car came opposite with blm ba whirled and Innocently aent the stream with full foroe into, the crowd of pascengara. Th Instanta neous uproar which arose caused that driver to shut oft power and put on brake Inatantiy, while the child stood, open-mouthed and stupefied, pouring th water Into th car. The passengers life Side Is an l:lroniel) rndcriakint" ' i be . In rathing pitul v and atif)ina hotel r i inrat the fHtlt.- lie hi rr h tiuiat bum hi rrri. Nn.l. ha ratHrt ane lrttin.!-( .i wl-d-m 'f mere tiurtt, Ih npy mill c trnt htm!f lth a f' inirt that com thriH.h the mall tit him He lll hae had thrae letter sent imi t a rearrai4 tinman aMra a few month bef jre. A llf Inmirance p.illcy taken out un.lrr .the aattmeI name I t'o taluab'i. The apy mc'aes Gcrnuny ead h atop In the large town nearest Ifl h' Held of operations. There hla flrat car la to conault the doctor aa to a good air cure, or a bath, or aprlng. Suppose bla bust nes Is to rjort on the roads, bridges and resources of a mountainous dis trict. He will need the air cure. Kllr.i Jnatlng one by one tho uninteresting district, he at last cauKcs the physi cian to Indicate, the spot he has cho sen. Tho good phy sician, alwnys anx ious for his com nilnalon, gladly rccommrnda him to a proper pen sion. There, wan dering about the hills, hla story Is: "I rnma to X In search of a tran quil mountain vll lago for the nlr cure. I)r. x recommended me to come, hnre. If , the climate suits mo I shall stay a ' month." From the Drat moment tho spy -begins to mnke aeqiinlntnnre with tho people whnie trade cause them to go upon the roads mulo drivers, carters, coun try doctors, priests and forest keepers, Under the pretext of needing exerclne, ho walks with them and talk wl'.fi them and treat them to good beer and cheese, a every tourlHt doe. Rtyn In such company he I lora likely be looked on with suhjiIuIou. Ior note OUTSIDK A TOUTUK33. taking be has nothing but a pencil and a packet of dgaroUe papers. Certainly tho Jlrt quality of t good spy Is that of knowing how to see and scrambled over each oiJier to get out on the ether side, as b seemed un able to hngi direction until the car conductor did It for hi m, At this point in the proceedings tho boy seemed to recover his facilities suddenly and bawled loudly, while thn car went on. Chicago News. The giraffe wnsJ thVmgMr to he near extlnetlon, but MtiJ.' Mukfur, a Ilrlttah explorer, has- found' grwit? herd of them along the Sobat river,. a tributary et the Wtults' Kile; V rtnW rt vkf ?.f. ti I ! trr4 kti t f ( rr rf--vi it nut') ', im II i , t,tMfc SMint k l.kieg tinli..m, M'im. wi.t N at a an.-e lJk ala ia y f ir, r4 ft'n vfw-t. lu "t l1i the ., ,4 ike o;tk Krk. the r.'ftl amaU n f ,mr f ! fihrr r-ih:c biU!Bt th iMNef f Hktm, tnt.her ael iaia dmiiet; th ltiiatl. vf M k amlih hp and tkt sndlHnn tf ral It t e to unjt-ratand, tot tnaunte, the Inlefwt at'siMng to budge. 1 he enemy In retreating would hot feelte,te to Mw It up. I h spy must Indiie how tiMig a Itme It would take U re pair It Ilia day finished, the spy must aw'i A It Its . . FRENCH SPIR9 TAKEN I1Y rUUSaiAN BOLDIKIta rretly, In li la bedroom, wrllo hi re port and pout It to one of the ifltre Itigly Interesting nddrexsc furnished blm .by the Nlat Major "Mile. Lucie VnsHour, 45 Huo llrcdn," tfc'i may be hi ludy love; or "Schmidt & Meckel, wtno nil' re hunts, Hurry," tliU may bn a buslnes letter; or "Dr. (leorga Tin rlion, G7 Hue Lafltte," this may bn to hi family physician, The letter mulled and every scrap ot paper burned, the "Vf n,n!r 'Q laco one nlghl. If he Imnglue tie Is followed or siih liecied, he must atop work Instnutly NIi d even leave the conn, '17' I" '"'h case he' rotiirno to I'arls, w ',l'' nnds nt ilii ,'lt Major, rnre'"" gathered (oge(h,,', Mil the letiers ha tin addressed to hi flnliloiis cone, spondeuls. Aided by maps nnd the work of li In prede cessor In the Held, It Is hi bftrtlii" to eompon no up-to-(Inie report on th rt'glon he ha vlnlt d. Kach little v o ii n t a. K a e li month the minister of wur Is juxt little better In formed on details that when th great scientific Kit ropenn war breaks out-may win or lose n buttle a rurn palgn, a people' destiny, Hucli work may seem easier than it Is In fact. Along tho country roads, alone, wkh not a man' t sight, the fesr of being watch ed itrnkes thn most Innocent note-taking a courageous exploit. Not to speak of country polka, gamekeepers, forester nnd pa trolwhoso chance appearance may cause blm to destroy a morning's work each simple passer-by becomes an Twos t'ltniimny, I'nlrss the Chicago Tribune Is guilty of creating Dr. Fourthly out of whole cloth not ministerial-he Is the only absent-minded gentleman who has ever been able to snagest a remedy for his own ailment. "You are so preoccupied romeilmes," said Mrs. Fourthly, "that I don't feel eafe In letting you go out alone," "That Is to say, my dear," re plied the Rev. Dr, Fourthly, with a b nevolent sml'.e, "when my mind wan ders, as it doe oceiHlonallv. somebody ought to go along with It tea N Uth U m r r'r V. tva tkt 4 td ttie vt,t.a , ,-s. n i,tw, .e Atk a a e a , tfiH . tV f.M he rt f ri r rew tHk e fmilh-el tw..l hmy rf eeik a ft tt. h;t m h nrw kei Ike tia t Ike 'es tk )) t ! e4 r'''''i" f r etta ent M. a thet t;a t tleir r ft. Ik.tr !. !. e the iJ thrr H Ul M. t H tkl tw'k l pir ael nmf Tor ki tni!wate dp.-t-r.tl.t Kritrn i'ift!i ret . pn,1 mnnrj I 1 he pV tnkr .,n!ntBi'e with ete (.is nimmn'ienr t-fW who eerma to be fnln nn llr Irwpta the iatter to rnake diaalnca if i rv ithe fort wherein he hits his duty. He make cunning arguments, lie (Ioi-h not mmIi the fellow to betray bis coun try. "What difference will one ainnll drawing mako? Ik-slde. here Is tin money," Houses In Ilie rhllliilne. The typical Philippine house Is a very simple affair, and In some re specu a very comforUbln one. The lluor, flays the Washington Star, U mined nvt or ten feet In the air, end ilie house must bo catered by means of a ladder, riher 1 nut a null or peg In tho whole building, Th frame I of bamboo tied together With rattan, the sides and ro if being of nlpa-nalrn. If nlpil U vary scarce, however, bam boo run be used to serve for the 'dn5 also, Tho nlr In a Philippine h Out.? never gets close, for tho ventilation Is perfect. The floor I Hiiide of bamboo strips with the convex sides up, and they are tied together In such a way Hist wide cracks are left hot ween them, 4'hfl windows ore provided with swlng shades which can bo propped open durln ,,ny' Another advantage of the 1 "''"IPl'I'in dwelling Is tho safety afforded b," tn" l"tnpH f the mnte rial. If tiie "ou,a 1 haken down by an Varlhquiike,' M Wn down by a 4yjhoon, no one u,irt- In some respect such housed to primitive, however. Often tho J'9l"rK boasts nt tint one room for c.x,k,n- 'sting and sleeping. The cooking done vr aa open Are built on a heap o." ear,n ,n one eorner, and the house becou.v, ' most uninhabitable by means of smoke. In better dwellings a plnce particioned off for the rooking, while the body of the houne U divided InW lo c more rooms. BpesuJng of these short rushe for ward at queer thing happened at lul g ii In to-, w-hero perhaps half of the sol dier fir ane regiment found lien. Be fore thiw wa time to kill the fowl order eiimo to go forward. A little further out the regiment lay down nn der fire for fomo minute. Then the order fnur to charge, t'p and for ward with a yell rushed the soldiers, but over tho cheering rose another aonnd. Thi'iio or four hundred hens, objecting to being carried head down with feet tie to tho strap of a haver sack, urt wp a frantic squawking such as wm probably never beard along a line of rhnrglng military before, Lc He's Weekly. Why Thr Are VrMim. A correspondent says that those who dine with the queen are usually pain fully nervous. Perhaps they are tor tured with doubt of the propriety of praising the pie, not knowing whether her majesty or tlin cook made lt. Dcnver Post. Whosoever Is out of pat! 'ncr la out ef possession of his soul. Men must not turn bees and kill tfcemcrve" in stinging othere. oa. i pif lwf V WM I (k(,.l , w( t,H'l ahewt tkal . Vl king" W fa se wuk kt r twt-Kt Veate gt ftl; at .f lk h i . kwa i I a ' a !'k t.ct Mwaeaa. . t "" " whIhI the re.ea Vwenaa wat ftwrl klwe and f.ee ,t"d tslt.arlea wti ...!. HJ-rrd t.s "t t bihrp and tiat!y tip fton.rtrs Kaentttatt a i nmbtattsi fivteetanta and MokWP" imnrd Mwawg ttwt. Ihte in)) tldnl lt. and Mni. nfn el re lientance. aontht, t iHwrn. tsnley we In tfcst rtna at that ttm. and aided In the eviablUhntent til Mwavt, When that gtftrd Afrtrwa got Nik fcla Joh he letalned It onlf to years, when he fled and waged war against th lltllUh, Meanwhile the people of t'ganda put Mwsna' Infsnt eon the throne, anj Insialled regonta thrre of the principal tblefs, of whom Zakarla waa one. Ut Mart-h the English defeated and captured Mwanga. Thla Is the letter the regent sent to Htsnley: "To my much-beloved of greet hon or, and, sir, my father In much love. Chief Stanley, who has honor, thank for my letter which you wrote to m on Dec. 17, 1S9H. as you had Just got off your bed. Sir, that -to rlo from your bed on two occasions to write to me makes your love to me apparent. "Well, air. thnnks for telling me th many work which you do. ' Sirs, well done, 'because It Is the trouble taken by the parent that makes the child fat.' HccniiHC It is the caro taken by Kng land which delivers us Hagnuda and tho other lands guarded by Kngiand. Well, then, we pray much to God, lie cause he la In the midst of your de liberation as you take counsel in much love to guard us who are In Huganda. "Well done to understand the words I wrote to you about the Soudanese, and yon replied and understood the whole matter well. I understood well what you told me about the English who called the Soudanese faithful, and I understood about your love, which la warm to me and to all Huganda. And, sir, although you are unable really to see me with your eyes, I know you are with me In spirit, and with all the Pagundn and Huganda. In our conver satlon we speak very much of you to thld effect: "Muster Stanley lovns u very much, because he told our friends, who teach, to send us people to preach to us the name of Christ our Saviour.' "Well, then, air, yoa have told me these things, via.: 'To hold fust to God' s k im hi, mirif --r Yes, because the laws of God teach the foolish and give light to the eyes and to fear Ood'a wUlom. Were they (the laws) commenced there, when I work God will help me, and 'to obey the Parllanent of tho English Queen and those who rank near her In honor as I do. "Well then, thank Clod Almighty be- cans the great enemle of Huganda, and of the English, and of the rellg lona of God, (lod hn given them Into our hands. Mesngs, wTio was King of nugnnda, and Kabarega, who was King Of liunyord, our friends the English soldleu, who guard Huganda and Run voro, routed them and caught them IxXJi, and prlncea td the number of twol. were caught In thiit battle, In that flgnf hey overcame them and killed aborjt thirty people, and on our side Ave Indian and two Hagunda were killed. Well, we.ahall find much peace, because the enmity Injures most which cornea from the mist within the coun try Itself. Our deeds which we per formed with Captain Fowler and Colo nel Cole to Ullat Amlnl, captain of Soudanese, you have heard before In the English letters, and Captain Fow ler has returned some time ago to Eu rope. Well, then, my great friend and father In very much love, aalule for me Mr. Stanley, my mother and my little brother Denxll nnd the other children. My wife, Elisabeth KlxUo.1 and the children of my brother and my pfoplo salute you. Salute your wife end children for us. Well may the Lord make the light of Ills counte nance shine on you. Again, sir, fare well, T, your favorite child, "7.AKARIA KJZITO, KANGAO, "Regent, Vganda." Vf TrTT lTmr Srm Shaking I.on Knnngh. At a, renent duel the parties dls-' charged their pistols without effect,, whereupon oi e of the seconds inter1-, piwinl and' proposed that the combat-, ants should shake hands. To this th' other second' objected as unnecessary, j"Thelr hands," said he, "have been shaking for Half an hour." I v to ) am w a aaK K-rt It 1. tantf wtik klMt .t th se lla i 4 film t'.tawn awl hti Ket Oiaai. klH uiaM i r ttwlt.kiei'i txamirul In ih r.sr M Mi k ktt taWt. Mr. Ntt Pal- "i, kaa li4 I. krr n4 fce fla'Ktr Is it Ihat rt kt1 a ell krf kd thf I th h!1? t-olitrttiea. Um who know Ml-s (Irani sat iHf tk la gfiminrlt In love will krr nwpM-llt hnahand ed that h rare ItttM Kir th frti ti tle wM.h the manUte wtil ronree poll her, Ikl I la on msur r. aaniillng trt thw kv Imiked lth cihsUiw upon lb snatch, fel leg that tk grand desigktvr f Un- i eral llratit shissld have thoase t b stow her afferttaaa mm tutu worthy i Amerti-aa sutlur In prefer l any pampered wlon f nvjalty h natght ; m from bryone th a. Of crra. ; Cupid perrtwme slrang anfh'; a4 If ' Ml (Irant love rrlne Cfnruerwwn well enough to nle with farsoe sqnM hi cult, every American ahoaf t hrt ; ntlNCE CANTACUZKNK. Ily ratify her decision and wlh heu la flnlte happiness, despite her el4'fl aba ter's melancholy experience piuri:hal under like clrcumatanres, Froia all e counta Prince Cnntacuxene Is aVve the average young nobleman In good de serts and bids fair to redeem the prom ises of felicity which he hole's out t hla bride. He comes of one of the old est families of Russia, possesses Inn educational advantages as well aa m usual personal attractions; bold blgh rank In the military systems ot the em pire, and otherwise commands general respect He la 2Q years of age, which makes him one year the senior of Mis Grant. Ijist year he spent much of hla time In this country, presumably en gaged upon some military commission, but actually engaged In courtliif Mlsa j Grant Rumor states that the affair j was consummated la Paris several montha ago, From present Indications the marriage will be one of the most brilliant International social events which thla) country has ever known. HONOR CONFEDERATE DEAD. Nearly one-tenth of the entire num ber of confederate soldiers who died liv Northern prisons during tho civil war! Ho burled at old Camp Chase, near Co-'I lumbus, Ohio, unmarked even, by, ty'opdr! en heudstnnes; 8,200 gravo, vWo, tyll of the heroism wit'g which, coufejercr Bvldlcr perlslied o Nwtrn aoll.i ' , giar nave' N'nn ...giected, but plans are now on , fwt for erecting at Cump Chase an ap- i"ui"wl memorial to cost not less that. $4,000. This will bo tho gift of confi'dirflte TJternns In, OI1I7 ajd other states, ruder the 1us of Ohio the1 association in charge of tho movement' haa been Incorporated and aevernl large subscriptions hnve been received, Ronumcnt will be of gran.it and 111 be modeled dS the same lines as wli th "Tbtre Are My Jewels" monument. Ohio' (fltoite (o her famaTlil nri". Wch, lnc (lie world's fair, ha been standing In th copltol grounds, j Around lb ihaf will be IfonpeJ sis' figures-three general officer and three enlisted men one pf each repre-i sentlng the three grand divisions of the Southern army-the Army of Vlr-) glnla, the Army of Tennessee and tho Army of the Trans-Mlsslsslppl. South- ern camps of Confederate Veterans will j be asked to aid the Columbus and Nashville camps by contributing fund I (Handsome Monument to He Erected at Columbus In Memory of Southern era Who Died In Northern Prisons and Who Now Llo in I'nmarked Graves.) for th completion of the monument, the granite work for which has Just been contracted for. The common run of literature la stenciled, not written. Christ changes th city by changing ,! the cltlxen. la 4- V A A;