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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1898)
v 1 i ONE ROMANCE r HIS was the romance -1 0 : of G troop, First Cav alry. G troop, be It known, Is Just non very comfortably housed, and the en listed men are bavins a better time than the captains in-cd to. For (J troop has seen some of tlie hardest service known to tlie regular army. It ha served all the way frotn the fiery plaliiH of Arizona to te moisture ami front of Washington. It hnR gone to more old fortii ami there bullded new ones than nj other organization that ever rode borsc. Hut It has been well command ed from the far away time when It. F. Bernard whs captain and "Happy Jack" Kyle was second lieutenant not to mention Mr. Winters, who was first llentenant-dowa to the present, when gentlemen as modes,! and a whole lot better accoutered lake care of the for tunes of "company G." All that has nothing to do with the romance. The man in the case was call ed "Big Smith." The lirst name be longed to him of rights, for he was Just as tall uml Just as heavy as the maxi mum cavalry limit would allow, and he called himself Suiiih because that nev er bad been his name. Big Smith wan Iron; Dallas, and he was aliout as good a type of the genu ine Texan as a man would find In u month's travel, lie was handsome af ter a virile and mi lhstonee way, and his voice was of that det-p and mellow quality which suits Itself to nonsense Songs fur the pleasing of women. He tww enough to get along with the in tellectual and was able to buy enough to get along Willi the other kind. He was, at his home, an altogether accept able fellow. Her name is another matter. Besides, It 1m another name now, anyway. And there Is no use bringing her into the romance of G troop any further than the Is willing to come. It seems there whs some sort of i:udor.iaii.l:;ig. tui lowed by miMmderMiiiidlug, between them, and Big Smith shook Hie dust of Dallas from his slew, went down to Galveston and enlisted in the regular army. lie must have regretful their quarrel a good deal, for the regular orniy In IS"! was composed in large part of about the hardest lot of men that have got together for military pur ines since Mr. Fulsiaff Joined the forces of Henry IV. Once In. however, there was n.fhlng for It but to stick, and Big Smith addressed himself to the task of waiting. He made a good soldier and was pro moted. As a corporal and later as a sergeant the only complaint against him was made by the tailor. It took too much bulf flannel to make his chev rons. But he was a very good fellow, given to drink pay lay, as became a frontier warrior; g ven to lighting occa sionally, when thai ''emed the proper escape valve for abundant energy. However, he never failed In I lie one es sential, lie did his duty. He could always be relied upon. His fort was Yuma, In the hitcst oven of Arizona, where the Colorow Apaches frequently made the camp still hotter. Sunday In-pi ctiou was the same there as everywhere. After the roll call and scrutiny on the parade ground the men repaired to their squadrooms, and endi one stood at the foot of his bunk while the ollicors walked through, glanced aloiit for signs of carelessness and cor-n-cicd or commended, ns thecaKc might require, ami then walked out nealn. Often cill.eim visited ihe ollicrrs at Fort Yuma, and the privilege of attend ing In the squadroora Inspection was prized. The soldiers were ho Interest ing. That Sunday nn unusual number of women were on the balconies In olli cors' row while the routine went for ward on the parade ground, anil there w as a general offer of an even bet that tome of them would "come down th; line with the captain." And some of them did. They were very Interested. The soldiers Mood there so absolutely oblivious of any presence, so erect and formally mili tary, so painfully clean, with their bunks behind them rolled np find the foldi-d blankets ranged on top; the Utile personal vanities of each man on Ihe wall at the head of his bunk, an 1 his "kit" txix open at his feet. Big Smith hud a iiiiiiiImt of hook that were not often lent. One was u collection of verses with n Dallas book teller's card for a mark. The other was a very stilled and tedious account of the wanderings of a queerly fortunate person with a habit of alluding to him self n a "much enduring man." No one but Big Hmltb bad ever looked rery !pi ply Into either. The first sergeant came down through tbe quadroon! at the head of the Kroup of officer ami women, bis bruss sad braid as fine as skill could m ike (hem, bl aber clanking In very om Idoui way. M "Tenthm!" he called, as be appeared at tbe door of Hlg Smith's squadroom. j(. " -rj aoldler added a little starch m I A S- ,'1 V t J OF G TROOP. 'XiOXSCiOCrXZCCyX) to Ihe general stiffness of his bearing. The ollicers did I heir customary quick sweep of the room and Its details, but the women, unused to such things, tar ried a little longer. "Why. there are books!" said one of the visitors. Big Smith, looking straight ahead, as a soldier standing at attention should, heard the voice, and the red blood ran down and his face "grew white as a rain-washed bone." But he did not waver. "Yes. they read." assented the cap tain, a little proud of his men. "Why, It's Homer!" exclaimed the same young woman, scanning the title a little more carefully. "Is II V" calmly Inquired the captain. He was not iust sure what Homer might be, but he gathered from his vis itor's tone that It was surprisingly credltabhr to the owner of the volume. "I can't see the title of tue other look," said the lady, leaning forward and peering at the shelf on the wall. "Smith, hand down those books," commanded the ofllcer, but his tone was kindly. Big Smith, Tor once in his life, was clumsy. As tie handled the volumes one slipped. He stooped to recover It, but the leaves fluttered and out fell a photograph -the portrait of a woman. n'li's'fTs: I, fnTWV '-VI 'f 7j.a. : 1 "HE TOOK 1IEH It fell face up on the bunk, and he re covered It In an Instant. In that Instant, however, the young woman saw It, find the band she had extended dropped at her side. She reeled a little, said "Why-my " In an odd 111 tie voice, and was conducted by "Happy Jack" Kyle, the second lieutenant, to the outer air. Big Smith put the books back on the shelf, and presently the guests being gone hammered Billy Murphy, the bully of the squndroom, without any adequate provocation. That was the day before old Cachlse went up Ihe Oiln on the last raid that he rode. The man on post No. 1 told the sergeant of the guard, when the I second relief arrived, that he had unou a fire far to the north, but no one Im agined it was a summons to the south ern Apaches. JuM after guard mount In Ihe morn ing Lieutenant Kyle rode east with the women visitors. He wanted to show them some petrifactions and give them a drink from the Aztec spring. While the bugler was blowing "recall from fatigue" Happy Jack's horse came galloping lulo the fort and Ihe trum peter changed the last note In the call 10 the first nolo In "Boots and saddles." Thej went out twenty strong. Big Smith In the lead at the side of tho captain, whose guests were In peril. Two troopers, galloping in ihe column, exchanged remarks atioiit him. "Wasn't lit to live with till he heard 'boots and saddles'' " said one of them. "(Jroaned all night." "Always puts his breeches under his blankets and sleeps on thorn to keep them creased," said the nlher. "Didn't take 'em olT at all hist night." And they galloped along, quite Indif ferent to danger, only hoping, now and then, Cachlse would wait for them. They mere untutored young rulllans, but one was a dead shot at thirty yards and tlie other stood off a band of t'tes a day and n night one time In the mountains. But when they came to the Aztec springs and natv the Apaches they wondered how ever the captain would get out of this scrape. There was a little gully, full of dry grass and chap arral. At the mouth of It lay the two horses, both dead. Somewhere be tween that point and the spring at th rcVb. bead of the canyon Lieutenant Kyla and tbe women were hiding. And CacbUe bad Just Bred the grasi where the hor.es lay. The flames were driving up the cut as If It were a chim ney. The twenty troopers charged at the Apaches ami the latter fled with de risive laughter. The tire was fighting their battle for them. Big Smith dropped from the saddle and ran to the edge of the canyon. "All right, lieutenant!" he called cheerily. The man was strong and virile again was even exuberant and cheery. Such Apache bullets as came his way across the canyon acted as a tonic and spurred him. He dropped over the edge, crashed down through the dry chaparral and, guided by the lieutenant's shouting, went straight to the little group -where he found tw.. frightened women and a plucky officer with both arms broken by a rifle ball. Big Smith put his arm around one of the women and climbed with her carrying her presently, for she fainted till tlie two untutored rutlians and the captain could pass down a lariat and lift her to the level. Then ho tumbled back, calling en couragement all the time, and stood before the other woman, whose face was quite the Image of the one In the photograph which had tumbled from the Odyssey to a bunk In the squad room Ihe day before. Her he took in his arm as the other one and held her close, climbing through chaparral that was already burning and over canyon grass that was a carpet of flame rubbing the fire from her skirts when they caught and presently lifting her clear of the ground and carrying her for better safety, speaking hopefully In spite of Cachlse and his frequent charges. And he yielded her up at last and went back where Kyle, game to the end, had fallen while trying to climb with out aid from his hands white at the Hps and silent with agony. m - : ii. IX Cachlse, thirty yards away, wafe try ing to get n bullet out of hU breast, clawing after It as savages do and spitting out blood with his Spanlsh A pa ehe-American curses. That ended the light, and no so daring adtenture has ever since come within a day's march of I'ort Yuma. The young woman came down to the spadroom that night where Big Smith was lying, a little the worse for his burning, and knelt by the side of his bunk to thank him. The capialn's wife came with her, and poor Kyle, pale with pain, sent his compliments. Big Smith rose up and tried to stand at attention, but they made him sit down. The untutored ruffians went out of the squndroom and left them while the bugles were blowing tattoe So that whatever they said only sha and he 'and the captain's wife might tell you. They left when the roll call was over and Big Smith, turning his face to the wall, waited for taps and wished he, like Kyle, could give his two arms for the woman. And that was the romance of O troop. Grant's Name. Would It have made any difference In history If (Jrant's Initials had not been emblematic of bis country "U. H." United States? They also stand for Uncle Sam and Unconditional Sur render. Suppose he had gone to West Point as Illram, and the boys had call ed him "III" for short? Suppose he bad gone there as Hiram Ulysses In stead of Ulysses Illram, and the ca det had called him "H. II. ;.," Hug? Would not that have made a change In his career? We never had a public man to make so many changes In his 1 name as did lirant. Hiram Ulysses, Ulysses Illram. Ulysses Sidney nnd Ulysses Simpson, were the variations. New York Press. KnglafMl'a ItU Mcrohnnt Marine. The merchant ships of the United Kingdom I.ave more than 12,000,(100 tonnage; no Kuropenn power has so much as 2,000,000. You are always grumbling about the hoy having dirty hand. Look at your own hands oeclonally, paMcularty during very cold weatfc. J I'll I ft, ' ' BIS AEMS." BLOUSES GOING OUT. rHEIR GREAT VOGUE BEGINNING TO DECLINE. lone ThIW of the ProuperU for Spring Clothinii-Wliut Material., Pattern, and Cut Will He Most Worn by the Bwellist l)rfHtr. What Sidic FaMiion Dictates. New York currewponOeijce: 121 NiS garments and stuffs ai-e a mighty consideration ax soon as Lent is Is gun, be cause, while tlie time for west ring them is a good way ahead, it is now too late for plan ning winter wear. A lot of abead-of-tbe-tlme rlga are to be seen, and ehnrcuu they are, marked in the outdoor costumes by a most at1ractlr iimpiieity. From them them it is plain that the blouse fashion lr to be left to the light and flulTy goods at summer and to revival for heavy ma terials and furs next winter If, Indeed, there Is any favor left for blouses by that time. Black and coarse effwts in braiding ire not usual, though delicate braiding, some of It almost like embroidery, Is to be much sought after. A typical and exceedingly ornamental use of It was disclosed In the bodice sketched with to-day's Initial bitter. It was an ap plique design in silk soutache, the en tire front and the sleeve caps being scattered thickly with Jet nailheads. The sections thus treated were outlined with plain rows of the braid, and a yoke was simulated by similar treat ment. The broad turn-down collar was low enough to show a white linen collar SUCCESSORS OF and tie. Havana brown cloth was the material, as sketched, but cloth In any fashionable shade would be suitable for such treatment. These sleeves, at the shoulder, are elaborate in comparison with those of spring Jackets and bodices, which are found In to-day's other pictures. This cut of sleeve has been described as the mnl ton-leg variety, so modi lied that really there Is very little mutton about it. It is cut wide enough at the shoul der to give plenty of room and not to suggest the natural lines at all. All rise alwve the level of the shoulder la avoided, though sometimes the top rtanda out level with the shoulder a little way, almost as If a stick or shin gle were puttied up Into it to hold It conventional and straight. At no part doc the alwve Hquece the arm, for an under bodice may be worn and the under aleeve should with ease pnsa through that of the outer bodice. Al most alwaya the outer Jacket or bodice jrU at tbe throat to "4th ex abow a A 1I0VBL TB linen collar and a tie, or tbe flnlab i the n-k of the under bodice. Possessing thee characteristic la common, the two garments of the next sketch showed considerable divergence In orher ropeclfi. At the left Is a very simple Jacket of grayish green cloth, with loose front and deeply notched A. MODEL THAT COUNTERFEIT-; BI.ENDEB-KKSS. revers. It fastened with large pearl buttons and its cuff finish of stitching was Its only ornamentation. A linen collar and tie were disclosed at tha opening1 of Its collar. This was true, also, of the other model, which wan a jacket In dark blue cheviot. It had a white cloth vest, whose edges wer THE BLOUSE CUT. outlined with sotrtacbe In tiny zig-zags, and more elaborate designs appeared on the fronts and at the hips. We still see enormous picture hats worn on nil occasions, but the hat for the early spring gown will distinctly not be a picture affair, but be of me dium size. We seem to be going back to the fa cy for matching the hat to the dress, and certainly the result Is good when a golden brown camel's hair gown is opened In front over loose frills of scar let, the hat being golden brown felt, knotted into a turban, with a show ol scarlet In a quill or a loop. Close weave canvas will make up charmingly for an early season walking dress, and I no tice that stitching Is taking the place of braiding a good deal. An odd fancy allows the edges of silk lining and Ol canvas to be free from each other, the lining being attached to the main ma terial by crisscrosses of stitching which form part of the elaboration of the gown. In the original of this third picture a dull blue canvas was made up over orange silk crossed, cornered and twisted lines of stitching being made In light blue silk to bind lining and cloth together. The Jacket turned back aa If left open has been a favorite design for many pe-a-xotis, but for some time we hava noglectH the Jacket oen at the throat to show collar and tie, the opening nar rowing till a little above the lower edge of the jacket the garment closes again. With the arrival of spring It will be fou nil that the girl who could not ac complish a shining pompadour baa gone In for elaborate curling. To do this she Is making her hair aa fluffy a possible. The locks should be rippled Hint, combed out and then curled, Jtwt as If It had not been tippled at all. When finally combed out the hair will be all a crinkle. It will fluff np ti an amazing extent, and will bold Its fluff, too. A "rat" Is hardly needed for the IHMupndnur, the comb Is caught on the under side of the side locks, which ends turn under held by the comb. Tbia Is a new trick, too, but Just take a good look at the Lenten ladles meekly wend ing their way to church, and yon will ao Unit the crinkled hair la the Utcei effort to get away from Wap and curls. CopjrHht. (Bass eyes for Free Silver Unity. Advocates of free silver can taka courage from the mawifest fear of lbs enemy. A week ago the Washington Star sounded an alarm to the effect that bimetallists wer-e "united and ag gressive," while the gold monometaJ lists were disunited and halting be tween two opinions. Almost simulta neously wilh the administration or gan's note of alarm sent out from Washington comes m similar cry from the Boston Herald. What Washlnglot asserts, Boston confirms, ami in discussing free silver tactics the Boston Herald says: "The announcement is made that al teady there lias been an agreement In the farther west on a combination of all those who favor the support, of free sll ter upon union candidates for Congress. This extends both to tlie House of Iteprcsentutives and the Senate, and la Intended to unite Democrats, Popu lists and free silver Hepublicans, the Slale or district In which one or other of these elements shall preponderate being allowed the candidate to be put in nomination. The movement is likely to spread, and it may become formida ble." There can be no question that such a movement as that referred to by the Hern Id is making, and, equally, t'nere onn be no question that this movement is destined to become formidable. The people are beginning to realize what the gold conspiracy has done toward the destruction of property, and, the sinister purposes of the money power having become clearly manifest, a union of nil the forces opposed to the concentration of wealth and the degra dation of the masses is forming. Chi cago Dispatch. Volume of Money, When an Increased money supply cre ated commerce, aroused mankind, stim ulaled ambition, created civilization, which in time widened into a system of education and enlightenment, it show ed Itself lo be the most powerful aid to the great cause of Christianity, and more good, more advancement, was ac complished in the four centuries suc ceeding the discovery of the gold and silver mines in America by the Span iards than was accomplished in all of the fifteen centuries preceding it. The evils which have been the direct result of taking away the money func tion from silver in 1873 it seems but natural to suppose would be immedi ately removed by a restoration of those functions, and that this would bring about the condition of prosperity that existed prior lo that time. A natural mid simple remedy for whatever bad results have come from the legislation of LSTii would seem to be the repeal of that legislation. It was an experiment. Nothing like it had ever been tried be fore. Its results have been disastrous in the extreme. They have been ben eficial in no single respect, and it seeins that by common consent we should as promptly as possible undo tlie entire work. We are so conservative as a people that it Is impossible to get prompt ac tion on any strongly contested political question. The long struggle over the tariff is an illustration of this. We have been persistently making efforts to re peal the act of IHT.'l, and, although we have more than once passed free sil ver bills here, they have been defeated elsewhere; but It is to be hoped that success is not to be much linger de layed. France und Germany,' A peculiar combination of circum stances favored England In her war against silver in 1S7-T;j. Germany, elated by her victory over Prance, adlpted the single gold standard, under tlie impression that the $1,000,000,000 gold Indemnity extorted from France would place her upon a solid financial basis and make her a creditor nation. She obtained her gold standard, but instead of becoming a crdltor nation she has so Impoverished and degraded the great mass of her people as to Im peril ihe very existence of the empire, (lermany sees her mistake and would to-day be glad of any reasonable pre text to return to bimetallism. France has not demonetized silver, bi t only temporarily closed her mints to its free coinage. She was obliged to do this to prevent Geramny from unloading her sliver upon France for still more French gold. The action of Germany and France, two great com mercial nations, Induced several of the smaller nations of Europe to discon tinue the further coinage of silver, not because they did not like silver money, but to prevent Germany, who bad a large stock of silver, from exchanging - nfler having demonetized It her sil ver for their stock of gold. 1 he Fall in l'rice. Twenty years of actual test demon strates that tlie unavoidable effect of ihe suspension of tlie coinage of silver was and must continue lo be a persist ent fall In general prices. Will we continue a system which baa resulted disastrously to every Interest of ours, or will we correct the mistake of 1873, re-ennct the coinage law of 18.T7, under which the country was prosperous, re store Justice and equity among tbe peo ple, and make the country once more prosperous? The moiiometalllsts them selves will not have the hardihood to assert that there Is nnythlng so sacred about '2'.H grains of slaudard gold as to make it always tbe meusure of value without regard to its own valoe. Its in herent weakness as a measure of value Is so palpable that even the strongest advocates of monometallism cannot de fend It. 4 1 1