TO BliOOK NO DELAY
SPAIN PLAYINQ HER OLD TRICKS
IN PORTO RICO-
ComoiiMlnn-ra rami? to NrRallate but no
Oris to Mral With-Ilinea on the Increase-
HVtlxnr of fxtuluu Lawi- KlUed
In a Oruvrr Hotel.
Sax Juan Dk I'orto Rico, Sept, 10.
Tlie American commissioners, t a meet
ing hclil Friday afternoon, decided to
notify Captain-General .Macias that they
were present and ready to proceed with
business. A communication to this
effect was drafed in the most corteous
terms. It asked when and where the
American commi'sionars would meet
the (Spaniard. Lieu, enant Hpears, Rear
Admiral Schley's (lag lieutenant, deliv
ered the communication to tho captain
general, driving up to the palace in a
carriage. At the gate of the palace a
drick was hurled at him from the aide
walk. Being an old baseball player, he
waa able partly to w rd off the missle
with bit hands an I it fell, str.king him
on the ankle, but doing only slight in
Jury. The American com mb-sioners are de
termined to brook no delay, as indicated
by theiraotion. Although Captain-General
Macias recognized their presence by
cfiieial vigils, they have not been noti
ce 1 if the appo ntm; nt of the names of
the Spanish cimiminRioner. The thirty
days expire on Sunday, and if the Span
iards lire not prepared to proceed on
that dale they must explain matters.
IUn ori the Innreatie.
Nrw Yokk, Sept. 10. A dispatch to
the Herald, from Ponce, Pi.rto Rioo,says:
Ulnce anions; the United rUa'eH troops
here is increasing. There are now more
than 2"i per cent of the men tmflt for
duty. Within a radius ofafewnrilea
from Ponce there are 1,000 soldiers in
hospitals. In some commands there are
SO per rent of th men down with fever,
principally typhoid.
The City of Clu ster has arrived with
medical supplies and forty-n'x nurses.
Toe surgeons here ate handling the pa
tients as well ax pt.i-sible. Considering
the conditions the percentage of deaths
ia small. Convale-cen's, however, have
the climate to contend with, and after
the fever has left them the patients tail
to recover their Rtrenictb. They should
be nent north at once. Need for trans
ports for conva'edcenls and for hospital
ships is irnperat v, If there is more wet
weather the conditions will become much
worett.
All the United States troops now in
Porto Rico have been placed under the
command of General Guy V. Henry,
General Brook relinquishing active di
rection of the army while occupied with
tbft duties of the military commission.
Before his departure, General Wileon
announced his approval of the findings
of the military w mwission ir the trial
of the CWto ' firebugs." Jose Burgos and
liamon Vega wera ea h sentence to fif
teen years at bard labor and leonardo
Cokm and Joan Martinez Floriners to
two years each at hard labor. The pris
oners have been placed in the prison of
Ponce,
Jlevl-w of i'enalon taw
Wamiinoton, Sept. 10. An appendix
to the annual rejtortof the commissioner
of pens'ons bus l en made public. It
contains statiHlict in regard to th work
of ths office. R ports from the various
dVi"ions of ti e bureau are also ineor
Itorated. It is staud that the pawning
or pledging of tension certificates is a
growing evil and some stringe it meas
ures should be adopted to reach the o
fen-c a::d, if posit le to effectually stop
it. It has been developed by Investiga
tions male in eeveral cases of this na
ture, that iinwiupnloua person i have
accepted as security f r nioney loaned to
needy pensioners their pension certifl
rates and vo tcl ers, charging them in
terest on the amount so loaned, rang ng
from 6 to 60 per rent pr month. This
practice I' n it stunned to any one place
but , is induked to ft grr ater or less ex
tent In moBt if not all, of the principal
ities throughout the Country. The pn s
nt law governing the pawning or p'edg
in of pension c rtiflcaUs is inadequate
to reach the offeders.
The sum of f I 221.52, imiruperly ob
tained under tei.sion claim", was recov
ered by pc'al examiners anil judg
ments W' re rendered in four civil suits
agitregating K,4Hl.'2, though thcybsve
tiotbeen realised upon. This only rep
resents a portion of the money recover
ed, as reiJanai Ion on forced checks is
ma le through tho treasury department.
Kill ml In Dener Hotel
Dnvsr, Colo. gept. 10. W. H. Law
rence of Cleveland, Ohio, was shot and
probably morally wounded in a room at
the Oxford hotel yesterday afternoon by
woman here who is known only as
Florence Richardson. The woman then
hot herself in the heart, dying almost
Jnstantlj. The couple had registered at
the Oxford hotel a tout half an hour tie-
lore the trsgedy occurred, as H, 0. Rock
well and lf-, of Greeley, Colorado. The
motive tor the shooting is not known.
Ola Olory and Onion Jack.
Loudon. Sept. 10. The stara and
tripes were rai'ed yesterday with the
British union Jack and the royal stand
pd on the Marqnea c-re1don Salisbury
plain dj.-ing ihe marcJ past the troope
at the end of trie army maneuvers as a
compliment to Captain Alfred Bates,
the United States military attaohe Henry
White, secretary of the United B tales
ea beery, and Mrs. White. Ths forvlgn
pltltery seemed tnrpHeed at t- tight
pi the American fl.
PIAR A CLASH.
Hewer Sees TmMe Ahd la the rfcdgte
Manila, Sept. 13 Rear Admiral Dew
ey says he considers the situation criti
cal. It is understood he has asked f ir
an additional cruiser and battle t-bip.
The Spaniards assert that Germany
will take a coaling station here, and that
Spain will retain the remainder of the
inlands. ' The last Fpauish garrison at
Ilocos and Lacuna have surrendered,
and the whole isiaud of Luzon is in the
hands of the insurgents, except at Ma
nila ami Cavile.
Aguinaldo has announced his intention
of convening an assembly of the Filli
pinoa on September 15 in order to decide
upon the ptlicy to be adop'.ed by the
insurgents. The correspondent here of
the Ai-6oeiited Press had an interview
with Aguinaldo, who said there were
67,000 insurants armed with rifles. He
added that he could raise 100,000 men.
Indeed, the insurgent leader pointed out
the whole populai ion of the Philippine
islands are willing to fight for their in
dependence. Continuing, Aguinaldo said he had
9,000 military i r s hen, including 5,000
in the vicinity of Manila, besides civil
prisoners. I.aier, Aguinaldo said the
"provisional government" was now op
perating iwnity- iht provinces. He
acst-rted that on August 2 they elected
delegate iu numbers proportionate to
the popiila ion.
As to the Americans, Aguinaldo re
marked that he considered them as
brothers and the "two republic were
allied aga net a common enemy."
When questioned as to whether the
future Fi lipino policy would be absolute
independence. Aguinaldo excused him
self from replying and aFked what Amer
ica intends to do-
AM. BENT OH INPKI'ENDKNCK.
Aguinaldo continued :
"We have lieen fighting for independ
ence for a long time. The natives who
profeai to fav,r annexation are insincere.
It is inert-ly a ruse to ascertain Ameri
can views."
Acked if the Filipinos would objoct to
the retent on of ifanila, Aguinaldo de
clined to answer. Pending the conclus
ion of the HFg'-mbly, he said, he was con
fident there wou'd he no trouble between
America and the Filipino?. He denied
having received a reqoest from General
Otis and Admiral Dewey to withdraw
his troops to a prescribed diftan e from
Manila audCavite, and he deel ned to
discuss the effect of such a n quet.
Avui. ai lo further asserted that he
had never confided with the American
authorities time the capitulation of
Manila an 1 tha' he bad never authorized
the inbiircents to search or disarm the
Americans crushing the lines.
The correspondent closely questioned
him about last Sunday's incident, when
the Pennsylvania troops proceeded to
es ablish a new outpost. The Filipinos
objected, and nearly preeipi'ated hostil
ities' ordering the Americans to with
draw in twenty minutes. Tney issued
ammunition and intercept d the Ameri
can reinforemeiits Finally Gen. Hale
ordered all the Pennsylvania trooS to
advance, and the rebels withdrew.
The local gov rnor hag explained that
the incident was a complete mUlake
and has iepudia:ed his subordinate's ac
tion. Aguinaldo dclar.-d that the Fili
pino who mado the trouble merely pro
tested to an officer and is entirely un
connected with the insurgent army.
Aguinaldo complained that the Span
iards were disseminating lahe reports
for the purpose of fomending antagonism
b tween the Filipinos and the Ameri
cans. While the interview conveyed the im
pression that Aguinaldo desires absol
ute indeix ndence, be leards the mis
si' n of the Americans here as accom
plished ami expects their withdrawal,
jtiktati the French with Lafayette with
drew after helping the Americans in the
war of independence, a war of humanity,
K h One to llulld a lloat.
Wabhinoton, Sept. 12 Tha navy de
partment has arrived at what it re,'ardi
as a fair and satisfactory ee Hem. nt of
the question of awardirg tho contracts
for the coiiftruction of three battleship!.
When the bids were opened it was found
that for tUi fahtthips the New port Nei
compat y was the lowest, Cramps next,
and the Union iion wi rs just above,
all within the limit of cost as fixed by
the act i f congress. The only thorough
ly satisfactory hi I wg found to be that
submitted by Cramp, bo had simply
taken the alternate plans suggested by
the navy department, which amounted
to lengthening ibe hulls of the ships
from lift, en to twenty feet in
order to gain room for the more power
b engines required to drive the ships
at a speed of IS and one-fourth knots,
instead of 16 knota aa first proposed.
The board of naval bureau chiefs have
Invited the Newport News company and
the UnlonIron workg to amend their
plans go as to make their ahips identi
cal with that proposed by Cramp. It is
the understanding that each of the
companies will be given a contract for
one ship. '
old tar Shot by a I'ollenraae.
Oalvkitom, Hep. 18. Edward Alex
ander Call.gham, a private in the Firrt
United Stales volunteers (immune)
was sbo. to death last night, and his
companion wa wounded in the abdo
men. Harry Ow-ns, a superunumerary
policeman, surrendered blmtelf. Ht
taya he attempted to arreat the men.
who had imposed upon a little boy, and
they threw him down, kicked hiaa and
bee aa knifing him. The Immoaea wen
paid of yeaterday and moat of UkM
oewn lows uesf eteeusi.
VVEYLER UNDER FIRE
SESSION OF THE SPANISH SENATE
UPROARIOUS
flolant Bp arch by th Cuban Uutrhar Pro
ruk Intervention by the I'remler
Dead Cnnonu Crltlolad.
Madhid, Sept. 14. There was ar.othei
Oproartm seesion of the sena'e yester
day. Count Almenes, referring to the
statement of Monday, giving tha names
it the generals, whom he said ought to
have their sashes tied around their
necks instead of around th;ir waists,
naming Weyler, Blanco and Priuio de
Rivera, af er which he ale included Ad
miral Cervera in the category ea d Gen
eral Linare-i was also incompete , and
ought to bearraigned. Tiierenpon Gen
eral Weyler and others loudly protested
against these charge-), and General Wey
ler called on Count Almenes to name
those gem rala who were accused of fall
ing to their duty, and, he addod, if the
accusations were true, and the culprits
could not be legally punished, the gen
erals would take the matter in their
own hands and inflict proper punish
ment, A great tumult ensued, the senators
Standing, shouting and threatening eauh
other. The president of the senate vain
ly strove to restore order, and broke bit
bell in a'ltetuptiinr to do so.
The minis'er for war, General Correa,
said the government alona was respon
sible. Senor Gonzales then made an attack
upon the deceased premier, Senor Cas
tillo, declaring the latter bad fore-een
the loas of Cuba and had planned with
Senor Sagststa to sign the surrender.
The loss of Cuba was a junt punishment
fur those who failed to profit by the
doctrine that the colonies should not be
governed by oppress! n.
The senate then adj turned.
A MANIFESTO I'liOHIR.'TED.
The republicans, Oarlisis and bolting
com-ervatives of the chamber of deputes
have issued a manifesto giving their rea
sons for opposing the government. Its
publication hat been prohibited.
Senor f-'airasta in an interview today
said no claims advanced by the United
States after the pence protocol was
signed or the twi tes bureau met to elect
peace c mmitsioners should be enter
tained. Major-General Merritt, it is faid here,
goes to Paris, emp twt-red to ask, in tha
name of the insurgents, an American
protectorate over the whole of the Phil
ippine inlands.
The chamber of deputies considered
the rotoiol kidav in secret nefsion, the
rt publicans, Carlisis and difSenting con
servatives being absent.
The president, culled Senor Uriah to
order for intimating that tieneral Primo
de Rivera bad enriched bimnelf at tha
expense of the treasury.
SaOahta Dkkkn'MH mi Acts.
Senor Gonzales attacked the army.
He i-aid it had been worsted first by the
insurgents and then by the Americans.
He ask d what had become of the two
hundred thousand men sent to Cuba.
He blamed General Weyler and the
ate premier, Senor Canova" del Castilo,
axsenting that the la'ter win omnipo
tent while in power and might have
done what be pleased.
Senator Sagasta, replying, said that
ne-ther Senor Cantilo nor himself had
ruled long enough to change the charac
ter of the race, which was the true
oau'e he claimed, of the di-afcter to
Spain.
"We are," the premier said, "an
amaUaruic country. We were attacked
when acting as an honest man would.
We defended ourselves. I have lot my
prestige, but it is liecaiiHe I believe ths
path I am following it the best "
General Weyier then made a speech
of g eat violence, which provoked such
an outburst that the premier h id to in
tervene, and ca led upon the general to
explain his policy. General Weyler re
plied tnat he had not threa'ened the
government inntitutions, but only those
who had attacked the army.
No More Mrtxterlrig' Oat.
Washinutok, Sep. 14. Tremendous
pressure is still hem brought to bear
on the war dopartn cut to have more
troops mustered oui i the service. Ef
forts in this direction, however, are of
no avail. It Is announced today with
increased einphasii that there will be
no more troop mustered out. no matter
what lufiiiene I brY.ght to bear. The
situation duet not -ml of any further
reduction in the army, and efforts are
being made io puf t volunteers who
are detained to th service as near as
poesihle to ths footing of the regulars in
the matter of drill and discipline. The
purpose at the outsat was to inus'er out
100,000 volunteers, and little over M,
000 have already been mustered out ol
the volunteers now in the service, ami
the efforts to improve the morale of the
army has in view the Philippine situ
ation more than that of Cuba and Por
to Itio i, tho gh there is a great deal ol
vagueness as to the danger apprehended
there. ,
Hrlng Haok Surrendered Arms.
Niw York. Sep. 13. The United
States transport Saratoga arrived today
from Santiago via Montauk. The trans
port aalfed I rout Santiago on September
S, and arrived at Montauk Point on ths
th, with 250 colored laborers, eteM and
bout siity signal corps men, the Lattei
landing at Camp Wikot The trans
port brought to New York about 9,00f
rifles, a part of the surrendered arms ol
the 8 pan lab at Santiago, principal!)
Kaisers and fcemlngtotu.
SOLDIER BECOMES A MURDERER
fatal Iteealt of m Drunken gproe at
faa Krannlaoo.
: Sam FaKcioo, Sept. 15. When Wal
ler Hossor, the 'lenneBee volunteer who
uiurdrrrd Henry Hilehrand, a clerk io
the bpreckles market, during a drunken
spree, was booked at the city prison to
potter np be hande 1 in a wonnn'i gold
watch and f o5 in coin and arked that
the valuables be eared f ,r. Then tie wept
and caid he r alizad his d sgrsce, but
claimed not to lecollect anything about
the shooting.
"My father and mother are alive," be
said, "and are living in Stevenson, Ala.
My father is superintendent of the
Nashville, Chatanitoga & St. Louis rail
road. I am a member of the Higna Nu
fra'ernity and a graduate of the Vander
bilt university and am entitled to the
degree of doctor of medicine. When the
war bioke out I vvas a student in clas
sics, but left s hool and enlisted in the
Tenneeaee regiment at Memphis. My
knowledge of med cine gained me posi
t'on of s'eward of company B. whxh po
sition I still hold. I have telegraphed my
Cither and expect hiin to come to this
city at once."
Later in the evening J. II. Guarry of
Georgia, who bus lately come to this
state ti practice law, called on the pris
oner and tendered his services aa a f rii nd
o the family, and he was accepted. He
w 11 appear in court wtten Itosser is ar
raigned. After the Oil Tritat.
Chicago. Seot. 15. Judue Tuthill (!
the circuit court today decided that the
Dime of the anneal bond allowed by
Judue Dunne at the hearing of the
petition for a writ of mandamus to
compel the National Linseed Oil com
pany to permit the examinations of
their books by James H. Barnard, a
at ekholder of the company, acted as a
Btay on the execution of the writ. In
accordance with Uiih oitiaion he refused
t't enter a formal order staying the pro
ceedings. The premptory writ was
issued lat t week by Judge Dunne, since
time several futile attempts have been
made by the petitioner to get access to
the books of the company, which he
desires to examine with a view to ascer
taining the exact condition of the coin
ptny. The exauiin .tion is opposed by
the officers of ths company, who as
sert that the act on ia taken merely to
'orient litigation and embarrass the
company, of which the complainant is
Stockholder.
Turkft Hlattie (ireut Krltaln.
Coshtantinoplb, Sept. 15. The Turk
ish government has sent a circular to
tho powers, alleging that" the British
provoked the disorders at Cindia, as
lerting that the prenent situation is due
to the measures adopted by the powers
in Ciete, and protesting against the bom
bardment of Candia. The porte announc
es its refueal to will draw the Turkish
troops from Crete, in suite of the decis
iw) of the admirals lhat such a step is
tbnolutely necessary.
The circular has made a bad impres
sion in diplomatic circles.
Caniha. Tsia' d of rete, Sept. 15 The
Banhi B ir,ouks have consented to disarm
provided their arms arc delivered to the
rurkich authorities.
The Mussulman authorities, in view of
the admiral's ultimatum, have already
arrest d twenty ringleaders of there
ct nt masfacres.
Cuilnliy J'lant Haillngcd,
Omaha, Sept. 15. The smoke house
at the Cudahy packing plant in South
Omaha was totally destroyed by fire
this morning.
The fire broke out at 1:20. It was a
very hard fire to control and the fin men
had diilioulty in keeping it from Hpread
ii g to other parts of the plant, but at
latt succeeded. So'.te apparatus was
sent down from Omaha.
(in one side of the three-story build
ing that burned is the fertilizer plant
and on the other is the beef house. It
wai by hard work only that these struc
tures were prevented from going up in
sm ike also.
The unokehou e contained an im
uitns.s quantity of smoked gooJa which
will grcully increase the monetary
damage.
Killed a llaby llruiher.
IsniANAi'OUH, Ind., Sept. 1"). Yester
day while Mrs. CorMihus Driscroll was
attending the funeral of Howard Han
sing, who was murdered Saturday night
by George White, her flve-yoar-old
daughter picked up a Flobert rifle to
amuse her four-monlhs-old brother,
who was crying In some manner which
the child was unable to explain, the gun
was discharged and the bullet struck
the baby in the forehead, causing in
stant death. The accident happened at
the home of a relative a short distance
rom the house w here the body of Han
ing lay.
ollrn- President Wanted.
8an Fkancihco, Sept. 15. The resig
nation of President Keliogg of the uni
versity of California has aioused specu
lation as to his successor. The names
most prominently mentioned are those
of Jacob Gould t-churmau, president of
Cornell university; Danie: Colt Oilman,
president of Johns Hopkins, and Ed
mund J. James- of the university of
Chicago.
Killed at Oracle C'roulna;.
Wichita, Ka., Sept. 15. Three per
sons were killed outright and several
others badly injured here tonight when
a Rock Island passenger train struck a
carryall containing thirteen persons at
the Douglass avenue crossing. The
team was going at a rapid pace, and ths
driver could not stop at the crossing
when he saw that the train was upon
him. The dead are : Mr. Sarah Avery,
Mrs. W. H, Ford, John Cbotry. An un
known woman was probably fatally injured.
MANY MAY DECLINE
MEN ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THE
ARMY HOLDING OFF-
OoaeraJ Handeraon Among; Thoae Collated
Cpon to ceitl,lne of Def enae of War
Deuartment Mapped Out
Washington, Sept. 12. At the White
house no statement was made on to the
Itatus of the commission to inquire into
the administration of the army bureau,
iltboagb it was understood that most of '
the gentlemen invited by the president
to serve on the commission had been
beard from. It appears to b accepted
among high officials that General Gor
don, Mr. Lament and Mr. Lincoln are
not likely to accept. The opinion was
impressed that General Manderson,
Colonel Sexton and Dr. Kean might
lerve. However, some of the gentlemen
have written that they had the matter
under advisement and there is consid
erable doubt what the result will be.
There is no longer any doubt as to the
line of defense the war department in
tends to make. The heads of depart
ments will endeavor to place the respon
sibility for sufTei ing in the camps on i
the s. ouldera of the field and regiment
al olfici rs. They will attempt to show
that they were in no wi e dareliot, but
the volunteer olficers were incompetent
ind negligent. Already they have be
gun to furnish the correspondent e with
Uciden'B innumerable to prove the cor
rectnesn of tl.in contention,
BOMS S1NOLK COMPLAINTS.
A soldier in one of the Virginia regi
sients wrote to the secretary of war in
quiring why it was that his regiment
had received no fresh beef for over a
week, while a northern reg ment camped
ust alongside of them had fresh beef
lerved every day Hecretary Alger or
dered an investigation. Tne investiga
tion showed that the fault lay entirely
with the commissary of this Virginia
regiment. The beef had been a the J
disposal of the regiment all the time,
but the quartermaster did not know
enough to make out a requisition for it.
Il.e whole regiment had suffered de
rivation through tbe ignorance of this
man.
A letter whs received at the secre
tary's office from a New York gentle
man wno stated that he had no ac
quaintance with the secretary whatever
and wrote merely out of a sense of
justice. He was at Camp Wikoff for
ten clays, he Rays, nureing his boy, who
Is a member of the Seventy-first New
York. The hoy waa desperately ill with
ever. The gentleman says that nearly
70 per cent of this regiment had been
down sick. Encamps! right alongside
&f the Seventy-first was a regimrnt of
the regular army. The men in this
regiment were, with the exception of
comparatively few, not only well, but
hud rosy cheeks and looked the p cture
df health. The writer says that from
what he saw at Camp Wikoff the expla
nation of the great amount of siokness
among the volunteers fs clear to him. It
is i-lmply, he says, that the volunteers
d d not know how to take care of them
selves and their officers did not know
bow to take tare of them.
EAQAN COURTS AN INQUIRY.
General Eagan of the commissary de
partment wai with the president fifteen
0' twenty minutes af'er tbe departure
of G i e bI Shatter from the White house
yesterday. Captain Kagan assured the
president that be is in earnest in de
siring a searching investigation of his
work during the war. He is so sure that
the department will come out with flying
colors that he expressed the hope that
the president woul I appoint a commis
sion hostile lo the administration.
"We can even then be sure of a favor
able verdict," he said.
Genera! Eagan said there were num
bers of cases in his departments which
show "the absurdity cf the charges that
have boen made." During the war, he
aid, many anonomous complaints
reached his office of soldier being star
T d, or of lacking Attention when sick.
Not all of these were investigated by be
ing referred through various officials to
the colonels and captains of the men said
to hare been ill treated. In every lin
stance, he said, the investigations had
shown that there was no fodndation for
the stories.
"These complaints were not investiga
ted by my depart ment or officials belong
ing to it., said General Eagan, "but were
referred back through tbe adjutant gen
eral's office to the commander of tbe
camp, and by him to tbe colonel of the
regiment and captain of the company.
The reports of the latter are on file ia
my office in many cases." 8o far as his
b anch is concerned General Eagan raid
he courted this investigation as well aa
one by congress.
CeTera galla Today.
Portsmouth, N. II., Hep. 11. The
steamer City of Rome, fully equipped
to transport the Spanish prisoners to
Spain arrived this afternoon from New
York with Admiral Ce vera, his staff and
04 other prisoners. The steamer will
sail tomorrow for Spain.
May Mot Urn on tha Ticket.
Bt. Louis, Mo., Sept. 11 Neither fac
tion of the populist iarty will get theii
ticket on ths official ballot for the No
vember election anh-ss they secure a
mandamus to eonmnl the secretary ol
State to recognise tr party. Today
secretary of stale L eur refused to file
either ticket, because he says, it will take
a Judicial Inquiry to decide which ia ths
legal party populist, both baring beki
their oooTeasiesM hi St. Louis oat Um
, sane day.
BUftTON'S BUSY FOUR MIMOTCC
i 1
What a Maw Can Draaaa la a Cat Hasp
. Laatloi froaa 0411 to BiaO.
Burton bad set hie alarm clock fsr
6:30, as be hud some writing to do, sussl
knew that be couldn't steal time Um
that purpose at the office during tin
day. When tbe alarm clanged be
awoke, sat up in bed, thought UaO
for a moment and utterly forgot hiat
writing. It was 0:42 for he looked as
the unwinking face of tbe dial wheal
he settled buck for an involuntary dossi
one of those quick little naps that
overpower a man iu the short hour ee?
the morning.
A few moments later he was stains
lng in a small Inclosure surrounded by
big walls. A brown horse stamped be
sltle hlin, and a woman bearing at
marvelous resemblance In face ausal
voice to bis wife was trying to tell
him something. He shook bis hea
disengaged his arm from her restrain
ing hand, and tightened the saddle)
girth upon the brown borse. Upon the
horse's back he sprung, the walls opeav
ed, and he sped out, while behind bins
ciime streaming a tumultuous rout of
borse and foot soldiery in blue usd
forms, whom he had really failed to
notice before, but who evidently bo
longed to Ihe walled Inclosure.
The air was cool, bracing, delicious)
the skies bright blue. To right and left
rolling bills of considerable height
were crowned with underbrush and
straggling trees, while deeper woods
extended to the background. He no
ticed that the leaves were resplendent
in red and yellow, and be realized that
October was in all its glory.
Somehow the ride must have beea
short. There was a whirl of dust and
a coach whizzed by not a stage coach
of the West, but one of those affairs
with broad tires and cushioned seat
so much In vogue for tally-ho parties.
He found himself, horse and all, by the
side of the log wall again, and the
coach passed Inside. The next lnstnt
he noticed a puff of white smoke up on
the hillside about 1,000 feet away. Then ,
came other white puffs, and tbe leaves
flew In spots on either side of him. He
called his men called In a voice which
seemed to give no sound and there
was no noise accompanying tbe white
puffings up there among the under
brush. Ills men began to skulk be
hind trees and walls and opened fire
upon the pin res whence the white
clouds kept rolling.
A man in black ran out upon the
hillside, emerging from a clump of
brush. There was a genral firing and
the man staggered. As he fell Burton
noticed that, he had changed his cos
tume In the moment of the fall and
was now arrayed in a blue-gray uni
form. He picked himself up and reeled
back among the trees. There was more
firing and Burton awoke.
Fully believing himself hours behind
his office time, he looked at the clock. It
registered 5:46. All the events of the
dream had passed before his drowsy
mind in four minutes of actuality.
Chicago iMily News.
Care lor Yonr Shoe.
When you see a woman whose boots
and shoes are always polished and neat
you may know you have made one of
the discoveries of your life. There It
an ingrouud prejudice In the average
feminine mind against taking care of
footwear, and though a girl may b
particular about every other detail of
her toilet she slights her shoes woeful
ly. Of course It is not a pleasant task
to clean and polish shoes, but if dons
dally the work becomes easy.
Oranges are good for polishing shoes
aud for scouring board floors, though
too expensive for the latter purpose.
Take a slice of orange and rub It ovei
patent leather and let it dry. Then
take a soft brush, polish, and the shoe
will shine like a mirror.
For brown shoes nothing Is bettei
than a banana peel rubbed on quickly
and polished off with a bit of clean
cloth.
Never blacken patent leather. 11
should be treated with vaseline, sweet
oil or one of the patent creams sold by
shoe dealers for this purpose. Mud
and dust may first be removed by a
damp sponge. Then apply the oil and
rub dry.
Never put patent leather too near ths
fire, and above nil never put It In s
very cold place, for cracks will be ths
result In either case. Patent leathei
shoes should be wrapped separately In
soft cloth aud laid away In a box If
one does not possess forms upou whlct
to slip thetu.
New Names for the Same Old Thlngr.
"New names for old things," remark
ed a gentleman the other day, "are ths
order of the day. There are from tlms
to time heavy rainfalls In this countrj
which In the old time were character
ized as 'downpours,' or something of
that kind. Now, however, we hear ol
'cloudbursts' everywhere.' Every tlmi
a mill creek overflows or a bay croj
gets suddenly spoiled, It Is attributed ts
a 'cloudburst.' I'eople have been dying
from stoppage of the heart's action
since the beginning of mortality, and
yet It is but recently that we began ts
hear of 'heart failure.' A hoated tern
Is now produced by a 'hot wavy;' all
sickness that the doctors cannot under
stand Is attrlbuttMl to 'Brlgbt's disease,'
and living cheaply In nummer is called
'going Into the countrj'-' The nomen
clature Is different, but the old things
are tho same." New Orleans Time
Democrat
Tbe Push and the Pull.
"It Isn't hard work to fush a tandem,
Is It?"
"Oh, no. My hardest work waa pull
in' dad's leg to get the tandem." Ob
cago Tribune.
Thlokeet Known Coal ne
The thickest known coal seam in th
world Is tbe Wyoming, near. Twin
creek.