TOT WZWSPAPEB MAW.
Ha vtdora in hxndaumr or natty.
And ha none of therhiirma of the luw,
Js oft morf ttbHifactfd than chatty.
And aomvtimpn untxurably rude.
He court us, then alight uk and grieve
A mm h as he pnaaibly ran:
H" kiaar u, loves'us and leaves ua,
Thla prfldlouH newspaper man.
Our, mother won t have him dime rall
Bn:, He' no earthly rood en a "Vatr-h;"
HI moral (they any) arc apnallliiK:
Hla finances usually match.
U'a rollicking, mklwn, uncaring-.
Uvea but for the hour, ne day;
Jle'a dana-eroua. duhioua. daring;.
Not fit for a husband, they say.
But somehow we glrla are forgiving.
J'erhat.a hrUit need sg .the. .mure
Ileraus he (. wrong In the living
And known the old world to tta tore.
8o we pan up the dude and the m hrmrr,
Who lead In society's van.
And cherish the thinker and dreamer
Knchrlned In the newspaper mnn.
(Marie M. Hemclreet .In The itlue An-
cll Magazine),
CORDELIA.
BY FRANK H. SWEKT.
Copyright. IWi. by Authors' Syndicate.)
CORDELIA HACKETT was out
mending her fence. This wag
nothing UDUHiial, for the fence
had a habit of needing mending,
and for many a long year there had
been no one but Cordelia to do it, and.
in fact, to do all the mending and tend
ing and baking and making fur th? hun
gry Hai kett family. She had (smoothed
the way down into the valley for her
poor, paralytic father, and had paved
the way up the bill of life and Into an
education for her brothers and sisters,
and was now thinking of performing
the aame office for the motherless chil
dren of on older half-brother.
Tap, tap. tap, rang Cordelia's hammer
as she went along the fence, straighten
ing a slanting picket here and driving
a fresh nail In place of a rusty one
there; and tap. tap, tap, sounded firm,
approaching footnteps on the sidewalk.
But the artist of the hammer did not
notice. Her thoughts were busy in re
viewing the past and In making plans
for the future. The week before, her
youngest brother had gone out into the
world to make a place for himself, and
now she was alone for the first time
In her life. She had thought to remal.i
In her pretty, vine-covered cottage and
read and study and do Just what she
liked But only this morning a letter
h;ul come from her brother John, In
viting her to live with him and look
after his children. Well, of course she
would go; but It was with a sharp pang
she made the decision.
Presently the nails gave out. and she
rose with the Intention of going after
more. But as she did so she saw the
figure of a man leaning on her gate,
and a pair of keen, quizzing eyes were
looking straight Into her own.
An angry flush rose to her face, but
wag quickly suceeded by a look of
pleased recognition.
"For the land sake, Tom Rogers!' she
tried, as she stepped forward and gave
him ber hand, "who ever thought to see ;
you here? And with such whiskers.!
Why, 1 declare, I scarcely knew you!
Left see, )fg ten years since you went
out West?"
"Twelve, Cordelia, twelve," he said,
umllingly. "You remember It was the
year after father sold his farm. That
was in 'J9 Lizzie White had a lawn
party the evening before I left."
"Yes, 1 remember," giving him an
arch look. "You went home with Sudie
Adams, and folks did say"
"Oh, pshaw, Cordelia," he remon
strated; "you and Sudie were together,
and I started to go home with both of
you, but that little Ed Purcell came up,
and you went off with him " Then,
with sudden consternation: "I I beg
your pardon. You ain't married to
him, are you?"
"Not yet," placidly, "lie comes by
every few months and sort o' beats
'round the bush. But. you see, I've had
nil I could put hy hands to without
thinking o' such mings." Then, with a
gay, ringing laugh; "But lets talk
eenslble, Tom. I gave up marryin'
years ago. How are you gettln' on out
West? When did you come, and how
long are you goln' to stay?"
"Just got In, and you're the first per
'on I've talked to," he answered. "I
.ppesnd to feme this say. snd thought
'1 stop for old-tlme'g sake. You've got
nighty flowery place. Cordelia.
"Yes, I like It.
Hut won't you comeithlid asked for some sweets, and her
and git on the piazza while I make
le cool lemonade? Ifg pesky hot
here."
;Vin't mind if I do," with alacrity,
iln't In no particular hurry, and
if piazzy looks right cool an- invlt
And, besides, I'd like to ask a lot
uestions about the boys and girls;
t they are doing, and who's married
; who ain't."
Two rocking chairs were placed op
hite each other on the piazza, and
lie Cordelia was making the lemon
Tom gazed around with boylHh de
it. The piazza was screened from
. road by honeysuckles and wistarias,
-,nd he could count at least a dozen
bi-tterfilft sailing contentedly about.
' '"tost in reach of his hand was a
In'g nest, and aa he raised himself
.Khtly to look at the eggs, the owner
gan to scold him from one of the
.ifters overhead.
"Just exactly like It was 12 years
ago," he murmured, delightedly. "And,
on my soul, I believe that's the same
old bird that used to scold me so terri
bly. There, there, there!" as the robbln
redoubled her cries; "that Isn't the way
to welrome a friend. I won't hurt your
eggs."
Here Cordelia came out with the lem
onade and a small stand, which the
placed between the two chairs.
"There, help yourself!" the tald.
"Now tell me how you've been gettln'
on out West " ' k ,
"Oh. 'Jet toler'ble,' as they say out
President Jordan and the other mem
berg of the faculty of Inland Stanford,
Jr., University, California, have adopt
ed resolutions of regret at the recent
death of the Rev, Dr. Horatio Stebblnt,
late of San Francisco, and a member of
the board of trusteeg of the university.
They aay that In timet of darkness and
uncertainty he never lost faith, and his
advice was alwayt tane and cheering,
and that In losing him the public of the
Pacific rttt "lotet a force making for
rlghti otitnest that can 111 be tpared,
and the unlvenlty lotet one of the most
helpful, hopeful and tteadfaat of Ita
there," he replied. laughing. "Only In
my case, the "jeg" toler'ble' means first
rate. I started as a cowboy, and then
bought a few head of tattle and some
land, and after that pushed ahead 9ift
ty steady. I was always hardworking,
and so got on faster than tome of my
neighbors. After awhile a railroad
came through, and a village started up
less than three miles from my place.
That boosted me right to the top. Now,
I've got as pretty a ranch as there is
west of the Missouri."
"Why. that's splendid!" she fried, her
faro glowing with pleasure. "I'm awful
glad you're doin' to well. Polks around
here have an idea that you've been sort
of runnln' out"
"How came they to get such a no
tion .' cautiously.
"Well, 1 I believe Ed Purcell spoke
oi it in the first place."
Ed Purcell!" Tom rose to his feet
In suddcij wrath. Then he sat down
with a smothered laugh. "The mean
liar! He didn't know the first thing of
wnat ve been doing. You didn't be
lieve him, Cordelia?"
She looked distressed.
"How could I help it, Tom?" she fal
tered, hd said he got letters from you
on and on, and I didn't suppose he
would ten a story." Then, with an ef
fort to change the subject: "Did you
oring your family along?"
"Family?"
"Yes, your wife and children?"
He gazed sharply at her for a roo
ment to see If she was in earnest: then
he threw himself back in his chair with
a sudden burst of laughter.
"Did Ed tell you that?" be asked, ag
soon as he could get his breath. "Well
he s a dandy, he is. And did you be
lieve it?
She did not answer, but he could see
from her changing countenance and
averted eyes that she had believed it.
"Ixok here, Cordelia," he said, ab
ruptly. "what do you suppose 1 came
nark for?
"To look around to see your rela
tions, perhaps," she answered, hesi
tatingly.
"My relations are all out West. Fa
ther and Brother Jake went there soon
after I did. No, it was on account of
this, taking a small slip of paper from
his pocket and handing it to her. "Jake
takes the home paper, and sometimes I
look it over. Iast week I happened to
see tnig Item. Read It."
She did so, mechanically.
"We understand that our esteemed
fellow-townsman, Paul Hackett. has ob
tained a lucrative position in the city
and that he will soon depart for the
scene of his future labors. This will
leave his sister. Miss Cordelia, to keep
house alone-
"I don't see much In that," she said,
as she handed back the paper.
"Well, I do. Anyhow, it brought me
here." His voice had suddenly grown
eager, while her gaze fell beneath his,
while her face began to flush. "Listen,
Cordelia. When I was returning that
night, after I had gone home with Sadie
Adams, I met Ed Purcell. I felt more
like pitching into the bushes than talk
ing. but the fellow was so friendly and
soft-spoken that I was obliged to stop
through mere civility. He spoke about
the weather and the party, and then
fold me that you and he were engaged.
I never liked the scamp, but I didn't
suppose he would tell a He. The next
day I started West."
Cordelia was standing now, her face
flushed and her eyes blazing.
"Engaged to Ed Purcell!" she gasped.
"Oh. Tom! you didn t believe that?"
"How could I help it?" he answered,
grimly, repeating her words of a few
minutes before. "I didn't suppose he
would tell a story. Then all the anger
mm gritnnens leu ins iace, una ub iib
held out his errns the tenderness of 12
years' repression came tremulously Into
his voice. "Cordelia, darling, will you
go back with me?"
She made a shy step forward, then
hesitated.
"There's John and the children," she
raid.
"Brother John and the children! He's
well to do and can find somebody else
to look after them. Will you come?"
The flush grew deeper on her face,
but her voice was clear and Arm ag she
answered:
"Yes, Tom."
Sol Smith Russell's Niece.
Sol. Smith Russell had three young
nelces living out West, and he was very
fond of them. One day, while visiting
his brother s. jeweler in Kattss fitv
he took the youngest of the trio to
walk. As they passed a candy shop the
uncle acquiesced, only on condition that
shn would not eat any until they got
home. She promised and was given the
candy. Then they started home.
"I;t'a wun." said the child, pleading
ly, to her dignified, Lincolnlc uncle.
"No, my dear, It Isn't nice to run," he
answered.
"Oh. let's do wun!" she coaxed.
Again he refused. Then the chubby
little hand squirmed from his and. drop
ping (iown on her knees right on the
pavement, she scorned the passing peo
ple and In a clear little voice prayed:
"Oh. Hod, p'ease make Undo Sol
wun! "
"It was simply a question of my los
ing my dignity or her losing her faith
In Ood," said the actor In after years,
"so we ran aa fast as we could. But we
walked together no more." Philadel
phia Times.
Turned Oirl't Headt.
"Do you see the tall chap, Pctro?
Well, he has turned many a girl's
head."
"But he Is neither handsome nor
rich"
"1 know that"
"Then how did he turn girls' heads?"
"With hit preparations. He manu
factures hair bleach." Philadelphia
Record.
Watchdogs are to be placed on night
duty with the watchmen in the Louvre
Museum, Paris
One In the Dark.
"Beware," tald the fortune-teller, "of
a tall, dark roan."
"You are trying to black male me!"
faltered the fair young maid.
In a letter to the Provincial Journal
Edwin C. Pierce calls attention to the
fact that Exeter, Charlestown, West
Greenwich, Harrington and Little
Compton, an aggregate population of
4.7H9, have aa many votes in the Rhode
Island tenate at the five cities of Prov
idence, Pawtucket. Woonioeket, New
port and Central Falls, aggregate popu
lation nzjn
Knowledge of Human Nature
Necessary to a Preacher
T Is not a man's study of theology
that makeg him a great preach
er," said a minister of the gos
pei, who spoke with the assur
ance of a man who is a decided success
in his profession, "but it is his experi
ence and knowledge of human nature.
"From the moment a man graduates
from the theological college to the end
of hla career as clergyman his experi
ences are worth recording. -
"Really I think my most ridiculous
experience, or, rather, the experience
showing the most peculiar specimen of
human nature, occurred about two
years ago. I had officiated at a funeral,
and the grieving husband assured me
that he wished to pay me something for
my services, and would come to see me
in the course of a few weeks. I pro
tested, but thought no more of it.
"Six months later he appeared in my
home, accompanied by a lady. He said
he wished to marry the young woman,
and so I tied the knot. Then he asked
me to go out into the hall, and he hand
ed me a $10 bill, saying:
" 'Say, is that enough for both jobs?'
"Let me tell you of a cage which
sounds like the tale of a revivalist. One
stormy winter's night, when the con
gregation was small, I preached a ser
mon on honesty.
"After the service a stranger, who
had been sitting in one of the back
seats, agked me if he might have a lit
tle talk with me. I consented, and took
him into my study.
"He said that my sermon had stirred
him all up; that several years ago he
had told a falsehood, committed a dis
honest act, and had thereby got posses
sion of a large sum of money. He said
neither his employer nor any one else
knew of his dishonesty, but that he had
not had a comfortable moment for all
these years.
"He was engaged to a spirited young
woman, and was about to be married.
He wanted me to determine for him
whether he should go to his employer,
make a clean breast of the matter, and
then tell his betrothed, and leave it to
her to break or keep the engagement,
as she saw fit.
"I talked with him a long while and
advised him to clear up the whole affair.
I told him that if he did not his mar
riage would mean nothing to him, as he
could not possibly be as good a husband
with such a cloud hanging over him,
and that probably it would change his
whole temperament bo that he would
not be lovable. I advised him to get
the whole thing off his conscience.
"Two weekg after I had a letter from
him from a far part of the country.
He wrote that he had told his employer,
lost his place, ruined his reputation,
lost his sweetheart, but now he was
having a rest that he had not been able
to enjoy for years. He said that It near
ly broke his heart to give up his lady
love, but that some day he might ask
another woman to marry him, and then
he could ask her to marry an honest
man.
Real Tragedies Encountered.
"But think of what a heavy responsi
bility the man put on me in asking me
what course he should pursue.
"We run across real tragedies every
once in a while and some of guch a na
ture that they eat Into our very soul
and you never can give up sorrowing
over them- One wild rainy night a be
drnrirted woman came to my home.
"She wag wet through, her hair was
flying down her back and around her
face and her garments were worn and
frayed. When I came into the room she
was squeezing her bands together until
you could hear the bones crack.
"'Do you know who I am?' she
asked.
"1 told her I did not. Then she asked
me If I remembered reading in the pa
pers about a woman killing ber hus
band, and said she was that woman.
"I remembered the newspaper story.
The provocation for the murder had
been so great that the grand Jury would
not Indict her.
She was in a fearful state, half crazy,
r.ot because she had murdered her hus
band, but because she believed she had
sent him Into eternity without a chance
for repentance and salvation. She be
lieved that by repentance her crime
would be forgiven her, but she could
not get over the Idea that she had taken
away all chance of salvation from her
husband.
"I reasoned with the woman and
prayed with her and told her that the
question of salvation did not He In her
hands, but. In the hands of the Ever
Just One and that he would grant mer
cy where It was deserved and that we
mortals could not shape such things.
"I got the woman quieted and In a
saner frame of mind and I believed that
I had settled the nuestlon for her. A
month later I picked up the newspaper
and saw that they had found her and
her children dead In bed with both gas
burners turned on. Evidently she had
become crazy over the subject and could
not stand It any longer.
Annoyed by Anonymoua Letters.
"Do you know that anonymous letters
are the bane of a clergyman's life? A
neighbor of mine went crazy simply
because of such letters. He had re
ceived so many threatening his life and
also demanding blackmail that he did
not dare to go out on the streets and
Anally became Insane.
"Generally these lettera are not a
scheme for money, but are pure devil
ment on the part of the writer. Of
course, we get all sorts of criticism In
these letters and numerous suggestions.
The only way to dispose of such letten
it to threw them Into the tire at once.
"The criticisms which a minister
mutt stand directly from hit congrega
tion are often most irritating, hut a
Methodist friend of mine got the better
of one old fault-finder. The minister's
views were a little more liberal than
were allowed by that denomination at
that time. I
He had received warning that he
wat thought to be tomethlng of a here
tic, to he became very careful, hit ser
mons were a model of Methodism, but
he let himself out in hla prayers. When
he offered these petltlont he prayed for
everything and everybody and wot at
liberal as possible,
"The elders liked hla aertnont, but
moved around uneasily when he prayed.
Finally one of the eldert wat appointed
to visit the mlnltter and protest.
" 'You are preaching herety,' tald the
elder.
'Will you pleaee point out In what J
sernon I have shown myself a heretic?'
asked the minister.
" 'Well, it hssn't been exactly in your
sermons,' said the elder.
" 'Do I preach heresy when I read the
BiMe?' inquired the minister.
" 'Certainly not,' was the reply, 'but
you are a heretic in your prayers.'
" 'See here,' flashed forth the minis
ter, 'I'm not saying my prayers to you,
but to the Lord. So long as he does not
object I shall keep righc on praying just
as I have been doing.'
"Talking about herfsy, a young Con
gregationallst minister who was slow
ly turning Unitarian had a funny ex
perience. There was a meeting after
the weekly prayermeeting to pronounce
judgment on him. He wag asked to be
present and consented.
"Some of the church members de
nounced the minister's changing views
and some declared for him. Suddenly a
little woman began to rock back and
forth and sob.
" My creed, my creed, you mustn't
take away my creed.'
"A Bister with snapping black eyes
look' d at the sobbing wo?nan in disgust
for a minut and then jerked out:
" 'Do behave yourself. Who wants
your creed, anyway?'
"Sometimes when T pick up a maga
zine or a new work of Action I vow that
I will write my own experiences and
they will be much inore exciting than
any navel written, but ministers have
lit tie time for such writing."
THE BEE'8 ECONOMY.
It it One of the Mott Wonderful Things
in Animated Nature.
"It is as certain as anything can be
that at one time the bee was simply
male and female. The irresponsible
male buzzed about getting his own liv
ing, marrying and dying. The responsi
ble female not only got her own living,
but that of her children. Somehow,
they tame to see the advantage of com
munal effort, and, just as women say
now: 'If you'll wash the dishes, I'll
wipe 'em,' one female bee said to the
others: '''11 be the mother if you'll
get the living.' It was a bargain, and
they took the drones to board. Some
body had to look out for them. The
queen of a beehive does not rule; she
lays eggs. She does not mind the
babies. She does not even do her own
digesting, let alone getting the food.
The attendants that surrond her are
not continually bowing and scraping
and saying: 'Your majesty;' they are
feeding her with bee milk, secreted by
glands in their heads. It is like the
chyle poured into our blood, food so
perfect that the queen does not need
to leave the hive from time to time to
keep it clean and sweet. She has to be
fed continually, for at certain periods
she has the power of producing from
2,000 to 3,000 eggs a day, twice her own
weight four times, indeed, for more
than half her weight in eggs. In her
lifetime a very prolific queen will lay
1,500,000 eggs. Put each of these little
grains, one-fourteenth of an inch long,
end to end, and they will make a line
of a mile and three-quarters.
"She possesses the power of choos
ing which of her offspring shall be
drones and which workers. Some have
thought that this was automatic, and
that the narrower worker cell touched
the button, so to speak, that brought
forth a fertilized egg. But the queen
will lay worker eggs in drone cells If
she thinks fit, go that settles that.
"If the drone is male and the queen
female, what is the worker? The New
Woman of Beedom. She has given up
her motherhood for a business career.
Sometimes, though, she lays eggs, but
they always hatch out drones, of which
it is strictly true to say: They have
a mother, but no father. If the queen's
wlnps are crippled so that she cannot
make her marriage flight, her children
are all drones. An Italian queen is a
hive of black bees will beget workers
of mixed blood, but her sons are pure
Italians. Drones are useful as fath
ers of workers, but they cannot collect
the honey they eat. Their tongues are
too short.
"The vorm when it hstch8 out of
the egg lies in Its cell surrounded by
bee milk or 'royal jelly,' as it is called.
As it grows in size and strength it it
weaned, so to speak, by having the
milk diluted more and more with pap
made of pollen, honey and water, till
It finally Uvea on grown bee diet. If
the worker ig not weaned, If It lives on
the fat of the land till It spins its co
coon. It will be a queen.
"What marveloua, 'what miraculous
transformations occur In the progress
Irom that tiny pearly egg, covered with
a fine net like the stuff the women
folks call 'blonde;' through the blind
and legless grub that soaks its food
in ag well as eats It; through the chry
salis that lies tranced while the swell
ings on Its shoulders change Into a
double pair of gauzy wings and that
ridge upon its breast it metamorphosed
Into an Ingenious tongue, while the
interior organs undergo profound mu
tations, each step of which traces back
through millions upon millions of con
tributing ancestors." Alnslee's Maga
zine. The Value of an Opera Box.
Ownership of an opera box In the
Metropolitan Opera house carries a
financial aa well at a social advantage.
The executort of the estate of Calvin
S. Brice recently sold half a box for
136,000. The original coat of the box
wat $30,000.
Aside from the principle of $30,000
paid originally and the Interest charge
able thereto, the cost for a season of
opera to a boxholder It $3,000. Thlt
It levied at an assessment on each box-
holder. Boxes for tubscrlptlon per
formance! at night rent for $125 and
for matineet for $100. Next teaton
the Income from thit touree would be
$8,076 for the tubtcrlptlon perform
ances If a box In "the horseshoe"
thould be rented for each performance
and the demand would eatily make
that possible.
In addition, however, there are tev-
teen Saturday evening performancet
and the various extra matineet and
night perf.rmancea that are alwayt
crowded Into the end of the teaton.
Kent of tbete would easily make the
income from a box $100,000 a year on
the Mala of next teaton and others to
come. Omaha Bee.
CUBA'S FIRST BATTLESHIP.
It Was Bought for 8 5 Never in an
Encounter.
"While there is a good deal of talk
these days about Cuba," said the man
who likes to converse, "it should not be
forgotten that the man who was first
to float the Cuban flag over an armed
deck is in the United States and is not
bloviating about it, either. He is Colo
nel Prentiss Ingraham. author, travel
er, goldier, sailor, and a lot of other
things. In the summer of 1869 Colonel
Ingraham bought, in New York city,
for the large sum of $5, the steamer
Hornet, which had once been the Lady
Sterling, a blockade runner captured
by the United States government and
made a dispatch-boat for the service of
President Lincoln. A wealthy Cuban
living in"iew Y'ork had bought her
from the government, and he sold her
to Colonel Ingraham for $5 because he
wanted to. Y'ou see she had to belong
to somebody and Colonel Ingraham was
the best man because he knew his busi
ness. She made two trips to Cuba as a
filibuster, carrying arms which she took
on board at sea so as not to implicate
the United States in any act against a
friendly government, Spain being on
terms with us at the time. Colonel In
graham was in command.
"In October of 1869 she cleared from
Philadelphia for Liverpool and put in
at Halifax under stress of weather, or
so it was stated. Here she was met
by Admiral Edward Higgins, an ex
confederate officer, and formerly of the
United States navy. The Hornet re
mained in Halifax until suspicion point
ed so strongly her way that the English
authorities were about to seize her a
second time, though she had already
been searched and nothing had been
found on her which she had no right to
carry.
She left Halifax in such a hurry that
she was fired on from the forts, but got
away all right, making the run to Caps
Sable, 60 miles, in three hours. At sea
Admiral Higgins ordered her course
southward, and the 45 sailors on board
mutinied, and there was a fight for the
ship, the officers winning. Off Martha's
Vineyard, the ship was met by several
small vessels carrying arms and men,
and these were taken on board, and the
Hornet became a fully equipped vessel
of war, having 26 officers, 300 men, and
nine guns, one 100-pounder bow chaser,
two 6-pounderg, four 30-pounders, and
two 20-pounders. Once at sea with this
equipment, Colonel Ingraham, who had
been in command of her since her pur
chase, turned her over to Admiral Hig
gins. the officers received their com
missions, Colonel Ingraham becoming
commandant of marines, her name was
changed to the Cuba, and Colonel In
graham, with his own hands, raised the
Cuban flag over her, being the first
Cuban flag ever to go up over an arm
ed deck of a Cuban vessel, and, by the
way, there has not yet been another
one.
"Not long after this, a month or to,
the Cuba was caught in a hurricane
and had to put in at Wilmington, N. C,
for coal. She had hard coal, which
would not make steam, and soft was
necesaary. The Spanish mail steamer,
with $3,000,000 in treasure and ZOO
Spanish officers from Cuba, had got
away from her on this account, and this
was worse than a hurricane. She was
suspected by the authorities at Wil
mington, and, though every effort was
made to get away before she could be
searched, It was impossible, as her en
gines had been uncoupled for repairs,
and she was captured. Admiral Hig
gins surrendered her to Colonel Frank
or the United States army, but refused
to pull down his flag until he had been
tried and the ship was finally confis
cated. The trial lasted a month and re
sulted in the acquittal of Higgins and
Ingraham; the other officers were sent
to Washington under bond and re
leased later, and the men were paid
off and discharged. The Cuba, however,
was held and sent to New York, under
command of Captain Maffltt, formerly
of the famous Confederate privateer
Florida, and she was later taken to
Baltimore, where she was left to rot.
I understand she is lying in the mud
down there now, and, if she is, the
Cubans ought to resurrect her and
take her home. Colonel Ingraham Is
now living in New York City."
A Nice distinction.
i if uiuiiiw aim uiue-t-yeu capti
who takes the summer visitors on long
and delightful sails in his pretiy boat
the Phoebe Lou, has never grown rich,
although his native town on "the Cape"
is full of well-to-do people for'nearly
four months every year. A newcomer
to the place thinks he may have found
the key to the captain's moderate cir
cumstances. One day this young man had invited
a party of a dozen to go as his guests
for an "all-day cruise" with the captain.
At the end of the excursion he found
that In the hurry of the early start he
had left his money at home.
"I'll be down tomorrow the first
thing, to pay you, captain," he said, re
gretfully, "and I'm sorry I was so care
less as to come off without my money
today."
"See here," said the captain, gravely
tendering the young man a bulging
wallet which he extracted from an in
side pockets "if you'd fell any easier
to settle your bill tonight I can lend ye
the money well as not, and you can give
It back whenever it's convenient, or let
her run till another spring It's pretty
near the end of the teaton, anyhow. I
know how you feel about a regular bill.
I always want to get 'em paid up toon
at they're due." Pioneer Press.
AND 80 EE DOES IT.
But Re Wouldn't If There Were Any
body Inferior to Him.
Washington 8tar: "You have been
with that firm a long tin," tald the
old school friend.
"Yet," answered the man with the
patient expression of countenance.
"What's your position?"
"I'm an employe."
"But what Is your official title?"
"I haven't any official title. It's like
this: When the proprietor wants some
thing done he tells the cashier, and the
cashier tells the bookkeeper, and the
bookkeeper tells the assistant book
keeper, and the assistant bookkeeper
tells the chief clerk, and the chief clerk
tells me."
"And what then?"
"Well, I haven't anybody to tell, to
I have to so and do It"
IEWS OF INTEREST TO KfXSWUn.
Dakota Wants Turgoons.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) Hearing on.
the requisition from the governor of;
South Dakota for C. W. Volaire and;'
Adelore Turgeon, who reside . near Da
kota City, will take place before Actinc,
Governor Steele. They are charged?
with shooting at a posse of South Da-,
kota deputy sheriffs who attempted to.
arrest them for trespassing. The de-
fendants claim that the land is in Ne-(
braska and that the Dakota authorities
had no right to arrest them. They are'
here in person to resist the process.
The trouble all originated over the
title and location of . certain pice ol',
land that the Turgeons declared be-
longed to Nebraska, while their op-',
ponents declared belonged to their
neighbors on the north.
Mrs. S. S. Adams is the owner of a '
farm on the north side of the river..
She has held peaceable possession ever,
since 1876. In 1897 a considerable piece,
of iand was added to hers by the ac
tion of the river. Whether this action j
was sudden or gradual is a question,
that is answered according to the point i
of view. Naturally, Mrs. Adams de-'
Clares it was gradual. The Turgeons
declare that it was sudden.
At least It was not long after Mrs.
Adams secured her new possessions ..
that the Turgeons began exercising'
dominion over it. The difference grew
and finally "Fred" Turgeon was ar
rested and released only after a per
petual injunction had been issued
against him by the South Da-
Kota courts enjoining him from in
Shortly after this he tore down one of
her fences, and was again, arrested, "
this time on the charge of contempt
of court. He was sentenced to a term .
jii jan uui iimnagtu uj JllUKe. nis .co
ca pe.
Pile Cars In Ditch.
P.e.-itrice, Neh. Train No. 97, west
bound T:ock Island fast freight,' was.
wrecked near Thompson, a small sta
tion, about six miles west of Fairbury.
No. 97 left Fairbury about 5:30 a. m..
and was in charge of Conductor Alcott
and Engineer Neville, The train con
sisted of thirty-five cars, an engine
and caboose and was pulled by one of
the new, heavy engines recently put In
use by the road. The load consisted
of merchandise and produce,' which
was scattered in every direction when
the cars were piled up In. the ditch.
The recent heavy rains in this vi
cinity had softened the roadbed and
just as the big engine and train struck
a hill two miles this side of Thompson
the -rails spread and the tender and
eighteen cars left the track and rolled
into the ditch, which is very deep along
this part of the road. The train was
running at the rate of twenty-five'
miles per hour and most of the cars
were badly shattered.
Ten tramps who were on their way
to the Kansas wheat fields were riding,
on the trucks of the train and one of
them was caught between two cars'
and crushed so badly that he will die.
Two others were caught in the wreck--age
and at last accounts their bodies
were still in the wreck. The name of
the injured man cannot be learned, as
he was unconscious when taken to
Fairbury for medical treatment, and,
nothing by which he could be identi
fied could be found about his person.
Washington Notes.
Washington, D. C (Special.) An
nouncement is made by the civil serv
ice commission that examinations for
three rural carriers and substitutes
will be held at York. Neb., July 26. The ,
successful applicants will have charge
of the three rural routes that will be
opened out of York on September 1..
They must be between 18 and 45 years
and their applications must be filed
before July 21 with the secretary ot
the board at Y'ork. ....'
Henry T. Clarke of Omaha, who is in'
the city urging his old claim against
the government for rent of certain
buildings used prior to the building of
Fort Crook, was presented to the.pres-.
ident by ex-Senator Thurston. John
T. Wertz, also of Omaha, accompanied ''
them. .
Pensions have been granted to the '
following Nebraskans: Increase, res
toration, reissue, etc. Thomas Daw
son, Virginia, $10; Frederick Myers,'
Llncoln, $8; Jonathan F. Gates, He-,
bron, 110. Original widows, etc. Em
ma T. Copeland, University Place, $8.- .
Otto A. Shanghorn has been reconi-'
mended for postmaster at Fontanells-, '
Neb., by Representative Mercer. He
will replace A. W. Sprech!' who hus
resigned. ' ' '
The signal and engineering corps of
the national guard which is located
at Fremont will be a thoroughly
equipped company. The organization
has made a requisition for its equip
ment and supplies" which are expected
here very soon. The supplies Include
a complete heliograph apparatus, ap
paratus for wireless telegraphy, or
dinary telegraph apparatus, surveying
Instruments, drafting tools and other
property, making an outfit equal to
that of an engineering , and signal
corps of the regular army, The com
pany armed at present as Infantry,
having Krag-Jorgenson rifles. Tho
ranks of the company are filled and
there are a number on the waiting'
list.
Baltimore American: "Yes," said
Miss Qaddie, "when I told Mr. Frank
that I was 25 he seemed surprised."
"I believe he did ' Intimate that he
couldn't reconcile that age with the
way you talked." "Gracious, I hope
he didn't consider my conversation too
frivolous?" "Oh, no, he merely re'
marked that you talked like sixty."
The emperor of Japan Is to confer
the highest decoration within his gift'
upon Lord Salisbury In honor of the
Anglo-Jspanese alliance.
