The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, March 25, 1898, Page 3, Image 3
THE RED CLOUD CILLEF. ikhLi m2u2SKm ' & fl. liSlit ii'iira mmmMLaK, (isp .--.-.'.'''vLBOHT - .- ItalL"-! 1 iHHbS8 INTERNATIONAL PRISS ASSOCIATION. CHAPTER XVIII (Continued.) "Mr. Aylmer Is hero, my lonl." h" said. "Will your lordship see him." "Certainly, of courdc." exclaimed U lordship. "Show hlni here at once." Tho man rot lint, ami In a minute or two returned with Dirk, who said '('lood-mornlng" to his unrlr, with an ilr of cheerful civility. "H'Kh,' grunted the old lord, "moru- n?. Well?" "Well, ulr." said Dirk, "t have Hinugltt tho matter over, and although I have not, and never have had, any wish to go to India, 1 have decided that It will he host for me to uerept the ajipolntmcnt yon were good unntit'h to get for me." "Oh er. I'm glad you've come to your Benscs at last." Hald the old lord, a shade iiioic graciously. "Well, you had hetter go and Hue Harry Jloynton about It that will be the beat. And then you'll have to net your affairs put in order, make your will, and all that." "I have made my will." Bald Dirk, promptly, "although It's true I hadn't very much to make It for." "Ah! that's good those thttu; ought always to he done before they are wanted. Dy-the-bye, Dirk, are ou hard up, or anything of that kind? Do you want any money?" "No, sir, thanks. I could do with a hundred or two. of courf-e who couldn't? Hut I am not in debt, or anything of that sort." Tho old lord caressed his white mus tache nnd looked at bis heir with a nort of comical wonder. "Ton my houI," ho remarked. "I can't tell how you do It." "Eh?" said Dick, not understanding, and, in fact, not Interested In his uncle's thoughts. "Well, how you do It. Expensive regiment flat in Palace Mansions Riviera, nnd all tho rest" Dick shrugged his shoulders. "Well, ulr, I don't owe a penny in the world, I glvo you my word." "Ah! Mrs. Harris must be a young lady of very moderate desires." said Lord Aylmer, lighting another cigar ette. "Havo one?" "No, thank you, sir," returned Dick. "And what will become of Mrs. Har ris when you are gone to India, eii?" tho old man asked, with a great air of interest. "Well, sir." said Dick. "I always mako it a rule never to talk about my friends' private- aftalrs. even when 1 happen to know them." "You won't tell mo." Lord Aylmer chuckled. "Oh! very well, very well lover mind. I can taku a hint as well as anybody." "When it nulls your purpose," Dick's thoughts ran, as ho watched the aandsomc, wicked old face. Then he got up from his chair. "IT yon don't want me any longer, sir. 1 will go and pay my respects to my lady, lly-tlie-bye, 1 hope you arc less anxious about her than you were a short time ago." Lord Aylmer Jumped up In a fury nnd stamped his gouty foot hard upon tho lloor. "Damme," he cried, "that woman Is like an India-rubber ball, and as hard as nails Into the bargain." "Then she Is better," said Dick, with an air of profound and anxious Inter eat. "Hetter! Damme," tho old savage cried, "she's outrageously well, sir, Damme, her hcalthlneca Is positively aggressive." "Hut that must bo a great relief to your mind, sir," said Dick, with per fect gravity. "Rollcf!" tho other echoed, then seemed to recollect himself a little. "Ah! yes. yes, of course to bo sure. Well, go and sco her. 1 dare say you will find her In tho boudoir." Dick felt himself dismissed with a wave of tho old lord's hand, and being never very anxious to remain in his presence, ho betook himself away, and went to llnd her ladyship. Hut 1uiy Aylmer wan not In tho house had, in fact, been gono out somo tlmo beforo ho reached It; so Dick Jumped Into a cab and went back to Palace Mansions to Dorothy, who mot him with a now idea. "Dick, darling," sho said, "I know that you aro worrying about mo, and what I shall do when you aro gono, and I have thought of something." "Yes. Havo you thought that, after all, It would bo safe for you to go right out and risk everything?" "No, becausu you do not go till Sep tember, and by then I shall havo got very near to tho time No, It Is not that at all; but you will have leave until you sail, won't you?" "Yes." "Then might wo not go to tho sea for a month? I am pining for n breath of Bca air, and It will bo good (or you, too." "That Is oasy enough. Where shall wo go? Tenby or would you rather bo nearer to Gravclelgh?" "Wo could not go to any of the Vlace3 near Gravololgh, Dick I should bo meeting pcoplo there." "Yes; but wo might go to Ovorstrand or Cromer, or go down to ono of tho Httlo, quiet places near Hamsgate. Why, If you like, wo might even go o ltamsgato or Margato Itself.' "I don't In tho least caro where," Dorothy replied. "Hut whnt I wanted to say Is this you romomber my coisln, Esther Brand?" "I'vo heard you speak of her." ifyCfyTiiiJ-TTri v. ;Vfs53H!,--l GOT OF "Well, when you arc gone would you let mc write to her and ask her to conic and stn with mo till 1 am ready to come after you'.' She Is young and kind, ami I am very fond of her, and altogether It would be very different for me than If I had nobody except Barbara." "My dearest, you shall do exactly at you think best about that," Dick hald, without hc.-.itation. "It Is a good idea, and If sho in nice and won't worry you about being married in this way " ".She won't know, dear." Dorothy cried. "I shall show her my marring -llnej. and say that you aro gono and that I am I am going to join you cs soon as I can." "She will be sure to ask my regi ment." "Not at nil. Besides, you are going out to an appointment, are you not'."' "Yes. true. Well, then, do as you think best about It." ho said. "Or course. I shall be a great deal easier In my mind, and then she will be able to see you off and all that. Oh! yes. It will be a ery good thing In every way." Doroth clapped her hands together and laughed quite joyously. "Oh! Dick dear," she cried, "I'm ho glad you don't mliitl -I feel quite bravo about being left now. 1 do wish, though, that you could sec Esther. She Is so tall and strong, very handsome, smooth, dark hair and great dark eyes quite a girl who ought to bo called Esther or Olive. And then she lias always been rich, and for live years she has been absolutely her own mis tress, and has traveled about every where. "Won't she think It odd that you have never written to her all this tlmo?" "I don't think so. Esther Is not. a girl who thanks you for letters unless you have something special to say." Dick put his arm around his little wife's waist. "And you have somo- "DAMME!" HE CRIED, thing vety. very special to toll her, haven't you?" he said tenderly, then tried with an uncontrollable burst of anguish, "Oh! my low, my love, you don't know you will never know what It will cost me to go away and leave you just now, when you will want mo most of all." "Never mind, Dick," sho said brave ly, "1 am not afraid." Looking at her, ho saw that she npoko tho tnith and only tho truth her eyes met hl3, clear and true, an I tho smile which played about her sweet mouth was not marred by any expression of the agony which sho ha 1 suffered during the few previous days. A week ago she had been more Dick's sweetheart than his wtfo; now she wn.i not only his wife, but had also In her eyes the proud light of motherhood "Filled was her soul with lovo and tho dawn of an opening heaven." CIIAPTUIt XIX. -(J herk Ih no need ror mo to tell of tlie month which Dick nnd his wife passed toRcther at a secluded Httlo watering place on Norfolk coast, nor of tho scramblo which Dick hud at tho last to got ready for the ap pointed day of sailing for the shining east. It la enough to say that nfter an ngonzlcd parting he tore himself away, and Dorothy found herself left alone In tho pretty (hit, faco to face with the sorest trial of her life. A week beforo sho had written to her cousin, Esther Hrand, but sho had had no reply. That had not surprised her much, for Esthor was a restless soul, never so happy as when moving nbout from place to place. Apart from that. London Is scarcely tho placo to look for rich nnd idlo peoplo In September, and Dorothy had addressed her letter to her cousin's bankers, knowing thnt It would bo tho surest anil probably tho quickest wny of llndlng her. Hut when Dick was gono Dorothy began to get very anxious for a letter from Esther, to watch for tho post, and to wonder Impatiently what Esther could possibly hav dono with herself and whether alio nad got her letter or not. Hut for several days thero was sUll silence, nnd at last, Just when Dorothy was beginning to despair, It came. "Hero Is your letter, Miss Dorothy," cried Ilarbara, hurrying Into tho room with It. "Oh, Barbara!" Dorothy cried, ex citedly. In a moment she had torn it open IMS W I mmth II 1"i'ti' x i I 1 W'' ' - "H ITf and was reading It aloud to Barbnr.ii "Oh. It is from HiUslu. Fancy Miss Brand being In Russia, Barbara, and she says: " 'My Very Dear Little Dorothy: So you are married! 1 can hardly be lieve It Indeed, since having your let ter this, morning I have been saying to myself over and over again, "Doro thy Strode Is married-little Dorothy has got married," and still I do not In the least realize It. So you are very happy, of course, and you aro going to havo a baby that Is almost an "of course" also. And your husband had got a good appointment In India which he does not dare refuse. That looks like brcad-and-cheoso and kisses, my dear little coihIii. However, not that money mahcs any ml difference to one's happiness, and so long as you lme li i tn and he loves you. nothing else matters, money least of all. But why, my dear, have you waited so long be fore you told me of your new ties? I havo wondered so often where you v.rre and what had become of you, and about four mouths ago I wrote to the old house and had your letters nturii d by a horrid young man, David Stevenson, whom I disliked always be yond measure. Ho Informed me that you hail left Immediately after dear auntie's death, and that he did not know your present address. 1 felt u little anxious about you, but eminent ly relieved to llnd that you were evi dently not going to marry that dc- testnble young man, who ., I have no doubt, all that Is good and estimable and alllueut, hut whom, as I said, I have never liked. " 'Well, my dear child, you must let me be godmother to the baby when it comes tint I may spend as much money over Its corals and bells as I should havo done over a wedding-gift to ou. As for coming to you my darling child, of course I shall conio straight back, and help Barbara to make up to you for the temporary loss of your spouse. I gather from your letter that he Is all that Is good and kind and brave, to say nothing of be ing handsome and loving and true you lucky little girl! " 'Expect me when you see me, dear, which will be as soon as I can possibly get myself to London. If I were on the other side of the frontier I could pretty nearl.v llx both day and time. As It Is, I can only say that 1 will lose no time in being with you, nnd I will stick to you till I see you safe on board the P. and O. Bteamer. "'.My love to Barbara how she and I will yarn together over the old place and the old days! and much love to you, dear little woman. "From your always affectionate "'ESTHER.'" This letter In Itself was enough to put Dorothy Into the wildest and gay est of spirits, and Barlmia was almost as iiiii;'i delighted; for, truth to tell, the old servant had looked forward with no little dismay to the prospect of supporting her loved young mistress through her hour of loneliness and trial, and was therefore greatly re lieved to llnd that the responsibilities of tho situation would fall upon the strong and capable shoulders of Miss Hbther Brand Instead of lying upon her own weaker ones. "It is so good and sweet and dear of Esther," Dorothy repeated, over and over again. "Just like her to throw every thing else asido on tho chance of being able to do a good turn to nomo one In need. Now 1 don't feel half so nervous as I did." "Nor I," echoed Barbara, speaking out of her very heart; then she added with n significant smile, "Mls3 Esther never could nbldo David Stevenson neither could I." Dorothy could not help laughing. "Ah! I think you were all Just a little hard on David. I didn't want to bo Mrs. David, It Is true. But apart from that, 1 don't see Hint there was ao much amlas with him." (To bo continued.) THE KLIPSPRINCER. Its Mountain C'llinlilni; In tlm l'crfeetloii ir Wlltl Life. The kllpsprluger, or kllphok, ns It la often called by the colonists, seems, llko tho chamois of Europo, to bo cro atcd for no other purpose than to com plete and adorn n mountain landocapo, sayn tho Spectator. Although Hiuullor than Its distant cousin of tho snowy Alps, tho kllpsprlnger yields neither to It nor to any other mountain dweller In tho world In tho ease with which It can get about tho most dllllcult and dnngerous rocks and precipices. To watch a pair of these Httlo antelopes bounding with tho elasticity of n piece of India rubbor up and down tho preel- pltotiB fuco of soino ynwnlng cliff or sheer mountain wall, or on to pinnacles and ledges that might startlo oven a Rocky mountain goat, displaying tho whllo a coolness and lack of fear born ot countless gonorntlouu of a climbing ancestry, Is to watch tho very perfec tion of wild life upon tho mountains. Certainly In all South Africa thero Is no more charming or wonderful sight than the kllpsprlnger nmld Its own wild niountninu, kloofs and krantzes. About two feet in height ut tho ahouldor sometimes a trlflo moro tho kllp sprlnger la a sturdily built Httlo buck. Tho rnm carries shoit, sharp, pon-lard-llkc horns about four Inches In length; the ovvo Is hornless. Ono great peculiarity of tho kllphok lies in its olive-brown coat, which Is thick and very brlttlo to tho touch. Each hair Is hollow nnd tho wholo eont Is angularly light and elastic. Among tho colonist's and especially tho Boom tho hair of the kllpsprlnger Is, In conscquenco, In great demand for stuffing saddles, Tho legs aro robust, as they need to bo; tho pas terns singularly stiff and rigid, whllo tho tiny hoofs aro hollow, eomowhnt jagged at the cdges.and exactly adapted for obtaining foothold on tho aiost dun cull mountain aides. UNITED STATES Concentration of Forces on Atlantic Coast, NiT,lYlitV' Altwr CtVlt.'v. lll(lof ll" '"Villi v iii1 Infant r wlU 1v run oiLiiuiiN nii,i.i vit.uv. uil ,,.,., ,,,1, ,!,( , i,,,,,,, :,,nni i,.,;uIiim Department ol tho Gulf Cii'lliMil rinlff kv.iiivt The i nf "imspnttim: H'1" KK'iu lm.lv or nun. V.JLIH.I.U UHIU IMIIAI IUlri,mi, or Hum rntnlnt; iiini tliuli SUM West Will Soon He Without Troops l:ccpl Whcie In dian Uprising Is LiUolv (Jicat Activity in the War Department - Mortar Works Woikiii"; Nit; lit aiul Day. The wni ilrpm'tuii ut, whleli up to the pieiielit time him heeii iiiiitiil laiiril.s In eairyllllt out the pohelii of ilefetiue 111 lutmeil liefiiii' Hie ii-oieet of wnr wu-i Hei'lility4'iM'lileinl, on Malutiluy iimK in--Hon ami imiile pi p.irn tloti-4 tin viulil- cr.UCi! of Wlllell I'lillliot lie IlllSllllili l-Mlui'il. I lleietofoie the pi epiirutloti-i of ihe mili tary nr.iiu-ii or Hie iM'cunve ko ' tntnetn Imvi) prei eeil'-il on a liiicls that it win welt to luive e'-ry feiiti'te uiuli-i- lit out i il In perfect onlef for Whiltee- mlht i ill'. Now, howivi't-, Kiiowtiilc.e of utiut lie- war ilep.u tmriil Is itiiltu; ami lull iuIh to ilo, eoii.slilereil In ooiiti'i-l Inn with the a.-t l -lly In every lu-am-h of the naval ru-i lee, hIiows the war now ii.-uiall v i-MhIh. Mute Imiuirtutil Hum imyililim that has Imm'Ii yet iiiiiiiiKi-il umlet Ihe illri-ellou of Secretary AIkit are unlem pioWillui; fin a Keneiat movement or the H'Kiilur ui- airy uml artillery to the Atluntle tun lonrd. Nearly all the cavalry I In Ihe rest, where u majority of thu Iniuniry CKlmi'litH uro alio located. 1'c-w to IM Left In till) Went. Of cotirsu It will bo nt'ccnnnry to lenvo romo troops In remote secllottH wlivrc In dian upilHiiiiti Imvo to liu coiiHlileriil an likely to occur nt tiny tlmo, but ll in In tended that nearly all companies ami fwv.s4 r.f l.ifnrttri litlil OflVtllri' itl'l'll HlllHil , fr west us California, will" bo btoiiKlit ' to points on tho Atlantic and tho (iulf Mexico. VUIi tlm addition ot Urn 1.010 S't'he nr-TihoUnK rj stnte.-i now number nearly i'.ooo men. Koven refitments of aillllery nre now ills- trl billed or In eotirfcit of distribution nt tho modern fortifications on the Atlantic, 1'untllc, ureal lukex. ami irulf. Both now n-KlmentH will bo ii.itdKiit'd to duty alotii; tho Atlantic and (,'Ulf counts, wheru must AT MERCY OF f('tyitl nf fas. i5TSfc OLD POINT COMFORT AND FORTRESS MONROE, SIIOWINQ HOTELS. will lie K!iitlni-il 1" tin' cinlerii ami intuitu in o. ill niuti'H In iivmiuHhii for . nli I'lin mi ucy wild ll urns iillv. The rust I noli ., will in loo Krr.it to lie tun in' ny tin- xt'iiutv iitiiiiuil iiiihiii liillun lor herelo tor iinltntinitiitit umvi ini-nti of tin- iiimv oi'mitil.ntloiiH. una It will lie iiete.m,ii to i milt to tln etuclm in y fund ol SW,'"',' !' lo tni rl I be i'n niu or IIu'm' rliium'' III xtlltlllllK. Itlr.lll III Hill' Willi till' I'l'M- ci :il movement mum tin- liiiioti.int (idir lnsili'il liy ilccli-tii!) .lnrr liv tilt I rtl'in of i in- itriitiiiit mni ti i niuplifii to nil mill' I 'ii v iiomIh iiml illuiiiin.il li(iiiiii,it ii iM iiiiii'i'i iii il by tin- iiiiiimiiiiilitiK Ki'iit'iul uf Hie iiiuiy. ('loini;r In .Vt'iiiv lli'p.irl iiit'iili. Tlio text in' tin1 oriliM IoIIowh: l ill I r il lut) of t tit iti" lililit tin. folliiuitii; rl..iiiK'M mi' maili' III the tit 1 1 1 oi In t lltu lt ileelKlllitlon, ami heilililliii li'li of the l!i oKliiphli'iil ilr'iut tllli'lltf, lo tiil.e elTeet .Mm eh r. tv.ii: "I. Tile ili'lHH ttiient nf Die i;iit will I'inliniee the New KiikIiiiiiI Ktillei. New Villi,', New .left",. I'l HUH) iMllllll. 1'el.l ume, Mill yhlliil. the Dlntllel of I 'olillnhla. West VllKltiln, Vlli;llilii mill N'eitli I'ntu IIiiii. with heiiiliiiailei!i ut Uiiuiiiiii ii IhI.iiiiI, New V in It '.'. A tli-puritm-nt Is heieliy rutulillrln il to he known us Ihe ilepill'tmi 111 of the liilirn, to eoliHlut or the ntuti s of WNeuii' sin, .MIi'IiIk.iii. IIIIiiiiIm, Itiiliami, Ohio. Kill lileKy, mill Tilllie'ici e, with heiiililiut'leiii at Clili'ilKO. ".1. The ili'iniitmi til of Unliota will em liraee the fIiiIiii of .Mlnneiolii, Not I Ii 1 In tuitu, South Diiluitu Monition, ami m A SCL-.NE I'nOM WAIl ON LAND. THE ni'CihE CALL-FROM A CELEBRATED much of Wyoinlntr iih m embraced In tho Vellowiitouo l'uil;, with headiuatlcr:) ut .St. Paul. 'i, The department of Columbia will cmbrneo the states of WuHlilnnton, Oru fion. Idaho (except so much of the latter as la etnliiaced In VellowHtono Park), and tho territory nf Alaska, with heiidiimi-tera ut Vancouver ImrrucliH, WiiHliliuftmi. ",'. The depai'tmuiu of Cnllforn'a will embrace, the htutcs uf 'iillfurnlii and Ne vada, with lieadiiuurtc-rs ut San l-'run- Clhl'O, "0. Tlm department of Colorado wilt embrace tho unites of Wyomlm; (except fo much as Is embraced In YcIIowhIoiiq Park), Colorado, uml 1'tah, and the terri tories of Arizona and Nuw Mexico, with licailipiarter.s at Denver. "7. Tlm department of the Piatt will embrneu Iowa. Nebraska MlHSourl, K'un simi nnd ArknnstiH, Indian Territory, mil Oklahoma, with licnilijuartcra nt Omabo." THE .SPANISH FLEET. " - rMU-.Vv -x "Tfy ARMY MOVING. (lalr Di-purl inriit t'rc.ilnit, ' A ili'piirtttient N hereby established, 10 be Known H.1 I liu ili'imi lliif lit of the Kiilf, to i iiiihIii or the Htuti-H nf Hoitth Carolina, lli'oiijlii. Klorliln Alabama, .MIhmIhhIppI, l,i)ill.iii,i ami Texas, with hc-uttiUnrtrr at Allanta, (la. "Tin' ilep.irtmentH of Mlnsoiirl uml Tcx as are hereby abollHliiil, "Tlie reeorild of the itepnrlmeiit of Ml.i KOltrl will be trmiKferreil to the ill pail' mi'iit of Ihe bil.i'M, ami thoHO of tile lie paiimeiit of Tt.viti to tho Uupartuii-nt ut the i;ulr. ".Major (iiueral John It. Drooler Ii im nlatieil to the eoiutuaml nf the ilepiirtment of the lalii'M. ami HrlKiiiller (teueral Wil li no M (Itahatu lo Ihe enmtuaml of tlm ili'liarlmeiit of the uulf The olllcers of the New-mi ill a IT ilep.irlmeiitH now on tint y In the depal Inieiilii of ihe .MLinmirl nml TeniM tilt' HHslKlinl to lllie ililtlert In tilt ilepmtment'4 of tlm lakes ami uf thu ciilf. li'KpeetlM'IV "The tiael te(tilreil under these orilrr.-i Is in i i-MMiit y for Ihe public service. "It A. AUir.lt. Hccri'tnry of Wnr. "Itv I'oiutiiaml etc, .M. C. Cut bin, AU Jul. nit (it-neral " Dun Not Waul War. Heiior l'olo y lleiuabe, the ttevv Hpanlih inlnl.xier. talUliiK Willi n n porter at WiiHhlimloti, epi"Kieil lllmiielr us Hiitls tleil thai mllher the t'nlteil Hliites nor Spain wantH war. The nilnbiter inferred to the Mut that Ihe Cuban eablnet had appoluleil u I'litiinilxHlou to tieKottalu a. civ. 11 tieaty Willi this i-ouutry hh unollier rvl tleiiee of the eoiiiplele uillotioiiiy schelua In Ciiha. Hpi-akltiK of the pre.u-ul policy of Hpalti In Cuba, Ihe mlllNler Hlllil: "The itoveriitnciit has K allied miloiioinr nu the btouileiil ami nio.it liberal lines. It Ih ileMluliated to i;lve to the Cuban peopU the eoiiiiete tllreetlon of their Internal air n I ix, thii-i uratlfylni; the honorable am bition or the CuhnUM, while, ut the Hiimii time. maltitalnltiK the hlstiirlo ulli'Klunci of Culm in a t-olotiv of Kpaln. The t;ov enimetit hi not evii'iitlnu' this plan KnnlK ltiKl. or wltti any tet'hnleal restrictions Alteady miieh Iiiim been iiei-ompllMlieil, uml there x the fulle.st eoiitlileiieu Hint thu plan will he i-ni tied Into full execution. PAINTING. Naturally, with an Insurrection dniKslnir toward Its cIohc, thero arc dllllculllea In tlm way of a complete, realization of plait so compreheiislvi) ns to embrace thu en tire Internal machinery of Cuba." Th minister wan risked It he viewed tho pres ent conditions of iilfulra between the Unit ed Hlutt-rt uml Hpaln us Indlcatliifi war. After a momuut'u heallallun he umiwcrcd Bravely: "1 nm sum that tho Unite! States does not want war, Just as I am sure that th Spanish Kovc-rnment does not want war, and will do everything honorable In Its pewer to avert such u calamity." ' iikliic Itlllod I'lulil Mortar. The United State urnenul at Water town, Muss,, has fiono Into tho (,'uri man ufacture. WorU on tho llrst forced run ever oidercd vvu brfitin Saturday. Th weapon Is to bo a 3,tMnch, brcoch-loadlnff, rlllod field mortar, and, when finished, will bo the llrst fully equipped 3.C-Inch. breeeh-loadlm; Hold plecit ever manufac tured by tho United States jjovernment. Thu work of mountliiK cuns at Lone Irl nnd Iliad and Pert Warren Is beliiR puahed rapidly To-day thirty ten-Inch shells wero shipped to thu former and twenty to tho latter place, so us to havo tho i;una ready for iiho as soon as they uro In posi tion. At Chnrlestown navy yard a con signment of new Leo Htralnht-pull rifles bun urrlvcd, and tho men aro being drilled in llielr use. Lieutenant Hcnjnmln Puller received a telegraphic command from the navy department to report ns soon us possible on board tho United States cruls-, er Columbia, stationed at League Island, nwnltliiR orders. Lieutenant Puller will bo placed In chargo of tlio murlno Boards ot the Columbia. Moro Wonderful. Mr. Caswell An eastern astronomer says ho has discovered two groups of spots on the sun. Mr. CJasbill I wish lie wpuld como to Pittsburg and mako an effort to dis cover the sun Itself. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph, ' .;