Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. EED CLOSD. NEBRASKA New York anarchists cnll PrlncV Henry tho "ptcklod Ilclnrlch," yet lie Is not sour. , ji.4 Mr. Cloveland has regained hit health. Ho had to, for the duck scasoa' Is approaching. Russia, you will note, is butting Into the European butter trado with Its' usual getthorenesB. President Schwab, It Is n pleasure' to note, was not too proud to miiko a tall on King Edward. Tho basoball umplron nro already pegging for more protection against Uie lusty dubs at tho bnt. Boston pnoplo use 117 gallons ot water a day per capita. Somo of It Kclduntally gets drunk. Paterson probably Is annoyed be rauso It had such a big flto without losing a single anarchist Sir Edwin Arnold has written a poem pn tho now isthmian canal treaty. Nat urally it Is In a flowing meter. Tho Standard OH company's new div idend of 120,000,000 Is a pretty good ihowlng for tho light of other days. There is talk of starting a music trust. Aro they going to grab the coon tongs away from tho common pcopIe7 Verily, current criminal history Is considerably moro thrilling than yel low Journalism or Dick Turpln litera ture. Tho question of equltnblo taxation Is another ono of those questions that will never bo settled until it Is set tled right. There nro now half a million mem bers of tho French legion of Honor. Tho habit Is getting altogether bo yond control. Every maritlmo nation laughs at our merchant marine, but when they think of our war marine they sudden ly grow polito. Tho man who offered himself for vivisection has aroused so much hos tllo comment by his action that ho feels all cut up about it. Tho United States raises only ono flfth of tho sugar It consumes each year, but It always has the necessary coin to procure tho other four-flftha. 'A Kentucky man has been sent to Jail for having thirteen wives. Ho Bhould havo remembered that thir teen Is unlucky and stopped with a dozen. An aged Ohio colored pessimist has quit work to ilvo In a tree. Ho re fuses to como down for anybody who Is not n lineal descendant ot Davy Crockett Thero will bo somo lively arguments when Great llrltnln and Japan under take to convince Itussla that their offensive and defensive treaty applies to Manchuria. Tho death of n lloston man from over-exertion In playing ping-pong Is announced. That Is no reflection on tho game. Out West many a man has died suddenly at poker. King Edward's coronation robe Is to bo "as bright as a golden cloud," both Inside and out And so tho old saw that every cloud has a silver lining has its teeth badly dulled. Secretary Wilson of tho department of agriculture, ought to be continued la office long enough to mako good on tits claim that the flncBt tea In tho world can be grown In the United States. From Patagonia comes tho report of a new animal to which has been given tho name of "hymchy." Tho femalo will of courso be known us "horchy," and the united family as themchy." Mmc. Sarah Grand has received n ?10,000 necklaco for telling American women what poor croatures their hus bands are. Tho husbands desorvo all Mine. Grand's sarcasm for handing out that 10,000. Paris undertakers aro grieving over n great decrease in their- profits. It eceniB that tho doctors havo been In sisting on morn than their usual sev-enty-flvo por cent share of tho profits of tho unholy conspiracy. Michael J. Coyne, a New York po liceman, saved five lives at a fire. Ho isn't likely, howover, to bo regarded as half as much' of a hero us ho might bxvo been if Kho had waved a flug Borac whero and shot a few men to death. Another euro for consumption has been discovered, Involving n liberal iiso of electricity. Tho troublo with consumption cures is that in their practical work they bear too close u rcsomblanco o Bmoko-burnera and street-car fondcrs. Tho American clock Is to bo found in tho most rcmoto districts ot Slam. Tho easy-going natives do not caro for tho time part of It, but thoy valua highly tho alarm attachment us a means of frightening off nocturnal devils. TWICE IN DANGER Ties .Placed on Track to Wreck Burlington Trains. DETECTIVES ARE AT WORK ON CASE foonC Lady Dies From Trichina A Mother Kill Her Two Children l'romlnrnt Hcrlbner Man Acci dentally HhooU lllimelf. Four Tttirlliiflnn riilltvnv dctoctlvp.1 arrived In Hustings, Nob., on tlio 27th of February and have been busy ever since trying to ferret out the mystery which surrounds the recent attemps to ditch the Burlington passenger train No. .1, but ns yet they aro an much In the dark as when they arrived lit the city. About ten duysngo a Burlington engine pulling passenger train No. a ran Into a pile of railroad ties which had bpen placed across tho rack just east of town. The railroad olUcinls investigated the matter at the time but could learn nothing. On Tuesday night, the 25th, tho name kind of ac cident happened and tho engine came near being ditched. The matter was hushed up and detectives put to work, but as yet they havo not made any dlscovcrios that will glvo them the least sign of a oiuc to start on. BULLET IN HIS CHEST Uutlneu Man ot Hcrlbner Accidentally Hlmotd Hliniclf. Citizens of Serlbucr, Neb., were shocked to learn that W. II. Gardanlcr, a man well known throughout the county, had accidentally and seriously wounded himself. When Virgil Pat terson, Mr. Gardanicr's clerk, returned to tho hardware store of his employer after dinner, he found Mr. Gardnnier lying on the otllcc floor witli a bullet in his chest. He was removed to his residence and Dr. Inches was immediately summoned. An examination showed that tho bul let had entered his chest below the left nipple and had probably pene trated tho lung. Ills glass, which he had been carrylug In a vest pocket, were forced into the wound, the bullet having struck them and carried both glass and bows with it. It was neces sary to cut the bows before they could be withdrawn jrotn the wound. Mr, Gardanlcr's statement of the ac cident Is that ho was emptying and cleaning a revolver when tho shot was discharged. He had emptied four of the chambers and the bullet which en tered his sldo was the only one left in the weapon. He maintained conscious ness and was ublo to converso witli his relatives and friends. It was de cided to remove him to Fremont for hospital treatment. MURDER AVENGED Mob Shoot Man for a Crime- or Which Ho Was Arqultoil. Woodward Hughes was shot by a mob at Nortonvillc, 111. Hughes until a few months ago lived at Nortonvillc. Last Auirust .lames Sweeney of tho same town was shot while driving ono night along a country road. Hughes was uccuscd of doing tho shooting and a mob surrounded his house with the intention of lynching him, but he had fled to another count'. Three weeks later Hughes gave himself up to the authorities. He was tried and elenred of tho charge, but was warned never to go to Nortonvillc again. He opened a butcher shop at Jackson ville and heeded the warning about going to Nortonvillc until recently when he went down to buy somo cat tle. Some of his enemies learned of his presence in the neighborhood and dur ing tho night organized a mob, went to the house whero he was staying and shot him in his bed. At least a dozen shots were flrcd through the windows of his room and his body was riddled with bullets. Some of the shots were so well directed that the entire top of his head was blown off. Lawrence Pioneer Dead. John P. Hose, a pioneer of Lawrence, died at his homo of heart and stomach troubles. Mr. Ross camo to Lawrenco in 1856 and has since been one of tho city's leading cltlzons. Ho wns a. member of tho Frco State party. Dur ing tho war he was captain of a steam boat on tho Potomac, between Wash ington and Baltimore. After tho war ho went into business. For a great many years ho had charge of tho Union racmc ticket office. Accidentally Knot Hlniielf. T. G. McCanz, a wealthy farmer, was Instnntly killed at Gypsum City, Kas. He started to pull a loaded shot gun out of his buggy, tho triggor caught and tho load went Into his ab domen. He fell to tho Btreet dond. Mr. McCanz had resided hero for thirty yenrs and had made a fortuno In farming. Itnn Over by it Trnln, J. W. White, a railroad fireman, was run over by a. Missouri Pacific train nt Great Bend, Kas., and prob ably will lose both of his legs. Ho lives In Hotaington. Ho had beon in Great Ilcnd nil day. Tho supposition is that ho walked on tho mill track nt tho depot and, cratrJlng under some freight cars, went to sleep. When tho trainmen began to mako up their train thoy failed to notlco him. While Is about 27 years old and has n wlfo and two children In Holslngton. RAPID JUSTICE Trial, Sentence, Murrlujtc ami I'rlnon In Ono Dny. Charles Kcrfus, tho young nil around western criminal ot Hays, Kas,, who gave tho Saline officers such n surprlso In escaping, nfter wards stood n dozen officers at bay In Colorado, then escaped and ran halt a mile while handcuffed, chased by officers up In Minnesota and finally brought back to Ellis county, Kansas, carrying n ball and chain, lias been tried on three of the five Indtctmonts, found guilty of burglary, stealing a horse, also stealing a wagon, was nontenced to ten yearB for the horse stealing, two yoars for burglary, and ono year in Jail for tho petty larceny, and he was taken to Lansing shackle! and carrying the ball and chain. Be fore going ho wnn allowed to marry his girl, Maggie BUck. It was six yearn ago that his brother Harry wbb Hcntcnecd In this samo court for two yearn for murder ous assault and hlghwny robbery and Is now at Lansing, this boy Charlto then being nn accessory. Another brother was killed In Oklahoma as a horse thief. Homnacn Ijjte In Life. An Interesting wedding took placo In tho Quaker Valley meeting house at Galena, Kas., also used as an acad emy, three miles west of this placo, Wednesday. Tho contracting parties wero Stephen Lnwrencc, father of Elmer Lawronce, owner of the Quaker Valley broom factory, and Mrs. Jano Carter. Both nre past 75 years of ago and members of the third generation witnessed tho marriage. All of the rites of the Quaker church weio ob served, tho hrldo and groom being "slow" Quakers. This is tho fourth husband for the bride and the second wife for tho groom. Thoy nro highly respected old people, nnd have lived neighbors in Quaker Valley for the last thlrty-flvo years. (Icneroun Cnrbomlale. An entertainment was given In Sutherland hall at Cnrbomlale, Kas., for tho benefit of Miss Emma Plnker nell, tho girl who strnyed from homo on the night of December 1G nnd wns found next day north of town, lying In tho snow nnd nearly frozen to death. Tho entertainment wnB given under tho auspices of the talented young peo ple of this city, and those who tool: part aro entitled to great credit for tho splendid success attending their efforts. Tho net receipts for the evening amounted to $37.45, which, added to .i sum contributed heretofore by gen erous nnd sympathetic pcoplo of the town, mndo a neat little purse of $78.70, all ot which was deposited In tho Carbondalo bank to the credit of Miss Plnkcrnell. Fall to Hecovor From Shock. As the result of a viol cnt blow on tho head delivered by an unknown person at her homo in Lead. S. D., two weeks ago, Mrs. Albert Forrest died, having never fully recovered from the shock. Mrs. Forrest was as saulted in the evening. When het husband reached home ho found het lying on the floor. lie summoned as sistance and In n few hours sho re gained consciousness sulliciently to give n partial account of what had be fallen her. A stick of cord wood, with which she had evidently been struck, was lying on the floor. Naturally of delicate health It is the opinion of physicians that her death is directly due to tho assault. She was twenty years old and had been married only q short time. Suicide at loin. E. L. Dale, an employe of the Lanyon Zinc company, committed suicide at IiIb residence at Iola, Kas., by shoot ing himself through the heart with a revolver. Dalo haa had domestic trou bles for somo tlmo past, dlvorco pro ceedings wero instituted, and a re straining order was Issued prohibit ing him from going on the premises. He effected an entrance Into his homo and after an attempt to gain admis sion to tho room in which his wlfo was lying 111, in which ho was frustrated, ho shot himself. Dalo was n man ot very norvous temperament nnd broo.l lng over his troubles undoubtedly caused temporary Insanity. Ho leaves n wife nnd two children. She Kept Her Secret. Tho marriage of Dr. Cyrus D. Lloyd, n surgeon In tho Forty-fourth United StntcB volunteers, nnd Miss Mary E. Hiatt of Falrmount, Kas., occurred nearly three yearB ago and has Just beon made public. Dr. Lloyd met Miss Hiatt while at Fort Leavenworth dur ing tho organization of his regiment and they wore quietly married In Jack son county, Missouri, in May, 1899. Just boforo his doparturo for tho Phil ippines. Dr. Lloyd Is now on his way homo to join his wife. Dr. Lloyd came hero from tho east. Miss Hlntt Is tho daughter of Oliver S. Hiatt, a Kansas politician, who died suddenly last August. KHU Her Two Children. ,. n"r.,ftn- !.. Mrs. Anna Rnsch, morphine pills to two t her children. '""""K mcir uciiui. Mlie thon at trmntcd suieliln liv nl.-in ., i. ....... ,i pf tho drug. Physicians wero secured in tlmo to savo tho mother, hut tin tuimitiii wero npyoiid help. Killed by the Trnln. Peter Boomer, n fnrmf tia . old, was struck nnd instantly killed by a Missouri Pacific passenger train In East Atchison whlln trying to crosi tho tracks with n team. DOUBLE TRAGEDY Wife Suspoctod of Improper Re lations With Another Man. HAD BEEN ESTRANGED TOR A YEAR YTomnn Hhootn Huloonkepper nt Kntinni City Kiirmr.ru Havo l'ltchcd llnttlo Wllh IlurRlam-Wnylnld nmt Hub bed byTrnmn Other Neua. The town of Taylor, Neb., wan the bccnoof n shocking tragedy, the result of which is that Ira .1. Luntly is dead and his wlfo wounded, with very little ehunce for recovery. Mrs. Lundy wns living ut her home with her litrlu boy. Lundy had not lived with his wlfo for over u year, owing to domestic dlfTerenci's. It seems that ho suspected her of im proper conduct with a man named Gregg, which suspicion is believed to have been groundless. Lundy saw Gregg hi town the day of tho shooting and nt once grew restless. He had shot a revolver ono night the previous week near his wife's home, but pcoplo thought he did it merely to frighten her. Somo moro shots were heard at about 9:30 on this night by Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Shutt, living near by, who went to investigate. They were" shock ed on opening tho door to find Lundy on the floor dead and his wlfo nearly so. No doctors being In the town of Scrgont, Iturwell doctors were sent for. At last reports Mrs. Lundy was still ullvo, but there Is slight hope for her recovery. In all five shots were fired, three took effect In Mrs. Lundy and two in Lundy. Mrs. Lundy was shot in the back and face and Lundy in the breast. When Lundy turned tho revolver on himself ho killed himself instantly. Lundy and his wife were middle-ugcd people with three grown children. FLOOD VICTIMS Three Liven Lout In the South During Its Height. Three lives were lost nt Augusta, On., In tho flood which swept down the Savannah river. Burt Lloyd, a white man, fell from a freight ear on a railroad bridge and was swept away. An unknown negro was carried off the trestle and the receding waters dis closed the body of n negro boy near the foot of Mills street. The' water has declined three feet from its high est mark. The cltv above Marbery street, between Canal and tho river, was covered from six inches to six feet. The north side of Broad street was covered from Hawks gully to Mc intosh street. This includes the prin cipal business district of the city. The water still covers Greene, Jones and Iteynolds streets. Many mills havo been closed since Friday and the river Is still too high for them to resume operations. Swamp crops of vegetables aro completely ruined. Took Her Own Life. Mrs. Ida Lauder, grieving over the tragic death of her husband, took her own life by shooting, in Omaha. Her body was found on the floor with a bullet in tlte left breast. A revolver with one chamber empty was found by her side. Sho lives alone in the house and no one knows when the shooting occurred. Mrs. Lauder wns thirty four years of age and had been married ten years. Her relatives ltvo in Den ver. Her husband, William Lauder, was a wholesale baker in that city, and was shot by Louis Goddolla last April-and died the following day. Both men wero engaged in n game of cards at u saloon and the shooting grewout of a dispute over tho game. The men had been good friends up to that time. Goddolla was sentcue'ed to serve two yenrs in the penitentiary for the crime. Hoy lleateu by Tramp. Charles Kurtz, twenty years of age, while chopping wood in the timber about two miles west of Plattsmouth, Neb., was waylaid and robbed by a tramp. The stranger accosted young Kurtz, and after ascertaining tho time of day, requested tho young man to give him tho price of n meal. Kurtz refused tho request on tho ground that he had no money with him. A quar rel ensued, during which Kurtz re ceived a blow which rendered him un conscious, When ho recovered an hour later thu tramp had disappeared as had also n valuable watch and chain be longing to young Kurtz. Officers are on the tramp's track, J'ontlllcal Jubilee, The principal ceremony in tho cele bration of the pontifical jubilee wns carried out with extraordinary pomp ntSt. Peter's cathedral in Koine in the presence of the pope, tho members of the pontifical court, tho foreign mis sions, and nn assemblage estimated to havo numbered fully 50,000 persons. Ills holiness was borne into St. Peter's in the Sedia Gestatorla, but he did not participate In tho service, beyond pro nouncing the benediction. Two Men Loot n Store. After a pitched battle with revolvers and shotguns nt Belvidero. 111., eight fanners trailed James Miller and Dan ial Butler through the elarknuss by me'tms of their tracks in tho snow for ciglrj miles and dually captured them The men wero found lu n pumping station, on thu railroad, which was surrounded and besieged for four hourn beforo they wero Induced to burrender. Tho two men hud been discovered loot ing a general htoru and tho postolllco at Herbert, 111., u small village near Bclvldcre. IMPORTANT DECISION Opinion nf Lower Court Upheld In IteRiird to UnmhlliiR In drain. The United States supreme court has nfllrmcd the decree of the supremo court of the state of Illinois in tho ensc of Alfred O. Booth, vs. the stato of Illinois, involving the validity of the stato statute imposing a fine of from 810 to $1,030 for dealing in fu tures. Tho decision of the stato court upheld tho law, and the opinion sus tained that decision. Tho opinion was handed down by Justice Fuller and was dissented from by Justices Brewer and Peekham. Tho Illinois law Involved is section 130 of the criminal code of the state, and provides that whoever contracts to havo or give to himself or another the option to sell or buy at u future time, any grain or other commodity or forestalls the market by spreading false rumors to Influence the price of commodities or corners the market, shall be fined not less thnn $10 nor more than 81.000, or confined In the county jail not exbeedlng one year or both. In delivering tho opinion of tho court Justice Harlan said that Booth had been Indicted "on tho ehurgc of violating the statute so far as It relat ed to options to buy grain or otlior commodities nt a- future time." Ho was found guilty nnd adjudged to pay a fine of 8100. CRIMINALLY ASSAULTED Daughter of (IrorRO UoltMby, Living Near Tccuiimeli, the Victim. Two trumps committed a criminal assault upon the 1.1-ycnr-old daughter of George Goldsby, a farmer living in Johnson county, near Tecumseh. The men found tho girl alone at her home and gained entrance by tearing off window screens. Although the girl is weak physically, she resisted with all her might. She secured a pan of boil ing water from tho stove and threw it on one of the men but she was over powered. After lenvlng the house tho men hurried across the llelds. Within an hour the erimo was made known nnd searching parties were organized. Tho girl is reported to be in a preca rious condition. If the men are caught they will undoubtedly be lynched. No l'ottonice Ho it. Congressman Burkctt says the re port that there is a hitch in the Ne braska City postotliec is n mistake. Prominent democrats attempted to in terfer with the program of tho repub licans, but failed. Congressman Shallenbergcr has left Washington for Nebraska, where ho will remain for probably a week or ten dnys, He stated that ho was going simply on u matter of business. He received notice from the postofllcc de partment of the establishment of two rural free delivery routes to start from Franklin, Neb., to take effect April 1, with one carrier each. He is already preparing evidence to submit to tho committee on public buildings and grounds in support of his bill for the erection of a public building ut Grand Island. Nortliwcatern' Low Union. During March and April the North western Line will make a STi.OO rnte to Portland, Tacninn, Seattle, Victoria. Vancouver, San Francisco, Los An geles, San Diego and intermediate points. Spokane and intermediate points, 83.50. Reduced rates to Minn esota and North Dakota points March 3."i, April 1 and 8. Ilomescekers' excur sions March t and 13, April 1 and l.r, May (i and -'0 to Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Miclgan. For information cnll on C. II. Dean, C. T. A., 117 So. 10th St E. T. Morris, Depot T. A.I It. W. McGlnnls, General Agt. Struck by Man of Itock. William Martin of Plattsmouth, a bridgo workman, had a narrow escapo from death while assisting two other men in carrying some boulders out of thecnlsson. The rock had to be broken up and carried through tho locks in sacks. Whllo this work was in pro gress one of the sacks containing about S00 pounds of rock was accidentally allowed to drop down the shaft. It struck Martin on the left shoulder, forcing the shoulder blade out of place and otherwise Injuring him. Hud It fallen on his head he would doubtless have been killed. Taken Hack to Wyoming. Frank Taylor, arrested at Ames, Neb., by Sheriff Byrnes of Platte coun ty, was placed lu tho custody of Sheriff Smnlley of Cheyenne, Wyo., who is en routo with him to that point, where he is charged with tho larceny of a watch which he Is said to have given to nu in nocent sweetheart of his youth here. Itebelllon li Spreudlug. The rebellion in Kwnng Si province Is spreading rapidly. Signs of unrest nro already apparent in Kwe Lin and Nan Ktng, the newly opened river treaty ports. Tho Canton viceroy has dispatched troops to the scene of the disturbance nnd lias stationed over 1,000 men at Kwe Lin and Nan King for use In ease of eventualities. Forrcil to Fleo From Filipino. Twcnty-flvo members of tho constab ulary of Mqrong, ten miles from Ma nila, encountered eighty well-armed insurgents. Thu former fled after ox pending nil their ammunition. Eleven of tho constabulary aro unaccounted for, and It is believed they wero killed or captured. Goueral Lukban has offered to assist iu suppressing thu insurgents if given n cert! lien to that ho conducted his Bharo of tho war according to civilized usages. His offer has not yet been considered favorably. IN A ROMAN SCHOOL. ARTISTIC WORK OF PUPILS IS SOME THING MARVELOUS. inhibition Thnt Will Ilepay a VUlt Architectural Design That Wora Par ticularly Flue Moitly the Work of Young anil Untrained Artlita. Each school has a staff consisting ot l director and four masters, nnd thero iro four classes. Ono hundred pupils iro nllowcd for each school, but tho lumber could bo doubled if means and tccommodntlon wero obtainable Wo R'oro fortunato enough to pay our visit (vhen an exhibition ot artistic work iono by tho pupils wns being arranged. These exhibitions lako placo yearly at Iho vurlous schools, and well merit a visit. Pleasure and encouragement are lffordcd to both masters and pupils when visitors take an Interest in the work. Ah it was not yet the hour of opening tho classes only a few boys wero scattered hero and there, arrang ing their work or putting some finish ing touches to it. Tho rooms wore splendidly lighted and In thrco of them on central tables, shelves, easels, and around tho walls, a really flno collec tion of artistic work of every descrip tion was arranged, tho result c.f a year'B labor executed only in tho oven lugs In the few spare hours snatched after a hard day. It would havo done Infinite credit to nn advanced nrt school, but an tho efforts of these poort, VOlinc lnt'Wmnn nrnvlnnalv nn(inlnml In nrt tho work was nothing short of' marvelous. The designs wero for pa nels, friezes, dados, entablatures and pilasters, In high and bas-relief and modeling, oxecuted both in clay and "gesso," while tho lino wood carving merited special pralso for Its perfection of workmanship and attention to de tail. Thero wero not only copies from antique and Renaissance designs, but also original work, drawings and paint ings In crayon, pen and pastel, and also architectural designs, theso latter par ticularly fine. Mario Doncgan Walsh 'n Donahoo's Magazine. ONE DOG CALLS ON ANOTHER. Incident Which the Owner ot a ret Flndi It Hard to Explain. "I have had ono of tho doubts of my boyhood removed by a story which r heard a fow days ago," said an up town man. "There Is a dog In my part of town that lives in the apartment occupied by his mistress. He never goes out alone. When she bought the animal eighteen months ngo sho took him from the company of another dog two miles away. "A few days ago the woman and her dog were in the neighborhood of the dog's birthplace, when Bhe saw tht other dog. The meeting between the'" two dogs was such as to satisfy the woman that they had not forgotten each other. She returned home later. in tho day. "The next morning her dog awoke her early and showed her by his man ner that something unusual had oc curred. He directed her by his actions to tho front door of her apartment. "Opening tho door sho found her dog's friend on the step. He had como to pay his playmate a visit. He had traveled two mlle3 for this purpose. "Sho admitted tho caller and he spent the day with his puppyhood friend. In the nfternoon the woman turned him out and told him to go home. "The dog gavo an undoubted exhi bition of bis appreciation of the wo mans' kindness as ho was leaving by barking and licking her hands. When turned out ho trotted in the direction of his home, and has not been soen since, but the woman learned that ho arrived homo safely. "She honestly believes that her dog Invited the other to call. But how her dog explained where he lived, and how tho other found his way, these are -questions that putzlo her." New York Sun. WHAT THE MARKSMAN HIT. Sir Henry Hal ford Bitot at a Tbaatand Tard Tarret, In a passage of his recently publish ed volume, "Tho Book of the Ilifle," the Hon. T. F. Frecraantlo tells of the following amusing story apropos of ac-A cldcnts to markers: "Sir Henry Halford on one occasion It was not a very clear day was about to begin shooting nt 1,000 yards, and, thinking that tho marker must now he ready for him to begin, asked him through tho telephone, 'Are you all right?' The marker replied, 'All right, sir, In a minute.' But, unluck ily, Sir Henry took 'All right, sir,' In stead of tho whole sentence, and re moved tho telephono from his ear. Ho lay down and fired his Bhot, and, on looking through tho telescope to see where he hnd hit, was horrified to seo tho marker with a perfectly whlto faco staggering away toward his shel ter. Ho waB Intensely alarmed, and In a moment there camo a ring at tho telephone. 'What has happened? Aro you badly hurt?' 'No, sir, I am not hurt; but I, had a bucket of white wash botween my legs, pajnting the target, nnd you put a bullet Into It and splashed It all up In my faco!' " London M. iA. P. From Hooilor to Huckster. At tho opening performance ot "Beaucalre" Its author, Booth Tark lngton, was pointed out to a certain Indy of Malap'rop tcndenclco as tho "famous Hoosler novollst." "That's what thoy call a gentleman from Indlnna," was the reply, A few evenings later, on bolng In troduced to Mr. Tnrklngton at a re ception, this Mrs. Malaprop enthusias tically exclaimed, in nn effort to bo genial, "So you aro tho famous huckster!" W I ff m 4 .2S JL)mmMjj4&KX4M4