Red Cloud Chief.
PUBLISHED WECKLY.
nVA) CLOUD.
NISIUtASKA
ricbraska Uoks
The Omaha newspapers nr noting a
bilnk movemont In roal estate.
It In stntod that tho throe express
companies doing business In Beatrice
pay leas than $12 taxes each.
Six coyotes wero killed tho other
morning nine miles northweat of Fre
mont. Arbor day wan not observed In Fre
mont, only a few taking tho trouble
to plant trees.
Nebraska City In getting In stylo,
Onlmlng that "Jack tho Hugger" has
fapprnrcd there.
A number of Nebraska tnwnB ar
Already arranging to celebrate tho
Fourth of July.
The people of Norfolk arc expecting
great benefits Indirectly from tho open
ing of the Uoscbud ngency to settle
ment. The plans for tho new opera homo
nt HowellH call for a building 32x100
lift, two stories high, first cIiibb in oil
if spec tR.
Hlght thousand dollars of Rcbool
bonds of tho town of Wuhoo and 2,
(i(K) seliool bonds of Plymouth, Neb.,
have been registered with tho state
itudltor.
Over four hundred dollars' worth of
iggB were shipped out of Clarkson on
one local freight, and such shipments
nnd oven larger ones are becoming
quite common.
William Huxtable, aged 82 years,
and for twenty-four years ft resident
of llnstlngn, died suddenly of heart
trouble. The remains wero sent to
Washington III., for burial.
A. A. Clarke, manager of tho Ord
Creamery company, gives It out that
supplies linvo already been ordered
lor tho Immedlato rebuilding of the
company's creamery tbut waa burned
recentlj'.
Tho Chapman Tclephono association
of Chapman, Nob., has lncor'ioratcd
with a capital stock of JD0.0O0. Tho
association will operate Independent
telephone lines and exchanges In tho
t trinity of Chapman.
The business men of Grand Island
hae completed tho organization of
a ennimeiclal club. Forty members
hao been secured and a meeting will
be (ailed In tho near future to fonu
a pctmanent organization.
Tho ltaenna Creamery company, C.
A. Clark, .1. S. Clark, and .1. Clark, In
corporators, bns tiled articles of In
coiporatlou. The concern has n cap
ital stock of 150,000 and tho principal
pliuo of business will be at ltavenua,
Neb.
State Veterinarian Thomas reports
thnt within tho last two weeks ho haa
killed ten horses affected with gland
crn. They wero In threo different to
talities, and on six different faims. He
Is keeping a close watch upon other
t ases.
John B. O'Connor, recently of Wy
more, and a former resident of Tnble
Hock, but who went to Colorado Inst
year, lost a leg In a railroad auldcnt
nt or near Dener, from the effects of
whUh he soon died. He wnH a former
f night conductor out of Wymote on
the Burlington.
The Fremont papers tell of n curious
mocrs' wagon passing through that
town. Instead of tho old style prairie
uthooner the wagon consisted of n
part of an old street car hulk mounted
on spoke wheels. It waa heavier for
tho horses to pull than tho regula
tion vchkio. but nuibt have afforded
more (omfortablo riding to tho occu
pants. George Billstcln of Boone county,
who was arrested for the unlawful
seining of llsh In Cedar rler. Uarlleld
county, pleaded guilty to the charge
tllid against him by tho stato game
warden nnd paid a lino of $100 and
(lifts, amounting in all to $150. Bill
stcln was arrested with a party of seln
rs and his nets contlscated and ele
sttojed. Fi lends of Yamnslilta Ynshlehlro,
for four jeara a member of Mr. Bryan's
hosuehold, gavo him u farewell party
Yamashlta has completed his course In
the stnte university. Ho will go to
Kt. Ixiuls nnd after serving n time with
the Japaueso enmiinsslon will leturii
to Japan. In his own country he will
labor for tho Improvement ot his
lountrymeu.
The Sweczy land purchased several
months ago by tho state board of
public lands and buildings for the
Hate farm in connection with the Hast
ings Insnno aBjlum, has been paid for
The board held a meeting and Issued a
warrant for $3,208 In settlement of the
obligation Tho farm Imludes 70 37
trcs of choice land adjoining tho
rsjluni property.
Tho Civic Improvement league, that
wants to mako Omaha beautiful, has
(ollided with the curbstone signs at
the first onset, and uuIcbs all signs
fall, the federation will have to fight
a battle roal to gain Its point.
At Gordon Harry Wells brought In
flvo sacks ot alfalfa seed, which ho
told for $100. Ho has fifteen acres of
hlfulfn tkat has been growing for sev
eral years. It Is not on low land, and
he expresses great confidence In the
hope of extonstve growing In alfalfa
In northwest Nebraska If people will
Just keep at It.
Deputy Game Wardens Smith and
Hunger havo returned from a trip to
Greeley Center, Acord and Spauldlng.
Three men guilty of seining were fined
$100 and costs. A lot of fish weie con
ncii1 n ml throe spines, one trnmmnl
and four dip nets wero destroyed.
Plenty of work, plenty ot men nnd
plenty of money to pay them with Is
the condition which tho building con
tractors of Lincoln are congratulating
themselves upon. In all parts ot the
lty houses are fairly crowding them
selves upon the builders and most ot
them have work ahead to last them
late Into tbo fall and winter
WINDS AND RANIS
Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri
Suffer from Storm3
VERY SMALL LOSS OF LIFE
On Thoimanil IlPUhlenl of Itnaeitale,
liHii., Urm Drlrrn from Home
It Turkey Creak Flood
A special to the Fort Worth (Tex.)
necord from Cisco, Tex., says:
It Is reported that many perrplo
were killed and much properly and live
rtock wns destrocd by a tornado Just
south of Moran, eighteen miles north
ot Cisco Wires are all down nnd It Is
Impossible to get particulars at this
time. Relief parties did not start on
account of the Itnpnssabillty of the
roads.
At Moreland, In Sharkleford county,
sovernl people nre known to have been
killed.
A tornado Is also reported In Parker
county, near Weatherford, with lives
lost.
A special from Bridgeport, OKla.,
says a tornado passed three miles west
of that place, proceeding northwnrd.
It Is also reported thnt Cordell was
visited by a tornado and that mtuh
property was destrojed, but wires are
down west of Bridgeport and rumors
cannot yet bo vr rifled. No loss of llfo
has been reported.
A telephone messngo to the Wichita
Kagle from Carmen, Okln., states that
a tornado stnrted at Helena and passed
through Timbcrlakc, extending to Al
va.' It cut a swath sixteen tnllcB long
nnd one and a half miles wide, destroy
ing cropB and some buildings nt Tim
bcrlakc. Damaging hall fell In that
section, but no lives were lost.
A rainstorm at Kansas City, Mo.,
was of extraordinary severity, Its most
serious results bring the crippling of
the city wntcr service. A thlity-lnih
main leading from tho Turkey creel:
pumping station wns washed out nnd
the other main, a forty-Inch pipe, was
bent. If this bent main gives way the
watur will be shut off entirely. As it
Is, miii li of tho ilty Is without water
feupply and tho remaining portion has
a limited How. Street cars In the city
wero delay d on neatly all lines by
high water on the tracks.
Blectilo lights were shut oft in n
largo pnrt of tho city.
A thousand people have been driven
from their homes in Rosedale, K.is.,
und KansnH City by the ovrllow of
Turky creek.
Dispatches from western Missouri,
muny sections ot Kansas and Okla
homa icport heavy ruin nnd hull. Tho
lii'M damaged fruit blossoms and the
rain was not needed by crops. The
lowlands were already too wet for
corn plunting.
Machine that IMil I It
Dr. August Greth, of San Frnnrltco,
accompanied by nn assistant, stnrted
in his ah ship on a trip to Han Jose,
fifty miles south. Tho ascent was
mnde from the grounds In Eleventh
street, near Market, where the aerial
i raft has been located for some time.
After reaching an elevntlon of several
hundred feet, Dr Greth, the Inventor,
who acted as helmsman, mused the
vessel to circle about and move in vn
ilous directions, demonstrating that it
was under his control He then headed
It south, almost directly ngalnst the
wind, and started on a bee-lino for San
Jose, at which city ho hoped to make
a landing. Tho airship, obejing the
force of Its light motor, made good
progiess nnd was soon out of sight.
After traveling about llvo miles some
blight deiangement of the machinery
was discovered and tho voyagers were
forced to make a landing.
Nnrrow I'acape for TourlM
A party of eastern tourists, traveling
through Yellowstone park hnd a nnr
iow escape from being dashed to death
In a chasm along tho Golden Gnte
load, which leads Into tho park from
Gardiner A coach containing five pas
sengers slipped over the bide of a
precipice. It was caught by brush nnd
Its descent stayed for an Instant, dur
ing which the posbengers managed to
extricate themselves and escape, cling
ing to the rocks and biush. Tho stage
soon fell with a crash to the bottom
of tho canon, 700 feet below, killing the
horses nnd demolishing the vehicle.
All tbo passengers were painfully
bruised.
Canning Krrnton Coming
All grades of refined sugar were ad
vanced In New York five cents 'a hun
dred pounds.
Thieve Fire Warehoune
A big tobacco warehouse occupied by
B. M. Mow cry fc Co. and W. R. Cooper,
dealers In leaf tobaico, at Lancaster,
Pa , was badly damaged by tire nnd Its
contcuts wero practically ruined by the
smoke. An exnminntlon of tho place
disclosed the fact that a quantity of
Sumntru tobacco had been stolen nnd
It Is believed the place was set on flro
to hide the robbery. There Is an In
euraace of $100,000 and It Is believed
tho Ikes will exceed this umount.
NEBRASKA'S IRRIGATION
rrellinlnnry Itepnrt !! Ilotnll Ite
linrtlliie Accrnge hhiI Coat
Tho census bureau In a preliminary
report on Irrigation In Nebraska In
1002. snvfl that water was nrtlflcllaly
applied to 245,900 acres, nn lncrcaso et
almost CC per cent ulnco 1899. Thero
wero 2.9G2 fnrmB Irrigated nnd tho 627
systems employed were constructed at
nn Initial cost of $2,463,748. This sum
Includes tho cost of tho necessary hy
draulic works, and of tho 1,801 miles
of main canals and ditches. Tbo In
crease since 1899 In number of farms
Is C2.8 per cent, nnd In total construc
tion cost 88.0 per cent. The avcrago
llrst cost per Irrigated ncro increased1
from 8.82 In 1899 to 10.02 In 1902. Of
the total Irrigated nrcn, 244,689 acres
wero watered from streams, 200 acres
from springs, and 1,021 acicw from
wells.
OREGON MEN CONVICTED
Die louder of Mind Fntuila I'lneil l'l;
Tlinmmnri D'dlnr
The eases of Charles Cunningham,
tho eastern Oregon "sheep king";
Glen H. V. Haling. Shelby Jones nnd
Dallas O'Hnra, charged with conspir
acy to defraud tho United States gov
ernment of public lands, were brought
to an abrupt and unexpected conclu
sion at Portland by pleas of guilty be
ing mndo when the defendants wero
arraigned In tho United States district
court.
Mark Shnckloford wns the only ono
to plead not guilty, nnd his trial was
commenced later.
Cunningham, as tho ringleader, was
immediately sentenced to pay a fine
of $5,000. Tho others being considered
only tools of Cunningham, wero let off
with n flno or $100 In one h case. Nono
were sentenced to a term of Imprison
ment. IT. 8. Saven K.OOO,000
Tho court of claims at Washington
decided that duties collected on goods
shipped from the United States to tho
Philippines nftcr the treaty of peaco
with Spain and before the establish
ment of civil government wero right
fully collected although by military au
thority nnd not by law. The decision
follows tho Insular decision of tho
supremo court In that tho Philippines
are United States teirltory. The cases
decided was tho claim of Warner,
Barnes & Co., a British corporation,
which sued tho United States Tor $81,
126. Other claims resting on exactly
tho same foundation aggregate between
$7,000,000 nnd vJ,000,OOl). By tho deci
sion this amount will be saved to the
government.
Forest Fire In WUriinftln
Forest fires nre burning and spread
ing near Tomahawk, Wis., and along
the Soo railroad. Homesteaders and
farmers are suffering losses through
the burning of buildings.
A dispatch from Hlanel, Wis , says
travelers from tho north report tho
woods full of fires. A message from
Eldron, n village nine miles southwest
of Tomahawk, savs flro is creeping up
on tho buildings aud asks for assist
ance. Dispatches from northern Wisconsin
tell of destruttlvo forebt fires. Sev
eral houses and barns have been
burned and many persons have bad to
move from tho path ot the fire.
A Vltlou Man 'thnt
While defending two women from
the attack of tho husband of one of
them, Marshall Schoff, 19 vears old,
shot and killed Kdward Card well, 35
years old, at Alton, 111. Scheff sur
lendered to the police and is held pend
ing nn examination. According to tho
story told by Mrs. Cardwcll nnd her
sister, Miss Kato I.avton, Cardwcll,
without pi ovocntion, attacked the two
women with a knife. Scheff inteiiered
nnd wns In turn assaulted by Cardwell.
Scheff drew a revolver and fliecl two
shots, Instantly killing Cardwell.
Not to Tax rarnmmees
Church parsonages aro not assessa
ble. The state board of equalization
decided that parsonage property came
within tho class oxempted by tho con
stitution and was to be considered ni,
used exclusively for church purposes.
Any other property owned by churches
nnd not used as a church or parsonage
will bo subject to the same taxes oa
other property of the state.
New Milliard Record
James Shea broko a world's billiard
record at Chicago, In nn amateur
three-cushion toumamout he mado E0
points hi 49 Inntngs. Tho previous
record wns CO points In 51 Innings.
Shea's highest tun won 7 In the 13th in
ning. Italian Sent Home
Judge Adnms, In the criminal part ot
tho United States circuit court ot New
York, ordered tho deportation to Italy
ot twenty Italians who wero arrested
in connection with the federal naturali
zation frauds. The prisoners all
pleaded guilty to Indictments accusing
thern of participation in the frauds In
having forged and bogus papers In
their possession,
Judge Adams suspended sentence In
each ot the twenty cases aud tho men
were sent to Ellis Island, where they
will bo kept until sent back to Italy.
RUSSIA LOST 2,000
Russian General Reports Loss to
His Government
HARBOR MOUTH IS CLOSED
The alapaneno Mak n Uayllfht Attack
and NnMeeil In Cloning Up the
1'orl Arthur Kntrnute
Russian losses nt tho battle of Kin
I Jen Cheng were 2,000 men nnd forty
officers, far greater than previous re
ports indicated.
Tills is the official statement of Ma
jor General Kasittallnsky, who directly
commanded tho division, that suffered
the brunt or tho attack and whose re
port was received by the cnr. Many
oio Inclined to place tho Russian
losses even higher. General Knshtalln
sky mentions also that moie thnn 700
wounded had arrived at Feng Wung
Cheng, and these may not he included
In his calculations. Ho made no at
tempt to estimate tho Japanese losses
merely saying that they must have
been colossal,
General Knshtallnhkj's report estab
lishes tho fact that ehe Itussinus sus
tained tho greatest loss In order to save
the two regiments which weie oiciipj
Ing An Tung.
Tho Ixindon Telegraph's correspond
ent declnres that the entrance to Poit
Arthur Is "absolutely sealed," and adds
that tho Japanese fleet in effecting Its
purpose steamed into tho entrance nt
full speed and that the naval oflkeis
who made tho two previous attempts
begged permission to carry out tho
next attack by daj light, that being
easier, and their request was granted.
"So determined were they to suc
ceed," ndds tho correspondent, "that
they decided, if neccsbary, to lose half
their men. The number of casualties
sustained by the Japanese bns not jet
been announced."
It Is pointed out that previous at
tempts had left the hannel at Port
Arthur so nnrrow that a couplo or ves
sels sunk In the fairway would prob
ably suffice to seal up the entrance.
Tho reports which hnve been received
nt Toklo of the successful blocking of
tho entrnnco to Poit Arthur by tho
Jnpanese, coming on the heels of the
news of the victory on tho Ynlu, has
stirred Toklo to another popular deni-
onstratlon.
CuiiuliiKlinni It I'miclit
Charles W. Cunningham, who has
been a fugutive from the state peni
tentiary for moie than four vears, wil
return to the Institution at once.
Cunningham was solving a sentence for
burglnry and escaped while on parole
In 1890. He went to Iowa and was
captured there while committing a
burglary, receiving a penitentiary sen
tence which has Just expired. Gov
ernor Mickey Issued a icqulsltion on
the governor of Iowa for Cunningham's
return and Waulen Beomer has gono
to Iowa to take charge or him as he
emerges from the Iowa pennl Insti
tute. Cunningham forfeited his god
time allowance In the Nebraska peni
tentiary, and will have about two jears
to aei v e.
Wolf Sculp Oraftcm
Madison county commissioners are
after the wolf scalp bounty people who
nre Incidentally scalping the people as
well as the wolves. Mndibon lounty
pas $2 per scalp and all suiionnding
counties have quit It. The result is
that all of the wolves of nortnern Ne
braska are run Into Madison county
and are caug.n. Not all for the
mother wolves aie never caught. Thev
Just barely escape each time and t tin
nway to bring up more baby wolves,
whose scalps are worth just as mm h as
the adults. Tho business is getting so
profitable with some of them that they
don't do much else but raise wolves.
HI u llRrtnlr "n Wyoming
The secretary of the Interior has bet
aside, provisionally, tho sum of $1,
000,000 ror the construction or the
Pathfinder icseivolr on tho North
Platto river In Wyoming. Construc
tion will proceed contingent upon fa
vorable reports from engineers in the
field as to various detallB still under
consideration nnd particularly as to
whether nn adequate area of irrigable
land can bo found In western Ne
ka. The reservoir will be of sufficient
capacity to supply all of tho land un
der It In Wjomlng, but It In consid
ered necessary to Increase this area
by utilizing water In western Nebras
ka, where there are large areas ot
arid and seml-arld country to which
water probably can bo brought.
Want Two Thousand Member
The "hustling committee" of tho
Knlghta of Ak-Sar-Bcn are busy at
Omaha. With forty automobiles thoy
canvass tho city for new members
Mayor Moores and other city officials
loan dignity to the occasion by their
conspicuous presence. Every business
and professional man In Omaha re
ceived a call, the city having been
districted, with an assignment of
money changers for each district. The
Knights proposo to bring their mem
bership up to 2,000 this ear.
NO RECORD FOR CRESCEUS
HI VVIrliltii Iteroril Nullllleil by Ainirl
urn Turf Amiorliitlon
The board of appeals of the Ameri
can Trotting association at n meeting
In Chicago refused to recognize the
record of 1:59 claimed to havo been
made by Crescrus on the grounds of
tho Wichita fair association nt Wichita,
Kansas, last fall. The finding or the
association follows:
"From the evidence submitted by
the Southern Kansas Fair associa
tion, Wichita, Kas., and George M
Kctcham, Toledo, O., we find that the
peiformanco of Cresieus on the
grounds of tho Wichita Fair associa
tion at Wichita, Kas., on the llth ot
October, 1903, was not conducted in
nccordanco with .the rules of the
American Tiottlng association, gov
erning performances against time, nnd
thnt the time of 1:5994 then uud thero
claimed to have bocn made by said
horse Is neither n iccoid nor a bar
under the said tulrs
"It Is therefore ordeied and deter
mined that the application to establish
such leiord be and the same Is hcieby
denied.
"The sworn evidence presented to
the boaid. covciing all the circum
stances surrounding the affair, shows
Irregularity and Indicates that gloss
fraud was attempted, not only upon
this association, but against tho entire
public ami uuder the mles of this as
sociation It becomes our duty to nulli
fy the effects theieof as lat as pos
sible. "It is therefore further oldered that
the secretary be and he Is heiebj di
rected to institute an action under our
rules against the said Wichita fair
association. Its officers, attorneys,
agents and all poilles, paitlclpatlng In
said performance, to the end that they
show cause before this board at Its
next regular meeting in December. 1904,
why said Wichita Fair association and
its officers, agents, attorneys and all
such persons should not be penalled."
Cut In Itullroud RittrH
Notice has ben given by the Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad that a
rate or $3 would be made for the round
trip between Chicago and St J'aul Tor
the icniventlon or the Women's Catho
lic Older of Foresters. The reason
given by tbo St. Paul road for the rato
is the existence of a $10 rate olfeied
by tho Burlington.
Nehrnika Wii Third
Wnlter Lewis Ferris of Belolt college,
the representative or Wisconsin uni
versity, won the Interstate oratorical
contest nt Soum Bind. Ind., with Mis
souri second uud Nebraska third.
Uleven states were lepresented.
The winner of thlid place was Wil
liam A. Schall of Creighton unlveislty,
Nebraska. He spoke on "Uljsses S.
Grant, General "
l,unrntiT Comity With Ilryan
The Lancaster county democratic
convention followed the wIMich of W.
S. Bryan nnd adopted a plutlotm In
accordant o with his deslrep. J. A Ma-
guiro was recommended as district del
egate from tho First distrht and tho
delegation was Instructed to use every
means In Its power to setuie his elec
tion at the Omaha convention.
Ham liirkft la llruil
Sam Parks, the New York labor
leader, who was sent to Sing Sing
pilcon some mouths ago after his con
victlon on a chaige of extortion, tiled
In the prison, lie hail lonsumption at
the time of his conviction ami hud
failed rapidly slnte he was rent to
Sing Sing.
I'ulon lit KfM'OKiilxvd
ine threatened stiike of the United
Railroad lines In San Frantlsco has
been averted by the acceptance by tho
Carmen's union of tbo terms of tho
company submitted through Major
Sthnilt. The company agrees to recog
nle the union and promises not to
disci Imlnnte against any or Its mem
bers. HlJ IVct of Snow
A snow storm which practically sus
pended rallioad tfutllc at Beuna Vista,
Colt)., broke out anew Six feet of
snow has fallen in the mountains.
While the rail has been heavy In the
vnllevs, only six Inches icmnlns ou
the ground, tho rest having melted.
Opened With dram! Contrrt
Tho thirty-first general conference
of tho Methodist church was opened
at Hazard's pavilion, Los Angeles, Cnl ,
with a grand conceit rendered by a
largo oichestra nnd a choitts of .100
voices. Delegates to the lonferonte
arrived thiotighout the day. Sixteen
special trains contained their quota.
Illnrorery of Neuralgia Cure
Dr. Churlea B. Nancred, professor
ot surgery In the mcdlcnl department
of tho University of Michigan, hos per
formed, with apparent peifect results,
a simple operation for the euio of tri
facial neuralgia. The operation con
sists In the Injection of osmlc acid
Into tho affected nerve, after Hb e
posuie, by n trivial Incision. This
method has been Introduced only a
short time, and this was Its first trial
at the university hospital. By "Tri
facial" is meant the neive that sup
plies the upper portion of the face.
SHOT AS DESERTERS k
TRAGIC INCIDENT OF THE CIVIL
WAR RECALLED.
Fifteen Confederate Soldiers Paid the
Penalty for the Gravest of Military t
Crimea Youth Granted Pardon at
the Last Moment.
Strenuous nnd Interesting stories of
service with tho old Orleans cadfts
nnd with Fenner's battery arc told by
John K. Benniid, cashier of the Lit
gardo Lime and Stono company, who
sorved throughout the war lu tho New
Orlenns Picayune. Speaking of tho
organization of Fcnnor's battery, ho
says:
"In Fehiuary, 1SC2, Capt. Fcnnur
Tiddiessed a letter to J. P. Benjamin,
Recietary of war, and received n reply
to the effect that a company or light
artillery would bo accepted, piovltletl
Capt. Fenuer furnished tho buttery
of guns. This list was inpldly signed
by those In Jackson, though thoy
found thnt theie weie ohstiuotlons in
tho way or reaching New Orleans. On
tho 1t!th of May tho company wan
mustered Into .service for the wnr
"We saw much service betoie anil
nfter the fall of Vlcksburg In the cam
paigns ngalnst Grant, finally ending
lip In ISi;:: In the vicinity of Mobile,
whore we built winter qitiuters, but
never went Into them, owing to or
ders which eairled us hi November to
llaltou, Ga vvheio we arilved just
in time to see our touted army return
fttim the battle of Misslonaiy, Itltlge.
"One evening In tho month of April,
IStil, when the battcty arilved on Its
li ill giountl, located on a small flat,
sin Mutinied by hills, we observed on
one side n lung trench, along the mnr
gin of which weie sixteen posts with
i opes attached thiough holes about
half-way to the top. During the drill
an Infantry squad arrived to gtiaul
the place and when the drill wns fin
ished mid the guns weie sent back
to tho camp, the cannoneers re
mained to witness the military execu
tion of sixteen members er a North
t'aiollna lulgade who bail been nr
rested, tried, found guilty or desei
tiou anil onlercd by Gen. Johnson to
bo shot.
"We hail no svmpnthv whatever for
tleseiters In genet al, but when a mere
latl or tentlet years, who was said to
be only l.'i jours or age, was led tor
waul atttl tied tlien was a iniiiiuur of
general dissatisfaction, coupled with
cries of shame. A dotal! of men
stepped fotwmd to blindfold the men
so soon to be Inn tied Into the pres
ence of their Maker, but It was no
ticed that the ejes of this lad were
not tied anil a great load was lifted
front our hem Is when an officer
stepped to the front anil read the
youth's leprieve fiom Gen. Johnson,
giving him his life ami ordering him
hack to bis parents.
"Tbo fifteen guilty ones remaining
soon had firing squads in It out ot
them. Then a strange thing hap
pened. As the conininnilH were given
to 'make toady' and 'take aim' with
one exception tlteli knees gave way,
and by the timet the muskets wetu
Hied the most of them weie only sttp
poited bj the topes. Tile exception
was :i tall, heavily bearded man, said
to be the le.nlei of the putty and who
wns at the extreme end of the lino
near which wo weie standing. This
man twisted mound and managed to
get his tight hand high enough to pull
tho cloth fiom his lace Then he
straightened up in his position nnd
died calmly while looking down the
liHriels of Ills comrades' muskets1. Ho
was an atheist and Insulted the mln
Inter while being ptnjed for."
Designs from Living Models.
At Welmm wheie. since the ilajs
of Goethe, attlstle tastes havo been
cultivated iindei the patronage of tho
Giand OuKos, some' attlstlcallj inton
ed ladles tecentlj hail the elevei and
otiginnl Idea of icprcscntlng a num
ber of objects ot the Industiial aits by
living table aux. This idea was cai
rleil Into effect with much taste and
the Indies taking patt in the lepiesen-
tatioit weie gte.ttlj applauded.
To i opt c scut, tot instance, a seal
in Milt bione, two ladies clad in
dresses ot the color of btoiio wero
posed, bent over a Chinese bowl, in
imitation of model it Industrial art,
which latgelj makes use of tho grace
ful female flgtne. Brooches, combs,
tie pins, pendants, belt buckles, etc,
weie shown In the same waj Reduc
ed bj photography Into wot King sie,
these living pictures form pi titty de
signs lor Jewell, Jewelers' Ciicular
Weeklj.
In Celia's Garden.
When t 'din tuKs lit r K.inlcn Kiounil,
Willi NllllllllK t)llll altov III!,
Tin little liloiMiins nil iiroiniil
Do lift Ihtlr IkmiIh to lov lici ,
And t Ik v with klFfiK cool uinl swift
In foiut (inl)iaciH linger.
At li xi upon lici tlulnt-, feet
Or an In r tiiuiw) IIiikit.
Now fhull a tiling of Knn nnd white,
Thnt Imtli nor suiho nor seolug,
lU- hi Id more ill in In (.Vila's iIkM
.Than home poor mortal IkIiik?
Shrill lilui' ami red Hint fuilex .iuice,
in raln lirnes locking,
Up coiintiil worltix CYlln's Kracc,
,Vnd I lin miiili' hu moikiiiK?
Ye fimllKh bttili, that all n-rnw
Willi felgnid Mullen cnjole hei, ,
1 t'ruy on now nn um bestow
The rii.irm that shall control heir.
My lii-art doth ciicli storm mil he,
.Vol any frost win luinlen,
May llouiisli jit. anil bloom, uud thrive,
A flow pi in Celiii's Knrilen.
-Tall Mall Gazette.
Orchid Hunter Writes Book.
Kiigouu Andre, "orchid hunter" to
one of tho Hothschllds, has wilttcn a
book about his ndventurcs In search,
of this flower.
Up-to-Date Auto Expressions.
Tho Britishers uro not izolng to use
chauffeur" or "garage" auy more.
They will say "motormun" aud motor
house "
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