Col. Liscum's "Record.
Col. E. H. Llscum , the commander
of the 9th Infantry , who was Instantly
klljed In the charge on Tlen-Tsin , was
a popular officer with his men. In the
Santiago campaign ho commanded the
24th Infantry , one of the two colored
regiments , or "blackbirds , " as they
were called. For five minutes during
the San Juan fight before Santiago ,
July 1 , 1398 , ho commanded the 3d
brigade of Kent's division of the 5th
army corps. Col. Wlkoff , who com
manded the brigade in the early hours
of the fight , was killed ; the next senior
officer was Col. Worth of the 13th in
fantry. A few minutes after ho took
command he was wounded and the
command then devolved upon Col. Lls
cum. Five minutes after Lieut. Simp
son of the 9th infantry , who was act
ing adjutant-general of the 3d brigade ,
had notified Col. Llscum that he was a
brigadier-general , the colonel of the
COL. E. H. LISCUM.
fighting "blackbirds" sank to the
ground with a serious wound. By this
time the brigade , which was composed
of the 13th , 9th and 24th regiments ,
was rushing up San Juan hill , and Col.
Ewers , who commanded the 9th in
fantry , was brigade commander with
out knowing it. Col. Liscum was born
In Vermont in 1841. He entered the
volunteer service as corporal in .the 1st
Vermont infantry In May , 1861 , and
was appointed second lieutenant Feb.
19 , 1863. He rose In the regular line
to colonel of the 9th infantry , April 25 ,
1899.
Buoy Sunk by Anilreo Found.
A telegram from Faroe says that an
undamaged empty buoy marked "An-
dree's polar expedition , 189G , No. 3 , "
was found on July 7 in latitude G3 de
grees 42 minutes north , longitude 20
degrees 43 minutes west. The point in
dicated ns the place where the buoy
was found Is in the Atlantic ocean
south of and near the coast of Iceland.
Major JLcc "Reported Wounded.
Mnj. Leo , who Is reported to have
been wounded in the assault on Tion-
Tsln Is a natlvo of Indiana. He en
tered the volunteer
service In Novem
ber , 1SG1 , and
served throughout
the civil war , ris
ing to the rank of
captain. He was
appointed a second
lieutenant in the
regular army July.
28 , 1806 , reaching
his majority April *
20 , 1898. He
held n volunteer
commission as col
onel of the 10th United States in-
fantry during the Spanish war.
Insurancc "Rates Ad-dance.
The New York insurance officials
have ordered an advance in rates
ranging all the way from 50 to 100 per
cent. The losses during the last
twelve months have been so unprece-
dentedly largo that the companies not
only have been unable to earn any
profits but have been unable to draw
upon their surpluses. Of course the
advance must be a heavy burden both
to property owners and tenants , but if
this precaution had not been taken it
would only be a question of time how
soon many of the companies would
have to go to the wall.
A Messiah Concerted.
George Jacob Schwelufurth , the
Rockford (111. ( ) Messiah , has quit pos
ing or permitting himself to bo posed
as the one an-
nolnted. He says
ho is a plain , hu
man man and his
followers acqui
esce. He has aban
doned "heaven"
for Mrs. Eddy , and
the Church Trium
phant Is on the
verge of absorp
tion into the First
Church of Christ
Scientist. The Schweinfurth.
community in
Wir nebago county has been dissolved
and the members of the cult , who have
claimed the ultimate divine approval
and who have flouted orthodox Chris
tianity , are going back on their per
formances , if not on their creed , and
getting once more in line with civili
zation.
Last year forty-one lives were lost In
the Colorado mines. This was one for
each 173 miners employed.
Miss Lilian Dunham , a handsome
young society woman of New York ,
has abandoned the scenes of gayety
with which she has long been Identi
fied , and will hereafter devote her en
ergies to charitable work among the
tenment children of the metropolis.
She has taken a big cottage ut St.
James , L. I. , where during the warm
weather she will give the merriest sort
of house parties to the little tots whose
lives know so little happiness. Miss
Dunham is the daughter of James H.
Dunham , the millionaire dry goods
merchant. Until she was 18 years old
she lived in an atmosphere of wealth
and luxury. Then she wont to a quiet
little town in Germany to complete her
education. It was there that the change
which made her decide to devote her
life to doing good rather than to the
gayetles of society took place. Upon
her return to this country she in-
foniied her father that she disliked
society and intended living for some
thing better and higher. „ She became
interested in Grace church kindergar
ten , where she teaches poor children.
Thirty of them visited her lately.
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MISS LILIAN DUNHAM HAS ABAND ONED SOCIETY LIFE AND GONE TO
WORK AMONG THE CHILDREN 0 F THE TENEMENT DISTRICTS.
Sandals in London.
The women of London have token
to the Grecian nnd Roman sandals this
year and nt the watering places the
moat fashionable dames and misses
are wearing them. "It Is children who
wear them principally , " a maker of
these sandals acknowledged , "children
nnd women. Women have them most
ly for indoor wear , but the chlltlien's
sandals are for general use , and it is
astonishing how tremendously this
trade has grown during the last few
/ears. Personally I have an Idea this
sandal-wearing is moro of n passing
fancy than n permanent Institution.
You sco , this climate Is so change
able. It might rain at any moment ,
and the child's foot get very wet , nnd
If in the summer It Is not wet it Is usu
ally oxtromcly dusty , and the dust gets
through the stockings to the feet and
Is very uncomfortable , especially aa
WEARING SANDALS ,
dust or grit works Its way on to the
sole of the sandal , and that hurts the
child's foot. "
Statue of John Tirotan.
Much pleasure is expressed by col
ored people of Chicago over the fact
that a statue of JohnBrown.thoho.ro
of Harper's Ferry Is to be erected In
Lincoln park. The
matter has just
been settled by the
action of the Lin
coln park commis
sioners In formally
accepting the ten
der of the statue
by the John Brown
Monument associa
tion , and It Is ex
pected that the
statue will bo
ready for unvoll-
ing within a year.
The statue wl'l bo
a work of such ar
tistic merit as to
form a fitting me
morial of the gratl-
made by the colored -
ed race toward the
tude by the colored race toward the
martyr abolitionist. It will be of
bronze , six feet In height , and will
show John Brown holding a negro
child protectingly In his bosom , while
in his right hand ho holds a drawn
sword. The pedestal of the statue Is
to bo of Vermont granite. The move
ment to erect the statue originated
with Mrs. T. II. Lyles of St. Paul ,
Minn. , who is president of the monument
ment association.
Dataria's "Royal Family.
The forthcoming wedding of Prince
Rupert of Bavaria to the Duchess
Marie Gabriel , daughter ot Duke
Charles Theodore , brings to notice the
strange career of the royal family of
Bavaria. Three men stand between
Prince Rupert and the throne of Ba
varia first , his father , Prince Ludwig
of Bavaria , and , second , his grand
father , Luitpold , who has reigned over
Bavaria the last fourteen years In
place of the mad King Otto , who U
the third man in the way.
Otto , Imprisoned In Furstenried cas
tle , is not only mad , but of recent
years a cruel Internal disease has had
Its grip on him. He came into the
world with a sad heritage. His grand-
f.i.ODWIG nJ OTTC
father , Louis L , had to abdicate n
month before Otto's birth , for he had
allowed the Irish-Spanish adventuress ,
Lola Montez , to lead his country al
most to disaster. His son , Maximilian
II. , gave way In turn (1864) ( ) to his ton ,
Ludwig II. , the craziest king who ever
wore a crown the patron of Wagner ,
the builder of endless palaces who
drowned himself and his physician in
the Starnberger lake , near his palace
of Berg , ono day In June , 1S8G.
Another Confcrcncs ,
International conferences huvs now-
aJays become the panacea for curing
tlis ills of this world. The Hague con
ference was designed to bring eternal
peat ? , but war In all quarters followed.
The ' .ondon conference for the pro
tection of the animals of the forest in
Africa imlted the killing of the latter
to certain times , but Slntln Pacha , who
has just returned from contra ! Africa ,
reports that tjo killing Is merrily con
tinued. Now cme the German papers
with n new conference. They want an
international regulation of the export
business In arms. It grieves them to
know that German ICiusers have been
instrumental In killing the German
marines in the Boxer riots in China.
Struggles That Have Been Waged
'for ' Centuries.
Slnco the first foreigner , In the per
son of n Dutchman , landed on the Is
land ot Sumatra In 1419 , the natlvo
Achlncso have combnttcd the usurping
of their land foot by foot. In the be
ginning of the present century the Is
land came Into British hands , but was
soon restored to Holland. Then again
the Achlncso teen up arms against the
Dutch Invaders. Although when the
Dutch can got the Achlncso out In the
open they Invnrlnbly beat them , the
war continues In n desultory manner
today , anil will only end when the last
native of Sumatra 1ms been killed In
action. The number of At-hlnese killed
has novnr been known , but the war
has been a very serious drain on the
manhood of Holland , and many of her
best soldiers were killed between the
years 1873 and 1879 , when the struggle
was very bitter.
Thro Conturlc * .
Slnco 1604 , when the Persians sur
rendered Armenia to Turkey the num
erous Sultans of Turkey have never
sheathed their swords in regard to the
former country , save In the ficsh of
the Inhabitants. True , every now nnd
again , when matters are very slow in
European politics , some country becomes -
comes righteously Indignant nnd n
concert of Europe Is called nnd a note
sent to the Sultan. Still the fighting
goes on or , rather , the butchering. At
the beginning of the present century
Algiers finally passed into the hands of
France. From that tlmo till the
present the French nation has always
kept an army of not less than 54,000
French troops garrisoned there , to
fight the Arabs who infest the hinter
land and raid the French possessions
at least once n year. Chief among
these are the Touaregs , who fight with
one-half of their faces masked nnd
fight always to the death or victory.
Never once Uis n Touareg boon taken
alive. Franco cannot subdue them ,
for , If beaten , they Jleo to the desert ,
where no trained army can follow
them. From the day In 1G20 when the
first Puritan settlers from England
landed on American soil , Intermittent
war hna been waged by the whites in
the United States against the original
Indian population. Gradually the
Cherokees , Choctnwn , Greeks and
Sioux have boon driven further and
further back , till today but iv compara
tively few remain , Yet even now the
government deems It advisable to hoop
a body of picked troops to guard the
Indian Territory , for every now nnd
again the old scalping spirit breaks out
in some young bravo , and dlro would
bo the result were ho not subdued before
fore others could gather to follow him
on the warpath. ,
AInuiitnlii riKhtorfl.
The Rlffians , who nro the scourgeof
Morocco , resemble the Touaregs In that
they always glvo and take no quarter ,
but , Instead of living In the heart of
the Sahara , they fight from tholr
mountain fortresses and keep the Sul
tan of Morocco in continual dread. To
keep his soldiers In good fettle the Sul-
tnn every year gives at least throe
mouths' fighting to them by picking n
quarrel with one of these fuodal holtl-
ers ot the numerous semi-brigand
strongholds.
The Northwest Mounted Police of
Canada were raised , and are kept , for
a like purpose ; and although tholr
work is not so arduous as that of tholr
American doubles , yet oven they are
generally busy.
No one knows when the first blood
feud began in Corsica , or when the first
brigand sot up shop. Nor can any ono
tell when the last will put up his shut
ters. Even In the tlmo of the Ro
mans the Inhabitants were too busy
fighting'Ono another to euro whether a
foreign garrison was loft on the islander
or not. But not a ( lay goea by with
out several lives being sacrificed in the
cause of some vcndotta ; and as each
llfo moans the sacrifice In atonement
of at least two more there is today
hardly ono Corslcan whoso llfo Is not
wanted by a follow countryman , and
who , In running away , Is not also chas
ing some other person.
Why J fo-t Li * > e to
I Be UO year * Old ? I
Sir Benjamin Richardson , the dis
tinguished English physician and
medical writer , says that seven out of
every ton sound and reasonable people
ought to llvo to be 110 years old , and
would do "so If they "took care of
themselves. "
The fact that there have been cen
tenarians and that some are still liv
ing in every country of civilization Is
proof that the human machine Is
capable of lasting as long as Sir
Benjamin says It ought to last. If the
few can live so long , why should not
the many bo nblo to reach equal ful
ness of years ?
Very careful examinations have been
made to discover the secret of the
now exceptional longevity , the meth
ods of life , the regimen , and the pe
culiar physical constitution of the
centenarians. But the difference be
tween them and the run ot tholr neigh
bors in these respects does not seem
to have been marked. At any rate ,
no facts have been obtained from
which can be deduced anything approaching
preaching a law that can bo laid down
for the attaining of such longevity.
Some of the centenarians are remark
able for their abstemiousness and the
scrupulous care they take of their
health ; but the run of them have
been found to llvo llkij the rest
"Do You Hut Out or In. "
The number and variety of knives
and forks that now grace a well-equip
ped and formal dlnnor table may well
dismay ono unused to such a varie
gated display of cutlery and silver.
There are forks for the oysters , for the
fish and for the roast , and forks as well
for anything else that may bo served.
There are also kn'lves to correspond to
the forks that may be needed. Those
implements that social convention de
crees to bo necessary to convey food
to the mouth are usually laid out in
formidable rows on either side of the
plate. The other evening n simple
western maiden at her first eastern
dinner surveyed her display of knives
and forks with growing trepidation.
Her common sense told her that they
were laid out In the regular order In
which it was Intended they should bo
used , but nothing In her exporlenco had
taught her which was the right end
of the row to start with. Finally In
despair she sought help from her next
door neighbor , a prominent physician.
"Say , Doc , " eho questioned , ns she
pointed at the offending objects , "do
you eat out or In ? " Now York Trlb-
uno.
( o MolininiiimlM Sli Inn.
A telegraph line from Syria to Hed-
Jas is contemplated. This will give ac
cess to that portion of Arabia , thus
bringing Mecca and Medina into com
munication with the world. The line
of people who do not wantonly throw
away their stock of vitality. They
have got so old without special ana
deliberate efforts to reach the dis
tinction. Of course , they must have
constitutions capable of great en
durance , but In that particular they
are not peculiar. Many of tholr con
temporaries who died ut n much less
ago would have been passed by a llfo
Insurance examiner as having an
equally long expectation of life. The
physical machine ot the dead was as
good as that of the living , according
to scientific tests applicable by a
physician. The physical machine
which lasts through a hundred years
and moro of llfo Is no better in its
construction than that which wears
out nt 70 or 80.
Wi < y , then , has not Dr. Richardson
reason for saying that the existence
of centenarians , few though they maybe
bo proportionately , Is sufficient evi
dence that equally long llfo Is not
only possible for all who have sound
constitutions , but ought also to bo
the rule among thorn ? It is proved
indisputably that the machine can last
very much longer than the run of men
keep it going ; that of Itself it is good
for the 110 years of which Dr. Rich
ardson says the majority of people of
good constitutions should live.
will follow the old pilgrimage route to
Mohammed's shrlno at Mecca ; the to'
hil length of the line is said to bo 93 ]
miles.
The rrofoHilon of Forestry.
A comparatively new profession in
America , and ono that offers substan
tial Inducements to young men of spe
cial aptitudes , Is that of forestry. The
fact that the federal government Is in
creasing the area of Its forest pre
serves largely every year , and that
many state governments are following
this laudable cxnmplo suggests the
ever-widening field already open to
students and specialists In the science
of forestry. It Is now generally recog
nized that every largo forest reserva
tion or preserve needs for Its proper
care nnd supervision n corps of men
trained for this special purpose. Ger
many , Fanco nnd other European
countries have had their schools ot
forestry for years , and their graduates
are found in charge of forest lands in
every part of the old world.
Treating
Several new South Wales lepers have
been treated by a leprosy serum meth
od , devised by Dr. Juan do Dlos Car-
rasqullla , of Bogotha , and said by him
to have boon successful in a hundred
rases. The Australian doctors , however -
over , have been unable to detect any
Improvement , and the disease is still
making progress.
HELD fen STEALING CATTLE.
A former Heiiectml | Citizen In nn On
l'rr < llcniiiont. . ,
SIDNEY , Neb. , July 22. William
Wnthlns of Angorn , a small ntatlon
on the new Burlington rotito , wan
boitiul over to the district court , the
bond being llxcd i\t $8,00o , which was
quickly furnished. The examination
took t > lftco today at the county court
house and the building was packed
with stockmen , who had como moro
than seventy miles to assist In the
prosecution. Attorney Robert Noble
man of Alliance assisted County At
torney Henry Gnpen In conducting the
prosecution. Watklns Is charged with
the killing of two head of cattle be
longing to the Carey Cattle company
and the hides were found burled In a
lot of rubbish near ma dome ranch.
Watklns Ima always oorno an excel
lent reputation and his many frlonda
are surprised at the charge against
him.
_
IIuvo u Kick OnmliiR.
OMAHA , July 21. Train men nnd
employes of the operation department
of the Union Pacific are causing quite
a stir over what they consider hard
ships Imposed by the company on
: hom. The rigid physical examinations
imposed on the men , and the fact that
It Is usually oldest employes of the
toad who are hardest hit. After such
examination many of the old employes
liavo learned that they were not need
ed longer by the company , and this
fact 1ms caused much of the 111 fooling.
Uesldes this the employes are required
o go to Omaha to bo examined , and
this causes them much loss of tlmo
nnd Inconvenience.
I'diiniloil lijHull. .
HEMINGFORD , Nob. , July 21. A
severe hall storm visited this section
Saturday night. The hall stones were
as largo as goose eggs and fell thick
nnd with terrific force. , .passing
through shingled and roofed buildings
nnd In some Instances coming through
the plastered colling , and breaking
showcases In stores. The siding on
buildings were broken and splintered
Into kindling. Board awnings were
shattered , thus affording little protec
tion to the glass store fronts and near
ly every building I ntown will have
to bo ro-roofod and sided on the west
side.
Incoiultnry Work nt West Vnlnt.
WEST POINT , Neb. , July 22. The
fire bug whoso Intention It seems to bo
to burn up the town was abroad again
hero. Two attempts were made to sot
fire In the center of the city , In the
midst of u district filled with frame
buildings nnd within a few feet of a
lumber yard.rlhe contents of a shed
In the rear of a barber shop on Mnln
street was set on fire about a o'clock
but speedily extinguished. About
twenty minutes thereafter the frame
barn occupied by the team of County
Superintendent Manning was discov
ered In llamoa and the fire department
again called out.
Kay * lie Nomlx n ( luiinllnn.
COLUMBUS , Neb. , July 21. County
Judge T. D. Robinson handed down
his decision In the Barnum case , de
claring It his belief from the evidence
that a guardian Is needed for the aged
Hon. Guy C. Barnum , his large prop
erty Interests not being safe In his
own hands while there Is nt least
doubt of his sanity. Gus B. Spelce , ox-
clerk of the district court , for whom
Mr. Barnum had expressed a prefer
ence , was named us the guardian.
Cri'iiitiery Hobbml.
LYONS , Neb. , July 22. Some per
son or persons broke Into the Lyons
creamery , entering the building by one
of the north windows by prying off
the window fastener and sliding back
the Iron bolts of one of the back doors.
They took ten tubs of high grade but
ter , weighing GOO pounds , valued at
$100. It Is thought by those In charge
of the creamery the theft was done by
parties who have been camping near
town In a covered rig for several days.
Good Wlmit Yield.
DAVID CITY , Neb. . July 1C. Frank
Coon , who lives on his farm one mile
aouth of town , has just threshed twen
ty acres of wheat which averaged thir
ty-five bushels to the acre , machine
measure. The wheat Is of excellent
quality and will test moro than this.
< llrl Attitckml by
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , July IS. The
little 13-year-old daughter of Henry
Hoffman Is dangerously ill at her
homo as a result of Injuries received
from two buldlogs. They Jumped upon
her , and before she could be rescued
her hands , arms , legs and face had
been lacerated In a terrible manner.
The dogs were killed Immediately. The
girl will recover.
Wliont Ylolillnc Woll.
SEWARD , Neb. , July 21. Many ot
the farmers are threshing their wheat
nnd rye from the shock. Wheat 1 ?
yielding well , much of It going from
thirty to forty bushels per acre , and
Is one of fine quality. Oats harvest
Is about over , nnd Is a light crop.
The recent fine rains have greatly
benefited the corn nnd the prospect Is
good for a big crop.
Ktnloil 1IU O\vn T.lfo.
BLAIR , Nob. , July 22. Mr. Him-
baugh , a blacksmith running a shop
at Vacomn , a small country place
twelve miles northwest of Blair , shot
and killed himself with a musket
which he kept In his shop. He had
returned homo after a ten days' spree
In Blair. He was a fine workman and
did a good business when sober.
f r IiiHiiritncu Attachment.
FREMONT , Neb. , July 22. The Ne
braska Mutual Hall Insurance com
pany of Omaha has brought suit before -
fore Justice Hlnman against a num
ber of farmers of this county who had
certificates In the concern for assess
ments varying from ? 12 to ? 27. Sev
eral others who were Insured In the
same company have paid up In order
to save expense , but those six will evi
dently resist payment of their nsess-
incut on the ground that the company
exceeded the powers given It by law.