Nebraska Newspapers

    WATSON ORDERED TO MANILA.
"Will Relieve Dewcy When the Ad
miral Wiahe to Quit.
Hear Admiral John C. Watson lias been
- ordered to proceed to Manila to relieve
Admiral Dewey as cominandcr-iu-ehief of
'the Asiatic station. Secretary Long said
that Rear Admiral Watson would not
rsucceed Admiral Dewey as a member of
the Philippine commission , and that the
.Admiral will remain in Manila until the
commission's work is completed. The
-orders to Itenr Admiral Watson are due
to the intimations received , from the Ad-
nniirai of his desire to return to the United
HEAR ADMIKAI. WATSON.
'States and of the request of Watson to
be assigned to duty. While it is impossi
ble as yet to fix an exact date for the re
turn of Admiral Dewey , navy department
officials express the belief that it will
only be a matter of a short while. They
base this opinion on the supposition that
the native army is about to surrender and
that the opposition in the Philippines cannot -
-not long continue. Even at this early date
the national welcome to Dewey on his
home coming has been proposed.
DEATH RODE THE WIND.
Seventy-five New Graves Tell the
Story of Missouri's Cyclone.
The death-dealing cyclone , of which
Kirksville , Mo. , was the especial target ,
was one of the worst calamities in the history -
tory of the State. Seventy-five new graves
Is a most eloquent , and yet most terrible ,
evidence of the awfulness of the storm.
In the hospitals and homes are 200 hu
man beings suffering from broken limbs or
worse injuries , and over all this scene is
the grief of the bereaved men and women
who mourn the loss of friends and homes.
Years will not blot out the memory of this
terrible storm , which left a path of death
and desolation in its wake.
At Kirksville over 100 houses were torn
to splinters , and of the inmates of these
houses none escaped injury and many
met death ; death came in all shapes of
horror , and the sights that greeted the
eyes of those who were early upon the
-scene after the fury of the wind had been
Filipino Peace Proposals.
I'eace must be made on our own lernib
Nashville American.
Surrender first , peace and reconciliation
afterwards. Louisville Courier-Journal.
It is regrettable that there should ht
any delay in arriving at terms of peace.
Buffalo Courier.
It is useless to urge that Agninaldo can
not surrender without the authority of thf
Congress. Omaha Bee.
Aguinaldo's effort to work the manana
game on Gen. Otis was not successful.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Self-preservation will force Luna to ac
cept Gen. Otis' terms of unconditional
surrender. New York Mail and Express.
Aguinaldo is the kind of general who
thinks twice before allowing a war to in
terfere with his summer vacation. Wash
ington Star.
Talking of peace cannot stop fighting
just now , unless complete surrender is
agreed to , for the serious part of the
rainy season is near at hand. Minneapolis
Times.
If the insurgents insist on losing another
capital or two before making peace. Gen.
Otis should hasten to gratify their desire
with all possible dispatch. Sioux City
Journal.
Of course Otis is carrying on the nego
tiations with the Tagals badly ! He is an
ignorant wardog on the ground , and the
know-it-alls him off-hand
- - here could tell -
that he ought to surrender uncondition
ally ! New York Tribune.
Hero of the Hour.
Hurrah for Gen. Funston ! He richly
deserves his promotion. Kalamazoo Tele
graph.
Hail to Col. Funston , the unosculated
Hohsou of the Orient ! Detroit Free
Press.
It is Gen. Funstou now. No American
volunteer ever deserved better of his coun
try. Washington Times.
Ten to one when Aguiualdo gets his last
ditch ready that man Funston will be on
hand to swim it. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Col. Fred Funston is so small that it
will be easy to Hobsonizexhim when he
returns to this country. Springfield Jour
nal.
nal.In
In the race for fame the Kansas colonel
who bites is several laps ahead of the Ne-
A SCENE IN THE CYCLONE'S WAKE.
GATIIKUIXG THE DEAD.
spent shall be memorable for their gruesomeness -
someness and ghastliness. The walls of
buildings fell with a crash that sounded
above the roar of the storm , burying peo-
.ple in the ruins. Frame buildings were
twisted and lifted from their foundations ;
others Were utterly demolished , pieces of
them being carried for miles. The bodies
of the storm's human victims were found
'hundreds of yards away from where their
-homes had stood.
HIS SHELL A SUCCESS.
-Gathmnun'ft Gun Cotton Projectile
Tested at Sandy Hook.
Louis Gathmann , the Chicago inventor ,
achieved a remarkable triumph at Sandy
Hook. A big cannon loaded with a gun
cotton shell , fo which was attached one of
his pecial fuses , was fired. The gun was
blo\\n to pieces , but the shell remained in
tact , showing that through the device of
Mr. Gathmann , gun cotton shells can be
safely used in war as engines of destruc
I tion. The experiment further demon-
! -stratcd that gun cotton will not detonate
when discharged by means of a high pres
sure.
It was believed the cruiser Vesuvius had
timidc a new. era in naval warfare when
.gun cotton shells were discharged by pneu-
iniatie .pressure. . In the'Sandy Hook experiment -
periment the gun was purposely exploded
In order to demonstrate that gun cotton
. .could be used with the minimum of dan-
rgerl The element of safety was introdue- 1
ed by the Gatimiann fuse.
It is estimated that England's stock of
, coal will last 200 years longer , and North
< . ' America's GOO years. It is not likely , however -
ever , that these supplies will be needed ,
.as it is probable that before many years
. have passed , power and heat , more economical -
-omical and better , will be secured in other
vTvays. .
A warranty deed for an SO-acre tract of
-/mineral land in Jasper County. Mo. , which
was recently filed with the recorder at
Oarthage , bore revenue stamps aggregat
ing $344. The price paid for the land
$344,000.
braska colonel who only barks. St. Paul
Dispatch.
Col. Fred Funston , the Kansas cyclone
in the tropics , is not a Chicago man. He
didn't stop to boil the water. Omaha
Bee.
Bee.Col.
Col. Funston can have anything he
wants in Kansas when he gets home , even
Jerry Simpson's socks , if he can find
them. St. Paul Globe.
If the people of Kansas do not elect
Col. Fred Funston to something they will
miss a great opportunity to honor a real
hero. Baltimore American.
The Ball Teams.
The New York team is the laughing
stock of the country. New York Evening
World.
Pittsburg has won a game. This is a
notable occasion on account of its rarity
this season. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The ex-prides of Van der Ahe haven't
as yet had their batting eyes forwarded
from St. Louis. Cleveland Leader.
It looks now much as if Manager Han-
lou had taken the wrong batch of stars
over to Brooklyn. Brooklyn Citizen.
The Boston nine continues to emphasize
the brilliant success with which it can
lose games this season. Boston Herald.
Can it be possible that this is the begin
ning. of the end that has marked the play
ing of the Phillies for several seasons
past ? Philadelphia Times.
The chief trouble with the Colonels this
spring does not seem to be that the men
are playing poor ball , but they do not ap
pear to work together. Louisville Post.
What is wanted is a team run by McGraw -
Graw and Robbie and owned by gentle
men who not only live in Baltimore but
stay in Baltimore , are at Union Park to
see their team play , and who have not g
superior financial baseball interests in any n
other city on the circuit. Baltimore
News.
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Iatest Achievement of Science. is
Wireless telegraphy gets here just in
time to announce the arrival of cowless
milk. St. Paul Dispatch.
Wireless telegraphy is evidently one of
the solid scientific achievements of the
day. Springfield Republican.
The Hawkeye' believes the wireless teleg
raphy is a demonstrated event and that
it will find its practical utilities in the
commercial as well as the scientific world.
Burlington Hawkeye.
The successful experiments in wireless
telegraphy said . be be
arc t < causing some
concern to the managers of the telegraph
companies but not enough to cause them the
< > stamp messages , as yet. Tacoma
Samoan Situation.
Maluafa probably begins to realize what ing
is meant by "the power behind the
thrown. " Louisville Post.
Admiral Kautz's ready-made king is a
subject of the American people. Consequently
quently we can all reflect that , though we
have no king over us , we have one under p.
us. St. Paul Dispatch.
It has already been the boast of the Rt. law
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain that he has
never taken physical exercise. Now lie
is reported laid up with the gout. Serves
him right. Boston Herald
TOTAL IS 3674,981,022.
Official .Report on Appropriations of
the Fifty-fifth Congress.
The appropriations made by the thin ]
session of the Fifty-fifth Congress amount
to $674,981,022 , according to the volume
relating to appropriations , new officest
etc. , completed by Thomas P. Cleaves and
James C. Courts , chief clerks of the Sen
ate and House Committees on Appropria
tions. The appropriations were as fol
lows :
Agricultural $8,726,022
Army 80,430,204
PJplomatic 1,714,534
District of Columbia 6,834,534
Fortifications 4,909,002
Jndian 7,504,776
legislative 23,110,841
Military academy 575,774
Naval / 48,099,970
Pension 145,233,830
Postofflce 105,634,139
River and harbor 16,091,842
Sundry civil 49,385,931
Deficiency appropriations 25,005,913
Miscellaneous appropriations , In
cluding $20,000,000 to carry out
treaty obligations with Spain. . 28,744,590
Permanent appropriations 128,678,220
Grand total $674,981,02
In addition to the specific appropria *
tions contracts were authorized for in *
crease of the naval establishment and foi
various public works throughout the
country requiring future appropriation !
by Congress in the aggregate sum ol
$77,047,274 , including the following items ;
Three new battle ships , three
armored cruisers and six pro
tected cruisers , to cost , Includ
ing armor and armaments $44,104.500
Iliver and harbor Improvements. . 23,806,324
Public buildings In various States ,
Including a new government
printing office in Washington. . . 8,163,450
At.an annual cost of $12,150,867 new
offices and employments to the number of
49,669 are ordered , while those abolished
or omitted amount to 852 , at an annual
expense of $843,371 , thus making a net
increase of $11,307,496. Of this increase.
38,815 are for the military establishment
under the act increasing the efficiency o\ \
the army , and 9,572 are for the naval es
tablishment.
A comparison of the total appropriation !
of the third session of the Fifty-fifth ,
Congress for 1900 of $674,981,022 with
those of the second session for 1889 ol
$893,231,615 shows a reduction in favo ?
of the third session of $218,250,593.
PERMIT FOR CANAL.
Conditions Are Named Upon Which
Channel May Be Opened.
Secretary Alger's visit to the Chicago
drainage canal resulted in the issuing oJ |
a permit for the opening of the big ditch
as soon as the work has progressed sufficiently - :
ciently to make that possible. The sam
ttary district of Chicago is permitted tq
&pen the channel subject to three condi
tions : '
First , leaving it distinctly understood
that the Secretary of War will submit
pertain questions that have been raised
to Congress , and that the permit is sub
ject to such action as may be taken by
Congress.
Second , that if at any time it appears
Vhat the current , created by such drainage
work in the south and main branches of
the Chicago river are unreasonably ob
structive to navigation or injurious to
property , the Secretary of War reserves
the right to close or modify the discharge
through the channel.
Third , that the sanitary district of Chicago
cage must assume all responsibility for
damages to property and navigation inter
ests by reason of the introduction of a
current in the Chicago river.
What State will have the first town
called Funstonia ? "
The fruit raisers would like to know
what the 'cold waves are saying.
Unlike most aspirants , Aguinaldo did S
his running after he got the office.
The Twentieth Kansas regiment is first C
in swim , first in push and first in pull. v
Luna has no ships , but he appears to be
making a large number of fleet move
ments.
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It is surprising that Aguinaldo's forces
succeeded in escaping a stuffy death in
the Bag-bag river.
The operation of the new bankruptcy
law is having the effect of showing how
much some people owe , at any rate.
rifice are cast in the shade since Wiscon tlw
sin solons enacted an anti-pass law. w .
An exchange says Aguinaldo wants to
catch his breath. If his breath is ahead
of him it must be a swift institution.
be
"Throne Makers" is the title of a new
book by William Roscoe Thayer. Per
haps a copy should be sent Admiral Kautz.
The Dreyfus case is said to be nearing
the end. It will be surprising to observ
ers if it closes during the life of Dreyfus.
The capture of Aguinaldo might be hast C
ened materially by setting the United died
States , secret service department after w
him. ] ed
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"Straw hats are shy , " says the Pitts- fj
burg Telegraph. The summer girl , though ,
p
not thought to be more bashful than of ,
yore.
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"The crisis in Jamaica is over , " says the st
Philadelphia Ledger. The crisis in jam- lei
making , however , will not be encountered it
for some months. , ,
A New York judge has decided that
young people may kiss in public. It is m
hoped that Gotham's young men will not nc
miss cars to take a buss. fa
An exchange says the Gen. Wheeler he
marriage rumor Has taken a fresh start. er
Perhaps marriage rumors will ultimately loM
required to obtain a license. loSI
This is enlistment season in Spnin. but SI
army is not filling up very rapidly. The er
majority of the Spaniards have about con ci
cluded that they are not a fighting people. st
This issuing of proclamations to the fly
Filipinos is on the assumption that
those who run may read. Ct
One of the members of the Connecticut CtM
Legislature introduced a resolution to pro M
vide that the General Assembly shall
finally adjourn on Thursday , April 6 , at 2 ha
: ias
m. , "this act to take effect upon its pas- -
" cc
sage.
Wisconsin has passed a marriage license
and placed prohibitory measures about
juvenile matrimony , but a great many
young people will manage to get the op
portunity of repenting at leisure just the ivas
same. lie
EDWARD ATKINSON.
Noted E--nomiat AY ho Has Come Into
Conflict with the Government.
Edward Atkinson , the celebrated Bos
ton t economist who by his anti-imperial
propaganda has come into conflict with
the Federal Government , has for years
been famous as a writer on economic top
ics. He is a native of Brookline , Mass. ,
is ii i : 72 years old and lives in Boston. Mr.
Atkinson is vice-president of the Anti-
jI
Imperialist League and is really at the
head of the objectors to the administra
tion's Philippine policy. He has preached
the anti-expansion policy and has sent
circulars to the soldiers in the Philippines.
Mr. Atkinson , in his pamphlet , urges "the
I
EDWARD ATKIXSO3T.
youth of the land to avoid disease in the
tropics by refusing to enlist or volunteer
in the army or navy of the United States , '
and goes on to say that "the way will be
found for the volunteers , now helc
against their will , to get their release from
unlawful service. "
These circulars have been pronounced
seditious and traitorous by President Me
Kinley and his cabinet , who say the pur
pose of the anti-imperialists is to incite
mutiny among the soldiers , thus interfer
ing with the Government's work , and to
foment insurrection among the Filipinos ,
The circulars were seized at San Fran
cisco by order of the Postmaster General
SPRING PLOWING VERY LATE ,
Resnlt of Returns Furn'shed to the
Department of Asrricultiire.
The May returns to the statistician ol
the Department of Agriculture show the
acreage in winter wheat in cultivation on j
May 1 to have been about 25,900,000
acres. This is about 4,000.000 acres less
than the area estimated to have been sown
last fall , but it still slightly exceeds the
area of winter wheat harvested last year.
The reduction in acreage in the principa
States , as 'compared with the area seeded
last fall , is as follows :
Kansas , 808,000 ; Illinois , 701,000 ; In
diana , 394,000 ; Missouri , 345,000 ; Texas
227,000 ; Ohio , 149,000 ; Nebraska , 144 , '
000 ; Michigan , 128,000 ; Wisconsin , 120-
000 ; Tennessee , 105,000.
The condition in the principal States ,
after reducing the acreage as indicated ,
is as follows :
Pennsylvania , 86 ; Maryland , 83 ; Vir
ginia , 78 ; Texas , 07 ; Tennessee , 78 ; Ken
tucky , 70 ; Ohio , 82 ; Michigan , 60 ; In
diana , 68 ; Illinois , 54 ; Missouri , 65 ; Kan
sas , 64 ; California , 96 ; Oklahoma , 86.
Spring plowing is unusually late in al
most every part of the country. The work
already done is estimated at 57.2 per cent
of the total contemplated. The proportion
tion usually done by May 1 is about 75
per cent of the whole.
A CONFERENCE ON TRUSTS.
Four Days' Session to Be Held in Chicago -
cage This Summer.
A national conference on trusts and
combinations will be held in Chicago dur
ing the coming summer. Tire Civic Fed
eration ] of the city has been fostering the
scheme for some time. The plan is to
gather together a body of men from all
sections ( of the country who will reflect
tlC views of labor , commerce , political
economy ( , law , trade , and in fact of all the
varied ; industrial , educational and profes
sional elements on the latest and greatest
of national questions.
The intention is to hold a four days'
conference ( , one day being devoted to rail-
road combinations , one to labor organiza- " vc
tions , one b industrial combinations and of
one to remedies and to methods of proced in
ure. One of the most important questions th
to be discussed will be that involving the sl.-
jurisdiction of the various States and the It
Federal Government in the disposition of of
this issue. The courts have held both : \i
ways , and if light is needed on any point ih
the investigators of the trust say it is this
teen
one. For this reason the Governors and
Attorneys General of all the States will
asked to be present to give their views.
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WIND AND WATER RAGE. th
Kansas , Oklahoma and NebrasKa asei
Towns Seriously Damaged. est
Tornadoes swept the Kansas towns of
Coldwater , Lexington and Ashland Tues- *
j
day night. In Coldwater a dozen houses . ,
were wrecked. Joseph Bowers was kill-
and a half dozen persons were injurad. one
Aldrich's general store was wrecked , brick m
block on Main street blown down. The bij
Presbyterian Church was blown away and n
the court house was unroofed. A terrible fit
windstorm in Ellis County picked up a ba
stretch of wire fence a quarter of a mile tin
long , carried it three miles and wrapped
was
securely around the steeple of the Mun-
sjr
gor Catholic Church.
A great amount of rain , amounting al- ei
most < to a deluge , fell Tuesday night in CO
northwestern Nebraska , from which no orj
fatalities have resulted so far as can be To
beard , but which has destroyed a consid ne
erable amount of property , especially on for
lowland farms , the Chicago , St. Paul and evi
Minneapolis and Omaha and the Pacific trc
Short Line railways being also large los-
srs. The town of Homer was the prin- ,
L-ipal ] sufferer. At Winnebago agency the
storm was accompanied by enormous hail. as
ve
Sparks from the Wires. jei
Severe tidal waves reported from the itj
Caroline Islands.
the
G. i W. Spurgeon killed by lightning , haTh
Morgantown. W. Va.
The
Julius J. G. Lay of Washington , D. C. , Ta
been appointed consul general at Bar-
lege
L-elona , Spain. g/ ;
James Harvey , Elkhorn , W. Va. , struck DC
lames P. McClure behind the ear with a ,
rock , killing him instantly.
Ar
Body of an unknown man , about 30 , ed
found in an opium joint , Chicago. Be * _ . .
ieved he was poisoned by a woman. He
SAILING WITH ADMIRAL DEATH.
Boys , are ye calling a toast to-night ?
( Hear what the sea wind saith )
Fill for a bumper strong and bright ,
And here's to Admiral Death !
He's sailed in a hundred builds o' boat ,
He's fought in a thousand kinds o' coat ,
He's the senior flag of all that float
And his name's Admiral Death.
Which of you looks for a service free ?
( Hear what the sea wind saith )
The rules o' the service are but three
When you sail with Admiral Death.
Steady your hand in time o' squalls ,
Stand to the last by him that falls ,
And answer clear to the voice that calls :
"Ay ay ! Admiral Death ! "
How will ye know him among the rest ?
( Hear what the sea wind saith )
By the glint o' the stars that cover his
breast
Ye may find Admiral Death.
By the forehead grim with an ancient
scar ,
By the voice that rolls like thunder far ,
By the tenderest eyes of all that are
Ye may know Admiral Death.
Where are the lads that sailed before ?
( Hear what the sea wind saith )
Their bones are white by many a shore
They sleep with Admiral Death.
Oh , but they loved him young and old
For he left the laggard and took the bold ,
And the fight was fought and the story's
told
And they sleep with Admiral Death.
-McClure's.
OUT OF THE MOUTH
OF BABES.
led Herr Schweppe to
WHAT the Auianites no one
knew but the elders. The
Auianites did not gossip about it. They
were not given to gossiping about any
thing. Work , duty , God these were
all their thoughts. But the visitors to
the close-lying Amana villages seldom
failed to notice that Herr Schweppe
was a gentleman and to wonder how
he came to join tne Amanites , with
their plain clothes aud their lives of
toil. The mystery was hid in the books
tcoi
of the elders. There was once a visitor
who claimed that he had a glimpse of
the page and saw "Bismarck" written
twice on Herr Schweppe's record. The
name was "Von Schweppe , " too , this
visitor said , although it was only
Schweppe now.
Be that as it may , Herr Schweppe's
daughter , Annie , bore the traits of
noble German birth. She was a dark-
haired , dark-eyed maid , appearing
among the other girls of the community
like a bit of Sevres ware surrounded
by pieces of useful but homely plaiu
white china. Little did the thrifty ,
godly Amauites care for such beauty.
In Amana a yard of blue calico was
accounted as worth far more than a
dimple.
The sorrows of exile killed Herr
Schweppe when Annie was a child , be
fore she had grown so beautiful. An-
uie had never seen a mirror , and no
oue told her of her beauty. Her mother
gloated over it in secret. She loved
Annie far better than the elders would
have sanctioned , but when the child
was near she was silent and cold. The
life of repression had had its effect on
poor Mother Schweppe.
In. Amana the elders discouraged
lovemaking. Men and women entered
the church by different doors , and a "
line of sawdust-box cuspidors marked
off the men's side of the house. But
among the girls at the Amana gast-
haus were two persons who did not
have the law of Amana in their hearts. w
They were not Amana girls , but came ai
from outside , for no Amauite would PI
have permitted his daughter to be sub aC
jected to the gaze of the strangers in C
the gasthaus. It was Madge and Nora , Bi
alas ! who put all the mischief into An grF
nie's mind. F
June moonlight was falling over the Sf .
yellow wheat fields , and the fragrance in !
f grapevine blossoms on the wall half Jj ?
intoxicated Annie as she leaned out of
the small , square window next the
slanting roof of her mother's cottage. nie
was while Annie was still thinking (
the land that might lie outside of
I
Amana that Madge and Nora came
along and asked her to go with them
their "party. " And Annie stole away , ey
ind went. at
his
A ghostly little "party" it was , of th
Madge and Xora and Annie and only he
three others , in the hotel kitchen , but "
(
they sat in the glare of the oil-lamp " -
reflector it seemed to Annie the wild-
rp
dissipation. Two sheepish young
Amauites slouched on the bench at oue
side of the kitchen , nervously pulling
their straw hats over their faces if anv
glanced at them. The third young tba
man was entirely unlike these. Annie , bat
ig-eyed and timorous , gazed at him
row
wonder. He wore such clothes as
idly
fitted him ; his ruddy hair was brushed
ack from his ears , not over them , in
fashion of the Amanites. His face
clean-shaven , his figure lithe and
to
sinewy , and his merry eyes roved hith
ing
and thither while he regaled the .
S1"
company ! with music. It was a mouthS1"
organ which he played , but no matter.
St.
Annie it was heavenly. She had ' "
aever before heard music of any kind ,
the Amanites attached a penalty
even to whistling. Suddenly Annie was (
trembling and sobbing , and the player , sic
conscience-smitten , ceased his melody , ua
He was not a great stranger to Her. t-h
Annie had thought. He had , not so was
very many years ago , worn the blue lum.
jeans and straw hats of the commun- ve
. He was none otaer than Hermann. f0
( son of Herr Tappan , whom Annie vo
often seen in church when a child , li"
community had permitted Herr. -nr
Tappen to send his son away to a col- 0j |
, for Hermann was to be the physician - rj :
sician of the community , their Herr ic
Doctor , as they called him. \ i lie \ (
Hermann understood the timidity of lird
Annie. He , too , had once been restrain- Oy
till all his thoughts were sadness. ; ! ;
bade the girls take her at once to i-ise
her mother's cottage , and he watched
them till Annie had disappeared
through the window.
But why should the young Herr Doc
tor come to Mother Schweppe's cottage
next day , asking for her famous wine
for his patients ?
"Knowest thou not I have disposed
of it long before this time ? " cried
Mother Schweppe.
"I thought perhaps tnou mightst be
making it again , " faltered Hermann.
"Make wine in June ? What sort of
a man ! " and Mother Schweppe laugh
ed loudly and unmelodiously , much as
one of her cabbages might have laugh
ed.
ed.And
And while her dull eyes were closed
in mirth , Hermann crushed into Annie's
hand a bit of paper , and Annie , child
though she was , hid herself among the
grapevines before she dared to open it.
"Thou art most beautiful ! I love
thee. " That was all.
After that it was easy for Annie to
climb down by the grapevine from her
window , and once she went alone with
Hermann , far down the solitary rail
road track. But Madge loved Her
mann , too , in her way , and , being jeal
ous , she told Annie's mother.
The next day the elders came to
Mother Schweppe's house. No one
smiled , and the interview was full of
long silences. Annie was taken down
Iit
the street , an elder in front of her , and
an elder behind her. They put her in
4la house , far away from her mother ,
and gave her a double portion of work. s
Hermann , too , was taken to a cloister , / " * "
though he went laughing.
Six months' separation , six months *
fasting , prayer , and hard work was re
quired , and If after that ordeal the two
still wished to be married the elders
would consider the matter.
A week passed , Hermann and Annie
had sat in their places at the morning
service , and it chanced that they , with
meekly folded hands , emerged from
the two doors of the church at the same
moment. Suddenly each one advanced
to the other , they met , and walked to
gether. The elders were so astounded
that for a moment no one could speak.
There had never been such an auda
cious breach of the rules. Even the
most venerable members of the com
munity were dumfouuded.
The whistle of an approaching train
awoke them all to action. "Disobedi
ence ! " the chief elder cried , and all the
elders hurried down the street to the
railway station. Here they found Her
mann and Annie , impenitent and defi
ant There was a brief , storm of angry
word ; * .
"We give you but one year to con
sider , " said the long-faced chief elder.
"You may never show your faces here
again if you come not back within the
year. "
"Thou , Hermann , leavest thy aged
father , and thou , Annie , thy mother , "
said another , more kindly.
Annie looked down at her blue calico
gown and her rough shoes. "What
have thej- done for us ? " she cried.
They ascended the steps of the car. r
"Give them good-by ! " called Hermann ,
petulantly. "We come back no more. "
"All the world loves a lover , " said
Herr Tappan to Mother Schweppe , sad
ly , "but the lover loves no one but him
self and his sweetheart. "
So Hermann and Annie went to the
city. They were happy , and there seem
ed to be no ghosts at their fireside.
"Father and mother think more of their
carrots than they do of us , " they would
say , merrily , when they spoke of
Amana at all.
In May their baby was born. He
was a beautiful child , and Hermann
and Annie never tired of watching him.
Hermann could scarcely tear himself !
away from baby to attend his patients.
Contagious diseases he refused to treat.
Baby might catch them. Annie's face
grew softer as she looked at the child.
For hours they would amuse them
selves watching him clasp a lead pencil
his chubby fingers. They cut off aleck
lock of his baby hair and saved it in the
Bible.
"Whom does the baby look like , An- *
( ? " asked Hermann , carelessly , one
day.
"Like you did when you were a baby ,
suppose , " answered Annie , gayly.
Suddenly a startled look came into her
eyes. The thought came to Hermann
the same moment. He dropped on
: knees before the child. "Did they
think : of me as we think of our baby ? "
whispered. Annie was sobbing.
"God may yet forgive us , " she cried.
"The year is not ended. We may still
return. ] "
The good God had not ended Mother
Schweppe's life. Herr Tappan , too ,
was still trudging among his vege
tables , when Hermann and Annie came
back.
"It would have been a year to-mor
, already , " Herr Tappan said , stol
, but his withered lips went trem
bling , and he embraced Hermann and
Annie and blessed them.
And Mother Schweppe paddled back
nor cellar with a sly smile , return
full-handed. "I have all this time
since last autumn kept six bottles of
wine for thee , Hermann , " she said.
" Louis Globe-Democrat.
Things Invented by Lunatics.
On the authority of the resident phy
sician of a lunatic asylum , a very val
uable improvement connected with ma-
i-hinery , now in daily use everywhere ,
: invented by the inmate of an asy
. No name is given , because the in
ventor is now quite cured , and is a ,
somewhat ] prominent man , but his in
vention , designed and modeled while
was perfectly mad , has since
brought ( him thousands of dollars. An-
her lunatic invented a simple auto
matic contrivance to be fixed on the
heads ; of lawn tennis rackets to pick up
ball without stooping , and so satis-
, was the d/sctor of there being mon-
in it that he advised the inventor's
friends to secure a patent for him la
he should become cured.
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