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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , . JUNE 29 , 1890-TWELYE PAGES. n t : i MORSE'S. MORSE'S. MORSE'S , MORSE'S. Blazer Silks Corset Covers , 48c. kae Sl.OO Assorted lot of flno Corset Covers , high nnd low . neck , embroidery trimmed , usual price UOo nnd 70c , We expert to open in our new store September Monday OSc each. ist. It is our intention to open so far as possible with All the latest pat an entire new stock , and not in any one or two de terns in wash silks , We advertised these for Saturday , and sold dozens partments , but all over our store , and prices will be cool and nice quality of them. They sold for 5oc , Gfic and 750 a pair , but Gowns 98c. cut to reduce stock for the next in colors suitable arc a mixed lot of sizes S inch one style , 9 inch of Night , . . stylish another , &c so we offer your choice of 500 , 650 and 6O DAYS. able for suits and Hose , Full lonfjth Mother Hufobnrd Night Gowns , extra 750 good muslin , and yoke of embroidery , and tucked , regu blazers. 28 Cents a pair Monday. lar $1.20 and $1.DO qualities. Monday OSc each. LACE CURTAINS , Drawers 50c. Grenadines Parasols $3,50 $ ; worth $8. $ , . , Lndies * Drawers , made oTstandard muslins , several Black iron frame , styles to select from , regular 7Dc qualities , Monday choice We have some very fine Brussels , Swiss and Two Mexican and other OOc a pair. Toned Oriental Lace Curtains that sold down to are new grenadines just Parasols $1,50 $ worth $4 $ one , two and three pair lots. They are worth $ r5 to . , , , $25 a pair ; never sold for less. We offer them at two received. Calico Wrappers $1,50 prices , $10 and $12. Curtain loops free. , , , SCOTCH Parasols $1 $ ; worth $2,50 $ , Monday we show new styles In Calico Wrappers , SPECIAL BARCA1NS-25 CENT WINDOW -SHADES. , light pink. ground Choice with $1.BO neat each. colored figures , in black , blue or Ginghams 3 special bargains reduced from half the price they were sold at early in the season. Monday's sale. Nottingham Lace Gifrtains , Monday Odd Lots. New plaid and $1,50 and $3,25 Scotch Ginghams , $1.50 Bargain Table. , , , patterns not shown Children's White Dresses , worth $ B ; for $1.CO. Children's Gingham Dresse , worth $ ? .BO ; for $1.CO. before this season , Ladies' Blazer Jackels , worth $3.BO for $1.BO. Two special lots. The $ i.5o ones worth $2.5o , . ; . . Ladies' Blouse Waists , worth $ i2.BO ; for$1.CO. and the $3.25 quality reduced from § 5. We give cur Regular SSc grade , Boys' Blouse Waists , worth $2.26 ; for $1.BO. tain loops free. Monday 2Sc. Misses' Blouse Waists ; worth $2.2B ; for $1.BO. Ladies' Dressing Sacques , worth $0 ; for $1.BO. Dado Shades , CHALLIS Another lot of English Silk Umbrellas , regular $5 Ladies' Suits 12.50. quality , down for next week to $3.50. , . . Ladles' Ginghnm , Cambric and Snteen Suits rondy SG mode , usually sold ut $5 , $7.GO and $0 each. Monday choice $2.8O. isfit Shades Real good patterns , , elegant quality , that FANS , FANS. Ladies' White Suits. sold early in the sea . son for Sc to lOc ; Special Fan sale for next week , beginning Mon Monday we mnke nnothr cut in prices of Ladle's MOUNTED ON BEST SPRING ROLLERS , now Be. day , all our stock will be included. ready . made . White Suits. See them at $2.GO , $0.70 and $8.OO each. WORTH SOCTO $1.25. MORSE DRY GOODS CO. Morse Dry Goods Co , MORSE DRY GOODS CO. GOODS co , NOT 1IUNC1IAUSEN ROMANCES They Detail the Hairbreadth Escapes of Adventurous Omahans. ON THE ROAD UNDER A LOADED SLED. /Surrounded / hy Indians in a Clump ! ' Willows Chased l > y Ked- Hlcins and Gelling stuck In the Marshes. When John C. Cowln was n small boy , jirobably twelve or thirteen years old , ho had nn experience that doubtless brought out Home of his prematurely gray hair. At that time , Mr. Cowin lived on n farm , went to > school , carried firewood Into the liouso morn- Jug and evening und on Saturdays assisted in the work of hauling this sort of wood from distant clearings to the house. It was during one of these work days that ho narrowly es caped being crushed to death. A recollection of the event will never bo effaced from Mr. Cowin's memory. "Tlio ground was covered with snow , " said bo in relating the story. "I was hauling cord- wooden un old sled und sat driving the team so that my feet rested against the cross-bar or doubletree of the tonguo. Going down a bill , ono orunnor of the sled struck a low stump in such manner as to spread tlio sled npart so that the tongue roller dropped out. That caused mo to lose my foot brace nnd I began to slip oil in front of the sled. Wo were by this time going at u rapid rule of speed. The horses took fright nnd sturtsd for tlio tall timber. Ho\v to save myself from being mangled beneath that heavy load of wood was u mutter that hud to be decided almost instantly. A thought oc currcd to me thut if I could slide oft so as to lie flat on tlio snow and let the sled pass over ino 1 might escape. I did so mid got out of the accident without being injured , but it wus a hair-breadth escape. Six Inches ono % -ny or the other , und It would have been all flay with mo. " But Mr. Cowin's experience was tame when compared with that of Joe Teahon , city passenger agent of the Wnbush road. There's n man who.se life has hung by n thread half 11 dozen times. Billy Mitchell , the once no torious guerilla , shot nt him and the bullet plowed u furrow along the top of his head. J'hut was in ISO'J , down near Jeffersonvillo , Teiin..When connected with the Chicago lire department , Jo fell thirty feet from the top of a burning building und lauded on a pile of lumber. Ho was hid up for six weeks. Bald be : "Tho blood spurted out of my ears , eyes , nose and mouth. I thought my bend would burst into n thousand pieces and I liitew nothing moro until tlio next day. But talk about thrilling events , experiences that make men turn gray. Out west is where you get that sort of thing. The only tlmo I was ivully very badly frightened fourteen Indian warriors got after un old fellow by the iiainu of Austin and myself up In tlio mountains. Tills occurred on April 8 , 1870. not far from South Pass , Wyo. Several of us wore out them in the prospecting business. About ten days previously , wo hail engaged In an en counter with u squad oftlio red devils and killed fpurUvn. Bhi'ck Bear , their chief wits among tlio slain. On the 8th Austin and I bad been off some distance from the camp with his team and wagon. He was an old timer in that country nnd know nil nbout the Indians. Wo were returning homo and hud gotten within throe iiillan of the camp when 1 happened to look buck and saw u band of warriors swooping down upon us. I could feel my hair stand ou end. At Austin's command wo Jumped out of tlio wagon and unhitched thu horses. I supposed wo would each mount and animal nnd leave that country , but Austin turned them loose and tiwav thev went toward camp. What did you do tfwt forl' said I to Austin. 'Never mind cowui\l'ho 'but , you \ , replied , get your gun und come with mo. ' By this tlmo the Indians were quite near. Wo run down n bill Into n willow swamp , bid our- Bclvoa and uwulted developments. The In dians cumo up to our wugon nnd took everything thing- they could curry. Thuy theu uiadu a circle around the willows. Austin to'ld me not to shoot unlcs I was sure of either bringing down nil Indian orlds horse. Four or live times the bloodthirsty scoundrels rode , yipplngand yelling , nrouiid'that cluster of willows , each time coming closer. My heart was in my mouth. I guarded one side and Austin the other. Directly 1 hoard u report I looked around and saw a great big buck plunge head over heels olT his pony. Austin had plugged him through the head. The oilier Indians , greatly excited , picked up their comrade nnd carried him out of sight down the valley. Wo dared not move , however. In about two hours they returned and renewed the attack. Then It came my turn. I blazed away ut an uglv-looUing brute on a white horse. My bullet caught the horse ut the root of his tuil , und you ought to have seen him throw that Indian up into the air. Again they rode nway to the top of the hill utid held another pow-wow. Directly wo baw them looking In the opposite direc tion und become greatly agitated. Austin said moro Indians were coining. You can hot your bottom dollar 1 was frightened. But they finally disappeared , and in u few min utes the boys from camp rescued us. As soon us Austin's team reached the camp they knew .something hud happened and started out to hunt us up. Thut was what I call a thrilling adventure. " Mr. Teahon , however , is not tlio only man in Omaha who has been frightened within an Inch of his lifo. D. W. VunCott can toll quite an interesting story inyliich ho figures as ono of the principal actors. Fourteen years ago ho earned his daily bread as a traveling salesman. During an intermission between trips ho nnd two fellow drum mers concluded to enjoy Held sports , aud accordingly wont over to Hed Oak , In. , ou u quail hunt. Ono very fine morning they wcro out about six or seven miles north of town , when suddenly u flock of birds arose from a blurt thicket near bv. Van and his companions instantly had tholr guns nt tbi'ir shoulder and were scattering shot all over the surrounding country. Before stojt- ping to ascertain the result of their efforts , no less than eight or ten charges had been fired. Imagine their surprise when thev noticed three or four strapping big , war-painted , cojv per-colorcd niflluns dash through the bush and start toward them. Then thtro wius n wild and exciting chase. The hunters leaped into tholr buggy , laid hot whip to their team und let it run. The Indians followed. Our team plunged into a swamp nnd stuck , " wild Van Cott. " "Wo took to the woods , run ucross country and finally reacced homo safely , though complete ly winded. The Indians cupturodour rig and got away with it. Wo turned the matter over to the sheriff and hi about two weeks afterward ho succeeded in recovering tlio property. " Mike Maul says on ono occasion he suddenly grow sK Inches after ho had attained his natural height , kept thus elongated about live minuted. Charley Goodrieh's black , woolly dog was the cuuso of the enlargement. One 'Saturday afternoon when Mike was coroner live men were crushed to death In u sandbank , u htiort distance down thu river , below Boyd's packing liouso. Ho brought tholr bodies to town nnd laid them in n row in the rear room of his under taking establishment , rustled hard until about 11 o'clock that night completing ur- rangements to bury tliom next day. The we.ither was very hot. At a late hour he started up stairs , feeling very tired. Ho had to pass through the dark room where ulll the dead men lay. "When I got In there , " ho said. " 1 could hear something breathing long and loud. Nnturally.tho thought struck mo that ono of the dead men had como to llt'o. I could feel my bat go right up Into the air. It frightened mo so greatly that I was apparently un ugo finding 11 match. When 1 did discover one I struck u light and commenced un investigation. What do you suppose It was I There was Goodrieh's dog laying under the bed led panting lilto a liz- zard ! " Mr. Maul had some lively adventures dur ing his stay from IST'J ' to 1SS1 In Montana with mountain lions ana black boars. Ho tells some breezy stories about bitting ou tree limb.s all night with one or more of these ferocious beasts waiting nt the base for him to como down and furnish them with u good meal. The Pennsylvania railroad company has voluntarily advanced the wages of all its em ployes otho Southwestern Pennsylvania branch 10 to 1.1 per cent. This equalizes the wagon of the Pennsylvania railroad on all the branches. NEVER FLINCHED UNDER FIRE lu au Apacha Ambxisoada With Geii- cm.1 Crook. HOW HE CONQUERED THE INDIANS. An Kxuitliig ICplHixlc on the. Hot , Dry Plains of Arizona A IlcininlKC'OtU'e il' the Dead Mnjor General. Written 'furTlic lite. Many of my younger readers may perhaps bo surprised to have mo tell them of a genu ine frontier hero who was neither a bully nor a braggart , who never carried a revolver on his hip , whisky flask in his pocket or tobacco in Ills mouth. Although ho had fought every tribe of hostile Indians from the dominions of her Brittnuic majesty on the north to the southern slopes of the rugged Sierra Madre far down in the republic of Mexico , ho didn't llnd it necessary to cut a niche in the butt of his rlllo for every engagement ho hud seen or every Indian ho had killed. Ho didn't wear long hair and ho did not in vest any of his money in buckskin clothed With porcupine and bead decorations. An oath or a foul word never crossed his- lips , and yet today there is no name more highly revered , more sincerely mourned all over what was so tveontly our frontier than that of this modest , unostentatious soldier who thus persistently .set at dctlanco the canons of the border drama and seemed to bo inllucnced at all times to act the part of un unassuming , Christina gentleman. Hut then , the subject of my sketch , Major General George Crook , of the United States army , was no ordinary man. Ho was ono of these rare examples which every bright , hon est boy should exert himself to emulate. A close association of fifteen years nnd moro which gave mo tbnhonnrof being along side of General Crook in all his campaigns and battles , during that period taught mo to understand him as perfectly as ono man can understand another and that the lessons of his life may not bo entirely lost.I wish to nar rate u few incidents happening under my own notice and which may bring to light the char acteristics of the limn by describing some of the countless dangers to which | Ho was ex posed. It would take many columns to make even n conctso biographical sketch , and within the short space of au article of this kind butlittlo moro can bo attempted than a reference to onu or two events , the knowledge of which has , until ttio present day , been conllnod to u very limited circle. The territory of Arizona , some eighteen or twenty years ago , was us close an approach to the Infernal regions us could be found on tint map. The surface of the earth Is there u grand and mysterious upheaval of diseonnet- tcd mountain ranges , separated by broad spaces of desert land , baked to dust by the rays of a torrid sun. The vegetation , beasts and birds of the de.scrt portions all are sub-tropical , while these of the elevated ranges nro identical with the iloru and fauna of moro temperate climes. The deserts can , In most cases , bo re claimed by irrigation , nnd it Is certainly no le.ss wonderful than entrancing to regard the transformation wrought by man's genius and labor in the oases llko Tucson , Florence and IMupnlx , where Holds greener than the em erald betray the budding shoots of barley , or rippling waters , babbling In broad ditches , reflect the foliage of graceful cottonwoods. The mountains-grim buttresses of gnmlti ) and sandstone or broad tublo lands , cupped with block luvivnnd basalt are In numerous places covered with dense plno forests on their summits , while scrub oak aud Juniper grow in Jungles on their Hanks. In these ulHIMt inaccessible Sierras lived the tierce Apaches , In the days of which I wrlto wilder than their untamable brothel's , the yelping coyotes. To the number of thousands these Indians infested Arizona aud New Mexico as well us the northern zone of our sister republic , mi d grown bold and cunning in the .successful warfare waged for generations , had attacked and destroyed wagon trains , ranchos and whole settlements of the incoming tide of American civilization , driven off herds of cattle and horses and made human life insecure. The farmers in the valleys tended their lit tle patches of corn and barley with cocked nnd loaded rllles strapped to the plow-han dles. dles.All travel was done by night , and by night onlv. Tlio stages carrying the United States mail often ventured on the highway during the hours of sunshine , but , alas ! they didn't , always reach the "stations , " aud the position of stage driver gradually assumed in the eyes of the people the appearance of u covert at tempt at.suicide. It was In such n condition of affairs that General U. S. Grant , then president , deter mined , upon the petition of the settlers of Arizona , that something must bo done and done at once. IIo picked out General Crook for the duty of whipping the Apaches into submission and the wisdom of his choice was sooit made man ifest. Crook did whip the Apaches into submis sion , that is , all excepting ono small bund which ho was especially enjoined not to touch , nnd ho did it in magnificent style. But ho did moro than whip the savages. After they hud surrendered unconditionally ut ( Jump Verde , in 18711 , ho promised them that ho would be their best * friend and teach tliom'to live Just the sumo as white men. They were established upon farms , encour aged to raise crops of cereals as well as herds of ponies , and for every pound of corn gath ered , every buiiill" of hay cut or cord of wood stacked up for delivery General Crook found them a cash market In the adjacent military posts. This is more of a digression than I intended to make. The story of how tins truculent Apaches were tamed and taught to bo men is ono of unflagging interest , but it must bo re served for another timo. It was in the campaign that resulted so happily tnat 1 first met General Crook , and as memory draws aaldo the curtains of the past I recall , among others without number , the perils of ono bright summer afternoon when wo were riding together at the head of u column of the Third cavalry along the sum mit of the lofty mountains known us the Mo- gollon. The doftcst of fairy fingers had woven the rainlM > w-hued carpet of flowers which man tled the ground for miles on nil sides of us. The refreshing shadows of graceful pines screened us from the rays of the evening sun , nnd over and anon tlio lugubrious caw-caw of sublo crows broke upon tlio stillness. To the left of the landscape and far to tlio west , stretched the chaotio musses of hills , which formed what , in the irony of frontier nomenclature , was termed "Tho Tonto Husln , " which In truth Was a basin , so far as the lofty position wo occupied was concerned , us we were not less than -two or tlnvo thou sand feet above the waters of tlio east fork of the Verde and of Tohto creek , but separ ated from them by dizzy precipices and bat tlements of crags , to surmount which would hoom to defy tlio Illght of the hawk aud the buz/urd. The day's march was over ; our camping ground for the night was only a few yards ahead of us ; and wo wore indulging in ex pressions of delight and wonder ut this curious blending ol the picturesque nnd the sublime General Crook , Tom Moore , Cap tain Brent , Lieutenant Hess and -when whiz I whizz I whlzzzl .whlzzzzl from front and Hunk , swept the arrows of un Apache umbuscado. Wo were not by any means green In that kind of business , ami In less tlmo than It takes to tell the story hud tin-own ourselves from our horse * and calling to the men what was the mutter , wore advancing from plno trees to plno trees upon the enemy. Hut the Apaches hod only Intended tholr attack to sluinpodo our horses , or to kill or inntm a few of thouuimals or muu ut ttio head of the column. Kor such purposes , arrows or lances were preferable to bullets , slnco they mudo no noise to give to these in the rear of tlio col umn attacked a duo to what was going ou in front. Our column hud a short tlmo before the attack been ordered to close up , " prepara tory to going Into camp ; for this reason , tlio Apuehos In places of finding only the ad vance-guard , were promptly confronted by our whole force of live companies , all of old and experienced soldier , who moved without waiting for orders , to places behind trees a.id rocks and began nn advance which the small force of savages could not , of course , hope to be able to resist. Finding that they had stirred up a hornet's nest , the Apaches made oil' through the woods , the wisest thing they could do under the circumstances. On our.side thcro were two or three "hits , " none to amount to anything , and u couple of mules Imi't. The loss of the enemy , if any , was never learned. Thcro were two of the Apaches separated from their companions who lay down on the edi'o of the precipice apparently making ready to sell their lives dearly. They wcro armed with bow und lunco and ritlo , and would , so wo thought , make good nso of them. Our men closed in on all sides expecting to hear u shot every moment. In this they were greatly mistaken because the Indians , after waiting until our proplo could sec their black , hcad-liko eyes shining with the fierce light of hate , made a bold spring down the vertical wall of the precipice , jumping from rock to rock and from tree to tree with the agility of mountain sheep. They they wcro , with dishevelled black hair streaming behim themdarting under the cover of overhanging ledges , following a course whicli threatened to dash them to cer tain death every moment ; the rocky bluffs re-echoed the crack of rllles nnd bullets which whistled from every direction ; but fortune favors the bravo , mm these two reckless sons of Anak , thanks to their perfect knowledge of the coun try which was then un absolute blank to us , and to the setting of the sun which hid them from our search , effected their escape nmlun- Imrmed too , excepting the broken arm which dandled helpless and bleeding bv the side of the hindermost , struck by a bullet from the rifle of our commandinir general. Two of the arrows fired at General Crook were imbedded so deeply In jnno trees that they could not bo dug out ; one had penetrated into tlio wood up to the feathers , the ethernet not quite so deep. The whole attacking party did not number moro than u dozenaud trustedas the Apaches always did , to daring and the lack of warn ing on our side , to gain their object , or , fail ing in that , to their Intimate acquaintance with every foot of ground , to evade capture or pursuit. In their theory of war It was the constant dripping of the fountain which was to wear out thu rock : constant attack , trivial , per haps , in many Individual cases , but kept up without intermission , that wus to wear out the white soldier. No ono on our side know when attack waste to como , no one knew when ho was safe. The first piece of advice given to young officers upon arrival iu Arizona used to bo : "When you see signs of the Apaches , look out ; and when you don't see signs , look out more than evi'r. " The history of our frontier Is well dc .orv- Inir of study by our intelligent young people , and the history and character of the noble , bravo soldiers lllco General Crook , who ro- deoiuod it from savagery und made it u glo rious heritage for civilization , cannot lie too attentively examined. JOHN G. BoriiKi : , Captain Third Cavalry , U. H. A. Dr. nii'noypi'ntico ! limited lo c.itnrrh- nl diBensea of no.-o tiud thfo.it. Boo bldj. { Ht. I'olor'H I'YHtlviil. A festival under the auspices of St. Peter's church was given on the spacious lawn of Mr. J. A. Uuld , 8" ! Georgia avenue , on Wednesday evening. About ono thousand visitors wcro present during tlio evening. The Seventh ward band furnished tno muslu mid u very enjoyable evening was passed. Festoons of Chinese lanterns lighted nnd beuutillcd the grounds und a well served col lation of Ice cream , cake and fruits refreshed tbo.so present. The music of the Seventh ward band , heard by many for the first time , was well selected and highly appreciated , Within doors the church choir , under the leadership of Prof. Provost , rendered several selections iu the style for which they uro noted. An AliHiilutu Curo. ThoOUlGINAL AiHBTINK OINTMENT is only put up in largo two-ouiicu tin boxes , and Is un absolute euro for all sores , burns , wound.scnuppcu hands and nil skin eruptions. SVill positively cure all kinds of piles. Ask for the OU'IGINAI , ABIKTINE OINT- MICNT. Sold by ( ioodinun Drug conjpauy at l3 ! cents per box by mail 30 cents. SLEEP , PERCHANCE TO DREAM , And in That Sleep of Peace What Dreams May Gome. THE BUND HAVE NO BRIGHT VISIONS. The K.vpcrlciiao ol' Omnhniis After They JIiul Resigned Themselves to the Influence of ( lie Drowsy Deity. Dreams I Mysteries I What synonyms of each other nro these two words 1 Apply thorn as you will to lifo or death , childhood or old ago , happiness or sorrow , tlio past , present or future they both tell of that same indescribable something which makes the strongest man powerless , the weakest mighty ; of that but for which Plato reasoned the soul itself would die , and the Creator could ne'er have been. It Is a long-established fact that the sleep of these who cryno into this world bereft of sit'lit is novcr Illuminated with sun-lit scenes of trees , of flowers , of hill or vale , river or ocean. Let such an ono hear these de scribed ever so vividly , and yet Thny nuvercomu mid dreams. The sightless babe , though fiom the very dawn of comprchcnsion.up through childhood days , and into manhood may have been the hourly , constant companion of its parent and have pressed the dear , true fuco of mother nnd hud Its minutest features described u thousand of times , and yet In dreams that Iovt > d face nnvor cnnies To light tlio gloom of long midnight-1- . ' Dreaming , to the blind , menus merely the hearing of voices , u Jargon of the fumlliur sounds of u day. Within the past few days there has como prominently to public notice us frightful u dream fnystory as perhaps ever occurred any where. A guest ut one of the lending hotels was hurled from n third story window to the pavemnnt below. A moment later the room-matoof the fourfnllv fated man rushed into tlio hotel office ami , with tlio wildnst horror depicted upon his face , told that ho hud done the terrible act in a dream. His stnU'incnt was afterwards cor roborated to Bomcthing of an oxtenl by the victim , now nt the point of death. The horrible affair snggosled to u member of Tin : HKI : stall the Idea of seeking for ex citing dreamland Incidents in the uxperienco of well-known people in Omaha. One of the most interesting was obtained from Leo ICstcllo , CKU. "it was an oxpiTicnco , " said Mr. Estelle. ' 'which beems to grow moro vivid with every passing year. It occurred on the night of March lf , 1SH.V As district attorney hero 1 was engaged In In'oseeuting Tom Hnllnrd for tlio inurdor of Henry Vunpoorten ut tlio St. James hotel which is now being torn down to make way for tlio now Tenth street viaduct. Judge Neville was on the bench , nnd on the day I Imvo cited ho sentenced Hal- lard to bo hung. "Feeling greatly exhausted by my work that day 1 rutired early uccoinpnulcd by my wife. Suddenly 1 found myself dreaming that Uallard's execution was at hand , I was In an old sluughter liouso and seemed to bo the first spectator to arrive. High upon the scaffold was u windlass such us is used to draw water from u well. From tlio windlass thcro dangled a rope having anooso in the end of 11. Glancing down ut tlio ourthcn floor I discovered In tlio faint light of the gruesome pluuo n stream. As 1 looked It sent forth u gurgling Hound nnd us I watched It mill more intently I found that It was a stream of blood. Next 1 was horrified at dis covering that it hud its source directly ut my feet. I shifted my position , soinowhat , and the stream of blood shifted IU source until I found it impossible to escape , appearing to myhi'lf to bo In HOIIIO way connected with Its coming into existence. I turned to leave the uwtul pluro but us I did so , there cntuivd from u ( listunt corner of tuo barn llkr < n- clufturo the piiK.-c8s.iou of iK-ath. Kvi-ry fuco wu4 fumilmr , every fuco hail been In the court room that sumo day. Billiard , the prisoner , entered between SherilV Dave Mlllur and Deputy Sheriff Lou Grebe , eacli of whom held one of the victim's arms. Behind marched County .1 idler .loc Miller. "Uallard had scarcely entered the place when his eyes fastened upon mo with u look of reproach so intense and horrible that it burned into my very soul. IIo was deathly palo , and Ids neck , arms and legs scnmcd perfectly rigid. After going about u third of the distance his nyes turned away from mo with u scorn that seemed fairly demoniac juid fastened themselves upon the scaffold. "As ho looked away from mo I remember that a mighty resolve came over mo to leap forward and rescue him from his captors. "i rushed forward I "I awoke ! "I found myself standing far In the center of our bedroom , ami In n tragic , beseeching attitude. My hands wore clinched so tight that my finger nails were driven so deep into the flesh us to cause the blood to How in al most u strcum from each hand. "I had scared my wife almost into insanity 1 "I was reeking with perspiration ami weak as the weakest child. "And now comes a moro singular part of the experience. "No sooner hud I been helped back into bed nnd after much fussing had gone to sleep again , than I dreamed the same dream all over again. Although I hud required quired the assistance of my wife to got buck into bed yet again I sprang , like a flush , from lying prone upon my back to standing bolt upright in the middleof the room , which was eight or ten Icct from tlio bed. bed."After a long tlmo of reviving mo , doubt less , wondering whether I had gene stark mad , .my wife finally had the sutlsfuctloii of seeing me doze oft into apparently u restful sleep. "Hut sleep had scarcely closed my eyes when for u third tlmo the ghastly dream re turned , and ut the identical moment in it , us before , I sprang even n greater distance from off the bed , alighting in thu .sumo posture us before. "Well , there was no moro Bleep In our house that night. "Days afterward , when I had fully recov ered from thu effects of thut awful night , I tried what do you think ! .lumping from u lying posture ou that bed to the floor. "It wns utterly nnd totally Impossible for mo to perform thu feat. "A.s for poor Tom Ballord , j'ou will romom- . her that the supreme court gave him peniten tiary for life. " George M. O'Brien , csq. , told of a brief ex perience ho had not long ago. "I reside at-homo , nnd us Is my custom ul- wayb gluneo through tlio liouso when 1 get homo u littlu Into to make sure that all tlio folks have retired or who is out so that thu opening of door will or will not startle mo. "On the night in question I came In about 10 o'clock and found all the fuinllv were In bod. Not feeling particularly Mi-epy , us I thought at the time , I picked up u book and commenced reading. It was u niiu noveland its 1 dippud into It I became disappointed und tossed it u.ido. "Before 1 know It I hud fallen asleep and began dreaming thcio were burglur.s in the house. A.s Omuhu had been having some very tough experiences with homu tnvaUer.s Just before thut night 1 resolved in my dream to lay for these 1 was dreaming were then in the house. "All of a sudden In my dream I saw a bur glar enter my room. "I mudo u leap and caught him by the throat ! "There was a terrific scream. "I nwolco. "I bud my mother by the throat ! "You may talk about n big grown son rain ing tears of rupentaneo upon hi * mother's neck. My iimihor bad to fairly swim out oftlio tears that blurted allowing upon her the in- slant that I uwolfo from that droum that night. 1 haven't got done buying her bilk dresses yet to Hiiuaro inynclf. "You see she hadn't heard mo como In nnd with the usual motherly solicitude hho hud peeped into my room to sen if 1 was there , .lust tlio time HIO ) pcupcil I must huvo been stalking about the room looking for my du-um burglars und so found Iiur un cusj mark. " 1'Vclght Handlers' nsncmhly No KiTi , Boston , Mass , voted ( > ( Siiiidu ) t fur tun luckud-out puckers. The runnitt | > f mi lucturu reported that $ r > 00 had been realised from the lertuiii. Tin1 old executive board und u nuw onu elected ,
