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OMAHA JJlflJC : , J > 1A1T 1U , 1bl)0. rA REGAL ORIENTAL COURT Witnessing an Impoting Ceremonial in a Sultan's Palace , DRANK TO THE HEALTH OF UNCLE SAM An Atnorlcnn'i Account of tlm Crowning of Tnnku Ibr lilin , H Beventecn-Ycnr- Uld Hey , Heir Apparent to the Throne of Johore. Copyrlghl.tMJ , l > y Ilouncpvllle TCIMman , Lnto Untied States Consul , Singapore. Tunku Ibrahim was Just past 17 when his fattier , Sultan Almbaker , chose to recognize him as his heir and crown prince of Johore. From the day when the little prlnco had been deemed old enough to leava his mother and the Women's palace until the day ho had entered the native artillery as a lieu tenant he had been schooled and trained by the English missionaries and the Tuan Kadi , or Mohammedan high priest , as becomes the son of BO Illustrious a father. Tunku Ibrahim had made one trip to Eng land when ho was 15 years old , and with his llttlo cousin the tunku or Prince Othman had dined with the queen at Windsor. Bo , when tlio tultan returned from a long l < stay at Carlsbad and found that the sultana was dead and that Ibrahim hud shot up Into a man , he said : "I am getting to be an old man and may die at any time. I will call all my nobles and people to the palace and they shall see tno place the crown on Ibrahim's head. Then If I die , he will rule , and the British 7,111 not take his country from him , as long is he Is wlso and kingly. " Whereupon his highness sent out Invita tions to the governor and ail the foreign tried to explain the great American doctrine of "Jeffersonlan simplicity. " He would h v shrugged his narrow ihouldcrs , which -would have meant "When you ere among Romans you should do as Romans do. " I am not going to describe the great drawIng - Ing room with Its treasure of art and decora tion , In which we awaited his highness' com ing , as I have done so In a former article , but I nm going to take you directly through the mass of oriental drapery Into the throne room , where were gathered the nobility of the little sultanate. Amid the crash of music and the booming of gum the sultan took Ills feat In ono of the glided chairs on the dais , with the English governor on his left. Hanged about the furnished walls of the great room , several flies deep , were the nobility of the kingdom , tlm ministers of state and the officers of the army and navy , the space back of them being filled with Chinese mandarins and towkayi , And rich na tive merchants In their picturesque coitumes. In front of the nobility , standing In the form of a square , were the sons of the Dates , each bearing golden. Jewel-studded chogans , spears , krlses and maces. Inside the tquare stood the fifteen consult. Dack of the throne were four young princes , two bearing each the golden. bejeweled krlse of the Malay , another the golden cword of state , and the fourth the scimitars cf the prophet. THE YOUNG PIUNCG. Up to the steps of the throne came the young prince , dressed In the uniform of a lieutenant of artillery , with the royal order of Darjab Krabat ablaze with Jewels on his breast. Ha wai slightly taller than his father , the sultan , straight , graceful and handsome , with big brown eyes and strongly marked features. He was nervous and agitated and his lips trembled as he bent on one knee and kissed his highness' hand. Above our heads In the gilded walls , be hind a grated opening , were the women of the court. We could see their black eyes as they peered curiously down. It was only when the data mentrl or prlmo minister stood up and asked his people If they wished the young tunku to be their future lord , that we could hear their shrill voices mingling with the "suku , suku , " ( we wish It , we wish It ) of the men. $ = - fcs0w & ' * ' . - \ . . 'v i.v' V5SS * i. , .X@W ) > " i W ? Sfi/ | pk tt voTHiHS . j ? li i 3 ' < ; < If t u " , s THE YOUNG PRINCE BEFORE HIS FATHER. consuls In Singapore to be his guests and witness thai crowning of his son. JOURNEYING TO THE PALACE. We started In quaint little box-llko car riages , called gharries , long before the fierce Malayan sun had raised above the palms , accomplishing the fourteen miles across the beautiful inland In little over an hour. The diminutive Dell ponies , not larger than Newfoundland dogs , broke Into a run the mo ment wo closed the lattice doors , and It was all their half-naked drivers could do to keep their perches on the swaying shafts. When we arrived at the little half Malay , half Chinese village of KranJI. on the- shores of the famous old straits of Malacca , our ponies were panting with heat , ami the sun beat down on our white cork helmets with a quivering , naked Intensity. Close up to the shore we found n long , keen boat manned with n dozen Malays In canary colored suits. An aide-de-camp In a gorgeous uniform of gold and blue came forward and touched his forehead with the back of his brown palm , and said In good English : "His highness awaits your excellence. " We stepped Into the boat. The men lightly dipped their spear-shaped paddles In the tepid water , the rattan oarlocks squeaked shrilly and the light prow shot out Into the Btralt. We could see the Instana or. palace close down to the opposite shore with the royal standard of white , with black star and crescent In Its center , floating above it. For a moment I felt as though I had Invaded - vaded some dream land of my childhood. THE ENTOURAGE OF A SULTAN. As our boat drew up to the Iron pier that extended from the broad palace steps out Into the straits the guns from the little fort on the Mil above the town boomed out a wel come and the flags of our countries were run to the top of the pole. A squad of native soldiers presented arms and we were conducted up the ston ? steps to the cool , dim corridors of the reception or waiting room. Malays In red fezzes and silken sarongs thai hung about their legs like skirts conducted us along a marble hall to our rooms In a wing of the palace. Crowds were already gathering outside on the palace grounds , and we could look down from our windows and watch them as we bathed , dressed and drank tea. The Chinese In their holiday pantaloons and shirts of pink , lavender and blue silk out numbered all the other races , for , strange as It may seem In the Malay kingdom , the only Independ nt one left In the world. Its sultan numbers among his 2DO.OOO or 300.000 sub jects 175,000 Chinamen. They are as loyal and a great deal more Industrious than the Malays and many of them , styled Baboos , do no * even know their native tongue. The Malays , dressed In gaily colored sar ongs and bajus ( Jackets ) , with little rimless caps on their heads , squatted on their heelr and chewed betelnut with eyes half cloiei and mouths distended. The Arab traders and shopkeepers wen grouped about In little knots , gravely con versing and watching the flies cf gharries carriages and even rlckhaws that were bring Ing Malay Unkus. princes not of the roya blood , Dates , peers , holy men and rich Chinese nose mandarins to the steps that led up t the plara before the throne room. THE ROYAL RESIDENCE. Tha palace wa two stories high , long an narrow. The Interior rooms were separate , from the outer walls by wide , airy corridors The latticework windows were without glas and were arranged to admit the breezes from the ocean and ward off the ncorchlng ray of the equatorial sun. In these dusky corrl dora were long rattan chairs , divans ant- table * covered with refreshments , and along Its walls were arranged weapons of war anf chase Japanese suits of straw armor , Java nes shields and Malay krlies and llmblngs. In a little court at the end of our corridor where a fountain splashed over a cluTp o lotus flowers and blue water lilies , a long armed silver Wah-Wah monkey played wit1 a black Malay cat. that had a kink In It tall like .the Joint In a stovep , and chasei the clucking little gray lizards up the. pol Ished -walls. The gorgeous aide stared In poorly concfale * wonderment when he entered to conduct ute to the srand salon at my plain evening dm suit destitute of gold Uce or decorations , bu ie was too polite to say anything , and I hum bly followed my uniformed colleague * throug the long suites of rooms. j * would n YC bwpj \ le5 tor mj t ? h T It Is only the wives of the nobles that re secluded In the Istana Isaras , or women alaces according to Mohammedan law ; the vomen of the poor are as free as the poor of he more civilized countries of Europe They task In the sun with their brown babies on heir laps , or wander among the cocoanuts hat always surround their palm thatched tomes , happy and contented , with no thought or the morrow. The trees fiirnhh them heir food , and a few hours before their oems of dark kamoonlng wood each week teeps them supplied with their one artlcl"1 of dress the sarong. They never heard of the bible , but they are very religious , and at sunrise and sun- et , at the deep-toned boom of the hollow og that hongs before their little thatched mosques , ttey fall on their faces and pray o "Allah , the all merciful and loving kind. " When the crown prince had stepped mod estly back among his brothers and cousins a loly man In green robes and turban came for ward and read an addrss In Arabic. He re cited the glories or the prophet , the promises of the Koran and then told of the ancient ; reatness of Johore how It once ruled thereat hea ; reat peninsula that forever points like heof ean , disjointed finger down Into th ? heart of the greatest Archipelago of the world how ts ruler was looked up to and trade treaties with by the kings of Europe of the coming of the thieving Portuguese and the brutal Dutch of the dark , bloody years when the deposed descendants cf the once proud em perors of Johore turned to piracy of the new days that commenced when that great Eng lishman , Sir Stamford Raflles , founded Singa pore down to the glorious reign of their present Just ruler , Abubaker. The brilliant audlcnc ? listened with bated breath to the dramatic recital of their na tion's story , and even we , who did not under stand a word , were Impressed by their flushed faces and eager attention , and when the band In the columned corridor beyond broke forth Into the national anthem of Johore and the heof vast concourse outside took up the shouts of fealty that began within , I , for one , felt an almost Irresistible desire to Join In the shouts and do honor to the kindly old sultan and his graceful son. After his highness had spoken , through the mouth of his prime minister , to the nobles and commended his son to their care we all crowd'd forward and congratulated him In the names of our respective countries. IMPERIAL ENTERTAINMENT. We filed through the grand salon , with Its luxurious medley of divans , tapestries and ruga , through a great hall whose walls were THE SULTAN OF JOHORE. hung with heroic sized palntlngi of the Kng- llsh royal family , down a flight of steps , across the marble reception room and Into the open doors of the royal dining room. From Its polished celling of black billion wood hung great white puukahs , which half- nude Indians on the outslJe kept gently sway ing back and forth. In the center of the vast table stood I a golden urn filled with delicate maiden-hair ferns and dragon orchids. Against a great plate glass mirror , at the for end , retted massive salvers of gold engraven with the arms of Johore , and In Its flareleis depths shone the Jewels that decked the entering throng and the splendid service of plat * that daisied our eyes. Around his highness' throat was a collar of diamonds ana on hli hands and in the decora tions that covered his broil were diamonds , emerald * and rubles of almost priceless value. Esch button of his coat and low-cut vest was a diamond , and from the front ot hli rimless cap waved a plume of diamonds. The dinner throughout was European , save for the one national dish curry. Every Malay , from the poorest fisherman along the mangrove-fretted lagoon to the chef of his highness * kitchen , Justly boasts of the excellency of his curry and the numbsr of sambuls he can make. AN EASTERN MENU. First came a golden bowl filled with rice as whlto and as light as snow , then another In which was a gravy ot yellow curry powder , choice bits of fowl and plump fresh slices of eggplant. Then came the sambuls or con diments , more than forty varieties In llttlo circular dishes of Japanese ware on big silver trays. There were fish rows , ginger and dried fish , or "Bombay Duck , " duck eggs hashed with spices , chutney and peppers , grated cocoanut , anchovies and browned crumbs , chicken livers , fried bananas , barley sprouts , onions and many more that were mixed and stirred Into the spongey rice , until your tnste was baffled and your senses be wildered. We knew that the curry was coming , so we pasted courses that were as expensive and rare In this equatorial land as the fruit of the Durlans would be In New York mut ton from Shanghai , turkey from Slam , beef from Australia and oysters from far up the river Miwr. We felt that besides being a pleasure to ourselves It was a compliment to our royal host to partake generously of his national dish. "This service , " said the old Tuan Hakim or chief Justice , pointing to the gold plate off which we were dining , "Is the famous Elllnborough plate that once belonged to that strange woman , Lady Elllnborough. His highness attended the auction ot Her thing * ! In Scotland. Do you see the little Arabic character on the rim of each ? It Is' the late sultana's name. "His highness telegraphed to her for the money to pay for It , and she telegraphed back $200,000 , with the request that her name be engraved on each. Then she presented them to her husband. The sultana was very rich In her own right and left the sultan over $2,000.000 when she died. " Throughout the long dinner the native band played the nlra ot Europe and America Intermixed with bits of weird Malayan song. After we had lighted our cigars from the golden censer , the British governor arose and proposed the health of the sultan and the young heir apparent. Ills highness raised his glass of pineapple Juice to his lips In acknowledgment and cald , smilingly to me as the prime .minister said tire magic words that stirs every Englishman's heart : "The " Queen ! "Your people think all Orientals very bad. " I protested. "O , yes , you do , that Is why you send so many missionaries among us. But , " he went on pleasantly , "look around my table. Not one ot my court has touched the wine. A Mohammedan never drinks. Can you say as much for your people ? " Then he raised his glass once more to his lips and said quietly , while his eyes twinkled at my confusion. "Tell your great president that Abubaker , sultan of Johore , drank his health In simple pineapple Juice. " As the sun sank behind the misty dom of Mount Pulel we emtarked once more at the broad palace steps In the royal barges amid the booming ot guns and the strains of the International "Ood save the Queen My Country 'TIs of Thee , " and bared our heads to the royal standard of Johore that floated so proudly above the palace , thankful for this short peep Into ! the heart of an Oriental court. GOHSIP .lltOUT XOTEl ) UC.V. A young German lady of rank , possessed of great personal charms and singularly winning manners , the daughter of a prominent politi cian , herself now a happy wife and mother , once beguiled Moltke , who was paying a brief visit to her father's country house In Silesia , into writing something In her autograph album. This was the entry : Luge vergeht , Wnhrhelt bestcht. v. MO1/TKE , Fcldmarschall. Say : A He must fall. Truth will prevail. The wily damsel now determined to bide her time until she should be able fo match Moltke's dictum. When her family had again settled down in their Berlin quarters for the winter season Prince Bismarck called one afternoon and she showed him her book , calling his attention to what the great strategist had written , adding artlessly : "Do you think the same , dear prince ? Perhaps you would like to add your comment ? And on the same page ? Oh. thank you so very much ! And may I send the volume to the Wilhelmstrasse ? " * The chancellor next day returned the book now a greatly treasured family possession and this Is what he had written beneath the contribution of his colleague : Wohl welss Ich dass In Jcncr Welt Die Wnhrhelt steta den Sleg behnlt , Doch Kegcn luge dieses Lebens Kampft selbst eln Feldmarschall vergebens. v. B1SMAHCK , Relchskanzler. Very roughly Englished , the chancellor's lines might run something like this : In future worlds , beyond the pnle , The truth Is strong nnd shall prevail ; Hut 'gainst our mundane lies , 'tis plain , Field marshals even fight in vain. William Deemer , a hero of the Mexican war , who saved the lives of thousands of American soldiers. Is earning a scanty living by washing windows and polishing door knobs in South Bethlehem , Pa. It was at Chapultcpec. "Over 12,000 Amerl-ans , " says the Philadelphia Record , "were quartered In and about a large building. Walking through the woods one day Deemer dis covered a heavy fuse charged with powder. He cut a section a yard long out of It to prevent Its carrying fire and then quietly followed up the line. Presently he dis covered up In a high tree the red of a Mexican uniform , The foreign soldier saw Deemer at the same time , but the latter drew a bead quickly and fired. The Mexican came tumbling down from the tree a corpse. The farther end of the fuse was at the bottom of the tree upon which the Mexican sat. Then Deemer followed the fuse back toward the American camp. It led to the cellar of the building , where the Mexicans had Imbedded 30,000 pounds of powder , to which the fuse was attached. He at once Informed his captain , and the came day General Wlnfleld Scott sent for Deemer , thanked him personally , gave him ninety days' furlough , ? 05 In gold and furnished a bodyguard of ten men , who accompanied Deemer upon a visit to the City of Mexico. The hero Is now 73 years old and gets a pension of $12 a month. Bishop Whlpple of Minnesota says the Dakota Indians once held a war dance near a mission house. He went to Wabasha , the chief , and said : "Wabasha , you asked me for a missionary and teacher. I gave them to you. I visit you , nnd the first sight Is this brutal scalp dance. I knew the Chlppe- way whom your young men have murdered. His wife Is crying for her husband ; his children are asking for their father. Wabasha , the Great Spirit hears his children cry. He Is angry. Some day he will ask Wabasha : 'Where la your red brother ? ' " The old chief smiled , drew his pipe from his mouth and said : "White man go to war with his own brother In the same country , kill more men than Wabasha can count In all his life. Great Spirit smiles , says 'Good whlto man ! He has my book. I love him very much. I have a good place for him by and by. ' The Indian Is a wild man. He has no Great Spirit book. He kills one nmn , has a scalp dance. Great Spirit Is mad rnd says : 'Bad Indian ! I put him In a bad place by and by. ' Wabasha don't believe It ! " "Among the eccentricities of the late Rich ard yaux , " says the Philadelphia Record , "was his strong aversion for the use of bank books or checks. The famous ex-mayor had a bank account , of course. In fact , he had several of them , but he never drew upon them In the regular way , through the medium of checks. Whenever any one came to him with a bill , Mr. Vaux , would pay It In a very unique way. The back of an old envelope or a fragment of paper of any kinder or size would serve for a che k , and upon this he would scribble the amount of the bill , the name of the creditor and his own characteristic signature. He very frequently used a strip from the margin of a news paper. The tellers at the banks all knew of Mr. Yam's1 strange custom , and none of Mr. Vaux's home-made checks were ever turned down. " bat"I "I wai talking with. Dr. Holmes one day , " says a writer In the Interior of Chicago , ira"when the conversation turned upon his m tt f' < f ilinita . .Hi * 1 tier M Seasonable Things ' ' " \ y FOR The Slimmer Season. During the heated term , personal comfort is a prime consider ation. These who cannot go away and enjoy the cooling breeezs of a lake resort , must make at home as much comfort as is possible with the means at hand. Let us suggest a few things : Hammocks. China Carpets. The out-door luxury for matron or ma Id , child or father. All styles , Mattings. Fine AXMIXSTHKS and G01SELIXS Mexican grnsn , knitted or woven ; . small sixes for children ; Vnlntia Hum nt tlio price of ordinary llrussels ear- mocks for ladles. 1'rlces , pots. The summer carpet. No house can pots.Wi cannot often offer you so much 75c , $1 and up. have a thoroughly cool and refreshing value nt such a small price. Handsome line of parlor . patterns wither room without a MATTING IIOOM. or without borders ; new , perfect iinil The fragrance Is and It cooling can bu tloslrablo Hoods , only Bamboo washed and kept clean without trouble. Milk and water does the work. $1 Porch Blinds. per yard. On show Monday. In sizes ( J feet , 8 feet nnd 10 feet wide ; llfiht , durable and Inexpensive Baby Cabs as only the Chinese know how to ninlse. Japanese They soften the light , yet admit the cooling breeze. Let the little ones live out of doors , Porch awake or asleep. "Wo can provide all Rugs. styles of carriages , with adjustable cushions and umbrellas. Another lot Just received. They arc Cushions. not as Rood as the Turkish , hut the styles are as good , exact copies in de Of plaited grass , , cooler than a pillow $5 , $7 , $8 , $1O signs and colors ; two qualities , 0x12 ind yet as soft feet , at AND UP. 10c. each See our window. $11 and $14. Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Co * v * ilassmatcs who were living. 'Now , there's Smith , ' he said. 'His name will be honored yy every school child In the land when I lave been forgotten a hundred years. He wrote "My Country , 'TIs of Thee. " It he- lad snld "Our Country" the hymn woulrtjnot have been Immortal , but that "my" was a master stroke. Every one who sings the hymn at once feels a personal ownership In his native land. The hymn will last as long aa the country. ' " General Fltzhugh Lee , who has Just been appointed an Internal revenue collector for the western district of Virginia , Is a nephew of General Robert E. Le , and has for many years been a conspicuous figure In the public life of Virginia. "For nearly two years , " says the Baltimore Sun , "the president has been desirous of conferring upon General Lee some ofllce. Not many months ago he was offered a foreign mission , which he de clined. He could have had several deslrabla positions early In the administration , but then , being a candidate for the United States senate , he declined all. Since then there have been few or no positions which the president felt would be agreeable to General Lie If tendered him. " JOPLEY'S ' VICTORY OVER DEATH Jopley Is one of the best hearted fellows In the world. He will sympathize with you when you lose what llttlo money you have left Just before you decided to speculate on the Board of Trade and bought wheat when you should have sold. If you are sick Jup- ley will come over and stay with you and nurse you and tell stories to you till you get well Just from eheer fatigue from Jopley. If you dlo Joploy Is the first man to arrive at your funeral and ho will remember more good things about you than your most In timate friend ever . suspected , He will even borrow the last } 5 bill vou happi > : i to have In your pocketbook , and when he does he Is so careful about Injuring your sensitive feelings about the loss of the mono > thai he will never mention the fact again In your presence. And yet. In spite of all UIP admirable tralU , Jopley Is one of the most inveterate flars that ever drew a long bow In a contest of wit. He Is oneof the most elaborate , pro fuse , picturesque and original liars that ever Imitated the famed Imagination of Daren Munchausen. He Is newspaper reporter , too or , rather , ho was until every publisher he ever worked for discovered his unfortunate tendency to entangle facts wit.i fiction to such a hopeless degree that ills stirtes were utterly unreliable. Being derived of the opportunity of earning hU hoard nnd clothes and spending money on a , reportorlal run , he naturally drifted Into the ; law , for which he seemed peculiarly adapt'ed. " Ho ne\cr rose any higher In the profbsslo'.i than n practi tioner in a i-ollco courtflart3 his fees were small and Jar between.1Vion he was not defending a tramp on the'hT < rfie of vagrancy Jopley was generally Id''be found sitting around the court roonl' ' tiill'-ig lies to .ho Janitor and the turnkey,1 One warn , afternoon JtfpliV'was waiting for a client that gave promise 'o' a fee to-ne- thlng larger than GO cents ? 'when an oldlbb sort of man o'If ted tbVfiW the open doer and Eat down next to tfik janitor. "Well , any'hlng new1 tdtfiy" " asked the oldish eort of man of tlltf Janitor. "Nawthln now , " laccWcuTJy mumbled the Janitor. , Jrail11' "All quiet on the Potofnae.'eh ? " suggested the oldish sort of man."ARd then he looked at Jopley , who sat regarding him with Indo lent Interest. Jopley dteinetl a sympathetic listener , and ho continued/1" " ! rather expect you was hardly old enough to remember when the whole country got so tired every day of hearing that there- was nothing now on the Potomac. " Jopley assumed an air' ' of superiority am Intimated that ho remembered very well. "Do , eh ? " I dldn' suppose you was old but , " he added , apologetically , "perhaps you are older than you look , eh ? " Jopley'a professional Instinct was In arms In a moment. Of course he wasn't going to let an oldish sort of a vagrant appear to remember more than he did. "You b t I'm older'n I look. " said Jopley "Why. I was a reporter on the old Clncln natl Enquirer when the war broke out Then's when I got acquainted with Whltelaw Reid. He wasn't editor of the New York Tribune then. He was Just an ordinary correspondent , and when the war broke ou he was sent to the front as a war corre spondent. He v > ent out on the same train that I did. " The oldish sort of man twisted uneasily on bis teat , but be returned to the attack evidently not disposed to be worsted by BO youthful a retailer of personal reminiscence as Jopley. "It was a terrible struggle , " continued the old mart , "and I don't suppose the country will ever see- another one'like It. It was all foolishness , 'too. If the south had only let well enough alone the war mightn't have happened. It was the old slavery quarrel that brought on the fight. " Jopley nodded but said nothing , thus giving the oldish sort of man an opportunity to gain a lap or two ahead of him. "The slavery struggle was pretty hot along about the time the Nebraska-Kansas strug gle was goln * on In congress and over the country. It allus seemed to mo that Stephen A. Douglas " Here Jopley caught up with the old man "You spenk of Stephen A. Douglas , " he said. "I remember him well. I was working on | the old Peorla Transcript when Douglas ran for congress for the first time. That was right after the Mexican war " "What do you know about the Mexican war ? " sneered the oldish sort of man. "What do I know about the Mexican war ? " returned Jopley , now on his mettle. "I know this about It. I was sent out with the troops raised by the government right after the greasers crossed the Rio Grande. I went overland with the column that marched from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Brown , more than 1,000 miles. I was with the old New York Evening Post then was sent out as the only special correspondent from New York , and [ wrote the first story about the battle ot Buena Vista and the fight at Palo Alto and the bombardment of Vera Cruz that ever appeared In a New York paper. Sent them up the coast to San Francisco , and from there they went around Cape Horn In a sailing vessel and were printed In the Post four months afterward as the latest dis patches from the scat of war. Old Cullen Bryant cracked mo up for my work a good many times after I got back to Now York. " The oldish sort of man was almost silenced but he made one more feeble effort to re cover his lost ground , "Well , I fit In the Mexican war myself , and I rode beside old Wlnfleld Scott when we went Into the City of Mexico. Old Wln- fleld often spoke of the fact years afterward. He said many a time that it was the proud est moment of his life. I can remember him Just as well as If It was yesterday , " and the old man closed his eye : In order to let his mind dwell upon a mental picture of the hero of the Mexican war. Then he bright ened up a bit and continued : "I lost both my legs at the battle of Buena Vista. " Jopley was floored , but only for an Instant. He saw that the oldish sort of man had a pair of perfectly natural legs , real flesh and blood , albeit a trifle' shaky. The old man never turned a hair , but blinked away at Jopley with a look of satisfaction on his grizzled face. "Do you remember old Zach Taylor nt the battle of Buena Vista ? " asked Jopley. "Yep , " answered the oldish sort of man. "I was serving * a battery all during the fight , and I'm the man who was told by old Zach to glvo the ornery greasers a little more cannlster. " "You don't say so ? " returned Jopley with Interest. "Well , I'm the man that carried the flag of truce to Santa Anna with the demand for his surrender. " "I guess you're right , " said the old man , "I saw you go. " "Ye ? , " Jopley continued , "I carded the flag of truce. Santa Anna refused to sur render. That settled the greasers. Old Zach renewed the light and before many hours lots of the Mexicans had been sent to fry In hades. " "You bet , " said the old man , "I saw 'em go. " "But , after all , " continued Jopley In a re flective strain , "the fight at Buena Vista wasn't a circumstance to the battle of New Orleans In the war of 1S12. I was there and the night before the fight I clept In a tent right next to Andrew Jackson. Jackson was a personal friend of mine. In fact , we had been boys together. We were In the same classes , and when he went to West Point I commenced to study law In the ofllco of Henry Clay. Andy always said to me I always called him Andy , for short ho often said to mo that I missed It In not becoming a soldier. Perhaps I did ; but then , I started 16 tell you about the battle ot New Orleans , I was down there as correspondent for the Inter Ocean and I had a tent all to myself right ntxt to Andy Jackson's. Andy woke me up about 4 o'clock In the morning and we went out and reconnoltered the situation , He had posted a long line of Galling guns right across the only stretch of groyne ] on which the Britishers could march toward hli camp , and had concealed them with bales ol cotton. When the battle opened the slaugh ter was something terrific. I kept the tele graph wire between my tent and Chicago- had a special wire running right Into the offlc hot lor six hour * and printed the only * " , r < The Furniture and Carpet Business ? Done on modern methods , modern goods at moderate prices is a com plete success. 1 ALASKA ? I REFRIGERATORS i j i Are known the world over as the best on y earth , Wo soil them at the same as some T. ask for a snide article. Wo have them in T thirty-five styles , from $4.2f > up. D. n't take T any chancca Get the Alaska- ' Send for our Refrigerator I J t < Catalogue. I ( you want a Gns- olino Steve remember Carpets- ber there is only ono stove on earth that is Ingrains , Absolutely Tiipcstrys IJouy Hrtisscls , , Velvet Carpets , i Safe JMoquettes , , Axinlnsturs , Mattings and Wo Imvo it in the Rti sin endless variety. PRICKS Guar.intcil the Jewell LOWEST. t We Sell for CASH or EASY Aisk toBfoit. It may PAYMENTS. bo the meana of saving you from u One Price Yen , UuorKe , If you will allow mo to HORRIBLE ACCIDENT get uiir outfit ut the Unmlm I'urnltuio To and Carpet Co. All. Two Reception Chairs up holstered in Plush Corduroy or Silk Tapestry with every complete outfit THIS WEEK. complete list of the killed on both sides that was sent north. Had some pretty stiff men to I work against , too. There was Archibald Forbes I , Fred Remington. Jim Creelman , Johnny Cockrell , Fred Vllllers and a whole raft i of the boys , and all of 'em had their good i eyes peeled for news. I was always lorry , though , that I couldn't stay and see the end of the fight. " "Why didn't you stay ? " asked the old man , considerably dared by the flood of reminiscences which had poured from Jop ley 'B ready lips. "Why , " tald Jopley , with J wi a tinge of disappointment lo lli voUe- " ! got bt | with _ i a dynamite shell about two hours before tha fight was over , and It made me to hot I Ju t laid right down and died on the cpot. " < * The new water * works tower Juit completed at Edln park , Cincinnati ' , Is tho. Wgliot-arti ficial structure In' America.Th * Asef'of.tb * tower , reached by elevator * , , M ( MB fe 4 above tha Ohio ilrer : Tha-p * ! i k'01 frt Above the stream. ' If ; thiurtgbt of the elevator shaft .bo added'.id thb observation floor tha , grand , total height It W feet. -t. = 4. Suric ol Belaud baa 1,100 employes ,
