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8 TJTE OMAITA DAILY BE.T3 ; irD A V , aSTOVlSMHER 7 , 1800. CALIFORNIA'S ' CLOSE CALL Narrowly Escaped Becoming a British Province. REMINISCENCES OF A VETERAN TAR TinAmrrlcnii VlnK IliillJrtl Ihe IMnnn f of it llrlflNli Ailmlrnl TlirlllltiK Incident In I hi1 Sun I'riin- Iliirhor. William Hill of Honesdale , Pa. , believes Mmsolf to be the last survivor of the United States naval forces that took possession of California In 1SIO. Veteran Hill Is 70 years old , and works dally at the shoemaker's bench ho baa worked at for nearly fifty yearn. Ono day In 1S13 , relates the Phila delphia Times , ho ran away from his homo In Honendalo and shipped on the whaler Marcha , from New lledford. for a three years' cruise In the Indian Ocean. They filled their vessel with oil In two years and sailed for the Sandwich Islands , where young Hill and other sailors quit the ship because the captain Insisted on making the long vcynge homo without fresh moat aboard. The United States consul at Honolulu lulu supported the men , and the Marcha Balled without thorn. Hill shipped from Honolulu on the merchant vessel Ajax , and went to India and back to the Sandwich Island ! ! . "Ono day n number of us sailors were nshore , " says Illll. 'V\Vo were looking out over the coral reef toward Diamond Head , and sighted a United States man-of-war sail ing in around the head.Vo had heard that war had been declared with Mexico , and wo were all wild to hnvo a hand In It. The ves sel cast anchor outside the reef and we gave her three honrty cheers. She proved to bo the sloop-of-war Cayenne , commanded by ( taln Mervlne. He scut n boat ashore to BPO If ho could get men to enlist for three years or during the war.'o were getting from $75 to $100 a month In the merchant ccrvlre. but wages was no object when war was concerned.Ve were eager to enlist , and when the officers with the boat pulled off shore to return to the sloop I and two or three others Jumped In and were- hurried off with them. We signed Iho enlistment pa pers aboard the ship. Captain Mervlno lost no tlmo In sailing. I was by far the young est person in the crew , being but 20 years old. HOISTING THE FLAG. "Wo sailed straight for Monterey. We reached the harbor July C. 1SIC. The frigate Savannah. In command of Commodore Sloat , nnd the sloop-of-war Levant were there. The commodore was waiting for n larger force. It djd not come , and the next day we. went ashore and hoisted the American flag over Monterey , putting out Fremont and his troops. The proclamation was read In English and In Spanish. That's the way the United States got California. And nho didn't get It any too ccon. If ho had waited forty-eight hours longer she'd have had a war with England on her hands over the possession , and maybe wo wouldn't be wondering today how California Is going to vote at the coming presidential elec tion. tion."On "On the Oth day of July , while the excite ment at Monterey was at Its height , a Drltlsh llne-of-battle ship appeared In the oiling. She was a formidable looking ves sel. I ( ell.you ! She carried moro guns than our three vessels combined. Nevertheless our decks were cleared for action In short order. Every man was at his post and every gnu ready to bo fired at the word. The great Drltlsh ship sailed straight for the harbor , but as she entered It she tacked , and her band struck up 'Yankee Doodle. ' Our flagship's band responded with 'God Save the Queen.1 The Ilrltlsh vessel was the Colllngwood , commanded by Commo dore Seymore. He 'lowered a boat and was rowed to the Savannah , where ho paid his respects to Commodore Sloat. " 'f see .the American flag Is floating on the shore.1 nald he. 'If It were not , I would Immediately have raised her majesty's flag and taken possession of California In her name ! ' "The people of California wanted English protection rather than ours , and If our little fleet hadn't got there first ami lost no time , the history of those times would read a llttlo differently today although as far as written history goes , you won't find these facts anywhere set down In It , so far as I have been able to discover. WAITING FOR A GUAI1. "Two or three days after this episode Com modore Stockton Joined our fleet with the frigate Congress. I was transferred from the Cayenne to the Congress und remained In service on her until the war was over , pro tecting the California coast.- All through the war Drltlsh battleships remained on guard also along the coast , as well as the Mexican coast , for nome reason or other , but they never came as near taking a hand In the game as the Coddlngton did at Monterey. "At the close of the war the Congrecs was at San Diego and wo gave a grand jubilee ball aboard her. Wo decorated her with tbo flags of all nations and the old ship looked line. We Invited the officers and crew of the Drltlsh war frigate Grampus , which lay close by. and many friendly Callfornlans. rancheros and their wives and daughtcrti. to join In the festivities , and they did RO with a will. The ball lasted all night and no one was able to do a thing all next day. I've danced with women In all parts of the world , but I never know any who could match those California women who danced aboard the United States flagship Congress that gala night. "When the war was over the congress was sent to San Francisco , and the Independ ence , commanded by Commodore Schubrlck , was made the flagship. Commodore Stock ton , with about seventy-iflvo sailors as a guard , returned to the east overland. Cap tain Avealct was placed In charge of the Congress , with orders to sail to Norfolk. Va. , around Capo Horn. While going round the Horn wo wcro struck ono night by a tremendous typhoon. The vessel was thrown on her beam ends and all handn wcro called to save the ship. In the mldwatch of the night a sailor named Thomas McVey fell from tbo foretopsall yard Into the sea , nnd bo was never Been again. The frlgato drifted to leo at the rate of sixteen knots an hour. At the height of the tcrrlblo storm wo sighted a ship to windward. Its rigging filled with men crying for help , but wo wcro powerless to aid them. I never knew what uhlp she was , but she soon went down with all hands. The Congress weathered the- storm , and we arrived at Norfolk safe nnd sound and wcro discharged. I have every reason to bcllcvo that I am the last ono of that old-time crew. " Six Thirty 1' . M. Trnlu. CHICAGO , of the MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL HY. Host service. ELECTIUO LIGHTS , Dining car. City ofllco : 1G04 FarnaM. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. D > IN PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free fiom Ammonia , Alum or any other aduHe.ant. . 40 Years the Standard. OllCHAHD'.S SAI.K r.XT Ton Ilnyx Moro nt tlio Nnntc I'rlce Don't Put It Off Now. COCOA door mats , price G5c , now 35c. "Go oil cloth stove rugs , Hi square , 49c. tU square zinc binding , price 25c , now 12c. Hcst moquctto carpets , price (1.25 , now SSc. Hcst OOc tapestry brussels carpets , C5c , Hcst G5c and 7Cc wool Ingrain carpets , GOc. 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Episcopal clergyman , now In charge of a church In New York , was placed at the head of an exploring party Intended to excavate nt Nippur. Ho wan aided by Mr. Halncs , a young man who had been a tutor In Roberts college , and who Is still connected with the explorations. At present the head of the expedition Is Prof. Hllprecbt , an American , who occupies a foremost place In everything relating to Habylonlan archae ology. Upon him has devolved the task of classifying and deciphering the enormous number of Inscriptions which have been found at Nippur. The labor of piecing to gether the thousands of fragments of vases and other objects , and of deciphering the Inscriptions upon them , has during the last winter nearly cost him his eyesight. Hap pily ho Is now recovering , and Is at present In Constantinople arranging and classifying the inscriptions and objects of priceless value which , under the conditions of the firman , become the property of the Imperial museum. "Prof. Hllprccht Informed me that It will bo years before the Pennsylvania university will bo able to publish all tbo Inscriptions which have been deciphered , but the publi cation has alieady begun , and gives promise of a rich harvest. The first and most nota- bio result of tbo excavations Is that the history of the Habylonlan people , ns re corded In cuneiform writing on tablets , Is carried back at least 2,250 years further than It had yet been known. In other words , there Is now abundant written evidence that the Habylonlan people existed and were civilized enough to be able to write at least 7,000 years before Christ. In conversation with the profesj > r , who In all matters of archaeology Is cautious , I asked whether ho could say that the written records did not go further back. Ho replied that , In bis judgment , they probably went us far back as 8,000 years II. C. , but that In his published records ho was unwilling to print anything which could not bo amply berne out byevidence. . To have pushed back written history at ono stroke by 2,250 years Is , however , enough to make a reputation. In reply to my Inquiry bow It happened that his predecessor had not found the many objects belonging to this early period , he explained that Dr. Peters , to whom ho nt- trlbutcd great credit for the manner In which ho had opened out the great mound at Nippur , had worked down to a certain floor or platform which ho and others had taken to bo thu ground level of the ancient city. One of tbo party , however , suggested that this level should bo penetrated , and digging continued until rock or virgin soil was reached. This suggestion was adopted , and to the delight of all concerned It was found that what had been taken for the level of tbo ancient city was only tbo level of a comparatively modern city built over the ruins of on older one or a succession of older ones. The excavations above tbo level or plat form had gone through thirty-six feet of debris. They wcro now continued to a depth of thirty feet below It. The excava tions above the platform discovered remains which covered a period of 4,000 years of Uabylonlan history. Uelow the platform to the virgin soil was an accumulation of drains , preserved and broken pottery , and various other objects of Interest. Twenty- three feet below the platform Mr. Halncs came upon the most ancient keystone arch known , an arch which Prof. Hllprecht thinks cannot bo later than G.OOO H. C. Last sum mer Mr. Halncfl , who has spent the last three years in continuous work at Nippur , excavated the lower part of the marvelous wall of the city. Its foundations were found to bo sixteen feet below the level of the desert ; the wall Itself was seventeen feet high and forty-five feet wide. Upon the top cf this wall was another of unknown height. These walls wcro built of bricks twenty Inches square probably the largest bricks over used. The most valuable finds , however , were the Inscriptions upon broken vases , bricks , tablets and other objects , and from these It Is confidently predicted by Prof. Hllprccht that a continuous history of Habylonlsm will bo able to bo written. "Among the recent finds of the French expedition which has been and Is still work ing at Telo are a number of dated cuneiform tablets of Sargon I and of his son , Narain- Sln. These have now reached Constantinople ple , and within the last two months have been submitted to the examination of M. Heuzcy , director of the Museum of the Louvre , and of Piof. Hllprecht , who has been retained by the Turkish government to de cipher and classify the objects found by both expeditions , Hy this Important find all questions as to the mythical character of Sargon ore put nn end to. and ho Is shown to have been a real person , The contents of the so-called Oman tablet are definitely decided to bo historical and not mythical. One of the new tablets speaks of the year when Sargon marched against * Palestine ( Marti ! ) . This was 3,800 H. C. Even were no other finds to bo made , the Inscriptions gathered by the two expeditions will add largely to the knowledge possessed of the history and civilization of Babylonia. The truth Is , however , that there Is every reason to euppose that thcro exists an untold store of archaeological riches burled along the shores of the Euphrates and Tigris. 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That noisy portion of the Hrltlsh public which Is agitating for the use of force against Turkey , says the St. James Ga zette , appears to think that an Anglo- Turkish war would bo something like the bombardment of Alexandria , followed per haps by a sort of Rhodeslan expedition ; that In a few weeks after we had blown Constantinople to pieces the Turks would come flocking in to beg : for mercy and that the Armenians would thenceforth , flourish forever In peace. Lord Salisbury , however , expressed the view some tlmo ago that the conquest ot Turkey would put us to the pin cf our collar , even If Europe merely looked on. Such figures as are available quite bear out Lord Salisbury's opinion. It must bo remembered that the physique of the Turks cannot be surpassed , and that , although tbo army Is not organized up to the standard of the great powers , It Is lio'Ji numerous and brave. Further , a war over the Armenian question would be no ordi nary -war. It would Involve the extinction of Turkey as a European power. The Turks know It , ami no doubt they would fight to the bitter end. Their troops , too , are so accustomed to continuous fighting with rob ber bands and to protecting a difficult fron tier that they are always In a state of pre paredness to take the field. They are well armed with the Mauser rllle ( made lu Ger many ) ; many of their officers have been trained In Germany ; and , Indeed , when the German emperor visited Constantinople he warmly complimented the troops on their whole turnout. And It would appear that , but for tbo chronic cmptyncss of the mili tary chest , the Turkish army would bo well able to hold Its own , at Icr.iU In a war ot defense , against a very formidable foe. The actual figures of the effective combatant force are , In round numbers : Infantry KS3.0CO Cavalry 5' .WO Artillery W.UOO Kllfl lie-era 7,500 Total 7 0,000 They are rather short of horses , but have about 1,400 guns. The navy does not count. It may be said that these are only arith metical soldiers , and that , besides , Turkey could not carry on a war In her bankrupt condition. Hut wo have the startling figures of the Russo-Turklsh war of 1877-78 to show what Turkey can do. She was then bank rupt. Her troops were never paid. They wcro not nearly so well armed as they arc now. Vet It was only after a very severe struggle that Russia , with all her hordes of fighting men , came out victorious. It Is said that In Europe 600,000 Russians took part In the campaign , and In Asia 250,000. Their losses were 37,000 deaths In Asia and 67,000 deaths In Europe , of which latter number 17,000 were killed In battle. In addition to these terrible losses thcro were Invalided In Europe 35,000 and wounded In Asia 11,000. Thus there were killed , wounded and in valided a greater number than our whole homo army. Now , Is It probable that a less number of British troops than Russian would overcome the Turk ? Suppose It Is ; suppose that Englishmen are to Russians as roast beef and Scotch whisky arc to black bread and vodhka , and that ono English soldier could 'tako ' the place of two Russians. Still , how could wo transport 300,000 lighting men to Turkey ? In our largest war of the present generation , the Egyptian campaign of 1SS2 , less than 20.000 men were engaged. That Is about the number wo keep on hand for foreign expeditions. And , with the possibility of European complications and unrest In Irn- land , It Is about all we could safely spare In R Van with Turkey. Take another Russo- Turklsh figure. At the beginning of the siege of Plevna there wcro 66,000 draught horses employed dragging up supplies. No doubt horses would bo as necessary In English operations as In Russian. Hut how could wo transport 66,000 noises to Turkey and this would only be a portion of the total required. Wo would oven have a difficulty In procuring illmt number , note mention the transport of the animals In good health. Our army has only about one-fourth of It nt homo and. . In the colonies. Nearly as many moro are registered arid available at twenty- four hours' notice. Hut It Is calculated that In * tbo whole kingdom 'there ' are no more than 70,000 horses suitable for war , and al most Insurmountable dlfllcultlca appear to bo In the way of gottlng at these. Lieu tenant General Goodenough eays It would take three weeks to dispatch 10,000 homes by tea. During the Egyptian expedition the military authorities were seventeen weeks procuring 1,700 horses ! That was before the system of registration was commenced. Hut , after the 14,000 or 15,000 registered horses available Immediately were despatched , the very same dltllcultles would arise now an In 1882 over any required beyond that number. For It Is only mature , muscular , cornfcd animals that would bo worth shipping. Hut even If wo could s.cnd out , say , halt a million or oven a quarter of a million men and 100,000 horses , have nny of the agitators considered what the cost would be ? A national army fighting In a foreign country is a very expensive body. The ' direct ex penditure * woiild bo enormous. 'Russia paid for Its victory In 1S78 no less than 1190,000- 000. Hut wo are- about the most expensive war makers Inthe world , and It la doubtful If wo could achieve our purpose at this price. Franco , In her fatal struggle , lost 7C per family , which , according to Sir Robert Glffcu , Is exactly ten years' sav ings. In our case the loss would certainly fall on our awn shoulders. Wo could beat Turkey , no doubt , but wo could nut make It give us what It has not got. In the last seventeen years Turkey has reduced Its na tional debt by composition , { 85,000,000. No other proof of Its poverty Is needed , This (200,000,000 expended on the war would therefore bo tacked on to our national debt , undoing all the achievements of slaklug fund chancelloro , and raising the annual cxpendlttirodb5,000,000 ! This Is supposing wo could 'borrow ' at 2 4 per cent , which Is not a certainty In the dangerous circumstances. in ! addition , there would bo the ' 'indirect losses , To transport troops f long distances by sea It needs a tontuge of about ono ton per man and flrd tons per horne. Forty- seven ships , of an BTcngo of 3,200 tons , car ried our 19,000 troops. and 6.000 horses to Egypt. Multiply this by even ten , and con sider what a dislocation of our shipping trade would bo Infrolredt The draft of our young and strong men would greatly disturb tbo labor market , There would al ways bo the danger of a great European conflict , which danser alone would enhance the prices of provisions. After the war thcro woiild bo an Immense number of widows and orphans who , In many coscw , would become dependent on the public for sup port. There would bo pensions to the In valided , and this would bo no small Item. The pensions Involved by the Franco-Ger man war were estimated to represent a capital of from fC.000,000 to 7.000,000. IB the Urltlsh public prepared to make all this ewicrlllco for the Armenians ? Is the worklngman willing to have his tea go up again to 3 shillings a pound , his tobacco perhaps to C pence nn ounce , bis four-ale to become six-ale , his quartern loaf to rlso to 8 pence ? Probably ninety-nine In 100 Urltlsh worklngmen would rather see the whole Armenian race In Jericho. And ono tiling Is certain. The Armenian workingman - man would see the 39,000.000 philanthropic inhabitants of these Islands at the bottom of the deepest Pacific before he would spend 200,000.000 and giveup some 50,000 or CO- 000 of his young men to death by war. You can't be well If your blood Is Impure but you may have pure blood and good health by taking Hood's Sarsaparllla. ClIicTI.IIL'TTOMS. : ! . Crnr.cVlilcli HUN CriMvn Out of tlu I'rcNciit CainiinlKii. Hove you the button habit ? If not you are lucky. It Is tbo latest craze and Is raging with great virulence just now. Nearly every day sees Its ravages increase , and until after the election It will prevail. It Is the mania for collecting and wearing campaign and similar buttons which has taken hold of many people stronger thlj year than It ever did before , says the Chicago cage Chronicle. One reason Is that the man ufacturers have given more attention to Iho making of special designs and motto buttons this year and the demand for them Is to great that the Ingenuity of the Inventors Is taxed to devise new and catchy mottoes. They started mildly enough with the regular campaign buttons bearing the pictures of the candidates. Hut the heat of the contest and its peculiar nature rousing the Intense Interest that It does among people of every walk of llfo developed so many catcli phrases that the button men soon began to turn out lapel ornaments which In a few words told the political affiliations of the wearer. The silver question with Its cross of gold" and " " 53-cent dollar" features was seized upon by the button-makers and weeks ago the market was flooded with buttons bearing Inscriptions ot every shade of politics. .T'JP'I ' Uio collectors began their work. Kcallzlng that this campaign would be n notable one in history and that the buttons expressing the sentiments of various par- tics would prove interesting In years to come , they began gathering In nil sortf , nnd conditions of buttons. The political ones were augmented by buttons with slangy or humorous devices upon them and then the collectors wcro happy. "Rubber Neck" Is a favorite button , and among other Inscrip tions are : "Just Tell Them That You Saw Me , " "I Am for Easy Money. " " 1C You Love Me , Grin. " nnd "What Will You Have ? " These buttons are thu especial pride of cal low young men and the newspapers last week recorded the breaking ot a wedding engagement by a young woman who round on her Inamorata's coat two buttons readIng - Ing : "Let's Have Another Round" and "Don't Care If I Do. " Llttlo girls have started collecting clubs , nnd some of them wear tbo entire collection ou their clothing , arranging tbo buttons In double rows around their : uats and on their cloaks like trimming. Cigarette firms give nwny the buttons , bearing their "nd" In small typo under the Inscription , nnd dealers are besieged by the little ones for buttons. When the campaign ot 1S9G passes Into his tory at least tbc buttons will long remain as reminders of Its exciting days. IX Till : IlKSTAUIlAVr. He Dliln't < : < ! Much 1'lriiNiirr Out of n Mt'iil Sol to Mil nil- . "Did you ever , " queried the man with the red cravat , "dine In ono of those New York restaurants where they give you a meal nnd a band concert for a quarter ? " "I never did , " replied the man with tbc asbestos shirt , "but I have dined In restaur ants where I did not get cither a square meal on a band concert for a dollar. " "Well , " resumed the man with the neck tie , laden with disgust , "this experience I had was new. " "I went Into the restaurant about 5 o'clock In the afternoon. There wore no other vic tims In the place. A waiter who wore an apron that put mo In mind of a tablecloth after a hard day's work at a chowder party doxtrously attempted to knock out my eye with a napkin. The band was just tuning up. I fancied tbo leader was gazing at nic with an expression of Interest. Anyhow , I ordered soup , and all the time I was put ting it away the band played 'Swim Out , O'Grady. ' "I tackled a piece of chicken , and the band switched to 'When You and I Were Young.1 I started In to carve a piece of alleged roast beef , and the band played 'He's an Elephant on His Hands. ' After I got through with an assault on the roat > t < bccf I took a bite out of a pickle. I thought I would fool him tbo next attempt and made a sudden jab at n piece of pie. It never phased him. He came right back at mo with 'The Sidewalks of New York , ' and I had to admit as I unbent my teeth that be lucw the crust. I gulped down n drink of water and the leader de tected some evidence of my unfatnlliarity with the beverage , for the band played 'Arrali , Go On , You're Only Foolln' . ' I started to leave before there was a chance of losing my mind. As I did so tbc band , with a note of exultation In the tones of all the Instruments , spieled 'Just Tell Them that You Saw Me. ' You are the first man I have told. " The man with the asbestos shirt was lost In thought for two minutes. Then he said : "Charles , I believe you're nnioklug at a cheap place. " I3M3CTIOY HUTS J.V .Jt'.VHAU. Hoiv n Cli'vor lint riiHornniiloim Fol low Mmlo II 1'ot ( if .Money. "Poltltcal excitement In Alaska will run high for about a month after It Is ended here , " said a caller'at the republican head quarters to the Times-Herald man. "It takes several weeks for the slow coast steamers to carry the news of the election results to far-away tJuncau , and the Alas kans will discuss and debate and wrangle until nearly December before any one up there will know how the tide of battle In the United States proper has gone. "I was In Juncairfour years ago , and If I had had a llttlo moro money I could have owned the town , " ho continued , with a chuckle , "There was a deal of excite ment along about the lit of December , when the feteamcr which would bring the election news was due. AH'tiOon as a cannon shot told the village that the steamer was In sight business was-suspended. Partisanship In Its fiercest form developed and every ono was betting or offering to do so. Odds favored Harrison , , whoso re-election was considered practically a certainty. "I watched the llttlo steamer through a glass as she slowly came toward the port. When at last I could make her out clearly I , too , caught the partisan Infection , and , dropping the glass , rushed Into the street and took all the bctn I could , backing the Cleveland end of the game until I had nothing left to put up. " "Well , that took a great deal of nerve , didn't It ? " commented a bystander. "Not a particle. The captain of the steamer was a friend of mine , and wo hail a llttlo private conversation before he left for San 'Francisco two months before , The Ktcamcr usually came Into port carrying a lantern on her main mast , That day elie had two. " KANE Jcrcmlnh. November Bth , 1690. Aged 63 ycnrn > . 10 monthx 24 days. Funeral from the rcKUk-nco , 2MG Maple street , Satur day , November 7th , UM , 11 o'clock a. in. Interment Prospect Hill Cemetery , FrlcnUs Invited. TRUE STORY OF POKER FLAT A Gang of Desperadoes Wiped Out by Vigilantes. ORIGIN OF BRET HARTE'S ' TALE < lulle n Kriu-nn In Which .Several 1'or- nun * WonHurrlril Over ( ho 1 llmiKi't hut l.niv unit i , Order Trluiuiilti'il. After crossing tlic range from Downlcvlllc to Poker rtnt nml Sandy liar by the old road made In 1S53 , you will understand why It cost a dollar A nillo to pack a b.tg of flour to either of these mining camps. The horrible desolation , says a writer In the Philadelphia Times , Is unbroken for sixty miles , save at one place , where the trail passes through a meadow richly set with grass and watered by a mountain stream , a grand redwood and grove of flnu units growing at the side of the road , and close by It the charred remnants of timber that mark the former site of a dwelling of con- nldcrablo extent. Our guide tells us that It was once "Peg McGregor's ranch , " which was wiped out by the vigilantes way back In the 'CDs. In 1S52 Poker Flat became known as n mining camp , and by ' 51 there were 2,000 people In this barren canyon ; but gold was plenty $700,000 a month being the esti mated yield and there were not less than three murders n week. In this year .1 woman and half a dozen men came over the range and made a settlement In the llttlo valley about twelve miles from the Flat. A long on bin was put up and It was KOOII known that Mrs. McGregor had opened a hotel for the convenience of travelers be tween Downlovlllo and Poker Klat. and It became a success. The landlady was rather line-looking but for a pair of steel gray eyes that Indicated an evil temper. A hid eous dwarf was her chief help and a half- Idiot ton was also lounging about the place , and this child the mother Idolized , though ho was an evil , cruel brute , that took pleas ure In malicious mischief. Ho would cut anything that came In his way , and Jack Hartnct , a miner stopping at the place , caught him hacking the tall oft his mule. One grasp on the throat and a wrench from the enraged man did tbo Idiot's business , but his neck was broken. Alarmed and ashamed at bis violence Jack mounted and rode off. The mother was for a time out of her mind with rage , those that eaw her were appalled at her demonllko appearance , and glio announced that Jack Hnrtnct'H life should pay the forfeit for tbo killing of her son. Two months after Jack was shot dead about n mile from. .McGregor's , while riding through a dcnso thicket. The man who found the body searched tbc vicinity care fully , but found no trace , except the tracks of a man , no doubt the nbsnssln ; one foot was well defined , but the other seemed a Rtump , as It mode a round depression In the uand. uand.No No one doubted that the widow wan con cerned In the killing , but murders were too frequent In that locality to exclto much In terest. Although the hotel was a great convenience , no one liked the landlady. She had a fiendish temper and would , and did on several occasions , use. weapons with effect , but this was excusable , us her pa trons were a very rough lot. Thanks to a corps of active vigilantes , life In Poker Flat was reasonably safe , but It was soon evident that a single traveler going to Downlovllle on the usual road took chances as to getting there alive. Not less than nine men had been found stnrlf nml stlft on the ground , shot through the head , all within two miles of McGregor's , and there , was no trace of the assassin. IJad characters around the Flat had boon closely watched , but their absence was not noticed when the murders were committed. So It became evident that there was a band of assassins In the mountains. Travelers stopping over night at Mc Gregor's slept on the floor wrapped In their blankctn , and one man told that , around about 2 o'clock In the morning , he fjulctly slipped outside and eaw four men confer ring with the dwarf under the trees , and then Mrs. McGregor joined them , and after an hour's conference the strangcis took the road Into the mountains. All carried rifles. This was commented on and soon a HUS- plclon arose that Mrs. McGregor could tell much about the road agents If she choose. Suddenly news came that made Immediate action a duty and necessity. A party with a pack train coming from Downlevllle heard a shot ahead of them , and hurrying up found James Gravior dead In the road. A sorrel horse was just disappearing through the thick pines near. It was ridden by something that looked more llko an ape than a human being , but It escaped a vaM-r of rlo ! ! balls and was gone. The dead man was a leader at Poker Flat ; a surveyor , engineer , storekeeper and umpire In all disputes about claims , and universally liked and respected. He had ridden the sorrel , a well-known fast pacer. The leading man In Poker Flat was Dr. James Keen , uncle of James Keen the pres ent New York stock speculator. He was a bold , active citizen , and a close friend of Gravler's. Ho made up a party cf the best men In camp , and with them and a Shoshone Indian as tracker , started for the sccno of the murder. The a HUBslns had mudo a screen of branches 100 yards oft the road and shot from behind It. The tracks of the horse were plainly seen , and again the stump foot of a man beside n long nar row footprint more- like a wolf's than a man's. The Indian took up the trail and they followed It through the mountains for eight miles , when the tracker held up his hand. A moment mora and a dog bark was heard and from behind a plno thicket they watched. Three hundred yards away stood a low cabin lu a hollow almost bidden by- aspen trees. Smoke was issuing from abele bole In the roof. A consultation was had , and at last Tom MeCarty , a small , but very powerful man offered to go ahead and re- connoltcr. Then * was not a man moro ut terly fearless than Tern on the coast , and ho at once made Ills way to the cabin. The Uog had disappeared , HO ho pushcxl open the rude door and entered. 'Hut for a bright 11 ro on the hearth the place would have been utterly dark , but Tom saw a pair of eyes blazing at him from a corner , and heard a harsh volco ask him what ho wanted , A tall man came forward dressed In greasy buckskin , his face covered with hair , and looked murderously at the intruder. He was evidently lame. MeCarty looked at his feet , ono was merely a round stump. He thought of the track and at once made a rush and grasped tbo fellow by the throat and right wrlat. It was no child's play ; the man was wiry and wound around his as sailant like a big snake , but Tom's strength told , and ho hurled hl enemy to the lloor with a crash , and In a eeond bo was In the jaws of the dog , a powerful black hound , Ills master drew a pistol and tired MeCarty felt a sting and knew ho was hit. With a wrench ho raised himself and drove his ten-Inch bowlo knife Into Ills enemy's body , and turning on the dog disposed of It. As ho regained his feet the rest of the party , having heard the shot , rushed In. The bullet had cut a long gash In Tom's check , hlr , left ear was taken clean off , and the dog had bitten him severely. HlK wounds were dressed and the pl.icc searched , Two thousand In gold dust wan found , and It was one of Gravlcr's silver- mounted Derringers that had nearly taken Tom's life. It wan clear that one of thu gang of murderers bad met his deserts. The rude tables and stools were piled on the floor and the bodies thrown on them , and lighted from the lire , a dark cloud of black Einoko noon told that no trace of the affray would survive. The trail of the sorrel was u'tcrly lost , nor was it over heard of. In the meantime evidence of Importance had come toPoker Flat. Ono of Peg Mc Gregor's help had been badly wounded by the woman In ono of her tantrums , and ho told the doctor whu dressed Ills wound tlio whole story. McGregor's was the rondczvoun of Den- ill KO anil his gang , and the dwarf , an excel lent ftliot , had committed same of the mur ders on the trail over the mountain , lien- dlgo wan a notorious rulllan from the lower country , and his gang well known borne thieves and murderers , A strict watch wan But oa McGregor's , nail cue bleak night In Dec. Nov. 0 , p. in. SPECIAL SALE Children's Suits Saturday morning at eight o'clock sharp , we put on sale an extra special purchase of Boys' and Children's Suits , Closing- out , as we did , the complete stock of a manu facturcr. we bought them at almost / / # / / " the regular value and we offer them at a proportionate saving to you. They arc in two styles reefer and regular double breasted sacks and we make a clean sweep of them at $2 a suit. These suits arc not worth six dollars. They arc not worth $5. They are not worth $4.50 except in a few stores , where $4 goods arc marked $4.67 , and $3.50 suits are marked $3.98. Had we bought these suits in th regular way we would have sold them at $3.50 but Sat urday you can have them at sa.oo a suit. They arc new , fresh fabrics. They arc attractive desirable styles. They are fancy patterns in random effects and plaids and the material they are made from is the same as has been made up this season for a great many $5 suits. The reefer suits arc handsomely braided and the sacks arci made up and trimmed equal to any higher priced suits. Send for catalogue. PERSISTENT * ) Disorders in the Stomach , Liver and Bowels accompanied by > ) BACKACHE and changed appearance of the © ) Urine are * > ) indicative of > ) DISEASED KIDNEYS * 1 To restore these vital organs of the hody to perfect condition , and recover health and strength , use only the old reliable remedy We Have testimonials from thousands who have been given up as beyond relief who have taken this medicine and been permanently cured . . FOR DALE AT DRUGGISTS. PRICC , tl.OO Pin BOTTLE el THE DR. J. H. MCLEAN MEDICINE : CD. , ST. LOUIS , MO. PEREMPTORY AUOTEON SALE AT CHICAGO. Commencing on Wednesday , November 11 , at 10 n. in. , wo will HC-11 at PulilliAilillnn for account of whom It may concern on third , fourth and llfth iloora ot building , corner Monroe btrcct und Wabash avenue , Chicago , Inventoried Vnliteof Immense Wholos.ilc Stock Consisting of Fancy Dry GnodH , ICmbrold- erles , Table I nenx , Towellnga , White Goods , I aces , l < ndlct < ' nnd Gouts' Furnish ing Goods , Notions , Gloves , Handkerchiefs , etc. , formctly owned by Edson Koitli & Co.t Stock arranged forsulo by SAMOM. ( i.\\S , M n n n n T , AVcNtcm .Siilvmn1 AViM'olilnpf Ajrc-ney , rio. i > . com : .t co. , Auutiom-or. November thirty men left the Flat , headed by Keen , It was about midnight , raw and cold. cold.The "stables wore visited first nnd eight horses and one men secured. Ono end of the McGregor mansion was not opened to the public , and here the brigands were ( sup posed to be. Ten men , headed by Dr. Keen , slipped Into the bar-room , licsldes the land lady nnd her husband there wcro two people In the room. The widow sprang to her feet and made a rush for the door , but wa caught. Her mun at once attacked the de tainer with a knife nnd was Eliot dead , nnd poise , woman and all broke Into the back room. It was thirty feet long and lit by a big swinging lamp. Around the table , drink ing and1 gambling , sat seven men. Dendlgo , a tall man , bearded to the eyes and ns dark as an Indian , was first on his feet and fired two shots. One of them brought dcnvn Dr. Keen and the other went through the lungs of I'eg McGregor. In nn instant there was a fearful tumult. 'MCn ' shot and Blabbed each other In frenzy. The party outside burnt In the end door and mingled In the fray. The robbers naked no quarter , and died with ferocious courage. A bullet broke the cainphcno lamp and n stream of fire poured cut. nnd In a moment the iilaco was glowing like a furnace. Lugging their own dead and wounded , the vigilantes ruabcxl outside. The place was doomed : the flamcn wcic llektng through the roof , and an attempt to bring tbo woman out failed , ns the siuoko and beat drove the rescuers back. In an hour nothing was left but nslit'.i. The vlKllanltM had two killed and nix badly wounded. Nothing was ever known of tbo woman's Jihtory. About $8,000 In gold was dug out of the rulnu. Henceforth I'oker Flat had peace , and but for Iho genius of Ilret Harto would have been long since for gotten. , CiUJClC I'HOl'ITH. .1 Iloy'N ImitriivniiHMit ou thu UNIIII ! I'rournm In Fnlrr Slorli-N. "nu IncH " Is the watchword of the day , and the small boy la developing on that line with a rapidity which antouishca the pre vious generation , Hut tbo practical Hide of Ills nature ban not obscured the poetry of childhood. The fairy tale U aa potent as ever and there wnu n vmllo of pleasure on the face of the lad who remarked at breakfast : "I had a beautiful dream last night. " "What was it ? " his father ashed. "I thought I was out In the woods nnd I saw a must poraeoutly dreased lady coming toward me , " "That Is r. good deal lllo : come of the stories that you have been reading. " "Yes. It doesn't got very different until the end , I know by her looks that ului wan thu fairy qutuu , and I made up my mind that I wasn't going to lose cbauctu like tome White- Iron Ucds at $2.50 , 13.50 , $1.00 , $ r.00 , { 5.73 , JG.75 , $ S.OO , $10.00 , $12.03 , Jlb.OO und $20 CO/ Bedroom Suitsc Rediireil from $18.00 to $10.00 Itciluced from $2.r.OU to $12.00 lU'diiced from $2S.OO to $15.00 Itciluced from $33.00 to llfc-00 Heduced from $15.00 to J1SOQ Hcduccd from $ $500 to $ ! b-09 SPECIAL , UATtOAINS IN ALL GOODS THIS WJ3HK. CHAS. SHIVERICK & CO. , 12th and Dotiiiliis. MORI ! IMIKCIOUS tlmn Gold , Silver or Dia monds. bfinfiifr | you coin- fort mid joy tlirco tlmoH it day at least. Your teeth. BAILEY , the Dentist Till It 1) FI.OOU , l AXTON liLOCK of the boys In story books , who didn't Itnowj a good chance when they naw It , " ? " "Did she offer > ou three wished ! " "Yes. And I called to mind how ahfl sometimes took advantage of a mortal's be ing nxclted and nervous when ho wlsheif. In order to make him waste his opportunities and have a good laugh at him. Ko , whmt ftho talil , 'Llltlo boy , I'll give you tlirea wishes , ' I didn't jump at the chance. I nalJJ 'Will you give rno whatever I nsk for ? ' Kho answered , 'Yes , you nicy have three "What did you do ? " "I wished for lour , "