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12 DATI/VJ > BEE : 3TIUDA"3 ! , , FEb 25 , ,1808. BAUL VIRGINIA : A Romance In the School Room. Vy Atnrirn ot O , O'S/ion , a. 1 When Tnul Irving applied for the position of Assistant teacher In Pcmberton academy , and was chot'cn through the Influence of Harold Hedaibnil , who ww principal , none , rave the Interested parties , know that he wag a Harvard sophomore rusticated for a year. / . .Irving had looked upon his sentence In the light of a Joke , hut when his father rcfn * d to vlow the 'estapadp ln the same sldctpllt- ting mohner , and "had Intimated that , fbr ono year at Icogt the young man's prescnW wao not desired under the parental roof , I'nul had remembered hla friend llcdtiiond , who gladly smoothed over the rising dim- culty. "You'll nnd the town lively enough , " said' ' the principal , ao wth hie new assistant Jio walked toVard the heel house , "and WhaVs tnoro , there 'arc lots of pretty girls among the 'piiplls. ' nut * let mov glyo you..ono plecd of advice ; " Don't get cmlttcn on any ot the students , for"tlilslt'cfovcd ) village Is full o ( CCASlp. " end I'll ' hear you recite It , MIs Oilman may answer the question. " "I don't Know whether you'll hear me rcclto that or not ( " slid the girl to herself. "I'm no rnlod reader ; and I'm not to hlaino clnco I didn't know the lesson , " and the black eyes betokened ntbcmy weather. Ttip dismissal bell had rung , but still the ( Iris waited In tha corridors. 4"l'd like ttJ know what ho a > to her , " said one , "for he looks awful cries and she's as mad as she can be. " " ' It " said another "for * "I'm sorry happened , , It's'otily five weeks to graduation and If she don't learn that I'm afraid she'll bo ex pelled. " , " ' " " returned the "Perhaps we'd better "go , first , "for If Virginia has ono of her usuiil froiks she'll make him wait until she's ready to recite , and that may take some time , " and soon the last echo In the great bulUIng died away and nothing could be K "d sate the ticking of the Clock In the room , . , ' m7 .Irving ait at1 his desk and Virginia Blood near a wlcidow .overlooking the bquaro. "When you crd ready to recite , .Miss Adams , vs- PHH STOPPED SUDQHNt&EtlA. NT ) STOOD FACING 'HIM. ' "Alf right. Half I'm going to beha\e my self while I'm here , " answered Paul. " 1 don't .think that I'Vfe committed a capital crime , but the governor rather feels It , and when I go back I'm going to work .hard and take my degree or die. " "That sounds prtty fine , " laughed the other. "Hut here's the academy , my boy , end remember I expect great thlngis of you. " "Ulerscd are they that expect nothing , for they shall not 'bo dlhappolntpd , " said Paul softly , ns ho tcok hlu place and began his first day's work. IT. , * There was an nlr of subdued excitement throughout the building. 'During thp whole" bchool year Virginia 'Adams had .been In" open revolt against the new tcuchcr. Tout Irving had Instituted a stricter regime than thu pupils of Pgrnberton academy had known ; Idle students roon found thcm&elvcs In dis grace and dull ones Incspalr. ? . The nrw and exacting methods brought no terrors to Virginia at first , for shn accrued Imper fect lessons. Naturally bright she had no dllllcult ; ! In mastering the dally tasks allot- * TvillI bo glad to llston , " cald Paul , when ( Ifteen minutes had ticked away slowly. "I am not going to recite that lesson , " she answered , looking up at him with a world of defiance In her dark eyes. Irving sat In sllrace. Long before he had admitted to ulme < elf that she was the nlcmt feminine thing he had ever met , and with the best Intentions In the world a 20carold heart Is not a steel-clad fortress. But yieldIng - Ing was no easier for him than for her. The desire to conquer her perverse will took possession of him , and visions of a delightful reconciliation afterward danced before hla eyes. "Vory well , " he answered quietly , "you will remain here until yon answer that quca- tlcn , , tlion I may omit the remainder. " She started toward the doorway , but lr- vtag frustrated her design by closing the' door and standing before It. She stbpptfd tfilddcmly and stood facing him. A dainty Httlo creature , rather below medium hdjflitfowlth a slender , girlish figure , andcarry.lng / her head proudly , as If to makopUpJuii | lgnlty what she lacked In THE STATIC IS IDAHO1' ! ' ted to thu eenlor pupils , but she wu such n lover ot her own free will that Irving eaw rocku ahead , and was on the lookout. The unavoidable conlllct soon came. "Wo fcavo been accustomed to omit learning the Hot of atutrs In which certain laws are en forced , " wild the teacher , 'ibut Uorrafter , beginning with today's l Mon , you will plcaso < o learn the two or three extra column * In connection with the usual amount , Virginia , coming In late , did not hear the timely warning , aud walked Into tbo recitation room without even glancing at tbo extended , "Tticfo U but one state where duo and Im- prUonment are efided to the loss of prin cipal end Interest when usury la the offcnm , " eald Mr. Irving. "Ml s Adanii will tell ui Ita name. " "I don't know , " n wered Virginia. "Didn't you learn tbo lesson T aemandca "Yes : but I alita't hnoW we nure aupposcd to learn the aUte * , " wa. VlrBlnla'n MW T. "Where were you when I announced that | n futiwo we wovW emU wlUlngt La te. M I bellevei You will romalr\ \ tonight Btnturo. Her hair and ejea were a glorious black , her cliceks erlmswi with excitement , while the full , rcSnipiquivered nervously , "If ho .rte , " thought Paul , "I'll eur- rrtuk-r Instantly , liut MUa Adama had no Idea of eperdlng the time Ui Idle tear * an she walked back to the window and began to beat a dtarnal tattoo iiion thu glaen , * "Perhapa jou are not an are , " he ald sharply , after five mlnutca of mouruful muilc , "that you are making a my lirl- tattng iioliiu. " "Very likely , " iho ncsweiea softly , but the Bound did not cca e. "I want that noise atopped , " lie said. 011 ho lumped from the platform and crosied the room , Virginia folded her bauds with a gesture ot resignation. "You will please bo aeatefl and take out your hpok , Jt la nearly E o'clock , and the sooner you learn that Icaecp the better. I ehsll call and ee ypur father tli ) evening , " he continued , now thoroughly aogrr. "nod peihap bil can u e eonie Intlueutw aud IcaUt ouyour couplltacu with tbo rul , " yir- ' ' ' . . . - . , , . . -l'Mr'-l' Jlnir. ! u v u a Inr I 1tt. QC gjnla-Jtat down at the , letk and bowed ber IbMtd.ob her hands. Twenty minutes ponsed faw irVT trietlll4 hB.dld col move. Paul ibegtti Id nnow clgrio of weakening. "After all , " ho thcught , "eho didn't know 1' had Intended the lesson. Dear little /girl. I wish those confounded slate * were In Kalamazoo - mazoo before I told her to lorn them. If cho'd only cry nnd give a follow a chance- to sajr domethtog , " Hero he walkwl over to the desk. "Virginia , " ho eald , mttly , but there wag no reply. Suddenly ssat'ng himself brslJo her , he'took ' the little harid Itf hU , but the slender flngenj refused an anancrlng touch. "I give In. Virginia , he laid. VYou need not learn tbat Irason. Lot mo teach you another , tleir. I hope wllh more nuccpas. Surely you know that I love you , but please irwcr : mo thla time. ! ! , But Virginia looke'd at Mm wlpi her heart In her eyes nnd answered meekly : "The state la Idaho. " IV. , * , "What Old he do toljrou : " asked the girls ki chorurf "whon Mlss Adnma appeared the next mornlag ten mlnutcn before the re quired time. "Gcrtl : Oilman said eho saw joq walking up together as jolly as Could be. Jong nftcr G o'clock , and'Bo'.le Marshall's brother met him In your street awful late loat night. Did you recite to him , end what did-he say ? " "Yesl I learned my lesson , but ho called to see my fa her , " answered Virginia. XU\V YORK'S WHKHXSCS. n < | tili > imiit of ( lie PurtH nn < l tliiiil < it the Tofiii'iIovH. u With the exception of a modern bittery , provided with disappearing carriages , lo cated ; , at Wlllet's Point , the coast or mili tary ' 'defenses of Nfrw. 1'ork are antiquated and would offer but slight resistance to the batteries of " "modern" crullers and battle ships , ho submarine defenses are fold to bo In fairly good condition and capable of adequate reinforcement jjlthln forty-eight hours. Thcso consist of a scries ot fixed toipedoes controlled by electrical apparatus and there ate naval authorities who assart that at the flrot signal ot approaching dan ger the harbor may bo placed In fetich a condition that It would be disastrous for any wuf ship lo enter the harbor on a hos tile errand. These torpedoes , fchose In place and those for which prepaiatlons hive been made , con template more particularly the defense of The Narrows , In a line extending ncrors tbp points marked by Fort Wndsworth on one sbdro Id Fort Hamilton on the other. It Is [ nley Kilil that a line of torpedoes could bo I icudlly placed In the channel down to n" point opposite Coney Island , but nt present the entrance to the harbor Is but Indiffer ently protected and It Is believed thut thn modern cruiser would not experience great difficulty In forcing an entrance to the upper bay , which Is the anchorage for the govern ment's cxplcalvea. From this point Gov ernor's , Hedloo's. Ellis Island and the navy yard would be easily commanded by e\cn the short range guns of a fighting ship. Fort Wadsworth Is the most powerful of the military defenses of New York. It Is a three-tier casemate of granite on the Staten Isl&tid there ot The Narrows and was once considered a formlJable walk , but Its arma ment Is old style and It Is questionable whether the works themsehes would stand the strain of the recoil of Its own guns. Fort Tompklns stands on the heights above mid along the channel Is a line of water batter ies. With modern equipment , a tilple fire , water line and casemate and plunging could bo converged upon a hostile vessel In the i arrow channel , but It is doubtful whether It would bo effective In the face of molern ordnsncc , which v.ould quickly silence the antiquated shore batteries. One the Long Island shore , at The Narrows , opposite Fort Wadsworth , and about a mile distant , Is Fort Hamilton. Just off shore , on an artificial Island , stands Fort Lafayette , built between 1S12 and 1S22. Fort AVoo.l la a star-shaped work on Dcdloe's Island , which was finished In 1S41 and mounted with seventy guns. It Is hero that the statue of "Llbeity Enlightening the World" stands. Across the entrance of the East river Is Fort Schuyler , the construction having been .be gun In 1833. . Governor's Island , within 1,000 feet of the natteryr-has- three old-fashlone-1 and practically useless defenses Fort COT lumbus , a star-shaped , stone fort , mounting 120 guns , which would fall down It the > were discharged , Castle William and the South Battery. J Wlllet's Point , which was first fortified In 1S62 and Is now the only moJern mllUqry defense , Is close to the entrance of the East river from Long Island sound. It Is the headquarters of the Uulted Satp [ wttiillon of engineers and wjth , the possible exception ot some modern.suns at the Satidv Hook proving grounds would be the only lapd defense - fenso of any Importance. For some years'tho defense of the Roracr shoals hns been agitated , anil altbouqh the construction of the largest gun ever nt- Jempted In the Uulted Statei Is now under "way and Intended for ue at this point , no \ery great progress has been made , and In the event of a war In the near future no re sistance could be offered In the lower bay unless Sandy Hook could be fortified. The bulUIng of the gun is now going on at Ihs Bethlehem Iron works , Bethlehem , Pa. When completed the new piece of ordnance will exceed by E.M tons the monster 12-centi meter (10-54 ( Inch ) caliber coast-defense gun exhibited by Krupp at the World's fair. The Krupp gun weighed. . 120.40 tons , while the new gun for the United Stales will weigh 126 tons. The weight of n shell for this gnu In estimated to exceed 2.SOO pounds with the full powder charge of 1,000 pounds , Although the fact has not been officially announced , It Is generally conceded In army ordnance circles that the new gun Is des tine I for a structure on Homer shoals. These shoalH aio located .In the lower harbor nnd ate bare at extreme low , water. They admit of a command over all the channels leading Into the port except the sound entrance of the East river. In connection with this sun It has been proposed to erect a series of tur rets on the Homer shoals mounted with six- toon-Inch guns , which would glvo a range at extreme elevation of about sixteen miles , or five miles seaward beyond the Sandy Hook lightship. In a revolving turret the rongo would bo a circle passing as far Inland na Control park , embracing all the western end of Long Island and extending miles be yond Elizabeth , New.irk and Rnhway , N , .1. But these Improvements have not been made and at present the military defense of New- York harbor , aside from the protection which may bo offeicd by wcll-illspoHoJ torpedoes , Is weak nnd Inadequate against the arms of modern battleships. now i.ovno.v r.ifnu's. M nt Work All A run ml llic Mi > ( roii Utnii lAri-nii. Borne striking figures which have Just been published , pays the London Mall , neem to Indicate that the wonderful growth of the vast province of houses that wo call London Is going on MS vigorously UN ever , A return Just published states tlmt the number of houses built In London In the twelve months ending August last was no less than U.r.91. This Is , of course , In the Greater London of the registrar gcner.il. The London of the nchool board contained In IHil the vast aggregate ot 557,131 In- Imbltetl houses , which wan more than one- tenth of nil the dwellings In England and Wnle.s ; lilnnlnuli im hud Sn.fi2l ; Liverpool , 91,451 , nnd Manchester. 100,249. Hut In the Greater London of the registrar general's weekly return the number of Inhabited houses was 707,079 , or nearly one-sltth of the IIOUSCH In England and Wales , Th.u lan-a'st aggregate of Inhabited dwellings next to that In the Thames valley IB thut on the Iruell , where the twin towns ot Manchester and Balford had between them 129,412 Inhabited houses. But London , at the prchent rate of growth , la adding more to Us Htreeta and squares tn ten years than the whole of Manchester and Balford jnit together. Yet even the present Klgantlo growth In not quite equal to that which took place In each of the ten years ending with the last ccnsiiB. It la exceedingly dllllcult to icnllze what the Increase rip- repcntH All around the metropolitan urea the builders are Incessantly at work , und by whatever routa ono leaven It , whether by ro.id , rail , or river , everywhere the lontr lines of new streets encroach up m the meadow B , and them IB a now town In the making. Them really IB a new town , for each yeqr London adds an Ipswkli , Northampton , a. Southampton or u Hi-iiJIiiK to Its already ulgiuitlc size. Neither of thrise towiiH , large , active , enterprUIng an tlu < y arc , contained In 1KU BO many house * nn uro added to London every year. They are nil growing with great riipldlty , nnd probably ouch of thtin now pontalna nearly as many bouses as London nilOs to Itself yearly. It la Impossible not to look forward with Interest , lut unmlnglcd with uiutoty , at to tha future growth of this vast center ot the Drltlth empire \ SOME (1UEER ( PENSION "BASES , Tagarloi of Human Lifo Met with In the Law Division. ADVANfAG-S OF RESEMBLING AN APE I.onp ; S rnrcli for n Mni Known Only IIM "PoNMim" nnooli , Ar teiiN In , ricnt ) * -IrfcTlr Innn KfTorU to Gc-ti a Pciinlon. calls a number ofrntitftblc attcmpta to defraud the government. In which fraudulent pension attorneys have ( taken n conspicuous part The task of Investigating these cases falls to the law division * which , with ( do assistance of the .special examiners In Iho office etui In the field , has aucoccdcd In doing some markably clever'dctectlvo work. To give nn idcajjjf the dlnlculty that at tends , some of the Investigations ono case of Interest may bc > retailed. There was a man who applied for a .pension on account of a wounded knco wlhlcli ho-trccclvcd near Lex ington , Ky , , by to UK knocked down nnd run over by a goveimnent ammunition wagon HJe made his affidavit , but could supply no witnesses , foe- the reason that'ho was on n special detail at the tlmo of ttio accident and the detail was composed of nnn-cotnmlsatoncd officers and privates from different rjglmcnU who were strangers to > .Jilm. It was finally dlscovcicd that In the detail he remembered two men , ono of whom his companion called " 1'otsum" and the other "Coon. " The case was so evidently a Just one that the ox- n miner- made a favorr.ble report to the of fice , and the office set about obtaining some Information In regard to "Possum" and " " voluminous correspondence "Coon. After a all the men in the detail wcro discovered except ono man named Adams. It was found that Adams was In Mexico. He was a min ing engineer and was engaged In work In a small Intoilor town. A letter was written to film asking about "Poesum. " The letter was returned marked "Not found , " with the en dorsement * that Adams had gone to Nevada. The ofTicc got clew to him nnd a letter was written tn a small mining camp with In junction to the postmaster to look him up. It was found that Adams had left Nevada two VtG.eks before tlio letter arrived. The office was Informed that he had told some of bis companions that he lived In the vicinity of a small town In Maine. Anothci letter was written to tuo postmaster of this town , and the rtply convoyed the Information that there was an Adams family In the rolijhborhood and that a member of It was shortly expected hcme from the west. After all this corcspondcnce Adams was discovered nnd be prove ! to bo "Possum. " On hla testi mony the pension was granted. A CLCVEIl PENSION SHARK. Notwithstanding the * care of the office In regard' to detail , a number of fraudulent cases have slipped through1 the fingers of the examiners. One of the cleverest pension sharks'- was .1. L. Dupnrt ot New Orleans , who , after various traps had been laid for hlmwna at last caught trying to fix up a widow' for a dead soldier named Louis Sar- roanl. When the papers In the case were filed It wu3 found that the claims of the living soldier for the pension were already for file. Dupart met the examiner , who took the deposition of a woman named Lucy. The latter had been drilled so carefully by trio scoundrel tint the examiner was con vinced , but It happened that the real eoldler looked so like an ape that bo had been called "Monkey" by hla companions , and he easily established by witnesses in his own community Ills claim to the pension. Then the examiner got n polljcnnn nnd w'ent out after IJupart and Lucy. IJut Lucy had dis appeared. The law division has cases brought before It whlch lf true , would Involve marriages at the age of 8 , and.the birth of , children when the contractingjparties-'werowaU the1 12. Three persons' have figured In twenty- one marriages In six ycais. Death-bed mar riages for Iho purpose of obtaining pciiblon money are a favorite , means of defrauding the government * Enoch Arden cases are common. A short time ago' an examiner went to take the deposition of a woman In a small New England town as to certain facts In regard to norhusband. . The hus band bad filed a claim for a pension , and the woman liail ( believed him dead for some years. Believing him dead , she was about to marry another man In the following week , but when the examiner showed her the papers she fell In'a faint. Special examin ers In the field are often iho means of bring ing together scattered families. Sometimes they don't wish to be ! reunited , nnd the re- BUH is calamitous. ' niOKETY DAN. Ono of the most remarkable cases In volving a question of Identity ever known came before the law division five or alx years ago. It is full of dramatic situations and wonderful coincidences. In 1SG4 Fer- raby Newby , < ho widow of William New by , who was killed at the battle of Shlloh , ap plied for a pension , which was granted. Twenty-six years afterward there came to the pension office an application for a pen sion from another claimant , who said he was the Wlljlam Newby to whose , widow the pension had been granted. There fol lowed a careful Investigation , by the law division. The examiner In the .field discovered that In 1889 , the year before the second claim was filed , a tramp met In a poorhouse In Illinois the brother of William Newby and talked with him ot his war experiences. In 1800 the tramp turned up In the neighbor hood where Newby had lived and asserted In the presence ot several of Newby's old neighbors ) Uiit ho was the dead soldier. The tramp was known as " 'Rickety Dan. " He said that ho had been loft for dead on the field at Shlloh , but had been saved by a confeJerate surgeon. ( Members of Newby's company who burled him on the field of battle were confident that they had not In terred another man by mistake and swoio that nickety Dan lied. The soldier was a blond. Tlu tramp was neither light In com plexion nor dark. There was a wonderful coincidence of soars and marks upon the body. Tlidro was a sear on the loft temple of Rickety Dan where there Imd been ono upon the left temple of the soldier. They both had birthmarks on the abdomen. Newby had n scar on his foot caused years before the war by an & \ slipping when ho was cut ting wood. The tiaiup Newby bad the same scar. scar.Tho examiner was In a quandary , but after some correspondence It was discovered that In the penitentiary at Nashville a man answering the description of Illckety Dan was wanted for houo stealing. Rickety Dan was then positively Identified by detectives as a horse thief and OB the son of an old woman who lived at some distance from that city. The examiner took Rickety Dante to a store near Nashville and arranged to have the old woman come In , She looked at Dan curiously for a moment and then said familiarly , "Hello , Dan. " The examiner watched the tramp carefully. Dan never moved a inusc'o Ho looked at the old woman In an Impudent way and said slowly : "I don't know you. " "Vou don't know jour own mother , " she replied. "You are not Rickety Dan ? " and she walked over to him and pushed back his hair and pointed to the scar on his left temple. MARVELOUS NERVB. Out Dan maintained his composure throughout , and : the examiner was more mixed than ever , The old woman said that Liau had a wife and son In tbo county poor house and there ! the examiner went. Ho found that the report of the old woman was true , and as corroborative evidence , Illckety Dan's wife and soli were found suffering from the rickets , the ailment from which the tramp got his name. Then the Law divi sion prepared Its ca e roost carefully , The government had sixty witnesses and Dan bad .200. The trial ot the caae lasted two weeks , and rtttt 5 < tll thai last moment was tbo gov ernment * & > solut lx sure of winning , In fact , at time ? the attorney almost despaired of dolntf so 8"U " they had prepared a our- ji'Uo at the end , /After all the witnesses for the prrawut'wi * Jid.defense had been heard , tlioru strolled Irfloithe court room Rickety Dan's riukety wwv Ho walked around to where the dcfcn&fat a * sitting and said carclosiljr , "HelloV > ad , " and the case of the government was # on The people at the penilc-u puice eay that ttu-y do not bcllcyo JOBBERS ; awDMRMUfRquRE § ' 'OK ok A HA. - " A GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS I ininger & u Metoalf Co. \VIIOI.r.flAI.P. UKAI.r.llrt IN Agricultural Implements Buggies nnd CnrrmtjcB , Cor. fit ti nnd Pacific Sts , Orendorff Parlin & Martin Go Jobbers of Farm Machinery. Wacom and Hucslei Cor , th und Jonn. ART GOOD3 Hosp Picture Moldings. Mlrroro , Frames ; Backing and Artists' Materials. k * BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS , 0 merican Hand 1 V Sewed Shoe Go M'frs | Jobbers of Foot Wear Vf ESTEUN AC1ENTS FOR Joseph Baniffuu Rubber Oo. Rubbers and Mackintoshes. 1107 Howard St. , OMAHA Boots , Shoes and Rubbers Salesrooms 1102-llOMIOC Harncy street. a B e WHOLESALE RUBBER GOODS Owner of Chief Brand Boots , Shoes , Rubbers , AT WHOLESALE. Ofllce and Salesroom 1119123 Howard BU BAGS Importers aud Manufacturers BAGS 614-16-18 Sonth nth Street BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS. SYRUPS , Uclaeso , Sorghum , etc. , Frenerte : and Jellies Also tin cnns and Japanned wara. CHICORY T ry Qrowera und manufacturers of all formB of Chicory Omaha-Fremont-O'Nell. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE Importer and iToJitff Crockery. Chini , Glassware , Sliver Plated Ware , Looking OUfsos , Chan- dellera , Lamps , Chimneys , Cutlery , Etc. 1410 FAIl.VAM ST. CREAMERY SUPPLIES T Creamery Machinery and Supplies. Dollcrs , Engines , Keea Cookers , Wood Pulley - ley ? , Bhrtftlng , Belting , Uiitttr I'ucU- tiijes of all kinds. W7-W9 Jones St. - - - - - to this day that the widow of William Newby Is realfy convinced that Illekoty Dan Is nether her husband. The letter files In the law division of the pension ofllco are quite entertaining. Hero Is an Interesting communication : "I took my money and bought mo a pig and some seed potatoes , and I kept the pig all summer , and he has become a fat bog , and I dug my potatoes last week and now John Jones has levied on my pig and wants to take my potatoes , and I want the govern ment to protect mo. Has he any right to take government property ? " Hero IB another : "Ono night an picket duty at the siege at Vlcksburg I saw by spiritual sight a light shining on thu side of my face and the bottom tom of my feet. I was sanctified and what ailed mo was Christianity , I have It In my head , heart and whole system , and.lt trou bles mo most when I have the ague and at tending church. I feel tlmt there Is some thing In my bead which may run out when It gets loose , " Upon Investigation It was found that tbo man was Insane , having had a sunstroke , Arnold's Dromo Celery cured headaches , lOc , 25e and f 0c. All druggists. IX A ( H/AMIAUY. Tlio .Mini Dill Vut Know lIoTT ( o .Act In ClrouiilNtiiiiei'M ( , It required some rouxln ? , nays the Wash ington Star , to iQt the War department o eri < to tell the story , but he yielded nt last , notwithstanding tbo painful memories It brought , and tnU U what he told ; "Twelve years uuo 1 married a lovely glri from dear old , Virginia , and life be- < tame a bimlson to me. I was five yen her cnlor , and wo were perfectly adapted to .each other , Our day * paued swiftly by ( or DRY GOODS. M. E , Smith & Go. Importer * and Jobbart af Dry Goods , Furnishing Goods AND NOTIONS. DRUGS. 'ichardsoEi ' Drug Co. Jackson St. J. O. RICHARDSON , Pmu a F. WELLER. V. Treat. T Chen.EG@ ! Go. Sl'f'rt yfanttnrd J'/iurijuusulloal l'r ? ara * Special Formula * Frtparrtl to Order. Sentlfar Caluloyiit. Ltbor&tarr. 1111 Howard fit , Omaha. E. Bruce & Co. Druggists and Stationers " ' , "Queen Bec'NSpcclaJtlct Cigars , Wlnm nnd Ilrcndki , Corner 10th and Hurnejr Street * . ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. estent iisofrisa ! F.lcctrical Supplies. E'lcctilc Mining Holla nnd Gm ; Lighting Cl. W JOHNSTON. Mifr. 1510 IIotturd St. WHOLESALE AND HETAIL ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES U4i Faroara St. JfKUlT-PKODUCE. Commission 'Merchants. ' 8. W. Corner lth miA' ' Howard Sta Members of She National I-on ue of Comml- clan Merchants of the United States. FURNITURS ImZ imtih I I WHOLUSALU Furniture Draperies 1115.1117 Farripm Clrtet. GROCERIES. 13th and Lc.ivcnworth St. Staple and Fancy Groceriest ILA AND COrrEE RCUSUR5 , Etc. Etc.'I 'I WIIOLUSALB FINE GROCERIES Teas. Spices , Tobaccc an Clgarm. M03-I107 Harqey Sireet- IMPOUTKHS. GAS COFFKC IIOASTHIIS AJ113 JUUUI.\O GHOCEU13. Telephone ZS2. HARNESS-SADDLERY J * H-taey Go. JU'fn JIAHNJIS1 , SADDT ! S AND Jobbers of Leather , ttadillcrt/ Hardware , Ktc. \Vo solicit your orders 131& Howard St. HARDWARE. ertcr ft WHhelmy Oo Wholesale Hardware , Oaiulm. L Wholesale Hardware. Oloyelea and ttportlntr Utiodu. 1219-U1-23 Har- noy streut , flvo years , and our only child , a beautiful boy. was 3 years old. At tlut nfc'e a child , I think , la at Its loveliest , anil this boy of ours was made the prldo of our hearts. Ono Sunday I Bhnll never forgot It , I am Buro my wife and the boy and I went off up the canal above Georgetown to nans a pleasant afternoon by thu waterside. It was a delightful day In Ihu Hummer , and wo had a great good time wandering about the woods and banks , until , quite tiled out , wo sat down In the shade overlooking Home very picturesque loekn. How U happened I never knew , but < my wife and the boy started acrosg the canal on the lock , and when 1 tlrs | noticed them , they were nearly half way across , the boy holding on to the mother's skirts , and she , apparently , find ing the footway very dllllcult to keep. Why Blie had ever undertaken UUCM a hazaidous walk I could not tell , nor did 1 stop to Und causes. The two liefngH who were nil the world to me were In jeopardy of their lives , nnd with a bound I was up and out upon the lock to help them , , . "Possibly I may In my foolish linBto have frightened them ; possibly they were already nervona and thought they should turn back , Of that I cannot say , All I know Is that us I eume hurrying to them tha mother turned , end In dolnir HO Htumliled some wuy ugnlnBt the boy , knocking him Into the water ubovo the lock , while she dived for ward to the water blow , It wa all over In u second , and I stood there utterly paralyzed. Above me , struggling in the water , nun my boy , with his golden fcurls spread a\\ \ \ around bin head , and ! IH ! llttlo cap floating away , uhllo In the cddlebl below I could Bto my wife's body whirled and tossed hither and yon by the cruel waves. I could not save both , and I stood Irreso lute , und-- " "Ciood hCAvcnat" exclaimed the excited listener , unable to restrain hU feelings , "what did you do ? " "I owoke , " smllixl th eicrk , blandly , "and found the boy tlolUIng rny car with a blode of Kru und pjy wlfp aiding ana bitting him , " i LIQUORS. Oo \\JIOLKSAU1 LIQUORS. Proprietor * of AM".niCAN riQAH AND GLASS \VA11K CO. 114-711 ! South 14th St. tier's Eagie @i . East India Bitters Ooldtn Bnt f Pur Hr nfl Bourbon Whliktr. Willow * ' Sprints Dlttllkrr , Her A Ca. , UU Uarniy , Street- Friclk Kesjertz , Wholesale Lignor i\ferc/iantst \ 1001 Kurnnm Street * Riley Brafihsrs , Wholesale Liquors and Cigars 1118 Furntim Street. .1 tjHMii ttA'w uaawa nj * * WHOLESALE Wines , Liquors and Cigan tlj 415 a 1Mb QtreeL LUMBER WHOLESALE ' DUMBER . . . 814 South X4th St. PLAN/NG MILL. Mnmifnrturers of ilinrs , tash , blinds , tore nnd mloon llxtu cs. Kftlmatiu furnished n liny kind of nil 1nrk 1 Tel K79. Mill Klh nnd Dnenport Sts. OILS-PAINTS Paint Co. Air Floated And Point * of 1015 and T T'o 'o Klvo croillt , ' A H /niVJictlilnif or tandard Oil e-ni - ! ; . A. Moffct , 1st Vice Prcs. L. J. Drake , Gen JJgr \sJJ O . . . Gasoline. Turpentine , Axle Grease. Etc. Omnha lirancli and Agencies , John n. Huth MET. PAPER-WOODENWARE. Printing Paper , Wrapping Paper , Stationery Corner 12th and Howard itreeu. STEAMWATE ? SUPPLIES. ! ! ! Go. > Street. Manufacture * and Jobbers of Btenm. das ant Water Supplies of All Kinds , W I zioS-nio Harney ii Stearn Putnns , Engines nnd hollers , Pipe ? Wind Mills , Steam und Plumblnc Material , UUtlnv. Hose , Etc. TYPE FOUNDRIES. Foundry Superior Copper UUed Type U tht btit eaU U > * market , ELECTOOTYPE KOUNDnr. 1114 Howard Street. GAVi : UP 1IU.S1IYM ) KOIl POLITICS. IIu WIIM 10 to 1 , mill Shu Wnnti'il Hlu Jllll Hl-NlllfK , "Away out In the southwest corner of Mlsspurl , " said tin old iioutollke Inspector to a Now York Sun reporter , "Is a town In which a woman IB poatmlatretis , and un derneath her commlxslon thtre haiifn her divorce. It dipcndn on her health an to which plenties iiur most , It came about through polities. Her liuHlxuul was ap pointed under the Harrison administration. In the campaign next following he tupoiJBed Cleveland and held on under the last Cleve land administration until old Dick lilaml spent a night In the postmaster's house , and when ho left the poatmaBtcr was Inocu lated with the IB to 1 hcroay , ljut the man's wife remained a goldbui ; and as- nerted herself In u manner thut made thu returns In the town n day late , after tha election , und when they came In McKlnley and Holmrl were In the lead , The post master nag guyed BO unmercifulv ! that ho sent In hla resignation before -McKlnley'H Inauguration. I'Van I : Jones , who was the axeman of the last Cleveland administra tion , heard of the situation , of course , and I was sent out there on the quiet. The IlrsL thing I learned was tlmt the woman wua aulng for a divorce. AH everybody In thb town wax with hnr , H > IO noon obtained what who went for and then oho took charge of the postoillcc. It IB not my business to teJl department secreiH , but Hho In one of the holdovera who will umuln as lena UB she Id honest. "Her former husband gota hln mall from the general delivery and she has her dlvorco hung on a line with the opening of tha general delivery , and I think whenever hu asks for Ills mull ho must nee It. It's a. quiet reminder of the- day when ho mad a fool of : himself " Although many rcmcdleu arc. pushed fata the market by uplcy cdvtrtlscuiulita. Ur. bull's Cough. Syrup still taken the lead , - ,
