THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , NOVEMBER 9 , 180S.
ffiY BOORS ASD MAGAZINES
Bending Matter Both Instructive and Amus
ing for All Olaues of Headers.
WHAT SOME SCRIBBLERS ARE DOING
A Xc\v Work from I'm of Author of
"l.onklni IliiL-ktriird"
; llrluf Uc-
vlrw of ln < < < .11 nK 'I in1 * "nil the
SnIiJrctH Trvnti-il liy Tin-in.
The recent death of Edward Bellamy has
naturally revived imprest In hla works and
It et'ms only natural to expect now edi
tions of the older books , n * well as the
publication , of anything that had not been
Klvcn to the public up to the time of his
( loath. Two volumes are at hand , the ono
an old acquaintance , "I.cokging Backward , "
and the other n. recent work , "The Illlud-
tnan's World. " The group of fifteen stories
given to the public under the last mentioned
tltlu and Introduced by Mr. Howclls con
tains three talcs which , although not In the
name vain as "Looking Backward , " are an
excellent Illustration of the quality which
won Its possessor such a vast audience , the
ability to make "the nlry stuff of dreams
ono In quality with veritable experiences. "
The quoted phrase belongs to Mr. Howclls ,
whose tender and respectful admiration falls
little short of reverence for Mr. Bellamy ,
"whoso Imagination , " ho says , "revived
throughout Christendom the faith In a mil
lennium ; " from whose work "nobility of the
heart was never absent , " who always "bud
the distinction of Dclf-forgetfulnesa In hla
work. Ho Interpreted the heart of the
American nation and knew how to tnovo
It moro than uny other American author
who has over lived. The theory thai ho
simply moved tlio popular fancy will not
account for the tove nnd honor In w.'ilch
his narao Is passionately held by the vast
enst and west. Ills li
average faith > an nnl-
matlng force concerning whoso ofTect nt this
tlmo or some ! other tlmo It would not bo
wise to propheHy. "
Such Is the criticism that Mr. Howclls
bestows upon his friend's work and his Judg
ment that Mr Bellamy was moro than a
m ro mover of thi ? public fancy can hardly
bo denied.
In "The Dllndman's World" ho dcecrlbos
the Inhabitants of Mara , who differ from
men chlclly In knowing the futuru and for
getting the part. In "To Whom This May
Como" a mind-reading race Is described
nnd Swcdcnborg's Idea Is ampllllcd and car
ried into detail and again the reader ac
cepts the story as possible. "With the
IJyis Shut , " a dream of a land In which
nobody reads or writes" , because everything
Is phonographcd , seems perfectly real even
to. the description of a combined portable
phonograph and alarm clock by which a
mail may be- reminded of his wlfo's message
to her dr ssmalwr and enabled to deliver
It without errors. Something In the nature
of an IrreslAtlblo ptopellnr seems needed
to maUo this apparatus entirely effectual ,
but Mr. Bellamy did not assert that the
huabandH approved of It , nnd he said that
the machines by which boys were warned
when to. como homo from play were un
accountably lost or broken at an alarming
rate.
rate.Tho
The message of thcso little ntorles is as
convincing to a.selected few as "Looking
Backward" was to the unthinking many
and th ( > very power of the minor worltii
Invallrlatcn the strength of the master
piece ,
The other storlrs may bo classified as
Ingenious and sentimental , the latter ex
quisitely delicate in treatment and tender
beyond pxprpolpn In their dealing with
' "
frallte8'.i.H'ouBitoiiV-'Mimn" | & Co. , Boston.
"Looking Backward , " cloth , | 1 ; "Tho
Bllndman's World , " $1.CO.
"Hoden's Corner , " by Henry Seton Mer-
rlman , Is u study of late phases and devel
opments hi fashionable charities and Illus
trates the utato of society that has made
poaslbTo the recent scandals with regard to
the British pcerago.
A German chemist. Von Holzen , has ob
tained possession of a recipe for the man
ufacture of malgamlte , whlcli. saves about
oiio-half the cost , but Is so dangerous to
the lives of the operatives that paper man
ufacturers have tacitly refused to employ
It. Von Holzen enlists the cervices of a
British peer , Lord Ferrlby , who , by repre
senting In. fashionable London circles that
the new proems is less dangerous than the
one commonly employed , forms a charity
organization for Its manufacture. With the
mone r thus" secured Von Holzen and his
financial manager , ItoJeii , start a manufac
tory near The Hague , where they are pro
tected from Investigation und punishment
by the peculiarities of International law.
Tie action of the story Is concerned with
tbu dijtn'ctlou and punishment of Von Har
den .and .Uodcn. By implication tha novel Is
a criticism , clear and trenchant , of the
wont form of corruption In the British nobility
bility- and touches with similar spirit and
BUCCCSS certain falsely altruistic tendencies
In modern charities. Harper & Broe. Prlca
11.75.
"How to Get Strong , and How to Stay
1 So , " by William Ulalkle , alms to show the
present state of the art of body-butldlng ,
und by drawing upou all that ancient Greece
and Rome dnd modern athletic Europe and
America have contributed the author him
self an athlete has placed before the reader
a book that seeks to hcfp him and to do
him good ; to guar.l against the dangers ,
yet to secure most of the benefits accruing
from athletic training. The book is meant
not for athletes only , but for all. In Itt
various chapters it takes up the subjects ;
Why Men Should Exorcise Dally ; Some Re-
nulls of Brief Systematic Exercise ; Wort
for the Fleshy , the Thin , the Old ; Special
Exercises for Any Given Muscles ; Whal
Hxorclao to Toke Dally. Harper & Bros. ,
Now Yorlc. Price $1.75 ,
"Stories of the Oherokeo Hills. " by Mau-
rlw Thompson , author of "A Tallahasaet
0\rj. \ " ThMo stories belons to the same
frcoeral place-and tlmo with Mr. Joel Chand
ler Harris' "Homo Tales. " They Illustrate
the simple primitive llfo of northern Georgia
whfro'Mr. Thompson spent his boyhood , anc
tlio stortfta , with Mr , Kemblo's Illustration *
Thrive Onf.
Condensed Milk
LITTLE BOOK INFANT
HEALTH" SENT FREE ,
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make a very attractive book , Houghton ,
Mlf.ln ! & Co. , Boston. Trice ll.CO.
'Tasays on Work and Culture , " by Hamll-
ton W. Mablo , li a companion volume to the
"Essays on Books and Culture" and "Essays
on N'nture nnd Culture" which have lately
appeared. Mr. Mablo occupies A unique
place among writers of the day , not only as
on Interpreter of lltcTiture , but of nature
and of life Whllo nil classes find dcllgnt
In hla works , he Is especially a guide and
Instructor of the student , Dodd , Mead &
Co. , New York. Price $1.23.
"The Valiant Runaways" IH the latest
work of Gertrude Atberton. Mrs. Atherton ,
w'ao "American Wives and English Hus-
bandB" Is already In Its third edition , tins
written a thorough-going boys' book. U has
all the charm and vivacity of styk- which
havu characterized her previous books , nnd
IK thoroughly interesting from beginning to
end. U Is well Illustrated and attractive/ !
printed and bound. Dodd , Mead & Co. , New
York. Price $1.23.
The Hcvlcw * .
Hon. Charles Dcnby , late United Statra
minister to China and admitted to be ono
of tbo best Informed men In the world as
to the trend of affairs In the Orient , dis
cusses In the November Forum the question
whether the United States shall Keep the
Philippines. "Tho Dreyfus Affair , " by
Yves Guyot , editor of Le Slecle , ono of the
I best known of the great French news
papers , Is another feature that will be read
with much Interest. Goldwln Smith coutrlb-
| utos an article on the Cuban w.iEx -
Senator Warner Miller , who Is at the head
of the syndicate that Is pushing the Nlca-
I rngua canal scheme , writes ( f that en er-
prise.
The November number of the i-Iorlh
American Review offers to the public a mott
attractive table of contents. Under the title
of "The Far Eastern Crisis" Archibald R.
Colquhoun , author of "China. In Transformation
mation , " ably discusses the proper methods
by which the governments of Great Britain
and ttio United States may be moved to
Interest themselves actively in the welfare
of that country. "National Pubfl : Health
Legislation" ia dealt with by U. 0. D. Wln-
gate , M. D. , secretary of the * \ " econsln
State Board of Health , nnj a charming
article Is contributed by Edmund Gesso on
"Norway Revisited. " Hon. Charles A.
Prouty sets forth "Tho Powers of the In
terstate Commerce Commission , " while
"Tho Maroons of Jamaica" are described by
Lady Blake. In "BUmarck and Motley"
James Pcmberton Grund furnishes the third
and concluding portion of his noteworthy
paper. These are only a few features of a
most Interesting number.
The Arena , which suspended publication
1 Borne llttlo tlmo ago , has been revived
' under a new management with Paul 7/nrr
as editor. For the purpose of completing
the files they have Just Issued the October
number. After December the management
promises to Issue promptly the fil'et of the
month.
Other Mnenxlne .
Self Culture for November contains one
of the best written and finest Illustrated
articles that has appeared in ctny ot the
magazines on the Omaha Exposition , The
writer Is Irene C. Byrne , a teacher lu tl'e
J Omaha public schools , a fact thai will add
i Interest to the article. The froutUplme of
, ' the magazine , entitled "Blrdsejro View ,
t Grand Court at Night , " Is most realistic.
Self Culture , true to the promise given by
the publishers a short time ago , has been
greatly Improved both lu appearance and
matter.
GunUm's Magazine for November has fern
n frontlspleco a portrait of John Stuart
.Mill. Among the .special articles likely to
attract attention is "Disreputable Journal-
Ism" nnd "England's Future Policy , " Spe
cial departments which form a feature of
this magazine are fully up to the usual
standard of excellence.
A feature that In Itself makes Mehan's
Monthly a standard authority , is the serlra
of colored lithographs , illustrating some na-
j tlvo flower or fern , one of which Is pre
sented with each Ivsue , and which are exe
cuted In the moat exact and artistic manner
by Prang , the famous art publisher. A text
of two pages of descriptive and historical
composition accompanies each. The Novem
ber number presents the cardinal monkey
flower.
The postponements of publication In the
case of a largo number of works , many of
which were retarded last spring , hs given
unusual interest to the November Issue ot
i Book News. Its "Descriptive List" of books
published during the month contains 400
titles , each with a brief summary of the
) book from recognized critical authorities ,
I the most extensive survey of current liter
ature published.
"The Real ZangwlFl , " by Theodore
Dreiser , Is a contribution ot striking Inter
est in Ainslee's for November. A profound
analysis is given ot this most remarkable
author and crltlo and in the conversation
i reported between Zangwlll and his Inter
viewer are evident many gems of the wit
and irony which more than any of his other
brilliant qualities have made Zangwlll's
name a household word on both sides of the
Atlantic.
It Is not often that a contributor to a
magazine spends flve millions or so of dollars
lars In fitting himself to write knowlngry
of a subject. But , It popular report be
I true , that Is , approximately , the sum which
I JoHeph Letter expended in the acquisition
I of the Information necessary to prepare
I the article which appears over hla signature
' In the November Cosmopolitan on "Wheat. "
This Is Mr. Letter's first appearance in lit
erature , but he handles the pen with a bold ,
firm hand that shows him a man of re
sources. Another Cosmopolitan contrlbu-
, tlon which will appeal to every man and
woman Is the attempt ot Harry Thurston
Peck to analyze the component parts ol
the modern woman of fascination. By
1 what does woman fascinate ? Is It beauty ;
grace ? spirit ? charm of manner ? what ? Eva-
slvo question ! But Mr. Peck goes at It as a
man who has studied and has had experi
ence.
Now books received :
"Red Rock , " by Thomas Nelson Page
Charles Scrlbner & Sons , New York. Price ,
.EO.
"Tho Workers , " by Walter A. Wyckoff
Charles Scrlbner & Sons , New York. Price ,
J1.60.
"Frontier Storlw , " by Cy Warman
Charles Scrlbner & Sons , New York. Price
11.25.
"With the Black Prlnee , " by Wllllan
O. Stoddard. D. Appleton & Co. , New York
"The Story ot the Railroad , " by Cy War
man. D. Appleton & Co. , New York.
"The Phantom Army , " by Max Pember
ton. D. Appleton & Co. , New York. Price
* 1.50.
"The' Scourge of God , " by John Bloun <
dello-Burton. D. Appleton Co. , Ne * <
York. Price , $1.50.
"Concerning Isabel Caranby , " by Ellet
Thorneycroft Fowler. D. Appleton & Co.
Now York. Price , U-00.
"The Valiant Runaways , " by Gertrudi
Atherton. Dodd Mead & Co. , New Yort
Price , $1.25.
"Allc In Wonderland. " a play by Emll
Prime Delafleld. Dodd , Mead i Co. , Nei
York.
"The Rise and Growth of American Poll
tics , " by Henry Jones Ford. The MacMllla
company , New York. Price , 11.80.
"Paul , the Man , the Missionary and th
Teacher , " by Orello Cone. Tfte MaoMllla
company. New York. Price , | 2.00.
"Tha Last of the ( Mohicans. " by Coopei
two volumes. The MacMlllan company , Nev
York. Price , tx.OO.
"Th * Story of Costa Berlinby Selra :
Lagerlof. Little , Brown & Co. , Boston.
Price , $1.7G.
"I Am the King , " by Sheppard Stevens.
Llttlo , Brown & Co. , Boston. Price , $1.25.
"A Corner of Spain. " Houghton , Mlfllln
A Co. , Boston. Price , $1.25.
"Corona and Coronet , " by Mabel Loom 13
Todd. llouehton , Mlfflln & Co. , Boston ,
Price , $2.60.
"Armageddon , " by Stanley Waterloo.
Hand , McNally & Co. , Chicago.
"Enoch the Philistine , " by L Roy Hooker.
Rand , McNally & Co. , Chicago.
"Tho Fifth of November , " by Charles S.
Bentiy and F. Klmball Scrlbner. Rand , Mc
Nally & Co. , Chicago.
"Eminent Missionary Women , " by Mrs. J.
T. Gracey. Eaton & Mains , New York.
Price , 85 cents ,
"An Idyl of the Wabash , " by Anna Nlcho-
las. The Bowcn-Merrlll company , Indian
apolis.
"Tho Heterodox Marriage ot n. Now
Woman , " by Mary Ivcs Todd. Robert Lewis
Weed company , New York. Price , $1.00.
"Just Jingles , " by Arthur J. Burdlck.
Peter Paul Book company , Buffalo , N. V.
"Tho Philippine Islands nnd Their People
ple , " by Dean C. Worcester. The MacMlllan
company , New York. Price , $4.00.
"Cyrano De Bergernc , " a play In five aclR ,
by Edmond Rostand. F. Tennyson Ncely ,
New York.
"Samantha at Saratoga. " F. Tennyson
Ne ly , Now York.
"The Drums of the Fore and Aft , " by Rud-
yard Kipling. Doud , Estes & Co. , Boston.
UNION PACIFIC'S ' NEW DEPOT
nencrlptlon of the Strut-lure AVhlch
in Now Well Uniler Wuy of
Construction ,
Work on the new union passenger station
at Tenth and Mason streets U fast prog
ressing. The excavations for the principal
structure nnd the auxiliary bullillng are
now complete and the foundation walls of
the former are nearly finished. Ono hundred
men are employed on the work.
The new station will have a handsome
front on the Tenth street viaduct as shown
In the accompanying Illustration. There
will b another entrance , designed espe
cially for vehicles , at Ninth street. The
building will bo of pressed brick and lime
stone. The length of the station will be
nearly two blocks from east to west , from
; Tenth back to Eighth street. The main
structure will extend from Tenth to Ninth
streets and will be two stories in height.
The auxiliary building will extend from
Ninth to Eighth street and will bo ono story
in height. It will be directly connected with
the principal building. In th larger struc
ture -will be the main waiting room on
1 the ground floor , with offices , retiring rooms ,
barber shop and bath rcoms on the first
and second floors. The latter will be on
| the level of the viaduct , In the auxiliary
I building will be apartments for baggage ,
mall and express branches.
I The building 'With the consequent im-
I provements to the trackage and station
1 yards will coat about $600,000. The work
was begun oc October 15. It Is confidently
expected that U will be completed by July
4 , mo. The railroads that will occupy the
new unlen station on Its completion are :
The Union Pacific , the Northwestern , the
Rock Island , tlie Milwaukee , the Port Arthur
Route , and later the Elkhorn , the Omaha
and the Missouri Pacific roads will also
enter the new station.
FOUND nUSHISI.S OP 1'KAHLS.
Precloui Ocinn Hint AVere Hurled In
I'rrliMtorle Earthwork * * .
Immense quantities ot prehistoric pearls
bave been discovered during the last few
years In the ancient mounds erected by n
forgotten race In the Mississippi valley , es
pecially at certain points In Ohio , and the
evidence thus obtained , comments the Bos
ton Transcript , proves that some of the
chiefs whose people formerly Inhabited that
region did actually possess treasures In thU
form which far exceeded In value those
owned by the richest crowned heads today ,
In fact , thcro are no collections of pearls In
existence at the present time that would
compare at all with those gathered by the
aboriginal connoisseurs referred to. In some
of the mounds pearls have been found , not
I by the hundreds or thousands , but by bush-
I els large numbers of them approaching 01
even exceeding In elze a hazel nut.
How such enormous stores of them were
gathered Is a problem not easily solved.
' The pearls were certainly obtained from .1
speclos of mussel called the "unto , " whlcr
is still found In great abundance in many
of the streams of this country ; but in those
days the nhellflsh in question must have
been far moro plentiful than now. No more
beautiful pearls exist In nature than those
yielded by the unlo and the collection de
scribed must have been magnificent Indeed
in the period of their glory. Unfortunate ! }
all ot them have been ruined by decay due
to long burial , though an occasional speci
men reveals something of Its pristine beaut ]
when its outer layers are peeled off.
In the famous Effigy mound , near Chilli-
cothe , Ohio , was found more than a gullo *
of pearls with two skeletons. All bad beei
drilled with holes , made with a heated cop
' per wire. This drilling was undoubtedly to ;
the purpoto of attaching them to clothlni
or belts , as Illustrated by the fact tha
400 or 500 had been sewed originally upon i
shirt worn by one of the skeletons , Ii
other places In the same region more thai
forty bears * teeth with pearls set in then
were discovered. From a mound In the Lit
tie Mlaraa valley Prof. F. W. Putnam ob
talned over 60,000 pearls , nearly two bushels
drilled and undrllled. Two other deposit
yielded upwards of 100.000 pearls.
Plenty of evidence as to the possession o
great stores of pearls by the early nbo-
rlglnlra of this country li afforded by thi
writings ot the first explorers of the nev
world. The attention of Columbus am
other Spanish discoverers was attracted ti
the matter nnd a story having a bearing 01
the same subject U told ot the follower
of De Solo , who came upon an Indian towi
near what Is now Tampa bay. At ono em
of the town wu a temple , on the top o
which was perched a wooden fowl witl
gilded eyes. In these eye * were pearls o
huge size. When the Indian queen whosi
name was Ucltn , welcomed the strangers
she drew from over her head a lone strlni
of pearls and threw it around the neck o
the leader of the expedition. Tbe Spaniard
returned this ceurtesy by robbing thi
tombs of the neighborhood , obtaining fron
them about 350 pounds of pearls.
When you ask for De Witt's Witch Hate
Silve dor.'t accept a counterfeit or Imltatlo :
There are more'cese * of piles cured by thi
than alt others combined.
MAKING READY A REJOINDER
American Peaoo Oommissionsre Take Time
to Translate a Reply.
CALL RECESS UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON
No Kuiilurc In ( ho I'riiorrdlnnn nml it
In llcpurtoil tliut SimiilariU Arc
Itniieful of 11 Sii lnfiiL-lorr
nml Sliced } * Outcome.
WASHINGTON , Nov. S. So far as the
State department knows there has been no
break In tbo peace negotiations In Paris ,
as Indicated by rumors from there yesterday ,
and It any dlfllculty has arisen they pay It
would certainly have bqen reported promptly
to tlio department. It Is assumed , therefore ,
that there must bo some purely Internal
reason { or the postponement , perhaps tbo
convenience of the commissioners. The ad
vices that have come to hand mi far are
said to bo rather encouraging than the re
verse , and thcro Is a disposition hero to
agree to the statement rather curiously madu
by the Spanish cabinet yesterday , that thcro
will be tbreo or four more meetings of the
joint commission. This Is taken as an Indi
cation that the Spaniards themselves are
not looking for a break In the negotiations ,
but that they rather expect a peaceful con
clusion In. a short time.
The foreign bondholders have at last
moved formally to protect their Interests In
Cuba and Porto Hlco. The Initial steps have
been taken through the agency of the French
embassy , which In thin case acts no longct-
as the representative of the Spanish govern
ment , but for French subjects. Throush
the embassy a most formidable statement
has been presented to the State department ,
being an account of the various Spanish
bonds owned by French citizens chargeable
against the territories cither seized or set
free by the net of the United States gov
ernment. The sum total of these- bonds
runs up far into the millions.
Just what It Iti expected ahull bo done
with them Is not made clear. The United
States , of course , will not pay them , but
It may be that the French government looks
to It to cause the Independent government
of Cuba to assume liability for redemption of
the bonds charged against that Island when
the government shall , have been duly In
stalled by the act of.tlio United States. It
Is probable thatothcr'holders of like bonds
German and Engllshwfll take similar steps
to have their clirlnrt'brouBhfthrnugli their
diplomatic representatives to the attention
of the United Bta'teS government and It
may bo even that the holders of such bonds
In Spain , though Spanish citizens , will take
a like course , which would present a novel
claim upon the generosity of the United
States government.
PARIS , Nov. 8. The United States peace
commissioners formulated an answer to
Spain's voluminous presentment of Friday
last , but the work of typewriting this reply
was too great to be finished before 2 p.
IE. today , the time fixed for the meeting1 of
the joint commissions. This fact was com-
mulcated at noon today to the Spaniards ,
with a 'request that the meeting occur at
4 o'clock today. This request , howevr * . was
declined by the Spaniards on the gitrnnd
that they had some other engagement ? for
4 o'clock today. Consequently the muting
of the joint commission was deferred un
til 2 o'clock tomorrow.
UU.VNIXG A WAKE-UP IIOUTK.
VlclHHltiiileH of the IluxliifUN and AVhy
the Projector Gave It Up.
"In the course ot hustling , " said a man
who has done many things for a living , tc
a Now York Sun reporter , "I got up once
In a western town a wake-up route , wnklng
up people that wanted to kct up nt some
fixed hour In the morning. It was a lively
town'with a lot of people in it who made
a practice of sitting up night and who found
It hard work to get up In the morning , am ]
I bad no trouble in getting subscribers. 1
had hard work In serving 'cm all. My man
bad to move sharp to get around to 'em all
In tlmo. Ho couldn't stay and argue wilt
a man that was stupid and sleepy. If he
wouldn't get up after fair warning he had tc
let him go , and It was this that finally made
trouble , because these men wanted to be
I waked up with a club , so to speak. If necessary -
' sary , nnd whllo my man was punctuality it
self and never failed to bo thcro at the ap
pointed hour and to wake the man up , yol
he was a slight and rather delicate mar
and he couldn't enforce his demands , quite
aside from the question ot having tlmo te
stay. Some big burly chap would say te
him :
" 'You go away or I'll break you In two ,
and what could my man do ?
"But In the morning these folks woule
always be sorry they hadn't got up nnd '
suppose that was natural enough , but thej
used to como to the office and kick bccausi
I hadn't got 'em up. They said they'd con
1 ! traded 4o be got up and they wanted t <
* ! be got up.
"Well , I stood this sort of nonsense for :
r ' while and then I Imported a wake-up fron
the east , a powerful , up-to-dato slugger
who cculd wako up anybody at any hou
1 of the night , no matter how sound asleep hi
might be , and keep him awnkr. I sent th !
man out one night with my llttlo man for i
pilot. It was like this :
"They'd go Into the man's room and th
little fellow'd do the talking.
" 'Come , now , he'd uny , 'it's tlmo to gc
up. '
" 'You go away. ' says the sleeper.
" 'No , ' says the Uttlo man , 'you want ti
get up right now , and If you don't I'm golni
to get you up. '
"And In u minute or less the big fellov
'
would tackle him. He'd wako him up al
right and the sleeper realized In a mlnut
every time what had happened. Then they'i
BO at It , rlr.ht there ; but my man was
1 hummer with u loud hum , nnd ho cleune
t out his man every time In short order. II
i licked fifteen subscribers that morning I
t an hour and forty minutes ,
i "But I knew that whllo we could lick 'er
, rasy In detail , we couldn't begin to touc
'em In a buncb , and they were sure to come
i
f j and so along In the morning , before they'
got around , wo moved out.
"We started a wake-up route In anothe
town , and profiting by our experience , w
started In with the big man at the begin
nine. We bad every subscriber take a lee
at him and have a llttlo talk with him an
aereo to ho waked up sun- . Each man kne' '
what be was running up against and wo bai
very little trouble there. We never had to
lick mor'n ono or two and everything was
colne along slick and smooth at could be ,
and wo were Just coining money , when there
was > man came aloug and started an clrd-
trlcal wake-up exchange In the town. By
that system they put a gong on the head of
a nun's bed with a wire connection to n
central office , where tbo subscriber's name
and the hour ho wanted to get up at were
entered. When the tlmo came the man on
duty there would Just simply press n button
and start the gong over the man's head.
The gong was so adjusted that it would
keep on ringing till the man got up. His
getting up , taking that weight off the bed ,
operated a cut-off that stopped It.
"There wcro some men that could sleep
right through the gong , but not many ; and
as n general proposition the system was a
great success. Our method was effective
enough In Its way , but wo couldn't begin to
compete with It and In the courseof tlmo
we went out of business altogether. "
KIIAHTOl M AV1I.I , ItlSt : ACAIN.
Left III UiiliiN , hut foiuilu > It Miiy
Itniilt Avxi ( u t'nlroi
It Is quite a llttlo Journey from Omdur-
man to Khartoum , for one has to steam
against a strong current the full force o *
the malu rush of the Blue Nile , which rd-
dles round Tutl Island which Is further
south than the map locates It. On ap
proachlng Khartoum , writes Frederick VII-
llers In the Now York Herald , ono IR en
tranced with tbo o sU-llke appeaanco of the
place. It stands out of the waters of the
Blue nnd White Nlles like a clump of bright
foliage In a wltdernrss. Steaming close into
the spit of land which divides the two rlverB ,
the ruins of the Dervish fort which Keppel
had reduced on August 31 stood out down
by the frhore. Near It crowds of men and
women came to greet us , the. softer ECS
uttering tbo peculiar cry which betokens
grief or Joy. It was certainly the latter
emotion to which they gave vent today , for
their pinched ' 'aces and emaciated forms did
not give evidence of a happier condition of
things under the khalifa's rule. Jinny of
them ran ahead of the boats to spread the
news of our arrival. The tall greenery along
the banks beckoned us to shady retreats ,
as palm trees , rose buihes , lemon and lime
groves met our gaze. Soon , stark and black ,
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uprcjio among the bright green foliage the
vulntt of tha government offices ; and facing
the river stood Gordon's palace , even cow a
stately ruin ot red brick and white plaster ,
surrounded with a. luxuriant growth of aca
cias , Umoii trees and palms.
Of nil the Soudan , without exception ,
Khartoum U the only place that one would
choose to live In , and In the -near future ,
| like the phoenix , "she will arise from her
[ ashes , " and eventually become , next to
i Cairo , the finest city of the great African
' highway. The palace and government build-
lugs could easily be re-erected on the old
, foundations , which are little damaged , and
many other residences are in like condition.
Only the upper portions of the palace are
wrecked ; but mostly the rooms and offices
below can be easily traced. Gordon's study ,
' for Instance , with the three tall windows In
! the left wing facing the river la almost In
tact but for the want of a roof. The wlndowu
are carefully filled In with burnt brick ac
cording to Gordon's orders In the old daya
1 when the residency was placed In a state
ot defense. Tbe stucco of the walls Is In a
wonderful state of preservation nnd upou
them some Dervish caricaturist has been
drawing In black pljraeiit crude present
ments of a Bagfnra horse , steamboats and
gallows. Outside this room among the debris
of the palace roof can bo traced the socket ? *
In the wall for the steps of the stairway
which led to the roof and the flight of stairs
on the landing of which Gordon stood on
the fatal morning of Monday , January 20 ,
when hla lost words were uttered to the
\ i fanatic who flrst gained the stairway : "Lead
mo to your master. "
This entrance to the palace overlooks thi
court yard , within which Is a round pond
From Its center a fountain played In the
old days and beyond was the lovely gar
den , still beautiful with lime , banana , pain
and rose trees. The garden has suffered bui
llttlo by the ruthless hand of the khalifa's
followers. Dates were hanging in goldei
or copper clusters , and limes , green am
ripe , were waiting for the plucking frotr
the same trees that Gordon looked at ant
watched In his days for the coining of the
fruit. Birds were singing and doves weri
cooing In the cool shadows of the leaves
all wag peace and happiness , as If under thi
Influence of the gentle spirit of him when
wo had como to honor.
Officers and men reverently pressed for
ward to gaze upon the historic rulna am
to pick up some memento of the visit. /
few found remnants of shell or bullet ; otheri
passed through the gardens and pluckct
leaves from rose or banana bush. Wo wen
two hours wandering about the Interestlni
ruins of the once famous center of com
i mcrco nnd khcdlvlal government the me
r' tropolls of the Soudan and It was Indeci
, very difficult to Imagine that It was over i
. : busy , flourishing capital , with no less thai
) ! 100,000 Inhabitants , so deserted and forlon
j did It nppear now. As the boats steamei
t back to Omdurman night was setting eve
i the river. Gordon's palace was all aglow Ii
, rosy sunlight , with , for the first time ll
r Its history , the British and khedlvlal flag
; fluttering side -by sldo on Its roof. It wa
] some twelve years ago that the Dervlshe
11 were ordered by the khalifa to wre-ck th
I place and return to Omdurman. Since the
3 I It has been a veritable city ot the dead ,
huge mausoleum to tha memory of Gordon.
The flush of the sun on Its ruined wall
that evening seemed to bo the flrst blush c
renewed llfo to Khartoum. Before an
other decade had passed by tbo historic spa
will probably become a great Junction o
the Iron route to Capetown , where the Ccn
r tral African express will connect east wit
I Kassala , Abyssinia and Massowah , and we :
e for Kordofan , while the passengers regal
1 . themselves for five nnd twenty minutes a
a the station buffet.
lilSflfiAUS UK fiOTUAM.
AV'hu Aecuiiiulnte AVfiilt
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of tbo beggars , panhandlers and Impostor
In this town. " This abetrvatlou , from
spcclul agent of a charitable Initltutlot
mode to a Now York representative of th
Pltteburg Dlxpatch , led to a brle-f talk o
{ these professional petti , who , along wit
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bank accounts. Thla doit * not look like an
exaggeration when It can bo truthfully
stated that some of the beggar * who
haunted the shopping quarter for twenty or
thirty ycara averaged $10 a day. When one
beggar on Sixth nvenup was arrested ho
offered the policeman $20 for his freedom
and $2 a day thereafter for the privilege
of pursuing bis calling under police pio-
lectlon. Ono clever retailer of hard-luck
stories used to average $5 to $15 a night
working the holers. He owns a comfort
able llttlo homo over In Jersey. One tniin
who has been arrested many times carries
three signs under his coat "Pleaw Help
the mind , " "Am Deaf and Dumb , " "Please
Help a Poor Crjpple. " The last Is worn
at night , when he doubles his hand up under
his sleeve , twists a leg and hobbles along
Broadway. He doesn't have snowballs In
winter. According to tbo special agent one
beggar dliunrds his false Veg In daytime
and works the shoppers. At night ho puts
on his leg and a dress suit and attends
the theater or visits the roof garden. He
has been EecU In the awell cafes and nothing
is too good- for him. Several of the old
experts in this1 line have been driven off
the streets by the police , but enough re
main to keep the tender-hearted stranger
guessing. The deserving ones hero are
robbed of a largo sum dally by the men
and women who have reduced begging tea
a fine art and who are aided and abetted
by the licensed tribe who sell pencils , grind
organs , play fiddles and murder ballads In
back yards.
PIXK mufiE's ma FEXCK.
< 'iivi > riiiiicnt Mt-iiBurt ; to Check the
Ilnliln of Stockmen.
The mammoth government fence along the
entire northern border of tbo Pine Ridge
Indian reservation which has been projected
for several years IB finally being constructed
and will be completed In a few days , writes
a Chamberlain ( S. D. ) correspondent. The
( fence Is one of tin ; longest In the west , hav
ing a total lfengtli'0f ' nearly seventy miles.
Before the construction of the fence the res
ervation and the ceded lands were divided
only by the White river , which , when frozen
In winter , formed no effective barrier against
the Invasion of cattle belonging to white
stockmen. They drifted with blizzards to
the reservation. This resulted In friction
between some of the Indians nnd the cattle
men. Only last year nearly 1,000 head of
cattle belonging to members of the Western
South Dakota Stock Growers' association
were found on the reservation , where storms
had driven them. They were seized by the
Indians and held to enforce the payment of
$1 a head for their care during the Interval
pending their voluntary removal by the
owners. The sorvlcw of South Dakota's con
gressional delegation In Washington were
required to secure the release of tbo cattle
without the necessity of paying the amount
demanded by the Indians.
Since then the friction between the cattle
men and the comparative handful of Sioux
who were disposed to make them nil the
trouble they could reached an acute stage
and the construction of the fence was finally
determined upon. At one time , since this
course was decided upon by the commis
sioner , of Indian affairs , It was believed
seriously that a faction of Sioux at Pine
nidge agency , led by the celebrated chlof ,
Ucd Cloud , who was opposed to the bulld-
I Ing of the fence , would rescrt to forceto
j prevent Its construction and the Washington
authorities even went so far us to Intimate
; | that United States troops would be detailed
1' ' to protect the contractor and his force of
1 i men. However , this clement contented ft-
' ! self with holding a council , promulgating a
i' ' protest to the Indian commissioner and
I selecting a representative to go to Washlng-
i ton to lay their objections before the federal
Indian commissioner. Their chief objections
| were that -the money to bo used In the crcc-
tlon of the fence , which cost about $200 a
mile , , was taken from the funds deposited
to the credit of the tribe In the United
States treasury at Washington , which money
was Intended by congress for educational
purposes only and that to put It to the use
i proposed would be a violation of law and
I their treaty rights. They further said thai
'
they \vero on good terms with the white *
nnd did not wish to "bear the consequence :
. | of the revengeful spirit of the band of selfish
creatures within our borders. "
Unlled States Indian Agent Clapp of the
Pine Illdgo reservation and Jumes Me-
Laughlln , the well-known Indian Inspector
were both severely denounced for favorliif
j | the erection of the fence. U was als <
r pointed out that whllo there were nearlj
a million head of cattle on the ranges litho
the ceded lands directly tributary to thi
; 'lno Ridge .reservation , In one winter enl ;
JOO head drifted to tlio Indian lands uni
that this comparatively small number dli
lot justify the construction of an expenslv
and uselesa fence , especially when It wa
3 decided to charge the expenditure to th' '
Indians' account.
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White river , but runs as close to It as I
permitted by the dense growth of under
brufh along that stn > am. On the Indian eld
of the line many Sioux , who have In th
aggregate a large number of cattle of tliel
own. These , U Is expected , will be abl
to procure abundant supplies of water fror
the "draws" running back from Hitilvt
to the Indian side of the fence. The gtrtic
turo has flve wins and Is very durabli
the posts being of Iron and cedar , place
alternately , eo that If prairie fires deetro
the cedar pouts the Iron posts win itl
maintain the fence In good condition. Gat <
are placed at Intervals , to bo used In emci
genctcs when It ID necessary to get to if
a river. The gates are securely locked an
i no one will bo permitted to have key * i
them except a white government cmploj
known es tlio "boss farmer" uml the li
dlan agent himself. Tbe fence will ! > undi
the direct personal supervision of the bo
farmer , who will 1m held responsible fi
s Its condition , Sub-agencies , under the chart
1 of white employes , have been ciUblluhcd i
f Intervals of about fifteen miles niote U
a entire route of the fcire , and i t thcit" :
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110N , JAMES M. BRENTON ,
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Count ) , Urn .llolue * . | vrn , Adda
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their supplies of beef , bacon , coffee , tej ,
sugar and Hour at stated pcrloilR. It will
be seen that the fence does not run through
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J OK UIIIlAVY. .
"Old Ironnlilcn" lo lie Ilclinllt for
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termined that our most highly prized naval
relic , the old frigate Constitution , shall noft
bo allowed to go to final decay , but shall
'be ' preserved , purely as a matter of ucntl-
, racnt , thoroughly rebuilt and fitted out foi *
tea. service , as she was originally , and used
as a training ship for naval cadets. Despite
Us years tbo hull Is In fairly good condition
end Chief Hlchborn believes ( hat > lt can bo
1 mn.de Into a flrst-clnss vessel. Ho estimates
that $160,000 will cover the cost of the work.
| During the course of a conversation re
gaxtllng the Constitution had -with Mr. lllch *
born In his olllco In the Navy department In
Washington thu other day , ho said In tclllnrf
I the thrilling story of this historic old ship *
I "No nation can afford to neglect Its tradl-
I lions , mid the Constitution Is Imllssolubly
connected with the best tradition * of our
, naval service. It has come down to us front
1 a past ago , bringing- glorious history at
, deeds done on Its decks , and it would seem
that it might be preserved for a better us
than that of a houscd-over hulk. Used as <
training shfp for cadets , It could not fait
to prove an Inspiration for great deeds on
their part. The ship Is now more than a
century old , having been launched nt Charles- .
town , Mass. , on the 20th of September , 1797.
It was one of the first six frigates built by
the United States government nnd formed thu
nucleus of our navy. Among the famous cap *
tains of that old day who trod Its quarterdeck -
deck In command were Hull , Ualnbrldgc , Decatur -
catur , Rodf-crs nnd Stewart. The ensign oj
he rfirst commission - -\vas made by Dctsy
ROKS , the mother of tlio American flare.
The Constitution saw her first scrvlco
during the Trlpolltnn war in 1S03. She toole
part in the bombardment , but suffered nn
material injury. On her return from Eu
rope , In 1811 , under command of Captain
Hull , nlio underwent the most 'famous ' epl-
sodo of her history. This wan her celebrated
escape from a squadron of seven iirlUth
ships , after a prolonged chase In calms an4
light airs , during which eho was towed by
her boats and kedge warped. The Incident
occurred on July 17 , 1812 , and a month
later , on August 19 , she fought her fnmou3
fight with the Ouerrlcrp.
"Hull rondo for Boston , where , when the
news of his great victory had spread abroad ,
ho was received with the greatest enthusi
asm. Shortly after this Commodore Hull
was relieved by Commodore Ualnbridge , and
under his command she fought with and cap
tured the Java on December 29 , 1812 , off tha
coast of Drazll.
"The next and last memorable fight of thi
Constitution took place on Kebruary 20 , 1S15 ,
when she was under command of Commodore
I Stewart. In this engagement fllio fought and
i raptured thu Cynnc and Levant , the bnttlo
taking place about sixty leagues southwest :
ol the Madeira Islands.
"This was the last fight of the gallant
Old Ironsides. Last year her IDOth birthday
was enthusiastically celebrated In Doston.
and It Is hoped that congress may deem li
wlso to thoroughly rehabilitate her. "
Mow Htie lliul I.rnrned.
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