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IE EBB-TIDE,
TRIO AND QUARTETTE.
M _
r*rt l^iuls SUvmmob nnd Lloyd On
jm9 Aadion of “ Tla« Wrecker”
.iblWhcd In Sorlbnwr'n Magazine),
«Ctc,-^'‘Thnre I* a Tide In
the Affair* of Men.”
*, 1898, bjfcobert Louis Stevenson and
JJoifdt* Osbourne
%s with a singular sensation
•errirtk prepared for the first
to address a crew. He
*4 his stars indeed, that they
natives. But oven natives,
■4cied, might be critics too
-for such a novice as himself;
Tnight perceive some lapse from
precise andcnt and-diy English
h prevails on board a ship; it
•Lin possble they understood
®iVr; and he racked his brain,
. (■rhauled his reminiscences of
romance, for some appropriate
ere men! tumble aft!” he
at last. “Lively now! All
Is aft!”
oey crowded ic the alleyway
j sheep.
“Here they are sir,” said ller
k.
For some time the captain con
tied to face the stern ; then turned
h ferocious suddenness on the
low flag. About midway of the
pass there was a cry and a scurry;
a man was seen to leap upon the
rail aud, throwing his arm9 over his
bead, to stoop and plunge into the
sea.
“Steady as she goes,” the captain
cried, relinquishing the wheel to
Huish.
The next moment he was forward
in the midst of -the Kanakas, belay
ing pin in hand.
“Anybody else for sboref” he
cried, aud the savage trumpeting of
his voice, no less than the ready
weapon in his hand, struck
fear in all. Stupidly they
stared after their escaped
companion, whose black head was 1
visible upon the water, steering for j
the land. And the schooner mean
while slipped like a racer through
the pass and met the long sea of the
open ocean with a souse of spray.
“Fool that I was not to have a
a pistol ready!” exclaimed Davis.
“Well, we go to sea short-handed,
we can’t help that. You have a
lame watch of it, Mr. Hay.”
“I don’t see how we are to get
along,” said Herrick.
“Got to.” said the Captain. “No
more Tahiti for me.”
Both turned instinctively and
I looked astern. The fair island was
unfolding mountain top on mountain
top; Eimeo, on the port board,
lifted her splintered pinnacles; and
I still th§ schooner raced to the open
! sea.* 4<0
“ThiftlJ” cried the captain, with
; ii«gestim^ “yesterday morning 1
• •
\Y / ! I , ^ ^ J
THE CAPTAIN FACES THE CREW.
crew anu seemed to enjoy tneir
shrinking.
“Now,” he said, twisting his
his mouth and toying with
the wheel, “I’m Capt.
id this ship.
The
-d,
ta
i
tyill be abo
1 put a
and tack on ‘sir to
'' ?0U- ^ you’re
nd quv^s I’ll make this ship
ortable for all bands.’ He
o. the cigar out of his month.
.“If you’re not,” he added in a roar
ing voice, “I’ll make it a floating
hell- Now, Mr. Hay, well! pick
"\tohee, if you* please.” (
“All right,’’ said Herrick
“You will please use "■‘‘dr’ when
-ou address me, Mr. Hay,” said the
captain. “I’ll take the lady. Step
to starboard, Sally.” And then he
whispered in Herrick’s ear, “Take
the old man.”
“I’ll take you there,” 3aid Her
rick.
“What’s your name?” said the
captain. “What’s that you say?
*Oh, that’s not En
* lish ; I’ll have none of your highway
gibberish ou my ship. We’ll call
you old Uncle Ned, because you’ve
trot no wool On the top of your head
lust the place where the wool ought
> ero- ^tep to port, uncle.
. Mr. Hay has picked
1 take the white man.
*p to starboard. Now
two is the cook?
.lr. Hay, takes your
blue dungaree. Step
■ ngareo. There, we
all are: Dungaree,
oaily Day, White Man
All F. F. V.’s. I mioss.
v, Mr. Hay, we’ll up
.f you please.”
*■* *%KJr Heaven’s sake, tell me some
of the words!” whispered Herrick.
An hour later the Farrallone was
under all plain sail, the rudder hard
aport, and-the cheerfully clanking
windlass had brought the anchor
home.
*‘Ad clear, sir,” cried Herrick
from the bow.
The captain met her witn the
wheel, as she bounded like a stag
from her repose, trembling and
bending to the puffs. The guard
boat gave a parting hail, the wake
whitened and ran out; the Farallone
was under way.
Her bsrth had been close to the
pass. Fven a* she forged ahead
Davis slew -1 h*»r for the channel be
tween the pi r <la of the reef, the
breakers souno ug and whitening to
either and. Straight through the
narr ow- band of Slue she shot to sea
ward; and the captain's heart ex
ulted i felt her> >jriV>io •
danced for my oreaktast like a poodle
dog.”
CHAPTER V.
THE CARGO OF CHAMPAGNE.
The ship’s head was laid to clear
Eimeo to the north, and the captain
sat down in the cabin with a chart,
a ruler and an epitome.
“East a half nothe,” said he,
I raising his face from his labors.
I “Mr. Hay, you’ll have to watch
your dead reckoning. I want every
j yard she makes on every hair’s
breadth of a course. I'm going to
knock a hole right straight through
the Paumotus, and that’s always a
near touch. Now, if this southeast
trade ever blew out of the southeast,
which it don’t, we might hope to lie
within halt a point of our course.
Say we lie within a point of it.
That’ll just about weather Fakarava.
Yes, sir, that’s what we’ve got to
do if we tack for it. Bring us
through this siush of little islands in
the cleauest place. Seef’ And he
showed where his ruler intersected
the wide lying labyrinth of the Dan
gerous Archipelago. “I wish it was
night, and I could put her about
right now; we’re losing time and
easting. Well, we’ll do our best.
And if w can’t fetch Peru, we’ll
bring up to Ecuador. Ail one, I
guess. Depreciated dollars down
and no questions asked. A re
markable tine institootion, the South
American don.”
Tahiti was already some way
astern, the Diadem rising from
among broken mountains. Eimeo
was already close aboard, and stood
black and strange against the golden
splendor of the west, when the
captain took his departure from the
two islands, and the patent log was
set.
Some twenty minutes later, Sally
Day, who was continually leaving
the wheel to peer in at the cabin
dock, announced in a shrill cry
i.n i r> ii n lit i . i . l .
i u uru, auu tut wun wan tu ur
seen carrying the soup into the
cabin.
“I guess I’ll sit down and have a
pick with you,” said Davis to Her
rick. “By the time I’ve done it’ll
be dark, and we’ll clap the hooker
on the wind for South America.”
In the cabin, at one corner of the
table, immediately below the lamp,
and on the lee side of a bottle of
champagne, sat Huish.
‘‘What’s this! Where did that
come fromt” asked the captain.
‘‘It’s fizz, and it came from the
after’old, if you want to know,”
said Huish, and drained his mug.
‘•This ’ll never do,” exclaimed
Davis, the merchant seaman’s horror
of breaking into cargo showing in
congruously forth on board that
stolen ship. ‘‘There was never
any good came of games like that.”
‘‘You byby!” said Huish. ‘‘A
fellow would think (to ’ear him) we
were on the square! And look
’ere, you’ve put this job^rvD ’an
—~oiv for me ’aver'* *'m
n
you ain’t got any man-of-war to
signal now.”
Davis was staggered. “I’d give
fifty dollars this had never hap
pened,” he said weakly,
“Well, it ’as ’appened, you see,”
returned Huish. “Try some; it’s
devilish good.”
The Rubicon was crossed without
another struggle. The captain filled
a mug and drank.
“I wish it was beer,” he said
with a sigh. “But there’s no de
nying it’s the genuine stuff and
—----—.——»
f
“it's FIZZ, AND IT CAME FROM THE
AFTER ’OLD.”
cheap at the money. Now, Huish,
you clear out and take your
wheel.”
The little wretch had gained a
point, and he was gay. “Ay, ay,
sir,” said he, and left the others to
their meal.
“Pea soup!” exclaimed the cap
tain. “Blamed if 1 thought I
should taste pea soup again.”
Herrick sat inert and silent. It
was impossible after these months of
hopeless want to smell the rough,
high-spiced sea victuals without lust,
and , his mouth watered
wich desire of the eham
paigue. It was no less im
possible to have assisted at the scene
between Huish and the captain, and
not to perceive with sudden blunt
uess, the gulf where he had fallen.
He was a thief smong thieves. He
said it to himself. He could not
touch the soup. If he had moved
at all it must have been to leave the
table, throw himself overboard and
drown—an honest man.
“Here,” said the captain, “you
look sick, old man ; have a drop of
this.”
The champagne creamed and
bubbled in the mug; its bright color,
its lively effervescence, seized his
eye. “It is too late to hesitate,” he
thought; his hand took the mug in
stinctively ; he drank with-unquench
able pleasure and desire for more;
drained the vessel dry and set it
down with sparkling eyes.
“There is something in life, after
all,” he cried. “I had forgot what
it was like. Yes, even this is worth
while. Wine, food, dry clothes—
why, they’re worth dying, worth
hanging for! Captain, tell me one
thing. Why aren’t all the poor
folk footpads!”
“Give it up,” said the captain.
“They must be damned good,”
cried Herrick. “There’s something
here beyond me. Think of that cal
aboose ! Suppose we were sent sud
denly back.” He shuddered as
though stung by a convulsion and
buried his face in his clutching
hands.
“Here, what’s wrong with you!”
cried the Captain. There was no
reply, only Herrick’s shoulders
heaved so that the table was shaken.
Take some more of this. Here,
drink this. I order you to. Don’t
start crying when you're out of the
wood.”
“I’m not cryiug,” said Herrick,
raising his face and showing his dry
eyes. “It’s worse than crying. It's
the horror of that grave that we’ve
escaped from.”
“Come, now, you tackle your
soup; that’ll fix you,” said Davis
kiudly. “I totd you you were all
broken up. You couldn’t have
stood out auother week.”
“That’s the dreadful part of it!”
cried Herrick. “Another week aud
I’d have murdered some one for a
dollar! God! and I know that!
Ann I m still living" It s some
beastly dream.”
“Quietly, quietly! Quietly does
it, my son. Take your pea soup.
Pood, that’s what you want,” said
Davis.
The soup strengthened and
quieted Herrick’s nerves; another
glass of wine and a piece of pickled
pork and fried banana completed
what the soup began ; and he was
able once more to look the captain
in the face.
“I didn’t know I was so much
run down,” he said.
“Weli,” said Davis, “you were
as steady as a rock all day ; now
you’ve had a little lunch, you’ll be
as steady as a rock again.”
“Yes,” was the reply. “I’m
steady enough now, but I’m a queer
kind of a first officer,”
“Shucks!” cried the captain.
“You’ve only got to mind the ship’s
course, and keep your slate to half
a point. A baby could do that, let
alone a college graduate like you.
There ain’t nothing to sailoring,
when you come to look it in the
face. And now we’ll go and put
her about. Bring the slate; we’ll
have to start our dead reckoning
right away.
The distance run since the de
parture was read off the log by the
binnacle light and entered on the
slate.
“Ready, about!” said the captain, j
“(live methe wheel, whiteman, and
you stand by the maiusheet. Boom j
tackle, Mr. Iiay, please, and then j
you can jump forward aud attend '
bead sails.”
“Ay, ay, sir,” responded Her
rick.
“All clear forward!’’asked Davis.
“All clear, sir.”
“Hard a-lee!” cried the captain.
“ Haul in your slack as she comes,”
he called to Huish. “Haul in your
»! t, \ ; put your back into it; keep
'Tr feet out of the coils.” A sud
.en blow sent Huish flat along the
deck, and the captain was in his
place. “Pick yourself up and keep
bhe wheel hard over!” he roared.
“You wooden fool, you wanted to
get killed, I guess ” “Draw the
jib!” be cried a moment later, and
then to Huish, “Give me the wheel
again and see if you can coil that
sheet ’
But Huish stood and looked at
Davis with an evil countenance.
“Do you know you struck met”
said he.
“Do you know I saved your lifet”
returned the other not deigning o
look at him, his eyes traveling in
stead between th6 compass and the
sails. “Where would you have
been it that boom had swung out
and you bundled in the slackt No,
sir; we’ll have no more of you at
the mainsheet. Seaport towns are
full of mainsheetmeu; they hop up
on one leg, my son, what’s left of
them, and the rest are dead. [Set
your boom tackle, Mr. Hay.]
Struck you, did It Lucky for you
I did.”
“Well,” paid Huisb, slowly, “I
dessay there may be something in
that. 'Ope there is.” He turned
his baca elaborately on the captain
and entered the house, where the
speedy explosion of a champagne
cork showed he was attending to his
comfort.
Herrick came aft to the captain.
“How is she doing nowt” he asked.
“East and by no’tbe a half
no’tho,” said Davis. “It’s aboutas
good as I expected.”
“What’ll the hands think of itt”
' * “Oh, they don’t think. They ain’t
paid to,” says the captain.
“There wassomething wrong, was
there not between you and-T”
llernck paused.
“That’s a nasty little beast, that’s
a biter,” replied the captain, shak
ing his head. “But so long as you
and me hang in, it don’t matter.”
Herrick lay down in the weather
alleyway; the night was cloudless,
the movement of the ship cradled
him, he was oppressed besides by
the first generous meal after so long
a time of famine, and he was re
called from deep sleep by the voice
of Davis singing out: “Eight bells!’
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
BRAINED HIM WITH AN AXE.
A Former MiMuurlRn Kills His Mon in the
Indian Territory.
Fort Smith, Ark., D<c. 16.—
One day this week a middle aged
man walked into the office of United
Stales Marshal Crump and stated
that he had killed a man and wanted
to surrender himself. Colonel
Crump at first thought the man a
crank, but ,on interrogating him he
found the man was guilty of the
crime of murder. The stranger
gave his name as Millard Filmore
Ince, of Rome, Mo. He has been
living for the past few mouths in
the Cherokee Nation, about two
miles from this city. Yesterday he
and Mary Gully, who is living with
him as his wife, came to the city
and while here met Thomas Jenkins.
Jenkins went home with them last
night and had a quan
tity of whisky. Ince and Jenkins
sat up the greater portion of the
night drinking and qaarreling.
This morning Jenkins got up first
and Ince told him to keep quiet, as
h9 (Ince) wanted to sleep some
more.
Jenkins gave him a short answer
and the two began quarreling again.
Ince arose, secured an ax and struck
Jenkins twice on the head, killing
him. Ince and the woman came to
this city, where Ince surrendered
himself. In drawing back the ax
to strike Jenkins, Ince struck the
woman in the face with the edge of
the ax. She was covered with
blood when she was in the marshal’s
office. The woman says she stayed
a week with Jenkins’ sister, Mrs.
Jones, near Greenwood, and that
Jenkius was there at the time. Ince
locked up the house when ho left,
and, upon arriving in the -city,
turned the keys over to Col. Crump,
who sent deputies over to take
charge of Jenkins’ body.
DEATH OF HON. C. H. FORD.
Other Thing** of lntere«t Happening at
Paragon id.
Paragould, Ark., Dec. 15.—
[Special.]—Hon. C. H. Ford, a
member of the legislature from
Greene county in 1891, died at his
home, four miles north of Paragould,
last night. He has been afflicted
with paralysis for some time, but
was in town a few days ago, aud his
death was very sudden and unex
pected at the time.
Hon. Benj. H. Crowley, who has
been appointed receiver of the United
States land office at Little Rock, is
making arrangements to assume the
duties of that position about
January 1. He does not in
tend moving his family to
Little Rock at present.
Cotton has nearly all been sold in
this county. Some of our leading
cotton merchants say that more
money has been paid to farmers in
the country this year than usual.
They had not traded so extensively
during the summer as usual, and
consequently realized more cash
From their sales of cotton. Perhaps
the stringent times has done tome
good, by teaching the people to be
careful as to the amount they trade
until they see how much they are to
realize on their crops.
A PENSION FIGHT.’
rhfi Republlciuii Have Rfuchett that Polut
When they Think they Can Kink It.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 16.—
flic house will probably have a
ikirmish on the peusion policy to
lay. The urgency of the deficiency
uill will be called up. It contains a
provision for examiners and special
igents for the pension bureau. The
llepublicans intend to make this the !
oasis for an attack on the pension
system of the administration. .It
will be asserted that the fund that |
ivas set apart for this purpose has
oeen exhausted by the commissioner
u search for trauduleut pensioners. 1
[t is expected there will be a fight ;
ill along the pension line.
The engines of a first class leets
nan-of-war cost nearly $700,000. j
RESIGNED TO HIS DOOM.
Angelo Zappe Hanged it Pittsburg fora
Murder Committed July, 1892,
A History of the Crime and the loteresttng
Dr tails of HU Trial.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 14.—Angelo
Zappe, convicted of the murder of
Frank Ilelmstetter, was hanged at
10:55 o'clock this morning. It was
during a general quarrel among a
number of families on July 4, 1892,
that Frank Ilelmstetter, aged 26,
received a knife wound from which
he died, and Angelo and Joseph
Zappe, brothers, and Italians by
birth, in September, 1892, were
convicted of murder in the first de
gree and in November were sen
tenced to death. The parties resided
at Matilda and Yew streets, in the
East End, and were celebrating |
tbe 4th of July. First the
women folks began to quarrel,
Frank Ilelmstetter interfered in
behalf of his wife, Ida, and during
the quarrel Joseph Zappe appeared
and assisted his wife. A general
tight ensued, drawing a large crowd,
among whom was Angelo Zappe,
who immediately entered into a
pitched battle, knives, pistols and
glasses were the weapons used, and i
Ilelmstetter received mortal wounds.
The Zappe brothers were arrested,
and Mrs. Helmstetter testified that j
the two Italians bad done tbe fatal
stabbing. The Zappes were penni
less, and M. T>eroz, Italian inter
preter, and other prominent
Italians, interested themselves in
the case and formed a committee,
and nearly all the leading cities of ;
the country aided in the defense of
tne two brotners. iNew rone, rnn- 1
adelphia and Chicago contributed a
fund, and in a short time $1000 was
raised among the Italian residents of
these cities. Maj. Montooth and
three other attorneys were employed
to defend the Italians, and one of
the hardest fought legal battles in
the history of the country was the
result. The case being lost in the
lower court the defending attorneys
asked for a new trial on a writ of
error. This was refused, and the
case was then taken to the supreme
court, meeting with the same fate
there. The pardon board as a last
resort was appealed to with
the result that six weeks ago
it agreed to the commutation of the
death penalty of Joseph Zappe to
imprisonment for life, but declined
to interfer in the case of Augelo,
who was then sentenced to be exe
cuted December 14, 1893.
The brothers, during their im
prisonment, occupied adjoining cells
in the jail, but were quietly sepa
rated last week. Augelo has of iate
constantly received spiritual conso
lation from an Italian priest, and
acknowledged his own guilt, but in
sisted on the innocence of bis
brother. He appeared resigned to
face death on the gallows.
Zappe was resigned and slept well
last night, but ate very sparingly
this morning. At 10:05 o’clock the
condemned man marched to the scaf
fold. He walked firmly and mounted
the steps without a tremor. After
prayer by Father Gambert, his
spiritual adviser, the black cap was
placed over his head and the noose
drawn. At 10:54 the trap sprung
and nine and one-half minutes later
life wa» pronounced extinct. He
died from strangulation. It was the
quickest execution in the history of
the country.
PENSION FRAUDS EPIDEMIC.
Sensational Developments Promised lie
fore Long In Tennessee by
Speetal Agents.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14 —
It seems to be a fact that there is an
epidemic of crimes against the peu
sion laws or the special agents of
tlic* nancion ltnroun urn mnrit .
( — - - D
lant than formerly. This statement
was made by au official to-day, who,
in explanation of it, said during the
last six months there had been sev
eral times as much rascality uncov
ered as daring any other half year
in the history of the
office. Tennessee and Loui
siana are just|now receiving the at;
tention of the officials, and it is said
that in the foYmer state a condition
of affairs has been discovered that
premises to develop into something
approaching the magnitude of the
Buffalo frauds. Neither the name
of the attorney or attorneys, nor
even that of the city would be given
for publication for fear of injuring
the government case, but when the
game is bagged all of the facts will
be given out. Several examiners
from other fields will at once be sent
to Tennessee to work up the cases.
In Louisiana there is also an investi
gation in progress that promises big
results.
A Horrible Hniddfl.
Indianapolis, Dec. 14.—Michael
Ezekel, a prominent Jewish citizen,
committed suicide last night in a
most horrible form. He first cut his
throat and then shot himself in the
forehenl. Ezekel had been suffering
from paresis for some time. He
was 4G years old and leaves a family.
Taken to Fort Smith tor Ti ini.
Eureka Springs, Ark., Dec.
15.—Dwaiue Martin, one of the
robbers of the Beaverjpostoffi.ee, was
bound over by Commissioner Lin- j
barger yesterday and taken to Fort
Smith last night for trial in the
federal court. Several witnesses
identified him.
Killed by lJyoaiuUe Explosioo.
London, Dec. 14.—Two work- '
men were killed and a number of
others injared yesterday by a dyna- '
mite accident at Plymouth. The ■
accident occurred wliile the men j
were blasting in connection with tho
work of deepening Sutton harbor. .
■ i.— i -
L«tt«n MU«itig.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14 — j
A Democratic member of
the house committee on *
foreign affairs states that he i
/
;;.j _l ,:v.
has been informed at the state de
partment that a letter written by
Secretary Blaine to Minister Ste
vens is missing,-and that this is delay
ing the Hawaiian correspondence in
being sent to the senate. It is said
that the department wants these
letters, as it is believed that in them
Minister Stevens instructed Poster
as to the annexation sentiment.
Two of the Bobber* Caught.
Cairo, Ills., Dec. 14.—Two cf
the three men who robbed the Illi
nois Central train at Mayfield bridge
November II have been arrested
and the third will likely be caught
to-day. They are Wm. Browm, of
Cairo, Breckinridge, of Missouri,
and Wm. O’Brien, of O’Brien's
Landing, Mo. The latter is still at
large. Several days ago Brown
came to this city and was met by
Chief of Police Mahoney, to whom
he confessed. He placed him un
der arrest and whon be was searched
a new $20 gold nSfes was found.
Afi-'-i this brown became frightened
and told how O’Brien, Brecken
ridge and himself had crossed the
Mississippi river at Port Jefferson,
and thence going to Bardwell they
boarded the train and when it
reached the Mayfield bridge they
compelled the engineer to stop. The
amount secured by tne robbers was
$5325.
flank Wrecker DUebarged.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 14.—
The jury in the case of Henry H.
Yard, who is charged of being in
collusion with the officers of the
defunct Keystono National Bank in
wrecking the institution, brought in
a verdict of not guilty to day. All
prosecution growing out of the
wrecking of the Keystone and
Spring Garden banks have now
been completed with the exception
of an indictment against President
Marsh, of the Keystone bank, who
is a fugitive from justice.
Injured by a Furious Cow.
New York, Dec. 14.—The
Herald’s special dispatch from Lima,
Peru, says: “The British minister
here, Col. S. Charles Mane field,
while returning from the cricket
field Wednesday, was attacked at
Alameda Gran by a furious cow and
seriously wounded in his body,
throat and head. An operation was
pertormeu tor tbe purpose ot re
moving the pieces of skull which had
been crushed in and were pressing
on his brain. The patient’s condi
tion is considered serious.”
Anarchist* to be Transported.
Barcelona, Dec. 15.—The An
archist, Joseph Codiva, who was ar
rested and brought here from Per
pignan, to which place he fled on the
day following the dynamite bomb
outrage in the Lyceo theatre, is now
definitely stated to be the author of
that disaster. In all 143 Anarchists
are in prison here. A number of
them will be transported on board
the cruiser Navarre, the eaptaiu of
which vessel has sealed orders re
garding their destiuation.
Could Not Stand on the Callow*
Nashville, TENN.,Dec.l4 — Juo.
Armstrong, colored, was hanged at
Athens, McMinn county, to-day, for
the murder of French Sharp,
colored, in April last. Armstrong
has been sick, and being unable to
stand on the gallows he had to be
held up while the noose was
adjusted. He made a full confes
sion of guilt, and expressed his
readiness to die.
An AntLOption Hill.
Washington, I). C., Dec. 14.—
Representative Match, of Missouri,
will probably introduce an anti
option bill this afternoon or to
morrow. The bill will bo practically
the same measure as passed the
senate in the Fifty-second congress,
except some rates of taxation may
be reduced in order that it may not
be a prohibitive measure, but
plainly a revenue bill.
Fur Laud Patent*.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.—
The commissioner general of the
land office approved and submitted
to the secretary of the interior a j
supplimental list of numbers 16 and
17 tor hind rmtAntfl on tho main -m.i !
branch lines of the Southern Pacific
Railroad. The lists involve 24,079
acres of land located iu California.
An Alleghaniau who had just re
turned from his wedding trip was
walking down Fifth avenue the oth
er afternoon wearing a most severe
and troubled expression. A friend
who weut up aud greeted him jovial
ly and congratulated him upon his
great good fortune received a dis
mal look and a cold answer in re
turn. Thinking it strange, he
asked: “What’s the matter with
you, old fellow? You look as fierce
as a bear.” “What’s the matter?”
answered the benedict in a grumpy
manner. “Everything’s the mP*
ter. Pm looking fortke fello'
told me that two could live as c»-^ap
ly as one.”—Pittsburg Dispatch.
An illiterate young man once got
a friend to write a letter for him to
bis sweetheart. The letter was rather
prosaic for a love letter, and he telt
that an apology was due his sweet
heart for the lack of tender nothings.
It was as follows: “Please excuse
she mildness of this here letter, as
die chap wot’s ritin’ it is a married
man and he says he carn’t bide any
loft-soaping; it alius gives him the
ipazzumg.”
During the most peaceful years
•he world has 3,700,000 soldiers,
who are withdrawn from productive
xicupations to pose as soldiers. The
>ay, equipments, food and clothing
if these men cost the world’s tax
layers nearly $8,000,000 a day.
The American revolutionists of
1770 were opposed by 29,160 men
lought by the British government
n Hesse, Brunswick and Auspach.
*\>r these men the king paid £5,
27,000, or about $175 per man.
->f the whole number of mercenaries,
.1,843 perished in the war, '
POSTOFFICE ROBBEO.
An Unknown Thief Gets Away With About
$7000 Last Night.
Andrew J. Rubrrtion, Cnuhlrr of tlie
Wholeaale Stamp Department,
Annulled While Counting
Mooojr.
Chicago, Dec. 14.—^ndrew J
Robertson, cashier of the wholesale
stamp department in the postoffice
at the government building, was
found by R. Zimmerman and Miss
Marie Jones, two clerks in the mail
ing department, lying on the floor of
his office in a pool of blood about 10
o’clock Wednesday night. Medi
cal aid was at once summoned and
whon Robertson had sufficiently re
covered he made a statement, saying
that at about 7:30 o’clock, while he
was engaged in balancing up
his accounts, some one
appeared at his window
and asked him how he was
[ coming out. Robertson replied that
be thought he was alt right. The
stranger said that he had sent his
bov for stain [is daring the day and
that Robertson had givpn him too
many atul that he would return
them if Robertson would open the
dcor. When the man gave a pri
vate rap used by the clerks in the
building the door was opened. As
soon as the robber was inside the
office he attacked Robertson and a
terrifio conflict ensued. Money was
was scattered all over the office, one
package of $300, one of $500 and
one of $800 were found. Mo far
the police ha'- no clew to the rob
ber.
The exact amov'^taf money stolen
is not known, bi ^^^y*s said by
government etnpU the sum
would reach $7000. Robertson was
taken to the Presbyterian Hospital,
where tho physicians said that his
wounds were dangerous.
After knocking Mr. Robertson
down the robber quickly closed the
door of the office which led into the
corridor of the building and turned
the kev in the lock. He then took
from the desk all of the money ex
cept three packages, which the
cashier had beon counting. He did
not escape through he door, but in
stead raised the sash of the window
and climbed out.
POLYGAMY NOT DEAD.
The I.fMlten Missionary Society Will Oppose
the Admission of Utr.li.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15.—
The bill for the admission of Utah
will probably be opposed in the sen
ate by its old antagonist, the Ladies’
Home Missionary Society, which is
seeking an opportunity to be hoard
by the senate committee on territo
ries.
The members of this society taka
exceptions to the statements which
have been mado very freely by tbe
advocates of the bill, that polygamy
is dead in Utah, and say on the con
trary that they have positive in
formation that the contrary is the
case. They obtain their information
from missionaries scattered through
the territory. The information is to
the effect that the practice is not
carried on as openly as formerly,
but they assert that in places more
remote from towns aud centers of
habitation there is little or no abate
ment in the custom. They also say
that in towns aud cities there are
covert observations of the old doc
trine, and every where anaontr
the Mormon people there
is a feeling in favor of polygamy,
just as strong as in the palmiest
days of the Mormon church, and if
this feeling is suppressed at all, it is
done because of fear of the federal
authorities. The ladies argue that
if the territory should be admitted
as astato and all authority removed,
the Mormons would control the
state organization, and it would be
only a short time before polygamy
would again be openly taught and
practiced as oue of the tenets of the
Mormon people, The society em
braces a large membership in the
Presbyterian, Congregational and
Methodist churches,
llulletiu on Education.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15,—
A bulletin on education in the
United States is expected to be
issued by the census bureau in a
few days. It has been prepared
under the direction of Special Agent
Blodgett, ana consists of about 150
pages. It was completed more than
a year ago, but like other oensus
bulletins haw been delayed in publi
cation, owing to the large amount
of work now being done by the
government printing office.
[
Krlacov on Trial.
Pine Bluff, Dec. 15.—[Special.]
—The case of The State vs. Bris
coe was called in the circuit court
yesterday, butwfs postponed on ac
count of the sickness of Briscoe’s
rney, Ueo. 11. King White.
PN*al months ago, in this county,
Briscoe brutally murdered his wife,
chopping her to pieces, then bury
ing the body to bide the crime. Bris
coe escaped to Pulaski county,
where he was captured.
8«olHid0 Commuted.
Winnefeg, Man., Dec. 15.—
The sentence of Joseph Leblanc,
condemned to die for tbe murder of
John Wilson, a respected citizen,
has been commuted to fifteen years '
imprisonment. Leblanc was to have
been hanged to-day.
Villa Destroyed.
Oystek Bay, L. I., Dec. 14.—
Col. 8. V. It. Cruger’s mansion at
Bay ville was destroyed by fire this
morniuing. The loss is estimated
at $250,000.
Lighted Bomb In a Church.
London, Dec. 15.—A bomb,
charged with powder and shot and
with a lighted match attached, was
found in a church at Uelzer, Han
over.
It is estimated that since th«^
Christian era began over 4,000,000, -V
300 huppp beings have perished in I
m
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ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBER^.
It Ocoorrstl Tow Milos Knot <>t St.
t.arly This Morning.
St, Louis, Mo., Dec. 1
ports am t-urf-n' her.- '•>■> •:•*>'
train robbery in Illinois.
and Alton officials have denied to*
any robbery had taken place on
Alton road. It is said at pgh
^ers that the robber ^ rMtor)Jki
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