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ANARCfflSTS SCARED.
A SUPPOSED LEADER IN THE UIIiE
OP THE POLICE.
Their Plots Exposed in Detail
by a Bed Flag
Follower.
An Alleged Detective Eeveals the Con
spiracy Out of Revenge for His De
manded Dismissal.
Chicago's Police and Anarchists Thrown
Into a Panic by the Developments
The Missing Eeceiver of the To
peka Land Office Located in
" Alabama The Crim
inal Record-
WEATHER BULLETIN. .
Signal Office. Wichita, Kan., Jan.
DS. The highest temperature was C0 ,
the lowest was 33, and the mean 42,
with light east to fresh south winds,
dourly, followed by clear weather; falling
barometer.
Last year on January 23 the highest tem
perature was 51 , the lowest 10 'and the
mean 32.
Fred Li. Johxsox, Observer.
War Department, Washington. D. C,
Jan. 23. 6 p. m. Forecast until S p. in.
Wednesday:
For Kansas Warmer; fair; southerly
winds; colder Thursday afternoon.
AffAEOHISTS PBIGHTENED.
Proof Brought Out Naming a Police Spy
as One of Their Number.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 28. The socialistic
and anarchial societies have been wrought
up to a high pitch ot excitement over the
possession of what the members believe to
be absolute proof of the existence of a
huge police conspiracy against them.
Sometime ago Detective Charles Nordrum
was arrested and fined for a-saultins a
man at a meeting of the Arbeiter bund.
The assault was said to have been totally
unwarranted and several committees
representing the Personal Rights league,
the Central Labor union, Pioneer Aid and
Support association, Socialistic Publishing
t-ociety, Arbeiter bund and other organiza
tions called on the mayor to demand the
dismissal of Nordrum. The detective
learned of the visit of these committees to
the mayor, and about four weeks ago, it is
said, called on Henry Linuemeyer for cer
tain information concerning the operations
of the police among the anarchists and to
show that n certain supposed champion of
the anarchist cause wns in reality in the
jmyof the police for the purpose of creatine
by wild utterances a popular prejudice
iigtiti'st the anarchists. Linneme3,er, with
out promising anything, asked Nordrum
to pi.iduce proofs. Nordrum complied by
biingingto Attorney Craft's olfice, where
Linnemeycr met him, fourteen reports
from n spy of the police to the" de
partment. These reports consisted of
detailed accounts of anarchistic move
ments, the thoughts, conversation and de
liberations of those concerned in them,
suggesting; whom to watch and, in fict,
laying bare the secrets of the entire work
incs of the anarchists.
The reports ran back over two years.
The spy wan Henry Danmeyer.amanwho,
feince ISSfi, has been one of the most active
jind aggressive anarchists in the city. In
talk tiit-re have been but few fellow mem
bers more hot headed. Ho has advocated
t ho murder of .fudge Garry and Grinnell
and Inspector Iionfield. It is now alleged
that by these threats he induced others to
echo his sentiments, when he would then
report them to the police and cause all ex
cept himself to bo put under sharp espion
age. Among such was Mr. Linncme'.er,
Sr., himself. Daumeyer received SCO a
month paid by Nordrum, to whom Ir gave
receipts. These receipts, as well as the re
ports, are said to be now in the hnuds of
fociahstic leaders.
The effect of this publicity of the matter
has been to create almost a pauic in the
police department. All the prominent
officers of the police department and the
mayor decline to discuss the sensational
developments of the day. Superintendent
IMar.sh simply states that Nordrum will be
promptly dismissed on a verification of the
charges against him.
PATALLY SHOT.
A Cronin Case "Witness Killed by Chica
go's Police Captain.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 2 One of the wit
nesses for the defense in the Cronin case,
Robert Gibbons, was shot tonight by Po
lice Captain Schuettler, who has been
prominent in the prosecution. The shoot
ing was the result of an altercation in a
baloon opposite the city hall, where the
two men met by accident at the bar. Gib
bons is dnngerously wounded, a bullet
having entered his left breast two inches
above the heart. Each of the linen weio
accompanied by several friends. Those
with Gibbons were Thomas Lynch, a
wealthy distiller, Alderman McCormick
ai.d Kx-Policemen Redmond McDonald
the hitter of whom testified on the stand
to the alibi for the suspect D.iniel Cough
liti. Accounts of the affair are conllictiuc.
According to Schuettler's friends the row
started in some uncomplimentary remark
by Alderman McCormic'k to the police
ciptain ending in the alderman throwing
;i lighted cigar in Schuettler's face. The
captain was about to re;-ent this act physi
cally when ho received a terrific
thump on the jaw from Gibbons
who is of herculean proportions. Gibbons
was proceeding to repeat the blow when
Schuettler suddenly pulled a revolver and
iircd. Alderman McCormick denies the
c. gar episode and says he had gone out of
the saloon for a moment when he heard
loud talk with scuflhng and returning saw
Gibbons weltering in blood. Testimony
in the Cronin trial was of a minor char
acter. Captain Schuettler was not in uni
form at tune of shooting.
A BAD RECORD ENDS IN SUICIDE
CounvATCit, Mich., Jan. 2S. Yesterday
n dispatch was received from Youngstov n,
C, to arrest William M. Nivison and hold
him for the receipt of requisition papers.
While at the house the officers allowed
Nivison to go up stairs for his overcoat.
bile gone the prisoner shot himself. Be
fore he could fire a second time he was
disarmed. Q'he wound may not be fatal.
Nivison was formerly agent at Youngs
town of the United States Express com
1 my. One night a package containing
i-r.-VK) was stolen- from the office. Detec
tives were employed and the cashier of the
office was ac used. The accused became
itisane amine is now iu the Ohio insane
asylum. Nivison made a confession of the
whole The grand jury indicted him last
Saturday.
THE CASHIER ALONE RESPONSIBLE.
New York, Jan. 2S. Postmaster Van
cot t mado a statement this afternoon of
the deficiency found in the accounts of G.
H. Lounsberry, cashier of the postoffice.
Tho total deficit is ?47,:50.o2. The post
master states that the evidence in his pos
session clearly shows that tin. re is no foun
dation for any other theory than that of
deliberate embezzlement by the cashier,
without aid or connivance.
THREW HiS CHILD TO THE WALK.
NEW York, Jan. 23. John VotociL in r
fit of insanity, this morning, flung his i-year-old
son, Lories, from -the fifth storv
window of his apartments in Pitt street.
The chiid was seriously iujureci-
A PROFESSIONAL FORGER TAKEN.
Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 2S. Deputy
Sheriff Harbaugh returned this morning
from Lincoln, Neb., with C. Nelson iu
charge. About a year since Nelson passed
a number of forged checks upon Lawrence
merchants. Yesterday noon he completed
a year's sentence iu the Nebraska peni
tentiary ior a similar offense committed
in Omaha. Harbaugh was on hand with
a requisition. It is understood that Nel
son worked a similar game in Topeka,
Atchison, Kansas City and other places.
SYSTEMATIC MAIL ROBBERY.
Lebanon, Mo., Jan. 28. Mrs. Mary
Boganz and son, postmistress and assist
ant at Partlow, were arrested today by
Postoffice Inspector McClure for robbing
the mails. A quantity of money and de
coy letters were found in their possession
They confessed that they had assisted
Pdstmaster Boganz in robbing the mails
before his death, and since that time have
continued to practice it. The amount of
money and valuables stolen is large.
AFTEB LOT JUMPERS.
Houses Pulled Down From Over Their
Heads at Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma Citv, Ok., Jan. 23. At a late
hour last night a large crowd of indignant
citizens puiled down the house of a lot
jumper on Main street and buried the
wreck there in tho most intense excite
ment and if the military does not interfere
blood is sure to he shed.
Two serious fights occurred today over
disputed lotsaud an organization has been
formed to pull down every lot jumper's
house in the city. The streets are swarm
ing with excited people tonight and the
end is not vet.
Ayer's Bherry Pectoral cures colds and
couirhs; an uuequaled anodyne expec
torant. THE KNIFFEN CASE
The Coroner's Jury Eoturns a Verdict
Showing Unsatisfactory Methods.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 2S, The coroner's
jury in the KnifTen murder case brought
in a verdict at 2:1." thi3 morning declaring
that Mrs. Kniffen died from chloroform
administered by persons to the jury un
known, and f urtlier stating that the jury's
labors have been cramped by the with
holding of important evidence which will
come before the grand jury.
MOST-'S CASE APPEALED.
New York, Jan. 2S. Justice Van Brunt,
presiding justice of the supreme court
here, today granted a stay of proceedings
in the case of John Most, pending an ap
peal to the court of appeals from a judg
ment of conviction and sentence to a years'
imprisonment for making an inflamatory
speech at a meeting held to condemn the
Chicago authorities for convicting and
hanging the anarchists there. .Most will
be liberated in $3,000 bail, the same amount
fixed in the former stay. The proceedings
were held in the justice's private cham
ber, and members of tho press were ex
cluded. HELD FOR THREATS MADE.
Dunlin, Jan. 2S. Dr. Tanner, member
of the house of commons for the middle
division of Cork, has been required to fur
nish two sureties in 100 or to serve three
months in prison for uttering thrents
against Mr. Smith Barry, head of the land
lord syndicate. Dr. Tanner has appealed.
SPAULDING IN ALABAMA.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 2S. It was ascer
tained today that the late receiver of the
Topeka land office, Charles Spaulding,
who is short iu his accounts several
thousand dollars is in Talladega, Ala.
Mayor Coffran, one of his bondsmen, does
not think Spaulding will ever return.
The most severe cases of scrofula readily
yield to Hood's Sarsaparilla, which puri
fies the blood.
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Emin Bey Thought to be Contemplating a
Eoturn to the Interior.
London, Jan. 23. The prolonged stay of
Emin Pash in Zanzibar, together with his
manifest unwillingness to return te
Europe, has led to a eeneral belief that he
is seekiug a favorable opportunity to re
turn to tho interior of Africa, He still re
tains all his followers who journed to
Bagamoyo with him, and they have given
every evidence of their determination not
to forsake him. In addition to these in
dications of his desire to go back to his
province he has preserved a reticence with
regard to his experiences iu the equatorial
regions of Africa inexplicable to his friends
in the ciicumstances of Stanley's unre
strained reflections upon his steadfastness
of purpose and qualities of leadership, as
sertions which he would nsturally hasten
to disprove if he were contemplating resi
dence in Europe for the future.
The duke ot Aosta has left a fortune of
20,000,000 lire, of which he received 12.000,
000 from his first wife, the heiress of the
noble but not royal house of Cisterne.
Telephonic arrangements are steadily
extending in England now that the three
comnauies have amalgamated and a
sensible man is in control. Direct work
ing has now been established between
Loudon and Birmingham, Manchester,
Bradford anil Leeds. The system is being
extended to Glasgow.
Some of the shady aristocrats who van
ished from London when they feared im
portant disclosures of names and address
es in connection with the Eustou and
Parke trial, aie now returniug to their
old haunts, but even where accusation
is mere whisper only polite society fight
shy of them.
lhe delegates to the anti-slavery confer
ence at Brussels have forwarded a memo
rial to Lord Salisbury intimating their
disinclination to raise m the conference a
discussion of the question of traffic iu
liquor in Africa, for the obvious reason
that the matter could not properly be
brought up iu debate on the question of
traffic in slaves without inducing well
founded suspicions that the main question
was merely an incidental one so far as the
English were concerned. The congress has
decided to suspend its sittings for the
present, owing to the dispute between
England and Portugal, which has strained
the cordial relations hitherto existins be
tween the dt'leyates representing the two
countries. The decision was reached after
much deliberation as tho only effectual
means of averting reference to the affair.
The Detroit forger, Sterling, who was
arrested here, has been remanded in order
to enable the Pinkerton detectives, who
are on their way here iu the steamship
Umbria, to arrive befoio he i arraigned
for a final hearing upon application for
extradition.
Mr. Goschen's budget is giving him
trouble. People are getting exaggerated
ideas of what the surplus ought to be. and
they are now speaking of i'G,000,000, which
is almost certain to be outside of the
mark. Every man who pays a tax wants
a rebate, and many are certain to be dis
appointed. Goschen is therefore hard
at work explaining the demands
which he has upon the surplus, and
particularly hints at the Paruell commis
sion as an item which will make consider
able inroad upon his hoard. He can not
satisfy everybody, and it looks as though
he will make mo e enemies thin friends
by his prospective financial proposals.
There is a probability of the Gladston
laus winning the seat at Glasgow made
vacant by the death of Mr. Craig
cellar. They have selected Sir Charles
Tennant a- a candidate and he avows
himself as ttn out aud out supporters of
the grand old man's home rule policy,
while tho lory candidate. Mr. Parker
Smith, believes Balfour iufallible. The
fizht will be a hot one, bnt Sir Charles
Tennant's popularity as wed as principles
ouqht to stand him iu good sleaul
Constitutional or scrofulous catarrh,
sore eyes. etc. surely cured by Ayer's
Sarsaparilla,
THE EIGHT HOUR QUESTION.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. ,2S. At the con
vention of the National .Builders' associa
tion today the executive eommittee in re
porting on the eight- honr question recom
mended that the association advise all
contractors to arrange affairs and make
estimates and contracts so that they may
safely meet in the near future the altered
conditions which the general adoption of
the eight hour standard of labor would
entail. The recommendation was also
made that arrangements be completed for
the payment of labor by the hour. The
report was adopted by a vote of 31 to 45.
THE "WICKED FLEA.
How He Bites act! Slakes miserable the
European Traveler.
Almost everybody likes to travel for the
purpose of seeing new and strange sights.
At least almost every person thinks ho would
ike to visit places he has never seen. He
-loss not know whether he would like it or
not until he has tried it.
Almost everybody I meet would like to go
to Europe, and this is especially true of young
people. The imagination works up a very
lively programme, which is filled up with un
alloyed pleasure. No allowance is made for
any miscarriages, none for great fatigue,
none for the lack of accustomed comforts and
luxuries, none for unexpected set backs and
difficulties.
Tho average small boy or girl would say
that he preferred three meals a day for a
week of very sweet cako to the same number
of repasts of oatmeal porridge; but he would
change his mind before the week was out
When I went out to rido in tho country
around Constantinople a big flock of quails
was always flying ahead of tlie carriage, and
tho Palace of the Sweet Waters seemed to be
m a cloud of these "birds At the hotel it was
quail at every meal till I hated the sight of
them; and since that I havoliever cared to
eat them. '
I do not intend to give a list of the annoy
ances one encoumfcrs in foreign travel. It
may seem incredible to my young friends that
so insignificant an insect as tho wicked flea
can seriously interfere with -so grand an
achievement as a tour abroad. I do not im
agine that I have suffered more than the av
erage traveler in Spain, Italy and some other
countries, though my skin may be thinner
than that of most of them; bat I look upon
the flea as I have seen him magnified on a
white surface by the lenses of the scientist.
To mo he is bigger than an elephant, and it
seems as though the bite of a crocodile would
be pleasant compared with that of the blood
thirsty insect. This monster has not only
kept me awake all night when I needed sleep,
but ho has made me writhe and squirm all
day. I really believe the fleas in Italy and
Spain are more to be dreaded than the ban
ditti of those countries.
Spain and Italy are not alone in subjecting
the traveler to tho torture of the wicked flea.
Even in tho far north, where ice and snow
dominate the year, the festive flea has a resi
dence. One night I went to bed, tired out
after a hard day's work, sight seeing, in a
hotel in Christiania, in Norway. I soon found
that I could not go to sleep, sleepy as I was.
I thought I had an attaokof hives orrash, or
that I had captured tho itch in some steamer
or hotel.
I lay in torment till I heard a clock strike
the midnight hour. Then I became desperate
and leaped from the bed. I lighted my two
candles, determined to ascertain what the
matter was. I could find nothing on my
skin that looked like scabies, and then with a
caudlo in each hand I examined the bed. It
was swarming with a very large sized, blue
black flea; and I had teamed by experience
that this sort was particularly wicked.
I took my corn broom and brushed tliem
out of the bed and tried again to sleep, ex
pecting to have my bones picked clean be
fore morning, though I was to be called at 5
to take a steamer. I struggled in vain for
another hour, and then got up again. I
brushed the monsters all out again, and this
time I was careful that no part of the bed
clothes should drop down to tho floor. This
succeeded. At any rate, I was so exhausted
that at last I went to sleep.
I was called in two hours; and in what con
dition was I to appreciate the scenery of the
Christiania Fjiordj As soon as tho steamer
was in the Skager Rack I w ent to sleep. That
night I had my battle and defeat at the teeth
of tho red armored knights of my berth in a
hutte.
In Holland one night I was bitten one mil
lion times by another kind of flea, hardly less
wicked. I did not count them, but I esti
mated them. "Walking through the Circus of
Maxentius, in Home, I srcelled pennyroyal.
I had heard that this herb was an antidote
for tho wicked flea, as it is for black flies
and mosquitoes. I gathered a considerable
quantity of it; but I did not actually suffer
from tho depredations of the terrible mon
ster in Italy.
Iu Burgos, in Spain, after looking over the
magniflcont cathedral and glancing at the
bones of the Cid and his wife, our party of
three took a carriage at tho hotel to visit the
tomb of tho Cid, six or seven miles from the
city. Tho vehicle was a tumble down old
hack. A kind of cloth with a nap to it had
been used to pieco out tho worn out lining. I
wore long boots, and in a few minutes tho
armies of the wicked flea began to attack me
by making an advance on my legs.
There was no road to the convent that con
tains tho tomb, and the old carriage bounced
over rocks, sometimes a foot high, and we
were pitched from one side to tho other of
tho interior and into tho laps of each other.
"We laughed at the bumps wo got and should
have had a lively time of it if the fleas had
not spoiled all the fun. "Wo writhed and
squirmed as though we were bitten by snakes.
In spite of his prowess and tho supernatural
aid ho received in his mighty victories, I
doubt if the Cid Campeador could have con
quered the army that beset our party.
Twisting about and pirouetting like a
French dancing master, Hooked at the tomb,
but I did not take much interest in it. At
the hotel I brushed tho fleas out of the inside
of my clothes and applied cologne to the skin,
aud it was very refreshing. Then I put an
abundance of pennyroyal in my garments.
1 was all right till I took m a now stock m
Madrid. They worried and tortured my
coinpanions'and'iiiyilf beyond endurance. I
obtained a bottle of flea powder at tho capi
tal, which was of spme. service, but I still re
gard the wicked floas as ona of .tlie scourges
of trayel. Oliver 'Optic in Philadelphia
Times. , ...
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A nurninj Question.
I am curious to know w hat it is that makes
a painting by one artist worth $10,000, and a
painting by another, though equally good,
perhaps even better, worth but $10. I saw
some pictunjs recently by a painter who can
just keep his head above water, nhich are a?
well painted as are the canvases of many
artists who are on the topmost wave of popu
larity. Perhaps you will say they lack the
sacred fire. On the contrary, they possess it
to a greater degree than some of their more
fortunate fellow craftsmen. And yet they
ill be m unknown graves while the others
have lofty monuments reared above thelr
heads. I wonder what makes the difference.
Sometimes I think it is enterprise, industry
and tact mei ely commercial qualities, that
have nothing to do with the intrinsic muni
of a work of art. The Critic.
Some Curion Chinese Slanj.
Some of the ordinary expressions of the
Chinese are very sarcastic and characteristic.
A blustering, harmless fellow they call a
"paper ttjrer."5 When a man values himself
overmuch they compare him to a rat falling
into a scale and i eigbing iisslf Overdoing
a thing they call 'sa hunchback making a
bow1 A spendthrift they compare to a
rocket which goes off at ones. Thoso who ex
pand their chanty oa resioti object., but
neglect their family, are sdd "to hang a lan
tern on a rope, which is sea afar but crro i
ijo lyht below. Boston Her&ia.
A, HAUNTED ROOM. .' .
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In the dimcantfwf whence bat yesterday
Passed my beloved, fille with awe I stood;
And haunting Lovqb flntteriaff on eTery haad
Whisper herprais who ia tax away.
A thousand delicate glances dance and play
On every object which her robes hava fanned,
And tenderest thoughts and hopes bloom aad
expand
In the sweet memory of her beauty's ray.
Ah l could that glass but hold the faintest trace
Of aU the loveliness once mirrored there,
The clusteriajj glory of the shadowy hair
That framed so well the drear young angel facel
But no, it shows my own face, full of care,
And my heart is her beauty's dwelling place.
John Hay in Scribner.
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HUBT FOE A MM EATEB.
"When you go forth to hnnt the lion you
have a bold and open enemy. In ninety-five
cases out of a hundred he will charge you if
you meddle with him. In the other five he
.nay get rattled and run away. The lion
seldom prowls or sneaks. The tiger win often
resort to measures unworthy of the wolf.
One can always locate the lion at night, if he
be full grown, by his voice. Fearing noth
ing on earth, human or animal, he delights
in locating himself. Hunters have now and
then been stalked by a lion, but in every case
it was curiosity moro than hunger which
prompted the beast. "When the tiger stalks
it is for blood. Ho is never carious.
We had been beating the jungles in tho Ben
galee district, to tho west of Calcutta, for
two weeks before any big game came our
way. Our party was too large for a success
ful hunting party, being composed of over
twenty officers, civil and military, who were
out for a vacation, and the servants must
have numbered fifty. "Wo had plenty to eat,
drink and smoke, and now and then knocked
over a wolf or hyena, but we could not ex
pect to get within five miles of anything
worthy of a bullet with such a camp as that.
One day a unfivo came in with a request that
some of us return with him to a village called
Dahur, about twenty-five miles to the north
west. He said that an old tiger had taken up
his headquarters near the village, and dur
ing the four weeks he had been there the
beast had killed and devoured a man, two
women, a girl and a boy. The natives had
set traps, but he would not enter them. They
had poisoned the carcasses of goats and
calves, but ho would not touch them. It had
got so that at 4 o'clock in the evening every
one entered his house and mado himself se
cure for tho night, while the tiger held pos
session of the village and carried terror to
every soul.
Maj. Isham and myself got this news ex
clusively, and after a bit of planning we stole
out of camp with our horses and arms, and
followed tho guide. It was about 9 o'clock in
the morning when we left, and as it was a
cool day and we had a fairly good route, wo
pushed ahead at such a pace that at 3 in the
afternoon we were in Dahur. "We found the
village to consist of seventy-two huts or
cabins, covering about two acres of open.
On tho northern edge of the village was a
creek flowing toward tho Ganges, sixty miles
away, and beyond this creek was a fertile
spot of 200 acres, which was devoted to crop
raising. The creek was bordered with a thick
jungle about Ave rods in breadth, and it was
at tho crossing that the tiger had got in his
deadly work. This creek could not be crossed
anywhere for miles, except by cutting a way
through the jungle, and the inhabitants of
the village were talking of moving away
when they heard of our big hunting party.
The first thing was to inquire about the
tiger's peculiarities as thus far observed by
the people. Ko two tigers work exactly
alike any more than two thieves do. Let two
man eaters take up their quarters, each in
the suburbs of a villago twenty miles apart,
and they will not pursue the same tactics.
"This tiger, sahibs," said the head man in
explanation, "knows no fear. "While wo
were working iu the field at noonday ho
came out of the jungle, sat down like a dog,
and looked at us for a long time. Ho saw
that my brother's wife was very fat, and
therefore selected her for his supper. "We
numbered over thirty as we started tore
turn. "We were singing and shouting to
scare him, and the sun was yet half an hour
high, but ho came out of tho jungle, looked
each one over as He passed, and when my
sister-in-law came up he sprang upon her and
carried her off. He did not even growL As
ho knocked her down his long tail whirled
around and struck mo in tho side. Last night
was the worst of alL. As none of us had
gone to the fields for three days the tiger
came into the village for his supper. An old
man further up the street unfastened his
door to go into the house of his son across
tho street, and as ho stepped forth the tiger
seized him. He was a very large man, but
the beast carried him off at a trot. You
have, sahibs, an old and cunning beast to deal
w ith, and if you do not have your wits about
you he will-eat you both."
Ko wild animal goes out to kill unless hun
gry. In each instance where this tiger had
seized a victim he bad remained quiet for the
next two nights. We could, therefore, figure
pretty closely on his next appearance. We
went down that eveuingand looked thocover
over. It was denso enough to conceal a-troop
of elephants, and as the creek was full of
water the beast would have no inducement
to leave shelter until hunger drovo him.onL
As for pushing our way into the jungle to
meet him, tho idea was too foolhardy to be
entertained. Once a tiger becomes a man
eater ho develops now traits. No powwow
raised by a thousand natives can scare him
away, and he becomes twice as dangerous to
approach as before. That nicht the head
man caused several largo bonfires to bo
lighted, bells rung, old muskets fired off, and
a great noise kept up for an hour. This was
to inform tho tiger that white men had ar
rived, and that a new deal was on hand.
We had plenty of time next day to look the
field over and make our plans. The native
were sent off to the fields to work, and we
skirted the banks of the creek to the east
untd satisfied that the beast had its lair in a
mass of rock so overgrown and sheltered by
jungle that it did notsoemas if a rabbit could
penetrate it. Ho doubtless came and went by
a path of his own at tae waters fcdge. The
situation was a good one to burn him out
when the wind came right, but we did not
want to try that until our other plans failed.
Fires were lighted again on the second night,
and the racket maintained for tho first two
nours after sundown was sufficient to scare
any ordinary tiger out of the district. It was
about 7 o'clock, aad the major, the head
man, two or three others and myself were
sitting about the head man's door smoking
and talking, when an interesting event oc
curred. We were almost at the northern
edge of the village, and the noise was all to
the south of us. I sat in the door facing to
the west. Tee others sat so that their faces
were toward the door.
All of a sudden I caught sight of tho tiger
approaching us from the north. He waited
up to within ten feet of the group and sat
down and stared at ns. I conld see him in
the reflection of a fire as plain as day, and I
noted his unusual sire and strength, and the
fact that ho Lad a white spot about the size
of a silver dollar on his throat. Th;re was a
conversation going oa in which I was not in
cluded, and I haa been looking &t the boast a
full minute before I was appealed to. Then I
renha-i- "Gentlemen, maie no move! The
Uger is cmy tea teet away : uy moving oaci:
ward five fe; I can recch my gun. Should
any cf vou at;mp: l spring up he wiE
doubtless seize cx"'
The natives were struck dumb, bet th ma
jor, fully realism " the situation, bcan sing
ing a song. 1 moved backward inch by inch,
and the tir resigned ouiet thQe I was m
his rnge of vi-ion. As soon as I got my j
hand on my nils I roso to my feut and
stepped to the door to deliver a thot, but the
b-a&t was no longer there. 2o one cad heard
or seen him mov, bntrfc nad disappeared.
"He came to-? if you sahibs wer really
here, or if we were deceiving him," explain
ed the bo&d man when he had recovered bk
mwst at roh. "IT " W
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If Pleases le Lais!
The New Accordian. Plaiting
charms tlie eye and facinates all
lovers of exquisite neatness and
beautiful simplicity in dress and
trimmings. Madame Russell
lias been besieged withladies and
letters seeking information in
reference to tlie uses and cost of
Accordian Plaiting. And we are
happy to say all were charmed
Avith the work and pleased with
the price, and the uniform cour
teous treatment accorded them.
Beyond question this is to be
THE POPULAR TRIMMING
for dresses for the season, and
no popular style has so charm
ingly combined both beauty and
utility as this. It will well re
pair you for your trouble to call
on the Madame at The Arcade
Dry Goods Store, 139 N Main
street, and see "this work for
yourself. She will be glad to
see you. Out of town custom
ers may address her as above,
and their letters will receive
prompt attention. Address all
letters to
MADAME RUSSELL,
Care of The Arcade Dry Goods
Co., 139 N Main st.
Enows tnat you seefnis lire. It will" now De
between you three, and you must look out or
he will get the better of you."
Nothing further was heard from tho beast
that night, and next day we sent the people
off to the fields again. After dinner wo got
a suit of clothes, and stuffed them with grass
to represent a human figure a man. We
placed it in a kneeling position at the creek,
with gourd in hand, as if dipping up water,
and at 3 o'clock all tho peoplo came in, and
we took our stations in a tree which com
manded tho crossing.
If the tiger appeared at tho usual spot we
had him at short range. We watched until
the afternoon faded into darkness, but ho did
not appear. If ho saw the figuro at all he
scented tho trick. Then wo fastened a goat
to tho tree, and took possession of a cabin a
hundred feet away. From a window looking
out to tho north we had a fine show to drop
tho tiger if ho appeared. But he did not ap
)ear. Whilo all the villago slept wo stood
watch, rifles on the cock; but, though the
goat kept up a continual bleating for hours,
she drow no other audience than a few jack
als and hyenas. Next morning the head man
said to us:
"As tho woman was very fat she would last
the tiger for an extra meal or two. He would
not have touched the goat anyhow, but to
night he will como into the village in search
of a victim. You must plan accordingly."
Iu tho afternoon we had one of tho families
vacate their hut and brought up the dummy
and laid it in the sleeping corner. Wo then
took possession of tho next cabin, only about
thirty feet away, and cut two openings in the
wall to command the door of the first. The
peoplo went to their work as usual and re
turned at the usual time, and everybody was
inside before the sun-went down. What we
hoped for was that the tiger would prowl
through tho village, trying each opening to
effect an entrance, and wo had left this door
so that he could open it. Wo did not look for
him before 9 o'clock, and were taking thing9
easy at about 8 when wo heard an uproar at
the other end of tho village. We two ran
out, but were too late. Tho tiger had ap
peared, burst in a door by flinging his weight
against it, and had seized and "carried off a
boy about 8 years old. The villagers were
frantic with grief when they learned of the
fact, and the head man said to us, while the
tears ran down his cheeks:
"Ah, sahibs, but we may as well abandon
our homes fo-morrow. This is a wise and
cunning tiger, and you can do nothing with
him. If wo do not go away, ho will eat us
up."
We quieted tho peoplo as best wo could,
and next day" went about in person to make
every hut secure. Every window opening
was barred, and every door provided with a
prop. It was characteristic of the simple
minded natives that, while they lived in
mortal dread, more than half tho huts were
so badly secured that the tiger could have
entered. Wo had to wait again for the
tiger to get hungry. As the crops
could now take care of themselves for a few
days, wo ordered that the villagers keep
quiet and show themselves as little as possi
ble, and two nights and days were thus worn
away. On the afternoon of the third day we
killed a goat and dragged its bleeding body
from the creek to the door of tho hnt where
in wo had placed the dummy, and at twilight
tho village was as quiet as a graveyard.
The major and I stood at openings about
five feet apart, and at 10 o'clock we lead got
no alarm. He came over to me to say that
he was dying for a smoke, and to ask if 1
deemed it advisable to light a cigar, when 1
beard a pat! patl pat; outside, and cautioned
him that the tiger was abroad. Tho un
nmg beast had not come by the trail we bad
prepared, but had made, a circuit and struck
into the upper or southern end of the village.
As we afterward ascertained, he had been
prowling around for on hoar, softly trying
every door in succession. Onr openings were
on the south side. The cunning beast seemed
to be posted as to this fact and lingered on
thy north ade. We plainly iK-ard him push
at our door and rear np and claw the bars of
the window, and we hardly breathed for ftr
of frightening him away. Tcer was a
crevice under tae door through whicn
oae coukl have shoved his hand, and the
tiger got down and sniffed and saafftd
at this opening for fully five min
uts. Thn bo got up and remain! very
quiet. He must have bad tee scent of tb
fresh blood only two rods away, bat it was
plain thai he had his suspicions. We UooJ
at the openings, each one ith bis gun thrust
out and ready to fire, h tfa beest sud
denly mido up his mind to act. With cue
bound he eratrred from shelter and covtred
half the dmaae to twt otbr cabra. At ta (
s"nd be went bang aaiart tie door. pubed
it in, aad was hidGn from our sight btfore
e hid had a bow to pull tngze-r.
"Tate hiia when he come oat." wmypersd
the major, and both of us waicced sad
waitr-d.
The beast no doubt expected to Sad a. vfcr
timia tee hut. He seized the daranir, r&v
it a fch&ke, aad the dacovcrj te madft brok!:
huB all op. Instead of coming oat with a
bossd b wnfattojiIfty saakaai was aatt
sa - 4, a."'
CLEARANCE SALE
At The "Arcade!"
OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL EFFORT.
A short time ago the "ARCADE" was closed for two days mark
ing down our surplus stock, and so great was our majk down, so
deep our cut on prices that we feel well paid for our loss by the
number of new friends we seem to have made, for after all it is the
low price that catches.
Our $1 00 Dress Goods marked down to 5Sc
Fifty Cent Dress Goods marked down to 33c.
Tmrty-f lve Cent Dress Goods marked down to 19c.
Who dare say that this is not cutting to the bottom?
THE "ARCADE" SAYS YES! r
S3 50 Blankets, all wool, marked down to S-i 50.
Forty-five cent, all wool. Flannels down to 29a
Mens' Linen Collars marked down to 10 cents.
Six of the best White Shires in America for $5 50 ,
SPECIAL '-. NOTICE !
The "ARCADE' ordered through a larce importing house last
October 400 pieces of EEAUTIFUL FRENCH EMBROIDERY direct
from France. These goods have just arrived, the case never having
been opened since it left Paris. (It still contains the air or France.)
We will open and mark these goods this week and offer them at
Sprecial Sale
Monday, Fet. 3rd. '
This week we will display them in one of our show windows and
we challenge comparison. This is without exception the grandest
display of Genuine French Embroideries ever shown in Kansas and
we expect a big sale.
Twenty pieces of the best Standard Bleached Muslin will be or
f ered in this sale at 8 l-2c per yard or 8 cents by the bolt. This
muslin is the equal or Fruit of the Loom.
THE "ARCADE."
139 N. Main St.
clear ot tlie ojwnmg, head down ana tail
dragging, uheu wo fired and keeled him
over. Ho proved to be an old tiger, having
lost many of his teeth, but ho was big and
strong, and would doubtless hnve made many
moro victims but for our interference. Now
York Sun.
Died of Grief.
This is the story of a poor, little outcast
dog who was picked up one cold winter day
by Harry, my littlo cripple brother. The
dog was covered with frozen blood; he
brought him home, washed and attended to
his bruises and fed him. Tho dog was so
grateful that ho cared for no ono but his
littlo lame master. Ho was only happy w hep
he heard his crutch on tho stair.
Now for tho sad part of this story. After
wo had had tho dog about six months little
Harry died of spinal disease. Tho body was
kept in tho house, awaiting burial, three
days. Poor little doggie knew his master was
silent, but ho never left tho spot ho had
chosen, under tho ice box, while the remains
iero there.
When tho funeral left the horjie ho whined
and cried and would not be comforted, but
in course of timo he recovered from hisgnef.
Ono day a little friend of Harry, who, by
tho way, was also lame and walked on
crutches, came to call on us.
Tho dog heard tho crutches, and thought
it was his little master come back again.
Tho door opened to admit him, and when
doggio saw his mistake be turned away as it
he could not survive tt disappointment, and
after a few weeks we found hhn doad. Ho
had died of grief. New "York Journal.
A DLamood Necklace.
A very wealthy man gave to hU wife some
years since a diamond necklaco vbich cost
him $75,000 in Paris.
Hor brother under peculiar circumstances
defaulted. Tho family was iu unspeakable
grief. Tho great corporation whoso arrets he
had mado way with was quite willing to com
promise tho felony if it could be recouped
pecuniarily. Taking her diamond necklace to
a world renowned establishment, she asked
for how much it could bo duplicated in paste,
and was told that for $2,500 a necklaco abso
lutely a reproduction, absolutely umtocta
ble, save by expert teets, conld bo made in
three monthV time. It was ordered, paid
for, tho original was sold, the brother was
saved.
Shortly after that, or perhaps a few yean
thereafter, this lady, who was in what our
contemporaries call "high life" 'that is, sh
was rich attended a charity ball. Sitting
in her box, resplendent in costume, magnifi
cent in tasteful decoration, her nccklaca 80
far outshone th jewels of her friends and
neighbors as to bo included in a reportorud
description the following day in tho chi
paper of tho city.
Bnt it was paste, all the same.
The necklace was famous.
Everybody in hor set knew she owwd It.
Her fncndi congratulated her on it po-
ttoa, and her critics envied ber the same
Never mind how tha story came out, tt did
come, but not until after her hosbaad'a
death, when whispers circulated through br
circle, until, almost upon the ves-ge of do
sraair, she went again to the great oorscera.
Unfortunately the aockladi had bncs broken
up and could not be reproduced hfm for any
thing like tho sum it cent ia Piuria. Nevtr
tbcle"w a dnplicete was ork3d, a.nd forywiri
thereafter waa worn over a brcass that beat
high. New York Preaa.
Dog rut Draught Animal.
I hav? met 1L Nantet, th Belgian author,
who follows the usages of his country In util
izing tho dog a n dnaght anircat He ca
a Iittla phffiton, drawn by doga, in which he
dnvea about w nee a.t borne, and In -bicB he
has come from Brals to Para. M. Kantct
thinks that Belgian! rlia hr chri&s tky
aad sodden soil, is ahJ to hokl ber rn tutd
b urao the tnofi prosperous naUoat of Ko
rope iscasio the dug u not only the InenA
aad ewarsd but tea carrlr f th poor mtc
Ths cosFtcrmon jer and ki wife m Pari sd
Losdor. are brosea doL prrasjitcrely from
fatxruft, aad the talmg uwi foddkr for a
dockej is a h&vr tx on ihtir proSrt, bet
their Belguci brethren cum hoov; tkcir dogs
with toemseJTM. The dogs, af Us- bticg ta
harawwd, din with totir trawrtcm, aad in
wiaW fcleep bfr ti Idtclxca fire. The
strength of 6 zvl draught do is taftrreloos.
He does not spoil road Uxo t bcrv., xd wben
tired b aiw io lie down fjivor always
graaied &ad oa t4a; t'-A en asia
i--.,ryf"f?'r Pari Ccr "London licna.
JKereAIlary.
Hrs. OHr Scr. linxsx Ho6Kgaa,yr
saarrMd dapger. Flatte, it n. tbu&, ctoci,
hilthy young wprrAn.
Mrt EcoIIgan Isdxd tbe ia, Uicr.n
0"JIra.
Htjl OTIara Wbsre do & L cttiia'
b-rttoctasrafrwa? It tu re? frcayoaor
jtz haiiAcd. yer both tiiltUrc.
Jrs Hfr&h33 Begcrrail 0 tiisi It matl
be frca br brjtiiid V f&xsOy XZ&iie k&enU
ex avoydnpoy. Her btabawfs SMtAknor
f?rer two baadrwl roscstds bett C&co
Aaerica.
W. J. WILSON, Manager.
Got Him.
A negro boy, wbila walking along tha
street, took off his hat and struck at a wasp
that had alighted oa a tail shrub, hanging
over a fence. The boy put on his hat, turnud
to a man and said:
"I thought I gpt dat ar ole wiuu."
"Didnt jou get hlmr
"No, sali, but 1" . He snatched off bis
hat, clapped bit hand on the top ef his head,
squatted, howled a&d said:
"Blame f I didn't git dat ola wass." Ar
kansaw Traveler.
A Triclcy Neffro.
Judge Jim Webster, you aro accused by
Sam. Johmdngof having shot him intention
ally with fine shot whilo you wore ont hunt
ing together.
Wb6ter Noich ding, tow. nsbo hb
seff ackurdontolly, nnd now h lay niton in.
"But it's not likely that ho would shoot
hiinnolf in tint back."
"Oh, yon doirt know dat n'ggur. DaiJs
no rascality what ho ain't capable ob doln'."
Texas Sif tings.
Doing Her Meat.
White Citizen Well, JuckNon, what nr
you doing for a living now I
Coloral Citizen Ain't doin'nothind ole
woman takus in w&shm'.
White Citizen Ain't yoaabfaamed of your
self to allow yonr wife to tupport you by
washing !
Colored Citizen Well, bow, my clowomoa
am a mighty igneraitt nigger, an' doon know
how to do uufiin' else Munaey's Weekly.
Ulewd Ilocvdie. 9
Ella (a society girl, to friend) Did yri
rocoivc yfsterdayf
Bella No. I took the money it wcmklhvi
CO for a reception and gavo myself a teaf
Ekm jacket for a Now YtwrVi ppwent.
Klla What made yaa do thatf
Bella Bccauan, you know, '4t hi mor
blaxl to giTO than, to receive." Lawreseu
American.
Tor His Wife .Xol III Swvptbrt.
Customer I want to gt something f or a
lady for a present.
Clerk Yea, sir; something in the lino of
jewelry!
Custemer Yes, but something not vry
high priced.
Clork Boracthing for your wife, chf
Yankeo Blade.
It Slight Bn Anrancrd.
Mr Poor (fervently) Wfll you be ntlocl
Mi Rich (not uolcJndly) No, no
ilr. Poor uiUsTuptiag) Do not ay tht,
my darting. Do noi
Mbsj Rich (Interrupting) No, I cannot 15
yours; birt if you aro wUJteg to bo txrin wo
micnt arrange iu Washington Star,
No Other Clfar has Such a Record as
jgffizggmm
r-ziz-x&Gm
t2tlfcrf
Our Ar s. (. j. iui.
Th cnplttu. of tan L sated hesUu. ba btrn
locu.uA at !t2er0t Usee? uX tint Alowtsg
placet. At PfciJMHpb frwn befrt. 6, 1774,
until Dcnb-. 170-, at Baltimore fcrew De.
20. 1776, to Mar-a, 1777, at Pafki4dafrat
March 4, 1777, ErpOaLf , 1777; at Jjlxxu-V-r,
l'a, from, bepi- Z7. 1777. to Sept. IX. 1777;
at York, Pa., fr-jra ipt M, 1777, to July,
1773; at PtihufehifcJn. from Jubf C, 1771, to
Juao &0 lTJSk 1'nnemlaa, ILJ tzmtn. Ja
Jrt, 17K, to Not. H3, 17S3. at A i.mfitlU, IU.,
froca Nvabr, 278B, to JwaWr, 174,
Trwston. Jv. J , from 5ovachor, 1734 to Zta
nrrj, 17KJ, New Ytr'x fra Jsa. 11 1785, te
17S0, wbn tfc w-wt oi frjimur-ss. w
changed to PsrfiadeJpaia, wbr it rsalbd
antil Xf), iac whieit Uoui U Was bcea tt
Washington. Ht. LcxrU Republic.
SKIN CANCEE
SctkxI jeam p I i eiftrd to tn a caiofd
woaza who had suJJcat fern af asrr on
ber toe. Tfc4cxac-rc7?wwarecad?rt&p7'-crlbl
treats, tad it to- sA trztU.t
thefctwtTettlesthesinjccarrft-nsy Tin
pUierA cecal tf. hsTe nrtlitO. vuxX )m?jr.
hot 1 eo- itzzt-i tfes sr ef Swlft' fsfc,
tsdkcw-d Us vxzA H. That wm tr
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&Mue. 1 xtiri S-mtii't VpriiA taett tzxzU
iral aaSaw fsr lkd diuc. it tc&4c7
U drr osi m tAtea.
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At'.raia Use iraissrzA. Tfc rmii. a ttl I
TXs-sd tix ss of rift yeiiu ud ii
sr wt toaw race, wiliest a imor of .
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