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Te Times' Daily Short Story.
TWO LIARS
Orlptnal.J
"Remain hen;, captain." said the geu
rral, "until IVs corps arrives. As fwn
its you see the head of tho columu turn
ing the bend in the road below bring
me wrd as fast us jour horse will car
ry you."
V hud drawn rein at the gateway of
a largo limitation, two pillars of stone,
each Kumiouuted by a lion, from which
n long line of hedge extended iu either
direction almost u far as the eye could
: (.. Within, a winding road lined with
tropical plants and rowa of high shade
trees extended to the house. 1 rode
into the place and. up to a broad, ve
randa. A white headed aid lygro came
out of the front door and eyed me crit
ically. 'I would like a lodging in thin house
lor a time," I said to hiui. "l or how
long I don't know; not less than a few
days and not more than a few weeks."
The old man' led uie into a spat-ion
room on the ground Boor and said:
"Would you like a julep, sahV
When he returned with it, I question
ed him, and he told me that on our ap
proach the family hud departed and
there was not a human beluj? about the
place except himself and me, for they
had taken with them the few negroes
who had remained loyal to them. I'.v
ry day the man set before me the
meaner food the ample space for pro-
visions contained and every tuht at
tended me to a chamber on the floor
above, where I passed the night in a
bed whose four high posts seemed to
stand like seitinels to watch over my
hhiiiiii. i s.
One night, not beinjz able to sleep, I
went into the corridor and, sitting ou
a window seat inclosed by curtains,
spent au hour looking out on the moon
lit Ki'oumls. 1 foil asleep. Waking
suddenly, 1 heard a light footstep and
the rustle of a dress on the staircase.
What prompted me, whether at) in
stinct for safely or of modesty. I know
not, but I drew the curtains and peep
ed. The moonlight revealed the figure
of a young girl descending from the
floor alnive. .Her face was oval, her
Lair raven, her eyes a lustrous black,
in which even in the uncertain light I
could detect anxiety, w hile the lines of
her bust and limbs were exquisite
curves. The figure as it passed my
door paused arid listened, then passed
on softly to the floor below. I remained
where I was for a few minutes and it
returned, moving with the same cau
tion, to the upper floor.
"Kthan." I Raid to the old negro the
Best morning, "are you sure there is
no one in the house but yourself and
me?" -
"Sure . nuff, sah. What mak yo
arsk?" lie looked at me suspiciously.
"Have you ever heard that the house
is haunted?"
"Now I come to think of it, sah, I
Lave hocrd o' bants walkin 'bout In de
niht Have yo' seen any on em, sah?"
Sitirrlnn 11 rid en.
A Siberian bride on going to her hus
band's house is required to forthwith
prepare a dinner as a proof of her skill
iu housewifery.
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1? Walt . mops m
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net you
"Itlakes Cooking Easy."
Reynolds & Sen, Barrc, Vermont
"I think 1 saw one last night. Have
you ever heard of a lovely young girl
haunting the Louse?"
'Tears to me, sail, 1 have heerd
'bout dat."
"I saw her last night. 1 was tempt
ed to see if she was a ghost by sending
a bullet through her."
The old man looked troubled. ' "Dat
ghost didn't never hurt nobody." he
said. "Hain't , no 'casion to shoot nor
notten."
"I won't, Ethan, If 1 see. her again.
I'm not afraid of ghosts. Give me an
other cup of that substitute for coffee."
" 'Tain't berry fine, sah. De bloek
aders don't let us bab any real coffee in
dese days. Don't shoot none o' de
hatits, sah. Dey won't hurt yo'."
That night I did not go to lod till
past midnight. There was another
walking of the ghost. This time she
ran down the stairs, a terrible anxiety
on every feature. I made up uiy mind
that some one upstairs was very ill
and she was going down for some need
ed article. When she came back' I
opened the curtains and met her fae
to face.
"All's lost!" she moaned.
"All's gained." I replied. "You peo
ple of the south have dreaded our coin
ing so long that when we come you are
in terror for your lives. Some one is ill.
There is a regiment stationed at J., five
miles from here, j can ride over and
bring a surgeon."
She stood irresolute for a moment,
then said:
"Yes. it is better that he should be
taken than that he should die. My
brother, an officer of the Confederate
army, is lying upstairs wounded, and
we fear te is dying."
There was a satisfaction in the ride
I took that moonlight night, bringing a
surgeon back with me to treat an ene
my. l'y the time 1 returned the family
were not only reconciled to trust me,
but eagerly awaiting the man 1 brought.
When we entered the sick room, there
stood a mother and sister by the bed
side of the invalid. The surgeon could
not have been more tender with the
most beloved of his comrades than he
was with the Confederate, renminbi''
with him till morning and coming ev
ery day for r. week, when he pronounc
ed him out of danger.
"Ethan." I said one day after the SAt
cret was out. "are there any mere
ghosts In the house?"
"Fo' de T.awd. mars'r. l'ze berry
much ma'tyried 'bout dat what J tole
yo'. Missis and Missy Florence reckon
ed yo' Yankees 'd kill Mars'r Howard
's soon as yo' sot eyes on him."
"Ethan." I replied, "yon told me big
4 about the bants'."
When General H.'s troops arrived, I
rode out to the general and told him
that there was a caae of yellow fever
in the house and he had better put a
guard about it till the men had pawd
in order to be sure no one became in
fected. Then 1 rode on to report his ar
rival to my general, muttering:
"You're a bicger liar than the dar
ky." AMBROSE SPENCER.
Iloltand'a Flrt Newspaper.
' The first newspaper published In
Holland appeared on the morning of
Jan. 8, ICoO. It was called De Weecke
tycke Courante Van Europa.
Growing Old Gracefully
and Healthfully
The infirmities of old age are
successfully combated by the
use of
TMAOC MARK.
The Food-Drink,
Its tonic properties are invalua
ble to those who are weak
nursing mothers, little children
and the aged.
All druggists sell it. Prepared by ths
- Busch Brewing Ass'n
o
a new
BOMBARDING
PANAMA.
Colombian War Ship Attacks Scat ot
Isthmian Iievolt.
UNITED STATES PEOTESTS.
U Firlnff In Aot Stopped American
Heft Will rrobably Seise Govern
ment' Vessel I'reparlnir l-'or
ltltg IVaval Demoustratiun.
Washington, Nov. 5. -Vice United
States Consul Ehrman, at ranama, ca
bles the state department that the Co
lombian government war ship 1'ogota
is Bhelling that city, where the inde
pendence of the isthmus has been pro
claimed. Eleven Chinamen have been
lulled. Vice Consul Ehrman Las been
instructed to protest against the bom
bardment. If the consul's protest is not suffi
cient, then the commander of the Unit
ed States steamer Boston, which is by
this time on her way to ranama from
San Juan del Stir, GOO miles distant,
will promptly seize the Colombian gun
boat, if necessary to stop the bom
bardment. This bombardment is In violation of
all the rules of war, beginning, as it
oid, without the required notice. More
over, the United States government
takes the ground that it certainly in
terferes with the freedom of transit
across the isthmus, which this govern
ment is by treaty bound to maintain.
The greatest 'activity Is exhibited in
the state and navy departments, and
there were frequent consultations be
tween the oflicials, the naval officers
particularly being intent on working
out the details for the plan of the pro
tection of the isthmian traflic outlined
by the state department.
Pre purl nr For IJI 4emonstra Ion.
It is quite evident that the navy is
making preparations for a larger dem
onstration in isthmian waters than it
Las made for many years, and the fact
Is not disguised that all of the infor
mation that has come from the secret
agents of the government point to the
ultimate success of the revolution. But
meanwhile extremely delicate Ques
tions are to be answered, for the occu
pation of one end of the ranama rail
road by the government force and of
the other end by the revolutionists
makes the situation extremely compli
cated. That is one reason the confer
ences are being held and why it is de
sirable that the most exact instructions
possible under the circumstances shall
be sent to our naval commanders and
to the consular officers on the Isthmus
to prevent them from making any
false move that would place the United
States government in a position of
violating treaty stipulations or display
ing power in derogation of Colombia's
Just rights.
"You will protect American interests
at all points and do everything possi
ble to avoid bloodshed," is the sub
stance of ' the instructions cabled by
the navy department at the instance
of the state department to the naval
commanders now at the isthmus or on
their way. The last part of the in
structions Is particularly significant,
for it forecasts a mote active interposi
tion by the United States government
In the troubles on the isthmus than
has perhaps ever before been displayed.
Will l'rolmlily Land Marine.
These orders were the result of the
conferences at the White House be
tween the president. Secretary Hay
and Assistant Secretary Loomis, Act
ing Secretary of the Navy Darling and
Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of the bu
reau of navigation. So it is not doubt
ed that under the authority thus con
veyed the United States naval com
manders will land marines and sailors
at the railroad termini. Indeed, it Is
not doubted Commander John Hub
bard of the Nasbville has nlready
placed a marine guard ashore at Colon
to protect the railroad property, and
the commander of the Boston probably
will take the same action when he ar
rives at ranama.
The United States government has
received a cablegram from Panama
requesting that It recognize the new
government. The officials here are as
yet In Ignorance as to what the new
government consists of and have taken
no action on the request.
briefly summed u; as being the rouit
of the action c.f congress of Colombia
at Bogota in rejecting the Hay Herran
canal treaty. The l'auaiuaiaus are al
most to a man in favor of the con
struction of the canal by the United
States, and- it bad repeatedly been
prophesied before and after the meet
ing of congress that Panama would
secede if tho treaty was rejected and
would probably come to terms with the
United States for the building of the
great isthmian waterway.
ro Ordered fo Panama.
San Diego, Cal., Nov. 5. Captain
Shurtleff of the United States collier
Nero, which arrived here from Phila
delphia a week ago and which was
waiting for the arrival of tho racific
fleet to discharge her 3,400 tons ot
coal, has received orders to go to
ranama. It is supposed that the Pa
cific fleet, now at Acapulco, Las also
been ordered there, and the Nero will
coal these vessels there.
SIXTEEN KILLED.
Government Powder Depot at lona
Inland, Sew York., Hlows I'p.
Peekskill, N. Y., Nov. o. Sixteen me-.i
are reported dead and a number wo-.m '
ed as a result of a seri"s of explosion
ori lona island, in the Hudson, use. by
the government as a storehouse for
dynamite and powder. The first ex
plosion was followed by others for
more than an hour, the detonations be
ing beard in this city.
A telephone call was K"nt here fe
every physician available, and ail wb
could be found responded to the cn'l
Beyond the fact that sixteen men ws .-
dead and many wounded no deta Is o'
the disaster were obtainable.
Steel Workers Laid Off.
Philadelphia, Nov. 5. Four hundred
workmen in the Bloom mill and the
iron and steel finishing departments of
the Peneoyd Iron works have been
laid off, making a total of nearly 2,000
men rendered idle by the gradual clos
ing of the big plants. The eight inch
steel mill will be closed on Saturday,
which will complete the shutdown of
the establishment.
Condition of W. L. I lklim.
Philadelphia, Nov.- 5. The condition
of W. 13. Klkins Is reported no worse,
lie is said to be in no Immediate dan
ger of death.
A Pennsylvania. Pootmaater.
Washington, Nov. 5. Edward II.
Williams has been appointed fourth
class postmaster at Flue Flats, Fa.
Always Rcmnnbcr t!ie Full Name
3 .axatkva fta&troB
Cures eCc-Iiy'' - :'-cy, Crip ui2 Says
on every
YnI box. 25c
As I am about
CITY
' making it into a large hall, I am obliged to close out
the stock within ten days from this date. .
Sals Begins
And Continues Every Afternoon
and Evening at 2 and 7 o'clock.
All the goods positively must go without delay and without postpone
ment. In this large and varied stock are four Chamber Suites, fifty
Bedsteads, ten Commodes, fifty Spring Beds, forty Mattresses, thirty
Pillows, four Folding Beds (one costing $70), six Dining Tables, nine
srriall Tables, four Sofas, six Couches, one organ, six Sewing-machines,
Ten Carpets, Fifteen Easy Chairs, Five Ranges,
twenty-five Rockers, thirty Coal Heaters, ten Oil and Gasoline Stoves,
one Cooley Creamer, one Milk Heater, one Counter, pair Blacksmith's
Bellows, several Gun?, one Washing-machine, Wringers, lot of Silver
ware, Crockery and Ironware, 100 pairs Men's and Women's Shoes,
Clothing, etc., and many smaller articles, too numerous to mention.
Parties Going to Housekeeping Should Not Miss This Sale!
We shall arrange for plenty of room for ladies and, with extra
help, will be prepared to transact business rapidl). Sale begins Friday
at 2 P. M.,'and will continue every afternoon and evening at 2 and 7
o'clock. Remember that this is business. In ten days after this sale
opens the building must be vacated. , Don't miss this opportunity.
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Power Indorse Macedonian Plan.
Constantinople, Nov. 5. The British,
German, French and Italian ambassa
dors visited the porte and notified the
Turkish officials that they were In re
ceipt of instructions from their respec
tive governments to support the Aus-tro-Russian
reform scheme. The porte
strongly objects to the control feature
of the reforms. Orders have been is
sued for the disbandment of ninety
six battalions of reserves.
Many Ilort lo. Trolley Wreek.
Danville, 111., Nov. 5. Conductor
Lewis Lashley was killed and a dozen
passengers were injured in a wreck on
the Danville-Urbana-Champagne Inter
urban line at Vermillion Heights. The
car jumped the track while rounding
a sharp curve, and Lashley was caught
in the wreckage and crushed to death.
None of the injured will die.
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to remodel my
AUCTION
f delay Afternoon, Nov. 6th
Pearl St
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thousand hot r.cculs he-por driven
it?'' said the Roinoc nnn i, ,---.
that is the way Rheumatism fceis and yet here
vrin will pt on and sutler without rhvme r,r f,n
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cohol, hence
done by Ro-
North Main St., Barre, Vt.
Venexnelnn Arbitration liennnied.
The Hague, Nov. 5. After the In
terval of a month the Venezuelan ar
bitration has been resumed here. The
president of the tribunal, M. Mnra
vieff, the Russian minister of justice,
asked counsel to confine themselves to
the material points of the controversy
and announced that the tribunal would
sit from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. dally. I'.y
general consent the counter case of
Venezuela, which Lnited States Minis
ter Bowen through au oversight failed
to deposit in time, was admitted and
the arguments commenced.
Cody Sails Ilia Kite lloat.
Calais, France, Nov. 5. S. F. Cody,
who on Oct. 10 made an unsuccessful
attempt to cross the channel from I lo
ver to Calais in a collapsible boat
drawn by a kite, has started on another
attempt to perform the f at.
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ROOMS.
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The cause of. the revolution may be