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ff| It was Chester Sewall's first en
II France into a gambling saloon. As
•j$& yet. he did not even know which of the
S? games was faro and which roulette.
II The colored servant who had admlt
ted and guided him to the parlor went
85 to a large, red faced man, tit ting in a
0i high chair behind one end of the
S faro table, and whispered a few words
which caused him to look over the
i?fi
hends of the players at Mr. Sewall
st? with a nod and smile of welcome.
£J£ Tlic darky, returning to his place at
sS the door, reported in a low tone to
iSf the visitor:
fjj "He'll be wif you In a few moments,
sah."
fS #i To kill time the young man timidly
S approached the table and looked on
sSat the game. It seamed very simple.
Sff When the "deal" was. through the
red faced man put a temporary sub
institute in the high chair, and merely
glancing at Chester's note of tntro
ductioii welcomed him with effusive
cordiality.
"Come this way, where we can chat
without interruption," said* Mr. Cof
fer!
y, who was the red faced man,
leading the way into a small poker
'i'i
room at one side of the parlor suit.
The polished gamblers exceeding
•£i affability quite won the young fellow,
who was at heart little more than a
ft-sensitive boy and really suffering for
ft Slack of a few kind words from some
^onc who would take even a pretended
•iiifinterest in him. In a very little while,
with hardly an eflort at inquisition
,g and certainly none.'that lit* subject
was conscious of, Mr. Cofferty had
possessed himself of all the salient
points in the young man's short but
vicissitudinous career in the metrop
olis, except that Chester's pride would
not admit of his humbling himself to
the extent of telling' how really des-
Iperate was his extremity.
In return Mr. Cofferty talked a good
•Kgg^donl about local politics in a general
1§^S¥way
ih
•$Ar
and was profuse in his promises
:"*\Vto do all in his power for his young
rr'^-'V friend, not so much on account of the
boss' introduction ns for liia own sake.
'In a few days, "when the commission
*i er got back to town he"would "go to
the front" and, he flattered himself,
not without accomplishing something
for Mr. Sewall.
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•ast A party of poker players coming In
to take possession of the room, social
converse necessarily gave way to bust*
'iiess. Mr. Cofferty and his visitor re
turned to the parlor and stood near
.» the roulette table. The game seemed
s" to Chester even simpler than the oth
er at which he had been looking, and
he said, with a little nervous laugh:
•^'1® "It almost tempts me to try my
luck or would if I did not feel that it
would be an ungracious thing for me
to come, in as I have and win your
money."
"Oh," responded the old gambler,
with a genial smile, "that is what,
tliev nil come here for. Have you''ever
played?"
"Never."
"Well, I would as a friend advise
you not to begin, only you might
think I was aftfaid of your having
'beginner's luck,' which is said to al
ways insure winning. I cannot .say
though that I have found the saying
hold gorid in every instance."
"I believe I will try the experi
ment."
"As you please. If yon do, I wish
you luck. But I must ask you to ex
cuse- me now, as I sec my partner is
making signs for me to return and
take my place. He wants to go out."
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Mr. Cofferty went back to his high
scat, and Chester, placing himself in
front of the roulette wheel, threw
upon the table a $2 bill, all he had ex
cept some small change. It fell in
the ccntcr of one of the numbered
squares, and he let it lie where chance
had placed it. The dealer whirled the
wheel and spun upon it thei little ball,
•which went rolling, jumping and clat
tering until finally it found lodgment
in one of the small marginal com
partments, and the dealer, lifting up
voice, announced in a singsong
"Seventeen read," Rimultane
ously pushing over a great heap of
Ivory "chips" to Chester ,who could
'K:4Mwmjgyhawlly believe in his good fortune,
iff A love of the excitement of gaining
was innate in Chester Sewall and now,
awakened, into full activity, fairly
took possession of him. Hour after
hour went by, and still he continued
playing, dead to all else than the fas
cination of the game. For a time he
Jfgwon almost constantly, nntil he had a
stacks of chips of various col
rajlked upon-before, him, enough,
fhad
ie converted-them into cash, to
have' kept him for many weeks aud
made him independent of the boss.
But by this time he was playing for a
fortune.
Mr. Cofferty came over once, looked
at him without attracting his notice
and walked away, smiling.
After awhile his luck seemed to have
"run itself out," as gamblers say. and
a season of intermitted ill fortune set
in. All his winnings were speedily
swept away, until at length all, even
the original $2 note, had gone "into
the liox,'- and he had left barely
enough small coins, to get his break-
When he went out to the street,
lie.thought he'* had been gaming but
y-Jii little time—for the sun was still up
—and wondered that he felt so weary
... iiiifl feverish. But soon lie noticed how
•the shadows fell and realized that the
sun now shining was that, of another
day. He had stuck to the roulette
table all night.
Hungry and tired lie went to a
cheap restaurant for his breakfast,
and while it was being prepared
glanced over a morning paper. Like
every one wljp has ever dabbled, even
•. \v a little, in Vwll street speculation, he
turned to the "financi.il" column. The
.- '••. "hulls," he read, were rallying from
their long period of depression and
the market was again active. The
very stock in which lie had lost every
thing was leading the van in the up
ward movement. Could he have held
&j°nt° the amount of it he controlled at
one
time, he would be already a com-
—.^_P«ratively rich man, and in a good
•.-. "Tty~far_.si:,oitjecomi|ig one really. A
•SWWW'iS*' longing 't bjh revengsd upon
fnto by retrieval of his 'lossg^ S^ the
•/•"Iftf'vcry stock that .had caused plan'
.. ^..seized upon him. Jf lie could ojjJy have
few dollars with whiatr^tb operate
eyeii of^?piie of winning*
^&e "possessed at one time last night—
could clutch fortune by the throat
"Mil master her. But they \yere gone,
and where else could he now get a few
dollars? liven the little souvenirs of
his mother, that the'pawnbroker
would take were gone. And the more
he thought, of it the more he felt a
con\iction that fortune was sure to
smile upon him if he had only a Ut
ile capital with which to woo her.
At last, from the heart of his in
tense desire, the lurid light of an evil
suggestion flashed upon him, one that,
"when lie at first repelled it, returned
to assail him with redoubled intens
ity.
Hifc I'riend, John Latham, treasured
in leathern case in his room a huge
silver flngou, a racing trophy won by
lus father half a century ago, the one
heirloom of his family and cherished
by him almost as the apple of liis ey£?
It was a thing of no practical utility,
but nevertheless of considerable
*alue, and its associations made.him
Jery proud of it. If, Chester thought,
lie could only borrow that flagon and
...p.iwn it for a few hours, just to get a
stake for the roulette table, he would
•fee-
J'3'e
&§<e
m-
to redeem it, restore it to its
without John being any the
a°d
with the suiplus of his wln-
n'ng!
could make another dash into
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Wali sti*et and conquer fortune.
thing could be simpler, few things
more ceftain.
•_JBe did not at once give way to the
temptation. Not until afternoon had
he fully made np his mind to yield to
i. "ut having done so, he was im
patient to act
That was the purpose he had in
view when he entered John's room af
ter Addle Hall's departure, and it was
to await Lottie's leaving him there
alone within reach of John's silver
flagon that he seated himself at the
window.
Wbrokw looked askance at
tne bf|f chunk of silver, scanned sus
pjcjpusly the inscription it bore, and
after a good deal of deliberation said
oe would advance $2S on it. He ad
jnitted that it was intrinsically worth
ten times that sum and perhaps more,
but that was all he proposed to risk
on the chaiice of its being: reclaimed
by the policy
Chester burned with indignation,
but he did not dare to resent the fel
lows insults, for it was quite true
that he had no right to dispose of the
PrpPerty and—he wanted the money.
With the small sum thus obtained at
•such a sacrifice of honor and self-re
apfcet,. he almost ran to Mr. Cofferty*s
ginning table. Within an hour he saw
the dealer's long, snaky fingers close
upon the ivory disk representing the
last dollar of the twonty-five and with
easy, graceful indifference slide is
upon a pile of its fellows at his side.
The young man walked slowly out,
down the stairs and away, like one
walking in a dream. The blow seemed
to have induced a sort of mental tor
piditv, in which somehow he recog
nized, that he was an ungrateful, des
titute, hopelessly dishonored thief,
and yet even that thought could not
sting liim intT"wakefulncss and mad
ness. It slipped away from him.
An electric light a long way before
him fascinated his sight, and he
walked on and on toward it mechanic
ally, without purpose, thinking of
nothing. Out of a saloon door, sud
denly opened as he passed, came
burst of coarse music, and the strain
he caught of It clung in his dull brain,
repeating itself monotonously, quak
ing him unconsciously time his steps
to it. It was finally dispelled by the
vehement profanity of cab driver in
front, 6f whose horse he deliberately
walked nt- a street crossing. He
heard the man's lurid remarks, but
went oil without answering, changing
his gait or looking back like an auto
maton.
After a time he noticed ft bench and
pat down upon it, as if his muscles re
membered that they were weary. A
man in a gray uniform came, out of
the shadow of a clump of evergreens a
few feet away from him, and stood.in
the middle of the road, regarding him
suspiciously. Partially recalled to
himself, he looked about him, recog
nized that he was in the Seventh av
enue entrance of Central park, and,
rising, weht out to the street again.
Slowly he walked westwardly.
A fine, penetrating, cold rain Was
falling, and gradually a seiise of phys
ical discomfort forccd itself upon his
consciousness, at the same time wak
ing a keen, mental agony. Since his
necessarily frugal breakfast he had
eaten nothing, and now, in addition
to being saturated by the rain, chilled
to the llone and very weary, he was
horribly hungry. Worse than all—he
was an outcast thief.
Where he was he had no idea fur
ther than that he must be far up
town'on the West Side, in a residence
section of the eity, very lonely and
quiet at this hour, particularly on
such a night as this. If he could lind
a place where he co'ild get some food
and cup of hot coffee, he would not
care where he was. Careful search
through Ills pockets brought to light
but one solitary nickel. It would be
useless to find a place for refreshment
without having more money than
that. He sat down upon a rock near
a street corner, with a growing, sul
len indifference to everything.
The rise of the hill cut off from
where he sat a view of the Sixth nv
enue elevated railway to the east
ward, but he could hear the trains
moving on it to and fro. After he had
rested a little he would go over to it,
find a station, use his last nickel to
get down town and ask somebody for
menus to get some food. Beg! Yes,
lie had coine to that. Why not? He
was a thief. Could he sink iower? No.
He might as well be a beggar—or die.
Die! Well, yes that, too, might be
good—but—later.
The figure of a man appeared, com
ing down the little hill toward "liim,
from the direction of the railroad. He
would have a chance to try begging
without waiting to get down town,
lie stood up, waited until the man
came close, and then said in a
trembling voice:
"Kxcuse me, sir. Will you spare me
the price of a meal? I really need it,
or I would not ask for it."
The sidewalk v.as.narrow, owing to
the piles of broken rock heaped up on
each side from 1 great excavation just
within the pavement line, so that the
two men faced each other, with only
a couple of yards of space between
them. But the man addressed, after
hearing him' through, took a step
nearer and exclaimed:
"You have a genius for surprises,
Mr. Sewall."
His fur cap and muffler had con
cealed his identify until he spoke, but
his voice and the jeering affectation
of courtesy in biB tone made Chester
recognized him at once. It was Mr.
Willmarth.
The horrified young man stood sil
ent, motionless as a statue.
"So this," the banker went on moi-k
ingly, as if enjoying the situation, "is
the profession upon the profits of
which you contemplated matrimony!
I had no idea that the solicitation of
eleemosynary pennies was so good a
resource. You must, have become
very proficient to make it support so
well the social phase of your career.
Kvidently there is much to be said
for mendicancy as a business. Do
you think my daughter would be an
apt pupil in it under your instruc
tion?"
"Mr. Willmartli," replied Chester,
breathing very hard and speaking
with difficulty through jaws that were
trying to clench themseives together,
"I have been terribly unfortunate, but
you have not the right to insult me,
and even if yon have, you had betctr
jrefrain from it."
•i"In»nlt
you! My dear sir how can
you so j?.is.talce the expression of my
admiration for your genius? You do I
not appreciate how you have awak
ened iny interest in your profession.
The. next time you honor my house
with a visit 1 shall want you to show
Irmci your artistic style, of work.
Your 'price of meal' act is charmingly
realistic, and with proper accessories,
such as a cold victual basket, would I
should imagine, be quite irresistible."
It seemed to Chester Sewall as if
that mocking scorn was an iusolent
exultation over his accomplished ruin
and despair, as if the man before him
was thg Jiersonlficatiqn of all the cruel
antagonism with which the world had
met him, as if Richard Willmarth was
personally responsiole for all the ills
that had befallen him. In a sudden
access of blind rage he he dealt the
scoffing banker a blow so violent that
ft felled bun as if he had been struck
by lightning. The next instant the
young man half regretted the act, but
only half, for with what, there was of.
regret blended a sullen self-justilica
tion.
"Why didn't he keep a civil tongue
in liis'head?" he said to himself. "I
gave him fair warning."
The man laid where he had fallen,
very still and silence as of the grave
was all about. Even the wind had
ceased. An indefinable dread of some
thing sent a tremor through Chester's
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nerves. He stood waiting, he kne
not for what, and hea.ld his breath.
A portion of the clay bank of the ex
cavation behind him, softened by the
rain, gave way beneath the weight of
rock piled on it and. fell with
a
loud
plash Into the stagnant pool below.
The mist thickened into a_fog so
dense that the street lamp three
yards away looked like a little phos
phorescent patch upon the vast white,
ghostly obscurity of the night.
Still the man laid motionless. Ches
ter's dread took a definite shape.
Quickly stooping over the prostrate
form, he put A hand beneath its shoul
ders and raised it to a sitting posture.
It yielded limply, and, the head fall
ing back as he held it up, lie heara the
sound of something falling in a slen
der, stream from tne hair to a dark
puddlde on the ground. Simultane
ously he felt that the hand with which
lie supported the shoulders was cov
ered with some fluid warm and slip
pery. Suddenly conscious of what it
was, he uttered an exclamation of
horror, let the body fall back, and,
tearing open its coat and vest., placed
his hand inside them over the heart.
It was still. Richard Willmarth was
dead.
In the very act of making this hide
ous discovery his hand came in invol
untary contact with a wallet in an in
side pocket of his victim's vest. Act
ing. upon momentary, desperate im
pulse. he snatched it out, thrust it
into one of Iris own pockets, and ris
ing erect, fled swiftly.
He fancied that something he could
not see nor hear ran noiselessly at his
shoulder with him.
(Continued Next Week.)
AMERICAN ATHLETICS IN 1900.
The Great Sport—Tliia Year's Olym
pics in Purlx.
Philadelphia Record: This clos
ing year of the century has
been a remarkable one for sport al
ready, with the yachting season just
opening, the golf season only well un
der way and the football players Just
beginning to think about the game.
The great sporting event of the year,
the Olympic games, will make up for
what we lose through having no in
ternational yacht race this season,
and the. outlook for all kinds of out
of-doors sports has never been more
pleasing. And it is also a gratifying
indication of the trend of sport in
this country that, the purely profes
sional sports, those in which one pays
a half-dollar to see hired _athletes
playing, are taking a decided second
place to those sports in which the
player is engaged in the pastime eith
er for exercise or pure love of the
sport.
So far as the brenlcing of records is
concerned, it is yet a little early to
talk. The intercollegiate games have
been held, and Pennsylvania has come
off an expected winner, but the base
ball championship is still unsettled,
although Harvard's defeat has prac
tically put lier out of it. And
then there is the football. The golf
season has a midsummer lull at pres
ent V'hile the golfers go to the mount
ains or the seashore to play on the
hotel and summer resort courses, but
the great event of the year in the
royal and ancient game, the amateur
championship, comes along the first
week in July. YacUting is just start
ing in with the usual Saturday club
races, and there will be the interna
tional races on the Great Lakes this
summer to partially compensate for
the failure of the British to try again
for the America's cup.
As has been said, however, the great
thing in sport, this year will be the
Olympic games in Paris. The French
have some odd notions as to what con
stitute "Olympic" games. Those held
ih Athens four years ago, where our
own Boston boys Carried off the hon
ors of the worid, were a revival of the
old Olympic games, and restored that
lost sport of throwing the discus. The
French, however, have added such
sports as automobile races, kite-fly
ing, ballooh ascensions and other fea
tures calculated to make the Mara
thon winners turh in their graves.
The United States will be represented
in the Paris games by a team of about,
forty men, all but one being college
tnen, This country has a very good
chance of brihging home a fair share
of the prizes. To be sure, our boys
will not enter in the kite-flying, but
tlicy have a Pennsylvania athlete who
has made a world's record for the
1,500-metcr race, in practicing for Hie
games in I'aris. Many of our athletes,
too, will join in the. Brilish champion
ship games, at which th*y will meet
the flower of Kngland's amateur ath
letes. The voyage across the ocean
undoubtedly does much to put an ath
lete out of condition, but what was
done nt Athens may be done again in
England or in Paris, if the right men
compete.
Taking it all together, this year
should' do a great deal toward giving
the nations of the world an object les
son as to the kinfl of young men that
are being trained in our American
colleges and universities. Our ath
letic supremacy in foreign competi
tions means a great deal more than
is represented by the medals our
young men may win. Their sports
manship is clean, and their competi
tion will at least, be keen enough to
make the games interesting. We have
much to learn yet, but the outlook for
American sport was never brighter
than it .is today.
Rev. Mr. Slicldou'M. Complaint.
For the last three years a large
number of prominent daily newspa
pers have printed falsehoods about
my books, my daily habits, my fam
ily life, my church and my parish in
general, says Rev. Charles M. Sheldon
in the Outlook. I hnve never, except
once, to a reporter from my own home
paper, been interviewed for publica
tion in a daily newspaper, and yet
scores of supposed interviews have
been published in daily papers. One
large New York daily a few weeks ago
published two letters purporting to
come from me, and signed my name
to them. I never wrote such letters,
and never made the statements at
tributed to me. Yet these Setters
were reprinted in papers all over the
country and in religious weeklies, and,
with two exceptions, none of the edi
tors asked me whether the statements
were really mine or not. A prominent
religious paper sent a correspondent
to Topelta to "write np" everything
connected with the Topeka Capital
the week I was asked to take the edi
torship of it. He sent to his paper
several pages of matter, including
several columns of "interviews" and
accounts of my personal habits and
family life, nearly all of which might
without any reservation be character
ized as falsehoods of the most serious
character. When the statements made
about my church or my daily life or
the conduct of the paper were not ac
tually lies, tliey were so grossly ex
aggerated as to be absolutely' mis
leading.
Culling Up Headquarters"'5
Omaha World-Herald: The little
ones are often unconsciously sacrile
gious. A few days ago a 5-year-old
boy in north Omaha rushed into the
house andicxcitedly rang up "central."
"Number, please!" said the girl in
the central office.
"Just gib me Dod," lisped the little
fellow.
"Central" grasped the situation and
said, "All right,", waited a moment and
then asked in a changed tone of voice:
"Well, my litttle friend, what is it?"
"Say, Dod," shouted the angry lad,
"deni 5mitli c-hilluns across ze stweet
keep *.omin' over here an' stealili' uiy
plafwTs an* you has jus' got to put a
top io it!"
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HUNTER DEALS DEATH
BLOW TO THE BOERS
&
General Prinsloo, With His Entire
-j? Force of 5,000 Men, gll
Surrenders.-
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ROBERTS CONFIRMS THE REP0R1
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The Commander fn Chief Sends I
lirtel' Cnble^rani Tilling of tlio
Surrender, mid of the
liminor) Negotiations*
London, July 31.—A Cape Town cUb
(Mitch says:
"General Prinsloo, with 5,000 Boers,
has surrendered to the British."
»A dispatch to the Avar ofliee from
Lord Roberts confirms the reported
surrender of Prinsloo and 5,000 men.
Before I lie Surrender.
London, July 31.—The following- ol
ficial dispatch has beeu received fron
Lord Roberts:
"Pretoria, July 29.—On July 2G Mao
Donald fought a rear guard actioc
with the enemy from early morning
until dark, nine miles outside oi
Naauwport, iu the Bethlehem hills,
resulting in his effectually blocking
Naauwpoort nek to the Boer wagons,
Hunter reports the enemy twlc
checked his advance by holding
strong positions on two neks, one ol
which was taken before durk by the
Scotts, Royal Irish, Wiltshire and
Lcinster regiments. Our casualties
were only, five or six. The second nel
was taken during the fight by. the
Scotts and Guards without opposition,
the enemy retiring close to Narfuw
poort.
"The prisoners taken stated thai
1,200 burghers would surrender il
guaranteed they would be treated as
prisoners of war and not as rebels.
To this I had assented. As a result
of these operations, Prinsloo, com
manding the Boers, asked, under fl
flag of truce, this morning a foui
days* armistice foipea.ce negotiations
Hunter replied that the only terms
he could accept were unconditional
surrender and until these were com
plied with hostilities could not cease
I expressed my approval and told
Hunter on no account to enter into
negotiations.
"As I am writing a telegram comes
from Hunter saying Prinsloo had
written a second letter expressing
willingness to hand over himself'with
his men, rifles and ammunition and
other firearms upon condition that
the horses, saddles, bridles and othei
possessions of the burghers be guar*
anteed them, and that they be free tc
return to their homes. replied that
the surrender must, be absolutely nn*
conditional, and that all rifles, am
munition, horses and ofher posses
sions must be given up and the burgh
ers be considered prisoners of war. 1
added that Trinsloo's overtures would
not be allowed in any way to inter
fere with Hunter's operations, which
must be continued until the enemy is
defeated or surrendered."
TORNADO IN MINNESOTA.
Great Damage Done in (ho ItcO
li ver Valley.
Grand Forks, N. D., July 31.—The
tornado that passed north of Hills
boro Saturday evening was one of the
worst ever experienced in the Red riv
er valley.
The storm passed a few miles west
of Mayvllle and Portland, near the
boundary line between Steele and
Traill counties, between 4 and fi
o'clock in the afternoon, and went
straight east entirely through Traill
comity* aiid across the Red river into
Minnesota, where it split, one part
going east into Beltrami county, Min
nesota, and the other veering south to
Halsted.
The path of the storm through
Tail I county is five miles wide and
thirty-four miles long, and the loss is
total, not only all of the grain* but all
garden vegetables are totally ruined.
Three miles north of Caledonia the
storm struck the home of Thomas
Iverson, totally demolishing it and
lolling the 7-year-old son. The escape
of the other members of the family
was fairly miraculous, some df them
being earried forty rods through the
bir by the force of the wind, but with
out injury.
At Caledonia the city hall and Pres*
byterian church were demolished and
nearly every building in the eity bad
ly wrecked.
Four miles north of Hillsboro the
synod church was completely de
stroyed. The damage to stock is quite
heavy.
It is expected that full reports from
Traill county will show a loss of prop
erty greater than ever has been
known iii the state from a similar
cause.
Horses and cattle in pastures were
crazed by the pelting of the hail
stones, many of which were as large
as a man's fist. The hull stones lay
on the ground three and four inches
deep after the storm.
SAYS M0URAVIEFF SUICI0ED.
Cracow Paper Declares tho Russian
Minister Killed Himself.
St. Petersburg, July 31.—The Czas of
Cracow publishes a sensational story
that Mouravlcff committed suicide in Ibe
presence of Finance Minister WeWitte in
conscquence of a violent dispute with tho
czftr about China. Before dying Moura
vlcff wrote to the czar advising him to
folfow his Chinese policy, which Ja anti
British.
SEARCHING FOR RELATIVES.
Young Iowini Kinds nil Uncle in
New York.
New York, July 31.—Samuel Van
Ordeu, a young- Iowa farmer who is
in this city searching for relatives
from whom he lias been separated
eleven years, has been partially suc
cessful. John Van Ordcn, an uncle ol
the young man,, read his story ami
•sought him out. He offered film a
home with him at 022 East One Hun
dred and Thirty-seventh street until
-lie -Could better himself. The young
man was almost, overcome with iov
when he found that his uncle hall
made himself known. He has not as
yet been nl.e to locate his parents,
mid It is believed that they nre dead
10WANS IN NEW YORK.
iiftwkcjie Visitors to llic Metropolis
ol' tlic Nation.
New York, Juty 31.—The following
Iowans are among: the recent nrrivals
at tho hotels here:
I)es MoinesS—A. St. Downey, Bar
tholdi hotel C. J. Phunt, St* Denis
hotel.
Garnavillo—J. O. Crosby, Grand
Dnion hotel.
Nevada—E. G. IJingkine, St. Denie
hotel.
Dubuque—Miss Adams, Mrs. ,T. A.
Mci'adden, Manliattatn hotel e]
Greenwich, J. S. Dawley, J. X. Daw
ley, E. S. Wicker, Cosmopolitan hotel.
Brooklyn—G. S. Ferris, Hotel Al
bert.
rella—J. H, de Tries, L. M. Dona),
G. A. Vnndenalen, Union Square hotel
Sioux City—A. P. Bowinan, Hoffman
house.
Chicago might be just a little bit
cooler if it waBn't always wrapped gn
InlUcU.
UNCANNY SIGHTS IN A LIBRARY
Portraits AlIndianapolis Move With
out Apparent Cutise.
The Chicago Chronicle has a queer
story about the state house library at
Indianapolis. A week ago Miss Spring
er, an assistant, thought she saw the
pottrait of General Washington move.
She watched and it moved again. The
librarian was summoned and he de
cided it was occasioned by the wind,
and the matter dropped. A mirror
fell a few days later and the frame
containing a deajth mask of President
Lincoln hod loosened and fallen, and
MIbb Chapin, who faced the row of
governors' portraits which Jiang on
the north library wall, suddenly
stopped work and pointed to the oil
painting of Governor Claude Mat
thews. The picture was moving
slowly, but surely, and the Canvass on
which the featnres of the democratic
executive were painted was swaying
backward and forward.
The movement soon stopped and the
librarian was again sought. He did
not believe the picture had moved, but
just as the young women were ex
plaining the occurrence the frame be
gan to move again, slowly and pon
derously. The picture can senrely be
lifted by one man. Then the librarian
gave in. He admitted that he knew of
no cause for the motion of the pic
ture. He started to spring- tho draft
theory, but the young women would
not bear of it, and he admitted that
he did not believu a draft could have
moved the picture.
The librarian said: "These things
are true and strange. I do not believe
they are supernatural, but they can
not be explained any other way '.'
World lo iSiMl This Yont\
This is the reccnt decision of one of
tho Kocietics of the world, mid while
there are few people who believe this
prediction, there nr- thousands of
others who not only believe, but know
that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will
cure dyspep.sin, indigestion, constipa
tion or liver nod kidney troubles. A
trial will certainly convince.
On lo Peking.
Chicago News: Thirty-nine yenrs
ago the American pu'blic was shouting
"On to Richmond*' or "On to Washing
ton," according to the location of the
shouters. "On to Peking" is a bnttle
cry which sounds loudly both north
and south.
BKST FOR THE BOWELS.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never pet well until your
bowels are put right. GASCAUETS help
nature, cure you without a gripe or poiiij
produce easy natural movements, cost
rou just 10 cents to start getting your
health back. CASCARETS Candy Ca
thartic, the Keuuinc, put up in metal
toxes, every tablet has C. 0. 0. stamped
on it. Bew.ire of imitations.
A Tit' TO
HI* Show Is Tiiiiio. Besidf a Stiiftluy
Kiitertiilniiicnt «t I'ierrc.
The philosopher of the Huron IIu
ronite was at Pierre with the last
Sunday excursion, and after thinking
it all over he gives HutTalo Hill this
tip:
"The rough riding of the untaught
cowboy of South Dakota knocks Bill's
tent performance silly, lie is simply
not in it. There was better work in
the open field at Pierre Sunday after
noon by tlie Sioux range cowboy than
one can get for his 50 cents under
Bill's canvas, and the surroundings—
all in the rough—by .sure enough cow
boys in a sure enough frontier back
ground—furnished a novel entertain
ment that cannot be seen every day—•
that cannot be bought and trans
planted. Frontier scenes and inci
dents are rapidly fading into reminis
cences, but at Pierre Sunday we had
the rather novel combination of a
modern Sunday excursion where one
might witness the American game of
baseball in one Held and the 'daredevil
rough riding of the Indian and the
cowboy in another—the cowboy and
the Indian on his native heath, the
Sunday baseball on land, the naphtha
launches on water and the st.itehouse
iu the distance. The make-up of the
throng comprised cowboys, Indians,
politicians, business men—all classes,
and all there to entertain and be en
tertained.''
"Ads" for Diislncss.
Philadelphia Record: Siiice it has
bccome known that people read news
paper advertisements for a distinct
purpose such announcements hare
generally assumed a strictly business
character. It is not necessary that
an advertisement should be amusing,
any more than a guide book. Both
have a definite object—namely, to
convey information.
Johnson—To improve the golden
moment of opportunity and catch tho
good that is within our reach is one
great art of life.
PaSstiul§
Periods
ara overcome by Lydia £*.
P/ttkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Fifty thousand happy
women testify to this In
grateful letters to Mrs*
Plnkham,
Menstruation Is a
severe strain on a wo*
man's vitality• If It la
painful something la
wrong whloh
will promptly set right If
excessive or Irregular
write to Mrs* Plnkham,
Lynn, Mass., for advice.
Evidence abounds that
Mrs. Plnkham's advice
and medicine have for
many years been helping
women to be strong. No
other advice Is so un~
varylngly accurate, mo
other medicine has such
a record of cure..
Cough Syrup. 'Toates Good.* Use
timn. Bold br drtiKulstii
SEND
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cts.
Like the
Undercurrent
which grasps one without warning,
the mucous membrane which lines
the entire body suddenly becomes
weakened in some spot and disease
is established. It may be of the
lungs, the head, throat, stomach,
bowels, or any other organ. Where
ever it is, and whatever it seems, it
all springs from the same cause—
CATARRH
or inflammation of this delicate pink
membrane.
The system is weakened in win
ter. The delicate lining is more
susceptible to irritation or inflamma
tion, and thus we have pneumonia,
grip, colds, coughs, fevers, etc., all
catarrhal conditions which may
easily be checked by one catarrh
cure—Pe-ru-na.
That's the only way out of it.
You may dose forever—you will
not be well until you try the true
cure and that is Pe-ru-na. You
may think your trouble is some
other disease and not catarrh. Call
it what you will, one thing is sure,
your system is affected and must be
treated, and Pe-ru-na is the only
remedy which reaches the right
place and
does
cure.
'J'heru Are Others.
Baltimore American: "That's a
cozy-looking couch, old man."
"Yes, but I never go near it."
"What's the matetr?"
"Well, there are only three pillows
that I'm allowed to put my head on,
and I can't stand the wear and tear
of picking them out from the other
seven."
Do Your Feet AcUc and Burn?
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot*
Case, a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweat*
iug Feet. At all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
More Feet.
Philadelphia Press: "What was the
trouble at that house where the com
plaint came from yesterday?" asked
the superintendent of the gas com
pany.
"Nothing much," replied the inspec
tor. "I found a centipede in one of
the pipes."
"Ah! an extra hundred feet. See
that they're charged for that."
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure.' Price 75 cents.
a
Certainty.
Harper's Bazar: Lady—Will you
guarantee these bulbs to grow and
bloom?
Florist—Yes, mum. You'll find
them as full of lilies as an Easter ser
mon.
91.00 Wheat*
Make your fortune speculating ouiokiy
With small capital. Book free, fully ex
plaining. E. G. Guxsor.t's & Co., J6
Board of Trade Court, Rialto Bldg^Chioajio.
The Bradley-Martins have quit the
United States to become British sub
jects through and through and use
all the hyphens in the box.
Dropsy treated free by tr. H. H.
Green's Sons of Atluntn, Go, The great
eat dropsy specialists in the world. Head
their ad. ia another column of this paper.
THU NEW NATIONAL ltOIjK.
Charles A. Conant in the July Fo
ruin: The appearance of the United
States in the circle of world powers,
although seeming-ly sudden and un
expected, has been a natural evolution
of recent political and economic tend
encies. The time has come when the
intensity of the strug-glo for new
markets and for opportunities for in
vestment has forced the great com
mercial nations, by the instinct of
sclf-preservntion, to demand that the
field of competition be kept open,
even by the exercise, if necessary,,of
laramount military force. In sup
porting this demand the United
States will obey the motive of en
lightened self-interest which actuates
other producing nations. She cannot
take any other course without con
demning herself to industrial stagna
tion at home as well ns to a 16ss in
prestige abroad. The appearance of
foreign states as borrowers in the
New York money market is one of the
many signs that the period of eco
nomic) isolation for tlic United States
is drawing to ail end, aud that she
must enter into the competition for
the world Tiinrket, and into the field
of international finance.
In this contest the problem for the
United States, on the economic side,
is to attain the greatest producing
capacity by the efficiency of competi
tive machinery and labor, while on
the political side it is to keep open
the opportunity for tlie free play of
this competitive power In the world's
markets. If commercial freedom Were
the rule among nations, so that there
could be' no discrimination against
the most, efficient producer, the in
dustries of the United States would
need no political support in the con
test for commercial supremacy. But,
by reason of the conditions which
have prevailed in the world from the
beginning, under which diplomatic
finesse and military force have been
brought to the support of national
commerce, it Is essential that those
peoples who can produce under the
best conditions should not be deprived
of the opportunity to sell in the
world's markets. This is the signifi
cance of the economic and political"
problem which confronts the Ameri
can people, and which makes impor
tant thpir foothold in tlie Philippines
ns a lever for keeping open the door
of China and for sharing in the devel
opment of Asia.
1
He finally succumbed to a complica
tion of canine ailments.
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mpi* HUMORIST FROM CHINA.
How n». Oriental lilplomnt Tric^ea
4
An Autograph Collector.
"New Orleans Times-Democi'ht:
'^Min
ister Wu Ting Fang is rapidly!, work
ing up a great reputation as a, humor
ist," Baid a New Orleans clubman to
a Times-Democrat writer. "While he
was here during inardi gras-he gave
several exhibitions of that side of his
character and none of them more
striking than a little teMgnt that oc
curred at the Rex baWRfefch some
how or other has never found its way
into print.- As soon ab the minister
appeared On the scene of festivity he
was surrounded by an admiring and
hospitable crowd, and when some
body asked him for his autograph he
was immediately deluged with similar
tequests from ail directions. Wu com
plied very good naturedly and for a
while he was kept busy scrawling
hieroglyphs on cards, fans, slips of pa
per, envelopes and anything else that
happened to come handy. Then lie
essayed to move on, by a man who
was especially eager to secure his sig
nature, but had been kept back by
the crush. The minister was evident
ly tired of writing and made a depre
catory gesture. *1 have no pencil,' he
said and tried again to get away.
'Here's one, your excellency,* ex
claimed the other, pressing a stub in
to^ his hand. 'Well, then your card,'
said Wu, rather abruptlj*.
tainly, in a moment!' replied the auto
graph hunter, and he began a feverish
search of his pockets, but not a scrap
of paper could be found. 'Oh, well,
just put it on this.' he said desperate
ly, nud presented the broadside of one
of his cuffs. The distinguished vis
itor sjniled, hastily scribbled four or
five mysterious Chinese characters on
the^ linen and moved away.
Now for the funny part of the
story. The possessor of this unique
autograph cut it carefully out of the
cuff and transferred it to his pocket
book. Naturally he was curious to
know what the writing meant, for it
was evidently more than a mere sig
nature, and several weeks afterward
he exhibited St to a very intelligent
Chinese merchant of this city. As
the Chinaman looked at it a startled
expression crossed his face and then
he became convulsed with laughter.
'What does it mean?' demanded the.
owner of the souvenir, greatly sur-t
prised. 'Don't know,' replied the Mon-'
golian between chortles 'can't make
'irn out.' Since then he has tried it on
three other educated Chinamen with
similar results. They all went into
spasms of merriment as soon as they
saw the heiroglyphs and then eagerly
denied any knowledge of their import.
It is pretty evident lo the mind of the
man in question that the smooth dip
lomat- from the flowery kingdom per
petuated some very warm bon mot at
his expense, and the mystery that in
vests it has inflamed his curiosity
nearly to the burning point. Tie
swears he is going to ha.ve the thing
deciphered if he has-to send to Canton
for a special translator. Meanwhile
the Chinamen he consulted laugh ev
ery time they see him—all of which is
very disquieting. lie wishes now he
hadn't been so persistent about the
autograph."
A Voice From U»« Trenches.
(July 4. 1900.)
Ilore In the steaming treiiches,
In the town of Dagupan,
In a tunic of tattered khaki
And a coat of tropic tan.
Weary with midnight marches,
Fevered and wealc and 111,
I see It shining before me—
The sword of Bunker Hill.
They are burning a lot of powder
'Way off in the states today
Rockets and Roman candles
Are dropping their flery spray
But here, with the bolo-hunters
And bullets whistling shrill,
We are close to its sacred glory—
The sword of Bunker Hfil.
I hear the call of the bugle,
The roll of the drummer sticks.
And my soldier-blood goes dancing
In jungle and field of cane.
And over their bleeding bosoms
And faces white and chill
We see in Its silver splendor
The sword of Bunker Hill.
Wrought In the heat of batLle,
Forged bv the lightning's breath,
I. nsheathca by patriot heroes
lror liberty or death.
God of the nations keep it
Bright and untarnished still,
To guard tho flag of our fathers—
The sword of Bunker Hill.
rfTimd
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Appropriate.
Tuck: "Has China any national
motto?"
"I don't know of any, but she
might adopt, 'If you don't see what
you want, ask for it.'
I am sure Piso's Cure for Consump
tion saved my life three years ago.—
Mrs. Thomas Robbins, Maple street,
Norwich. N. Y., February 17, 1900.
Should 1'asto TIiIm In llcr llcnt.
Louisville Post: It is time the
American woman learned that it is
not.
.1
feather in her cap to wear a
dead bird in her bonnet.
O—I--CJ
When a preparation lias an advertised
reputation that is world-wide, it means
that preparation Is meritorious. If you
go Into store to buy an article that
has achieved universal popularity like
OASCAKETS CANDY CATIIAIITIC
for example, you feel it has the in
dorsement of the world. The judgment
of the people Is Infallible because it is
Impersonal. Tlie retailer who wants to
sell you "something else" in place of
tlie article you ask for, has an ax to
grind. Don't it stand to reason? He's
trying to sell something that Is net
what he represents It to be. Why? Be
cause he expects to derive an extra
profit out of your credulity. Are you
easy? Don't you see through his little
game? The man who will try and sell
you a substitute for CASCAM3TS Is a
fraud. Beware of him!' He Is trying
to steal the honestly earned benefits rif
a reputation which another business
man has paid' for, and if his conscience
will allow him to go so far, he will go
farther. If he cheats his customer in
one way, he will In another and It Is
not safe to do.buslness-with him. Be
ware of the CASCARET substltutor!
Remember CASCARKTS are never
sold In bulk, but in metal boxes with
the long-tailed "C" on every box and
•aeh tablet stumped C. C. C. -f*
It is moot-point, after centuries of
experiment, whether the light of civ
ilization or Christianity can be let in
through the sword wound that lets
the light of life out.
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DISTILLERIES IN JAIL,
Georgia Mooiisliinci-f* ltl^ U| Small
mills in l'risiiit.
Atlanta Journal: Acting on the
principle that no whisky is bad whis
ky, and refusing even to acknowledge
that some whisky is better than othci
whisky, certain prisoners in the Towel
have, according to the statement of a
man just released, erected 'miniature
distilleries and have made the oh-be
joyful tanglefoot right under the cye»
of the jailers. This condition of af
fairs is denied by the officials of the
tower.
Matt Hardee, an "old man of tli«
mountains," with a penchant for vio
lating the law in so far ns it endeavors
to restrict bis making "mountain
dew," is authority for the slatement
that tiny distilleries are in operation
in tile Tower.
llardee was discharged from tii
Tower on Friday after having served
320 days for "moonshining." He live#
near Dalplas, in Walton county, and
on Friday night, on his way home,
told an interesting story to a reporter
as to liow it is possible to make liquor
in the jail. Here is the story:
"Yes, Bud, we have 'cm full swing
right in the jail. We can't do without
our liquor, it makes no difference
where we are. When 1 was sent up for
tlie first time four years ago, I made
whisky in tlie jail, and when I came
back some time ago I rigged me up a
moonshine factory at once.
"I took two coffee pots for boilers,
and after trading and scheming with
the other prisoners 1 managed to get
a rubber tube to make a worm. Then
I was fixed so far as the apparatus
prisoners"
"Piny Ball!"
The "bluebirds twitter on the bough,
The lamb bleats on the lea,
A thousand springtime voices now
rus,irt
It Is a' strongr and^ virile cry,
WinchesterShot
WfliuthiuitAt* ajiri IT. If
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went, but the next thing tbut both
ercd mc was getting meal. You see,
we government prisoners are allowed
mnnj' privileges that the others are
not. We can stroll about the yard and
into the jail office, the kitchen, and In
fact anywhere else that we want to,
except into tlie street. It was a small
matter to get meal from the cooks on
the excuse that I wanted it to parch
or had the heat and wanted to rub it
on my back, IPjl
"After getting the meal it was a
small matter to make the real thing,
You see, the plant is small, but 'we
could turn out about a pint every day.
There were other fellows who had
stills, also, mid after making an all
night run, using common tin lainps to
get up heat, we had a right goo«- ln\
next morning. Then we would pro
ceed to "get drunk. I niadc enough
money in jail to pay my fare home,
just by selling my stuff to the other
ssli
Unite in. chorus free
But of them alt the master note M&'
Which on the ear doth fall, ffghi
Is that which from a stentor throat
3W
The signal sound®—^"Play balir't
The master note "of all,
That o'er each diamond field doth fins?
When umpires shout—"Play ball!"
—St. Louis Republic.
Some men neverany push un
til they are coiif.jgpited by. a saloon'
door.
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This curt and clear command,
And healthy hearta with Joy beat high
That hear It through the land.
Then chant, my muse, the voice of sprlnir.
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