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A NOVEL OF AMERICAN LIFE !
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BY MAURICE
Copyright, 1892 and 1893 by :
CHAPTER XIX. yc
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CONTINUED. r
| "Live the American Republic!
1 Cave the brave general!" And added m
K ttiereto! "Down with the English!"
?@ Claiborne, Louallier and other members
of the State Government chanced ro
' to be in the street, and when they in
hfiavd the shouts paused to hearken.
"Vivelarepubligae desEtas-Unis!" sa
arose clear and loud, above the gen
eral din. th
"There!" exclaimed Clairborne. ar
"What did I tell Jackson? That is Bj
Vernon warming up the Blums. It cc
? means everything, everything!"
W That very night three companies
W were formed and armed by Mr. Ver- th
f hon, and the next day they reported m
pA (or duty. ar
| General Jackson was delighted, and
| * when Mr. Vernon called at his headquarters,
he seized his hand and yc
wrung it savagely. fo
"You are thekind of a man that I
-- "-J -? t?^
ii&e!" ne exouumeu, mo muc uguuu^
ap and its hard lines softening into be
sordial enthusiast of expression, w,
"Yon are the noblest man of this pi
ooble State!" hi
There was no mistaking the gen- in
eral's feelings, and -Mr. Vernon could hi
not repel them; indeed the fire of the m
, old days, when he fought by qea and
. land, was burning high now; he^had
Rk fanned it with his own oratory in stir- gi
w ring up the embers in the breasts of sz
that reckless crowd. pi
"I know, general, that the safety of
' New Orleans depends upon the o?urage
and patriotism of her own chil- te
" " ?- J..
bat his manner and voioe told how
deeply he felt. "
"Trae, sir; true as Gospel 1? said I
Jackson, Still holding on to his hand. .
"And yon will lead them, and those
English dogs will yelp and cringe be dH
lore yon^Kon are tlie mainstay
eyerytbfl^^^^we cannot do w^^HS
apt MgR
was noT0^^RHHH9H|ffi
to grow & t-JMHwMBwnBBBBH
" (Mad?r DHnn^HHHH|
' echoed qn WjWWwWlHfflfiMHtgBflS
"Yes.
ind dangUuM8MMBMilMBPM!
j? V ''GeQeraLgmgfo
ML ftflk for a am.
' ?o gu aiier leMKHMMnHgn
-v' "You
I Then
ind fixed
"General," f0
fonng lady is the prop- <wi
1 ised wife! He xnust^|^^^r >
And he went.. 1 tr
There had been good reKon for jhe in
failure of General Jackson's messenger Uf
) ko'find Mr. Vernon on the day before, lo
Indeed, if he had foand him, his caeB
sage must have been delayed; for jnfo. ao
Vernon was in no mood to be ii^ter- 80
rupted. He and Colonel Loring were w(
having a memorable interview. / j i
Loring oame to Chateau d'0*vv^ere ca
the master of the place wi>s superintending
some haatj final touches in ja
the way of seouring it against intru- m
siona, late in the afternoon. Mr. Ver- jjj
non was astonished to see him. i
"Why, what upon earth! What are tt]
t * wnn ^nir?r? Wwa 0" lia ainnnlnlrt/i .
juu uviuguctvi u^gjuv/umicu, iiuwu*1,1
ing darkly and speaking with infinite n(
\ - impatienoe.- "Yon told me that you w
would not pome back hero again."
"I never keep my word," remarked ro
Loring; "it's too inconvenient. I al- jj?
ways do just what I happen to wi6h to k(
do. What are you up to i.ow?"
f "* Mr. Vernon looked at him in a hope- ^
, less way; but he did not answer bis
question. aa
"You'll stay here;, I suppose, and
let the English soldiers show such j()
mercy as they may to your family and
you," continued Loring, half-sneer- nj.
"g1?- Si
"I have sent my wife and daughter
+-0 Lapin at the plantation. yc
"At Bay Saint Louis?" ge
"No; on Bayou Bienvenu."
"Oh, out there! What did you send h<
' those defenseless women out there bi
for?" si
"For safety, in case "
?tV-. "Safety, indeed! Don't you know p.
that right up Bayou Bienvenu the English
army will come first?"
"No." yc
\Tr "XT*\*t\r\r\ nnnooi'lv ol T,n?.
iu.t| T biUVU tVVUVVI UUUUOiiJ HI XiUi
irig. le
"Well," said the latter, "I Know it, b:
and 5 on had better go fetch them back hi
. at once."
"How do you know?" w:
.x Loring langhed, and his Iangh was m
like an open sneer.
? ' "Ob, to be exact, I expect to leadthose
jolly red-coats in by that route."
"Tal It iB a nasty jest. Be 6erious w]
If too can. . You have something on ti<
gf M *?'
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OF^
V KI AND
1 1 U 1?4 1 li ^ J?*
DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
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THOMPSON.
Robert Bonner'i Sona.
I
mr mind to say to me. Say it,
ease."
"Well, then, I need some money."
"Certainly?you always do; but how
uoh?"
"Ten thousand dollars will do."
Mr* Vernon, who had been sitting,
se slowly and stood up before Lars'
"I will not give you one cent," he
wi TOifh tho aneenfc of finality.
"Yes, you will, when ytou know
at I do not mean to gamble with it
id that I am going straight to the
ritish, who will send me out of this
mntry."
"Ta!" ejaculated Mr. Vernon.
"You do not believe me? Well, on
e whole, I do not wonder. But you
uat trust me this time, at all hazds."
"I have said no."
"To bo sure, but that was before
>u knew that you owed me a hundredId
the amount."
"Ta!"
Loring leaped to hiB feet like a tiger
iddenly aroused to fury; but there
as no particular change in the ex ession
of his face. His eyelids may
ive drooped a trifle, so that the opengs
through which the cold gleam of
s eyes shot out were narrowed to
ere slits under his handsome brows.
"Do you dream who I^n?"
The question was ^^^h a sort of
indiDg speaker
lapped hiB tbr^^B*icper imitiently.
^HnOH
"Tal" , Ji L _
am want
thou
"I
th/J^^^^^H^^^^^|Kllough.
BNbmhSh^HHBm^F life,
HH|DHHHHMp as
|^^H9^flSB&|9jH^P>ecome
DRHHRVnown
R^HBRM^HnBnBHBjAnce.
nwmnn your
j^^^nHflHflKHBBHMfrern^i
B^Hpring cop^BSHHnn
money, wnRHBUm
gfflHritbont I IHffiraB
^Kl^-ed in hard lack, los^^BMH
gm and tms internal war nar
Hbd every channel of my operafl^LYoa
oan feel my condition."
do I care for money!" cried
springing up again,
have?it iu nothing?so
Sj^S^Hever return!"
^BB9|R?nise. I think you can
URiflthaV'
Kf]%ernon" gazed at him with a
curiously searching, wistful,
tpelefts. The cold drops of a power 1
excitement were beading the old
rehead. He lifted .his iand and
iped them away medb^aioaily.
"Tell me one thing > ahd tell me
aly," he demanded, a huBky tenor
his deep voice. "Tell me on your1
e: Are the son 'of Thomas MaoColagh?"
"There's no time for explanations,"
id Loring evasively. His face
emed to soften in some strange
?y. "It doesn't matter whp I am.
am pressed. My life is at stake. ' I '
,nnot parley."
Mr. Vernon stepped forward and
id a powerful grasp on the younger
an's shoulder. His fingers were
te mighty hooks of Bteel; they
osed over the hard muscles with an
most paralyzing power.
"Speak to me! Tell me! You shall
>t go till you do!" he exclaimed,
ith the emphasis of desperation.
Loring tried to shake him off, not
i-1_ 1.-1 i_ ttu an
uguiy uub urmijr. xio nugui us won
ive tried to push out a wall of the
mae. The other hand closed upon
m, and he felt how unequal would
5 the straggle with the grizzly giant
ifore him. Indeed, his arms <were
i if pinioned to his Bides.
'If you are indeed Thomas MacColngh's
son," continued Mr. Vernon,
that deep, hoarse growl, "you will
>t lie or evade or hesitate now.
?eak, I command you!"
"I seem to be rather helpless in
>ur hold," said Loring. "Whe'n you
jt tired, lot go of me, please."
Mr. Vernon'B hand fell away, an J
i stepped back, drawing a deep
*eath as one does who controls pason
ljy sheer force.
"Loring," he said slowly, "or;
icrre Bameau, or Kirk MacCollough,
hoever you are, it is " * ? i
"Stopl" interrupted Loring, "Cai I
>n give me the money or not?" 1 <
A man-servant at the door- was pa?- <
ying with some one who96 voifee <
irely reached the room. Mr. Version ]
id given orders to admit 110 person. 1
"If you are "Kirk MacOollougli I J
ill give you the money," the old
an almost whispered. <
"I could lie to you," said Lqj-ing. 1
"If you oould, you are not he.f' t
Mr. Vernon Bpoke with a j tone
bioh seemed to have years of refleo>n
and multitudes of memorie^a it. t
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Loring was funflrblin^iiflho breast
of his vest as if trying to find something
atowed away in deepest security
there.
"A kuife or a pistol will not serve
you," said Mr. Vernon, with calm
dignity.
"I'm not so slow when I reach for
a weapon," remarked the other indifferently.
"Here, will that bo a sufficient
pledge for what money you can
let me have?"
As he spoke he drew forth a small
worn leather case and handed it to
T4- Tirn o fli A
lur. yeiuuu, ujt?u. xk ???o mu
thyst cross.
"That argues more forcibly than
knife or pistol, doesn't it?"
The old man answered not a word;
but an intense feeling seemed to rush
into his faoe. His mouth twitched
under his heavy, rimpled, gray beard.
At this moment there was some
sort of disturbance at the hall-door;
the servant was trying to keep the
visitor from entering.
"Stpnd aside?" panted the voice
of Burns.
The negro stood aside.
Loring turned about, and quicker
than the gleam of an eye was the
drawing of his pistol.
JJ Vil HO taiUO XU. V\J VMJk W AVViM)
like a serpent. ' "j
Mr. Yernon was ready for the
emergency, and he was. prompt and
certain, rather than quick. A strode
of his leffhand sent Loring's pistol
spinning across the floor; a sweep of
his right caught Burns's arm as
flourished a long knife. v.
Loring did nor hesitate a second,
but, while Burns was. struggling to
free his arm; walked straightway out
of the house: ' . * ' .
In the effort to the knife
from Burns's hand^Jar^Vernon let
fall the amethyst crosaj -and it tumbled
on the floor, where i^t lay, flashing
a &ne Durole light. ''
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. CHAPTER XX.
DESQfcATION.
Mr. Vernon atyl 'Lieutenant BaW
lanche had no sooaer received p|V
mission to take a detachment of
and go than they set out at full'st^^p
riding down to-,the plantation
on Bayon Bienvenn. " Of
course, Mr. Vernon's n?HPas
crowded tdttx,_the incidents^Rne in-terview
with, Loring, ahd Wmost as
much was he afrected by the bonversation
which had followed when he was j
left alone with old man Barngr The
latter, balked in his effdtt to stab
Loring, and seeing that ;Hr. Vernon.
would not let him &bat onoe in furttaM
pursuit, gave up and
nallv hAlnlpfeH. ffazinc
Bpairing inquiry at tbe f^^HHBf
man "flfho had handled 'hlz^^^^H&e
j^ui been a child.
HKoq assassinl" exclaifBp Mr.
qnito out of patiejre and
HH^^/Ton attempt to do murder
NoL That man's life.
HHB onewho can take itfl
H^SH^KreBamean, I tell you I'M
but little show of
nnraHL
|HHB^o Mr. Vernon's/
K^^MHKR^m^^hen added: r
HHH^9H|^^the did ?
have been o7 her bosom when V
"Be still, man. You are wild,"
said Mr. Yernon. "Yon do not know
what yon are saying. This thing has
been in my family, for a centur^''
. "Ah, well, I thought?forgi?efme?
it is eo like it."1 '&>*'' f"
The old man held his for&ead in
his hands as if recovering from dizziness.
He reeled, and itfr. Yernon
helped him into a* chair and brought
someVine- ' r:
"Wo, 1 never arinK it,- WW*'
putting aside, the proffered glaw. Alter
a little he appeared tasphake
off his weakness to a degree., piping
slowly, he said not another word,ibut
pioked up his great knife, whiob.^ay
'where it had fallen on thd floor, and
went out. 1 r -
(to ee COXTINTED.)
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Oor Naturalized Names.
In gaining possessions like Hawaii
an/1 Pnrfn Tli/>A nnva a xurifcAJ* in Tjitl
pincott's, we must expcct to add
heavily to the burdens already imposed
on us by our geographical
names. Hoosetoomaguntic, Youghiogeny
and other bugbears of childhood
will be .reinforced by ponderous
Spanish titles and by Polynesian aggregations
of vowels which will be as
hard for us to manage as Polish and
Hungarian words bristling with consonants.
How much we shall change the
sounds of these additions may be
foreseen from what has been done .in
the past. We have had in such matters
as little regard for the limits of,
mmnnnpnt, narfH nn rfid t.hn ftdrmnn
r*" ? ?w ? v
who, on seeirig the word lawyer in
print, read it "la-wy-er." The royal
Hawaiian family name, "Ka-raehameha,"
has in this country generally
been turned into Kammy-hamray-hah,
and Kalakaua has varied in sound
from Kalackaway to something like
Calico. The indications now are
that our most usual pronunciations of
Hawaii will be Haawaya and Hay
Wttjr "CJC.
Good and Had Oranges From .One Tree*
To a great many people an orange
is an orange, but there are oranges
aud oranges, and several grades are
gathered from the same orchard not
only, but from the same tree. An
orange plucked from the sunny side
of a tree does not look like a nearer
relatiou to a orance plucked from a
ess favored side of the same tree at
;he same time than a third cousin.
Sence there is a wido range in the
quotation on oranges of the same
itock from the same locality.?Na,ional
Fruit Grower. More
than 20,000 Parisians v.ear?
heir livinar as fortune-t^lhstfi. >fP''
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^SPANISH GUNS TRAINED
Two nf thp rnnnnn rnntnrefl bv Df
j arlorn the east front of the War, Stat
j pointing toward the White House. Or
c$st at Manila, October 2^, 1789. Th<
monogram of Carlo; IV., and "was ca?
1 1- rpv,?
CrOWU OI oyiiiu io caoi uu rau. xue x"
Department, are gilt shields, bearing tl
I of Makiijg lax|
{ The whfte wax exported from China
is made by the carious method of using
rnfnute insects In its production.
These are found ip "brown, peashaped
excresccnces or galls attached
to an; ej^rfereen tree called the "insect
tree;v' -?e galls are gathered in May
and earAf/ln headlong flight^Jo^pj
market Kvna by beajawa^BB travel
at iiighjBfeiaHjflOe^t may not force'
theJoflUto^merge during the jour
Ipen placed oh'the "was
tr^^^^H, is -a trtamp yaryin? 'from
thrflBHpelve feet in1 height. -With
njj^H^brancIies rising from the top
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CHINAMAN FASTENING A PACKET OF
packets of twenty or thirty galls,
which are inclosed in a leaf, of the
wood oil tree fastened together with "
rice straw. These packets are suspended
close to the branches, under
which they hang. On; emerging from
the calls the insect? creep rapidly up
the branches to which they attach
themselves, and begin forming a coating
of wax that in about three
months attains a thickness of almost
a quarter of an inch.
The'branches are then cut off, and
after removing as much of the wax
as possible by hand they pre put in a
kettle of hot water, when the remaining
wax floats on the surface and
the insects finish their term of usefulness
1/y going to the bottom.
Weapon For Officers' Use.
Here we illustrate a ifombination
eword and pistol recently patented in
England by B. Reyes, of Monterey,
Mexico. Au officer in battle Is always
expected to carry Ills sword in one
hand, and if his horse is at all fractious
or hard to guide he has very little
opportunity to defend himself with
his pistol, and there has been in- '
stances when if a revolver was within '
easy reach an officer could have saved J
his life ineteacl of watching an enemy
aim h!b gun n^tl fire before the dooir-ed
man could reach the pistol. The ad
COMBINATION SWORD AND REVOLVER, j 11
vantage of this combination weapon
will therefore be easily understood, as ti
the officer could eapily s\$ng the point t
of the sword toward thi' enemy in a C
shorter time than a no coul^^ a
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A
"on the white house.
>wey at Manila, May 1, 1898, now
e and Navy building, in Washington,
IA 4-Iiaiti AOIIA/I fV\A "RQI 1 /tnco rro a i
ic Ul lUCUil V.U1ALU iiig a/viiwout tf
i other, called the Carduna, 'bears the
rt at Seville, February 21, 1777. The
:esent mounts, provided by the Navy
ae Stars and Stripes.
raised and fired. The arrangement ol
the two weapons Is such that the trig;&er
can be easily manipulated while"
the hand Is closed over the sword grip
Entire Fleet Gone.
Liberia has had the misfortune .to
lose Its entire fleet 'in timfe of peace...
The gunboat Rocktown sank in the
harbor of) Monrovia in five and onehalf
fathoms of water. The second
gunboat, owned by the. Pim? Government,""-the
Goronnagciah, capsized in,
St. Paui'a^lve^, -where she had been
taken top?#r fcieanetl &nd overhauled.
Thijjgjyri o gunboats constituted the
gjflttBe of the nafval power of the. Be
ijjWblic' of Liberia,, andthe LdDerianadmiral
in; chief has hplsted 'hie jien-,
n^nt/Jn a four-oared rowing boat;
p^hdlng' the attempt of the President
of the-Vepublle to acquire another fle^t
?Chilean Timee.
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Mexican Bread Oven. r( :
The Accompanying photograph s^ows
the manner In which the Mexicans
1 v;
m?L%!m
WAX INSKCTS TO THE TREE.
used to build thj^Jr, breakevens. Seen
at a distance these peculiar contrivances
look like;^methingsbetween an
ant-hill' and a Kaffir hut, and, although
it took-several hours to bake
the bread in them, they seem to have,
answered their purpose pretty well.
Now;, towev^. ^he Mexican is getting
an appetite tor. new- things, and bis
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3vens in which mexicans bake b&ead
priecious oven, one of the most important
parts of his whole house, is one
)f the first things to fall a victim to
:Le march of civilization. Stoves are
iow the rage; and even the very poor>st
manage somehow to scrape enough
ogether to buy one.
BlrWIn- XT o o r, ? nf Ttnrra
Havana used to be overrun by own>
uless dogs almost as badly as Contantlnople.
The mangy curs were
everywhere about the streets. Since
he American occupation the work of
learing Havana of these nuisances
las been going on, and now the streets
re comparatively free. In the last
ear nearly 6000 dogs have been capured
Jn the streets and killed by the
uunicipal dog-catchers.
Australia's biggest offertory was
aken up at the consecration of the
Hsbop . of Carpentaria In Sydney
lathedral. It amounted to $42,500,
nd is perhaps the largest on record, i
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.PEOPLING A CONTINENT.
Russia Loans Siberian Emigrants Money
to Be Paid in Thirty Years.
Anna N. Benjamin, in Ainslee's
Magazine, says:
"There are no 'bad lands' in the
whole of Southern Siberia, and the
rich, arable land extends hundreds of
versts farther north.' We passed
through on the river steamers ';and
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cue railroad 111 juue uuu <jui>, auu
found the climate at that time altogether
delightful. The vegetation, the
trees and shrubs, were like those of
New England. The crops were well
along, the people looked prosperous
iind contented. It Is now several
years since the Russian Government
tias adopted a system of colonization
for Siberia. She makes a careful examination
of all candidates for emigration,
and those who have the requisite
qualifications receive, with
their familfes, free transportation to
the new country. Lands are allotted
to them which are exempt from taxes
for twenty years; at the end of that
time they may be rented or purchased
at a moderate sum. They are almost
entirely free from the obligation of
military service for ten years. Money
is lent to emigrants who already have
a ceruuu uujuuui?uiueiwisc iucj uc
aot allowed to emigrate?which need
ot be repaid for thirty years. Agricultural
implements are given them
jutright No wonder that some of the
cream of Russian peasantry has been
induced to emigrate. Whole communities
hare found in their new home a
lot which is better than anything they
have ever known in the mother country:
.I' was constantly Impressed by
the iir. of prosperity about every Siberian
settlement?the neat houses,
! the swell-kept barnyards, tbe aoundantly
yielding soli, the absence of
squalor. Later when ' we, passed
through: the heart of European Russia,
L was. able to- compare 'the .appearance
of the. two sections, and I came to
the conclusion that the Russian peasant
bettersbimself/4n many ways by
emigration to Siberia.
; "Hardly a day passed as we steamed
dp the great rtvert^ that we did not
meet one or more steamers, sometimes
lowing barges li addition, filled with
THutt eoaifuul tn m<? ' VlP
;iiJJg?aUAO? ?.T| ^ ?pa
sturdiest people Ip the world, capable
of endpring the strain and the
cards hips which attend the carving
sut of ' a living In a strange land.
Among the third-class passengers on
>ur own steamer were several peasant
families that had made moderate
j fortunes In the- new ^duntry and were
,going back to their own homes to set
jit> a business wKhtheir capital."
WORDS OF WISDOM.
It. is ever true that he who does
Qothing for others does nothing for
Wmself.?Goethe:
pp&'t let your heart grow cold, and
you, may Scarry -cheerfulness and love
with you' Lato the tee^g of yoqr secDnd
)&$?&; if you can last .so long.?
Oliver' Wetidell^ Holmgs.' " '>
It is possible so to complicate the
machinery <ft Jiving that the very life
itself fer ciusMd among the wheels.
Wemaywiap our&elves in comfort until
ofabroath' in smothered -In the
folds.?w. J*. H-oatmgwn^fflme
takes heavy 6)11 as we pass,
one after one, the. Janus gated years,
but he-goes brave# on who bears with
him the perfume of his Eden, and the
romance of thi? morning, and the lavish
heart of youth.?Benjamin F. Tay.lor*
w I.: Co*Life
Is reproduced by sacrifice. The
life that is lost is the only,life that
ts saved. The dead self/is the . only
life-.bearer. Only the man who thus
tfnks himself .In Jjis cause is remem!
oerejf as Its. apostle.?Francis G. Peaoody.
\
What we ate 1ill doing, as we stand
m our lot, , steady /tO';Our manliness or
^omanliness'Jn "ypr black days. Is to
Cell, in its;measure, .on mKine-'.uuu
faith of every good inbri coming after
I U8, though our name may be forgotI
ten.?Robert Collyer.
I would say to every yodsj^p girl, rich
jr poor, gifted or dull: Leara to make
a home, and learn this in the days In
ivhieh learning is easy. lOultivate a
habit of vigilance and forethought.
With a reasonable amount of intelligence,
a woman should be able to
uarry on the management of a household
and should yet have time for art
and literature of some sort.?Julia
Ward Howe.
Health Value of Vegetables.
A diet of nothing but celery is said
by some physicians to be; a sure cure
for both rheumatism and, neuralgia.
Free use of this vegetable is . always
recommended to rheumatic patients.
Baked potatoes are./digested more
<?nsily than boiled potatoes, and should
therefore be preferred by dyspeptics.
In cases of anaemia, cabbages and
spinach are distinctly tyjneficlal. Spinach
is also almost as valuable as lithia
water iu its effect on the kidneys.
Beets and turnips keep the blood
pure and improve the appetite.
Tomotoes are thought in, Indian to
be a preventive of cholera. Like enJiws
uud watercre'sses, they stimulate
the healthy acti.on of the liver.
Just after the battle of Fort Donelson,
General Grant is said to have
telegraphed ito Washington that he
.wquld not permit tne army to move
till forty wagon loads of onions that
had. been promised to him should arrive.
Onions are essential to the army
mess, to make pork or beef palatable.
But they are also an admirable cure
for sleeplessness and indigestion everywhere.
Garlic, leeks and olives stimulate the
circulation of the blood.
Too much meat and too few vegeta- |
bles make up the average diet. Health j
depends on continuous variety.
IlAr^est Home.
Like Hallowe'en and Hogmanay and
other old-world festivals, the harvest
home, which used to crown with joy
and gladness the completion of the ingatherlqg
of the fruits of the earth
in Scotland, bids fair to become a
thing of the past.
Photography That Pays.
Goocl photographs of living wild
mammals and birds arc so rare as to
command high prices in the market,
and the magazines, as well as the
newspapers which print half-tone supplements,
are usually glad to bay
them.
CIGARETTES UNDER Wm
>fhe Supreme Court Sustains Ten*/|H
nessee's Prohibitory Law.
ARE OF A NOXIOUS CHARACTfcfr JB
According to the Decision of the FederalSupreme
Court Any State May
hiblt the Sale of CIgarttt?? Within lt? fl
Own Confines?Not Legitimate Article#-'
of Commerce ? ?ourt >'ot Unanimous* H
Washington, D. C. (Special). _The
Supreme Court of the United States;
has decided that a State Legislature? n
may prohibit the sale or giving awafr H
of cigarettes, cigarette paper or eute. f H
stitute within the confines of Its owifJ^H
The case was that of William Bi-'
Austin, an agent of the America^
bitcco Company, known as the yobacOt^jH
Trust, against the State of Tennessee!
The Legislature of Tennessee had.
passed an act making it a misdemeai*- H
or, punishable by a fine of not le?; H
than $50, "for any percon, firm or cot* B|
poratlon to sell, offer to sell or to brij^^^H
in the State for the purpose of sealing;
eivim? away or otherwise disposing ffal
of any cigarettes, cigarette paper or^JM
substitute for the same."; B
To test this law the Trust tmflerfeJiW
took to import cigarettes Into Tecpe?-^aB
see from North Carolina. A quantity,
of ordinary packages, about two- ffisH Bt
four Inches each, holding ten or
ty cigarettes, were thrown into bask- II
ets which were not covered. The , J|
State Supreme Court, in Its decisio^^H
"Cigarettes not being, on accountffia^B
their noxious and hurtful < chara^Ra^^B
per se, legitimate articles of commerci^r*
and not having been declared such andl/^H
commerce therein regulated by Con- -
gress, it was the right and duty of thft fl
State, under its reserved pobcepo&enj^^j
to pass the statute In question
protection of the lives and healtfc^fJnBH
people until Congress shall take &n9B
prlate action In the matter. A1
the sale of cigarettes lnvoIvedvln MMlgi
case was not of an original pflugMH
that bad been broken by toe
and therefore not protected by^ftfSfee*|
commercial clause of the Fede^JR^H^H
The Federal Supreme Court,
tices tb four, bo stained the de^slq|^HHH
the Tennessee Couft, though not wfj&jigMB
out.-dlsapproving some of the poflfiaH&sM
tak^n by the lower tribunal... igmWgfl
ate justice Brown handed dowwM&'ffiBi
decision. Justice Shiras read th'e>JnH|?fl
senting opinion,' in wh^cb Chief Jima
Fulkr and Justices Brewer andPHB^aH
- ? A * v ttrvu^ t i H
nam joined, ami jus nee want?
his assent upon grounds different frotp w
those announced by Justice Browju^Hj
SOCIETY FIRE8UG 'NSANE; ^ |?
Youfig Dennlaton 31. Bell Taken
New York Aiylilm. .?SH
Newport, R, I. (Special).?DennistiMppH
M. Bell, the society firebug, wifeaBB
now awaiting the action of the
Jury on the charge of ara^n, was
judged insane, which decliion will tfe'ivj. fl
used in having the cases against JUn^| ffl
quashed In the Supreme Court -.. V&M
Experts on insanity have been exv [ {
amlning the young man for severe!
days, and as a result of this exn
tlou Dr. C. M. Bell, the boy's. fatfi^^^H
made a charge of insanity an<i gwdxcgSH
ont the warrant against his soix^HnMB
declared the young man wasof -un-M ffl
Bound mind and that he musty :,tliMfflH
placed under restraint and treatiajMfojja H
His father was allowed to ta^e-'Tiljn'^jB
to Bloominerdale Asvlnm Jn New York IB
City rather than committing hint to ' Mi
the Rhode Island institution. J , Several
weeks ago the bath hoUjsa&A
at Bailey's Beach were set on firs, and MB
Bell was arrested an the guilty per- 1
son. He had been prominent in so- ,JH
ciety, his father being a wealthy
CHICAGO'S EPIDEMIC OF CRfM&^19|
Hundreds of Amiti Made sad More Men
Added to the Force. :
Chicago (Special),?The City
cfl appropriated $10,000 for 121
tional policemen in the crInM' iXH^8^->^H
Four hundred arrests in
hours Is- the record of the
Police Department since the dragoet-*^H
. was thrown out. There was uot an vlWB
unoccupied cell in any station in CbK 'fl
Among the men in custody there
scores of old offenders. Pickpocket?, {M
highwaymen and burglars, with noatrlflH
ernnsr aliases and known Dolice recoraiC^HQ
wert" caught In the general round-qi&^HH
There were no big raids to .swett thftj^^H
The .police from South' Cblcago^^^^Sj
Evanston and west to the city
were unusually active. "Arreft^jwa^^B
plcious characters" was the order
TURKISH FORM OF CHIVALRV^vlfl|
Party Caught la Storm Threw Chlldl^M
and. Women Overboard. :t
London (By Cable).?The Express- H
publishes the following from Odessa^i^^H
"A party of thirty-eight Turks, wish- 'fl
ing to leave Russia, secretly 8AHed^q$$HB
dead of night from Tschuruksu t<?^HQ|
cross the Black Sea. A storm arose fl
and the boat filled. |^H
"First the baggage was thrown ov<sr>s^^9
board. Then the children, and QnojBjr'^^H
the women ivere committed to the"But
this did not prevent the ves- M
eel from foundering, and all perished
save one lad, who clung to the mast W
and was washed ashore." '/ s ^HR
Fear's Gold Output Over S20,CO},000;
The year's gold outputA|aski, yWBM
British Columbia and the Pacific JH
Northwest was more than $2O,OQ0#0(l.
~ 'irM
I. oft His Fortune to a Clerk. SH
The will of W. D. Richmond, a tO? aH8
bacco dealer, who died at
port. Penn., recently, bequeaths'
entire fortune of $50,000 to T.
Riley, who has been a clerk in Mr.. M
Richmond's store for seventeen years. -jBB
Mr. Richmond was unmajried, and S9j
had only one known relative, a brothIer*
9
Two Children Meet Horrible Death.
X V? V MIMV VUHUi^U V*
wore burned to dea^h in tbelr father's >
bouse, at Manton, Micb. g^H
New?y Olewninsr*
Some of the Western railroads are
endeavoring to make Arizona a winter fH
resort, i flH
Queen Victoria has decorated and JKH
promoted twenty naval officers serving ^H9
in South Africa. r
There were 111 deer killed in Ver-(^^M
moot during the open season, which H^R
ended November 1. H||
Count Caserta, who styles hlmeelf^^^^
the "heir to the Neapolitan crown,"^HH
has been obliged to cell the famoUBflHH
Palace Farnese, at Rome, Italy, In or^HHS
der.w pa_7.his debts - ^h9|