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MAM A 01COMMAND Story of the Pitiful State of Lieut. Goo1ral Methuen. ORDERED AN ATTACK Ag-tinst Advice of Many:Officers Ath Leadts 0 -? R evd Soon as Poss'b!e. \ -peci i cable to the Cihicagzo I, im r :nLnon-y?Let . letu,:UCJ. commanm) the cAuun adtanci to the reli-f vf b V s oh relieved Lii ehi:,cm 4 x-sd wceks. Later he 6iL sent Ca e Town anid event r .i bou . Wi'w i.e reahe.I ]' t e dird - . Lr i . -rd NlJ -ne. Always a mau of ra 1. rail hyrique-athough u elever boxer and an all round sports Uran--his c,nst:*Litoil began to show Si,:ui of breaking d n allmosts iume de ir a;er .,e t';. v cmand of his TireI; .*ter the battle of B mon . 6en. Wol-ce suggestcd to the no-ir oilice that -iethuen be reieved, L, advice wats not ineeded. Tie wis Coi of tht agd but keen commander in-el e ol the British army is now realize i the fullest extent by the war office who sc ffed at his sugzestion. Frieids or L-rd Methuen insist he is only in roken health, that the strain of many campaigns has shattered his naturally nervous systemn. Tu-e do know the cirell71tac-S and the :ituation on Modder river equally aei and who are willing to state ftct, , say th tt Metbuen's muit d is UL b3alncd. Constant proof of this has been com ing to the n.tice of the fficials of the war fli-o ior two weeks past. The commander of the Modder river forces has bombarded the government with some of the most remarkable messages ever receive from a general in action. One reciv d a few days ago, is a fair samlj: , :e t. It contained just thre . wkrl: ''Darkncss after dawn." It i. statcd by th-oe aequaiuted with the inic- workings and campaign adopted bY the war offizc, that Lord Kitehene r, the hero of Omdurman, who with Lori Roberts arrived at Cape Town today, will 1roceed immediately to Moeder river. He may not take ac tive field command of the tro;'s but will put the column in working order agaiu and then assign some one pe, probibly Gea. Culville -4rtli- e Me paec. Lord Metheun, in addition to his other eccentricities, has quarrelod with a numberof officers under him. Three of them, Col. A: tLur Pagt t. CcI. Gough and Capt. 'pe h ordered homel- . They arrived in London today. Col Gouugh, w.ho commandied the cavalry detachment in the Mlawer-fentein bat tIe, is seekiri a vir-a:cation Ly e ,urt wcardat. Waacc 'Gough attempted to <iceuss the p-ian of* the 31agerefontein attack .Methuen ordered hiai undecr ar rest. The London press is eon-iderate ly suppressing the true state of affirs ao :ar as 31ethuen a ailwenit is con eErned3. Vut the papers do not becsi tete W ; rt the lord facts about the 1;t .e .: igerefoi~tein, waich are just of whi.o '-c to sh-y, in the language: ofan officer that "the attack was tha: The d -ath of L 4r Wa'eHp. eeml mander of heBlack .. was one of the many~ sad re-uc s of that en gagement. Ird Waueto e it is now weli known, realiz-d the .u.iliity of the assault as planned by .\lthuen. ILe argued strongly and expostulated bit terly against it. .\-thuen, however. persisted an-d the two qu trrelled over the mitt r the night before the battle which prwed so Oisastra2s to the Brit ish forces. A~ member of the Black Wie-n in aletter just received, gives thxe dietails of th'echargte whieh led W eM his deat h. ile luotes the gen. ~*.2 s'w s-words showing hos 1 y b reni~ th- eiuuation even in i:-: is c-isda 5. The letters ever saw. TI ra ic-il i t.orcen anaI we .:.: ' and for xard. f :. stumblirg ai slipping ever roeeo ate ant-hills. I: wa-s imptos-ible to, se whe:re we were g->ing. A~ter we had been taken ti~yaurprise our riebt bat talon ch-ar .d but the mn were rnown dow~n iike grain before a reiap-r. Gren Wauchop': was shot at the b:.gi:i ng of the charge. W hen h?e saw the mis take that had happeted he shouted: 'Rdly 'r*ami me, B ack Wreh its my fault." "Then h- eil. literallyv riddled w~ ith bullets.' "W'auxh ii. no dou' t. wet out to) tind death, wrte S?-tzea Ge 'whien sucht a diiastro~us tice op 'med. He had previoudy) shouted to. de Ami H-isiku: --D n't b'arm : feor0 hi.i re-r-d m; orders and hatd to o ey e.* Wit ~h prop-r handlin1? we couldI n' vd le-ared the B.>ers out in into a bue'r shtop and~ h-ft thmerg' Doz -rA of .ther ltter re prned 1 of thle s-z to' e. FE S BLOOD CURE AnOffer P:>r. m; ?& D > 3tiT hers. aling di& es, Tum~ors. Ulcers, are all urde byB. . B. (Botat eBo Balmn. wvhM is made esp;ecdily to cure all terrible ih? isa-es. Persistent Sores, Bl:ood ald Skin B etisihesI Sercfula. that i resist h~nr ents are 'tikly c--red by B. '. B 'Botanie Blood Bs-e. ki Eiutions. Pim pies, Rei ~hn Eezema, Scales, Bistrs. Bzil. Ca.rbaneles, Blotches, Catarr' H heuati m, etc. are. all due to bad bl?d. and hence ea-ily cured EttingSer - E-p io"s, ~ vollen g!auds. S -eT -ro- r., cured by B B. B. (otarle 8. ao Blm~n), in one to five month- . B3 .does not con tain ver--tabl o-r minea poison. One bottle will test it in an case. For sale by dr.ists" everywheie. Large bottles $1. six for~ fiv e -~> rie for free Sa uid b0 ittle. whi '! hent simptea. andI persona tree :--l:s advice wil be. given. Addre--s Blood Balm C.. -At>antat. Ga. A Blaby Gets Damages Charles H. Parker, 4 ear5 o-ld. (of Norfolk, Va., who was badly injured by a heavy sign fallinz cin him last winter, -s 'arded Siao- damagres agijst the ciTy in the city circuit court. A !i i:cn for a ne-.v trial will YANCY S-OAX's M!tSSI03. iHe 1H,1s Gone to Ttah to Redeem the W hole Mormn People. An O.angeurg County man has gone ora astrange mission to the far West. The Tribuae, of December 21, publish ed at Salt Lake, Utah, says: "Let the Morman Churuh bewart ! W. Yatncy Smzoak, of Branehvilb, S. C ar:ived vet erdaty, MT. Siu'ak is the niau who av Le was 'alli by the Lo0r.1 to ";o a r:twrk intah) Ti woirk is to co-. fro:n their faith all the adherents of M3r' ouisw. 31r. Suioak's tuluno'I cate while he a, in Branch Swhere !e iN said to be oue o the foremnst citizen. lter receivig the eI! V:1 ir. Smonak went t,) the banik anrd ires.. a tity of 1long gr:ea he i tr. , ,vvk hand. witn the boys aie h, fauidly an affee e.trctenl arm hied hiu Zion ",. Ile is r.ow in thc fieli of his dve ly rp'ointed labor and a hot tiwe i. !,,k~a tor. Mr. Smoak called at a in ik Ne:tor-iay and wade a '-div d eposit. lie rued to tell wlhere e was staying i' the city and hve is address as Branchvil.e. it mhay be renarked in passing that Brar ehv;'Ic has two railroads LOW and thinis are lovkinr all richt there. Mr. Smoak is a mau or iiddle aze. wearing a ieddish beard aw austache, ard a crops-.ere-prett5 -fair -tiis--ear look. He had on a busieLs .uit with the coat c -ilar turned up. le wore no overeoat, and it was nt, banaaa-thresh inc weather cither. le said he ex peetel to leave for a ,hort trip last night or this morni'g, but dii not dis close his dostinatior. It iP expected that he will return soon and begin his great work, whch pronises to be thoroughly erij ))able. No imtediate Affecton the Church because of Mr. Swoak's presence was appearent yester. day. It was supposed that he would hold indignation ui.etings on the s:reets. but nothing of that nature wa reported. People pruminent in chureb circles were breathing easier last night and are somewhat reassured. Vacci nation is useless in ca-es like this. It ma: b~e that Mr. S.nnak is only wait ing for the ice to get out of the creek before he begins operations, and that he may start something as ,ona as we have a soft spell. But this is mere conjecture. Some ere conifortng themselves last night by rtflecting that the T mpile was s:ill all rign, and that so far as known the Tabernacle would still be fit to hold' services in r.ext SUL day. No unusual disturbonce was re r e.i from any of the ward mecting houses and the tension eased u-L a lttic tow'ards indoight." Mr. Snojik bas givezn hiisvelf a touch task. b ii friend, in Orancebur.' ounty wih him -NOT MUCH OF AN EATER He Ate But Little, But You Ought To See the Welsh Eat. Captain B. W. 'Morgan; every inch a Welshman himself, likes to tell this story when there is another Welshman in hearing, says the Pittsburg News. He went home to dinner one day and found a paperhanger at work in the house. He asked the time, and Captain Morgan told him it was noon. "I guess Il knock off and go home to dmnner then," the paperhanger re marked. "Stay and eat with us," the captain said, and the invitation was accept ed. Captain MIorgan was attentive to his guest during the meal. He had a pro dgious appetite. The captain helped him to roast beef several times. until at last he had some curiosity to see just how much the fellow would eat without crying enot'gh. The game was growing Quite interesting when the fel low began to show signs of quitting. "Will you have some of the plum pudding?" the captain asked him to revive his failing appetite. "No. thanks." lhe replied. "I've had enough, 1 think." "Oh. take a small piece of the pud ding." the ca~tain mi'ged; "it's genuine English plum-pudding, and homemade at that." "Well, I don't mind trying it," ho said. The captan' helped himi to a section f the puiug weighing about a pound and he ate it -with muela relish. Then he shoved his chair awa~y from the ta ble and leaned back for an after-dinner chat. "I'm not much of an eater," he said, not noticing the snmile on the captain's face; "it. takes very little to satisfy me. Say, you ought. to see the Welsh 'Are they hearty eaters?" asked the captain. "Hearty eaters?'' repeated the fel ow. "Say, they eat like a lot of hogs." The Jarannese Woman. The chief duty of a Japanese woman all her life is obedience; while unmar ried, to her parents: when married, to her husband and his panents; when widowed, 'to her son. In t~he "Greater Learning of Women" we reid: "A woman sim'uld look upon her ~usband as if bse were Haven itself, anud thus escape c~bs: l ptmishment. "The fIve wors: maaladies that afflict the femaile mi'.d no: Indocility, dis ontent. stan&e. jealousy and sIlli ess. Widho~ut. i.' doubt these five maladies jllie: .tven or eilght out of every to wo: en. and fromi them :s-'. thk infer'iority of women to men. A womnt sh(oUld cure them by self-in spcto ad 'eelf-reproach. The worst o them a2r, and the pa'rent of tile oth :' four, is '!!tr(!" The .tSowe er\.sh'ws its very tuturl q'te 1 '5 "'nich wome have. AM a Ge-naa w~ sys her condition .hj rnte-medire :ink betwccu the : o ' tn:l the .Asiat ie. Ont th one n-u. .l me womaen are subjected to n segutsion. and are t~s carefully eduated asthe men,. andi take their r~a in. s'ociety: bt. on the other tt.. they have :'bsoluttely no lnde pendce,~ and are in complete s:bjec into their husbanth, cns and other reittns. They are without legal it:. and tinder no cir-umstances ra t wife obtain a. divorce or separa iot from her husband, however great is offense. Notwithstanding this, in Po country does one find a higher stan &rd of morality than among the mar iedl womtten of .Jepan. Faithlessness is prae:.icall y unknown, although the poor little wivv' "must often have much to i liup th .rm their autocratic ordi and maste.'- "They bear all, how evr, silenr r.n uncomp~lainingly, ther charne' eri.' pr de and reserve forkiding tha . r~o to the outer wold what :h y uier. We Europeans might well in man re'spects imitate, and have stili 'ua~h to learn from our little ecutsins in 19.c Inr Eas'>-Corn him Magazin?. Storm an ilid alii~ Wave Ad.eCs by theo stitnig 1j.es f Japan tellt of a tierce .,torm~ sweep e 'he Japanese io~ist ot: Die. 24. by 35 j'ink-s wemc !nst whil' heitie Otr.iihedtc . AX tidal wav"e a'compip 'ed 'he st'ormi, 'by which 411 Eves in , wer lost Christmas Dinner. a 09 ( ri-t';s litnei r i, after me, 'take "Ifi~'llton's Life. for the Like Those of Sin They Often Lead to Death. STORY WITH A MORAL. The bwnfall of Homer Bird Due to a Reckless Woman's Wiles. He Deserted His Wife in New Orleans and Went Off With an Adventuress, Joining an Alaskan Expedition-An Awful Crime on the Banks of the Yukon. All the way from New Orleans to the frozen Klondike Homer Bird trav tled with a party of prospectors. friends and townsmen of his, says the New York Journal, and there, on the banks of the turgid Yukon. he kilbld two of them for the sake of the temptress who had lured him from his wife and children. Norma Strong was the woman. Her victims were Robert L. Patterson, a newspaper publisher, and Hans Hur hin. a manly young fellow, who was employed as bookkeeper for a whole Pale shoe house in New Orleans. Bird is now a prisoner at the military post at St. Miehael's, Alaska. Homer Bird was a member of the Merchants, Dealers and Lumbermen's Exchauge of New Orleans. Three years a.to, as he was standing In front of the building, Norma Strong passed by. A glance-he followed. That was the l.eginning which led to the double murder. He became infatuated with the woman and visited her frequently. IIIs wife knew of the attachment, but long ago she was given to understand it was broken off. Little is known of the woman's his tory. but it is believed that she came from New York State. She was in Chiongo durinz the World's Fair. The races attracted her to New Orleans. Robert L. Patterson was the chief organizer of the expedition. He was passionately fond of baseball; so was Bird. They becane acquainted at the ball grounds and often met there. Both were members of the "Rooters' Club." Patterson mntitoned his Klondike scheme to B'rd; he told Norma Strong. She persuaded him to join the expedi tion. The other members of the par ty were Hans ITurbln, a bookkeeper who lived on Canal street, near Rain part street: Charles Scheiller, a print tr-and Norma Strong. Each man con tributed 51,000 to the outfit's common fund. None but Bird knew the woman was to go until they met by different routes in San 1rancisco a year and a half azo. There they were. The woman was determined to go. Bird was deter mined to have her. And she went. Dis sensions soon arose. The unfortunate I-Tann Hlurlin was a fine young fellow of 27 years. lie was of splendid athl'tte development. a member of the oung Men'.: ymnastic Club of New Orle-. Thelu who k-now Norma (THomer Bird~g Strong declare that it was she who aroused this quarrel. playing one man against the oilher. as a chess player pawns. Charles Sceililer is scarcely 2J years old. He is a sensible young fellow and his family are loath to believe that Norma Stronte eniied any influence over him. The last letter his mother received from him w:is dated Sept. 2t, 1808, in which he stated that the p~a.rty wvas about to leave for Holy Cross 3Mission, 200 miles above St. 31iehael's. on the Yukon River. He inclosed some flow ers. which hi' hiad plucked and pressed. No.t a::ain he aring from him, his par cnts were in tortures of anxiety until came the news of the murder of Pat terson and Ilurlin. They were comi forted by the knowledge that their son was alive at least. This little party of menl went into winter quarters at a little mining v'il lage, there to await the coming of the summter. There had been other people iving in this mining camp. but failure or the inltenfs( cold had driven them to tihe more thickly settled sections. Bitter quarrels. fierce jealotusy in' famed the men ot the party, lie and Norma Strotng would remain together. The woman, it appears, did not en courage this lani. Besides, it was al most impossile to separate and. again, all had ewnership in the com men stores. The fatal morning came. The five were at breakfast. Bird took tip his rifle and, with murder in his heart, left the others seated around the campfire. Soon he was hidden biehind a snowdrift. Hie took careful aim and fred. Pateisem feU l':aek with a bul let thromtgh i,: brI Th i'e (ithers the woman shrichir~, for she had not thought that he wiles woul b'ad to murder-jumped to their feet :md( triedl to run through t.'he snow. Bird putlled the~ t-i'gr againi. Hurti lin fell deal. shiot through the head. For reasons that hie only knows, Ttird had decied to sparc Scheffler. iT. camte from behind the pile of snow. ml pointing his ritne, nOW at him. no r:; at the womiian. said: "Swear that you'll never tell a word f this or you'll join the othiers. il kill you, too," Both swer" ti keep the dreadhful 5e re. There lay tihe dead Hurlin. It ws necessatry toi bury him. SecCtr nd the woeacan daz a shallow grave nder the snow and haid the victim away. Full of remorse, the woman ntused Pattersont as 1,0st she could ae h:2 all the comforts possible. In a fewv days he ied. Another frozan grave was dug and he was id aiway. There the three survivors remzaiued tntil summier c'ame. Bird (id not re gard the youthful Schetller as a rival: p'rhaps the wvoman considered Schecf fer a prey too callow. Whetier' or ao visions of his vhctimis haunted him, 'Bird seemed happy with Norma Michael's. There the woman toll or the miurmer to the authorities. Bird dezrerately re sisted arrest, but was thrown into prison. To make his punishiment the more sure. Norma Strong and the youthful Sciefler wi-re held :i; -t nesses. LONG ODDS IN BETTING. Wagers Laid in England That Dis played Faith in Luck. Quite an astounding number of an nual occurrences are made the subject of wagering. Years ago. before the va garies of the weather liad brought thea four seasons Into discredit. wagering that snow would be found in thei ground on Christims inorning w::s very popular. Evou now, when the weather behaves with a subline in difference to the time of year. wagers are still made as to it. ianing fortv days if St. Switlhin's be wet. One enthusiastic supporter of z: hoary legend a few years since wa gered all he possessed on one wet au niversary that there wouild L lain every day during the prescribil per lod. It did rain twenty-two day-. Iut the twenty-third ruined him. A will-known bookmiker who 1.1's lhimself out for what he calls -fancy wagering" has stated that the amiont of money which was wigered on the late William E. Gladstone reaching the age of ninety was simply enor mous. le also says that being a believ er in the unexpected happening in pol ities. lie accepted at the time of the lionie rule split in the liberal party three wagers of ?3,000 to 11,000 each that Mr. Chamberlain would one day be prime minister of England. The stakes are deposited in a bank under a deed which provides for the -draw ing of the interest until 1901. the hate when the wager expires. During the building of the To-wer bridge one of the workmen wagered to cook a big pudding ten feet under the surface of the Thames. Needless to say, so impossible a feat led to a deal of money being laid that lie couldn't. On the appointed day the pudding was tied in a sack and sunk to the required depth, the assembled crowd being greatly amused with the eartful manner in which the perform er handled the sack. At the end of three hours the pudding was drawn to the surface, and was found to he thoroughly cooked. the only fault be ing that it was a little too well done. The sack was half full of lime. PUT THE DEACON OUT. He Railed Against the Church Fairs and the Women Objected. Deacon Isaac Southers, an Evange list from Florida. has been holding re vival meetings at Baltimore, Md. He was ordered out of church by the wo men of the congregation. The trouble began when Southers denounced church fairs, saying he would rather see the church used for a liquor sa loon. The ladies were about to hold a fair, and they felt very much scandal ized. One of the ladies arose in her seat and publicly demanded a retrac tion. Instead of apologizing, the preacher repeated what he said, remarking: "A devil, backed by a number of devils, who are all hypocrites, has asked me to take lack what I said about church fairs and a saloon, but I would rather see them roasting in the fiames of' helL" Immediately after the serv-ices the women got together and determined that lhe should preach no more. They marched up to Mr. Southers and took him by the scruff of the neck and heel of the trousers and threw him into the street. Criminals Should Be Exterminated. At a meeting of the Chautaugua Literary CIrcle held at Newburg, N. Y., recently, Rtev. C. F. Wixon, an elderly clergyman. declared it as his belief that criminals should be exter minated. Mr. Wixon said he would have the state regulate the profits of the trasts as it regulated the rate of interest; the wor-kingmen's condition lie would improve by promoting them for merit; the criminal class, he said, would eventually be exterminated. "I believe," said Mr. Wixon, "that when a man is twice convicted of grave crIme he ought to be extermina ted, because crime is hereditary. I dont like the guillotine; it's too bloody. I dont like hanging; it's too violent. I don't like electrocution; It's too uncertain and expensive. I-well I'd chloroform them. I don't believe in saddling the expense of maintaining 100,000 criminals on honest people." One Way of Making a Living. There are many and various ways of making a living in this big city. say the New York Times, an-I between "chasing eighths" in Wall Streer. and chasing potato-bugs in Jamaica, the ways of gathering dollars are of wide range. One of these seldom seen by any except the people directly ir ter ested is the outgrowth of recent exten sive waterfront improvements in the Ntvy Yard. Stringers, timbers. and planking of yellow pine and spilian; of spruce have been used by the scow load, andi aroend the corner of the yard, In Little-st., some en'.erp-rising young men have started a woodyarrd. Ends of spiles, rejected planks. any thing of wood that is found floating in the Wallabout Channel is "taken ia out of the wet," dried. -split and peddled around the neighborhood at prices which the kindling-wood peo ple cannot touch, but which, low as they are, represent good wages for- the work done. "Mani, It's Me"' She was a pretty child of four or five summers, and she knew it. says the New York Tribune. H-er- mother took care that the fact should not escap e the observation of others and in this she was ably seconded by the m tie miss. The other day the child ws on dress parade in Central Park, and was naturally piqued at her failure :o attract the attention of a man who sat reading on one of the beach's in the Mall. Two or three times she passed him, and still he regarded h'er not. She looked at him in amazement, and then, with a look of mingled incredulity and determination, she went up to hinm stamped her little foot on the pavememci and said, "Man, it's me!" I) 2trenlce He (~t S e honeynoon)-You don't know how lonely my bachelor life was; how unbearable the evenings wer-e when I would hare to sit alone in my dreary den and sew on buttons. She-Your evenings won't be dreary now, love. I can sit by you and thread your nieedle. One Kind of Strife. "-Strife," he said, as he finished read ing the Peace Conference report, "Is a necessity." "Not at all," replied Henry Peck, ab sently. "There's ao law compelling a man to marry."--Philadelphia Ameri can. The marine disaster off the coast of New Foundland last week was very sad indeed. Many lives having been los+ Done From Exped v n Not From CowarIiCe. A VERY TRYING MOMENT Phenomen That Causes Each M.Ian in a Roomful to Believe That a Re volver Is Pointed Straight at Him Why Bad Men Are Passive. "If you will take my words fr a I! tie e'xperience I had recently perha I can make clear to you bow it is po0 sible for three bad men to hod up a roin full of fairly brave men and: get away safely with their money," sa I mierchant from the Staty of W i ton who was a guest at the L s C l one night inst week, to aN"w York Sun reporter. "I ws in su, 1h a hd up not long ago, and I have ctas ' juering at fellows who Lave be through similar experiences. I was ur m of seventy men who wee heI up in a big gambling hall. and as I an rot a regular patron of suoh '-ics I quiet about it at home. The gami!ng house is one of the best known in the West, and on the night of the !.. I it was filled with a representativ' crowd. A search would have disclosod the fact undoubtedly that many of the men present were armed. No troinil I: recent years has occurred In this pliace and there is no reason to anii a any. It was nearly midnight when the door opened and three men. ma-ke 1. and each holding two revolvers entere: the room. " 'Hands up quick!' shouted the fore most man. 'I was sitting at a faro ta> '.hen I heard this command, and as I look d up, I found a revolver pointing straight at my head. When I compared n t. s with the other seventy oil mon later, I found that each one had t:'2 same experience. There were only six re volvers, and yet each in the room w:-s willing to swear that one of thema was pointed straIght at his hea. a'l til tin.e. The crowd was simply paralyzud with fright. For two or three socon 1s not a man moved. Then over in one corner a Leadville sport brought his hand around to reach his hip poraht. "'Stop that or I'll shoot,' said one of the masked men. covering him with hiN revolver. 'Hands up, now, quick! We mean business.' "Every man in that room did hold his hands up. There was no hesitation then. It was my first experience in that kind of game, but it was not until I was able to take my hands down that I realized how tiresome the operation was. There we stood, each man with his hands stretched high above his head, held up in a room on a busy street when an outcry would bring help at once. It was a pretty sure thing however, that no one would make the outcry. The three masked men had eyes for every move, and their revolvers pointed all ways at once. It Is easy for a man who has not -been through such an experience to suggest that if sev eral men had only made a break these fellows would have run. I can honestly say that the barrel of the revolver into which I looked seemed to me to be a3 large as a sewer pipe. I even thought that I could see the end of the bullet, and I was awfully afraid that the man who held the revolver might get ner vous and shoot me by accident. I tried to look pleasant to appease hIm. All this had taken perhaps a m!nute and a half when the spokesman shouted to us: "'Line up against the wail with your backs to me and the man w~ho takes his hands down w~ill get shot. Quick. nowv gentlemen. if you please. Obey or ders and you won't get hurt.' "We lined up as directed like a lot of school boys. "'Nowv then, rmy friend here will re leve you of your valuables without 3 our assistances,' said the spokesman. 'Don't move, because there are two dead shots behind you. Keep quiet and it will soon be over.' "'It was a very good piece of work. I can assure you. One of the three went right straight down the row, tak ing each man's watch and money. He didn't get as much as he expected and as near as we could estimate later, the total haul was under $3.000. There was over $100,000 in the safe which the r obbers overlooked. When we had beeni entirely cleaned out, the spokesman said: "'Now, gentlemen, we are sorry to inconvenience you further, btut we shadl have to request you to stand just as ou are for five minutes more. Dent cut the time short or you w~ill get hurt.' "The side door opened at this instarnt and we heard the order 'Idals up. Chink, or you are a dead man.' It was one of our Chinese servants who was rcturning with a tray filled with drinks. He promptly dropped his triy smashing al the glasses and threw up his hand-. We heard no other sound for. five min ues. Each man counted the seconds to make sure that he shouldn't take down his hands ahead of time. The pOr2otor was the first rnan to move. As soon as he felt it was safe he rn' <mda found the robbers gene. IHe ;iJked up a heavy chair and threw it th~cugl the window. It carried the sash -.i'.h it and the crash that foile attract .d gerneral attention in the street lI iv. The proprietor stuck hi head out of the window and profanely shoute-I s~ch detals of the h-old-up as m g: 1.0 the people .in the . tree n th t-k of the robbers. It wasu es ho.wever. The fellows ''0 dorr ly. took off thei' m: earid without leatvic: au i. iia out of the'p search. 'When we for n chase was hoele'', m' htk to the gamb.i:. over. When we - enr fond the Cin -s of his glassewihu his head. The 'pr T take his band do( . nt do it and tworn aris he hsi eh hail accounts of rj xedien~cy m that mad,?i oa M2 Periis of' Ea'rly Houwckeeping. Young Wife-i'~vrry, tose nde of kindling, woo Io sen: hom a t i morning wer jus *te rgh sie x cept that in' Vere 'too1:- I ni' ed a boy toi 1-u 'hem al 'p 'atosut aben :.5 . rte tv . those wer'e 'nthesa or ~ parti' an we are going to build in th'e room up stairs! Well, of all :he-thre Don't cry, dear!-Chicago Trihur-'. Good Thiings in the D::a Wo rk. Dear is the wage which paO's us well; Joyous the chance to ge t' hie But sweeter yet that davdlig pell Before we hackle do::n t, work. --Chicago Record. A New Definition. "I'm sure, ma'am. ycur boy looke old enough to pay full fare." "Yes. I know he does. H-e's so re markably precociousi" - Cleveland Plan Dea:er. There Are Other Insects. He-I wish I could be a kissing bug. a little waiie. She-Oh, well, there mi!ght be a lit tle kissing bee, yot iknow.-Cleveland 5it.Fa tF ST AWVAi ioN. .uy of a Young \oman vho Re certly Died In New York. : : xtracts taken from tihe . rv iit 'by Fvela.n Adams, reader V4o,;I"t., daring her struggle to I: in *n York. 4ome to the rescue or I shatl soon *'se n r nson. I cannot hold out much 1.ezr. Tie lust stage of de'pair Is up on ire * * the creeping by in h.* to the end of all things. 0 Goxi Can the Christian wor:d 1b so --! )s co:ld and merce nary? - * wed down with de Sr ire and yet through it :o is -s her eyes to the beacon 'nn- a smile comes to her lips. "I h.i-t han nuthor! I shall yet su !:.0 sat thn a telegram. Th-y ysend a favorable answer. Ln ar:l story It is. "Den't wI1it' A .v--: I espeered it "Th-re'sa .slt of fruit for y'ut. e . iv. Co.!. n i nat a sou in my k- e they :re worth a million. W di in't they slip a $10 bill into the ba r. " \s they help the least ,f t In my anguish I have to .' ' itterl. But I shall yet succeet. S ry-so faint-I would not object to mt. rice to eat-:ong time s'n- I've tasted anything good. No'. to-mr itI'l have to go and buy the p; t--. I ' onder if I'd bettor eat or save a I nny for it. The I past Iorgot the futur.? Svetet srit'It pIray-r. lead mue right. I pray. R-: ame worthy. 10e 1o;Fn't like my writint4: sarys I s'ravi aill over the paper. Put I don't suppo i he knows all authors do that. I 'on"'t Know what they (the publish crs) r--! .wating for unless it is to get my shrac l to make into rug pap-r to print th1' rok 'n. They'll havo It sorn if Ciis kereps on. I S - -.pt. ^.-Arrived i n Ds tn. St'ppd at he Hotel Waterson. No. 8 tui.'nch place. Saw Gen. B. F. itler and took his ndvice in regard to tie 1'S -Oct. 22.-Returned to New York and agd in lusiness at No. 213 *:,0 Furt' nth street SCO a month. T~Ssept. 5.-Went to Boston. I layed in the Adams case. U.S-Sept. 21.-Wolfberough. N. iI., ti p.rnzcutI my claim agoinst Su:an P. Adams, -of Ossipee. N. II. 15-Feb. 2.-Finished the first chapter of "Fly and Lightninr. the Am--rien n Explorers," by Fv.-!yn Ada ms. 15v-July 1.-Left Now York for Uti ca. Woe ill with bronchitis. it-mained in Ttlca five weeks. IfIS?-April 11.-inishcd NVL chap t' r "F:y and Lighting." 280-May 1.--Sick for three weeks and couldn't work much of th- time. 10--. \pr! 11.-FInished. XVI. chap "Fl and Lightnln.." NNI chapters, :p nbout 1050 woris. Jul'y 1".Made arrangenients with th' U-nion Nev:s Cnnpi'y. Asked as sisannce and was refutsel. Suffered the wofrt- upense Is a killing thing-not, knowing v.hat to do. Sept. 20. sold all my c'oth"es to ralse a little money to Oct. . ( (mnenced "Is Marriage a Lotts-ry'"' Have only S7 left. Am try inz to keep up. N v. 24.-Writing "A Gay Christmas" to send to Philadelphia Transcript. 1S1-March 1.-Sold collection of minorals and stamps for $20. Have :A cents in my pocket. Received food from Mrs. V'nrs for the last two weeks. I-ope'to sutceed yet. Calm within: fer ment withoutt. March 22.-Still keeping ut courage. nil d:-pc'randutm. Have tried ten dif ferent ways to raise the money to pub lishi the book "Is Marriage a Lottery'7" Failed cach time; still hoping. "De ,f good coura ge, ye shall yet triutmph.' Hayv: resorted to sowing to keel) the wolf from the deer. Have gune to every plossible planee from - to the Sacred I-eart 'Canvent. It:. the kindness of Mrs. Nears life has 1l'-'n sustained a little longer. They ha;'. deprived them selves for my s-ike. I fear. O1 poverty -death--slow tortur'. The:. will hold the plates of my book. I shall yet win a fortune. An author's or an artist's werics alw~ays live long after they have gone. And this is my determination, to make a success b fore I d1o die. DEATH SPRING. Water in Nevada to Which Men and Animals Fall Victims. The death of Robert Watson, a cat tle man, after drinking of the waters of "Death Spring" in the Rabbit Hole Mountains, again brings Into promi nence this terror of Nevada stockmen. The spring Is situated In Humboldt County, Nevada. Its waters are so im pregnated with arsenic that death re sults to rmost creatures that drink from It. Rtunning from the spring is a tiny trr-acm, clear as crystal, which sinks tno e ground about a hundred yards front the spring. Along the banks of this stream are to be found the bone; o' h'unareds of small animals, and even of rk. r heep and cattle that have drn of the water and dIed. Smnnhave built a high fence sho"t the Tpria; and, so far as is pos c'12. E: ia-I, se- the stream. It e-simoitla. hiowever. to keep stok ra~ dirking the water. Situa td many miles from any other water 'up:.et'ie will get It no matter wn:tr nrs are taken to prevent ehm inredts of head of stock are lst eac year on account of It. W atson had lived In the vic~nity for a qurer of a centrrv and was well awar ofthe fatal properties of the *ring He- wa~s out hunting stock when he h :-am s. eparat'"d from his compan Vtne. T'o lost hIs horse and was obliged te f<.. ." them on foot. T *lro. day after his mishap, af ter heing nearly 70 hours without water hera'dthe spring. His thirst was overgneria and. in his delirium he raIt 1r I to pCisonf)ni water, much 'esmea shipwrecked sailors drink from'-th In -":'n when the thirst be cn"'s r' hI:: ralde. His fr'-nls, who ha' e"---'e-l hlm to ovcrtake them e"":- hr. had, in the meantime. con c1.4d that some mishap had occurred, and tu"rt hack to leek for him. They oudhim "hortly titer he had drunk f the tdearily waters. He wvas still alive but~ uffering the greatest agony. All tha't coal1 be done In the desert to re 1'eve him waci done, but without avaIl. 'He died wIthin an hour after his com paions found him. A '-iti*r spring Is to be found be two" n Mountain Meadow and Susan ie Lace Count;', Cal. The waters of th is 'nprn and the" streamt that runs rm tregreen and uninviting, uin it: thosc' of the Nevada spring in this r-~t h bonr-s of many deer, cat tiSe n- wiild animals that have t:::'iofte water of spring or stream "re to be 'Tound in the vicInity. Stock ma nx bae Lt a seven-beard fence -e""nd the sprinz, and on top) of the )ec avL put s.'veral lines of barbed wire, that ste ma' b kep' fro^m it. -N. YV. Sta. Salican Cihhs Line A ai's 2 a:: :: b arted a1 novel tin the .iryin p~!prfyir.; of Mincn, a:n. has s:- : a nveittg mocst of its. cu --- r ! ' a1. notion Is a line.:.:a thepr -reter, and they ac co ':rys-d yur. n his and collars for a4:lon trP.' amboo frames are e-trachb- to a captive balloon, and the '--n irog dry,' Is fixed to the fra 'san sails ar'r- in the air. The balloon maikes six ascen's daily, and an extra clharge is made for each article that undergoes the treatment. People who nev~er say anything ust pacify the world by doing a good dea. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ jas paper giv'es tite latest news of y other CprI in this cournty. Every family should have a copy of it in their, MAkes the food nore de I ROYAL BAKINiI POW A NEW SWINDLE. Or Rather. a New Form of an Od One. Th.- N. %v Yoirk p'stoLfi'c tfials hax e detcted a n'w form of green gooo' swinin.4. and have in custody James MeAndrews. who says that he lives at 13avonn"-. N. J. McAndrews received hii letters at the Jersey City Postotice. where he was arrested, and vas ar raigned before United States Conimis sioner Linsly Rowe and held in S2,3i0 bail. HeI deposited the cash and wi releasedl. Inspector Snow. who mad' the arrest, stated that McAndrews had rxosed as a dealer in jewelry. and ha-l circulated in the South and West thou sands oif his circulars and done a larg' businesz. The first circular. which is heachl in bold typo. "Darrels of Mon ey." ur-S th- reoipi'nts to be wide awake. :n if they want a 1-v. barreis Of money nit tO hesit.ate to acpit the offet inc.. This innovcent 'loeoking circulair begins with this paragraph: "'\,: Imave a l-t (if imitation ywar which y". can disp se of ve y easily. The price. is in each corner of th long green printed card each liece is put upon. These goods are gotten up so well that no one except :n expert can t(.ll the difference between then and the genuine. They are a perfect imitation of the real goods. After a white we will have some for sale, thie selling price printed. $2. $5 and $10. "We will send you 1,000 for $4 cash with order. We will send 6,000 for $10 cash with order. We wvill send 12.000 for 22- ensh wvith order. We will send 2~. 090 for $~c.f cash with order. The address given is No. 34 Mercer -treet. Theie is no such number in Mer cer street. and McAndrews rented a postoffic iox. at whir-h he received his rn aP. Th, second circular is carefully worlod. but hints at th' "green goods" feature of the transaction. This invit ting bait naturally would hook the vic tim, as it meant a piece of jewelry. a cheap brass pin on a white card. with "Price $1" printed on a corner of the card. To this McAndrews pinned a crisp new $1 Treasury note and a cir cular that directly touchcd on the "grcen goods." It is cunningly pre pared. and refers to the new Treasury bill as "a fine imitation of the real arti cle." It is this circular which opens the negotiation for the alleged "green goods." and] whn the victim sends a large suni of nmnney he gets in return. nothing or a cace of the worthless j.w elry. instead of a box of sawdust.. A Novel Business. Peter A. Watson ("Wolf" Watson). of Ortaha Neb., draws a salary from tl'e Nebraska Live Stock Association t' pay him for putting in his entire tin:e lilling wolves. le has reducd the wolf census of the State so that he can kill but CO a year now. When he b egan he killed 500 a year. Watson's fb- her. a famous hunter. who shot buf folo with Buffalo Bill, on a contract t' supply the Union Pacific RZailroad butlders with meat. was kille-d in a Thl~e son is nowv ffty-five, as straight I'n Indan and a famouis rider. Ito : uen fom oint to point where comn pladnt ismade of wolves' deprtedetior.s. tiding a sutperb horse and accomni.'l:d be six of his fine staghounds. Dogs and horses run ,iio'n the wvolv'es in the opena prtiiries. Th.:n the training shows. A w.) f couild kill one of Watson's dogm, but the six show team work, and so div'de the animal's attention that the are~ sctdomi injutred. Upon his huntin. t-:ps Watson carries only a revilver,~ st.d seldom needs to use even that. When he needs it, he needs it badly. for ihoi.:h a wolf ii,. never attack a nman so. lan' as he might run, a hard-pressed wolf sometime"s sell his life dearly. Cnee a big cray wolf jumped at Wat sen. clawing the flank oif his hore atnd tle t ider's right leg and hand. WVatse.:: reatci:edi over with his left hand. drte. hi's iitol, and fired fotur shots at th-e w lf. but didn't harm the brute mttch. as his horse danced about so as to spii hi :ha. Watsw". had but one shot left. le put his pistol in the wolf's moutn. and, at the risk of blowing off his own fagers. tlted. That shot finishoi ti": atmmal, after which the bleeding maui Cod horse had ten weary miles to trav ei :a the nearest town. But w.'ak the'y~ nere fromo loss of bloo. the:. to n the wolf with theni. New Swindling Scheme. A street beggar, with a new schem'e. held the sidewalk in Thirty-fourth str-et, within 100 yards of H-enry Cews's residence in New York the other day. I [e. seemed to be doing ai thriving business, as he had a group about hin. Since hi' sat on the ilar: ging and c..ui not be seen over t he heads of his wvatchers, the cauz-e of the gathtrirne could not be unders' ' withcout a little investigationi. This fct drew mtany a passer toward him. The first thing discoveredI was an in. kemipt little old man. whose expr e- iin hinted that he was a bit weak of int I lct. or to ptit it in the words u o. in' idler, that he "'hadl rats in his~ ga." His business instihets were. soun, h 2w ever.. Laid first before him waa t -p catd stating that he feil ashlep in Madison Sottare, and that htis 'Ck et - ook containing .$.') was stln 1'.i1ently he had receive ci poi n fitfrspiend ont on thie Pacard wl e ennics, with an o.c. a.ina! iekt.' and limt'. With cha'lk th b.. - ar kept whnat turhiorted tio be a -..k O"n't" of his! int!. A pe'nny drrped at his, ft, and was iui'ckly i ad I - his arri'y. ith stuit atl eiar. in l.i figures. But a miomenut tiraer. pe ons-lookin ma use in..th grou fo ten~oughl t lok i'vr *i:'i'iold an na his 'ay-ou.t. i nd be'o un in'awa toissed hi'm a euart. At sight of the coin greed1 stoodi ott ofita old cha's~ every feature. and he p ock eted it. mtumbling and .rirning i ov's if basier stuCi. Two of th urcin- wer ct''ck to cait'h 'th' si "Hr.h Gus: mcri' d nh: tan' up The tbr-i Tir understhundi th nnt u madie~ .. hne hrin' hi- hi d ~ Then i- " o~thr anamufi .'e i'r t : aExdca pleionRaLf He teto~ td s tring-! o: he ex eleet-o 'A iI.. ites -ita" e swittedy ts l Sittr!-. re m g n ent for\th Wtibcoe ut ' th her orpshfthrine had tf' tim tr"ed All over thea teuto tatsia-t pes ofc its spvtod ret d -to the aExamp lesi in bral< lie. ' ane tuecs t the strentheo everyt ii. aluemn whther iru seee or buins the exttnt io wich -a it sona: dicet oetfo the whisktrateyt ha.t u:l t r alone th'y e country ther arg ex c Keleyo itipeniurt ste inuut C : iuouIs an.'d wholesome )ER CO.. NEW YCRK. A Suit. T1alL \\er j a' > res SOME MAD OAMBLr1b.S A Bridal Couple's Tragedy-Suicides Know Their Fate-Few Try to Es cape Their Goa!-Incidents of the World's Most Famous Gambling Rooms. To tho rght .f th i -urish salon, the 1 -cnd from the 'ntran~ce in the great ,samb ing r-oomi of Miot .rlo, stands th- siicide talec This neem-Sie Of fur:-niture has aord-'(: of causing 113 suicides in ten y-Jrs. according to the count kept by li.'nvk-nisil. forme-ly chief of the de .-iv. in this ro om. Even tho c--hairs of ths table differ In th- in-nitzy of t hooidooed state. T- chair TO the Ieft of the croupier i-eina he . ntrarce toor has claimed seotnvictims. T_;h. twventy-third -ir cconidat-ld elev-n suicides, :ix w-omen and five men. The others hii records of eight. rive four. three an'd one' de'th. One -lday five years ago. writes M. I.nenst .. in the Chicago Inter-Ocean. n.:i o at the table was a young P"ariin He sat in one of the one .th chairs. and won. When the doors e:ed he .-rried off -0.00 franes. In'rgine r*y anticipations when next morning, I foutind him irstaled to ihe i.-ft *! th. troupier. I felt like tearing him a.vay or slipping a card into his hand, to warn him against the seat he had chosen, but my official character forbade me to interfetie. and. besides, myrl a-iie would have been scorned. for the fellow gtmbled like one mad. lt lost his winnings of the day before and 2A.006 francs of his own money. When his last 1,00 franc note was gone he rose. and swanying to and fro like a Iirutnlka rd. sturabled out of the hall, lughing immoderately. Two of moy men leid a merry chase for this unfo:'tunate, and when they caught up with him he jumped off the rai Iwa y bridg'e, knocking out hisbrains. S\not her case that haunts my Idreams' One day an elderly gentleman, Signor Antonio Cesare, who knew my connection with the Casino compelled me to give him the seat I was occupy ing,. next to the croupier. I did so with a bleeding heart, for this old man was the very picture of health, and I was an intimate friend of his cousin, the Mayor of Eentimigli. Well, this gentleman lost nearly a. hundred thousand francs in the day and evening. When he got up, his own mother wouldn't have known him. He looked ten years older; his flesh had fallen away; madness stared out of his eyes. NeX-t day they fished his body ferom the lake at Mentone. Then there were the Parlingtons, re fned English people. They were on their wedding trip. I never forgot the look of delight with which young Mrs Parington pocketed her first small gain. The pretty bride fairly coaxed her hushand to stake 10 francs. When night came they had a couple of thousandi francs in their pockets Nex:t morning they took chairs Nos. 23 an-d '24. No. 2:1 brought them the usu al luck-. They cgained 30,000 francs. But n the following day came the inevita be change. The 30.000 francs went back to us, andI the couple's little fortune followed. The:y walked from the room deathly pale, hand in hand. My detectives informed me that they took the trt'in for Nice without troub lig about their baggage. They shot and i.-ifled themselves in the Windsor Hote-l there. Everybody can see that the 'Il t h en the suicide table is of more reent make than the rest. Yet the Caino company is only 218 francs the peror' on that accottnt. Htere are the figures: Cloth for double 1ablPi. 250 francs, painting of yellow fig ures. i,0 francs; nailing down, 18 francs total, :1 S francs. A gainst these figures there is an off set of 600) francs, which the Casin comtipany would have been obliged to pay the young Rtussian for traveling exensres. This Muscovite Prince re fused to become a pensioner of M. Dianc's heirs. and blew out his brains oer' the table where he had dropped his all,-i0,000 francs. TP hone-d twxo y ears ago. and it ..lyart m' my j-'. The circum: san-" that ( o te directors of the' crmpany" --rew me into a corner to talk a-bout the same Russian's per 'iteint 0iltauk jut aminute be:'ore the sh"'an o'ut-that alone saved The incident itself was soon forgotten and0 hadt no be~a.rng en~ the game. It - ha nothr'ing to co wi'th the supersti ti..o nt~uingt"th suicide table. Ti -il'rpuation of that piece of fur niture- was- r if nmay yevars' standing ''h"n the Russi" commintted his flag rantf P-ech' of tiv> etiquette. He ws N., ' on ""'list of unfortunates. Whe b -' a mn or woman ap p'o ch the si:este. my first care w'-- t pr.v.:n~'thim or -her from spoil Iin-" mre0- 'Ioh I sig"nalledi my men to -re-e "oun th~e part", and prevent him er "~ fr'on putin a hand in the pokt' from' strk' :"h'ie croupier. Manydeprniae -: Iapproached as -a 'e!a .- . ' r - "fe'ing to assist them ai t?: thir ..omeward. journey. cst me' n"otIn ", a-s the company re foreho~ing o evi whn theyX com'e to man's *. . th rstr to I r their foru~: y ain 'the er -ie 100t fran- b'f.r the*' da's' tt-eo ofgn tamyrin vith is em tte: .rdiets.b :- it. . c ins wa "i r i u tyo inge to: : la::. an" D..Jdwa. aftr which he f---. The rcol had not T Cn Thousand Wanted. ans propose to ask thc "eneral ass mW~ the Sout (' a f"' I on t ec battlefield of "'hickamauga has be.- n drawa up a'- i w"a few days. The b-ill wil be accompranied for a cFu~m 'iJsio e('.0 in ,g '-f the covrnor and three -~if'-rs ttter a~s, which em'ns'ou0 "il -t, lo ate andi upom ""se ' ere iOtn of the monument. and fo" "" 'i errtopmition of S 10.000 with which to defray expenses o the commniasion andI the ereetion of e monument