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Telegram-herald., 1889-05-30

had left newly arrived troop standing
house 70 rcconnoiter.
Have there been any southern SOL
diers hero today?" he called out, at the
same time raising his forage cap.
The girl bit her white lips 10 gain cour-
ago 10 reply. The young mans tones
were soft and pleasant. but he was a
Yankee soldier: tho first she had seen.
For months she bad listened to stories Of
depredations to be committed by the
Yankee troops when they should arrive.
NO" she answered. with a gasp.
When did they goS'
About an hour ago"
The young man smiled. She had made
a miSstaternent within FIVE words. lie
gave her time TO collect her scattered
senses
Where is the bridgeY- he asked.
There. she pointed down tho road.
How far?'
About half mile"
Have they burned III"
She glanced at a thin cloud Of smoke
floating over the trees TO the south.
Il see" be said; 'Iexpected "a much"
Then turning 70 her again: ''You seem
delighted 10 see US You're not at al
AFRAID. are you7"
% no She bit her lip again 10
gather courage.
he looked At her with a half amused,
half curious expression Il suppose you
expect % 20 burn the house and the barn
and the fence. Bot Johnny has saved
Va that trouble" be added. glancing at
the line where the fence had been. You
expect 70 be murdered. q course.
~Of course. she was So frightened
thas she repeated the words after him
Ike a parrot.
The young man laughed He lifted
his cap politely and turned swav- IA he
rode past a group of gaping negroes,
You're not afraid Of as aunty, he said
to one e them.
"Ws knows better'n 70 be sceayred at
ou' own f0lkS"
"Our own folksr The youngster was
amused. "Our own folks - good Here
al east vas cordial reception
He rode hack - bic commanding of
Ger snd called his sttsstiou - the smoke
Of the burning bridge. only 70 hear an
exclamation referring - that Pisce where
abundant kindling for bridges = sup
posed 70 6e stored
The troops went into camp n feld
opposite tire house; ths lieutenant rode
sway n post a line - vedefVes along TIE
river hank. and an hour lster returned to
fssd tie feI3 white with canvas, ard 20
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-30

You can have guard If you Ike, he
said VIXEN they we're seated. of course
you vs hid al the valuabies.7
Yes. in the vel
Howe smiled "You mustn't tel any
cne that, Mss Alice. That won't do az
All
You won't betray rs. I'm not afraid.
I'd tell vou anything
"But. be said. taken ahack bT 50 sud
den confidence. soldiers may not al
he a. well disposed a. I am. and there
sra a great many strsgglers anj n1aTaud-
IS. Don't truss any one. You'll never
get On if ron hide things from us Ian
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-30
ON THE BORDER.
A STORY FOR MEMORIAL DAY.

Copyright. lssO. BY American Press AssociatiOn.l
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-30

The stomach" is the energetic phrase
which carlyle applied 70 hs own
Troublesome orsan of Digestion. TIE
grsat esssy-st vas a dverertc from his
y0us1 hut 1sd he uss.l fr. Farrar
Peasant FGr-stre Pellets Ee insight
ha7e shaken lff the i-c1llssrs of discs.
ton sire = dev8rep from a lan's
r1ane, and there wouI have been
more "sveetness and h1ht IN his
writings ard hss home. All drugg sts:
= s.-aas val.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-30

The hest salve ia tle worU for cuts.
hrrl ses. sores. ulcers ~ & rheurn. fever
sares telter. chagped hands. chHhlssns.
eo~ns and Al ssla ergptons. ard ros.-
lively cures r1les, or 10 usv re771. .rst..
Is IS guaranteed e. give perfect s., sfs.-
ten or money refunded. P-.ce p cents
rer roy. F0r safe IS Peek frrs. drug
gsfs. corner Monroe and Dsvsnorl--+s
Iooss's Red clcvrs PIN Care SICK
Headache, Dyspepsia. Ini gesscr.
feHSt7r.a SC rer hoT. 3 hoxcs for
81. Fer sale y a. druggists
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-30
HOW hER LETTsR FOUND HlM.

80 her, I am writing At home. deas
ADd you 50 FAR away,
And sheD you read the letter
wonder what you sill say.
The green leaves shisper around "a
The night!nSai-s sang above.
just Gs they cid that day. dear.
When you told me al your Iovs!" -
y can see her" he fontly whispered
A be sat by the far camp fire,
And read and read her letter
Win heart that could never tlre
Il can see Der true eyes shining
~ she tcans on her li,fie haci,
And gazos and dreams about mo
Here IN ths distant land.
Tho bu-le rang out st rniinigh.
The Gght was lost ero morn;
lie fell. with bis old battalion.
Leading hope foriorn
While ac homo tho sun IS shining.
And the roses of Juae unfold,
But the maiden IL quietly weeping
As she dreams her dream of old
-CaSsen's Masazrna
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Then she was so confiding, so defense
less; he could not bring himself to take
what she might not dare deny him. He
dropped her hand and threw her a kiss
from the tips Of his fingers as he ran
down the steps.
When Alice Reade went to rest that
night she saw neither the walls Of her
bedroom, nor the old four post bed
stead, nor the white valance, nor the
trifles with which she had decorated her
place of retreat. And when she shut her
eyes to induce slumber it would not
come. Ever present was the 1.-the figure,
the short, light wavy hair, the entranc-
ing smile. But she did not know what
it meant. Sho did not know that the
young cavalryman had been cutting his
way with the keenest of invisible blades
10 her innocent heart.
The next morning when she opened
her eyes, she remembered the visit of the
night before as q happy dream. She
could scarcely believe that il was real.
She wanted TO reassure herself that It
was. She got up and stole softly 10 the
window TO see the white tents. Cautious
" drawing aside the shade she peeped
through the opening.
Alas, there vas nothing but an empty
feld.
For q moment Alice wondered IL in
deed il had not ali been a dream
A wear passed. The territory about
Alice Reades house had been fought over
agnin and again. The Union forces had
been driven back far 20 the north and
were now slowly working their way
south again. Howe had been III Of camp
fover. and hs1 spent several months far
from the Wild scenes Of warfare. tender
II cared for By mother and sisters. and
surrounded by the comforts of a luxu-
nous home. In the meanwhile the peO-
PIE of the border states saw no rest from
the tumult about them. Howe reioined
his regiment IN Tennessee a few weeks
before the forward movement Of the sum-
nler Of 1863
Ore day while advancing soVIthward
with the army he rode up 70 house
about which of7cers were standing,
within sound Of the booming + cannon
short distance % tie front Tho ad-
vance was crossing q river and the enemy
vas di-Quting tie passage. There vas
tlat wrecked appearance about TIC piaoe
which iu~ariatf~ comes with aTreies.
Ifove disrnountrd and rode % ~ the
well fcr some water % gueuch lis thirst
a.. l.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-30

There is grave in Tennessee which,
each year, when the day comes round
for the decoration Of graves Of those who
died in war time. is covered like the rest
with flowers. Though it is the grave Of
young girl il holds oae who was a
sacriice ia the struggle These flowers
are placed by one who, I7s-i-g tho while
from youth 10 age. macs pilgrimages
there. The grave is thct os Alice Reade;
the pilgrim. lac in place Of whose life she
gave her own.
Has Col. Bowe-now a white haired
man. though not yet J0-a feeling that
he is living a life which does not belong
70 himi Many fair dame las sct q
snare for his heart: but he is still bach
elor. Is IL congtancyi Who knows; OF
al the events Of those exciting years
in which he took part, there ia one OF
which he never speaks. Because II II 80
near to his heart. II is far FROM his lips.
r. A. Mitchell.
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GIRL. white as
marble, stood on
the gallery ex-
tending across
til Q front of q
: southern built
house in Tennes-
see. y young
n an barely 90
years of age, in
the uni n OF a
Unite q States
cavalry officer
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srneu tne sweet odor ot burning wood

srneu the sweet odor OF burning wood
and boiling coffee.
After partaking Of his evening meal
the cavalry always live well where there
is fair foraging-he proceeded to arrange
his toilet with view to paying his re-
spects to the young girl who had an
swered his questions. \ paper collar
without crava) was made TO border the
neck band Of his flannel shirt; the dust
was shaken from his blouse; and, booted
and spurred, his reinforced trousers still
tucked in his boots, he strobe across the
road and through the yard TO the house.
The girl he sought came to the door.
~ thought I'd just come over" he
said. pulling off his cap and smiling at
her reassuringly, Ito say that we don't
propose 10 trouble you" Gle had un-
knowingly supped off a chicken removed
from the barn. I'm Arthur Howe,
lieutenant Of the -th cavalry. May l
ask your name? I'm quite sure it is a
pretty one," and he looked as if he would
add, ''if it's like you"
"Alice Reade." She looked at him with
a pair of serious brown eyes; wonder
eyes. Women with such eyes possess a
depth OF feeling that others are a stran-
ger 10. She led the way to the sitting
room.
"My mother is sick" she said apollo
getically, "and my brother"-she hesi-
tated; she feared to acknowledge her
brothers whereabouts TO q Yankee
''he's with our boys"
''Our boys" The words grated. They
caused the young man to remember that
ho was an enemy. And he did not relish
being the enemy Of one so timid and so
gentle. He thought of the exile in camp
away in the south; then of his own IA
vorito sister in the north. and how it
would madden him to know that she was
ut the mercy Of stranger. All the kind
illness of his kindly nature beamed in his
face and softened in his voice.
"Never mind, Miss Alice; nothing shall
harm you. and the war will soon beover,
and well all be friends again, and
He looked at her with his winning smile
and frankly extended his hand.
This was tho hated Yankee; the van
daI; ye. not vandal; but picture of
loveliness: Gtho graceful figure; short
wsvy hair, so light az to be almost
white; pair Of kindly blue eyes, aud
above oil the charming smile. Then
there was look of gertiity about him
that would have shown itself through
the uniform of teamster. She took thu
extended hand. her eyes brim full Of
thankfulnesS, at tho unexpected sym
pathy which had come IN place Of the
expected harshness.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-30
A NOVEL DUEL.
Fingers to Be Cut Off, the First One
to Weaken to Be Killed.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, Special. The partic-
ulars of d singular duel recently fought in
Taos county have just come to light An In
dian and Juan Verega, a wealthy Mexican
cattleman, repaired to spo. about six miles
from the town of Taos. just at the break of
day, to settle" an old grudge. The weapons
were butcher knives, and by the method of
fighting agreed upon each man was to sub
NIT his hand 10 his opponent and have one
finger cut off, the cutting to be done alter
nately, and the first man who evinced signs
of pain to be stabbed to the heart The In
dian by toss secured the first cut, and, delib-
erately taking the hand of his enemy, with a
quick stroke severed his forehnger. The
Mexican never uttered sound. The Indian
reached out his HIND and off came his thum o.
This continued in silence until the catrlenan
had lost four fingers and the Indian four
also. When the Indian reached for his foes
hand the latter's second, becoming scared at
the fearful flow of blood, sent bullet
through the Indians heart. The affair is one
of the most innuman ever heard of in any
land, and all parties TO it will be prosecuted.
II is though5 the cattleman will die.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-30
FIGHTING IN SAMOA.
Engagement Reported Between Fol-
lowers Of Malietoa and Tamasese
ON the Island of SaHaii

Engagement Reported Between Fol-
lowers Of Malietoa and Tamasese
on the Island Of Savaii
SYDNEY, N. s. w.. Special. -Advices re-
ceived here from Apia, under date of the
15lh inst, state that battle is reported to
have taken place on the island OF Savaii, be-
tween the forces of Malieton and Tamasese.
Three hundred men were engaged on each
side. Several were killed and a number
wounded Which party won the victory is
not known.
NOT UNCLE SANS FUNERAL.
WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-The cable dispatch
from Sydney of a reported engagement be-
tween the forces of D[alietoa and Tamasese
was shown to state department official He
said that on the face of it the report was
startling, but that the Importance of the re-
port would be modified by the relative i'm
portance of foreign interests in Savaii. 1t
might be that there was nothing at all in the
conflict that would call for foreign consider
alton 1t might be merely local riot
without international significance of any
kind In any event. the report, if
true, demonstrated that Malietoa and Tam
asese were not dwelling together in such
harmonious relations and ambitions as had
been stated in the recent account of Male
toa's abdication and the subsequent election
of Tamasese The department. had no infor-
nation on the subject whatever. An exam
inatiOE OF the correspondence and reports
upon the Samoa matter, with accompanying
maps, showed that there was no American
interest at all on the island of Savaii and
that those OF England and Germany were IN
considerable, compared to those on Fortuila,
upon which Apia is situated.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-30
The Story Longfellow Told Dickens.

To Wilkie Collins, from New York,
under date of January -, 1868, Mr..
Dickens writes: "Being at Boston
last Sunday, L took it into my head
to go over to the medical school and
survey the holes and corners into
which that extraordinary murder
was committed by Webster. There
was the furnace and adj the grim
spouts and sinks, and chemical ap-
planes and what not. At dinner af-
terward Longfellow told me a terrific
story. He dined with Webster with
in a year of the murder, one OF a
party of ten or twelve! AS they sat
at their wine Webster suddenly ord
cred the lights turned out and a
bowl of some burning material to be
placed on the table, that the guests
might see how ghostly it made them
look. AS each man stared at the
rest in the weird light all were horror
stricken to see Webster with a rope
around his neck, holding it up over
the bowl, with his head jerked on
one side and his tongue lolled out,
representing a man being hanged?''-
Philadelphia Record.
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knee and scars on both elbows all Of which

BORNE By TAscoTT,
according to the description. Upon being
charged with the forgeries the prisoner
acknowledged his guilt, and readily signifed
his willingness to accompany the officers to
Philadelphia, where he was taken to
the central station. Tascotr is de-
scribed as having bad teeth. the
upper front ..ones filed with gold,
blue eyes, rosy cheeks, rather good looking,
about twenty three years old, inclined to
SLOUGH, and has habit of carrying his hands
IN his pantaloon pockets. The scars, as men
toned above, are infinitely described A
later description of the alleged murderer
says he is an expert guitar and mandolin
player: All these points are observable to
marked degree in the man arrested to-day.
His teeth are bad, one upper front tooth hav-
ing been filed, and he says the gold fell
out not long ago. From each side of
this tooth one has been extracted Among
his effects is a guitar, and a small satchel lie
carried contained guitar and either strings
and keys for tuning the latter instrument
Chief Wood telegraphed the Chicago author
tiles tonight, and is awaiting reply from
them.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-30
GATHERED AT HONOLULU.
Four American Men-of-War at THAT
Port-Trial of Insurgents.

Four American MeH-Of- War at THAT
Port-Trial OF Insurgents.
SAN francisco, Oct. 27.-According to adj
vices received from Honolulu to-day there
are four American meu-of-War vessels sta
toned at that port-Iroquois, Mohican, Nip
sic and Alert, the Iroquois having recently
arrived from Sam Francisco and the Mohican
from Callao. Admiral Kimberly still re-
mains at Honolulu, and the squadron is
under his Immediate command 1t is not
known definitely here now how long AID
miral Kimberly will remain at Honolulu,
but it is reported he will not return to San
Francisco until after the coming elections in
the Hawaiian kingdom. and it is believed
the four war ships will also remain until
after that event. The trial Of the men who
engaged in the recent rebellion at Honolulu
has been in progress for some time. The
hearing of but two cases has been COM
pleted, being those of a Belgian named
Loomens and Chinaman. Both were found
guilty. Robert Wilcox, the leader of the in
surgents, who has nor yet been tried, was
the principal witness for the defense He
claimed that he and his men were not en-
gagged in rebellion, but in an effort to protect
King kalakaua
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RESORTED TO CANNIBALISM.
Horrible Story Related 10y Two Ship
.r wrecked Sailors.


wrecked Sailors.
BALTIMORE, Special-Carl Graves, fireman,
and Ludwig Loder, seaman, two survivors Of
the crew OF the steamship Earnmoor, told
story, horrible in its details, of the way they
sustained life by cannibalism for days. Loder
said: "The only food we had the first fifteen
days in the boat was flying fish and few
raw small sea birds, divided among eleven
men. On the sixteenth day out William
Davis, a seaman. caught me by the throat
ana made a dash at my head with knife.
He cut me in the right cheek, the scar from
which still remains as you will see. He was
told to kill me by August Plagge, a fireman.
When Davis began to cut me some of his
companions caught him, others shouted Kill
him, kill him; we want something to eat
We are starving It seems that Plagge,
Davis and others in one end of the boat had
decided that should die, as, suppose, be-
ing pretty fat looked inviting: Plagge was
placed on watch that night, but he was miss
ing next morning. No one saw him go over
board.
LIVED ON HUMAN FLESH.
@On the seventeenth day, William Robinson
lay down to sleep, and when they tried to
call him they found him dead. 1t was de-
termined to eat his flesh, and William
Wright the cook, was ordered TO carve the
body The first thing done was to smash in
Robinson's skull, and from the fracture each
one sucked the blood az long as it would
last, which was but little while. Then the
cook stripped the flesh from the ribs The
next day this flesh in strips was placed on
top OF the water tight compartment and
dried in the sun. After taking out Robin
sons liver, heart and other parts which
would furnish blood to be sucked, we threw
his mutilated body into the sea. Two days
after Robinson's death, Third E ngineer
Thomas Hunt died. His body was also cut
up for food In about three days the limbs
and feet of all began to swell, and several
have since broken out in ugly Sores We
think it is poison from the human flesh and
blood" Both Graves and Loder say that
they have no recollection OF the taste of
human flesh, so great was their mental
anguish at the time. Their only recollection
of taking the food is feeling their own blood
quicken as it coursed through their veins
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-30
Our Astounding Good Nature.
Boston Transcript,

From the Boston Transcript.
Even as Sir Edwin Arnold praises
us, he reminds us of some of our
short comings. He is good enough
to express delight with our country
in a general way, and of many ofour
institutions in special way. But
even in the flower OF fattery there
turks the nettle of criticism. II have
noticed Sir Edward says to a re-
porter (who calls him. with rare
mixture of respect and democratic
indifference, "Sir Edwin in one
breath and :eMr. Arnold in the next),
ssI nave noticed the absence OF re-
striction on the number of passen-
gers in horse-cars. In London crowd
ing of these street vehicles is prevent-
ed by regulation, yet here as many
get in as wish A certain degree OF
Inconvenience is the natural result,
yet I have, observed that the people
bear the inconvenience with thegreat-
est good humor. Indeed, good hum
Or and kindly feeling are what l have
found manifested everywhere by your
people, Itmay be that Americans
are little more brusque and curt in
their speech than the English-a diff
ference noticeable in railway porters,
horse-car conductors, and especially
hotel clerks-yet there is behind it all
a hartiness and real effort to be kind
and obliging which soon mHke one
forget that there is any difference at
ALL This is very neat, indeed, and
honestly magnanimous. 1t is not
really to our credit that we endure
horrible overcrowding in street-cars,
and submit patiently to be bumped
over railroad tracks and herded and
driven like cattle in railroad stations,
with as little respect for our comfort
and safety as is common] y given to-
cattle. 1t is not to our credit that
we submit patiently tothe scornful
impoliteness of railway servants and
the contumely of hotel clerks. But
Sir Edwin kindly set down all this
cowardly submissiveness to the cred
it of our Astounding good-nature,
which is certainly very kind of him.
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LOOKS LIKE TASCOTT.
Arrest of Forger Who Answers His
Description.

Description.
PHnADELAHIA Special-A man is locked
up in this city to might who, if he be not
Tascott, answers most marvelously the de-
scription furnished of that person. For two
weeks past man has been passing or at
tempting to pass forged checks pur-
porting to he signed by J. R. Wood.
general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
raiiroad It became known that the man
had left the city, and Chief of Detectives
Wood detailed Detectives Bond and Murray
60 hunt for the culprit. They reached Read
ing to-day, and an examination of the regis
ger Of hotel there revealed the naLle of
'esCharies Harris, Philadelphia" The detectives
Learned that Harris answered the description
,of the forger He was found in his room in
bed asleep He was awakened and told to
get up. When the man got out of bed he
wore only short shirt. and Detective Bonds
attention was attracted by prominent scars
ON the right leg, and also gunshot wound
In the right hip. lJoccurred to the men that
these marks were conspicuously mentioned
la the description of Tascott casual
GLANCE also revealed a scar on the right