davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-29
glclsets, D. M, tas saaOO. piolets. D. &

plckets, ID. \ H., fat 5000: pickets. D. &
H., square, $1,000.
I'd com Gin white pine, S3l.00; Sd com Gin
white pine. 5000; ID com Gin white pine,
5000; com 4 and Gin yellow pine $500;
Star Ain yellow Pine, SlI00; LIST and 2d clear
yellow pine, and 6-in, $500.
CEILING AND PARTirioS-ist com, si-ln
white pine partition, s3200; 81 com G-in
white pine partition, s21 90: clear q in vel.
low pine ceiling, 5000; clear sS-in Norway
sl4.5u; I'd com ss-in Norway, Sl2 so.
LIME-Best, So.
CEM.NT-$1.35.
PLASTER -s2.25.
HAR-20c
BUILDING BRIoK-Commou, s5O0C6I00 per
M; selected. s70o@S.00 per NJ; sewer brick,
S. 0099.00 per NJ.
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AND THUS I LEFT HER.

some howell where must hide, / could bear,
day by day, to look upon thy fair face, and
seeing, remember, that those lips betrayed
met Not thus easily shalt thou atonel This
even now I know: Many and heavy shall
be thy lonely days Of penancel Perchance
that hour Of vengeance may yet come, and
perchance thou shalt live to play thy part in
it. In the Court of Cleopatra must thou
still abide, and while thou art there, It yet !
i've, ] will from time to time find means to
give thee tidings. Perchance day may
dawn when once more shall need thy
service. Now, swear that, in this event,
thou wilt not fail me q second time"
II swear, Harmachisi swear! May
everlasting torrents, too hideous to be
dreamed more hideous even, by far, than
those that wiring me now-be my portion it
fail thee in one jot or title; az, even
though wait lifetime for thy word"
s IT'S well; see that thou keep the oath
not twice may we betray; go to work out
ny fate; abide thou to work out thine. Per-
chance our divers threads will once more
mingle ere the web be spun. Charm1on,
who unasked didst love me-snd who,
prompted BY that gentle love OF thine, didst
betray and ruin me-fare thee well
Wildly she gazed upon me-she stretched
put her arms az though to clasp me: ana
then, IN the agony Of her despair, cast
herself ct length and Rroveled upon the le
ground. 3, !.
stair and gained the door, and, g passed
through, one last glance I cast upon her.
There she lay, with arms outstretched-
more white than her white rnhasha dnx1
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world so stepped in sorrow as was that
NIGHT? Surely not one! Where should ]
t1rn2 What could do? And even through
the tempest Of my torn heart the bitter
voice Of jealousy called aloud. For loved
this woman, to whom had given all; and
she at this moment-she was Ali could
not bear to think of it; and in my utter
agony nv heart burst forth in a1river OF
tears such as are terrible to weep!
Then Charmion drew near to me, and
saw that she, too, was weeping.
sweep not, Harmachis!' she sobbed,
kneeling at my side. II can not endure te
see the eweep. Obi why wouldst thou not be
warned; Then hast thou been great and
happy, and not so now. Listen, Harmachis!
Thou didst hear what that false and tigerish
woman said-to-morrow she hands thee
over to the murderersp
sit is we'll, gasped.
"Nay, it is not well. Harmachis, give he1
not this last triumph over thee. Thou hast
lost all save life; but while life remains
hope remains also, and with hope the chance
of vengeancew
stAhw I said, starting from my seat. 81
had not thought of that. Ay, the chance Of
vengeancei It would be sweet to bs
avengedw
1T would be sweet, Harmachis. and yet
this-Vengeance is an arrow that in falling
oft pierces him who shot it. Myself
know it." and she sighed. SHUT a truce te
talk and grief. Time will there BE for ~
twain to grieve, if not to talk, in an the
heavy coming years. Thou must hy-be
fore the dawning Of the light must thou n.y.
Here is plan. Tomorrow, ere the dawn
q galley that but yesterday came from
Alexandria bearing fruit and stores sails
thither once again, whereof She Captain Il
known to me, but to thee he is not known.
Now, will find thee the garb Of Syrian
merchant, and cloak thee as know now,
and furnish thee with q letter to the Cap
tain Of the galley. He shall give thee pass y,
age to Alexandria, for to him thou will
seem but as q merchant going on the bust
ness OF thy trade. IT'S Brennus who Is
Captain Of the Guard tonight, and Brennus
IS q friend to me and thee. Perchance he
win guess somewhat; or, perchance, he viii
not guess at the least, the Syrian merchant
shall safely pass the lines. What sayest
thou?''
SIT is well,"I answered YEARLY; s'little
do reck the issue"
s.Rest thou then herb, Harmachis, while
make these matters ready; and, Harma'
CHS, grieve not overmuch; there are others
who should Rrieye more heavily thai
thou, And She went, leaving me alone
with mine agony that rent me like tort
ure-5ed. Methinks, had it not been for
[ that fierce desire Of vengeance which from
time to time flashed across my tormented
mind as the quick lightning Ger midnight
sea, my reason had left me In that dark
hour. ,At length ] heard her footstep ct
u 4hss dnnr ana ana t3l,tared breathing heav.
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s OR some while I sat
with bowed head, and
the last bitterness Of
shame sank into my
soul. This, then, was
the endl For this ]
had betrayed my oaths;
for this I had told the
secret of the Pyramid;
for this I had lost my
Crown, my honor, and,
perchance, my hope Of
Heavenl Could there
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nalr streaming dol her and her faif brosgs
hidden III the dust.
And thus left her nor did 4 again SCI my
eyes upon her til nine long years had come
and gone .SaSs 3s
CHAPTER i XIV.

ON THE ESCAPE OF HARMAOHIS ZION - fSu -
/. OF HIS BEING CAST FORTH As An ob1 all1a'.a
d 10 rHn GODS or THE SEA; OF HIS soJOURN
m THE ISLE OF CYPRUS; OF HIS RETURN TO
ABoUTH1s; AND OF TIE DEATH OF AMEN ~
4sr i$s
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CHAPTER XXIII.

THE PLAN OF CHARMION; CONFESSION OH
CHARM1ON, AND ANSWER OF HARMACHIs.
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Subscribe Ion rHlE I1s1sH TANpA
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- drew near the gate, ano
was challenged by an OIL
Ger on guard wrapped in 9
sWho passesa" said the voice
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AZ me BIG NSnV VA 4 5,a /
ssWhen she understood how great was
the plot, and how deep its roots, Cleo
patra was much troubled; and, at first, she
would have fed to Sais or taken ship and
run for Cyprus, but showed her that the
ways were barred. Then she said that she
would cause thee to be slain, there, In the
chamber, and left her SO believing; for,
at that hour, fain was that thou shouldst be
slain--ay, even If wept out my heart upon
thy grave. But what said anon?-ven-
eeance is an arrow that oft falls on him
who looses ltl SO was it with me; for be-
tween my going and thy coming she
hatched deeper plan. She feared that to
slay thee would but be to light q fercer
fire Of revolt; but she saw that to bind
thee to her, and having left men awhile in
doubt, to show thee faithless would strike
the imminent danger at its roots and
wither It. This plot once formed, being
great, she dared its doubtful issue, and &
need ] 90 ont Thou knoWest, Harmach1s,
how she won; and thus did the shaft OF
vengeance that I loosed fall upon my own
head. For on the morrow I knew that ]
had sinned for naught, that on the
Wretched Panlus had been laid the burden
OF my betrayal, and that had but ruined
the cause whereto i was sworn and given
the man I loved % the arms Of wanton
ERYpt q s3 gs#
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NO. 10.

edge may never pro gress far enough to
give positive answer to the puestion
whether other worlds than ours are inhab.
tied, but it is entirely reasonable to suppose
that they are. Some Of them. however, We
may he pretty sure are not now inhabited.
their conditions not being favorable for the
support OF life such as is known on our own
planet Some are too hot, some are too
cold some are Of such mass that any ter
restrial animal, man or beast would he
crushed to death with his own weight. and
others of such light gravity that a summer
zephyr might blow a man up into the clouds
In the case Of the planet Venus, which is
now so luminous an object in the heavens
the probability that it is the home of animal
life, If not human life, is stronger than i'm
the case of any planet in the solar system
excepting Mars. 1t has been objected to this
theory that Venus is only 60. 600 600 miles
distant from the sun, while the earth is 81. -
OOO,OOO miles distant and therefore Venus
receives from the sun a greater amount of
heat than the earth receives Some astrpn-
omers have argued that Venus must be
twice as hot as the earth, and the tempera
ture in the summer Of the planet must 20
up as high as the boiling point of water.
This is largely guess work, however. and
even if it be true it does not follow that the
planet is in all its parts uninhabitable 1t
may be that at the equator it is too hot to
support animal life, just as at our earth's
poles it is too cold but at or near the polar
regions of Venus it must be cool enough.
Besides, the surface of Venus. as seen
through the most powerful telescopes. ap-
pears to be covered with exceedingly hgh
mountains, some of which are estimated,
by the shadows they cast, 10 be as much as
20 miles high while the highest mountain
we have on this earth is not much more
than five miles high On the sides of these
lofty peaks any desired degree Of coolness
must be attainable and they are. more
over, an indication that, for some unknown
reason. Venus has cooled off much more
rapidly than our earth
For the rest, the conditions on the planet
Venus must be much the same as upon this
earth. The size and mass of the two sister
globes are nearly the same, which insures
about the same relative weight of things
there as here. The dark patches that are
seen under the telescope to move across the
face of the planet must be clouds, proving
that the planet has atmosphere and moist
ure, like the earth The conditions, in
short, are such as justify any one in holding
the opinion that Venus is inhabited, and at
any rate nobody can prove that it is not
- Boston GiOIp
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Washington a. hi. Inauguration

The April Century contains a profusely
illustrated article describing the scenes at
tending the first Inauguration of George
Washington as President of the United
States The ceremonial took place ON the
balcony Of Federal Hall in New York city
which had then recently been transformed
into building for the use of Congress,
and which stood on the site of the present
sub treasury building in Wall street. The
article says;
"Washngton was dressed in full suit
of dark brown cloth manufactured in Hart
ford with metal buttons with an eagle on
them, and with steel-hilted dress sword
white silk stockings, and plain silver shoe
buckles. His hair was dressed and pow
dered in the fashion of the day and worn
in bag and solitaire Chancellor Robert
R Livingston, one of the committee of
five To draft the Declaration of lndepend-
euce, thirteen years before, was dresse d in
"a full suit of black cloth and wore the robe
of office Just before the oath was to be
administered it was discovered that no BIZ
BILE was in Federal Hall. Luckily Living
ston, a Grand Master of Free Masons,
knew that there was one at st. Johns
and messenger was despatched 10 borrow
the Bible, which is today the property of
St Johns Lodge No. l, the third oldest
Masonic lodge in the United States.
Secretary Otis of the Senate held be-
fore him a red velvet cushion, upon which
rested the open Bible of st. Johns Lodge
You do solemnly swear, said Livingston,
that YOU will faithfully execute the Office of
President of the United States, and will,
10 the best of your ability, preserve, pro
tect. aud defend the constitution of the
United States Il do soiemnly swear, re-
piled Washington, that | will faithfully
execute the office of President of the Unit
ed States, and will, TO the best of my abili-
ty, preserve protect and defend the con
stitution of the United States He then
bowed his head and kissed the sacred book
aud with the deepest feeling uttered the
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The enactment of ballot reform law in
Tennessee increases to six the number of
states that have adopted the Australian
system. They are Massachusetts, Indiana,
Montana, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and
Tennessee. In New Jersey bill to estab-
lish the system has already passed the low
er branch of the legislature and the gov
ernor has declared that he will readily ap-
prove any wise law on the subject.
Chairman Quay of the Republican ma
tional committee does not consider that the
work of the committee ended with the in
auguration of Republican President, bu t
is already preparing for the next campaign.
He thinks that Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina and perhaps Florida, can
be carried for the Republican national tick
ct next time, and is already arranging for
vigorous campaigns in those states.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press says that Mr. Edmunds
is the only one of the senators to whom the
doorkeepers invariably show Difference
when he enters the senate chamber. "No
matter at what door he enters, as soon as
a doorkeeper spies the tall form, the gray
beard and the black skulcap Of the Yer
mont man heading his way, up he gets like
a sentry on duty, and holds the door open
until the senator has passed through. Mr.
Edmunds invariably acknowledges this
courtesy by slight inclination of the head,
and it is really worth noting, as showing
how much Mr.. EGmunds outranks his col
leagues, that to no one else is this attention
shown
Gov Dillingham; has designated Gen. VIM.
Wells of Burlington to act as mounted aide
upon the staff of Gen. Scofeld ON the occa-
sion of the Washington centennial celebra-
ton, April Both
Department Commander Tracy of the
Vermont c. A. r. has issued an appeal ask
ing the Vermont veterans to contribute
money for tablet TO he placed in the Ben
nington battle monument. OF all organi-
cations, he says, this one should have such
IA memento The odd Fellows, the Masons,
the Good Templars and the historical soci
cites are all moving to place tablets there.
/ Some have already contracted for them, and
/ those who have not will at once do so. The
cost will be S4OO, aud the money must he
raised by May |. Col Tracy hopes the
| Woman's Relief corps aud the Sons Of Vet
| erans will also have tablets placed in the
monument
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DOWN BY the SEA.
APromI.inr summer Re.or,.

Ediior Of The Phunir: | wonder if
many of your patrons know of little
quaint. old fashioned town. full Of the pret
tiest hooks and corners Imaginable, lying
on the waters of Cape Cod bay, called Well
hert If not, this place should be better
known to them. Having heard much Of
the wonderful beauty of this quiet village
by the sea, your correspondent made a trip
thither for the first time IA few DAYS since
to see what he could find and, having
found, reports for the benefit Of your read
ers. 1t is indeed the quaint, picturesque
and pleasing town which my fancy had
painted it, and place in which to dwell
"when come the summer days aud the
mercury ranges among the nineties Well
fleet is distant by rail from Boston lUS
miles by steamer to Provincetown 6S miles,
and then 10 Wellhret II miles by rail-a
very pleasant trip, making - miles This
place seems to have all the elements to be
desired in popular summer resort, which
it is destined to become when it shall be
better known. The bathing, fishing, gun
ming and bathing are all good, while the
views both 10y land and sea, are Of the
finest description, and furnish much mate
rial for artists who visit there during the
summer. am told there has been quite
transfer of property there of late, which
cannot fail to give an impetus to travel in
that direction. This is none other than the
sale to Boston syndicate of about 100
acres of the choicest seashore property, in
Guiding the famous locality known as Tay-
lor's Hill. Upon its summit, standing high
above the surrounding country, it is propos
ed TO build large and commodious hotel
something which has long been needed aud
the want of which has very much retarded
the progress of the place Below and around
the hill the land will be cut into lots and
sold to summer cottagers, many of them
having been engaged in advance of their
readiness On the market | understand
there is IA great demand for these lots, and
all to a good class Of purchasers.
Thinking some of your readers, III look
ing about for summer home, might find
in Welheet much 70 please and attract them
more, in fact, than elsewhere--is the oh.
iect of this letter. OBSERVER.
Boston, April 9TH, 1889.
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Terrible Fire. in DnLo,n.

The prairie fires in southeastern Dakota
last week destroyed thousands of dollars
worth Of property and caused much suffer
ing Flames in some instances leaped 100
feet of plowed ground and continued on
their career Of destruction. All ordinary
precautions were in vain. The spring has
been very dry, and the top of the ground
has been dusty or baked The signal OBJ
server at Nankton says that the humidity
Of the air was but seven per cent Tuesday
"a state of dryness never before attained
As the mean annual humidity is 20, this
shows that the atmosphere was practically
devoid Of moisture. Then the wind from
the northeast blew between 40 and 30 miles
an hour, tanning the flames into fury Tn
der these conditions, wherever fire touched
the grass it burst out with a flash and shot
across the prairie, its path ever widening
At Mt Vernon the entire population, aided
10y 100 men from Mitchell, met the fire Just
outside the town and fought hard, but in
vain. No lives were lost, hut 4j buildings
were burned and 100 families left homeless
Outside the town, small farm houses scat
tered over the prairie we're wiped out by
dozens. At l.eola out of 30 places of bust
uess, including two banks, two newspapers,
two churches, three or four hotels. and all
lines Of business but four are left standing,
and out of from 30 to 40 residences less
than dozen remain Serious loss is re
ported from other places
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rHE WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL.
President HRrri-on'r Proclamation APP
pointing an Hour of Prayer.


The following proclamation was issued
by the President last Friday
A hundred years have passed since the
government which our forefathers founded
was formally organized At noon on the
Both day of April 1889, in the city Of New
YORK, aud in the presence of an assemblage
Of the heroic men whose patoric devotion
had led the colonies to victory and indepen-
dence George Washington took the oath of
office as Chief Magistrate Of the newborn
republic. This impressive act was preced-
ed at y o'clock in the morning in all of the
churches of the city, by prayer for Gods
blessing on the government and its first
President
The centennial of this illustrious event in
our history has been declared general hol-
iday by act of Congress, to the end that the
people of the whole country may join in
commemorative exercises appropriate to the
day.
In order that the JOY of the occasion may
be associated with deep thankfulness in
the minds of the people for all our blessings
in the past, and "A devOut suppicatiOn tn
tiod for their gracious continuance in the
future the representatives Of the religious
creeds, both Christian and Hebrew, have
memOrialized the government to designate
an hour for prayer and thanksgiving on
that day.
Now, therefore, |, Benjamin Harrison
President Of the United States Of America
in response to this pious aud reasonable re
quest do recommend that on Tuesday, April
30, at the hour Of 9 O'Clock in the morning
the people Of the entire country repair u
their respective places Of Divine worship
to implore the favor Of God, that the bless
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Are There O,her Iuhab,,.d World.

IL is a question which no human being
can answer with positiveness. The prOba
bilities, however, overwhelmingly favor the
supposition that at least some of the innu
merable heavenly bodies are the abode of
life, and of life in its intelligent forms. To
suppose otherwise would be utterly incon
sstent with all we know of the economy of
nature. Or, if we adopt the orthodox re
ligious view il seems irreverent To sup
pose that the Creator would have cOnstruc
ed the stupendous machine represented by
the planets and the stars all for no useful
purpose. Certainly it would be for no use
full purpose that human understanding can
discover, if the countless millions of heav
emily bodies were made merely TO roll through
space from everlasting to everlasting, un-
gladdened and unutilized by intelligent life
"He made the stars also, is the brief ac-
count of their creation given in the book of
Genesis but to suppose that He made them
merely To twinkle in our sky at night, when
another moon would have answered the
purpose much better, is like supposing that
all the electric lights of Boston were made
10 light one pedestrian 10 his home-the
contrivance is so vastly and cumbrously out
of proportion 10 its object And reasoning
from the common sense point of view, what
business have we 70 suppose that this little
globe, almost lost as it is among the myriads
of celestial bodies. and one of the least of
them, is the only one blessed with the pres
ence of intelligent beings Human knowl-
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Attention Comr.d.. ,

Do not keep the alabaster boxes Of your
love and tenderness sealed mp until your
friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweet
ness. Speak approving, cheering words
while their ears can hear them, and while
their hearts can be thrilled and made hap
pier by them. The kind things you mean
to say when they are gone, say before they
20. The flowers you mean to send to their
collins, send TO brighten and sweeten their
homes before they leave them If my
friends have alabaster boxes laid away, full
of fragrant perfumes Of sympathy which
they intend to break over my dead body
| would rather they would bring them out
in my weary and troubled hours and open
them that | might be refreshed and cheer
ed by them while | need them | would
rather have a plain coffin without a flower,
funeral without an euolgy, than life
without the sweetness of love and sympathy
Let US learn to annoint our friends before
hand for their burial. Post-mortem kind
ness does not cheer the burdened spirit ::
flowers on the coffin cast no fragrance
backwards over the weary way UGsh-
iHgfOn, ID. c., CditPpu
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A MiId Wei aIorN.

NJ A. Williams and his brother Tom,
veteran trappers, were hunting and trap
ping ON the Little Missouri in Indian terri
tory, when they found that their traps
were being robbed Tom volunteered to
watch and see what became of the game.
His brother during the night was awakened
10y several shots fired in close proximity tn
their cabin, and sprung out of bed to see
his brother fall across the doorway a corpse.
The cabin was surrounded by lj redskins,
who rushed upon the door, firing at ran
dom. Williams remained unhurt, and,
taking Colts navy revolver in either
hand, opened upon the savages. His aim
was sure, and every shot spoke the death
of a redskin. Ten shots had been fired by
him and ten Indians lay dead, when pan
ic seemed to seize the other five and they
beat hasty retreat Williams then seized
Il double barreled shot gun. heavily loaded
with huckshot, ami emptied both barrels
into their midst. One fell mortally wound
ed, but the other four got away carrying
huckshot in their bodies Williams, Sc
verely wounded as he was managed to
bury his brother aud To drift down the riv-
er amid the ice to Fort Stephenson.