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the Inconsistencies OF the story, but it
was circumstantial enough to alarm him
terribly. Whatl his Bessie, so good
and pure, marry this fellow so suddenly,
and yet remain IN New York, go to
court with Mrs. Bowers-it was impos-
sible on the face of it. And yet He
would have pursued the inquiry further,
but that he feared to arouse the tramp's
suspicious. So they walked on talking
of other things until they came to Jen-
kins' Retreat.
Now I'm going to work big scheme
here" said Mr.. Drane. You Just keep
your head and don't get frightened bit
and remember that whatever happens
I'll take care of you. I'm rich enough,
as you know"
"Blaze away, Gully, I'm wild ye," re-
sponded the tramp.
Mr. Drane rang the bell. The door
was opened at once by an attendant
whom Lawrence had not seen before
Tell Mr.. jenkins friend would like
to see him." said Lawrence, winking
mysteriously at the attendant. The
wink was understood, and both men
were admitted. The door once closed,
Mr.. Drane whispered excitedly to the
attendant:
''It's Lawrence Dranel you'd better
grab him, cause he's very violent at
times"
The attendant struck bell and in
stantly two other men came into the
hall, seized the tramp, bound his arms
to his sides with a rope and hurried
him to back room. He protested
vigorously, declared that he had been
entrapped, and all that ouU- his cries
made m ltters worse for him Presently
the attendant returned and asked Mr.
Drane about the capture. Lawrence
told an imaginative yarn with as low a
dialect as he could muster, and wound
up by demanding the reward.
1--WE can't give you the whole reward
tonight" was the reply. 'The FIVE
hundred dollars offered by Mr. Drane's
friends is not In our control, but YOU
may have the fifty dollars offered by
the Retreat, and If you will call to-mor-
row afternoon have no doubt that you
can collect the rest"
Lawrence reflected that fifty dollars
was a pretty good price to pay man
for capturing himself, and that he was
lucky to even get that. The money was
promptly turned over to him and he left
the Retreat after inquiring particularly
as to the hour when he should call again.
Its pretty hard trick on that fell
low," he thought, but he deserves 1t,
and will keep my word and see him
safely out And Of course I'll return the
reward"
With all the speed he had he hurried
to Bowery clothing store, bought
cheap but decent suit. and then took
the first available train for New Haven.
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nglousIy. He noted every place where
he should go, and the number of the
particular stair where he must breathe
in order to avoid detection. In some
way Bessie had discovered that the
guard at the door was changed at mid
night. Drane was to steal softly from
his room at 11:5615. AS near that hour
as he could guess he stole, according to
directions, having punched the KEY
from his lock and opened his door
with one Of the bunch Bessie had
brought.
He crept down the stair keeping In
mind the various shrewd details of the
plot; where he must hide to let the
guard pass him; how he must do this,
that and the other thing which the
ingenuity of the girl had devised.
And now he stood at the bottom of
the lower stair. The guard was asleep
with his head against the wall This,
too, was according to programme.
Drane could easily have passed him to
his place of concealment, but suddenly
new and simpler phase of the problem
struck him. He coughed. The guard
did not move. Then he went up to the
fellow and shook him. The guard
awoke.
Here your he cried, sleepily; "go
back to your cage"
Drane seized him by the neck;
dragged him to the parlor door; pitched
him head first into the room; and before
the man could recover his balance or
his howls could bring assistance, Drane
had opened the outside door, and was
cavorting down the street.
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New Uniyer.al L.nEuar..

A Scandinavian genius has invented .
new universal language which he thinks
will take the starch out Of Volapuk and the
rest of the crop. His root words are entire
ly derived from the chief languages Of mod
ern Europe. Prof Max Muller has pub-
hshed, without comment, letter addressed
to him by the inventor written In the new
language. It looks outlandish enough. bus
anybody who has even . moderate &C
quaintance with English, German, French.
Spanish and Italian will find that he can
read it very well at sight, though at the first
glance his impression is that the type has
been pied. This new language somewhat
resembles the dentist who, with his forceps
firmly grasping the offending tooth of his
patient, illustrated by series Of tremen-
dous twists the barbarous methods Of rival
practitioners; then when AZ last the tooth
hangs only BY shred, he exhibits with
PRIDE his own easy and painless method Of
extracting. After one has acquired all the
chief modern tongues he will find that tho
proposed universal language comes quits
aaaT.
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occurred until the evening. Then, as
he was standing in the hall just after
supper, he heard Jenkins talking to the
matron, and pointing to him.
"Paresis," said Jenkins. "You want
to watch him carefully"
And Drane took that delightful sug-
gestion to his apartment, and medi-
tated upon it. Was it possible that he
was really insane? Were the strange
events of the past few days which he
seemed to remember, in reality only
hallucinations?
Who could determine, if left wholly to
himself, without single visible link
between him and the past. whether that
past had any real cxistence2 In short,
Drane didn't know whether he was
crazy or not. He watched himself for
symptoms. Did his hand tremble?
Or his heart beat too fast or too slow? He
enjoyed a nice case of hypochOndriacism
till long past midnight, and when he
fell asleep, the zcbras described by the
forgetful genius were ordinary and rea-
sonal g animals compared to those
which pranced through his dreams.
But the morrow brought a great
cvent, no less than call from Bessie.
She came unattended, but alas the
matron was present during the entire
interview. This not only prevented
Drane from enjoying the conversation
to the full, but it also made it impossi-
bic, or at least unwise, for him to ask
her name. So he called her Bessie and
she made no objection.
Only for moment in the hall wers
they able TO be alone Then Bessie
hastily passed Drane note, and nuns
beF of small. heavy, mysterious articles,
wrapped in a handkerchief. He had
barely concealed these things in his
pocket when the matron approached.
But your name?" whispered Dranc,
hastily
81 am here as Mrs. Lawrence Drane," :"
she replied, with blush. ''Only the
wives of patients can visit them on or
siinary days"
And she hurried away, leaving Drane
in delicious perplexitY.
In his room he examined the note and
the bundle. Tho former proved to be
Tn elaborate plan for his escape written
out with the detail of a French de-
tective novel. The latter ~was great
lot of keys of all sorts and sizes. They
had been taken from the-doors in Mrs.
Rowers house. as the aote explained,
and were of course designed to open
doors in the Retreat
Qrane studied the plan Of escape re-
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A BOSTON HEROINE.
An Old Lady scares on Robbers with the
Silver They Are After.

Silvor They Are After.
There Is an old lady living on Columbus
avenue, writes the Boston correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune, whose particular
weakness has always been dread that she
would be robbed of her silver. She has q
great quantity Of valuable old family plate.
some OF 10 dating back to Revolutionary
times, when such treasure was not 50 very
Plentlful among the early colonists. For
iear OF burglars she always keeps it in her
bedroom at night, q maid d-servant assisting
her each evening to lug it up in big basket
70 the third story front. One night last
week the robbers so long expected came.
The old lady, ever on the alert for such An
event, heard them below. She was fright
ened for her own safety, nobody else being
IN the house at the time but the maid -sery-
ant aforesaid, and yet her chief anxietywaa
Tor the silver No pistol or other weapon
was at hand, as she was afraid of fire-arma.
one might howl from the window for q DO.
nceman; but suppose none would be within
hearing, The predatory rufians might
come up and take the plunder before help
would come The case was desperate and
called Tor corresponding action, no sooner
thought Of than performed
She seized the big basket by the handle
at one end, and, having opened the door
soltiy, dragged the wicker receptacle with
It's precious contents as noiselessly as Dos.
'slDls along the entry to the stair wall. She
looked down and distinctly saw, by ray Of
moonlight that came through an entry win.
dow, two men, who presently disappeared.
presumably into the dining room. Without
losing moment she strove TO get the
basket on the top of trunk which stood
against the rail at the landing. By q great
effort she succeeded, and another hoist bal
anced it fairly on top Of the rail A turn OF
the hand and the entire mass of knives and
spoons, tea-urns, napkin-rings, mugs, ETC.,
was dumped out and preoipitated two
stories distance to the hardwood floor of
the hall below. The crash was something
appalline Therebbers must have supposed
that hadss had broken loose They were
so frightened that they jumped through
glass window from the dining room to the
garden and ran into the arms Of a police
man on the next corner. And the old lady'a
friends say she ought TO be embalmed in
history as a heroine, together with Mol
Pitcher and other locally celebrated females
OF dauntless courage.
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NSAS, WEDNESDAY,, MAY A. 1890

cept Jenkins at so much head-but
Drane was actually superstitious about
it. He had feeling that the germs of
mania were floating in the air around
him,and that he might break out with the
disease any minute.
He wondered at being left thus alone.
A man who had been judicially decided
to be crazy should have keeper. Then
he perceived in the shadow of the door
large, ungainlY man who seemed to be
on watch. He stood in kind of niche,
and had thus escaped Drane's observa-
ton when he entered. This mans eve
so glared upon him out of the darkness
that Drane's nerves began to dance in a
manner that threatened to fit him very
quickly for permanent occupancy of the
retreat. He felt that he must escape
from that mans observation or relieve
the oppressive silence by howl.
He compromised the matter by step
ping into the parlor. At this, both tho
ancient and unfortunate ladies assumed
an air Of modest reserve which was
quite frightful to see. Presently one of
them drew out her handkerchief and be-
gan to weep softly, but with evident de-
termination to do the subject full JUS
tice before she got through.
Madame" said Drane, gently, eff
my presence affects you to tears, will
withdraw"
''Do not do so on my account" she
said, sit Is not your fault that you have
revived a sorrow that has long been
buried in my breast"
Drane regretted having been the
cause Of such joyless resurrection, and
he ventured to murmur words to that
effect.
at does not matter" she said. my
conduct must seem strange to you.
can hardly explain it without telling
you the story of my life. There is ro-
nance in it," and she frightened ap-
preciably. ''You shall hear the melan-
choly narrative"
Far be it from me to intrude upon
your confidence" said Drane, endeavor-
ing to get away. But she fixed him with
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'sYep. Married her as fast ana naro
as parson could tie the knot We went
up to New Haven and the ceremony was
performed there. As soon as it was
over l left her there to come down to
New York, pretending had business.
So / had. intended to work fine
racket on your money, you know, tel
egraph to Kansas City for some more,
but you spoiled that. My rich wife is
waiting for me, suppose. in the Beaver
Hotel where l left her. You Just put
me in the way of getting to New Haven
and I'll be hunk and don't you forget
it."
Lawrence was overwhelmed with
amazement. He felt rather than saw
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The Mall

From Attca 1nd all Eastern points, arrives
daily ut 1850 = 81; leaves daily at .35 PM.
rom Ashland. ColdwHtcr, NcscutunRa, sun
CITY, Lake City and Mln9Oua, arrives daily.
From EiuwH, H. 81. CanemH, Sexton, Edred,
IIazeltOn IIardtner and Etna arrives daily,
Ht p. IN. Lea, cs at 10 a. IN.
From Kingman, BrOss, Bates, Nashville, ar
rives Rt $3.50, Pun. Leaves at a. III.
from sawyer, Elm Mills and Amber, arrives
on Mondays Wednesdays and Fri Ia ~ at 2:45
~ VI. Departs Tuesdays, Thursdays aud Shtur-
days at = 4 u. Arrives at SAWYER AT !: ia u. IN.
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Romance and Reality.

'It is easy for married couples to quarrel
and bring themselves to the point of di-
vorce, ," said well-known New Yorker re-
Gently to New York Sun reporter. AFTER
had been married three months came
sadly home one night to tell my wife that
business would keep me away from her the
next twenty-four hours She was girlish.
and by way Of reply che gave herself a
little hug, with little wriggle Of her body
thrown In, and expressed her feelings In
an exclamation Of unmistakable JOY. Deep.
ly panied, said to her that l never aun-
posed she desired my absence enough to
gurgle with Joy al the mere proposal of IL.
Many man would have gone oh angry or
darkly suspicious. Instead questioned
her. Why, you goose, said she, when
you said you were going away one thing
popped into my head to the exclusion Of
every thing else That was, now he's going
away, and can eat some raw onions with
salt and vinegar. That was all have been
dying for raw onions ever since our wed.
ding"
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CHAPTER VII.
:

Amid the sorrows in which Drane was
again involved, he had one consolation
tho young woman with thirteen mill
ions evidently felt almost as badly as
he did. He heard her tell Mrs. Bowers
that the indjcial blacksmith on the
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POSTAL.

Pnstonlcc ut Medicine Lodge open from a NJ
10 : pA. ,iuuduys one hour arrival Of mail.
NJ Incv ordor Office. l.. VI. ANIME 4. NJ.
II. A. BGowN. Assistant.
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CHURCHES.

DAPTIST.- Preaching each sunday ut IL IA.
Dm. aud at : 80 y. m, AT the courthouse. sun
dny school at 10 O'clock "a IN. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each week. Rev. w. A
Cain. Pastor. Kcsdence on Cor Lincoln Ave.
and Cherry Streets.
C1HRISTGAN.-Preach every sunday at
~ II O'Clock, "A. M, and Z 30 p. M, by Elder
j. f.. Nicholson. Prayer meeting every We'd
nesday night. Sunday school AT 10 o'clock n. III.
every sunday. Pastors residence at the par
sunage study at the chapel,
AGETHODlST EPIsCOPAL.-Services every
Iva Sunday mt 4 700 n. IN. aud : 80 p. IN. sun
clay SCHOOL every sunday ut 10 a. IN. Prayer
uneetins every Thursday evening at 30.
astraugcrs invited. ID. w. PHILLIPS, Pastor.
DRESBYTERIAN.-S every Sunday at
4 II IL. m. and 80 p. IN. Sunday School ut
10 a. IN. j H. NORTH, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services on 2nd
sunday OF every month nj Shcrlock's hall, at
1000 n. N. REV. BITTER PASTOR
GERMAN BAPTIST BRETIIREN-Hold reg
" ular services at Mingoua. Barber county,
ahe second and fourth Sundays in each month.
At Forrest school house on the second SUNDAY :;
Cedar Creek school house ON the third sunday.
By Elders Shamberger, Smith and Neher.
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Southern Kansas Railroad Time Card.

5Outhern Aan5a5 talIroad IIMe IaIu'
GOING EAST.
Passenger and Express, leaVcs...... 2:20 p. IN q.
Attica and Panhandle Mail, IL 20 a. m.
COMING WEST.
passe7rrr and Express, arrives. 80 p. m e.
Panhandle and Attica Mail ......... 4: 30 p. III
W.O. HoRR. Local Agent.
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DEIPnIA LODGE, No. l40 X. of p, meets on
Monday evening of each week, ut the X. of p.
nall. Visiting knights in good standing inVl-
tod To attend. SCOTT RUBERT, Z. 4.
a. \. BROwN, X. of Il. $.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-14

- !. o. q. f., Pioneer Lod &
n r1fkSS No. l79.-Regulnr meetings
SSX ~ ErA., every Tuesday cvcn.ng.V
/AW itinghrothrcn i'm good stand
SSD ing cordially invited.
r. l.. LINDLEY, n. G.
l.. NJ. BYERLEY, Sec.
ENSIGN FNCAMPMENT No. 81, /. o. o. +
Meets first and third Friday OF each month
Visiting Patriarchs cordially invited to- attend
y L. ALLEN H. T. G. H. HARRIS, &. p.
w. r. ROUSE, ). w. j. G. WALsTAD, ).
NAOMI No. 81. REBECCA DEGREE, ]. O. OF.
Meets the "a and 4th Wed. nights, each month.
MRs E NJ. ALLEN. N. q,
MRs. AUG. SCMrDT, Secy.
r, ELDRED POST, No. IA, meets
II, a X the last Saturday in each month
ot the court hou, q in Medicine Lodge, at p NJ
AL comrades cordi' Wy inVlten. ., ,,,.,,,,,,,,o.
IouEN I'm, ARDS, Post Commander.
JOHN W. UppERMAN, 'djntant.
q " LOREN EDwARD.S CAMI, HS, Sat,'-: i1r::
ID Y : =. OF ", meets on Is, ull'u -" 70 haii
day evenings of each month, i'm h. oi ,n',, n',
4. s. Nouns, Capt. T.. w. SNoDDY, NJ A''u''
A. o. u W. S1"$'$ %S$; q I$%5o $%5 81 F&ag
Il. NJ BYERLEY, Recorder.
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W H. MOORE
D. KARI. il. D.
MEDICINE LODGE, KAN.

OFFicr-In karrSs drug store. Wood Vim
Gent building. All calls promptly filed. Par
flc;ilar attention given to Obstetrics and dis
Sascs peculiar to woman.
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SOCIETIES.

q A. +. g. A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. =
N Regular communications, first and
" ~ third Saturday evenings in each
J" month. All ufiliating aud non-aifli-
ating mascus in good standing, cordially in
Vitcd to attend FRANK BEERS, W. NJ.
H. NJ. INGRAHAM, Secretary.
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. Gj, Il. a. M, meets
in Masonic Hall every 2d and 4th Thursday.
Waiting brethren cordially invited.
CHESTER |. Long, II. =.
T.. B PECK. Sec'y.
n II @ LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 80.
", L., Ns Regular Communications, first
and third Monday evenings in each month.
Mrs. EVA l.. MERKELI, W. NJ.
MAMIE V. O'BRYAN, See.
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PnYs1c1ANsIN MEDIC1EE LODGE.

q KcCIELL,
Ns
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN * SURGEON,
Oricc on Kansas Avenue. next TO Index office.
MEDICINE LODGE. KANSAS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-19
MORE BoULAyGIsr REvELA LATIoNs.

Paris, Oct. 1s.-M. Naquet, who for long time
was ono Of General Boulanger's most trusted sup
porters but who at recent meeting Of the constituency
which he represents In the Chamber OF Deputies.
nounced that he had abandoned the General has made
further revelations regarding tho inside history Of the
Bouangst movement. NJ Naquet says that the re-
sources OF the Boulangist party having become OK
hausted through the extravaganza Of the General the
Royalise who secretly supporting the Bouangst
movement collected fund amounting to 100000
francs which 1t their intention should be devoted
to SECURING tne e OF a N tS and s ao aor
eOrdhg 70 n Na1aet contributed by the Gsmte de
Inc Bouiangist party secured only 1900 900 francs,
Tho remainder being diverted by General Boulanger
from the to which the subscribers meant 1t should
Tho Figaro, today publishes another ipstalmept
Of it's series Of articles entitled Los Coulisses dc
HouanGsm" fo-day's article is devoted to the par
tcuars of interviews and monetary transactions be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-19
SECRETARY TRACY,S DRIEF VISIT.

Secretary Tracy at the Hotel st. George IN
brooklyn, yesterday. He was there for the purpose
Of taking his granddaughter, who has been staying
with relatives in Brooklyn, to the new home he and
Mrs. wilmerding are occupying in Washington. He
sa,d that he would return and register from the Hotel
St. George In the latter part Of the week. so as to
vote for tho Republican candidates. General Tracy
looked the picture Of health. and said he had greatly
enjoyed his Western trip. He denied that there was
any truth In the report that he would accept the
Office Of Justice Of the Supreme Court, and 50 thai
the question Of TO Justice Miller had not
vet been considered, but he thought the appointment
would 20 to the West and not be given to any one
In this State as New York was already represented on
the Bench As to the talk Of his becoming United
states Senator he yad there was nothing in IT, as nc
was not seeking nor desiring the ofhce' "hat ITO
was wording for was to make as good record as ne
knew how TO make In the Navy Department. lie ieit
deeply grntihed by the way In which his WORK was
apprecated by press and people, Inc secreIary 10
nirns to Washington to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-19
HoW TIE COLLISION OCCURRED.
REPORTS OF THE CAPTAIN AND PILOT OF THE
STEAMER BARsTow.

REPORTS OF THE CAPTAIN AND PILOT OF THE
STEAMER BARsTow.
s. Corwin captain, and j. Nicholas, mate and pilot.
OF the steamer Amos c. Barsow which had collision
with the tngboat James A. Garfield of the Battery
on Friday in which the Garfield was sunk and two OF
her Grew drowned yesterday filed their report OK the
affair with the local steamboat inspectors 1t says:
"The A, c. Barstow left her pier at West Twenty
fourth-st. ut :42 p m, and had passed around the
Battery bound to her berth at Pier No. IL, f. Il.
When of Pier No l. E. R., We saw ferryooat conlhe
down tho river and blew two whistles to let her pilot
know that We wished to pass on his starboard side
to 90 to tho pier. Not hearing any reply We again
blew two whistles. About that time the Garfield.
which was lying at Pier No. 8, E. r.. let 90 her line
and steered directly tho Barstow's bow Ihey
were so close together that 1t was impossible TO steer
clear as the very strong ebb tide setting down on the
side OF the Garfield swept her down so last tna'
collision could not be avoided.
"The only thing that could be done by the Barstow
was to stop and back at once. which was done.
collision occurred, however, and tho Garfield sank,
while the Barstow lay still. Ladders and lines were
passed to the Of the Garfield by the crew o.
tho Barstow and five men were taken ON board.
Afterward tug came alongside and took them back
70 Pier No. 3, and tho Barstow went to her dock.
Pier No. H. r. r. II the captain OF the Garfield had
kept his boats head to the side and the Barsow back
ing at the same time. the collision might have been
avoided. The BarstOw wasl about 400 feet from the
pier and going slow, and when the collision occurred
IuSs T Of my hnpman wreckng Company were busy
all day trying to locate the wreck OF the Garnela
In the collision, have not yet been found. Mrs.
steele, the wife Of the carpenter who was lost was
morning. She so overcome by the news that she
is in critical condition. The wreck Of the tug was
located late yesterday afternoon she Will be raised