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the one that was to bring him his lunch
and drink at noon. He bent over and
tendcrly kissed the little dead face.
''Two more. he whispered 70 himself;
''two more; where are they?' They
were not far away the little girl,
three years old, with long brown hair.
and the wife-dead. and the scalping
knife had done its work. He did not
cry: he did not even groan, but the
lool- of life had gone out of his face
Side b, side he laid the three. around
whom al his hopes. all his ambitions,
hi, loye. was conferred, now gone from
lin IN a moment it seemed Silently
he gazed at them for time and then
turned away. His must be the hand to
fashion their last resting place. As he
turned away to look about again he
heard a light whinny come from the
cattle yard and he walked that way.
There stood Fan over the body of her
colt whinnying pitifully and nudging it
with her nose to induce it to get up.
Your baby, too, hey, Fan. Poor
FAM poor me-
He staid by his dead all day and all
night; then he laid them gently in the
grave he made them. pressing last
kiss upon the unresponsivt lips Of each.
His task finished he mounted Fan, and
drawing rein beside the mounds for a
last look. raised his hand toward
heaven and took oath: Il swear before
God, beside the graves Of nay dead.
that so long as | have life I shall hunt
Apaehes. They have robbed me of all,
and my hate shall never be satisfied
A couple OF officers were enjoying
their after-dinner smoke sitting in
chairs tilted back against the shady
side Of the quarter1sster's building
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THE EAST.

| The death of James Russell Lowell,
I the great American poet and diplomat.
/ occurred at 2:iO o'clock on the morning
I Of the 18th at his home in Cam bridge,
/ Mass. He was born February -, 1919,
at Elmwood, near Cambridge. His
/ death was caused by an affection of the
liver.
Is New York city there were 100
1 cases OF prostration on the 18th from
| the intense heat
A Prominent Cleveland (O.) physi-
I clan. a G.. Moffett, was drowned at
Chautauqua, y. Y.
IL New York city thirty persons
/ died from the effects of the heat and
eight met a like fate in Philadelphia.
4 SPECIAL session of the Vermont
I legislature viii convene August p.
\ TORNADO at Landenburg. Del, de-
/ molished several buildings, killed two
persons and many cattle and ruined
/ crops
/ AT Cold Spring, l.. l., sixteen persons
were killed and twenty others injured
/ by the deck of an excursion barge fall
7 ing upon them.
/ NEW YORK democrats will hold their
q
I on September -.
! AT Pittsburgh. Pa. W. F. S-hmertz,
boot and shoe dealer, has failed for
/ S.;5O.OO0.
/ The death of George Jones. editor
and proprietor of the New York Times,
occurred at Poland Springs, Me-. on the
| 18th. aged 80 years.
/ CHARLES +. WOLF, who had Just been
I elected executive officer of the worlds
/ fair commission from Pennsylvania a,
/ dropped dead on his way to his home
in Harrisburg, Pa.
/ BY "A collision between an express
train ON the Philadelphia & Reading
| railroad with freight at Egg Harbor,
/ y. j.. nine persons were injured
Ar Goshen, y. Y. Miss Anna Dicl1in-
/ son lectured on Joan of Are" and
! showed no signs of insanity.
WHILE en- route from New York TO
I Europe Rev. DIR. Nargan Sheshadon,
/ the first high caste Brahmin ever con-
verified 10 the Christian faith, died at sea.
FLAMES destroyed the machinery in
/ the mine of the New Pittsburgh Coal
I II Coke Company at Alum Cave, Pa
/ Loss. 500. OOJ.
NEAR MckeespOIt, Pa, Harry Cour-
sin. p years of age, and his r.
vear-Old sister. We're drowned while
/ bathing
AT syracuse, Y. V, James Bucking-
{ ham. an aeronaut. made a descent into
the lake and was drowned.
The noted Japanese wrestler. Mat
saba Soralichi. died suddenly in New
/ York, aged - years.
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PROFITS FOR FARMERS.
Greater Than In Many fears-BriiiiGn
Prospect Indicated by the ''AmericaI
Agricultural

Greater Than in Many years-Briiiiant
Prospect Indicated by the american
Agricultural
will be $1,000, 600. 900 more this year in
the United States than they have been
during the recent years of depression.
At least this is the estimate put for
ward by the American Agriculturist
in its annual review of the
harvests. to be published in the
forthcoming September issue of
that magazine. ON the basis of nres-
ent prospects this authority estimates
the corn crop of ls9. at 1000, 900, 900
bushels; wheat. EJ0,O00.0OO, and oats
total prospective crop of corn, wheat
and oats 3,192. 0G0, 600 bushels, or Is. 5
per cent greater than last year. and lat
per cent. over the average of the pre-
ccding eleven years.
The American Agriculturist believes
that unless unexpected influences
wholly change the current of events
the value of corn on the farm will aver
age in De ember fully so cents a bushel;
wheat, 81 per bushel and oats at least
40 cents On this basis the
value of the corn crop to the
farmers will be 81 200. 900, 900; wheat,
100000. 900, and oats, $3.50, 900, 600,
or total of 81, $50, 900, 600. This is
S450,000. 600 more than the value of
these crops in 1890, and S625, 600. 900
more than the value of the average
of these crops from 1850 to 1890 inclu-
sive. Cotton and rice will com
mand better prices than last sea-
son. Cattle are worth one-third
more than eighteen months ago, with
other live stock in proportion. Tobac-
co is advancing heavily for cigar leaf
contracts being made for the crop in
the field at an advance of Is to so per
cent over last year,. Hops are firm
at good prices. Winter fruit will
command large values, and all
vegetables are yielding fairly,
with every indication of re-
munerative market. The export out
look was never better; immensely in
creased sums will be sent 10 the United
States for our produce The Agricul
turist says there will be no return of
war" prices, but the money received
above expenses will go further and en-
able the farmer to get more value out
OF his profits than at any previous
period.
Fort DODGE, Ia, Aug. 1.-THE
farmers of northwestern Iowa are be-
sieged by an army of agents of eastern
elevators commission houses, etc, who
wish to contract for all thrashed and
unthrashed crops for September and
October delivery. Lower prices
than those of last year are
offered on the strength of the
general bountiful harvest. Many
of the farmers have thus sold their
cronS in advanca
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THE MYSTERIOUS EMERALD.
story of Valuable Gem Picked Up by a
Boston Lady.

story OF "A Valuable Oem ffcked Up Dy n
Boston Lady.
There is the theme for romance in
the experience of a Boston lady in the
matter of finding a ring about a year
since.
She came across the Common, and
| Just as she was about to leave it by the
| Boylston street gate her eyes caught
the glitter of gem on the pavement,
and STOPPING she took up one Of the
most superb emerald rings ever seen
in this part of the globe. 1t is not
necessary to describe il too accurately
here. since in answer to her advertise
ments there has been more than one at
tempt by pretenders to get it fraudu-
| lently: but it is sufficient to say that it
is literally such ring as might be the
gift of king. 1t is the sort of a jewel
which figures in romances of the Dis
raeli sort, where no expense is spared,
and it was naturally worth a sum of
money which to ordinary mortals is
something pretty big in any light and
really tremendous to have locked up in
a single ring.
The lady took the jewel to all tho
leading dealers in gems in the neigh
borhood and they all agreed in saying
that they had never seen it, but that it
was impossible that ring of so much
value should long wait for an owner.
The jewel has been advertised in all
the papers, and the finder has kept
careful lookout for advertisements in
her turn. The police and dealers in
gems are fully informed about it, and
vet for more than year the ring has
Ueen in her possession without sign
of its owner appearing to claim it. 1t
is true that there have been number
of applications for it, but no one who
has come to claim il has been able to
come anywhere near a correct descrip-
ton of the ring, and what It's history
was before il landed in the dust of
BOylstOn street is still mystery.
Since the ring is of so great a value
II would be supposed that the owner
would endeavor to find il for its pecuni-
airy worth, even if there be no senti-
mental value attached To il, but nothing
of this sort seems To have happened.
Some day the mystery may be solved,
but at present there is no clew TO pre-
vent the romancer from weaving about
the jewel any b of fancy which his
brain can spin.-ROSton Courier
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DURING the six months of the fiscal
year 1s90-91 there were received and
distributed in Mexico %, 49S, 23S letters,
an increase of 1873, O3l over the half
year preceding.
collided near Yokohama and 26o per-
sons lost their lives.
OWING to wholesale corruption hav-
ing been unearthed in his department
Sir Hector Langevin, minister of pub
lie works in the dominion government,
has resigned.
The vault in the cathedral at Lima,
Peru, in which the remains of Francis
co Pizarro were placed in l45I was
opened and the remains moved to the
chapel of the viceroys. The body was
found well preserved.
NEAR Bowmanville, Ont, Mr. and
Mrs. Hawkins and Miss Mary Bee
were drowned by the capsizing of a
boa
ADELINA PATTI threw open her new
theater to the world on the 18th at
Craig-y-Nos. Wales.
In France immense tracts of timber
were being consumed by forest fires.
IN Hamilton, Ont, John Callahan, an
employee of street railway company,
confessed that he had in the last six
years embezzled SIS. 600.
NEAR Potsdam, Germany, a tornado
leveled farm buildings and over dozen
persons were killed.
Two OF the leaders of the massacre
of British officials in March last were
hanged at Manipur, India.
THE wheat crop of France will fall
1900. 600 bushels short of supplying its
own needs.
Moscow police received orders that
would result i'm expelling all Jews
from that city within two months.
FERMIN PEREZ, Hiplyto Gonzales and
Bonifacio Vaides who had been con-
victed of kidnapping, were executed at
Havana.
THE total public debt of Brazil is
$3.50, COS, sos.
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DROPPED FROM The CLOUDS.
Series of Eronautic Disasters-TwO
BalloOnists Lose Their Lives and sew
eraI Are Badly Hurt.

BaIloonists Lose Their Lives and sew
eraI Are Badly Hurt.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 17.-MisS Anna
Haukes, of Terre Haute, whose profess
sional name is Leroy, made a balloon
ascension Saturday afternoon at Coney
Island, resort 10 miles up the river
The balloon sailed about a mile west
westward, and when 500 feet high she
cut loose with the parachute. The rope
of the trapeze Immediately broke. The
woman descended like an arrow, strik-
ing the ground on her feet and was
driven into the earth above her knees
When reached her lifeless body was
found mashed almost out of shape.
TACOMA, Wash, Aug. l7.-Aeronauts
Woodhall and Parker have been giving
exhibitions here. Saturday afternoon
Woodhall was i'll and Parker made an
ascent. lie braced up before hand on
whisky, and when several hundred
feet up he began to do ira
peze acts, when the balloon be-
ing unsteady, he should have re-
manned quiet Suddenly he lost his
hold and fell like shot to the earth
Parker cannot recover. lie is imbedded
in plaster casts at the hospital and is
barely alive. Both legs have been
amputated. His partner, Woodruff,
made another ascension Sunday after
noon.
DENVER, Col. Aug. IA balloon
ascension at Manhattan Beach, a sum
mea resort near here, Sunday after
noon came near resulting fatally for
a
pie had assembled to witness the aseen-
sion of the mammoth airship, which
was to carry, beside Prof. King, a
couple to be married in the basket just
before the rope was cut. The balloon
shot up in the air and at a height of
5000 feet it encountered a storm and
burst. 1t fell over 1 mile like so much
lead. Then fortunately for the occu-
pants of the ear the silk formed itself
into parachute, thus stopping the
rapidity of the fall. The three lit in a
cornfield about miles from the city,
but with such force that they were un-
conscious for several hours afterwards
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Aug Thames
Buckingham, aeronaut and parachutist
who made an ascension at Pleasant
Beach on Onandaga lake, this city,
Sunday met a horrible death in the
water there about o'clock. The as
cent was made without difficulty, and
when several hundred feet up in
the air the professor loosened
his hold on the balloon and dropped
directly over the lake. The parachute
inflated with air and the descent was
made slowly, but when the water was
reached the parachute completely COW
cred buckingham, and it vas thought
he was unable to extricat,, h. nself from
its folds About 1000 people We're
present and witnessed the fall from the
balloon and the subsequent drowning.
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Text for "Dlscovery Day

WASHINGTON, Aug. F.-Discoyery
day, October IL, this year fails on sun
day, and in recognition of the fact the
pan-republic congress executive com
rn;ttee have called upon the ministers
and teachers throughout the world to
take as their text that day the words
from Leviticus -: 10-"Proeiaim llber-
ty throughout the land to all the in
habitants thereof" They also request
that the subject matter of their dis
course shall be the discovery of Ameri-
ca, what the results of this have been
to the world and its promises for the
f-sture
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up her foot. presumably to examine
the shoe. There was quick move. a
thud, and an Indian rolled over on the
grass with crushed skull. The ami
NAL stood as quiet as before. Two or
three white men ran up and the owner
of the horse came out of the store
When he saw the dead brave smile
lighted up his set face as he patted his
horses neck. Another one. Ell? Fan.
that's right; keep up the work, old
girl. One more scratch on the rifle
breech makes a hundred and eighty
one" As the horse and rider passed
out of sight the lieutenant asked:
What was it he muttered to the
horse"
Il did not exactly catch it," replied
the captain. Il think it was some
thing about hundred and eighty-one,
and from the way that old chap bright
ened up when he saw that dead buck
leads me to believe that he knows more
about who is knocking off the stray
Apaches than he's telling. Edwin
Ralph Collins in Texas Siftings.
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the top of the roll before going from
sight, he called back to his wife: Mary,
let Georgia come to me at noon with a
lunch and fresh drink of buttermilk.
It's so far that | don't think I'll come
up for dinner. Give the little collie a
drink and some grass, too"
His wife called back: "Au right,
dear" and waved her apron. He turned
to his team and started them on. As
he said get up" the near side animal,
whose little Goltie was left behind in
the rough corral. turned her head, and,
looking back whinnied long and loud.
Come, come, Fan. go on; what's the
matter with you? My babies are back
there, too, and they will see that your
baby doesn't get hungry or thirsty
Come, go along, old girl; we must go
and work for our babies"
The team started, and chatting cheer
fully to them for company's sake, they
went on TO their work.
The sun climbed higher. and furrow
after furrow was turned. John kept
the team going steadily, but Fan was
FESTIVE and would throw her head up
and look around and then throw her
self into the collar and forge aEead as
though suddenly anxious to get the
work finished.
"What does all you, Fan? you seem
daft" said John, finally; does your
harness hurt you. old girl?'' And then
he went over the harness, carefully ex-
Rmining each strap and piece where it
touched her sleek coat ''Old girl. your
harness is all right, and you are just
fussing for nothing. Now, if you don't
go steady you'll get whipped" He
went back between the handles of the
pillow. and Fan threw her nose up over
her mates neck, looking in the direc-
ton of the house and whinnied SO shrill
and 1nournful that John lnvoluntarily
looked in the same direction. lie
started. We're his eyes dcceiving him!
Was that a thin column of smoke rising
In the clear air from over the roll of
the prairie? His heart almost stopped
beating. 1t is smoke. Fast as his fin
gers could move he undid the harness
fastenings from the team. threw the
harness TO the ground released one
horse and sprang upon Fans back. She
needed no urging or directing, but
leaped like an arrow from the bow.
As they gained the summit of the rise
of ground John looked. and had to
clutch the horses name to keep from
falling. A thin blue column of smoke
was rising from the ground where his
home had stood. and as he east an
agonized look over the plain for some
sign of life he saw away off on the dis
tant horizon a few rapidly diminishing
specl1s and little cloud of dust.
"Oh. Fan, hurry, hurry No use to
urge the creature; she seemed to share
his fear. and was Going the best that
flesh and blood could do. At the little
bed of hot ashes she stopped and he
rolled from her back. For few sec
onds he could not see and his limbs
trembled so that he could not walk.
He knew what sight would meet him.
All at once he steadied up and the dim
ness left his eyes; he braced himself to
meet the worst A few steps from him
lay the body of his little boy George,
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LATER.


CHICAGO, H., Aug 17.-This was
another wild day in wheat. Saturdays
closing was Sl.06Is for December. The
opening this morning was S1O9 bid.
SI.lO bid, Sill bid. and some to be had
at Sl.1118. Some was had at all the
prices named IN the first ten seconds.
Within three quarters of an hour after
the opening in the great furry there
had been sales at S1.121s, great
flood of them at 81. Is. and some excited
bidders bid S1.14, while hundreds were
selling at a cent lower. In the height
of the excitement one trade of 10000
bushels was made at S1.15.
Suddenly it seemed to be the general
opinion that the advance had been too
strong and December began to drop.
How December did drop. The most de-
termined efforts of the bulls could only
result in holding it now and then for a
minute on the stairs and perhaps boost
it up step or two, only TO have il
start down again. 1t was too heavy.
Within a very few minutes it had
reached Sl.05. Then more bull news
came in and with a hard fight it was
brought back to Sl.07. but after an hour
of seesawing back and forth between
that and S1.06i+, the bears hit il with
club. Down it went to Sl.O41S, but
soon recovered to Sl.O55S and finally
closed at s1.OS.
IT is believed that the Russian ukase
prohibiting the expectation of rye will
be reseinded in October The st. Pet
ersburg journal states that the car
held out for long time against the ad-
vice that the decree be issued. IL Is re-
ported that the German government
viii reduce the income tax on certain
classes in order to mitigate the effects
Of the stoppage of rye exports from
Russia.
REPORTS reached Portland, Or. on
the 18th that Mount Hood was in a
state of eruption. Smoke could be seen
issuing from the mountain. Several
distinct earthquake shocks were also
heard and felt about 5o'clock and many
of the citizens feel considerably
alarmed Mount Hood is only sixty
miles from Portland in a straight line.
AT Grand Forks. y. D.. the nth, Rev.
W. T. Currie, his daughter Ruth. aged
fifteen, and Dora Vankirk were
drowned while bathing in Red Lake
river.
5. L. BAY was arrested at Little Rock,
Ark, the 18th. charged with stealing
5000 600 in state scrip
FOURTEEN persons We're killed in
railway collision in Switzerland, on the
i7th
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Fooled by a Trick.

A well-known clergyman of this city
was asked to solve the following puz-
zle few nights ago: If all the chill
,lren that King Herod killed were
buried in such manner that only their
arms from the elbows TO the tips of
their fingers were visible above the
ground. how could You distinguish the
arms of the boys from those of the
girls? The reverend gentleman worked
at il faithfully, but was obliged to give
il up. For shame, doctor" cried the
interrogation The idea that you
should forget that the children that
Herod killed were all boys. buffalo
Commercial
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DAvENPoRT, Ia, Aug 1.-THE third
annual river carnival will be given
here September s. The unique demon
stration will be attended with unusual
splendor this year. About 500 boats
compose the fleet, which win form
above the city and float down the river.
They will be Illuminated and hand
somely decorated, and display OF fire.
works will attend the fleets passage.
A mimic naval battle will take place
in front of the city. 1t will be an at
tendant feature o. the Davenport fair
which viii open September and con-
tinue one week.
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death of a Noted Wrestler.

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Matsada Sof'
alxichi, the celebrated Japanese wrest-
Ter, who, after gaining many laurels at
Toxic, Japan, and becoming a cham
pion wrestler of his own country.
came over here. where he at
tracted great attention and proved
himself to be a wonder at his own
style of wrestling. died here Saturday.
Sorakichi came here about eight years
ago. Sorakichi was born in Shinana,
Japan, 30 years ago. lie was not
large man, but his physique was a
wonderful one and his strength was
r,,.nli MONS
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A Costly Hack Ride.

Christian G.. Forrest. a returned Mon
tana miner, was deeoyed into hack at
Eau Claire by woman calling herself
Alice Melnotte. Forrest had 81. 600.
When the hack got to secluded spot
in Wildwood park the driver Bellies
bach by name, stopped the team and a
man rushed out from the bushes and
pointing a revolver at Forrest demand
ed his money. Forrest gave up $40.
The robber took it and disappeared.
The woman aud the mack driver were
arrested
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Ina Perilnns situation.

While Caleb J. Sheaver. of Waupaca,
Mayor Ii. Il. Park, w C. Baldwin, of
Chicago, w. II. Weed and Charles
Gates, of Weyauwega, were out in a
sailbOat in the Chain of Lakes the boat
capsized and all the occupants were
nearly drowned. The men succeeded
in getting on the bottom of the boat,
which was uppermost, and chung there
for nearly an hour, when they were
rescued in nearly an exhausted condi-
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FELL DOWN The CHIMNEY.
Six workmen Go Down 80 Feet and One
Is Killed.

LAWRENCE, Mass, Aug. Is. While
workmen were placing in position fire
core on the top of the l50-foot chimney
of the Pemberton mills the staging
broke, dropping the six worl<men,
Frank Shaw, foreman; O. Meyers.
John Kennedy, Leveret Griffin. Fred
Proyer and Anthony Gauiett. who
were handling the core. The staging
rebounded against the sides going
down which broke the fall so that
while all were seriously injured none
were fatally hurt but Griffin, whose
neck was broken.
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Charged with Murder.

m J. Fowler, a young man, was
81 and taken to Vernon on a
rye of complication in the murder
of Reuben Drake, his wife and two
grandchildren in Waulcesha county
three years ago, for which Andrew
Grandstaff confessed and was lynched.
Fowler declared his innocence. but the
chain of evidence was accommodating
the bid fair to connect him with the
at ~ocious crime