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cassin, who, though handsome and well AZ
IN his profession, was not much trusted III
alfbcnlt operations on account of his love
for absinthe and kindred beverages.
"A woman sdead ia the Qsartier ST. Mar.
tin, Rue Monbrule, No. i" answered the de.
ttctiye; 81 am wanted there. viii you &c
along, Doctor?"
DR.. Corcassin Knocked the ashes from his
pipe and tossed it into the smoking box on
the table
"If / mistake not" said he, "No. Rue
Monbrule is hotel kept by Nine Sun
flower"
You are right, Doctor" smiled lie Ferret.
81 haven't crossed it's threshold since j was
called there five years ago 10 set a limb 10
one Of tnadame's dodgers, a beautiful young
girl, who said she had been run down by a
Dues carriage. Her name was -
Never mind tha' Come along" broke
in the detective who knew that his c0mpan-
ion was inclined to become garrulens when
be got started. You are going TO have an
other patient, though a dead one, at Nine.
SunfoweI's"
NJ. Topin, or lie Ferret, as he was called,
relapsed into silence the moment he had en-
tered the fiacre which was to convey himself
and the Doctor TO the Rue Monbrule.
Half dozen times Corcassin attempted to
draw him out, bat he failed, aud at last he
fell TO watching ihe sleuth from his corner.
Topin was trying to answer mental ques-
tion whiei, bothered him very much. 1t was
simply this:
How did the bearer of the note know
where TO find me?"
As the fiacre raitled ;hrough the streets of
Paris he became deeply entangled in the
he II ho drir
turned into the Rae Monbrule he was ready
to give up the coaundTun.
When the vehicle had been brought along
side The curb, DIR. Corcassin had TO shake
Topin out OF his abstraction, but the next
moment the detective Was himself, and led
the Doctor into Nrae. Sunflower's hotel.
They were met by perfect giantess, who
scowled at The Doctor and met Topin with
an indignant look.
Where is she?" asked the detective.
Where is who?" flashed the proprietress.
" The dead woman
Nine. Sunfower burst into a laugh.
4 have no dead woman here" she cried.
Come, NJ. Topin-I know you. you see
voa have been ciexefly hoodwinked"
Dr. Corcassin was inclined 10 join in with
the woman's laugh, but the determination
displayed on the detectives countenance
he'd him back.
We will see, I" said Topin, quietly. 81
have been here before. know the house.
How many boarders have you, madame? !?
Give me a list, The one you are compelled 10
keep for the police"
Thoroughly frightened, the proprietress of
the place grew very pliable, and, with The
li.t in his band. 1'opin climbed the steps,
followed by the Doctor and Nine. Sunflower.
Tie botel was one Of those tall AID
gloomy houses that iniest the Quarter st.
Martin. It's upper floor seemed near tie
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WHERE Is SHE?" ASKED THE DETECTIVE.
/ investigated the workings of this powerful
death agent Three young women were found
dead on separate nights, in their gonGoas
on the Grand canal / became convinced
that all three murders were the work of the
same hand, though the Venetian police did
not think So / secured The service of q
well-known French detective, then in Ven
Ice, but a week later he was found dead in
palace on the Rialto-killed by the same
poison ] knew what that meant, and not
long after j left the city of the Doges and
came 10 Paris. NJ. Topin, La Belle Prune is
another victim of the poisoner of Venice.
The hand that killed SO mysteriously in the
gondolas and the palace is at work here
Ny Investigations have told me that you
will have 10 deal with an aristocratic poison
one which has never fallen into the hands
of the common killer The possessor of it
has blue blood in his or her veins; the
poison come down by inheritance. Find the
secret-holder, and you have the slayer of La
Belle PTune."
1t was not long after Topin and the Doc
tor had left Nine. Sunfower's establishment
that the body ef the unfortunate mask
maker was in the clutches of the proper
authorities, and ut the morgue.
Dr. Corcassin went TO his favorite wine
shop, and between absinthes noted down the
occurrences of the last few hours, with a
view TO assisting the testimony he was eX-
pec;ed TO give before long. When he had
taken enough he buttoned his coat to the
chin and walked out.
What do you mean by running over
me?" exclaimed raspy voice, as the Doctor
ran against person be had not seen.
hn
looked again. Ho, j want you,n And
before the individual addressed could, get
away he was fast in Corcsssp's clutches.
What do you want with me "criedt the
Doctors prisoner, who was dwarfish and had
the countenance of an owl.
want TO take you TO Nj. Topin. You
are the person who brought him the letter
that informed him Of the death Of La Belle
Prune."
The owlish man twisted, squirmed, and
protested, but it did no good, and soon he
was flying III a fiacre toward a part of Paris
where the Doctor expected 10 find lie Ferret.
During the ride the prisoner maintained a
dogged silence he sat biting his lips in the
corner and glared ut the Doctor whenever he
got an opportunity.
AT last The iacre drew up before a COM
monplaee looking building in the Rue
| Grebader, and Dr. Corcassn helped his
charge up two flights of steps to back
room, where they found Topin in the act of
quitting the house.
This is luck - said the detectives eyes
the moment they ssw The Doctor and his
prisoner. and then he looked steadily at the
latter for several seconds.
"Where did she give you the letter >"
he suddenly asked. sd.
The question seemed to surprise the owl
faced man. He suspected a trap; his look
said so.
How did she know where to find me {? -
continued the detective.
"She gave me the letter on the street, and
told me 10 take it 10 the police station of
the Quarter Mouffetard," said the man at
length. "She was near the station then.
She had just been driven past it, and she
called To me from the carriage"
"You know her?"
The prisoner shook his head.
The National tribune., 1895-06-20
~ was there said Col. oebiltree.

81 was there said Col Ocbiltree. ''It
was in that battle that I was wounded"
THAT day." continued Gen. Miles, "we
Overhauled and captured Confederate wagon
train, and found, greatly to the delight Of the
boys, that several of the wagons were loaded
with Confederate bonds and Confederate
money in transit from the Confederate
Treasury Department in Richmond to where
ever the Government now on wheels might
make Its last stand. "The soldiers simply
helped themselves to the bonds and the
money, and the officers did not care to de-
prive them of the sp0ils to which they were
richly entitled. At night when we knocked
off work for supper and few hours rest and
sleep had occasion to ride along the line,
and found, greatly to my amusement, a
poker game going on around almost every
campfire. Stopping to watch one of the
games, this is what / heard:
So How much is the ante? p
" A thousand dollars
"And how much to fill? Five thousand.
Well, here goes. / raise 1T ten thousand
So Good; see you and go you ten thou
sand better. Twenty-Five thousand to draw
cards -
Then cards were drawn, and presently a
bet was made of fifty thousand Some one
went hundred thousand dollars better. bat
he was ruled down. Fifty thousand was
the limit. However, there was $500 900 in
the pot when it was hauled down by the
winner, who had three treys and pair of
jacks | expressed my surprise at the size
of the game, and told the boys that they had
better go slow or their funds would run
out.
Never fear, General, replied one of
them. We viii keep within our means.
You ought to have been here just now.
Why, we had a jackpot of 81 200, ,000'
: think yon viii agree with me, contin
ued Gen. Miles, that no bigger poker game
than that was ever played"
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He WAS FAST lN CoRcASSISS CLUTCHES.
sky. and il was the one 10 which the detect
i've led his companions without halting.
"-Jeannette Belle Prune. aged % born in
Paris, Room No. il, third floor, ," read Topin
from the list ia his hand, and a moment
later he halted before door on which the
figure IL was discernible by the gas jet in
the cramped corridor.
He tried the door. il was locked.
"Open it," he said TO Nine. Sunhower
The woman, with almost colorless face,
produced a bunch of keys and obeyed
Ny Cod" cried Nine. Sunfiower, re-
coiling against Dr. CorcassfD, whom she
tbumped against the wall. LA Belle Prune
is dead Who told you, N Topin2"
The detective paid no attention TO the
hysierie giaEtess. lie was already bending
over the young woman lying on the foor in
the middle Of the room. Her arms were
ouisireiched and her hands tightly clinched.
There was a wild stare in the open eyes and
the stamp OF some terrible agony on the
face, which, without it, would have been
sbrautiful.
This woman has been poisoned said
Corcassin, after moments look, and at the
last word Nine. Sunhower broke ont into
another wild CRY.
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At this moment DR.. Corcassin concluded
his investigation.
"This is the woman whose limb 1 set in
this house five years ago." said he, pointing
at the corpse.
NJ. Topin looked at Nine. Sunhower.
"Do you hear that?" be said. You
have told me that La Belle Prune has been
here but eight months. Madame, are you
going to lie to the police?"
The detectives look and words almost
drove the big woman to the wall.
She was here five years ago, but she went
away. Eight months ago she came back"
Topin smiled at the woman's cleverness.
The following moment Nine. SunRewer
was dismissed with sundTy admonitions,
and detective and doctor were alone.
"A strange and subtle poison has been at
work here" said the latter, whose knowl-
edge of toxicology was thorough. Ten
years ago, while was practicing in Venice
The National tribune., 1895-06-20
GEN. MILES'S POKER STORY.
The Boys Had Over Million in the
Pot.
TSe,o Yorl; Mall and Er7:ress.1 ]


Netc YorE Mall and ErSress.l
81 don't poker, myself" said Ma. Gen.
Miles, % in fact l am glad to say that the
game has rather gone out in the Army, but
j think / can claim to have been witness of
the biggest game as to the stakes that was
ever played"
Tell us about it, General" said Col.
Ochiltree. 81 have some pretty good poker
stories in stock myself
And so have /, " said Henry Watterson.
" For instance, Joe Blackburn's about the
game played in the trenches at the battle of
Shiloh, with table made of the bodies of the
comrades of the playersn
"Well, y said John w. Mackay, as to
stakes, will enter claim for some of the
games played in the good old days in Nevada,
wfen:the boys had the COmstock Kode to
draw upon. But, General, let US have your
story"
1T was in the Spring of 1S65-just 80
years ago this week, when | come to think of
it-when Davis, Lee and the rest of you Con-
federates. Col. Watterson, were in full retreat
from Richmond toward DanvilIe, and we
were pressing you night and day, hardly
stopping to eat or sleep. On the eve OF the
battle of Sailors creek -
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the mob followed from the tribunal to La
Roquette the van that carried the prisoner
of France.
In the end the guillotue missed its natural
prey, for Mime. Adele was one morning found
on her cot, dead, and in her hand was clutch
ed an empty wineglasa, over which DIR. Cor
eassin learnedly shook his head aud drew y
long breath of relief when he thought of
what might have happened if the poisoner
had discovered him.
The National tribune., 1895-06-20
We Accent the Correction.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
issue of June 6 you say the pay of Revo-
1utionary soldier was "S4 a month, or rs
shilIngs" You assume that the shillings
were the English shillings sterling. Yen
do not say 50, but that is what your figuring
shows. In New England, shilIings made
q dur, in New York s, and in Pennsylva-
MIA IS. 3D., and not 4. Correct your figures
and your history.-H. B. PLUMB, Peely,
Pa.
The National tribune., 1895-06-20
Scientists Going to IserIng Sea.

The Fish Commission steamer Albatross
has sailed from San Francisco Tor Bering Sea,
10 puTsue the investigation Of the peiagic
habits ol the seal and he condition OF the
rOokeries on Pribylov Islands. She carries
the largest and best equipped corps Of
scientists that WAS 2 or engaged on the work,
and the Fish Con. IA ssi0n officials look for
some substantial results OF the seasons
operations.
Besides the force regularly attached TO the
AlbatlOss. under Charles IL. Townsend, natur-
aiisi. there viii he i. w. Trae, curator Of ami
raals. aud Jeonhard Stejneger. curator Of rep
tiles al the Smithsonian Institution.
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IL Yor EIAYE ORIGINAL Ideas or anr

If YOU HAVE ORIGINAL IDEAS OF any
kind good for the 1895 advertising of Admiral Cigar
cites, mail them % the Advertising Department OF the
National Cigarette and TOasccO Co, foo, Of r. sd
-, New York, WITH TWO COUPONS FROM AD-
MIEAL CIGARETTE BOXES SIS will be rsald for
the best and prize for the next 10 best received
during the month Of June the Admiral Cigarette Ia
considered the miidest and purest Cigarette nnade.
receipt Of ideas acknowledged If stamped and ad.
dressed envelope Is irclOsed
The National tribune., 1895-06-20

a FIRE, believed 10 have been started by
trEmps. destroyed big planning mill at kala-
Mazoo. Mleh. The loss viii be over 5000 O00
The National tribune., 1895-06-20
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The National tribune., 1895-06-20

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-06
LITTLE BOY BLUE.

The little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and staunch he stands;
And the little toy soldier Is red with rust,
And his musket moulds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was new
And the soldier was passing fair,
And that was the time when our Little
Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
Now, don't You go till come" he said.
And don't you make any noise!"
So, tOdding off to his trundle bed,
He dreamt OF the pretty toys.
And as he was dreaming an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue
Oh, the years are many, the years are
long,
But the little toy friends are true.
Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand,
Each In the same old place,
Awaiting the touch Of little hand,
The smile Of a little face.
And they wonder, as waiting these long
years through
In the dust Of that little chair
What has become of our Little Boy Blue
Since he kissed them and put them there.
Eugene Field.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-06
The Local Result.

Despite the light vote, yesterday was
a field day for the Republican party
in Lackawanna county. Returns re-
ceived up to midnight indicated plur-
ality for Haywood for state treasurer
of 1900; for Longstreet for coroner or
1900 and for Bartl for surveyor of from
900 to 1900. The vote cast for Judge
Willard Is in excess of Haywood's vote
by more than $500. giving him a plur-
ality over the Democratic average vote
of nearly 1900. Judge Smith runs we'll
ahead Of his ticket, and judging from
the returns throughout the state will
come very close to being the minority's
choice for Superior court Judge. His
closest competitors appear to be
Judges Yerkes and Noyes.
The result upon the whole is well CAL
culated to crafty Republicans. The
natural apathy pertaining to an off
year was only one Of the difficulties
they have had to contend with. Added
to that was the organized effort of GER
tain influences claiming kinship with
Republicanism to defeat the local Re-
publican ticket in the hope of striking
at certain Republican leaders who gave
that ticket loyal support. The fine vote
proffered to Judge Willard is signal
compliment not less to the discernment
and courtesy of the voters than to the
Judge himself: while the vote to Judge
Smith is a testimonial Of neighborly
esteem which no Republican will be-
grudge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-06
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

special to the scranton Tribune.
Washington, Nov. 5.-A little less than
one-third OF the membership of the next
house will be composed of Democrats. In
the two preceding congresses the Republic
cans were In hopeless minority. In the
f1fty-second congress they only had 80
members, and In the Fifty-third some
thing over 100 out of total Of 1885, In the
next, or Fffty-fourth congress, the Re-
publicans will have IA members, the Dem
ocrats 1ci. the POulists 0, and the silverites
only ]. The latter's name and address Is
Francis G. Newlands, Of Reno, New. He
was first elected In 1892, and was reelected
In 1854 He Is a Mississippian by birth,
but went to California when a young
man, where he practiced law until 1886,
when he became a trustee Of the estate Of
william Sharon. formerly United States
senator from Nevada. He has been ac-
t&vely engaged in the agitation of the sill
very wealthy and expects some day to
represent his adopted state in the upper
branch OF congress.
While discussing C:t;1 the third marty men.
bers Of congress 1t would probably be in
teresting to know something about the
other six gentlemen who will not affiliate
with either Of the old parties on the Ques-
their Biographies at length. In the call of
states Alabama leads off with NJ. w. How
ard, who was elected as a Populist in the
Seventh district. Howard was. until a
y
partments In this city. He Is the man
who wrote IF Christ Came to Congress"
The book did not make the hit the author
imagined 1T Would. and only a limited
coming disgusted at his failure as a writer,
became sore head and finally landed in
the Populist party, and was taken up by
his Alabama constituents and sent to con-
gress. Whether his coming to congress
will create as much Of q furore as III
Christ Game to Congress- is question
that will probably never be settled.
--:ll:-
The next is John G. Bell. Of Colorado.
MT; Bell was first elected to the house in
1t was with that party's assistance that
he was elected. He Is still Democrat in
everything except when the white metal
Is at stake. He would then forsake his
running mate in the Fifty-third congress
was the Hon. Lafe Pence, who was
showed under last year by the Republican
ayalanche. Pence was very rabid in his
lost an opportunity TO shoot on his mouth
upon any and all Questions-especially Sill
yer.
The Hon. William Baker. Is now the
only Peoples party member from Kansas,
His colleague. Jerry simpson, the Sock.
less statesman" from the Seventh ala.
trict.. was caught in the cyclone that
swept over Kansas last year. Baker was
MIA. sixty-four years ago. He was a
school teacher and lawyer until about fif-
ferple shd Blackstone and. took to the
rss Elected a'Sn q the Ssqs ss.s He ..
Nebraske sends only one Populist to
the Ftfty-fotrth congress. HIS name Il
Omer N. Kem and he hfils fsSm Broken,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-06
The Middle Course.

It Is significant that Republican ora
tors who during the recent campaign
have spoken concerning the tariff ques-
tion have in no instance advocated the
adoption by the next congress OF rad
ical measures looking toward the re-
storation of protection. Little or moth
ing has been said in favor Of n high tar
If, as that term was once understood
in American politics. On the contrary
the general opinion was we'll expressed
by Governor Hastings in speech at
Cleveland last Saturday evening, when
he said, paraphrasing one Of Lincoln's
droll remarks, that the tariff, like a
mans legs, ought to be 'long enough to
reach to the ground;" that is, that it
ought to be sufficient to protect home
industry and raise the required amount
of government revenue, in which case
It would be ample.
We think that this moderation Of
statement with reference to future leg
islhtive policy is wise. There are two
extreme positions with reference to tar
III legislation, one of which is about as
Objectionable to the great mass OF
voters as the other is. 1t Is not a fair
Inference that because the people of the
United States have pronounced by an
unequalled majority against the Cleve-
land idea Of tariff reform, or practically
free trade, they are minded to try the
opposite experiment OF ultra protection.
There is strong sentiment permeating
all classes of citizens, and especially the
Business men, in favor of q conserva-
tive middle course, which, while not
forgetting due protection to all legiti-
mate forms of home industry, to the
point of safeguarding It against ruinous
1mportations. Is nevertheless 80 near
the line Of actual difference in labor
costs, here and abroad, as to preclude
having for their purpose the exacting
of unfair prices. 1t was to this moder-
ate sentiment, which thought 1t was
overlooked in the framing Of the Nc
Kinley bill, that Republicans owe their
defeat In the congressional elections Of
1880 and their loss Of the presidency two
years later; just as 1t was to It that the
Democrats, failing to interpret correct
1y those two elections, end thereby i'm
PEELED to radical attempts in an oppo-
site direction, owe their phenomenal
disaster Of one year ago.
At this time there is also another sem
timent. which needs to be taken into
consideration. It is the sentiment
which, without going very deep into the
causes Of things. opposes what is called
tariff tinkering" on general .princi-
pies. 1t would oppose such action now.
even II the tinkerihg were needeAs IT
would oppose It on the ground that II
would introduce into the business prob.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-06
EUGENE FIELD.
VIII lie Long Beloved,

Philadelphia Press: Eugene Field.
whose sudden death will be equally re-
gretted in the world of journalism and
of letters, had a facile and brilliant capac-
ity whose full worth was scarcely appre-
ciated while his productions had only a
newspaper audience. With astonishing
ease he showered on the readers of the
Chicago News poems, sketches, allegory,
dialogue and fairy tale. 1t is a singular
proof of the ability and value of the work
done on newspapers that in their columns
Mr.. Fields work did not seem far re-
moved from the better average of jour-
nalism. Collected in the six or eight vol
umes which he has published, however, it
grew plain that in occasional verse he
matched men whose names are never
omitted In arthologles, that his humor
touched the side of laughter which is
closely akin to tears. and that his sketches
and stories have passages and characters
precious for their perennial accuracy in
portraying human nature. always and ev-
erywhere the same. For several years the
character and quality of his work has
steadily improved, and while he stll suit
ed audiences which cared for 1t with
mawkish sentiment about dreamland and
SO on, his verse has grown in delicacy,
his sentiment in nobility and his view of
life in elevation, and IL he had been
spared a few years his place would have
been higher. AS it Is, he was a man
loved, and by whom the great public was
led to see Alright. More can be said of
no one and Of most. other and less"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-06

Bow. postofice. Custer county. He was
first elected member OF the house In
1880. when ne was only IS years of age.
He Is a farmer In Custer county, where
he took up a farm of l60 acres of Uncie
Sans land under the Homestead law.
Originally he was q Democrat. but be-
came tangled up with Farmers alliance
In Nebraska, and was thrice elected to
represent their interests In congress. He
is mild-mannered man and rarely has
anything to say In debates.
-:l:-
Out OF nine members from North Caro-
lima three are Democrats, four Republi-
cans and two Popullsts or Farmers alii-
ance. The Populisis ar-~1arry Skinner.
of the First district He takes the place
of William A. II. Branch, a Democrat.
His colleague Is william +. Stroud. who
succeeds Benjamin II. Bum, Democrat,
who was a member OF the house for six
years. Those third party fellows will
not cut much of a swath in the next
house, as all Of their orators were left at
home. %. W. II. Bell.