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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-12-08
Selling Out.

am selling out my entire stock of
Chlnaware and Japanese goods at cost
Give me a call and doo't foro.+ a..
blocks below the Br;ogs
House. GEE HING. d.
The morning times., 1896-01-12

from IT n ball cartridge, only TO find that
some pieces OF stone had been substituted
by O, cunning hand.
hastily fetched a lantern from my tent,
and carefully searched the ground. With
In a few yards OF the spot where dis
covered the orderly's carbiDe found. for
the first time, footmarks. The one fact
which forced itself upon my mind was that
Dennis had been lifted Off his feet and trans
ferred twenty yards. / knew that thugs
could perform such feat. and my opinion
was that he and the others were in the
power of a gang of such men.
I followed the foot marks / had dis
covered. ] concluded that these men were
concerned in the adventure. Two had car
ried a captive, and third had walked by
the prisoners side. Three tracks of naked
feet ran across the sand--one close to the
other-as of one man walking behind his
companions, the third being a little to the
left of the double track.
1t was easy to see that the prisoner
was struggling for liberty, for In places
the track assumed a zigzag.
For three hours or more ] followed,
doggedIy tracking the captive and captors,
and yet, hasten as did, getting no nearer
to them. At last the track passed up
a long cleft between some rocky ground
and there suddenly disappeared. Eagerly
examined the rocks around. Had they
been scaled? Had the fellows discovered
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puJarees to the temple Taere the rites
performed over victims devoted to Hanu-
man had been carried out; and then they
were thrust beneath the image to await
the dawn, when they We're TO be sacrificed.
and SO complete four OF the six victims
which Ha1umau, the Monkey God, was not
likely TO get. if We escaped 10 spread the
news OF what was going on.
We are fast enough in this temple,''
said Cornwaris to me after some conver-
sation, as We stood surveying the gate:
the only chance of escape we have will
be when these fanatics come at dawn, as
you say they intend. We will get close
to the door and take them by surprise. In
the confusion We may escape, il we are
not overwhelmed by numbers.
'Thcy ccllred us and sprinkletl us with
milk, sor," said Dennis, with comical
attempt at dignity. ''Af ye 'uIl lend me
one ay them knives, I'll help the Monkey
God to the six men he wants with all the
liberality OF an English Christmas party"
passed my carbine to Cornw wallis, and
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In T I anuman's
II >gnnple.


right enough, av course; but If there's
glory to be had, rftaKe whoever comes
long tonight with me-by st. Pathrick
and the toads he banished, will that
same sas i.s-s
Listen to ME, Dennis. We will both
do duty together. Weawill take up out
post in one place. While you walk ten
PAGES to the left and see what is to be
seen, will renla in stationary. When you
return, 1 will leave you there, while
go similar distance 10 the right and
back"
"why not turn the, lot out tonight,
beggn' your pardon?'
THAT won't do" l responded. Moth
ing would happen
LAS I'm me mothers son, don't know
that" said Dennis with n dissentient nod.
obey orders, Dennis, and above all
keep from the canteen today. We may
have some tough work cut out for us tonight.
Tell the other men you volunteered for the
post being anxious to. find out where the
colonel haddisappeared to-"
(which l am, most nightly curious,
sor. Ay, and wen yetbeat that Tuchmee."
And he left me.
1 spent the day in putting my affairs as
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body OF worshipers. Had there been no
other light than that of tie incessanu, ter
rifle lightning. even this would have en-
abled me 10 see all that passed. A pujaree,
or priest, with scarcely vestfge of cloth
ing upon his body, which was smeared
with some ochreous compound, stood be-
fore the idol beseechiny ravors for the
PROSTATE worshipers. So wildly fanatic
and So frenzied did he become, that / al
most drew back and ran from the temple
in horror. Indeed, l had half determined
To do SO, and was glancing toward the
door where the shadow of pillar hid me
from view, when / saw enter procession
fof wcrshipers following two pujarees, who
bore between them the body of a victim.
1t was neither that of CORVALLIS nor
Dennis, and, much as my eyes revolied
at the sight, could not turn away, but
looked on. with strange fascination.
The body was that oreither Hallon or
Smith, the two soldiers WHO had previ-
ously disappeared: All over IL were marks
Of violence. The ueck was broken and the
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that they were being pursued and tricked
me?
j climbed projecting scarp and, hold
ing ON with one hand, raised my lantern.
Nothing but the precip;tous rocks could
j discover. / climbed down and deter
mined to go on to the end of the passage
between the rocks. Tie storm broke
once more, as passed on. and my lantern
went out, but aided by the lightn ing,
flashes, ] went resolutely on and on.
Rising before me ! saw at last the lofty
carved front of a temple, over the spa cious
entrance OF which was grotesqueIy repre-
sented the god worshiped. l passed over
the portal and through the outer court
TO find myself viewing one of the strang-
est scenes ] had ever witnessed.
In The center of the temple was huge
image of the Monkey God Hauuman. Made
Of reddish stone its every feature distorted
and repulsive, the stone god looked down
with great ruby eyes upon the assembled
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then gave one of the knives 10 Dennis
keeping the other in case needed 1t.
AnxiousIy we waited for the da wn tha
| was to free us, or to be the last We shoul'
ever see.
We kept close to the temple door; bu
when at last the pujarees and the deyotee
began to enter the building, they came b!
way OF the stone slab, and not by the templ'
gate.
For q moment we bent our heads to
gether, for hurried discussion, and then,
each upon the heels OF the other, ran hettel
skelter across the temple floor and made
for the steps up which the worshipers
were coming.
Dennis reached the opening first, ant
dashed down, scattering the astonishec
devotees for a momept. They quick!
saw how matters stood, and as Corn walli'
leapt down the steps, with smart move
ment they flung the stone down, leaving
me with them alone.
For a few brief seconds stood at bay
slashing for dear life at the maddened faces
of the horde about me. Then the ponderous
stone was pushed up from beneath, and
Cornwallis, looking more like demon than
ma n, caug ht me up and dragged me away
down the steps, the stone falling close upon
me.
shall remember the dash we made down
those stairs IS long as / live. With every
weapon they could seize in their haste we
were opposed, as foot by foot we thrust
ourselves forward and our foes backward.
We got to the bottom OF the steps with only
a few slight wounds, and then, with rush,
we took the passage, that lay before u.s.
1t had no door; had there been one, my
account of the pujaree's plot would never
have been written.
We were pursued right down the passage
by those we passed, while others faced
US and barred the way. Cornwallis went
first, and, laying about him with the stock
of his carabine, cleared US a path, While we
turned about and kept back the pursuing
horde as We retreated.
'Wcgotoutside atlast, and, the devoteesd dis
putting the way no longer, We ran at full
speed across some rising ground.
Our enemies gave up the chase a last-all
but one OF the pujarees, who seemed frantic
at our escape. He persistently followed us,
till Dennis, who had some ball cartridges
In his pouch, loaded the carbine he had taken
from the colonefs hand, since IT was his own,
and took aim at the pujaree. The shot took
the fellow I'm the head, and he fell. Dennis
went back TO look at the dead pujaree, then
caught us up.
Il said at the first and I stuck TO il, that
Lutt Tuchmee was att he bottom ofthemess-
colonel. It's plain I'm right-the vultures
will tear him to pieces; for the pujaree I've
just picked off is that same Tuchmee."
One little detail must mention further:
A very estimable native cook, Col. Corn
wallis special pride, suddenly disappeared
rom our company when we returned to
,anvas. He turned up again ut Lucknow,
md paid, at the end OF gun, for his ill.,
lined treachery, when he combined the
,ulinary art with the abstraction OF car
ridges from our caTbines, and the SUBJ
OF stones for some rounds Of
,all cartridge. He had other accounts to
ettle besides, which even the excellence
# his former curries did not altogether
observation-disclosures j. Mansford, in
'all Mall Gazette.
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Morning Song.

Q de sun rise up at dc,break or day
En- he shine tweilde sky tu.n blue;
En- de sun he say: st'-ss-s
Hits long, long way -
Ed I got no time fer ter stop en- n1avv,
En- he shine all day, he shine an tiay.
Fer he don't sleep late lax you,
y de sun he rise at dc break er dag.
En- de stars say: ''Howdy dor
But de sun he say:
You must clar dc way; n
Fer I'm on my road, en- des can't siav.
NJ TASK IS took fer ter shine all day,
fer 1 don't sleep late LAX your
FRANK L. STANTON
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straight as ga soldier can can Turder such cir
cunistaa ceS- When night came, l gave
imperative orders for silence aud lights cut
and then sent for Dennis.
'i'n Just whistle .BoyDe Wather' to
myself afore we start. If you don't object,
an then the 'Wearin' of the Green; it
isn't time TO be partial to one side or
t'cther, sor. and III take in all Ireland
that way
When the fellow had done with bis
whistling, he came toward me.
I've me carbine loaded, as is yours; wen
see what turns up
l grasped his hand for a moment, and
ike Corn wallis, we went forward into the
darkness aud silence.
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Right He Is.
a

Small Boy-I don't wonder that wonen-s
heads so often aches. sas
Little Girl-Why?
Small Boy-Every time they zee any o.
their children they've got to think up some
reason for not letting them do what they
want to. -
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1 took Dennis mo my tent.

tDennis." l said, watching the lines
OF his n,outh-for so l can tell n coward
from a fDan who has nerve and the
ability TO Use it, .if Col. Cornwanis
doesn't come back today, and the search
party / am sending out doesn't succeed in
finding him. intend 10 PCT you on sentry
go tonight"
Then III dine wild de saints to-
MORROW, if my company isn't required III
another direction, sor." said he, with
Tightening of his Jaw. There's Z matter
Of 20 rupees pay as perhaps you will
Re is sent 10 the ould oountbry for me,
md that is all 1 want TO say. In 60
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III

Night had come. Overhead the clouds
were murky. with here and there 4 sword 5
width OF moonlight cleaving through. There
was enough gliInmer from the stretch of
Sand to give Il light that showed me the
coloners tall form in the distance, doing
sentry duty.
In spite of his wishes. / determined to
see what came OF the colonel's experiment.
AS near as | dared, / crept toward where
he leant on his carbine. alert and keen.
Occa sionaliy he would walk 10 and fro, to
take the rheumatic twinges ont of his bones,
which the air, dripping with moisture,
gave him.
watched and waited. Nothing stirred
The men under canvas were either asleep
or drowsy. The earth seemed still as
tf red-handed death had slain everything
that waited for its inevitable destruction.
] dared not move about, for fear OF being
discovered: the troops said afterwards, at
Lucknow. that Cornwallis had eyes behind
him. and il seemed almost true to me then.
An hour passed. but the silence was un-
broken; half an hour more slowly slipped
into the abyss of time. 1t grew dark
overhead. the coloners gray coat made him
stand out like spectre of the night. Still
nothing happened. l took out my watch
and. cautiously striking match, read the
time. 1t was twelve minutes to l.
flung the match down, restored my watch
to It's place. and looked toward the colonel
once more. He was not there.
] flung all caution to the winds, and
ran forward into the night, oarbine in
hand. No, my eyesight had not played
me false. Without 4 sound, without a
struggle or resistance OF any kind, Col.
CorDwallis had disappeared.
Down TO the ground stopped. I wasted
half dozen matches in examining the
ground. 1t was too disturbed by parade
to afford any clue as 10 the direction
In which the colonel had gone. l shouted
alarmed the camp. nd the troopers came
pouring out half dressed withtheir carbines
clutched ready for foes, human or other
wise: but they met none. We spent the
night securing the district for the colonel;
but he was not to be found. Daylight
came. and, as officer next in command.
/ paraded the men. They were quicter
than might have been expected. No one
aftcrwa r,ls volunteered any statement
of his opinion except Dennis.
"The eolonel-tbe Lord presarve him
was grit 10 Tie last I'll swear" sa i'll he TO
PIE as we walked to my tent after parade
.'Iie hasn't knuckled under without a
struggle, but he's worsted and by that
tDcarnatc scoundrel, Lutt Tuchmce."
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Seif-Eyfdpuf.

Watts-Do you think a man can be a
Christian on dollar a day?
Potts-I don't see how he can afford II
be anything else.-Indianapolis Journal
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-12-24

The evil effects of the unwise policy
of Congress with respect to the Cuban
situation are largely in evidence.
Some of them are thus stated by the
New York Evening Post.
Why have the business activity and
bright hopes which promptly followed
the November election given place 30
quickly to almost the same Htagnation
aud despUndency as OF the months
previous to that event? The meeting
Of Congress- and its Mysteries over
Cuba are sufficient answer This Is
what has happened since. Cotton has
declined more than So per bale, and Ia
still falling. 1t is useless to talk about
large crops and big receipts. These
facts were known in November, and
against them was the fairly certain big
consumption both in Europe and
America 1t is significant that every
day the war news' came worse from
Washington the decline in the staple
was the more sensational. With the
crop still to be marketed and in stock,
this means a shrinkage TO Senators
Mills and Morgah's and Calls con
stituents oil about s2U, 600, 600 in one
article alone.
When we add the decline and stag
nation In coal and iron and lumber and
tobacco, all products Of that section
whose representatives are the most
belliuose, does it not seem time for
their constituents to call haiti The
manufacturing and financial interests
of tine North and West are similarly
afflicted, and SO we are all in the
dumps again and are pretty tired. We
have had 80 much trouble and so many
knock-Gown blows since the Barring
panic of 80. that those who have sur
vived have hardly strength of mind OF
heart TO make much further struggle
against the ignorance and folly in high
places. If this picture is thought to
be overdrawn, little inquiry among
| the bankers and brokers of tho country
will settle the matter. They alone car
tell the misery OF the past three years,
anu how great has hreH tho struggle tc
keep themselves and cir clients anoat
until the Issue with Is yanism could be
settled. That settled rightly. we hal
a hope nf life and rHcuperation. The
patient is now only eunpalescent-tb Gt
is all. Threo national bank failures
| last week and three this week ON
| phasize this point At the mumant,
Mother the business nor the finances O.
this country, nor, indeed, the genera
government. are In position SUN
ciehtly sound and strong even to dis
CUBS the proposition Of an olfenaiy,
war, much less TO engage in it.
This is not an overdrawn picture. 1
is true presentment. Right here ii
Wilmington are evidences of it's abso
lutte correctness.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-12-24

Alta special meeting of the directors
Of the Boston Merchants Association,
held on Monday, the following reso-
luton was adopted:
That the Boston Merchants Asso-
citation views with apprehension and
disapproval the attitude OF the Senate
committee on foreign relations in re-
gard to the affairs Of Cuba. We be-
lieve. that no matter what the sym
pathies OF our people may be. 1t would
be unwise for the United States govern
nent at the present time to interfere
In the deplorable contest now going on
In the land of Cuba. We urge Senators
and Representatives to use grave dc.
Liberation before taking any action
which may involve the country in war.
On the same day the Baltimore
Board OF Trade also held special
meeting and adopted the following
protest:
Resolved, That we greatly deplore
the action Of the Senate committee on
foreign relations in reporting favorably
Joint resolution to recognize the in
dependence Of the republic of Cuba.
That We believe that in view OF the
condition now existing in Cuba. as re-
| ported from all sources, such action is
very ill.timed and nasty. and cal.
| cuated, il approved by Congress-, to
greatly embarrass, IL not actually sever,
the peaceful relations now existing he
tween Spain and Our own country, and,
as a natural consequence. to seriously
damage all of our commercial and
financial interests already suffering
from serious depression.
That tho Senators and Representa-.
tives from this State be and hereby are
earnestly reuuested TO oppose the pas
sage of said resolution.
That those resolutions he promptly
| telegraphed to our Senators and copy
duly mailed to each member Of the
House and Senate and to the several
boards Of trade.
And, also on the same day, the
Cotton Exchange and Board OF Trade
of Vicksburg, Miss, according to d
dispatch from that city, adopted Q
protest against the Cameron resolution
on Cuba and requested tho Mississippi
Senators to oppose it. The two hodies
expressed confidence In the President't
action. And the Cotton Exchange ni
st. Louis adopted resolutions declaring
that the recognition of Cuba would be
instrumental in lowering the values
of all farm products, our greatest ex.
port product, cotton, to the benefit ol
foreign consumers and tho detriment
and injury of the American producers.
Here are five important commercial
bodies, located in widely scattered
sections of the country, and acting
without concert, which ara unanimous
in their protest against the course o
the Senators who are engaged in rails
ing the useless and harmful rurore oyei
| Cuba.
Those five bodies can safely br
accepted as representative Of thu
business interests of tho country
They voice the best public sentiment
Of the land. The Senate should pay
heed to their protests and drop al
agitation that has already dune mucl
harm and threatens much moro.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-12-24
Some Constitutional Matters.

In its current issue the Sussex
Journal Of Georgetown gives editorial
attent on to the subject OF our new
Constitution. Here are some of its sug.
gestions:
We hardly think that the governor
should have veto power that il would
require two thirds Of each house to
overcome. 1t might be we'll. however,
to allow veto simply for the sake of
sending the matter back to the Legisla-
ture tor reconsideration but then a
simple majority should be sufficient to
pass a bill over an executive veto.
There ia no sense in the proposition
that an executive is bigger than two
thirds of a whole Legislature.
AS to the Levy Courts, they should
be done away with and county com.
missioners substituted therefor; five
members to each county. This plan
would be more economical and less
clumsy than tho present system.
Our election law should be made so
stringent that it would be impossible
to buy or sell electoral franchise with
out the severest punishment to either
the buyer or seller. Corruption and
bribery Mt the polls must BIO done away
with at all hazards
The Judges should he appointed for a
term OF years and then be Ineligible
for reappointment. They should also
tie retirod at certain age-say 10 years
Without a salary. No public officer,
however efficient he may have been,
has any estate in an Office such that the
ueople are bound to pay him for SER
vices never rendered.
Tho first suggestion seems sound,
for white it is wise to invest the execu =
two with the veto nuwor. there is no
good reason why he should be maGe
more effective in matters of legislation
| than majority of the General Assem-
bly,. The suggestion with respect 10
Levy Courts ia also good one, but il
is matter that the Legislature tan
attend to, and, as The Gazette has
already pointed out, it will bo very I'M
wise to crowd our new Constitution
with detaiisof legislation that properly
helong to the Genera. Assembly.
AS to pure elections, this subject
should receive attention at the hands
of both tho Constitutional Convention
and the Legislature. There is small
danger that there can be too much
legislation upon this vital point.
We can hardly agree with our Sussex
contemporary about the Judges. Ger.
tainly there is nothing improper in
retiring faithful Judge upon a
salary after he has served to an age
that practically prohibits him from
making living by the practice Of his
profession.
Taken altogether, however, the Jour.
pal's comments are timely and interest.
ing. Now is the time for such discus.
sion, and we have no doubt that il
will prove interesting, and possibly
valuable, 10 tho members of the Con.
stitutional Convention.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-12-24

Dollar wheat was marked during the
oaHt month, but there was mot cor
responding rise in tho price of silver
bullion. This'in entirely contrary to
the argument Of the FREQ sllverites
whose pet contention was that the
price of silver bullion regulated the
price of wheat. This condition, in the
opinion OF the Baltimore Sun, "restores
respect for the matter of.faut law,
known In the markets but unknown in
our recent politics, that price is do.
termlnpd by the relation of supply and
demand. We were recently taught that
price was put down by the wicked
gold-bugs working through legislation,
but it turns out that short cror in
Europe and famine in India may dis.
regard the wiles of bugs of all sorts.
Silver 10 still low. Its price has moth
ing to do with the price of wheat.
What is also remarkable is the fact
that the price of wheat went up in
spite of the preservation of the gold
standard in the recent election. Silver
was mot In it. F."