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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-04

SC" troop, Capt. Foster had hastened
to his temporary quarters-half can
vas, half adobe-to make his hurried
running from mouth to mouth. Only
three of the officers had their families
with them at the time. Mrs. Foster
was one of those women who insisted
on accompanying her husband on the
move to Arizona, even though the
rudest of camp life was to be her por-
ton, and she and Nellie with anxiously
beating hearts were standing on the
unfinished porch of the new quarters
listening for further sound, as the cap
tain hastened up the slope.
sit can't be anything very serious,
dear" he said reassuringly. probably
some belated miners, whose mules the
Indians are trying to run off. We1l
know in half an hour and I'll send word
in at once" Silent and anxious she
followed within the doorway, where
hung a Navajo blanket as the only bar
rier between their army nest and the
warm outer air, Nellie clinging to her
mothers side.
we've Deen Watchlng all the even
ing for signals from the Butte" muir
INJURED Mrs. Foster, as the captain rap
idly exchanged his regulation coat for
a scouting jacket. I'VE were so anxious
about Leon and everybody who had to
remain there seems SO exposed now.
We never thought of hearing of trouble
thereaway," and Mrs. Foster glanced
out through the open easement to
where the Prescott road, winding away
down the slope, disappeared among the
dark mountain shapes lying black and
silent under the twinkling pointers of
the Great Bear
"Leon'is safe'enough if he'll only stay
where he is with Kelly" answered the
captain, buckling on his pistol belt
"Apaches won't attack the post-eveu
the remains of one-Rt night. But
wish old Kelly and his girls were near
er the guard. l don't like their being
SO far from help and so close to those
overhanging cliffs. Now, don't borrow
trouble tonight, dear" he concluded
taking his devoted wife in his arms and
kissing away the brimmipg tears. "Yog
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GIL COUNTY, Md. FRIDAY DECEMBER H. 1896. NO. 13

from the Springs toward the old post,
as now seemed possible, they could
meet at the fords of the Sandy, not
mile from where the dim lights were
twinkling there at old Retribution
earlier in the evening-not half a mile
from the base of Signal Butte and
barely short rife shot from old Sergt.
Kelly's ranch.
And now the question arose: Where
were the Apaches? The miners and
prospectors who had fed from the
Santa Anita said they fairly swarmed
in that valley, fifty miles to the east.
The dispatches from department head
quarters represented them as having
already, at three different points,
swooped down upon the Prescott road,
both east and west of the Sandy; but,
so far as heard from, they had not ven-
tured into the valley south of the Soc
orro range, cluster of rough, rocky,
pine crested upheavals that bulged out
eastward from the main range, jutting
like some huge promontory into the
Tonto basin. 1t was through rift in
this clump from the Ration Springs to
the site of old Retribution that ran the
Tonto train of past generations, and
through another, still further to the
west, deep jagged fissure in the bed
rock, that the Sandy foamed and chafed
and tore-the ill-favored Apache can
yon. Fifty miles north of the Socorro,
on the banks of the same stream and in
the very heart of the Apache country
was military post somewhat larger
than Retribution-old Camp Sandy
and there were stationed the head
quarters and four strong troops of the
new regiment that had replaced the
Eleventh cavalry, all commanded by
Col. Pelham. Thornton, at Retribution,
felt well assured that by this time Pei
ham would be pushing out his scout
ing parties after the Tonto raiders, and
that between Sandy and Retribution
they could make it very lively for the
Indians in day or two, but meantime
should they work around into the
Sandy valley, south of the old post, just
as Capt. Raymond said: "Heaven help
the scattered settlers there!"
''If they reach the lower Sandy by
night or day." were the majors orders
to Lieut.. Crane, who commanded the
guard at the old site, don't wait an in
stant. Fire the beacon on Signal
Butte"
TO BE CONTINUED.
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Austria-Hungary is suffering from an
epidemic of sllepticism that is proving
fatal to travelling shows. Succi, the
faster, was watched and found to bel
eating at Vienna, little while ago;l
and now at Buda-Pesth the "SleepingI
Fakirs," whose performance was ac1
cepted without question in London,
have been exposed as humbugs. They
were put to sleep in glass coffins by al
hypnotist, remaining comatose and
taking no nourishment for fortnight.
Two unbelievers pretended to be fig
ures in the waxwork show where the,
exhibition was held, and saw them, at
night whe1 the people had left, rise,
take bottle of milk and provisions
from under their pillows, and, after eat
ing and drinking, light cigarettes. The
fskirs agreed to pay a fine of 800 forms
if they were allowed to leave town.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Copyright, 1894, by the Author. J

and Nell must be brave. These oeg'
carly Apaches probably think we won't
know how to fight them and are simply
starting in for little fun. I'm only
too glad of a chance to deal them a les
son-so is G troop"
Ten minutes later, in perfect silence,
double file of horsemen rode briskly
away into the darkness to the north,
Foster leading, every trooper armed
with carbine and revolver. The night
was breathless. Not puff of breeze
stirred the pines along the mountain
side or ruffled the foliage of the willows
at the springs. For two miles the road
lay through open country, dipping. from
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-04
THE HUB.
What Every Boston Man Believes of His
City.
TO BE CONTINUED

What Every Boston Man Believes of His
City.
When the 'young fellow they call
John" in the "Autocrat'' accepts the
famous proposition that Boston state
house is the hub of the solar system"
and adds that you couldn't pry that
out of Boston man if you had the tire
of all creation Strengthened out for a
erawbar," the Autocrat accepts the
"satire of the remark" and admits that
the "aXis of the earth sticks out visibly
through the center of each and every
town and city" But he does not pre-
tend to conceal that the sentiment, OUT
rageous if literally accepted, tickles
his fancy agreeably. When we drink
a mans health after dinner we often
express an estimate of his virtues
which we might sometimes shrink
from maintaining in cold blood. Yet
our sentiment may be essentially gen
uine. though we have dropped some
implied qualifications.
Holmes as man shares the young
fellows enthusiasm, though he wishes
us to understand that he Is aware in
cold blood that it is not quite the whole
truth. The little deformed gentleman
in the professor" gives still more
vigorous mouthpiece of the same senti-
ment: "a new race and a whole new
world for the newborn human soul
to work in! And Boston is the brain
of it and has been any time these hun
dred years! That's all claim for Bos-
ton, that it is the thinking center of
the continent and therefore of the
planet!"-in which respect it's superb
GRITTY to Philadelphia and New York is
easily demonstrated. The little gentle
man is one of Holmes most spirited
characters and makes convenient Or
gan for the utterapee of opinions not
to be turned into serious dogmas-but
also not to be overlooked. Boston is
an ideal as well as real city; it repre-
sents the American principle" what
ever that may precisely be, 1t is the
threeshilled city as opposed to the
seVen-hiiled city, or reason against
Rome. Democratic America has a diff
ferent humanity from feudal Europe
"and so must have new divinity"
Religion has to be "Americanized" and
Boston is in the van of tho struggle
National Review
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CATCHING A TARTAR.
The Brave and Effective Resistance of an
Intended Victim.

Intended Victim.
Highway robberies, even under mcd-
ern name of ''hold-ups," which alters
nothing of their character, have become
decidedly rare in the far northwest; and
they are likely to become still rarer if
all intended victims make as brave and
effective resistance as did q grocer of
Rainier, Washington, recently.
This grocer, whosee name is Hubert,
started from Rainier with his wagon
one night to go to Tacoma to buy goods.
With him was q 13-year-old boy. He
carried $1o6 to pay for his purchases.
While he was about two miles from
Roy and on lonely road two highway
men stepped out, confronted the grocer,
pushed pistol into his face, and COM
manded him to dismsunt and hand over
his money.
Hubert had no notion of giving up the
money, but he did not waste any time in
thinking up q plan for beating the rob-
bers. He began to get down from tho
wagon as if to comply, and as he did so
he struck the rascal who held the pistol
a terrible blow which felled him to the
ground. Hubert then came down with
one heavy foot upon the wrist of the
hand which held the revolver.
While the robber was in this position,
the grocer snatched the weapon away
from him and pointed it at the other
rascal. 1t turned out that the second
robber had no pistol. Hubert com-
manded him to put up his hands, which
he did.
Meantime the first man was insensi-
bic from the terrible blow which Hu-
bert had dealt him. Hubert made the
second hold up his hands for ten min
utes, until the first had recovered his
senses. Then he commanded the first
to get up, and told them both to march.
which they did.
Thus the grocer took them both into
the town of Roy, the boy driving close
behind with the horses and wagon.
At Roy the thwarted highwaymen were
turned over to a constable and locked
up, and the grocer went on his way to
Tacoma.
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CHAPTER II.

That there should be repeated
alarms from the northeast, east and
south, where were the pine covered
crests of the Black Mesa and the Sierra
Ancha-where were the haunts of the
Tonto and the White Mountain Apaches
every one expected. There were
still among the foothills some parties
of miners and prospectors over whose
fate there was good reason for alarm.
The Santa Anita placers had been
promptly abandoned, as we have seen.
There was eager watch for danger sig
nails from the site of the old Retribu-
ton, down in the Sandy valley to the
west, but from the site of the new post
to the crossing of the Sandy above
Apache canyon the road turned and
twisted among the foothills of the
mountains for twenty-three miles and
there wasn't human habitation for
nearly forty. Then, deep in cleft of
the range, a stage station with corrals
and well and lunchroom and bar had
been built by some daring spirits,
eager to accumulate money at what
ever risk. Beyond them for another
thirty miles the road lay through DESC
tation itself and reached the outskirts
of even frontier civilization again
among the newly finished ranches in
the broad and sunny valley of Willow
creek.
In view of the sudden and simulta-
neous swoop of the Apaches upon the
roads east of Prescott everybody had
been warned. Even the mail riders
held back for mounted escorts. No
stage for Wickenberg and the south,
no blackboard for the Santa Anita had
left the territorial capital for three
days. No mail had been received at
Retribution for forty-eight hours The
daring troopers who rode in with the
dispatches early that June morning
had come through the Sandy valley, as
they frankly admitted, with revolvers
in hand, their hearts in their mouths
and the reins in their teeth. They
had passed no party eastward bound.
Who, then, could it be, who, striving
now to reach the post by way of the
new road. should have fallen foul of
the Apaches only a mile or SO out?
Thornton's first impulse was to say the
sentry must be dreaming. Raymond,
who had known the old trooper nearly
a decade, as promptly declared the SEN
try's report reliable. 81 not only saw
the flashes," said Hennicke, "but I
could family hear the shots, sir-fif-
teen or twenty. 1t was still as death
out here"
Meantime, sending an eager boy
lieutenant on the jump to order out
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CHAPTER III.

The summer night was still young.
The sentries had passed the call of
''twelve o'clock and all's we'll" despite
the fact that Trooper Casey, on post at
the corral, felt vaguely assured that all
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-04

"And Manuel Cardoza had pack of
Mexicans at Ration Springs at sunset,
did he? And wouldn't run for shelter
here, even when he knew the whole
Tonto tribe was on the warpathp" He
turned again northward, and gazed out
Dver the intervening silence and space
to where the huge bulk of the Socorro
loomed up against the polar sky. Cas-
siopeia's Chair, traced by clear, twink
ling stars, was resting along the black
backbone of the range. 1.-The old
Tonic trail from the Springs to the
foot of Apache canyon burrows right
through those hills" said he. 1.-The
Springs lie not more'n six miles to the
left around that point. The miserable
greasers didn't dare go through Apache
canyon, and they didn't want to be
seen over here. I'll bet what you like
they're bound for the old post-and an
other attempt to nab Leon. Now,
boys, want just minutes talk with
two men-one of 'em Maj. Thornton.
The others Muncey."
Maj. Thornton was found in less than
minute, but not so Muncey. When
midnight came it was definitely settled
that Muncey was gone; SO was Fer
guson's pet roam, the heetest horse of
the Santa Anita mines.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-04
English Privy Council.

The British privy council. of which
the cabinet is merely o committee un-
known to the law, has entirely ceased
to hold meetings for purposes of de-
liberation and has become a body of a
merely ceremonial nature. So COM
Pletely, however, have the functions of
The two bodies been dissociated that
whereas the privy council cannot meet
except under the presidency of the
sovereign the sovereign cannot consti-
tuSionally preside at meeting of the
cabinet.-Chicago Chronicle,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-04
Fortunately of Italians,

Italians geaerally accomplish what
they set about. When Prince Philibert
of Oranges grave was found to be emp
ty at Padua recently they began to
hunt for him, and have now presented
to the Dutch authorities small caslet
containing the princes ashes. 1t seems
that his body was cremated in 1880,
after the siege of Florence.-Chicago
Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-04
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings. of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on th'
second Tuesday of every month. Executors
Administrator and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring il
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: r. f. J LAMAR. Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-04
7 r. TAYLOR,
nlc6
NOTICE

BY THE ORPHANS Court FOR CECIL COUNTY,
January 9, 1884. I
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex
ecutors and Guardians that have not states
an account within year. come forward am
do the same. or show cause to the contrary
or they will be cited up.
Test: r. Z. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-04
Ashmoleon

-UXIOruS AshmOIeOn museum,
where are kept the archaeological col
lections and the university pictures,
was struck by lightning recently and
set on fire, but the damage was con-
fined to the building, no harm being
done to the collections.
A Miss Pottle, who was school
mistress at place called Ponder's
End, in England, was recently dis
missed for tampering with the school
registers, though it was pretty clearly
shown that the alterations had been
made by the board which dismissed
her. I
Evening journal., 1896-12-10
B. SHARP
81 90.
Fourth and Market Sis.

We will We open every even
ing until Christmas from Sat
urday next.
These elegant all linen Ger
man damask table cloths are
much admired; They are 8-4,
1914, and 1874 sizes with red,
blue, yellow and all-white bor-
ders at 81, $I.25 and $I.5o
for each cloth. We have the
fringed napkins or doylies to
match them at 6oc per dozen.
New patterns of bleached
damssk table linens, 70 inches
wide, in special selections for
holiday gifts. They ale extra
heavy and fire. Our regular
$I.a5 quality for S3c. per yard
with napkins TO match for So
per dozen.
Memphis table cloths-red
and white and blue and white.
Newer than the turkey Ied.
will wash equally as we'll with
a handsome appearance 6-4
size, 81; S-4 size, So; 1914 size,
$2.5o.
Only three patterns left of
the 75c. quality bleached table
linen for soc. per yard-6o
inches wide.
Gentlemen's embroidered
handkerchiefs--25 and soc.
Ladies initial handkerchiefs,
all pure linen-I2Hc. each
A fine Christmas Box goes
with all purchases amounting
to $I.co
Specially selected for holi-
day giving are our Purses,
Pocket-books, Small Bags and
Boston Bags. They are in
fine assortment from Ioc. to
$2.5o each.
Our fine Umbrellas for Chill
dren, Ladies and Gentlemen,
are being rapidly picked up
The choice ones you should
see and select from, soc. to SIS,
in all the newest handles OF
horn, Weitzel, Dresden, and
natural sticks, with both gold
and silver mountings.
Evening journal., 1896-12-10
DIED.

COLMERY.-On December 8, 1896, An
ME T.. wife of George w. Colmery
aged p years.
GREENMAN.-On December 3, 1896
Joel V. Greenman, aged 70 years.
HARRIs.-at Newport, on December
4, 1896, William HarriS,A aged a
years.
LINDELL.-In Pencader hundred, on
December 4, 1896, Thomas f1Andell,
aged "a years. 81
LOYND.-At Bancroft's Banks, on the
5th instant, Harriet A., daughter OF
Thomas and Elizabeth Loynd
MORROW.-On December 6, 1896, Mag
gle. daughter of William r. and the
late Mary A. Morrow, in her 9th
year.
MURPHEY.-On the 5th instant, David
j. Murphey, at the residence of his
son. II. c. Murphey, No. 1928 BouvieI
avenue, Philadelphia.
PATTERSON.-Suddenly in Philadel-
phia, on December 5, 1896, Thomas l.
Patterson, in the Goth year Of his
age.
Evening journal., 1896-12-10
"COON HOLLOW" -MORROW
NIGHT.

The advent of a play containing a
natural and logical heart story, with
flesh-andblood characters. interpreted
by competent artists, will be welcomed
by the patrons of the Grand Opera
House one night Friday, December IL.
"A Romance of Coon Hollow" is such
a play, and its company is composed
of actors Of unusual ability, Alan Dale,
perhaps the most caustic critic in New
York, has said of Coon Hollow" and
its cast Coon Hollow" pleases. 1t is
interesting, and it is thoroughly hui
man. The characters are neatly
aketched, and many of the felicitous
touches that made blue Jeans" IA
nous, are to be found in this much
more modest little work. The strength
Of Coon Hollow" lies in it's human
ity. Georgia, the roadside violet, is
flesh and blood, and Clyde Harrod. the
mountain thistle is a living being.
DiOgenes Sharp is funny and is not
oyerdrawn, and Lem Stockwell is a
real and pulsative man. The play is
admirably acted by a capable com
pany aided by the quartets. bevy OF
colored dancers and a plantation brass
band. ms,s.
Evening journal., 1896-12-10
MoRRIsON,s oFAusT.

Morrison's powerful dramatic COM
pany will produce AN elaborate scenic
and dramatic version of Goethe's inn
mortal Faust at the Grand Opera
House on Monday December Ia. The
piece will be mounted with magnificent
scenic embellishments. Startling scenes
that make the poor miserable mortal
feel his weakness when compared to
the power of the immortal. come in
quick succession. For this reason
Faust" is a worthy moral lesson as
well as a gorgeous production OF dra-
matte and scenic art. There are many
electric surprises and mechanical nov-
elites making II, as a whole, one Of the
most elaborate and brilliant prOduc-
tiOns ever witnessed. The production
here will be completo in every detail.
Evening journal., 1896-12-10
1T HAS RANY CONTRACTS.
HARLAN AND HOLLINGsWORTH
COMPANY HAS A GREAT DEAL
OF WORK.

HARLAN AND HOl4l5lNGSWORlt i Ii
COMPANY HAS A GREAT DEAL
OF WORK.
The Harlan and Hollingsworth Com
pany never before had so much work
under way and in prospect at one time.
The company has the following yes
sells in course of construction:
The new steel tug Catawissa for the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad
launched yesterday afternoon.
The West Shore railroad ferryboat
for use in waters in the vicinity OF
New York. Her hull has been laid and
she is nearly plated up.
The new pilot boat for the New
York and New Jersey Pilots Associa-
ton. This is to be 125 feet overall, 2S
feet beam and 19 feet inches depth
Of hold. Coaled for service she will
draw fourteen feet of water. Her kee
has been laid.
The new steamer for the Mrchants
and Miners Transportation Company
of Baltimore, the keel for which ha.
already been laid, and which is to cos
$500, 600.
The firm is also to build a S250,00l
yacht for George w. Childs Drexel, anC
the keel for it it to be laid on the wayl
vacated by the Catawissa.
Besides these and the repairs to th'
yacht Josephine the firm has three Ol
four more contracts in prospect
Evening journal., 1896-12-10
WOMEN WANT THE BALLOT.
THEY PETITION THE CONSTITU-
TIONAL CONVENTION TO EN-
FRANCISE THEM.

THEY PETITION THE CONST1TU-
TIONAL CONVENTION TO EN-
FRANCIsE THEM.
DOVER. Dec. 1O.--Woman suffragists
were conspicuous in pleading with the
members of the Constitutional Con-
vention yesterday. They want the
convention to incorporate into the Con-
stitution a clause giving women equal
suffrage with men. The following
communication was received by the
conventions
"ln forming a new Constitution for
our State of Delaware we earnestly re-
quest that you willso change the present
Constitution as to enfranchise the
women of our beloved state. AS you
remember Delaware was the first state
to come into the Union, so now let her
continue to be progressive, and take
this important step giving the ballot to
all citizens, irrespective OF sex. This
request is made by a large number OF
men and women i'm this common
wealth, who wish to see Delaware in
deed a free state
The communication was signed by
Martha s. Cranston, president of the
Delaware Equal Suffrage Association.
Atter n had been read 1t was moved
that it be referred to the committee on
elections. which was done.
Following the reading Of the report
Of the committee on rules Mr.. Spru-
ance, of Wilmington, objected to the
rule requiring a twO-thirds vote to
adopt any amendment to the COnstitu-
ton. He moved that further consider
alton of the subject be postponed
Then followed a warm debate. which
resulted in his motion being tabled.
On motion of DR.. Nathan Pratt il
was decided to appoint a committee on
revenue and taxation. The chair said
he would announce the members Of the
committee later.
A debate was precipitated by a mo-
ton which was made by Mr.. Bradford
providing that the convention when il
adjourned should reassemble at
o'clock to-day. The motion was finally
carried.
The Addiclxs delegates did not come
In yesterday, and William G. Spruanct
said that if they did not come in pretty
soon he, for one, would not object tC
their places being filled.
Evening journal., 1896-12-10
FLOWER GARDEN OF PRETTY
GIRLS

~Evangelne," the beautiful; Evan
geline, the musical; 'Evangelne," the
record breaker, for wit. humor and
every good thing in the way of enter
tainment, Is TO be here at the Grand
Opera House next Saturday afternoon
and evening". All the world likes a
handsome woman On this occasion
the stage will bea flower garden of pretty
girls. The Lone Fiaherman will point
them out to the fishs who metaphori-
cally will leap out of Water to bite the
jokes. IL should be explained that all
the bon mots, jokes. c0ruscations, vo-
cal gems, whispered mischief from
rosy lips. with whole batteries Of black
eyes shooting fun at the audience are
new. Everything is up-to-date.