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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1897-07-28

of a reward. Make check to his
order"
"very WE'LL" said l, picking up pen.
For how muchT
"Five thousand dollars"
looked At him in wonder. Was he
playing 4 practical joke of some sort ?
But he met my gaze. and repeated his
words: "Five thousand dollars
After all, to a man in his position the
fisherman's services certainly had been
valuable. filed up the form, and tore
it from it's stub. Lamar took the slip
of paper and thrust it into his pocket.
'.You comprehend the reason in these
matters" said he. 'It is necessary To
arrange with an eye to the worst. l
fear u sudden failure, a collapse. II
such should he my end, wish to have
my affairs in order. For johnson pro-
vision is now made. To Martha, who
has been faithful servant, would
give, let US say, $500. / count upon you
to arrange the matter"
II will do So" said i. >'--s-a
"And as for yourself"
"You have paid me WELL" broke in.
But he continued:
As ioT you, L otsiTt tHis. when my
death comes, you will regard rs your
own the money deposited. in the bank in
your name. There will be no rival
claimant. From my memory of the
account you submitted recently, am
consinced that you will find a consider
able sum remaining after the two pay
ments you know of have been made. I
may tell you that the fund has been of
late replenished."
but why should you make me such
bequest?" l began. II thank you,
but"
ut is no case for thanks" said he.
Am not free to do as pleases me with
my own2 Moreover, 1 have yet another
request"
He poured little brandy into glass
and gulped it down. Then, picking up
the letter, he said:
This desire you to place in the post
at the railway town ut once. Then send
n telegraphic message. Please write
the words; Search ended, but without
result. Documents burned The I'D
dress the same as that OF the letter"
what signature to the dispatch?"
None is required. Go ut once, and
return as soon as possible"
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Washlnrton.s Odd street Names.

In examining the directory, one can
not help but notice the confusion of
names Of streets and alleys and courts.
For instance, there are four Pleasant
alleys in Washington, two Pleasant
streets and Pleasant Plains thrown in.
There nre six Prospect streets, hills,
alleys and courts in various parts of the
town, and Prospect hills nre as numer-
GUS out in the District rs Fnirview
school houses nre out in Indiana.
Washington has six Washington high
ways, including the alleys of that
name. Coming down TO alleys nlone,
there is n simplicity about the names
Of them that is certainly refreshing.
While the people of Washington are
quarreling as to whether the name of
one of it's streets il Stoughton or
StauRhton, they have allowed some of
the alleys to be named Us follows: Pigs
foot alley, Cabbage alley, Louise alley.
Zigzag alley, Truck alley, Pig alley.
two of them; Cow alley, Fighting alley,
Rood alley, Tincup alley and 30 on
Washington Post.
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Left Oas Thosssnd and Odd Descendants.
There may frequently be seen about
the streets here n hnlf-breed Indian who
comes in from across the Canadian
border with snowshoes, moccasins
and baskets to sell. says q Saranac Lake
correspondents Hisname is Macombcr.
The tribe to which he belongs holds n
reservation ~ miles square, and is from,
the Five Nations. The reservation Is
known as Csughnawaga. His grand
fcther has died recently, aged 103, leav-
ing considerable wealth. The old gent
len,an had been married three times.
by his first wife he had six children, by
the second Is, and the same number by
the third. In reckoning up how many
grandchildren, great-grandchildrcn
end great-grcat-grnndch this old
Indian had IL counted up TO over I 900.
OF the 30 Of his children 2s arc still liv-
ing, - are most Of the grandchildren,
grcst-grnudchildren and grest-grcat.
grandchildren.-Utca Morning Her
aid.
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THE wIckEDhEss OF SLEEPING
soas Of the Notions which We're Enter
tanned Year, Ago.

o-S - s~O 3Sossuhs W "ehe k<utets
tained Year, Ago.
That idea was almost dominant in re-
ligious society GO years ago, and some
times assumed forms which. il not
ridiculous, were Mt least quaint. 1t
was, for instance, held to be wrong
for any but the aged to sit In easy
chairs. not. as is now vainly imagined,
from any ignorant idea as to the in.
jury done to the figure, but because
"lolloping" betrayed blameworthy
tendency to ease and self-indulgencc
Tint was the origin also Of the extraor.
dinary prejudice against taking any
extra sleep. The old knew well eiat
sleep, when sleep is mot needed, is &c
the young TIE most wearisome of nll
olsetiisnee. but nesePthelcss they be-
lse,sA thst to wish TO sleep more than
= 1Elu11ub-s1Gula1ed= time. which. nc.
cGsdiag - ns1ssn hygeists, wns too
slsost, wss nask u sluggish self-in-
dulgence, and It was visited, therefore,
with mornl reprobation.
Early rising was extravngantly
praised, not Lccause it heightened the
day, for the early risers went TO bc,
early, but because II was disagrceabic; (;
ond some curious rules OF diet--for cx-
ample, abstinence from sugar-wcrc
defended In part upon the same prin-
Ciple. We have known girls cut of
their curls avowedly because they were
proud of them, and men go about in
shabby clothes, because, as they
sverred and believed. il was well by
diminishing comfort to promote Sc
rious rclection.-LOndon Spectator.
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Iadv Of the House-Iiave you refer
ences?
eervsnt-Plinty. mumf Ofve niver
ssaid In ono plsce mofc than week.
Answer
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q. W. vALLERY, General Agent,
lo30 l5th street, Denver, CeBo.
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He opened the hand bag and took
from it a paper. which, upon being un-
folded, appeared to be n petition or
agreement of some sort; for appended
to several ciosely-written paragraphs
was long list of signatures. lie ga~e
me no time, however. TO decipher either
text OF names. Striking match, he set
fire to the document, which was burn.
ing briskly before he dropped II to thu
floor. As the flame grew I saw that
about it lay several little heaps Of
fluffy ash, no doubt all that remained
of other papers he had chosen to nut
out of the way. He watched the are
creep along until the whole sheet vas
ablaze.
"1f the question arise, as IL may, you
can make oath that a document Of this
appearance was destroyed" said L.
mar. You may feel free to do so. No
one suffers by the destruction Of it,
though many might by its preservn-
tion."
II will certify TO the fact" sajd I.
but who will make inquiry about it7''
POSSIBLY no one. But, II inquiry Il
made, they who ask will understapd.~
He opened the check-book and
passed IT to me. It was one had eiven
to him months before, though, ns 1he
funds deposited in the bank at Trent
stood in my name, he could have I'D
little use for the hook. In fact, ppue
Of the printed forms hsd been filed -.
81 desire 70 make provision for Joha
son." he explained. "He u deserv1ng
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-17

! leon. who had surrendered only his ow
person to the King of Prussia, was con-
Quoted, with a small part OF his suite, tc
the castle of WiheImshohe, near Casseir
where he remained prisoner OF war I'LL
peace was concluded in 1871
From a military point of view ths wa
should now have been ended, as the entire
regular army OF France, excepting a few
unimportant commands, was either taken
prisoner or besieged in fortresses. Il
France had now sued for peace she would
have obtained much more favorable terms
than she did in the end; would have saved
more than l50.0O OF her men in killed and
wounded, and would have prevented the
destruction OF much property and untold
misery 10 her populace.
But as soon as the news of the capitula-
ton OF MacMahon's army and the i'm mpris-
onment of the Emperor reached Paris
the imperial Government was at once
overthrown and the republic declared.
Unfortunately for France the leaders now
al the helm OF the Government could not
and would not inaugurate the new regime
with the conclusion OF disg raoeful peace.
Furthermore, the people Of France, par
ticularly of Paris, were 90 infatuated by
their former military glory thar they
thought they had only to create new
armies, and that these would be able to
cope successfully with the well tried and
carefully disciplined German veterans.
Every, Frenchman able TO bear arms
was now enlisted in the new army of the
republic, and ali the small detGchm ents OF
the regular army which were still In the
fold were ordered IN concentrate in Paris
Two days before the capitu' alton OF Sedan
General Trochu had been called 10 Paris
in order to superintend the formatio of a
new army and to look after the fortItica-
tions of the capital. General Finoy' s
army corps, which was sent o re-enforce
MacMahons army, had not quite arrived
at Sedan on The 21 of September, and was
therefore, not included in the capitulation
and marched now direct on Paris.
This city was surrounded by three strong
lines OF fortifcations, drawn in wide cir
Gle around the town, and every hill and
commanding height on all sides of the
capital were crowned by a fort several of
which were OF great strength, 50 that Paris
was then, as il is now, by far the strong gesi
of all the large iortresses of the world. The
national guards OF ali surrounding towns
were ordered TO report at Paris at once,
AMI within a very short time General
Trochu had nearly 400 600 armed men
under his command, OF which. however,
only a small portion was disciplined and
deserving the name of soldiers.
Everything was done to give the new
men good training, and Trochu ana his
lieutenants as well as the mem bers of the
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national defense were indefatigable TO pre-
pare for proper defense of the city and
country.
Meanwhile the Germans had not been
| idle. The French prisoners of war were
at once transported to Germany and the
combined armies under command of the
Crown Prince OF Prussia were on the
march to Paris, and that city was soon to
be environed by forces so large as had
never before besieged single town.
The strong fortress of Strassburg was
invaded by Baden and Prussian troops
under General Won Werder. Heavy siege
guns bad arrived from Germany, and
Strassburg as we'll as over a dozen other
forresses were under bonn bardment, and
their capitulation was only a question OF
few weeks.
Marshal Bazaine had made several IN
successful attempts to cut his way through
the Prussian lines before Metz. He was
handicapped by a great insufficiency of
horses. by the decentralization of part of
his forces and by many other matters over
which he had no control.
His last sortie was made with 100 600
men in the direction of Noisseviile in the
efSf'hS VI n huSNot Oii anu TIE reDCn sue
ceeded In breaking through the Prussian
lines in Two places. but were driven back
to Metz during the night and morning of
September 1. That in this battle 40. 600
Prussians defeated three times their num-
ber of Frenchmen serves as good Illus
tration of the loose discipline at that time
prevailing in Bazaine's army and of the
small self-confidenee of his officers and
men.
In next Sundays CALL our nara tive of
the most memorable events OF the great
war will be continued.
WILLIAM LoDTMANN.
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in great disorder, on Sedan, small and
unimportant fortress. Here they were
again attacked by the German forces on
Septem Der ], and defeated so completely
that they had to capituate the mex. day.
OF the many interesting episodes of this
great battle we shall here describe the
famous attacks of the French cavalry on
the German forces at FIoing.
General Ducrot of the First Corps, while
conducting the operations OF the First and
Seventh corps on the line of Ilv. per-
ceived that the retreat OF the French
army had been cut eff on all sides, except
in the direction of the Fortress Sedan.
He thereupon resoried to the last means
which offered a possibility of drawing the
already half-defeated army out of the net,
by ordering General Marg ueritie to break
through the German lines with his four
reserve cavalry divisions.
These divisions consisted of three regi-
ments Chasseurs d'AfTique, one hussar
and one chasseur regiment, TO when
Ducrot added the lanciers Brigade Lava
resse OF the Twelfth Corps and several
fquadrons OF Cuirassiers of Bourgemain's s
division. General Marguerite, before at
tacking the enemy, rode a little distance
ahead of his troops to take look at the
enemy's positions, and while doing so was
mortally wounded by a rife ball. Before
expiring he sent orders to General de
Gsliiffet to axe charge OF the command
General Gailiffet at once put himself at
the head OF the cavalry forces and charged
In full gallop against the Prussian infan-
try. which had just then reached the
he ghts Of BIolnc. In their rush against
the infantry the French squadrons were
somewhat disordered by a strong flank
fire of the PIussian artillery and by the
uneyenness Of The soil, but contin ued
their ride with much bravery.
The Prussians had meanwhile sheltered
themselves periiy behind hedges and in
bitches ana poured hail of balls against
tbe advancing squadrons, causing them TO
retreat in disorder. While General Gal
llitet was still exertIng, himself to rally
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next morning and demanding an un-
conditional surrender. Before the ex-
piration of the truce Bronsart was
conducted to Emperor Napoleon, whose
presence at Sedan was not known to
the Germans, and was referred 10 General
Vim pffen as the commander in C hief {.
Win pffen agreed to meet Won Molike
later in the evening, and Bronsart re-
turned to King William in company with
General Reille who was 10 deliver letter
from Napoleon to the King, which con-
tanned the historical words:
M Esteemed Brother: As / have not been
permitted 10 die il. the midst of my troops,
nothing remains Tor me but TO deposit my
sword in the hands of your Ma jesty. 1 remain
your, Maiesty's well-wishing brother,
Sedan, Sept. L. 1870. NAPOLEON
1t may be remarked here that Napoleon.
after seeing that the battle was irretriev.
ably lost. really ught death by repeat
edly remaining at localities which were
exposed 10 a severe grenade fire.
At 10 O'Clock in the evening General
Wimpffen. accom- panied by the chief of is
staff General Faure, and General Castel-
nsu, met Won Moltke and General Won
Blumentnal at Bismarck's temporary
residence at Donchery.
The capituation was signed and with
one stroke S3,0 unwounded French SOL
diers became prisoners of war. As long
as the world existed no such a number OF
soldiers had ever capitulated; but few
weeks later, when Bazaine surrendered.
over twice that numb Der fell into the hands
OF the victors.
hn A.stl 10 2F
about 460 officers and $500 men in killed
and wounded. The French losses were
Killed in battle, 5000; wounded in battle.
l4OOO; taken prisoners during the battle,
2lOO0: prisoners in consequence OF the
capitulation, $4,000; disarmed in Bel
GUM, 5000; total. 1A, ,0Oo Besides: One
eagle and two standards, 4l9 field guns
and mitrailleuses. 139 siege guns, 1912 car
riaees of ali kinds, $4,000 muskets and
600 serviceable horses. Emperor Napo.
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his squadrons for another attempt General
Ducrot rode up ana shouted to him so al
! could hear 1t: 'Do make another trial,
my dear general, for the sake of the
honor o our arms. even if everything else
is lost!' ''As often as you command and
as long as Eave man IefF, general. was
Galliffets gallant reply. and unsheath-
ing his sword he led the rest of his squad
rons once more against the enemy.
''Ob, the poor leilowsP regretfully re-
marked King William, who observed these
heroic but perfectly useless cavalry
charges from his posit on at the Bois lie la
Marfee, and the American gen raj (Sheri-
dam. who was in the Kings suite, ex-
claimed: Il never witnessed anything 81
desperate, so absolutely nonsensical. 1t
is downright N urder!"
Three different changes were made, last
ing in all about forty minutes. Only at
points where The infantry stood very thin
did the horsemen succeed in breaking
through the Prussian lines, to be met by
the IRE of the infantry further back, and
the few who escaped were made prisoners
by tie Prussian hussars. AS far as the
eye could reach the ground was covered
with dead and wounded riders and horses
and large mum ber OF Cuirassiers found a
grave in a quarry, over the precipice OF
which they had been driven. TIE squad
rons participating IN the charges lost. half
their nun Der in killed and wounded. OF
their generals Marg gueritte, Girard and
Tilliard were killed and De SaIignac Fene-
Ion was wounded. The Prussian infantry
sustained but small losses in killed and
wounded. The French army has always
wounded.
Besides the cavalry many other parts OF
the French army distinguished them
selves by great bravery on that day, but
there were others who made but a very
poor showing. The troops had suffered
considerably during their long marches,
during which they had been very made
quately provided with yictuals. They
were driven from all sides on Sedan. which
toward evening was com pletey sur
rounded by the Germans, whose artillery
occupied every surrounding height. At
noon of the 1st OF Sepie n ber Sedan and its
immediate vicinity were in terrible chaos.
Wimpffen, therefore, collected all the
troops he could and MADE an attempt to
cut his way through the German lines,
but was promptly thrown back on Sedan
with great loss. Immediately afterward
the German artillery commenced tU bonn
bard Sedan from all sides so effectively
that the French were compelled to hoist
the white flag. Thereupon the bombard
ment was at once stopped and King VIII
liam sent Colonel Bronsart Won SchelIen-
dorf TO the commander OF the French
forces, offering truce until 4 o'clock the
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-17
WHE N NAPOLEON GAVE UP PJHFSARNS
\ EYEWITNESS Describes the Most Dramatic Epi-
sode Of the Great Battle Of Sedan.

We explained in last Sundays CALI
how Marshal Bazaine and all that
was left of his Rhine army, $4,000 men,
had been cong PEELED TO seek shelter in
Metz. where they were oesieged by parts
Of the First and Second German armies
under Prince Frederick Charles of Prus-
sia. The other parts OF the two armies.
consisting Of the Fourth Prussian and
Twelfth Saxon Army Corps. the guard
ana TWO caYairy divisions. all under the
command of the Crown Prince Of Saxony,
were now ordered to join the Third Army,
under command OF the Crown Prince of
Prus ID, in The operations against Mac
Mahon. Tne Third Army com prised the
Fifth, Sixth and Eleventh Prussian and
the TWO Bavarian aImv corps and the
Wurtemberg div sion; so that the two
Crown Princes had together about $40, 600
com batants. BoIh armies received orders
to march on Chalons out by different
routes, in ooafor nifty with Won Moltke's
principle 10 march separately and to
attack united
MacMahon's army had received consid-
cradle re-eniorcements at Chalons aud
now consisted of the First Army Corps
General Ducro) the Fifth DE Faiuy,
later Wimpffen) the Seventh (Felix
Douay) and the Sixth tTrochu, later
Lebrun) in all about 1450G0 to 10000
men. MacMahon had also received
twenty-eight battalions Mobile Guards,
which we're undisciplined and absolutely
unfit for field service, and these fine de-
tenders OF the country were quickly sent
home by the marshal Emperor Napo-
laoS1 w Eo ir,-a ffarad mol
sickness, had come to join MacNahon
with his suite He presided at the coun-
CHS of war, but nterfcTed little with Mac
Mahon's dispositions. AS soon as the
marshal was authentieally in formed that
Marshal BaZaine was prevented from ieav-
ing Metz, he intended TO retreat with all
his forces o Paris in order to gather
larger army under the walls OF the cap
ital, but Count Palikao, the French Min.
ister OF War, was opposed to this and
ordered him to march TO the relief of
BaZaine The direct read TO Metz had
been cut off by the Third German Army,
and consequently MacMahon was obliged
to choose another route, and in this way
he came In conflict with the Fourth Ger
man Army under the Crown Prince Of
Saxony, which led 10 several engagements,
all of which resulted unfavora5ly for the
French.
The Prussian Crown Prince had mean
while been informed OF MacMahon's
march 10 the north, had started in pur-
sult and arrived at Beaumont in time to
assist the Saxon Crown Prince in the bat
tie of August 80. The French were de-
teated with great loss and retreated, partly
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Nearly all lions are "leit-handed." Liv-
inestone closely watched the lions he saw
in Africa, and noted that when one de-
sired to strike forcible Llow the animal
always used the left paw.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

- local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way TO cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tub getslinhamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
which is nothing but an inaamed condition OF
sBe mucous surfaces.
We win give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cam
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
gS- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-19
IVY 5TH ANNIVERSARY BALL.

All preparations for the fifth grand
anniversary ball of the Ivy Social club,
which OCCURS at Mission garden to-
morrow night have been completed and
all lovers of a good time are anxiously
awaiting this great event The var
ious committees in charge have left
nothing undone to make this affair one
that win remain in the minds of all at
tending for long time to come. Theo.
Artz's orchestra win positively be on
hand and with the inimitable Theo. as
leader with make the hearts of all re-
joice when the sweet strains of the
Grand March resound at nine o'clock.
Tickets are almost going at faster
speed than the Great Chicago Light
ming express train, and only a few
more are left for the slow and wicked.
Buy at once. The price is $1.00 and
tickets can be had from members or at
Mission garden. Remember, tomorrow
night at Mission Garden!