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tale of Ouida's. Seven years ago
there came to this section of the coun-
try Thomas Dulaine Cronan, young
Irishmau, stalwart chap, good-look
ing, well-dressed, well-educated, and
with the manners of a man of the
world. He came over to look after the
interests of an English syndicate with
large holdings near Bismarck.
His ponsor was Moreton Frewen,
the noted English advocate of bimetal-
lism, who visited the United States last
fall to write of the strenuous cam
paign of the free silver men for the
London Times. Cronan one night
rode into Medora, the town established
by Marquis de Mores, when that
young French nobleman embarked on
his fantastic enterprise of raising cat
tie for the worlds markets, and at the
same time running the beef monopoly
established and maintained by Chi
cago's Big Four" and found a mob
surrounding the Jail.
The mob was clamoring for the life
of an Indian who was prisoner in
the Jail charged with horse stealing.
A plueky little deputy sheriff was on
the steps of the Jail standing off, the
mob by his pistols. Cronan leaped
from his horse, and actuated by a Gu
riosity to see such a wild western
scene as a lynching, sbouldered ms
way into the mob. While listening 10
the imploring speeches of the deputy
sheriff and the threats and curses of
the crowd of lynchers. he saw an In
| dian girl, blanketed and moccasined,
darting hither and thither among the
clamorous throng, frantically and tear
fully making plea in Sioux, a tongue
| unknown to the terderfoot from ire
land.
Cronan quickly learned that she was
the daughter of the accused Indian, for
whose life the mob was clamoring
Struck by her beauty and helplessness,
Cronan forced his way through the
throng, and, leaping up on the steps
beside the little deputy sheriff, drew his
weapons and added his voice to the
pleadings of the deputy sheriff. Gro
mans eloquence, added to the officers,
was effective and the mob dispersed.
The next day the Indian proved an
alibi and was released. Cronan sought
out the Indian girl, the life of whose
father he had been instrumental in
saving. He found her in a miserable
unclean tepee in the Indian camp on
the outskirts of the town. He fell in
love with her. His love making was
all in the sign language, for Cronan
could not speak a word of Sioux, and
Picture Eye was equally ignorant of
English. s
Cronan again returned to England,
but not until he had made arrange
ments for Picture Eyes education.
When he saw his bride next he found
her a demure, pretty, well-dressed,
well-educated girl, thoroughly well
able to hold her place in any society.
| N. y. World
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MEADE AND HIS MEN.
The Generals Frank Answer to n
Complaining Doctor.


Complaining Doctor.
Gen. Meade was most accomplished
officer. He had been thoroughly edu-
Gated in his profession, and had COM
plete knowledge of both the science and
the art of war in all its branches. He
was well read, possessed of a vast
amount of interesting information, had
cultivated his mind as linguist, and
spoke French with huency. When for
eign officers visited the front they were
invariably charmed by their interviews
with the commander of the army of the
Potomac. He was a disciplinarian to
the point of severity, was entirely
subordinate to his superiors, and no
one was more prompt than he to obey
orders to the letter. In his intercourse
with his officers the bluntness of the
soldier was always conspicuous, and he
never took pains to smooth anyone's
ruffled feelings.
There was an officer serving in the
army of the Potomac who had formerly
been surgeon. One day he appeared
at Meadc's headquarters in high state
of indignation, and said: General, as
| was riding over here some of the men
in the adjoining camps shouted after
me and called me old Pills. and Iwould
like to have it stopped" Meade just at
that moment was not in the best possi-
BILE frame of mind to be approached
with such complaint He seized hold
of the eyeglasses, conspicuously large
in size, which he always wore, clapped
them astride of his nose with both
hands, glared through them at the Off
GER, and exclaimed: "Well, what of
thaS? How can prevent it? Why,
hear that, when rode out the other
day, some of the men called me id
old goggle-eyed snapping-turtle,' and
can't even stop that!" The officer had
to content himself with this explosive
expression of sympathetic fellow
feeling, and to take his chances there
after as to obnoxious epithets.-Gen.
Horace Porter. in Century.
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with him, and it was discovered that
every man who had anything in charge
that the adjutant wanted to complete
his expedition could show a proper
order for the same duly signed by the
district commander and by the acting
assistant adjutant general. Everything
was done regularly, and of course every
subordinate who had received any or
ders from the adjutant had fastened to
obey until all he needed had been
turned over to him, and the whole had
been duly authenticated. Nor was it
forgery exactly, for the adjutant was
very nearly acting within his powers
as far as signing his chiefs name was
concerned, anyhow.
"Then the colonel and everybody else
made an effort to find the adjutant, who
had disappeared as completely as if the
earth had swallowed him. Nothing
came of it, however, and his army and
home friends had given the case up in
despair. when one day at post in Ari-
zona, nearly two years asSerward, y
lieutenant who had just arrived at the
post met an enlisted man somewhere
about the place who seemed like some
one he knew. He watched the man for
few minutes and then went after him.
He at once called the soldier by the
name of the adjutant, who had been his
classmate at the academy, and the ad-
jutant responded, but could only very
vaguely explain why he had disap-
peared, and stranger still why he had
gone back into the army as private
soldier OF course the lieutenant at
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snnnhIren Ynry in COLOR.

There is a popular impression that
the sapphire is always blue stone,
whence, indeed, it has become recog-
nized name in the shops of the jewelers..
This is by no means an accurate state
nent, for in Ceylon the color ranges
from what is described as soft, velvety
blue to a peacock blue, in which, OF
course, there is good deal of green.
There is also red sapphire, which is
known as the Ceylon ruby, and which
is very highly priced indeed, being as
valuable as fine Burmah rubies. There
are also green sapphires, yellow sap
phires and white sapphires.
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once bad on investigation set on foot,
which resulted in private hearing.
which further resulted in the squelch-
ing of the case on the ground of mental
alteration and the return of che de-
mented man to his home.
AT last accounts, which was two
years ago, he was still living, and
though not to say crazy, was beyond any
question very decidedly off, so that it
is probably just as well that verdict
of insanity was returned and Uncle
Sam shouldered the loss of his horses
and mules in silence. washing
Star
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the wagon and pressed his way through
the grass, hunting for something that
evidently was clear in his mind. Once
he almost trod on rattlesnake, whose
buzzing l could plainly hear from the
wagon, but Fritz kept up his search.
"T've found it, he called at last.
Here are my footprints where l stood
above the treasure. Here pointing to
the southeast, heres the hill the men
rode over when they passed out OF
sight
81 had slipped n spade and pickaNo
into the bottom of the wagon before
starting away from the house, and I
was all ready, being now excited my
self, to get right out of the wagon and
set to digging for the buried silver.
So eager were both Fritz and myself
that we did not notice the approach
of an old farmer who had sauntered up
until he spoke to me almost at the
wagon wheel.
'Prospectin' for suthin', or gcin' ter
dig fish bait?' he asked, with humor-
Gus twinkle in his eye. It's good place
for both-right whar the Missourians
did the last work of thar folly
"'I'm a railway builder, sir 1 an
swered, with dignity. I was proposing
to dig test pit hereto test the nature
of the ground
"'Ah-h!' he said. nodding wisely, as
if the whole matter was clear to him.
We'll, the soils been well tested thar.
That young feller's standin' now Jest
whar the Missourians dug thar cellar.
We called it thar folly then, but thar's
good reason for thinkin' it wasn't folly
by long shot.
"' Twas dozen years ago they come
here, two of EN-, huntin' water right
for a ranch, they said. They had a
chart of some kind that they went by
and were mighty particular nobody else
should look at it. At last they located
thar claim right whar we are nova
quarter section, it was-and went ter
plowin-piowin' foot deep with a sub.
soil plow-over two-acre patch
That's no way to a-break up virgin
soil for plantin', an we laughed at 'em
good deal. But that wain't all. After
the two-acre plot had been plowed and
replowed they begun ter dig thar eel,
lar right whar that young mans
a-standin'. No wonder we called that
undertaken folly-startin in ter build
house whar the creek would be sure
ter wash it into the Arkansaw river
in the first high water that came.
"'But they just dug away, and when
the cellar was about two-thirds dug
they stopped workin' one day about
noon, an one of 'em rode over toward
Sterling, putin his horse to a good
pace an lookin' as if he he'd business
that couldn't be hindered. / lived then
in the sod house you see on the hillside
an, seein' the other man stayin' thar
alone, I went over to talk with him
He was takin' it easy. sittin' at the edge
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WOMAN AND HOME.
osTRlcHEs AS PETS.
Imported from south America by n
EnterprisinE Irish Lady.

Imported from south America by nm
EnterprisinE Irish Lady.
There was once an astonishing pic
ture by Du Maurier in Punch, says II
Lopdon sketch writer, representing an
imaginary scene in the London streets
under the auspices of the Acclimatiza-
tion society. In this, if l remember
rightly, pair of ostriches were depict
ed as being harnessed and driven down
Piccadilly. We have not yet quite ar
rived at this pitch of civilization, though
the zebra has been seen in the park.
However, an Irish lady, Mrs. Willough-
by Fox, has, during the past few years.
amused herself with importing few
of these birds and rearing them in Sur
rey. They have been brought over when
quite young from Bahia Blanca, in La
Plata, where there are immense numbers
of ostriches in wild state. They are
somewhat smaller than their South
African congeners, and do not produce
such valuable plumes, though they
have a mass of white feathers under
their wings which are used for boas.
Nor do they require the same extern
sive area as the Cape variety, for each
specimen of which the allowance is
said to be ten acres. Mrs. Fox's birds,
however, are by no means insignificant
fowl, and are not to be confused with
the smaller bird known as the rhea.
They stand about seven feet in height,
and can run at the rate of % miles an
hour, covering a distance of from nine
to eleven feet in their ordinary stride.
Their eggs are of the capacity of ten
hens eggs, and therefore each one
makes very respectable omelette.
The fresh eggs sent over from South
America are quite palatable, and by no
means so strong as those from the
Cape. The ostriches were brought
from Bahia Blanca when about six
months old, and apparently have
thriven in the English climate; at any
rate, they passed safely through the
recent severe winters, being, of course,
sheltered in their stables during frost.
While on board ship their diet was a
matter of great difficulty, corn having
to be sown for them in the dark, so
that they might consume the green
shoots.
Once on dry land, however, they re-
gain their appetite, and live on pota-
toes, maize and green food of all kinds.
They consume fair quantity of iron
nails and such unconsidered trifies, and
are not averse to an occasional nip of
whisky and water. The ostriches do
not attain to maturity till they are
three years old, and, it seems, never
acquire any remarkable amount of in
telligence, though they have learnt to
answer to their names, and they eX-
hibit a decided temper of their own.
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of the cellar with a shotgun leanin'
against the side close by him. He was
polite, but short spoken, and didn't
seem anxious for company, so l didn't
stay long. The other Missourian came
back after dusk with wagon, and I
could see by the light of their lantern
that the two were working in the cellar
until late into the night. They went
away, bag and baggage, before morn
ing, and I've never set eyes on 'em
since
THE old fellow looked at me quiz
zically, as, taking from his pocket a
silver coin, he handed it to me. What
do yer think of that?' he said. 4 found
three of 'em in the dirt that the Mis-
sourians threw out in that nights dig
gin. 1t 'peared as if they'd just made
hole straight down in the cellar bot
tom and then threw the dirt back into
it again. | was curious enough after
maxim sure they were gone to dig the
hole out agin. The three dollars and
some bits of rotten leather was what l
| found.'
THE coin he had handed me was a
clumsily made Mexican dollar bearing
the date of 1882. When / handed it
back to him the farmer winked and
nodded his head wisely.
"'Those Missouri fellows knew their
business he said. They knew about
whar they wanted to dig, an did all that
plowin' to get at some landmark that
would show 'em the spot precisely. All
this new growth of grass and weeds
came up whar the ground was plowed.
The cellars long ago been filled up by
sand brought down by the freshets. I
don't think it's much use for anybody
ter waste time sarchin' for silver treas
ure in that place. Do you?
81 agreed with him fully and drove
away without having disturbed the
pick and spade in the bottom of the
wagon. / hadn't really expected to find
any treasure, said to myself But
the fact remains that Fritz, stranger
in the locality, had, i'm a somnambu-
listic state, gone directly to the place
where a treasure had once been hidden
buried, fully believe, cnder the pre-
else circumstances narrated after his
waking. The marvel of this you can
explain Oh any theory you choose. IN
Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-08-14
DRESSING FOR SALAD.
Mrs. Rorer Gives Recipes for the
French and MnyOnnaise.

French and Mnyonnaise.
To make French dressing, put half
teacupful of salt and a quarter of tea
spoonful of white pepper into a bowl;
add gradually six tablespoonfuls of
olive oil. Rub until the salt is dis
solved, and then add one tablespoon
full of vinegar or lemon juice. Beat
well for a moment and it is ready to
use. 1t is much better if usedSa once.
Cream dressing is made by heating
gill of good cream. Moisten a table
spoonful of corn starch with a little
milk; add it to the hot cream, cook
moment, then stir in the well-beaten
yollls of two eggs. Take from the fire;
add "A half teaspoonful of salt, a dash of
pepper and tablespoonful of vinegar
or lemon juice.
Put the uncooked yolks of two eggs
into clean, cold soup dish, then add a
quarter of teaspoonful of salt and a
dash of cayenne pepper; work these
we'll together, and then add, drop by
drop, half pint or more of olive oil.
You must stir rapidly and steadily
while adding together. After adding
one gill of oil, alternate occasionally
with few drops o. lemon juice or vim
egar. The more oil you use the thicker
the dressing. If too thick add half
teaspoonful or more of vinegar until
the proper consistency. More or less
oil may be added, according to the
quantity of dressing desired-Mrs. S.
T. Rorer, in Ladies' Home journal.
No bouquets or buttons may be worn
by Atlanta policemen.
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Where the Shell. Feu.

The old mans eyes blazed as he told
the story.
"There we were," he said, "with the
shells falling all around u.s."
II didn't know you were in the war;"
broke in bystander.
81 wasn't" replied the old man
promptly. 81 was at the circus and
these were peanut Shells"
1t was generally conceded that the
old man had scored the first point
Chicago Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-08-14
THRILLING LOVE TALE.
sioux Maiden wooed and Won by a
Cultured Foreigner.

Cultured foreigner.
Recently there was wedding cere-
mony at Bismarck, N. d., that
was the elimination of an ex-
traordinarily strange love romance
Thomas Dulaine Cronan married. Pic
ture Eyes. Cronan is a young Irish
man of fine family and excellent con-
nections in Ireland and England. Pic
ture Eyes is the daughter of John
Moose, full-blooded Sioux Indian.
Picture Eyes is very pretty Indian
maiden. She is now well educated and
her tastes, inclinations and surround
ings are cultured. She is 25 years old
and as pretty, well-dressed and well.
groomed a girl as is to be seen shop
ping in Bismarck.
The story of the love that won her
and changed her condition of life, men.
tai and material, is as melodramatic az
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-08-14
A STORY OF The WAR.
How Duel Between Two Confed-
crates Was stopped.

Among the brave soldiers produced by
the late war there was none braver or
more gallant than Maj. A. Fl. Belo, a
Salem man, and now the editor and
owner of the Galveston and Dallas
News. In the same command to which
Maj. Belo belonged there was tall,
magnificent young captain with the eye
of an eagle and flowing hair that gave
the true leonine appearance to the mas
sive head. He was Capt. Cousins, and
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HOW to pnck a rrnnk.

Trunks should be packed as tightly
Ms possible to prevent the articles shift
Ing about. Uuderclothing should be
packed in the bottom of the trunk and
small articles take less space if rolled
up instead of folded.
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storing the siIvervare.

When putting away silverware that
is not in use all the time do not neglect
to sprinkle few tiny bits of camphor
gum in each case before rolling it up;
then, if the silver is put away in close
box it will not become discolored.
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his GOODNESS and bravery in battle was
proverbial in the army. For some rea-
son or other Capt. Cousins considered
himself badly treated by Maj. Belo,
and in his fiery and impetuous manner
remarked to the major that his rank
alone protected him. Maj. Belo un-
buckled his sword and laying it aside
informed the captain that he asked not
that of rank which he could do for him
self.
A meeting was instantly arranged,
and the combatants faced each other
at few PAGES with army rifles. At the
first fire Maj. Belo was uninjured, while
his bullet grazed Capt. Cousins neck,
drawing the blood. While the guns
were being reloaded long rolling fire
was heard on the right. 1t was an at
tack on the confederate lines. Capt.
Cousins listened for a moment, and an
angelic smile wreathed his face and a
twinkle of humor came into his eye as
he turned to his antagonist and said:
Major, don't you think there are
enough Yankees to shoot without prac-
ticing on each other?" Maj Belo
grasped his hand, and it is unnecessary
to say that ended the duel. The two
men became fast friends and that
friendship endures to this day. After
the war Capt. Cousins married a rich
widow, and now has large printing
establishment just out of Richmond,
while Maj. Belo went to Texas and has
grown rich and famous as the editor
and owner of one of the greatest papers
in the Lone Star state.-Winston IN.
C.l Journal
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Coal ground very fine is now being
used ON the continent for steam boil.
ers in order to avoid black smoke.
The evening times., 1897-01-22
The LEAGUE ISLAND YARD
Philadelphia Couneilmen Urge Fa-
vOrable Action by Congress.
They Want 1t TO he Made the Hos
pitaI for Ships-The Argu-
ments Advanced.

A committee of the select and common
council OF Philadelphia today appeared
before the House Committee on Naval AZ
fairs in support OF the proposition to i'm
prove the channel back OF the League
Island navy. yard.
w.R. Tucker. OF the board of port wardens
and harbor commission; Mr.. Schemerhorn,
of the board of trade. and S. c. Woolman of
the commerce exchange. were also pres
ent Representative Bingham, of Phila-
phia, introduced the delegation.
naval vessel afloat
Mr. McClain, chairman OF the select coun-
Gil. referred briefly TO the advantages and
Importance OF the League Island yard, and
advocated the opening of the back channel
and the dredging Of fresh water basin
back OF the yard He urged an appropria-
tion of 100000 for the basin. $50 900 TO
repair the dry dock and $4,000 for its
enlargement. Our naval vessels, he said,
often had to be laid up, and for such pur-
poses the proposed basin would be an ideal
place
Mr.. Clay of the common council urged
the committee to make the League Island
yard the hospital for ships. Near it, he
said, was the shipyards OF the Cramps,
which were equal TO any in the world
The necessity for the enlargement of the
dock was urged by Mr. Rowen. He said
that when the Indiana was built at the
Cramps yard il was necessary TO send her
South to be docked, and claimed that this
work should be done at the Leag Island
yard. He stated that if the enlargement
requested was made, the dock would be
large enough to accommodate the largest
naval vessel afloat.
Representative Robinson. ofP ennsylvania,
said that it was an esta blished fact that this
was the best place in the country for laying
up steel vessels. Large vessels could not
now be placed there, but IL the channel was
deepened and the basin dredged they could
be accommodated.
Representative Bingham, OF Pennsylva-
mia, spoke OF the advantages of the yard for
a repair station. A careful investigation,
he claimed, showed that there was not
yard in the country, which, if improved,
could compare with League Island for lay
ing ships up. He presented papers fur
nished by the Navy Department relating to
the improvements asked
Chairman Boutelle, at the close of the
hearing, informed the delegation that The
Committee on Naval Affairs realized the
Importance of the League Island yard
Ithad suffered in common with other yards,
but now that improvement of yards was
being undertaken this yard would receive
careful consideration.
Accompanied by Representative Bingham
the delegation adjourned to the room OF
the Committee on Appropriations, where-
with Mr.. Bingham urged an increase over
the estimate OF the engineer officer for
the improvement OF Delaware River The
estimate of the engineers for the year
is $3.50, 900 and they advocate increasing
it by $133,000. The attention of the COM
mittee was called to the needs OF the har-
Dor of Refuge, at the mouth of Della ware
Bay.