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VALLEY MILIs-In a difficulty the 7
year old daughter OF J II. Smith received
the contents OF shotgun In tho right side
of her hend. causing a serious wound Tho
party In shooting at his opponent mlrsed
his aim hitting the young lady.
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In EsisI4nAsY . JAMES I.AWLOR. PHO.
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The following rates have been made by
the unusinn and Texas Central:

III IOIIUWIUE THUGS HIVE UcOII fIIt'''N "
the Houston and Texas Central
On account Of the educational convention
Of the African Methodist Episcopal church,
Waco, Texas, June 7-e. lS97-June ana Z
sell round trip tickets to Waco at the fol-
lowing rates Galveston $5.25, Houston
Si25. Hampstead $685.. Bryan $40 Hearne
Sl75. Calvert $l.50, Bremond Sl.le Goes
beck $50, Mexia $40, Workman $40
Richand 81 10. Rice s1.75, Alma Sl.75, En-
mis- $l.75, Garrett $l.75. Palmer sl.9o, Fer
ris S2.l0 Lancaster sells, Hutchtns Sab,
Dallas $3.50 Richardson $3.50, Plano s3.o5.
Allen $500, Mckinney $3,45. McliEsa $500,
Anna s.. so, Van Alstyne s3.S0, Howe $50,
Sherman $3.S Denison $500, Chappell I'M
81 50, BRENNAN $3.50, Burton $3.S5, Carmne
$3.50. Ledbeiter $3.50 Navasota s3.25 VIII
mer $2.l5. Limit tickets to June IL.
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In Jones. Eufnula, l. r.; j. Milen,
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n. ,p'ewmqn, Paris; w, sadlm. Fort
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n, "a Antonio: a. II, steed. Seymour.
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' p,n, Dallas; Ed High. Kansas CITY;
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reinam New York; V. p. Briggs,
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AZ J. wright, city; o. l.. Morey. Bowie.
rseea' seymour. NJ. a. Johnson and
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DONKEY ItISGIt dIl NlheE AAAIdINlouH w
NUMEROUS to Mention.
Arriving at the park the PROCESSION be-
gan filing in, having been two and a half
l3ms IN line.
Tho queens were provided for on q large
platform covered with conyas and beauti-
fully decorated with bunting, flowers,
ryergreeps and many cciored lights. Here
was hell a court reception lasting one
hour during which time the five Judges
appointed to award the crown 10 the love-
Hest queen Wrote and sealed their de-
cisions, 10 be announced at the close OF
the reception.
II would b. impossible 10 describe IN de-
tai the brilliant pageant presented In the
grand procession today. The beautiful
displays were the acme OF art. charming in
the ir design aud grand In their conception.
The Home Industry club display was tho
mat striking feature of the parade. Tho
club WAS represented by it's officers In
carriages and followed by SIX floats, az
follows: One float carrying n parloT fur
niHhed with Texas made goods as near as
could be done Another float carried
bedroom with springs, mattresses. cots,
bed clothing and ether things manufactured
in Wccl NeNt float upon which was
ft'c1 library with Texas books and other
publications. Wno6-nadp cigars and SO
forth. A float With dining room followed,
containing a Waco-made table, Tgxas made
chairs. gcreenod with Waco made screens
and upon the ablc wsro Waco nannfac-
tureA condiments, The fifth float bore u
kitchen fitted M with stove pipe table.
chairs and other furniture made in Waco;
also baking powder. coffee. spict7. extracts.
flour. SOAP, breoms. cured factory meats.
lard and other products Of home manufac-
,ure. Following the kitchen was stable
on wheels. containing TWO Texas raised
horace. Waco-made buggy. Waco made
saddle. harness. brides aud other fur
nishings.
These floats were handsomely decorated
and were supplied with profusion III mot
,oes. banners and fire1mers with appro-
pirate and suggestive Inscriptions such as
would direct the mind 10 the necessity for
patr6niglng home industries. This dis
NAV wes gotten MP under the personal a.
recrIon Of Mr.. Sam Sanger. the president
of the club.
The eleven international queens IN
gorgeous Is decorator chario's presented
were very pretty and tho wreath
81 flowers and costly robes with
witch their chariots were bedenkcd pre-
scented picture Of dazzling spiondoT
China was represented by Miss Mabel
couger. and the rich profusion OF bright
Chinese oolors made her chariot conspiou-
ously beautiful.
Japan was represented By Miss Gusrie
Alexander ard her costume was = counter
part OF court cost,imes of that country.
Miss Jennie Moore, daughter OF Mr..
Jones I. Moore OF this city, was the
Columbian queen, representing the United
States. Her chariot was brilliantly decor
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on account of the United Confederate
Veterans reunion at Nashville, Tenn. on
nme 1924. 1S97--Iune 10. 20 and y sell
round trip tickets to Nashville az rates
nained in column G Of circular NO aIpl
Il. G. C. No. $50. limits etc. TO be the
same as named In circular No 220l u. G.
c. No. 35), that is, ten days from date OF
sale with transit limit in each direction OF
same number Of days as given In Texas tate
sheet No 49, Tickets 10 be issued as per
circular No 22Il. The final limit of ten
DAYS. as given above. may be extended ioh
days by depcsitinR tickets with loint agen gem
nj Nashville not later than June -. 1897.
thus virtually making limit of twenty days.
Extension will be made h. joint agent Ely
Ing in exchange one way ticket from Nash
willie 10 crlGinal starting point via same as
original ticket.
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On account Of Christian church Brother
hc,d convention. missionary convention,
wo,nnn's board md educational convcn-
items. nnd Sunday school convention. at
Waco Tcxas. June ia. iS97-May III ana
June sell round trip tickets TO Waco as
fellows. Galveston 500, Houston $40.
Agents. Hampstead TO GTorsheeek "
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sons. Ennis s255, Garrett $500 Palmer
255' Ferris 50 ~. wilmer s2.56. Huichins
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pritton s2.75 Mansfield s2.a5, Kennedaie
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Al stations moth Of Dallas, one limited
fnrn EXCEPT Deniscn. rate from lenlsoh
EN- Limit tickets 10 June r. 1897, with
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Corsionna, Texas, May 1o-Mlss Lille
Butler and party left over She Cotton Belt
for Waco today to he In attendance upot
the May Queen Karnivnl festivities. Miss
Butler represents Corsicnnr.
The herald., 1897-10-17

At dawn the enemy retired, and at S
a. m. Captain Wright came in with Cap
tain Baker, transport officer and forty
two sowars Eleventh Bengal lancers-
a welcome addition, as even with them
the fort was very much undermanned.
"At II a. m. on the 9th the nemy again
came on to the attack, but W ere re pulse G.;
and for the rest OF the day contente
themselves with trying to pick off tbs
| defenders. The signalers on the sigma
tower showed what Sikhs can do, as
most of the messages sent to Malakand
had to be photographed under hot fira
at short range. Besides this, the signal
tower had to be supplied with water,
etc, from the fort, and until the 31st
this was done between the attacks. the
enemy usually giving us a respite fol
few hours every morning. But after
the 31st the investment was so close that
with the paucity of men it was impossi-
Bile to send them anything. Indeed, or.
August IND the men on the signal tower
had been without water for fifteen hours
AT II p m. on the 9th the attack be
gan on all sides. As on the previous,
night, it was noticed that a crowd was
coming down the road from Uch, and a I
range OF about 200 yards a case shot
was fired from 9-pound gun, which
must have accounted for about fifty of the
enemy ard effectually checked the ad-
vance. After this the attack dswindled
away into desultory firing until dawn.
wher the enemy retired to the hills. and
''sniped" away all day without effect
The moCing was spent in providing
r, CT,
fensss. AZ $50 p m. the enemy. who
Ead been largely reinforced, advanced
again with sea of standards, ard
came by rushes to within $50 yards of
the fort They all made attempts every
now and then to cross the wire entarg'e-
ments outside the lower yard by mears
Of big bundles Of grass. Next morning
as we were left alone, we busted, our
selves putting up traverses to protec:
the men at the fort gate, who had been
hotly fired on from the other side of the
river. Captain Baker, Second Bombay
Grenaoiers, who took charge of the erec-
ton OF defenses tolled all day long
through the heat of the day. and
through his strenuous efforts in putting
UP mead cover, etc, must have, as mat
ters turned out, saved the lives of a large
percentage of the defenders.
"At p. m. on the 29th the er1arny
who had been again largely augmented,
in numbers, alta cked as before OK. all
sides. Enormous numbers collected
near the signal tower, defended by a
havildar and sixteen men of the Twer-
ty-fifth Sikhs; and at p. m. made a
determined assault on it, which was
again repulsed. Again, at Z p. m, they
came on and set fire to a grass chaffar
The herald., 1897-10-17
DR.. WONG HIM
83l South Hope Street, Los Ange-
les, Cal.

DIR. WONG HIM, s3l
s. Hope ST., Los Angeles,
Cal. .-Dear Sir: In JUS
lice to you and for the
benefit OF others. 1 wish
10 make q statement OF
my case. ! was afflicted
with liberation Of the
rectum and hemorrhage
of the bowels. ] was
treated by two good doc
tors. until l lost 80 pounds
OF flesh and became so
weak.from loss OF blood
that l was unable to at
tend to business. l then
commenced d doctoring
with DIR. Wong Him. The
bleeding stopped and /
commenced to improve
The herald., 1897-10-17
Making 5000 a Day Out of Tailings

Denver, Colo.-The most interesting
development of the year in Telluride has
been the astonishing results obtained
by A. G. Kirby, formerly of California,
in saving gold from the tailings coming
from the Pandora mill. BY tables COW
cred with canvas tipped at slight angle,
and byan ingenious arrangement for dis
tributing the tailirgs equally over the
surface, the fine particles of mineral are
caught. 1t is said that he is netting 5000
a day by his device. AS result the de-
mand for tailings is great. Down the
creek between Pandora and Tel!urid 9
are numerous bars where the tailings of
past years have lodged. The ground is
old placer ground ard the owners are
row negotiating with spectators for
the privilege of working over these tail
ings-New York Sun.
The herald., 1897-10-17

Prussian frontier station of MisloWicz
town where the frontiers of Prussia
Austria and Russia meet the so-calie d
"Dreikaserecke."
well the custom house officers were
no more polite than they should be, an
began rummaging through my luggage" ,"
said Mr.. Labouchere, "and even took all
the contents of my portmanteau out in
their endeavor to discover something
excisabie. So, at last, after quietly
looking on, l said: AS you have taken
all my things out, perhaps now you will
be good enough to put them back They
declined. Very WELL 1 continued L am
sorry you won't, for l intend to stay in
Mislowicz till you do. l shall take a
house here An awkward silence super
vened, but still no signs of compliance.
After little while 1 turned very po-
litely to one of the officials and asked
him if he would kindly oblige me with a
piece of paper Certainly. Thereupon
l sat down and wrote telegram to
'Herrn Minister Praesdent Won Bis
marck, Berlin: am sorry to say I can
not dine with you tomorrow, as I am
detained here for an indefinite period.
The herald., 1897-10-17

LONDON, Oct. s.-(Special Corre-
spond dence to The Herald.) Here is the
first account of the greatest battle Of
the present war in India, written by a
participant. Lieutenant H. B. Rattray
penned the following graphic story of
the gallant defense of the garrison and
Of their very trying experiences. Lieut..
Rattray was in command and on him
fell the responsible task of organizing g
the defense Lieut.. Rattray is the son
of the late Colonel T. Rattray, c. B., C. s.
l., Of the 45th B. l. ORattray's) Sikhs
He is no novice in tribal warfare, but he
will probably never forget his recent
experiences hedged in by fanatical ma
tives, numbering between 10000 ard
$1,000, and supported by mere handful
OF soldiers. The story of the siege, Of
the determined fighting of the natives,
OF their resourcefulness and courage,
recall scenes in the great Indian mutinS.
For eight days the garrison was hard
pressed, and al times even unable to
signal or telegraph. Completely isolat-
L
ans, the troops never appeared. to have
lost head or heart under the most terri
flying circumstances Who that reads
the account of the gallant defense can
withhold their admiration for officers
and men, spending watchful days and
sleepless nights, and with, a the best
only limited means of communication
with Maiakand.
''On the afternoon of the Goth large
gatherings of Pathans were seen on
both sides Of the Swat river, above
Chakdara, and they gradually drew
nearer. 1 was playing polo at Khar,
was warned of their coming and rode
back with some sowars, and only ar
rived at Chakdara just in time to re-
sumo command before the enemy closed
the approaches to the fort. The garri-
son consisted of myself, as commanding
officer, and Lieutenant Wheatley of the
Forty-fifth Sikhs, SurgeonCaptain
Hugo, with two companies of the Forty
fifth Sikhs and twenty-five sowars of the
Eleventh Bengal lancers. A havldar
of the Dir levies, who asked to be al
lowed to dp some spying, was sent out
with orders to strike light when the
enemy were about to attack After
dinner. at about 1890 p. m, we were
standing on the verandah, when we saw
light fiickering out Of the darkness.
The alarm was at once sounded, and
almost immediately afterwards the at
tack began. Three times during the
night the enemy tried to scale the walls,
by means of ladders taken from the
civil hospital, and "snipedf' all night;
but 1t made no effect on the defense.
The herald., 1897-10-17
STORIES ABOUT LABoUCHERE
Amusing Experiences of the Famous
London Editor

Mr.. Labouchere is at present staying
at Marienbad. A reporter endeavored 10
interview him at his hotel not meeting
with very great success, however Mr.
Labouchere received his visitor with a
genial smile and began conversation
with the remark: "Glad to see you but
no Interview If you ylease. Besides |
have not seen an English newspaper
since left England. If you want to
know what think, you will find it in ths
Vienna Neue Freie Presse for that is The
only newspaper I read here" The in
terviewer begged for at least a crumb
from the rich mans table. Here is the
crumb:
when I was in st. Petersburg" said
Mr.. Labouchere. Bismarck was also
there as Prussian amba dor. One
night we were dining together at the
Spanish ambassadors the Duke Dos
'suno. Just before we were leaving Bis
marck turned to me and said: You have
heard 20 much about Prussian greed,
The herald., 1897-10-17

just look what Dutch acquisitivene ess is
like We moved aside to a window. when
who should pass but the Dutch minister
He dived his hands deep into a box of
cigars which was on the table for the
use of visitors, and filed his pockets
with them
The interviewer although unable to
get more than a "crumb" from Mr.. La
oouchere, supplements his interview with
one or two amusing stories. A Prussia Il
dlplomatist once said to him some years
ago:
nave a great admiration for YOUR
MT. Lapouchere. 'D'abord il est bon
enfant.' And his intelligence is of that
lnclsive serene order which should make
MIN SHINE as statesman. In fact, were
1t not for very grave defect, I see no
reason Why he should not one day be-
English prime minister"
And that defect?" queried.
He is unable, or shall 1 say unwill-
ing. to can't
Another story is the following OF Mr.
Labouchere'S adventures on the Prus-
sian frontier. Early in the eos Mr.
Labouchere once happened to be at the
The herald., 1897-10-17

about fifty MEN,, and capturing a num-
Der of standards.
I'm the meantime the Guides cavalry
ard the Eleventh Bengal Lancers had
come over the bridge and went for the
enemy, who hastily retired after being
moved down by the Maxim. But for the
soft going due to the rice fields, the
number of killed must have come to a
pretty good total.
THE gathering must have numbered
5000 men, of whom about 1000 probably
took effective part in the fighting. The
garrison lost one British officer and
fourteen men wounded ard five mem
killed. The eremys loss is computed
! at good 1000.
The most trying par; of the siege
was the inability to get sleep as there
were only scarcely men to man the walls
and the nemy could get so close under
cover that one had always to be on the
Qui vive. Indeed, I calculate that dur
ing the seven days it lasted, few got
more than twelve hours sleep alto
gether. The conduct of the mer'
throughout was most admirable; though
hard-pressed, hard worked, and tired
out with long watching through the heat
of the day, and sometimes rain at night,
they were always CHEEKY, willing ard
full of spirit, and I could not want bet
ter companions on such another occa-
sior. | cannot conclude without corr
trbuting a word of praise to the follow
ers of the garrison, though woring hard
at the defenses by day, they took their
part in the fighting by night, being post
ed at weak parts of the wall with stones
and rocks, which they heaved down on
the enemy, whom they often helped 10
drive off.
"1t must have been matter of sur
prise why the trbesmerI never attempt
ed to destroy the Chakdara bridge; the
reason is said to be that they were con-
fident of complete success, that they
thought it would be we'll to keep the
bridge in good repair for subsequent use.
| Their oVerWeening confidence in the
Mad Fakir is amply testified by the un-
daunted way in which they rallied TO
the attack again and again, in spite of
the terrible losses inflicted on them by
the old smooth bore ard the MaXims
Prayer was held in a mosque in the VIII
lage of Chakdara and until the fort was
relieved the tribesmen-with scaling
ladders ready to hand-came straight
from the mosque to the walls, certain
each time that at last victory was theirs
AS we already know. the only result
was the greatest slaughter ever inflict
ed on the frontier. During the last Af-
shan war the only occasion when over
q thousand men were slain was at All
med Khel, where the Afghan loss was
estimated at 1900 killed.
III. B. RATTRAY, Lieutenant"