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EastLiberty cattle Market

E,aste Liberty, Sept. s.-Cattle-Supplv
likht, prices unchanged. Hogs-Slow and
lower; prime light weigh s and good me-
dium, s4.4Oa4.4 .45; fair to best Workers, si.4ca
4.45; pigs, A.20at 81; h-avy, M.SO; grassers
and stutblers, i+2Olia!. common, 81 oUn
$40; choice lambs, S590a550; common to
good lambs, Sia $40; veal calves, $6.50a7.25.
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mo doubt about it-men are braver
than they used TO me-"
"How do you make that out?"
"Look at the young fellows who get
married on S4 a week."-Chicago Record.
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New York, Sept. 1S.-Petroleum-Penn-
sylvania crude, no market, nominally IS.
Oil City, Pa, Sept B.-Credit balances,
80; certificates, no bids. There was one
sale at 20. Shipments and runs not re-
ported.
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A.-"How do you know that Mailer has
come in for a fortune?"
B.-"Why, formerly people always said
he was crazy; now they say he's orig
inal."-Tit-BHs.
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

"We seem to be getting at the motive"
said the Superintendent. Mr.. Briggs. put
that letter away very carefully. The rest OF
you take good look a. it, so as to be able
to identify it on the stand, and stick to your
identification through the hecross-examipation.
Come in."
The latter was in response to rap on the
door A stalwart, faxen-haired policeman
entered, whose badge was numbered 136.
take that chair, Oesen," said the Super
intendent. Were you near the corner OF
Madison and Canal abont 5 this afternoon
yes. Right dere,n answered the officer,
with 4 perceptibie Swedish accent.
"Did you happen to notice young lady
who seemed to meet some man, or was
waiting for someone? Describe the young
lady to him, Halliday"
"Quite tall, rather slender, little coun-
trifed in look, but very graceful and hand
some, so much so that you couldn't help
noticing her in any crowd. Fine, clear
face, brown hair-lots Of it, and beautiful,
large eyes"
Kent was growing enthusiastic The
twinkle.
"Your powers of rapid observation do you
credit, young man" lie said. Do you re-
member how she was dressed?"
Kent celored deeply, and replied: Blu
ish, slate-colored dress, with white figures in
it, white straw hat; light gloves"
Eyes; I noticed her parteekuiarly. She
got off a stSeet-car from the west SCENT
fiery nerfous ant anxious. Walked up ant
town de sitewalk for seferal minutes. Any
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CHAPTER XXX.

JUNE-PoSSIBILITIES OF MUDERoUS CAN
DONE IN THAT EvENT-A FALSE ALARM.
DETERIORATION OF THE RATIoNs-FEAR.
FUL INCREASE OF MORTALITY.
After Win's threat of grape and can.
lister upon the slightest provocation, we
lived in daily apprehension of some pre-.
text being found for opening the guns
upon us for a general massacre. Bitter
experience had long since taught us that
the rebels rarely threatened in vain
Wirz. especially, was much more likely
to kill without warning, than to warn
without killing. This was because of the
essential weakness of his nature. He
knew no art of government, no method
of discipline save "kill them!" His
petty little minds scope reache no fur
ther. He could conceive of no other
way of managing men than the punish
ment of every offense, or seeming ofense,
with death. Men who have any talent
for governing find little occasion for the
death penalty. The stronger they are
in themselves-the more fitted for con-
trolling others-the less their need Of
enforcing their authority by harsh meas
ures.
There was a general expression of de-
termination among the prisoners to an
swer any cannonade with desperate
attempt to force the stockade. 1t was
agreed that anything was better than
dying like rats in pit OF wild animals
in battue 1t was believed that if any
thing should occur which would rouse
half those in the pen to make head.
long effort in concert, the palisade could
be scaled and the gates carried, and
though it would be at a fearful loss oi
life, the majority of those making the
ATTEMPT would get out. If the rebels
would discharge grape and canister, Oh
throw she'll into the prison, it would
lash everybody to such pitch that they
would see that the sole forlorn hope o
safety lay in wrestling the arms away
from our tormentors. The great ele
ment in our favor was the shortness Of
the distance between US and the cannon
We could hope to traverse this before
the guns could be reloaded more than
once.
Whether it would have been possible
to succeed | am unable to say. 1t would
have depended wholly upon the spirit
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and badges. I'll have the Board confirm
them tomorrow. Write a note to show any
officer they may meet that they have
authority from me, and to give them any
help they may need"
Well not need any help. sorr. But
we'll be glad nv the note to kape any av
O'Donohue's black guards name officers
off av u.s."
The days when business was poor Mick
Horgan slaked his thirst with schooners of
beer at the Hard Times Saloon" on back
street. When things came his way he in
| dulged in old whsky-25 cents q drink-at
the afistoeratic Crystal Palace" on Hal
stead street.
Wat and Con first looked into the Hard
Times" Mick was not there
SO Oh expected" remarked Con. "He
got wad for that job an he's swapping it
for long drinks of the Crystal Palaces
handmade sour-mash. Oh hope he's got
just enough in to put him in good foighting
humor. There'll be no fun if he's too far
gone"
Cons hopes were gratifed.
ITO be continued)
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filth from the upper part OF the camp
flowed down to them. The sand upon
which they lay was dry and burning as
that of tropical desert they were
without the slightest shelter of any kind,
the maggot flies swarmed over them, and
the stencil was frightful. If one of them
survived. the germ theory of disease is a
ballucination.
The increasing number of prisoners
made it necessary for the rebels to inn
prove their means of guarding and hold
ing us III check. They threw up a line
Of rife-pits around the stockade for the
infantry guards. At intervals along this
were piles of hand grenades, which could
be used with fearful effect in case of an
outbreak. A strong star fort was thrown
up at little distance from the south
west corner Eleven field pieces were
mounted in this in such a way as to rake
the stockade diagonally. A smaller
fort, mounting five guns, was built at the
northwest corner, and at the northeast
and southeast corners were small lu-
nets. with couple of howitzers each.
Packed as we were We had reason to
dread a single round from any of these
works, which could not fail to produce
fearful havoc.
Still, plot was concocted for break,
and it seemed to the sanguine portions of
us that it must prove successful. First a
secret society was organized, bound by the
most stringest oaths that could be devised.
The members of this were divided into
companies of so men each, under officers
regularly elected. The secresy was as
sumed in order to shut out rebel spies
and the traitors from a knowledge of the
contemplated outbreak. A man named
Baker-belcnging, [ think, to some New
York regiment-was the grand organi-
izer of the scheme. We were careful in
each of our companies to admit none to
membership except such as long ac-
quaintance gave us entire confidence in.
The plan was to dig large tunnels to
the stockade at various places, and then
hollow out the ground at the foot Of the
timbers, so that half dozen or SO could
be pushed over with little effort, and
make gap 10 or IL feet wide. All
these were to be thrown down at pre-
concerted signal, the companies were to
rush out and seize the II guns of the
Headquarters fort The Plymouth Bri-
gade was then to man these and turn
them on the camp of the Reserves, who,
it was imagined, would drop their arms
and take to their heels after receiving a
round or SO of she'll We would gather
what arms we could, and place them in
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ed to he wrathful. A hundred lives such as
Ragaberts would be poor atoncment Tor any
! evil that he might do that girl. What was
his crime-stained and already forfeited life
! in comparison with her virginal purity?
Then the mad thirst for vengeance took
possession of him, and with it his tongue
| lcosened
I'll find him if have to travel around
the world, and Ill kill him with my own
hands," lie said so savagely that Mrs. More
land ceased her sobbing, and stared at
him with her red, swollen eyes round
with surprise.
Who?" she gasped.
"Tbe villain who killed her father"
"The villain who killed her father :? y
echoed Mrs. Moreland.
Yes, yes. 1t is he who has decoyed her
away
Mrs. Moreland only partially compre-
hendcd, but enough to wiring from her a
piercing scream, and she tainted away on
the sofa
The maid-servant rushed into the room,
and, leaving Mrs. Moreland to her care,
Kent hurried away to the street-cars
He went directly TO the office Of the Super
| intendent of Police, and was gratiiied to find
BIN there working ever reports and corre-
spondence.
Wat and Con, who had been home to sup
| per, were beginning TO examine the charred
and water-soaked desk, under the direction
OF the stenegrapher.
In their eaperness 10 be at the work they
would have probably foregone their suppers,
| but that they could not restrain their desire
to give their official importance n little pre-
| liminary airing at the Coal Yards.
Thatr /.ll a tp
narrow for men of their increased value
They had an air noticeably magisterial.
There was An aloofness from their former
intimates that could not but be recognized.
| They spoke more deliberately, and with less
flippancy, and their eyes had an intfospect-
i've look, as if pondering over weighty mys-
teries
We're officers av the laa now, Wat" said
Con, in an impressive whisper. No more
monkey shines. Thin hoodluns must kape
! their distance
"Yaas,' assented Wat. Hand there's
hentirely too little respect for the lor hin
the Coal Yards Well ave TO swat some
o them bloody buffers 'ard to parn 'em to
behave decently."
Unfortunately for Broken-Nose Riley the
foreman of gang of beavers, and young
bruiser who held his own physical powers
| IN high esteem, ne had not noticed tue
change ID the old-time leaders.
The police haint found out nothing bout
that stiff they drug from the Branch yester-
day mornin'," said he. "Of course not.
That amt what the police's for. They're
paid for standin' round aud lookin' purity
aud clubbin' some poor man for takn' a
glass o beer too much. OF course, it don't
make much difference in this, case. The
: sti6 was SONS jsy from the country. Blu,
lit &ould've been oil the same if it'd beer
kope Of IA The policed never bothered
tthcif heads about if.T
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in the eight years, 1ssO-'s7, the shipments
were 11,615000 pounds, and in the following
eight years, ending with 1895, 15,425,O
pounds. The factories of Aix-la- Chapelle
alone produce 50,000.0OO needles week,
and they are said to be for the most part of
superior quality. The hest outlet for these
goods is China, which in 1896 took go per
cent of the whole export, as compared with
no more than 20 per cent. in 1894. Other
markets of considerable Importance are
British India, France, Great Britain, the
United States, Austria-Hungary, Italy and
Turkey.
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and unanimitv with which the effort was
made. Had ten thousand rushed forward
at once, each with determination to do
or die, | think it would have been sue
cessful without q loss of tenth of the
number. But the insuperable trouble
In our disorganiZed state-was want of
concert of action | am quite sure, how
ever, that the attempt would have been
made had the guns opened.
One day, while the agitation of this
matter was feveIish, was cooking my
dinner-that is, boiling my pitiful little
ration of unsalted meal, in my fruit can,
with tie aid Of a handful Of splinters
that | had been able to pick up by a
half days diligent search. Suddenly
the long rife in the headquarters fort
rang out angrily. A fuse shell shrieked
across the prison--close to the tops of
the logs, and burst in the woods beyond.
1t was answered with yell Of defiance
from 10000 Threats.
sprang up-my heart in my mouth.
The long dreaded time had arrived
the rebels had opened the massacre in
which they must exlerminate US, or we
them.
looked across to the opposite bank,
on which were standing 10000 men-
erect, excited, defiant | was sure that
at the next shot they would surge straight
against the stockade like a mighty
human billow, and then carnage would
begin the like of which modern times
had never seen.
The excitement and suspense was ter.
rible. We waited for what seemed ages
for the next gun. 1t was not fired. Old
Winder was merely showing the prison
ers how he could rally the guards to op.
pose AN outbreak. Though the gun had
a she'll in il, it was merely signal, and
the guards came double.quicking up by
regiments going into position in the rifle
pits and by the hand-grenade piles.
As we realized what the whole affair
meant, we relieved our sorcharged feel
ings with few general yells of execra
tioG upon rebels generally, and upor
those around Us particularly, and re
J sunaed our occupation of cooking rations
killing lice, and discussing the prospects
of exchange and escape.
FToDe coatinned.l
\ Q --
Mrs. Hudnst makes liberal offer to Invastl
Ladies' on page @. 30 sure and read il
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Copyrigns. 1887, by THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
1.-The body of middle-aged mau is drawn
!. out of the South Branch of the Chicago River,
in the Coal Yards Neighborhoed. The Coroner
holds an inquest, but nothing is developed be.
yord the apparent facts that the victim WAS a
town, had been stabbed to death and thrown
into the river There were no papers on the
body or any signs for Identification, except the
initials "E. NJ. S." on shirt and key ring
Such tragedies were of SO frequent occurrence
at the time of the rebuilding of Chicago as to
excite little enduring interest. But Kent Hal
liday, young printer. and one of the Coroner's
Jury, resolves 10 probe the mystery. He has
vague suspicious aroused by the appearance
of a stranger at the inquest On his way to
work he is struck by the appearance of girl
whose eyes and face have such resemblance
to the murdered man's that he fancies she is
his daughter come to look for him. He sees
her about to fall into the clutches of vllainous
hack man. In attempting to rescue her, he and
his two friends-Wat Sparger and Con Purtell
become involved in fight, and all are
arrested.
U-Kent, Sparger snd Purtell, are taken to
the Station-house. and fined for disturbing the
peace. Then Kent starts ont in search OF the
girl. He is greatly puzzled how to begin, but
hits upon the idea of finding the Conductor of
the train that brought her in, and learning
what he may know OIL ner. he mas the
house, but the Conduetor-Dan Morand-has
gone to attend meeting of the Peoples Co
operative Real Estate Association, of which
he is Secretary. Kent sees the girl in the par
lor and overbears q conversation that renders
it almost certain she is the daughter of the
murdered man. He does not dare address her,
hut goes off in search of the Conductor. He
finds the meeting of the Association, and is
startled to discover as its President aud
Treasurer the stranger whom he saw at the
inquest, and whose name is Ruckenbrod.
Ruckenbrod carelessly pulls out gold watch
with heavy, curiously- wrought chain, which
is broken and corresponds with the links left
in the button.hoie Of the vest of the murdered
man. Kent joins tho Conductor in the street
car, and goes off with him to talk over the
affair OF the girl and her father
III. Kent makes long search for the assas-
sin, and finally runs across tho man whom he
saw Mt the inquest and the meeting coming out
of Office building. He finds ont the mans
Office in the building, and thinking that he has
gone away for the evening enters it and makes
| an examination. He finds that the man has
been passing under many aliases, and discovers
some tcli.tale evidence in his waste basket
While Ire is securing them the man unex.
pecsedly returns and surprises MIN.
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NORTHEAST SIDE OF AxDERsosvuLE NEAR THE CREEK

the hands Of the most active and de-
termined. This would give us from
eight to ten thousand fairly armed, reso-
lutte men, with which we thought we
could march to Appalachicola Bay, or
10 Sherman.
We worked energetically at our tun-
nels, which soon began to assume such
shape as to give assurance that they
would answer our expectations in open
ing the prison walls.
Then came the usual blight to all
such enterprises: spy or traitor re-
vealed everything to Wirz. One day a
guard came in, seized Baker and took
him out. What was done with him
know not; we never heard Of him after
he passed the inner gate.
Immediately afterward all the Ser
geants Of detachments were summoned
outside. There they met Wirz, who
made speech informing them that be
knew all the details of the plot, and had
made sufficient preparations to defeat it.
The guard had been strongly reinforced,
aud disposed in such a manner as to pro-
tect the guns from capture. The stock
ade had been secured 10 prevent its fall
ing, even if undermined He said, in
addition, that Sherman had been badly
defeated by Johnston, and driven back
across the river, so that any hopes of co.
operation by him would be ill-founded
When the Sergeants returned, he
caused the following notice to be posted
On the gates:
NOTICE.
Not wishing to shed the blood of hundreds
not connected with those who coucocted mad
plan 10 force the stockade, and make in thil
way their escape. j hereby warn the leader
and those who formed themselves into = bant
10 carry cut this, that / am la possession OF al
the facts. and have made my dispositions ac
cordirgiy, as to frustrafe il. No choic,
would be left me but to open with grape ant
canister on the s,ockade, and what effect thi
would have. in this densely crowded place
Beed not be told.
May %, 1854. II. wIRz.
The next day line of tall poles
bearing white flags, were put up at sem,
little distance from the dead line. and ;
notice was read to us at roll call that if. ex
cept at roll call, any gathering exceedin;
100 was observed closer the stockadD
than these poles, the guns would opel
with grape and canister without wafa
ing.
The number Of deaths in The stockad
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"Mr. Peary, Of the North Pole.n

1t seems that Peary, the Arctic explorer,
is not a Lieutenant in our Navy, rs is popu-
larIy supposed, but is a Civil Engineer, at
present on duty at the New York Navy
yard. A few days ago Secretary Long
granted him leave of absence for five years
in order that he may pursue his studies of
the Arctic regions. Someone, in speaking
of Peary to Naval officer, called him
Lieut.. Peary. of our Navy" which irritated
the officer, who said, somewhat tartIy,
"Peary is not of the Navy. and he is not a
Lieutenant; he is merely Mr.. Peary, of the
North Pole"
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Great at Needie-Makins.

The Germans during recent years are said
to have made very remarkable progress in
the manufacture of needles Last year the
Germans exported 2,s00,O0O pounds of these
small but indispensable articles, as compared
with 1,S3O,00O pounds in 1885. As showing
the rate at which the export side of t
German business has grown, it is stated thh
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MAKING MONEY IN HARD TINES.

Mr. Editor IS. X. Jones asks il money can be nah
~ the Plating Business in hard times. Ny Is.
with good onsht its the best business know Of as
people set old goods repietsd instead Of buying
l m making sc5 week plating Jewelry. Tablewars.
btcycies &c with Gold. Silver. Nickel and vhits
METAL. Got a good onffit Of ID. Gray e Co. P,stiug
works. Columbus o. They furnish everything COM
pete Feceipts secrets and auzhs free No exper-
fence neee "ork is elegant, customers pleased aai
bring Us all do Sister has ready made with
her outfit Anyone can DO have. A READEa.
Mention The National Tribuns
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Kent Halliday felt in his

Kent Halliday felt in his
heart that sickness for which
there is 10 balm in Gilead.
His was one of those truly
manly natures which, while
contemplating with courage
and resolution calamities 10
himself or other men, grows
faintat the thought of injury
to a woman. IN some way
that he did not stop TO anal
we, the well-being Of Miss
STANDARD had come TO be to
him the most precious thing
in the world.
For a few minutes he sat
in silence, gazing vacantly at
q picture on the wall, while
thoughts too agonizing for
speech chased through his
.oJ h,ni, ua nAo fo> ovnch
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Jimrny's Dream.

Jimmy-What business would you like to
90 into when you're q man?
Tommy-Fd like to be a baseball reporter.
Just think of takin' in every game an gettin'
paid for it,
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in May was 70S, about as many as had
been killed in Sherman's army during
the same time.
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~ ~ uSspVi" ~ hR"S SuooSSs
in which Ragabert fnaliy gets
the better of Kent, but the un.
expected entrance Of Sparger
and Purte!l turns the tables.
They leave Rasabers in Spar
gers charge. and go out to seek
an officer. Ragabert suddenly
produces Il revolver, drives
Spargcr out Of the room,
drencbes the desk with kero-
sene. sets fire. TO it. and es-
capes. Kent goes over in the
evening to see Miss Standard,
but is horrifed to find that
she has been dccoycd away by
a letter which has evidently
been written by Ragabert.
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Mrs. Hudnut makes liberal offer to Invasid
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w ANrED-By Dr. CLARK Canghell, Box 5, Burks
w Falls. Ontario. C,nads-Ths names @ and ad-
d. -, II ;, pos: Of Camden, Ark, during the years
ui ic03 ..fiI loSA e
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