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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21

Moliie Forsyths sod ask her forgive
ness in person. So 1 said good-by again
to my Mollie and went back to New
York.
To make a long story short, when L
saw Mollie Forsythe / reverted to my
unfaithfulness once more, and so l was
for nearly a year. l was compelled to
be in New York about half my time on
business, and when l was there l loved
Mollie F~orsythe. When 1 was in BOs-
ton I loved Mollie Toppington. Was
ever a man so situated? Was there
eve such a case of show happy could L
be with either?" I was perfectly happy
with either Mollie; when away from.
them 1 was consumed with remorse.
Neither knew o dreamed OF the exist
ence of the other, and the strain of
keeping this knowledge from them, to-
gether with the consciousness of my,
own guilt, was killing me by inches. l
grew pale and thin. Couldn't eat or
sleep. 1t was dreadful.
To cap the climax, Mollie F~orsythe,
of New York. announced to me one day
that she was going to Boston to visit
her aunt who lived there. Of course [
could not raise any objection. Instead
[ had to appear delighted. This, /
thought, would bring forth the inevita-
BILE climax to the past ten months of
deception and intrigue. The time had
come, 1 thought, to get myself out of
the way, and once more my mind re-
verted to suicide. But suicide is cow
ardly, and as I had sinned, so must 1
face the consequences. I thought, and
1 determined to see the affair out.
1t was several days after the arrival
of Mollie Forsythe in Boston. | had
managed to see her and Mollie Top
pington both often enough to avoid
suspicion on the part of either of them
so far, but I did not know how long I
could manage it. Mollie FOrsythe and
l were taking a walk and had wander
ed out into Cambridge. Suddenly [
felt as if every drop of blood had left
my body. My knees smOte and l al
most tainted. There straight ahead Of
us and coming toward u rapidly with
her light graceful step was Mollie
Toppington. There was no turning
back, no escape from any quarter. The
crisis had arrived.
l looked at Mollie Forsythe. She was
smiling a happy, conscious smile. Sud
denly she caught sight of Mollie Top
pington and her face became a study.
Mollie Toppington was so engrossed
with MOllie FOrsythe'S resemblance to
herself that she did not even recognize
me at first. Nearer and nearer the two
women approached each other while l
I looked ON with about the same de-
gree Of morbid interest which a help
less traveller might feel in viewing a
quarrel of two wild beasts for the priv
ilege of eating him. Ny strength had
failed me and l stood rooted to the
ground.
The two Mollies came nearer to each
other. In another moment they would
meet. A curious smile came over both
their faces. The seconds seemed years
to me. Suddenly my truant strength
came back. L did not think. There was
no time to think. But, acting on the
prompting Of instinct, 1 turned and
hed-actually ran as hard as my legs
would carry me.
The next five years of my life I spent
in Japan.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21

tempted to throw my position over and
stay by her. However, 1 concluded
that such a course would be extremely
foolish, if not altogether unfair to Mol
ly, whose future was concerned as well
as my own, and accordingly 1 summon
ed up all my courage for our parting.
"Mollie, sweetest" I said, 81 wish so
very much we could go together-but
we can't-can we?"
"No, Dick, but you will write to me,
won't you-every day."
Eyes, darling-twice a day."
''Good-by, sweetheart"
'Good-by. Dick, dear"
And SO we parted. And her image
haunted me all through my journey
and seemed to speak to me all the next
day, although l was busy every minute
of it with plans and estimates and cal
culations. When the days work was
over it was worse than ever, and 1
started to walk down Broadway, the
bluest. loneliest and most pitiable OBJ
ject on earth, when by one of those
strange dispenSationS of Providence l
ran plump into Harvey Gaskell, my
old chum at Harvard.
Well" he cried, 'of all the long
faced, Notwithstanding indiyidu-
ais you are the worst. Have you lost
your last friend, or what other cataS-
trophe has overtaken you?"
l felt somewhat ashamed of the
800 - 49, --- hoo -
discovered. So l looked up with a
forced smile and tried to answer him
lightly. l remembered suddenly that
/ had neglected to write to Harvey to
tell him Of my engagement, and he
probably knew nothing of it. 1 would
wait, therefore, until a more suitable
occasion to announce it to him, as 1 felt
sure he would rally me on my remorse-
full state.
I'm all right" 1 answered. Cant a
ment without his friends making re-
marks?'
you can't pull any more tonight,
anyway" said Harvey. I'm going to
take you home with me and you shall
meet the ~jolliest little girl in New York.
You will like her, 1 am sure. She is
Just your sort"
1 looked at Harvey suspiciously and
questioningly. I knew he had no sis
tiers and lived alone with his widowed
mother.
"Oh, no." he laughed in answer to my
look. You're wrong there. Not this
time, old chap. She is just a little consin
we have only just discovered, and
mother is very fond Of her. That is all.
/ haven't been affected yet, and I guess
i will not be-"
What could 1 do? I didn't care a
straw to meet the "jolliest little girl in
New York" There was only one sol
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21
Too ~InQuisitive.

The young woman with the auburn
hair who had come after the marriage
license looked at the probate clerk in
indignant surprise.
"Want to know my age?' she sar-
castically repeated. "My age? Why,
sav. Young teller, you must think you're
q ii Hung Changarang, don't you"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21
An EarIY Bird

Uncle Dick, amt 1 see you votin'
twice yistiddy?'
"Befo' br'akfas' er after b~r'akfas'?'
Hit wuz dinner time"
"NO, sub, OATS my time fer reStin' up.
You's up de wrong tree dis time. All
my yotin's done fo' de gifts hot.!'-
Atlanta Constitution.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21
Giants in Those Days.

Among the many queer stories related
in the old Jewish Talmud Is one con-
corning the action taken by the great
race of giants at the time of the deluge.
According to Rabbi Eliezer, when the
food broke upon the earth the giants
exclaimed: eff all of the waters Of the
earth be gathered together they viii
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21
A COrker.

McSwatters-Hear you have great
snipe shooting out near your place?
McSwitters-Yes. Why, 1 shot two
yesterday that were as large as New
Jersey mosquitoes.-New York World.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21

It requires more sense to remain 81.
lent than to talk.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-01-21

The output Of coal from the mines OF
India yearly IS nearly 100000 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29

~ has uaed Dx. BulIs Cough Syrup ~ bronchitis
ard 4pund lt 70 - - repraoentsd, - great renl-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29
From the Detroit Free Press.

FROM the Detroit Free Press.
Yes" admitted the young man with a
smile that was not altogether happv .Tt,s
all over between us. There is not the
slightest doubt that was fathoms deem I'm
love with the girl, but poverty is an unrs
ienting tyrant and drove me out of the
HELD She has always had her own way.
You know. and despite her apparent re-
gard for me, she never seemed to suspect
that there might be limit to my financial
resources.
while We were having that beautiful
weather in the early fall L asked her one
evening to go riding with me the NEXT
afternoon l had just told her of my new
tandem, without telling her that II was
purchased on the installment plan. ana at
a heavy discount because of the lateness
OF the season. and 1 don't see how she
could misunderstood the nature of the
invitation. But when / rode up on the
tandem and was admitted, she appeared I'm
a stunning afternoon costume 1t was as
plain as IL she had told me that she ex-
pected me to take her driving. I stammer-
ed out that L was just on my way to the
livery stable. but wanted to make sure that
she expected me- The polite prevarication
didn't trouble me half as much as the fact
that L mad to visit four stables before
could get credit, and then / had TO leave
my watch and tandem as security. That's
only sample. When We had our best run
of opera here asked her If she expected
to attend. She thanked me sweetly and
said We would go every evening. 1 never
had such time standing Off washerwomen
or my landlady and borrowing from all
the fellows / knew. But the last straw
was when she took the bookings for this
season and marked those we should attend.
There were mighty few nights she left
open, and would have TO turn either coun-
terfeiter or burglar to meet the engage
ments. 1 told her that / had decided to
devote my spare hours to reading law and
must forego the theater. as well as all
other pleasures. for time. What she did
was to laugh. mutter Cure No. IL and as
sure me that if she would ever want a d.
vorce she would look me up. don't quite
understand her"
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onions and had simply eaten them at din
ner. He is q boy / am inclined to be-
lieve. but the odor of onions was so strong
that decided he should be sent home
for fumigation.' In the future, unless
Prof McClintock objects. all children who
come to school with the odor of onions so
strong as to be offensive / intend to send
home, as sent the three boys in question"
Prof. o. P. NJ. McClintock. principal of
the school. who was present and heard
Miss McCoy's statement entered no objec-
ton. On the contrary. he upheld her, say
ing:
Il think the point is covered in the rule
OF the board of education which gives q
teacher the right to send home from school
any child who for any reason Is objection
able to other children. For instance II a
child came to school with a large supply Of
assafoetida, imagine that he or she would
be sent home. When / was principal Of
jackson School last year I remember Of
sending certain colored girl home regu-
lariy because she came to school in such a
condition that her presence was objection
able to the other children. While 1 con-
fess that l rather like onions myself, and
recognize them as wholesome articles of
food. yet l always have sufficient consider
alton for others to eat them only when
intend to go directly to bed, without seeing
any one
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NO ONIONS IN HER SCHOOL.

Topeka Teacher Deprives Her Pu-
pills Of an Ancient Right.
From the Kansas City Star.
Elmora Mccoy, teacher of the Clay
street school, Topeka, has made 1t q rule
Of her room that no pupil bearing the odor
Of onions shall be received Last Tuesday
she emphasized this order by sending home
Merritt Hodson and Harvey Warren for
carrying onions In their pockets, and We'd
nesday she sent Max Hermann. who lives
in an orphans home. She told young Her
mann to get ''fumigated."
To reporter she said yesterday:
81 detsst onions. but my attention was
first called to the boys In question by other
pupils. Pupils who were sitting near the
two boys who had onions In their pockets
on Tuesday complained Of the odor. and
I did not think It was right that they
should stay in the room and annoy other
children. rather suspectsd that Max Her.
mann had bean carrying onions around
with him becanse the odor Vas % stfung..
but he 4oaa me that ho had not handled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29
Murderer Found In q Bundle of RAGS.
From the New York Journal

Murderer Found In q Bundle of RAGS.
From the New York Journal.
Disguised as bundle of rags, Dominica
Cesaro. the young Italian who fatally stab
bed Lorenzo Galitello, fellow-country-
man, on Sunday afternoon, was cleverly
taken into custody late Tuesday night by
detectives Krausch and Petrosino, who
were detailed on the case Immediately after
Galitello died. Cecaro after stabbing his
victim, Ned to the home Of his brother in
Jamaica, L. l.
Late sMondaY night Capt McClusky
heard that the slayer Of Galitello was max
ing preparations to escape to Europe. The
detectives went to Jamaica, located the
brother, and carefully Swallowed the house
all day Tuesday. From neighbors they
learned that mar corresponding to Ce-
saro had been seen entering the house. and
they determined to lay siege. Just before
dusk wagon drove up to the house. There
were two men in it, one Of them the de-
tectives recognising as the brother Of the
man they wanted.
Keep close lookout now" said Detec-
tive Petrosino to his companion; they are
going to take our man away in that
wagon"
Presently a long bundle Of promiscuously
colored rags. tied with strings and ropes
In careless way, was brought out OF the
house ana tumbled into the wagon.
The two detectives followed the wagon.
When out Of reach ,dof )nhelp Detective
Krausch. with a drawn revolver. jumped
into the wagon. while Retposino caught the
horse by the bride aad told the Italians
to throw up their handht They meekly
compiled. dcJ q
Just them" said Detective Krausch yes
terday, 1.-THE supposed bundle of rags be-
came animated; ragb and cloths of all
descriptions went flying infevery direction.
and human being emerged from the bum
c,e. While Petrosino stood over the other
two men, I clapped the handouts on my
man and made him gee out Of the wagon.
His brother admittedsc that Cesaro was
about to flee the country wand that they
were bringing him to the CITY for that pur-
pose. ! think they had ARRANGED for him
to sail the next day."
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FAMOUS OLD CLIPPER SHIPS.
Topsails Reefed but Twice Between
London and San Francisco.

London and San Francisco.
From the London Standard.
It may be admitted that the old clippers
enjoyed Tar more substantial inducements
than are offered nowadays A premium
of Fl per ton, shared by the captain with
his owner, for the first consignment OF
China tea or Australian wool was calcu-
lated to make a man strive harder and I'M
dergo greater exertions and run greater
risks than could be afforded by the some
what barren honor of coming IN nrst ana
winning a miserable ESQ.
Wonderful stories are told of the achieve
ments Of the men who strove for the
greater prizes. The Surprise, a famous
vessel Of her day. went out to san fran,
cisco ON her first voyage in 98 days and
reefed her topsails only twice In that time
Then she crossed the North Pacific to Can
ton in 81 days and brought a cargo OF tea
to London She is said to have secured
&c per ton freight, and by the time her
captain took his freight money in London
she had paid her cost and running ex-
penses, and left the owners with more than
10000 The Samuel Russell made 31S miles
in one day in 1851. while homeward bound
from Whampoa, and during 80 successive
days she covered 6,722 miles, or nearly
half the distance between China and New
York
But the very best days run was that Of
the Flying Cloud in an earlier generation.
She went to San Francisco in "a days. and
we have it on the authority of Manry him.
self that on this voyage she In one day,
from noon to noon, covered 43Sk statute
miles. In 1851 the Sovereign of the Seas
reached San Francisco from New York in
1O2 days, after having been practically dis
masted or Valparaiso. and after having
lain to for IA days to be rerfgged. This
same vessel, after discharging at Frisco,
sailed for Honolulu. and came home from
that port In 50 days. For 10000 miles she
sailed without lacking or wearing once,
and in ten consecutive days made $500
miles, From New York she sailed for
Liverpool, became becalmed of the banks
of Newfoundland. and when breeze sprang
in 51s days; the whole trip. including the
delay from want Of wind, occupying only
Ii days and 10 hours. Next year, re-
turning from San Francisco. she covered
6246 miles in twenty-five days, being an
average per day of $3.50 miles Her best
time, from noon Of one day to noon of the
other was 40 miles, which comes very
near the record of the Flying Cloud.
Another famous vessel was the Nafchez,
which once came from Canton to New
York in seventy-six days. She made six
voyages altogether, and the longest Of the six
was only ninety-eight days on this route. A
noteworthy race of those days was that Of
the John Gflpin and the Flying Fish. They
left New York in company and appeared
inside the Golden Gate within few hours
Of each other. after a passage Of ninety
dividual trip ever accomplished was that
Of the Dreadnought, which came across
from New York to Liverpool in days and
IT hours. The Dreadnought's career from
beginning to end was q race against all
Corners, and she invariably scored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-29
The Spanish Soldier I'm Cuba.
From the Westminster Review

The Spanish soldier is probably the best
fighting material in the world. He is brave.
wiry. easy to feed and house. and always
accomplishing. But as his disposition is ex-
cellent. so is his officer worthless. the Span
ish arfstocracy corrupt and good for moth
ing. the Spanish plebs serviceable, obedient
and ductile The simplest maneuver is to
the Spanish officer unknown quantity.
But the most deliberate and devilish evil of
all is the dishonesty in high places. The
amount Of money-the property of the Span
fsh OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES by the officers
OF the Spanish army must amount to mil
lions of pesetas per month. I'VE know it,"
said an ex-minister sadly to me in Madrid,
a week ago: I'VE know 1t even over here"
Dead soldiers are kept upon the listed
strength for month after month, and their
pay continues to be regularly drawn by
their captains Moneys that were destined
for the commissariat are coolly perverted
into regular source Of official income. A
should-be-next -penniless captain. living
like a lord in one OF the costliest hotels of
Havana, readily owned to me that he had
been able to send home to his wife's keep
ing 5000 in half q year.
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AN ELEcrRo-srEAM ENGINE.
The Portable Dynamo and the Ad
YautaKea In Its Use.

The Portable Dynamo and the Adj
vantages in Its Use.
Paris Telegram to the London Standard.
The directors 81 the Western Railway of
France have decided to employ NJ. He'll
manns improved electric locomotive. How
ever, before putting it into daily use, they
this morning commenced a series of expert
mental trips, to which they had invited not
only the representatives. Of numerous
French and foreign railway companies and
the leading engineers Of France. but also
NUMEROUS members of parliament and the
Representatives of the French. and foreign
press In Paris The trip today was from
Paris to Nantes and back. The electric To-
connective. with what may be called it's prov
and portholes looks more like the hull of
a torpedo boat than" a locomotive. The
eight pairs of wheels ON which it is placed
are scarcely visible: of course those wheels
are on the bogie system.
Though the trials with M. Heilmann's
first electric locomotive demonstrated that
an average speed Of 1870 kaaometers an hour
could be obtained at II smaller cost than
with ordinary locogotfxe, 1t had the IN
convenience Of injuri1g The. permanent way
the new electric locomotive. though twice
as powerful as its predecessor and weigh
ing 125 tons, has not the same defect. 1t Is
eighteen meters long, s.nd the weight Is
ing a little over fifteen tons on each pair
of wheels; whereas with ordinary locomo-
tives the weight BORNE by each pair Of
W heels is more than seventeen tons. NJ.
Heilmann and the directors Of the Western
Railway of France consider the permanent
way will suffer less by the use of the cleo
trio locomotive than 1t does now with the
ordinary locomotive, especially as. with the
new locomotive. there are. 1t Is said. no
shocks or rocking of the. carriage, which
glides smoothly over the rails. The prin-
ciple on which 1t is constructed is very
simple, consisting in the production of
electricity by an ordinary steam engine
working dynamo The electricity is con-
Quoted into the electro-motors placed on the
axlcs of the eight pairs ,.of wheels. The
boiler Is similar to that employed in an
ordinary locomotive, but the engine dri Wing
the dynamo is especially constructed for it.
The electric locomotive manufactured by
the English firm Of Messrs. Williams &
Rol inson. is remarka BILE for its perfection.
1t Is a vertical machine with six perfectly
balanced compound cylinders. The dynamo
comes from the Swiss firm NM Brown &
Bovert, as do also the electric motors COM
munica ting the motion to the wheels of the
locomotive The series of trials to which
being employed in the ordinary senger
traffic of the railway consists of Il follow
ing: Firstly. from Paris to Nat and
back, at speed varying between thirty
and sixty kilometers an hour; secondly
from Paris to Rouen and back at the
same speed; thirdly. from Paris to Nantes
and back. at speed varying between forty
and 100 kilometers an hour. In each case
the train will consist of twelve or four
teen carriages. It was the first Of these
trial trips which was made today with
perfect success.
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there to Rooney. the worst place In this
worst country, the letter states, to send a
man afflicted with d4senlery. Bail grew
rapidly worse. and was sent back to stan
ley Falls. Later he was removed to the
mouth of the Congo, WHERE he died.
When first attacked he wanted to no
back to Europe, but Ithe doctor. probably
acting under the Instructions Of his COM
an American that he could use with such
advantage In danger&ds places. ridiculed
the idea that he was M. and refused to let
him go back. Had he done 90, the writer
The letter states that Buske lost his life
January "A. 1897. and That, Mellen was KILL
ed March 1. cs 70 =
Others Comparatively Safe.
The other members of tho party are safe,
but some Of them are IN . precarious situa-
ton. Edward Thornton ii at Basaka, a
well-fortified village, bnt poorly garrisoned.
The native troops have been making war
on his soldiers for the past six months. but
he was holding out in good shape, and up
to the time Of the departure Of the letter
entertained reasonable hopes of being res
cued. The relief expedition to aid him Ia
now on its way to Basaka.
Harry Andrews and Frank Bachelor are
located at Kabambarre, which is described
as the most dangerous outpost in the Congo
State. the element Of danger attending po-
fact that Americans were given the places
of governor and vice governor. the Offices
held by Bachelor and Andrews, respec-
lively. They had been left by the Belgian
commander. according to the letter, with
but fifty soldiers to keep in subsection H.
600 natives 1t was understood, however.
that the situation had frightened and that
the natives were making overtures of a
friendly nature and had offered to garrison
the town In case Of an Invasion by nomadic
tribes. While their position is by no means
safe. they are. on account Of the friendli-
ness manifested by the natives toward
Americans, comparatively free from pres
ent danger.
Barry Sparlin Is now In this country hav-
ing come home after a few months IF serv-
ice. His friends in this city do not know
his whereabouts. Page another American
who Joined the party at New York. is de-
scribed as having been very low with the
fever at Nyangwe. but that he was better
at present and would probably recover.
Mr.. Andrews parents reside in this city.
and they have received letters from him
confirming the news Of the death of both
Mellen and Burke. as well as the terrible
condition of affairs in the Congo State and
the way in which the Americans are treat
ed by the Belgian commanders.
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thsy bring answers