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The herald., 1898-01-23

Bob glanced him over. The foot half
lifted, met his gaze. Not moment did
he hesitate-not a thought of the in
famous treatment to which he had been
subjected by the merciless pony lin
gered in his mind. Picking up the foot
he found. deeply imbedded in the frog
thereof, sharp, white stone.
1t was only a moments work to whip
out his knife and dig away the wound
ing fragment-the bit of rock that had
saved his life, in all probability. And
such a piteous moan of relief as that
broncho gave when the fresh, healing
blood flowed out of the cash!
For a moment so they stood. Bob
looked at the stone that had done so
much for them both-for now they We're
friends. 1t was white quartz. streaked
with peculiar lines that We're weaved
in and out of it strangely.
Gold" he cried excitedly.
And gold it was!
Then down on his knees fell young
Conway, paving away at the soil,
while the horse looked on and seemed
to love him.
He presently came to that for which
he searched-the ledge of quartz. buried
penedlH Il SIldlIOM ldS tl vi III, lIOlll
which the piece had Leen broken. Over
this he bent in an ecstacy of joy, for
gold was glinting all through it, prom
isng all manner of wonderful things
for the future.
At last he excitedly covered the spot
with the sandy soil. placed in his pock-
ct the little piece of ore, and stood on
his feet
"Oh, you beauty, you beauty" he
cried to the broncho. He threw his
arms about the pony's neck and hugged
his warmly. "An Imp you are, and
my own Imp you shall be as long as
you live. And this. too, this gold mine,
shall be called the 'Buclling Broncho,
by all that's fair!'
And the pony neighed a soft, affec-
tionate assent
PHILIP VERILL MIGHELS.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate
The herald., 1898-01-23

like a cobweb. The tight coat sleeves
are finished with lace fiills at the
wrists and are partly covered by loose
drapery sleeves of chiffon. These, how
ever, are short enough to leave a good
section of coat sleeve visible, so that
he w.to runs may read THAT she who
must be obeyed is obeyed. Whether
"she' will long submit to the subter-
fuge of sleeve doubling, any more than
to epaulettes, is another question.
Black net over black silk, black net
over white silk and white net over
black silk are much used combinations.
With tea gowns of this sort there goes
usually a black velvet bolero. A silvery
grey or an ivory white crepe de chine
over pink silk rs nearly always sue
cessful.
Pale yellow cloth is the material Of .
piquant tea gown for quite a young wo-
man. 1t is cut with a slightly trained
skirt and blouse bodice, pouching
very little in front over a belt set with
turquoise and topaz. 1T has wide and
fanciful collar Of guipure, arranged at
the throat in a square which is edged
with sable fur. The sleeves of white
silk are of the usual coat shape and
are covered with lace put on tight.
Deep frfls finish the wrists. Wing
sleeves are added, of pale yellow vel
vet lined with white silk and edged
with sable. ELLEN OSBORN.
Copyright, 1898, by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-23

and jolted down as harshly as a brick
that fall and strikes q pavement
twisting in the air, and thrashing furi-
ously, right and left, forward and back.
Though wearied by the first ordeal
of bucking. Bob had partially regained
his strength during the run. He need
ed every ounce of muscle now, every
atom of resistance. Luckily for him,
his endurance was phenomenal; but
cling as he might he was in a fair way
to be hurled to the rocks like a stone
from sling. For now, as If he had
simply played before, that demon of
horse made the jolts so vicious and
he1d-splitting that the blood ooZed
from the nose and the very ears of the
hapless youth. His eyes bulged till it
seemed that they must be shaken out.
His lips were conCested and swollen,
film was over his sight, and dizziness
was coming in his brain.
Down came the pony like a sack of
wrought iron, jarring the very hillock
where he struck; he went up again, but
not so high. His neigh, sharp and
quick, indicated pain; and lifting a
foot all helpless and wounded, he alb
ruptly ceased his horrible antics. and
stood submissive and subdued 1t was
like the miraculous quelling of storm.
His whole body quivered with pain.
Surprised to find himself alive, Bob
hazily wiped the blood from his face
and slipped feebly down to the earth.
How wholesome it felt!
No effort to escape or even to move
did the horse attempt; but he turned
face altered and strange, with dumb
expression of profound respect toward
his master. Something else was also in
his decentralization.
The herald., 1898-01-23

On the grassy slope Of a great irri-
cation ditch that wound along the hill
side above a Nevada valley, young
fellow was lying on his back, talking
at saucy bluejay perched on a near
by sagebrush. The bluejay was scold-
ing, no doubt of it. He jabbered away
in a very shrill discordant voice,
bobbed his tail and agitated his top
knot most ridiculously. The boy was
stout Bob Conway.
Sitting up presently, he gazed at the
broad, level fiat-the floor of the valley
that stretched far to the great blue
mountains, miles away on the other
side. Half mile distant was a huge
area cleared Of sagebrush,- the flow
ing water, for too mich water is death
to the brush. On it the grass grew
abundantly, and a herd of half-wild
horses was grazing there in comfort
and security. In the band was a bron-
cho of unusual beauty. He was Of
chestnut color, and plump and sleek.
His legs were slender, his neck full and
finely arched. His head, which he con-
stantly tossed with a scornful, naughty
motion, was small and delicately
poised.
What a beauty he is," Bob solilo-
quized aloud. "Oh, don't I wish that
chestnut were mine! Look at him now!
Isn't he great! Oh, but I'd like to get
a-straddle of you, my boy!"
would you, thought" said a pleas
ant voice behind him.
Bob leaped to his feet, to find "Old
Man Treadwell," as the wealthy ranch
er had been dubbed, on the other side
OF the ditch, mounted on a large bay
The herald., 1898-01-23
ELLEN OSBORN'S FASHION LETTER.

New York, Jan. 14,-There are several
Things to be said about the tea gown.
In the first place the Russian blouse
mas lent 1T belt, and in the second
place its sleeves; have grown small by
sympathetic affection. If there were
not other things to be said, it would
appear that the tea gown had become
a shorn Samson, bereft of it's glories;
for what food does a tig'ht-sleeved,
belted tea gown offer to the feminine
imagination?
But these are the compensatfons.
The tea gown has acquired a train;
this gives it a fighting chance of grace
and guarantees some sort of dignity.
1t has added to itself also long stole
ends of lace or chiffon, to hang down
in front and preserve something of the
loose effect endangered by the betting.
1t has adopted the sash: the Roman
sash, the Dresden sash, the mousseline
de sole sash. all the kinds of sashes
that are making this winter gay and
memorable. 1t has found profit in serv-
ing two masters, and has added open
shawl sleeves or Greek drapery sleeves.
as demanded by it's own nature and
traditions, to the skin-tight sleeves
prescribed by the fashion makers
AS to its general style, it is to be re-
marked that the tea gown scarcely has
amy longer a general style. The species
comprises, broadly speaking, several
varieties. There is the tea gown din
ner dress, much in vogue in England;
the tea gown evening dress. the tea
gown proper, sacred to the singing ket-
tie and the gossip over the steaming
cups of orange pekoe, and the tea gown
wrapper, which a salesgirl defined for
me the other day. when she said
Some women, they call a bath robe
tea gown these days."
The Englishwoman often makes it
o. of her economies, when a guest ait
The herald., 1898-01-23

Hold on, Bob. Wait till you've strad-
died him for a second or so. and see
how you feel. Give my regards to your
mother" And away rode the rancher,
Whistling.
Bob waited moment then jumped
into the air rolled on the grass, and
huSged himself in delight.
Procuring from the shed a long, soft
rope with a slip-noose at the end-a
lariat, though quite inferior 10 those
made of rawhide-the tall young fellow
was soon on his way back through the
brush to the open piece OF ground. He
kept out of sight of the WatchfuI chtst-
nut. proceeding forward only when the
animal was feeding. On coming to the
edge of the sagebrush, an eighth of a
mile from the band of horses, he coiled
his rope, forming a large, easy-running
loop; then he lay fiat on the ground
and began to crawl, dragging the moose
The herald., 1898-01-23

winter house party, to take with her
tea gown cut out prettily at the
throat and made on lines comprehen-
sive enough to admit of it's use for in
formal dinner or evening wear, as well
as for its own especial function.
The tea gown proper is made of ac-
cordion-pleated mOusseline de sole over
silk oftener at present than of any
other material. 1t is cut with a Wat
teau pleat in the back oftener than in
any other way; but it is no more
confined to the Watteau arrangement
than it lis to the mousseline Oriental
satins, with much gold in the coloring
benGaline and taffeta are high in favor
as medium weight stuffs, with velvet
and the heavy silks at one extreme
and lace. net and chiffon at the other
Cashmere, which has been popular for
some time for every sort of use, lends
itself so we'll to the curves of tea gowns
that it, too, comes in for a good share
of liking
One of the richest tea gowns that I
have seen this winter was worth nearly
all the gold it's coloring suggested. 1T
was built of primrose yellow silk cut as
a trained princess robe. and was open
in front and edged all about with a
thick Tuche of s'old-colOred chiffon.
The undertakes, as it showed i'm front,
was yelled with gold chiffon, alternate
ly shirred and left free. At the throat
the dress was finished With square
yoke of gold passementere, narrow
plastron of which reached to the waist
line At the back rose a Medici collar
of mauve silk with a chiffon ruching.
There were long coat sleeves of rnauve
silk closely shfrred; these were over
hung by accordon-pleated over-sleeves
of gold chiffon, fastened at the should
ers by gold, buckles. a heavy passe-
menterie girdle with broad ends gath
cred in the princess draperles as we'll
The herald., 1898-01-23

, as the under-dress and hung almost to
the ground. The train was lined with
lace flounces and the princess fronts
We're faced with white silk. This tea
gown forms one item of the most beau
tiful and costly trousseau that has been
seen in New York this season.
y handsome tea gown ordered by
Mrs. O. II. p. Belmont is of peach-col-
ored velvet, lined with silk of the same
color. Like the dress just described,
it is cut as an open princess robe, with
q train. The sides fit closely into the
curves of the figu,~, making a gown of
great state and dignity. The fronts
of the bodice are cut away TO show
middle piece covered With lace cas-
cades. The skirt opens on front
tablier of lace hounces over white silk.
At the throat the bodice is cut away in
front; it rises behind in a Medici col
lar of velvet, lace-edged. Coat sleeves
of peach-colored silk are draped with
chiffon of the same tint, threaded with
gold. Flat, cap-like velvet epaulettes
are introduced, presumably one of their
last appearances, for nothing seems
more certain than that the plain sleeve
will refuse to put up any longer with
such an Infringement of it's full rights
and dignites The color scheme of this
gown is the best of it; peach tints with
just hint of gold are the most be-
coming imaginable for many COM
plexions, especially those of the creamy
tones.
a tea gown that has been designed
especially for young Spanish girl
prominent i'm artistic circles is of cream
silk, veiled with amber chiffon, the two
colors suiting admirably the warm
olives OF it's wearer's skin. The silk is
cut as a close-fitting princess dress
without train; it is finished at the
throat by a large, fiat, square-cornered
collar covered closely with scroll en-
The herald., 1898-01-23
Freaks Of Bullets.

round a bone, as If the bone, having
been broken, had been thus jointed to-
gether by the plant lead. In one Curl
Gus case, a bullet went exactly six
times in and out of a skirmisher's body
without doing him amy serious harm.
Kneeling when firing, the ball ira
versed the ribs, entering one slide and
making its exit at the other, and finish
ing it's erratic course by entering and
finally taking it's departure from the
other arm of that curiously perforated
soldier.
The herald., 1898-01-23
"Down Came the Pony Like Sack Of IRON"

horse, upon which he had ridden noise
lessly within hearing distance Of the
boys speech.
'Yes, 1 would, sir!''
The rancher smiled. $50 you think
he's beauty" and he nodded at the
broncho on the fiat below.
"Oh, you bet I do!-that is-yes, sir.
Isn't he now?"
Hes the most ornary piece of hoss
flesh that ever walked, that's what he
Isl" rejoined the rancher. speaking
with emphasis. HE shorely is"
"Is he, really? Why, how"
Hes NINE"
"Oh!"
Yep, and worth nothln' at all. I've
had him busted by the best broncho
busters in the valley, but it don't do
no good. He let's 'em ride cause he
can't pitch 'em off or kill em; but the
minute anybody else tackles him he's
The herald., 1898-01-23
HOW BOB CORNWAY
tanned A BUCKING BRONCE1O.

behind, but going not directly toward
the horses.
And now he moved only when the
chestnuts head was up, his object be-
ing to be seen as soon as possible. Not
long did he have to wait for, snorting,
stamping, the broncho quickly con-
veyed the intelligence of an intruding
presence in their territory to the entire
herd. In a moment every horse in the
herd was gazing intently at the boy.
He crawled away, in the opposite d.
rection. The horses gathered in a.
closer bunch behind the chestnut, and
began to move in a zig-zag fashion to-
ward him. Such a singular creature
they had never beheld. Their curiosity
being thoroughly aroused, they became
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as bad as ever-if not worse!"
Bob's color had been rising while this
description had been growing. He now
looked a very statue of defiance.
"Id like to try that horse" he re-
piled, slowly.
you're lookia' kinder mad, my boy.
1 reckon you'd get on him in a minute"
81 should say 1 would"
ever ride a bucking bronx, Bob?'
Eyes, sir-on tb Meadows ranch,
last Summer"
"Well,"-here the rancher paused and
Bob waited breathlessly-'ff you'll
catch that hoss You can have him, for
all of me. Only ] warn We, he's no
good and a terror to-boot."
"Oh, thank you ." II
The herald., 1898-01-23
Annapolis Cadets Training Ship.

Bile the cadets to learn seanfanship in
the most modern way. The new craft
promises to be what is called a delight
to the Seamans eye. Her length on
the water line will be IT'S feet. The
breadth at the water line will be 81
feet Her forward draft will be Is
feet. 6 inches. Her draft aft will be
II feet. 6 inches. Her mean draft will
be 16 feet 6 inches and her displacement
about 1l75 tons.
To be sure there will be steam on
board the vessel. for in her equipment
are two small boilers whose purpose will
be to furnish steam for the steam wind
lass. steam pumps, heating, and for
the dynamos. The vessel is also wired
for electric lighting. Steam is to be the
power which will operate the distilling
apparatus and will be utilized in the
refrigerating plant. To those not pos
sessing knowledge of affairs aboard
ship, it may sound rather odd to hear
of steam in connection with refrigerat-
ing plants, but steam in this part of
a vessels equipment is just as neces-
sary as the ice in the big refrigerator
of a private house.
The hull of the new vessel is to be
of steel. strong and impervious to the
borers that affiict the bottoms of ves-
sells in certain sections Of the world.
Her bottom however, will be sheathed
in yellow pine and coppered. She will
be ship-rleged, with a total sail area
of 1875 feet. This will be a noble
spread of canvas, and will include all
the sails with the handling Of which
the Annapolis cadet should become ia
miliar before he takes up his duties in
the navy.
The complement of the vessel in
cludes the captain, ten wardroom
officers, meaning officers Folding COM
missions: two warrant officers, some
times called petty officers; 1S0 cadets,
and a crew of 80 men. When the
cadets go on their cruise they are re.
quired to perform all those duties that
fall to the lot of able seamen, that
Rreadth after breadth of the amber
The herald., 1898-01-23

that IS, to loosen them. In aAl that
goes to constitute the rigging OF the
ship. the very best material to be OBJ
tained is to be utilized, so that many
of the dangers that fall to the lot of
Jack afloat in sailing vessel will be
absent in the cadet training ship.
The armament of the vessel consists
of what are known as light batteries.
There will be six inch rapid fire guns
on the gun deck, and four Founders
and two 1 Founders on the spar deck.
Thus 1t would happen, if II became
necessary for the training ship to show
her teeth, she would be able to make
a very respectable appearance. On
the annual cruises the cadets are
given practical instruction in gunnery,
both by the officers and men. for among
the sailors there is always plenty Of
knowledge requisite to handling a bat
terry which. while it is not told in the
language of textbooks, is perhaps quite
rs effective in point of teaching the
cadet the practical method. 1t is neces-
sary for the cadet to wait until he gets
aboard one of the cruisers to witness
the workings of the larger guns, but in
the handling of the rapid fire guns,
by the time he leaves the naval aca-
denny, he can if he wishes be an ex-
pert.
Another thing the cadets are taught
is how to handle a small boat, and for
the purpose of giving them thorough
instruction in all the boats they may
be called upon to command when off,
GERS aboard a man-ofwar, these boats
will be clrried by the new training
ship: One 80 foot steam cutter. one
30 foot launch, two 2S foot cut ters. one
2S foot whale boat. one % foot gig
whale boat. one 90 foot dinghy.
Just when the new ship will slide off
the ways is not known, but whenever
she does the chances are that one of the
trimmest and most creditable vessels
for the purpose for which she Is intend
ed, that Uncle Sam ever owned. will
make her first plunge into Old Ocean.
Copyright. 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-23

the bust below; it is bordered with a
narrow silk frill. A panel of embroi-
dered silk runs from the collar to the
ground, widening a little towards the
bottom. Over this dress, which would
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Breadth after breadth of the amber
hued stuff, laid in accordion-p -pleats, is
mounted on the silk until it hangs as
a loose and apparently seamless tissue
from under the fiat collar all GROUND.
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CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP.
Cali Issued For a National Convention
Washington In December.

Cali Issued For a National Convention At
Washington in December.
WAsHiSGToN. Nov. ga call has
been issued for a national Christian Cit
izenship convention to be held here Dec.
l3 to u next. The subjects to be dis
cussed are:
Should suffrage be limited by educa-
tional tests or otherwise in the new
island territories?
Should civil service reform be ex.
tended to the new island offices?
Should the national laws forbidding
prize fights. bull fights. restricting di.
vorce and forbidding bigamy and related
evils be extended to our new island ter.
ritories?
Should the American civil Sabbath be
extended to these islands:
Should the Canteen be abolished:
Should the policy of prohibition bt
maintained in Alaska and the India,
territory and extended to our new islant
territories:
The call is signed by Josiah Strong
president Society for Social Service
New York: Anthony Comstock. secre
tary of the Society for the Prevention O
Vice. New York: Mrs. Mary H. Hunt
| W. c. 7. T., Boston. and others.
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Formal Promise of the Foreign Office APP
rnrrntiy BEING Broken.

r%arcntiy Being Broken.
FEKlN. Nov. ON spite of the formal
promises of the Chinese foreign office
there is every indication of a concerted
move Of Chinese troops in the neighbor-
hood OF the capital.
1t is said that kang vi. the high
Manchu Off "ial. who was hex in rank
to the late Prince koung. in the kioun
HI Tschu. or council Of state. has OBJ
tanned great influence over the dowaeer
empress. He is bitterly anti-foreign,
and hopelessly conservative. 1t is prob
able that Rang vi was the instigator of
The edict re-establishing the bow and
arrow exercise for the Chinese soldiers.
IT 5 Exported that Yuan Shek Hal,
the Chinese general in command Of the
foreign drilled troops at Tien Tsin. and
officer whose power is much dreaded
by the dowager empress and her advis-
erS. has received a grant of money, os-
tensibly for the purpose Of increasing
the strength of his division to 80. 900
men, ''if the times show that the dow
aser empress can rely upon his fidelity"
1t is said that Yuan Shek Hal might
use his troops in conformity with the
views Of the foreign ministers at Pekin.
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READY FOR EMERGENCIES.
Administration Awaiting Events at Paris
With Equanimity.

Administration Awaiting Events at Paris
With Equanimity.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 5.-The admins
tration is awaiting results from the
peace commission with equanimity in
the realization that the government is
perfectly well prepared for any turn the
negotiations may take.
The navy especially is in a state Of
preparedness should it come to a re-
sumption of hostilities. far in advance
Of its condition at the outbreak of the
war. One by M all the splendid fight
ing machines of the North Atlantic
squadron. which had been brought
north at the earliest moment. We're
locked. cleaned and thoroughly refitted
at the New York and Norfolk navy
yards. Their ammunition supplies were
replenished and they are now with pos
sibly n or w exceptions. ready for
instant service in almost any quarter of
the globe.
Admiral Dewey has dispatched his
vessels one by one to the big British
docks at Hong Kong. where they have
been placed in as good condition as pos
sible outside Of our own home ports.
Secretary Long has prudentlv declined
to part with u numerous fleet of aux.
Hilary vessels acquired by the govern.
ment just prior to and during the war
These We're all inspected by a technical.
board. which found that a number OF
them We're not particularly well adapt.
"a to navy uses. but the secretary con.
cludel that these vessels are still sutfi-
GENTLY serviceable for emergency uses,
and accordingly kept them in condition
to be commissioned at short notice.
As far as the army is concerned,
while the original force Of nearly a
quarter of a million men called into
service by the president has been largely
diminished by the mastering OF
many regiments and organizations. it i.
the opinion of expert military officers
that the army as a whole is really
more formidable weapon now than il
was at any period during the war, ow
ing to the discipline Of the troops lef'
IN service.