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WORK OF CONGRESS
The Postoffice Appropriation
Bill Passed,
MILLIONS FOR THE MAILS
Mr.. Henry Not Permitted to Erp"i II &
hection Against the People OF the
South. AIR. Simpson i.it-
tcrly iSSnil' ii.

WASHINGTON. u. c.. Mae, 10
The House today passed ;la lVstpHi =
appropriation Din, W! Oh !'ts b. III
der consideration S!n-e Wednesday. The
main points Of attack today Wer= ne
apFr'g 1prat,uns Of 500 00O, 600 -ur railway
transportation OK mails. and $I1l.Uo0 for
special facilities between E.'W G.ih ana
New Orleans, and So. 600 iuy sI'-C.nl ia
Kas. These Items annually attract more
or less Of contest. This year the op-
position seemed ttr be less intense. An
effort to reduce the appropriation for
ra.lrnad transportation signaly failed,
aiId the vote on the southern ma Il sub
sidy was ,I-9S agu ms str king out. by
neat parliamentary TnarNsuvG,s Nh" up-
ponents Ct the Subsidy weTe prevented
from getting q 4 rect v,;" Dil i luottrIl
10 recommit WITH institutions
Al the opening OF the SESSION of the
House today MIR. Dinghy. the Nni al
er OF the majority. Offered tn DII re
ported from The ways Lnd means com
mEtee, pTov!Gtnc for free entry into this
c9untfy OF guns. amenun!tion and other
naval supplies and war material lur-
! CHASED a broad until January /. 1899 He
explained that Tire committee fal uglan-
imopsly exported the bill r. Nyas asked
Tor by the Secretary Of war and the
secretary Of Tie navy The blll was
passed without 4 vision
Mr.. Henry (DemocraO. of NNssissip,.i.
Cha Mr1%d the fog as a question OF ger
sonaa privilege. and sent to the clerk :
desk. for the purpose wf having it 4cud
10 ihe HCIsc. quotation from an IN
tervlew with the Spanish nmhaS 81 ~, r
at vienna contained in an Assoc "a lee
Press diapi"dI IN whA~, thu amblssa
dor said that IL the Tn ted states. in
the event Of war, should incite the Phil
afppirss TO revolt Spain could T, venga
'heNSef ny raising revo7ts IN me
American Southern States.
before the reading OF the interview
was concluded Mr.. Dinghy vnA.!e the
noint tina it lid not constitute q ullcs-
ton OF personal privilege.
II contains a reflection aCainst n ;,,a.-
1s1n o. the people If the United States.
Henry.
Bu,t the Speaker held that he had ned,
presented n question -.f privilege unI
ne was taken off nv, floor.
nhe TnIagraph Of h post frirc an
propTht!on bll approratne $lTl, a9S
lot Special maM facilities from New
f"fk ana Washington to Atlanta nnal
New Orleans precpitattd the annual
1rsht @aG lnst this appr ll-lat on. Mt.
toFoinWeil tfepubfcan). of OHIO moved
70 strike i out. This arop."pr alton was
~ Fslderh0 in connection With q ein,ila r
appror> nt'sn OF so. 600 for special ia
INAftles from Kansas City to Newton.
has. The debate upon both para gluphs
was Hinited by agreement TO on. hour
NIT F4eninE Oenlncot). of Georgia
vigorously opposed ruhe IMPROVISATION
afe declared that he was opposed to
subsidies, and that he did not believe
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consequently, all excuse for the inter-
Yen ON Ltxlr I'm ed SSt.a

consequently, all excuse for the inter
vention by THE United States would be
ended.
Such views, however, We're not held
when this dispatch was sent, by those
best acq TAINTED with General Gomez
and his chiefs, nor by the Spanish Gu
ban mel chants, bankers, sd tbs or
lawyers, the best lass in Havana. The
latter. were SURE that nothing but the
proposition ct Monte Crlsto Cthe grant
ing OF an indemnify TO Spain, but so-
so.Cke Independence for Cuba), would
ever DE Considered by General Gounez
or any of his principal fgllVwe.s-
In support of the latter view it is Of
neatly announced that after ALL the
efforts near ManZanillo, only two pr.-
Yates Of Salvador RuIz'S band Surren-
jeTed.
1t is kA'-'wn beside that General PAN
DO, IN order to advance his plans for
the proposed canNraign in Santiago de
CUBA. greatly weakened ain the uro-
ctl,ts. taking from them sevelus chou
sand men and much artillery.
1t is regarded as certain, p Wen i'm
formed circles herei t 1T GeneL ais CT =
meZ and Garcia, after refusing uu con-
lie with General Pando, or f they do
confer. after refusing the terms offered,
WIN take sufficient cattle and provIs-
IONS Il ON the compare lively we'll spat *
ed ranches immel ately west, and then
iniuSuld ts raid upon tbs. provinces
or Matanzas. Havana. and prola ably
P!n.aa' del Rio, app,4a ring near hers
"lthin flfteen or eighteen days whi.;h
is considered pu sSjble
l-ette's received here from prom .nent
autonofnlsts in the provinces OF SANTA
Cara and Puerto Principe have ,Dt4,an
SHOWN to this corresg'J ndent. Th.. Witt
erS are not favGable to the United
States: they stll cling TO the Theory of
autonomy, and class a fa'lst. the uss,-r-
tp,rs tcat the Spanish soldiers are ..un
paid and unfetf and living in towns,
"il-le their officers are cCnsln, ru.
against pFe auton"rnSt government and
fsiuSe TO take the fed. either denyine,
thF plesnce of the nsurs2r nts pr saying
i"t tue troops Who ara in favor of a,l
tonrmy fight its battles y
other letters from the same source i'm
sist tHat all the plans laid It, seru,,
been badly conceived and poorly exc
cuteu. These letters add that onl, IN
.sr.atti instances have any of ths. in
surGents laid down their arms. and th.,
lnsurEent leader NussO. Who surren
i:e' ed. 1t is stiM further asserted w,,.
prHScr bed by General Gomez ard was
Wa BE To be tried by court martial. whilt
OF the 100 insurgents who SURRENDERED
with r3m at Fomento more ,thtaln Mail
We're back with the insurgents . th.n
fortr' chit.
The general opinion seems to be tina,
the Pando conference Will i'm ANY event
H'e the nd of autonomy. and th most
Saguine assert that it w. ID make the in,
tervention of the omitted States imperi-
1--WE. i'hose who have this View C4laim
9hat the intervention of the United
States would be necessary u, rw4.vt,, .
outrages which Will dsgrlce civil;za-
ti"n and also o protect American .jti-
| zens n Cuba.
i, lnder the circumstances news fou
lhe scene OF the conference is awaited
| r.. h
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IN voting subsidies simply because. as
in lh.s instance, they benefited people
IT ihe south.
Mr. Simpson, (Popui.sD. of Kansas,
advocated the Gpp.op iation of $4,000
Tor special facilities from Kansas City
10 Newton kaS. HE said that unless
fh s appropriation was made the MAILS
from Western kansus. Northern Tex
as ana Oklahoma. would be IeLa yel
twelve hGurs. y lively pers ma. con
wvtersS occurred m tie cUu. Sc IF The
i zUa,- y |" ell Nj. PeIIs II (kspu 81
cam ot Nul'il CAluiiti,i. and Mr s.isE-
n@r (fUpuMsD. Of North Carolina.
Mr. feuIsUn supls@ ted Gne aiHa npr.-
altul. and When Mr.. SIX nnct a.tenp.-
ei to :nvtrrupt aim Mi. Pears II d.
cl.r~6 I" yield. saying that he de lined
it N."Ii 20 ne Who foiilt,ry supported
the @IfpIri1c.a't ,Jn Dui Who had changed
his position wlth,Hi any apparent
:.aS,u.
THIS I'nge,eI MIR. Skinner, ana he Ds-
cane 50 per- S;eirt IN n s efforts to in
tCr uni Mr.. Pears n chat TIL. chairman
OF the committee Of ,he whu!e several
times .rnq eI..J him TO taxi. h $ at
AZ last Mr.. Pearson y.clit-i To Il :
pers stency and MIR SkGnne- 4 sc.Ars,i
%hat n had never Suplnntci this prop
oSttcn. He . nsiel..e>d it robbery Of til
trenSulN. lie sad that the Atlunt &
Coast Line today furnished tn same
Se,v @ Il dad when ii received The sub
s.dy.
My. Pearson EXPRESSED his regret if
ne hAt! ntsStAted his colleague posi-
Il n. nu; h" sid tn s~ne,a m r. $
: on was that Mr.. Skinner al formerly
S(Lt',tlr! has appropriate, n.
~ fcW nom"chtS iE;erI9Ed Mr.. Bar
COW H'opulist. Vt CaHf,, MA. bitterly
- yea Al9. Sampson foG supp TT rg
subsidy.
To House seemed to e7t y the scor.
.n2 q TIL PuiriiIi-, l.a No..
y. ,'t IL! 't-.f" of th,- Ul the House
y. p',. x. Adjourned
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and will firm1y catvy ttem orr

and will firmly carry them out
The ordering OF the MASSACHUSETTS
ana Texas ao Haznpion Rcads today
Where they are 10 be Joined by the crui :
sers Brooklyn, Columbia and Minnes n
OILS, was SOl' the purpose OF better pro
Necting the Atlantfc coast. The fnrtina-
zion that Spain didn't like for the fleet
to be at Key West had nothing TO mo
with THIS cotton.
GAGE ON THE SITUATION
LENEI4Al\tD. OHIO. Ma ,ch l9-Sec
retary Of the Treasury Cage TODAY said:
Il don't believe the present compiler
tfCns between the United States ani
Spain wifi lelrd to war. People are ge,-
ting used to This VIZ talk and undar-
stand that it means little or nohing.
''Of course. tAtre is Il possibility of
war. and if il comes the financial re
SOURCES OF tie government will be
equal to any emergency that may con-
front u.s.
The President could doubtless get
any appropriation he saw fit To ask for
Our credit abroad is of the very best.
car business interests not being affect
ed by the pOSssibil ties of war"
nIIE NAVY WANTS MEN.
WASHINGTON. March 19.-The Ma
W Department is ltep2ring to send out
several thousand notices TO he pos;e.,
IN the principal cities and towns
throughout the United States, Calling
f"r t'n.istmer;s fer the navy. Tbt. ad-
vertlsements call for men between, the
ages of eighteen and thirty-five, eXcep,
in the case OF ortlnaty seamen, where
the nge is placed at between eighteen
ANA thirty. The most difficulty is ex-
perienceI N Sc ur:ns seln,en
Cabinets, $500 dozen; Diamonds 81 so
PEE" dozen: tim types 2 tnr 25c, at Wag-
oner S, 2412 Washington ave. INCH IT. If
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her can bear witness to the marvellous
intelligence which predominateS in both
brains; the conversational powers OF the
Two heads at GTce in communication
with two different persons upon differ~
emit topics. would sufficiently testify it.
But the marvel did NOT stop here; some
Of the sweetest duets i'm the language
OF music were sung by high SOPRANO
and pure nNalto. 1t may be added
tnat this extraordinary trunk mas two
pair of pstfect legs, terminating in SYM
metrCal and very pretty feet, and tina
moving upon its pedal eNtwem tiles, the
trunk exhibits the very poetry of mo-
ticn. The polka. the mazourka, the
SchottiSche are deineated by these two
pretty pair 0f feet N perfect time and
harmony. and she spectator is reward-
ed mot only by one smile. but by two
distinct Smiles, winked at by two pairs
of sparkling and rogu.sh eyes
There are ht of people here and
elsewhere always ready t. strain a; the
smallest gnut and swollaw the b.ggs st
camel. who will doubtless put this lady
down as outside the pale of ord!nal Y
humanity. If this prejudice Should
carry anyone SO far as to aElid her
they aione will be the losers. We can
be m her company for haf an htnr
without yielding to the charm Of her
manner and the Fascination OF her
double smiles. We canIiIly admit that
We We're Ease matted. and THAT we iinmrs.-
diutely lost sight IF the phenomenon
and became overp"wered by the intiu-
ence Of this dual brain.
The eminent medical men of the
United States testify that This remark
! able freak of nature is united at the
| lateral poSteu'Or portion of the pe,NiS,
| while above THAT pr'tion they are sep
| arate-f. having separate chests, but two
| pairs of fully developed arms. bu. only
| one trunk. With the double head they
possess separate ntelie@tuai faculties
| as entirely distinct las the hluin power
| of two different individuals. while their
| faces indicate to VI remarkable degree
| Intelligence II a high order and great
| i.iNlilit
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HAVANA. via KEY WEST, FLA,
S4argn ls.-.iews mas j,iSt Reached tn 5
ones pendent fri authentic sCurles
,.Iit p.e ..utunomlst SUvelc!incnt back
ed 10y the n....tary au,no, tues heie and
the government a. Madrid. Is NOW play
ing Is last cad 10 secure peace in Cuoa
and tievent intvrreIlt. II on the part OF
,G..- United States.
Near TIho PHOTO. and Via Jacus Cor
,i.,>l, IN tne province Of Santa Clara.
N the vest S.>!e Of JuCa 70 Moron u. %
,ihn are gathered several TIT uSaCd n
- gents under Command of General
-ANXtu Garcia ana '4ther prominent
hie4s. accompanied by Senior Masso,
president OF tn. Cuban sepubi9c, with
several meu.bc4s of his CABIN
Also on the west side al u.Ir trodhu,
in the district Of Sancti Ss,.uItus, less
than t..iI'y n..ss distant from Cien-
raj Gar las forces. are stationed 1000
insurgents under Generals Paupt.ho. Car
rlllo, Mout,As,iiu, LancAiez, Legion and
Tie Spanish commando, General
HanIo, with General Ramirez. Cnarvez
and ether generals, $ ~ thin u few
miles ,f General Cai!xto Garcia. Gen
eral Gomez is wes; of the Jucarry- Moryn
':uchd. within easy reach.
All the .nsW, gent generals. President
MhsS". and the nsurgent officials Wit
General Garcia. got Through General
fufIdos lines SINE time ago, and the
.h,ter gave up the campaign, which was
- he d grand military coup dv grace
IN the province of Santiago de Cuba or
province Of Puerto Principe. But. in
addition TO passing through the u ocha
he insurgents turned General Pando' 8
flank 1t S just possible. That this
i'ank movement Was winked at by GEN
.-rti Pandr for TIE purpose of attempt
ing 10 larry out his Interior . litcal
purposes.
Such was the position Of all con-
cencd when the last advices were re-
&c we'd at the palace in Havana
General PandO's purpose. to further
winch he has nldered i practical urmi-
sue" in the eastern part IT Cuba, is
stated Succ!nctly as follows:
TO have PERSONAL conference with
General CaliXto Earca, President Mas
50 and other insurgents. and even with
General Gomez, if possible and make
them "a formal offer of autonomy ar
CORNING to the program drawn Ut, nv
the Lett. or fndila wing of that party
AS previously cahled. this offer in-
Guides. IN return for the ending of the
instructions. t'he dissar lnaqnent and as
| banding of all v,Nunte.rs: t,tnrnar..n,l
titHit IS TO 'be concluded with.u Span
| iSh interference: maximum sum of
| $4,000 600 annually ITO Ire paid to Spatn
ny tlrbl. as the latter's nominal SUI
Zenlh; no insurgents to he shot or
iirl'i Srhtd on account -: the existing
| instruction. and no isurgents to be s,rt
as PRISONERS out of Cuba fp future no
4itiral offences ~
me advir"s received here are N sinh
stance uHat General Panuo felt conf
Gent III securing the conferences N-h:qa
On hhe ouher hand CAPTAIN Geneva
foianco, Secretary General Congos,o ;,,nd
''nc spanish staff officers uf high rank
ana many radical members of tho an.
.oh"'h :. SoveEnment. felt sure that tn,
proposition. being the. hes, ever offered
inn,
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Don't T55atoo Spi! and Smoke Yuor Life Auav.

:! y2n want 10 quit tobacco using easily
Shu forever; be made well, strong, magnetic,
inll 81 new life and vignr, take No-To- Rae
u" "onucr-workcr: that makes weak mon
2SfohS Many gain ten pounds in ten DAYS.
yer ioo,~ncrrcd Buy No-To-Bac of your
FlgE!St, under guarantee to cure, soc or
h.m. Rn"i:lct and sample mailed free. Ad
'"F.!hS itSnc'!y Co.. C',c;igo or Now York
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A LIVING WOMAN
With Two HeadS-M'lle Christine,
the Famous Carolina Twins.
To Exhibit Here for Il Few DAYS ONLY
Commencing Tuesday Night,
The Only Woman Of Her Kind on
Top Of the Earth
You viii Nsver See Anything Like
Her Again in Your Life.

'-N'7I 4IUIT
OF all the ruroStt.eS ever unea!Nht Il
by the Immortal BarnUnn. none can
compare IN the most minute degree with
MIle CTR Stine, daughter VI laugh-
telS-Whit newer the Els,,i.lious please
OF the State of North Carolina. Herr
We have woman With one body hui
two dist net minds, Borne by two sept
.Qte heads.
All the Intelligent pc Tr!ta who saw
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ROOSEVELT TALKS

WASHINGTON, March 19.-Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt N an
interview to-day said:
I'he2e has been and Will lie no re-
ctsS'"h from the stand taken by the
government towards Spain. The al
EninistIutiUn has mapped out rs mans
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me steamer Louise and the steamer
i'Nin"uth. VIII take passengers on
board at the ChcSl1,cake Il ohio mas
S'HStE pier /" view the the ladlny n
from the river front. Fare, % cents
M lS-Gt
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n Happy Woman

Is the housekt eper who buvs bA- oo,
ana wood from the Warwick Coal am,
WOOD Co. Twenty eighth street. 1a14-ti
continued on Fourth PaSrD
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Steamship Lowenburg (Ger), Amt
werp.
Steamship st. Romans (Br.). London,
Steamship Stra thea IRON (Br) Ham.
burg -
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Don't forget the little house 2412
NdshlnSton avenue when you want
pictures. fe27-tf
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Wood delivered in any part of the
atty. NJ. 5. WARREN, 445 Twenty
ninth street. Phone 26l5 feb6-2m
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The Largest shipment of cattle ever
made from this port left at daytlrre.lk
this mo-. ming on the Furness Line
steamship st. Romans f,r London. This
ship will carry 635 head of cattle, which
Is nearly 800 more than the Chesapeake
n ONO steamships usually take out
The st. IHonans was recently out ON
this route by F'urness, Wiithy & Co.
fulnneLNy running between Lond on and
BOStyn
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YESTERDAYS EVENTS
Continued From First Page.)

Iauxee >>,lGnies WIKI tne stars and
s.r.p ti>at.ng from casa house Inc
su.tui al IS written in 4 good humorei
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Steamship Lowenburs tGer.), Calves.
ton.
Schooner Viking, Portland.
Schooner Woodward Abrajaams, Bos-
ton.
Barge Corsica, Providence.
Barge k.ngst ON, Providence.
Barge Washington, New York
Barge s. c. Chapman, New York.
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ALONG THE WATER FRONT
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
ABOUT THE PIERS.
Entrances and Clcaranccs at the Custom
House. List OF Yes ,s.ls Now In Port.
Other MARINE Items.
Weather Forecast
(By Telegrauh.)

Nl>S{fI NtsTON, March 13.-iForecaSt
for sunday: For Virginia. fair: cot.er
in northern porti,n: westerly Winds.
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EXPORTS FOR MARCH.

From the present outlook THE expeu'ts
TOR Mau'Ch Wdhl mot be as large az waS
expected. March is usually THE largest
month OF the yeaL' N this respect but
it is very prosbabie that most of .he
business counted INr for this month VIII
run into April. owing to the delay in
Wallis pf cargo steamships The
pIupsects are that April. which is never
very .beLvy, win surpeSs all previous ie-
,n3,
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TIL" Tuxedo Hat is Il beauty-Ae
HirSirberS's
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Special-An the new shudes Spring
Dei'hys at THE uniform price OF s.. 90, at
HlShberg's.
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Sale will commence o.. e 24th OF this
m"nth-aft@r the launn"ing is over
ami continue until all are sod. Pro-
nelty situated on car line and water
front. For maps and Information, cal!
on Powell Bros & King POI Wash
,nSton avenue. mr2-tt
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CALENDAR FOR THIS DAY.
Sun rises ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sos
sun sets % 10
High water. 40 a. NJ. and SOP F. NJ.
Low water lbs a. NJ. AMI /: ;i Z. NJ.
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New NeckweSir at HMshbe g's.
,lc Percuie Shirts for soc at Hirsh-
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For Rent-The Central Hotel, nicely
furnished. Apply to NJ. II. Lash. 2SO3
Washington avenue. feb 15-tf.
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Vessels Arrived Yesterday.
Steamship C;ion CAMP. Boston
Steamship Saturn Camp. Boston.
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DE CUSTOM HOUSE

LAT TEnE, CUSTOM HOUSE
British steamship st. Romans cleared
today for l4ndun vii tn 635 head of cat
tie
German ste.imsh p Lunen burf; entered
from Galveston and cleared for Amt
weIlp after couling.
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50 doz. Ladies' Seamless Hose in Black Tan and Gray;
Is pairs for Csc.
90 doz Ladies' Seamless Hose i'll Plal Black and Ribb
fine Hose regular Tic kind this weeks sale for 2c pt
GHlLDRENS and MISSES HOSE. None better made tn
keep any other kind.
you can buy this kind of Hose Here's few prices For
o5' : 5 y - and lo these are ribbed and you can bu
Childrens and Misses Hose Plain Black ribbed or pl
- g. IL and TO- These fast black IIermsdorf DIV
Boys bicycle Hose. These are humming for the price,
LII your choice Csc pair.
Babies Socks in Black, Tan and White all sizes; 10 H.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-27
AN EXTINCT RIVAL

| and was very prosperous, as much on lis
prospects as anything else. although most
Of the people IN the country west OF {;
and many on the land north of il traded
there. There were three large stores.
among other things, and the inevitable
dram-shop.
The founders Of the town were conf
dent, alas, too confident, as events prov
ed. The Santa Fe determined on its plug
branch south from Newton 20 q point TO
meet the Texas cattle trail. Park City
and its founders were high-headed and
possessed a goodIy share OF the earth. in
their imagination. Il IS said, but this IS
not authentic. that the Santa Fe offered
70 come directly south from Newton 20
Park City, n return for a portion OF the
town-sife. But the owners Of that town-
site valued il. Il was not 10 be parted
with frivolously and this offer they re-
fused Park City's magnetic powers were
greater than corporations greed and
Park city took her stand OF defiance. The
railroad would nave come 20 the town. L
could not, indeed, survive without the
town
But that is getting ahead Of the story.
IN Park City were many characters. One
Of these was Mr.. Nichols. q very brilliant
lawyer, who had very fine library. An
other character was an English woman.
at least she said she was. She claimed
her first husband was an English count.
and gave the name Of his estate, since
forgotten. Her second husband was
common citizen OF Park City without anv
noble appendage IN the way of title. By
her first husband she had one daughter.
and in that daughter she conferred all
her ambition, believing. holding at any
rate. that some day the daughter would
succeed 10 the earIdom- In obedience to
this belief the daughter. a young woman.
was called by her mother with a defiant
persLstency The Countess" And after
time the city began 10 call her The
Countess" She was. in time, known by
no other name. The Countess was a very
fine specimen OF humanity, fair Of face
and buxom OF figure, with a wealth of
cascading brown hair. which She always