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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-27
sponge cake?"

sponge cakeY
AS Wabashko society had only lust
finished gorging itself at wabashko
teas. the ladies were truthfully, for
the most part, ena Dled to raise their
eyes and exclaim: "Oh, dear. moi
rhanks!' as though they never, never
did touch such a commonplace thing
as good
MIR. Brassy, every now and then.
would dash into the hall and anxious.
~ gaze up stairs. then dart vigorous
~ back again. recklessly offering lem
onade right and left with an energy
bordering on frenzy.
rum-ti-tum-tum-ti- went rho
piano and violin. as they struck I'm
the Prisoner of Zenda' waltzes. Mis-.
Eveiina o. Brien, radiant i'm blu. float
ell away in the embrace of Mr.. Din,<el.
spiel. ''Tiddle-iddle-i ddle-tum-tum /.
they continued. as Miss Leona Burpet.
stein, in a connection of orange and
mauve, bashfully accepted the arm of
a speckle-faced gentleman IN ,bo.,
she had not been introduced. Still no
Miss Wade.
At length. down the stairs with
rather red eyes and slow tread she
came.
Mr.. Brassy rushed to receive her
his Prince Albert tapping open in his
excitement. and then stopped gaspinp
She was wearing her old white,-
NOW, OF course, the interested reader
VIII naturally assume that Miss Bur
geistein and Miss O'Brien had discov-
cred the pink chiffon and either do
stroyed or concealed it, or mavbe Tho,
Miss Moriarty had broken her word
or that the package had gone astrav
"rong-wrong. my blessed friends
everyone of You.
The explanation is simple. but dem
onstrates masculine ignorance in
shocking degree.
Dnring quadrille- Mr.. srassv
0eu it nigh toned" nof 70
indulge in square dances-be tool
Miss Wade to a damp and mossv hama,
oy the lake. and seating himself there
on all calious of the possible dam,o.
TO his lavender pants-the Prime. Al
pert would conceal the damage in anv
ease-he demanded. or rather g.n,I,.
asked. the reason for her nop-cbieon
ess. Somehow or other Miss va.
was at this time seated on Mr. Pr
- Knee rubbing her fluffy little
mead against his smooth cheek
oh, Phil" she murmured. PLAYING
WIN the top button of his wais,co..
dldnt You know blondes are such
guys in pink" SUCH
Ard Il anyone tells me- after ,h;
1hat there exists no d~licacv 90 -.
VI appreciation outside of The 400
ko society. ~ WABASH
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-27

modest cottage near snore, in the win
dow of which stood sign bearing
these impressive words: Miss Mo.
Rarity, Robes and Nodes
''You know Miss Wade's sixe!" h.
excitedly and somewhat ambiguously
enquired.
The good hatured little Irish dress
maker acknowledged that she had
"made over" a gown for that lady
once, and could "come near it,
"Great land, Mr.. Brassy!" she ex=
claimed at the conclusion of the in
terview, sits as elegant piece OF
goods as I ever set eyes on. an, you
may depend on my having it fixed
when you call for i I'D. !"
1t was the afternoon o. the night.
Everyone was flushed and excited,
and the effort to appear to TIE con-
trary rendered them additionally so.
Miss Kitty Wade had wound her
self around the heart of Mr.. Philip
Brassy to such an extent that, as he
mysteriously announced to Mr.. Din
kelspiel, this evening was to seal his
fate one way or the other.
Il guess you've got a cinch. dear
boy" encouragingly replied tar gem
tleman.
Mr.. Brassy smiled rather cOnceited-
ly, as he thought of the garment that,
figuratively speaking, he held up his
sleeve.
Never can tell, old man. he said.
women are strange things"
1t certainly was wonderful crea-
ton that Mrs. Moriarty twisted
around and turned this way and that
for Mr.. Brassy's approval. All down
the sides and in suspender-like form
over the shoulders were long strips
of irridescent green and blue bead
work, while, as she somehow or. other
turned it inside out and compressed
the whole into a paste-board box, she
remarked: "And there's a yard and
a half over in case ice cream or ber-
ries get mashed on it, which I've
known to happen many a time"
Mr.. Brassy having humorously re-
piled that he was the only one likely
to get mashed upon it, paid his bill,
and, having exacted promise that
Miss Moriarty would hold herself sol
emnly bound to see the dress placed
in Miss Wade's room during the Wa
bashkO tea hour. departed in a condi-
ton of supremest bliss. as though this
were the first instead of the last day of
his summer vacation, and as though
there existed no such places as dry
goods stores and no such calls as
cash"
He was one of the reception commit
tee. the onerous duties of which ne
cessitated his early presence, and con-
sisted in meeting arrivals and inauir-
ing in concerned and anxious tones:
wont you have some lemonade and
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-27
THE PINK CHIFFON.
A SOCIETY STORY.

sOrtment OF gentlemen hailing heaven
only knows whence; gentlemen with
curly hair and extravagantly-hued
flannel suits, who appear In all their
blazing magnifcence for two weeks at
time, and then mournfully depart
into their pristine obscurity until the
following season resurrects them. The
feminine portion of the summer COM
munity consists mainly of quantity
of dubious matrons in a constant state
Precipitation consequent upon being
too heavily and beadily gowned. with
a sprinkling of daughters bent on hav-
ing what they call good time" and
usually acquiring their bent.
Graceful creatures these, with their
impossible square cut bangs and
cruelty fashioned organdie waists.
They generally wear blazer and
yachting cap, and come down to meet
the boat with their arms twined
around each others waists as II to
say: "See, they always affirm that
jealousy exists among us: surely this
disapproves it!"-and the green
alighter at the pier is duly impressed.
They do not dine late at Wabashko,
which is the chief summer resort on
the lake. They have a weird and won
derful meal called tea, the principal
ingredients of which are thin slices OF
cold meat, BURBERRY pie and huckle-
berry ditto. pickles and corn bread.
IF man i'm all the consciousness of
his supreme good health boasts to m.
that he has never had an ache or
pain. I nod mysteriously at him and
say: swat until you try Wabashko
tea"
Several have taken my words as
challenge and have returned chronic
dyspeptics.
All this, however, is superfiuous.
There was to be dance at the wa
bashko house within week, and lake
society was all on the qui vive. Mys-
terious conferences had been held, and
the snip of scissors heard in many a
lady's chamber for week past, and
Mr.. Philip Brassy felt quite guilty on
overhearing-for the Wabashko house
is only wooden shanty capable of
holding about thirty people. with
wooden partitions between the rooms
Miss Evelina O'Brien remarked to her
bosom frined. Miss Leona Burglestein:
~ shall put some fresh chiffon on my
blue and cut out that peroxide fright.
Kitty Wade; she's only got her old
white. and it's not in it with mine"
"You bet your chewing gum," clas-
sically replied Miss Leona Burgle-
stein.
Now, Mr.. Philip Brassy was well
known i'm Wabashko as an annual
was exceedingly popular among the
fairer SEX His occupation they
knew, and termed it that of 'gen-
tleman floor walker" while many a
time, for he was good-natured youth,
had he procured remnants" and ''ab-
solutely pieces Of 'dress
goods" at a great reduction for the
ladies, when some event of
more than ordinary Importance was
about to take place.
He was better sort of fellow than
mast of his set, and, as he descended
the stairs. gorgeously arrayed for the
evening meal, he pondered
over the words he had just heard.
Mr.. Isaac Dinkelspiel stood in the
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-27
dress suit in his life.

II would never do for the genis
Philip to admit that he also lacke
the funeral garb considered prupe
for masculine nocturnal adornmen
consequently he replied in bias
way: mo, dear Dink, always thin
logging ups nuisance In the couu
try-the girls want the show to he In
formal. sc I shall go as I am"
This was somewhat Of a prevaricu
ton on the part of Mr.. Brassy. seem,
that there reposei at the bottom o
his well-worn trunk a pair Of lavende
trousers, created to almost razor-lik
sharpness and Prince Albert coat O
a simmer quite patent leathery in It
brightness.
The conversation was interrupte,
by the advent of the Misses Eve1in,
O'Brien and Leona Burglestein. who
picturesquely arrayed to match eacl
other, tripped downstairs distracted
ly humming the latest coon" song
"Oh, how You startled mel" ex
placing her hand over her heart, there
by drawing attention to a new wais
and remarkably weli-developet
bust.
Don't tread on my dress, you sill,
thing" playfully exclaimed Miss lie
ona. as she slapped her friend. and
STOPPING down, arranged the folds Of
a hitherto unworn sky-blue skirt, fig
ured-I believe that is the correct ex
pression-with blackberries anG
punches of grapes.
Escorted by Mr.. Dinkelspiel the two
inalocent maidens proceeded toward
the dining room, while Mr.. Brassy
who wore an distracted air, sat him
down and indited the following epis-
tie in the most spidery and correct
handwriting:
ITO Mr.. James Smith, Dress Goods
Creegel & Shoppers, New
York:
Friend Jim-If that pink chiffon
on shelf b. upper right hand corner,
marked XO24-cy36. amt gone, send
a dozen yards up to me and charge
to same. Now quit your guying. my
boy. Your friend, PHIL"
Up. S.-Any trimmings to go with
the same will also be handy"
When ne had mailed this letter ne
joined the festive throng, and, seat-
ing imself by the twozzle-headed Miss
Kitty Wade. enthralled the assembled
multitude by the brilliance of his re-
partee. when that damsel tenderly in
quired: '.Ain't these fried potatoes
lovely, Mr.. Brassy?"
81 guess most things are lovely at
this table," he calamity made reply.
"Ain't you awful" retorted the win
some Kate. with giggle.
Miss Evelina O'Brien and Miss Leo
ma Burgelstein concealed their ire I'M
Ter the cover of viciously friendly
smile, but they ragged inwardly, and
their pan-fish came nigh unto choking
them
Three days before the Wabashko
lance large parcel, addressed to Mr..
Philip Brassy. and bearing the names
If .'Creegel & Snooper" on the label
was deposited at the pier when the
little steamer arrived.
Mr. Brassy was not there to receive
t. Most of the Wabashko young peo-
L.
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is here. The misery-laden vessels are
all in, the last to arrive being the
Nueces and Berkshire with the First
Illinois troops. the City of Washing
ton which lay in Havana harbor
the night the Maine was blown UP,
and the Orizaba with twenty-fOur pay
masters and S1,0OO,O00 in gold for the
payment of the troops.
The transport Nueces had nine COM
panies Of the Twenty-fourth infantry
and a detachment of the First Illinois
on board, and the Orizaba had the
remainder of the Twenty fourth in
fantry.
The Berkshire left Santiago Aug. 25,
bringing 34S convalescents, many of
them yellow-fever patients, from the
hospitals at Santiago and Siboney.
On the voyage SURGEON Johnson, Bat
terry B, First artillery, a nurse. Nc
Mahon. and a private Of Company G,
Twenty-fourth infantry. Of the name
of Murphy. died. When the Berkshire
arrived IT'S OF her sick VIE unable to
walk.
The Nueces has on board 685 troops
and twenty-eight sick. There were no
deaths during the voyage The City
Of Washington brought only Col.
Humphreys, quartermaster, a private
secretary and two negro servants.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-04
HOBSON HANGS ON.
He Believes He Can Save the CristO-
bal Colon After All.

bal Colon After All.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 81
Naval Constructor Hobson decided to-
day to continue his efforts to save the
wrecked Spanish cruiser Cristobal
Colon in spite of the decision of the
navy department to give the Job up.
He received news Of the navy depart
ment's decision from Commodore Wat
son, who arrived at Santiago on the
Scorpion from Guantanamo.
Hobson Immediately started for the
scene of the wreck, and meeting the
wrecking tug Senior, which he sent to
the wreck yesterday, returning pur-
suant to Commodore Watson's order,
started it back again. HObson told
Commodore Watson that he would take
the responsibility for his action. He
sent urgent dispatches to the navy
department asking for permission to
Immediately resume work.
He says that the difficulty about the
raising of the Colon is onesOf engineer
ends on a steep slope. She will have
to be lifted bodily out Of this position.
Hobson says that the task can be &C
complisned by the use Of air bags and
of compressed air to force the water
out of the hull. The Colon has slid q
little further seaward since she was
run ashore by the fleeing Spaniards,
but she has not been harmed by the
action of the wind or waves.
Mr.. Hobson estimates the Colon's
value at 100000. He thinks it would
be disgraceful to give UP the attempt
to save her now.
The work on the Maria Teresa IS
proceeding rapidly, and she will soon
be in first-class shape. HobSon says
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Teresas He would not feel put out If,
after spending $4,000 trying to raise
her, she broke in two. The game, how
ever, is worth the candle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-04
SICK AT THE DEPOT.
Red Cross Women Are Doing a Good
Work There.

Several sick soldiers arrived at the union
depot from Montauk Point and Chickamauga
yesterday. They were attended by the Red
Cross committee in charge Of the branch
there.
Isaac Clements, Of Troop G, Grigsby's rough
riders, came In from Chickamauga On mis-
way to Langdon, S. D. He was very Ill
with fever and Mrs. Johnson looked after
him. He was abe to go out on the North
ern Pacific coast train.
Jacob F. Schlicta, OF Company X. Four
teenth regiment, came up from Chickamauga.
He is suffering from malaria. He was able
to go home with friends.
Another sick man was Charles Simmons
Of Company e, Second infantry. He came
from Montauk Point and was quite sick He
bears four wounds received in Cuban bat
ties besides the fever. He went out to
Forest Lake.
Mrs. Johnson was assisted yesterday by
Mrs. NJ. Albrecht, of the German-American
Red Cross society. The Red Cross ladies
remain on duty at the depot until $3.50 O'Clock
every evening. so that they may not miss
any soldier who comes IN On Friday night
Carl Dahl, OF Company G, Fifteenth regi-
ment, arrived from Luverne very sick. He
had been to Luverne to attend funeral and
while on the train returning he was seized
with typhoid. contracted at Camp Ramsey
and Mrs. Johnson Immediately had him sent
to st. Joseph's hospital.
Mrs. Johnson was engaged In nursing sick
soldiers at Bethesda hospital before she vol
unteered for the depot work, and she under
stands exactly what the sick men require.
She Is indefatigable in her efforts to make
them comfortable in the depot.
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TWO OUT, TWO REMAIN
Continued from First Page. g.
fever. and were buried in Pace ceme-
terry Aug. 81.
FIFTEENTH TRANSFERRED.
Minnesota Regiment to Go From
Camp Ramsey to Fort Meade.

Minnesota Regiment to Go From
Camp Ramsey to Fort Meade.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. The an
pended bulletin was issued by the war
department today, announcing the adj
ditional regiments to be mustered out
OF the service. Adjt. Gen. Corbin said
that. in all probability. few If any
other troops would be ordered relieved
from duty at this time. The bulletin
of the organizations to be mustered out
follows:
First U. S. V. l., at Galveston, Tex; Ninth
Massachusetts, infantry, from Montauk 10
South Pennington; Batteries B, c and D.
First Maine artillery, at Augusta; Compan-
les A, B, and d, Second Washington vol
unteer infantry. Vancouver barracks Wash. :;
District OF Columbia infantry, from Moucauk
TO armory, Washington, D. c.; First bat
talon Nevada infantry, at Carson City New:
Ninth New York infantry, from Huntsville,
Ala, to Troy, N. Y; Third New York in
fantry. from Camp Meade, Middleton, to
Troy, N Y; Fourteenth New York infantry,
from huntsville, Ala, to Troy; Second New
Jersey infantry, from Jacksonville, Fla, to
Sea Girt, n. j.; First Massachusetts, heavy
artillery, from Fort Pickering, Mass. to
South Framington, Mass.
In connection with the orders mus
tering out the above named regiments.
1t is significant Of the governments
intention to retain many of the volun-
teer troops in the service that orders
were issued transferring thirteen regi-
ments from their state camps to the
various camps Of mobilization through
out the country. 1t is understood that
the orders were issued with a view to
the retention in the service. perhaps
until next spring, of the organizations
named in the orders. he-regiments
included in the orders are as follows:
Third Georgia, from Griffen, Ca, to Jack
sonvi.le Fifteenth Minnesota, from St. Paul
TO Camp Meade, Middleton, Pa; Fourth New
Jersey, from Sea Grit to Camp Meade; Eighth
infantry regulars from Fort Thomas
Wash, to Lexington, KY; Fifth Massa-
chusetts, from South Framington to Camp
Meade; Thirty-ffth Michigan, from Island
Haven to Camp Meade; Third Mississippi,
from jackson, Miss, to Lexington; Two
Rundred-and-frst New York, from Hemp
stead to Camp Meade; Third North Carolina.
from Fort Macon to Knoxville Fourth Ken
lucky, from Lexington to Knoxville; Third
Alabama. from Mobile to Jacksonvile; Third
regiment U. s.. engineers, from jefferson bar
racks to Lexington, and First Territorial
regiment, from Tucson, Ariz., to Lexington.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-04

Hospital Train with the Sick Mime
sofa Soldiers.

Gov. Clough expects the sick of the Twelfth
and Fourteenth regiments Of Minnesota vol
unteers to arrive in Minneapolis and St.
Paul next Sunday morning. The governor
realizes that 1t will take considerable quick
work to get the men here by that time. but
action is his policy, and Col. Roland Hart
ley, who ia representing him in the South
at the present time, has instructions to rush
everything just as fast as possible. If this
Is done, and no time Is lost, the hospital
train should leave Lexington, KY, next
Thursday night or Friday morning arriving
In st. Paul and Minneapolis Saturday night
or Sunday morning.
It has been stated that there were about
300 sick in the two regiments. This state
ment however, is incorrect. Gov. Clough
has heard from both regiments in regard Ia
the number OF sick and the situation Is not
entirely bad.
'In fact, the Fourteenth regiment" said
the governor last night, us In as good con-
dition as any other regiment in the United
States. Lieut. Col. Johnson, Of that regt
ment, informs me by telegraph that there
were but " men Of the regiment on the
sick roll This consider a very good show
ing under any conditions much less those
apparently prevailing at Chickamauga, where
the boys were in camp so long, SO small a
number Of sick would signify a generally
healthy regiment.
1.-THE Twelfth regiment Is not so wei off
There are 166 on the sick roll there Il ia
Of course, big percentage, but Compared
with troops from other states It Is as favor
able as could be expected"
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TWELFTH'S SICK LIST.
Nineteen Sent to the Already Over
Crowded Hospital at Lexington.

Crowded Hospital at Lexington.
LEXINGTON. KY. Sept. 1.-The d.
vision hospital at Camp Hamilton has
overlooked, and sick soldiers were laid
under trees, on the floors of the tents,
and in the nurses tents. Surgeon
General Griffith says he will have &C
commodation for 300 more patients by
tonight, as that many cots have ar
rived. Sixty-ive nurses have come
from Chickamauga, and DR.. Griffith
has advertised for women nurses at
$50 a month The present force is en-
tirely too small, and the young men
who have been here since the camp
was established ten days ago are al
most worn out.
The following from the Twelfth Min
nesota are among those admitted to
the hospital:
Claud G.. Minor, Company NJ.
Ben T. Graylan, Company NJ.
Jerome D. Reynolds, Company K.
Corporal Michael J. Healy, Company L.
Henry Dewald, Company K
Frank Farmer, Company F.
Arthur V. Axtell, Company K.
George R. Etzell, Company L.
Fred H. Welsh, Company II.
George VEIL Company l.
George W. Lindsey, Company K.
Morris Crowell, Company l.
George Haly, Company K
Sergeant Arthur Ward, Company K.
Corporal James A. Mcleod, Company K.
Peter Crosby, Company NJ.
Otto Anderson. Company X
Andrew g. Theorson, Company K.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-04
THIRD COMES BACK.
War Department Orders the Regi-
ment to Return to Fort Smelling.

ment to return to Fort Smelling.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-Orders
were prepared at the war department
today for the practical abandonment
of Camp Wikoff, at Montauk Point.
AL the volunteer regiments now there
will soon start for their homes, and
will receive furloughs as they are mus
tered out, while most of the regulars,
as soon as they have recuperated suffi-
GENTLY, will resume duty at the points
which they garrisoned before the war
began. The orders for the regulars
may be issued tomorrow, and will pro-
vide for the following distribution of
the troops:
Third cavalry, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, and
Jefferson barracks Mo.
Sixth cavalry to Fort Myer, Va, and Fort
Wadsworth, n. Y.
Third infantry, to Fort Smelling, MINI.
Fourth infantry to Fort Sheridan, III.
Sixth infantry TO Fort Thomas, Ky.
Ninth infantry to Madison barracks N. Y.
Thirteenth infantry to Forts Columbus,
Porter and Niagara.
Seventeenth infantry to Columbus barracks,
o.
Twentieth infantry to Fort Leavenworth,
Kan.
Twentyhrst infantry to Plattsburg, N. Y.
The remaining regiments of regulars
at Montauk will be disposed of next
week. Some of them will probably be
held at posts yet to be selected IN
Cuba.