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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20

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THE SACK or MONTE CARLO. An Adventure
of To-day. ~ Narrated by Vincent Blaoker.
Esq by Walter Firth. Duodcc.mo, pp. 9ft
Harper & Brothers
/ sing In ihrcc Volumes Duodccimo PIP }6.
GIG 81 London: Smith, Elder & 60. 1891.
Like THE Water Of the Wondrous Isles" the
posthumous romance by William Morris. which
has just been published leaves a mixed impress
sion THE Sundering Flood is one OF those
hooks which it is impossible TO dislike and
equally Impossible to hold in quite afrectionate
remembrance. The favor of
Old unhappy. far-of things,
And battles long ago.
may be discovered in this book there echoes
| In It Of "Golden-tongued romance with serene
| Lutte: but the movement and passion OF actual
! life are rarely encountered. Once Morris nearly
| causes the emotions To bound 1t is in the chap
ter which tells how Osborne dared Hardcas'ie
to fight him But the thrilling moment is barely
caught the page is turned and one is back IN
the placid stream Of picturesque but uncon-
| vincine narrative On the whole. this is not so
good q story as Tho Water Of the Wondrous
Isles" 1t contains son,c excellent descriptions
in :hc pseudo tapestriod style Of which Morris
was so fond there are glimpscs II that super
natural world To which h. also loved To return
and there are dramatic adventures rccounted
with some spirit The characters. however
have an unwOnted palencGs and tenuIty. one
would willingly give all the prose for the little
sratches Of verse which are scattered through
the book fragments like this, which is en-
pedued III the account VI 'lo say '''e VI i
! castle ny osberne win MS magic SWORD boI'o'
! cleaver:
Came sword and shield
To the haZelled field
| -hprp no f. fell
", M" W., . w man '
The gray blade grew glad
In the hands Of lad
ana '''r Ia. i''t anu ''''A
For the cleaver of war-,oards came forth from
his door
Ana Sulu'u the manu- "i ''e oH'i'e III 'o'e-
But now is the blade
a. ,'s -, ID" ,.''.' si'' "a nc s'I I'm
His heart o'erfull
Up dali and down
I Inr na 'I,.-' ,ha " r
-, ~, v..r,s Increase
No fear rendeth midnight and de,h the day
With no fear save the winter that wcareth
Or. Conan Doylcs latest novel is TO some cx-
tent a political pamphlet also for it is written
with half an eye to letting the world know what
an unsesh ard henefcent course the British n
Egypt are pursuing At the same time ;he
story remains 4 good one. being full If excite
ment ana passing from one crisis to another
with tru" dramatic force. The author has been
inexorablc. too. for novelist of his usually
amiab!c predictions. He started out To tell
tragic tale and he adhercs to his purpose. Two
/ OF his taF'licrS losing ther hN'S III 'hc "'''er
misfortune Detailing the party that comes up
/ Z he. iiD 20 r. 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20
FICTION.
WILLIAM MORRIS'S LAST ROMANCE

THE StNDERING FLOOD. BY william Morris.
Octave. pp. 313. IonCmars. Green co.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

hand to attract attention, you owe the
preservation Of your lives. But for his
presence of mind Here his voice choked.
With tears streaming down his face he
finished the sentence by motioning toward
the excursion train.
"There were more than 500 on board" said
the Sunday school superintendent. The ma
jority of them children"
mot a life lost" cried one of the train
men, running up. quicker, his fireman and
both brakemen jumped for their lives after
shutting off steam and putting down brakes.
They came off without a scratch"
1T was a miracle" said the preacher.
ut was Bubber Ramp" cried a childish
voice. Il seen him when he opened the
switch"
Then the crowd surrounded the pale-faced
lad, pushing and showing to shake his hand,
to touch him or even to get a look at him.
What was said or who said it no one could
ever tell, but in the midst of it all there
sounded the shrill whistle of a nearby steam
sawmill.
Its 'leven O'clock said Rubber, look
ing up at the sun. Its bout time for my
chill, so I'd better be gittin' home" And
he hurried off down the track toward the
ten-mile shanties as complacently as though
nothing unusual had happened.
The following week the Sunday school
superintendent accompanied the railroad
official when he went to tell Mr.. Ramp Of
his appointment to a better position on the
road. The superintendent. in behalf of the
people on board the excursion train, pre-
scented Bubber with a bicycle and a gold
watch.
why, Mr.. Brand" said Bubber, regard
ing in awed establishment the handsome
wheel and timepiece, two things above all
others he had most longed for, II never
done nothin' but turn the switch key. Any
body could We done that. I've been dom
II ever since I was goin' on z years old"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

bright exemplar of what the Chinaman will
do when he once sets about 1t. But that
illustrious warrior was a Mongul. Now the
Chinese are not Monguls, in the proper
sense Of the word. although the masses Of
mankind SO believe. The Chinese are a dis
tinct race altogether. No, we shall be salts
fled if We are let alone and allowed to
work out our destiny as a nation
in our own way. That way may not be the
way of the European or American, but it
is the way best suited to the peculiar nature
of the race or races which inhabit what Is
known as China.
"A national awakening Is already going
on. Some years ago a Chinese diplomat In
Great Britain wrote an article which excited
much discussion in America and on the con-
tinent, the opening sentence of which was,
China awake! That watchword is on the
lips of millions today, although when it was
uttered it sounded like a discordant note.
China is awake. 1t is no small task to lift
n nation to the plane of the high ideals of
her wise men. But when a people once
awake to the dangers which surround them
they make rapid progress. China is not in
such an advanced stage Of decomposition as
some affect to believe. Aroused as she now
is to her material interests. her future is
secure" l.. A. COOLIDGE.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.

An improved electric arc lamp has two
pockets, set at opposite angles on each side
or the point of contact, to feed carbon
pencils to the lamp, the carbons coming
together in the shape of n V and throw.
Ing no shadow as they burn.
Bicycle tires can be quickly MINATED nv
n new pump which is formed of the central
tube OF the frame, with valves at each end.
the seat post being used as "A plunger for
compressinS the air, and fastened by o.
clamping lever when not in use.
Weeds can be destroyed in gardens and
along highways by n new machine having
an oil reservoir mounted on wheels and
provided with an, air pump to force the oil
into a series of burners, which transform
II into gas and discharge 1t against the
weeds.
Bow ties can be securely attached to the
collar by a fiat metal plate which is sewed
fast to the back of the tie and has a slot
which slips over tho collar button and
presses the upper edge of the plate against
the collar to keep the button from slipping
out of the slot.
Sparks are arrested I'm locomotive
smokestasks by means of a western mans
invention, consisting of a series of per-
forated plates placed on opposite sides of
side to prevent the sparks from passing
around the plates, ~
Umbrellas and p~arasols are being fitted
with a new detachable handle, which has a
socket to receive the central rod OF the
umbrella. which is slotted to contain a
curved spring having a projection All the
top. which engages u notch inside the
socket In the handle.
Desk lamps are being made with a
weighted arm extending from the top of
the desk out over the open space TO sup
port a cylindrical shade which has a por-
light downward, a new design of incan-
descent light being used.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

Many a woman Is on the way to Cuba to
succor the wounded who may fall in battle
but there are home battles to fight, closer
lives to nurture and sustain, for the battle
of life Is not a matter of expediency alone
but one that often calls for self-sacriiice
and determination even amidst times of
peace. A very interesting letter was re-
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the remedy which cured him of rheumatism
The letter reads as follows
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to know If your Gloria Tonic has been ben
eficial to me. l sent for your free trial
package which the Christian Advocate said
you would mail to anyone who would send
you their name and address. 1t relieved
me and encouraged me to get more of it
and l am now blessed with perfect health.
This, of course, sounds very prosaic and
reads like an ordinary Acknowledgement of
an every day occurrence, but you remedy
has not only rescued me from intense physi-
cal suffering, but has spared me for those
whose lives are nearing their close and
thus enables me to see that their declining
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stead of miserable through want and priva-
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Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
SPANISH WAR o
Grea BlOOdhounds Fought ON the
Field OF Battle.

Fteiu OF battle.
Aperreado is a Spanish word, which, in
the days when Spain was busy with the
conquest of the West Indies and Central
America, struck cold terror to the hearts
of the Indians. The word means given to
the dogs" or to translate 1t yet more dis
tinctly, 1t means death by bloodhounds.
Now there is no better, more intelligent and
courageous fighter OF men known than a
we'll trained bloodhound.
In Spain magnificent specimens OF this
canine race have always been bred, and
when Columbus set out on his first voyage
a few fine hounds constituted part Of his
fighting equipment. Not knowing with
what enemies he might have to contend, he
took the hounds along to aid his men. but
Columbus was one OF the few invaders COM
ing from Spain who treated the Indians hui
namely, and not until after he had gone
back to Europe. broken and disgraced, were
the hounds used to torture the poor saw
ages.
On all the dogs as we'll as the horses the
Spaniards brought over with them the In
dams looked with fear and reverence. The
West Indian savages had not only never
seen animals so large, but the fact that both
dogs and horses performed tasks and obeyed
masters filled the natives with respectful
amazement. Their interes. in these new
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

follows the little rise to the top OF Haber-
sham hill, and then comes the sharp sag
of a mile or more TO Belair and the level
valley of the Savannah.
John, Johnson, or "Yucker,' as he was
called for short, was the most daring en-
gineer on the Georgia and had the best
run on the road until he Joined the strike
Of the Knights Of Labor. After the diff
Guilty was settled and the strikers went
back to work Yucker, for the sake of dis
cipline, was put to hauling way freight
between Union Point and Augusta.
There was nothing at Brazelia but the
siding and the dull red station house, and
little else at Belair. 1t wasn't often that
fucker had to leave or pick up anything
at either place, and he liked to sail by both
stations at top speed, and loaf further down
the line to make up for 1t.
On this particular day, while his fireman
was taking water at the big red tank at
Thompson, Yucker went into the station
for orders. He found out that there was
nothing for him at Brazelia or Belair. He
had nothing 10 leave at either station, so he
climbed back into his cab. meaning to go
through to Wheelers TO meet the up freight.
Sometimes he met II at Belair, but When
ever he got the chance he ran by and trusted
10 luck that 1t would be held for him at
Wheelers.
III.
The people at the station were benumbed
with fright. They stared with horror-stricken
faces at the oncoming engine as some great
demon hurTying to destroy the excursion
train with its load OF human freight. Para
lived with fear they could neither move nor
call aloud.
In the whole crowd there was but one who
could think and act. He was a slender, pale
faced boy. and he rushed up the track
towards the oncoming train.
cit out, git out" his shrill voice shouted
to the men in the cab OF the up freight,
Jump and run, Jump and run.
he Was tugging at = switch key, and they
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

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A A COUNTRY CRACKER. "A
IL Rubber Ramp, the Boy with the Cbills Was an Unconscious Her o Ill
" BY EMILY LAFAYETTE McLAws. W
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According TO his schoolmates, Bubber
Ramp was a country cracker. And who
knows better a child's social and financial
standing than its schoolfellows.
His face was not round and rosy like other
Jolly, sweet-tempered boys, for Rubber was
a slender child, with pale face and lanky,
straight hair, streaked in color with the
shades OF half pulled molasses candy. He
was subject TO chiils and fevers which kept
him ava from school about half the time
and gave his teacher an excuse for scolding
him whenever there was no one else in par
ticular for her to scold. His father was a
section master on the Georgia railroad and
they lived in the "ten-mile shanties," which
were built on the side of the railroad and on
the edge OF a deep cut, through which the
wind blew a perfect gale the whole year
round.
But II by living on the cut Rubber ac-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
800 Spaninrds Killed.

II 300 Americans can kill 300 Spaniards
In 300 days, how many Americans viii IL
take TO Kill 100 Spaniards in 100 days? One
thousand dollars will be paid to the persons
answering the above problem correctly.
Many other prizes Of value. All of which
will be announced In the next issue Of
upton's illustrated Weekly. AS a positive
guarantee as to my reliability | refer TO
any mercantile or commercial agency. AS
the object of Offering these prizes is TO
attract attention to my popular family
magazine, each person answering must en-
close with their answer five two-cent
stamps (or ten cents silver for sample
Eumber containing full particulars. Send
today. To be first is a laudable ambition;
you may secure the thousand dollars. Ten
dollars in gold viii be paid for the best
original problem, TO be published In a
future number, Address. G. NJ. Upton, S24
Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

saw what he meant. So down the men
jumped from the engine, while the boy ran
on to the switch. His hands seemed para
lyzed. so long did 1t appear before he forced
it open, then he stepped back just as the
way freight rushed by and ran full tilt into
the up freight, There was a tremendous
crash. The engine Of the way freight rode
over the other and smashed 1t into frag-
ments. Then 1t sat down On Its W cab
with the forward truck in the air and one
wheel whirling round like q milestone. The
following cars piled up in a great heap, and
over 1t all rose a great cloud Of dust.
The terrified excursionists scrambled from
their own train, rushed over to the wreck
and stood for a time in speechless horror
and amazement. Then the freight conductor
came up and searching among the crowd,
led out a slender, pale-faced lad.
ITO this brave boy" he said, raising his
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

Quired the chill and fever habit, he also
gained the knowledge which enabled him
to save the lives Of some 500 people-Sun-
day school children with their friends and
teachers. 1t was the picnic Of Bubber's Sun
day school, but because it fell on his chill
day his mother said he could not attend.
So he contented himself with walking five
miles up the railroad to Belair, the nearest
station where the train would stop, with a
huge bunch Of W for his Sunday school
teacher. This teacher, be it understood, was
one Of the people who did not know about
Bubber's being a country cracker, but con-
Hidered him a jolly, amiable boy.
After handing the bouquet through the
car window, Bubber stood for a while look
ing wistfully at the trainload of happy chill
dren. Then something occurred which made
his schoolmates forget forever that he was
homely and poor, and this is how it hap
pened.
Southwark from Brazelia the road drops
down steadily for five or six miles. There
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
KEEP A-GOIN'.

Frank l.. Stanton.
If you strike a thorn or rose.
Keep a-goin'!
If 1t halls, or If 1t SHOWS,
Keep a-goin'!
'Taint no use to sit an whine
When the fish amt on YOU line;
Bait your hook an keep a-tryin'-
Keep a-goin'!
When the weather kills your crop,
Keep a-goin'!
When you tumble from the top,
Keep a-goin'!
S'pose you're out o every dime,
Gittin' broke amt any crime; :
Tell the world you're feelin' fine
Keep a-goin'!
When 1t looks like all Is up,
Keep a-goin'!
Drain the sweetness from the cup
Keep a-goin'!
See the wild birds on the wing,
Hear the bells that sweetly ring,
When you feel like sighin' sing
Keen ~a-goin'i
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

carefully preserved. Years after, when Al
drich himself was the editor of The Atlantic,
and Lowell sent a contribution, he was graft
He'd at receiving a copy of the note he him
self had written years before. When it is
realized that Lowell had already made a
reputation in letters, the clause advising
him to stick to literature has a funny sig
niicance."
Il. B. Dunn, who resigns under protest
from the position of chief of the New YORK
weather station, because he does not want
to go TO the West Indies or Cleveland, O.,
has been handling the New York weather
forecasts for the last fifteen years. He is
best known to the public as Farmer
Dunn, a nickname given to him by the New
York papers when the weather service was
under the Agricultural department. Mr..
Dunn is a competent man and won distinc-
ton by predicting the Mississippi valley
floods of 1883 while at the Cincinnati sta
ton.
The Chicago Record says that some time
ago a young organist secured permission to
practice on the big organ in the Auditorium.
An elderly man walked in and took a seat
a few rows away from the musician. The
young organist noticed him, and was en-
couraged to 'show off, and do a few tricks
of playing for his audience. He rambled on
for an hour, aud the elderly man sat there,
apparently impressed. The young man tired
at last, and was about TO lock the organ
when the elderly man approached him and
said in broken English that he wished 20
play for a few minutes. They don't allow
any one but an experienced organist to touch
the instrument" said the young man, loftily.
With a little gesture, suggestive of meek
ness and humanity, the stranger presented
his card; Alexandra Guilmant, Paris" Then
it was tim for the young organlst to
swoon. He had missed the chance OF his
life. For an hour he had been entertaining
the great master with homemade driyel.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

"
A Missouri lawyer sends Case and Com
ment the following; Mr.. B brought suit
for damages for the seduction of his
daughter, Mary, under promise of marriage.
The case was being tried before Judge s.
in the circuit court of C county, Mis-
souri,. The plaintiff was on the stand as a
witness and was asked by his attorney this
question:: "Mr. B was your daughter,
Mary, born in lawful wedlock? ?" mo, sir"
he replied, 'she was born in the state of
Indiana" The explosion which followed In
a crowded court house may be imagined; 1t
took some minutes to restore order.
When George r. Peck first became an at
torney for the Santa Fe he went to a small
town in western Kansas to argue a case
that had been brought against the road for
damages to several head of cattle that had
been killed. The case was tried before a
Judge who was decidedly German. The wit
nesses were examined, the case was gone
through with, and the attorney for the
prosecution arose and made a strong plea
for conviction. He waxed eloquent, and the
Judge paid close attention.
Are you troo?" asked the Judge when the
lawyer stopped.
Eyes, your honor"
you wins de case" said the Judge. ~
But l want a chance to argue my side Of
the case" said Peck.
mo, he wins" stoutly asserted the judge.
But Peck commenced to talk, and gradually
his talk led up to the case, and before the
judge knew it Peck was. arguing the de-
Tense. The judge listened closely, and when
Peck had finished he said:
You wins de case.'
But you have already decided in my
favor" said the other lawyer.
Oats all right. l reverse my, first
decision. Dis man wins" and the Judge
stuck to his last decision and Peck won his
railroad case, t
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

with as great reioicings as though he had
been the bloodthirsty invader Cortez him
self. With a knife OF obsidian his neck
was severed, his heart cut out. exhibited to
the sun and burnt on a stone. His body
was cast into the city square filled with
Indians who hacked 1t into bits, with shouts
Of triumph.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

%raisins, how cured, where grown, etc.
After a time they became so quiel that she
concluded they were asleep, when her little
daughter surprised her by suddenly ex-
claiming, We'll, mamma, I don't want any
more ralsins IL they are rnised in SpninI'n
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

Sunday School Teacher-"What do We call
the 30th day of May?
Bright Faced Urchin (raising his hand)-
I know. Recreation day.
Gertie (returned home)-Mrs. Jones gave
me a nice piece Of cake
Gertie's Mother-Did you ask for 1t?
Gertie-M'm.
Mother-And / told you not to.
Gertie-No, mamma. You told me not to
ask for everything I saw. / didn't see the
cake; 1t was in the pantry.
81 feel like a store with a bargain sale"
groaned Tommy as he approached from the
direction Of the pantry, the immediate sur
roundings Of his mouth being a suspicious
dark red.
whats the matter, my dear?"
jam inside"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
GOSSIP ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

A wealthy German of Tangier has pur-
chased a number of plots of land in the
town from the Moors. your gardens are
pretty, but scattered" remarked an En-
glishman to him recently. Yes he re-
piled. "They happen to be on the sites of
the forts which England must build when
she occupies Tangier. England will pay me
for my pretty gardens. 1 return to the
Fatherland comfortably fortunate.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale. tells this story
about Lowell in The Outlook: When Low
ell was editor Of The Atlantic he received
a contribution from Thomas Bailey Aldrich,
then just starting in his literary career. He
was much impressed with the literary merits
Of the article, and, in sending the author
a check for the same, inclosed a congratula-
tory note, advising him to continue writing
and to follow literature as a profession. The
kind thoughtfulness was appreciated and re-
membered by Aldrich, and the note was
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
TOLD OUT OF COURT.

AZ object TO that man on the jury"
shouted the lawyer for the defense.
o what %grounds?' inquired the court.
I'm the man that persuaded him to get
married"