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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-04-21
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-04-21

arm, slipping it through the left
hand to the guard; give it rotary
motion SO as to bring the barrel up,
and direct the point of the bayonet
at the point to be attacked; at
the same time straighten vigor.
ously the right leg, throwing the
weight forward on the left.
The piece must be held so as
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26

we are waiting around for something
to happen, | can only enjoy the de-
lights of another man S ability When
| say cooking, do not mean just I'M
derstanding how to make cake-so
many girls are dabs at that, though a
bit OF plum cake is a good thing-but
| mean the realities OF life, rare mutton
potatoes without bones in them, and
best of all, that kind of soup that is
thickish and seems to stick to your
bone and encourage your muscle"
Here we did laugh.
Think of Jack the exquisite, Jack
the elegant, Jack the pride of the most
fashionable clubs, finding delight in
boiled eggs and a soup that he de-
scribed as .thickish," Oh, ah, After
a little more laugh and a little more
cordial, Molly read on:
You ask me what we do. Every
day We are hoping to sail, but pending
that time and after the work Of the
day is done and everything is cleaned
up land, by the bye, I might tell you
as a tip to your maid that there is
nothing quite so good for leather as
yellow vaseline; when l can get It.
use il on the harness. and, applied with
a considerable amount of elbow grease
it makes 1t as soft as your white hand
and as brilliant as your dark eyes) we
just loaf around and talk and talk
Women have not the monopoly O,
talking In this world though probably
that's the future they are hoping for
We tell stories, discuss important cues
tons and then come down to riddles
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26

enjoying the delights of Florida water,
and he confessed that time hung heavy
on his hands, though he was very much
in love, conssa, lently very brave and
perfectly certain that no Spaniard
could ever get the better Of him-no,
not if he traced his pedigree back to
the grandfather of Christopher Column
bus.
We had a good luncheon. Women
nowadays are educated up to GOOD
food. Then Molly read extracts from
; graphs, when she blushed and said
something about matters that would
not interest you, purely personal" and
, We all looked as knowing as people do
who have gone through the same thing
themselves and wish they could do so
again.
Jack wrote, among other things:
You would really be surprised at
the appetite l am developing. You
know when | was at home how you
and mother were continually giving
nls quinine and cod liver Oil and
other nasty stuffs for the encourage
ment of the swallowing of food, but
now-well, l can eat meat that the
, average New York beggar would scorn
and drink coffee that really tastes as
| if it were the rinsiIgs out of a cup
that had held coffee But when you
feel that you are serving your coun-
try you don't care about such little
things as terrapin and chicken Ia cas-
serole or champagne cooked to the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26
AN ANGLO-AMERlCAN
ALLIANCE OF HEARTS.
How the Desired Political Consummaon Is Being fastened by the
Vaccinations of That Sly Little God Cupid

Marlborough, is probably the best con-
nected woman in England outside the
royal family. Her husband is on his
mothers side closely related to the
Duke of Abercorn, the Duchess OF Buc-
cteucn, The Marquis of LansdOWne,
the Earl of Durham, the Earl OF Lich-
field and the Earl Of Mount Edge
combe, while on his fathers side he
may claim kinship with the Duchess
of Roxburgh Lady Randolph Churchill
and the Marchioness of Tweeddale, who
as Lady Fanny Majoribanks was ac-
counted the cleverest woman in London
and whose husband is now an import
AM factor in the government.
The Duchess Of Marlborough has
large fortune invested in America.
The Duke of Marlborough is said to
have very strong political ambitions, in
which his wife encourages him. She is
a member of the famous Primrose
League, of which Lady Randolph
Churchill, another American woman
(she was Miss Jennie Jerome) is one OF
the leaders.
The wife of the Hon. George N. Cur
Zon, undersecretary Of state for foreign
affairs. is the sister of Joseph Letter,
the young man who has just been max
ing himself conspicuous by helping to
raise the price of -four Mrs. Curzon is
young, beautiful and a great favorite in
London. She, too takes great inter-
est In English politics, but has never
forgotten or ceased to follow the affairs
of her native land. If the millions
which her father, the great Chicago dry
goods merchant, painfully accumuia~
ted in life of trade will be safer I'M
der an Anglo-American alliance, it is
certain Mrs. CurZon is aware of it, and
spends a good deal Of her O'Clock tea
time in converting the statesmen of
England to her views
Lady Terence Blackwood was Miss
Davis. of California, before she allied
herself with the family of the great
Marquis of Dufferin. Her husband bears
the courtesy title of Lord Terence al
though his elder brother, the Earl of
Ava, is the heir to the title. The Black
woods have always been noted for brain
and beauty. and Lady Terence, although
only a Blackwood by marriage, is said
to do her share toward UNFOLDING the
family record The Earl of Dufferin is a
statesman of the old school and served
ably as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26

| Bible, and the man who had had =
| good taste TO marry a southern girl oI- io
had the pleasure 81 telling the So
| right ont H. meeting and then nresosi'
| ing the litt5e look to its original og.-,st
| The mother who had gave it bad ho..
| asleep TO. many years, and at the si,a.
OF the book tears came into the eS-.
| of the one who remembered 1ba a.,
when he left home, taking with him
mothers blessing and the good bo7t
Sometimes we talk about religion
and few of the men advance wild HI
Dries in which nobody to be puDsbed
for his sins and everybody is to fnS
happiness here and hereafter. C+ber+
arrange future where everybody * ~
be frozen or burned. | generally smol-a
and keep quiet when talk of religion
Dear, | do not possess Bible. | h9va
that quaint little copy Of Holy Living,
you gave me SO many years ag1 +
rests against my heart, Molly, ami if
bullet is aimed there it will have 10 %
through the book before it touches III
The other night when | was on guard
turned through the book and read Inv
the light of the moon the little prayer
that [ know you say every night The
PRAYER for those who lie under the rod
of war. I know with what intensity
you whisper: oh, gracious Father and
merciful God, if it by thy will, say unto
the destroying angel, 1T is enough -
and, though we are not better than cur
brethren. who are smitten with the rod
of God, but, much worse, yet may ID
nlease thee, even because thou
art good and because We are tim
orous and sinful, not yet fitted for our
appearance, to set thy mark upon our
foreheads, that thy angel, the minister
of thy justice, may pass over US and
hurt us not Let thy hand cover thy
servants and hide us in the cefrs Of
the rock, in the wounds of the holy
Jesus, from the present anger that has
gone out against us, that, though We
walk through the valley Of the Shadow
of death, we may fear no evil and sui
fer none. Amen.
Molly choked little as she finished
the letter, and for Amen" was not
said alone, for all of us had some one
away off in the southland fighting for
the good cause, and each one of us had
prayed either by words of in silence for
their safety. You, who are my neigh
Dor. never even whisper mine. 1t is IN
my heart, but it is the prayer Of 81
lence, though, after all what is the diff
ference? We are each asking in the
hour of trouble that help may come to
us, as we are each trying in our own
way to reach the land of everlasting
happiness. If your path is a different
one from mine, do you think that one
or the other prayer of admission will
have No said in answer to it when
we reach there? People are fond Of
saying that God is just but, for me,
like,to think of him as merciful. That
IS the belief of at least one poor SIM
ner, she whom Molly calls BAB
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26
A SOLDIERS LETTER
TO HIS SWEETHEART.
Bah Hears the Tender Mve Read and Theeupon Moved to
Comment Upon the Serious Side of Life.

proper temperature. You forget all
about those things, and, my dear Mol
ly, you would be almost startled to see
what a wonderful cook Tom Crichton
has got to be. You remember him
the little fellow whose clothes were
always so immaculate that they almost
made your teeth ache? Well, he can
cock eggs, not only boil them, but
fry and do other things TO them in a
way that would cause blush to come
upon the face ofVthe best chef in New
York, and, as for some of his messes
made up Of oatmeal and such stuff,
really the boys will do no end for
him if he will promise treat Of this
sort. What a gift that is-the ability
to cook, l mean! l shall always re-
proach mother for not having taught
me. Think how much use | might be
to my country, whereas now, while
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26
CARRYING THE JOKE TOO FAR,
How a Frivolous Girl Equipped He


How a Frivolous Girl Equipped Her
Soldier Boy.
II say Chawile, old chap, don't you
WEAKLY think that the Smythe girls
carry joke pretty far sometimes?
Don't you, weally?"
Il don't know, deah boy. Maybe
they do. What have they been up to
now, old fel?'
well, I'll tell you, Chawile But
you won't mention it at the club or to
the boys?"
mo, deah boy"
"'Pon honah?"
Pom honah!"
"Well, was awound to the Smythes
the other evening and, just to scare
Miss Sue, who l fahncied has been
rawther mashed on me, doncherknow,
l said I'd made up my mind to enlist.
OF course, 1 didn't WEAKLY mean it,
'Of course not, old fell"
"Well, the next day Miss Sue sent
me note pwaising me for my bwavery
and patriotism and begging the privil-
eye OF sending my military outfit
"Naw Good for Sue! But l don't
see any great joke about that Algy."
Maybe you will when l tell you that
the outfit she sent consisted of a toy
dwum about as big as pint cup, a
tin hon about four inches long and a
bean shootah."
"Naw!"
"Fact!"
Hanged if that wasn't deuced
rough!"
Hanged if it wasn't! But you'll
keep mum about it,"
cav yes"
"'Pon honah?"
"Pon honah!''-Detroit Free Press.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26
DOWNRIGHT. 1881


l was sitting all alone when the in
vitation came, and the minute l saw
the handwriting on the envelope l be-
gan to laugh. You know how some
handwritings announce that they are
bills just as plainly on the address as
they do on the inside. Some tell Of
their being begging letters, while 9TH
ers insist upon their friendliness. and
once in awhile clear handwriting
seems to say, Hurry, Mr.. Postman;
she is expecting me" and that means
love letter. There is a great deal
to be discovered in handwriting, but
l knew what this was even before
read it. It was note from Mally
asking me to come to luncheon to hear
letter from her boy. Said boy had
gone off to annihilate the Spaniards,
though just at the present time he was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26

The waist of the Burnett dress was
in two parts. The yoke was of brilliant
Roman silk over which was hooked q
double breasted tight fitting waist OF
canary colored cloth edged with
Grecian border Each square Of the
border had it's own edge Of Roman
silk.
The skirt was of canary cloth ~
tight fitting over the hips as to be t1'
most startling. On the right side Oh the
skirt was a panel OF Roman SILK over
which was a repetition of the GreclaA
border of the waist The skirt had
drop skirt of Roman silk and the col'ar
of the dress was a most vivid cardinal
HELEN GREY-PAGL.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26

later as Governor General of Canada. AS
an advocate of an Anglo-American alH-
ance his influence would be great.
There are scores of other American
girls married to Englishmen who are
anxious to cement the bonds of friend
ship between their mother country and
the land of their adoption. The present
Countess of Craven is a daughter of
Mrs. Bradley Martin, of New York, while
the Countess of Essex, as Miss Adele
Grant, was one of the bellies of New
York and Newport Besides these are
Lady eyEgerton the London society
beauty, who was Miss Cuyler; Lady
Naylor-Leand, and Lady Hesketh.
Nor must the Duchess of Manchester
be forgotten. although her part in Lon
don society has been a small one owing
to the limited income of the family. She
is a southern woman, a daughter of
Senior Yznaga, of Ravenswood, La The
eldest son of the Duchess has just an
nounced his engagement to Miss Joan
Wilson, a daughter of the rich English
ship builder and owner. Lady Lister
Kaye and Mrs. Jack Spencer are her
sisters. ALICE DE BEDT.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26
POPULATION OF PORTO RICO
More Than That Of Many States, SAJ"'
ing ZIG to the Mile.

1t is not generally realized that nus
queer little parallelogram in the CailV-
bean has more than half as great pop
ulation as the whole Of Cuba. "o
population Of the Hawaiian ISLANDS .
only about a tenth of that Of fol,o
Rico, which is one Of the most thichly
populated portions of the new worm,
ITS total Of ,708 lin 1850 GYMS
over ZIG people to the square nA7,
There are just two of the United stay
so densely settled, Massachusetts ale
Rhode Island The average OF our
northern Atlantic States is but lol 10
the square mile And in the aggresd.S
Porto Rico has more inhabitants th1H
either Maine, New Hampshire, yer
mont, Connecticut, Delaware, We9o
Virginia. Florida or both Dakotas OF
any of the States Of the far west eHcepe
California. So 1t will be seen that !.
is quite mouthful, even if it Is Only
a speck on the map.-Springfield' Mass
Republican.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26

A London admirer CT the creator OF
little Lord Fauntleroy" gave recep-
ton to some literary friends the other
day at which she wore a costume which
she called "a Burnett dress" On being
asked why she SO named it she said
she did so because she copied it from
a French gown worn by Mrs. Burnett
on a recent occasion.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-06-26
BURNETT RECEPTION DRESS.

II Received Its Name Because 1t Was
Modelled After a Dress Worn by the
Popular authoress.
The times., 1898-01-27
An Ovation. to Nansen.

The unexpected opportunity afforded
to the people of this city to see and
hear DR.. Nansen again, on the eve
of his departure for Norway, and at
such reasonable prices as the present
management offers. will doubtless be
very highly. appreciated and result in
a tremendous ovation to the distin-
guished explorer. This, too. in spite
of the fact that but two days advance
notice has been given.
The matinee at the Grand Opera
House this afternoon is set for 4:15
O'Clock, in order to accommodate peo-
pie from the departments, and will be
devoted to Nansen's famous lecture on
The Voyage of the Fran to the
Farthest North including the thrill
ing account of the great sledge jour
ney with Johansen.
The evening lecture in Convention
Hall. at SIS, will be an entirely new
one. With beautiful illustrations never
before shown in this city. The subject
is THE First Crossing of Greenland,
and Eskimo Life" Nansen's more re-
cent exploits have to a certain extent
and one of his greatest achievements,
namely. the crossing or the great ice
cap OF Greenland, when he landed on
the east coast. and actually burnt his
boats in order to force himself to
cross over the entire continent. Prices,
80, 50 and 25 cents; advance sale at
Decker's. iii L street. Souvenir photos
with 20 and 80 cent seats
The times., 1898-01-27
FOUND CRAZED IN THEs WOODS.
An Atlanta DressmaksetIx IxsIiddrs
Away From Homo.

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 26.-Miss Lee Miller,
who disappeared from her home her e three
days ago, has been found in a tract Of
woods, twenty miles from the city She
was crazed.
Several weeks ago, when compulsory
HB no p9mIoJI5d 5uI5q seM uorlEuto0BA
persons here, Miss Miller refused 10 sub
NIT, declaring that 1T would incapacitate
her and jeopaIize the well being of those
whom she supported by dressmaking. She
was arrested and fined $25. in default OF
which she spent several hours in jail.
Finally she was vaccinatet under protest.
She has been acting queerly ever since,
and when she left home friends Were
alarmed for her safety. For three days
a search was made, Untii at last she was
discovered az MeDonougb,o ,oGt of Der mind.
and nearly dead from exposure ami ex-
haustIon. She was brought hack home,
and when she was sufficiently composed,
told OF her wanderings through fnuddy
swamps and how lack Of nourishment had
nearly Killed her.
Physicians are doing everything possible
for her. They fear hat II sue regaIns her
health it will be at the expense of her
mind, which they say is crippled seriously
by the strain to which she has been sub
jected.
The times., 1898-01-27
DRIVEN INSANE BY FRIGHT.
4 Young Woman Lured Into a Dis.
orderly House by Advertisement.

4 Young Woman Lured Into a Dis
orderly House by Advertisement.
New York. Jan. 26.-Lured from her
home by an advertisement purportins
to come from a massage establishment
in this city. Ellen Montgomery, of Buff
falo. WAS made insane, it is asserted,
by what she witnessed and by insults
offered her in a house in West Twenty
seventh street.
This was the charge made yesterday
against the occupant of the house, Jen-
ME De Lacy. in the jefferson market
police court. The magistrate refused
to release the prisoner on her lawyer 5
plea that there was no evidence against
hr, but held her in $500 bail for trial
There is something behind this,
said the magistrate. Il have informa-
ton that young country girl came to
this city to learn massage, and that she
was taken into this place. She was in
suited and became insane. She is now
in an asylum in this city. | shall hold
this woman. as the girl may regain her
reason and be able to testify against
the place.
Jennie De Lacy was arrested on Fri
day on a warrant charging her with
keeping a disorderly house. Detectives
testified in court that they had visited
the place and found it disorderly.
Jennie De Lacy occupies the second
floor of the West Twenty-seyenth street
house. The tenants on the floor above
said that last Wednesday a woman,
who appeared TO be about twenty-five
years old who said she was Ellen Mont
gomery. Of Buffalo. had taken refuge
with them and told narrowing story
of having come to this city in answer
to an advertisement of massage es-
tablishment at that address. She said
that after her arrival in the home. of
Jennie De Lacy she saw and heard such
things and such indignities were Of
fered her that she fed in terror.
She was wildly hystefical for time,
but eventually became somewhat calm
er Then she told that she had answer
ed the advertisement in good faith, and
had come all the way from Buffalo to
find that she had got into disorderly
place.
The times., 1898-01-27
ESCAPES TH1 DEATH CHAIR
Angelo Carbone, Sentenced to Die
for Murder, Proved Innocent.
The Real Murderer Captured in Bal
timore After Long Chase, and
Makes q Full Confession.

New York, Jan. 2S.-The following
dispatch was received at police head
quarters and flashed to Sing Sing with
out delay. 1t meant life and freedom to
a prisoner sitting there in the shadow
of death, awaiting execution in the
second week in February Angelo
Carbone is not Il murderer. though
convicted of the crime. His innocence
is proven. The dispatch read as fol-
lows:
'Baltimore.-Alessan Ciaromello
arrested. Got full confession. Have
the knife with (which he killed Natta-
Ii Brogno. Coming today.
~ tf;,r1-f 1-ffPETROSINO."
Petrosino is detective on Capt.
McCluskey's staff. He has been fol-
lowing the murderer of Nattali Brog-
no through the anthracite hills of Penn
sylvania south to Maryland. where he
al last came up with his man. The
death watch has no terrors for the
convicted man today.
Natal BrOgno was murdered Sep
tember Il. With his dying breath he
charged the murder upon Angelo Car
bone. one of his three assailants. whom
Policeman Freery had brought up.
He had bloodStained knife. He was
charged with murder in the first de-
gree. tried and convicted in less than
eight hours. The testimony of the po-
lice, of the knife and of the dead man
was conclusive. Carbone protested in
vain that he was innocent. He did not
deny that he was one of three who
attacked BrognO.
II cut him in the wrist" he said,
another killed him"
pha a
put to death in the week beginning
February I. He went to the death cell,
wildly protesting his innocence. To-
day his innocence is established.
The times., 1898-01-27
TRAPPED INTO MARRIAGE.
Orrin Bridger, Eighty-eight Years
Old, Trying to AnDul 1t.

Orrin Bridger, Eighty-eight Years
Old. Trying to Annul 1t.
Newark, n. Y, Jan. 26.-The friends of
orrin Bridger, eighty-eight years old, will
probably take steps To annul his maria re
to Katherine O'Brien of Clyde. 1t is as
serted that the old man, who is wortha bout
S5o0,00o, was entrapped into the mar.
riage. he says so himself. TIE Ceremony
was performed by George Emery, OF Sodus
Point, a former justice OF tile reace, two
weeks ago. Bridger tells this story:
Il went 70 the New York Central Hotel
two weeks ago Sunday, and Martin Tull
asked me TO go into the parlor This man
Emery, Miss o'Brien, and Peter Brill We're
there | sat on sofa, and Tull had la little
talk with Miss o'Brien
Then Miss 0'Brien came over where
was and got me to give her quarter TO
buy drinks. She ordered drinks, and came
and sat by me. Mrs. Mccarthy, who was
serving the drinks. said we, were ~ good
looking pair, and Tull suggested that we get
married. l. I.thinking it was ALA Joke, stood
in Tow willie Emery went through the
usual ceremony. haven't had a bird's-eye
view of my would-be bride since that day
/ have consulted my lawyer; who says he
will try to get me free"
The times., 1898-01-27
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
A Cable Report From the toIninis u
sion Declaring IL Feasible.

A Cable Report from the comm ~
sion Declaring IL Feasible.
New YorE. Jan. 26.-The Herald printed
a special from Panama which states that
private advices from Nina qua. under date
OF January 49, say tie Nicaragua Canal
commission there cablcd 10 Washington
two days previously follows:
THE canal of Mica ra qua sIracticable for
less than three-fourths of the Urfgina esti-
mate. -Four and = half To SIX and half
years will be required TO build it.. Fo4g
thousand eight hundred labOrers are, needed
to Commence the work divided into Three
groups, witn 200 between RiD san Iuan
and Castillo. 800 between CoFirtto nd
Motombo, and 500 In Mana qua, TINS mum
ber OF men TO be doubled three months
after the beginning of the work.
The following reply mas been received By
the commission:
A Company III Ohio aud New York has
been duly formed and viii engage men
from Puerto Parrios, Jamaica, Belize and
NiCara qua Tie letter adds that each OF
thirteen engineers here represent big
syndicate and zach one is fighting to get
the contract. but Ohio and Now York mil
li0naires have secured it.