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The Springdale news., 1899-02-17

TIE youngest captain in the army, either regular or volun teer, is said to be Walter Lee Phelps, of Lawrence County. He will be 2l years old next month
The Springdale news., 1899-02-17

FORTY SEVEN or the largest whiskey distilleries Tn the country have formed com bine, with capital of thirty two million dollars. Now lis ten for some fellow to say that while whiskey has gone up it will continue to go down.
The Springdale news., 1899-02-17
CARROLL.

CARROLL. 4 number of people at Flu reka Springs are packing ice. The Berryville band will give an entertainment on the even- ing of the 2Otn inst.
 A boy was recently born to M. and Mrs. James Hull, re- siding north of Berryville.
 Mrs. J. N. Prltchard, aged 77 years, died recently at her home four miles northwest of B5rryville.
 R. F. Burris and Miss Nellie NJ. Gates, residing near Oak Hill, were united in marriage some time ago.
 Allen Wood, of Carroll County, who went to Texas some time ago to make his home, died recently.
 While out hunting recently J. w.. Tanning. of Berryville, accldently shot off hls great toe with a Winchester rifle.
 There will be a declamatory contest at Berryville for young men on March II. The first prize will be Sl5 and the sec ond $1O. There are already quite d number of entries.
 Robt. Lanter, of Berryville, returned home recently from Wyoming. While in the west he killed a large elk weighing 900 or a 1000 pounds, and brought home with him some elk steak which he distributed among his friends.
 Frank Ruark was tried in Squire Whites court at Eure- ka Springs last week on the charge of setting fire to the barn of Mir. Howerton, of Kings Riv CT Township. He was bound over in the sum of$4OO to await the action of the grand jury. F. Q. Butt, representative from Carroll County, has given notice that he will introduce a bill at the present session of the legislature requiring the Eureka Springs railroad to maintain a depot at the State line between Arkansas and Missouri.
 The building and stock of general merchandise of J. N. Cardwell & Son, of Carrollton, was destroyed by fire a few nights ago. There was no in- surance and the loss will amount to about $1O,OO0. The indications are the fire was the work of an incendiary.
 The members of Christ's Church have just paid another $1OO on their indebtedness, leaving only S4OO unpaid. Though numbering only 20 members, they have bought good property and are conf dent of soon liquidating the remaining $4OO.-Eureka Springs Flashlight
 c. $. Hawn, of Springdale, Ark who for years has been indentitied with tho Springdale Mercantile Co. has accepted a position in the New York Store. Mir. Hawn is an exper- fenced clerk and we feel sure that he will be held in esteem by the customers of the New York Store.-Berryville Prog. ress.
 The Eureka Springs and Carroll County Horticultural Society held an interesting
The Springdale news., 1899-02-17

TIE esteemed Helena " orld is still advertising Christma as whiskey.
The Springdale news., 1899-02-17

St. Paul people are putting up ice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30
TO D
How Alexander tho Great Celebrated
Ills Victory Over Darius.

How Alexander tho Great Celebrated
His Victory Over Darius.
The newspaper reporters of the time
| OF Alexander the Great, had there been
any, would have had the heaviest
days work OF thir lives In covering
the interesting events that marked the
day Alexander was married. On that
day, says the New York Journal, au-
thenticated accounts tell us. no less
| than 20, 2O2 men and women were made
husbands and wives. Alexander had
conquered Darius OF Persia, and felt
that this great achievement was i'm
portant enough to be slgnalized In a
conspicuous manner. Imagine h
pride OF a conqueror who decides that
It can be measured properly only by Q
wholesale giving and taking In mar
riage the Nike of w...ch the world has
never seen. Alexander himself mar
ried Statlra, the daughter of the con-
quered k,Sy, and desreed that n
hundred OF his chief officers should be
united to one hundred ladies from the
noblest Persian and Medean families.
In addition to this, he stipulated THAI
5000 Of his Greek so.a.ers should
marry 10000 Asiatic women, When
everything was settled a vast pavilion
was erected. the pillars of which were
six feet high. One hundred gorgeous
chambers adjoined this for the hun
dred noble b~ridegrocms. while for the
1000 an outer court was inclosed,out-
eide OF which tables were spread for
the multitude. Each pair had seats
and ranged themselves In semi-circles
around the royal throne. or course
the yriests could not marry this vast
number CT couples In the ordinary
way, SO Alexander the Great devised q
very simple ceremony. He gave his
hand to Statira and kissed her-an ex-
ample that all the bridegrooms fol-
lowed. This ended the ceremony.
Then followed the festival, which lest
ed FIVE days, the grandeur OF which
has never been equaled since.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30
CHAPTER II.

The great oak doors opened noise
lessly as ! mounted the wide shallow
steps. Evidently some one was on the
watch to a v the clangor OF the loud
bell through the silent sick-house.
stepped from the portico into n large
wide hall hung with antlered heads
and other trophies, telling of tho Colo
nel's love for sport, and carpeted with
tiger and other skins spread on the
polished oak floor. 1t was altogether
an imposing and appropriate entrance
to the fine old mansion.
Here, amongst the distinctly mascu-
line elements, was not long In de-
tecting the subtle signs Of the pres
ence which had Just ~pervaded my
waking dreams of Forest Lea. Set on
the ample old-fashioned window-ledge
were old china bowls heaped with rich
crimson and golden roses. and the
wide fireplace was filled with race
fully grouped ferns. A shady hat
wreathed with green leaves lay on a
little spiral-legged table, close to a
large Old-fashioned screen which shut
of the staircase; and near the hat had
been thrown a pair OF tiny gauntlet
gloves, which could never have fitted
poor Colonel's hands. A little black
and-tan terrier. nestled In one Of the
fur rugs, reused itself and came up to
me. nesting its cold nose In my Of
fered palm. and looking up into my
face with the wistful appeal of it's So
ciable nature. Evidently It was a
lady's pet, neglected or forgotten in
the presence OF sad and overwhelming
cares.
A grave middie-aged man-servant
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30

class railway carriage, travelling from
the midland counties. l had at start
ing withdrawn into the fartherest cor
ner Of the carriage, and. being sleepy
from the previous nights burning OF
the midnight OIL, had disposed myself
to utilize the enforced idleness OF the
journey In recouping exhausted ma
ture. / believe that the two ladies,
in the interest of their subject. had
quite forgotten that they were not
alone. With my newspaper spread ov-
er my face I looked. as to all intents
and purposes I was, up to a certain
point, a dummy. The soft murmur OF
the feminine voices had had at first a
soporifc effect: but the journey was
somewhat long. and. the demands OF
nature satisfied. I awoke to hear the
fag-end Of a conversation which.
strange to say. had a particular inter-
est for me.
I was the junior partner. lately adj
mitted. OF a firm Of London solicitors.
One of my seniors was on the CONT
nent, the other was laid up with M
of the serious bouts of bronchitis
which had been the primary cause OF
my initiation into the secrets OF q
large and important clientele, An i'm
perative m had come early that
morning for nj Mr.. Rowton TO take
instructions for the Will Of a country
client. The terms Of the telegram ad-.
mitted of nc delay. and within an
hour Of its receipt ! was on my way
to Euston Station, whence / wired to
Colonel Branscombe. Forest Lea.
Midshire.'' that Sidney Fort. of
Messrs. Rawton & Fort" had left by
the 11:45 train" and would "be with
HIM not later than Q p. m"
In the absence of my principal and
the pressure at starting, l had no fur
ther knowledge OF my client than the
few data furnished by the head clerk
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30
CHAPTER XXXII.

In a few minutes the vessel which
Philip and Schriften had left was no
longer to be discerned through the
thick haze; the Phantom Ship was still
in sight, but at a much greater dis
lance from them than she was before.
Philip pulled hard toward her. but, al
though hove-to, she appeared to in
crease her distance from the boat. Fol
a short time he paused on his oars to
regain his breath. when Schriften rose
up and took his seat In the stern-sheets
Of the boat. You may pull and pull,
Philip Vanderdecken," observed Schrif-
ten, but you will not gain that ship
no, no. that cannot be-we may have a
long cruise together. but you will be as
far away from your object at the end
Of 1t as you are now at the commence
ment. Why don't you throw me over
board again? You would be all the
lighter. He! he!"
II threw you overheard in a state OF
frenzy" replied Philip. when you at
tempted to force from me my relic"
And have / not e%ndeavored to make
others take 1t from you this very day?
Have l not? He! he!"
"You have" rejoined Philip; "but |
am now convinced that you are as I'M
happy as myself, and that in what you
are doing you are only following your
destiny, as I am mine. Why and where
fore l cannot tell. but We are both en-
gagged In the same mystery; IL the sue
cess OF my e~ndeavors depend, upon
guarding the relic. the success OF u
depends upon your obtaining 1t, and de-
feating my purpose by so doing. In
this matter we are both agents. and
you have been, as far as my mission Is
concerned, my most active enemy. But,
Schriften, l have not forgotten, and
never will, that you kindly did advise
my poor Anime; that you prophesled
to her what would be her fate II she
did not listen to your counsel; that
you were no enemy Of hers, although
my enemy; for her sake | forgive you.
and will not attempt to harm YOU"
You do then forgive your enemy,
Philip Vanderdecken," replied Schrif-
ten, mournfully. for such | acknowl-
edge myself to De-
81 do. with all my heart. with all my
soul" replied Philip.
"Then you have conquered me. Phil
In vanderdecken; you have made me
your friend. and your wishes are about
to be accomplished. You would know
who I am. Listen. When your father,
] defying the Almighty's will, in his
rage, took my lie. he was vouchsafed a
choice of his doom being Cancelled
through the merits of his son. had
also my appeal. which was for venge-
ance: 1t was granted that / should
remain on earth and thwart your will.
That as long as We were enemies you
should not succeed. bYt that when you
had conformed to the highest attribute
OF Christianity, proved on the holy
cross. that Of forgiving your enemy.
your task should be fulfilled. Philip
vanderdecken. you have forgiven your
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30
"~Earthauake Echoes"

Mr.. John Milne gives this lame to
certain vibrations. which his delicate
instruments have revealed, running
through the crust of the earth after
the occurrence of distant earthquakes.
The apparent symmetry of these pulls
atoms, resembling the rhythm OF mu-
steal sounds. leads him to suggest that
an earthquake may be "a blow or
blows, which come to an end with
musical vibrations inside the world"
The blows probably come from the
slipping or falling OF rock within the
earth. Mr.. Milne, at his observatory
on the Isle Of Wight, photographs
vibrations of his seismographic pendu-
lums. induced by earthquakes many
thousands OF miles away. and In a re-
cen letter he speaks Of "a magnificent
set of waves which arrived from Mex.
leo on the night Of Jan. 4th."
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30
PHANTOM SHIP
The Flying Dutchmon.
~A-BY cAYrhna MARIyAr.


Cdptdlu. 4 am iOSt IN WOnuer anu
fright. Steward. bring me up tho ar
rack"
The steward ran down for the bot
tie; being as much alarmed as his cap
tain. he helped himself before he
brought 1t up to his commander.
Now" said the captain, after keeping
his mouth for two minutes to the bot
tie, and draining 1t to the bottom.
what Is to be done next?"
I'll tell you" said Schriften, going
up to him; that man there has a
charm hung round his neck; take 1t
from him and throw 1t overheard. and
your ship will be saved; IL not. II will
be lost, with every soul on board"
Eyes. yes, it's all right. depend up
on It," cried the sailors.
Fools" replied Philip; do you be-
lieve that wretch? Did you not hear
the man who came on board recognize
him and call him s%hipmate? He is the
party whose presence on board will
prove SO unfortunate"
Eyes, yes" cried the sailors; tits
all right; the man did call him ship
NATE
Il tell lou It's all wrong!" cried
schriften; that is the man; let him
| give up the charm"
Yes, yes: let him give up the
charm" cried the sailors. and they
rushed upon Philip.
Philip started back to where the cap
tain stood. "Madmen, know We what
you are about? 1t is the holy cross
that / wear round my neck. Throw 1t
overheard N you dare, and your souls
are lost forever" and Philip took the
relic from his bosom and showed 1t to
the captain.
mo, no, men!" exclaimed the cap
tain, who was now more settled In his
nerves; that won't do-the saints pro
tect u.s."
The seamen, however, became clam
orous; one portion were for throwing
Schriften overheard, the other FOL
throwing Philip; at last the point wa!
decided by the captain. who directed
the small skiff hanging astern to b'
lowered down. and ordered both Philil
and Schriften to get into 1t. The sea
men approved Of the arrangement. a
II satisfied both parties. Philip mad
no objection; Schriften screamed ant
fought, but he was tossed into tn
boat. There he remained trembling IL
the stern-sheets, while Philip, who hat
seized the SOULS. pulled away from tn
vessel in the direction OF the Phantom
Shin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30
L /.


Handsome? Yes. He has the most
innocent blue eyes IN the world, and
the smile of an angel; but he broke
his mothers heart. spent her fortune
and his own. and committed every
wickedness under the NJ before he
was one-and-twenty. Yes, II Is very
sad-very! And now poor old Col
onel Branscomb is dying-the ac-
counts this morning were quite hope
less-and Charlie Is his next heir. An
other fortune for him to squander. as
he has already squandered everything
he could lay his hands on"
But l thought the estate was not
entailed." remarked the lady to whom
the foregoing was addressed.
mo, 1t is not entailed. but the Col
onel has very strong ideas on the
subject OF hereditary right. He new
or would make "a will: he has always
believed that Charlie ultimately
would pull himself together-poor old
man.: he must die In that belief. Char
lie will make ducks and brakes of
beautiful Forest lea In no time. Oh,
It Is q sorrowful PITY"
The speaker, a handsome well pre-
served woman @" fifty or Whereabouts,
with the exclusive stamp of the
county" about her, sighed profound
ly as she concluded.
But there is the niece-the Colonel
was devoted to her, l understood re-
marked the second voice. .
Eyes, absolutely devoted. Poor dear
child-she will miss him terribly In
every way! I believe the Colonel
pleased himself at one time with the
idea OF a marriage between Mona ant
Charlie, and threw them very mucf
to~gether-too much. when you consid,
er what a fascinating %scapegrace he is
She Ia a very sweet girl"
II hope her uncle has provided foI
her. She was quite dependent OF
him, was she not?"
Eyes. II is impossible to say wha
he has done-something, ! hope. Blu
without a will-which he certainl,
has not made-l should be afraid
Here !, Sidney Fort, the involuntar,
listener to a conversation which, con
sidering the place and circumstance
was certainly lndiscreet, stirred
coughed, and otherwise made the fac
of my waking presence known. TIL
voices, which had been somewha
raised, dropped at once to a lowe
tone.
vas the third passenger in a first
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30
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at the onice-"Old family; estate
worth fifteen thousand n year; busi-
ness In the hands OF the firm since
1925. Mr.. Rowton thought a great
deal of the Colonel; rather eccentric
and arbitrary, but a gentleman down
to the ground; quite of the old schools
never married: had nephows and
nieces:" he-Fisher-had seen n
young gentleman at the Office, a neph-
ew Of the Colonel's.
The additional information conveyed
by my fellow passengers impaired to
my expedition the interest It had hith-
crto lacked. l was no doubt about to
saw Forest Lea from the hands of the
| spendhrift Charlie. and possibly to en-
dow n young and lovely girl with the
fortune he had forfeited. The matter
was lifted all ut once from a dry de-
tail of business into a chapter OF re-
nance. am, Notwithstanding my
profession. somewhat imaginative,
and by the time the train stopped at
Wcstford. the station for which l was
bound, l had drawn a sufficiently fan
cilful sketch Of the position.
Little, however, did I guess how the
events and experiences OF the ensuing
week were to color and influence my
own future life.
|. My travelling companions also
alighted at Westford. l saw them, at.
tendcdoby a maid and n footman, and
obsequiously escorted by the station
master and porters, drive OF in q
wagonette with a pair OF w~ell-groomed
roans, and then | was accosted by an
elderly groom with n cockade In hi,
hat.
Mr.. Fort, for Colonel Branscombe's
Forest Lea. sir?"
"Yes." l replied. How is the Col
onel?"
Very bad. sir" answered the man
shaking his head, and with the man
ner OF a good servant who feels tn,
loss Of a good master.
My luggage. which consisted OF
small portmanteau and a black bag
was put into the dog-cart In waitinI
and In a few minutes l was being driv
en- at an exhilarating pace througI
something like six miles of a countr
which, In It's summer beauty OF rlcI
foliage and delicious green pasture wa
"A good master served by faithfu
servants" s~oliloquized. They ar
dreading the change which spendthrii
+ Charles reign will bring. II remain
to be seen whether that reign Is to b.
or whether a fair young chatelaine
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30

Not Much Of the Angel. After All.
Prison chaplain-Ah, you have q pet.
see.
Convict--Yes. this rat. I feeds him
every day. l think more O. that ERE
rat than any other Twin creature.
Prison chaplain-Ah, In every man
there's something of the angel left. II
one can only find It. How came you to
take such a fancy to that rat?
Convict-He bit tn warder.-Tid.
Bits.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30
Not Happy.

Its a very happy little family isn't
it?"
"Oh, dear, no! Her husband is jeal-
u Of her poodle, and her poodle Is
jealous of her baby and the baby cries
for it's father all tho time. "-Tit-Bits.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-30

like the good st. Elizabeth of gra-
cious m~emory-to dispense her smiles
and her charities In the place Of the
beloved Colonel.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-12
TALKED TO EiLIPINOS.
Committees of Otis aud Aguin.
aldo Met and Conferred.
OTIS TALKED OF TIE PURPOSE.
Said II was For Mutual Understan nd
Between the Two Peoples Filipinos
Got out writ Against wildman, Claim
ing He Had Their Money.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Manila CORE.
spondent Of The Morning Post said:
"There was an important conference
last evening between duly authorized
American and Filipino committees at
the instance of Aguinaldo. The latter
appointed General Flores, Colonel
Aquilles and Senior Torres. Major
General Otis appointed General Hughes,
Colonel Smith of the California regi.
ment and Judge Advocate Crowder.
General Otis said the purpose Of the
conference was mutual understanding
of the policies, aims and desires of the
people of the United States and Of the
Philippines. There was frank dis.
cussion.
HoNGKoNG, Jan. 1.-THE Filipino
committee here broke off all relations
with'the United States consul. Rouuse.
velle Wildman.
The committee ISSUED writ in the
supreme court to recover the sum of
1900 which the Filipinos claimed to
have deposited with Mr.. Wildman as
treasurer of the Filipino independence
fund in June last. The members OF
the committee further alleged that sen.
sational disclosures were probable,
showing, they added, that the .Ameri-
can government recognized the Fill
pinos as belligerents by affording them
assistance in arms and moral influence
to cooperate against Spain, thus en-
dorsing the agreement made with
Aguinaldo at Singapore in April"
WASHINGTON, Jan. lit could be
a. L. lnN ,,h
was received from General Otis was
rather reassuring than otherwise as to
the situation in the Philippines and
that he made no allusion TO hostile
collision. He was instructed to use
gentleness in dealing with the insur.
gents and to advise and cooperate with
Admiral Dewey. There was some rea-
son to believe that the present situa.
ton would be protracted longer than
would be naturally expected, and that
there would be no open hostilities inn
mediately, If at all. The question arose
here as to the exact purpose to be served
now in attempting to seize lloilo.
Originally It was intended to release
the Spanish force there besieged, but
by their evacuation of that place they
removed that incentive, and were 1T
not for the false encouragement 1t
would give the insurgents there was
little doubt that the United States
troops would not be moved against
lloilo. Meanwhile the navy was ex-
pected to draw a Gordon around the
island of Panay and also Luzon, should
it be deemed necessary to do so, to pre-
vent the further supply of arms and
munitions of war to the insurgents.
Probably the gunboats now there or en-.
route will be reinforced by the Machias
and the Annanolis and Yioksburg.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-12

Richard Croker, of Tammany, fsvors
expansion and opposes l6 to /. He also
favors q large stsnding army, Richard
ought to return to Europe and stay
there. He would find things there more
in accord with his views. If Richard
Croker could get back to where he used
to be and had to work for his daily
bread, he would not croak the way he
does, Circumstances alter cases.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, who is
chairman Of the National Democratic
committee, said in an interview as to
Croker's views, men might differ In
regard to territorial expansion without
disturbing party affiliations. As to free
silver Mr.. Jones said that on that sub
ject Croker's vision "did not extend be-
yond New York city. Tuese gentlemen
who are pronouncing eulogies on the
death of free silver may be disappointed
when the next national Democratic
convention meets" Mr.. Jones said he
was in constant correspondence with
Democrats all over the country and he
knew the party was overwhelmingly
loyal to the free silver Cause.
Representative Cochran, of Missouri,
said Mr.. Croker sis fit to manufacture
alderman for New York city but moth,
ing more. The only platform offered in
the next national Democratic conven'
ton will declare for free coinage of sill.
yer at 16 to and it will carry the con.
venton like a whilSind."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-12

The Filipinos seem not to see any diff.
ference between bsyonet rule by Spain
and the same by the United States.
They may by aud bye see difference;
but they would like to see and under
stand it now. They seem to think they
have had enough Of despotism.
The Presidents ukase to the Flipinos
tells them that by the treaty Spain sur.
renders and cedes the Philippine
islands to the United States and that
the latter will have the future control
and government thereof. The Filipinos
claim they never delegated any such
authority to Spain. Is it any wonder
they refuse to give up the ten or twelve
thousand Spanish prisonersH From all
we gather they have some views Of their
rights, and government of their own
that maintains order and which they
obey. The Independents, native
paper, commenting on Mr., McKinley's
proclamation to the Fllipinos, says the
situation is most grave, and asserts that
there are but two solutions possibl e
one, the American abandonment of an
nexation, and if not, then a prolonged
and bloody war.