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Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
Copyright, 1899. by Joel Chandler Harris)

Copyright 1899, by Joel Chandler Harris.)
Latter the War.
General Sherman had done the best he
could for the Abercrombie place. He had
waved his hand and grim War shrunk away
out of sight, he had given a signal and
all the mules and horses and live stock that
had been taken away by the foragers were
returned in a jiffy, he had lifted his finger
and a Gordon of soldiers was placed around
the house and the outlying buildings
Everything was in its place. so far as the
eye could see, war had forcibly taken no
tolls from the plantation.
Nevertheless, when on misty morning In
November the federal commander bade the
place good by and pushed his army south
ward along the Milledgeville road, he left
the plantation in very bad shape so far as
Buster John and Sweetest Susan were con-
cerned. Something was wanting; the place
wasn't the same. The silence that fell upon
everything when the army clink-clanked
out OF hearing was something terrible. The
horses and mules stood under the big shed
and shivered dumbly; the cattle huddled to-
gether on the western side of the gin house,
for the wind was from the east and blow
ing with a penetrating moisture that was
more than cold.
There was no gossip among these ami
mails that people think are dumb. They
had been badly frightened by the hurly-
burly that beset them; they might talk
about 1t after while when the sun shone
out or when the grass came, but mean,
time the east wind was blowing and, no
matter how intelligent an animal may be,
he can never tell what that wind will bring
after 1t has begun to blow. Now the grass
eating animals know very Well when
storm Is coming. The flesh-eaters merely
grow frisky and have a frolic, but the grass
eaters make for shelter and II they have
home TO go TO they go there, but the east
wnd-well, that is their problem, as It was
Aaron's, only the son OF Ben Ali never al
lowed IL to blow on the back of his neck
so that when other people were going about
complaining OF rheumatism or neuralgia or
were in bed with pleursy or pneumonia, the
son OF Ben Ali was usually on his feet and
in fairly good health.
Well, on this remarkable day the anil
mails in the horse lot and in the pasture
were quiet and morose. They had been
shaken up in the first place with their
strange experiences, having been driven
heller -skelter two or three miles from home
in the wind and mist and helter-skelter
back agsin, with drums beating and bugles
blowing and nobody to explain it all Ola
June. the milch COW, thought she had lost
her calf, but after a while she felt II run
ming by her side and II was standing under
her now, shiyerng, shaky, shaggy thing
that looked more like ba -ba- black sheep
than a respectable calf.
Anyhow, they all stood on the sheltered
side Of the gin house ana were very quiet
as the steam rose from their backs and the
fog issued from their nostris. They were
MT in playful mood; there was nothing
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| deserted Big Sails cabin was the first they
| came to- The door was open and they en-
tered. For a moment the interior was 81
dark that they saw nothing, but present.!
they could see Big Sal sitting on the foo
carding out her gray hair. Usually sh,
wore it in wraps, but they were now un
| twisted, and, as she carded them out the!
stood at right angles to her head and gave
her a very wild and ferocious appearance
! She neither turned nor paused in the card
! ing when the children stepped somewha;
| timidly in the door. People said she was
sullen; but she was very sensitive and ten
der hearted and always famishing for some
one to love. The negroes thought she was
both cruel and suspicious, and Buster John
and Sweetest Susan were somewhat doubtful
about her. For woman of 60 years, who
had known hard work, and trouble with
| 1t, she was we'll preserved.
Aunt Big SAL" said Sweetest Susan
where is everybody"
"Gone honey, de Lord knows whar; gone
| honey, de Lord knows how"
She turned as she spoke, and her hail
| bristling out, gave her countenance such
a wild aspect that the children involun-
tarily shrank back. They had never seen
| her with her hair down before
any an ev'ybody, honey but don't be afeared
er me- Dodge frum one an all, but don't
dodge frum me. Not frum me! No, my
| Lord"
Are they all gomez" asked Buster
John.
Mighty nigh all, honey; mighty nigh all
un um. Dem whut went wuz big fools, an
! dem whut stayed may be bigger ones, feI
all know. I'd a-been gone myse'f, but
went 'roun' yander in the grave yard, whar
dey put dat cripple chile, an sumpin' helt
me. / couldn't go way an leave i'm" She
was speaking of Little Crotchett, who had
been dead and buried these many long
years
why did they go?" inquired Sweetest
Susan.
''Huntin' freedom" responded Big Sal
Yes, Lord, huntin' freedom! l hope day'll
| fin IL; dat l does"
! Papa says all the negroes are free now
said Sweetest Susan.
Did he say dat? Did he say dat wid
his own mout? Well, | thank my stars!
I'm free. den! Me an all de baIance!"
so papa says" remarked Buster John.
Well" said Big Sal, "ef I'm free bet
/ ter git up frum here an go ter work. Wha
does marster want us ter do? I'm gwin,
up dar an ak i'm"
! The children went to the other cabin
and found them empty, but in JENNY
house they found Drusilla crying. Yol
/ may imagine Sweetest Susan's grief wheI
she made this discovery Drusilla wa
/ ready with her tale OF woe
Nanny walloped me kase | won't q
/ OFF wid de balance un um," sobbed Dru
silla. "She say ef ! stay here she got te
stay tell her | do anything but dat; II
j tell lies I'll steal, but don't go off fun
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Fountain? Yes. and where was Drusilla? ?
This was the kind OF a day when there
should be a fire blazing on the hearth Of
every cabin, II only to keep out the damp
ness, but smoke was coming out of only
one chimney, and even that was not free
and friendly smoke. 1t was thin, waver-
ing ribbon of blue, hardly visible until the
wind seized 1t and tore 1t to tatters.
Il don't know what you are going to
do" said Sweetest Susan "but | am going
to find Drusilla. l haven't seen her since
last night"
Sweetest Susan went toward the negro
quarters followed by Buster John. and as
they went along they were even more and
more impressed with the silence that had
fallen over everything, On all rainy days.
except this particular day, so far as they
could remember they couldn't go within a
quarter OF mile OF the quarters without
hearing singing and loud laughing, or the
sound of negroes scuffiing and wrestling.
But now the whole place seemed to be
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is mighty glad the black folks across the
creek are free
"Dey been prayin fer it long 'nuff," re-
marked Big Sal.
ave all is free nuff." said Johnny Bapter
'but who gwine ter feed us?"
dat is so; dat is sho' one way fer ter
look at it, exclaimed Fountain, uneasily.
Well exclaimed JENNY, II know one
ting an dat amt two; I'd ruther starve
right here, whar l been born at, dan starve
way off in de woods whar nobody don't
know me-"
"A shadow darkened the door, and there
stood Aaron his right hand raised. well,
well! What's all this? Everything to do
| and nobody to do it," He whistled low un-
der his breath. Horses and mules to feed
| hogs to CALL sheep to salt calves to take
away from the cows. Well, well! 1 hear
calls for meal, meat, syrup"
Hits a fac" assented Fountain
'Yo' hear my min workn'," said Johnny
Bapter Make me hoss out'n meal meat
an syrup an I'll eat i'm up TO yo' eyes y
He rose, stretched himself, let one side oi
his face drop with affected sorrow, while
the other side was laughing, wlnked at the
children and darted out into the mist and
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At the Misson-Pretty teacher 0ntent on
the lesson)-"And vast swarms OF flies del
scended on the land and came into the
houses of the Egyptians and covered their
clothing and their tables ana all their food.
but dmpressiyely) there were no flies on
the children of Israel"
Small BOy-Please, maam. there ain't
now, either
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rain. Presently the children heard him
calling the hogs and Ihnn tho shnnn

rain. Presently the children heard him
calling the hogs, and then the sheep.
Aaron and Fountain followed more Sc
dately, and in the course of half an hour the
horses and mules could be heard tearing
the fodder from the racks and munching the
ears of corn. BY dinner time, according to
Aaron's report, there was but one hand
missing from the place; and as he had been
hired from the Myrick estate, IL was not
expected that he would take up his abode
ON the Abercrombie plantation.
The fact that all the men, women and
children came back after taking short
holiday would have been somewhat puzzlins
to the children's father If he had been at
home; he had imbibed some of the modern
Ideas OF business. II would cost something
to clothe and feed them during the winter
months, and all this would be clear loss,
since their labor would not he profitable
until the planting season began. But there
wss no problem in 1t for the white haired
master, the chlldren's grandfather He looked
forward TO period Of chaos and confusion,
when labor would be hard TO secure. Be-
sides, 40 he said, the negroes had helped to
make the ample supply Of provisions with
which the smokehouse was stocked. and
they were entitled 10 a share OF It, especially
II vhey were willing 10 remain. Moreover.
nearly oil we're born at the place and knew
no ether home.
And the plantation seemed to be very
lucky In all respects. There were twenty
bales OF cotton stored under the ginhouss
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Mamma went to the auction and bought
one OF those decorated Chinese praying
machines. She thought It would please
papa"
did it?"
AT first. lie was Just looking into u
when he asked the price, When mamxs1
told him he swore like a TROOPER"
What did your mother say?"
She said she WAS glad II wac pr<sI
machine and not photography 81
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johnny" said teacher to South Side
grocery mans six year old, "a lie can be
acted as well as told. Now If your father
would put sand in his sugar and sell IL he
would be acting a lie and doing wrong"
That's what mother told him." said
Johnny, impetuousy, "and he said he didn,t
care"
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Little Jack and Daisy are finishing a plate
of peaches. There are only two left--one
Of them fine and luscious, the other small
and unripe.
Daisy-Is 90 gweedy?
Jack-No, Use not pweedy.
Daisy-Then 90 choose.
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PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS. 3.

Paw. I know what becomes of the pies,
They turn into animals"
Don't be foolish Johnny"
"Yes, but they do. They fall on the
ground and then they're terrapins. amt
they-ouch! Stop that"
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Sunday school teacher, reading the
words THE fowls OF the air" to her class.
proceeded to ask them, "What are the fowls
Of the air?"
After pause, one little girl solved the
problem by replying;
Please, miss, it's the bad smels!"
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THE LEGISLATURES.
ate-Doings of the Michigan
Legislaturc.

Springfield. ILL.,. Feb. 9-Several bills
were passed by the senate Thursday,
among them the Campbell bill exempting
law students who began their studies prior
to the adoption of the supreme court rule
requiring three years. course from con-
forming to that restriction. The vote was
Al to 2, Senators Funderburk and Hamil-
ton opposing it. Senator Rrsse's bill per-
hitting the Lincoln park commissioners to
make their own tax levy mot exceeding
Curtis offered resolution in the house
Thursday providing that no bills shall be
introduced after March without unan
1MouS consent or a suspension of the rules.
Representative Redfield introduced the
Chicago educational commissions bill IL
the house Thursday. and Senator Milchrisl
presented 1t in the senate.
Lansing. Mich, Feb. 9.-Senator Smith
of Lake Linden. has introduced bill to
amend the law governing the Incorporation
OF mining and smelling companies increas-
ing the maximum capital from 81. 500. 900 tc
$5,0nO.O0O
The senate on Wednesday adopted res
olution congratulating Gov Pingree on his
sudden solicitude lest public funds be ex-
travagantly used and directing it's COM
mittee on supplies and expenditures to in
vestigate the expenditures of the executive
office during the Pingree administration.
The committee is empowered to send for
persons and papers, examine witnesses
etc. 1t has been repeatedly charged that
the expenditures during the Pingree regime
have been fully five times as great as those
of any previous administration.
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cepted. From the army he went to West
Point, graduated. and then returned to
active SERVICE In November. 1874. he was
dangerously wounded at Sunset Pass. He
fought through the Big Horn and Yellow
stone campaigns of 1876 but in 1879 the
opening of his old Indian wound forced
him to retire from the service. He then
joined the national guard of Wisconsin, in
which he has since been colonel.
Thomas H. Anderson, until he became a
brigadier general, was the senior colonel
of the regular army. Like Otis, Gen. An
derson is Ohio born. He was a lawyer
before the civil war, but left the bar to
enlist as a private soldier in the regular
army. He served throughout the war,
fought in is battles and was wounded four
times.
Arthur Macarthur was the last of the
brigadier generals of volunteers ordered
to Manila when Gen. Merritt was organ
izing the American forces there. During
the Spanish war he was at Tampa and
Chickamauga. where he assisted in the
mobilization of the army. He served in
the civil war as a first lieutenant and ad-
jutant of Wisconsin volunteers. At the
end of the war he was brevet colonel of
volunteers He was appointed major and
assigned to the adjutant generals depart
ment in 1889.
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.'OTIS.''
WAR REVENUE ACT.
Bill Passed by the House Amending
1t Touching Bonds or Notes Se-
cured by Mortgages.

Washington, Feb. 9.-At the opening
of the session of the house Thursday
bill to amend the war revenue act was
passed providing that when a bond
or note was secured by mortgage
but one stamp should be affixed, OF
the higher rate due on either instru-
ment.
Mr.. Hopkins (rep., 1ll.), on behalf
of the ways and means committee, ex-
planned that the bill was to prevent
double taxation.
Washington, Feb. 9.-At the open
ing of the senate's session the follow
ing bills were passed.:
Authorizing the Sioux City & Omaha
Railway company to construct and
operate railway through the Omaha
and Winnebago reservation in Thurston
county, Neb.; to restore to their orig
inal status as to promotion officers of
the navy and marine corps who lost
numbers by; reason of thesadvancement
of other officers for exceptional and
meritorious service during the war with
Spain; authorizing the Arkansas Har-
Dor Terminal Railway company to con-
struct bridge across the Corpus
Christi channel, in Texas; and for the
purchase or construction of a launch
for the customs service at Astoria, Ore,
to cost not more than So, 500.
1 The legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill was taken up and
| consideration of it resumed. The para
graph relating to the deposit of copy
right works in the national library was
stricken out, with the intention of re-
! vising it in conference.
Washington, Feb. .9.-senator Pet
! tus, from the committee on military af-
fairs, Thursday favorably reported the
bill, which has already passed the
house, for the creation of a military
park to commemorate the siege of
Vicksburg, Miss, in the civil war.
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Brig. Gen. Elwen s. Otis fought the sec

Brig. Gen. Elwell S. Otis fought the sec
ond battle of Manila with staff of re-
markable men. When the insurgents made
their onslaught, trusting to find the Amer
leans 'unprepared and an easy prey, they
faced, besides the gallant com Hsanding Of
fcer, five great American soldiers. They
were Macarthur. Harrison Grey Otis, An
derson, King and Miller. Every one of
them was in the fight. Every one of them
was waiting for it,
Gen. Marcus r. Miller came out of West
Point in 1888 and fought at Malvern Hill,
in the Winchester campaign. and at Din
widdie Court House. He was brevetted for
his services in these engagements cap
tain. major and lieutenant colonel. Dur
ing the war with Spain he was with the
Third artillery and in full charge of the
defenses of San Francisco. His Al years
service in the army has been almost a
continuous one of service.
Brig. Gen. Harrison Grey Otis record in
the civil war was 49 months in the field,
10 engagements, two wounds in battle and
seven promotions. He was brevetted a
major on the recommendation of Maj. Gen.
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Charles King. brigadier general, is the
well-known soldier-author of Wisconsin,
who at the age of is volunteered for the
union cause in the civil war and was ac-
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FATE OF RIVER STEAMER.
Down River md Burns-Fate
of Passengers Unknown.

Evansville, Ind, Feb. Capt. Lee
Howell, owner of the steamer P. D.
Stag ggs, and who lives here, has just re-
ceived the following telegram from
Capt. Dick Morrow, Danville, Tenn:
Ten of the Stages rousters have just ar
rived. Boat struck Johnsonville bridge
about midnight and sunk to boiler deck.
Fate of some Of the crew in doubt. Wreck
foated by her before daylight. Pilot house
and everything above roof raked off Capt
burg island. Cargo consisted of lumber.
stock, peanuts and cotton. Men here were
taken ashore by raftsmen some miles
above. Clerk Bob Scott thought to be
lost. No officers or passengers have
reached here"
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l.re.,a2nt Going to Bo.ton.

Washington, Feb. 9. The president
will leave Washington at seven p. m.
February Is on a special train for Bos-
ton, where he will attend the banquet
of the Home Market club. He will not
decide until he reaches Boston whether
he will address the Massachusetts legis-
lature. Mrs. Mckinley will not take the
trip. Several of the speakers at the
banquet will be of the presidential
party.
..--.. r .oyvers from Heroes' Graves.
Havana, Feb. Commodore B. J.
Crowell, commander of the United
States navy yard here, following the
instructions received from Charles III.
Allen, assistant secretary of the United
States navy, caused large number Of
flowers and potted plants to be placed
on the graves of the victims of the de-
struction of the United States battle-
ship Maine. Three days after, every
flower had been removed by memento-
seeking visitors. Strict orders have
been issued to prevent soldiers from
selling portions of their rations to
storekeepers and others who speculate
in such supplies.
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Presented to President.

Washington, Feb. 9.-The war in.
vestigation commission, with the pre-
sentation of it's report to President Nc
Kinley Thursday afternoon, ceased its
existence. The commission was in ses.
sion throughout the forenoon, all the
members being present, but the long
session was due solely to delay in re-
spect to printed copies of the report.
1t was laid before the president for
mally at four o'clock the commission
proceeding in a body to the white house
for the purpose. The report may be
in the hands of the president several
days before being given official promul-
pationl
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Zero Weather Prevails from the Pa
cific to the Atlantic Coast
South Nipped.
COOLEST IT HAS BEEN IN MANY YEARS.
Some Deaths Reported-Much suffer-
ing Among Poor of Large Cities
Live Stock In Rural Districts Suffer
Serious Condition of Affairs at
Mines at Leadville, Col.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Under the di-
rection of Willis l.. Moore, chief of the
weather bureau. special weather bull
letin on the present cold wave has
been prepared. Morning advices show
that freezing temperature occurred in
Florida Wednesday night as far.
south as a line traced from a point
little south of Tampa to the Atlantic
coast just north of Jupiter, Tampa
showing a minimum temperature of
30 degrees and Jupiter minimum of
36 degrees. AT Jacksonville mini
mum of 2S degrees was reached.
The temperature continues abnor-
mally low in all districts east of the
Rocky mountains, the eastern Dakotas,
Minnesota, western Wisconsin and the
region to the no.rthward being embraced
within the area of lowest temperature,
where the readings range from 32 to 36
degrees below zero in the states named,
and reached so degrees below zero at
Minnedosa, Manitoba. Zero tempera-
ture extends to line traced from cen
trail Virginia over Tennessee, northern
Arkansas and southern Oklahoma; and
at Cincinnati the low temperature rec
ord has been broken with reading
OF 16 below zero, the lowest pre-
vious temperature ever recorded by
the weather bureau at that place be-
ing IL degrees below zero, February B.,
1895, and on January l, 1886.
The outlook is that there will be a
marked though gradual rise in tenn
perature east of the Rocky mountains
after Thursday.
In Florida the cold period will be of
brief duration, and return to the
normal temperature may be expected
in. that section by Friday night.
Among stations showing low tenn
peratures were: New York, 4 below;
Washington, below; Cincinnati, 16
below; Pittsburgh, 10 below; Buffalo,
below; Chicago, 30 below; Milwaukee,
20 below; Duluth, 80 below; ST. Louis,
16 below; Kansas City, 90 below; Omaha,
"a below; Bismarck, 36 below; Charles
ton, 26 above; Jacksonville, 2s above;
Jupiter, "a above; Tampa, 30 above;
New Orleans, 26 above; Galveston, IS
above.
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CRITICAL SITUATION.
Leadville Running Short of Coal,
Which WIN Mean Loss to Mines.


Which VIII Mean Loss to Mines.
Leadville, Col, Feb. 9.-Nothing but
the most heroic efforts on the part of
the railroads entering Leadville will
prevent the fires from dying in the
smelter stacks and under the boilers
of the mines that are forced to pump
constantly, and. in which the drawing of
the pumps would cost months of time
and enormous sums of money.
Seven cars of coal, remain for the
pumping association that is unwater-
ing the downtown mines, and aside
from these the bins of every coal deal
er in the city are practically empty.
A week of open track would be neces-
eary to supply Leadville with coal and
coke, and even with the lines open and
with an assured supply it would re-
quire this length Of time to fully re-
lieve the situation.
Trains. are moving on the Denver &
Rio Grande, but should the storm con-
tinue that road is liable to be again
tied up. There has been continuous
snowstorm, with few short intermis-
sions, in the vicinity of Leadville for
Is days.
The supply of provisions is running
short in Breckenridge and Kontoma,
which are shut off from communication
with the outside world by rail. In Ko-
homo, hams sell at one dollar per pound,
and other meats in proportion. There
is no butter left in the town.
Hundreds May Perish.
Leadville, Col. Feb. s.-The snow
storm continues with unabated fury.
The situation here is critical. A meet
ing of mining, smelter and other busi-
ness men to discuss measures of relief
was held Thursday. twas agreed that
If steps were not taken to break the
railroad blockade hundreds of lives
may be lost. 1t was decided to put all
available men to work opening the rail
road between this city and La Malta.
Col. George w. Cook will head party
of 1000 snow shovelers. No trains are
running on the Denver & Rio Grande
west of Salida, and the Colorado Mid
land is completely tied up.