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Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15

and left. The rest OF the beasts. seemingly
astonlshed by the sudden fierce attack.
turned and fed. Then pushing off a huge
wounded brute which lay gasping out It's
life In red Jets upon the breast Of the fallen
man, he dragged James Douglas back to the
tree which had been their fortress and
%propped him up against the trunk.
At the same moment a long walling cry
from the forest called the wolves off. They
retreated suddenly, disappearing apparently
by magic into the depths of the forest, leav-
ing their dead in quivering heaps all about
the little bare glade where the unequal
fight had been fought.
Malise the Brawny flung down the dead
wolf whose head had served him with such
deadly effect as a weapon against his
brethren. The beast had long been dead,
with a skull smashed In and a neck dis
located by the sweeping blows it had dealt
its kin.
"Sholtol My Lord James!' cried Malise,
coming up to them hastily, 'how is It with
your"
I'VE are both here" answered his son.
'Come and help me with the Lord James.
He has only fallen faint with the stress of
his armor!'
After the disappearance Of the wolves
the uneerthly brilliance of the wildfre
gradually diminished, and now it flickered
paler and less frequently.
In the midst of the turmoil Malise took
off his bonnet and stood reverently at
prayer.
aid us, thy true men" he cried in a loud
and solemn voice, against all the powers
of evil! In the name Of God. Amen!"
The bowling ceased and there fell q ST.
lence. Lord James would have spoken.
"Hush!" said Malise, yet more solemnly
And far off, like an echo from another
world, thin and sweet and silver clear. q
cock crew.
The blue leaping flame Of the wildfre
abruptly ceased. The dawn rose red and
broad in the east. The piles Of dead beasts
shone out black on the gray plain Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15

and there ensued a long silence. In which
Laurence could distinctly distinguish the
beating Of his own heart. II sounded loud
in his ears as a drum that beats the alarm
In the streets of a city.
The figure OF the woman bent low over
the couch. and with a satisfied air she
threw a white clot over the shrouded form
which lay upon 1t. Then without looking
toward the door where Laurence stood, she
went to the great iron altar, at the upper
end OF the weird chapel, and threw some
thing on the red embers which glowed
there.
"~Barran-most mighty Barran-sathanae,
accept this offering and reveal myself to my
master" she said, in a voice like a chant.
A g~reenish smoke OF sitting odor rose
and filled all the place, and through 1t
the huge horned figure above the altar
seemed to turn its head and look at the
boy.
Laurence could scarcely repress a cry OF
terror. He set his hand to the door and
10! as 1t had opened so 1t appeared to shut
OF itself. He sank almost fainting against
the cold iron bars OF the window which
looked out upon the courtyard below. The
wind blew In upon him sweet and cool, and
with 1t there came the sound of the singing
of the choir. They were singing the song
of the holy innocents which by m Of
the marshal himself Precentor Renouf had
set to excellent and accordant music, of his
own invention:
"A voice was heard in Ramah,
In Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children.
Refused to be comforted
For her children.
Because they were not"
Obviously there was some mistake or lack
Of attention on the part Of the choir, for the
last line had to be repeated three times:
Because they were not!'
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15

An Iowa man has patented a combination
rake and pitchfork, the tines being pivoted
on a rod running at right angles with the
handle, with notches cut In the disks on
which the tines are mounted to receive
spring pins which lock the tines in position
for use.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-15
CHAPTER L.

forest glade, and on the topmost bough of
q pine tree Q thrush began to sing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
Where He was the Greatest.

Detroit millionaire who spends his
summer vacation in Northern Michigan
village loves to dazzle the natives with his
magniicence, says the San Francisco
Wave. He was unfortunate 10 spoil a suit
of clothes out hunting and had recourse
to the local tailor for another outfit. There
was a great-to-do over the garments The
entire town knew of the preparations. The
mnlionaire's measurements were obtained
from his Detroit tailor, and II business
were an available factor in clothes-mak-
ing the suit should have been perfect.
When finished. however, the suit was
skin-ught. The millionaire hastened to
the tailor and threatened a suit Go
ahead" replied that functionary, after
listening to the TRADE, sue me-do. Didn't
you give me Detroit measurements? ?"
Yes returned the irate customer. wei,
sir, l kin bring 100 witness to prove you
are a burned sight bigger man up here
than you ever was in Detroit"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
a wrest1e with Rudiments.

Old-fashioned ideas of what constitutes
a business education have not entirely gone
out, says the Detroit Free Press. There is
a druggist in the city whose young son
wanted to learn the business. The father
consented. but insisted that the boy must
begin al the very bottom of the ladder and
climb up. In this same store is another bow
who has known the experiences of a neo-
phyte, and who, with malice aforethought
took the young apprentice under his wing
He allowed the understudy to SELF stamps
al cost, 10 pass out cough drops under SUI
perVisiOn and TO do the bone labor in max
ing pills.
one rainy morning trade was slack The
other boy did not want the druggists son
to lose valuable time, so he took him into
the rear room, told him that he had earn
ed promotion, brought out a pestle and
mortar, threw some dark substance into
the former and ordered it ground 10 a fine
powder. 1t was hot. but the future drug
Sist worked like Trojan. Piece by piece
the boy dispensed with coat, vest, collar,
necktie and cuffs, suspended has suspend
ers and used the office towel as a mop In
his zeal he took only haff an hour at
noon and at p. m. was keeping up the
motion, though in a state approaching TO-
tai collapse. Ii was then that the chief
pharmaceutist and prescription Interpreter
happened along. He stopped, examined the
contents of the mortar, hunted up the
other boy and was just discharg.ng him
when the old gentleman interfered, learned
the situation and then managed between
laughs 10 veto the dismissal. His son had
been struggling all day to pulverize a
chunk of rubber
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
THE TREASURY AND GOLD EXPORTS

The Secretary Of the Treasury is not az
an uneasy on account Of the experts Of
gold. In an interview he points out what
ne considers the reason for its export In
the first place 100000 went TO Spain for
the Philippine Islands. In the next place
the high price OF our securities which has
prevailed for several months mas caused
many Millions OF them 10 be returned 60
this country the European owners
realizing good profit on them.
In the third place the rate Of
interest i'm this country is lower
than In Europe, hence gold has been
shipped abroad to realize a better return
for il I'm interest 1t is true that our ex-
ports have been large, hut they have not
been large enough to overcome the things
which the secretary mentions.
The condition of the treasury at the end
OF the last fiscal year was in a very much
better condition than it was expected it
would be. It had been estimated that the
deficit would reach $ll2O0OO0 1t turned
out that it was only SSS,O000o0 The rea-
son that the deficit was smaller than it
was expected it would be was that The
imports were larger thQu usual, thus CIV
ing the treasury 100000 from that
source more than the estimates called for
The internal revenue receipts overran the
estimates fully 100000 and the expendi-
lures were less than It was thought they
would be.
1t may be, however. that the showing
for this fiscal year. which has practically
Just begun, viii not be so satisfactory. If
it should be, there wouldn't be much OF a
deficit at the end of the year. 1t is under
Stood, however, that there are some very
heavy payments to be made during the
year, and the indications are that the
Philippine war is going 10 cost a great
deal more than there was any idea It
would Even If it should be brought to a
successful end within a few months it is
probable that it would be necessary to
keep fully $1,000 men in the islands for
garrison duty. To keep that number there
would cost al least $5OOO0OO0 a year The
probabilities are therefore that at the end
of this fiscal year the treasury deficit will
be as much above the secretary's esu-
mate as that for the year just closed was
below it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
The AUTOMOBILES Fnce.

1t was with a pretty sense of import
ance that the Second avenue lady was
answering the eager questions of her
friends and neighbors, says the Detroit
Free Press.
yes. it's delightful" she said enthusi-
astically. II can't describe the sensation
but l imagine that it's very like that of
sailing through the air on wings. And it
seems so odd to be moving rapidly along
without any visible motive power"
Where do they keep the motor?'
Il never thought to inquire or investi-
gate. 1 just ride for pleasure, you
know"
Il should think you'd be interested in
the mechanism said the plain-faced lit
tie woman
Not a bit. Do you study the machin-
cry of a steamboat or of a locomotive
when you travel? OF course not 1t is
Swimming along, lodging hither and thith-
erlike a swallow, and enjoying a buoyant
exhilaration."
Puts on a good many airs" said one
neighbor to another, as they walked
home. You'd think that she invented
the hOrseless carriage and owned the only
one in use, instead of taking a few rides
by special invitation. And did you notice
that she's getting the automobile face?"
Indeed 1 did. Wasn't it awful? Looked
scared, didn't she? AS though she was
afraid she was going to have a collision,
or run over something, or upset and get
wrecked"
That's it, exactly. I'd rather walk all
my life than get that terrible automobile
cast of countenance."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
BRIGHT BITS.

What He Wanted.-War Hero-Al
right I will accept your offer of $1,000
for an article What shall write about?
Magazine Editor-Oh, about nine or ten
pages .-Chicago News.
-Gastronomic Preference.-"Did you
hear what Dicky said?"
What was it?"
"IIe said he likes meat better than any
other vegetable except ice cream."-Puck
An English Peculiarity.-'Isn't San
Tomas an English town." said Van
BRAIN.
"Of course, not" replied Dinwiddie IT'S
a Philippine town. What made you ask
If it were EngHsh?"
Il noticed that the n had been drop
ped. "-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
Not in Hoyle.-"We might as well leave
the islands and settle somewhere else, -
remarked the Samoan.
I'VE may come out all right in the end, -
answered the neighbor, hopefully.
Impossible. There isn't any way of
conducting the game that will make a
pair of kings beat three consuls, Wash
ington Star.
Remember, boys" said the master,
that in the bright lexicon of youth
there's no such word as fall
After few moments a boy raised his
hand.
"Wen, what is it, my lad?" asked the
master
Il was merely going TO suggest" replied
the youngster that if such is the case,
it would be advisable to write to the
publishers of that lexicon and call their
attention to the omission. '-Tit-Bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
PERSONAL.

Ex-senator James Ware Bradbury.
Names grand old man." celebrated his
97th birthday last week Il was a day
filled with pleasure to him and his many
friends, MIR. Bradbury graduated from
Bowdoin College seVenty-four years ago.
He was elected United States senator by
the Democrats in 1876 and retired from
politics seven years later
In the suit recently brought by Rudyard
Kiplng against EBERT Hubbard, publisher
Of the PhHlistine the novelist made afti-
davit to the fact that for fourteen years
he had been engaged in the business of
writing ballads, sketches stories, etc, aud
that by much hard work during this time
he had devised and perfected a style that
made his work distinct"
Michael Lynch, who was an intimate
personal and political friend of BOSS"
Tweed of New York, and the Tammany
leader OF the Cherry Hill district in the
days when Tweed lived and fourished has
been admitted to the almshouse on Black
Wells Island. He is IS years of age and
speaks of his entrance to the institution
as the "city's last act of kindness"
Henry L. johnson, ex-member of Con-
gress from Indiana, who won national rep
utation by his outspoken opposition to i'm
perialism, Is practicing law with much sue
cess in St Louis. having taken up perma-
nent residence there. Mr.. Johnson declin-
ed to be a candidate for reelection and is
well pleased at having reached that de-
termination. He writes to a friend express
ing surprise at the amount Of opposition
manifested in St. Louis to the present ad-
nainlstrltion policy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
Where He Had Hi. whisky.

Il had an odd experience in the North
Carolina mountains once when 1 was down
there land prospecting" remarked the real
estate dea.er in storytelling mood, ac-
cOrding TO the Washington Star Il was
in thar part of the state where they make
moonshine and apple brandy and one day 1
stopped at a house among the rock and
cliffs for my dinner. The man was we'll to
do and l had a letter TO him from broth
er of his l had bought a big tract of and
from SO 1 was above suspicion. l was
dead tired when l reached his place, and,
having exhausted my supply of energiz-
er, / asked him if he had anything around
the house. He said he could give me
drink of mOonshine if l liked it and
though / DID NOT, it was better than moth
ing He went TO the cupboard. but the
demijohzn was bare and 1 was disappoint
ed, but he smiled and told me TO come
with him and he would show me some
thing That might interest me. 1 went with
MIN into the back yard, where there was
a great fiat stone fifty feet square, just
nigh enough bOVe the level to have all
the soil washed off of it, and in the center
OF it was a pinch hole with a plug in it.
He called TO his wife to bring out the
pump and he drew the plug from the
hole. The pump was one of those small
ones used in oil barrels and had about
fifteen feet of pipe TO it, in three joints
lie put these together tightly stuck the
end down the hole and began pumping In
a minute the peculiar odor of moonshine
was quite perceptiDle and in another there
was a line stream running into the demi-
john, which he had placed under the
spot
wei, L was rendered speechless by the
operation, and when he told me that there
was a well of it down there 1 had to be-
heve him and at once began to dicker for
the property. He insisted on my STAYING
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
OF Days Long Gone BY.

II reckon the most excitin' race 1 ever
see" observed the man with the faded
hair, after an interval of silence. accord
ing to the Chicago Tribune, was be-
tween two Mississippi river steamboats,.
The engineers crammed the furnaces with
bacon and everything else in the cargoes
that would make a hot fire The Prairie
Rose was the name OF one boat and the
Minnesota Belle was the other, but every
body knowed IL was race between the
engineers, fur the reason that they'd had
a fight in St Louis once. 1 was on the
Rose, and we was chinnin' the passengers
on the Belle. It wasn't more'n forty feet
away. and the boat that got around the
big bend first we knowed would win the
race"
(which got there frst?" asked one of
the listeners, tired Of the oratory.
well, the engineer of the Minnesota
Belle got there first" rejoined the man
with the faded hair. "Or parts OF him did.
His boiler exploded"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
OR ATOR
BR yam.
AGAINST
TAMlIANY'S

Is Mr.. Joseph J. Willet, president Of the
Bar Association of Alabama, who deliy-
cred the principal speech at the Tammauy
Fourth of july celebration IN New York
yesterday, qualified TO speak for the Dem
ocrats of the SOUTH If he is the South
is moi 50 much in favor of Mr. Bryan az
the Democratic candidate for President
next year and silver as the leading issue
as some Of the Southern politicians would
have the country believe. Mr.. Willets
Fourth of July speech was in favor OF
making opposition to trusts and to Che
Dingley tariff the principal planks Of the
Democratic national platform next year.
and he presented some very good reasons
for his position. The day before ne de-
hvered his speech, however, he was inter
viewed on the subjects of Mr. Bryan as
the Democratic candidate for President ard
silver as the leading declaration in the
Democratic national platform.
According to his view, the South IS not
very anxious that Mr.. Bryan shall be de
mocracy's candidate next year, and he be-
lieves it would be mistake to make silver
the leading issue. He admits that among
The farmers the silver issue is still a very
strong one, but he doesn't look al it as a
winning one. In fact, he is pretty wen
satisfied that the party would make a very
great mistake if it should give il the
prominence it had in 1896 He points out
that the Senate being Republican for the
next six years, the Democratic party could
do nothing for silver even if it should elect
the next President.
Mr. Willet does not think that the West
will stand by the Democratic party IN
the next presidential election. A little
prosperity has practically turned that Sec
ton of the country over to the RepubH-
cans. Therefore, Mr. Wilet believes the
thing for the South to do is to make an
alliance with the East on a platform that
would be satisfactory 10 Eastern Demo-
Gratis. It is his opinion that on a tariff
reform and antitrust platform the Demo-
Gratis can carry New York, Connecticut,
New Jersey and Maryland
We are of the opinion that Mr.. Wllet
does not speak for any considerable pro-
portion of the people of the South. In his
Fourth of July speech he had a good word
is thought to be Tammany's candidate for
the Democratic nomination for President
and it looks as if he were invited to the
Tammany celebration for the purpose of
giving the Tammany programme for the
contest of next year boost. We admit
of course, that Mr.. Willet spoke his real
sentiments in his published interview. but
it would not be surprising if Tammany
invited him because it knew he was not
friendly to Mr., Bryan, and also because il
thought that. being from the South, what
he said would have considerable influence
against Mr. Bryan in the West, as wen as
in the East.
While ii is true that there are leading
Democrats in all parts of the country who
think it would be a blunder to nominate
Mr.. Bryan again, it is fact that the vast
majority of Democrats in all parts of the
country expect that Mr.. Bryan will be the
Democratic standard bearer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Springfield (Mass) Republican
Qnd) says: Robert P. Porter, superin-
tendent of the last federal census, now
says that if ne were taking the census
again he should prefer to put clerks under
the civil service rules and this is what
he frankly told the congressional census
committee he says. This is pretty good
testimony in behalf of the reform system.
Ii is to be remembered in connection with
Col. Wrighrs statement that the 1890 CEN
sus cost the nation $20000 600 or so more
than It would have cost if ii had not been
run on the spoils basis. President AcKin-
reformer when he signed the present cen
sus act. He should have vetoed it on the
ground that il provided for another cost
ly SPOTS enumeration.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Dem) says:
HAS Gen. Miles asked to be sent to the
Philippine Islands? Probably not. At
least he will not undertake to go out and
whip the Filipiaos all by himself He
believes in having a numerous and we'll
equipped army for work of that sort.
This is one Of the many evidences that
Gen. Miles IS an accomplished soldier.
Success in war is the result largely of
sound thinking before the war is entered
upon"
The Boston Transcript says: 1.-THE send
ing of girl Of solid gold from Colorado
to the Paris exposition is quite in keeping
with the somewhat prevalent idea abroad
that the American girl is chiefly available
for her monetary possessions, and it must.
therefore. be regarded as a happy idea
Of the Colorado commissioners.
The Louisville Courier-Journal Dem)
SAYS: Spain has begun to buy kentucky
tobacco and the great steel works have
resumed the buying of the Spanish iron
ores which are among the finest in the
world, Business between the two COM
tries will not long feel the effects of the
war"
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem) says:
"Nine-tenths of the intelligent Republic
cans Of the country now believe that that
Wholesale uncondt ional admission OF the
ignorant back race to the suffrage was a
profound ,error The suffrage should have
come with education and fitness for us
exercise
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
ME TEXAs sTnRNL

The West and Southwest have been
greatly afflicted this season with storms.
Only a couple of weeks ago Wisconsin
was visited by terribly destructive cy-
clones, and now Texas is suffering from
floods. the result of extraordinarily heavy
transforms. 1t is impossible as yet to
form any accurate estimate of the
damage which the floods have done,
but it Is known that many lives
have been lost, and property de-
stroyed amounting to millions of dol
lars. 1t is roughly estimated that the
damage to property is fully 100000. For
1000 miles along the valleys of the Big
and Little Brazos rivers and the Gauda-
loupe and Lower Colorado rivers the farms
are from five to twenty feet under water.
The cotton, tobacco and corn are entire
ly destroyed in these valleys and many
thousands of cattle have been drowned.
The railroads also have suffered severely
1t is said that the track of one of The
roads for a distance of 100 miles has been
completely washed away, and il is known
that 400 county bridges and $50 railroad
bridges have been swept away.
1t is hard for farmers to have the results
of their seasons work completely de-
stroyed. Many of them have lost not only
their crops but their stock and farm build
ings as we'll. No doubt the majority of
them ere very poor people, and it Will
take them years to get back 10 the degree
of prosperity they enjoyed when over
taken by the rains and floods. 1t is too
late for replanting this season and the
great majority of the sufferers will no
doubt have great difficulty in finding
means of living until the crop of next
year is gathered and sold.