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here to ,,ok," replied True. .And my

here to l,ok," replied True. "And my
mother said might stay all. night with
my cousins over at Brownsville. She
won't expect me home till tomorrow,
and your folks will think you've stayed
with me. Anyway, they would never
think we were up in the church
steeple."
but when she knows we're lost,
Rosy Movie will tell, if she hasn't al
ready" said Tenney.
''She won't. She's too much afraid of
her father to tell that she gave us the
KEY" averred True.
But he'll find out that the key is
gone, and then he'll suspect that we are
here" said Tenney, who was deter
mined to look on the bright side.
Next Sunday, maybe. Ffe shall be
starved to death before then!" SAID
Rob, who was not proving himself as
brave as his desire for fighting had led
his comrades to suppose.
Somebody must have got wind of
what we meant to do, or the tongue
wouldn't have been taken out of the
Dell, Sdlu Icuut. anu III Olio NouAN
be mean enough to keep us here for
long on the Fourth of July"
SANDY Movie is mean enough for
anything" declared Rob; "and perhaps
they have only taken the tongue out to
repair it, or something of that kind"
Sandy Movie meanwhile arose at five
o'clock and took walk around the
church. There was no broken window.
80 they gave it up, the young rascals,
and have probably gone over to Bor-
rowsville to do their celebrating" said
the sexton to himself, and felt disap-
pointment that he should be denied the
grim satisfaction of bringing the young
rascals TO justice. ''Well, Cherrytield
will be the quieter for their being out
of it to-day" he added, to console him
self.
If not exactly out of Cherryfeld, they
were certainly too far above it to inter-
fere with its quiet. A faint echo of dis
tant Fourth of July noises came tanta-
lizingly to their ears now and then. The
minutes dragged along heavily. They
had no means of telling time, and an
hour seemed like day; but night final
ly came, the dimness deepened to utter
darkness. and. stretched upon the floor,
they all fell asleep. Being boys, they
could sleep, although the floor was
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But no sound followed. They looked
at each other in silent amazement and
tried it again. They could feel that the
bell swayed backward and forward;
but it did not ring. What could be the
reason?
Somebody must have muffied it," ex-
claimed Rob.
well go up and see what's the mat
ter, anyway" said True.
A long, long flight of steep and mar
row stairs led to the first landing in
the church steeple. Beyond that was
a ladder leading to the bell loft. There
was a trap door which they pushed
open, and all scrambled up to the loft
''If here isn't a go! The tongue is
gone from the bell!" cried True. Now
who do you suppose did that"'
Rosy must have told on us. l just
wish we hadn't given her all that can
dy," lamented Tenney.
The great bell hung there empty,
powerless to arouse any Fourth of July
enthusiasm and looking as sad as if it
realized its dumbness.
81 should just like to catch the fellow
that did that" said Rob, flourishing his
fist at an imaginary foe, as he did so, I'M
fortunately striking the trap door with
his elbow, and causing it to fall with
crash 1t was somewhat dark in the
loft, now that the trap door was closed,
the only light coming from a little
round window, like portfolio in YES
sell far above their heads.
Lift up the door, Rob. We may as
we'll go down. Whoever took that
tongue out wouldn't leave it where we
could find it, you may be sure" said
True.
But when Rob tried to lift the door
10 and behold! it stuck fast. The iron
ring which had once served as handle
was broken off, and there was no way
by which they could get sufficiently
firm hold to pull with any considerable
amount of strength. They tried to pry
it open with their knives, put only sue
ceeded in breaking them. And time
was wearing away, and the Borrows-
vile celebration must be getting to-
ward its liveliest.
Its of no use to holler. Nobody
could hear u.s." said Tenney, despair
ingly
It's pretty place to spend the
Fourth in" said Rob with groan
How long do you suppose it will be be-
fore they miss US at home and come to
look for us?"
why, they'd never think Of coming
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hard and keen cravings reminded them
that they had gone breakfastless, din
nerless and supperless.
When True awakened, little shaft
of sunlight shone through the small
window, away up in the dimness of the
s,eeple. 1t danced upon the cobwebs
that covered the dusty beams until they
looked as if made of gold thread. A
great, long-legged spider was dragging
a hapless fly into his web. The spiders
web had been partially torn away, and
the dust had been brushed from the
beams in the corner near it. There was
a little scatfold in the corner covered
with shavings and chips, evidently left
there when the last repairing was done.
But somebody had been up in that cor
ner lately. How otherwise could the
dust have been brushed away and the
spiders web broken? True wondered
idly what anybody could have been
there for, and then a sudden thought
struck him that sent the blood rushing
to his head, and made him for moment
feel faint and dizzy. In another mo-
ment he was climbing up those beams
nimbly as only squirrel or hoy could
climb. He put his hand under the heap
of shavines and chips, and j. touched
something very hard and fold. He
which it was covered, aid disclosed
the bell tongue.
True wanted TO shout for joy, but he
knew that he needed all his strength
just now, and restrained himself. He
could not have lifted the bell tongue,
even if he had not been obliged to cling
to beam with one hand, but he could
draw it along to the edge of the scat
folding, and then with one mighty eff
fort, he pushed it off. 1t came to the
floor with crash that seemed as if it
might arouse all Cherryfield, and GER
tainly did effectually arouse the two
sleeping boys, who sprang to their feet.
Rob with a vague impression that it
was the report of cannon, and that his
time had now come TO fight something.
1t was happy moment when they
realized that the bell tongue was found,
though Tenney did grumble that they
ought to have been smart enough to
find it yesterday" True thought that
if he hadn't been awake when that sun
beam struck the corner, they never
would nave found it, for who would
have thought that anybody would car
~ it away up there to hideit?
1t YVES no small undertaking to re-
place the tongue in the bell, but. after
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Animals That Change Their Diet.

Instances of carnivorous animals
turning. to a vegetable diet are rare.
One noted instance is a Scotch deer
hound which is so fond of peaches that
it will stand on its hind legs to reach
them on the trees. In New Zealand a
parrot took to sheep-killing and eat
ing and some pigs eyinced a preference
for a diet of young lamb, while some
Australian sheep became not only car
nivorous but cannibal..-N. Y. Journal
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GL0RIOUSh
FOuRTH:,J}H1fS$

! 7 T L E Adelbert
arose at four
And crept down.
stairs TO the big
front door,
And down the walk
to the garden
gate,
And there he start
I'D "a calahrata
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With bursting cracker and roaring gun
He walked the neighbors, every one;
He scared the cat out of all her sense,
And blew the stats off the picket fence.
And came to breakfast with one black eye,
And said "Hooray, for the Fourth OF
July!'
He ate with hurry and frantic haste,
For never minute had he to waste;
Then out again TO the fray he sprang
And turned things loose with mighty
bang"
Re fixed and spluttered and doomed and
crashed,
While dishes ratified and windows smashed f;
And when, all grimy and sore and lame,
Torn and tousled, to lunch he came.
On his swollen lips was the joyous cry:
"Ain't glad it's the Fourth of July!'
All that day, till the twilights close,
The powder-smoke from the garden rose;
All day long, in the heat and dust.
Little Adelbert banged and bust"
Till, Just as the shadows began to creep,
He blew himself in senseless heap.
Burnt and blistered and minus hair,
They brought him in for the Doctors care;
But late that night he was heard to sigh:
81 wish every day was the Fourth of July"
Joe Lincoln. in L. A. w. Bulletin.
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Taking His Revenge.

Rafferty-An' wuz it tn Choinese
thot invinted foirecrackers?
Wun Lung (proudly)-Lessir!
Rafferty, (smiting heavily)-Thin
take thot, yer Mongolian brute! OF sot
down on Lighted bunch Nv thin yis.
terday.-Golden Days.
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CAT KILLS AN EAGLE.
Tore Open the Birds Breast and
Throat in Midair with Her
Teeth and Claws.

A tiger cat which deserves her name
was strolling toward the barn of her
master, Farmer Hazard, of Herrick
Pa, the other day carrying a piece of
meat for her kittens. Suddenlya bald
eagle which had been on the watch for
a week swooped down on her and dart
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"The Night Before the Fourth"

He sleepless lies with swearing tongue
Because the old church bell is rung
BY some mischievous elf,
Nor thinks he Of that olden time
When, just as midnight's stroke would
chime,
Adown the lightning-rod he'd climb
To ring that bell himself
L A w Bulletin
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ed up again with the cat in his talons.
A terrific battle followed as the eagle
flew upward. Presently, however, the
birds wings dropped and the two sunk
slowly to the ground The eagle was
dead, killed by the tiger cat, which had
torn open the birds breast and throat
with her teeth and claws.
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SUMMARY OF ToDAy's IMPORTANT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

The villainous attack on General Milcs
by General Eagan Is tho sensation IN army,
navy and congressional circles. The uni
versal opinion is that Eagan should he
arrested and court martialed.
Roosevelt writes Gsneral Miles stating
that the meats were unfit for use. u
The cabinet discussed the Easan attack
on his superior officer, blu, think he may
esonpe punishment. as he can claim I'M
muuity as witness
The war investigating commission re-
turned Eagan his testimony and passed a
vote OF censnre ON him.
In discussing the naval personnel bill,
Berry of Kentucky gave the credit OF the
battle of Santiago TO Schley, and said. in
abiding TO the Philippines, that We would
soon have to whip Germany as we did
Spain.
The senate passed a resolution admitting
The son OF President Yglcsias of Costa RIGA
to West Point.
General Eagan will apologize to the war
investigating commission. but not TO Gem
eral Miles
Senator McLaurin made speech against
expansion.
Senator Allen introduced resolution
providing for committee to investigate
tha war.
AlEerism Is blamed for all the scandals
attaching to tho war department, and rom
gross may demand an entire reorganiza-
ton Of the army.
The Interstate commerce commissions
report says rates are being secretly ,ui,
tho law is a dead lette7. and recommends
Loulng
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SHORT NEWS STORIES.

sruILApELPHlA.-t ,cmmodors 80.
IN M, ms ~ 5, ~. retired 5iod a, s y
:" .is elty' AGED 81 years AZ ms nome
NEW YORK CHARLES p,rs.
ppres,oent OF the Rome. Watsrtn., 'r.., vice
city aged Il 1saa d. MIS- home in this
s,, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. =, notes and co,,
,,lar az per cent premium over M are
american gold Tor spanish aud
.n San JUAN DE PORTO RIco-r,.
This ' ne,, entire city council have , mayor
Of thslr ~, . sney assert. was taken basn,,u.
under H. 'nspllty to ral5e rufacIa,,' t','s
aauer me present tariffs. S'sat FUNDS
az, ffllTsbuRG, Pa.-Not nn,u a.. 80
ars sae convention OF the Unjtsa III, MN Gay
thsn " Ameilca get down TO busins.s us WORK
Nv Nv not much was aecompjishssss anu even
,.soushtss OF ballotng '"ase OF
iENNE, Wyo--Tbe po...,
. ."mpany has commenced ac,,oo T.; IeIsgraph
I'M. 70 compel tho Vnlon pa W me FEDERAL
,,,,y 10 allow Il 10 hu,,t , Nv, railway
Ma .as ,ne right Of way OF the rsIisaaspn
mo1,..d ~, wis--Jennie lInua..
Fomr e died, practically Of s,nn Inward.
mini m mas ago she went to Msnor,, suiciut.
,as mado her will and abso,',a ominee hos
90 anything for her. '-'O" 'ne physicians to
NJ re ioN, N. J.--Articles M s,n
wi,h american Steel ard VII poration
flled VIZ, authorlxed capital OF ssn fua company
incorn Win the secretary Of s,sts Wers
st,,, pcSration were also fied ~, CIRCLES VI
'ai Of sS,oQo.0o0. :" authorized cap
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that Il ives gotten In tremendously hot
weather. The beef was unloadcd 10 COCA
condition. was taken out OF the refrlsefa..
tors and aboard at night, owing TO the colo
air then and was gotten ashore py Jay
break meantime there had been shower.
followed by the sun coming out In intense
force and by the time II reached camp "
would be about 4 o'cluck IN the afternoon,
The United states forces at santiago
had unlimited faticns and The Spaniarde
left the city full, Of food. The popular idhA
that Santiago was devoid pf food and tue
Spaniards surrendered because they were
starving, he said, was not true.
Asked as 10 contested s'ate of a'atrs AZ
Tampa prior to the emhn ka ion =
Shafter expedition. he said thee was y,
cause for complaint The expedition raj
acted on urgent orders to embark hastily.
had loaded on "a long narrow pier ana
there was OF course considerable conges-.
ton. complaining and swearing, but the
some conditions would have been en-
countered anywhere The campaign, he
thought. should be Judged only by what
the United States forces did.
General Wood said there W.. 80 COM
plant made OF conditions duran The cam
pnign from anybody who amounted 70
anything certainly none rom the old sol-
diers. He said originally the army was
supplied with enough medical officers but
people lost sight OF the fact that medical
officers are also susceptible to malaria,
and for awhile the number was deficient.
but there was no cause for cs~A)laint The
army of Cuba now. he sail is plentfully
supplied with doctors.
General Wood said that in all of his SER
vice he has been absolutely supported by
his superior officers.
Frederick Scott Of South Omaha Neb.,
employed by the Cudahy Packing company,
testified as to the good condition of the
beef furnished.
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STATE.


Attorney General Crane makes recon-
meuda,ions for needed losislation calls
especial attention to conflict In jurisdiction
of courts of last resort
Fred Sawyer. negro rapst. was hanged
at Waxahachie; he made an attempt at
suicide.
James Graham was perhaps fatally
shocked by escaping electricity at Bon
ham.
state did not prosecute johnson case
dor killing Springneld) to finish but
gave defendant verdict OF not guilty.
Federal Judge Bryant makes orders at
fecting cages in bankruptcy.
Galveston may try to develop trade with
Central American countries.
Grant and Hawley are at loggerheads
over the appointment of Federal district
attorney for the Eastern district.
Judge Clint refused bail to Erwin. the
slayer Of Randie; there was further tcsti-
mony as to the allegations of arson.
Dr. Joseph Baldwin of Austin is dead at
the age OF 10.
W. r. Denny was burned to death in
tho Telegraph hotel fire at Beaumont.
"A very good message was tho com
ment of Governor-elect Sayers on the
parting words OF Governor Cubcrson.
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1884, Speaker Carlisle appointed him at the
head OF the republican minority on both
the banking and currency COMMITTEES and
the select committee on American ship
building and shipowning Interests. Mr..
pingley at once relntroduced his shipping
bill, which was passed by tho house and
sent to the senate. The latter body amend
cd the bill with q provision TO encourage
American postal steamship limos, but sub
kequcntiy the difference was adjusted In
conference and the bill was approved BY
the president on June "a, 1884.
On February 7. 1854. MIR. Dingley re-
ported from the shipping committee his bill
to constitute a bureau OF NAVIGATION in tho
treasury department and later In the month
II was passed In the house under Suspension
Of the rules. Subsequently. the senate con-
Cured and the bureau was organized
Mr.. Diugley WAS reelected to the Forty
ninth congress from the Second Maine dls-
trict IN 1884.
AZ the annual meeting OF the congress
stcnAl temperance society In February,
1881. Mr.. pinglcy was elected president
In June, 1856, Mr.. Dinsiey was re elected
TO the Fiftteth CONGRESS aud again elected
"a the Fifty-hrs In 1898. to the Fifty seq
ond IN 1890. the Fjity-third In 1905, the
Fifty fourth IN 1894 and the Fifty fifth In
1898, W large and Increased maiorities. In
I..
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TUE SITUATION IN CUBA.
SubdivfsiOn of Authority Interferes
with snnitatiOn in HNvnnn.

Subdivision of Authority Interferes
with sanitation in Havana.
Especial Cable Dispatch to the New York Her.
aid md The Houston Post, Copyrighted
1899, by James Gordon Bennett)
Havana. January 10 .--Subdivisior of au.
thority continues TO cause DELAYS In put.
ting Havana in first-class sanitary condi-
ton. The first thing Colonel Bliss did or
taking possession of the custom house was
to report that its sanitation plans were
not carried out because they were not In
accordance with the wishes of Colonel
Black, Who is acting under the immediate
personal direction of General Ludlow
Colonel Bliss understood he was to have
full authority in the custom house and
that Ludlow's supervision WAS to be nonl-
inal
DR.. Jollife remains awaiting guard to
deport him by Governor IhidloM's orders.
-Four new cases of smallpox developed
in camp today aud MANY others are thought
TO have the disease, All these are in the
One Hundred and Sixty-frst indiana and
more are feared. The men taken sick had
all been vaccinated, but i. was with stale
virus, which has proved worthless.
The summary courtmartial to try Buck
ley OF the Second Louisiana for killing
Private Hughes met today, but postponed
consideration of the case Until tomorrow.
Military Governor Ludlow today an
nounced the first OF the Cuban appoint
ments. The most prominent Is thut of
General Menecai as chief OF police. The
surgent army, approves the appointment
of Menocal and other lnsurgent officers.
Gomez Is reported to disapprove the in
sureent commanders taking office under
American authority until arrangement Is
made for paying the army.
Gomez. who Is still In the interior, con-
tinues to keep his programme before the
people. II is this In substance:
First. the island is not yet free and in
dependent: second, Cubans and Spaniards
should unite In making It so; third, all
the inhabitants OF the island should give
the United States full credit and co opera-
ton cheerfully for the present
General Gomez has written to the prin-
cipal Cuban commanders, instructing them
to keep the Cubans, soldiers and civilians
from committing any outrage upon Span
lards and TO aid in the arrest and punish |
ment OF any Cubans- guilty of such an NJ |
Tense 'S' an W
General Gomez is regarded by the
United States military administration as
syar.e'S snited TO any high civil office.
ne is considered soldier OF fortune. Ills
manners are of the camp and no is de-
nc,ent IN education, But he will he re.
eeiyed with all possible courtesy II ha
comes 10 Havana. though it does not vet
siY,, now ne could become part of the
u,s,i administration, MS Tho form of Oath
prepared for civil officials piedgs. a1
,egiance to the military government ~ IN.
uniled states in Cuba. obedience 70 aiI
o.ueis o. the military governor and con-
10 my TO the existing Jaws of cuha a.
In them. hereafter be made ,
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LEGISLATIVE.

Governor Culberson sent In II special
message detailing the reasons Hogg g.
Robertson are entitled TO their fee and
recommending tho payment thereof
Tho senate passed BILLS to pay members;
providing for contingent expenses; pro-
vided for counting vote for governor and
lieutenant governor.
The house provided for stamps and
Journals; resolution introduced 10 ask for
the $4,000 overpaid by the Federal gov
eminent: speaker announced the makeup
OF some Of the committees; contingent ex-
rense bill swas passed; resolution intro
duced seeking to control action of the
United states senators from Texas.
A large number OF bills have been In
troduccd In each house. Some of the most
important are blocked by tho present
constitution.
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LOCAL.

An Inventory of county property shows
that tho county owns outside of Jail and
court house property tangible assets 10
tho amount of sses09
Rev. Or. Lamkiu OF the First Baptist
church will preach special sermon to
the lawyers OF the city
Election Of officers Of Ruthven Com
mandcry No. 2, Knights Templars.
A pleasing entertainment by tho nupus
OF tho Massey Business collegc.
ofhcers elected for the Union OF Ep-
worth Leagues.
Sergeant OF Police Erickson leaves New
York for Houston with his prisoner,
The Lords Cycle club elect officers and
petition the city to pave Main street. vita
asphalt
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Y,IIE PHILIPPINES

situation at Manila in SIN acute, NJ, 1,
Is thought General Otis has sufficient force
TO auell any disturbance,
Asrinaldo has rcpublshed his second
PROCLAMATION. which had besp Withdrawn.
Spain wants the spaniards held prisoners
in the Philippines promptly released.
dispatch resolved AT Madrid says the
American troops mutinied; that Miller has
betn recalled from iloilo and that troops
are being concentrated at Manila.
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COMM RCIAL.

Cotton futures aid off in Liverpool.
unchanged to point IN in New Orleans
and point down to . points up in New
York.
Eggs are Nat and lower
them materially.
Wheat unchanged. corn isdIAc lower
and oats shade higher. Pork lost 100
1870 and lard and ribs 7,se
Hester makes tho amount OF cotton
brought into sisht for tho season s.2is.oso.
against 1.na5.559 last year
Bradstreets and Dnn's report prices Of
everything except wool arm aud on tho
UP grade With continuance Of heavy
exports.