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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

GREAT pressure was brought to bear
on the Boyle county grand jury TO in
diet the insurance companies, but IL
scnsibly ad journed without doing 50.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

GUN Successive Turnbull, OF the
East End, has contract with the gov
ernment to furnish $500 gun stocks to
be gotten out OF walnut at iOc.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

THE revenue stamps alone in the
disposition of Mrs. Cath Bailey's estate
OF about $4,000 will cost over 800.
That's the way we pay for the war with
Spain.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

THE Crab Orchard smallpox situa
tion remains in statu quo. NO new
cases and the old ones getting well
tolls the tale.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

THERE are ~ instead of 10 passenger
trains that arrive and depart from here
daily, besides many extra soidier
trains. Come up, Giovannoli, and see
something once.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

THE mercury was ~ AZ TINS morn'
ing and the indications are that II VIII
climb up TO the sos today. IL Is stiil
fair. with a promise, however, OF rain.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

THIEVES having stolen all OF Morris
Fred's geese they made a raid on his
turkeys the other night, approprlating
several line ones.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28
A Red bull Calf

Came Ia my place about Jam I, 1889 own
er can get him by proving property and
paying for his keep and advertising.
l6-4t :. W. OWENS, Shelby CITY, XIV.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

y. ROBINSON, at the depot here, will
buy all kinds Of poultry, old iron, &c.
See ad. In this paper aud interview
him.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

CARPENTERS are at work enlarging
and materially improving the stable
occupied by Beazley Bros.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

SALE.--Cicero Reynolds bought Of
J. S. Hundley 81 acres fronting the
water works plant at Ell so
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

NEW Line Chamber Sets, bright and
pretty, just received. Warren X
Shanks.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

VIM. LANDGRAF sold to Julius Sing.
er so acres Of land near Highland for
$500.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

WE have some remnants In hay we
will sell very cheap. Call and see II.
j. Ii. Baughman a Co.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

CAR LOAD Acme cement at Higgins
Il McKinney's.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

STORE room on Main Street for rent.
w i. Walton.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

GET our prices on buggies. Higgins
q Mckinney.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

NEW Piques in white and colors ~
10 35c. Severance q Sons.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

PERRIN a PENCE will handle the
Water, Light Il Ice Co.'S Ice this sea-
son,
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

MOLINE and Tiger Corn Planters at
Higgins * Mckinneys.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

LACE curtains, poles and shades At
Severance a Sons.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-04-28

NEW summer clothing at Severance
n Sons.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

up and down the asphalt paved platform Of
the little stone depot. They were in great
distress, evidently, for the lady's eyes were
swollen and red and the tears were being
kept back only by great effort. The mans
face was firmly set with an expression Of
hopeless sorrow. AS the moment for the
arrival Of the train approached they became
more and more impatient, and finally asked
the stationmaster If the train was on time.
That train is always on time" replied
the official. at never loses a minute and
makes only a few stops. 1t does not slack
up even going through Evanston"
All the known instruments and methods
of torture could not have brought to the
faces Of the suffering man and woman ex-
preston of more uuutterable despair. The
woman groaned in subdued tones of heart
breaking grief. The man stood as though
one stunned. Recovering himself, he man
aged to say, hoarsely:
1--WE are Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Allen oil
Kenoeha, Wis. We have just received a
telegram that our child is dying at home.
We must get there before the little one
passes away. Will you not flag this train ?"
The station agent answered that tagging
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

the train was out of the question. To do
SO would not only endanger his position,
but 1t would be Of no avail. He said that
other attempts had been made to flag the
train, but no attention was paid to them.
The approach to Evanston was or a steep
upgrade and the stoppage of the train
would entail a delay of several minutes,
which, TO a carrier OF the United States
mails, would mean the loss OF thousands OF
dollars on account of connections missed
in the northwest. When Mrs. Allen heard
these words she wept and wrung her hands
and Mr.. Allen implored that an attempt
be made. At length he prevailed upon
Laing to wire Division Superintendent Law
son in Chicago for permission to order the
heavy mail train stopped. 1t was fast
nearing the time for the train to come in
sight Of the station. Laing touched the
wire leading directly into the superintend-
entis private office, twelve miles
away and as rapidly as he ever
sent a message before explained the
situation. AS the key clicked back
the answer without a seconds delay.
Laing called out the words to the pitiable
man and woman. The message was:
Much as we would like to accommodate,
1t ds absolutely impossible to consider flag
ging the 3 O'Clock fast mail at Evanston"
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen walked silently out
OF the telegraph Office to the platform. The
next train TO pass Evanston for Kenosha
was not due for four hours later. Ere that
time their child would probably have passed
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

and the men in the ranks cheered and sang.
the flag was snatched from my grasp by an
enthusiastic soldier and passed dow the
line from one to another; scores of the sim
pie peasant folk came out Of the bush to
see what all the noise was about, and be-
came as excited, yet as joyful, as the rest
of us. They cried repeatedly: viva los
Americanosl" 1t was certainly a most ex-
citing moment.
THE commanding officer confirmed all the
good news we had heard back in the noun
tains, and urged me to hasten on to the
city, offering me an escort, and informing
me that the flag lieutenant was preparing
to raise the colors over the public buildings,
and that he might be glad to have the use
of my flag. This turned out to be the case.
The lieutenant had brought ashore a num-
Der Of flags, but all OF them had been dis
posed Of before he had arrived at the city
hall. He greeted me cordially, and the In
slant he espied my flag, exclaimed: Where
did you get that fine flag? Do you know
it's just what we have been searching for, in
vain. Please let me have 1t to raise over
the city hail.
"a few minutes later the flag ! had
brought from Brooklyn was floating in the
breeze from a talf staff that for years and
years had known only the red and yellow
COlOlB VI wac q
crowd in the street, made up OF American
soldiers and townspeople, and the cheering
which greeted the hoisting OF my little flag
was tumultuous. The soldiers formally sa-
luted It, and the regimental band played
The Star-Spangled Banner And-perhape
you recan the incident--the Alcalde made
an old -fashioned Fourth of July speech
which aroused great enthusiasm, and which
really laid the foundation for the good feel
ing toward America and Americans which
has prevailed in Ponce from that day to
this"
"And what finally became of the fiag?" I
asked.
THAT reminds me-" replied Miss AN
t~onsanti, THAT, although my flag answered
the temporary purpose for which 1t was in
tended, it really was ludicrous-to see It
swapping in the breeze at so great a height;
it looked so tiny and insignificant, seeming
not larger than a bandanna handkerchief.
But the flag was kept flying for several days,
or until a larger one was brought ashore
and put in its place. l received a number
Of offers for the flag, but money would not
tempt me to part with 1t. l have had it ap-
prcpriately inscribed and framed, and hope
to keep it as long as / live"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

away without the gentle kiss and s~olacing
caress OF either parent. Too deep in his
sorrow even to speak words OF comfort to
his wife or 10 notice her actions, Mr.. Allen
stood against the wall OF the depot with
his head sunk upon his breast. Presently
he was aroused by the raucus scream OF a
locomotive and the ~jangling of the warning
bell on the platform. He turned to speak to
his wife, but she was not at his side. He
looked at the north end of the long plat
form. In the great fear which overcame
him at what he beheld he forgot for the
moment the frail little sufferer at home.
Standing in the path of the laundering
engine, which grew larger and blacker and
more cruel at each passing second, was Mrs.
Allen.
She stood erect and motionless. The train
was bounding over the rails, its increasing
size dwarhng the figure before II, and the
pounding of its cylinders becoming more
and more deafening. 1t seemed as IL the
woman must be struck and thrown TO her
death. Not one move did she make to step
out OF the way. Suddenly she lifted into the
air the wrap which she had carried on her
arm. 1t was a thick cape, such as are al
ways in demand in the lake tagions during
the summer. 1t was lined With red. She
turned its bright side outward deity and
swung IT around her head again and again.
Allen turned his face in horror. There
came a crunching and rasping of the wheels,
the Kissing OF the air brake and the creaking
OF heavy timbers suddenly strained to their
limit. He dared to look again. He saw the
train at a standstill and his wife swoon into
the arms Of a man with a blue Jacket. The
passengers, alarmed and excited at the shock
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

choosing colors and styles. A vase full OF
differently-scented flowers can never emit a
wholly satisfying result. 1t is truly a case
of the survival of the fttest. and the
stronger scent. while being affected by all
the others present, and therefore losing its
purity, will in the end predominant. 1mag-
inc, on the other side, the sweet white violet,
whose odor is so faint and elusive as to be
almost imperceptible, being placed with
flowers Of a stronger fragrance. AS far as
any qualification to the human sense Is
concerned nature might as we'll not have
! endowed it with this charm. The only way
to enjoy the little flower is to gather a large
bunch and then to keep them separate from
all others.
AS a general rule it Is not we'll to place
| more than two scented flowers together, and
even then they should be selected with care.
OF these mignonette and sweat pea may be
mentioned as combining extremely we'll.
The perfume they emit is no stronger than
tina of the individual blossom, but it is
sweeter. In fact. when these two flowers
are grouped proportionately together one Is
| reminded on inhaling them of the fragrant
peach.
Heliotrope and lemon verbena form an
| other delightful combination with an ele-
ment Of refreshment for darkened summer
TOOmS. "A Kew DouQueIS ol tneoe IWo uoW.
\ ers, instead of making the atmosphere
heavier, will seem to clear away some of it's
sultriness. The lemon verbena should be
added judiciously-a little over the right
amount and It's odor soon destroys that of
the heliotrope.
Hardly anything more lovely can be
imagined for a bouquet than the opening
buds of the blush rose and a few tender
shoots of honeysuckle. The delicate fra
GRANGE of the rose seems to temper and
render even more luscious the honeysuckle's
stronger scent.
Large, heavily-scented flowers should be
used in moderation. Little can be done in
the way of combinations to render their
odors less oppressive. 1t is always best to
keep them separate and in a place through
which a current of air passes.
1t seems to be the mission Of geranium
leaves to lend their pungent, spicy odor to
flowers that are themselves without fra
GRANGE, and therefore they cannot be priced
too highly. At this season Of the year they
go especially well as a border around the
brilliantly colored but unfortunately scent
less phloxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
FriIIs of Fashion.

New black velvet Jackets have white satin
| vests and revers embroidered in Jet and
chenille or Jet alone.
The fashion of making the sleeves OF
bodices, polonaises and fancy jackets OF two
contrasting fabrics is increasing.
From present appearances the styles in
millinery will be quite as varied, with as
great a scope for personal choice. as they
have been for several seasons past. No
particular mode will be absolute.
There are countless pretty and service
able styles in caDes and coats for the au-
tumn and winter seasons, but among the
models for very elegant cold weather uses
win be seen the most novel and extravagant
disposal of seal, sable, otter, chinchilla and
other costly furs, combined with superb
fiounces Of guipure, point de Venise, Honi-
ton, Flemish and other rare iaces.
Among the elegances OF the dress cos
tunes for the autumn and winter are Louis
XIV. waistcoats and reyers of white or
cream satin, covered with Persian embroid-
cries and bordered with a narrow line OF
seal, otter, ermine. chenille rIching or
plated lace. Any woman who knows how to
embroider can make for herself these ele-
CANT and effective decorations at very lit
tie cost.
Among the stylish and normal head COW
erings are pretty French toques, which for
a moment before the demand for more
elaborate styles are quite a speciality. Some
OF these are not millinery in the strict
sense OF the word. for they are toques
matching the tailor costume, formed OF
tweed, English cheviot serge, crayenette,
and many kinds OF cloth, the fabric being
arranged in folds by way Of trimming, with
only a chou OF velvet or a handsome buckle
as a finish. Neither flowers, feathers no
laces are employed on travelling and shop
ping models, but simply folds and loops OF
handsome velvet or satin ribbon, with an
added buckle or a stylish pin or two thrust
At right angles through the ribbon loops.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
A MOTHERS DESPERATE COURAGE.
stopped the Fast Mail that Might
Sec Her DYING ChiId.


Sec Her Dying Child.
Paralleling the love OF a father who lost
bis life in st. Louis while saving his infant
son from death by burning lis the devotion
OF a mother in Chicago, who. in order to be
at the bedside of her dying child, deled the
regulations Of a powerful railroad corpora
ton and risked her own existence to achieve
her tender mission. 1t was no little thing
accomplished by Mrs. Nathan Allen. She
did what the railroad officials, In cold
blood, had refused to have done for her, and
she did that which her grief-crazed husband
had given up as an impossibility. She
tagged and stopped the flying Green Bay
express. which runs out Of Chicago on the
Chicago & Northwestern road.
So long as the Green Bay express has
been in service it has never been tagged be-
fore, relates the st. Louis Republic. Nor had
there ever been as fragrant and as successful
a violation Of the rigid rules of the railroad
as that forced upon the engineer by this
agonized and desperate woman. Her act
was heroic.
Station Agent Laing of the Northwestern
road at Evanston, a suburb Of Chicago, had
been appealed to by a gentleman and lady
to flag the express, which passes Evanston
about 8 o'clock in the afternoon. He had
noticed them previously walking anxiously
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
Talk About Women.

Miss Ellen c. 'Witter of Denver is the
only woman authorized to practice before
the United States land office.
Miss Margaret Long, daughter of the
secretary OF the navy, and Miss Mabel
Austin, daughter Of Ex-Governor Austin Of
Minnesota, are studying medicine together.
Miss Mary e. Scranton OF New Haven
has given a public library to Madison, Conn.,,
in memory of her father, Erastus c. Scran-
ton, former president of the New York &
New Haven railroad.
Mrs. C.. w. Goodlander, wife of the mayor
of Fort Scott, Kan, is proving a great help
to her husband in relieving the city's poor.
She makes personal visits to all asking
help and inquiries into every case.
Mrs. William B. Lowe, president OF the
National Federation of Women's Clubs, has
sailed for Europe to make preliminary ar
engagements for an exhibit by the women's
clubs of America at the Paris exposition.
The rapidity with which women are COM
ing to the front in violin playing is illus
trated by the fact that the much-coveted
Sainton scholarship in London, held for
three years by the successful candidate, has
been awarded Miss Elsie M. S~outhgate, who
succeeds Miss Florence e. Moss, before
whom no woman ever held the honor.
Miss Daisy Letter of Chicago, sister of
the vicereine of India, was well known in
her native city and elsewhere in America
as a line equestrienne. During her sojourn
In India she has acquired a fancy for ele-
plant riding. In a recent letter home it
Is told that she had a pet elephant. which
she hoped soon to manage as well as any
professional mahout.
Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett. the young
white woman who created such a furore of
excitement at a meeting of colored people
in Boston, recently held to denounce lynch
ings, is one Of the most talked of people In
New England. Her offer to go south and
bring back to the north the family of the
late Postmaster Baker. as a living example
of Judge Lynch's awful work, has earned for
her the title of THE New Harriet Beecher
Stowe"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27
RAISED OLD GLORY IN PORTO RICO

Heroine of the Fling Incident ut
Ponce Tells the story.
Miss Carmen d Anlonsanti, daughter OF
a native Porto Rican, but a naturalized
American citizen, is visiting friends at
Brooklyn, N. Y, where eight OF her nine
teen years have been passed. To this young
woman belongs the distinction OF having
provided the first American flag raised over
a municipal building in Porto Rico after
the investment of the island by United
States troops. The story of the Incident
she related as follows: There were but
three American families living In Ponce at
the outbreak Of the war with Spain and
you may readily believe that their situation
Mt that time was anything but agreeable.
That of our family was particularly pre-
carious, for the reason that 1t was known
TO the Spanish authorities that we were
intensely American in our sympathies and
that for a long line we had been In fire.
quent communication with our friends In
the states. During the early days Of the
war we were the objects Of suspicion and
hatred on the part of the Spanish officials
and were made TO feel uncomfortable and
at times Insecure.
"The arrival off the southern coast OF the
advance ships OF the American fleet was
the cause OF much excitment among the
Spaniards, especially those holding office
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

under the crown. But the climax OF the eX-
element was not reached until 1t was re-
ported that war ships conveying American
troops were approaching the harbor of
Ponce. 1t was about that time that my
mother and I closed our house in the city
and hastily departed to TAXI refuge in the
homo of my uncle a short distance inland.
We had barely reached our destination
when word came to us that our house In
Ponce had been set on fire and destroyed,
together with it's contents, and that the
same fate had befallen the homes of the
two other American families resident there.
We afterwards learned from friends in the
city that no serious effort had been made
to extinguish the fire at our place and that
certain Spanish officers had gone SO far as
to intimidate the firemen by reminding
them that as the house belonged to a ID
Yanke 1t were better to let it burn.
1.-THE flag? oh, yes. I was about to tell
you. Among my personal effects was an
American flag, made of silk, about five feet
long and perhaps three and a half feet wide.
This flag ! had brought to Porto Rico from
Brooklyn. after leaving school, and / assure
you I was very proud of 1t. 1t had been
used as a decoration in one of the rooms
of our home in Ponce and quite a number
Of persons, including several Spanish Off
GERS. had seen and admired 1t.
''Of course when 1t became necessary tc
fee from Ponce. we were Obliged to decide
quickly what articles to take with us and
my fret thought was of the flag. To carry
1t openly was out OF the question, and tc
attempt to conceal 1t seemed almost az
hazardous. But a happy thought came te
me. Why not sew a flag to the lining oil
my petticoat? And that is precisely what
! did.
We reached my uncle's house In safety
There we remained quietly and without
special incident until news came of the
landing OF American troops and Of the
withdrawal OF the ~Spaniards, almost with
out the firing Of a shot. Then 1t was that
without a moments hesitation, i cut loost
tho flag. and. having made it fast to an i'm
provised stan, set out with others of tn,
family for Ponce. We had gone but a little
way when we met with a flying column o
American soldiers who had been sent on
TO reconnoiter and to assure the countr!
people OF the good intentions OF the Amer
leans. At first sight of the soldiers, whit
proved to be ~detachments of Kentucky ant
Wisconsin regiments, l unfurled the fal
and waved 1t frantically. The scene tina
followed was so indiscribably tnnlling tina
I never shall forget 1t. Officers fiockeI
about me, asking all manner OF questions
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

of the unexpected halt, alighted from the
coaches and FASTENED ahead to the engine.
Allen dragged himself to the crowd and tried
to explain, but no attention was paid to him.
Sympathetic women from among the pas
sengers who had alighted with the others
soon revived Mrs. Allen. Her first words
/ were addressed to the big engineer: my
child is dying in Kenosha. I must get aboard
this train" she said.
The big engineer answered.: well, get
aboard. You've stopped us now, all right
| But 1 guess l can crowd on enough steam to
make up for lest time"
The passengers aided Mrs. Allen to a
coach and saw that she was comfortably
settled. Then the big engineer took a peel
under the body of his engine, and, calling tc
his fireman to pile on coal, jumped into his
cab and pulled the lever. The Green Bay
express leaped out Of Evanston faster than
ever it went before.