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New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

'The Boys Book of Explorations" Double
day, Page & Coz. by Tudor jerks. contains
various true stories of the heroes of travel and
discovery in Africa, Asia. Australia and the
Americas. The volume is carefully put to-
gether, and will instruct it's young readers as
well as interest them. Mr.. Cyrus Townsend
Bradys american Fights and Fighters C1c-
Clure, Phillips & Coz is designed, its author
says, "to call to the attention OF those inter
ested in early struggles some of the most
remarkable of the great battles, heroic achieve
ments and desperate undertakings through
which we became a Nation" The War of the
Revolution. the Indian in the Northwest
the with France and Tripoli. and the sec
ond with England. drawn upon for the
purposes Of this volume, and the instances set
down calculated to a noble pride In
the boy reader.
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this is said to be his first book. 1t deals with
life in Virginia.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-31

Among all the books about the Boer war that
have been published since that memorable
struggle began to approach it's close none will be
read with greater interest than Captain A. T.
Mahan's treatment of it under the title of 1.-The
War in South Africa which R. H. Russell ex-
poets to publish early in January. Captain Ma
han will discuss it from the strategcal point of
view. A special feature of the work will be the
Illustrations There will be a frontispiece in
color by Frederic Remington; in all there will
be 473 illustrations including eighteen full pages
in color and thirty-four full pages in black and
white. There will also be hundreds of photo
graphs t. ken upon the scene and depicting many
of the important movements of the war. An in
PRODUCTION has been written for it by Sir John
Bourinot ex-president of the Royal Society of
Canada and clerk of the Canadian House of
Commons.
The seventh edition of Booth Tarkington's
Monsieur Beaucaire' is the press of
Mcclure Phillips & Co.. consisting of ten thou
sand copies. and making the total issue of the
book now thirty-six thousand
The limited edition on large paper Of Henry
James's Little Tour in France" has met with
much favor that it is already nearly ex
hausted.
of the most energetic of the American RevOlu-
tionists, will figure appropriately the subject
of the next volume of the Putnams' Men Of
Energy series The author is William Far
rand Livingston and the book will appear next
month.
The Century Company's exhibit Of its work.
which won it the Grand Prize at the Paris Ex-
position. will be sent to the Pan-Amercan Ex-
position at Buffalo, to he opened next spring
Much of the lighting and practically all of the
traction and other power work done by cleo
tricity has hitherto made use of the direct. or
continuous. current. DR.. Samuel Sheldons by
namo Electric Machinery" published by the Van
Nostrand Company, treats Of the construc-
tion of the generators and motors employed in
such service. The book is intended for students
in technical school like the Brooklyn Poly
technc. in which DR.. Sheldon is instructor in
physics and electrical engineering and presup-
poses fair elementary knowledge of electricity
and mathematics. Not only are the essential
features of dynamo and motor. the field coils
and armature. deliberately treated, but also the
question of efficiency of operation. differences in
type and methods of regulation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-15
Ronald avoided his glance.

L got it in your room just now"
Dave stood perfectly still for mo-
ment, a great look of wonder on his
face, and then he sat down on the side
of his brothers. bed. He had washed
his feet at the tub in the yard and they
were wet, still only half cleaned and
red-looking.
$50 you are really goin' to call i'm
out?" he said, under his breath.
Ronald looked him directly in the
eyes.
God knows there is nothing else
for me to do, Dave. have tried to see
some other way, but I can't
"Well, you'll need somebody with
you, an I'm yore man."
I'D rather not have anyone, thank
you, Dave. He and can fight just as
well alone. I'd rather die than take adj
vantage of him. I only want to salts
fy myself-to get rid Of the. memory
that he has
II know how you feel, an I don't
blame you. When will you see imp
"In the morning"
"Well, go to bed an get some sleep;
you may need steady aim; he may be
a good shot; them army chaps general
ly is"
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Toes Played Out.

II shoes go on forever why should
not our toes grow together? We have
no use for them. We can't manage
them. About one man in 1000 can
pull on his interossei muscles and
spread out his toes. In the remain
ing 999 these muscles are as dead
fiber. They haven't been used since
the infant stuck his toes in his mouth
and crooned a baby song without
words. II we wore mittens all the
time the individual control of our
fingers would be lost. We eat so
much soft food that we have scarcely
any need of teeth. Gums would au-
swer every purpose, as mastication is
performed by machinery before we
begin meal. There are over 200 dis
tinct muscles in the human body, Of
which the best of us keep about 100
in prime condition by proper USE
N. Y. Press.
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Senator Waugh; I couldn't count the
men who We're in love with her, but
che turned ,em all do,r,,

Senator Waugh; couldn't count the
men who We're in love with her, but
she turned 'em all down"
The promenaders had quilted tho
veranda. and there was light touch
on the piano in the drawing-room and
swee: voice singing an old song.
"That is her!' cried the colonel,
whose enthusiasm was not often gov
erned by rules of grammar.
This was the signal for leaving tho
table, and the men went into the big,
ancient-looking parlor where the
lights burned low and the breeze from
the distant mountains famed the lace
curtains into the room. Evelyn sat IN
rocking-chair, her eyes on the sing
er's face. Caroline was noiseless,y
placing a whist table and playing
cards neor the center of the room.
She, her father Mr.. Hardy and Capt.
Wrinkle were the only ones who were
fond of the game.
but we shall interrupt the sing
ing protested the colonel, when no
noticed the preparations.
Il shall stop if you don't go on with
the game" declared the gentle old
lady, smile crossing her sweet, sad
face; "and furthermore, I shall not
sing unless you all talk over your
game
To this the jovial host agreed un-
der protest, and the whist-players took
their places. Evelyn sat at the end
of the piano near enough to touch the
elbow of the singer. There was in
finite pathos in Mrs. Lancaster's voice
as she sang:
'Dey amt no use fer to fret an pine,
Steady on de way believers.
It's de same ole worl' Wen de sun don't
shine,
Steady on de way, believers
The colonel was dealing the cards,
but he made mistake in the count.
and with low laugh he threw the
cards down. 81 must wait till that one
is over. anyway" he whispered. "That
blamed thing always gets the best OF
me-"
TITS de same OF worl' in de sun an de
rain
Same on de hilltop an same on de plain.
SO keep up yo' shoutin' an keep on yo'
prayin'-
SNNSANJ
"Dey's a great big blossom on de water
melon vine,
Steady on de way, believers;
Fur peace come long Wen you done wild
pain,
So keep up yo' shoutin' an keep on yo'
prayin'
Steady on de way, believers"
There was just the faintest CULVER in
Mrs. Lancaster's voice, which Evelyn
alone noticed, and hint of moisture
in her eyes as the melody died in the
still room. She turned towards the
ltcard players, who. with the exception
of the dapper captain, seemed deep,
ly moved by her song.
Il knew I would stop your game"
she laughed, you are too polite to
enjoy life. Come, Evelyn, let's take
another STROLL
Ito Be Continued.)
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Lonefello,y,g Indian..

Nearly so years ago Longfellow vis-3
tied the Ojibway tribe of Indians, in
the land of Hiawatha on the shores OF
Lake Superior, and was the guest of
the chief, Bulswujjlnene. One day late-
ly Wabunosa, the grandson of the
chief, and Kabaoosa, his nephew, vis-
tied the home of Longfellow in Cam
bridge, Mass, and were the guests Of
the poets daughters, Mrs. Dana, Mrs.
Thorp and Miss Longfellow. Kabaoosa
sang two Indian songs for his hostess
es, one love song and the other
war song, which his grandfather had
composed after the victory which his
tribe, as allies of the British, gained
over another tribe allied with the coll
onists at the battle of Queenstown
Heights in the war of 1912. - Utica IN.
W Press.
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As She Is wrote in Germans.

The English language is pretty gem
orally taught in the schools of Ger
many. How nearly it is mastered,
even among some professional men,
may be gathered from the following
"postkarte," which has been received
by the Morning News:
"Augsburgh Germany, IS March,,
19o0.-Rev'd Edition! demand YOU
very courteously to have the kind
ness and to send me one number of
your estimate and interesting gazette.
Il toretrieve you in advance my best
thanks for your complaisahce in the
conrpleance of my demand, and sign
ing, with great respect, your devoted
Colleague, L. A..Platzer, Editor of Ga
'zetfe, Neue Augsberger Zeitung."-
savannah(G a.) News. 1
There is talk of a second bank at.
Williams.
a milling and grain company has
heen organized at Dyersville with a
capital of $4,000.
The corner stone for the new Bap,
tisr church at Cedar Falls was laid
recently. :.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.---Rona1d is the one promis.
appreciated by any of the others, save his
brother David. The preceding summer he
had saved the life of Evelyn, second daugh-
|. ter of Col. Hasbrooke, the county's great-
est planter, and whose splendid home was
known as "Carnleigh."
CHAPTER II. - At Carnleigh, James
Hardy, a Charleston cotton merchant and
sutton for the hand of Caroline, Has
brooke's eldest daughter. and Capt
Wrinkle. an admirer of Evelyn, are guests.
Evelyn's school days over, Ronald meets
her by chance, when she again thanks him
for the fight he had made with the angry
bull which had threatened her life. She is
glad of rebuke he had given Wrinkle. but
"a few minutes before, who had corlde-
scendingly thrown him coin for little
fishing bait.
1 CHAPTER III-Ronald. returning home
with his brother is overtaken by the Has
brooke trap. Wrinkle, holding the reins,
tries deliberately to ride Ronald down,
Inc trap f ion n 50 near th as TO knoea the
determines TO have satisfaction.
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THE LITTLE CAP WORN BY THE
BABY STAINED WITH BLOOD.

when, he returned at dusk he brought
the intelligence that he could find no.
body who would dare take hand in
such an enterprise. She spent that
night in the farmhouse and the next
day she drove back absolutely alone in
search of her husband and child. Near
the spot where she had been separated
from them she found her husbands hat,
the little cap worn by the baby, stained
with blood, and a pool of blood by the
roadside. She spent all that day alone
on that road and returned at night to
the farmhouse. Here she stayed a
month making inquiries and searches
in all directions for more conclusive
proof of the death of her child and
husband. Finally the old farmer came
to her one day with the. report that one
of the robbers had just died and that
he had madea deathbed confession that
he had shot and killed Capt Lancaster.
The baby, he said, was not killed at the
time, as there was some reluctance
among the men as to who should do it.
They had gotten over this difficulty by
drawing straWs and the man upon
whom the task had fallen had prom
ised that he would drown the child, that
its death might be an easy one. This
was the only crumb of comfort the
poor lady got; think of that, gentle
men, she could only hope that her sons
Geath had been quick and painless. The
dying man refused to tell who had ,un-
dertaken the crime" The colonel
paused, strolsing his gray Van Dyke
beard. rs it any wonder that her face
is sad and her hair white?"
1t is reported in Charleston that
she has had many advantageous of
fers of marriage" put in Mr.. Hardy,
as he emptied his wine glass.
Hundreds of Them" enthused the
colonel. why, Gen. Beauclare fol-
lowed her about like slave aud SO did
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CHAPTER v.

After supper that night the three
gentlemen remained at the table after
the ladies had left, to smoke and drink
their wine. The windows of the big din
ing-hall opened like door onto the
veranda, and Capt. Wrinkle, faultlessly
attired in Tuxedo coat, low waistcoat
and snowy shirt and necktie, watched
the three ladies furtively as they, arm
in arm, promenaded back and forth in
the light of the big kerosene lamp on
post where the carriages stopped. 1t
was not the colonel's habit to dress for
the evening meal, especially in the hot
season, so he still wore his cool suit of
brown linen, and, in this respect, Mr..
Hardy was glad to keep him company,
as he had really come to the country for
an easy, unceremonious outing. The
colonel liked nothing better than good
listeners, and. as he slipped his wine
and smoked, his pink complexion fair
~ shone whke he discoursed on favor
lite topic of his--the beauty and many
virtues of the only lady guest in his
house, Mrs. Lancaster, u snowy haired
widow not far from the coloners age.
Il am glad she came to-day" he said.
"She is hard to get at; she travels so ex-
tensiyely, and / am sure we never would
have her now if it were not for Evelyn;
they love each other like mother and
daughter. Why, I'll bet Mrs. Lancaster
doesn't stay in her Charleston home
one winter in five; does she, Hardy?"
mo, think she likes Italy," said the
gentleman appealed to. 81 think L
should have had the pleasure of meet
ing her before this if she were often at
home, but she goes out very little in
Charleston and has few intimate
friends. I should say she was by all
odds the most exclusive woman in the
city"
II lam pretty sure" remarked the colo
mel, Tentatively, that she is very well
to do-that is, I judge SO by the life
she leads; it is one of expensive luxury
from beginning to end"
Il happen to know that she is decid-
edly rich" replied Hardy. ut seems
that her husband, who was killed in the
war, owned extensive lands in the south
upon which phosphate beds have since
been discovered"
Her husband was not killed while
actually in SERVICE" explained Has
brooke. ''and his death was a. most
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tragic one" The colonel looked round
the room and seeing James, the black
butler, standing behind his chair, hold
ing napkin and corkscrew, he said:
Il shall ring when 1 want you.
James,
When the negro had bowed himself
from the room, Col. Hasbrooke contin-
ued. "Yes, Mrs. Lancaster's life has
been sad one; she has revealed the
great grief of her life to very few, and
then only to her most intimate friends.
She had been married to Lancaster only
about two years when the first shot
from Fort Sumter set his blood on
fire. He was one of the first in South
carolina to offer his services, and as he
had had some military training and was
highly educated he was made a captain
OF company. He made good record
but was taken i'll when his regiment
was stationed at little town in the
mountains of East Tennessee and was
ordered home on furlough. AS it was
in the month of August, Mrs Lancaster
thought that the climate of Charles
ton would not be SO good for him as that
OF tennessee, SO she telegraphed him to
wait and she would join him. She met
him with her. only child, baby in
arms. and they started through the
mountains to a retreat that had been
recommended to them as highly suit
able resting place. But on that journey
they met with the catastrophe which
bGghted her whole life. The noun
tains in that section, like the noun
tains here, We're infested with bandits
who lived upon plundering stragglers,
no matter of what politics. And it was
gang of these reckless ruffians into
which they ran. They were in spring
wagon driven by negro, who had all
along shown himself to be an arrant
coward. The first notification of dan
Ger was the sudden appearance from
the bushes of half dozen srmed men,
who demanded that the party alight
that the vehicle might be searched.
Evidently Capt. Lancaster, who hap
pened to be holding the child in his
arms, thought that immediate obedi-
SAASS was OSSt, 81 AC Sot Out, lellluS Tue
men that he had in his pockets all the
money and valuables the wagon con-
tanned. He was still holding the child
on one arm and opening his pockets
with another when the negro, seeing
that the robbers were not noticing the
wagon, whipped up the horses and
drove away at full speed. Mrs. Lancas-
ter tried to stop him, but he was wild
with terror, and as the robbers were
now firing after them, he duclsed his
head and applied the lash. The wom-
an was helpless; the negro was strong
and half insane She rgued with him
and pleaded with him to stop and let
her out, but he drove on like mailman.
1t was not till they bad reached farm
house nine miles from the scene of the
robbery that she induced the negro to
stop. Here they were received by fam
lily in which there was one man too old
to do service in the war. Hessaid he
was willing to do what he could for her,
but that the 'bushwhackers,' who were
power in the land, would hang him if
he molested their plans. He went out
to see if he could get together any of
his peiobhore x..bo x,-o,,lJ bo1, 10, L.. 1
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l could if his reasons for not fighting
had not been quite so exasperating."
II am going to help you about the
buttons and the shoulder-straps," an
swered Evelyn. II have maid who
can hold her tongue. l am going to
get her to borrow the captains coat
from his room, and / shall restore his
plumage."
He smiled, new light in his eyes.
II really think I should like to have
you do it, if you will" said he.
He will wonder who did it," she
laughed, "and half hope he will sus-
pect me of knowing something about
it; he is tiresome in all things, but he
has more to say about his courage
than anything else
just then the plantation bell rang.
"Oh, you men are awful-awful!"
she went on, grown suddenly serious.
"If Capt. Wrinkle had been of a differ
ent type you would have been shoot
ing at each other at this moment"
she checked herself; there was tense
look about her lips. 'sYou would have
been in great trouble (for no man
can escape it who has killed another).
Then he might have taken your life"
He understood, and his heart beat
wildly.
eff he had been of different type,
he would not have treated me as he
did, and I should not have been here
this morning.
She gathered up her ferns and low
ers and rose.
"That is quite true" she rejoined,
with look towards the house. II must
be going now; good-by."
She took the buttons and sleeve or
naments from him, and put them into
her pocket, and then held out her
hand. "Good-by," she said again.
When Evelyn reached the house and
had entered the great hall she called to
her maid, Marie, mulatto girl, to take
care of her ferns and flowers.
Have you seen Capt. Wrinkle this
morning?" Evelyn asked.
The maid laughed impulsively as she
filled her hands with the damp green
things.
"Yessum, seed i'm, an he acted
mighty strange. I never seed man act
SO quar- in my life" Again Marie
laughed.
what do you mean, Marie?"
"Wellum," answered the maid, 81 no.
ticed i'm go out fur his walk to'ds de
spsing, an would er bet my life dat he
had on his brass buttons an de straps
on his shoulder, kase seed UNI shinin'
in de sun; he was smokin' an walkin'
as clipper. as er gamerooster,b but abont
fifteen minutes ago I seen i'm, slinkin
up de servants stairs on his tip-toes.
met i'm face to face, did, an, young
miss, as God is in Heaven, he didn't
have sign Of a button on lis coat
an he'd cut off his shoulder straps
too, an more dan dat, he looked as
mean as egg-suckin' dog
Marie giggled again. She had, with
the usual perspicacity of her race,
OWNED that the officer was not in high
favor with her mistress.
AT this juncture Capt. Wrinkle,
dressed from head to foot in snowy
duck, came down the front staircase,
and, bowling to Evelyn, he went out on
the veranda. Without speaking again
to Marie, Evelyn turned into her own
room to take off her damp apron.
She decided that she would, later in
the day, ask Marie to get the captains
coat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13

Is Mr.. Cleveland likely TO come out as a
supporter of Mr.. Bryan? AS strange
| thing that has happened. and happened
in Mr.. Clevelands own behalf.
When the democratic national convention
met in 1892 Mr.. Cleveland was the strong
est candidate, purely on personal grounds.
His course when in office on the financial
question had given serious offense to the
southern and the western democrats His
effort in 1SSs, made through Mr.. German
and W. L. Scott to hedge on his free trade
message to Congress had seriously offended
the tariff reformers. He had been just
enough of civil service reformer to offend
the democratic machine. But, in spite of
all these things. he had made an impression
on the country which the managing politi-
clans of the party could not control. So,
after they had looked the ground carefully
over, had weighed the Hill boom, the Cor
man boom, the Brice boom and other booms
IN the balance and found them light they
turned to Mr.. Cleveland and decided to
utilize his strong personal hold on the peo-
pie. Silver men like Mr.. Vest, tariff re-
formers like Mr.. Mills, protectionists like
Mr. German, all Joined hands and put him
through.
Mr.. Bryan's strength today like Mr.
Cleveland's in 1892, is largely personal AS
a pontlcal prophet he is wholly diScredited.
Events since 1896 have knocked the spots
out of every argument he advanced in the
campaign Of that year. The cast Is still
opposed to his financial vagaries The tariff
reformers have not forgotten his abandon
rnent of that cause. Expansion democrats
smile and shake their heads at his fulmina-
tons about Imperialism. But somehow Mr.
Bryan's popularity with the rank and file
OF the party continues. There seems to be
nothing else in sight for the democracy but
to utilize 1t. The German boom, the OIney
boom, the Stone boom. when weighed
against 1t are all light. Mr.. Bryan is still
the party's drawing card Count him out,
and what Is left but chickering's and confu-
sion?
Mr.. Cleveland is not more opposed to Mr..
Bryan on the money question than Mr..
Vest was to Mr.. Cleveland in 1892 And
yet Mr.. Vest and all of his silver friends
supported Mr.. Cleveland that year. They
did not change their views as to money but
merely played personal popularity for a
winning card. That card won in that cam
paign, but will it win In this? Even if Mr.
Cleveland declares for Mr.. Bryan. will it
help the Nebraskan? With the results of
that campaign so fresh in recollection, will
the country the second time elect O. candi-
date behind whom there Is not a homo
geneous following with a definite object in
view?