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troop as it looked, fresh started from old
Fort Frayne this glorious autumn morning
of 1885, and with a nod of appreciation and
1T couldn't be better, sergeant to his de-
voted right-hand man, the veteran senior
non-commissioned officer of the troop, Ray
rang out the command, "At ease,' and
placed himself beside the silent young lieu
tenant the head of the column.
AS has been said, Rays senior subaltern
was on detached service. His junior, Mr..
Clayton, had Joined but the year before, and
this threw Mr.. Field in command or the
leading platoon and to the side Of the lead
ing guide. Now as the senior officer took the
head of column and Mr.. Clayton fell back
to the rear, the silence of the first mile of
march was broken, and, though sitting
erect In saddle and forbidden to lounge or
SLOUGH" the troop began its morning in
terchange of ctaff and comment. Every
mothers son Of them reioiced to be once
more aheld with q chance OF stirring work
ahead. - b&S+aGT 5IS@
IT'S time to. throw out our advance,
he scanned the s id n dfside still some miles
ahead and refined In beside the stern-faced
young soldier Send Sergeant Scott for
ward with three men and the same number
on each hank-corporais in charge.
He had more than liked Webs adjutant.
He had been his stanehest friend and sup
porter among the troop and company COM
manders. and was eager to hefriend him
now. He had EXPRESSED no wish to have
him sent on the hurried move. but well he
knew the post commanders reasons and
approved his course. Still, now that Field
was being removed, 2 fsf the time at least,
from the possibility Of an entangling al
lance that might proves disastrous, in every
way in his powefl Raysmeant to show the
mortified, indeed S6rely angered, officer that
his personal regard for him had suffered no
change whatever If he could succeed In
winning Fields confidence 1t might well be
that he could bring him to see that there
were good and sufficient grounds for the
post commanders aetion-that for Field S
own good, in fact. 1t was most desirable
move.
The soul Of loyalty and square dealing
himself. Ray had never for q moment
dreamed that anything other than foolish
eseapade had oceurred-a ride by moonlight.
perhaps, demanded of her devotee by a
thoughtiess. thoroughbred coquette, whose
influence over the young fellow was begin
ming to mar his usefulness, Ii not indeed his
future prospects. Just what to think of
Nanette Flower Ray really did not know.
Marion, his beloved better half, was his un-
questioned authority In all such matters.
and 1t was an uncommon tenet OF that
young matron never to condemn until she
had cause. Instinctively she shrank from
what she had seen Of Miss Flower, even
though her woman,s eye reJoiced In the ele-
gance OF Miss Flowers abundant toilets;
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west, save, as did a certain writer of re-
nown from a car window; thereby limiting
their horizon. Ray despised that socket as
he did the Shoemaker bit, but believed,
with President Grant. that the best means
to end obnoxious laws was their rigorous
enforcement. Each mans revolver, a trusty
brown Colt, hung in its holster at the right
hip. Each man was girt with ammunition
belt of webbing, the device of an old-time
Yankee cavalryman that has been copied
round the world. the dull-hued- copper car
tridges bristling from every loop. Each
man wore. as was prescribed, the heavy
cumbrous cavalry boot of the day and gem
Grafton. but had slowed in his saddle-bags
light moccasins and leggings with which to
replace them when. farther afield, their
clear-headed commander should give the
word. Each man, too, wore the gauntlets
of Indian-tanned buckskin. a special pat
tern that Ray had been permitted to use
experimentally. Each man was clad in
dark blue flannel shirt and blouse, the latter
soon probably to be stored with the big,
weighty boots in Truscott's saddle room at
Beecher, with. probably, too many of the
light blue riding breaches, saddle pierced
with canVaS-the uniform at the start des-
tined. In the case of veteran troopers at
least. to be shed In favor of brown duck
hunting trousers, or even, among certain
extremists, fringed. beaded and embroid-
cred buckskin. than which the present
chronicler knows no more uncomfortable
garb when soaked by pelting rains or inn
mersion In some Icy mountain stream.
Even the brown campaign hats, uniformly
creased as the fifty left the ford would
soon be knocked out of all semblance to the
prescribed shape, and made at once comfort
able and serviceable. Add to these items
the well-flled haversack and battered tin
quart cup tfor on a forced march of two
or three days Captain Ray would have no
pack mules), and the personal equipment of
his men was complete AS for the mounts.
each sorrel tripped easily anlon under the
sextuple folds Of the saddle blanket, and
the black-skinned Mcclellan saddle tree,
with its broad horse-hair cincha and hood
ed wooden stirrups. minus the useless skirts
and sweat feathers. Neither breast strap.
crupper nor martingale hampered the free
movements of the sturdy, stocky little
weight carriers. The black, single-reined
curb bride. fastened as to the throat latch
by light buckle, was slipped on over the
headstall of the so-called watering bride.
whose toggled and detachable snafle bit
was generally "toted" from start to finish
of field scout in the saddle bags-a twist
Of the flexible lariat, Indian fashion. be-
tween the eompiaisant Jaws of his pet being
the troopers ready substitute. Add to this
that. full, free and unmutilated, in glossy
waves the beautiful names and tails tossed
in the upland breeze flor the heresies Of
Angicmania never took root In the Ameri-
can cayalry) and you have Rays famous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13

The annual election of officers Of Local
Union 36S of the. Brotherhood Of Painters
Decorators and Paperhangers will be held
the 9th instant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
WBritish Encroachmentv

From the Paris EclRIr.
The agreement between Great Britain an.
Siam, Notwithstanding its apparent cor
rectness, must be looked upon as the first
encroachment of Great Britain on the STA
mese states of the Malay peninsula TIL
balance of power in Siam has been broker
to the advantage of England. 1t is to b.
hoped that the French government will II
its turn be capable of displaying energy.
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A Bargain at $40. 70.

From the Philadelphia Press.
When it comes to singing" exclaimt
the nightingale, sneeringly, you're Of
use. You couldn't touch a high note In you
life"
I'm my life? No." replied the Bird
Paradise but I'll be embalmed upon a bon
net some day. and then I'll make $50 moi
look like 80 cents"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following Is list of advertised letters re-
naming in the Washington Cd. c. Post-oifce Sat
uIday. December 10. 1902.
To obtain of these letters the appiicahs
should call for Advertised Letters. ~ -,
If not called for within two t2j weeks, tney VIII
be- sent to the Dead Letter Office.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
BOGUS PENNIES.
View Works Sub treasury Discovered
117,oOo of Them In 1901.

In the minor cyin division of the
United States suD-treasury in New
tork over 42,00OpD pennies received
there in 1901 over 1900 Were counter
ielt. OF the S2,02i 200 received in minor
Go!ns-nickels, tLree-cent pieces and
-.ennies-Si-3 -331 was in counterfeit
lIeces. Although the Baltimore sub
treasury has no cord of the amounts
II coins detected here. because of the
:act that the Uni'"d States secret SER
Fice men collect MI of these coins from
the city and take them to Washington
Tor experimental purposes and for the
purpose of detec, NJ whether or not
any new counterleits are being circu-
.ated, 1t is known hat but comparative
y few spurious coins find their way
into the local otiicr of the treasury.
About 100000 pennies are handled
6y the local sub -reasury each year,
and of these remarkably small per-
'entage have beer found of no value.
1t was stated at lie sub-treasury yes
terday that the rincipal trouble, as
ar as counterfeit are concerned, has
oeen with nickels Not more than
about 800 of the are received in
year, and receipts II pennies have BEEN
9roportionately le-s.
The man accus med to the work
pots a bad penny IN the fraction of
second. Counting at a speed almost
100 fast for the vi aimed eye to follow,
!e seldom. IL ever misses one that is
If color or that IL Ks the sharpness of
outline in the m,Nelins of a genuine
one.
The expert. how rer, is seldom able
o tell you what are the things that
mark for him pa-.cular coin as spu-
-ious. His senses are so highly trained
20 the work that De- differentiates and
chooses almost nStinctively. 1t is
merely a matter o. unremitting vigil
ance and long eNprrience.-Baltimore
American.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
LONG TRIP BY WAGON.
Wealthy Arkansars Travel 1900 Miles
in Prairie Schooner.

John W. Black, an Arkansas farmer,
and his family, consisting of his wife.
daughter and two sons, reached Dan
bury, Connecticut. after a journey of
three months. having covered the dist
ance of nearly 100 miles between
Bentonville, Arkansas, and Connecti-
cut in numbering, canvas-topped
prairie schooner
Black, who is Independently wealthy,
conceived the idea Of visiting his rela
lives in Southbury, near here and driy
ing the entire distance, living n gypsy
life en- route. The family left home in
May and headed for st. Louis, travel
ing from there to Tcrre Haute, and
then to indianapolis, from which point
they journeyed to Wheeling and then
struck a straight line across the coun-
try to Newburg on the Hudson.
The travellers covered about fifteen
miles Il day on the average, and they
camped at night, using the huge wagon
for sleeping quarters and cooking over
camp fires wherever they stopped. The
beds, cooking utensils and supply of
provisions were carried in the wagon.
The whole family We're in excellent
health and spirits when they reached
this city. which was practically the
end of their journey, and said that me
experience was one worth repeating
New York Herald.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
catarrh Cannot lie Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot
reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrk is q
blood or constitute nal disease, and In order to
cure it you must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Il was prescribed by one Of the best phvsieians
in this country for years, and is regular pre-
scr.ption. 1t is composed Of the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood purifiers
acting directly on the mucous surfaces Tho
perfect combination OF the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, O
Sold by druggists price 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Valuable Fan Given Queer.

II was woman member of the
WorshiEful Company of Fanmakers
VITO executed the Irish point lace
wo.k in the fan carried by Queen
Alexandra at the coronation. The
fan was giyen to the queen by the
society The device of the royal
crown. the rose, shamrock and this
tie wrought in the -1ce, was repeat
ed in The mother Of pearl sticks and
mounts which were exquisitely in
laid with gold.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
MIX churned in Calls Stomach.

Jersey calf at Gaiesburg. Mich,
was treated to a breakfast Of fresh
milk and then turned out to gambol
on the green. 1t frolicked TO It's hearts
content, but suddenly dropped dead. A
postmortem examination showed that
the stomach was fun Of butter. churned
from the calfs breakfast by the ami
mails activity. The stomach made a
good chuTn, but failed to digest its own
product
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Some Polish Superstitions.

Poland is the land of many quaint
supeTstitIons about animals. The goat
is very lucky, but the crow, wolf or
pigeon are harbingers OF bad
fortune. Here is curious pre-
scription: TO cure cataract in
the eye, take a black cock make him
look at the sun, look at him yourself.
then throw the cock to the ground.
jump on : fence and crow three
times"
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
The Eean STATE.

Michigan has recently risen from
third place to the rank of first with
regard to its crop of dried beans. This
nutritious and necessary food product
is chiefly the product of three states
New York. Michigan and California
Massachusetts, notwithstanding its
reputation as a consuming center.
does not cut any figure in the pro-
duction. The total annual crop of the
United States is about 5,OGi 400 bush
els, valued at cT.633.636.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
A Dramatic Suicide,

What part are you going 10 play?"
asked a brother actor OF Arthur Shap-
ley when the latter arrived for re-
hearsal on tle stage of the Dartford
tEnsD theater, recently. This is
the part l am going to play" he re-
piled, and drank from a poison bot
tie, which he drew from his pocket
Shapley, who has since died, had
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Equal to the Emergency.

a FreLchman was engaged in trans,
latlng an American novel, and came
to a description Of a man "hitching
his horse 10 a locust" This stagger-
ed tho translator, as he mad never
heard Of tho locust tree; but he was
equal TO the emergency, and in ex-
PLANTATION stated that "sautere les" or
grasshuppors grew to an immense
size in the United States.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
A Great Avenue of Trees,

Japan has an avenue of trees fifty
miles in length. The trees are cryp-
tomera, and every one is perfect
specimen, quite straight, from 100 to
$50 feet in height. and twelve to fif-
teen feet in circumference The ave-
nue. extends from the town of Ma.
manda to Nikko.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
A Flower Without Roots.

On the mountains of California
grows very wonderful flower. 1t is
a twining hyacinth, which climbs up
some bush until it reaches the top,
and after resting awhile to make sure
it has a good hold breaks loose from
its root and spreads out its lovely
blossoms just as though it received
nOurishment from its roots
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Indian Cave in Connecticut.

Another large Indian cave has just
been discovered in the woods on the
farm Of b. 4. Anderson at Stanwich,
Conn. II extends over 900 feet, with
an opening at either end. Mr.. An
ders"n has found in the cave arrow
heads, pieces Of pottery and part of
a crude necklace or bracelet made out
OF different colored pieces of flint.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
New Biography Of lbsen.

Rudolph Lothar's new biography of
lbsen is the first picture book about
the famous poet. 1t contains over a
hundred portraits of him and his
friends, and pictures of his residences.
etc.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Laurier Going to Rome.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier is shortly ex.
pected in Rome to discuss with the
Italian government a commercial con
vention and further to arrive at some
understanding in regard to Italian en-
igrants TO Canada.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Production of "Champaqne."

American apples are cored, sliced
and dried sent to France. and there
converted into cider. With the addi-
and a little flavoring powder, the
cider becomes champagne, and much
of 1t goes to England and is drunk
under the delusion that it is of the
best brand.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Same Old Story.

A hunter who tells of pitched bat.
tie in which six bears were killed, ad-
mits that he slipped and fell and al.
most lost his life. He didn't slip any
in telling his experience. It's the same
old bar" story that grandpa loved SC
well
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
A Useful Citizen,

Charles NJ, Colladay, having taught
school in Philadelphia for sixty years.
has rendered his resignation, satisfied
with the long and good record he has
made. For just fifty years past his
services have been given to the public
schools of the city.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
A Wonderful Ray of Light.

Albert Nodon reports to the French
Academy of Sciance his discovery of a
hitherto unknown form of radiation
analogous to the X-rays and the rays
from the metal radium, but differing
from them in striking particulars.
When rays of light fall on thin met
al plate the newly discovered invisible
rays are found to emanate from the
back of the plate, as If the plate sift-
ed out part of the rays and let others
through.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Ere ee.lunch in Cairo.

The frec-Iunch habit is much in
vogue in Egypt In one barroom at
Cairo the purchaser of a glass of beer
for cents, gets seven little plates
with bread, olives, potato and green
salad, beans, liver and mussels on
them. These are replenished with
every glass Of beer.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
One Form of Argument.

A Denver justice comes to the sur
port of the New York crusade agains-
wheeling baby buggies on the side
walks by saying that If God meant
babies to go on wheels he would
have put wheels on them.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
One Good Accomplished.

u met your wife yesterday How
well she is looking," Yes. We
have been expecting her rich aunt to
visit Is this summer" All" Of
course, don't mean that expecting
her aunt has made my wife look so
well, but it has kept her from going
away anywhere for rest. Chi.
cagu Record Herald.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Fascination of Widows.

1t is commonly supposed that widows
captiyate only men, but this supposi.
tion, like many more that are popular,
is only partially true. Let it be said
by one who has made study of the
subject that widows fascinate as many
women as they do men.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Oldest Known Writing.

The oldest piece Of writing in the
world is ON a fra agment of vase found
at Nippur. 1t is an inscription in pic
ture writing and dates 1900 years be-
fore Christ. The University of Penn
sylvania has obtained 1t.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Elect an AGED President.

Pembroke College, Cambridge, does
not believe in young presidents. 1t
has elected as its master Sir George
Gabriel Stokes, the great mathemati-
clan, who is eighty-three years of
age.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Record Fields of Honey.

One thousand three hundred and
sixty pounds of honey has been taken
from seven hives in England in one
season. a stock OF Cyprian bees at
Dresden, Texas, yielded 1000 pounds
in a single season.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Showed Good Sense,

A Lewiston, Me, infant, asked by
his Sunday school teacher what he
should have done first of all if he had
been miraculously cast out of the
whales belly like Jonah, said: Il fink
ia gone home and got some clean
ClOthes on"
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Bio Prices for Diamonds.

The biggest price in cash ever paid
for diamond was f125,000, given by
the Duke of Orleans for the Great Re,
gent Stone. The koh-i-Noor is valued
at El4O,OOO
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Forestry That Paws,

In 1868 Hungary's forests returned
little over a million forms a year. To
day, owing to careful administration,
the yield is over three million florns
yearly.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
New York's Poor School System.

When the public schools of New
York opened $4,000 children applied
for an education. Only six new school
buildings, with a total accommodation
of $500. We're opened, when there
should have been at least ten.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Die With Their Boots OFF.

Whether they are going to accom-.
plish their purpose by poisoning, hang
ing, drowning or otherwise, suicides
almost invariably take off their boots
before committing the crime.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Cab Hire in London.

A few years ago there were in Lon.
don Isl licensed cab drivers between
10 and SO years Of age London spends
over $4,000 day on cab fares.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Needs a kcv.

Painted on shingle, nailed to a
tree, in front of farmhouse in North
Sebago, Me, is this notice, which is
all right, when you can understand 1t.
Pigs. For. Sail. Up. To. A. Pal l."
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Hold Officials RESPONSIBLE

Chinese officials are held to be
guilty before the Son of Heaven for
floods, droughts, famines. fires. and
other natural calamities.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Increase of German Commerce.,

Twenty years ago only fifteen Ger.
man vessels pasted annually through
the Suez canal. Now the number is
iS2 a year.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03
Differenc. in Bcltinu.

1t has been shown by testing that
betting made from the middle of the
hide is much stronger than that made
from the shoulders.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03

She (coylyl-I hope you will invite me
to your wedding when you marry He
(boidly)-I'I invite you II you'll promise
to accept II you don't then the wedding
will be postponed indefinitely.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03

Only one remedy in the world that will at
once stop itchine-s OF the skin In any part
of the body. Doan's Ointment. At any
drug E )re, so cents.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03

Friend-You have always referred to
your wife as your better half" Now
how do you designate the baby? Mr.
thing.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03

If you don't get the biggest and best
it's your own fault. Defiance Starch
is for sale everywhere and there is pos
itively nothing 20 equal it in quality or
quantity
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03

DO you believe that the rain falls
alike on the just and the unjust?" Not
a bit Of it. The unjust have the UNI
brellas"
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03

NOT A FISH STORY.
BaNters Bullhead cigar as as good so
smoke as you can find.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-03

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