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,a~~- By GENERAL CHARLES KING
AUTHOR OF A DAUGHTER oerAe SIOUX S<t

Cut Off from their comrades while scout
ing a side ravine Capt. Wren and his
quartet OF troopers had made stiff and
valiant fight against such OF the Indians
as permitted hand or head to show from
behind the rocks They had felt confident
that Sergeant Brewster and the main body
would speedily miss them. or hear the
sound OF firing and turn back au secours.
but sounds are queerly carried in such
maze Of deep and tortuous clefts scanned
the surface in every conceivable direction
through the wild basin Of the Colorado.
Brewster's rearmOst files declared long after
that never the faintest whisper of ARRAY
had reached their ears. already half dead
ened by fatigue and the ceaseIess crash OF
iron-shod hoofs on shfngly rock. AS for
Brewster himself. he was able to estab-
ahead" and try to make Sunset Pass by
nightfall, while the captain, with such
horses as seemed freshest, secuted right
and left wherever possible The last seen
OF Jerry Kent. 1t later transpired. was
when he came riding after them to say the
captain had gone into the mouth of the
gorge opening to the west, and the last
message borne from the commander to the
troop came through Jerry Kent to Sergeant
Dusold. who brought up the rear They
had passed the mouths Of half q dozen
ravines within the hour. some on one side.
some on the other. and Dusold passed the
word by sending Corporal Slater clatter-
Ing up the canon. skirting the long drawn
out column of files until. far in the lead.
he could overtake the senior sergeant and
deliver his message. Later. when Brew
ster rode back with all but the little guard
left over his few brohen-down men and
mounts In Sunset Pass Dusold could con-
fidently locate In his own mind the exact
spot whore Kent overlook him; but Dusold
was a drill-book dragon Of the Prussian
school. consummateiy at homo on review or
parade. but all at sea. 50 to speak, In the
mountains. They never found trace of
their loved leader. The ciefts they secuted
were all on the wrong side.
And 30 II happened that relief came not,
that one after another the five horses fell
pierced with missiles or crushed and stun
ned By rocks crashing down from above,
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that Kent himself was shot through the
brain. and Wren skewered through the arm
by Tonic shaft, and plugged with
round rifle ball in the shoulder. Sergeant
Carmody bound up his captains wound as
best he could, and by rare good luck, keep
ing up bold front, and answering every
shot. they fought their way to this little
refuge in the rocks, and there. behind i'm
provised barbados and powders, stood
orr their savage foe, hoping rescue
might soon reach them
But Wren was nearly wild from wounds
when the third day came and no sign of
the troop. Another man had been hit and
stung. anu though not seriously wounded,
like burnt child, he now Stunned the fire
and became. perforce. an ineffective. Ser
geant Carmody and his alternate watchers
were worn out from lack OF sleep when. In
the darkness of midnight. low hail in
their own tongue came softly through tho
dead silence and the voice Of Lieutenant
Blakely cautioning, Don't fire, Wren. It's
the bugolosist" and in another moment
he and bis orderly afoot. in worn Apache
moccasins, we'll equipped with crammed
haversacks and ammunition belts. were be-
ing welcomed by the besieged. There was
little of the emotional and nothing of the
melodramatic about it. 1t was. II any
thing. rather commonplace. Wren was
Eighty and disposed to give orders for an
immediate attack in force on the enemys
works, to which the sergeant. his lips
trembling just bit, responded with prompt
salute: VERY good. sir, just as quick as
the men can finish supper. Loot nent
Blakelys compliments sir. and he'll be
ready in ten minutes" for Blakely and his
man. seeing instantly the condition OF
things. had freshened the little fire and be-
gun unloading supplies. Solalay. their In
dian guide. after plotting them through the
woodland southwest of Snow lake. had
pointed out the canyon. hidden them fol-
low 1t, partly In the sign language. partly
in Spanish. partly in the few Apache words
that Blakely had learned during his agency
days. managed to make them understand
that Wren was to be found some five miles
further on, and that most Of the besieged
Tontos were on the heights above or in
the canyon below. Few would be encoun-
tered. II any, on the upstream trail Then,
promising to take the horses and the mes
sage to Camp Sandy. he had left them He
dared 20 no further toward the warning
Apaches They would suspect and butcher
him without mercy.
But Solalay had not gone without prom
Use of further aid. Natzie's younger broth
err. Alchisay. had recently come to him
with a message from her. and should be
coming with another. 6olalay thought he
could find them and send him to them to
be used as courier. Blakely's opportune
coming had cheerad not a little the nag
cling defense. but. not until forty hours
thereafter. by the time their condition had
become almost desperate. and the Toe al
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The Muscular Sense.
From Success,

The sense of muscular tension that we
experience when we sustain or raise a
weight is really distinct from any or all
of the so-called 1--we Senses" and is en-
titled to be considered a sixth sense
Psychologists who have tried to measure
it, however, are confronted by numerous
difficulties. Not only is 1t hard to sepa-
rate its Indications from those Of the sense
Of touch, as experienced by the skin on
which the weight rests. but the feeling Of
heaviness differs when the sustaining men,
Der Is moved In order to "heft'' the weight
as the provincial term has 1t. A recent
French experimenter avoids all this trouble
by causing the subject to hold the weight
suspended by a thread, between his thumb
and forefnger. When the weight Is sud
denly supported from below. by raising
board till contact Is made with 1T. the per-
son who holds the weight feels a sensation,
If the weight be sufficient. and this is en-
tirely Independent of all the elements that
have hitherto proved troublesome. The
smallest weight that is necessary to pro-
duce the sensation Is the measure of the
muscular sense In the person experimental
upon.
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ELBOWS ON THE TABLE.
Habit Of American Women Attributed
to Bracelet Pendants.

From the New York Sun.
If the social curriculum still includes such
instructions Don't put your elbows on
the table, and when walking and stand
ing keep the elbows close to the side." few
persons outside Of the nursery think Of
paying any attention to them. An English
woman stopping In New York drew atten-
ton to this interesting circumstance the
other day.
II have been very much surprised" said
she. Eat the way American women sit with
their elbows on the table on all occasions.
Everywhere they do tin private houses
and in restaurants. at the most formal
breakfasts, luncheons. dinners. suppers.
When one hand is in use they lean on the
other elbow. and whenever they get
chance, as between courses. both elbows
are propped on the table and the hands
clasped under the chin.
THE other day I went past one of the
Fifth avenue restaurants at the dinner
hour. and at nearly every one Of the window
tables was woman leaning on her elbows.
Why, even in some Of the smartest photo
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such and such a widow has married again.
and lives in fine house. in such and such
street Most of the widows are married
again, say the guides.
The widowers for the most part are por-
trayed In a higher degree of agony than the
widows. The reason Is perhaps explained
by the following story Of a Genoese noble
man who had recently lost his wife.
Il saw you at the funeral" said friend
the next day after the services; but
couldn't go to the cemetery"
THAT was a pity" answered the widow
er, you should have seen how carried on
at her grave
The Capuchin.
Death, in the eyes of the Capuchin monks,
is chiefly a terrible reminder of the vani-
ties OF the flesh. Their cemetery in Rome
is a cellar whose walls and ceilings are COW
cred with the bones Of their predecessors.
Skulls. ribs, thigh bones and knuckies are
arranged in grotesque designs, and even
the chandelier is constructed Of parts OF
skeletons.
When a Capuchin dies, he Is buried in
loose dirt without a coffin. AS there is room
for only forty bodies in this earth, which
was brought from the Holy Land, the body
that has lain In it longest is dug up, the
skeleton cleaned, garmented in monkish
garb and placed in a niche. To make room,
the oldest skeleton In a niche Is dismem-
bered and its various bones are added to
complete some wall design.
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CHAPTER XIX.

Deep down in a ragged cleft of the desert.
with shelving rock and giant bOwlder on
every side. without a sign Of leaf or sprig
OF grass or tendril of tiny creeping plant.
a little party of haggard, hunted men lay
in hiding and in the silence of exhaustion
and despond, awaiting the inevitable. Bulg-
ing outward overhead, like the counter of
some huge battle ship, a great mass OF
solid granite heaved unbroken above them,
forming a recess or cave. in which they
were secure against arrow, shot or stone
from the crest of the lofty. almost vertical
walls of the vast and gloomy canon. Well
back under this natural shelter. basined
in the followed rock, blessed pool of
fair water lay unwrinkled by even a fiut-
ter of breeze Relic of the early spring
time and the melting SHOWS 1t had been
caught and imprisoned here after the grad
ually failing stream had trickled itself into
nothingness. One essential, one comfort
then had not been denied the beleaguered
few. but 1t was about the only one. Water
for drink. for fevered wounds and burning
Threats, they had in abundance: but the
last "hard-tack" had been shared, the last
scrap of bacon long since devoured. OF
grains were left. or the cartridge-cram-
med "thimble BELTS" with which they had
entered the canon and the Apache trap,
only three contained SO much as a single
copper cylinder stopped by its forceful
lead. These three belonged to troopers.
two Of whom at least would never have
use for them again. One of these, poor
Jerry Kent. lay buried beneath the little
cairn OF rocks in still another cave-like
recess dozen yards away. hidden there
by night, when providing Apaches could not
see the Borrowing burial party and crush
them with powders heaved over the preci-
pice above. or shoot them down with whis-
ting lead or steel-tipped arrow from some
SAFE covert IN ths rocky Walls.
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nam does, by an alteration of shirts, ties

man does. by an alteration of shirts, ties
and collars.
Though she little knows it. what woman
wears speaks volumes for her when she
seeks employment from masculine en-
ployer. Men do not shine when their wives
ask them to describe detail for detail the
gowns they have seen on other women But
they gain an impression from the frockS
they observe. So If two girls seek a situa-
ton as cashier. and one only is required to
fill the post Is it not quite conceivable that
preference may reasonably be expected by
the well-groomed damsel. whose dress is
practical as well as smart. whose boots and
gloves are exqufsitely trim and neat. and
whose hair beneath her not conspicuous
hat. is well-brushed and prettily arranged.
but quite deprived Of foolish exaggeration?
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BIG BUILDINGS ON SAND.
Some Of the Worlds Heaviest Struc-
lures Stand on Shifting Soils.

from the ChlcagO inter ocean.
do you know" said famous architect
the other day. that the heaviest and tall
est buildings are really houses built upon
the sander the mud?
take the Park Row building in New
York. 1t Is the tal1est commercial struc-
ture In the world. and probably the heavi-
est also. 1t weighs over 55. OeO TONS which
means a pressure of nearly 5000 pounds
on each square foot Of the site. This enor-
nous load rests upon a bed OF fine, wet
sand scarcely different from quicksand and
about a hundred feet deep.
ut Is perfectly safe. Nearly 1000 large
piles were driven In 1t by a 2OO0-pound
hammer falling twenty feet which COM
pacted it until even these tremendous
blows could force them no further and
they could well carry their loads Of 30 600
pounds each. Groups Of these piles were
capped with concrete and pyramidal brick
piers were built on that. Steel beams were
laid on the fat pier tops to distribute the
loads over the surface of the masonry
Some OF the columns carry as much as
three million pounds each.
Many Of our heaviest buildings are
really supported ON stilts-that is to say
on foundation piles driven through sand
or mud to the solid rock.
In other cases heavy buildings are
supported on piles which neither reach to
udIu Dotton nor are Qr1Ven IN nrnl SOIL
Long piles are driven into very soft mud
and silt. into which they sink many feet
by their own weight and by light blows
OF a-steam hammer. If they are driven
there thirty or fifty feet and left undis-
turbed a few hours it is found that the
adhesion OF the tenacious mud is go great
that they can hardly be started again
and may safely be trusted to carry heavy
permanent loads. which are really sup
ported by the sickness of the mud
THE st. Paul building in New York is
supported on very deep bed of fine wet
sand. which was only excavated to a depth
of about thirty-two feet. A one-foot LAYER
OF concrete was spread over the bottom Of
the pit. and on this was set the real
foundations. consisting of crossed LAYERS
of steel beams and orders
The Spreckles building In San Fran
cisco. which weighs over twenty-four mil.
lion pounds rests on dense wet sand. on
which solid platform Of steel and arti-
hcial stone was laid as a foundation. This
building has passed uninjured through the
test OF severe earthquake shock
Few. II any, tall buildings are on worse
soil than those In Chicago Here. only ten
or fifteen feet below the surface is a crust
OF clay not more than ten feet thick, which
floats on wet plastic mud from sixty to
Luz feef deep. Piles more than 100 feet
long would be required to reach the hard
pan Or bed rock, and most OF the tan
buildings there really stand On great RATS
built on the surface Of the clay It has
been found that a load of 5000 pounds
per square foot Of clay surface will settle
slowly Tor several months. After set
ting perhaps two inches 1t will become
stationary, and may be considerably in
creased with safety. No attempt ia made
to prevent this settlement"
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precious cartridges in hopes of catching the
ear of searching cnmradaso

precious cartridges in hopes Of catching the
ear Of searching comrades?
wren. exhausted, had apparently dropped
into fitful doze. His eyes were shut his
lips were parted. his long. lean fingers
twltched at times as tremor seemed to
shoot through his entire frame Another
day like the last or at worst like this. with
OUT 1000 or nourishment, and even such
rugged strength as had been his would bs
taxed to the utmost. There might be no
tomorrow for the sturdy soldier who had
so calamity served his adopted country his
chosen flag. As for Chalmers the summons
was already come Far from home and
those who most loved and would sorely
grieve for him, the brave lad was diving.
Carmody. kneeling by his side, but the
moment before had looked up muteiy I'm
MS young commanders face. and his swim.
ming, sorrowing eyes had told the story.
Nine o'clOck had come without a symntor,
OF alarm or enemy from without vet death
had invaded the lonely refuge in the rocks.
claiming one victim as his tribute for the
day and setting his seal upon still another.
the prospective sacrifice for the dismal
morrow, and Blakely could stand the awful
strain no longer.
Sergeant" said he. "I must know what
TINS means We must have help for the
captain before this sun goes down. or he
may be gone before we know ito
And Carmody looked him in the face ana
answered: Il am strong yet and unhurt.
Let me make the try SIR Some of our feI.
lows must be scouting near us. or thesa
beSgars wouldn't have quit. can and the
boys. II any one can"
Blakely turned and gazed one momens
into the deep and dark recess where Law hjs
wounded and the dying. The morning wind
had freshened bit and a low. murmurous
song, natures lEolian. came softly from the
swaying pine and stunted oak and tuntna.
far on high. The Whit that swept to thai
nostrils from the lower depths of the canon
told Its own grewsome tale There scat
tered along the stream bed lay the Zee.
ter1ng remains Of their four-footed com.
rades. first victims of the ambuscaJe
Death lurked about their refuge then On
every SIDE and was even invading their
little fortress. Was this to be the end
after all? Was there neither help nor hone
from any source? -0Fe
turning once again. a murmured pravee
upon his lips. Blakely started at sight OF
Carmody. With one hand uplifted as
though to caution silence. the other con-
cayed at his ear. the sergeant was bending
eagerly forward. his eyes dilating. his
frame fairly qufvering. Then. on a sud-
den. up he sprang and swung his hat about
his head. Firing. siri Firing, sure." he
cried. Another second. and with a gasp
and moan he sank TO earth transfixed;
barbed arrow. whixxinG from unseen space.
had pierced him through and through.
n -
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His Recollection Of It,
From the Chicago Tribune.

TOM the ChlcAgO Tribune.
heard funny story today said
Benny. about man that had a clock-let
me see-yes. he had a clock he thought
was an eight-day clock. and he wound it
just once week for seventeen years before
he found out 1t was only one-day clock"
But what kept 1t going during the rest
of the week. when 1t wasn't wound up?''
they asked him.
why, that's the funny part of It," said
Benny. OF course. you know he didn't
Know-or he couldn't tell-or that's why
well. that's the way 1 remember it, any,
how"
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All In Himself,

From the Chicago Tribune.
But such men as you.' argued the
kicker. TRY to prevent the law of supply
and demand from regulating prices"
mot at ALL replied the other, with
fat smile. We illustrate the application
of the law. For instance, If we are not
satisfied with the prices OF the things we
supply we demand higher fgure-and we
get it. Seer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10

Wouldn't it be funny" remarked ths
observer of events and things, .if that
comet was derelict airship after aIlr'-'
Yonkers Statesman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-10

Common gain for one year. $40 ,313. S26
Our anti-imperialists may rail all they
like, but facts are facts. American occupa-
ton of tropical territory is a success and
benefits alike the occupied and the occu-
piers. What has been done in Porto Rico
and Hawaii can be done and is being done
in the Philippines.
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port ge 8. duties pref ioussy levied by the United
Money III sshe Treasury.

Five years asG PJtto Rico began business
for itself. as asemdmber of the American
family, without cash capital. while now It
has about 81. 900 in its treasury, is pay
ing Its bills of ZOO 600 yearly as they be-
come due, and itss revenues are steadily
increasing. -
Five years ago Iand for 100 years be-
fore) Porto Rico Spanish officials were
there only "f6f wasat there was in It,"
while now. as!Hovernor Hunt says. 'ths
public service (nearfy all Porto Ricans) in
the island is nostlr faithful and efficient.
Nor is this comfnensla ton due to heads Of
departments enfy;eit is sincerely meant for
the whole civil service. 1t would be hard
to find betters organization. The stand
ards exacted for appointment and tenure
Of office have been honesty. loyalty to the
institutions of the United States and ca
pability. The result excites the pride Of
those watching the building up Of Porto
Rico
Five years ago Porto Rico's commerce
with the United States for the calendar
year 1893 was:
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What Men Admire.

A tailor-made gown. 1t should be remem-
bered. outlasts three nimsy. cheap, and
pretentious ones. and looks well to the very
end If made Of lightweight tweed or serge.
A business woman can present a delightful
appearance and feel completely comfort
able In one new tailor-made dress per an
num- II she alternately orders a summer
weight and a winter weight one and diver
sites the appearance of her suits. just as q
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-08-18
(From Sundays Daily.)

Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Cooke will short
ly leave Honolulu for years travel.
The Hawaiian Trust Co. has invested
$4,000 of trust funds in Hawaiian
treasury notes.
r. w. shingle, of the waterhouse
Trust Co., has returned from his visit
to Kona and Kihei plantations.
Professor Rebec of the University of
Michigan has returned to town from a
visit to the summit of Haleakala.
w. B. Skinner Of the Hawaiian Elec-
trio Co.'s staff is going abroad for three
months to study the advanced electric
arts at great centers.
There is said to be considerable local
speculation by cable with San Fran
cisco in the underwriting of the over
due ship Helen Brewer.
F. j. Church viii submit to the Ho-
nolulu Merchants Association a state
ment indicating that officers of some
steamships use persuasion to prevent
the stopping over of through passen-
gers at Honolulu.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-08-18
NEED OF A MASTER.

..sa record Of massacre Is about
~ in the Balkans, One day VI" near
that the insurgents have burned Tur-
kish towns and massacred the people,
the next that the Turks have retail
ated. and so on to the end of a bloody
chapter. The pity of it all Is that
one set Of ruffians, by calling them
selves Christians, gain a certain
amount OF sympathy from actuai
Christians who would not for a mo-
ment excuse the conduct Of the Mace
domains and Bulgariahs IL they knew
.s,vhat 1t was. The brieands who cap
tured Miss Stone and Madame Tsilka'
we're Balkan Christians" the as
sassins of King Alexander Of serVia
we're in the same class.
What seems to be needed through
out the Balkans is the firm hand oil
n master power, such as Poland go'
from Russia, Germany and Austria
Freedom for the Balkan States ha!
its equivalent in the license of half
civilized tribes. Ever since the Der
lin treaty deprived Turkey of its Bal
kan provinces the European East
has been a cyclone center and 1t al
ways will be while the passions o
the semi Orientals there are allowed
to have full swing in their own poll
tics.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-08-18
NO, THANK YOU,
J. H. FISHER SAYS

J. H. Fisher, A'udltor Of the Terri
tory, was amused yesterday afternoon
at seeing his name published in a list
Of alleged candidates for county OF
fees as being out for the authorship
Of Oahu.
"You may strike my name out there
he said pointing to it. "Also the name
of w. f. Wall for County Surveyor
I feel safe in saying. He is not likely
to resign the surveyorship of the Ter
ritory to run for that of the county
1T, certainly am not candidate foi
Comfy Auditor. I have something bet
ter,
w. H. Coney, referring to the sall'
list, denies that he is candidate Tor
County Clerk.