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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1899.

A BIG FIRE AT COLUMBUS

H VUK A m.OTK or m iI.T>lNI»S UK»ntO\KD AND PKKWONA INJl KKD.

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Columbus, 0.i February t—A Are. which started In th« business portion ot Ous city, tat* last nicbt, destroyed hsU a block ot business bulhlinc* and resulted tn more or less serious Injury lo several persona The Are Is theucbt to have started tn the basement of »!»« Dunlap Building, occupied by the Chicago Bankrupt Clothing Company. It swept up the elevator shaft, and soon the whole building was abiaae. The audience in the High-street Theater, which is across an alley from the burning block, was dismissed In a hurry, and this crowd was soon swelled to enormous proportions by a mod ot esc! ted people from all- parts of the city. The Are soon communicated to the Jones Block. on the left, and the Boulder A Bright BuIWln* on the right, and these, with the wholesale millinery store of Boulder A Bright, and the clothing store of D. 8. Ambach. were as complete wrecks as the Dunlap Building. A Arc-wall, four feet thick, separated tne line Mock of Green, Joyce A Co., wholev Hale dry goods and notions, from the othesa, but this was no barrier, and at 1 o’clock this morning the Are had eaten It way through and was burning fiercely In the upper stories. The Walls Fell. At midnight the front and rear walls of ihe Dunlap building fell, one on High street and the other completely filling the allev In the rear with bricks and debris. Several firemen were caught while flying Iron: the crumbling walls. Karly this morning a few engines were still pumping water on the ruins, and, although everything seemed sheeted with ice, there were lingering evidences of flra. 1 A list of the Injured and the nature of their Injuries fellow: Fireman John F. Donohue, leg Injured by falling debris; fireman Jack Welsh, badly bruised, taken to St. Francis's Hospital: fireman Otis V. Kllbourne, bruised by falling debris; fireman Patrick Duroan, arm hurt; fireman Bob Kerins, knocked fsom ladder and painfully bruised; Miss Carrie Johnson, badly Injured by being run over by a runaway Are-truck. Kstlmwted Loss. An exact estimate of the losses is difficult to obtain, bdt the following figures are generally accepted as being correct: Green, Joyce & Co., wholesale dry goods, loss on building, «0,000; on stock. MO0.0Q0. The firm refused to give out any information on the loss* but these figures are probably correct Insurance, 000,000. ' Chicago Bankrupt Clothing Company, loss, (20,000, being total. The matter of insurance is In doubt There was (20,000 on the stock, but It was cancelled by one It agency some time ago, and It is not known whether It wes renewed or not D. 8. Ambach A Co., wholesale clothiers, loss total. (75,000, covered by Insurance. A. J. MacCauley, milliners, loss (20.000 to (26,000, ’ Partially Insured; Dunlap building, where Are started, and occupied by Chicago Bankrupt Clothing Cbmparty. loss *60,006, insurance (36,000; Jones buildings, lose about *25,000 each, total loss (60,000; Bright buildings, total loss (36,000, partially Insured. PIANO PLANT DAMAGED.

The Cloach sad Warren Company ' gaffers Henry Loss at Detroit. Detroit, Mich., February J. — The Clough A Warren Company’s piano and organ factory, at Congress street. West and Sixth street, was partly destroyed by fire to-dny. The principal loss Is in the central portion of the plant, which Is four stories and basement in hlght and faces on both Congress and Sixth streets. The offices and warerooms, which occupy the east end of the Con-gress-street side and are protected by a Are wall, were uninjured excapt by ■moke and a little water. The part of the factory which faces Sixth street is also practically Intact, except that the machinery and some ^patents are damaged by water. There was something of a panic among the workmen, but all escaped without serious injury, except Robert Ferguson, a finisher, who fell from the fourth fioor and suffered some badly broken bones. Cbarles H. Thome, a shipping clerk, and J&mil Martin, laborer, suffered slight Injuries. The building Is owned by the FortStreet Union Station Company. Its estimated value is (100,000, insured for about (40,000. The insurance on the stock atid machinery Is about (76,000, which. It Is

MERIT MAKES IT FAMOUS.

Tbs Only Kennedy In the World. Execpt a Surgical Operation. That Will Certainly Cure Any Form of Piles. The study of physicians, the experiments of chemists, the loudly advertised pretensions of quacks, have been for years expended in one direction; to find a pile cure that win cureThe results hav* boon » numbs? of harmless, and In most cases useless ointments. suppositories and even Internal remedies, which the public have weighed In the balance of experience and found wanting; nearly all of them gave some relief, but nothing approaching a radical cure resulted from these prepu ration* The remedy required Is one that immediately stops tbs pain so severe in most cases of piles, and then by contracting the small blood vessels (capillaries) to their normal site, produces a radical cure by reducing and finally absorbing the tumors and healing the Inflamed. raw mucous surfaces. Until two years ago, no such remedy had been produced, but at that time suppository was placed upon the market, which has since proven Itself to be the long sought permanent cure for this common and distressing trouble; It hss rapidly become famous throughout the United States and Canada, end ta now sold Ay nearly ail druggists under the name of the Pyramid Pile Cure. It Is now the best known, because Us merit and safety have advertised It wherever used. It hss been sdvcrtlsed by word of mouth, from one sufferer to another; people who had tried everything else, even submitting to painful and dangerous surgical operations without avail finally have found that piles may be cured without pain and without expense, practtaalty, •• the Pyramid Pile Cure Is gold for the nominal price of M cents and (1.60 per package. The Pyramid instantly stops sll twin and at the same time contains no cocaine, morphine or narcotics; the acids and healing properties contained in the remedy speedily remove, cause a healthful, natural contraction and absorption of tumors; It will cure any form of rectal trouble except cancer and advanced fistula, which, by the way, nearly always result from neglecting proper and Ume)jr trsAtmem for pilea. As above stated, can furnish you with tb* Pyramid Pile Cure at SO cent* for ordinary site or (l.oo for large package. A book on cause and cure of piles sent rsmid Co., Mar-

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CHINATOWN DESTROYED. Several Cblaeee. Wh* Were Smoklan Opium, Burned to Death. Vancouver. B- C., February 2.—Chinatown. at the big Cbemalncus lumbermills. near Nanaimo, the coal center of the province, has been almost completely destroyed by Ore, and a number of Chinese burned to death. After work the Mongolians built a hugs fire hi the center of the Chinese quarter, and proceeded to smoke opium. All became befuddled, and the flames catching the flimsy cabins of the settlement, gained headway before the opiumdrugged Chinese realised their predicament. Then they rushed blindly Into the flames. Scenes of the wildest description were witnessed by the white settlers, who went to the rescue. The flimsy shacks burned fiercely, end soon they were a mass of smoking ruins. It was then ascertained that at least two Chinese burned to death. A number of others were badly burned, and it Is reported that several others are missing.

OLD THEATER BURNS.

The Buckingham Destroyed at Louisville—Lose ftto.owo. Louisville. Ky.. February 2.—The Buckingham Theater, v formerly the Grand Opera House, located on Jefferson street, between Second and Third, was destroyed by Are at an early hour this morning. The fire was caused by a live wire In the scene-room, and although a general alarm was turned In, burned so fiercely that the entire place was soon gutted. The loss Is placed at (60,000, partially covered by insurance. If red Rider’s Night Owl Company suffered a loss of (S.oOO. THE COPTIC ARRIVES.

Brings Many Americans from Philippine*—kerymser’s Statement. Ban Francisco, Cal., February 2.-The steamer Coptic arrived from Hong-Kong and Yokohama, via Honolulu, to-day. bringing a large number of army and navy officers from the Philippines. Among the passengers was John A. Scrymser, president of the Pacific Cable Company. In an Interview, be expressed himself as being encouraged to hope that the cable would be maintained and operated by the United States Government. He was of opinion that private capital would not take the risk. Mr. Scrymser was of opinion that no American cable can land In the Philippines or on the Asiatic coast without the consent of English companies. which have controlling contracts with the different governments, some of which run until 1904. These are vested rights, and Mr. Scrymser thought the United States Government can not abrogate the contracts without paying heavy compensation therefor, and that the only way for the American cable to gain access to Astatic territory would be through the liberal backing of the United States Government. Such a cable is a military necessity, and the United States should have absolute control and be Independent of foreign companies. The Japanese government, Mr. Scrymser says, la willing to go Into the proposition under certain conditions. Regarding the cost of such a cable, Mr. Scrymser said that (20,000,000 would not cover the cost for the mason that a duplicate cable must be laid; that should only one cable be laid. It would surely go wrong at some period and that tfie duplicate cable would then come In for use. Such a cable would require a reserve fund of 000,000 a year being set aside for a renewal of the cable, twenty years being tbs average lit# of such a cable. Lieut C. Q. Calkins, who stood on the bridge with Admiral Dewey during the

bombard

on the Coptic, with' the following other

Intent of Manila, was a passenger _ Coptic, with the following other officers of the army and navy:

R. C. Allen, U. 8 A.; W. S. Badger. U. S. N.: A. B. Brown, U. S. N.; G. Bfoss, U. 8. N.; Ensign L D. Dodrldge, U. 8. N.; Col. W. J. Jones, U. S. V.; Ensign B. M. Laxell, U. S. A.; H. 8. Middleton. U. 8. N.: Capt. W. McLean. U. S. N.; Lieut J. F. McMillan, U. S. V.; Lieutenant-Com-mander C. P. Perkins. U. S. N.; Dr. J. Runkwits, F. D. Read, U. S. N.; Lieut. 8. M. WHkerson, U. 8. A.; Lieut. F. A. Wllkerson, U. 8. A ; U. A. Walker, U. 8. N.;

Capt E. P. Wood, U, 8. N.

STRAWBOARD MEETING. » Statement of tke Business for ISOS

Made PaMlo.

Chicago, February 2.—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the American Strawboard Company to-day, the financial statement for 1888 showed gross profits of (288,816 and net earnings of (US,862. This net profit is equal to L93 per cent, on the capital stock of (6,000,000. against 1.49 per cent, in 1887. There was paid out of the earnings 1 per cent, on the stock amounting to (00,000 and (56,676. or very nearly the entire remainder of the net earnings was charged off for depreciation, etc. A Chauge la Management. (Special to The Indlanepo'U News.] Anderson, Ind., February t—R. C. Conklin to-day became general manager of the Chicago ft Southeastern railway, succeeding Harry Crawford. Jr., who becomes vice-president. Conklin comes from Decatur, 111., and Is said to be experienced In the railway business. No other changes are announced as yet In the general offices here.

Rndyard Kipling Arrive*. New York. February 2.—Rudyard Kipling arrived here to-day on the steamer Majestic from Liverpool. Disadvantages of Mereaees. (Life 1 . Man soon tires of mere beauty. In fact, man soon tiros of mere anything.

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HIS PERSONALITY. tWRlTlOX AND METHOD OF GOVERNMENT.

Ramon Reyes Lain, the Filipino Writer, Telle Mevr and Interesting Things of Mis Coantrymaa— Adored by His Followers.

unwilling to get away from his power; and. to all appearance, he Is to the islanders the man of the hour. Of course, I do not agree with him In everything toe does, but, knowing his sincerity, and believing that he makes his spectacular display merely to Impress the natives, and hold their allexlance. I therefore admire hijn and hope that the Americans will co-operate with him to give us a stable Philippine government. At all events, the man’s strong personality, and his large following, can not, I believe, well be Ignored by the American Government.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

W’Ullam Metier Commits Suicide. Louisville, Ky., February 2.—William Metier, of Madison, N. J., was found dead to-day in room 161. of the Galt House, with a bullet wound through the head. He left a note, giving his name and Instruction that the body be taken In charge by Masons, and also asking the proprietor of the hotel to excuse him for his rashness. Nothing Is known of him here. *. *hall Fires in Clay County. [Special to The Indlanapoda News ] Brazil, ind.. February 2.—The residence of Volney Shattuck, on his farm, north of this city, was destroyed by fire to-day. The home of Mrs. Dlskln, of Knlghtsville, also burned this morning. The woman was nearly burned to death in a former fire. There was no Insurance on either building. Steamship Arrivals. New York. February 2.—Arrived; H. HMeier, from Bremen. Southampton. February 2.—Arrived; Paris, from New York. Bremen, February 2.—Arrived; Latin, from New York. Liverpool, February 2.—Arrived: Teutonic, from New York. Mrs. Edwin F. Cntley Dead. (Special to The Indianapolis News.] New Albany, 1ml., February 2. — Mrs. Catlcy, wife of Representative Edwin F. Catley, of this county, died suddenly this afternoon of heart trouble. She was fif-ty-five years old. Dividend Declared. New York. February 2.—The St. Louis ft Ban Francisco railroad directors have declared a semi-annual dividend of 1 per cent. or. the second preferrev. stock. Esterhasy Awing t* Amsterdam. Rotterdam, February 2.—Comte Ferdinand Esterhasy arrived here yesterday from Parts and left Immediately for Amsterdam.

Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy, the president of the Filipinos, Is little more than thirty years of age. Ha was born in Imus, a little village near Cavite. His father was a planter, and the son was sent first to the College of St. Jean de Lateran. then to the University of 8t. Thomas, in Manila. The youth's education coat the father much privation, for the cost of pursuing a course of study at these Institutions is not less than 1,200 francs a year, and the elder Aguinaldo had great difficulty to make both ends meet. At 8t. Jean de Lateran the student Is drilled in Spanish and Latin and the classics: and when he Is able to translate the masterpieces of Rome with facility, he is ready for the University of 8t. Thomas. This, like the college, Is under the Dominicans. In the university the principal studies are physics, metaphysics, theology. Jurisprudence, law and medicine. Aguinaldo was adjudged a very dull student, and gave no promise of distinction. In fact, the Dominicans finally sent him home in sheer despair. Aguinaldo then entered the normal school of the Jesuits.

A BOLT SMOKELESS POWDER.

It Is Not More Expensive Than Ordinary Brown Powder. One of the secrets of the ordnance department of the Government Is In regard to smokeless powder, the various receipts for Its manufacture and the most effective ways of using It. For It must be known that there are various kinds of smokeless powder, each possessing Its own superiority for developing pressure of velocity. One kind of smokeless powder comes in yellow strips about ten Inches long. It has no smell and looks as innocent as «o much brown paper. This kind Is best for the six-pounders. Then there Is a kind that comes In small white grains, like so much rice. There Is also smokeless powder in small, perforated discs, yellow or brown, and finally there Is a kind known as cordite. In reddish-brown strings, some of them about a foot long, like shoelaces. Thi*. is used chiefly in the one-pqunders. AH kinds of smokeless powder are loaded into shells and put into the guns like revolver cartridges, but at present smokeless powder Is used only In guns having a caliber of six Inches or less. It Is probatle, however, that m the future It will be used in guns of all sixes, Its advantages in action being very great. Although smokeless powder costs more per pound than ordinary brown powder. It is not really more expensive, since Us efficiency is so much greater. In an eight-

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Here he made some progress, but at this time his father died, when the youth was forced to return home to take care of his patrimony, which was threatened by the lawsuits Instituted by the order of the Recollectos—an organisation composed of the greatest land proprietors of the colouy. It was in 1883 that Dr. Rlxal created the Philippine League, the object of which was to unite politically the various parts of the archipelago. Rlxal was banished, but shortly afterward the Order of Katlpunan was formed, which soon had more than 260,000 members. The object of this society was co-operation for the protection of the colonists. Shoots a Spanish Officer. The government, then, fearing an alliance of this society with the Free Masons and the various secret orders hostile to Spanish rule, began to take active measures against It. Aguinaldo was suspected of being one of the leaders. A Spanish, officer. with a squad of native soldiers, came to arrest him. Aguinaldo, when confronted by the officer, promptly shot him, then eloquently appealed to his companions to leave the service of their foreign oppressors and strike a blow for liberty. The soldiers received his words with acclaim, and instantly chose him as their leader. He then sought the fastnesses ot the forest, where he was soon joined by thousands of his countrymen—all flaming to Join the standard of revolt. Aguinaldo Is short of stature, with a well-knit figure. He has a Japanese cast of face and wears a black pompadour, which hightens that Impression. His countenance is Imperturbable; It is notable for Its serious expression. During the rebellion he was In hourly fear of assassination, for a reward of (26,000 had been offered by the Spaniards for his head; and this prise had brought into his camp a host of mercenaries seeking a convenient opportunity to gain the coveted reward. He has unbounded Influence with his countrymen, and no one betrayed him or attempted to make an assault on his life for the reward. The headquarters of Aguinaldo was in the former house of a rich native of Cavite. With him were his staff and his mother and several of his relatives. These he kept with him to secure them .from Spanish vengeance. In front of the broad, roomy house Is a paved court, and on each side a trusted number ot stalwart Insurgents constantly kept guard. The uniform of these soldiers is a cheap native homespun; their arms are of the crudest description; but they made up In loyalty what they lacked In training. His Dress. The general himself usually wore a spotless suit of white linen, a white shirt, with a well-polished front, a high collar and a black necktie. He wore red velvet slippers, embroidered tn gold. In his office was a modern desk—piled high with documents—a large mirror, two large, strong. Iron boxes—which served as a safe for the moneys of the Insurgent government—and a grand piano of Spanish make. Against a hatrack leaned the rebel standard, and on the wall hung a map of the province. This the general used to scan eagerly, tracing the movements and disposition of his troops. Aguinaldo was usually surrounded by various members of his staff, none of whom, however, was as impressive as himself. I believe Aguinaldo to be sincere and patriotic. He has sure.y proved himself an able general. He Is bravery personified, and inasmuch as the Filipinos admire this above all other attributes, Aguinaldo la always at the head. He Is a

In everythin* he takes the Initiative; in no event does he consult any one. He brooks no onposltlon: he has had no rivals In reality; there have been one or two would-be ones, but they could not withstand him. He is oarhaos not always scrupulous as to the attainment of his ends, yet his proclamations are wise and moderate, his conduct all one would desire In even a European dictator. Moreover, few have shown themselves so modest and so merciful. Personally Magnetic. There Is a tremendous magnetism about the man. and whenever he addresses his troops he holds them with a grto that would be spellbound but for the rapt attention and for the devotion that Is vociferously manifested. The native* too, seem to be unable, as well as

Inch gun, for Instance, there Is required for one discharge from U2 to 125 pounds of brown powder, but the same pressure and velocity will be Imparted to the 230pound projectile by only sixty pounds of smokeless powder. And In the matter of safety, the smokeless powder seems to have advantages over the ordinary kind. The only question still to be solved, and the recent war points to a favorable solution. Is whether smokeless powder will keep all Its good qualities and effectiveness In the face of sudden changes from heat to cold, or vice versa. CUBA’S GIRL POET. She Dl«ld In Her Yonth Half a Ceatary Ago. Pearl of the sea, star of the Weet! Beautiful Cuba, thy brilliant sky Night covers Mack with her veil Ae veiled with my grief am I. This stansa is from the Spanish of a beautiful Cuban girl, whose poetry has not yet been translated Into English, but Is certain to Interest American readers of verse when It becomes known. This girl, who bore the same family name as the famous Cuban general of today, died many years ago, but not before her delicate and exalted talents became known In Paris and in Madrid, where she lived for a number of years. The stanxa quoted above Is an Imperfect quotation from a finished and moving sonnet entitled "To Cuba at Parting,'' written at the time Gertrude Gomez was taken by her parents lo Spain, apparently to remove her from republican influences. She was always an ardent sympathizer with the struggles of Cuba for freedom. Gertrude was bom In Puerto de Principe, where lived the elder Jose Maria de Heredia (father of the present Paris ’’immortal’’ poet) during his troubled youth. Gertrude was only a little girl of seven when Heredia lived in her native town, and not much older when, In 1823, the poet was in New York, exiled from Spanish dominions for working for "Cuba llbre.’* But his Influence upon her thought and talent Is very marked, although It does not appear that the two ever met. Heredia’s Impassioned poetic prophecy of a noble future for Cuba “wh«i America should be one country under one starry flag from the equator to the pole" found echo in the girl poet's heart. Her sonnet, “To Washington," Is not only a fine example of this difficult poetic form, but Is good Yankee patriotism, in this latter day sense of Yankee. The poem of Gertrude Gomez, written to the memory of Heredia when “the Cuban troubadour” died in Mexico In 1839, is full of fervor. She was only twenty when she went to live In Madrid, and It Is on record that she was much sought after and admired for her charms of personality as well as for her literary talents. She wrote a novel, entitled "Two Women,’’ which had a lively vogue, and Is still held in esteem by connoisseurs of Spanish fiction. Her poems, “Love and Pride,” "Music" and “To Youth.” were much quoted by the Castilian gallants of her day. “The Pearl of the Antilles has sent to Castile the pearl of the pearl,” one of them said, and made the phrase the fashion. Gertrude Gome* de Avell&neda did not marry, and died before she was old. 0 The Time of Dlgerent Cities. [New Orleans Picayune ] In finding time in different cities, it enould be remembered that noon at anv place Is the moment at which that place passes under the sun as the earth revolves. As the earth Is round, places pass under the sun at different times. When It Is noon at New York, It Is later at all points east of New York, and earlier at all places farther west. Calcutta is eleven nours and forty-nine minutes later than New York, and Hong-Kon« is eleven hours and twenty-seven minutes earlier. For the convenience of the railroads we have four time sections In this country. For each fifteen degrees of longitude the time difference la one hour. Thus, noon at New York (Eastern time) Is 11 o’clock a. m. at Chicago (central time), 10 o'clock a. m. it Denver (mountain time), and 8 o’clock a. m. at San Francisco (Pacific time). The hour is made arbitrarily the same for all places iu a time section. Fo» European countries Greenwich time Is standard time. That Is six hours faster than Chicago time. When Gen Ins Gets n Hfaevr. [Chicago Record ] "All great works era written by famous men between the ages of forty and sixty." “Yes; by that time their children are big enough to play out of doors!”

[The Argonaut.] That M Us Foster was different from and more charming than all the rest of her sex might have been proved from any of the fifteen men to whom she had been engaged in the two years since she had come back from school, beginning with Cadet Ferris and ending wath Cady. That Captain Foster was exactly like all the rest of mankind, and little deserved the blessing he had in ids daughter was manifested by his drawing from his pocket a letter, and saying as he gave it to her, “By the bye, Kitty, this came for you yesterday while you were riding with Cady, and I forgot to give It to you.” Miss Foster looked at the postmark and at the almost feminine chirography, and knew that the letter was from Ft. Bowie, and from Glocester. She laid It beside her plate and finished her breakfast. Afterward she took it up in her own room and read It. Then she sat with folded hands and looked, unseeing, at the photo graphs of the fifteen upon the wall before her. She was very white. The most astute woman will frequently stake everything and play all her game upon honor In man. When that chances to fall, her calculations are set at naught, and the bottom falls out of her universe. And Glocester’s honor had failed. He wrote—Kitty read It again—“So you tell me you are engaged to Cady. That means little to you. But It may mean much to him. Therefore, to prevent his being made the fool that I have been, I have taken the liberty of sending him by this mall the letters you have written to me within the last month—four In number—that he may know with what manner of woman he has to deal.” Now, fourteen times before. Miss Foster had not been in earnest. But this time she was. Unfortunately, the fact she cared greatly for Cady had not prevented her from Writing to Glocester more affectiontely than prudently, In order to keep him— t’other dear charmer who was away—upon her string, so long as It would hold him without snapping. And the letters, sent while she was actually engaged to Cady, were going to fall into his hands. It was a desperate situation. But, for all her blue eyes, and curls, and bewildering ways. Miss Foster was the woman to meet it. After a time she rose to her feet and set her lips. It Is a peculiarity of Cupid’s bow lips that they can set, upon occasions. She knew that Cady had not yet received those letters. And she determined that he never should. She would rob the stage. Guard mounting was just over, and the stage was not due until noon. Kitty set a big hat a-tllting upon her curls and walked down to the postofflee. Fate, with her partiality for the brave and fair, willed that the postmaster should have left his desk. Miss Foster pushed open the gate and went behind the rail. The keys to the mail-bag hung upon their hook. She put them in her pocket. When the postmaster came back she was placidly marking his clean blotter with the lette” stamp. “If you please, Mr. Jones,’’ she said, *T want this letter registered.” An hour later Miss Foster reined up her horse on the top of a rise and looked across the flat stretch of greasewood and cactus and sage. Far away a tiny speck was crawling toward her along the white road. It was the stage. She had been born upon the plains, and she had an unfailing eye for Its distances. There would be full half an hour to wait. She cast about for some way of killing time and found a deep, wide fissure in the parched earth. It appealed to her daring. She put her horse to a run and jumped it time and again until he was winded. Then she rode again to the crest of the slope. The stage was near. She dismounted, felt of the girths, and sat down, hugging the tiny noonday shade of a mesquite bush, for the sun was burning down from a hard, blue sky. A big red ant was carrying a beetle's wing many times larger than itself. Kitty watched it until she heard the rattle of traces as the stage climbed the other side of the slope. Then she commended her soul to heaven and brought her quirt down’ upon the horse’s black flanks. The stage driver drew up nis stock, and the one passenger put out his head and shoulders and gased at the slender gray figure rising alone in the midst of the prairie. “Whatever, Miss Kitty’’ the driver stoppea short. He saw the horse grazing off a bunch of stumpy grass, a hundred yards away. Kitty went a step nearer and laid her hand on the wheel. She had seen that there was no woman In the stage. A woman would have upset all her calculations. She raised her big blue eyes. The men who could have resisted them were few. Those In the stage listened now to a tale calculated to melt a heart of stone. “I was Just out for a little ride,” said Kitty, “and my girths were loose, so I dismounted to cinch up, and that horrid Dandy got away. If you had not come, I don't know whatever I should have done.” Miss Foster would not have been the woman she wat if tears—the genii of the lamp of fair femininity—had not risen at her will. The driver looked again at the horse and back at Miss Foster. He had known her from the day of her birth. When he was In his first enlistment, long before he had returned to civil life, he had been her father's striker. He had held her upon a burro and taught her to ride before she could walk. Therefore, he was justly annoyed. For the cleverest conspirator is apt to overlook a detail, and Kitty had forgotten that the horse of a good rider which has broken away, should have tne bridle over Its head. •Tm sure. Miss Kitty,” he said, “that it weren’t me learned you to leave the reins hooked over the pommel when you dla-

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mounted—and I should have thought you could have mounted alone anywhere.'’ Kitty flushed. Of an things she waproudest of her horsemanship, ’Do you think. O'Rourke, that you eou catch Dandy for meF’ “I dunno,” said O’Rourke, “ain’t so ea»j to catch a horse when the reins Is over the

pommel.”

But he woufid the lines around the brake and Jumped down. The passenger was not to be outdone. He jumped down, too, and together they went trotting across the

p*aln.

Kitty had seen others try to catch Dan-

dy. She climbed leisurely into the stage, and dragged the mall pouch from under

the seat. She was frightened now, and

cold and trembling, and she threw quick glances to where O'Rourke and the pas-

senger were advancing, and retreating,

and deploying—never within arm's reach cf Dandy. When she had stowed awk> In the crown of her cap a small package

itmarked Bowie and addressed to Cady a pointed, sprawling, almost feminine

hand she snapped the lock. She had left the keys in the bag. For she knew that the postmaster had duplicates. Then she steadied herself with a long-drawn breath, and, gathering her riding skirts about her. walked toward Dandy, holding out her hand. Dandy had been brought up to be-

lieve that this meant sugar or nutmegs.

He came, with neck outstretched, and

muzzled in the little gloved palm, “He Is aorry he was naughty,” said

Miss Foster, scratching the back of his ear. “and he Is going to be good, and never, never run away from his mistress

again.”

And then she rewarded O’Rourke by putting her booted foot In his great palm and springing to her seat In a manner that f’id his training 'Tedit. She smiled on the passenger and thanked him sweet-

ly-

“I hope the postmaster will not be angry' with me for delaying the transportation of the got eminent malls,” and she

cantered away.

Cady sat himself upon the top step of the porch of Captain Foster’s quarters. Ml: s Foster did the same. Cady's face was stern and set Miss Footer’s was white and scared. There was a silence. Then Cady drew from his pocket a package of letters. They were In Kitty’s writing. Kitty drew from her pocket another package. They were In Cady's

hand. Cady spoke first.

“Here," he sala. "is a bundle of letters—four in rromber. They came to me In to-day’s mail. They were accompanied by this note from Gloceeter. I need not assure you that I have not read them, but I gather from what he says that they are of an exceedingly personal nature. and of very recent date. You may guess my opinion of Glocester. But,” he bent upon her a look of withering scorn, "you can not guess my opinion of you.” He held the bundle out to her. She pushed it away. Then she held up before his eyes a package of much the same size. He reached out for it quickly. “Not yet!” said Kitty. "Here,” she continued, “Is a bundle of letters—six In number. They came in to-day’s mall. They were accompanied by a note from Miss Fowler, of Bowie. 1 need not assure you that 1 have read them. They are of an exceedingly personal—I may say affectionate—nature and of very recent date. They were written by you to Miss Fowler. I read, too, the note with which she returned them. Here it is. You may find it of interest—I did.” Cady took the package she held out to him. Miss Foster took the one Cady held out to her. And again there was silence. Then the lieutenant spoke. ”To whom, may I ask, were the letters from Miss Fowler addressed?” % ■

"To you.” ^ /

“And may I also askMt/w, in that they came Into your possession?”

Foster considered. "No.”

THE SECRET OF A GOOD DISPOSITION. Lira. Fink h”.n C-ayu m Careful Regard for Bodily Health M&kea Woman Sweet and Attractive to All.

event.

Miss

Cady put his package In his pocket and fastened his -blouse over them. Then he sat looking over the parade ground. After a time he put his hands on his knees and turned and faced Miss Foster. "Well?” he said. Kitty’s eyes had been cast down, so that her long lashes lay upon her cheeks. She raised them. He looked down steadily Into their blue and twinkling depths. “Wellf’ echoed Kitty. And then he smiled. Mies Foster gave a huge sigh of relief. "Isn’t it curious," she said, "how exactly alike Miss Fowler and Mr. Glocester write? Any one might have been deceived.” Which was not very relevant; but Cady did not ask what she meant. Irrelevancy was one of Miss Foster’s many charms. Archaeological Discoveries. [London Letter Baltimore Sun.] Dr. Belcks, the German archaeologist’s, discoveries In Asia Minor are singularly Interesting, since the insenpitons he has unearthed seem to supply a complete chronology to the history of Tiglath Pileser, one of the many Invaders of Israel, who Is more than once mentioned In the Old Testament. They promise to throw some additional light upon the history of the Jewish kingdom. The German Kaiser defrayed the principal expenses of these explorations out of his private purse. Still more. Interesting results appear to result from Dr. Petrie’s latest discoveries In Egypt. This scholar has found evidence of a race inhabiting the Nile territories long before the hitherto recorded Egyptian history began. The curious thing about these people consists in the fact that they evidently have been a totally distinct race from the ancient Egyptians and at the same time enjoyed an extraordinarily high state of civilization. At Pompeii a mosaic life-size portrait of a woman, the first antique portrait In mosaic ever discovered, has been found. The workmanship Is so fine that It Is difficult to discern that It Is not a painting. o The Anderson Banking Company. To the Editor of The Indians polls News: A few evenings ago your paper stated that W. H. H. Quick, of Frankton. had bought a controlling interest tn the Anderson Banking Companv of Anderson, Ind. I wish to state that It is entirely untrue, and that there has been no change In the stockholders for the last five years. ANDERSON BANKING COMPANY. Per B. Baker, President. Her Good Point. [Chicago News.] “Mary, why in the world do you put up with that gfrl’s insolence? If I were in your place l wouldn't stand It for a min-

ute.”’

“Ah, but you forget. She is saucy, I admit, and she Is not a good cook by any means, but she always bolls the water without being told to do so."

THE LAW BUILDING. V

The world Is filled with sweet women who are held back from usefulness by

some trouble of the female organs.

Fretfulness and nervousness rapidly destroy sweet disposition* ■" ~ Sickly all-worn-out women cannot live happy live* Nearly every woman may be well and

happy If she will follow Mr* Pinkham’sadvice.

See what Mrs. Craig says;

"Dear Mr* Pinkham:--! have taken Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound and think it is the best medicine for women in the world. I was so weak and nervous that I thought I could not live from one day to the next. J had prolapsus uteri and leucorrhcea, and thought that

I would die. I had dragging

pains in my back, burning sensation down to my feet, and so many miserable feeling* People said that I looked like a dead woman. Doctors tried to cure but failed. I had given np rhea I heard of the Pinkham icine. I got a bottle. I did not have much faith in it, but thought I would try it, and it made a new woman of me. I wish I could get every lady in the land to try it, for it did for me what doctors could not do."

—Mrs. Sallik Craig, Baker’s Landing, Pa. That Lydia £. Pinkham’s Vegetable Componnd is a safeguard of woman's health is clearly proven by the thousands of letters constantly being received. Here Is one from Mr* W. P. Vauhtins, 566 Ferry Ave„ Camden, N. J.: “ D*a» Mbs. Pinkham:—Before writing to you I felt very bad, had terrible sick headaches, no appetite, gnawing pain in stomach, pain in my back and right side; was tired and nervous, and so weak I could scarcely stand. I was not able to do anything, had sharp pains all through my body. Before I had taken half a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I found myself improving. I continued its use until I had taken four bottles, and felt so well that I did not need to take any more. I am like a new person." Ask Mrs. Pinkham’s Advtce-A Woman Best understands a Woman’s Ills

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. Examples of Abnaea that Need Remedy Under Whatever Kind of Board To the Editor of The IndlsnepolU N.wi: Apropos of the pending school legislation, it seems to me that tbe dealing bill of two years ago possessed one strong feature that is being overlooked by the Legislature of this year. This bill very wisely put the granting of licenses to teachers in the hands of the State Board of Education. No matter what is the outcome of the present attempt to change the constitution of this board, the licensing of teachers is properly its prerogative. Supervision should be the county superintendent’s only dutv. There are many reasons for this. There is now very little close supervision of schools in the rural district* The superintendent can not hope to spend more than about half an hour in each school In one year. The monthly examinations take up considerably more than half of his time, in this county there are on the average about fifty applicants for teacher’e license at every examination. This means about ten days’ work each month— to say nothing of township and reading circle examination manuscripts which he must attend to. He should have at least one office day each week, and I don’t see how he gets it all done as well as be does. Moreover, it is unjust that the whole matter of supervision and passing on educational fitness should rest in the hands of one man. Favoritism Is too easy and impartiality is too difficult; e. g., suppose the superintendent Is a candidate for re-election, and a certain young aspirant for license to teach is the son of a township trustee. It does not take a prophet to foretell that that young man’s chances will be excellent. The superintendent is the only person who sees the young man’s papers, and hts success Is assured. His success in the school-room is a different matter altogether. His school is open to public Inspection, and It Is difficult to see how a superintendent could make a poor teacher appear to be a successful one. Again, In a number of counties a sys tem like this Is In. vogue: Some time within the summer '•a so-called "county normal" is held. The normal usually runs about six weeks, and the tuition (paid to the county superintendent) is generally about (6. A very brief and necessarily superficial review of the common branches is made; a little so-called “science of education” is thrown in. and at the close of the term the superintendent makes out a scheme of questions, and a lot of inexperienced boys and girls are turned loose to work what damage they may on the rural schools. I have known Ucemes to be issued to thirteen-year-old boys, and at the same time withheld from graduates of reputable colleges, . and I honestly could see no other reason than that, while one was attending college, the other was going to the county normal and getting used to the methods of the superintendent. I have also known students to return home from reputable normal colleges to attend the county normal long enough to get a license. This matter, 1 am sure, should be looked Into and a remedy found. A TEACHER. Mulberry. Ind., January 3L The Stoner-Cresor Caae. To tbe Editor of The Indlanapolie News; - I have followed very carefully the proceedings in the Stoner-Cregor contest, as they have been given to the public through the pres* I believe it has been clearly shown that each has frequently violated the very law under which he claims to have been elected, and under which he asks to be permitted to sit as a law-maker. They have juggled with the franchises of our people, and neither should be seated. If those whom we elect to legislate for us persistently refuse to set the example of being law-abiding, what may we not expect of lynchers and white-cappers. HENRY W1LMOT.

A NEW CONSTITUTION. Tke Necessity ot It and Hew It May be Seenred. To the Editor ot The Indianapolis News; In your Issue of the Slst of January was a communication from "L. L.,” of CrawfordsviUe. on “A New Constitution.” The writer makes the point thst because the present constitution of the State makes no provision for a convention to form a new one, that, therefore, a new one can not be formed. I can hardly think t possible that, because tbe constitution manes no such provision, therefore, we have the present constitution, like the old man of the sea, constantly about our necks and can .not get rid of It.' In youe> excellent editorial of to-day you hit thdi mark In saying: "But It may be that :t would be. held that the people have tba, right, by duly constituted representatives,, to ordain a fundamental law for themselves at any time." Making organic law Is the sovereign act of the people, and no fundamental law can be made except by tbe people. U matters not whether the power is delegated to them by the general Government (as In organizing new States), or whether, as in this Instance, the people act directly—the people, somewhere along the line, must speak. They can build up or tear down and build over. In Senate bill 243, providing for a constitutional convention, the people have the opportunity to speak twice—once In the selection of delegates, and again in the ratification at the polls of a newly-formed constitution. The only point Is that the people must desire it and adopt it. and It makes no difference whether the people speak before the convention. asking for the convention, ot whether they adopt what a convention does. In either case they have expressed their sovereign will. The members of the Legislature are the representatives of the people, and set the machine In motion, and produce a result. If the people ratify and Indorse the result, then the people have spoken, and have adopted the fundamental law as their act. So many things In this fast-developing State demand adjustment and re-ar-rangement that it Is earnestly to be hoped that no technical quibble wUl stand In the way of a constitutional convention. The fathers of 1860 could not anticipate that In fifty years Indiana would be what she is to-day. The conditions are upon us that the Judicial system needs a thorough revising, and any attempt to revise under the present constitution would be time and money lost and would be futile. The government of cities, towns and counties could be oared for, and all those things that come tormenting the courts, the Legislature and the people could be adjusted by a new constitution. E. O. IIOGATE. Indianapolis, February L

France and America. To the Editor of Tbs Indianapolis News: The following paragraph and many others like It have appeared in The News during the past six months: "If there Is any way to prevent justice being done to Dreyfus, France will find It.” You know that justice in France acts swiftly, and she has not failed in so disposing of her Benedict Arnold, in spite of ths enormous corruption fund raised to shield Dreyfus. Instead of wasting our missionary spirit on heathen France, let us applyf our efforts in our own land of embalmed beef, where one general calls another a liar, where judge* senators and legislators

for having dragged a private by ths legs over a bowldered walk and pricked him with the sword. The press of a country that coined ths word “boodle" has no right to throw stones. Let us rather look Into ouraeiv'e* and repeat, "Culpam meam. culpam meam raaxlmam." W,

Get a Start

On Catarrh

Work on the Law Building has progressed rapidly, regardless of the cold weather, and the contractors and architects have astonished observer* On the 20th of December columns were beinx

set in the basement of this building. The picture represents its condition on tbe 22d of the following month, or about one month’s work.

And Save Endless Suffering which Winter Brings. The most offensive of all diseases becomes more intense as cold weather approaches. In fact, many who have been under treatment for so long, and during the summer feel little discomfort from the disease, are almost persuaded that they have been cured. But the first chilling blast of winter proves that the disease la atill with them, and as the winter advances, their Catarrh grows in severity. Those who have felt only a slight touch of Catarrh may be sure that only cold weather ia needed to develop the disease. What appears to be only a bad cold will prove more difficult to cure than formerly, and will return with more frequency, until before long the disease is fully developed. "For vvara I suffered from a severs case of Catarrh, and took several kinds of medicines and used various local applications. but they had no effect whatever. I was induced to try 8. 8. 8. (Swift’s Specific) and after twe months I was perfectly well and hare never felt any effects ef the disease since. “B, ?. MoAmj*tbr, "Harrodsburg, Ky.” It is easy tn see the importance of prompt treatment for Catarrh.

Those who get a start on the disease before the cold and disagreeable weather aggravates it, will find a cure lees difficult. Catarrh increases in severity year by year, and becomes one of the moat obstinate and deep-seated troubles. But it is equally important that the right remedy be given. All local applications of sprays, washes, inhalations, etc., can never cure Catarrh, for they do| not reach the dis-; ease. Catarrh is in the blood, and only a blood remedy can cure it. Local apphcations only reach theirritated surface; the righl | remedy matt be taken internally. Swift’s Specific (S, S. S.) is the right remedy for Catarrh. I* cures the most obstinate cases by going direct to the cause of the trouble—the blood—and foreiag out the disease. Those who hate met with so much disappointment from local treatment should throw aside their sprays, washes and inhaling mixtures and take S. S. S A cure will result. Send for free books. Address Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia.