Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1899 — Page 6

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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1899.

IN AND ABOUT NEW YORK

lOWE SIGHTS A1TD SOVXDS OK COSBY ULAKD.

I'haracterUUc Xcw York Empreaato■ a—lHSTerent Kluda of Bathtap at tk* Y'arlaaa B«*acl>p»—^oa»a lurapta of Street Car Strike.

[Sceotai Correapoudence lodUuuLpoiU News ] New York, July Si-—All roads lead to Coney* Island, the Brooklynites say. ami with food reason, for nearly every surface line In the city displays signs on Us car* Jo that eOsct. If one judges by the crowds on the cars in a midsummer afternoon. all the world, and his wife and family have selected the same time to take a ride out there. Coney Island is separated from Long Island proper by a tiny inlet of the sea called Shcepahead bay. which makes a fine place for rowboats and wading, and Is crossed by numerous bridges 'The Island.” as all genuine New Yorkers call this unique spot, has the finest surf to be found at any of the seaside resorts on or near I>ong Island. It possesses other attractions besides the surf; some desirable, some otherwise, but a)l Interesting, and a visit to New York can hardly be considered complete unless It ha# included at least one

visit to '‘the Island.”

The pleasantest way to reach It is on on# of the big boats of the Iron steamship Company's line, leaving the Battery* at the sunset hour, and thus giving one a fine sail In the bay, along the Long Island coast, and reaching Coney Island as the Ferris wheel and chutes are being Illuminated with their parti-colored lights. "This way.’* says the pilot of the party, pointing to the right, ”ii N letter the further we go—that way.” with a motion to the left, “It.grows worse and Worse. "Which way do you choose?’’ Having come to see ”Uie island" In all Its glory, we turn with one accord to the left and wander up and down the narfow streets, amid an increasing bedlam of noises. Drums, musical merry-go-rounds and fhouting voices invite us to "Come and dance." "This way for a clambake." "Take your picture for 10 cents.” "A full dinner for 15 cents.” "Here's the newest scenic railway," while over all and through all floats the smell of stale beer. We ride on the merry-go-round, eat the clams, shoot the chutes, scorn the beer, and emerge quite satisfied, and ready to appreciate the quiet sail back to the city. There are expressions in common use her* which Impress an unaccustomed ear as rather amusing; for example, although they may be on a steamship which does not even boast a mast on which a sail could be fastened, New Yorkers always go for a "sail," never by any chance for a “steam” down the bay. One wonders why; also why the wagons carrying manufactured Ice so often Inform the public in glaring letters that they sold "artificial” Ice? The friendly dictionary says that ice Is frosen water; then it would hardly seem that the process of freeslng would have anything to do with the genuineness of the

ice after It is frosen.

Rudeness from Conductors. Another New York custom which surprises, but by no means amuses, the stranger is the rude way In which the conductors on surface cars respond to civil questions. Considering the miles and miles of varying surface lines, the fact that some lines transfer while others do not, and that there are thousands of strangers In the city every day, it seems strange that conductors should resent, as they do, the most politely worded question of the thousand .and one which strangers must ask if they are ever to arrive anywhere. Nor does It ever seem to occur jo them that even New Yorkers themselves might want to go over a road th which they were unaccustomed, and so have another object in view when they asked questions than Just to plague the conductors. The polite street-car conductor is a rgrity here, and is long held in tender remembrance by the bewildered and helpless woman whose path he has

smoothed by hl» kindness.

The recent street-car strike In Brooklyn, whh Its resultant force of now. green motormen and conductors, has added to

the trials of the traveler*, who may start ■nHBMBlBteMMI early morning

an unvtstted seasld

in search Of an unvtstted seaside resort, only to land at home again after several hours of riding up and down over the hot jclty streets, transferring from line to line through the stupidity, ignorance and indifference of one of the now conductors who had been trusted to tell where ahe should transfer, and who would not say he did not know. The dally papers report an alarming increase in street fatalities since there have been so many cars run by inexperienced motormen. The influence, of the strike seems to be very fax-

reaching.

The employes of the elevated lines are almost universally courteous, and seem glad to enlighten the stranger’s darkness, though, to be sure. If they do not possess the desired information they will novel confess It. but, perhaps, start the trusting person off on what will prove to bo u wild goose chase. Experience has proved that the surest persons of whom to ask questions are ths apparently lasy, goodnatured, sleepy policemen, who seem to be bureaus of correct information upon which

one may draw with safety.

Maahattaa Beach.

It seems hardly possible that at so short a distance as that which separated Manhattan Beach from Coney Island there be so completely different a life. The blue roof of the little theater and concert hall at Manhattan Is plainly visible from Coney Island, and Is only distant about a mils from Its noise and vulgarity, but what a different place It is! From the street cars, a long foot-bridge across Sheepehead bay must be traversed to reach It, with no protection from boiling sun or chilling ocean breeses. Then up and down high stairways. over the railroad tracks, one must go, before actually arriving at Manhattan. No effort is n)ade to attract the crowds— rather to keep them away. Only the cultured and presumably respectable are desired hare, and the test of respectability seems to be a fat pocketbook, to Judge from the prices charged for everything The bathing beach Is inclosed and a fee charged from lookers-on.who can not go down on the sand.* but must smile at their friends from the balcony above. No one Is allowed on the beach in either a bright , red or a white bathing suit, nor is one which is unduly abbreviated, and she who Is so unfortunate as to have forgotten cap, stockings or towels, roust pay the ukurer*s prices for duplicates. One does not eat luncheon from a paper parcel at Manhattan; but. supposedly, you take a dip in the ocean, then dress, and go up to the large hotel to spend a small fortune for dinner. By way of amusement in the evening, there Is the exhibition of Pain's fireworks. and. later, the concert or light opera in the theater under the blue roof. For those who are romantic and have good company, there are tempting sears down by the ocean, where there is a fl view of the water, especially on moonlight nights. How we do enjoy our neighbor s confusion sometimes, and how quick he Is to enjoy our confusion when the laugh happens to be that way! We had wandered up and down the path until we felt weary and began to seek a bench; the moonlight Whs rather dim and we seated ourselves with a complacent feeling of wonder that no one had discovered the easy spot before us, but popped up quickly enough, amid the audible laughter of everyone around, for our cosy seat was within easy reach of the salt sea waves, and w« found it somewhat more than

damp. '

gome Sea Costumes. All of the beaches are not so exclusive a* Manhattan, and many and varied are the costumes to be seen at some of them. Here is a pretty blue and white sut;, whose owner parades the sands, but does not go near the water, and there go rented suits hideous to behold, of faded blue or gray, often tom. always unshapely. Jfbw comes an old woman who Kke* the Water, hut thinks short skirts Immodest, so her* reached to her heels and weigh her down when they become wet Borne girls let their hair bang loose down their backs, (that's when It l* long and pretty and the curl will not come out la the water). Home have cape 0*lr beads or great straw hats tied

under their chins, If they are particularly efrald of sunburn. But the men's costumes are quite as striking as the girls, If not more so. In many cases they wear jerseys of red and green, or purple and green, striped like ticket-of-Seave men, and too frequently the suits are very much abbreviated. Up and down the sands the people go, in and out of the water, most of them apparently Intent on getting as deep a coat of sunburn as posslblt*. There were two persons on the sand the other day who attracted a good deal of attention. They are known as the "Heavenly Twins," although In reality they are mother and daughter. Their costumes on the beach were striking enough, but their principal notoriety has been gained on tho dia-mond-frame tandem bicycle which they ride. They are reported to be very good housekeepers and excellent bread-makers, but the' womanly home accomplishments somehow fall to compensate for the lack of petticoats when they are out for a spin on their wheelNathing at UIITcrent lleaelies. There Is a noticeable difference in the character of the bathing at the beaches which face the* open ocean and have the surf, and at those which are sheltered by some little bay and have smooth water. All the fancy swimming Is at the latter, where spring-boards are provided, and when in many cases are to be found swimming masters for those wno desire to take lessens. Little if any swimming Is attempted in the surf, the waves are too high and the undercurrent too strong for any one to risk it. There most of the people are content to hold on to the ropes and bob up and down, getting enough exercise in their battle with the waves, which strike with tremendous force, especially If one’s back happens to be turned for an Instant. It is amazing how many people In this great city have never been beyond its limits; indeed some who live in Brooklyn have never been across or even on the Brooklyn bridge, while those living on thj New* York side refer to Brooklyn as being out in the country. They talk of going out to Rockaway or up the Hudson t© West Point as people of the middle States might of going to Indian Territory! If their conceit were not so amusing ,t would really bo exasperating, so little do they know or seem to think It necessary to know of any of America west of the Hudson river. ALICE W. DRESSER.

HUMANE WAR IN LUZON

REPORT* OF OVTRAGES BY AMERICA* SOLDIER* ARE FALSE.

(’apt. H. L. Wells, of a Xehraska Hegliuent, Writes an Explicit Denial of Sensational Stories by Thoughtless Men.

JONES WILL RESIGN.

Expected to Give Cp the Democratic Chairmanship.

New York, August 3.—A special to the Tribune from Washington says: Senator Jones, of Arkansas, wished to return home from Europe as early as September 1, but his physicians laid upon him the injunction not to leave there before October L The Senator writes to a friend In this city that he feels as well as at any time la. twenty years, and has not the slightest premonition of another attack of the heart disease from which he suffered. It Is learned from a friend of the Senator that he is not ambitious to hold the chairmanship of the executive committee of his party, but that it was not deemed wise to resign at this time and invite a scramble for the place. Hence, without quoting Senator Jones himself, he says that the Senator will resign the leadership of the Democratic committee by the time of the national convention, so as to give an opportunity for the choice of another man. An Anti-Goebel Ticket. Lexington, Ky., August 3.—A conference of 720 anti-Goebel Democrats met here yesterday and decided to put another Democratic State ticket in the field. The tlate now arranged Is as follows: John Young Brown, Governor; P. P. Johnson. Lieutenant-Governor; Samuel Lutes, Fulton, auditor; John Dodge, Covington, treasurer. The conference was composed of leading farmers and professional men, only a few polltclans being in the assembly. The resolutions committee recommended the indorsement of Bryan and the Chicago platform, denounced the methods of the Louisville convention to secure the nomination of William Goebel; declared the report of the committee on credentials of the Louisville convention was secured by shameful and fraudulent tactics, denounced "McKlnleylsm" and other national affairs, and provided that a convention be held In Lexington on Wednesday, August If, at 1 p. m., to declare principles and nominate candidates for the November election. Each county Is entitled to one vote for every two hundred votes or fraction over ono hundred cast for W. J. Bryan in 1896. The counties are to select delegates as they may deem advisable. It was further resolved that MaJ. P. P. Johnston Is now the regular and legal chairman of the State Democratic central committee, and he Is urged to take legal steps in accordane» with this position. Maryland Democratic Platform. Baltimore, August 3—The platform adopted by the Democratic State convention refers to national issues as follows: “Wo Insist that In time of war, as well as of peace, the freedom of the press shall be preserved, and that the right of tho people to criticise freely the policy and conduct of the administration shall be demanded at all hazards. No deadlier blow can be dealt to American liberty than the suppression by an abuse of executive power ot the free utterance by American freemen of their sentiments on matters of public concern affecting the welfare of the people, and we denounce as dangerous and Indefensible all efforts to interfere with and abridge this sacred right. “We declare our unalterable opposition to the creation and maintenance of a large standing army m time of peace, and we Insist on the supremacy of the civil over the military authority, and we demand the strictest economy in the collection and disbursement of the public revenues. "We believe in the time-honored doctrine, so earnestly impressed on us by the 'fathers of the republic,’ of peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none. "We view with alarm the multiplication over the land of such gigantic industrial and commercial trusts, the outgrowth of Republican legislation, as stifling to competition, threatening to popular government. Increasing the cost of living and curtailing the individual rights of the people; and we favor vigorous measures by the States and by Congress to repress this great and growing •evil.” The platform declares that the Republican party is responsible for the numerous violations of the law on the part of the negroes because the latter believe they will be afforded protection and immunity from punishment by reason of their votes, which, the platform asserts are cast almost solidly for the Republican tICK;6tAH the candidates are favorable to a gold standard.

Iowa Ticket and Platform. Des Moines, la.. August 3.—Following is the ticket nominated by the Iowa Republican convention: For Governor-L. M. Shaw, of Denison Lieutenant-Governor—J. C. Mllliman, of Loxan. Superintendent of Public InstmctlonR. C. Barrett, of Osage, Railroad Commissioner—E. A. Dawson of Waverly. * Supreme Judge—John C. Sherwin. oi Mason City, The first nominees are incumbents ana were named by acclamation. Judge Sberwln was nominated on the fourth ballot. The platform adopted opposes the nat.onal and Btate administrations, rejoices at the prospective election of David B. Henderson to the speakership, readopts that portion of the Iowa platform of 1898 which declares gold to be the monetary standard of the commercial world ana this country and denounces the Chicago platform and Us declaration In favor ol free trade and free silver. Concerning trusts the platform says*. "Industry and commerce should be left free to pursue tbelr method according to the natural laws of the world, but when the business aggregations known as trust? prove hurtful to the people they must b. restrained by natural laws, and, if neeu be. abolished.” Owtliwalte on the Ohio S! font Ion. Seattle, Wash., August 3.—Ex-Congress-man J. H. Outhwalte, of Ohio, now a member of the board of ordnance and fortifications of the War Department, arrived here to-day. Speaking of Ohio politics. Mr. Outhwalte said: “If the Ohio Democrats reaffirm the Chicago platform, the Republicans will qarry the State." Mr. Outhw&Ue belongs to the gold wing of the party.

Capt. H. L. Wells, of a Nebraska regiment in the Philippines, sends the New York Evening Pest from Manila where he has been acting as its correspondent, this detailed contradiction of the various charges made cf the slaughter of prisoners, of pillage and of brutal and barbarous conduct by American soldiers in the camptlgn against Agulnaldo: In the first place, I want to controvert the belief that these private letters are tho best class of evidence because written without thought of publication. My experience Is that the most unreliable news published in the United States, the most romantic and imaginative, is that contained In the private letters which thoughtless and Injudicious parents, wives and friend# have given to the press for lublicatlon. They contain all the camp gossip and baseless rumors that circulate throughout the army, all the "hops’’ end “pipes" that constitute the daily topics of conversation, none of which is true in the form in which they circulate, and few of which have any genuine foundation whatever. Even when these letters deal with the personal experiences of the writers thev are unreliable to a degree surprising to one who has not been in a position to observe as 1 have. I have read many of them, and I am willing to lay it down as a general rule that any private letter telling of the exploits of the writer Is either greatly exaggerated or wholly untrue. I have investigated a number of them and found them to be absolutely false, one writer cheerfully admitting the fact that he wao just “stuffing them a little,” another that he did not propose to let the other boys get ahead of him In writing about their adventures, and others saying that they did not expect their letters to he printed or they would not have written such noty»ense. It would take a column for me briefly to list the false statements I personally know to have been made in such private tetters by thoughtless boys, and men who are but boys In many respects. It has been worse than It is now, for such writers have been mercilessly “guyed” and “Joshed” by their comrades for drawing the long bow. I know a captain who lost all discipline In his company fox a time because of owe of these boastful letters. All such persons were at once assigned to the ranks of the “rough writers.” Never See tke Firing Line. Most, If not all, of the writers of boastful or bloodthirsty letters are men who never see the firing line, special duty men or the class that straggle in battle. The men who do the real work are not boastful, nor do they murder prisoners in cold blood. All the kiUIng they do is in the heat of battle, and If there has been any killing of prisoners or helpless wounded It has been by these stragglers and camp followers. One such case I believe to have occurred at Malabon, a soldier having told me that he saw a special duty man from the Manila headquarters kill a wounded prisoner to whom the men who had done the actual fighting had previously given a drink of water. He could not identify the man, and so I did not investigate It further. I know a special duty man who has never sniffed the smoke of battle who wrote a letter home, in which he said: "We take Tio prisoners, but kill them as fast as we come to them,” and this letter was published, and is as good evidence ka the letter of the Kansas man who said he killed four prisoners in order to Join in a charge. I have heard of no'instance, and do not believe there has been one, of the deliberate killing of a Filipino once taken prisoner. That we do take prisoners Is S roved by the two or three thousand that ave been sent in from the front, nearly all of whom have been given their liberty, as well as the hundreds that have been released at the front and never sent to town, among them men with regular insurgent uniforms on and captured in actual conflict. That we do not kill the wounded Is shown by the fact that as many as 500 Filipino wounded have been or are now being cared for in our hospitals here, being given as good surgical attention as our own men. I have seen soldiers stop while advancing across the lines from which the insurgents have Just been driven and bind up the wounds of Filipino soldiers with their first-aid packages, and give them a drink from their canteens. Just as carefully aa they had but recently done for their own comrades, who fell in the same contest. Little Opportunity to Take Prisoners When the situation is understood, it will be seen that there has been but little opportunity to take prisoners, since in nearly every encounter all uninjured Filipinos have been able to escape. We have not been able to corner them and compel a surrender at any time, except in a few isolated cases. The largest number captured at any one time was 374, sent in by the Washington regiment from Pasig at the time Wheaton’s flying column swept through that region. These men had no arms when captured, and claimed to be "amigos,” but their identity as soldiers was fully established by the fact that they promptly fell Into lino when ordered to do so, the noncommissioned officers In the rear. They were sent to Manila and were subsequently released, under the conciliatory policy pursued here by General Otis, in obedience to instructions from Washington, but contrary to the Judgment of a majority of the officers who jxe at the front, doing the real work of the campaign. They believe that the more severe the war is made the more quickly it will be brought to an end. The talk of taking no prisoners, which was quite prevalent In February, and from which these bloodthirsty specialduty men received their impressions and Inspirations, grew out of incldencs of the first week of fighting around Manila. There were quite a number of cases where wounded Filipinos shot our men after our lines had passed over them. They played possum until thev saw a good opportunity, and then tried to kill an American, either with their guns or boloa. This not only angered our men. but made them afraid to leave wounded Filipinos on the ground behind them. During the week I frequently heard It asserted that the word had been sent cut for the Eighth Army Corps to take no more prisoners, but there never was any truth In the statement. It all grow out of the frequent assertions of our men and officers In the line that thty would take no more ■ chances with wounded Filipinos, and would leave only dead men behind them when they charged and captured the enemy's line. There is no doubt that at this period of the war some Filipinos who had previously been wounded were again shot or bayoneted by our men in the heat of the strife, as they rushed over the enemy’s trenches, but I have yet to learn of a single instance where a prisoner once taken, either wounded or not, was subsequently killed, except in the Malabon incident previously mentioned. The Kansas Story. As to the Kansas Incident of four prisoners being shot after an officers had called attention to the orders to take no prisoners, I believe It to be pure fiction, and that the writer of the letter. If his record were looked up, would prove to be what is called here a “coldfooter '' either a special-duty man, who steals uway from headquarters to follow up the firing line and see what he can fli.d, or a straggler who falls out of the line at the first sound of the firing an 1 follows along at a safe distance. In search of spoils. Such men may have the moral turpitude to kill prisoners or wounded, for such men have done It in every war since the children of men first met together in battle, tut I have liv-d with the soldiers of tho Eighth Army Corps fir a year, I have stared their beds and their food, I know their moods and s;ntlments, and I know that the genuine soldiers, who do ibf, fighting, have ikd

killed prisoners or wounded men after their capture. As for orders or. the subject. they have been most rigid against any ill-treatment of prisoners or noncombatants. or tho destruction of any property. Inded, the soldiers complain that the fruits of victory are being lost by th# strictness of these orders. As I said before, after the sad experiences of tho first fight, a wave of sentiment swept through thp army that no more wounded Filipinos were to be left on the ground to shoot our men In the back or cut them with knives, and I frequently heard some private tell another that verbal orders had been quietly issued to that effect, certainly not an unusual exaggeration of camp rumor; but it was never more than this, and the sentiment practically died out before fighting was resumed, for Otis sat down In Idleness and waited six weeks for reinforcements before he made another move against the enemy. In the advance on Malolos, the next severe fighting, I have no reason to believe that any wounded Filipinos were killed deliberately unless they still showed symptoms of hostile mtent. while I do know of many rases where they were attended to by our men as our line passed along, their wounds dressed and sent to the hospital at Manila. How the Filipinos Are Shot. As to the expressions “potted them like rabbits," "shot them like quail.” etc., contained in various letters, they are literally true. I have even used such expressions myself in trying to describe how our men fired Into fleeing Filipinos, not non-combatants, but men with arms In their hands. That is about the only time we get a good chance to do execution among them. The usual proceeding is for our lines to deploy about 2.000 yards from the enemy and advance under fire, stopping at intervals, where cover can be found, to pour in volleys. In this advance but little damage Is done to the enemy, because they keep down pretty close behind their trenches. But when they break cover to run to other trenches farther In the rear, or even to abandon the fight entirely for the day. then our men get a chance at them. They jump to their feet and fire at the fleeing natives as fast as they can. If near enough each man picks out one of the enemy and takes as deliberate aim at him as he would if he were a bounding deer in the mountains or a leaping jackrahblt on the plains. Surely this Is legitimate warfare. During the civil war the blue shot the fleeing gray, and the gray shot the fleeing blue, and they were brothers. It is military tact to demoralize the enemy as much as possible and keep him on the run, and prevent a rally when he once begins to retreat. The effect has been excellent. The Filipino veteran now begins to squirm and think of a place of safety by the time our line gets within 500 yards of him, when formerly he used to remain and shoot at us until we were much closer. He fears our marksmanship at close range. If there Is any criticism at all to be offered on this, it is upon the frame of mind of the soldier, who can liken the killing of human beings to the shooting of jack-rabbits. *»There is no question but that our menMlo “shoot niggers” somewhat in the sporting spirit, but that is because war and their environments have rubbed off the thin veneer of civilization. Undoubtedly, they do not regard the shooting of Filipinos Just as they would the shooting of white troops. This is partly because they are "only niggers" and partly because they despise them for their treachery and servility. One who has not been here to see the methods of Filipino warfare can not fully understand the mental attitude of our soldiers—the ones, I mean, who have been here long enough to have their sentiments affected by their own experiences. Filipino Fighting Habits. Our men do not look upon them as soldiers, because they do not conduct themselves as such. They are bush-whackers. The majority of them have no uniform, but dress in the universal white of tho Filipino citizen. Except when actually with his gun in his hand, h? is an "amigo,” a non-combatant, a peaceable citizen, who knows nothing of the whereabouts of the "insurrectos." Even the regulars in Aguinaldo's army, the men with the blue bedtlck uniforms, carry a suit of white clothing in n roll on their backs, prepared at a moment’s notl ,, q to hide their guns and transform themselves Into harmxess "amigos” Theie peaceable citizens in white shoo: from ambush at our scouting parties, cut off and kill, or attempt to do so, all who indiscreetly venture beyond our lines, c-rry messages and food to the enemy's camp and aid in many other ways. Even the regular scouting parties of the enemy go out unarmed and dressed in white, so that if they fail in with our men they can pass themselves off as "amigos.” Thus, slyness a*d treachery are their rharacteii. tics, and they do not conduct t.*ei»sejves as uniformed soldiers, and our in* n can not be made to consider them as such. The soldiers feel that they are fighting with savages, not with soirtieis, and they shoot then with much the tame fcelu g that they would shoot a wild animal. This is deplorab’o and Is ur.Uouoiedly demoralising. Looting and Burning. The American people can be assured that there has been no more killing of Filipinos, wounded or otherwise, than the necessities of the case required, no more than the British have found necessary in India and the Soudan, and the French in Anam. There may have been a few sporadic cases of unnecessary killing, but those occur in all wars, and are the result of Individual turpitude and not of a general policy. While, therefore, the charges of barbarity In this respect against the Eighth Army Corps are untrue, the charges of looting and destruction of property are not. In this work the volunteers have taken the lead, though the regulars are not so far behind as their longer and better education in the principles laid down in "Troops In Campaign” should make them. My observation Is that a man with the bump of acquisitiveness well developed is pretty apt to take something that suits his fancy if he gets the opportunity. I also observe that the troops that have been here the longest hesitate the least about helping themselves to what they want or destroying what they do not want: and this Is due to the unfortunate hostile and despising frame of mind the war and their longer and closer association with the people of the inferior race and civilization have engendered, which I referred to above. The volunteers have been here the longest; they have done most of the fighting; they have suffered the most from the treachery of the natives, they best understand the "amigo” proposition, and are, therefore, the most severe upon the natives and the least regardful of their rights of person and property. However, the regulars gradually drift toward the same mental condition. The orders against looting and burning are very strict, and burning has been almost stopped and looting much diminished. ■ __o_ 1 Books Written While You Walt. [New York Sun.] "One of the developments of the demand by a certain grade of publishers for timely books,” said a publisher, "Is the man who will write books on any assigned subject almost while you wait, and necessarily the subject suffers. One of the objections raised by a well-known English writer to an edition of his works printed by a New York firm was based on a volume which was written by ono of these ready bookmakers and added to the set. It was largely biographical, and the English author’s objections to it seems to be reasonable I have been informed that the man who wrote, or rather put it together, can turn out a book on any given subject In ten days. Such a work Is, of course, largely a mere matter of copying or compiling material already gathered. ■When it was announced that Choate was going to England to represent us a publishing firm hired one of these ready book writers to get together a lot of old jokes which might be credited to our ambassador. and it was published as the Choate Jest Bxiok, but fortunately, the edition in England was withdrawn. J know one such man who has written his personal experiences in Cuba, Porto Rico and .n Manila. In separate volumes, and (he biographies of three well-known men thu* far this year, though he never was in the countries described, nor had he ever met the men about whom he wrote. Governor Roosevelt has been the target of several of these ready bookmakers, and Dewey will find more biographies of himself on sale when he arrives here this fall than he will ever have the leisure to read."

Aa Increasing; Sale. No bread «v*r caught on like Hlts’s Quaker bread. Now sell log nearly 30,000 loaves a week.

BROWER’S ROMANCE.

rwilllam Sanford in ths Owl.] When Brower first came to us he said he was twenty-one, but looked seventeen. Brower had weak eyes_and pulled the front of his gray crush hat down to protect them. He also had a weak larynx, and pulled his brown collar up to protect that. Furthermore, he looked so green that the funny paragrapher chuckled as he remarked that one would expect to see a cow following him. The title of Brower’s position on the great Western dally which allowed us to live by earning a living was first assistant apprentice In the art department. Kls salary was small, but Brower said it paid his board, and that was "pretty good.” Brower never grew enthusiastic. He seldom spoke unless spoken to. Hla answers were then usually the shortest of sentences. The first Information he was known to volunteer was one day when Shadrnch, Meshach and Abednego would gladly have remained in the fiery furnace through a mere matter of convenience. Then Brower remarked that it was “pretty warm." Coming from the far Northwest, the warmer climate benefited his weak larynx, and his voice grew stronger. A rise in salary spurred him into getting a hard-brimmed straw hat. As his voice waxed less feeble, he grew less diffident. Underneath that quiet exterior was concealed something which, if properly sounded, revealed the true ring of manhood, with an echoing smack of Boherrtanism. “Do you ever keep any sketch books?” I asked of him one day. "Yes, I have one," he replied. “Bring It 'down and let me see It," said I. Next day he brought the book. It contained twenty-seven sketches, executed in a style to make us turn green with envy. The sketches were of one dog in as many different positions. I pored over the book with the interest of a naturalist discovering a new animal, or an astronomer a new star. We could draw a dog in several positions, but how any man could see a dog In twenty-seven positions, and draw it, was beyond us. . We had ceased to wonder at Brower. He was an enigma not to be solved, so we gave up guessing. But we traced those dogs, and put them in our reference-book, marked “Animals.” There was at that time a certain restaunn* not unknown to most of us where * meal could be had for 15 cents. Itrowti was a steady customer, and regularly called for seven meals for a dollar. Perhaps the 40 cents he thereby saved a month was not so much an Inducement as the pretty blonde waitress. She said Brower was an awfully nice customer to wait on. He never kicked. He was the quietest and politest young man she had ever seen. “And them’s the kind of customers I like to serve.” He was polite enough to pardon her grammar for the sake of her pretty eyea and plump figure. She usually gave him his check with the last side dish, but one day In August Annie —for such was her name—tarried around the table. “Why don't you never go on none of the boat excursions, Mr. Brower?” she shyly asked. “Because I work until 11 o’clock at night." "Why, that’s Just the time the boat gets back. I'm going on one to-night. How would you like to come down when the boat gets In and take me homer’ "Oh, pretty well," he grinned. Five minutes past 11 saw Brower at the wharf, and five minutes later they boarded a car for the little girl's home. There was only one vacant seat, and that was in the front of the car on the platform. She climbed in and Brower stood on the footstep with his left hand holding on to the end of the seat. It was a long ride, and it seemed as if no one would ever get off The little blonde squeezed over until her fluffy hair touched the gripman’s sleeve. “Why don’t you sit down. Mr. Brower?” “Oh, there ain’t room for two,” said he. Anybody but Brower would have made room. “Say, put my picture In the paper some tune, will you?” she rattled en. "Oh, I can’t draw, girls,” said he. “I can’t draw anything very good but dogs and horses.” "Well, can’t you draw It if I give you my photo? There was a girl who used to work where I did once, and she took poison, and a reporter came to our house and got a photo out of the album, and next day I seen her picture In the paper.” Here a man got off, and Brower sat down next to Annie. "It's a pretty nice night," said he. “Oh, bother the night,” said Annie. "Say, won't you, please, Mr. Brower?” "But I told you I couldn't draw girls.” “Well, how'll I ever get it in if you don’t?” “Take poison.” said Brower. The gripman smiled. Annie squirmed and Brower sat Imperturbable. He had evidently meant what he said, and the rest of the ride was spent In silence. There was no hanging over the gate for that couple. Brower left her at home and hurried back to the car line. No cars In sight, and not likely to be, thought he, as he looked at his watch, which Indicated ten minutes past 12. He wore a gold watch with a leather shoestring for a chain, which was fastened to his vest by a big brass safety-pin. “It’s a pretty long walk,” he mused, “but I guess I'll have to do It.” He was in a part of the city he had never seen before, so he decided to follow the car tracks until ho could get his bearings and take a short cut for home. Block after block he rapidly covered, until the houses grew more pretentious, and he realized that ho must be getting into the swell residence part of the city. Suddenly there rang out on the air ,a pistol shot. Simultaneously a shriek was heard, end a side dcor of a mansion was flung violently open, and two dark figures dashed down the steps, only to be confronted by a third, whose brass buttons and silver shield glistened in the moonlight. The sound of scuffling feet on the wide travel walk fell on Brower’s ears as he crouched peeringly from behind a tree. Then another pistol shot, and the brave policeman sank to the ground dead. The two dark figures, with a curse on their Ups, hounded down the path, almost brushing the tree behind which Brower was concealed. As they swept past him he could see that they wore masks, exposing

jppearance. The noise of the two shots soon attracted several people, and a brother officer to the scene. Brower called the officer aside and told him what he hail seen and heard, gave the officer his name, address ana occupation, and, after receiving an Injunction to ’say nothing to nobody until called upon, ’ started again for home. Brower was excited. The double murder—for such it afterward proved to be— was enough to excite the strongest nerves. 1,0 U8e kolng to bed in this condition, thought he; "I must get something to quiet me down.” He walked several squares beyond his ow*n unpretentious street and made his way to an all-night saloon. The whisky corresponded with the locality, and that was bad, which Brower knew; but whisky was whisky to a man In his condition. Entering the saloon he called for his drink, and was in the act of tossing It down when his attention was suddenly arrested; for at the other end of’the bar were two dark figures engaged in subdued conversation, who shot suspicious glances at the young man. Slowly he drank his liquor, while over the rim of his glass he cast a steady sidelong glance. He was satisfied that they were the two men who had brushed past him so shortly before. “Have you any paper?” asked Brower of the man behind the bar. ”1 would like to write a note.” The barkeeper fumbled around, muttering that this “weren’t no stationery store,” and finally produced a soiled sheet. Pulling out his pencil Brower deliberately wrote his note. He then bought another drink and etriered into conversation with the barkeeper, all the time striving to evolve some feasible plan to effect the capture of the murderers, as he believed t»0 1)0 Whatever his scheme might have been,

It waa effectually stopped by the parties abruptly taking their departure. "It will not do to lose sight of them," thought Brower. *T’ll follow them until I run In with an officer and put him on their trail.”

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quickened ,—si Alas for poor Brower! As he turned that corner, hot In pursuit, a heavy* blow from the butt end of a revolver laid him low. Several more followed, but he did not feel them. ’’Shall we flniah him?" said one of the dark figures. “No, spoke the other, “He’s only a boy and don’t know nothing, and he could not hurt us anyway." Unconscious and bleeding, they left him. where he was found at early dawn by a policeman, who rang for an ambulance and sent him to the hospital. Next day the newsboys were shouting: "AH about the double murder!” A bank president had been murdered In his own home by burglars. A brave policeman.who had caught* them In the act, also fell a victim to the villains. The only eye-witr ness to the deed was missing, and ths whole affair was a mystery. A half dozen suspects were landed behind prison bars. Brower could not te found at the office. We were seated. Rewards amounting to 119.000 were offered for the detection of the guilty ]>.r. lies. Late In the afternoon of third day a messenger came to me saying I was wanted at the City Hospital. Hurrying there I was shewn Into the surgical ward, where, on an Iron cot, lay poor Brower. Hastening to his side I grasped his hand. The sight of a familiar face worked a revolution, and his mind cleared instantly. The nurses said he had been delirious most of the time. “Come.” said he, “get me out of this pretty quick.” I expostulated. But Brower was firm In his determination. I knew the superintendent, and got him to sign his release. “He’s all right now, so long ss he has his wits,” said the superintendent. “He was more scared than hurt.” Bundling him into a carriage. I dro *e at his request directly to the office of the chief of police. “Come, ’ said Brower. He was cool and steady now. Gaining our admittance, Brower proceeded to make known his errand. From beginning to end he told all ho knew of the murder—how he had recognized the two men in the saloon, and followel tnem In the hope of finding u»i officer; law he had turned the corner in hot pursuit, and there his narrative ended, because that was as far as he went. * But what was your idea of writing a note? asked the chief. “Here’s the rote," said Brower, handing it to him. “You can read It yourself." One glance at the soiled piece of paper and the chief rose, and striding over to where Brower sat, thrust out his hand, saying: “My boy, you've got the right stuff In you. That’s the most welcome note I ever read." It was an accurate likeness of two of the most desperate criminals unhanged. The chief of police caught them and we all saw them receive capital punishment. The reward was divided between Brower and the detective who, made the arrest, Brower getting the lion’s share. "I guess I'll go to Europe pretty soon,” said Brower, when the money was paid over to him. And he went. He did not write. We have never heard from him. That has been some years ago, but a friend of mine who is something of an art critic tells me ihe last time he was in P-.rts he saw a palming by an American artist which was creating a great furor in art circles. It was of one dog in twenty-seven different positrons. SHOT THEM BOTH.

One of the Most Touching Tragedies of the Sante Fe Trail. [Chicago Record.] One of the most touching of the many tragedies of the old Santa Fe trail occurred at Newton, Kas., In early days, and the chief actor was an old man dwarfish in stature and deformed, who kept a saloon and gambUng house. He had a wonderfully intelligent face and quick, shrewd eyes, and had only two apparent objects In life. One was to accumulate money, for he was a perfect miser, and a handy man at all games of cards, and the other was & watchful and tender solicitude for the welfare of his daughter, the only being for whom he ever showed any.respect or affection. She was a beautiful girl, bright and intelligent, and apparently she loved the crooked old miser. He was educated, and taught her from books in a building half tent and half shaijty that stood behind his gambling house. She did the cooking and was seldom seen except when he was with her. Every luxury that could be secured oo the inhospitable frontier was seized for the girl by the old man, and the only money he was ever known to expend from the large quantities he gathered in was for her benefit The story went that she was his only child, and that he had come West to make a fortune In order that when she grew to womanhood she might live like a lady in the States. Nobody knew where he came from, although for several years he had driven a team and handled some goods of his own on the Santa Fe trail, nor did any ono know his name. He carried a nickname, as every man of consequence in the community did. and it was derived from bia peculiar, habitual expression, “Jes-so.” To every remark that was addressed him, to every assertion that wa* made in his presence, be It a matter of dinner or death, he had only one reply, and that was: “Jes-so." The girl was about seventeen, and was so carefully guarded that she was discontented, and used to have sly flirtations with cowboys and other hangers-on at the camp, which would have ended in murder had the old man discovered them. WhUe he was at the card table she was chattering at the rear of her tent with one of her many lovers. And one night she eloped. The old man used to gamble all night and sleep all day. and when he awoke one afternoon from his slumbers he detected her absence. A cowboy named ‘‘Bunny’’ was also missing, and the old man, by making Inquiries, discovered that they had been seen together during the previous evening. He remarked “Jes-so” as usual, but he crawled through the town Uke a wildcat, and borrowing a horse, buckled his revolver belt around h!m and started across the pra'.rie toward the ranch where "Bunny" was employed. The next day he returned to Newton, said “Jes-so" as usual, but sold out his traps and disappeared forever. Two days later travelers along the road reported that they had found in an abandoned mud hu*. near the river two corpses, those of a beautiful girl and a stalwart young man. They were on their knees, their right hands were clasped, and a prayer book, covered with blood, lay on the floor beside them. The old man had dkicovered the betrayal of his daughter by “Bunny,” had m.'rrled them himself and then shot them both through the heart.

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