Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 1, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 October 1908 — Page 3

CHAPTER XIII. (Continued.) "Still, I must leave nothing undone tonight. I want the years bright for you. and I mast try once more. After all, the mother of my beloved can do no wrong." Teople might be safe away up there on the Morne d'Orange," she said, fearfully, but you must pass to - and fro through the city!" Gently he turned hfr face from the hid5en city. "Look yonder into the splendid night he whispered. "Feel the sting of the spray. Hear the bows sing! It's all for us, Lara, the gilded track to the moon, the loveliest of earth's distances and the sky afterward ! We can't leave this great thing undone. Listen, dearest; when the dawn comes up the Madame will be ving seven or eight miles ofThore. IM take the launch into the haror, and climb the morne once more to the bi; plantation house, bringing your love and mine to tt, mother-bird whom I 9we for all things good. .If she will not come with me, I shall command Uncle Joey to take her to Fort de France. After that She was clinging to him and sobbing. "After that?" she repeated. "We steam for Fort de France then," oe said, "and Father Dahnen must spare J 3 an- hour from his labors. After that, eloved, you acl I and the honeymoon ut on the swinging seas !" Just now Denny Macready appeared on the bridge. "Lara, I want you to know this Denly," said Constable. "I found him in a Itoke-hold, and haven't been able to get rid of him since. lie's my Stewart it lea, my butler ashore, and 'Yours Ktlid' tnywhere. Denny, I'm going ashora at lawn " "Tis crool t' hear, sorr." "That point is pretty well covered. Denay. I want you that is, I'm leaving kli33 Stansbury in your hands." "Sh-sh wait till I putt on me gloves." "II ow are your charges faring, Denny?" Constable asked. "Is ut th' little wans, you mane?" "Yes, the natives." "If I on'y had some goats, sorr!" "Why goats?" "Sure, I've been potherin' with lime rather an sea wather an' wather straight tn sugar av milk whin goats could do It all, an' betther." Macready went below, leaving a laugh n the bridge which was no little thing, the Madame, crept in to thj edge of the imoke. The gray ghost of morning was itealing Into the hateful haze. The ship found anchorage. The launch was in readiness below. It was six in the morntog. t Pugh, the new third officer, was ust leaving the bridge. Constable and Lara were standing at the door of hiä rabin. "I know that you could do no greater thing than this for me," she told him; but when a woman comes into her own 13 I have it i3 terrible to be left alone to soon. There are warnings in the wind, menaces in the silence, dangers in everything. It cannot be that I have found Fou, my lover, only to lose you aain. Oh, come back to me quickly, dear I" "Three hours shall see us on our way to Fort de France, be answered blithely. Trust me to hurry back to you. Fel?e U still now. It may be that the pressure (s eased " "There, kiss me, and don't wait! The rery name of Pelee is horrible!" Sh' moved with him to the ladder. "I thought I would be braver than this, Pierre Valour !" He whispered a last word and descended. Ernst had been relieved, and lather tailor was in the launch, one for w !.om preparations had been made in lli dim hall. Constable was. happy. He ur -ed a kiss at the pale, mute fact leant. i,; overside, and the fog rushed in betv.'-n. CHAPTER XIV. The launch gained the inner harbor, and the white ships at anchor were seen ague- phantoms in the vapor French learners, Italian barques, and the smallir West Indian craft all with their work to do and their way to win. Constable heard one officer shout to another, inquiring if Saint Pierre was in the usual place, or had switched sites with Hades. The day was clearing rapidly, however, and before the launch reached shore the haze was so lifted that Pelee could be leen, Coating a pennant of black out to tea. In the city a large frame warehouse was ablaze. The tinder-dry structure wa3 being destroyed with almost explosive speed. "Wait for me here," Constable said to the sailor, as the launch sccaped the Sugar Landing. A blistering heat rushed down from thm expiring building to the edge of the land. Crowds watcheJ the destruction. Many of the people were In holiday attire. This was the Day of Ascension, and Saint Pierre would shortly pray and praise at the cathedral. Even now the bells were calling, and there was low laughter from a gronp of maidens. Was it not good to live, iince the sun shone again and the mountain did not answer the sain tec. bell?? Ii was true that Pelee pourei forth a black streamer with lightning In Its folds; true that the people trod upm the hot gray dust of the volcano's waste ; that the heat was such as no man had ever felt before and many sat In misery upon the ground; true, indeed that voices of hysteria came from the hovels, and the breath of uncovered death from the byways but the gala spirit was not dead. The bells were callinr; the mountain was still; bright dres?s were abroad for the torrid children of France must laugh. 1 Constable fell in with th procession on the way to the cathedral. Reaching there, he climbs to a huge block of stone in the square, and hurled broadcast the germ of flight. Many had seen him before, when bis face was haggard. He was smiling now. There was color in his skin, fire in his eyes, a ring in his voice. Fear was not in him. A carriage was not procurrble, so he walked toward the Morne d'Orange. It Was seven-thirty, and the distance was two miles to the plantation house. At eight, or soon afterward, he would be there eight on the morning of Ascension Day ; at nine, in the launch again, speeding out to the smile of the bride ! Twenty tines a minute she recurred to him as he walked.. There was no waning nor wearing save a wearing brighter, perhaps of the images she bad put in his mind. The night had brought him palaces and gardens and treasure houses; everywhere he turned, new riches broke upon him. That her face had lain between his hands; that his hands had brought tlat face to his own; that her whispers, kisses, confidences, her prayeis and passions and coming years, all found their center and origin in himself, like bright do.es that bad a cote within his heart these thoughts lifted the poor man to such heights of praise and blessedness that he seemed to shatter the dome of human limitations, and emerge crown and ihoulders into the Illimitable ether. The road up the morne stretched blindlag white before him. Fanting and spent not a little, he strode upward through the vicious pressure of heat, holding his helmet free from his head, that the air might circulate under the rim. At length, upon the crest of th morne, he perceived the gables of the plantation house, above the palms and mangoef, gold-brown in the dazzlicg haze,

Pelee roared. Sullen and dreadful out of the silence voiced the monster, roused to his labor afresh. .TgV American began to run, glancing back at the darkening north. The crisis was not passed in favor of peace. The holiday was darkened. The Madame would fill with refugees now, and the road to Fort de France turn black with flight. These were his thoughts as he ran. The lights of the day burned out one by one. The crust of the e:rth stretched to a cracking tension. The air was beetling with strange concussions. In the clutch of realization, he turned one shining look toward the sea. Detonations accumulated into the crash of a thousand navies. On the porch of the plantation house, twenty yards away,, stood the mother of Lara, her eyes fascinated, lost In the north. At the 6teps he fell, caught her skirt, her waist, in his hands. Across the lawn, through the roaring black, he bare her, brushing her fingers and her fallen hair from his face. He reached the ccrbing of the old well with his burden, crawled over, and grasped the rusty chain. Incandescent tongues lapped the cistern's raised coping, and running streams of red dust filtered down. It was eight in the morning of Ascension Day. La Montagne Felee was giving birth to Death. CHAPTER XV. When the launch entered the denser cloud anl faded from her sight, .Hiss Stansbury retired to the cabin. Over all her thoughts of the unhallowed parting from her mother the night before, ond the clean, valorous act of her lover now, hung the defined terror lest Pelee should intervene. She heard Macrcady's step at the door; the calm voice of an officer on the bridge; the morning bells. The pale winding sheet was unwrapped from the beauty of morning. Though a port-hole she saw the rose and gold on the far, dim hills. Her eyes smarted from weariness, but her mind, like an automatic thing, swept around the great circle from the ship to the city, to the house beyend the morne and back again. She saw him in the launch, in the midst of native groups on the shore, in the plantation house, 'begging her mother to listen. Importuning Uncle Joey to take her to Fort de France, returning through the streets with people following the crowded launch, and then the joy of empty arms filled.- But sometimes Pelee would burst into the deepening channel of thoughts, effacing the whole, and leaving her, a shrieking, dishevelled creature, in the midst of a chaos which would not answer. She went on deck. Laird, the first officer, Invited her to ascend the bridge. He was scrutinzing through the glass a blotch of smoke on the city front. "What do you make of it, Miss Stansbury?" he asked. The lenses brought to her a nucleus of red In the black bank. The rest of Saint Pierre was a gray doll settlement, set in the shelter of little gray hills. She could see the riven and castellated crest of Pelee, weaving his black ribbon. It was all small, silent and unearthly. "That's a fire on the shore," she said. "Exactly," said Laird. Shortly afterward the trumpetings of the monster began. The harbor grew yellowish-black. The shore crawled deejer into the shroud, and was lost altogether. The water took on a foul loo', as if the bed of the sea were churned with some beastly passion. The anchor chain drew taut, mysteriously strained, and banged a tattoo against the steel-bound eye. Blue Peter, drooping at the foremast, livened suddenly into a spasm of writhing, like a hooked lizard. The black, quivering columns of smoke from the funnels were fanned down upon the deck, adding soot to the white smear from the volcano. Iara felt Macready pulling at her arm. "Ye musht go below, miss. Ye know me ordhers." She rebelled with sudden vehemence, declaring that she would smother down there. "You can do no good here, sure. Don't make it rrool fur me?" "Make haste below, miss squall coming!'' commanded Laird. Gentleness and jollity were gone from the large red face. She suffered herself to be drawn down the ladder, crushed by the officer's words, and the iron fingers of fear closing about her heart. A hot, fetid breath charged the air. The water danced, alive with the yeast of worlds. The disordered sky intoned violence. Pelee had set the foundations to trembling. Lara drifted into the open polar region. Despair. These men were all Lis friends. She must not hinder them. They had much to do. Her part was self-effacement. In the darkening passageway she heard Laird shouting orders above, heard him command the native women to "tumble below," and the sailors to seal the ways after them, heard the deep sea language and "barometer" "Constable" Thpr wore rannln fept. hell ' low, cries from the native women, quick jatha from the sailors. The ship rose and settled like a feather in a breeze. She was incapable of swift action. Macready lifted her into the cabin and slammed the door, rushed to the port3 and screwed them tight with lightning fingers, led her to a chair and locked it In its socket. "That's the deere," he said breathlessly. "Shud so nuch as a shpark from the mountain raise so much as a bloosh upon your cheek, sure I'd niver be able t fac Mr. Constable again, but go on sthokln foriver an' iver." "It's very good of you," she answered dully. . She sat very still, not daring to relax the rigid tension of her face, her hands, or her brain, lest the scream of madness break forth. From out the shoreward darkness thundered vibrations which rendered soundless all that had passed before. Comets flashed by the port holes. The ship shuddered and fell to her starboard side. Eight bells had just sounded when the great thunder rocked over the gray-black harbor, and the molten vitals of the monster, wrapped in a black cloud, filled the heavens, gathered themselves, and plunged down upon the city and the sea. As for the de Stael, eight miles from shore and twelve miles from the craters, she seemed to have fallen from a habitable planet into the fire-mist of an unfinished world. She heeled over like a biscuit tin, dipping her bridge and gunwales. She was deluged by blasts of steam and molten stone. Her anchor chain gave way, and, burning in a half-dozen places, she was sucked In-shore. (To be continued The Fickle Summer Maid. Rodrick Man at the seashore dis covered diamonds in the surf. Did you ever discover any Jewels when you were there? Van Albert I thought I discovered a Jewel last summer, but after she Jilted me I came to the conclusion that sb was only an imitation. Wine Agent Do you really think that one drink a day hurts a manl Local Optionist Not If ht stick to water.

Health and Beantr Hints. A half hour well spent upon the complexion at night Is worth two in the morning. A good cure for brittle nails is to soak thorn daily in sweet oil warmed to blood heat. A tablespoonful of olive oil taken each day will aid the digestion and ase liver trouble. The hair should be brushed thoroughly for about fifteen minutes every night before retiring. Witch hazel is excellent for the eyes, but one should be sure the liquid is absolutely pure before using. Honey Is very nutritious and should be on the bill of fare of every person who wants to gain flesh. Cold water closes the. pore? of the skin and makes it firm. A little vinegar or cologne added to the water also assists in the hardeulng. If you have dark hair and it seems to be coming out, cut off a slice of lemon and rub it Into your scalp; it will stop that trouble promptly. Soft, flabby skins that fall into folds and pucker need cold water to give them tone. Thick, oily skin, however, should be washed with hot water. The application of lemon juice will sometimes cause warts to disappear. Touch them several times during the day with a camel-hair brush soaked In the Juice. A healthful and refreshing mouth wash is made by boiling cinnamon bark in water and mixing it with equal parts of the purest alcohol. This is good, both for the gums and teeth, and makes the breath more fragrant. Often one sees a woman with darkbrown rings below the eyes, also mottled over the face and frequently upon the forehead. This Is due to Intestinal trouble of a serious nature and only a reliable physician should prescribe for such when medicinal aid is needed. Budapest has one woman apothecary, Mine. Bertha Halnlsch. A school for woman chemists has recently been opened in Dessau, Germany. Graduates are assured of employment at from $20 to $18 a month. Miss Laura White, of San Francisco, is having quite a great deal of newspaper notoriety because she has discovered a rich vein in a Nevada gold mine, and in order to "work" it she tolled at the windless, wearing some of her brother's clothes for convenience. Jean Lecklu, of GlebeTlIouse, Blackheath, Is the beautiful wife of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. During their courtship "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was written, and the scenes are laid around Blackheath, which Is full of romance to the distinguished couple. More than COO women are reported to be studying medicine at French universities. Paris alovie is said to have 100 women practitioners, most of them holding official places of more or less Importance. Woman physicians are preferred In girls' high schools, normal schools and public schools generally. A little S-year-old girl named Jessie Perrls was one of the heroines of the recent conference of the National Education Association at Cleveland. Of 500 words submitted to her she spelled 403 correctly, writing 100 and spelling 3.rKS orally. A gold badge, certifying that she was a champion child speller of America, was pinned to her pinafore. Midnight OH Mean Suicide. "People talk about the midnight oil as If it had some virtue attached to it," writes Dr. Hale In Woman's Home Companion for August. "In truth, four times out of five the midnight oil meaus overwork, or It means that you have neglected some duty which should have been attended to before the sun went down. Unless each night recovers the ground lost in the exertion of the day before, you are committing suicide by Inches ; and you have no right to commit suicide at all." Making- Girl Hnppr. The provision in the will of Mrs. Waldo Slbthorp. a generous English woman, which provides a sum of -1,000 for wedding dowries for poor girls, says that the amount Is to be invested and the Income paid each year as marriage portions to two deserving girls residing in or near Sleaford, on thel

marriage, such girls to be selected by the mayor and member of Parliament for Sleaford for the time being in their sole discretion, "my desire being that two young girls may each year, be thereby made very happy."

Hat of White Chip. The hat Illustrated In the accompanying .-ut was of white chip, faced with emerald green taffeta, and was delightfully summery In effect with its flower trimming. A large pale pink rose was placed in front at the right, with a little dark green rose foliage, and a graceful bow of two-inch wide velvet ribbon In leaf green, and sprays of pale violet wisteria form the rest of the trimming. Itemovlng Iron Hunt. Wherever the ordinary hooks and eyes have been used on light-colored frocks there U almost sure to be spots GOWNS FOR AUTUMN WEAR. of iron rust as a result. The very first thing to do Is to rip off the fasteners and get the rustless kind. Then rub each spot of rust with salts of lemon and wash out thoroughly. It may be necessary to repeat this two or three times, but It Is worth the tumble. If 3ou haven't this preparation use plain louiou Juice, soak the salt It It, put It on the spot and expose to the sun. If all of this proves useless and the garment Is of white cotton oi wool try chlorinated soda. llnabnnda and Wive. Pretty girls say that nobody can talk so beautifully of undying love as the over-age widower. Excess in all things Is wrong, madame. Remember the Dutch wife who stubbed the kitchen floor until she fell through Into the cellar. He who assures himself with glee that he has at last successfully asserted his marital ,supremacy will, ten to one, consent to let her wear a sheath before the week Is out. , They who say that men can not shop economically never saw a husband buying his wife a birthday present. It Is always refreshing to hear a young wife express her honest opinion of the pretty girl who once rejected her husband. For Teeth Ina Bahr. If your baby is teething and the front of Its dress gets wet at the neck, try the following: Buy a pair of the largest size stockinet dress shields, cut each shield In two where it fastens to the seam, and pin this under the bib. This will prevent the moisture from poing through the dress and will keep the little chest dry. One pair of shields makes four of these patent bibs, and that win be plenty to keep baby dry. They are easily washed and dried. Ink Spot on Carpet. If the carpet in the living room or the library has ink spots on It try this remedy: Flrat pour cold water on the spot if It is a fresh one, taking It up again with a spoon, which Is pressed down Into the pile of the carpet. Lay a cloth around the spot so It will not spread. Then apply a weak solution of oxalic acid, sponging It up quickly. If the color is altered, apply ammonia water. BAM Tucked net Is popular for gulmpes. Some nets are so woven as to simulate hand tucking. The rhinestone horseshoe brooch is being supplemented with those of coral, turquoise and Jet. Pendant ornaments will still be a popular trimming. Of silk, with touches of gold, silver or other metal,

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headed with hands carrying out the same effect, they make a lovely garniture. Opera hoods are shown In Paris made of ribbon. Clever fingers will soon be fashioning them here. Long coats in the directolre modes with the empire waist effects have been chosen for the fastidious woman of good style. Crewel embroidery is being used in Paris by the artists of dress for giving distinguished trimming' touches to handsome costumes. Riblion ornaments for the hair are becoming a necessity. Match your gown with the rosette and band or braid to be twisted through the locks. Dress skirts all show the influence of the sheath furore. The circular gored model will be the popular development. Skirts slashed on the side are numerous, the openings, filled with plaits or trmimings of some kind. Charming for wear with tailored suits are waists of dyed nets In colors to match the suit. They are tucked and have the new long, tucked sleeves and just a touch of soft, rich color in the way of Persian bauds for trimming. Kevers and sleeve cuffs to suits are unlined. Kevers often fall quite limply, forming folds. Basques of jackets are weighted so that they will stay down without looking stiff. Hems of skirts are lined with heavy but quite limp linen. lligh-lKuied collars are seen on dresses and waists. Street suits, coats, eveu evening wraps, all have high collars. Everything has a collar, somo even approaching the old-time "choker." The proper finish for the dress and waist collars is the wide, full ruche. Buttons are lavishly used for trimming, covered with self material or satin. The buttons themselves are frequently adorned in some way to add to the effect. Crochet buttons are employed for this purpose, the crochet covering a satin or velvet mold, which gives a very pivtty result, especially If It Is in contrasting color. There are very pretty hats out for school girls. Gray and white felt are used. The brims are broad, the crowns round and the trimming Is of broad, short wings In bright blue and purple. Other colors can be used, but these seem to take the lead. A white hat trimmed with scarlet wings Is a very good touch to a white-duck skirt and shirt waist with a heavy top-coat of cream serge. Farn It uro Cr coin. A fine furniture cream, whl.h will Impart a high polish to furniture and Is splendid for floors, is made from three gills of turpentine, two ounces of brown beeswax, two drams castile soap and two drams borax. Melt the wax and soap In the turpentine, stirring thoroughly. Mix the borax In a gill of boiling water and add the mixture to the other Ingredients. Apply with a woolen rag. To Wind Clothesline. In taking down the ordinary rope clothesline by winding it on a bar or In a ball, It Is inclined to twist, and in unwinding to knot and tangle. To avoid this in taking down alternately wind Ic with the right hand and-left hand into the ball or on the bar. To Clean Hairbrushes. Rub the brush with flour; when quite clean, remove all traces of Hour with a dry towel. This method preserves the varnish on the wood and prevents the bristles from becoming soft. Cold Cream. Two ounces of mutton tallow or lard, 2 ounces sperrr.acetl, 1 ounce of white wax, one-quarter, ounce pure glycerin; melt nil together, using as little heat as possible; perfume with a few drops of attar of roses. To Presfrve Fur. Pour two or three drops of paraffin oil upon the hands, then rub it upon the fur. This wIlL preserve it from the great enemy, the moth. All furs should be clean when put away, and perfectly dry. Tapering Finger. The careful dally manicuring of the nails and the pinching of the finger tips softly after washing will tend to prevent the square, stubby look so often noticed in badly kept hands. Mansie vrlth Wringer. The .busy house mother will save much time If, on Ironing day, she will use the wringer for a mangle to press folded towels, sheets and knit underwear.

"Who can tell when the calamity howl began?" I can," said Dr. Carlson, one of a' party of six in a game of cinch. Then DrTCarlson told a story that will Interest all classes of readers, because stories about army pets never fall to interest. "Our regiment was camped at Pine Hill, Ark., for a long time. One day there inarched Into our regiment a peculiar looking dog, a cross between gray and brown, with very large ears that hung down like a hound's, large limbs and a head unlike a hound's, but with a bay that was houndish. At once it became a pet. One morning our pet showed us a nest of puppies. The news of the eyent went through tho brigade within an hour, and hundreds of the boys dropped around to see and welcome the newcomers. For one reason or another, probably because the little fellows were handled and petted so much, all but one of them died within a month. Not long after that, not seeing the mother making the rounds of the tents on her customary morning calls, one of the boys went, to dog headquarters and saw the surviving puppy sitting on his Launches mournfully whining and looking at its motionless mother. "Our company pet was dead. "That afternoon the dog was given a suitable military burial and we turned our undivided attention to bringing tip the puppy. It was taken into one of the tents and cared for as tenderly as a motherwould care for her baby. It was necessary to keep a constant supply of milk. Milk was not an army ration. We had plenty of the condensed sort, but the surgeon said that that would soon make the little one Join his mother, brothers and sisters, so one of our company volunteered to forage for milk. Stringing on a couple of canteens, he set out. He was gone two hours, and when he came back he had plenty of milk, but had had to travel, going and coming, over four miles. Every drop of that precious milk was saved for the young dog. The little fellow thrived. There was no lack of volunteers to go in search of milk. He was well fed on that ration until he was large enough to feed on army rations, like the rest of us, and then he was constantly In danger of being overfed. "When six weeks or two months old it was decided to give the new iet a name. All of the regimental geniuses, and we had our full quota of them, were Invito to the tent where the dog was an honored guest, and the matter of a name was atiiinatedly discussed One of them wanted to call him Gov ernor. That proposition was quickly nbandoned when a Fewaukee member said: 'For heaven's sake, don't do that; he might turn out as worthless as some governors.' " 'What do you say to calling him General ?' said a town of Vernon rnn. "'There Is the same objection to that as there was to his being called Governor, It seems to me,' said the old man. "Arkansas was proposed. 'Not by a blank sight,' said John Carrier. If he Is given the name of a state It shall be a union, not a rebel State "We had a visitor from Company B Peter Bodette. He said: 'Allow me to suggest a name. Call him Calam ity "A little further discussion, and It was agreed that that should be his name, and from that day to this the Twenty-eighth's pet dog has been call ed 'Calamity Like his mother, he became a large, awkward, good-na tureu, , serviceable animal, lie was perfectly at home with any man In the Twenty-eighth, and friendly with every man in the brigade, from the general commanding to the kicking cook. "'Calamity' was more than an orna ment and a plaything. We found him very useful during the balance of the war, particularly when meat ratlous were short. It seemed to be as nat ural for 'Calamity to catch pigs as it is for a water spaniel to swim. "On n march our boys were supplied with fresh ..pork through the energy. skill and generosity of "Calamity lie had his preference In the matter of breed. The razor back species were 'Calamity's' special delight. This breed of swine ran wild in portions of Ark ansas. Whenever we reached a piece of timber 'Calamity' would trot along the line with a knowing look and a dog laugh for the men, and then sud denly dart out Into the woods. The next news we had from 'Calamity' was a squeal from a razor-hack, and that was the signal for an outburst from all of the men who heard It. If the game was not too old and ugly 'Cala-n-ity had comparatively little difficulty In conducting it to the neighborhood of the marching line, when a glistening bayonet was ready to give 'Calamity' a lift. If It was a large, ugly beast the squeal grew less plain or remained stationary. In either case, unless the officers were unnecessarily watchful, you could see from one to a dozen men drop out of the line and run In the direction of the noise, and when they rejoined us It was with a cutup razorback, and 'Calamity' very weary but with the same old glad smile. "He fought until the end of the war, and grew more and more a favorite, When news of the surrender of Lee to Grant reached us tho command was hilarious. 'Calamity was foremost iu these demonstrations. When he wearied of short, sharp barks he sat up on his haunches and howled. I think of 'Ca lamlty's howls in these times when cer tain leaders of certain political parties sit on their haunches and howf 'Calam ity! Calamity! "When orders came for us to return to Wisconsin and be mustered out there seemed to be no one In the brigade gladder than "Calamity Those regi ments that did not belong to Wisconsin in ooir brigade were given a farewell visit by tho knowing dog, and when we marched to the landing 'Calamity' was too full of high spirits to indulge In a raid on his favorite razor-back. He was about the first member of the reel ment to get onto the steamer. When ever we stopied to wood or take on supplies or passengers 'Calamity would dodge off and visit the landing. The night before we reached Cairo we stopped quite a spell for wood. Ca lamity' got off, but did not return when the wooding had been completed. There was a panic among the men. 'Where Is "Calamity"?' 'We must not go off and leave "Calamity" The captain of the boat was interviewed and induced to wait a certain length of time while the fleetest footed of our num

fcer went In search of the lest Cog. They returned without him, and we had to pull out Calami tyless. The Twenty-

seventh followed us on the next boat and stopped at the same place to wood. 'Calamity' was there to greet them. He knew them and they him. "It seems that 'Calamity realized that he was leaving the land of the razor-back never to return, and had gone so far from the landing in search of one of his favoritles for a farewell tussle that he did not return in time to Join his command. The minute the Twenty-seventh landed at Cairo 'Ca lamity' dashed from the boat and fairly flew to the Twenty-eighth. Everybody welcomed him. When we parted at Madison and left for our homes 'Calamity's right paw was shaken by nearly all in the' regiment. He went home with Feter Bodette, the man who named him, and lived with him for years. When he died the veteran and his family gave 'Calamity' a suitable burial and marked his resting place with a monument that can be seen to this day in the town of Vernon. "As you see, gentlemen, I heard my first calamity howl down In Arkansas nearly a lifetime ago." J. A. Watrous, In Chicago Tlmcs-IIerald. A Cut Trlclc. - The Confederate cavalryman was often puzzled as to how to provide him self with a horse. The authorities gave him his choice to keen mounted or go into the ranks with his musket, as horses were not furnished by the government. To be dismounted and become a foot soldier was worse to him than a court-martial, and he would risk much in his efforts to get a horse from the enemy. In the fall of 1SC3 a refctl cavalryman had his horse killed in a skirmish near Warrenton, and, as his best chance was then to capture one from the enemy, he put his wits to wor- to devise the ways and means. He was with the outside pickets, and not far off, on the pike, were the cavalry pickets of the enemy. He procured a piece of telegraph wire from the rallroad,and when twilight came on stretched this across the road, fastening one end to the fence and the other end to a convenient tree Just high enough to catch a cavalryman about the belt. When matters were thus arranged to his liking he started down the pike and stopped in plain view of the enemy. It was not long before three of them gave chase, mounted on good horses. It was now too dark for them to see the wire, and on they came, determined to have a prisoner. The chase was sharp and quickly over, so that by the time the, rebel schemer had passed through and under his trap the enemy was upon him. The sequel is not hard to guess. Two of the pursuers were quickly and most unceremoniously unhorsed, the third being so much astonished and frighten ed at their fate as to turn and beat a hasty retreat. The two horses without their riders continued down the road, and were easily captured by the Con federate, who, by his clever ruse, be came their owner, and kept his place In the cavalry. The two pickets left to themselves hurriedly mafle their way back to their comrades as crestfallen and astonished as two men could well be. The hero of this incident tells the tale himself, and adds he rode one f these horses to Appomattox, and from there to his home, and that It was one of the best ho ever owned. Washington Tost. For Looks Only. The great simplicity of the habits oi Gen. Robert E. Lee was one reason for his popularity with his soldiers. He fated no better than. his troops. There were times when for weeks the Southern army had but short rations, often dolns: entirely without meat. In "The Oid South and the New" Charles Morris tells an amusing story of one of thes periods of scarcity. On a very stormy day several corps and division generals arrived at headquarters, and were waiting for the rain to abate before riding to their camps, when General Lee's cook announced dinner. The general Invited his visitors to dine with-him. On repairing to the table, a tray of lKt corn bread, a boiled head of cabbage seasoned with a rery small piece of bacon, and a bucket ol water constituted the repast. The piece of meat was sd small that all politely declined taking any, expressing themselves as "very fond of boiled cabbage and corn bread," on which they dined. Of course the general was too polite to eat ment In the presence of guestj who had declined It; but later In the afternoon, when they had all gone, feeling very hungry, he called his servant and asked hlmito bring him a piece of bread and meat. The darky looked perplexed and embarrassed, and said, in a deprecating tone, "Well, Marse Robert, dat meat what I sot before you at dinner wa'n't ours. I Jest borrowed dat piece of mlddlln' from one of de couriers to season de cabbage In de pot ; and seein as you was gwlne to have company at dinner, I put It on de dish wld de cabbage foz looks. But when I seed you an' non of de gentlemen touched it, I 'eluded you all knowed it was borrowed, and so after dinner I sent It back to d boy what it belong to. Worth Beadlnn-. The population of Canada Is now about 0,500,000. The average height of the Laplander Is less than five feet Sixty languages are In everyday us in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Nerve messages In man travel at tht rate oJ 110 feet per second. An elephant's burden is from 1.S0G to 2,500 pounds, and that of a hors4 from 200 to 250 pounds. Out of every million letters that pan through the postofflce it is calculated that only one goes astray. The oldest national flag In the world Is that of Denmark, which has beer in use since the year 1219. Louisiana has 7,000,000 acres ol marsh lands which, if properly treated, are capable of great fertility. The clock at St. Chad's, Shrewsbury has a record pendulum, Itf length be ing 22 feet and the weight of the bab' 200 pounds. Immigrants do not come to New Yorl City In a state of absolute poverty bj a long way. They bring us annuallj about $10,000,000 in money. All of the boroughs of New York City have advanced their tax rates, and Richmond is at the head of the list with $1.711 for each $100 of assessed value Enos B. Hoops of MUltown, Pa., i successful grower of asparagus has Jusi received $23 for a big bunch of fint Quality. It measured twenty inches Is length ind weighed fifty-four pounds.

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BLOCK COAL FIELD BUSY. WorV Averages Four Dar Wh Despite Influx of Miner. President Golden, of the block coal district, reporta work better in the Brazil field than in any other in the middle West. While work has flacked up some fj thi,s Celd' it now average, more than four days a week, with prospects for ioiproved conditions in the future. Tai excellent average in the face of the fact that hundreds of miners from other districts in this and other States have coaie into the field and obtained work, is surprising. President Golden report that so fa: none of the miners from the IIudjon mine, whose charter was taken from them by National President Lewis, for insubordination, have made application for work in the block coal Cold. While Mr. Golden does not commit himself, it is believed that were these men to apply for work here they would be turned down and Mr. Lewis sustained. OAS THAT WILL NOT BTJKU. Farmer IIa Odd experience Drlrlaa: VWell. Scott Lawrence, a farmer living about two miles from Silver Lake while driving a well, struck a vein of gas, or something quite similar to natural gas, when down about eighteen feet. After a number of trial, he failed to ignite iL The odor was similar to natural gas, and it flowed from the pipe with considerable force, producing a whistling noise that could be heard for half a mile. Although the gas was allowed to flow for several hours, there seemed to be no diminution in the force. Lawrence then continued to drive the pipe, and five feet below the pocket of gas he struck a strong vein of pare water. MISTAKEN FOB A BUBGLAJL l note Fires Both, Barrel of Shotffva at Nephew. lliram Stewart, a farmer boy, 20 yeara old, was shot by his uncle, Stephen Ellis, near Jasonville, under the supposition that he was a burglar. Hiram spent the evening at an entertainment in the neighborhood, and he decided to quarter himself for the remainder of the night with his uncle, without informing him of his intention. While putting hs horse away he made a noise at the barn whidh awakened his uncle, who investigated with a shotgun. The uncle fired both barrels, but his aim was vot, and he only succeeded in sprinkling his nephew's legs. The wounds are not erious. SAW BABY STBUCK BY TBAJX Blether Made a Deaperate Effert tm . Save Little One. Running after her lS-months-old daughter Eva to prevent her stepping on the railroad track, near their home in Sullivan. Mrs. C. W. Woods saw her baby toddle directly in front of an Bvansville and Terre Haute p.assen;er train. The enpint struck the baby and tossed it about twenty feet from the track. The mother fainted. When neighbors ran to the spot, expecting to find -the chd horribly cat, the baby was still breathing. Her head her badly crushed. She was taken home und is still alive. DIES TO JOIN HIS WIFE. a en a v w b v - - to Sleet Mate. Fulfilling his last promise to his wife as she was dying, that he would soon join her, Julius Frchner, 72, a wealthy Stark county farmer, conimitted suicide by hanging himself. When Mrs. Frehner died a few months ago of a lingering illness, her death-bed prayer was that her husband would soon join her. Her pleadings with him so preyed upon his mind tbit he followed her to the grave. Dlaappolnted Lorer Commit S a leid James Covington, 4G years old and unmarried, emplojed as an engineer on the Louisville and Nashville railway, went to the home of Miss California Mounts in Evansville during her absence, and took a revolver from her trunk. He then blew out his brains. He had ben paying attection to Miss Mounts and realized that his attachment was not returned. Casta Fearla Before Swine. Enoch Jenkins, tenant on the Dr. Freeland farm on White river at Bedford, vliile feeding mussels to his hogs, found a pearl for which he refused $250. The learl is believed to be of unusual value and Mr. Jenkins, who is a poor man. Is very much elated over his find. BRIEF STATE HAPPENINGS. Victor Willmore, S3 years old, a brakeman, jumped from a freight train near Wabash, not noticing that the train had stopped on a bridge. He fell forty feet to the rocks below and met almost instant death. The death of Mrs. Olpha Whiteman at Middlefork, which was reiwrted to the to be murder. After an examination of the body the coroner called in the police, who set out at once to find the woman's first husband, in the hope that he may throw some light on the mystery. Death resulted instantly, the coroner concluded. from two bullets through the chest, one of which pierced the heart. The condi-. tion of the wouuds is said to have precluded any possibility of suicide. In a class fight between "the classes of the high school, Larry Coble, president of the junior class, wtj seriously injured with a shotgun. Mrs. Walter Carpenter, 0d years old, died in Richmond. Within a few months she would have celebrated with her husband the diamond anniversary of their wedding. United States Senator James A. Hemenway and wife announced the engagement of their daughter Lena to Bennett Gath, son of Harry B. CJath, a capitalist of Indianapolis. The wedding will take place in January. John Glaseo, aged 50 years, livin on a farm near Anderson, shot and killed Lis wife and then attempted suicide by cut ting his throat. He may recover. Domestic troubles preceded the crime. Mrs. Rachael Webb, 70 years old, and paralyzed, was fatally burned at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sam Bradley, a few miles north of Greenfield. Mrs. Webb's dress was ignited from a match she struck to light her pipe. An unknown woman was found fatally injured at the foot of the Big Four bluff in Wabash near the depot. She had evidently been pushed over the precipice or fallen over, a distance of thirty fet. Fire in Kuightstown did $10,000 damage in the business district and for a time threatened the entire town. The fire started at the rear of Warren & Macy's dry goods store on the south side of the main street and spread to Bell's hardware store, Jolly's drug store and Buchters dry goods store. Then an unoccupied building owned by ). A. Walling was destroyed. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Raspberries in northern Indiana late in September are a curiosky, but G. It. Valentine of Warsaw has several well filled bushes on his lot and the fruit ia almost seedless.