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A r olitical Vendetta LDON J. COBB

CHAPTER IV. Tlie last year of a century, the last day of the year, the last hour of the day in the solemn hush of nn eerie seene, Gideon Hope stood alone, awaiting the final token of power that was to make him master of a vital situation! It was six months after the sealing of that strange compact which, through a fair young girl's sterling confidence, had bound to him the Tremrune, father and daughter, with links of steel, for weal or woe. - . This had happened: Ail that tragic story of a beloved brother's cruel assassination Hope had told all the dark suspicions and blacker certainties of the secrcr culpability cf Percival Keene he had laid bare. " 'i'Tiat this man. waxed riIi and powerful by some caprice of Luck of? through sinister finesse, made master of millions and potent kin? of a vast industrial combination, was cow known as "Percy V. Kane." there could not be the slightest doubt. Inch by inch, hour by hour, from the crisis of his political dethronement, Gideon Ilcpe had traced this ex-magnate of the rotten Consolidated Silver Company. In and out of a labyrinth of deception, evasion, disappearance reappearance in a new guise and a fresh role he had followed the arch-swind!er until he had put his finger upon him as the central figure of that mastodonic ring of capitalists, who controlled the metal industries of a State, and who had "roped in" and ruined the unsuspicious Albert Tremaine. And now I Gideon Hope had divulged his plan : To degrade, to humble, to drag down to bitter defea person -who must answer to him -taying of the one being on eart jom all his love and hopes I itered ! Thus hat the "sleeping city" became ing ruin, and the mag nificent, -a the hill a closed, aban doned h . was given out that the Tremaiii . gone abroad, to exhaust la pinch tirement the remnant of a once gre to. tune. But all the while tITe hidden hand of the master genius behind the scenes worked-deftly, cautiously, slowly, the wires that were soon to focus on this man Kane, a purpose bitter as death and cruel as the grare. In the eastern story, the heavy slab that was to fall on the bed of state in the flush of conquest was slowly wrought out of the quarry, the tunnel for the rope to bold it to its place was slowly carried through the leagues of rock, the slab was slowly raised and fitted to the roof, the rope was rove it. and slowly taken through the mile of hollow to the great Iron rin. All being made ready, with much labor, and the hour come, the sultan was aroused In the dead of the night, and the sharpened ax that was to sever the rope fron the great iron ring was put into his hanj, and he strack' with it, and the rope parted, and -rushed away and the ceiling fell. So, in the case of Gideon Hope the man with a purpose all the work, near and far, that tended to the end was being accomplished, and in an instant the blow was to be struck, and the roof of Percy Kane's stronghold was to drop in upon him . ' Midnight! 'Gideon Hope stood where a ledge of rock, fir-fringed to the extent of a semicircle, looked out upon a free, broad expanse down, towards a stretah that would have awed and puzzled the unfamiliar beholder. The moonlight shone like day. It irradiated a vast valley, flecked far as the eye could see with dots, splotches, vivid bursts of light t ie, a mammoth blast farnaoe, opening Its hot, molten throat to shoot out and upward? datts of spectral fire; there and everywhere the myriad coke ovens, uncovered to show . dazzling nesl of red. seething cinders. The world eenwd spread at his feet for good or bad, it lay before him! When be reflected, with some of the old-time managerial vim,' bow he, a master band at inception and direction, might turn the sixty thousand souls in that valley as puppets to his designs he, a being of will and resource a gilded flarh of opuleno tempted for a moment. - Then came the infusion of the one great purpose of his life the wan, sad face of bis brother seemed to float before him, tnd the sudden, stern whiteness of his own told . that no temptation of wealth or honor could turn him from his plan. The soft, tender influences of the holy hour mingled with the memory of a fairer face. A vision of a home blessed with love, a life crowned with the gladness of children's voices, of old woes forgotten in the soothing bliss of a ncv experience, stole over this man's soul. He shot it out all out ! His face was lifted towards heaven in sudden sternness, bis hand described an involuntary, almost wilJ, spasm of passion no! no! no! -The die was cast ! He lived, prayed, for but one consummation; to verify what he knew, to prove what he suspected, straight as an arrow to the target's heart, fate must impel him towards rr.p moment when Fercy Kane should stxil before him unmasked, at his mercy ! There was a rustle of the near shrubbery. Hope turned. A ha If -eager sentfment swept his face, then he was sirarIy imperturbable, expectant. A man stood before him. rasted to the Hps. For a moment he was tragic, statuesque, in his pose. -Then he reached out a hand calm, rigid, as one o.f iron. You are the man?" he sa'.d, simply. "By this token." nope drew from his breast a disc of steel, or silver. The glinting moonlight showed graven symbols upon it. It passed into the possession of the other. Hi voice fell low. ne began to speak In the tone of one reciting a set story : "You are admitted to the secret council, I know not how. You hare been given the fight to command the service of every camp, lodge and circle of the great Amalgamated Association. I know not why. It in mine," as the representative of the heed of an order comprising eight hundred thousand loyal acolvtes, to deliver to you a iower that can call to your command an army in a twinkling, -that can destroy every mill and machine in operation in sixty minutes' time. Your hand Is thus placed on an e.igine of destruction or progress, as you i lect. Take heed how you use this power 1" "Eventually, for the aggrandizement of the order, I swear it!" said Gideon Hope, alemnly. Take." With this simple word the speaker placed In Hope's palm what resembled a broken coin, a medal fragment what not. only that as It lay there momentarily, curiously and keenly regarded by its new possessor, there showed the half-surface of some official seal. Yon have promised certain results" began the giver. To push forward the cause ten years In ix months' time!" interrupted Hope. Ton have given me the power; now show me hovr to use it." "You have announced two objects," purioed the other. "To reach the man controlling th patents on the Kane-Latimer metal process "

"One !"

"To have placed in your keeping dur-J ing the next election the political machinery, of the Amalgamated." "Two !" Gideon Hope's eyes blazed out he was a war horse scenting the battle flavor! "You will go from kere, resumed the mystic messenger, "to shop L, of the Kanawha group." "But it is-closed?" 'That is true for repairs. ' But you will find in, charge Michael Delehanty. lie will take your orders, to bs transmitted down the line swiftly, perfectly. IZxe reise no reticence, give perfect confidence to this mm. As are we the bond, he is the body. What you dictate, he will fulfil!." ."Good!" said Hope, with faith and satisfaction. "You will show him, yon will show others, th.it," continued the speaker, indicating the broken seal. "It will be enough. Only one word : Should you ever be tempted to sacrifice the order for pure personal designs, beware!" That day," announced Gideon Hope, gravely, "that hour, I shall deliver myself up to the doom " "To the doom you could not escape, were you hidden in the heart of the dark continent itself!" as solemnly supplemented the messenger. lie disappeared as secretly and suddenly as had he originally come into view. Gideon Hope slowly, musingly, walked down into the valley. What he had striven for that for which he had exhausted the influence of a lifetime was his! His eyes often sparkled, then grew set, severe, decisive. CHAPTER V. Mill Ij, of the Kanawha group, was the center of a nest of workshops, grim and silent just now. Hope approached its entrance, catching the glint of vagrant light beyond the broad, Imperfect plank door. It opened at his knock firm. Imperative. A lantern's bright rays were focused full upon him," and a hard-faced, man in working attire, backed by two companions, beetle-browed and suspicious, confronted. V 44 Who are you?" was challenged. "Are you Michael Delehanty?" "Yes," came crisply. "Admit me" "Against orders In charge of a shut down. "Look r Hope unclosed his palm. Delebanty's eyes opened wide, lowered with subserviency. The two peering others drew back wuh a respectful droop of head and shoul ders. "This way," said Delehanty. lie led his guest his master into a small, pealed room, littered with shelves of casting cores, and a trench or trough filled Hope supposed, from a cursory glance with water for washing the faces and hands of workmen, for coarse crash towels filkJ a roller nearby. Delehanty sat astride a box. Hope stood erect before him. - " There was a low-toned exchange of words, explanation initiatory to the main object of his visit. Then, plainly, bluntly, in a rare, clear, business-like way, this past grand master of politics made patent his design. It was to overturn, to sidetrack, a vast, a conclusive majority in the approaching election, so deftly, so secretly that not a oul of the erfemy would know what had happened until tie votes were counted. He drew out a closely written sheet names, numbers, figured upon it. Here, comprehensive, though in wondrous detr.il," were all the thousand and one facts concerning the personnel of party lead ers, the predilections, the standing of utordinates, the history of the last ten lec tions in a nutshell : averages, conclusions, lossihi'ities. And as Hope talked, in a rapid, con vincing tone, as he combined, cut apart. rejoined, grouped ; at the dizzying array of arguments, projects, plots to upset, schemes to absorb this, that majority, Michael Delehanty, skilled political un dergraduate though he was, marveled. gasped. In theory, Gideon Hope, in twenty minutes' talk proved how; by finesse, by bribery,' ty force, his will might come to pass. He paused at no scheme or subi terfuge to gain his ends ; he showed "the winning side" of the practical politician. It was to be a complete, a terrorizing swoop upo unsuspecting opponents calm, supremely confident in the triumphs of party tradition Percy Kane at their head. "Eight congressional districts the four pivotal votes on the senatorial appointment, the power to divert or forward legislation, as I choose," said Hope. "Do you understand?" "Completely," bowed the other, but thunderstruck at this roan's audacity and ability. - - "It can be done?" "It shall be done, if you say It." "The Amalgamated says so. I am its instrument. Yoi will 'resign' here. Secretly yon will lay the wires as I direct," said Hope. "If it is a man needed to upset a ballot box at a certain moment, he must be on hand; if it is a necessity of repeaters, they must act promptly, effectively, leave no trace." "That is easy." "W-2 will meet again for further details, proceeded Hope, "for this is a campaign needing shrewd, careful engineering. But I shall not meet you as now." "You mean " "You must find me a safe, a full, a permanent disguise. I mighi be recognized." He said this bitterly. He was thinking of Kane. This man might have made it his business to know him, during those sinister, hopeless days of search for his lost, murdered brother, Everett Hope. He had so far kept out of Kane's path purposely. There must be no risk, no mistakes, now. ' "That, too, is easy " began Michael Delehanty and interrupted himself. Tor there was a sharp sudden rattling of the door. One of the men in the outside room opened It slightly. An Impatient, imperious hand swung it dear back. "Where's Delehanty?" spoke a dictatorial voice. "The Boss!" muttered Delehanty, with a start. "Kane !" whispered Hope, hotly, to himself. "I want to leave you word about the starting up, Delehanty," began the elegantly dressed intruder In a true master's tone, as the workman advanced. "Ah, who have you got in there?" "Only a pal one of the care-men," lied Delehanty, quickly. "I sent three here," spoke Kane, severely, "not four I Who is he? Let's have a look at him. You act like plotters, my men !" he challenged, stlngingly. "Who's your comrade; a walking delegate, eh?" He was coming sttaight for .he coreroom. There was no escape fo. Gideon Hope ! Were his fond chances to be blasted? Would this man, after the lapse of years, know him, if be had, indeed, ever known him? The stress for evasion was positive Splash!

Gideon Hope, resourceful, flew to the

first suggesiion offered. lie tore iff his coat, as Kane snatched the Lintern from a keg and advanced into the core-room. As quickly donning a grimy working blouse lying on a bench, lie next spran over the washing trough, as he supposed it to be. He would pose ns the natural workman, naturally "taking his wash," and seek to evade fa ein? the inquisitive and suspü-ioiis-m:ijlel "Iloss" direct. But tho:i?h he dipped hands and head to the neck into the trough, Kane came steadily up to him, and he was forced to half-confront him. "Not wanted here; find some other loaf ing place!" offered the tyro, with a casual glance, and no token of recognition in his eyes. Gideon was relieved. He smeared the towel over his face, heard Kane retire, and then Delehanty returned to the room. His entrance ws dramatic. About to refer to an immediate departure, be recoiled, stared, gasped. "Heavens, man!" he aspirated, breathlessly. "Whr.t is it?" demanded Hope. "You you wanted a disguise? Oh, vou've got. one I Murdoch McXally kx-k !" "Why, what are you staling at?" insisted Hope. "Cast a gjance for yourself!" With a manner akin'to real consternation Delehanty took down from a beam a looking glass. One glance, and Gideon Hope gave a keen saudder of dismay.' lie was "disguised" indeed, and at once he traced the truth. lie had mistaken for a washing trough a receptacle for a powerful liquid employed in solidifying the baked sand cores. Hands face and neck, Gideon Hope, was imprishably brown as any Malay ! (To be continued.) WEEDS THAT ARE WHOLESOME. Vereint lou Onro Scorned Xou Unetl Kxtenalvelr as Food. Since the pure-food law Las gone Into operation one has new and strange thoughts forced upon him by recalling the number of weeds, fungi and vegetable parasites regarded as wholesome today, but thought to be dangerous as well as reiKdlenf to our ancestors, says the Brooklyn Engle. Our grandparents regarded tomatoes as the fruit of weeds, utterly unüt to eat The bushes grew wild In the mid die West, where I passed my boyhood, and wore to be encountered In the corners of "worm" fences. The tcmato was a yellow or rcd-sklnned pod of seeds ubout the size of a plum. In shape it was perfectly round. The fruit of this neglected weed has been developed by cultivation. Into tb'e large and suovulent vegetable of t onlay. It has become one of the most valued nc cessories to culinary art invaluable in the preparation of courses nud dressings for meats of many kinds. And yet physicians Insist that it contains the cancer germ. When farmers cut their full-grown cabbages from the stalks which lifted them nearly a foot above the ground preparatory to burying the cabbages iu the ground or stowing them In the eel lars of their "smokehouses," they no tlced that yung bulbs sprouted around the tops of the decapitated stalks. No.body .thought of eating them in our American grandparents days. Hogs and sheep were observed to be very fond of them. Goats also ate them with avidity, but, then, goats throve upon newspapers and were currently believed to feed on tin cans. Those little bulbs nre the Brussels "sprouts of our pres ent dietary system. Opinion is greatly divided ns to tin origin of the cabbage and for thaUvason the vegetable hasn't taken a high rank among the family of edible plants. Germans rot it In a barrel, pickle it and name It "sauer kraut." That It Is a development by evolution from the "skunk cabbage".of the ponds Is doubtful, because Its leaves are quite dissimilar In form. But It Is a food of very low origin. The same may be said of turnips, beets and potatoes among the latter must le included the yam or sweet potato. When the French colonized the country that Is now Louisiana they found a weed growing amid the bayous and overflowed lands aloug the Missis sippl to which the aborigines gave the I-name of "okra" a word meaning a muddy place and probably referring to the localities in which the herb grew It bore 'a mucilaginous pod, which, when cut, exuded a milk-white juice. When the Creoles got their cooking out fits in working order tuey ' tried the weed as a thickener for their porridges and found it very eatable. The man or woman who ate the first dish of okra soup must have been worthy of a Car negie jnedab However, the weed le came one of the staples of New Or leans epicureanism. The Creoles called It "gumbo," a reference to Its glutinous character. From that day Its place In culinary rrt never has been in danger."Gumbo" Is hardly known In Barbs, n French cook will have naught of It; but It is king of all American soups, being to this country what mut ton broth,, with barley, Is tu Scotland; what boullll-balsse is to France and puchara to Spain. But the milkweed of the Louisiana swamps remains one of Ihe food discoveries of the world. The Boman gourmands whose palates were so highly traJned that they could tell the difference In taste between lamprey fed upou human flesh and those fattened upon goats would have appreciated okra, or, more properly, ''gumbo" stew. With chicken It is a delight to the palate. 111 Coat of Arm. A man applied to the college of heraldry for a coat of arms, says a writer in the Cornhlll Magazine, and was c.sked if any of bis ancestors had been renowned for any singular aehlevements. The man paused and considered, but could recollect nothing. "Your father," said the herald, aiding his memory, "your grandfather, your great-grandfather?" "No," returned the applicant. "I never knew that I had a great-grandfather or a grandfather." "Of yourself?" asked this creator of dignity. "I know nothing remarkable of myself," returned Ihe man, "only that, being once locked up in Ludgate prl3o:i for debt, I found means to escape from an upper window, and that, you know, is no honor in a man's escutcheon." "And how did you get down'" said the herald. "Odd enough," retorted the man. "1 procured a cord, fixed it round the n"CK of the statue of King Lud on the outside of the building and thus let myself down." "I have it!" said the herald. "Nc honor! Lineally descended from Kln Lud! And his coat of arms will do for you."

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Tlio Old Flat;. The time when the union troops were attempting to force the Confederate cavalry Into a tight near Lexington, Henderson county, Tennessee, our comriaml under Gen. Sullivan encamped for the night at a place called Spring Grove. lief ore we left camp on the morning of Dec. L;, 1S02, I noticed quite a stir nt headquarters, and knowing that something unusual was transpiring I hastened to the place to ascertain the cause. The officer of the day. Col. Cyrus L. Dunham, was much excited. An orderly came up from the guard line on the road leading to the town with the statement that a little girl wanicd to see the commander of he Union soldiers. "I shall not be betrayed by a little girl who wants to get Into the lines to carry ?oire Information to the enemy, said the olficer. "She has something she wants to give you," paid the ordeYly. "Perhaps nn infernal machine, or some kii'd to hinder our. inarch to Perkins' cros roads." said the officer, "but make everything ready to move. I will ride out and Inspect the visitor. I think I can tell bv a brief interview what her character is." So saying he mounted his horse and rode to the point where the little girl was In wait ing for iermlssion to speak. "Well, my child." paid tlw big offi cer, "what do you want to see the commander of the Union soldiers about?" "Please," said she, in a trembling voice, "are you the general of the Union army? My grandfather lives over the. hill on the other road; his name Is John Lucas and he Is TS years old " Interrupting her the colonel asked what she wall ted to cIvp him? She pulled out an old much worn American dag and from It dropped h letter writ ten on large foolscap paicr, which sh? lulckly picked up and handed to the officer. The trembling, hand of old John Lucas had written it. The colonel was so much affected by reading It that he read It over again. It was plain that his feelings were In some way touched by the letter which was as fol lows : "I address sou as an officer who Is lighting for the dear old flag. I send to vou by my litle granddaughter, l could not tlrlnkfthat anyone would dis turb one so beautiful and innocent as she Is or that you would refuse to ac cept her offering or "question her mo tives. She has helped me to preserve the flag from the enemies of our coun try . "or two years it has been my cus tom to hoist the flag on a tan noeny pole that stands lefore 4ny door on every Fourth of July, on the 22ud of February and on the Kth, the day on which the battle of New Orleans was fough I iarticipated In that battle under Gen. Jackson, of my own state who said 'the Union shall le preserved.' I have lived a miserable life since the rebellion commenced. The rebels have twice attempted to cut down my liberty Ile. They declare that the old flag shall never be hoisted on It again. It will soon be the 8th of January, and unless the rebels are conquered before that time I 'cannot fulfill my promise without shooting some of my nelgli bors. I am too old and feeble to fight Tor the flag alone. I send it to you, the only evidence I can send you tf my affection to the Union and the love or the old flag. Keep It to remember a true hearted, loyal Tennessee, Jackson Democrat. If I live to see the old Hag floating over an undivided country I will purchase a new flag and hoist It on my liberty iole never to te taken down until the winds scatter its threads to the four wings of the earth. If you can do so, please call on me; If not, farewell. "Signed, JOHN LUCAS." The Colone -.was so delighted with the old manV patriotic letter that be wrote to him on paier torn from his diary the following: vGod bless you, John Lucas, for your sentiment. .1 cannot see you now, but I will bring a thousand men, if there are that many in my command, and I will see that the old flag floats on your flagstaff. Good-bye, C. I I." He then kissed the little girl and gave her the only silver dollar he had. Many of the sold.ers made presents to her, and if the men could have reached her she would have had something from eveyrone. She was a most beautiful child and every one who saw her longed to do her some kindness. American Tribune. On for Illiunrlf. The beautiful old war-time song, 4,Let Me Kiss Him for IBs Mother," was born of an incident in a hospital filled with the wounded and dying strangers In a strange land, who had left happy homes and loving friends to achieve victory or meet death on the field of battle. Among the dying was a fairhaired youth, a mere boy, whose beautiful eyes looked far away into a new world, whose lips wore a pleasing smile and whispered the word "mother." There was nothing gentle hands, medical skill or loving hearts could da to stay lu this world the soul of that gentle boy, so far away from his old home and the dear one to whom bis thoughts bad wandered ; but a saintly woman standing by, sweet-faced and soulful, full of love and motherly Instinct, stooped over the boy's couch, saying, as If sending a message to heaven by the angel death waiting Ao bear away the poor boy's soul, "Let ine kiss hjm for his mother." And with that tender kiss on his lips the fair boy died happy, falling into the long sleep that knew no waking as calmly and peacefully as when, in other days, he had fallen asleep In his own little bed, and his own dear mother had bent over him and kissed him good night. There Is another little soldier story, not so pathetic, t'-iat happened In another country. A recent traveler to Spain, writing In Blackwood's Magazine, describes a touching scene witnessed at the departure of a regiment for Cuba. All daylong there had been heard the measured tread of soldiers marching through the street; all day long gayly bedecked boats had been passing to and from the vessel that was to take them to Havana. The twilight bad begun to deepen when tho correspondent saw "a startling and pretty sight" the Impetuous action or a portly, good-looking and well-dressed lady, who noticed a young soldier walking dejectedly alone down the pier In his traveling gray, with a knapsack strapped over his shoulders. All the rest of the men had friends, their novias, mothers, relatives, aDd made the. usual gallant effort to look elated and full of hope. This lad

had no one, and it might be divined that he was carrying a desolate heart over the seas. The handsome woman burst from her group of friends, took the boy's hand, and said: "My son has already gone to Cuba. He Is In the regiment of Andalusia, and sailed wo months ago. You may meet him, Pepo

G. : take this kiss to him." She leaned and kissed his cheek. An English boy would have shown some awkwardness, tint these graceful Southerners are nev er at a loss for a pretty gesture and a prettier word. The loy blushed with pleasure, and still holding the lady's hand, said with quite a natural gallantly, without smirk or silly smile: "And may I not take one for myself as well, ser.ora?" The lady reddened, laughed a little nervously, and bent and kissed him again, to the frantic applause of soldiers and civilians, while the boy walked on, braced and happy. New Orleans Picayune. Dlxnppiilnte! Man Dcnert. A young man In a New York regiment was elected a lieutenant by his com pany, l or some reason tho (Kvernor refused to issue the commission and the young fellow went South in the ranks. It goes without saying that he was very angry at tho Governor. He brooded over the act until he made himself be lieve that he had been wronged by his country, and the first good chance that was offered he deserted and offered his services to the Confederacy. In time they were accepted and he entered the secret service. When the Fifth Corps was nt Yellow House, to the left of Petersburg, I offen met a fine-looking first lieutenant of a New York regiment in the Ninth Corps; At least that is where he said he belonged. Once he rode along the corps line with several officers out for an afternoon. I was one of the party and became fairly well acquainted with the New Yorker. " The following spring I was captured While on the way to Richmond. . and while resting by the side of the divectest road to Petersburg, General A. P, Hill the commander of one of Lee's corps, rode past, followed by his staff. Imagine my surprise at seeing with the staff my New York friend, the Beuten ant, now clad in a major's uniform of gray. I called to him. He looked at me, saluted, laughed and passed on without a.word. A good-natured Irish captain had charge of the prisoners. He was stand ing close to me wheft the statf passed us and noticed the recognition between the major and myself. "What do you kpow about the ma Jor?" asked the captain. "Nothing, I guess. I used to meet him in our lines a New York lieutenant.' The captain smiled and said : "I pre sume so; lie was thero a good deal last fall." "Who and what is he?" "He Is Major Jones one day and B i. the next, and so on through a long lis of names. I don't know his real name, lie. came from your army a couple of 3'ears ago and declared his desire to fight you Yankees. He was put at work In the secret service, and was so sue ccssful that a few months ago he was assigned to duty with Hill's Corps. believe he didn't get the commission that was promised him in your army." The answer gave me something to think about during the balance of the Journey to Llbby prison. J. A. Watrous, in Clilcago Times-Herald. Want Mure. I was taken prisoner on picket, at tha watr tHiik, one mile east of Iukn, Seit. 1.1, 1S02, and sent under guard to Tupelo, where we embarked on the ears for Jackson and Vlcksburg, where we lay in jail and from where we were paroled and taken on a flag of truce boat to Millikin's Bend nnd transferred to Uncle Sam's boat. One Incident of that march from Iuka to Vlcksburg deServes remembering. En route from Tupelo to Jackson, the train stopped at a station allbut forty miles north of Jackson and a Confederate ollicer stepped into the car with his arm full of plug tobac-o, and silently gave each one of us 'a plug. (This was the lest tobacco I ever bad) and silently left us. I would like very much to know where that rebel is to-day, and who he Is, as I would like to have some more of that tobacco. While In jrll at Jackson I persuaded the officer of the guard to allow me to go out Into the city to try to boy some bread or something to eat, as we were only furnished a peck of dry corn meal for four of us, with no chance to cook it. I went with a gaard to a fine residence (ibout two blocks west of the southwest corner of the Capitol Square), knocked at the fronjt door and a Ijeautiful young lady came to the door: I made known my errand, and all the answer she gave me was to slain the door In my face. This was about the 20th of September, 1802, and on tho llth day of May, 1SG3, my regiment was in the advance, in tho capture of thin same city of Jackson. Johnny Bjan, Infant Company K, Eighth Wisconsin try, and I were the very first Union soldiers to reach the square, and we immediately knocked at that same door for something to eat. That same lady opened the door nnd was glad to give us succor this time, nnd while Johnny and I were playing the piano in the parlor, this young lady prcpaicd us a substantial meal, practically Illustrating the words: "Time at length makes all things even." Itetorlng Gettynbur Field. To preserve In the!r -original shape the features of the battlefield of Gettysburg, the Gettysburg national park commission in Its annual report says large tracts of woodland have been purchased, old road lines have been so altered that they now parallel the lines of battle and positions of both armies have been marked by guns of the kind used In battle. Markers giving the organization of the army of the Totomac and the army of Nortuern Virginia have been set up, and iron tablets designing the lines of minor organizations on both sides have lieeu erected. The principal roads In the battlefield have been completed, connecting points of interest. The commission In carrying forward this work has kept iu view the purpose of preserving the features of the battlefield, as they were during the battle, and also rendering all parts of it accessible, particularly to military officials and others making a study of the positions nnd movements of the troops. An American consul at Singapore vouches that the heat there is In no way more oppressive than it Is in New York or Chicago in the early summer. The Automobile Club of France haa offcrod a prize of $9,000 for a new fuel, which must be cheaper than gasollna and give as good result.

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MMfr fr John Fuhs, a farmer near Jasper, i raised a stalk of popcorn bearing seven full-grown ears. A professional crook made a firing sween over Fort Wavno and forced an entrance into the offices of eight denists, stealing $400 worth of gold. The bodv of M. C. Cflllowav. a rich farmer over the line in Illinois, was found in an old sugar camp ten miles west of Terre Haute. He had been missing ten days. He died of exposure. Robert McCloskey, aged C9 years, of Youngstown, Vigo County, has been unconscious frbm concussion of the brain for several days. He stepped from a moving street car and fell on his head. The body of the dog which bit the small son of Councilman J. D. Sears of Bedford was sent to Indianapolis to the State Laboratory of Hygiene. Dr. Morrell has received word that the analysis shows the dos died from hy drophobia. The ciinu, with its parents, is in Indianapolis taking the Pasteur treatment. Perry Township, Clay County, has been suffering from a drought, and a few weeks tigo saw the principal streani of the township go dry. Farmers of that section have been hauling wafer for their stock, but last week they were overjoyed, to see two springs burst forth in the bed of the stream. There is now plenty of water. Desire Dodd, the 13-year-old daughter of Thornton Dodd, of Bedford, was burned to death at her home. She was engaged in cleaning a garment in a bowl of, gasoline when a nearby lamp exploded, throwing its contents over her and setting the garment and clothing on fire, burning her in a shocking manner. Her death followed Boon after. Paul, the 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Geogg. is dead at his home southwest of Auburn from hydropho bia. The lad was bitten in the mouth two weeks ago by a strange dog, and until a few days ago, no sign of ra bies developed. Their physician told the parents that the child could live only a few hours, and a photographer was called to take a picture of him yet in apparently an undangerous condition. A short time afterward he was raving mad, and died in a room locked up alone. The scarcity of water on account of the protracted drought has become a serious matter in many localities Wells thirty feet deep in use at Clay City for many years which have never failed before are now dry. Stock is be ing driven long distances to ponds. Eel river is below its former low water mark, and has ceased to flow in rlnces Tho. oldest settlers sav this fe the driest season since the summer m fan of ir.4 when there was no min fmm ihn inet weeV in Tnne until the first week in October. S. A. Davis, 90 years old, is the old est voter in West Baden. He cast his first vote sixty-nine years ago last August and has voted at every election since that time. He walked four miles four years ago to the voting place! He said after casting his vote last week: "I have always voted the Democratic ticket straight. I have never voted for a Republican in the last sixty-nine years. I voted again for Bryan-and expect to vote for him in fourSAore years, if I live, and I an as strong now as I was when I voted for him the first time." Mr. Davis is unusually strong and in the best of health. George W. Peck, of the Big Fou railway detective service, had a startling experience in room No. 23, in a hotel at Lawrenceburg. He was rude ly awakened from slumber by a peculiar noise in his room, and it grated on his nerves so much that he shouted for help. Conductor Charles McDonald and engineer Pepper, of. the Big Four, who occupied a room across the hall, came to the detective's assistance, and discovered - an owl perched on the top of the dresser in the room. The owl was caught and killed and Detective Peck will have it mounted, as he regards the visit of the wise bird as a forerunner of good luck. In talking over election experiences and remlniscenses, Benjamin Atkins, of Clay City, who has voted at every election for sixty years, said: "I have shaved only once in the last fortyeight years. On the day following the nomination of Abraham Lincoln, at Chicago, in 1860, I said that if he was elected I would never put a razor to my face again until a Democratic President was elected. I kept my word,' and twenty-four years later, when G rover Cleveland was known to be elected, I shaved again. Then on going hqme to my family, the children did not know me, since they had never before seen me without a long beard. They would not become reconciled by anything that I could say to them that I was their father, nor dry their tears. That was twenty-four yeaYs ago, and I have not shaved since." Lydia Kramer, aged 12 years, who attended the Baker Avenue public schools In Evansville, played at recess and returning to the room, fell dead in her seat. Physicians say the child over-exerted herself while playing. Joseph Nicholson, a teamster of Waveland, was instantly killed at Crawfordsvllle, when a log rolled on him. He leaves a widow and two small children. Mrs. Nicholson's first husband was killed in a similar way at Harrodsburg, eight years ago. Ora Ernest, a young farmer living Bouth of Connersville, in Franklin County, was instantly killed last week. While standing under a scaffolding a heavy timber fell, striking him on the head and crushing his skull, lie is survived by his widow. The 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Sears, of Bedford, was bitten by a fox terrier, which is thought to be affected with rabies. The dog also bit Mrs. Schuyler Fox. The affair has caused much excitement, and people are taking every precaution to prevent ajiy further trouble. It is said that Jay County women are preparing to petition Congress for the privilege of voting, and will back up the demand with a showing to the effect that there are 3,005 women tax-payers on the list in that county. Freeman Smith, a farmer near Greenfield, found a pearl along Blue river a few days ago while fishing. His foot struck a mussel shell which appeared unusually heavy. He opened it and found a brilliant pearl as large as a walnut. An expert says it is worth from $1.000 to $1,500 in the rough.

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During a raid on restaurants at Summitvllle in search of liquor by a posse of Constables Alva Ice became Involved in a quarrel and was stot and I .ILL it Jl ii suuy wounaea oy iTanK nunaiey, a sPecial constable Albert Mock, principal of the Oak land Citr "ißh- School, has tendered hls resignation to the School Board, and will enter the United States Weather Service. He will leave al once for Washington, D. C. While William Chesser, 48 years old, of Princeton, and his brother wer cleaning a shotgun preparatory to an election celebration, the gun was accidentally discharged. The calf of William Chesser's left leg "was torn off and he bled to death. The victim was a preacher. Fire, thought to have been of in cendiary origin, destroyed the large barn owned by Sylvester . Cantrell near Oakland City. The contents, con sisting of hay, corn, oats, wheat and wagons, were burned. The loss waa estimated at $3,000, which is partially covered by insurance. Xed E. G. Haines' livery barn in j Wabasn burned to the ground, and sH : horses were cremated. The building ! was a mass of flames when the fire was discovered, and it was only br hard work that any of the horses were taken from the building. Many bug gies were burned and all of the harness was destroyed. The loss Is part ly covered by insurance. Roaming somewhere in Eastern In diana is a herd of about fifty Hereford calves valued at more than $1,000. The owner is C. V. Cecil, residing four miles southwest of Muncie. He had sold the calves to a Muncie butcher, and was delivering them when the herd became frightened by a crowd of children and stampeded. The animals which were of large size, although not full rushed pellmell tow country. A half dozen stargglers have been picked up, but the others can not be found. It is feared they may suffer for water before they are located. The novelty of holding mayor's court over the telephone was observed at Greenfield and at Cambridge City last week as a result the city of ureenuem receivea a cnecx ior iU. The amount was for a fine assessed by Mayor John Hinchman against an au tomobile party, which passed through there hitting the high places and barely missing the mayor and the city marshall. The persons were then held at Cambridge City. They talked to the mayor over the telephone, ac knowledged their guilt, left the fine assessed by Mr. Hinchman and went on their way. - - Terre Haute has its share of freak bets including the rolling of a peanut arouna tne courtnouse witn a tootn picafand a wheelbarrow ride over the same course. At Rose Polytechnic one student is to wear socks which are not mates, with his trousers rolled up, the remainder of the term. Another student is to give the winner "rub downs' in the gymnasium baths. A Normal student Is to get the lessons of a Taft adherent in a particular study for the remainder of the term: -The women students at the Normal bet pillows, pennants and candy. Two Hose Polj students who are rivals for the affections of a young woman, agreed that the loser in a bet on the governorship should cease calling on the young woman. John Ott, who for ten years was superintendent of the Bartholomew County Poor Farm, and who is now a farmer near Lowell, Bartholomew County, believes he has a fortune on his farm. He employed Lafe Burns, a well digger, to drill a deep well on his farm, and at a depth of about' fifty feet a rich vein of soft coal was struck. The coal was shown to experts and they pronounced it as good as any coal on the market. The drilling was continued and the vein was found to be twenty-five feet thick. There is a big hill running back from the place where the well was drilled and it Is thought the vein extends into the hill. 'Prospectors are of the opinion that one of the best coal mines in the State is awaiting development on the Ott farm. Traffic on the Indianapolis. Columbus & Southern Traction Company was delayed recently while a house was moved across Washington street in Columbus. The house was formerly occupied by Mayor James Cochrane and family, and was on the site which the United States Government has selected for the new Federal building Wolf Brothers bought it and moved the two-story, nine-room house without even removing the porch. In crossing Washington street a high trestle of crossties had to be built, as the lots on each side of the street are much higher than the street level. Traffic was tied up and passengers transferred while the trestle, was being built and the house moved over. Fifty telephone wires had to be cut 4o get the house across the street. Climbing a tree In an effort to get a pet owl, which had perched high up on a limb, Victor Culp, age twelve years, of Evansville, fell lo the ground, broke both his arms and was badly injured internally. Ten citizens of Waveland have formed a private water company and are putting down bored wells to get a supply. A large pressure tank will be put in at a central station, from which the water will be distributed. A gasoline engine will operate the pumps. Officials of the Markle M. E. church have filed suit at Huntington seeking to collect from W. S. Smith and Effie Smith subscriptions to the erection of a new church at Markle. It is alleged that $500 was subscribed, but that only $75 has been paid. Mrs. Ed Vesey, of Terre Haute, was awakened at 3 o'clock in the morning by her pet fox terrier scratching her face. She realized that the room was filled with gas and, arousing her husband, they left the house. It was found that gas from a saloon on the first floor was escaping. Joe Gill had his leg broken at Jackson Hill mine No. 4 one day last week. Two hours later his brother, Mike Gill, was killed by a fall of slato in the same mine. While digging a ditch near Morocco, Lewis Guthrie unearthed a part of the skeleton of a mastodon, among which was a tooth that measured nine Inches in length and five inches in width and weighed almost ten pounds. The tooth Is well preserved. Many other bones of mastodons have been unearthed near Morocco in the last three or four yeara-

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THE NATIONAL ELECTION Carried lr W. II. Tfl .... 30 Staff ferried 1 XV. J. ur in . . . 1 U Matea ELECTORAL COLLEGE. William Howard Taft 327 William JrnnloKi Bryan ....... 1 56 Majority for Taft 171 . NEW CONGRESr. - no us I-:. Republican .20 I) r moo rata 182 SCX ATE. Repnltllrana ................. CO Democrat 32 THE ELECTORAL VOTE. -IMS 1001 Re- Far-

Slate . Taft. Eryan. velt , Alabama n - ..- n Arknnsas" ' 0 9 California 10 .. 10 Colorado 3 5 Connecticut .... 7 . 7 Delaware '3 .. 3 Florida 5 .. r, Oeorjrta 13 .. 13 Idaho -S .. 3 , Ulfnols 27 .. 27 Indiana 15 .. 13 I 13 .? 13 .. Kansas 10 10 Kentucky is ' .. is lÄtilstana i .. Maine 0 .. C ' Maryland 8 .. 1 7 Massachusetts .. 16" .. 18 Michigan 14 .. 14 Minnesota 11 .. H Mississippi 10 .. 10 Missouri IS 18 Montana 3 .. 3 .. Nebraska 8 8 . Nevada 3 3 .. New Hampshire. 4 .. . 4 s New Jersey ....12 .. 12 New York 3i . . 20 North Carolina.. .. 12 .. 12 North Dakota... 4 .. 4 Ohio 23 .. 23 Oklahoma 7 .. . . Oregon 4 , .. 4 Pennsylvania ..34 .. 34 Rhode Islanl... -4 .. - 4 .7 South Carolina.. .. 0 .. 9 South Dakota ..4 .. 4 ' .. Tennessee 12' 12 Texas i IS .. 18 I'tah 3 .. 3 - .. Vermont .4 .. 4 VirRinla 12 .. 12 WishlDzton .... 5 . . f West Virginia.. 7 .. 7 Wisconsin 13 13 Wyoming 3 . 3 Total 327 ISC 336 110

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States Ken. Dem. Itep. Dem. Alabama J . . 2 Arkansas 7 .. 2 California 8 - . . 2 Colorado 1 2 '2 Connecticut .... r .. 2 Delaware 1 . . 2 Florida, 3 .. 2 Georgia 1 11 .. 2 Idaho ... 1 .. 2 Illinoli 1ft G 3 .. Indiana 3 10 1 1 Iowa ....... .."7 lo 1 2 .. Kansas 8 .. 2 Kentucky ....... 4 7 1 1 Louisiana- 7 . - 2 Maine 4 .. 2 Msryland 3 3 ..- 2 Massachusetts ..11 3 2 Michigan 12 -.. 2 Minnesota 8 1 -2Mlsslssippl 6 . .. 2 Missouri 4 . 12 1 1 Montana ...... 1 '2 Nebraska ...... 1 T 2 Nevada 1 1 . 1 New Hampshire. 2 .. 2 '.. New Jersey .... 4 " ' New York 23 14 2 North Carolina.. .. 10 .. 2 North Dakota ..2 ... 2 Ohio 12 1 1 Oklahoma 3 4 . . . 2 Orcffoa 2 .. 1 -1 Pennsylvania .. 27 2 2 Ubode Island... 2 '" 2 South Carolina.. .. 7 .. 2 South Dakota... 2 .. 2 Tennesee '2 .. 2 Texan 10 -. . 2 I'tah 1 .. 1 .. Vermont ...2 .. 2 Virginia 1 0 .. 2 Washlnet.m .... 3 .. 2 . . West Virginia.. f .. 2 Vlsconla IO 1 2 Wyoming 1 .. Total 20r 1S2 00 32

Some Taft Pluralities. Kew York lflö.OOtf Illinois 175.1I0C Indian ..." 1.-.00C Ohio T.O.O0C Pennsylvania .Vrfl.OOC California . . . 7.1.000 Kansas 30.00C Wfll-Knonn Cover Mora Klrrte!. Now York, C. II Hushes, Kep. by..7.".0(1C Ohio, .Tu.lson Harmon. IVm by... T.00ö Indiana, T. It. Marshall, iK-m, by. 8.OO0 Minnesota, J. A. Johnson, Iera., by .20,000 Taft'a Probable Cabinet. Secretary of State..: Ellhu Koot Secretary of Treasury. (Jeorjre I Von Meyer Myron T. Harriet Secretary of War Gen. II. V. Corbln Gen. C. It. Kdward) Secretary of Navy W. Murray Crane Secretary Commerce and Ialor . . . Wm. P. Ilepbura Secretary of Agriculture Jatnea Wi'son Secretary of Interior. John Haves Hammond 4 Charle F. firooker Attorney General Wade II. Kllia , liVe II Wrlxht Postmaster General. .. .Frank II. Hitchcock SPABKS FROM THE WIRES. Henry F. Griswold. formerly of Chicago, died in San Diego, CaL at the age of 73. Tumped full of a!r by three friend Mas a joke," John Sehink, 21 years old, died in Bridgeport, Conn. Reduction of postage to Great Britain to 2 cents has not increased the amount of mail, say postal' authorities. California railroads will make an. increase of 10 per cent Jan. 1 in freight rates on dried fruit, cauned pood, beans, bides and wool. For running bis auto acroa a lKya foot, Peyton W. Metcalf, nephew of. the Secretary of the Navy, lifts been sentenced to thirty laj- iu the San Jose (Cal.) jail. A violin valued at T00 and said to have been owned at one time by the famous Ole Bull, was stolen fronj the home of Joseph Abernathy, 370d Olive street, St. Louis, Mo. The Grand Trunk Pacific IUilway Company let a contract for a 4,000,000busliel elevator at Fort William, Ont. The grain storage capacity is to be gradually increased to 40,000.000 busbels. A steamer 1,400 mite out of San Francisco talked to the California port and Honolulu at the same time by wireless telegraphy. The British ship Palgrave was deserted near Coquimbo, Chile, in a storm after it had sprung a leak, according to members of the crew who reached Coquimbo. Hejorts say that the ship salik in a few hour. The bulk of the large fort tin of Henry A. Butter, the San Francisco traction magnate, will go to a son Mtontliug Phillips Exeter academy in Maasachusett. Mj-k. Butters' and two daughters by former marriage nre cut off with $3 each. Fears of lynching caused J. W. Srrib-' ner, charged with defaulting from a Le Grande (Ore.) hank, to be taken from Le Grande to Portland tor safe keeping. Charles W. Clark, son of ex-Senator Clark of Moutaua, having been sued for ?iOO,(K0, stated on the stand in San Francisco that be refused payment on a mine because the property was nüsrapre jented. To Ik- proficient in the language when they are presented at the Italian court, Mrs. Stephen B. Flkins and her daughter, Katherine, nre taking special instructions from a linguist at thejr home la Elkina. W. Va.

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