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' - * 1 f ' > f t ' , r f V » * I /in A BELIEVER IN DREAMS. £ • - : • . ' ' f f l SKiilS! A.; IS • *e*.~ *. T the top of a steep hill two young meu sat on a stone wall -by the roadside, resting. It was late on a..Sunday afternoon in ;|>ctober. Stretching away on every \'; '*®lde, wtth here and there the roofs of farm-houses visible, were the bright colors of ripening foliage. Four miles sway toward the west was the hazy sutline Qf the city. There had been silence for some time between the two companions. At length Howard Crane spoke. He was an a-thleitic fellow, with a healthy color la his alert, smooth-shaven face. "I suppose this is our last walk to­ gether for this year," he said. "I shall : |k> lonesome enough without you all -=' -jR-inter. I wish you had not got to go iouth." • "And I wish you could go south with me," said John Brant, smiling. He was tall and spare, with a pale, sensitive <ace. "But of course the law can't get to without you." » Crane laughed. "I don't just see how t can leave now. I'd like to be wtth _jrou, only I'd hate to waste so much . lime, and I was never particularly fond ssafcff loafing around doing nothing." "I know I'm lazy," said Brant, good- ---iroinoredly. "but where's the use In my ftoing anything? It would only be tak­ ing the bread out of some poor fellow's mouth." As the sun went down they left the wall and set od't at a brisk pace toward the city. "Of course," said Crane, after a wee. "I don't want you to stay here hands, the same perplexing, harassing thoughts which had troubled him for the month past chased through hia tired brain. Was he a fool, he asked himself, for the hundredth time. He had deceived his friends, making them think he must leave home on account of hia he^liai, when in reality it had never been better. He was going away to exile, leaving his family, all his ac­ quaintances, Orane, and, worst of all- Mildred. ! And for what? Because in that wretched dream he had seen Mildred happily married to Orane. He was tempted even now, at the eleventh hour, to go to Mildred and ask her to be his wife. But the spell of the dream was upon him still, and lie felt that he could not betray his friend. Even if he could, what reason had he to think that Mildred returned his love? And supposing she did, it would be a wrong to her, for he told himself, with self-deprecation, that Crane would make her the better husband. No, he would carry out his plan to the bitter end. The dream was so real to him thaj: he dM not far a moment doubt its coming true. He smiled a little grin$y as he thought how every one believed him to have one foot in the grave, and how his naturally pale face had helped to deceive them. Mildred > would" not expect to hear from him, thinking him not able to write. Then Crane would begin to show her little attentions, and But here he broke off "Jris reflection®. J 1 t m & \ Mi 1 "I SUPPOSE THIS IS OUR LAST WALK TOGETHER FORTHlS YEAR." jpv .. N.V • •it:, if' • | 5 if your health can't stand it. Queer freak of ypur lungs to go back on you this way, when they've never given you any trouble before. A winter In tbe South will fix you all right, but it's going to be lonesome for me. You know you are the only one I am at all chummy with." He sighed deeply. "You are not going to be so lonely as you think." saW Brant, with a quiet smile. ̂ • "What do you mean?" Brant hesitated, and then said, a lit­ tle apologetically: "1 know you'll think I'm a silly old woman to believe it, but I had a dream about you a little while ago, and I can't get it out of my head, It was so' i;eal." "Well, what was it?" prompted Crane, as his friend paused. That you would be married in less than a year." * "There's nothing I'm less likely to 4o," said Crane, laughing. , "But I feel sure you will," said Brant, earnestly. "The dream was. so vivid, more like a vision. I saw you, and wr ' i&r .i-*. " where you. lived, and you were very *#»py" •it's utterly absurd," said Crane. "Such a thing hasn't entered my head." v T*bev became silent, as they neared tbe city, each occupied with his own thoughts. Ait Crane's door they parted. "If I'm married when you come back, you must come and see us/' he said, lightly. "But I sjba'n't be. I haven't jiujy faith In dreams." " *%es, you will," said Brant, positive­ ly, "nnd I'll bo sure and visit you. CJood-by." Slowly and dejectedly Brant walked #ang the brightly lighted streets to bis home. Leaving his coait and hat in the hall, he went to his room. and. groping his way across ft, sat down in ;-*fce dark, ^ith his head resting on his and found himself feeling £lad that h« would be away and would not have to see the affair going on. When he came back he would be able to, meet her with no outward Qjf emotion. All winte»Brant wandered from place to place. Crane ^rrote twice, ait the flr&t, but he tyas a poor correspond­ ent, and grant's third letter remained uiijiriSn'crcu. 1 At home thie winter's snows melted, the days grew longer, spring came, and in May Brant returned. As he walked along the street from the station he heard his name spoken,' and a moment later Crane, was shaking his hand, and saving words of. welcome. "I'm in a hurry now," said Crane, "but come around to the office later, and go h6me to tea with me. You see/' he ;^ent on, smilingly, "I've been mar- HedaTnontlf. It's all ju$t as you said it would be, and I believe in dreams now--your dreams, at any rate. Well, good-by for the present. Be sure and come out. Margaret will be delighted to see you." Crane hurried off down the street. Brant stood looking after him with an expression of overwhelming amaze­ ment on his face. "Margaret!" he exclaimed, under hto breath. "Good heavens--he's gone and married the wrong one!"--Omaha Bee. NO LONGER DECEIVED PEOPLE NOW KNOW THE COSTLY CONSEQUENCES OF 1892. The Hoiuw Crjr of tht Calamity Croaker It Drowned at the Thunder of Moving Wheels' in Mill and ¥*cU>rj Increases in Voluj**,. Turn in the Tide, The Republican majority fn Oregon, large at first and steadily growing larger as the returns from the remoter townships come in, Is a sign of the times. Six years ago the country and Its people, were doing fairly well, but a majority thought to improve things by "making a change," and they made It. Demagogues said we were taxed too much; that the many were made to pay in order that monopoly might grow rich, and the thriving mills, factories and furnaces owned by corporations were pointed to as proof of the asser­ tion. People forgot, or neglected to observe, that* they were themselves sharing equally in the prosperity which was so easily apparent In the large establishments, where it was easiest seen, because the -shares of many were united in one concern. "Make yourselves rich," saijd tbe demagogues to the multitude, "by mak­ ing those giant monopolies poor," and the multitude tried to do It. The tariff was remodeled, protection .was with­ drawn. The "world's markets" were thrown open, anil Instantly it began to be apparent that all the grand advan­ tages we had long enjoyed were thrown away. Tbe "world's markets" we had gained access to were far away and we could reach them only at great cost, and when we did reach them we could sell in them only at the prices of others. Our own markets, the best In the world, were divided and given to the Medes and Persians. We then began to see the handwrit­ ing on the wall, but those who under­ took to interpret it confused the pub­ lic mind for a time as to its meaning. A certain "stuffed prophet" pointed out that the trouble was all caused by a thing that was likely to cause trou­ ble in future, and called a special ses­ sion of Congress to remove it. So a trouble that was not yet due was called down upon one already grievous enough. The Populist prophets and other demagogues in great number, each with a special specific of his own, appeared and promised loudly to cure what they did not understand, and people were for a l<Wg time confused with cries of "lo, here" and "lo, there." Our gold continued to^go abroad, our goods stayed at homeJ Paralysis pre­ vailed everywhere. Monopoly, corpor­ ation and individual suffered alike, where formerly they had prospered allfce without appreciating it. Then it was resolved to go back ^to the old methods. The "Advance Agent of Prosperity" was called in, and as a first step toward the accomplishment of what was wished for, the tariff, was re-enacted. The demagogues protest­ ed. It was necessary to close the doors against them until the necessary legis­ lation could be taken. Bryan continued to hold up his "crown of thorns" and "cross of gold." Teller tearfully in­ sisted that the tariff could do no good, but he would permit it to be tried in order that a deluded people might be convinced. The people are no longer deceived. The vote in Oregon proves what has long been apparent--that many now realize that "the change" made six years ago was not needed, but was In all respects a great misfortune; that the prosperity of our larger establish­ ments is not a sign of danger; that we cannot sell more than we „buy without producing something to sell, and that we cannot reverse the course of nature by statute law. The hoarse cry of the demagogues has been growing fainter "as the thunder of the moving wheels increased. The advance agent of false dollars at 45 cents each has ceased to draw crowds. The advocates of un­ limited paper to be loaned on valueless security through Government sul> treasuries is now only a curiosity which busy people have no time vte look at. The enthusiast, big witn schemes for getting more pay-for less work, has gone into that retirement where less work is surest found, while the busy multitude is finding more pay and more work, and Is happy with both. The pepple of Oregon have found out, what the elections this fall will show, what people of all other States have discovered, and that is, that it is wise to let well enough alone, or if at­ tempt is made to Improve it, to make it along those lines where improve­ ment lias been found before.--Tacoma Ledger. that the reciprocity clause of the tariff of 1897 is made effective in the secur­ ing of diminished duties upon products of the United States that are sold to foreign countries would seem to dem­ onstrate the practical wisdom of the framers <jf that measure. But It fails to strike the Oobdenites this way. In their way of thinking the proper prelude to the negotiation of a commercial treaty Is to strip yourself of any possible advantage that a pro­ tective tariff secures. In that way you have nothing to offer In return for con­ cessions. It does not matter In the least that in the new deal with France we , have opened up a larger market for pany lines of American agricultural | and manufactured products. That fact only adds to the free-trader's discon­ tent, since it shows so clearly that the American policy works a double bene­ fit--that of defending our home mar­ ket against injurious foreign competi­ tion, while at the same time enlarging this foreign demand for our surplus^ products. Some people are So hard to please! - Free Silver Issue Fading Out. The war with Spain has already pro­ duced one effect which was not antici­ pated. It has relegated the silver issue to the rear, and it seems certain that this issue can neveT get to the front again. There were signs that the ptfbllc hod had about enough of the "16 to 1" busi­ ness before the outbreak of the war. Bryan struggled desperately hard to keep It prominent, but even he appear­ ed to be growing nervous lest the peo­ ple should soon tire otf his often re­ peated speech. Many of those Demo­ crats who had reluctantly Supported him In 1896 were plainly resolved not to enter another caimipaigm under such leadership and upon such an issue. Many of those Populis'ts who with equal reluctance accepted free coinage only as better than nothing two years ago were serving notice that they would not be satisfied with any such half-way--or tenth-way--step toward the goal of an unlimited irredeemable currency two years hence. With the public mind in this condi­ tion, only a rude shock, like that pre­ cipitated by the outbreak of the war, was neegssary to end ail c&mee of re­ suscitating a moribund issue. People no longer oared to hear about silver when there was exciting news from the Philippines and the West Indies. Bryan dallied for a while wWi the oew and distasteful situation. He repeated his speech several times after the battJe of Manila, but he soon found that he could no longer evoke the former ap­ plause. Finally, he concluded that the" only way otf retaining any prominence was to have something to do with the war himself, and he secured an ap­ pointment as colonel of a regiment. The truth is that the people of the country generally regarded the "16 to 1" flight as ended on the 3d of Novem- 3>er, 1896, and looked forward to some­ thing <?lse as the line of division in 1900. The believers In sound money among them were ready to take a step for­ ward, and those who think that nation­ al prosperity depends upon cheap mon­ ey were equally ready for a movement in that direction. The politicians, who, for all their boasted shrewdness, are al­ most always slow to detect the drift of the public mind, are just waking up to a realization of the changed circum­ stances.--Sioux City Journal, They Can't Beat It. iieft Teeth lTned Oftenest. The natural habit of human beings appears to be the use of the teeth bn the left side of the mouth for masticat­ ing the food. During a lengthened pe­ riod of observation only one person out of thirteen was found Who used both sides of his mouth for chewLng and masticating his food. The averap erang. woman's club Is a boorn- & A "New Departure." Although by the Dingley tariff law the Government has become again a silent partner ,pf the sheep raisers, yet it was the Wilson law which put them on their own resources and caused them t-o make a new de­ parture.-- Kansas City Times. Here is a briliant and ingenious apol­ ogy for the ruin and devastation in­ flicted upon a prosperous industry by the free wool clause of the Wilson-Gor­ man atrocity of 1804. The "new de­ parture" to which the Kansas Glty apologlSt alludes was the sale of sev­ eral millions of sheep for mutton be­ cause the low price of wool made It unprofitable to keep them alive. These sheep brought as mutton less than one- half--In many cases not above one- quarter--the prices they were previous­ ly worth for fleece-growing purposes. It was indeed a new departure, and if you want to get mobbed go out into the sheep-owning portions of the coun­ try and advocate another departure of the same sort. In one way and another the free wool clause of the W id son-Gor­ man law must have cost the sheep- raisers of the United States in the neighborhood of $400,000,000. They are now, under the fair treatment ac­ corded them by the Dingley law, recov­ ering rapidly from the effects of that brutal outrage, but they are in no hu­ mor to listen to propositions for an; more "new departures" of that kind. Enough is as good as a feast Hard to Please. As a rd|e the free-trade newspa are disposed to sneer at the reclproc/ty •.gret-iuvut Ajj ust perLtnri.rU beiVv efcii I'he United Spates and France. They don't like agreements of this kind. Th/ fact AJtOUND A BIG STATE BRIEF COMPILATION OP NOIS NEWS. " IUI- ttany Xllinolsans Lose Money bjr a Blg Failure-Masconlah Barber on the . Warpath--Woman Publicly Clubs a .. Xmux Man--Train Kill* m. Bey. • • a^'. ; -' i ii. Cra»h of Alaskan Company. The Alaska Mining and Trading Com­ pany, which was chartered under the State law of Colorado and capitalized for &1~>0,000, has failed for about $25,000. Men in Nashville, Alton, St. Louis, Dal­ las, Kansas City, Denver and Seattle were interested, and all of them have lost :heir money. L. Edwards of Beloit, Wis., was the president of the company, and five prominent business men of St. Louis formed the board of directors. The offices »f the company were located in St. Loufis, ind a month or so ago the company was consolidated with the Seattle and North American Commercial Company of Seat­ tle, which was represented to be a very itrong concern, but which recently turned jut to be a complete failure. The amount it money lost will not exceed $25,000, but t is severely felt in many places, for the Majority of investments were among peo­ ple in moderate circumstances. Suits tgainst the directors of the company have already, been filed, and others will follow. Two Barbers in a Battle, At Mascoutah, Eniil Julius has a bar­ ber shop on the south side of Main street. Andrew Meyer has another across the street. Barber Meyer objected to Bar- Iser Julius paying attentions to his daugh­ ter. The other afternoon Julius suddenly appeared in front of Meyer's place with i revolver and began to blaze away at his adversary. The latter disappeared quick­ ly without being hit. Other people also ?ot out of the way without unnecessary delay. After tiring every chamber in his pun Julius reloaded and defied the city authorities to arrest him. He maintained his position for two hours and business was suspended in that part of town. Mar- ihal Miller finally appeared with a shot­ gun and took the man into custody. Woman Resents Insult. Robert Caldwell, a young man about 80, was unmercifully beaten with a big lub in the hands of Mrs. Gingham John- gon, on a public street in Hindsboro. A absence of her husband, Insulted her. When Mr. Johnson returned home, he was informed of what had happened and in company with his wife started in search of Caldwell. He was located, and while the husband held him the wife pro­ ceeded to vent her wounded feelings on his person with a club, inflicting severe punishment. Quite a crowd witnessed the affair, but no hand was raised to stop the woman, who continued her work to her own satisfaction. At Spring Valley, £ohn Jame*. a *ras accidentally billed. George Clem, a prospectant farmer, aged 60, residing near Veva^Park, died suddenly.- ̂ D. yD. Hameston of Hnmeston, Iowa, was billed by the cars at the coal chutes in Mendota. At Rockford, Mrs. Anna E. Gray was burned to death by the explosion of a gasoline stove. At Nashville, Mrs. Wilemena Denning Of New Orleans,^La., committed suicide by jumping into a cistern containing twelve feet of water. The Downe House at Champaign, own­ ed by the Illinois Central Railroad Com­ pany, was destroyed by fire with all its furnishings. The loss is estimated at $30,000. While playing with'matches at Quincy, the son of James Jarrett set fire to a win­ dow shade, from Which his clothing ig­ nited, burning him so terribly that he died several hours later. The slaughter house of Nash Bros., For­ tieth and Butler streets, Chicago, suffer­ ed damage amounting to about $9;000 through a fire that broke out in the en­ gine room of the establishment. Mrs. Hattie M. Pullman, widow of George M. Pullman of Chicago, has re­ nounced all claim to the bequests provid­ ed for her in her husband's will and will take hel dower and legal share in the es­ tate. Because he was unable to find employ­ ment William Taulprach committed sui­ cide by hanging himself in the kitchen of his home in Chicago. His body was found by his .wife. Taulprach was 53 years Old and a painter. Social life in Charleston was treated to a surprise by the announcement of the wedding of Will E. Harry and Miss Maude Henderson. Mr. Harry is man- say, 'an' open th' cupboard jus' nex' to th* ager of the.. Western Union Telegraph *head iv th' bed an' find the bottle marked; P/xtYtnnnw'a aIRma tpflfot*" on' tK i«o va'maI# few days ago, it is alleged, Caldwell went to the home ofv^Ir8. JohiiBon andr in the l at Belleville, who has several times at- Company's uptown office. Ralph Swan, son of Theodore F. Swan, proprietor of Elgin's largest store, acci­ dentally shot and killed himself with a rifle at Algonquin. He was in company with Ralph Parker and Arthur Connor. He had driven up for an outing. He was 15 years old. State Senator C. J., A. Ericson of Boone, Iowa, has made a gift of $12,800 to Au- gustana College and Theological Semi­ nary of Rock Island, the money to go to­ ward helping to purchase a tract of land adjacent to the institution to be used for a college' campus and park. ' Giuseppe Verno, an Italian shoemaker Gored to Death by a Bull. Samuel Olesby, a young German farm­ er residing south of Nashville, had a fierce struggle to the death with an angry bull. Oleaby was taking the animal to |he pas­ ture when it attacked him from the rear and inflicted a frightful wound. The farm­ er turned and seized a club to defend him­ self, but the infuriated animal did not heed the blows. A struggle between man and beast ensued with the brute the vic­ tor. Olesby was gored through and through before assistance could reach him, but with his last strength the farmer cut the bull's throat in n dozen places with a clasp knife. «. Uncle Sam--If any free-trade country can beat this, just, show me the ship. Crushed uder a Train. | Charles Lowry, the 9-year-old son of William Lowry of Ashley, while standing on the Illinois Central tracks watching a passing freight train, was run down by a switch engine and crushed to death. The coroner returned a verdict holding the railroad company responsible for the boy's death. The place where the acci­ dent occurred was near the junction of the Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central tracks and seems to be marked for fatalities, five deaths, all similar to the last one, having occurred at the place in the last year. Well Prepared. In spite of the fact that the United States was practically ut war during the whole of the month of April, the commercial failures for that month, ac­ cording to Dun'8 report, were smaller in amount of liabilities than In any previous April of which there is a rec­ ord. No nation ever went to war under more prosperous business conditions, and It is doubtful if all history recites an instance of so slight a detrimental effect upon trade and commerce as that which has attended the opening of hos­ tilities by the. United States. One of the most important prepara­ tions for war was the restoration of good times through the success of pro- tectldn in the political campaign of 1896. A contrary result of that con­ tent would have been most deplorable lfi view of the Impending strain upon tbe countries resources. Worth Keeping. If there is anything in the trade ex­ hibit that is calculated to make the Re­ publican party or the country tired of protection, we fail to see It. A policy which brings prosperity and wealth Is a pretty good one to keep, and the American people are going to keep It- Rochester Chronicle-Telegraph. A Shrewd Bargain. Ttt the administration belongs the credit of driving a shrewd bargain at a time wnen France realized the neces­ sity of making terms quickly.--Buffalq Courier. Brief 8tatc Happenings. Judge John Coates, who had practiced law at Freeport fifty-one years, is dead. Morphine was used by Charles Krzy-/ zemoski to kill himself at his home in Chicago. He was a laborer. A 9-year-old son of Canada Rea was drowned in a poud on his father's farm near Christopher. His body was recov­ ered. William Trevarthen, son of Thomas Trevarthen'of Council Hill, was instantly killed while stacking hqy by a hay pole falling on hi&. James Scott, owner of a string of run­ ning horses, was fatally injured by a kick from Trilby Slippers, a running mare, at Baldwin park, Quincy. Ground has been broken for the erec­ tion of a new $10,000 church structure at Lebanon to replace the Methodist Epis­ copal Church building lately destroyed by fire. * Walter M. Howe, a real estate dealer, was found dead in his room in Ivuhn's Hotel, Chicago. A bottle marked "car­ bolic acid," which was on the table, told the story -of suicide. Howe was in the real estate business. He was about 40 years old. . . Owing to the report that the hard-coal trust had been dissolved, the Cook Coun­ ty Board did not award the contracts fbr supplying the insane asylum and hospital. ProaiHpnfr' Honly SSyS thC bO!5Td Will SS,T£" from 25 to 50 per cent by advertising for new bids. Attorney General Akin has given as his opinion that the Chicago Gaslight and Coke Company is'a legal organization, and that the statute enacted by the last General Assembly authorizing the consol­ idation of the gas companies is within the constitution. A boy supposed to be John A. Keely of Chicago, 16 years old, fell into *the lake from the Whaleback off Evanston and was drowned. T£e body could not be found. ' The Peoples University property, a communistic colony founded by Walter Thomas Mills three years ago in Pem­ broke township, was sold at master's sale for $245. The residences of T. N. Garnett and W. T. Leaman, at Decatur, were destroyed by fire, which originated in the home of the Garnetts during the absence of the family. The losses aggregate $5,000. The G. A. R. ladies of Wallace post, Ccntralia, held a picnic on the banks of Crooked creek, and the 12-year-old son of Alderman L. E. Thomas was drowned while bathing. At Bellmont, an Air Line wrecking train struck and killed Mr. Emmerling, an aged resident of that village. He was crossing the track, and* being deaf, did not hear the train till it was upon him. A train on the Peoria and Northern di vision of the Wabash ran into a buggy crossing the track at Brooklyn and killed Ted Rsrwley end wife, bcth of Sr^sklya. Rawley was a Clover Leaf switchman, and he and his wife had been spending the i day fiiitiina. tempted to commit suicide, says that he is the victim of the Mafia. He says that he incurred the enmity of the Mafia while working in a New York shoe factory and became a marked man. He fled to St. Louis, but was driven out of there by members of the Mafia, who pursued him to Belleville. He is in constant fear of assassination. Charles Schrack, a farm hand, is want­ ed at Areola on two charges of forgery. Schrack has been working for Mat Btar- ricklow, a prominent farmer, and the other evening he entered the stores of M. Cunnigham and Ben Reinheimer, cloth­ iers, and cashed two checks bearing the forged signatures of Mr. Barricklow, Schrack also produced a forged letter ask­ ing the men to cash the checks. After securing the money, about $100, he pur­ chased a ticket for St. Louis. Paul Larsarko, an Austrian, went to the home of his wife, Rosie, at 391 Four­ teenth street, Chicago, with the intention of killing her. He carried two revolvers, and coming face to face with the woman, caught her by the throat with his left hand, choked lier, and then fired four shots at her. One bullet took effect and pierced the woman's right lung, injuring her so severely that she cannot recover. Larsarko tried to make his escape after the shooting, but was locked up. Larsar­ ko says she robbed him of $1,600. The late employes of the Pana Coal Company, the Penwell Coal Company^and the Springfield Coal Corrtpany, all of Pana, have petitioned the State Board of Arbitration for an adjustment of the diffi­ culties existing between the mine owners and themselves. At the conference held in February the price fixed for that field was 4 ' cents per ton. The operators de­ clined to pay it, and the men, about 600 in number, have been idle since the 1st of April. "The men now admit the rate fixed Js too high, and have offered to work for 35 cents, but the operators refuse to pay this. During a quarrel at Camp Tanner, Springfield, Private James Jones (colored) of Company C, Eighth regiment, was shot and probably fatally wounded by Sergeant Felix of Company G, Ninth regiment. Jones is in the hospital and Felix is in jail. Jones had been to the city with sev­ eral companions, and on his return to camp, aboutrl o'clock, the guard refused to admit him, claiming the pass' presented by Jones had expired. A quarrel fol­ lowed, during which several officers of the Ninth regiment, among them Sergeant Felix, came up. Jones and his friends began throwing stones, it is claimed, and finally in self-defense Felix drew his re­ volver and fired at Jones, the bullet tak­ ing effect just above the heart. The wounded man's home is in Chicago. Recount* the Fantiajco Fight. M 'Twas this way," says Dooley. . "TH* Spanish fleet was bottled up in Sandag© . harbor an' they dhrew th' cork. Thatf#* a joke. I see it in th' pa-apers. Th' gap lant boys iv th' navy was settin' out on th' deck defindin' their counthry an? ^ dhrawin' three ca-ards apiece whin tV1 " Spanish admiral concluded 'twud be bet ter fr him to be dhesthroyed on th' rag-, in' sea, him bein' a sailor, thin to haw , his fleet captured by cav'lry. Anyhow he was willin' to take a chance, an' he said- to his sailors: 'Spanyards,' he says, 'Cas- tiles,' he says, 'we have et th' las' bedtick/ he says, 'I'll have to have a steak off th?/ armor plate fried f'r ye,' he s&ys. 'Lave v us go out where we can have a r-run ft' our money,'he says. An' away they wint. I'll say this much fr him, he's, a brav4 man, a dam brave man. I don't like jt Spanyard no more than ye do, Hinnessy. I niver see wan. But if this here man was " a--was a Boohgaryan, I'd say he was '$! brave man. If I was aboord wan iv thimr yachts that was convarted I'd go to this here Cervera an' I'd say: 'Manuel,1 I'd- say, 'ye're all right, me boy. Ye ought to go to a doctor an' have ye're eyes reset, but ye're a good fellow. Go down stairs,* I'd say, 'into th' basemint iv th' ship,' I'd" Richard Burns, who is said to be an ex' pert counterfeiter, and Charles A. Kunc, charged with being his accomplice, were captured in Chicago by United States Secret Service agents. They are charged with making and passing counterfeit money and were locked up in the county jail. When Kunz was captured a quan­ tity of bogus money was found on him by Captain Porter. Burns was arrested later in a room at 306 State street. He apparently had been manufacturing th» coins, fori a number of molds filled with molten metal were found in the room. Ths detectives found a complete counterfeit­ ing plant. Knnz, it is said, has passed a number of spurious dollars and half-dol^ lars. Neither man offered any resistance, and they were taken before United States Commissioner Humphrey. Kunz was held to the Federal grand jury, but Burns waived examination. Dominick Tasaro, a laborer employed by the Northwestern Railroad, whose home was at Maywood, died at St. Luke's hospital, Chicago, from injuries received at May wood wliile working on the railroad tracks. Teh miles northeast of Mount *Vernon, William Sager, Jr.. one of the most prom­ inent farmers and stock dealers of the county, was shot and instantly killed by his neighbor, Samuel Reed. An old quar­ rel started the trouble and Reed emptied the contents of a shotgun into Sager1! body, shooting him through the heart. The murderer escaped. The sash, door and blind factory of Gel- ger & Heinlein, 71st and Wallace streets, Chicago, was burned to the ground. Th« loss on building and contents is estimated at $20,000. The fire started in the drj kiln. The building was a two-story fram« structure, 75 by 125 feet. Justice Magruder of the Supreme Coun granted a temporary stay of execution it the casb of Edward S. Dreyer when ht was in Chicago, which action has sine* been ratified by the entire bench ai Springfield. As bail was denied in th« case tne supcrseuea's has amy the ettec- of staying the execution of the mandat< of the local court, which was to take tik prisoner to Joliet. Floridy water" an' thrate ye'rself kind­ ly.' That's what I'd say to Cervera. He's all right. "Well, whin our boys see th' Spanish fleet comin' out iv th' harbor they gath­ ered on th' deck an' sang th' naytionat anthem: 'They'll be a hot time in th' ol' town to-night.' A lift-nant came up to? where Admiral Sampson was sittin' play- in' siven up with Admiral Schley. 'Bill,' he says, 'th' Spanish fleet is comin' ou^" he says. 'What talk have ye?' says SamjH son. 'Sind out some row boats an' yacht an' desthroy thim. Clubs 1* thrumps,' he says, an' he wint on playin'. Th' Spanish fleet was attacted on all side* be our br-ave la-ads, nobly assisted be th' dispatch boats Jv th' newspapers. Wad) be wan they were desthroyed. Three' battleships attacted th' convarted yacht! Gloucester. Th' Gloucester used to be pwned be Pierpont Morgan, but 'twaJ convarted, an' is now ladin' a dacint lifey Th' Gloucester sunk thim all, th' Christ-1 obeli Comma, the Viscera an' th' Admiral O'Quinn. It thin wint up to two Spanish! torpedo boats an' give them wan punqhj jn' away they wint. Be this time tfi*| #ojers had heerd of the victhry, an' theyj farthered on the shore, singin' th' naytion- il anthem: 'They'll be a hot time in th' ol* lown to-night, me babby.' • Th' gloryoua ?1' chune to which Washin'ton an' Grant an' Lincoln marched was took up be th' tailors on th' ships an' Admiral Cervera r-run wan iv his boats ashore an' jumped into th' sea." A Letter from the Front. Mr. Dooley looked important, but affect­ ed indifference. "Hm-m!" he said; "I have news fr'm th' fr-ront. Me nevvew, Terry Donahue, has sint me a letter tellin' me all about it." "How shud he know?" Mr. Hennessy, asked. "How shud he know, is it?" Mr. Dooley demanded warmly. "How shuddent he know? Isn't he a sojer iv th' ar-rmy? Isn't it him that's down there in Sandago fightin' fr th' honor iv th' flag while th' likes iv you is up here livin' like a prince an' doin'f nawthin' all th' live-long day but shovel slag at th' rollin' mills? Who are ye f r to criticize th' dayfinders iv our counthry who ar're lyin' in th' thrinches an' havin' th' clothes stole off their backs be th' pathriotic Cubians, I'd like to know? F'r two pins, Hinnessy, you an'] I'd quarrel." "I didn't mean nawthin'," Mr. Hennes­ sy apologized. "I didn't know he was down there." "Nayether did I," said Mr. Dooley. "But I informed'mesilf. I'll have no wan in this place speak again th' ar-rmy. Whin ye come to castin' aspersions on th' ar- rmy, be hivens, ye'll find that I can pnt me thumb on this showcase an' go over at wan lep." "I didn't say annything," said Mr. Hen­ nessy. "I didn't know about Terry." , "Iv coorse ye didn't," said Mr. Dooley. "An'/that's what I'm sayin'. Ye'er here wallAwin' in luxury, wheelin' pig ir'n fr'm morn till night an' ye have no thought iv what's goin' on beyant. You an' Jawn D. Rockefeller, an' Phil Ar-rmour, an' Jay Pierpont Morgan, an' Yerkiiss, an' th* r-rest iv ye is settin' back at home figurin' how ye can make some wan else pay ye'e^ taxes f'r ye. What is to ye that me nev­ vew Terry is sleepln' in ditch wather an* atin' hard tacks an' coffee an' bein' r-rob- hed be leeber Cubans, catchin' yallow, fever without a chanst iv givin' it to e'e* a Spanyard. Ye think more iv a stamp thin ye do iv ye'er counthry. Ye'er like th' Sugar thrust. F'r two cints ye'd ray- fuse to support th' gover'mint. I know| ye, ye bloated monno-polist." "I'm no such thing," said Mr. Hennessy] hotly. "Well, annyhow," said Mr. Dooley,) "don't speak disrayspictful iv th' ar-rmy. Lave me r-read you Terry's letter fr'm th' fr-ront. 'M--m: In th' thrinches, two miles fr'm Sandago, with a land crab as big as a lobster crawlin' up me back be w«y iy Kingston, .Tur.c G, DfaJ UuC'ie Martin.' That's th' way it begins. 'Dear Uncle Martin: We are all well here, ex- cipt thim that is not, an' hope ye'er in- jyin' th' same gr-reat blessin'. It's hotter down here than Billy-be-dam'd. They'se a rollin' mill near here jus' th' same as at home, bilt all th' hands is laid off on ae- cbunt iv bad times. They used ol*-fash­ ioned wooden wheelbarrows an' fired witl> wood. I don't think they cud handle th* pig th' way we done, bein' small la-ads^ Th' coke has to be hauled up in sacks be th' gang. Th' derrick hands got six aj week, but hadn't anny union. Helpers got four twinty. Puddlers was well -paid. I wint through th* plant befure we Come) up here an' r-run a barrow up th' plank just to keep me hand in. Tell me frinda thst wan gang iv good !a.ads fr'm th*j r-road cud wurruk anny three iv th' gangs down here. Th' mills is owned be Rocke­ feller, so no more at prisint fr'm ye'en affecshunate nevvew, Peter Casey, Who's writin' this fr me.' " " 'Tis a good letter," said Mr. Hennee*) sy. "I don't see how they cod get derrick hands ft six a week." "Me frind Jawn D. knows how/* said Mr. Dooley.-Chicago Journal. John Christopher, an old citizen of Tar-j rant County, Texas, who was supposed to carry considerable money, was found shotj to death near Fort Worth. It is thought he was murdered for the purpose of rob-! bery. ° ,r, r ' : ; ; . k It seems appropriate that the dnijexa*. tion of Hawaii should have been hccom-j And some of the Klondike mines havs( been exploded; also several atories lag them. I