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Breta’sPouble
By HELEN V. GREYSON.
(Copyright, by Robert Banner’s Sons.)
CHAPTER HI.
a BunmisB.
Sauntering along Hid road that led
from the ]>ark gates, Breta Denton wen
oblivious to her surroundings,' so occu
pied were her thoughts with another
•nbjoct—that subject being no loss n
person than Erie Brentwood.
For n month sho had enjoyed the
Irtxnry of life at Brentwood Park.
HriL Brentwood treated her kindly for
fcer dead mother’s sake, but while
Erie did all in his power to make her
feci that she was welcomo, she knew
(hat ho only did it through pity. And
•be? Her heart bent rapidly as she
whispered it to herself:
“1 love him! All, lianvon, I love
him so well that I would do most nny-
tfcing to win hiifi, What does it mat
ter about tho past? No one known
me in America. Why may I not win
Erie-Brentwood and Brentwood Park?
K is worth n good deal to gain a homo
like this, and gain it I will, no matter
what obstacles may stnnd in my way!”
A determined look entered her dark
eyen as she whispered those last words
to herself, n look which boded ill to
anyone who stood between her nnd lier
desires.
Unconsciously, she lmd walked
farther than she had intended, and
was about to retrace her stops, when a
Sgnro emerged from among the trees
-that skirted the road, and stood nuiil-
*»* and insolent before her. She
stood as if stricken dumb, for n few
tnamotits, and then, innvoico of terror,
•ho exclaimed:
“My Heaven! Carlos!”
* fie made n mbeking how, and
Iatghod triumphantly, as ho noted her
terror.
“Carlos, for Heaven’s Hake, tell mo
why you hnve followed mo lioro! Do
yon menu to kill mo?" moving bnok a
few paces.
“That depends on circumstances, ” he
■replied, in tones she lmd hoard no often
before.
“What eireumstauces?” sho in
quired.
“Oh, wo’ll speak of that lntor. So
yon woro among those that roachod
land. When I heard of the wreck of
■the Hon Foam, I snid to myself that
■von had arrived safely in America.
Where is Miss Dniiton? How is it
that she is not out with you tliin
morning?”
“She was drowned. But, I im
plore of you, hush! I am Miss Dan
ton.”
Yon? Oh, oht So that is your
ga.ua, eh? Well, you are nervy, and
»r> mistake. What have you done
with Hint Dantongirl? Was she really
•frowned, or have you disposed of her in
some other manner?”
“Sho was drowned, I tell you."
'’As you two wore together, how was
it that when you got in one of tho
boats, she didn’t, too?" he uskud,pyiug
her .curiously.
-“She did, but sho got too near tho
edge, and, despite the warning of one
of the men, sho fell overboard, and
never came up.”
"Ah! I see! Yon and sho wore
evidently seated 'side by side at
(ho time. Quite clever of you, my
dear. You are almost worthy to be a
mate of Carlos Monteri."
“How did you find mo out?" sho
asked, disregarding his last words.
Now that sho felt that he does not
mean nuy immediate harm to hor pur-
son, she became braver.
“Easily enough. Did I npt tell ynh
(hat if you went to the end of tho
earth that you would not eseapo my
vengeauce?"
“But, CarU's, you will mil betray
mo, now that you have found mo?"
“Why not?" ho asked, as a gleam.
not good to see shone forth from his
eyes. “Don’t you deserve it?"
“Ah, Carlos, say that you will not!"
“Well, .vo’ll seo about that,” he re
turned. “If you do ns I desire, yon
may remain Alias Denton for a time.
Cross my wishes, and I’ll expose you
as a ”
“Hush! And, for Heaven’s sake,
go! Eric Brentwood is ooming down
(he road, uud if he sees you here, ho
will want to kuow who you are*, for ho
knows that I have no acquaintances in
America."
“If he’s anxious to kuow, I am will
ing to introduce myself and—yi
ke replied, laughing insolently,
“Ah, Carlos, I bog, I imploro you
io go!”
“Meet me here to-night nt ten, and
fail me at your peril!" he Commanded,
aa he turned and disappeared among
(he shrubbery.
“Heavens! To think that ho should
(nrn up whnu I thought myself secure!
Bat, beware. Carlos Monteri!. You
spoke well when you called me clover,
and I’ll prove the truth of your words
before you are much older. You have
been a menace to me over since I first
saw your treacherous face, but I’ll free
myself from your power, It will be
much easier for mo to rid myself of
you on this side of the Atlantic. Over
there I was obliged to bo more care
ful. as I would surely have been found
ont by his pals. Ah, Mr. Brentwood,"
sho said*, as Eric came up to where she
was standing.
“Did I not seo a mau speaking to
yon a few minutes ago?” asked Eric.
“Yes; a tramp, I suppose, for he
asked me if I could tell him where ho
eonld secure a night's lodging, and if
I would give him a dime,” she re
plied, telling her lie as if sho had
been well versed in th’o abominable
art.
“You gavo him mouoy?”
“Yes; I thought that tho easiest
way to get rid of him.”
Erie said no more, bat be looked
sonrchirtgly at the girl, and wondered
whether she was adhering Rtrietly to
tho truth, for lie lmd soon her talking
to the .man, and the onruost way in
,wh.ieh ihpy seomod, to lie conducting
their conversation gavo him the im
pression that they were not strangers.
And yAt, ho knew that she was a per
fect stranger to America. How, then,
could she know that man?
IIo chided hitnself’for his unreason
able doubts, and turned to his com
panion with a smile.
“Miss Dnutou, the boll hns rung for
dinner, and if wo do not hastou our
slyps wo will lie late.”
"Oil, hns it? I had no idea Hint I
lmd lioen out srt long. But, Mr. Brent
wood, I wish you would drop tho for-
mnl ‘Miss Dniiton’ mid call mo by my
Christian name. My frionds all used
to call mo ‘Breta.’ ”
“Why, certainly, if yon wish it,"re
turned Erie. “And, of course, I shall
expect you to call mo ‘Eric,’” he
added.
t shall ho so plonsod. I have
wanted to-ask yoji to drop all formality
with me, hut 1 felt, timid in approach
ing tho siihjoot," sho said, casting u
half-shy look at his handsome face.
“Am I such an ogre as that?” lie
asked, rather amused.
“Oh, it is not that ; but I was afraid
you would think mo forward,” she re
plied, bliislijng.
"Dismiss Hint idoa, Breta. You sec
how natural it cornea for mo to call
you that. I like tho name very much.”
“I do not. I despiso it!” she said,
and thou added quiokly: “Wlmt’s in
a name after nil? Como! Wo will
keop donr Mrs. Brentwood wanting. ”
Tucking hor hand under his arm, she
cast a coquettish glance at him and
said in a low tone: “Come, Erie, let
mo oscort yon in to dinner.”
A sudden thrill pnssod through Erie
Brentwood's veins nt hor touch. But
was it love or ropiilajon?
Ho could not explnin it. He cer
tainly admired ber dark beauty,but—
There was that inevitable “but.”
have friends. Are they here in New
York?”
“Not in the cilv. My destination
is Broutwood Park. You know wbero
it iB?" she inquired.
“Yen, I know wbero it is shunted;
but I am not acquainted with the
owner, Air. Brentwood. Of course,
you will need money to defray you ex
penses; and now. my dear, when you
are able to go to your friends, you
must let me pay your fare.”
“Oh, sir, how generoiiB you are!
I’ll accept it gladly as a loan, and ns
soon ns I find employment I’ll return
the amount.
“Tilt, tut! How independent we
are! Well, have your way. By tho
way, you hnvo not told me your name
yet,” he said, patting her little white
lignd.
“Have I not? My name is Breta
Dauton.”
“ ‘Dnnton?’ I used to'have a friend
of that name.
IS SENSATIONAL
maniac runs amuck.
BROUGHT OUT BY HOARD
AVAR IXV ESTIMATORS.
OF
WATER COST $125 A PITCHER.
Utoni Soldier* Wore Stripped ter Snppfjr
the Living With Clothing-—Line
OfVloHrn Talk.
Ben nation followed sensation- during
the ReRRion of that branch of the war
investigating committee whielr con
vened at Lexington, Ky. r Tuesday.
Complete incompetency ou the part
Gerald Dantou and I the Burgedhs, carelessness by the
wore drums at college.” | commissary department and want of
B * V°i| ral t^i ^° U J asked , judgment by cflleers were testified to.
"“Yes It can’t lie that he and you rtatements branding the en-
nro related in any way.” ! re in 8 B ° f ‘ ,am P, 8, 'f fl ° ld ,
“Papa’s father was called Gerald p !? b “ bl .y the *** i
Panton. I have often heard poor
CHAPTER IV.
CONVALESCENT.
"Tim purity of grace,
The miml, tho music, Imjutlilm; from lior'
face."
In one of tho hospitals of Now York,
a young girl was lying, suffering from
a severe attack of brain fever. For
days sho had lingered, between 1 ifo
ami death, and the old, gray-Univcd
doolor, who hail evincod such an in
terest in tho little sufferer, lmd almost
given up hope of saving her.
“How is my little patient this morn
ing?” ho asked of tho nurae in elini go.
“I think she baa changed for the
hotter. HUo hooihh to sloop peacefully,
and her breathing is quite regular,”
she replied.
"All! I am glad to hoar that. I
feared tljat I could not pull her
through. It has been a sovoro onao.”
“It has, Indeed, doctor. Iwondor,”
sho continued, "if tho poor child hns
nny friends.”
“That .would bo difficult to t,ell.
Sho must hnve boon a passenger of
the ill-fated Hen Foam, judging from
■what the fishermen snid, who rescued
hor from the water. Perhaps her
lrieuds, if she had any, went down
with tho wreok, If they lind hoen
l-oa,oiled, tlioy surely would lmvo insti
tuted n sonroli for their missing one.
Wns there uuything that would servo
to identify her?”
“Nothing savo the initials ‘B. D.’
stamped on a handkerchief which I
found in thopooket of her gown,” re
turned the nurse.
A sigh issued from the lips of the
fpjr-haired girl lying on the little
white eot closo by, which attracted the
attention of both doctor and nurse.
Hastening to her sblo, the doctor
was surprised to Heo that she was con
scious of her surroundings, for she was
looking nt Uiui with an unspokon ques
tion in her largo blue eyes.
“All, my dear, yon are bettor. Don't
talk nuy just yet awhile. Woit till
you aye stronger," said the kind-
hearted old dootor.
But disregarding his commands, she
asked ' T iu a weak, plaintive voice,
searoely more than a whisper:
“Where am I?"
“Whore you will be taken care of
until you are well. Now don’t talk
any nioro, but tako this,” as tho nurse
passed him the wedioiue to bo givou
at regular intervals.
Obediently she swallowed the liquid
and sighed, ns sho realized that she
was indeed too weak too talk.
It wns sevorul days before slio gniuod
sufficient strength to converse, and
then Doctor Montford ascertained that
she had been a pnssouger on the Sea
Foam, but she said nothing about be
ing in ono of the small boats, conse
quently he took it for granted that she
had been one of tho unfortunates who
had been left on the sinking ship.
“Well, my dear," he said, in
kindly tones, “tell me if you have any
friends. If not. I’ll take charge of
you, myself.”
“You are very good, anil I am moro
than grateful for your attention through
my illness. I have friends hero iu
America who will give me a home un
til T secure employment. ”
"I nrn glad, for your sake, that von
mamma montion his name.'
“What was your papa's name?”
"Papa’s name was Ronald.”
“Is it possiblo? You Ronald Dan-
ton’s daughter! Poor hoy! Ho wns
rather wild, and bis father turned him
ndrift. And you say your mother is
dead, too.”
“Yes, mamma is dead. I have no
one,” she sobbed.
“Gerald Dauton is still living.
Why don’t you go to'him?”
“No,. I could not do that. Ho
trontod pnpn so bndly Hint X could
never quite forgive him. Alumina
never did, mid I would feel that I
would ho disregarding her wishes did
I lay asido my pride nml go to my
grandfather. There has been no com
munication between us, and lam suro
that I would be unwelcome, perhaps
unacknowledged, diilldoso. Doctor
Afontford, I must respect mamma’s
wishes and go to Airs. Brentwood, tho
dear frioinl of her youth.”
“Well, my doin', yon know best; but
I think that Gerald Dauton is the
proper gunrdinn of his soil’s child.
Although Ronald was wild I nover
thought Gerald justfted in. treating
him as he did.”
Several days later Dootor Montford
placed his littlo charge on the train,
and,, insisting on her acceptance of a
loan, bade her Godspeed. Tho last
words ho said to her as the train was
ready to start wero;
“Be sure to let mo kuow if you a’>
rive safely.”
As. the traiu rounded tho curve, she
waved hor handkerchief to him; and ho
carried back to bis professional duties
tho rouiombranoo of a bright, smiling
face, which ho was destined not to see
again for many days.
CHAPTER V.
“yon A11E IN MV POWER.”
It was just half-past niuo- when tho
girl who called herself Breta Dauton
oxcusod herself from tho drawing-room
at Brentwood Park on the plea of a
severe headache, Instantly repniring
to her room, sho olianged hor gown
for ono less elaborate. Looking
through her effocts, she found alilaek-
lace scarf, which sho throw over her
midnight hair, at the samo time eon-
suiting the ormolu alook on. the
mantel,
“It is now twenty minutes of ten,”
sho murmured, “and it will take me
at least five minutes to reach tho ap
pointed place. I must be cautious,
lost I be seen by some of tho servants,
who may lie around with their prying
eyes. I wish ho had said eleven in
stead of ten. They would have re
tired by that time, and I would run
less chnuoe of discovery. I must waste
uo mare time here, however, or that
man may take it into his hoad to come
here to tho house and denounce me to
Erie Brentwood. But he shall not do
that. I’ll find a way to prevent him
from betraying me.”
Hastily descending the staircase, she
glided out of a side-door. Looking
around to See that the coast wa3 clear,
she walked rapidly through tho
grounds uutil Bhe found hers elf outside
tho gate, when sho slackened her
speed.
Upon arriving at the spot where she
lmd been surprised that morning by
Carlos Monteri, she found him await
ing her.
“Ah, you did well to keep tho ap
pointment, my dear,” he said by way
of greeting.
“There was no reason why I should
not keep it,” she said.
“But evory reason that you should,”
he put iu, with a short laugh.
“Well, ns I am here, pleasesny what
you have to say as quick as possible.
I do not care to have my absence from
the house found out.”
“Well, my dear, of course you
ronlizo that you are still in my power.”
“I wish to heaven that I wero not!”
she replied. Aud to herself she added:
“I’ll not be in your power much
longer, Carlos Monteri, as sure as
there is a heaven above us!”
“Wishing, my dear Inez, will not
change the fnot, however; and, of
course, you will realize also that you
must do exactly as I tell you, or be ex
posed to .these Brentwoods in your
true colors. Now, iu tho first place,
you kuow that to live as a gentleman
should live, it requires money. As
you are familiar with my tastes, you
kuow that I cannot live off a very small
allowance. So, if you are anxious to
do me a favor, you will furnish me
with ns muoh asiajnyour possession.”
“You are mad!” she exclaimed.
“You know that I am penniless and
am living here with these people, who,
of course, furnish me no money.”
[To be continued.]
ment exciting the greatest comment
and showing a thoroughly wretched '
condition of affairs was made by Maj.
William Cogswell,, surgeon of tho
Eighth AlassachusoUs regiment, -when
he wns ou the stand! Maid he:
“Tho clothing and hlaukctB belong),
ing to men who died of typhoid were
brought hack without hawing boon
washed or boiled and usod by other
men of the regiment.”
No loss sonsationnlWns »• portion of '
Ur. Thomas C. Chaluier’s testimony.
Dr. Chalmers wns- captain and'ftssist-
unt surgeon of tho Twelfth New York. |
He said;
“The men never could gat enough
ivntor to satisfy their thirst, l’ce water
wns sold nt $1.25 a pitcher. Tho mat-
tor was reported, but the custom wns
not stopped. Tho mules and horses
on transports went twonty-four hours,
nt one time without water.”
Lioiiteimut-Colbnol Barker,, of the
same regiment, was mi equally inter*- |
esting w itness. He nsserted that when
the troops arrived at Chieknmsuga the
men hud to sleep on the wet ground
with only one blanket and no change I
of clothing. He snid that the First
South- Carolina regiment did’ not re
ceive thoir riflbs for a mouth after
their arrival at the park,.the men be-
iug compelled to do guard duty with
out gnus. The Tiventyvflrst Kansas- j
also had to do guard duty for two
weeks with sticks. Said Colonel Par- |
ker: j
“When, the voluntoors firstnri-ived nt
Chiokamnuga their tongues were lit- ]
ernlly hanging out- for water. For i
three weeks they oonld’ not got water i
enough to quench their thirst. Then |
the pipe lines were tnpped, but the ,
water was not pure in my opinion,” i
The second witness was General .T, !
C. Bates, who testified as to tho San
tiago onupnign, the camps at Alobile
and Chickamaugn' H’o wont to see
General Brooke regarding the lack of
equipments, olothing and other snp- j
plies.
“The day before we loft. Alobile we
got protty well supplied,”' he snid.
“Those wore supplies tor recruits. At
Santingo wo had blond and' meat al
ways. Aloutnuk Point was not the
proper place for a camp of sick sol
diers at this time of year. At Alon-
tauk Point T learned that the Long
Island railroad had exclusive contract
to haul' the soldiers to theoity.
“In. Cuba medical supplies were
woefully-short. The medical officers
said they could not get them.
“This was especially true at Sibor
uey. Iu going over we had enough
medical supplies, but we were cut
down. We had trouble Iu getting
ambulances taken to Cuba. Got one
for each regiment and one for the
squadron. I think the ambulances J!
took were the only ones ashore when
the Rough Riders* fight occurred on
the 24th of June.”
AYhen nsked what in his opinion-
was the weakness in tho medioal de
partment, General Bates said he
thought a great mistake wns made in
not sending medical officers in suffi
cient number with regiments ordered
to tho field. Additional transporta
tion should have beon fnrnishod for
medioal officers and medical supplies,
ambulances nud horses.
“I think there is not sufficient ox-
euse for medical supplies being short
in Cuba,” said the witness. “Better-
preparations could have been made
for transportation. AVe had noway to
shoe horses nud mules.”
General Bates had uo recommenda
tions to Biiggest.
TANNER SET PRECEDENT.
Big Corporation Did Not Reduce Wages
As Wns Contemplated.
A special from Joliet, Ill., says: The
threatened strike of the galranizers of
the American Steel aud Wire compnny,
which involved 5,000 employees, is
off. The reduction that was to have
taken place Tuesday has lieen averted.
The men notified the company that
they would not accept, declating that
Governor Tanner’s action in the min
ing districts in using the state troops
to keep out imported labor had set a
precedent that would prevent the rep
etition in Illinois of the importation
of labor said to have beou practiced
at the company’s Indiana plants.
MARIA TERESA SAILS.
Kills a Trolley Car Passenger, Stabs a
1’ollceipnn and a Storekeeper.
At Atlanta, Ga. f Friday morning,
AY. G. Shockley, hailing from Morgan
county, entered a trolley car, drew a
pocket knifo and, without warning,
severed tho jngulnr vein of a passen
ger named Bishop, Rnshing out of
the car, Shockley slashed the face of
Police Captain .Thompson, who was
standing on the rear platform. The
madman them jumped from the rapidly
moving car and Attempted to escape.
In spite of his bleeding face and the
pain, Captain Thompson drew liis pis
tol and leaped from the oar. Shock!oy
had already jumped off and 1 was hur
rying down Chapel street. Captain
Thompson 1 fired tlireo shots nt tho flee
ing murderer, and 1 then feeling ex
hausted from' the wound ho Handed
Uis pistol to George P. J-onos, who had
come np, nr.d told him to shoot the
fugitive. Jones ran after Shockley
down Chapel' street.
At the store of ex-Polioeman AfcCoy
the pistol was handed to him and ; he
ran Shookley. as fnr ns the-corner of
Alnngum nnd Nelson streets. Here
Shockley jumped upon a moving oar
nnd McCoy chased him through it.
A\ r hcn both men Were out of the car,
Shockley turned upon liis pursuer
with his bloody knifo. McCoy told
him' to surrender and the murderer-
advanced with the knife. AloCoy tried!
to lire the pistol and the shells would!
not explode.
Soeing that? the pistol would not
shoot,. Shookley rushed upon MoCoy
with liis knifo and there was a fOarftil
fight. AleCoy was ent on the arm '
nnd forehead, but' neither wound was I
serious. Using tbo pistol as a-olnb, I
AleCoy, aided by Jones, who had come I
up, Anally overpowered Slioekley and j
held him until 1 Patrulmnn John Brown
nnd two citizens wont to his assistance, j
Shockley was carried to the police I
barracks in tbo patrol wagon nnd i
plaoed in n oelli :
As soon ns lleenw that Shookley had i
used his knife, the conductor rang j
down the ear and it- stopped. A oity-j
physician was summouod and he tied ]
tip the severed avtery, but the dying |
man was ton far gone to rally. From,
tho moment ho- had been stabbed I
Bishop bad nover- spoken a word. He-
died sitting upon, the- bottom of-the
ear with bis bead- against the seat.
He lived about forty minutes after ho
was stabbed.
One of 'tbe strange ohnpters in this
story of oritne ooonrred before the
murder on the street ear, and it throws-
considerable light on thejaffair. Friday ■
morning about' half-past 8 o’oloek, I
nearly tnvo hours before the oommis- ;
sion of the murder, Shockley went' to
the polioo barraoks and talked with
Captain. Thompson and Captain Jbiner. ;
He told the offloers that he understood
ho was wanted by the police and bail
come to. give himself up. He was in- ,
formed' that he was not wanted aud he-;
left. A few squares from the barracks
he mob Batrolman Dobbins l-opented
the story about being wanted by. the
police.
Dobbins'onrried Shockley baok to po-
lioo barracks,, bub the man was again,
told to go,.as he was not wanted.
This ciroumstance, as will appear-
later,, bears upon tho theory, that the
murderer is a lunatic and one of the.
sort that suffers from delusional in
sanity.
Immediately after his arrest Shock
ley-told offloers at tho polios barraoks.
that ho know he was wanted, and
feared being lynched, nnd that lie felt
ho had' to kill twa men before the- day
was oat.
“I was just riding on tho-oar because
I had nowhere else to go,” said bite
murderer to the officers, “and wUeUjl
got on the ear I thought that would be
os good a time as any to kill a couple
of men. I aimed at their jugular veins
and think I got both in the right spot.”
Shookley told a most revolting story
ot some of his past life and said that
that was the reason tho people were
trying to lynch him. He said he had
met one of his nncles in the city anil
that was how the secret got oak.
AVINNIE DAVIS’- WILE.
Expected the Break.
Meeks—Aly wife is nothing if not’
original. Now what do you suppose-
she said whon I asked her to marry-
me?
Weeks—Oh, something about it*
being so sudden, I suppose.
Alecks—No, indeed! She said,
“Well, I think it’s about time; I’ve-
been expecting you to make a break
for three months.”—Ulucago News.-
Shall we Keep the Philippine* T
Public opinion tv divided as to the wisdom
of keeping the Philippines. Wise Statesmen
are found ou both sides of the questUm.
PtWblle optnt AU, however,- is all one way in
regard to tho wiedom of everybody keeping
tbetr health. For this purpose Hostetter •
Sioiuach Bitters in widely used. ThU medi
cine is both preventive and cure fat malarial
levers, stomach disorders, torpid, liver and
impure blood. Ft h aVreeable to Ureak atom-
nohwand soothing to the nerves.
Alnrk flying ovor tl
Phrto, Hug., wan hit t
Bto»ut.v Is lllopri Weep.
Cltwwi blood means it 1 clean 4 skin. No
beauty,without it. Caso/trets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood nnh "keep it* clean, by
stirring up the Iway livefaud driving nil Im
purities from' the bo<Jy. Begin to-day to
banish pim*ple«,’hofM, blotches, blackheads,
nud that sickly biUious complexion by taking
Cnsoarets,--beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists. sattsfftctloiY guaranteed, 10c, 35c, 80c.
Two great powers having no postal’ savings
Its aka are-the United States and Germany.
Soldiers
From the War
BMPS’ the- germ* of malnrl*. fevers and
other disetso*, which may prove contagious
in their own families. Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Is-a-special hoonr to soldiers^ because It
eradicates ail'disease germs, builds up the
debilitated system nnd brings back health.
Every returned' spldier« and eve^y friend
and relative of aoldlors should take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
America's Greatest Medicine. Si; six for (a.
Hood’S PUJ& auTO,stck hosdache. Sac.
A Disappearing Bull’s-Eye.
Tito Chinese pennant .weurs,a turban,
loose coat nml short, very,, baggy trou
sers, nil. of. blue. The Chinese soldier
wears tho same with an overall sleeve-
IChs- sinoek, or long Waistcoat button-
Ing.on the right shouldgiy edged round
the neok,.nnn» and skirt aiul down the
front with: broad ; "facings.” The
breast nnd back’ are decorirted with a .
one-foot Uulllk-eyc with characters on..
It. This Is-all the character’-the Chi
nese soldier posaep^os. ■ The bull’s-eyo
would be a very convenient mark for
an onomy. IF the Chinese soldier would
give the lhtter a chance of shooting
him, but the- bull’s-eye Is only worn
to raise false hopes, for no sooner does-
lie orrlvo dangerously near the enemy
than ho doffs the garb of War to dis
appear as-an innocent civilian.:. He Is-
usually armed with a muzzle-loader .or
standard, both equally harmless weap
ons, In the case of General Liu’s es
cort the uniform smocks had evidently
not. boon, usod ns night-shirts tor more
than a few weeks, the men wdre armed
with AVlnollesters qml'n feW-Martlnls,
rusty, dirty and out of order, and wore •
nbout their middles ,a belt of some ■
sixty rounds of solid-drawn brass cart
ridges,.—London News.
SINGULAR STATEMENT.. '
From. Niro. Bank-to Mro. PIakham..
Redeemed Spanielt Cruiser Being Towed
to Norfolk Navy Yard.
The navy department hns received a
telegram from Caimanera announcing
the sailiug from that place for Hamp
ton Roads of tho Maria Teresa, which
is np to this time the only ono of the
Spanish ships sunk at Santiago to be
flonted. She is under command of
Captain Harris, who wns detached
from command of the Yllloan for that
purpose.
Leaves Everything to Her Notlier and
Requedte Distribution of Jtowelry.
The will of Miss Winnie Davis has
been filed iu the civil district court at
New Orleans. The document is in
holographic form and very brief. It
reads as follows:
"I, Varina Anne Davis, being of
sound mind on this, the 11th day of
February, 1898, and about to sail for
Egypt, write this, my last will and
testament. I give and bequeath to
my beloved mother, Varina Howell
Jofferson Davis, everything I have,
both real and personal property, and
any returns that may come from my
literary works, stocks, bonds, or mon
eys of whioh I die possessed. I beg her
to give a remembrance out of my jewel
ry io my dear cousin, Anna Smith,
•rad to my dear, dear old nurse,
Alary Abearn. My dear mother is to
judge what she would like to give to
my dear sister, Margaret Hayes, and
her ohildren, to remember me by. I
know she will know what I wish done.
I sign this in the Gerard Uoteb 123
West Twenty-fourth street, New York,
N. Y., February 11, 1898.
“Varina Anne Davis.”
YELL0AV FEVER WANING.
Refugees From Infected DletrlMe Are
Returning to Their Home*.
A Jackson, Miss., dispatch says:
The yellow fever situation throughout
the stnte is most encouraging. Reports
from infected points have almost
ceased, nnd the opidemie is considered
at at end. Refugees are returning to
Jackson on each train, and tha town
has begun to assume tt bitsinwadike
appearance.
The- following^ letter to .Mrs. Pink
ham from Mrs. M.’ Rank;' No. 2,35
Bash Susquehanna’ Ave., Philadelphia
Pa., is* remarkable statement of re
lief from utter disoouragouient. - Shi
says:
“T never can find' wordsstvltlv wliiel
t® thank you for'what Lydia! E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound’ has don
for me. . j
“Some years ago I had womb troubl
and doctored for a-ldn&tiine, not sm
ing any improvement:. At times
would fool well enough) and othe
tunes was miserable. Boi it went- o:
until last October, Ii fall somethin
terrible creeping over-me,-1 kueiv nc
what, but kept getting worse. I,ca
hardly explain my feelings at tha
time. I was bo-depressed >.in splril
that I did not wish, to.lire, although
had everything to liKoi for. Had Uyi
teria, was very, nenwous;- could: no
sleep and was not safe to be lei
alone.
“ Indeed, I thought. I would lose- m
mind. No one knows what I endurec
“1 continued this, way until the las
of February, when. I saiV in a paper
testimonial of a. .body whose ease ws
similar to mine,, and who hod. bee
cured by Lydia, ffi. Pinkham’a, Vegtei
bio Compound, I determined.t«>,try ii
and felt bettec ofter the first dose,
continued taking it, and to-day sw
well woman, and can say fhewin
heart, * Thank God for such, a med
cine.” 1 ’*
M»a Pinkham invites alii suffer!n
woman to write to her at hyam. Mass
for advice. All such letters are see
and: answered by women, enlv.
INSOMNIA
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Insomnia, with which I ksve been afflicted for
over twenty years, and 1 can say that Cascareta
have given me more rebef then nny other rome*
dy I have ever tried. I shall certainly recom
mend them to my friends as being all they are.
represented. " Tbqs. Gillard, EUgin, I1L
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