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r - -T-M-H Special CHAPTER XXI. When I awoke I iMixifd to have had n unpleasant dream. The bandit chief, Tl-Tsang, had prepared a scheme for the seixure of the Chinese treasure; he had attacked the train In the plains of Gobi; the cnr is assaulted, pillaged, ran Hacked; the (role! anil precious atones, to the value of fifteen millions, are torn from the grasp of the Celestials, who yield after a courageous defense. As to the passengers, another two minutes of leep would hare settled their fat nd mine. But all that disappeared with the vapors of the night. Dreams are not fixed photographs; they fade In the aun. nd end by effacing themselves. In taking my stroll through the train a a good townsman takes his stroll through the towu, I am joined by Major Noltits. After shaking hands, he show ed me a Mongol in the second-clasa car, nd said to nie, "That is not one of those we picked up at Douohak when we pick ed up Faruskiar and Ghangir." "That is so," said I; "I never saw that fare In the train before." Popof, to whom I applied for Infor mation, told nie that the Mongol had got la at Tchertchen. "When he arrived ho said, "the manager spoke to him for minute, from which I concluded that he also was one of the staff of the Uraud Transasiatic." I had not noticed Faruskiar during my walk. Had he alighted at one of the mall stations between Tchertchen and "'charkalyk, where we ought to have been about 1 o'clock in the afternoon? No, he and Ghangir were 011 the gang- ay in front of our car. They seemed to be in an animated conversation, and only stopped to take a good look toward the northeastern horizon. Had the Mon gol brought some news which had made them throw off their" usual reserve and gravity? And I abandoned myself to my Imagination, foreseeing adventures, at tacks of bandits and so on, according to my dream. I was recalled to reality by the Rev. Nathaniel Morse, who said to me: "It is fixed for to-day; do not forget." That meant the marriage of Fulk Eph rlnell and Horatia Bluett. Really, I was not thinking of it. It is time for me to go and dress for the occasion. All I can do will be to change my shirt. It is enough that one of the husband's wit nesses should be presentable; the other, Caterna, will be sure to be magnificent It was at 9 o'clock that this marriage was to take place, announced by the bell of the tender, which was to sound full clang as if it were chapel belL With a little imagination we could believe we were in a village. But whither did this bell invite the witnesses and guests? Into the dining car, which had been conven iently arranged for the ceremony, as I bad taken good care. It was no longer a dining car; It was a hall car, if the expression is admissible The big table had been taken away and replaced by a small table which served as a desk. A few flowers bought at Tchertchen had been arranged in the corners of the car, which was large enough to hold nearly all who wished to be present and those who could not get inside could look on from the gangways. A quarter to nine. No one baa yet een the happy couple. Miss Bluett 1b in one of the toilet cabinets in the first ran, where she is probably preparing herself. Fulk Ephrinell is perhaps etruggling with his cravat and giving a last polish to his portable jewelry. I am not anxious. We shall see them as soon as the bell rings. I have but one regret, and that Is that Faruskiar and Ghnngir should be too busy to join us. Why do they continue to leok over the immense desert? Be fore their eyes there stretches not the cultivated steppe of the Lob-Xor region, but the Gobi, which is barren, desolate and gloomy. It may be asked why these people are keeping such an obstinate lookout. "If my presentiments do not deceive me," said Major Noltitz, "there is some reason for it." What does he mean? But the bell of the tender, the tender bell, begins its Joyous appeal. Nine o'clock; it is time to go into the dining car. The passengers move in a procession, the four witnesses first, then the guests from the end of the villuge I mean of the train; Chinese, Turkomans, Tartars, men and women, all curious to assist at the ceremony. The four Mongols remain on the lust gangway near the treasure, which the Chinese soldiers do not leave for an instant. We reach the dining car. The clergy man is seated at the little table, on which is the certificate of marriage he has prepared according to the customary form. He looks as though he was ac customed to tnis sort of thing, which is as much commercial as matrimonial. Here la Mr. Fulk Ephrinell, dressed this morning just as he was dressed yes terday, with a pencil behind the lobe of his left ear, for he has just been making out an account for his New York house. Here is Miss Horatia Bluett, as thin, as dry, as plain as ever, her dust-cloak over her, traveling gown, and lu place of Jewelry a noisy bunch of keys, which hunt's from her belt. The company politely rise as the bride and bridegroom enter. They "mark time," as Cnterna says. Then they ad vance toward the clergymun, who is standing with his hand resting on a Bible, open probably at the place where Isaac, the sou of Abraham, espouses Re becca, the daughter of Rachel. We might fancy we were in a chapel if we ouly had a harmonium. And the music is here! If it is not a harmonium, it is the next thing to It. An accordion makes itself heard In Catena's hands. Aa an ancient mariner he knows how to manipulate this instrument of torture, and here he Is awinglng out the andante from "Norma" with the most accordion esque expression. It seems to give great pleasure to the natives of Central Asia. Never have their ears been charmed by the anti quated melody that the pneumatic ap paratus was rendering so expressively. , But everything must end lu this world, even the andante from "Norma," and the Uer. Nathaniel Moras began to favor Correspondent j the young couple with the speech which had done duty many times before under similar circumstances. "The two souls that blend together flesh of my flesh Increase and multiply " In my opinion he had much better have got to work like a notary: "Before us there has been drawn up a deed of arrangement regarding Messrs. Ephrinell, lllnett ,t- I'n" 'My thought remained unfinished. There are shouts from the engine. The brakes are suddenly applied with a scream and a grind. Successive shocks accompany the stoppage of the train. Then, with a violent bump, the cars pull up In a cloud of sand.. Everything Is upset In the dining car, men, furniture, bride, bridegroom and witnesses. No one kept his equilibrium. It is an Indescribable pell-mell, with cries of terror and prolonged groans. But I hasten to point out that there was noth ing serious, for the stoppage was not all at once. "Quick:" said the major. "Out of the train!" CHATTER XXII. In a moment the passengers, more or less bruised and alarmed, were out on the track. Nothing but complaints and questions uttered in "three or four differ ent " languages, amid general bewilder ment Faruskiar. Ghangir and the four Mon gols were the first to jump off the cars. They are out on the line, kandijar in one hand, revolver in the other. No doubt an attack has been organised to pillage the train. The rails have been taken up for abojt hundred yards, and the engine, after bumping over the sleepers, has come to standstill In a sand hill. "What! The railroad not finished and they sold me a through ticket from Tirlis to I'ekin! And I came by this Transasiatic to save nine daya in my trip round the world!" shouted the voice of the Irascible baron. "The baron is mistaken," said Topof, the railway is completed, and If a hun dred yards of rails have been lifted here. it has been with some criminal inten tion." "To stop the train!" I exclaim. "And steal the treasure they are send- ng to lekin!" says Caterna. "Thre is no doubt of that," says Popof. "Be ready to repulse an attack." 'It is Ki-Tsang and his gang that we have to do with?" I ask. Ki-Tsang! The name spread among the passengers and caused inexpressible terror. The major said to me in a low voice. Why Ki-Tsang? Why not my lord Faruskiar?" 'lie the manager of the Transasi atic?" "If it Is true that the company had to take several of these robber chiefs into its confidence to assure the safety of the trains " "I will never believe that, major." "As you please, Monsieur Bombarnae. But assuredly Faruskiar knew that this pretended mortuary van contained mill ions." "Come, major, this is no time for jok ing." No, It was the time for defending, and defending one'a self courageously. The Chinese officer has placed his men around the treasure van. They are twenty in number, and the rest of the passengers, not counting the women, amount to thir ty. Popof distrimutes the weapons, which are carried in case of attack. Major Noltitz, Caterna, Pan Chao, Eph rinell, driver and stoker, passengers, Asi atic and European, all resolve to fight for the common safety. Oc the right of the line, about a hun dred yards away, stretches a deep, gloomy thicket, a sort of jungle, in which doubtless are hidden the robbers, await ing the signal to pounce upon us. Suddenly there is a burst of shouting, the thicket has given passage to the gang in ambush some sixty Mongols, nomads of the Gobi, if these rascals beat us, the train will be pillaged, the treasure of the Son of Heaven will be stolen, and, what concerns us more In timately, the passengers will be massa cred without mercy. And Faruskiar, whom Major Noltitz so unjustly suspected? I look at him. His face is no longer the same; his fine features have become pale, his height has increased, there is lightning iu his eyes. The bandits fire a volley, nnd begin brandishing their arms and shouting. Faruskiar, pistol in one hand, kandijar in the other, has rushed on to them, his eyes gleaming, his lips covered with a light foam. Ghangir is at his side, fol lowed by four Mongols whom he Is ex citing by word and gesture. Major Noltitz nnd I throw ourselves into the midst of our assailants. Ca terna is in front of us, his mouth open, his white teeth ready to oite, his eyes blinking, his revolver flourishing about. The actor has given place to the old sail or who has reappeared for the occasion. "These beggars want to board us. said he. "Forward, forward, for the honor of the flag! To port, there, fire! To starboard, there, fire! All together, fire!" And it was with no property daggers be was armed, nor dummy pistols loaded with inoffensive powder. No! A revolver in each hand, he was bounding along, fir ing right and left, and everywhere. Pan Chao also exposed himself brave ly, a smile on his lips, gallantly leading on the other Chinese passengers. I'opof and the railway men did their duty bravely. Sir Francis Trevellyan, of Irevellyan Hall, took matters very coolly, but Ephrinell abandoned himself to true Yankee tury, being no less irri tated at the Interruption to his marriage than as to the danger run by his forty two packages of artificial teeth. I aruskiar, my hero I cannot call him anything else displays extraordinary In trepidity, bearing himself the boldest in the struggle, and when he bad exhausted his revolver, using his kandijur like a man who had often faced death and nev er feared it. Already there were a few wounded on both sides, perhaps a few dead among the pusseugera, who lay oix the Hue, I A I mn anratnh I hav har.llv itntlc.!. That ItsaV. Nb f hn tilatt f.taj .l.tita naf thlitW that his sacred character compel him to cross his arms, nnd. from the way h works, one would not Imagine that It waa the first time he has handled fire arm, t aterna ha his hat shot through. He utter something about thunder and port hole, and then, taking a most de liberate aim, shoot stone dead the rutllnn who has taken auch a liberty with his best headgear. For ten minutes or so the battle con tinues with most alarming alternation. The number of wounded on both side In crease, and the Issue I still doubtful. Faruskiar and Cihaugir and the Mongols have been driven back toward the pre cious van, which the Chinese guard have not left for an Instant. But two or three of them have been mortally wound ed, and their officer has just been killed by a bullet In the head. And my hero docs all that the most ardent courage can do for the defense of the treasure of the Son of Heaven. I am getting uneasy at the prolonga tion of the combat. It will continue evidently a long a the chief of the band a tall man with a black beard urge on his accomplice to the attack on the train. Up till now he has escaped unhurt, and. In spite of all we can do, he is gaining ground. Shall wo be obliged to take refuge In the van, a behind the walls of a fortress, to Intrench our selves, to fight until the last hn suc cumbed? And that will not be long. If we cannot stop the retrograde movement which Is beginning on our side. To the report of the gun there are now added the eric of the women, who in their terror are running about the gangways, although Miss Bluett and Madame Caterna are trying to keep them Insdde the cars, A few bullets have gone through the panels, and I am wondering it any of them have hit Klnko. Major Noltlta come near me and says, "This is not going well." "No. It is not going well," I reply, "and I am afraid the ammunition will give out. We must settle their commander-In-chief. Come, major " But what we are about to do waa done by another at that very Instant. This other was Faruskiar. Bursting through the ranks of the assailants, he cleared them off thp line. In spite of tha blows they aimed at him. He is in front of the bandit chief, he raises hla arms, he stabs him full In the chest. Intsantly the thieves beat a retreat. without even carrying off their dead and wounded. Sotue run across the plain. some disappear in the thickets. Why pursue them now that the battle has ended in our favor? And I must say that without the admirable valor of t aruskiar I do not expect any of ua would have lived to tell the story. But the chief of the bandits Is not dead, although the blood flows abundant ly from his chest. He has fallen with one knee on the ground, one band up, with the other he is supporting himself. Faruskiar stands over him, towering above him. Suddenly he rise In a last effort his arm threatens his adversary, he looks at him. A last thrust of the kandijar is driven Into his heart Faru skiar returns, and in Russian, with per fect calmness, remarks: Ki-Tsang is dead! So perish all who bear weapons against the Son of Hear (To b continued.) A 8ANTA FE HOTEL. Las Vegas Man Bnggeats Unique and Attractive lloatclrjr. Apropos of a short article from tho Kansas City Star which appeared In the Optic last Saturday, referring to the proposition to mark? the old Santa Fe trail, an enterprising citizen sug gests to the Optic a project that haa attractive features. The gentleman touched upon tha proposition to establish a three-story hotel of native brown atone In Las Vegas, and said: "Why should not the hotel be called the 'Santa Fe Trail, and the company be Incorporated as 'The Santa Fe Trail Hotel Company?' "I would suggest a big dining-room of 220 feet linear measurement and hnve portrayed on Its walls the entire Santa Fe trail from Westport on the Missouri River to ancient Santa Fe, with a sketch of the modern scenic route In addition. On the walls of the reception-rooms and dining-room could le hung canvases representing the old prairie schooners, stage coaches, cara vans, United States cavalry squads, the roaming buffalo and antelope and deer, the 'noble redmnn' as he then was, and pictures of Colonel Donlplian, 'Kit' Car son, F. O. Kihlberg. Colonel Bruns wick, William Kroenlg and other he roes of the picturesque way. Memor able scenes along the way could be de pleted, and such places as Olathe, Kan., Council Grove, Bent's Fort, the Uatou Mountains, Red River Station, Fort Union, Fort Craig, Las Vegas, Pigeon Roost, Santa Fe, all as they were In the brave old days. "I tell you that the names and scenes and places which made famous the Santa Fe trail should be perpetua ted. In what better way could the end be gained than according to the plan I have suggested. And, then, would not the name and fame of such a picturesque hostelry bring thousands of visitors? Would any tourist ever pass through this region without stop ping to learn at a glance an imiortaut chapter of the history of this na tion? "I would further suggest that such a hotel have 00 rooms; that 45 of the rooms bear the names of the States of the Union, and be decorated In typi cal symbolism; that the 5 territories each be given a room, and that the for eign possessions be allowed a place. I propose my suggestions to the peoplo of. Los Yega.i !n the form of a resolu tion. Let ns have the amendments of fered promptly and begin work. I might add that such a hotel as I have proposed of native brown stone has beeu estimated to cost $80,000." La Vegas Optic. The recent census In Bengal reveals the fact that there are 4, (XX) baby girls lu that province alone who have beeu married, and of this number COO, all less than a year old. are widows. I m ' 1 I t I JjffP'QR -f. j JT7V-!j. i jV'f ' 'j , Orchid Worth .VM. Cyprli ted I ii in Fn I r r lea n n in The I one of the rnrest orchid lu the world It iviii Introduced liito England aoino fifty years ago, nnd nt one Mine wn comparatively well known, but sub seqnently it died out nnd I now to all Intent and purpose a thing of the past. One tiny scrap I still known to exist In England, ns well n four equally small pieces In Purls, but a flowering plant nil specimens of tha orchid have disappeared, nllke In the collections of Europe ami In tho Bo tanic Garden of Calcutta, whore also they once flowered. For some years a a f.VxX) onniiD. tiny of orchid growers In St. Albans, England, has had a standing offer of a reward of f l,o0 for a healthy sped men of the orchid, and ns the plant originally came from tho almost lnne ceaslble wilds of Bhutan, among the lofty Himalayas, these regions have for many years been searched by nd venturous spirit anxious to gain tho reward. It Is now announced that the search has been successful, and the lucky finder, when he lands his plants in England In good condition, will re ceive the prize of 1.000, For Ilea and Chicks. While there are several forma of coops for the old hen and ber chicks. says the Indianapolis News, the one built on the well-known lines, a full span, is generally considered the most desirable, although there are several ways of Improving this old affair. One of the main troubles with the old coop Is that It was not always dry, a se rious defect when one considers how harmful dampness Is to young chicks. This may be prevented as well as pre venting the warping of the board If the two strips placed across the top are lapped, as shown at Fig. C In the illustration. Then ventilation may be supplied by placing a number of small hmen In the peak of the roof nt the back and in front, covering a similar place with fine wire netting, doubled as shown in the illustration and at the point B. This wire will keep out ver mln as well. The lower part of the coop Is so arranged that a small door may be readily opened when It Is noc essary to let the old hen out, nnd yet she cannot get It loose herself; the slats are placed far enough apart so that the chicks can go In nnd out at CHEAP CHICK KN COOP. will nnd they should be placed wide opart so that no change will need to be made as the chicks grow. A little more lumber and brains put In the making of coops for chickens would make the old hen more comfortable nnd prevent many of the chickens from dying of roup. Feeding Hllage to Cow. Many cows will like silage the first time they taste it; a few will mince at It for a few feeds, but for a few feeds only. It Is best not to feed too beavily to a cow Just learning to eat it. I have had cows eat greedily of It the first few feeds and then become turned against It, but a little bit in their trough for a few feeds and they are all right again. For a cow, though, which is used to It, nothing under eighteen or twenty pounds to a feed will gorge her. Cor. Farmers' Guide. The Tolled Jersey. Polled Jerseys are simply Jerseys without horns. They have tho same characteristics and practically the same blood as the horned Jerseys. The desirable feature about them is that they are hornless, writes W. II. Forbes, of Ohio, In American Agriculturist A majority of those exhibited by ua at the Ohio and New York State fairs last season were by a Polled Jersey Ire, but out of horned A J O 0 cows. A Urge majority of the calve from .iV - "d j such a cms are without horn. When the calf doe have horn (he result of the second cross I almost sure to be n Polled nnlnial. The American Polled Jersey Cattle Company ha provided n supplementary herd book for register ing these animals, If females, as foun dation stock, the produce of which I eligible to record In the American Polled Jersey herd book. Keep n Htircp Dog. Every farmer who ha a flock of flf- tv or nmro slioon mit. ),f t, it mm it infill n.. u ii. n r.i nrica'it the bottom of tho box. Chicago In tho first place,, nnd will ram hi cost every year In saving sheep nnd lambs and lu doing the work of n man. Their Intelligence Is almost human and they will take sole care of n flock of sheep, spending every day nnd night with them If alio wt I to do so. It Is better, however, to put the sheep In nn mciosuro nt nigiit, nnd relieve tno uo from the cure of watching them. " tho morning he may be sent out with uiem, mm no win nerd tnem on nny field of land or keep them within nny bound Indicated. Tho fidelity of the shepherd dog I remarkable. In Colorado one night last w inter a herder brought hi flock mid hurried to Ms cabin to cook him self some supper, for he was more than usually hungry. But he missed the dog, which usually followed him to the cabin of nu evening to hnve her sup per. Tho herder thought It rntnei strange, but made no search for the dog that night. Hut when ho went down to the corrals the next morning he found the gate open nnd tho faith ful dog standing guard over the flocks. Tho herder In hi hnste the night be- fore had forgotten to close tho gato.i and the dog, more faithful than her master, Had remained at Her post an night, though suffering from hunger nnd thirst. On another occasion this same dog was left to watch a flock of sheep near tha herilttr'a null!.. u'IiHa tlm heritor got his supper. After he had eaten his supper ho went out to where the sheep were and told the dog to put the sheep In the eorrnl. This she re fused to do, and, although she had no supper, she started off over the prairie ns fast ns she could go. The herder put the sheep In t!io eorrsl and went to bed. Alwiut midnight ho win awakened by the loud bark 'tig of a dot down by the corral. He got "P.; dressed himself and went down to the! corral, nnd there found the dog with a band of fifty sheep which bad strayed off the previous day without the herder's knowledge; but-the poor dog knew It, and also knew that they ought to be cor ra led, nnd she did It. A well-bred shepherd dog the Scotch collie, If bred from working stock. Is the bent will cost from $23 to $50, but they are worth It any time. Htock-Proof Open Gate. The drawing will glvo you an Idea how much time and worry enn be saved If you have rattle or horse In the pasture and through which many walkers pass dally. It take only one extra panel of fence. Simply place a panel (C) ono nnd one-half feet pnst first post In panel I) and panel E tlx same distance, but letting C bo nn on aide, while E Is on the other, nnd at the same time leave room enough through which one person may pnst with ease. As panel I tits !n between C and E, It becomes Impossible for n horse or cow to pnss. A shows the en trance nnd It the outlet. The main reason why I say It 1 better than a gate nro ns follows: 1. It Is nlwnyi open to people nnd Is shut to hornet and cows. 2. If you had n gate In Iti place It would so often be left open by careless, Indifferent, thoughtlesi people. 8. It Is much easier to make or keep In good shape than a gate. Some may say that there Is no need of either, but If you did not have some handy opening through which walkers could easily pass they would climb over your fence and then you would soon have two or three planks off, nnd probably broken. Farm Jour nal. Poultry 1U king". It I not always tho fat hen that bo- comes broody. Tho scratching hen gives her chlcki much exercise. Nowhere do souls sour quicker than In an Ice box church. Pullets hatched now will come In for late summer layers. Give the whole wheat to tho ben and oft feed to the chicks. Drive the young under shelter dur ing sudden showers of rain. Try a. camphor ball for lice. Plnca one In each nest as you set the hen. Whole com, grit nnd fresh water are the best fare for the sitting hen. The fact that the hen Is laying Is no sign that she wants to leave her young. Keep food constantly before tho sit ting hen so sho can help herself at will. Thirteen eggs in early spring and fif teen during late spring and summer are large enough sittings. The best friend is not the one who gives us most cold cash, but the one who Imparts most warm cheer. Covered run are a protection from hawks, cats or dogs. They should be moved to fresh plots of grass each week. Whitewash the interior of your coops and sprinkle carbolated lime on the floor. This disinfection drives away lice. BTOOK-I'lioor OATK. If Bontnnlst Buibnnk wishes to con fer n real boon on humanity he should let u work let to work to Improve the strawberry it tin News. It Is (Mating Undo Sam a big round of ducats for rural free delivery. In return, ho Is entitled to the very beat highways local effort can glvo hlni. Burlington Hnwkeye. It would bo Interesting If the men of tha nation could go Into executive gon nnt, flm, , ,loW ,nnny of I0I1 'awretly agree with Mr. Cleveland In ,,,.,.,.,,,,, ,f women's clubs. Wash- lugton Post. Mexico la extending a hearty wel come to Mormon nnd lowletltes, and tho United States will glvo tlim an enthusiastic scndolT If they will only inlgrnte there eu masse. Snn Fran cisco Chronicle. Wisconsin has driven out the ciga rette, and now propose to tax the bachelor. There I nothing left for the bachelor but to come to Oregon, where he enn smoke himself to death. Portland Oregonlnn. The Osage Indian might, If they possessed the enterprise, successfully uck tho Standard Oil Company. They have the money, tho oil. tho gas, the ffl(.iitiP, nd tho markets. Oklahoma TImea-Jouriinl. The sale of Captain Kldd's house In New York tho other day attracted no attention. When It comes to gen uine piracy there are thousands of New Yorkers who have him beaten to j death Wllmlng ton Journal. ,)ut' " time a man stopped tak , Ing a very good newspaper because th paper printed something he didn't like. The paper survived, but In the course of time the man went the way of all flesh and was forgotten. Augusta i Chronicle. Missouri tins a new game law that will prevent the Indies from trimming their hat with the plumage of birds. The legislators who inensure may ns well voted for this savo useless ex pense and decline re-election. Pitta burg Gazette. Igorrotes are again advertising im positions by a reported dog feast in Oregon. At all events It can be said for the guileless and shirtless savages that their style of life makes them In dependent of the dresed-leef combi nation. Pittsburg Dispatch. A Chicago woman shot nnd killed her husband to keep him at home. And yet, unless she took the precau tion to provide herself with a cold, storage plant, her plans may slightly Interfere with the rules of the Chicago Health Department. Augusta Chron icle. Heretofore "Elijah III" Dowle has been able to satisfy bis followers by giving them a "revelation" wheuevei they became Importunate, jjut now aome of the heaviest Investors among them are calling for a statement of ao counts instead of a revelation. Savan nah News. Mr. Hoch announces that he will die like a Christian, a statement which suggests the reflection that If Mr. Hoch had lived like a Christian he could Htlll have died like one, though the date of his demise might -live been postponed considerably. Chicago Chronicle. August W. Mnchen, already In prl son, has been sentenced to nu addi tional term under another indictment Doubtless ho deserves all he Is getting but Is ho to shoulder the punish ment for tho whole crew of scoundrels concerned In tho postofllce department frauds? Buffalo Courier. Rev. Anna Shaw declare that wo men will never get the ballot until they adopt tho slogan, "No ballots, no babies!" It Is tho fool suffragists of this typo that have delayed the grant ing of woman Hiiflrage ho long. What do you think of tho Itev. Anna and her slogan, nnywny? Topcka Herald. It Is reiHirted that thero Is a wide spread and growing desire among the young men of this country to rush away to Panama for tho purpose of helping to dig the canal. We regard it as our duty to publicly announce that tho walking on tho way back from Panama Is very poor In some place. Pino Bluff (Ark.) Press-Eagle. Fitzhugh Leo had the haughty bear ing of the Old Dominion aristocrats, but under that exterior of conscious pride beat tho heart of one of God'a noblemen. When the war broke out he cast his fortunes with hla nntlva State. When it was over, ho gulped down the bitterness and humiliation Ilko a true soldier and sworo allegiance to the flag of our common country. Now ho has gone to his eternal rest, with this tho Judgment of his fellow men that there throbbed within the bosom of Fitzhugh Leo tho heart of a patriot nnd n truo man. Nebraska State Journal. Grover Cleveland pronounces the women's clubs to bo tho enemies of civilization,, the destroyers of domes tic tranquillity nnd tho foo of orderly government. Evidently Mr. Cleveland has mislaid his copy of dishing'. Man ual. St. Irfiuls Globe-Democrat. Several neurological authorities have contended that mental troubles are due principally to "wine, women nnd wor ry." It Is strange, though, that hnzard oup speculation never hurts tho mind of reckless trustees of money till the re caught. St Louis Remihlio.