Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 8, 1891, Page 14

TH! He FUTURE May Make n Barrel of Money Lecturing OF INGALLS. A DESCRIPTION OF HIS SUCCESSOR. Benator Spooner's Ambitious — Gen= eral Vi and his Political History -- Don Cameron and Draw Poker {Copyriuhit, 1891, by Frank G. Carventer.) Wastixaros, Feb, 6—|Special Co spondence of ‘L Bre. |—The future of Sen- ator Ingalls s one of the most interesting subjects of gossip in Washington. A friend of his told me last night that he would make $100,000 & year, and when 1 asked how, he mentioned a number of contracts whicn had been offercd the senator which snowed me he was not far wrong. ‘Senator Ingalls,” said he, “could make £10,000 ayear by his pen. Hehas a most versatile mind and he gets applications every day from editors of magazines asking for contributions. Some of these letters enclose checks with the amount left blank and with arequest that be fix his own price and fill in the check in payment for tk cle if he will only write It. He has a standing offer of 5 conts a word for anything he will write for syndicate newspaper publication, and a number of lec- ture managers of the country after him. It is said that George Kennan makes §30,00 # year by thiking on Siberia. Ingalls would draw everywhere on any subject, and he could make at least double this amount dur- Ing 0 season’s lecturing. Hois a splendid lawyer and is not abad business man. The manuscript of his novel was burned up in the fire which consumed his dwelling and bis library o vear orso ago, and it may bo that he will take this upand rewrite it. 1t was a splendid story and would unaoubtedly have paid well. Senator Tngalls would draw better as alecturer than any other man inthe country. He has made few general cam- paign speechios and he has never carted lim- seif around from state to state as o prize show politician during vresidential cam- paigns. He would be a new attraction and his lectures would be such that he could work the samo towns over and over again,” SENATOR INGALL'S SUCCESSOR promises to be quite as picturesque a charac- ter as faras his personal appearance is con- cerned as Ingalls himself, Heis six feet tall, cighteen inches across the shoulders and he has a beard alout two feet long. His hair grows down on bis forehead, soI am told, to W thin one ineh from nis eyebrowsand he has o lean, lank frame which makes you think of a skeleton in clothes. His head is s queer i shape as that of Ingalls, and In- galls' head is the most curiously shaped one I have ever seen. 1L is narrow atthe frontand 1o at the back. The hair comes low onthe tiead, It is cut short and is of a rich iron ay. Ingalls, lowever, is upon the whole a finer looking man and he has a distingue air ich is not the case with Judge Peffer who ks more like a hoosieror a broken-dow preacher, and who was, T am told, getting & B week s an editorial writer at the time of his clection, He will bring a lot of new isms to the senate and will, T venture, be surprised ut the small ir sion he maies. SENATOR SPOONER'S AMBITIONS, 1 saw Senator John C. Spooner on the street this afternoon. He very much regrets the political necessities which prevent his return and ho has a_lingering hope that he will get back heve at the next senatorial election. He has been saving some money within tho' past fow years and is worth enough to keep him provided he lives plainly. He can make twenty thoa- sand dollars a year at the law, and {was told the other day that he was offered this amount if he would takea position with a certan railway, which has its headquarters at Chicago. He refused on the ground s that he did not want to leave Wisconsin, and 1f certain_business interestsin which he is in- terested with other senators, donot turn out well, he will probably be found practicing law in Milwaukee. He will uever be happy until he gets back into public life. He has had a taste of notoriety and of the toadyism which surrounds the great man here, and he will pine for it until he gets a full meal of it again. He is a man of ability, and he niay succeed in his ambitions. A MAN OF REMARKABLE ABILITY. Senator Spooner hus no mean competitor, however, in - ex-Postmastar Vilas, who has been elected for the next six years to take his place. Viias is as cold as a wedge in December, and he isas sharp as the tuck which sits with point upwards incognitoon your bedroom floor after house-cleaning. - He has had the education in party management, and the manipulationof political wires, which €0 with tho great postofiiee department, and the defeat which he received with Cleveland at the last presidentiai election, has prova- bly reduced the swelling which his enemies charged was going on inside of his cranium, through the prominent position which he held here. When Vilas first came to Wash- ington, ke had what is called a big head. He thought that because he wasa member of the cabinet, he had lodgings amoug the clouds, but he soon learned that the only wiy to succeed was by diplomacy, and by the timehe left, he was as suave and polite as an office-secker, He ls a man of remarkable ubility and he can moke an eloquent speech upon oceasion. He has a wounderful anaiytical mind, and he und stands how to get the meat out of a subject and how to serve it up in such a manner s will suit the palates and understandings of thoso he is talking to. Hels about s good a lawyer as John Spooner, and he is fully as well educated aman. He has a library of about five thousand volumes, and he réads Virgil in the original for amusement. He understands the French and the German, and his favorite novelists are George Eliot and Charles Dickens. Senutor Vilas is well- to-donow. Hewas making about 20,000 a ear when he was chosen to_take a place in leveland's cabinet, and he has the money- making sense inberited from his Yankee an- cestors and developed by the utmosphere of the pushing northwest, = He made a big hit during the time ho was here at Washington, n the Gogebic iron region along Lake Su’ perior. Ho had bought some lands here years ago, before the mines were discovered, on account of the timber, interdiug to keep them for his children.' The mines made them immensely valuable, and just how much he is worth, bimself only knows When Cleveland was making his last cam- puign, Vilas bad no 1dea but that he would be re-elected, and he confidently expected to be continued us secretary of the interior. His confidence in this matter was so great thathe rented a magnificent house on Six teenth street in Washington and took a fou years' lease on it, only to find at the time the lease was sigued that Cleveland was de- feated and that he was out of a Job. As to what he did with the house, I don't knowr It remained idle fora time, and it is now oe- cupied by oze of the South American lega. tion, but whether they rent it of Vilus of whether he comprised the matter aud threw up his lease, I um unable to say. Seaking of Vilus as aprospective sena- torial orator, he made his first national repu- tation of a speechmaker, when he delivered his famous oration on Grant to the army of the Tennessee, und he agaiu came to the front as the president of the convention which nominated Cleveland. He was looked upon as an austere man when he first came to Washington, but he developed social traits later on, and became quite a story teller. I remember an anecdote concernin i his first speech after he left school, as he told it one day after a cabinet meeting at the white house, and as Colonel Dan Lamont re- peated itto me. Saia Mr. Vilas: *Itwas on the occasion of a new railroad coming coming into the town, aud for some reason or other [ was chosen as the orator of the day. I got through, and was highly compli- mented by & backwoodsman of my aequain- tance who ran to me as I came down from the platform, aud Kullhm a_strong T on the end of the French words ho used, said: ‘I want to shake your hand, Billie; I'vo hocred yer debut, and ye've como out with a big eclat! " And conciuded Mr. Vilas, “1 don’t believe 1 will ever get a greater compliment than that, DON CAMERON AND DEAW POKER, The absurd stories that gain currency and are even believed by many people in Wash- ington, are decid interesting. Every OMAHA DAILY BEE: Sl L of apubli underhanded feeling. 1 only lust night, of Don Camer forco bill, was b with Senator Aldrich over a little game of draw poker, and that such games were the cause of much internecine warfare in tho No one would imagine that so exem- plary o clinracter as Aldrich had anything to 4o with a game of cards, and there 18 no doubt that Sen Cameron, however unfair he may play ame of politics with tis constituents, would not do otherwise than play fairat'cards with « yankee from Rhode Istan As to Senator attributed to some personal piquo or solemmiy ‘asterted that tho seery oing against the had trouble man motive heard 1t, meron's siiver speculn. tion and his agent, Hon. David Littler, 1 had u_queer convorsation with this man in New York about the time he was in the thick of it. 1 could not understand his actions then, but they are_more apparent now. Mr. Lit tler is a big beefy man with a red face, iron geay hairand beard, and a general bullying air about him. He was sitting in the lobby of the Filth Avenue hotel where 1 was stop- pingwhen I saw him, and went up to him and calling him by name bade him “good ot He looked at me as though 1 was @ bunco stecrer, and upon my telling him that I had met him' at Denver, when e was on the Pacific railroad commission, he gave mo his hand andt asked me what [ was doing, 1 replicd that 1 was corresponding for the newspapers and that I was doing some work for the New York World, As I said this he drew back suddenly and said: I don't like to talk to newspapér men,” o don’te' 1 replied, “anl why don’t you! What have you been doig that you are afraid to talk to newspaper men " *Oh, nothing. suid he, somewhat nantly, and then ehanging his tactics an evident attempt to be friendly went on to ask him a number of questions, not with any idea of getting anything for publication, for 1 (id" not believe he had anything ' in him worth punlish ing, but merely s _n pastime. 1 asked what ho was doing, ahd upon his_tell- ing me that he was practicing law at Wash- ington, 1 innocently asied whother he was making any money at the law, and as to what kind of law h practicing, He evidently thought 1 was probing to close to silver and he said : “Now I dou’t want to be interviewed, and what do your people care whether I amn making any mooey or not{" “well, judee,” 1 replied, thoroughly di sted with the man's egotism, I hud no idea of using your remarks and I can em- phaticaily tell you that in my judgment the ders of the newspapers don't care a cent bout you or what you do. Good day.” Littier's Inw practice seems to b of ascore of other broken down politicians whohang about Washington. They get a taste of public life und imagine themselves to be great men, until the tidal waveof public opionion turns them down, and they walke t0 find themselves nonentities and their bare feet on the pavement. ‘They have not sense enough to go bick home and try again, but they hang about the capitol looking for crumbs from the political tables, and ready to doanything or go into anything, which promises to keep them alive. The lobby and the iaw are in Washington to & great extent synouomous terms, and 1 know of men who are really great lawyers who find plenty to do in the prosenting of a caso to a committee of congress, an_ex-senator has a pull that the ordinary lawyer could not haye, und it is said that Roscoe Conkling at one time got a £0,000 fee for argning a_case for the Appollonaris water company before the secretary of the treasury. He often came hero to Washing- ton to practice before the departments, and he could command his own terms. SOME HONEST MEN IN WASHINGTON, ple, however, have the idea that money will do anything in Wash- ington. Thercnever was a greater mistakes The majority of the congressmen, and the ma- jority of the government clerks honest. I passed a man on thestreet today wqo is now working for the government at $1,40 a_year who I know, refused a bribe of 30,000 to say just one word a few years ago. Ho was at that time the confidential clerk of Mr. Jeuks, the assistant_secretary of the interior. The Bell telephone cases has been before the department, and haa been decided but the decision had not yet_been given to the public. They were locked up in this young man’s desis, and the assistant sec tary had gone home leaving him in charge No one outside ot the department knew that the cases were decided. He was sitting at his desk when two well dressed looking men entered, and after waiting a moment came up to the desk andasked him if the assistant secretury was in. Ho replicd that Mr. Jenks had left the city and asked the men to be seated. They then engaged in general conversation, and upon learning that he had lived in Minnesota claimed to have come from that stat After a few words about the nortnwest, one of them broached the subject of stocks, and very adroitly referred to the Bell telephone case and said that a man could make a pile of money if he knew how it was going to be decided. “How 501" said the other. The first man ex- plained how the settlement of the case would affect the stock markets, and then asked the clerk if the case had been settled. He veplied that it had, and tnat it was that moment locked up in his desk in the room in which they weresitting. He had no suspicion at this time what the men were after, and he was [rightened when the man sitting nearest him leaved over, and pulling _open his coat showed him_an'envelope stuffed with thou- sand-dollar bills and said: I want to know whether that decision is in favor of the Bell company or not, and I have just 0,000 here to pay for the information, 1 ouly want you to say “yes” or “no,” and the monev is yours. “The clerk thought & moment and then said : “Wait a mnute and 'l tell you! “He then went into see Secretary Lamar, but could not find him, He passed on into Assistaut Secre- tary Muldrow’s office, and told him there werea couple of men in there who had_tried to bribe him. Muldrow rushed in with him to cateh the men, but they had jumped out of the window and got aw: They had first tried the door, but he had told the messenger to keep this door locked until he came back, and they had risked the breaking of theirlegs by the window. The clerk was highly com- plimented by Lamar for his action,and he de- served it. inflig mado 1 then the fate SHADY IAW PRACTIC Speaking of shady law practice in Wash- gton, and how broken down statesmen en- gago in it, recalls a remark of the Jawe Secre- tary Windom in regard to his action in keep- ing away from the capital when he was not in public life. Said he, just before ho took his place in President Harrison's cabinet: *1 used to see 80 many iex-senators hanging around the chamber interested in some job, that I resolved never to be found in their company. A man of honor can never afford to run suspicious risks.” There was no man at the capital more careful of his reputation than Secretary Windom, and thero are few who have had such an extended public career without being charged, justly or un- justly, with favoritism and fraud in some direction or other. INCREASE IN SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS, Ex-Senator Chency of New Hampshive, one of the richest manufacturers iu that statoand the president of one of its savings banks, tells me that these banks are increas ing very rapidly, and that the inerease in the amount of thelr depositing during 15%0 was £5,000,000 over that of the vear before. ““Phese savings of the people,” ‘suid Senator Cheney, “have doubled during the p twelve years and there are now about $60,- 000,000 deposited in the savings bauks of the state, Most of the banks are mutual affairs and they pay interest on deposits of 4 per centand upward.” T asked as to New Hampshire's abandoned farms, and Scnator Cheney replied: “The best of these deserted farms lave been bought up during the past year. New Hamp- shire is becoming a great summer residence state, and we have an income of from 5,000,000 to §7,000,000 a year from our sum- mer boarders, The summer season is quite s important to us in a money-making way as itis to the seaside resorts, and it will not be long until the whole state is filled with the country homes of city -people. FRraxk G, CARPENTER. i Worthy Her Consideration. New York Herald, In the years that lie behind you You might scorn the simplest laws, Arguments of any kind you Might dismiss with just “Because.” But when higher cducation Makes you equal with the men And you seek such elevation Holv about your reasons then | A Good Rule, 1 begged a kiss—sho bowed her head - 1thought it rave assent, But “No, of course not, sir,” she said, Aud I wondered what she meant, 1 asked; & deep biush ayed her cheek. 1u tones as sweet as the birds She answered me, “Why, actions speak At all times louder than words.” THE NEBRASKA FUGITIV A Story of the Present Indian Upris. ing. DY 8. 0. V. GRISWOLD, CHAPTEB X THE BELEAGUERED RANCI, Plerre Baptiste gazed in horror upon the frightful spectacle presented to hum, He saw the gleaming eyes of the big Sioux bulgin g from their sockets, and his painted visagoe hideously distorted. He saw tho ill-fated warrior wildly throw up his long, naked arms and the daagerous tomahawk fall from his nerveless grasp, then after a few momouts of vain strugeling, the dark form of the suf fering savage strmghtened out rigidly, his tufted heaa fell limp and dangling, while his loug, black trasses stroameld loossly i the wind, and his hands, in a lastawful despera tion, clutehed the uumerciful shaft upon which he was impaled. It was a horrivle fate to abandon a human ereature to, but under the circumstances the government. scout found little diMculty in reconciling himself to the ovent as it stood ccomplishied, us he had recognized the poor with'a most_demoniac fiend, richly ing such an awful doom. He was one of the most murderous of the horde which had annihilated Custer and his brave com- mand —in fact, Big Crow was always a war- rior held in mortal dread by the eatlier ranch nien—a very scourge of the northwest frou- tier. As far back as the Miunesota massacre he bad ruthlessly butchered many defenc less women and children and committed mon- strosities too revolting for the pen of the historian to perpetuate. o did not dare to linger in horrid fas- m over the fearful sight, but turned an swittly on toward the mansion, where Bob, Jr., ‘was anxiously awaiting his arrival, and as he swung open the heavy door the form of the exhausted scout glided within, “Thank heaven, you are safe, ejaculated Mr. Barrett in a tremor of jo grasping Baptiste's hand, and shaking it warmly, as if they had been separated for months, “Yas, I'm safe fur the,Stime, gov'nor we're allin an ugly box and ' no mistake. Look well to your Winchesters, both of you, and don't leave the windows,"” authoritively replied the scout, pumping a cavtridie into his ti'\ln. and takivg his place at the nearest win- doy Standing there in perfect quietude, Pierro Baptiste realized by the violent pulsations which shook bis frame, how desperate had been the exertions he had been called upon to put forth, All at once the still evening air was reut by a chorous of as barbaric yells us a gang of Piorre,’ but 'NDAY i FEBRUARY t rancorons A and huried theid’ bullets ineffectually, core, against tha mansjon's stout walls But no soomer had these futile demonstra- tions been made thuy a sivgle short,authora- tive whoop was gy om some invisible throat, when every scowling visage vanished a8 if by some nedromantic agency and the sflenco of the tomb foll the scenc. The scout, realizing how complete had been the repulse of their assailants, indulged ina hearty laugh that scemed to shake his huge frame. Then hie turned andattempted to assure our friends, who were bowed down with the most ' jnsufferable thoughts of the beloved mother, sister, sweetheart and = friend, whoso fate was so uncertain, by the confident declaras tign that the Sioux “had received such a re- ception as would cause them t gy eliberate a long time before they ventured 10 repeat the experiment, and that during darkness they might effect their esc the mansion,” Yot the wary amoment deceived nimsell. He was well enough acquainted with the Sioux mode of warfare 1o know that their future movements would be governed by the utmost stealth and cunning, and not for a single moment must he relax his vigilan While, therefore, he sustainéd an outward semblance of calmness, he never felt for a moment but what their situation was yet critical indeed, Every faculty was therefore kept alive and on the alert for rencived action, and notwith- standing there was something like reviving confidence in the scout’s manner, our friends earnestly prayed that a few short hours would find thém on the trail of their loved ones, “It can be depended on,™ finally observed Baptiste, “that the skulking devils will at- tempt nothin’ further until after night fall, and at the very first opportunity we must vamose the ranch—we can't hold out long against them in here -they'll burn us out and shoot us down when we attempt to leave Then an hour of utter silence followed The old ranchman was then upon the very verge of making some suggestion, when he was abruptly checked by an admonitory wave of the hiand from the scout, who had as- sumed an- attitude of intense attention. Another moment of breathless silence drazged by, when Baptiste partly turned his l'_n'ml.luml in a suppressed tone addressed our viends, pe from scout never for men, 'm a jay from Council Bluffs if there 1sn't a big dirty Sioux nestlin’ at the top of that big cottonwood out there, plump in frout of the door. He is prob- on his first warpath fur he hasn't used the discretion of a school boy. Sce, his red knees are both in full view at the sides o' that biglimb he's lyin' behind. I remember when John Petty and I used to practice down on the bottoms we wouldn't haveasked a big- ger target than that. Now, Bob, you and the old man look sharp and we'll see what sort of an influence an ounce of lead'll have on him. It's a drink all round that I erack his kuee frustrated savages could give vent to, and the scout at once conciuded that the entire band that had evidently been lurkiug in the neighborhood had assembled at the spot where the appalling sight of Big Crow’s impaled body met their horritied gaze. The prostrate cottonwood, with that ghastly object stuck upon one of its spear- like shags, was in pretty plam view of those within the mansion, and as the dark shadows gathered around the fateful spot, our friends counted no less than a score_of stalwart bucks. - As they were engaged in lowering the gory remains of Big Crow, their numbers might have been considerably dimmished by a well directed volley. However, ia addition to being influenced by a kind of superstitious dread, impelling the scout to refrain from disturbing their attentions to the corpse of their comrade, slain in so awful a manner, he was fully sensible that such a procedure would be anything but expedicnt. He knew teo well the inestimable value of the short inactivity that would be vouchsafed them—he was too thoroughly practiced in the devilish natures of the Sioux to provoke them to an assault while he yot panted for breath, He consequently remained undem- onstrative, watching, thoigh, with unrelaxed attentiveness their every move, and thus rap- idly regainiug his breath and strength. e blood-covered body of the dead war- rior was borne back into the depths of the grove, and as soon us this was done the en- tire gang again assembled near the fallen cot- tonwood, yet back considerable further, ren- dering it more difficult for our friends fo get in an effective shot. They resembled a pack of hounds brought to a full stop by the irre able escape of their quarn were apparently andecided as to what course to pursuc in order to satiate iheir vengeance. One pointed off into the woods to the north, another to the south, while one loud-mouthed imp, who appeared to be the chief of the party, continually eesticulated in an impa- tient manner toward the ranchman’s ma sion, They evidently doubted and found it hard to_coucur on some all-important point. It was plain_ that they hud not yet recovered from the confusion created by their recent losses, but_eventually they appeared to suc- cumb o the urgency of the chief’s language and began making ‘their preparations for in' stant action of some Kind. It was a breathless moment, The only key our friend possessed as to the intentious of their relentless foe was in th gestures, and the indications that escaped them in the fury of their discomfiture, Pierro Baptiste alone knew that a crisis was at hand, All the facts presented them lyes cleariy and, as it might be, oy 1 ition, to the mind of the rugged government scout, who also perceived the mnecessity of immediate decision upon the measure next to be taken, and of being in readiness to act in concert with his less experienced companions when the criticul moment should arrive. Ho yentured a look ut the old rancher, but turned his head instantly to the small’ win- dow again as 1f apprehensive that the anxious appearance of his own countenance mightcom- municate additional alarm to those whom he kuew would need the fullest control ove their faculties in the trying ordeal that was assuredly at hand. “We must be ready men?" finally admon- ished the half-breed, “for they are” about to make a rush on the house. I think they’ll find us good for av least four of *em, but don’t either of you fire, until you hear the crack ‘o my piece. Buffalo Bill aud I war ketched in ust sich & snap as this nie year ago, up n the North Dukota woods. A gavg of outlyi’ Brules ran us into an old trapper’s shanty, and kept us there fur a full week, with only the carcass of a coyote to keep us in breathin’ order—look! look! we're in fur it now, steady men " The scout, with his consummare knowledge of the character of the uncivilized people with whom he had to deal, scemed to antici- pate every measure ou which they decid and, it might almost be said, verily, that ia many instances, ho knew their plans before hey becomo known to themselves, The last startling admonition had scarcely fallen from his lips when a shrill ery of ven- geance rang oat, simultaneously, as if from the throats of a legion of devils—a frightful augury of their fiercaand pitiless intentions— and amidst this tumult of prolonged yells,the whole party came bounding frantically across the open clearing toward the mansion. As the screaming crew came on, brandish- ing their weapons in premature ex- ultation, our friends felt a burning desire to ond their deadly missiles into the ranks of the clamorous horde, but they wero restrained by the deliberate example of the halt-breed. “When half the open space had been tray- ersed and the Sioux came bounding on, the shugiy head of the government scout slightly inclined, the muezle of his Winchester was thrust_through the window, where it re. mained on a level a single moment without tremor or variation, then its fatal contents poured forth in a sheet of flame and smoke, and into the presence of 1its Maker the uu: prepared soul of & screaming Sioux was sent. The unbappy warrior leaved high into the air witha wild shrick of agony, and fell prone upon his face, writhing in the throes of deatn, The Indians recoiled a moment at this sud- den visitation of death among them, and, scizZing the opportunity, Mr. Barrett and Bob, jr., cut loose themselves ~ into the midst of the hesitating gang. At this in- creased disaster—for our friends’ been no less effectual than the scout! stiffed screams of pain out ou the clearing at- tested—the remaining Sioux, with unequiv- ocal cries of cousternation, broke pell mell for the nearest point of voods. When they had gained the shelter of this woody environmeut they slunk behind tho trees and logs with as little delay as possible. For a moment Baptiste hoped they had with- drawn for good, but soon their swarthy faces were seen as they peered savagely out from their concealment, and their threaton- ing gestures and the sigaificant way in which thoy shook their weapons at the house de clared the intensity of their bafiiea ferocity and the revengeful intents they yev harbored toward our friends, Onee, one or two, less tempered with self- joint and tumble hiw like a squirrel from his cosy nest. Now watceh!” . Every eye was instantly fastened upon the big cottonwood, reariug its scragey top far above its less ambitious compatious, and casily distinguishable from the rest. Our feiends knew from the confident tones of the scout that the tree contained a venturesome enemy, who bad climbed there with the hopes of getting an unlooked for shot down upon the inmates of the mansion. A moment of intense quiet_followed, then an unearthly scream from the cottonwood’s top, was the answer to the half-breed's shot, and the succeeding instant showed the brawny form of the savage dropping from limb to limb, as he cndeavored to save him- self by clutching at the ragged and brittle branches. He was sorfously wounded but in his_extreme desperation he succeeded in breaking his fall, und regained a position against the trunk of the tree, Evidently con cluding that he stood but little show of kecp ing himself out of reach of such amarksman, with the utmost caution, he commenced i further descent. Pierre quickly pumiped in unother car- tridge, and keeping a keen eye upon the pro- gress of his wounded victim with the hopes of getting another and a better shot. Butin this ho was disappointed. The adventurous warrior reached _tho ground in safety, where, taking his position behind the cottonwood’s huge base, the desperato tch gave a taunting yell of defiance, and ball ~ from his Win- cnester buried itself in the sill of the window where the scout stood. This was responded toby o chorus of savage whoops from the rest of the Sioux. who had undoubtedly witnessed their brother warrior’s inglorious . yell, you sncakin'hoss thicf, but you're hurt a good deal worse than you want us to know, and if_you ever see your dirty wigwam again yow'll be toted there, for I'll bet a dollar to'a_doughnut_there's a hole in your right leg big enough to stick your thumb in, retorted the holf-breed in Sten- torian_voice, That he was considerably piqued at not getting the sccond shot was plainly obvious. Only a moment however did he remain in- active, then turning to Mr. Barrett, he said “Now, zov’nor, what'd you suggest ! The'three at "once enfered into a deliberato consultation, for the moment growing remiss in their watchtulness. Thoey were deeply on- grossed in exchavging opiions and views, debating upon the feasibility of this or that undertaking, when suddenly there came i deafening crash at the wansion door, which came with such tremendous force that the whole side of the dwelling seemed 1o quale, and the heavy door seemed about to fly from the hinges! . [TO BE CONTINUED NEXT W Cook’s Extra Dry Imperial Champaign is better, healthier and purcr than the imported article. It has a delightful boquet, K] TIONAL. By the boquest of Mathew Thoms over £150,000 has been left to the Umversity of Cinéinnati, subject to an annuity of §2,000 for ten yea It is asserted that Mrs. Mabel Gentry, a school teacher of Neosha county Kan., rides 105 miles every week iu going to and coming from school. The Prussian _government is exceedingly liberal to its universities. These all possess rich endowments, vet cacl year the govern- ment grants them large sums for running ex- penses. New York sets the baa_example of paying women teachers 83 per cent less than the male instructors, and at Washington there is a difference of 50 per cont in the salary for identical service. Two hundred thousand dollars a year are spent by the London school board in_enforc- ing the attendance of children. They are advised to try the Fronch planof gotting children to school by good lunches. Miss Lucy E. Swallow_of Holiis, has en- tered the agricultural college of New Hamp- shire at Hanover. Miss Swallow was a school teacher at Hollis aud is the first fe- male aplicant for entrance into the college under the new law, Miss Charlotte Grogg, recently appointed instructor on the pignoin the Chicago con- servatory of music, 3 shid to be the youngest teacher ever assigned to so responsible a posi- tion. Some claim that sho is the pecr of Mme. Rive-King and Fraulein Ausder Ohe. A valuablo compatition has been mado from the recently published * junior appoint- ment lists of Yalo collgge which shows that from the threo upper ciasses in the academic department 69 have been actively engaged on different athletic tegms, 64 per cent of whom have received appolntments. Kageama Hidde, the young schoolmistross who has become the leador of the radical party in Japan, is hardly motre than twenty- seven years old. Sho' is of medium height and faultless figure gud hor eyes are large and beautiful. Tha .people worship h well for her kindness and cleverness as for her humility and simplicity of dress The Baptist mission board, of which Mr. Rockefeller, the Standard oil king of New York, Is president, has agreed to donite 7,500 s an endowment fuud of the Missis- sivpi Baptist colloge at Clinton, provided the Baptist church of the state shall raise an additional sum of §2,500. More than enough has been subseribed, but uot all collecte in negotiable pap The first school_election held in Oklahoma. torvitory was ou the fssue of mixed or separ- ate schools for whites and blacks. Under the laws of the territory Women can vote on school questions. White women did not vote, but the negro women voted for mixed schools and dosperate efforts were made by the blacks to carry the day. = Separate schools won by a lurge vote, - Among the many articles acceptable as gifts none is more appropriate than cut glass. Dorfiidizer's American cut glass is by far the best. Their trado mark label is on every piece. Your dealor should be able to show it commaid than their fellows, gave vent 0 | toyou. the coming | 8, 1801-SIXTEEN PAGES, A MODERY SOCIAL REFORMER Waltsr Besant's Efforts in Behalf of the London Poor, THE HUMANITY OF THE ENGLISH NOVELIST Something Aboutth the Author of esse''—The * of Mile ‘Armorel of Lyon- Peoples’ Pa ind Road," With the mention of Walter Besant comes the rembrance of his admirable definition of Joking—a definition so in harmony with the author's benevolence and kindness of heart, thatit is, in & way, a key to his whole charae- ter, Hesays, “the clementry form of joke is the discomfiture of an Qiscomfiture at first meaning death, Advancing farther, we aveive at the modern point of laughing chiefly at those little incidents of soeial lifo which emeny | mean unecasiness, awkardness, or slight men- tal trouble. But perhaps as gets on, mankind will learn sufi pathy not even to laugh at these,” And thata great sympathy for human nature has been the background of Mr. Besant's life work, is demonstrated, not only by the pleasure ho has given to thousands through his literavy achicvements. but even more so by the very substantial aid he has brought to aworld of unfortunates within his reach, From the commencement of his career up to the present time many of his most pop- ular’ productions have aimed at social teform, or, more correctly, have shown the possibility of ameliorating the wretched con- dition of ‘the lower clasacs, even that of the worn-out, vietim of the “sweating system, or of the desperate, depraved wretel driven 1o commit erime. Mr, Besant’s early experience as a_writer greatly resembled that of the average homme de lettrs He was spared the extreme penury that falls 1o the lot of some long neglected atthors, but for all that, thero were a fow years after his murriage to Miss Mary Barham, in the little church of Wembdon, Somerset, that anxious thoughts followed the strokes of the civilization ent sym- busy pen, and the strain to make both ends mect seermed as severe as could be borne. Among his carliest successes were two volumes_entitled, respectively, “Early French Pootry” and “The French Humor- 158, which give evidence of a most unusual compretension of French idiomand French esprit, and in_ which the early chansons of the troubadours and the later fantastic verses of bards and rhymsters are succinctly and brilliantly criticized. Then follewed a most prolific period. Story _aftor story came from retreat in_Shepherd's Bush, some few written in _ collaboration = with Mr. James Rice, but tho majority, and_ without doubt the better works, from the pen of Mr. Besant alone. Among the best known are *The World Went Very Well Then,” “The Holy Rose, “Dorothy Forster,” “Let Nothing You Dis *and “Katharine Regina,” which Iz gives a vivid picture of the mise London working girl, who, too often like the leroine Katharine, is a poor yi woman, seeking continual perforce obliged to inhabita Harley House an abode for the gloomy and “desperately 1, as the discouraged work-seeker must ever be—the faithful description of which “home”? gives one much the same sensation as that derived from reading the third canto of Dante’s “Inferno’—a cold sensation of fear iu_the present and apprehension of the future. But_then follows a bright picture of what thai “home” might be made, and so_attract- ive and feasible is the illustration that sev- eral ladiesn different part of London have been inspired to open, on a small scale, really attractive homes for workingwomen, where kindness is met with ana few and’ simple rules arc enforced and where even the coats and hats of masculine intruders are to be seen hanging upon hooks in the hallway. And the committee, benevolent and courte- ous, is mot even given to *'going around and tasting the soap,” as the committee of Harley House was wont todo. +S0! Katherine Regina” was not written 1 vain. In 1882 appeared that fascinating novel “All Sorts and Conditions of Men,” which dealt with the poverty ani depravity of the then unknown East End of London, The book did more than a thousand ser- mons upou the subject would have accom- plished. It set pe fortun the ple to thinking—and with some te beings to think is toact, and it is not exaggeration to say that to a certain ex- tent the Utopian scheme of the ‘‘Palaceof Delight,” so_cleverly concerved in_the well imown novel is become u reality in the splen- did *People’s Palace of Mile End Road.” The mere fact that a million and a half of people attended the shows and fetes held in the palace during the first year—ISss— demonstrates the success of the cuterprise. The main, or queen’s hall, was opened by Queen Victoria in person in 1887, and is splendid room of dimensions sufiicient to c- commodate 4,000 people. Surrounding the hall are the exhibition halls, lecture rooms, gymuasium, play gar- den, winter garden, restaurant, and in fuct all departments and diversions calculated to meet public demand. Although constantly giving the best o literary work to the public, and fulfilling social “claims that press so heavily upon a popalar author, Mr, Besant finds time for active intecest in the palace, even to the extent of editing its journal, and supplying it with most valuable material. I used to visit the palace frequently after the opening and becoming acquainted with some of its dependants was soon giade aware of the fact that Mr, Besant occupies a place in the affections of the people that any mortal might envy. That he always works con amore is evident. One criticism 1 heard passed by those ac- quainted with him in London, has siuce been mado in America by a keen-sighted woman, to the effect that “Walter Besant's know- ledge of a woman's many sided nature was little less than marvelous—-so deep and so broad.” Perhaps to that fact is due uot alittle of the popularity of ‘*Armorelof Lyonesse’ and the “Bells of St. Paul,” two exiremely sym- pathetic romances of recent date, Mr. Besant’s latest project isto establish an English academy of letters in London,and the idea has been provocative of animated discussion pro and con, in both England and France. The English as a nation are supposed to he conservative to a degree, but in reading the opinions advanced by various members of the French academy as to a kindred institution ucross the channel one cannot help feeling that a tory spivit “hath gome forth into Gaul.” Then, too in the present case Parisian logie is s0 fecble, Many of the learned gentlemen emie Francaise argue that Englist _society could mot be main- tained because of the lack of fellow feeling and unanimity among British auth- ors—they are each o jealous and tenacious of their honors that disinterestedness would be almost an impossibility. They are agreed apparently thatas half the highest literary talent of kneland lies in the hands of the women writers, an academy could nov be formed and they excluded. Yet to admit them would be, as one com- menter tragically exclaims, “to prepare a sepulchire for the carcass of that poor asso- ciation ! M. Taine is more favorable to the scheme. He thinks that the Eoglish language is completely modified every twenty years, and therefore an institution of letters would beof infinitely greater service than even the corre- sponding society i F) 2 To modern writers beginning with Carlisle, he attributes the ‘‘present degrada- tion of the tongue,” but his climax is_truly astounding, for he asserts that Rhoda Broughton's works are the ouly real addi- tions to literature sine rge Eliot's power was felt! Mikian C. Foxn, of I'Acad- a similar ——— Phere are millions in it,” said a druggist when asked about Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. ¥ 25 cents. For some time past I've been & rheumatic. 1 recently tried Satvation Oil which gave me almost instant relief. 1 sincerely recommend it as it has entirely cured me. JAME GORDON, Balto., Ma. i California retires 1t schcol teachers on a generous pension after twenty-five years of service, Achievements of 16 MARKET, 1o MAR- KET, AND WA SHp WE BUY 9 % SOME BeANS AND 5SOME BARLEY, SOME RICE AND SOME RYE. 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