A soldier's secret s By CapUin CEAMXSmG, U. S. A. j , J B. Uppincott company. them. SYNOPSIS.- 11 -f Siireeon Hllu. m . In Anwiu. l-talll tin q.iiii. " " - ,,, TWvinii. i.ru- J1..1110. 1 i-A.,l.rVVT:. . k-vx of t,erw.Hn. u ''J ". ...it Kill. rcnt - i5.;r 7 .,77.. wnu a iiory. !. ""12 -.mi ion tni iu .,..r...i. m i .. 11 11 li,.lf.. I ir il uixmi I Bl'Ult'i . " 1 . 1,:., t-lalllia . v. i. n.i'iimi """""Ti,.T i. tvof 111.- frt t-t.-rV cl.-vi.li.Mi. IV. J Ik. J 1 ,,,,, nirt Major li-rri.-ii. "IT. I ' vrT CHAPTER XIIL V ia. t Oh. GoJ.' -Mm one There vras sileuee aud anxiety in the long range of winter cumi about the a"ency. The Twelfth were gone. i: Lody knew jast where; bat over Jo the inrth over toward those frowning "Uad Lands" all the more wild and treacher ous now that the snow had niled every rift and crevice, for the judged surface was one inas of j.itfalls other battul ions of horse were also gone, and the vigilant watch ov-r those IudiajisliH c lustering about their old haunts in the valley was redoubled.. The heavier guns of the field battery commanded the smokv lodges the lighter l'ieces were awav'with the cavalry- The infantry, xanffied to their eyebrows, manned the rifle pits and guard line and threw their fchtltering wings over the di-st-rW camps. For good or for ill. the crAs was at hand. Whatsoever doubt had existed as to the almost universal hos tility of the Sioux was banished by the events of the preceding week. The at tempted ambush of Sergeant Ellis, cf Eerriea's advance guard, the attack c;Kn the scouts and couriers at the Por enpine, and, lastly, the affair at the Wolf, in which Brewster a second time Lad gained distinction, ail iointed un tiringly tj one conclusion: whatsoever Xiiight "be their assurances to officials iiiga in rank, to agents whose power would be at end were war to ensue, to telf constituted framers of public opin ion, every 6oldier on the spot knew, and well knew, that the Indians would be jieaable only in presence of a formida ble force of bluecoats, but that nothing imt auibo-sh and massacre awaited the whites who ventured forth unguarded. Up to this moment, however, of all those gathered at the scene the only troops which had had actual colli.-ion with the fcioux were of Derrien" battalion. Far away south at the Pawnee old Kenyoa hid been doing his utmost to still the anxious fears among the fami lies of the absent soldiers. There had been livelv excitement when the papers arrived giving sensational details of Ber rien's wound and of the affair at the Porcupine, bat it was as nothing to that which prevailed over the tidings of the I imminent peril in which Mrs. Berrien and Winifred had been placed. That it was just like Mrs. Berrien to iusist on joining her wounded husband at once was conceded by all, but opinions dif fered as to the propriety of her course in taking Winifred with her. This the major decided by prompt assertion that Idiss Berrien doubtless refused to be left behind. "And. being a very lovely Mending of the characteristics of both lier parents," Baid he, "it would have lieen decidedly unlike ili.ss Berrien to Lave stayed at home." And then came the dread news that a fjreat land from the northeast, rein forced by a reckless gang of fanatical young ghost dancers from the Bad Lands, had broken away, aii l that all the regiments had gone to head themoff. Far, without a fight, they cuuld net go. The question was which regiment would 1 the first to meet thc-in. Then the next night's mail brought the next day's 1 apers. and the Twelfth, having swuns lse and being absent from the neigh Itorhood whence were derived the items tin which correspondents based their re-l-orts aud editors their comments, shared the usual fate of the absentee, aud hav ing sustained the only casualties and in flicted the only punishments yet heard f about the agency, was ju.w coming in for its fhare of the "tor.jours tort" to which it was, of course, ji'.stly entitled. Kenyon first glared at and tlioa exploded over a dispatch which read somewhat r.s f.41ows: "All hope of bloodless solution of the iiSIcnlty ii now at an end. Even the most peacefully di-posed among the res ervation Indians are furious over what they do not hesitate to term the slaugh ter -f their clansmen in the three affairs that have recently occurred, and it is an open scent that at general headijnarters the gravest annoyance is felt over t:i' total overthrow of carefully laid phtus, all caused by the injudicious conduct of certain hot headed oSitiers of cavalry. The friends of White Wolf, th-? princi y.il -brave' shot ly Major Berrien's troopers, declare that be aud those with Lim were friendly and were only stri viisg to reach the major with the news that couriers were coming, hoping thereby to earn something to eat, for they were Cold and bung-; - uen they were lired on without warning, aud even while tnaking signals of ieace and friendship White Wolf was slain. Then the BrrJes who were with them cor.l.l r.ot 1 re strained and attacked the couriers iu re venge.. "As for the affair at Woif croek r.ftor the blizzard there is nnsjioken denuncia tion among the Indians, and the 'damna tion of f.aut prahse' in other quarters cf the conduct of a cavalry ofiicer present. Th? Indians declare they h;ul gone out only to gather up their ponies. Thesight -f the males told them there must be r.n :nbuLuce stalled somewhere ia the liifts, aud they were eagerly sc::rchiag for it to render succor and aid whea they were fired upon from ambush by the lieutenant and bu men. and two of their poniea wer killed and c:ie young Indian shot through tha log. The In dians declare they could easily have killed Major Berrien, but merely strove to defend themselves and exylin, wid that had they been hostile they could Lave finished the lieutenant un-1 his little f-ijuad at tlie Wolf creek crossing lotig before niuforcements came. Altoget'aer, there is something so plausible in their ttatemecta that it is understood that the conduct both of the xaaj.-r r.nd Bt l.-ast one cf his subalterns wj'.l be made the subject of official invest igalion." "Well, well, wtlir mid Kenyon. "Thank Gol I'm not serving a grateful nation in the heart of the Indian coun try. It bad enough to lx shot end worse to 1 lied about, and that is all the comfort there is in being a cavalry man, if I do say it who am nothing but a cross grained old crank of adonghboy. If this u what th Twelfth is to get for tnd d int let a woliian at the post w anvthing about it. Know it al !v? How the mischief Could they" n,. r were half a doreii of them, sir, at M's. Hazietfs reading another copy of that iwper as 1 came down. And poor Mrs. Thorpe is crying her eyes out She's been utterlv uiset since the news came that the Twelfth had W-en sent out. r.l. sir. she's coming in now. It was indeed poor Mrs. Thon who entered, pallid, her eyelids swollen with weer-inff. Old Kenyon was on his feet in an instant and leading her to a chair. My dear madam, my dear madam, he began, "you must not give way so. I as-ure vou there is no cause for such dread and auxiety. Do btrive to control yoarstll." -I cannot! oh, Mnjor Kenyon, I can not! I have been through so mnch, such fearful scenes r she sobbed, wringing her nervous bands, rocking to and fro in r.n agony of grief. "Oh.it is easy for thse who have not lived the life we bad to live ia the old days to counsel patieuce, calmness. I was only a child then, kneeling at my mother's side when the news came in that widowed half the women in the post. I spent my girlhood in the regiment. How many are left of the oCieers who were so good to me then? Mother was only one of a dozen whose hearts were broken broken as, oh. God! I feel mine is to be. They took my father long years ago, now they de mand mv husband, my babies' father, my all. their all! O God! O God!" ".Sobbing, rocking to and fro in her uncontrollable grief, the poor girl clung to Kenvon's Land, and the old fellow s eyes blinked and smarted with the tears he could not quite force back. He laid the other hand upon Ler bowed and slaving bead. . "My cfcild," he said brokenly, "for vour 'l-abies altf try to bear up. Be your father's daughter. I knew aud loved him well-knew yon when yoa rode vour firt pony at the old fort up i. VfUmrL You know well I wouldu t win !ec.-ira vou. I cau't think the Twelfth Li to bear the brunt of this business. Thev don't belong in that de- Twrtment at alL They are wily bor rowed from here, and surely there ore tmniis enough there, more than enough, o overawe that pestilent gang. All that is nt-cessarv ill 1 to surround the in Man-, let them 6ee wnat a force we ha?e, and thev'U knuckle down. Don t rrv so. h.' Thortie; don't cry. wiy .Lild. Let m take you over home now. Just get the little ones around yon to night, and Til bring over soma laiaous oranges that came today, and why, I d'-.n't believe the Twelfth will liave to i.nll another tinker. Think Low many other regiments and commands there arc iu-l comfortably trundled homeward in of a lH:iman. ro Rolfe, nding liue i)i:-.l . iloaeu yard.- ahead of his men in wild effort to cntoff n-:ino interior excitement, no cheer attends the coming the backward move, tumbles iu sen le.-s rf the column now at steady, soldierly , eap at the very feet of a knife wielding trait winding into the shallow uepmsion. fury or a woman, wno is tmiy ia. nw llolfe knows ttiai wi.noui t aiquimi juss as ner nuicu w o i,;c tifnrcements attack up m or inter- rleamin blade at his throat. Aye, on . v - .... . . , t " . . tlwre. 'I do. I do. and I pray and pray, but no a .mfort comes. Did you ever know a time when they were not iu the thick of the f.ht? Did vou eyt-r hear ot any time whea thx- loss did not falj heaviest on usT "Don't think of that now," he pleaded. "Don't borrow troubla from either luut or future. Come, let me take you home, there's a good girl. I tell yoa if that bind hasn't surrendered thev've scat tered all over creation, and you can no tuore catch them than you cau than yoa can a newspaper lie. That's the strongest simile I can think of. Did yon bear what they were saying about Ber rien and Brewster?" be queried, eager to livert br thoughts from her own uiiserv. "I did. Isn't it cruel? But Major Berrien lias his wife and Winnie with Lim, and they're bringing Lim Lome; bnt if poor George is shot, what can I d oV" "Do? Whv. you sliall go right to him if I Lave to give myself a seven days' leave and take you." And so, soothing. comforting as best he knew how, the veteran major led her home to her won dering brood, to the laughing, crowing babv leaping in the nurse's arms, de lighted to see the little mother again, to the joyous children romping iu the fire light, innocent of care or fear, and then striving for their suke to still her soi-s, to dry her tears, he left Ltr to put the little ones to bed, to cla.-p their folded han.ls in hers as the wee, white gowned girlies knelt at her side echoing God only knew with what pit-ons entreaty the lisping prayer for his divine protec tion for the loved father, the devoted husband, the gallant f-jldier who that verv day had fought his bust fight and lav lifeless on the frozen sod. Over the eastward bluffs, cold and gray, the morning light had slowly crept to the zenith. Over th sky was spread one limitless pull cf cloud, cheerlets and repellent a pall so dense that not one friendly star had peeped, not one rift of sunshine now could force its way. All below, bleak, frowning aud sullen, a bare and blasted landscape; low hill aud ridges east and west, low lying shal low and swale between, cheerless, tree less, shrnbless, not even a veil of snow to hide its nakedness, to lend one? pity ing touch to break the dull, dead inonot ay of its wintry desolation: sweeps and loies rolling away unbroken to the frowning horizon at tne wc-t, sterner, h.ivsher lines smotii tne bltiiis across the tortuous stream bed, l-tv.-e;'n whose ragged banks an icy, lonely :::id dismal rivulet is cnrdling now, spreading out into frozen shallows at the Hats, moan ing and complaining around its warpe-1 and sudden bends, desolate as the sur rounding desolation, deserted as the Dead sea. its 1 sinks repellent even to such sharers of Dakota solitudes as the covote and the Cottonwood, shu!ii:tl o: man or least or tree a stream of silence and gloom at the dawn of this Dece:ulr tlay, and so cheerl-ss is its every tur- rounding, so appalling the unnatural hnnli. that t-ue would never dream of lif nuou lis blasted liauks. Yet. listen! L'nsoen, Imt dominant. the sun h.u risea ab iveta-.-easterti hi aud, as the l:ght broadens even w:iere it cannot warm, there floats npou the air from far away at the southwe.it. f :iint and clear, a cavalrv trnmtvt call: soft f.t first, then crescendo, it ceases sud denly iu shrill high note. It thrills through and through a rare atmosphere niirunled bv the fleeting wing of har diest birL Like the wistful call of sc:;t tered quail it seems to say. "Where are vou?" And prompt, expectant of the fo;uiug tf faithful mate, listen again! Pfta the dim recesses to the north somewhere among these bare and di olate slopes, the auswer rises, qnic ringing, even imperative, aud the signal reads, "This wav." Groping through the bilter darkiies? of the December night a cavalry column has sought al'd, just at the opening of this cheerless December dny, has fowl 1 its mate. The comrade battalions o the Twelfth sire within hail. "Forward!" rings the signal from the southwest. Forward with them, then, around that jimt t the low Muff to our frot-t, and iu the glutly, gathering light the scene is before us, the tale U almost tol l. There, thickl dotting the prairie and covering the low ground. Us Wigwams cmoke lKginied aud dingy, lies an In dian encampment; bnt even iu such shelter as this tho hostile horde has fared far Iwtter than they who through the long, freezing night have kept watch t'jJ ward lest again tho wary chief should slip through the mashes. It has come at last. The big warrior's famit fcal braves have made their rush, Ber rien's i:u-a tho tackle. Back few the signal with tho setting sun. Up through tlit night cmtt Irarquliar with "the guards." Here ia front tho four old troops we know t o well Lave shivered for hoars about the village. Here, alert and de termined, Rolfe an 1 Hazlett, TLoriw and Gjrham. have clung to front, fiauk and rear, well knowing that so soon as the colouel got the news he would not only sjieed the second battalion on its way, but. gathering anv other f jrces he could End, would ride the long night through. if need were, to join bis men. Stern and silent Rolfe is standing at tho bank of the stream, wearied enough. re is uo rest before senior the command pet Li to a regular pitched battle? Here, j fcs devolved in the absence of the be Jlr. Adjutant, dump that paper ia the Joved major now bviag tenderly nursed a uire affair of outposts,' what the ytt certain that the: devil will 1 said of them if they should them. On Lim as s .... i 1 1 fen-nce with so formidable a uanu uuw . I- nrnrse than orsiieration. He knows ( that with Farqnhar bis own positi. m will J be only that of subordinate, and that he must obey. He knows how, were be en- j preme, a thousand troopers at Lis back. be would conduct iuau r.mnhar is a soldier long accustomen both to obedience and to command; Rolfe is one to whom obedience comes with laggard grace, to whom command is op portunity for lavtsn vein oi ma imi-vi will. (h-ders or no orders, if Le had the power Le would deal death to the tabid renegades before him. Orders to "bring on the Indians, but not bring on a fight," to Lis thinking are orders line mow which should forbid a man's going to water until Le Lad learned to swjin. Orders to disarm but not molest are mply something to be Jaugned to scorn. WLen were the Sioux ever Known to surrender those precious arms? Such things when reported in years gone by turned out to be us rusty shams as the arms turned in. RoXTe was in mood as sullen as the morn, and tho signs alout the now bustling village were not to his liking. Over among the tepees UiaiiKet. ed squaws were scurrying about, their shrill voices suppressed, but their black eves fLishing hatred at the silent squads tf troopers, carbines ready m uand, Watching every move within the guarded lines. Yonng women and boys were belaboring the gaunt and dejected joiiies. Fer costures and low exclamations called attention to tho coming force, and in groups the warriors, shrouded to tne very lips in their heavy roles, stood or sat in council; but all tho while, d irting from point to point with fierce declam atory gesture, went Mephu-to himself in the Iudian "medicine man." Mark! wheresoever he goes eager ears are bent to hear bis exhortation. fMy God! why can t I arrest him at Jeastr With that old scoundrel none ior (he rest juisbt not Ikj so hard," is Rolfe's imitntient exclamation. - . - , . . , . Simply because tho attempt tvoum lead to instant tignt, V Hazlett s cool reply. But, man, he's putting them pp to organized resistance. He s giving tuem some instructions now; you can see it iust as well as I do." Who doesn't? but" A snggestive shrug of the shoulders indicates the brother captain's opinion, "louhnow the old aaying, Rolfe, 'Ours not to make revh'- .... "Who's in command or t nose auanceo men tronucg mat run oi uki" asks Rolfo after a moment's gloomy pause. "Brewster. Don t you see: tie f taia with Sergeant Ellis there now. Rolfe "rinds lus heavy Po-K neei inio the frosted bunch grass uot more harsh Iv thau be irriuds his te-tn. "Iy heav en! Ilazktt, lar pie witness to this, f' thtri-'s no tellinx l-ow nings wul turn out today. If I had my way those two men would have l-eu brought to dook and tuado to explain instead of having posts of honor here. I urquhar retused . . . 1 . 1 " A. to listen to another word on tne suojeci until we cot home again: then it may be too late." "Well-1, 1 cau't understand what you liv niinst them both or either, is Hazlett's reply. "And I can't exphua hero or now, but wait till we're Lome again, Hazlett, if we ever get there. Farther down to tho left two other troop commanders have been watching th svmptoms among tnc swarming lodires. "There'll be the dpvil s work this day, Thome." savs Gornaia at last witn a giooinv lrow. And Thonw oniy iiows nis nead, Three hours later look upon the scene. The open prairie on the hither 6ide of the village is uo longer tenantless, as it was at dawn. Two parallel lines con front each other there. In dogged submission to the orders cf their captors and the mandate of the big white chief which Las lx-en laid be fore them, silent, sullen, mnfiled to the eves in dingy rolie or blanket, the braves have slowly moved out from their lurk ing places among the tepees and shullJei down the gentle slope until well away from the outskirts of their town, and just in front of a long, silent rank -f dis mounted troopers they squat upon the ground. No word is sjioken by either side. Here crouch the savage leaders of the hostile trilo. and, in long extended line, scores of their fiercest and bravest. mIlts still lurk among the sciuaws and lodges. Others leer with glittering tnali'-naiit eves from under Leai of foul smelling robes or parfleches. Those in the outing glance but furtively at the blue lino before them. They are silent as the dead, yet the war cry trembles on their lips. They wait, but wait expectant. Thev crouch, but it u the f.ger crouch, readv for a spring. Tho word has been passed that all arms must be surrendered, and every arm is there, 'p'ady, hidden, but "with the lightuin el--e ping in it." B.ick among those brown, dingy te pees, breathless with excitement, squaw are scum ing to aud fro; children are being huddled awav to the farther side. "Look at that. Curly," mutters Warren under his frozen mustache, as he passes rapidl v along in n-ur. "Isn't that enougi to show th y mean mischief:" Some of the Indiuii police and interpreters are still searching for warriors in bidin Yet h;:s not the old chief Ix.wed Li:' as sent to the- orders and given his direc tions that his people thouid comply' Nothing mast be. can lie done eo long as the Iudian makes no overt move. The dismounted men of two troops are in long single rank. Snne of the men shiver a little, for cold and excitement pre telling now, as in many cases over coats have bt-n thrown aside, but brave men tivmblc of tliiius until the first shot comes, aud then the nervous strain is pone, for the Lot blood leaps and tingles through the veins. Back some distance the horse lies dors tre aligned. Off to the fla;:ks and rear comrade troops gaze silently on the scene. From the cn-s: of a low bluff the black muzzle of the Hotchkiss gun m re from its knot o; watchful batterymen. Farquhar, vigi lant and grave, has just sent Warn- with other orders. A halfbm-d Indian steps forth, us though to carry its iui port to the chiif. At bhu the cyrrj of the edd maniac of a medicine nuni glare with tigerih furv. lie lowers Lis feath ered Lea.L He crouches. Then, suddenly, a catlike L ap, a wild yell. Off goes every blanket, as iboug, hurled by the explosion from within la simultaneous crash tne flame an lead Lave b-aiied ctio:i the trooper line. and now through the veiling smo! uverv Indian is lighting like a demon DoWa goes many a sturdy f oldier, vc rraa sergeant, bravo faced lov. The lino reels wit'a the sudden shock, but jij an Instant men like Thoi po and Brew ter and Randolpu leap forward nmon the men aud their voices ring with the clamor of 1 tittle. Back rp the slope, scurrying, stooping low, firing, droppin in their tracks, t.ie Indians are maain for the shelter cf their tepees for the skirts of the squaws. W uat Sioux wota en fears to die in defense of Lor brave What Sioux warrior disdains to shield himself from foemau's blow and to shixit from the covert of the sheltering form of his demoted wife? 'For God's sake, men, Lead "em off fXin't let them back among the women,' is tho ve!L But Indian tactics, stoopin to anything, stopping at nothing, are t mnch for men trained to fight only ts soldiers and gentlemen. Already squaws are rushing forward, knife and revolver in Land. Already the hidden Eavages are firing from nr-.d-r teut or travoir Alreadv a score of the liest and bravest of the" Twelfth have bit the dust. Cnrl Brewster's ana is smashed by rifle I: Jet; Thorpe, cheering tin his men, hu V mg them m their rapid return Crt plunges suddenlv to earth wit h one gasp ing cry, "Oh, God! My tynle ones this bleak and barren and rheerlcss field, nnder these leaden skies, beside the black waters, streaked now with curdling red the battle fiend is loose; there is, indeed, "the devil's work this day," but where the blame lies as between the soldier who must tight or die and those who, far and near, east and west, so promptly la-shed Lim as squaw shooter, babe slayer, let the God of battles decide. Continued JVcr Wctk.) THE VENEZUELA.!! DISPUTE. How Britaia Eat Fashed Her Territorial Claimi Westward. The Venezuelan controversy grows out of oonditioiiH that arose in PZU when treaty was signed lietween Spain and the Hutch, which stipulated that the Orinoco colonies should Iieloiig to tho Spanish and the IXscquilio colonies to the Hutch. At the time when this trealy was made the di-lrlet which U now in bqiute was uninhabited. Later e.lo ies and detached settlements located here and there within the territory. Settlements in British (Julitna continued to spread slowly to tho westward. The KftMequiho river runs northward to the Atlantic; flowing luto It from tho West are large tributaries, draining thousands of square miles. Venezuela insisinl, and still insists, that what was meant by the Es'scquibo colonies was the Dutch set tlements on the Kssequilio river, and it has always insisted that the proposed boundary was the east bank of that river. The British government finally bx.k the I kim t ion that what wa meant by tho treaty was not the Ksseqiiibq rlvcf itsolf. but the entire watershed draining into it. By assuming this position Great Britain pushed lier ptissesoions iar to tue west ward; but, even admitting her preten- .. . , f ... , ..:i... slot's, the waiersneu oi m ivbiuiipu river euld not extend lieyoiid the Mr.ro co river, which also Hows' northward and into the Atlantic ocean, fifty miles to the westward of the Ksscquibo. In IM1 tho Sehomburgk line was run by Sir 1'olicrt Schomburgk. The territory within this line includes the larger part ofthe vadeys if Mazanmi and the Cuyuni river, and extends far outside the watershed of the Kssequilio and to the great mouth of the iriiKM'O. For such line there appears to have lieen no authority of any kind, and it is natural to conclude that tho object was to establish a lwist at the mouth of this great river and so. dominate its com merce. The opposition of Venezuela to this boundary ,is vigorous, and, finally. in lsll- Iird Aberdeen, prime luniiHter ofCreat 111 luin, proposed a compromise line. Tho mouth of the Orinoco was abandoned, and the line, starting from the mouth of the river Maroco, swept westward, including tho larger part of the watershed of the Cuyuni river. n Iil meantime, had indicated her willingness to consider the lKnitnlary liegiiming at the mouth of the Maroco river giauting England in this way fml svproifn:tv over dispiiteil tsirtions. The controversy remained unsettled and source of friction. Jord l(ra!ivil.e, m 1nI, proiHjsed a new fine. f. rent fSntam claimed an aiiditional stretch of territory of great importance and valuo along the Atlantic coast lcyohd the Alierdeen Ix.uiidary, but did not push her iosses- sions as far as the Orinoco. With the discovery of the Barima gold fields to the westward of thcHchomburgk Hue, as well as the Yuruan gold mines, the value of the territory became evident. England began to push her pretensions to the westward. She gradually extend ed the sphere of her activity and influ ence until she has laid claim to an enor mous tract, much of it lying west of tb Sehomburgk line. The gold mines have lieen largely opened by British West Indian miners, who have Hocked there in considerable nunilK-rs, and who have t iken with them their own methods ol government. Nevertheless, while ;re:il liritain has claimed this territory she has indicated a willingness to arbitrate as to her riclit to anv territory west of the S.-hnmburgk line, but haa alwohitely de ciined to refer to arbitration her rights t anv territory east of that lino. If slu maintains this attitude she wiil be al l to keep her grip upon tlio mouth of the MriniH'O river. Weil informed explorers and mining engineers who have visile, the region claim that the gold fields ex tend for some five hundred miles from the Orinoco river to the Brazilian bound arv. and look forward to their future de velopment on a scale equal in import ance to that now going on in the mine's South Africa. A brief description of Venezuela is a follows: Area ISO.UIO square miles: illation, 2,4X1.0t!i; estimated revenue, ?"i,."yio,'lu, of which two-thirds is 1 from custom duties; army in time of peace, 7.n. amir in time of war. hum Venc Aa Ingenious Moonshiner. Among the makers of moonshine whisky the one who longest evaded the inquisitions of the United States revenue officers was Philip llaldron, who lives in Mercer county, W. Va. Some IU years ago ho built a new log house on a sliglit- y sloping hillside, the Iiasement lioing t stone with no entrance from the out side. In thus basement he eoiistructetl a furnace for his stiil, arranging for the smoko to go into the chimney of his dwelling alnve. Entrance to tho cellar was made through a trap door under the ed in liis sleeping room. Tlie escape of tho waste w ater from the still was provid ed by : load pipe running into a ravine hickly surrounded by laurel and h':n- xuela i!iiis-.rts aUiut f P!,(, worth merchandise and exports about ?p;,iK 0-W worth; the principal export i ci'fl'e to the value of ?ir.,CM,'u, etM-t worth, bides and skins 4:M',',. feathers fVI,(Hii), rubber tV,mi; Venezuela sells t Croat Britain Tiil,KI yearly; she buy from (ii'ti I'.ritian l.mUM yearly, of which more than one-half is cotton and linen eoods: tho I'nitod Stales imported from Venezuela iu Itfil ?lilii,tm worth the I'niied States imported from V n zuela in 11 i-SiNI.!) worih: we sold to Venezuela in W'l, ?5.7Vl,il!H; in 14. ?!, I.VI.ik). We lrfiuirlit from Venezuela Inst year: Xinely-mie thousand iloll.trs worth of eiMxia, f.'ts,()i!0 worth of rubber, worth of IkixwimmI, ?2,(2i,0. worth coifee, $s-".mf worth of -ipper and eoppe ore, $.:l.0!7 worth of f nthers. ?!'fj,i worth of hides, skins .Vc., as well as va rioiis articles if smaller important e. Venezuela lias lKirrowe.1 from (Jreat Britain (.T,fiu,ii!l Uilivares, which at the exchange of the day etpjals alMiut ?lo,u', 0.m. In France alnmt 5,it,oiiu Udivare-i which at similar exchange equals about She has borrowed a I tint io,oiii),rl from her ow n people in various forms of what is called "the internal debL The effect of sentiment upon business is indicntetl iu the small volume of bust ncss between (.rent Britain nd Venezue la. Owing to the controversy between those two coubtries diplomatic relation have long lieen suspended and flic feelin am ing Venezuelan niereliaiits ag.iusi England is bitter, "let Us Cross Over th3 2iver V J7f ?! THE J SPOTS S OUT. A sore spot, green, fiV k'tM black, or blue, is a I ct unnno nil ml watch the co,"r aile, ese J, JrtUUUO UIL the soreness aisappear. IT IS MACICAL. p r ENN S Y L VAN I A ll I LliO A I). CASTCRN STANDARD TISJK. IN EFf ECT MtY 20, 1895. COSPEN'SED SCnEDULE. Tmlnii arrive nnd depart from the sUtlon at Jobutlowu iu follow: WESTWABD WVst.'m Kxpn 4:"i.l a. m. Svoulli western Kxprnts JotuiKlowu A:coiiiiiio'liitlii :" Aei-oiiiiii'Klulioil ie K'k, aud running fhnmgh a riigv'd gorge. Many a gallon of corn and rye whiswy has he manufactured in and sob! from that cellar, lie had long Is-en suspected of running art illicit distillery and nu merous searches of his premises were made by tho 1'e.b'ial oili-vrs, but no trace could ever bo fotui-l until some lime iu last (MoImt, some of these oillcc.-s wont to his house in the alisenco of ll.ildron and his family, and in searching his res- lenco for whi.-ky tlc-y as id'.'!it:iliy ilis- eoverd tho tr::p il.H.r, :nd tin going down nlo the cellar made the dis.-ovory. He was promptly arrested and was indicted iy the Orand Jury at the recent term of tho I'niteil Stubs Federal Court, at Charleston, and gave lund for bis appear ance at the May term. lMoillr Expivs.... Way lii--iir . r"u"t l.ln. - JolllllitoWII ACCIilillll.HliltioU.... KASTWAKU. 1IT-M " " - p. "I burned my lingers wry badly. The pain was intense. Dr. htiiii:uj' Kcleetrie Oil brought relief in tlmt! minutes. It whs almost magical. I never saw anything like it." Amelia Swords, SaunJersvillc, O. Two Li7t-s Saved. Mrs. rhotlie Tbomtis, of Junction City, 111., was told by her doctors she bad Coiisuiiipti.iii iiPti that there was no bojie for bcr, but two Ik d Iks of lr. ving's New Discovery completely cuieii iu r ami sii sstv a savm ner inc. Mr. Tho.s. K rg -rs, l i ) '.'icrida St., San Fntr.ci-'cti, stitlerctl froiii a dreadful cold, approiu liiTig Con-utnpti'iii, tried without result everything ilso, then bought one bottlu of Dr. Ivijsi?- New Iiiscovcry and in two week.-; wa-i cured. He is imturaliv tb:iiikf::l. U 5 uch sulls, of which these :tre niiiip'.cs tli:.t prove the w.n.l rf-il eMlcaey ef tills medicine in Coughs ami Colds. Free trial bottles iit J. N. Snyder's drug le, Somerset, l'it., or at Unilikr's drug store, Iterliii, Fa. lU-g'.aar m.j ok-. and (Vt. N:-.'!it lia'.l lit" Hi. .-I with inusi-', Aiiil the o.ir.s. lii.it t :i :" -t tlie Ioy Sli:ill fol.l Ih. ir 1. 1!'. like the A nibs, Aii-1 as il- nt!y sti :tl away. Just like a Co'.ig'i r Cold does sifter m use run-Tin:!, tho great r -in.tly for Coughs, Cobjs jisi-1 ( ois-.iiiiptto;i. ia:nl cents at M. V. Jienionis drug store. If some j-.-.-oplo would do more think ing, their tongues voi;M get ntorc rc.-t. Two bad! v keart'd y-.iingt.'r r.-tiirtud to their home In t'oburn. t'ent;o county, Thursday, after an cxt-iling timo v. itlia b-ar. Th.y were hanting for s::i.t'lcr g4ine w hen th.-y heard an unusual m.i -e rising front a hole ir. the side of a m;i-s of rocks, to'ingtolhe eiitrur.ce the lys etch ti.e 1 a shot into the hole, and an in stant later a l-cur, which had been hit, rushed firth. The yoiihs whilo nearly frightened out ol their w its lu.tuaged to diseli.trg.i t!te reiiiaini-ig loads intli.ir g ins and bruin f'-Il inorUilly wounded. His l-arship weighed -1 s pounds. Got the Backache? i: Yoa Hi c, Hsro's t!ie Way ti RIJ Yourself of te Wcaiines enj S'jin AtlcnJlus It. :iT.-r v.illi hi".i.b'.r!if Atlaiil'e Kpr-s.. . S.-:iii.inr press AltlKllllt A.X-.llllllHKUllioll lhiy KipnM - - Main Line K.n-........ A UMi:ia A.-1-oiiiin.Mliiti..n Mail K.r.s JolltI-l..!l Al-ollllllHKlatioll I'liiia'l.liihia Eiprei- Ku--l IJne ......... for rates, nu.p-. c, Rill on Ticket Aeii..r adtln-sKTlLis. K. '!!, V. A. V. 1., 110 Fifth Av.iiii.', I'ttltliurj;, I 'a. IS. M . 1'rev.K.t. J- II. WwmI. tien'l Ma'iaeer. Oru'l lass. Atft. .Vftt a. 5. " K:L'I " J7 H " 10:1". " ...J2.".' p. 4:11 ' :."" " 7:l! " KKW " CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore nd Ohio Eailro&d. Somerset and Cambria Branch KOKTHWAKD. Johnittown Mall V.x pn.-TV -k wood a. in , SomerM-l 1:10, !SI.iMtowo i:te, Hoov ersvliie 5:OS. Johnstown :10. JohtiKtown Mall V.xpn-K ki I a. 111., SW.inrr-t 1 1:1 Utoywlown 11: W, Hoov-. enville 11A, Jolnn-lowu lij p. n Johnstown Accommo.latlon.-K.s-kwo.id 5:15 p. in., hmieivt kJUStoyestown It is, Huur- t-pcvilletk W, John.lown 7:jU. Hally. OUTHWARO. Mail.-Johni.town Wa. m., Hoovnivllle7:U. ti..yrUJ n 7:i", Someraet "m, Kockwooa ' 8J0. EipiiM.-J"lml.in 2:S0 p. m., IIs.Y'7,,r"!e 3:11, stny.nUiw nli, Somen JUica w.mkI I:Ij. Kunday Only.-Johni.town 8:10, Homcniet lOtOl Kockwooil lO-.-iu. YOUR EYE! Wewantto catch It! KVFRY FAUMKU in Somerset Couuty who'has a cord of Henil.s k Hark or a II ide to di-i-.se of will find that the O N FM'FNCK TANNKltY 'o., will pay the highest cash pi ices for the same. Write for quotations to WIN.SLOW S. COBB A CO., roiitlnenco. Pa. PRESIDENT THE NAME OF THE NEXT of ft TOUTED YUJ. 1K ANNuCNt i:u IX I) STATES HOBK i WEEKLY TRIBUNE H OF NOVEMBER 4, 1896. rut.lic interest will steadilv inereaso, nnd the lis:ipp.iiiitment t.rtlie me. hos.. votes turned the wale at the la.-t election, with the result under the ad ntiniration they elected, will make the eamiiaiifn the iut i tenia- exciting ly jii the hitry .f the country. The rew York Weekly Tribune, the leadiiis llepiiI.H.Mil family nowspapor of tho Cnite.1 Suites, will pnUbdi all the political iiows of tho day, interesting' to every American citlwii rejtrdl. to party uoiiiuiioiia. ... , AU general news in attraetivo form, foreign eorrespoiideii.-c eoveri:.- tho news or the world an urictiltiir.il department second to none in the mn try. mark, t reports which aro rceoni.e.l authority, fas-inatinu short stori.-s ciiijdete in each nuniN'r. he ere fil of the humorous papers, foreign and .lomestic, with their Ut t-imtc pict ures fashion platea and elalior.ito descriptions .if wo.nunNaltire, with a varied and attractive department of household intent. The New York Weekly Trih is au Ideal fami'y paper, with a circulation larger than that of any other weekly pt.hli.-u-tion in the ...untrv Nsued fro... tlM ollice of a daily. Large change are l.eirnj ...ado i its.l. lails tending to give it great-r lifeand variety, and especially uu-re mterot to tho women and young people of tho household. A ril'KCIAL CONTRACT enables tw to oirer this -id-ndid j.mrnal n:itl The . Somerset . Herald ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $2.00. CASH IN ADVANCE. SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN' AT AN If TIME. Address nil orders to T I IK I IKK A LL. THE BEST sIs None Too Good When You d -,t MEDICINES.: It is Jast o.H Tin (x.rtiint to Scurf. FRESH, PURE DRUGS i 'Virion Ao At it ia To Have Confidence in the Them. AT SNYDER'S . ... At.- .. . You are aiwmys sure oi gviung iue ireuest nieaicup.. . Carefully C'ornpoundeL truss: AU of the liettt ami Mont Satisfaction Guarantee. ES ITITTEt IuHt Approved Trit,, AV;,f in S - -M f V . . OPTICAL GOODS. GLASSES FITTED TO SUIT THE EYES. CALL AND HAVE SIGHT TESTED. JOHN N. SNYDER Somerset, Louther's Drug Sto Write roar Bme and address on a postal carJ, Rcnl It tJ o. W. H?t, Ham 2 Trihune Billdin?, New Yurk ty, asd sample tijj of Id S w Yor HetVlj Tribune will be mailed to ju. rr.c re; :e f;:; c, iv. try j iu; "e are worn out ni:.l weary ail ll: t::;ie, i.:..iiy ii'orc people hive l..t:ie hick :.!.-! l..:-.-i.acl:?. 1 e-.v peep! -i under. stt:d t::e n-ui c.v.'se of thiir aches, and fewer yet iru liow e.isily t!:ey c..:i find a cure. j-.ttt a w. rd of xplanati.a te f.rc wepu.vc t'lt v.: .-1 we say is true. 'i'l:-- hack is tii-j kcy-iiotc of the kidneys. Itschis; t!: :t's a s:-i t!:r.t tlie ki.l!!e5 i:re not woiLii:i r.i;eriy; it ii Ltuie; another s'-n. the kidneys arc or.t o! order. Ti:e ki hieys yo:i know, r.re tl'g filters f f t'-u- b'.ou!. li-.-.t filters fcou:etnne pet c'oed p. This nit .ms in their cne tls.il the L'loo-I c"!'rs- throi!!;h the cn'.ire sMcin iniprv jn.-ilrd v. ill: p-i-o:iot:s ur;c acid, briri;- on iTi.mv a disorder which if reu'eciid ::rcn::3 di-easc pcrh.tps in-citr.-.lile, an.! r-'m- about l:ic cure. Don't take our word for it, re.id what Mr. p.-litrrt ',y ii.i'.i: i:, who livis about fout n:;!'.-s fro-n Citirw-bar;;. s.iys. Stene time no lit h.i-1 t'lv .:.: t-tne to si liei a sevtrc s'.r.-.in, which t -vc i!'..1.ic:.'.iims ol Si rluus r.-st.p.s but f r the fortuu.itc dis covery nbout w'lic'n Mr. Io!i:.1 lso:i te.Is l'.ere. He "Vl.!'e v. ( rk:!:t: 0:1 I-c-.v Luildinx in C cto!i il-.:: 1 received h I.vere 5T.1 ii, wl i-h ct'..d i:)e r.;i:el. st (a riv;; simI! r.! from 3 co!t.i!!t f a-it ncros-. the ;:ii- hack. I !"-u::.! it difi';c-.:H C ; :;d j'r'ori:: my Wu:k. Coii. 1 i...-il.v i'.u.'t ovtri.t a.l. I wort ;rotis j !jtvt's. but r.ceiMdtio bcr.-. .l froin them. I v.r.s .-.!-.!; :-t l ;-te when I hcird :tl onl Il.ir-r.'i Ki-!:icy P.i's. I pr rurt.l 1.x r.t t'.e i!r;! '. rc i f J. II. I) ;:i,.'nis..ii ai;d ;':ie result e!" t'l :r t :; b.ts U-cn ..-,: t f,r..til' i;ij. '1 !'. nt-..r-ct .-.sirj; r.-.i;: r.-.-cr 1'iy I: i-ii.eys l-.: b .1 n:e for ;;'-o !. I c:t:t recot-.r-retT.l ti i :n le a::yoi:e f.r.i:- r-i: f-oi.i a b l i'. .1 k." Ilvin's Hi lev l'i:l ate d.'in;: i - t v.'--!- wotk as ti.;.-; i-i t".::: Ai-1: yo -.r in-i-li" i.r lhj.-'.il's l.i.liTty !';!!.-.". !e.llcs pri-v J en'.s fo '-f' ;a'-i;t-.s o.t r c l'.M(ri.y.: :i Co., 5 -. : 'cr.U fvjt t';c lTi.ii.cd '.y.. 1- t ..I And rest in the h:ile of the tree?'. Thus Mioke the tlvine hero. Sioin wall Jacks. in, a man whose conception war was w heroic, i chivalric tli friends and foes prai-e lit ut aike. How many di.-piritttl women fte! tltut they would iud.-eil like "to cross over the rivtr, and re--t.'' Kverv l::v l.rii: it measure uf annoyance and puin. only they could U made to realize the inestimable coin'ort and !iic:il strength t lie found in I)r. l'ieri-e'n Favorite l'rvscription, they would nk.ii feel that "their ways were ways of plcn."alili:c-j, their paths wcr; paths cf peace." Mrs. S. E. Ronhey, of JO l ro; S'iphrnittt ., Ill, wriU.: "i:e of my licighlirs was very hick ilvr'.ig her 'cliatige if life' After titlvisinj her to takj Dr. VU rev's I'avor-tc Pic scrip'.ion, I visited lier a few ihiys ati, and hc told tnc she m ux troi-.g hc wuld work all day Ion? without get ting tired, and says she was greatly benefited. I know many afflicted wo men who have been cured by your nicdiciiic." THE KEELEY CURE Is(trcial noon to Dnrfnos men who, harlrc drilled unronseiouKly into the drink hntiit and awaken to find the Hsee of almholism fastened 01. -n tht-m. renilerine tliem unfit to mauaire af fairs n-quirin? s clear brain. JL four weeks course of treatment at tho mTt-Rl KtfcLbY INSTtTtTH, Ko. 4210 FlfUl Avonuo, rstoret to them all thofr povrrps, mental and Iihyicak dotrors the ahnormnl awx-tite. and retoni them to the condition tlicv were in bc- tm they inuiuc 1 in stimulants. This has been done in more than Ifloo cai-ea treatcl fa.-re. aud twin; them Eotno of your own n.-i;,'hbors, to whom we an ref-r wi'th con(1.1.-ne as the bolno BnfctT and eft-eienrv of tiin Keelev Cnro. The f".Uet and mo-t h-ar-.-bini inviiinitii-n ia n vitud. bund for jajaiihlcl -iviag full iulomur UOU. ( 1 IT WILL PAY YOU Ttl Ul'Y YoUK Jlcmorial .Work or WWS. F. SHAFFER, SO.MKIWKT, PrlSS A. M.inufiictariTof and iK-nlerln riisl r:i Wmk hurnlshcTl on Miort .on.-e 111! 153 HIM IBl A No, Agent for the WIMTK KUON.K ! r.-r"ii In ni--d of Monument Work will rtn.l It t lii.ir iu;erM to mil l i.i sa-p rf-s.ii:i...-ti'n gii:iniin-ea 111 --ry ra-.u-i priees very low. 1 iuviU'kMKOkl ulU-'ituia Ui the WhiUBron, Or Pjr Zino Mona-nent tiVii-jiisoi ill SdSTISi33 fiLliiiLI Over 50O Beautiful Designs. 1 r I ... mm Mm BETTER A5f -.1 J i I si it I . Send lot Price List i Circ u'.aro Introduced l.y fti-v. W. A. Rill. a a d.-ci.led ii.r..veii..-lll III 111.' IX1UH of Miiter.HI BH-I -.iitrti.-ii..ii.:in.l wlu.-li ietlnei l. ne ix.i.iilar Moauiiii-nt le. for our i-liiiiieuile I lit' Cil- tiive us a cull. M.. V. SHAFFER, 9 JlYgMi-L t '.- r:- si sstri.(-TT rrx. st WOr.'li.VE NT L EP0N2E f 0"-i HtL!V43EK.a'f -.orc-r Main Street, Somerset, Pa. This Model Brag Store is Rapidly Bgc:sagay Favorite with Peopb in cf : . DHUGj U.VUlVllViSf JLiV ji.t'o, tjjJisiiyt:3t iffy SupporterSf Toilet Articles, Perfumes, &c. TIIK 1KXTOK GIVES rEKWiHAL ATTE.XTlos; to THK Cotr-iifM.IM; Loier's FresGriutionslFaniily RecaH CRKAT CA KK BKIN'i TAKE.t TO CSK UJIV riiitH A5inZ .i-.T:- Lto. SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, And a Full Line of Optical Goodd always on han-1. Fr; larrc ai3ortraent all can be suited. THE FIHEST BBISDS 0? CIGS Always on hand. It 13 always a pleasure to display ots ; to intending jiarchasers, whether they buy fioni U8 or elsewhere. J. &3. LOUTHER M. D. MAIN STREET - - - - - SOMERSET.! Somerset Lumber Ya? Msjrr.cTi:s:Eii and Dealer ash Wholesale asd Rictailxx -it Lumber and Building Materials. Hard and Soil, WoocM Oak Poplar, Kldlnsi Walnut. Vcllaw Pine. FlaorlnR, C'lierry Nhliijjlesi, IoirH I.utli. MVIiitePine Bliads S4h. StarUiJ HaluslerM. Chrsiii; .Vewel Post. Lie. A (feueral Un.-of a':l jr.idi-s of Lumber and Buii'linsM.iterial and K .xifii.tj- Ux-Ic. A!v, can furnish anything in the I'm- of our bu.sines tunl.-r w.:h rv- ble proiuplnesw, deu as Braekets, od J-sized ork.V.c. Elias Cunningham, Cfflcc ind Yard Opposite J1. k C. R. K. SUtUs, Scientific American Acenoy tor CAVEaye. TRads m&res. Desicm patents. COPtRICHTS. etcJ Fr-rfiifiTinnsTna r 1 tree Hau.lbuL-lci.ntr t J'.L NN . J.. tl ln:oiijT. hw Y--KX. Oi-r-t li'eaii f--r arriirajr pr.u-m-i ia America. 1 -. . ry r it-Tit takmrrtlt ly li is Innriit U forj ti.e i -.10 Lai: t:. given (n.-ab(clur:;aiu Uia I.srcysJ cf rmta!n rf cut ntlflr psrwr fa th 'r..t. I i.lenuluiT' l:i-,i-.tratc'l. liit.-n:.-.-u r.n l-a without it. 7ef-:.:r, .- :4 yRr; f 1" -It m .nths. A-iJIM', llts tu. Tlie ruilliiinium wor.ld b" here nw if till livtsl up to what wc dciuauJ fr--ni othtr. riAi -oi;;.i i-o without l. xtur- il :.. -It m-.mh A.i ! IMfOUTAM TO AlfVEUTItEttS. T!ic cream cf th country p.iix:r3 li fonnd ia Bemlngtoii'a O.-unty S-ut Lists. fc'!.rer-l tJvcrtUcrs avail tLciiIves cf lhr--o li.-W, & copy of wl.idi c-ia l ha-i of liemintoa Bros of Xew York & ThxAmrz. YOU CAN FIND Ti'n 5E fj In ilTT-B ll H Si A!'-l ".D- I !!: w f ,'i;;r.: HE-H!"GT0!T EE03. ttu ill uuuuaU lur kimuum at lvekl lmi r .1 "I -ft 'y 'A 3 & fa & 'is fA I 111 J "I am a Hiving Wm of the qiondcrful and miraculous 6f fects of Cydia Pinli!)aiti,$ Uefle table gompottntt" 2939 W ashington Street, Roxbury, Mass., April 20, 1 S 9 5. ) I fez it my duty to pulli.h the wonderful help Lydia E. Pinkham's -Vegetable Compound lias been to me. I was like a crasv person; could not eat or sleep; there r.j rest for me day or 1 nig nr. Physicians examined me and said an operation was nect ary, it, however, I determined to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound, for it cured me. I am a well woman now, and can do any !:i.-d I want this published throughout the land, so that all r.r; read, and if in anv way affected with female troubles they may be induced sincere statement to try this wonderful Vegetable Compound and be cured. To All Sick Women: Intelligent women no longer doubt the value of Lydia E. PinkhahVs Vegetable Compound. They openly acknowledge that it does positively cure the multitude of painful ailments peculiar to women. Druggists everywhere sell it. cQj fa n ft w to u n w to r to n to n to fi V to to fA & to to V W to V( ft V to to to Before undergoing I am so glad I 0. work. suffering sisters bv may mv Mrs. Mar'garkt Ba.mfoxd. Lydia E. PinUiam's Liver Pills mi Sanative 7aih Assist tne Compound 7onJcrritlly. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn, flass . -w m n sw - - W T. m -