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Show t WOMEN IN THE RANKS. resented herself as a southern woman, asking protection to reach the confederate lines, and the tw o w omen beVETERAN FEMALE CHARACTERS came friends. In a burst of eunfidenve Miss Ford showed the detective the IN THE LATE WAR. sealed commission of which ahe between her matThrjr Mini th Moat Dealrsbl JUplc and tresses; (Shekept was arrested and sent to Mare la Daaud aa Bella SU Old Capitol prison. Major raallae Caahaiaa - aad Capt. There was another distinguished fe Aauia E. Ethptdga, male captive at this prison at the same of lank and komen lima. aaAsfa all .. nrtkerwtF4tws-slde- r position '.took fart in the civil war. not only aa spies, but a ho as private soldier and holding honorary commissions. It is difficult to say whether their mo- tives werelike those of Juan of Are the salvation of their country or merely love of excitemeuL But it is astonishing to find, in talking with how many of the other sex did shara the hardships of battle, some openly confessing their sex, others dis- guised as men. Every one knows of Belle Boyd, the famous spy, but there atv many whose work was as subtle audits daring. Brig, Gen. Baker of the secret service during the civil war tells of the woyk of a Miss Ford, who was a divorced little rebel andtlived nt Fairfax Court House. Her fathers home was headquarters for the staff officers of the unioV, and Miss Ford wiri quite a belle among them, bhe as. to all purposes, for the union, and officers believed in herto the extent of telling her much of the strength of the army. By careful Investigation and close observation she obtainedin , -- es ft. ANNIE A. ETHERIDGE, guised in soldiers clothes, she had entered ton far into the lines and was arrested for a spy. In telling of her Major-GenerTownsend says: 'hhe had no friends in the city to supply her w ith appropriate clothing. It w as at last reported to me that, being greatly mortified regarding her raiment, she stayed in bed all the time rather than appear in it after her sex had been detected. I mentioned her stood helpless between the two omen's temper. One of the women who distinguished herself-nohl- v in the sohliriug of the army was Mrs. Annie Etheridge of At isconsin, w ho was in the second battle of Bull Bun, and had public recognition from Gen. Kearney of her services. His death prevented her promts tion. She was often Under fire. An officer w as once shot dow n by her and- - 'emeerwheu S - rebei IT WAS STEALING V1 A RIDE. Tsrsstnla (aptarej hi a Rail-w- AN INDIAN tar. A young man with nmebevritement, mingled ith big perspiration on hie fsce.t ante into the smoking car L railway train as it was getting alui'g toward the meadows of Orange county the other day. He carried a dinner bucket in one hand f officer WHO HAS SETTLED DOWN AND WILL WAR NO MORE, 11 t Halrtimdlh Tell Mrt Empw Rail Wttk Cuter A Clwnrt.r Inad la Fm Cratk S.v Cel-knt- .4 Oklahoma. ss s - first-cla- ss THE FALLS OF LABRADOR. Greater Than Niagara and Surpassing Aajrtu tha World. Sixty thousand square mile of an formation, a new Jtke larger than Grande late Mistassini, and the proof of thi fact that the big falls of the Hamilton river are the largest in America, if not In the world, are among some of the discoveries of value made by Messrs. Low and Eaton on their sixteen months' exploration of the interior of the great Labrador peninsula, which terminated by the return of the explorers to Quebec and their disbandment at Queliee. After traversing labrador last year from south to north, and sailing from Ungavn bay to Hamilton inlet, where they spent the winter, Messrs. Low and Eaton ascended the Hamilton river to the grand falls on Ue, and succeeded in taking a splendid lot of photographs of it with the ice cones and other surroundings. The remains ol the turned boat belonging to Bowdoin college expedition were found below the falls, and, further on. the bottle containing a record of iheii trip to iixm-bearl- rtj MONET FOR CLOTHES. Expaa-sl- v hr a Maa's Wardrob It ' tbaa a U I get twice the salary my brother draws, and yet see the difference in, our appearance. He ia always correctly d reused, while I can never keep up with the style, but am compelled wear things because I cannot afford to throw them ji way. It la provoking, I declare!" and she threw dow n her' Account book With a bang. 1 picked it up and ojiened it The first item read: Hat. f 10." There," she said, looking over my shoulder, I bought it at the beginning of thrraeasonvand Tt, isnt nice enough to last long. Before six week had gone by it began to look shabby. and I bad U) get aaoth5rTdr'bet Yet Arthur buys two hats one derby for ft and a soft hat for the same price. Then he's fitted out for several Lt VI other, livuss messenger, was raptured. Airs. Etheridge escorted the New York Sun MONU THE MANY j him to the rear by the general com- saysFte lie" characltgged something.1' ivanla interesting when At mand. Heights, SpottM ( an am one tell me what ters to be found in the soldiers were retreating, she kind of a Oklahoma is Daniel pup it i remonstrated'wltjf them, and brought A big man with long whiskers ami Doran, a lawyer of herself them hack, altogether .prorhlg. imtr-a- ud a cowboy hr hat,whow as Pond Creek; Ills a daring soldier. hhe received a govfriends call him sitting plug tolmcco in a clav ernment appointment after the war. smoking said f. Judge Doran, ViMS Tiirnliii) a mil lier Woman of high pipe, finman fccTrr' because probably birth, fought on the Inion side. She The he never was on the was the daughter'of a Russia officer, bucket atjoung man Iteld the dinner arms length and raised the He ia a bench. born in a Russian camp, and was the lid. 1 he big mao looked into the typical soa of the wife of toL Turcbln of an Illinois bucket. Emerald Lie, and kissed the Blarney regiment. During an Illness of her husA t'rantuly. by cedar' he said, stone many, many years ago. His hair of the regi- and took ihe bucket band she took command from the joung L long and bushy and curls around his ment and proved herself an intrepld man. head in long, wavy curia. Judge leader, tA trantuly, as sure as guns! lie Doran drifted west when he' was a Miss Cushman was employ ed by Gen. A citizen of continued Hennudj, young man. He was with Custer three Rosecraos, and was for months with this chap is. And a beauty, too! years, having joined that lamented the Cumberland army. Major CushThe man got out of his seat ana Indian fighter after the Salt Fork mi big house man knew every road and every paksed the dinner jmil around among xacre of 13, Like aii men who lived for miles, whs the most daring of the scouts aud intrepid of fighters. She full ofpassengers. It was nearly half on the border in those days, Doran can something that seemed to be all visited the confederate lines time after hair and claws and eyes. No one time. Twice she suspected of be- seemed pleased with the sight except ing a spy and arrested, but both times the hirsute big man.. It was a taranshe escaped by keenest strategy. sure enough. A unanimous reOnce Miss Cushman was scut as tula, wss made by the rest of the scout toward hllelbyvIUe fitim Nash- quest that the hideous spider be passengers ville, which was held by union forces, otrCof a w Indow, But the big to ascertain- the strength of the pitched man gazed at the with enemy. Returning she was captured, undisturbed interest. deadly thing two placed on a horse in charge of Where did you. run ugin him? scouts and taken to Forrest's head- - he asked the express messenger. tame out of a bunch of bananas in my car, replied the young man. I cornered Inin, and he jumped Into my dinner bucket andjt shut him in. What Is he good for? Hes a benefactor of the coroner when hes to home, said the big man, -- If there's any tailor citizen of jour'n that you'd like to see have a funeral at his house, jist take this stoaaway from- - Bermuda home with you and turn him in your fellow citizen's garden. If your fellow citizen fools around much in his garden you11 see crape on his door in less than two days. The t'rantuly is pizen for keeps to them as hain't been vaccinated for trantulW. If I was yon, young man. I'd lake this chap and let your locomotive run over him. A good strong locomotive is about tho onty thing that kin tackle one o these chaps and make a suin'? of it. The big man handed the dinner bucket back to it owner, who took it and carried it away. When the train left th uext station he came in and said the train had met the tarantula, and that twenty feet of grease spot and a pint or so of legs aud hair had indicated that the locomotive had Jt iV, FIGHTER. ar PANIKI, DORAN, tell stirring tales of adventure when so disposed, which L not Very often. Oneof these reiatea to Wild Bill, w ho is described by Doran as a remarkable shot. Bill waa in Junction t'lty, Kan., one day, drunk and ugly. John A. Anderson, a ITesbyterian preacher, was holding services in a church, when Bill rode - into the The preacher orSacred edifice. dered -- him to leave and lor reply Bill drew a revolver and ordered Mr. Anderson to dance. The preacher It was dance or vainly remonstrated. die, and be danced, A Mexican aeont w ho could throw a lasso with wonderful precision waa brought from a house near by! Bill was still seated on , his horse, laughing In a drunken glee at the preacher, who wa dancing toe dear life, aays Doran in telling the etory. The Mexican crept up to the door, lie paused, twirled the lasso above his J1 ead, there w as a aw Lh. t hrough th e air and th loop fell over Bill's head; it dropped below his shoulders and the Mexican gave It a quick jerk. The rope drew tight about Bill's body; It pinned his arms to his side. A strong pull unseated Bill and we hanled him out of the church. Y'ou can imagine that the preacher felt relieved. Services were immediately dismissed. It was a narrow escape for Rev, Anderson, for Bill surely would have killed him had he not complied with hi commands, We took Bill to the train and kept him until he sobered up. Then be went to Rev. Anderson and ' - AMEER Salrf 1 OF AFGHANISTAN. Death Who Morh , MV, i -- months, all for $S. They always look welL But let me buy two four-dollhata and try to make them do until . spring; what a disreputable appearr ance 1 would present. Take the matter of outer garments. A man bwyi his winter costume a double-breaste- d sack suit of handsome riot hr worsted, serge or cheviot for ISO or f 40. This amount procures one that ia well made, fashionably cut and in which he a! way appears well dressed. Now let the young woman get a gown for the same money. Whether who buy it ready-mad- e or not it will be only fair for the price, and not be But let her attempt to wear It for street and home for an entire season, as the man will do, excepting aly those occasions when evening dress is required. If she takes it to business, doa it for the street and for ordinary purposes at home, it will, look shabby la no time at all. A aJ who wouldn't tire of the girl in the same frock morning, noon and night! "She, would, of necessity- - lie compiled to freshen it at time by silk fronts, laee effancy waist-coat- ,. fects and soon. Even if she did, by great care, succeed in making the dross last, the would never present the correct apiearance of the average young man In his plain suit It is time, say tome, to rebel; time to call for a costume that we can buy ready made, as do the men, for a fair price. Give us the right to make our dress after a becoming, not a fashion- -' able style, and to wear it as Jong as we please: Then the cry would no longer be raised against this forced extravagance of women. The other sex, too, may soon raise d Its objections. The young man needs a larger purse than formerly; styles change more rapidly of late, and greater attention is )aid to the accessories of his toilet, lie finds his laundry bill a considerable item, and he delects his ties with groat care. They match either his eyes, his hair or the strie in his shirk His link cuff button, bis pajamas, silk underwear, suspenders, socks, handkerchiefs and gloves must all be of the finest, and he must certainly have a handsome lounging coat and an eider dowQTote do chimbrerto iajTnoThtng' of canea and small hand bags and a leather care for a full dross suit. ar first-clas- s. well-dresse- TRAMP'S EXPERIENCE. Hu s Loss sad Damp Rid In s Tool ( hut. A tramp had a novel experience In Southwest Georgia recently. He said that he and his pal, a young fellow, were in Montgomery and decided to steal a ride on the cannon ball train to Albany, 8o they got on the tender, Qne was a big tramp and the other a little tramp. On the reifr of the tender there is what ie known as a too) chest and into this the big tramp stored himself. The little Hramp, fearful of detection, asked fora berth in tho same compartment, bpt waa refused, the big fellow spying here was not enough room. The little follow thought this a violation of the ethics of the profession, and, to even up matters, closed the lid of the chest and fastened it with a A Ue t Earopa. j About three months ago a,, visit which the ameer of Afghanistap w us to make to Queen Victoria early jn'the spring was arranged by Kir Mortimer Durand. , This would no doubt have a ' political significance, and would tend atk'k. that point, , to make it still taohe difficult tor Rus, timo one of tho train this About The river falls 800 feet in less than sia to push forward her boundaries in crew discovered the little tramp and six miles, with one clear stoop fall of his direction. Bo long a Afghanistan bounced him. more than 800 feet. The stream above remains independent, it is practically Of course the old tramp was a sethe falls is as large as the Ottawa. impossible for England and Russia to cure prisoner, ms shown by the tact Below the falls it narrows into canmake gny additions in that region. that he remained In a closed ch SO or 40 feet wkW with The ameer's death would tend to bring from about 9 o'clock yon of only Friday night u steep walls on either side, hundreds of about complications that might result 7 o'clock Saturday morning. And feet high., Mr. Low brought back In war between the two powers, worst of it is that he was in water the beautiful specimens of lahrsdorite of Afghanistan, too, would be apt to all that time. It appears that tho ten- the most beautiful kind of the gem. It suffer, for Abdurrahsm ghan-habeen der leaked and ' filled the tool chest exists in large quantities. most Literal in him policy and most with water. The tramp would no The iron ore deposits to which ref- earnest in his reforms for the people. doubt have drowned had he not kept erence has been made extend from He has opened large factories in his nose just above high water mark. latitude 60 to Lngava. and are very w here the people are taught EuThe train which conveyed the tramp rich. Whole mountains of tho oro ropean trades; and it is due to his per- arrived in Albany about midnight were found corresponding with the ora sonal influence that the hate of the .Friday night, but -it was not until 7 of Marquette, Michigan and containoclock baturday- morning that his ing millions of ton. The large lake cries attracted any attention. Michikamaw, in the northeast, is more Those who were there say tits,, r e than 103 miles long, not narrow and presented a most ludicrous tramp full of islands like Mistassini, but from His erstwhile holeless pearanee. thirty to fifty miles wide. parol was wringing wet and his tact lakes Several larger than Lake St. and hands were as black as coal dust John were seen by the party, say 8 the could make them. New York Advertiser. Tho country But the tramp talked very glibly to the north is a perfect net work of, about the matter, and taid: waterways, and these contain such fish Bocher life Ill get even with that in abundance asOuananiche brook and . duck! Jack is gay, but Fll fix him! V ( lake trout, white fish, etc. -- . DAMES AND DAMSELS OF THE CITY et LOUI-S- NOTED FOR THEIUBLAUTX-.- - OF ST. ll a seemingly careless manner all in- formation necessary for the ns of the The only frequent visiconfederates. tor she had was an unpretentious youth, who would sit on the with her in the after- piazza - noon, exciting no suspicion. The youth was Mosby, the famous guerrilla, and Miss Ford, whcr wasto Brigadierhonorary General J. E. B. Stuart, wu giving him the whole scheme and strength of. the union forces, where the pickets were stationed,, the strength of the . outposts, the names of officers in command, the nature of general orders, the places where officers quarters were established and the number of officers present. Once when she was riding with a union officer Mosby joined them In his unfashionable citizens' clothes; Miss Ford introduced him under his assumed name, and joining them for a fen' miles he learned rnuoh that he w islied to know. That night Mosby n as enabled through Miss Ford'S information to make the attack upon lien. Houghton, carrying off officers as prisoners, also valuable property, and capturing 100 fine horses. - It was this affair which called forth Lincoln's well known remark, that it was a great pity be could make brigadier-general-but couldn't make horses. Tbc true circumstances and mode of attack, the accurate Information in ' possession of the confederate leader, all pointed unmistakably to the existence of a i spy - within the Jineaso a woman- - was sent to meet a woman. One of the female detectives of the secret service went to Mias Ford, rep- pro-vinici- to that most worty, true hearted Presbyterian divine, Dr. John C.' Smith, and suggested that his wife might be disposed to visit the little prisoner and provide her with female apparel. Some .time after the doctor told me that Mrs. Smith went to see her mnd found the young woman in bed, but it transpired that in The dilemma -- . s, quarters. Baffled for awhile alie rods on, but at last feigned sicknesa and said she was unable to ride further. Stopping at a .house, Miss Cushman found that federal scouts had - passed that w ay an hour before. '' Calling an old negro to her, she put some money into his hand, told him to go down the rnadtnd come back screaming, The Yankees are coming?" He did as ahe directed, and, although the southern soldiers refused to believe him at first, he acted hi part' no well they finally made off to hiding, leaving Miss Cushman alone. She escaped, but found it was necessary to pass the confederate picket. To the first Tour, when halted, she gave the countersign a canteen of whisky but the fifth was more inquisitive and ahe was turned back, hhe reached Rosecrans finally, hut was in the end arrested. s Ca-bu- l, V -- V 'hi -- s'1 On Seal of rsra. London is agitated over the threatened downfall of a- groat institution which for years has excited the daily Wonder of travelers. The county council proposes to abolish the cab raliu. which extends for four miles from Charing Cross, and to. have but' one scale of taros for the whole county of' " London. v fair ones of st. l&uis. Some B nasties of city holed Jat for said Ich What are you doing, Freddie', the painfully smart boys uncle. Drawln pictures OB iny slate. What is this supposed to rep- - ' Lwlf VssiM. Louis has more pretty women to her population than any other city of resent? J & 1 T the country. The J of A iocomothe. ' K'W that city, out of a spirit of local pride, But why dont you draw1 the cars? recently published a group pictnre of MAJOR FAVLIXE tTSHMAX, Why- -er the , locomotive " druwt some ofTh leading beauties of the the cars.' , course of the Interview th little solThe same is reproduced on this dier expressed toMrorSmith so em- city. Pa(?p The women are, of 'course, Enas to Hav Fan, phatically her opinion of yankeea and leader of society. of them farce comedies gom' Any all their doings that the clergyman's on! asked the rural visitor of hi wife grew indignant and left, declar' - companion. A to , th Cp reing that the woman' .soldier might none ont ce in, the paper, L. Jimwm-A- ny main in bed forever or wear her marl strikes whihfl was-ou- t That's too bad. Anyhow, we kit, before she it until of off, town? drop pel garb would help her out. So the brigadier-genera- l Bilson Y es. the trolley cars .made a go out and visit the loonatic asylum.' Indianapolis Journal. and the Presbyterian minister few. St- - f Iost-DLpat- 1 t - b--- w f?yrr . -- ' ABDiRRAHMAX KHAN. Afghans to the Europeans at Cabal Is suppressed. IThe ameer. is about 60 year old: end was given the title July it, JStSO. i fortune tellers ' Professional house to house in New roam Cnpw. There are vines in Burgundy said to be upw ards of 400 year old at the present time. In eomo parts of Italy there are vineyards which have bea in a flourishing state for upward of three oeiiturles; and there a Vineyard of 1 03 years duration Is cotuidorad Turk, seeking fools, to whom they reveal the J future, at fees ranging from SO cents to young. 1 a head. from, t - |