Were the nonors that the conntry Showered upon her bravest son Given as one tips a servant For some menial work well done? Is the hero of Manila Worthy of no better pay Than the mean and captious snarling, ['hat is crushing him to-day? Is our Dewey's glory nothing But a gilded ball and chain? Is its price the loss of freedom? Must its cost be manhood slain? J O. Madison, in New York Sun, CAPTAIN JIM, The Hero of Lot's Corners, By John Walker Harrington, went to Lot's Corners the great Panther Mine The place was hardly a It consisted of a company hundred houses of the same pattern arranged about the ter- minus of a scraggly spur of railroad known as the Pumpkin Vine, which in- Captain Jim shortly after was opened. town at all store, with a in the hills, The only evidence of civilization about it~was the red school- house, where Captain Jim drilled an educational awkward squad. There the old soldier instructed such of the coal to be hopper boys or gate tenders, Captain Jim had been graduated Ohio college. His most successful en- terprise was leading a company at the Battle of Wilderness, The war records bear testimony “to a gallant and heroic charge” led by Captain James Fortescue, of Company C, One Hundred and —th regiment, Ohio vol unteers. The gentle occupation of lead ing soldiers to flelds of carnage cannot last forever, Captain Jim, at the close of the war, turned to storekeep ing, surveying and various other occu- pations, and finally up schoolmaster, “The boys seem to be getting ugly.” the old soldier remarked to his lady, as he blew a long whiff of smoke toward the ceiling The Captain was ; sitting in the parlor of the Widow Kerrigan, who kept the only boarding house at Lot's Corners, Young Harris, the superintendent of the mine, who had just come in, looked at the old captain for a moment and then lighted a cigar. “Yes,” sald Harris, “we are have machines, Machines don’t get full of bad whiskey and they don't go on strikes, It's all very well for you to talk about wives and children and a cold winter. We gave fellows fair warning, and we don't propose to stand any more night.” Harris, with a mock military to the old soldier, left the room. » w . » » * > the $0 ended as a land. going to those foolishness, Good salute Captain Jim pored until midnight over his *C Commentaries.” reading anew the battles of the Roman legionaries with flying columns Huns and Visigoths, He into the embers of the fire, picturing the struggles of Caesar and Orgetorix The screech of a whistle down the winding course of the Pampkin Vine caused him to start to his feet. He hearil the beat of driver wheels over the ill-ballasted railroad. A moment later he stood in and in long Army overcoat. he flung open the door and hastened toward the litue station. The dry snow crunched beneata his feet. The wintry gust sent flinty white crystals against his face and faekAr's sat boots ings. Outlined against the frosted hill side was the giant hopper, a gaunt and blackened skeleton. About it Captain Jim could figures moving to and fro. and once he thought he saw the gleam of a lighted match, “There's trouble coming.” he said. half aloud, “and when these ignorant foreigners break loose it's terrible.” Down the track he saw an eve of fire. “That's no ordinary Pumpkin Vine engine,” muttered the old eaptain: “they send down all their broken down locomotives to a place like this: that's a special from Columbus, and specials to my thinking, are always a sign of blgodshed around this part of the coun- try.” * * > * @ - * The locomotive, wheels and a sereech of escaping steam, came abreast of the station. From the ends of the three ears behind descended a hundred blue coated men, with rifles flung over thelr shoulders, They were guards from a Western de. fective agency-—former street ear con ductors, truckmen and the like-—who are sent to the Hocking Valley when Sere with rumbling rection, “You're come none too soon.” sald the young superintendent, as he ad. vanced to meet the leader of the guards, of a horn echoed among the hills, From every ramshackle house there came forth a man; from some dwellings | three or four, Groups formed at vari “ous corners, and over the gnow there erept little companies. Those who Iked in the centre of the knots of in carried oll cans and fagots of idling wood, A deputy sheriff, who ood at the base of the hopper, saw + aproaching host and fired his re- Iver into the air. He was caught, und, and hurled ‘head first into a ow drift. Another deputy, rather an fire upon the miners, dropped his Bm and ran as fast as his legs could him, JIalf a dozen railroad hikes and three or four chunks of coal hizzed past his head. The crack of his steps toward the stetion, where the guards were slowly forming, “They're going to fire the hopper!” he superintendent's feet. » * * * ® + » A quick word of command, a shoul the snow. Ahead of them they saw a tall, gaunt figure. The long hair fiying in the wind, One hand was stuck in the breast of an old army coat At the sound of marching feet the Cap | tain hastened his pace, grabbing with { his left hand an imaginary sword, | ran. “Out of the way there, | the young superintendent. | clean daft?” Captain | hundred yards in advance of the guard, About the base of the structure men were piling wood and shavings and splashing the rubbish with oll. Tow: ering above all the rest was a broad shouldered Hungarian, who had light ed a mateh. Captain Jim had christ ened him “Attila the Hun,” and the name stuck to him. The man was a natural leader He was of kind who make strikes possible, “Drop that, Attila? yelled the Captain, Attila motioned Captain Jim away. “You friend.” he sald. "No be here, Go! The Captain turned al a hundred leveled rifles, “Superintendent!” he { talk to these fellows." The miners with | ready revolvers “See Cap!” eried “Are you one be wnt, He saw eried, “let me stood hands upon fellows," continued Captain Jim, “I'm an old and I know what I am talking about, If you fire that hopper you'll be punished for it, If it the troops in the country to do it and quit the game.” % * » * % here, you soldier takes all Take my advice ® * Nobody could tell how it happened There came a shot from Captain Jim threw up his hands and fell in the snow. A stream of blood dyed the trampled drift. The old dier placed one hand his heart; with he pointed toward the held by the leader of the The Hun threw the firebrand the ground and trampled it until the last strikers roppe » their snow. They the old olin Attila, the Hun head upon his knee “Not us,” whispered the Hun, us." The young orward. l sail cried, hat no shot Six men carried the old the Widow Kerrigan's guards and strikers, somewhere 261- above the othe Ir torch strik- ers, to beneath his had left it guns in toe the foot The spark surrounded form of lifted up the white “not rushed superintendent ftnoess men to wi he was fired by na” these Captain to They three of each ‘aptain as they raised him up fault Any old sol can't Harris, morning to the school for to the ¥ m that none of thelr were “Don't take on Jim whispered, _0, boy wl" « it was nobody = ier Knows that for TOW you always ae { count a4 weapon EO up io and say vonungeters He good by © the ue Fell dads was | to blame.” Captain Jim clasped and with neared fing “Make it up, aiid With two grasping each other's hands over his breast Captain James Fortescue was mustered out of the ar my of earth. In the little graveyard at Lot's Corners is a monument bear ing beneath crossed swords the Inscrip tion, “Captain Jim.” As long as that memorial stands the whirr of the ma chine shall not be heard in the Panther Mine. ~New York Herald. VOICES OF F.SH. Peculiar Sounds Uttered by lababltants of the Deep, that utter rare, but seen or heard by ing husiness, Years ago, in the Gulf small, highly col ored fish known as the haemulon was hauled up. The moment it appeared above the surface it opened its month and began to grunt and groan so loud. ly that the attention of the entire par. ty was attracted to it. The sounds could be heard from end to the other of the sixty-ton schooner, One of the fishermen held the fish In amazement a few moments, and then was so convineed and begging for lberty tossed overboard. The gizzard shad utters a note that can ve heard some distance, and the eel ix sald to make a Harris's righ his left Sripped the fe Atti sq} hand, ers of men!” he 1 0ii-%1 the Fish ineans sounds are by no fot often not in the fish- they are t liose Note of Mexico, a one that it was Ler made by a fish, ever known to be came from a sinall doghish, ion the New England coast, or shark, The fish- | dozen and as each fish came out of the {as though in great agony, so that when several of these fishes were on {deck the alr was full of barking or eronking, The dramfishiis one of the few fishies whose sounds are heard while they are in the water, The late Spencer F. Baird of the Smithsonian Institution made some interesting experiments with them, and in a root deseribed the strange sounds (hae came up from the bottom. He had the Impression that the fish were directly on the bot. tom of the vessel and were striking it, but this was found to be a mistake. The fish were in a school some feet be- low the surface, and in all probability were making the sounds by striking their pharyngeal teeth vogether, The sounds produced by these fish have a singular effect upon superstitious sen- Any one who has slept In a small has heard strange crackling They appeared series of eracks or electric but what creatures produce the noise no one seeins to Know, One of the most remarkable of all the sound-producing fishes Is found in China seas, and an account of Its ae tions hag been given by Lieut, White He wig engaged the water sometimes, of a river and came to anchor one night in shallow wate~. Presently strange sounds began to be heard com. up from the bottom. They were the beating of drums. men were demoralized, and at- tributed the nolses to spirits, it being sald that a crew of pirates had gone but the officers were con- vinced that the noise was caused by some sea animals, and Investigation showed that it came from a school of fish that made the sounds by clapping their teeth together, JIM WARDNER, OF IDAHO. His Remarkable Luck and the Story of an Interesting Telegram. Wardner of over,” sald a Westerner from the Pacific Slope, somewhere In New very minute, for 1 heard that he had left for the East on a prospecting trip, just be fore 1 got down from Ska Wardner 8 n that nnd Iw aving one for him In Idaho and another in British Kootenal, he has made and lost four fortunes in mi and is now on his fifth At fourth Is gone, only makes a fortune w happens to be out of one, but it all town and just in “Jim Idaho “ought to he York eity at this gway cannot be town genius sides bh downed, nes least, his and he hen he His last venture was big He had two steambonts started the town of Wardner, and Jim sts “There waz a ri river, but they had to depend on Jim's steamboats for their staff, and natu ally, under inees, Wa ner had Steelton of the th town which 3 al with a boom, a million ver town went io win fh ROTORS ©" ust on name Cine when way, yihing both of i and sunk, and in a fix to replace them in words, it busted and he got of it while go off to ever was coming went Jim w jigs bonts on 15! rocks him the best he could and trade of gods, Toronto for a stock These, the extent of $40,000, he Lake Bennett and 1 the river for site carried up in it vidently J startad awson. E luck wasn't on the water his In wrecked, and af it to for logd of stuff was hie only him In luek, his been nring ww} svi hen, if he had easily have waved oil enough £4 (0, had £40 i¥ ty Wot sold for S400.000 at the usual Dawson profit would have but Wardner I nnderst to present af the a reputation for wins one farm on an is land in Puget Sound, where he raised according to Eastern of black him in a fabulous revenue. Of course it was a fabric of fancy, but the story was told everywhere, and Ward ner's black cat was one of least. “Another time when he and wanted to a grub stake hig repress fiftations to an h vast numbers fur brought journalist, sue +3 eats that their $ the farm the is told on him of a between fortunes New York for He was at Vancouver, nothing was go on but the land, so he Canadian Pacific Railroad. CHS the agent and asked him telegraph Mr. Shaugh- uessy, the general passenger agent at Montreal, to the effect that Mr. Ward story wis get to left him to stated his to to got transportation he would have to walk. The obliging agent sent the message and asked, ‘Shall 1 issue the transportation? Later the agent re ceived a reply ‘Don’t let Mr. Ward ner walk,! and that same night Mr. Wardner was flying castward on a C. Arriving at Montreal, Ward ner went to Shaughnessy to extend his thanks, and when the general passen How did you get here so soon?’ he asked, “Over the C, P.. of course,” respond “But how? yee Didn't the agent get my let Mr. smiled and it said: ‘Don’t and 1 didn't, “You, Wiardner walk,’ Jim, “fireat Seott!” exclaimed Shaugh- nessy, ‘that telegraph operator left out The telegram should have ‘Don’t. Let Mr. Wardner walk.’ “Then Wardner gave Shaughnessy ha ha, nd Shaughnessy gave Wardoer a dinner, and Waroner didn’t either, He's a great chap, is Jim Wardner, and he'll be on top again by and by, sce if he isn't” Places for Caltivating Cork, Part of the United States, India, Africa, the islands of the Pacific, and Australia are well adapted for the sue. cessful cultivation of the cork oak. The drawback is that several years must elapse after planting before there can be any of the desired results, The avidity for “quick returns” which un deniably prevalls among us may be re. garded ax the principal ditienlty in ob. taining groves of native cork In this country.~Waverley Magazine, It isn’t always when a man indulges in reflections that he shifiea. SLIM PIET JOUBERT. EXCITING EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF THE BOER COMMANDER. He Is of French Huguenot Descent, from Childhood to Hate the British and Shoot Straight—He Was Vic: tor at Majuba Hin. Petrus Jacobus Joubert, better known as Plet Joubert, or “Slim Plet,” (Slim Peter), was born sixty-eight years ago. He came of an old French Hug family, long settled in South Africa, and many writers attribute his chival- rous instincts to the less mixed charac ter of his origin than is the case with the majority of the Boers, ident Kruger, he was born In Colony, but was taken, when years old, by his parents to the Orange Free State, He was taught from early childhood the British, to straight, and to be fearless when hunting big blacks. Of ordinary schooling he little, in those days when the homestead to father's fa many miles away. He never newspaper until he was nineteen years old, he ambitious to something than a with il of the fow able to obtain, taining a fal and languages, Joubert’'s hi seven to detest shoot had rin saw 0 his become farmer, books he bt wis more mere and, the a succeeded In ob of Was knowledge history nen COIS the ereditn (uence of sind by his | wettl i ths and cided to he founded almost joing Natal at | srthernmont But it was bain burgher f the ith African Republic before the “woonplaat Post, not long after he ame a own as a useful man and a fighter. It was said that body of men mon daring be could lead a snncresaf nly i iin a 9. when Joub™ trivms afd the rel irate—-the oth who were Brit Kruger had the holding Joubert the latter wanted to before best mo- in which to strike the When, however, Joubert was se P'retorious wllion to overthrow in the Transvaal reatest difficulty in o in cheek . s3 i} ris when rostilition the for freedom, time came to fight, lected as the best man to have control of the Boer forces. How he conducted the campaign, which began and ended rously for the British, is known to nearly everyone. The battle of Majuba Hill in 1881 was his crown ing feat of generalship. He personally led the force that dealt to Great Brit blow the #0 disast to be the real cause of the present con. flict After peace Joubert aid of the had been arranged Gen. not remain dle. The agreement with Great ritalin were not satisfactory to a large pumber of Boers, Joubert in in view of a possible fut conflict, the army of the South African Republic was organized by him. He divided the country into sev- enteen military departments, and each of these departments into smaller di- visions, with commanders, field nets and Hentenants of various ranks, in charge. Every map, it is said, his farm, and had his complete equip ment ready at home. When the sum. mons came every man was pledged to appear at an appointed spot, When war was declared Joubert had within forty-eight hours the Boer nation was in aris, Besides this extraordinarily perfect organization, Joubert did more than any one else In the South African Re- public to secure an immense quantity of artillery. What the strength of the republic in modern guns is the British are beginning to find out. Most of them came from France, and are of te latest and most improved type, When the Jameson raiders were eap- tured and locked up in Pretoria jail Joubert appealed In the strongest terms for their immediate execution. Not even the suggestion of another Boer leader that the raiders’ ears be cut off was a sufficiently harah meas. ure to please him. He sald that the men deserved death, and ought to be shot as a warning to others. Presi. dent Kruger and Joubert were closeted together for a whole night, and in the end Oom Paul's milder counsels pre Nevertheless, Joubert on other usages of civilization than almost nny of his colleagues, and the British When, In 1884, raided British territory In land Joubert was ahinost the Boers Bechuana- the only movement, and his opposition re- On this oc io from the territory selzed, Joubert threatened resign .y refuse,” he sald, *“to government that de and we positively under an The name “Blim Plet” was given to Joubert after Majuba Hill. It had no reference fo his physique, for he was nearly six feet In helght and of stout A NEW SOVEREIGN STATE. The Republic of the Acre, the Latest Goveran- ment in South Africa. Probably there are not many people who have heard of the Republic of the Acre, It is a brand new State which has South America in the h arisen in its origin to last few weeks it the fact GWeR that a large inter lor of South America i8 a land, some parts even three of the republics wh part of the no-man’s. claimed by two or ich have not clearly defined Himits, A certain Aries along take state of affairs Rodriguez happened ndvan He much of vely a Spal a theatrical | States, and determined to of an adventurer tage this wis who had seen the world, having been sucoessi employe in the Unite of works in Paris and a Argentine While In Ba he made the acqus gentlemen manager in } broker | the tepublic 1ETOR of ins pintance Who are pow his fers of state, Rodriguez Aries proclaimed a ast wddering on Brazil ana Bo Acre, name, n territory Iu the Republic of the the river of that Amazon diary wy The AH has and fad OM it HR) square mies pop Intion of gol pearance « professional man, for Whether will ta the ke a perm be 0 Mi that t ONE States HeTY 1 existonee § the = Have § : Republic of the Aer mentioned the Tr #en In Among thes may Tse and the African adven ansvanl Orange Free State in South which were ablished Ly also ext ses vst le 3 ¢ min sang, an furers in of small noise The region of hottest and America it 8 ho sufficient mporiance healthful of the ric grows wild in and trade can gen erally calenlate on making their for tunes in four or five years if they cape the malarial fevers and other dis eases which dog the stops of the white man in these Intitades, The territory of the Acre, or a por tion of it, was granted not long azo to American syudicate by the Govern- ment of Bolivia, which had a very doubtful title to it. The syndicate was to build a railway and make other im provements, but the project never came to anything, owing partly to the dis Hos host the those is also one which woods in great abundance, the rubber 8. to litigation, and finally resulted in the proclamation of independence already Thought He Had Been Noticlug. Willie Washington wag trying to be but the young woman amd looked and glasses a wil call on Monday afternoon, anyhow. “Have you read any books lately ™” asked Willie with the inane grin which he uses in society, “Yeu! answered the girl, “Been some pretty good ones written lately, don’t you think?’ “I haven't read any recent novels,” she answered, “You ought to read some. “1 find ample entertainment in the classics.” was the rejoinder, while her mother looked on with an approving smile, “Oh, He's a good old classic, “I read Shakespears " yes. Shakespeare, | suppose, occasionally 1 ans read Cor peille and Mollere and Goethe and Schiller, but only for diversion. 1%il- osophic studies are my especial occu pation at present.” “By Jove!” exclaimed Willie admirer. ingly. “You're geiting to be a regular bluestocking, aren't you?” “A what?’ repeated the young wo man's mother grimly as she arose to her feet. “Way-a blue stocking--you know. that je” ‘ “No explanations are necessary, Ame olin, T am going to tell the servant to take in the clothes’ line at once. Here. after neither of us will be at home to Mr Washington Se-Washingtun Suan, a — KEYSTONE STATE. LATEST SEWS GLEANED YROM VARI- GUBW ARTS, ORPHANS’ HOME BURNED. Girly’ of Sehool Destroyed Bection the Choster Springs by Fire No Loss of Life Occurred’ Flames Discoversd at Bupper Time and Students Escaped Without Mishap Other Live News, Fire broke out in the girls’ wing of the Chester Springs’ Soldiers’ Orphans’ Sehool, nine miles north of West Chester, and two Bours inter this inrge building was in ruins. About 150 girls were at supper at the time, aod when the alarm was sounded they hast Hy made their escape from the building. The flames were first discovered in an upper room by two little giris, who had just left the supper table, The fire was caused by the explosion of a coal oll lamp. For a Ume the children were paunic-stricken, but the cool-headed teachers nilayed the fears and ushered them quickly out of the dining-room 10 a place of safety. Hundreds of farmers gathered at the scene and materially assisted in preventing the flames from spreading to the main buliding, the chapel, wing, hospital snd other large buildings on the grounds, some of which were within 100 feet of the girls’ wing. But for the timely dis- covery of the fire an appalling catastrophe might) have resulied, owing to the fact that tue children are all quite young and rather difficult to manage under the strain of ex- citement. The Joss is about $15,000 and is covered by Insurance. The huge walls of the wing were not destroyed and it is thought that they can be utilized, The school is under the mansgement of 14 eutenant John M. Major, of Harrisburg, who sucoeeded Colonel Austin Curtis as superintendent mouths ago. Nothing of any value was saved from the buliding owing to the rapidity with which the flames spread. The burned bullding was a oid structure and was used during the War of the Bevo- ution as a hospital, For more thao half a century it was a summer resort, where hun- reds of people gathered non secount of the medical propartin of the In 1860 the Biate red control of the property and established t the Soldiers’ bool. The property is owned by & Mechanics’ National Bank, and is rented by the Blate, boys OIG yery EVEery sens springs, wee Orphans’ 5 » Farmers Pe snixville, Well Shooter's Dire Fate. ohn Hawkins met a shocking death, body being blown to shreds while thawing vitro-giyoerine which he in shooting a well Moon Township. his he was intended on the Ferguson What parts of the man could be found were gathered and taken to Coraop. Hawkins was a maryied , 45 years old, and the father of six He was in the employ of H. A. nbager, an oll well sh whose head- quarters are at Coraopolis. He is said to the most careful men in bad been following it for He Jeft Coraopolis with f glycerine to shoot the Pergu- The giyoerioe Is kept in a frozen state for safety and it was hauled to the wall. It was a strange accident in the re- wei that no one was injured except Haw- Samuel] Ferguson, William Carpenter and Frank McCracken were near him and Lellher was hur. LO use farm dead ME, nidren, tu wiler have been one of He ber of vears the business a Bum & quantity ON Weis. Vought Four Desperadoes. David Hughes, a merchant of Mt, Carmel, was awakened by a loud noise in front of the baliding. Dressing himself be went down- stairs Lo investigate, and as soon as be opened the front door men murdercusly as sauited He resisted until he fell sense sidewalk with one pr fractured, ra from the Sesh, while his head, body were badly lscerated and bruised, Before the gang sould escape sev- eral policemen appeared and were shot at five times by the fugitives. The bullets fail- od to hit the ofcers. The latter, after a fierce hand to hand fght, captured the gang aud locked them up. Hughes was removed to his home, where physicians dressed his wounds, The prisoners are Wally and Peter Karlow and Wally and Paul Walokowics., four him legs Lo the another i face and Died From Injury Sustalned on Ralls. Christopher W. Carmany, who was run down by a train on the Philadelphia & Read- ing Ballway, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. Mr. Carmany was a school teacher in early life, and from 1876 to 1856 was postmaster of Lebanon, He wae widely known as an accountant of ability and was aged 65 years, Injured by Retarded Quarry Blast. Frank Siebert was seriously injured by a biast in a stone quarry in East Allentown. A blast had been prepared which falied to explode, An bour ister the men tried to bore out the charge and an explosion oc- curred, Seibert was struck by the drill which was in the hole and 8a man samed Hartley was also slightly injured. A Policeman Shot. While attempting to quell a riot at a dance hail, in Hazleton, Officer Matthews was shot in the hip. Frank Birdie, a Freeland Ital ian, was arrested and held in $1000 ball for court, charged with the shooting. The son. dition of the officer is very serious, and it is feared blood poisoning will set in, Dead Nody Found on the Rallrosd. The badly mutilated body of a man thought to be Joseph Lueto, of Lansford, was found on the Philadelphia & Reading Ballway tracks, near Gilberton. He ls supposed to bave been run down by one of the early freight trains, ————— Killed His Brother, William Drady, aged 16 years, while hand- ling a revolver at Honesdale, socidentally shot and instantly killed his brother, aged 14 yours. The bullet entered the boy's heart, Boy Killed While Ginaning. A party of four boys, of Hawley, were DBurgiars broke into Joseph W, Bimpson's woneral store, at Port Carbon, and secured a considerable sum of money sad a large quantity of goods. The loss is about $50, The sanual reorganisation of the Prison Board took place al Readiog. Joel IL. aT ter Wha, of ¢ prow +f Casravon, bared
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