THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1899. 71 XXXMrara$)XttOXXXXJ The Surviving Heart. BY HOWARD MAtlKBL HOPE. . XXttWSAtXmttXXXXXX Alone an old road in Pennsylvania stands tho charred rulna of an Inn which In Kb flay afforded, welcome aholtsr and rest to many a wayfarer. Several years aftur the Revolution a plkn was1 opened ten tnllea to tlio southward and the anclenb thorough farn became a moro byway. Somo of tho regular travelers, however, who had grown used to the richness of Its larder, still patronized the tavern, but on many an evening Its landlord, Joel Beggs, sat alone In the tap room, which had been wont to resound with tho rollicking song or the hearty laugh following a gay talo, ruminating upon the decay of his fortunes or lamenting to a neighborhood crony Ono October night In 1793 so the queer tale runs he sat smoking his brlarwood pipe by the great wood Btovo nnd looking curiously at a stranger who occupied u chair by it table In tho corner. The man had ar rived about nn hour before, had had his overridden horse put up, had stalked Into the top room, where ho had declined to register and lefused supper, lie had taken tho chair by tho tablo and had not risen from It since A black cape fell to the tops of his heavily spurred boots entlioly con cealed his figure, which might, how ever, have been surmised to be ex tremely gaunt. Long nnd kinky locks hung to his shoulders, and from their raven mass his face looked out with almost startling1 pallor, nnd his eyes seldom left the hands of the tall rloek back of the bar. He had dropped his cocked hat upon the table, and placed bcsldo It a box neatly rapped In oil skin. Beggs had essayed soclalblllty by asking as to the condition of the roads. "Damnable," lind been the answer. Repelled by the tone, rather than the adjective, which was mild tap room profanity, the landlord had tak en a turn about the room and then made a second effoit. "Is there anything I can do for you, sir?" "No," was the impatient reply, "but you can make out my bill as If I had kept your bouillons working like dovils. You can do something else let me alone." Joel had betaken himself to his chair and pipe and the stranger had relapsed Into pointed alienee. But as the form er had continued to study his odd gtest he suddenly straightened up, put his hands upon his knees and openly stared. The stranger did not notice this, but a Bmall man, who came Into the room at tho moment, stopped short uion seeing the landlord's posture, and also turned his small eyes upon the stranger. After a moment or two he walked to the stove. "Hello, Lowie." greeted Beggs, with di awing his eyes from his guest. "Glad you come In. It's a damp night nnd nngiuy lonesome." "It is damp and it's come foggy, too. But I didn't come In to talk about tho weather. Joel. Old Svdney's home" They looked at each other, then with one accord cast wondering glances at tho stranger, who kept his eyes stead Ily upon the face of the clock "You don't mean if" observed the Inndlord at last, again withdrawing his guze. "When did ho come''" "This nightfall. He come through the villago at a mad gallop, mud from head to foot, and his horse dashed with froth. I caught sight of the old man as he passed Ridley's store Ills face was as pale as a cotpse's und his ejes looked as if the deil hart been chasing him for many a good mile " "He'd a-been chasing his own, then," said Beggs, rising. lie walked to a side window, where Stiles Joined him. They turned their eyes upward. There was a lleht. blurred by the fog, high up as if from a house on a hill. "I was up there just afore I came In." paid Stiles In a half whisper. "I went round on to the big porch to tho window where the light Is. Old Sydney has a bright tire burning on his hearth and ho was sitting before it In a big armed chair. He was all bowed for ward, gripping his knees and shiver ing like ho was cold. A ghost couldn't a-been whiter and 11 fellow that sees the ghost couldn't a-been more afear cd." ' Is theie anyone with him?" "No ono but " Btllee tried to express his meaning by a look. "But what?" asked Beggs, falling to understand. "But his thoughts, and, before God, Joel I wouldn't be alone with such thoughts as that old man must havo for all his wealth." "You don't mean to say that old Sydney " i uo. nines interrupted, with a swift glance at the stranger, who, how ever, seemed to be oblivious to every thing but the laggard clock hands "I havo good reason to speak out plain about It now, and It's high timo wo get the olllcers to help us look Into it." "If you know anything certain to tell them I'm ready to stand by you In making the charge." "Wall, I do. You mind that the young revolutionary soldier came here that night and uskod for old Sydney. He socmed to be In ttouble When Sydney came they wero together In the tide room for an hour, and when they came out Sydney told us the young soldier would stay awhile at his house end asked us to say nothing about his being here. Ho took blck up there In tha old hous and died, with no one by him but old Sydney and that French scholar who lived there and did noth ing but study bin devilish books." "Of course, I mind all that, Lewie." "But here Is the new part. Doctor Lelghton told me this only tonight. He treated the soldier up there, hut never could say what uiled him. This even ing he called me Into hie office and said he would tell me something that weighed on his mind and that he'd never told anyone, before. That was that, unbeknown to old Sydney or the Frenchman, he cut the young man open to examine his heart, and h6 found" He stopped involuntarily and cast a quick glance at tho stranger, to find that bis glaring eyes weie tlxed upon Mm. "What did ho find?" whispered Ueggs. "That there was no heart In tho body," Btllcs repllod, withdrawing his eyes with some diniculty. "But that ain't all The heart had not been cut out, or there was no sign of a cut on the soldier's breast. Dr. Lelghton thinks that old Sydney nnd the Frenchman performed some diabolical experiment on the young follow." Both men tuined their heads and looked at the stranger, moved by a yet uti'polcen fact regarding him. He had drawn his black hair free from his pallid faco and was still stating at them. They shrank closer to tho win dow. "Heaven above us," whispered Stiles, catching the landlord's slieve. "did you ever see such ft resemblance?" "If ho Isn't a twin to the young sol dier. It's himself." "And see here, Joel," Stiles lecalled, with stiffening lips, "It's exactly flftee.i years tonight since the oung fellow dld up there.' "It Is, by nil that's "tand by mo, Lewie " The atrmiger had risen and was com ing toward them. "Landlord," ho said gruflly, "I can't wait any longer. I will leao yonder package In your charge and If a young man looking somewhat like me does not come for it by 11 o'clock, I want you to take It up to Sydnev Grevlston." The landlord staited In spite of him self, and Stiles captuied on exclama tion upon his lips. 'What are you filghtencd ubout?" the man demanded "You know old Syd ney, don't you'" "Very well, sir, very well Shall I give him any message?" "Say to him what you please, but you are not to open the package. Now fetch me my horse and bo quick." Beggs gave the order, and while the animal was being made ready tho stranger stalked the room Impatiently, hut did not once go near tho two men or speak to them. When the horse was at tha door he flung a coin upon a table without asking for his reckoning, went out and clattered away Tha landlord and Stiles stood In won der until the splash of hoofs died away far down the muddy road; then, with out a woid. walked over to the tablo and examined the package. It was about eight Inches long by four square, wrapped In oilskin and securely tied with a leather thong. At the knot and the Intersection of tho thong wero red wax wafers pressed by a seal In the shape of a heart Beggs lifted It, found It to be of natural weight and tet It back upon the table. Theie was nothing about It to -suggest that It was other than the ordinary package carried by travelers "I have an errand In the village," bald Stiles, "hut I will come back be foie 11." "Yes. come baok, Lewie. If I must take the package up to old Sdney, t want you along. The matter may be all right, but it has strue'e mo as un common queer pomchow." Observing that he was himself anxi ous to see the end of the nffal-, Stiles went out and Joel resumed his pipe and chair by the stove The combination, of warmth, smoke and silence pioved boporific After a time Ik suddenly started from a sound nap, clutched at his brast and sat bolt upright. He had ben aroused by one lolent thump of his heart. He looked about, sus pecting that Stiles was trying to fright en him, but the room was quiet he was alone and the box still stood upon tho table. He settled back In his chair, only to hprlng to his. feet as his heart gave another extraoidlnary bound He walked over to the bar and was there frightened by nn unnerving throb. Be ing a man of spirit however, he stood his ground and dlseoveiud that the heats were rapidly lnctearing In num ber and foice and that the bensatlon was glowing sickening. He backed to ward the door opening upon the rear of the Inn and turned the bras. knob with a hand tiembllng in unison with the tlipn rapid palpitation. The mo ment he crossed the sill his heart re sumed Its normal action At that Instant he heaid Stiles enter the tap-room. He called out to him to sit down by the stove and wait a few moments for him, then, holding the door slightly ajar, watched to see If he should bo similarly affected. He sat but a few minutes befote he sud denly threw n his hands and looked wildly around He sprang to his feet, gripping his left side, ana fled towards the rear door, his little body Jf iking as the pulsations grew muro alarming. The landlord threw open the door and stepped Into the toiini In front of him. Stiles stopped shoit, dazed bv his abrupt relief. "I know what you suffered," Beggs said. "It had Its grip on my heart a few minutes ago. Whnt do you sup pose it Is?" "That young soldier died up there fifteen yearn ago tonight," said Stiles, as if reasoning to himself. "There was no heart In his body. The btrunger that bi ought that package looked ex actly like him, and there ure beart shuped seals on It." He turned about and looked at the package to signify his conclusion, and tho landlord, coming clober to him, nodded his assent. With one accord they walked slowly to the table. Neither ventured to touch the pack age, but Stiles put his ear close to It. He started up, awe stealing over his face as he motioned Joel to listen. He compiled, and sprang erect, saying. "I may bo out of my head, Lewie, but If ever I heard a heart beating I hear one in that package." The first stroke of eleven from tho clock sturtllngly Intercepted Stiles' re sponbe. "No one has come for this devil's affair." said Joel, after the vibration of the last stroke had died away, "and I suppose I must keep my promise to the fellow that brought it here." "Ought we to take It to old Sdyney when we know the awful effect It pro duces?" Stiles considered. "Well, 1 want It out of my tavern. We'll toll Sdyney about It and ho can do as he pleases with it." He lifted the box carefully, and, feel ing no ill effects, started with Stika from tho Inn. The fog had grown bo dense a to htdo the light In the win dow until they came to tho stone fence surrounding the grounds. The great house, which had boon the nbodo of hospltnllty during tho brighter days of tho Grevistons, nnd up whoso capac ious chimneys "her great Urea" had roared, stood then like a sepulchre of by-gone times. Deserted, silent, mourn ful, the hill which It surmounted seomed to bo thrusting It far above tho world's activity and good cheer. After they had passed between tho granlto pillars at tho entrance nnd had closed tho creaking Iron gate Begga stopped and cautiously raised the box to his ear. Ho instantly low ered It, and said In a low whisper: "It Is still beating." "Yes," Stiles repeated, after listen ing, "it's beating hard." They ascended to the broad porch and went noiselessly around to the lighted window. The taper had burned low- and the hearth flames were dying, but the solitary figure In the great arm chair was plainly levealed. Old Sydney was bent forward staring Into the embers His long hair, plait ed and bowed, was llttlo whiter than his face, upon which horror of mem ories ho could not dismiss was visible. Ah the light had waned tho shadows had crept closer to him, and now seemed to bo standing back of his chnlr and looking over his shoulders ns If curious to lenin what ho saw In tho expiring glow. Awed by tho suggested terrors of tho place, they tlp-tocd to tho fiont door and Beggs swung tho heavy Iron ring of tho knocker. A third rnp echoed hollowly thtough tho wide passage be foro the old man came to the door and asked from Insldo who was there. "Louis Stiles and Joel Beggs," the landloid lcfrpondod. "What do you want?" "I have biought you at package that was left at my Inn." The master of the lonely house shoved the heavy oaken bolt and open ed the door. The light of the now tap per he held showed a man aged p.v maturely by distress. Ills largo eyes had a haunted look the whole face, long pinched and pallid, wore the rapt expression of one who suffers well grounded forebodings of the future. Ho Invited them In, holding no the light to show the way. They not3d that he had suddenly become the haughty Sydney Grevlston they had long known, tho one In the chair by the hearth had been a stranger to them. "A young man came to my Inn this evening," Joel explained, "und asked mo to bring this package to you if no one camo for It before 11 o'clock." "And he bore a remarkable resem blance," said Stiles, searching ihe withered face which had suddenly be come stolid, "to tho young soldier who died up here fifteen years ago tanlght " "Is that nil, landlord?" said tho dd man, Ignoring Stiles, but they saw. In spite of his efforts to hide them, that his frail hands wore shaking as if with pulsy. "lie said there was no message, but I fell It my duty to advise you, sir " "I do not need your ndvlce. inv in. in; I have been expecting the packags." "Very well, blr," Beggs asqulcsced, "I only wished to ask you to put your ear to the package " "My ear' What foi " "What is an ear for," Stiles inter posed, indignantly, "but to listen?" With a labored smll" old Sydney bent and listened. Ills llpn were tiemb llng, when he rose, but he asked with well-feigned credulity. "What Is theie to hear"'" "Sydney Grevlston," said Stiles, "fif teen jcais ngo tonight a young rrl dler died In this house His body had no heuit In It, but there Is a heart beating In that box!" "A heart beating In that bos' What game are you blmpletons trying to pluy' Who ever heard of the like? My dear landloid, ou and our friend have been Imbibing stupidity at jour own bar. You have now carried the mesbcnger's Instillations. Good night" The-v turned angrily from him and walked to the front door, the old mtn following wit'i tho taper and chuck ling unnatuially In ridicule Cjrious to Kain if the Sydney Grevistou they knew or the one they had seen In the chair returned to the room they hast ened around the window and looked In It was the latter, a bent, wllhoied, feat ful old man that come from the hallway and walked shrinklngly to the table. He put down the swaying can dle nnd fpll to his knees near the bo. Sinking further back he bowed for ward until ho was almost prone, his whlto cue trailing upon tho dusty floor Fascinated by his wretchedness and expected each moment to see him af fected ns they had been, they blood by the window and watched. He fln ally pulled himself to his feet by the aid of the table. He placed one quiv ering hand upon the packugo and stood as If waiting for expected help. At that moment a tall clock In tho further corner of the room began lo strike "Midnight." whlbpered the landloid "Yes," said Stiles, "the young sol dier died shortly after midnight." Tho lost stroke died away and the old man took up the package In one hand and the taper 'n the other and staggered Into the hall. Thev noted by tho movement of tho bannister bhadows and tho dimming of the light that he was ascending the stairs with great feebleness. They left the house and descended to the Inn. Resuming their places by the stoe, they were about to discuss tho wisdom of leaving the box with Syd ney, when tho door was pushed open and an old man entered. Ills black satin garments wero bo bedraggled with headlong haste, many mud splot ches clinging unheeded to his pale faco, and his damp white hair hung to close to his cheeks that they did not recognize him until he had come close to the stove. They had both sprung to their feet, tho landlord ejac ulating, "Francois, the French schol ar" "Yes, yes," said the man, excitedly. "Have you seen this night a young man, tall, black hair, whlto face, with a package?" "He has been here." "And where now," ho asked, looking eagerly around The landlord described the stranger and told of his request. "And you have not no, no you havo not token the box up to Monsieur Grevlston?" "We have Just come from his house." "Mon Dleul We must make hasto then. It 1 a trick, a scheme, a crime of the devil. The box was stolen from my colleotlon, and I have traced the thief here. It affects the heart of any one alone with It." "Perhaps It contains tho missing heart of the young soldlor who died up there fifteen years ago tonight," said Stiles, walking close to the Frenchman and fixing him with his sharp eyes. "What nonsense do you talk, man? Why bo waste timo when the heart of Monsieur Grevlston may be beating now beyond ull help7 Wo must go; we must go. Good landlord, call a boy and send him for the nearest doctor, nnd then we must all haste to save him." Uager to bo relieved of any possible blame In leaving tho box with Sydney, Beggs summoned a boy, and bade him tell Dr. lielghton ty coino as speedily ns ho could. The three then started up the hill, but tho landlord and Stiles had almost reached tho house before thoy noticed that Francois had lagged be hind. They found that Sydney had for tunately left tho front door unbolted, and they entered tho halt. It was totally dark, but having learned that the old man hnd gone upstairs they groped their way to the landing abovo. They paused theie, not knowing whether to go forwaid or back along the passage. Their hesitation, how over, was speedily ended by hearing a moan near them, and, guided by its repetition, they came to a chamber door, under which a very dim light shone Hoggs turned the knob nnd cautious ly pushed the door open. Tho close air that Issued from within told them that the room must have been unoccupied for ears. The light barely showed a bed In a corner with Its tattered can opy, frayed chairs standing nbout, and tho ragged carpet upon tho floor. Upon the tablo beside the taper stood the box, but Sydney was not visible. They stood but a fow moments, however, before a deep groan called them In haste to the bed Old Sydney lny upon It, bent with suffering, gripping his waistcoat over his henit and breathing feebly. They weie iclieved by hearing steps coming rapidly up the stairs. Lager for Dr. Lelghton's arrival they both hurried to the door and met him there. "Old Sydney Is on tho bed there," said tho landloid, "and I think ho is in a serious condition." "Ah, that bed," said the doctor, le placlng the taper with a resh one taken from his case; "It Is the same the young Revolutloitaiy soldier died on." "Fifteen yenis ugo this very night," said Stiles. "Almost to the minute," added the doctor, going to the bed. He parted tho tattered damask hang ings, held the taper forward and leaned over. He instantly straightened, pulled the cut tains together nnd tut tied to tho two men. "Too late," he said quietly. "Not dead," they cried together. "Yes; It Is all over." With a rapid explanation concerning the box Stiles went to It and put his ear down "It is still beating fast,' he ex claimed; "come nnd listen, doctor." Dr. Lelghton complied, and at once said "It Is a perfectly natural heart beat. This Is a very dangerous affair and It must be destroyed." He took a lancat fiom his case and pushed It under the leather thong. He was about to sever It, when an exctted protest sounded from the doorway. It camo fiom the Fiench student, whoso footsteps they had not heard. He rushed toward the doctor, crying: "Do not cut; It Is mine. It was stolen from me and brought here. It was a diabolical plot, but you were In time. Yes, yes, tell me you wore In time to save Monsieur Grevlston." "No." naid the doctor; "ho Is dead " '"In the same bed and In the same room wheie you and he killed the young soldlor fifteen venrs ago to night." bald Stiles, glaiing Into tho man's eyes "That has nothing to do with this, man. That was Mon Dleu1 what Is this' Help, doctoi ; help! I Sucre!" He was clutching at his heait In agony He it-eled ubout, and In a mo ment fell into a large chair near him. "Take that box from the room," com manded tho doctor, hastening to the sufferer Stiles put his hands upon the box, but lnstuntly sprang back fiom It, crying 'I would not touch It to ?ave tho scoundrel Don't ou do so either, Beggi. Tho thing grlpp d mv heart again." Doctor Lelghton sprang to his case, took out a phial and poured n few drops of a colorless liquid Into a glass. After htlles' warning Boggs bunt over the box, being careful not to touch It. He now lose up and caught tho doc tor's arm. "Your medicine will do him no good now. The heart has stopped beating." They turned quickly to the sufferer on the chair. Ho was perfectly still, hta hands gripping tho chair arms In his last agony. The doctoi bent ocr him, then returned to tho table. It Is as you ba, Joel," he quietly observed, putting the glass upon tho table. "He is dead. Now we will open this package." He cut tho thong with the lancet and unwrapped tho oilskin. A flnely-pol-lbhed mahogany box was disclosed. H raised the lid without difficulty and took from It a bottle and held It close to the taper. "What Is If" asked the landlord. "A human heart," the doctor replied. "The heart of the young soldier who died here In this room fifteen years ago tonight," repeated Stiles. "That we cannot tell," Doctor Leigh ton responded, "but his heart was surely mlbstng. ind circumstances make it likely that this Is It." OUR LITTLE ONES. They aro such tiny feet; They havo gono such a Utile way to miet Tho j ears which are required to break Their steps to evenness and mako Them go More sure and slow. Thoy aro such llttlo hands; Bo kind. Things are so new, and life but Btaiuls A step beyond tho doorway. All around New day has found Such tempting things to shlno upon, and so Tho hands are tempted hard, jou know. They are such now, young lives; Surely their newness shrives Thorn well of many sins. They seo so much That being Immortal they would touch That If they reach We must not chide, but teach. Thoy aro such fond, clear eyes That widen to mrprlse At ovcry turn; they nro bo often held To suns or showers show cis soon dts- pellcd By looking In our face; Lovo asks, for such, much ciaco. They ore such fair, frail gifts Uncertain as the rifts Of light that lie along the sky They may not bo hero by-and-by Give them not love, but more above And harder patience with tho love. George Kllngle, In Washington Star. A Terrible Revenge. First bootblack You hud a row with Nlbsey, nilly? Second bootblack Yes, and I'm goln' ter have my revengo, too. First bootblack-Ooln' to light him? Second bootblack Naw, I'm goln' to stand nsldo of him when ho'a a nhlntn' a tfent, and when ho's finished I'm goln' to say, "Shine, sir?" Pearson's Weekly. RECEPTION OF VISITING KNIGHTS Ccncluded from Pace 1. ever given the degree, ns tho rohos nnd paraphernalia arc tho best pro curable. It Is expected that all tho grand ofllccrs and representative will bo present to enjoy this presentation of the rltunl. The Idea of presenting ono degree of tho work at each succeeding grand con vocation was Instituted somo time ago and has rapidly grown In favor. The work of this team will undoubtedly In cite the efforts of the others hereafter. At the conclusion of tho degree work a knightly social will bo held. GRAND COMMANDER'S RFJPORT. Grand Commander Sir John Gow land, of Phllipsburg, who, by tho way, Is a prominent party leader down his wny, gave a representative of The Tri bune a resume of his nnnual address, which he will read today. In part, he said: "There are now 114 commanderles located In seventy nlno places in .12 counties In tho state, having up to May 1 a total member ship of over 15,000. Huch commandery has taken an Intel est In tho work of tho order and the representatives nro all prepared to do business. The con vocation will pass smoothly nlong In Its labors. "We have had a most successful your, having 1,318 papt commanders In good standing, paid out over $28,000 In relief; havo Invested over $03,000, and own al most $71,000 worth of paraphernalia. In concluding, I might bay I like your city first rate, though I havo seen but little of It. Tho order seems to bo very strong here and represented by a fine lot of, men." POINTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES. Only ten representatives can be elect ed to tho supreme convocation this year. The representation Is based upon ono for ir.00. Tho supreme body meets in Philadelphia In October next. Sir Louis H. Stllz, of Philadelphia, Is sold to be the tallest and handsom est knight attending tho convocation. Ho is chairman of the committee en "giand commander's address and sta'e of the order. Geneial headquarters arc at the Hotel Jermyn, but Information and guides can be secured at Malta temple, '90 committee headquarters, where all representatives should register. All tho grand ofticers, with the ex ception of Grand Junior Warden 'a soph W. Smlnk, of Shamokln, who Is 111 at Atlantic City, are here ready for work. About 200 representatives have ar rived nlready and a most successful convocation Is expected. SONG CANARIES OF GERMANY. Their Home Is in an Entirely Isolat ed Chain of Mountains. Fiom Chambers' Journal The home of these bl:db, the Harz, an entirely isolated chain of moun tains rising out of the pliin between the rivers Lelne and Saale, Is th n ost northern elevation of .npo"nnce In Germany nnd lies partly In 1'ruuia, partly In Anhalt and Brunswick. The best song canaries aro "aied nere ut tho present time, chiefly n Andreos- berg, a town also celcuratej for ils -liver mines. In every house and cot tage of the place vou see canailis, and on a flue summer's day, when walking bj, their song greets you from every open door and window. Wheras with the other laces of canaries color, mark ings, .shape and Mc are Important points, with this breed theie is but one their song. The birds are u.uallv of middle size and stiongly built; the head Is large, the legs shorter and the neck not so long as In tho common canary, the legs slant backward a llttlo and tho bird does not stand as upright ns tho others. The bieast ought to be broad upd htrong, the eyes large and lively; the feathers must lie smooth and the bird ought to execute ull Its movements with a sort of coquetry The colors vary fiom btraw to golden yellow, some with gieen mat kings, but deeper shades of yellow are not to be found among them. If we say that these blids have to take the second placo In outward beauty of form and color, we certainly must givo them the flist of all In point of song. Their entlio value lies In this. With tho utmost care and science their voice has been cultivated for years, and splended icsults have been obtained. Tho song of a really first class Harz bird is a marvel of beauty for those who understand It, but It needs much practice and a musical ear to note slight differences and faults und to be able to choose the really best songster among a ciowd of birds. AS POTENT AS A KING. Influence of the Mad Mullah Among the Swatis. London Letter In Chicago Record. Not much Is known ubout the "mad mullah," the old man of India who is causing uneasiness In the minds of Eng lish politicians todaj. Ho Is mad only In tho fanatical sente. He III st made him solf notorious In tho Chltral outbreak of 1593, when, although moro than seventy jtais old, ho was nmoiiK the foremost in energy and struteglc ability. In tho lighting at tho Malakand ho lost two lingers, and afterward the membe's wero burled with great pomp In the I5o nalr valley, and a shrlno was erected to maik tho spot. The mullah Is a nntivo of tho Bonalr country, nnd wields therein a tremendous amount of Influence. This Influence ho has used In skillfully turning the enmity ot tho people In Swat against the khuu of Dlr In the "Johad," or holy war Thero Is a feud of long Btandlng between tho Uwatls and' tho kahan The kalian claims certain parts of Upper Swat, and at Intervals from before tho Rrltlsh oe cupatlon until thl3 day he has been In tho habit of raiding tho country. Ills agent, a Kliaka Khel of the Zatrnt, near Nowshert, had spread terror throughout the valley, but It U doubtful whether tha khan, with all his boasts for ho Is a weak man would bo able to maintain his oincla position weie it not for Urltlsn support. Tha frontier will not bo securo ns long as tho mullah in nt large, but tho sup pression of tho prcsont outbreak is likely to lead to an Independent Inquiry into the pretensions of the khan ot Dlr with a view to a settlement of the old contro versy. SHIPBUILDING AND IRON. How the Metal Tirst Came to Be Used in Nautical Construction. From the Pall Mall Magazine. The story of the use of Iron as a ma terial for the construction of shins Is full of Interest. Iron was long ngo ubed experimentally for building boatH; sev eral references to these crude attempts will bo found In tho annual i agister of last century. Grnutham quotes from a publication dated July L'S, 16S7. The writer Bays: "A few days ngo a boat built of Ingllsh iron by J. Wilkinson, esq , of Bradley Forgo came up our cnnal of this town, loaded with 22 tons nnd IS hundredweight of Us own ni"tal, otu. It Is nearly of equal dimensions with other boats employed upon the cnnal, being TO feet long nnd C feet 8 1-2 Inches wide; tho thickness of the plates with which It Is mado Is about live-sixteenths of an Inch, nnd It Is put together with rivets, like copper or fire engine boilers; hut the stem posts ore wood and tho gunwale lined with the same; tho beams are made of elm planks. "Her weight Is about eight tone; she will carry, In deep water, upward of 32 tons, and draws eight or nine Inches, of water when light." It Is extranidlnnry that such hints ns theso should havo fallen dead. Wus tlioro no shipbuilder with an eye swift to witness tho enor mous possibilities latent In theso llttlo canal experiments? A mnull lion boat wns launched In August, 1815. She was fitted up In Liverpool ns a pleasure boat. Hundreds viewed her as a curios ity. She was sunk maliciously In the Duke's dock, nn though Fomo Daniel Qulllp of a workman, foreseeing iron as an Issue if this boat was suffered to go on hinting, had put an end to her. Her owner raised her and sold her for old iron; "but the loss of this bout," ho says "tuined my attention to the practicability of making an Iron boat which could not bo sunk by any ordin ary means." PAY FOB FLATTERY. CnpltalIsts,Trculesmen, Actors, Sports men Inordinately Proud of Praise. From TH-nits. A friend of the writer Is well ac quainted with a wealthy employer of labor In the north of H-ilnnd, who has an Insatiable hunger for lattery, and will fo-felt nnv reasonable turn to he cure tho praise so sweat to his soul His aluewd manager Is well nware of his weakness, and has pock"ted many a fat fee In consequence. Now tr.d again a "testimonial" craze will break out among the employes of the ilrm, and an Illuminated address of a most complimentary character will bo pre sented to the delighted master, who shows it to all his friends and bends copies to the press. Dut only those In the secret know that the men who sign tna testimonial get a day's holiday cm full pay for bo doing, while the wily manager who engineers the affair gets a 5 note Among those In the theatrical pro fession It is a notorious fact that cer tain provincial actois, when about to visit a new tow n, arrange with an agent for a "public wolcome" at the railway station and an ovation In the public streets. In every town there are men who will applaud anybody and any thing for a shilling an hour. A ciowd of these creatures are hired for th occasion, and applaud the actor as he arrives In th town. They also follow hN carriage through the shoots and vociferously shout his name and fame. This kind of thing Is sure to be para graphed In the local papers, and pays Infinitely better than any oidlnary ad vertisement. It Is no uncommon occurrence for amateur muslo hall singers to secure an ovation every night they appear, by employing a clique of paid patrons.who distribute themselves about tha hall and ardently applaud at tho elected time. This Is known as "drawing the house," und the praise thus purchased and prearranged often proves con tagious In exciting applaus at a more general and natural character. An uninteur batsman of some nrtor lety in tho north Is In the haUt of bribing the lads of the village to ap plaud him as he leaves the pavilion For sixpence a lural lad will shout himself hoarbo In praise of any one, and 10 or 15s. so spent by the con ceited cricketer produces applause po tent enough to please the most exact ing egotist. A wealthy man In the Midlands has Invented a number of eccentrlo but useless articles, which ho has placed upon the mntket at his own expense. To any person who writes him a nat tering testimonial concerning any of these articles, he invariably sends a letter of thanks, Inclosing a postal or der for ten bhllllngs. The testimonials he thus receives now numbering some hundreds he preBeives In albunn.made for the puipose, and those booksi he keeps upon his drawing room table for the Inspection of visitors An Itinerant medico, of American origin, while traveling in the provinces, was accustomed to pay a certain num ber of people to praise his goods In the presence of the public. These folk met In the market square even evonlng, and, ascending the platform, gave per sonal testimony as to the "benefit" they had derived from using the various nostrums sold by the medicine man. Some of the moie fluent and accom plished of theso prevaricators wero paid hqlf n ciown for their testimony. On ono occasion, however, an alterca tion took place as to tho payment of one of these walking testimonials. So the secret leaked out. Certain candidates for pa ament In past elections have not been above pur chasing praise from membeis of their prospective constituencies. Ono very wealthy candidate aluava Instiucted his agent to prepaie a list of probablu patrons In a parish, prior to a public meeting. These were artfully ap proached, and advised that their ard ent applause at the foi thcomlng meet ing would bo noted and remunerated And It was, too SMALLEST IN THE WORLD. Things and Places That Excite Inter est by Reason of Minuteness. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Tho smallest hook ever printed Is tho Btory of Perrault's llttlo "Hop-o'-My-Thumb," lately published. Tho book Is ono and one-half Inches long by one Inch wido, nnd one-quarter Inch thick. It can bo rend only by the aid of a mlscroscope, but Is completo In every way and has four engravings. Shears no bigger than a pin Is ono of tho exhibits of the bklll or a Shemiuld workman, a dozen of these shears weigh less than half a grain, or about the weight of a postage stamp; they nro ns perfectly made us shears of or dinary blze. Gaust Is tho smallest republic as to area, which Is exactly one mile. The population numbers 150. It H situated in the Pyrenees. Tavolnia is tho smallest republic as to population, having only ilfty-threo men, women und chlldten. It Is twelve mlleH from Satdinln. Tristan d'Acunhu. In the South At lantic, sends out Its mall once a ear to the outside world; It hus a popula tion of sixty-four peisons elgheen men, nineteen women, fifteen bojn nnd twelve gills. King Mulletoa, the Samoan monarch, latelv dead, iccelved a smallor salaiy than any royalty, $1C0 monthly, nnd It was usually In arrears Chinese bticets nro tho narrowest In the woild somo of them aro only eight feet wide. Tho smallest horse In the world Is a Shetland pony owned by the Marquis Carcano. Its height docs not surpasa seventy centimeters; It Is often har nessed to n llllputlnu mntl conch. Berlin has the smallest elephant lit tho world. It Is only ono meter high nnd weighs elt,ht kllnginms. Tho smallest camels belong In Persia. Thev are not moie thun fifty centime ters high, Tho smallest cows In the world nro to be found In the Sninonn Islands. The smallest locomotive ever mndo can now he seen at tho Omaha ex position, its height from the lop of tho stack to tho rnll Is 2" Inches, and tho gunge Is 12'4 inches. The cylinders nro 2 by Inches; tho boiler Is 114 horso power, made of steel and tested to 309 pounds piessurc, and will hold twenty-four gallons of water Tho diameter of the driving wheel Is 10 Inches. Tho weight of the little engine Is about COO pounds, and It will run on a rail three quarters of nn Inch square. It will duiw ton cms, ench containing two persons. REVOLT AGAINST SILENCE. How Solitary Confinement Prisonern Rest While at Liberty. From tho Philadelphia Telegraph When the presumptive system ot se gregate lonHncment enforced at tho Hnstern penitentiary moused the In dignation of CharloB Dickens, and his trenchant pen gavo expression to his horror of buch punishment, the insti tution on Falrmount avenuu was given a sinister reputation beyond Its de serts. Since tho great novelist wrolo In ttirnis so severe of solitary Impris onment tho icsults obtained by tho management of the prison hero havo refuted In the main the strictures passed upon the Fastem penitentiary. Penologlstb have given their testimony In favor ot the system which Dickens condemned, und solltaiy confinement Is In vogue In many of the penltentlarle. of the couutiv. If enforced to tho let ter, und a man was compelled to bit within a luumw cell day after day, with nothing but hit own thoughts to oicupy his mind, then, indeed, solitary confinement would be a barbarity that would shum civilization and human ity. Madnebe and death could only io- suit In the majority of cases. Put when the lonvlctecl man stand!) before Ills Judge to receive his punish incut, and listens to the woids "soli tary confinement," theli toiror Is light ened by the merciful provision that his loneliness shall bo relieved by "haid labor." Then, too, tho crowded condi tion of the Habtern penitentiary re quites that two, and fiequently three, convicts shall be confined In the same cell, and the "bolltary confinement" part of the sentence Is moro or less at legnl fiction. While a man has the company of Mi fellows and tho boon of work In tho prison there Is imposed upon him .i punishment the severity and irksoine ness of which can only bo apprehended In Its full foice by one who has un dergone It Tho punishment Is silence. Throughout the day no man daro speak to his fellows save of necessity or by stealth To a man who has yielded to temptation und fallen from an honor nble place In society the need of hu man sjmpathy, the bound of a kindly voice, a friendly car Into which to pour tha toiturlng surglngs of his mind 19 most necessary, and must make till Imposed silence terrible to bear. The prison authorities recognize tho severity ot tho punishment of theso long brooding hours and the mental strain imposed on the convict. Many in pasbing the penitentiary In tho early houts of the evening must have been startled by the cries nnd tumult echotf lug from behind Its stone walls, and wondered as they huirli-d by If a, bloody revolt was going on within A revolt It Is. Indeed, thut nightly takes place, but It is thu revolt of overbut deued heaits, of anguished souls und blade, evil minds against tho sllenco th'-v, have writhed under during tho day." Fiom C o'clock until o each night the linn of silence Is raised, and tho Inmates of the prlbon are free to give vent to the tumult of their minds Locked ther In their cells, the gieat majority of the prisoners await eag erly the hour of R At the given tlma pandemonium breaks loose. The ccu rldors echo and ie-echo to the yells, shrieks nnd songs of the miserable, caged men Many of the in have mu sical Instiuments, and thee udd their volume to the genci.il discoid Fur three houis the din continues, but on the stroke of 0 the electric lights go out, sllenco once more In nods over tho gloomv place, and luitunnto the man who finds fieedom In sleep Giles in the Pulpit. The leiitls of John Weslnv and his- dlsdpUs wr engerly embuce-U in Noi folk and CHldfi frequently lecimt a lo cal pi cache t One loo it," Sam by name, Is detuibud an 'a Imin teicher, ' though his similes n' u i wd to tho bur lesque On out ui cnhluu i tneik for his text, "The wagts. of win is death, ami preficed his sermon ns follows 'Sly frlnds, lirothcr Paul tells us th.it th' wnagos o' sin Is ilcnth Now let's sou whutht'i we kin grasp wot he ma an by t. S'pose I wor til go uu du mv haarvest foi Mr H (a luoal farmer) nn' nrter nil th' wuk woi dun fin un' ei Mr. 'J' (an other fanner In tho h.inn villain) fur my -aage-s wot du jeou think Mr T would saay? Sure lj lie would up nnj saay, 'Sam, eou air a fule, go an ux Mr, II. fur scr wajgrt, eou ha" dun .i? hanrvest there, wot du jeop como an' ax ma fur ler wautfes fur'1 An' et I wuk all my lolfo fur th' dauvll an' go tu God fur my reward. Ho wood fcauj, 'No, no. Sum, yeou g" tu th' dauvll fur jer re ward; eou hv wuktd fur him In tho hanrvest c.' lolte, he must pay enu'"- Westminster Gazette REFRIGERATED BEEF. New Yoik, MnvS The flitted States tianhport McClellan will sull for Cuba and Porto Rico on Thurtday. She will carry 250,000 pounds of refrigerated beef which will arrive at noon on that day from Chicago. She will also carry SSO.000 pounds of forage The beef and the forage will bo lauded at Sun tiago The McClellan w 111 curry 250 re- crults. The transport Meade balled toduy for Sun Juan with 22' louuits for tho Fifth artillery, Fifth cavalry and I'leventh infantry. She will leturn to this poit with tho Nineteenth lnfuntry. SHERIFF BEATTY DIES. Tenell Declares That He Will Not Be Taken Alive. MiConncllHburg, Pa , May 8 Deputy Sheriff William C. Beattv, who was shut by Clem Ponniil ut Barnes Gup, Fulton county, lecently while Ueatty with n pobo was trying to urrest Pen ncll, died at his homo In Buck valley ebterday. Pennell Is being hnrboied by friends. He is aimed and sweats he will kill any man who attempts to take him. Wyoming Classls. llnzlototi, May 8 Tho three dajs' ses slein of tho Womlng classls of tho Re formed church came to a closo hero to day. The tioxt mooting of tho elasU will bo held at Danville In a year honxu.
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