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B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE COnSTITUTIOn THE UlllOfl ARD THE ERFORCEaERT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. LI V.
MIPFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1900
NO. 47
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BY B. 7-Y.
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CHAPTER XVIII. (Continued.) .
"It's uo use. Miles!" he gasped, faint
ly, with half-closed, glazing eyes. "I'm
bound to go; but I can't bear to think ol
jour running this risk for me, when ev
try douga way be full" of those fellows,
.vt-r.T bit of bush swarming with them."
"There's not a soul on the veldt but
ourselves, Ted," returned the other, bold
lj; "don't you be uneasy about it. Tht
ambulance ought to be here in an hour
snd a half, and we will hare you in camp
Is less than do time. You must not talk
like this."
-Hut 1 must I hare so little time. May
food by to all the fellows for me, and to
Farrar. my chum; he took my duty to
day. Weil, I'll never pay him now."
What could Miles say? A horrible
eh. 11 conviction that what Teddy said waa
trur was creeping orer him. His .fail
lug. struggling breath, his feeble voice,
all painted to something more mortal
tbiu a severe wound.
"Dou't talk, Teddy, my dear boy," h
Implored; "it's the worst thing you cap
do."
"Let me go on," with a faint gesture;
I hare so little time. 1 know I'm go
ing." be gasped, "and 1 won't say I'm
out erry, for I am. She will never know
now " A pause of some secouds, and
then he (.poke again. "Give my love to
Gus aud Flo and Aunt Jane yea, and"
with a visible effort, "Mrs. Brabazon
why should 1 bear her ill wUl now 7 and
Eatne this will be hard on her," catching
his breath; "but she will marry you,
Miles I know it tell her I said so. And
you will take Kitty poor Kitty and tx.
kind to her, for my sake. Kitty," rais
ing his failing voice, "come here; put
down your head, old girl, and say good
by."
Imk sa he spoke, her eager ears heard
his well-known call, and she came at once
and gently pushed her soft, brown nose
into his hand.
"You will send everything I have it's
not much to Bsnie, and let me be buried
as I am in my uniform. 1 did not weai
It long"'
"Oh, Teddy!" exclaimed his compan
ion, in a broken voice, "you cannot give
yourself up like this. What can 1 do
for you? IJeaven knows how gladly 1
would give my life for yours. How could
I go honie without you? What could I
say to Estue? I dare not face hex aloue,"
wiping his damp forehead, chating his
hands as he spoke, and pouring the last
few drops of spirits down his comrade's
throat. "Keep up; the ambulance and
the doctor have surely left cauip by thi
time. We ought to have them with us in
leas than an hour!"
"Yes, but I won't be here when they
come they will be too late. I'm glad
you are with me. Miles you who have
been a brother to me it's not so very
hard to die, after all. Where is your'
hand? Let me hold it for I'm going to
set out on a long, long journey longer
than we thought when I left camp this
morning" a pause, then a faint pressure
of the hand, and a still faitner. almost
Inaudible whisper, saying: "Miles, are
you there? Tell Esms it will be all
right," and this was the last word.
Vainly Miles spoke, vainly he bent his
ear to his cousin's lips. There was no
sound now only a vast, irresponsive si
lence. Thick, black darkness bad sudden
ly set in; the night was cold, the moments
leaden. Miles himself was weak from
loss of blood. Vainly he chafed Teddy'
hands; vainly he told himself, "He had
only fainted." He strained his ears anx
iously for coming hoofs and welcome
voices. There was no trampling of horse
men, but his practiced sportsman's keen
seDe of hearing caught another less re
assuring sound, the sound of many foot
steps stealthy, bare footsteps stealing
through the high grass close by. There
were great numbers; probably a portion
of the impi they had already encountered,
for the stealthy march lasted for a long
time. The huge bowlder sheltered him
effectually, and they passed in the dark
ness. The last tread at length died away,
and that moment of throbbing suspense
was tided over in safety.
When the end came Miles never knew;
gradually, gradually, the hand in hia hand
relaxed its hold, had become first cool,
then cold, then icy. He waa dead. Teddy
was dead. How strange, how impossible.
It sounded to say. "Teddy is dead." How
was this to be told to Esme? Esme.
whose whole heart was given to this fa
vorite brother! How dark and silent and
bitterly cold it was!
The black sky above, the hard veldt be
neath him, were whirling and reeling In
one giddy circle, and he remembered no
more.
Long afterward, when a strong party
arrived, with lights and rugs and restor
atives, and an ambulance, a party com
prising one or two officers, including Cap
tain Uee, that little gentleman, for once
In his life, became livid when his quick
..es rested, as he first believed, on the
two desd Brabasons, with the faithful
brown charger keeping guard over them.
On closer examination it was discovered
that Miles was only insensible from ex
posure and loss of blood; but with the
knitted cardigan coat, of which he had
deprived hime!f hours previously, they
covered a corpse.
Next morning, at daybreak, there was
a military funeral, and Teddy was buried
within a short distance of.the camp. His
cousin, pale as death itself, with bis arm
In a sling, walked alone behind the rude
coma us chief mourner, and Kitty follow
ed her ma' ' the last time, lbe
cotlin was covered by a Union Jack, and
carried by the men of Teddy's regiment:
not a few rough troopers felt a very un
nsual tightness in the throat when they
heard the hard, yellow earth rattle on
the coffin of "Gentleman Brown." The
dead trooper was buried beside him. They
lie on the spur of a hill, around them
there stretches a wide sea of waving
grass; above their heads are two rude
wooden crosses. So foot Is likely to come
that way; no voice, no sound, disturbs
sneir repose; only a vast plain, only an
awful silence, only two soldiers' ""raves.
And Miles was as one who mourned for
his brother; he was stunned. How pain
ful was the gap irf bis life! How he miss
Mi the bright face, the cheery voice, that
half a dozen times a day had been thrust
nto his tent; the face he had known but
o recently, and yet had liked so Weill
How blank were rides and foraging per
ries now. when he waa forced to say to
himself, "Last time we came here it waa
with Teddy r'
grabaot)
CROKBR
tie collected bis belongings, which w-.e
nl P them up with the u:d of
Teddy'a soldier servant, whose voice was
husky, and who many times turned away
to rub the back of his homy haud across
his eyes. But there was one little box
that Miles investigated aloue; it coutain
td two photographs of Esme: a small,
battered, brown, prayer book, presented
I y her ten years previously, in a strag
iling round hand between its leaves
were two or three withered llowers; there
was hia watch, with a broken mainspring;
a program of the regimental tournament
t York, and last, not least, carefully fold
ed np in silver paper and an envelope, a
tiny four-button woman's g'.ove.. rather
worn.
"It was not Esuie's," said Miles, as he
turned it carefully over, with a lover's
critical discrimination. "It probably be
longed to Teddy's nameless sweetheart."
He did not put it up along with the
other relics, for it told a tale intelligible
10 him aloue; it was not to be thrown
sway, this token that Teddy had treaa
ured; no, he himself would keep this lit
tle tan glove, belonging to a girl he had
uever seen, w hose name he would never
know; nor would "she herself ever learn
the fate of her mysterious, unavowed
lover: Ue had died, and made no sign.
Miles took part in that fifty minute'
battle, when a solid square of English
kept the bold and reckless enemy at bay
by deadly wall of fire, and snbsequent-
' ly returned with the column to Natal.
I Of course he was the owner of Kitty,
having purchased her for one hundred
11 nd fifty pounds, a purchase which reduc
i i d his exchequer to a very low ebb; but
lie was resolved to have her at any price,
and a feeling that he had the best right
! io her restrained the lancers from bid
J iing for her, when their late brother offi
cer's scanty possessions were sold by the
.-ommittee of adjustment.
CHAPTER XIX.
To Mr. Bell was sent the telegram an
nouncing Teddy's death, and it was with
a heavy heart that he walked up to Bar
utmford that lovely June morning. He
himself had been very fond of the fam
ily scapegrace, and his usually cheery,
ruddy countenance was downcast and
'.u.lrAif mvw anil 1 Hnrifl th.n llalial
Everything around seemed out of keeping
ith the tidings of which he was the
jearer. A bright blue sky, unclouded by
ven one tiny white fleece, busy bees
-oaming importantly to and fro, butter
dies flickering and darting across his
Lth the air loaded with the sweet ner-
,'ume of new-mown hay, and birds sing-
ng in tne tiusnes as it tney were noiuing
i morning concert. Mr. Bell, with eight
ivords in his pocket, is going to turn this
iouse of sunshine and laughter into a
jouse of gloom and mourning. The swing
loor flew back with a bang, and display
ed Gussie, tennis bat in hand, a grotesque
tcarlet felt hat with embroidered sun
lower on her head. "Hurry, hurry. Ka
ne, don't be a U day! Oh. Mr. Bell," aa
he suddenly confronted him, this is a
piece of luck! the very man fo make up
t set at tennis," she cried, affectionately.
"Come along at once, you shall be my
partner. There's going to be a tourna
ment at the Clipperton's to-morrow, and
xe want to get our hands well in."
Well does Mr. Bell know that neither
:o-morrow. nor for many to-morrows, will
ihere be a tennis tournament for them.
Ills face unconsciously conveys a reflec
:ion of his thoughts, his round, merry
ountenance looks grave, his twinkling,
frank, blue eyes dim and misty.
Annie, who had seen that there was
.nmethinz wrong at the very first glance,
hurried to him with a white, startled
(see, and said, meekly:
"It's not Miles, is it?"
-" he returned, averting his glance
and shaking his head.
"Then it is Teddy." cried Esme, with
iivld lips, hsving but that moment come
upon the scene. "It is. it is. I see it ia
your face, Mr. Bell. He has been wound
Mi! I'm sure be has," with sudden con
viction, seizing the rector by the arm
as she spoke. "Oh." in s voice of concen
trated anguish, "do not be afraid to tell
ne the worst! I can bear it. I can. in
ieed. I have a right to know first, in-orruMuna-
herself between him and the
drawing room door. "Is he badly wound
ed?"
"I must see Mrs. Brabazon." he re
turned, huskily, pushing her aside with
turned brusqueness. and shaking off her
detaining hand witn a gesture ... decis
ion. For once he was glad and thankful
to seek sanctuary with the head of the
house in her own spartment. and to shut
out that girl's agonized white face.
What news was be telling Mrs. raba
ion behind that fast shut door? The
three he hsd left outsidr str-d in the hall
in a torture of suspense that petrihed
the oower of speech, but their eyes asked
lather the fatal question, "Who was
it" Miles was safe, both Annie and
Esme felt with a blessed thrill of relief;
but Teddy. Florian?
Alas' they would know soon enough.
Within half an hour not only they the
bo"hold-but Jne and the entire
village bad heard the bad news, that
neither as private nr officer would any
of them again see Edward Brabazon
!ever again would his hearty laugh . ami
constant if somewhat tuneless, whistle,
ne heard about the Mexton lanes never
.Tn would he pound the field with the
harriers on a four-year-old colt. This
time the blinds were pulled down in earn
est for poor Teddf.
. n .nd waned and
Mrs. ttraDazou yr - .
-carried on." to quote th,
would set up mbo.w"
tious black borders to meet the ersu
' u . s almost unrec-
oguizX frEsme had never
shed one t'l 1 "V
iUtthrnou; an air of gh.stly
colore, very quiet, very jale .
naturally cairn. "w" "wished she
other, to whisper that Aey - 8
would cry, that B,d
ed relief or teara, "" .
aTway. been so easUT Peeked U was
useless, she could not. 1 c?"' . M
it." she said to her ;ster v.-, . jf
Se OTnVrwouldit;
my nean .n.,h!ne now.
a i nma It Ka RlUUr.
have no feeling " 'vddT her
could be for anyone. She W --.-
ave neen so gooa 10 IiTm wfees fee came
home, have him stay in her smart London
house, and visions of her handsome lan
cer brother adorning her little receptions.
al loated more than once through her
brain; but now there was an end to all
thia. and really she waa very, very sor
ry. How abominably trying mourning
w" to '. e told herself frankly,
r lo was quite demonstrative; he order
d himself a snlvof black, "for the broth
er he told hia tailor. He put the fol
'V J! notie w the PPr: "Killed, near
the Umbolosi river. South Africa, Ed
ward Brabazon, Lieutenant, Prince's
Lancers, aged twenty-four, deeply regret
ted and he talked a good deal to the
fellows in the club about "My poor broth
er," till anyone would have imagined that
they had been the most devoted of rela
tions; in fact, a modern Castor and Pol
.rx. One morning, about three weeka afte
the arrival of the telegram, Mrs. Braba
zon. in distributing the contents of the
post bag, drew oat an envelope covered
with foreign stamje, a travel-stained en
velope, and handed it to Esme hesitat
ingly. Those who were present will nev
er forget her half-sobbing, breathless cry
of boundless relief, of too painful happi
ness as ah snatched it, exclaiming:
"A letter from Teddy! Yes," she gasp
ed, "ia his own handwriting! Oh. lius
ie! Mrs. Brabazon! Flo!" looking round
the table with eyes that were now drown
ed in tears. "I always knew it was a
mistake he was not dead see." tearing
it open with trembling fingers. "Here ia
proof r and she began to devour the lines'
before her, as well as she could see1
through her tears, which were falling)
over the paper now like rain.
Poor Esme! She did not understand
that the hand that traced the lines be
fore her was stiff and Cold,- and now that!
where a letter took live weeks to travel, a"
telegram could come in five hours.
this is what she was reading witn paipii
tsting heart and awimming eyes: - 1
"Dear Esme I've not had a line froni
yon for ages and ages. This sort of thiuji
won't do, you know. I've heard the whole!
account of your trouble from Miles him
self. The Marchers are in our .column.
I met him first quite -accidentally ouej
night on picket, when I was carrying disJ
patches to their camp. He did not know1
who I really was from Adam, but 1 had1
it out with him next morning, aud you
never saw a fellow so taken aback or
so cut up in your life. He never sicaks
of the business now, nor you. I believe
he imagines you will never forgive him,
and he is awfully down in the mouth;
but you must, Esme, for I've gone se
curity for you. It waa all my fault from
first to last, aa you and I know. If I had
imagined he would have cut up sofright
fully rough that day at Portsmouth, 1
would have let him into the secret the
moment he landed In the country. How
ever, the money is gone, and there's no
help for spilled milk; but you stick to
him, for he's a rattling good fellow; the
more I see him the more I like him. Ill
dance at your wedding yet. I mean to
bring you home a Zulu lady's full cos
tume aa a wedding present. Love to Gns;
I'm glad she's going to marry Vaahon;
he is a good little chap, and beauty is
only skin deep."
Who was to open her eyes? Who was
to point to the date? Not Gussie, not
Flo. They hurried from the breakfast
table, on various shallow pretexts, and
left her alone with this letter from the
dead.
She took It down to .Miss Jane, and
he it was who, with faltering voice and
many tears and it ia a sad and au un
usual thing to see an old woman weep,
they have mostly outlived all emotions
made her niece to understand and realize
the truth, made her renounce this des
lieratc clinging to a straw, made her
juenoh hope and embrace despair.
(To be continued.
I .
Household.
Spiced Plums. For every six pounds
of fruit make a syrup of one quart of
vinegar, five pounds of sugar, one ta
bleapoonful each of cinnamon and mace
and one teaspoonful or cloves. Divide
spices as for peaches, and slowly bring
the syrup to a boil. Prick each plum
twice with a small silver fork and
place In the pickle Jar, shaking down
occasionally to fill the interstices. Pour
over the hot syrup, cover and let stand
three days; then carefully skim out the
fruit, boil the svrup uncovered) until
I . tklfll. artA fn, t Vl O lfl.t tiTTIA DOUf
hot over the packed plums. Cover and
treat as aoove.
nnmnitfiM Thpflp are verv at-
4 1 Ulll vump"".
tractively made by sifting three cup-
fuls of flour, witn wnicn iwo
fuls of baking powder nave been min-
i .nin0 in a honnlnar teasooonful
Ricu, "'"'"li " " "
of butter, and making into a soft dough
with water, our in a cuiiiui ui
using either stewed fruit or the canned
article, according to the season. Par
tially fill cups with the batter, set
them in a pan of hot water in the oven
j . hair tinur. Invert the
KUU BlCOlll
dumplings on dessert plates and serve
warm wun uquiu
, tAc. .,.. vta On. run of ma Die
sugar, one egg. butter the size of a
walnut, and one-half cupful of milk,
added at the last. Bake in two crusts.
. t TlA One eara. one CUD
Apple iuwn . - -
of sugar, one large apple, grated rind
from one lemon. Chop inside of lemon
with apple and bake with two crusts.
i c3 n ... Whi-n arrated cu-
. L fr-iml flah Aa A.
cumner is kh ;
sauce, the cucumbers are pared, grat
ed ana arainea. " " -
cucumbers add a half teaspoonful of
salt a teaspoonful of onion Juice, a
tabl'espoonjul of olive oil. and a dash
of cayenne pepper.
. . n TItio Clinful Of
fOtaiO XI Cnnnifs- w-
mashed potatoes, one egg. a saltspoon
ful of powdered sage, the same amount
of salt and half as much pepper. Add
one taDiespooniui u -
.Sallow tinTnd bake tn a quick oven.
Place slices around the Pjatter of flsh.
Or the potatoes may be fried in small
long rolls and used in the same man
ner. Dixie Cakea.-Pour a pint of boiling
water over one cupful or corn meal and
hnll five minutes, stirring constantly.
Add one teaspoonful of melted butter
fwo wen-beaien eggs, one cupful of
water one cupful of milk, and one
Lltspoonf ul of salt.- Bake In a well
griddle. Thev are dellclou
Milk Shake. This refreshing drink
i. ade at home by pouring the aweet
e'eTand flavored 'nSk. having plenty
IS Vni.hed Ice in it, from one bottle to
anot?erhaklng it' well until It foam
There is coquetry so weak that it ia
entirely harmless.
Where there la the most love of God
there will be there the trjest and most
enlarged philanthropy.
To him nothing J P8slbie J?,,,!8
always dreaming of his past poasibll-
UNo evil will endure a hundred yeara.
A book that ia shut makes no scholar.
Every life touchea many other Uvea
tall
After an Idea ia conceived, the fewer
words it is clothed in the better.
Saved by a
FHBOI8ELT what all th row was
about, I don't profess to remem
ber," said the old quartermaster,
aa he lit hia pipe afresh, and puffed
and pulled at it until it was under full
headway, and glowing like a live coat,
"but the Chilians and Peruviana were
In the harbor two weeks, blockaded by
the former, who had a fine fleet outside.
We were having altogether a lazy tlma
of It in our steamer, and had nothing
In the world to do. until the blockade
should be raised or an earthquake
should shake out some new channel
through which we wight get to sea. Of
course the captain and agents were out
of temper, but the rest of us didn't care
how long the blockade lasted, as we
were drawing good pay right along.
"The town lay in a basin-like forma
tion of the shore, with large white
atone forts at both ends of the harbor,
mounting a few heavy rifled guns, of
English make; and there were batteries
back of the shipping .wharves at the
foot of the hills. Our ship lay inside
of the forts, and well protected by f
stone Jetty. She was just out of range
of the Chilian fleet, which generall)
rode at anchor 4n a line across the har
bor's mouth.
"The blockade was not exciting. For
days not a shot would be tired by either
side; but at other times the men-of-war,
taking advantage of a good tide
or wind, would steam tn closer and
fire away at us In a lnzy fashion all
day, the forts replying at loug Inter
vals. Occasionally the enemy's shell
would strike ti'- water or burst quite
near us, but u?.. ally the shots passed
over and beyond the vessels, falling
among small houses, of the poorer
class. In the town down by the water.
"The blockaders ventured In too close
one day, and. a stiff off-shore breeze
springing up, some of the big guns in
the fort, served with extra powdei
charges, plumped a few holes In them
to their evident confusion, for they
promptly got out of range and then
. remained. We were usually very quiet
at night but on dismal ralnv mo'
HOW A SHOT
lng mere was a great commotion out
aide, with much banging of guns. The
renorts sounded at one moment like
muffled thunder, or, when the wind
shifted against the fleet, like some one
shutting a heavy barn-door sharply. At
about breakfast time, we were sudden
ly Ft 'rtled by escaping steam. We
rusUJ on deck to see. lying beside us
In the misty rain, a long, low torpedo
boat. We expected Immediately to be
blown up, and our captain was on the
bridge vociferously assuring those on
Che little stranger that we were neu
trals; nor did he stop until one of her
officers politely assured him that they
were Peruvians, and that, under cover
of the attack of a Peruvian ironclad on
the blockading fleet, they had atolen in
quietly during the confusion.
"It did not take long for the block
aders to find out that the town had
been re-enforced by a torpedo boat,
far she Immediately began a system of
attack and annoyance which made their
lives both day and night one continued
round of apprehension and misery.
"She was a bandy little open boat,
with a good outfit, and could steam
about eighteen miles an hour. She had
been brought from England by specula
tors and sold to the Pruvians down the
coast They bad named her 'La Cbl
qulta, the Little One. She would lie
beside us all day at the atone pier with
steam ready, her crew sleeping about
the decks in the hot sun, most of the
time, while her officers played dominoes
under an awning aft, and plotted mean:
while some novel method of frightening
the blockaders. Occasionally, when
they knew the enemy were at dinner,
they would make a rush down the har
bor in a most warlike and threatening
manner. Then the foe would beat to
quarters, slip their anchors, and put
themselves in a state of commotion,
whereupon the torpedo boat would
oome leisurely back to the dock. In
thia way they made the Chilians burn
tons of coal which It waa difficult for
them to get and for which they had to
pay big prices.
"It was at night however, that La
Galqnlta was in her glory, for In a few
minutes after her departure from the
dock there would be banging and boom
ing of guns along the enemy's line, and
we could tell about where she was by
the uproar around her. Once she stole
out close along shore and with a rush
I came in from the sea through the Chil
ian ships.
"Their guard boats were unprepared
ror this attack; uul oerore tney anew
It she was alongside the admiral's ship,
and exploded a torpedo which blew up
two or three small boats at the gang
way, hurt several sailors, and smashed
glass and windows. The she made off
! Into th harbor before a gun In the fleet
j could be brought to bear on her In the
J darkness.
This scar waa too much for the
I Dons,' aa the Chilians are called, so
they put their heads together and seat
Single Shot. 5?
to Valparaiso for neip. it cam finally.
In the shape of two brand-new topedo
boats of German make; each of them
waa larger and faater than La Chi
qulta. -
"The day after they arrived, a alight
defect had been discovered in the ma
chinery of our little dock companion;
and as her native engineer had fallen
sick of a fever at the same time, and
was not quite up to duty, one of our
engineers, a Yankee boy by the name
of Clark, from Boston (and a smart
fellow he was, too), volunteered to
tinker up the engine. While their own
man was up In town getting some sup
plies, Clark was putting the engine to
rights, when a telegram arrived aboard
stating that the enemy's two torpedo
boats bad started early that morning to
go down the coast. The lookout at the
luirbor entrance had sent word that the
fog was becoming heavier, and the Pe
ruvian commander ordered I -a Cblqulta
out to take advantage of the situation
by doing what mischief she could.
"The boat of course, waa ready Id
a few minutes, but their own engineer
was ashore, and the fog prevented their
signaling his recall from the town. Go
they must, and something must be
done at once. But what? While they
were discussing the question. Clark,
who had finished repairing the engine,
was about putting on his Jacket, when
the captain drew him aside and, after
explaining matters, asked If be would
act as engineer for that trip, saying It
would be nothing more than an excurs
ion or frolic and that he would be well
paid. Now, the Yankee boy had long
oeen wisniug tor a trip 01 tais kind,
but despaired of getting leave of ab
sence for any such purpose. Here was
an opportunity, and an excuse for tak
lug advantage of it, and while coolly
replying that be would do It 'as
favor, be turued on steam, and In
few minutes the saucy little boat was
lost to our view and speeding out Into
prise for the Chilians.
"But, as very often happens, the sur-
WON A FIGHT.
prise was destined to come from the
atber side; for the Chilian torpedo boats
had started down the coast only as a
ruse, and under cover of the fog had
stolen back again, and were quietly
lying behind their men-of-war prepared
to give their little annoyer a warm wel
come.
"Quietly and swiftly La Chlquita
stole on until the largest of the enemy's
ships was seen to be near a dull gray
mass without a sign of life about her
and apparently at anchor. Still closer
ran the torpedo boat and all waa quiet
on the big ship. . She was ataost along
side, and yet the sleepy siiry did not
I heed. The young Peruvian captain
rubbed his hands in glee at the glorious
opportunity afforded him, and he had
just made the signal for the lowering
of the torpedo when 'Bang went the
sleepy sentry's gun.
'Never mind,' cried the gay captain,
as be felt the bullet pierce his cap.
'You are awake at last my boy, and
just too later But not A dark object
darted out from beyond the ship's
stern, and behold there was one of the
absent torpedo boats! To add to the
consternation of the Chlqulta'a crew,
the second torpedo boat now hove In
sight rounding the frigate's bow.
' 'We are in a trap,' yelled the cap
tain. 'Stop her! Back her! Starboard
your helm. -Hard? and he fairly
danced with rage as the bullets began
to sing about him.
"lit less time than It takes to tell It
the Peruvian 'surprise party' was in
full retreat through the fog, followed
closely by the Chilian boats and a hail
of small shot which dashed up the
spray all around them. The big ships,
too, were -In pursuit surging and rock
ing, their black smoke and their masts
visible above the low-lying fog.
"For ten minutes the race progresses
finely, the crew of the fleeing craft do
lug their utmost to escape the fierce
pursuers. The officer distributed hit
men about the boat so as to give bei
thi' Iwvt possible hnlnnon Soft '
was being burned and dense black
smoke and sparks were pouring furi
ously from her funnel, but l.t was evi
dent that the two other torpedo boats
were overtaking her, although the men-of-war
were dropping behind.
"The officer looked anxiously at Clark
and asked. 'Can you not make her go
faterr Clark glanced at the steam
gauge and at the safety-valve, from
which a Jet of steam waa already fly
ing, and shook hia head. He screwed
down the valve a little, however. The
gauge showed ten pounds more pres
sure, but that was all be dared put on.
La Chlquita was rushing like a streak
through the water, faster than she ever
went before, but It waa of little use.
The larger boats were steadily gaining.
A few minutes more would have ended
It It waa too bad, for La Chlquita
waa almost In the harbor. She had
run ont of tha foe and could see tha
forta, which dared net fire, however.
for tear of hitting their own vessel.
The Peruvian sailors crouched in the
bottom of the boat while Clark coolly
tended bis engine, parts of which
moved so fast, as he afterward told me
they looked like a whirling blue mist
'Senor.' said the officer to Clark,
"we have done our beat but It won't
help us.' They are too near to ns; we
must give up,' and aa he said this b
proceeded to take from hia pocket' a
handkerchief to- wave In sign of sur
render. -Clark glanced back, and there,
not four hundred feet away, was the
first pursuer, her sharp snout cutting
the water like a.knife and throwing the
spray to each side. He observed quick
ly that from her brow projected a spar,
on the end of which was a large, black,
pear-shaped, vicious-looking torpedo.
Its head studded with percussion caps.
Thia torpedo was ready to be thrust
further forward to blow up La Cbl
qulta as soon as they should come with
in striking distance. As Clark's keen
glance returned along the boiling wake
of his own boat he noticed In the stern-
sheets a rifle which belonged to the
captain. It was Just like the one with
which the engineer used to 'pick off
qui&rels In the States.'
"He motioned to the captain not to
wave his flag of surrender. He gave
the engine one more drenching of oil.
and the safety valve another twist, then
seized the rifle, carefully adjusted the
rear sight, wiped the oil from his trig
ger finger, raised the piece to bis shoul
der, and took aim. He stood solid as a
rock, with feet wide apart to steady
himself against the rolling of the boat
His head was bare and bis sleeves were
rolled up to bis elbows. 'What can be
be going to shoot at? muttered the cap
tain. 'No one Is visible on the othet
boat' But he noticed that as the pur
suing boat now but three hundred reel
sway, rose and fell with the swells, and
Its torpedo bent and swayed from sid
to side on the end of the spar, the muz
zle of Claik's rifle was following It
Now up, now down,' now this way, now
that It swung, as If avoiding that keen
pvs lookinar through the sight But
finally, for one moment It paused and
waa quiet. It was that for which Clark
waa waiting. There was a sharp re
port from the rifle! the torpedo, struck
by the bullet fair and square on on
of the caps, exploded with a tremcn
dous report The par and torpedt
flew In fragments through the air. aud
as the on-rushing boat emerged from
the cloud of smoke. It was seen tha
her bow was shattered and split anc
that she was sinking rapidly, while bci
crew were beard calling upon the othei
Chilian boat for help.
"Clark laid down the rifle and turnet
his attention to his engine again as I:
nothing had happened, and. amid thi
booming of guns and the dipping o:
flags In salute. La Cblqulta ran Into th
harbor and was soon at her moorings
thanks to the cool Yankee boy who hat
aved the vessel with one shot"
PUBLIC PARK FOR OREGON.
Proposal to Preserve Fceoery Aronnr
Crater Lake.
It has been proposed to park the re
gton about Crater lake In Oregon, on
9f the most remarkable bodies of wate
in the world. It fills a large, deei
;rater In the mountains, and the walli
rise sheer to a dizzying height abovi
the surface. In the Indian tradition:
It was the abode of dangerous mon
sters creatures that doubtless symbol
ized the fear created In the minds o
the savages by its wlldness. but that
among the civilized, gives place to i
sense of admiration for its sublimity
It would take little. If any, money t
set aside this district for a park, ant
It Is hoped that the measure offered fo:
that-purpose will be successful. Wi
have allowed the vandal to despoil ou.
wonderful natural scenery at his pleas
ure In the past A growing sense o
the fitness of things demands that hi;
pernicious activities shall cease ant
that the great body of the people shal
advantage by what Is finest and no
blest In the landscape as In the re
sources of the country.
Our finest and most impressive seen
ery is in the West, where the populs
tlon Is still sparse and where real es
tate values are still low. Indeed, it 1
not unlikely that the region about Cra
ter lake has never been taken uc
Those who have seen It declare It to b
the scenic equal of the Yosemlte, an.
to allow the chopper, the blaster, th
shanty builder, the sign painter, the en
gine driver to mar It will be to dlscout
age visits to the place and to dlsgus
and dishearten Just the class of pec
pie who are most naturally drawn t
spectacle. In this country we have n
Immense private parks for titled arlt
too racy. Whatever Is best Is for th
people. Let them take that best whil
It Is still to be had and before selfls'
commercialism bars them from I
There should be a park in every Stati
P Brooklyn Eagle.
Tha Child Mind.
A little girl wishing to get her ca
from a dark room asked the nurse fo
It The nurse told told her that sh
should not be afraid of the dark, as Got
was In the dark as well as In the light
The little girl looked doubtfully lnt
dark room, then walking bravely t
the door, said: "Ood, please, sir, ham
at my cap."
A little child in a Sunday schoo
class, being questioned how Eva cam'
to be made, hesitated some time, am
then brightening up. said: "God lookei
at Adam and said. I guess I can do bet
ter than that and he then made Eve.'
Harper's Monthly.
IaUls at High Temperature.
In a perfectly dry atmosphere anima
life can exist at a temperature of 30
degrees Fahrenheit. This Is 88 degree:
above tne boiling point of water.
AMoma Lengwagea.
Africa has very nearly 700 languages,
and thia fact presents great difficulties
to missionary effort
A man cannot be said to be quite at
meek aa a worm so long aa he refuse'
to co over to a neighbor's for milk.
A poor brass baud is a sign th.-i
community in which it exists lack.
flnement and civilisation.
DR. TALMAGE7S SERMON.
UNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
InhJeet : A Preelons Bnrdew Sclom of tha '
- - . . . . I
JIODW OI A'JIVIU M . i.. ! ,
A Lesson From the Slaughter of tha
Princes Lead Childraa to Christ.
(Coprrlabtlsas.1'
Washington, D. C. In this discourse
on a neglected incident of the BiL'.e Dr.
Talmage draws some comforting lessons,,
and s! ws that all around M are royal na
tures that we may help deliver. The text
is II. Kings xi, 2, 3: "Jehosheba, the
daughter of King Joram, sister of Aha-
zian, took Joash, the son ot Abaziab, and
stole htm from among the king's sons ,bles of the earth should be destrcyed. a. I
which were slain, and they hid him, even these lamps of life that blaze in our pul
him i-I his nurse, in the bedchamber pits and in our families extinguished, in
from Atl.-'iah. - ''at he was not slain. the very day that inhdelitv av m sno:ii(i
And he was with her hid in the house ol ! be holding jubilee over the universal ex
the Lord six vears." I tinction there would be in some clo et ol
Grandmothers are more lenient with backwoods cmirch a secreted copy of tin"
their children's children than thev were jjjj,,, an(j ti,;g Joaah of eternal lit.-rature
with their own. At forty years of age if wou,j PO:I t , oome hp and take the
discipline be necessary chastisement is tlirone and the Atlialiali of inlidolitv and
used, but at seventy the grandmother, ' p.rsociir:on would llv out the back door ol
looking upon the misbehavior of the grand- j tne ,aaee an, drop" her miserable carcnsi
chill is apologetic and deposed to sub- un,ier tu(. hoofs of the homes of the kinc't
suiiue coniecuonery lor wnip. mere is
Semite coniecuonery lor wnip. l nere is
nothing more beautiful than childhood. I
Grandmother takes out her pockethand-
kerchief and wipes her spectacles and puts
them on and looks down into the face of ;
her mischievo-s and rebellious descendant 1
and says: "I don't think he meant to do
it. Let him off this time. I II be rcsponsi
ble for his behavior in the future. My
mother, with the second generation around
her, - boisterous crew, said one dav: "I
suppose they ought to be disciplined, but
I can't do it. Grandmotbers are not fit
to bring up grandchildren." But here in
my text we have a grandmother of a dif
ferent type.
I have been at Jerusalem, where the oc
currence of the text took place, and the
whole scene came vividly before me while
I was going over the site of the ancient young king and his assassins there is noth
teinple and climbing the towers of the mjj bn. the frail an of a woman. But
king's palace. Here in the text it is old : why should we si 'nd our time in praising
Athahah, the royal murderess. She ought this bravery of expedition when God asks
to have been honorable. Her father was the same thing of vou and me All
a king. Her husband was a king. Her son ' ar0und us the imperiled children of a
was a king. And yet we find her plotting great ijing. Thev are born of Almighty
for the extermination of the entire royal parentage, and will come to a throne or a
fanuly, including her own grandchildren, crown if permitted. But sin. the old Ath
The executioners knives are sharpened, aliah, goes forth to the massacre. Mur
Ihe palace U red with the blood of princes jerous temptations are out for the assas
and princesses. On all sides are shriek ! g;nat,ion. Vaiens. the Emperor, was told
and hands thrown up and struggle and tnat there was somebody in his realm who
death groan. No mercy! Kill! kill! But would rsurp his throne, and that the name
while the ivory floors of the palace iun Df the man who should be the usurper
with carnage and the wnole land is under wou)d begin with the letters T, H. K, O,
the shadow of a great horror a lleet 1 p, and tie e(i;ct went forth from the Kin
footed woman, a clergyman's wife. Jeho 1 juror's throne. "Kill everybody whose
sheba by name, stealthily approaches the! name begins with T, H, E, O, ')." And
imperial nursery, seizes upon the grand- hundreds of thousands were slain, hoping
child that had somehow as yet escaped by that massacre to put an end to that
massacre, wraps it up tenderly, but in one ns,irper. But r.in is more terrilic in
haste, snuggles it against her, flies down jtg denunciation. It matters not how you
the palace stairs, her heart in her throat ; fipell your name, you come under its knife,
lest she be discovered in this compassion- under its sword, under its doom, unless
ate abduction. Get her cut of the way at ; tnere be some omnipotent relief brought to
quick as you can, for she carries a pieciou! ; the rescue. But, blessed be God, there is
burden, even a young king. With thu ; SMCh a thing as delivering a royal soul,
youthful prize she presses into the room Who will snatch away Joash?
of the ancient temple, th church of olden , now. few f us appreciate the fact that
time, unwraps the young king and puts the cuhrch of 3od is a hiding place. There
him down, sound asleep as he is and tin- j are many people who put the church at so
conscious of the peril that has been threat- ow a maik that thev begrudge it everv
ened, and there for six years he is secreted thing, even the few dollars they give to
in that church apartment Meanwhile old . warJ lt. Thev make no sacrilices. Thev
Athahah smacks her lips with satisfaction d0c a little out of their surplusage. They
and thinks that all tile royal family aw I pav their butcher's bill, and they nav their
dead. But the six years expire, and it ii doctor's bill, and thev pay their landlord,
time for young Joash to come forth and and they nay everybody but the Lord, and
take the throne and to push back into t,ev comc in at the last to pay the I-onl
disgrace and death old Athahau. in His church and frown as they say:
The arrangements are ail made for po- "There, Lord, it is. Send me a receipt in
htical revolution. The military come and fui, and don't bother me soon again! '
taice possession oi tne temple, swear ioy-1
alty to the boy Joash and stand around
for liis defense. See the sharpened swords
and the burnished shields! Everything is
ready. Now Joash. half affrighted at the
armed tramp of his defenders, scared at
the vociferation of his admirers, is brought
forth in full regalia. The scroll of author
ity is put in his hands, the coronet of gov
ernment is put on his brow, and the peo
ple clapped and waved ana huzzaed and
trumpeted. "vYbat is that?" said Atha
liah. "What ia that sound over in the
temple?" And she flies to see, and on her ciate the house of God as the great ref
way they n?et her and say: Why, .i if - i.il.li-n , t r, ,,n to
haven t you heard? ou thought you
had slain cli the royal family, but Joash
has come to light. Then the royal mur-
deress, frantic with rage, grabbed her man-
tie ana tore it io i.-uiers ana cnea unm
she foamed at the mouth: '"You have no
right to crown my grandson. You have
no right to take the government from my
shoulders. Treason, treason!"
While she stood there crying the mili
tary started for her arrest, and she took
a short cut through a back door of the
temple and ran through the royal stables,
but the battleaxes of the military fell on
i : .i. i 1 i f- . j
11,1 111 me "III 1 1 .1 L'l u Him ll" tiiniij n uuj
when the horses were being unloosened
from the chariot alter drawing out young
Joash the fiery steeds would snort and
rear nassing the place as they smell the
place of the carnage.
The first thought I hand you from this
subject is that the extermination of rigr t
eousness is an impossibility. A hen a
woman is good she is ait to be very good,
and when she is bad she is apt to be very
bad, and this Atbalian was one ot the
latter soft. !?hewouia exterminate tn
bhe would exterminate the
last scion of the house ot lavid. through
Whom Jesus was to come. Ihere vat
plenty of work for embalmers and under-
takers. She would clear the land of all
Ood fearing and God loving people, fche
would put an end to everything that could
m anywise interfere with her imperial
criminality. She folds her hands and says:
The wprk is done. It is completely
done. Is it? In the swaddling clothes oi
that church partment are wrapped the
cause oi uoa ana ine cause o; goou gov
ernment. That is the scion of the house
of David. It is Joash, the God-worshiping
reformer. It is Joash, the friend ot God.
It is Joash, the demoralizer of Baalitish
idolatry. Rock him tenderly, nurse him
gently. Athaliah, you may kill nil the
other children, but you cannot kill him.
Eternal defenses are thrown all around
him, and this clergyman's wife, Jehosheba,'
will snatch him up from the palace nurs
ery and will run down with him into the
house of the l.ord, and there she will
hide him for six years, and at the end of
that tune he will come forth for your de
thronement and obliteration.
Well, my friends, just us poor a botch
does the world always make of extin
guishing righteousness. Superstition rises they in rest their ivearv souls. Klash
up and says, 1 will just put an end to gome i,eht from vollr chandeliers upon
pure religion. Uomitian slew 40,000 tl,eir darkness. .Vith some soothing
Christians. Diocletian slew 841,000 Chris- ,vmn huth these griefs,
tians. And the scythe of persecution has j 0h, church cf God. gate of heaven, let
been swung through all the ages, and the me through it! All otl.r-r institutions
flames hissed and the guillotine j chopped, Bre ,inK t, fall but the church ot God
and,the Itostde groaned, but did the toes its foundation is the Kocfc of Akcs. its
of Christianity exterminate It ? Did they I chart(,r , for eVe.-asting years, iu k-vs
exterminate Alban, the first Britsh sacri
fice, or Zwingli, the Swiss reformer, or
John Oldcastle, the Christian nobleman,
or Abdallah, the Arabian martyr, or Anne
Askew or Sanders or C'ranmer? Great
work of extermination they made of it.
Just at the time when they thought they
had slain all the royal family of Jesus
nmp .lnnsh wnuh 1 siirini? un and out and
take the throne of power and wield a very
scenter of Christian dominion.
IntiaVlity says, "1 will exterminate the
Bible," and the Scriptures were thrown
into the strec for the mob to trample on,
and they were piled up in the public
squares and set on tire, and mountains of
indignant contempt were hurled on them,
and learned universities decreed the Bible
out of existence. Thomas i'aine said: "In
my 'Age of Keason' I have annihilated the
Scriptures. Your Washington is a pusil
lanimous Christian, but I am the ioe of
Bibles and of churches." Oh. how manv
issanlts upon that -vord: An the nostiu
ties that have ever been created on earth
tre not to be compared with the hostilities
: i nna hwilr Knifl niu man ill
.. . t- i.v
must not be reading that Bible." and he
! snatched it away from her. And thouih -
his inhdel desperation io nia wiie, -1
I - . I. -. Tl. V. I n-aa lwlr nt HAIT III III,1
dead child the only child that Cod had I
I ever given them he pitched the book with I j
its content into the fire and stirred it"
its contents into the fare and stirred it
With the tong. and soat on it and cursed
"" u"
it and said, "Susan, never have any more
of that damnable stuff here."
How manv individual and onani.ed at
tempts have been made to exterminate
that Bible? Have its enemies done it?
Have thev exterminated tfie American
the British ana Foreign Bible .Society?
Have they exterminated the thousand of
Christian institutions whose only oDjeci
;t mnitinltr fnniea of the Scriptures
and spread them broadcast arounii tne
world? They have exterminated until in
stead of one or two copies of the Bible in
bur houses we have eight or ten. aiyl we
pile them up in me corners of our Sabbath
school rooms and send great Vr.es f
them everywhere. If they get on as well
as thev arj now going on in the work of
extennii.ation. I do not know but that
our child., n may live to see the mil en
nium. ea, it there should ome n tune
nf uiruriitlnn in which all the known Bi-
... v t J I . , .
gtables. You cannot exterminate inn
gtables. You
tianity! Vouch
ie second t
mr subject is tt
cannot kill .loash!
"thought I hand you frorr
ia tkaf tliat-ft nm ft! iHOrt lin ll ICS
: -.h:h mn mav save roval life. You
i . u.. ' f t.,tnr i'. rnnleie with
gtorjeg 0f stranded monarehs and of yonm?
princes v o have Deen puc out oi mc
way. Here is the story of a young kins
saved. How Jehosheba, the clergyman's
wife, must have trembled as she rushed
into the imperial nursery and snatched up
Joash! How she hushed him lest by his
erv he hinder the escape! Fly with lnm.
Jehosneba! You hold in your arms the
cans? of God and good governm it. Fall
and he is slain. Succeed, anil you turn
the tide of the world's history in the right
j;.i it na if l,etnrn that
There is not more than one man out of
a thousand that appreciates what tne
church is. Where are the souls that put
aside one-tenth for Christian institutions
one-tenth of their income? Where are
those who, having put aside that one-tenth
draw upon it cheerfully? Why. it is pull
and drag : hold on and grab and clutch,
and giving is an affliction to most people
when it ought to be an exhilaration and a
rapture.
Oh, that God wouid remodel our souls
on this subject and that we might nppre-
liveg o virtlle and happiness, thev will
porne up under the shadow of the chinch,
i the church does not get them, the
world will.
ak when von ns aw-av and t w not
ass away-
be long before you do when you pass
away, it will be a satisfaction lo see
your children in Christian society. Vou
want to have them sitting at the holy sac
raments. You wan1: them mingling in
Christian associations. You would lika
to have them die in the sacred precincts.
Y hen you are on your dvinz bed and your
i;(i - , ,,n i,i ,",,r l:,i
..n... ... . "p . -
nnd you look into their bewildered laces.
you will want to leave them under the
church's benediction. I do not care how
hard you are, that is so.
And so, ih ugh you may have been wan
derers from God, and tliouch you may
have some times caricatured the churcll of
Jesus, it is your great desire that your
sons and daughters should he standing all
their lives within this sacred inc'osiirc.
More than that. You yourself will want
the church for a hiding place when the
mortOTge is foreclosed, when vour .;nA
ter -ust bloominc into womanhood, sud
denlv clasps her hands in a slumber tli.-.t
knows no wai;ine: when the gaunt t.-ulile
wuk8 through the pari r and i lie ini?
room and the di ning hall and t!ir mu. ' ,
you wi)1 want gome silelter from the tem
Ah gome of vou have b-cn run
upon bv mi8fortune and trial. Why do
you not" come into the shelter?
j sai, to a wldowed mother oficr she
had buried her only son months niter
i jj to ller "How do vou get nlon now-
adays?" "Oh," she replied. "1 get alim$
tolerably well except when thcsiiu simies.
I said, "What do you mean by tlr.'?''
when she said: "I can't bear to see he
sun shine. My heart is so dark that all
the brightness of the natural world see ns
a mockery to me."
O darkened soul! O broken Ir-aWrd
man, broken hearted woman 1 hv do
you not come into the shelter? 1 swiiii
it from wall to wall, ('ome in! Come in!
You w p place where j'our troubles
shall b interpreted, where your burdens
shall be unstrapped, where your tears sliall
be wiped away.
Church rf God. be a hiding pl.vr to all
t linen In t h,.. i ., t ..-I..... a
are neiu o tne universal j'ropr
dividend is heaven, its oresiilent
IT. IIS
Go.i:
"Sure cs Thy truth shall last.
To Zion shall lie iven
The highest glories earth can yield
And brightest bliss of heaven.''
God grant thai, all fliis audience. th
youngest, the eldest, the. worst, the best.
1 may tin. their site and glorious hiding
mace where Joash found it in the tcnii.'-
A wild coffee of the Island of Re
union, in the Indian ocean, in stated
to be free from caffein, but to have
much of the odor and stimulating ef
fect of ordinary coffee. It Is suggested
that, improved by cultivation, this cof
fee should be made a valuable product
in Cuba and the Philippines.
The Republic Iron Company, Mun
cie, Ind., has notified its nut and bolt
workers of a reduction of fifteen pr
cent.
The buisnef-s of working up coal
dust into bricks or briquettes in or
der to utilize material that would oth-
' cra-isA ho ... ostcil ! crlonslvolv no.
! " , ' iT, n,r V. w
j ried cm in Europe. But as yet
l parat vely little is done in this ii
V ''111
ine in
. " -
are out of work and threaten an out-
, . ,
-Corean paper is so strong and dense
that it can be used to cover umbrellas.