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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA w^wWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW | A Ride injhe Night. j T How the First Officer Received J ♦ His Wound. X WWWWWWWWWWWVWWWWWWWWWWWW It was the evening of the first day out. Behind us the sun had dropped down below the sea, and the steamship was plowing oti steadily into the east, where the darkuess was gathering fast. The first officer stood with his back against the rail, lazily watching the throng of passengers on the promenade deck. The whole affair started with a commonplace "Good evening." It ended with the following story: "Yes, that was rather a nasty cut at the time," ho began. "1 came by it during the last hour of the ride, soon after we had sighted the town lights, and, strange enough, it wasn't from n bullet at all—not one of them had touched me all night—but it came from the broken lantern of the last man that fell. As the fellow pitched from the saddle he swung his lantern across him, and the glass of it struck me in the face aud bust to pieces. "That was back in— 110, it wasu't either. Let's see, now, it was some years after we stole that gunboat I told you of, but I've forgotten wheu that was, too. Well, it isu't of much consequence, anyway. I was one of the intelligence officers in the service of the Indian government,and just before sundown that evening the colonel came up to me sort of languid- Irke, a way he when he didn't want to let on he was excited. I never knew a man that tried so hard to be dignified. '"We've got important despatches to carry down to headquarters tonight,' said he. \Soe that the horses' iron shoes are replaced by the leathers, ami be on haud yourself at 9 o'clock. The orders are that we've got to get the papers through by daylight.' "\Ve had other orders beside these, sort of special orders that weren't written down anywhere, but uoue of us were likely to forget them, or we didn't speak about thein much among ourselves. You see, the government wauted those despatches togo through, and if a man dropped out of the running—well, it was exceedingly bad luck for him, that's all —the rest of us couldn't stop. "There wasn't any moon that night, but the sky was clear, which \va? a good thing you see, for we only had the stars togo by, and if we ouce get off the track we'd go wandering round the desert till we died. Prompt at 9 o'clock we started. There were I' 2 of us. The colonel took the lead— he was an old haud at the game—and 1 took*up the rearguard behind. Bo tween us rode the sergeant and nine troopers. We passed the sentry just as taps was sounded in the stillness. Then we lit the lanterns, which we carried on the end of lances, swing ing out slowly iuto the desert. "Nobody spoke a word. There was a little draught of wind blowing in from somewhere, and all around the desert sort of sneaked off into the blackness and disappeared. It was terrible quiet. The steady creaking of leather aud the jangling of the bits mado it worse. The lanterns, too, they made us all look funny, swing ing gently at the end of the long poles and throwing yellow discs of light before the horses. The colonel had a notion about those lanterns. He said the niggers could see us anyway, if we showed a flare or not, and the light kept the horsei going steady. I could never quite make out whether he was a genius or a jackass, as the saying goes, but he being the colonel didn't leave any room for argument for me. "We had jogged along about an hour or so, wheu of a sudden I heard a low rumbling from somewhere be hind us in the night. I was just going to speak of it when the colonel up and hollers: "Now, boys, they're after us. Put it.to 'em.' Aud away we went a-tearin' down the desert. "For the first two miles we hit a terrible clip. The wind was sweepiu' past us like the rush of a sudden squall, aud the lanterns were a-bobbin' fit to die. "By and by we come to slow up a bit for a breathing spell, and the rumbling grew plainer. I had turned half around to take a look at them when a flash of fire spat at me from out the blackness behind, and 'ping!' by jove she whistled close. That started ns off again a-whoopin'. "At the next breathing spell the sergeant was hit. He held on grand for upward of half a mile; but soon he turned to wabbling, and gripping to the snddle, and grunting softly. It was euough to turn a man sick to see the poor fellow fightin' that way when there wasn't any use, for we all knew what he was coiniu' to, and so did he. "Then | all at once his lantern sweeped downward to the ground, and my horse jumped him. None oi us looked back—we knew enough not to—but wo rode like fury to get out of earshot before they found him. "That was the first of 'em. The bullets kept a-whizzing by with out a bit of let-up. The gang was strainiu' crazy mad to catch us. It had come down to solid business now. Each man was riding for himself. Bo all through the night we tore ou down the vast stretch of desert, with the rush of the niggers behind us, and nothing but the blackness ahead. And the lanterns were always swaying and bobbiug up and down, with the light circles dancing ou the sand. If they had only yelled now and then 'twould have beeu easier. But they didn't, and we listened to tbe hard breath of the horses aud the singing slugs. There wasn't any talking. We were staring before ns, straight in front, trying to raise the town beyond the skyline, and waiting always for to see who'd catch it next. "Theu'we began to feel that the horses were playing out beneath us, and with the breathing spells grow j ing longer and more often, the niggers gained. The next man was shot dead, and we didn't have to shut our teeth for him. But over and over again it happened just the same; the soft grunting, the swaying in the saddle, that horrible choking thud as he struck tbe ground, and the rest jab bing our horses like wild men to get as far away from him as we could. We hnd set out, you see, to carry the papers through—we had to do it—and by the time we lifted the town lights over tlia horizon there wore three of us, riding abreast. Then the Inst mau dropped. 'Twas his lantern that caught me in the face. Things got funny after that. The colonel said I was talking silly when we got in. Well, I scarc ely think the com pany is paying me to stand round here idling and spinning yarns like this. I'll see you agnin sometime." And the otiicer passed forward along the deck to disappear in the thick darkness that had settled down over the ship. STOOD BESIDE HIS OWN GRAVE. Head the Inscription, l>nt Doesn't Know Who In Hurled Tliere. Dr. John W. Sage, who was buried recently at Hartford City, lud., saw his grave and headstone while he was yet living, but the grave bad been dug and the stone had beeu carved with out the authority and knowledge of himself or frieuds. Dr. Sage was a member of one of the Indiana regi ments that fought in the battle of Chickamauga, and he was wounded there. When he came out of the hospital he was transferred to the re serve corps, where ho remained until the end of the war. A year ago the doctor, in company with a party of excursionists, visited the southern battlefields over which be once inarched. He saw the old tree uuder which he slept after a day's terrific engagement, in which he was badly wounded. It was on this night that he threw away his knapsack aud lay down to die alone. While making a tour of the battle field of Chickamauga he came upon what purported to be his own grave. There could b« no mistake, as the epi taph on the tombstone read: "John W. Sage, Company F, Seventy-tiftb Kegiiuent, Indiana Volunteers." It gave him quite a shock when he saw it there. He never learned the correct name of the soldier buried there, although he made a thorough investigation. The doctor received a communica tion from Dr. C. S. Arthur of Port land, lud., who during the war was ou duty iu a hospital. Arthur writes that ou Saturday, Sept. 10, 1863, Sage came to tbe hospital for treatment, after which he returned to his regi ment. On the following Sunday after noon a man was brought to Arthur's hospital, near Crawford Springs, Oa., mortally wounded. Tbe dying man resembled Sage so closely that he was given the name of Sage of Company F, Seventy-fifth regiment, Indiana volunteers. The man was nttired in a cavalry man's uniform, but nothing was thought of this, as some of the members of the Seventy-fifth were compelled to care for themselves as best they could, aud Arthur naturally concluded that Sage had appropriated a dead cavalryman's clothes. He thereby made a mistake, which after ward proved very embarrassing to Sage and his relatives. Arthur afterward met Sage in Win chester, lud., where, after explana tions were made, Sage told Arthur that ou going into battle on that Sat urday he laid aside his knapsack, in which wereatestament,diary and some letters from .Winchester, lud. The knapsack was taken by the cavalry man resembling him, and thus became tbe cause of further complications. The supposed John W. Sage was buried by Dr. Arthur, Dr. John McCurdy and Dr. C. W. Fowler of Youngstown, Ohio; Dr. Frank Morris of the Thirty fifth Ohio Volunteer infantry, A. H. Shaffer of lluutington, Ind., and O. I. Herrick of the Thirty-fourth Illinois Voluntoer infantry. Dr. Sage left his tombstone on the battlefield of Chickamauga unmo lested. Most People I>o. Some people make a life study ol things that are of no earthly use.— Chicago Daily News. SCIENCE ANb INDUSTRY. It is said that successful trials of a telephonic apparatus without wire have been had in Italy. The instru ments were installed on moving traius. The details of the experiments and apparatus are very meagre. Three "cures" for tuberculosis are at present competing for professioual favor in Italy—two of them, that of Cervello of Palermo—and that ol Ruata of Perugia, consisting of medi cated inhalations, and the oldest of them, that of Maragliauo of Genoa, proceeding by sero-therapy. Emile Camis has exhibited before the Paris academy of medicine an ap pliauce to obviate the danger of pre mature burials; it consists of a level aud spring, by which any movement or struggle by the buried person seta a signal and starts au automatic alarm bell ringing, Mountain toothache is a new addi tion to our bodily ills. It has attacked engineers and laborers on the Jung frail railroad at a height of 8500 feet above sea-level as a jumping toothache that attacks several teeth at a time, lasts seven or eight dnys and leaves the patieut with a swollen face, which it takes another week to reduce. Aftei that, the teeth are acclimatized and give no further trouble. A somewhat novel form of rail join! has recently been introduced ou a Western railroad. It is a base-sup port joint located between ties, and comprises in addition to angle bars on either side of the rails fastened to gether by four bolts, a short piece ol rail inverted and placed under the joint. This piece of rail is fastened to flanges of the angle bars by U-bolts. Three of these bolts are iife.l in some cases and two in others, the presence of tbe middle bolt having not yet been proved absolutely necessary. For many years efforts have been made from time to time to measure tbe heat radiated from some of the brightest stars. The most successful attempt anpears to be that of Profes sor Nichols at the Yerkes observatory. With tbe aid of au apparatus recalling the principle of the Crookes radiome ter, he has ascertained that the star Vega, which shines very brilliantly uear the zenith in midsummer even iugs, send to the earth au amount of heat equal to that of au ordinary can dle six miles distant. Arcturus, the star celebrated bj- Job, and which has a somewhat fiery color, radiates about twice as much heat as Vega. An explanation of fog has recently been given by Professor Barr of the University of Glasgow, who says that it was once commouly believed that the particles composing a fog or a cloud cousisted of small vessels of water filled with some very light gas. This explanation was given to account for the suspension of these particles, but the manner in which the bubbles or vesicles were formed, r.nd the in clusion of a gas lighter thnu air, aud other circumstances quito obvious were never made plain. Very small particles of water have a tendency to fall slowly in still air, while a very slight upward current will be enough to keep tht m from descending at all iu the case of very small particles. It has been shown that the glol ules of water forming a fog or cloud are each composod of a film of water con densed upon a particle of dust, and the cores are solid instead of gaseous, us the old theory indicated. The Main FlaMi Light Nnisanop. [Extract from au Editorial in tho Stai for January, 1999.] It is now but little more than o year since we received tho first signal from Mars. What a sensation it made, to be sure! The question that had vexed centuries was solven at last. Mars had inhabitants. The earlier lights were somowhat dim, and no one imagined that the messages that were flashed by their means through millions of miles of ether would iu time assume the proportions of a | public nuisance. But night after night the light waxed stronger, and what were at lirst serious questions concerning oui world, propounded by a scientist, de generated into remarks not more volatile than thoy were impertinent. Last night promptly at nine o'clock the blinding flashes were turned on the earth, and those of our citizens who had assembled in tho aorial park to witnoss the passago of the beautiful nir ship Light of the West on her nightly encircling of the globe were forced to devote all their energies to dodging the annoyiug glare. It is only fair to suppose that it is some office boy who in the absence ol' the astronomer indulges a love for mischief. The fact that he is beyond the reach of human agencies makes his conduct all the more distressing, and as his signalings are of very ques tionable taste, we can only hope that death comes to the inhabitants of Mars, aud that this unquiet freak may soon fill a grave (if graves are filled in the planets) of the proper dimension!'. A fortune awaits the man who in veuts a means to rid the earth (we had almost said to rid the universe) of this destroyer of the optic nerves. And until then we would advise people to stay iudoors during the half hour that ne dovotes to his unseemly flashes of dleged wit. Harper's Bazar. An electric baud has been patented 'or use in giving treatmeut to patients, lomprising two semi-circular pieces >f metal, one being zinc aud the other iopper, hinged together at the back, *-ith an adjustable fastening at the h ont which grips the band around the traist. ' ' y BATH." Nothing is more easily affected by irritation than tho dainty, delicate skin of a yougg child. Ivory Soap is cleansing and refreshing. It is wholly free from impurities, and its mild, creamy lather leaves the tenderest skin unharmed. IT FLOATS COPYRIGHT 1809 BY THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. CINCINNATI Care of Coatly China. Washing the costly chiua which wealthy people use at grand dinners is almost a line art. Such china is of ten hand-painted by celebrated ar tists, and a single piece not infre quently costs from $25 to 8100 or more. The contents of the china closets of some of our multi-millionaires are worth a moderate fortune, and their care is intrusted only to experts, who charge high prices for their services. Some of the dishwashers employed by fashionable caterers receive salaries which far exceed those of the average bookkeeper or clerk. In the first place, the pieces are never allowed to touch each other, but are brought to the table and removed one at a time. When not in use they are kept in padded cases, with thick layers of folded tissue paper over each piece. Nor are they ever put into a dishpan, even for a dip into water. Instead, each piece is tenderly sponged with the soft silk sponge known as sur geon's sponge, from its use in wash ing wounds before the days of medi cated cotton. Not even with this is it rubbed, only Ibrushed as lightly as a raw wound might be, until it is perfectly clean. After which it is as tenderly dried with old, soft linen or with an Indian silk handkerchief. Leas expensive china, which is still "too costly for working days," is kept in piles with either tissue paper or double-faced canton flannel between the plates, [to prevent any possible rubbing of the liand-paintings, which, though unsigned, are artistic and beau tiful.—Philadelphia Press. The Burial of Flags. In connection with the story of the British flag said to be buried in Pre toria, it is perhaps worth mentioning that in the middle of the last century it was no unusual occurrence for the tattered or "wounded" colors, as they were quaintly styled, to be in terred. In a North country paper of May '3l, 1763, there is the following passage: "The old colors of the Twenty-fifth regiment of foot, Lord George Lennox's (now the King's Own Borderers) quartered at Newcastle upon-Tyne, being much wounded in Germany, particularly at the glorious and ever memorable battle of Minden, were buried with military honors."— London Chronicle. Oom Paul's Penmanship. Oom Paul can handle a rifle much better than he can a pen. His signa ture is cramped and scarcely legible. He signs hinmself "S. J, P. Kruger," his full name beiug Stephanus Johan nes Paulus Kruger. AVliat no tlte Children Drink? Don't Rive them tea or coffee. Have you tried the now food drink called GRAIN-O? It is delicious nnd nourishing, and takes the place ot coffee. The more (IRAIN-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their sys tems. GRAIN-O is made of pure grains, nnd when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, hut costs about l 4 as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c. The trip by motorcar from Cairo to the pyramids is made in fourteen minutes. How's Till) 112 We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. ,T. Che ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per fectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. \VEBT& TBL'AX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. WALDINO, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon tho blorxl and mucous sur faces of tho system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the best. In Sendai, Japan, Bibles are on cale in Dve of tho leading book stores. I can recommend Plso's Cure for Consump tlon to sufferers from Asthma.—E. D. TOWN SEND. Ft. Howard, Wis.. May 4.1894. You can buy tea in China for one ar.d a quarter cents per pound. Mrs. Winslow'g Soothing Syrup torchildren teething, softens the giima, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c.a bottle. Cleveland, Ohio, ranks as the greatest Iron ore market la tbe world. Horse Sickness. Horse sickness is a complaint known only in certain parts of South Africa, but science has, so far, been baffled as to its causes, although its effects, are only too patent. When the first frost conies it seems to disappear as if by magic, but immediately the hot weather sets in then this ravaging complaint makes its reappearance. But if the British authorities are ignorant as to the cause of the trouble experience is teaching them how to guard against it. The correspondent of the Globe who signed himself "Transvaaler" may rest assured that the military authorities are taking every precaution against what he de scribes as "another enemy besides the Boer." And th 9 precautions adopted are on the lines he has sug gested, although, as has been pointed out, it is impossible when an army is on the march to adopt the only safe course, and stable animals every night.—London Globe. Lord Wolseley*s Steps. No other living British soldier has gained promotion more rapidly than Lord Wolseley. The following are his various steps,with dates: Ensign, 1852; captain, 1855; major, 1858; lieutenant-colonel, 1859; colonel, 1865; deputy quartermaster-general, 1867; assistant adjutant-general, 1871; ma jor-general, 1873; quartermaster-gen; eral, 1880; adjutant-general, 1882- general, 1883. He received twenty five thousand pounds for his services in Ashanti, aud twenty thousand pounds for his conduct of the Egyp tian campaign. He was the youngest captain in the army, having reached that rank after only three years' ser vice. All except bad ones! '■ There are hun dreds of cough medi cines which relieve coughs, all coughs, except bad ones! The medicine which has been curing the worst of bad coughs for 6o years is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Here is evidence: " My wife was troubled with a deep-seated cough on her lungs for three years. One day I thought of how Ayer's Cherry Pectoral saved the life of my sister after the doctors had all given her up to die. So I purchased two bottles, and it cured my wife completely. It took only one bottle to cure my sister. So you see that three bot tles (one dollar each) saved two lives. We all send you our heart felt thanks for what you have done for us."—J. H. BURCE, Macon,CoL, Jan. n, 1899 Nov, for the £rst time you can get a trial bottle of Cherry Pectoral for 25 cents. 1 Ask your druggist
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