THE VOICE OF THE DRUM. The march of the ages through History! page la led by the resonant voice of the drum. And marking Its time beats the pulse of In iaftllonH. ' It calls and Its votaries com. Jfo slower, no faster, unmoved by dis aster. Its fateful voice sounding the call for Its own. It summons the poet, the slave and his muster. The prince from the steps of the throne. They M to Its ple;ullng anil follow Its lea ilinc Ik-fore It the voice of all nature Is dumb: The prayers of the priests und the tears of thu mothers Are lost In the roll of tho drum: Come up, come up, come up to the can non, Come up to the cannon, come up to the cannon. Come up, come up, come up to the can non Oh, follow, oh, follow the, drum. Still telling the story of conquest and glory. It speaks not of slaughter, tt recks not of 1'iiln. It tells not of corpses all mangled and gory The siren who lures not In vain. Through the smoke of the battle Its echo ing rattle, 8U11 calmly Insistent, rolls on In Its might, Till the timid grow bolder, nnd shoulder to shoulder, Press on In the thick of the fight. The dead and the dying together are lying .With ears growing heavy and eyes growing dumb, But through all their moaning and over their sighing Still echoes the throb of the drum: Come up, come up, come up to the can non, Come up to the cannon, come up to the cannon, Come up, come up, conic up to the can non Oh, follow, .oh, follow the drum. -Annie J. Flint, In Youth's Companion. I Paul Keister, I Snake Charmer. fllllSlllill Ja By HraJford K. Daniels. 2 v IT was while working on the C. N. railway that I first met Paul Keister. We were fellow-enpineers engaged in the const ruction of the big bridge across South river, and boarded at the same house, i Although I was much older than he, X was drawn to him from Ihe first. Jlis (.ill, sensuous mouth, misty brown eyes, and low, musical voice, possessed a fascination for me, for which now, when looking buck after tie lapse of years, I aiu unable to account. :.. " ' i When he looked at you he never Eeemed to see you, but always 80-med ;iu lie ioomhk ,,-,, oeyonci you into infinity. When quiet he had a fashion of gazing fixedly before him, evidently seeing nothing with the physical silit. At. such times llis eyes reminded me of deep pools of water, in the depths of which tihadowy, ungucsscd things were moving about . As we were the only boarders at the little faiin-lioiise, we were thrown together a good deal; and it soon be came u habit with us to sit upon the veranda oerlooking the river for a while after Mippcr to smoke and chat. Keister, although only 2, had had a wide experience, llis father, n (ierman. had gone to India, and there married a native girl. 1'aul was their only child. The son had become a civil engineer, and had worked with a llrilish syndicate until the death of his parents, when he had come to Germany to his father's people, and from there had drifted to America. I can see him yet as he used to sit, tilted back in his chair upon the veranda, one leg thrown over the other and a cloud of smoke about his head. Occasionally he would run his long, tapering fingers through his wavy black hair, look out upon the river as if he saw some object of in terest upon its glassy surface, nnd then begin in his low monotonous voice one of his Indian yarns. His descriptive powers were masterly, un.i many 01 uiose eastern scenes ..4.. ....... .1 ........ ..... i i are stamped upon my mind almost as vividly as if I had been an eye-wit-lie? s. It was about the snake-charmers that he heed to talk the best of all. At tinu-s he would wax eloquent over this uncanny theme, and his usual notiehnh'iiee would give place to a feverish earnestness. He used maintain stoutlv that there is n sub tle, nihility between snakes nnd the human race, the psychology of which Is not wholly understood. "I tell you," he used 1o say, "you have ii" idea how a snake unci a man-who possesses 1lio gift can read each other's thoughts. You talk t.bout luind-readers; they've gut a lot to learn yet from those dusky devils in India who conjure with the de scendants of the tempter of F.ve. "Once 1 saved the life of a pro fessional nnkc-churtner the old fel Jow slipped into the river among the crocodiles, and I pulled him out just in the nick of timennd out of grati tude, 1 presume, he gave me a few lessons in his exalted art. I must have been a very apt pupil, for be fore I quit I could charm a cobra every time." For some moments he said noth ing more, but fell into one of his 'old fits of abstraction. Presently he' .roused himself and said, with a slight ' shiver although It waa July: "My! but there was a fearful fascination boot it!" Then he rose abruptly ftnd went into the house, leaving me wondering. Some tlnjrs after this conversation one of the navvies a treacherous looking Spaniard struck a fellow. workman over the head with ft shovel . .... and killed him outright. In the even ing we were sitting on the veranda as usual, nnd I remarked: Of course they'll hang the fellow, and he richly deserves it." "They haven't any right to hang him or anybody else," Keister replied sharply. "I)o you suppose that devil ish Spaniard could keep from brain ing poor Mike? No more than a wolf can keep from killing a lamb that crossed its path. It was the fel low's nature, I tell you; and a man can't change his nature any more than n leopard can change its spots. "I believe in n sort of transmigra tion of souls, up the scale and not down. That idea that the easterners have, about the souls of people going back to inhabit beusts again, is all rot. It seems to me something like this: Man is the highest order of creation upon the earth, lie is the embodiment of all that has gone be fore him. In the long struggle up wards from chaos to the present time from the first spark of life to the complex animal called man, all the Rensations and experiences of the orders of life that huve preceded him are embodied in him, and lie burled in his sub-consciousness. When a nameless terror of the dark assails a child, it is a remnant of the fear some poor naked ancestor expe rienced in the dark, teeming jungle, when existence was a preenrious thing, and meant a constant struggle with the giant forces about him. When an ungovernable passion seizes a man and he commits murder, it is the disposition of one of his mon ster ancestors, who wallowed in the primeval slime, nnd fought its ene mies to the death, with tusk und claw, asserting itself. As a child will sometimes resemble some remote an cestor in disposition or appearance, or both, so will reappear in every man traits that characterized some form of life in the endless chain that reaches back through the limitless ages. A man is not a unity but an infinite complexity a multitude of conflicting experiences, tied up in one bundle. Free? Unit! lie is no more free than a man in the middle of a moving multitude is free to stand still or go the other way. His en vironments, past and present, deter mine bin course of action." I was so astonished nt this sudden lmrst of philosophy that it took me some moments to formulate a reply in defense of my theory of the free agency of man. When I began to state my theories, he laughed in bis odd, bewitching way, nnd skillfully changed the subject of conversation. As the weeks went by Keister's re- mnrkable ability to handle) men be came apparent. There was a certain compelling power in his look and voice that was hard to resist. More than once during the burning August ,...- .... ,pn ihp ....... ..... .,.,, nigh worthless because of the heat, I marvelled nt his unique gift. One evening after sin exceptionally hot day, we threw ourselves upon the grass in the shade of u i'g gum tree, instead of taking our accustomed places on the veranda. Within a few feet of Keister was a large pile of louse stones,, upon which the sun had been beating mercilessly all day. I was lying lint on my back, with my hands locked under my head, and gaz ing up at the drooping leaves of the gum tree, when I heard my compan ion titter a sharp exclamation of sur prise. Turning towards him, I saw his eyes riveted on the stone-heap. In a moment a large rattlesnake came gliding softly towards him from the heated pile. In un instant Keister was sitting cross-legged and gazing Meadily, into the monster's eyes, I was too terrified to move or even speak, so simply watched as one in a trance. For n moment the snake wavered, then, approaching to within two feet of Keister's lowered face, raised it self to fully a third of its length nnd swayed its body with n rythmic motion like that of a rush in run ning water. Then they gazed stead ily into each other's eyes as if each were reading the inmost secret of the other's being. For a moment the snake's bead-like eves seemed to pofh.n tnl lhey jookt.d uimost human, while Keister's eyes took on n hard . . . . glitter and Ins face became contorted in n way that made it appear the very incarnation of evil. Presently the snake turned and glided back to the stone-heap. Keis ter flung himself upon his face and hurst into a tumult of sobs, exclaim ing brokenly: "Ve gods! ye gods! I , , k, p . ! thought I was delivered from hell when I left India." I stole softly into the house nnd left him there under the quiet stars. The next morning he did not come down to breakfast, mid when he ap peared at the bridge he seemed to have aged ten years in a single night, llis face looked white and drawn, tnd there wvre big black circles under his eyes like those about the eyes of a person who has been strangled. For several days he shunned me; hut in the course of a week he enme hack to his old self, and we were to gether as before. 1 studiously avoid ed making any reference to what had happened, as it was evident that he did not wish to discuss the painful affair. This was the first shadow be tween us. All went well for nearly a fort night, when I was summoned to the nearest town on business. I was ab sent for three dnvn nnd when T re. turned Keister looked even more ghastly than on the day following 'his strange performance with tho rattlesnake. I attempted to approach the subject several times but was un able to break througb hi eMIHna; reserve. - From that time forward Keister was changed man sq changed that even the dullest- navvy noticed It, and followed his listless motions with wondering eyes. On the morning of the SOth of August there was a great commotion among the workmen who tented on the south side of the river near the bridge. One of their number had been found dead In hia blanket, and the doctor who acted as coroner hinted that there had been foul play, although he finally brought in a ver dict of death from heart failure. Keister seemed greatly affected by the unhappy affair, and did not put in his appearance after dinner. Three mornings later another man was found dead, and the following morning still another. Upon the face of each victim was a look of wide eyed terror that was horrible to aee. Of course the excitement was at white heat, and the terrified navvies began to pack their duds and disap pear as if by magic. Then an extraordinary thing hap pened. The last victim came to life as they were burying him and kicked the end out of his coffin. After they got him out of the coffin he was so terrified for a time he could not speak but lay upon the grass rolling his eyes wildly. Finally he gasped, half shouted: "Keister! The devil A snake! Oh! oh! oh!" When finally the poor fellow became calm enough to tell his story, it was this: In the night he had awakened from what seemed a hideous night mare to find Keister looking intent ly at him with snake-like, glittering eyes. Upon his face, which showed distinctly in the moonlight, was the most diabolical expression he had ever seen. He tried to cry out and get away, but he was powerless to move. Keister was the devil come for his soul. At this point of the story the poor fellow began to rave, and it soon required six men to hold him. The navvies began to whisper among themselves, and soon the whisper, like the awakening of the sea, grew into a hoarse clamor. Pres ently some one among them shouted: "Keister! Where is he? Let's Btretch him!" Knowing thnt Keister wns in his room and that it would not he long before they would be searching it for him, I hastened toward the board ing house, with the assured feeling that my friend was a doomed man if they found him. I found the door of his room locked, nnd when he did not answer to my knock promptly broke it open. As I fctepped in an ominous rattle from the direction of the bed made me start back. When my eyes became accustomed to the twilight of the room, I saw Keister's lifeless form upon the bed. Coiled up beside him and looking at me with venomous eyes, was a big rattlesnake. Just then I heard the howls of the ap proaching mob, nnd sprang to the door. "Keister! Keister! Down with Keister!" they shouted, and would hnve borne me down and trampled mo under foot, had I not drawn a revol ver and leveled it at the head of tho leader, a brother of Keister's last vic tim. liaising my disengaged hand for silence, ! said so that all could hear me: "Keister Is dead upon his bed; he has been bitten by a rattler." Never shall I forget the look of superstitious awe which, in the hush that followed, came over that dark sea of faces. A moment before, nnd they had been distorted with passion; now, they seemed to resemble those of overgrown children who had lis tened to it ghost story. Soon they slipped away by twos and threes; until only the head engineer nnd my self were left with the dead. Cana dian Magazine. He Had Doubt. "Of course," he said, "it is no more than courteous to be obliging in all associations with the fair sex." "Of course." "So far as possible you should do what a girl wants you to do." "Certainly." "If she seems anxious to do a little spooning you should spoon." "Naturally." "If she likes flattery, you should flatter." "In moderation, yes." "If she wants sentiment you should give it to her." "Assuredly." "That's just common politeness, isn't it?" "Yes." "Well, no one can tell me again that politeness pays. I know better." "What's the matter?" "Oh, perhaps my chivalrous nature led me to overdo the thing, but I've just been sued for breach of prom ise." lirooklyn F.agle. . Awattluc the Keaurrectlon. Two Irishmen hoarded a Sixth avenue "L" trnin, one of whom, from his gwcral appearance, baggage, and so forth, was evidently just return ing from a visit to the "ould sod." They were discussing Sklbbereen or some other country village familiar to them both, when the companion of the traveler exclaimed: "And sure, now, is your father alive yet?" "No, not yet!" was the reply. X. Y. Commercial. rtUtlnotlnn. Mrs. Mallory-Jones We've dropped half our visiting card address. Mrs. Sudbury-Smith Yes, why did jou? "Oh, now-a-dnys, you know, one meets such a lot of small people staggering around under big middle names." Detroit Free Press. ... 'c GOUT WAIT. If you knew how SCOTT S EMULSION would build you up, increase your weieht. strengthen your weak throat and lungs and put you in con dition for next winter, you 111 . M A - wouia oegin to lane n now. Pend lor free sample, end trv It. SCOTT A BOWNE. Chemists. a 409-415 1 cai 1 aircet, iscw orJt, U yc. nni,oo; all qmggists. 1902 AUGUST 1902 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Tn. Fr. Sa. TT Alll J0J1J2J3J4J5J6 J7J8J9 20 2122 23 fr 25227282930 MURDER AT ATLANTIC CITY Sensational Escape and Arrest of Ne gro Who 8hot Two Persons. I Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 25. A sen sational murder which may prove a double one and a more sensational es cape and arrest has stirred up consid erable excitement in (he city. Leander Smith, colored, angered because Boyd Clinton was paying too much attention to his wife shot and instantly killed Clinton In the Hotel Canfield basement Saturday night and then shot hia wife, jwho Is dying In the City hospital. I After committing the deed he made . his escape, stole a sail boat at the In let, and started on a sail for some re mote point. A few miles at sea a squall struck hia boat. It waa cap 1 sized. He was thrown Into the ocean land the boat drifted from hint. By heroic efforts he succeeded l:i crawling ou the upturned craft and all night he drifted at the mercy of the waves. About 10 o'clock yesterday morning he waa found by Samuel Moore, a local mercbant, who waa out in hia private launch, nearly dead from exposure. The murderer told Mr. Moore a story about being on a fishing trip and that his boat had capsized. Mr. Moore took him to Somers I'oint and after he land ed the negro thanked his rescuer, walk ed off and disappeared. A few minutes later Mayor E. A. Higboo, of Somers Point, received a telephone message from Atlantic City asking him to ap prehend any strange colored man who may pass that way. The town mar shall who happened to be on the wharf when the man landed, remarked the fact to the mayor, lllgliee hitched up hia buggy and after a five mile drive caught up with the murderer. He In vited the ninn to ride with him, as the sun was hot and the day Biiltry. Tho man accepted. liighee drove hlin to the town jail and locked him up. The murder was premeditated. Smith had early In the evening gone to the hotoKio brain Clinton who was head waiter at the hotel which is lo cated on Virginia avenue near the beach and was only slopped by timely interference. He sneaked hack about 2 o'clock in the morning and slyly en tering the servants quarters put a pis tol to the head of Clinton and killed him Instantly. His wife waa washing behind a door. He shot her In tho back and then lied. !' v cc 1 1 e 11 1 K i 1 11 11 n 1 1 ti n. "Why is a woman honest now, why is a wife cress?" "Before marriage she was an I. Aft er marriage she leaned on another I, and they formed an X. Of course she's cross; and so are yon, I'll bet." N'. Y. Times. They Do, Indeed, There are some people who believe that Heaven is on this earth." "Well, women help the theory along." "In what way?" "Doesn't each one think herchildren are angels?" Chicago Record-Herald. It Would Uroir, Xaggsby That looks like a mighty small lish for a full-grown man to catch. Waggshy Just be patient. None of his folks are with him. It will be big enough when he tells about it. Lo Angeles Herald. A W ay Out, Bnpa Such a wedding as you want, my dear, will cost a thousand dollars. Daughter Then what is to be done, papa? l'apa You will hnve to marry with out my consent. Chicago American. Her Opinion. He But don't you think girls often decline proposals without sufficient son&idcration? She Not very often. I think pro posals are apt to be carefully consid ered before they are made. Tuck. A Cientle Hint. Lenders Do you ever think of that "ten-spot" you borrowed of me? Borroughs Don't worry. 1 still have it in mind. Lenders Don't you think it about time you relieved your mind? Phil adelphia Tress. DH. UNSKK'S Rheumatism,!! KIDNEY"" Backache,! BACKACHE hi Bladder and sfTfOTJI Jrlnary Diseases. Ijll W M TOLD ABOUT MACKAY British Death Duty May Be Imposed on His Estate. Mack 7 Mawolma mt Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Is a Prince Ij Tomb Millionaire Waa a Good FlaMer. Estimates published in, London put the late John W. Maukay's fortune at $40,000,000 to $70,000,000, and in legal circles it is considered a nice point whether the British government is not entitled to claim a death duty of live per cent, on-whut Mrs. Mackay inher its under her husband's will, as, though not naturalized, she is domiciled iu England. Then a death duty will have to be paid on all the testator's invest ments in English securities, so the chancellor of the exchequer calculates making a handsome haul out of his estate, as Mackay'a English invest ments are said to be nearly $10,000, 000. His friends declare that four years ago, foreseeing a prospect of his es tate being mulcted by the English treasury, owing to his wife being domi ciled there, he asigned to her the greater part of the fortune he intend ed to bequeath to her, including his English investments, and that the re mainder of bis fortune goes to his son. The Mackay mausoleum at Green wood, Brooklyn, where the body of John W. Macksy will be laid at rest, is one of the most magnificent tombs in the world. It cost $300,000. The mausoleum is situated on a pro montory near the Ninth avenue en trance to the cemetery, facing the east. It is built of liallowell granite, and is in the form of a Maltese cross, surmounted by a (Jrecian cross. On each corner of the tomb is a lnrge heroic group cast in brone. The statues symbolize different at tributes of sorrow and faith, death and life. With the exception of the carving on the cross surmounting the structure and the frieze around the pillars, the exterior is severely plain. The entrances are guarded by four massive bronze doors. Fronting the main entrance is the altar. The base TUB MACKAY MAUSOLEUM. (Said to lie the Mot Kxik naive Tomb In the Country.) is of white Carrara marble, and the al tar proper is one large slab of black Irish marble from Coiinauiuia. It is a striking piece of work. On 'the platform of the altar rest four columns of onyx, which are sup ported by two ornamentations of green small Irish marble. Between the ornamentations, over the altar, is a has relief of pure yellow Currarn marble, representing the Virgin hold ing the infant Jesus in her arms. Both figures are of nearly life size. Be nea lb the mother and child is thu iigure of a cherub. Underneath the altar are two of the catacombs destined to receive the bodies of the Mackay family. Large bronze doors guard the entrance to these vaults. On the other side of the main chamber are arranged ten more tombs. Each one will be hermetically sealed as soon as an occupant is placed in it. On each side of the tomb is a large solid pillar, arching overhead into fretwork. The sides are cdmposed of many varieties of marble. The floor is of Italian mosaic, and a large ar rangement of the family monogram in cluded in it. The ceiling is of mosaic work in glass, and the side windows are of stained glass. The dimensions of the tomb are 33 feet from side to side, 33 feet from front to rear, and 47 feet from base to summit. That Mackay was a fighter physically as well as with his brains was shown on January 29, 1891, when he thrashed W. C. Bonynge, a San Fran cisco broker, in the president's room of the Nevada bank. 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