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,.jER RALPH;
BY WELDON J. COBB.
TH.
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CHAPTER XII,
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be appearance of Darrel Grey at the
^ of the Indiana waa a theme of con-
jible wonderment to Ranger Ralph.
Ilho young scout, however. It had
led moat naturally, and he waa | his evil eyes,
ad and dollghtod at hla auccoaa in
lpo9ltlon he had undertaken,
bn bo had knocked the savage at
Ivor inaonalblc, ho had boldly dctor-
f<\ to aaaume hla Idontlty tompora-
' -'onetrate to the camp of hla
Ine*. Tracey uttA antic, fright
ened cry aa aha aaA ,. tomahawk of
the Indian nptlftod ovei-Xie head of tno
disguised Darrel Urey.
The latter, ovorcome completely with
chagrin and dismay, loomed for tho mo
ment bowlldorod at tho dlaaater that had
appeared at the time of apparent sue-
ceaa
“Spare hlmt Do not kill html Ho Ik
my only protoctor—my friend!* ahe
cried, wildly.
Inei endoavored to apriftg forward
and Intercept the blow of the Irate
Trailing Wolf, but Deapard caught hor
roughly.
“Hal I begin to undoratand this," ho
muttered, a Jealous light coming Into
J are was a perilous one, but
'as If fate favored Its oxecu-
ngnsolous 'savage,
1 ^lilod him to Anally present tho
> of a genuine Modoc warrior.
Itaggorod to a spot whore sav
es were quarreling over a keg
nn took®'" 1 the oxcltumont of
* o one seemed to notice him
h, bad soon donnod the apparel of
-'ynsclnus 'savage, and his war*
*, bled hi
**■ of a
I at <| tagge
i, aad's wei
t and a
o one soouiod to notlco him
1 Attunes he was addressed In the
sago, but ho feigned a maud*
Aeess. and only responded
Incoherent muttering*.
Ins that ho entered the camp
Btcr Ralph was a prisoner.
of tho -eout has already
by the reador.
^^S^ar ho. was ontiroly successful in
Ills mnvouionts; but Darrul saw that his
Imposture must soonor or later bo dis
covered.
He did not, therefore, roturn to the
tame band of Indians from whom he had
rescued Ranger Ralph
Instead, he wanderod Into tho main
ancgmpieent and determined to locate,
If pbsslblo, tho tent In which InoxTrucey
was held a captive.
Me found that a large number of tho
Indiana and two of Dospard's band had
gone south on tho expedition against
the emigrants.
It was whan near a large tout that tho
aound of familiar tonus awakonud his
Immediate attention.
Instantly lie recognized one voice as
belonging to Dyke liospaid.
He was addressing his associate Vanco,
and he askud:
•Then llunton and the others havo
gone?*
“Yes," ropllod Vance. “They will at
tack the omlgrunt train, secure our
share of the booty, meet the others of
the band and come at onco to I.onu
Canyon.
"Ooyd* Now thou, aa to onr move
ments?"
“Well?"
“We must leave hero at once.*
i “For Done Canyon?*
"Yes."
“And tho girl?"
"Oct Trailing Fox to go to tho wigwam
lor her."
"Then I will got the horses ready?"
“At tho edge of the camp, yes. The
Indians may ho suspicious If they And us
leaving them, but the Fox will uld us, as
he Is friendly to us "
"All right"
Darrel withdrew as Vance scemod
about to leave the tent
Me knew that If he acted It must bo
at once.
Ho hurried In and nut among the wig
wams, and at last paused before one of
them.
It was where an old squaw sat before
a smoldering camp Are
Glancing beyond hor Darrel saw tho
form of a woman lying on somo buffalo
skins
“It mi st be Inor," he murmured, I
wonder If I can pass the old squaw un
observed. "
The latter was nodding drowsily as ho
stepped toward the tent tSho roused In
stantly at his advance.
Immediately Darrol resumed hla role
of drunkenness lie hud a Cask of liq
uor In his peckot and this he extended
toward the woman. She seized It
eagerly.
Darrel muttered tome Incoherent
words about Shadow Snake. The squaw
teamed to comprehend that tho chief
had sent him to the place, and did not
attempt to stop him aa ho walkod boldly
Into the tent.
Fpon the rude Indian couch lay Inox
Tracey
Her eyes were wot with tears, hor facto
palu and alarmed She started to her
feet with a cry of terror as the protend
ed drunken Indian approached her.
“Ugh! palo face come with me!" ho
uttered
Tho young fallow who ran away with
hor, oh?" ejaculated Vauce, Despard's
companion.
“Yus Hold!* cried tho outlaw leador
to tho savugo. “The Wolf shall have his
revenge at the stako—at the torture
Seize him and bring him to the chief’s
tont,* ordered Despard.
With a sullen, lowering brow, the In
dian whose Identity Darrul had stolen
cast asldo the tomahawk.
At tho same moment Darrol Grey
realized his position and recovered from
all his bewilderment
Hu comprehended that to remain In
ert, to Impassively fall Into tho hands of
his foes, meant certain daath amid their
rovongoful numbers.
Inez's frantic ondeavor to snvo him
thrlllud Ills very soul with Joy and cour
age aa he recognized her love and devo
tion.
It Inspired him to think beyond the
present A prisoner, ho would tie help
less to aid hor. Freo, he might yet out
wit his foes.
He surprised savages and renegades
alike by a suddon movement They ad
judged him u thoroughly baAled and de
feated victim. They wero therefore
tolaly unprepared for the desperate
rush he abruptly made.
“Courage, lnozl you shall yot bo
rescued," ho shouted.
Thon lie sprang forward, overturning
two of the savages and darting straight
In the direction of tho horses ot tho
camp.
Tho outlaws did not follow him, but
the group of excited, yelling Indians
started In hot pursuit,
luuz stood clasping her hands In ter
ror.
“Oh! they will capture and kill him, •
she cried.
Despard laughed hoarsely.
“Ila! In love, oh?”
she Hushed In Indignant resentment
at Dospard’s coarse tnnos.
“Coward! Assassin!" she breathed, her
eyes Hashing abhorrence and aversion
upon her dreaded captor.
“There will bo ono loss lovor In a few
moments,” continued Despard. “Girl,
you struggle vainly to escape my powor.
1 nave too many friends and alllos."
“See here, Captain!"
Vance hud touched the outlaw's arm.
“Well?" Inquired Despard.
“Wo are wasting vnluahle time hero "
“That's true. lait us move at onco.
We can take advantage of the confusion
to leave tho camp *
“Khali I got the horses?"
“Yes; and bring them to the river be
yond the camp. Go ahead; I'll meet you
thorn. You come with mo. *
Dyke Despard make no pretense of
gentleness as he seized Inoz's arm
roughly. Hu fori od hor to accompany
him away from the .Modoc camp.
At a thicket near tho river lie paused
to await tho arrlvul of his accomplice,
Vance. Ills oyos glowed with tho malice
and triumph of a villain aa ho noted
Inez's deep distress.
He was angry and Jealous at his dis
covery of her ovldont proforonce for a
rival.
“Girl," ho hissed, as he bent toward
her, “If you aro listening for some token
of your lover's escn|io, abandon tho
thought."
Inez was silent and dropped her eyes
to veil their evident expression of
anxiety for the fate of tho man she bad
learned to love within tho past few
hours.
“He Is doomed,* continued tho merci
less Despard. “Even If ho eluded cap
ture for a brief time, ho would soon bo
found. Then tho stake—the torture. ’’
Inez shuddered at Ills heart ess words.
“If you want to be aonslhlo, * pursuod
Despard, “you will snvo yourself and
others trouble. It will bo wlso for you
If ire understand oach other perfectly
now. ”
“I understand you only too well, mis
creant," cried Inoz.
“Hard words will not help your case
any,” rcpllod Despard.
“No name Is too hard for your cruol
naturo."
“You will soon change your tactics,
my girl. If I’m not mistaken," romarkod
Despard, menacingly. “You aro com-
•AnRUke pretended Indian—tha lovor
of this girl hero?" queried Dospard.
“Ho is captured, and the Modooa will
calsbrate their departure from the cams
by horning a victim at the stake."
A hollow moan Issued from Inoz. Tra
cay's llpa She rode on, her head burled
on hor breast, her mind agonized as sht
ploturod tho sufferings of her brave res
cuer.
Tho heartloss Vanco had Indeed told
the truth when he affirmed that Darrel
Grey was again a prisoner of thsModocs.
Whan tho young scout had dashed
away from his tavago foot, he hurrlod
toward tho horses Ha folt assured ll
ho reachod thors ho could scour* a stood
and escape.
The warning cries of hit pnrtusrs,
however, attracted the attention of oth
ers In tho camp.
Tho Mndocs came rushing from every
direction, and ho was Anally bemmod la
on all sides. Ho msdoa desperato resist
ance, but was overpowerod.
The triumphant savages bore blm to
ward tho vory spot where tho rangor had
rocontly been a prisoner.
With mocking words they tore bis dis
guise from him and racured him to I
troe.
Just then thoro was a sudden commo
tion. As Vanco had stated to Despard,
tho couriers from Shadow Snake had ar<
rived. Soon the v amp becamo a scene ol
bustle and oxcltoment
Darrol obsurvod that achangoof cam|
was meditated. Ho also learned that
this fact would only proclpltato till
doom at the bauds of his enemies. Ont
of them approachud him Anally.
“I’ab-face try to make Indian out ol
self," lie muttered. “Ugh! Great Modoc
We see If palofaco die like Modoc. ”
It wai only wlion the last preparatloni
to leavo tho camp had been made thal
full attention was bestowed on the cap
tive. homo of tho savages were already
leaving the spot Several of them, how
ever, held a brief consultation near the
smoldering camp Aro
Finally they scorned to havo decided
on his fate. Tho young scout paled, but
betrayed no fear as he saw them gather
wood and pile it about the treo whore he
was. They redoubled Ills bonds with
stout thongs that would not burn easily.
The wood and branches were piled
high about him, the savages uttered
wild, revengeful cries, and then a blaz
ing faggot was placed under hla foot.
A dense volume of smoko choked and
bllndod Darrel, and ho closed his eyes
despairingly. Ho was monaced with a
horrible, lingering death.
The savages left the spot and hastenod
after their departing comrados.
The lust to leavo, glancing back at tho
burning pile at tho troe, nttorod a Horen
yell of savago delight as lie saw tho
(lames encircle the form of tho devoted
young scout.
[to na coNTiaiiXD.l
flrav. Hoy.
Somo years ago, says tho author of
“lllg Gamo t North America,” three
cblldron who ved near Olympia, Wash
ington, wero returning from school,
when Walter, tho eldest, a hoy of Ui,
noticed what ho thought to bo a largo
yellow dog trotting In tho road behind
them. They paid no attention to It, as
large mongrel dogs of this color abound
everywhere In the vicinity of Indian
camps, but wont playing leisurely along.
Suddenly tho youngost, a chubby chap
of A, who was behind Ills brothers, cainn
runnihg to the front, anti a moment later
tho animal, seen now to be a cougar,
sprang ovor the heads of the two aston
ished boys, seized the little follow In hit
mouth, and with a spring vanished lu
the bushes.
The elder brother did not stop to de
liberate. llo had for a woapon only an
empty bottle, In which ho had curried
milk for his dinner, and with this ho
rushed Into tho bushos Ills little broth
er was lying prostrate, grasping a small
tree with both hands, and holding on
with tho strongth of ddspalr, while tho
cougar, his fangs luckily Imbedded only
In tho child's clothing, was trying to
break this dosth-llke grip.
With a scream, Waltor threw hlntsolf
on the animal, beat It over tho head
with tho bottle until the glass was shat
tered In fragments, and thon. with tho
ragged edges of tho bottlo's neck, ho eo-
deavorod to cut out tho cougar's oyos.
At last tho cougar, with a yoll of rage,
dropped Ills hold on tho child and ran
up a troe near at hand, wlillo the horolo
boy, lifting his brothor in Ills arms, car
ried him into tho road, and foil fulutlng
upon him.
Meanwhile tho other brothor had Hod
screaming up tho road, and fortunately
met two men who had boon chopping
near by. As Siam as ho had told tho
cause of his fright, they rushed on, to
And tho little hero sensrloss, still tight
ly grusplug tho neck of tho broken
bottlo.
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druggist;;.
THE "JENKIN’S EAR" ISSUE.
If Retailed la a New Era ol Activity li Elf
Itod.
Spain claimed to I* mistress, by de
cree of the pope, ot all the seas and
continents covered by tfco vague title
of "the Spanish Main," and ao for two
centuries, whatever was the case In
Europe, perpetual war raged In the
tropics.
By the AsBiento treaty the British
were allowed to dUpatch one ahlp, not
exceeding 800 tonB, to the Spanish
Main each year; but what parchment
Bkln of treaties could keep the volume
of the world's trade flowing through
such a petty squirt! Illegal tradere to
the Spanish Main abounded, and Span
ish guards costas were not gentle In
their methods of suppressing them.
Capt. Jenkins, with hla vessel, the
Rebecca, sailing from Jamaica to Lon
don, waa stopped and searched on th»
coast of Havana by a Spanish revenue
outter. Jenkins was slashed over the
t d with a cutlase and hts left ear
i chopped off. A Spanish officer
then tore off the bleeding ear, flung It
In Its owner’s face and bade him
"carry It home to his king and tell
him what had been done.” The story
of how that little morsel of brown,
withered flesh turned out a spark
which kindled the Inarticulate slow
burning wrath of the English nation
Into a flame and swept England Itself
Into war. Carlye tells:
"The ‘Jenkins’ ear' question, which
once looked so mad, was Bane enough,
and covered tremendous Issues. Half
the world lay hidden In embryo under
It. ‘Colonial empire'—whose Is It to
be? Shall half the world be England's
for Industrial purposes, which is inno
cent, laudable, conformable to the mul
tiplication table, at least, and other
plain laws? Or Bhall It oe Spain's, for
arrogant, torpid, sham-devotional pur
poses, contradictory to every law? The
incalculable ‘Yankee nation’ Itself, big
gest phenomenon (once thought beau-
tlfulest) of these ages—this, too, little
as careless readers on either side of
the sea now know It, lay Involved.
Shall there be a Yankee nation, shall
thero not he? Shall the new world
be of Spanish type, shall It be of Eng
lish? Issues which we may call Im
mense! Among the then extant aona
of Adam, where waa he who could in
the faintest degree surmise what is
sues lay In the Jenkins’ ear question?
And la It curloua to consider now, with
what fierce, deep-breathed doggednesa,
the poor English nation, drawn by
their InBtlncts of simple, guileless per
sona (liable to be counted stupid by
tho unwary) are sometimes of prophet
ic nature, and spring from the deep
places of this universe.”
blah. The man who wants things for
nothing has withdrawn his patronage
from • particular restaurant lu Dia
mond street.—Pittsburg Chronlcle-Tel-
apb.
She followed him from the place silent- pletoly In my power. In a fow moments
ly, despairingly.
He led her, not toward the center of
the camp, but through Its purlieus, anx
ious to reach tho open country beyond.
Every nerve thrilled with tho Intons-
est emotion as he realized that the res
cue was nearly assured.
Tho Indians whom they met paid no
attention to thorn. Poor Inoz, fearing
we leave the Indian camp Do you know
whore we aro going?”
Inoz did not dolgti to reply.
“I am going to take you to a retroat
so safe and Isolated that no friend will
ever penetrate to It—of whleh even tho
savages aro In Ignorance. Uetweon It
and civilization Is a safe barrier of sav
age hordes, friendly to my doslgna.
some new captivity, seemed about to Trusty friends and strong walls of rock
fsllll M n.n «. n,, hh. .. I H'l, e , rt 1-All Iff 1 I I )|A Ini'
faint away
As she walkod unsteadily, Darrel ap
proached her nearer.
“Courage!"
She started at the fervent, unexpected
word.
“Walk straight on," he breathed,
hurriedly. “We aro not yet safe ”
A half-suppressed cry of Joy broke
from the girl’s lips.
“Darrell—Mr. Grey,” she cried; “oh!
can we escape""
“Yes, yes. Follow me faster."
“StoD them!
surround me. Thoro you will be my
prisoner— socuro, with no hope of oscapo
Thero you will bo my wife."
“Nover!"
Despard laughed confidently.
“We shall soo," ho taunted. “Oh, yon
will soon tire of playing the Indignant
rolo. Do you hear that?"
Yengoful, triumphant cries from tho
direction of the Mo.loc camp told tho
anxious Inez that her worst fears wero
confirmed.
They seemed to announce that hor
bravo protoctor, Darrel Groy, had fallen
The words came from behind them ; a prisoner Into the hands of his murder-
and caused Inez to utter a starllod cry.
Darrel seized her arm and mado for a
near thicket
Coming toward them were Despard,
Vance and several savages.
“Discovered!” cried Darrel, despair
ingly.
Instantly he was surrounded.
“What are you doing with that girl?"
demanded Despard, gruffly.
“Ugh! Shadow Snake's orders," grunt-
ad Darrel.
“A lie!” shouted Despard. “Here!
Where Is tho Wolf? This man Is no In
dian, but & spy. He stole the Wolfs
Identity, and Is spiriting tho girl away. "
Angry, menacing faces confronted tho
young scoot. One savage sprang before
blm with an uplitted tomahawk.
At a glance Darrel Grey recognized . way.
ous foes.
Sho burlod her face In her hands In
mute anguish, while Despard peered
from tho thb kot. us two savages, su
perbly mounted, dashed by toward tho
camp.
A minute later Vanco appeared. He
was rldlug a horse and loading two oth
ers.
“llulck! we had bettor start at once,"
he said.
Inoz know that It was useless to strug
gle against hor poworful foes, and was
soon In the scdillo.
Despair, retained hold of tho chock-
rein of the horse she rode. Vanco
kept closo to the othor sldo of the stood.
“Tho camp moves south,” romarkod
the latter, as they proceeded on their
him. It was the Modoc warrior whoso I
garb he bad stolen at the river a few I
hours prevloBsly. j
’Whan?"
“At once. Two mossengors from
Shadow Snake Just arrived after thorn.”
Get a Whole Lot lor Nothlag-
The man who always wants some
thing for nothing made a discovery In
a Diamond street restaurant. A waiter
upset a glass on the marble-topped
lunch counter, breaking the edge of
the glass. The waiter carelessly tossed
The cougar's victim was. too much | It under the counter and got another
horrified to spoak, but pointed to tho with a smooth edge for the customer
savago beast, lying on a limb In full he was serving.
view. One of tho men bad a pistol, and I “what do yon do with glasses thus
with a few shots tho animal was killod. gUghtly damaged?" asked the customer
Brayed Himecir to Death. of the restaurant proprietor, relating
Henry Horen, living near Jackion, the circumstance.
Tonn., lost a lino Jackass yesterday In | “Oh, we give them away; have to get
a romarkablo manner, says the St. Louis rid of them; can’t endanger the' lips of
Glebe-Democrat. A year or two since he ; customers by serving them Tn nicked
purchased tho nnitnal for £400 in Middle * glasses. But why are you interested
Tenncaseo- A fow days since he pur-1 „m ll „ T *»,«,.->»♦ <* h
chased another, which ho brought home Wh , y ’ 1 l , h “" 8 ^ i
yesterday It ut llrst resented tho In-, m0 a ^ ew °' d B'asses w ^ e
triiaion of tho new-comer, anil as soon might use them for Jellies.’
as tho latter arrived on tho promisos be- “Give me your addresB and I’ll send
came terribly enraged, and let forth a you some," volunteered the restaur-
bray so loud, so long, anil so deep that ant keeper.
it echoed and ro-ochoed throughout tho
surrounding country, l’asslon and Joal-
ousy mi ved him to the ono supremo
The man for a longing for articles
without price went away gleefully, cal-
Tke Oldest Postil System.
We And the firet recorded postal sys
tem In the Persian Empire, under Cy
rus the Elder; but It Is clear that Rome
of all the ancient States possessed the
best organized system of transmitting
letters through its numerous province*.
All along the great Roman roadd
houses were erected at a distance of
five or six miles from each other. At
each of these stations forty horses
ware constantly kept, and by the help
of the relays It was easy to travel 100
miles in a day. These services were
Intended for the State only. It being
Imperative to secure the rapid Inter
change of official communications.
In the time of Julius Caesar the sys
tem was so well organized that of two
letters the great soldier wrote from
Britain to Cicero at Rome, the one
reached Its destination in twenty-six
and the other In twenty-eight days.
Private citizens had to trust to the
services of slaves, and it .8 not till the
end of the third century that we hear
of the establishment of a postal Bys
tem for private persons by the Emper
or Dlocvletlan, but how long this sys
tem remained history does not say.—
New York World.
Spanish Honor Exemplified.
I see that tho Spaniards are vaunting
their honor and chivalry and calling
Americans -swine. Let me tell you
something about Spanish honor. Pre
mier Sagasta recently gave a reception
to tho British Minister. During the
evoalng the Minister discovered that
his watch had been stolen, and he came
to the reluctant conclusion that one of
the grandees present waa the thief. He
told Sagasta of bis Iosb. Sagasta ask
ed for silence and explained the situa
tion.. He said that In order to save the
culprit's honor the lights would be put
out and the whole company would pass
by the Premier’s desk in the dark, and
the culprit would redeem himself by
placing the watch on the table. In
darkness the company passed by the
table. When the lights were turned
on again not only was the watch not
there, but a valuable silver Inkstand
belonging to Sagasta was missing,—
The Voalkfsl Aft ef Criminals.
Dr. Frederick H. Wines, of Illinois,
has been discussing the subject of tho
youth of the prisoners In the penal In
stitutions of the United States, anil his
conclusions show that the convicts ot
the country are a more youthful ‘set
of men than It Is generally supposed
they are. Of the 82,820 prisoners in
this country, one-eighth are to bo
found in New York, one-fourth In the
three states of New York, Pennsyl
vania and Massachusetts. The average
age of the prisoners was under thirty-
one and nearly half were under thirty,
about a third under twenty-five and
nearly one-eighth under twenty.
The average age of the public pabper
is fifty-seven years. The average ago
of a colored prisoner is twenty-seven
and a half years, of a native white
prisoner 30' years, and of a foreign
white prisoner thirty-seven years and
nine months. The youth of these
convicts raises the queries whether
they are born criminals, and If not,
what his driven them to a life of crime
at so early an age? If they have be
come evildoers through force of cir
cumstances what proportion of them
can .be saved by proper treatment, so
that they will become law-abiding citi
zens?
At the New York State Reformatory
at Elmira, the system of manual train
ing has been introduced to educate the
degenerates to work, it being proved
that they have been led Into lives of
crime through associations that have
brought about a total abhorrence of
honest labor. The Bystem employed
tends to a cultivation of the will, as
well as the education of the hand, and
eo far It has been remarkably suc
cessful.—Boston Transcript
New British Battleships.
Tha admiralty have given an order
to Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth ft
Co., of Elswlck, for eight seta of hy
draulic mountings tor the twelve-inch
forty-alx ton breech-loading guns of
the new battleships Implacable and
Formidable, which are to be built, the
former at Davenport and the latter at
Portsmouth. For these eight sots of
mountings, four of which will be sup
plied to each ship, the Elswlck firm
will be paid over ¥500,000. These
twelve-inch guns are to be distinctly
of a new type, and will be provided
with gear for working them by hand
power In the event of the hydraulic
gear giving out. The order for the
Bet'S Leaf Imprisonment. mountings will Include the fitting of
The wife of Dr. C. H, Emory, of Bed'- the apparatus required for working
ford, Mass., a few days ago noticed a * he ' glmB ,rom , th . e ammunition room
small white speck on the top of a hard ° l , he , gu “ Platform. Besides the
oak centre table,, of which she has been 1 6 V f'!, n ? h f u ” 8, whlel1 are to be
the owner for six years, Yesterday ' " l0unte<1 ' n ^bettea. each vessel will
the speck suddenly developed Into an * e , arraed w ‘ th twelTe ab( - lnctl
openlng about three-eighths of an Buna of a new type, and mounted
Inch In diameter, out of which crawled In armored casements; sixteen firing
a strange looking bug, gray in color. twelve-pounder boats' guns,
about one Inch In length, and having .45-inch Maxim machine guns and
several arms and legs. There Is much ; flv * torpedo tubes, four of
speculation concerning the strange In- _ be .? U , bme r? ed '. , aild oa6
sect. Undoubtedly It wub embodied In
the top ot tbat polished centre table
erer since the table was made from the
rough lumber by the manufacturer.
Since the possession of the table by
cVl
abovxqpater. It U estimated that tha
two Vessels wilt coat a million of
money each. ThlB is not to be won
dered at when It iq explained that the
__ monntinga for the four big guns alone
Dr. Emory there has been no break In ovf!r $250,000, the cost of the guns
Its surface, for Mrs. Emory nas had it be nearly $350,000, while the arm-
under her dally care. Dr. Emory still
has the captive, and Is trying to Iden
tify it.—New York Telegram.
tain broken glassware and china of all
sorts None of It could be used, not
effort that cost his Ufa A blood-vos«ol cu 'ating mentally on how much he had
burst* and tho blood flowed In a stream! on glasses. Two day3
from hla nose and mouth Tho crimson | later, when he went home from busi-
tlde could not bo stanched, and tho un* j ness, he found thirteen barrels In his
happy animal lay down and died. 1IU back yard. His wife said she supposed
placo will bo filled by the now arrival, he had sent them and she paid the man
but the memory of that awful bray will W 75 for rt ellvering them. When
go down among tho traditions of the . . . .
Touth District opened, the barrels were found to con-
Th® Wonun Hlcycllat.
, fi , rSt wo , m t n even for Jelly glasses. An ash hauler
to ride a blcyclo In >> ashlngton and she . .. ,
was ridiculed and jeored by the multi- c bavgezi $2 for taking away the rub-
tudo, and tho regulation anathema of
“unsoxod woman” was hurled after hor
by the eld foglos of conservatism. Now
Mrs. Lockwood can ride tho length of
Dennsylvanla avenue and not a mascu
line head would bo turned. Custom
makes laws as Insxorablo us those of tho
Modes and Persians. A blcyclo tourna
ment has Just bi on held In that city,
and the wives and sweethearts of the
boys rodo their blryclos beside them, and
tho crowds looked on and approved. Tho
world “do mo\e," and tho wheels help It
along.
Queer (.'untoiltan.
A New Orleans man keeps a lizard aft
his table to guard valuable papers.
Tiik United States declared sxi
against Tripoli on Juno 10, ISO*.
Splitting Atoma
By means of the microtome, slices of
vegetable and animal tissues down to
a thinness of about l-100Uth of an Inch
are obtained for microscopic study.
Professor Elmer Gates of Washington
has now gone further, and even slices
up blood cells and microbes by cement
ing them In a single layer between two
glass slides and cutting slides apart
with a very thin blade of copper sharp
ened to the highest possible degree.
The cells are again cut by repeating
the operation, and It Is claimed that
slices have been made only l-100th as
thick as the thinnest produced by the
microtome.—San Francisco Chronicle.
or plates to be used in the construction
of the vessels will absorb another
$050,000 a ship. These amounts do
not even Include the cost of making
and fitting in place the mountings of
the six-inch and smaller types of guns,
or of the torpedo armament.—Naval
and Military Annual of London.
The new monitors will be the most
formidable vessels of that type ever
built. And there are some who think
that type the most formidable ever de
vised.
New Peril lor Firemen.
Electrolysis Is said to be attacking
the steel framework of the high build
ings at Indianapolis, Ind., which are
built on the lines of electric surface
railroads. Engineering experts, It Is
stated, are Investigating the matter,
and will shortly make a report on the
subject to the city council. It would
thus seem as If a new peril were added
to the manifold risks already attend
ant on the life of a fireman, who, if
tills Is true, may he called upon any
day to enter a building, which by elec
trolytic action has been rendered more
liable than ever to collapse and bury
all who are fighting a fire within its
walls.—Fire and Water.
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