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A TERRIBLE REVENGE.

A Series OF French Duels In Which
Only One Participant Was Touch
ed.
A most vindictive duel was fought
during the reign of Louis XVI. by q
colonel of the French guards, says
the Yankee Blade. This gentleman
was boasting of the good fortune of
never having been obliged to fight q
duel. Another officer expressed his
surprise, with some indirect illusions
to the colonels lack of courage, OBJ
serving: GLOW do you avoid fighting
when insulted?" The colonel answer
ed that he had never given offense and
no one had ever presumed to insult
him. Moreover, that on such an oc-
casion he would consider the charac-
ter of the person who had wantonly
insulted him ere he demanded salts
faction. Upon this statement his in
terlocutor, in the most insolent man
ner, struck him in the face with his
glove, saying: "Perhaps, SIR, you will
not consider this an INSULT"
The colonel camly put on his hat
and walked out Of the room. The follow
ing morning he sent a challenge to his
aggressor. When they came to the
ground the colonel wore q patch OF
court plaster of the size of q crown
piece on the cheek which had received
the blow. At the very first lunge he
wounded his antagonist in the sword
arm, when taking off the plaster, he
cut off an edge of it with q pair OF
scissors and, replacing it on his face,
took leave OF his adversary very
politely requesting he would do him
the honor of letting him know when
he recovered from his wound. Assoon
as he heard he was able to hold q
sword the colonel called him out again
and wounded him a second time, cut
ting off another portion Of the patch.
In like manner he called him ou+,
fought and wounded him until the
plaster was reduced to the size OF u
3-penny bit, when the colonel yet once
more challenged him and ran him
through the body. Then, calmly
contemplating the corpse with an evil
smile, he, observed: 81 now take off
my plaster"
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reports he had made better time than
he anticipated Every day during the
voyage a bottle will be thrown over
board noting the location and other
information about the trip.
If Captain Andrews succeeds in
reaching Spain and joining in the Oc-
tober celebrations which will b. held in
honor OF the discovery of America he
will then return in one of the preat
steamers and arrange to exhibit his
boat and the log which he writes un
day by day, at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago, where he will be one OF the
features of the magnificent display
which the manufacturers of sapolio
are now perfecting. The assurance, we
might almost say the impudence, of
these aggressive manufactui ers in Sc
curing a Columbus of their own is
probably without precedent in adver.
tising.
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poses, very hard to turn from the
object which he has in view. He has
made the subject of small boat sailing
such study that he is prepared to
meet every argument against the risks
which spring to the minds ofhis critics,
yet the New York Herald put the case
in nutshell when it said: "The fact
that Capt. Andrews can cross the
ocean in cookie shell merely proves
that small boats are safe when q Capt.
Andrews sails them. Amateurs should
remember this when the wind begins
to sing"
The captain himself says that "half
the people who are drowned lose their
lives because they do not realize that
a boat cannot sink. An iron vessel
might, or ship loaded with heavy
cargo, but row boat, sail boat or
ordinary wooden vessel may capsize,
but will, nevertheless, float. The
passengers on the great ocean steam
ers run some risk when they 60 to sea,
but all around the deck they see
wooden boats hung up on which they
are taught to depend for their lives if
the big steamer goes down. These
boats are often crushed against the
great vessel or are capsized in lower
ing. am alone in q wooden boat en-
tirely under my own control, and, in
my opinion, far safer than Others"
An ingenious theory but hardly a fair
one.
Capt. Andrews is by trade piano
maker. He built the "Sapolio" at
Atlantic City in the presence of hun
dreds ofpeople, and exhibitedit on the
Long Pier for several weeks. It is
canvas folding boat lined with half
inch cedar and decked over with the
same. In order to fold it there must
be three long canvas hinges from stem
to stern, and the daring Captain writes
by anincoming ship-when he is hun
dreds of miles from shore-that he
finds the "sapolio' in sea-way is a
scrubber but very leaky." No better
proof of his GOODNESS and pluck could
be given.
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Elijah, and whose angel walked with Abed.
nego in the fiery furnace, hear my cry in
this hour ofgreat need and should IL seem
fit to Thee In sThy divine wisdom, deliver
Thine unworthy servant from out OF his
tribulation. For / am very weary, O,
Lord, and the sun OF my life has set Fain
would lie now with her who has been to
me faithful and loving helpmate. Let
me die, let me die, for | would rest"
And so he poured out his lamentations,
and for hours he sat by the dead woman.
and the firing and cries In the streets dis
turbed him not; The great sorrow that
had come upon him seemed to deaden his
senses to all external sounds.
Soon alter the day had dawned Peter
Alexten appeared upon the scene, accom-
by his creature Pavloff and retiuue of
spies and police. 1t was his duty to in
quire into the origin of the riot and the
cause that had led up to the massacre AS
he saw the blood in the streets, the de-
streWn about, and the blackened and still
smoking ruins OF the destroyed hou.es =
strange smile passed over his sardonic face,
and turning to Paylotf he said, There has
been hot work, Pavloh."
Truly so, your greatness"
And the muir !erer-AarOn Arama- who
shot the moujik, does he still live, PavlotH,
or has he escaped"
II have watched we'll but have not seen
him depart, was the creatures answer.
And his daughtcr-whRt OF her. Paw
Pavloff smiled as he said: "Where the
father is there will be the daughter also.
Aaron's wife was stricken with illness, and
will be bound that we will find them all
within the house, for the old lion would
not leave his den"
Then did Alexietf order his myrmidons
to guard the house, and he, flourIshng
drawn sword, and accompanied by a dozen
of his men, mounted the wrecked staircase,
and he cried:-
Aaron Arama, if you be here, come
forth in the name of the law, and answer
to the law for the Staying of one of the Lit
tie Fathers peaceful subjects"
Tothis knocking speech there was no re-
Spouse, and the swarthy face ofthe Chief of
the Police darkened, for he began to think
after all, perhaps he had been cheated OF
his prey. Then did he and his followers
proceed to search the house, and in due
course they came to the chamber of death,
where still sat Arama, bowed and SORROW
stricken, by the side OF her who could no
longer be affected by mans inhumanity.
But as the police clattered into the room
Aaron arose, and facing his foes he ex'
claimed;-
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Hhliadelph1a Times: Within few year
q dozen of the bellies ana desirable young
wonfen Of Philadelphia have married cler-
gymen. Much social interest is taken in
the wedding OF Miss Rhlnelandet oi New
York and the Rev. Lewis Cameron, her
handsome partne, which took place a
week ago In Switzerland. The public an
nouncement oil the engagement was made
in April last, and happen d in this wise:
Philip Rhinelander, the young est son, who
is a student at Harvard, was taken i'll with
pneumonia during the Easter vacation.
For week he lay at the point 81 death.
As soon as the young man was out of dam
ger Mrs. Rhinelander was ordered abroad
by her physician, William Tod Helmuth,
to get the waters OF Carlsbad. Her hus-
band and the two daughters, Fannie an
Helen, accompanied her, and at that time
the engagement Of Helen o Mr.. Cameron
was made public, Miss Rhinelander is
twenty-one years of age, tall, dark, quiet,
retiring, do out charitable, aud constant
in her attention to religious duties. Mr..
Cameron Is tour years her senior, hand
some, talented and ambitious.
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You must tlyl Quick! or the hood
houn"s when they have recovered them
selves, will tear you to pieces"
The words aroused Arama. He had
been in dream, or rather he had been
dazed; but now, with groan OF despair he
rea lied his position, and with the flash of
thought, as it were, he saw all the conse-
quences that we're likely to ensue to him.
self and those who were dearer to him
than life; and in that awful moment of
agony mind and heart he suddenly turn
Ell his weapon on his daughter his inten-
ton being to kill her and then himself
But Ivan divinel what he would do and
snatcl ing the wea pom away thrust it into
ills pocket. Then lie seized Rachel, and
by sheer physical strength raised her up,
for she seemed to have lost both presen ce
Of mind and over to act
"Are you mad?" he demanded, address
ing Arama 't.ArotSe yourself and let us
seek place Of sat ety willie there is yet
Time. Rachel, you shall not remain here
Come, come, Resseeeh you, and I will de-
tend you with my lile.T
She was wailing now like one who was
stricken with mortal agony, and looked
appealingly to her father, who had recov-
ed all his selfpossession and presence of
mind.
Ivan Alcxieff," he said sadly and stern
ly, lit is moment that permits of no argu-
ment or parley. | see all that will come
out Oft. But within this house my wife
lies nigh unto death, and go not from
her. Into your hands, however, l commit
the safety and honor OF my child, and
charge you solemnly, in the name of the
High God, to guard them well. Co."
"Father!" cried Rachel, despair
ingIy, and stretching her hands
towards him as ii in that one exclama-
ton she was beseeching him to revoke
his decision. But he waved her off, and
repeated twice:
go. Co." Then he added: 1.-THE Lords
might is greater than mans. We win trust
in il. Men are but as grains of sand, and
are scattered by the Lords BREATH and our
enemies shall be con'ounded.n lie paused
a'if from some pang of emotion; but, in a
! moment, repeated the word Go"
Used to obeying her father with I'M
answering and implicit obedience, Rachel
held up her face for him to kiss her. He
d ID so, and then turned away so that she
! might not see how deeply he was affected,
And she gave her hand TO Ivan, saving:
"My-aather has delivered me into your
charge. will go where you lead me'
Ivan Alexieff saw that it would be utter
madness to attempt to force passage
through the frantic rabble, whose aim aud
object now were fire and slaughter. nv
rs there no other way out?n lie asked
anxiously, OF Rachel.
Yes, she answered with an unnatural
calmness. Follow me-, )" and he followed
4, her, and she led the way along an upper
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American WastefuIness.

Economical Housekeeping: Economy is
simply the avoidance Of all waste, and
economical housekeeping means the en-
dcavOr to obtain Tor the whole hUuseh old
the uttermost amount Of health, comfort
and enjoyment OF life. In this sense il is
surely the duty OF every mistress of
household, from the highest tc the lowest,
to be economical. Much has been written
and spoken about the waste illness of the
poorest classes, reproach which is I'M
70 tunately only too well deserve /, but is
equally deserved by most well-to-do house
holds. TO take only the item of God; how
much is o ten wasted in the preparation OF
q single dish which forms but part of one
OF the courses of dinner. The plea that it
can be we'll afforded is no justification for
waste.
The two chief articles of food which a. @
wasted are bread and lat. Few OF our
cooks recognize the value of either of these,
although the French cooks know the value
OF the :ormer under its more imposing
name Of chapelure. In plain Engl sh this
Is stale bread dried in the oven and broken
down, or nearly pulverized, by being rolled
with heavy stone bottle; not on any &C.
count with the rolling pin that is II Ell for
pastry because the hard crusts indent the
wooden rolling pins, and even scratch
the marble ones, and this is apt to
make the pastry heavy. These crumbs
should be assorted and kept in bottles
brown and white bread separately, and
coarse and fine crumbs also separately, aud
they are then ready for use when needed
The preparation is an easy matter when the
cook gets into the habit OF collecting all
the clean bits of bread and putting them to
dry in the oven over night, and any leisure
moment can be spent in pulverizing and
sitting the crumbs. They are used in many
ways-!or fried fish, for hams. for pud-
dings. 1t is vexation to prepare crumbs
every time that they are needed while, if
bottles Of chapelure are at hand, o. vari-
Gus degrees of fneness. the dishes that re-
quire crumbs can be prepared at very short
notice
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There is an old saying that we should not
count our chickens before they are Matched,
which is very good old saying indeed, and
one that has been said in different ways.
One OF the most amusing ways o. putting
it was that of the Geek Antisthenes, who
had beer very much wearIed by the boast
ing OF young acquaintance of his of how
rich he would be when a cargo of salt fish
he was expecting arrived from the Pontus'
The youth Kept telling Antisthehes of the
presents he would give him and the
other attentions he would shower upon
him, when the Greek sliced ar empty
meat bag and leu the braggart to a dealer
in -four. &C.
Fill this to the brim," he said to the
dealer. 49,.
Il he dealer did s ), and Antisthenes, turn
Ing OH his heel, started to leave the shop
without paying for the -four.
"HereP' cried the dealer, my money!
my money!"
"Ah!' said Antisthenes, II have none,
but-er-this young gentleman" pointing
to the boastiul YOUTH will pay for it when
his cargo Of salt fish comes ill.,"
The haste OF the dealer to empty the four
back into The bin and burl the empty bag
at the retreating Antisthenes taught the
young man the lesson the wit desired him
10 loarn,
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"Aye, drive us out of Russia" answered
Aaron, land your strength will be gone.
Drive us out of Russia, and Russia itself
will go to pieces. The day that sees an ex-
odus of my people from this country will
be fatal day for Russia. speak it. Give
heed to my words, for the despised Jew is
Russias strength"
He had become a little excited, and his
eyes glowed as if with height ofprophecy
and his vigilance being for the moment re-
Taxed, Skavronsky made snatch for the
pistol but missed securing it. Displaying
terror for the first time, Rachel, thinking
perhaps, that her father had lost the weap-
on, sprang in front of him as if to protect
him. 1t was Skavronsky's opportunity,
and darting forward, he seized her round
the waist, intending to carry her off. But
Aaron hesi!ated not, now that outrage was
offered to Lis beloved child, and he sped o
bullet through the ruffians head. Without
a cry, the fellow threw up his arms and
fell back against the struggling people on
the stairs. A panic ensued. These human
animals, being cooped up and wedged in
one by the others, lost their nerves.
They roared and howled, and swayed with
a mighty weight against the protecting
balustrade of the stairs, which strong as it
was gave way, and then, with mingled
oaths and shrieks and cries for mercy, the
mass of people crashed like mighty
avalanche on to the stone corridor below.
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CHAPTER VII.
THE WORK OF THE NIGHT.


During the time that the terrible scene
was being enacted on the stairs in Aaron
Arama's house a man had forced his way
in from the street as far as the foot oil the
SairS; but there his further passage was
barred by the weged-in and closely packed
crowd OF excited people. And though he
assumed an authoritative tone and at
last commanded and then threatened, he
made no more impression than he would
have done if he had told the sun TO stand
still, or the waves of a stormy sea to, cease
to roll. This man was Ivan AleXietf, and
his object was to render assistance to Rachel
and her iathcr;ior he had gathered enough
of what was going on to know that they
were in danger, although from his position
he could not see them.
1t is testimony to the sincere feelings
Alexieff bore tor Rachel that he was ready
to run any risk, and to imperil himselfin
order to aid her. As soon as he heard that
an attack was being made on the Jews
quarter, he drove in drosky with all pos
slble speed to the PeterNburgslaia Storona
knowing full we'll that an attempt would
be made to wreck Aramas house, and that
Rachel was hardly likely to escape insult,
and might even lose her life. Therefore
he paused not, nor did he reflect what the
consequences to himself would be if
his proceedings should become known
to his father. But love pauses
1OG 10 TcuSOus anu lnOuRu ivan
had displayed an impetuosity and a
strength of passion that were remarkable,
it would be unfair to him to suggest that
his love was passion only.
AS he vainly endeavored to force his way
up the stairs, he was suddenly startled by
the pistol shot; then heard theSavage cry OF
anger that succeeded it, and Immediately
following that he saw what might have
been the result of an earthquake, so sudden
and awful was it. The iron and wooden
lanisters crashed and splintered to pieces,
and pell-mell, headlong fell the mob. 1t
was an awful sight, but the catastrophe
cleared away the obstacle that had hither-
to imposed itself between him and those
he sought; and then at the head of the
stairs he bchHd the old man still holding
the smoking weapon, and looking in his
sternness and determination ALMOST like
some Heaven-appointed agent ofvengeance.
But on her knees, her arms around his
waist, her long hair loose and strangling,
her superb face bloodless and haggard, and
filled with a frightened expression, was
poor Rachel.
The incidents of the dramatic scene had
taken place very rapidly, and the tableau
thus suddenly revealed to VANS anxious
eyes enabled him to understand the plot OF
the tragedy. The smoking weapon in
Aramas hand, and the alarm and distress
of Rachel, told their own tale. And so
with one wild upward rush he stood beside
them, and, excited and agitated, he exx-
claimed:
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WAY sICYcLIsrs NEVER LAUGH,
Simply Because Americans Always
Make Solemn Business of REQ
reation.

Simply Because Americans Always
Make a Solemn Business of REQ
reation.
Acorrespondent ofthe New York Re-
corder writes to inquire why the
passing bicyclist has so grave a mien
why he looks as if he might be ped
aling his own hearSe to- the cemetery.
The sport of wheeling is described in
the bicycle advertisements as so ex-
hilarating that one expects to see the
face of q man awheel constantly
wreathed in smiles, his cheeks glowing
with the vitality impaired by fresh
air and exercise. But these expect
atoms are seldom realized. The
average cyclist looks as if he had been
sent-out to subpoena a Coroner's jury
for his own inquest. His average
gaze is fixed about a mile and half
up the road, his lips are set and the
corners of his mouth drawn until his
facial expression is mixture of grim
determination and utter dispair.
Our correspondent wants to know
why this is thus, and the query is n
natural one. 1t may be answered,
Yankee fashion, by another question:
Is it not a fact that the average
American always makes 81 grim and
serious business OF his recreation? Is
it no. Il Tact that he seldom smiles Sin
the literal sens of the word when he
is uIrne? Is it not true that even when
he salies forth for gregarious enjoy
ment, as it were, on lakeside picnic
or distant excursion bent, he makes
harder work OF it than haying or har-
vestin4? Is itnot o fact patent toevery
good observer that there is too much
deadly earnestness and too little
laughter in our American life, and is
it not true that manyofus are never so
miserable as when we are pretending
to have q good time?
Then why wonder at the solemn phiz
OF the passing bicyclist? ii We find diff
Gculty in smiling at picnic, how can
one OF us be expected to grim when he
is alone on two wheels with an I'M
stable equilibrium to look after?
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DOCTOR Eraaman at Yale.

The late Professor Freeman, the
English historian, had something OF
CarIyIe's disregard for the ordinary
rules OF courtesy. 1t is said that
some years ago, when he visited Yale,
one OF the college professors addressed
him as Doctor Freeman.
doctor! Why doctor?" returned
the historian, who, o. the way, had
received the degree OF Doctor Of Civil
Laws at Oxford, and that OF Doctor
OF Laws at Cambridge.
II thought you were entitled to the
doctorate, ~" was thereby.
"Suppose am? So is Gladstone.
mo, sir" said the Yale man, some
what disgusted. II certainly would
not apply so insignificant title to a
man of Gladstone's eminence."
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A NEWSPAPER oHoUL.
Caught Turning over the Dead
Bodies on a BattIe-FIeId

Caught Turning over the Dead
Bodies on a Battlefield,
Dawn was breaking over the battle
field. The means OF the dying rose
on the fresh morning breeze, and as
the suns first rays slanted across the
plain and glinted on the trapping OF
the dead or lit-up faces on which the
dews of heaven were mingled with the
dews of death they revealed O single
living, moving figure.
1t was that of q young man. He
hurried about apparently unmoved
by the horrors which surrounded him.
Climbing over broken gun-carriages
and all the wreck of O. hard. fought
field stepping across the torn and dis
figured bodies, giving neither aid to the
wounded nor reverence to the dead,
FASTENED on. Occasionally he would
stoop over some body and turn the
cold face up to the sun. Quietly but
swiftly he worked. Now and then q
feathered raven, frightened from its
horrid feast by the approach of its
human prototype, flew away q few
feet, uttering sharp protests. He heed
ed it not. His eyes were bent ever
downward.
1t was growing lighter now, and two
sentries in the edge OF the wood noted
this lone hOVerer over that scene of
awful carnage,
"Ghoul!" said the other. "a beast
who robs the dead is not worthy to be
shot"
"Right!'
The gun was lowered and the two
soldiers silently approached the
wretch. He made no resistance: no
attempt to escape. He was taken be-
fore the colonel,
"Search him, Commanded the officer,
AS he fixed look ofunutterable loath-
ing on the culprit.
The soldiers roughly removed his
outer garments and investigated
them. A note book and pencil, a
pocket-knife, a comb, a cigar. Moth
ing more.
"Who are you and what were you
doing among the Gead?" demanded
the colonel.
81 am special correspondent Of
the New York STARTER, and ! was de-
tailed to find out whether more men
with boards were killed than those
without" was the reply.