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you're in K troop. one of the new
squad, see" said the colonel. "Wh ats
your uame?"
Jean Marie" answered the soldier,
saluting.
Very good" said the colonel, who had
now recovered his breath and his official
dignity.
The soldier saluted and turning on his
heel went off to the barracks his saber
clanking on the walk as be went.
This was the introduction of Private
Jane, as the troopers called him, TO regi-
mental fame, and as the colonel did not
issue the order against privates carrying
their sabers when off duty, the entire
population of Fort Dash became aecus-
toned TO the sight of the jaunty private
clanking his saber on the wooden walks.
But Jane was not destined for oblivion.
Scarce a month after his first explot he
was with scouting party from K troop,
commanded by SmltheTS. They we're sur
rounded by Apaches near an arroyo,
where they defended themselves for TWO
days until rescued by larger scouting de-
tachment. Smithers having been wounded
on the second day, and there being no
water in the TASKS, Private Jane volun-
teered TO I'LL them at a water-hoe in the
arroyo, during the night, in spite of the
fact that it was watched by the Apaehes
from a distance of about two hundred
yards. AS luck would have il. he sue
ceeded, not receiving even scratch. So
when K Troop returned to Fort Dash he
was promoted to corporal.
One evening in August about two weeks
later Mrs. Macdonald, wife Of the Saw
BONES" or post surgeon, gave an enter
tainment. Smithers performed on the
penny whistle and the parsOn played the
guitar in an original and entirely tuneless
manner. Miss Martin. who had a beauti-
full soprano voice, had been persuaded to
sing. She sang Valentines part from the
duet in the fourth act of the "Huguenots,"
accompanying herself on the piano.
Scarcely had she hnisOed when a splendid
tenor voice took up RaouPs part and sang
it through to the end. All present APP
plauded vigorously. but the applause
elected 10 response. Then the prodigy,
who had disappeared as soon as the tenor
had begun TO sing. returned and thus ad-
dressed the company. "Wbo d'you think
1t WASP" 4 chorus of ''How can we tell?"
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Spectacles were first made in Italy.
The best pearls are perfectly round.
The German race has the largest per-
centage of suicides.
Storage battery street cars are success
fully running in Paris.
Hatmaking vas introduced into Englan
in 1910 by Spahiards.
There is one divorce to every 479 mar
riages in the United States.
No part of Greece is forty miles from the
sea nor ten miles from hills.
Fruit that ripens most quickly is not the
sweetest nor does it keep longest.
The experiment of weaving looms by
electricity is being tried in Germany.
The two striking features of Greece are
its mountain system and its coast line.
Irelapd has a greater proportion of un-
married women than any other country.
Marriage is the only contract minors
can make which in court of law will hold
good.
A national collection of fgureheads of
OLD ships of war is to be made by the
British Admiralty.
There has been great decline in the
shipbuildlng industry in Norway during
the last three years.
A native of Hawaii, seeing man riding
a bicycle, said that 1t must be very nice to
walk sitting down."
Forty new warships of the British navy
are lying idle In dockyards because of lack
Of sailors TO man them.
English sparrows have become such a
nuisance in Maryland that farmers or
ganiZe parties to Stay them.
The average duration of marriages in
England is 2S years; in France and Ger
many. 20; Norway, "a; Russia, so.
One OF the old Greek laws provided that
a l,tn
marry woman younger than the dis
carded partner.
The United States Government issues
banknOtes of the following den ominations
81, 50, So. SO. $50. $50, $l0O, $500. $1,000.
$1,000 and $4,000
The ex-president of the Royal College of
Veterinary Surgeons Of England condemns
public drinking troughs for horses on the
ground that they propagate certain dis
ease peculiar to horses.
In 1887 the Berlin Bureau of Statistics
estimated that the steam engines then all
work in the world represented approx
mately 1.OOO,000,0 600 men, or three times the
working population of the earth.
The opera is just 300 years old. Italy is
ltS nome. The hrst opera was Daphne -
text 3y Rlnucclni and music by Peri. T,
was hrst produced in 1884 in Florence
nnder the title. Opera in Musica in Slylp
Representative" Thence the opera was
carried to France, thence to Germanv
where, in 1850, Daphne" was given he
lore the Saxon King in Dresden.
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ders. 1t must have taken an army to do 1t.
but 1t is done. and there is now a railroad
running upon it distance of perhaps q
quarter of mile from the roling-mills to
the water. Upon this there were about
100 steel cars and steam engine or two of
European make at the time / entered the
yard. The cars were loaded with machin-
cry, and were being hauled to the rolling
mills in the rear.
l followed one of the trains. We first
came to eight large boilers, near which
were what looked like vast haystacks, but
which were sheds of mats, in which the
coke was stored. Beyond these there were
two massive furnaces for the smelling of
the ore. Each was hundred feet high,
and l climbed to the top of one of them by
the spiral steps on Its outside. Below me
l could see the roof of the vast machine
shops, which are now being filed with ex-
pensive works. These shops cover at
least twenty-five acres, and there are here
that many acres under one iron roof. A
railroad runs by their side, and q smoke
stack 100 feet high rises in the air behind
them. Beyond them in the distance you
see the buildings of the Viceroy's arsenal.
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men, as it is in other so-called savage coun-
tries, and the Government is trying 10
economic in every way. There is rati-
road beirg built in the northern part Oh the
empire. aud the regular appropriation SCI
aside for this has been $4,000, coo year.
see by tO-day's translation of the Peklng
Gazette that it has been decided by the
board Of revenue of the Emperor to omit
the appropriation this year in order to use
the money to whoOD 1t up t0r the olu
dowager. 1t will put the road back ten
months, but this makes no difference TO
the Chinese.
This northern railway is the only work
ing road in China. [ expect TO go to Tient-
sin and travel over it. l understand that
it has been pushed rapidly within the past
year or so toward the Manchurlan from
tier, and that it was of service to the Gov
eminent in the recent rebellion there. 1t
is for tie purposes of defense that the Chi
nese will build railroads. The best thing
that could happen to the country would be
a first-class war with the foreign powers.
This would lead to the pushing out OF en-
terprise in every direction. Roads would
be bnilt and their buttOnhole eyellds
would be stretched far enough apart for
them too see that China is by no means the
center OF the earth, as they suppose. This
northern road was nrst built to take coal
from the mines to the Taku forts and the
naval ships When 1 was In China. five
years ago, 1t was only about eighty miles
long It has, l am told now about reached
the great wall, and will soon penetrate
Mongolia. There are now two factions
here in favor Of railways. One wants them
as a means of defense, and the other
wants them for commercial purposes.
Neither, however. will advise the bringing
of foreign capital to build them, ana their
motto is, China for the Chinese"
We went back to the city after visiting
the arsenal. which was much the same as
the one saw at Kiagnan. though not so
large, by the river Han. and as we did so
got a picture of one of the railroad cars
of the China of the past. 1t was a buffalo
cart, with wheels as large as the front
wheels of a farm wagon, made of a single
block of wood and fastened to the axle
with wooden pin. The shafts were tied
to the axle, and there was not enoUg h
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after hurried look, bestowing their at
tention on the opponents. who now faced
each other.
At the first glance the contest looked to
be hopeless one for the corporal, his op-
pOnent being a much larger and stronger
man, besides having the name of being the
best fencer at Fort Dash. But L troop,
who had watched their man closely,
thought otherwise, and backed him for all
they were worth.
The pair saluted and crossed blades,
Lieutenant Taylor making several heavy
cuts at the corporal, all of which were
parred. Suddenly the corporal lunged
with the point of his saber and touched :;
then. like flash. he recovered, tented at
the head and delivered flank blow; then,
again recovering, he iunged. touched and
drew himself up to salute before the Sec
ond bout. The lieutenant lost his temper.
de mad been touched three times without
being able 10 counter, and in little more
than minute. When be faced his op-
ponent again he fought wildly. and was
touched the specified three times even
sooner than before. Then, when the cor
poral recovered from the lunge which
made the third touch and raised his saber
TO salute, suddenly, without sec
ond's warning, the Lieutenant made
vicious cut at his neck. There was
30 time TO parry or avoid the cowardly
blow. 1t was totally unexpected. The
nedVy SaDer cut through the mask and
into the cOrp0raPS neck. A stream of
blood gushed out on the floor and the
corporal toppled over. There was wild
confusion and the spectators began to hiss
Lieutenant Taylor, who stood looking at
the corporal in a dazed way. Smithers
removed the wounded mans mask and
put him on streicher to carry him to the
hospital. AS the burden passed Mrs. Bur
bank she saw the corporaPs face for the
first time.
why, Alice" she cried in astonish-
ment, its your Partisan friend, the
COmte de st. Vanierp
But Alice did not hear; she had tainted.
The next afternoon Alice went with the
colonel to the hospital to see how COrpo-
raj Jane was getting on and to bring him
some flowers. Surgeon Macdonald said
the wound was not dangerous and sent
the young lady in to see the patient, while
Major Burbank buttonholed the colonel
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casion. THE bride looks Just too lovely"
as Mrs. Macdonald, the mother Of the two
pretty bridesmaids, declares. And Jean
Marie Augus;e, ETC., in his uniform of
premier lieutenant d'Hussards, quite out
shines even the red-headed Smithers, who
10 full FIG" acts as best man.
After the wedding breakfast the buck
board, which is 10 take the young couple
TO the railroad is brought up in front of
the colonePs door, and K troop, having
had dinner at the Counts expense which
ecllpsed its widest dreams. suddenly APP
pears on the parade-ground together with
all the rest of the garrison. The colonel
embraces his daughter, aud two big tears
run down his face in spite of himself.
The young couple get into the rear seat of
the blackboard and Smithers having set
tied himself on the front seat whispers to
the soldiers TO let go the horses heads and
gives them the whip. The animals spring
forward and the PEARSON" promptly hits
Smithers with an Old shoe and drops half
pan of rice down the neck OF Dickson,
who stands OH the steps. Then K troop
shouts with one voice. Three cheers for
Mr.. and Mrs. Jane OF K troop"
HERBERT WALTER.
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where he is making modern rifles aud
other guns, and near this is a brick works.
where bricks are being made with the
latest of improved European machinery.
L entered the machine-shops. The din
of an immense boiler factory greeted my
ears.and / found myself in the midst Of
hundreds of Chinese machinists, who
were working in putting up all sorts of
rOlling-mlls and machinery. A large part
Of the works is already up, but it takes
time to build shop of this III sgnitude any,
where and in China things go very slowly.
The Vlceroy has been spending so much
that be has reached the END of his pile and
he is now waiting TO get an advance from
Peking. The Government, however, is
getting ready for the celebration of the
sixteenth anniversary OF the birthday of
The Empress dowager. and upon this
Will be spent enough to build a
road from Picking to Canton. and the peo-
pie Will be taxed in consequence. 1t is not
so easy, however. to overtax the China
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on the porch, and after half an hours
earnest conversation he led him into the
hospital There, pTOpped up in a chair,
sat the corporal, looking rather pale but
handsome. He was clad IN a French
HuSsar uniform with the cross of the
him sat Alice Martin, her and ia his and
very sweet smile on her face.
IT'S the most romantic thing you ever
heard Of" said Smithers that night after
the "happy family" had retired and the
lights were out. His names Jean Marie
Auguste PHILIPPE George de St. Vanier,
and he's a genuine French Count and a
first lieutenant in the Hussars. decorated
for bravery at Tonquln cheyalier of the
Legion OF Honor. He got stuck on her
when she was in Paris. but she wouldn't
have him, cause she thought he was a dis
siDated dude. So he got years leave as
soon as he could and followed her out here
and woOed and won her. just like two
bit nOvel-at least, that's what Mrs. Bur.
bank said'
Don't talk such rot, Smithers," OBJ
served Dickson. You're a regular old
woman"
YOU'RE jealous, my son." retorted the
prodigy"
You're a wretched young ASST was
Dickson's response.
Smithers fumbled in his bureau a min
ute and then produced a penny whistle,
on which he began to play 1.-The Girl |
Left Behind Me" in shrill. ear-piercing
tone. There was a whrring sound,
SmitherS ducked his head, and Dickson's
boot broke she water pitcher on Hillyard's
washstand. Then the deep voice of the
''parsOn" was heard coufining Dickson to
the nsthernost depths of Tartarus. The
adJutant chuckled, while Smlthers, with a
fnal tOttle, fell back on his pillow, and
silence reigned in the "menagerie."
And so it came about that on a glorious
day In winter TWO months later the we'd
ding of Jean Marie Auguste PHILIPPE
George de st. Vanier who Is of good old
Huguenot family. and Miss Alice: Martin,
daughter of Colonel Martin OF the Seventh
United States Cavalry. is being celebrated
10 the little chapel of Fort Dash, which
has been splendidly decorated for the oc.
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THE SPIRIT HE SAW NOT.

A winters night and the snow was about;
Twas silent within and cold without,
Both father and mother to bed had gone,
The son sat yet by the fire alone.
He gaZed on the fire, and dreamed again
Of that was noWnO more among men;
As still he sat and never aware
How close was the spirit beside his chair.
Nay, sad were his thoughts, for he wept and said
All, woe for the DEAD ah, woe for the desdl
How heavy the earth now lies on her breast,
The lips thatl kissed and the hand pressed.
The spirit he not, he could not hear
The comforting words she spoke in his ear:
II is heart III the grave with her moldertng clay
No welcome gave and she fed away.
ROBERT BRTDGES
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Until the eleventh century the profess
sion OF medicine and the trade of the bar
Der were one and the same.
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One mile Of wire such as is used in the
manufacture of hair springs for watches
would weigh less than half pound.
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The cabbage is the development of a
common seaweed which grows wild on
every coast of Europe.
The herald., 1894-01-20
ENDLESS TARIFF TALK.
TIE HOUSE STILL DISCUSSING
THE WILSON BILL.
DaIxeli Goes for johnson Roughshod.
Loud Pleas for the Prune and
Raisiu Industries of
California.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 19-In the house
today the report OF the committee on
elections, in the contested election case
of O'Neil, was presented and ordered
printed.
Consideration of the tariff bill was
then resumed, the pending amend
ment being that of johnson of Ohio,
placing steel rails on the free liat.
Wilson asked unanimous consent that
three hours be set aside next Monday
for consid grafton OF amendments to the
sugar schedule. Agreed to.
Dalzell then proceeded with his speech
begun yesterday. He began by reca-
pitulsting the charges he had made
against johnson. He had showu, he
said, that Johnson manufactured certain
kinds of street railway rails behind the
protection OF 100 patents, and wanted
railway rails to go ON the free list; that
he coerced his employees in the face of
the winter and starvation, into accept
ing wages one-third cash and two-thirds
scrip; that he made an untrue state
ment and altered the stenographer's
notes, and that his scrip had been
packed about the streets OF Johnstown
and been bought in by q relative of
Johnson before it was redeemed at par.
johnson replied to Dalzell in semi
humorous vein that he (Johnson) did
not claim to be philanthropist.
The johnson amendment to put steel
rails on the free listwas lost. 7y to 100.
Henderson OF lows offered an amend
ment to substitute the present law for
the agricultural schedule, and long
debate on agriculture ensued.
Loud (Rep.) OF California devoted a
few minutes to the proposed fruit scned-
ule, which he said ruined the raisin and
prnne industry OF California.
Walker (Rep. OF Massachusetts, asked
recognition for what he claimed a priv
jleged matter. 1t proved to be an in
quisy as to why i've Democratic mem
oers OF the ways and meane committee
who maae speeches. refused to print
those speeches in the record.
Reed-Fhose speeches have been
hauled up Tor repairs. [Laughter.l
Wanger (Rep.) Of Virginia spoke of
the manner i'll which American ships
went in ballast to Nova Scotia and came
back heavily laden with agricultural
products OF Canada.
Tho rest of tue afternoon was con-
sumcd in further discussion OF Hender-
son'e amendment, and the house TOOK q
recess TILL O'CLOCK.
AT the night session of the house, set
apart for general debate. Bell (Pop.) Of
Colorado spoke in favor OF the hiil, al
though it did not 20 lar enough TO suit
him.
Shaw (Rep.) Of Wisconsin opposed
il, especially the proposed duties on
barley.
Morgan tDem.) Of Missouri. while he
indorsed the provisions OF the bill gen
orally, condemned in strong terms the
proposition to place lead ore on the free
list. The lead schedule, he chsrged as
tact within bis own knowledge, was
dictated by the lead trust. 10 conclu-
sion, he appealed to the house to ~
move from this bill the suspicion of
jobbery
Chlds (Rep.l Of Illinois closed the
debate in opposition 60 the bill
The herald., 1894-01-20
REBELLION In SAMOA.
NATIVES IN THE HAMA DISTRICT
ON THE WARPATH.
A Son of Old Tamasese Proclaim d
King-Maiieotoa's Supporters Gath
ering to DO Battie-A Request
for Foreign Wsrships.

APTA, Samoa, Jan. 3.-[Correspondence
of the Associated Press The natives in
the district of Hama have rebelled and
proclaimed Tamasese king. This Tam
asese is son of the former German pup
pet king, and he has a large following.
The people of Savaii have declared alle-
glance to King Mslieotoa and are gath
ering to his support. The chief justice,
the president and consuls meet tomor-
row to consider tho situation. The con-
suls have sent a request by the Monowai
for war ships, 90 grave is the situation.
The rumored intention OF the powers
to disarm the natives is the principal
cause of discomfort, and the natives say
that they will resist any attempts to
disarm them. Although an outbreak is
not imminent, the situation ia so grave
as to cause great alarm.
Herr Schmidt, the new president OF
the municipal council, arrived Decem-
Der 29th, and was cordially received.
The people here resent the fact that
no United States land commissioner has
been sent here to replace Mr.. Cham
bers. The work of the land commission
has been greatly delayed in conse-
quence.
The measles epidemic is ended. The
number OF deaths is estimated at 1000.
The herald., 1894-01-20

1875, which provides that bonds shall be
sold for ''coin." but they point out that
before this, in 1878. silver was demone-
tized go it can not be included in the
meaning OF word "coin."
Aside from the legality of the gold
clause, the silver men say it is against
the public policy to make public dis
elimination against one of the money
metals now in use, and the effect OF the
secretary's action is to tend to send gold
to premium and disturb the parity
between gold and silver coin.
Representative Tracey (Dem.) OF New
York, one of the anti-silver leaders of
the house, said: Secretary Carlisle
wants no more silver, for he already has
in the treasury much more than he
wants. What is needed is gold. 1t is
fortunate under these circumstances
that the law allows him to secure the
particular metal he wants. While the
bonds are payable in gold, yet in selling
them the secretary has authority to se-
cure payment in any class OF coin he
needs, as the express purpose OF that
law was to give means OF meeting the
needs of the treasury"
NO ACTUAL GOLD RESERVE.
Some treasury officials have the the
ory which has been advanced several
times heretofore, and which is shared
by some OF those who have a hald in
directing the affairs of the department.
1t is this: There actually exists no fund
that can be properly termed "gold re-
serve." The so.called gold reserve,
which was created BY Secretary Sher-
man under the act OF 1875, has been en-
tirely wiped out by the redemption of
United States notes and treasury notes,
for which purpose 1t was originally cre-
atcd. The redemption Of treasury notes
a,one, il is said, has been sufficiently
large to wipe out the gold reserve, and
the redemption of United States and
treasury notes together, up to recent
period, aggregated $l49, 100000. This
vast amount OF notes was not retired but
reissued. II this theory is carried to its
legitimate conclusion, 1t is held the
government has not been using the gold
reserve for the payment of current ex.
penditures, but has merely been draw
ing on its stock OF assets represented by
gold. 1t is said certain figures bearing
out the deduction above referred to,
have been prepared for the use of Sec
retary Carlisle, and he will shortly issue
a statement on the subject.
OFFERS TO TAKE BONDS.
Carlisle's mail today brought num-
ber of additional offers to take bonds.
The prices offered are regarded as gen.
orally good, one, it is said, reaching 120.
NEW York, Jan. 19.-It is understood
syndicate OF New York bankers is
preparing to offer to take the entire pro-
posed issue of $50,000.00 bonds at Car
lisle's fgnres. Boston, Chicago and
Philadelphia bankers want chow at
them, however, and to prevent them
from overbdding il is likely they will
be- admitted to the syndicate.
The herald., 1894-01-20
THE HAwA1rAs INQUIRY.


Lieutenant swineburne suppieme ents
Hf- restimony-Other Witnesses.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l9.-Lieutenant
Commander Swineburne of the Boston
was today again before the senate Ha-
waiian investigating committee, for the
purpose of adding some details to the
Information given on Wednesday, and
was followed by Lieutenant Dewitt
Coffman. also Of the Boston. The latter.
in many instances, confirmed the report
Of Commissioner Blount as to the land
ing and stationing of the marines and
the part taken by them in the revolu-
tion year ago. Another witness was
Professor William B. Oleson, whose
testimony WAS all in the interest and in
support Of the provisional government.
The herald., 1894-01-20
TO FIGHT FOR THE QUEEN.

Men Being Recruited in Massachusetts
to Go to Hawaii.
HAvERHILL, Macs, Jan. 19.-For
several weeks Smith Hill has been in
town securing men, ostensibly to go to
Brazil to fight in the Brazilian army. 1t
is rumored, however. that the real des.
tination of the men is Honolulu, where
they are to fight for Queen Liliuokalani.
One of the prospective recruits, named
McGee. states that he promised to sien
articles and was promised lieutenancy
and 800 per month if he would go to
the Sandwich islands. Forty-six men
promised to sign articles.