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AMERICAS. EARLY HISTORY.
Volumes ON 1t Prevented by the
Italian Government

Solumes ON 1t Presented by the
Italian Government.
Baron Fava, the italian ambassador, to-
day visited the White House by appoint
ment for the purpose of presenting the
President, by direction of the King of Italy,
with testimonial Of friendship and esteem
in the shape of a set of volumes of the
greatest historical value touching the early
history of America. The work is in four
teen volumes, being collection of papers
relative to the discovery of America an
the enterprise of Christopher Columbus as
well as of the Italian explorers in this
hemisphere who preceded the great nayipa-
tor 1t YVES compiled by special commits
sion appointed by the King of Italy and
printed by the Italian government.
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SUNK IN THE NARRows.
The AIsenbOrn COllides With the
Fishing Steamer PecOnic.

Fishing Steamer PecOnic.
NEW YORK, October 19.-The steamer
Alcenborn, which plies between Baltimore
and New York, coll.ded with the fishing
steamer Peconic at B o'clock this morning
in the Narrows. The Alsenborn's bow was
badly stove, and she took water in the hold
rapidly, but was beached at the Red dock,
snort distance north of Fort Hamilton,
where she lies with bow submerged The
hold Is full Of water. Her cargo is general
and Is badly damaged. The stem is twisted
to starboard. The crew of the Alsenborn
were unable to say how much, if any, dam
age was sustained.
Efforts. have already begun to- get her
foated and taken to dry dock for repairs.
The tug d. S. Arnott is alongside pump
ing her out, and the steam lighter Octarara
is taking out cargo:
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<whcre sea.etisry Sarl.le Will speak

sWhcre seaeetnry Narlisle VIII Speak.
Secretary Carlisle will leave here We'd
nesday afternoon. aid viii make speeches
in favor of an honest currency at the fol-
lowing named places in Kentucky: Cov,ng-
ton, Thursday, October %; Bowling Green,
Saturday, October n; Owensboro. Monday,
October rs; Louisville. "Wednesday. October
y, and Lexington, Friday, October 80.
These speeches are expected to have a
powerful effect on the campaign.
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To he Examined for Promotion.
Lieutenant Commander H. w. Clifford of
the New York navy yard and Lieut. w. n.
Beehler of the cruiser Montgomery have
reported at the Navy Department for ex-
animation for promotion.
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Sentenced to Thirty Years,

DES MONIES, Iowa, October l9-W. A.
Cummings. convicted of the rape of Myrtle
Rockwell and Bessie Stephens. eight and
fifteen years, was sentenced today by JudSe
Holmes to fifteen years Imprisonment On
each charge. The second sentence il to be-
given after the first is served
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THE PANAMA CANAL.

Gen. Belin Arrives at Colon With $50
LabOrers.
COLON, Colombia, October 19.-Gen. Be-
lin, the Panama canal. director, has re-
turned here from Paris on the French
steamer Germain. He brought with him:
from the West Indies $50 laborers to work
upon the canal. -.
The Panama railroad steamer Finance,
which was due here on.,Saturday. has not
yet arrived.
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THROWN FROM THEIR CARRIAGE.

Duke and Duchess of Bedford Ser
iOusly Injured.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, October ia
dispatch from Cairnsmore, Kirkcudbright-
shire, announces that the Duke and
Duchess of Bedford. while out driving this
morning, were thrown out OF their car
riage and seriously injured. The duke was
aid-de-camp to Lord Dufferin while the lat
ter was viceroy of India.
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BERLIN LAWYER STABBED.
Levy Killed I'm n Fight
With BurHlara.

With Burglars.
LONDON, October ia Berlin dispatch
to the Daily News says that on Sunday
morning Councillor Levy. one of the best
known Of Berlin lawyers, was stabbed to
death in-7ilis bed by two men, and his wife
was so badly injured tha: she had to be
sent to- the hospital The murderers
escaped.
: The Daily Telegraph's Berlin oorrespon-
dent says tha6 Councillor Levy was killed
in a struggle with burglars
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NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.
The Reported Attempt on the Spanish
Kings Life.

MADRID. October 1a.-The newspapers
report that the departure of the court from
San Sebastian, where the king and the
queen regent have spent the summer, for
this city was delayed ny the discovery of
a dynamite cartridge at Sumarraga. on the
line to lie traversed by the royal train. As
the cartridge did NOT have a detonator. and
as inquiry failed to reveal the Slightest ad-
ditional suspicious circumstances, no i'm
pcrtance was attached to the incident.
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Frost Nip. Misssssippi Cottol

Frost Nips Missssdippi Cotton.
GREENVILLE, Miss, October 19.-Frost
fell yesterday morning sufficient to kill the
top leaves Of the cotton. At 8 o'clock the
cotton fields looked as II they had been
scorched. This stops the top crop abso-
lutely In this section.
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COPYRIGHT, 1894.

Ten minutes later Joan was in
Gobal's cabin, guaranteeing for her
father the fulfllment of his bond. An
hour afterwards the Free and Easy,
was moving up stream with her splint-
cred mast and ragged sails, and the
Ninety-nine was looking up and over
towards the bay Of Belle Amour, which
she reached in the late afternoon of
the next day. Bissonnette did not
know exactly what Tarboe's adventure
was, but he had caught the spirit of
the affair, and his eyes were like spots
of steel as he held the sheet or took his
turn at the tiller. Joan's eyes were on
the sky, now the sail, and now the
land, weighing as wisely as her father
the advantage of the wind, yet dwell.
ing on that cave where skeletons kept
ward over the spoils of pirate ship.
When they arrived, after waiting out
side a little while Tarboe took the
Ninety-nine warily in on a little wind
off the land, and came near sharing
the fate of Brigond, for the yawl
grazed the needle of the rock that,
hiding away in the water, with nose
out for destruction, awaits its victims.
They reached safe anchorage, but by
the time they landed 1t was night,
with, however, good moon.
All night they searched, three silent,
eager figures, drawing step by step
nearer the place where the ancient en-
envy of man was barracked about by
mems bodies. It was Joan, who at last,
as dawn drew up, discovered the hol-
low between the two great rocks where
the treasure lay. A few minutes fierce
digging and the kegs of gold were dis,
closed, showing through the ribs of two
skeletons. Joan shrank back, but the
two men tossed aside the rattling bones,
and presently had the kegs standing
between them on the open shore. Bis
sonnette's eyes were hungry; he knew
now the wherefore of the quest. He
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attitude, .or Larboe would scarcely
have risked the thing out of mere
bravado. Why not cell truce? Per-
haps he could solve the problem. They
were keeping tolerably safe distance
apart, and there was no great danger
of the Ninety-nine overhauling them
even if it so willed, but Mr.. Martin did
not know that.
Yet, what he did say to his chief had
its effect and soon there was white
flag flying on the tug. 1t was at once
answered with white flag Of Joan's.
Then the tug slowed up, the Ninety
nine came on gayly, and at good dis
tance came up to the wind and stood
off. =.
"What do you want?" asked Tarboe
through his speaking tube.
"a parley," called Mr.. Martin.
"Good; send an officer" answered
Tarboc.
A moment after Lafarge was In a
boat rowing over to meet another boat
rowed by Joan alone, who, dressed in
a suit of Bissonnette's, had prevailed
on her father to let her go.
Ihe Two boats nearing each other,
Joan stood up, saluting, and Lafarge
did the same.
"Good day, monsieur" said Joan,
with assumed brusqueness, mischief
lurking about her mouth. "What do
you want?"
"Good day, monsieur; did not ex-
pect to confer with you; and ="
Monsieur" said Joan, with we'll
acted dignity, "if you prefer to confer
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tetotaller, does not appear, but it was
evident he was bent on notoriety.
And when Mr.. Martin, the inspector
in command of the expedition, was Or
dered to take with him Mr.. Orvay La
farge and five men, effectively
armed" it was supposed by the roman
tic minister that the matter was as
good as accomplished.
What Mr.. Orvay Lafarge did when
he got the word, was to go straight to
his hat-peg, then leave the office, walk
to the little club where he spent leis-
ure hours-now and again called Office
hours by people who wanted to be
both precise and suggestivc-sit down,
lift finger to the waiter, who hurried
away and returned in hurry, lift a
glass tohis lips and take an observa-
ton. After which he threw himself
back in his chair, and said: "Well, I'm
particularly damned!" Then he became
speechless again, until he lifted his
fingers, took another observation, and
again sinking back, added: ''That set
ties it!''
"Settles what, Mr.. LafargeP" said
Mr.. Martin, entering on him, and pro-
foundly requiring a lemonade of the
waiter.
"Settles the eggs In the basket"
"What baskct?"
"Thc ruined basket"
"What do you mean?"
1.-THE basket that fell, If you like it
better"
In time Mr.. Martin saw the joke, but
did not approve of it. A few hours
later they were away on their doubtful
exploit.
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A TRUE PATRIOT.
Jean Victor Duruy Served His Country
Wherever Duty Called Him.
1.-THE END.1

Jean Victor Duruy Served His Country
wherever Duty Called Him. :
The fame of Jean Victor Duruy will
probably last longest in connection
with the historical works which he
of his own era who will never read his
histories will recall him best as minis
ter of public instruction under the en-
pire and in various public capacities
later, says Kate Fields Washington.
One of his favorite amusements as min
lister was to go about in very plain
costume and with a most unpretentious
manner and visit the schools to see
whether the teachers were dealing
right with the pupils and treating the
parents with proper respect. This gave
him in some quarters the playful nick
name of "Al-Raschid Duruy." He was
above everything patriot and deemed
no duty too mean if it were done for
his country. Once, during the siege Of
Paris, Jules Simon, who had been min
lister of public instruction under the
revolutionary government, was going
home at night, when he noticed that
the common soldier who was doing
sentry duty at his door wore a bit of
red ribbon-the insignia of the Legion
of Honor-in the buttonhole of his
overcoat This struck Simon as strange,
and, calling the soldier to him, he was
astonished to discover that 1t was his
distinguished predecessor in office.
"Whatp he exclaimed. "Duruy, Is
1t really you?"
"Assuredly."
"And only a private?"
swell, what would you?" answered
the other, with a philosophical shrug
of the shoulders. zone cannot be al-i
ways minister." !
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PART II.
THE DEFENS SE.

On the afternoon of the second day
after it left Labrador the Ninety-nine
came simmering off Isle of Fires, not
sixty miles from her destination, catch
ing fair wind on her quarter off the
land. Tarboe was in fine spirits, Joan
was as full Of songs as canary and
Bissonnette was as busy watching her
as in keeping the nose of the Ninety
nine pointing for Cape de Gloire. Tar
Doe was sitting with the sheet in his
fingers giving the sail full to the wind
and thinking how he should just be
able to reach Angel Point and get his
treasure housed by time for mass in
the morning.
Mass! How many times had he
laughed as he sat in church and heard
the cure have his gentle fling at SNUG
Cling! To think that the hiding-place
for his liquor was the unused, almost
unknown, cellar of that very church,
built hundred.years before as ref
uge from the Indians, which he had
reached by digging tunnel from the
shore to itsusecret passage. That was
why the customs officers never found
anything at Angel Point, and that was
why Tarboe much loved going to mass.
He sometimes tho ught he could catch
the flavor of the brands as he bent his
forehead on the seat before him. But
this time he would go to mass with a
fine handful of those gold-pieces in his
pocket Just to keep him in commend
able mood. He laughed out loud at
the thought of doing SO within stones
throw of q fortune and nose-shot of
fifty kegs of brandy.
AS he did SO Bissonnette gave little
cry They were coming on to Cape de
Gloire at the moment, and Tarboe and
Joan, looking, saw boat standing off
towards the mainland, as if waiting for
them. Tarboe gave roar and called to
Joan to take the sheet. He snatched n
glass and leveled it.
"A government tug!" he said, land
by the Holy Mother, there's your tall
Lafarge among 'em, Joan! I'd know
him by his height miles off"
Joan lost color q trife, and then got
courage. 'Pshaw!' she said, ''what
does he want?"
''Want Wantl He wants the Ninety
nine and her cargo; but by the sun of
my soul, he'll get her across the devils
gridiron! VOLTA, my girl, this is no
sport with you on board. Bissonnette
and could make stand for it alone,
but what's to become of you? Besides,
don't want you mixed up in the mess. F"
The girl was eying the government
boat. But I'm in it and ! can't be
out of it, and don't want to be out,
now that | am in. Let me see the
glass;" she took it in one hand. Yes,
it must be NJ. Lafarge," she said,
frowning. "He might have stayed out
of this"
"When he's got orders, he has to CO."
answered her father; but he must
look out, for gun is gun, and don't
pick and choose. Besides, I've no con-
traband this cruise, and I'll let no one
stick me up"
''There are six or seven of them" !"
said Joan debatingly.
Bring her up to the wind" shouted
TarRoe to BissQnnette, dropping the
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"HAvE 1 NOT ALWAYS KEPT MY WoRDT
laughed outright-a silly; loud, hyster-
ical laugh. Tarboe's eyes shifted from
the sky to the river, from the river to
the kegs, from the kegs to Bissonnette.
On him they stayed a moment. Bison
nette shrank back; but there was no
need. Tarboe was only feeling for the
first time in his life the pangs of sus-
picion which come with great ill-got'
ten wealth. But this passed, as his
eyes and Joan's met, for she had caught
the melodrama of the situation, the
overstrain; Bissonnette's laugh had
pointed the situation, and her sense Of
human had prevailed "T'sh," she
said, with a whimsical quirl1 of the
head, and without any apparent rele-
vancy:
"Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home
Your house is on fire and your children all
gone"
The remedy was good. Tarboe's eyes
came again to their natural liveliness,
and Bissonnette said:
my throat is like piece of sand
paper"
Tarboe handed over q brandy flask,
after taking pull himself, and then
sitting down on one of the kegs, said:
''It is as you see, and now, Angel Point
very quick. To get it there safely
that's the thing!" Then, scanning the
sky closely: 'It's for handsome day
and the wind goes to bear US up finely.
Good Well, for you, Bissonnette,
there shall be thousand dollars, you
shall have the Belle Chatelaine and
the little lady at Point Pierrot. But
for the rest you shall keep n quiet
tongue, eh? If not, my Bissonnette,
we shall be the best of strangers and
you shall not be happy. Eh?"
Bissonnette's eve flashed. THE
Belle Chatelaine? Voila that is
enough. My tongue is tied; cannot
speak; it is fastened with a thousand
pegs"
"Bien sur, thousand gold pegs, and
you shall never pull them. The little
lady will have you with them, not
without; and unless you stand by me,
no one, not even, will have you at any
price. Allons!"
He stood up, but Joan put out her
hand. You have been speaking, now
it is my turn. Don't cry cook till you
have the venison home. What is more,
l gave my word to Gobal, and l will
keep it. l will be captain. No talk
ingl When you've got the kegs in the
cellar at Angel Point, good! but now
allons, my comrades, am your cap
tainl''
She had reduced the situation to a
cheerful adventure, and the men now
swung the kegs on their shoulders and
carried them to the boat. In another
half-hour they were under way in the
gaudy light of an orange sunrise, a
simmering wind from the sea lifting
them up the river, and the gray-red
coast of Labrador shrinking sullenly
back.
About this time, also, government
cutter was putting out from under the
mountain wall at Quebec, its officer in
command having got renewed orders
from the minister TO 60 forth and bring
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and armed to the teeth. And, what
was singular, two stalwart police Off
GERS walked behind with comfortable
and approving looks.
Amonth afterwards Lafarge and Joan
were married in the parish church at
Isle Of Days, and it was said that Mr.,
Martin, who, for some strange reason,
was allowed to retain his position In
the customs, sent present. The wed-
ding ended with sensation, for just as
the benediction was pronounced a loud
report was heard, evidently proceeding
from beneath the floor of the church,
which indeed seemed to heave. There
was great commotion, but Tarboe whis-
pered in the cures ear, and he, blush
ing, announced that it was the BURST
ing of barrel. A few minutes after
ward the people of the parish knew the
old hiding-place of Tarboe's contra
band, and, though the cure rebuked
them, they roared with laughter at the
thought.
$50 droll, so droll, our Tarboe there"
they shouted, for already they began
to look upon him as their seigneur.
And in time the cure forgave him
also.
Tarboe never left Isle of Days, save
when he went to visit his daughter, in
ST. Louis street, Quebec, not far from
the parliament house, where Orvay La
farge is member Of the ministry.
He himself was a member Of the as-
sembly for three months, but after de-
feating his own party on a question of
tariff, he gave portrait of himself to
the chamber, and threw his seat into
the hands of his son-in-law. At the
Belle Chatelaine, where he often goes.
he sometimes asks Bissonnette to play
1.-THE Little Sword That Danced"
1.-THE END.
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stern sheet. The mainsail closed up
,everal points, the Ninety-nine slack
ened her pace and edged in closer to
the land. "Now, my girl" said Tar
Doe, this is how it stands. If we
fight, there's some one sure to be hurt,
and if I'm hurt, where'll you be?"
Bissonnette interposed: We've got
nothing contraband. The gold is ours. !"
"Trust that crew-mais, moi" said
Tarboe, with an oath. 1.-THE govern
ment would hold the treasure for pos
sible owners, and then give it to con-
vent or something. They shall not put
foot here. They've said war, and they'll
get it'll They're signaling now for us
to stop, and they're bearing down.
There goes shot"
The girl had been watching the gov
ernment boat coolly. Now that it be-
gan to bear on, she answered her
fathers question. Captain" she said,
like trusted mate, well bluff them" !"
Her eyes flashed with the intelligence
Of war. Here, quick, I'll take the
tiller. They haven't seen Bissonnette
yet, he sits low. Callall hands on deck
1uCll3 SCC. hOSC N4l1 So NtOn L.
the middle hatch, get gun, come up
with it on his shoulder, and move on
to the fo'castle. Then he'll drop down
the focastle hatch, get along to the
middle hatch, and come up again with
the gun, now with his cap, now with
out it, now with his shirt, now without
it. He'll do that till we've got twenty
or thirty men on deck. They'll think
we've been laying for them, and they'll
not come on-you'n see!"
Tarboe ripped out an oath. Its a
great game" he said, and moment
afterwards, in response to his roars,
Bissonnette came up the hatch with his
gun showing bravely; then, again and
again, now with his cap, now without,
now with his shirt, now none, anon
with tarpaulin over his shoulders
grotesquely. Meanwhile Tarboe trained
his one solitary little cannon on the
enemy, roaring his men into place out
of sight.
From the tug it seemed that large
and well-armed crew were ranging,
hidden behind the bulwarks of the
Ninety nine. Martin saw with alarm
Bissonnette's constantly appearing
rifle.
They've arranged plant for us,
Mr.. Lafarge; what do you think we'd
better do?" he said.
~ Eight" answered Lafarge, lacon-
ically. He wished to put himself on
record, for he was the only one on
board who saw through the ruse.
But I've counted at least twenty
men, all armed, and we've only five."
"As you please, sir" said Lafarge,
bluntly, angry at being tricled, but
inwardly glad to be free of the bust
ness, for he pictured to himself that
girl at the tiller-he had seen her as
she went to tin police court at
Quebec. Yet his instinct for war and
his sense of duty impelled him to say:
"Still, sir, fight"
mo, no, Mr.. Lafarge," excitedly said
his chief. II cannot risk it. We
must go back for more men, and bring
along gatling. Slow down." he
called.
Lafarge turned on his heel, with an
oath, and stood watching the Ninety
nine.
''She1l laugh at me till I die!" he
said to himself, presently, as the tug
turned up stream and pointed for Que
bee. "Well, I'm damned" he added,