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still morning air, followed quickly by
a volley, my little band rose. In accord
ance with my directions they started at
a smart trot, without firing until they
got to close quarters.
Half the ground had been traversed
when n deadly fire from the camp
poured into us, which we readily re-
piled to.
"The bullets, however, kept whizzing
in, and felt suddenly that there was
hesitation in my band.
with a loud cry dashed forward,
yelling the charge, and rushing fran
tically onto the camp. But had not
reckoned on heavy intrenchment.
which, however, / cleared, only to be
seized immediately, on my headlona
fall the other side!
"I looked round for my men.
"Not one to be seen!
"The firing ceased. They had all bolt-
ed-right enough, too, since had at
tackled an almost impregnable position.
My men saw this, long before my fatal
leap, and also the rest of the army on
the other side.
1.-THE damage done to the foe was
slight, but, unfortunately for me, their
leader was shot.
"This incensed the soldiers beyond
measure, as they surveyed their captive
"a hated Englshman!
"The whole affair was laid at my door,
and they clamored loudly for my. life.
But the officer in charge placed me
under arrest, saying he would attend
TO my case when the work of the day
was over.
There was brick building in the
camp, with two rooms, belonging tc
some farmer, in one of which / was
placed under strong guard.
During the day the rebellion was
quelled, and towards evening / was
tried, and, no doubt, was rightly sem
fenced to be shot at daybreak.
"The officers, on the whole, behaved
very well to me, ordering nae to be sup
piled with food, coffee and cigarettes.
"Gradually i began to realize the
hopeless situation, seeing only too
clearly my folly in taking up the cause.
the merits of which / knew SO little,
Yet even with the sentence of death
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hanging over me, the most depressing
thought of all was the fact that had
made such foolish mess of my mill
tary tactics.
81 ought to have assumed such posi-
tion, and felt my conceit almost de-
served the fate awaiting me. i really
experienced at first some slight COM
fort in the fact that was going to be
put out of the world. At least L should
he saved the derision and contempt Of
the men whom 1 had led into such
mad enterprise.
II looked round my prison, dull
sensation of apathy at my heart. Es-
cape through the windows seemed easy
enough, but i knew too well what my
reception would be without, for could
hear the steady tramp Of sentinels.
Even now in my dreams the regular
fall of those feet outside my prison
walls will wake me with shudder.
"The thought of approaching death
momentarily shaped itself more vivid
ly in my mind. tried 20 prepare for
my end, but only the thought of that
fatal leap and my ridiculous expedition
rose TO taunt me, There was no conso-
lation, no hope!"
PART III.
Sounds in the adjoining room at
tracted my attention." continued my
brother. ut was carpentering-I list
ened curiously.
When my coffee was brought in 7
asked what was going on.
"The soldier, who was very commu-
nicative. told me they were putting the
dead officer in coffin, and, as the Gus
tom is in hot climates, he would bc
buried that night.
when again left alone. I looked nj
my coffee. but did not drink It, Though
at first l felt comforted Mt the idea of
death, found myself cl'nglng desper-
ately TO dear life with wild longing.
What IL i tried the Monte Christie
plan? But how would that save me2
Better be shot than buried alive.
"All was still Ifelt my body tremble
and my pulses quicken.
Il crept stealthily across the room,
and. STOPPING down, placed my ear 10
the door. Not n sound within--only
grim death reigned In that silent cham
Der. Ipushed the door open and looked
through.
There stood the coffin In solid stnte,
one or two forlorn looking candles gut
tering upon II, dimly lighting the bare
walls, throwing queer shadows around.
"On the floor lay some carpenters
tools.
"A sudden thought flashed through
my brain. one OF daring possibilities.
il seemed to brace me. and then intoxi-
cate my mind. deadening fear, and
awakening my crushed hopes.
Il placed my hand 20 my head. an6
etaRsers1 hack aQsluet the door. tor ths
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with ONE MIGHTY EFFORT
DASHED UP THE LID, SHRIEKING
WILDLY"
the soldiers went to the door OF the ad,
Joining room. Would they discover ths
exchange? / heard it open and shut
again; they were evidently satisfied !
was asleep under my blanket. The
coffin was raised; still clung to the lid,
fearing IL would slip, but my grasp was
so tight that the only risk was in the
string breaking.
MY feelings can be imagined, as they
carried me out on their shoulders, these
strong men who were prepared to shoot
me down like dog ut daybreak.
81 knew only too well what q wild
plan l was pursuing-how mad this
attempt TO save myself would have
seemed at any other time. But despera-
tion and acute emergency will drive one
10 any lengths, and had seen SO much
of the superstition of these people.
$50 clung 10 my wretched thread OF
hope, and prayed as / never did be-
fore! I did not know where 1 was be-
ing taken. but judging from the time IL
was out of the camp.
"The formula of this military night
funeral was familiar 10 me. l should
he set down at the side Of the.grave on
the ropes that would lift and lower me.
while the priest sprinltled some more
holy water. Then the firing party
would fire and the earth be shoveled In.
Before the steady march ceased I
raised my lid slightly 20 get good
breath Of fresh air. Then an abrupt
halt and I was deposited with rather
jerky motions on the ground.
"The crucial moment had arrived
when a dash for freedom. life and air.
should save or end my existencei NV
last chance. n final entreaty TO the pow
ers above. n bracing of the nerves, reso-
luton, and then
II grippcd my string handles. tight
er, and with one mighty effort dashed
up the I'D. shrieRing Wildly IN spanixhi
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ON THE NAILS '''I cREPT
IN"
where my hands would be when lying
within. 1t only took a few minutes to
fill up the old screw.holes with tallow,
and rub the tops with dust, to make n
very fair resemblance to the heads of
the screws, which had gone. Hastily
replacing the candles on the nails, and
the lid over the lower portion of the cof-
fin, crept in, and with my string
handles drew II over ne, holding it
down firmly.
"My first feeling was one of suffoca-
ton, so unbearable that my scheme al
ready seemed impossible. Should l
have tiIue to make an air-hole?
thought, and would il be safe if / did p
] resolved to try, and pushing my lid
down, reached large gimlet, with
which bored some holes at the side. /;
"a tramping of feet, and j dropped
the tool, drawing the lid to it's proper
place.
"As the door latch turned, my heart
beat violently. Had they seen IL move?
"With all my might 1 clung to the
lid, the muscles of my arms swelling, my
teeth clenched, my breath coming quick
and fast.
"That was the most agonizing mo-
.ment in my life, as waited in dread
suspense, all the vitality in my veins
frozen with horror.
"The sound of low, monotonous voice
broke on my ear. The words brought
the reality Of my awful position wildly
before me. The priest was blessing
this mockery of death! AS he ceased
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-03

by private tutors and is an accomplished
as we'll as beautiful girl. She promises
to be even handsomer than her mother,
for she has hair of a golden brown, dark
eyebrows, complexion Of rich olive
tint and f ure inclined to plumpness
Her formG entrance into society will
probably be marked by a large reception,
to be followed by series Of brilliant
entertainments, for Mrs. Sartoris long
ago decided to give her children every
advantage in the line of social position
which she could offer them. Her son,
Algernon, is manly young fellow,
who thinks that his grandfather and
Napoleon were the two greatest men
which the world has seen. Rosemary,
the youngest daughter, is a pretty little
girl of 10, who will be making her bow
in society before many more years.
Mrs. Sartoris lives with her mother
in handsome house on Q street, just
off Massachusetts avenue. She receives
an income of $25, 900 year from hUi
late husbands estate.
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IN ANCIENT NIPPUR.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES THERE BY
PROFESSOR HERMANN. HlLPREcHT.

Pennsylvnnis B,cheoIogists Surn Back
the Pages Of History and Find Evidence
That the Human Race IL Much Older
Than We Supposed.
In the museum of the University Of
Pennsylvania are TO be found written
proofs that the worlds civilization, instead
Of being less than 9, 900 years old, as soien-
lists have for years held, really dates back
10000 years and probably more. The
proof Is in the shape Of broken bits Of pot
terry vases, on which are inscribed, in char
acters which can be decphered by but
very few living men, the history Of events
which took place more than 9, 900 years
before the coming of Christ, when Baby
Ion had not been conceived and long be.
fore the pyramids had been begun.
The man who has added several thou
sand years to history and who has brought
to the new world these relics of prehistoric
antiquity Is Professor Herman V. Hill
precht who holds the position of curator
In the BabylOnian department Of the Uni
versty Of Pennsylvania, and who for eight
years has been the real head of the expedi-
tion sent out by that institution for the
purpose Of making archaeological explora-
tions in Asia Minor Professor Hilprecht
Is now recognized as the foremost Assyriol-
ogst in the world.
The expedition was organized in the
summer of 1888, with Rev. John p. Peters
as director, Professor Hilprecht and Il. Il.
| Harper Assyriologists and J. ii. Haynes
Of Roberts college, Constantinople, as gen.
eral executive man. Since 1898 Mr.
| Haynes has been director Of the work, but
Professor Hilprecht has been the translator
of all the inscriptions discovered. About
! $50, 900 has been spent in the work, but
the results are admitted to have been the
most important ever accomplished by such
an expedition.
When the party first started for Asia
Minor, IL was determined to make the site
Of the ancient city of Nippur, where the
most antique evidences of civilization had
been found, the sceno of the expedition g
work. The adventures which the scientific
gentlemen mot in getting to the scene of
| their labors were not few. On the jour
ney from Smyrna to Alexandria the French
steamship on which half the expedition
| had taken passage was wrecked on the is
land OF Samos. The distressed travellers
were rescued by Prince Alexander and
treated with great hospitality.
After many exciting and dangerous
adventures, they finally arrived at the
Babylonian mound which marked the site
Of ancient Nippur Professor Hilprecht
had theory that the ancients were accus-
toned to build ono temple on the exact 10.
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A SILENT PREACHER.
Rev. Austin w. Mann, General Missionary
to Deaf Mutes.

Rev. Austin w. Mann, General Missionary
to Deaf Mutes.
The first deaf mute to be ordained in
the Protestant Episcopal church west Of
the Alleghanies and the second to take
holy orders since the beginning of the
Christian church is the Rev. Austin W.
Mann, who is the general missionary
for the Midwestern Deaf Mute mission
Before taking up mission work Mr.
Mann was employed as a teacher in the
Michigan School For Deaf Mutes, at
Flint, Recognizing that the thousands
Of persons who are afflicted as he is are
isolated from the ordinary means of
worship and religious instruction. he
began, in the winter of 1878, to spread
the gospel by means of the sign Ian.
guage, Since then he has led busy
and happy life and has held services
in nearly every big city in the Union.
He adopted the prayer book system of
the Episcopal church as the one best
adapted to the use of the deaf mutes.
He was regularly ordained as a minister
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and assigned to general field, broad
ly spoken of as the middle west Ca
nonically Mr.. Mann belongs to the dio-
cese of Ohio, but his work reminds one
of the apostolic times, when one mis-
sionary was obliged to cover several
widely scattered posts.
Mr.. Mann has founded the following
missions: All Angels, at Chicago; St.
Thomas, at st. Louis; st. Albans, In
dianapolis; st. Bede's Grand Rapids,
Mich. Ephpheta, Detroit; st. Agnes,
Cleveland; st. Marks, Cincinnati; St,
Clements, Dayton, o. All Saints, Co
lumbus, O.. st. Margarets, Pittsburg,
and Holy Spirit, Kansas City. He visits
these missions and holds services in
them as frequently as possible. That he
is an earnest and successful worker in q
fruitful field which has been sadly neg
leoted is shown by the great results
which have attended his labors. He has
wide acquaintance among the deaf
mutes Of the country and is probably
the most popular man known to persons
thus afflicted. His field is unique, and
his silent services are impressive gath
erings.
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THE BEGINNING OF HISTORY.

Professor Hnprechr's Discoveries Have
Pushed 1t Back Two Thousand Years.
Professor Herman V. Hilpreoht, the
eminent Assyriologist and curator Of
the Babylonian department at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, who has re-
Gently returned from Asia Minor, where
for eight years he has been conducting
archaeological researches for the univer-
sity, has succeeded in adding about
2,000 years to history. In the light of
his discoveries ancient Nineveh, the
mighty Babylon and even the pyramids
of Egypt themselves are made to rank
as examples of comparatively modern
civilization. Not only has he shown that
the chronology Of Usher, printed in most
Bibles, which fixes the date of the be.
ginning of the world at 4004 B. 9. is
entirely wrong, but he has dug up rec
ords, mainly on tablets of stone, which
push the beginning Of history back to
5000 B. O., and he has in sight other
records which will probably carry it
back to 10000 b. O.
As the accomplishment of one man it
ia no wonder that this achievement has
attracted the attention of the scientific
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LOADING CORN AT A CHICAGO ELEVATOR.
then hurried away. In ten minutes he
had sold the whole cargo of 80, 900 BUSH
els in New York, secured an elevator at
Buffalo and provided for the train ship.
ment from the Buffalo elevator to New
York. Then he returned and closed the
deal for ohartering the steamer In all
probability the New York firm had in
ten minutes more sold the grain to a
Liverpool firm and was hustlipg for
room in an ocean going steamer to carry
it over.
The vessel agent, having obtained a
cargo, at once began to make arrange
ments for loading. First, he sent for
tugs to pull his steamer up to the ele-
vator wharfs, and by the time it ar
rived there he had crew of trimmc"s
and tally men. Once more the corn bo-
gan to move. 1t was shot up into the
weighing hoppers, and from there al
lowed to slide into the shoots which
were trained into the vessels hold.
Down in the hold the trimmers--big,
brawny fellows, with scoops-shoveled
it into the farthest corners. In four
hours the loading had been completed,
and the dusty trimmers crawled out Of
the hold. The captain in the meantime
had secured his sailing papers, and as
soon as the matches were battened down
the hawsers were cast off and the tugs
| towed the steamer out into the harbor,
where, with her nose pointed northward
and under her own steam, she bowled
along as fast as her deep laden condition
would allow toward the straits Of
Mackinao.
Marine reporters at Mackinac City, at
Port Huron and other points along her
route telegraphed back to her owners
and agents the story of her progress un-
til she finally reached Buffalo. Once
there, she did not have to wait more
than half day for an elevator, because
this had all been previously arranged
| The matches were reopened, and once
more the corn was lifted into an elevator
Steam shovels and fast travelling con-
veyers make this process marvelously
rapid.
The corn is Tot allowed to rest in the
elevators very long, for storage is valu-
able just at this time, and as soon as it
can be weighed it is run down ON the
other side and again takes the form of
carloads. Eight long trains of 30 cars
each the cargo makes, for while the hold
of the steamer has capacity of 90, 900
bushels Car will contain only $50 bush
els, AS fast as these trains are made up
they are rushed down through New York
state by any one of the half dozen lines
which connect Buffalo with New York
city. AT the New York elevator the lift.
ing and weighing process is again re-
peated, and in short time the grain is
poured into the capaoious hold of great
ocean freighter and is being carried out
through the Narrows toward Europe.
At Liverpool there is another change,
and in the course of a few weeks the
corn which was raised in Kansas or Mis-
souri, is being distributed 90 foreign
people on tine other side of the earth.
O. 7. BAXTER.