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Yet the Captain Told Him.

An Englishman, touring through
America, went on board steamer late
one night, and on the following morn
ing, after walking on deck and look.
ing around him, he stepped up to the
captain and asked: 81 beg pardon,
but would you kindly tell me what
lake I'm on?"
sThe Lake Huron" replied the
captain, and turned away.
The Englishman looked puzzled for
a moment, and then, following the
captain, began again: 81 beg your
pardon, you said"
"It's the Lake Huron" roared the
captain, thinking the man WAS deaf.
"Yes, I know" persisted the pas.
senger, "but what's the name of the
lake I'm on?"
"The Lake Huroni" shouted the
captain, incensed at what he thought
gross studidity, and he turned away
to relieve himself by railing at one Of
the hands. The Englishman looked
more puzzled than ever.
"The lake you're on is the lake
your on. Of course it is! The lake
I'm on can't help being the lake I'm
on. What impertiuence! Let ME look
in my guide book; perhaps that will
tell me-"
1t did tell him; and then the humoi
of the situation suddenly dawned upon
him.-Judge.
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CHAPTER XVI.

INCLINATION VEReUS DUTY.
On first meeting this man, who proved
himself weak and faithless to his trust
in the presence Of gold, Fox offered to
take him to New York on the Wanderer;
but as the pirates plans became
matured he changed his mind, as he
found other uses for the man.
Had Thrasher gone to sea on the
Wanderer, as he was more than willing
to do, he would have been tied UP IN a
shotted bag and dropped overheard the
first chance, Tor Fox believed in Destroy
ing his useless tools.
Captain Fox found in Thrasher just
the man to aid him in one Of the
graudest schemes he had yet plotted,
which was no less than to get posses
sion OF tn, cruiser, Sea Hawk, and by
the easiest means to rid himself OF such
of the officers and crew as did not en-
list under S piratical standard.
Air, ady tho reader is familiar with
the identity OF Captain F X with the
traitor and pirate, Capt ain William Kidd
OF the Adventure Galley.
There was scarcely one species Of
villainy In which he was not proficient,
and where he failed, he found most
willing coadiutor in Guy Frenauld.
good specimen Of kalph Denham' 8
handwriting WAS obtained in. that
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A New Material for Floors.

According to q French paper, the
name of "papyrolith" has been given
to novelty in the way OF flooring
material recently invented 10y Mr..
Otto Kramer, of Chemnitz. TIE arti-
Gle is special preparation OF paper
pulp in the form of dry powder.
This, when mixed with water, may De
spread like mortar over stone, cement,
or wood, where it dries quickly and
may be smoothly plnned; besides
which, it may be tinted almost any
color, so as to adapt it for parqueting
with variegated borders, or for panels
and mosaics. Among the advantages
claimed by the inventor arc freedom
from crevices, non.conductivity of
heat, elasticity, and remarkable dura.
bility.
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FATAL LANDSLIDE IN IRELAND.
Nine Lives Lost and Much Damage Done
in County Kerry.

Nine Lives Lost and Much Damage Done
in County Kerry.
A landslide has occurred near Baltimore,
County Kerry, Ireland, doing great damage
to property and causing the loss OF at least
nine lives. Heavy rains have fallen in that
part of Ireland lately, with the result that
some places that are generally dry now
resemble vast morasses Near baltimore
there Is an eminence about thousand feet
high, known as Boy Hill, and 1t was here
that the landslide occurred.
The rains percolating through the ground
gradually loosened huge mass OF earth,
and on Sunday night, apparently without
the slightest warning, q large part OF the sur
face Of the hill began to slide toward the
valley. The house OF Mr.. Donnelly, steward
Of Lord Kenmare. one Of whose seats, Kill
larney House, Is at Killarney, was engulfed
In the mass OF earth and debris and all its
occupants. Mr.. Donnelly, his wife and seven
children, were killed.
All the cattle, pigs and horses on the place
were also buried, and there Is now a scene
OF utter desolation where on Sunday stood
the neat dwelling and outbuildinRs OF NIX.
Donnelly.
The movement OF the landslide was to the
southwest in the direction of the River Flesk,
into which large portion of the earth, etc,
slipped, blocking 1t up. The current Of the
river was employed in running dynamos,
which furnished electric light for the Kerry
Lunatic Asylum and some buildings In XII
larney. The blocking of the river, of course
stopped the current and rendered the dynar
mos temporarily useless.
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suUDY THE BIBLE.

In order to find out what Gods will is, all
we have to do is to study His Word. There
is no guide-book equal to it In ehis world.
believe the reason so many of Gods dear
people are stumbling into pitfalls, and
bringing trouble upon themselves and
others. is, because they don't study
the Word of God. The best thing I
have done here in New York is to get
people to study the Bible. Take the Bible
textbook. and go through the Bible from
Genesis to Revelation, reading all that it
has to say upon any given subject-obedi-
ence. the work of the Holy Spirit, the return
of our Lord. walking with God-and you
will have a very clear ide0 OF what Gods
will is. And nothing will take the church
out of the world quicker than the constant
study of His Word. If you want to know
the mind OF God. you can know it ; but you
must study.-D. L. Moody.
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ONE OF THE AZORES oELycED.
Death and Destruction Caused by tho
Bursting of Waterspout.

Death and Destruction Caused by; tho
Bursting of q Waterspout.
The Portuguese Consulate in Boston has
received petition from the island Of St.
Michael In the Azores, signed by the Portu-
guese Governor and nineteen other OF the
principal citizens, asking aid for the suf-
ferers by the bursting Of giant waterspout
over the city OF Pevoacao. The petition says
that there Is much suffering for food, cloth
ing and shelter, and gives some particulars
of the calamity, than which, II says. none
have been more devastating In the history o.
the island.
Tons Of water poured down upon the city,
which was OF about $4,000 Inhabitants,
mounting above the roofs of the houses, rip
ping up the streets and carrying destruction
everywhere in its path. The torrent rushed
down the slopes to the sea, tearing a wide
channel through nine miles OF country, and
carrying with 1t the homes OF thousands OF
people. The food also destroyed the town
Of Ribera Quente, OF 5000 population, and
several outlying parishes. All along the
coast the fishermen lost their boats, and the
shore was Uttered with the bodies OF thoss
who perlshed In the floods.
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officers reply. accepting Fox's invita-
ton to sail in the Wanderer to New

officers reply. accepting Fox's invita-
ton to sail in the Wanderer to New
York.
Frenauld was an adept In the imita-
ton of handwriting. so that it became
an easy matter to forge a letter from
Captain Denham.
Such q letter was forged and given to
Thrasher-with due instructions-just
before the Wanderer sailed.
The better way to carry out these in
structions. Thrasher was given large
sum of money, with promise Of a
fabulous amount IL he succeeded.
He was to prevent, by death as q
preference, any other post-rider from
getting through the forest to the town
Of Sag Harbor. He was free to asso-
ciate any other man Of like character
with him, but he Was advised against it
il he could get on alone. At certain
date he was to appear in Sag Harbor,
with letter from Captain Denham to
Lieutenant Hedges, and this date had
now come.
Mr.. Hedges and Valentine Dayton, as
we'll as Squire Condit, who had just
come out with his wife and Ellen, recog-
nized the post-runner as he came up
the walk.
Hello, my man, where do you come
from?" asked Mr.. Hedges, in his
anxiety, going out to meet the courier.
From New York." was the reply.
given in the voice Of one much ex-
hausted by the journey.
Have you letter for me?"
You are Lieutenant Hedges?"
II am
Then, sir, have a letter for you
from Captain Ralph Denham, OF the
cruiser Sea Hawk.
Thrasher came up on the veranda
and took the saddle bags from his
shoulder, and Ellen got him chair, and
Mrs. Condit went off for glass Of cur
rant wine.
Thrasner had not been thirty miles
from the town; during his absence he
had companion Of like kidney watch
ing the road for genuine post-riders.
So anxious was Mr.. Hedges for news
from his we'll beloved Captain that he
was about TO stoop down and hell
Thrasher to open the, pouch, when the
latter handed him the letter.
All, there could be no doubt about its
genuineness; there was the dear fell
lows handwriting, and the impress OF
the seal on the wax was all right; 1t
bore the design Of the provincial i'm
press.
Mr.. Hedges realized how anxious the
people about him were to hear from the
Captain, but he was too good an officer
to read aloud an official communication,
the contents Of which he was not famil-
lar with.
AS he read the letter, all eyes.
Thrasher's included, were on his face,
which reflected his emotions as limpid
lake does the foliage overhanging it's
banks.
"Is Ralph well2" asked the Squire, un-
able to stand the uncertainty.
He appears to be-, said MIR. Hedges,
his eyes still on the paper.
ANY bad news?" from Ellen.
Il can't exactly say"
is it unusual?" asked Mrs. Condit.
Unusual? Well, yes; upon my soul.
it is the most unusual and altogether
the most extraordinary thing that I ever
came up with in the 1ve-and-forty years
Of my life, mostly spent at sea where
surprises amt uncommon. I'll tell you
about it after bit," said Mr.. Hedges.
with q glance in the direction OF
Thrasher, to indicate that he was the
obstacle that prevented his telling them
all about it at once.
ITO BE Continued
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A PRAYER.

OGod of nations, bless thou our beloved
lamb. Establish it in righteousness and in
an honorable patriotism. Make us mindful
of the heritage left US by godly men who
sought freedom to worship thee on its
shores Guide the rulers Of this people.
Sanctify their deliberations to the good OF
the nation and to the good Of all peoples who
are interested In our conduct. Bring all
oppression, cruelty and wrongdoing to q
speedy end. Put an end to the same thy
self, thou Mighty One. so that there may be
no renewal OF iniquity. Send out thy light
and thy truth through all the earth. For
give our enemies and turn their hearts
toward peace and love. Heal the sick.
Gather the lambs in thine aims. Fill up our
broken prayer with thine own knowledge OF
our needs, for Christ's sake. Amen.
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WHAT THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC DOES.

Sixty million .:..as are annually ex-
pend d in this country for the apprehension
and punishment OF criminals, made so by
the liquor traffic; and 10000 criminals are
supported in the prison houses of the coun.
try at the public expense. Add TO this all
other expenses of government caused by the
LIQUOR traffic, such as the large amounts
necessary to provide for the insane and the
pauper classes that have been made such by
intemperance, and you will discover that the
amount annually expended by government
in consequence of this traffic is enormous.
Take the traffic away. and you remove the
cause Of this expense. The revenue from
sober people will then be amply sufficient for
purposes OF government.-Rev. j. W.
Roberts, OF Atlanta, Ga.
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ABSOLUTE LOYALTY.

In our opinion every way the safest and
most wholesome Injunction to be strongly
laid upon the consciences Of all processing
Christians is the duty OF absolute loyalty to
the Lord up to present light, combined with
an eager seeking for all possible further
light II this were steadily pressed, the
very best results. it seems to s,must follow.
Nothing less than this will God accept as 1lt-
ting service. Nothing moro can be
required as the condition Of COM
pletest approval. 1t is an intelligible
and every way reasonable demand which
no one can object to as overstrained. 1t Is
fully within the compass OF every soul.
Whosoever shrinks back from it must lie
under more or less condemnation. 1t Is
extremely practical in that it points directly
at complete obedience and can be readily
tested in the daily, life. Let it be firmly, yet
lovingly, insisted on as the only proper posi-
tion for every member Of the church.
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FATHER AND SON SHOT DOWN.

They Tried to XIII Town Marshal Who
r.. Was Quick and Game.
At Helenwood. Tenn, Lewis Pemberton,
saloon keeper, appeared on the streets
drunk with his Winchester rife and began
dring. Town Marshal Frank Hugette at
tempted to arrest him, whereupon James
Pemberton, father OF Lewis, interfered. The
younger Pemberton attempted to shoot the
marshall, but was too slow, and received
5uller from the officers revolver which killed
him instantly. The father fired at the mar
Sha, tine bali taking effect in Hugette's neck
and infiicting flesh wound. The officer
shot at the old man, hitting him twice In the
.hest and once In the bowels. They ciinched,
and the officer then ared twice more, killing
his assailant. H.EI ~ 4s.
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sansuilx Sentenced for Life.

The Spanish tribunal, before which julio
Banguily, the naturalized American citizen,
charged with conspiracy against the Span
Ish Government was tried and found
guilty, held public sitting at Ha-
vana, Cuba, when the sentence imposed
by the Court upon the prisoner was read
The sentence of.the court Is that Sanguiiy
be imprisoned for life. :
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DANGERS OF DRINK.

This is the testimony OF Police Commis-
sioner Andrew D. Parker, Of New York:
my individual testimony is inhnitesimal
as compared with the testimony of genera.
tions OF public observers, Of statesmen, OF
statisticiars, of scientific and religious
teachers and thinkers that there is no crime
producing agency that anywhere apprcxi-
mates the liquor traffic in its dreadful eff
cacy. lam not n Pronibitionist, nor Pur-
itan, nor member Of a church, but no man
with eyes in his head and with the least
particle Of heart or conscience can fail to
realize the danger and handicap that intem.
perance is to our Anslo-Saxon civilization.
especially when it does its work on our
nervous American organizations
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wbite Ghost Sees the President.

White Ghost, the Indian chief who Is In
Washington with delegation Of hisS fellow
tribesmen, asking for 100000 interest on
alleged deferred payments for land, saw the
Commissioner Browning introduced the
chief to the President. White Ghost did not
stay long enough to make speech. bur was
exceedingly pleased to shake hands with Mr..
Cleveland ts.H
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LIVE IN HEAVEN.

We are not to ask now nearly We may con-
form to the world in its pleasures and GUS
toms, and give the fag-ends to God from
a sense Of duty and necessity, but how can
we delight our souls in him and his service.
There are many Christians who seem to live
upon earth and now and then pay duty
calls in heaven. But the true privilege of
the Christian is to live in heaven and pay
certain duty calls on earth when God i'm.
poses the necessity. ty.-Webb-Peploe.
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E,Jolks for the EIinll.

There are 10000 blind people In tho
HGreater New York." and for their benefit a
blind man, Richard B. Ferry, has started a
library OF books for the blind. printed in
raised points representing letters. The
library starts off with 1877 volumes. Mr..
Ferry became blind three years ago and
found that there we're no books, or few for
,uch rs he,
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Cuban Mediation.

Madrid was startled by an inspired editorial
In the Spanish Governments chief organ, ad-
mittihg that American interference in the
Cuban question is logical and counsellfng
the avoiding Of conflict while Spain can do
30 with honor. Special ndvices from Wash
ington state that the Spanish Legation has
received a despatch from the Spanish
Premier in which propositions are made
looking to the mediation Of tho Cuban DIFF
AouIfi ,.a.l .ss.H.
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1t is good for us in the midst of lives so
inconsistent. 80 dwarfed. so conventional as
ours to bear n'mind how much greater and
better others have been. how dauntlessly
good, how magnincently victorious over vice
and SIN. Their high examples teach us how
We may rise above our nothingneSs how
lit we are when we live the selfish life Of
the world how great we may be il We live
as the sons OF God.-F. ". Farrar
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Killed by Her Husbands Train.

Mrs. Ella Eager, whose dead body was
found horribly mangled, on the Shore Line
In Fair Haven, Conn, was killed by the train
gineer. The couple had had series OF dis
putes and had been separated for some time.
On the night OF her death the woman called
at the Union Station to SEQ her husband.
and 1t Is believed she went Immediately to
the spot where the body was found and
threw herself beneath the wheels OF her hus-
bands engine. e q
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Whole Family Found Dead.

A party Of hunters discovered the badly
decomposed bodies of Charles Bectler and
his wife and three children in their home,
near Hewitt, Minn., a few days ago. The
hunters Immediately reported the matter
10 friends living near there, but 1t is not
known whether 1t was case OF foul play or
Of freezing.
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GERMS IN IMPORTED HAIR.
Sing Sing Convict Attacked With Trou'
BILE Peculiar to Animals.

DR.. R. T. Irvine, the prison physician at
Sing Sing. N Y, has rare case under
treatment In the prison hospital. 1t is that
OF 1naigna, and the patient is John Guile
ton, aged twenty-oight, of FIatbush, Lone
Island.
The attack is O common ono in Soutt
America among cattle. Culleton worIo IL
the curled hair industry in the prison. Tho
hair used comes from South Americl. Ahorl
two weeks ago he had pimpo on his neck
and rubbed it, At the timo he must hnyo had
some Of the germs under his nail, gathered
while handling the cur!ed hair.
The man is now paralyzad on his eh irt
left side. the attack Is generally fatai, but
tho lo.tor thinks his patient will pull
through. Tho doctor snys tho d!seas" eau.
not be spread from man to man, bur outJ
from animal to man. Only Il dozan of such
cases have ever been reported 10 Now York
City
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TEMPERANCE.
A TRUMPET CALL.

A TRUMPET CALL.
When song springs from the vine
And chants the praise Of wine,
The evil seeds
In such smooth words and tersa
With not hint Of curse
To soul and home and purse.
Will grow bad deeds.
Alegion cups are thine,
But each, or coarse, or fine,
Will taint the breath; -,
They tempt souls to their fall,
A lie turks in them ALL
Sweet first, at last as gall,
The end Is death.
A pledge we sign with Joy.
Up, every girl and boy,
To fight the drink.
Let each one find bis place,
And then from God seek grace
To set through life the lace
Against the drink.
Would we our country save
We must be true and brave
And steadfast stand.
Have faith in GOD and pray:
Work, vote, and haste the day,
. That from the demons sway
Shall free our land.
Rev. A. G. Lawson, In the Temperance Ad.
vocate.
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PAYS A BET OF 10000 KISSES.
Michigan Woman Loses Pleasant Cam
paicn Wager.

pRIEn wager.
Miss Carrie Osler of Marshall County,
Michigan, is at present fulfilling o. rather
pleasant campaign wager with younS man
Miss Osler pinned her faith to Began in tho
recent election, and so conlllelt was shu
that the Nebraska man would win that she
bet 10000 kisses with her lover Oh the re.
suit.
The couple were making excellent prog.
ress toward the payment oG the wager, when
a dispute arose over alleged inaccuracies III
the tally aud a recount Is now being taken
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Plaques Ravages in India.

The bubonic plague at Bombay, India, IS
increasing. There have been 2094 cases and
1894 deaths from that cause up to date. The
exodus from the city continues, and the
newspapers threaten the natives with martial
law unless they conform with the sanitary
regulations
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ONE rowy's PROHIBITION RECORD.

Prohibition has prevailed for twelve years
in Dalton, Ga, q town Of $500 inhabitants.
During this time its property has increased
in value ninety per cent; its school attend.
ance sixty per cent; its terms of court, both
civil and criminal, have been reduced one.
half; its police force the same, and its county
poorhouse is almost tenantless.
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sentenced to 1O2 Years in Prison.

Sentenced to 1Oe Years in Prison.
Will Robinson, colored, killed his sweet
heart In a church in Pike County. Missouri,
and also stole horse. He was taken to the
State prison under sentence for 102 years
ninety-nine years for murder and three years
for horse stealing.
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Aoetl Couple Perished,

The explosion OF lamp in grocery store
in Johnston, r. l., set fire to the building In
which the store was located, and an aged
couple, GreScr Kreichbaum and Nettie
Kreichbaum, living in tenement over the
store lest their lives.
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A WIFE's COMPLAINT.

A majority Of the mothers complain OF the
neglect and brutality Of their husbands,
caused by excessive drinking habits, and say
they are hungry and almost shelterless, not
because they are poor through illness, or be-
cause OF lack of work, but because the men
spend their wages at saloons. One woman,
aged about thirty fve, told story more than
half century long in few WORDS. II
married man who was good to me as long
as was young and nice looking. My mother
did the same thing with the same result, and
her mother met the came fate nearly sixty
years ago, and I suppose this baby will go
and get drinking husband II the sanitar-
lum succeeds In saving her poor little life:
n my husband had treated US right.
wouldn't have to come here with my baby
nor would have to depend on the matron
giving me car tickets in order to get home
and get tack tomorrow. I wish the rum
holes of the city were sunk at the bottom OF
the lake"
What do you think Of that sort OF record,
and what about the value as citizens of the
descendants OF such a line2-Sacred Heart
Review.
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Mckinley Favors Monetary Conference.
Senator Wolcott, of Colorado. said at
Canton, Ohio, after conference with Major
Mckinley, that the President-elect approved
of the bill designed TO bring about an inter-
national monetary conference on the sub
iect of bimetalli5m. ...