New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-06

bright again and we knew that among the
other wonders OF this most astonishing or IN
ventions there storage electricity wnlch
would keep the boat Illuminated for hours Witt
| out so much a single turn OF the dynamo.
With the stopping Of the engine the ar supr ,,s
from above had ceased. but Mr.. Lake laid ms
hand on the steel wall above U.S. where ne saiu
| there was enough air compressed TO last us an
for two days. should anything happen; me
possibility OF something happening had beeh
| lurking in our minds ever since we starteu.
What If your engine should break down so
| that you couldn't pump the water out OF the
water compartments" / asked
Here we have hand pumps" said Mr. Lake
promptly land II those failed single touc ,
OF this lever would release our iron keel. which
weighs four thousand pounds, and UP we wouio
go like a rocket"
| The letters OF r. l.. Stevenson which appear
| In the January "Scribner' are or his youth anu
deal with his early experiences While student
OF engineering. They are better episties 'nah
one would expect from the pen OF boy Oh
eighteen: but TO most people 1t would seem
that taste OF their quality would De more
agreeable than so generous dose. Mr. Colvin
notes that his friends spelling is often peculiar.
and Stevenson himself occasionally makes merry
over IT, Tell Myrrha," he writes to his mother.
"that when she came to envying c. his hand.
7 wcpt-positively wept-so just, so well founded
did that envy appear-so truly did respond the
wish at that moment, then laboring In the
depths lost I fear some OF the choicest Wit
| ticisms OF the cpiste. Indeed. my state OF nina
put me deeply in mind OF the Sweet Singers
description OF storm at sea-vide Psalmn (any
more dumb consonants required? 1t would look
better thus Psawlmn) 107. Don't you think. by
the by. that David must have been SICK IT Is
40 ufelike They go down into the depths
0 yes but what about their stommiks? They
reel to and fro like drunken man. declare
I can almost hear q faint voice cry steward
| at that part. You see that MyrThas letter has
produced healthy effect upon my spirits; but
I'm not going to mention her again. It costs such
labor to spell IT, Fancy. had TO ring the bell
and ask the girl how she spelt myrrh.' I ques-
ton much II she told me right. But what be-
tween II and the Psammns. my mind about
spelling IS lost-I remain your affectionate son.
"R. l.. s."
Dr. Charles Cotesworth Pinckncy. in paper
IN "Idppincott's" on the States Rights debate
OF 1893. has picturesque paragraph on John
| Randolph Two Senator's" he says. brought
! in a mass Of white greatcoat, surmounted by
| Jockey cap. A small wizened face appeared I'M
der the cap and Randolph was somewhere In
the folds Of the coat But II the man looked
like corpse. the eyes were alive, ana shone
like the eyes OF a basiisk He nodded assent
/
to the history Of the Constitution and TO the
testimony OF its contemporaries. and when Cal
houn so happily turned Webster's argument
! against himself Randolph whispered to Sena-
| tor Webster is dead; / saw him dying an
hour ago The glance OF his basilisk eye.
thought, did something to kill Webster"
One OF the most audacious pieces OF courage
in the records OF military organizations Is re-
| called in an article on Princes Of Egypt In
THE Cosmopolitan" 1t is not new story. but
| It is not often told. Its hero IS Colonel SeVes
| the Frenchman who took service under Me-
hemet AL and made the first attempt at mill
tary instruction in the Egyptian Army-then a
mere collection Of undisciplined ashi-bazouks,
composed mainly Of Turks Albanians and
Mamelukes ANY attempt to subject these men
to such discipline and control as are exercised
| in a European army the Pacha knew full well
would he fraught with no little difficulty.
| Nevertheless the arrival OF Saves determined
him to make the attempt Seves, on taking
| command at Assouan placed himself in front
| OF the troops and proceeded to instruct them
| in the manual. At the command Fire. the
Frenchman felt his horse tremble beneath him.
| while a veritable shower Of bullets warned him
Of the attempt to kill him. Furious, and stand
Ing straight In his stirrups. he dashed Into the
! ranks laying about him with a stout whip and
crying, Triple canailles; accursed pigs sons or
Dogs maledictions with which they were IA
miliar; then he added: rs It at such distance
| YOU miss your aim? Commence firing! and, re-
| turning TO his post. he repeated again and
| again the order which the astonished and now
coyed men understood to be an act OF supreme
defiance. They stood for O. moment as II para
lyzed with fear A clamor arose and. throwing
down their arms. they rushed toward their com
mander in a transport Of admiration, swearing
| eternal devotion"