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When everything was ready for the
chow the next evening Joe was the
most composed of the entire cast, and
it was taken for granted he had fought
a battle with his conscience and had.
determined to adhere to his bachelor
sentiments.
The sketch was finally begun, and
Joe made a very god villain. Semmes
and Miss Kingore as lovers were truly
ileal. Everything pr5Sresssd smooth
ly; and finally Joe captured The hero
ile and bore her off to the woods
'Athe back door and the piazza in this
-instance), when the hero, discovering
the abduction, was to dash out and
rescue her after q struggle, noise being
made by the trio to impress the audi
encs.
The momsnt Joe and Miss Kingore
reached tile piazza he put his arm
around her and drawing her to him
said rapidly in one breath:
s'Miss Kingore, I'm going tomorrow.
I like you, yes, L love you. Tell me
is there any hope for me? Will you
marry me?"
:. She could not have disenga5el her
SELF fr6m his embrace if she had tried.
which she didn't, and she said suavely,,
lis if they lad all night I'd discuss the
Shiattsr: i;
eWhy;;~ YOU know you have always
been SO pronounced in your views
against marriage that I hardly know
what to think of your sincerity now. :"
Heagel could here Semmes inside
delivering his lines preparatory to his
-dash-te the rescue, ~and he half-ex-
$50: s5: Dosn, Margaret, answer me
quickly! Is it yes or no?' and bend
ing down before she could answer he
kissed her, accompanying it with a
hug.
Just then semmes jumped out, and
Margaret and Joe sepal ated. Semmes
made rush for Joe, and they grap-
pied. For about two minutes they
wrestled around the piazza, and had
Joe wished to injure Semmes he could
have pitched him off the piazza. He
was content, however, with brushing
his hand across Semmes' face occa-
sionally, and when he finally released
him Semmes grabbed Miss kingore
and bore'her into the room to the.cen-
tre of the stage with triumphant
stride.
Instead of hearty applause greeting
him everyone shouted with laughter.
Miss Kilgore looked puzzled and then
turning caught glimpse of Semmes,
and she, too, joined in the laughter, and
the play was. abruptly ended;
- Semmes meanwhile could not see
where the joke came in until one OF
his friends escorted him to a mirror,
and ne saw reflection of face that
looked like patches Of a BARRIERS pole
with its black and white stripes. In
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A ERENcH SAIL OR YARN.
tie Most Remarkable Experience Of o
san Caufaiu,

fiis Most Remarkable Experience OF
Sea Captain.
Mr.. Clark Russell Of England is the
best-known teller Of sea-tales at the
present day, and he certainly relates
some marvellous adventures. But he
will have to look to his laurels. Al
phonse Atlas of Paris, in recent is
sue of lie Journal, gives the remark.
able experience of French sea cap
tain, whom he allows to relate his own.
story. Since he set forth on his voy-
age from our own New England capi-
tai, which incontestably exists, and
can be proved to be still in its place,
perhaps ne may accept his words as
truth, =
"Captain OF, the three-master Lucien
Guitry," he begins, II set sail from
Boston, Jautiary 2s, with an exclusive
cargo Of varnish. What use people
could possibly find. for six thousand.
barrels of yarnish I do not know
and besides, that has nothing to do
with this story.
1.-THE second of February, in thsE
early morning, We were assaiied by
irightful tempest Waves as high as
houses beat against my poor VESSEL,
which strained and gr6aned threaten
ingly. We could not endnre much
more, yet the sky showed no promise
of change. We were in imminent
danger; every shock increased our
reril; it was impossible to survive
such violence if it continued. What
should we do? ~
+ '.Pour oil upon the sea! Certainly,
we thought of it; but, unfortunately,
we had aboard only litre of olive oil,
destined for the mayonnaise dressing
of an. occasional salad.
Suddenly my second officer was
struck with an inspiration Of fgenius.
Suppose cfied be, we should
pour on varnish! Yarnish is much
like OIL. >
cat that moment the HURRICANE re-
doubled Its fury; truly We appeared to
be lost.
Pour on the vsruish!' I COM
tnanded.
"The result was stupefying. At
tile first barrel empted over to star.
board the waves were yisibly Gained
upon that side; the second, poured
to larboard, achieved like success.
"Whereupon sort of frenzy took
possession of the entire crew, myself
the foremost. Every one has heard
of such a thing as collective hal
lucination; this was collective frenzy,
delirium of wild, exerticnl We
poured; we continued to pour. When
evening fell, we had poured overheard
all our cargo of 'varnish-all! And
the effect! Around US, at a distance,
the storm ragged more and more madly;
but about the ship, in circumference
of at ledst quarter of mile, reigned
the most tranquil of calms. That,
Z
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its holiowed OUT ie.S-- 5t2 .Eg;N-
wall wherein are stored the odds and
ends of soldiers belongings. Many
of the men have pet monkeys. A cor
respondent of the New York Tribune
writes that he saw one man. going
into the fight at Maraquina with q
monkey sitting on his shoulder chat
'.tering with rage or, perhaps, fear.
Not far from the lines of the Kan
sas command is q native cemetery.
High walls of stone with an elaborate
ly carved archway form the enclosure.
Within are parallel structures OF
stone and brick, some ten feet in
height, wherein are rows above rows
of narrow vaults opening on the CEN
trail aisle, with arcted glass doors in
the better portion, the poorer ones
being closed by stone. In these
vaults individuals" they are-are
placed the bodies, there to remain
until those left behind to mourn tor
get, OF neglect, to pay boz rent. In
either Of those cases out comes the
departed and his bones are added to
the CHASTITY heap in the rear OF the
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cemetery. I saw such a heap Of
bones. It must have contained the
skeletons of scores of forgotten peo-
pie. AS one officer expresses it, ut
is case of 'Requiescat in pace pro-
vided your friends have a paid-up
ninety y-nine.year lease on a box for
you"
Not less trying is the sight OF the
actual ceremony of interment. We do
not smoke long cigars at funerals, nor
do we chatter ceaselessly thereat; both
these things are done by Filipinos.
But then, they do many things that
we do not do. They wash rice in the
dirty Paslg. Girls of Ten and twelve
years smoke cigars. Females, old and
young, wear the same dropping-off-
the-shoulder cut of corsage. That's,
perhaps, an advantage for a man Of
family, since, in consequence, the
style never changes.
Not less startling than the cemetery
was my first view Of the interior OF La
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How the Indian Plague Travels.

Animals spread the disease by pois-
oning with the germs such water as is
used by them and human beings, and
In all likeliheod-by means of the
insects which are common to them. and
men, or to them and the houses, of
men. Surgeon-Major Dimmick, of
Bombay, an expert, declared the
methods of infection to be by The secre:
tions of patients or infected animals,
by rats, and perhaps by insects. In
the neighborhood of plague patients
dark, over crowded, ,unventilated rooms
were the main site of the retention Of
the poison, and also underground
drains. The eover-crowding of people
in such places, he said. was the main
means of plague distribution. s,
Colonel Adams, medical officer,
declared it proved the infectionis car
ried long way in clothing, and toa
limited extent by rats. Another medi::
cal officer swore that where he had
studied the plague the natives called
it stthe rats disease" DR.. Under
wood, OF Bombay, said that the plague
is spread by over -crowding, rebreathed
air, and aerial stagnation. He de-
clared that rats were found in larger
numbers during the plague than be-
fore. "They were migrating from one
place to another, appeared to be- in a
state of 'into1ication, and would not
notice human beings when they came
across them" A singular bit of testi-
mony, By Captain Wilkinson of the
Indian Medical Service, was of sim
gle case of plague in village whore
no native communicated with the
patient. The only other victims of
the disease were rats. A sanitary in
spector in the Puniab knew of case
where plague-stricken rats dropped
into we'll and infected its water
Julian Ralph, in Harper's Weekly.
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WAITING TO BE CALLED TO The

of boys. with no peculiar sort OF virtue
over others. 1t was simply theirs to
have privilege and opportunity that
other men at home, often by force OF
circumstances, had missed or been
denied" Here is the passage by
which, perhaps, the use of the word
literature" was suggested: "Death
was among them (the artillerymen)
from the start. A man calmly hands
a shrapnel to the gunner and on the
instant falls face forward; he is
rolled over, pallor is on his face, q
blood blotch on the forehead-dead,
SO quickly does the call come to some.
A man staggers from the piece, and
clutches at his breast. Are You hit,
John?' Only flesh wound, he an
swers, and dies after whole day of
pain--so do some men suffer. A
cannoneer steps aside, unbuttons his
shirt, sees where Mauser has made
a red furrow across the chest, laughs,
and returns to his post-so close do
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aus declare peaceI

als. declare peace! 3
"This is a strictly judicial proceed
ing,'' said the facetious! footpad who
had Kept the revolver pointed at his
victims head while the other footpad
went through his victims pockets. 81
am holding you for robbery"
Hib5ler-What are you writing
now? Scribbler-A volume Of bright
sayings for infants. Hibbler-Bus
how on earth can it be of any use to-
infants? Scribbler-It can't It's in-
tended. to be of use to parents in say,
ing the wear and tear ON their imag-
nations.
"You know and I know" shouted
the attorney for the accused. "that it
is better that niue innocent prisoners
should escape than that one guilty
man should be punished!" 81 can,
not permit such a statement to go to
the jury unchallenged," smiled the
court. 'Note an exception, Mr..
Stenographer!" roared the attorney.
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with gun and ammunition, he had An
abundant supply, often over two hun
dred rounds. One sharpshooter had
four hundred.
Thus far not woman, or child has
been injured, to the knowledge of our
men; and yet the entire population Of
the villages from Caloocan to and be-
yond Malolos, much over forty thou
sand helpless people, has been car
ried back by the insurgents. They
set fire to the town of Polo on evacu-
ating it, and two bedridden old people
were burned to death; our boys mads
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more trouble from me-" he continued.
Reaching the pump, Margaret
worked the handle while he elnptied
his pocket of stove SCOT sand.washed
the SCOT from his hand that he had
used in smearing Semmes' face.
When he started for Boston the next
day .Semmes wassnot on hand TO bid
him good by. Two months later Joe
and Margaret were married, and when
the ceremony was ended Tom Burkus,
the best man, found himself president,
vice-presideut, secretary, treasurer,
governing committee and board of
directors of the Stylus Bachelor club.
Boston Globe.
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window washing no. a Bar.

Can a lawyer practicing at the bar
be at the same time manual worker2
This question is now agitating the
members of the legal profession in
Hungary. A young briefless barrister,
tired of waiting for clients, took to
earning money by painting decorca-
ing, wiudow-cleaning, paper-hanging,
spring cleaning, and SO forth in the
provincial towns in the district in
which he practiced at the bar. An
effort was made. to have his name
erased from the roll of advocates, but
the lord chief'iustice ruled that the
young lega revolutionist was within
his rights in earning money by honest
manual labor. or.-Budapester Tageblatt.
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soldier letter u.v~--
of unquestioning patriotism anu
most clear-sighted appreciation of the
nobility rs well as of the horror OF
war. The Republican calls it ''graphic
writing, fit to be called literature. "
The author is an unnamed member of
Battery A, Utah Light Artillery, and
he tells friend in the East that sit
was not mere soIdiery out here; it
was incarnate Americanism." ;" He
calls his companions 'those who on
the Manila roads and in the Luzon
rice fields fought desperate fight,
asking no why's or wherefores; who
shook out the old flag further from
home than it had ever been before,
performing thankless duty, know
ing full we'll the reward
"'The blame of those ye better;
The hate OF those ye guard"
and ne denies that they rwere picked
heroes, nobler and braver than the
average American. "They were," he
declares, Common, everyday sort
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A Flash Measured.

By means of a photograph, made
with vibrating lens, scientists have
calculated the time of lightning
fash. 1t came out one.nineteenth Of
second. The calculation is based
upon the multiple image in the
photographs and the rate of vibration
Of the lens. The time applies OF course
only to the particular fash that was
photographed. = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Novel euro For Assassination.

Under Governor! General Ricaport
assassinations became terribly fre-
quent in the island of Cuba so that no
ones life or property was safe. A
great delegation went to Ricaport to
demand that something be done to i'm
prove the enforcement-of the law.
"When," the Governor asked them,
edo you say these robberies and as
sassinations take place."
sat night" they answered.
"Whero?"
"In the streets.
$50 I suspected. I advise you, if
YOU don't want to be robbed Of assas-
sinated, to do as I do; never go out at
nightI"-Youth's Companion.
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,"HuLL.or,.

u LII r
When You see man In woe
Walk right up and say "hullom
Say "hullor' an chow dye dop
"How's the world a-usin' you2s
Slap the fellow on the back,
Bring your hand down with o WhscEs
Waltz right up. and don't go slow
Grin hnd shake and say "hhllo!
Is he clothed In fags2 Q sho
Walk right uIs and say "huilo J!
Rags Is but acotton roll
Just for, wrappin' mp soul;
An a SOULS worth q true 81
Hale an yaurtS chow dye do ~
Don't wait for the crowd to 60.
Walk right up and say "hullo" I"
Wen big vessels meet, they say,
The saloot an sail away. .g.d
Just the same as you an inc H
Lonesome ships upon q sea-
Each one sailing his own jog,
For a port beyond the fog.
Let yer speakln. trumpet blow,
Lift yer horn an cry "hullo"
/ Say s,hullo u. and show dye dor
Other folks are good as you.
Wen yer leayes yer house OF clay,
Wandering In the far.awny,
Wen youtraYel through the strange
Country t'other side the range, I.
Then the souls you've oheered will know
Who you be, an say s.hullo9 -,
Texas Commercial Review.
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sclothespress, while in the sacristy was
"a store of grain for public animals, and
ON the walls and altar the sacred
images and stations of the Gross re-
mained; J; looking down on the havoc
that HELM the guise of war had created
in His temple. It was awful. 1t was
war.
So, too, we; saw wars footsteps in
the deserted Nipa villages-a starved,
3wretched cat mewing piteously,
gaunti dog with down-dropping tail,
flock. Of frightened chickens, few
noor. pigs roofing in the ashes of the
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Sotheby. Wilkinson G. Hodge, liter
airy auctioneers of London, recently
sold genuine lock of Napoleon's hair
for five guineas. 1t was accompanied
oy the original letter with which it
was sent 'byyCaptain Poppleton of the
Fifty Third regime 1tto Mrs. Lcvaux,
saying: enclosed is what I promised
you. 1t is small hut precious, as l
have but little left"
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- w. go
AMERICAN TROOPS TAKING LUNCH IN
THE FIELD.

were discovered, but it was too late.
Some of the Nebraska men saw what
appeared to be q woman leaving q
trench and ceased firing, but sharp
sighted fellow saw a gun partly hid
den by the dress and captured the
fugitive. In was found he was a
sharpshooter, who had relied on this
disguise to escape. after lingering long
enough to make some sure hits. did
you shoot him?" NAV! we kicked
him hard and sent him to the rear"
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LIFE OF OUR Philippine
ARMY IN FIELD AND Z
TE||E TRENCHES.
The Fighting Net Desperates But Harassing to
tIle Troops:

Iona Church. It had been made the
Headquarters in the field of division
eommaHder. In the roof gaped great
holes made some days before by shells
from ths fleet firing on Cdloocan: The
altarsfail bore o dtapery Of officers
Is, a,ddles and equipments. Within the
rail- a telegraph instrument and type
writing machine clicked and clattered;
s:Sankssl slineS the walls; from the great
chandelier was suspended mosquito
canopy; confessional did duty as a
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A we'll which spouts large column
of water from 200 to 400 feet high
has been opened near Whittier, Col.
The well was being drilled in the hope
Of striking oil. While the men were
at work an enormous volume of water,
under tremendous pressure, shot ont
of the. mouth of the we'll. Ever since
the flow began it has.steadily kept NJ.
The country around is flooded, and no
method of controlling the stream has
yet been found. I
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ment felt that glory was hid locus
thing, and yet it is a great privilege
to have seen men die so. The mem
ory of 1t will make one stronger and
better"
There are constant rumors coming
in through prisoners that the insur-
gents ammunition is giving out:
Nevertheless, on the advance to Ma
lolos, whenever one was captured
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. e .
During the three years Joe Heagel
had been presidentof the Stylus Bach
elor, club he had seen the membership
dwindle from its original humber Of
fifteen to two q
Joeew always the most pronounced
in his views regarding the delights OF
being free and hntrammeled," as he
put il. Joe was in no sense a misoga-
mist; indeed he&as: gallantry person
ifiel when he. came in contact With
women, Best of all he made no distinc-
tions il favor of youth and beauty; in
fact he seemed TO treat those to whom
nature had been nnkind, or who had
passed the thirty-year mark, with a
triHe more consideration.
On this account his advent at Wa.
verly, = Summer fesortin New Hamp-
shire, had come to be regarded as
blessing by the landlord. For five
successive summers he had enjoyed
vacation life there and each year de-
lirsred his oration on the delights Of
bachelor, In that time he had met
scores of attractive, fascinating, cap
tivating girls without semblancs Of
encouragement being given any, of
them on his part, while many OF his
friends became tangled up in matri-
mony. His sentiments on the subject
had become byword, with the guests
who went annually to Waverly, and
wagers had often been made regarding
him.
Each year when he was about to
start on his trip he was couvoyel to
the train by several friends, aud in
iocular style they importuned him to
beware of the ,wiles of the fair sex.
Joe always assured them there was no
neelto worry on that, score, and his
4 I
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AT the Milliner,s.

''NIiss Golightly, shall I put some.
Of this lovely clover on your hat?"
"No; it's too commonplace"
Commonplace"
eyes; it looks just like clover
Chicago Record,
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Among the suicides, which continue
numerous in Paris, France, was a re-
markable one few nights ago. A man
seated in cafe in the Rue Notre
Dame de Lorette suddenly stabbed
himself in the heart and died imme-
diately. On the table at which he had
been sitting was paper containing
the following words: "And now for
eternity without regret! Ali, to see
the moon at II distance of one meter"
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There Is something to live tor and some
thing to love
Wherever we linger, wherever We rovei
There are thousands Of sad ones to cheer
and sustain
Till hopes that are hidden beam Ger them
again.
There is something to live for and some
thing TO love
For the spirit OF man is like garden or
: grove;
1t will yield sweet fragrance, but still you
must toll,
And cherish the blossoms and culture, the
soil
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some men come and escape. 1 have
seen many men make the last sacri-
fee, and sometimes, looking down in
to familiar face, have for the mo-
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THOS. j. ADAMS .PROPRIETO.
LIFE AND LOVE.

There is something to live for and sene
b 'Tis truth which the misanthroPe IeeF
can disprove, -
For tho thorns and .thistles may choke up
n the flower,
Some beauty will grace the most desolate
q bower.
Then think on it, wherever thou art,
4 Let the life be for men and the love fer the
: heart,
For know that the pathway which leads us
3. above,
+ Is something to live for and something to
S: love. ~
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Wheat Grown in the United States.
Nearly a quarter Of the wheat raised
in the world is grown in the United
States.
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In 1854, the Massachusetts, general
court passed. restricting sumptuary
laws. These laws forbade the pur-
chase OF WOODEN, silk or linen gar
ments, with silver, gold, silk or thread
lace on them. Two years later, n mar
row binding OF lace was permitted on
linen garments. The colonists were
ordered lot to make or buy any slashed
clothes, excepting those with one slash
in each sleeve and another in the back.
In Newbury, in 1853, two women
were brought into court for wearing'
silk hoods AID scarfs, but they were
discharged on proof that their hus-
bands were worth two hundred pounds
apiece.
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Asteel birds nest was recently az
quired by the museum of Soleure, in
Switzerland. Soleure has an extern
sive watch and clock making industry,
and thin metal filings are continually
being swept into the roads with the
waste from workshops. One day a
workman noticed pair of wagtails
gathering steel filings shining in the
sunlight and carrying them to their
nests. He made an Investigation, and
found that the Lirds had constructed
a big nest almost exclusively Of steel
filings. When the brood Of tiedglings
had flown, the steel birds nest was
taken away and sent to the museum.
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ny JAMES II. sULL1vAN.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-02-09

'lhe Progress Of the World" the
editorial department of the Review Of
Reviews, deals this month with the
new problems of colonial administrator
now confronting the country, with the
Senatorial campaigns in the different
States, with the polygamy question,
with tho question of army beef in its
bearings on the reorganization of the
War Department, with our recent in
dustrial progress, protective tariffs, and
the trust and with the months devel-
opments in foreign politics.