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CHAPTER VII,
LIEUTENANT BALLANCHE.

There was little space for action on
the part of Mr.. Vernon, between the
moment when his vessel was hailed
and that when it was necessary for
him to answer. In shorter time than
we take to write it, the two crafts
were almost touching.
"Avast, or I'll blow you ont of the
water!" shouted voice pot in the
least nautical, but full Of deter
mination; the voice OF landsman,
who, if he could not readily find the
phraseology of the sea, was evidently
in no mood to be trihed with.
At the same time o twelve-pounder
gun was turned 80 as to rake the
deck Of the Water Bird.
"Blow away, Lieutenant Bal
lanche!' roared Mr.. Vernon. 'It
would be glorious thing to fire on
me and my family! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Blow away! Blow away"
The little vessel was now passing
astern of the schooner and not half
cables length from it.
"Hello! Is that you, Mr.. Vermont"
shouted the slim young officer who
stood out most prominently Oh the
schooner's deck. He spoke in French.
"Aye, that it is!'' was the loud
answer in the same language. 81
thought we should ram you amidship,
but we missed, good luck to you and
to US as wellr'
81 wish to speak with you, sir, "
called out the young officer. cit is
very important"
The two vessels were already going
apart rapidly, their courses being
different; but every word was heard,
so favorable was everything to the
conveyance Of sounds.
Fairfax felt a load fall from his
breast at this sudden turn in al ad-
venture which but moment before
had filled him with such dismay as
only youth and love and the thought
of swift calamity to the one most dear
to him could engender. In the stress
of the apparent crisis he had thoug ght
only of the girl; and now that the
strain was over, it seemed to him as
if the same breath that had blown
away his distress on Paulinc's
account had also lifted the fog; for
the next moment the gray vail was so
removed that the young officer On
board the schooner came into clear
relief against the tall marsh grass on
the point beyond. His features could
not be made out; but his form was
tall, slender, graceful, and his atti-
tude striking in the extreme. He
wore the undress uniform of q lieu
tenant of infantry in the United
States Army.
A half ho1r later, the two vessels
lay alongside of each other, and Lieu
tenant Ballanche came aboard Of -
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come from a>man not in the least Ike
the Mr.. Vernon Of yesterday.
81 beg your pardon, sir," he man
aged to say; "you are mistaken ifyou
think me ungrateful enough to offer
any impertinent objections to your
method of conducting your own af-
fairs. I did not mean anything of
the kind"
He hated himself the next moment
for having found no letter way OF ex-
pressing what, after all, was not very
clear in his own mind; but his en-
barrassment was not in the least re-
lieved when Mr.. Vernon, with grutf
chuckle, turned abruptly away and
went below.
Fairfax looked around, him, half
dazed.
Fairfax was not in mood to doubt
and accuse. His recent experiences
had opened his eyes to the darkest
possibilities of the life into which he
had been suddenly drawn 80 deeply.
The feeling that he had not managed
himself in the least adroitly, and that
probably he had shown his weakest
side to Mr.. Vernon, helped to irritate
him moreover, the danger, if danger it
was, lowering so near to Pauline affect.
ed him strangely. This young girl
had taken possession of him; he real
lied in now. And was he about to see
her fall into the hands of men like
Pierre Rameau?
Mr., Vernon did not come on deck
for some hours; when he re-appeared
a light breath of wind was beginning
to blow, and he Immediately ordered
all hands to make ready to put the
vessel under sail.
The fog, though not dense as it had
been, was still too heavy to permit any
distinct view through 1T. When the
little craft began to move, Mr.. Vernon
went forward. AS he passed Fairfax,
he said in low voice:
"Stand by to pass my orders to the
man at the tiller; we must not speah
above our breath. If we can gel
through to the lake, we are safe"
By the lake he meant pom chartrain,
snd their way thither lay through the
main channel of the Rigolets.
So gently did the vessel move thai
the ladies sleeping below did mo-
wake: the only sounds to be heard
were On occasional creak of cord or
spar and the light ripple of the watel
at the PROV.
Mr.. Vernon was feeling his way
toward the mouth of the channel with
| nothing to guide him save his sense o.
distances and directions. Tho vino
was somewhat against him and there
was not an object by which be could
exactly fix his whereabouts. So weak
was the breeze, moreover, that the
vessel crept at but snail's pace owe,
the darkling water. It was near day
light; indeed, the pale influence of the
morning was diHusing itself through
the fog when the breeze began to
freshen little, sending ripple over
Borgne and quickening the movement
of the vessel. The soft, gray val
wavered and lifted perceptibly, and
Mr.. Vernon had just made out the
marsh points at the mouth of the
channel and was giving low order,
when suddenly a vessel, distant
stones throw, showed itself through
the fog directly ahead, and at the
same instant "Ahoy, there!" came in
loud, clear voice from the strangers
deck.
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Horse Sickness.

Horse sickness is complaiA'
known only in certain parts OF South
Africa, but science has, so far, been
baffled as to its causes, although its
effects are only too patent. Wren the
first frost comes it seems to disappea,
as if by magic, but Immediately the
hot weather sets in then this ravagine
complaint makes it's temperance.
But If the British authorities are
ignorant as to the cause of the trouble
experience is teaching them how tc
guard against it. The correspondent
of the Globe who signed himself
"Transvaaler" may rest assured that
the military authorities are taking
every precaution against what he de-
scribes as "another enemy besides
the Boer." And the precautions
adopted are on the lines he has sug.
gested, although, as has been pointed
out, 1t is impossible when an army is
on the march to adopt the only safe
course, and stable animals every
night. London Globe.
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Eyeglasses Need a Eath.

"Half the people who wear glasses
and complain that their sight is gradu-
ally diminishing owe the idea to dirty
glasses" remarked an opticlan. "Spec-
tacles and eyeglasses are rs much ben
Gifted by bath now and then as peo-
pie are. 1t is strange how many peo-
pie there are who think that by wiping
their glasses now and then they keep
them clean. The fact is, they want q
bath just as frequently as does hui
man being. You see, it is this way
The face, and especially the eyes, all
the time gives off a fine vapor. This
clings to the glasses and the dust coli
lects on them. As soon as they become
clean-that is, apparently clean-tbe
wearer is satisfied. So the process
goes on. But while wiping the glasses
cleanses them and is necessary, BATH
is also required. Every time the
glasses are wiped a fine film of dirt Is
left on them, and this gradually accu.
mulates and no wiping will clean il
off. In time this coating gets quite
thick enough to-b blur the vision, even
though at glance the glasses may ap.
pear clean. When this occurs the sight
is diminished, and they come 10 NE or
some other optician. What they ought
to have done was to give the glasses I
bath in warm water, scrubbing them
with small toothbrush and soap. and
a;terward wiping them. This should
he done with chamois leather and then
with tissue paper to polish them."-
Chicago Tribune.
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States General brought from Europe
at the time of the emigration, bound in
calf, with ornaments Of brass. Near
to the Holy Book is a loaf Of black
bread.
Fastened to the wall, among some
chromos, and with a bow Of crepe AZ
the corner of the frame is n portrait,
cut from French Illustrated paper, OF
Colonel Villebois-Mareuil, who died IN
n battle near Boshof while fighting for
the Beers. Does his portrait adorn
many Boer farmhouses? One may
doubt it, but it was touching and
graceful act to put ii in the sitting room
Of the Boer farm at the Exposition,
above the old harmonium.
Behind the sitting room is the
kitchen, where a heap Of cold ashes
marks the entrance to the doors of the
furnace. We look for the inhabitants,
for the careful housckeeper, for the
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PARIS HASA
B0ER FARM,
Chief Feature Of the Transvaal Ez-
hibit at the Exposition. &
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

One Of the most interesting features
of the TransvaaI exhibit at the Paris
Exposition, writes the correspo
of the Philadelphia Record, is the Boer
farm, a modest structure copied with
scrupulous exactitude from the orig
inal near Pretoria
The roof is of turf, the windows are
narrow and the doors low. There Is
no flooring in the interior, and the
threshing floor is of soft earth,: into
which the foot Of the visitor sinks at
every step. There is no ceiling. The
slanting roof is supported by the exte-
rior walls, and all the rooms have
bare rafters where tie ceiling is usu-
ally found
The entrance door opens into the sit
ting-room, or common hall, furnished
with a table covered in gray linen,
chairs, stools and a sofa covered with
crossed strips Of leather, harmonium,
q cukoo clock and q dresser. On the
table is an old Bible, the Bible Of the
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Drums in Pelriu.

The policemen of Pekin are, or at
least were, armed chiefly with small
drums, which they beat loudly, in or
der, it is presumed, to let burglars
know that they are coming. All night
long the watchmen beat their way
around the streets, and rs a natural
consequence, are said to make few az
rests. The pigeons of Pckin have each
a light whistle tied to their tails, which
give forth Il loud sound as they fly.
The blind also use drums to announce
their coming and warn other people
to get out of their way.
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casA1Esr FLOATING DOCK.
The Mammoth Affair to BE Used by
Our Navy.

The Mammoth Anair to BE Used by
Our Navy.
The largest floating dry dock In the
world is now being built for the Uni
ted States Government by the Mary
land Steel Company, at It's works, at
Sparrow's Point, just below Balti-
more, Md, says the New York Herald
This dock, when finished, will be
towed down Chesapeake Bay to the
Atlantic, and through the Gulf of Mex
leo to the Mississippi, where it will be
stationed for use at the naval station,
ut Algiers, La.
1t must be delivered to Uncle Sam
by November l., and in the event Of
failure on the part Of the company to
complete It By that time 5000 for every
delay of twenty-four hours will be de-
Quoted from the contract price Of $780,
600. The work Of construction is now
being pushed to finish. Part Of the
shipyard has been fenced off, the fore
shore has been scooped to form a
DeTLu, uuu IuS uiCOGSu luulSIlul al
ranged so as to form a Golfer dam. A
platform Of timbers was laid in the
large hole, and two trestles were
erected to carry the tracks for the
travelling cranes employed In placing
the plates. s. Tracks are laid around
the berth and piping for the COM
pressed air by which the riveting ma
chimes are worked. rhe complement
to these arrangements is a machine
shop, built expressly for the work in
question. 8 -
When the work is completed the cof-
fer dam will be- cut through, and the
waters of the Chesapeake, which will
then rush in and flo6t the structure
will make any preparations for launch
ing unnecessary
The dock will materially augment
the importance of the naval station to
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Curious Facts About Calendars.

There are some curious facts aboni
our calendars. No century can begin
on Wednesday, Friday or Sunday.
Tie same calendars can be used every
twenty years. October always begins
on the same LAY of the week as Janu'
ary, April or July; September ss De-
cember. February, March and No
vembe1 begin on the same days. May,
June and August always begin on
different days from each other, and
every other month in the year. The
first and last days of the year are al
ways the same. These rules do moi
apply to leap year, when comparison
is made between days before and alter
February 90.
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His Royal Sympathy.

A story about little Prince Edward
oi York appears in the British Week
ly. Not long ago he WAS taken over
q British man-of-war. and was much
interested in large. heavily built
chest which was shown him. What
does that hold" he asked the tall
officer who accompanied him. Pow
der" was the reply. The little boy
looked sympathetically at the stalwart
figure and observed: Then, do you
take powders, too"
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r.
which it has been assigned, especially
in view of the fact that the value of
New Orleans as base is steadily IN
creasing. The dock will be powerful
enough to lift a 15,000-ton. vessel two
feet above the surface Of the water,
and with the floor awash, it will be
able to lift vessel Of $4,000 tons with
the same ease 1t will be a very supe-
rior affair, not only in point Of strength
but also in simplicity.
Acid or basic open hearth steel is
exclusively used, the timber wallinS of
eighteen by twelve pine being en-
ployed merely as tenders. The enor-
nous walls serve primarily to give sta
bility and to regulate the descent
when the pontoons are submerged.
They enclose four water-tight COM
partments, which contain the quarters
for the crew and the pumping appara-
tus. Each wall has four pumps. with
q separate engine for each pump and
separate boiler for each engine. The
piping, however, is so arranged that
any of the engines can be supplied
with steam from any of tile boilers, an
advantage by which, with only engine.
boiler and pump, the dock can still be
BE- lifted. The entire machinery will
be managed by means Of levers from
n vo1ya bn1Sp IN each wall,
The popularity of the dock Is that
the bottom Of any Of the walls can be
reached by keeling. The middle pom
tcon is large enough to raise the other
two out of the water, and can be re-
leased and lifted out of the water It.
self. There are many manholcs BY
which access to the inside Of the wall
and pontoons may be obtained.
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THE DOGS OF WAR.
How the Animals Were Made Use OF In
the Middle Ages.

How the Animals Were Made Use OF In
the Middle Ages.
"More docile than man." says but-
fon, more tractable than any of the
other animals, not only does the dog
become educated in short time, but
even adapts himself to all the habits
Of those who control him" According
to circumstances, he may become a
hunter, q fisher, and a guardian OF
houses, merchandise or tioclls. Har-
messed to the sledge Of the Eskimo, he
performs the duty of the horse or rein
deer, and in the streets Of Constantl'
noplc or Cairo, that Of ragpicker or
sweeper, in freeing the streets of the
garbage thrown out of the houses. In
circuses he becomes clown, jumper
and a gymnast. And all this through
the combined effort of his intelligence,
sense of smell and vigorous and quick
moving legs.
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felt hats which they wear whe- on ex-
petitions at a distance.
At the right are two little rooms
wnere the young people sleep, among a
mass of agricultural implements, har-
ness and sacks Of grain. AT the left
Is chamber somewhat better fur
nished, that of the head oil the family.
The bed. larger than that in tie other
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lie Hold On.

An interesting account comes to us
of Boston terrier dog which, running
out on the thin ice of Jamaica Pond,
broke through about hundred feet
from the shore. 4 boy procured and
threw the end OF rope to him, which
the dog ut once seized with his teeth
and held on until drawn TO the shore.
Our Animal Friends.
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grandfather who should be seated al
the corner of the hearth.
The dwelling does not give us the
impression of being deserted. Doubt
less the farmers who live here are out
for awhile, working in the fields, or
they are hunting Oh at war. But no.
they have simply gone into the fields
for here are their rifles and the big
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Probably enc of the most curious
purposes for which this sagaclous ami
NAL was ever trained was in the Mid
die Ages, when he was employed for
the conveyance Of fire toward an ene-
my's cavalry, in order to strike terror
among the horses and throw them Into
confusion.
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In Japan there is Buddhist temple
for every $40 of the population, and a
Buddhist priest for every 400 Japan
csc. About $10OO0O00 4 year are
scent in this.
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Dwarfinp the Dors.

Stuntcd dogs are very much admired,
by Partisan ladies. The demand forl
them is met by at least forty profes-
sional dog dwarfers" who bring up|
the pups OH an alcoholic diet, which
has the effect Of stunting them. -,
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Puerto Rico is purely an agricIl'
tural island-its manufactures being
practically confined to matches. -
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The Indian name of the Charles
River at Boston was Mis-sha-um,
which meant great highway.
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These warrior dogs. one Of which s.
represented herewith from an old epd
craving, were accoutered in a cuirasg
Of leather in order to prevent them
from being burned by the flaming resin
which they carried upon the back In
metallic vessel American!
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IN un-
sned measure amdds unoenaou as
royalty magnificent
are cronicd the breakfasttabe
cyes praise for admrao
scattering her bounty as p
might her bouquet the adog crowds VINO
lowed herr palace.
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AUTOMATIC EGG BOILER.

Tho Cooking Done in q Manner Said to
BE Scientific.
There Is reason in the roasting OF
eggs, but very little in the boiling OF
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MISS BLANCA sCHAELLER.

The death of Miss Blanca Schaeller of
Ansonia brings grief to many friends in
that city and in New Haven. The An
sonia Sentinel says of her: Last June
she completed a postgraduate course
OF Ingleside school in her twentieth
year, and with the completion Of her
school life came the first step into an
other life that was propitious in every
way.
During her few years at Ingleside she
became prominent in the school life,
being captain of the basket ball team
in 1899 and 1900, and a member of the
Geheimnss society.
She had been home but about three
weeks when she was stricken down
with typhoid fever, and few people
realized how precarious was her condi-
ton. DR.. Whittemore of New Haven
warned the family Sunday night, say
ing that her chances for life were
small. The suddenness of her death
fairly bewildered her friends few be-
lieving that she who was a picture of
health and strength could be overcome
even by the most ravaging disease in
so short a time.
The expressions of sympathy for the
family have been universal and all
mourn with them in their great be-
reavement.
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W.4LLINGFORD.

The funeral services of Eben Whitta-
lker, who was found dead in his bed
early yesterday morning, will be held
Saturday afternoon at o'clock from
Watrous, on Bull avenue. Rev. VOL
colt Linsley will officiate. Compass
lodge, F. and A. NJ, will have charge
of the services in the Center street cem-
etery.
Yesterday there were showers on all
sides, but this place, as usual, got left.
Down North Haven way everything in
the gardens Is dried up and a failure
on account of the lack of rain. The
| corn crop bids fair to be an almost total
| loss and the potatoes are not much bet
| ter. The rain that came a week or so
ago did much toward saving some of the
! crops.
Owing to the non-arrival of the letter
boxes the rural delivery system will not
be in full operation in the borough for
some days.
There was ninety inches Of water in
the gatehouse at Pauh pond Tuesday.
Two weeks ago there was 102.
Eben Whitaker would have been
seventy years old in December and had
been member of Compass lodge since
1S57-fortythree years. >-,
Company K will have it's final drill
before going to Mantle in the armory
this evening.
Superintendent w. F. Thompson is
expected here to-day.
The foremen at H. l.. Judd company's
will have an outing at the seaside Sat-
urday.
Miss Emma Lewis is home from
Block Island.
r. W. Kinds of Milton. Mass, is the
guest of Clarence Ebert
A special meeting Of Compass lodge
No. 9, F, and A NJ, will be held at 7:30
this evening to take action on the death
Of Eben Whitaker.
Levi S. Hull attended the reunion of
the First Connecticut cavlary at Nor
wich yesterday
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. G. T. |
Wooding Tuesday night.
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MAJOR FREDERICK f. PRIME.

Major Frederick E. Prime, Corps of
Engineers, United States Army died at
his home in Litchfield, Conn, on Sun
day. He was born in Florence, Italy,
ON September "a, 1929, and was descend
ed from Mark Prime, VINO in 1910 join
ed the colony that founded the town of
Rowley Mass. He attended the West
Point Military academy, from which he
was graduated in 1850. During the civil
war he became one of the most noted
engineers of the Union army. He was
brevetted major for gallantry at the
battle of Corinth, and at the siege Of
Vicksburg was raised to the rank of
Northumberland At the close of the
war he was brevetted colonel, declining
the appointment Of brigadier-genera
After the war Major Prime was sta
toned at Willett's Point and later took
part in improving the mouth of the
Mississippi and in tho survey of CAL
weston harbor He was retired ON Sep
TENDER 5. 1871.
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DIR. LABoNTE's MOTHER.

DR. L. D. LaBonte of Derby received
of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth LaBonte
at the home of his brother, in New
brought to Stafford Springs, for inter-
ment. which was formerly the home of
the deceased woman. DR.. LaBonte left
yesterday morning to attend the flu
neral and will return Saturday.
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DRY GOODS ASSOCIATION.

Enthusiastic Meeting Held Last Night.
Colonel John G. Healy, president of
the New Haven Dry Goods association,
presided over large and enthusiastic
meeting last night. Several new men,
bers We're elected including two from
the store of Mendel & Freedman.
After the regular business had been
disposed Of matters pertaining to Fri
days excursion was taken up and the
various committees made reports,
all of which went to show that the out
ing would be a great success the sale
of tickets being unusually large The
pubic are cordially invited and can OBJ
tain tickets from any o fthe members
or at the soda fountain of the E.
Malley Co.