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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-06

with blow of the Delaying pin, and, reach
ing forward, struck him fairly on the head
He threw up both hands, balanced for an
instant, and then pitched backward, strik-
ing the floor head first, the weight of his
body doubling and breaking his neck as
though it had been an icicle.
Before ! followed him by leap that car
ried me the length of the companion, l knew
my enemy had come to anchor forever. 1t
was not to him | turned my notice as 1
struck the floor, but to the now half-sobered
surgeon who was fumbling beneath MS pill
low, from under which he drew pistol just
as / reached him. Grasping him by the
throat, threw him on to his back on the
locker, and, with my knee on his thin chest,
twisted the yet unlocked firearm from his
hand and sent it spinning across the cabin.
1t was done. Once again / was master of
the Phantom.
Hurriedly searching the PROSTATE man
and his immediate surroundings for more
weapons, and finding none, without further
attempt to conceal my voice or purpose, l
commanded him to lie where he was on pain
of instant death, and, as | saw the cowardly
noncombatant shrink away from me and
knew | had nothing to fear from him, left
his side and crossed the cabin to where lay
my wounded friend. To my astonishment
y
curiously enough, though the greeting he
gave me was but movement of the lips, for
from them there came no sound. / grasped
his hand. There was but the faintest trace
of fever in it, and slight answering pres
sure was returned. Again his lips moved,
and, by bending to them, made out the
word "Ghost?"
Nay, my lad, answered heartily. "We
are once more to the good. | had small
hopes of ever again seeing you alive, but
God has willed differently. Are you badly
hurt?"
The only answer was tremor of the lids,
and / might have known that weakness
would hold him dumb. "Where was the boy
hit?' l demanded, turning to the lank red
coat who had not shifted his position but lay
looking at me with intense interest The
royalist raised himself on his elbow, and,
instead of answering, asked:
who are ye, man, and where from?"
''know We not Donald Thorndyke re-
turned from hell for a substituted" thun-
dered, striding up to him. answer my
question, We sot! Where was the boy hit ?"
In the right lung; the ball passed clear
through him. he answered as he shrank
back, and then, as his curiosity struggled for
mastery, he continued: They told me that
overheard We had gone"
''They told ye the TRUTH 1 returned,
STOPPING for the pistol had wrenched from
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him, and cooking it. "Put me aside and tell
me, will the lad liye?"
"Ay, like as not if he has the pluck" he
snapped back, cycling and lodging the muz-
zle of the frcarm. Faith, I'll do my best
if ye will honor my calling and play that
damn thing to some other point. Have ye
murdered all but mvself?"
Nay, We skewer," / answered, almost
amused by his fear and amazed at the way
it had overcome the fumes of the liquor in
him. Il but gave the crew rest from duty;
it is their watch below, and if We dare call
me murderer for taking and defending my
own, I'll act the part in truth"
BY me sowl, ye are the devil himself"
he CALCULATED, but 1 cut him short.
''Whate'er l am, We are my prisoner Now
take your choice betwixt irons and parole;
the hold or this cabin. Speak fast! 1 have
business on hand"
"a prisoner only, is it," he exclaimed
quickly, sitting bolt upright and raising his
hand aloft. Then, on the honor of an
Irish gentleman, take oath not 70 sneak
from We or bear arms" he answered, as
though relieved by the terms offered
And bide in the cabin until allowed the
deck?' added
That same," he answered.
'And care for the wounded lad?"
''Oh, ay! oh, ay! an now
Then It's ten to one that before long We
will be back among your fellows by ex-
change" 1 interrupted, being in hurry
Bring the boy to his feet, and twill be
money in your pocket; but no more LIQUOR"
So saying, picked up the bottle and took
a long draught of what proved to be good
whisky. Twas a well-earned and sorely
needed dram, but mighty uncivil way of
taking it, inasmuch as had just cut him off
his own grog. The act may have been the
means of tanning the spark of malice held in
his natures spark that glowed, smoldered,
and burst into flame when least expected
The cunning in his brain made up for the
lack of sinews in his body, for when turned
from locking up the bottle and sliding the
key into my pocket, noticed malevolence
in his face; but he shifted his eye from me,
and, getting to his feet with an effort,
walked unsteadily across the cabin and bent
over Ames.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-06
TOO FEW OF THEM.
Few Trusts Have q Monopoly Through
Patents or the Supply of Raw Ma
terIal or Territory.

Andrew Carnegie's optimistic pro-
trust article in the May Century" is
an example of The manner in which SO
many pretentious discussions of
trusts ignore or slur over the vital
point. The pro-trust side of the ques-
tion by no means furnishes all the
examples. Our own chosen candi-
date for president Is not without frail-
ty in this respect. But Mr.. Carnegie
knows better. He shows this when
in his article he says that ''few trusts
have monopoly through patents or
through the supply of raw material or
of territory" That sentence recog-
nizes the kind of power that makes
evil trusts possible. 1t is monopoly
of patents, monopoly of territory
through control of transportation
routes, and monopoly of raw materi-
ais through ownership of land. But
Mr.. Carnegie makes light of this dead
ly power because few trusts possess
it, and then goes on to sing the
praises of organization and the econ
omies it produces. OF course organi-
zation produces economies. OF course
it is beneficial, if merely organization.
But if it is Organization not only for
production but also for the combina-
tion of such monopolies as Mr.. Car
negie indicates. then it means public
ruin. Nor is the danger any less be-
cause only few trusts poszess these
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hauled him to the deck, and from thence to
the rail, launching him over the side with
the feeling that with him went the last of
my i'll luck. With the dead mans cutiass
about my waist and AlcCary's pistol in my
belt Ia poor place for dry priming, as |
was still reeking with wet), | went again
into the cabin, and with an apology to the
doctor for leaving him in the dark, took the
lantern from its hook ON the beam and hur-
ried to where the wreck of the top hamper
still covered the deck about the foremast.
Though the light was seen from the Sprite,
it would create no suspicion; so, seizing the
lantern to a hoop in the mast, l attacked
the mass of broken spar, gear and canvas,
that l might verify or prove groundless the
more than half hope which had come to me
while l hung beneath the wreck of the din
gy. Then the hope was but a flimsy tissue;
now it was tinged with fear. If .he girl
had not been struck down by falling spar
and hidden by the folds of the square sail,
then she must have been translated, for of
her deliberate self-destfuction l would not
now believe.
There was a desperate humping on the
forecastle hatch by the Imprisoned trio, but
/ paid no attention to at, and indeed was
so engrossed in my present business that
nothing short of the splintering of the cover
or the arrival on belated errand of boat
from the Sprite, would have caused me to
desist
The first l uncovered was what thought
to BE pair of booted legs, but they proved
to be no more than my own foot gear which
/ had slowed near the mast the night before,
for since boarding the Phantom in the fog
| had gone unshod. The wreck had been
thrown into a fairly compact mass by the
side of the hatch, and it was perhaps five
minutes before had gotten to the bottom of
it. But was well rewarded. Ere ! had
cast aside the last of the fallen hamper
heard a slight groan, and, on pulling away
mixture of torn sail and tangled line, saw
the object of my search
ITO BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER XXI.
FROM UNDER THE sQUARE-SAIL
YARD.

By the rules of civilized warfare l had
rendered the surgeon incapable of offensive
action, but, apart from his word of honor,
my best defense seemed to lie in his cow
ardice and ready acquiescence to my de-
mands. Even in my intense interest in the
welfare of my friend did not follow the
doctor to his side. l had matters on my
heart and hands requiring immediate atten-
ton, but my first business was to rid the
cabin of the repulsive carcass that numbered
the foot of the companion way.
With as little feeling as though l was
handling bale of goods, I turned Louns-
bury over that might be sure of his death,
and by the limp and hideous way his head
fell to his shoulder knew he was past all
surgery. Grasping him BY the collar,
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-Four More Victim. of ..Boxer... :.

Tien Tsin, China, June 3.-The.
French consulate has received infor-.
nation from priests at Pao-Ting-Fu
that 80 foreigners, including six wom-
en- and child, who were attempting
to escape from Pao-Ting-Fu to Tien-.
Tsin in boats, were attacked by more
than 700 boxers" armed with rifles
and spears. Four of the foreigners
were wounded and four were killed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-06
NOT YET INTO PRETORIA.
Scattering Reports from the Seat Of
War Indicate That the British
Are Busily Engaged.
ROBERTS MOVEMENTS MYSTERIOUS.
London Has Heard Nothing Deflnite. hut
the Fear Is Dawning That the Com
mander.in-Chief Has Not Been Able
to Keep His Lines Clear Behind Him
Late News from Kruger.

London, June 3-Lord Roberts
last report of the movement of the
British troops in the Transvaal is
somewhat mysterious. From the
fact that Gen. French's report took
two days to reach the commander
1n-chief at Johannesburg it is be-
lieved that either French must be
many miles moth of that city or that
he is having trouble with his commu-
nications. The former is generally
accepted as the most probable, and
it is surmised that Lord Roberts
vague phrase setting forth that
"French is now holding the place
which 1 directed him to do, north of
Johannesburg" means that his posi-
tion is quite close to Pretoria. This
leads to the conclusion that some i'm
portant movement is on foot or that
Lord Roberts himself has not been
able to keep his lines clear behind
him. Possibly the next place Lord
Roberts will be heard from will be
Pretoria. 1t seems that French
should certainly be within striking
distance of the capital.
Late News from kruger.
Lorenzo Marques, June 3.-Presi-
dent Kruger yesterday was still at
Machadodorp (about half way be-
tween Pretoria and the Portuguese
frontier, on the railroad between the
Transvaal capital and Delagoa bay).
Boer commands, totalling about TO-
600 men, held all the positions and
hills around Pretoria. Another large
command was at Bronkhurst's spruit
(about 40 miles from Pretoria, on the
railroad leading to Delagoa bay).
Colvilie Had a Rocky Road.
London, June 3.-It is officially an
nounced that Gen. Colville has ar
rived at Heilburn (northeast of
kroonstad), in the Orange river coli
ony, after meeting with great oppo-
sition.
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VOL. Xxx.
IN The PAPERS.

There seems to be no way In which an hon.
est, modest man
Can get his name in clear, cold type, for
everyone to scan.
We've got to cut up some mean trick, or
papers quite refuse
To notice what we're doing, for they say
ii isn't news"
A man may kiss his wife, and yet the pa
perS never tell:
But let him kiss his neighbor's wife, and,
horrori how they yell.
We all may do the proper thing for years
and years. and yet
Receive not half the notice that a crooked
chap will get.
Just let an honest citizen be sober as he
may,
There are no headlines to declare Jones
isn't drunk to-day!'
But let him dare imbibe until he makes
himself "a brute"
And all the papers will remark that Jones
Is on toot!"
A thousand bank cashiers remain still
faithful to their trust,
They never skip TO Canada, and cause their
bank to bust"
Yet papers never tell us of these noble men
and true,
But give whole columns to the ones that
skip the tra-la-loo.
Ten thousand servant girls refrain from
using kerosene
To start the kitchen fire. even though the
wood is green:
But just because one tries II, and is scat
tered galley-west,
Her name gets in the papers far ahead of
all the rest.
So. whenI buy paper, I'm aware I'll find
a dearth
OF news about sthe doings of the better
folks OF earth;
For news" as it is termed to-day, I've
noticed as rule,
Is very likely to concern rascal or a fool.
Nixon Waterman, in L. A. w. Bulletin.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-06

In India, where people are starving,
spectators are boarding food with
a view of exacting prices which the
people are not able to pay. This is a
crime which has been legalized by
every Christian country. The smaller
crimes of theft, burglary and rob-
berry are punishable by law, while the
wholesale starvation pf the people in
the scramble for gain is protected
as legitimate business. And this is
the system of commercial cannibal-
ism which Christian nations use all
their powers of state-craft and mil
itary strength TO extend over the
world. Comment is unnecessary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-06
Heavy Sums In Peter. Pence.

Rome, June 3.-The vatican has de-
posted in the Bank of Rome the sum
of $775,000, the result of recent con-
tribntions to Peters pence. This
amount was mostly presented by
French and Austrian pilgrims, who
brought the pope heavy sums. 1t
does not include the heavy contribu-
tions of pilgrims from Italy, Spain..
Belgium, England, America and other
countries, which run the amount into.
millions of dollars.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-06
Immense Project In chicago.

Chicago, June 3.-Plans for the
widening of the Chicago river to 200
feet and dredging it to a depth of 30
feet were practically agreed upon by
the sanitary district trustees. Large
portions of elevators, warehouses,
coal and lumber yards are to be
Topped off, making a total cost of
SO. SOC. 900.
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New omcers Tor Hauali.

Washington, June 3.-The presi-
dent Saturday made these appoint
ments for Hawaii: Morris NJ. Estee,
of California, TO be United States dis
trict Judge; John c: Baird, of Wyo-
ming, to be United States district at
torney, and Daniel A. Ray, of Illinois,
to be United States marshal
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ner Mind Anected BY Overstudy.

ST. Louis, June 3.-Afiss Elizabeth
Kendrick, of Wichita, Kan, shot and
killed herself at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. w. C. Rumsey. in Webster
Grove, yesterday. Miss Kendriek was
24 years old. Her mind had been af-
fected by overstudy.
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Bic Demand for Harveet Haud..

Topeka, Kan, June BIB. p. Scott,
assistant commissioner of labor, who
has been out inspecting the western
wheat fields of Kansas, says that with
in two weeks, when the harvest Is
well on, the farmers will be paying
$3.50 day for men in the fields.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-06
Wonderful.

His parents have spent great deal
OF money upon his education, haven't
they?"
Il should say So You ought to feel
his muscle.n-Detroit Free Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-06
LingunI Confu.ion.

Julia, l can say: How dye do and
Good-by' in French"
"Ah, that's good, as far as it goes
YES: but I can't remember which is
which. brooklyn Life.
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To BE Depended On.

isn't Maud rather uncertain
friend?'
Not at all; whenever she comes to
see me I know she wants something"
Chicago Record.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-05
STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR 1895
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate of Sylvania Seavy.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District of
Orleans, Commissioners, to receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands of all per-
sons against the estate of Sylvania Seavey
late OF Barton, in said district deceased, and
all claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby
give notice that we will meet for the purpos-
es aforesaid at B. F. D. Carpenters Office,
on the;20th day of February and 18th day of
August next, from l O'Clock p. m, until 4
o'clockep. M, each of said days, and that
months from the Path day of January,
A. D.. $780, is the time limited by said Court
for said creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Barton Landing, VT, this 29th
day OF January, A. D., 1900.
e-S J = B. oLh MAkSToN' comr's.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07

structlon from the presence Of the
f.ord" This destruction Is that COM
pleto exclusion from Gods presence al
ready mentioned "The end thereof no
man knoweth on EARTH" 50 we are told
In Doc. & Gov Sec, 40, verse IS. In the
vlslon-sec. 76,-we learn concerning
their fate.
And the end thereof. neither The
place thereof, nor their torment, no man
knows. neither was % revealed, neither
is. neither VIII Dc revealed unto man,
except to them who are made partakers
thereof. nevertheless l. the Lord, show
10 by vision unto many but straishtWay
shut II up again; wherefore the end the
width. the height, the depth, and the
misery thereof they understand not.
neither any mon except them who are
ordained unto this condemnation
II humiliation, which we regard as
an imposslbllty, or even the dlssolu-
ton OF the component parts Of the
personal spirit, were the penalty called
the second death. the Lord would not
have said Their end no man knoweth
on earth nor ever shall know until they
come before me in Judgment for that
complete extinction Of personality
would be the "end thereof which we
could all know and understand
The Book Of Mormon states that the
torment OF the class that cannot be
redeemed is AS a lake Of fire and
birthstone whose flame ascendeth up
forever"-2 Nephi .. &C. The iiguratlve
language Of the Apocalypse is often
taken IN a literal sense. and thus per-
sons unfamiliar with the style and
meaning Of that book are mlsled THE
worm that dieth not and the FIRE that Is
not quenched' are terms that were
understood by the people who lived In
or near Jerusalem, and conveyed In
imagery the idea OF the terrible an
gulsh OF the doomed. who are ever
afflicted with a knowledge Of their own
guilt, aud some conception Of the glory
that they have lost, through their own
rebellion against law and prostitution
OF the power to attain to the highest
degree OF bliss. and power and assocla-
ton with Deity wherein Is eternal life.
II our young people would spend less
time IN specializing upon mysteries,
and more time in acquiring a knowl-
edge OF principles to govern human
conduct. SO as TO lead them up to COM
munlon with God and fitness to dwell
in the society Of the most exalted be-
ings in the universe. It would be bet
ter Tor them and they would derive
much more satisfaction from their in
vestlgatons.
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GENERAL poTHA.


II. c. Hillegas gives IN the New York
World an interesting sketch Of General
Botha, the successor OF Joubert. He
says Botha is farmer who knows more
about sheep-raislug than about war.
He is SO years old and his life up to
the present war has been spent in
raising sheep and cattle on the large
ranges Of land In the vryheid. or Lib
erty, district OF the Transvaal. Then the
writer in the World goes on to say;
Like all Beers, he Is a democrat Of
democrats. and when he told me the
story Of the battle he was clothed In a
suit OF clothing that might have been
dear at $40 when he bought It. He wore
no collar or scarf, an old, stained.
broad brlmmed hat surmounted his
head. and the elbows OF his coat were
worn through. Apparently he left his
nocks OF sheep. and, without changing
his clothing. went 10 the battlefield TO
assume command Of his burghers.
He did not seem 10 be proud OF his
victory, but spoke only Of the bravery
OF the British soldiers and the injustice
Of the war which made such slaughter
necessary.
"Botha was one OF the Junior officers
under Gen. Lucas Meyer In the arduous
campaigns against the natives about 10
years ago. and then his name trst came
before the public Afterward he became
a member OF the Yolksraad. and for
several years was one Of the progress
sive party who constantly stroye TO
pacify the Uitlanders Of johannesburg.
Although he has been prominent man
In the nation for 10 years, Gen. Botha
has never sat for photograph, and the
worshippers are discounted In
consequence"
The Transyaal conflict IS being fol-
lowed 80 closely by the entire world
that every bit Of information concern
ing the prominent figures In It Is Of
general interest
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Brooklyn citizen.

We think Or. McGiffert has adopted
a sensible course, and one that he ought
not TO have waited to have pointed
out TO him. clergyman may enter.
tain views on doctrines OF lateral I'M
port widely or totally at variance with
those OF the body to which he belongs.
and yet honorably, and not lncon,
sistently, remain In its fellowship; but
when his convictions become so radl-
oally different from those OF his breth-
rem on fundamental articles OF faith as
70 be In effect subcersive OF the creed
70 be In effect subversive OF the creed
to the church to which he belongs, and
much more 70 himself, to sever his re.
latlons with IT,