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p HERO OF THE DRIFT.

The Assistant Commissary was not re-
garded as a fighting man His appear
ance. ii was remarked, was not military
his uniform was not smart: his trousers
bagged at the knees. and the senior sub
altern had been heard TO say that there
was room in his tunic for some of his
stores as well as his chest. The Assistant
Commissary's mead was inclined TO bald
ness and his beard was turning grey. His
eyes were Of the mildest blue, and the soft
lines of his gentle face had been hardened
by his service West and East He had
determined to become pensioner as soon
as this small war In South Africa was
over
Dear, good kind Railton, murmured
the senior subaltern. you need only look
at him to know that the fighting spirit
isn't in him. He never drew a sword or
fired a shot In anger. He never. I'm abso-
lutely certain, wronged living creature
he can't bear TO look on suffering OF any
sort. and l never heard him swear. What
a record, And he isn't five feet FIVE"
As the senior subaltern uttered these
words he looked at Railton and saw that
he was earnestly scanning the neighbor-
ing hills. The subaiteTn. named Barran,
was In command OF Il small body Of inlan-
try which had been left to guard the
wounded Of a column operating against
the Zulus, and to hold the buildings at the
Drift IN which the sick lay The Drift
itself was Of vital Importance. for it was
the key TO a neighboring British territory.
and through It conquering horde could
march 10 devastation. The orders Of the
senior subaltern We're simple-to hold the
Drift till his commanding officer returned.
To do this he had two thinned companies
OF his regiment with him-the skeletons"
they had called themselves-but although
he could not muster a hundred men I'm
both, he was as proud as II he COM
manded brigade. and felt equal ia a
meeting with any force the enemy liked 10
send against him. AS a matter OF fact
there was no sign OF the foe. and no rea-
son whatever TO suppose that he meant 20
swoop upon the Drift.
What transfixes you?" asked the senior
subaltern. sauntering up to Railtons side
hat do you make of it?'' answered the
Assistant commissary. pointing 10 the foot
OF one Of the hills
The senior subaltern looked and saw
two or three mounted mSn dash flIriotislv
on % the plain and make for the camp
They're our own people-and IN a hur-
~, too, said Barran, uneasily.
They're I'm something more than hurry
they re panic-stftcken,' said Railton
Even then the senior subaltcrn noticed
that the Assistant commissary spoke very
quietly: but he thought that not being q
combafant, he could not know what snch
flight might mean, and did not appre-
ciate the situation.
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ca weary weeks when everything that
possibly could serve as food was carefully
under lock and key, finally calling to
service an active ferret, Will appreciate
ms TACT. He is a mighty aggressive and
tireless forager after food not hesi;ating
at walls or similar distractions. through
which he patiently knaws a path As a
test OF persistence in this line | hung a
basket of food from the ceiling by a rope.
ana after weeks fast placed a mouse at
hole In the ceiling above the basket. He
descenose. some eight feet or more on
slender cord and safely reached his haven.
later climbing up again.
"All of my mice ! have taken from nests
about the premises, and notice that they
invariably seek shelter below or behind
something. never in so exposed a locality
as almost any other animal would select.
For a nest paper. cloth, or any soft mate
rial seems to satisfy. and the exceeding
hneness with which it is chopped suggests
some mighty artistic work with their
teeth.
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The senior subaltern was a brave man.
but he turned hot and cold as the mounted
men rode hard toward him. and he saw
that they must have been hurried from
some stricken battlefield. The first to get
near enough to hail him was brother Of
ficer. one who had gone away with the
| Colonel.
What's the matter. Howard?' demand
| ed Barran.
Battalion rushed by the Zulus and wiped
| out-not d score of US have got away.
And they're coming TO attack the Drift"
He tried to get out of his saddle as he
spoke. and Barran saw that he could not,
as his left hand was smashed by bullet
He helped his comrade to alight
Good Godr' he exclaimed. when How
ard stood ON the ground beside him.
, ITS true--butcheredi Near the Hill OF
the Little Hand" gasped Howard. May
] never see such sight again. But you,
Barran. what Will you do? The Zulus are
coming Eere in swarms."
Hold the Drift TIL the Colonel comes -
answered Barran.
Then you'll have to hold 1t till the Day
OF Judgment. for the Colonel has dozen
spear-thrusts in him. observed Howard.
solemnly.
Then I'll hold out till the General
growing excitement He knows We re
here. and VIII push on as soon as he learns
of the disaster TO the battalion. We
mustn't lose an instant. ! can't even ask
10 learn the details. Ralton, hurry TO the
river and tell Raine to come back instant-
Is with his men. You, Howard. and the
rest Of you. come on.
He hurried away. the fugitives with him,
While RailtOn ran to the neighboring river
and alarmed Lieutenant Raine and half a
dozen men who were engaged with him
there on some engineering work.
Strike the Tents ordered Barran. and
the white canvas feu fiat upon the ground
DO y5ur best. Raine," he added. to the
Engineer. Ito get some sort of defences
ready against these hordes of saVages
But get your hand looked to, Howard
THAT can Wait-therc's no time now -
answered Howard. ''Thring can be better
employed than in looking after me. I'll
wind a handkerchief round the wrist and
hang on till we've finished with the mig
gers. As lie spoke he got piece of linen
and bound his wrist with it, Lucky It's
not the lighting hand. he declared. Now
I'm ready"
The senior subaltern. the engineer officer
the Assistant Commissary. and Thring
the medical officer, fell furiously to work
preparing for the defence. They and the
men dragged mattresses from the build
ings. hauled mealie bags and grain ba rs
forth. fetched PROSTATE tents and laid
rough hands on biscuit boxes, tarpaulins
tent poles. and stray articles of furniture.
With these things and a wagon they
built barricade behind which they took
shelter. and prepared TO fight for their own
lives and the forty sick and wounded men
in the hospital. Barran looked about him
and felt but obviously secure In the natu-
raj and manufactured strength of his posi-
ton. In his rear We're the buildings of the
Drift, every one containing helpless SOL
diers: in front was the frail barricade. the
wagon IN the centre, and for tho rest
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
NIGHT AIR NOT HARMFUL.
No More Injurious Than the Amos
phere of Day.
From the Chautauquan.)

In passing along a row OF city tene-
| ments in the dawn of midsummer day
about ninety nine of one hundred windows
can be seen tightly closed. Sleepers whose
lungs crave life air as a desert traveller
thirsts after a draft of cold alter have ex-
cluded the refreshing night wind in ODE
dience to the behest of sanitary super
stition. Beware of draughts. get a dol
lars worth OF weather strips; be sure to
close your windows after dark"-in other
words, exclude the air which the children
OF nature have for myriads of ages breath
ed with perfect impunity and poison your
lungs with the aZotiZed, sickening atmos-
phere of an unventilated bedroom. We
might as well advise a .Iealthseeker to
avoid rock springs and fill his water buck
ct at the efiuent pipe of a fostering city
sewer We might with the same logic
admonish our children to beware Of fresh
vegetables and mountain strawberries and
still their hunger with the garbage Of the
dumppile.
Millions of travellers pass the night in
boats and open sheds without the east
injurious consequences: animals that per-
ish with consumption in the atmosphere
of well-warmed menagerie survive the
tremendous night storms of the tropical
forests.
Is night air lung poison? Is the out
door atmosphere made deadly by the alb
sence of sunlight? Does the gas lamp OF
a sitting dormitory remedy that griev-
ance? Must We exclude the cool night
wind bringing relief to countless sufferers
from the misery of a sweltering summer
day?
1t is no eXaggeration to say that indi
yiduals who have freed themselves from
the nightmare of that superstition can
live out and-ou healthier in the central
wards of a large manufacturing town than
its victims on the ARREST highlands OF
the southern Alleghanies.
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HAPPY BoYHooD MEMORIES.
& ESminiscencc With Only one
sided Appreciation.

tiTO.n the NnlCagO Record
1t is fine thing to have good memory
for the happy days of ones youth and
there are few things more interesting than
tc see two men well advanced into the
vale get together and talk over the oIden,
golden time when they were boys. On the
Illinois Central train two elderly, we'll
dressed men were heard the other day
telling "reminiscences with great enjoy
ment for over half an hour. All sorts of
juvenile scrapes in which one or the other
was implicated we're recounted with the
usual gusto. Then said one of them:
There's a special providence for boys
there's no doubt of that They couldn' t
get along without 1t. Talk about reform
schools-why, there isn't kid breathing
and not bed-ridden who wouldn't get put
in reform school or penitentiary if he
had his deserts. or what We could consider
his desires according TO the standards OF
later life
They get it," said the other, nodding
his head profoundly THE reform
school of experience and the peniten-
tiary of the struggle for existence"
That's true but-do you remember
the time l nearly killed you with a
stone. the day We went after hickory
nuts in Bonser's woods
Mo. / don't believe l do There
was one time-but then. Why, you
don't mean to say that IL was you did
that! Near the little swamp east of the
Barker place? And it was you?''
He bristled with indignation he
spoke, and the other looked a little
shamed-faced.
why, yes" he replied. Il thought
you knew that. / guess it was mean
but then there wasn't much to choose
between us in that respect, was there?
forget the exact circumstances"
Il don't. 1t was as sneakipg and low
down a thing 10 do as any boy could be
capable Of No. sir. didn't know 1t and
l am sorry that i know it now. | should
think you would have at least the grace
to be ashamed of il. You were then, for
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
A FRIENDLY sTAND-BETwEEN
He Does Business for Both Pawn
broker md Customer.

NffoHl tue New 1ofk sun
In the neighborhoods where pawnshops
| abound the soaker iourshes. The soaker
acts as middleman between the pawn
broker and his customers. He explains
his mission and accounts for his useful
ness thus:
THE people down here employ me-
said he, mot because they are ashamed to
be seen going into pawnshop themselves,
but because | can get more for the goods
than they can. There's an art in pawnng
coat or ring, just the same as in
everything else.
I've known people to go into n pawn
shop with some old article to pawn and to
look the proprietor over with a super
cilious air. as If they considered them
selves as far above him socially that he
couldn't touch them with forty-foot pole
Naturally, fof sheer spite, the broker Of
fers them only about half as much as they
would get il they approached him prop
eriy- Having had a wide experience of
my own, / know how to avoid such diff
culties. l am not servile. but ] am po-
lite and respectful. and as those two
qualities touch the most generous chord
in the brokers' bosom, / get all want
on the proffered chattels. 54r
las recompense for my services
charge my customers 10 per cent commits
sion. ! have regular customers and then,
Of course, | do many odd Jobs for occa-
SIGNALS. There are families down here for
whom | pawn the same things over and
over again. one week after the other On
pay day they take their things out OF
soak; three days later they put them in
again, and the next pay day they take
them out again. And so it goes, month
after month l canvass the houses just
like book agent or corn plaster peddler
or insurance solicitor.
Anything to be pawned today ask
And if there is l take it around to
some shop and raise the necessary dough
and take it back and get my commission.
Once in 4 while / come across somebody
who abuses me and calls me a shark
But I'm nothing of the sort. I'm earning
decent living at a legitimate business"
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you kept it mighty quiet. 1t seems that
you haven't improved with years
Easy" said the other. yisibly strug-
Cling with his annoyance.
Il don't feel under any obligation to
conceal my opinion of that act" said The
aggrieved party, hotly. III l was ten
years younger | would do what l always
said that / would do, if | found out who
1t was-give you the best licking that you
ever had. As it is. | don't want to have
anything more TO say to you and he Tn
folded his newspaper and proceeded to
read 1t with great earnestness and energy
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
MICE ARE APT STUDENTS.
A FHncier Finds Them nm Interest
ing Set of Pets.
CFrom the Portland Express.)

kTIoni Tue FOftldHu EAfEtp7J
Out on Forest Avenue is a mouse fancier
whose residence. lest he lose caste with
his neighbors, is withheld. In 4 pen he
has half a dozen or so ordinary field mice.
They are the most soeiable pets | ever
had" he remarked "and anyone of them
will rise to attention as he hears my step
approach the pen. / have had these young
ones about six months. They don't live
long when couped up, and they will come
freely to my hand to eat or drink. Some
of them are so tame that they will climb
to my shoulder and display not the slight
est alarm AT being touched. They haven't
acquired SO much faith in all humanity.
however, and have refused to trust anyone
else SO far.
While mice eat great deal for an ami
NAL so email when food is abundant they
can exist for a surprising long time with
next to nothing. Anyone whose house has
been infested with mice and who had pass
The Yale expositor., 1901-12-27
4 CrnoL,. strong Phil.

Annie Evans. alias Tcssie Hamilton,
alias Tcssie Ellis and several other
names. who IL well known To the Pc
Ice of America. has been sentenced to
a year at Sherhprn. Mass, prison for
larceny from the person. The woman
skipped her hail ana waS heard from
In various cities until she was finally
arrested IN Detroit. At Toledo. n gang
OF crooks met Inspector Douglass mt
the station and got the girl away from
him. hut she was finally brought Ca
Boston. Powerful Interests. Including
a Tammany politician and congress
mnn. have been at work 10 secure her
release. hut they proved Of no avail In
Boston court. They have not yet
given up The fight. however.
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CONGRESS.

rhe senate Monday confirmed the
nomination of Hon. Philander q. Knox
To be attorney general of the United
states.
The bill To provide revenue temper
nrlly for the Philippine islands passed
the house 10y vote of 1tgi 20 l2S. The
blll imposes the Dingley rates ON goods
entering the United States from the
Philippines aud the rates established
10y the Philippine commission Ola
goods entering the Philippines from
the United states. II also provides
for the. collection OF tonnage taxes on
vessels plying between the United
States and the Philippines. and that
foreign vessels may ply between these
ports until January /. 1906. The duties
and taxes collected under the proyis-
Ions OF the bill shall 90 into the Phil
lpplne treasury. To he expended for the
use and benefit OF the islands.
Representative Wood. OF California.
has introduced n bill To establish a
department of mines and mining.
Chairman Ray. of the house COM
mlttee OH judiciary. has introduced an
antl-anarchy measure, which prob
ably Will Dee the basis Of legislation on
that subject In the house. The meas
ure provides the death penalty for
assaults ON the president or other ex-
ecutive officers. II Is made felony
10 advise or teach the overthrow or
the government or any interference
with government officers. The death
penalty also Is provided for consplra-
cics I'm this country leading TO the kill
ing Of a foreign king. emperor, presl-
dent cor other ruler
Mercer. Of Nebraska. introduced 4
bill appropriating S2.OO0.OOO for the
proposed new building for the depart
ment of agriculture.
\ bill introduced 10y senator Penroso
provides FOR lcvying duty of - per
cent ad valorem ON all imporiations OF
manufactured silver.
Most members Of congress eft or
home over the holidays Thursday. So
Fridays sessions were very thlnly at
tended. Both houses adjourned until
Monday. January q, 1902.
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KILLED ny a y. VI. Train.

Willard NiNom. prominent huSi.
ness man. WIS killed hy the fast tx.
press on the Pcrc Marquette railroad.
going south Saturday morning. Tn"
accident happened 40 the crossing a
few rods south OF The village 90 WiN.
ON. a place named for Mr.. WiNom.
His horse was also Killed. lie was
mauglcd almost beyond recognition.
The body was taken % Noyi. the nest
station. where 10 WAS Identified. Mr..
WiNum WIS a man respected by all
who knew him. He leaves widow
AMI two daughters.
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MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

An overall factory with 80 hands viii
Be- started az Nicksburg.
BENTON lIurhor votes Jan. : ON a
$4,000 street paving bond proposition.
Lake Linden people nrc again talk
lng Of Installing municipal lighting
plant.
The retail coal dealers OF Bay City
have advanced the price Of coat from
- 90 - cents ton.
Pauline Westcoit. graduate " the
Durand high school In 1895. Is 10 20 10
China as a missionary.
The Port Huron common council has
decided to purchase the right of way
for the long-talkcd.oyer sanitary canal.
\ Monroe firm has iust received an
order for H. carloads OF white cedar
poles from The Telephone Go. OF
Egypt. Ltd"
The Lansing. 81. Johns a. 50. Louis
Electric railway VIII follow the orig.
inal plans and he built beyond 81.
JOHNS to Maple Rapids.
The university regents ~ their meet
ing Friday cat down the contemplated
cost of tile new engineering building
from Si2l.OO0 10 $4,000.
At The meeting Of the Stale Grange.
the father Of thr order. cx-tiov. Luce,
was present. and IN speech pathetic
ally referred Co his lufiFmlty. old age
MS his disease" Comparatively few
men rise To higher positions than Mr..
Luce. and none OF these has worn his
honors more modcstly or worthily than
The Yale expositor., 1901-12-27
Over one Hundred Ycnr..

LOUIS Rock. u uch-Canadian. who
lived In Geo. Washlngton's time.
passed away 40 his home In Ludng.
ton Wednesday at the advanced axe or
lOI years. Rocks first and last sick.
ness was nothing more than mild
ease OF grippe, death resulting more
from old age than anything else. Mrs.
Rock died three years Ago at the age
of -. To them IL children. - grand
children ami ~ great grandchildren
were born Louis Rock was born NJ
sea while h.s parents were crossing
the Atlantic ocean In the year 1874.
During his younger days he spent
many years with the Indians In the
west and Is said 90 have been the
first whitc mnn who entered Yellow.
stone park. Endowed with cuusti-
tuition which never knew fatigue
Rock endured untold hurdshlps dur.
ing his long frontier career and until
ten years ago worked Ia sawmill
every day.
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what. ia. Ola Lady poingt

4 woman approaching ~ years ~
age and a son of years, giving their
names ms Avis and COurtland Butts.
are In Jail In Jackson. Chester \. Co
nant. of Sandstone having secured \
writ Of attachment for the debt of car
Ing for the stock recently. Mrs. Butts
IL travelling about tie country IN 4
covered wagon with several dogs AMI
eight head OF cattle. She stopped az
Conant's. hut didn't pay FOR her keep
at the farm COR the past five weeks.
Says she came from Minneapolis and
makes butter while she travels. stop
ping with farmers occasionally. Her
destination Is vague aud her husband :
whereabouts unknown. IL IL thought
Ter mind NAV be- affected
The Yale expositor., 1901-12-27
Mnrhrrcd D., nnhhcrs.

the body of James Il. Hay. Secre-
tary 90 the Pacific Lumber Co. OF
Salt Lake. was found buried In a
shallow trench alongside the Rio
Grandp tracks. Monday night Hay
called ~ the home Of Peter Morton
sen. "a contractor. and collected 81. 500
which M1rtcuscu owed the Pacific
Lumber co. Since that time nothing
had been seen or heard Of him until
tn, body was found. The money was
gone AMI Ia the back 81 Hays head
was u great Jagged wound. The pol
lee believe some one who saw Hay
receive the money from Mortenscn,
murdered him aud buried the body In
the hastily dug trench.
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MICHIGAN NEWS SERVED UP.
A Woman's Strange Journey Rude
Iy Ended.
DAWDSoN'S FIGHT FOR LIFE,
oxnard's Request OF the President oids
Title tn tho Flats up Again Killed by
aP. VI. Train More Land For Home
steaderz


The body of Edward Davidson. who
was brutaily murdered ~ Valparaiso.
Ind. Thursday night. was prepared for
shipment 10 Springport. Mich. Satur-
day, where u was received by u
widowed mother. Physicians made All
other examination OF the body. disclos-
ing that a number OF blows were de
llvcrcd I'm crushing Davidson's skull.
Ills jaw was also broken and one OF
his legs was fractured. Davidson evil
IDENTITY fought for his life against over
whclmlng odds. Savers may turn
states evidence. The coruneTs YER
diet will bear out the murder theory.
IL Is now thought that robbery may
have been the motive for the crime.
Valparaiso Is still In a fever OF excite
nent ove- the tragedy.
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rhn Nn,ch phi.rntnr cn.c.

The Jury In the noted phlscator ease
trial an ~. Joseph. after seven hours
dcliheratlOn. gave "A verdict against
the Baroda gold king. which means
that Phiscator viii pay to Joseph Co
veney. the plaintiff. Si.Fn. This suit
was brought 10y COveney to obtain So
OOO IN gold dust which Phlscaior had
once paid him for alternating his wifc's
affection. hut which had been obtained
again by Phiscator under duress.
PhiscatOr had paid Coveney $1,000 TO
stop damage suit threatened when
az country ball Phlscaior helped Co
veney's wife out of window. The
$1,000 aftcrward paid was when Phis-
Gator and COvency's wife registered at
the Palmer house. Chicago. as IF.
Johnson and wife" Following Phls-
Gator To the Yukon valley for more
money the tables were turned on Co.
vency. and after many weeks In jail
he gave up his 5000 I'm gold dust To
gain his freedom. Aside from the re-
turn of the $1,000 obtained under du-
ress. the court allowed Covency 5000
interest Joseph Coveney i farmer
living near Baroda. lie owns forty
acres of land. but with the exception
Of his wife, who did not appear ia
court. has no heirs. Frank Phiscator.
three times millionaire. Is nc Hot
Springs Ark, and did not appear In
court. IL was shown by the agree
mcnt read In court that Jas. O'liara,
of this city. Coveney's attorney. would
reserve as his fee for prosecuting this
ease half of the money FOR which the
suit was brought. -. 800.
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FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
The SchIey Case As Regards Navy
Closed.
MACLAY WALKS THE PLANK.
Hog. Feast ON the Living Flesh of "a Par
mer-MiIes Gets a Rrprimand - The
DIss DE liar Gets Justice-yariou. Mat
tiers OF Interest aud Notes.


Secretary Long disposed finally OF
the Schley ease. SO FAR as the navy
department is concerned. 10y acting
upon the findings ana conclusions OF
the court Of Inquiry. lie approved the
findings Of fact and the opinion of the
full court; he approved the majority
opinion where there II difference In
the court, ne held that the court could
not have entered into a consideration
~ the question ~ command az the bat
tie of Santiago. and finally he accepted
the recommendation that no further
proceedings shall be- had. The sccre-
tary also has declined the application
OF ADMIRAL SIMPSONS counsel To enter
upon an inquiry into the question Of
command and has notified ADMIRAL
Schley's counsel OF that fact ms rca-
son Tor declining To hear them on tnat
point.