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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-11-26
CHAPTER NNIN.
TNE CRIMSON CHAMBER AND TIE
LIBRARY.

/ TIL CRIMSON CHAMBER AND TIE
LIBRARY.
When they were alone Elgin said to
/ his daughter:
They may not hear us, my dear
! child, but We have reason to fear that
! they will watch us. Therefore, cast
that napkin over the door knob, that no
| spying eye may peep in
I Kate did rs he desired. and Elgin
| groancd with all fond fathers an
gush as he saw how much the hand
cuffs bound the arms that Were wont to
be wound in loving embrace around his
neck.
My angel girl said he as Kate re.
turned to the bedside, you perceive n
little food remains upon my dishes.
Eat, l beg Of you, that you may be
strengthened to hold out. even unto
death, against that wicked man"
You are sure the food is not
poisoned, dear fathcr:' asked Kate, as
she oDcyed.
Il am, my poor child" said Elgin.
And now that you have eaten, do not
cry aloud when tell you a most joyful
thing
Kate looked surprised. What could
her poor imprisoned father have to tell
her that might be joyful.
Yes, my child" said Elgin. "Now
place your ear close to my lips"
AS she complied, he whispered:
james Green is alive. Wait. He
has escaped from the WELL and is now
in this chimney
Kate stared at her father. terrified
lest his troubles had made him insane.
Il speak the truth, my child" said
Elgin. ''Sit there on the bed and lean
forward so as to place your face in
the opening above the CRATE. SO. Now
call his name. DO not fear-the sound
will go upward"
James" cried Kate, In loud
whisper.
MY dear Kate! Are you therew was
the answer she received "Reach your
hand-ah / forgot. The villain has
handcuffed yon. But be of good cheer.
| shall escape. Perhaps not before
many hours. But be firm and battle
the rascal as long as you can"
You have heard all he said to us?"
asked Kate.
Every word" said Greene. "And
now farewell for time. Nancy
Harker will soon return"
May heaven work with you, dear,
dear James" said Kate.
Heaven has; heaven will, my Katy"
said the stout hearted young car.
pcnter.
Kate now withdrew from the CRATE
and Elgin said:
MY dear Kate, should aid not reach
you before night see it is day dawn
try to gain as much time as you can.
I will ask for time to reflect, and you
must do the same. You said old Fan
was the mother of this wicked couple
Does she know it?'
10 ha continued. ,.-t,a.l.lst.
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FRETHHlK

.'To-no, not to curse it," said Elgin,
"a feeble man like me, repentant
sinner-though, thank Heaven, not
such tiend rs you are-should not
presume to curse fellowmOrtal; but
| wish to hear it that may know the
real name of the villain who so tri'
umphs in iniquity."
ut is dangerous to me to utter 1t,
said Hammond. at will accomplish
nothing to tell 1t: and now, once for all,
Henry Elgin, will you make over your
estate to Catharine Elgin, dating the
will prior to your supposed decease"
"Why do you not complete your vii
lainy by numbering me at once: de-
manded Elgin.
1T would be horrible for daughter
to marry the murderer of her father"
"TLink not l would marry the son
Of Nicholas Dunn though death were
my only alternative" exclaimed Kate
"Ah. YOU have learned so much"
said Luke, sneeringly. You heard
"You and Nancy Harlser conversinc
during my pretended delirium,' said
Kate. "Fathcr, this man is Nancy
Harker's brother, and old Fan is their
mothcrn'
1.-Two demons and witch for their
mother. said Elgin.
"Catharine Elgin," said Luke, With
stern fcrocity, II said that it would be
horrible for daughter to marry tho
murderer of her father; but it would
be more horrible for a daughter to be
the murderess Of her father"
What do you mean, sir?" asked
Kate.
II mean and I swear it, said Ham
mond, rising, that if you do not con-
sent to be my wife, and to marry me
tonight, your father shall die, and you
shall become my wife, whether you
will or not. Ny welded wife, too. No
sham ceremony. TO men like me
means to make such as You act and
speak, yet not know what you do, arc
never wanting
You will give her stupcfyins drugs"
exclaimed Elgin, in horror.
Il will So enough for the present.
said Hammond. as Nancy Harker
raped ut the door.
He opened the door and said:
"IIcnry and Catharine Elgin, it ~
nearly dawn. You shall now behold
each other for the last time. | will
leave YOU together for Il few moments.
that you may consult upon your situn
ton. You. Elgin. | advise to persuade
our daughter to yield. Catharinc.
advise you to persuade your father TO
Ito the same. You can not escape. My
sister will be in the ante-chamber. DO
not he afraid Of being overheard; you
may Whisper you know. Come, Nancy,
We will leave them alone together for
Il time. You may close and lock this
door, and lie down upon your bed.
After a quarter of an hour. lead Miss
Elgin to her prison, and when Daniel
Or Stephen has returned, come to ME III
my library"
Hampond and Nancy left the room.
and Eigin and his daughter were alone
in the Crimson Chamber.
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Princess With Coachnan.

Berlin (By Cabiel--Prin>css Alice.
wife OF Prince Frcdcrick oi Schoen-
burg Waldenburg, and the Youngest
daughter OF Don Carlos, the Spanish
arctendcr has clopcd from her home
st Nielsen, Prussia, with her own
eoachman. The flight of the Princess
occurred fortnight ago, but the fact
Just became known. The police are III
hot chase OF the couple, but have thus
far been unsuccessful
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| tIeiSn.

The United States Minister'S resi-
dence in San Domingo was destroyed
during the bombardment by the insur-
gents. Through the United States Mn
'SlCr and the representatives OF other
nations an armisticc was arranged Sun
day pending negotiations ior peace.
The British Foreign Office now de
nieS the reports OF an Anglo Italian
arbitration treaty having been conclud-
ed during the visit OF King Victor En-
manuel to King Edward
The jury to select paintings and
sculptures for the St Louis Exposition
has picked out 900 from 1000 paintings
to be exhibited.
The Argentine warship Uruguay has
arrived at Rio Gallcgio with the mem
bcrs OF the Nordcnskjold Antarctic eN.
petition
Vice Admiral Won Waldersec. brother
OF the German Field Marshal Won Wal
derSec, died at MieScndori.
Pope Plus received in private audi.
Cncc Sir Louis Jcttc, lieutenant COVER
nor OF Quebec, and family.
High winds have impeded railway
traffic and interrupted tclegraphic com.
munication in Berlin.
Emperor William received Baron Won
Sternburg and Lord Lonsdalc at the
new palace, Potsdam.
Two hundred persons were drowned
III flood in the Palar river, in the
Salem district OF India.
Emperor William directed the Ger
man authorities 20 recognize the Rc'
public OF Panama.
Joseph Chamberlain, i'll an address IN
Wales, said he did not believe a tariff
war would follow the adoption OF his
fiscal policy, but if it did come, Great
Britain could get as much as on former
occasions when she had the courage to
hold her own.
Ernest Biondi, the Italian sculptor
will model the monument to be erected
ty international subscription to the
memory of Pope Leo XIII. on top of the
Scmprc Visa, the highest mountain OF
the Lcpini Chain. .
The Italian authorities are exercised
over the secret expectation of statuary
and antiques to England and the United
States. A number of historical articles
have been stolen from the Catacombs.
In the trial of suit by cX-Ministei
Bcttolo. of Italy, against Deputy Fern,
editor OF socialist newspaper Ill Rome,
the lawyers got into a fight and threw
nkstands at one another.
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TIE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

The cotton mills OF the Stafford
Manufacturing Company, at Central
Falls, X. l., employing 500 people. have
been closed for an indefinite period ow
ing to its supply OF raw cotton having
been exhausted.
Two persons were killed and one Sc
riously injured by the explosion OF a
large quantity of nitro -glycerine at the
Keystone Nitro Glycerine Works, neaI
Emporium Pa.
Judge Lacombe. in the United States
Circuit Court, dismissed the habeas
corpus proceedings brought i'll behalf
OF Maurice Runklc, who is involved in
the postal scandal.
Albert Biglcy, Grant Jones, Joe
Dwiggins and Hayti Wctherly, state
prisoners, sawed their way out OF tn:
city prison at Topeka, Kan. Wctherly
was recapturcd.
Twcnty-slX indictments were returned
by the federal grand jury i'll Savan-
nah, Ga, against seven persons accus'
ed of holding negroes i'll condition
OF peonage,
A number OF cx-aldcrmcn Of Grand
Rapids, Mich, accused of being involv-
ed in the municipal scandal, confessed
having received chairs.
Wreckagc from the Nome steamer
Discovery was washed ashore at the
mouth OF the Seal river, near 1akutat.
The differences between the PittsburG
Railways Company and its employees
have been adjusted
The Norwegian bark Capella was
wrecked off Borbicrg. Jutland, and the
crew OF IS were lost
In duel at Edmonton. KY, George
+. Price was killed and X. +. McCan
dlcss was fatally injured.
Charles Mccormack. superintendent,
and Melvin Beck. miner, were killed
by the explosion Of an internal machine
in the Nindcator Mine, at Cripple Creek,
Col, and militia have been placed on
guard
Six members of the Louisville Fire De
partment were summoned to answer .
charge that they looted the building in
which fire was raging and took va!il
able articles to the enginchousc With
them.
Three persons were burned to dcatf
in fire which destroyed the powcrhouse
Of the sanitarlum at Markleton, Pa.
The residence of Mrs Mary Baker &
Eddy the founder OF Christian Science
was looted by burglars.
The steamer Baldwin was pierced b.,
the ice in Green Bay, Wis, and sunk
The crew was rescued.
Samucl GompCrs was reelected prcSl
dent of the American Federation OF La
Dor hy large plurality.
Warrants were issued for the arrest O.
the former mayor and board OF alder
mon Of Grand Rapids.
The transport Sumner arrived Al New
York with officers and troops from Ma
Mia
The Reading Railroad Company oi.
tered a reward OF $500 Tor the arrest
and conviction OF the men who bound
chloroiormtd and robbed Station
Agent IIaicr, OF Allcnwood.
Peter Montcnson, convicted i'll Salt
Lake. Utah, OF the murder OF James
r. Hay, was shot to death at the state
prison.
Hart p. Danks, the composer OF
Silver Threads Among the Gold, died
III Philadelphia at his clearinghouse
The Twentieth United States lnian-
try lett Fort Sheridan for San Francisco
ell route to the Philippines.
The steamer Discovery, which LETT
Nome October II with 81 passengers,
is believed to have been lost.
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NO. 35.

Che TecOmpenSe OF tne reward. Iau,
could calml Y lay that wonderful head of
| his on the block and pour out his life on
the high altar Of martyrdon, because Of
the power Of the "afterward" in his soul.
Even Jesus endured the cross and de-
| spised the shame for the JOY that was set
before Him." And, my brethren, if we
run with patience the race that is set be-
fore us, we must keep looking forward.
looking unto Jesus, the Captain of our
sa l,yation, who was made perfect through
suffering This seems to be the divine or
dcr--frst the dark, then the light; first
the cross, then the crown. And that cross
is temporary, the crown is eternal
The late DR.. Maltbic Babcock said,
somewhat ineeniously, but very hcpfuly,
that if you take the sharp, severe word,
"dsciplinc."' and discard the final &C.,
which is of little or no value; anyway, and
substitute final g" ,ou have the ten
der and gentle word 'disciping." That is
really what the present chastenngs mean
YOU are being made a disciple are
taking Christ's yoke upon you aud learning
OF Him as He has invited you TO do. You
are entering into the fellowship of His Sut~
ferings. But, "hc,ovcd if We suffer with
Him. We shall also reign with lIim-altcr.
ward!'
After all, how blank and dull, aud sadly
mnnotonous life would be without its
crises Of pain The problem Of pain how
it has vcXci ~ and how pain has panied
us, and yet how it. has enriched us! As
many a spice plant gives forth it, most fra.
grant perfume only when bruised and
crushed, 50 human heart does it's best
for ot her human hearts after some soften
ing grief has visited it. Martncau said:
"a world without n contingcNc" or an
AGONY couIl have no hero a"d no saint.
there is no epic Of the c' .tliniif> and II,
H., lao, Of n pp,I
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God has place for each one Of us. and
a work for each one OF US. God does, not
ryncct us to fill more than our own pace,
or or 10 do more than our own work but
each one OF us is important in his or her
own snhcrc. All the offerings of the
Wealthy in the courts OF the temple OF
Jerusalem were well in their time and
amount. But the poor widow. who haad
only her two mites, should not have telt
that her gift was unlmportant. 1t seemed
That little Offering; and the story of her
doing her part has been told the world
over in the centuries since then, as a les
son and as an inspiration. Even though
our rart is but a little one, God, as it were,
watches and waits for th,t.--Sunday
School Times
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fiUanciai.

Morgan's friends arc again buying
Steel.
London is again nibbling at Amcri-
can securities.
There we're sixty-four bidders for
New York's new loan OF $7,ooo,ooo.
The best bid for Chicago's new ST.
100000 per cent, loan was an even par,
Hard to coax the public into the mar
ket. Burnt child breads the fire"
About 55 per cent. OF the I,ooo, 900
shares OF Lake Superior have paid the
s. assessment
Arizona republican., 1903-11-10
COST OF ENGLISH ELECTIONS.

a general election such as seems in
evitable within a very short period. is
costly business, but not nearly so
expensive since the introduction cf the
corrupt practices act. In 1850 Mr.
GladstOne's majority of 21I in Midlo-
THAN was obtained with an outlay of
f2,693 12s. Sd. or an average of Fl las.
I'D for every vote, while the Earl Of
Dalkieth, wko opposed him. incurred
an expenditure OF f4.O6S, or 70 19s. sgd.
a vote. In the same year the Duke of
Devonshire paid f4.617 for his seat.
Lord George Hamilton and Mr. Cc-
tavius Cooke between them in Middle
sex ran up a bill of f11,5 and Herbert
Gladstone, who was rejected by the
same constituency, spent &c, 377-a tidy
sum to pay for Geceat In 1880 an
English county seat cost approximately
$4,000. and borough about $500; now
the average outlay has been reduced to
a little over $1,000 and about f6CO re-
spectively.-London Daily Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-10
LOVERS OF BEAUTY.

The Japanese have a most charming
custom which the American would 90
well in following. In the houses of the
woll-tcedOt there is always one room
which is called the chamber of the
inspiring view" and from the windows
of this room may be seen some beauty
of nature, sometimes a glimpse of a
winding river or pretty hills. and fire.
auently it is no more than a blossom
ing cherry tree or an interruDted
stretch of white snow, but in any case
showing the simple love of the natu-
rally beautiful. While we Americans
give theatre and dinner parties. the
japanese get up parties to visit the
maple trees while they are respondent
In the autumn colors. or to go mush-
room hunting. and in the winter they
go out into the country to view the
fresh untrodden snow.-Detroit Tri-
bune.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-10
A Congressional Joke With A Ser
ious Ending.

Prohibition has at last invaded
Uncle Sans legislative halls. Yes
terday, for the first time in the history
Of the national capitol. senators and
congressman were unable to buy a
drink Of booze inside the building.
Heretofore the senate and house res
taurants have sold liquors as freely to
members as would any saloon down
town. For years and years the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union
sought to close these legislative bars.
but always, just as prohibition seemed
a certainty, the legislative machinery
jumped a cog. Last winter. however.
when the immigration bill was up for
consideration in the house, that body
INDUCED in one Of the heavy-witted
jokes for which all legislative bodies
are famous. rider was placed on the
bill. prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in the capitol building. The
idea Of the playful representatives was
that they were putting the senators lin
a hole but nobody expected that the
senate would agree to the provision.
The senators were in hole, sure
enough, and they concluded to stay in
the provision became a law.
And very probably, the quality of
Arizona republican., 1903-11-10
ONE LAW FOR ALL

In the defense OF Samuel Parks on
J the charge of extortion, a determined
effort was made to convince the judge
and jury that even though the fact be
established that Parks ccerced an en-
ploycr of labor into paying money in
order that his business might proceed
uninterrupted. this would not consti-
tUtc the crime alleged in the indict-
ment if the money were received by
Parks fer the union which he repre-
scented. That is. il was soberly argued
that an act defined as n crime in the
penal Code would be no crime il the
beneficiary of it was a labor union.
Although such proposition is prepos-
terCus, it is but the logical outcome Of
the reasoning which accords to men
banded together under the guise OF a
union rights and immunities not allow
ed to them as individuals, and not al
lowed to ether associations.
In the case OF Parks it was argued
that the unions and their representa-
tives We're above the law. and that
their actions must be measured by
standards entirely different from those
set up for the other members of the
community. The same argument has
been heard in defence of union pick
cts entertainment committees"
dying sQuadrons" and educational
committees" charged with assaults. ar
son and similar crimes against non
union men.
1t took the Parks jury fifteen minutes
to demolish any idea he may have
held that there is enc law for the IN
ionist and another for the non-union-
ist. If organiza tons of laborers will
take the fact to heart. they will
strengthen themselves and accomplish
much more for their members than
they can as long as they hold to the
ether belief. a crime is a crime,
though it is committed in the name Of
church or a bank or a labor union.
New York sun
Arizona republican., 1903-11-10

CURRENT COMMENT
TRIBES WITHOUT THE LAW"

| They were heathern tribes which the
poet of the "RecessionaI' noted as be-
| ing without the law, yet we are not
sure but that some Christian tribes
must bear the same reproach. Here is
| the Armenian vendetta in London. Here
/ is the Armenian attempt to murder
! Prince Galitzin. Here is aECther muir
derous plot in Servia, on soil still wet
with the blood of one of the most hid
eous slaughters in history. Here is
the immeasureable catalogue of out
RACES by Bulgarian marauders in
Macedonia, checked for the time By
climatic obstacles, but grimly marked
"to be continued in cur next Had
the barbarous Turk or the heather
Chinee done these things. great would
have been the Indignation of the
Christian world. But those who have
dCne them are Christians, and-doeS
that. or should it make a difference?
Beyond doubt there has been much
provccaticn for these things. or for
some Of them. Dispatches euphemisti-
cally speak of the transfer of the
property of the Armenian church to
the Russian crown. Convey the
wise call it. But it would be difficult
to conceive anything mere like arbi-
trary confiscatiOn, and it is difficult to
find fault with the Armenians for be-
ing indignant at such spoliatiOn of
their ancient church. Yet assassina-
ton is not the proper course for the
righting of such a wrong. We have
no doubt that Alexander and Draga of
Servia We're evil rulers, but we have
TO faith in the butchery OF woman
as a means of purifying government.
No informed person questions that
Turkish rule in Macedonia is corrupt
and cruel, but it is impossible to APP
prove arson, assassination, train
wrecking and dynamite outrages as
counter irrtants.
What the world needs to recognize
is that mere profession Of Christianity
does net necessarily make a people
civilized, cultivated and capable of in
dependent self-government. That is
the fact that should be before the
mind in the settlement of the Balkan
problem and the winding up of Otto
man affairs. We must prefer the re-
ligiCn professed by the Bulgars. Serbs
and Armenians TO that of the Turks
But we must remember at the same
time that, apart from their religion,
the former have no superiority over
the latter, and that moreover. their
profession of Christianity does not re-
strain many OF them from acts of saw
age wickedEess. 1t would not be at
all easy to expel the Turk from ruler
ship in Christian provinces. 1t would
be far more difficult. after the Turk
was expelled, u establish an autonomy
that would realize the ends for which /
governments are instituted among
Arizona republican., 1903-11-10

all a chimerical idea. 1t is, in fact, a
very practical possibility. and Lord
Rosebery has merely given fresh
proof of his far-seeing craftsmanship.
Although he did not so state, he had in
mind the undeniable fact that Ameri-
cans remain Americans wherever they
go. Englishmen take pride in the fact
that although they may emigrate by
tens of thousands to the four quarters
Of the earth, they never forswear al
legiance to the British crown and flag
except in the comparatively few cases
where. they become American citizens
But the refusal of Americans to be-
come citizens of other nations admits
Of no exceptions. The citizens of the
United States who have renounced al
legiance to the American co Constitution:
and flag would not fill an ordinary hall
to overlooking.
Much, therefore, as our countrymen
admire the English and Canadian peo-
pie, and much as they admire the per-
feet degree CT liberty which is enjoyed
by a citizen Of the British empire, very
few OF them could be induced to part
permanently with their American citi-
zenship. AS Lord Rcsebery indicates.
the wheat fields of the Canadian
Northwest are drawing to that region
many thousands of American farmers,
and beyond the perfunctory compli-
ance with the Canadian laws govern
ing homesteads, they do not, and never
Will. forget that they are Americans.
And to a certainty. when Americans
find that they preponderate in the
Canadian Northwest, it will not be
difficult to foresee another example of
American expansion"
Lord Rosebery, and not Mr. cham
berlain or Mr.. Balfour, is the British
statesman who sees furthest into the
future.
Arizona republican., 1903-11-10
a DISTINCTION BETWEEN RELIC.
ION AND CHRISTIANITY

Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker must be
classed as a Christian rather than as
= Teligionist. Her beliefs were express
ed in her acts, and not by insistence
on tenets and dogmas. Religion may
mean a wide variety of things to its
professors. 1t may stand for Budd-
hism, MohaT1edanism. Mormonism,
DOwieism, or any other ism" that
may appeal to the fancy of persons in
search of such a belief
The concordance shows that the word
religion occurs not more than five
times in the whole Bible. il is defined
but once. In the general epistle OF
James is found this text. Pure re-
ligiCn and undcfiled before God and the
Father is this, To visit the fatherless
and the widows in their affliction. and
to keep himself unspotted from the
world"
The gentle reader is left to decide
for himself how nearly this definition
is fulfilled by the religion which John
ID. Rockefeller finds Astounding in his
heart to a degree that he sometimes
feels impelled, he says, to take the
lecture field to tell the world how much
it has done fo- him
1t is exceedingly doubtful whether
anybody ever heard Emma Booth
Tucker give voice to the common cant
about desiring more religion or clearer
evidence of her acceptance with God.
In the throng of the great duties
which crowded upon her she left that
sort of mouth service to people who
resort to stimulation of righteousness
for sCrdid purpose. She was much
too busy with her Masters work to
find opportunity for self Qualification,
either in the way of Wanting herself
or by the affectation of false humility.
That Emma B0oth-Tucker walked
with Christ and learned of Him is at