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CHAPTER XVII.
RESCUE OF ANNIE EALSToN.

RESCUE OE ANNIE hhLoloN.
Ny emotion can be more easily i'm.
agined than described when | recog.
nized in the thin, worn man my old
friend Langston.
| wanted to rush to him and clasp
him in my arms. | wanted to shout
and scream my JOY in his very ears.
But something in his appearance held
me back. He looked like sick man
did Langston--and some occult in
fuence warned me not to declare my
identity to him with too great a sud
denness. He had evidently suffered
much. He was not the robust athlete
| had once known, in whose massive
arms the power of horse lay hidden.
He looked haggard. His eyes had a
shifty way that was not natural to
them. His mind was evidently not at
rest. I knew that he believed me
dead at the bottom of the China Sea.
Should I declare myself in an awkward
manner, the shock might be too much
for him. I knew that it would be
difficult for him to recognize me with
my brown skin, yet I hoped that the
sound of my voice, if we came to speak
to each other, would give him ali ink.
ling of the truth.
The commanding officer stepped
from the boat to the land. After him
came Langston. They were followed
by other officers and several sailors
and marines, all fully armed aud ready
for any emergency. They were not
yet near enough for me to hear theiI
voices, but I could tell from the ex.
pressions OH the faces of Langston and
his companion that they were having
q heated discussion. Laugsion re.
peatedly pointed to the tower and
seemed to be insisting upon some.
thing. The officer shook his head and
appeared to be in doubt. Langston
began to look worried.
They came toward me.
stood, surrounded by my officers,
waiting to receive them. AS they ap
preached, 1 noticed that the com.
mander was a handsome fellow, and
bore himself with dignity becoming
| the representative ol my o"u BIea'
country.
"You surrender to the United
States?" said he, stopping before me
end studying me and my officers Will
wondering look.
"And right glad am / to do it,"
replied. "You might have come in
and taken us without shot, aud
would have been mado welcome"
Langston pecrcd at ne curiously
His face was very pale. He was very
nervous.
"You are the commander of the
forces of Hen Ko-Hi?" demanded the
officer.
"No, I am nothing of the kind
The forces of Hen-Ko. .Hi--most o
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Affections of Home.

Ii ever household affections and loves are
graceful things, they are graceful! IN the
poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and
the proud to home may be forged on earth.
but those which link the poor man to his
humble hearth are of the true metal. and
bear the stamp of heaven; The man OF
Of his inheritance as part OF himself, as
trophies of his birth and power; the poor
mans attachment to the tenement he holds
which strangers have held before, and may
tomorrow occupy again, has worthler
root, struck deep into .purer soil; His
household gods are of flesh and blood. with
no al,oy of silver. gold or precious stones
he has no property but in the affections OF
his own heart. and when they endear bare
meals. that man has his love of home from
God. and his rude hut becomes solemn
nlnce Charles Dickens
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Character Building.

Character is the word OF honor from
which coat of mail can be woven that the
swIftest arrow of shame or the keenest
knife of disrepute cannot pierce. Every
Thought that enters our mind, every act
we do. and every word we utter, adds a
link to the golden chain of character The
strength of steam engine can be esti.
mated to within an ounce of its limit, but
it is impossible to estimate, the force of
noble character The hardest hearts are
scftened and the most repulsive, dispos';;
tions tecome fascinating. Our failures and
our successes help to form reputation that
may be DESTROYED by an estelna. toreiS: nHia
be effected by some internal force.-Our
Rows MapaZine
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a Pjoeon Post on Shlps,

The Compagnie Generate Transat
sntique Is not only trying the wire
ess telegraph on it's ship. the Sayoie
,.it employs pigeon post which has
siven satisfaction. Out of twenty.
three trials at distances of $50 to 250
miles from land eighteen succeeded.
It is found possible to have news of
ship in this way for twenty-four hours
before she arrives at port. More
over, the birds become harder with
practice, their sense of orientation or
homing instinct grows keener and the
percanta9a of birds lost is lowered
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TOWN DIRECTORY.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

President of Board, J. T. D. Miller.
Commissioners, Frank Hesson, w. J.
Freeze, J. T. Waesche, c. A. Weller.
Bailiff-Benedict Knott
Justice of the Pcace-Joln Jones.
Notary Public-W. w. Zimmerman.
Postmaster. Henry Cover.
Agent w. M. R. R.-Frank Hesson.
Thurmont National Bank-Saml M.
Birely, Cashier.
High School-H. D. Beachley, Princi-
pal
Public Schools-H J. Kefauver, Prin-
cipal: Misses NJ. Beth Firor, Mary Lam
ders, Grace Henshaw, Assistants.
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A Tender Conscience.

A tender conscience is precious gilt
from God We do not mean a scrupulous
conscience governed by crochets, or NOR.
bid conscience governed by fear OF it's own
creation. Both of these are most trouble
some guests to entertain. But we mean a
tender conscience which is governed in all
things by the word of God.
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LODGE DIRECTORY.

Good Samaritan Lodge, No 49, l. o.
o. F., meets every Thursday.
Acacia Lodge, No. l55, A. +. & A. NJ,
meets every second and fourth Monday.
Chancellor Lodge, No. 67, X. of P,
meets every Saturday.
Columbia Council No. 81, Jr. o. U. A.
NJ, meets every Friday.
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Western Maryland Railroad.

Schedule in effect Sept. Is, 1902.
Trains Going West.
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Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsbura
at 8 26 and 10 38 m, and 81 and 81
p m.
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro ano
Chambersburg at 705 m, aud for Ship.
prnshurg at / 40 IN, and - y N.
Leave lIngrrsiown for Chnirr h'n and
points on Pot mac WHEY Railroad ii
S 20 il m and /? rS aud u. y III.
Ira,c lIrucr, il,' inr Frr'h rick ut 8 80
Q 80 and 10 40 u IN and , W and 30
u IN, and for Littiestown Taneytown,
NrirLtsyille and CoIumbih at 9 Al u Ii
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THE OFFICE CLOSED.
Continued from page ~

President and all the members of the
cabinet will attend the ceremonies.
Two hundred thousand tons of bread
stuffs must be imported from wheat
producing centers to Australia during
the coming season to meet harvest de-
ficiencies, says United States Consul
Cooling at Newcastle
The Bolivian minister has received
a cablegram saying that the Bolivian
government has signed d treaty for
arbitration with the republic of Peru
to settle the boundary question. The
arbitrator selected is the Argentine
government
Consular advices received at the state
department from Mazatlan, Mexico,
relative to the outbreak of the bubonic
plague, state that the disease was
brought ever on Chinese ship arriv-
ing there, Dec. Is. Every precaution
will be taken to prevent the entrance Of
the, plague into this country.
The attention of the officers of the
administration charged with the direc-
ton of Philippine affairs being called
to a dispatch from Rome to the effect
that Secretary Hay has written the
Vatican that Mgr. Messmer of Green
Bay, Wis. is impossible for the position
of bishop Of Manila because of the fire
brand speech which he recently made
before the Catholic Truth Federation,
the statement was made in the most
emphatic terms that there was abso-
lutely no foundation for the story.
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CABLE TO MANILA.
Will Be Compatibility the Glorious
Fourth, Says Mackey.

New York. Jan. 2.-Ciarence Mackay,
president, George G. Ward, vice pres
ident and general manager, and the
other officials of the Commercial Pa
cific Gable. Co.. are naturally greatly
pleased at the completion of the COM
pany's cable between San Francisco
and Hawaii. a worksto which they have
devoted much energy and time during
the last few months,
They do not propose 90 stop4at .Ha-
wall. however. and now say that by
July they expect the cable will have
been completed to Manila, Speaking
of the project Mr.. Ward said: 1.-THE
cable to Hawaii was connected through
to San Francisco at S.43. Jan. 1st (Hon-
olulu time). The cable opens for pub
lie business on Monday morning, Jan.
5th. The widespread interest and en-
thusiasm created by bringing the Ha-
waiian islands into electric touch with
the Pacific coast is evidenced by con-
gratulatory cablegrams received, to-
day. 1t is a particular satisfaction to
us to have the cable completed on the
first day of the new year, because it
fulfils our promise to Congress. Rapid
progress is being made in the manufac-
ture of the sections to be laid between
Honolulu and Manila. Over $500 miles
of this cable have already been manu-
featured and l fully expect messages
will be exchanged with Manila by the
fourth of July next. The laying of the
sections will commence from
Manila. the first week in May next"
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1T WORKS PERFECTLY.
First Test Of the Pacific Gable Was a
~ Grand Success.

San Francisco, Jan. 2-San Francis
co and Honolulu are. now connected by
cable. The first words passed under
the ocean a few moments after, II
o'clock. Thursday night. The wire
worked perfectly "a e-et' -.
The SilvertoWn. just before splicing
the ends some 80 miles off shore, from
Honolulu telegraphed both ways for
the land stations to wait until lilo
O'Clock San francisco time, before try
ing the cable. That time was desired
to insure the perfect hardening Of the
gutta percha in the splice after the
joints had been lowered overheard from
the ship in about $500 feet Of water.
Operators sat anxiously and eagerly
about their instrument in King street
at Honolulu and at the cable Office on
Market street in San Francisco waiting
for the time limit to expire.
A few minutes after Ii o'clock before
the time limit was up a signal went
from this end to Honolulu.
The first response from Honolulu
came into San Francisco at exactly
HOB o'clock.
1t was exactly BAL in Honolulu, the
time difference being two hours and %
minutes and few seconds.
The first message received was from
Gov. Dole to Pres. Roosevelt :. It was
merely formal greeting and congratula-
ton from the governor of Hawaii to the
people of the United States from one
chief to the other. The message was
transmitted at the Market street office
to Q wire leading directly to the execu-
tive mansion in Washington and it's re-
ceipt was at once acknowledged.
When the message reached the White
House. Pres. Roosevelt was asleep and
the operator refused to awakn him.
Right after the signature on the first
message came second message from
Honolulu. 1t was greeting from the
people of Hawaii to Clarence H. Mack
ay, president Of the Commercial Cable
Co.. congratulating him on the compile
ton of the cable and expressing sor-
row that John w. Mackay had not sur
vived to see the instantaneous bond be-
tween the islands and the American
continent. This message was signed
by Henry E. Cooper, secretary of the
territory of Hawaii =
Then came message from The Asso-
ciated Press correspondent on the Sill
vertown telling of the successful laying
of the cable and of the celebration of
the event in Honolulu.
The paper ribbon containing the rec
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A quantity of dynamite exploded in one
of the sang ways of the Oak Hill colliery
near M.nersville, Pa, Friday, killing
three miners and injuring dozen ..thers.
year ended Dec. 81. was the largest on rec
ord. 1t reached total of s., 260, 600 being
$4,000 in excess. of the corresponding Pc
Rod of 1901. ,.s& $500 h .'D,a r.,
The British steamer Horribly Castle,
Capt. Jackman, has arrived at Antwerp,
from Galveston and landed the crew Of
the schooner Jessie of St. Johns, y. F.
which vessel sank - se.. az.
The New Orleans and San Francisco
railroad was chartered at New Orleans,
Friday with capital stock of s., 900 900,
the object, is to build line from New Or
leans by way of Arkansas to Chicago.
Chief Postoffice Inspector Cochran re-
ceived a icablegraln. Friday. announcii,
the arrest of Rafael Rodriguez, postmas-
ter at Coamo, Port Rico. on the charge
amount not stated. and the stealing of
about $685. while in transit.
The announcement Friday that Henry
H. Stetoberg. assistant chief of the fire
department at Webster Mass, is Ill with
small rex, caused a sensation. it had
been. hoped that the epidemic which had
developed over so cases in that town and
Dudley had been stamped out
"A cable has been received at Halifax.
N. s.. from Capt. J. D. Manthorn of the
at St., Thomas, w. l. The Severn left
New York for Weymouth, N. s., on Nov.
s8th, and no doubt was carried to the
southwark during the heavy westerly
gales.
The war department has made public
the report OF the uniform board setting
forth the changes made in the army uni
form. An important change is the abo-
lition OF the chapeau, the service helmet
and service cap for the officers and the
service trousers for the enlisted men.
Provision is made for the combination
sash and belt for brigadier generals.
The right OF police to keep mans pho
tograph In the ..Rogues Gallery IS to lie
DECIDED by the courts. Jacob Owen OBJ
tanned anyorder from Justice Scott in the
suprenlecourt of New York, Friday. d.
recting Police Commissioner Greene 10
show cause why he and the officials of the
detective bureau should not be restrained
from keeping his photograph in the
rogues gallery and circulating copies
among the dierent police precincts.
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CABLE FLUCTUATIONS.
Official Notes Passed on Completion of
Hawaiian Line.


Washington, Jan. 2-The following
ycablegram was received at the White
House at 2.30 o'clock, this morning, dat
ed Honolulu. Jan. l: 1888 P M. The
President. Washington. The people of
the territory of Hawaii send then
greetings to you and express their
qualification of the Inauguration of tel
egraph communication with the main
land. We all believe that the removal
of the disadvantage of isolation will
prove strong factor in the upbuilding
of patriotic and progressive Ameri-
can commonwealth in these islands.
(SignedD Henry E. Cooper, secretary OF
Hawaii" Il.
The Presidents response was as fol-
lows: White House, Washington, Jan.
2. Henry E. Cooper, secretary of Ha.
waii. Honolulu, Hawaii. The Presi-
dent sends through you to Gov. Dole
and the people of Hawaii his hearty
congratulations upon the opening of
the cable. He believes that it will tend
to knit the people of Hawaii more
closely than ever to their fellow citi-
zens of the mainland and will be for the
great advantage of all our, people.
(Signed) George B. .Cortelyou, secretary
to the President" In
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EDUCATION FOR WOMEN.
Pres. Harper Of Chicago University
Defines His Idea.

Chicago. Jan. 2.-In the current issue
Of the University Record, President
Harper of the University of Chicago,
defines his ideas of segregation He
says in part.
'"rhe policy proposes the continuation
of the separation which has already
taken place in chapel assembly. with
possibly an extension in the matter of
division lectures. 1t permits co-instruc-
ton In those courses offered to junior
college students for which the registra-
tionts not sufficiently large to warrant
division on an economic basis. For
example, at the present time, one
third of all the courses offered to
junior college students, roughly speak
ing. will be offered to men, onethird
to women, and one-third open 10 both
men and women.
1T would mean, as the members in
crease, the number of courses retained
as co-instructicnal on grounds of econ
omy would be diminished. The plans
make necessary the provision of sep
arate class rooms and labora tories.
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r A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. 1t
- spares no class or nationally. The
cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat
and the pauper, the masses and the
classes are alike subject to la grippe.
None are exempt-all are liable.
Have you the grip? Or, rather, has
the grip got you? Grip is well named.
The original French. term, Ia grippe,
has been shortened by the busy Amerf-
can to read "grip." Without intending
to do SO new word has been coined
that exactly describes the case. AS if
some hideous giant with awful GRIP had
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REMOVAL NOTICE.

fidence in life, with a larger sense Of its
use and beauty, increases human
energy and prepares the best condi-
ton of success in all undertakings. We
are never left in life with an entirely
empty cupboard. There is always some
little portion of fat to eat and sweet
to drink. If we will only go our way
and look about us and not allow the
leanress of our grief to absorb our
thoughts or tears to blind our eyes and
fill every cup with bitterness"
There is very old story about the
famous clown, Grimaldi, who once
called In physician to see If he could
offer any alienation for the depres-
sion from which he suffered. Go and
see Grimaldi." advised the physician.
II am Grimaldi." replied the "melan-
choly Jacques in the testers garb.
Poor clown. He was suffering from
the reaction occasioned by the con-
slant effort to be funny. He needed
change of thought interest and occu-
patton. 1T isn't the uniting as 'urts
the 'orses. it's the 'Ammer, ammer.
'ammer on the ard Ugh road"
There is an exceedingly bitter tonic
that all Of us must gulp down sooner or
later and that is that no one cares n
straw about our woes. The man who
laughs is the man who has friends by
the score, whose society is eagerly
sought and who is always welcome, but
the woman who weeps very soon learns
that she must weep alone. This sad
old earth has need of our mirth."
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A CENT PER WORD
Is Marconi's Estimate Of Future
Ocean Messages.
Under Contract Nowto Transmit Them
at 10 Per Word.
Dinner to the Inventor by People Of
Sidney, N. S.

sydney, n. s., Jan. s.-The dinner
given in the Sydney hotel by the citi-
zens in honor of Signor Marconi was a
great success. The electrical display
was a feature of the decorations. AT
the opposite ends of the table We're
placed two miniature Marconi towers,
representing the stations at Table Head
and at Poldhu, Cornwall Between
these two stations an electric spark
flashed at intervals, signifying the
passing of wireless messages.
Mayor Grove paid a high tribute to
Marconi, and the inventor spoke at
length on the progress of his invention.
After reviewing the early stages of
wireless teIegraphy. Marconi said:
Tho cost of establishing Transact
lantic ENTHUSIASTICALLY service is less
than s200,000, while it cost s4,00O,00O to
lay an Atlantic cable. From this you
can readily see that wireless telegra ply
can be carried on at a much less cost
than cables. At the present time the
cable companies serve the purpose adj
mirahly, that is for the rich, but for
masses--the great majority of people in
the civilized world-are precluded from
using the cable because of it's cost.
Wireless telegraphy, by bringing down
the cost of communication over sea,
will do great thing for mankind. AS
for Great Britain and her colonies and
the great American republic to our
south it will give a better understand
ing between them all and strengthen
to u large degree the family ties which
bind them.
las you are aware, we are under con-
tract to transmit messages for 10 cents
a word, hut you need not be surprised
if in the future wireless messages are
tlasned across the Atlantic at cost of
a cent q word
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Have an Absorbing Interest or Occupa.
ton.

Is there any one of the human family
, who does not suffer occasionally from
that 'loathed melancholy" called 1.-THE
blues? vss
It such a person exists he is as rare
as the great aux, and he never never,
eats late suppers or looks a thought
too often on the cup that cheers
From whatever cause the blue devils
take possession of us. whether from de-
rangements of the liver or nervous sys-
them is the same, unless, indeed, they
are bred by organic disease (which has
taken vital hold of the system.
And this cure-an absorbing interest
or occupation. People who ride their
hobbies in season and out of season
very rarely have the blues. En-
thusiastic collectors are also apt to be
aggressively cheerful. If you suffer
from depression of spirits, then, take
the advice of authorities on the SUBJ
ject and look about for an interest in
ilIe.
Ursula Chesterfield in one Of her books
handles the blue devils without gloves.
She frankly informs the victims that
what is the matter with them is not
that they are too fine for earth's'
coarser uses" and that their delicate
natures suffer from contact with the
rude. boisterous world, but that they
are ahnormally selfish, too absorbed in
their own sensations to heed the fact
that they are enveloping themselves in
an atmosphere Of gloom which must
necessarily depress all about them.
Her prescription is to smile. smile;
smile in season and out Of season;
smile whether you feel like it or not,
and gradually the mental state will
adapt itself to the bodily expressions.
A charming young woman was heard
to say the other day, II am too much
in love ever to have the blues" '"Too
much in love ~ echoed her astonished
auditors. surprised at this frank reve-
lation. Yes" she replied, provoking
~, too much in love with myself. I
regard myself as a mirror, don't you
see, put on earth to reflect all the joy
and gladness Of the universe; and so
7 cannot think Of letting myself be-
come obscured and dimmed by such
ugly clouds as the blues. All, never! II
am too vain
Charles Newcomb, that coiner of cpl
grams, says: There is no stimulant
that is more speedy and thorough in its
action than the thrill of joy and glad
ness. 1t is a natural tonic, and the en-
tire system responds to it's exhilarating
vibrations. Anything that arouses con-