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H HE FLi || A * LO VE ^ BY AMELI CHAPTER TIL CONTINUED. "Mr. Mowbray will feel much obliged to you. Bolts and bars cannot keep out love. Do you imagine the 'Rules' of a ladies' school will be more successful?" "You will see what I will do! Do you think I will permit a couple of silly women to break my plans to pieces?" "There has been some excellent fooling done by silly women in all ages, Alexander. You had better not try your wit against them." "My will is sufficient. I say that Katherine shall marry Jamie Wintoun." "If she wills, not unless." Then she went out of the room and left him alone with his will. And there was a smile on her face, not like unto the smile of an obedient woman. It was more like the smile of a woman who is anticipating a controversy and is certain of victory. CHAPTER IV. "i MUST SEE MY BROTHER." "This earth whereon we dream Is on all sides o'ershadowed by the high T ?--1 irM..n4Aln<i \TAnaooUl> UUU Oiicapcu iujuuiuiu^ Ui , Sparing us narrower margin than we deem." ?Arnold. "No joy so great but runneth to an end, No hap" so hard but may in time amend." ?Southwell. Two letters arrived at the manse ery ;early next morning. One was from Mrs. Brathons to Jessy asking her to request Mr. Mowbray not to visit Levens-hope for two or three weeks. "She was," she said, "fully resolved to stand by the promise she had made him with regard to Katherine, but she must have time to consider the kindest and best way to manage the future." In truth, the lady was much troubled and perplexed. She had, perhaps, * a more affectionate feeling toward the laird than she was really aware of; at any rate, she did recognize a certain loyalty to his interests as incumbent upon her. Also Jamie Wintoun had some claim to be considered. He had won a large share of her liking. She could not remember one instance in which he had been thoughtless of her ?. feelings or neglectful of her wishes. * To injure him both in hi? affections and his estate did seem a little too bad; but she was in hopes that^if Jime was taken to look at the station reasonably, some financial arrangement favorable to Wintoun could be made. Hence, she wished Mowbray to keep out of sight, since the laird would only be irritated by his presence. The other letter was a very intemperate one from the laird to the minister. "Dear Sib: I hope you will use the power given you to get the mnn Mowbray * tTa away iruui umu >? uiui. uo 13 uu uusujs to my sight and to my ear, and be has been seeking Katherine's love without word or warrant from me. I think it is your duty as a minister to keep peace in families, and I expeot you to get the man o'er the border to his own home, and also to look well after your daughter lest she make or meddle in matters beyond her judgment, and do more ill than either you or she wots of. Respectfully. "Alexander Brathocs." The miuister, who was a man of Eery spirit, answered .his letter promptly with two words, which are better not printed, especially as Jessy pretended not to hear them. The second reply was more elaborate, but just as truthful. "DearLaird: I have your lettor, and I am sorry for it. There is no excuse for . such a bit of ridiculous writing. Mr. * ' MowDray Roing up and down Gala Water is on the king's highway, and he has as much right there as you or any other man. As for mf duty, if I fail In it, the Presbytery will ask pio thp reasoft *whj.' Iam rvn f nnAar TiniHior lr> i r. 1 r or i r?i? T will beg leave to remind you of your own shortcomings, for if all good people who offended your eyes and your ears were to be banished from Gala Water, you would And yourself in a desert. You are ill to please, laird, and that is the truth; and if the truth hurts you, I am only doing part of that 'duty' you remind me of. As for the Flower of Gala Water, I see no harm in any good gentleman admiring her sweet be?uty and tryiog to win her. Katberine Janfnrie is a womau, and is, therefore, not beyond wooing and winning. I believe iu love marriages, laird. I think the union of hearts is better than that of purses. And I will further ask you to remember that, though you mav be Laird of Levens, I am minister of Kirtle-bope; aud that Levens lies within my parish and spiritual jurisdiction. You must give your own message to my daughter. I will carry ill words for no man. But I have no reasonable doubt that Katbcrine Janfarie and Jessy Telfair will continue to make and meddle with each other's joys and sorrows, your orders aud my advice to the contrary notwithstanding. For we are neither of us men to make the women of this day pay much heed to our likings una disllkings. I hope to hear tell of you soon is a more wise-like and Cbristian-liko spirit; and so, wishing you well, I am your faithful minister, "Jons Calvin Telfair." Having written this letter, Doctor Telfair went up the water toward Galashiels. He thought it likely he -would meet Mowbray, who was staying at the Galashiels Hotel. He was not sure that he meaut to interfere at all with the young man's love affairs; he was simply in that mental condition which seeks the guiding of circumstances. He might meet Mowbray and he might not. It they did meet he might speak of Ivathenue ana ne migut think it best not to do so. A mile up the water he did meet Mowbray. The young man was riding slowly and thoughtfully toward Levens-hope. He was very happy. He knew that Katherine loved him, and he did not spoil his joy by questioning and qualifying it. He was going to see her, aud the sweet air, the bright sunshiue and the spirit ot summer were going with him. The prodigious disqnietude of a selfish lover he knew nothing of. He was carrying his soft hat, and the frerh wind was blowing his hair. The bridle lay loosely iu bis grasp; be was bumming softly to himself a little love song. When the minister joined him he alighted from his horse, threw the bri> m... ^Mi ? nwpp np I T T JM1\ W A. ^ iALA WATER | jJSTORy,? i| $ IA E. BARR, ^ BII. BONWER'B SOM.) die over liis arm and walked by his side. There was a little brown wren singing on the whin bushes, and they stood still to watch its body incline to n-orrl tlin nun it,a head thrown back. its breast swelling with ecstasy. "He is singing to his love," said Mowbray. "The bird is enchanted! See how his wings flutter!" "Wings! "Wings!" cried the minister, "'Wings! that our hearts may rest In the radiant morning's breast!' "Oh, that I had wings like a dove!" His face was sad; he was already sorry for the letter he had written. "I have been angry this morning, Mr. Mowbray," he continued, "and I am out of favor with myself; for I can tell you that the moment a man feels angry he has ceased striving for the truth; and he has begun to strive for himself. I think you had better ride to the manse. Miss Telfair will have a word or two to say to you. As for me, I must talk with my own heart for an hour." Then Mowbray understood that there was some annoyance, and the laird's behavior on the previous night gave him the key to it. So he thanked Doctor Telfair and rode rapidly forward, his joy having been Suddenly turned into anxiety. T_ ii. l:. J.II kUO mcuutiuic luciauu uau. uoou making every one at Lavens as unhappy as possible. He was scolding about the strawberry beds before breakfast, and nothing at that meal satisfied him. The oatmeal was half boiled, the chops were bumed, the rolls cold, the coffee muddy. He kept the footman on a trot between the breakfast parlor and the kitchen most of the time, and it gratified him to see the young man in a state of tears and trembling. For he was angry at the silent dignity of Mrs. Brathous and Katherine. He felt that his complaints ought to have been indorsed by them. TL'jir non-interference was a tacit disapproval of his misconduct. Alter the disagreeable meal was over, the ladies were leaving the room together. He recalled them in what he intended to be a very authoritative manner; but Mrs. Brathous detected in it that tone of bluster which is always the sign of cowardly timidity and she asked promptly: "What do you want with us, Alexander?" "I have something very important to say to Katherine. Come here, miss. You will be married on the 29th of September. It is Jamie's birthday, and he may as well make it his marriageday." "You are going beyond bounds on every side, laird," answered Mrs. Brathous for her daughter. "It is the" right of the bride to choose her wedding-day, and her husband also. And I doubt if you have word or warrant from Jamfe for what you say. You may be laird of Levens-hope, but Katherine Janfarie is beyond your or-1 dering." "It is high time that I took matters in hand. Girls that are as good as married playing shuttlecock with two men's hearts! It is not respectable. I am not able to bear it. I did not sleep well last night, and to lose my sleep is as much as my life is worth. I am so nervous this morning it is really pitiful. I will not suffer in this way for any girl's vanity. Plirt, flirt, flirting, morning, noon aud night!" "Alexander, take heed what you say. You are slandering my daughter." "I say Katherine is a flirt! She is all the same as Jamie's wife, yet I saw her making eyes at that Englishman and whispering in corners with him. I saw her!" "It is not the truth." "Is she not betrothed to James Wintoun?" "No." "Helen Brathous!" "I say 'No,' not unless she desires the marriage. A promise ?made at twelve years of age could hardly be binding on a woman of nineteen, even if it had been an unconditional promise. Katherine nor I ever regarded it as anything but provisional?if she liked, if Wiutoun liked, if we wero both in the same mind." "Well, women beat all! I will have no more to say to either of you. But the wedding will take place. So you make ready ior it or noi, just, us u pleases you. It is no longer a question of women's likes or dislikes. I will take the law to my side. Just understand that, will you? For behind Alexander Brathous stands the lord chancellor and the court, and if I caunot manage my iady Katherine I will even make her a ward of chancery aud put Mr. Mowbray?or whatever the fellow's name is?under bonds for good behavior. Now you may go your ways?both of you?for I am just worn out with the care and worry of another man's daughter. I lost my good sleep all night, and I have a palpitation of the heart even now, that is like enough to get worse." "I suppose Katherine has some rights, Alexander?" "Rights! No! She has privileges and they are all and everything that a good girl wants. She has the privilege of as fine a home as there is in Tweedside. She has the privilege of a good mother and of a guardian wise and faithful beyond the common; she has the privilege of a marriage far better than she merits, for as a lot of fools have called her the Flower of Gala Water she has the very great privilege of owning many a bonnie brae and meadow by Gala Water, and of bloom ing her life away in tnem. aqii as sure as my name is Alexander Brathous, I will let no English body transplant the Flower of Gala Water. The man that tries it will never cross the border hame again!" "That is all gasconading and braggadocia! Ton swagger like Pistol, and always eat the leek at the end of it." "Madam! Madam! I will " ''"i* \ if. 1} ,1. . r \ "You do. You know you dc Come, Katherine;" and though tli laird stood up and struck the tabl ivith his closed hand, and even mildl; s wore a little, the ladies went calml I ry-n 4- v?^a ?rnean/?n lnovinrr Vlim Wltll UUU VI iiio ?/Jl OOVUVV) *VU 1 ?? M vout a single promise, and with a ver positive sense of defeat. But the opportunity to explain an< defend himself was an absolute necea sity of his nature, and he was sorr now that he had written to the minis ter. It was above all things desirabl that he should have his good wor and support. "However," ho mentally concluded "I will just ride over to the manse I will go on my Barbarv mare wit' my man in the Levens livery behin* me. Telfair will giro in a bit to thai and when I?the Laird of Levens hope?say a few words with a ring c apology in them, the minister will b glad enough to put the offense awa; it - - rr _f i j ia Wlin a wnau 01 me jjuuu. or u pum word or the like of that. For it i true as Gospel that the minister i just a nobody without the laird be hind him." He put on his tightest-fitting riding coat and his Dent saddle-gloves, calle* his JBarbary mare and his man Archi bald, and rode proudly down the mail avenue. Before he reached the bij gates he met the minister's man wit] the minister's letter. It was blow th second and rather harder to meet thai his wife's defence. "Such a like letter," he mutterei when he had read it through. "Thi man writes to me as if I was a ver; sinner. 'The comely humility of i Presbyter' indeed! A more prelati spirit could not be found in a Higl Episcopal. I am just distracted witl the insult. Levens-hope in his parisl and spiritual jurisdiction! Humph-m'f?m'f!" and snorting out his defl ance of this truth he turned his finel; animal t.n Wintmm Hotifle He found Jamie in precisely tl* mood he desired. The young mai was feeling hurt and wronged, andhii uncle's sympathy was sweet and hi: l..'omises comforting. "It is all in your own hands Jamie," he said, "the woman you lov< and the estate which it would breal both our hearts to see rouped ant sold." "I will do anything reasonable, un cle, but I do not like to give Kather ine pain or annoyance of any kind." "Katherine does not know her owi mind. She has no idea of what is gooc for her. No girl at her age has Fathers and mothers and guardian! Vinira nrntr.ll t.Vl OTT1 an if t.llPV had th< death fever. At nineteen years of ag< the whple generations of women g< demented abont the man of tlieii choice; they always have and they al ways will. It is a kind of crisis; ge them over it and they take gratefully the sensible husband selected fo: them. You have been too kind witl Katherine. Be more masterful. Makt her take good fortune from you; hands, and when ehe is married shi will come to her senses and thank you I had to take the mastery with hei mother. I have to do so yet, Jamie I had to do it this morning," he added with mendacious self-complacenc^ that did not impose upon his nephew "I was thinking of going to Switz erland for a few months. I havehearc that climbing glaciers is a cure foj love." "And leave the ground to your rival' I wish I could give you some of nr spirit. On the contrary, be at Levens hope early and late. Keep every priv ilege you have gained with a tigh grip. Tell Katherine you want to bi married in September. Speak of Parii and Rome and St. Petersburg and th< North Pole, if it suits her for a wed ding trip. Send herrings andbroochef of all kinds. Get the whole country side talking of your marriage; mos women would rather die than hav< people say their wedding was broker off. Man, Jamie! If you let that fel low, Mowbray, steal your wife, yor may just as well give him your estate and if vou let Wintouu slip, I am noi likely to trust you with Levens-hope.' "Do not .threaten, uncle; I neec tliraofa rinv nrnmi!IP9 wherf I VUi VMV^> MV* 1"? - Katherine i3 concerned." fio BE CONTINUED.] t Disease in tlie Philippines. Sprue, that peculiar tropical disease wliicli seems to attack the lining of one's interior anil to render it sc sensitive that food cannot be retained by one suffering from the malady, is not uncommon in Manila. Philippine Islands, and is apt to attack certaic foreigners whose stomachs are pecu liarly susceptible to change yf fare, Ard let him who finds he has sprut get out of the country just as quick a? he can, for nothing but a change o! climate will effect a enre, aud if the trouble is not attended to at the out set the victim will frequently get sc *linf l,0 will Via unable to ee( away at all. Some may have sprue, leave the islands for Japan or th< Pacific Coast, and recover from it tc come back to Manila, but others an not able to shake it oli* even by re turning home. Sunstroke is apparently uncommor in Manila, for one soon gets to re spect the sun after a day or two of his attentions. The vital point to pro tect during one's stay in the direc sunlight is the back of the neck, ant a new arrival should be careful abou wearing hats that do not slieltur this tender region. Letting alone th< question of sunstroke, it is an admit ted fact that overexposure to tbe sui is the drect cause of much of th< i Manila fever. As wet season seems, peculiarly enough, to be the healthiest time o the year, so the hot, dry sprin} mouths, coming in the lull betweei the monsoons, are the most unhealthy Smallpox is particularly active fron January to April, and the universa plowing of the soggy rice fields tha comes before the beginning of thi rainy season, seems to let loose ai extra army of fever germs from thi damp soil.?New York Times. Only Two Fault*. "Xow that you have bought ant paid for the horse," said the man wit! a self-satisfied chuckle, "I want to tel you in confidence that it has only go two faults." "Well, what are they?" "When he is in the field he is ver difficult to catch." "Oh, I don't mind that; I'll sooi catch him. What is the other fault?' "Why, when you have caught hin he is not worth anything."?Tit-Bits -.v. , - : . \ t : FI0HT1N0 TF e y I The Good Work Done by th y Third Battl 1 A Oar soldiers are walking over the ^ Filipinos in great style. Even when fighting behind entrenchments "with , Mausers and Remingtons they are plainly no match for the Americans. The Filipinos have the Spanish dread ' of a charge against an entrenched poj* sition. They give way in rout at the , very moment when trained soldiers, having reserved their fire, would '[ sweep the assailants with a withering I fusillade. In no other way can ' charging infantry be repulsed. What 6 the Filipinos know about fighting '*> f 8 MEN OP THE SIGNAL SERVICE. 3 Extending the telegraph lines during the third battle of Manila. * " 3 they have learned from the Spaniards, ? who waste a tremendous amount of 1 ammunition in volleys at long range and run when the enemy presses - them. The chief credit for our vic tories must go to General Elwell S. Otis, whose disposition of troops at i every point where they were likely to 1 come in contact with the enemy has shown him to possess 'military talents i of a high order. Besides feeling and j engaging the enemy in the environs 3 of Manila, he has had to police a dis> affected city; in other words, to deal r with an internal as well as an external - foe. Vigilance haB insured success. i- mi T l _ t xiiere never uua uecu a uuc, cjiuci r by night or day, when General Otis l* has not been master of the situation. 1 May 1, 1898, August 13, 1S98, Febj ruary 5, 1899?these are the dates of r the three battles of Manila. The first s victory was unattended with any loss . to our side; the second cost about t fifty men, killed or wounded; in the third the list of our casualties was , five times as great as in the second. j The losses suffered by Spaniards and natives on these three occasions (and - the Filipinos must strictly be regardl ed as subjects of Spain until Spain r has ratified the treaty of peace) will never be quite accurately stated; they ? were probably about eleven or twelve j times as severe as ours. Firing began at a qaarter before . nine o'clock on Saturday evening, t February 4. Two native soldiers re3 fused to obey the order of a sentry 3 who challenged them, as they ad; vanced toward the outpost of the Firat . Nebraska Regiment, stationed bej tween Manila and Santa Mesa. The . necessity of maintaining the integrity t of our lines, especially at night, has : COMPARATIVE SIZES OF AMEBICAX A>"D t FILIPINO SOLDIERS. ^ been impressed upon all by the conduct of certain Filipinos who had } slipped through a week earlier and attempred to assassinate American soldiers. The Nebraska sentry again called upon the two natives to halt, and, as they paid no attention to his order, levelled his rifle and fired upon them. The sequel shows that they ^ had been sent for precisely this purj I pose, to draw the sentry's fire, as , | part of a preconcerted plan to place the responsibility for beginning the action upon our troops, and to make [ A\nerica appear the aggressor. Twenty thousand Filipinos in their j trenches, block-houses, and little vilI laees dotting the plaiu evidently thought themselves ready to drive the ^ American lines in upon the city. , They possessed several quick-firing * and Krupp field-guns; many of them 1 i were armed with Mausers of the latest " pattern, and a number of Spanish sol- ; I diers had joined their ranks. , About thirteen thousand of our troops were holding the positions formerly occupied by the Spaniards, midway between Manila and the bands e of Filipinos north, east and south of the city. A semicircular fightingline, seventeen miles in length, was , formed of the following regiments, beginning with those stationed on Ma| nila Bay north of the capital: the Twentieth Kansas, First Montana, Tentli Pennsylvania- and Third Artillery, under Brigadier-General Harrison G. Otis; the First South Dakota, P First Colorado and First Nebraska, commanded by General Hale, 6up] ported by Batteries A and B of the Utah Light Artillery, nnder General 1 McArthur, northeast to east of the ' city; the First California, First Idaho, IE FILIPINOS. e American Volunteers in the e of Manila. J?if8t Wyoming and First Washington, under General King, east and southeast, near the Pasig River; the Fourth Cavalry, Fourteenth Infantry, First North Dakota Infantry and Sixth Artillery Division, commanded by General Anderson, near the south shore of the city. Like an echo of the sentry's shot a gun was fired from Block-house No. 7, and the signal for attacking our troops had been given. The Nebraska regiment was made the first target; presently, however, the firing spread on both sides along the confronting lines. On the north the Filipinos were concentrating at Caloocan and at Gagalangin, where they had mounted two siege-guns; on the east, at Santa Mesa, the attack was hot; southward, near Paco, there was evidence of an intention to advance against Anderson's command. A lull in the firing from midnight until about four o'clock in the morning was succeeded by a new outburst all along the Filipino line. And pr> mntteva nfnnd tdViiIa fVio darkness lasted, the American rifles and light- artillery replying to Mausers, and it was all inconclusive. But when day broke the Charleston, the Concord and the captured gunboat Callao opened fire on the enemy's troops north of the city, the monitor Monadnock shelling those on the south; and a little later the captured light-draught gunboat Layuna de Bay want up the Pasig, and plied her Gatling guns with terrible accuracy at Santa Ana. And our land forces, advancing over rice fields and through dense undergrowth and bamboo thickets, in which the enemy had constructed intrenchments, pressed the natives back and captured the villages of San Juan del Monte, Santa Ana, San Pedro Macati and Santa Mesa. General King's brigade charged a fprce of Filipinos, far superior in numbers, and drove them in confusion UTA.H'3 LIGHT ARTILLERY, WHICH [When the great fighting line of our troi battery supported the advance of the two b: lery was also engaged in a conflict with the toward the Pasig River, in which many were drowned. The Nebraskans captured a howitzer and carried a good position near the water works, about five miles east of the city. On the southeast the Filipinos made a stand in the Paco church, until the building was shelled by Captain Dyer's battery, Sixth Artillery, and set on fire by California volunteers; then, of those who had not been killed in the church, some were shot as they ran out and others were captured. At noon on Sunday the firing of the Filipinos slackened. "Our casualties," Major-General Otis says, in his report, "probably aggregate 250." The Filipino loss is estimated at 4000. Wounded Filipinos found in the trenches were taken to the American field hospitals and cared for, while a great number of captives were placed in the military prison at Manila. During the fight there was intense excitement in the city, where order was maintained by Minnesota volunteers, serving as police. The bombardment made a Manilan holiday for thousands, who flocked to view it as a curious spectacle from the water front; other citizens, hugging their security at home, hung out white flags, or neutral flags, as an additional precaution, until the city looked as though it had made ready for some dilatory procession, but from the windows of these very houses the American patrols were fired upon. Women of the foreign colony were sent to the transports for safety, while, as though to replace these, hundreds of women refugees began to arrive from the destroyed villages, seven or eight of which, plainly visible from the Manila Observatory, were burnt and battered down, lest they should serve again to shelter the treacherous enemy. On Monday morning, February G, there was light firing at long range. Late in the afternoon General Hale's brigade won a position the control of which had become indispensable; it took possession of the water-works at Singalon, four companies of the Nebraskans and a part of the Utah battery encountering a force of Filipinos on the hill and dispersing them, though with a loss of two Nebraskans killed aud three wounded. Sergeant Young of the Utah battery was wounded, fnntnrod mnrilororl nnrl mnt.ilfl+fid On Tuesday, February 7, our forces had advanced far enough towards the north to discover that Caloocan, six miles from the city, was held with savage determination. A reconnoitring ~zmr AMERICAN SENTRIES IK THE PUENTA DE ESPANA, MANILA. party, attacked by a body of Filipinos, was in great danger, when a charge by Kansas troops, led by Colonel Funston, drove the enemy behind their intrenchments with heavy loss. In this enconnter Lieutenant Alford was killed and six Kaneans wounded, - ^ ' : \ The men of the so-called Filipino [ army are uniformed and all are armed with Mansers and Remingtons. There was little discipline among them according to our ideas. As nearly as we could ascertain, writes uaptain w. ur. uaies, u. a. V., who has just returned from Manila, it was the custom of these soldiers to prepare at their homes food sufficient to last two or three days, and go with it to the trenches, where they would remain till all their food was exhausted, when they would go home again and get a fresh supply. There was, therefore, a constant stream of these soldiers on .the Calle Eeal (the main road near our position), and many of them walked through our camp. They were of all ages, but principally young men and boys. I found them very enthusiastic and filled with ardent and genuine patriotism. Their method' of fighting seemed somewhat peculiar to us. I saw several of their night engagements with the Spaniards. It was the custom of the Filipinos at some time during the night to open fire on the Spanish linesj end keep it up for two or three hours.' The Spaniards from their works would reply in the same manner, and a large amount of ammunition would be expended by both sides with little result, beyond a few men wounded and possibly one or two killed. Such fights as these were of1 almost nightly occurrence, and I have no doubt that it was a fight of this kind that the Filipinos began on the night of February 4th. According to their custom they probably considered it over when they stopped firing, and never for one moment supposed that the Americans would continue the battle the next morning and advance to the attack. When that happened they were not only surprised, but utterly unprepared. They had never been in the habit of fighting or seeing; civilized troops fight outside entrenchments, and it was beyond their comprehension that soldiers could be got to advance across the open and attack fortified positions. The experience is similar to nothing in their history,1 and the lesson, while it is a severe t one, was necessary and will have a most salutary effect on all future deal-, DID SUCH GOOD WORK AT. MANILA, ops was formed around Manila the Utah rlgades on the southern flank. The artilsavage Igorrote bowman.] ings between the Americans and the natives. The belief that the Americans are afraid because they have treated the Filipinos fairly has been rndely dispelled. It probably has become very apparent to them that the American troops are not to be trifled with, and that the commanding officers are thoroughly able to enforce their orders. KIPLINC TO VISIT MEXICO. Tbe Famous Author In Search of Freib Literary Material. Rudyard Kipling, the famous novelist, arrived in this country the other day after an absence of two years. He is not content with having given to the English-speaking race his inimitable stories of the "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" and "Tommy Atkins," but he intends to visit Mexico and there to study the peons, the peasant class of that country, as well as to acquaint himself; with the local coloring and to gather ; material for a new series of stories, j Mexico is more or less a virgin field; for an English-speaking writer, and j its unwritten tragedies and romances, | its untold stories of the workings of human love and deeds of heroism, in the hands of each a writer asKiplinff, will add to our literature, if they cannot place fresh laurels upon his already well-laureled brow. Mr. Kipling's latest poem, "The; White Man's Burden,"published only \ the other day, has created more talk i : i RT7DTARD KIPLISG. than any po;>m written within recent j time. The phase has become house-1 hold in its use, while the poem ! J breathed of the duty of the superior . race in its dealings with inferior peoples. { Rudyard Kipling has steadily re-. j fused all offers to take the lecture platform. His words are worth fifteen cents apiece, and even the most ex- j travaprant American audiences admit that they cannot afford to hear him at that figure. Every time he says ! j "Good morning" to a neighbor it's j thirty cents blown to the winds; and j once, it is stated, when ho is said to j have shouted iu meeting, the old deacons sighed and muttered: "0, that we had the price of that shout in the contribution box for the benefit of J the heathen he writes about!" Sugar Plantations at Iloilo. The country about Iloilo, Philip- j pine Islands, is given up to sugar plantations, the annual crop being I estimated at 1,000,000 piculs. Tobacco and rice are also cultivated, but flocks of locusts frequently injure these crops. The Island of Negros i ships sugar to Iloilo for export. The ? ' / osn j distance OI J.IUHU liuiu m#una -WW | miles. i . . ' ' '* V m l . Affnlnaldo'1 Foreca. Agftinaldo's forces < nnmber about 35,00ft, the majority of "whom are armed With Mansers. The arms were \ ULJ. ,1 ? \ ^ ^ GENERAL PIO DEL PILABT Aguinaido's Cliief^Ganeral and Mifffary^H largely procured froS^M^^ yriB? smugglers ]B rifles to the insurgents^^^^^^^^^^ the battle of May The insurgent Malolos, thirty miles on the railroad. aldo proclaimed the rep^^^^H^^^H nonnced himself the vacant the office of This is destined for Felipej^^^^f^^H now in Canada. The Secretary of the Interioi^^^^H^H Ibarra; Sasretaryof War, Aguinaldo; Secretary of the The commanders in theyI^^H^HH Iiientenant-General Biego Major-General Bicati, Brig&da^^H^^H era! Fio del Pilar, a violent Americans; Brigadjer:General^H^^^9 Sandico, Brigadier-General Garcia, Brigadier-General Brigadier-General Estrella, Bri^H^^H General Mascardo, Brigadier-G^^^MM Major-General Bicati commat^^H^^B the zone south of Manila; Garcia mands north of the city; Estrella cH^^N mands in C^vite; del Pilar comm|^^^^H to the east and np the Pasid^^H^H One of the cleverest men with Aguinaldo is his secretai^HHH| interpreter, Es:amilla. He ia complished linguist, speaks fluently, English very well and.^^^^H| and French, besides the native^H^Hf While many of Aguinaldo'a sol(^H^^H are well armed, on the other some of them were mere savages-^^^^9 IOORROTE BOWMEN IN AGUINALDO'S ABMY. i ' I J - ;H had never seen modern artillery, and H bad only bows and arrows to oppose to Gatling guns; sncb were tbe half-' naked Igorrotes, wbo were given "the^ H post of honor" in front of an American battery. > n To tbis mob, and to tbe people otf I tbe islands generally Aguinaldo had 1 issued a proclamation earlier in the I day, ordering his followers to regard-?r-l Ama*i/?fl?a a a inra/lfll?Q GTlfl frAftl 1 ivnuo au iumuviwj hmv* ?v . tliem as enemies. * ^I Orator Beaten by a Boy. Daniel O'Counell, the famous orator, j when taking a ride in the neighbor- ,'x hood of his house, had occasion to ask an urchin to open a gate for him. The \ little fellow complied with much alacrity, and looked up with suclvan honest pleasure at rendering the slight service that O'Connell, by Vay of say- , \ ing something?anything?risked: "What's your name, my boy?" "Daniel O'Connell, sir," replied he,! - stoutly. "And who's your father?" demanded' . the astonished Liberator. ; "Daniel O'Connell, sir." O'Connell muttered a word or two below his breatb, and then added aloud: "When I see you again I'll give you sixpence." * Kiding briskly on he soon forgot the incident, and fell to thinking of graver matters, when, after traveling- , some miles, he found his path obstructed by some fallen timber, which a boy was stoutly endeavoring to remove. On looking morq closely ho discovered it to be the same boy he had met. in the morning. , "What!" cried he; "how do yon - 3 come to be htro now?" "You said, sir, the next time you seen me you'd give me sixpence, "said +1ia little fellow, wioinc the perspira- ? tion from liis brow.?Loudon Weekly Telegram. "Sirkarka Hookum." Here is a good story from India. Scene, a railway station on the main line of the East Indian Railway. A train from Delhi stops; a tester is go- j ing round with his hammer striking the wheels. To him an officer of Royal Engineers who has been watoh-j ing him from a carriage window: "Whv do von beat the wheels like! that?" ' Answer?"Sirkarka hookum." ("l4 is the order of the authority.") j E. 0.?"But what is the use of so| striking the wheels?" Answer?"Khodar jani. Hum is* thees burre-si kurthani. Sirkark* hookum." ("God knows! I have been doing this for thirty years; it is the order of the authority."?Weet-1 . minister Gazette. ^