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a? ?ivt fur n\ 1 IIN 1 nt u m . * H A NARRATIVE O By SEWARD \ M> ,"t-* """ (COPTBIcnT 1?.' BT Ro CHAPTER V. I [continued.] "How, how, did you get?here?" he j gasped, faintly. ' "Oh, I got here all right enough!" I replied, with a grin. "I haveAvays of transportation that are unknown to ] you." He had been very pale but seemed j to grow whiter. "I ? thought ? you ? would ? drown," he said. 1 I did not inform him that for some 1 little time I had labored under the ' same impression myself. "Oh, no! I never drown," I replied, nonchalantly. Miss Arnold smiled. Mr. Snell seemed to grow every moment more j ill at ease. "What ? are?you ? going?to?do . ?wiz?me?" he asked, looking fur- j tively at the rifle that was placed care- ] fully out of his reach and easily in mine. 3 "Well, Gambok Snell," I answered sternly, "that is a problem the solution of which depends laigely upon ( yourself. Toil know all the circum- , stances of my leaving Sau Francisco. , as well as I do up to the day you threw me into the Bea. From that time out,- . you probably know everything that has occurred in the fortunes of my two friends and Annie Ralston, while I know nothing. i\ow 11 you vaiue life, you will obey my orders. Our first act will be to sail to Hong Kong and restore Miss Arnold here to her father. You have had no hand in her abduction, so are not concerned. Then we will find Ralston and Langston, and then Annie Ralston. And upon the faithful assistance you give mo in all these things depends your hope of life. Obey me implicitly, and you shall live. Disregard one of my commands, fail to find one of my friends, and I shall kill you by slow torture." A peculiar look, partly of triumphant hate and partly of deepair, came over his face. "I cannot help you," he said. "Why not?" I exclaimed impatiently. "Ralston and Langston must have left the Janeiro-when you did. Miss Ralston was on board the Ketoto, which has probably landed at Shanghai before this. Ton are perfectly fumilar with the course pursued in these abductions, and must either find Miss Ralston, if she is not already found by her brother, or you must take me to the whelp that got her out of San Francisco and sailed under the name of Sid Kee from Vancouver. There will be no play about this matter. You will do as I say, or you will die." Mr. Snell shut his eyes and shook his head. "I tell you, Meester Crickmore, I < cannot help you. I do not even kDow- j what has become of your friends. And i the Ketoto was wrecked yesterday ] morning off the Chinese coast. No pairsen haas been found from her ex- , cept three of the crew." I sat silent, stunned by the terrible news. He said it earnestly. A man so rear death, and with no apparent object to be gained, would not lie on so vital a subject, I thought?especially now that it would be so much better for his own interests to return the girl to her friends, unharmed. I could Bee that Miss Arnold, too, was touched with pity. , "Perhaps Miss Ralston has been saved by some passing vessel," she said, softly. I shook my head doubtingly. "Is it. possible that it is so, Gambok Snell?" I asked. "No?eet ees impossible. No-thing have been heard." "Then there is but one course to be pursued," I said sadly. "We must get to Hong Kong, Miss Arnold, and you will be safe again with your father. Then I shall hunt up my two friends. They will have learned by that time nf tho lr>ca nf fh? TC?tnto_ Tt mav be that Ralston will want some proof of his sister's death to satisfy his father. If so, we must look for it. Tnen we will return to America, sadder than we left, our journey all for nought." "I am sorry," she answered softly; and I saw a tear glisten on her cheek. "I do not think it advisable to take aaj risks with that crew until morning," I continued. "It will, of course, be unpleasant for you to remain in this place over night; but I think you will agree with me that a little delay with safely is better than haste and uncertainty." She thought a moment and said: "I will do as you think best. I am f anxious to get to my father; but if it seems better to you to wait till tox morrow, I will be content. I feel safe now." A faint smile played around the mouth of Gambok Snell. The events I have narrated took more time in passing than I had supposed even when I decided to remain in the island over night. Among the other costly articles worn by Cha Fong was a handsome watch. I took this from his body and put it in my vest-pocket. I glanced at it, and found the time to be eicht o'clock. Gambok Snell dropped off into a dose. After a short time spent in planning for the following day, I said: "Now, Miss Arnold, perhaps you Lad better retire. There will be enough excitement to-morrow for yon to need your strength. You do not feel nervous about sleepiug. do you?" "No," she replied. , "I do not feel nervous. I tbiuk I am becoming somewhat accustomed to danger; and, as you say, I must rest aud prepare j for to-morrow's events." "Tou will occupy that alcove be- j uioii me uro;jie situcu, a awu. I noticed that Gambok Snell's eye- i balls wavered. She went behind the scene into the : alcove. ] closed the screeu, and drew j a, couch across the front of it. I lay down ou the co;;ch and tried to rest, j * did not daro go to sleep. Gambok knell's wound was not necessarily dan 1=1' IS w F ADVENTURE. |g a ** A V.~ HOPKINSi '" Xl p BEBT BOSKEE'3 SONS.> ^ V ^ w gerous, and he might be shamming his weakness. If so, he was capable of s{ getting away to the yacht during the 8? night, and perhaps killing us both be- 01 Fore he went. But by half dozing a w Few minutes at n time I managed to (j( rest a little. jj. Nothing disturbed the night. Miss ja Arnold on one side of me and Gambok ^ 3nell on the other slept soundly. I a] svas glad both could do it, for I was m inxious?for divers reasons?that both 0J 3hould be in good trim in the morn- uiag. tl St CHAPTER VI. EATTLIXG AGAINST ODDS. tc By daylight?or at least by the time u it must have been daylight outside? . Miss Arnold was astir. She appeared J* refreshed by her night's sleep, and * bad lost some of the anxious, worn c' look of the night before. The pallor w was gone from her face. I noticed ^ now, more particularly than I had before, how beautiful she was. I had B? thought Miss Ralston the handsomest girl I had ever seen, but my present ^ companion now seemed to me to be even more lovely. Most truly. Cha J1 Fong had had assistants whose judgment and taste in matters of feminine beauty could not be questioned. I greeted her warmly, and she responded with like friendliness. I had already partaken of my rice " breakfast, and, at my request, Miss Arnold ate some of the idol's portion. "1 am glad that this is my last meal ?' of rice," she said gayly. "It is monotonous as steady diet." "It is that," I replied. "I would 'r give much for a good meal of meat J1 and potatoes." "I assure you that we shall have a one when we reach my father's house in .Hong Kong. Why, what are you . going to do?" J? This last remark was provoked by a deprecatory action on my part, toward the hideoua idol. I tore the diamond necklace off and put it in my pocket. Then, by using some strength and a little skill, I loosened the finest gems v' that were doing duty for teeth and c stowed them away, likewise. ^ "I may want these," I said, "when I get on land. Ralston has the let- .w ters of credit, and if I did not find him I would bo without means of pay- n mg my way.'' "Not at all," she replied, indig- c( nantly. "My father will gladly furnish all the money you want." "I appreciate it, but diamonds are good currency almost anywhere, and 111 there is quite a fortune here. Now a let's see what else I want." Gambok Snell was awake, and was Ul watching us furtively, with his little w mean eyes balf shut. I spoke to him once, but he was sullen and did not . answer. He had recovered some strength, and now, with care, would live. D( S( I appropriated Cba Fong's elegant sword. Under his long silk robe he A V?oniTor\mo Pf.?SPAT- -r-i >T V/iO a unuuovmv ? v? v? ^ let, covered profusely with gold braid. It was little stained with his blood, but I could not afford, just then, to be w too particular. o "I think this will about fit me." I said, as I rolled him over and took off << the jacket. w Miss Arnold stood watching me, with an earnest, half amused look in g? her eyes. fa I put on the gorgeous jacket, and theD his cap, with a gold button on it. js Then I pulled the shiny boots off his r< legs and put them on my own. They reached to my thighs. With the gold- jr hilted sword buckle4 to me, I was dressed. * y "There!" said I, fastening the a sword-belt to my satisfaction. "I fancy I must present quite a formida- ^ ble appearauce." << "You certainly do," she replied, g laughing. "And you will make an impression in Hong Kong, where the ' rank denoted by the button and braid will be recognized. You must take ^ them off before landing." ci i < vrri- _ j. 1.1 1.0 IfnAivO11 . "" \v iiai is tut: inuui/ujuu iiuvn , jy "It's very liigb. Cha Fong was a ^ favorite at the court of Pekin." "Well, I may be a favorite there myself. Who knows? As a prisoner, charged with the murder of Cha Fong, I would, no doubt, receive great at- g tention." I She shuddered and turned pale. si "I had not thought of that," she a gasped. "Why, you will be beheaded." She seemed to be about to p burst into tears. ? "I don't think I will." I said confidently. Nor did I. "My first visit tl iii Hong Hong will be to the American v Consul. There will be no beheading tl there." b "It is an awful thought," said Miss p Arnold, "and an eye-witness, too." p She pointed to Gambok Snell, whose s face was impassive and cold. What- ii ever he was revolving in his mind he did not allow to become apparent in his face. ii I shrugged my shoulders. I had u my own plans about Mr. Gambol; d Snell. I did not think he would do ]j me much harm after I once got out of t him all the assistance I could get. c "Don't think of it," I replied. J "Now we are ready to embark, I shall c have to ask you to carry some things. u You may carry the rifle and pistol, and, if you cau, this bottle. Can you if 9" ? "Yes, easily," she replied, picking t them up. v "Now, then, Gambok Snell, listen y to me," I said, with all the ugly emphasis I could. "I am going to e carry you on board the yacht. Your life depends on your faithful obedience to my commands. Do you under- f< stand?" Ho nodded sullenly. "Very well! You are to explain to the crew of the yacht that we are friends and guests of Cha FopgV and n are to be taken at once to Hong Kong, b You can tell them they are to return a then for their master. Do not think J you can trifle with mo. I wilt know r by their actions whether you have 1 ojeyed me or not, aud any evidence s f treachery -will be followed by your peedy death. Not one word of Che ong's fate. Do you fully compre* end now what is expected of you?" He nodded again. "Very well, then we will proceed.' I lifted Mr. Snell in my arms. He as no load for me. He did not move muscle, and with my burden I led le way from the temple. Mise xnold followed me, with rifle and istol. I had also.taken the precauon to get all the cartridges for the rearms that I could carry, and had a ftg of them strapped around my aiet. mi jlHere wuo cviucui ouipwo auu i/uu' ernation among the crew when they iw us emerge from the pit and make ar way along the ledge of rock toard the companion ladder. I or-* ered Mr. Sneil to tell them what ] ad before taught him to say, and he tbbed something in Chinese. The ien on the yacht became quiet and lowed ua to come aboard without lolestation. They eyed me severely id did not take kindly to my new inform, particularly that part of it lat was pierced by a bullet-hole and I :ained with blood. Through Mr. Snell I issued orders > take the ladder aboard and to get nder way. My orders were obeyed. T I? -3 ~ 1 1 Qm^11 ? MAn1i'n. J. 1IUU piaucu iui, uucu 1U a 1CV/UU ig position on the deck and one of le crew brought him a pillow or ishion for his head. I sat near him, ith my rifle in my hands, alert and atchful. I had placed a chair for [iss Arnold near my own, and she it down and calmly awaited events. Of course. I did not know anything bout the direction of Hong Kong, j >ut I knew the way I had seen the acht come toward the island twice, ad I ordered Mr. Snell to put in that irection. Slowly the little yacht moved away om the rock. The sails were hoisted, ad, as there was a good breeze stirng, we were not long in developing eadway. Miss Arnold and I hardly spoke to ?/?! ? nfhflf T tinrl all T f?nnM ?lr> tn eep the ran of affairs in the yacht, [y fair companion sat pensively look1 g out to tea. Now and then I saw er furtively glance at me, but if I irned my head so that I might look t her, she would be intent on the istant horizon. In a ihort time after leaving the land of Su Foo we were speeding irough the water at a comfortable ite. The sough of the waves against le sides of the vessel was like music. ; told us we were going home. Gradually the island receded from iew. The warm breeze fanned my leeks and refreshed me. The sky as clear. Here and there a white ond scudded low over the water. It as a glorious day, and hatred and loodsbed seemed at variance with all nture. I -wondered that we did not see the >ast. The island we had left conld no inger be seen. We had been sailing *reo hours, and not a thing save sky id water could be seen. There was look in Mr. Snell's sneaking eyes, ? he rolled them up at me, that was ot reassuring. I realized that we ere as completely at this man's mercy 3 though we were his prisoners. But > depend upon him seemed our only aauce, and I took it. As hour after hour passed, and still 3 land appeared, I suspected that )mething was wrong. "How is this?" I asked, sternly,of [r. Snell, "Why do we not see laud? .ong Kong is not so far away." A alight sneer showed on his face. "?ef you knew where Hong Ivong as. wiiy deed you need me, Mr. reekinore, to guide you?" be asked. "Nevermind that," I replied angrily. How much longer will it be before e reach Hong Kong?" "Eet will take some time yet," he lid, slowly. "Hong Kong ees mooch trder away dau you t'ink." "iiut did not Cha Fong go from the land to Hong Kong and get you and iturn yesterday?" "No. He met me on my way dere i anoder boat," he replied surlily. I knew he lied. I began to suspect lat Miss Arnold and 1" were being run way with. "Gambok Snell," I said, with all the lenace I could throw into my voice, bring this yacht around and get" into !ong Kong inside of four hours, or du will be a dead man. Come now, uick." He said something to the man at the elm, and the course of the yacht langed. Miss Arnold was evidently ecoming alarmed. I saw that she as very pale, but she said nothing. [to be continued.] Another Effect. "V05 " enirl Hi a nl<l man who 'had radnated with the class of '52, "when feel all run down I go back to the ;ene of my college life and recupevte." 4'That so?" said the old timer as he nffed long at his badly burning cigar. How long does it take you?" "Not more than three days," was tie reply; "and say, the effect is marelous. Why, when I look back at lie four years I spent in college and efore me rise the faces of my old rofessors it seems as though I am ossessed with au overwhelming deire to return and visit the scenes of t all." "Always felt that way have you?" "Ye3, sir, always. Right now, for nstance. I'm all run down and last igiit as I lay in bed listening to the iscordant straius of a German street and I said to myself, I'll go back here and walk up and down the old auipus once mo^e. And I'm going, t will do me a world of good. I\Iy ollege is the fountain of youth for le." "ion don c say? ' <-Yes I do. Why don't you try it ud see if it won't make you feel beter. The sweetness of the memories rill, as it were, spread u balui over our spirit and "'No, I guess it won't have the same Sect on me.''. 14Why. Why not?" "I was expelled at the end of my reshman year."?Detroit Free Press. A Moonless Month. Ffihriinvv. ISfifi. was in one wav the aost wont1 -{'ill month in the world's listory. it had no full moon. .Tauury had two full moons, and so had larch; but February had uone. This emarkabls state of things hail never lappened before since tiic era we atigu to the creation. i icc nc ns;w ouii g> Lire, ur uun . iiil 1 ARMY IN THE I IN ^ M The Fighting Not Despe ? the Tr i ^ ! The fighting around Manila of late I has not been of a desperate character, | i but has been harassing in its physical requirements. This little black man, the Filipino, who is causing us the same kind of trouble that the boy experiences with a hornet's nest, cannot be understood in a day. When captured he acts as if his lot had fallen i among old friends. He grins and f points beyond our skirmishers, seem: ing to think that the aspect of his ! fleeing countrymen is a huge joke. | The next minute but give him the chance he is likely to send a bullet into an American's back. For such an offence Major-General Anderson once had a Filipino strung up to a tree on the spot, this being the only American military execution thus far j recorded in the Philippines. A giant private of the Montanas i chose a different method. When be ! was flred on, at a distance of about ten yards and missed, he caught the enemv. took his <?un away from him, and then laid him across bis knees. I After he had vigorously applied a piece of bamboo', he seized the enemy by the seat of the trousers and threw Lim toward the rear. "There," he said. "Don't you let me catch you playing with firearms again." Life in trenches has often been deI - PRIVATE ROBERT GRASON, FIRST NE- ' BRASKA VOLUNTEERS. (Thd soldier who from tlil3 9pot fired the first shot In the Philippine revolt.) scribed. It is confining, wearisome, and but for occasional alarms from the outposts deadly dull. We live, eat and sleep in the narrow space;.but the men are cheerful, even jolly, and I every little individual assignment Las I its hollowed out recess in the front | wall wherein are stored the odds and j ends of a soldier's belongings. Many I of the men have pet monkeys. A cori respondent of the New York Tribune | writes that he saw one man going l into the fight at Maraquina with a i monkey sitting on his shoulder chatteriug with rage or, perhaps, fear. Not far from the lines of the Kansas command is a native cemetery, i High walls of stone with an elaborately carved archway form the enclosure. TVithin are parallel structures of Btone and brick, some ten feet in I height, wherein are rows ahove rows I of narrow vaults opening on the cen| tral aisle, with arched glass doors in j the better portion, the poorer ones j being closed by a stone. In these I vaults?"individuals" they are?are j placed the bodies, there to remain until those left behind to mourn forj get, or neglect, to pay box rent. In j either of those cases out comes the | departed and his bones are added to ; Hi a chastlv lieaD in the rear of the I -? ? o W * , k* 3*>Sfrv /N/"*^ | OUR TROOFS^N THE PHILIPPINE.* WA I i cemetery. I saw such a heap of ] bones. It must have contained the ' e-!-/-?! ofrtn 3 r?f t onroo r\f fm'frnt.tPll Dfin I -V ? r ? ! pie. As one officer expresses it, "It I is a case of 'Requiescat in pace' pro\ vided your friends have a paid-up ; ninety-nine-year lease ou a box for you." | Not less trying is the sight of the | actual ceremony of interment. "We do not smoke long cigars at funerals, nor do we chatter ceaselessly thereat; both these things are done by Filipinos. But then, they do many things that we do not do. They wash rice in the dirty Pasig. Girls of ten and twelve *1 ?l?? ^1,1 ,i j years smoxe cigars, j." cmuioo, w?u uuu young, wear the same dropping-offthe-shoulder cut of corsage. That is, perhaps, an advantage for a man of family, since, in consequence, the style never changes. Xot less startling than the cemetery vras my tirst view of the interior of Ll \ I JPPINE I tin n iNn 1 I ibbv mil# ^ THE TRENCHES. I rate But Harassing to ^ oops. H rX^^^^^^7f\TP\7Ps^7l\7f\ Loma Church. It had been made the headquarters in the field of a division commander. In the roof gaped great holeB made some days before by shells from the fleet firing on Caloocan. The altar rail bore a drapery of officers' saddles and equipments. Within th& rail a telegraph instrument and typewriting machine clicked and clattered; bunts lined tne wans; irom tne great chandelier was suspended a mosquito canopy; a confessional did duty as a {'M' . " - N . > ?- - ... " '/ 'I'WT? PATKTV HVAHDN IN THE PHJ clotbespress, while in the sacristy was a store of grain for public animals, and on the walls and altar the sacred images and stations of the Cross Remained, looking down on the havoc that hell in the guise of war had created in His temple. It was awful. It was war. So, too, we saw war's footsteps in the deserted Nipa villages?a starved, wretched cat mewing piteously, a gaunt dog with down-dropping tail, a flock of frightened chickens, a few poor pigs rooting in the ashes of tha burned granaries, while in a hut that had been spared from the flames was a caraboa, or water buffalo, the ox of these islands, his deep-sunken sides marking days and nights of horrible hunger and more horrible thirst. The domestic animals of these people are pets, and on them rests heavily the devastation that has settled over the land. Here is a letter from tbe columns of the Springfield Republican?a soldier letter breathing the highest ot unquestioning patriotism and the most clear-sighted appreciation of the nobility as well as of the horror of war. The Republican calls it "graphic' writing, fit to be called literature." The author is an unnamed member of Battery A, Utah Light Artillery, and he tells a friend in the East that "it was not mere soldiery out here; it was incarnate Americanism." He calls his companions "those who on +V10 Hfoniln rnftfJn ami in the Luzon rice fields fought a desperate fight, asking no whys or wherefores; who shook out the old flag further from home than it had ever been before, performing a thankless duty, knowing full well the reward? " 'Tne blame of tbose ye better; The hnte of those ye guard,' ' and he denies that they were picked heroes, nobler and braver than the average American. "They were," he declares, "common, every-day sort ( ' k J r SK ITINCt tc be called to the front. I of boys, with no peculiar sort of virtue over others. It was simply theirs to have a privilege and opportunity that other men at home, often by force of circumstances, had missed or been denied." Here is the passage **7 ' which, perhaps, the use word ''literature" was 8l?<?.X?sted: "Death was among ther* <tbe artillerymen;[ i from the start , A raan ban| a shrapnel V? tbe ?uuner aud instant lft^8 ^flce forward; rolle "* overi a pallor i3 on his^iram ^j0(jd blotch on the fni i so quickly does the call c ^ man staggers from tliT^'l^Soruiiil cihtches at his breast. jjhn?' 'Only a anpwers, and dies aft^|pg|||^rday of pain?so do sonhbg^MMpiiuer. a I cannoneer steps asicMJfiRBlouttons his ' shirt, sees where a Mawer has made I a red furrow across the chest, laughs, I and returns to his pest?so close do some men come and eBcape. I have Been many men make the last sacrifice, and sometimes, looking down into a familiar face, have for the mo NEBBASKA MEN DIGGING TBENCH FOB THE BURIAL OF DEAD FILIPINOS. ment felt that glory was a hideous thing, and yet it is a gTeat privilege to have seen men die so. The memory of it will make one stronger and better." There are constant rumors coming in through prisoners that the insurgents' ammunition is giving out. Nevertheless, on the advance to Mai lolos, whenever one was captured C ? [LIPPINE3?SOLDIERS MESSING. with gun and ammunition, he had an abundant supply, often over two hundred rounds. Oije sharpshooter had four hundred. Thus far not a woman or child has been injured, to the knowledge of our men; and yet the entire population of the villages from Caloocan to and beyond Malolos, much over fort? thousand helpless people, has been carTied back by the insurgents. They set fire to the town of Polo on evacuating it, and two bedridden old people were burned to death; our boys mada a gallant fight to save them when they american troops taking lunch in the field. were discovered, but it was too late. Some of the Nebraska men saw what appeared to be a woman leaving a trench and ceased firing, but a sharpsighted fellow saw a guu partly hidden by the dress and captured the fugitive. In was found he was a sharpshooter, who bad relied on this disguise to escape,after lingering long enough to make some sure hits. "Did you shoot him?" "Naw! we kicked him hard and sent him to the rear." How the Indian l'lagae Travel*. Animals spread the disease by pois> oniug with the germs such water as ie used by them and human beings, and ?in all likelihood?by means of the insects which are common to them and men, or to them and the houses ol men. Surgeon-Major Dimniick, ol Bombay, an expert, declared the methods of infection to be by the secre tions of patients or infected animals, by rats, and perhaps by insects. Id the neighborhood of a plague patient, dark, }ver-crowded,unventilated roomr were the main site of the retention ol the poison, and also underground drains. The over-crowding of people in such places, he said, was the main means of plague distribution. Colonel Adams, a medical officer, declared it proved the'infection is car - ? ? 1 ? ried a long way m ciuiumg, nuu iu a limited extent by rats. Another medical officer swore that where he had studied the plague the natives called it "the rats' disease." Dr. Underwood, of Bombay, said that the plague i? spread by over-crowding, rebreathed air, and aerial stagnation. He declared that rats were found in largei numbers during the plague than before. "They were migrating from one place to another, appeared to be in a state of intoxication, and would cot notice humau beings when they camo across them." A singular bit of testimony, by Captain Wilkinson of the Indian Medical Service, was o|^ single case of plague in a villafMfegre no native communicatedJrtMp^he Tim nnlv nfllprfSvlHSMtetfv'rfl the disease were rate. spector in the rase . queu^||E^^^^^'of Cuba so that no ona^^W||^^ropertj was safe. A '4n wel't to liicaport to TOMMnnt something be done to im; fjjjgllffi enforcement of the law. 1 ffiiSlwlflen," the Governor asked them, jffijfi|you say these robberies aud as jF"At night," fhey answered. "In the streets." "So I suspected. I advise you, iJ von don't want to be robbed or assas sinated, to do as I do; never go out at night!"?Youth's Companion. Wheat Grown in the United State*. | Nearly & quarter of the wheat raised ! in the world is grown in the United ! States. < Oo Better Tfith Boles In Skill. . ' Captain Vassolo, of the Italiafl f Nary, has apparently proved the novel 3 theory that ships go better with holeJ I in their sails. '. fniiKtvmsn VtintpR that 4 < '; deeply bellying sail does not draw at J well as a flat one; one advantage of ; American yachts over British has al4 X ways been the superior fit of Yankee sails. Captain Vassolo's theory is that th4 i wind, having spent its force on an "or-t '$ dinary sail, forms a soft cushion iq the leach, robbing subsequent blasts > . rh"/i A i i -1 DIAGRAM SHOWING ARRANGEMENT O# HOLES. 1 1 y * of their fall force. By piercing .hole* in the leach he lets ont the cushion or | air and permits the wind tp have its full force. Yachtsmen made fan of Captaia 5 yassolo's theory, bat it was tried onal ^ few small craft and worked well. Now the Bearn-et-Bretagne, a 500* J ton vessel trading with the Newfound* 4? land Banks, has been equipped with) pierced sails. The captain says the & Beam behaves very well, rolls verf . little, and has covered her twelve > knots an hoar. St?D* to Btlie thn Poor. The Salvation Army's experiment ia . colonization in this country consist^ .v in the establishment of three colonies ' Jg ?Fort Amity, in the fertile "valley ot M the Arkansas in Colorado; Fort Her- jl rick, about twenty miles from Cfeve-' '. J land, Ohio, and Fort Bomie, not far from the famous Hotel del Monte, near! Monterey, Cal. j I In Fort Amity, right in the heart of the immense irrigation system of the Great Plains Water Storage and Amity Canal Company, there are now. one hundred colonists, men, women' and children. Fifty families will be added this summer. The colonist? are doing better than the projectors 1 of the scheme expected. The prin<i cipal crop raised on the settlement iff the famous Netted Gem cantaloupe, a product for which Colorado is noted.1 , At Fojt Herrick 288 acres are under ' . roan+v.flwa cnlnniRt#.' UUlbirailUU Kfj invuvj-Hiw who are engaged in general (arm work. More are being sent there.; $} Cottages nave been erected, and aa the land is good and Cleveland not' too far away, the success of the settle-: ment is assured. . At Foit Romie five hundred acrea have been, plotted out among seventy colonists. Despite a severe drought' last season the colony has prospered, and is now busy with a goodlyj prospect of potatoes, sugar beets and!alfalfa.?New York World. An Abnormal Growth of Hatr on a Hone.' 1 ' V'Vfc This engraving, reproduced from the' *.. Scientific American, represents a remarkable growth of mane and tail on ahorse. His name is Linus II., and is the sonof Linus, a celebrated horse in his day. No picture can do adequate justice to his great beauty, for, he has a double mane which sweeps! the ground on both sides, a tailj , which trails far in the rear. The mane, ^ is very thick and measure eleven feet in lonoHv the tail is even. more re . - , LINUS n. AND HIS PHENOMENAL GBOWTB OF H/UR. markable than the mane, measuring sixteen feet from tip to tip. It is, of coarse, impossible to account for this remarkable freak of nature, and while there are undoubtedly other cases of similar abnormal growth on record, we do not know of any horse which has been bountifully blest with such a beautiful growth of hair. The Scien^ I tififl American is indebted to James T. Rutherford, of Waddington, N. Y., for the photograph. Wit of AmbaiiaJor Choate. Ambassador Choate is sometimes embarrassed by his own wit. An inquisitive Englishman once asked him as to Mr. Depew's rank in the United States. "Is he a man of high station?" asked the Briton. "He'samsD of the Grand Central Station," replied Mr. Choate, with a twinkle in his eye. "Aw!" said the Briton. "Grand Central? Middle clawss, I presume?" It took the witty lawyer four hours to explain that his joke was based upon the fact that Mr. Depew, as president of a railroad, had his office in a rail* way station.?Harper's Bazar. The Parent? of Hero Functon. General Fred Funston's parents live on a farm near Iola, Kan. Their homestead in a little white house of seven I rooms, JSclwarct nogue r unsion ana 1 Ann Mitchell Funston, the General's have lived there many years MOTHER AND FATHER OF GEN". FUKSTON1. and there reared six children, of whom Fred is the oldest. Tin General is now thirty-four years old. He is five feet four inches tall, weighs 140 pounds and has dark eyes and auburn hair. ' i