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*1T. . - . j IN THE CI *2 A NARRATIVE O ?& By SEWARD 1 (CorTnicnT 1S!V inr Eo ^J, CHAPTER XVII. [CONTIXTED.] "That accursed Gambok Snell. When we arrived at Hong Kong, by Borne means or other he succeeded in convincing us that we were too late for the train to Shanghai, and persuaded us to save time by making the trip in a fast yacht he provided for us. We never saw Shanghai. This is the place we were brought to. We were not killed, for some reason or other. But everything was done to me that would almost kill me, and yet let me live. I suppose Kalston liad tne same experience. I understood from a yellow fiend, who fed and also tortured me, that we were to be held alive until the return of Gambok Snell." "Gambok Snell is dead. You vouid have waited a long time for him. The miscreant died by my hand." We had reached the north tower. We entered on the ground floor. It was dark and gloomy. I had never been there before. Garu-Saak led the way with a torch. Behind him went three others with torches. Then came Langston, Captain Harwood and myself. ||\. "I see no sign of a dungeon," I Baid. "Langston, you must be mistaken." "No, I am not. I located the place too well to be mistaken. Under the ? t i tower nearest ine sea. x nuuw m here somewhere^'' "Herein a hole leading to a floor below this," said Garu-Saak. "Can we get through it?" I asked. "I think so. I will lead the way." He led ns into a damp, stone cellar. It was a small apartment, from which led three iron doors. Two of these were shut, and one was open. "This is the place," said Langston, shuddering, as if with some horrible recollection. "That open cell is mine. When my keeper came to feed me, I strangled him and fled. Oh! Don't ask me how I reached the ship that lay at the wharf yonder. I could not tell. But I got there. I hid myself in her hold until she landed. Happily, it was at Hong Kong. But my story will ke^p. I think Ralston is behind nf thniio rlnnwi Rftlatnn! "Ralston! vuv VI WMVWV \?WV?w. ? ? ?, Do you hear me?" Langston's voice rang through the grewsome place, but it brought no answer. "Garu-Saak, can these doors be broken down?" 1 asked. '"No, sire; they are very strong. They can be cut away, but it will take time." "There are key3 to these doors," said Langston. "The fellow who came to feed me everyday had a bunch of big keys. But I don't know where they were kept." "The Chinaman who fed you may be among our prisoners," I said. v "If he is, his throat must be made of iron. I left him for dead," said Langston grimly. "T havfi an idea. We will cro into the palace and have all the male prisoners brought before us. If your jailer is alive, you may find him among them." "The scoundrels all look alike to me," said Captain Harwood. "I could tell this fellow among a million," replied Langston. "He had a most fiendish faoe. It is one that could not easily be forgotten. The experiment is worth trying,at any rate." We proceeded to climb the stone Bteps out of the dungeon, and I ordered Garu-Saak to have the prisoners brought before us, in the long corrider. I led the way thither. As we passed the door of the executive room, I said: "There is the blood of Hen-Ko-Hi. Tour shot came through that broken window." "And a good shot it was, too," replied the captain. The prisoners could be heard shufflinor alnnc nn the atnna floor. It was not a pleasing sight when tlie dirty creatures came filing before us. They bad about them a look suggestive of crime and an odor suggestive of opium. Bah! I felt not a throb of pity for all those we had sent to their last accounts. And these were the criminals of Pekins! They had been masters of Talmooch for twenty years. Preceded and followed by a strong guard, they filed in and lined up before us. "Now pick out your man," I said to Langston. The poor fellow looked weak and dwarfed. He scanned the faces of the prisoners closely, shaking his head as lie turned from one to another. "This is the fellow," he said pointing to one of them. "That fiend knows all about the dungeons and - < J. T nlw ?!?/! T UUULLL UB. JL uui anuvou jl vnuu i i kill liim." The face of the Chinaman to whom I he pointed -was a face that, once seen, i could never be forgotten. The eyes were cruel and cunning. The mouth was murderous in its expression. When I followed Langston's finger, and my eye hit upon that devilish face, my heart almost stopped beating. , It was the imp I had seen in San Francisco, iu the house in Sand Street, in the room with Annie Rals ton. My blood rose hot within me when I recognized him. I strode forward, caught him by the neck and hurled him out of the line. "How do you do?" I asked ironically. "I haven't seen you in some time. But I am very glad to meet you now." "Ah, you know the fellow, then!" exclaimed Captain Harwood. "Know him! Well, I do! Has Langston told you the story?why we left San Francisco?" "Yes." "And all about the visit I made tb the house and saw Annie Ralston in the arni3 of a Chinaman?" "Yes, ves." "Weil, this is the Chinaman." "Gool C.Ts.i--!" exclaimed Lancrfctou, nearly tallies: in iii? surprise. :: -M Mint, T A rf A 11 IN A 5tA | : ** F ADVENTURE. ? V.: HOPKINS. SK DEBT BOSNEB'S SONS.) <5S "When will the mysteries into which we have plunged have an end?" "Very soon," I replied. "We are nearing the end of them now." Then, turning again to the Chinaman, I said: "Look here! I know you, and you will'do well to obey me." He shook his head to indicate that he did not understand me. I jabbed the point of my sword into his arm. "I am the doctor who swallowed your lies in San Francisco. Do you remember?" Again he shook his head. And acain he received my compli merits at the end of my sword. "You spoke good enough English then; you would better speak it now, or I'll kill you." He yelled with pain. "Ah, you have a tongue, at least. Well, your name is?or was?Sid See, and you left Vancouver on the Ketoto. Eh?" "No. Me no Sid Kee. Me no be Vanclouver, me no leave ;t." "Aha! I can tell that gentle voice. But never mind Vancouver now. Tell me where are the keys of the dungeons under the north tower." "No. Me no hab kleys." "You are a liar," yelled Langston, 1 strong again in his wrath. He grasped Sid Kee by the throat, and nearly choked the life out of him. "Now tell me where they are." 1 "Less, Less," squealed Sid Kee, gasping for breath. "No kill! Me glood Chinaman. No did harm to anybody." "My experience hasn't proved it, 1 but never mind that. Hurry up with those keys," orde^^l Langston. "Jlieys lunaer raDie in giuunur a room. Me seeum there." "And -where is the Governor's i room?!' growled Langston, turning to me. "I suppose he means a gorgeons af- . fair in the south tower," I said. "We use it for a sitting-room, but I never saw any keys then1" "Lunder table, lander table," ! howled Sid Kee, as Langston made as if to choke him again. "Well, let's go and search there. We may have overlooked them," I said. "Garu-Saak, keep this fellow 1 here until "we return. Have all the other prisoners returned to their cells." Langston, Captain Harwood and I ! sped to the south tower and went into what Sid Kee had been pleased to term 1 the Governor's room. Miss Arnold and Mi*. Avery were there, sitting silently, waiting to hear what had taken place. I hurriedly introduced Lang- 1 ston and Captain Harwood, aiid began looking for the keys. I found them where Sid Kee said they were?under a table, near the window, upon Tfhich were piled sundry pipes and other items of comfort to a Chinaman. There was no time to talk much, j We said very nine, wnen x neiu up the keys, Langston started for the door. 1 "Now for the dungeon, quick," be Baid. , We rushed back to the north tower, and down into the stone vault. There were three keys in the bunch, one for each door there. One door was open. There were two to try. I tried the the nearest one first. The first key I : placed in the lock failed to open it. The second turned back the bolt, and | we pushed open the heavy door. The dungeon was dark. We swung a lantern in fhere, and found it to be empty. I went to the other door and with nervous fingers fitted a key in the iock. Every second seemed an age. j The bolt plunged back in its socket, and with a lantern held before us, we all three crowded into the cell. The figure of a man lay on the stone , floor. I knelt beside him. It was Ralston, and he breathed, but slowly ( and faintly. "Oh, heaven help us now! Is he alive, Crickmore?" "Yes," I replied. "He is alive,and that is all. He won't be in an hour, unless we work a miracle. We must get him out of here into the pure air and get him back to consciousness, j He is starving to death." Tenderly we lifted the emaciated form, and carefully, bat with as much speed as possible, carried him out. It was no easy task to get out of the , vault with our burden, but we accom- ; plislied it. The regular tramp of our s feet as we crossed the stone corridor j sounded like a funeral march. Miss Arnold and Mr. Avery came j to tteetus. j "Do you want anything?" asked ( Miss Arnold. les. Urder some gruel made at once. Mr. Avery, you know that ] case of drugs I made in the Sacred , Forest? It is in my bedroom. Will < you {jet it?" < "Indeed I-will," said the old man, ] as he started off. Miss Arnold was out of sight. She did not stop to ask questions. She i was a woman for an emergency. ( I called two Jumars. ( "Here," I said, "rub his body with : this." j , We went at it with a will. We | worked an hour. At times it seemed j : hopeless, but as long as Ealston con- ( tinued to breathe, so long was I de- ! , A .1 J. J._ 1 I xermmeu to vry 10 save mm. , At last a sigli escaped him. He |' shuddered from head to foot, and I made a peculiar noise -with liis throat. , We waited?we almost held our ! ( breath, so anxiously did we watch tho I ] signs of returning life. At last his I. eyes opened. Slowly the heavy lids j, parted. There was no intelligence in bis eyes. His gaze was vacant. I !. motioned them all away. "Don't disturb him," I said. "Don't j even talk to him. In a short time we will try to revive his memory, but j now be must have rest. A littlo j gruel, now?ah, he swallows it! Not | too much?enoagli. I think ho will live." "Thank God!" ejaculated Langston. "Let us leave hiui uov,\" I said. : >..---ir . v . . v .. MjaMnBMMBBnHC "We have plenty to do. To-morrow Ralston will be able to talk to us." "What next?" asked Captain Harwood, as we stepped from the room in which we had laid Ralston. "More work. But I'd like to know where that villain yonder gets his luck. He is full of it. First he evades the police of San Francisco, then those of Vancouver, and now here he is high and dry when everybody else on the Ketoto was drowned.'" "Everybody else drowned! I hadn't heard of it." The possibilities that suggested themselves to me when I heard these words from the captain of the Beavei were startling. I stopped suddenly and grasped his arm. He looked at me wonderingly. "What's that you say?" I demanded. "You never heard of the loss oi the Ketoto?" "No, certainly not. When did you get the news?" "Sis months ago, before " "Oh, nonsense! The Ketoto has never been lost. She sailed safelj into Hong Kong last week, and once _ . _ J A.1 1- - i* _ -L *VT 1 every two monms ueiore mar. i>or uas she, so far as I know, sustained anj injury from storm or accident. What are you driving at, anyhow?" "Didn't?why?wasn't?oh, I see il all now. I see it as plainly as I see you. The thing was planned as care fully as a plot could be planned." "Possibly," said Captain Havwood, "but if you told me -what was planned, perhaps I could follow you." "You have not yet heard the storj of my escape from drowning, and time is too precious to waste any in telling you now. Bat you will be enlightened on the ways of this part of the world when I tell you." "I know them now pretty well," lie leplied. "Bat come," I said, starting off. "Come on and learn more." "I can't keep up with you mentally i or physically, Crickmore," said Lang ston, lagging a little behind us. "And I am as much in the dark about that Ketoto business as Marwoou as,' "Never mind, old fellow, it -will b? clear enough to both of you soon." We found Sid Kee where we hac left him, and the faithful Garu-Saak Btandin^ guard over him. "Garu-Saak," I said, "'get some in strumentof torture." "Sire, I am ready to obey you, bul I do not know what you mean." Langston and Captaih Harwood looked worried. "Bring a thumb-screw or an iror maiden or anything elsethatis handy Something Hen-Ko-Hi used to tortur* bis victims with. I want to interview Mr. Sid Kee, and I need some assistance in getting at the truth." "Me no blad Chinaman," groaned Sid Kee. "Me do eblyt'ing for um. Me do." "Ob, you will, will you?" I replied. "Well, I think you will before I get ; through with you. But I am going tc have some good medicine handy. I am tired sticking you with this sword." "No stlick sword. Me glood." Garu-Saak went out and soon reap J III. il.. M IHAUiii r* peareu witu vue ugncoi/-iu<j.aiug uir j chine for twisting a human body tc | pieces I ever saw." ^ "'I found this in the prison," he said. "Pat it on and give him a taste of it," I said. Gara-Saak found great pleasure in obeying me. Sid Kee groaned and squirmed. I placed myself squarely j before him. "Did you ever see me before?" 3 asked. "No. Me no slee aflore." "Think again. In San Francisco, for instance?" "Me no slee. What for you make 3ay wrong? Me no be in Slan Flancisco. Me not know him." "You lie! If you persist in lying, I am going to twist you all to pieces. Do you hear?" "Me hear; me hear. Me vellj solly, but me glood Chinamen." "Where is Annie Ralston?" "Lannee Raslon, me no slee," replied the Chinaman, shaking his head. "Twist," I said. "Oaouw!" howled Sid Kee, as the giant arm of the Jumar chief racked bis body with pain. Thenherhrieked something in his own language that ] 2onld not understand. "Stop!" I ordered, and the pressure was taken off. "Xow will you tell?" I asked. "Or Jo you need some more? Where is A.nni3 Ralston?" "Me not know." stoutly insisted Sid FT 110 "There is the lie written in his face," said Langston. "He certainly speaks the jargon peculiar to the Chinese of the California coast," said Captain Harwood. [to be continued. 1 The Truth About Vaccination. In a recent lecture delivered at Rome ind reported in the London Lancet, Dr. Bizzozzero made a deep impres- j sion by his summing up of the argu- ! cnent for vaccination. He said: Germany stands alone in fulfilling [ in great measure the demands of hyjiene, having in consequencc of the ! calamitous smallpox epidemic of 3 87071 enacted the law of 1894 which "makes vaccination obligatory in the Srst year of life and revaccinatiou also obligatory at the tenth year." What svas the result? With a population of 50,000,000, having in 1S71 lost 1*13,000 lives by smallpox, she found by hor law of 1874 the mortality uimimsneii bo rapidly that to-day the disease numbers only 11G victims a year. Those cases, moreover, occur almo3t exclusively in towns on her frontier. If it were true, continued Professor Biztozzero, that a pood vaccination does not protect from smallpox v;c ought to find in smallpox epidemics thai the disease diffuses itself ia toe well-vascinated no less than in the non-vacciuated countries. jJul il i? net go. In 1S70-71, during tho Franco-Germ an war, the two peoples intcipenetrated eaoli other, the German having i\3 civil population vaccinated optionally, but its army completely levaccinatcd, while tlie Fiench (population and army alike) ware vaccinated pcrlnnctorily. Loth w*re attacked by sanllpot: hut Ike Frencli army numbered 215,000 deuths by it while the German army had only 27H, and in the camn ient, bre&'.Ling th? Htm* air, tho Fi-enou vouudud were heavily vitited by tho disease, whi'e German wonuOed, having been vevaccin^ted, had not a siuglo ease. The Custom r!onsp vns established in New Yoik Ci'.r u J 7c-3. i -- - v ; t\ ^ BEST OF THE~\ It often has been saiil tiiat the late C the Vanderbilts." By that was meant t most generous hearted, the most public numerous and enormously rich family w son and grandson of men of immense bank clerk after a common school educa in industry and independence. His foi though it i9 impossible to know the exac to be paid to the Nation and State out oi mated at from $3,500,000 to 85,000,000. rlOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOCOOO 1 WHAT NOBtE MEN AND I ' ? WOMEN ARE DOING FOR ?< i THE CUBAN REPUBLIC. 8 ! Sooooooocooooocoooooooooco The Cuban Orphan Fund, which is now fully started aud doing good work among the orphaned children of the "reconcentrndos" of Cuba, is t-aollv the nnbnmfl nf the American Commission to Cuba last fall, prior to the raising of the American tlag over the island. The organization is entirely nonsectarian; the children are cF.red for physically and mentally, entirely irrespective of any religious sect. Their condition is pitiable, and the necessity for bettering it is imperative. The men at the head of the fund are men who have personally come in contact with the misery, poverty and atter destitution of the children of Cuba. These men are intelligent, farseeing, and fully appreciative of the benefit which must eventually accrue to the United States if these orphans , are properly educated and trained. There is to be no attempt made to Lr* ? MISS LEVY AND HER SITJJ-BURNED PETS. ' . E proselytize them, beyond teaching them to be moral and honest. 1 To better understand the terrible { condition of the peasants of Cuba, \ who are the ones now beingbenefited, ^ a few quotations from the report of one of the American Commission sets t the facts more plainly before the pub- t lie. He says: s "Cuba was not suffering from a t commercial or financial panic. It was 1 in a state of utter prostration and col- 1 lapse. Business and agricultural life v had long ccased. The wiiole island f was dead. c "Even now the result of Weyler'? < order of reconcentratiou is not understood or appreciated in this country. Should the commanding general in the c American Army issue an order the re- i suit of -which would be that one could 1 travel from New York to Rochester 1 and not see one cow, not one chicken, t not one farm house, not one man t working in the fields, it would be f somethiug similar to the result of s General Weyler's reconcentration or- \ der in Cuba. 1 "Tho whole rural life of three great r ||> ? A CUBAN KIND proviuces?Havana, Matanzas and I Santa Clara?was absolutely blotted <3 out. Occasionally a clump of banaua L trees, whose roots had escaped the fire, or a scarlet creeper, would show e where a farm house had stood; but the tropical growth quickly covered 3 the vuius. It was inconceivable that I in the midst of this teeming vegeta- t . V" - -V - " *l'A. : 'v ' :'rfy!" >* Sivvrri /anderbiltsTI ?^ Ba am ar< ornelius Vanderbilt was the "best of hat he was the hardest worker, the ag, spirited and the most lovable of the CR] hich bear that name. Though the tje tuqqHVi AT-r "VonrlArhilt' liAtrnn an a ~ ~D ? HC tion, and underwent a useful training i tune is estimated at $125,000,000, ajj t amount. The total inheritance tax I the Yanderbilt estate has been esti- ^ ;ion the country should be a desert, "or no sign of human life appeared. th "On the contrary, every tbwn and wi :ity visited was thronged with beg- CI' ;ars, many of them emaciated and de jaunt; women, children, cripples and Pr |||j||| MMTTTIMIMMM.1 SCHOOL FOB ADVA: i few broken-spirited men; and the an Ireadful odor of every place occupied inl ?y Spanish soldiers. There was no ye; lecency, there was no sanitation; in sh )ur sense of the word, indeed, there eai vas no discipline. It was a wanton he ind profligate devastation in the time bo )f peace." ga Amid all this misery, and herding fol ogether like cattle, were the little 1 jbildren, the future citizens of Cuba, irj vhether as ajepublic or as a part of coi he United States. And it was for the sej ipbringing and developing of the br< uture generation of the island that 1 he Cuban Orphan Relief Fund was itarted. ru: Mr. Charles W. Gould, who is very let prominently connected with the fund, lis nade a remark a few days ago which to. iorroborates a statement made by a Catholic priest, who had just returned Ph rom Havana, as to the patriarchal ysteminCuba. Mr. Gould said: "1 never saw anything to equal the ove and sacrifice of tne Cuban ani )arents. The men died first, the ore vomen followed, and it is the children It rho are left." vo1 These remarks give an idea of what pr< he Cuban Orphan Fund started out ne< o do. Miss Laura D. Gill was the (elected as best fitted to represent flu: be trustees of tbe fund in Cuba. She noi jas two assistants, Miss Levy and a v Hiss Wilson, and tbese thrae brave ing romen, to use tbe words of one of tbe tw< jrominent members of tbe fund, "are tbe loing as true missionary wofli as any do1 ;ver did." for Miss Gill writes: wa "In Sancti Spiritus we found a an :ondition of suffering wbicb is much got nore serious tbau anything wbicb we spc lave seen before. There are over four an< lundred children wbo need to be a t alien care of rigbt away, and tbe in own has only been able to provide Tb or twenty-five little girls, wbo were tbi 1 1 n-avo r^]\T*ei/?o 1 If <TV\ ieiecieu uecause mcjf nos n- vorse off than auyboily else in town. Lo Uthouffh they have now been cared for learly six weeks, they are still mere a c . I mo lift klill iII-jV- ^ I I BP ' I I 1 111 box fcfe "jji jD.g [2 ////i/' tbe '''// bul ERGA.RTEN. p0l ~~ 16, ittle skeletons, and almost make one abc loubt whether it was any kindness to the lelp them to live a few years longer." c01] Miss Gill's last report gives most ncouraging news: ( "We may now count that the Santa j hot Jaria del Kosariowork is established, j be t is, as yon know, of a purely settle- see * ?' ? ?il? i n C qcdi ciiaracier, wnu uwu|uancio ju ^vk / . . * '.L ' . . . . .. _> v?r; bouse rented from ex-Governc# ] >ra, in which Miss Levy and Mrs. r3aga, her Cuban assistant, reside rl -in ivViiph tVi? will l-\o Id for the present. "The house has been furnished, and ADVANCED ENGLISH CLASS. ; women are thoroughly installed their new home. The boys of the vn have come in quite large numrs, requesting instruction, and sevil women have been in to ask if they ght be taught to sew and clean and rk according to our American ;thods. The little children simply arm around the house. The Mayor, neral Boze, of the Cuban army, 11 havo a tract of municipal land >wed up for them with the town en, and AIis3 Levy is going to give Bm seeds and simple little tools and ange for a man to advise them about apl6 crops, hoping that in this way e may come to influence their diet d, to some extent, their housekeep^ ideas." It has been urged by many that the rectors of the Cuban Orphan Fund 3 wasting an unnecessary amount of meyon their plant?i. e.f the purase of buildings for homes, Orphan plums and schools. This is not the 3e, as the buildings which are setd and used for this purpose are pracally given for the purpose. The pictures here presented were taken on the spot, and show the actical good which is being done by e representatives of the fund. A New Way of Hearing; a Sermoh. President Henry Wade Rogers, of e Northwestern University, and his fe have moved into the slums oi licago and have taken up their resince there. Mrs. Rogers is the esident of the Settlement Society, J/y> tfCED GIRLS. d Doctor sogers nas ueen greauy terested in this work for many ars. The Doctor is a tall, impres e, eloquent man, and has entered rne9tly into his new labors. But has always been earnest, and a9 a y he was something of an investitor, too. An old playmate tells the lowing story of him: Their schoolmaster was once talkj to them of literature. In the arse of his talk he said: "There are :mons in the stones, the running Doks." The future Doctor interrupted with, "Well, if there are sermons in tbe aning brook, I should think they'd us swim on Sundays instead oi tening to the dry old stuff we have But, then?that was years ago.? .iladelphia Saturday Evening Post Angling In LnpTand. Enthusiasts in the gentle art of jling will be interested in tbe rec Is of a recent expedition to ijapjana. is au uncomfortable and expensive page, and the entire absence of any jper food in the country renders it jessary to take everything which i ordinary civilized being may reire. But in these days of condensed urishment of all kinds that is not ery formidable matttr. On arriv; at their destination the party of 3 rods and their followers found i river frozen so that they had to sit vn patiently on the banks and wait a thaw. When that came there a too much water, and fishing was' impossibility, But when the river ; into condition they had grand >rt. They fished for eleven days, 1 during that time the two rods got otal of 282 salmon ami 155 grilse, all weighing nearly 5000 pounds, e best day's catch for one rod was rty-tbree salmon and twenty-two Ise, weighing 553 pounds in all.? 1 ndon Telegraph. Haloing Reindeer For Canning-. Lt Telemarken, in pastern Norway, ornpany has just secured a tract o! uutain land fifty miles square for leding and raising reindeer. As a rt 2400 head of deer have beeu lght, and it is intended that tbe uber shall be increased by births 1 buying to something like 4000 id, 1000 of whi-;h will be killed I vy year. In addition to the sendout of veuisou in the carcass rejerator cars and chambers on vess a nuantity will be put up in tins prevent glutting of the markets in winter. A Popular Fruit. Phe bnnaua, like the peanut-eating ?t, seems to increase in this counaunually. Ten years ago 9,000,I bunches of bananas would satisfy i American demand for the fruit, t last year the twenty cr more im ters of bananas sold as many as 000,000 bunches. Of that quantity >ut 4,000,000 bunches, chiefly of yellow-9kinned variety, were alone isumed in iNew xorii uuy. Chicago's experiment ia employing lsemen instead of housemaids will watched with interest. It doe3 | m as if an improvement might be J isible i * ?* - . ~.v. - ; v. RECOCNIZINC THE DRUM MAJOR, | M He Will Have a New Uniform, ?m wh Decorated Finery. The drum major, the highly deco- *:j. rated show piece of the military fiand .3 and the delight of the small boy, ha? 'M received official recognition. For several years the drum major has been slighted, and it was considered good form to speak of him as unnecessary. The National Gnard bands took their cue from the army, and the drum ma- . -M jors of the regimental bands became ,.|j less conspicuous, their uniforms less I elaborate, and in some instances the bands dispensed with the services of :.1jj the man with the gold lace embroidered red coat. But it seems that the army has recognized the fact that the drum .<' major is necessary, and a new style of ^ dress has been prescribed for him in j PE0P0SED FUXL DRESS UNTPOBM FOR .' ^ DRUM MAJOE, HEAVY ARTILLERY. orders issued from the War Depart- ' ment. He will carry a baton Wund * with silken cords and tassels, and the .-;|j color will designate the arm of service: Cavalry, yellow; artillery, scarlet; infantry, blue and white intermixed. The mounted drum majors will carry : s* swords instead of batons. The shakos which has always been the headdress of the drum major, ha? \.^sj been prescribed by the new regula- :y& tion, which describes this importantarticle of dress in these words: ,i "Black lynx skin shako, with plum?' K9 and tassels of the color of the arm of 'Ms service, and leather cbin straps with. : vi I brass scales and side buttons." FMter Jonathan, Thinner John. The cartoon Yankee, leas, lank and ' ';^8 slab-sided, is vanishing with the cea- 'm tury. So is the cartoon Englishman^ iS3 big, burly and obese. The tailors of the country report ao ^ increased girth of one and a quarter inches in the American man of to-day ?i over the American man of 1889. Waistcoats and troupers in the ready-mad? clothing stores are now made in tltat-'^H ; much larger sizes. The figures col- '3 ' lected by fhe Anthropometrical De- M partment at Washington confirm the ;'.J| story told by the tailors. The average American of the middle' :0 of the coming century will be tall, broad, fat and heavy in the scales. He> , will probobly be nearly six feet high, , fifty inches aronnd the chest, fifty-fonr around the abdomen and weigh any* where from 200 to 225 pounds. Meantime the average Englishman ! has been growing thinner, probably because he is not so well fed as his an* cestor, from whom the cartoonist of the eighteenth century drew thefami- * lar iat figure of John Bdll. The aver- ; age Englishman of 1899, according to ' ~ fW! H* 1800 "SSI#/ ? ?-?? the Fortnightly Review is five feet seven inches high, thirty-six inches around the chest and weighs only 150 pounds. The British Prime Ministers of the last forty years have been shorter, less stout and less heavy in the scales by about forty pounds apiece on the average than their contemporary American Presidents. Pet and Twine Crow*. From the Franklin (Teun.) Review-Appeal* Henry Potts relates a story which is somewhat queer. Last week, while sitting on the front porch, he put his ? false teeth on the water stand, and,on i missing them, he supposed that a pet crow which was on the place had taken them off. He called in one of the farmhands to look up the crow. He was seen to fly from a point just out in the cornfield, and on going to tliisnlflce the teeth were fonnd covered in tbe dirt. From tbe Abingdon (III.) Enterpise-Herald, "Wes Riner has a tame crow that spends moat of its time in the shade near Levi Bradbury's store talking polities and criticising the millinery worn by the ladiel who pass J w . "J ^ . - * ' YV:-. i*.. I