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"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
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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.
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"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- ! ,
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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. :
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"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
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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
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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
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"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.
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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.
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WHAT NOBtE MEN AND I '
? WOMEN ARE DOING FOR ?<
i THE CUBAN REPUBLIC. 8 !
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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
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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
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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
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/anderbiltsTI
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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
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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
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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
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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
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qcdi ciiaracier, wnu uwu|uancio ju ^vk
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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,
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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
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RECOCNIZINC THE DRUM MAJOR, |
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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#/
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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
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