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A NOVEL OF AMERICAN L1FI
BV MAURICE
Ooprriglit, 1893 and 1P?G
CHAPTER XI.
801TB SMILES AXD SOMK FBOWXS.
The guests at Chateau d'Or were
not disturbed bj the dramatic scene
going on in the room where Fairfax.
Colonel Loring and Mr. Vernon were
grouped together under such peculiar
circumstances.
i Mrs. Yernonand Pauline were alert
and facile nostesses, and as the custom
of the time permitted them a wide
latitude in their method of entertaining,
it was easy for them to make the
most of the occasion.
Everybody felt the charm of the
place, with its flowery vistas, its effect
of amplitude, its surprises of light,
shadow, color, perspective and its per ft/Hnnr
air of eenerous wealth and
hospitable welcome.
Lieutenant Ballanche could not
have been altogether unaware that he
was one of the chief attractions of the
occasion, yet he showed, no sign of
auch consciousness. Everywhere he
was met with smiles and with words
and looks of approval. This was probably
due as much to his military reputation
as to his fine form, his clear-cut
face and his extreme ease and grace
of manned. ;
When he danced with Mile. Marie
de Sezannes the thought flashed
through the company that neVer had
a handsomer couple been seen in New
Orleans society.
Mademoiselle de Sezannes was a
dark brunette, tall, stately and of
superb form, with the perfect skiu,
teeth and eyes which have always
creole beanty so distinctive aud
>tic. She was richly dressed,
bit enough of dark scarlet showmar
gown to contrast excellently
K complexion. She was loaded
Aels till she glittered like a
nnnon Vmf Vior manner was
refined and modest. Tall
SHHBH^Bant Ballyche was, MadesHMHH9R9^^^.Sezaw3s's
bead rose
she leaned on
h^Hdancing with a
HH^HM^Bd ^Hog man, who was
nn^UrHitt a friend her
|B|HB|^^BM^BtBii:n. The reader,
^HgHH^HHBj^^LSild have recognized
a glance one
nnnMHi of the Pearl River
HRHByS^RflH^^ history as John A.
HnMHig upon the present
BHW|nd Parker, son a
J^HHBUR^9HH^Kraer. They stood
^nH^^BEHHnHff^Aear the festooned
and Parker's
^?
gMH^HnmnH soon singled oat
SH^BmB^B^^ffij^fczannes and LienHM^HKS^ra^fcwho
is the young
BH^HHjl^lHflxH^Bnt's arm?" he
g^EaB9flHH^K9BR^n but fairly moduHgB^H|^KKSnB|^Psweetest
friends.
s^^^HBSNflflg^VMarie de SezanR^HHBHffiS^H^keautiful
so; and she is
JHMHHI1;."
^NHraMHKWiat. The
ber. Ah?the lieutenant's
name?" j
"Ballanche. He i^ the famous
young Indian fighter. He was with
General Jackson."
"These fighting men J make their
way easily with the you&g ladies. I
wiah I knew how to fight.
"Lieutenant Ballanche tftinks that
we may have fighting here." >
"Not to-night."
"You choose to make ligut on a very
eerious subject, I fear. He says that
the British are going to attack New
Orleans."
"If that is the ease, I shall set cut
for Tennessee in the morning. It
makes me nervous to think of danger."
i
Pauline looked at him to see whether
he was chaffing or speaking seriously.
A 1 Ll. U U ~ 1 : i.'U - 1 1 J
Aitiiuugu ue ui?t uer evea wuu u uuiu,
almost boyishly frank gaze, there was
something in his face that troubled
her.
He laughed, and said that he did
not think there was any danger of an
attack being soon made.
The lieutenant camo up with Mademoiselle
de Sezaunes on his arm.
Both were evidently in high spirits.
Pauliue presented Wilfred Parker,
and then some duty called her away.
When the eyes of the two men met
it was like flint meeting steel, so cold
did they appear and so sharply flew
out the commonplaces of polito but
meaningless intercourse. Parker very
much desired a further acquaiutaace
with Mademoiselle deSezannes; for he
understood at a glance that she was rioh
as well as beautiful. Ballauche had
no thought of permitting the young
lady to leave his side so long as he
could hold her.
Parker saw this, or felt it, and at
ouce drew upon his resources of boldness
and euterprise. Self-reliaadB.
was inexhaustible iu him, and ho always
had an expedient which just
fitted an exigency. Mademoiselle de
o. : i !.?. ii..
oezuuLica lujpregseu wiui IUU r?markable
personal charm of this handsome
youth, and was caught by the
lure of his crigiuai and forthright
manner. Perhaps she discovered at
a glance that he admired Lt?r, and that
be would not be slow to fall at her
feet. Sometimes a discovery of this
aort is very fascinating to a young
woman. It was much more apt to he
bo then tiian now. Parker would not
be shaken oif by the licuteuaut's coldness,
but stood dose to the beautiful
Kirl, looking boldly into her face, and
per.icing with fluency aud engaging
ersatility.
Mademoiselle de Sczannes drooped
her fan. In these days, young ladies
sometimes did this verv skillfully; it
was a way of tcstiug the promptness
eud gracefuluess of Ler admirers.
(Ve must not say that Mademoiselle
de Sezannes's fan feli in accordance
\?ith a design of this s-?rt; certainly,
she let it fall with a most innocent
air and with a pietty little etart and
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:Y ISLAND
E DURING THE WAR OF 18.12.
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THOMPSON;'
Vy Robert Bonner'i Son*.
Liectenant Ballanclie was a quick
man, a man whose every ruuscle acted
with almost instantaneous promptness
at need. He bent toward the jeweled
toy at once; but Parker *>aa already
handing it to Mademoiselle de
Sezannes with an exquisite bow.
Such celerity astounded the lieutenant;
indeed, it actually offended him;
and his face showed it in spite of him.
"That is a remarkably fine ruby,
mademoiselle,-in the hilt of your fan,"
said Parker, after gracefully receiving
her thanks. "Such a stone might
have a history."
"Monsieur Parker, you have very
quick eyes," she smilingly answered,
"and yon guess well. This stone has
a romantic history. Bochon, the last
of the buccaneers, gave it to my
grandfather. It is known as the buccaneer
of Caribbean ruby."
"That is very interesting. Will
you kindly let me look at it. I have
a passion for old gems."
"Oh, certaiuly, monsieur. Every
one desires to look at it. It is a famous
little pebble."
He took the fan and held it so tliat
licrlit fell favorablv udou the
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rosy-hued setting.
"Superb!" lie exclaimed. "It
glows like fire aud has the color of a
red cherry'B juice. Thauk you, mademoiselle;
it is a great pleasure to
have seen the beautiful thing."
Parker was exquisitely dressed,
aud upon his own hands and bosom
sparkled diamonds of no mean size.
His air at that moment was that of a
counoisseur delighted to have been
permitted to look at a marvel in
his special field of knowledge. He
lacked the peculiar air of ease and finish,
so to speak, that made Lieutenant
Ballanche so notable in company;
but there were a Belf-sufficiency, a
readiness and a sharp vigilance that
even the famous lieutenant could not
command. Evidently he was one to
watch, if you would not have him beat
you in any race.
^T- 1 ~?<3 \f AmAiooll A
ilO IUUJELCU UUUiij iUlv iuaugiuvtoeiiw
de Sezannes' eyes, and said:
"Will Mademoiselle de Sezannes
honor me with the next dance?",
, Ballanche had been juBt on the
' point of asking the great pleasure, but
the quick youth had forestalled him.
"Yes, monsieur, with pleasure,"
she answered, "but let us pass one
dance, if you please, I am a trifle
tired."
"Take my arm, I will find you a
seat."
He stepped close to her and bcwed.
He was so prompt, bo taking in some
way, and withal so outright that there
was no denying him.
[ A moment later Lieutenant Ballanche
found himself standing there
alone, while the tall girl was walking
away leaning with superb grace on the
arm or tue spry licue muscuiar
stranger. A flush of anger mantled
the usually cool cheek of the soldier,
and he turned on his heel, as if to give
an order to a company behind him.
He came near upsetting an old
gentleman of short but portly figure.
"Your pardon, sir." '
"Ah, pardon."
Both men bowed and apologized.
The old gentleman waB Madamoiselle
de Sezannes's father, Octave de Sezannes,
the banker. He rubbed hid
hands togther in a businesslike way
and smiled with that perfunctory readiness
noticeable in men who make
money by sharp turns. The seal of
his watch was a maltese cross of gold
set with diamonds.
"Pardon, monsieur, we heavy men
move but slowly and awkwardly; we
are in everybody's way."
"But it is I who atr. to blame, Monsieur
de Sezannes; I sprang around
as if I meant to run away. I was an^ry,
however, and you know an angry
man is a fool."
Kq spoke lightly, but the ring of
his sudden cieole fury was not yet out
of his voice.
'I saw, I saw; I know what you
mean," said Do Sezannes, with the
air of one from whom nothing escapes.
"The young fellow swooped down like
a hawk and took Mario right away
from you. Ha, ha, ha!"
Lieutenant Ballanche joined the
old gentleman but ''xyly in his little
laugh.
Through a rift in the company and
beyond a curtaiucd doorway he could
see Madamoiselle de Sezannes sitting
in a tall, carved chair and Parker
standing by her side. They appeared
to be charmed with each other's com
pany. A littlo later they were going
through a dauco together, while Ballanche
was talking with Monsienr de
Sezannes.
Iu tho meantime, Mr. Vernon was
laboring to convince Fairfax that Colonel
Lonng was not Pierre Rameau.
Loring himself stood by, apparently
quite indifferent as to the outcome,
holding his heud high and turning hiB
half-closed, inscrutable eyes toward
the ceiling.
Fairfax found himself in a predicament
very difficult for one of his temperament
and disposition to control.
He felt that he could not be mistaken;
he recollected with absolute memory
every feature of the face disclosed to
him when the loose cloth mask of the
robber fell partly away on that very
noteworthy night in March over at
Vasasur's place. The form of the
mau, the peculiar beauty of his bands
(long, shapely, muscular) and then
the ring on his last linger?that of
itself wus identification beyonc doubt;
for no other ring like that was, in all
probability, ever made. Moreover,
the voice was uumistakable and the
peculiar, lialf-nouchalant, lialf-reckless
air could belong to no other man.
Still, what was Fairfax to say wLen
Mr. Vernon sturdily, even peremptorily,
declared that the person before
him was well known to him, intimately
known to him, indeed, and was a
i valued and distinguished friend of
his, just returned from a long sojourn
in Mexico? It wa3 strange hjyond
p. !
non ought to know, and beyond qnegtion
he would not have such a man as
Pierre Bameau in his house as an
honored guest.
Of coarse Fairfax had bnt a crndo
knowledge of the social, political and 1
moral condition of New Orleans at ;
that time. He was too close to the i
scene for hia vision to have a correct
focns npon it, and he knew but little
of the comparatively recent history of j
the city in which Wilkinson had I
schemed and toward which all ol
Burr's treasonable plans had graVitat- J
ed, nor was it possible for him to ;
imagine the extent to which the law- j
lesenesa had insinuated itself into the 1
very life-tissues of New Orleans bo- j
ciety.
"I am sorry that this nttie mistaiie
has happened," said Mr. Vernon, taming
from one to the other, and trying i
to make the wholo thing appear of no
consequence; "but it's quite anhonor,
Loring, to be taken for Pierre Rameau,
who is^reputed to be the handsomest
man in the South. Yoa know
i my friend Fairfax hero had quite an
adventure with that renowned robber
?was robbed by him, in short, and
holds a just grudge against him."
"Ah, I see," said Loring. "I understand
now. He has taken me for i
a robber."
"You've heard of Rameau?"
"No; but you must recall that I
have been in Mexico for nearly three
jears."
"Certainly. Well, gentlemen, this
ought to be satisfactory. Now, then,
the broken finger; let's look to that. I
Mr. Yernou bustled a little and produced
some bandage-cloth that a servant
had fetched.
Colonel Loring promptly Bet the !
fractured bone, and with great skill
and rapidity applied the wrapping. !
"There," he said; "you are all
right, sir. You will have no trouble
with it."
"Thank you, sir," responded Fairfax
coldly enough, in spite of an effort
to regain Iris lost temper and appear
kindly polite.
"Now, gentlemen," remarked Jlr.
Yernon, laying a hand on the arm of j
each and smiling from one to thp '
other in his large way, "yon are my j
guests and my friends; be friends to !
each other. Forget this curious little
mischance, this awkward mistake."
By this time Fairfax had shaken off
the outer coating of his mood and
with something like his habitual
frankness becran to aDoloeize.
"I am quite sorry," he exclaimed, !
"and chagrined that I should have J
spoken so hastily, Colonel Loring. I i
hope you understand my embarrass- j
ment, Bir, and will forgive my pas- |
sionate words. I really thought you j
were Pierre Rameau." ]
"It's nothing at all," insisted the !
colonel. "I don't care a straw about !
it. Let it drop here, sir, and be for- 1
gotten."
Somehow in an instant Fairfax re- !
gretted his apology. Surely, this man j
was Pierre Rameau?it was he from '
head to foot. "' ' i
3<Ir. Yernon, Btill inclinod to be j
heavily impetuous, kept his hold on i
the arm of each." With his double ]
muscles, not the least impaired by j
age, he propelled them to the dining- i
room.
In the midst of a rapid and light
conversation, Loring suddenly exclaimed:
'Please excuse me, gentlemen. 3
am losing a greater pleasure than evci
your company affords me. Miss Vernon
promised to dance with me. Excuse
me."
, And he hastened to the drawingrooms.
Fairfax looked after him with
gloomy eyes and flushed choeks. The
oare thought of Pauline's dancing
with that man went like a leaden bullet
to his heart. In fact, just theD
his heart was particularly sensitive in
this regard, for it seemed to him that
Lieutenant Ballanche had been doing
nothing but dance with Pauline the
whole evening; and that man, or boy,
rather, Parker?she had been unnecessarily
agreeable to him. Thes*
were not exactly the thoughts of Fair
fax. We must acquit him of actual
petty jealousy. But somehow he fell
left out for the time being, or as if hf
bad failed to seize the opportunity
with manly promptness.
He wandered into the conservatory, !
where many tropical plants were flour- j
ishing. Here the music reached him ,
in subdued waves and throbs; tko
brisk phrases of the violins were soft-,
ened and sentimentalized by the dis- j
tance till they seemed to creep
through his sense, trailing a nameless
melancholy behind. He stroked his '
j moustache and gazed vaoantly about, j
(TO BE CONTOTOED.)
Gibraltar and Warship*.
There have lataly been some inter*
esting tactics at Gibraltar between
the first-class cruiser St. George and
the second-class cruiscr Juno, both
belonging to the particular service
squadron, and tin guns of tin rook. |
The two cruisers, than which therj ;
are none smavter in the British Navy, i
approached the rock, steaming at r
various speeds, prccisaly as they
wonlc have done had they been really
eugaged in searching ?mt tin most
vulnerable points of tin fortress, j
Then the bugles of tho garrison j
sounded to arms, when tho ships were
within a range of 3003 yards, anil
every available weapon was dis- i
charged at one or other of the cruis- j
era as long as she remained within .
range, of course using blank cartridges
only. The military authorities (
were immensely interested, taking j
careful observations, not only of how j
many shots could be loosed from a j
gun in a given time, but also what j
chance a couple of attacking ships i
would have. This was an eminently i
practical experiment, and though tho j
reanlts of ifc nrp. of course, n secrot i
locked ill official brea3ts, the fact of its !
having been made at nil shows that
the powers that be arc paving serious '
attention to the defences of Gibral- j
tar. It is an experiment, which would !
well bear repetition iu other ljcalitio3. j
?London Globe.
How Nntal Got It* Same.
South Africa was discovered by tli<j ;
Portuguese, who were searching for j
au oceau road to India. Bartholomew :
Diaz was the commander of the two
little shij.8 that formed tho expedition !
in 148G. Eleven years later Da Gama ,
took another Portuguese lleet south, j
He discovered Natal on Christmas
I THE GREAT FA I
Ttyat tho monsoon has broken and |
that rr.iu is falling throughout tho j
strii-kcu district of India does not |
moan il;at the famine is at an end. I
The cause of t'je famine was lack of |
rain. Tbe present fall is tho lirst the ;
country lias known in twenty-four j
months with the exception of the one j
hour's rain which 1V11 on the -Oth ol' I
July Inst yc.iv. IIonce rain must now
fall for many weeks before the parched
surface will become softened to a
sufficient depth to assure the raising
of a crop. Moreover, millions of head
of cattle, ninety-live per cent, of all
' ' ?i 1
BLIND VICTIMS OF THE F,
the cattle, indeed, lia^f died, for want
of fodder, and fanafjtt are tied hand
and foot till Govermne^?t^)lies new
| live stock to replace ffle old, whose
bones lie scattered over , tbe wrhole
: country. *
Therefore desperate distressIstill exists.
Utter desolation is still the lot
of millions. If the Government were
now to withdraw its aid, shut up the
relief works and poor-houses, seven
million homeless, helpless people
would he in imminent danger of sm'rving
to death. Moreover, since the rain
has come scores of thousands, ^lio.
have been saved from death by starvation
are threatened with death by
exposure. Blankets and clothing are
scare; puly one person In every thousand
possessing more' than \a. loin
cloth. Never since the world began
have ten million people, at one time,
been absolutely without a crumb of
their own to eat.
GUson Willets,. the" special correspondent
of Collier's Weekly, writes
as follows about what he saw in In
dia:
"The broadless area coders 350,000
square miles', one-third of all India,
big as r-11 our New England, Middle
and Southern States. In this area arc'
60,000,000 people, one-sixth the entire
population of India, a .number equal
to our whole, well-fed family east of
the Mississippi. Ten millions are ent
_
I
FAMINE ORPHANS IN TIIH I>OOIt HOUSE. |
,
HnnK. /Irtcf IfnfA nnd a? f Itncn fl/wnrn. ! '
I'iCIJf UCQUlUtVi UU\1 VL l**vov_ \JVI VftM j
meut is taking care of 0,500,000 ou re- [
lief works and in poor-houses.
"As for the mortality?more famine j
deaths daily than the total American
losses in the Spanish-American war;. 1
more deaths weekly than the Boer and '
British losses to date In their pros- 1
ent war, and a grand total of limine
denths, since January 1, equal to :
twice the figure at which is placcd (
the losses on both sides from all :
causes in the Civil War. In actual '
figures the death list amounts to :<
more than 3000 daily, 100,000 each '
month, 700,000 this year.
"Up-country c.'awied the train, pas- J
sengers so few that each of us had a .
carriage to himself. Twenty-live i
miles from Bombay vegetation ceased. I
Eyes searched tne miles vainly for a !
single green speck. We had passed 1
even the last cactus. Blasts of hot <
air, us from millions of furnaces, al- !
most suffocated us. and yet the trees 1
of the 'jackal jungle' bordering the farms
were shorn of loaves, as in a 1:
DEAD BODIES OF THE STARVED ON FU
Canadian winter. Jackals could be t
seen prowliug, trying to hide behind s
tree trunks, and we shuddered at the 1
WINE IN INDIA. 1
raau skulls and bones (lotting the sunbaked
tields told awful stories.
"One hundred miles up the train
crawled into (Sujarat, once the garden,
now the Sahara, of India. The whole
world, level as a prairie, barren as a
Hnoorfr wne TllA nillv 1
tiling ot another color was the train.
Even the naked trees were coated
with the dusi cf the desert. The train
zizageed in and out between farms
and deserted villages, where there j
was no living thing anywhere, not
even a jackal. Yes, a few scampering
monkeys seemed to find fun keeping
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IN A POOIt HOUSE.
pace with the train. Huge, almost
ape-size, lliey were, and dust-eolorod,
too.
"Rivers, streams, lakes, pools liad
disappeared, leaving beds, like the
fields, parciiod wastes of earth. Water,
except in the few remaining wells,
hud vanished from the earth's sur- j
face. We were journeying through a
depopulated Hades. Were all the absent
ones at work in the relief camps?
After all, besides the monkeys, we die
occasionally .see a stray brown man,
or a stray brown group of families,
trudging, profiably bound for a relief
' t
SHE BEACHED THE RE
camp, where they would arrive too
late, so weak, so wasted, that the first
stomaehful of curry would be like a
mortal wound. At stations nearest
; l!2se camps th? train paused for
v.ter, which was brought by gaunt,
...ilf-dead coolies In buckets from the
i:rarest.cholera-infected well.
"Two hundred mile3 and two days
.Voiu Dambay the train wriggled into
.lie big station at Ahmedabad, the city
!:i the heart of the desert. Ordinary
p;;pnlatioB? 100,000; famirni population,
130,000?the 100,000 living in
sione houses, nor;nally, aud the 30,000
in straw tents on the relief works out
side the city walls. These were the
people I had come to see. This camp
was the Mecca for all famine victims
wKhin a radius of thirty miles. None
within that area nerd starve. All
were welcome. Here they cou'xl earn
two annas (four cents) a day, Widen !
would buy grain enough to sustain
iii'e. The camp wa* divided into three
sections; in the lirst, 20,000 people
were digging a reservoir hall' as l>ig
is Central Park; in the second. 7000
were building a narrow-guage railroad;
in the third, 3000 were breaking
stone for roadbed. Two-thirds of the
workers were women. On the tank
works the men dug rhe colossal pit,
Hie women carried away the sand in
baskets on their heads. The great
reservoir was for the reserve storage
i)f water, tints providing against the
recurrence of famine in the future. In
[lie stone-breaking section both men
and women broke stone, but women
inly were the burden-bearers, carrying
away tlie broken stone in baskets
?n their heads, each tottering under
Lier load for a distance of from one to
two miles, till she came to the pile
to which she must add her share, day
by* day. Among the stone-breakers
'.voro nursing mothers, old crones.
Wing girls. One mother broke stone
iviih one hand while with the other
die held an infant on her lap. Death
claimed the child even while I looked
:>n, and the native in charge of the
of thirty to which the mother belonged
came and toot the little body
iway. She followed it awhile with
ir.imnl eyes, then, after pulling her
0 i ( ?!"> ? J"
XERAL PYRES READY FOR RDRNINO.
orn saree closer about her face, reutned
her task," graspiug the hammer
low with both hands.
"Next moruing at sunrise we fol
lowed the cnrts that gathered up the
dend. In a cleared spare in the adjacent
jungle we attended the funeral
! of sixty-five famine victims. The
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WAITING FOB AN ORDER ON TH? BUHNIAH
(GRAIN DEALEB). jf ' , . .*
ashes of a thousand other victims Jay
iu white, smoking heaps. On top of
these ash-heaps low-caste men piled
logs?four such piles. Atop the logs
were thrown the sixty-five bodies, the,
morning's harvest. On the bodies!
more logs were thrown, till only a foothere,
a head there, protruded. Then \
the four niles were set 4te, M tbfej
Humes of the funeral pyrtjMjitoed far
above the tops of the.JiBBP*diaH
trees. VThus is t-he
obliterated from the face of India."''- ^
A RUSTIC CLOCK. 1
* -M,
Keeps Accurate TJmo Altliojp AD
Working Fvtl Are #f tW|' f
Th? rustic doflk sh^^Ker^rith,
according to wqluo. CpOTometJique,
was constructed' by M. Bouhat, a
cloclcmaker of Coutances, France, as
a curious piece of horology, yet notwithstanding
its rusticity it seems to -
conduct liseil Willi mucu iL'summj,
and reflects credit on the mechanical i
skill of its author. It possesses all tht
necessary, organs, although they arjw
exceedingly simple. Two .small iqgB
of lirewood, fastened crosswise, constitute
the base, and two upright
sticks, solidly connected at top and
bottom, rervo for the reception of th$*
arbors. The mechanism consists of a''
motor weight, a four-armed wheel and
escapement rack, a pendulum and two
pulleys, one of which has a crank an<Lj
handle for winding. A dial and handaS
with the dial work, complete the en-'
S'
LIEF CAMP TOO LATE.
semble. All Is of wood, except the
wheel range of tbe rack, wbicb is of
metal. Tbe motor weight Is suspended
from the drum of the four-armed
wheel, which occupies the central
part of the clock. The force is transmitted
to tbe pendulum and the motion
work by a wire, four and a half
meters in length, rolled on one band
on tbe arbor of tbe rack, and on tbe
other attached to one of tbe arms of
tbe wheel, as shown in tbe illustration.
The pendulum is attached to a
wire, of which the length is regulated
by means of a pin seen at the top of
tbe frame. The winding is effected
by. means of a pulley placed at the
lower part of the construction and
connected with the axis of tbe escapement
wheel l>y an endless wire. ? The
RUSTIC CLOCK.
j
motion work is operated with the aid
of a pinion of three leaves acting on a j
cannon pinion of seventy-two teetn,
which revolves once an hour. This
l>!l!MUl 1JS UiJ lUt* ZUUIU Ui IIIIT VOWtlliCmcnt
rack, so that the latter makes
twenty-four revolutions an hour; as it
has 120 teeth the virtual length of the j
pendulum is about 30.0 centimeters j
The wheel revolves once In four hours
UxTemiAtinc CiroumMaucep. i
The Br'tish soldier is a first-class
llglr.ng innu, but his mental attributes
are not always very high. Numerous
anecdotes are told of the sim- j
plieity of his ideas, and the following j
is. perhaps, one of the best:
A gunner in one of the campaigns |
in Egypt was serving his piece, v.iu-n
he was surrovndrd so closely by
Arabs that he hail to use his rammer !
as a club, lit* repulsed the enemy |
and saved his gun at the expense of a !
broken raniner, and for bis bravery
he was selected for the Victoria Cross. ;
When summoned before the board
of officers, the soldier thought . was '
for the breach of discipline iu having
broken the rammer, and. before :t
word could be said, he spoke up and
volunteered a plea of "guilty, with ex-1
tenuatiug circumstances."
There was a broad smile on the faoc
of the board, but the soldier got the i
I SAYS HE KILLED BROWER,
| Peter Austin, of Stormville, N. Y*
| Confesses, But Pleads Self-Defensa
nil Wife Telia All She Knew Abont th?
Crime, Then He Make* * Clean
Breait or the Adair.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (Specinl).-The
* murder mystery of Stormville was
cleared up when Peter Austin, the
farmer'who was arrested a few days
ago, confessed to District Attorney*
Wood and Sheriff Smith that he killed
Charles Brower fourteen years ago. *
and; threw the body in the old well,
where the skeleton wns fnnnd. H?
i^aays he killed the man in self-defense,
; Austin's wife went before the Grand
J?ry and told all that she knew about
the crime. < This is her story, ns givent
out by the authorities:
: "Broker had:jwed with is off and }
! on for*three years. He was a queer
j man,J and aoout^rty years old. Ho '
j seemed very fond of the oldest of my
two daughters^ a girl then twelve
^eaw-old, whoi^gnow the wife of
ttraptfggs, the biijtksinith. iu Hope-,
. welt Hpspoke toffiyibout marrying ' ^
| ber^.and I- rebnked^jBta for thinking
was the. matter. Th^f^We told rae
Attorney next hrfffthe
repeat her, story in the presence
' orAin8^7wis6 was brought from the
jail. The result was that he broke w
down and made a clean breast of the
^affair.
? HAH& CONDITIONS AT NOME. .
^Un; Persons Likely tp Snflir and 1)I?*
, Stampede to; a N?w Field.
pM Townsend, :,Wash. (Special).?
The steamship EUlhu Thbmpson arrljjfl
from Cape I?p?e,;* bringing' 200
^ kengers, many of whom are with*
means. Her officers report conditions
but little changed. There are
i ahnniw44 nnn nprsona there, many ot
lated.
Nome is practically free from sickness,
smallpox and other diseases having
disappeared.
REFUGEES LIVE IN CAVES.
Americans In Cape Colrfhy Rallied by thk
War Cannot Pay Kent.
Cape Town, South Africa (By Cable).
*- ~ ^ -* 4 All* SV
I ?in ine cape nouse ui assciuuij w
J rremier, Sir John Gordon-Sprigg, re?
! plying to a question concerning the ..
fate of refugees who had not been per* 'jfj
mitted to return to their occupations^"*^
said that if charitable funds failed, the
Government would see to it that the >.'1
j refugees did not starve.
! London (By Cable).?The Cape Town ?
! correspondent of tlje Daily Mail, re!
ferring to the question put in the
House of Assembly to Sir John Gor- .if
don-Sprigg regarding the refugees," $
| says:
| "The distress among them is very i
j serious. Large . numbers, mostly .
' Americans, are living In caves on the "!
i sides of Table Mountain, owing to J
t?~ ?t -_l
iucii luauiuij pa.y rem. *
DROVE 3000 SHEEP TO DEATH. 3
; Cattle Men in Colorado Bring (he OM 1
Kance War to a Climax. A
Walsenburg. Col. (Special).?Reports?
i from Sharpsdale, a small town, netlB
j Mount Blanco, in Southern
| say that the feud over the us^V|^^B
range, which has existed ion? bew^HH
| cattle men and sheep men. reacb^JMBI
I climax a few days ago. when the v-fflH
I tie men drove 3000 sheep over a hijgHb
I precipice, killing nearly all of thenCTH
i The trouble has grown out of the^Sj
; scarcity of water along the watSflK
! courses. Where grass still remains the *jj
! sheep were pastured, and after they a-.
j had once parsed over the ground cat- *
j tie refused to eat on it, and either died
i or became very poor. It is said that ;
: t' . entire country has taken up arin&
?
TRAIN CUT OFF HER FINCERS.
Odd Accident to a Xfn???ear-01d Italian
<51rl at KonajUroak.
SnniArvillo X. .T. wMolfllV. W-Ksti6 4
?- "* *J2RT v TV-W
! Seicox, a n. no-yea r-old Italian
! and two companions wore playing or
! the railroad tracks at Bound Brook ?
: wlien a west-bound freight train bore
| down on them. Katie's compaions
escaped by jumping down an embank
j ment, but Katie did not see the train 'J
| until it was almost on top of her. She *
jumped, but fell so that her hands '3
lay on the east-bound track. An east- *
1 bound passenger train running at the 1
rate of lifty miles an hour came thundering
along and cut off three fingers
of her right hand, llcr injuries were *2
dressed by two physicians, who be- y
lieve she will recover.
Our K?rj>!y to Peace Kilict.
The State Department at Washing*
ton has made a non-commirtal reply .'j
to the edict empowering Li Hung iMiaug
to negotiate for peace in China,
wishing tirst to see what the other -4
powers will do.
Tranovaat'o Ximw
The Transvaal liepublic will hence 'v,
forth be knowu as the Vaal liiver Col311
v. General ltaden-rowell has been
ippointed chief of the Transvaal police.
_ __
Tiio Japanese ir?'ld yen is being im<
ported into India.
A coal famine now threatens the ^
colony ol' Newfoundland.
The Congress of Peru has declared
full jimnesiy for all political offenders. i
Sweden is the latest foreign country
o come to the United States seeking
1 loan.
Over $1,324,000 worth of subsidary
joins were minted at Philadelphia in
August.
The old Russian city of Riga will -A