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t YORK?iLLE~ENQUIRER. ISSUED TWIOH-A-WDKH?U5 BDNraSDAY AND SATURDAY. l. m. grist * sons, PnMiihers. } % 4am^2 Jtorspaper: Jfor th$ gromotum sf ih$ political, Stomal, Sflr^uItqaUnyommqrial Interests of thq gouth. { term8^gleL^yEfiveNc^!tcAXCE' VOLUME 43. YORKYILLE, &. C., SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1897. NUMBER 57. BY HUGO ST. Fl ? ? Copyright, 1897, by the Author. Synopsis of Pevious Installments. In order that new readers oi" The Enquirer may begin with the following installment of this story, and understand it just the same as though they had read it *n '?n?o Ka>-n cfit'Q a an iruui tua ucKiuuiiiK, uoiv hi.v ? synopsis of that portion of it which has already been published: Chapters I and II.?Harmon 0. Westcott an American born to humble fortune, learns that he is endowed with the strength of Samson, but that he must not use the ?ift except of necessity. III.?The young amson, who has tested his strength, meets in Harold 0. Westcott, a piyrsical double, born upon the same day. Harold is a bachelor of great wealth and without ties. Harmon reveals his secret and by way of example litis an immense safe with ease, and, taking a sword between the fingers of his left band, snaps it inlwo like a pipestem. IV.?Harold is an amateur boxer, and, learning that Harmon is somewhat skilled in the art, engages him as his substitute in a match with a noted pugilist. The young Samson is an easy victor, ana his double makes a contract with him to masquerade in the plumage of Harold O. Westcott for one year. He is installed in Harold's quarter's with a princely bank account, while the real Harold goes to Europe. V and VI.?The first day of his novel role tbe young Samson, at the immediate risk of any onJinary life, saves the mother of Harold's fiancee from a horrible death in the presence of her daughter, who recognizes the hero, as she supposes. VII.? Harold's mail contains a letter which apparently implicates him in transactions in green goods and another from the girl begging him to call. The family has returned unexpectedly from Europe, and she had planned a surprise for her lover, now on the ocean to join her. Harmon summons Detective Cone to find tbe addressof thegirl, Jeanette, and that worthy lights upon a criminal' clew in the green goods letter, which he chances to see. VIII.?Harmon calls on Jeanette and explains his delay by telling of injuries received at tbe time of rescue. The interview leads up to a point where the caller feels it his duty as a man of honor to declare that he is not Harold Westcott. Instead of fainting, Jeanette murmurs: "Dear Harold, you need rest. Think no more of this." IX.?Harmon returns to the Westcott apartments to find that they are watched by Detective Cone. He suspects the absent owner of criminal associations. Jeanette's mother sends the family physician to advise Harmon to leave town for a week to recover his health and sanity. X.?Harmon retires to a village on the Hudson. He is tracked by the western green goods.man, who demands $10,000 in cash upon an old promise of Harold Westcott's. Harmon thinks it is blackmail, but agrees to meet the villain at night upon the Palisades. The strong man is lured into ambush by a gang, headed by a notorious desperado. He delivers all hands over to the law. CHAPTER XVL NEVERTHELESS A PRISONER. One of the most desirable faculties in "I have everything ready for you." the affairs of this world is that of beiag able instantly to recognize and accept facta The man to whom Marshal Welling addressed his peremptory command * possessed that faculty, as he proved by instantly reaching with both handB toward the stars. "Step out into the road, where I can have a better look at you. Be careful; no nonsense!" The prisoner moved sullenly into the toadway, where the full moonlight fell upon him. "Umph, it's you, Jake! I thought so. The jig's up." "So I see. Can't I put my hands down?" "Not yet," was the reply, while the officer kept his revolver leveled. , Almost at the same moment the figure of a third man appeared, coming from a point in the wood behind the captive. A glance showed him to be Deputy Burton. He, too, had been stealing upon the criminal, and he was only a few seconds behind his chief. "Take his guns from him, Bob,"said the marshal to his assistant, who 1 promptly complied, removing a couple of fine weapons. "Sure that's all?" "He hasn't anything more unless it's bidden in his mouth or ears." "Well, then, Jake, you can let down your hands, but not a yawp, or I'll bore a hole througli you." It may be that Jake Huke. finding himself a prisoner to the lav, officers, was quite content that his confederate should share his misfortune. Perhaps. ' tV?o rocnlnto mnrclm 1 in wholesome respect At any rate, he remained as mute as a lamb until appealed to. "Where is that stone house;, Jake?" "Find out for yourself," growled the captive. "I aiu't squealing." "Your information would do little good and your refusal no hurt. Hello!" And, lo! a fourth man came from the wood with the noiselessness of a shadow and joined the group in the highway. "Well, I'll be hanged!" he muttered, NISTERE, H. D. recognizing the others. Marshal Welling turned his head. "Where have yon kept yourself, Covey?" "I've been dogging you for the last 15 minutes and was on the point of ordering you to throw up your hands when you played it on Jake there." "I knew some one was behind me, but did not suspect it was you. Well, we've got this noble youth. Bob, you will be good enough to stay here in the road with him till we come back. Come, Cone, lead the way to the house, for there's another youth that we're inter- | ested in. Keep the scamp covered, Bob.'' "Never fear for me." Detective Cone, because of his greater familiarity with the spot, took the lead, the marshal at his heels and both treading with the care of a couple of veteran ; scouts stealing into a hostile camp. It will be remembered that the dis- : tance was short, but it was not half passed when the detective heard some one in front of hiin. He stopped, the marshal, who also noted it, doing the Bame. "Hello, Dine i Am dat yo'?" The tremulous inquiry left no doubt ; as to the identity of the one that had hailed them. 1 "Come forward," added Cone in a guarded voice. "We won't hurt you." > The negro shuffled toward them. A Vironlr in t.Vift hrnnohps nvflrhp.fld Jet through enough moonlight to reveal the ' African, who was evidently in a state of excessive terror. "Who are you?" asked Cone in a whisper. 1 "Steph. I lib in dis house." "Who are you waiting for?" "Dine and de children. Dey went to : de sarcus ober at Hackumsack. I'ze waitin for 'em to come home afore I goes to bed." "I should say it's rather early to ex- 1 pect them, but if you live in this house 1 you can tell who is inside." 1 "Yaas, sir. Dere am two gemmen. One am Mr. Jones, and I haben't been 1 introdooced to de oder. Seems to be ' babin *-Jively time Guess dey a?- J 'scussing de tariff." 1 The last remark was caused by a 1 sound as if somebody was thrown violently to the floor. Such was the fact, 1 for just then Tom Discoe went over on his back, and I began fastening the ' cords about his lower limbs. The front door had been closed before our stirring interview, but the two offl- 1 cers slipped forward, one to the front j and the other to the rear window. They expected a desperate fight and were ' ready for it It need not be said that they were astounded at what they saw. Tom Discoe 1 was lying on his back, with his ankles tied together and a pair of handcuffs 1 encircling his wrista Their eyes had 1 hardly rested upon him when he emitted his terrific yelL Since they regarded me as one of the 1 trio of criminals, their natural oonclu- 1 sion was that there had been a quarrel j between us and that I had overcome and bound the larger man. I was contemplating my work with grim satisfaction when I saw the dim outlines of a man's face at the rear win- 1 dow. My first thonght was that he was 1 Jake Hake, whom 1 had never seen. If so, a pretty row impended, for I had not taken the pains to appropriate the revolver of my prisoner. The third man was beyond reach and could wing me before it was possible to reach him. 1 Without any evidence of my discovery, ' I glanced at the closed door on the other 1 side of the room, wondering how quickly I could make my exit therefrom. The second window was near the door, and peering through the panes 1 was another man, evidently as much perplexed as his companion by what he saw. This gave me hope, though it did not wholly remove my misgivings until, looking again, I recoguized Covey Cone. That made it clear. He had followed me to this place, arriving at the most opportune time conceivable. 'Come in, Cone. I have everything ready for you." The summons could not have lessened the amazement of the officer, who drew back from the window, raised the latch , and entered. "Mr. Westcott, I'm sorry, bat I shall j have to ask you to put up your hands until you are disarmed," he said, with some embarrassment. "I shan't do anything of the kind, for I'm no outlaw and haven't a weapon dbout me." He was nonplused. He could not treat me as a criminal, and yet he believed I was as guilty as the man lying bound and helpless on tho floor. "I accept your word," he said, with some embarrussment, ' 'but the marshal may not be equally considerate." "If ho is impertinent, I'll fling him to the floor and bind him as I have bound Mr. Tom Discoe there." Detective Cone looked down on the wretch, who had ceased to struggle and only glared in sullen fury at us. " Heavens 1 Did you do that. Westcott?" "No," I replied, -with mock gravity. "Tom did it himself. He first fastened the handcuffs on, then tied his ankles and stretched out ou the floor to take a nap. I asked him to do me the favor since I wished to Oliver him over to the authorities, and ]<*.< was kind enough to oblige ma There's nothing mean about Tom." Cone broke into laughter. Meanwhile Marshal Welling, having heard what bad passed, came round to the front and joined us. "Do you mean to tell me you overcame and bound Tom Discoe, the man who has cleaned out most of the barrooms in Oklahoma, Kansas City, Deadwood and 20 other places in the west? He has never failed to turn down any two or half dozen men that dared attack him fairly at once. Do you say you did this?" ' ?Af oowmn ot-?rrfV?1 nr? Tf VATI A ULi UUU DHJ lUg HUJ vuiug, M J vm have any other explanation that salts yon better, you are welcome to it Won Id yon shrink from attacking Mr. Disooe when neither of yon had any weapons?" This was an appeal which tonched him in his most sensitive spot. One of the many qualifications of the United Btates marshal, aside from his brilliant civil service examination, was his tremendous strength and physical prowess. His home was at Troy, the great breeding ground of pugilists, and his boast was that no man had ever downed him. "My only regret about this business," be said, with a flash of his fine eyes, "is that it deprives me of the chanoe of locking horns with Tom Discoe. I have been often told that he would do me if I gave him the opportunity, but now the question must remain unsettled? that is," he added significantly, "so far as other folks are concerned." "If you are seeking honors of that nature, it will be more to your credit to overcome the man who overcame DisDoe." "I don't believe you did it?that is, you didn't do it fairly." "I'll pledge myself to treat you fairly," I remarked, placing myself in front Df him. "What is this to be?" Marshal Welling laughed at the oddity of the thing. "We'll lock arms and then see who can place the other on his back." Covey Cone drew off and watched us with an amused expression. Even the rogue on the floor showed some interest In the impending bout The next moment our arms were in tertwined. I could uot help admiring the muscular development of this splendid athlete, who no doubt would have overcome Tom Disooe in a fair struggle. Our position was not facing each othar, but in a coord an oe with the country Fashion of wrestlers who plaoe themselves side to side. We stood thus a minute, when the offioer put forth his strength with great skill. He came within a hair of lifting me off my feet rod throwing me. "Try it again," I said. "Youmaydo better." He was surprised, as he had cause to be, but immediately repeated the effort Instead of my going up in air, however, rod then forward on my face, he found bimself lifted off the floor, with his feet kicking the air. Thinking it best to end the matter, I bent over and gently placed him on his back, despite his furious struggles. "Well, I'll be hanged I" he gasped, rising to his feet "You can't do that again." "I think I can." Forearmed, he now fought to prevent my securing a hold upon him. I must Idmit that he conducted himself with great cleverness, and I could well believe that he would have proved the master of almost any one in a wrestling xtut. But within the following ten seconds my feat was repeated, and I used only jne arm to do the trick. "I give up," he said. "It's the most wonderful thing I ever saw. To look at pou, no one would suspect you were a rentable Samson." I flushed at this remark; but, knowing its innocence, walked to the table, picked it up and crushed it as if it were in eggshell. The three men, including the prosirate Discoe. who bad writhed to a siting position, stared in speechless amazement "Say, boss, you's rooned dat table." SteDh had left his post and stood in the open door, not the least astounded of the spectators. "How much is its value?" "A dollar and a half at de leas'." I banded the African a $5 bill. "That will make it right." "Gorry nation! I sh'd say it wilL Boss, yon can smash all de furnitoor in ie mansion fur dat." "No; I am satisfied if the gentlemen ire." I turned smilingly toward Marshal Welling to hear his views. He was standing with his revolver pointed at me. "Nevertheless, Mr. Westcott, you are my prisoner." TO BE CONTINUED. Wood or Metal Cars. The relative merits of wood and metal cars have been widely discussed in railway circles, but no experiments have been made in this country. The Prussian government has, however, been giving atentiou to this mutter, with 6omc very interesting results. It appears that strict and minute accounts of the two sorts of cars have been kept, from which it appears thut the metal cars are more liable to accident, and when anything happens to them they are much more seriously damuged than those that are built of wood. Wheu tho latter meet with slight mishaps, almost any car machinist cun put them in order. Metal cars must be carried to the great shops, which is no small expense, especially if tho breakage is extensive. ?New York Ledger. ptecrUattcottS! parting. ; r _ v HAMPTON ROADS CONFERENCE. s John H. Itaagan on Lincoln's Alleged Of- 1 fer For Sonthern Slaves. Special Dispatch to The Globe-Democrat. Austin, Texas, July 9.?Judge c John H. Reagan, sole survivor of the ? Davis cabinet, furnishes a statement ' regarding the report so generally current that President Lincoln prososed to Vice Stephens, one of the Con- e federate commissionres at the Harnp- 8 ton Roads conference, that the United c * * AiAA AAA AAA ? States wouia pay **w,uw,wu iui the southern slaves if the Confederates would abandon the war and return to the Union. Judge Reagan recites that in his ad- f dress at the late reunion of ex-Confederates at Nashville he asserted most positively that no such offer in any * form was ever made. The Nashville Jj "American" of June 25 publishes a J friendly criticism by R. H. Baker of the statement, in an article headed c "Judge Reagan in Error." To show ^ that such an offer was made, Baker quotes what purports to be a conver- 8 sation between President Lincoln and r Vice President Stephens, in which Mr. c Stephens quotes President Lincoln as J follows: , "He (Mr. Lincoln) went on to say 11 that he would be willing to be taxed 8 to remunerate southern people for ' their slaves. He believes the people 1 of the north were as responsible for 8 slavery as the people of the south, and v if the war should then cease with a 1 voluntary abolition of slavery by the D states he would be in favor, indidually, c of the government paying a fair in- ? demnity for the loss to the owners, j? He said he believed this feeling had an * extensive existence in the north. He 11 knew some who were in favor of an c appropriation as high as 1400,000,000 0 for this purpose. I could mention per- P sons,' said he, 'whose names would astonish you who are willing to do ^ this if the war should now cease with- 8 out further expense and with the abolition of slavery as stated.' But on * this subject he said he could give no assurance and enter into no stipula- n tions. He barely expressed his own " - ? --j -t... l.~ 1? t reelings ana views auu wuut ue uclieved to be the views of others on the ? subject. h uTo put it plainly, his suggestion ^ was for the Confederacy to abandon * their cause and free the slaves as a con- n ditior. precedent and trust to con- 11 gress for compensation. Accepting 8 as true all that Mr. Stephens re- y ports President Lincoln to have said, . it in uo wise conflicts with my declara- 11 tion that no such offer was made. Mr. Lincoln merely expressed his private, " personal views, and his opinion as to ? the views of others." ' * Judge Reagan quotes in support of " his conclusions from vol. 2, pages 602, ' 608 and 609, of Stephana' history, and " other authorities, and adds: These quotations showed that with * these views Mr. Lincoln could not have y offered $400,000,000 to secure peace, 11 and that he could not have said to Mr. s< Stephens, as has also been stated: * "Allow me to write union at the bottom " of a sheet of paper, and you may write * whatever terms you please above it." * Mr. Stephens never said such an offer ^ was'made, and is given as authority 1 for statements in direct conflict with c what he says did occur in the Hampton Roads conference, in which it was un- a derstood as coming from President Lincoln that the only terms which could be al'owed was the unconditional surrender of the Confederacy and f1 that whatever consequences may follow u restoration of authority must be ac- ^ cepted." P Judge Reagan concludes : D "The foolish and false statements 1 which I have here controverted had t? their origin soon after the Hampton a Roads conference among the unpatri- 1 otic malcontents in the Confederacy J who were great patriots while the P Confederate cause had a chance of & success, but who, as misfortune and 8 disaster fell upon the Confederacy, ? busied themselves in denouncing the ^ Confederate president and authorities * for not making an impossible treaty of P peace. The statements, if believed, D could have no other effect than to dis- c credit President Davis and his advis- 0 ers, and were no doubt invented, and, a for the most part, circulated for that 0 purpose. No northern man who had any respect for the memory of Presi- " dent Lincoln ever made any such 1 statement, or believed them when C repeated by southern men." 0 Bloody Battles.?At Jena, in 1806, s the Prussian loss was 21,000 out of a total of 105,000, and the French 19,000 t out of a total of 90,000?that is to say, v 40,000 casualties out of 195,000 en- p 5 ? ? eo\ao1rmrr Ann In fi VP Q gHgCU, ur I'UU^UIJ' vuv>u u... ~ At Eylau, in 1807, the Russians lost ti 25,000 men out of 73,000; the French o 30,000 out of 85,000?that is, for both f< sides, the appalling proportion of one q in three. At Wagram, in 1809, the p Austrian loss was ?25,000 out of f< 100,000; the French 23,000 out of the b same number. At Aspern, where Na- ti poleon suffered his first defeat on the il 21st and 22d of May, 1809, the car- b uage was still greater, for the French 1< lost 35,000 out of 70,000?one half 1 their number?and the Austrians 20,- b 000 out of 80,000. But even this aw- si ful butchery pales before that of Boro- a dina in the Moscow campaign, for on 1 that field the French left 50,000 dead b and wounded out of 132,000 engaged I aud the Russians 45,000 out of the o same number?95,000 men slain or a mutilated out of 264,0001 It is awful si o think of! And that bloody work vae done in a single September day vith the old flintlock musket and mooth-bore cannon, aided by bayolet and saber. Now, the only battle in the latter talf of the nineteenth century which an compare with Borodina in slaugher is that of Konigsgratz, or Sadowa, n 1866, which ended the Austro'russian war. Out of 400,000 men mgaged 50,000 were killed or woundid?40,000 Austrians and 10,000 Prusians?one in eight only, as against ?ne in three.?Chamber's Journal. BRADDUCK'S FIELD. A correspondent of the Philadelphia bulletin who has been making a jourley to Braddock's Field, writes as folows from Pittsburg: We reached "Braddock's Field," vhere the greatest event in the congest of North America occurred. This is nine miles above the forks of he Ohio ? Pittsburg ? where Bradlock's army was disastrously defeated ruly 9, 1755. That was the most disastrous defeat, ind, as Smollet describes, the largest etreat in military records. The army if Braddock, picked from the British orcea, and commanded by General Sir Edward Braddock, K. G., a veteran of aany wars, an officer of tried courage nd success, landed at Alexandria, /a., in April, 1755. George Washingon, a young man of 23, who had seen ervice in the region where Braddock vas to operate, was invited to join be expedition. The little army oarched up the Potomac about 40 ailes, where it divided, one division narching by way of Winchester, and oth reuniting at Fort Cumberland. 'Yom Fort Cumberland the army aarched over the Washington road, ut the year previous, which was the Id Delaware chief? Nemacallin, wariath. Braddock's chief of staff, Colonel )rme, kept a daily record of marches nd incidents, the writer, by aid of be journal, has traversed most of the Jraddock road, .from Winding bridge o the Monongahela river. The larch was slow and tedious. Without allowing it by detail, it may be stated bat it was not until July 9 the army rossed and recrossed the Monongaela. The first crossing- wm about wo miles below the mouth of the roughiogeny river; the second one lile below Jewitt's creek, near where he Edgar Thomson Steel Works now tand. This is Braddock's Field, /here the gallant little army sustained he overwhelming defeat and loss of :s comraander-in-cheif and most of be principal officers. The opposing 3rce, French and Indians, were conealed in ambush, and slaughtered traddock's army with fury and little 388. Washington counselled fighting be enemy in their owe way, but Bradock scouted the idea, and led bis batalions as he did on the plains of 'landers. Braddock was mortally mounded, and carried from the field 3 bis sash. This sash is now in posession of a daughter of General Zachry Taylor, to whom it was presented uring the Mexican war. Braddock /as conveyed to Dunbar's camp, on iaurel Hill, wbere he died, and was uried July 13, Washington reading ' ** - - i 5 r 4l. oe iunerai services ui me xjpioeupoi burcb. There the remains of the galint colonel, unfortunate officer, rest, lmost unknown and unmarked. SHEDS HIS SKIN. John H. Price, of Philipsburg, Monma, sheds his skin every year. He 5 in the city and will probably remain ere until the shedding process takes lace. Mr. Price's case has attracted alional attention, and has puzzled he mosl celebrated doctors and sureons of America, who are unable to ccount for the phenomenon on any heory. On or about the 24th day of uly in every year he sheds every article of cuticle, which is replaced y an entirely new skin. He first bed his skin when he was six months Id, and be has been losing it regulary every year since then. He is now 0 years old, and a year has never assed in which he did not receive a ew covering. The earliest that the hange ever took place was at 5 'clock on the morning of the 24th, nd it has never occurred later than 3 'clock in the morning of the 25th. There is no similar case to be found 1 medical records, and there are only wo cases that resemble it in anyway. )ne is that of a Georgia man and the ther of a woman in Nebraska, both f whom have shed their skins five or ix times. Mr. Price stated last evening that be shedding of his skin causes bim ery little trouble and practically no ain. Two or three days before the kin comes off it congests and at that ime he has a high fever and a feeling f nausea, lasting several hours. The jver comes quickly and goes just as uickly. When the skin congests the ores close up. Just before it is time ar the skin to come off he takes a risk walk and works up a perspiraion, which loosens the outer skin, as t cannot escape through it. The skin listers and finally peels off nicely, javiug the new cuticle underneath, "he new skin is naturally very tender, ut it soon hardens, and Mr. Price ays that he usually wears the old skin s moccasins for five or six weeks, 'he old skin is kept perfectly natural y oiling it before it comes off. Mr, 'rice went to Chicago at the request f several eminent surgeons in 1890, nd shed his skin in the presence of everal prominent doctors. His skin was taken off whole and stuffed and is still an object of great curiosity in the hospital. The doctors examined the skin by every process and found it to be perfectly normal and Price's blood was found to be pure. The doctor was unable to advance any solution of the problem, and although all sorts of theories were suggested none of them were satisfactory. HOME OP THE SECEDERS. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian ohurch of the south, says the Washington Post, the members of which are familiarly known as "Secedera," and who sing only paslms in their church worship, has its headquarters in the little town of Due West, S. C., which is the home of its theological seminary, and the home also of Ere* kine college and of a female college, the two latter institutions being among the oldest of their kind in the southern country and largely patronized by the members of the "Seceder" church. A visitor to the recent commencement at Due West, in some notes of his trip furnished to the Abbeville (S. C.) Press and Banner, speaks thus of the town itself: "We entered the town on the south side and instead of seeing the old weather-beaten houses we expected to see, we find nearly every house neatly painted, repairs kept up, improvements made, the streets in good order, the merchants satisfied and everybody happy. No discord, no wrangling, the gossips reduced to the mininum, and really I believe these people are the best people in the world?all happy, all cheerful, all religious. "I remember a speaker, during one of her commencement festivities some years ago, spoke of Due West as one of the prominent places on the narrow road that leads to heaven. In fact, he said that all Seceders that go to heaven go by the way of Due West, and on reaching the town always felt that the journey was nearing its end. LI Fin r\ W Aoi Vino o vnnii fntlnn fn* nrt/3 i/UC YY OOK UOC o IvpUMkVlVU 1(11 ?UU wide as being the strictest Sabbatb-observiDg people in the country, and if you will only visit there on Sabbath you can then see for yourself that she deserves the reputation she bears. "By a good cheery fire some winter night, I am going to write a story ^ about this wonderful old town that is actually too moral to sanction a railroad for fear the cars would run on Sunday." Splendors of a Palace.?No western imagination can easily conceive an idea of the splendor with which the Russian rulers are habitually surrounded. Chairs and tables of solid silver, ivory thrones ablaze with brilliants and sapphires, walls of amber and floors of mother-of-pearl?these things sound like an eastern fable, but the czar has them all. At Moscow, in the great palace within the sacred Kremlin walls, there are not only crowns, orbs and scepters covered with diamonds, but also saddles, stirrups and sets of harness covered with similar gems. There are hundreds of swords, daggers and scimitars, the sheaths of which are literally masses of pearls, rubies and turquoises. Rare tapestries, marvelous china from Sevres and Japan, flawless gems from Asia, priceless antique MSS. and jeweled book covers?these are a few of the objects scattered about the czar's 12 palaces with a royal prodigality.?London Mail. Cool Courage.?During the Peninsular war, two English soldiers were standing together when their attention was suddenly arrested by a bombshell thrown near them from the enemy's camp, says The Weekly Telegraph. This was a moment to show "cool courace." One therefore knocked the ashes from his pipe, refilled it, and exclaimed : "Jack, I'll bet thee a ration I light my pipe at that fuse," pointing at the same time to the shell, the fuse of which was evidently far spent. "Done I" cried the other. "I'll bet thee." The challenger accordingly walked up to the shell, lighted bis pipe, and then deliberately stamped his foot upon the fuse to extinguish it. His comrade, who was close at his elbow, now burst into an amazing fit of passion, blaming him by all the saints in the calendar?not for winning the wager, but for putting out the fuse before he had lighted bis own pipe. Scriptural Authority. ? Those Democrats who favor the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, need not feel bad a little bit when the Republicans and John Sherman Democrats twit them about it. The 16 to 1 ratio was established by an authority that man dare not dispute. Ezekiel xiv, 12, tells us: "And the shekel shall be 20 gerahs, 20 shekels, 5 and 20 shekels, 15 shekels, shall be your maueh." Now a gerah is 2J cents, 20. gerahs make 1 shekel, 50 cents in val > . r>A _i 1.?1? K OO lie, and iue l\j sucuiwcio, u auu sheckels, 15 shekels, or 60 shekels all told, at 50 cents each, $30, one maneh. This made one ounce of silver worth $1.25, and one ounce of gold worth $20, which is at the ratio of 16 to 1. As this ratio was established by God himself, no one but a jackleg politician would accuse Gim of being an enemy to the country because of His preference for 16 to 1 ratio.?Dawson, Ga., Dispatch. V8T There is a macadamized road in India 1,800 miles in length. I