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' ISSUES SIXI WllSL^ 7 ^ " l. m. grist 4 sons, Publishers. } % JUurspagfr: 4or 'N |roniolion oj th? goliticat, JSoijiat, Agricultural and (EommerLcial gnler^sls of the jJeoptc. {tekfiygrelAr"riKvlNctNT8A''CE' established 1855. YOEKVILLE, S, C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1899. NUMBER 72. liin ? " THE MY8TE COUNT I By FRED V - ^ ' - 1 , ,nA * M D-ac-c A lvr\nI Q UOpyriglll, 10TJ, uy LUC .imciiuku x i?oo Synopsis of Previous Installments. In order that new readers of The JSn? quirer may begin with the following installment of this story, and understand it just the same as though they had read it all from the beginning, we here give a synopsis of that portion of it which has already been published: Count Boris Landrinof, a young Russian stndent at Oxford, receives a tele gram from his mother that his father, Count Vladimer Landrinof, is missing and asking him to return to Russia at once. Before starting for home Boris meets his friend Percy Morris, who tells him that he saw his father that very day in London. Boris, on arriving in Russia, finds that bis father had gone to the railway station, but bad not taken a train. Here the trail was lost. Boris learns from a peasant that he bad driven three men to a post station. Percy arrives in Russia, and he and Boris interview the master of the post station and are told that the postmater drove the party referred to to St. Petersburg. Percy and Boris direct him to drive them to where he left the party, and he drives them to the Landrinof residence. Borofsky, a detective, is employed, and it is decided that Percy shall return to London and endeavor to obtain a photograph of , the man resembling the missing count. Percy secures the photograph, wtncn Y greatly resembles the count. The count- 1 ess then tells her son that her father had a brother who fell into criminal ways. , Borofsky goes to London for the purpose ' of bringing back the man who resembles Count Landriuof. Borofsky follows his man, who endeavors to elude him. They , have an interview, and the man agrees to return with him to Russia. Borofsky and 1 the supposed count return. Boris does I not believe that the latter is his father's .1 brother, Andrew Landrinoff. The man ( (Andre) pretends never to have heard of , the count's criminal brother. Andre is visited by a shabby student. Boris fol- i lows the student, who, perceiving that he | issbadowed, endeavors to escape bv cross- j ing a frozen river. The ice breaks, the student falls into the water and is rescued 1 by Boris. Boris demands information of i his father of the student and to secure it takes him home and entertains him as a , guest. The student admits that he possesses the required information and de- ' mands money for it. Boris agrees to pay and he to accept 5,000 rubles. j CHAPTER XXII. 1 THE STUDENT'S STORY. , "This man Andre," continued the | strident, "is. as yon have rightly con- j clnded, yonr father's brother. His real < address is Siberia. Ask yonr friends, f the police, and they will tell yon that ( this is so Indeed they will assnre yon ^ that oar good friend is still enjoying a < dog's life in the mines, somewhere near t Sakhalin. "Very well. Bnt. as yon are aware. , he is nothing of the sort He is here ] and engaged in certain very important ( and very secret arrangements, as to t which I may have more to say at a j later period, supposing that it sbonld j be worth yonr while to come to terms j with me. "Well then, in order to be here your respected uncle must have first left Si- ( beria. He did so. He left the mines i without permission of the authorities ( In a word, be escaped and came to St Petersburg. Capital?a very well con- , ceivea a no cieveriy esctuieu cw.ayc, no , to which I may some day. ever another bottle of wine, amnse yon with the de-' ( tails, but at present I desire to come quickly to the main interest of the etory. "Cleverly as friend Andre escaped, however, the police?for once in their lives?showed some little sagacity in following up the matter They could pot catch him on the spot, neither could they find him through all the thousands of miles that lie between Sakhalin and St. Petersburg, but by some chance they found him in St. Petersburg Itself shortly after bis arrival here. Very unlucky this, as you will admit "Well, they shadowed him, having once got upon bis scent, and, though Andre was clever enough to keep out of their clutches, the position became strained, and a meeting of certain people was held in order to devise eome means of relieving the strain. "One of the bloodhounds died about this time By bloodhounds I mean those who did the shadowing and hunting for the authorities. He died of loss of blood caused by a rent in his carcass made by some sharp steel substance, such as the blade of a knife. " "He was murdered, yon mean, " I interrupted in disgust. "God forgive us for harboring in the house such rascals as Andre and ycurself and for dealing with you instead of handing you over to justice, as we ought to do." "You are positively rude, my friend,' continued the student, "and extremely unjust besides, to one of us, at any rate. Andre may be all you imply, but then he is a near relative of yours and entitled to indulgence from the respectable members of his family, but I? what ill do you know of met I am an innocent lamb, incapable of hurt or harm. I am telling you a picturesque story of the adventures of this near relative of your own. What have I to do with it? I am narrator only." "Stop," I said. "What has all this to do with my father? You are not to sappose that I shall submit to be put off with your conceitedly told yarns about others unless they carry substantial information as to my father and his whereabouts. The check can be " stopped and you arrested !" :ry of landrinof. raiSHAW. tlon. "And yon can do just what the bloodhound afcesaid did," my companion ' 1?3 ii?^ i;? iHUgueu, auu iunt is, nc uu?u iu ouujc dark porch or gateway, with a big hole in yon. and take yonr last look np at the stars while your blood runs over the pavement. But snrely we need not quarrel over a grievance which does not exist I aui coming to your precious father in a minute or two." "Gc on. then," I said. I was beginning to loathe the sight of this little toad of a man. "Well, the bloodhound died, as I say. bnt another wafc put upon the scent, and. when he died, a third, and Btill they would not let Andre alone, though they could not catch him. "Then, at last, one of us?I mean, one of the body of men and patriots who were privileged to call themselves the friends of Andre?hatched a very brilliant plot for the relief of Andre and for the getting of him safely over the frontier, which?ardently as our friend desired to go abroad for the good of his health and for the advantage of certain projects in which he was interested?had been hitherto quite impossible, owing to the care with which the authorities bad laid their plans to pre TtUV 4 1 "The railway stations bristled with gendarmes and ununiformed police? 3pies. in fact?and the frontier was gnarded as thongh it were a powder magazine and some one bad threatened bo pat a match to it. "Now. this was the plan, and yon mast listen very carefully to it, for I am pledged to interest yon. and the 5,000 rabies in my pocket have been paid me for what I am going to tell yon nest. "But as this part of the tale is so ?ery interesting we will drink a glass )f wine to steady oar nerves." "Drink the whole bottle and be aanged, only go on I" I raved. "Good wines sbonld never be taken loo fast." said the little rascal, deliberately sipping from his glase. "And this is good wine?claret, do yon call it. or burgundy? I don't often bave the apportunity of sampling these expensive vintages, and therefore I do not elaiin to be much of a judge Take a glass You won't? Well. I see yon are ( jxcited to hear what I have to tell yon, , so here goes "One of as?one of them, I should , jay?conceived this idea. Andre, he mew. they all knew, was well connected He owned to a brother who ranked is a patrician among the patriciana Moreover. Andre made it a boast that , ae bore more than a strong family likeaess to his brother, the great Count Landrinof , "Thie ingenious person, the hatcher af the plot, took the trouble to visit , Count Landrinof at this very aristo- , cratic and palatial establishment in , w?W? T of fUia uonmonf on WLJivju A. aui av iuio ujuui^ui au uvuu*\.\i guest. He came ostensibly to ask for a contribution for some benevolent enterprise whicb he mentally evolved for the occasion, but in reality to judge whether the brothers were really so much alike ( that there was reasonable expectation that they might be mistaken one for j the other. "Well, he met with extraordinary ^ success; double?nay. treble?success. Your father, be found, was a generous J man. and, pardon me. more than a littie foolish. He subscribed 5 rubles to- , ward Ivanof's fund (we will call him 1 Ivanof for convenience), which 5 ru- j bles Ivanof found very usefuL "Secondly, Ivanof saw at a glance ' that Andre and his brother were quite 1 exceptionally and marvelously alike ' and might easily be mistaken the one ' for the other. That this is so none knows 1 better than yourself, for to this fact . you are indebted for the pleasure of Andre's presence under your roof." ! "Go on!" I said. Even now I could not for the life of me foresee what was coming. "Thirdly, Ivanof. while waiting in the great hall down stairs?a splendid i hall, by the way; but is it not cold in 1 winter? A space of that size would. I 1 should say"? "Go on!" I cried, stamping my foot. j I could have twisted the little rascal's | head off but for the frenzied desire I now felt to hear the end of his tale. KTT7..11 T t U ? ,1 iV.. I >v ?U. tuning, lucu, ivauui uau one pleasure of seeing another gentleman 1 besides the count, an Englishman named Herbert, or Hulbert, and of hearing the 1 end of your father's conversation with ' him, which fell in marvelously well 1 with Ivanof's plane. The two gentle- 1 men were, in fact, arranging for a shooting party at a place called Erinofka, and fixed upon the days and hours ' for their sport in Ivanof's presence. Then our friend laid bis plans, which ' were made very easy for him by his ; visit to the count and what he had learned there. "Do you follow me now? Have you mastered the plot of my tale? Need I go on?" CHAPTER XXIIL i abduction of the count. 1 "I think I begin to understand the detestable plot a little." I eaid. "My father fell. T snppiijfe. Into the hands of the precions villains who are your ac- f complices. What have they done with j him? For by afi that's snre"? 1 "Not so fattl I am no accomplice, so far as you can prove May not a man ] discover a plot without befng set down i at once as an accomplice? I am coming to your father's fate " t "For," I repeated, springing to my ] feet and seizing the little rascal by the j shoulders and shaking him as a cat ] would a mouse, "see here, you vile little wretch, if you dare to tell me that , these neonle have iniured a hair of my , father's bead I ewear to yon that no promise or anything else shall save yon and yonr abominable friends I I"? "Do be a reasonable creature and allow me to finish my story," said my companion, twisting himself ont of my clutches. "I did not say your father was injured, did I? If he was injured, it was not, at any rate, by our people. Will you allow me to go on in peace or not? I will not be hustled; remember that You are stronger than I, but I have a will which is perhaps more than equal to your own. You cannot compel me to speak. There is much more to tell, but I will not tell it unless you promise to behave like a gentleman. " "Go on, then." I said, "but if I find you have lied, and your friends have f done father any injury, heaven help j you, for I think I should kill you I" "Bah I I am not afraid. You are not ] the kind to kill a fellow creature, espe { ( i^MI A ' ' ^ I 4 C*^ "Bah! You are not the kind to kill a fellow creature cially'one who ia trying his best to do yon a very great service. Besides, I might not be so easily killed. Killing is a game of which it is necessary to understand the elements. There is science in it. Maybe I have thonght over sncb matters more than yon have, and understand more thoroughly the tricks of the trade. " "You are welcome to your knowledge. " I eaid. "For all I know you may be a murderer already, but it is certain that I will thrash you within an inch of your life in certain events. Therefore be careful how you tell your story." "Bah I" said the student, who assuredly was no coward, though he was the most conceited and detestable little rascal, I should say, that ever breathed God's air. "Bah! I shall tell the tale as I think best. If you do not like my manner of telling it. that is your misfortune. but not my fault Well. then. Ivanof's plan was this Arrangements were made to seize your father at Erinofka. on the moor or at the lodge or wherever it should prove to be most practicable. From there he should be brought by road to the house of?it 3oes not matter whose house?and there be should be shut up. Then some one, one of the circle of friends, should go with a tale to the police announcing that by means of accidentally overhearing a conversation he bad become aware Df the hiding place of one upon whom he believed the police desired to lay their 1 bands. The police would then send and * arrest your father, believing him to be * Andre, and Andre himself would quiet- ? ly depart for England, dressed en grand ? 3eigneur, and, batz, there's the end!" "I see," I gasped. "And did this all J happen, then, as arranged? Father was 1 captured, as I believe, at Erinnfka. a What happened then? Tell ine the 1 troth." ^ "Why should I lie? The count was 1 brought to St. Petersburg by road, as per programme. He was dressed in a snit of Andre's clothes and looked, I am told, marvelously like Andre?in- c 3eed the police had no doubt whatever c that he was that very individual. They f bagged him neatly, and I have no doubt v that they are still firmly under the im- v pression that they have in their clutches ti somewhere Andre, or Kornilof, as they s call him. and no other. c "As for the real Andre, you know all v about his doings. He went to London fc like a milord, and like' a milord be re- r turned. He fell on his feet and etill v stands upright. Who knows it better 1 than yourself?" c "Stop, you infernal little rascal!" I c priori utamnimr Div foot with rage, fj "What of my father? I have heard c enough of your detestable Andre. Tell ] me of iny father. Where is he? What a bave they done with him ?" c "Ah, you must ask the police that t question." said the student. "Probably ^ he is at Sakhalin or in that choice b neighborhood. He was taken out of our c ?out of Andre's friends'?hands, you h see. I cannot be supposed to be in the j confidence of the third section, which is the section of police spies. Can I. now? Be reasonable!" |J "I suppose not," I groaned. "But, ?reat heavens, what are we to do? How ire we to get at the authorities? Will :bey believe us?" "Ah, that is a very delicate question 1 [ should say they will not, but it is worth trying." "What will Andre's attitude be, jupposing we go to the police and explain that, though passing as the count, ny father, this man is not my father, but an impostor?" "My dear sir, do I know the mind of kncfce? Though acquainted with him, is $ou are aware, I cannot therefore itatewbat he would do under any given :ircu instances. But I will say this? :hat probably our good friend has not aeglected to prepare himself for such in emergency. He must know that at X? 1-Li. ? iny nme you migui xur reunuuo ui ;uui jwn disown hiin and declare that, ;hongh you^iave pretended that he is Dount Landrinof, he is in effect nothing )f the kind, bnt Mr. Kornilof, the jscaped convict. He will probably say ;bat yon are mad, and that your mother, the ccnntess, is no less, or that the louptess has reasons for cherishing aninosity against him, and that yon are vitp her?being a mother's child?to id her in this erode way of a husband )f whom she has grown tired." "Such a ridiculous cock and bull itory would never take in the police!" [ cried scornfully. "My dear sir," said the student Dlandly, "you are forgetting one thing indthat is that the police will be prejuliced in favor of Mr. Andre, or rather )f the count, as they suppose him." "Why?" I said angrily.- "You are talking nonsense, my friend." "(Nonsense or wisdom, it is nevertheess.trne. See here, now. The police lavje committed one of the stupidest slanders that ever effete officialdom performed, and that ie saying much. rhe|y have sent the wrong man to Siberia and left a dangerous revolutionist it large. Do you suppose, as a reasonible, reasoning creature, that they will )e so very ready to admit their error at rour bidding and on so flimsy a story is this vou will bring them in support )f yonr assertion? They will laugh in pour face and say that yon are a mad icboolboy and bad better go back to four English school or to the English isylum yon have escaped from. Even f they believe yonr tale?which, of :ouree, they may do, thongh they will jretend they do not?they will still angh in yonr face and refuse to move n the matter." "Do yon seriously mean that they vill refnse to set right this fearfnl jlnnder that they themselves have comnitted?" I said. "Yon are saying all ;his, as Andre's friend, in the hope that [ will allow matters to remain as they ire. Yon wish to screen Andre, and my 'atber's fate is nothing to yon. But do jot make that mistake, my friend. I shall move heaven and earth. I shall ipend thousands of pounds. I shall nev>r rest night and day until I have cornjelled the authorities to redeem their linfnl blunder." "My dear sir, yon ravel" said the itndent coolly. "Yonr father's fate is, )f course, of little interest to me, ex:epting in so far as?out of compliment :o yonrself?I should like to see so poite a friend as you have proved yourlelf gratified. But neither is Andre's 'ate of any interest to ma To me it is lothing whether he lives in this palace >r in Sakhalin. I have no personal nf'ection for him. To prove that I do not vish to screen him. I invite you to go is soon as y.on please to the nearest jristaf of police, tell him the whole itory and see what he will say. You will not. of course, mention me, or give my hint of my existence, or, indeed, ipeak of the details of your father's :aptnre, and so on. Tell them simply ihat their recapture of Kornilof cn such md such a day was a blunder, that they ook this wrong man and that the right nan is at this moment in your house. 3ee what the pristaf will say. He will augh in your faca " "And if be does, if be and his supeiors refuse to set the thing right, am I 0 concur tamely in their decision ? Not , my friend. I will go to the czar himelf, but I will see justice done to my lear father 1" "There will be no need to go to the zar," laughed the student. "Go to a esser man, though perhaps as worthy 1 one. Gf^?or rather come back?to oe. I shall have something to propose, inly there must be another arrangement n this event?and another check 1" TO HE CONTINUED. A Good Fire Kindler.?On one of iur outings to the mountains we se* 1!a ? .r -L uren a quanuiy 01 very nuu jmuu tine which made such good kindling rood that when it was gone the old ray of whitling shavings seemed very insatisfactory, and we set out to find omething better. Pouring kerosene >n makes the fire start quickly ; but re have a prejudice against being turned alive. After various experinents we hit upon the following, rhich is safe and cheap and good. Take a fiat 10-pound lard pail. Break orncobs in two and stand the halves m end in the pail until the bottom is illed. Then pour kerosene enough wer them to wet the cobs and leave a ittle in the bottom of the pail, so that , half inch or less of the end of the obs will stand in the oil. One of hese pieces of cob laid in the grate rill light readily from a match and turn strongly enough to start quite oarse kindling, and prove a great lelp on cold winter mornings.?L. dentor. 86T" If you fail after doing your best ou have still done well. pisallancous Reading. ; - c BEST GUN WORK OP THE WAR. a ' f? Sailors Held Tlieir Breath While Victor ]j Blue Redeemed Promise. ^ New York Sun. ?j Perhaps the best bit of gun work of a the war was executed by Lieutenant p Victor Blue, of the Suwanee. It was 3; at Aguadores one morning in June, u Half a dozen Yankee ships, including e the New York, Admiral Sampson's u flagship, had been bombarding the Spanish positions in the bills, which 0 fringed the shore, without any other u result than to smother the enemy's fire, 1 when the signal "cease firing" flutter- a ed from the New York. The position ft of one of the Spanish batteries which ii had been uncommonly active in reply- j< ing to the Yankee volleys, though 1 without doing any damage, was mark- a ed by a red and yellow flag, which m could easily be seen in the clear morn- o ing atmosphere. The staff from which n this flag floated was fixed in a solid tl pier of masonry, the top of which si showed above the redoubt that pro- tl tected the Spanish guns and gunners. ^ Blue was preparing to take a crack at n the flag when the order came. He appealed to Lieutenant Commander J Delehanty, who was in command of s< the Suwanee, to let him go on and cut tl the flag down. Delehanty's desire to sj see the thing done was as keen as h Blue's desire to do it. He asked per- n mission of the flagship to go ahead. a "Cease firing," was the peremtory V signal repeated from the flagship. vt "I guess it's no go," he said to Blue, n "The admiral says we can't clo any a more shooting." si "But I can cut it in three shots," tl protested Blue. . n Delehanty pursed bis lips and squint- d ed wistfully at the flaunting red and a yellow bunting. "I bate like the devil to ask again," he said half to himself, tl "but I'll do it." Back fluttered this a signal to the flagship : d "Can cut the flag down in three tl shots." a For several moments there was no E reply. The admiral seemed to be con- tl sidering the Suwanee's proposition. Every eye from the Suwanee and from ii the other ships, which bad seen the tl exchange of signals, was fixed on the E flacshiD. Finally the admiral's signal, d "All right, if you can cut it down in 1 three shots, go ahead," was displayed. c< The signal was received with a cheer a on the Suwanee which several of the s< other boats echoed. Then the atten- ft tion of the fleet became riveted on the ti Spanish flag. Blue bent over his gun, a adjusted the sights, shoved a cart- " ridge into the chamber, and closed the ci breach. For the fraction of a second o be glanced down the barrel. Then it there was a sharp report. The far- a away flag suddenly twisted around the staff. Then it slowly unwound and tl two yellow pennantB fluttered in the tl brisk east wind. Blue's shot bad cut b< out the ted bar in the centre which r< bore the Spanish coatof-arms. 0 "A corker, Blue," 9houted Dele- 01 hanty from the bridge. "Try again ; ai but remember that you were a little It high that time. Depress your piece a si bit." bi Blue readjusted his sights, and again tl bis gun spoke. This time a cloud of du9t rose from the base of the flagstaff, which leaned over. It was ^ quickly righted by one of the Spanish p gunners. p "A bit low and too far to the left a that time," said Delehanty, examining st the effect of the 9hot carefully through his glasses. "You knocked off a cor- p, ner of the pillar the staff is fixed on Take more time with your next shot, p It's the last, you know." 8t Blue was fully a minute arranging tl for the next shot. Every man on the e, ^ l ? J i-;- i *u suwanee neiu ms uicatu, uuu cvci-j q( eye was fixed intently on the far- a, away yellow streamers which still flut- jj tered defiantly. Blue fired and down m came the staff, cut clean in two at the w middle. ^ Delebanty started to say something C( commendatory; but his voice was tr drowned in the deafening yell which arose from the Suwanee's crew. The ta yell was caught up on the other vessels one by one, the crew of the New 0j York finally joining in the chorus. As fr the cheering died away the signal, fr "Well done, Suwanee," fluttered from Sj the admiral's flagship and the incident w was closed. The range at which Blue 8f did this bit of shooting was 2,500 p] yards. tt LEADER OF THE BOER ARMY. Cf General Joubert, HIh Fighting Qualities re and the Boer Ariny. tt General P. J. Joubert is the most celebrated fighter in South Africa. ^ He is vice president and the com- 8< mander-in-chief of the Boer army, and ^ is looked on as the country's savior in A the event of war with England. The PJ general is 68 years old now, and scar- V red by many a wound from English hi bullet and native assegai. Yet he is fr sturdy of frame and keen of eye. He tr led the Boers at Majuba Hill, where 280 English gave up their lives, General Joubert losing but five men. He b< beat the English at Laing's Nect, com- sp manded the forces at rsronifnorst ana m Spruit, and finally caught Jameson cc like a rat in a trap through quick mo- ct bilization of troops. fu He fought in the native wars when di Paul Kruger was commander, and bi these two Became bosom friende. They re and one other Boer were selected to sb conduct the affairs of the Transvaal in when it was in rebellion against Eng- bi land in 1881, and General Joubert has 01 everal times come within a few votes f beating Oom Paul for the presideny. He will probably be the next to ssume that position, as be holds difsrent views from Kruger. He beeves that if the franchise were given o the Uitlanders in a reasonable ime they would become good citizens, nd that this is the way to solve the roblem. At the same time he will not anction any sort of a revolt, and .'hen the Jameson raiders were landd safely in Pretoria jail, he was one /ho favored shooting them. Oom Paul's diplomatic powers stand ut in distinct contrast to Joubert, /ho is essentially a lover of powder. en thousand Boers were gathered bout the jail, speculating as to the ite of the prisoners. Some were for istant death, and others, as a grim )ke, suggested cutting off their ears, 'his was taken up by the press immeditely, and in a few hours the world ras shuddering at the bloodtbirstiness f the Transvaal burghers. In the leantime the question was being setled by Oom Paul, who was trying to ave the lives of the prisoners, and to ais end used every art of persuasion rith Joubert, the two being closeted a 'hole night. Oom Paul finally prevailed, and oubert went out before the asjmbly to win them over to ae leuient position. This was bis peech: "Fellow burghers, if you ad a beautiful flock of sheep, and a eighbor's dog, got into the pasture nd killed them, what would you do? ^ould you take your rifle and straightray proceed to shoot those dogs, thus mking yourself liable to greater damge than the value of the sheep detroyed, or would you lay hold on bose dogs and carry them to your eighbor, saying, 'Now, here's your ncs. I caught them in the act. Pay ~0 C7 - ie and they shall be returned.'" The general waited a moment for be words to take effect, and then dded: "We have .the neighbor's ogs in jail. What shall we do with aem ?" There was hardly a voice gainst returning the prisoners to the Inglish, and events proved how wise ae Boers had been. Joubert can collect bis whole army 1 48 hours, a speedier mobilization aan any other nation can boast of. te has divided the Transvaal into 17 ivisione, each under a commander, 'bey are sub-divided into sections, ommanded by held cornets and assistnd field cornets. When the tocsin is aunded the officers ride from one irm to another until the whole counry is warned. The Boer has his rifle nd ammunition ready, and a piefce of biltong" or dried beef, on which he an subsist for two weeks. He jumps n bis horse and hurries to the gather)g place, leaving the women to farm nd herd the cattle. General Joubert knows the might of ie English, but has little respect for jeir marksmanship. "When I was a oy," he told the writer, "an English igiment was quartered on our farm, ne day three hartbeeste sprang up the veldt and half the regiment shot ' * * _ ? J I ? ? _ -3 T mm/4 tm/v I ID em auu miaseu. x auu una v/kuv* ids then brought our rides to our aoulders, and each brought down .one eeste. That is the way we shoot at le English." President Kruger's Side.?The ew York World of last Thursday ublisbes the following dispatch' from aul Kruger, president of the South frican republic, in response to a mesige sent out by that paper : "I gladly accede to your request to resent the Boer side to the Americans, be present agitation against this reublic emanates partly from a certain iction of British residents to whom le existence of the republic, which aabraces the most flourishing parts of auth Africa, is a standing eyesore, ad who suffer from the prevailing ngo mania, partly also from the ining capitalists, who, not content ith having the best mining laws in le world, wish also to have complete mtrol of all legislation and adminisation. "The franchise voting question was iken up by England because it was lought the republic would not yield a that point. Now that the altered anchise does not materially differ om the American?it is in many re >ects easier?toe agnation nas oecome orse. The object clearly is the deruction of our republic and the comlete control of the richest mines in le world. "The press, entirely controlled by ipitalists, spreads unprecedented misipresention and prejudice throughout le world against the Boer republic. "We are determined to defend to le uttermost the freedom and selfjvernment for which our people have led blood in every part of South frica. Though we have no such jwerful friend as you proved to enezuela and to other republics, we ive strong faith that the cause of ? eedom and republicanism will be iumpbant in the end." To Keep Brushes Clean.?The >st way to clean hair brushes is with >irits of ammonia, as its effect is imediate. No rubbing is required, and >ld or tepid water can be used as sucosfully as warm. Take a tablespoonil of ammonia to a quart of water ; p the bristles without wetting the and in ft mnment the crease is smoved ; then rinse in cold water, lake well and dry in the air; but not i the sun. Soap and soda soften the istles and do not get them so thorighly clean. %