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" ISSUED SBMI'WEEKL^ l. m. grist & sons, Publishers.-j $ djfamijs.getrsjajjen _?#ir the promotion of the ptital, Social, gjricuHural, and Csmin?;riai gnlncsts of the people- {TBRM^0,L^0APTYEr^EINc^pTv8ANCEESTABLISHED 1855. YORKYILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1902. NO. 1. THE COURIER BT JUIxE* CHAPTER XIX. plans of Ivan Ognreff bad been laid with the greatest care, and, unless some unlikely circumstance should occur, they BigSffiBB must succeed. It was npfM?ssiirv that the Bol chala gate should be without defend-1 era at the moment when he should deliver it up to the Tartars. Thus at that moment It would be indispensable that the attention of the besieged should be drawn to another point of the city: hence a diversion agreed upon with the emir. That diversion had to take place along the suburbs of Irkutsk, up and down the right bank of the river. The attack on those two points would be made very earnestly and at the same time a feigned attempt to cross the Angara ou its left bank. The Bolchnla gate would then be probably abandoned, especially as on that side the advance , posts, which were said to be at some distance off, would seem to have been collected together. The fifth day of October had come. Before twenty-four hours the capital of eastern Siberia ought to be in the bauds of the emir and the grand duke in the < power of Ivan Ogareff. During all that day an unusual movement was taking place in the camp of the Angara. From the windows of the palace and from the houses of the right bank one could see < distinctly that important preparations were being made on the opposite heights. Numerous Tartar detachments were seen moving toward the camp and thus hourly re-onforcing the troops of the emir. This was the preparation for ,< the diversion which had been agreed upon, and it was being made in the , most ostentatious manuer. Moreover. Ivan Ogareff did not conceal from the grand duke tliat some attacK was to ue , feared on that side. He knew, he saiQ, that an assault would he made at the two extremities of the town along the river, and he counseled the grand duke ( to re-enforce those two points more directly menaced. The preparations that had been noticed. coming to the support of Ivan ?garefTs recommendations. It was necessary to take some accouut of them. Thus after a council of war which was held at the palace orders were given to concentrate the defense on the right bank of the Angara nud at the two extremities of the town, where the fortified terraces rested on the river. This was precisely what Ivan Oga. reff wished. He evidently did not reck* on that the Bolehaia gate would remain without defenders, but they would be there only In a small number. Besides, Ivan Ogareff was about to give to the diversion such importance that the grand duke would be obliged to oppose It with all his disposable forces. And Indeed an Incident of an exceptionable gravity, devised by Ivan Ogareff, was to powerfully aid In the accomplishment of his projects. For even if Irkutsk bad not been attacked at points distant from the Bolehaia gate and along the right bank of the river that Incident would have sufficed to draw the chief body of the defenders to the place where Ivan Ogareff wished precisely to bring them. It would cause at the same time a most terrible catastrophe. All the chances were then that the gate, being free at the hour fixed, would be given up to the thousands of Tartars who were watting under the thick cover of the forest on the east During that day the garrison and population of Irkutsk were constantly on the alert. All the measures, which were required to repel an attack on points never before threatened were taken. The grand duke and General Voranzoff visited the various posts which had been strengthened by their orders. The picked corps of Wassill Feodor occupied the north of the town, but with the injunction to march at once to where the danger should be most pressing. The right bank of the Angara was protected by the only artillery a*, their disposal. With these measures taken in time, thanks to the opportune recommendations of Ivan Ogareff, there was every reason to hope that the prepared attack would not succeed. In that case the Tartars, discouraged for the time, without doubt would defer for a few days any new attack against the town. Besides, the troops expected by the grand duke might arrive any hour. The safety or the loss of Irkutsk hung on a thread. On that day the sun, which had risen at twenty minutes past 0. had set at 5:40. Twilight would still have to struggle with uight for two hours. Then space'would be tilled with t hick darkness, for heavy clouds hung still in the nir, and the moon would uot appear. Tins proiouuu UUSIUIIIJ ?uuiw UIIVI more completely the plaus of Ivan Ogareff. Already, for some days, an extremely keen frost hnd come as a prelude to the rigors of the Siberian .winter, and on that night the cold was still more piercing. The soldiers posted on the right bauk of the Angara, being forced to hide their presence, had not kindled any fires. They therefore suffered dreadfully from great lowering of the temperature. At some feet below them the ice blocks floated past, following the current of the river. During all that day they had seen them in close ranks floating rapidly between the two banks. That circumstance. observed by the grand duke and his officers, had been considered as fortunate. It was evident that If the bed | OF THE CZAR. 3 VERNE. of the river became obstructed the pasRfltre of It would become altogether im practicable. The Tartars would uot be able to manage either rafts or boats. As, for attempting to cross the river over the blocks of ice when the cold should have Joined theui, that was not possible. The field, newly cemented, would not have been strong enough for the passage over it of an attacking column. But Ivan Ogareff did not regret that circumstance, although It appeared favorable to the defenders of Irkutsk, for the traitor knew well that the Tartars were not seeking to cross the Angara and that at least on that side the attempt would only be a feint. Nevertheless toward 10 o'clock at night the state of the river visibly changed, to the extreme surprise of the besieged and now to their disadvantage. The passage, up to that time Impracticable, suddenly became possible. The bed of the Angara soon became free. The floating ice. which for some days nad come down the river In great quantities, disappeared, and very little could be seen between the two banks. The Russian officers, who had uoticed this change in the state of the river, made it known to the grand duke. Besides, it was explained in this way that at some narrow portion of the Angara the floating ice had accumulated and found a barrier. We know that such was the case. The passage of the Angara was therefore open to the besiegers; hence the necessity for the Russians to watch with greater attention than ever. In the camp of the Angara there was plenty of agitation, as was proved by the lights constantly flitting about. At a verst up above, as also down below the point where the fortification slopes down to the river, there was a dull murmur, which proved that the Tartars were on foot, waiting for some Blgnal. Again an hour passed by. Nothing new. Two o'clock in the morning was about to strike from the clock tower of the cathedral of Irkutsk aud no movement had taken place to disclose the hostile intentions of the besiegers. The graud duke and his officers began to ask themselves If they had not been led Into error. If It had really entered Into the plan of the Tartars to attempt to surprise the town. The preceding nights had not by any means been so calm. Firing had been kept up from the advanced posts, and shells had hissed through the air. and this time there was nothing of the kind. The grand duke. General Vorauzoff. their aids-de-cauip. waited therefore, ready to give their orders according to the circumstances. It has been stated that Ivan Ogareff occupied a room in the palace. It was a pretty large room, situated on the ground floor, and its windows opened out upon a side terrace. One need only step a few paces ou this terrace to overlook the course of the Angara. A profound darkness reigned In that room. Ivan Ogareff. standing uear a window, was waiting for the hour of action to arrive. Evidently the signal could only come from him. Once this signal was given, when most of the defenders of Irkutsk should have been called to the points openly attacked, his plan was to leave the palace aud to go and accomplish his work, lie waited theu lu the dark, like a tiger ready to spring upon its prey. Meanwhile, some minutes before 2 o'clock, the graud duke asked that Michael Strogoff?it was the only name he could give to Ivau Ogareff?should be brought to him. An aid-de-camp came to his room, the door of which was closed. He called lmn. tvau uga reff, motionless uear the window and invisible in the darkness, took good care not to answer. The grand duke was" theu informed that the courier of the czar was not at that moment in the palace. Two o'clock struck. It was the moment that action had been agreed on with the Tartars, who were ready for the assault. Ivan Ogareff opened tlie window of his room aud placed himself at the north angle of the side terrace. Below him in the shade flowed tlie waters of the Angara, which roared as they broke against the piles of the buttresses. Ivan Ogareff drew a Uint from his pocket aud lit with it a piece of cotton wool impregnated with priming powder. which he threw into the river. It was by the order of Ivau Ogareff that torrents of mineral oil had been cast on the surface of the Angara. Springs of naphtha had been discovered above Irkutsk on the right bank, between the village of Poshkavsk and the town. Ivan Ogareff had resolved to employ this terrible means for setting fire to Irkutsk. lie therefore made use of the immense reservoir which contained the combustible liquid. He had only to make a few canals to draw In streams into the river. These he had made that very night, some hours before. The ?'<* "? "'nnl lind limm nn the wa ters of the Angara. In an instant, as If the current had beeu made of alcohol, all the river became a mass of flames, up and down the stream, with the rapidity of electricity. Volumes of blue flames covered the whole surface of the river ami shot far up into the sky. The few blocks of ice that came floating down the river, being seized by the burning liquid, melted like wax on the surface of a furnace, and the water, sent off as vapor, rose hissing to the clouds. At that very moment the firing began at the north and at the south of the town. The batteries of the camp of the Ancara threw an uninterrupted volley of shot and shell. Many thousand Tartars rushed to the assault of the ramparts. The houses along the high banks, constructed of wood, took fire In every direction. An Immense light dissipated the shades of night "At last!" said Ivan Ogareff. And he bad good reason to applaud. The diversion which be bad planned was ter rible. The defenders saw themselves placed between the attack of the Tartars and the disasters of an immense conflagration. The bells sounded, aud every oblebodled man of the population hastened to the points attacked and to the houses which were being devoured by the Are, which was threatening to Itonlf tr% * ho ivhnlp f 11V. L'UIllill UUIIUIC IIOCI4 IV/ iuv .. ? The Bolchala gate was almost free. It was with difficulty that any defenders had been left there. Ivan Ogareff re-entered his room, then brilliantly lit up by the flames from the Angara that overtopped the balustrades of the ramparts. Then lie prepared to leave It. But scarcely bad he opened the door when a woman rushed Into the room, with her garments dripping wet. ber hair in disorder. "Sangarre!" cried Ivan Ogareff in the first moment of surprise and not imagining that it could be any other woman than the gypsy. It was not Sangarre; it was Xndia. At the moment when, seeking refuge on the block of Ice. the young girl had uttered that cry when she saw the tire spread over the current of the Augara. Michael Strogoff had seized her in his arms, and he had dived with ber to seek even in the depths of the river a shelter from the flames. After having swum under the waters Michael Strogoff had fortunately put his foot on ground at the quay, and he had Xadia still safe with him. Michael Strogoff was touching at last his goal. He was at Irkutsk. "To the palace of the governor!" said he to Nadia. In less than tcu minutes afterward both arrived at the entrance to that palace, the massive stone walls of which were being licked by the long flames from tne Augara. without, however, their being able to set the structure on fire. Beyond, the bouses on the bank were all in flames. Michael Strogoff and Nadia entered without difficulty Into that palace, which was open for all. In the midst of the general coufuslon no one noticed them, although their clothes were drlpp.ng wet. A crowd of officers came for orders, and soldiers running to execute them blocked up the grand salon on the ground floor. There Michael Strogoff and the young girl. In the midst of so great a crowd, found themselves separated from each other. Nadia. distracted, ran along the lower rooms, called her cauipanlou and asked to be led before the grand duke. A door leading into a room that was Inundated with light opened Itself before her. She entered, and she found herself unexpectedly face to face with him whom she had seen at Icbim. whom she had seen at Tomsk, in the presence of that man whose cursed hand an Instant later would have delivered up the city. "Ivan Ogareff!" cried she. On hearing his name pronounced the miserable wretch trembled. His true name being once known, all bis plans would be ruined. He bad only one thing to do?to kill the being, whoever It might be. who had Just pronounced It Ivan Ogareff threw himself on Nadia, but the young girl, with a knife In her hand, placed her back to the wall, resolved to defend herself. "Ivan Ogareff!" cried again Nadia. knowiug well that detested name would bring succor to her. "Ah, you shall be silent!" said the traitor. "Ivan Ogareff!" cried a third time the Intrepid young girl in a voice whose hate had increased tenfold the force. Drunk with fury. Ivan Ogareff drew a dagger from his belt, rushed upon Nadia and forced her back Into a corner of the rcom. It was all over with her when the wretch, suddenly knocked down by a tremendous blow, rolled to the ground. "Michael!" cried Nndia. It was Michael Strogoff. Michael Strogoff had heard the appeal of Nadia. Guided by her voice, he had arrived at the room of Dun Ogareff, and he had entered by the door which had been left open. "Fear nothing, Nadia." he said as he placed himself between her and Ivan rkcro no fir VfeUiVU.. "All," screamed the young girl, "take care, brother! The traitor is armed! He cau see well!" Ivau Ogareff had risen, and. believing that lie had the advantage over a blind man. he threw himself upon Michael Strogoff. But with one hand Michael seized the arm of him who could see well and with the other, turning aside his weapon, he threw him a second time to the ground. Ivan Ogareff. pale with fury and shame, remembered that he was carrying a sword. lie drew it from the scabbard and returned to the combat. He had also recognized Michael Strogoff. A blind niau! He had only. In short, to deal with a blind man. Nadla. terrified at the danger which threatened her companion in such an unequal struggle, ran to the door, calling help. "Shut that door. Nstdia." said Michael Strogoff. "Do not call any one. and let me do it. The courier of the czar has nothing to fear today from this wretch. Let liim come at me if he dare. I am waiting for him." Meanwhile Ivan Ogareff. gathering himself together, ns it were, like a tiger did not utter a word. The noise of his step. Ills very breathing, he would have wished to keep hack from the ear of the blind man. He wished to strike him before even he had any warning of his approach, to strike him with a certain blow. The traitor did not dream of fighting, but of assassinating him whose name he had stolen. Nadla, frightened,, yet at the same time confident, contemplated with a sort of admiration that terrible scene. It seemed that the old coolness had come back to him. Michael Strogoff bad as his only weapon bis 8lberlan knife, and he could not see his adversary, who was eve armed with a sword. But by what favor from heaven was he able to overpower him? Ivan Ogareff glaficed at his adversury with a visible anxiety. That superhuman calmness worked upon him. In vain, appealing to his reason, he kept saying that In the Inequality of such a eombat all the advantage was In his favor. That immovableness of the blind man completely froze him. He had sought with his eyes the place where he must strike his victim. He had found It Who, then, was preventing him from givlhg the finishing blow? At length he made a blow and thrust bis sword full at tbe breast of Mlcbael Strogoff. Ad Imperceptible movement of tbe knife of tbe blind man turned tbe blow. Mlcbael Strogoff bad not been touched and coolly seemed to wait another attack without, however, challenging It A cold sweat ran from the fa?e of Ivan Ogareff. He recoiled a pace, then made another thrust But tbe second blow, like the first fell harmless. A simple parrying with tbe large knife had sufficed to turn aside the sword of the traitor. The latter, mad with rage and terror before that living statue, fixed his terrified look on tbe large open eyes of the blind man. Those eyes that seemed to read the very bottom of his heart and which could not see?those eyes seemed to have for him an awful fascination. Suddenly Ivan Ogareff gave a cry. An unexpected light had entered his brain. "He can seer' cried he. "He can see!" And, like a deer trying to re-enter Its cave, step by step, terrified, he retreated to tbe lower end of tbe room. Then the statue took life. Tbe blind man walked straight to Ivan Ogareff, and, placing himself In front of him, said: "Yes, I see?I see the blow of the knout with which I have marked you. traitor and coward! I see the place where I am going to strike you. Defend your life!. It is a duel which I condescend 1 to offer you. My knife will suffice me against your sword!" "He sees!" said Nadla. "God of mercy, Is it possible?" Ivan Ogareff felt himself to be lost. But suddenly. takiDg courage, sword In front, be rushed upon his Impassible adversary. The two blades crossed, but at tbe first clash of tbe kptfe of Michael Strogoffi grasped firmly in tbe band of tbe SlUritiXn hunter, tbe sword flew In pieces, and the wretch, pierced to the heart, fell dead to tbe groupd. At that moment tbe door of the room, pushed from the outside, opened. The grand duke, accompanied by some officers, showed himself on tbe threshold. The grand duke advanced. He recog/*n tho crnnnrt the dead bodv of him whom be thought to be the courier of the czar, and then In a threatening voice be asked: "Who has slain this man?" "I," replied Michael Strogoff. One of the officers placed a revolver to his head, ready to fire. "Your name?" asked the grand duke before giving the order to shoot him dead. "Your highness," answered Michael StrogofT. "ask me rather the name of the man stretched at your feet." "That man 1 have recognized. He is a servant of my brother. He Is the czar's courier." "That, man, your highness, Is not a courier from the czar. He Is Ivan Ogareff." "Ivan Ogareff!" cried the grand duke. "Yes; Ivan the traitor." "But you?who are you?" "Michael StrogofT." to be continued. Moon and Mirror.?Some night when the moon Is at Its full and the air Is free from haze, go outdoors with a htin/l mlfrnr and hnlri tt qn that the moon's Image will fall on it. Make the experiment, presumably, when the moon Is well up In the heavens. Instead of seeing one image, as you will expect, you will see four. One of these images will be very bright, but the other three will be dull, like unburnished silver. They will be in a straight line, one of the dull images on one side of the bright image and two on the other side of it. Turn the mirror slowly around and the images will appear to revolve around on a common center. The explanation of this queer little phenomenon may be found in the fact that there are two surfaces on a mirror, one in front and the other in the back, where the quicksilver is. The brightest of the images is from the moon itself. The others are what are known as secondary images, reflected from the front to the back of the mirror and thence to the eye. A similar experiment may be made with the planets Venus, Jupiter and Mars or with any of the first magnitude stars, such as Sirius, Capella, Arcturus, Vega and Antares. The planets and the stars, however, make only three images, the number of Images depending on the breadth of the object. A perfectly clear night is essential.?New York Herald. He Walked.?An insurance officer who claims to be the only man in his business who ever talked to J. Pier pont Morgan, remarked the other day: "I could more easily see the hundred hardest men In San Francisco than do it again. Never mind how I did It. I walked in on Morgan at the office one day and stated my business. " 'How did you get in here?' said he. " 'I walked in,' said I. " 'Well, walk out,' said he. "I did." pisffltancous fading. ; HOW CONGRESSMEN BEGAN LIFE. V Many of Them Earned Their First f Dollar hy Driving Oxen. a Certainly to be elected a member of s the house of representatives may be o accounted a success. It Is undoubtedly t true that other kinds of sucecss may 1 rank higher in popular estimation, but those who gain them are few. To be a v congressman Is a high ambition for an c American boy and one which many an f American boy cherishes. It Is seldom 1 gratified. Of the many congressmen 1 who have talked about their early am- 1 bltions only one began life with the firm determination to be a member of t congress. He was a southern man and ' he educated himself with the house of ' representatives always In his eye. e When the voice of the people called he was undoubtedly ready. That s statesman has not risen above the \ house of representatives, but his am- I bltlon may lead him higher. ' ^ The new congress has more than the s usual number of new members and t among them the full proportion of self- s made men. That is one of the signfl- r cant things about congress. Glance through the biographies in the con- s gresslonal directory and you wHl ap- 1 predate how much more representative is the highest legislative body in the land than the law-making body of any 8 other nation. There are no hereditary r lawmakers. Most legislators began an e active life with a hand on the plow or r taught school to earn a living in the interval of law studies. The case of Kitredge Haskins, of * Vermont, is typical: "I was born and 8 reared upon one of the hill farms of ^ Widham county," said Mr. Haskins, * when asked how he earned his first dol- * lars. "My father having older boys c at home, he consented when I was 12 * years of age, that I might drive oxen to plow for one of the neighbors who r was not blessed with boys. I received c 12J cents a day for my work. While c I was studying law I worked at times 8 peeling hemlock bark and cutting cord c wood at 50 cents per cord, and also in 1 the hay field at the then going price of 1 ?1 and $1.25 per day. I have always * felt a great interest in the farmer and t his work." E. S.'Chandler, Jr., is a new member of the Mississippi delegation. Mr. Chandler is a lawyer, like Mr. Haskins, and, like the Vermont member, he be- { ?? ? VvAVklvtsl n vnlro ATAtt gall OC1IUUO lUC uvmuu a jvnw /* ?. ... "I made my first dollar hauling cord wood to a country town and selling It," said Mr. Chandler. "My team was a yoke of oxen, with which I continued t the business of wood hauling for some < little time and so accumulated the first > sum of money I had ever had which I I earned by my own efforts." < Charles P. Scott, of the Kansas dele- t gation, Is an editor. He Is not new In 1 Washington, for he spent three months t of 1899 In the press gallery at Washing- ? ton for the Topeka Capital. Mr. Scott 1 made his first dollar clerking In a coun- * try store at 50 cents a day. * J. Ross Mickey, of Illinois, Is a lawyer. ' "I never had a dollar given me." said f Mr. Mickey. "I was raised on a farm and I made mv first dollar dronnlng com on an old-fashioned corn planter." John W. Casslngham. Ohio, a husl- 1 ness man. had a start very like that ' of Mr. Mickey. His first dollar was earned as a hand on a farm at the age ! of 16. * "I remember well how T earned my first dollar." said W. W. Sklles. anoth- f er Ohio congressman, who Is serving his first term. "I earned It assisting * In driving sheep for a neighbor drover for several days." Ellas Deemer Is a wealthy lumber merchant of Williamsport, Pa. The first dollar Mr. Deemer earned was as a clerk In a general country store. Joseph B. Perkins Is an author-congressman. though a lawyer by profession. "The first money I earned." he said, "was for copying papers In the law office where I was a student." T. L. Glenn, of Idaho. Is another of the many lawyers In the new congress. "I am not sure just how I earned my 1 first dollar." he said, "but if my mem- ' ory is correct it was driving a yoke of oxen for a man named Manion who 1 was huildlne a levee on the Mississippi ( river at Cairo, III., In 1856." "My first money was made by ordinary manual labor," said Joseph T. Johnson, of South Carolina. Mr. Johnson Is too modest a man to tell all that this represents of hardship and struggle, but Dr. Smith, his family physician, has told the story of his early struggles. His father died when he was 2 years old and his mother when he was 14. "I have always understood that he cut cord wood, picked cotton, hoed cotton and did what work he could get to do on Saturdays, and in vacation," said Dr. Smith. "I have seen many a time the oxen he drove through the streets of Due West mornings and evenings before and after college hours, in order to make money to pay his expenses. That he succeeded in getting a splendid education no man will deny. He has made a special study of economic questions and, in my opinion, is the best informed man in the state." Mr. Johnson says that he formed an ambition to go to congress when he visited Washington 20 years ago. It is interesting to note the causes to which these successful men attrib - ?* 1 ?*-. r Ute tneir political pruopeniy. jui. own. says taking good health, average Intel- 1 llgence and a university education for i granted, he thinks work has been the i secret of his success. "I have stood t by my friends," he said, "and have tried to make my enemies ashamed; t have aimed to tell the truth and have r worked all the time." \ Congressman Henry W. Palmer, of \ Pennsylvania, agrees with Mr. Scott on t the virtue of work. He attributes his r success in life to "hard work and plen- C ty of it." Perhaps his idea is not so { llfferent from that of Congressman r 'atrick Henry, of Mississippi, although o dr. Henry expresses it in a different vay, r "Determination," he said, "had a t rreat deal to do with my success, and r ilso sincerity, honesty of purpose and c iteadfastness to every promise made, v ind perhaps a thoughtful interest In a t rue friend had something to do with u t." .1 Mr. Perkins, of New York, is modest t vhen it comes to a question of his sue- I :ess, but he too, thinks work comes irst. "The moderate degree of success t have met," he said, "I attribute en- r irely to industry. I never struck any- d hing specially in the line of luck." ? Judge Mickey, of Illinois, thinks * hat work paves the way to success, d 'Whatever I have achieved," he says, a 'may be attributed to earnest, persist- v int and individual effort." c Mr. Deemer thinks that "persever- e ince and close attention to business," vere the keys to his success in life, tfr. Smiles, of Ohio, takes the same dew. "I attribute my success," he laid, "to endeavoring to attend strictly o my own business affairs and profeslionally to the business entrusted to ny care." Congressman Casslngham of the lame state said: "Such success as I lave attained I attribute to an earnest iflfort to discharge any duties entrusted to me in a way to merit the approvl1 of those placing responsibility upon ne, and being careful to see that my expenditures were each year less than ny income. Mr. Glenn gives one special form of ndustry the credit for what he has >een able to accomplish. "Whatever luccess I have attained," he said, 'was lue to reading when most of my neigh- r >or8 slept or while I was waiting fnhe preparation of my meals, as I sel- s lorn had an opportunity to study in t he day time." v Mr. Chandler, of Mississippi, thinks ( noral worth has much to do with sue- j :ess. He says that what he has ac- t lomplished was made possible by "ob- t lervance of the most rigid honesty and ^ dean methods in public and private f ife, and by my fixed purpose always o be frank and sincere in my dealings t vith my lellowmen, thereby securing 5 heir confidence and esteem."?Brook- f yn Eagle. t , . , t t AMONG THIEVE" iff MOROCCO. T g tdventnre of an English Correspondent WI10 Penetrated to Shesho- ^ nan. ^ Waiter p. Harris. a correspondent of * he London Times In Morocco, has re- ' entiv attracted considerable attention * iv his picturesque despatches descMb- 1 ne the horrors of the prisons in that * ountrv and the ambition of the sultan 1 0 Introduce reforms. Mr. Harris now 'lustrates in his own person the evils hat may befall any traveler who hap)ens to meet one of the numerous rob- 1 >er bsnda of Morocco. He has been deipolied of his belongings by road agents >f the Morocco type. The Incident is all the more interest- 8 ne because Harris is one of the leading: ' uthorities on everything r^atlng to ? VIorocco. He has explored that country 8 n several capacities, now disguised as * t poor Moor and then in his proper per- ' ion, once as a member of a diplomatic ' nission. 1 One of his exploits in particular, was c 1 dare-devil achievement that exhibit- ? ?d his nerve to the best advantage and * evealed a district in Morocco that no ' 'xpiorer nas ever seen uemre. 10 me rony of fate that a man who has jmerged unscatched from regions -vhere the natives would kill him on dght If they knew him should at last 'all a victim to common highway plunlerers on a road that was supposed to 3e reasonably safe. In the summer of 1888 Mr. Harris ven:ured Into the Rlf mountains among :he fanatical Berbers, who were certain :o kill any white man they might catch imong their wild hills. White men vere not their only prey. A little earler the sultan of Morocco had sent :hem a governor whom they killed, .vhereupon the sultan decided to let :hem alone for a time. Harris entered this forbidden ground .*ery poorly equipped to support the role )f a Moor. His acquaintance with Arajlc was Imperfect. As he could not talk .vlthout betraying himself, he assumed :he character of a deaf mute and relied apon a trusty Arab boy, his only com3anion, as a means of communication ,vlth the natives. So Harris set out, in the garb of a niddle class Moor, legs, arms and face itained brown, and bestride a mule that lad no prejudices against Christians, rhe explorer was bound for Sheshouan, i town of 8.000 inhabitants, which had jnly recently been heard of, a few car:ographers having just placed it on heir maps where they supposed It to >e. The town is 60 miles from tne Medierranean. The inquisitive natives were nformed by the boy that his mater ived in Fez and was traveling to Shes louan. This satisfied nearly everybody, but { wo men of the Ben-Hassan tribe ac;used Harris of being a Christian and ^ hreatened him with death if he did not nstantly turn back. He managed to dude them and learned later that they c jrobably did not suspect his real charicter, but were merely trying to pick a juarrel as a pretext for robbing him. n the course of a few days the weary nules brought the travelers to Sheslouan, quite a flourishing town, which 0 lad proclaimed far and wide that death a vaited any Christian who should at- a empt to enter its gates. e The parents of the Arab boy lived in 1 he town and the plan was to spend the c light in their house. They discovered 8 ery soon that Harris was not what he J1 vas represented to be, and bitterly upraided their son for asking them to n isk their lives by giving shelter to a d Christian. Finally, however, they were r ?revailed upon, oy the offer of a large c eward, to entertain the stranger for me night only. Thus assured of a night's shelter, and easonably certain to escape notice in he indistinct light of the evening, Harls sallied forth to mingle with the rowd and see the sights. Everybody vas out of doors. Among thousands of titter enemies the stranger sauntered inobstrusively through the streets, the lovelty of his position and the unaccusomed sights making the stroll very nteresting. He was much surprised to find a tridge of solid masonry spanning the iver, acqueducts bringing water and Ii8trlbuting it to ail the houses and gardens, mills grinding corn, their vheels turned by water from the aquelucts; streets paved with rough stones ind bordered by gutters in which fresh vater constantly flows, houses with pe uliar red tiled roofs found nowhere Ise, the buildings being much superior 0 those In some more easily accessible itoroccan towns. The people regard hemselves as direct descendants of ilohamet, which probably accounts for he fanatical character of their religion. All next day Mr. Harris lay hidden In he home of his Arab boy. As he was ireparing, toward evening, to start tack to the coast, it was noised about hat a Christian was in town. Some nen had arrived with the startling tews that the day before they had seen 1 man who was undoubtedly white and vas made up to look like a Moor. He was on his way to Sheshouan and vas undoubtedly in the town. Harris's turpose was to leave the town about lusk in the disguise of a woman and to end his mules out of town by another oute. It was decided, however, tbat le had no time to lose, as the excitenent was growing. Putting on a mountaineer's garb, he tole out of one of the five gates unnolced, through every one In the streets vas talking about the mysterious Christian. Outside the walls he was oined by his Arab boy and a friend of he faithful servant. Through the night hey tolled along a mountain path to a llstant village, which they reached beore daybreak. The white fugitive, whose feet were deeding from numerous cuts, was hidlen during the day In the house of the rlend In need who had accompanied ilm. Meanwhile his mules were irought from Sheshouan, at midnight he fugitives were once more on the oad and 13 hours later the venturelome explorer safely reached the coast. There is little doubt that he would lave been caught in Sheshouan if he rnd attemDted to take his mules with lim. The guards at the gates were ooking tor two strangers on mules and ;helr suspicions were not aroused by he apparent mountaineer who made lis way on foot and alone out of the own. WAR ON THE TRUSTS. rlsrbt Commenced Afralnat the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. South Carolina has Joined the fray igainst the socalled trusts, says a Coumbia dispatch, of Saturday. The reneral assembly, last January, initructed the attorney general to invesigate the right of the Virginia-Caroina Chemical company to do business n this state and to institute proceedngs against that and other alleged lombinations or trusts. It Is a long ind hard fight and one that has hereofore failed In other states. Attorney 3ellenger has gone over the evolution n a very long report. The general aslembly is called upon in his report, vhlch will be issued in a week's time, o strengthen the hand of the state in ts fight. General Bellenger has assorted with himself former Judge J. H. Hudson and J. N. Nathans, of Charles:on. The litigation was started here oday, complaints being served on W. V. Clark, former president of the Coumbia Phosphate company. The comjlaint, after giving the statement of 'acts as presented by the attorney gen>ral, prays for these judgments: First. That all and each of said unawful conveyances, sales and transfers tha.Il be delivered up and cancelled and leclared to#be void and that the said /irginia-Carolina Chemical company >e ordered to reconvey to its several :o-defendants, herein, the property :onveyed and transferred to it as a * 3 A' A At-- JAfon/lonio oresi, ana mai uic umc? unvuu?>w lereby be directed to return to the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, he consideration paid or agreed to be * mid, to each of them respectively, for he said conveyances and transfers or he same be made a charge upon the property so decreed to be reconveyed. Second. That a receiver be appolnt;d of the property of the defendants, he Imperial Fertilizer company, the Standard Fertilizer company, the Chl ora Fertilizer company, the Berkeley Chemical company, the Greenville Ferilizer company, the Columbia Phosphate company, the Carolina Sulphuric Vcid Manufacturing company and the Jlaeksburg Cherokee company. Third. That all agreements entered nto by and between the Virginia-Carillna Chemical company and the other lefendants herein, or any of them, or vith the directors of the other defend.nts herein or stockholders in restraint if trade and in violation of the act of he general assembly of South Carolina is aforesaid, be set aside and declared lull and void. Fourth. That the said Virginia-Carlina Chemical company oe adjudged md decreed to have violated 'the terms nd conditions on which it was llcensd to do business in this state, and hat said licenses be adjudged and dereed to be forfeited and the said Vir:inia-Carolina Chemical company enoined from doing business in this state. Fifth. That the said Virginia-Caroliia Chemical company be adjudged and ecreed to have forfeited its right to ecognition as a corporation in the ourts of this state. 1