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; y. CLARBNCB HGRDCRT NEW. pi . - ICopyrlf hi, tttt, by J, D. Llpplncott Co CHAl'TMl VI. Cn.iTixuKn. From the depths under our feel we could lienr Mcl'herson nnd the captnln In enrneat conversation, broken now nnd then by a dull tapping, ns of a hammer on hollow or fractured steel. Oecaslonnlly one of the Spnnlsh ns ilstnnts would shout sonic order to tho oilers, nt work upon the high-pressure cross-head. Presently wc heard llnl itend sny: "Turn her oTer once or twice, .Mnc, while I keep my hnnd on the shnf l;" nnd In n moment one of the great oily pistons stretched Itself up lo within a fool of (lurcln's pretty nose, its slio lenncd oer the steel mil, stnrtllng n subdued squeal of surprise, from the girl, who hnd no idea the Ihlng moved. Up and down, greasily. Insinuatingly, they slid, while wc could hear a little sharper tapping from the shaft-nlley; then, with n slippery sough of content, they rested ngnln. Another period of consulta tion below, white the stenmerroMrd In the trough of the sea; after which wo heard the captain sny: "Well, keep her at about CO turns for half an hour nnd see how she feels. Then report to me." In another ttioment we saw him coming up. Hi! smiled rrnssurlngly ns he rcni'lieil the grntlng where wc stood, but looked thoughtful. As soon its he stepped out 01: deck the passengers crowded about with anxious ques tions; and he told them, briefly, that (here hnd been nn accident to the shaft, how serious a one it was impos sible to say nt present, but that the ship was in no immediate dnngcr, and that they hnd better go below for lunch. Then he called to the mate, on the bridge: "1'lpe your men down, Mr. Dinz. and come to my room as soon as fou are relieved.' I wns very anxious to question him, but, by an almost Im perceptible motion, he signaled me to go below with the senorlta. When we reached the snloon every one wns talking excitedly nbout the ncrldent and speculntlng ns to wheth er the stenmer would be obliged to lay up for repairs nt Vnp. The pulsation of the screw wns noticeably slower; nnil the second mntc, nftcr hnstlly fin ishing his menl, hurried on deck to re lieve Diaz, so that he might consult with the captain. The engineer's chnlr was empty; he did not put In an tip penrunce until dinner-time. About the time wc reached the dessert, the screw stopped ngnln. The stewards tnntlnued to wait upon us ns If noth ing hnd hnppcned, nnd this nloue kept severnl from rushing on deck ngnln. When we did finally lenve the table, Mcl'herson came down from the enp tain's quarter and assured Padre Sc Imstlana Unit the danger wns not seri ous. Hut as bell nftcr bell struck without the engines being Htnrteil, a vague uncnsiiuss sprend through the hip, and every one tnlked In subdued tones. Three of the ptisscngcrs went below to tunkc up smnll bundles of their vnlunbles In case It should be necessary to take to the boats. j4Xatc in the afternoon, llalstead came down from his room, followed by the mntc, nnd told those on deck that, owing to tho accident, he hnd de cided to head for the Island of (lunjnii In the l.ndrones, where he hoped to ob tain spare machinery which would en able the steamer to make the remain der of the voyage In safety. Then he nsked the senorlta, 1'adrc Sebastlano und me if we would like to go down into the engine-room and see tliedum uged shaft. 1 fancy the pndre would have preferred remaining on deck, but, as It wus against his principles to miss anything, we went, holding bunches of cotton waste ns n protec tion ngulnst grense on the hnud-rnils nnd machinery. The captain natural- Iv went first, and the senorlta fol lowed, blushing like a peony nt the revelntloiiH for which the steepness of the Iron ladder was responsible. Down, down, grating after grating, until we were 12 feet below the water line nnd the cylinders towered nbovc us like groteique monsters; then (through a tiny door into the long tun nel, or shaft-alley, lighted at Inter vals by bunging lucandescents and ex tending cleur to the inboard bearing at the stern of the ship. Four of tho assistants and oilers were leaning against the wall-plates, like navvies waiting for the ore car in a coal mine; while down at one side, obstructing the passage, was the wreck of an iron tank which had been lashed on brack ets to hold lubricating oil, and which evidently, fetching loose as the steam er rolled, had fallen upon the sbnft with sufllcieut force to start the crack that we could see distinctly as llul tead swung a torch over It. There was quite a percepwuie ueni wuere the taiik had struck, nnd, leading from it, the finer line of a fracture in the ateel which extended two-thirds of the distance around the shaft, slant ing spirally toward the stern. To our inexperienced eyes It seemed that any thing over the normal resistance upon the screw might easily twist It apart, but the captain said it was not quite ns bad as it looked, tapping the ateel with a hammer and colling our atten tion to the sound as he did so. He said that in ordinarily smooth weather he might get back to Moulin without an actual break', but that, as the risk . would be great In squalls or heavy teas, It would be foolhardy to proceed without the strengthening rings and clnmps which he expected to Hud at (Junjan. With thnt ominous fracture before us, the wisdom of his decision seemed undeniable, und tho whole affair hnd been managed In so realistic a manner that I thought the engineer had done Ills work n little too well. Having teen all there wus to sec, no made our way bnok to ilia engine-room, where llnlsteud scared Orncla nearly out of her wits by pjaelng her hand upon the throttle-lever and telling her to push . it down, slowly, the answering plungo of the grcnt connecting rods making litjr think thnt something wus nbout kexplodc. Then we climbvd to the eki the senorlta Insisting that Se bastlano should go first with tue, and accepting Halsteud's support In order to keep hla on a level with herself, During the remainder of the after noon, Sebastlano appeared to be In a brown study, planking a seoluded cor ner of the deck with Cura Junm At dinner he started a discussion con cerning the chnnge of route by Jok ing the cura upon the unexpected length of his voyage, nnd hoping thnt It would not inconvenience the other pnsscngers; adding that as far as he personally wns concerned the acci dent had been n fortunnto one, Inas much as It would enable him to reach his dcittuntlon at lenst two weeks sooner tlinn he cxncctcd. I noticed thnt he wns questioning Dinz during (he menl, so wns not surprised nt their Cuming on dcak together, or when they npproached llalstead and myself as we were enjoying our nfter-dlnncr clgnrs on tho bridge. IMnz merely touched his enp nnd retired to port, but the pndre, remaining upon the ladder until he should receive per mission to Invade the ofllclnl precincts, snld thnt he'd like to hnvc a little clint about the voyage. llnlstend sent one of the qunrter masters below for another stool, nnd courteously offered him n clgnr. When we were scttlcu comiorinuiy, me padre snld: "Scnor Cnpltnn, this my first voyage Is to the l.ndrones; but much of the luteret 1 hnvc for them, nnd the In tcuclon hnve to un grnn descrlpclon write while nmong Ins Islns I do re main. You the knowledge hnvc thnt I go to Snlpnn, 1 bcllete. Yes? And Snlpan Is how far from Agann?" "M' well, let me see. I presume you'll stop nt Onnipnng, thnt's Tnnn png hnrbor. About n hundred nnd twenty-live miles, padre." "And the trnnsportnclon, cnpltnn7 I urn told thnt nothing they hnvc but the the proas, the nntlve bonis; und thnt ery wet they sometimes art muy deseoinodo." "Well, they nre rnther crnmpeii lor room, nnd, I guess, when there's much of n wind, rnther sloppy. Still, they arc very fast; If you have n good w I ml you can nuike the run In nine or ten hours. I should sny." "'N'lrtc or ten of the hours'! finn tlslmnl In the one poslclonl What does one not do por In Bervlclo plot He Is not the voynge dangerous, is he, cupltano7" "Dangerous? Oh, I don't think so, nt this time of yenr. You might strike a hurricane in July or August, but you could put In at one of the Islnnds If tho weather looked threntcnlng; they're none of them very for npnrt. You're fnmlllnr with the general po sition of the archipelago, arc you not, pad re V" "SI, senor; I hnve seen them upon tho ntlus. Like the string of little pin-points." "Shucks! You enn't tell anything about them from nu ntlns; the scale's too Biniill, nnd they're miles nut of the true position, llnven't you ever keen n chart of the Lndrones7 Would you like to look nt one?" "No si -ho luucho Interes por Ins Islus. I fenr it will you lnconiodnr." ".Not nt nil, padre; not at all. If you nnd Mr. Stevens will come below, I'd be pleased to show it to you. I'm JsE. "N1NB Oil TEN OP TI1K IIOUIIS! SAN TISIMA1" obliged to refer to the charts con stantly, jou knuw." The iiurny chart of the western l'n cltlc wns still upon the table in our quarters, nnd llalstead took from the locker another, on a lurger scnle, of the archipelago itself, showing the ex act shape nnd bearing of each island. From the absorbed way In which the padre bent over them and listened to the captain's remarks, it was ensy to see that his education hud been u brond one, comprehending readily, as he did, marks und measurements thnt would have puzzled most lnndsmeu. llalstead had carefully erased our pen clllngs from the larger churt, leaving only the course as actually sailed up to noon of that day; nnd at Sebastl nno's request he drew a line to Indi cate the direction in which we were then sailing east, hnlf north In or der to make l'oint Orote, on Ouajan. When he removed the ruler, Sebastlano snld: "I was told, capltnn, that el Gunjan the most southerly Island was; but here I do one more see la Isln Santa Ilosa, with five little crosses marked In Its circle. All entlcndo; he Is una isln de coral una laguna. Is it not so?" "Well, It may have been a good while ago, padre; but it's all under water now, and has been for leiernl hundred years. We call It n reef In English 'una roca sumergldn,' I guess you'd suy. There's no doubt but that It was there once several of the old navigators mention it but, you see, these islands nre volcanic, nnd It hns probably sunk, because no captuln has found It since 1740." "Ah! entlendo. Each of the cap Itanos who do sail near It do make the sounding, and when find they do not, behold, It no longer must there be. I suppose many the examluaclnn must have made, that los geografos so sure are that It Is now gone?" "Well, not very many. The Chal lenger didn't get ns fur rnst as the l.ndrones, and the American cruiser Alert Is the only one thnt renlly miidc much of n search. You see, the supply ixiui ouiy comeB out nere lour times u year, and the place is not in the trnck of any other ships," "And thecapltanosdclosvaporesdo In Coiupnnln yourself also hae been unsuccessful?" "Why, personally, I've never looked for It. You see, there's plenty of sea room to keep clear of the place, and I don't see the use of risking my ship by fooling around where n slionl certainly existed at same time or oth er. As for the other captaltis who run out here, I doubt If they would bother about U, either." "But would not you muon' hour gain, and una grnn recompense from la soclcdnd geogrnflco, It tho corrcet report of su poilclon you did send them?" "Oh, the lloynl society la always glad to get anything of the kind, and they like to have every captuln rend In what Information he can; still, a merchant skipper wouldn't bo expect ed to go out of his course for such n smith. The worships nut supposed to do most of the surveying, you know, pndre." "Ah, si, that I do know, of course. Hut, ps you sny, they conic not often to the Lndroncs. Well, iierhnps while 1 In gran nnrraclon de Ins Iilns nm writing, I may be nblu to make un ex umliiucloii with those native proas you did speak of. if so, the true poilclon of every roca y Isla in the archipelago I will send to you. Then los enpltuinn the iinmc of el l'ndre Sebastlano will bless; Is It not so?" "Why, pndre, If you're renlly going to write a book on the group, I've no objection to helping you out ull 1 con. Hound ns we are for (Juajnti, it wouldn't take us more thnu n few hours out of our wny to pass the po sition of that reef and take a sound ing or two, If you think It would be worth while. Hut you'd hate to make It right with my prlmcro, Mr. Din. He feels pretty sore nbout hating to overhaul his cargo on nceount of our shifting nbout; you sec, (lunjnu has always been our last stop, and all the Agnnn stuff Is In the lower hold. Hut If you can persunde him that there It n chance of glory und than lot in it, he may feel In better humor. You go talk to Diaz nnd Moreno; sny that It'll giro them five or six hours more to gut their stulT up, nnd work it in as a fat or to the church. Then if they come to me nnd say they'd like to take n whack nt Snutn llosn, I'll head her a quarter further cost In the morning." "Ah, rnpltun, I hnvc the fcoryou nre tin hcrcje; you do make the Joke upon tho padres. Hut you nre un benetulo, so I you forgive. Kl prlmcro I will see nnd til in absolve. Htieuns noches." When l'ndre Sebastlano wus out of hcurlug llnlhtead nnd I looked nt tneh other. His expression must have been n reflection of my own, for it snld, us plainly ns words: "Well, whut do you think of thnt?" I shook my head, it wns u little too much for me. Wc smoked In silence for severnl minutes. Then the ciiptnln sauntered out on deck, to be sure there wns no one near, und carefully closed the door when he returned. "What I am trying to figure out," he said, "Is whether that oily old duck is continued that we are Interested In the reef, or whether Ills suspicious have been to completely lulled by the accident that he thinks It snfc to med dle with It on his own account." "Your Impression Is, then, that his book on the Islands Is nothing but u fnke?" "M' blessed If I know what my Im pression Is. If he were really plan ning such a work, nothing would be mure natural than the questions lie asked, or bis anxiety to obtain all pos bible Information. These islands hate never been written up; there Isn't even a cyclopedia that devotes more than n thousand words to them, most ly relating to their dlscotcry and noth ing else; und it would be u uuturnl ex planation of such a trip undertaken by a man of his position and learning, On the other hand, etery word und ac tion might easily be construed ns in dications of n secret purpose connect ed with thnt reef. I guess the only Mtfc thing Is to accept the Inst suppo' sltlon ami keep him from milking any thing out of It. Wc fooled hi in on the accident, anyhow." "lPm fooled ourselves n little, too, didn't we? You didn't count upon nn actunl crack In that shaft, did you 7" "Whatl Do you menu to sny thnt, knowing nil nbout It, you Well, I'm I Thnt's n compliment to Mnc. Why, man nllve, he made that scratch with n Cape chisel rhile she wns milk ing 00 turns, then filled It with lump- black and oil. He took the screws out of the tank brackets and fixed them with wooden plugs, so's It would fall strnlght when she rolled to lrctvard, and the hammer he used thnt made It sound so hollow hnd n wooden head blnckened with plumbngo. The shaft Is nb sound as n new dnllnr, but we'll have to put n few of those clnmps un It to enrry out I lie deception." "Well, you fooled me completely. rW nn Impromptu nccldent, it wns n howling success. Old 1'nlnclos won't move six feet from n llfe-presrrtcr for the rest of the vnynge. Hut how nbout those soundings? Are you renlly ko Ing to take them?" "Well, I rnther guess I nm, ns n pnr tlrulnr favor to my friend el 1'adrc Sc bnstlnno. And, being quite Interested in his forthcoming bnok, I shnll use every endenvor, within the time thnt I enn spare, to make a thorough search for It. Hut I'm very much nfrnld very thnt he'll be no wiser than he was be fore. Why, Horry, I'd have steered straight for the plnce myself, If I'd dnred. Hut further irregulnrltlrs so soon nftcr the nccldent wouldn't do. Now I'm obliging the pndre; nnd, by thunder, I've got him Just where I want him." (Til US CONTINUED.) WtOUBLE IN AFJilCA. Great Britain' MlauadercUadlng with the Boer Oevernmet Brrnli Which Led Up to the Btralnad ll-latlona of thp Present Day Una-land's Tart Was Not a Noble One. (Spoclsl Correspondence. That Great Ilrltaln Is preparing to conquer the republic of South Afrlcn, M which tbe Inmutis l'nui ltrugrr is president, Is etldcnt; thut the task will De n heavy one Is equally nppnrent to inyone familiar with the character, warlike disposition and religious ter ror of the Hoers. Viewed from a purely ethical stand point the English government is In tho wrong when It seeks to destroy the po iltlcnl Independence of the Hoers, who were the original settlers In South Africa and whose valor nnd industry prepared safe landing places for the English traders and soldiers who ar rived years afterward. Tito Hoers tho Dutch name for "peosnnts" left Holland In the seven teenth century nnd took possession of whnt Is now Capo Colony, nftcr u long and bloody struggle with the 'Zulus, the dominant trlbo of nntives. They were left In undisturbed control of the coun try for years, until the beginning of the present century in fact, when the dis covery of vnst gold and diamond fields aroused the cupidity of English adven turers und capitalists. In 18H tho Hocr territory, which had been existing un der a crude form of republlenu govern ment, was formally annexed to (Irrnt Ilrltaln. llatlier than become subjects of any European prince or power, the Ignorant, yet liberty-lot Ing, Hoers moied and wrested the Natal country from the still powerful Zulus. Uy tradi tion and training they were cattlemen and farmers, nnd In thu newly-con and gold fields, coal, Iron and oopper mines, and timber of great value. The Hoers hove never done anything: toward the development of the mineral re source of jthe country, preferring the raisins; 4of- eattle to iggag for pre cious ores. Foreigners of all national ities naturally gravitated toward this new Eldorado, and powerful companies Invested fortunes In smelling plants and mining machinery, so that the pop ulation Increased quickly to 830,000, of whom less than 75,000 are Hoers. In or der to prevent their absorption by new comers, the founders of the South Af rican republic drilled every citizen In military tactics and organized a sys tem of government which virtually dis franchises nil foreigners, or ultlauders. In 1875 the Hoers passed a law, or rath er reaffirmed nn old Inw, to the effect that the people will admit of no equal ity of persons of color with thu white. Inhabitants, either In stale or churah. In the snme year a wnrwltli rebellious natives had emptied the Hocr treasury; and England felt called upon to Inter file "in the name of huiunnlty," und Sir Theophllus Shcpstono on April 13, 1877, annexed thcTrnnr,nal. More than three years aftrrwnrd, the Impov erished Hoers began nn nctlvc war far Independence. They hnd c)iosen a new provisional government, with l'nul Kru- gcr, M. W. l'rclorlus nnd 1'. J. Joubcrt nt Its hend. SlrO. Potncroy Collcy, lieu tenant governor of Nntnl, refused recog nition to the Krugcr administration nnd led n punitive expedition against the Hoers. In January, 1881, hit troops enmc to I.aing'n Neck, where they met (leu. Jnubcrt's foiycs, nnd in less than flic minutes 109 English soldiers hnd been killed. A few dnys Inter the troops met ngnln on the banks of the Ingogo, where Collcy lust another IS men. On February 27 occurred the famous but tle of Mnjubn Hill, In which Collcy nnd the flower of his nriny bit the dust. Shortly afterward England recognized the Independence of the Trnustnnl, was given a rrsldent agent nt 1'retorln, wns permitted to cstnbllsh it fictional suzer ainty, nnd In It turn granted nil the dc innnds of the Hoers. Krugcr hns re- mnlned president ever since 18S1, nnd A HAH OF PRUDEWCI. He Thoaa-ht a Cyclone Cellar Mhjtht Oosae 1st Haadr Whesi He Wn Married. ) Mat Every woman V'A vivscitysM TNjoroi p stomach is the first besuty In eithf r men i nf th 'sickness of tl from weak dictation. "Speaking of wives and their dispositions ' ?" tf "MS and tendencies," ssld Mr, n ssum io n ;,;,: h,Uh. There Is nolhl ir",BW.1IJ" 'CK WJl'f t TBE cure of stomsch trouble..' mart. inrrc wni uuiin jrum, mv . for ten yesrs In the cyclone belt In Ksniss, trying to rsiie corn and mortssges snd things like that, until he was able to bor row money enough to get bsck to Msry- l.n.l airiln trllhnlll walking InOf tlllD hslf ohn come right to me, snd I let him vate Revenue Stamp bottle. ..,. ........ ..........- ,--- - -,. nsveajou on my isrm ai u nmniiii for ho was s hard worker and thrifty. At the end nf the first ytsr he luul got the Widow Allen's promme to marry him In October, nnd he rented s nice little firm to do bmlnets sgsin on his own hook, .lohn wss a widower hlmielf, snd being a prsrtlcnl sort of a msn, he went to work tight swsy putting tin farm and the house into si Makes That a Ms rilson Are you going to Ul Hiassinsl Afn.lgaTt.r Dilion-Oh. noj they'd tule : professional." .... ' "Prnf.t.lnn.lf" "Yes; you know I am connect. ntliuil uuivau. vr...w .- LMIh Ca Waar Ono alto smaller after uslaf Kase. a nowdar.for the feet. W 'On, Jay I happened over hi. JT ' na-'fXL Imow! (mm ..i f.nh,i ii tn tiitmtrttt at titijs in tna ------- , .. i. ,.,. ami .un.... . .. ".,..., -v. ... -nnd bunions, ai an "'What's that for!' save I, walking srntind and looking ovir tlilngi. " 'That's a cyclone cellar, Mr. Biikum,' " 'A cyclone cellar?' ssys I, conildcrably imtntmlifd. 'What do you want a cyclone cellnr for? 'This ain't Rsniut..' "'I know it ain't,' isy. he; 'hut you know, Mr. Ilinkuni,' and Tie got very con fidential, 'I'm going to git married, and a cyclone cellar may rotnr in mighty handy oc casionally.' " Washington Star. SHAPE OF AN ANAESTHETIC. 1 rua stores. 2fl& Trial package . Address Allen b. uimsiaa, j A New Oas fQ.Mr T h.r that to your wife's going through yd .McStvltlers xes. "How do you work It?" "Put tscks In your (Md.) Hersld. quercd region they found fat pastures fnr llirlr vtoek und rich vlrcln soil lor their crops. In 1837 Natnl was u Hocr nothing occurred to disturb the trnn- .lute to ull intents and purposes, and qullllty of the liner government until " Hi rnrrcHAriD BTituirr. joiiAKxnsnuna. promised to nfford n permanent homn to the industrious thousands who had created It. Hut three years later Lord Napier, then governor of the t'npe Colony, Is sued u proclnmntion denying the right of the Hoers to form un Independent colony anywhere In Afrlcn. The Hoers paid tery little attention to this pro niinelnmento, und nothing would hnve come of it luul nut the agents of the various ehnrtercd rnmpnnlc In London dlsrnwri'd rich gold mid diamond de posits in Nntnl. In 1S4U Jlritlsli troops were sent to Invade the liner stiong holds und Natal becuiiio n Hrltlsb col ony. The Hoers then began their sec ond "trek," or move, nnd crossed the Kllpp rlter, lighting Hie Zulus nil the wny, with the Intention of occupying the fertile tract lying between the Kllpp and HiilTiilo rltcrs. When the llrltlsh government became aware of this Intention, it proclaimed the ItulTa lo river us the northern boundary of Natal. For the third time the Hoers moved this time, Into the country bounded on the cast by the DrakeiiHberg, on the north by the Vntil, on the south by the Oruge und on the west by the Vaul rruaralltr of Naturalist. Agasslz, when a young muii, paid a visit to thu great Wermun naturalist, l'rof. Lorenz Okeu. Thu professor re ceived his guest with warm enthusiasm but uppur'jiit euiburrassment. Ho showed hla visitor the laboratory and thu studentM ut work, nlso his cabinet, anil lastly Ills splendid library of books. it collection well deserving thu glow of pritlu which thu owner manifested ns hu expatiated un Its excellence. Thu dinner hour cntue, and then thu embar riiHsmuiit of tho great (lermuii reached Its maximum point. "M. Agasslz," ha said, with perturbation, "to gnther nnd keep up tlitit library exacts the utmost husbandry of my pecuniary menus. To accomplish this I allow myself no luxury whatcter. Hcnco my table Is restricted to tho plainest faro. Thrlco u week our table boasts at incut; thu other days wu havu only potatoes and Halt. tcry much regret that jour visit bus occurred upon u potuto day." And so thu splendid Switzcr and the greut (Jcrmnti, witli his students, dined to gether on p'jtntoes nnd snlt. Sun Fran elsco Argonaut. VTe have come to the conclu.lou that this world Is so bright that even tbe raindrop are little beads of light. Silt ALKHKU MII.NKII. (llrltlsh High Commissioner to Africa.) Bouth and established Hie Orange Free State. England, Its eyes ever on the main chance annexed the Orange Free Stute in 18t8; nnd the putlent Hoers began their fourth move across the Vuul river, northward Into what Is now known ns the Transvaal. The patience of the people wns thor oughly exhausted; nnd on .lunr 17, 18.8, thu burghers stopped at Illoemfnnteln, the cnpitnl of thu Orange Free Stute, nnd routed the llrltlsh regulnrs. On August 29, of the same year, the Hoers were defeated by tl.clr enemies ul HooinplutH, but only nftcr n stubborn fight. The exodus to the Trnnsvuiil continued, but 18,000 Hoers remained In the Ornnge Free State to harass the Urltlsh soldiers and miners. In 1850 thu Knfllr war broke out. The English forces were too wcuk to cope with HiIh rebellion, nnd In order to pin cnto tliq Hoers, who were Inclined to side with the nnthes, tho llrltlsh gov eminent nckuowlcdgtd the Independ ence of the Ornngo Free State, Hut this did not help the settlers In thu Transvaal whoso political organization was recognized only nftcr evcro strug gles. The Transvaal Is n strip of terrltoty 500 by 400 miles, with nil urea of 120,000 square tulltv. It is rich in diamond lS05-0fi, when Jameson mnde his ill fated raid agninst Johannesburg, the commercial center of the Trnnsvnni. The Hoers weru prepared for the inva sion nnd vanquished the udtcnttircrs In one battle. Since then the ultlnnders who pny most of tuxes collected In the Trims vaul. hnvc scleral times uppllrd to the English gotcrnineiit for redress of grletunccs. Among other things they demand the right nf franchise nnd n voice In the expenditure of thu vast KiiniM which they arc compelled to pay Into the Hocr treasury. Joseph Cham berlntn, the llrltlsh colonlnl secretary, responded to the call of the ultlauders, the majority of whom arc Englishmen and Americans; und not tery long ago Sir Alfred Milner. llrltlsh high com missioner for Smith Africa, met Presi dent Krugcr to dlM'tissu lead just men t of Transvaal affairs. The English olll rial nski'd for more liberal naturaliza tion laws and an Increase of ultlniider rcprcscntiitltcs in the "volksriuul." President Krugcr submitted a counter proposition that citizenship be granted to foii'lgueiH upon the following con ditions: First, registration 14 days nftcr nrrital: second, six mouths' notice ot Hit rut Inn : third, two yrurs con tinuous registration; fourth, continu ous residence; fifth, to hate undergone no dishonoring sentence; sixth, proof of obedience to the laws; nt-ienth, full title of franchise In the country of origin; eighthly, the possession of prop erty, or a yearly Income; ull these con ditional upon England's consent to the incorporation of .Swnrlliiud into the Transvaal. This counter proposal was, of course, rejected by the llrltlsh commissioner; nml It is quite probable Hint consent to the English demands will be enforced nt the point of the bayonet. The Trans vual Is prepared for such an outcome. Its fortifications nre In a splendid con dition, nnd Its army of 30,000 men, headed by Den. Joubcrt, Is equipped with Mauser rifles und modern artil lery. Should war come, It will be a stubborn nnd bloody conflict, the suc cess of which may hang In the balances for n long time. That England will win In the long run In almost certain, but whether the victory will be worth tho sncrlficc it must entail is another ques tion, a. W. WEU'l'lEUT. FIND DAG OP COIN. As llpserllird !r an Kmlnrut Special 1st Who Hnd Used One la nn Operation. It I. a Hath phyttcinn who tells the follow ing: "'Some time ago I happened to sp.nd the night in a country town not far from Uath and it happened that there was stopping at the Mine hotel an itinerant eye ipccisl int. "Wc drifted into a conversation, and during the coure of tho evening he told fie some of the marvelous operationa he had performed on the eye. One can1 in ptrtieulnr he spoke of that c.iu'fil me toimdrrahlc attnniahment, for I didn't know, I conffM, that the operation had been stirrcMftilly petfornud. He raid he nail recently taken nut n putlcnl's eye, leraprd the back nf it, snd returned it to vts proper place. The patient, he laid, was never troubled by bad eyeiight afterward. " 'That was a difficult operation, doctor?' aid 1. " 'Yc.' aaid he, 'It wa.' '"! -jppcuf ou found it nccenary to employ an siiaeitlietic!' " I .lid ' !, tlmitlA.l " 'What anaesthetic did you me, doc tor!' I pmiitcd. Oh, well, unions you are familiar with such operations you probably wouldn't understand if I were to tell you. Hut it ell. It was shaped something like a spoon,' explained the eminent ipccialist." Letvia ton l.Mc.) Journal, Sllahllr Mlaed. Mrs. Hcnpctk The Episcopal funeral service i so beautiful! I want it read over mn when 1 dip. Mr. Henncek Certainly! There's some thing in it about "Here endeth the first lcMnn," isn't there? Ksiaas City Inde pendent. The first Prracrlptton for Chllla. and Fcter Is a bottlo of Grove's TAsmtss L'niu, Tonic. It Is simply Iron and nulnlno tn a tasteless form. Nocure nopay. PricclOc. The scarcity of men should never reiult In making a poor one more desirable, but It unfortunately doct. Atchieon Olobe. The man who doesn't believe In liens is liable to Rrt fresh paint on his clothe.. riiiiaucipiii.i uecoru. Ta Tn re a Cold la One Bar Take T.axntlvo Hromo Oulnlao Tablets. Alt druggists return! moucy If It falls to cure. 20c. Arc Ever Dcfftsset And Is it not due to nerve exhaustion? Things alwi look so much brighter when ' re In good health. How can you fasve courage when suffer log with headache, nervous prostration and great physical weakness? Would you not like to be rid of this depression of spirits? How? By removing the cause. By taking W J& So much of the hannineis of lifcdtnrnd. on whether tou will give tin your aolo for a p.itt In the chorui. Ham's Horn. After physicians had given me up, I was saved by riso's Cure Rslph Erifg, WU- lumsport, ra., iov. a, ibiu. Automobile or ought not to mobile le.m. tn be the question at iuue. 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A number of Cuban fishermen, who wcru working the other day on the wreck of the Spanish cruiser Almlrunte Oqiicmln, near Santiago, stripping thu hulk of brass und copper fittings, found $3,000 In specie und $8,000 in Spanish currency. The paper money wnB found aft by a dlter. It Is badly damaged by the action of the water, and has little value, except ns a curiosity. The spe cie, consisting of SI.'JOO In gold and $1,600 In silver, wns found in n bag on the deck of the vessel, It Is etldcnt that some ufllccr wns compelled to drop It where It wns found while ho was at tempting to carry It ashore, uftcr the wurahlp was beached, A Nulsnnec, Mr. Moon I don't like to ask Jabber ton ubout his hralth. Mrs. Hoon Why not? Mr. Hoon Olil he promptly tells mo about it. 1'uck. 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