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fkf Jamrogton Timtt. TOHUSHEI) EVKBT TBUUDAT. BT THEO. D. FT8HER Ur ningt0B Einui. ITJBLIhHBD IN THB !N TBBBtT ST. FRANCOIS C0UNT7. . OWE DOLLAJft A Ik i 1 tk Ttara at at wars snaa Mate null at Um HUlf M Harass ikast gsaiaaaa aa ail tattll aMU m u mkMrlktra wtikt Ua mh). u4 tut ftar U sasrlar llvtag HMIi Oat VOLUME XXVII. FARMINGTON, ST. FRANCOIS CO.. MO., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1SMML NUMBER 15 rafntinflton Pints. A WEEK'S HISTORY 'I'll-- luiportnnt ilapiienhiirs of . , k ....illy Void. V ALL PABTBOVTHI I V ION All MM bBMBl BWI of Interest fmm W ashiittrbni. Kroni Hi" Kaal, tli Weal ninl (lie South. THE UTK8T HHIMim WSI'ATVHEH t it 1 -i rn i (im.iii lly n tte a i in 1 Mm I mi . I Ktfitcs mti on tbe .111 posset! llir bill pint b I i nj,' ft civil gnteriiiiicut mrl li per mat tariff on iniMirt into the I iiiini kHalei frnni Porta Math lull admits must product, free and prut ith s .i I'd- free truib- Mnrrh I. 11)02. or aooai i If locnl revenues per mit In tki aotaffj ih' Batnaiiaa HV rilnri.il bill ami ilis. tinned mid n gsfMauri w-is tattrfahly reporti'tl ati Ihoriliin test president to u-sign re tlrrtl olio i i IO gift million nistruc Hop in fsablkfi M-hiHila III tin senate nil Ho' 4lh the yum (it"1 ilf Philippine lull ninl the lu.l:i bill wit. rtlarirttrd and "I prftatt ien Mini bilk, hi ii p.-.-..-ti. In the liouae lie I'orlo Biro hilt vvns ret iti 'l from the senate unit referred In tin- rnivi Mid aaem.fi aorawltiaa. Tbt tteweasfaa territori Mil fret furiher rmisitlrrril. BMWlor uilii""cr (K. Il l presented .-in nri.' ii nn i i 1 In lb fatted Mat an mb nie on iln Ufa tffnlc I I hi- scutlng of M S. iiij.ti 1 1 1 i at or from IVmimI vttiiin. Mont iff tin- t!u wan ojnnai in -veittni- nnaniom on Ihe ll.-iv I'mmee- fete tr. all In Iln Inner I hi- Jilt at-iiiuii I tit I trae ,i un-rub d 10 aa to attHi- fy IhIhh tamtl'nctl nod lenitiihit an li I he Moral nppri iriftlinii hill ii-.i.iii'.i.'iii-i nn rtportn man n mhm. -. In the tilm RrOntbt of tbt prr.enl fl.eni veaf Mm got "i men I reeeipta eg. eei-th-i iln- d Hihu I at' in n tn n BMBBV (in Man li 11 Mat Die total elreula- lion nf ootnonal laaoh ojmm .a. $27:. ifj.i.'.. aa I an r na for the year if Bn i an t il l oilnta nf Ih Dulled Matan the lotal nolnajfc ilnrini Marelt ivua it - To tnke il" lev tor plntfnrin In lite lot rest of Iln ll-.erv Weli-I.r llaiia. n.aistfiiti nnni'taij of f Im lolarior. mm reaifneil WttttniFoaM i. expressed In Admlr.il DiWffj in lH-rtaiiie a no od kin In for pri'sidenl AMrrlrnoa niilmut rnpllnl nr .vinrneil bf iln- war department not to no I., i nbn The i!einrtiiieni of Junttcf eonlend. In n brief filed In the atipreme eonrt in Vfaabtortoii Hint the lunmlltatMnj tines nol npph lii Porto llieo The plalforM of idmirnl Drwaj i "the Bbg nod free trnde" lie sin. he la a dene ii'i .i I m: BAST. Baimlillfi nn haie racMMlnnlad Jobn Hnl'ell for MMgMaa In the Ttventy aeeond I'eimsi It rtniu dllr:et nnjd W ii. Oralian in I be Twenty tblrd. In ei ''.rk a MMfri has deelded that a non noM noi nuppofl bin wife If nba prrnlnl In having her, mother wllh her fif-'fiinst her bimbnOtfi wlnhea. A hill In fil'mt WilMtn to vote nt town ilieliniis mis tiefnnted In the New Toch MMJMMtMM. In Rb dn lslnml William (ireiiiry (rei 1 Wai FMritd e-orrnor hy in.OOti phirolilt nad the legislature I. larpe ly repnl 111 an In Nr'i Ynrli Mis. tllira Netheranle and oiln t- net on were found not ffntlty of ni:iliilaiiiiiif n pnlilie nil unnee In presrniinp the drama "Snpho " At II .i ' . - 'f r the reniisthnnln MMOOmf le eiiiitentUin Inalrnrted ita MMMMten in Knnana flly to toie for flrynn w t:r imi nm Til. The Ohin rapvBUMHM have rrnoml tinted Janwn II. Soinhnnl for eiinifrea. In the Ninth di.tiiet and .1. .1 liill in the BMternth. In CBinafo lite hojra aold nt f.6A n hnndrei! potNnfa, the hlfrhe.l point alnee IBM On the "n-ni lake, nil the life anv Injf alati'- M baft been opened fur the aenaon. At CBejrenne, tVjro., It hMMM of HMM fell nnd ilnrinir the nlOTM a wnmmi wna rtniek liv lipliinliiaT. The death of K. II Mr.ore. aprd UK. oreiim-d in Athens, ft. He was a for mer ennifrt "man from the Fifteenth dlatrlet. On the l.oiananorl nnd l!urlln)ftmi find.) pike miisked nun blew up two lirldpes nnd bMMd two tollhnuar. An Ohio law forliiddinfr the dla charge 'of any nnrkmnn lieeauae of meniherahip In a union la deelared nn eonatltutlonal fn Ijnaliir A. F Marah. of Allejt-an. Inte Inapeelor (fenrral of the Michigan national gWU wna convicted of con spiracy to defrniid the atate In the anje and pureli.i.e of mllltnry anp pllea. Beekhniii nnd Taylor, contenting arovernora In Kentucky, hme nirrrd to nwait n declalon of the aiipreme eonrt In convention nf Kllerahnrg Wnah-Inp-ton rcpnlillenna elecleil delrgatea lo the uatinnul eontentlon Inatnicteil lo vote for MeKitiley Gov. Tanner of lllinola haa conaiimp tlon nnd ia not likely to lire all month, ants a Florida phy.irinn The town of Ivor Vn wna burned by n fire atarted by n negro, who waa caught hy a poaae nnd hanged At Ornnd Forks Jf. D the atata opullat convention apllt on the piea tion of indoralng Ilryan. The repiibllcniia have renominated James S. Sherman for enngreaa in the Twenty -fifth New York dialriet and 3. t Itowerck In the Second Knnan dlatrlet The democrnta have nomin ated James Cooney In the Seventh Mluonrl dlatrirt. Finnic destroyed the Spies build ing, the largest business block in Me nominee. Mich Iamb. SZM.OOO. By a fait of slate In a mine at Wellest on, (). three miners were crushed to death. On May It Wyoming republlosna will bold their convert Uoa at Caey- Kirr destroyed thr post ufltre at Irewcy. Vi., ninl the poet master luully Injured In llllmii the isrople'a art- will Imbl II stale rurncnilun in Mprlng fli III nn llir J4tn Inst. nnii;ii, iM-r.i.i.iui.M r.. BmsM .Ifiniinry I (icn 'His rciorls UN akirmlahea In which inerleniia lost I killed and 104 wounded, in aitrgrnla l.U'n killed and 1 .41.1 cap lured, lien. Ilnlea wacefully eupled four more lonna in Mindanao. After a MMM of :n year. (Jueeti Vic toria nrrrived In Diildlu In pi, . Ireland a Halt. A scheme of iiiiinieipal jroverninent pn Msfssf by a nilveil hoard, of which Ncmir Arellano Is president, haa re ceived tbfl approval of den. Oils. In BrWBBBfM n boy with poeketa full of aiiarehialie lllerature fired two ahoia in the prince of Wale." car. but no harm wna done. In Hulgaria Ituaalan Influence I. su preme nml I erdinnnd ha placed the governnieni under n regency. In Hie Veron.eneill dlatrlet of Mchigo, Japnn. ?i men were killed by an atalaiiehe The hero of I'l. . na. Ouninn Nubar rti.hn. died st -niistunlinople. nl Ihonh MM reeenl I inprox erne ul In his MMafftMff) led to the hopca of hla te eorery While (icn Plnmer attaikrd tha IliM-rs nt Ramnthlnluimii Hie lafe kinjr garrison made u aortic. I. tit both were repulsed, Plumer HMsMJ - ' nien killed and siv prlannera The ll-iera loat three killeil and ten wounded at Koiti Spruit and made ,'is'i Itrltlah prls. oners llrltish limps anil plans for In vasion were seined. u rni m s. In lh senate, on the Mb, after the mommi.' hour, lb.- aaBnlatsed buaiueas. tile SMNilu-r I'llilippnie bill, waa liikeh up. Mr. LssjbM gave notice I bat, mi I be Dili, he would link the aciiale eitlit :' Ibata in tote MJMSJ Hie MJMMUTV or lis st time torn litiitl tote tiMtn it. PMMMr elation nf the Inili-in approirt.itinii bill was Ihen resumed, bill williniii ilssMM bag of it the aclinic, after n short cv eeiilite sesaioii, adjourned . . . In the hoiine, nfler four day B ilebote. Hie aide MilaM for the nenaii- lull Bjawiding for n territorial form of gotci inneni lor BtlWail was passed, after MMMMMMttM Ulleltlpts M aillelldlluTlt. The Keuluek MMnTt of MyfMBM lb eiileil. on the "lb. agiiin.t the r. publb- aa governor nttd HosjmmmM guiarMii ami in favor of I be daaMssWstsr cuwlaeg mil., holding Ihnl the aelinii nf the Vgfalaturr m tha mmv waa mmI aud tin- i-otit't hail no juria.lu-1 ion Two nf Ho- repajbtscak tadgi a rsnnetantij .uie Mlrihatl to the MMM prineipii . wbltfl abrpfaaatlng the alMfpad in jostt are done, due republican JfadgrV dasaented, I'h MMi will la- taken to the aiipreui -aottfl of the I nitad Stntea. The aei'retary ot war, on Hie I'lth, a. m lo the senitie the orimuiil ri-coid oi (he priM-ei-dinifH of the military conn which cowd Mated Mm ksavf in Bllirt of In rat tear. This was done in iesHin.e iii a resolution calling foi a rnpt nt the reeord, rhe am1 ii'lai j ea plained llllll the le.ord toteretl ,;HI ly H-tt rltteii (sagest, and to copy i- WOUhl OCCIinj ihe 1 1 nit- Iff two SMMTMIS fur six uiiiutlis. 'iln- reaigMit lasts of two of the fucu! it ot itrowu tinivemitt. wna a noon need on Hie "III Ptof, satHMMMtd IsMMMI tit Ihe rhulorie ilepnrtiiieiit. has ,n t-fpted ,i call M) Ihe iiuuiiiiriug edlksl ahip of the New York BtlinlMf I'o.', and Millii MflOTC Kugg, iiistrueior in publb s.ikiiig ami oratory . ITkigMd to ptii'Mie blgbar llteratsure plii'iatri . The New Voffl stale MgfsaMfWM ttl joilllieil sine die on the nib. Onv o( the 1. 1st bills MMMaf ill Ihe MMMBM) w ,i i the one appi'opriiil inp - ...nnn., fnr II sill te of the stjttc HMMM, baikine, loWatrd Iheir ettMAfgVMSTIIi so aa to MH nut of tin- uis siij., nf Uirgea thriiugti tin-ill. Seliulor LlOdgV illtriMllieeit alueiiil iiieuts lo the nriii.t aispropriattost bill, iln ihe "III. gltlllg In II" l-lltllllllllHlili oflicer id Ihe If MJ the rank of Hm lennlil 1,'enernl, anil It- the litljlllttlit general the rank of major gi iieiui. In the sennt-, on the 7th, itMoal tin- entire mmmm was ijrrotcd to coa- ilderntii n of nn iimriiilnient in I be lie dinu appiiipriatitui bill providing fol the immsImmmm uf tin- gm taiwmt 'i i inploy iim'IiI of coutr iet Indian m bonis, 'ihe Csebate tiaik a wide r.tii.'e. the whole ipie.lioll nf sc iMlifin M-biada be NMJ tro-ie .iter it I, nilli .... Iii the house a reaoliilioi' t. is .tdopleil calling iimiii the set-retail of war fur informa tion as in wlii-Hu r buries K. Mn;oi n, the le-'.il ailti.or uf Ihe iiiatllar Utt reitii, hid ever rcnilered nn opinion that, by the Irani with Saviu, the now Klilutlun was e I - nt le I over I net to Kit o and Ihe Philippini a. The MMMM v as ntrgalj sVvtoMsI m ewtoaskfa of tin: i.ite Ill-hard larks III mil, fur r yeara a iiiciuln'r nf Ihe house Fred Titua. proirictor of the BOMtt reatnurtilil al Peru, llul.. was prolifi Idy futnlly sliihlHil. uiul hi. MMMHaT Htrve MriMMs cut. on ihe -h. by two iinkiiowii men. The men. who were iitoxieaietl, rcfus.!! I an for their lunch, ninl insulted Mrs. Fred Titus. They were driven away, but later re turned, when Ihe MsvlSMMg mi urriil. Fire, on the Mb, hi rt ly destroyed the piano ninl MMJM fiulory of Iln M. Scbull I ii . ctirner MoegSMI and Siia-rlor atreeta, Chlengu. MrtMsWMJ Iiisk of Bm00U, eoteted by insurance. The cause ia MMBMM In ban MaM sMintmieniia i-om bust inn. ('apt. Charles l. Slgal-e. I . S. , arrited at St. Paul. .Minn., on he sh, from Fnrgo anil Hie lliil ltier valley, and aflor a ipiiet MM hia hotel iu that int. lefi al Mgfc1 for ( hieiigo, en route to Wusbingloit. The rnral free delivery ayalem of the s.-i office department ha itrowu lo such proportions that it has hern found necessary In create two new di visions, making four in all, tu proper ly handle It. Five men wen- gnrroted in I"once, I'uerto llieo, on the 7th. Solnseviucnl ly the execution platform was broken up by n cro tl of relic hunters, who carried away the fragnienta as lie men I oca. The lierlin no per publish a Waah ingtott dispatrh with reference lo tbe convening of a second I'nn American congrwa, and comment 'ijion the pro posal in rather unfavorable terms. A M-wctkly oriental exprvsai train from Berlin to Uiostantinople will be gin running April 30, mailing tba dia ls U MISSOURI STATE NEWS. If- "HI Ileal ka. Tncle Jin" Irwin, pioneer pl.-iins-wif. ssaartaMMl and raconteur, at bis Imm in Kansas ( ilt. after a liiiaTering Illness i waa ho yeara old. He wna known us the laak Walton of we.trrn Mi: souri. ana IQlaabetb Kaiua, ul Hfiinmis tiikt, She was st, and MM the oldeal child of JMbjt J. ( lluiuan. the foun der of Hunilllist ille. Joseph V. liivena. a prominent fariu-e(-. gsajd suddenly of conjcslion of the hiaili. lit hla Inline, a mile antl'h or ( larkstille. Maurice P. l(onilri iiiiv,n wcll-ktiuwu fnimer four miles MM) of ieiiiui. of luu-uiitonia. The Matte I'rrs.srt, Hluie Tr.-naiirer Pills has tiled with dot. si.-pheiis his asoatblt naMti of Ihe Iraiisiu-iion- of the atate tri'ttaury for March. Il shows the MssWWlaVgl BMMMt nn hand February a, I.4J!. lOtjBIl reeeipls for March. BHUlltTl disbursements for March, tli-hdC ls balance on hand pi il I. -Ii.lirv : I. Th.- sliite treasurer also filed bis bjmMsi lerly reMiri. It abuws the follow im;: MMMkM on hund Jiinuiiry I, l.'.TT.iJo:.. s; receipia fur the ipiarter, ll.inii, stVJB) ilishuisciiicnia for Ihe quarter, cl.lll.'-'s..,',; blllullce on lullitl Mal'-h in, llAlsVsMhla, ihe lamlaga of tin- atate MMfttMtbiet far the illalter were MMi.:i,.ll. The iliahurscm-'ila IroM this fumi w'cre fatfaBHwfSi b-ating a credit lo the fund nf fl IM st BMM tiler Tblrlv-llve tears. Thirty -five years lun Senator Will iam A, Clark, of Muntana, tauiht school u winter ill I'ellia county. W ben lie bjff fnt- Miilttutiii be owed WttlMM MMth a MSI tbt III. s -,. tthit-h was lo be remittcif when (lark was nble. The tillage trachcl waa lost sight of It lh-ek until the Ml ill 1 11 nil sclin lot shi ,1 contest Bras taken aft, when it waa published ill the press diapalchc. thai ( lark once Mstjflrl actuml in I'ellia county. A few ditt - uj.u Itcck ad dressed a attar lo RetMtM ( lark, rts MiSatllsVg him of his 3 iiulehieduess, and Ihe nthcr day a reply was re ceived, bMsMatAg a check fur HSBj which enters the amount of Reck fl bill and inlerc.l to date. Ills llsnflrefllh IllrlhUat. Jacoli Newsoui-r, wlm liv--a near Complou, im the . lames Kiter. IJ inib-s niirthenst of Spruto-ticld. cele bralfld Ins cans hundredth birthday flfl. niteraury reccnll.t. Siv tnonths agn the old until iinnnuncevl that he wished all his rclulites and lu-iiyhlHirs tu visit him on bis flflOsbsg birthday, as it which wuuld prolHlblt bt hi" hntl tt ritirsart. Hmnst erert family fur miles nrouiid the pioneer's hoinesie.ul hint some represeuiiii it c at the biffs), tint anrty, and a bag ilinuer was spread for the crowd. V llealrr Mat stsflaSst, Hal atjflMj Insagtaar) trfotsga, Joba v- McKimin. tta'ed M), at Kansas City, si ni and kiUfld Dr. F. II. Shaw, his brotber la-low, na the attktf sut read- Inn the Siinda.v acliool Icaaou in hia ftve-year old sstsvgbtflr, Shaw died in slant it McKimin, who had beef) an ib.ncli nf a sanitarium, uiul is la-lieveil t) bt inaaiie. tin I'Hleiieil lu kill Iho nthcr five MeMstrea of ihe fnmilv. and wit unit restiiiined after il struggle. fourth I,,-- I'..! ni net era. The follow im chauirea in fourth class aistiunsti-ra in the slate hate been MbvjM! OmmBo, PiiI mm MMMtyi t lyde K. Ilynls, vice J. K. Forlara, re aligned: liuah Town. Jafferson coun'y, Joasrpb OriBnv, rice lietary Uanlels, n Blgtied; -i'hcuilosiit. ii. irk coiiuiv, Juincs M. Il.-rd. the M. K. Heril. n aimiid: Fnlty, Scot Inn, I MMj'i Oaorge M. Smith, vice T, B. Wlehtatt, lesisrneil. Via) Iln .1,1 arsilh lleaj After a linircrintr illness from a com pile, 1 1 inn uf maladies, nmonc; whu-ii IMcamowks Srfls the Ilia! alitl miast aa. riiuis, Muj. liatid W. t'aruth. former buaiucss man. Ml nili;-e ciimmiaaioucr, and one of Ihe ts-at known MMMMffkttM Hilit iciaus in the state, flflaflfld awav in 1st. usirlnicuts at the IMfliitcr's h e. tel. St. Louis, where he math- his home. aWWfHBj lor tll.-Heil Wsirsterer. I nit. sicplicns hna isatied a procln nui! inn nffering n n-woril of BBM for the arrest, delivery and i-nnt n-tiini -if William summers.. who is chnrciil wiln murder In HI. ( lair county The re ward stands gMflj for a , i ,! of ouc yenr. fliiarlsal OtsMstflOWfl Jail" . A. Kerd. stMMMMtt MM) elect. etl Mayor -if Kansas City. The repii'dicnna elected Hie entire citt ifi l.et at Si Jnacph. Springfield wen! demivrulic and Bfl da lla republican. Ihe I omlnfl Wheel I .,,(,. in must sectiun nf the state wheat has mine lliiinicli Ihe winter in excil-l-nt condition. In few counties, M Itflllf B) in the eastern aections, it is rt sir!ed badly tlsmaired by freezing. I'he It.-I.i nl SI IflMMBi At the MMjstMsstg of the aist fiscal year the MBfJ imlebtctliu ss of St, Laltl was gftBW,tnflsJM, which wns rc-iliu-ed by tin- pay men' of faBBBMt. I , i . ttaMn'a BflsMrtsh Letters of administration have lic--n MpHad for Ml the estate o' Charles C Mvffitt, of St. Louis. It was valued .It BMBBB) iliberitfliH- lux, 3J,0(si. I sail sit. I.isla Her. The St. Louis police Itoaril him hand ed in the police estiniule lor the I inn ing yenr I.MH.o'-l.;.. latst year the force real sji,a-jv Ji. Pstpolallstsv ml t. Idtals. The new St. lamia directory cenaiia will show ,i population of H;.7U5. growth in ten yrata of 2SI,S0n, or very nearly Hi per cent. Hatar I lsi.ee lalrr Killed ( lover haa been winter killcl to a Co, t tilers hie extent in some countiev. Liu Iu most sections II is reported ia gut d condition. A Mast Kills Mlsnaell. Louis (lalvin, of 81. Joseph, aged 20, abut himself in the breast and died atantly. Tbe reason tot the suicide M um known Jntta rstilisa. Vast Lulled State Judge i'hiliHt tttM taken 111 at Springfield, having yMg tooM of pneumonia III TEXAS m Thousands Gather at Austin to Vi:w the Devastation Wrought by the Ruthless Waters. IHE CITY PRACTICALLY IN GARKKESS, The drawl r..war Has. Thai hnpftlert F.lselrla Llflltl aafl 1'na.r s staM al Msls. as u. , Nssall st Ihe ttrsastua at the tUfl lsss via r.u!r Wars BMsVMMll Austin, Tex., April . Fully thirl r tliuitsailll people gtilheretl a I the pow -rrhoiise stationed north of this city io witness the ruins of the plant which cost this city une and Ihrcc-tpiartcr nillluina of dollars a few year. ugo. The waters of the I tilorwdo river were still plunging ami foaming iirtmutl the wreck, cntiiiaT away the big pile of granite which once Mttfljfld the dim. us thtiiigh it was nothing more Ihnu chulk nek. Ho fierce waa the currcut that gtWfl! iNiiilders were curried half a mile from the dam, la-iug rollcil over ami over by the turbulent tub- The (siw t-rhotiBc. wiiieh Biicciimlu'tl tu the terrific waah nf the water nt two o'clock thla morning. Ilea a utuna uf wreckage on the edge of lb- river, all the valuable machinery cither having beflfl thrown into the river or hfldlv iluinagetl by the falling iimU-rs uf Ibc biwi-rhuiiBc. The wreck of the plaut is complete. The ItBtMMMM vies, srrliin., The situation in the city to-iiigh( is most srriuus. Tbe wreckage of the plant inciins that it will take several weeks lo SMMM even fl leinpornrv WMr I i fi in I light syatein, if il can la MMfll noflflibifl even then. Ill the meantmie Mm city will la- in a Istd Military flOSV liliou. Ml the hntels, privat.- resi lelicca, alores and the like lire with mil wolrr. and there ia no fire protec tion. Churchrs were unable to hoi I servicea to-night for want of light, and all public meetings were alaiuduiied. I ln daily pitn'ra are handicapped in iheir piiblicfitiuiis. Ipeiiig deprived of Ihelr electric jHiwcr I he river ia fall ing tn-iiigbt.' t:v er IIiImk la I nilri Water. ICeporta fmiii the BOsgh baring cuun I ry are lo the effcel that en-ry iliinrr is under wntcr. In W'illimiiann cnunty. nurth of hers, railroad bridges and truckage hate beflfl laid waste, mid all train, hate stopH-d miming. Iluu Ireda uf head of cattle have la-en drowned mid miles of fencing im fsVMt) uiul vvaslieil away. Iu llaatnip BWtMJ and in the southern BOrtbstl uf this coiinly similar cmiilitliuis prevail, fterylhiiig la-ing nniler water and llllich llasa uf prteperty ia reirtetl l oss ft III Cseeefl Three Wllllaaa. Tlic country tributary to the OoM" rudo river all the way down its courae is bflilsg iiiunilated. and while it is bt lieicd the wnral is liver, the bias, as esliniali-il tonight, will exceed SCJSM three Mill MO diillnra, cniinling iisiin na Ihe largest loser rVtrtlUMtelj the list of drowned, m-curding in rasMrta up to la alfgbl . is limited tu I boat re- flOftfld iu ihe press dispatches last aigbl, na it m-ciiis the only dinw niiigs Sflssflfftfltl wen- here when the SMM Mtsbfl and caught the tieliins nu ll wares. There were no trains ofstratfld on the Inlund tireoi Norlberii. as much nf its Inick nnd tpiltc ft BaMsstl uf liiiilgcs were amnshed nwny daring Inst night. The Missouri. Kansas Jft TtMM ruilniad is alsu u bflOVj auflercr from n like cause. BatJMPla frOM acteral scetiuiia uf cen tral TeJttat arc tu the effeel that a larg--aereii"e is under water, and much damage has been suffered in wxpeety and lite atis-k. Till. W i ll in tsl M.IXI. i.r. lropert Ihsssafle, hal No l.tias nl l ll. ResMirlefl. s lluiiatnn. Tex., April ! a a rule Ihe Tcxua rivers are nmv falling, and there is nut much danger of a general IIiskI. The crop have Is-en damaged over a wide area, but Ihen' is still time fur farmers to replant if they can get the seed. Corn has la-en planted uver inice. and will have to be planted the third lime. The farmera, aa n rule, ban- mil planted much cotton larcause Ihe hcfliy raina have kept them out nf the flelria. The rnilmada have lust ninny sniflll bridges, and It will lie a week before the truffle resume its normal condition. Hmlthvilb- rcmrla ireiiu-iidoua rains hate fallen throughout that section, the main flood In the Colorado from the break in Ihe great Austin dam teaching there this evening. The river is nn a 3H-foot rise at 7 p. m flnd is rising one foot an htiur. It is esti mated that over .'i.OOO acre of growing crop in the bottom lands within five, mile of town have been inundated by fruin ten to fifteen feet The loss will reach over fifty thousand dollurv.. The stuck has Isren destroyed. So deatha I avc MaM pm ' ! in Hi i' section so far from drowning, tireut cvcileuu-iit and uneasiness prevnib-d Inst night. THE WORLDLY PHILOSOPHER. All men tell the truth when there Is money in It. Two eats in the alley can spoil the memory al ten sonntfts. It is hard to like the people who don't tn!-. kindly to our faults. Konie .ople Are never so happy as when telling their troubles. What man says rites his reputation; what he does makes hit character. Ilememiier that nn man tins ever been made better by post morten kindness Man boasts of his lilterty. but hus bands are managed and bachelors usually Mlts managed. Most men get hungry when they be come poeta, but no mall bet-times a poet by becoming hongry. Chicago Demo crat. It will take three yean to build the underground rapid transit road recent ly begun In New York. Tbe tunnel will cost IJi,000OOC, and will be 11 miles long. Tbe contract I the large: single contract ever let. More than eS.otX) lont of steel will be used in constrnet ing tbe tunnel, am) ,000,OXi cart loadf of earth will be taken from tbe exeava- CUBAN PAPER SUPPRESSED. roc Inflisreal I.r 1 Irralallaw War (aase a Nr. nil aa Ike : m i af Ike I lorel Tflrlr. Bflntinpr, de Cuba, April 7. The first lniairtmil action of Hie new mayor. Kenor tiriuan, iu suppreasingJ-'.l Culsvno Libre, Thursday, anil placing the edi lurial stuff uf five men under arrest, created intense excitement when It be came hiiuwn yesterday looming. HOenslTe aasl .,,! . , ,,i El OssfMM Libre had always been In tensely radical in lie iitleranee again-1 Americans. Spaniards and whit,- ( litmus. Thursday It published an editorial, Ixith offensive and inde cent. In criticism of the civil govern ment, particularly the municipal branch. The cditurial rhunicterled the paluc.- as "an official sewer and I cessMMil of moral corruption," and used nther language not fit for publi cation. It charged ufflcials with ateai ing even srcifyink Ike contraela--and with flelling immense ipiantities of MsaasV belnnglng to the municipality, issrtirularly l.ouu tnars uf mahugany bat were delivered on contract for lloo. Fiirlhermorr the etlltorial ia acrtctl that BtBSff (irinan Is nun tegfll iy iucnpnciiated for holding office years ago, on account of corrupt con duct Innate ihe gMMaflUI KlflfJ in Jail. Tht nevv mayor, who projMisis an sg gressivc and priagreaaivc adminislra tiun, acting tiniler (ien. Wood's order of March -'(. giving the mayors the control of public order, conflacated the printing plant ami lodged IhcedltorUil staff in jail. He Justifies this step on grounds of public decency. tnar l.rlnan loflnrsefl. The Americans, foreigners and best class of Cubans applaud his action. Two hundred prominent ( tilsins signed a telegram to Oao, WinhI yesterday af ternoon inducing Scimr (iritiana course. "tmerlenna anil t'shia Irallnra. The coloretl party objects, anil say the time has arrived for action. The colored general linhi mid other lead ers were telegraphed to come imme diately lu .Santiago tn bflaaf a "aiptilar inuvcmeiil against the Americana sud the OsthfM traitors." Will he Falliimrfl hr Mlala. There is t un-iil' i a till excilemellt io the city, and it is expected that the release uf the editors will lie fullnwetl by rints All the pulicc of the city nm! the rural guards are under flriiut Hkf readt fur an emergency. X., I I'll lor Srll-ijsiarsisrsl. The friends of aiinexntiun arc pleased with the MMMfjMS. They say that the ultitiide of the Cubniis, who re lighting each nthcr, shows the im possibility of self-gtiveriimeul. AH the puM-rs except the liuleienilcncifl in dorse Mm imivur's action. CHICAGO JEWISH CHARITIES. In I I tttMrlhMtlnn '" HrtP nlln fMW MMM f h-trli) HmIU. r.ir. nrtWjpi. April 7. Willi tht- t-ml in U f e.ii.iMirtimf nil lhir trfMsfHsMl f-r,;:iiii,itiiiii-i in thi- rity liy ilinrl tifii ttoMttotM intt '.nl fif liy raising fiiml- llir(ii','li th MttNM '' u n')i:irity liill iiiitl nUfMroWi Mhrr iuttrtiiin Iii-nt iii vt-tr, lh .l".ih Nrilr of ( Iii -a' " Hlr-;i'h teVt plnlftl nn mini biiIi-i riptmii 111111(11111111.' In HMM lllMI ? Mft.tNi-i. hhI ii it W9Mti it In i IfMf Hi.- (..in) In n Nhurl tintr tn IIMNM, ili WUtH rr'iiinl t m U yi'iir. Nxt Tburatoj v ntiiR tin- titiluTtl' rr t. tlit- ii -w fuml will i;mi i al Sinai tMMftl to inoirMrat nml mjopt von ttitittii'Ti ami hy-lnnti. FUNDS FOR BOER CHARITIES. 4 usasl llnv. ni I'returla, Has Pnaatl ttfl nl lunv.-rlnfl Innfl. I r.ini Ibc I nllefl Stales. Wushingimi. April 7. Consul Hay, at Pretoria, bus fuuiul a way ot eon- veybag fluids frmn tba U sited state In aiil the IUmts in charities. Several days ago he waa cable, an inquiry us the possibility of doiug line, and I cablegram ha la-en received from him nl the stale department, aniitiuncing lhal he hud la-en able In arrange for Ihe transfer. Accordingly, the depart ment has furvviired some drafts, which have beflfl awaiting a decision in this mutter, and also has taken stepa to nu lify Mr. I'ruyn, of the lied Croaa Aid sts-iety, of the consummation of the arrangement, and the deMirtment's willingness In undertake the delivery, in Prcturln, of any contributions of charily THEY FOUGHT ABOUT DEWEY. in., Wnn Willed ANflJ Ike Other rrakwhlv fslsll) vx ..nnflefl la I kleaflu Vitl.ns, Cbieago. April 7. Due man was killetl nml another bu lly injured In a light here grnwingimt nf an argument ever Admiral Dewey's eandldflcy for president. Fiigene tucker, a colnretl man. was shut and instantly killed by (icorgc Miller, a hurber. The latter vtas hfldlv cut about the throat with a razor nnd Staff die. Itoth men were drinking; in a salta n when Ihr argu ment anise. SOUGHT TO ESCAPE PRISON. Alleaaptea Suicide nl a Ynalklal Inn.lclefl Murderer la the Hein.li istlek.i Jail. I), iruil. Mich., April 7. -Harry liam bergir. the youth convicted of the murder of John M. tleiadcl. nttennptcd anii'lde by slashing Iii i throat with a raatsti wlrch he hod prucvired fnmi a fellow -prlt'ouer. Jail offi'ials inter fered lu time lo save his Ille. 11am bergvr was to have been taken to ,li; l.son during the ilay to lieglu hia life impriauninent. BMMBM r Smallar. u.iuaa.i. Cripple Creek, Oafs, April 7. Two hundred miners have been laid off at Ihe Portland mine on account of the high rates demanded by the smelters for the treatment of gold ore, A few men will be kept at work in tbe drifts and shafts, but production will vete until such time aa the directors are able to secure uetter rates from tba kUtrltera, mills ami railway. There 1c little rjueallon but that nearly all tbe big none will follow tbe example of the Portland and either ckwe down ab ointely or Curtail their output FV i r t tr ICopyrLf M. m by W Aprl'-ifrC ft Ct All rtvhtf. f : 1 aujnm xvjm emmmmm A timt wnlF wr m inn lilt! or nnthini betwixt na, 1 nirktfl uui fn'lowi Vb rrrnvih br tlrr on Little by litiln n: ftMM the ieUtl of her iiiiab, lud, t 1 pk -.ril ptunt AiUT point, thrrr tlwnrtl nn im- tin ilmiitt . .:.: . that our iarurr nnnr ntht-r Ihan tb Spritr, th- Ut nf hm m.tj Mty'a ftottlla rare I to ruert Kroni thr (Ink of tin Aja 1 liait lefrri infurnwrd ni tbf Kpritr'a alMrii't on pntrn!. and thr. nijli tht wh ile rnrmtiti had IhpM in my ififi tlic drraii of MMal hi r, n! lliaf mi ttpm that tMrtu-ulur rraft mnrt noott. iVohrahly ah Bad been nrak.uiK tin i'T May ail wm$ tW Lnni Ulaml nsa(, and hd only fairly aigbtrd u after the wratennc ud 1iad thrnvn a bfond litfbt M nur rnnvna Iln n with a turn it am- for ait) thing Iraa thsin a thrrr hKr. -In had I 'lffJ on hrr rb!br thr BiM.urr In eotJna hf about w htt i - a trader bad lo aail the kins' vta without l-eini under MM n) 1 dared rmt untotd m nafll tn, but the girl, with the ryr nl a lotwl nnd the in B.inrt of a wntiian. .v. i thr nr i rumintf to nur utter a lone BBjd Murtbnig look at our (timo r, ahr aaid: "('apt. Thorndyke, that vraferl ltk Iikr the on that took mr from I'lui.tilt lbu In IS'aw York I harijl, knnu b I think ao. hut I frar tnr thr nji "A),M I anfwrrrd, hnariwh. "I luvr tht ftar, and (-tod help u l hr nvrrhaul u. as tbry arv Ilk to dn, barritiK a nrirnefc ' Iln VI (u aught t" ffrr. Anir I " o J I, nddtnni ing her brother, who btn hsil taki n nn a look of hardm-M thr like rtf wim h 1 had marked at thr liv bt it hr a et.intl an old man "N'av, frimd,' he returned, uddrnly (all ing into the Vu-iker at)e of -rrr b, and i' ' ti nt lakinK hia r)c trviti thr W nMl anlern "na. ffirinl, 1 hav. but litclit knia letlfxr of f-e pnnnUlittl ira. T run a fter- le mnninit mean to In- lnttrn iti thr rare. Thre has a h-arl for trot An thrr lout? If an, ihtrt ib but MM tlnmc fofl thrr .'-id mc " And lunnhi; binrite, ... nunc, hr imdr a fjimk fniurc toward thr water, t hu h njninMI I tlnnnrht wnj Mnttni rvel b) tbegirl. Hut 1 m ib w roiiK m m Btiriitiar. "Ha it ronMJ t" llii dHMr' -h. nJnM l.Tte with audden tt-rror in farr and v-mr ' Am I to be left aloio and ut thr mrr-y of thftar ondrr Itrrnl) brnlHnr! I i "!l not ronitmt amrule and lf n ttlioiit a nrolr lot iKinild Tlnrtid k , ' nml I "ii i iniird, hrr Inrtaf giving nim i lo mi hv :. 1 1. iiittii royal n it r IF tit. " u hii Bmnm ntit to lt M-rt nir' Art .n tn i ir-. M lat Na, 1 knw nu Into wrll I .ik (ur pardon." hr fall red With n U fid id ntf head and a rnp.il dhMVM to bunnlit) , '1 am wrong Belief njv Im k to tht Al n gbty dtrrrt ihr l;fr Hr nnvv u mther nan harr thnnn jron)4nT nt nHMRhmtlavj be L.kr thr giving into tbi ir turn dra- ImimU I waa wrong. I hi tin- wnman mYii haV lirat, Vour tuinlen m tm-att-r UnU )in-''' Ar.d with tin ahr plarnl lolh b MMM In her Um and fxibbrd aloud. I btenrd m aflrnt-r tn tin .utbiirt with 'ia h'fting riiMti"ti Thr 1 1 an -wer to in-ik- The UMbUMM nf t be lat ft w (Uyi aeemtil t g.tthrr ait'l " :t itawH 0ef mr bkr a piiT U. had lnnio. tin brink of afety, thr t tin timid of itittnt, InMKN MM ti. r. and to er th' ptttMl M itdM ! away at thii late hour wa U oni biiinan nduranre. Thr gofttn nl thr air, tin fiM?. lowing light, ihr ilk veiling on thr k) aborr aa, and thr livrU Burkle of thr iNfiin, auddnilv rh'.ngnl from n i on r rat mation to a hid ugnn of ironv nnd matire Without a nnrd tn return I gr;ipd tin -I--- - of the a he I mill inv whnel brart tt'ningly lrnt -ti nirrtitikt tnch -urifr tn a manner to aarr our IfMnffl To I OMilirl the Rirl uaa botid iu potVM ttMl hod it Inin ni my proTiiirr, and in mil Itfr n0 man, I lanry, evrr juggle with Um truth bt it ntvnf ao bitten wfctW InCfkhMJ wiui't-l-. into '.be face of death Neither did A me go to hi tnMof'e iracue. Ae though to let hergathrr the full tuiport nf thr future, he Blood apart, nn'v ftnjgi aa the poor girl' obbing neVOnai d ' Thr re i a ' in Heaven, and nhnt nuiM be, uuhk lie." If, however. 1 had remained mlrnt ;l wa not bet'auar I wa Kiunnrd, fnt, tin ugh try tongue waa dumb. m brain wai gciive mongh- There w. tine rhamr m a uiillion that nur pururr wa not tht- Spntr, or evn "ne of thr Hnti-h ftnof If , wrll If not, I would ftel m-ii ;it kinb price that there wnuld br but little triumpb lor them over my carta. Turning vt Innt to Aran, I aid 'tTntil it be ma.lecrrtaih that W9 I font (none another, 1 ftball bold m !i(r M drarU t erer. The mere taplurr rii the eemOMMM unlem that fellow atrm bt thr Spnlr in ed not bring drMii- W'r will rim ;i i.-nu M run we can. and thrn fight : aft r that the Mlntej nf each lira With hi BO n t MM0M Ml A for me, I hittl not M hmgtd trom n Urittah priaon. Init I wear again that while ou or iiur a tat it live and 1 .in it't tn aim InrnitheT I will atill f ling to thr breath Ood haa giren me. If, heinnng pwerlr. I r hnoae to cheat the rnie. I WW but l-r Iflir many a captain who goe d- wn with hi hip. I take it 'tanuld be no t ninmnn ui i ide, for ray honor wftuld not have uf fcradM "Ay, I taid naught to rnran Ihe cowardly ' king of onea own life," anawrrrd thr vonth atoutly. "Fight we will o King a 1-oWfler and ahot hold tmt. (Quaker or no Quaker We ho atant of the firat, though I wonbl to Heaeen audden dRrltnew like that which fell m Calrary would -H,tlr nn i nowl We might then take to tbt- AnVjB aiiern and aneak for the latntg Ul tnd nntfl He had hardly Mottngj when ihrmainaail t'tappel, and the wind, which b id been r .p id'y growing lighter, almot went out. I raat my gMj on the following m boont r, and aaw with tome atiafactinn that nbe, too, bad loat the brerrr ahe bod beer rrrying with her, for no longer dol a.be brel to M prvaaure, and. I thoiiht. no lonMM wi re hrr aaila bellj mg. tmt, like our, bung in ('Id, only orcaaionally rntinde! hy thr thing pnfft Bv thin ahr bad drawn tn witbni a i oople of milna of ua and waa atill coining on- Under our atern there Mi hately a wake (o alnwly we movetll, the tmth from - or bend and rudder having given plaee to an oily ftalnea filled with tiny eddiea, throngh which the hunt wr till towed alow iv diaggctl ita way. Now there waa a yellow hate on all tbe horirna, that told of the r.aning day. hat the iuti'i broad light atitl lay overflbe nrvan. and it would be boon trc dnrkneaa could lumtah ua all Iter H) '.ten our late would Ita known CHAPTKR XIX tub CArruRE or rm: WOtOOKm. I wondered mightily that thev h.rd not ; tired et ua, but tbe aolution of tbe nddle j I ime to me whan I reniemlwml that the j rtrite had but one powerful t,u forward, ami hitherto ahe bad not been in a ponttnan j to me it on ua without Mowing away bar nrn forward rigging Her atlenre thoa con ; bimaaj my fear aa to the identity of tbe eaa- I, nor were we long m doubt a to the ...ahrvotence of bar purpote. Stilt ahr glided toward na, waited na la a feather over t rjiootk pood, while ere relied to the long reach of the aorgaa vfltoout mora way than aiajJd take no a faUoa is a minute Ifnr all too deodaea of tbe laatog, I ittll ttvck i tk$ lml that aie tsugbt not round into thr w;4 Ame and h.a ud gone below to reload ihe firearm ami by our ammunition, wbrn, jut aa the laat gap of wind wont out and the shivering tftlmn et the reefing pointa teatiag tba ran egg with a mnaital ripple, the encm alewed a couple of to m la to the aouth, and a bail t ' while imoke broke from her how. I'lam iv aa day I marked the hol aa it atruck foe ".tar and in great Ira, tame akippmg toward ua, It peaa j ui wrll antern, lor, with tbe (all of tbe wind, wr had ewnng into Ibe trough of tbe aea, and thr lbaniom wa r iw par i. le to her poun-r, the latter lying off our tarioard quarter There -o imehl remain, and, uaing u aa a target, amk tn at her I enure, though I had IHtk fear of tin adion on her part, aa the Hritiah iwibry waa ever to raptor ant thing lhal could he of uae, only drtrnying that whit h th. could not carry away. I watched the flight of the ball until the pout mi aloft aa it atruck the aea 1-rt me kmallcr and the miraile unk in the diatance fl waa a command to come into the wind .ind abnw cur color, and hoping 'though i tht.ut reaaonl to defer to the laet thr fall ot tba leoll. I deoaendetl hate the eahin and tumbled through tbe dag locker for thr (Jlea1 dark. I had the ensign in my hand vt hen ihr girl looked up from her work and mickly aked: "Are you lo make a lat atand under that? Nay, then, Donald." ahe aaid, with nn appeal in her voter, and for (be hrl time giving me my Art name alone, "unlea o hop- to blind them for good u all br tbe ight of that bunting, 'twere a wraa tmng to do. Von a you will fight; then it, ht under vour own rotor It will makr dififrrern in the end " And with th -a hr bent to (he locker, picket! up the en- i;ti of the cotomre, antl. Iiolding it out, dfuBjad fr-m my hand thr rel flag nf ihr ngaMKjr. It wa a noble act, and worthy of ire spirit ninth had been equal to Txarditig I ran M hi own iiuartera It put into me the irttinulu I needed. Without word I Fl ed nao boumled up tbe rorripamon, ami ir et moment the alar and atrtpe were nanVnag It thr mam peak, barely unfohletj bt UM t pbr that waa alill plaiug aloft. It waa a plain deftanee. and met with e fi . ! .inswer. The buniing had lareti abaft no longer than w necrary for thoar on trr dutani vraael to Imvc made it out with i glass, whrn again tame a spurt gj amok .it). I unotlirr l-all lcapeil tnwanl u Il waaa wH aimed ahot, ant, hii thr gun Wen trained a tnfte inrr tn the right, it would have ended mailer on the nia.ant it urna the l-all dipped cloae to our stern and I nratb the (ratling dingy Thrrr wa a mil of Rpoudng foam, a lea ting t rash, and tht- little boat leaped into the air m'd a howr of spltnlers, apun over anl vrr bkr 3 tup, .md then settlrd, kerl upirl. with clean cut hole pawning in her iMHtom. 1 could almost he.tr the shout of triumph mat undoubted!) took place na the riieuiv' den, a thr reault of thi piecr of marks n aiifthip. but in thr end, bad thr but l i, ott ii it, ;he were whetting thr tigt' teeth iiisti ad of pulling thrm Hardh had thr niot, thinned from thr shot, w hen t Mini under thr cloud I marked a loat put ting an.ii There waa little tired nf a glaa In te4t mr it Wna fillet) with a lK..inling (vrtv. antl that thr drama waa rapidly near ing it 'liter W ith thr frw miiiutr 'eft for . iinii-iti we ii i,i te haste to grt m bat arm i t on deck, ami, while irl the r!1uw i hi b of the oar wa distant, our arrange i t-nte. wrrr i ompletrd For dHrn: wc hal two Mb four putola, thrrr tutlnsss-rs and my rapier, though the latter ami one of the lUthtaett-a, Wing oi BjO use, were left in the tabiii Ihe lad) was to lake eftargr of tin iiimurution aad rrlnad the flrcamma a usaati lor. though her brothrr ami rnvsrlf )lh bcggrtl and rornmanded her to rtniam Ih Im'a. she had lor the first time draw n for l iraelf her own line tf action by imply t ikmg hrr hi ail and follnaing u tO tht drek She wag white rhalk a aht Iimm . nd watched thr near approarh nf llir Iat I will swear that hrr fear (if fear it waa) u u rial for heraelf .fust Wforr tin eneniv drew into rifle shot I went forward and opened the lore We t-oth bred on tbe count ot three.' csstl slul", calling b'tili riunent tn i nnu tSi fur I list) nursi that 1 might uae tlirm le make a .how of iiiiinls-rs on nur tHsilt Hut in return I receivril s volley nf curses i.lv, siul. s. 1 hail no time to try disriiilini , I shut antl uiiaui fastened thr hatch, rejmn im the nthrra aft. Kven st thisataae 1 wa aiaesrd with Ihe fnl lern htajss llist w mujht drive off ihe sp it nulling beat, and, if thrr were short, livndetl sbnard (s condition not unbketv 1, . ii. I failed t. cripple us with their long gun. a ini'lhing might happen iu the way of wind frnm siiuthrr nuartrr or the coming dark ii as to enable us to eesie The hute. how tver, ws. nut enough to give life to my pint la make it worth the telling tu my . iiipaniniia I had put nt past liehind me, t , v.t hnping in reap what I had an wed, and ailh srt teeth twsited wrth little fear snd Ii s MM ftt tke result of the coming hour. Ames lay along the deck with bis ntf tt'er the counter; the girl ast in the mm paiitoti dtKir ready to reliatd the arms sa they tit-re passed to her; and I, looktng for the I rafsM moment to naMl fire, straat tn plain Mxht sin.-., thr tsffntil. ivluw ly they , tine on until I could etmnt ten men and sn nfhrr, snd a 1 marked the I range I told Amsa In let them have it. The rrark of his rifle was yet in my ears as I saw the tins-man pilch forward, his oar '.'PI'iiik BfJM hia hand into thr ses There tvas s .light t-uinmoiion sbtatrd, and the Isvst'a pusjrres eeaaeti; hot it waa unly In reenver the lost oar, and then on thev eai. fin.. Keating m' gun ovtr live rail I i jlculstrd the mil of tba schooner snd in my turn tired This ahot to'd sa wail aa the lust. A man in the wstst sprang to hi toajt, larjl the air with hi hands tor an tn .'ant, soil then lotipled over the side, hang ing half in snd half out of water, ss lump ss n bag uf wet aalt. Al this there wa. mure .nd b) thr tune they sere sgaie iMafat way both rifles bad been rt ' 'I'll, and as yet thrrr had been tin call Im the services of Miss King. "Let them eo aye nearer," said I, "snd turn give them laith harrsl at once, and that ihe pistols." Thert was s grim ilrirrwinttiofl ia the wty their oar flashed now, and aa they came to wilhin 900 feet vt both, by tht time under thr ahe Iter of the rail. Ami on th count ef three. Through the- smoke that drifted on at 1 u the officer sink back id hi scat and th rowing eesse. then there rant a yell from the boat, aad two muskrti war disc barged si us, but without effect. What fool they were to delay, for 1 bad reloaded before the first motion had been mad to continue the course! Bat te sty ainansvtat it waa lor only a mooMflt they held oa their war- St I fired again, apparently without hitting, I ut th boat' beaJ slew about, aad then :aey quickly katikni off and started te re turn to th dstvaat tebeaaer. It waa so far a triunph. Out of ten men vc bad disabled and perk pa killed three tt least, on being tn officer. tVh they bad fled still numbering enough te bar eta aaMastd as asJ4 gaily U tctwuntnl tar br tie sapposition Ibst they knew naught of our weakness, and feared the BatM showing of our colors wsa but s sign of atrengtli and f.arleflaneta, it not line afstaoaite them lo rain. I had nut drramul oi aoeli an easy rtinemeet, Mad for thr ahiir it was all I could do lo re.'.rsin tht- eitravsganie of my feelings. I turned to Miss King Hrr pallor had given way and lilt two bright .pot, of etritnnent which glowed on hrr th. rka snd tnatchril wel lite brilliant tsrklr ol her Iff Mc tv.ta tit nibtlng with ftupprreacd emotion, and a. I lu-M out my hand to her in unspoken eongiatulsiion, ah lis.lt it, and, lifting to ktr lips my gruny Cngtra, rose without a Word snd hurried fi.rward. The impuisive spirit of Mt brnlher ahnwetl itself in the cry hegavesa, with half a sob snd half s laugh, he danced sltoui the deck and then threw himself into my arms, breaking therefrom, shaking In. fiat st the tetretting bn.tt, nd in mtgh'v un (Juaki-r nood. thouth in Quaker al)lr. dainnid th ltritiah high ami low, itl .c and sabnre. "A curse on thee, thre white-livered, ararist 'sacked coward!" he ahmited at the end "To let two men and a girl drive thee! fBkj by '.he lataSd litsl Sanfft inc. the Utile is not with Ihe strong' Utatldl Ikmsld! ratrk thee well! I tell line will yet lieft tbetn though they semi ihe whole ship's rompany! We will na. in tn the depths! Tuy hand and head hat. i I.r shown lb way: I nee will yrt pi. t I w. well aware tlialltu. rtubt-rsnce wsa tail tlu rra'lein follow ing .Ira n. I fell tke rtlief nnst if, but knrw, deapiti tbt fact that tn were so far safe, the repulse WffSd prove I 1. 1 a reiilr The lump that had risen to aae throat abevl I .tw that the enemy waa Waten off atill held me specchleaa. but it pa.aed prrcnt!v. a. did alo the wtldne.. of the ynmli, snd ere long aft wereepetulat ing s to the net! probable move of the di. c mrftleil Itlliaata It Wai true that I had mined the lirst part sf ro secret hope of i venoming the i- -tl. but. on scanning the In. til. ui. there was no am ol s resruing wind, though I thought tl" MM held some ptonuae of a laur brrrir There MM naiighl in do but stand si bay and awsilthe lasur Nor did wr swan ll lor long I In- sun was rlultng rapidlv it the edge of the aea. being but sn huir high, il path lying in s line with llir now thoriwtglil.i Ucalmed schooner off nur iiuartrr. it. ajstta ibtaft mga dauling pilhwav brtwiit the tw ' vessel. It is i ore than likely they Halafl the sd vantage gin n MtM by Ustii preaent pewu Imn, for nn lung sfler Ihe return nf the first rtetlttion sgainsi u. I saw thrrr laotlg h 1ft their aide slid procevd along the track ol blinding gluter To aim into th;. ... net rig brilliancy with ny bui s mere rbtaee ef hittataj a nark waa. in iniKissibilit , but. with the aid ilrtrriiunati'Ui M fan- the worst. Autr. snd I rrpairid to nur ala. though thr girl atill lingered lorwanl. A. I ww llir liaelcaltcaa el protracted de tenae. 1 In hi t lode ewat. Li -wing thai al Ihe baft) .In Would be t lear i f living blll'rts when lb boats should come near enough to it turn our lin How Ihe attai s waa piasfW I uaa at rsaot apparent, lor to i ucr the nnaei of the btstrdtlf the aehisuier again tgafotfl on ua with ua forward piece in evident fear of sinking their own men . thri aluuv itt ned then Inrruer maiiin r of ricncln-tliiig Ihe ball tstfasf the water, unl in.tta.l druvr ssdal blank at ua. Although Wa lay a plain targrt. .ind (heir ttgesatsfr, Iikr the I'han Icm. wsa at real, the tir.t ahot Hew sole of lu; the aecolnl pa'-tl anm, tt lit-rt aloft, yet an Reef that I In ud tin- koiribtt liiitiiuuiig ni the liai:, and tin- UUffd Tn Ibis day they know not ll tint did, nor, Mt the niatter of that, did I al the tune. We had lit the MtsMeaMI nrsr. that we might ahont n it li rflrcl. aiol I had tlffd and uae alarul tn p.i.s the MM to licrlruilr, who in ml eti item. nt 1 f tm it 1 had bt UaM IMsf .itttrneil to the ennipsnion. when to ni aatoiiiahlitent I .aw .he was not liillid me. '! here wa. be time f.,r pt tr.icu-d search, ( i s I sprang frost lin- onbin, tt her. I had oue to look fur h.r, I Mard Iter brrdhrr ill, h.irgc two pi.lo!. M iuirk sin cession anil raw a l.iat .n-rep undet our t ounti r In an instant it had honked nn tn ear atarlmard Crataast With s tound ratth Aniea aeixetl ihe two rrnimiiing piatols and s.iirtd their cnnUM into it with aaartc t lianre of miMing. white I ruahed to lot tide, snd lifting llir heavt hatch mver from the cabin, again. I which it had Ixen IsfntaSg. hurled it on to the heads ol the packed mass below-. He nnd the fast that ae man boardtd the ihonner st this taste tj w hat X4StBta0a waa made by the broad and bulkt tiaabel I never knew, for st thai moment thr third shot trom tbe schooner .trutk thr fnretnpmaat juat tbaft the hound. In thuuderini crh down MMt the spar with the eapaare ail, the outer taiivaa, topmast, for tnd Istt-k atsva, blis-sa arid aBtOjt running, gest in gt'lirrsl, thr broken maat amitiog th d-H-k with the auunil nf an , tplnao n Thr din nf the shot and the tumbling wreck alewed ine smund sa though I had btta on a ptvol, but it wss only lO Oft that all waa hat From Iwneslh the lon-sld gflflSJI I saw that the nthcr Isiata had boartl ed aa un the larlmard after, and already hall a score of men wen- swarming over the side. KtlM then my thought. mt lo the girl, but ahe waa now here in sight llndy and brain work MBtelj la times of ctritrment, and tluiiking thai poasibly she had fsllen through the gaping bsb h and into the hold, though time ii scant, I aprarig for the teaming and hsiki-l down, calling her by name There came no answer, neither wa. hrr Iswly in tghi, the dull gray of the lead aone meeting in etc Springing again tn t-ty feet, 1 drew mt t utlaas snd retrrsletl to the quarter iteek where atoud Ames with drawn iteel, lu. back bra-cd against lb wheel sr.d his lir .i'.li tf iiung snd going as though from violent etertion. " "fit Ihr final stand, my lad'" I ex claimed, a I ranged myself in bMsUt snd lornetl to face ifor ihe Istl time, I ihoughll the enemy, wh- were now (muring aft. "(ertrutlr la gone' I cnuhl find her no where!" "I kno ill" he panted "The game's up, 1 msrkrd her when she I loat the rsst, im st lhat instsnt an ofli car whom I al nine r.., ignited came run lung up, followed 1 , hr.lf a doten marine. As he raught tight of me he halted, and, eyeing me with profound astonishment, sud denly broke out : "(iootl dial' 'tis Thurndyke! Tuurh not that man. on your lives'" he ahouted. "Ilere'a game worth a whole watch' Hnr rt nder, ye rebell Throw down your arm anil surrvntlsT' Can't you see you are I eaten Vnu doubly dsnmed spy, tke rope will hare ita own' Bl Isaiot I icorgc. hut that is luck!" "Surrender te ye, l.ieut Ileldrn?" I vnrifrntied tn lorn, "lly the lird, nn! I erne ami take rue if ye t an. but 'tw ill not 1st alive Vour rope ia not fM me, n,,r will tht tolors alnft be (truck while I atand on tbit oexk' I hare given ovrr tbt world, tnd fear neither ye nor tht- pink shrimps at your bark! Come, now, and elaleb your luck1" If I waa strong as two men before, I felt lb strength of ten within me as I spoke he swath I wuuld have mowed through lhat press would hve brought the bullet I melted, but I here was no advance True, tbe crowd showed a tendency to roth in ss I thus defied them, and several muskets were leveled st us. but llelden nipped the set by waving bis sword sad threatening punishmcDt to the first mun who tired a gun M advam-ed withcsut orders. It was plain that to him the prise wsa s tremendous one, nor would he bsv the glory of defeating me dimmed by my death, and to this ambition In lake me alive tnd set me hanged wa doubiieo doe my final safety. (to aa cosrriat'aD.I Tkr Trwanle Kaoeher I don't know why. bat Smith haa an Inbred hatred of mother of pearl. Booker Why, didn't your wife ever tell you bit wife's name it .'ear f BrookU t lath.