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W.' THE SUN-DEMOCRAT.
JONES ft JACKSON, Publishers.
SONG OF THE CONQUERORS.
Let us sing tho new song of the conquerors
of tho earth;
Tho battle song U still the song that
thrills.
Let us sing our song of soldiers, men of
wisdom and of worth;
But the soldier that wo sing of never
kills.
:J3ut he lights with wind and Ice-floes In the
welter of the Beas,
And he drives his flrc-lunged war horse
through tho night;
Through the snowstorm and the midnight
hear his Iron courser wheeze;
Here Is battle worth the singing! Hero la
fight 1
Xct us sing tho new song of tho conquerors
of the world,
The axemen of the forests of the north.
The smoke-ting from their log camp on the
frozen air unfurled
Beckons to tho waiting millions to come
forth.
Old Solitude has nodded on his throno a
thousand years.
But ho wakens at the axo stroke. Let him
flee:
For ho hears the rattling engine shriek
ing In his deadening ears,
And ho hears the roar of cities yet to be.
Let us sing the new song of the conquer
ors of 'the earth.
The song of the plowmen of tho west,
Who make a land of plenty whero they find
a land of dearth.
And the serpent swamps arc changed to
homes of rest.
Sing tho men who lay the highway where
the palaco car Is whirled.
And the Iron monster thunders down the
rail;
Strong as men who fought with dragons,
tamers of the savage world.
These are the men who tight with Chaos,
and prevail.
Let us sing tho new song of the conqueroro
of the earth.
For the soldier race has not departed yet;
Far up the western mountains see the gun
less hosts go forth,
Tho soldiers of the Brotherhood of Sweat.
Our war Is never ended and the fray Is but
begun.
Wo battle till the coming of the night;
And we'll grapple with our foeman at the
setting of sun;
We're enlisted while our day lasts. Let
us tight!
Sam Walter Foss, In N. Y. Sun.
THE MAN IN THE TEA1N.
The northern express was about to
leave the Tedcroft Junction when two
girls rushed into the station. They had
just time to hurry into the iirst car
'riago at hand and hae their bags aud
rugs bundled in after them, when the
whistle souudni .ml the tr.ii'i '.uii'd.
""How I hati urii-i). ' tv Mimed Ai.-ji'lu-
Trevor, the Mer of tb" ij sis
ters, a handsome, rcxoluU'-IouKing t'""'.
lis she naak breu'tiless uito ln'i (nil i .
"It is so upsett.ng fount '.s nt i w,."
"Disarranges one's clothes, too," added
Molly.
"To think of our not having had time
' to select a carriage for such a long jour
ney!" said Angela.
Both glanced Involuntarily to the other
end of tho carriage, where their one
fellow traveler sat in the corner seat
on the same side with Angela. Ills
head and face were hidden from view
by the ample pages of the Times spread
out before him. Two long, tweed-clad
legs were stretched out, finished with
llattish feet in well-finished boots. At
the side glimpses Bhowed of a shoulder,
an arm, and a thin, nervous-looking
band. '
"He looks all right," Molly said, care
lessly thrusting a hairpin into her back
bair.
"Undeniably a gentleman," said An
gela, with decision. "He has a good
tailor, and his boots are unexceptional,"
The girls settled down for the journey,
extracting from among the surrounding
impedimenta tho usual literary solaces
in the way of newspapers and vividly
bound books. First, however, they
talked over in low tones tho visit on
which they were going in Yorkshire.
Their hostess was a friend and con
temporary, who had lately married the
squire of Mapledene. The girls were
full of excitement, surmise and pleasant
anticipations regarding the visit to
their friend in her new place and posi
tion. It was some time before the flow
of conversation ceased, and they took
f up their books. Angela was soon en
gaged in following the unwholesome
career of a modern heroine through all
its risky intricacies, Mollle bad chanced
on a volume of short stories, plainly in
spired by the triumphs of Sherlock
Holmes. They were full of ghastly ad
ventures with criminals and lunatics;
the situations, though infinite in va
riety, were all alike thrilling and blood
curdling. Mollle's youthful imagina
tion took fire; one story, an adventure
with a lunatic In a railway carriage, es
pecially excited her. It was not a par
ticularly happy selection for a rallwuy
Journey. She looked up from tho pages
witli a shudder, her blood running cold.
It was only in books, however, that
.awful, creepy adventures happened to
travelers. She had never known a real
jperson who was unlucky enough to
meet a criminal or lunatic in a train.
.As the reassuring thought entered her
mind, her eyes wandered to the far end
of the carriage. They unexpectedly met
those of the man in the corner seat;
the shock was sharp and violent. lie
-was sitting up, the Times folded on his
3nees, allowing his whole face to be
. seen. Such a facet Just like so many
-of those described in the stories Mollle
' had been reading. The coincidence was
-extruordinary and startling. The girl's
imagination rushed off on a series of
wild flights, and she drew quickly back,
cowering behind her book. She hud
never Been a stranger looking man;
hollow-cheeked, gaunt; grim, but, above
all, with the most peculiar eyes, star
ing and prominent. Hue had so little ex
pected such a development in the harmless-looking
man behind the Times that
the shock and surprise were very great.
She retained, however, self-control
enough not to appeal to Angela on the
impulse of the moment. Mollie was
used to having fears ridiculed. She
therefore decided to wait before giv
ing any alarm, for it was possible that
her excited imagination was running
a way with her.
After a few minutes she ventured to
peep cautiously from behind her book.
The man had turned away, and was
looking out of the window, the gaunt
face only showing in profile. Mollie
breathed more freely, relieved from
the stare of those terrible eyes ; she made
n quick, close study of the stranger. As
the scrutiny progressed, however, un
other change came over her face the
composure she had regained began to
diminish rapidly. Her eyes noted the
man's bare head, then went from it to
tho rack above, to the seat opposite, to
the floor. No trace of hat or hat box,
of bags, rugs or luggage of ony kind
could she discover. Her heart stood
still. Who but nn escaped lunatic or
criminal would be traveling batless and
without baggage? The ghastly ideas,
vague before, now took terrible und def
inite shape. She bent quickly across
and touched the unconscious Angela,
whom the doubtful heroine's adven
tures still held wholly absorbed.
"Take care," Mollle whispered.
"Don't start and look around. I want
to tell you something."
"Good gracious! What has happened I
Are you ill?"
Angela, so suddenly aroused from
her reading, found It hard not to ex
claim aloud at ber sister's words and
the sight of her pale face.
"No, no. I am all right. Only It's
a great deal worse. It's about the man
in the carriage." Mollle's voice sank to
the lowest whisper.
"What do you mean? Has he been
doing anything?"
"Xo, but he is dreadful-looking; such
n strange face and staring eyes. He
must be an escaped criminal or a luna
tic. A lunatic, I think, he looks so
queer. Oh, it's dreadful!"
"Why should you rush at such nwful
conclusions," Angela expostulated,
"merely because u man is qucer-look-ing7"
Tut it's not onh- that. Oh. I wih
it w.i-.!" Moll.e's teeth '! ut'ered wit'
fr:lit.
"Wniit 1m-? Whnt i" It? lor hcav
p'l's nVo, speak plninlv."
"Up i tr:ivi'l up- without a hat; his
l.rcid is b.irc," Mollie gn"p'd rut, in
strangled whispers. "And he has no
hat in the carriage, no luggage of any
kind, either."
"Good gracious! Are you quite
sure?"
"Quite. He has nothing with him but
the Times. Would any ordinary man
travel like that?"
Angela's face blenched to the color
of her sister's; her fears started into
just as acute life. No ordinary man
would travel bareheaded. There was
an nwful probability about the con
clusions drawn by Mollle from his hat
less condition.
"Oh!" she gasped under her breath.
"It is awful! And to think that we're
nearly half an hour from the next sta
tion!" A movement at the other end of the
carriage made both girls sink back in
their places with beating hearts. As
Angela sank against the cushions, she
caught a sudden and unexpected
glimpse of the suspected stranger. He
had turned again from the window, nnd
was reopening the Times. Alas! Mollio
had not exaggerated, as fear sometimes
made her prone to do. The man's face
was dreadful in its gaunt grimncss.
And then the staring eyes and bure
head.
Angela could not but accept the situ
ation, as the more suspicious and timid
Mollle bad accepted It. There was some
thing wrong with tho man; he had all
the appearance of being a lunatic. Aw
ful though the thought might be, that
they were alone in the carriage with a
mud man, it had to be faced. Angela,
less helpless than Mollie, rapidly be
gan to consider what could be done.
The truin was not' due to stop for nt
least 20 minutes longer. Would the
quiet phase iu which the man evidently
then was, last during that time? a ter
rible and vital question. And if- it did
not? Angela clenched her hunds in the
agony of the thought, and thrust it
from her resolutely. Better not to
think of the worst, not to anticipate a
situation which would find them help
Jhs. The thing was to stave off danger,
to do oil that they could to preserve
the man's present state of calm.
Angela made a rapid mental review
of all her knowledge principally gath
ered from sensational literature con
cerning the insane. As a result, she
concluded that what they had to do
now' was to avoid everything which
could attract the man's notice, or ex
cite him in any way. They must not, for
the world, let him see them looking nt
him, nor rouse any! suspicions in. his
mind that they were 'talking or think
ing of him. The difficulty was to com
municate'these decisions to Mollle with
out exciting suspicion. "
Ancreia first ventured a swift glance
from behind her book "to the other end
of the carriage. The man was again
concealed by the newspaper; the peace
ful, ordinary wuy in which his long
legs were stretched across the carriage
would have been more reassuring were
it not for the top of the bare head that
showed above. He was quiet, however.
A gleam of hope kept up Angela's spirit.
That calm stnte, if undisturbed, might
very well last until their arrival at the
next station.
She snatched the opportunity to stoop
over and communicate with the trem
bling Mollle. It was dlfilcult to restore
her to the appearance of a moral state
to prevent her little gasps becoming
audible.
"Try not to look so frightened, for
heaven's sake, Mollle," Angela softly
whispered. "Quiet and calm are our
best chance. Don't give way like that.
It may not be so bad after all. If we do
nothing to attract his attention he will
not notice us. They often do not. Ter
hnps he will fall asleep; ho must be
drowsy going over that paper so often."
A smothered "Oh!" answered An
gela's well-meant attempt to reassure
her sister.
"He's not a bit drowsy," she gasped.
"I've just caught his eye over the news
paper. And and he looked as if ho
was going to ta'k. Ohi what are
we to do! Ob, Ang'ila!"
Angela had turned deadly pale, but
her presence of mind did not desert
her.
"Let us pretend to be admiring the
view," she whispered. "How lovely the
light on those fields is!" she Bald, in a
louder tone, turning to the window.
"Do look, Mollle."
"He might spring on us"
"Look," Angela severely interrupted
the faltering whisper, "at that effect.
OutoLthe window beside you, a little to
the right; the shadows on the trees."
"Yes yes I see."
"Go on looking, and talking about
what you see," admonished Angela In
undertones, "nnd when you can think
of nothing more to say we will go on
to the weather, and to Yorkshire, and
the hours of arrival at the stations,"
She gave the lead, taking up the pre
scribed topics in a quiet, level tone, the
least calculated to arouse interest and
attention. Her ears, all the time,
were fairly alert, listening for the
slightest sound from the other end of
the carriage. The chief burden of the
conversation rested on her, for Mollle's
part in it, even with the most heroic ef
forts, was very weak nnd disjointed.
Sometimes it broke off altogether, when
a rustle, or movement in the far corner,
ujiif'r h r tei-th chatter and all power
o' -pi-cch ; il. Tin ugh fur strnngcr
niirded Angela's h-irt beat just us
qmckly at tbesi- nwf'il moments, she
ulwms rose to the emergency am! kept
.;p the discouite with unvarying calru
iicm. To those, stretched in agony upon a
rack, minutes are as hours. Never had
the sisters dreamed that 20 minutes
could be drawn out to such drendful
length. Ten times 20 seemed to have
passed, when at last the engine begun
to whistle and the train to slacken
speed, before pulling up In the station.
On the Instant the stop was made the
man sprang from the carriage and dis
appeared in the crowd on the platform.
It was hard for the girls to realize ut
ence that the danger was over; the reac
tion after the great strain bad such a
bewildering effect,
Angela found her voice first.
"Oh," she drew a deep breath
'"what an escape we have had! He is
stark, staring mad."
"To think of his rushing off like
that! We need not leave the carriage
now. Oh, it was dreadful while it last
ed!" sighed Mollie.
"He is evidently evading pursuit. 1
hope he may be caught. I wonder if we
ought to tell anyone about him, Mol
lie?" The girl had not decided the question
when the signal for departure wns
given and the train began to move. At
the moment there was a rush and a
shout, tho door was dragged open,
the bareheaded man precipitated him
self into his former place in the car
riage, breathless and panting. The
girls, literally paralyzed by the terror
of the awful surprise, were struck
dumb. They could not call for help un
til it was too late and the station bad
been left behind.
Several moments passed in silence.
Although Angela did not look, she felt
the staring eyes fixed on her, as surely
as if she saw them.
The man moved uneasily and cleared
his throat. Angela's heart beat wild
ly; the crisis bad come.
''I beg your pardon " he jerked out
the words in a peculiar and awkward
way "I frighten you?"
"Yes," she ogreed, hastily. "You
did."
"I failed in my attempt, though I
ran half way through the town. I hope
to have better luck next time. I shall
try again at Darllngbam, the next sta
tion." "Oh! I hope so. Indeed, I am sure
you will succeed at Darllnghnm."
"You know the town? Then perhaps
you can direct me where to go."
"Yes, I know the town very well,"
said Angela, boldly.
"But how do you know what I want?"
"I don't know what you want. Cer
tainly not, I haven't thought about it
nt all."
"But you said you were sure I would
succeed at Darllngbam."
"Yes that is no that is, I should
be very glad If you succeeded in what
ever it is."
"Success would be very convenient,"
he said, d roily. ".I was looking for a
hatter." lie gave a thort laugh. "I sup
pose that does not surprise you, does
it?"
"No," Angela managed to answer.
"Not at all; it is very nice very nat
ural, I mean."
Mollle's heart gave a first, faint throb
of hope on seeing how closely tho luna
tic was attending to Angela's words.
To have his mini well fixed on Darling
ham was the best way of keeping dead
ly thoughts out of it.
"Do you know a hatter? And can
you direct me to the bhop"?"
"Certainly."
With his staring eyes fixed straight
before him, he began fumbling in bis
pockets. From one of them be finally
produced a small leather case. The eyes
of the girls followed his movements
with a terror far more deadly than any
which bad before possessed them. Mol
lie's pupils dilated still more; the man
hud drawn something from the case.
What was it that thing clasped within
his hand? The lunatic's sudden draw
ing forth of a razor from u bag, his ad
dress to the other occupant of the car
riage, "1 am about to sharpen this for
you. I have beeustudyingyourtbroat;
it looks as if it would cut well."
"I shall follow your directions close
ly," he paused in the doorway of the
carriage to say. "Kxcuse me,. I have
not a moment to lose. Au revoir, young
ladies."
He disappeared from sight at once.
Angela's nerves broke down completely
in the sudden relution of the strain.
"Let us call thu porter. Quick, quick."
liven as she spoke the-truin which
still had to make up for lost time was
in motion. For some awful instants
the girls' eyes were riveted in agony on
the door.
"We are safe! safe at last! Heaven be
thonkedl"
Next morning as Angela passed
through the hail, a fly, with luggage,
drew up at the door. The interchanged
greetings, "Hello, professor!" "Well,
Tom!" reached her ears. The first
idee was the squire's, hearty and wel
coming; the sound of the second made
Angela start and turn abruptly round.
Descending from the vehicle appeared
a long, thin figure, with a gaunt face
aud staring eyes. His head was not
bare but covered by a soft hut. Still
there was no mistaking the lunatic!
Some hours later tho Trevors were
holding a private conference with the
lady of Mapledene in her boudoir.
Tears of laughter still filled the tsyea
I of the i.itier.
I 1 uu.ot help it, gin's, you mustn't
mi'i'i. li is tuo kiii-tig!" sho laid.
I "Anyouf uouM li.ne i..udo the mis-
' taki'. I never sa the nwn until now
Snob a being. .No wonder j ou thought
him a lunatic." London unch.
A PRINCE WHO COULD FIGHT.
Duke William of Wurtemberg and Ills
Heroic Staud at Magenta.
Duke William of Wurtemberg, heir to
the throne of the kingdom, who
died early in the month at Meran, was
perhaps the most valorous royal prince
in nil Europe. By his personal bravery
and tenacity at the battle of Magenta he
enabled a handful of troops to bold in
check the pursuing Frenchmen, and to
envn nenrlv two-thirds of the defeated
Austrian army under Count Clam-
Fallas and Baron Hamming.
The duke was ordered to hold Ma
genta to the last possible moment. He
had two battalions of his own regiment,
two companies from another regiment
and half a battery. The French had
two regiments of the foreign legion
nnd a regiment of zouaves for their at
tack. Four times as the Frenchmen
advanced, the duke led out his men,
with fixed bayonets, and forced the
enemy back. During the last bayonet
charge the color-bearer of his own reg
iment was shot. The duke dismount
cd.Bcizcd the colors, mounted and called
his men on. His horse was shot dead;
ho extricated himself, and was still In
the lend. Ho was shot in the foot and
he fell, but he wns up again in an In
stant, still waving the colors, and shout
ing encouragement to the troops.
When the railway station at Magenta
was abandoned by the Austrlans who
had held it, and the irencn swormru in
over the captured ground, the duke be
gan holding his little command entirely
on the defensive. With pistol in one
hand and sword in the other, he fought
from house to house and street to street,
as stubbornly as any private, until after
four hours of unequal conflict he
learned that the Austrian army was
saved; then he, retired. He was the
last one of the Austrian army to leave
Magenta, and ho left riding a horse
which had run into his lines after los
ing its French rider. Chicago Journal,
Farlnr Curtains.
When it is necessary to use sash cur
talus at front windows, especially thoo
of a parlor or drawing-room, the ugly
bedroomy effect that they often have
may be changed Into one quite pleasing
and artistic by setting across the lower
third or half of the window a narrow
frame of Venetian bent-iron in a'simplo
pattern, which frames in a curtain of
colored Chinn silk very prettily. Tha
two pieces of the frames that make tho
top and bottom should be wider
than the sides. The curtain should be
recured at the top by running it
through a very small brass rod. N. Y.
l'ost.
A SHERMAN LETTER. ' PPf !
JThe Senator from Ohio Is Against th
Movement to Betlre United States
Motei.
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 8. Albert H.
Walker, of this city, mads public last
night, by permission of Senator John
Sherman, a letter ho recently received
from the senator, giving the senator'a
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN.
views on tho retirement of greenbacks.
It is as follows:
Wasuingtoh, Jan. 3, 1891
Mr. Albert Walker:
My Dear Sir: Your kind note of the S8th"
ult. Is received. I do not sympathize with the
movement proposed to retire United States
notes from circulation. I bellevo It is easy to
maintain a limited amount, of these la
circulation without danger or difficulty.
The maintenance In circulation tot (310,
000,000 In United States notes sup
ported by a reserve of II00.03D.0O gold not
only saves the Interest on 1216,000,000' of debt,
but Is a vat convenience to the people at
large. The best form of paper money Is that
which Is backed by the government and main
tained at the specie standard. The absolute
security of tbeso notes wa never called In
question, after the resumption of specie pay
ment la 18m, until the reserve was being
trenched upon to meet differences In currency
revenues brought about by whit Is known as
tho Wilson tariff law of 18M. Very truly yours,
Jonic Sherman.
MAINE'S GOVERNOR BIASED.
Investments nf Million In the West De
clared Loit HomfStaylnt Fralaed.
AUOU8TA, Me., Jan. 8. Gov., Powers'
inaugural address opens with a felici
tation upon the improved indnstrial
and financial prospects and then says:
'Our young, men have very generally
ceased to emigrate to the west as soon
as they are old enough to commence
life for themselves. They are begin
ning to realize the important truth
that at home are to be found more
certain inducements and advan
tages with much less of hard
ship, suffering and privation. Our
neople have learned in the stern
srhool of experience to their sorrow
an I cost tnat a iarb's part of the many
millions that have been sent westward
to enrich anl uiid up that section
and to be Invested in ail sorts of wild
and v slonary schemes will never bo
returned to them airain, and they will
no longer permit themselves to be de
luded aud deceived by specious pre
tenses and false promises rarely ever
to be realized.
A LIVELY MESSAGE.
Got. Plncree, of Michigan, Score Party.
Conventions and Denounces Lobbies.
Laxsixo, Mich., Jan. 8. The two
houses of the legislature convened in
joint session this afternoon and
listened to the addresses of the retir
ing and Incoming governors. Gov.
Pingreo's address at the outset recom
mended the abolishment of party con
ventions which, he asserted, had be
come the mediums of trickery,
bribery and fraud. Ho advo
cated instead the direct vote and
the Australian ballot system in
nominating candidates. Present fares
in Michigan (owing to certain features
of the charters of certain road) were
argued to be a proper subject for leg
islative action.
The governor came out strongly
against "the paid lobbyists who infest
our halls," and added: "If the legis
lators are not intelligent enough to
give intelligent thought and action to
public measures without the aid of
those who wine and dine, cajole and
flatter and bribt, at least steps should
be taken to modify the nuisance."
INTO A SNOWDRIFT.
Bad Accident to a Passenger Train at Don
aldson, Minn.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 8. A Stephen,
Minn., special says: A terrible acci
dent happened yesterday on the Great
Northern railway at Donaldson station,
seven miles north. As the passenger
train was coming into the station with
two engines, it struck a snowdrift,
throwing the front engine off the
track. It struck the platform and tore
it up for a distance of 30 feet and then
fell over a- perfect wreok, burying En
gineer, Duke Jewell in the debris. The
engineer is not expected to recover.
Many others were injured, but none
fatally. The other engine was thrown
oft .the track, but the, engineer and
crew escaped.
THE "UNWRITTEN LAW."
A Wronged Hnaband Jnitlfled by a Judge
In Killing a Man.
Carrollton, Ky., Jan. 8. Frank -Harris,
who shot Herman Medley to.
death on Christmas day, when he found
Medley with Mrs. Harris in the Harris
home at Eagle station, was discharged .
by Judge Donaldson. Harris made a
statement which was strongly corrob-.
orated by circumstances detailed by
other witnesses. The judge held that
it was a case in which the unwritten
law applied and tha defendant was
dismissed. i
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