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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1901-08-29, Page 3• • ••.'s A • • • • FOUNDATIONS GOLD. A YARN FROM if. The Religion of Christ Counteracts THE YARD. All Trouble •:,*s •;•+;••:•4•41444•04•4101,4,4•400•:44411:44•4 Just so! Your public—MonkhoUse, the old detective, sat back with the pregnant chuckle that always riveted attention—your public knew about as much of that. affo.ir as the Rajah himself; and he Went away blissfully unconseious thet Scotland Yard had Leen holding its breath for a solid month. No, I shall give no name to the obscure restestrant, run by for- eigners, where the beaUtiful scheme was brought te a head. Enough thet one evening I was supposed to be doziog over my paper at one of the tables there. Yes; I was staring might end main at the gentleman for whose appearance I had waited a week—the man lemiched upon un- suspecting London by a set of fanat- ics who hoped to send a thrill shad - daring 'rain here right away to In- dia. I 'bad no tangible proof yet, All the same I Was ready to stake my hard-won reputation ori the instinct that tingled through me at first sight of that wax -white, black -beard- ed face flashed on to EL mirror from the doorWay opposite. Entering, he sat down near the door, whispered for nutearoni and coffee, and began rollingl. cigarette with thin, nervons fingers, while—I know— he was ment- ally photographing every •detail the room, And—er—yes, the furtive glance paused at myself, Good— splendid! Ile was fresh front the Continent, beyond a doubt; and X— well, it had taken rne just one hour each day to "make up" as the for- eigner who should have been there to meet him, but whom we had thought- foly prevented from doing so, The macaroni came. He just tast- ed it, shuddered, sipped at the coffee and began sm.oking hard. No at- tempt at a signal. The situation ores exqaisitely delicate. We didn't want London' to send up a roar. The plot, anti 'everyone concerned in .it had to be traced home in strictest eecrecy; a false move now, and the vile tentacle thrown out over sea by tho Anarchist Octepus might be in- stantly withdrawn. Luckily, the newspaper could tell nothing about the intercepted fetter in eipher to Luigi Arboreal, the clever scoundrel who; hended across his own border a year ago, had formd a refuge iri Lon- don: the ferret -eyed . correspendents :could not—and never really did—clis- cover that this. latest plot of all aizn- ed at stirring up a rebellion and hat- red in India -by murdering, on Eng- lish soil, one" of the most pewerful proVincial rolers—pur distinguished visiter, His Highoess, the RajEth Dim Djaleen. ' Minute after minute Went by. watched him breathlessly in the Mir- ror there: he stared as' stea.clily back. No life in his eyes yet; • but—what wee he up to? Twice he had held his cigarette at arm's length, stared 'fix- eclly at it; put the lighted. endin. his mouth, and blown,:st_ whiff of sradice three directions, A sign? The letter had .thentioned none. ' • I had cigarettes—nut I might make a fear- ful 'blunder that way. At my wit'g end,:I looked dawn.at my newepaper again. Something like this stared- ep at Mei-- "The Rajah Mil Djaleen seethed London late last night after hip visit' •Scotlarid. " Highness WaS said to be in the.best health and spirits; end preseeedeci straight to hip suite at the' Cosmopolitan • Hatel. It is understood that, although the Rajah has been received in conference in' the highest quarters; his visit will ' re- main a strictly -Worn:tel. one." Etc., etc..: . . • In two seconds I. snipPed out the item. with .my thumb nail, held it up as if in a yetvn, and then. rolled it into a pellet. A backward flip,. and the pellet lay near his feet. Would he bite? For Etnother minute I held 'MY breath; then—his cigarette driap..• ped When. he pieked it up the pel- let was gone. Yes; it was a big beund my heart gave at the certain- ,ty that there sat the man selected to .set an Indian provinee ablaze and put' big blot on Britain. ' For a tiro° he never moved; theo,' ahnost before D knew it, he saes Seated op-: Posit& and had clutched and • deilliatch frein Washington says; ee.10v. Dr. Talmage preached from the following text : II. Chronicles ix, . 9, "Of spices greet abundance; ther was there any' euch. Spice as the, Queeo of Sheba, gave King Solomon" Whet is thet building out there 'glittering In . the sun ? Have you not heard ? It is the house of the forest of Lebanon. King Solomon has just taken to it his bride, the princess of Egypt, You. see the +pil- lars of the portico 'and a great tow- er, adorned with 1,000 thielcis of gold hung on the outside f the tow- er -500 of the shields of gold mum,. factured at Solomon's order, 500. were captured by David, his father, in battle. See how they blaze in the noonday sun 1 Sidemen goes up the ivOry stairs of his throne between 12 lions . statuary and sits doWn on the back of the golden bull, the head of the - huge beast turned toward the peo- ple, The family and the attendants. of the king are sp many that the cat- erers of the palace have to provide every day 100 sheep and 13 oken, besides the 'birds and the venison,.1 I hear the stamping o.nd pawing of , 4,000 fine horses In the royal staA•' bles. There were important officialsj who had charge' of the work of geth-l- ering the straw and the :barley for these horses. ICing Solomon was an early riser, tradition says, and used to take a ride out' at daybreak, and when in his" white ,apparel, -behind the swiftest horses of all the realm and followed by mounted archers in purple, as the cavalaade clashed through the streets Of Jerusalem I suppose it was semethihg worth get- ting up at 5 o'clock •in the morning to look at. Solomon was not like seine of the kings of the present ' day—crowned imbecility'. All the splendors of hie palace and retinue werP PoliPsed by . his intellectual • power. Why, he seemed to know everything. He swas the first great "naturalist the World' ever saw. Peacocks from .India strutted the basaltic •walks, and apes thattered in the trees,. and deer stalked the parks, and there ware aquariums with foreign fish and ovi-• aries with foreign birds, and tre.di. lion says' these birds were so. well tamed that Solomon might . walk clear across . the city ,under 'the sha- dow of their wings as they hovered and flitted about him. - Well, my friends, •you know that - all theologlitas agree in 'making Sol- omon a type of Christ and in mek- ' ingsthe Queen of Sheba a type el every ,truth seeker, and I .will teke the responeibility of' saying that all • the spikenard and cassia end frank- incense which the Queen' of Sheba brought to King 'Solomon aro might- ily suggestive of the 'sweet spiees.•of pur holy religion. Chrietienity is, • • not a collectien a sharp teehnicali- ties and angular - facts .and chrono-.. loeical tables- aod dry staistics: Our religion is compared to frankin- cense and to Cassia,. hut never ..te night -shade, It. is • bundle of myrrh. It is e. 'dash of holy light.. It is a sparkle .of cool fountains: • It is an opening 'of °Panne gates. It' is a collection' of epices. Would God, that we were as wise ' in takilig spices to our DiiTine King as' Queen Balkis was wise in. faking' spices to the earthly Soloinon. . • in your last slumber the coverlet of green grass anti daisies. 'You haVe said ; "Oh, how beautifully quiet it must be in the tomb 1 wigh I were there." I see all around about me widow- hood and orphanage and childless- ness sadness, disappointment, per- plexi4r. If could ask all those in my audience who have felt no sor- row and been buffeted by no (beep- pointment—ifl: could ask all suck to rise, how • many would rise ? Net one. Some elle could not understand why an old German Christian scholar used to be always so cairn and happy end hopeful when' he had so many trials and sicknesses and ailments, A man Seereted himself in the house, He said : "I moan to watch this old schOlar and Chris- tian." And he saw the old Chris- tian man go to' his room and sit down on the chair beside the stand and open tile Bible and begin to read. He read on and :on, chapter after chapter, hour after hour until his face was all aglow with' the tidings from heaven, and when the clock struck 12 he arose and shut his Bible and said : "Blessed Lord, we are on the same old terms yet. Good night, Good tilght." Oh, you sin parched a,nd you trouble pound- ed, here is comfort, here is satisfac- tion 1 Will you Conte and get it ? I cannot tell you what the Lord offers yeu hereafter so well as I eell tell you what he offers now. "It doth not yet appear whet we shall be." Oh, home a the blessed 1 Foun- dations of gold Arches of vie - tory 1 Capstones of praise ! And a dome in which there are echoing and re-echoing the halleluiahs of the ageg 1 And around about thet mansion, ie a gardeo, the garden of pod, apd all the springing fount,ains ere the bottled tears 'of the church in. the wilderness . and all the crimson ef the flowers ie the deep hue' thet was caught up from the carnage of perthly martyrdoms and the fro- grance is the prayer of all the saints aod the aronia puts into utter forgetfulness • the caseia and the spikena.rd and the. frankincenSe and the *orld renowned Spice§ which Qtteen Belkis of Abyssinia flung at the feet of Xing Solomon. The fact is that the ' duties and cares of this life, coming to us from tfine to time, are stupid often end inane and intolerable. Here are men who have been battering, climbing, pounding, hammering, for 20, years, 40 years, 50 yeers. One great. long drudgery has their life been, their faces anxious, their feelings benumb- ed, their days monotonous. What is necessary to • brighten up that inan's life and.to svveeten that acid disposition and tei put sparkle into the man's spirits? The spicery of our holy relizion. Why, if between the losses of life there dashed the gleam of an eternal' gain, if between the betrayals of life there • came the gleam of the undying frietidship of Christ, if its dull times in business we found ministering spirits flying to and fro in eUr 'office and etore and :Atop, everyday life instead of' being a stupid monotone wauld be a glor- ious inspiration, periduluming be- tween calm and satisfaction ond high rapture. h,ave to say also that NC need to put more spice and enlivenment in our religious teactiog, whether it be in the prayer meeting or in the Sun- day school or in the •church, . We ministers need more fresh air and sunshine in our Tongs and our heart and our head. DO; you wonder that' the world is so far from..being Coo - vested when yeti find so little viva- city in the pulpit and in the 'pew? We want, like the Lord, to plant in our sermons .and exhortations • more lilies of the field. We want feiver rhetorical elaborations and fewer eesquipedalian words, and when we talk about ohadows we do not Want to say adumbration, and when We mean queerness We do not want to talk about idiosyncraeles, or if a stitch in the back we do pot want to talk about lumbago; but, in the plain • vernacular of the great masses, preach that gospel which proposes to make all men happy, honest, victori- ous and free. In other words, we want more cinnamon and. lesS gristle. Let this be so in all the different deflartments of • work to which the Lord Calls us. Let us be plain. Let us be earnest. Let us be comnaon sensical, When we talk to the people in a vernacular they can understand; they will be very glad to coine and receive the truth we present. Would to Gocl that Queen talkis weald drive her spice - laden droznedEtriee into all the ser- mons and prayer meeting. exhorta- tions! Now, I want td linpreeS you With the fact that religion is Sweetness and perfume arid epikenard oxid saf- fron and cinnamon and ca.ssio, and frankincense end all sweet spites to- gether. "Oil" you say "r have not looked at it as such. 'Thought it ivas a nuigance. It had for Me a, re- pulsion. I held nty breath as thottgh it Were a Malodor, I have been ap- palled at its advance. I Ita.ve said if have any relitfion at all I want to have Just as little of it as possi- ble to get through with." Oh, what a Mistake yOu have made, my bro- ther! The religion of Christ IS a present and everlasthig redolence. It counteracte all trouble. Just put it on the stand beeide the piTloW of Siehness, eatehes in the eurtains arid perfumes the stifling air. It Sweeteus the env of bitter medicine ‘atid throws a glow on the gloom of the turned lattice. It is a baim for the aching side and a soft bandage for the temple stung with pain, Why did yon look so sad this morning When you came in 7 Alas for the lonelinese and the heart*. break arid the toad that is never lifted from your soul 1 Some of 0*Vou go about feeling like Macaulay When he Wrote, "If bad another Month of suck days as X have been spending, wOuld be !inpatient to get down into my little narrow crib u la the ground, like a. Weary factory and," And there have been times in your life when you wished you could get, out of tbis life. Yon hatre gold "Oh, how Meet to inv lips would be the dust of the valley l" *rid Wished you teUld pull over you • ECCENTRIC ROBBERS Extraordinary . Reasons for Com- mitting Burglaries. • ' • • • In July'of 1898• a Mall broke into the castle of Count Lemberg, near Engelseck, Germany, and totally dis- regarding jewellery to the Value of 810,000 that Was lying about,', de- camped witli.a Volunte of Heioe, two water -color sketeheg, and a photo- eraph .of Countess Lemberg. thOugh an expert borglar he seeixts to ha,Ve followed a career of crime more front: & hive Of the work than frpnt any 'desire of gain, often indeed,. as tlie .foregoing instande, oreferring some' trifle to an •oxticle. ,of' coneicier- able value. • , • 1Vhen arrested .he confessed to hav- ing committed in .the course of the' 'yeer fio fewer than 398 burgleriet, more for the love of 'exercising his. skill than fps the sake of booty, which alrhost always 'consisted of some insignificant article. Indeed, to shell ail extent did he carry his con- teinpt fer, the more sordid side of his "art" that if ot any time he abL stracted jeWellery he invariably dis- posed of it for next to nothing.: Another Member of the freternity who .olay be said to work for love of the:gentle art of burgling is a sty- lish young Parisian, who, ' thotigh possessed of fine ;villa in the su- burbs' of the French capitol arid an income Of $2,500, has such. a' weak- ness for house -breaking that witheut hesitetion he risk:s both- liherty 'and reputatiOn for tlie • excitenient that his nefarious pleasure affords. • Not pocketed that paper With the danger - long since he fell ipto the Itsucle ous , the police, and was sentenced t6 a !Watts etes," he breathed. period of imprisonment. "Arborettil" I gave him back,with Charlet Peace; though net disclaim, an accent. "Keep to English here, 1 ink the more solid rewards -of his' profession, had an especial have been shadowed by Naples and Paris. detectiVes—dared not give you FONDNESS VOR VIOLINS, the sign openly. Why so late? • . • of which he owned a 'valuable donee- .. tion that had been feloniously a& quired, His prototype seems to have been ono; .an Austriao, who, at his death in the early thirtieg, was found to be io possession of some thirty violins—many of them of con- siderable value—the proceeds of de- predations committed in his. own and other countries. • Ten years ago the,house of o, lady living in the neighborhood of 'Liver- pool was broken into, The seems bad been ransacked, but a thoroogh investigation• proved that nothing had been carried •off save a etilinery, recipe:. This 'pointed to a certein gourmet, an old' acquaintanee, Who had repeatedly asked for and been; ro-• fused this, very recipe. The oPionre. ultimately confessed to the theft, was forgiven, and within tho Year married to the Iadylie nod robbed, Tw.o years since, during a discus - slop. in the billiard -room of a coun- try house in England upon crime end: criminals, a gentleman present boast- ed that he eould ' °Initiate the ex- ploits of the • meat expert Of the houee-breaking fraternity. The oth- ers peoh-poohed his assertion, •ancl, a wager resulting, he was required that night to enter a neighboring mansion and take therefrom a certain photo- graph that stood in the oWner'e bed, room... In the result he successfully accomplished his task and Won the bet,. The photograph was returned anonymously the following day. Last autumn a merchant from Nantes, while visiting the title' Tower, was robbed of his purse con- taining a large suni -Of -money. This affeeted his bran, and he promptly Set about indemnifying himself for the loss by stealing every model of the tower on which he could lay his hands. tvas at last arrested while in pursuit of his hobby in a shop on the Boulevard Voltaire, and on his rooms being searched no few- er than fifty models of the Eiffel 'rower were found stowed away in boxes and cupboards. ItYPNOTISIM TIM IIORSE, Buyer : Look hero, you .1 ;You Said tine horse Was sound, and kind and free from tricks, The first, dey I drove him he fell down a dozen times, and he's as bad to -day. Dealer: Om—you've been wondering if X cheated you, Maybe? Yes, I have. And the first time you drove the hoss you Wondered if he laidlet some tricks, 'didn't you 7 Of eourse. And you kept saying to yourSelf, X wonder if that there boss will Maw ble down, elt ? Probably, And you had your mind on it a good deal, most like That's true. 'That'e tVot's the matter. You'Ve hypnotised him, See 7 The British 5111. howitzer IS' the heaviest ipiti used behind a team of kerma. It Weighs 486wt. The era. nary field gun weighs 38eWt. • "Ah!.. I was 'followed; 1 know it. It'linik me the week to turn arid twist and get to—where I am. I have carried tWenty of the. capsules, filled with nitre-giycerine, in the false crown of this hat the whole way.....,You are not speaking. Is it •for to -morrow?" "No; .er—say Thursday." Xt wanted a bit' of saying, aS his hot breath . puffed on my face. I was bound to risk & feeler on my own ac- count, "Why was it to be the rajah? TheY could not have 'Chosen a worse piece than England—London. If these people had but an idea,they would--," "Thou let •it be to -morrow?" ha caught my 'hand tightly. "But I say yesf—let it be over. It might rnean Madness for tzle; I have had the great struggle not to drown my senses in cognac. I am quite ready—I wait fOr nothing seite your plan, There is the liotel: show me it way into it and it is done. Per myself, I care noth- ing: To-nthrrow, yes! It is perhaps the last good bloW •wo shall Strike. I, Mareschi, ono inan, will blow up their Rajah—I alone!" 'Hush—keep ' what," I whispered. , "You are mistaken; 1 shall be With you; I am no more afraid than you. Then—to-morrow!" I had to say It, his eyes had flamed up so 'dangerous- ly—and, of course, all our hopes were based Upon What *we might' glean from thiS Mareschi. So far, we Were all in the dark as to the hams Eind number of the plotters on this side. "It ie just the plan we mus consider now—to gat a. way iri, an keep it." I waited, ,on the chance that he might kaow something of the real Arboretti's scheme; but he only hung an my words with that mad, puzzling intentness. • I was treading the edge of a deep pit, "It is not to be Thursday, and so my hest and safest plan falls to the ground. On that day he attends it receptiou at an kliriba.ssy, and re- turns to the hotel in tiroo for*" Another' pause. No; it Seereed fairly clear that the final arrangements had been entrusted to that deep Arboret- ti "Well here is our second and only alternative Lica. Provided that the 'Walt sleeps at his hotel to -mor- row night, it cannot fail. To -mor- row there will be cases of game, wine mid other things carried in at the Veer of the building. illareschi, bead your liondl"---and I whispered a clever notion that, had been agreed upon days before, so designed that he and his cenfederateS ceuld be arrest- ed quietly on the very scene of the contemplated crime. "Yes, Yes!" He simply nodded,' and Was on his feet again.. "I care not so long as I succeed. You have a.11 this ready? Then, I ineet youl-• where?" trere Was a staggerert What could r ansWer otfhand. • Beyond the estab- lishment of his own identity I had ferreted out. absolutely nothing of I;value. Whore Was he staying, and with Whom? A MinUte to thinkl I got if, by Calling for die bilis—settled both: and led the way outside. ,t could simply risk another throw of ithe bait. . "it. must not fail," I whispered. r -- ,K14,0 11041'01410,10% l',.141011414# 1..•••••-••*;:•:‘ - iggrey NEVERSEMEM111111 4771,:..JKINEWEIng, f STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA AT TORONTO, The tatue to be erected in Queen's Park in front ef the Parliament building, at Toronto, Ont., will be a worthy memorial of Queen Victoria, It is by the Italian sculptor Raggi, who has long beeh one of the fore- most exponents of his art in England where he has lived for many years. The statue will be of bronze, a. replica of one in Hong Kong. Iler Ma- jesty gave the sculptor a number of sittings, and warmly praised the re- sult. The papels in bronze set into the granite base will represent scenes in Her Majesty's life. "Suppose 1 come back with you and telk it over- with the others?" "The others?"11he stared, vaguely. "No, each mey work for. himself. I shall 'spend my night preparing the bombs, and-r-Etzur f --with something near a choke— "writing to all thost I left over there—littie Nina and the others. I want to be alone. At eight o'clock I shall meet you "just here, and you will have the cab ready," He put a hand to hie forehead and fairly walked away from me. • Hurry back to the Yard with my report— or follow him an the chance Of leern- ing what we wanted before daylight? Follow him! He had struck along ,a quiet street leading farther west. Off I went. ITe was turning a corner. I hung back a second or so, took a run, Peered roundand almost desh- eel my face' into the. Wak-White one: with •the Islack bearclo; Soolething. or other in' his brain had inadn' hint: halt and look baCk..' Before he Could properly realize, or •shape..any, suspicioh, I .had. epun him' arohncl, with an excited whisper:— ; 'That Wast -quick! We are seeri. To.'-mcirrow night!" And ;off: I spraog, la another direc-. thin. Phew! •Arriather blunder like that, and I might scare him into pre- maturely ottenipting what he• was here tcs tarry out. • • Nei, there was no real danger!. When I left the Yard late that night every Possible.eirend cif the *eh had been dratvh. hi, and His Highness was as safe here as he had ever been at home—and; perhaps, ioore so, 'it now only remeined to arrest the Plotters.' with. ell the proof possible, communicate with the continental police, and deal with the organiza- tion in, such. e mariner as --well, os would effectually torn theeyes of the extreme section away from. Britain for many Et year to come. , . The inemora.ble day dewneds Seven o'clobk Crime romid at hilt. Ry half - pasts etill es 'Arborettf, had reach- ed 'the rendezyous and. stood Waiting for Mareschi. • A •four -wheeler hover‘ ed close at band.; The :driver 'Was' e detective, a plain -clothes inspector Was boxed in• tirider.the seat in_ cese of eiriergeney, • and- tare men were watehing in .readinessone •to earry the Werd and' one to follow ' wherever we tvent. Tbe mine was undermined in every direction. " Eight o'cloCkl There 'was'•ikrates- 'chi, rounding the corner. Puffing it his oternal•cigaretter he walked firm, Isritip, deadly colinalmost, . "Good! I3ut where is -4t?" I ivhispered. "It" was elwaysE their ".`Clo.se by,'" he said, staring rouod "3),Ean't think Was efroid was on- ly careful. We will step back for it; and return here for the' Cab:. This way!" That Was unexpected, but it met- tered ziothing7might lead te koznc- thing ' good: We should be closely followed in any case. • • NOt another word pateed betweeo us, but •as ‘Vent I managed to scribble on irlY linen .cuff: "Hese house searthed mo- ment we leave it." We were going towards Soho, as I expected; and barely ten inioutes had elapsed. when our man stopped, looked up and down and whispnered: "Hero it lel" I just had time to fiick eway the cuff as he tented his key. Next minute I was foliewipg up'.4 dark, nar- row. staircese. • Hciw did it' happen? Re has push- ed open some door; ' siniultaneotislY he 'turned back, with a hasky cry: "The police! Itunrun!"' There Vas no time to think; he was 'dashing for the staircase, he might get away even now. 1 just grasped the possibility in time to grip the maxi by •the shoulder, and then, A rush and scuffle. I heard some oho . • say, "Got them both," and found' myself dragged bodily through the doorway. Kicking, shouting, tried to keep my hold on' Mareschi N6 use; iri less than a. minute I Was Overpowered, TWO constables had my arms, and a third stood holding the door. A candle burned on the mantel -shelf; I Could make out noth- ing else. "You -.,you raw fools!" I gasped, ready to donee. "What aro you do- ing? You've lot him go. Maresthil That's Mereschi, our man!" "Ile's safe. We've got Arboretti, at any rate," the door -man says, coolly as you. please. I never. felt nearer choking. For the Yard to put thefie clumey idiots on such a ticklish job, and without, my know- ing! "Arborettil" I got out. "Who posted you here? Let go, wiil you! I'm net Arborettil 'I'M So -and -So, 'of the Yard, in charge ef this busi- bees. You madmen!" burst away—to start back in cold horror, I admit, The man at the door dashed off his helmet; dragged "away his tunic, and I saw—no po- Beeman, but a. swarthy foreigner, with teeth savagely bared, I reeled back agaiast the wall. Heavens! was dreaming? They were all three foreigners, and I had been gently walked into this incredible trap by the Whiniest, Ah yes! The door half opened, and there stood our Alareschl, a sneer on his wax -white face that X could never describe. "Out of your own mouth! X thought it—I knew, when you tried to follow me, Yon, Arboretti--youl you meant to die With the Itaiali— with me. You shall! You shall live just long enough to know that we have wdy of our ovni." That toes it, r'll own that the bare shock of the thing left me tie nearly paralyzed an Makes no dilIerence. In a breath .1 had given the whole thing" away, and Mareschl Wag gone—hi all probability by a rear exit. / heard no door close; my man would hang outside in perplexed ignorance and -- saints alive! it looked as it those deterntilied seoUndrels, in their ex- tremity, had stumbled on a plen 110 ntibtle es tO balk MI' the Yard's man- oeuvrest More than that; did I man • ago to 'get, away, I stood to risk be - [coming • the laughing stock for life among those who knew of the plot. Thinking of that, and realizing what might be involved, I set my teeth and made a midden. rush for that door, only . to stumble_back before the steady barrel of Et, six -chambered Colt. My own—it had been whipped from. mY Pocleet in the struggle, I faced round—two pointed knives were between Me and the window, "You Must stand there," said the door -man, deliberately; "you are minutes too late, he is well on his way. Failure or success 'tonight, you,• at least, will never go' as. you crime, We . are .sure of one blow—if not tivo." They meant it! Hard as -mY brain worked in those first few minutes I 'could see no alternative for myself - whatever might:helve/I outside. Did my men suspect something and force the door down there; it Was still •one blow and a 'kick. against 'Oro knives and a. revolver, ; It seemed we were simply waiting for a distant explosion, and. shouting that should tell—what it told. 1 was feeling faint' under the awful Strain By new Mareschi' would have reached the hotel. That candle over there! It wns burned half down. lf—if it would, only go. out of •a, sudden!. If only— . The inspiretion came withOut My knewing it, My slouch hat lay near my feel; in a flash I had picked it up and flung it. 'Bash! The candle -was _knocked, no onekriew where. Sud- Idle/lei darkness! , Now .for life—dear ' A jabbered curse—a sintultaneous rush. I recollect how eVery hair or' iny head sprangnp like a red-hot wire ae I tooleAttvo stealthY strides to the right.. ". A ,hand blundered out and grippedme; T strtudc back'corivelsive- ly, and met a bristly. chin. One man crashed down. . They had xi° matches —or feared to leave the door.: One •more desperate side swoop I rna.de, collided with a body, Staggered' away struck at the wall, and crippled my hand—and suddenly remembered something' . just .as death seemed clutehing me by the throat. ', My whistle! .1 always 'carried' one. - It was oht, One deafening, piercing signal thrilled threhigli the house. I made a huge bound just avoiding their arms. I sprang from side to side, kicking, shouting, blowing the whistle, .until the place- seemed a very pandemonium. Now--nOw there wag a, thudding at thew.cloor below—now a crash, and shouts.' One mit-tete Mere cotild / keep hp that mad Maze, and X was safe, and had turn- ed the trap for one into 'a trap for three, . : • • : The door—the doar; I heard it iali en.' Another frantieorush, ;and I was struggling with the man who had held at. Tho pistol' went off 'once, twice, flaring in the darknees, and then, with .ney very last effort, I dashed him sideways, and was out on the landing. A glare of lanterns; my man, with two constables, sprang past me. One of the scoundrels lay unconscious, another took flight, and the third' was seized as he swung up the revolver again. Safe!. . 1 just waited to make sure, got ray nerve, and went off like a man possessed. I reached tho Strand—that 1 had n.ever thought to see agaln, Noth- ing had happened; people were bust- ling along at unconsciously as etrer. A. cab—the Cosmopolitan Hotel! FiVe minutes later, as it swung around the Piecadilly bend, 1 caught sight of my chief, just about to erosb the road, I shouted. to the driver, and leaned out to whisper one word: "Halloa, where haire you been?" he asked. "Yoil're White et:tough! Got him? Yes, to be sure, twenty mih- utes ago, bomb and all, with just the papers on him we wanted. The man's mad; he made Et cleat rush for the front. entrance, It was all over quietly in one rninute. Meanwhile," with a chuckle, "the Rajah ia not due in London for another two hours —change in the programme that Was not announced to. the papers! There were. only five in it, it seems. Arbor- etti and himself 'we've got, •and the other three---" "Are safe lit the cane," 1 said, And then, for the first time in my life,X dropped Mick into the cab and quietly fainted. -- + AS TO HUMAN HAIR, The ordinary length of the hair on the head ranges between 20 inches end aboitt a, yard and a quarter. When however, hair is kept closely shaved it comes persistent, and at the same time grows in strength and bulk. It has been calculated that the hair of the beard grows at the rate of di inches in the course of the year. Thus, in the case of a man shaving for sixty years, over 80 foot of beard must have fallen before the edge of the razor. ITRE S. S. LESSON. INTERNATIONAL ZESSON. 1.••••4•M, SERT. We*. Text of the Lesson:, gen, xxvi., 12- 25. Golden Text, Math, V. %' 12, 13. "Then Xsaae sowed in that land and received in the same Year a hundredfold, and the Lord blessed him." The previous chapter told us not only of the death and burial of Abraham and his son, Ishmael, but also of the birth of Isaac's two sons, Jacob end ESau, and how Esau. despised his birth- right, preferring present enjoyment to a future inheritanee (Heb. xii, 1(1, 17). The beginning of our preseat chapter tells of a second famine and of Isaac going to sojourn among the Philistines et Geyer. The Lord ap- peered to him and confirmed His promise to Abraham and gaye hint 'the stars of heaven" portion of the covenant. Ho fell iiito hie fathees sin concerning his wife, and was re - baked by Abiraelech ; truly the henrt Is deceitful above all things and desperately wielcod (Jer. xvii, 0), even the heart; of Abraham, and the heart of Isaac, and your heart and Mine. ' All that God does go does for His great Ammo's sake, pEtrdon- ing our iniouities when We confess our sins a John i, 0 ; Jer., xiv, 7), •14,, 15. "The Philistines envied him," The majority of mere natural people would 'be apt to envy one whom they saw bleseecl and 'tierces- iog, as Iso.ac was. It was contemp, tibia to fill hie wells with earth, but that was human, too, and devilish, for the Merely human is apt to be Much' used by the devil. To see him prospering notwithstanding these hindrances was mere than they could stand and must have made thorn °full of indignation. Envy and strife is .earthly, sensual, devilish, and leads to confusion and every evil work (Jas. iii, ; Titos iii, 3): It is bacl enotigh among those who' know not God, but whop it gets into churches and families it works great havoc and greatly gErpiheveisv,th3e0-1-132o1)y Spirit (Acts vii, 9; 16, 17. "Go from us, for thou art much mightier than we." Thus they .sent him away, as he said after- ward when they minted hiS favor, "Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me end have sent. me away from you ?" (verse 27). The pre- sence of the righteous is often • a great torment to• the ungodly' ;•they caonot stand the sight ; it is too slirong for their weak eyes, Isaac Might have reasoned. and Osgood with thorn to have insisted on.T.0- mitining where' he WaS, aild have de- fied then). to send hire away, but he WaS not ihat kind 'ora Mae ; he Was mare inelined to yield for peace sake; he Was a; loan' of-"peaee. 18, 19. .T.Iniess• wo know seeriething of the meaning of geareity. of ;water 'we shall not appreciate 'What these Wells meant, and the enorniitsE. Of the sio, of stopping thems To Many people:in India; Where they have' to go miles for weter, 'Et. well. is on in- estimable hobo.. When 'in ,South Africa, 'spending a day at: naission in Natal, : my . wife, hayipg washed her haxids, wae about• to throw out the water, when she wee greeted with' such an exclamation •ot surpriee and fear from several" body aries ae she will not Soon forget. , They .then told her that"water was 4 scarce that they 'Mist all :wash • in that water. To stop theovellix'ae 1..he Philistines: did :beeause; of their hatred was about . equal to murder.: See I John iii 15. . 20, '21. The" contention arid hatred manifested . by these 'unrighteous and wicked Philistines (see -the max-. ginril. mea.ning of. the' names Isaac gave these wells because ef tho strife) were certainly' hard •to put hp with, and. only by the marvellous grace of God could Is.aile have (toted as he • did aod yielded again and again to these unjust. 'petinle the wellg 'his servants had diggod Make the ices° your owe ; put yourself as far as• you can in hi§ place, that you may in some measure appreciate. it. 42, 23. "Now the Lord heth made room fer os, end' we shall be•fruit- fui in the land." This he seid when after digging third well they did not ;strive .for that one. After that he removed to Beersheba. Submie- sten to .wrong.and oppreseion .• for the Lord's sake is net human, but Christlike and is a strong testi.- molly for hini as we shall gee. If tve had anoiiited ears. • we ‚might often hear bur Lord sey to us, "Suffer it to be so now" :(Math;'lii, 15), and it would not deem so dillioult if we. Nzi.ould consider Hint who endtired such dontradiction of sinners agaiust Himself ; who, when He *as reviled, reviled not• again :Web, xli, 0 ; I Pet. ii, 23). . 24. "And the 'Lord appeared uritts. him the Same night and said, X ant the • Gad of Abraham thy father ; fear not, for I arn tvitl thee, and will bless thee." What reward for his natelcoess, a new velation Of God tO him that very. night With His. glorious "Fear net, I am with thee." How'. stoop & well, or a dozen well§,' and all one could be called upon to bear' scorn in corn- perison with sueh a. revelation end assurance I Truly the. sufferings of this present time are•not worthy to be compared with the glory that is and shall bo ours (Rom. viii, 18): • 25. "And he builded an altar there arid Called upon the name of the. Lord and pitched his tent there ; and there lsaae's servants' digged well.," A tont with the Lord is enough ; the Lord without the tent is enough, for tt, belleVer should be oble to Say, With much assurance, "Lord, Thou art my dwelliog place" (Ps. xc,' I). The tent, the altar, arid the words from Pod, "rear not, for I am wlth thee and will bless thee," are all and more than heart can Wish. It must heve been the power of the presence of Pod that enabled Isaac to act so meek- ly. See in the verse 28 the sequel and note the testimony 'of Abirne- leeh and his officers, "We saw cer- tainly that the Lord was with tliee." The Lord was seen in Isaac in his yieldingness, for "yielding pacifieth. great olTenses," and we are exhorted to lot our yielciedness be known to all men, for the Lord is at hand (Etch x, 4 ; Phil. iv, 5), Had Isaac ',stood for his rights, as We say, in the ritatter of the Welle, God would not lia.Ve been seen in him. 'We must (Judo 3), but when tve can avoid contend earnestly for the faith Arlie by & little yielditig let us yield in IIis name, though it inay seem a personal loss. Isaac might have sent, these Philistines away and have refused further futerconrse because of their former conduct, but grace again prevails, arid now we see the sequel to this yieldedness, Isaac's sorvanta were digging a. well at. Beersheba and that same day they came and told Isaac that they had found water (verse 32). nVOLIIT/ON OIAMAN. Mrs. Clrout:Thisba.nds are 80 differ- ent from. other men Mrs. Snapper: know it. X said :to John last evening, now the wind bloats! and he grunted and said: Bid you over know the wind to do anY- thing else 7 Mrs. Orout: That's just it. Before you were married to 'him be prob. ably would have had end of niee things to say in reply. rINAINIC/AL VOIMALBETIYDE, Milkman—Say, you paid ine in counterfeit money, Citizen—Well, you haVe.,been bring- ing us counterfeit milk. • 00••••••••••••••••••••• VOICES AT BIGII ALTITUDES. Generally speaking, races living at high altitudes have weaker and more highly pitched voices than those liv- ing in regions where the supply of oxygen in more plentiful. Thus, among the Indians living im the plateaus between the rangeS of the Andes, at an elevation at froirt 10,- 000 feet to 14,000 ket„. the men have voices like worrani,a.nd women like children, and their iingirtg Is a shX111 Monotone. GLAD IrE' WAS A BOY. Little Johnny, after Indulging in a long reverie, evidently belieVed that he had reasoned out for himself a very narrow escape, as the following converststiOn Will show : I'm glad X isn't a girl, he (laid, Why, dear ? asked mamma. 'Cause wouldn't like to grow up into a WOnialt an' have to watch a little boy like me. The Boer Manger rifle land our Lae- Metford are the only rifles in use which are sighted. up to 2,000 yds. NEARLY ANNIIMATED, uotiv Alsr .6,1ISTRALXAN V1)ItOE WAS CUT UP. They Were Compliktely Surprised And Sixty Xilled or Wounded. • Bennet liurleigh, writing Irani Bloemfontein to the London Daily Telegraph, gives details of the disas- ter to part Of the Australlans,the Victorians, tO the south of Bing- spruit, last Month. The mon had bi- vouacked for the night, having stacked arms ac,cording to regula- tions, and picketed their horses, About 8:20 p. in. there burst over the stilt camp a, Wilci rear of Boer MusketrY, fired frorzt range of fifty YerdS. It instantly. swelled into a. diabolical tornado, with a savage accompaniment of human cries, title( the ear-plereing and heart -racking shrieks of the maddened, wounded horses, Without pause, the Boers rushed in, firing their Matisers the while, and yelling, "Now, you khaki; you English--" -"Hands uP. —•-=" but never ceasing to shoot and slay. The groans of ineugled men •now rose and mingled, with the screams of the struggling, plunging steeds. Over 180 of the poor animals were slain upon the lines. Half awake and dazed, .solcliers ecrambled out of their wrappings and• ran to grab their rifles. But the Boers covered the stEtcks aod shot the troopers down. The officer M comthand of the pom-pontis ran to cast coo of them loose and use it. He was riddled with bullets in. an instant. And still the shouting ,and slaying went forward, the enemy rushing wildly. about the Camp, In the first rush around the horse - lines Boer yelled at an 'unarmed soldier who,,nlizsidDrisprtumpg!,,ci hi$ ..feet,. The trooper complied, • whereupon the Boer 'pulled the trigger of hi§ Mauser, which was planted against the 'Victorian's breaSt, elid murdered him. "Oh, you coward!" roared wounded officer stretched upon the ground, .o.nel, frenziedly. pulling out his ,reirolver; he fired, and stretched the Boer, Mortally wounded, beside his victim, ' And Still t•ho bullets snapped and burst, for• the eneniy were using both expansive end ex- plosive missiles, . "Never. hay° seenanything like it," said an Officer ta nie. • "The' enemy'e bullets. flicked everywhere, and nittny of them burst into' flaine, flashing about 'like very brilliant fire -flies or lively will -o" -the wisps." Some of our Men • escaped by getting .aniting the dead horses and under •the ever -turned beggage .a.ocl saddlery, -One or two bushmen rode for life towards Middleburg, and cbaruogkhet, alowosztey 1,icionrsesi ,00..trn, °Mated, and General Beatgoo's 'cemP.' Others' they could, struck inirthtrocr'efil:libtclsiet railway. Viljoen, Within ten 'minutes from • the Commencement of,. his at - task, brought :up six 'harnessed hor- ses and took off the first of. thepom- pools. •.' The Second, Which waa under tarpaullit was removed. later,. to- gether •with about .1,00Q rounds . of arnMunition end moth stnall-erni munitioh, All the rifles and •stoi•es ,also • fell- "into the erienay's hands, Most 61 the latter Were buroed. They got very few horses, however, so 'many having beeri killed. or wounded. In the morning they relea.sed Major' Morris, R. As_ and all. their .PriSon-' ers. OUr cesUaltiestrictorions— were.19 'Or 20 killed and'40 wounded. The Beers , were seeo to remeve .at, least eight of their dead in & cart. They 'confessed to having sustained ecSasiderable l'oss,. despite the attack haying been ,a, complete'shrprise. • . -JUST A PE.EP ,INTO 1VIANY FOREIGN 'LANDS. • Little Pacts Gathered Prom the Corners of This Big Earth.. ° • The German Empire registers more' than 1,000 wedclipgs a day. The life of an Anetralian natio? rarely exceeds fifty years. About one -sixteenth of the paper output of the world is converted in- to boOks. • The most intient' glass had exact- ly the seine component parts as that of to -day. ' 'Some of the Russian battleships aro lined With asbestos, as a Protec- tion against lire. o Infectious diseases aro unknown in Greenland, on account of the dry, cold atmosphere. Australia's output of coal is 7,- 000,000 tons a srear, 2,500,000 more. than that of India, , , It requires an average of over 20,- 000,000 pins per day to meet the needs of the British ,people. • The El. eserts of Arabia are specially remarkable for the pillars of sand which are raised by the whirlwinds. A chtuneleon, :viten blindfolded, loses the power to • change Its hueS, and the entire body remains of a un- iform color. British 'farmers and dairymen are to-dEty milking over 4,000,000 cows, and producing ',annually in their dairies L32,000,000 worth of ,railk, butter and eheese, The bottom of the Pacific betWeen Hawaii and California, is sad to be so level that a railway could be laid for 500 miles without grading anywhere. Ilorses are becoming higher • in price every year. SIX years ago the horse market was more than , suppli- ed., and good horses could be ' had nt half price. The demand for herses in the armies of the • world' Wane of tho reasons for the change. area quantities of dust • coiled: on the decks of veseels at sea, no matter if they ere swept 'thole°, or thrice . xi, cItty:' Most of St, too is found on sailiag veSsels. The infer- ence is' that the sails act as dust colleetors, arresting the, particles which drift in the air. Of one thousand men . Who marry, three hundred and eighty-two marry women younger than themselyes, five hundred end nineteen, women of about the same age, and only eighty-. nine older Women. • .. A System of insurance' against strikes prevails .in Austria., Holders of policies are indemnifitad If strikee occur in their establighnents, whe- ther voluntary*, forced, lor sympath- etic The cost of a pollicy is three or four per Cent. of the' annual pay- roll. The indemnity,' is fifty per cent. of tlio wages iialid for the Week preceding the ,suspension of Work. . . One of the most, curious plants ia the World. is what is known as the toothbrush plant of Jamaica. It, is a species of ereeper, a..nci has nothing particularly striking, about its ap- pearariee. By cuttingApieces of it to a suitable length ttnd fraying the, ends, tho netives Coinvert it ilate a toothbrush ; and a ;tooth -powder to 4 accompany. the us of the brush is also prepared. by Pulverizing the dead sterns. Mietrese: Do AM I Call this Sponge cake? Why, It's/ acs hard as can be. New Cook; Vass MUM thEtt'elthe way a sponge Is beIhre it's Wet. Soak it in your tea, mum. •••• •••• Europe hag had Ott:44001er 821 inonarchs elnee the battle of Irast- ings. The extra stationeryt USOd bY thn War Office for war !purposes since 1801) has cost £103,(40 dp ;to date. Rainy se.Cals4:: a0vrevSeirl:171a.voralA0 for theep. It is the very general be- thgt it is on acCount of the ex- cessive number of stomach and inteS- tired worins that invade the floeleS such seations. I am convinced this is not the explattatien, writes Dr. IL ru;ouniollemr.ore Tnhuemeriollutsernitivi:trayseiatre: than dry. Sheep buffer worse frOm vtioterTbiboeca.cou:ecuttihoeurse. areThoothetrrequunefialt- wetting and the less nutritiou$ grass lowers the vitality of the animals 80 they aro not able to withstand 'the ravag'es of the parasites So well. Sheltering from reins . in well ventilated stables and grain feeding will be feund an almost stir° preven- tative of loss., But these will not Prevent an invasion of parasites that interfere with the thrift of the flock whenever they aro present ia large numbers. Keening sheep in small flocks, areVin large fields, so that they are not compelled to graze over the sante ground frequently lessens the danger of a destructive invesion. It has been very widely taught that old pa.stures become such hotbeds of these parasites that it is unsafe to graze them with sheep. X do not think. this is true. Some of the par- asites may be carried through tho winter in earth worms; but far great- er nurobers, are carried in old sheep, and in this Way spread over the pas- tures in the spring. It Makes no difference whether they are nexyly seeded fields al...native sods. The best safeguard against invasion in the lambs is td keep them front fol- lowing their mothers upon the pas- tures. This may be done by having the lambs born early enough so they may Weaned before turning out to graze in the spring; or with later born lambs by separating them from their mothers eech day as they go out to the pastures. This can easily be dooe by feeding the lambs in an apartment separated from the old sheep by e creep, and turning the old sheep out while the lambs are eat- . caliyilibeeretaiizieonne of these precautions it win be. neCessary to grim SQMC worm Medicines to pre- ' vent losses.. Pour turpentine up.On: salt in the proportion of one pint to a gallon. Keep this before the sheeP for a week. The next week substi- tute g,entian for the turpentine ' the fellowing week 'a pound of dried sulphate of iron mixed with a gallon. of bran and a quart of this. mixture grrtentudrapiely to 100 head' for Et week. ntine shotdd then be re- peated.' Tartar emetie and sartton- Inc are each effective yerniifuges end should b.e given daily in doses of 15 grams for a iveek when one of them is employed. Remember that one treatment is not prpof ageinst an- other invasion. Exit if the flock ie once entirely freed from them and placed upon a fresh pasture . where , no sheep have been. the present sea- son, there Will be na further trouble. DAIRY AND STOOK. ' 1 It takes a, richer man than most of us to stand the ioss coining from scolding or talking load, while milk- ing. . The tone of the voice affeCts the milk pail: ' A horse that is' fri,ghtened by trol- ley dr other cars should be Consider- ed unsafe, and unsalable.. •The man. who buys such •an animal 'runs great riek. The rule should apply also to automobiles. - Some corn can be advantageously fed now to .pigs that 'are ultimately to. be flittened. A ration of one- third 'cern .and two thirds middlings with 'a tenth pert of oil meal added is very satisfactory in connection with pasture. .11 skint -milk can be had, feed one peund of skim -milk for ' every two to three pouods of the mix. tura, and increase the proportion of corn tootle half of the grain fed. - • Every farrner'eurife ought to teach her daughters to make gond butter. No matter what the girls intend to do for a living, it is an honor for them to be able to say that they • know just how butter is made; and the•tirne will surely come when they will rise up and call their mothers blessed if they have taught them the noble art of making butter. Espe- . daily ' will this be true. if 'by chance they should become the wives of far - CROPS FOR THE ORCHARD. . Nothing should be grown in the or- • chard whiph will prevent the cultiva7. • tion of the trees . 'On:Steep hillsides, - Cover is especially desirable to pre. Vent' Washing.' • It should. be sown in strips running across the hillside be. tween the rowe, and the trees' given clean cultivation until they are well' estEtblished. • . • ,, FEED OROPS ':FOR POULTRY. EVery poultry breeder underStands the value of having a. variety .of . food, and that it is -essential,for the health of the fowls and the product-, Lion of fertile eggs. Yet probebly nine -tenths of poultry 'raisers think their duty done when they have scot - tared before -the hens some corn and • gathered the, eggs. This treatment • may appear to *fulfill all tecessary obligations when fowls can have unrestricted range through the summer Season.' The necessity of providing corn, sometimes. with wheat • and .oats, for winter food, is generally 'understood; but if to these were ad-zled a supply of the other grains and vegetablea We would not hear so much -eomplaint as noxv of stock "running out," -As to tho special grains buckWheat is ono of the most valuable for the production of eggs. 'Sunflower seeds should olso be included in the bill of faro. The large amount of they contain seems to be especially valu- able for youpg, groWing chickens. They also give a gloss and brilliancy to the feathers • probably .unequalled by any other food. Exton when 'fed • in large qualitities no bad effecte fol- low. Well -cured green corri Stalks and young tender grass' and. clover should be provided for poultry as regularly as hay for' other stock. The soft or poor heads. of cabbage, stored by themselves, arc :probably the cheapest and most easily 'obtain- ed green food during winter. If one is extensively raising early chickens it will pay you to sow let- tuce seed in a box and plate ft in a wenn, sunny window, The young and tender leaves are easily grown, and will add greatly to the health and growth of the chickens. Onions should also be grown and kept for feeding. If ehopped moderately fine, they will be eagerly consumed by fowls. Tobaceo shonald also be grown and used to keep the stock free from lice, Bull the plants be- fore frost and hang them in the barn or shed to dry. A handful of the lerixes the nests of sitting hens Will add rt, great deal. to their Com- foirrtelannydneme(oireintuosetflumItiborf ytloieutywouttnngd. valuable chickens, but' the sunflotver in a good substitute and much more cheaply eitised. Peppers, are a most, . Useful condiment, during the winter months, helping greatly in the Pre* •‘dvuocatilioi cur 8engge through the cold of the Tong redlavitivnietittnybwITIotorPoldttung rt plentiful Supply, much cheaper and purer then the ordinarytground col^ cline of the stores. •