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THE RED CLOUD CHEEP. H m frTr - MfH4Ml PHANTOM SHIP -OR The Flying f lllftnUIHHWWMIHIIlll H ' U l-H-H-HIHI ttf CHAPTEIl XIX.-(Contlnued.) It wan about a fortnight after they dad left the Falkland Inlands that thoy ontcrcd the straits. At first they had a leading wind which carried them half through, but this did not last, nnd they then had to contend not only ngaln&t tho wind, but against the cur rent, and they dally lost ground. The crowB of tho ships also began to sicken from fatlguo and cold. Whether tho admiral had beforo made up his mind, or whether irritated by his fruitless endeavors to continue his voyage, it is Impossible to say; but after threo weeks' useless struggle against the winds and currents, he hove to and ordered Jill tho captains on board.when ho proposed that the prisoner should rccoivo his punishment, and that pun ishment was to he deserted that Is, to bo sent on shore with a day's food, whoro there was no means of obtain ing support, so as to die miserably of hunger. This was a punishment fre quently resorted to by the Dutch of that period, as will be seen by reading an account of tholr voyage; but at the samo time seldom, if ever, awarded to one of so high a rank as that of com modore. Philip Immediately protested against it, and so did Krnntz, although they were both aware that by so doing thoy would make the admiral their enemy; but tho other captains, who viewed both of them with a jealous eye, and considered them as interlopers and in terfering with their advancement, sided with tho ndmlral. Notwith standing this majority, Philip thought It Ills duty to expostulate. "You know well, admiral," said he, "that I Joined in his condemnation for a breach of discipline; but at the same tlmo thero was much In extenuation. Ho committed a breach of discipline to savo his ship's company, but not an error in Judgment, as you yourself proved, by taking the same measure to savo your own men. Do not, there fore, visit an offense of so doubtful a nature with such cruelty. Let tho company deckle tho point when you send him home, which you can do as soon as you arrlvo in India.. He 13 sufficiently punished by losing his com mand; to do what you propose will be ascribed to feelings of revenge moro than to those of Justice. What suc cess can wo deservo if we commit an act of Buch cruelty? and how can wo expect a merciful Providence to pro tect us from tho winds and waves, when wo aro thU3 barbarous toward each other?" Philip's arguments wero of no avail. Tho admiral ordered him to return on board his ship, and had ho been able to find an excuse, ho would havo de prived him of his command. This ho could not well do; but Philip was nwaro that the admiral was now his inveterate enemy. Tho commodore was taken out of Irons and brought into the cabin, and his scntenco was mndo known to him. "Ho It so, admiral," replied Avon horn; "for to attempt to turn you from your purpobo I know would bo unavail ing. I am not punished for dlsobed ienco of orders, but for having, by my disobedience, pointed out to you your duty a duty which you were forced to perform afterward by necessity. Then bo it so; let me perish on tliC3C black rocks, as I shall, and my bones bo whitened by the chilly blasts which howl over their desolation. Hut mark me, cruel and vlndlctlvo man! I shall riot bo tho only one whoso bones will bleach there. I prophesy that many others will sharo my fate, and even you, admiral, may be of tho number if I mistake not, we shall o side by side." Tho admiral made no reply, but gavo a sign for tho prisoner to be re moved. Ho then had a conference with tho captains of the threo smaller vessels; nnd as they had been all along rotarded by tho heavier sailing of his own ship, and tho Dort commnndqd by Philip, ho decided that they should part company, and proceed on ns fast as they could to tho Indies s.endlug on board of the two larger vessels all tho provisions they could spare, as they already began to run short. Philip had left tho cabin with Krantz after tho prisoner had been re moved. Ho then wrote a few lines upon a slip of paper; "Do not lenvo the beach when you are put on shore, un til tho vessels are out of sight;" and requesting Krantz to find an opportun ity to deliver this to tho commodore, he returned on board cf his own ship. When tho crew of tho Dort heard of tho punishment about to bo Inflicted upon their old commnnder, they were much excited. They felt that ho had sacrificed himself to savo them, and they murmured much at the cruetly of the admiral. About an hour after Philip's re turn to his ship, the ptlsoner was sent on shore and landed on tho desolate Tfnd rocky coaHt, with a supply of pro visions for two days. Not a Blnglo ar ticle of extra clothing or tho means f striking a light was permitted him. When the boat's keel grazed tho beach, ho was ordered out. Tho boat shoved off, and tho men were not permitted even to bid him farewell. Tho fleet, no Philip had expected, re mained hovo-to shifting tho proylalons, rand It was not till after dark that evprythlng was arranged. This oppor tunity was not lost. Philip was aware that It would bo considered a breach - Dutchman. of discipline, but' to that he was In different; neither did ho think It like ly that It would come to tho r.-ira nf tho admiral, as the crew of tho Dort were partial both to the commodore nnd to him. Ho had desired a seaman whom ho could trust, to put Into one of the boats a couplo of muskets, nnd n quantity of ammunition, several blankets, nnd various other articles, besides provisions for two or threo months, for ono person; nnd ns soon as It was dark tho men pulled on sharo with tho boat, found tho commodore on the beaeh waiting for them, and Etipplled him with all theso neces saries. They then rejoined their ship, without the ndmlral's having tho least suspicion of what had been done, and shortly nfter the fleet made sail on a wind, with their heads off shore. Tho next morning the threo Bmullor ves sels parted company, and by sunset had gained many miles to windward, nfter which they were not agnln seen. Tho admiral had sent for Philip to glvo him his Instructions, which were very severe, and evidently framed so ns to be ablo to afford him hereafter some excuse for depriving him of his command. Amonc others, his orders were, ns the Dort drew less wnter than tho admiral's ship, to sail ahead of him during the night, that If they ap proached too near the land ns they beat across the channel, timely notice might bo given to tho admiral If In too shal low water. This responsibility was tho occasion of Philip's being nlwnys on deck when they approached the land on either side of the Straits. It was tho second nlnht after tho fleet had separated that Philip had been summoned on deck as they were near Ing tho land of Terre del Fuego; ho was watching tho man in tho chains heaving tho lead, when the officer of tho watch reported to him that the admiral's ship was ahead of them In stead of astern. Philip mado Inquiry as to when ho passed, but could not discover; ho went forward and saw the admiral's 3hlp with her poop-light, which, when tho admiral was astern, was not visible. "What can be the nd mlral's reason for this?" thought Philip; "has ho run ahead on purposo to make a charge against me of neg lect of duty? It must bo so. Well, let him do ns ho pleases; ho must wait now till wo arrlvo in India, for I shall not allow him to desert me; and with the company I havu ns much, nnd, 1 rather think, as a largo proprietor, uiuru iiimuai man no lias. well, as ho has thought proper to go ahead, I have nothing to do but to follow." "You mny como out of tho chains there." CHAPTER XX. Philip went forward; they were now, ns he imagined, very near to tho land, but tho night was dark and they could not distinguish It. For half nn hour they continued their course, much to Philip's surprise, for he now thought ho could ninko out tho loom of the land, dark as It was. His eyes wero constantly fixed upon tho ship ahead, expecting every minute that she would go about; but no, she continued her course, and Philip followed with his own vessel. "Wo aro very close to tho land, sir," observed Vander Hagen, the lieutenant, who was tho officer of tho watch. "So It appears to me; but the nd mlral Is closer, and draws much more water than wo do," roplled Philip. "I think I see the rocks on tho benm to leeward, air." "I bellcvo you are all right." ro plled Philip; "I rnnnot understand this. Ready about, and get a gun ready they must supposo us to bo ahead of them, depend upon It." Hardly had Philip given tho order when tho vessel struck heavily on tho rocks. Philip hastened aft; ho found the rudder had been unshipped, and tho vessel was Immovnbly fixed. His thoughts then reverted to tho admiral. "Was ho on shore?" Ho ran forwnrd, and tho admiral was Btlll sailing on with his poop-light, about two cables length ahead of him. "Flro tho gun there," cried Philip, perplexed beyond measure. Tho gun was fired, and Immediately followed up by tho flash and report of another gun close astern of them. Philip looked with astonishment over tho quarter, and perceived tho ad miral's ship close astorn to him, and ovldontly on shoro ns well as his own. "Merciful Heaven!" exclaimed Philip rushing forward, "what cri. this be?" Ho beheld tho other vessol, with her light ahead, still sailing on and leav ing them. Tho day was now dawning and thero was sufficient light to mako out tho land. The Do.t was on ohoro not fifty yards from the beach, and surrounded by tho high and barren rocks; yet tho vessel ahead waj ap parently sailing on over the land. Tho seamen crowded on tho forecastle, watching this strango phenomenon; at last It vanished from their sight. "That's tho Flying Dutchman, by all that's holy!" cried ono of the seamen, Jumping off tho gun. Hardly had tho man uttered these words when tho vessel disappeared. Philip felt convinced that It was so, and ho walked away aft In a very perturbed state. It must havo been his father's fatal ship which had de coyed them to probaWo destruction. Ho hardly know how to act. The ad miral's wrath ho did not wish, Just at, that moment, to encounter. He sent BY CArTAIN MARXYAT. for tho ofilcor of tho watch, and nattn desired him to select a crow for the boat, out of those men who had been on deck, and could substantlnto his as sertions, ordered him to go on board ot tho admiral, and stato what had happened. As soon as tho boat had shoved off, Philip turned his attention to the stato of his own vessel. Tho daylight hud Increase, and Philip percclvod that they wero surrounded by rocks, and hrd run on shore between two reefs, which extended lfalf a mllo from tho mainland. He sounded round his vessel, nnd discovered that she was fixed from forward to aft, and that without lightening hr thero was no (banco of getting her off. He then turned to whero the admiral's ahlp lay aground, and found that, to all nppearance, sho was In even a womo plight, as tho rocks to leeward of hor wero abovo tho water,, and sho was much moro exposed should bad weather como on. Never, pcrhnps, was there a sceno more cheerless nnd ap palling; a dnrk wintry sea a sky loaded with heavy clouds tho wind cold nnd piercing tho whole line of the coast ono mass of barren rocks, without tho slightest nppoaranco of vegetation; tho Inland part of tho country presented an equally somber nppearanre nnd the higher points wero capped with snow, although It was not yet tho winter season. Sweeping the const with his pyc. Philip perceived, not four miles to leeward of them, so little progress hnd they made, tho spot whero they had deserted tho commodore. "Surely this has been a Judgment on llim fnr hla nrnoltv " thmtfht Iihllln "and tho prophesy of poor Avcnhorn j lnR n ul" whicli Is, to say tho least, will come true moro bones than his "'onfuslon to ono unaccustomed to their will bleach on those rocks." Philip method of Btudy. Hut when one real turned round again to whero tho ad- ,Z0B w""t an nrduous task It Is to learn mlrnl'a ship was on shoro, and started one's A H C"s In C'hlnn, It Is no longer back, as ho beheld n sight even moro a matter of surprlso that studying dreadful than all that he had viewed iloud Is permitted. Think of commit the body of Vander Hngen, tho officer ting to memory 214 elementary char sent on board of tho admiral, hang- nctcrs! (These characters take the Ing at the main yardarm. "My God! place of our alphabet, for the Chlncso Is It possible?" exclaimed Philip, language has no alphabet llko ours.) stamping with sorrow and Indignation. That Is what tho Chinese boys and nn Phmat WB rfl!!rn !m ,n .oarJ' ' BtrlB must do. and this Is only tho be Thi nInW?'tCVt W' ' ,m''ftt,cnco; Boning of the trouble, for those char Tho men hastened up tho side, nnd actors an. nmni.n.i iln 7 V breathlessly Informed Philip that tho "0J nf w.eh t LrS i? admiral, as soon as ho had heard the 000 In t 1 u T tUnn lieutenant's report, and his acknowl- Lt ilL MfTUu" 'Wge. ment that he was officer of the watch. ' rar!,ZrS ,0b W.r,lH. haV0 had ordered him to be hung, nnd that r fftrcnt l"B. tho slgnlfl ho had sent them back with a aum- nan?, of aAW01?1 vury,nK w,tn lta ,n' mons for him to repair on board 1m- J, Anolhor peculiarity of the mediately, and that they had aoen an- f-n,nes wr,tten language Is that the other ropo preparing ut the yard-arm. B'nnln8 f the book corresponds to "Hut not for you, sir," cried tho tho ,cna of ono ot 0,lrd. b that the men, "that shall never be you shall nupil nPPea to to begin at the end not go on board wo will defend yoa ' tne ln8t ",lc ou the ,ast I,aEO and with our lives." I t0 DC rending backward. The whole ship's company Joined In ' ln 8tU(1'l!S arithmetic, Chinese pu thls resolution, nnd expressed their do- p,ls UR0 the abacus, or counting ap termlnntlon to resist tho admiral, Paratus, a frame strung with wires on Philip thanked them kindly Btatcd his which aro gayly colored balls, such as Intention of not going on board, and wo seo In the primary schools In our requested that they would remain quiet, until It was ascertained what steps tho admiral might take. Ho then went down to his cabin to reflect upon what plan he should proceed. As ho looked out of tho stern windows. nun ni'ii I ivi'i ill, iifinv .it inn vnuni. . 1 . n..Ml.. 1 .1 1 1 " ,.,: . , " "" '"""" man still swinging ln the wind, ho almost wished that he was In his place. for then thero would bo nn end In hla wayward fate; but he thought of Amine, nnd felt that for her ho wished to live. That tho Phantom Ship should havo decoyed him to destruc tion wns alto a source of much pain ful feeling, nnd Philip meditated, with his hands pressed to his temples. "It " n mBin"- w"" tho KlrlH havo a fun is my destiny," thought he nt last, ny lltUo w,Bp on tho t0P ' their heads, "and the will of Heaven must bo done; i ln fi0n, I)art8 of cllIrm ll is very cold, we could not have been so deceived nuU as tll u"bch aro not wnrmed like If Heaven had not permitted It." And ours ,n winter the children nnd then his thoughts reverted to his pros fin situation. (To bo continued.) A DALLOON UNDER FIRE, Iimncilltte ColUp.n I)ip Not Follow, Kvon When the Mark In lilt. With regard to tho effects of guu shots upon a balloon, the following ex periments wero made, says tho Pall Mall Magazine. A shot was flrcd from n Lebel rifle nt a balloon at an altl- tudo of COO feet. It only penetrated tho 0 fabric below the equator, and no ap-1 preclablo result ensued. After this ' many shotswere fired, several pone trating the bnlloon and passing out nenr tho upper valve. After a lapso of six hours tho balloon descended quietly to tho ground, by reason of tho loss of gas through tho bullet holes. Hut It nppeared that, whatever tho number of shots, the loss of gas was never sufficient to causo tho balloon to fall rapidly. On another occasion a shrapnel shell was flrcd from a seven pounder Armstrong gun at a balloon having an altitude of 1,500 feet, but this being above the limit of elevation of the gun, It was Impossible to hit It. In nny case, had It been posslblo to do so, the shell would havo penetrated tho balloon below tho equator and passed out again so low down as to cause no serious loss of gas, Indeed, a balloon loae3 but little of its lifting power that is, little of its gas If tho holo Is made below tho equator. Once u gore was split up to within a few feet of the upper valve; at flrst tho balloon fell rapidly, then the wind filled out tho flapping fabric, and It called quietly to earth. Daiiceroui to Hypnotise. Tho lato Professor Drumraond, when qulto a child, discovered that he could hypnotize people. At a birthday party a llttlo girl refused to play tho piano. Drummond happened to catch her eo, and said, "Play." To his surprise sho roso obediently, went to tho piano, and played. At another tlmo ho hypnotized n boy, gave him a poker for a gun, and said, "I'm a pheasant; shoot me." Tho boy did bo, and Drummond, to keep up tho illusion, fell, whoreupon the boy. seeing tho "bird" aovo, mado as If to hit it over tho head with the poker. Tho hypnotlzer had Just tlma to stop tho magnetized sportsman. IN CHINESE SCHOOL. MOST WONDERFUL. ALPHABET IN THE WORLD. tt IIm '414 Character anil the I'upll Have to Struggle with Conflicting HnuniU Almnat a I.lfe-l.onc Stuitj to Underlain! It. Of nil their studies, tho ainiond-oycd youngster tlnds writing the most en joyable, pays the Liverpool Chronicle. tney use a small brush Instead of a pen, and daub on the Ink with a lavish ness dear to the Juvenile heart. They wrlto one letter over another till the pngo Is black as a cooking stove, anil tho copybooks become so wet that It. Is necessary to hang them over the fence to dry. A comical sight, truly, and one which proclaims to the passer oy his proximity to a sehoolhoiiHe. It nay be remarked that blotting paper Is inknoun In the flowery land. There are no public schools bi rhlna, or, Indeed, schoolhouses of any kind. Hut tho boys and girls of the dowory land repair to the house of Choir teacher to pursue their btudles. They do not sit upon the floor, as Is -ommonly supposed, for. nlthough they have no school furniture such as Is used In this country, they are provided wnn common chnlrs, upon which tlto t while studying. During recitations they stand nround their teacher. Long before renehlng the schoolroom visitors mny hear the tiunlls voclfer- i onb' hllOUtltlK their ICSSOIIS nnd Illllk- country, nnd which wo havo copied from tho Chinese They do not study geography, for tho reason that tho Chlncso think thero Is no country besides their own that Is of nnv Irnnnrlnnnn n.. i,i,. ,......, W. IIIUII .... .-.i-i . '"v uiuna is represented as occupy- ,ag tho greater part of the ear h; countries hnln Pm i '." the middle kingdom as tho Chinese nre accustomed to speak of their coun try and made to appear as Inslgnlcant its possible. Qlrls and boys dress exactly alike, except that tho boys wear their hair grown people, too keep comfortable by putting on ono dress over nnother till they aro so bundled up they can scarcely move. Possibly this may seem a very uncomforlablo way of keeping comfortable, but tho Chinese little folks are not given to complain ing. New Illantlnr; 1'owilrr. Australia has produced crlcketors and scullers, nnd frozen mxm ,.,i Irlch M I ...i ... . . " "' , ,iLiv ,V l " 8 J)roa,lcei1 (!1 ,!!, !"1?nS C' e "ame w ,0" ' kallenlte. Tho ndvnntnr?.n nt n, i vontlon aro claimed to bo numerous, nnd It Is worthy of oto that It has obtained the approval of the govern ment of Victoria, and mining mniu agers assert that after blasting with It men can go back to work In the faces more quickly than after using nny other explosive. It contains no non-oxploslvo materia.!, whereas No. 1 dynamite contains 25 per cent, gelig nite 1 per cent nnd blasting gelatlno 2 per com. i no government chemist calculates that It possesses flvo or six times tho strength of No. 1 dynamite. Moreover, it can bo manufactured nt a very low cost. Its absorbent material basis Is composed of eucalyptus and tl-treo leaves, which are almost ns common In Australia as blades of grass are In England. Tho remaining in gredients nre, of cours, as yet a trade secret. A most successful oxperlmer wns carried out quite recently in Syd ney. Tho minister for works nnd others who observed tho experiment carried out from a safe distance, wp ro all well Impressed with tho power of kallenlte, which is claimed to bo an etuireiy Australian composition. It Is stated that when tho government teats are complete, If the new material Is finally pronounced to be as excellent fis It now bids fair to bo, a manufac tory for its production and export will bo established ln 8ydney. London Mall. Cnrlnni Contract. Glrli employed In tho crepe Indus tries aro under a curious contract not to ensago In any housework after their hours of labor. Tho reason is Inst their bands should bocomo conrso and unfitted for tho delicate nature of their vnploj-aiont. WAS A GREAT INDIAN FIGHTER JrtrkMon Tarlrj of California Ono of the fexr That Are Left. (From the San Francisco Call.) Tho great American Indian lighter, famed In history and dime novel. Is rnpldly becoming a memory of tho prist. Willi tho taming and tho thin nlng out of tho Indian his occupation Is vanished, and If you discover one to-day, ho Is either a very old man or olao n very untruthful tine, espe cially in California, where the hostile HUVftBo has not been seen In many years. One of the few authenticated Indian fighters of California Is old Jackson Farley, commonly known as Undo Jack." who llvna on i.tu ..,,.,. blRli up In the mountains of M-Jiitlo-clno county. Uncle Jack has pasned his ninety-second birthday, nnd will modestly admit tho killing of 100 In- ! m"'. ..V,y '"' wm ,lt s,l' Hint be killed them; "stopped" Is his favor ite expression-ail expression, by the way, that originated with him In the early fiO's nnd subsequently bevanio of ficial vernacular umong scouts and cat u7r'.V r,(,trft',n ' yrani 1849 and 1805 Uncle Jack was engaged In al most constant warfare with tho In dians of Mendocino, Trinity and Hum boldt counties. Il0 wno to California from. Virginia with the early settlers Hi search of adventure nnd fortune and In search of revenge, too. for dur ing the Journey across the plains his Ull ""-" Hi rrom nn Indian's ar row, and Undo Jack fell enslly Into tho then common belief that tho only good Indian was a dead one. Trophies galoro of the balance of that bloody Journey he showed to the Call re porter. Scalps by the dozen, chairs bottomed with Indian hide, razor strops of the samo grewsome material, nnd countless bows, arrows, toma hawks and firearms. With neither wife nor child, only tho comradeship of a big mastiff, Uncle Jack arrived hero In iMO, nnd settled down to tho business of stock raising on the lonely moun tain ranges of Mendocino. From 1850 to 1851! thero wero no Indian agencies established, and tho advent of a whlto man was an Invitation to tho treacher ous Instincts of the Indian. Murder arson, and cnttle and horso stealing ran riot. Farley went out one morn ing to Inspect his stock, nnd found that 25 horses and 100 head of cattle had been Btolen and that hla favorite sad dlo horso had been killed nnd muti lated. Its mano and tnll hanging de fiantly on tho gato posts of the cor ral. Undo Jack hastened back to his cabin, whoro ho secured extra nmmu Kltlon and another braco of six-shooters. Threo friendly prospectors, with an extra horse, wero in the neighbor hood, nnd they and Uncle Jack set forth In pursuit of tho thieves. Reach ing a deep canyon whero ono of the Kel river tributaries came cascading down tho mountain, they wero about to water their horses when they were struck by tho peculiar color of tho water. It was blood rod. This was enoiifjh to toll Uncle Juck that tho inuinns wero butchering his cattle up tho rivor and washing tho enrcasses ln tho stream. In a flash ho and his com panions wero riding up tho trail, whero they soon mot a shower of nrrows This was In tho day of the muzzle loading rifle, and every ono of tho re turn shots hnd to tell. Undo Jack and his friends dismounted und broke for cover. In tho shelter of tree nnd uuBiies tney poured a slow, deadly fire on tho attacking red men. As fast as tho savages could reorcanlzo and surround, tho rifles of tho whlto men would cut gaps In tho savnge circle Tlma after time tho Indians wero re pulsed, their supply of arrows gavo out, and they bent a retreat. Undo Jack recovered only a remnant of his band of cattle nnd none of tho horses but exactly forty Indlnns, "good and dead," marked tho quantity of his ven geance. This was ono of Undo Jnck's most successful days. It soon became historic, and wns Instrumental In se curing him a government sroutshlp when tho first Indian post was estab lished, In 185C. Chanco Iter Mlml Itcsanllnc Marrlacit When a pretty woman won't sho won't, and that'.i all there is of It. T!3 great ocean liners, llko time and tide, are supposed to wait for no mail. Hut this tlmo It was a slender slip of a fresh-faced young Fngllsh girl who was tho causo of tho big Currlo liner Duuvego:: Castlo's leaving Southamp ton behind tlmo tho other day. Tho young lady's passage was engaged, nil her boxes wero on board, containing numerous presents nnd a lovely troiw Bcctt, and tho young lady herself was ln tho act of bidding her parents good byo before starting on the long voy age which wns to take her to tho wait ing arms of her fiance, when. Inter mingled with sobs of parting, came the INTERESTING FACTS The offlclnl .year book of tho Vatican, which has Just nppeared, contains many Interesting statistics. From It wo learn that there are today fifty-six cardinals, of whom flvo were appointed by Plus IX. and flfty-ono by Leo. XIII. n the college of cardinals thero are fourteen vacancies. During tho twen-ty-ono years of Popo, Leo's pontificate 121 cardlnalB havo already died. Dur ing tho rulo of tho samo pontiff tho ecclesiastical hierarchy has boon no tably Increased. Two now patrlarchlal sees and thirteen nrchleplscopnl sees havo been established; soventeen bish ops havo been made archbishops; 100 now bishops, two apostolic delegates and forty-nlno npostollc vlcara havo been appointed, nnd thirty now prefec tures have been established. Thero nro altogether In tho world 1,328 cccleslnsti.-al dignitaries, of whom Hat. "I won't go." To nil tho plead ings nnd entreaties of parents, frlondo nnd representatives of tho stonmshlp lino tho young lady only reiterated. "I wont; I'vo changed my mind." So tho young mnn In South Africa will get tho trousseau and presents, but i bride. ' DRUMMER 13 UADLY TRICKED. A Cjrano Ue llergrrac Note (lata a Matt Into Trniihte. From tho New Orleans Times-Democrat: "Saw a drummer get pretty badly sold at a, llttlo placo between Chattanooga and Nashvlllo tho other day," said a local traveling mnn. "Ho had stopped over to sell soma hard ware nnd a mcrchnnt warned him to look out for a village wag who would drop around at tho hotel that evening with a false nose. 'It's ono of thoao Cyrano Do Hergerne affairs, mndo of pnsteboard,' s'ftld his Informant, 'and this big lubber thinks It's funny to scare strangers with tho thing. If you show tho least surprlso thoy'll mako you set 'em up for tho crowd." Til flx the Idiot,' said tho drummer, nnd thanked him for tho tip. That even ing he was sitting In tho llttlo hotel office, when sure enough In walked a fellow with a proboscis ns big as an Incandescent lamp and ns red as a rlpo tomato. 'Hollo, Cy! said tho drummer. 'What d'y mean, sir!' nays tho man attached to tho nose. 'Glvo mo that for n scarfpln,' says tho drummer, and grabbed hold of It to pull It off. Good heavens! You ought to havo hoard tho rowl I was writing a letter In tho back room and I thought somebody hnd set off a dynnmlto bomb, lly tho tlmo I got out Cyrano nnd tho drummer had Just knocked over tho utovo nnd woro mixing up In tho woodbox. When thoy pried them apart they looked llko they'll been run through a cano-mlll, but tho nose was Btlll In position. It wns tho real stuff, and Its proprietor was a business competitor of tho gont that gavo tho tip. Low down trick, wasn't It? When I went away tho drummer wns Just beginning to seo out of his right eye." Nlnkname Haverl II I m. From tho Washington Post: "His namo Is Percy Algernon," said tho girl In tho Seventh street car to hor chum. "Pretty, ain't It? Hut, then, It's kind o' Boft-llko, too, don't you think?" "Kind o" unlil tho other girl. "I like Hill, or Jim, or something llko that, myself. Nover knew a Dill or Jim yet that wasn't reliable. I hopo Percy Al gernon'll provo to bo nice, but I think his namo's awf'ly against him, honest I do, Mln." Then tho other girl look ed thoughtful for a couplo of blocks. "Oh. but ho told mo," sho flnld, sud denly, then, "that tho men down at the Btoro called him 'Spud.' ',' "Then you needn't worry," was the con solatory reply. "Ilo'o all right," and thus It was settled that Percy Algor non would do. Mffnt from the I.naf Sugar. A phenomenon, the causo of which has not yet been satisfactorily ex plained, was described at a recent meeting of scientists. Disks of loaf, Migar wero mounted on a lathe and rapidly rotated whllo a hammer played lightly ngalnst them. An al most continuous radiation of light was ' thus produced from tho sugar. It was shown that tho light did not nrloe from heating of tho sugar, and It Is believed to bo caused by somo change takini; place In tho sugar crystnls. The act of cyrstalllzatlon Is known to bo somo tlmes accompanied by flashes of light." Tho practical bearing of these expert- . ments b on tho question of possibility of obtaining artificial light by method, as yot untried. Koopliic It In tlm ruiullj. Thero Is a bank In Toklo, Japan, with a capital ot $5,000,000 and a re servo fund of 13,230,000, which adver tiser tho following board of directors: Uaron H. Mitsui, Gennosuko Mitsui, Ocnyemon Mitsui, Tnkenosuko Mitsui, Yonosukc Mitsui and Tokuyemon Mit sui. The flrst named Is tho fnther and tho others nro his sons. Kvery sharo of stock belongs to tho family, and If Is announced that they ussumo an un limited responsibility for all tho liabili ties of the bank. I.lKht TnhliiE. Tho lightest tubing ever mado Is of nickel aluminium. Threo thousand feet of this tubing weighs only ono pound. Its chief use Is for tho conveyance of air pressure to light pneumatic do vices, and bells so actuated aro said to bo tapldly superseding electric bells. FROM THE VATICAN. flfty-slx aro cardinals, ton patriarchs, 880 archbishops and bishops, 358 titu lar nrchblBhops and bishops, flvo arch bishops and bishops who havo given up their titles, cloven prelates of tho epis copal order, and eight abbots and pre lates with episcopal Jurisdiction. Tho majority of tho high dignitaries In this list aro Italians. Among tho cardinals thero aro thirty Itai'' twenty-six foreigners. Amoftfe trlnrchs, archbishops and bishops tho proportion la still moro remarkable, for out of tho 030 dlocesos In tho entire world Italy nlono hns one-third. Tho former kingdom of Naples alono has 150 dioceses as many as Franco, Ger many and Austro-Hungary put togeth er, If wo add to theso the numerous titular Italian bishops wb uh)l find ' that nlmost half or thd dignities or iha entire Catholic church are dlstrltatted anions Italian dignitaries, :: IV. . i :.