cjpesheik shaib of bushir prench Get Possession of This Strategic Place. jlo.oMa.v Interfere With the British n‘ ,„dla-f»Pr‘Tl "nd th* Emperor nu»rrel--»>t,‘er Importent Events lu Kuropenn L.ndfc ^ BibUN, Xov. 27.—This city Is treated #nothcr sensation today. Yesterday was rumored that Chancellor Von 'aprivi intended to resign (a rumor, it houlit bo added, which has not been jfficially denied up to the present), ami this morning the good people at Dcrlin are startled by the announce ment made by the lCreuz Zeitung (con servative), an inlluential daily paper, that hv a secret agreement with France Turkey has ceded Cape Sheik Shaib, in the Persian gulf, to France. Cape Slieilc Shaib is on the Island of Bushir, of Husheab, eleven miles north from the coast of J’ersia, and it might lie strongly fortified and other wise made use of as a harbor fora French fleet Between the main land and the island of Sheik Shaib of Husheab is said to be water affording good anchorage for the largest 'war vessels. This would give France a depot and possible landing plaee for troops not far north of the British possessions in India, and might, under certain circumstances, enable France to co-operate with Russia should the latter country's troops invade Persian territory and” possibly continue an on ward march towards India itself. Tur key, according to the Kreitz Zeitung,is said to have taken this step ow ing to the uneasiness felt by the sultan and his advisers at the actions of Eng land in continuing the occupance of Egypt in spite of the protests of France and Turkey indirectly against such a course, it is concluded that in fortify ing' Sheik Shaib, of Busheab, France threatens Croat Britian's hold on the lied Sea, made practically a British lake bv the fact that England holds j Aden (Gibraltar of the east) as the en trance of the straits of Babel Mandeb leading into the Bed Sea. A Herman Ooarrel. Ill:nus, Xov. 27.—It is now known beyond a doubt '.hat differences of a serious nature hare existed between the emperor and chancellor for some time past, and that these differences of opinion have required considerable smoothing over on both sides, and no body. as matters now stand, would be astonished to hear that it was an ac tual faet that the chancellor insists upon retiring from office. The em peror. however, though prone to take otieuse easily and speak thoughtlessly, is also given to repenting as rapidly of his hasty action and to be ready to make all amends in his power. This it is understood, is about the state of affairs existing between the emperor and chancellor. In conclusion it should be said that consensus of opinion is that the Wachenbatt's sensational news of yesterday was a conservative balloon, or in other words “a feeler ’sont out to test pub lic opinion upon the effect the chan cellor's resignation would have upon this country and in foreign countries A British Whitewashing’. I.O.NDOX, Xov. 27.—A verdict of the naval court of inquiry into the disaster which occurred off Plymouth on the '.'Oth of October, when two fishing boats were sunk and one man drowned by shots from her majesty's gunboat l’luclsy, during target practice, is published today by the admir alty office. The court acquitted Lieutenant Fremantle, who was in charge of the Plneky at the time of the accident, of any negligence in sink ing the boat, and stated that the dis aster was due to an error in estimating distance, owing to the peculiar condi tion of the atmosphere. The officers and crew of the Plucky claim the dam age was done by ricochet shots, •he finding of the court is se verely criticised by fishermen and their lriends who claim the whole pro ceeding of the court plainly indicate aeutenant Fremantle was to be exon crated from any blame in the matter. ',ao admiral, the Hon. Sir E. It. Fre mantle. K. C. II., father of Lieutenant ■remantle, attended regularly the ses sions of court, all officers of which be mg a lower grade were believed to be susceptible to his influence. they ached for blood. Souther,lore Cornu to Jersey City on n riui Search for Green Good* Men. - uv 1 oitK, Xov.27.—James R. Smith, ? ’'ounty. Florida, and William Collins, °f Fort Meade, Fla., both ,.„ti to tlle teeth with ordnance and ®r.V-arrived in JerscyCity last night. „„ ,."'ore a hig sombrero. An officer 1'"'’tinned them. They had come to ‘ w ’ or'£, to meet some green goods liVt .?'11' intended to seizq the goods 1 tle crooks would show and get n Wlt*‘ it tty force of arms. The anH o" *Sraith has been fleeced hero ■ma these new arrivals believed there .r,ma, ‘system” that would beat the ,. ® their armory was part of the ■. s cm. They were locked up. WAS NOT THE WIDOW. A 'uinttleClalui.iit Receives a Bad Sbak 1 ,v loir Up. mm-aster, I>a., Nov. 37.—The wind* est i ”<>f ii°c' Thaddeus Stevens’ t a e’ which remained unsettled i,;'.0”*' 'tl'ree years after his death, has wom.. ris,!ito sensational features. A c ‘." who claims to be the widow of St,!' ,1". Alonzo Stevfens, Thaddeus olaitn !S ?uPhew, has filed a large hear,i ?P“nst tl,c estate. The auditor ■'iel’li . 10 tcstim°ny today. Edward PrcK,„ors,in’ Vle surviving executor, W,,, 11' testimony showing that the •h 1‘rin’ " hose maiden name was Mary Stcv,.,,1’ "a? ?lever married to Captain s, and had no claim. .,, tmind Frozen to Meath. Mm is ku.1,9, l|inn., Nov. 37.—John •■tart V' *n the town of Orwell, Thi ° *°r. *l'N home last night drunk. thcS m°rninR he was found dead by * Dor?T?i*e team arrived home with that h« 4 the sled- it is supposed 41 U fcil off and froze to deatk WAITINGFORTHEQUEEN’SDEATH A London Newspaper Creates n Sonwtlon t»y Reference to Her Demlav. New York, Nov. 27.-A dispatch from London says tftat hitherto it has been an unwritten law among the newspapers of the United Kingdom that no speculations should bo in dulged in regarding the possibilities of the death of Queen Victoria, or the po litical exigences which might follow such an event A profound sensation has therefore been created by the ap pearance in the current issue of the ‘ Weekly Times and Echo,” a paper which circulated nearly 1,000,000 copies among middle and working classes, of a leading editorial over the caP"‘°n> “When the Queen Dies?” and which deals in pronounced language with such a possibility. It says that the recent rumors in the United States and elsewhere of the death of Queen Victoria, has had the effect of bring ing English people to realize that such an event is bound to take place sooner or later. It says that there is no doubt that if the great bell of St,. Pauls were to toll out far and wide the mornful news that the great queen, of which all Englishmen are proud, had been gathered, to her fath ers, the high functionaries of the state, whose business it is to salute the new sovereign, would have sought out the middle-aged gentleman, just now growing out of the gloom of his latest indiscretions, and would have hailed Edward VII with as much enthusiasm as their regrets for his mother permit ted. But after the days of monrning had passed and the great mass of the people—the electors by right of house hold suffrage, who have never had part or lot in tMfe bargain mtfde by parlia ment with a new sovereign—would have had time to think out the situa tion, what would have followed? The question is difficult to answer, but it is certain that there would be an irresistible demand for a full and prompt revision of the terms on which the civil list of the new king was to be settled. For thirty years England has been spared the glittering absurdities nf regal pomp, but for thirty years the people have had to pay for them all the same. In the next reign England will neither endure nor pay for them. There will be no disposition to feel meanly with the figurehead o.f the country, but the English people will see to it that in the next reign the im mense sums squandered on needless palaces, on idiotically barbaric court splendor, are not granted The time has arrived, says the Times, to think about and discuss these matters, and there is no disloyalty or disrespect to the lady who fills the throne in dis cussing them. Whatever party is in power when the queen dies, the people will suffer lest they make their voices heard. Probably if the queen lives for ten or twenty years more the peo ple will formulate their demands in a far bolder key. The Prince of Wales is even now scarcely entitled to his mother’s reasonable expecta tion of life. If Bhe lives another de cade, the relatives of royalty—all par asites of the nation—will have multi plied to an extent that is appalling to contemplate. “There is after all,” conduces the editorial, “an instinct if self preservation, as regards the or :ler itself, in the grim determination of eastern despots to destroy all but the immediate heirs to the throne. When the England of 1900 or 1910—supposing the queen should live so long, and there is really no reason why she should not—will bend meekly between the weight and cost of the menagerie of royalties which will have accumulated by then, the people of that date will have to determine. All that we urge now is the legitimate consideration of the new problems that, may present themselves any day, that hang upon the life of a lady in her 73d year, and that unless we are strangely mistaken, may unexpectedly twist the whole course of our national history, if they ire precipitated on us unawares and enforseen.” THE JURY DISAGREED. rhe Lumpy Jaw Cue Wilt Go Through Another Trial. Peoria, Nov, 27.—A very important case to the cattle interests of the west lias been on trial for the past two weeks under the title of Greenhut vs. the Illinois live stock commissioners, rhe case drew out of the condemning if a number of cattle affected with lumpy jaw belonging to the Distillers md Cattle Feeders company. Presi ient Greenhut, of the distilleries com pany, brought suit to recover damages from the live stock commissioners, with a view to determining whether Lumpy jaw is a contagious disease or not. Much expert testimony was given by witnesses on both sides of the case, the men of practical experience gen erally testifying that the disease was not contagious. When the case was given to the jury it wrestled with the question for forty live hours, and then reported a disa greement, the last vote standing 7 to 4 in favor of Greenhut All but one man held that the disease was not cantag ious and three were in favor of a cm. promise verdict* The attorney for ireenhut at once gave notice of a new trial, and says that there will be no compromise unless the state board will lesist from the slaughter of lumpy-jaw cattle. The case has given rise tc much bitter feeling among the cattle men, as the condemning of lumpy-jaw cattle means the loss of millions of dollars to the cattle interests. The cattle men insist that the disease is harmless and that the Illinois board has overstepped the bounds of its authority. ___ Excited Factory Girls. New York, Nov. 27.—Goodwin’s cigarette factory, at Grand and Cherry streets, was damaged to the extent ol 140,000 by fire this morning. Three hundred girls in the factory were panic stricken and were with difficulty re strained from jumping out of the win lows. As it was, some of them leaped from the windows of the first story lfter rushing doyen stairs and finding egress from the building slow on ac count of the crowding of the doors, but io one was hurt. A Fir. at Sh.ldon. Shei.don, la., Nov. 27.—The large jam of II. A. BiBhops, east of town, svas destroyed by fire early yesterday norning. Three yearling colts and several hundred dollars worth of small frain were burned. No cause is mown. BROLIL'S REVOLUTION OVER. President FlrUotto Is Doing Much to Ilrln* About Peace. Rio Jankiko, Nov. 38.—President Peidotto has issued another manifesto in which he appeals to the people of Rio Grande Do Sul to cease all further revolutionary proceeding*, lie assures them and all other iirazllians that the resignation of Dictator Fonseca will result in benefit to the country, as it avoided the shedding of blood. The president also promises to re duce the national expenses and to re-establish the credit of Brazil. Army and navy officials conferred yesterday for the purpose of devising means for the preservation of order tnroughout the republic. The Military Tribune issued a proclama tion in which it guarantees to protect the life of Fonseca. An enraged mob attacked and sacked the offices of the newspapers that supported Fonseca. Dr. Brazil, president of the late pro visional junta of Rio Grande do Bui, has been appointed governor of that state. Mis appointment is a most pop ular one. It can be safely said tha* the revolution of Brazil is at ail end. A BET COST HIM HIS LIFE. McKinley's Victory nnd a Rainstorm Causes a Uuod Democrat's Death. Wavnesbubg, Pa., Not. 28.—John Dougherty, an oil well driller, died Wednesday night from pneumonia. Dougherty was a democrat, and he made a bet with a republican that Campbell would defeat McKinley for governor of Ohio. The loser was to climb to the top of an oil derrick sev enty-two feet high and remain there from 6 in the morning until 6 in the evening. Dougherty mounted the der rick last Saturday morning, and al though the rain poured down all day he did not flinch. When he came down he was cramped and weak. On the following day violent pneumonia, brought on by exposure, set in and his death resulted. PRETTY COLD WEATHER. News From Various Points *Oo Not Men tion Any Cases of Sunstroke. Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 28.— Weather clear and cold. Sx. Paul, Minn., Nov. 28.—Weather clear and cold; 10 degrees below zero; strong north wind. Dulutu, Minn., Nov. 28.—This is the coldest day of tho season. Weather clear and still, with thermometer reg istering 13 degrees below. Washington, Nov. 28.—For Iowa Continued cold, northerlv winds; gen erally fair weather. For Nebraska—Cloudiness and occas ional light flurries of snow; slightly warmer Sunday. A Unionist Victory. London, Nov. 28.—The election for a member of parliament to represent East Dorset to succeed the late C. H. Bond, conservative, haB resulted in the unionist victory. The vote was as fol lows: The Mon. Humphrey Surt, unionist, 4,421; the Hon. Pascoe C. Glyn, Gladstone liberal, 4,074; unionist majority, 347. At the last election Mr. Bond, conservative received 4,317 to 3,602 votes received by the Hon. P. 0. Glyn, home ruler. The liberals have been very successful in recent bye elections in constituences in which changes occurred at the last general election. On that occsaion the liber als lost seventy-nine seats. Of these, apart from East Dorset, eight have since become vacant and the liberals have recovered six, North St. Pancras, North Bucks,Carlarvon districts, North Wich. Loughborough and Stowmarket, in the seventh, South Dorset, the lib erals were beaten by only forty votes in addition. Three of these at which the liberals gained at the general elec tion, have since become vacant and the liberals have retained them all, namely, the exchange division of Liv crpool, Leith, Elgin and Nairn. —A petrified elephant has been earthed near Ja .per, Fla. un* the markets. Five Mock. Si on i Crrr, Nov. 30. Hogs—Ugh1.13 4003.55; mixed. $3.60(5 3.CO; heavy, 3.70@3.80. Cattle—Steers, 1,100 to 1,300 pounds. $3.0003.60; feeders, $2.30(5)3.00; Stockers, $3.0002.60; cotvs, common to good, $1,000 2.00; yearlings, $2.0002.25; bulls, $1.50(ri 2.00; veal calves, $2.6003.00. Hogs—Light, $3.3503.75; mixed. $3.00.0 4.00; heavy, $3.0604.10. “ f ' n $ 4 1a C a* 4 _-1 __ A. • i beeves. Cattle— Extra and native beeves $4.0006.10; stockers and feeders, $1.75 u 3.25; mixed cows and bulls, $l.00iu o.75; 'iexans, $3.0004.40. Sheep —Natives, $4.7505.10; westerns $4.1004.60; Texans, $3.6504.60. South Omaha. Nov 30 Cattle—Choice beeves. $5.0005.35; cows $1.0002.80; feeders, $2.3003.00; bulls $1.2002. oa Bogs—Light, $3.5003.70; mixed. $3.60(u 8.75; heavy, $3.7003.35. Kansas Citt, Nov. 3ft Cattle—Steers, $3.3005.95; cows, $2 350 2.65; stoclcers aud feeders, $2.2003.75 Hogs—All grades, $2.7503.85. Produce aud Provisions. Chicago. Nov. 30. Flour—Spring patents, $4.60@50U; win ter patents, $4.6004.60. Wheat —Cash, 92c)£; December, 93c May, yy»£c. Corn—Cash, 70c; November. 74c May, 43)jc. Oats—Cash, 8c%c; December, 32c May. 32%033o. Bye—94xo. Barley—59c. Flax—95095)£<5, Timothy—$1.221 Whisay—$1.18. Pork — Cash, $8.50; January, $1 |.27)J. Lard—Cash, $6.15; January, $0.2?V. Short Kibs—Cash, $5.0505.85 Shoulders—$4.12)^04.25; short clear. $6.0006.05 Butter—Creamery, 20@28c; dairy, 200 26c. Cheese — Full cream Cheddars, 11 (a ll)4e; Hats, 11011%c; Voung Americas. 12013c. Eggs—Fresh 24025c. Bides—Heavy and light green salted 2c: salted bull, 4X@4)£c. • Minneapolis, Nov. 30. Wheat—No. 1 Northern, close 87 We Noll hard. 87)^c; No. 1 northern, 8734 c No. 2 northern, 84085a ‘THE EXILES. A RUSSIAN STORY. CHAPTER I.—TO* INSULT IN TO* MIN*. It is a terrible augmentation of'punish* ment for exiles in Siborlu to be sent to the mines of Nertchlnsk. On a cold October morninir. several years ago, a small vehicle deposited a young Rus sian about twonty-flve, in front of the wood en house of the inspector of one of these mines—that of Oukboul, The condemned man, who was pale and weak, seemed worn out by the Journey from Kteff to Nertchlnsk, which had been made, without stopping, in an open kibitka. Nor more than two months, he had worn outsido of his boots the iron rings of his chain rivet ed to his ankles. The gendarme in a blue blouse and brass helmet, who had accompanied him, entered the inspector's office to deliver into his bands the papers concerning the exile con fided to his care. On the threshold he ran against and wns almost overthrown by a hideous-looking man with a swollen face, who came out with his hands tied behind his back, and was with great difficulty managed by the gendarme In charge of him. pe was a convict who had attempted to escape from the shipyards of Okhotsk, and had been brought a long distance to bo im prisoned in the mysterious fortress of Aka touin, situated on the outskirts of Nert chlnsk. The very namo of this fortress in spires unspeakable terror throughout ull Siberia. The wretched being hod effaced with sulphuric acid the word vor (thiof) which had boon branded upon his forehead fcnd phnnkn. “I am thirsty I" cried he, in a choking voice. "Give me a drink, somebody I 1 am dying of fever!" Tho gendarme paid no attention to his Words, but fastened him to the heavy wheel of a cart under the shod belonging to the in spector's house. Prom tho interior of the mr.nnion escaped the sharp sounds of alittle violin upon which some one was gayly playing the "Bello Ito lene” quadrille. A lively voice was giving out the figures and movements to the iliui cers, whoso rcsouuding steps wore accom panied with fresh and youthful laughter. “A drop of water—something to drink!” yelled the convict, kneoling in tho mud and tolling his wicked eyes, while his mouth foamed with rage. The now comer turned away from this re pulsive spectacle, and surveyed tho spot where he was to undergo his punishment. Before him were scattered a hundred cub Ins and yourtes, shelters of the toilers of the mine, above which rose boro and there wooden edifices tenanted by the clerks, tlio captain, the priest, and tho physician. Ho also saw the barracks of tho guards, the chapel and tho hospital. Everything had the most miserable aspect. Beyond, bounding the perspective, wora (he Sablonoi Mountains, whose snowy sum mits stretched away to the east as far us the eye could reach. In a ravine, a breach In the perpendicular walls rising to a height of moro than two thonsond feet, wa3 the shaft of the mine. Upon the blood red rock, tho cold had al ready congealed tho water produced by t he melting of the suow, and tho hydraulic wheel, which a liquid sheet set in motion in the summer, was still, rising hugeaud black like an instrument of punishment. The icy wind from the ravine brought with It sharp needles of fro3t which pricked tho exile’s face. He lifted towards heaven a look of sad resignation, but quick as lightning youth and right asserted themselves; his black eyes flushed and his body straightened with a movement of pride, which ennobled the convict’s gray cloak and tho hideous little hat which concoaled the absence of tho brown locks shorn off by tho prison scissor#. He scanned the horizon os if searching for somo way of escape. At this moment, tho hound convict gave vent to a series of hollow howls. The music ceased. Two young girls thrust their flaxen heads curiously out of tho holf-opcu door, and their dancing master, gently puttbig them aside, emerged, holding his little pock et violin in his hand. He was over forty. His bearing was de cided and his air Jovial, but there was some thing of tho grotesque in his api>eunuioc. He looked like neither a native nor u Sla vonian. Ho approached the convict and asked him in bad Kussian, but in a tone of inter est, what he was complaining about so bit | torly. “Thsso dogs are allowing me to be con sumed with thirst i" cried the wretch. “It is like red-hot iron in there!” added he, open ing to its full extent a mouth, the lips of Which were disfigured by tho corrosive ac tion of sulphuric acid. The man of the violin had an inspiration. He drew a small empty flask from his fur trimmed vest, and returned to his pupils to ask them to fill it with water. Then, he once more made his way to the convict and poured tho contents of tho flask, drop by drop, into his burning and swollen mouth. Tho sufferer assumed tho look of a grato lui animal. “Thank you!” said ho. “You allowed yourself to be recaptured, sh?” said the man of the violin. “Did you not know what awaited you?” “Well, what?” “Fifty blows with the knout and the rest." “I will boar them and afterwards drink the health of tho Czar, our general father.” The dancing master approached the new somcr and said to him in n low voice: “All talk! I wager that he wrill be dead at the twentieth blow.” The young man thought; “This in what would happen to me, if I tried to escape and was retaken. Between this man and myself, by order of the Czar’s Judges, there is not the least difference.” Then, addressing the dancing master, he •aid to him, extending his hand: “L^t me thank you, in my turn, for your generosity to this unfortunate being!” “I grasp your hand with pleasure,” said the musician, who had noticed that the new comer bore on his back the square of rod cloth indicating a political convict. “As to your thanks, they are superfluous. I am under no restraint, God be praised! I be long neither to the guards, tho police, nor the management of the mines. I am a Parisian and a dancing master. Perhaps you are acquainted with Paris, Monsieur i Yes? Well, I was born on the Place do la Bastille, opposite the column. Vive la lib erte! I don’t conceal my sentiments !” The gendarme, who had brought the exile, returned and informed the young man that the inspector was waiting for him. “Shake again,” said the dancing master. “Keep up your courage!” added he, in a whisper, grasping the young man's hand. The latter departed, murmuring to him self; “If he were a friend !** _JThe inspector, a small, clean-shaved man, with an angular profile and impenetrable ' eye*, ordered tho oxilo to strip himself to tho belt nnd, description in hand, verified his Identity. A medallion hung upon the young men's breast.. Ho blushod and quickly covered It with his hand, ns If to provont anyone from touching or defiling It, The action was 111-lntorprctad by the In spector. “Allow mol" said he. “Oh I* cried tho exile, “I suppose that there is nothing daugevous to tho safety of the state In tho portrait of a young girl— especially that of a martyr—the daughter of tho poet DavldolT, an exile like mysolf, whom she has followed Into banishment." “I knew Davidoff and his daughter,’’ said tho Inspector. “Ho workod In this mine 1" "And since!" said the young man, eagerly. “In pity—” “His lot has been ameliorated. He In at present living In Irkoutsk." After these words tho Inspector entered the name of t.io convict on the roglstor op posite tho number 1!W7; then, he ordered him to be taken to the mine. In a fow Instants, the exile was handed over to a corporal of the guards. "Yermao," said tho keeper, "here is a man to help fill up the void in your squad of miners." “Three of my men died this week," ob served the corporal, as ho drew a note-book from his pockot and prepared to write. Ho lookod at the young man. “Yegor SemonofT,” said tho latter, think ing that tho corporal was wnitlng for his numo. "Shall 1 write it myself!" added ho. “Oh I I know how to write!" said tho cor poral, with a faint smilo. “Hut 1 need only a cipher. Number!" “Number 1!W7," answered the kooper. “Tho inspector directs that ho shall lodge in tho fifteenth yourto, where there uro ulroudy two convicts.” Whllo tho keeper was spunking, Yegor Sotnenoff studied tho countenance of tho man, armed with a leather whip, under whoso control ho was placed. Ho found him possessed of a grave air and bronzed but regular features. 1 lo seemed to breathe honesty. There wus nothing of the convict guard In his fuce, which was rather that of a judge Incapable of shrinking from Ills duty. “To work!" cried Corporal Yormac, strik ing tho air with his lash. “There I” added ho, pointing to a spot, where a mini her of miners wore drawing from tho earth a busket of ore. “1 am behind you!” crlod ho. Tho miners, covered with tattered sheep skins, filthy und barefooted, stared gloomily at the companion who had come to thorn warmly chid and weaving liuge seadog leath er boots bought at Ncrtchtusk, whoro tho exile hail been able, thunks to the money with which he was furnished, to muko some usnrul purchases. One of them, going beforo, showed him tho Iliad to take. It was a ladder more than twelve hundred feet long. Yegor began to descend, fol lowed by the squad and tho corporal. Rome smoky lamps, placed In cavities of tho wall, servod only to show tho thickness of the gloom. Ilal ti ng-places presented themselves •t rare Intervals. Yegor beard at. the bottom of the shaft the metallic sound of the hummer blows upon the rock. Tho sharp noise, the thick darkness, and the sad und ragged groups, which, when suddenly lighted up, throw out huge shad ows, together with the uir loaded with de leterious dust, made a strange impression U|>on tho young man, who, nevertheless, was accustomed to tho mournful episodes of the prison and exile. Nearer, it was. If possible, still more frightful; the majority of these men, with great beards, long, shaggy locks, swarthy complexions, scaly skins and sinister looks, boro upon their foreheads und checks tho infamous brand von. They wero assassins, robbers, and forgers, and could be recognizee! by tho squares of cloth sewed on tho backs of their garments. A red square for the murderers, a black square for the robbers and a yellow square for the incendiaries. Tho others, belonging to tho category of political convicts, displayed wan visages and lean bodies undermined by fevers and gnawed by the dust of the ore, which sends forth arenie if it is tin and verdigris If it is copper. They might t>c culled walking horses. Some were green, with bald pates as white us ebalk. Their half-blind eyas let their lids droop as if for the sleep of death. Thoy arose ami disappeared suddenly | behind a luck, or i.’tinged like ghosts into dark corridors: and one heard, from time to time, the hits of u corporal's whip fall ing upon bony sidi s und howls caused by pain. I Yegor hud been pushed to the extremity 1 of a corridor just opened. Alone in this narrow hole, as in a stone vault, it seemed to him that lie was buried alive. He was sufTe.eted to be hurled to the ground, to bo tom to pieces. i But the convict-guard, strange to relate, i stared at him fixedly without a word; then, 1 casting his whip far from him, as if to es- ; capo, the temptation to use it ho answered i the exile's insult with these words, uttered i in a tone of great calmness: j “I could crush you in my hands, if I wish- ! ed to do so, but this time I pardon you! I, accept the chastisement in expiation of my l son’s crimes 1” j Fearing, douU'.css, tiiat he might say ] more, the singular keeper abruptly dejiart. j ed, leaving Yegor Scmeuoff to his unspeak- 1 able amazement. * CTIAFTER II.—THE !>AWN OP HOPE. # The little town of Nertehinsk hud, a short i time before, been greatly excited by the 1 murder of an engineer called Major Dobson, | the grantee of a piece of auriferous ground ; Situated ten or twelve miles from the I village. ; This Englishman lived upon the land he i operated. Thanks to modern improvements in the mining industry, he had succeeded in obtaining large quantities of gold in a spot disdained and abandoned by his pre decessors. The Major attracted the assassins more, perhaps, by the reputation of originality of character accorded to him for one hundred miles around, than by his wealth, although that was immense. Every morning he went to the place where the steam-engine was working, wearing enormous boots drawn over three pairs of •took In kb. Ho examined the machinery at* tonttvoly; at tbo loaat sign of runt, he pulled off ono of his BtooklnKa and rubbed away until ho hud restored tbo polish; his three pairs of stockings woro used In this way, and tho mochanlcs, In whoso faces bo hurled thorn, wore obllgod to bring thorn book M him undor penalty of dismissal. tlontrary to the custom of the majority of tho grantees, he Uvod in niggardly fashion and had but ono sorvant—an old woman— and it was assarted that, far from sending to Baraoul tho ontlro amount of gold he mlnod—for tho minos belong to tho govern ment, and all tho gold of Siberia is smelted at Barnoul on tho Obi -he did not foar to' purloin large quantities of it which ho kept concealed. Ono morning, he and his sorvant were found dond, therskulle of both split open with hatohots. Howover, the robbers did not succoed in * discovering tho Major's supposed hiding place. They woro able to steal only a small amount of silver, Major Dobson botng in the habit of sonding tho most valuable portion of his profits to England. * * Throo weeks lator, uuothor assassination turned out much bettor for its authors, and agitated the entire district of Nert* ohlnsk. A Itusslan from tho Crimea, named Khab aroff, possessed as gran too a piece of lhnd from which ho had boon uuablo to get even tho smallost morsel of gold, though much of the neighboring territory yielded superb re turns. Thon, this man dovisod the means of putting his hand upon somo of tho pre cious motul, tho color of which tho govorn mont would novor soo, thus depriving the grantees, his prosperous rivals, of commis sions to which the results of their operations entitled them. In his capacity of llfo proprietor, he hod tho right to koop a liquor shop upon his lands for tho accommodation of bis work men, but, as ho did not omploy a single toller, his spirits woro sold to his neighbors’ people at the reasonable price of a half pound of gold dust a bottle. Two barrels of brandy, worth ut most fifty dbllurs, brought him In about one hundred and fifty thou sand dollars. It goes without saying that the purchases woro paid for so magnificent ly with tho procious ore stolen by the gold liuutors. Khubnroff was daspollod of a portion of bin ill-gotten wealth, after having been loft for doad upon tho public square. But. while he was being cured for, hla method of enriching himself at tho exponso' of the1 State was discovered, and misfortune over took him. in consequence oi uioso outrages, mo local' authorities zealou-.ly sot inquiries on foot. Then, it was suddenly discovered that • bund of gold-robbers,already famous through, odious exploits, hud madothis double stroke,, and that the son of the Ipruvsnlk, or Justice of tho Peace, hod for a long time been asso ciated with this band. Everybody esteemed the Ipravsnftc. He was a proud and honest Russian namod Yer mac, a descendant, perhaps, of the Cossack who, followed by his gallant companions, conquered Siberia. Yormac hod been at Nertehinsk for a few years only, in dlsgraco—exiled, in fact It was said thut he had fillod an important post in the magistracy in Moscow, acquiring tbore a reputation for austerity and incor ruptibility, and pitilessly denouncing the prevarications of his colleagues. The IsV ter, uuitlug, had succeeded in undoing him. Such a man could not remain indifferent to the too wcll-foundod suspicions in regard to his son. He resigned his office, and, as ne was not permitted to return to Russia and did not desire to mako further efforts to create an independent and honorable situa tion for himself, be solicited and obtained tho position of superintendent among the guards of tho Oukboul mine. Yermao was tlie koopor whom Yegor Somonoff hod in sulted and struck. No doubt, if bo had boon acquainted with tho rectitude of ths man of tho whip, Yegor would have repent ed of his fury, for ho was capablo of appre ciating in othors qualities ho himself pos sessed in common with them. Yegor Somonolf had boon exiled for politi cal causes. Arrested at Kielf, where hs attended the university, he did not know what was his crimo. One evening tho police, making a descent upon his residence, had seized his letters, papers and books and led him to prison. Two weeks later, ho was hurried ovei the rondo leading to Siberia. He had de* - partod for “tho land from which no on< returns.” Ilcing a noble, tho law spared him the pain of traveling on foot, a slight amelioration of a punishment indicted in an entirely arbt tr-ary manner. By dint of rofloction and from a few ques tions which ho remembered bod been asked him, Yegor felt satisfied that ho owed thf severities of tho pollco to tho friendshil which existed between him and the agef ]>oct, Abel DavidofT, who had been exilod te Siberia throe years before. DavidofT had been accompanied in his exile by his only duughtqj, Nadogc, whost portrait, convict number 1367 wore upon hit breast. For him, alas I she was no longer of thU world, and the little scnlimontal romance begun between a student in his twentieth year and a young girl of sixteen had had * sad epilogue! Their destinies, however, seemod to have . this in common; that she and he, in all probability, would end their days far from Kioff. Yegor, who, os soon as he had arrived al Oukboul had studiod the country with the intention of escaping, suddenly renounced every enterprise of that kind on learning that Davidoff and his daughter resided at Irkoutsk. Hence he strovo to accustom himself tc the terrible life of a minor, in airing super- * human cfTorts to succeed. Was it not possi ble that he also might in time receive an amelioration of his lot. Ho was innocent— guilty only of sympathy for certain victims of the Czar’s inexorable justice. At Omsk, ofTcndod by the rough tone of cno of tho officials charger! with fixing the place of his sojourn, ho had answered him haughtily, almost arrogantly. This man, whoso pride was wounded, had taken a cruel joy, at tho close of his consultation with his colleagues, in announcing to him— - calling him “Monsiour” this time—that ha was destined to work in the verdigris mines at Nertchinsk. Was it not possible that this severe docision might be reconsid ered 1 He felt that ho must arm himself With courage! His squad was working in an interior gal lery already commenced in the vein. An excavation was being made. Two miners struck, turn by turn, upon the wedge which a third miner held. In the darkness, the flinty rocks emitted sparks beneath the re peated blow* of the iron. . JTO BE OONTQTOKD.I Bread in a good date of preserva tion has been unearthed in Pompeii re cently in the hew ro)ins uncovered by the explorers.