-. t 'A I' A WARRIOR BOLD. ov s'i ar.onni: ti.iriinons'K, iu'hnrof "Itttlt l(t )t,u,nni. rut 3pJtr't W&." l)r Jj-V, HUou ." Jii( jprJw," 4 Ccpjrrleht. 1501, Street an I SmltU. New York. CUUMI'lt Ml. ('minim ! i .-t "Wo must have nnothoi deal, that's 4 Pet Imps a bettor ami imiio gen- mS us loor win appair tho not tlmo -one who will iiiiiocliito litllo favon at thdr it no value You cm consider jouiscli dismissed wltli a w.io of I ho hand that should have struck ilutiili torroi Into tho In-art ol tho othoi. Init whle'i, on tho coutuij. onl) exdtod his sioiot mil til. "Thank i, but I shall take my ills ohaige on 1 tiom tho proprM authoi Ity, and in ttiiH aso that does not happen to bo- silioin' Capt Miami" "Very good Remember. I am hor fathor, and tho ilghtlul ihIimIIuu of our Intnllj liouoi Por.iups I nm 10 0 wilt to other and 111010 drastk hums uios hIioiiM joii oontlnuo to fono our unwelcome attentions upon m daughter." "You would llml mo i'iid ami will ing to give joii back as good as you solid, sir." "Why, joii j onus stamp. I could broak overj bono in jour bod. If I chose," almost frothing at tho mouth with i age "Hotter not try it, captain In Now Yoik state thov oloctioi'iito for mur der, ami it'.s a woiso 1'ato than bam; lug, which j on know has tenors enough never to bo forgott"ii " Chntilo, noting upon t'io spin of tho moment, could not help giving him this little thrust. It was a keen one Tho other's jaw dioppod, his eves momentarily rolled In a spasm of ngony. anil tho sweat bucnicil to hrrik out upon his Inow Charlie saw and was satistlod Ho bad kI tin tho eonstieneolosR wiutch a body-blow in rotuin for bis vile tin oats. dipt Hi ami's spasm lasted but a brief spare of tlmo, and thou bo to cm ored his self-possession. Thorp was a pocullaiity about the captain that seemed ery murkod when In a tugo bis eyes became quite bloodshot, and slowed like tin orbs of a hyena upon the deseits ol whltli he locd to talk. And Just now thoj wen fiery, in deed. Tho loolt ho gave Stuart had inur tier in It, thoug'i Charlie showed no sign of alarm Heio, In this public place, tho man would never daio assault him Resides, Charlie possessed the. idea that ho (ould hold his own at any time against the follow Tiuo. Ik was smaller than the taptaln but a lite devoted to occasional dissipation must hae sapped sonic of the aston ishing poweis which a gcnoious na tun had ol Initially bestowed upon the woithy man ol ninny faces. Hut Capt. Urnntl lesti allied liiniself reason had not quite desoited him. Ho smiled grlmlv, and theie was a world of mean lug in his sanlonlc look. "Very good, my honrtj ! You have chosen to throw down tho glove, and tiom this hour it's war to the Unite between us. You may llp to tuo tho day ou made an enoiuv out of one who bold out the olio Inano'i. De pend upon it, At lino Brand is not toi you A fond parent must miard the Intel osts of bis sweet child. Co jour way, joung sir, and when next mo meet it will bo as foes to tho death. I wash my hands of you " CI!Al"li:it Mil. The Fateful Hour. Chnilie looked after tho rotieatlng Hgiiio of Capt. Hrarnl, and was In doubt whether to take him sorlouslj or consider bis tin oat a lingo Joke. He soon ichoHod to dismiss 1'ioin his mind Capt. Rrund and nil he typified. and seek repose He sained the snnetltj of bis room, and, lighting tin gas, sat down to have a last dolibeiatlon ore lotlring All sepinod capable ot tunning in a smooth gioove, hut "the best laid schemes of mico and men gang aft ngley," Hobby Hums tells us, and who has not tound it tint in his own e perieiKo? Chaillo it'llrod. Whethei ho slept soundly or not com orn us little, but under the cliciintstances It is hardly piolmblo that his slumboi was ery lefioslilng. There was too gioat a load on his mind. He toll cry ninth as a man might who stands upon tho In Ink of a pi col plro. Suet oss or failure his whole fu ture depended upon one little, word was balanced In the hollow ol a girl's hand. Chai lie's pnnloiis bitter opoiieuco had caused htm, to feel more oi less caution, with a shade of distiust to waul the gentle so, and against this hu had to fight. Could he have known what lay bo foio him, under what fearful condi tions he was fated, to win his sweet hoait, even his bold wan lor spirit might have quailed a little It is Just as well perhaps, that these things aio mercifully hidden from our view Just as woll that wo need only grapple with each dillli uity as It ap peals In Ylow, Instead of crossing bridges before we come to thoni Tho day dawned rfVhero was more oi less of a bustle in tho air. New YorK contains moie sons of Krln than probably any Irish city out side of Dublin. And theso patriotic exiles never neglect to fittingly celohrate St. Pat rick dn tit ni.if'oi nat,tho wtat'ior in.iv bo Chaillo ft It ho mint hae sninothlng to distract liM attention ' rleinus was not In sight the tlatlj paper had been oxhnu-tod and as a last losoil ho pannteiod out to watch ttio crowds Noor onto did ho waidoi far front the hotel, w tilth mot. later on. ho was Inclined to bollco was a special dis pensation of Pi o. Ideate The magnet was thou that hold h!m He smoked and walked, und so t'io time dragged b until tho hour of fate an hod Chat Mo. the bet tot to see and bo out i of the tii.ttcipatcd Jam, bad mounted a lonvenloiii tan luge stone standing In fiont of a dwelling house half a block tiom the hotel (Jiont as was the excitement mound him, It seemed to bo doubly Intensi fied liiithor along tin line of march, ospetlall.' in tiont ol tho hotel. lie saw tho pioccsston bioak at tills point molt nwnj ns it weio Men inn towaid t'io hotel In squads, waving their aims wlldl.s Was it an oppoiiunltv to quench the thlist that Iiequentlj bums Iilsli tin oats on this gloiious holiday? Chaillo know ot .vote all about the battle ot the Ho.mic. ami how an orange Hag mouses tin haticd of a St. Pattlck's day parador oven as tin rod Hag stlis tho maddened bull to fionv Had some bold and Incautious soul daiod to invite immolation b thus Haunting in tlieii taces the tolor the) dospisod? Ho supposed this must bo tho case. To his sui pi 1st, however the ox t lteinont spread tho ciowd piessotl madly torwaid, mounted olllcois came galloping bark, shout lug out some thing that at first bo could not catch. Never to his dving day would Char lit Stunt t lot got tho Intense nntlety ot that moment when bo seemed to feel as though the tato ol oniplios was at stake and then he hoaid distinctly above the toai the stentorian voice of a loatheiii-lungod olllcor "Tin n out: The avenue Is linpasu able! The Windsor hotel Is on (lie! Tin a out'" Doubtless that stontoilaii shout sent a shuddering t bill to many a heart when those who hoaid It glnnc ed up at the massive pile ami compre hended the hitndieds ot pi colons lives that wore endangoied. To i tine could It appeal with moio liitsistible torco than to Chaillo Stuart. All his hopes and ambitions on eaitb weio tonteiod theie the gill ho loved with heart and soul was far up In ttio doomed t.tiuituio, perhaps asleep, under the Inlluontc of an opiate, alter a wakeful night wltli an aching blow. At Unit his blood seemed congeal oil Into ke Then it leaped thioiigh bis veins like boiling lava, tionli tiom the tin oat of Vesuvius. Charlie did not waste time In re flection. Time was woith moio than money now, wot th all the wot Id to him. He had leaped to tho pavement like a tleci hound, ami dashed towaid the hotel in great bounds Some men would have lost their wits, but It soeii'od that the groatoi the etnetgency the keener became his mind. Hvon as he lan and elbowed bis way through the oclted ciowd with liicslstlhlc force, bo was mapping out a plan ot campaign. Jloally there seems no limit to the human mind Its capacity Is astonish ing It rises to meet tho einoigoncy regardless ol what is needed. Now, even when thus fighting his way thioiigh the ciowd, Chaillo saw the hopelos'-'iioss ol attempting to leach tlie main entrance on the ave nue, The space for bnlf a block was densely pnekod witli a whooping mass of humanity, p.utly imbued witli the eager cutlosltj that alwa.vs distin guishes crowds the world over, and at the same time a chtvalious doslio to bo of use somehow. It he debited to loach thnl door ho must portoice walk ovei the heads of the packed ciowd A better plan suggested Itself. Ho lenienibeied a side entiance which would admit him much moio easilj Now ho was at the romer. lie took one look up and aiound. The picture wan Impiessed upon the fi blots ot his mommy forevoi No longer were handkei chiefs and green ilbbons waving tiom the uumeioiis windows of the hotel In stead, panlc-stiickoii gills threw out their amis appeallngly and shilokod in (error. The wand of an evil magician bnd touched tho scone, and tiansfoiniod It In a twinkling. Smoko already oood from soveral openings, proving to Chailk) ihat bis hopes of the fire being trifling weio groundless. It was most serious. The liolotaust of the Parisian Charlto Raar was about to bo. repeat ed In Now Yoik; and that St. Pat lick's day would bo miuked ns the most grevvsome Gotham had ever know n. Charlie now had a better chanco to push ahead. Already ho feared he had delayed too long. Theie were niany people and much excitement in the side stieot, but it wns of course not to bo compared with tho avenuo where tho crowds had gathered to witness the parado. Straight to the door Charlie dashed. A man stood there endeavoring to keep out those who had no bu-dness Inside, for it is well known that dar ing tlilovos will take advantage of such occasions to ply their nefailous trade even if they do not at times oven create the oppoitunltv Ten men could not have kept out Chaillo fioui pushing in. Ho shouted that bo was a guest, ami then lushed Imddo. nor did the man, altei one look at his bagganl taco attempt to niv him uiiv Charlie avoided tie ollleo, whoie men swat mod. and oideis weio shout oil that could never be obeyed Ills business was aloft. She was then exposed to a fright ful death, mid ho felt that ho lived but to save her! So up ho bounded, three steps at a (Inn. One thing ho must loiuonibor tho Wlndsoi was lamoiis as a cm avail sm.v w licit a sti anger might easily lose himself In the many passages. To do so now would be Indeed fatal to all his hopes. lie tound smoko ovetywheto, and oven tantied ho tould hoar tho eiack ling of flames, though tho whole place was in such a tut moil that one could not bo iiuie of this lie also mot uumoioits persons, liv ing this wii mid that, maddened wltli tern. Some baldly know whither thov went, ami appealed fiantlcally to this tool-headed man beseeching him, for heaven's sake, to toll them vvheio tho stairs could bo found. Nor did bo fall to till cot them, cvciy one, oven while he pushed on to the next flight Up, up, li wont, still finding smoke t Ik ling along the halls, through which women staggeiod, shrieking their appalling tllstioss. It was a lonlfylng picture. Theio weio comical elements in jot'tod Into It, of course, but no one had tin homt to laugh C'uiille knew In his homt a dioad fill calamity was Impending nothing shoit ot a miracle could save the gioat structure now, and the dajs ot miracles appear to ho past. Perhaps scores of human lives would be sacrificed to the demon of fire-mostly helpless women, em plojos oi guests, who hail been view ing tin parado fiotn the upper win dows. Tin more fact that Midi a draught passed thioiigh tho halls from these open windows would hasten the total demolition of the whole stiuctuio and make it more coitaln Had Chaillo no sacicd duty of his own to porloim, he would hnve gladly devoted all of bis tlmo toward effect ing tlie lescue of those terrified girls. As it was, lie could only think of At lino. Hor lovely face was bofoio his ejes and seemed to plead with him to make baste The smoke was growing even more dense, and he had to push tiosu to the doom to distinguish the numbers, in older to make sure that he was on the light Ilooi At last this knowledge came to him. The oppoitunlty was in his grnsp. Hero the same conditions seemed to abound there was smoke In plenty, f i onled maids and flying figures dm ting through It all like spectres. Chaillo was somewhat out of breath as a lesult ot his steady climb, but otherwise In good physical condition. Ho had tho number of Aril no's rooms well in his mind the house had boon ciowded, and these weio tho best at her service, though the clerk had piomlsed her a suite near the MeKinloys after that day. What II he tould have made a mis take In any way? The wi etched con sequent cs almost paialy.cd him to even think ol it. lingoi ly ho had scanned each flying or cioiiching female figure ho met, in the hope that he might thus discover the one he sought Hut as yet ho had not found her. Hven in that smoke laden ntmos phoio ho know ho could not mistake her figuie, while one note fiom her voice must have tin Hied him through and thioiigh. (To be tontinued.) The Talk of Children. It hns been said Hint children speak the best Kngllsh In tin world In that their Idea is oxpiessed In tho lowest woids and to the point. Mr. Aniliow Slmoiids, of Chaileston, is convinced that their poweis or vernacular me superior to his talent for Intelligible description Ho was one day trjing to Interest his little girl, neatly :'. yearn old, by tolling her stoilos of the circus. She loved homos and was partlculmly impiessed by the feats of the bare back lidors "Now," ho said, taking a chair by wa of Illiistiatlon, "this is a horse. A man comes in on him ami tides him all lound tho ring stnndlng up with out any middle or bridle Then ill rectly another homo comes In ban bnck (putting another chair by the Hist), and the man rides liim, too, just in tlie same way, until at last theio mo tour Horses, and he ikies them all lound the ilug at the same time. And a low of four chnlis rep resent the tour homos. Now, wasn't that flue?" The little one looked up, very giave, her eyes full of tho doubt and ctodullty that so often pu,le us "Yes ho had many logs that man " "And I had to go all over that story again, said Mr. Slmonds. True Greatness. True greatness, fimt of nil, Is a thing of tho hoait. It Is nil alive Willi robust and generous sympathies. It Is nolther behind Its age nor too far bo foro It. It Is up wltli Its ago, and ahead of It only Just so far as to be able to lead Its march. It cannot slumber, for activity Is a necessity of Its existence. It Is no reservoir, but n fountain. Roswoll I). Hitchcock. S d? "finrf. V STOKX- ' v pffWTVJ ' JWM tiOrmu One uinii wltli a I'ondlv tnpedo floating about in uealli the suitmc of the waloi Tho toipodo thai god so that it will blow a gloat warship to destnu lion, the man provided with means by wltli h to disehmgo his ilaugeious weapon in a wa to do the most bm m Sudi Is the latest ol all toipodo boats a one man altaii, not laigor tliim a huge lish. ami vet as ciT'ctlvo in Its purposes. II the thcot.v of its invontot Is (orrecl. as one of iiie llol laud siihmailiio boats The man who has pn foiled this oflcmilvp and iiiMslhlo dostiojet is Thomas .1 Moilaiitj, fot niiiiij ye. us the mochatilcal expel t In the employ of the United States government at tho toipodo station at Ncwpiut M" Moilmlty was long ago 1m p'ossed with tho Idea that Hit only vvav by which lo make tin action of the toipodo actually toitain was to put an expel lent ed opeiatoi limbic It, foi. while Its aiilomatb machinery opeir.tos with almost human lutein Kcnto, theie Is no coitalnty that It will on long tnnges do oxaitlv what Is icnulrcd ol it W New Arrangement of Stars in the Flag A HISTORICAL AND SYMMETRICAL PLAN TO BE LAID BEFORE CONGRESS. Tor jears the latl. of sjmmcti and historical slgnilliaiite in the anaiige monl of tho stars on the blue field of our untionnl flag has been a subjei t of comment among observing pad lots. Fourteen jeais ago .1 It Stalilneckor of Sllveiton, Col , commenced w diking out the Idea, but never at lived at a satisfactory solution until lecontlj, when a design was evolved and tho question of its adoption will bo brought bolero tongioss It was a work loqiiliiug more thought and study than at fiist ap pears. With a given number of stain to got a design that would i oinnioiu oiate the gioatest number of events la the blstoty ol Hit countrj ami yet secure a sjinniotrkal and aitls tie effect, was the task Mi. Stinlnotk or sot tor himself. The eontor group of thlileen stais ropiesents In his flag the thlrto'ii original states at the t loo of the Revolution, or at tlie tlmo ol tho adop tion of the constitution. The outer tirtlo of twenty thieo stais lepiosonfa the states admitted between that time and the dose of tho civil wnt The great seal of tin United States Is represented by the center gioup of thliteen and tho encircling vv tenth of twenty-thice. It Is Intended that these tin oo great The Hairpin as a In a sei lous article on 'The Sin git ul I'sos tit the Hairpin," Dr .1 Torrance IliiR.t of Phlla dolphin shows In Amoilcan .Medi cine that this article of tho feminine toilet may In an emergency bo of groat aid to tho surgoon, easing pain or even saving life Dr Hugh writes: "Heenuso of Its almost universal presenco this stnnll article lends Itself to mnny purposes, and he who re mombeis some of the prnctioal ones will not Infrequently have at hand the menus of dealing with un emer gency which might otherwise result disastrously. Its chief points of use fulness aio: Its almost universal presence, Its ease of sterilization, convenience ot sle, adaptability to any desired shapo by bending or twisting, ami Its cheapness. After be ing onco used, especially if usod in nn Infectious or contagious case, It may bo thrown away, or by being passed through a' flame It may bo rendoi-Jd BOfoly sterile." Tho halrplu, Dr. Hugh says, may be luod either la Its natural shape or nEllEHISCDK'" ""SEE vs L v XrABLWtt . .r-. f- ft wflici'wICv, tVRjVv' t " " ' il yKG-TW: YTSVsKL. KXi Ltx rTs.i'Litrf!bJJi'2ef'' " " - -j. ??i?&3o I'tom the Idea of putting u man In side It to that of plating a man out side it, the ttausltioii was easy, and it then became a problem to give him ii safi shelter, menus of locomotion, of suhmotglng uiul of dlschaiging the piojoctllo 'I'o accomplish those essentials ho has devised a cigm -shaped boat of lirouo plates, about ton feet long, three Itol deep ami five foot wide. Heneath this is siMpomled tho White In ml toipodo in a fimuo ami it is pio polled bv (ompiossed air when the operator has npptoached neat the mat K When In the boat tho opoiator lies on a ciaillo asliido of its support Padded ii nags on the cradle curve ovoi his iihouldois and hold hlm In phi"c. plodding also a pui chase for Ills aims when operating tie lever in ftout ol him lie wenis a waistcoat made of two thlt knessos ot air-tight matoilal. to which is attached a small mouth tube b.v which II is Inflated. It servos as a padding for tho body while tho op eiator is in tho boat mid also as a life I protel vor In an oinoigeiicy fealuios shall not bo t hanged The (list event bt ought the Hag Into ex istence; the second, the admission ot twenty-three more states and the civil wm, made the Hie of tho nation doubly secure, the third, the repre sentation of the great seal of the I'nited Slates, is tegardod as appio pi late Tho stars outside tho circle of tw out j -throe loprosent the slntes ad- mltted into the I'nlon after tho close of tho civil war In 18d to the Spnnlsh war in lS'JS. This places two In each of the four corners and one midway on each side, and gives tho entire Surgical Instrument. bout Into special forms. In tho for mei condition It may seivo to pin on bandages, to remove fotclgn bodies from any natuial passage, as a curette for scraping away soft mnteilnl, to tompiess a blood vessel in conti oiling hemorrhage, as shown la tho figure, or to eloso a wound, as illiistiated In tho samo; and. finally, as a substitute for oullpeis Straightened out, the hairpin may be used as u pi oho (In which menuer It has probablj been employed In surgical emeigencles more frequt ntly than In any other wny), to who bones together In fractal e. In actual cau tery, wheu heated to redness In u tlame, and In many otner ways. Rent or twisted in tho various wnys shown in the Illustration, It also docs service as a nasal speculum (1), as a rotractor for a wound (-'), as a surgi cal needle (3), In tracheotomy (4) to maintain an opening until tho proper tube can bo obtained, Instead of a drainage tube (.1). or to bring tho odges of n wound together In various ways ('') t4 IVxNVll Air Is admitted thioiigh the rear must ami oli dilutes throughout tht. boat Tills air tube Is. however, auto matically closed when the boat Is bo neath the Hiiifitoo of tho water, mid the conning tower is completely cov ered by means of n hydrostntle plBton, open to the water at tho bottom of tin boat, the piossiiro of the water at the Inci eased depth forcing up the pis ton, which actuates n lever to force a valve over the air tube opening, thus ptevontlng the entry of wntei thioiigh It The same motion of the piston op orates lovotn connected to a valve In the compiessod air tank In tho bot tom of the boat, opening It mid thus allowing a fine stream of air to Issue theiofrom Into the boat, ami supply lug the opoiator with fresh air. Ah tho boat again reaches the surface tho ptossutc on the hydrostntle piston Is loleasod because there Is less depth of water mid the nlr tube Is again opened mid the nlr tank valvo closed. The torpedo Is Hied by compressed air, but on leaving Its casing the pro pelling mechanism of the projectile Is sol In motion, and It stmts off under Its own power for the murk. membership ot statehood at the pres ent time As Now Mexico, Atlona, Oklahoma and Indian Territory come In their stars may he placed In tho extreme corneis outside the groups of two, thus foi inlng a tilanglo. If the time comes, says the Denver Post, when Alaska or Haw-all tloslies admission as a state, stais tuny bo placed mid way on each side of the field, In Hue with the gioups of twq at the cor iioih, making a second wreath and not dot i acting from the symmetry of the arrangement. Dinner Cueots on Record. It Is tho custom now in polite so t lety for guests nt dinner to sign their names in a guest book supplied by tho host Don't complain bcenuso there are no links, life Is moro than golf. LURED BY A LIGHT. A Calcium Carbide Lamp Traps Vint yard Pests. ; For sovornl yeais past tho vineyards In tho Important wlnn growing dis trict of Honujolals have suffered great ly from tlie attacks of numerous Hying Insects, the most Important of which Is known as tho pyralid. hast year sajs the i:iectrlcal Rev low of London, a soiles ot experiments was carried out In one of the large vineyards to see If tho Insects could bo caught by bright lights burning at night. An apparatus was constructed, consisting of an acetylene generator holding about six ounces of calcium carbide. Over this wns a clrculur metal dish about twenty Inches in diameter, mid ovet this at a height of about eight inches a single aeotylono Jot giving a, small bright light at about ton candle power. This light the carbldo was suf ficient to keep burning for six or eight hours, In a basin a layer of water was placed, and on top of this a layer ot koroseno or somo other cheap oil, of which about two fluid ouncos woro re quired Theso machines were set up about r50 yards apart and wero set In motion at dusk, proforubly on durk nights. On the first night one lamp caught 4.G0O pyrallds und 218 motha ot othor kinds. During July tho lamps averaged 3,200 Insects per lamp poi night. The oxponso of the lamps Is reported to havo been two cents per night oach, or about two and a half cents per night por aero. It Ib said that this mothod of catching noxious Insects Is moro emcuclous than any mothod which has beeu trlod before. Don't Indulge in Improving conver sation unless you neod It. t'A v X twJC M)ttSiMb&'W;aMfcJE ,,ai2-t2a,liii wws'EMm&mmm)'! TSEimiMgmBgiumtmaKiZ SXES .-viSTA' WV.).