Rear Admiral Sicard.
Rear Admiral Montgomery Slcard
died of apoplexy at his homo In WOBI-
ornvlllo. N. Y. , the other morning.
The attack was qiilto unloaked for nnd
was rapidly follow
ed by death. In
189 Admiral Si-
card was promot"d
from the rank of
captain to that of
commodore and for
three years was
commandant of the
Brooklyn navy
yard. In 1897 ho
wan commlBfllonod { s | d >
a rear admiral.
HlH last active work as a
Hallor was that done while ho
served nfi commander In chief of the
North Atlantic station , from May ,
1897 , to March , 1898. About that time
his health began to fall , and a board
of medical survey pronouncnl him un
fit for service. The navy department
placed him upon the sick list. After
hlR recovery ho was appointed a mem
ber of the naval war board , upon
which he served as president.
Made Crazy by "Relic Hunters.
William Cook , owner of the John
Brown homestead at Torrlngton ,
Conn. , has become mentally de
ranged on account of the doproda-
tlonH which relic hunters have made
In the homo of the famous old aboli
tionist. For several years visitors
have been currying off all sorts of rel
ics against the will of the proprietor ,
and his mind became unhinged , be
cause his efforts to stop these thefts
were futllo.
A large bronze clock which was the
official timepiece In the cabin of Ad-
mlriil Montljo on the Rolna Christina ,
in now In the possession of Dr. G. W.
Roberts of Chattanooga after a series
of Interesting adventures. After the
'battle of Manila the natives looted
the uhlp and took away the clock , glv-
'ing It to Agulnaldo. The Filipino
leader mode his mother a present of
' it , and when she was taken In Cavlto
Bho turned it ever to Dr. Roberts.
A "President's Jfon in China ,
Lieutenant-Colonel Webb S. Hayea ,
who has none to China , Is announced
, o have been Bent an a special repro-
acntatlvo of the president. Colonel
( ayes Is a son of
the lain President
Rutherford B.
Hayes. At the
.Ime of the Span-
sh-Amerlcan war
10 volunteered for
service , nnd was
made assistant nd-
lutaiit general , In
which post ho
achieved no little
distinction , for Webb C. Hayoa.
the reason that ho brought to his
duties a capacity for business , Indus
try , and a general capability that was
a marked contrast to the attitude of
some of the volunteer officers. Later
Colonel Hayes saw active service in
the Philippines , where ho served with
distinction , but sent In his resignation
It was stated nt the time , because of
disagreement with the methods of
General Otis. Ho has been In the
United States fo'r some months now ,
but ever since General Otis has re
turned from the Philippines has been
anxious to ro-entor the service. Now
York Mall nnd Express.
"Rented a famous "Diamond.
Lord Francis Hope , husband of the
former May Yoho of Chicago , has
rented the famous Hope diamond to
the duchess of
Newcastle In con-
aldoratlon of an
annuity which will
place his lordnhlp
nnd wlfo above the
pungs of positive
destitution. This
Hope diamond la
a calebrated blue
gem and ono of
the first in the The Duchess of
gem catalogues of Newcastle ,
the world. The duchess jf Newcastle
has a passion for precious stones. She
once offered Lord Hope $1,000,000 for
his family Jewel. Ho was willing
enough to soil , but the courts forbade
him to do so , as the sale would bo con
trary to the will of the late Lady
Hope , which gave her son the diamond
on the condition that should ho dlo
without Issue It would revert to his
brother , the duke of Newcastle. Lord
Hope has been a free and easy liver
and has been many times through
bankruptcy.
A . /Veto / Light onthe
I
MICHAEL COOPR1ANOFF. FORM ER LIEUTENANT OF COSSACKS.
Michael Cooprlauoff , former Impe
rial Coasack and attached to the Ninth
RiiHslan Cossack rcgimont , is a resi
dent of Chicago , says the Tribune.
From Cooprlunoff , whose picture Is
showu , some now light comes on the
question as to what the Russian Cos
sacks really aro. Americans arc wont
to Imagine the fearless Russian rough
riders to bo mon as savage as the
American Indian and as cruel.
False stories have been printed In
America tolling how Cossacks have
impaled their victims upon the points
of their sabers , carried heads on short
spears , and no English written romance -
manco dealing with Incidents in Rus
sia Is complete- without somn allusion
to the barbarities of the Cossack
horseman
Mr. Cooprlanoff not oniy does de
clare the statements that his comrades
at arms are brutal a lie , but ho says
that there Is not a body of men so gen
erally well educated and disciplined
and BO thoroughly merciful In tholr
rnodo of warfare as the Russian Cos
sacks.
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"Our olllcers , " says he , are not on
ly not brutal , but brutality on the part
of the men would bo severely pun
ished on the Instant.
"No finer body of horsemen can bo
found on earth than a regiment of
genuine Cossacka. The real Cossack
Is an educated man , oven though ho
does not belong to the royal family or
oven to the aristocracy. He speaks
Russian fluently and correctly. Hu
must do this or ho could not be a Cos
sack. He must bo able to dis
tinguish between right and wrong ,
and always at any rate while
ho Is In the cxar'a uniform ,
stick to the right. Cruelties on the
part of the soldiers form ono of the
principal articles In the Russian army
code , and while Russia's enemies are
careful to hide this fact there ismore
mercy in a regiment of Russians than
in the entire army of Great Britain.
A Russian never gloats ever the nec
essary killing on the battlefield. He
does bs ! duty and does'It , ; { is quietly
and mercifully us possible. That Is
the Cossack through and through. "
SAYINGS and DOINGS
' " Hand Man.
K.aiscr's "Riffbt .
'
Bombard von Bulow , Emperor
William's right-hand man In the RUB- I
Ro-Gvrmnn diplomacy concerning
Clilna , has but lately acquired the 1mI I
portanco ho now possesses , and was
tlio occasion of a great sensation by ,
his promotion to the highest place In
the diplomatic department of the cm-
pi it ) . Ho entered the service of which
ho Is now the head In 1874. Hla first
mlBslon was that to Bucharest , and
he was afterward minlntcr to Rome.
With only this much preliminary ex
perience at the youthful ago of 48 ho
was suddenly placed at the helm of
the foreign department by Emperor
Wllllim. Herr von Bulow Is not re-
VON BULOW.
gnrded as having any policy of his own
but rather as an admirable and willing
instrument of the kaiser In all-affairs
which affect the prestige of Germany
among the nations o the earth.
. Major General George Henry Mar
shall , who presided at the court-mar
tial hold in Pretoria on Hano Cordua ,
the would-bo kidnaper of Lonl Rob
erts , had never seen any active serv
ice until ho wont to South Africa ,
though ho has been nearly forty years
In the army. Ho wont out to command
the artillery In the war.
Was a "Delegate In 1836.
Benjamin D. Silllman , who has the
distinction of being the oldest HvliiR
graduate of Yale , last wetk celebrated
the ninety-fifth an
niversary of his
birth at his coun
try homo in Iong
Island. Mr. Sllll
man IB truly a gen
tleman of the
school whoso ar
chaic mannerisms ,
and courtliness al \ \ \
most ncrsuado one
J u s t
h
that o
] 3 B11Umani
stepped out from
of AustlnDobson's
the pages of ono
ballads. He takes but a passing in
terest in current politics , which Is eas-
lly condoned in a man who has been
a delegate to national conventions as
eng ago as 183G. Ho has been a trus
tee of Greenwood cemetery during all
the time the population of that ne
cropolis has grown from zero to up
ward of 300.000. Ho once had an In
terview with Aaron Burr , was P > esl-
Alumni association for
dcnt of Yale
convention tor
twenty years , voted In
the nomination o ! the first President
Harrison , and ran for congress In
1S49 These ore some of the things
which distinguish Mr. Sllllman prob
ably from all other living men. During
Mr. Sllllman was
ing hlB active career
a practicing lawyer.
Garfleld a grandson of
Lester T. ,
Thomas Garfleld , the only brother of
President Garfleld , has enlisted In the
regular arrrty as a private and been
assigned to the Seventh artillery , now
stationed at Fort Grobol. Hlfl parents ,
who live In Georgetown , Mich. , con
sented to hla act.
Go "Regain a Fortune.
D. J. Mnckey , the former railroad
magnate , who , having lost ono for
tune , has Just begun the battle of llfo
anew at the age of 67 , Is ono of the
most remarkable of Indiana's busi
ness men. Ho has wiped out liabili
ties upward of $500,000 by going Into
bankruptcy , and now with Millionaire
Fairbanks of Terre Haute at his back
D. J. MACKEY.
ho will try the hazard of a now for
tune. Mackey was born In Evans-
vlllo In 1833. At 15 ho was left with
a mother to.support and rose from of-
flco boy to clerk , and from clerk to
partner In a business house , mean
while investing his surplus capital In
southern railroads. From this- begin
ning rose the Mackoy system of rail
roads , and Its owner was a rich man
when ho began the fatal experiment ol
making Evansvlllo the jroat city of
the West. By degrees ho lost his holdIngs -
Ings , and his affairs became hopelesaly
entangled. About five years ago the
crash came.
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CHAPTER IV.-Contlnued. ( )
lie looked at the girl. She wore a
plain gown of some cheap grey stuff ,
simply made , and a narrow white col
lar ; but the gown nearly touched the
lloor , and Enderby was astonished at
the change the different garb wrought
In her. She now looked a girl of sev
enteen. Her figure was very slender ,
but the grey gown showed soft , wo
manly curves.
Then he glanced Into her face. A
slight color was In the chooKa , her
< > isero soft and dreamy. The-v > was
something In the whole facj wondcr-
fu'ly gentle and sweet , yet the mouth
spoke of firmness mid steady purpose.
Endcrby was the first to speak.
"I hope your ankle Is better now ,
Mh < s Lloyd ? "
"Oh , thank you , yes ! It Is ncarlv
well again , " she answered quickly. "I
do not think It could have been a
sprain after all. I bathed It v lib. a
lotion , and It Is only sMff new. You
see , I understand a little about doctorIng -
Ing people , " she added , with a slight
smile.
"I am very glad , " he answered. "And
your father how Is he ? "
The girl's face quivered a little.
"He Is a little better than he was
that night , or ho would not bo here
now. But he Is still very til. " ,
"And the doctor you wished Doctor
Lyndon. Have you found him ? " En
derby asked.
His voice was hardly under his con
trol as he put the question.
She hesitated a moment ; then an
swered :
"Yes ; I have found him. He has
been to see my father , and says be
thinks there Is no Immediate danger. "
"Perhaps ho knows your father's
constitution well ? I suppose that 13
the reason why you were so averse to
having a stranger ? " said Enderby. "By
the by , I know a Doctor Lyndon , and
wonder If lie Is the same man. A Doc
tor Dundas Lyndon a slender man ,
with brown hair , a good complexion ,
grey eyes , and wearing a beard. "
"Yes , that Is he , " said the girl , with
a reluctance In her words. "Then you
know him , Mr. "
Enderby started , then smiled.
"Why , I believe ! have never told
you my name ! How stupid of me ! It
Is Paul Enderby. I am a barrister by
profession , and met Doctor Lyndon
only the other day. Do you know him
well , then ? Ho Is an intimate friend ? "
"Of my father , he seems to be , " the
girl answered slowly. "But I have not
known him for very long. You see.
we have been abroad " She drew
herself up sharply , then looked at En
derby with a sudden fall in her eyes.
" that. Mr. Ender
"Oh , you must forget .
by ! Will you ? I have no right to
talk about my father's affairs. "
"Don't be afraid. A lawyer learns to
keep his own counsel , Miss Lloyd , "
said Enderby.
But a sudden chill had fallen upon
him as the girl spoke. He stood for a
moment silent , then looked up and
spoke.
"Miss Lloyd , will you answer me
one question ? Your name Is a Welsh
one ; is It possible you are of Welsh
descent ? "
"I think my mother was Welsh ;
nit I nm not sure about my father , "
said the girl. "You see I was away
'rom ' my parents for a long time , Mr.
inderby. When 1 was quite a little
girl , an aunt a sister of my father's
took me to stay with her. My father
was very poor then , so poor that he
had to teach In a private house ; he
was a tutor. I think. Did you speak ,
Mr. Enderby ? I thought you did. Then
[ Joined my father later on , when
But I must not say any more. "
She looked Into Enderby's face wltb
sweet , childlike , trusting eyes. Endor-
by felt himself a traitor , though he had
done no harm to either the girl or her
father.
This was the man , then ! His vague
suspicions bad been correct. How
strangely , how wonderfully Fate or
rather Providence had thrown those
people in bis way the very man whom
whom bo was to prove guilty of a base
and terrible crime !
And Dundas Lyndon ? Somehow , the
thought of this man made Enderby's
heart grow vaguely prescient of evil.
What part did ho play In the arena of
human sin nnd suffering that ho
should be trusted both by Sir Henry
Lennox , and by the man whose crime
It bad been Sir Henry's part to prove ?
Suddenly the girl said :
"Will you allow mo to go up and tell
my father you are bore , Mr. Enderby ?
I told him how you had helped mo ,
and I think ho will see you. "
"I should like very much to see Mr.
Lloyd. " said Paul earnestly.
And the girl left the room.
She returned in a short time.
"My father says he would like to see
you. Mr. Enderby. Will you come this
way ? "
Ho followed her across the dingy
corridor , until she paused before a
door and opened It. Ho found himself
In a room much more comfortably fur
nished than the other. A bed stood in
Kie center , with a wlilte coverlet laid
neatly over It ; the room was as tidy
and clean as It could bo.
Beside a < small fire the sun was
shining brightly outside stood n com
fortable-cushioned easy chair , and In
it , clad In a somewhat old and wom
dressing gown , sat the mere shadow of
a man n thin , emaciated creatuic.
whoso long limbs and evident height
seemed to make his emaciation more
marked. His hands , almost skin and
bone , were crossed on his knees ; a pa
per lay between them. Ho turned his
face toward the door as they cntoied ,
and Enderby saw it fully. It was a
face that had once been a handsome
one , gentle and refined ; but now the
bloodless lips , the hollow cbeeks , the
sunken blue eyes , the temple , over
which thin gray hair kept straying ,
made It more like the face of a dead
man than of a living one.
A strange feeling of mingled pity
and compunction moved In Enderby's
heart as he came forward to the chair.
"I am sorry to see you looking so
111 , Mr. Lloyd , " he said , as the sick
man made a gesture to rise , bowing as
be did so. "Do not rise , I beg of you. "
"Jasmine , will you place a chair
for Mr. Enderby ? " said the sick man.
It was the first time Paul had heard
the girl's name , and he turned to look
at her as she brought forward the
cnair.
Jasmine did not ralso her eyes , but
she must have felt the look she did not
see , for'a second blush dawned In her
cheeks. For the moment she seemed a
woman In the first glorious dawn of
womanhood.
She placed the chair , then almost
noiselessly withdrew from the room.
Her father glanced to see If she was
gone , then he turned to Paul.
"Mr. Enderby , you were very kind
to my poor little girl the other night ,
and for that let me beg to thank you.
Wo have few friends , my child and I.
We are poor and unknown , and there
fore friendless. For me it matters lit
tle , but for my child I feel sorry at
times that It should bo so. I some
times wonder what would happen to
her if if I died. Yet surely God would
raise up friends the God who has nev
er quite forsaken me , however low I
have fallen. "
He spoke in a quiet , gentle voice
the voice of a recluse who Is more
accustomed to tnink than to speik ;
and Enderby glanced at him quickly.
Was It possible that this man could be
a criminal this gentle looking , emaci
ated , and now evidently dying man ,
the fither of Jasmine ? Or was it as
Sir Henry had said , that he was real
ly Insane , at least on one point ?
"I thought , from what your daugh
ter said , Mr. Lloyd , that you had at
least one friend , " he said , determined
to probe the matter as far as lie could.
"Doctor Lyndon. "
The sick man was startled at the
name , and looked up sharply.
"Ah , yes Doctor Lyndon ! He was
my friend once , " he said slowly , "and
now also. I suppose. Yet sometimes
What was I about to say1' he broke
off suddenly. "Mr. Enderby , there is
something in you which seems to draw
my confidence ; or Is It that I have
been so long exiled from kindly hu
manity that I am eager to seize the
first hand stretched out to me ? But
at least you are kind and generous ;
so much I know from what you did
for Jasamlne. I should like If you
would come to see me again. Will
you ? "
"I shall be very glad to do so , " said
Enderby , almost eagerly. "May I
como on Sunday ? I have more time at
my disposal then. "
"Thank you , " said the sick man
faintly. He stretched out his wasted
hand , and Endorby could not but take
It , yet again ho felt a traitor.
Jasmine let him out.
"I am so glad you came , " she said
In a low voice and he saw a mist
come over the soft eyes. "Ho knows
no one , and sometimes I think , If only
he could speak of what Is preying on
his mind , he would be better. "
"Then there Is something ? " Ender
by said , holding the small hand with
an unconscious close grasp.
She checked herself again.
"You must not let father know that
I said that ! " she exclaimed eagerly.
"Good-by , and thank you so much ! "
"Good-by , " bo returned. As ho went
down the long stairs ho wondered
again If ho were a traitor.
CHAPTER V.
"Do you think I shall soon be all
right. Lyndon ? "
"I.certainly think so ; with care and
good nursing , such as Miss Jasmine Is
able to give you , you will soon bo as
well as any of us. "
"I must get well soon. " said the sick
man , with a Hash of passion. "Lyn
don. I can't dlo and leave my child
with this horrible stigma on her name.
I have made up my mind to write to
Sir Henry , and If ho refuses to do any
thing then , I must toll the truth. "
Dr. Dundas Lyndon stood silent for
a moment. There was no change In
his smooth , freshly colored face ; his
light eyes were on the ground , rtes-
cnll7 ho rained them , nnd looked at'
hla patient. 1
"You must not tell mo thcso things ,
old fi-lend you really must not. I am
simply a doctor , and am doing the
best I can for you ; but I should much
prefer If you did not speak to mo of
these matters. Now I must go. You
will take your medicine as usual , and
I shall call again tomorrow. "
"Lyndon , " said the invalid , a little
huskily , "you arc too kind to me. How
nm I to repay you for all the kindness
you show me nnd gratuitously ? "
"Tush , man ! " said the doctor but
an observant watcher might have fan
cied that he turned slightly paler now.
"Is that much for ono to do for an
old friend ? We have known each
other these fifteen seventeen years
since you were my coach , Lloyd. "
He went away , and Jasmine stole
back to her father.
There was a strangely cruel expres
sion on Dundas Lyndon's face as ho
turned towanMhe door for a moment.
"Yes , " ho muttered , between set
teeth ; "I am doing my best for you
and for us all David Lloyd. "
Jasmine sat down at her father's
feet on a low hassock.
"Tho doctor thinks you are better
today , daddy ? "
"Yes , little one. Perhaps I shall bo
better soon now , Jasmine. I hope so.
There is the work I have so often
spoken of to you to be done yet. "
"Ye ? , dear. "
The girl looked into the fire they
had always to have a small llro burn
ing , even when the sun was shining
w-armly out of doors her brown eyes
soft and dreamy.
It was strange how really little Jas
mine Lloyd know of her father.
She had been , as she told Endorby ,
brought up by an aunt who lived in
Cornwall , while her father , whose
wife had died when Jasmine was very
young , had acted as tutor in private
families.
Then , when she was twelve , there
came a sudden summons for her. It
came in the shape of a sea-captain ,
who brought a letter from her father.
Jasmine was to go out to him ; the
captain would take care of her.
She was taken to a wild , little-
known place in California ; there her
father was making a poor living by
schoolmasterlng the miners' children
and conducting the "St. Jago Argus. "
She was happy enough In that lovely ,
warm climate of rich luxuriance and
fertility ; her father was good to her ,
wonderfully gentle and kindly.
Then had come the upheaval of her
life again. News had come to her fa
ther which agitated him terribly , and
in a week's time they wcro on their
way home. They came to London and
took the shabby two-roomed flat in
Burden Mansions. Her father wrote
articles on California for some papers.
Then came the first visit of Doctor
Dundas Lyndon , which agitated her
father again. Soon after he was taken
ill , and sent for Doctor Lyndon.
That was four months ago. Since
then be had been steadily growing
worse , until that terrible night when
the lives of Paul Enderby and Jasmlno
Lloyd came in touch.
Her father had told her vaguely
there was a work ho had to do in Eng
land , and she knew , more by instinct
than by anything he said , that some
terrible cloud of disgrace or fear hung
over her father's life. But she did not
ask him to tell her what It was. She
waited patiently until the time came
when he should be willing to divulge it
to her ; and meantime she loved her
father with all her heart , and trusted
In him implicitly.
She broke .the silence presently.
"Father , you know Doctor Lyndon
very well , don't you ? "
"Yes , my child , ho was my friend
years ago. "
"If it were not for that. " said Jas
mine , slowly , "I think 'I ' should ask
you , dear , If you really trusted him. I
don't , father. "
( To l e Continued. )
Slilrtivulst * In HCMIIU ,
Whatever may be the ultimate fate
of the shirt waist man In this country ,
he is already established on a firm
footing In the Eternal City of Rome.
Victor Emmanuel , the Count of Turin ,
and only two removes from the throne
of Italy , has given the shirt waist his
sanction , and all the Roman dandles
have been quick to follow his example.
The Count o Turin Is one of the
most enterprising and Intel eating
young Princes In Europe. Ho has
traveled widely , coming to this coun
try In 1898 and spending a part of the
next year hunting big game In Asia.
In adopting the shirt waist for hot
weather wear the count ha < 3 made some
startling Innovations In the decoration
of the garment. On one of his shirt
waists the buttons are made of gold
ten lire pieces , set In two rows down
the front of the garment , beginning
at the top close together and ending
at some distance apart below. On an
other waist the buttons are made of
black Jet , each as large as a half dollar
lar , and arranged In the smo way.
Chicago Tribune.
thu Huik Knto.
There is quite a mild excitement Just
now at the Bank of England because-
of an Innovation nt that venerable and
conservative institution. A flagstaff
has actually been placed above the
building , and many are shaking their
heads at the sudden giddiness of the
Old Lady of Threadnoedle street. The
suggestion has been made In all seri
ousness that numbers might bo placed
on the flagstaff and the bank rates In
dicated from time to time by the height
of the flag on the pole. London Chron
icle.
