LORD OF THE DESERT
By PAUL
ciiapthii xvii,
Tlio TrAiior'n Story.
"Toll tin, Mr. Ilniumiirsloy, nbout
yourself," unlit llerlhn, tliu night of
thn trapper's ruturii iftor Kiiiicr win
over anil tlio evening wnn before
them. "Father," nho contlnnoil, "low
told in a very much about yon, lint lie
only known ymir Into iifo. Wo nre mi
ller no mnny obligations to yon Unit 1
wo fol Interested In your early hlh
lory, your rlillillinoil, your birthplace,
your fnllior nml mother, your brother
nnd sisters everything nbout you,
Mr. llnmmornloyl"
"Von nnk something thnt I know lint
little nliout, mynolf," replied tlio Imp
por. "I hnvo been on those plains bo
long (tint tlm pant nil nocnm llko n
drenm. In Met, It In no miirli llko ii
dream (lint I nomctlmcn got It con
fmnii'pil with my dream nnd nenrccly
know which la rent nml which a
drenm,
"I wnn horn In Now York City. At
lout, when t flrnt recollect, wo
worn living In Boston, nnd my
mother tn'd mo tlint I wnn horn
In Now York, nnd tlmt wn had
lived In Chlcngo. My stop-father
wan n big coarse fellow, n ship
enrpenter, nnd nn noon n 1 wnn Inrgo
enough to ho In thn wny ho wnn vory
cruel to mo. It neonm thnt ho nnd
my mother wero innrrled when I, wnn
only two yenrn old, nnd thnt my father
IiMl died when t wnn only one ynr
old. I do not oven know his nnnie.
It In tinfortunntn, too, hut I wnn 10
young nnd know not tlio Importance,
of having my own name, no I took th
nnnie of my stop-father, though I
l'nr thn given nnmo of my fnthar.
Till much I learned, hut I do not ro
rrnmher how I learned It.
"Anyway, my mother died when I wnn
titlllnmcrn child nnd then I wnn nent
to n nort of orphanage or plnce for
the poor, nnd nn noon nn I got old
enough to leavo tho plnco I did no.
nnd drifted Into tho ntreetn wan n
rommon street nroh for nevernl yenrn
nold pnpern, nhlnnd nhoe nnd did
mirti thlngii nn Hint rlnnn of lioyn dJ
until I wnn .fifteen yenm old. In the
meantime I had heen rending cheap
novels I hnd picked up n smnttorltig
rdurntlon nt the orphnnngn. nnd kept
up reading. My noul wnn fired to go
went end kill Indian, nnd ho n hunt
er i.ntl I.
i ilnri, t j . i
ti,
A '
. , V
-r ami do nucn oilier
frontier llfo might lead
Iny I met I.onnldnn I.Ik
hman, who nnld he had
inthar nnd fHther nnd
took u ri.. ntorest In mo on that ac
count. Ho nnld thnt lie was going to
Join an Iminlgrnut train to cross the
plnlnn and inked me If 1 did not want
to come. It wan tho thing I most de
fired, and I had no preparations to
make, Rn I had nil thnt t possessed In
thn -world on my hack.
"Win Joined tho Immigrant trnln early
In thonprlngnnd I worked my wny by
driving Block, helping nhout camp nnd
doing whatever fell to my lot. Wo hnd
many ndventuren, wore nttneked by
thn Indiana, nnmo of the Immlgrnntn
took nick nnd died, nnd tho teams
gave out, provision run short In fact,
wn had thn usual mishaps of n trip
ncrons this long stretch of unluhnbll
d country,
"When wn reached the Bolno City
military post my friend Liggett met
Martin I.ylo nnd nfter a few mtnutns
conversation ho got employment with
Mm and came on to tho doscrt. They
neomcd to know each other, or some
thing of each other, nnd nftor thor
met they wero novor iiopnrnted before
they left for the plains. Liggett came
nnd bado mo good byo and said ho
wnn sorry ho could not get mo em
ployment too, but I did not enro to
come to tho desert then, did not want
to work on a ranch, and roinnlned
with thn Immigrant trnln under tho
protection of tho mllltnry post.
"An old trnpper by tho nnmo of
Mlko Hope crime Into Ilotso ono dnv
with a fine load of furs, He wnn
dressed In furs nnd was scarred nnd
nil-Red, nnd told of tils adventures on
thn desert. I followed him about tho
post orery day to henr him relato IiIh
adventures and when ho had finally
nold hln furs at a good prlco nnd
bought hln supplies, nmong thorn he
Ing n number of Inrrn bear trnps. I
ventured to npproneh htm and request
Jhnt ho tnko ma along, Ho sized me
nv and after lenroln from somo of
the Immigrants with whom I had
crossed tho plains that I wns whnt ho
conslderod a truo blue, ho consented.
"Wn left nnd enmo to this very
place, nnd whllo ho had prepared a
great denl of tho Improvomontn here.
I assisted him In mnklng more, nut
tie had found tho secret chamber, nnd
H was nlwnys guarded nn such nnu
fcopt propsrod nn a refuga In rnsn wo
wero over nttneked by tho Indlnns.
though ho always treated them right
nnd often mnda them presonts, On
nccount of this course wo wero novor
nttneked by them, though wo often
met thorn when they wero on tho war
path.
"Tho second summer after I came
poor old Mlko loft mo In charge of
tho plnco nnd traps n"d ho mndo nn
other trip to noise, Thnt Is tho Inst
I ever saw of him. Ho got Into a
gnmo of enrds nnd then n fight and ho
was killed along with nevernl othors
In tlio fight. When I fltnlly beenmo
alarmed I mado thn tilp to nolso nnd
learned tho facts of his death. I also
learned that ho did his pnrt In tho
fight. x , ,
"Left In thin manner thoro wns but
ono thing for me to do. I hnd lenrnoa
tho trapping business nnd liked It.
Thero wns money in It. nnd I return'
ed nnd took chargo of tho plnco na my
own. In a short tlmo nftor my re
turn I found your father under tho
circumstances doubtless thnt ho tins
Already oxplnlned to you nnd slnco
thnt tlmo I hnvo hnd no occnslon to
got lonosomo or glvo up tho plains, nn
I havo mndp his cnuso my cnuso nnd
Jong to boo him revenged against tho
terrlblo deed of his brothor and his
companion, Dan Follett."
"Hut did you over moot your frlond
JJgitett. again," Inquired Ilortlm,
"No, not to talk with him. I only
mw him enco, but I do not think ho
Tecognliod mo. I stopped nt tho
Stono House once for wntor and saw
lilm thoro. I do not think no would
know ma now," said tho trappor.
"Hut you say ho noemed to lenow
my uncle?'' repllod Bertlm.
"No, I did not mean thnt," said the
trappor. "They nppcared to know
nomothlng In common, or to un
derstand ono another In somo wny.
Out that Is also llko n dream and I
may havo been mistaken."
Aftor a low momanis or silence uio
trapper contlnuodi "So that Is my
whole story, so far as I know It, and ,
dc LANEY.
thorn In nothing out of tlio ordlnnry
nliout It. Tlio nove n I lined to rond
led mo In hoHovn thnt thorn wnn ro
manro nhout everything In tho wont
hut It In nil ntlko to mo. Tho dnlly
nt ton t ion to tho trnpn, tho curing of
f ii I'M, tlio panning hand of lndlnnn, all
except me unrortunnto ovontn ron
nectod with yournelf and your fathor
nro coinmon-plnro lo me.
Before (ho convolution wnn rn
nnwed thero wnn n pounding on tlio
ouler door of tho st-urturn, for It wnn
retting on townrd midnight nnd tho
iloor hnd heen cloned,
Tlio trapper ronn nml cloning nil or
Idencn of it room behind him wended
his way to tho plnco of alarm.
CIIAPTKIl XVIII,
Nowg From tho Htono Houso.
Onrnr Metzger, ono of tho surviv
ing cowboys, nnd tho ono who hnd
been trusted with returning to thn
Htono IIoiiho on forming tho compact,
wan found nt tho door when tho trap
per responded thnt night. Ho had
ridden tho Journey In groat hnsto nnd
roiislderod thnt tho circumstances de
manded It.
All wnn tumult nt thn Htono House.
Old ISgnn nnd his wnrrlors had t.ur
'nunded tho plnco nnd would nceopt
no tormn of penco. It wnn only
through nn occnnlonnl gift by the
Lord of Tho Desert to tho old chlof
Hint ho hnd kept on peaceful term
with him no long for tho old chief
hnd nlwnyn considered tho "Whlto
Grizzly," nn ho cnllcd htm, a menace
to tho Indian's wolfaro and an en
cruncher upon hln rights; besides
this, the horses and enttlo of the
Lord of Tho Desert hnd alwnyn been
considered n valuable prize nnd the
lato Improved guns and revolvers
about tho plnco had more than once
almost gotten tlio better of tho chief's
good Intentions; nnd now thnt be hnd
cnught Dan Follett. tho I-ord of The
Desert's right hand man nnd hench
man. In tho act of making away with
his horses, and then trailed him back
to tho 8tono House, hu took It for
grnnted thnt It wns n man on the
pnrt of tho "Whlto Orltily" to rob
him, nnd considered nil obligations of
amity between them closed.
It was tho blow that ho hnd long
desired to strike and ho had come
fully prepared to strike It.
After tho capture of Kollctt the
chief had pursued tlio Warm Hprlngs
Indians until ho had killed or cap
tured n majority of them nnd retaken
all of his horsos and several mora be
sides, nnd then returned to his camp
at tho foot of Ash Ilutto. In the
meantime he hnd wrung from ono or
tho Worm Hprlngs wnrrlors tho con
fenslon that Kollctt had como to the
Wnrra Hprlngs camp nnd pornunded
them to amhnrk In tho enterprise
agnlnnt tho l'lutes. Tho old chief
suspected this, but he wished to ns
nuro tils wnrrlors of tho fnct to mnke
them tho moro sanguine In tho at
tnck upon tho Stone House,
On tho night of tholr arrival at Ash
Ilutto n strong guard had heen placed
over Follett, but n stronger guard
had been placed nbout the horses,
which wero also carefully corraled
thnt night. Until guards worn In
structed to keep a vigilant watch, tho
ono to see that their prisoner escaped
nnd tho other to sco that ho did not
secure n horse.
Lato In tho night Follett's guard
"faked" sleep nnd tho wily French
man crawled away as lightly ns n cat.
When onco In tho darkness nnd alone
ho looked about to secure n horso but
ho saw tho forms of Kgan's wnrrlors
sllhouttcd ngnlnst tho horizon when
ever ho discovered tho dark outline
of nn nnlmnl. In mnklng tils Inst at
tempt to secure ono of tho animals,
nnd when ho thought ho wns nbout to
bo rewarded for his trouble, n war
rior shouted tho Indian word for
"coyote," and a dozen arrows
"whlshod" In close proximity to him
Then ho saw them nncaklng In his
direction ns If to surround him, nnd
ho mndo nway through tho sage
brush, striking boldly out across the
desert, gulden by tho north star.
To add to his .discomfort tho In
dians hnd removed his lint and coat
and boots that night and ho wns now
a fugitive on tho desert without a
coat, lint or shoes.
Old ISgnn hnd arranged his plans,
nnd history Itself records tho fact
Hint Hits old chief nlwnys laid them
well. Couriers hnd already been unit
to other allies of his tribe, while
scouts wero put on D.m Follett's trail
In ain thnt tin wi.nl tn thn fttnne
House.
Theso scouts hnd followed htm,
climbing nmong the rlmroclts by dny1
and observing him an ho picked his 1
wny across tho plain, nnd than fol-,
lowed by night. Thoy hnd seen him ,
visit tho trnppcr's nbodo, nnd hnd fol
lowod him on until ho entered tho
Stono Houso. In tho meantlmo Ola
Egnn hnd mustered Ills men and. two '
hundred strong, had started for tho
Stono Houso, whllo ho expected as
many moro nlllcs to Join til ni thoro
sooner or lntor. Thoro woro mnrnudi
ors among tlio Modocs and Klamnths
that ho could count on, nnd bo had
sent for theso also.
Tho destruction of tho power of tho
Lord of Tho Desert .linil long been
contomplatcd and tho tlmo had now
como,
Kgan was not slow to look aftor his
own Interests. To arrlvo flrat upon
tho scono and select a fow of tho
choicest of tho "Whlto Orlzzly's" eat-i
tlo and horsos nnd mako wny with I
them bofora the nrrlvnl of his allies!
was his purpose, and then bcslcgo tho
whites until his allies arrived and ,
then crush tho enemy and dlvldo tho
remaining bpoIIs,
And ho was not Blow In nctlon.
Dan Follett reached tho Stono Houso
Just nftor dnrk ono night, nnd tho fol
lowing morning found Old Egnn's
wnrrlorB around tho entlro promises
nt n safo dlstnnro from tho loop-holes
of the outer wnlls, whllo a detachment
ot 1Mb men. nan uriven nway boiocii
bunds of horses nd cattle,
Tho first cowboy to go without tlio
enclosure that morning received an 1
unmlstnkablo warning In tho form of
a, fenthored nrrow which wns battored
ngnlnst tho wnll near his head, Thon
ho saw tho war honnota of tho l'lutes
protruding nbovo tho rocks and boul-j
dors In ovory direction and rushed
back Into tho onclosuro, foll&wod by '
a showor of arrows, nnd gave tho i
alarm.
Thoro wero nbout BO of tho Inmates
nil toiu anu nil owned revolvers, uui .
thoro woro not moro than halt tnnt
number of rlllos. They woro woll
prepared for defonso ngnlnst an or
dinary Indian nttack, hut U was not
thought safo to go Into tho opon
ngnlnst tho odds thnt npponrod bo
foro them In ambush. They made a
'sally Just before night, but In tho
opon thn lndlnnn hnd nn ndvnntaga
from behind thn rocks nnd fences nnd
tho cowboys returned with somo loss
In wounded,
I It wnn then thnt tho Lord of Tho
Desert decided to send for relief,
(Innornt Crook hnd rocontly nrrlved
nt old Fort Wnrnor nnd, orpectlng
i Hint tho lndlnnn would guard tho
, trnll townrd thin point, Mnrtln Lyla
know but ono mnn Hint bo could trust
to ronch tho Fort, nnd that wan Wll
llam Hnmmornloy. Ho cnllcd for a
voluntcor to carry a message to tho
trapper nnd Motzkor, nnxloun to ro
turn to tho trnppor'n nbodo wan
cpilrk to voluntcor and wnn rnoro
uulckly nolocted to carry tho mln
nlvo. Ho hnd slipped through tlio
ennmy'n linen without mlnhap and
mado hln wny lo tho trapper's quar
tern bringing tho trapper n rcfjuent
from tho I-ord of Tho Desert to go to
'tlio government fort for aid at onen
nnd promising him a liberal reward
for Ills troublo.
(To U Continued.)
POLICEMAN'S LE880N.
Ono Tell Haw Iterkteo He Wan with
JIU Wcni.on. nt I'lr.t.
"Kxpcrlcuco In certainly n good teach
er." observed a member of tbu Wash
ington police force whllu discussing
the order of MnJ. Hylvestcr concern
ing tho establishment of a school of
Instruction. "Homo Instruction to new
nppoliitrcs," ho nddod, "In absolutely
decennary, nnd with the proper start
experience will do the rest. i
"I remember my first tour of duty, '
which was many years ago, and I nlso
remember that It not only enme near
being my last, hut came near result
ing disastrously for me. Having been
sworn In nnd sent out to do police duty
without being Instructed ns to my
rights, I started over the bent to which
I wns assigned armed with nil tho j
dangerous wrupons usually carried by
policemen.
ITheso weapons wero not Intended '
for mere playthings I thought and that
I had a right to tiso them under nny '
nnd nil circumstances I did not doubt, '
Should I want to mnke an arrest for
any violation of thn law nnd was un- I
nblo to overtake tho offender I wns
satisfied that I had tho right to stop
him with a bullet
"During tho evening," the policeman
continued, according to the Washing-1
ton Star, "I en me across a party of
crap shooters on tho commons, and .
that I thought was an opportun ty to
distinguish myself. Ilclng unable to
overtak those who had iKirtlclpatcd
In the gnmo I proceeded to send bullets
toward them, and only gavo up my
efforts when I had emptied my pistol.
Ho far as I wan concerned tho affair !
was fun for me. but I nearly dropped
dead when a friend Informed me thnt
I might hnvo been glren a. penitentiary
sentence bad one of tho bullets from
my pistol taken effect
"During the succeeding twenty years
or more I did not tlnd It necessary to
discharge my revolver. F.xperlcnc
proved n good teacher for me. nlthough
proper Instruction nt tbo time of my
appointment would linvc nvolded tho
Donslhllltr of in v being sent to prison."
SUCCEEDS HIS rATIICR AS
SULlMf oi MNiiuAic.
Prince Said All. who visited London as
Zanzibar's representative to tho core-
nation, has been proclaimed sultan, to
succeed bis father, who died recently.
The now sultan Is not jet 'JO. Ho was
accompanied to Ixmdon by (leu,
Ha Ikes, tho P.ngllsh otllcer who Is In
command of the army and pollco In
'Zanzibar. The crowded Loudon streets
and tho rush of life there according to
cable dispatches, dnzed the prince, and
he wns exceedingly anxious to get
back to tils own country. The picture
Is from a photograph taken In London.
AN UP-COUNTRY SOLOMON.
He Iteudered n Very Wise and Kqulf
ulile Decision.
In a small town In ono of tlio central
comities of New York State lives nu
old (Jermnn, who, bconuso of tho high
esteem In which he Is held In the com-1
munlty. was elected Justico of tho
peace Tho old gentlcpinn wns onco
called upou, says the New York Times,
to decide a most perplexing question.
One of his fellow citizens owned a
dog which, although not very vicious, 1
had a bad hah., of barking at passers-
by. A neighbor vowed vengeance, tils
chance enmo when ho wns returning
from a shooting trip, gun In hand. Tho
dog ran out and barked savagely at
hlui, and ho llred at tho animal. As
bis aim wns bad, the dog escaped, yelp
ing, with nothing moro serious thnn a
wounded tail. i
Tho owner of tlio dog had his neigh-
bor brought before the old justice on a
chnrgo of cruelty to nnlmnls, and the
courtroom wns crowded with tho par-
tlsuns of both men. 'llio Justico henrd
tho charge, nnd then tho defense that
the dog was a dangerous nulmnl and a
menace to tho neighborhood. The old
German cleared his throat and deliver-
.Ti.,,,,.
ed tho dictum:
"Der man he has been guilty of cru
elty to nnlmnls." And one sldo of the
court-room applauded tho Justico of
the decision.
"But der tog ho vas a vicious tog."
And the other Bide voiced Its approval.
"I vlll flno der man flvo tollars." Au
othor murmur In the court-room.
"I!ut I vlll glf him auodcr shot at der
to."
IS lllOIINESa SAID ALT. I
Aitii GOING TO DECAY.
WOflLD'B REVERED LANDMARKS
PA88INQ AWAY.
Dnmn ot Die Great fplilili Ilns Caused
M ncli Borrow In the World of Arclnoo-
loulcnl ltc.earcli-Ht.I'iiirCntlitdrl
Crmiililliiu-Aiiclciit Kdlflccn-l'allliiB.
Homo writers hnvo said Hint the re
cent full of the beautiful Campanile
In Venlcu ban net tho pne for other
liinduinrkn W h I c I
nro equally revered
nml Hint a contn
glon of decay linn
struck them which
Is sure to result In
further disaster
within n very short
time. This Is true
In the neiinu that
our must precious
m o ii u m a u tn nro
crumbling, but thin
process of decay Is
no new thing. Tlio fall of tlio Lam
piuille ban only cnlled attention to the
eoiiilltlonn tlio presence of which has
been vaguely realized for many years
The destruction of this magnificent
tower tin's caused nuch n distinct loss
to Hie world of nrt Hint people begin
to rciillzo how precious are thoso which
are left.
It Is gratifying to note that most
KtrcmioiiH effortn nro now being mndu
for the preservation of some of theso
structures. And In tho case of many
It In full time. The Londoner linn long
neoiited the Idea that hln own greatest
monument, Ht. I'nul'n Cathedral, was
In peril, but recent examinations show
It to be In most dangerous condition.
The world nt largo In perhaps more
Interested In Ht. Paul's than In any
TDK 0IIEAT SrillflX.
other of tho famous landmarks now
stnudlug, simply because It Is better
known. Others are of. much greater
age and perhaps of greater sentimental
architectural value, but the circle of
those who know them Is comparatively
small. Dec;iy touches all things nnd
the wonder In, not that the relics we
so long have revered arc going to mln,
but that they have withstood tho rav
ages of time as long as they have,
Jjlow lopg they will stand when they
,,re 8 s it is in tue
()UPRtion Hint nobody cares to attompt
to nuswpr.
Tooth of Time.
Unpleasant though tho realization
may be, there Is no longer use In try
ing to conceal the fnct that the ancient
landmarks of the world are golug to
ruin. Some Indeed havo already buc
Climbed to the destroying hand of time
and others are rapidly following. When
Homers Clark, architect of tho mighty
St. Paul's Cathedral In London, ad
mitted the fnct that the venerable edi
fice was fast falling to pieces, be re
ceived n sharp reprimand from tho
worthy denn for having thus spoken.
I There Is something sacred about the
very name of undent monuments and
public buildings. About eneh clings
remembrances of days long past days
of which we might know little were It
not for them. And the news thnt the
historic old structures nre all at last
giving evidence that the burden of
years cannot much longer bo borno Is
received all oyer the world with sor
row. St Paul's - must at onco be
patched up, or It will soon Bbaro the
fate of the Campanile of St. Mark's.
Tho general uueaslness over St.
Paul's Cathedral wns fur a time quiet-
ed by Canon Nowbold. Ho declared
thnt It was positively wicked to Bug-
gest even the immediate probability of
danger befalling the artistic church
which Sir Christopher Wren, tho skill-
ful architect begun In 1075.
Hut tho opinions of the experts enn-
not bo gnlusnld. St. Paul's Cathedral
s In a decidedly dangerous condition.
It took tblrty-llvo years to build this
old landmark, tho cost of It being paid
by a tax on coal. Sir Christopher
Wren himself was contented with n
salary of $1,000 n year. Ho was the
only architect employed. It Is no fault
of his thnt tho cathedral Is now In
danger of tumbling over. Ho could
not foreseo whnt would happen,
A CCntury after this church was
l)Uiti a gcwcr wnB nm through near
cnoUKU to draw tho moisture from the
Bolli on wllcll 1Il0 gncmi cainco stands,
wllcu l0 mlnt tho church, with tho
woisturo there, tho ground wns hard
eiiouxiti to support so heavy n weight
nt st. VimVa for nU tmo, unless tho
cnti,cdrnl bo put on an entirely new
foundation, which would cost not less
than $200,000, It will share tho samo
fate as tho Campanile.
In tho western portico of St Paul's
tho cracks nro largo enough to allow
nuy ono BtnnaUlg on lt8 to Beo
lllo poi0 movlnir lusldo tho church
,)ulow And 0 , Brcnt bulw.
,ng ,g BnrcmlllB wlller mid wtdcr
t Tho 1)ortIco u .ilrcctly over the
, cutr(Uleo ,0 tll0 cnthedral.
Ul wWcl uuuarcd3 ot tourUtB
oy lln .)nss
,, ,. ', , .. , , , . ..
Whm the cracks , u ho historic Cam-
"" lo st' Mnr,k s' lu Vc1lcc; e
to show tho warning was quickly heed-
. ,.. .. . ' t,.J ,.
that hnd seen bo many doges como and
go would surely fall. Just as experts
a year ago said St. Paul's would col
lapso when tho great cracks wero first
seen there.
Tho authorities went to work upon
tho Campanile. Hut tho patching up
process was taken too leisurely. While
they wero going on with It, down came
I
FIRST CABLE MESSAGE IS
j Jfes-r rMw ' v
K (loCXAff 'NlV "W1 tfm
The twentieth century, nn foretold by tho mechanical prophets, has sent
a telegraph mcsnngo nround the world. Tho message was started from
Iloston nnd In thirty-eight hours and
point from which It had started.
The message around tho world by
pletion of the jlrltlsh lino from Vancouver, II. C, to Ilrlsbnne In Australia.
The Inst gap had been filled In on the
the Ilrltlsh officials were content to
new stations across the Pacific Ocean, but to none of them did the Idea oc
cur to try for n world girdling word.
Charles J. (Hidden, a Iloston business roan In no way connected with tho
cnblo company, wan deeply Interested In thin latest achievement of modern
engineering skill, and decided to put It to a practical test. Ho wrote out the
message: "Mass. via Vancouver, Ilrltlsh cable, Australia, Ollddcn, Boston,
around tho world."
The dispatch was filed In the Boston office of the cable company and when
the rest of the business ahead of It was sent off the operator put It on the
wire for Vancouver. What tlio operators alone the line thoiioht of It Is n
matter for surmise, as It wns all new
was a snorter way to Iloston than
Tho message went to Fanning Island In tho Pacific, where It was relayed.
Thero It was taken by an operator In light summer costume and ticked ahead
to the next touching point In the FIJI group, nnd from thero to Norfolk
Island and on to Brisbane.
After Brisbane It wns pretty clear sailing, as the lino lay straight to India,
across the Bed Sea, the Mediterranean, through France, Knglnnd nnd then
on the old established Atlantic cable to Canada, and down to Boston. The
message banded Mr. Glldden hnd met with a few mishaps on Its tour of
the world, but was still recognizable as the one originally sent Mr. Gild
den's name had been changed to "Oleddon" and "Around the world" read
"Armund the world." An extra "Boston" had been Inserted, but In all other
respects tho message was. the same.
The time It took to get nround was due In part to the relays needed In
tbo transmission and partly because there was nothing on the message to
show that any baste was desired. It was. In fact only an Idle experiment,
with no Idea of making a record.
Mr, Glldden. after a few hours, had given up nil Idea of ever hearing
from bis message again, and was a bit surprised when It did turn up at his
oOlce more than three dnys later.
The cost was only a little over $12 for the first six words of the message
and a proportionate sum for the others. Mr. Glldden thinks he secured a
bargain at that price.
the tower Into tbo square of San
Marco.
The HrUffe Ilelfrr.
The celebrated "Belfry Bruges." In
Belgium, Is likewise fast crumbling to
decay. The tower on which Longfel
low stood when be wrote one of bis
most beautiful short poems threatens
to fall Just as the Campanile did. For
501) years this great cathedral tower
has stood without having shown any
signs of weakness. But "going to ruin"
appears to be contagious amongst the
ancient landmarks of the world and
the contagion Is fast spreading. The
Belfry of Bruges has attracted pil
grims from all over the world. In It
hangs a celebrated chime of bells of
which poets for centuries have sung.
It Is one of the best-known landmarks
of the Middle Ages. The Order of tho
Golden Fleece was founded In Its shad
ow, and many famous battles have
neen lougui near wiiero it stands, nut
unless the efforts of engineers and
architects can prevail. It. too must sue-.
cumu to tno ravages or time.
The Sphinx, too. Is fast growing
weary. For 3,000 years this Egyptian
mystery with the body of a Hon and
the face of a woman has remained at
the borders of the Libyan desert
But she. too. Is beginning to Bhow
BT. PAUL 8 CATHEDRAL.
signs of age, having at last grown
weary of propounding her riddle to tho
sands of the desert and the vast mul
titudes who dally visit her, coming by
trolley from Cairo. The Sphinx has
seen many empires rise and flourish
nud decay, but uuless rejuvenation, as
mysterious as her own origin and ex
istence, soon sets In, she, too, will dis
solve In broken fragments and with
her will bo gone forever the only
chance of ever obtaining an answer to
the riddle which no one has yet been
able to find out
Church of St. John.
Like St. Paul's Cathedral, In London,
tho Church of St. John Lateran, In
Home, Is In danger of falling to pieces.
Tho carved and gilded roof Is liable at
any time to tumble down upon the
heads of the worshipers. St John's Is
tho mother nnd head of all the church
es. Of all the original churches built
by Constantino In 890, the baptistry of
St. John's Is the only piece of archi
tecture that still remains. The church
Itself has had a career of many disas
ters. But the calamatles which have
hitherto befallen It have been due to
lire, earthquake and war. It Is ready
now to drop with old age. The part
threatening collapse Is tlio flat wooden
root which Is richly ornamented with
ornate sunken panels In tho stylo
known as coffered. Both on account
of, Its antiquity and Its beauty Its fall
would be a loss to tho wholo world.
To make the roof safo would cost $40,
000, and tho Pope has ordered a sub
scription to raise tho required amount.
Cleopatra s Needle, llko the Sphinx,
Is a monument of tho dead past. No
ono likes to bo told thnt It Is falling to
pieces. But this ancient landmark Is
not withstanding tho rigors of tho
Western climate. There In Central
Park, New York, llko tho Sphinx on
the Egyptian desert, It Is beginning to
show marked signs of falling age. Tho
fate ot tho transplanted relic ot tho
Nllo Is assuredly tbo samo as that of
tho native and uudlsturbcd relic of tho
sands savo for Its foreign surround
ings. Tho bell tower ot San Stefnno, In
Venice, Is threatening to fall, after
having stood for more than COO years,
and a portion ot the front ot tho
Church ot Saints John and Paul has
tumbled bodily outward, with Its
Ms
SENT AROUND HIE WORLD
twenty minutes was delivered at tho
cnblo wnn made possible by tlio com
evening of Oct 30, and the next dny
send messages of congratulation to the
business to them, and they knew there
by wny of the other side of the world,
storied window, through which the
1 ! t' 1 1 f lll,l fn BfM.m l 1 ,
dor nn ih inZ .L V , 1 . horsemen rode over the veld, nnd sov
LZ!VZaTSL0t 8CU,PtUred, -a. came close to where Burnhnm
fc was lying. In the darkness he looked
.,,. ytbJnon' . . 1 like a lump of grass Hint be oscaped
ot xnlon. r "c"0"orTemI'e daylight he would have been taken,
of r ;ln ,St Pe,fectP'" After a while the column moved on.
?nV; whn B' T0,Url8,S arr'V' ! Bornbam roso to his feet and
Ixn.tntinn T r . f ck off southward for Bloemfon-
tufrZ , 7, , 1 " h,Ped t0 bc teln. He spent two day and nights
t n7rZ r r",158 P?8Se8' n the veld, hidden by day on the
M. I!e'.,re2tPrfls08luet0 Bummlts of kopjes, from which ho
- --- v""L".vftn.i, uvkivij ul Alliens
for this. The work of saving the clas
sic pile from destruction was com
fhrr.n,n,nii . . .
un. campanile greater alarm was felt
menced In 1800, but since the fall of
for the safety of the- Parthenon, so tho
society pushed tho work to a finish.
All these years the view has been
bidden by Its surrounding scaffolding.
Now Its face Is again revealed. Tho
Parthenon Is a great Doric temple
erected under the suoerlntcndenrn nf
Phidias, by Ictinus and Calllcrates.
It Is built of Pcntellc marble. Elebt
pillars mark tho width of thn tni.
ture. On each side there are 15, not
' counting thoso on tho corners. The
. total lencth Is 22S feet the Imit-ht nt
the top of the pediment Is 04 feet. Dn-
. til It was used as a Turkish magazine
tuis magnltlccnt relic of Pcriclean
times stood little Injured by the weath
er or war. That was In 1087, when a
bomb from a Venetian mortar burst
within, the explosion breaking the Unery, "Bird Lore" (Mncmlllan Com
building practically In two. It was Piny), the otllclnl organ of tho Audit-
the tlmo of the siege of the Acropolis
by the Venetians under Morostnl. By
order of Lord Elgin of England many
of Its remaining glories were subse-'
quently removed, bringing Its final de
struction all the closer.
Nothing was done to render tho safe
ty of what was left more secure until
1SU3, when the Archaeological Society
of Athens took nn Interest In tbo mat
ter and exports were engaged to In
spect the venerable ruins. The result
ot these deliberations was to strength-
en. but not restore, tho facade of the
'"u UJU8t iureaieneu following the second eruption of Mont
" western- . 1U . Pelee, which completed tho devnsta-
Tbo design of the repairs was well tlou of st. rcrre haT0 bccn pubi,silej
conceived, and Is being wisely carried by tUo 0lU,ook Company under tho
out bcreter he heavy stones of the ut, ..TUo Tra j ot IcIee..
architecture bad not support sufile cut , ,, . . ,, .,
they were strengthened by the Inser-1 Mary Cholmondelej considers three
Hon of maintaining pieces, by clamps fears little enough tlmo for the writ-
and other contrivances that, while not lns of novel- A" tho ptiononiMial
changing tho facade In tho least de- v.08ue, of ""J, fottage' sho was bo-
gree. made It absolutely safo against fBcd by publishers, but wont serene
tho chances of further destruction. I on her wa' n"J sll bas ,,ot un,tn
This work of precaution will be con- now lm(1 ""Other novel ready for the
tlnued. There nre other monuments ,rcss- Su& ls ,ho 'laughter of a ro
on the Acropolis that demand equal at- clergyman and comes of a line of
tentlon. Alongside tho Fnrthenon tho clerical folk.
Erechthclon and tho tlttlo Temple of Joel Chandler Hnrrls has never pub
Wingless Victory are sources of ,lsUc1 n novel- '8 Uucl llell,u8
archaeological anxiety. The columns mado hlm Vus; and slnco then ho
of that part of the Erechthclon known Uas 8vcu hla "lllu to Juvenile books,
as the Pandroslon havo become very sllort stories and verses. Ho has, how
weak. The scaffolding, when removed ovcr- succumbed to tho novel bacillus,
from tho finished Parthenon, will bo ci'l'lcmlc In literary ranks this yonr,
re-erected around the Erechthelon nnd nnd wln soon publish "Gabriel Toll!
the needed support and strengthening ver" n stor' of tbo reconstruction po
wlll bo provided there. I rlod ln Georgia.
As to tho Httlo Temple of Wingless Longfellow Is tho universal poet. He
Victory, It Is tho bastion supporting It has been translated Into French, Ger-
which gives rise to most apprehension, mnn, Itnllnn, Dutch, Danish, Swedish.
Sovcral large fissures havo shown Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Itusslan,
themselves In tho masonry.
ll.ll's Chance.
The daily grind of toll blunts the finer
feelings; but for the sake of humanity
it Is to bo hoped that this grimly humor-. tury has been so widely appreciated."
ous story from "Memories ot Half a Tho novelists are at great pains to
Century" cites an exceptional case of Invent odd titles nowadays. For one
callousness: imok with a title as uuproteutlous nn
A Yorkshire doctor wns summoned to . "Adnm Bode," for Instance, wo have n
a man whoso case he could only pro- dozen' with whimsical names cleverly
nouueo not hopeless. Ho gavo Instruc-; contrived to Bet pooplo talking nbout
Hons as to the medicines that would at their oddity. Presumably Jnllan
least give relief, nnd snld that he would Ralph's uso of tho almost superfluous
observo tho result on his next visit. Tho word, "millionairess," ns the tltlo of
wife of the sick man Inquired, quite his new story will cnuso some profit
properly, about what the charge would ablo comment. Mrs. Itutli M i:uery
be, nud If It Included the medicine. I Stuart's forthcoming book. The tjn-
No," replied tno physician; "that you,
must buy at the chemist's."
"And It you come again will you
charge?"
"Yes, certainly.'
TUo womun turned to the suffering
man. "Do you hear Hint, Bill?" she
demanded, "Deo like a men; never
wear thy brass that way,"
I "cape of scour' ournham!
Kent Adventure ht Haiitlt Afrlen Hint
Heads I.Ike Fiction.
Ihirnhnni, tho American Kout, who
was Lord Itotxsrita ehlf BftiW 'i
one of Ihii most Uitrttctii!K HKili. tn
tin Solllll A t rn aii Wnr. UiiBifjM IM
advetitm -.an n UlHll atlf Wild
est Invrtitiba of ibe wttf& of drtn.
novels iiliTcrliitr only Ui the iiimu-.-.
renpec Hint thj are inn. riviirue
Unger, tin- .Muoilanu .isr ruiin
cut, relutt -ina of Ww In lm i
"With 'Ilol.s ami Krugw."
Ilurnhnm onco nllovt'U himself to
he captured and led Into DsWet's
enmp, hoping to get liifnrinnthni nnd
into escnp. He concealed tils Identi
ty, but wns betrnyed by another pris
oner, a ltriti,!, otllwr, who, In npllu
?L !Irn flm'" n- tpwiy rallfl
Immcdlntely paCed ovr htm, Wl on
tlio mnrch he wns put Into a twk
wagon, closely cove red except In front.
An armed driver nut on tlio ttent, a
guard rodo nt each side nnd one be
hind. Learning from the conversation
of his guards that when they reached
tho railway he would tio snt on to
Pretoria by trnln, ho knew tie must
escape them or nover.
Ho kept awnkc nt night nnd witched
his chance. It enmo when the driver
I f?ot down to glvo somo directions to
tno native uoy lending tue oxen, llurn-
ham crept up on tho sent, from which
ho slipped down to tho cart-tongue,
and from thero ho slid quietly to tho
j ground, prostrate under tho cart,
which passed over him. Tho gunrds
on the sides could not neo, but thoso
behind might Ho lay still, preparing
to endure even the trend of a horso
nnd not glvo n sign.
I The night wns dark. The horses of
the following cart stepped carefully
over him, and their riders Just happen-
IIU. IV lUU. tlU , ,1. , IIU licit. Ull I,
drawn by oxen, wns somo dlntnnco
behind, and before It enmo up Burn
ham rolled swiftly to the side of tho
rond, where he lay until the enrt pass
ed. Then, before another came up, lie
bad time to roll several hundreds yards
Into the night, nnd was for the mo
ment safe.
But now his escape was discovered.
The column halted and lights nppcar
ed. Horsemen rode up and down tho
line, shouting and firing shots. Other
could see Boer scouts, evidently on tho
lookout for him. At last he succeeded
In reaching Blocmfonteln, nfter forty-
ht hours without food. He had
,,, imnnri nf Infrtrmnf (sin frntn
gained Important Information from
the careless conversation of his guards,
and had accomplished his purpose.
In view of the announced determina
tion to make feathers "take an extraor
dinary part In the coming season's mil-
bon societies, sounds a rally call and
urges a more strenuous warfare against
tho destroyers of birds.
"Tho Pleasures of the Table," by
George H. EUwangcr, Is' an elaborate
volume printed by Do Vlnno and Just
Issued by Doublcday, Pago & Co. The
author has made a book of real Inter
est nnd literary distinction, full of good
stories, unusual recipes, quaint oddi
ties and suggestive facts.
George Kennan's account of his ex
periences nnd observations In Mnrtln-
Iquo In tlle three weeks Immediately
Huugnrlan, Bohemian, Latin, Hebrew,
Chinese, Sanscrit, Mnrnthl nnd Judeu
German. "There Is no evidence," soya
Col. T. W. Hlggluson. "that any other
Eugllsh-speakliig poet of tho last om
tleman of the Plush Itoekcr," hns a
tltlo which Is dellclously Ameilmn.
When It Is known at a turn nil that
tho deceased picked out the hymns
nnd arranged the program lu udvauce,
tho women present find tbo oeeiwlon
so sweetly ead as to be almost fliijoy-ablo.