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CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief! Resume o f Important Eventa Presented in Condensed Form fo r Our Busy Raedera. Cornelius N. Bliss, ex-secretary o f the interior, is dead. A Turkish Pasha has refused a cab inet seat because Turkey w ill not cede Tripoli to Italy. Mme. Nordics made a speech from her automobile in San Francisco, fa v oring votes for women. Oregon dogwood trees w ill be used for ornamental purposes at the famous watering place o f Teplitz, Germany. The Portuguese parliament has been called in extra session to dispose o f the Monarchist prisoners captured in the recent rebellion. The campaign managers for Senator Stephenson, o f Wisconsin, say they considered $107,000 a very reasonable expense bill for the election o f a sena tor. An Alaska steamer arrived at Se attle with a flock o f ptarmigan on board. The birds were blown to sea by a violent storm and took refuge on board the boat. The government w ill offer for sale at auctiun in Seattle ten “ buffalo” overcoats which have been stored there for years. A minimum price o f $26 each has been set for the gar ments, but they are expected to bring much more.' A Lewiston Junction man, convicted o f receiving stolen wheat, got tired waiting for the guards who were to take him to the pen, and with his commitment in his pocket bought his own ticket and boarded the train for Walla W alla to Berve his time. The W ar department is to give spe cial attention to making coast defense m ilitia efficient. Albert Leon, a Russian Jew, was captured in New York as he was about to sail for South America. He is be lieved to be one o f the most dangerous counterfeiters ever known, and the Pacific Qoast is said to be flooded with bad $10 bills by him and his gang. The Italian flag now [floats over the forts o f Tripoli. Looters o f bodies at Austin, Pa., are being shot on sight by the military guards. Stores are being reopened for busi ness at Austin, Pa. Troops throughout the state of Mis sissippi are held in readiness to quell any strike disturbances. Striking railroad men at New Or leans attacked a foree o f strikebreak ers and many were badly injured. Italy plans to bring the war with Turkey to a quick finish by an im posing show o f strength in Africa. TU R K S ARE REPULSED. Attempt to Recapture Tripoli Results In Great Loss. Tripoli— The Turks do not intend to abandon Tripoli to the Italians with out further resistance. For several days horsemen have been reconnoiter- ing in the vicinity o f Italian outposts. Several times at night they have been discovered by the searchlights o f the warships and shells drove them back to the hills. Three thousand Turkish troops with field guns were discovered at 1 o ’clock in the morning aivancing in two col umns, with the evident intention of recapturing the town. A large body o f natives marched with the troops and presented a formidable array. The Italian commander, however, had an intimation that such an attempt probably would be made and his men were prepared. The Italian guns were well placed and the Turks were met by a heavy artillery and rifle fire, to which they replied with equal energy. It was moonlight and the fleet turned the searchlights on the contending forces when the engagement was at its height, the battleships directing the shells to cover the Italian front and flank. For an hour the firing on shore was continuous, but at 2 o ’clock it ceased. The Turks retired in good order, al though it is reported they suffered heavy loss. A body o f Turks tried to turn the Italian eastern flank without success. The Italian casualties were slight. The fleet pursued the retreating Turks with a heavy shell fire until 6 o ’clock in the morning. The looting by the Arabs, which oc curred after the bombardment, and the disorderly flight o f the Turks, was to a great extent the work o f 460 criminals le ft in prison, who beat down the doors and escaped. The looters made a clean sweep o f the pal ace and the forts. Nothing was left but the bare walls and the great litter o f official documents. Even doors and windows were removed and the pow der magazines pillaged. The Turks appear to have had enor mous supplies o f ammunition, guns, rifles and projectiles. _ Quantities o f powder, cartridges and shells have been recovered, and the Italians have blown up three large powder maga zines. Laborers and escaped prison ers are constantly being' recaptured. Signs o f the looting are visible on all sides by the attire worn by the miserable negroes and the ragged na tive children, who for the first time in their lives are able to wear boots, fezzes and fine clothes, formerly the summer uniforms o f Turkish soldiers. One o f the curious sights o f the town is the appearance o f the Turkish police and soldiers, who have been enrolled in the Italian service, all clad in Turkish uniforms and wearing Turkish arms, accompanying the Ital ian governor and other officials and aiding the Italian marines to restore order and arrest criminals. W OMAN SUFFRAGE BEATEN. Bills o f $30,000 for beer and cigars are a part o f the campaign expenses California Adopts Initiative and Ref erendum and Judiciary Recall, o f Senator Stephenson, o f Wisconsin. San Francisco— With returns from PO R TLA N D M ARKETS. little more than one-tenth o f the state at hand, the indications early Wednes W h eat— E x port b a s is: Rluestem, day were that California had refused 83(dj84c; club, 79fri)80c; red Russian, to grant equal suffrage to women, but 78c; valley, 79(<t80c; 40-fold. 80c. had by emphatic vote adopted the ini MillstufTs — Bran, $24.604/26 per tiative and referendum and the recall, ton; m iddlings, $32, shorts, $26.60(<u the latter including the judiciary, as 26; rolled barley, $33.60fti>8i.60. part o f its organic law. Corn— W hole, $83; cracked, $34 per Twenty-three proposed amendments ton. to the constitution o f the common B arley — N e w feed, $316032 per wealth were voted upon. O f these the ton; brew in g, $37. three mentioned and the proposal to Oats— No. 1 w hite, $29.60 per ton. make the state railway commission an H ay — No. 1 Eastern O regon tim appointive body and empowering the othy, $166017.60; No. 1 valley, $1660 legislature to enlarge greatly the pow 16.60; a lfa lfa , $12.60; clover, $9; ers o f the board, overshadowed in pub gra in hay, $10(q)10.60. lic interest all the rest. The last- P ou ltry — H ens, 14(i$14|c; springs, named amendment also, according to 14(3ll4ic; ducks, young, 16(<ol6ic; early returns, has been carried. geese, 116012c; turkeys, 186022c. B utter — O regon cream ery, solid pack, 33c; prints, extra. E g g s — Fresh Oregon ranch, candled, 86|)34c per dozen. Pork— Fancy, 106011c per pound. V e a l— Fancy, 1S$6 o 14 c per pound. Fresh Fru its— Peaches, 606076c per box; plums, 606076c per crate; prunes, 2(<i)2$c per pound; pears, $1(>0 2 per b o x ; grapes, 60ct«$1.10 per box; apples, $1602.60 b o x ; huckle berries, 6ik$7$c per pound; cranber ries, $9.60 per barrel. Potatoes— O regon, l f c per pound; sw eet potatoes, 2}(<o2ic per pound. Onions— C alifo rn ia, $1.60 per hun dred. V ege tab le s — Artichokes, 76c per dozen; beans, 6(<ol0c; cabbage, f(n .ljc per pound; cauliflower, 76c(d$1.26 per dozen; corn, 266030c per dozen ; cu cumbers, $ 1 ( 0 ) 1.26 per sack; eggplant, 6f«C8c pound; garlic, 106012 c pound; lettuce, 4(Vn 60c per dozen ; hothouse lettuce, $1.2 6 (o l.7 6 per b o x ; peppers, 6606c per pound; radishes, 12)c per dozen; sprouts, 8c per pound; toma toes, 60ftt75e per b o x ; carrots, $1.26 per sack ; turnips, $1; beets, $1.76. H ops — 1911 crop, 32(<o33$c; olds, nominal. W ool -E astern Oregon. 96016c per pound, ’according to sh rin k age; v al ley. 156017c; mohair, choice, 36(0 87c. C a t t le —Choice steers, $6.36<a6.46; good, $6(<i.6.26; fa ir, $4.76(o6; me dium, $4.60(11.4.76; poor, $3.76(04.60; choice cows, $4.3<ko4.70; fa ir, $4 «l 4.16; common, $2.60(a3.60; extra choice spayed heifers, $4.40(0.4.60; choice heifers, $4.26 o l 4.40; choice bulls, $3.26(0 3.60; good. $2.76<.i3; common, $2(02.60; choice calves, $7.16(07.26; good, $7(0)7.16; com mon, $4(0.6; choice stags, $4.60(0 4.76; good, $4.26(04.60. H o g s — Choice ligh t hogs, $7.26oi; 7.80; good to choice, $7(0.7.26; fa ir, M - 7 6 « 7 ; common, $6(<i6.60. Sheep — Choice y earlin g wethers, coarse wool, $3.26(03.40; choice y earlin g wethers, east o f mountains. $3.10(03 26; choice twos and threes, fl.8 6 4 t8 .0 6 ; choice lam bs, $4.26(0 4.60; choice yearlings, $4.16(04.26; id to choice lambs, $4(04.16; culls, 60®3. C WOULD RESTORE KING MANUEL ed the Republican troops at a fortified town 46 miles east o f the Braga, and that Captain Couciere will have 30,- 000 men behind him when he invests Oporto. LAURIER FORCES RESIGN. Portugal Royalists Reported Preparing for Fight. Republican Troops Surrounded and Government Admits Situation Becoming Grave, Lisbon, Portugal— Royalists, fight ing to put Manuel back on the throne, early Saturday morning surrounded and cut off the retreat o f Republican troops near Vinhaes, 17 miles west o f Bragaaza, according to a report which has reached this city. Details are lacking, but a fierce battle between the opposing forces is expected. Both sides have been rein forced during the last few hours, it is understood. There have been no disturbances in Lisbon during the last day or two. The Portuguese government no longer denies, however, the situation in the republic outside the capital is very New Canadian Minister Takes Charge of Administration. Ottawa, Ont.— The last meeting o f the Laurier govement was held F ri day. The resignations o f the minis ters will.be tendered to Earl Grey Sat urday and R. L. Borden will be invit ed to form a government. He may have his slate ready and begin at once as Sir W ilfrid Laurier did in 1906. Bye-elections will be held as soon as possible. Parliament is expected to meet early in November and finish its busi ness before Christmas. It is almost certain that E. E. White, general manager o f the N a tional Trust company o f Ontario, will be Finance minister in the Borden cabinet. Premier Hazen, o f New Brunswick; A. S. Goodeve, M. P., o f British Col umbia; Senator Loughred, of Alberta; Dr. Roche, M. P., o f Manitoba.; Rob ert Rogers, Manitoba's minister o f public works; Fred Cochrane, minis ter o f mines for Ontario; Andrew The Courtship °L Miles Standish With Illustrations by H ow a rd Chandler Christy ( C o p y r ig h t, T h e Babb j - M e r r ill Com pany) John Alden luto the open air John Alden, per plexed and bewildered, Rushed like a man Insane, and wan dered alone by the sea side; Paced up and down the sands, and bared hts head to the east wind, Cooling his heated brow, and the fire and fever within him. Slowly as out of the heavens, with apocalyptical splendors, Sank the City of God, In the vision of John the Apostle, So, with its cloudy walls of chrysolite, Jasper, and Bapphlre, Sank the broad red sun, and over Its turrets uplifted Glimmered the golden reed of the angel who measured the city. and mist of the evening. Soon he entered his door, and found the redoubtable Captain Sitting alone, and absorbed In the martial pages of Caesar, Fighting some great campaign In Halnaut or Brabant or Flanders. "Long have you been on your errand," he said with a cheery demeanor. Even aa one who Is waiting an an swer. and fears not the issue. "N ot far off Is the house, although the woods are between us; But you have lingered so long, that while you were going and coming I have fought ten battles and sacked and demolished a city. Come, sit down, and In order relate to me all that has happened.” Then John Alden spake, and related the wondrous adventure. From beginning to end, minutely. Just as It happened; “Welcome, O wind of the East!” he exclaimed In his wild exultation, How he had seen Priscilla, And how he had sped In his courtship, “ Welcome, O wind of the East, from Only smoothing a little, and softening the caves of the misty Atlantic! down her refusal. Blowing o’er fields of dulse, and measureless meadows of sea- But when he came at length to the words Priscilla had spoken, grass. Blowing o'er rocky wastes, and the grottos and gardens of ocean! Lay thy cold, moist band on my burn ing^ forehead, and wrap me Close in thy garments of mist, to al lay the fever within m e!“ EX-KING MANUEL, OF POkTUGAL, WHOM ROYALISTS ARE TRYING TO RE-INSTATE. grave, although asserting that reports concerning royalist rampages have been greatly exaggerated. It was reported that ex-King Man uel was in Spain, presumably on his way to Portugal. This was found to be without foundation, as information came direct from London that Manuel is still at Richmond with the queen mother. Dispatches from Madrid, Spain, say that Portuguese Royalists concentrat ed at Puebla de Sanabria, province o f Zamora, Spain, about 20 miles north east o f Braganza, Portugal, have formed into three columns under the command o f Captain Couciere, Senor Camacho Canavarro and Homen Cristo. Their first objectives are Chaves and Braganza, where the garrisons are reported to have pronounced in favor o f the monarchy and courtmartialed a few officers who held contrary opin ions. The monarchists now say the entire population in North Portugal has made common cause with them. The government is maintaining a close scrutiny o f Oporto, which is looked upon as the hotbed o f the Roy alist* conspiracy. It was there that spirited fighting between the Republi can troops and Monarchists took place Saturday, in which many o f Manuel’s partisans were fired upon by the gov ernment soldiers. Broder, M. P., o f Dundas. Ont. ; George E. Foster, ex-finance minister; Judge Doherty, o f St. Annes, Mon treal , T. Chase Casgrain and F. D. Monk, o f Montreal, are practically certain to have portfolios. ITA LIA N S O C C U P Y TR IPO LI. Portions of Fleet Proceed to Bom bard Other Turkish Porta. London— The Chronicle’s Constanti nople dispatch from Tripoli says that Italian warships are bombarding Ben ghazi and Derna and that the former is vigorously returning the fire. The Italian flag floats over Sultania fort at Tripoli which is occupied by landing parties. Part o f the fleet is anchored in the harbor and the other warships lie a short distance from the dismantled fortifications. According to a Constantinople re port, the Italian warships bombarded Benghazi and Derna. Rumors o f a naval engagement in Turkish waters, o f an attack against Mytilene and o f the blowing up o f the Italian battleship Conte di Caviour at Tripoli have not been confirmed from any quarter. A report ia current from Constanti nople that while Germany favors the adoption o f the Italian ultimatum as the basis o f peace negotiations. Great Britain proposes that Tripoli shall be come a privileged tributary Turkish villayet, under joint Turkish-ltalian administration, thus retaining the su zerainty o f the Sultan. Meanwhile the choleric Captafa strode wrathful away to the couth ell, Found It already assembled, lmpa* tlently waiting his coming; Men in the middle of life, austere and grave In deportment. Only one of them old. the hUl that was nearest to heaven. Covered with snow, but erect, the e » cellent Elder of Plymouth. God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting, Then had sifted the wheat, as the living seed of a nation; So say the chronicles old, and such Is the faith of the people! Near them was standing an Indian, la attitude stern and defiant. Naked down to the waist, and grim and ferocious In aspect; While on the table before them waa lying unopened a Bible, Ponderous, bound In leather, brasn- studled, printed In Holland, And beside It outstretched the skin of a rattlesnake glittered. Filled, like a quiver, with arrows; a signal and challenge of warfare. Brought by the Indian, and speaking with arrowy tongues of defianoe. This Miles Standish beheld, as he en tered. and heard them debating What were an answer befitting the hostile message and menace. Talking of this and of that, contriving, suggesting, objecting; One voice only for peace, and that the voice of the Elder, Judging It wise and well that some at least were converted, Rather than any were slain, for this was but Christian behavior! Then outspoke Miles Standish, the stalwart Captain of Plymouth, Muttering deep In his throat, for hla voice was husky with anger: "W hat! do you mean to make war with milk and the water of rosesT Is It to shoot red squirrels you have Like an awakened conscience, the sea was moaning and tossing. Beating remorseful and loud the mu table sands of the sea shore. Fierce In his soul was the struggle and tumult of passions contend ing; Love triumphant and crowned, and friendship wounded and bleeding, Passionate cries of desire, and Im portunate pleadings of duty! - “ Is It my fault,” he said, “ that the maiden hae chosen between usf Ia It my fault that he failed,—my fault that I am the victort” Then within him there thundered a voice, like the voloe of the prophet: “ It hath displeased the Lord !” —and he thought of David's transgrea- alon, Bathsheba's beautiful face, and hla friend In the front of the battle! Shame and confusion of guilt, and abasement and self-condemnation, Overwhelmed him at once; and he cried In the deepest contrition: “ It hath displeased the Lord! It Is the temptation of Satan!“ Then uplifting his head, he looked at the sea, and beheld there Dimly the shadowy form of the May flower riding at anchor. Rocked on the rising tide, and ready to sail on the morrow; Heard the voices of men through the mist, the rattle of cordage Thrown on the deck, the shouts of the mate, and the sailors’ “ Aye, aye, s ir!” Clear and distinct, but not loud, In the dripping air of the twilight Still for a moment he stood, and listened, and Btared at the vessel. Then went hurriedly on, as one who. seeing a phantom. Stops, then quickens his pace, and follows the beckoning shadow. “ Yes. It Is plain to me now,” he mur mured; “ the hand of the Lord la Leading me out of the land of dark ness, the bondage of error. Through the sea, that shall lift the walls of its waters around me, Hiding me, cutting me off, from the cruel thoughts that pursue me. Back will 1 go o'er the ocean, this dreary land will abandon. Her whom I may not love, and him whom my heart has offended. Better to be In my grave In the green old churchyard in England, Close by my mother's side, and among the dust of my kindred; 6,000 Carry Manuel's Flag. Badajos, Spain (on the Portuguese frontier) — The Portuguese govern ment admits that Royalist disturb ances are in progress in Northern Portugal, near the Spanish frontier. It is asserted that 6,000 men arc Lumber Business Better. following the white and blue flag o f Road's Loss Is Million. the deposed King Manuel. It is also Tacoma— Reports from lumber man Denver— W ith communication with said the Royalists engaged and defeat- ufacturers in 24 states received at the the principal towns in the flood-swept office o f Manager I-eonard Bronson, o f districts o f Southwestern Colorado and Babes Come to Pasadena. the National Lumber Manufacturers’ Northwestern New Mexico re-estab Pasadena, Cal. — The much-adver association, indicate that the lumber lished, it became apparent that the damage would not be as heavy as ex tised lack o f births in Pasadena is at output is but 3| per cent greater than pected. The Rio Grande Southern an end. No longer is the finger o f the shipments, which, according to railway has suffered heavy damage. scorn to be pointed at this abiding- Manager Bronson, means the lumber industry is returning to its proper Estimates place the railroad loss at $1,000,000. The reports o f the( place o f multi-millionaires and com basis. The National Lumber Manu drowning o f 20 Navajo Indians at the mon millionaires. During the last 48 facturers' association three months Ship Rook agency in New Mexico was hours there were recorded 16 births at ago began to gather statistics concern officially denied when communication the Pasadena hospital, besides a dozen ing the lumber cut, the shipments and in private homes. Fifteen o f the 16 the stock on hand at the mills. was established. hospital arrivals are girls. Ixtcal doc Youths Dead on Shasta, tors who havs been working over-time Contempt Case Reopened say there is some fear of an over pro Sisson. Cal.— A t the bottom o f the Washington. D. C.— The contempt duction. , narrow box canyon on the east slope proceedings against President Gom- pers. Vice President Mitchell and Sec o f Mount Shasta, the bodies o f Harry Oregon Will Cruise South. retary Morrison, o f the American Fed Seattle — The battleship Oregon, Mapes and Herbert Barr, two 19-year- eration o f Labor, for alleged violation old boys, who were lost in a snow o f an order o f the District o f Colum which has been at the Puget Sound bia Supreme court have been begun navy yard six years undergoing recon storm a week ago, were found Friday anew. The committee o f prosecutors struction, will leave here October 24 by Matt Kolen, a veteran mountain appointed to examine into the case for I-os Angeles to join the Pacific guide. Two miles from where the bod joined issue with the labor leaders' fleet for annual inspection. While at ies were found was a hunters’ camp answers fill'd several weeks ago. Jus Los Angeles the famous old battleship established by the two victims shortly tice Wright, o f that court, is expected will undergo exhaustive tests to ascer before they were lost in the storm. to appoint a chancery examiner to tain her effectiveness for war duty. More than 100 men were searching for Her new fire control system, wireless the young men for several days. take testimony o f both sides. apparatus and other equipment, that End of Strike is Forecast. was unheard-of when she made h er; Chinese Capital Falls. notable trip around the Horn, w ill be I Los Angeles—-"The strike will be Pekin— News has reached this city over within 30 days; trains are be Buckled the Belt 'Round Hla Waist. that the Chinese revolutionaries have given a thorough try-out. hind time, engines need repairs, and captured Wu Ching. the capital o f the 200 Rebels Put In Jail. no competent men can be had to fill Better be dead and forgotten, than llv province o f Hu Poh, where trouble has Ing In shame and dishonor! Mexico City. — General Ambrosio our places,'' was the statement issued been reported for several days. The Sacred and safe and unseen. In the commander o f the troops defending Figueora. in a bloodless battle at Chi- here by the strikers' publicity com dark of the narrow cnamber the city was killed by a bomb and the lapa. Guerrero, captured 200 Zapa mittee o f the Harriman employes. With me my secret shall die, like a Superintendent Platt, o f the southern tista and placed them in jail at Chil- viceroy escaped only by hasty flight. burled Jewel that glimmers Five foreign gunboats stationed along pancingo. He believes he has thus division o f the system said conditions Bright on the hand that Is dust. In the were satisfactory and that more men effectively broken the strength o f Za the Yangtze river are protecting the chambers of silence and dark city o f Hankow, while Chinese gun pata ami Almazar. who have been ter were working now than at any time ness.— rorizing the statea o f Mnreloa. Puebla since the strike was begun. boats are en route to other points. Tea. as the marriage ring of the great and Guerrero for months. Martial espousal hereafter!" Per Capita Cash 634 35. law ia being discussed for Chiapas, Sugar Convictions Stand. where two governments exist with Washington, D. C.— Each citizen of New York—The United States Cir Thus aa he spake, he turned. In the the United States, under an equal di cuit Court o f Appeals has affirmed the separate capitals. strength of hla strong resolution. vision, would have $34.36, the per convictions in the lower court o f Spaniard Finds No Trouble. capita circulation on October 2, ac Leaving behind him the shore, and Charles R. Heike, ex-secretary o f the hurried along In the twilight. Madrid "The governor o f Pontevedra cording to the circulation statement o f American Sugar Refining company, Through the congenial gloom of the and Emest GerbrachL ex-superinten informs the government that he sent the treasury department. The total forest silent and somber. dent o f the company's Williamsburg an emissary into Portugal to learn money in circulation amounted to $3,- TUI he beheld the lights In the seven 242.182,716. an increase over the pre what the royalists were doing. The refinery, who were found guilty of houses of Plymouth. participating in the underweight agent reported that absolute order ceding month, when it was $3,223,- | Shining like seven star* In the dusk 913.634. reigned. frauds. Winding Hla Sinuous Way. Words so tender and cruel: “ Why don't you speak for yourself, John 7” Up leaped the Captain of Plymouth, and stamped on the floor, till hla armor Clanged on the wall, where It hung, with a sound of sinister omen. All his pent-up wrath burst forth In a sudden explosion, Even as a hand-grenade, that scat ters destruction around 1L Wildly he shouted, and loud: "John Alden! you nave betrayed me! Me, Miles Standish, your friend! have supplanted, defrauded, betrayed me! One of my ancestor* ran his sword through the heart of Wat Tyler; Who shall prevent me from running my own through the heart of a traitor? Yours is the greater treason, for yours Is a treason to friendship! You, who lived under my roof, whom 1 cherished and loved as a brother; You, who have fed at my board, and drunk at my cup, to whose keep ing • I have Intrusted my honor, my thoughts the most sacred and se cret,— You, too, Brutus! ah, woe to the name of friendship hereafter! Brutus was Caesar's friend, and you were mine, but henceforward Let there be nothing between us save war, and implacable hatred!” So spake the Captain of Plymouth, as he strode about In the cham ber. Chafing and choking with rage; like cords were the veins on bis tem ples. But in the midst of hts anger a man appeared at the doorway. Bringing In uttermost haste a mes sage of urgent Importance, Rumors of danger and war and hos tile Incursions of Indians! Straightway the Captain paused, and. without further question or par- ley. Took from the nail on the wall hts sword with Its scabbard of Iron. Buckled the belt round his waist, and, frowning fiercely, departed. Alden was left alone. He heard the clank of the scabbard Growing fainter and fainter, and dy ing away In the distance. Then he arose from his seat, and looked forth Into the darknees. Felt the cool air blow on his cheek, that was hot with the Insult. Lifted his eyes to the heavens, and. folding his hands as In childhood. Prayed In the silence of night to the Father who seelh In secret, your howitzer planted There on the roof of the church, of la It to shoot red devils? Truly the only tongue that Is under stood by a savage Must be the tongue of fire that speaks from the mouth of the cannon I “ Thereupon answered and said the e » cellent Elder of Plymouth, Somewhat amazed and alarmed at this Irreverent language: “ Not so thought Saint Paul, nor yet the other Apostles; Not from the cannon's mouth were the tongues of fire they spake w ith !” But unheeded fell this mild rebuke on the Captain, Who had advanced to the table, and thus continued discoursing: "Leave this matter to me, for to me by right it pertalneth. War Is a terrible trade; but In the cause that Is righteous. Sweet is the smell of powder; and thus I answer the challenge!" Then from the rattlesnake's skin, with a sudden, contemptuous ges ture. Jerking the Indian arrows, he filled It with powder and bullets Full to the very Jaws, and handed It back to the savage. Saying, In thundering tones: "Here*, take It! this Is your answer!” Silently out of the room then glided the glistening savage. Bearing the serpent's skin, and seem ing himself like a serpent. Winding hts sinuous way In the dark to the depths of the foresL (TO BE C O N T IN U E D .) Too Much Ceremony. A Cincinnati drummer happened te be put at a table at Columbus with • number ot legislators, snd the courtly way In which they addressed sack other greatly bored the commercial traveler. It was: "W ill the gentleman from Hardin do this?” and “ the gen tleman from Franklin do that?” They Invariably spoks to each othar aa the gentleman from whatever county they [ happened to hall from. For 10 or 16 minutes tha drummer bore It In silence. Then he suddenly crushed tha ataten men by singing out in stentorian tones to the waiter: "W ill the gentleman from Ethiopia please pass the butter!* That ended the “gentleman from" business.—Rehoboth Sunday Herald. The ResulL “I suppose those garden seeds I sent saved you quite a Utile money,” said the affable statesman. No.” replied Mr. Growckor. “I hadn't the heart to waste em and the result Is that I'm In dsbt for gar den Implements."'