The Sun from New York, New York • Page 27

THE SUN, SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1809. 5 jST OF THE VOYAGEUHS. vmniir. i.r. vovxt after a en Tiitr i.v Tin: ronusT.

vn Trnpper-t moil Ih' Attnrla I.nd 4 Mllllt) tV.li.lm A.lnr A Woods Trngeily. jui. Wis. March "In lK2JIwcnt tn i.ison's catch o( furs Jacob Ati.r. I foiiml his agent m- was -hiving down the price, and mliiJ to go straight to the bend oftli- iiiii-- Well, when I got to Now i ijlurw.isBboiPhlsbusiuoss.hewouldn't sa notlitiiir mnkltig moan Mr I th skins So 1 LrniiBlU tl.o noil to 1 rt 1- irl.orn.

when? Chlcairo now i so, I 'h htaniod JirVii.fl-""' vAhlor I nie. tri'lniir with his company for ar. m.i clear to Now ork "lie hini ii.l.i. lo t'O'l- tl't I never dim -Win ti the 1 I.o Count described Jflrst ir.l"'il i-' Vm Urk' ol1' nn was with the Inotthocon- nnd "l'1" "nli IT ''ll''' institution tint htiil mthJ ric'isof niii-tv-nlno ivintirs. nil lut th" IJ twolf nftffii n-voU In the Ice Mtlnortli'lirl wigwam of tho ln-" iltrp wick- tofoio ho tlli'il thonlil innn ieTiirs' corrosi undent nn oiitllno of tint rwroflii" If' a Id" mnde up of almost dally Jr'wunters wi'h wild beasts and an unluter-mi ted of tho leaver, tho mink, tho I otlr fur-bearing animals.

LeCount Mlhtiftel ind trapped for a living from tho m'bii dm of tha "Ull icneh vojageur and th Vortliw- jinranv. and for -ix or olicht months Mid' T'" had buried himself In tho rine i'et. whore foi miles ho had no neigh-lor tut tho tear and the. panther Few men Uow the lardshlps of the life out in the MWarl following a line rl trip' nule through the forest, or th i rme tramplns through melting -mows ir Herding swollen streams; days nnd weeks fthirl rk at tlio paddle in sending the hl'irk canoe well toward tho headwaters om fift rtinniiis river to tlio wild spot irhre tlio loar bmlils his dam or the ottor fills Kin I'i'ik on which to construct Ida in'" 'roam below Tlio reward. i "nail, httlt more than hoard and a and mimM fund for ainmunl-tinnrnlt.

I.ai-''". -ind a few dollars to replace trllt, stoli-n, 'i cirtlod anny hy somo mink or la rulil'-h prefers lllmrtv calnod Ir cnanint oil a etf to tnei-tiiiB the hwlft rtath r.imr'nl hid aero.s the buck of the heal whet the trapper turns to hl snares. "Mi f.r-t re'Oilpett ald Jlr I.o Count. "iM hearine a tter ri-adjn Astor's tiadlnc rr.t at ttn-en Hai irnlnc tlm settlers that warwjslik-lv to br ik out bem pontile Cnlfed B'Htes dint iiBlanil 'lhis us in l.slDorlHU Tho letter ritten Astor to i man Jake I ranks, who was Astor's jnt Wor told 1-ranks to keep the Indians (j let fnrlf ar e.inieand the reds were drawn irtn It fur tradine would bo killed. Astor's business wen' to pieces, and he had toreorcan--e It when tlmwirwas over.

That war cost l'mamichtr Ms sum From lsll till 1SX7 I Count lived by trap-rmc. 6nl journeoil In his baik ennoo or c'utar duifMit up and down nlmost ciory ftream In Muine-ota and Wisconsin, and in lhT'l piddled hi. lil reh bark up iliu llo.ebud Ifrond Sittinc Hull's camp I.o Count came dwn th ltoebud ukusI follow inc. and wa.h one of tin first white men to cumron the "ne of the Custer light after the retreat of Mttinc Hull warriors Ho did cot so over tho I attleflcld, owinc to fears of anattack. hut evidences of the strusulo wore vlltl from tho river At that time he up-pod the Sioux had boon nttnckpd and ile.

fatfdtr the United states forces, and not for ircks did he learn that Custer nnd hi.com-cand had died within a few miles of hi. route. "John Jacob Wor was tho first tractor I err dealt with." Baid Mr I.n Count in tolling thejtoryof his life and recalling the Incidents efa hundrd )ears "Hebetnn business nt la Ilaye, as Day was then called. In 1110. I think Ho owned the wholo country.

He had trading rosts That at I.a Ilaye was tho chief. His man Fnnks told us I.a Ilaye would bo a Brent etr In time Then there was no Chicago no httoivn in the est -only Detroit, ntrndlng post, and east nt thitMn'real My father houcht up hundreds of aerosol land at I.allajo. He waa a trader himself Astor built steamboat atliufTilo to brine immigrants toIi Daye Tbo-r'e Interested In Milwaukee bought the boat. Ator didn't want to sell, hut they told him to ft a wee on it. He set times what the bojt cost hlm-and they took him up They ran the boat right through to Milwaukee, passing J.n Ilaye by.

and im-m'eratlon all i assed u. and went right on to Milwaukee. And that Is how Milwaukee be-smen hie city and I.a Ilaye stayed little tsirn Somebody gio I.n llajo the name Astoria alter but we were mad at Astor. aoi -o we started nnothortown a little way tiptheFox and culled it Shantjtnwn. Astoria lived, and that's the way we tot square with Astor." In lfili) I Count, then 10 years old, joined th Astor expedition headed by Itamser Crooks id W.

Hunt, who, with a band of started for the r.iclllc lliererllmi. overland journey has been in Irvlng's Astoria" I.o Count. mall for his age of 10. left the party on the 'till dnv out, nnd. boy as he was.

made his wit home alone, distance of ISO miles, throuah the dense fuie.ts and across tho toilet, rivers The old trapper i plained a distinct reoollec-tio-of alrno.t every Innil, nt of importance In His Ioie life neountors with fierce beasts T1tIef it was with he uld bo Induced toroterto them 'o give ili tails oneo tho Incident was mentioned 1, killing of three boars in as nany minutes -flt10 with a bullet from his eM.fahione,I muzle-Ioadinc illle. the second ith an nie nnd the third with li knifo-wns "tie of I.e Count's r. and four great "rs sblo r'n ms wa, prei ared for tho grnye. boro evi'leiceof tlm Hen eiiess of the battle. That in said tho old man.

a trapnng nn the uiiper waterH of the LWfPewa that fall It was In tho latter part fen right, and I was 'oiiowincup a line oi tr.ips one afternoon hen i 0(1 wlnJfll fell over a landing right Inn nest of four bears-two uilerownandtvvo si. months cubs. I was a 'Wr and not a hunter, and usually let such armnt, ajono lhaJ. m. I my rl119 t0 ljcforo It.

and I brought down the old male with in 1,1, brain Tho other three started and they W( Ilt at OM0 of lt, oul(, ftmi little trapping axe There wasn't one hundred that 1 would hit him In wa'etlnt imrtitim.nndl just throw aorounder il.e InipuUethau with any e. ll." brine him down. Hut "'uekwnntd Invelt tie- axe hit him sauaro Hit. he with "roar 0'1 mother Into II M.I-, 'T 0" so" ne heard the cub erj sho turned nnd eanie Twenty feet from me she "'upon berJiiinl feet and came toward me jnow.llde She looked as big as a but-tint as "'taiuount. My windy of about as mueh iho as a miowshoe, no time to think of a tree I He, and fiueil tho music.

Clf seeomls in knocking mo "''all. but as wo closed I drove tho lifr'r? nt hetween her ribs I inyshotilUer and breast, and I Th8 cratch didn't Mk i wouM hae befn wo" ln tt Vermnn. mJ' was greenhorn from nr, Isonthlraoutto get slip-In ti, poultice he got basswood." T'Rra ne Uvei1 'orM's nd I Co'u looalltios peopled with Indians, I vua' never had an unfriendly encounter with an Indian, But he had many adventures fully as exciting nnd thrilling as an onoounter with tho Chlopewa or the Bloux, Ills escape from disagreements with tho Indians ho ascribed more to good fortune than to diplomacy or careful management. "What was tho strangest thing that ever linppened to mo?" thn old man repeated. oil.

I think tho thing that floored mo hardest was my experience thn tlmo 1 went to New York to sell my furs to Jako Astor. I always had sold my polls to his company over slnco I was big enough to make llcure-fourtrnp for mink. His man at La Ilao would eny that this be.iverskln wns too early-caught too early In tho fall Mint the otter wore drownud and hnd been In tho wnter loo long and that tho minks wire nil kits This wns to cut tho prices. That winter I hnd nindn a big catch tho biggest levprhad mude-nnd I mndo up mv mind to take the whole catch to Now York and sell tho skins to Astor himself. I never Ind met him, but had heard him talked about from tho tlmo I could walk Anyway.

I wnnted to son teal big town. 1 had been to Detroit, nnd they said New York wns even bigger than tbnt. Well. I should say It wns bigger-bigger than I.all.ijo Is now. I went to HtifTalo by boat, and to Albany bv four-horse stage, nnd down the Hud-sou hy lin.it again I carried my bundle of furs right with me.

Well, when I got to N'ewWk I found I didn't know where Wor lived, and so went around asking. At Inst areal nice man said ho would show me, and when nt last wo got to Astor's place It wasn't trading place at all-omj a right smart big house I wouldn't wilt nfter coining nil that way to see Astor, so I climbed up tho steps and pulled thoknockoi. A man came to tho doornudl told him what I wnntod. He said Jlr Astor wasn't at home I said I was in no hurry nnd that I'd wait. Ko 1 sat down on thestepnnd waited.

Well, I waited more than three hours, nnd still he didn't eomo; and then I made up my mind to try tho door again The snnio mnu came tu tlio door this time ns before. Ha seemed surprised to see me there still, nnd when I nsked If Jlr. Astor had got baek vet. ho just laughed and said he guessed Mr Astor would boout a long tlmo so far as I vv as concerned. I wasn't discouraged by what he ald, and stuck It out another hour.

Then (ho town watch cams along, and I told him what 1 was waiting for He eplnineil somo things that set mo dead ng'in' Astor, and I jut packed up my biindlo of pelts and sturtcd for home then and there No. I don't s.iy wh it tho man told mo: it was enough to set me on a wire edge, nnd I've never been thero ever.inee Went right bnek to Buffalo and then to 1'ort Dearborn Chicago, thev call It now and sold my furs there That was tho only time 1 ever was In New ork. "What was tho strangest thing that ever happened to mo'" tho old innn repeated again "Well, that's hard to pa) but I'll tell ounbout the strangest thing I over s.ivv. Along In lM'J or I was trapping up toward the headwaters of the Jllsslsslppi. the l.iko they call ltaska now, and on the bank of little cieek I found something that has me ever slnco.

On a little knoll, here the uiulei brush hid been cleared away years before, was a soft maple tree. In onosideof tho trunk ol this tree was sticking tho blade of a long slender knife-one of the kind you call a dagger. The blade had been driven clean through man's head, and tho skull was pinned fast to the tree 1 hero wero lot of bones on the ground that nad been the rest of him. Who killed him and what for I couldn't gue.s It w.i. nevei done by an Indian, any way, for the knife wa.

a lino one silver handle and carved and all that nnd no Indian would have left it In the tree. Hw.isdrlven In by some whito nun, and ho bated tho man ho had killed sob.nlth.it he wanted him to stay right there where he 1 1 fastened him. And the man st.ivml thete, too. until tho wolves or other armints h. id nicked his meat off nnd tlio bones just fell apart Hut there tho skull stuck until I got tlm knife out I sent tho weapon to tlio htate Historical In hopes some of the members would be able to dig uii the hl.tory of the blade, because it striks.

nie it would bo mighty Interesting Hut never heard anvthing from them, anil I guess they found It too deep A French Canadian trapper I mot up in that country ve.ir or two later told me a story that ho bad hpird from the Indians that might bo a part of the history of the old knife. It was about a Frenchman namod De I.ongueville, who had comotothls country nnd married girl sent over by the Government. Sho had left him and gone away with a man bound to Do Longuevilie. The Frenchman hail followed the couple and trnced them un tho Jlsslsippi somewhere, and when became back he came back alone That mav be true, nnd the knife may have boon the one tho Frenchman u.ed to kill the man who ran away with his wife.ortlie Canuek may have been Inventing a yarn to fit mine Theso Incidents are a fow of scores which Ln Count minted, somo briefly and others at moro length but at all times with seeming great reluctance not because the recollection was not fresh In his mind, but as a man might speak who saw nothing in his daily walk to bis ofllco worthy of men ion. On one topic lm would sneak for hours, the Ills recollections weio all of the period when the red-shirted, buckskin-clothed half-breed a-nadlan oyngeur paddled bis canoe from one end of the St.

Lawience to tho other and covered every river nnd Inko In the unbroken Northwest In his birch-bark -vessel, so light that it was carried by one man from river to river or Inko to lake, over portages sometimes miles in length During th past fifteen years tho old man did little moro than dn am of the parly davs of tho century, and for tlvo jenishesat In hisblgnrm chair, his dog at his feet nnd his long-b-irrolled mii77lo-loadlng rifle within easy reach passing tils declining years ninth as did the trapper pictured by Cooper I.o Count tu the lust Insisted on wearing tho attlrn of the woods, hunting shirt nnd leggings of fringed buckskin, moccasins bended nnd ornamented with tho quills of the porcuplno and a cap madoof tho skin of a raccoon. Ho never slept on mattress, but on tho skins of liters and other animals ho himself had slain When old ago compelled him to glvo up activo life I.o Count had a cabin erccteii on the road leading west from Suamlco, about seventeen miles north of this citv. It st.mds inn dense grove of pines nnd hardwood timber, screened from the northerly gnles by the Pino forest, while to tho south the spires of tlio little city Hint mnrks his birthplace show be-jond tho bluo waters of Green Hay In this cabin he died as ho had Hied alone. One afternoon Inst week a neighbor, living mile or more away, went to the cabin to ascertain If the old man needed anything to add to his comfort. Tho trapper was sitting in his big chair, his long-biirrelled, mU77le-loadlng illle across his knees, nnd bis dog asleep nt his feet.

I.lfo wnseUinct And with thn passing of old I.o Count went the last of that race of men made famous In song, storv, and history the French Canadian vojngeur. rive shots ut ii (ins lletei, HIT. From th' Cincinnati Fnnmrtr "Hilly h'llnglpr, one of tho transfer clerks In tho County ofllce, was the victim of mi amusing scries of eiicuiust.inces thn other day He lives mi Vine street Hill, and a policeman lives noil dor Just as he was about to leave for bis vvoik in tho morning Hie policeman's wife sent foi him and showed him a note from her husband, brought by a boy, stating that he hud forgotten his revolver, and r(iuestlng tier to take tho eir-trhlgcs out and glvo It to the I oy to bring to him. She told Klinglei that she was unable to remove the ind asked him to plci.o doso. Ile tried, but also failed Flliallv.hotook the revolver down to the cellar and fired the live shots nt the foundation wall, and then, returning un stain, gave the revolver to the boy As Klliigler was going, dowustaiis again ho was mi by mi excited man.

who wlldl) e-claimed that there had been gas explosions i. the cellar. The man owned thn shoe st on he ground floor ol the building, and said that I sstorewnsfiillofgns Aitlnvestlaonilevel. oped that hlinglerhad linn nil the gas motor on tho wall, and that gas was inking nt a dangerous rate, threatening to ns-phyxlat" oerbodyln the house. were sent fornnd tho leaks wero ilnallys piped, hut thn next nayn gas bill eamo to Klliigler.

The amount of tho bill was ill. HUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA. OATiimrxo I'LAcn of tut: Ait3tr THAT TJIHKATKXH JXDIA. rinns for Itegenerntliig Trnns-Cnspln Wnrlllm Talk ot lltisslnn ORlcers ln I'rltnln Ituttlu's l'urpnses IlrgiirillnB Afghanistan A Tnlk with Kmirnpiitkln. A most Interesting trip which I took somo tlmengo with a party of l'ngllsh pcoploln Central Asia furnished nil opportunity (o observe liiisslnn plans nnd inethodH.

It was an undertaking of Jlr. Woolrich I'erownn, joung man who Is just now doing moro than any other Fnglishmnn to lutrodiico llussla to his countrymen, who, up to Unit time, wns the only person that had succeeded In persuading the Ilusslans to penult him to conduct a party of tourists through the Trans-Caspiaii provlncos. These provinces are under tho maiingomcnt of the War Department at Sit. l'cteisburg. and the law Is that no foreigner is to bo allowed In them without the special permission of the Minister of War The reason of this regulation, no oi ding to tlieltusshma.

Is that the provinces nie In such transition state that It would not bo advisable to allow strangers to wandor through them nt will, but tho Fngllsh lmo thought that the icgulatlon pertained mainly to them, and that the lliisslalis do not want them to Hud out what thev are doing there Whatever thn real explanation maybe, Mr. IViownc. with the help of Influence nt St. 1'otershurg, got an (HkrMi J.ttt. the document Permitting us to travel In Tr.ms-Cnspla, and one day we landed at Krasnovolsk.on the pnst-em shore of the Caspian, prepared to see all thatwucould and to tako copious notes Ot course, ns an American, I had no such political Interest In the provlncos ns my fellow travel-leis, but 1 kept my eies and eirs open nevertheless, nnd learned just about ns much as they did In regard to what the Itusslans aro doing In Central Ash nnd what they moan to do In the future.

Wo were all tho guests officially ot tlen. Kournpatkln at that time C.overnor-Oencial of Trans-Caspla. and slnco called to ht I'etersburg to net ns Jlinlstor of Wnr He was Skobeleff'a right-hand man In the battle mid slaughter at Cook Tcpi and wnrm friend of the famous American war correspondent, JlncGahnn. Knowing th it he Mini JI.icGnh in had been nuito intlni'ite, 1 asked him one day for an nneedotn about my countrvmnn. but he merely looueda little more serious than usual nnd said' "When Mac-Onhiin nnd I wero together the times were not ci'iiiluciio to rcmeinbeiing anecdotes, but I ii in glad to hear you speak his name Tlio General I.

to-d iv about lears old. and looks tho soldier all over I s.m him stand absolutely still for ono solid hour during religious servlco ln the open air on St George's Day, nnd he remained at "attention" In front of the officiating priest during the entire proceeding It was a fcit which Impressed us Anglo-SaTnns as much us am thing else wo saw, and it wns nur conviction that a man who could go through such an ordeal was not likely to lllnch much In battle. Kournnotkin has not the inspiring Influence over soldiers that Sko-belelT had, but ho ha. a coolness nnd ability to eileuhte elo.ely which Skobeleff lacked, and ho supplemented SkobelelT's dash admirably. To-day he Is pretty generally accepted as tho leading deneral In the Ilu'slnn nrmv, and ho knows As i nnd the roids to India better, per-lnps, thin anyothet soldier.

lie is nlsn superb entertainer, and be mndo our stay In his proMin e.m.i.t delight till. bcides giv ing it a cute political significance hleh auiu.cd me and considerably 11 ittered tliol.ngll.h seventeen d.is mud-ling from Kr isnovod-k to Samarkand and back, and lived the i-ntim tlmo in a spool il triin whK'h Komapolkiii put at our dip nl. We had three l.igagn i.us, lio.pt! ear, a (lining cir, time thiee h.don ear-ri ige. and nil observation u'liidi wo Ind a gentleman fiom the Foreign Ollleo at St Petersburg and a Colonel of tho rail-w ij- regiment which looks after tho of the Trail. -Ca.

plan llailro.nl We saw the u.u.il things intere.t along the route, nnd luiild not ios.blv have seen Jleiv. IJoklnr.i, and Samarkand under moro au.picioiis eiieuinst.iiu but entertaining ns all tin sight.ociiig was. what inter-e-tod n-o nui.t was tho significance which the Hu.sians givo to our lit. Koiir.ip.itkiu ic illy wanted us to see, and. it we weie illiug.

to appreciale. what he had done toward the Province, uudei In. and It was in opportunity to Ilussfmi management ot conquered territory as none of us will piobibly ever ive at; iin. We til'ked po'ities from tin- beuininng of tho tripto the end. and we were flee to jut any iiuestions to our ho.ts tint wo liked Tho did not al-wuis answer us as fully as wo hoped they would, but thev let us reiin about Ithoiit any hindrance whitover, an 1 took us within thlr-tv-sK i air.

journey of Afghanistan and irhm forty miles of the Persian frontier Wo were oust nuently In a position to observe prcit, uuefulb the line, on which the) aro likely io eM and when the right moment comes, nndvvewere allowed to see with considerable minuteness their machinery for expansion Their entertainment of us wns a matter of wonder to every member of the party. From the moment we arrived at Krisnovodok until we s-uled away from it back to tho Caucasus we were treated laetiealb as a political embassy from 1 ngland. and 1 hear that moro could not lm done if the IJueeu her.elf visited the country wero wined, dined, enter-tertaineil wiih sham battles, talked to, preached about in 'lie i liurclics, and toasted ns If we were liu.sia fondest and at the last big fum Hon toa.ts to an alliance of Fng-land with Jtussl.i formed a climax Of couise, the Hu.sians. as well as we, albed that wo were nil simply having a splendid holiday, but there was such a display about the treatment we leccived, and it was so impressive to be sn-luted as powerful potentates by mighty Generals when wo rode p.i.t them atter the shim hittles, iiiul the toasts wero so pregnant with political that for tho moment some of u. actually thought, as my companion In the sleeping ear said, that "we were really making history Fortho Turcomnns tho peaceful F.ngllsh Invasion, as one of the priests at Asknbad put It whonieterriiigtoourvi.lt in his sermon, was douutless a historical event, but for us It was a survey of a laud which Is going to bo the base of militarv operations tint will somo day make not onlv Trans-Caspian but International history It is very much to bo doubted whether the Hus.lnns are thoroughly prepared as vet to divide up Vfghnulstan with F.ngland, and a.sume responslbilltj for tho northern half; Indeid.

we wero assured that Russia's policy In Central sla is entirely peaceful but, ns sure ns there Is a (Var In St Petersburg, they mean to go forward, and it was thn study of the prob-ihlc direction this forward movement will take that interested mo most while in Ti ms-Ciispiu an American It was per-mitti me, or rather I permitted invaolf, to put questions which fimn tho Fngllsh would have seemed to Indicate a desire to find out too much, nnd on mm occasion, merely because I wa. a eoiintniii in of Mnelinh in, two Cossack o'onels talked to mo a. they could not bavo consistent!) talked to any r.uglMimr.n, I con-soqiiiiitlv got the benefit of tho stereotyped olllc als whose business it wns to make us think that Itiis-dn's Intentions In central Asia lire friendly to all nations, and the equall) emphatic and by no uu confidential statements of military olllcers unit railroad nidi that they wero not i with tlielruo-iilistnns up to date nnd looked for more. Gen rcm.tiks fc three ot us who were officially iccogiureil as enrro-spondentsaro representative of what It Is good business for tho Hussliin Government to innko i. it is its policy In eutr.il Asia.

Kvcrvthlng ho said was true, but we know, as well as ho did, that thero were other equully trim statements Hut he might have made but did not. The bunion of his talk to us, which took place In Government House at Asknb.ul, was that his Governments mnlii ambition In central AbU is to regenerate the country Industrially, and that their experience, so far, justifies them in believing that In time It will thrive and pioaper, it not to tho extent that It did lu MMlMliMliliiwaM tho days of Genghis Khan, whon thero wero cities, ho tho story runs, of a million inhabitants and over, nt nny rnto sufficiently to pay for the cost nnd troublo which tho regeneration will hnvo occasioned. He said that tho nations woro nil on a rlondly footing with llussla. nnd that It was nowpos-Blblo to travel uuinnlcstod, nnd even without arms, throughout Trnns-Caspla. He emphasised tho fact that, for a long tlmo, as long times go In Asln.tlioro had boon no sorlous conflict with thn uatlvpsor auyonoelso, and ho also put great stress on the statomont that for a numborof yoars Russia had mndo no nttompt to extend her frontiers.

This Isnboutwhat would bo told any Inquisitive person, either In eentrnl Asia or at St. Petersburg, bo far as tho Govprnmont Is concerned, nnd thero Is no doubt that Kournpatkln roprosentcd tho Government In talking to us. Jty other Informants, such ns officers In tho army, railroad and business men, rcpresontpd themselves alono. but thero was a unnnlmlty of opinion among them which convinced mo that, although thoro was less causa for them to ppoak with tho cnutlnn which tho men ln moro responsible posts obsorvod, the two classes of men woro not very widoly separated In sentiment nnd purposo. In regard to tho probability of tha Kusnlan railroad system In central Asia becoming joined to tho Indian rnllronds, a question Hint has caused not a little discussion, nnd ono that was constantly talked nbout nmongthe members of our pirty, a ltusslan Colonel mndo this very doflnlto statement: "Tho Fngllsh enn dilly-dally with the mntter nslongns they like, and thoy aro at liberty to bring up all the arguments agalnBt It that they can think of.

but It Is tho will of 120.000.000 people i. the Itusslans that these two railroad systems shall bo connected, and whon this will come to pass and whero aro more mattoisof detail: tho Importnnt thing Is that wo have willed that It Is to come to pass nt all. Perhaps jou nnd I will live to see tho thing done, but if we do not our children will At present the Itusslans are extending their railroad linos ns rapidly as possible toward tho Afghan frontier, nnd I wns told thnt In 1l00 It would bo possible for mo to travel from St. Petorsburg to Herat by rail. Tho forward policy, as I learned to understand It, Included the nnnoxntlnn of thn bulk of Afghanistan, northern Persln and a big slico out of western Jlongolla.

India, ns nn nctual goal, townrd which theso minor excursions were merely preparatory, was never definitely spokon of In nnv coin erantlon that I had with Russians, but In talking of tho less Importnnt acquisitions I was Invariably Impressed with the manner of my Informants; It was as If they woro holding something back which was very Interesting but could not be discussed It Is easy to believe, however, that among themselves, In tho moss-room nnd In camp, they aro continually ills-ciissim; bow India is going to be taken nnd It Is not at all Improbablo Hint, like SkobelefT, while he was still a voung man nnd living in tills same part of the world, thero Is mnny joung ltusslnn soldier with somo pet plnn up his sleeve for tho conquest of Indln, Their life and the country suggest such undertakings. Tho service that they have to go through Is lonesome, wearing, and nt times enervating. but it Is also ad venturous; and It wouldbardhbe natural If, when they look down over the steppes on lonely nights, they did not think of the supposed will of Tcter tho Great, which, whethoi Hover existed in its printed form or not, has been pretty closolv followed by tho Russian Government, and Includes in its recommendations the taking of India To voung si Idlers of spirit and enterprise tho charge down lb southern slopes of 'lie Afglnn bills into the enemy's countiy inn but tempt and ur 'Use. and it Is no exaggeration tosiy that, si far as energy nnd willingness go. the voung b'oods of tho nrtny are atvvnvs ready fortho attack No foreigner knows absolutely bow prepired tho Russians aio for suchnn undertaking Wo asked all kinds of iiuestions in tho hope of getting trustworthy data, hut not one of us le-irned to his satisfaction even how many soldiers tho Russians havo in Central Asia 1 hey gave us certain figures, but we did not accept them as complete, and the Russians cannot have been simpln enough to think tint we did 1 lie that wo saw were l.t'gelj Poles, and moie hardened and long-sulTering soldiers it has never been my lot to meet in nnv countiy, but the gos.lp Is that they are badly officered, indeed, that the bulk of tho Russian Army is In the samo plight.

Only a war can prove this rumor definitely, but it is one tli.it the Germans nnd F.nghsh llkoto believe Is true The l.illw.iy preparation for military under-t iklngs I thought was extremely good, considering tho dinieulties to be overcome and the. scircit) funds, nnd the time is not very far In nee when the traiis-Sibcrian system will bo connected with that of Central Asia In o'lier the Russians nro continually shifting their militnry base nearer and neirer to India, and Fngland can never mako hers aiDthlng but Fngland itself It was also plain fiom what nil of us saw nnd heard that Russian spies and Intriguers aro constantly prowling about In tho market plnces of Afghanistan and northern India, sounding tho sentiment of the natives, nnd. when possible, influencing it lu Russia's favor. In Central Asia proper even thing Is bolng donn that tho smnll exchequer allows to build up tho country industrially, and although it Is going to be a long tlmo before tho Itusslans i an renli7.e on their Investments, the laud Itself Is being grentlv Improved, and already supplies Russia with half the cotton that sho needs it is mainly Interesting at present ns tho gathering place of that host which, someday. It circumstances prove favorable, vv ill be ordered south It is difficult to I chain- tli.it thoCar's request for conference io discuss a general disbanding of armies was insincere and that he person illy would not like to give his country relief from Its militarv burdens, nut.

ns my Cossack Colonel said in tho caseofFngland.it subjects have a will contrary to his. what is he going to do W. lAIIOltlOVS JOU ISC. A lintel Clrrh's Attempt In lie Genial To-wnrit un Knclltli loiirltt. From Iht le Orlrant Ttm'i lUmocral.

"Talk about getting tired of tho sunny South gag'" said tho cigar stand man In nn uptown hotel. "It vvnsnothiiig'nt all to one I had to put up with while tho cold wave was waving see, there's vory little room back here, and I have keep the cash rcglstor on top of the steam radiator Whilo the thn heat was on all thn time, day and night, and tho register naturally got hot. "So I proceoded to dish out specially warmed specie tor chance, and with that my troubles begun. A customer would pick up a coin, look surprised and then wink tho other eye Must mnde It, eh' he would nsk. And of courts I was exacted to make some plavfui remark about having a counterfeiting plant back ot.tbe cigar case "After the jest had been bandied to and fro some fiOO or t)0 times it bsg.iu to get slightlv tnle, hut'each fellow thought It was brand new, and when I failed set me dvvn us a stupid ass last 1 got despera-e and I'd imtlcipnto tho bluw A big Fng-llahmun sauntered up.

and. feeling certain he'd spring tlio joke. I got ahead of liini 'I just mnde I said, handlnc him nickel that fnlrl) si77led He looked blank. 'Mi -part of our er Profits. 1 presume?" he rallied says determined to mnko 1dm see tho point or perish In the attempt I mnde It stumped it out on my little machine How d)o like If "Ho frowned and pushed It quleklynwav.

'I beg he said, 'but really I'll hnio.to nsk )ou to glvo mo something else I couldn't bo a party to anything liko that, douclier-know "I tried to make him understand that It was slmnlr njoke, tor I didn't know how soon ho might go to tho police about it. Hut, pshaw' it was 'lopeless job. 'I caw n't see am thing comic In tho plain statement that one Is engaged in counterfeiting, ho insistid. 'Neither can I replied, 'and that's ex-vtly wh) 1 made It That bnppenej to be tho tual tiuth. but it anion final twist to tho sit-ujtlon that floored the FnclUhmnn eoniplPtel).

'Then you consider It comic to get oil something comic because it Isn't actually comlo in the leak', he repealed In great bewilderment. Pon me he, 'this Amorlcan humor is toodeop forme "I restrained ni)self and allowed him to escape ulive. but I'm going to have the goto of the oil man that starts acontiuueus performanc joke In this hotult" THE PIRE OF HELL. JtO.Vf.V CATHOLIC OPIXIOTT AND TlUCUXXa THAT IT IS 1WAL II It IX Unnnlmlty nt tho Tattlers In Kxcludlnsr the Theory of Mere Mrtiipher l.lke Torres-tint l'lrr, Kxcept That It Is Unqurncli-nbln A Molten Fluid Applied Ho as to l'roduco tlio Deepest l'osslhlo Hllflerlnic. A very remnrknblo lecture In defenco of tho proposition that "In hell tho demons and the reprobates are punished by real last Sunday at tho Roman Cathollo Cathedral of St Potcr's, nt Cincinnati, by tho Itov.JohnJI JIackey.

Ph 1). St. Peter's Is tho cathedtal church ot Archbishop Lldor, and Dr. Slackoy Is Its assistant rector and consequently man of on ecclesiastical promlncnco which gives tho moro Importnnco to his vory striking lecture, ot which tho prinuipnt part Is presented below, takon fiom tho full text In tho Cummercinl Tribuneot Cincinnati: "Tho beggnr. Ii7arus, died and was carried by angols Into Abinham's bosom, and the rich man also died nnd he was buriod In hell.

And, lifting up his uyes when ho wns in torment, ho saw Abraham nfnr off and La7irus In his bosom, mid ho said: 'Father Abraham, solid Lii7arus that ho may dip the tip ot his linger In water and cool my tongue, for 1 am tormented in this Ihme Heretho rich man Is tormentoil by the llamo of tho llro of licit The llro of hell Is therefore a truo and proper lire, us It produces tho effect produced by truo nnd propor, thnt is to sav, real, tiro, namely, a flamo that torments a man exposed to Its action In a placo ot torments, to which the rich man apprehended his tlvo brethren might come. Tho flamo Is real, and not metaphorical, us water, even tho small quantity held on the tip of tho flugor of I.n7nrus, would cool tlio tonguo of tho rich mun.ns ho thought In his forlorn and ineffectual nppenl to Father Abraham. Tho reality, th.it Is to sny. tho truth of tho llro of hell is manliest, also, from tho environments and conditions under which It Is piesented to us by ourSuviour F.verything in tho record is real, not metnphorlcal. Tho beggar Is real, hell la real, tho ricli man Is real, the tonguo to be cooled Is real, the torment of tho man is real, nnd tho renl torment Is efTocted by a real flame, produced, therefore, hy a real lire '1 he oliji ctlve real reprobate.

In objectively real torments. Inflicted b) objectively real tlio. is set fortli In the langu-ige and lonoeption of our Saviour, in order to deter us from conduct Inducing the same torments upon us person-nlly as were and nie to be Inflicted upon icpro-bntcs forever mid eternally To argue that the tire Is not ti no and liroper. thit is, real lire. Is to tugiio agnlust tho reality ot hell Itself, against the realty of torment, against sufferings corresponding to real torments It Is to argue, theictore.

ugiinst I eat sufferings endured by real human lerson. 'lhls would prove too much, and, therefore, nothing. It would divest God of all sanction ot eternal laws, and. therefore, of legislative and real Power, as a law without simi tion is no law at all God, divested of power to legislate. divested of roil Power to govern Hi.

providence. Is eliminated. Ills creative utithciiship iicgalivid nnd His reality Impugned Alas' the sad eonsequeneo in the train of erroi Impugning the truth of tho ohjeitlvo realities presented by oui Saviour in His Holy Gosiiel tor out guldanco in the conduct of morals! It Is against reason nnd utterly puerile nnd iinworth) of a true philosopher to seek to Introduce subtle dletmctlous where tho Inw Itself niaki ii dlt iietlon It Is against the true nutliod of theology to dinv objective reality to tiuihs enunciated nearly nlwiii" and ever) where in the Knlv Gns el by the samo terms l'ir is the medium of torim nts on the rejirobate ever) liei in the Gospel True tlie alone is i tine source, a true inedium-thciefiirt' thellieof hell true, piopei flre 'I he method of our opponents is hemic followed b) 'I lieo.ojili-ts. I' lilt heists. Agnostics, and the whole flock ol Hie ible model it suts wliii deny allionlit) and mako ili iiiifvet.e eon of afi) ph iiitoins 1 he bode ot the reprobate Is it bout order and full of un sing horror.

nut Intestine discoid The lepiolialesi. hose to tend av.a) from their i.n.l, thev fleeted Io stray away from then true support God respected tln-ii uift of llb.rt) conilrmeil their choice and they will famish and languish In all Hielr faculties and iHiweis in never-ending misery in a state id true death -deprived of God and without hope The am of loss Is added to the pain of sense "No ib fliiitiou of the Chun oxlN a. to tho true ind Piopei lire of hell, foi it I. the common belief ofl lie I nit bful and ot theologians that th-llre is real find imt meianhorlcll reinerity a'one vv. uld depart from the common belief of tho piiipln ami their do Hence i.bsolution i.

d. nied penitents ob-dinatclv clinging to nn t.iplimicil an opinion oi a belief in I roxlinitv n.etior.u .1 in i.nl formal moi.su though unsupported bv a of Il'd) i hat. ii. the mind of the I lunch is made manliest In I he consensus of ihcolot-iansaiid tin- faithful "st I). Civitate Del, 10, snvs: fire of hell Is something phi.lcil, external, a true I odv which producessiu-li pain as true real lire produces The iinnnlmit) of the tilng father.

the I ex- on-lit of the in up I of the lunch Tho fathers, in even pig. i if th. ir tieati.es on the subject the niisof II, deign ite them b) the term lire and old sin am Unites and comparisons as cle ii iy exclude imager) and metaphor from the null and conception of siteh Hie luiioran. nf lire tornientssplntsor bodies, in ts on suulsiindaugels.does not in lilt He iigiinist the facts revealed in Holy senptiiie I oi the modes and nexus between i.iuse. anil otiKts, ngeiilsnnd nets, even In the natural order, are juofouiid mv.teiies Touct is to prodil.

an elfcit, to produce mi effect is to be eiu-e Fire toimeuts the leprolinte, and therefoie It acts upon him, as tho torments are the effect of lire 'I he Hie ot hell (s ns ieal fire ns the natural lire, and has, over ami nl ove the active propei-tiesof fire as known to science, the property of uu. easing duration eternity 'Depart lioin me. accursed, into everlasting fire Tor-rest rial Hie is extingulslinbln bv exhaustion of fuel, by wnter. chemicals and the exclusion of air Hell lire Is not queniliablent all applied to nhjcct, the lontact is Inherent. Out of hell thero Is no redemption From its fire, there is no libeiation Tho siibjo.

burns passive!) and actively without diminution of the subject or agent, or disintegration of I he object acted upon '1 hc-e dilTeienees in attributes, povvetsand qualities nie dilTeienees ns In de. gree of perfection, not in the essential constituent elements of tire, nnd are known to us by lii.lui tion fiom tin lact. levelled In Hoi Scripture in relation to tlm reprobate, the lire, the torments Inflict. -d, tho InimortaJitv and eter-lilt) of the reprobate and the elements ot Ills tortures How astounding the words of st Paul i ileh 'It Is le.iiful thing to fall into the bunds of the living God' Hut when iv contemplate the beiielli cut goodness of the Creator, Ills pr and love, and, nbov call. His Infinite meicv.oilorlng pardon and forgiveness and pleading with thn sinner, through his Church, to accept 11 is gills, to boiecouclleilanil leslored tooidei and scivice, and see thosln-uei, mi the other hand, fall to appreciate thn goodness of God in his regard and reject all tho advances of dlvln.

mercy, then we cease to bo astonished that gives way to justice for the vindication ot the sovereignty of God, who enforced all His precepts hi tho earlier dispeu-sitimis by the declaration, '1 nm the Iird Teircstrl.il lire Is gift of Providence: Infernal tire Is an In.ii anient of divine justice Fire Hikes mail) illfleient names, nccoidlug to the elements generating heat and light, which are the dominant properties of lire ami ordl-naril) present together lu every lire Jlotals burn, stones and clais burn, the ox) gen of tlm nlr burns thus we have lightnings, blast furnaces and volcanoes All dlffor lu accidental luopertles, but hnve this In common, thnt, acting as causes, they produce the same results it biought uiulei intelligent control The llro of hll Is molten fluid, for it Is perfectly udapted to receive and contain bodies mid Interpene-tiato them. As darkness is Inconcelvabl) nn plonipiit In intensif)lng the desolation of tho woe of the damned, as light would to some dcgice an alleviation, mitigation of the u-1 1 Kim) of nuseiy.iho lire ot hell, it Is concluded, no consoling light Its ollleo Is to burn, torture nnd laceiate Ht Thomas htipplcm ij, H7 a 4 '1 ho dltiiiosltlon tho condition of hell will bo such hs th siipiomn misery of thn damned demands There is light or ilaikuess, us tlio one or I lie other Is Instrumental or efieetlve lu promoting oi securing the supiemo end uf their existence, the deepest los.iblo suffering of tho loprnbate Then. 1. enough light, of a dismal ami obscure nature, for them to sen the instiuments of their the cause of their woes -for this of Itsolf intensifies their ullllcllon The llro of bell Is lu per-b ct coin bust ion, and hen-tore emits no smoke The soul is ngonicd in the extreme ot misery nnd mi Iiii-sh as II uppiohcnilsthe flre nnd tho instrument ot divine justice lor Its nfllietlou, 'I he dl.trcssls keenest as It sees Itself, though destined b) eieatloii to be nulled to God and to enjoy subject, i.eveitheless, to things ot a loner onh rthi.il Itself Again it Is held that tliesoul suffers as tho sentient of the body If lire be .1 i the bodv while In un iou with the nil, as il is the human p. isoii Hint suffers This f.icult) of suffering tin.

nigh the senses Is of tne essemo of the soul, an I ilns after separation fiom thn bod) If flic natuially can afflict the soul though tlm medium of the body by its heat, there is no reason why t.odiaunot u-e lire ns un instrument to inflict pain mi thn soul ilirectl) mid innn. diatil) such is the power of God as shown hy the works of our Saviour ri corded ill the Gos ol "hchml.lsajH I lemons endure the true pain of real burning Ihiougb lire us mi instrument of divine justice Resides the faculty of understanding ami of willing-intellect and will In created pure spirits thoy may possess delliile, llmlled powernt movement In space, subject to tho resistance offered by external bodies. In this case, bodies offer lusurmouat- nblo resistance nnd thorotoro not on demons. If bodies could oftor no rcslstanoo to pure spirits, nnnngol (oven a fallen angel) might throw tho universe off its base and destroy all living "This Induction explains tho sense of pain thnt may arise from thn reslstnticoof bodies. A spirit Inclosed by nhody ot fire, which resists nil Its efforts to escape this Instrument of tho punitive Justloo of God.

suffers through Itses-sontlal faculty of porcelv Ing physical uflllctlon of painful nature, and In proportion to Its do-morltsns tho dlvlno omnipotence- brings that passive faculty Into play In this wnv wo obtain conception of the manner In which physical, true, real lire produces excruciating nngulsh and poignant grief nnd woe, wholly distinct from tho intellectual consideration of the objective cause. Tho sanction of law rewards tho subjects who obey It and punishes Its violators. A law without sanction is no law nt nil. Heaven is tho reward of the saints, whllo tho reprobntes share In the miseries of tho fallen angols, lu whoso rebellion they hnvo participated." TALK'S "TtOtl W.iaoXH." A College Institution Now The "TnloKen-nr! Club" unit Its Proprietor. Nkw Haven, March 1M.

Dog wagons are Indigenous to Now Haven and nro the result of tlio appetites of Ynlo monwho appreciate tho fact that tho hot Wienerwursts snugly imbedded in rolls and covored In mustard aro ready to bark at any time. Kverywhero olse tho dog wagons masquerade ns owl or night lunch wagons. F.von In Now Hnvon.aB popular eating places, theyaro somewhat recent Institutions and have sprung up in nil psrts of the town, though most liberally scnttorcd tluough tho college quarter, whero it is not unusual to find two on one block nnd another just around tlio eornor. The dog agonsenme In response to a natural call. Tho Yale mon nro In largo measure responsible for their cxlstenco In their present numbers.

Restaurants for light lunches nro undeniably oxpenslvo, and college bovs.desptto their reputation for having money to bum, are In tho majority ot cases seldom burdened with wealth lleforo tho dog wagons multiplied, tho "nil-hot" man, crying his wares on the street corners and producing them from a white-covered bnsket. had things prptty much his own way. and supplied evening lunulips to not only the college oleuient but to all late pedestrians. Of theso wayside enlerers "Pop" who a short tlmo nuo sold out bis business on Oregson streot mid left New Haven, wns tho most famous Yule men of forinei dn)s will recall him and his delicious chicken pies with pleasure. He Is a gentleman of color and wide experience His chicken ides have delighted famous men lu nil parts of the country, nnil his assistant often disposed of upward of 500 pies a day Jinny da)s the demand exceeded the supply Resides pies, bis deep baskets contained soft-shell crabs, fried oisters and clams and sandwiches of all varieties Ho amassed fortune In tho business.

The college men. however, glow tlrod of eating on street corners "Hilly the Dog have foreseen this, for bo became the pioneer of his kind and established a modest wagon on Flm street, opposite the gimnnslum. At once ho became popular. Fvery night his stock wns sold out. l'nch day saw nn addition in order to supply the di niRlid "Hilly the Dog Mnn" lieenmo enrolled upon tho list of ne necessities ami alo characters, and his coffers began to fill proportionately F.nvlous ees.

noting llill)'s success, emulated his example, and dog wagons sprung up nllovertown, several of them having Invnded the residence streets The owners of these Institutions, tar from feeling tbnt nnv-nspei-slim isenst upon their vinnds b) tho suggestive title given bytheli patrons, hnvec-ntered heartily Into tho facetious, if somewhat onlenl, spirit which prompted It lllllv has met tho college element more than half way by Inscribing on his wagons the follow Ing sign: YM KI'NNl i i.un i I.t 11 nittc 'I lie wignn itself a Korgeouslv painted nf-fnlr, the foundation coloi being truo nlo blue, I on It nie pinels bordere I in led and green and )ellow reiin seating all manner of dugs, but prluclputlv hound, and dachshunds Stained glass windows ornament the front and ends, with heads as the chief deeoratlvo subject- Jlcnioiinl windows." tho Yule men c.llthem As if emphasl7o fiitthcr his vvaics, or II mav mil) be coincidence, his largest ind most pitroni7ed wagon has attichcl a very sleek nnd obese bl ick dog, vv it h.i thick, stumpy tail which wags ii friend!) greeting to all customers Tills dog Is in evidence about the "kennel night lie stavs Inside, hut the waini siin-hlucof iy tempts lilm to sit on the steps or li itrol the sidewalk The Interim of the vvngins are nil scrupulously neat Thpre Is a narrow counter and some stools, so hen business is not all patrons can enjoy the privilege of .1 sent while lunching. There aro ninny times, however, just after the theatre, for lntniico, when the interior is packed and luncliers are standing on tie. steiisandgiouping themselves at the toot, -limiting their orders over tho he-ids of their companions nnd receiving their I orlions in the same w-iy The menu Is quite extensive, nu. I comprises in addition to the wieners, known as "lint dogs," nil kinds of indwiehe-. cold inents, ten, eoiTee, and cold mill.

Nothing more expensive than lucent dish Is served 1 ut the exttemely modest prices fixed bv the ownets the lunch wagon business pavs Rilh for example, li is amassed a uiinfoit ible fortune he opened bis first w-igoii on Flm street He has long ago llntTed thelieket mil iipmn omh'cmatle of his calling as matter of lnbitiial and Is usually nrraved in tho top of the fashion Ills juir-e has fieiucnlly tided some of bis customers over hard places, Foi to the student who Is for a time on his uppers and reduced to Btrlct economy the doe wagon Is nn Inestimable boon Foi, strangely enough, the Ynleslun in financial in-Mirlubl) begins ireucliment in the direction of his stomach Cigarettes, beer, tlio-atrcgoing, all these may survive even the most string.int saving incisures. Hie tailor', bill may be Increased, likewise the haberdasher's, hut the ext enslve "eating joint" (in be sacrificed With judicious dining out with nffluent friends who still maintain their pi ices in tlio reuul.li eating clubs, and frequent visits to Hilly and his competitors, tho expense of living can bo kept nt minimum The dog wagon many times cnlns thn victory over icstnurant foi theatre parties, while ultois from out ot town are usually initiated into its HDsteucs by ale hosts ciirouK litis iro.v. l.nwyer Mlin Mudc Ills I'len In Tongue tlio Jury Could I'roin fc Tacr.ua Xrv Fverv old-timer in Tncoma. or. In fact.

In th Stato of Washington, clthor i emembers or had a personnl ncqualntancn with Attorney Frank Clark Cla-k has been dead somo eight jeais, but during a conversation Ictwepn attornevs bis name came up followed by the narrative of this imident in his earcer "Twelve icars ago," said Iho lnw)er telling the stoi), "Clark had as a client a man arrested on tho chnigo of cutting timber on Government land Tho I'nlted States was represented by two Federal attornevs. brought from a dhtnnee, either Portland or Sin 1 r.inci.co. if I remember alight When these hirverscatna ir.to court there followed behind them a porter who uiiloided upon the table flouting thn bench armful after armful of books Clark strode in with thiee volumes of law under his arm, T'hejur) was comiHised entirely of loggers and ranchers Opening tho ease, 'the Imported lawjers delved deep Into tho femes of Inw before them and cited decision after decision bo iring on the case on trial 'I lien using language, one-half of the words of which were too extensive for tho jurv's understanding, thoy launched Into their argument. "Asthel'iilted Statesnttnineys finished Clark nrose, picked un ono of his law books, and, without opening tho volume, threw It aside The next book slured tho same fato The third was ouened onlv to ho cast aside Clark then squared himself to the jury. 'Nosikn tilllcnms' be coinmencod.

nnd thpn In a flow of i hlnook jargon went on to plead bis elleut iiish Them wis not i man on the lurv Imt what uiuleistood eveiv sentlmeiit Clark ennvejed. wherein tlio hull-flown language of the imi-orted nttornejs had been utterly lost on them "lu vivid hlnook lirk punted a wont ilc-turo of the tilali and tribulations of the settler In the wilds ot a Washington foie.t Of the dvspcrsto elToit neoem.iiv to maintain wife and babies Vn.l because his client hid hauled wagon load of cord wood to th" vlllaco stoio to trade for food he had been nrrosted, nnd his family deprived of hi sum ort "1 here was posHlt.li not one in the jmv box but what bad nt some tlmo been in the pool-lion 'ark Pictured F.vorv sympath) In them is aroused T'eirs trickled down their rugged cheeks as (lark si lunook flowed mi I he lawjers from afsr were awake to the dlsaih.i itai-o they were Solng p'ai ed un lei Mi objection wits euteied to (laiks use of hlnoukor.inv ther language whi lie i i posing counsel could not underst ind answered lark 'the nirr here Is to decide ibis ase The eminent gentlemen fortho prosecution have used iiugu ign so grandiloquent that not one ot Hie nm lias understood its purport I am speaking to them In th simple talk of the Wi stern frontiersman, understood nlike both Indian and white man who traverse and hi. been lustruiiipnt.il lu the development of this Northwest. Jlv langunge, call ll i.irgon if von wish, xpl ilns to the jurv and If I mistake not, also, lour Ilouoi, thn puliation. I have but a few-words inote to siv, and, with the Court's pei-inlsslnn, will eontlnuo In Chinook 'The permission was granted and Clsrk's client ncqultted without the jury leaving their beats." TIIE FUTURE WIIITE POPE.

roLicr or i.i;o xnr. i.jket.y xo jut COXTIXVVU AT JlOillZ An Interview with ltonuin Frelnte French Influence Snlil to Ho Strongest ln tho Vntlcnii-Tbe Pope Thinks Its Will to US, Ills Urnndfiither's Age. From (Ae Gavhtt, "Well, tho Popo Is 111. You don't lovo him, vory dearly, although 5 on profess for his gonlus tho most slncoro admiration. Any news from tho Vatican Yos, but nothing very favorable.

Howover. nfternll. I do not believe that Leo XIII. will die In bed Ho will die like Richelieu, leaning: upon his 'political which at last will reveal to us thn spirit and the cssenco ot hla nineteenth century tollcy. Superstitions', mm Napoleon nnd Sextus yultitus.

ho bollovo horoscopes, utnl ncconllng to them ho will Hv8 to be ns old as his grandfather-that Is tosay. until he icaches the ago of IL" Ho Is firmly convinced that God will preserve him nt this head of the hureh until the day when ho shall have solved the Russian problem, tho Roman problem and the French problem, Hlsdoctor Lappoul, said to me ono day 'Tho Holy Fntlioi will go out like a lamp without oil or ha will bo carried away by some violent omotlon cient joy or a profound "That was also tho opinion ot thn Abbe5 Knelpp, who saved the lilo of Cntdlntil Jlonaco della Valletta, who died somo time afterward, but recommended tho honest nnd rustic priest of Wu-rlsohofTen to Leo MIL To tho AbblS Knelpp tho Pope spoke ot his infirmities, the pains in hU knees and his cyst, Tho priest ex plained to him the great virtues of his treat iiient, nnd the Pope consented to bo tro.itod by i him JI de HiMialno presented tho enso to Car- dlmil Itumpolln, who', alarmed tho Popo nnd 3 dissuaded him from following tho ndvlce of. Abbe Knelpp. Hut tho Popo had already ha4 time, to take his first cold bath. Instead of.

taking the second, ho mado tho Abbtf a Mon-siguor. Tho Bavarian wns furious. 'I would havo mado him livn hundred said he, ith Indignation, but, after nil, notwlthstnnda Ing tho grave error which ho tins just committed, he will live a very long tlmo. Ills In Anilities glvo perfect freedom to his brain). Ho is a happy man.

Ho has no Justk hero I was uuout to repeat what JImo. Roca-mlor said about Joubert, but, as I suspoctod that JIgr Knelpp had not rend French clabslo literature. I swallowed my quotation. SIgr, Knelpp went on. es, when tho Pope took his first bath under my Instructions, I xvasi startled For the first time in my llfo I found myself in the presence of a phantom.

Thnt) man can never die like other And tha Ahhit went awav laughing heartily "Hut suppose Lio Mil should die, what then would haj.pen What would wo do? Who would betbe Whllu Jlan of to-morrow? And the conclave?" "Now on ask me grave and delicate qnos-tlons It seems to mo that M. Deleasso foresaw the case Tint meridional hns Catholic blood in his veins. Ho understands the knot in thn alTairsof Home and llulv I do not know wlinO JI Ninrd has borrowed from our great am- bnssadors of former days, from d'Estr6e. from the Due de Nlvornals. from Chateau, brland, nnd from Hlhiilnc.

Hut our tusk Isensy. I We li ive the astonishing good luck to havo in the College of Cardlunls the nblest Frenchman I or Fraiicophilo lu Furope. Caidlnal Rampolln. mistical Sicilian, gentle and p.issionnto like St Fi.imjols do Miles, with lofty ambition, he is Secretin)-of State from dtiti and from nt- I fectioii foi I.eo XIII who has tnught him just as tlie Alibi! Joseph taught Richelieu Cardinal 11 impolla lias onlv one sentiment, the eollalio- nation of the Pnraey with France, and one in- nlllaiien with France Although inilo- pendent, he will constantly guide bis policy on those lines. Now, have patience' Whatever ma) be oui politic, ilsentiuicuts, wnmiistailmlt that in exterloi matters wo hive ono Ideal mil) Tho power and glory of France Car- i dlmil it.imioll-i is.i worker for our nlorv and i our influence Will he consent to bo the candidate "I do not know- In politics thero is no sis-teni, then-Is only tho mlse en scene To foi e-see, to become strong nu.

I to prepare, thero Mill havo the gieat political art If. in spite of oureiTorts, Cardinal It.iuipolln should resist, what would hupp, to us' If the Secretary of State should refuse to be the candidate wo would lie obliged to tako his candidate. Asa, great elector bo would lie even more powerful. Then, seems to be In the invsterious world of iho Vatican what we call a presented in the cindldncy of Cardinal 1'iotro. Gentle and god.

mo.ler.ito and pious, tho former nuncio of Modtid. who succeeded Mgr. I Itampolla dol Tlndaro. would be a new Pius; VII and the present Secretary of State would i his (mis.ilvl ud if God should elm to. Fran, a new Rnnaparte wo will make lilm forget the ro id to Fmitniueble lu Thostrugglis will 1...

lively' Who knows'' Hut, alter all. the thing that is cert iln Is that the duel will bn full of inteiest lletwi en France and Gerinmr ngl cement is not now as it wns InlHTH. The haiser, it Is true, spoiled hlscbnnces Ily- ilmiiiing tlie helmet of Godfrey of Roulllon, I William II biought out with loo much A fa I his ddslie the lead in leliglous affairs. i Ile spoke Io tho stage wings like i newly i ciowned tenor lu the imperious stylo of a l.nlntiui in Tlio blindest see now, nnd tho most Indolent nro on tho alort. His great; iliaplain.

uniinitl Kopp. will no longer find I Galimberti The Romans nro suspicious; tho Cardinals aro forewarned i "Dovou believe that the Cardinals of tha crown In France would ho with Cardinal Ham polln Would they not cross themselves In silence on hearing even tho name of tho Soc- retnrv of state'-" "Do not become confused In sentiment and iDpoiheses us stand on solid ground, I Our Cardinals hive nrefeieu'es Thntistholr right Hut thev al-o know- tho interest of France and the) re ilio it That is their duty. i The Hiimpoll.i faction, the Kopp faction, and tlie partition-wall faction, or, In other words, the centre, will nil declare wnr ngainst each othei In the mi'leo our Cardinals will havo mill ono motto. France and The) Gallic blood will put Into the Roman ballot box Hie vole of the victorious Hut let us suppose thn Impossible Let us admit that we may ba beaten Whit then? Tho next day the new Popo will bo our friend. He will courll our friendship Ilotween Rome nnd ust i alliance Is eternal.

Our Bishops, coming; back frmn Itily, havo often said. In molancholy I tones Fvonhody Is anti-French in Deluded men. they only saw tho great Roman facade In the congregations, during tho con. oms.ii. Caidtii.il.

nliviDH vote for us end with us 'I Inn- alw.i)s net wlthgre.it tnct. At tho ible in the ante-cliamborof tho Secretory nt Slate they follow-only one imlley: tho funda-nient-i1 intere.t of the Papacy nnd of tho i him Sometimes I become angry when I bear Parisian fools talking about tho reaction i tint we must witness under tho future Pope. '1 here will bo no reaction, because thoro Is no j.ersonal policy In Homo As tho Count Fnl-foii remarked, Pius IX tho Count de Cham-bord and the Pap toy lav el on separate lines "The example Pius 1 Is not a proof HIsi reign was merely romantic parenthesis in long hlstorv of the Pnpuov Tho Popes h.iv. passe I through c)cles of political ideas) mid Interests, The Papic) is one nevnr-to-be- broken chain, the iiuchor of vvliu cinbeseon at Cnh in The successor of I.eo XIII will bo I.eoXIII continued, enlarged nnd perfected: foi his puliev forms an integinl part of tlm natrlinoii) of the Holy (. Jt will bo deiel-oped tluough the nienti.

th ecntiirv until the map of 1 urope shall present an entirely differ cut aspect. No, I.e.. Mil will not Collapse 111 the Toy Hallo. in Timln. roin IK' iluiiipu Itattv 3 A'man with flftcon or eighteen toy balloons) tugging at their strings boarded a Luke street train Finding a seat In the smoker, ho I tinned to ono side and gn7ed out cf the win- dow Next to him was a dignified old gentle- i man who rend a p.U'Or and smoked The train was going nest and the balloon man setmod to he figuring out the profits from the.

sales of 5 his ivures I The dignified old ge ltleman took tho cigar from his mouth, and, holding it between his "ngers, ouened.hls puioi wide with both hands. i PulT The lire of the cigiu had touched 5 i nc of the hallo, us It exploded and Unit) mass of thin nil ber settled slowlv to the floor. i Pull p-ill' Two ni.oe balloons followed Thero wcrs only a few iseng is In the car and no oh" had noticed wli it'hnd hapl eiie.l The bl- loon in in kept mi gauig -ait of Hie window. f.innti ton. bid tho cigitr mid exploded, A Iifth went Hie same wav and still the banoon man is imt aw ire of the fact, while tho old gentleman was burled in the depths of his.

paiier with hi. arms outstretched and his cigar held I elow his lingers Iti Ibis time sBVeinl'passengers hid dlscnv. ere.i wh it was going on and were shaking with tot ics-ed laughter xnother balloon touched if the lighted olg.ii. ei loded and settled to thn 'lour 'I hen the peddler's leverlo was brought to uu allium snd wknn a lull Inflated balloon -eliled down on Hie window-sill just beiore Ins eves He aiming fiom bis seal and looked nbove him I h.ue were mst thiee uninjured I Villoons left he old i.ent had in Ids mouth entlreli tin. miscinusnC if the dainige ho hid iloiie 'I he balloon man beiami.

ex --ted. waved his arms and snlill- s. lersd at a innivellous rate He examined tlm I withered balloon nnd found small hole in each of I hem. but how It got there wns be- jl loud his k-n lie inistriisleil tlie gpiitle- man who sat text to nun, but thelittei wni verv dignified nnd so surprised ni Hie other misfortune that It was imiossiblo to fix the blame lliuie i At the next station the balloon man left ths train evidently bsliuviug ih.it the entire lot I of passengers had conspired against him, i.