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a3) no up, and al yet! of ow poune troub! ton over th Nicholl—I worst of it is we What do you think, zou Matthew Quin, and ul look in his face th 1¢ to circumstances of unusual pro- river well « or I doen't nother trustworthy pilot to be town pect dewn of s tion and of jungles of 4 wild ar “ries and atter of th pectators who were Several months reed not be and Ameri- ere ove were Un- k om hand t the firm who whelmed wi able to fill with t It was evident th import and unload a on th rket would ach & Co. were the first to twenty-four hor ste the provin that ntonio Silva, 2 her regrett for i re to Settle with the Pc ereabouts he had rec lear Carruthers, a r. Quin cutta with oper in the firm's emp rranged to have his antn ipped s soon as he shoull deliver He ¥. Thi he two tra haste to Assam, zazed assis set to work. They were succes he start. and a fortnight Quin first lot of s to Goalnara. re he chartered the Star of Delhi Company. It n much set nd and seaworth: ‘ommended a pilot n in their empl oll lived on a south of Goal- with him resulted t, and a promise nd at daybreak of sailing. Quin and& on the day pre- antation five mile: and an interview satisfactory cont uld be on ij a for d tov vious te t the second lot of ani- mals. and had everything in shape on the bari F t dawn did not bring the apt. Nicholl, and an suil missing. Nothing f him in the town, nor found who knew | Brahm. Eee with which th half hour > i for the mong aware of mmething of in- trode out on the ‘an nimbly acr s deck a f s3 the pink to the 2 his cap to Quin ani nautical | th, burnt face } r of a pecullar bi ed color. come from Capt. Ni he an- ed Quin. “Why didn’t he sir,” and from his t the man produced jetter. open and read the in the fami oll, who er, and that the bearer, would satistactorily fill you were delayed, “I got here as soon as town was I a curve. ssed un rning. I have stopped at first n Carru being opposed to out t e yielded lay in mid-stream, and whs kly woeded. In tweniy min- r of Delhi was in deep water he lower point. She was moored coupls of big trees, the low, bushy of which overhurg part of the deck. at bad been trying all day, and after eupper the weary crew turned in. Soon afterward Quin and Sherwood went to their respective cabins, leaving Carruthers to 1898, by William Murray € BAST iAGENT LEAvES FRM His N°TES Bok THE ADVENTURE OF THE STAR OF DELHI. on.) ed at his watch, the time was an hour past midnight. He went to the porthole for a breath of fresh air, and as he was peering out a strange thin tracted his attention. A yellow glare flashed to and fro on the er close in {rent of him—evidently the flection of a lantern held by some onc deck. And an instant later, half a mi across stream on the mainland—his cabin was on that side of the barge—he saw a light waved three times as though in re- es use he knew that lity was wild end uninhabited. Yet a signal had been made from the barge, and some one had anawered it from shore. What did it mean? He could not suspect rethers, nor did it occur to him then to Sherwood with the mystery. But ure that some deviltry was afoot, concluded that one or more of the THE UNEVEN STRUGGLE THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 328, 1898-24 PAGES. added to by the howling and roaring of the animals, whose uneasiness hed been turned to panic by the report of the pistol. Quin had dro; the weapon when he fell, and he had no chance to find it. He was afraid that a knife would be plunged inte him, and so he bent his energies main- ly to securing his assailant’s arms. But the Portuguese was all for escape. He broke Quin’s hold several times, and then let fly blindly with his fist. One blow hit Quin in the face, and the other, landing lower down, struck him m the abdomen and winded him badly. That ended the struggle. Silva leaped up, tram- pled the enemy under foot and was heard scrambling in haste out of the hold. Though gasping for breath, and in con- siderable pain, Quin rose and started in pursuit without delay, not even stopping to search for his lost pistol. As fast as he could he groped along the passage and mounted one of the boxes directly under the open hatchway. He was close to the edge of the hold, and his shoulders were on a level with it. But now he checked him- self, remembering that he was unarmed. “Phat yellow devil may be lurking in wait for me,” he thought. “It’s no use to call the crew—they couldn't hear for the squalling of those infernal beasts He advanced cautiously, paused again and peered out on the dim and shadowy deck. As he did so he witnessed a signifi- cant incident. Over the vessel's rail, di- rectly in front of him, there climbed agile- ly a big, lightly-clad native—no doubt the same who had answered Silva's signal from the shore. No water dripped from him, and he had evidently come out in a small boat, which was now moored alongside the barge. ‘The native had no sooner planted feet on the deck than Silva glided up to him. Pointing to the hold he spoke a few words to his confederate. The latter, with a ges- ture of alarm, suddenly looked aft. Quin glanced in the same direction and saw the native crew, huddled in a frightened group, about twenty feet away. The discovery did not disconcert the Portuguese. “Keep back!” he cried, shaking a fist at the crew, “or- I'll kill the cursed lot of you!” ‘ome on, you cowards!’ Quin roared native crew had a hand in it. He w for several minutes, hearing and nothing, and then he decided on prompt action. “L'il make it warm for the scoundrels,” he muttered, “if they're playing any sort of a game on m With a loaded crept to the comp: and not a sound He ted, rayed ris gained the deck and went aft, lantern he but this quarter wa Hurrying to the who had chose whence to come erted. t of the crew, the miasmatic night dew rathe below, sleeping like logs on the b ing. They merely grunted when he kicked them, and he w not shamming. Did I imagine those lights?” he won- red. “No, I'll be hanged if I did—there’s something wrong! By Jove, where 1s Car- ruthers? He may be on the far side--” Just then he became aware of an ominous fact that temporarily drove all else from his mind. A storm was brewing—nay, was ready to burst. Sky and water were as black as ink. Not a breath of air was stir- ring, and the meaning of the hot, murky m Was unmistakable. He began to feel rmed for the safety of the ve The next instant a flash of lightning rent the darkness, and by the vivid glare he saw a ed alongside of the middle quickly on the spot, and ‘arruthers. The poor fellow satisfied that they were bending over w scious and breathing heavily; a bleeding wound on the back of his head showed he had been struck and felled from behind. Quin was enraged and mystified. He moved off a little, gazing warily about lest a similar fate should fall on him out of the Orn. By muttered. And the a somewhere forward, most likel, I'l have his lite! heavens! what does it mean?” he ‘Death stalking about loose! He could hear nothing alarming, for by this time the asts had scented the coming storm, e whimpering and snarling uneasily. first impulse was to rouse the crew, but _as he started in that Vrection he happened to glance into the un- covered chy w there a thin, flickering ray of light athwart the dar’ ess. Instantly a terrible and well-nigh in- credible suspicion flashed to his mind. A moment's reflection satisfied him that he was r -that he had indeed grasped the clue. There could be no other explanation of the mystery. He immediately made up his mind what to do. As noiselessly as a cat he climbed 2 of the hatch and let himself of the narrow passages that ani there in hold between the Guided by the fileker of light, ced a dozen paces, turned the an- ansverse pe e and saw just 1 expected to se Scarcely y Sherwood, the pilot, was kneeling by the side of a dimly nurning lantern, and a glittering steel tool, revolving rapidly in his Was buzzing j and grinding as it turned up a heap of saw- treacherous scoundrel was bor- ing a hole through the bottom of the ves- three seconds Quin stood as a mouse. Then, through some subtle instinct of danger, Sherwood turned his head with a s He saw Quin, ley- eled pistol in hand, and for a fleeting mo- ment the ‘y transformed his face—- dyed hair sing beard could no long- er mask atures of Antonio Silva. Quin was instantly aware of the man’s identity—he had suspected as much—and he felt the keen satisfaction of one who has caught a slippery foe. “Up with your arms, you dog!” he cried, ‘or I'll shoot you like a rat!” “Curse you!” snarled the Portuguese: and with that he risked his life on a dar- ing trick. It was done swiftly and well. By a hard thrust from his elbow ne knock- ed the lantern over, and it was extinguish- ed at once, keep watch on deck—g duty for which he had prepared by an afternoon's sleep. Quin smoked a pipe, put out the light and rolled into his bunk. But the cabin was oppressively warm, and for an hour or two q tossed and turned, dozing for brief in- ervals. Finally he fell into a heavy slum- ber, from which he woke up in a reeking Berspiration. He scraped a match and loo! Bang! Quin had fired instantly, scarcely a fraction of a second after the light went out, and he hoped his aim was true. But he realized that he had missed when the Portuguese leaped upon him from the dark- ness and butted him over on. his back. The two struggled desperately, floundering from one to another of the cages that lined the passage. They Could not see an inch before them, and the horror of the situation waa | the barge. p- | with all hi scoundrel But the crew were not disposed to take any risks, and, seeing this, Silva and his evil companion drew each a knife and made across the deck for the edge of the hold. Quin knew that they intended to settle him first, and then finish the work of scuttling The thought of it fired his an- ger to a white heat and blinded him to h danger. Instead of eScaping from the other side of the hold, as he might have done, he determined to leap out empty-handed and fall upon the ruffians. - The rash resolve was made in the flash of a second, but before he could put it into execution a most startling and unexpected thing happened. A thick and leafy bough of one of the huge trees on the island ex- tended over and beyond the hold, at a height of a dozen feet. There was a sud- den movement and stir on this, and just as Quin was half out of the hold a tremen- dous python or boa—it was too dark to tell which—dropped with a thump to the deck, almost upon Silva and his companion. A terrible scene followed. Quin scram- bled back in a hurry, and the ugly reptile, as thick as a man’s thigh, at once flung its coils about the wretched native. They floundered this way and that over the deck, the man screeching with agony and the great serpent darting its tongue and hiss- ing. The frightened yells of the crew and the clamor of the caged beasts made a blood-curdling chorus. And there was an- other sound that none gave heed to—a faint ominous roar far off in the black sheet that obscured sky and water. The uneven struggle did not last long. The Portuguese, to give him his due, tried hard to save his companion. He darted here and there, at great risk, seeking a chance to make an effective thrust with his knife. But it was no use. Man and serpent suddenly collided hard with the , broke off a length of the rotten wood- ork and rolled with a splash into the river. With a cry of despair Silva ran to the spot and looked down. It was a careless move, and it gaye Quin his chance. He was out of the hold in a trice, and as he Carted ferward he shouted to the crew to come and help him. Silva wheeled sbout, Knife in hand, and rushed savagely to the attack. “I got you now!" he cried, with an oath. “I kill you, meddiesome dog of an English- man! “Make a rush at the might. wo can play at that game!” roared Quin. “Int going to settle you this time, you devil He dodged to one side, turned like iight- ning and struck his enemy's uplifted arm such a blow as sent the knife whizzing through the air, Then he hurled himself upon the Portuguese with the fury of a maddened tiger, and down the two came with a crash. Both were strong men, and for an instant they rolled over and over on the deck, locked fast together. The crew had ventured near, but they showed a strong disinclination to help their master. With excited yells they kept dodging out of the way of the combatants. However, Quin itinally got the Portuguese undermost, and weakened him a Httle by thumping his head on the deck. He pinned him fast by the choulders and glared into his sallow, terrified face. “Mercy!"" whined Silva. “Spare me!” But Quin was mad with rage. “Tl kill you like a dog!” he snarled. “Fetch me a knife or a pistol!” he roared at the crew. As he spoke he partly relaxed his grip, and the Portuguese, aware of this, gath- ered his strength for a last struggle. He upset his captor, leaped to his feet and made a rush for the Knife, which lay slow! by. He actually got possession of it, scat- tering the crew like sheep, but before he could use the weapon Quin was on his back. They swayed and fell, ‘And at that very inbiant the long-de- layed storm—such a storm as only the trop- ics know—burst with all its concentrated fudy. Coming straight down stream, the mighty wind was sucked into the narrow passage between the Star of Delhi and the island. There was @ tremendous roar, and @ screech like 10,000 shrill-voiced fiends. ‘The mooring ropes snapped and the island side of the barge rose high from the water. It weeened, So quickly that those on the tilted deck hed no,time to seek shelter. The crew were. saved by tumbling against the rail, but, as ill-luck would have it, Quin and the Portuguese_rolied straight to the broken place and went down with a crash into t! e bot whl the Tost native had paddled over from the mainland. It at once, and the rope by which it was tied broke. The ‘were flung into the water, where each tet go of the other that they might havethe better chance for life. a 8a Of what happened ast Quin retained but a hazy recollectioi. He remembered striking out blindly and catching hold of one end of the upset baat He pulled him- self farther along the,Jkeel—he was too stunned and bruised to. climb on top—and then the tempest tossed’ and tumbled him from wave crest to wave hollow for a space that seemed eternity, half suffocating him with foamy spray, and making him believe that every moment would be his last. He shouted a8 hard as he could, but the awful scream of the gale mocked his puny ef- forts. Once, by a purple flash of light- ning, he saw the bargerolling heavily a half mile or so behind him, with the black mass of the island still farther to the rear. Then pelting rain.came down and the storm perceptibly abated. The motion of the boat was not so rough, and Quin pluck- ed up courage and hope as he clung fast to the keel and was borne rapjdly along on the broad bosom of the Brahmaputra. The night was dark and he could scarcely see an arm’s length in front of him. He had no doubt that both Silva and his native confederate were dead, but this caused him no elation. He was worried about the barge. Had the hole in the bottom been bored deep enough to admit the water? Would the native crew be able to weather the storm? “If I lose that cargo of animals,” he said to himself, “I'll be a ruined man. Just then a dull glitter caught his eye, anG, looking closely, he was startled to see a dark figure astride the middle of the boat. He realized the truth at once. Tho Portuguese had been at the other end of the boat all the time. He knew that Quin shared the refuge with him, and he was advancing to kill him. The next a sudden lightning flash revealed the merciless face of Antonio Silva. In ‘one hand was the knife he had picked up on the deck of the barge. “I have you now!” he cried, mockingly. “I'll send you to feed the fishes!” There seemed no hope, and Quin tried to resign himself to death. He would have had some chance with a weapon, but he was too exhausted to fight empty-handed, or to swim away from the boat and trust to the mercy of the river. With a dread fascination he watched his relentless foe creeping nearer and nearer along the keel, the knife raised to strike. But an instant later, when Silva was al- most within reach, a heavy drift log pound- ed end first against the side of the boat. As it sheered off Quin struck out for it and caught it at the middle. He heard a cry of rage, and then he was swept away with the rapidly moving log through the darkness and the waves, leaving the Portu- guese and the boat hopelessly behind in the race. A few more words will bring this narra- tive to a fitting close. Quin stuck to his log for an hour, in spite of the buffeting of the storm. Then, in the early dawn, he was seen and picked up by a small steam launch, in which were Captain Sandy Nich- oll and five native policemen of Goalpara. Mutual explanations were made, and the captain’s story was a thrilling one. While riding toward town on the previous night he had been waylaid by Silva and two hired ruffians, forced to write the deceiving letter to Quin and then shut up in a de- serted bungalow. He managed to escape at daybreak and reached Goalpara three hours after the departure of the barge. Without loss of timé he procured the launch and the police, and started in pur- suit. He had found safe shelter during the storm, resuming thé sedrch after it was over. He was of the op{nion that he had passed the barge in the darkness. Such proved to be‘the tase. The Star of Delhi was found stutk on a bar four miles up the river, and very Httle exertion was required to get her off. Cargo and crew Were safe, machinery and paddles were un- injured and Carruthers Had suffered noth- ing more serious thin w ‘slight concussion of the brain. Launch and police were sent back to Goalpara and' Capt. Nicholl took command of the barge, which got up steam without delay. Nothing was learned of the native who had been carried off by the ser- pent, but a few miles down stream the boat was seen from the deck of the barge, lying on the sandy shore of the river. So there was every reason for belleving that Silva had escaped with his life. It would have been useless to search for him, and no stop was made. = The ruffian had lala his plans carefully, ‘and there was no mistaking his purpose. He had intended to anchor the barge at the island, and hoped to have the hole in the bottom compteted by the time the sig- nal brought his confederates from the mainland, where the man had probably been lurking for a day or two. But for Quin's vigilance the precious pair would have escaped ir the boat, first cutting the barge freo, on the chance that she would sink and fill in midstream. Whether the Portuguese had acted with the connivance or at the instigation, of Moss and Craw- iey, or whether his sole motive was revenge for the loss of the lions he had stolen in Af- rica, was a question which Quin’s subse- quent investigations failed to answer. Nor Were the natives ever found who had helped Silva to waylay Capt. Nicholl in the jungle. The Star of Delhi made a quick run to Hooghly, and the valuable cargo of ani- mals was promptly shipped to England. They arrived three weeks before the rival’ firm's lot, and yiclded Karl Hamrach & Co. a tremendous profi,; But in this case Quin Was not inclined to-&pply the old saying, “All's well that endg - well.” He had a double score to settle ‘with Antonio Silva, and sooner or later, he vowed, the day of reckoning should come. (THE END.) ——_>-—— French Anomalies. From the Quarter Lotin. The French are, and for centuries: have bsen, the most curiously interesting of peo- ples. They are interesting for many and conilicting peculiarities—interesting in the anomaly of a national integrity preserved by the very means that seem to threaten its dissolution; for an emotionalism thrown into violent convulsion by incidents which would not send a ripple over the calm of any other great political power; for an aes- theticism that rises out of pruriency, as a lily ris2s out of the mire; for a scholastic culture which educates the world without reforming the French; for a courage equal to every demand but those of self-exami- nation and self-cenfession; for a distinctive literature that belies or defames the na- tional character; for a theory of liberty and fraternity, worn as the crown of intoier- ance; for a learning that does no: inculcate self-discipline; for a benevolence presided over by prejudice; for a governmental au- thority that shakes to its foundations un- der every gust of popular feeling; for a re- publicanism that bows to a military hier- archy; for an “equality” that prostrates it- self before a thousand disiinctions. Inter- esting always, convincing—sometimes. a The Last Resort. (Copyright, 1898, Life Publishing Company.) He—I suppose it’a the pride of intellect, but I-can't help knows less than I do."*” “I Gon’t see what else you could do,” @ man that a IN; THE CHURCHES President McKinley is expected to be the central figure at the celebration in honor of the birth of Methodism in Ohio, which is to be held in Delaware, that state, next month. The records show that the first M. E. Church was organized in that state at Milford, in 1797, by Francis MeCormick, with twenty members. The next year the number was increased to thirty-two. Of all the bishops of the M. E. Church thir- teen are natives of Ohio. Each of them is expected to take part in the program. An initial organ recital and concert were given last evening at the Ninth Street Christian Church, 9th and D streets north- east, Re¥. E. B. Bagby, pastor. Mr. Charles Haydn Chase was organist and musical director. Those who participated in the program, besides Mr. Chase, were: Miss Abbie M. Power of Vermont Avenue Christian Church, M Elizabeth Wahly of Metropolitan M_B. Church, Mr. Elbert H. Johnson, Prof. Wilber F. Doles, organ- ist of Metropolitan M. E. Church; Prof. H. Ciough-Leiter, organist Epiphany P. E. Church; Mr. John H. Duffey of Mount Ver- non M. E. Church, Miss Bertha McNaught of Ninth Street Church, and the cheir of the church. Rev. Dr. Tunnell, rector of St. James’ Hall, this city, and Rev. Dr. Grimke, pas- tor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, have returned from a visit to vari- ous southern cities in the interest of church enterprises. Booker T. Washington and Mrs. Wash- ington of Tuskegee, Ala., have been se- cured by Rev. Dr. J. L. M. Curry of this city, agent of the Slater fund, to travel for the ensuing six months through the southern states and to lecture to the col- ored people, with a view to arousing the lattcr to a proper sense of their responsi- bilities and opy ortunities. ‘ormal announcement was mi recent meeting at the Central Union Mis- sion of the death of Carlton H. Jeneks, who shed when the Maine went down in na harbor. Mr. Jencks well n among the workers 2 sion and was highly esteemed for his personal qualities and religicus devotion. He w li known by the younger membe! of Calvary Baptist Chureh. His untimely end is much regretted by a large circle of friends. Efforts are being made by the manage- ment of the Central Union Mission to se- cure funds for swelling the summer cam~- paign fund, it being the purpose to not only conduct missionary efferts in the city on: as extensive a scale as in previous years, but to hold meetings at Camp Alger and to rerder as much service as possible among the soldiers encamped there. Brother Chrysostom, coadjutor superior general of the Xaverian Brothers, has ar- rived from Europe, and is visiting the schools of the order in the archdiocese of Baltimore, of which Washington forms a part. The Xaverian Brothers have _col- leges and schools in Massachusetts, Ken- tucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Vir- ginia and Maryland. It is understood that Rev. Dr. L._T. Townsend of this city, but temporari staying in Baltimore, is likely to be called to the pastorate of a large M. E. Church in a northern city. Dr. Townsend born in Maine in 1838. He is regarded one of the ablest preachers in the Balti- more conference. After attending the pub- lic schools he was entered at Dartmouth College, afterward going to Andover Theo- logical Seminary, where he completed a three-year course in 1862. He chen enlisted in the United States army and remained two years. He was ordained to the min- istry in 1864. He was elected professor of Hebrew and Greek in Concord Theological School in 1868, and in 1870 was transferred to the chair of historic theology, and in 1872 to that of sacred rhetoric. He w appointed delegate to the Ecumenical M E. conference In London in 1881. Since his return frcm Europe he has served his de- nomination in various responsible pos!- tlons. The Christian Brothers of this vicinity a few days ago celebrated the feast of their founder, John Baptist de la Salle, at the novitiate at Ammendale. The oration wa Gelivered by Rev. M. J. O’Donough of St. Peter’s Church, this city. A solemn high mass was celebrated, with Rev. T. Av Walsh as celebrant; Rev. Joseph Thornton, deacon; Rev. H. A. Curley, subdeacon, :nd Rev. E. J. Healey, master of ceremonies. Dumberton Avenue M. E. Church, Rev. Dr. J. B. Stitt, pastor, is having specially interesting Hterary meetings of 1is Ep- worth League. The meetings are_ held Tuesday evenings. Miss Florence Frisby lately read a paper on Quo Vadis, and the beok was discussed by @ number of per- sons present. Last week the topic was the Spanish crisis, with special reference to Cuba. The coming week the Red Cross So- ciety will be the subject of a paper by Mr. Horace A. Howes. A social hour, usually with light refreshments, closes each meet- ing. Bishop Satterlee is very anxious to havo a great P. E. cathedral in Washington. He said a few days ago: “Our own com munion shculd have here in the capital of the United States a great cathedral or central mission cburch, not only free to all the people of Washington, but where all visitors from all parts of the United States may feel that they have a right to come and worship because it is their Father's house. “Here in the capital of the United States magnificent and classic edifices are being erected as monuments of science and art, of human history and human progress, but there is ngne as yet which arises as a monument of the Christian religion; no majestic edifice which challenges attention, amid the stately structures on every side, as a witness for Christ; no house of God which stands with open doors as the pa! ace of the poor. The history of the past shows us conclusively that a great building always exercises a great influence over the ecmmunity in which it stands.” Much interest is felt among Sunday school workers generally in this city con- cerning the coming meeting of the world’s Sunday school convention in London. The delegation from the United States and Can- ada has beccme a large and attractive party. The convention will have twelve sessions, most of which will be held in the City Temple. The feature of the convention sessions will be the reports of progress from all parts of the earth and the islands of the sea. The various departments of Sunday school work will be presented and confer- ences will be conducted showing the rela- tion of the Sunday school to foreign mis sicr's, young people’s societies and the child in the church. At one of the sessions 5,000 juniors will sing. Rey. Dr. George O. Little, pastor of As- sembly Presbyterian Church, who recently tendered his resignation, preaches his fare- well sermon there tomorrow. The occasion will also be the completion of twenty-five years of service with the church. There is much regret felt among the membership that the retiring pastor insisted upon the acceptance of his resignation, Rev. W. 8. Hammond of West Washing- ton was ons of the speakers at the recent annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Pro- testant Church in Baltimore, where officers for the ensuing year were elected as fol- lows: President, Mrs. M. A. Brown, Card- ington, Ohio; vice president, Mrs.’M. A. Miller, Kansas City, Kan.; recording sec. retary, Mrs. Henry Huffleld, Baltimore; corresponding secretary, Mrs. D. 8. Ste- phers, Kansas City; treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Arderson, Belle View, Pa.; financial secre- tary, Mrs. C. B. Fernshill. Miss Annie L. Forrest was elected traveling secretary. It Was decided to send a secretary to Texas to advance missionary work in that state. Extensive arrangements arc being made for the celebration, a few weeks hence, of the golden jubilee of St. Charles College, a leading theological seminary, near Elli- cott City. There are a number of the graduates of the institution in almost every part of the world. Efforts are being made to secure a photograph of each former student for preservation at the college, and it is stated that already a large number have been forwarded to the faculty. Rev. George F. Cole, pastor of the Col- ored United Christian Church, Washington, is at Guilford, Md., atiending the annual session of the Maryland conference of his denomination. One of the most important fuatters to come before the conference will the acceptance of an industrial home and orphan asylum in Baltimore. This in- stitution was started in October last, and now cares for fifteen orphans. A day sc. ool is also conducted, with an attendance of sixty pupils. ‘The organization of the new Ninth Street Christian Church, which will be dedicated tomorrow, is, for the ensuing year, con- stituted as follows: Board of elders, Rev. Edward B. Bagby, itor; Joseph A. Scott, jerk; George W. Pratt, treasurer; F. M. radiey, H. L. Bugbee, A. W. Bowen, W. McCurdy, Frank Morrison, J: W. Van Vieek, P. 8. Steele, George H. Spire, E. A. Stevens; Charles Haydn rganist musical director. Trustees: eri itendent ot Sunday school,. su) . septs Ladies’ Ata Vieck, president; of missions, Mrs, J. H. Young People’s Society of Christian En- leavor, A. W. Bowen, president; Junior ety of Christian Endeavor, Miss Tilia Wilson, superintendent; Minute Men, W. F. Pierce, captain; Christian Church Cadets, Mrs. Nellie H. Bradley, superintendent; Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Miss Sadie Emmons, president. Mrs. S. L. Beiler, secretary of the Alaskan bureau of the Woman's’ Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, has started on a tour of the country. During ner absence from Wash- ington Mrs. Beiler will address audiences of women and inform them of the degraded condition of the women of Alaska. A mass meeting of the Lutheran Young People’s Union of the District of Columbia will be held Tuesday evening, the 31st in- stant, at 8 o'clock, in the Keller Memorial Church, Maryland avenue northeast, Rey. C. H. Butler, pastor. It is the annual business meeting of the union, when officers will be elected and various reports made. At the conclusion of the program a_sccial hour, with music light refreshrents, will follow in the chapel of the chureh. Rev. G. H. Gerberding, D. D., profe in the eran Theological Semi Chicago, gave a talk last evening at week night service of the Luth Memorial Church. Dr. Gert s been a home missionary for a number of years, and said there are mor west of Chicago thaw east of it, the great mass of Germans and Scandinavi ; ing of this faith. He characterized as being a sturdy, thrifty and God-fearing people, and while many on the prairies still live in sod houses they are rapidly © tablishing churches, academies, col and theological seminaries. During the temporary Rev. George F. Dudle Sor in | the them the Stephen's Church, Columbia Heights, who is now, as absence of St of chaplain, with the District of Columb’ iment of infantry at Chickamauga, the r services of the church will be in - of the Rev. G. H. Johnston, D. D. dress is 3206 14th Tomorrow the Young Men's St. Augustine Church school children _ will nion at the 7 the Sunday chool will May feast and enter: basement hall of the church ay being the first Friday of the exercises will be in honor of cred heart, mass at 7 o'clock and © devotions ‘at ». Confessions will heard Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. Rey. John F. Goucher, D. D., presider of the Woman's College, Baltimore, wil preach at Wesley Chapel tomorrow at 11 a.m. and deliver an address at the Epworth League anniversary ai S p.m. ———— CHINESE THE PRESS. Much Like That of Other Countries, but Considerably Older. Prom the London Globe. The Chinese press can pride itself on the fact that it is a great deal more ancient than that of Europe. We are not con- cerned here with the publications founded in China by Europeans for the satisfactic of merchants and others who dwell in the free ports. The newspaper created in China was an official organ, which is called by foreigners the Peking Gazette; its correct name, however, is the News of the Capital, in Chinese it ts called Tsing-pao. The exact date of its creation is unknown, but it is certain that it was already published in A. 13, At the first it was engraved on leaves of wood, but for many years now it | has been printed by movable types; a spe- cial cheap edition is rather badly printed on | sheets of wax. This Gazette, aa it commonly called, appears in the form of a copy book of ten to twelve double leay eight inches long and five wide. Each pag is divided into seven columns by lines of violet ink; it is roughly mounted in a y low cover. In this venerable ances’ the modern press one can find some very interesting reading. of the imperial audiences and presenta- tions, the movements of the emperor and empress; then information connectd with the divers ministerial departments, and the instructions as to which corps of the garri- son of Peking is on duty at the palac This is followed by the imperial decre and the reports of the mimsters of the cap- ital or by the viceroys in the provinces. The reports of the police department also, and prosecutions, find a prominent place: The columns of the Gazette are-also open to the reports of any negligence or corrup- tion of officials, and in this it would be well if it were imitated by some western na- tions. It Is to be regretted that the Chinese lan- guage presents such great difficulties to the European learner. Were it otherwise we outer barbarians could gather a v good idea of the daily Ife of the inhabit- ants of the ceiestial empire by perusing the columns of the Tsing-pao. The subscrip- tion is very modest, at least, to the Chinese themselves, who only pay one shilling per month. Foreigners are, however, com- pelled to pay more, for the benefit post office servants, whose duty it publish the Gazette. It appears morning, and is distributed to subscribers by an army of messengers,who run through the streets, each bearing a large bundle of copies. The first non-official Chinese journals di ke their appearance until twenty-five they were founded i ricts where foreigners are settled and published under the nominal direction of a foreigner, although they have alway been edited by’ literary Chinese and printe by native comp s. The only daily journals now published are the Chen. or Shanghai News, which was created about 18; interesting of all, and the Hon-pao rival, published in the same town, and ne ly under the same title, for “Hon” is the literary name of Shanghat. Among the weeklies the Shanghai Mercury has great infiuence in the business world. At Tient- sin the Che-pao appeared for several year but it has now ceased to exist. At Canton we find the Tchoung-si-je-pao (the Daily News of China and the East). We will close this rather meager list of dailies with the Ling-Nam-je-pao (Daily News of Ling- Nam), which is the only native journal which has so far imitated the method of certain European newspapers by seeking to increase its sale by filling its columns with scandals and defamation. We must not for- get an illustrated newspaper called the Ho- na-pao (Illustrated News), and published as a kind of supplement to the Chen-pao. ‘The Jesuit missionaries of Shanghai publish a journal called Ouenlon, for the benefit of the Catholic population, but it cannot be properly designated a Chinese paper. The reader will doubtless like to know what are the contents of a real Chinese journal, Let him peruse with us a number of the Chen-pao, which he can buy for less than a half-penry. The composition of this journal is not 60 extraordinary as one would be inclined to imagine. “After the title, instructions to correspondents of the Journal and the price of the subscription, we find a leading article, dealing with vari- ous subjects, written with great ability and and which is certatly the mos 1 r- | treating with much good sense, sometimes even with great depth of view, the ques- tions of the day; even foreign’ politics 1s dealt with with’ considerable knowledge. Then follow the imperial decrees, which the editor often receives by telegraph; in- teresting reports of the various governors, correspondence from the provinces, and news which has been transmitted by -Eu- ropean agencies. Divers facts are not for- gotten, and these appear very strange to and 9th street | and | Lutherans | There is first a resume | f the | is to | the eyes of a European. The Chinese re< porter is a very important and a very per< severing Individual, who never fails to pen- etrate wherever his duty calls him, al- though his presence is not always very welcome; he could even give some lessons to his western compeers,for his ingenuity is unlimited, and his skin Is of an exceptional thickness. The last pages of the paper are devoted to advertisements.the Chinese mer- chants and shopkeepers having soon under- stood the power and benefits of publicity Although the Mst Chinese journals print nO more than about 15,000 copies, the pre has already become an indis ple el ment in the life of the shopkeeper and the mandarin, and will ‘great! mtribute to the diffusion of new 1d n in the cons | servative empire of the Heaven. NO BEARINGS TO GET, As. om If Any Man Ever Reaches the Nortlt Pole He Will Be Lost for Sure. From the if any one really got to the pole h teal Magazine. in common parlance, be utterly simply because at the pole there is no pos# sibility of as r ones whereabouts, A person arriving there would find an ale 4 together different world before him. ° a blind man he would grope about and vainly endeavor to get back whence he came. This by m enviable situa- tion is calculated to destroy the illusions which he may have che 4 when start- | ing on his pol a mplete- ly changed sitration wouk accounted for by the fact that when stationed at th tion of the north would be cide with the line of the | to say, the point exactly © opposite poll viz., the | would coincide with the direction to the south. The longtitudinal circles, and t the meridian of the jocality, } would coincid circles of latitude an equator we ith the horia« al dete Hence an mination of s to latitud> and lon- same may be said leters = one fon. mp rizont al Lo stion, s there is lo not » of en- » such ot ms aree= them ise Togs degr y exist there tion estion ndit wi hance the only things which | 3 a sojourn at the a -end.ng torment. Worse than all the one cannot count the passing hours iu other worcs, there 1s no criterion r determining the time of day. During* months the sun will neithe: but during the remain ¢ horizon, As the earih revolves ad its axis in twenty-four he | sun apparently describes, during th | interval, a circuit of legre | the sky, being visibl altitude to the declination wh dec 3 | of the > name at which the | observer is stationed. The numerous attempts hitherto made to reach th as a matter of course, t is to say, by ships a that one might get has not gained vy, but if we consider ot navigable, and hence | are liable » carried away by air cur- rents in any direction that may accidentally , and in the most unlikely event only to the pole, no one possessed of but a mod- | crate allowance of common sense will com- | prehend how success could have been ex- pected ‘rom such an enterprise. Moreover, determinations of locality cannot possthl ! be made from a balloon with any approxt+ mate degree of accuracy. ———_-+0+-- A SECRET LANGUAGE. The Jargon That Children Make Up to Convey Their Seerets, From the Century. The secret-language period is a thing of child nature. There are three distinct pe- riods in language learning by the child. The first is the acquiring of the mother-tongue. The second period comes shortly after the | time of beginning to learn the mother- tongue, and is a language made up by chil- dren who, perhaps, find themselves unable | to ter the mother-tongue. Very few children have a complete language of this | kind, but all children have a few words of such. ‘Then comes the secret-language perlod. Although in a very few cases the learning of secret languages began about the ixth year, and in some instances the perl- od ran till after the eighteenth year, yet the vast majority of are covered by | the period between the eighth and the teenth year, while the greatest use is be- tween the tenth and the thirteenth year, There are many reasons why children learn and use these languages. One lady confesses that she originated a language. and introduced it into a mysterious set of ten, in order to write notes in school, and she truly adds that had their t | covered the key, they would have learned | many truths. | It can never be known whether these lan- | guages or! children. The names would in in- stances imply that children had to do with them, as they show things familiar to the child and loved by him. So in the secret languages we find animals playing an tm- portant part in the naming. The hog, dog, gvose, pigeon, pig, fly, cat and other ani- mals are attached to these languages. The child in the old-fashioned schoo}, where all sat together, hearing the (to him) senseless and unknown Latin, would nate urally attach the name to his language, and thus give birth to Hog Latin, Goose Latin, ete. Seeing or hearing a language, one letter may strike the child’s fancy, a in one the letter h is “hash,” and so Has! nguage ts the result. In another “bub’ @) the funny spot in child and so Bub taik comes forth. The former days, so frequently hear a-b-c's, would upon the constcucti z alphabet language at once recur to such, and so name this the A-Bub-Cin-Dud lane guage. —_———_-e--_____ A Recommendatio From Harlem Life. Mrs. Newed (engaging cook)—“Have you had much experience?” Cook—“Well, mum, I've worl families in th’ lasht two wai —+o+— She—“Can anything be meaner than fora girl to encourage a man she docs not ine tend to marry?” He—"Yes; she might marry him, y’ know.” —Harlem Life. ed for tin = PRECAUTION, From Punch.