Pittston Gazette

              * tc. fl \ ---- - / • - - ; -■ Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. vol.. XL VIII No. ;i. I PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1897. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. '-♦r.OO wr\Dar ' ' in Advance* him a fugitive from his own govern rionsly furnished room on the first floor snafce the wails 01 tne ceil, men 101- of the fortress, where Colonel Jaroslav lowed half a dozen sharp reports, and wan seated at a table glancing over ufi sprang to his feet in alarm a rush some papers. of footsteps passed bis cell, and a hoarse over his forehead. struck an officer," ho said gruffly, "mid rescued my daughter too? Well, young man, I would have shot you for the one and rewarded you for the other." And then he graciously shook hands with him. maut. "Quick, Ivan," he cried with sudden terror, "quick, or I am lost Escape by rail is cut off. They will watch the stations. I must take to the yacht. It still lies at the docks of Vassili Ortroff. I lent it to Count Adlerbcrg. It waits his arrival in the morning. Do you hear me, Ivan? I must foil these bloodhounds. Call a cab at once. See if the street is empty." all the negros ifi the world." In general the applicants seem to have agreed, as one wrote, that "wo have sertinly had very fiew like unto Lincoln."—Youth's Companion. lit* would bo pardoned, probably restored to his rank and position. So ho doubtless reasoned and so ho acted. The mines of Kara yawned once more for Platoil and Ium comrades. and I should say that It would he comparatively easy of invention. Now that I have retired, maybe I will devote myself to the invention of such a match and to do something to promote the i - terests of in arduous and none too remunerative calling."—New York Sua. The jailer withdrew, leaving them alone. voice shouted: "Drop the boats, quick! He's swim- " Yours is a strange case," were the colonel's first words. "I am puzzled at the outset. Sit down and let me hear iniiig out into the harbor." The boys greatly enjoyed their stay in St. Petersburg, for Colonel Jaroslav was a most delightful host, but their hearts yearned America, and late in July they parted from their kind friend and the many other acquaintances they had made in the Russian capital and started by rail across the continent, sailing from Havre a week later. How to Live Long, CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIIL Fix deeply in mind the grand truth that life power rules the body and that it alone can care disease. AN OLD FRIEND. It was half past 10 by a small clock on the table when Maurice began to speak When he finished, the bands pointed to uoon. He related everything without reserve, commencing with his family history and the visit to Rnssia, ending with the perfidy of Captain Daroiuan and his recapture. He spoke, of course, in English, remembering that the colonel was familiar with the lan- your story." Six feet beneath the level of the flat top of the fortress, on the eastern side facing the sea, extended a paved stone wall, 20 feet broad. On the outer edge of this rose a massive parapet deeply embrasured and mounted with frowning cannon that pointed their gaping muzzles day and night on the shipping in the harbor. Seven grated windows directly beneath the roof faced this SHIFTING SCENES. That night tho storm passed away and tho nun rose on a perfect morning. The perspiration was standing in drops on his forehead, and his bands trembled. Life power lives on air, water and food only. All else is hurtful. A Hardened Professional. The blue Pacific was still beating the sandy coast with whitecapped bi'lows, it is true, but the sky was clear and serene, and the sun shone brightly on the town and harbor of Vladivostok. Two sweet young thingB were exchanging confidences. Make cleanliness yonr motto and watch against filth in both house and grounds. Ivan, no less terrified than his master, hurried from the room, dropping the crumpled letter to the floor. Vladimir Saradoff picked it up and held it over the globe of the lamp. As the last fragment turaed to ashes Ivan returned. "I have been fortunate," he panted. "I found a cab close by. The street is empty. Go quick. They may arrive at any moment." "The thing about George which particularly charms me is his originality." "How so?" " Well, when we became engaged I asked him, as every girl asks her sweetheart, if I was the first girl he ever loved." "What did he reply?" "There is where he displayed his originality. Instead of swearing that I was his first and only love, as all authorities ugree to be the conventional tiling, what do you snppose he said?" COPrfttGMt. BY THE WOO I, FA LI PUBLISHING CO. It was a clear and beautiful August morning when the Grand Monarque steamed majestically up New York harbor. Few starve for food, but many for air. Breathe deeply a hundred times daily. Wear no tight clothing. Above all, ventilate your sleeping room. What a frightful mockery all this glorious beauty seemed to tho three prisoners as they passed for a moment through tho cottage yard and entered the closed carriage that had just arrived from the town. Their wan, haggard faces, from which every vestigo of hope had fled, seemed to draw sympathy from even tho stern and pitiless Cossacks.CHAPTER XXVL TKEACHEKY. of chief importance, they rotained their strength. In the morning it was still raining, and the wind in violent gusts seemed to shake the house to its foundations. At noon the storm was still raging. paved wall, and the middle grating admitted a feeble supply of light to the cell wherein Paul Platoff was confined. Five minutes before the alarm occur- At the foot of the narrow street which opened on the wharf a motley crowd was gathered, curious to see the two young Americans who had tasted the horrors of Siberian exile, for the papers had proclaimed far and wide their expected arrival. Beware of gluttony. If the appetite is dull, eat fruit only or eat nothing. Use no fiery condiments, but live chiefly on natural grains, vegetables and fruits. Never ask your stomach to chew your food—employ your teetb. Adorn your table not only with viands, but with flowers and smiles and kindly words. " Would it not be safer to hide in some place until night," asked Maurice, "and approach the shore in the dark?" "Now is the best time," said Captain Daroman. "On such wet days the soldiers do not move about much, and the Cossaake along the coast, who are probably cm the lookout for us, will relax their vigilance. We would have no better opportunity if we waited a week. V» e can wwily reach the shore and conceal ourselves in the hills until night comes." gunge. With rapt attention Colonel Jaroslav listened to every word, and at its conclusion be rose and shook Maurice Platoff went up stairs to visit the watch tower and returned with a grave face. warmly by the hand red that roused Maurice from his sleep W ithout a word his master dropped into a chair, seized a pen and ink and checkbook and drove bis hand rapidly o»er the paper. "My poor boy," he said with emotion, "your story is true, you have been the victim of an infamous crime, but your 8* fferings are now at an end. You and your friend shall be freed, I promise yon." "Thank God!" cried Maurice. "Oh, thank Gocl!" And, bursting into tears, ho buried his face on the table. two sentries were patrolling before the row of windows, now back to back as they neared the angles of the fortress, now face as tbey approached and met before the middle window. Three lanterns, placed at regular intervals, threw a bright light on the scene, and, shining out on the sea, mingled with the wavy reflections from the ship- "Soldiers are visible on the beach," he said. "The sea is very turbulent, and the vessels have sought the safer shelter of the town barbo/l I fear nothing can be done tonight We must try to get food in some way. Our strength must be kept up or we will bo unable to escape." The commanding officer took his seat in tho carri:ige ami gave tho order to start He had deferred the departure until now, purposely, no doubt that his triumph might be seen of men, and to add dignity to the occasion the carriage was surrounded on all four sides by troops of mounted Cossacks. Off the Battery a tugboat put out to the steamer containing a tall, gray boarded man, whose actions evinced great excitement. He was hoisted on board the Grand Monarque, and a moment later Phil was clasped in his father's embrace, to the manifest delight of the passengers. "I'm sure I cau't guess." "Here, take this," he cried. "You must remain behind. Disguise yourself and you will be safe. Go to the bank in the morning, get foreign drafts for this whole amount if you can and join me in Paris at the Hotel Bristol. Now a coat, Ivan—a light coat—and my pistols; don't forget them." "He said he had been in love before and added that surely a girl of my good sense would not care for an amateur in lovemaking." — Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph. SCALING WITHOUT A LADDER. Deformity is not awkwardness only, but danger. A high chest will give freedom to breathing and digestion and help to cure many diseases. Thick blood causes colds and countless other diseases. Keep the lungs active by deep breathing, the skin by baths and friction, the kidneys by free drafts of warm water, the bowels by correct eating, and the blood will be pure. ' 'I agree with you," said Platoff with more warmth than he had yet shown. ' 'This is our chance. On such a day escaped convicts are supposed to hide in some dry place instead of traveling in the rain. Captain Daroman, you keep about ten yards behind me, the boys half that distance in your rear. Thus the danger of discovery will be lessened.""It was a dastardly deed," resumed the colonel presently, ' 'and were it not for the oouvinciug proofs I could not believe Vladimir Saradoff capable of ping. "Have yon a light, Ivan?" said one sentry to the other as they met before Platoff's window. "My poor boy, my poor boy!" was all he could utter for a long while, but presently he became more composed and extended Maurice an affectionate greeting.Most of that afternoon Platoff spent in the tower, and when twilight, came he announced his intention of going out to seek food. They nxle briskly out of the wooded valley and turned down the sandy beach, entering the town by its main thoroughfare—a long, narrow street, lined for the most part with wooden houses of a peculiar construction. The sidewalks were filled with people, and Maurice looked with curiosity at the odd types of character—the queerly dressed Russians, the pigtailed Chinese and the dark featured Koreans. A Pyramid of Soldiers Enables Men to Surmount a Thirty-one Foot Wall. A moment later he was ready. A few brief injunctions to Ivan, a hasty farewell, and he hurried down the broad stairway, through the long, magnificently furnished hall, and passed into the street. such a crime. But the evidence is so plain that even the minister of the interior cannot fail to be convinced. According to t,he report of the case whieh "Yes," was the reply. "Here is my pipe. Hurry and finish your smoke, though, for the night officer will soon be here." Corporal Leary, the 11 m terest man at Port Sheridan, took tho chanoe of breaking his neck and tumbling the storming pyramids of 41 soldiers In a bruised heap on a recent Saturday as he sprang upward from tho shoulders of Private Milter, caught with three fingers of his left band the top of the high wooden wall behind which lurked the enemy, hung for one perilous instant, and then gallantly pulled himself to the top, seized his rifle and sprang into the midst of the foe on the other side of the Improvised parapet In the Coliseum gallery. "The night will be stormy," ho said, "and I cuu easily break through the lines. I will try to find some habitation and purchase provisions to last for a few days. By that time the storm will surely be over." "Your guardian is not here, my boy," he said as he clasped his hand. "Colonel Hoffman could not come. You will know all later.' * Spend part of each day in muscular work, part in study and part in good deeds to men.—New York Ledger. I have, yon traveled directly from the frontier to Moscow, where you were arrested, yet I can testify to seeing you in St. Petersburg, and, what is They halted a moment to exchange Are, and as they moved off again neither heard a sharp crack that came from a point close at hand. He turned with a bitter malediction on his lips for a last look at the stately front of his palace—the last time he Platoff's advice was promptly heeded, and in that order they moved cautious ly down the bill. Before they reached the bottom the stormcloud they had seen burst upon them in all its fury. The rain came down in torrents and the wind blew with great forcet Maurice detected the strange embarrassment in his manner, but before he could ask an explanation the steamer was at the wharf, and they hurried across the landing to a cab that was waiting. A Beautiful Cretan Custom. Captain Daroman's views were not consulted. He was lying in a corner, apparently fast asleep, with one of Poussin's big rugs drawn over las faded uniform.One of the curious Cretan customs which prevail on the eve of every insurrection is known as adelphopoiesis, or fraternization. One of its immediate results is the cessation of all feuds, enmity and rancor. It is carried out as follows: A number of individuals choose a young girl, who must be pretty—no difficult matter in Crete. They inform her parents of their intention, and the needful consent is never withheld. Then a priest is sent for and told to begin the ceremony. He takes a very long girdle and joins all the men with it in a circle in the center of which the young girl is placed. Then the clergyman recites a number of prayers and winds up by giving his benediotion to all present The moment he pronounces the last amen the circle and its center stand in the relation of brothers and sister to each other to all religious and social intents and purposes. Each and every one of the males is bound in honor—and a Cretan knows no more sacred obligation—to protect that girl throughout her life, but none of them can ever take her for his wife. She is and remains their sister in the eyes of the priest and people to the end of her days, but they must also stand by and succor each other, and if needs be at the cost of life itself.—Fortnightly Review. Tho triumphant procession—for so it was clearly regarded by the inhabitants —continued on past the government offices, the admiralty with its yellow dome and waving flag, the imposing, carved facado of the Naval club, and passing through the Chinese bazaar and tho market place swept along tho wharf, tantalizing the wretched prisoners with a brief glimpse of the shipping anchored in tho harbor—tho flags of all nations that fluttered in tho morning more, I can remember seeing Ivan, Vladimir Saradoff's servant, sitting on the box of the sleigh. The distance between them gradually widened, and they were close to the angles of the fortress when suddenly "That was the scoundrel who stole your papers and substituted the nihilistic books and the false passports. This report states two more importunt facts which go to strengthen your case. It was Vladimir Saradoff himself who gave Count Paul Brosky, minister of the interior, the information that caused your arrest, and it is also recorded here that my card was found among your effects when searched. But the most damning evidence of all is yet to come. the grating dropped from the middle window with a tremendous crash, and they wheeled round in time to see a dark figure slip nimbly to the ground and dash toward the parapet Crack 1 crack! rang the two rifles simultaneously as the sentries rushed forward, but the dark figure guined the top of the parapet unchecked and leaped wildly into the darkness. A heavy splash told that he had reached the sea, 60 feet below. As soon as it was fully dark Platoff went up to the tower again to mark the location of the campfires. He took Maurice with him. Phil remained behind, sitting at the bottom of the cellar stairway. From the south window of the tower a faint halo of light was visible hanging over Vladivostok, and from the east window could be seen tho straggling campfires on the beach. A wild cheer burst from the crowd, and half a dozen reporters sprang forward, notebooks in hand. The human pyramid swayed, bnt held its sturdy place, while gallant infantrymen swopt up the stalwart shoulders and over the 81 foot wall to Corporal Lenry's support, while a platoon of 26 men kept the enemy away in front of the wall. It was at this point that the regular army officers, who were watohing the fray from the Coliseum gallery, led the applause, for Corporal Leary and his comrades had broken the world's esoalading record by three feet. As a partial reward for his daring feat Corporal Leary will be recommended by Lieutenant Percival O. Lowe, in oommand of the camp, for promotion.When Corporal Leary climbed to the apex of the pyramid and stood on the shoulders of the men in the top row, the tips of his fingers lacked five Inches of reaching the top of the wall. The highest wall that was ever escaladed before was 28 feet, and the men who climbed over that in the military carnival at New York broke the world's record then. The wall at the Coliseum was 31 feet high, and it took just four minutes to scale it Eighteen of the heaviest and strongest men in the regiment formed the base of the pyramid, ten mounted on their shoulders and leaned against the wall, six stood on the shoulders of the ten, four on the shoulders of the six and three oa the shoulders of the four. Corporal Leary scrambled up this esoalading pyramid of blue and stood on the shoulders of the tof three, braced against the wall. When he stretched out his arms found his fingers would not reach th of the wall, he crouched, and tb" human mountain swavf1 his feet, with th* This storm was undoubtedly a blessing in disguise. Whatever Cossacks were posted in the hill passes were driven to shelter, and at one point Platoff and bis companions actually crawled ou hands and knees between two blazing campfires not 50 feet apart. A cordon of troops was evidently stretched along the coast several miles north aud south of Vladivostok. Turning a deaf ear to the representatives of the press, the boys gained the cab, and Maurice already had one foot on the step, when a strong hand seized his shoulder, and he turned half angrily to meet the honest, tear dimmed face of Paul Platoff. breeze. They remained for some time, listening to the patter of the rain overhead and the crash of the distant surf. Then a low, gloomy building camo in view, frowning with cannon, pierced with embrasures, and the carriago drew up before (be fortress. With a cry of joy he staggered back and would have fallen, but the sturdy Russian caught him in his arms, and they wept together, unmindful of the excited spectators, who cheered again and again and pressed forward so impetuously that the indignant policemen could not drive them back. The fugitives were moving cautiously over the lower slope of the foothills through a pretty heavy forest when Platoff halted and signaled his companions to join bim. He pointed through a break in the trees to a small house built very tastily of stone, with fancy trimmings. A veranda surrounded the first floor, and all the shutters were tightly cloned. The whole building was inclosed by a hedge of prickly thorn bushes. Do you know why your uncle committed this infamous crime?" The alarm gun standing ready primed and loaded was touched off instantly, "Wo must return," said Platoff. "I don't like to be away from Duroman long. That man may turn traitor at the last moment. He has been in bad spirits for two days past " A brief sigh uscuped Platoff's lips. No one spoke, for strict silence had been enjoined. "No," said Maurice, "I do not, unless he hated me on my father's ao- and as the loud boom roused the inmates of the fortress and drew an eager count." crowd of officers and soldiers to the spot the figure of the escaped prisoner was seen for an instant striking boldly out into the harbor. Another carriage Mas standing ou one side of the massive entrance—an imposing vehicle glistening with new paint and gilded trimmings. A dozen soldiers of huge stature were guarding it, und one of them seemed strangely familiar to Maurice. "It was partly that, no doubt," resumed the colonel, "but there was a stronger motive. Let me tell you what They reached the cellar, to find Phil sound asleep on the bottom step. Betwoen the mingled embraces of the two boys and the jostling of the crowd Platoff was well nigh suffocated, but finally they were all bundled into the cab and were soon rattling up noisy Broadway. occurred after your arrest, and you will readily understand all. Late in April, while you and your friend were on your way to Siberia under the names of Cunningham and Burton, two badly decomposed bodies were found in the Neva. On searching them at the morgue passjjorts were found made out to Maurice Hammond and Philip Dauvers. The papers announced that the boys had been accidentally drowned. Vladimir Saradoff procured the government certificate of death in your case and forwarded it A score of rifles belched ont flame and lead—with what effect none could tell—and a few moments later four boats manned with armed soldiers were gliding to and fro over the harbor. From midnight until morning they hunted Paul Platoff in vain, and when daylight came a Russian corvet watched the mouth of the harbor, while the v*ommandant of the fortress, armed with the czar's authority, searched every vessel in the port—German, Danish, Italian, English and American. "Poor boy, he is worn out," said Platoff, and, turning aside, he bent over the motionless figure in the corner. Crack! crack! rang the two rifles simultaneously.Captain Daroman scrutinized the place closely. With a cry that brought Maurice instantly to his side be lifted the rug. Captain Daroman was gone I The prisoners got out of the carriago before the gateway which was open to receive them and marched slowly forward, each between two soldiers. would ever see it, he knew well—and then bolted into the cab, the obsequious driver holding the door open for him. "This is a summer cottage belonging to some Vladivostok merchant," he said, "some wealthy fellow who goes to St. Petersburg for the winter and spends the summer here. The house is empty now, and the owner will probably not return until Mayor June. It is a fortunate thing for us. Wo can take refuge bere until an opportunity offers to board some vessel." In husky, broken sentences Platoff related how he had gained the shelter of an American sailing vessel on that terrible night of his escape, and how the noble captain, on learning his story, hid him so securely that the Russian soldiers failed to find him. Two days later the vessel left for home, and after a long voyage arrived safely at Boston. "Catherine's wharf, docks of Vassili Ostroff," he cried. "Twenty rubles if you get there in 16 minutes. Don't spare your horses." "The vile traitor!" exclaimed Platoff. "We are lost! He has betrayed us! What shall we do? The Cossacks may be here in an instant." Just at this time a commotion was heard within, and a sentry on the steps called aloud: "The inspector is coming. Make room for his excellency." An Indian Maurice staggered back against the wall pale aud trembling. Phil, roused by the commotion, rubbed bis eyes and sat up. The door closed with a bang. The driver mounted his box and lashed his steeds. The cab rumbled briskly over the cobblestones and then drew up with a jerk. Editor Anson H. Smith of the Mohave (A. T.) Miner was the hero of a remarkable incident that occurred on the tablelands near Needles. He came upon two Mohave sqnaws holding an excited powwow over a big rattlesnake that lay coiled in the middle of the WiT6pfill'h dexterous blow on the head. Instead of thanking their deliverer the sqnaws began to disrobe, and with many incantations throw their garments as offerings to his snakeship. The scared editor tried to monnt his horse, bnt the sqnaws insisted on his presence till the charm was broken,, and it was not broken until they bad discarded all their clothing and gone through a weird dance over the remains of the rattlesnake. This was done in order to propitiate the gods and break the spell that portends the death of a big chief upon the wanton slaughter of a venomous reptile. The officer in charge flushed with pride and straightened himself an inch or two. "Halt!" bo cried sharply. "Rightabout! Forward! Halt!" And tho prisoners, druwn up beside the short flight of stone steps, awuitod the arrival of tbe inspector. — to America, making at the same time a claim for your mother's fortune, which, by her wiU, went to her brother in case of your death. That claim was allowed —your guardian making no attempt to dispute it—and v lunimir Hamrinff rn ceived your fortune. His crime was plotted with marvelous cunning, und had you arrived at this fortress one half hour later yesterday morning you But Paul Platoff could not be found, and when night came again it was officially reported that the daring revolutionist had found a resting place at the bottom of the sea, , The Iwn nwHurnt •ontries were "Drt in Irons, the gratings at the six other windows were strengthened, and the fortress settled down to its usual routine again. "I knew you were safe," he said, "and I saw afterward by the papers that you were coming home on this steamer." "But will it be safe?" asked Platoff. "We must leave at once," cried Platoff. "There is but one chance—we must break through the lines into the tnwu nail try to reach the landing wharf. Perhapo wo mny nna a *nwi there. Come; don't lose a second. Where are our things? My revolver is gone! I placed it bere on the steps. Ah, I see. That traitorous wretch has carried it off." " Yes," replied tbe captain. "No one will think of looking for us here. Suppose you make a detour of the house, and if yem find no cause for alarm we will effect an entrance at once." "Drive on, you idiot!" shouted Saradoff. "Goon, I say! Why do you stop?" The cab started, moved a few paces Vladimir Saradoff threw upthe blind. A lamp across the way shed a yellow light on the street. The driver was standing on the ground. Two dark figures held the horses and a third was approaching the cab—a tall, bearded man in a blue uniform and a sword at his side. "I knew it," said Maurioe. "I knew the barritDr.= Ho Maurico fixed bis eyes on the arched doorway, llo was curious to ecu this government official who had traveled across Siberia inspecting tho czar's prisons and penal settlements. A moment later ho appeared—a tall, richly uniformed gentleman, preceded by a young Cossack officer—and at sight of that noble face, the wavy, yellow mustache and beard and clear bine eyes Maurico was thrilled by such a strong emotion that he staggered back and would have fallen but for the guard's firm grasp on his arm. The dizziness passed off instantly, and he straightened up, trembling and Hushed with excitement.That night Mr. Dauvers' up town residence was brilliantly lighted in honor of the boys' return, and many friends oalled to offer their congratulations and to shake hands with the brave Russian whose heroic conduct was now being discussed throughout the city. he parapet with Uuiiae, bat only three fingers of his left hand went high enough. The pyramid under him was still swaying. He held to the hazardous edge by the three fingers for an instant, and then, with a heave and a twist, pulling bis whole body up, caught the wall with the other hand. An Instant after he was on the enemy's side of the barricade. —Chicago Tribune. to grasp Platoff acted on this suggestion and returned with the report that all was quiet in front It was an easy matter to slip through the hedge, aud with almost equal facility Captain Daroman entered the cellar by forcing one of the skylights, and presently be opened the back door triumphantly for his companions. would have gone back to Kara never again to return. The workings of Providence are truly wonderful." Colonel Jaroslav informed the boys of the sad occurrence. Phil burst into tears, and Maurice, throwing himself "Mine, too, is gone," cried Mauftcc. "We are defenseless." Maurice's surprise at this story may on the bed, hid his face iii the pillow, be readily imagined, His first theught When the door had closed behind the iron r\f ynH Kia friaiul H'uu «K»«t COlOUfll, b© SDrUIlfl Utt lor at uolonol Jarosiav s request, Wx.u ..|Dhil .. j,e exclaimed excitedly, considerately left the room and per- .,don.t you believe it Platoff is not muted the boys to remain by them- drowued It canDt be trna He has es- W T* . . raped, and we shall see him again some An hour later they were taken back d I nni sure of it." to their cells, for of course they were phU wa8 inclinod to 8keptical, but not yet free, but in the evening Colo- Manfica nanailled true to his convic nelJaroslav returned and sent.for them. tionH alld steadfastly refused to credit I have received telegraphic instruo- hi8 fund's death. tions from St Petersburg," be said Two days later, in custody of Colonel You will return with me at once, and Jar08lav.8 owu guard Df Cossacks, the your case will be placed before the min- the long 6,000 n.ile istcr. I regret to say that the man to j(jn ba(Ck to gt Petersburg-first whom you owe so much. Paul Platoff b M to the month o{ the Aninr thel) the revolutionist will also be sent back BUCCCg8ivel by riveri carrlHKe raiL to Russia to undergo solitary confine- G„ tbe nj htof tbe l0th of July Vla. went in the castle of hchusselberg. diujir Saradoff waM ,itti at his library NicolasPoussius share in your escape b, a ci in big mouth aud tfae discovered He is now under Mo8eow Gazette on bis knee. It was irrest and will be heavily fined, if in- j nun8ua] find him &i p^. leed he suffers no worse penalty. The b at thig ti|ue pf year, when the Jowack officer, Captain Daroman will mausio„s on the Nevskoi lerive no taefit from his treachery. pro8pek? were boarded up and their eneral Melikoff, daughter he uwuerC gcattered over the continent, nsulted, directs that he be stnpped of bQt ,|0 bad menDly dropped in ou hig us rank and sent into penal servitude tQ Parig frolu ouw of hig n0rthera ,t the Wand Of Saghalien, some miles egtftteg aud pref(,rrt,d the comforts of mrth of Vladivostok. He is now con- hig homo aud tfae miuiBtration« of his ni i!'8*;, .. . . , faithful Ivan to the gloomy solitude of "Poor Platoff! Can nothing bo done 'or him?" exclaimed Maurice, bursting Jf remo„fl tor hig fearfnl crlmB uto tears. He saved our lives. He is . jarked in bis heart, he did not show it bei noblestimau living. Ah, if you on- cajm haughty features expressed y knew what we owe.to him Colonel wl{ aud content plainer lar-mlav. Can't yon do anything for than wordg WQu]d have U)l± lll"w »U- t * .. . * .. . . "Katkoff's paper ought to be sup- Nothing, I fear, said the colonel pre8gedi-• j,e muttered, tossing The Gaudy, for ho was deeply moved by the Mtte oyer on the table. "It's tone is wy's teare and pleadings. "It is im- becoming decidedly dangerous. .ossible. Paul Platoff must go to the „Ig everythiug packed?" he added, inderground dungeons of bchusselberg. to Ivan, who was standing mole deserves a better fate perhaps, but tioaltsM by bis chair. " We take the Berhero is no hope for him. lin express at noon tomorrow." Can we see him?' begged Maurice. .CAU i8 readyD.. said IvttI1 quietlyi •Not at present, replied the colonel. «exwpt the moIiey. I shaH go to the You will have plenty of opportunities bauker,g in the morning." n the future. He will accompany us to .((M s ooo ,u ,argu uote8 „ gaid hig it. I etersburg. The jailer, at my dj; niaf,terD "aud a druft ou Kothschild for ection, told him what had occurred, the balauce. Ah, a letter for me," as a o he knows your good fortune. And BPrvalJt entered with a sealed envelope low lei me advise you to obtain as ou a 8ilver salver. nuch rest as possible, for iu three days VJadimir Saradoff looked carelessly ve start back across bibena. Amur nv- 8uper8Cription and broke the •r now «P«". «'"1 the journey wnich He dfew ()Ut a f(,i,led pap(,ri aud vas so long and painful to you we shall holding it under the lamp read the foliccomplish in a few weeks. Of course i0WjUg WOrds, hastily written in a [ou art fill prisoners and will be un- , W(1 da8hi haud: ter mihtary guard, but your treatment , ,CNot uuuliudful of past favors, I as- V1ji .. shall see to thai my- tbe risk of requiting iu some '. . . . . „ measure the debt of gratitude I owe Iho boys went back to their cells A warrttllt has been issued for icarcely able to realize that their trou- ami8t ou a terrible charge. I have J were 'ltar,y °™r- Maunoe in his tbe proofa j uwd gay u0 nlore ep Rrief over the fate of Platoff, nut Brosky is implacable and detericarccly tasted his supper. mined. He fears complications with He was unable to sleep and tossed for the Anierican government aud will not inurs ou hiH bed spare you. The boys are now in the city. Near midnight he fell into a restless , Flw) at ouce if t tbere ig time EvelJ tow, from which he was roused by a uow it ,uay too late. Hum this note. ; Yours, Vorouzow. " it through to the end, wort Platoff ground bis teeth with rage. A little distance off other figures were visible in the shadow, and the lamplight fell on gleaming rifle barrels. One thing marred Maurice's pleasure. Colonel Hercules Hoffman had been thrown from his horse in Central park a week before and diod two days later, leaving a sealed packet for his ward. "Assureas there is a heaven above," bo hissed, "that black hearted scoundrel shall atone for this with his life"— A hasty examination showed that tbe building bad been stripped of its furniture, tbe owner, no doubt, being afraid to leave anything of value in it during tbe winter. Even tbe cellar was completely empty. Tally 8ticlu. Crash! Crash I The heavy doors overhead burst inward and thundered to the floor. A clash of arms was heard and a oon fused tramp of feet. Then the door at the bead of tbe cellar stairs was torn open, and a blazing torch shone on fierce, bearded faces, green uniforms slashed with gold braid, and gleaming bayonets and sabers. "Vladimir Saradoff, I arrest you in the name of the czar," said the officer. "Here is the warrant Shall I read it?" The cab door was thrown open. That tally sticks were at one time pretty general may be concluded from the derivation of the word "score." In its original signification a "score" is a "scar," a cut made in a counting stick. So also a "tally" is derived from the French tai lie. This Maurice opened ou the first opportunity and read with sorrow the shameful confession that threw still moro light on Vladimir Saradoff's crime. The story of the malachite box of jewels, the interview at the Hotel Bristol in Paris, the later correspondence of Vladimir Saradoff, all was told without reserve, and the writer ended by expressing a hope of forgiveness and willing his fortune to Maurice as a partial restitution. But the bouse was dry, and, what was of more importance, probably safet It bad two stories, with a small Bquare tower on top. Platoff found a small ladder, plainly made for tbe purpose, and with it be ascended to this tower. Two circular glass windows faced east aud south, ami from this point of view be could see the harbor and part of the town, the latter more than a mile away. CHAPTER XXIX. CONCLUSION. An English Hall. His excellency halted on tho topmost step for a parting word with the commandant (jf the fortress, who followed him to the door. Then be came quickly down between the presented arms of the sentries, and as his feet touched the bottom Maurice, with a supreme effort, tore from his guards and fluug himself before the amazed official, crying loudly: "Colonel Jaroslav! Colonel Jaroslav! Help me, help me!" But there was no reply. A few seconds passed in silence. Then a flash of light lit up the darkness of the cab, a sharp report echoed through the gloomy street, apd the horses, rearing in the air, made a desperate attempt to break loose. John Bull occasionally perpetrates a bull that is quite as "bully" as an Irish bull. According to Law Notes of England, an English judge in sentencing a prisoner recently said: "Are you aware that for these repeated breaches of the law it is in rny power to sentence you to a term of penal servitude far exceeding your natural life? And, what is more, I feel very much inclined to do it." The Roman numerals aro derived from scores. They were mere notches out in wood originally. The V for five was a rude representation of the outspread hand, and the X in like manner symbolized all ten fingers; the IV was a comparatively late innovation; originally the IV was reprwsented by lour strokes, or notches, as in dock dials. "In the name of the czar, surrender!" shouted the officer in command. Platoff dashed to the skylight, only to be confronted by a dozen rifle barrels from without. The polioe dashed forward, surrounding the cab, and a crowd, spruug from uo one knows where, quickly blocked up the street. A lantern was hastily brought and a surgeon summoned to the spot, but it was too late for medical aid. Vladimir Saradoff had evaded arrest and punishment. It must be remembered that Colonel Hoffman, at the time of writing this, knew that the boys had been rescued from their fate, and it must have been a great relief to his burdened conscience to discover that they were not dead, as he, no doubt, bad believed. The old Celtic alphabet—the Ogham writing—was of very similar nature. It consisted of notches cut at the corner of a square stone or else from a stem line. The letters B, L, F, S, N aro formed by cutting strokes at right angles to the stem line on the right hand, and the letters H, D, T, C, Q by strokes at right angles to the left. Thus, a  stroke to the right is B and to the lext is H. two to the right are L, and the same number to the left is D. Three to one side are F, three to the other are T. Long strokes, numbering from one to five, outting the stem diagonally, expressed M, G, Ng, St, R, and short strokes, numbering from one to five, cutting across the stem at right angles, give the vowels. It is easy to see that the tally stick was used for numbers before the alphabet was thought of by our Celtio forefathers. Having proved the tally stick valuable for accounts, they applied it for writing mesages on rods and memorials on tombs.— Chambers' Journal. Turning, with a hoarse cry that echoed from cellar toxoof, be tore the knife Tbere are three or four ships in the harbor," be announced to nis companions, " but I cannot make outtbeir flags. Tbey are half a mile off the shore. The waves are rolling high, and a heavy surf is breaking on the beach." All was wild excitement in an instant, and the daring lad was dragged roughly aside, struggling fiercely with bis captors. IN KALAMBAKA. Grecian Cantonix That Are Anything bat It was evident that nothing could be done for the present, ho they all returned to the cellar, which Platoff regarded as the safest place, and from where a watch could be kept on the outside of the house through the grated skylights. "Help me!" ho cried with all his might. "Yon remember, Colonel Jaroslav—St. Petersburg—a year ago, in tho square—I saved your life—dragged you from tho cannons—I had your card— all. For God's sake, help me! Let me speak a word—just a word"— He was taken back to his stately residence and borne through the startled group of servants to his chamber. There they left him alone, and au officer guarded the eutranoe. Maurice generously determined that his guardian's reputation for honesty and uprightness should not be blotted with this foul story, so he burned the confession and locked up the secret in bis own breast. l'leu»ant. In nearly all the churches or in the monastic) chapels hereabout I find swarms of Greek soldiers. They come in, cross themselves, stand listening whilo the priest reads from the holy books in the peculiar quavering singsong which makes the words quite incomprehensible even to Greeks, and then they kiss the pictures. The other day at Zarkos I saw them crowding to kiss a round inch of the skull of St Nicholas and a few of C'hrysostom's perished finger joints. Their mother tongue was Greek, but they kissed the bones and went away. Round the walls of most churches are paintings of torment at least as disgustiug as anything which Italy can show, fires and rent flesh and devouring monsters—such things as man has invented to add to his fear and unhappiness in the world. There are a few saints, too, of course, the works of many a pictor ignotus, whose name no Ruskin could save to memory now. The police took possession of the house and drove curious spectators from the door all night long, for tbe news had spread rapidly. The morning journals announced in startling headlines the crime and death of Vladimir Saradoff, and St Petersburg from the highest t« the lowest circles was wild with excitement All were suffering now for want of food. Nothing had passed their lips since the previous evening, and the chances of procuring anything to eat were slim indeed. He was now possessed of a handsome fortune, for Colonel Hoffman had been worth nearly #100,000 himself. Then a burly Cossack clutched his throat, stifling his cry. Another struck him brutally on the mouth, and the officer smote him with the flat of his sword. Still struggling desperately, he With great difficulty he compelled Paul Platoff accept a sum that would make him independent for life, and, indeed, it was only through the most dire threats that the brave fellow could be induced to listen to such a proposi- Captain Darotnan made no attempt to conceal bis feelings. He complained bitterly, speaking in despondent tones of the situation, and finally lapsed into a low spirited, apathetic condition. This made Platoff suspicious and uneasy. As soou as it grew dark he cautioned Maurice to keep an eye on the captain, and then, pulling a heavy coat around him, he made his way out into the storm- was dragged up the steps, and in a few seconds more tho fortress doors would have closed behind him. Tbat day the boys were brought before Count Brosky, minister of the interior. The proof and testimony that Colonel Jaroslav was prepared to offer were unneeded. tion. "Stop! Who is that man?" Colonel Jaroslav's voice rose sharply above tho tumult The officer hurried forward, cap in hand. "A convict, yonr excellency," he said, "one of those who escaped from Kara two months ago. Here are the other two. I captured them last night north of the town." Platoff vras, as we have stated, a man of education, refinement and ability, and these attainments, which his own government spurned, he now devoted to bis adopted '.ountry, becoming a true American at heart When Patti Was Spanked. The late Max Maretzek used to tell the following anecdote of Adelina Patti: "I remomber once at the Howard Athenaeum, Boston, Mine. Barili Patti, the mother of the Patti sisters, sang the part of Norma, with Ainalia Patti as Adclgisa and Adelina, then a little child, as one of the children of Norma. Adelina, always willful, insisted at rehearsal in singing the musio of her mother and sister in the duo 'Mira Norma,' aud when, after eevcral warnings, she would still continue to sing, her irascible mother took her up and gave her a regular spanking l)efore the eyes of the assembled orchestra and members of the company."Now Adelina Patti gets $4,000 a night for singing instead of a spunking—almost as great a change of conditions as in the ease of Eliza Hensler. Adelina Patti made her first appcarance in public under my direction in a concert at Tripler hall in February, 1850. She was then a child of 9 years, and at that early age not only gave evidence of her precocity in vocalizing, but also in making bargains. The conditions on which she agreed to sing there were a hatful of candies, and she insisted on receiving them before she went out to appear before the publio." Ivan, Vladimir Saradoff's servant, who had been arrested while escaping from the rear of the house, came forward with a full confession, made on condition that his punishment should be mitigated. "In the name of the czar, surrender!" shiivU d the officer. from Phil's belt, which the traitor had failed to remove, and hurled himself with fury on the foremost of the Cossacks as they swept impetuously down the narrow flight of stairs. And uow we must leave our heroes— happily freed from their perils—to enjoy tbe new life that opens before them under the shadow of the stars and stripes, a flag unstained by tyranny or despotism. He was absent for nearly three hours, causing the boys great uneasiness, and when he returned the tone in which he greeted his companions showed that he had no favorable report to make. Tho inspector briefly scanned Phil and Platoff and turned toward Maurice, who stood white and trembling on the upper step, held by two soldiers, He told all, bow the plot had been laid, the false passports and nihilistic documents substituted for tbe boys' papers, and how finally, by bribing an assistant at tbe morgue, the genuine passports had been concealed on the persons of two unfortunate wretches found in the Neva. Iu the richest of the monasteries I am the abbot's Ruest. At dinner, over octopus stewed in leeks, a dish that tasted like a line of Aristophanes, we tried to discuss the position and prospects of the Orthodox church and the importance of its metaphysical distinctions, but we did not get very far. The poor man was overcome at the loss of two oxen, the very leaders of his team, without which all the rest were useless for the plow. The government had taken them and killed them to feed the soldiers and in return had given him a paper promise to pnv. No doubt the payment will be made, but can you plow your field with a paper promise? Will the other oxen follow it if you hold it before their nose? They look ba.-k and will not move, lowing for their leaders iu vain.—London Chronicle. The steel flashed in its descent and sank deep into an outstretched arm, but before the brave Russian could withdraw the blade for another stroke a blow from a rifle butt stretched him senseless on the floor, and the troops swarmed unresisted into the cellar. "I was up the coast a mile or more," be said. "Campflres are visible every few rods, and sentries are posted at intervals. Tbere are no boats in any place, and even if there were they could do us no good, for the wind is terrific and the surf is thundering on the beach. I can see the lights of half a dozen vessels in the harbor." To Paul Platoff, who has passed through the furnace of oppression, our government will always be all that is noble and just, while Maurice and Phil, who have asen and realized for themselves the oppression and misery that lurk beneath the flag of autocratic Kussia, will, we venture to think, bo enabled more and more to reach and realize the truest ideal of young American manhood. "Yes, I recognize yonr face," he said haughtily. "I deeply regret that wo should meet again uiuler these circumstances. Yet even the service you rendered me can hardly justify this demand."At the close of tbe examination the boys were freed with a most profuse and elaborate apology from Count Brosky and went off in a carriage to tbe residence of Colonel Jaroslav, whose guests they intended remaining for a few days. The boys were too dazed to think of defense. Overcome by the crushing weight of this terrible misfortune, they Witnessed Platoff's heroic charge, saw him fall, stunned and bleeding, and then submitted without a word to the rough usage of their captor*. "J ask but a brief interview," said Manrice eagerly. "For heaven's sake don't refuse me. You will change your mind when you have beard what X "Were you near the town?" demanded Captain Daroman impatiently. "Yes," replied Platoff, "I was within a quarter of a mile of Vladivostok. It is cordoned so completely by Cossacks that to pass through the lines is utterly hopeless. They are evidently expecting our arrival. It is impossible to obtain food, and the pangs of hunger must be borne. But we have good cause for hope rather than despair. In this place I feel confident that we are safe. By the close of another day I think that the storm will be over. We must endure our hunger until tomorrow night Then if Hie sea be calmer we will tear boards from the floor, make our way Co the beach in the darkness and try to reach one of the vessels in the harbor. I am confident wo can do it Until then be brave and courageous. " have to say." THE END. "I grant your request," said Colonel Jaroslav. "You shall hear from me again." Then, turning toward tho officer in charge of the convicts, he demanded, "Can you procure me a report of this case before evening?" The colonel had promised to do all in his power for them—a promise which he kept to the letter. Vladimir Saradoff's affairs were at once taken in hand by the government, and through Colonel Jaroslav's influence the fortuno of $300,000 of which Maurice had been robbed was preserved from the wreck, subject, of course, to legal formalities connected with the lad's guardianship. Bound hand and foot, they were taken up stairs and placed on the floor. The doors and windows were'opened, and a huge fire kindled in an open grate. The blaze shone on the triumphant faces of the Cossacks within and cast gray gleams on tne guar us pacing outside in the rain. No need now for Amusing Ignorance. The written civil service examinations for policemen in New York have been sneered at as a part of a visionary scheme. The ignorance displayed by some of the unsuccessful applicants for appointment might have had free course in an official |Dositiou, however, and to (he public loss, had no such test been used. Extracts from what these applicants for polioe service wrote about Abraham Lincoln include some extraordinary statements. One wrote: "Yes, your excellency; it can be had from St. Petersburg by telegraph at once." FRHEU 9 NEURALGIA and prepare m GERMAN! bed by lA) dr. p W" Ar fPAINE J "\\ orM renowned ; ■Onir pennfne with T St. id. Kichter A;Co.« 31 KIQHE H 13 Branch Hons I "ANCHOR"" S I Oollr.llTiipfiwIr - NATfg^M he Globe for matism! and similar Complaints, I under the stringent EOICAL LAWS.^H iminent physicians ICHTER'S (Km iCHOR  XPELLERl TCemarkably successful! 1 /ade Mark *' Anchor,'® fll5 lV arlSt., York. ■ ST AWARDS. s. Own Glassworks. fl i\ & J'Cci ' ' Mm I 4 North Main St tston. Pa. Kiits RICHTER'S TOMACHAt bent for I' that long cordon of troops whose campfires were blazing along six miles of coast. At one stroke the campaign bad "Very well. Send it to me without delay." And, passing hurriedly through the crowd, Colonel Jaroslav entered his carriage and drove away. Durglan and Matches. for word, and then us the paper fluttered from his nerveless Augers he dropi ped heavily into the cliuir from which 1 he had half risen. His lips mumbled, but no sound came, and his face was white as cbulk. Colonel Jaroslav advanced him as much money an he needed, and Maurice's first act was to pay the fine of 30,000 rubles that had been imposed on Nicolas Poussin and to write thut worthy merchant a long and grateful letter. "There is this to be said in favor of the sulphur match," said the retired burglar, "that it is noiseless when struck, but its odor is decidedly against it.' More than once, when I have struck a sulphur match in the hall, I have heard some light sleeper, when the pungent fumes of the sulphur permeated the atmosphere, turn in bed in the adjacent room. I stuck to sulphur matches for a long time—naturally enough, I suppose—but finally I came to use parlor matches altogether. They are noisy, but odorless, and it may be possible to scratch them when teams are passing, or when the wind is blowing, or there is some other noise abroad. At any rate. I came to prefer, from experience, the noisy, odorless match to the silent sulphur."Of course the ideal match for anybody in my business would be one that should be both silent and odorless. It is a wonder to me that nobody has inventa«1 OM«ik it mnii'.h It is 121 I'lltlv Ueetltil. ended. The traitor Daroman was missing, and Maurice searched in vain for his familiar countenance. The cause of his treachery was only too plain. The adverse circumstances which confronted the fugitives, the want of food, tho encompassing soldiers, the wind lashed waters of the harbor that made escape impossible at present, his own ignorance of swimming—all these things made him hopeless and despondent. Dizzy with joy Maurice followed his guards through the dark hull of the fortress and was speedily locked in a whitewashed cell with a narrow grated window overhead. "He has biu a Presented of Now York city." Another declared that in 1865 Lincoln was "noxnanited in place of Buckhanan whoo's term of office expired in that year." Ivan, deeply alarmed by this sudden collapse, sprang to his master's side with a decanter snatched hastily from the buffet A spasm passed hastily over Saradoff's features as he took the glass from Ivan, and the powerful stimulant brought a flush to his cheek. He glared about the room and then sprang to bis feet. In that brief Ave minutes | Vladimir Saradoff had aged—had suffered the agonies of a lifetime, j "Read that," he cried, tossing the letter to Ivan. "It comes from Voroui zow, private secretary to the count. His $ ! information may be relied on. Some y" — person has played the traitor. But nevi "Yes, 1 reaxjnlzc your face" he said er mind. My vengeance will come. Eflj haughtily. ' j8 y,e fjrst thiug." dull, booming sound that kerned to Ue ai.d cassfd bis band Phil meanwhile wrote home to his father, fearing the shock that a cablegram might produce. Duriug their stay iu the Russian capital Maurice met Miss Melikoff, who had just returned with her father from the mines of Kara. They had a long and interesting interview, but the part which that young lady played in the bov's escape was kept a rigorous secret. "Alas," exclaimed Captain Daroman despairingly, "I am unable to swim! I shall be left tiehind at the mercy of the soldiers, and you—you will procure your freedom." Ho was rather glad than otherwise that he was separated from his companions. He wanted time to reflect, to collect proofs of the story he must relate to Colonel Jaroelav, for on that interview rested his only hope, and that hope was now a strong one. I C&' S I "Mr. Lincoln," according to another applicant, "had many engagements in war and was bound to be victorious, especially at the battle of Gettysburg, when he swept all beforo him." "Not so," answered Platoff. "Don't despair. We shall find a way to take you with us. It will be unnecessary to swim if yon are on a plank." He feared capture, and capture in such company would only mako bis punishment the worse. Then the loophole of escape appeared. Ho would slip away, surrender himself to the first Bussian officer he could find and disclose the whereabouts of the three escaped convicts, on whose head a heavy price was set Surely this service would od.-'tt lL«» that bud made Of Lincoln's tragic death it was variously said that he was killed "at Chicago 1864," also that he "was assisated in 1877 at foards Theater Boston;" shot in "Booth's theater in Philadelphia;" "died at his home in Long Branch." The assassin is spoken of aa He was treated with some consideration. Food of good quality was brought to his cell, and he was given a soft bed in place df the straw pallet that lay on the floor, but ho neither ate nor slept. Platoff's cheering words, however, had bnt little effect on the captain. " Why, my father might actually send me back to work in the mines if he knew what I had done," said Miss Lora. "He is so awfully strict, you know." And the old general confirmed that j opinion on meeting Maurice. "And so you ure tiie fellow tliafc He remained sullen and despondent, pacing the earthen floor in moody silence.Morning found hini still wakeful and restless. Before the day was half over j the welcome summons came from the iaiier. and lie v. us coiidui.;i_d to a luxil- All slept some that night in spite of the uauit uth iuitL wLut v.^ j "Garfield," "Geteay" and "Decota." | One candidate said Lincoln "let the DoiLxV to fitd." another that he "fred