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- original and they have brought their relic safeâ€" 7 J. Hak J Habakuk Jeph‘sons Statement Night had fallen, and the clamor. of the negroes had died gradually away, I was stretched on the couch of skins which had been provided for me, and was still meditating over my future, when Goring walked stealthily into the hut. My first idea was that he had come to complete his murderous holocaust by making away with 'me, the last survivor, and I sprung to. my feet, determined to defend myself to [the last. He smiled when he saw the action, and tnotioned me down again while be seated himself upon' the othâ€" er and of the couch. "What do you think of me 8” was the astonishing question with which :‘he commenced our conversation. . "Think of you i” I almost yelled. "I think you the vilest, most unnaâ€" tural renegade that ever polluted the earth. If we were away from these black devils of yours, I would strangle you with‘ my hands I” . “Don’t speak so loud,” he said, with- out the slightest appearance of irrita- tion. “I don’t want our chat to be cut short. So you would strangle me, would you i” he went on, with’ an amused smile. “I suppose Iam re- turning good for evil, for Ihave come to help you to escape.” "You!" I gasped, incredulously. "Yes, I," hecontinued. "Oh, there Is no credit to me in the matter.: I am quite consistent. There is no reason why I should not be perfectly candid with‘ 'you. I wish to be king over these fellowsâ€"not a very high lmbition, certainly, but you know what Caesar said about being first in l. village in Gaul. Well, this unâ€" cphsOn’s Slicmcni know. who has struck him. Iam not to have you as 8. There is no need why I should tell you how this great hate be- See this,” and he mutilated hand; "that white man’s knife. My father was white, my mother was a was sold a child then, saw her sorry, therefore, messenger. came born in me. held up his was done by a slave. When he died she again, and I, lashed to death to break her of some of the little airs and graces which her late My young wife, wife!” a shudder ran through his for the great kindness which master had encouraged her in. . , t00_0h’ my young Captain Stornoway ,and his officers to and; fro; it may have been to en- courage me on, my why, but the gasâ€" tures seemed to me .at the time to be. threatening ones, and I hlwve often thought that it was more likely that his old. savage instinct had returned when he realized that I Ewes out oil his power. Be; that as, it (may, it was the last. their 1 ever saw or ever shall see of Septinius Goring. , . There is no need for me to dwell upon my solitary voyage. I steered as well as I could for the Canaries, but was picked up upon the fifth diin by the British and African Steam Navigation Company’s boat "Mon- r-ov1a.” Let me take this opportunity, of tendering. my sincerest thanks to they whole frame. "No matter] Iswore show-ed me from that time till they my oath, and I kept it. From Maine landed me in Liverpool, where I was , to Florida, and from Boston to San enabled to take one of the Guion boats [Franciscq you could track my steps lby sudden deaths which baffled the police. white race as they for centuries had warred against the black one. At last, jas I tell you, I sickened of blood. to New York. ‘ g ,' From this day on which I found my- I waned against the whole self one more in l ,e to.cm o- my fam - ly I have said little of wlhat I have undergone. The subject is still ~an in- tensely painful one to line, and the 'Still, the sight of a white face was ab. little which) I have dropped h’tllS been horrent to me, and I determined to discredited. I now' put the facts be~ find some bold, free black people and fore thepiu'blic as they occurred, care- to throw in my lot with them, to culti- vate their latent powers, and to form and Simply writing them down beâ€" a nucleus for a great colored nation, cause my lung is growing weaker, and of holding , This idea possessed me, and I travel- ed over the world for two years seek- ing for what Idesired. At last I statement. almost deep-aired of finding it. There Africa. There ' less ho‘w'far they lmklvy_b6 believed, I feel the responsilbility my peace longer. I make no vague Turn to ,your map ;_of above. Clape Blanco, was no hope of regeneration in the where the land trends away north and Slave-dealing Sondavnese, the debased south from the westernmost point of \Fantee, or the from my ,quest, brought me in when conit'act , with Americanized the continent, there it is that Septimus Liberiav IWaS I‘Bl’urning‘ Goring still reigns over his dark chance subjects, unless retribution has over- thlS taken him; and there, where the long magnificent tribel of dwellers iu_ the green ridges run swiftly in to roar desert: and I thTB'W 1:311 my 1013 With and hiss upon the hot, yellow sand, it them. Before doing, so, however, my old instinct, of revenge prompted me to make one last visit to the! United. States, and I returned! from it in the is there that Hart-on lies withl Hyson and the other poor fellows who were done- to death in the “Marie Celeste,” increase- in the present cost of minâ€" ENGLAND'S COAL SUPPLY. Alan-min Discussion Regarding the Danger ol‘lhe Exhaustion of the Minus. The possibility of a duel faminein Great Britain is the subject of ara- ther alarmist discussion, in England. The high cost of coal is beginning to touch many interests and industries, and should it continue at its present price, while remaining cheaper in countries which are commercial rivâ€" alls of England, it is felt that it will do more to lessen British foreign trade than any other imaginable caâ€" lamity, eve-n war. The most serious thing in the matter is the rapidity with which the stores of coal in the United Kingdam are being used up. In consequence, to a .great extent, of this large exports of coal and its increasing Use in industry by rail- ways and in other ways, the supply is in many directions threatened with exhaustion at a relatively near per- iod. In Lanarkshire, the most import- ant of all the coalfieldls of Scotland and the one of all others‘ on which the great manufacturing industries on the Clyde mainly depend; in South Staffordshire, in the Forest of Dean, in Durham and Northumberland, and elsewhere the available supplies of coal are being so rapidly depleted that more or less serious exhaustion will have to be faced within the next twenty, and some say in the case of the deep coal of Lanarkishire, within the next ten years. The gravity of such a situation is so great that it is somewhat difficult to realize. One writer asks what will happen to ‘England when it has no more coal, or coal only obtainable at a heavy ing. Already the stores of iron ore are, on the was’ to exhaustion, and the iron industry of the country, is becoming more dependent on the sup- plies from Spain. If, therefore, Eng- land cannot replace her domestic sup- AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW WlTPi MR. B. L. MASTIN. After Long Years of Perfect Health In Was Aliiiciied “'llh Kidney Trouble and Other Coilipllcauonsâ€"DP. ‘Wllllnms’ Pluk I'llls Bring "Inn New Health. From the Picton, Ont., Times. Mr. B. L. Mastin, of Hollowelltowni. ship, Prince Edward county. was a caller at the Times office the other day and during his visit told of his great suffering from kidney trouble and rheumatism, accompanied bydys4 pepsia, eold feet and a generally broken down constitution. Mr. Mastin is one of the first settlers of Prince. Edward county. He is in his seventy-first year and is the father of a) grown up; family of well-to-do farmers. In the course of the conversation Mr. Mastin said:â€"“Ihad never. known what it was to 'be sick. I have always had good health and worked on my farm every day 'until some months ago, when I was taken with severe pains in my back and shoulders. Iconsulted a. doctor but received little benefit. I was told by one doetor thatIhad rheuma- tism and kidney disease, but his treat- [11th did not help- me and Icontiuued getting worse. My appetite failed me and I fell away in flesh. I became irritable and could not sleep well at night. Nobody can conceive the in- tense pain I endured. Not deriving any benefit from the food I ate and having a constant pain in my stomach [soon became aware that I had dys- pepsin, and the pain in my back and shoulders intensified by the stonelike weight in my stomach, made life to me almost unbearable. I was also a great sufferer from cold feet, nearly every day my feet would get like chunks of ice, and unless Iwas con- stantly by the fire the soles of my lucky stone of yours has not only saved ,Mm C l t , ply of coal with cheap imported fuel, fee: “gum feel all though tile), were your life, but has turned all their ‘: e '8 es 8' . ENGLISH RIFLE CLUB SCHEME she cannot hope to maintain her Lpos- we. ' fine, flay I 10,1‘1, myawtfe’ I IV“ heads, so that they think you are A5 to the VOU’KTEG Itself: your in“ a... ition as a manufacturing nation, and gomg 0 13’ Dr' Wuhan“ Pmk P1113- come down from heaven, and my in- fluence will 'be gone until you are oilt of the way. That is why I am going to (help you to escape, since I can not kill you”â€"-vthis in the most na- tural and dulcet voice, as if the. desire . to-do so were a matter of course. , “You would give the world to ask me a few questions," he went on, after a pause; "but you are too proud to do it. Never mind; I’ll tell you one or two things, because I want your fellow white men to know them when you go backâ€"if you are lucky enough to get back, About that cursed stone of yours, for instance. These negroes, or at least so the legend goes, were Mohammedans originally. While Mo- hammed himself was still alive, there was a schism among his folIOWers, and the smaller party moved away from Arabia, and eventually crossed Africa. .They took away vsith them. in their exile, a valuable relic of their old faith in the shape of a large piece of black stone of Mecca. The stone was a meteoric one, as you may have heard, and in its fall upon the earth it broke into two pieces. One of these pieces is still at Mecca. The larger piece was carried away to Barbary, where a skillful worker modled it into the fashion which you saw to-day, These men are the descendants of the seceders from Mohammed, 1y through all their wanderings until they settled in this strange place, where the desert protects them from their enemies.” “And the ear f” I asked, almost in- voluntarily. ' ' "Oh, that was the same story over telll‘gence Will‘ have told you by thls ‘Vlll‘ (Milce till-cognition of Premier Salis- time, thanks to my manipulation, both compasses and chronometers were entirely untrustworthy. I alone ,worked out the course with correct linstruinents of my own, while , hsgro of lllll'y’a Statement 01’ the .‘x'iiuon’u Need. [Prior and subsequent to Premier Salisbury’s plea that every male adult in England learn to handle a rifle] I W l the numerous applications were made to; {steering was done by my black friends the National Rifle Association by per- i l under my guidance. lwitfe overboard. W'huiil You 'surprised and shrink away. :youi'had guessed that by this time. I ‘ would have shot you that day through the partition, but unfortunately you were not there. I tried again after- ward, but you were awake. I shot Tib'bs. I think this idea of snici'de {was carried out, rather neatly. Of course when once we got on the coast: the rest was Simple. I had bargained that all on board should die; ism that stone of yours; upset my plans. I adso.barâ€" gain-ed that there should be no plund- er. No one can say we are pirates. We have acted from prinCiple, not from any sordid motive.” , I listened in amazement to the sum- mary of his crimes which this strange man gave me, all in the) quietest and most composed of voices, as though detailing incidents of everyday oc- currence. I still seem to see him sitt- ing like a hideous nightmare at the end of my couch, wit-hi. the single rude lamp flickering over his cadaverous features. look "And now,” ‘he continued, "there is no difficulty about your escape. These stupid adopted children of mine will say that you have gone back .Lo heaven from whence you came. The WLlld blows off the land, I have a boat all ready for you, well stored with. pro- visions and water. I am anxious to I pushed Tibbs‘s sons desirous of forming local rifle clubs. A council disputed by the War Surely . Office to deal with the matter has i issued a scheme for the formation of clubs in affiliation with the Nation- al Association, each club to have atl least twenty subscribing members and I to play an annual registration fee. Rifles and ammunition are to be is- suied, on payment of special rates, to each club in the proportion of one rifle to ten members and 100 roundsI of ammunition to each member each year. The rifles are to be the pro- perty of the club and are not to re-] main in the hands of members. All‘ ranges must be approved by militar- authority. The scheme is accepted as a recog- nition by the \Var Office of the na- tional need which Lord Salisbury made prominent, but it is criticised as inadequate, as apparently the! members must bear the expense of! organization, administration and | maintenance, while atenthâ€"part own- I ership in a Lee-Metford rifle and a weekly allowance of less than two rounds of ammunition are not likely to rear :1 race of expert riflemen. rOINT OF VIEW. i l . l Tomâ€"“Vomen are all more or less cowardly. Jackâ€"«Oh, I don’t know. I never heard of one afraid to get married. without manufactures and exports the whole fabric of English life. and Eng- land’s commercial proeperity, will un- dergo a radical change, and the latâ€" ter will pass away to the country possessing the natural advantages England is losing. The only appar- ent remedy is to stop the export of' coal by the imposition of a heavy ex- port duty. This is suggested by one writer, but, at the best, it( would only i be a palliative. The country at present taking the 20,000,000 tons annuallyexâ€" ported from England would find othâ€"l er markets in which to buy, and theI English lnine owners would be sufâ€" f'erers along with the miners, to whom the loss of wages on. the getting of so many millions of tons would (mean a good deal. The question, as will {be seen, is not easy of solution and the discussion of it is likely to be .a long one. . - _ l iâ€"â€"â€".â€"â€" _â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"~ UN SQU ELCEABLE. So that tiresome woman in the next street still visits you? In spite of everything. I have snubbed her all I dared, even to not offering her a. chair lAnd she'l' “The next time she brought a fold“ ing chiair. A HARD TASK. The Boers, said the Englishman, will 'soon be conquered. for they have-lost heart. For instance, take 00m Paul, whoâ€"â€" Alas! sighed the British General, I wish we, could take him. Having read so much of these famous pills, I thought that what they had done for others they might do for me. I procured a box from Mr. EJV. Case, drnggist, and to my great do- light before I had used Quite one box. I had improved. When I had fin- isheid a couple more boxes Ifel-t like ai new man, and I gladly. telldhis for the benefit of all who suffer as I did.” Continuing Mr. Mastin said: “My rheumatism is all gone and I can come and go and enjoy as good health as well as ever I did.” VVit-h these re- marks Mr. Mastin got :up to go, but added that his wife was receiving much benefit from Dr. \Villiams’ Pink Pills. " I took home a couple of,b0xes the other day and she thinks they are ' splendid." Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills core by going to the root of the disease- [They renew and build up the blood and strengthen the nerves, thus driv- ing disease from the system. Avoid imitations by insisting that every box you purchase is enclosed in a wrapper bearing the full trade mark, Dr. ,\Vilâ€" iliams’ Pink Pills for Pale I’eop'le. If your dealer does not keep them they will be sent postpaid at 50 cents a. box or six boxes for $2.50, by address ing the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co. Brockville, Ont. _..._.¢...._._ SENTENCED TO DEATH A _Cr:mln:|l in lheiimark oncoal ’l‘lu'oc Time“. A famous criminal in Denmark has had the unique experience of being sentenced to death three separate times. Such is the leniency of Dan- ish law, or, rather, the indisposilion This Hl‘llt- again. Some of the‘ tribe Wandered be rid of you, so you may rely that _. _ “I. , V d t _,_, away to 'the south a ‘few hundred nothing is neglected. llise up and fol- e n a r offlthe r 'mg poweIs Lo Drfmeb , 0 years ago, and one of them, wishing to low. me." GXLreme meta-Sums. that £1113 DULOI" have good luck for the enterprise, got into the temple at night and carried off one of the ears. There has been a tradition among the negroes eVer since that the car would come back some day. The fellow who carried it was caught by some slaver, no doubt and that was how it got into America, , so into our handsâ€"and on have ha 5 . . 3 5 d isea, and. saw the long white line. of I . He paused for a few minutes, rest 9 ihe sulge' :iiig upon the shore the honor of fulfilling the prophecy." iiig his head upon his hands, waiting apparently for .me to speak. When he looked up again, the whole expres~ sion of his face had changed. His fea- turers were firm and set, and he changed the air of half levityi with Sprung "1 and pushed Ofl’ pulling me I did what he commanded, and he led me through; the door of the hut. Tl: guards had either been withâ€" draw-ii," or Goring had arranged matâ€" ters with them. We passed unchal- lenged through‘ the town and across the sandy plain. Once more’ I heard the roar of the Two figures were stand- tll‘fllllng‘lng the gear of a small boat. They were the two! sailors who had been withl us on the voyage. "See hliin safely through the surf," said Goring. The LWo men DI" fiteam oats For the ominion Government was unable to find a cure for Itching Pilesâ€"After 9 years of torture he was positively cured by r. fhase’s utmeut. Mr. O. P. St. John, the Dominion inspector of steamboats, residing at No. 246 Shaw street, Toronto, was for many years chief engineer on the lake steamers, and is a prominent citizen. ious person, before he was tried for the third time on the' capital charge, had already been reprieved twice and relegated to prison for a long term. It was in prison that he committed his third offense in murdering one of his jailers. He{ began his long ea- reer of crime at the age of 8, by setting fire to a. farmhouse. In October, 1894, a criminal in Germany was found guilty of the murder of two women and attempts to murder others. 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