- EDITORIAL NOTES. war man, With the progress of the goods. The existence of astate of war renders commercial intercourse between citizens of the United States and Spain illegal, contracts, partner- ships, the payments of debts, ete., be- ing sus, Paris, which are that the neutral flag covers enemy’s goods, with the excep- hi and destined for warlike purposes and Bu arms and ammuni- tion, which are clearly Eitetne De dress-goods, which are not, ther | many articles, such as coal, provi and the port’ to which they are des- tined. In this condition, it is the right of each belligerent to prescribe a list of articles; which it will treat, ds contra- hand for the guidance of its own au- thorities, such list being conclusive up- ral nations, however, only in tral vessel, the prize court; of the éap- pon their character, and was unwarranted, they are restored, and damages may be awarded against the captors. With respect to the right ent m fare, stop and examine any neutral vessel on the high seas, or in the neu- tral waiters of either belligerent, to ascertain its nationality and seek for contraband goods. 1 latter are found, vessel may be taken, under a prize master to the nearest port, the in the nature of things prove a serious anmoyance to neutral powers, the chances of complications with such powers are many. It will, therefore, be tle onerous as possible to other powers. gh ane FIRES. Burning ve imal The ane errespmtot. oe sce Lon- given = fe ding of the 7 rin ing mtg oat othe! taad. 6 the slack: ‘be much appre‘ ines and snerehants generally. It was a those thin frills of foam round the shimmered and vibrated over the bak- ing stretch of sand and rock. ‘There wae not “1 breath of wind, and the dron- of the insects inclined on tor leep Somewhere abo was calling. -Ansrley inocked oat ag gairee piel a asa couch, when his eye caught Caine ‘0. the south. reeman riding towards them as sattly as the broken ground would ere A m messenger from the slumbers, f you chaps!” he cried. believe Mértyweather has been abot by. pares et cried the slutehing ot ather shot! & few, words. Anerley explained what, he yeu heard nd nothing ?” hing a Great | 5 aad bag soaring wn. As Scott enough,” eaid Morti- n' the leaves ees Stop raid communications.’ How's iy eon think he was Lag aca ety x should he hd 13 t case, is seit in front ee bim and obbers cut him off, ta aati be several small raiding Seat /anoule jutigel o “How about the miutilated’€ scUve fought against, Arabs before,” (iM yhere are you off “T think I'll race you in,” eaid Scott. in astonishment at nate rat- ae of an irregular volley from and the high Keening 9 whist of bullet over their ends. m spray flu’ wildly in for protee Peay neti Os mger's way. fellows seem to fire even bigher than — “20. home, anyhow,” said y heard a salt splashing ben “The brown anal tints shew ing the oud.” spoke the a its jaws still working, laid its lom “Four, “Only four Bezingers at any rate; some spearsmen. not; it is a little raiding party of riflemen. By the way, ‘Aner- ley, you've never been under fire be- fore, have you “Never,” said the young pressman, who was conscious of a feelingl of ner- i and war, they aré all éxperieuces Shmeney complete. life. Pass over the eee . This is a mild baptisms that broiling afternoon, and’ sti aco Welk a shot, jos Ail shee Ren shoo THE THREE CORRESPONDENTS An Incident of the Soudan Campaign. * BY A. CONAN DOYLE. OO OS RU I RG EEN, you are Eedermoing: for Denind these camels you are as safe, as if you were sitting in the back Toom of the Auth- b.” t hardly as comfortable." B ihat slug brushed a mosquito off me!” “And one of Tae say aincul. will end in our rry ourjown kita to Kbar- “Never tind, my/boy, it all goes to make copy. I can see the hi m Communications : pping + rT what ‘The next line will Padus Anerley. pecial Wounded,’”* cried # getting sultry. lea of that back fee Club begins to grow Has ; an excellent revolver of mine if it didn’ 't throw so devilish high. man’s toes if I want digestion. O Lord, ut came ‘ocks al rethe idiots “chine feat they have pays us up. sure as fate to seed Get" our revolver, Anerley geek have this double-barreled re -piece.” “Sensible man! It’s the best weap- on in the world at’ this sort of Pure \d-t1 nist es What cartridges? in the broken square i Tamai— “Wait a bit,” cried Mortimer, ad- justing his glasses...“ think they are coming now. iA The time,” said Scott, snapping uj is watch,“ bei, exactly sevent as ‘bed lying behind ing with an interest which in fascination at the rocks Here was a little woolly puff anothe: er one, had they caught a attackers. To him there rd them ery out when the kettle was broken, and once imme- di ‘an enormously strong voice had ‘roared | something ich had set Soott shrugging his shoulders. “They've got to take us first,” said he and Anerley. thought his ‘nerve ht r if he did not ask for a Ssiate Nee! The firing had begun at a distance of some hundred yards, which put it out of the quéstion for them, with their lighter we: any repl: ight bring up help. But, Iu uckily for them, ‘the African had the rifle, and bis temingto: Shalt I fire?” fret Anerle nervous exaltation of the religious fanatic. ‘ “They seem a piebald crowd,” said oe last is one of, the real fight- gara,”” eee Mortimer. “He's eanger . SHesiivke pretty ions, another negro!” more! Dingas by the look ‘ust the same chaps we got lack battalions from. As long as e There’s ‘h at the very men who put dow the ar Cama! iy ze a t explain?” £ ot explain with this pistol when he comes a little nearer. Now sit tight, Anerley. They're off!” were, indeed. It was the brown fe lay Staring as if this were a show and he a s Arabs aes Teer, bet ha wae still coming on. seaite you ass, shoot!” screamed in he strained unavailingly at There w in his very face, and so ended f the first ‘action of * iGootchye old chap. oe il ts foe ees "brought though he ha m-tree to steady his big black man lying re he had fallen, his hi clasped over the joreadtul thing cae had asin ‘Ss et charged, th the two other der- They ran away. One got shot in s What h lappened to _itenal _ eut on ery Effendi ee bad mai i hie, Face ie male lvat Beret again. But the cut perhaps was a more Keer matter, Was it eno m. getting to the t graph ctfice at Sercas?’ ‘The only way ‘o try and see. hei an instant he was clambering up the ‘ocks, with Abbas protesting at his heels. Had the two fugitives carried away allthe camels, or ha The beast ung unaer the shelter of the ‘pooks with its paterakiay erley tise his leg over front pommel ‘while “Abbas as slipped oft cane dancing past on either side. (Yo be Continued.) THE SPANISH SOLDIER. He ts Slouchy and Lazy and Dirty, But jet. The little, lissom linesmen, who in at human Weer ie: are destined to combat the sturdy le Sam" would be in inglish or a German staff of aa says the London Mail. Wat im as he slouches along ; his tunie ‘ae, ise and or ey minus a bu tw red trous- ers ‘ten aa natal his feet huge green woollen gloves, between the top of which and the sleeve of his tunic three in- y arm. carries his rifle anya at the ‘trail, , at the slope, muzzle foremost, slung at fot an inspiring picture! Nevertheless, that the Spaniards can fight, and fight well, too, 0} m; seems to tire, and he is seldom out of temper. TWO MBALS A DAY, served at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., constitu! the regular commissariat iedae of tastes like vinegar inclover. One palling. He rolls them himself, using a yellow, dry, oe ‘tobacco whieh esses no flavor to an English son Res Palate “than would 80 much ¢] Hi rd must serve nea charge his ifabagee to serve by | the = sarees) money. to sovereign, so that he wally has t> disburse only about £48. inces a special Class cevlincaiairene 0 jend the rom. a military point of view deploral usion—xou are unusually silent said the superstitious wife. Is anything /worrying you? Well, I won't éxactly. y that ri But Iam A few minutes © f a FURNISHES THE REV. DR. TALMAGE WITH A TE! pe Speaks of God as a Strong Swimumet Race in a Sinking Condition—Christ | 2! to Save Us—Two swi Mh Hahoriast bake out unfrequent- nooks. You stand all day on the the v bank of a wide river in the broiling sun, and fling out your line and catch nothing, while the expert angler breaks | want a chapter read, chapter that all the other people have | an been rei so that the Church tend is ignorant of three fourths of friend ae to you: “Did you see that “Did you see “Did you see powerful picture in the words of text. vey This text represents God as a strong swimmer, striking out to push down iniquity and to save the teil at nee “He shall spread forth His hands in city schools, where tmsart is taught; some of you, in boyhood, in the river near your father’s house; some of you swim, not only for yourself, while, perhaps, orang aaah forth his hands to in order to understand the full force in pe this figure, you need to realize, ide all that our et is in a sinking me r says word “Jes Till tell you the bitterest Seat taal angr: sibilant word. You u what do we want? A swimmer! and, it came tp above the spear —afe, it dashed to the ral erxted d tpi, the | ve flood. “He strtabed forth His hands in the midst of them, as swim- reed , Spreadeth forth his hands to pice ah have ever watched a swimmer, you notice that his ‘whole bod brought into play. 1 is hands drive the water back, the sera bint the hea shore, that nothing short of an entire God could sa} involved in our redemptior If yow have lived aes Dy abel i, Yau notibe. also that, if any. one is going out to rescue the drowning, Saat ba radapadtient self-reliant, ‘tle ta go alone> There may be a when he must spring out to save tae and he cannot get a life-boat, and if not st: pl pieree the diameter of everything bad earth and in perdition. Sin! it is a flotilla ‘that sailed down and saved hat came over the wave. It was one ‘Pérson, . im “spreading: out, His hands among ua asa swimmer spreadeth forth his hands of a drowning soul swimmer. they bore ania’ ed them, and brought them to shore. we ein a thousand fathor veri help must c deciae everythi the ee was pone to help.” All; is man is drowning, and a forsook Hi to and fled” O, it was it was mot a cluster of gondolas swim.” Behold, then to-ni eh) the spectacle end Christ. the I believe it was ii hen lish soldiers ‘of the elp!” ani to them and they sav- our might be lift- , till Christ the take us li ms down ; for 10 will not pray will peri 4 eR t hold, ot its potent wing, might live and persuade you to-night to jwimmer. “No,” to come up by hist want him to take hold’ ot re while y old , blesses dered. along tl night, if you had such superb ferent standing at the door while yet this om reg present phy theif Cheah salva- hold of this it and wil sink without Him. Dense: God this pra be ‘he mad: who you Sek ruin ? Do you despise ‘tal soul ? in which to secon ‘on the Tora a. beet d ay ee to baa a Christion tale, ing to work to become a Christi thing have you to do, hah that ee to ise heaven‘ ‘he poniard — ei fen T would Tk igs +. “al rd thee perhaps this is the reason why pi lay hold of Christ, and "et Him ach-) ieve your salvation and achieve it hax do no mi My sermon is aboi stenographer has. Everton with 8 fi eae they knelt down pas ‘ipa Gent ical to the lips of the i: tient and breathed and reat: uty. of you overboard and May the living it, mn site and your families need ion. Another opportunity ee hea- Fly to ie we And find salvation there ODDS AND ‘ENDS. ‘Twenty-four members of the house of Commons are total abstainer oney a years old in ati in circulation in some parts of Spain. forty ia og muscles in his trunk alone, while a man has only 577 in his Britieh ‘soldier hae not always wi bream color pak lark green or russeti in the tim of Elizabeth, Experience shows that imprisonment i uch Thirty, million oysters are annually mm the basin of res y are fattened and then sold urious plant is found in New Leicacahy known as the ink pisat, ie k with- where the nished is about 1 penny a dwells a man who boasts that he has no! m a bath in seven years. A suggestion Tn the town of Burns, Kansas, there | The THE CARE OF OLL LAMPS. It is not necessary to enlarge upon the discomforts caused by a lamp that is irregularly filled ‘nd improperly Such a lamp, ye of es of kerosene, is n- pests an unwholesome object. ood lamps are cheap, and there is on the library table, e lighted by electricity or gas, while it is legit general dependence of uae agony Tams of porcelain, pottery which do away with the danger of their\ matter plai I si being broken; all those that do not to show you t! an cannot save |have these self, but that the "Laie Son of | ieoted: af Mans sth metal fonts should be re- ‘ous. Some of the new kinds of oil fonts, of lamp is upset and prevent the oil from running out and the flame of the sini ‘rom spreading. An overturned lam) -|is the usual cause of so-called “ fo sian ut there ial ie rae of this oil. A which in fact, unless used in large. ery possible art. You remem quantities, only serves to spread the fi most essential thing i Stitt litt ile, vais abundance of metal fonts; thus bets daily move The ‘best way to ne alamp wick, is to tit ve being uneven. Lam) should have ‘the, nhed part of the wick remo least three tim week should be wiped off a filled daly No burners should, be ae lowed to usted with dust Be ou mick toy. will ob his condition if they ie » etoareed rye ev- t way of extinguishing, the il s to t fewer than |e: which i: sumed a turned down A en Pe flame and al- Jowed to go by VARIOUS RECIPES. ce i of a lemon, one tablespoonful of or- ange flower Reresl ia apes pints of water. In four hours’ Yme sereln th Shoe Pott rhe aie ies into another basin, pressing them to extract a much of the juice as por, sible. e juice one pound of Sonble tetied fragee and stir it un- til the suger has dissolved. Then strain in ice for an vipat Shorteake,—To his int it into an ool long shape, brush it it id Every public school in Paris has a|it gen :|berries over tl with cream tin one tablespoont creamy, Add "slowly hile But Jesus alone! “Of rn.’ My brother, you begin wrong. When| und ards are often seen fluttering ar- is house. is