Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1901 — Page 2

CHAPTER XV.—(Continued.) “Here,” murmured St. Marc, placing bis hand upon his right breast. “It struck me here.” _ The young priest tore open the doublet, and as he did so a sealed packet fell out. His eye caught the superscription, and picking it up he placed it in his own bosom. In a moment more San Benito came up. Jilok Tudel had also been laid upon the grass, and the elder priest had been called to his side. “Are you fatally wounded, my son?” the holy man asked, at the same time taking the pirate’s hand. Tudel opened his eyes and gazed into the face of the man who knelt by his side. He was upon the point of speaking, but suddenly a strange light shot across his pallid features. With a spasmodic movement he caught the priest by the neck, and started up to a sitting posture. “Ha!” he gasped. “By the saints, thou (Yankee dog, I know thee! Hi! Here is Clarence Howard! —the Yankee captain! Seize him!” In a moment Clarence was upon his feet, and a pistol was drawn from his bosom; but Miguel was too quick for him. ,The latter had heard all abotU the young captain's exploits, and with a'quick movement he knocked the pistol from his grasp, and then seized and held him until the surgeon came up. Clarence —fo'r he it was— was thus taken at a disadvantage, and ere he could shake off the surgeon’s grip Miguel dealt him a blow upon the head that felled him to the ground. “The other one! the other one!” cried Tudel. “He belongs to the same ” Though he could' speak no more, yet he had spoken enough. San Benito caught the boy Peter and held him fast, and as soon as Clarence was bound they came and secured the youngsters. All present had heard much of the Texan Cruiser, and they knew him only as the bitter enemy of their country, and hence they felt it a patriotic duty to secure him. After this the surgeon went to examine Tudel’s wound. He found that the ball had entered at the lower part of the left hreast; there was a dark, livid spot where the ball struck, and a single drop of blood had oozed out. “He doesn’t bleed,” said Miguel, hopefully. “Not externally,” said the surgeop, shaking his head; “but he must bleed within. Tudel —Tudel —do you know me?” This seemed to arouse the pirate’s powers once more. He started up, and with an expiring effort he gasped: “St. Marc —he —is wounded! Can — live?” “I don’t know. You wounded him badly.” “W**re?” - “In the breast.” The pirate muttered something, but it ■could not be understood, and on the next moment he sank back upon the grass. “He may live till night,” said the surgeon, in answer to a question from San Benito; “but I think not longer than that.” In the meantime St. Marc had been raised up, and his wound examined. It bled freely, and as soon as the surgeon could leave Tudel he came to the other. De introduced his probe, and found the ball lodged against one of the ribs near the side. It was an easy job to extract it, and the operator was sure no vital part was touched. By the time the ball was extracted and the wound dressed, some twenty people had gathered about the spot, and among them were three officers from the city. “What have we here?” cried one of the latter, as he came upon the spot. “See,” answered Martin San Benito, who knew that if they chose, the officers might bring them to punishment for the part they had played in the tragedy just concluded; “look ye at these two priesjts —they are Yankee privateers in disguise.” “Ha!” uttered the officer, starting as though he had received an electric shock. “Yes, senor,” resumed San Benito, “one of them is Captain Howard of the Lone Star!” , “No. no—it cannot be!” “It is! it is!” uttered St. Marc, raising himself upon his elbow. “It is who?” asked the officer. “Clarence Howard,” returned St. Marc faintly. .... “How is it? Who are you? asked the officer, approaching Clarence. The young man had at first thought of denying the fact, but he knew that It would be of no use, for many in the city would recognize him, so he frankly said: “I am Clarence Howard, senor; and was once commander of the Lone Star.” “Aha—and now you are come as a spy!” “No, senor. Never such a thought entered my mind. I came on business of my own, entirely.” “We khall see about that.”“Let me speak one moment with St. Marc.” Before the officer could make any reply the youth had darted to the wounded man’s side, in spite of his bonds, and kneeled down. “Where i» Irene?” he asked, hurriedly god anxiously. “She has fled, I know not whither,” St. Marc returned. “All-this duel is on her account. She fled from Jilok Tudel, and he accused me of getting her away. But I know nothing of her—she has At this juncture those whom the surgeon had procured to carry the wounded men back to the city came forward, and the twos Americans were taken by the officers. The pirate had only prayed for one thing—that he might hear of Antonio St. Marc’s death before he died; but the boon was not granted. He received the messenger whom he had last knt.And the message was: MMjt. Marc still lives.'* ■kfiye minutes more Jilok Tudel was XVI. said < Uiir-nc-, a- !hey J./- .* city in charge -f a Mbs who had eome "let ML Il v. ■ ■

THE TEXAS CRUISER

BY T. BURLINGAME ROSS

as prisoners of war, 1 we shall have nothing to fear, for just as sure as fate our country’s arms will conquer here, and then we shall be released;” “Think not of me,” returned the boy. “I fear nothing for myself.” Clarence would have spoken further, but the officer interfered, and separated them. Ere long afterwards they were led into the presence of Gen. Landero, who held command in the city. He was a dark, stern-looking man, and his first expressions were by no means calculated to inspire the prisoners with hope. “Yus are spies, eh?” he uttered, after having scowled upon them for some moments in silence. “Excellency,” spoke Clarence, in reply, assuming a calm, frank tone; “I am well acquainted in Vera Cruz, and have, within this month past, taken several prisoners direct from here. From this you might perceinve that for no purpose of a spy could I have come.” “But wherefore do I find you here in disguise?” asked the general. ’ “I will tell you, senor. Some years ago I saved one of your most wealthy citizens from the hands of a pirate—l allude to Antonio St. Marc. His daughter was with him. I saw her, and loved her. I spent some time beneath her roof -and loved her more. But circumstances called me away. A short time since, an old woman, called Calypso, and sometimes ‘the Wanderer,’ came to me and informed me that Donna Irene St. Marc wished to see me. Her father was about to force her into a marriage with Jilok Tudel, a bold, bad man, of whom your excellency must have heard.” The commandant nodded his head, and Clarence went on: “Only a few days after that I captured Jilok Tudel and his vessel; and he informed me that he wished his liberty so that he might return and claim his wife. I took him to Galveston, and he made his escape. Of course I knew he would return here at once, and I determined to follow him. I only hoped to rescue the being whom I loved better than life itself. I obtained leave—left a competent man in my place, and then set out with this boy as my only companion.” “But how happened you to shoot two of our best men?” asked the general, sternly. “Me?” uttered Clarence, in surprise. “Do you make strange of it? Did you not shoot Tudel and St. Marc?” “Your excellency has been misinformed. When I reached the ground this morning I found Tudel and St. Mjirc just preparing to fight a duel.” “And did the duel take place?” “It did, senor.” Landero turned to the officer who had brought the prisoners in. “Did you not say these prisoners had shot those men down ?”

“Ay, excellency, for so I thought it was,” returned the officer. “When I reached the spot, these prisoners were bound, and I was given to understand that there had been some difficulty in apprehending them.” “Whom did you find there?” The officer named those whom he had found on the ground, and the general ordered that the surgeon-should be sent for. It was nearly half an hour before the messenger returned with the surgeon, and when the latter came he related all the circumstances just as they had transpired. This seemed to put a new face upon the matter, for the commandant looked more kindly upon the prisoners. “Senor capitan,” he said, addressing Clarence, “you have done much harm to our interests, and your vessel has long been known as a scourge upon our coast; but you have proved yourself a brave man, and we can only consider you as a prisoner of war. We are too thankful to have got you safe within our power to reel much ill will against you, for we would much rather have you here than to have you cruising about the gulf upon our coast.” ‘» * » ♦ • —, Irejie and Cassandra had renounced their priestly disguises, for they were worse than useless in the daytime. Their fair faces could not be changed by the dark robes, and the first glance, even by a child, at those two countenances, could not but reveal the female. Xanpa assured them that they had nothing to fear from his neighbors, and they soon became free from the uneasiness which at first troubled them. On the third day of their residence with the good native, just before noon, they were startled by hearing their names pronounced without the hut; but their fear was soon banished when they saw the face of Gonzales Rondo at the door. But •he was not alone. He was followed by a female —an aged woman, bent and bowed with age —whom Irene quickly knew as Calypso the Wanderer. “You see I have brought you an old acquaintance," said the good priest, after he had saluted the maidens. “And one whom I am glad to see,” returned Irene, extending her hand to the old woman. “Are ye glad to see me?” asked Calypso, eagerly, as she returned the maiden’s grasp. • "Most assuredly I am,” Irene replied, warmly. “But why? What makes you glad?” the old woman pursued, gazing admiringly into the fair girl’s face. “Because you have been kind to me.” “But I never helped you any.” “You have helped me, perhaps, when you knew it not,” returned Irene. “Y’ou have spoken cheering words to me; and during the very few visits you have paid me, have opened my thoughts and feelings to those nobler aspirations which can lift the soul above the pangs of earth. Hence I love thee.” “Do you?” “As heaven knows my soul, I do.” This reply was fervent, and a bright tear glistened upon the old woman’s lids as she heard it. “And now,” said Irene, after these things had passed, “what has passed in the city?” She spoke eagerly and lowly. Rondo pondered a few moments, and then commenced to relate the circumstances as thav had occurred. He told her of the..

dispute that had occurred between her father and Jilok Tudel, and of its results. A beam of relief passed across her face as she heard of Tudel’s death; but her countenance changed when she learned of Clarence's apprehension and imprisonment. She started up and clasped her hands. “04 He came for my sake!” she cried. “He did,”, returned Calypso. “I saw him in Texas, and 1 told him all you wished him to know, and he promised me that be would come here and assist you if he could.” “And he has fallen a victim to his own generous work,” uttered Irene sadly. “O, I must see him. Perhaps we can help him—perhaps save him from the power that holds him.” —— “No, no,” returned the priest, decided-' ly. “You could do no good. He is a prisoner of war only, and will not suffer more than all prisoners must suffer. It is proper that your sympathies should be excited, but you must be governed by your own necessities now. You cannot return to the city.” “But to see Clarence once more. If it were but for a moment.” “He shall know where you are, my child; and he shall know, too, how joyfully you would have risked your own liberty to see him.” “And yet/’ murmured Irene, sinking back in her seat, “I might see him. He has sacrificed much to see me, and why should I now take only self into consideration when he is to. be ——” “Stop,” interrupted Father Rondo, kindly. “You look upon this question in a wrong light. Ydu are the cause of the noble youth’s visit to Vera Cruz. You know why he came, and how he must have hoped to find you. Could he find you the wife of another, his hopes would be crushed and his joys all gone. As sure as you-venture into the city, just so sure will you be apprehended, for your father has had every sentinel instructed to watch for you.” ■—-- “But Tudel is dead,” said Irene, persuasively. “I know it; but there is one living more dangerous than he was. Do you remember Martin San Benito?” “Yes. He gambles with my father.” “You are right. Now mind you—-I had this from a friend who visited St. Marc when he thought himself dying. San Benito has received a pledge that he shall have your hand if you are found; and I know your father will keep thig pledge. Now you can see that your ven- 1 turing back into the city would be dangerous to the very happiness of the man you love. When peace is concluded between the two nations, Clarence Howard will be released, and he shall know- where to find you. Now, what say you?” After a few* moments of thought Irene replied: “You are right, good father. I will do as you say. But you will see Clarence?” “I will —and I will tell him all.” “O —you may think me weak and childish, but I cannot help my feelings in this. Why I love Clarence so much I cannot tell. But I do love him—with my whole soul—and I cannot hide it.” It was near night when the good priest started to return to the city. He blessed his friends, and assured them that they might depend upon him for all he could do. On the following morning Irene and Cassandra washed their hands and faces in a dark, browning liquid which X'anpa had prepared from some roots, and then assumed the garbs of the common mestizo peasants. After this they mounted the horses which they had bought of the Indians, and bidding farewell to Xanpa and his family, the trio were upon the great road leading to the capital. (To be continued.)

Paid in His Own Coin.

Sir Frank Lockwood was on one occasion conducting a defense of a person charged with cattle stealing, and was pressing a witness in cross-exam-ination to ascertain how far he was away from the animals at a certain time. “How could you tell they were beasts?” he asked. 1 “Because I could see ’em!” “And how far off can you tell a beast?” Witness looked calmly at Sir Frank and said: “Just about as far as I am from you!” In a humorous letter to the Tlmtes. Lockwood protested that barristers should be protected against such outrages.

Latin and Prescriptions.

Latin is more precise than English. Being a dead language, it is not subject to constant change as the English. The Latin name is usually descriptive of some prominent feature In the object, and so is more easily remembered. For these three reasons, scientific names are usually in Greek or Latin, and the drugs have the same names in the pharmacopeia as in the sciences, that describe them. Most of the drugs have no English names, Latin is the International language of scholars. It is best for unscientific persons not to know the names of drugs similar in so many respects and deadly in others.

German Law.

German law holds a man to his bargain when he has agreed to give up his name’ A young count, Finck von Finckensteln, In order to marry a girl of whom his family disapproved, consented to change his name, and petitioned the Emperor to be allowed to call himself Stein instead. After obtaining permission, however, he kept on using his former name, and has just been fined “for illegal use of a title of nobility.”

Vain Slaughter of Gulls.

A Baltimore court has confiscated tn the State the skins of 2,500 seagulls killed In violation of the law. The skins were intended to adorn women’s hats.

No Child Labor in Russia.

Russia, absolutely forbids the employment of children under 12 years of age in Industrial establishments, whether conducted by the State or private individuate.

CHURCH STATISTICS.

Moat of the Religious I'enominationa Show Increased Membership.The religious statistics for 1900 show that every Protestant denomination in the United States, except the Dutch Reformed Church, the Cumberland Presterian, the German Baptist, the Ser-enth-Day Baptist, the Universalist, and the Free-Will Baptist, has made considerable gains in membership in the last Sm years. The Seventh-Day Adventists show an increase in ten years of 88 ministers, 475 churches, and 26,325 members. The Northern Baptist Church shows a gain in ten years of 730 ministers, 1,467 churches, and 173,370 members. The Colored Baptists show a gain in ten years of 8,883 ministers, 3,121 churches, and 515,611 members. The Roman Catholics report a gain in ten years of 2,470 ministers, 1,816 churches, and 2,367,959 members, counting all of the Catholic population as church members. 1 The Christian Scientists number 991,000, and there has been a gain in church membership in ten years of 920,000. The Congregationalists have made a gain of 556 ministers, 736 churches, and 117,103 members, or a gain of 23 per cent in ten years. The Protestant Episcopal Church has gained in -ten years 815 ministers. 1,667 churches, and 184,337 members, or a gain of 34y 2 per cent. The Reformed Episcopal has made a gain of 15 per cent. The Orthodox Quakers have gained in ten years 166 ministers, 26 churches, and 11,213 members, but in the last year report a decrease in membership of 476. The Greek Orthodox Church reports a gain in ten years of 19,900 members, and the Rmfkian Orthodox 31,496. Of the Greek Church 14.000 members were added in the year 1900, The Jews report a gain in ten years of 101 ministers, 37 churches, and 927,639 jnembers, counting Jewish population as church members. The Mormons report a gain in ten years of 1,157 ministers, 371 churches, and 155,648 members. The reorganized Mormon church reports a gain of 700 ministers, 169 churches, and 23,727 members. The Methodist Episcopal church reports a gain in ten years of 2,098 ministers, 3,177 churches, and 476,083 members; the Northern Presbyterian Church a gain of 1,401 ministers, 752 churches, and 185.209 members. The Cumberland I’resbvterian reports a decrease of 127 ministers, 166 churches, and 15,252 members. The Salvation Army reports a gain in ten years of 424 churches and 31,258 members. The Unitarians report an increase of 3,251 members and the Universalists a decrease of 768 members. The Lutherans report a gain in ten years of 2,119 ministers, 2.528 churches, and 434,806 members. The Moravians, Mennonnites, Swedenborgians, Shakers, and Christadelphians report perceptible gains. The Baptists report a total membership in the Northern church of 973,820; in the Southern church of 1,608,413, and in the Colored church of 1,864,800. The Congregationalists have a total membership in the United States of 629,874; the Disciples of Christ, 1,149,982; the Protestant Episcopal Church, 716,431; the Reformed Episcopal, 9,743; the Methodist Episcopal, 2,716,437; the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1,457,864; the Presbyterian Church North, 973,433.

COMMEPCIAL AND FINANCIAL

New York: No great amount of activity in general business is ever expected at this season of the year. Immediately following the holiday rush there is usually a slight natural reaction and a quieting down of conditions which gives merchants and manufacturers' an opportunity to take stock and balance, their accounts. The present is, in fact, a “between sehsons” k j>eriod—-too late for much movement in winter goods and too early for the spring trade. In the stock market the week has been a highly sensational one, sharp bi'eaks and sharper recoveries following each other in quick succession. Prices for nearly everything on the list are now higher than ever before and in some cases doubtless they have gone far beyond intrinsic values. Chicago: With the coming of the new year was brought a considerable increase to the volume of speculative business on the Board of Trade, together with the equally agreeable accompaniment of higher prices? Perhaps the persistent buoyancy of the New York stock market brought about a more hopeful feeling with regard to the probabilities of some of the overflowing rush of speculative sentiment becoming diverted toward the grain markets, but such a feeling would perhaps never have been entertained had it not been for the existence of certain features in the condition of the Board of Trade markets that in themselves were sufficiently suggestive of a likely advance. Wheat, the price of which has so long been depressed by heavy receipts from what was by many supposed to be a small crop, had promise of relief from that anomaly.

To Make Kidnaping a Capital Offense.

The Cudahy kidnaping case has stirred up the West. In lowa the next Legislature may amend the law on kidnaping, making the punishment for the crime death. It is probable that in South Dakota similar action will be taken, as many legislators favor the death penalty. Kidnaping is not a crime in that State at present. In North Dakota, where the punishment for the crime is imprisonment for from one to ten years at the court’s discretion, the law will probably be amended, making the penalty death. Similar action seems probable in Wyoming.

Gets $4,000 for Lynched Husband.

Mrs. Lulu C. Jenkins has been awarded $4,000 for the lynching of he*-husband three years ago in Ripley County, Ind. After the lynching Mrs. Jenkins instituted an indemnity suit and the payment, made by the sheriff's, bondsmen, is the result of a compromise. Four other persons were lynched with Jenkins, the crime charged being horse stealing. A woman who lived near Rochester committed suicide by taking three hinds •f poison.

Many Legislatures Meet

The Legislatures of thirty-one of the forty-five States of the Union will be in session during the present month. The meetings will bring together a total of 3,810 statesmen. The largest number in any one State is the 421 members of the New Hampshire Legislature, while the smallest is the forty-eight of Nevada. The proportion of Representatives to the population varies in the same way. In New Hampshire, for instance, there is one Representative to every 1,140 men, women and children iin the State, while in New York State there is one to 46,000. The Legislatures of all the States meet every two years, except those of Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and South Carolina, which come together every year. All but sixteen of the States limit by law the duration of a legislative session, the time fixed ranging from forty to seventy-five days.

The salaries of members of the State Legislatures vary widely. Kansas and several other States pay their legislators $3 a d'ay while the Legislature is in session. Nevada pays 810 a day, New York and Pennsylvania pay $1,500 a year, and Illinois SI,OOO a session. Thrifty Maine, on the other hand, makes its members get along with $l5O a year. In all th> States but Delaware, lowa, Maryland and New Jersey the members of the Legislature are allowed in addition to their salaries a fixed sum for each mile traveled in comgig to and going from the State capital. Most of the members of the State Legislatures ride on railroad passes, so that this mileage allowance goes into their own pockets. In order that members may be at no expense for postage, stationery, etc., while the Legislature is in .session' most States make a still further grant of a fixed amount to each member to cover necessary charges of this kind. For salaries alone the meetings of the State Legislatures will cost in the aggregate an enormous sum. In Illinois, for instance, the bare salaries of the members will amount to considerably over $200,000, which is but a beginning on the total expenses of the session. The terms for which members of the lower house and of the Senate are Elected vary greatly with the different States. In many cases the State Senators are elected for terms twice as long as those of the Representatives. The shortest term for a member of either house is one year, which is the rule in Rhode Island, alone among the States, for both Senators and Representatives, while the longest is four years, the term of a State Senator in Illinois and in a majority of the States. The most important business before most of the State Legislatures will be the election of a United States Senator. In Delaware, Minnesota, Montana and Nebraska there are two Senators each to be elected.. Altogether about one-third of the membership of the United States Senate is to be chosen by the Legislatures which meet this month. A striking thing about the senatorial contests iii many of the States is the fact that a number of the candidates are men comparatively new to public life, at least in a national sense. In Nebraska the three leading candidates are Georg:D. Meiklejohn, Assistant Secretary 'of War, who is one of the best known men in the State; Edward Rosewater of Omaha, and D. E. Thompson, a banker of Lincoln, Mr. Bryan’s home town, and one of the richest men in the State. Mr. Thompson is, in addition, a most unique character. He was born on a farm near Coldwater, Mich., and began as a brakeman. He worked up to be division superintendent, and then started into business for himself. He is now interested in twenty different and profitable enterprises. He does things in a unique way. When the State hesitated about bringing the First Nebraska regiment home from San Francisco Thompson did it himself. The regiment traveled in Pullman cars, and it cost Thompson $20,000. When the Omaha exposition was running Thompson invited all the children in. Lincoln between the ages of 8 and 16 to spend a day at the exposition with him.

In Montana it seems to be taken for granted that W. E. Clark will get himself elected again to one of the senatorial chairs which the State has to fill, while F. Augustus Heinze is said to be in the lead for the other. Heinze is one of the most striking characters in the West. He is not yet |35 years old, and is already at the head of several important mining enterprises.' Twelve years ago he appeared in Montana at the age of 21. He was fresh from graduating as a chemist and mining engineer. He found work in one of the great smelters. Within a few years he had smelters of his own, and even Clark himself was forced to recognize him as a factor to be reckoned with. He has been active in State politics, was a candidate for Governor, and is said to control a sufficient number of votes in the present Legislature to force Clark to come to terms with him. In Utah George Q. Cannon, head of the Mormon Church, his own son, and his nephew, together with a few outside the family, are making a lively fight for the place. In Delaware J. Edward Addicks is again a candidate, and is said to control enough votes to get one of the two togas at the present command of the State. In Colorado C. S. Thomas, who has just completed his term as Governor, and T. M. Patterson of Denver are apparently in the lead. In Minnesota R. G. Evans of Minneapolis is looked upon as the leader for the place in the Senate left vacant by the death of Senator Davis. In North Carolina, which is now represented in the Senate by a Republican and ff Populist, it seems that F. M. Simmons, Nvho, as chairman of the Democratic ‘State committee, is given credit for bringing the State back again into the Democratic column, has the best chances of succeeding Marion Butler, the present Populist Senator. The political makeup of the several Legislatures is an interesting study. Florida, for instance, proudly boasts the possession of a Legislature which is solidly Democratic./ Of its 109 members every one is a tried and trusted member of the Democratic party. The Legislature of Mississippi is made up in the same way, with the exception of twe .Populists, who have broken into the lower house. In North Carolina, which is not now represented in the Senate by a Democrat, the Democrats have a majority iu the Legislature on joi:i( ballot of 110.

WHY MRS. PINKHAM ■ J* • Is Able to Help Sick Women When Doctors FaiL How gladly would men fly to woman’s aid did they but understand a woman’s feelings, trials, sensibilities, and peculiar organic disturbances. Those things are known only to women, and the aid a man would give is not at his command. To treat a case properly it is necessary to know all about it, and full information, many times, cannot bo given by a woman to her family phyTL J/ Mrs. G. H. Chappell. sician. She cannot bring herself to tell everything, and the physician is at a constant disadvantage. This is why, for the past twenty-five years, thousands of ’women have been confiding their troubles to Mrs. Pinkham, and whose advice has brought happiness and health to countless women in the United States. Mrs. Chappell, of Grant Park, 111., whose portrait we publish, advises all suffering women to seek Mrs. Pinkham’s advice and use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, as they cured her of inflammation of the ovaries and womb ; she, therefore, speaks from knowledge, and her experience ought to give others confidence. Mrs. Pinkham’s address is Lynn, Mass., and her advice is absolutely free.

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