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Show AMERICAN To Aid TRANSVAAL Widow and Orphan FUND. riticE. of th Horri A pathetic appeal of the committee of AtricaLder and Bond members af parliament was issued at Cape Town, Oot. 10, 1S99, signed by Messrs. N. F. DeWaal, Joseph X. Hoffman, J. II. Hofmeyr, Thomas P. Theroa and D. J- - A. Van Zyl, which says among other things: "What may, what can, we colonial Africanders do in this sorrowful time? Join in the work of warfare with the weapons? The law and our duty as British subjects forbid this, even should other ciicumstances not oppose such a course of action. But what neither the law nor the duty of the subject forbids, and what, moreover, agrees in every respect with all principles of religion and humanity, is the offering of help to the wounded, to the widows and the orphans. In the name of the Africander bond, on behalf of the citizens of the South African republic and their noble ally, the Orange Free State, I appeal to all Americans to show their sympathy with the brave people who are now. in the words of John Hancock, literally offering all that they have, all that they are, and all that they hope to be, upon the altar of their country, fighting to the death the arrogance and imposition of the great British empire, in order to remain free and independent, as did our American forefathers in 1776 and 1812. THERE WILL BE NO BOER WOUNDED ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP. Send to me your subscriptions, small and large, and I will send the amount to Mr. C. C. de Villiers, Capa Town, the honorable treasurer of the committee of the Africander bond, to be expended under that appeal. 1 sent 52,000 on Feb. 23, 1900. GEORGE W. VAN SICLEN, American Treasurer. No. 141 Broadway, New York City Feb. 24. 1900. BRITISH-AMERICA- SlKniEN JUDSOySl ceL fell N To Miss Martha Baseoia church going vras as much a matter of habit as the weekly nuding, and neither to be more neglected than her daiy meals. But Jennie was not so orthodox, and cany a solemn word of warning did her aunt del.ver in the little shop where they served alone. 1 say alone, beiause being only aress model I am not taken into account. But though made of woo and to ne inanimate. I. tile escapes m observation, and I marked a change in Jennies rel.g.ous observations. it came w.tli tne advent of the new preacher. Go.n to meetin tonight, Juney? her aunt invuiably asked, and she went occasionally latterly, always. Cme I lie..rU a visitor whisper to Miss Martha: Is it the man or the preacher she goes to see, eh. Miss Bascom? But the other shook her head. No matter, praise the Lord, she goes, and everybody went. The new evangelist drew crowds of town and country folk and customers in the shop talked of little else. He had his detractors, to be sure; tnose who called him crank, fanatic, and said his exciting methods, his furious invectives against sin, and magnificent pictures of rewards to the godly smacked of the blasphemy of Islam. i3ut in most of the pious folk he was a saint, a prophet out of whose mouth was ordained praise. As for Jennie, she rarely mentioned his name, but I had my private theory as to the state of affairs between them. It was one day unexpectedly confirmed. diest-mak-in- sup-po.-- eu sud-de- nt Papers, typewritten docnmeits to the floor. "There, child, see! are you not ashamed to blaspheme with such unholy theories? And he earned the sobb.ng boy to the lounge an soothed him m io.v and gracious vu Pity for the ,tle-Miifertr t' b.i. Miss Marina severe writ In r fa"Your talk ins robbed the vor. to. poor thing of the little ter.se he had! The eh. Id has listened to you all summer, and must sy. Brother Judson, tile result aint to your c.eiit. And Jena-she It it the room ar: aptly. tiptoed to the preach, r s side ami nestling her hand upon L: sho lldcr looked affecdown at him with tion. But he rose, her away almost roughly, a set, s;eiu expression Tne clouding ins dark Puritan face. followed him to th door, chagr.n and amazement on her pretty, pale feaWhat is it, Stephen? What tures Noth pg. child, nothhave I done?' thought to foling, the sin is mine. low him who cast out dt vils, and see, this stricken lad pressed of them, through me, through me. The Lord is wroth with his servant, and why? Ah, Jane, the answer is not far to seek. Because I have dared to hunger and thirst for a woman's love rather than for the sake of righteousness. The flesh worrieth against the spirit. he another word left Without her. That evening Jennie remained at home alone. About 9 o'clock she stooped to arrange a chest of drawers just back of me. While she was thus engaged Miss Martha entered and after her the preacher. 1 invited you in, Brother Judson, and the little womans voice and behavior were as icy as her natural warmth would allow, to ask you to 1 nl-i- , s 1 g pu.-h.n- g 1 1 A Korn Abstainer was giving a small dinne- Dr. Z same few months back, and Madam" Y , one of the guests, refused win". Seated by her host, ho at once reNo wine, marked on her doing so. Are you a total machine!" said he. with a quizzical abstainer, then? I wa3 Yes! smile. replied she. moreover. born a Well, I should hope we were all that, I beg was the doctors amused reply. from far it, earnestly your pardon Do you mean to . said Madame Y tell me that the children of confirmed drunkards, or even of habitual drinkers, can claim to be born teetotalers?" There was a slight pause, while the attention of several near was arrested bowed Dr. Z by the question. are "You perfectly right, courteously. madame! We are not all born abstainers the greater the pity for us. Beatrice Matthews, in Wings. Bow DISTRIBUTORS. the Uerms Are Nurtured mid the DiBittSo In Spread. It would seem that people will never learn to be careful. The recent alarming spread of that dire epidemic, different secsmallpox, throughout tions of the country has been traced by physicians and sanitarians in many instances directly to the moldy and rotting layers of paper and paste which cover the walls of many houses. The practice of laying layer after layer of paper on a wall, using common Dour paste, is especially calculated to create homes for disease germs. People could not do more to effect such a result If they tried. The rotting vegetable matter affords caves from which are ready to dart forth the infection at every opportunity. There is no excuse for this practice, as walls and ceilings can be coated with a pure, cleanly and sanitary material like for instance, at no greater exe is a pense. Alabastine cement, which incorporates itself with the wall or ceiling. It is easily applied, comes ready to mix with cold water, requires no washing or scrap- The two women were sewing ia the ing before renewing or rctinting, is shop, when the door was dashed open g and safe. beautiful, and a neighbors lad entered, carrying For wall3 that have been infected, a parcel. This he set carefully upon nothing is equal to Alabastine as a the floor, then shrank to the elder disinfectant to render them pure and womans side, his frail body trembling, clean and the rooms once more habithis face aspen. "Leave it there! Dont able. ! Good gracious! Dy touch it namite? But tke laughter on Jenllad Spelling' a Dlaease. nie's lips died when the lad faltered: A medical authority claims that bad Its the head of John the Baptist! In Dont spelling is caused by a disease. you remember the preacher said certain conditions of brain and nerves the disciples took up the body and the patient frequently writes ot in- buried it? He didnt tell what beIn another slightly stead of to. came of the head, but I found it in the, the our house. There it is. He pointed varying form. Instead of first letter Is omitted, and so in many to the bundle, his lips apart in a grin of frenzy. Miss Martha was horrified other short words. The malady usualInto helpless silence. Jennie glanced ly affects the brain only in connection There is the with words of one syllable, but cases out of the window. have occurred where longer words have preacher now, and she rushed to the teen so distorted that it was difficult door and called, Brother Judson! SteHe came hurriedly in and to get their sense. It is a question phen! whether one would be comforted by be- Jennie explained. This little creature d and he ing told that bad spelling was caused has always been Beems entirely daft now, and she told or one whether mental disease, by him all. Miss Martha added sternly, would prefer to have this lack of acYou have turned the poor childs wits careor to down set ignorance curacy lessness. That it is not always a proof Inside out. See if you can turn them back. At the preachers command of defective education is quite the boy, gasping, livid, untied the par- Ala-bastin- 1 1 s. W'ater-drinke- r, SMALLPOX wholly consecrated to the wars of salvation. Remember the words, 'they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. There v.is a fanatical l'qht of renunciation in his eyes. .liss Marthas oaii were fail of tears as she stroked the girl's brown hair with ail of a mothers fondness. "I little thought to see the day when I'd argae to get rid of my little girl, but it seems for her luppinets, and I beI 1 lieve it would be for jours. have a little bank account which w.ll ail be Janeys when she marries. Now, wouldnt it be a good plan for you to guide her m the Use of it? Together you might be of great help to to missions or something. and the good soul concluded lamely. Sternly the man hear you with shame. Sisrepied: ter Bascom. 'Every man 1ms his price, perhaps, but think not thus to tempt one who may have lost much, but has yet to leave his God for mammon. Then Miss Martha folded her arms as she always d:d when she lost her temper. "You twist all the sense out of my words, but in one thing you hit my meamu' exactly. That about every man's price. Its true, and it doesnt always mean a low price, either. Whatever yours is only hope it will be Here offered before its too late." Jennie Interposed, "lie is right. Aunt Martha, and I glory in his strength. Her voice broke and she turned away sobbing. Then, for a moment the man shook off the trammels of the priest, and holding her close he kissed her brow and lips. "Help me to bear it; pray for me, he murmured, then went out with never a backward look. Another week passed and neither woman went to meeting. But one night the girl begged, Go tonight, auntie, and if you see him tell him I did pray and am going to help him in the only way I know how. As Miss Martha passed me on her way out I heard her mutter, Ill bring him home with me, or the threat was lost in the bang of the door. By this time I knew that Hiss Martha was wroth with the preacher "the crank who has turned everybodys head she said once, but her listener, a pious soul, rolled up her Hes of the stuff of the blessed eyes. martyrs, she said devoutly. This night her aunt had no sooner gone mie took her Bible and went than In an hour she returned, carrying a small bo'tle and glass. These she placed upon a table in front of me. I watched her as sho crept softly to Miss Martha's own low chair and rested her cheek against its cushioned arm. Then she knelt and Two in the iitdd, the prayed aloud: one shall he taken and the other left yes, the other left, to do thy work; to do it alone to thine honor and She rose and came glorj. Amen. steadily to the table. I heard the clink of the tiny dark bottle against the glass. She placed the vial again on the table. 1 saw the glass raised to her lips, and then the crash evidently aroused the neighbors, for there was excited talk in the street. Then the sound of a key in the lock and Brother Judson's voice outside. Wait a moment, friends. We will find out what has happened. Prone where I had fallen, I could see nothing, but heard Miss Marthas voice in lamentation. My little girl my Janey, ' and the Place the preachers commands. cushions lower, so. Now bring me some water. There! she is reviving now. She has only fainted. "What could have happened? She was well Then Miss Martha lifted when I left. me to an upright position, and as she did so shrieked and pointed a shaking finger at the atom3 of shivered glass and the tiny brown pool on the floor. Then she burst into hysterical weepI see it all! and she would have ing. O! you blessed old model! To think you fell in the nick of time! My dearie my lamb, how could you? and she crouched by the side of the now conThe mans head was scious girl. bowed and his lips moved in prayer. Then he rose, the light of joy transI have been blind, figuring his face. Do you remember what you blind! said, sister, about every man having his price? This precious life saved is mine. And Jennie opened her eye3 and met the triumphant gleam of his. The Lord gives you to me, beloved. As in the days of Abraham, he rejects the sacrifice. Will you forgive, as ha does? And to this day he and Jennie believe that the cause of my sudden tumble was a direct and heavenly interposition; Miss Martha says it was only a strong draft, while I but nobody cares what I think. Chicago Tribune. e, rock-bas- long-lastin- half-witte- explain yourself. J heard part of your remarks to my niece this afternoon, and I must say they surprised me. I aint used to seein Jennie fretted by the men folks. As a rule, they do the Stephens manner had lost worryin. some of the ministerial and he answered low: There is nothing to explain, madam, except that your niece has told me that she she loves me, and Well, spose she does! the lady interrupted sharply, do you lore So much; so her, Brother Judson? much that I was beginning to forget my God and he warned mo; he threatened me today in that poor idiots It is a disgrace, a crazy imaginings. horror that my words should have so perverted an effect, and the iron enters deep into my guilty soul with tne sense that the Lord repudiates my work and words. Sweat bathed his brow and his tongue was thick. Guilty soul, brother? Guilty in allowing my thoughts until now devoted to the masters work to dwell upon a woman; guilty because her image fills my mind her face obscures There was an agony of my Bible. repressed love and longing in his voice which broke at the last words, and he dropped to his knees and buried his face in his hands. Jennie slipped from her place of hiding and sank into the chair beside him, while her tears fell on his bowed head. He raised his Now you know the mournful eyes. sin of which I hold myself guilty, and this child, innocent as a Iamb, or sacrifice. But she will forget me, and I I can live without her as without all else if the spirit return to dwell within me. It is written, I have somewhat against thee because thou hast left thy first love. Poor Miss Martha was dismayed at the mans distress, and beyond all the suffering she saw for her Janey foreshadowed in the heart broken glance riveted upon her lover. She ventured timidly, Brother, if you and Janey love each other, why not do the Lords work together? Nay, sister. A house divided against itself cannot stand, and my feeb:e powers are Girl's Ileantifnl Reply. At a dinner in Paris the other day the conversation naturally turned upon the war. Opinions were much divided, some holding that the English were working for civilization, ana others maintaining that the Boers were fighting for independence. And which side do you take? said one of the guests to a fair young girl, who had been listening attentively without taking any part in the discussion. She replied: I am for the wounded. Kansas City Journal. Not Intentional. Mrs. Catnip There, now! What d yea want to go and fall downstairs Little Amos I didnt want to, for? Puck. maw; 1 couldnt help It. NEWS snniAKY Charges of official tyranny in the 7. t.aut'he army are rife. transports pass through Nagasaki constantly, loaded with troops for Port Arthur. Ilti'-sia- In Matching horse meet now composes considerable part of the rations. There 's little grumbling. In Buenos Aj res a number of cases of what is supposed to be the bubonic plague have been officially reported. An American engineer who has been over t lie Traus-Sibe- i ian road reports that it cannot be used effectively for nine months. At Freeport 111., Robert U. Hitt was renominated by acclamation for Congress at the Republican Congressional convention. Telegrams from Pekin to the Japanese papers says it is reported that Russia has sent warships to the south of Yalu river. The president has nominated Max J. Baehr of Nebraska, recently appointed as consul sautos, l.raNl, to be consul at Madgeburg, Germany. Twenty large freight engines liava been ordered by tbe Union IaeiCc railroad from the Baldwin Locomotive works for delivery at the Omaha shops In May and June. The house committee on judiciary lias adopted a resolution offered by Representative Overstreet of Indiana, for the appointment of a special subcommittee on trusts. In Ladysmith an auction was recently held of tilings brought from the lioer camps. A bunch of grapes sold for 25 shillings, fifty cigars brought 10 and a quarter of a pound of plug tobacco 33 shillings. Senator Lodge has introduced a joint resolution giving to the senior of tlie army, while commanding the army, the rank of lieutenant-genera- l together with the emoluments and pay of that rank. The balance of the Alaskan code bill was read in the senate Saturday from 8 to 10:30 when the senate adjourned, having complied with t lie formality that require-- , one full reading of each measure considered. Frank U. Moores (Hep.) is M ay or of Omaha by a majority of nearly loot) over W. N. Pop pie ton tf The rest of the city ticket goes tli rough with Moores, wiili the nos able exception of tax commissioner. Mount Asanni, one of tiie principal active volcanos of Japan, which lias of late been showing unusual signs of disturbance, was the scene of a terrific explosion on February 23d, followed by a continuous uproar. Mr. Ilollavcell in a telegram to London Daily Mail, describing his experiences in a Pretoria jail, says there are about 100 colonials and those are scandalously treated. Be made an attempt to see the American Consul, but in vain. The Christian church at Fort Recovery, O., is divided over the innovation of a regular choir, organ and missionary and societies. Some of tha members have asked the courts to appoint a receiver for the church property, and have a final accounting rendered. The dairy- - interests of the country had a hearing before the house committee on agriculture on the bill ot Representative Grout of Vermont for tax per pound on imitation a butter, and giving btates authority over this butter, even when brought from other states. With bis throat gashed to the wind pipe and both wrists nearly severed by wounds, Ethelbert E. Smith, who has wealthy' relatives in New York and Japan, was found on a West Oakland, Cal., street, Sunday, lie had attempted suicide with an old razor. Wat Besides directing son to make a thorough investigation of the charges of intoxication preferred against the officers of the wrecked cruiser Charleston, Secretory Long has written to the person making them requesting that he specifically name tlie officers guilty of the alleged offense. The house committee on rules has decided on a rule giving two Fridays of each mouth for private pension bills, in place of night sessions, and will report the new rule unless a definite and authoritative understanding on both sides of tlie house can be had that the night sessions will not be made ineffective by the point of no quorum. It is said at the War department that no advices have been received there as to the coming of the Yaquis and consequently no orders have been issued, either from the department or, so far as is know from Gen. Merriam who is now .in Washington. major-gener- 10-ce- self-inflicte- d Rear-Admir- al al |