ijc Cljatljam Rfcord. &)t Cbatljaro ficcorft n. a. Lonnoit, CDITOIi AND PROPBrTOR. BATES or ADVERTISING One square, one insertion $1.00 One sij:nrc, two irjHortions. ... 1.60 One R1JMM6, ono month - 2.81 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR St Icily In Idnnce. VOL. XXI. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUXTV, N. C, TIIURSDA V, rlANTAUV 20, 181)9. NO, 22. for htit alvei tia-tu' ffo'.tru to i I i ihI di IlberV 'js j j Swamp A STORY OF THE FRONTIER. K, 'i jrhilit tij li .U rt B iiiii' I'llOI.Oia'E. Ahoul n s...r.i uf years nzo, it man was tensely dark, an 1 then softening to the ' "course of true love" hud run smooth II wi i'' th trail of a de -r l!ir..in;'i a tenderness nf blue. This trick of ,.x. : l.V 'Uongh, but the ohl sayini.' that it's iai KWii')i;i In mn1 Mf our W ( iiri'iiul w irv irras irp'w tlii 'k nn.l tall otii ni.iu-w. na en !! s.i.l' ,f a lltllo riltr of lau.t ntcii! iviii vi tli.. ,1.. .r ,a t ta'icn his wav. niel the v 'u:i'l of Ih.i win, I ii'iioiii; lis Inn liku leaves, as tie haiiff ,a'ie to listen f.,r S" ne s ma t ,,f the a iimal he was In niiisiiil '. w.i i la i,i-.-.!,iy mournful. It was j r o-.fc .01 n o itie s uilel i wia l I aui.ni; tin piaes, only more -lirill a 'tsive. 1 see?ne I t,, M.in.hwile nil ..I'. ua.ls j, tint loin.'soini! spot. Here tret i a , i i'e 1 1 a !k -1 r"es rise L'ri'iilv sUv- War I. u, ,, i tiieui ilea l niel seemin'ii lii; K i ;i . "t what th 'V leel nnee I n. aiel 1' 'ir I l ilor I I MII ''!l"S uave the seene n'l uiliilecil l.cieiines., hi perfect keeping l.li'i t'ei s mn I nf the wild iimioiii; t c im 1". :i. t!..,.yeeml.t see. t h.-se mlf- Ic I I trees Uf , lllel It Si'i'llH"! as if one lia I e it out ..I th . w.ifl.l in whi 'h men an 1 w i n mi live t an t lov I an 1 die I, an t would ii'icr Mud his iv:iy lei k t'i it thr..inh so tun 'h Wil den es, -h mile nf w ip'h w.i . l ilt a ir.elili.iu ,,r the mile pr Iim,' it. ' ali e in this swatnp-v..;l I to anv l-.it I ni - I e, i -1 - hunt 'i. fnllnwlin; I 'in f: intiv dntln-.l ri'.i nf t:ie il-ei,,-,. de.-r, ca ne ud.lerilv ir e i a llit'o 0'ieuiiii' in til" nnd"r:ru-!i t ". iu'i wd'ii h- h i I thr-videl liis way. ii.i I im is.. 1 f ii-hr -it h H-Miti. to., :o I,-;:..,..:;, fr., I.i- fa -e I !-' lily have brought all tho back- ..... as,...i...hlvere:,..hvtas.,r..f s'i I wood p .Hants to her feet, and kept 1 l'rrot like precision, and repca! a ii tc ur Ml siviae. Ta ,.f it ! tiieui there, this lnoiiopoliztii',' that K,1,M1 share of K'eo;,'iaphy. Hat u 7aT'HT, '!',!' !' ;',"n,",,Rr ,w,h."'lw',i,": I wrv necessary element to the peace ' H"'1'" (,f a more comnieheusne cil fa mm. t ,e ciialati..ns fr.cn w.u.-h wl l ..;,' r ft , llH neat im n such a p ace as Munil o, : t 'ii ; .is -u one, ii m I wliieh t -x , in Inn a ' 11 pl"S"ell'y ol Ml 'II a plaeo as . . , . i . 1 M i ! in-' I ii '.i i his sun and l i'. 1 n'nmt w.ili ru -.unity. Its iir-'enisli-w.ilt ' u ' ' fr -lit in t'i" sia'it r.iys of ! ' .in. c uitra-loi- strenjly with' t i -t-ia i n' .i ereener ivh-ise l- iv-s h;i I re I-il--a ! i:i t'i ii.n ii-nit tr vsttiil thev In iVc-d li-ie v-r--it i iim .r iil.w.t. In th-- -:ctit.-r ot t l - I 'm I ! ., I a ,U-e I.ir-tree. il"l I. w.ii.v... il ii i -!,- .telie I nut li;e n -i an., .wi.u-'.i; t i e. Ii an was an old rut- al"n e -a -i.anl ilamjlin from lt,caui;:it iV tli'' h i i . i. i its end. was a hii'u-i-i skull, ivrinuiii, h o'l ,i:id ghastly. II 'nc ith the s .uil l.-iv a little he.iu ,,f iinlle.,, Idea 'he 1 w:it-i l y years of rain anil snow, an t iv -r i in: i half their f.irnier she hy the work nf th ' i'-m nts upon them. No weed jrrew n ir Ih'-n. It se.eni- l a- if tin y lll.l le tie-i-i.-i: mi viii.''.i they ny hai-ree an I a 'iir.v I. I'll" 1 1 -. t : . t i- e.-uid leit repress n line ! il.a - .-up -r.iiii nis fear at siitht uf the u-fir I a.; I .lotri'il" thl;i lier.ire him. 'Ann tn- yl .'iui and desnlatinn of dead n:. I .Im h; tr-es l.ehiud and ad nli nil II, an I th s -.in I of ihe wind in the itrass ina' ia t'K' Line- vn iiess of tic s 'cii" oppres sive., as if t ei -lyair was pcrvad" t with a sens ' nf h jrr ir and awe, tin. uii'-ai.ii v o'i le t S'.'c ite i to le -r at liim from the evelcss s.n.-i'.s of the skull, aal lie ...mil Van t . .1. sk.'I -t ui llui't's mined nii'oui; tui '. d l Tin: : L mi"1, us if to clasp him tn u terri ; ii'.e'.i. fr .iu win -h It ivviild he itu- V '--i le t sii ike hin.seif loese. The ..viif i- ii..e a w irl iiiishtniar i picture in low ies ni , .j.ir, t ml it Te.-t oil" ns minor :!,!-:.! . s. t only relief to its deere-sine "iii'the crimson creeper leaves, tr i n their lurid suuc 'stlmi of ill. I. ' I, . : 1 1 seemed t heighten an I in i "i-it t he I". -Iini- nf awe an 1 terror tt'lil' h I i- - i.ii.ir-y s; t-it-M- l"lt. A .li l.n ili-i.-.i wind l-lew tlirmlt the Ir .-'-, ma, i.i m.'ii-iin ; s mil Is ii'inuii; i, "'I'- I Ii n:-. It .ji'm-ht the ilaniriiiu' skull .n i; - j-r.i-.ji, an. I s iinn it to and fro as If it .. ! a icrni'l'i playl min of lute. A r.ten II a tr ,.u the stunt. , .ij, ,,f the old cedar, a;:. i a n-i.ii.' ei-.u.k that sent a shiver i : i' '.I . t i" in an w le ' listened. A strmm-e re." i I i.i'i 'o-vs.(..ii nf him. and, with a I V. Il" l .ll'.C.. II', l ,. fr,,; l,. j, , ii i t -. st'ur. nf this sivaini' sk-.-lvt jn th:.' J .i ,i ' ( ti-li you. OIl.Vl'TKIl r. SINOINM-Si'ltJOIi. ISrowusvi'le of tifty years fl'o t: v as a very iliilcreut lilaco from th-i lirow nsi iile of to-day. The lui'iie sit.;- j Kcsts a village. There is a kind of ; villa.'y sound a!i Hit the "villi-." Jttit ' n '.lie days of which write, when iila .jes were few and far between on ihe fr uitier, the sound HitKestivo of a villa-: was the only indication of one w hien yo-.i could Jiavo found if you hi I hunted the township over in which I! ownsvtlln was located. Tliero was n It'll.- store on one corner of the cros i-.,.t Is, aii ,i )ittlL. way down the rua I from this p-ueral remlezvous for Jk: o nsi illiuus id the sterner Hex on j r.iiny iiays, an I at times when tliero "u.i-.i't much to do," there was a f.-ii nil-house, which was a eluti-idi, pro te u., whenever a minister came ,'iloiin;, wiii -h was not very often in that early pen i I of Ih-uviisville's exist o.iuv. These two houses, linilt of loss, foiMied the im, -lens of lirow nsville. T,ie fa-:ns ,.f the settlers weiv H-nt-t. re 1 ad ult throun;h the woods, iuid as th "old 'st inhabitant" hud only a res-id.- i .- ol live or six years to fall back o.i in tcliiiiy; the stories which oldest inhn'iii f its always have told und al ways will tell, the residents of tlie pla : had to a Imit. that il wuh quite " ic.v,"as the saying j;oes in tin. W est, )e,'ar.lius' a recently settled Iec.ilily. As the settlement extended several miles i i each direction from the. sohool li it so a-id store, and was nil included w hen liivwnsville was spoken of, "ko- i'm tj liiownsville" was rejiird-d as a ! j nth . -r vague statement reuac'liti"; a jiefsou's destination, by people liviui; i' ttsi le the place, ill those primitive ii ivs. S "loiiiou lioono lived about n utile f. ..ia the "village," as the sUno and schnol-lioiise were dubbed by ffeneral consent of nil jmblie-spirited citizens living i i tho vicinity, lie had the b-.-st fnv.ii in the settlement, and en joyel the enviable uoturietyof oivnius; tho best span of horses and tho pret tiest "irl in Brownsville. Va inie Boone was o verv pretty girl, ! n'l 1 she km w it iptiteas well as any one. j 1 1 ei" la.--- as full of healthy c 'lor, without bei:ii; red, and her i-heeks . -re fully as bright us thn wild-roses v hie i trew alotiir the path leadinu' to ! t he - ell ml house. H were us keen as bin. k eyes ever are, but tin y iie brown, of that peculiar shade j. Secret. 1 KKXI-ONI). ' ' j J . J.' j ;y;. , ,.i " " I ; which can shift through tin) gamut of ' t!ie color-sen!,, sometimes sxn.i.w in. . , , . . . i I Mt.-mni!i nn-u iiiuiuii iiii'i ni-siow en upon Miss Nannie had the power to 1 make the hearts c.f the young men of , Brownsville mill, ituto ,'.l.,,nt !,... ,w fast ns usual w hen she turned her eves upon them, and reinforced her jihmccs w ith u smile from her full, red lipi torn kiss from w Inch almost anv of "' younif men would have friveii a mio. I week s work. I-mm winch von v. ill rea lily infer that the youn. men ' of the I'.rownsville of titty years ti','o were very much the sunn, in their , tastei its the voting men of the lirow ns- ville of to-day. JYetty lips, like Xan- me II. mil'.' s. ha i alwuvs had a iieeii. liar it. diei v nn.l ,d,,.'i i,i nl...nt 1 for youto,' iiicu, r.tid sometimes old : o.ies, siuee Ada.u i tolehis lirst kiss in i Kdcu. 1 next one anil in those ilay. me. in y I Of e oiirse, Xannie hn 1 many a liuir- ' ,r ,,ui K"'1 who 1 ""' f'lM' st 'ers iituoiie, the v.mne men of the settle- I w,w ousidered the best reader, as ev I mciil.au I plenty of enemies iimi tie? l" ossi" wrt "'' ",,''"""t- ! the eirls. who knew well enough that, i ,'"u1,1 Vihei" as far into the ri!,i 1 It.i 1 she e'l .scn to do so, she could ;"-' the rule of three, a:nl parse l.ro.vtisvnlc was at that t'.iiie, w ocre the uirls were i.t proportion ff two to one wit'i tit" vo iti:-; men. IV.it that was before th" da vu of monopolies, and Na'i iie was uf too thrifty a dispo sition to keep Ili-il'PC da vdlitl' It'lollt her when tln v mi ;!it m ich better be , I le I, e I, '- r 'I,..;,. !,.l!,".a ,.!...,,. ii,.. fanus llu-v hadtu!ie.i.mt in the wild- . erne s. She wat s.imethin of a flirt, it'id liked to make the '.'iris jealous and see the youn.e; men east fuiioiH platiees at eac'n other o:i her it .-oit'it, but th.it, 1 take it, is natural f ! the average i'it. She eah't he!' it. It is born in her. All of us cu!t in a sense of po.ier, an I why should pretty nirls iikn Nannie 15. i me not find a certain satisiaetuci in ill" kuowled 'ti that they have oii'.v t . sav the word or uivo tho I look t,j h ive the vouii'4 men fall down ' an I do them homaje? In doiu - this, ; th.-v are otilv allowing liiim-iu nature l to l-oiii-.. to 't'ei H.irfiieo, and huniaii ! n iiiii'.. is iihi.ul ihe t thin r th,. 1 world o.-r. They mean no hiirui by : it. b:i I it is on v when a e r n ows 1 iimbi'.ion to tra'nple good sense under foot that any re.il bavin is done. I'.itt Na'iuie. w hiie smiliti" upon most of the IJrini n-, ille boys, hal one sweetest smile which she, kept for Dick Ih-aytnii. liek was a Rood looking youii"; fel low, who ha I come from "down bc lort" "ilowu below" was anywhere forty or tiity miles fi-o.u Prow nsville, and had reference to no particular pla.-e or point of compass - about six months before the opcniii" of inv story. He was ,piite unlike the youn neu of lirow n-.villo on his advent a Hon X tln .it. Mis liit'ids were white a.il soil, ail hi-i dress a1 id ueiiera! i tippc'irau"e iii licit'ed that he hud not been us .1 to bn-,1 work. When in- te,-,-,,...-.,.,! ult it, he ha I atisweve l that he ha 1 been at work in a store, b it. iretliu ' tiled of b.-iu housed nn. he hal ib teiiniii" 1 to strike out in search of a ite.v field of labor, and be ll oil him at 15i o ar-villc lookiie.-- for a "Seems to me it's milier odd fi-r a feller thul's he'll it t to soft work to eoiiie up into this regi ei lookiu' fer suthtu' to do," Oca. -on Snyder had re marked, when lii ay. on appear... 1 upon the scene. "Most voting men now 'days w ant as luetic a possil to do." 'Tins with sare.Hti.- rmounsis an. I a severe look at his sou I'.ekiel, who had, on several occasions, expressed a desire to "go down below" aud hire out in a store. I'ick Brayton had seen Nannie first at a meetinn in the hejschoolhouse. He fell in love kith her at fust sight, and the very next day applied to her father for work on his farm. "What can you do?" asked Solomon Boone, its he proceeded to till and light his corn-cob pipe. "Ver ban's don't look in fust rate trim fer log.in', an' I sh'd jedge that yer muscle wa' n't jest w hat's needed in breakin' new land." "That's so, I Hiippose," said Dick, in reply. "I haven't hal much practice in hard work, but I can learn to do it. I'm stout an 1 hea'thy, r.n I it won't take long to to,igh":i aie to it. I've I' it grit to stick toil thin.; when I uti- deitake it Yoit ea'i t av n.e what you think 1 earn, at tir.-;. ttid it I improve, von can I'iciease t iv wa.' ' ;. ' leave tint to von. ( :ilv If I don't come up to re ptireiuciUs, you can turn me oil'. Thai's fair, isn't ii?" "Yes, that's fair enough," an ;,. ered Mr. Bo.mc. "I kinder like y. r style, an' I'll try ye." So Dick ir.iy:.vi ln-oa'ae AJ-. U one's "hired iunn," and en ue to live tin Uv tho same rjnf with Nannie. "I'll 1 that'll make a match, " Mrs. Snyder said to her u; ighoor, Mrs. Jones, v.-lien Dick w is installed in li.K.ii, fin-in. "Nance, kinder high notions in this lelier II make her eetie bettei'it the boys n" whatever she sav. "hand" on tin .die's pot sonn her head, an' b'leeve he's a lontul here; that her folki'll iv v. s to, you can be sure on. She jet twist 'em round her little linger easy a a slriug. It's all Knnce My thin, mi' Nance, says that, with both of 'oiii. They Hile her. Ye, Mis' Jones, I'll bet miytliinu: ' you re a mind to, Nunco Boone '11 have inai young man. i uoiteen sue noicii kinder struck, after him the fust time j sht see him. Tlu-m whiskers round , his mouth did it, T s'pose. r dcehire, J Mis' Junes, I tin abominate them j things. Our 'Zokiel, he's tryiu' to I reise some. He's took to scnipiu' his j upper lip twieet ti week, rog'lur, hut ' they won't grow, to speak on. His father, he makes lii'n luii-in urn 1 irl- j vism 111111 to pin ilium on, im lei mo ; eilt liek It oil. I It Keonie.il, ns the summer wore t.u, that Mrs. Snyder's prophecy was likely . to eouiij true. Dick ami Nannie not' tt,,,,1 very well together. Up to trio tllUO ill which this Stot'VOpehS, Hill it lonir laiio that has no lui'iiitt'' was " to b've as true in this case us in many others. Nannie taught the school which lasted siv months in each year, in the little lot; house which 1 have spoken of as bcinit one of the two buildiir.'i id the cross-roads, I'rom this you m iy infer that h!io was what would be eulled an "educate I Vounir laly," at the present time. .She was notline; of the kind. I'lelore her father came to lirownville, she hal had the e. lvan ta;es of the ordimiiv school lisiiict "'.v' these she had made the mosi oi, r ti' i I'liuni nine u i.ni ua i i, with heavy tops to her fs, and lieavii r tails to her y'.s and js; she eo'.dd spell pretty w ell, rea 1 us fast its the with heavy tops to her t' N'ntinie's mother woudered. " "1'wa'n't as ef she was out iimmi ; folks more," she told the town bun -.!, w hen she iipplie. 1 for her da ihtci 's appoint nieiit to the position of school -mistress. "If 'twas where folks Umc v more, 'twould bo diiV. unt, I, it .N'.iii'ile knows enoit''li to teach triv o' t'ini '1'il I'Vii in that part o' the Uetitry V I don't say it to brag up inv on n tl. a:id blood, neither. As teachers iioui "down below" di 1 not like to eoiuo into th.) woods t i tench, the school' officers decided that Nannie was properly ipiahlied to lilt the position of teacher, and in that way she became a scho ilma'am. iielt used to keep pretty ehee w atch of the nul l if he was at wol k n'i where ue.ir it w hen he thtiv,ht it n1'0"'1 '"'"' -'".!;. ('-irioiisiy '"'. 't h'-'ii -s! always happened "-'it '" hor-es tiecdel i. est he:i a ,,ltU' l"u! su.i-boti'iet ea-.c in si.d.t til Ihe turn ol th" road. t-.;.rht ,1 Unit sun-bonnet always reemed to l iako J ,ll'k ti''ely. i ''' -'! In; i v.l.v. ic had "l "" was, u uo.c.i s.. i...,-. to g,) to a feiien-cortier near the turn i in the roil, where ti coo) spring b:ib . ble I out from under the ro its of an old I oak. And, st angcly enough, it id ! most always hapiiem 1 that the walk j from the schoolhoiise ha 1 ma le Nannie I thirsty, too, and she wa gla 1 to sil ! down under the shade of the old t' c.-'a epreitliiig bia'.iihcs and drink the 1 sweet, icf'-eshing dta i jht which Dick ' ti'iidered her in a cup fa -liioiied from a i great basswood le u". AVhat they i talked about at such times I am not I supposed to know. The weather and i the crops, perhaps. 1 know this, how -1 ever, the horses g,.t a g 1, long rest ing spell on these oceesious. and Nan I v.. ..died home con- i lei.iblv l.it.-i- t tiDti she might have done if she had not playe 1 truant. Her mother used to say, intite often : "There is ono thing about Nannie's tea-.-hin' that the folks e.ri't complain of, an' that is that she alius keeps full hours, an' more, too, fee hn'f the time she don't get home till live or half past five, and it d in't take luorc'u lilteeu minutes to walk fro.u the schoolhou-o lll'-" Tho worthy woman male this re mark at the ta'de more than once, and Dick, at such times, would give a i ly look at Nannie, and she would blush like a newlv blossomed rose or be seized with such a severe 111 of cough ing that she had to h nvc the table, when her mother would woinl -r if she ha l "Bwallere.l her vitt -Is the wrong way." On tho afternoon of the day on which this story begins, Dick Mat ploughing near the road. When he saw Nannie coming, ho hitched his horses to u hickory tree, where they wo ltd get the benefit of its shade, and went to the roa 1. Leaning over tho fence, he waited for he-, watehiti;? her trim-built figure with a bniriug i yes, as she came tin the hill. When site e:l-ne near, he knew by lur face that something hal lmpnenc 1. "Oh. Dick," cried Nannie, as situ came up to the fence, "guess w'u.u's going to he! You can't, T know; hut try." "A camp-vnoeti'ifc " ventured Dick. Camp-meetings were considered to be tho climax of all de ieab'.o i-veiiti among the Brow nsvillians. "Oh. better 'n thitl" cried Nan "Kver s i nie, with sparkling much hotter: Its a siuging-sciiooi : " 'A si leitvr school !' " Di.-k cau ;ht some of Nannie's enthitsia .u at once. " .Veil, tint' will be nice, won't it? I have attended two terms nud we al ways hid Ids of fun, i. wo didn't get much musical henolit. But who's goiug to teach it. Dpucou Snyder V" f fo be continued. A Sts Louis jury wnich ucptitt.-.I A mill ciia'ged witii mur Ice on the leg illation gioiiml id i-i-a iity, w ere s-cue what surprised when ho lose to his feet and said: " dciuie'iiiyi v the jury. I want t- tfcank yon or d'.ct." PHILIPPINE ADVENTURE j : AN AMERICAN SKIPPER'S STARTlIMC . EXPERIENCE WITH FviALAT PlelAItS. Alullny I'lrsf, Thru Tnrtnrrlitrt ntil Tnailliil (it l or WccliH hv l illplnos Win 1 iilciitlcil llim ui u Sari'lfli'o to Xliclr atlvu III Itv How lie :k'iii 1. There lives on tin) HawIeTtoU l"i:id, cis miles from I'inghiimtou, relate tho New Void: Press, a man who hit tied unceremoniously into the passed through a hair rnisine; expert- I priests' tent, where he wai i-triptu d etteo in one of tho islands of tho 1'hil- j of his iusinu-i uf honor and hurried ippine nrehiiielno thirty years a;o, toward the fatal fjiot. Tito sii:i was the details of w hich iiave never before ; weli tij) when the tedious nscent be been made public. Tho man is Eras- pan mid llepwi i'.h dia'-'ijed ah us tits Hepworth, an old skipper, and ; slowly tis possible, (.'Inni-ini; often though now bowed with the wei;;ht of j uiniouidy nt the sun, which wns beat yenrs, he still has a keen recollection i in; its fierce ruys on the inotintain mid vividly leioiints his tab) of tho : side. As he came in t-iijht of the aliar mouths of horror which ho spent ou a he craned his r.cek iind observed the thickly wooded irle in tho Paeilie. sunlight stealinu; toward t'uo stone. In ISti" llepwrt-i wna a sljipper of 1 Tnriiiii.c, ho u.rai.i variied the jiviests a Kum'.l suilini; vnfel that left San j that divine v, i nth would be hurled on J''raiieii-c. for Ilon Kon. At that tliein and their altar if they ntti-nipte I tiun) men were si aree and WiiRc-s hieh, 1 to proceed with tho s.ierilico, but fo Hepwotth was ohlicd to take an '.heir only answer wns to push sttad-ill-assorte 1 crew ; but thouuli of vil- ily on. j!e!ow him, eaiuej upward, lainous coiinteniiuee, tiny behnved j w ere the viMajjcni, so no atetitn tho liiomselves in nn unexceptional man- j proecetlinss with nnxii-ly, for they tier tititil tho China .Sou wits reached. more thai', hall believed what he Then a mutiny w is unexpectedly .1.;- i said. veloped, und lfepwot th, supported by . Tin y had arrived at tho stone altar, only one man, an ollieur, found him- I and lit pum th had to rain rppcul to Sell confronted by a blood-thirsty set ti.e prices, when there was a loud rx of entthroiits, who demanded th t he ! ph.sioii a:i 1 the ult.irwat hurled lower the Stars and Sttipes and raise I lienvenviard with a deafening noise, Ihe black l:v;. It afterward developed ; while the prii s's fell upon their faces, that a litrso nuiulier of the crew had ; When tiie cloud of sinokc lolled away served ou .Malay pirate ships, and that , Ihe crowd on tho hillside could bo by threat h tind promises of reward , seen pros', rutins t iieiaselves and bow liad won over the miuorily. i:p, to a hi- I ilepwor'lt. !to was es- Tiieir dcuiand wis, of course, re- ( corted hack to the illase and treated fuse.il, and tho nllieer tired i; pistol, ns a pod. Nothing was too g, od for wou.idiii one of the inoh. There was him. lie v.:ts alin-.U'd the fall liberty arush forward, and ho was knocked j of the island, mil two months nfter iiown aud east ovi rlioard, food for the ward sui'eee'.c in lit I it) out his boat, sharks that had followed the ship. 1 and one iiinht shoved o:V in the di rec Hepworthwns bound and a eoiisulta- ' tiou of Manila, nrriviii', at the island tiou held as to what, disposal should , of Luzon efier a two days' sad. be made of him. Tho Malays favored Ditriu-j; his iu.'.u-ceralt.ci lleiiworth tiendiii'; him following the ollieer, but I had employed hi tin... mininz thn al the minoiily of American nailers in-j tar with the powder from tho llask hn sisielthat his lite should be spared, j im ! i.c-crvc t. A In n- was made "fa and he was finally put a boat, f,iveti a piece of t ee 1 ssiio'ed full of powder pmr ol oars and a .Rumll supply ot food, and told if he would steer in a certain liitcetiou ho would loi.'h one i of the Philippine l-Iands. ! Alter thirty-i-i"ht liours on the ' (ict'tiii, Ilt'-pwui th reached a thickly i wooded island, which ho subsequent ly determined was of the eroiiti hiuii be- ' tweeu Nindan an I J.eyle. There was a dens.', tropical vegetation, but when ho pulled his boat upon the beach no si";ti of life, lio-ides the provisions ho hal an old-fa shinned fowiiu piece and a this!; of powder. 1 uu wenpon he left, in iho boat ou the beach, und ! witlfctthc. other l ackiiires. started toward the won.l. He Iind f.niio but a abort distance when a nudu and chattering savage sprang from behind a lingo palm tree, threatening hiiu with u spear. Almost instantly ho was sur rounded by a yt lliug, houtiilg crow d of savip-.es, and death seemed near. Jlowiiv.-r, ono of tho mob, apparently tii i chief, interfered, and ho was es corted inland through a trackless un dergrowth, until a village of huts, well up in tho mountain, was reached. Here ho was tied to a treo and the j ch'cf held a lougconsiiltalioii w ith his loll nvi-rii, Tin u Hepworili'.s h inds were unbound, ho w as escorted to a hut adj. lining that occupied by the chief and show n every courtesy. As time wore ou and he picked up a little of tho language, ho was horrified to learn that he, with two other vic tims, prisoners captured on a neigh boring island, were held for a human tacrilice. It was tho custom of this tribe to select prisoners taken in but tlo or captured by other means for saoriiiees to their ods. Tho ictims would fometiines be kept a whole year, aud during that time were treated with every lespect, rich food, llowers and everything that could nmko life iu these savage wilds pleasaut being lavished upon them. llepworlh had been with tho tribo about eight months when ho learned that tho lime of olio of tho victims was drawing to a close, and on a certain day the sacrifice would bo performed. Once devoted to the sacritiee, there was no escape for the captive, and at I'm: expiration of tho limo ho was st ized by tho medicine man or priest of tho tribe and iseorteit up the iiiountniti in plain view of the huts i, nd assembled villagers, to a spot on a promontory w here a stone altar h id been erected. Hero two other medi cine men, striped an I painted until their natural repnlsivouess became something fearful, were on hand to assist. They seized tho victim and laid him on his back, while the chief, w itit a quick pass of his llint knife, opened tho breast i.nd tore out the bleeding, palpitating heart, holding it first toward tho sun, then toward tho village, and finally casting it into the sea. This ended the ceremonies for the day, bnt the most ghastly were yet to come, for at eveniug a huce fire was I lighted, sougs were sung, and tho ! medicine meu, with tho chief and bis ' followers, sat down to feast oil" the 'holy of tho victim, wliieh had been ' roasted to a turn. Wheu Hepworth 'saw the sacrifice and its attendant 1 orgies an 1 realized tho awful position ! in wliieh he was placed, ho became w ith horror, l.scapo was out of ' ihe Miii'stioii. for not only wus he ont 'if tin' truck of vessels, but carefully Wii ched. Ui-e-e pnnvsleeplt".. niyhts ha tie- ! vised a plan that might proro success- ful. It was his only chance aud bo iia t to work in secret. He was 'allowed tho liberty of the island, I -I,., o -lv lu-oliibitoil spot being the whero his boat, to- get iu to ti: ma le with sevei al canoes belet'giiig tiibc. will' keot. At iliiiht he . st-M't'iit trips to that ghastlv on the mo'.i'.'.tnin side where I v s I,;, ; been sp.ci tueed, and t-.-ie (oi his liiVu liic"- near u- , the cnueavorcu to convey tue- impression j that he hud become imbued with n ! spirit of their god, which forbade his j idea".!. This, however, had HO etieet on tiie nicdii ine men and the ehii !'; for, while tiny listened rnspeetfully to Ids haian ine, iicp;;ratio:ri for iho eeleinony ivcnl steadily lorwurd. n tlie iiioriiins of tin' latnl day he we.s aroused at a:i early liour by t .vo attc ii htuts of ths medicine, loan and an t lire w a-- furnisned l.y the crystitni of JIct.w,.i ! h. chi or.o:.!, ; r, which he had fastened t ,'etiier and tilled with water, tin: ; f 1 1 1 i i: ; a burnine, rda' s. Tin.it -'h n o w , ell sluin; in jcirs Mr. I.'cpwi.rt'i is In arty, and, with his wife, enjoys life on tho Ilinvkyton farm. lo'iniv.i Pome on-', bl. lining a liltlo girl for her cx;ravueu!iee, sai 1: "Yon should not burn the candle at both e':ds,' "Why, is pot tlmt the way to make both ends me; I'.-" retorted the ehil 1. Tho Hon. Sir "I. tira-.it Dull', who noted down this r.-partco in his "Diary," mentions r.lso the following good riddle: "When tho day breaks, w hat. !iiv..i:i:cei of tho pieces?"' "They gj into mou'iiin ;." Tho foll.i.ving lire anion f the ilemsof pleasant gossip to bo found in the "Diary": An Kuglish peer c lining out of tho House of Lords met Di-'.aeli for tho firs!, time since he became Lord Bea conslield. How do yon like this place?'' a; ked the peer. "Well," was the reply. '1 feel that ram dead, bu. in the Lly-diri held '.' At a meeting i't l-'.xi-ter Hall Bishop Wilhorforro sp.iko e'.0'iteiitly, und at the close ot Ins address ihe people be gan to go u-.v.iy. A ;fcnt!eimiu, bo, according to tho programme, wa to speak, Kiid to the !'.i;';oj: "I need ii.il speak. 1 hardly think they ex;--eet me.' "To be s r.-e they prelate: "don't you goiti An i'.irjish Da! d-," reiorted the too they ate all ,o, while being idiowii the collection of birds in a museum, asked the name of one o! them. "That a howl," said the attendant. "A what?" cx-'ainie.l the 0 ike. "A howl," repeated the nu n, with even more ili-.tiuetnes whereupon n bystander, seeiu; tlie ciu-o of th Puke's mystification, said, "Your lioyal Highiti ss, 'e sajs hit's a how l.' Whi le Men Slum lie M .irslilpi'.l. Woman's present position iu India is realistically set forili iu the follow ing extract trom a ( b.vei n uicnt prize book tor tiie girls' schools in the Bom bay Presidency : If the husband of u virtuous wom an be ii;ly, of good or bad di-position, diseased, fiendish, irascible, a drr.ukuril, old, stupid, dumb, blind, ileal", hot tempered, poor, ext'-emely coveious, a slanderer, cowardly, n.-i-lidioiis and iiuiiiori'l, lie'.er.beless she ought to worship him as a go 1, with mind, speech and person. Tlie wife who gucs on angry answer to her husband w ni become a village pariah dog; she will also beeomo a female jackal and live in nu uninhabited desert. Tho woman w ho cats sweet meats without sharing them with her husband will becmic a filth eating Til lage sow. The woman who spent. s disrespectfully t. her husband will be dumb in the next in -.irualion. The woKian who hates le. : husband's rela tives will become, from birth to birth, a muskrat, living iu f t i. Hew IIU llpn.1 Was -it tiule.l. Tho Youth's Compati'e'H tells a story of n woman on boatd ehin w hn saw a sailor fall nnd cut his i 1 a -by. She was solicitous in her i.i o.n i"s as t i I his welfare when she ev t .e captain that night, aud would tit nhtediv have coa'iuued her sytttriil'.ty hail not a ronc.ii sea called to mmd her own j suCl-nugs. Four days later, when i she- emerged, white and weak, lvoui i her stateroom, she suddenly icinem. ! bered the l -oor nulor. In the course of the day she saw him, with a strip of plaster on his forehead. "How is your head?" she a-ked, kindly, as lu passed her bent mi some duty. "West i v south, niu'a ii," was the reply, di bwii I . ith n si e .-'.! out hast v clear- CAPTAIN SI GSIIEE'SSTORT HIS OWN ACCOUNT OF T-IE BLOW ING UP OF THE MAINE, lie Was Writim: 1.,'tt.i' ilon VVIhmi the l ilnlll tunic lie Tlinl' ..iiUiil.v I'.,-iie III.' es-.-l Was lllnwii I ;. I noil Ihe Oil I -1 .1 .-. Captain Charles l. Siesbeei- con tributing to the t'cht.ny Ma-.'.tino ins 'J'riM.mil Narrative of the Maine.'' In h.ii second pap. T lie (ie-eribes Ihe blowing up i .f the Miiiue and the scene ; tiiat folio .ved it. Captain Sigsbe.- says: About an hour before the explosion I had completed a report called for by Mr. Theodore Coosevelt. Assistant Secretin v of Ih- Navy, on tho advis ability ol continuing t i place torpedo tubes on board cruisers and battle ships. 1 lin n wrote a I, tt.-r home in which 1 struggled to apologize for leav ing carried in my picket for ten mouths it letter io my win- from one of In r II iend-i of long standing. 'I lie e-i'iin l.ies.s-altelidaiit, .billies Piu.-kuey, had bit. light me, about a:i hour before, a Chilian's thin ceal, because ni' the prevailing heat; I hal lul-:t :i off my blouse, an 1 was wearing this coat lor t ho only tini.) during the cruise. In the pocket. 1 hal found the un-ipeiied aud nuileliveie-l Idler. l'i e l.iie y, a li,',ht-h:'art-.'d colored iunn, v. i.o i.eut ii. n Ii of his t-i. o-e time in si.i i:,'.', p'.:.;. in-; t Ii- banjo und il.fici tee; pes. was )nr s.ihie it happy frame ! ui in r .: cspi ei.iliy i 1 that night. Poor leil.jv. l he was killed, a - was nlsogood old John B. Bell, th- i-d'.red cabin steward, who had beiu in tlie navy tHciiiy-.-cveii yeais. At 1 ips C'turu in and keep ",iet'" . fen minutes after nine o'ch .-'.;, I laid ilni'ii my pen to li-.t.u to the in.t.-s nf III" b-.i ;le,w hie'u v. . io singularly bc.u tit.ii in tho oppressive stilliies., of the :ii ;i:i. The murine bugler, Newton, wn iwus rather given t i fanciful ei-t.-.-ts, vas evidently .icing hi:, best. I'u inir bis juiusi s the echoes I'eate.l l-a -i: to the ship with tan -.iilai- disti:-..-.. n- s., r -peti'.ing the slreit.s uf the 1 ,i-.'lo fully and i-Mtctly. A hub' h.,tir later .v v, ton wu -i dead. I w is enclosing my letter in its en velope when tin' i-vplosiou cauie. The i'upres'-'ioii made ou dil'sreut people -:i I ini-.l Ihe Maine varied -uiiiew li.it . To me, in my position, v, '.! ufl. and w i bin tin; siuii re, i-.:cl nie. ii was n bur-ting, rending und clashing nouud of roar of immense voluiue, largely metallic in chiti-.u it r. It was I'nllowei! by a mee.--;::.,'U nf heavy, ominoii nieta'lie souii Is, p.o'eably caused by the overturning ot the e, i.li ul mipcr strticture und by felling deb: is. Tim e was a trembling an I bin liii. ; mot ion id the vessel, a li t to pel t aud at. mye lin at of ! ub-elcl.eo. i ! lights, .,f which there v.er rleetrk- I eight in ; tlm cabin where I was sitting out. Then there wus ii.u-iijo , went black- lie: nun i::lo, T;ie : it italii"! could hoi be Mistaken ; the Maine was blown up and sinking. I'd' a moment the iustmct of scll 1 i e: ei .iiti.i'.i took charge of mo, but t'i! was iinmcdi.di ly dominated by thcioihit , f comnmu I. I went up the iueliued .leek into the .-turbo. ir. I e ibiti, to", ai'd the starboard air ports, w hich w ere relieved souiew h:;i ii'-'ainst the b.'c'i-.'iniKo; of tiie skv. T i! sues were o.it. ui.d the openings were large. '.My lie: t intention was an escape thioiiidi an air port, but this was abatl ile.ii.: 1 i.i v of the more dignilicd w.iv of making an exit through the pa-srigt wuv leading forwuwl through the supi . si riii-'.i'rc. 1 groped my way .hr.ui -,.1 the oa'-in into tho passage, li'.i 1 ii!oii?; the passage to the outer .1 The passage turned to the i i ;ht, or starii iu .1, near the forwi.rd part of the snper-lvv.-t'ire. W lieu the turn w.i-; rea ''u-d. so-alc one i in int. n.e violently. It was 1 Ihivaic William Antiionv, the ordeilv . the cabin d.mr. lie s'dd s.uiiet inn", apolo.-ctie. and relented that the ship bad been blown upiiud was sinking. lie was directed to go out on the ,piar- t . rdeck, and 1 follow ed him. Anthony has been pictured as making r..i ex- j i ei ditigly loi-mal salute on that oere.- sio.t. Tli" driinui'.ic elVee! of il salute ii'iiint add to l:is heroism. If lie had made a saline it could not huvo been s.-t u in tiie bl icktie-s cf that compirt nu nt. Aiilhouy did his whole duty, uVj. i'iit pci-'otuil risk, ut a ;iiue when l.c might have eva led t he d anger w it ii out i,u, sii. i.i, .-in.! ih-si'i ied nil the eomtueiid.it ion that he i i ceive-l for his U"t. He hung lici'.r ice with Killing yilti : ill and watehtulnes. t eat uieh! until the ship w as ubi.ni'em. d. I st.i il to'' a luoiiicnt on the star board side of ihe m. mi .leek, loi uaid i i he Miper- Irui liii .-, looking to". .,r,l the in. ...en. e ,1-1.1. l-iil-s te.it liuil.e d in. a-ifds-hip . I ut coitl I s. e n, ;hli,.; lii-'.metly. Ihei, I remain, d tor a lew second i t '. an e iloi I to l'i .is; , the situa tion, und then It'lced Alltho'll lor the exact time. lie replied: " l ie' ,-rj.;,. Moll too., ' was soon t ut iiiiie torly, sir. It iiry to retire from t he that ill t of the -dm, main deck, for t was sinking ia:e en t he poop-di "I ten ml ( 'on. man. l,v. I t in n w ill no y this t inie i.ii l W i uv I ij-.ht- lino I'verybod y v. ,..s "the I s were near t' C. niipn .-- ed by the sob : u-t. r. bill there w i- l, ltilty of the .ii. -t xciteuu ut iip- Ipnreut; oerlect discipline j.reMiiieil. I Idle i.l'.nstlO ! i:.lS lieCU IINIicd ti'iiuy i times ii' I l.-'lu led then that the Ainu,,, i v ic blown no fi.n.i the intsiue. "y , nuswei- t.. '.is ti..-. ii. , c i hat icy tir.-t ! order on l i'elii:ig tht deck was to jm-t sentries about the si; p. 1 knew- that I tiie Maine had been blonn tip, and be i i uved til.;', 'ho Icei b t.i blou-.iup ' irohi ibe ov.ts-, ,c. 1 ueluiove ! a measure which w-a- initiide I ordered 1 to guard 1 aaatnst attack, iheic :P no need I for the m o iiu)resr i"o 1 m.inv Mo -. , bet I am writing of f.rst 11.- ! ro'u i. i - ihe sound of ,.- shore, sugi.'es kin-, iiiiici'iiieiy :s ..t-.-.lwiiy in S-.-Kti- :ii'-i l. iiii pulp' AN IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE. lhitnl tin, I neinieilvo f.iiincHiiciiri-4 of Train Kiiiiateliei" Cunscluu Ihror. .V lingular psychologicol phetioni- lion i-ci urred c.t Ilagerstowu, MJ., tin- i ther .lay. (ioverncd by some imi'iilse which he cannot explain iiud e..u!d not control, the train dispatcher n the ikiltimore .V Ohio Bailroud at tliul point eomniitted an error of wliieh lie was fully coii.v.-ious at tho time and ah. eh v.a-t followed by fatal aud de str o tive co:iseiueiice.s. He says that l e simply could not help it. No. 13 freight was coining down the road at tull speed, with right of way. The truck was open, the signals were all ! properly s and if the dispatcher bad gone to sleep or left his post or , turned 1 i-: back and looked out of the window th- train would havo passed on to its destination and all would have been weli; but, prompted by i some ii re- isiible influence, ho stepped I across the tower, seized the handles i f ..no of the leversiin.l threw a switch w huh t in ;,, d- the train upon another ' truck occupied by an idle locomotive, only a few yards away. When the : engineer of the freight saw that the witch was turned he blew uu ill arm ; ou his whistle nnd reversed his ' tl.r dtie, but the h'-.tvy train of twenty ! four loaded cut s was coming down a I crude at a speed of sixteen miles on J hour, and ; truck the dead engine with .tremendous force. The tiromau 1 iui.iped. The i tigiueer attempted to do so, but us caught in some manner ' ; ud killed. One of the hi nkeuieii was thrown o'.V a c.tr and so badly injured ; that he has since died. Both engines j v.eie practically destroyed und S10H, I roil worth of freight was so badly ' da in aged that the company had to pny ! for it. j The Ir.iin dispatcher was n man of i middle age, tetupcriito habits, prond I judgment and had been in the service I twenty years without getting a mark j again d him. No dispatcher or opera I t i;- on the road lis I a better reputa 1 lion or was considered moro reliable, i yet lie says that he knew he was doing j wrong when he pulled tho lever nnd j wa'. n:.ab'(i to n.sist the impulse that j impelled him. He made no ell'ort to ' evii le the responsibility or cxeupo his , conduct. Wiieu he saw the disaster i he had en e.sed Ii" threw himself down ; on the tloor of the tower and cried I like a child. He offered himself for , at.y jiiiiiishtueiit that might he im I posed, has heeu indicted by tho (irand Jury aud will plead gtlllly to tlie id i e rge of manslaughter nt the next I term of court. Chicago lleeurd. Maki'-IIi-lievt: Meti-nroliiKv. Wh.'ilever may Le the stale of the weather outside, the stage manager within can bring about rain and hail. wind, or n thunderstorm at will; nud the illusion is soeoiiij.Ute us to some- times make nervous members ot the audience insensibly shudder. Hail i.'id rain urn represented by a closed wooden cylinder about six feet long, which in obstructed inside by various cross-pieces, a quart of peas complet ing the arrangement. By turning this cylinder fust onu way und then the other, tho peas rattle through it w ith ciose imitation t. the sound of heavy rain ou a roof. The wind arrangement consists of u wheel of about two ieet diameter, set iu a frame like that of a grind stone. This wheel is furnished with ribs on its periphery somewhat like the (louts of a wutcrwheel. nud drawn tightly over thefe libs is u piece of thick silk. When tho wheel is turned the ribs rub against the silk, nud by turning the handle titst quickly and then simvh, a very good imitation of the soughing of the wind can be pro duced. Lightning can easily be imi tated by chemical or electrical means, and the u-uuil mode of prodtlciug ! thunder is by shaking a largo sheet of I'exiblo ir.ui plate. A snowstorm is broueht ill. out by a perforated revolv- i ing cylinder above the stage, chnrged with paper cuttings. ChaMItr' I Journal. All Intmiili,- l-t-oin Mlllc. One of Chicago's music teacher, a l-heuchman, went to Cuba as bugler in an Illinois company. Since his return he has had some dillicnlly iu builditiL. up a pi-id, table class, und for that rea son he has been compelled to accept il number of unpromising pupils. The etlu leach, r be, ..) o:," pup Side boar, tnei'.l of le siiii.oione I ma:. I :::: ti," i.e. bel lied. illg le studies . "P. ar e to llll.u" II your daiigi llllisi in-Pi mvc you i she be ci at grand . single :.-.-:-i her lilllil, k the patience of the one exhausted ill the ease ., the daughter of a North ..! ru !,' man. Iu a uto ,',lc - less the Freiichtuir. :'l the Bullish lit his com . r -. ihe following note to of the col who was Hot i-.i!'.. c:ii. ut in her pia'i" i : It re-rets me, indeed. ;:i ottuci mout to yell that o r is whu' may bo called a in... As a mail of honor, I ,y word that, even should sod repeatedly to infection oeras und concerts, not a : of music would lodge in her 'on', lo r eonstitntii i. in e.-nera' A'-'iifi, with upologtes most Ii umbo- I to you declare that my pupil is a music immune, aud so I heiebv i.i tec her out of my cla- . iiiort. sad." Chicago In w ith 1 i'gl e ter- ccu;i. An l.xpi'nlil- I'listiim. 1 I have t lehel iii M. A. P., writes T. P. ' 'Ci, ior. on some of the qnuiti' obseriu'.ii-' , from generation to gen ration, of 'ho marriage ceremonies of the lcadiii; families in these coun tries. Let me detail a very charmiufr birthday usage, fro u hie j there has bocu no clcpui ture for centuries iu the Piotuschild futailv. With tho Roths childs it is tiio custom to purchase fix pearls, each eostiue .ill"1, on tho bir.'i ,,f eacii bubv girl. On each birthe. six il l-lit ioiml pea. I- hi . added to 1 '.. oliu.al pirc'.'.li.se, so tout wiictltl young lady noikes lur ilel.at in see ety, a i-iisl.ct of iii.iginticc!it peatls , i.nse . t -1 b, i.e.' - lee.: I n Mail. -, l..eltl I' .-!' ': . I''1 Ill I ii 5 ' - - ' - ' ..- . " - - ... . . ..... .'.

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