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qa$tnria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
anA Children. ' t contains' neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic 1 substancjc. It "ia harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Brops, Soothing Syrups, an4 Castor Oil.
it Is Pleasant, j Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
liimtons of Mothers. Castoria is the Children's Panacea
(lie Mother's Friend. I,
most dmicerous and rccKiess
'devils and tha.bad Aratricans are
.joining them r in their purposed
I crimesl -Wilmington Messenger.
Castoria.
iartorlalsf) well Waptoii tochildrcnthnt
1 It M sniperior tjf any prescription
. II. A. AWSIKH, M. !.,
"ill Oxford St., 'Brooklyn, N. Y.;
t. 'Cqstorla' iswo univu.-sal and
wfU krioMcivtluil it-seMiis a work
J:.
Few art' tho
-" Tlic
; its ntii'.-
,j ait'W-r"-:'" ;-:itlun to endorasit.
IniliJ.iiUulllY l'O H kwp Cattot ia
Caku8 Mautyn, p. D.,
' ' l IS'ew York gky.
; Castoria.
Cantor! a cures Colic, Constipation,
Kour (stomach, Diarrhona, Eruciation,
Kills Wqrnrwi, rjyes tUocp, and promotes dl-
portion, - -Without
injurious medication.
For several, years J have rocommendec
Xyour ' Castoria, '..and shall always continuo t
lo so as it has invariahjy produced bwnencia
reSults."
Edwin F. Parpek, M. Ij.,
" lUCth Street and 7tb Av.-., ilew York Citr
Tna Ckntauu Compajt, 77 i Mliiray Stekkt, Hew York Crr
1 th. pftt.t of goTnt of mnlcipalitira. Offi-
irfa?rirnerttedW4th was very small, . t
experimentecitw4in d, quauficatioo should rest solely
I A cut which Was in the room died in , m
r t .i f1 ua x. f tht upon inienigciiwc nuu .nuigmj.
a few seconds .from. the ellects ot tne .
? ; . There is danger that the term ot
vapor i J ; Mayor Stuart will be known in city
All (his shows that Europe has fldra'in;st rations of the future as the
emptied upon, otu shores f. number ot . n-tJrn 0f Charles the Second of Eng
land was known as a.pcnon ot dis
solute extravagance. There was no
pretense of economy in the admini-stra-tion
of the English king, and
there is but little. if any, in that of
the Philadelphia Stuart. It is a
great pity that the Mayor does not
rise to the occasion and stop the
profligacy and waste of ;, Councils.
No one questions his integrity, nor
his righteous intention; but the debt
is being sent sailing up to the possi
ble limit, and when the warrants
shall have leen put out and the
money gone there will be reckon
ing. Integrity and intentions will
not recover spilt milk.
It is not too late for the Mayor to
call a halt and pick up the broken
fragments of what promised to be a
successful management. The people
ot Philadelphia will not submit to
any more City Hall jobs; and the
Mayor is the one man in all the
town who can stop them.. If this de
fiance of the popular will is to go on
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
U NX,
HashillStOll Letter. " the Republicans being determined to
( orrf.i.oiKU-Hoo of the Watchman. - tt: to make political capital out of
r Washington, D.C., June 2G, 1894-. the matter
V . . - - ! ' , , T 1 J
"."What can t Je cured must De cn-
t
i!urc(t,l is a homely adage that is
about nil the consolation that the
-averse Democrat can-get out of the
tariff biii:
as tht
r. 1
Senator Harris.
Pcrmcratip leader, ; has, done all th7it
. . . i 1 t " . t
...i.i rk tr tin nriL iti'f 11
.jno rtl.'lll lUUIII (III. i"W " s---
, aj)v stipporttd by sorrje of the Dem
Kratic senators, but, Unfortunately,
not by all. and the Jnargin is too
small to foree anything without a
f. united support. Somd of the Demo-
' cratic Senators seem td have an iilea
that wlien they pledged their votes'
' in li. Kill t liov- hnd ntrformed their
I" l'v ' ' ' - I
V. . .,. , . t I.
j-'who e.df.tv: as a consenuence, nere s
another woek oneancj the final vote
is not in sight,, although it is difficult
tiTiti hfiv-p fmr tvrolonffini? the aconv
'v-tA-riW'fri'nn Viiq plr "! A rtemocratie
senator remarked in niy hearing to
' day: "I doth't believe the Republicans
- niu v v v w . i j ----- - -
rtalienon tnis oiii unu we compel
4lirm to do. -so." Whether this is
iritc or mi, i iHHicisifiuu nun -
'thr- inirn!mi of nenrlvlall of the Re
publicans to make long speeches on
"ome portion of, the bill this week.
If that is allowed it a very easy
inathenia'tieal calculation to show
lihp.imiHlssilvilitv of nassinir the bill
.this week. " -
l President Cle vela mi's little salt
Water trip dfd him a: world of good.
lie returned looking like a new man;
liut the-trouble with him is that he
works' just as hard in 'thelebtlitat
ing weather of sunrmet as he does uj
cold weather, and the natural conse
ciuetcv 'is that he sopn gets run
tlown, lie knows this just as well
.' as anybody d(nrs, but he is so con
sfitutcd that; hecannqt stop work
l.-l ul i -km .l,ni-o't l,
1I(1-S J1C IJVS ilWilf -nwiu n-i- ini-
rtork is.
Speaker Crisp has beln confined to
nisroorn the greater portion of this
week with a stoniach trouble. His
phvsician made .him ' Istav in tbe
4
Ibouse more as a precat'tion than be
cause his condition mde it 'neces-
parv. Representative llailey, ot lex-
PS, made a great success as Speaker
fro tern.
In order that no inconvenience
may be caused by the. failure of the
regular appropriation bills to be
come laws by the first of July tbe
House appropriation committee has
reported a joint resolution extending
tile appropriations lor "this year
thirty days fromuly 1. This indi
cates that members of thatommit-
teeare of the opinion that the ap-
Rinlfnir in 'six states, murder m
two, destruction of property in four,
additional troops called out in three,
form the record of the coal strike
during the week. But not the whole
record,? for'dokens of factories have
been compelled 5 to suspend opera
tions, dozens; of trains have been
abandoned by the railroad compan
ies, nncj great j numbers of men have
been thrown out oLemplovment be
cause a sufficient supply of coal could
not b,e obtained to continue opera
tions. The striking miners have
evidently become desperate and in
their fury have murdered one or two
railroad men engaged on coal trains,
a fact that has greatly incensed the
railroad employes, many of whom
sympathized with the miners until
they found their own lives in danger
from the unreasoning fury of the
mobs. Pana, Illinois, is virtually be
sieged by large bodies of strikers
who are determined ijthat the exten
sive mines ,at that point shall lie
closed, and a whole regiment of
troops from Chicago is now at that
nntnr tn nrevent riossible trouble.
' , ' ,i i . Istoppin
... w.wwr-
der armV and find busy employment
in protecting mines and trains.
Even in Maryland, the militia has
been called but to protect non-union
miners Sfrom violence, while in In
Capt. Naihaa Hale.
There has been erected in one of the I
parks of the city of New York, a
statue to the memory of a brave
young Americau who died for his
country. The merited i honor has
long been delayed, but to jday Cap
tain Nathan Hale is remembered by
a monument worthy of the fame of
the "Martyr Spy" of the Revolution.
The story of the young patroit's ca
reer is one that all young folks
should be better acquainted with.
It has been said by one of our most
able writers that Hale furnished the brown hair and complexion as fair
most comspicious example for pa- as a girl's but with a look of deter-
triotism that the history of the Re- mination on his lips, and a brave
volution has left us. That he was light in his eye, stepped forward and
but a boy not quite twenty-one in thrilling tones said; "I will do
years of age, that he was entrusted it." It was Captain Nathan Hale.
by Washington with a commission Washington had heard of him be-
of great importance to the patriot fore. The preceediug spring the
cause, that he was captured by the young patriot had been the leader of
Bntish and hung as a spy; these few a small party that under cover of
facts, together with the words of his night and in a row boat; boarded
dying speech, "My only regret is that and took a British vessel -filled
I have but one life to give to my with army supplies, from under the
country," is all that is generally guns of a sixty-four gun ship, anchor
known of the youthful hero, ed.'only a few rods off, and brought
Nathan Hale was born in Coven- this vessel, with its crew fastened in
try, Connecticut, in 1755. He was its hold as prisoners; safelv to the
was of sturdy New England ances- wharf. The stores had been a valu-
try, of the same yeoman stock that able acquisition to the patriot army
produced Putnam, Green and Stark, aud the valiant deed was in men's
and many other of the Revolution mouths for weeks.
the people had better begin a! once 1 worthies. Educated at Yale college, It was a dangerous and despised,
to organize a Citizens' ticket for he was a teacher in New London, as well as an important commission,
Mayor and Councils for the spring with the ultimate purpose of enter- that young Hale had undertaken. It
of 1895, and drive from place the j ng the ministry, when the news was to penetrate in disguise the
vsciit wasteful officials. came from Boston of the battoon of enemy's camp, ascertain their num-
Every housekeeper, every house ' the battle of Lexington. Full of pa- ber and distribution and, if possible,
owner and tenant, is interested in ! tnotic ardor he was one oi the first learn their plans of attack. In fact,
this waste. It. means a
Three Dollar Tax Rate. It means
the prevention of necessary improve-
have but one life to lose for my conn-
try." i
The next moment he was swung
on into eternity. Half an hour after
wards his body was taken down and
hurried, probably not farfrbm-where
he--suffered death. The site was un
marked and when, at thcclose of the
contest' the British retired from New
Yotk, no one knew Hale's resting
place. But the story of the heroic
death, and the immortal woids that
he spoke under the gallows were
never forgotten. Today there is no
memory more fondly cherished than
that of the brave martyr spy of the
of the Revolution, Catpain Nathan
Hale. Selected.
to enlist. By his earnest appeals he it was simply to be a spy. His friends
induced others to enlist, and the next tried to persuade him to desist from
morning after they had heard the
tnents in water supply, the abandon- news, Hale and his companions were
raent of the Gas Works, "and the on their way to Boston. "Let us
handing over of this great and beau- march immediately," he said, "and
until
. . hlnnrn liin rV HvnAlTllte Of
tfnr.i(mn tulle rn n nil tv nnsspfl tlv 1 "- .r r
the first of August. Democrats hope preventuc irauspu,. .
to have things in such shape that ine war aivnpp.cv.nxK.au.,
fVnrP rnn ndimirn flhnilt that "Wiq utsut
jw-.- , .i : 1 :
moment,. ai least, iuc miucis uaviug
I -r.,1 A, ir 4-n li nnlif inol Vinorc nml I tin! Inxr rinu'n niir nrmc tintll WP
diana, railroad ondges nave Dcen - " . . - , .
burned to I iv 1 w nu l.. - ....v. ...r-k."....
Philadelphia Record.
He was then nineteen years old,
just entering upon a useful profes-
the attempt. A classmate, Captain
Hull, afterwards a famous general,
remonstrated with him.
"It you seek to sacrifice your life
for America," he said, "seek it in do
ing a soldier's duty, and not that o
a spy.' '
Th brave young patriot answer
date"
11 It mig
rhe development of Southwestern sional life, and engaged to be mar- ed: "I know what my fate will be i
Louisiana has been coins on at a ried to a beautiful ana estmiaoie a am uiscovereu, uut 1 am not to oe
I . si 1 . a 1 y i-
. i ' .i- i vnnnn oHit Uii f ho fVinnorht nn v nt uticrreu. nverv tritKi r scrnrp tif-
jij .iit..i.i j. i,n.,: suronsinsr rate aunng me last icw ',v- j j
tat be supposed that with the XW Z. year,. Ten years ago it as almost hi. country; he was not the man to cessarj for the public good, becomes
senate meet.ng-da.ly.at W W'r-A, ia wilderness, ahhongh known to think of himse.f in that hod, of fJrjUt
ana not aqjourning oeiore of or uau - :- ; - . fertile soil and solubrious nation s crisis, i nere were ocners ui uijruuu try ucuianu u
past, that Senator Faulkner, chair- rge Ucd dliuate. Today it is fast filling up as brave as he, but, there were a few peculiar service, its claims to the per
man of the Democratic Congression- meD- insir! wu w etc -Jfh frmp frnm Towa ana other who sacrificed as much, but none forraance of that service are imper
al Campaign committee, would Py- raoid were braver, none sacrified at his kms."
- - . . . t i iinii t npir rnmuivri a. muLUfii at:i tc- i - i it--i . .
unable to hnd anv time to aevote to -7-- l .riZJ- 1 . - i j i .-m u muntrv's altar more than voune uiu ever a Koman Hero sneak no
. I ' " . ... . l J . I I1FVPII11 lTTir-II 1 lift 11 I U 1 1 1. 1 V I Li CI U I J ' t7
. . . . i tnntii navirwr i rifn rti f i ifi i ;imi ;i i s-r-- r i
the work of tW mmittee Hut he jcolumbus, Ohio, will, judged from some figures given con- Nathan Hale.
does find lots of time. He Spends e jomethi ' for other cerning the cultivation of rice in His company, after being at Bos
something like an hour at committee t Jr -u . rlrRien narish. In 1884 one ton for a short time, were placed un-
aiST.urueuuist.ncis. i uc w gcuu- i
al feeling that the present condition harvesting, reaper, and binder mach- der Colonel Webb's command, and
flra;,c odnnnr rnnrinne and an in was in use there. In 1885 there for a few months were employed in
apparent willingness un the part of were 5; in 1886 the number was 50; guarding the coast in the vicinity of camP at Harlcra Heights and made
i. " I ' . . . . .1 Uic FO,. Vrtflb- iVfinnM mult
both side eii4k-tp settle the difficul- in 1887. 100; in 1888. 400; in 1890, New London. In the autumn they v -
mere nc uoneu nis uniiorin anu put
mittee I uujn.u, v .w..,.-.. --- . ' .
Calcasieu parish.
headquarters -every morning beiore u -.V 'Z?J5.7rr' 1
the senate meets and he returns in
the evening as tsoon as he gets
through his dinner and remains until
11 o clock or later, those who are . SOnn: a possible. The most 1.000: in 1891. 2.000; and in 1892 returned to Boston and during the
familiar with the work he has al- I . -J:J J. ,.u krtii - o nnn f lrctino- L;o-rt rAnnir TTnle wns nrcMntnont
bier words? No wonder that the
colonies w6n their independence, I Jarn,n
with such men for defenders.
Procuring the garb of a school
teacher.. - Hale quit the American
. rou ml ibe World.
the present century has witnessed
so many great cnnincenno: feats that
it is no longer surprising when a new
one of special magnitude is mention
ed. Our readers, we take it.' are all
aware of the fact that the produc
tiveness of the Nile valley is depend
ent on the annual overflow of the
river. Not only is a sufficient sup
ply of moisture thus secured for the
growing crops, but the deposit of
alluvium keeps up the fertility of the
soil. A low Nile, therefore, means
depressed agriculture. When such a
calamity occurs for two or thre
years in succession, the result is im
mense suffering.
For a long time the question has
been discussed whether it might not
be possible to construct at some
point in the upper part of the valley
a reservoir or a series of reservoirs
for storing up the surplus waters of
the flood season, and turning them
loose as they are needed. Snch a
scheme, if at all practicable, would
be of immense benefit to Egypt. In
a recent most intcrescing article In
tbe NTnc-teenth Century, Sir Ben-
Baker, speaking on this
makes the following state
Commissioner Lochrcn, of the Pen
fion Bureau, will turn over to Uncle
Bam on the ao. inst.. the snug little
sum of $23,000,000, 1 Which by eco
homical management of that bureau
jie has saved out-of" thief amount Jiis
.Republican predecessor estimated
mould be necessary to pay pensions
IFum July l. 1893, to lune 30, 1894
Republicans who believfe in wastefu
extravagant expenditure ot
r . i o ,
Public money will be 1 sure to de
j pounce Judge Lochren for not ha ving
paid out every dollar 4pPrpriated
.y. hut sensible people who believe that
public business should Ibe" conducted
the same principles vhich govern
1 isceessful private establishments will
. be apt to say. "Well dope, thou good
lndfaithflscTvant.", j- . - :
The senate committeielias about
- contlnded its investTgtion of the
- fugar trust. It will? near no more
jWitnesses, except the! wo or three
gators who have n6t, owing to
tu'p pt 'lin rtvfimiiU'd. It
point
called the Cedars, in Huntington
Bay from which place he boldly ad
vanced into the enemy's lines..
sprimiR incident was the caoture bft there were 3.000 of these harvesting siege young Hale was pre-eminent
fhP National Tube Works, at Mc- machines in use. In 1884 250 cars among the officers for his activity meu uai
;cv. nnA ct-;ii npfnw the cpifrc wns m-pr in a slooo and lanaed at a
' !.?!', I . .
Pittsburg bv a a i body of 5,000 by railroad, and in 1893 the number he had been promoted to the rank oi
strikers, wlio,l-armed to the teeth, had risen to 10,000 cars. To-day captain.
and with two j&r three pieces of artil- there is no part ot Louisiana that Nathan Hale is said to have been a
tuscuss nib putus ,u uejvBFa. u, le cxpfa! tKeir'i determination to has a future of greater promise, perfect athlete. While at Yale his
it can bj 'said without violation focttes-; and prevent re- Southwest Louisiana may be defined feats of strength and agility were
Ol WOlliiucuLC ia.il nc la luu.iu(.iii, mi. . t i-yr.y, , .,:r, .ui. C -Ua Li l.f4l, lUr, Tf- ic cnul
kiittitii it in tit i w ui iv lv iiuiruuiuu rn rnmiirisf i iihl iiui liuu ui inv i nt- wiiiiuni ui uil uiivt. - '- -.v
-. I -5 I " . I 1 1
i ! -. ! v- 5a . -fl (' I a 1 1
ofrpfrinr h n c vpi nnin mfifie I Cfnra hMtirr nmcf t v prmiiinn nvfr. f hof fit- rxo x xxo iif s iowou nis now
U1V Ala iU f v. I ' . j - vJlu l- i y iijk " vov - " - r I WUW , . m.. ... - - i j . . . , i e
to drive them 6t.-. and south of the line of 20V2 north Cr by jumping out of one hogshead " . "
latitude. On the west it is bounded into another and repeating it for
by the great State of Texas; on the several minutes. Like Washington
south by the Gulf of Mexico. It em- he could leap the highest and throw
ready done pronounce him to be one
of the most thorough organizers who
ever directed thework of a campaign
committee. Senator Faulkner is too
xperienced a political manager to
discuss his plans in a newspaper, but
Democrats will control the House in
the next Congress.
The House has again put its offi
cial endorsement on Representative
latch's anti-option bill. r
point,
ment: :
By the construction of the pro
posed reservoir, the flow down the
Nile, when Water is of the highest
value, will be considerably more than
, 11 1 l i M I .-I l.l!
on a brown suit and a broad-brim- uounica. so no uctanca calculations
Then he crossed the sound rc required to show the direct and
indirect returns to Egypt must be
enormous, and that the condition of
the cultivators will be vastly im
proved. To illustrate the extent of
the chanirc. it may be meutioned
It was in the month of September, Hat Mr poster, thc'lnspector-gener-
al of Irrigation for Lower Egypt,
177G. In a fornicht-'s time he had
successfully performed his errand.
He had made full drawings of the
A Stale Ctuiifnfgn on Cfevelaad Issue.
A Plot to Blow up the Capital.
The Democrats will begin the fight braces' the parishes of Acadia, Cam- a stone further than any of his com-
The-Washingfon Post of Monday this years with 14.000 majority eronf Calcasieu, Lafayette, and panions He was just six feet in
Ufninc n thrPP rnbimn account of a against tnem. in, uic RCHuir Vermilion. The land is Hat, part heiehtv broad ot cnest ana spienuiu
I 1 J I I J. ..... I " I
plot to blow up the Federal capitol. Hcan and Popplist vote united lea black prairic and pine-bearing sand. ly proportioned. In fact, he was one
. . . I.i - j " 1 i I - A CCC nr- I.. .. . . . 1 I r H a 1 .Z I., flirt i rm v
Tt saxsthatit was in real danger, tne uemocrau? yoic uy Along the tiult ioasc it is covcra oi me mirai iuumuS muni, j
and that there were days ot great more. Can it pe overcomer mat with marsh. This is said to be so says one who knew mm wen. mi
i: ii I rlonpnrli; nnnn-L The Messenger I ii i. . -:n fVi rnn. .ilncrrofinn nf liis hnnl hood and eh-
uneasmess among poucc auiuum. u,r..uU ?! , - f me grunucm. i . . . ttv;c n,rnn nn,l hvnnrrird bofore
: vnei,:(n . Ti,a onohJcc n-prp I would like to see a State campaign x:f fi. mimirv for cattle rais- durance, dunnc the siege ot lioston r -
ill VltOlllLILllWU. 1UI. UUUIblilJ I ; , " '
. . . .1 . . . . J iL. t I .y ...... ... ... . .. , i j. ,4 4-
closely watched, and fortunately on btate issues? as iar as uic ijiis- and admirably adoptcu to mc he waiKCO nome iu
T.Vnltc inf niiinrr. the lirnnorh th snow when it vva Kntt
Milieu linn., x iuiv.-, i un i to"
orange, are also successfully grown
N. Y. Evening Post.
all the desired information. .No one
suspected him, and he repassed the
lines in safety, with his papers hid
den between his foot and stocking.
But while waiting" for a boat at
Huntington, he was seen and recog
nized bv a Tory-relate, who betray
ed him to the captain of a British
sloop in the bay. lie was arrested,
The tell talc papers were found upon
Other state officers
I iu :
J5UI mc wise HUM UI
:efl and scorned the
db this that was first
dow ill in the sun. In a tew mo
ments there was an explosion, A
irreat deal of noise did not accom-
..already been made plain that ' pany the explosion, but there was
the
report will not be unanimous, J terrific concussion, and, mas to-
ing on Congre$sional and Cleveland
issues and see Where you will land
' the party. Wilmington Messenger.
nml is brought aeainst the
j -
estate of the late Senator Leland
Stanford, of California, as one of.the
leading stock-holders of the Central
Pacific Koad. The amount oi money
their opportunity to carry out their lature and
hellish plans never came. There were are concerned.
secret movements of a half-breed the press scou
named laxon. and a nest of anarch- proposition to
de hv the Messenger and strong
v-M.vofe "i S -j "I f - f .1 T,,-,,
n utwin,v. Ur indorsed and enlorcea oy ine Auomcjr-ucnua.v.
I . . . . i n I o . i t. t-r nitwre in tnP
... . . Ttt I I Unln.. ICnriTOr I Hfl 1 f 1 T I I : 1 1 I ' I I ; 1 I1ILII L IC . -
ers got to -Washington. 1 ne con- me v.uanuuow.Mi,i. ' , . .
e I .1 I .. w.. (J a. .:! ..: t,4- line nrnrmhlv
2- ...i, c-ot.af. thrpp other oaoers saw it m me uareesu-ivu sun imw
SUiracv wns 1 1. v-aiv-u (.w vjvi is,-"Hv " k ;'ir I , , . . . ., i
a - i .... ' . . . ii I i 1 , . . -rVk . ,n 1 nta rniintrv
c nrmUf nnrl thp srrr Siv ce same lieht. UUt tne press generally ever uveu uifi j
Bureau. The devils were disappoint- that spoke coiMmned and even ap- It is for no less a sum than $15,000,
tA nrl rintrl that nlied aoprobnous epithets to those UOU,
4.T : 1 trarimic Hticf rll fn VOriTlO ttj 1ff V Well. Mate the
armies to Washington would culmi- campaign as yb please. Try to de
nate iu scenes of violence, and it was fend Cleveland s bad appointments,
under the Cover ofthisthey hoped to his HaWaiiare Imismagement, his
carry out their infernal plans of de- murdering of silver of the Constitu
struction of life and property. The t?o., his. Van Ajln cjeanness, his con
detectives about a fortnight ago trolling the Congress thus interfer
found the formula for the making of ing with law making power, his
a most deadly and new explosive, wobbling on taxation and favoring
The Post says of thisjnstrument of protection andi being in close fellow-
death: ship and underthe benumDing pow-
"4s soon as the oolice obtained the er of plutocratlnd the Money Devil,
frrmnlM thev took it to a well- and then see wat a fine time there
m;c nH '.-asked him to will be. Indole Cleveland in the
make un a.samole. He did so in his State Convention, and try to defend
lnhnrntorv. and nlnced it on a win-! the Senate scl-oot, anqtnen iojk out
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for 40,000 maflinty against me de
mocracy. Try iyour State corapaign
deep, and returned the same way,
being absent just one week. The dis
tance was some two hundred miles.
In 1776 the battle of Long Island
was fought, the result of "which was Cunning
disastrous to the American
WnshinfTton retreated across
den. Howe.
The sturdy patriot denied nothing.
He admitted that he wasa spy and
mlmlt- nwaitrd his sentence. In a
few moments it was pronounced by
Geh. Howe in these words: "William
ham, provost marshall ot
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tin. directed to receive into nis ousiou
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river to Harlem heights, and General the body of Nathan Hale, a captain
Howe and his army of twenty-five
thousand men, flushed with vitory,
occupied the green hill-sides above
Brooklyn and the city of New ork,
while a great fleet of English war
,: ,,.;; " J Jk Roaa Ulp. at anchor in the harbor
iuncture it was necessary
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corporations owe lmc ii(j.wi".-'. 1 - .111 tt,.
1 O . I il,i U'InrrfAtl cjimilfl KllOW the
nPr fiO 000 000. and so many ob- ru'lt " "3"1"6 " . .
stnrfes were thrown in the way of its
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pec ted to witness
whole or of any material portion of
this sum. Under the Constitution of
intentions of the British commander
Upon this knowledge, per-
the payment of the haps, depended the salvation of the
American vnn .
Washington called a counstl and
cnrrimoncu before him a number of
California, however, stoekhodcrs in
a joint stock company are individual
ly liable for its obligations, and this
fact has encouraged the hope that
the debt can be colh-cted, hence, this
suit. It is understood that suits
will be brought against othcrestatcs
as well as against a large number of
living stockholders.
in the rebel army, convicted as
spy, and to see him hanged by the
neck until dead tomorrow morning
at day break."
The rest oi Xht sad story is told
in a few words. The morning came
the 22nd of September, 177G So
curely pinioned, the young patriot
was marched to the place of execu
estimates that in the small province
ofGizch alone the area .under sum
mer crops will be increased from
i.OOO to G0,000 acres, and as the
average value of the summer crop is
no less than C10 per acre, there
would be a net increase of over half
a million sterling in that little dis
trict itself.
With their customary breadth of
practical wisdom the .English au
thorities in Egypt' long ago took
steps to put the whole matter to a
practical test, and appointed Mr.
Willcocks, the Director oj Reservoirs,
with a large corps of competent en
gineers, to go over the ground in a
thoroughly scientific way. Four
years were given to this work. The
results were then submitted to the
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examination 01 an Internationa:
Commission of expert engineers, con
sisting of one Englishman, one
Frenchman, and one Ita'ian. The
report of the Commission is now
ready for the public. It sets aside
three or four suggested plans as im
practicable, and then gives a un
animous verdict in favor of a dam
at the island ot Pbila.-, more than
1,000 miles from the mouth of the
river. The F tench Commissioner, it
should be added, while fully concur-
tion, not tar from the present court rjng .lXx thc. other members as to
house in New York City. There as tnc feasibility of this project, opposes
f r-nm- nn from t he east, in
the. early autumn morning, he stood
with a white cap drawn over his
head, the noose around his neck, and
be revealed
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d asked if there was one ms conen-a i
at his feet in front of him. nave
his plans, an
who would volunteer to attempt the
hazardous enterprise. For awhile
there was silence, and Washington
was about turning from the group
of reluctant officers, a tall, stout
young man with light blue eyes, soft
you anything tnfr.y. young rebel?"
asked Cunningham scoffingly. "Only
this," answered Hale, with a quiet
imprcsiveness that sib need the jib;s
of the spectators that I regret to'
its execution on the ground that it
would involve the destruction of the
numerous ancient temples with
which the island is covered. Sucbj an
objection ou-ht to weigh very little
when put into the scale against the
welfare of several, millions of toiling
people. The estimated cost of the
dam and other works is $10,000,
000. Wc shall be surprised if the
opening of the twentieth century
docs not see il an accomplished fact.
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