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VOI,. XX.
riTTSUOUO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, TIM USDA V, ,1 1'NK 2, 181)8.
NO, 10.
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II AI'TKK IV.
love, vriisrs Mnvrr. '
'I'lii' weeks pus .-d, uml Urinn was stilt
n lixtui" in tin' quiet little llstiing town.
'I I"- i l.iim - of he mint In Nantucket
iv. i:- i'iti ii'i1! v foigoii..i. a letter written
soon alb r hi-coming to SVonsot hnvlncr
Kali -li. .1 .- sense ill obligation.
I-.1, id-mly S'i-iiiw hud developed now
chame for liim sheo th- day ho hn'l
i .urnl il- dullness so oppressive that
s-1 I m' in. 'I 1 1 n only reasonable or
possible ii 1 1 . 1 1 imi.
inl Margaret. Inn ing awakened liim
be; in vv view of Him place, was prne
ti.nlh redi'ing that constant limiting
i.:i i-li" had ui i-.' rolirti il so strongly.
Sh- .ii. i,i . i i iiiiiiihi' him, nnithiT 1U1
i 'e I 'i'lii i! him. Shu iliil not seek his
i . 1 1 i Hi
i ' i r i i t -
. nor J 1 she show by the
iidioii tint il was distasteful
hi
II
r a ' i i vv
ui" of uncertain cs-
sii.' I-1 'Hi iiiiinv hours with hitn on
. i "i!"li. Sh- walked with hlni In the
Ii: Ii' I'mI -pring vv-nthor, gathering
eiMh .iii'l spirits fn m the glad sun and
: v . . -s-ii i i j -j a!r.
Sii- I.al talo n liim throiiijh many of
1 i-l'is, mill 1 1 - -1- enthusiasm had
.-.i'..!i.. hU d tmant interest Klin
,1 l . v -i lii lis., way to the light
"ii ". .i i I !"g- iln'i' they hii'l climbed
'i" net. winding st.iirw.ty, gazed Im
i . - .'Iv m i n 1 1i" wonderful Tump, uml
'in i!i
it height lipiV
i' ii : ni'Mii, lying like a
! -i.it- l..'i.'.- tlii'in; upon tlin
; in tie mi-t t.f di-taiiee. hihI
i-t I't'-.i'h "I restless watcH
r tin' r.p- uii'l dashing tleon
IH v at th.. f.... of the l.luT.
'lis I, eh
'I g
Ml Ii
I p.
i.'lni
I out th. silvery waters
a, sd lik" a i vvl in tho
I i" i I, im I only separated
an I y a narrow hell of pand
: 'fi.'i -.vnrd they ti l l climbed
V l:.
I-,.,
He
i-f rn Ncvers, a verdant
hug ! 'I'llv out against the
!. aiel Mopitin to the waters
-trn
I" mm: a' it f.-ei.
i 'ii i iii-, hul l pi'.iinontory thoy ha I
v;-t"l'i 'I Ii" miii ipieneli liN tiros In tin
i .iiM Ir.ui his tii'iiil'liriK light? aoroic
ti " In'- -. An I through tho lingerlns
I" '. ' v -f lit ;'i. r-L,'low they had nono
I ." :i!m i;; the lonelv and dosortod
hour of Riieh rompinfonahip
i.i I- for.'.'tt. n.
'I'- o I
l" l-ln
'"I i-l
Iiriati r.'.ilizi d this. In all
I'M';, h id l.ei ii toe!h"r ho had
. in io latlioin Martinet's fo. )
hii.i. I nt hi- lio'iste.l skill as a
i" i i-1 had faded in her enso.
n .Mi of i liar.ieter. eouiaiieoiiR
il e - -1' ivmy syiiipothy mndo
a and I'i'f re-h i eontraRt
:i n!K ii il women ho had hith
. l i i lie y did not constitute tho
-I'll lor hi. pleasure In her rnm-
,'l" I,
1
I iv '. er !' ii i-o l-a I ahont lonvincr n
p! 1 lor,.. ' le -aid to her ono day.
"I l h- I .. nl. I Mayhem a year un-
I" " '. ' It ' llllislll IH'OS. "
I .".ui I -ia here looer,"wns hor
a-jie t roi'l imenl.-ivo reply.
: i.i I. t lh" day rai'i" when sh
. ' -i n.n.t h ave. Khe had written to
t II h ; Iliil. . ii of her Intention, and
uii'l !' r - lin:: that i-he must makn the
i . .1 in r l ot le-nrs, sho had p;ono
i!" a I Hie I. -ii.-li, where tho tisherm n
w. r-. jn ! I.riimin in the day'R harvost.
.... i ,. . 'ai din:: l.v thedories, wateiini
111' !;i.".i' ll-h with a sort, of fafieinatod
j.a... when r.riaii joinod I.or in his iiaual
fii'i-' i. iiciiii us fasliioii,
"I' i ... t I'o an ns;.- dlnoo I aw yon
1 o !,' h" d.'. dared, utterly lutiorin tln
tn I Hi ii h" had ti. enwith her tlin day
l.i-fo".-. ' Shall we walk down tho liaoh ?
The air i- loi'i. his,"
She nod l. d in tho nltrmat ive, and
tli ' inoved awav toeihi.f.
"Why .lon't yo:i say pomolhinR?" ho
iii-l;".!. . tier tho silence had lasted pnmo
ji.iini'i .
' I . n't fee! In a talking humor," Rh
rii.-". . I . cn-eioiis of a disat;rooallo
ile i" to i.iianel with sumo person or
thintr.
" I tlonk yo i iniejht try. I havo th
I'l'ic:. liih' fully, i wUh you'd rlieer
I:.'-.
d ry one i. f your own proscriptions,"
f!io f-iii...,'"-:...!. 'The hlues are a phypl-
i al coielnion. tliey tell us. You'll hnvo
a.i opp.'t tiiniiy to vindicato tho diploma
you've !ii-':;ed around so long. .Vast
n... tin. e lioais coming in on tho break
ers Ai.n't tiny graioful? I wiih I
v. r" a ledieriniin. "
' W hat mi idea. How could you man
a,". to live her"''
"Mow' Why, as thoy do, of ronrso,
villi tie Riuht of tho con over beforo
mi : the music of tho breakers always
in my ears; in close and constant com
munion Hith the very sublimity of na
ture, il.e.v can their lives be either
l.npeb s-. nr uninteresting'1 Though, to
a I" i on of your energetic tempera
rieiit, I d ue say, they would b tire
l one . "
' I iiave a notion you intend that for
f iiica-m," he retniiied, good-nnturdly.
" Mow am I to take youV '
"No way, ph ase; I am not to be taken
jll-t le.W."
" Tlicre, you snap me up. You have
been an rnignin all through. Sometime-
mvi a re all sweetness, and at ot h
crs you lly at mo and lecture ino most
iinii'ier. i tn 1 1 Still I like to be with
you. "
"Much obliged, I'm'stiro; but t didn't
('ino here to amuse you."
i:-.liiill.yiuabiid humor," thought
f'.n.iti. M-.'iug tlx' sliarp tone.
"I believe you've missed your vooa
t'on." he said aloud. You werolntended
ti r one of the Yankee school ma'ams v o
lead ah. ul. How you would have loet-ur'-d
the iinfoituiiiite little chaps. And
jour Im.-tL-auil. poor man "
" Cray spare your pity. Such indefinite
objects don't need It. There are too
ii any real living ones upon whom it
jnigiit 1 1. e. ended whh advantage. Y'ou
ten, mil i 'f llioso very generoiia peo-
p! who inn aro'iinl collecting BubBorip
uuitb Cur the heath! wiiU bvadroda ot
nw
NFLUENCE
poor Christians are starving nmun 1
them. I don't like such discriminating
charity."
"Well, I haven't been collecting any
Bubscriptlons. and I'm a mighty poor
Christian in the bargain, so you needn't,
blind mo with that sand ymi are digging
up so ferociously. "
Margaret colore I and desl .to l from
her occupation.
"I beg you pardon," she said. "I did
not intend to send it in your direction.
It Is a vent for my ovei ch irged feelings..
I suppose that is a childi -h acknowledg
ment, but I shall not recall it. I r I of
Ii piece of Injustice lids morning, and it
lias lllled mo with indignation. I be
''cve I'm in a constant state of rebellion
n.'ainsr trie ncccpieii onier ; things.
Why do you laugh?"
"Not at you, certainly. Seriously, I
am half afraid of you - y..ir bad opinion,
I mean. What inlbu i you could osoit
river some m"ii. I'o yon like me, Mar
garet?" The name slipped unconsciously from
his lips, and he drew nearer to her. Sin
nverted her head and answered in the
lone of one measuring her words care
fully. "The degree of my liking depends
Upon yourself. "
Urian was o Identl.v not well piitisiied
with this frank admission.
"You couldn't like me well enough to
ho my wife'?" he persisted, drawing more
closely to her and endeavoring to ta'.
her hand, an action she resolutely op
posed, " Po you mean wh it you say' " she
said, tu a slightly repressed voice, con
scious of something wanting in his man
ner. Ho hesitated at her words.
"Po I mean that I love yru? Yes,
Margaret, I do, ironi the Mist moment I
saw you. If f could only make you
understand my position. n1- longing to
win vmir love and make vou my wile.
J'ut "
His pllUS" WHS eloipien'.
"Jiul wha'?"sho I'epeatel. in a rpiick,
(hanged voice.
"Why, h-ov you I'.ok n inc. Mar
caret!" At this complaint she turned her fa 'e
aside and allowed her eye to follow the
motion of a bird.
"You see," h" went on. llV-f" lit ease in
tho absence of those searching gray
eves .' m.'irriii''o between us is unite out
J of the tjuesiiiiii. If you were "
' If I were rich, I suppos", you moan,
she interrupted, in a somewhat hard
voice; ' but, admitting I'm poor, what
then'"
You must see how il is; wo couldn't
live on two thousand a year.''
"And your profession," she supple
mented. It seems to nie you might be
much worse olT. Any one witli an m-
omical turn "
"I hate peo, with an e oiiomieal
turn, and I 'lon't intend to work myself
to death trying to cure a lot of ungrate
ful people. My (list year's allowance
won't much more than pay my debts. I
must have money. A gentleman is
obliged to live in a "citain styl... '
"Oh, I dare say, even If h" st' i ilices
everything els" in the effort , .ui love
me, but you oo i.ioiey lietter. Have
I stated the case coi e 1 1 y '
lie glanced lit her mid, imp.. net rati!"
face.
' How hard y. i are. Margaret," 1c
r.al I. reproa 'hfullv. oiid ert under
stand the dilll' tilty. I.ove inaiottjige
is well enough iii I henry. Inn no fan in
practice. I could i,i, I... happy nnd"r
such circumstances. I lov yo i deal ly,
and If I t!ily had a iitib' m-ui' y. 1 should
like nothing better than to marry ,vu."
"Thanks," was ,. ipiiei rejoiiider.
" Your n-siirance is quite consoling, but
I don't b -lie- e I ipiile lijipl'eei Oe the
honor you would . outer upon i.i". ' 'f
COUrse the idea of m po-s;l.e objeetion
has not entero I ymir iu!n I. I'teler the
iri'umstanees 1 may regard your l,,-su
my gain."
How truly his l-,ss w.is her gain she
1id not pause lo l' lle t.
"You are excellent at sarea-m," lie re
oined with rcpr,.ai'h. "I was only
speaking of my wP"hes. It' you Im,!
lold mo two weeks ago, how t iioroughly
you despised mo I might have been a
iser man to day. "
Margaret undeisto , his meaning.
She felt that he had in right to speak
io her in litis way, yet his words
pained her. Ill imagination sli" went
back to the first hour of their meeting.
She remembered ,,,w gia s!,. had foil
thai they would be thrown together for
a short time in this fpiiet place. She
remembered what faith she had placed
In the exist' Hi'" of tlio.e o,. I iplaMti";
Miss Hilton ha I mentioned, and what,
hopeful bulging, and ci ;! evpec!;.
lions had tilled Hie hours. .f h cr com
panionship with him. and now Imr li
iippointmeni was both keen an i latter.
It lent n now shni piiess to her answer.
"You dam not blain" nie for any a '
tion i;f yours," sli'"said, cinleavoriug to
speak quietly. 'T have endured your
cnipany. Could I do otherwise" You
hnvo tri"d to win m affection by all tin'
nrts in your power. I supi o.-. ymi found
Ihe pastime amusing, an I probably you
Imagined that you hud so far sueceede ,
that if it suited your pleasure to honor
me with a proposal of marriage, I would
accept It with thanks. I hope y,.u lei v..
Jlseovereil your mistake. I would led
marry you to save myself from stnrva
!on. You have insulted ino unite
pnough."
"Not insulted, Margaret," he said, re
proachfully, looking into her passionate
'flee. "Jielieve in", I hate intended no
Insult. I respect and admire you lo .
much, and 1 love you far more than I
can ever love my i-omin. Y.t. I hae
ho alternative. I um-t marry her or
starve."
Margaret's lips moved. She was about
lo make an angry rejoinder, Lu' with an
t'ffort she colltlolied the impulse.
"You will starve royally.'' she said,
somewhat bitterly. "I consider marrv
Ing for money contemptible. You have
lllTorent iews. We have learned some
thing new of each other. Money stands
above love in your c-tiination. You
l annot forego (lie luxuries of life for the
sake of one you pret. nd to love with
r-i. h dovotedlio.-s. Now, if I oed a
liiau," sh" continued, with a slight
tremor in her quid v.,. e, ' I would sa"
lith'e my fondest de irei for his sake.
In poverty or wealth, ho would be
equally dear. I would count no ei on
mny menu, no labor lost, that i oal.i con
tribute to his comfort or happiness. Pis-(-race
might conic between w, but pov
erty never. You know tha' money can
not buy happiness. The desire for its
lequlttition it) the meanest of nil ambi
tlona, IX I bould laarry a mm ly bid
I osskflsions mereiy, t would despi.io my
self hi arlily and ilmrou ghly. Ph. why
have you disappo ntcl ne?"
'I In. words escaped her iilmon un
coils.' iously, and their mingled pain iind
regret. suljil'isrd even hers If. !llt
l'.iian iliil not hear them. He was too
deeply engri.iRsetl with his ow n thoughts,
and too deeply hurl by Margaret's plain
ly expressed opin'on.
lie longed to vindicate himself in Ii t
eyes, though he felt thai such a thing
was Impossible. No words of his would
belter his p isltioll. He must leave
S'oonsd imnieiiat"ly. 'Ihe n"es-lty
for this step became very appatent. 1 1 it
tuned with this decision to so Mar
garet preparing to leave the beach. Ho
realized that in all probability lr
would never so,. lir again. A thousand
longings surged through his heart. Im
pulsive words rushed to his hps, but
witli a determine. I will h" repressed
them.
"Try to forgive me, Margaret." h
begged. "Try to forget the pain I have
caused you."
"Pon't distress yourself," was her
cold, proud answer, "You are holding
my hand, and I am tired of standing."
Me looked at her with a longing he
could not have put in words, an I re
leasing hor hand without oven a good
ley h" stood watching her, until the
winding streets of the village shut her
from his sight. Then, with a feeling
that something had gone out ol his lite,
he tnrew rii'msou tipon the satid witli a
misery nt heart no language could ex
press TK HE rONTINI'FII I
He Hitt the I nforinutliiit.
FVder Hund;!. who has been married
only two weeks. Iris left his wife.
Ihmdy is a little nuiii. and his wife
weighs 1 wo hundred and forty pounds,
and wits the relict d' the late Set h
I'otts. Aliottt ten days after marriage
Untidy was surprised, on awakening
in the morning, to Ilml his lad tor
half sitting up in bod. crying a if
her heart would lireak. Astonished,
he asked the cause of her sorrow, hut.
receiving ru reply, he began to sur
mise (hat I her" must, he some secret
mi her mind which she withhold frrun
him, ami which was the cause nf her
anguish, sn ho remarked la Mis, I'.,
that as they were married she might
to (ell Ii i in the cause nf her grief. s
that, if possible, lie might lessen il.
.After considerable coaxing I liciied
the fidliiwillg frnlll her:
"Last night I dreamed I was sin
gle, and its I walked through a well
lighted street I came in a simp where
a sign in front advertised htisli:imU
I'm' sale. Thinking it curious. I en
tered, and ranged along the wall on
either side were men with pries
allixo l t" tlieiu such beautiful men
- some lor mie t ii'iusatid dollars, soup
for live hundred dollars, and so mi (
mie hundred ami lift v dollars. And.
its I had ivd that amount. I could not
purchase. ''
'I'liiiikirig to conrnlo her. P. placed
his arm lovingly r.rnund her, ami
ask-d:
"And did you see nnv men like me
there.''
oh, yoV she replied, "lot like
you: they were tied up like asparagus,
and sold lor ten cents per hunch."
limidy got up. and went In as; his
lawyer if he hail stilllejent gtnitud fur
a dlvnrce.
Wi.ini'M ami Opera taiiM-i'-..
Two wotiii'i drop in at t I.e mat iitee.
Coining in that wa' they are without
glasses. "Shall w" take one nf these theater
glasses, dear?"
"Yes: (Imp a dime in and tlm tiling
opens. Have ymi t lie chin .or ''
No, I only "have live eents. "
"Wei!, I have the that mak. it."
Then the two dear creatines drop
(wo live cent pieces into ( lb' slot . an I
when it does not wml; are at:i,ie
and indignant. I "slier is summoned,
who vainl.fi tie. to explain, and there
is a pretty exeitiiu time until tin
man drops in a ten-cent piece from
his own pocket and procures for them
the glasses. I believe, however, til l!
to this la.v they hav an idea that
t liei" is smne snrt of swindling in I lie
odd little apparatus attached tn the
ater chairs.
A lti-viHinnarv SiiIiIUt' ( lillilreti.
There an; now living in this State
live children of Colonel (Ja-s.twav
Wat kins, who s"i ved as an niiic r nf
tlf Maryland line throughout ihe
i-eMiliit inn it v wtir. They ate .lohti
S Watkitis. wlm represented llowatd
County in the Maryland Senate.
imlaMv in Is'il during tlm session at
rreilciick: Mrs. t an, line Watkins.
widow; Mrs. Margaret lias-awav
Wiitlleld, widow of Albert, ti. War
Held; Mrs. Albina Clarke, widow ..I'
William Clarke, all of Howard Coiiu.
ty. and Mrs. I'riscilla Ketily. wife of
fieorge T. Kenly, of Halt imore cil .
They are all hale and Imai'tv and can
recount many interesting reminis
cences of the revolutionary v.-,r as
told to them by their hemic father,
who II veil to see all his children
grown. lialtiniore sun.
JJeotrlclty Nut Hrtlijjeruu.
The llgures recently published by
the city of Huston dhow how unfair
this cry has been and the fact that
the trolley is not half so black as it
is painte.J. for in one year the West
Km I electric cars carried 1 Iu.imhi.imiii
people, which is many more than all
t he railroad lines in ami out of Hos
toti carry. In one year th" number
of deaths on suburban railways was
twenty. In the same year five peo
ple wore kill d hy horse ears in l!os
tou. and only thr"e as a result of ac
cidents by electric cars.
The rnreiit llitrli.
Ctranite is the lowest rock in the
earth's crust Ills the bed rock of
the world. It shows no evidence of
animal or vegetable life. It is from
two to ten limes as thick as the
united thicknesses of all the other
rocks. It is the parent rock from
which all other rocks have been
cither directly or indirect y dm ived.
A KTP.lt having lived happily together
for more than thirty years, a New York
wile, aged sixty years, applied for and
secured a divorce from her UusImuO
gwd 70 years.
J'Kllll lll'Mi;i,KI).SI.IX.
A CHAPTER f ROM MODCRN HISTORY
THAT IS WORTH TEH. INC.
i'tie Spaniard llatl lii lt-t unco Auain-I
ltt I't't-tiviattt tin. I sent ii Siiiiiiliiin In
rtoiili Them - 'I In. Altai Klin; I b .1 ,
U us Man lilv 1'iit out il .i linn. i
I
A chapter from modern Spanish his. j
tory which was m i " -lindowt d in this i
connliy by events of greater iinmr- j
titnoe, but which seivcs to gii some j
indication nf what Spanish gunnery ;
was a lew years ago, is worth retelling j
lion, Spain had a grievance against
l i t u in I K'id lii'niii'i' smne of her -ub
jci Is had lieen maltreated theie, and ,
she sent a sqil idfon nf seven vessel -i,
inouuiiiig '.'II gnus, to punish tlm j
I'et minus. I't'te had no navy at tint !
time, but Lor neighbor ('lull came to i
iir aid w it Ii t hrcv m.ss(. t . theKsmer- I
ii I J:i. cat lying t:f small bores; the Vic- j
toria, a small one gun monitor, and !
Ihe l,oa,a iliminutivR Merrimac.plali d I
with iron, and mounting two t'.s
poiindi is. A writer in the army an I i
n:iy .Imnnal describes the ntlair.
' I he I v nicrahlii," ho i ay, 'met ,
the Spatii-h gitnhoiit CaMiudago itlm e ,
giinsi ami captured her hi lwe;f v '
minutes w itlpmt the loss of a man. ;
The Spam n d -t tired only tin if shot . i
Tli-y had two men killed and foiiitien j
wounded. The loss of the Cavandago, !
followed by the capture oi an armored
launch, s i chagrined the Spanish a i i
miral, I'ateia, that ho Mew out li:s !
Iitaius iu Ins , aliin. I
"Admii il Nunc, who siicei-c.le'l I
rnieja, tln ii g illaut ly assailed the tie- !
feucclcs-i alparaiso, w here not a ,
single gun wa i mounted except a few
saluting pieces. Not a shut was tired 1
from the town and the. inhabitant - j
piomptly ova uaied il. This Spanish
.'idiniral, in - pile of the protests of the
foreign men of-wnr in the lun'liof,
tliiew from ;!il'i'Mt) li shells into it j
from his tlee' of six vessel . The ;
Slainisti gunnery was so wi etched that I
liMle daniage w a ; done except by tiic. :
which destroyed j?l u.Oiili.uilil worth of :
neutral I-. l waa a mo-t wauloii i
piece ol h'li bin ly, for if the Spaniard ' 1
had had a landing fore they could ,
haM. taken the t'.v.n without lit nig a
shot.
"The galla'd N'une next a--au!t.,l ,
tlieeitv nt Calla-i, which taught iiiui .
t he ilillereiiee between tin open town '
ami one tli d w a ; a le.Uatel y ilefeip it d.
In four or li.e hour'; tlio Spaneii '
spl i lroii w.i. badly used up, and was
glad to tiawl hack to Spain as Led ,
it could in its crippled condition.
The Villa do Madrid, lil'ty-six guns. !
got a shot in her steam chest, and wa- !
tow ed out of act ion. The I!t i engaela, i
thirty six guns. had a hole twenty feet !
siiiare knocked into her near Hie '
w:;tc: ii:m by an exploding shell, imi I ,
ct aw h .1 out of rimge ('impair dam '
ages. '
"Ihe ammunition in two oilier
Spanish vessels gave out after a Iwo
lmiiis' light, and they had to rctne. :
one of them having been twice on lite
in the neieli,, h,,,,, of the. imtgai'io. 1
Tills le't t w o ve-s' I , the Numam ia,
iroiii'lail, and t he A linana. Two hours t
lalci these t nn vessels ceased their '
Iii e arid w it lull t-'i, I he ( hiliaiis I'm,, I
;0 tin in until llit'i v.eie beyond lang".
'1 he Si-ani-li n.s is not exactly known, '
I'll! is siippo.se 1 lo have been about i
'J'1 l. 1 'ollllmilld. r Lodge. .:, ('. S. N., ,
( -1 1 in a 1 1 1 1 tlie o,s ,.f the Chilians at
sn, though oihei.s giM- a larger iium
lier. No . -ei ion:; it. image was done m
eitlol : hips or fort- by the lire bey , ti l
that mimed. Tim Spaniards then
w t! lid: c'.v iliscoiulit.'d fi otii t he I in i lie,
la "dug iiorl of s'.oi c t and ammunition
and with th"ir vt.-els foul for the
want id dot king, 'liny had eMail
lishetl a La-e at lie Chinclia Islands,
Lul they had no facilities for repair.''
In .-'peaking of tins lia.-tro a naval
ollicer said: "Spain has in a measure
shared iii the movement toward more
formidable, ships ami guns, hut it is
the pel soiuil factor w hich tolls in n
naval engagement now as much us it
did a century ago, when bailies were
fought with wooden ships. This is
recoen ji'il by n anthni ities on naval .
war hi re, although the uninformed are,
apt to think thai the modem gunboat
i. a complicate. I machine- which lights
auoi.uaUcHlly. linoil gnu service m ill ',
win agai'iM gloat odds iu nrmaiu.'iit,
ami in this part tciilai we liae good
lei -mi to he!ieo that we me much
s,iciiorto Spain. It is a well i-s 1
fabii-hcd fact that the laitm ni.-cs do :
not develop good gunnel s. Whenever
tin. Spaiiisli uiuy lias attempted lo
shotv it . skill with guns in (lie he! ;
half cental y it hi; made it ill' ndicu
lolls." !
I
I
41! Ci-iiiiilll. (in to the it-l.i. j
"I'lii. I'l'ii-i Leeins in I'lesdcn at i
7 o'clock im! closes at lh,"wiitcs I d
ban P.ell I rem lici din to the Ladies'
Home .loninal. "The best scats are j
absurdly cheap, anil whole families,
hole schools, whole communities, I '
should say, pi there together. Coin
ing straight liom Taris, from the the- !
atrieal, vi .acioii:', enthusiastic l icmh :
audicipc::. tin-, first (iernian iiiidiencc l
sceiiiMil sciioiis, thtutghtfill, Hpiu 0' ial - I
ive, but nnciithuRiastic. They use !
lmire judgment about apphmsu tliau '.
the French. They never interrupt a j
scene, or own a musical phrn-e, with
mi -place. 1 applause. Their apptceia
tioii is slow, but hearty, and alwavs i
worthily disposed. The French me1
gi'.eii to exaggerating an emotion and j
to applauding an ecccnti icity. Fvon I
their subtletv is oeldolie. The tier I
mall drama is t leaner, the family tie is j
made much of, sentiment is em oat '
aged insti ad of I cing ridiculed as it
too olli-ii is in Anien.'ii, but thetiei -iii.
mi poiul of iew of Aincinans is
quite as much distorted ns the French.
That statement is severe, but true, it
would be utterly impossible for the
American gill to be nun e extpiisitch
misunderstood tliHU by French ud
Uoiwau men."
I.IFC ON A FRENCH PENAL SHIP.
l-litatiltt; I'lt-iilt VI hit It litltii'is t uilils
lo fi lial 4 eleloi -.
The Flench Hiinsport shijt Cala
douie, 1 1 eeiitiy lyini.; at I 'tut Turn pa.
was an object of much cm iusity. This
gi im scii pi isoii annually coiiw -ysnLout
two thousand souls froin the land of
tin- li.iiig- the gay French republic
to all enduiiliu ib ath on the Safety
I s hinds.
The Caladoiue is an iloii ship of
I Lin tons. For the let ten years it
has been iu the employ of the Flench
government 1 1 an-poi ting ei iiniuii! '
fioin I'l ance and Algeria to the penal
colonies on the Safely Islands, thi'ly
miles nil (lieeoast .. Flench liuiaii.i.
Four let I cagt s. each with a capac
ity n l"'l. lire ready for the male pri
soiiei .s a s tiny coiiie al'oard, while a
pin. h smalier one, capaL-c ol holding
only thirty niii! person :. is siillici. nl
I'm Ihe female cmivaMs. 'I'lii- latter
ca :e i : in the all of tin ship, and is
widely : epai ated 1 1 un I lie ol liei s. The
women are tieil'd with a gnat deal
more con -idiral i' hi than the men.
They haver, gular berths and al c gi m.i
Intlel tare. The inell sleep in canvas
h on i ii o' ks, and me given the m diiiai y
itamau's latn.n, which is substantial
if not very clabolate.
A very interesting feature and one
lei libit- to i t.iitetiiplatt! is tile facility
with which the Healil cat! be used
upon th uiv ids should they attempt
to lake possession of the ship. Pipes
ate so analiged that vvcie sie-h au at
te.npt to be niiido it would be possible
for tie nllii ns of the vessel to scald
i . ei v pi isiniii'i to death in less tune
than ii would take b count them.
Cap'ain lam never had such a t asn
in ee on board his ship, bill it often
becomes necessary to give them n lit -ill'
sleam to quell di-coulelit. As a
lule, however, th' eightv guards who
in c i egulai I v d.'laile I for service on
l.oanl are suflieicut tokecplhe prison
ers quiet.
Should an oiitluc.ik al any time
occur a ' ioit.il of alarm calls aM hands
t" the l.ti Iship seel ion of the ship.and
tiieu all III" ladd-'i s leading to the
upper th ck of thi - .section aie drawn
up, the lower doois Ism ieinled, and
the i mil ful i . u 1 1 1 1 a u ' i e r s have il
qiticUy improvised but a strong
foil, which on. Li aces the boiler and
eii'.' I uc room, the mseiial and provi
sion room.., I he otlieci s' headquat tei s.
tl haU an I stci ling rooms, and the
b'"id'.;e. Tiic io, iv id-, caiiliot coi,ii
in :u 'enough to si ah- the wall- or to
l atter down the do .is on account ot
I lie scalding sliam. win hi f'-oiii the
betie-s the glial ds uml crew can shoot
t hem as they appear.
CUR BIC HAvVA"-.N TRADE.
I 'itii.. tiii. ship. I.tir.v 'Iii' Hulk r
the '.nine it ...
I'liiingtlie year Is IT I J 7 vessels,
with a ton!.i;e of M.l.sji;, iiiterel
tiic polls ef the Hawaiian Lepublic.
The I nil" I States sipl 1 Is the
v. hole w "I Id ill the number of slops
and aggicga'e tonnage engaged i'l t1"'
l!a M'.iian trade Ships ciirving the
American May, liiimbee. ''si;, wit'ti a
I mi mere of .'.Tii.lt I ". while all ol her mi
tioiiiih !cs only unlabeled 111, with a
tonnage of 'i :.7s. 'I he is a good
iiicua t over the figures ol IS'.'t;. hut
what will be part i.-nla r Iv i at ny im: t
Am. i it .ins i.-- th.- lad that I he ino ease
is almost mi ii i I v IU our favor. Of
the morciee of II n : els weie
A no i lean, winl" al! other lountti.s
had only t w ..
Ihe above pgui, - do not fully show
the pi . ,'oiidei ance of American l"d
I'.m-, btcaii.se. they include steamers
loin -liing lu l e only to di-charge mail
and a few pas scngei s. ' 1" 1 1 inaioiity
ot these steaineis al" I'.iiteh, and as
th. y cai ry little frepglit to and from
those islands, it is mish adnif: to m
i hole th. iu in any lepoit of the na
tumidity of vtssi ls loiiploycd by the
llawaiiaus iu then lomnic'i e with the
woi Id. Only one steamer the Alls
Italia makes this phc e her port of
discharge, and she is owned by Amer
icans and lias au American regi-ti r.
She plies between here and San Fran
Cisco, making thirteen ti ips each your.
To appreciate how- much of the pro
duds of these islands is carried iu
nii i i.'.m boitoms. the steam tonnage
should be deduct, d. Ill l -d7 sailing
e -si Is 1. 1 I lie number pf -"I, with a
tonnage ot' .'I -'.,-.!' .', elitei ed t he pol l s
of those islands, i H this number J !7,
with a tonnage of lot, I'll'., or s'
per cent., wire Aineiiean. whilethn-o
from all ot hot count i ies on I y u umbel e I
ol, with a t"iiiia;o of fiii.s.'iii. Now
York Pics-.
I.i.ll'bill Ni'H st i''l i he lls.
"I v.ii.iti Foiideti on the day that
the new s of 1 he sinking of the Maine
wa- Ibehed over the cattle." said Mr.
W. I". ( 'he tcr of San I'l aiicisco.
I he lie w.-impt'i s of the laiglish
capital cni.ov men to perambulate
the streets with big notices of stint
ling i vi ids placnt lied on their- bodies in
the way of adv ci lisenieiit for pending
editions. The-e 'sandwich men,' in
they call them, lime the sensational
legend in hi : type:
"'Ihe I'tiitttl Stat, s battleship
Maine blown up by the Spaniards."
'This annoitm eiuetit certainly
created a stir in London, and there was
a rush for the newspapeis of almost
unprecedented pi oeoi 1 ions. Alter
buy mg them the public soon caught
onto the fa that the vv al k ing a Is. Iiad
lie. n iua way a snaio and delusion,
but lilt deception catocd tlio sa'e of
many thousand extra copies."- Wash
ington Post.
In I .,i.-, ii i:ii-i, ,i i: .n.
Apply l.ci -es-iqie. luipht ha, or turpen
tine, cither of which will, iu ashoit
lone, pciietnite In two "ii tho nut and
bolt, and sn allow the nut to be un
screwed without trouble. I'.qiially ef
ficacious in rusty hinges and locks.
There is mi minion"., garden in
China that cnibiaceH au hich of ol,U0U
suuuie Uiilcs.
SCIFNTIFIC SCRAPS.
An iiM iage star of the lit si magni
tude i- one 1 1 1 1 it,!: ... I I lines as brig lit iim
i I the sixth magnitude.
Tu- fainte-t stal l visible t-. the
liak" I eye are of the sixth magnitude ;
t'le faintest teh'se pi., stars are leek
one I of tie sixteenth or seventeenth
magnitude.
I'l fes'.ii li' lbeai says that w ha! e
callc I stupidity is simply the imllca
ti-iii that a eel lam Icaiu area is not
properly iinuieli.'d or is without eoiu
lii ti 1 1 1 -;i I i. ti Willi the nerve lilue.
'I he miii im' lamprey's adlp sivi:
power Is su.-h that I J I pounds may be
raised without I "iciii:: i! to lose it
hold. P I - .. t.'li.l.'l ei . of hi',, that
it - h a I lemaiiis for h mis attie'ied to
a - "lie w I its b .dy ! . t-.eled.
'I h" I '.iii 'I" an h a net i J Ii m u by
Hi. I,. O. Il'twaid to h.r." exi-led
near New Y-nk ctiy for at e et tin y
y.'ai ;, ye' it ha - - pie.id I 'O mile I u
Jiui-opi lii.. pecie- li uailv iiih.il'll'
..ii' h hi -es, liql in A in a I he lie I s
aie al mi -t in vai iab!y built in h llovv
trei -.
The vv lii':S of bud- a' e tol only to
aid I oe mint i ui in I he a i . but als i on
tie ground and water. One binl even
has i laws m the "elliows'' nf it j wings
to aid it in climbing. The ddliing i
a iiiodilication of the skin, ju-t a- hair
arid Halls are. and siiipt t lues t
l lose ly 1 Hsombles hall.
The t iei man imperial post 'lli'-e au
thoiities havtMleci'led to lutioduee the
intei nut ional ohm in p'a e ot the
Siemens unit, and have oulen d that
hereafter ail I u.-t fit int'-llt s shall Le
standardlt d and ;i I j 1 1 -1 -. 1 to the ohm,
which has now bcei universally
adopted . as t lie tan da I d of i e-jsta IP e.
M. Hoiiiii'i has been trying the
oiled of lb eiitgen lays on the grovvih
of seeds, especially hiiulvv 1 '-t't-il,
while pre -crying the giane Irointhe
intlueiec o led a'ld the electricity.
Ile tin. Is that th" growth of th" plant
is mai kcdly quickened by Ihe rays.
His experiments v. c o b.-ouglit be
for,, tip. A'-adcmie dc- Sciences.
It has long ben held that lyph id
fever e 'lss. i,i:iat"d by bad wat'-r.
or gei m inte-ted mill., and let by
dl'i'ol clitagi' ii. Ib-eeiiily typieil
fe, i r a noiig s ddiers iu a Miiall bai
l-l ks I, as be n d,,,. -t ly llaced to dust
from the ( In oxa uiiuat 'ti t ho
di-ease pro. hieing bacteria were found
ill tip sweeping .. an I ile locality of
the . 'ts e inied oi;t the c !ivi. t"ll.
l-.lt. mi Xi ii-i I "..-s ii 'reli.i!t'tiir.
IMison. iu a iicciit ski-'cli. makes a
singular confession. He say-: 'Any
thing I have begun Is always on lny
iniipl. and I am not easy while away
tn. in it until it is tiiii- h-. I ; and then
I h ile it. When it is ad done and is
II sip ess I . an t ben th- sight ol it.
I haven't ti e I n telephone in ten
years, a'ld I would go out of my way
any day to miss an in candescent light. "
Im luli-eii years -..iis,,u ha- woilo d
on an aieiag" twenty h .uir a diy.and
now- he is "iiMtieg" on bun teen or
ti'l. i u horn -' vv e k o 1 oil he t w only
liUi . Hi-- lib-, n 1 1 - .ti iu woi k has e.l
rem - pha-e. I'm- "I thee is i i I n -
t .i'edin in iui id-lit whi- li occei red
one Pi"i 1 1 i 1 1 o alter he ha I had three
day-- .ml t in if m-lit s almost ti nnil-r
1:: c t-'it v. o! I, on his m:r: nel le tu e si p
ar a' r. While the table was being
y i I i hliii.-e' f and hi - iiia'pei r h
b I1 a -!-ep in Ins chair. Tie in imi g. i .
i:"t vv ,. Inn:', t-t . 1 1 -1 1 n 1 . him, went on
v. it ! In- me.il. l!er iiin-hieg lie had
I d is . -h n e "I ii ' i novel, and t he
e ui-tv dele- v.- I .- pi i, ,-d 111 Inmt of
tl'.e' I-- " : . Wh-u Fail sou aw. do he
s.i.v the t rupty .li-hes bet. re him.
a-o p, put on be 1i.it end was making
L.i the do,., I.. l -p.-k b, fie mill,
when iii- mauag-.r iiiii-nn.-il linn that
ins breakfast, instead of having been
ellell. was b- ilig kept hot tor htm in
t In- !. it. -hen. St. I "ills ilobe IVuio
ct at.
t'tne Im- na lo'litlo.
Mr. Ciiluiette, who was, some years
ng". mie ol the ui". t brilliant pupils
oi Pasteur, an I is the brother of M.
t iaston ( 'aluielie. tie v. i II know n
v. I'ter on t'e I'lgll". H e edited with
having male :"i impoitaiit meilnal
t!l-c -.i-ry. lPiinelv. that of a perloclly
ei'ic.'i I'.;; - ini'idole to. snakebite.
Tin- ciisi.,ts of a I p i cent, solution
of ell!"' I b- e -ol-1, b n ill op.- of w liei,
I llj. t . I I'llo a guiiPM pig. pigeon, oi
l ibl'il linl'i'--liately siithecs to dedri'V
IP' to. ic natuit of a diop of the s.inke
Vellolll. Five I o lei I ll be c. Il t line
tee "I I ho s.ihlt IP o s UltieU III
l-i ' o I i.le a- t th- p. i u I'l a bile
v. li ph I - tat il I ' a d" :. a moil k. v . and
pi obal'l y I a mac. I be do -e has li .
III i 'b i ts. It . mis. .. no earn, and by
up ica-ing it. ai'-oluie lu'eiiiuiiy lioiu
the poeo'i i s nbtained. Th- sol u
dltloti ! Le luitille I I- that the solu
tion ; li' til !l be lellablo. -1 .-i J 1 1 . ed. and
kep' I n a 'la - k vial t" pr. - el t it li om
the i itiui-nce e! sunlight. Il i- in
p-ct"l with an oidimny by p-'lei mie
r-yi ingc. Ir. Calmetle, irli" is tliree
tor ol th- I'.a tei l"l"gi.':, n.s.itni,. at
Saigon, ha-- been ecgaged f"i some
time piel in the study ol antidotes .,
vaii. "is mi- i . .bp mi eases, notablv
, holi-ra and the p. -!. I'all Mall i:e
otte.
fin er lb il i-lt I , 'intitii v .
It In-. nflcu appealed to camlid
celuniercial ebscrvci s that lip- col"!
less nil' lie i"' some oi' too I'.iileh
consul-' lepoi is has abiei.-t siig.gested
that the pi omo' ion ol I a it !'h i u le! ests
is not tie IP si oh:, d of the -e gentle
men. I'hei el"! e. It is lien nd ive to
till. I ii-iui Ciii-.ii-. lie. mt admissions
ill the 1 1 til .. '! '- 'ami. le th-d Ileal ly
"ll' I ciis ils an I eou-.i!.i: ego it s are
not I.i ll eh su!.ed s :,t all. The a .
toiindnig plea Is advim'el that lliii
c nurse is much die iper. I! i-!ikely
to be a very expeieivo gain" in the
end. It, h o', ever, Iui nishos a t in ions
iijstiin e oi the oiauky side ()f l!i iti-U
eevunniy. Nevv Yuik Times,
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Fvery sin makes its own hell.
Walking is learned by falling.
Idb loss invites all t lie misci ios into
one's life.
The amplest way to get good is to
give good.
Owls have thi-ir orgies while doves
are ash op.
There is tp. music for the old, lik
an old I il lie.
Moio owe success in life to struggla
than to In lp.
The practice of using oppol lunitiea
multiple- them.
Conscience a word that once had
(lolitlltl'.ll I'L.sobtt.
Those who know- when to speak,
klP'VV VV hell I" Le sllelll.
Itoii't cove- your neglected duties
u itll the ch'iik of excll.-e.
I- I'lellt V in little tilings j i ono of lh
HI rest le -t of ell, II ad' I .
Ill the i lid we will b" Hemp-lit to
have ,'oiie as w oil as vv o ha v ".
Wii' in ver we car) give anybody th
i in . - lout lial we klio.v mole thill wa
will till we fed that ve have accom
plished solnellllllg.
A senso of our own su pel iorit V Alld
II hope that It will nit una! ely be rec
g ii i ... t are about the onlv lliincs that
make life w ort h living.
Shun the iii'iiiisilivo. for you will
be sin,, to find liim b iky. Open ears
i o not keen coll. icielil Mil v w hat has
been intruded to them, ami a word
once spoken flies, nevei to lie recalled.
The tuft ti -t soul, aie llioso who ure
oiecioiis of ihe iiiiiver.siil svmnhoUT.
and who "ive I lieu lull and vvrjliug
co laboiatioii lo the vast and coiupli
ca.ed concert which w e call civilization.
Hike idoiie a. ) - ni.i.ii like. There
fore do not ami nd by uasoiiiug, hut
by exiiiiiple. ypproaeh feeling by
feeling ; do not L-.pe to excite love ex
cept by h vc. Ho wha! you wish
ther.lo be. -.in... la. t yourself, and
not y our wi , s pl each.
MIS SUPREME COURT CARS.
lite I't. -it itiaiil luro. Hie .tiv. Iilit
.14 it aii'll.nl'l IVi-ii. I'd iilitiil.
Heiein sh ill be named no names.
Hut th" exterior make-no of a famous
western lav, y er, w ho recent ly appeared.
in 1 1n i haml.'i i- of t lie supreme coiilt
I lie t lilted .Mll'i'l ot AliiellCll tO
an ile a cis,.. m eds to be set down it
nlv to indicate iliat the world has
moved some siiiceol'l fashioned judges
ordered poi ky young barristers out ol
court rooms for Ipi . I ng a u iiisiilliciency
ot powder in their wigs. This famous
w csIli n law vci is i ( 'hi. ago man. al
though most of Ins piaeiuo is in a
state adjoining Illinois. He is a i lever
man and a I'lofouiid lawyer. He will.
in all lil.elih"" I. win the t a , th it he
in ; ued iu tins rig :
A -lat. 1 I. w id- .-kilt" I frock
coat, with slut- colored aim facings:
a velvet waist t, the groundwork of
which wa Tyri.tn puipic, with silk
v iolets scattered in i "ui.irlv tinougll-
OUt : dove ( ,d. .it'll woi-sted tlotlselS,
eica-el to a razor edge, w into an I
bla.k strip,"! s,;,.. pointed gray
suede .' hoes; red and glecli striped
shin, with an euoiiiiim . glootl puff
tii . kept 111 place by :. di e,tl"ll'l of gig
hn ip pr itpoi ii.ta.-; -li. .'g'nt collar, cut
ting lit, ih I tin- L'b.'s of hi- eais; non
all. I. liable w i i I band-that practically
cove, i I hi-, vv !i.i!e hand :. and j"vv elry
wati I. e ., in--, lobs, inig-, etc. ad
lib. A ay top hat w.-iil with the
lig when the pioloiind we-lein lawyer
appeal'' d on t be .-! i ed.
" The lcg.d man v.n-ri't a 1"! rattled
when a I'll'-!, "f Lla'-U ganitie followed
him .low ii Pi iney !v ii'.ia a. en mo in
quii ing of him.
"Say, mist'iii. w'en do, s do p'eida
stall', and vv beili's ,1- bandV"
i'mt he gave Wa-hliigtoll a quiet lit
tle knock t" lip: legal tl I' nd w al kin JJ
vv ith li lln.
' Washington's n -ood deal lik
Keokuk, isn't it -aid he. Washina;-
t.'ll 1'llSt.
Xlui pltinoiiiaiii.i.
Much informal ion is giveu com-ern-in;:
t".er lmn- n m a w-ik on the
itroipliine ha'-ll. labd.v published ill
Pans. Jt i--. s,-,j. th, i, ihat (icruiiiny,
I ranee ami th- Fnii-1 S'at-s are the
co 1 1 r 1 1 r j e in w he h th- liabit is most.
hi le-piead. but iliat 0 h.r i's victims
ill Pus i.i, Sv.nl' II !! "l Till key, lltlll
I hat even IU the t v'l I list mo! -
phni" as a tiareotie is supplanting
opium. Slat istic ale Iniirlshcd of
I oilii rii- cs, colli. 'ted f. o.n all pails of
tho vv. ild i, 'al im n and ;'.il women.
These statisti. s show thai ot the mala
luol phiiii: t : tie medeai profession
supplies the hi'ci'st number, (it per
cent. Men d science come next, with
lo per cent, rtheii men hauls, eight per
ei ut.. while t lergy men. laborers and
politicians occupy the lowest positions
on the list. Women of means are the
most numerous class among the fe
males. -1 ' per cent.: follow ol by wives
of medical men. 111 per cent. In Ger
many there arc entile villages whose
inhabitants are addided to the use of
th- drug, hut the general belief that
the morphine habit is mine extensive
ly practiced in Paris tluri in any other
city is emit radicted. Morphinomania
is said to occur with the gieatest fre
quency between the ages of and 40.
1 III M OIII'V III S I II Vi I. I-l t I-s.
To show how much money theie is
in sti aw bet t ies w hen the giov.er sells
at home, we will give one or two in
stances. On Monday Fie I'ohinsoit
picked -7.i quai ls of ben i-s. He whs
otl'eied Hi cents a quai. which be
promptly accepted, making a total of
. 1 1 tor Ihe one day's picking Kio
has three picking days in each week,
ami he averages ever two hundred
quarts at cadi picking. When a fair
price, is nfl'emd ho is always wise
enough to sell, mid who would want
a Letter Klondike than thin'. - Orlando
tHa.) HopoiUi'.