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o THE TZliralNGTOHi lJESSENGaR, SUHD-APijiL 3, 18r3. n T 1 ZL. SPAIN'S FORMIDABLE SHIP The cruiser Viznaraiiiinw derf Andinc 1 f ; : . cruibor. duo carries two great 11 men, 1 ; inch rapid 'firing guns, 20 smaller, guns belt a foot. thick and 6 feet broad. A PROPOSAL OiF TO-DAJY., 'For -stoffne ffcime,' observed Mr. Mark ham, '! toave beset by tbe'-ldea of pro- . J - ,- I posing to you." . Jle was standing with Eis excellently flat, back ' tb the mantlepiece, and Miss, Greatorex was covering a sUlk ibajwiama , h'an'dkercfhieli with am- oposfiition piat- tern 'in cwlord wotoTsr-Hwljy Mr. IMJarfc-; iham .could not nuake ou'ti. rlThere was tnk ofnie 'else fiii Itlhe.-' room, arid, as wiaa evtdei'U !the Igeaa'tliem'an :: wias 1 dlistpoeeid -to be corifl'dentlal... ' ! IMfsia G neaitorex . " lAsnd. -w!hy i 'have bmifl'eicL lyau.na "I ihave at Itlime ibeein; Ih'alf jafiraSd that ' - you . might ajcoeptl candi'd; young . manv iA't others," me xught'fully Tmovuixg- an -ai- Tnt 'inrviffibft, diuslt soebk .'frtotm' has Sleeve) , '.'I ' 'have "been ttnudh iper'tttrbed iby (the posoMMy oh ! , i pertaioly Itihe sJossibil'ity 'that you ,'miigjht refuse." . fit ivfiooil'df.be Jisagreeiabl'e .-to re fused'" reiriarkeidi tlhe" fl'ody, dnnperr rrha't,' "dlependisl tBa'e gienitlliemahi dosiidferea, If 1 .was sure I'wan)teki 'to at would: ainq'U'etlion'aJbQy imarry you, '"And you 'are -n'0t earre?" " Nd; .veryj 'far, , indeed, .'-If rom helng 00. At times 1 ithiink I Should much feimjoy the role of Mr. Greartorex, sq to speak. , I "iBut not always?" -j r 'Oh, dear jio! not n'early always.":. 4 Miss Greartorex had a caniary, whUch ia't t'hlis juncture 'ITNgan Ito s5nig wiix'h ian air. qf , 'the. most jiiconitJrolTaJble . tmerrt. men t, . , tMr. , liLafkhami: .tWejnit ( lb. a bieiglh- 'boring dnaiwer iand produced' i t'hearce a cloth, M'th, wthidh ne covered thtei cage. 'You are . not. sure, rwthetiher. you., are in love wli'tlh me or no?" remarked the young l'ady.i as tthie. bird'd ind'i'gniaht Qence' suecee'ded . tlo has , previous trre- levant rnapsoay. j , , ,. , ... .1 Lf Mr. Markham came tback to t!he.mian- tell piece,, v obd, lhayiing. readjusted ,hiis back, he saoi in a tow- voice, ana ,iook in down at 'the very , .dacent ,trow!n, I ' odimlit I, am ; disappdmted." (Bitterly, i 1 have no idea: - tihat , yipu coiii Id ibe sSlfcup'idr-Hit , is ,f,Mien!UyV pos-. fid'ale." , i r ... I,.., !, , , , From tne' motion of Mi!s 'Greaitorex her head as they would , ,say. .. in ' 'the sol d (books 'He implied .a nibte iblfvinterroT. gation. . . j' . . .J-' 1' - "It iLS) suid not 'Id .Shave,, grasped1 fthie, quesition. I ihave .'for miie a ( long .time known that ,1 twos In love ' "Eiver since luncheon?" ' ' 4 rethaps not , quite ,iso, with you."' long as -.that. But certainly , ever slncjq, , altmost . itfver since, uoay jureatorex ueiic ;tui -room. ... The young, lady laughed. .,,. i ' .'jVas my mother such an instance of j eqrge ii,iopt s maugn , prppriiet. scama i.ng'ibeihlind her daughter and threa ten ling wat shle WilL;be!" . I L 1... ' 1; mere ly jm'eanit .t'hait. tijie plresence o'f . a Cha'Deron lis ineomoaitiible watih' sent!i-i ment." I.' ., i -: "7 I, . .observed the young woman, "do not mlind admiitlting that I am getting confus'ed. You, now -assert that for (more . than ; itwenty 1 minultas you . have "adored me," (Mr. Markham's should- ersi appearied to depreoaJte the jexoggera oniVptf.;''t!n,ii,etc), and a moment ao' yo se4med much, . Itk , doubt -your love.' ..V .i.... 1 .7 ... . !j .: ;7. ,t . r "'N'ot at aa;, . , What , Sk 1 why I lately' call'ed you sibupid. I am. sure tlhat I (aim in love; jbut I am very uncertain as 'to whether, I would. Tike to marry the be loved object" ;. ,: . ; ,1 7 . . -Mists Grea'torex laughed. 7j - 1 ""I admit It sounds, perhaps, imiprop er. ' I merely mean itihatj mami'age as 'the,, neeesaairy. . denouement of beting what is called in love seeris ito (me quite a doubtful expedient. . -j J j . 'When there is no. question of (being Sn Jove,"- he continued, reliaxd'ner hiimsedf j !by a ehort: wal k to the ot'her end of the i oam- and bkckr VI think J marriage not a. bad anran-gemen'L Tt is then merely a form of busiinessl . "paij'tnleTtehiip, and now that; it has ' ceased (to .be insolu!ble (has no special terrors. "FJut ybu and I ha'e.noth!ing to gain fby that. I am ex ceedingly Well off,' so are you. I do no:-, need to 'marry 'for piosi'til4(n,, nor do you. We neither of tis need to demanid I .blood. llike Hamlet's Auri):, , In fin , as i they-say in). the "Arabian) Nights,', you , THE; WORLD'S The first 126 ton Run for coast defense is now being eoraoleled It is of 16 irfch caliber and is thejlargest gun'ever jeptile nearly 16 miles With telling, efjfebfj VIZCAYA. Havana. Ja a first'MiiKa mncm ammul O .T 9m noes, one lorwara ana one ait, ten p$ and 8; torpedo tubes. She has an armor ,? Wave ino'thlihg: to gain 'by -me?, land' 1 luarve no material need of anythimg you can eoipply to atie Mlarikhialmi -is jusltl ais .fine ia ipliatfe a Oreatoirex 'Abbeyv and not 'bit flnrerf j .When ; I speak of ibeirig toi love H sp purely a sperson'al sensation 1 fiould like liit to ' becomae ohrbnlLd. I really ' en joy - being ia .'lovei. " )Bult Hf j we Vgw married .1 !f i , r . . j .- "You oanno't aaiiticrpaite your1 Jove Stand rng that crucial teslt?". . : 'U ; honestly dd'mi't 'tlhiat 1 -hiave '1 ny douibtis. fWe 'l'ive in ta; straigh.tforwaird alge ; let me rnake a clean ; txreastof them. iDo youi for' insltianice, .-Hike ItJa 'talk talt tbreakfast?'') -., r'lNoit tailways.'' .: .; ; , ; 'II, ihever .'' ! If you were ibeensad fby the ceremony ol m'arrliage to tnu'ndiate onie .wjith I miaJtut'nial conversation, I shiauld be rendered at once miiseraole. 'A f eel , ing or decency would prevent my Ishow ing itr 1 'snould .suppress silt. - IThat sup prefes'loin: would at xjnee destroy' all cjpenv aesa 'bekw&Qn. us." v .i.i...t ,., ; -- ;:j '"Ym ItaTce, ; I think," ,! inlterrupted Miss Gireatorex;- "a1 morbid vSiew of hie duty: of conjugal -conJfidence'. You would puh lit ttooj'ifajr.f : r,"My vieWa wS'. '.oliwiay's Ihligfti.' fPer , .haps, ;I ,do; 'but f, that', iisj Ihow, it dtytikes imje4 lEyery morning II sfhould joiau ; at the .breakfast; taiblia wa)th pthe unsploken terror Itniat you were aoout ;0O converse, 1 thMk 'It piossilMe itlhlat you also like 'to talk ! in Thei trali'n -and tin cabs ?" tMiss Grea'torex' asserted) that such was linde'ed the case; Mr.' Markham sat do win -on ;aV chaliir ; at 7 some ll'title.' dlis- lance., - -i: -h-p"t . . i 'lEbcactly. And to Itkk .'in the torain only makes imie less 'pas8iknateilyi an gry itna'n. 'ruavrn'g 'to speoK 100 anyooay abo'Ve all to answer thieiir7quelsltiKDins, in a cab." j j ' i j - 7 . . 7 "Of course," remarked the young la dy, washing ito alloy the anxiety o her friend, "yotu will", recollect .that .the orasienlt diiscussli'on is .miTely acadtettiiical. II have never definitely asked youjbo" Ibe. my 'husband."' . :' "No," he admitted, very handsomely. "I remember that I have admairedj.you for .not pushing your ' advanltage: lAny day within( the last! week you cnaghlt hiavipt sn ee(tedi it and KeaVen- alone whether I icould have- refused. .jDt. is very improble4 thalt Ibeen suffioieintlv firm." 1. should ihavie ;' -"Vkn 'aim West tiPhnnM- mlA ifirt 'fTV."L"7 : unn 'jviarKnom raosea nas 'nam '"Woii't"- "hre dried.- 'IDo let us finfish Ithis most intereislting ; conversationL' What 1 wolild wish to express isitlhoS, that I marriage when , one is really Sn love s'eems to me. 'tlo vulgarize., the slt- uatiion. . It bnakfes, to use the ffattnffiHiar expression, a Ibuslnesis oif a- pleasure. Or, more accurately, Itoi miake ihito a vulgar ibusihess matter what should be j ealously gu'asrdled Ifrottni 1 any .taint: of. 'Your objecltiori's are -after all propter "I was not,", he confessed; '"tMnkilnlg about the Garden of TEJdeni Businieiss was I in 'its fnfancy th'en so was .mar riage. 'For my jpoMt,' he contihued, ."Ijdlis-" Hike anything as ;soon as it beoointes a duty. 'I used to. like hun'ting; "sinde they made me maslter il llook forward to the autumn as a parson' looks forward tb Sundav. and VTett ithtere : was' a fcimue uvhe'n he ddubtless loyied . going to church, ' Vfjhkn it wast ohly , a, ipxirnfisisi- !ble itecrteaitlibn. Sup-pofelmg it twerej one of the JTeni Commandimjent's .tlhat . we should .go to. a, ball . every, tMbnday and. the opera.eyery Wsedhesday 1'- MAnd you mean that' you would dis like .the duty-of being permanently in PIROPOSAIi TOOAYI Gal 2 love ! with me," said the young1, lady, who perhaps found hiis remarks- be coming too 'general,' "though as a tem ipqrary sentimental ' ex!cursion you have not ihithertb 'found 'it disagreeable ?" What I find' fault w3ith is," . he de clared, without very directly replying to ' her question, "that unless one to marry you one . could 1 riot do several tMriigs -: one would ".like."" CFor ' instance," I wbuld like very' much to take I you to Iildia." 1 ,1 ""VMhen?" iinquired , the young . lady with .somewlhat startling definiteness. ; 'INoi.'?. hej .replied,, ".till, . say, October. India lin the middle of the season you would . not enjoy a 'bit "But I really Sear (unlesi we g'et married) the ftrip is impossible. All the same, 1 should GREATESTGUNSt ; mjde. 7 It will hurt a mammoth pro- J love to explain Taj !to you, and the jc' Tates at San -Francisco; it 43 itlr brix 2iat I cannot wtake you there vta put -r Trying- you. r !V - ' -- aSii.'lA.tmw.'Aaeuza, pe nap r rfcr;lao; those V ttijra it sUa- imends itself, ? but! personally I Should, wot Hkelt so mucSi.' - I (Miss Greatorex laughed. tMr. IMlark ShJaan lext "Ms sequestered seat and itook one (beside 'her xjn tne- httle so'fa- n , , ; Vrt"?Were yoti tn&Mirgr, aked trfe'luay,, ttoat yoiu would like to take my ttiana? U (have thought that bef ore. I was 'thinking of takinr it. Now, if we are married be contanued alf ter aii inter 4 yal, "this would fbe my SbTirsaness. It; would be expected; 01 me, as at is. ox Oi ftien to Say eggs or (the (Pir4nice o2 Wales lay; foundation stones." ; : -r- i tTk.JHM tali" A- 1 'vrA'Vfc w ; "It would ithen become 7 detestalble And often lately d have pictured : any- y&li as riding' (home in tjhe deepening; dusk: of. a. winter's - aftternoonl : , ifrom ihunting, either with you Iby my side or to find you wairting ifor one at home. rWihen I iChink of 4t I nearly take a jhansam anid: oome Hhere to lay myself (ai yoiir!t3eet.t- f fWhy don'-t-yofUf i"3For the! reasons detailed aJbove. I picture helng refused and the sulbse que't' dfecomf ott and convenience. It would entail aft entire change of all mly pans for the rest of t!he season ! . ."But it you were not refused?" ' !Mr. Markham started' i ': 7 KXh, t?hat certainly struck nie as an alternatftve. but I -did not find it less! alarming. Tf. I jwere awoejpted we should protbably . get married and ; how dull 7f or us both it! would sUl)equently !be! 'What 1 hOuid reallly ; like ;would (be for you to come and stay, just in our present capod ty ait Markham, say, for a year. You vould walk with- me, Oiunt with me; I would read io you my fiavori'te toits of my favorita authoxb, and you should retaliate with yours. I team 'Imagine nothing so dellghitiful. I tb'ave already had you to stay at Mark ftram; Ibut then Lady Greatorex and fifir IMaamad'uke came, too, and my sis ter come dotwn ito do hostess. . We were never alone except now and 'then for a quarter 'of '-lijMi WIV'tmr; of mutual eiideavoring.'' f ) ' Thank you," driterjeicted with some asperity, tne uaay.i . - 1 1 7 "What I should!, .-llike would be to have you thus for! a time "all to myself Yoiu would find mej mucn nicer coan yu imagine. . llhave. mp.ucjh. m'ore 'tpV me, as tflie Yankees soy, ,than you; would think." . . .7. .: ,'.... . J ' r - 'You arfe not, iii tf act, sutelh . a fool as you look ? MINISTER STEWART WOODFORD. .iir':t6'Spain?waa 1835. Hie h was !itfd, dt'qolambia 'and; and became: a fvi :jou LvoGlyii lawyer mirr iji. "'.it: ' .' ..... vaj.i iaciaamnam cook no nonce wtnan:i ever ox tnns frivolous -interruptlori.) nVell," added the lady,- -"on one con dition . I will Come.iDo.4:nol3 vToih.k brightened ; I dbnf t mea-fb" insist " on a prior engaigement.' -You need "not promise to marry (me. But "I will come for a Whole year to (Markham if if I 'may (bring Ixtrd 'Mendip with me." "Ijord (Mendip!";. Mr. (Markh'am re leased what he had (been- holding and laid It IbacK in the young lady's lap WUiUU h sbrriething iff tiie ' air i wheitwtiitt f P fW? 'u'pon' mm:t one on ' article that one - has been fingering -r t wivwi win v u.i'w-ai, vrxx . ,X ljKJ V ti Lis It is' marked "ISold." He resumed his po sition' on the hearthnig. but . without "again accommodating his back to . the; mantlepiece. "It Was' Jhe .remarked1 presently, 'Very nice,. of you, ,tb inform me , or your engagement in 'that wav. Ybu 'can do thiinigs, whea you , try, very erticeiuiiy. lAore awKwardj ,fwoman mightly' have told me flatlv (half an hour ago.' .1 , ' 7 j roihg 'to! tell you just now. TBut you ibegged jme ito wait, as you wilslhed to finish -your delightful con versation. I . concluded that! you thought ye were shining-. After all you do not affect to ignore your f eputationl as conversationaliist" - .j 'I am sure," he jsaid: after Mhe brief- -est possEble pause, - "you will ' be ex It remely happy. (That . is certaihly my jwih 'that you may Ibe as happy as you deserve. (Dord IMendlp's happiness of . course, goes without saying. It is aniterest'ing to tlhink that he I was my 2fathers fiag at iBton." i . "He told me it was your great-grand-" father."5 ' j : ' -. : , i ' "Ah! 1 think he was mistaken. My gTeat-gTandfather died quite twb years before Lord Mendip was .iborn, and The . was not at Eton. HWIhere there lis any disparity of years' Between Ijord KMendlp and myself there is some disparity ?". f'Qulte so. l iBut it is on the right, side. I take It Lord Mendip Qs not more .than eighty?" -7' 77 .--.I- ': ':77.v'-7.-..:7:.47 r'Scarcely so antich," declared the young lady with admirable temperTHe' 5s' but seventy-Tour. 7- t t Tf? 'And Ihe is a peer. It is Ibetter ithan anything I could have offered, you." ! 1Aai to that, wCben your uncle , dies you will be a duke." . j J 1My uncle does hot contemplate any public event so little as (his own de cease. And he is a year youniger' thon (Lord (Mendip; he will doiibtless marry again."1 v-:. . -r.'M ' 77 ' I - "Yes, I (thought; of that; -T took that Unto my consideratttoii,'; the young lady -toani'a face 1, with ' an expression he rather failed to itriderstand. fThere was about her r" : , .here was a slight fsaund behind her. j 4i.ere, ;-msirj:; . P'3 - yQTigi tot x lc iinv over, her. heti "to the suddc ...lyx "I med 'Jbor.tr IL.ri. td "feceiile mJ oo in (Mass-Gre3$(?rex le5$ed to her feet 1 fXm':tSlheaveri8 sake don't!' she bried to a smothered vofflce. , "It was ja Ee. I did it to. see, ik I could shake you vld (Mendlp amlei Ifbrward! Jvttn a keen old look in pijaded eyes, and a mulcto "cooked" exi;ression about his haif-deaf old eareu: 7 . vy j X3ongTatulationst ih? Who am I to congratulate? I thl'nk I Iheard some thing albout con'graU-llations In person." ? PTTes, Lord Mend, I want yours." Mr. Markham s'rghe'l heavily.' "I have just proposed to Mis - Greatorex, and Ishe ihas neen goodienough to accept a: xne. .. "Oiord! how intH jn',' cried tJhe old gentleman. "I rec'let your father was my fag at Eton-m'ntalkingi you know offtShe year:! thariy-nine. .. iBy. Jove you're a lucky chopi Markham and 1 1 doi Cfcmgratulaile you. "MrGVIarkham Tejce these felfcita-' itions wtiith some' Amotion, and sighed again fless neavrry.-vtBlack and - White. ISbme ItrouMe hiad oefcutred Jbeitiweein the tefllier of a PitASfurg ibamk an-u h'Ss best gan itaotn wre- my-prwiui usm. LlgihpSriitedj and ;the you -lady in sisted upon: repeati to the teller that he must never agafaspak to her; that, he should "never :roogmlize her untdier-s any oircumstonce, and that' if he did so she would ! conEldC 't an insul t. fThe teSler was greatly; o tended. ' re lon-ged for revenge, r and' a- few' dayi9 ago h,e had it.:! - -T, 'f llik-'- - V . I ' - While' sholppimg f&win town ' the. young lady ibecasne ishbrji money. She kept a smlall omiounit. at Kast End bairjk, .iviih ihiArTnirmVv;,wi:s!iiee'deds a't once. : : Bo whip- i,rS!rrfid ' lihltKH .'Sn'Lo ithe telleir's hMjnik.' fiM outTheKlfefcfor a few dol lars and prefeientijit;;t6 ! her enhiJe ; "Are you aequo w.Mt" any one here?" asked' thei.-tf?' tier.. -. ; The vounfe: woma?7 nearly fainted. "If nit," resume . the teneT, "I'm alfiraid I can't . your : check. - 'Nb douibt, it -dis perf ei Jy igood, .but our bank requires tnj; wte' know, andfer" lifetrsons and. signa- itb whom 'fve pay monley.' The gulf nD'etwe-einfilhem now can never Iborn ' on:' the werllirew York citv. in Yale, was admitteilb the fear in 185? and .politician" DniiMlr the war he wai t :: - .. TlB'MIINIESRlAai.. OHTNA .j. ;v ; t"T- ir7 V , :.,. -' -v.H'.-, Beltween '(Huinallnd': ShanislL Olte ithe mlihtes off Lusihan baM Ootrtia-ni- ifloo, Xhm!gslhalnj! S :;nd olthteir diistrictis of iHunan, ficmtietchiesr from- the Yanig-tsekilatng tOiTpKe 'Hlponig-hb. Tlhlus lost river vffbrttis itihl1 : isbutahern !bbuliid-L ary of 'Shansli,.; wct- has 3O,00O,00Q,(M)0 tons of 'the' Ibest hraaiite wa'i'tliinlg to bb tapped . iTttie ', ;mieasttres of Itlhijs tlweein 2,000 and 3 jMtfeelt above Ittoesiea: att m. sthieatifliexitremieiiifly, ..and, tne mam aea coveiisi.uw squaone manes. Thle aVeirage . , wid'ih'T 7 'the se'amis 71a Tthe crow'n.ing'. triiiei-it bf 'thle Bhanis5 ctoal "fields i!s thotI in ..Huinoin,. 4rpnJ is found albundan in several strata Hot the; coaJ 7for'aUtli.;Ihe:tlaltives ' use- only one kind !ipf,:-ore a kind. fchjat 'mens reauuy; wi niuc-. rime, sua ax., way nux. ' 'A. iiairiy 'largTj pra imanuxiuoiiux'uj .industry is TMready -carried oii,; andj.:in spite of the . crud'4j'Jfneahods! of ," prepa. ration, the. produces 5s. of high quality by reason mainly "gt, -the superiority;, of ' 'Just try to irnae for one moment the completeness of ..the revolution that 1 j. h ' : - -- t. ja -teicjiJL-. 11 . -i l j3 . uwhj'uiui iue -uec.ieu.' nxvf . ine 'rairuuiucituu of "Western i 'l-worici; eqjuipped! iwtfti western machinery ,a appliances, - into the neart of fthe gjt- mineral produc ing distrScf'rjof 'Shasi. lElxercise your 3maginatjbtt:a ,littJerjmore,7and try jto realize the ; i cihan'gi that would come layer China,! in Ks internal and exlternal conditions and.relatfpn!sv if the govern ment were suddenlySto resolve; upon an organized and det?rpnined endeavor j to develop all the reAoirces of the coun try, and were to ry outfits resolve by the removal bfV&ll disabilJties now existing, - in the shae of vexation's, in ternal taxes and jejLtfcsus dislike of Inno vations, 'by the grinff of direct mining licenses on' re'asonablf royalties, and ;by the provision: of rajidr and cheap means' of communi6ation.s iStuch a. social rev olution, as this is a irsam of -the distant future,, but it seens! lesttned to be re alized. iMeanwhilell &!f start has been made, and if , the wcress should prove to be slow, let 'it e, ijremembered that, apart from its trwo3 tfroni without at present, the goverKft&nt, under the pe culiar fiscal systeipr- that -prevails, tis very poor, Chamibef Journal. ; ! iiOiNicA1 ipts; : ' - ' f ' ""!' '' 77- R7.' 1 '-'"7.jr7-;:v-:':vLh;-. 1 .If a. man" is single-S's just as good as married or just at? $jad. -; II I If a man- has out, fafled hte knows how- tb enjoy : sublquently success j ' 1 If eu fat man is .F!jioails-tx lose flesh all be has tb db is'.sfo shave himselfJ i If a woman (Eatee&ls hter." fortune . &3d- r'Trething' unusual P -also age is pretty sure '.bankrupt her. I - -v . : -"S ' . , i, REVOLVING TURRET .. . I . ' .. Several of these revolving' turrets, placed upon Romer shoal, New York harbor, for the defense of the metropolis ' "X? COUiLiD NOIT GHQA1PIPIEN 50UTH. 7 Unique and' unequalled among Am-er-iican. newispapers stands the (New Yonik Evening Post unique as 'the sole paper among .the 15,000 or 120,000 j piuibiislh'ed in this country that has sunk ail honior, ail patriotism,' and unequalled in lihe depths of degradation lin whdeih. it. naa wailolwfed since .'th'e first arinou)riiC!emin;t olf -the disaster ..to 'the Maine. iNct ccn ten't wath' tHe perislisteln.t effbrt j 'tihait (it has made to 'prove that :the destiruotdQin. of ! the Maiinb " was ' purely'' accidental; 'anid to decry 'any "pbesilblie effort which this country might' make ito' relieve the suffering '5n Cutoa or to . defend ' i'ts own honor, if need be, thPost has now sought ' to bellittll' the effort that is tbe inig made to ibuSld a monument to those who ' lost their Jive's when the Maine . went down in: the" harfbbr of Havana Probably nb higher mojtive inspired the Post than' hatred' olf the . . New Yerk Journal, ' which : firsit ' suggestied -thlis monument; and while' the (Manufactur ers' Itecord has not by' any means al ways admired the Journal, it "would a thousand times prefer to stand before the wOrM responsible for the Journal's Cuban work; than to be 'loaded ivvfith "the shlamie of the .'.Pbsjt's maliilcious, degnad inig cbnjrse a' disgrabe' to American jioumalism and to America; itself. "Com-; menting onr thife movement to ibuLid a monument, the'' 'Posit slays: ; "We ought alKvays to teonsider what pbsterity will: think of 'the monuments we erect and what posterity will -do Ito thehi We'caij itnagfinie" a - tfiuftuire " gen eration coming - urpon this monument wherever it may ibe. erected and ask--ing: "Why cumJberetlh it ithe ground?" The answter will he .thlait certajin sailors of j ithe -United. ; States navy ttiet wifth an. 'accident, to wit, c . explosdoni, on their shfip, and that since It'oKurred at a time when Ithtere 'twas a good- deal of talk about war; and a pretty lively sole of extras, and since the accident . on explosion and not a collision or a hur- riiteanb, it' tt'os detemied' advisable erect a monument 7to their memory. . "Very innocent intention," posterity would say in such a case, : ''but lndiicatiive rather of emotdbn ithan of sound judgment," and therenpon., If . it happened . to ibe in a place wanted; ; foe some, other . use, d!t. wbuild- ibe thrtwnv down . without com punction'.' - : -7 .): ; ' :7 '7; "CbuM' human, imgienulity Wi'thi mailice . botrn of the Ibwer world fperpeltrate a more dialbolic attempt to discredit our de-ad? In the contemplation .of sulch a dSsgrace to. human nature, the Mam ufabturers' 'Rectord has at -cast one sat isfaction', and :;that is that nowhere in all the' south i could such - a jbumal a's th!2 'New York Evening Pbslt live. May the. wise dlsipensatSonlsi of .Providence forever- save bur souithem land from such, a ; concentration of hypocrisy , and degradatdon' as as found dri-' ithe New YiQrk EVenibg-Post. Baltitabre (Manu facturers' Record. POIDNTEID PARIAiGiRAP'HB, . The contotrtipni'st leads a dbuMe life.' The nbtttete bf a, hod sinerer alwajvia go tb protest. ' IJe laughs ibest who waists until he gets out of the. woods. I - The man . who . is entirely ' satisfiled with, himself is "easily conltented. ' -'lem may comb and men ' mav eo.- but thle gas meter goes on forever. 7 La rame is- iDOunki to (be a succesis i!f people will on3y7 take the chances. la uo ul uiie omy gooa tmng some men have is a-reputation for (being .bad. Witi'sn 1 a --man Ibecomes thoroueahlv contented he Thfcri' outlived hd3 useful ness. ' "' ' : " I ' ' Very few, people have weak eyes from JkSpg'-on' thfe- brtghlt side of things. -. r xne wiom-'.n with a 'baibv and the woman ' without one are always sbrrv for each other.-. ... - ; s Tb;? 'gray matetr( ' behind :the"o4ner; fellow's' brbw causes mahv a mam flael Ibncnr-., -bJeaten. "77'.-- : ' ' . , . -... . Take care of your pennies and som a' one will Comejalong with. a7s-dheme to take ' care ,bf your- dollars for L you, ' : lime '. may ; !be'.'- money ; hut 1 ' niieaw your friends 1 -aliways appreaiate' thie money you spend with them thion the time;-Chicajgo 'News: 7 . " : ; '; : TWELVE: INCH COAST - Sateen of these powerful 12 inch mortars are now mounted at Sandy Hook near New York city, and similar batteries are in position at .various seaport They empnnted jn deep pits,.are ibje.an edemy andre designed to drop tons of projectiles on the deck of an attackingijp. r - r FOR COAST DEFENSE . i - . :.-- ...... armed with mammoth gnus, are to be ain, iJTjrmiurruai rnh'ere is .one thinig I won't dastanctay . understood," said the only daugtoer df tlie household, as ;she cornered her pa rents and; looked i as tthougfti sise. were issviin :a problamatlion of war. "tt wiant no more interference fin my af fairs so fair as the ybung men, who. cotme here are j eoncerned. I'm old enough to exercfiise. my own ; judgmenlt x aikd ifiorn "W own. opinilons.. Ybu ,Hwoi act very -miuth to me as though, you tihought some young man,' was tryimlg toj marry the wholb family, and that It devolves, upon yboi, to criake a satisfac tory, selection. , .You lhave succeeded. 4in : .riinning .tofl tiwo or three for whom I had a special lfkmg, and now I call a halt.. That's my ultimatum!" . ' ' "See hiere, toy young lady,"" jbegan tihe father. Cut that ' was as far as the probeeded. (He.: was curtly informekl "that young men did not call to get ihlis Views on' thb '.' financial! question, the chances of .a -war ;with iSpain or the' air vantages ' off ered fciy Michigan for tbie' best sugar tndustiry.v rrhey had access; to, tthe newspapers: and read all the newa that at cost mililibns of dollars ".to- col- lebt . Hie did not amount to any more than a tto : whistle at a ibond touma- ; ment. 7 ,7 j - '' fi- ;, -r: ! " ' ' ' f'tElzabeith, rai not permiit any -such -,-talk to your father. I guess we Knoiw ' what is best for you, and we certainily litaive your welfare at heart.- I give you td ditetinbtly irnderstand" ' 'J"I ' . do . -distlinct'ly undeirstand.' 'You ' broke rriy last ; engagement by sitting -at) the tabll'e and telling Charley that I . baked thle hot Mscyit t'hat I never saw till- they were served.' "One ; dose ' oif them Tuined -has dilgeisttffion, - and vl' donU blalme him. for nbt.rilsking his life wtitn. -. suldh- subposed danger, as " a constant. '; hi'emabia." - " v, (, ' " -- "' ' j Then she 'fled- in tears, : and' tne pair, .wbnt to upraiding eateh- oih'er- in a man- ner 'that.tehdedi to revive thie old com- " tundrum as ; itb .whether marriage 4s a. failure.'--lFrpm the ,Tettroiit Free-; 'PiressS EJXPCEJROIMDNITS WITH "NICOTtrJNE - IProfessor J. U.. Lloyd has made a yery. thorougb.. study, bf the effect of nicotine on insects (the Professor does ibt? smoke), and has. devised; methods , for, extracting .and .using it 1 as a .para-' siticide in, sheep dips,, plant sprays, etei iHe has sold his; rigbt to . an Eastern company on a royalty basis, and this company, which has now been opera ting for ; some two years in Chicago, has now; arranged f or . the erection of , large, factory in 1 St, LpuLs. (fYom the . American .Druggist. . .'- 1 .7 i:v: '. .; . . . f i SIGNiS OF...TME .rrBMIBS.. ' Certainly, no careful observer either . in New: England or the country at--large, can be blind . to .the fact that a crucial period, is at (hand' for the New, lEiigland cotton spinning , industries. In , ., the keen and , incessant, fight: for .miaai-.. ufacturi-iig supremacy the factory which . draw from its immediate environs the . t supplies of raw. material . needful for its ; .daily ; consump tibn . is , the one which . la -best-, equipped tb survive the struggle.; ; This is prebisely the situation in the southern states today,, as compared -wlthi : . ; INew En'gland; The . latter .: hauls her r, .. coail for hundreds of miles,, likewise the: l,4 raw cotton ,out of. 7 ; wihichl '.i her fabrics; 7. . ares w'oven.. The sou'th,on' the otiher handL ' hand; finds its f actories surronded wit!hi the; cotton fields, and it is but a stone's ... throw from- the coal mines to the-fur-p. naces of, those , ; factories. 1. Crronting. . ,'r 'these-two facts 'alone, the. odds ore heavily, against : New. Eaigiand, But when, In addition, ' cheaper labor. cjMr-- frbnts her manufacturers than is possU ble 'in the .rigorous and- changing dK mate of what are, after all, compara-. ... tiyely stertile states, . as 7 contrasted 5 i.j with the productive fields of the soutfti, r . what shall ibe said of the outlook? ; It would seem' , inevitable That 7 for the - - lowier . and 7 mediumi grades of ? cotton gbods, If. not, indeed for the morle ex-,.. pensive as well the bulk of -production . muit sooner or later swing from New . Ungland south of ' Mason , and Dixon's Unei Iry Goods Chronicle. . 7" DEFENSE MdRTARS, ---1 II jlf' "5 - 77 f : --.-
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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