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YOL. X. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1899. NO. 20.
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"Down the stream where the tide 18 clearer,
Further on where the shores are fair.
Are the gracious forms we would fain be
nearer,
The names we breathe in the voice of
prayr,
Be the voyage long, they will be the dearer
When after a while we Bhall greet them
there,
Further on, where the tide Is clearer,
Down the stream where the shores are fair.
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a cieniinc i rageav. t
Four of us were sitting in the bay
window of the hotel. There was
-England, the lanscape painter; Har
rison, the civil engineer; Eardley Brit
ton, the professor of physiology, and
myself.
Politics had been discussed, books
talked over, and nothing remained
but the last refuge of the weary
tory telling.
j Harrison tried to thrill us with a
profoundly uninteresting tale of a
.' ? bridge, judged by him to be safe,
which had gone down five minutes
after (or was it before?) he had tested
it.
England told at great length a har
rowing recital of the loss and recovery
of one of his own pictures, which some
- presumably bad judge of painting had
stolen.
To impart a little life to the gather
ing I told a very good story, thorough
ly original, about stopping at an inn
ou the slopes of the Black Forest
mountains; how I had not liked the
landlord's appearance, and how he
-very nearly robbed and murdered me
k but for my presence of mind in leav
ing the inn next morning.
Strange to say, this story also fel
flat, and so we asked Britton for a
tale.
"Ah, well," said he, "you fellows
may laugh, but I've had one stirring
adventure in my time, young as I am.
(Britton's discoveries in brain physi
ology had won him his D. Sc. of Lon
don university at the age of 26, and
his further successes had given him
. world-wide fame.)
"I have never told this to anyone
before," went on Brittou, "as I've al
ways felt rather nervous about it. But
it's five years ago now, so I think I'll
venture, if you care to listen.
"It was just after I got my D. Sc.
I went straight to Leipsic to study
tinder Virhoff. I had good recom
mendations from Crane, Thompson
and other big lights. I first hunted
for lodgings, but they all seemed full,
till at last I turned down a street of
dark, tall houses, and in the window
of one stood the welcome announce
ment that lodgings were to be let
within.
"The place suited me admirably, es
pecially as there was a large rambling
Tooin under the roof, which I saw at
once would be the very thing for my
laboratory. So I had my traps brought
up and was soon quite at home.
"The great Vii hoff was a man about
70 years of age, white-haired, vener
able and with a look of gentle and
placid serenity ou his face. I went
home highly delighted with my recep
tion, for I had expected to meet some
soured old votary of science, aud lo! a
genial old philanthropist!
"During the next six months I
worked hard and found the benefit of
such teaching as Viihoff could give.
Now, all this time I was busy in my
spare momeuts on the 'medulla ob
longata and its functions, and I
thought something might come of my
researches in that direction, though
truth to say, I had very hazy notions
about what did come at last. But I
was very shy about this private work
of mine, and although I talked topics,
I did not say anything about my pet,
subject.
"One day, however, after an unus
j ually brilliant lecture of Virhoff's, I
' waited for him, and we sauntered
slowly down the street together, his
arm resting affectionately in mine.
Neither spoke for some time, so at
last he said playfully: 'Well, my young
friend, you seem dull today. Is it
that you are in what you English call
'a brown study?"
" 'I was thinking,' said I, moved to
a sudden confidence, 'of some re
searches I have been recently making.'
" 'Ah, yes,' said he, inquiringly,
in what direction?'
" 'Well, master,' I replied, I have
been doing what many men have tried
to do, that is, find out the precise
functions of the medulla oblongata.'
"As I said the words I felt my arm
i violently pressed by that of the old
jiHn&n, as if he had a sudden electric
shock. I looked up in surprise.
" 'Pardon me,' he said, 'it is a slight
affection of the heart to which I am
subject. You were saying '
" 'But, master,' I replied, 'this is
dangerous. Have you consulted any
one?' " 'No, no!" he cried, impatiently.
Think nothing more about it. You
were saying somethiug about some
1 little researches of yours. You must
let me come to see your laboratory.
Perhaps I may be able to give you
some fclats. '
"A)ewweek3 passed away, and I
ts getting1 feverishly anxious. My
AND BY.
By and by, when the sun is shining.
After a while, when the skies are blue,
When the clouds unfold their silver lin
ing And the peaceful isles drift into view.
We shall free our tongues from dull repin
ing, And our hearts with the joys or youth
renew,
After a while, when the sun is shining,
By and by, when the skies are blue.
Nixon Waterman, in Chicago Journal.
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experiments turned out even more
successful than I had hoped, and light
was beginning to dawn on me. Vir
hoff, in the meanwhile, had been, if
possible, kinder to me than ever, aud
it was evident, I think, to all that I
was his pet pupil.
"One day he said to me: 'Well,
dear pupil, and how go the researches?
I must call in the evening and see your
little workshop, is it not so? It was ar
ranged that he would call in about 7
o'clock, on his way home from a
friend s house.
"As I sat, just when dusk was com
ing on, a modification of my latest ex
periment came into my head. It was
a startling idea, aud I rushed into my
laboratory aud plunged at once in the
medias res. For some time I worked
in silence, expectation at fever point,
"Suddenly I dropped my scalpel
and drew a long breath. I had fin
ishedl My work was over, and the
discovery was made. My brain was
all in a whirl, aud I had hardly self-
control enough to note down the final
result, and how it was obtained, in
my notebook, which I then put in my
pocket.
"The cathedral struck 7 at that mo
ment, and a knock was heard at my
laboratory door. I went to open it
and found my master waiting outside.
" 'What!' he cried. 'You seem ex
cited, carried out of yourself (do not
the English sneak so?). You are kind
to be thus overjoyed to see the old
master.
"I smiled, and my heart beat the
news I was presently going to give
him. How glad he would be! How
he would wring my hand and beam
upon me!
"Viihoff had his back to me and
was bending down over some papers
when suddenly I heard him utter a
sort of choking gasp, and I saw his
whole bodv shake convulsively. I
rushed to his side, and he looked
round at me with a face as white as
the dead. His lips moved, but no
sound came from them, but still he
stared at me with glassy, horror
stricken eyes,
" 'I must go home,' he said.
"I expostulated iu vain, but when I
found he was determined I rose to ac
company him, but to my surprise he
would not let me go any further than
my sitting room door.
"I heard his steps going downstairs
and then the clang of the hall door as
it closed upon him. He had dropped
the paper on my landing, and I had
mechanically picked it up. I now
looked at it and found it was one of
my concluding experiments, before
noting in my book.
"I slept very badly that night, what
with one thing and another, and I re
member very well of getting up to
feel if my precious notebook was safe.
"At last, out of all patience, I got
up, put on my dressing gown and de
termined to go to my laboratory and
take a look around, thinking by this
means to settle my mind. What was
my astonishment to see a light faintly
shining under the laboratory door!
"I listened breathlessly at the key
hole and distinctly heard somebody
moving about, aud once I thought I
heard an impatient sigh.
"I put my hand on the knob, but
must have made some slight noise in
so doing, for the light was instantly
extinguished. In I dashed, but 'fell
prostrate over a chair, which had been
cleverly placed at the entrance.
"Something brushed past me in the
darkness,rushed through the door and
downstairs. But as I got to the toj
of the bottom flight of stairs I heard
the bolt of the hall door shot back, and
1 just got to the street in time to see a
cloaked figure running with incredible
swiftness 49 or 50 yards away. It
was impossible for me, glad as I was,
to pursue it.
"Morning came and with it a kind
letter from Professor Viihoff, telling
me that his indisjjosition made it im
possible for him to lecture and invit
ing me to come to his house in the
afternoon, and 'I was to be sure,' said
the letter, 'to bring with me with any
notes I might have made on the func
tions of the medulla oblongata, as he
wished to see how far I had got in the
study of that orgau. '
"I ate my lunch in a dream and was
actually on my way to the professor's
when I suddenly remembered that I
had left my precious notebook behind
me. I hastily ran back, snatched it
up from au experimenting table and !
made the best of my way to my mas
ter's house, knowing that he much
disliked unpnnctnality.
"I still fancied that his face was a
trifle pale aud that his hand shook.
This latter fact was brought to my no
tice by his letting a glass fall after
dinner. He had just raised it to his
lips when I said: 'Now, master, I have
a wonderful piece of news for you. I
have discovered the true function of
the medulla oblongata.'
"Hardly had the words left my lips
when his glass dropped to the ground.
I rang the bell for the servant at the
professor's request, and in turning to
do so faced a small mirror on the
wall. I saw Virhoff's face reflected
for one brief instant,and such an awful
look of maglinant hatred as was then
depicted on it I never wish to see
again.
"I turned hastily around and could
not but believe that my eyes had played
me false, for there he sat smiling gent
ly as before. He began to talk at
once, expressing, as I thought he
would, great gladuess at my news,
'though,' said he, 'I can hardly yet
credit it, even from you, my dear
friend. '
"He proposed that we should ad
journ to his laboratory, where we
could discuss matters in a more scien
tific atmosphere, as it were. 'Of
course you brought your notes,' added
he.
"I told him that I had, and we went
down a long flight of steps and along
one or two passages till we came to
our destination.
"We stepped inside, and, to my sur
prise, Virhoff locked the door behind
us and put the key in his pocket.
After showing me his treasures he
clapped me cordially on the shoulder
and said: 'Now, dear pupil, I shall
sit on the chair here in front of you
quite at home, eh? and you shall tell
me all about your discovery.'
"I perched on the table, Virhoff sit
ting in front of me, smiling fixedly.
'First let me see your notes, Avill you?'
said he. I handed him my notebook
silently. 'Sit still,' said he; 'don't
move.'
"Hardly had he said the words when
1 felt a shock and knew that a strong
electric current was passing through
me. I was powerless to move.
" 'Ha, ha, young friend, dear young
friend!' said Virhoff. 'You feel the
thrill, is it not so? Listen. O great
discoverer. By pressiug this knob,
which you see here, I make an end of
you, sure and safe; and that is what I
am presently going to do. You baby
faced fool! Shall chance put into
your hands what I, Virhofl,have spent
my life trying to discover?'
" 'I it was whom you surprised last
night. At night I tried to find out
if you had discovered the secret lor
which I had toiled invain,for Iguessed
from the paper that you must be on
the right track. But I could find
nothiug, so I brought you and your
discovery here and mean to kill you
aud keep it.'
" 'My work is meat and drink to
me; it is the blood, the life of my heart!
You you boy is it fit that you should
by accident find out what has been to
me the work of hours and hours of se
cret toil?'
" 'No, dear young friend; you have
only one more discovery to make, and
that will ba when I once more press
the knob, and then you will be dead,
dear pupil, dead! How droll!' and he
laughed shrilly.
"My soul froze with horror under
the malevolent eye of the maniac, for
such I judged him to be.
"He quickly opened the notebook
and dashed hastily over the pages.
For a few minutes no sound was heard
save his hurried breathing. I was too
faint with fear to savone word. Sud
denly he uttered an exclamation of
surprise and disgust and threw the
book down.
" 'But but,' stammered he, 'you
have discovered nothing. It is all
wroug, all wrong,' and he paced back
ward aud forward iu uncontrollable
agitation. At last he stopped, clapped
his hands to his side and laughed loud
ly in a very forced manner.
" Ha, ha!' snouted he, "what a
jest! I believe the boy thinks I am iu
earnest! See! aud he pressed another
knob. The electric circuit was broken,
and I jumped down from the table,
free once more. 'You must allow the
old man his joke,' said he, still laugh
ing nervously. ' See, here is your
book.'
"I cannot tell with what relief I
followed Virhoff upstairs. He still
talked volubly, praying me not to be
offended at his ill-timed jest. I could
hardly answer him and took the
first opportunity of bidding him good
night.
"One idea kept coming to me. What
had he meant by saying that I had
made no discovery? Had he, then, de
tected some error, some weak point?
I found out, gentlemen, when I got
home, the answer to the enigma, and
the cold sweat came to my brow ouce
more when I saw that my life had been
saved by my having, in my hurry, put
the wrong book in my pocket when I
went to Virhoff's.
"Next day I published my discov
ery, and the day afterward the news
papers announced the suicide of the
'eminent Professor V lrhoff, a man re
nowned alike for his scientific discov
eries and for his unfailing goodness
of heart and benignity of demeanor.' "
Iu Havana, Cubn, the mean annual
temperature varies iu different years i
from 77 to 79. ' Throughout the West
Indies the mean annual temperature
near the sea is from 78 to 80, '
DEWEY'S MANY GIFTS.
PRESENTS OF ALL KINDS AND VALUE
SENT TO THE ADMIRAL.
ITU Cabin on the Fagship at Manila
Looks Like a Museum or Curiosity
Shop Some lleautlful Thiraga From
Aguinaldo Hatg,Cap8, Medallions, Etc.
Admiral Dewey's cabin is begin
ning to look like a museum or curi
osity Bhop, writes JohnT. McCutcheon
from Manila. Every mail brings
bulky packages and little souvenirs
from his enthusiastic admirers afc
home, and two typewriter operators
are kept busy acknowledging the re
ceipt of presents.
There are hats, caps, canes, medal
lions, handkerchiefs, paper weights,
cigar holders, flags, newspaper clip
pings and albums and nearly every
thing else that will go by mail. A
beautifully bound and illuminated al
bum came some time ago from a prom
inent club in Milwaukee, and is treas
ured as one of the star features of the
admiral's collection. Each page is
decorated with an appropriate paint
ing, the subjects bearing on some
thing ass jciated with the admiral or
the battle of Manila bay. On the last
page is a picture of the Olympia
jackies hoisting, or "breaking out,"
at the main truck of the flagship, the
two-starred flag of, the rear-admiral.
The final bit of text in the book ex
presses the hope that some time the
admiral may be in Milwaukee and that
he may take "breakfast" there.
A picture of a very pretty girl is a
constant ornament of his desk. She
is a Decatur, 111., girl, and sent the
letter, with the ingenuous superscrip
tion, "Our Dear Admiral," and it
won the admiral's heart. In acknowl
edging the receipt of the picture he
wrote a long and very cordial letter
which is a tip to other pretty girls
who have charmiug photographs.
Another conspicuous ornament of
his oabin is a painting of the battle of
Manila bay. It was made by a Chinese
artist in Hong Kong after a drawing
which appeared in Harper's Weekly,
and was presented to the admiral by
the junior officers of the Olympia.
The artist is now working night and
day making more reproductions, as
two or three dozen orders have been
sent him by officers of the fleet.
Admiral Dewey's shoemaker at
Washington sent him a fine pair of
white shoes, with the modest request
that the admiral give him the pair he
wore during the battle of May 1. The
exact identity of the shoes in question
being uncertain, the admiral compro
mised by writing a letter of thanks.
A steel watch, made of steel taken
from the Maine, is one interestiug
souvenir.
Some of the most beautiful things he
has are presents from Aguinaldo. The
dictator has the greatest admiration
and respect for Dewey, and has the
singular habit of making an elaborate
gift to the admiral whenever the latter
"calls him down." That accounts
largely for the number of Aguinaldo s
presents that adorn the cabin. In all
the dealing Admiral Dewey has had
with Aguinaldo he has treated him
with the greatest courtesy when cour
tesy was called for, and the greatest
severity when firmness was the thing;
but in spite of the rebuffs Agninaldo's
notes accompanying the presents in
variably refer to the admiral as "my
honorable and illustrious friend."
On the occasion of Aguiualdo's
first visit to the Olympia he was ac
corded the greatest ceremony that
could be bestowed on a man of his
high rank. The admiral in person
met him at the gangway, the marines
were all drawn up at attention and
everything except the firing of a sa
lute was tendered.
It is to be assumed that he was
Kufliciently dazed and flattered, for he
never ceased to be very friendly aud
anxious to act in compliance with the
admiral's wishes.
Not long ago General Anderson
wanted to take a pleasure trip up the
river Tasig, but was stopped at the
insurgent lines and compelled to
turn back. A day or two afterward
the admiral sat on the quarter-deck
and he saw an insurgentlaunch steam
ing gaily along near his ship with the
insurgent flag flying. Then an idea
of reciprocity occurred to him and he
decided to seize all the insurgent
launches. This was at once done and
eight beautiful craft were tied up in
Cavite. When Aguinaldo heard of
the calamity he sent his private secre
tary, Escamillo, to see the admiral to
find out what had been done to offend
him. The admiral was very nice, and
he gave Escamillo a heart-to-heart
talk. He spoke of the insurgents re
fusing to allow American army offi
cers to go through their lines, and he
thought that he would not allow the
insurgent launches to go through his
lines: So for that reason he had taken
them not confiscated them, just "de
tained" them. The next day Aguin
aldo gave orders permitting American
officers to go through the insurgent
lines and up the river, and doubtless
in a day or two he will send a beauti
ful present to his "illustrious" friend.
All the White Man' Privileges.
Creek Indians, besides having
schools and wearing clothes, kill one
another at elections to remove any
doubt of their being civilized. De
troit Jour u al
DUG COLD FOR FORTY YEARS.
Dolliver Hid 842,000 and Robbers Stol
It the Same Night.
Mere than forty years ago old Jim
Dolliver, a rich owner of timber land
and mills, buried 42,000 in gold
somewhere between the Forks and
Murphy's, in Maine. He had come
from Montreal, along the old French
voyageurs' trail, and, reaching tha
Forks, had told the landlord of tha
hotel that he had been followed by a
party of French and Indian outlaws
all the way from the St. Lawrenca
river.
"I have nearly five score hundred
yellow sovereigns in ray batteau," he
said, "aud if I don't bury my money
now the crazy fellows will rob me be
fore I get to Waterville."
He left the hotel at 10 o'clock that
night and was away three days. On
his return he remarked to the land
lord: "Well, I have put that money where
the archangel Gabriel can't find it."
Then he took a hearty supper, went
to bed, slept two days and two nights,
and awoke a raving maniac. For a
week he fought Indians and buried
treasures in his delirium, and died iu
the act of shooting a Mohawk chief,
who had invaded his sick fancy for
the purpose of robbing him.
For a dozen years after Dolliver's
death his heirs advertised for the
missing wealth, and increased the re
ward until the finder was entitled to
75 per cent, of all he should discover.
Having spent nearly $3000 in adver
tising, the heirs gave it up as a bad
job, after which the people who knew
the story continued the work at their
own expense. For twenty years the
digging went on at all seasons.
In October, 1880, Saunders Atwood
came from Winterport and brought an
electric battery with him, which he
said could detect an English farthing
under "four fathoms" of solid earth.
When he went away, two weeks later,
he showed a handful of English sov
ereigns all stamped with dates thirty
or more years ago, and said that he
had unearthed the whole of the miss
ing wealth. But while the people ac
cepted his theory that the proper time
to dig was on the dark of an October
moon they repudiate the story that he
found any of the missing coin.
This fall, when the muscles of the
farmers had grown hard from digging
potatoes, about forty men packed up
a few tools and made ready to start
on another search for Dolliver's money
as soon as the old moon should change.
They were loafing about the hotel and
stores oue night Avhen word camefrdm
Montreal that Eugene Beaupre, an
aged and rich Frenchman of that city,
had lately died, confessing on his
deathbed that he had seen Dolliver
conceal the gold iu a hollow pine stub,
and had gone and taken it away after
the rightful owner had returned to the
Forks. This information was verified
later by an announcement that one
Eugene Beaupre, late of Montreal,
had died and left an estate amounting
tn $60,000 to different charities in
Canada and Maine, saying in his will
that the gift was made as a "partial
atonement for a grievous sin commit
ted in the state of Maine in October,
1856."
Street Cars in Munich.
The vehicles of Munich, Bavaria, are
few and peculiar. The most important
are the street cars. Leaving aside the
trolleys, which are new and the pride
of the town, they consist of the ordi
nary car and a nondescript arrange
ment something like an omnibus.
These cars stop only at certain desig
nated spots, sometimes at intervals of
a quarter mile; consequently they
must often be boarded flying. The
German women are more agile at the
game than the men; they leap on and
off' moving cars, if not gracefully, at
least with a spryness that is surpris
ing. No one is allowed to stand up
inside a car, and only a certain num
ber on the platforms. The favorite
place ou a car for n woman aud
especially schoolgirls is the front
platform; often one may see the in
terior of a car empty, while the front
platform is crowded with women.
Some people ascribe this to a disincli
nation to having gowns. wrinkled by
sitting, others to a desire for fresh
air. The fare on the street cars varies
from two and oue-half to five cents,
according to distance, but the con
ductor always expects, aud mostly gets,
a tip of one and oue-fourth cents.
German men never give up their seats
to women, and iuvariably rush to get
on a crowded car ahead of them if they
can. New York Suu.
Wc Import Seeds.
Canada, England, France, and Ger
many are the chief countries from
which the United States imports seeds.
When American seedsmen want some
thing extra fine in the way of seeds' of
cauliilower, celery, lettuce, egg plant,
or radish, they go either to France ot
to Germany, and order their supplies
direct troui the large seed gardeners.
This is not due to superior culture iu
these countries, but to the fact that
the seeds, owing to climatic or soil
conditions, reach perfection there.
We import peas chiefly from Canada,
ami Euglaud raises most of the seed
for our mangel-wurzel crop. We also
get from the same couutry some choice
seeds of cucumbers, celery, parsley,
l adish aud carrot.i Xw Ymk Timai
AN EXCEPTION.
I don't lean' very hard on slang, 'cause Ulk
that's ready made $ .
Don't seem to me the proper kind fur simplo
folks aod staid.
But there's one remark which strikes me so
expressive-like and strong
That I make it an exception. It's 'bout
"jollyia' folks along-?' :
When discouragements are gatherln' a
your weary footsteps flag;
When your heart is gettin' heavy an' your
languid spirits sag,
It's a help that's most amazin'; you feel
young ag'in an' strong,
When some happier fellow bein' stops to
"jolly you along." ,
It's like a dash o' rain across the field that's
hot an, dry;
It's like a flash of sunshine through a dark
an threatenin' sky,
Or a friendly voice from home that greeta
you mid a stranger throng,
When youre played out an' some feller stops.
to "jolly you along."
Survival of the fittest that'3 the rule ot
every race,
But good stoek'll sometimes falter in tha
fierceness of the chase,
An' mebbe honest merit has been kep' from,
goin' wrong
By some gentle soul that stopped a bit to
"jolly folks along."
HUMOROUS.
Maud What made her change her
wedding day? May It was bargain,
day at Roller's.
"What is your notion of an ideal
woman?" "One who cau look like a
princess in a three-dollar suit."
Mother (drilling Teddy for his first
party) And now, darling, what is a
greedy boy? Teddy A boy who
wants everything I want.
Softleigh So you aw don't think
the clothes make the man, Miss Cut
ting? Miss Cutting Well, they
didn't in your case, at least.
"Did the marriage end the feud be
tween the two families?" "Not en
tirely. It is confined to only on
member of each family now."
The Medium The spirit of your
husband is here, if you wish to ask
him any question. The Widow I
want to ask him where he has been.
"Do you think bringing women into
politics would be an agreeable innova
tion?" "Well, it might change tha
custom of handshaking to kissing."
"The new minister's sermons are
entirely too short." "Think so?"
"Yes. I never get any more than fif
teen or twenty minutes' sleep at ser
vice now."
Young Doctor I find it hard to
draw the line between hay fever and
influenza. Old Doctor It is hard,
my boy, but social distinctions have
to be made; there s no help for it.
The darling little baby boy presented me ot
late
I love with all a father's fond delight;
And yet the little rebel, quite unnatural to
state,
Is up in arms against me evefy night.
"Do you know," said the fat man,
that you remind me of the Maria
Teresa every time I see you?" "No,"
the elevator boy replied; "why should
I do that?" "Because you put in so
much of your time going to the bot
tom." "Ruymas, you seem to be in a brown
study. Are you invoking the muse?"
"The muse? Mews? Ah, that ia
what I was trying to think of ! I prom
ised to take my daughter to the cat
show. Thank you."
They had gone through the fira
drill for weeks, and the other day,
when visitors were present, the teach
er thought it well to show the result
of their training. "What is your first
duty in case of fire?" she inquired of
the school. "Sue the insurance com'
pany," shouted a youngster.
"My dear," said Mrs. Eichleigh to
her daughter the other evening after
young Woodby had departed "how
in the world did your hair become so
disarranged?" "Why, mamma," re
plied the quick-witted miss, "I guess
it must be shaking my head so much
when Mr. Woodby was trying to coax
me to say yes." And the mother sud
denly remembered that she had oncp
been a girl herself.
She And so your former sweet
heart married your rival, did she? He
Yes. She didn't kuow which of ua
she liked best, so we agreed to have
a fight for her. She And you were
the loser. He I won the fight all
right enough. The other fellow was
in the hospital for two w eeks, but she
married him just the same. I guesa
she thought it would be a good idea
to marry a man she could handle.
France's Disillunioninent.
England has in the Mediterranean
thirty-nine warships, of which ten are
ironclads of the first class; on the
coast of the Atlantic she has thirteen,
of which nine are first-class ironclads.
In her own waters she can muster
twenty-two war vess:-l, ten being
ironclads; and in her dockyards she
has another 150 fighting vessels of
various types. Besides all these she
lias in American waters thirteen war
ships; iu the East Indies, nine; ia
Wtst African ports, sixteen; iuChiua
twenty-eight; ia the Pacific, other
neven, and in Australia, two. It will
be seen that this constitutes a nav?l
force so formidable as to justify Great
Britain's pretensions of bein; iu a
position to successfully cope with a
coalition of the three greatest and.
best equipped naval powers of Europe.
Le Petite Marst Uba