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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, March 03, 1898, Image 2

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T.lK AKRIIHS TRIHK.
LIVE VAINT WOULDNT
THEY KILLED ONE.
DO.
of term. a Milan t Kp Ik Tnw
c Hi. I'mrai IManuliy
aarf It. e
HOSE terrible- Afn
in
hold
I'aiui
Utah
. M finite : si,iir,caad
Tj . I kl t .11 v want
LKv thing tuff geneiat-
or aa-jihrr sMnWI
the recent out break
the Afridl esiab
I a "Zlarat." or place ot pilgrim
a tho.r country, ami ihe way they
amounted lo .1 -i . I . ,.' .- . . i
neighboring tribes all had Zlar
nd ihe people went in pilgrim
to tbeiK and li.-;ei .,: -:, t
m.mat Ing from the .lead holy men
v:i tui r . I lien alb t lie kbrine
ft UM dMS not asms ever
MMa any holy ii:..n among the
J
Afridl
Zlarst
bun
ny-i III order to have t i . 1
ou hgtiai ha vi .i lini) inan '.
Th AT.-RR' han f" 'StL.v ao
nay rentnrlea robbing caravanrVnd
tealirg aheep that the had not bad
Malt to pay any profound attention la
IMr aylrltual welfare, and really did
ot feel the .-...i , .,1 piigrlt:i-
age
No: long aeo. how rer, aone Mul
lahk appeared amur.g them ami hi n
to point on: their defti li ri , , this
faapaet It waa aboan to them tba
Ikey did not even Itave a Zlarat and
were In n ba l , ... raK, A w.
f nllgloua fi.r.or nw. pt over the
ur complaint on thr par; of
Then the queetlon nrnie .r i0 get
ting a aalbt for tha akrlne Oi of the
rhiefa aald that he l.n. of i Ktintt:i k
Who lived out among the lull who
would fill the bill i. in he waa an tor
tuaately atill alive Thi round I
tkoankt thai that mlgbl be remedied,
and ao the Khaitak waa arnt for. He
waa put through a rigid examination
THE BLUE
The blue Jay la a common tii .1 of tKe
United State east of Hie Crral I'lalna.
and remalna throughout the year In
moat of It range, although It num
Itera are eomewbat reduced In winter
la the Northern Stale.. During aprlng
and Mummer the J.iy i fi.ncii to I,,
come ao Induatrlou banter for Inaecta,
and la not no conaplcuoua a feature of
the landarape aa when it roams the
country at will after the carea of Um
aetitlng Keaaon are over. In an in
vestigation of til' food of the blue Jnv
annual lia wrir i i,iuiiii.-i, which
Bowed that animal natter romprlaed
14 per cent, and vegetable matter 7b
per cent, of the blrd'a diet. Bo much
haa lieen aald about the neat-robbing
kabita of tke Jay that apecial aearck
waa made for tract of liirda or bird'
gg In the Mtomacli. nltb the reault
that ahrlla of -mall bird' egg were
found In three and the remalna of
young bird In only two atomacba.
tat to bla hlgb principle and general
virtuea, and he brought a lot of teat I
mony to prove how hull be waa.
ilia examination being aatlNfactory.
Ihey alew the aalonlahed Khaitak then
and there and built a big pile of etOBM
over hi bod y . Then ih. proclaim.;',
their deed, and In a week the pilgrim
were flocking to the n.-w Ztural and the
reproach waa removed from Ihe land
Naturally the men who planned and
en. i .ited Ihla pinna "coup' were looked
upon by Ibe Afridl an public lienefac
lor of approved piety
Among the Afridl ihe man mut
reapected la the man who la the moat
expert thief In fail, thievery la the
only n ad to dlatlitction among them
The arheme by which until of late llri
laln muxxled lhee deaperate folk ia in
genloua and worthy ol note. To pay
an frldl to behave lilmaelf every day
of Ihe week I a rourae too expenalve
for any governmenl Hut by arrang'
ment Ihev have undertaken, at a price,
to liehave after the faahlon of Olrtl
liana on two day a week The ntBM
Ave are devoted lo tbroal cutting, ill
iiging and the uRuai bnalneM of life,
knl mi the remaining h.o they have
hitherto aal quietly on their kllltoni
mid wati lied with watering mouth the
rich caravan pa to ami fro in the
pa , knaantk.
If a ahni eraa fin i on tiioe tayi the
ttibe on a? nana mxMind tin- outrage tnok
place got I IMM' i up' . aln'iei (Mil of II
allowance next quarter day. Of Hit
aum Ihe mini tired at got .'iiiO rutH-e.
or hi relation If It happened to !. a
good hot. while the government wa
the rii lo r for the real.
An Olil Mnnrr.
Imlthe Win new i I Jobiiton I
0 reminded of the pioyi-rb that the
good die young
llrowne Hut he's 7.',
If he a day
tual my point
Hmiiiie Kx n tiy. I bai
N I M.
liumstone Hill- 1 want to take out
no Insurance policy, see ? Agent-Plat
gUaa?
BE'-
THE FOOTLIGHTS.
Re.en'li hi n x.;a ;, :.an v. a play
lag in At You l.'ke !t." at .Stratford
Khgiaad. Mra. Navarro iMary Ander
von i occupied a hoi Ten y-ar ag-
is-fore ahe wi married Mr Navarro
bad appeared aa Roeallad on the rsmr '
stage. She wan enthusiast's over the!
, perforrnar.ee and Invited Mr. Italy and j
' all the company to a little Informal I
dinner she had arranged expiesely for
them. Mra. Navar'o (till ha her love- I
ly roaebud complexion und looka l!ro I
and girlish.
I '
V '' :a f'rquh I ' ' ha I of late
lieen making nnklnd remark KMI
her nan land and haa signlfh.i the
'intention of never again rearing In
hrarlLg I'. - '
When 'he Rudley
esastsjaBl ball In Ne
lien tern put r.n a ht
the dneh of De,
tht Kr.gil.h nana
nance for miking
re their
o l
l!rn '
(p. I
tger alao saw a
g nm li ir.ey. but
affair In an entirely
tin light. The man
le affair wanted to
rtlon aa true to life
he haa already ol-
they recaii!'"! ih
different and ml
and
...iu. mmmmn uineianru ui .ur . - ;
iiini nmiunin m, iii rim u? wein 10
the fanry roatumrrii and learn mI the
eiart coat of Ike gorgeoua gowna. Tker.
he wrote to the owiiern. itnllng that
he would like to purehaae the gowna
and offrrlte 60 a id $7h for robea
which "! aay where from $5 M' in
tl V . of tt: :on! ladla, , l
anil rnuntenae gladly aold the eoa
tnmea and othera who did not wlh to
part with thelrr. offere' 'a loan then:
' In order that the mage irprraaatatloo
ahould I e a aurceai.
tte Oitilbert la
No lea
I have on
I In whli h D
approaalheg bnr wry
Kunny Davenport will play a abort
Kennon hla yenr iw-im-flve weeka
during which ahe produce but one n.
pint und ha no ctie-night atand.
rl?l Hrkalrr.
Tboma Carlra,wko trara met Daniel
Webaler ai u Mtad bou at lirenk
faal. aald ' ThU .m. i n an Wehetcr I
JAY.
2
Su-h negative evidence t not aiifflvieni
to controvert the great maa of tehll
mony upon tbl point, but It howa thai
the habit i not o prevalent aa bar
lieen lielleved Reaidea bird and then
egg, the Jay cat mice. fh, aalaman
dera, anaila, and rTTHtaieaaa wblih gj
together conatltule but little more thun
1 per n nt. of it diet. The nerl food
la mail" up of bretlea. graaahopper
caterpllUr. and a few iper,.H 1)f 0,n,.r
order, all MXlona, except aonie jk-i
cent. of predacMiin tM'.-t li-a Thn.
IHiraeilllllK mure in. in :i j..r ,., ,ir lt,
the vbola food conaiat of hnrmfui in
eecte. In Auguat Hie Jay. KI. rnilri)
other bird, turn It attention to
graaahnppera. which constitute at iri
one-flftk of IU fond during tbai month
At tbl time. alao. in..x( . r the nth.r
noxioua inaecia. including caterpillar,
are couaumed. thouab lieetlea are eaten
chiefly in aprlng. The vegetable food
la quite varied.
lake to lie one of kg iilfTeai logic buf
fera and parliamentary athletea any
where to lie met with in our world at
preaeni a grim. tall, hroad-botumied
yell, , skinned man. with brow I lie
pret lpltoUK cliff, and huge black, dull
wearied yet unwearlable looking ey
under them, aniorpnoua projecting
nose, and the angrieai ajuaj mouth I
huv nnywhere een. A droop on th
aldea of the upper Up la quit ma. iff
like magnificent to look upon, it i
i quiet, withal I gtieaa I should like
III to lie that man nigger lloaeyer
he la a right dcivr man in bla way,
and haa a huaky aort of fun In him
too; drawla In a handfaat. didactic
milliner about 'our republican iBUJIa
tlona,' etc . and o play hi part."
Tever la I'Unla.
It apar ftom aonie ( urlom eile ri
meiita mgde by Mr II M. Richard
that when plant are wounded their
reptratlon Hn irwang, and at the ame
time their temMTIIIIire perceptlbl) j
rise, a if a kind of fever had lieen
pnMluied by tin Hound, a thermo-
elect ri, iipparalua, capable of regleter- !
it ; it change nf one-fdur-bundredth of j
a degree, wa cmplmid When a po
tato wit wound, , I tin, f,.w.r manlfated '
llaelf by mi elevation of temperature
wni( li w grraient at tin end of twen
ty four hour, when It began "lowly to
decline An onion Hlmilarly irented
aaqalani an increae of temperature
many lime greater than that ah'iwn by
the potato, und the fever. ItiHlead of
neiiig lonnned to the neighboi-biNiil of
the wound, affected the entire onion.
In fad. the onion proved to lie tnori
readily affected In tbla way than any
other vegetable cxicrlmcnted with.
The rise of temperature I caused by
Inrroaaed uhanrptlon of oxygen..
llrr.lt Talk.
Duet Ills argument seem to be
nound. Kennel Ye, and nothing else.
What's la a Nama,
Stranger What street Is the Jail oaf
NativeLiberty street
"M,NO
11 ..I
nnVir ! V rUVnCU ' '"fTenn. -mere!, never more then
lJUjIa Ifl A tiltlttll. m m ltl , ,,,,.
I a . ...... . . .
THIEVES RIFLE THE POOR BOX
AND KILL THE SEXTON.
Tba rH" ar Tool the wilmi k
.k li mm Tk k.lllesl Ilia lo
Casual tl.r I ri ... llliMMlt Hand-
Brti.u
H K an innwered
queation In and
around Shepherd
Win.
Mb h . I.
murdered I7!ner K
Struble. cashier -.f
the F a r m r i'
bank" The mi
ni id enigma In
KM York city la.
Who MM Ocorge
Hlelx. ihe aaalatant
ecaion oi a wanna J
tnurch In Wll-
llamaburg?"
Oaorge Slrlt. aaalatant anton of Ho
ly Trinity bur. b. Mi.nin.de and Ura
ham avenuea. Wllllamaliurg. New York
rlty. waa murdered Sunda) nlgbt ;
peraona who knew the church, who
knew the people in the neighborhood
if the church, and who knew the
murdered man and hli hablta. In fact,
the Investigation continue. It la
Bhown that be waa not murdered for
the money in tb" poor box, but for the
purpoae of concealing the trails qf the
men who were caught robbing tbeae
boxea That they were deaperate In
(onceallng their track I borne out by
the fart that after beating Stelt Into
Inaenalblltty they fell upon him and
hoked him ho tha: the kaajni of hi
neck were broken and hla wiiidpipc
waa puni tured.
That ihey knew the church i ITktakl
by their flndlng their way to the poor
lioxea in the vault under the veallbule.
To get to theae boxea without paealng
through the big iron gate which are
kept coastantly locked, one haa to paaa
through alndiiu- p.i-sagea that are
known to only a few of th. parlahlon
era. lilood pot on the stairway, In ihe
Vestibule and on the wail of the vesti
bule bow plainly how ami where the
murder BBa committed. It waa Strli'a
diatom to ound the BBgnfan at 7
o'ebs k In the evening He went to the
belfry a usual on Sunday evening.
1 leaving the center doom of ihe church
unlinked and carrying the l.unrh of
keya. which were aft. rward found lying
by the aide of I In dead body. In hl
hand. The hell w, re In .ml lulling for
five minutei H inn . , tkeg Ike antM
descended Into the rnatlk
No more of hi- m ivcm-ntf can lie
traced, except for the kkani spots. It
Is auppoaed tl .r ( . I , . . , In
tke vestibule and was preparing to
bx-k up the church tot :li" nlgbt, when
ke keard a nol In tin. cellar and went
to luveitlgate. Then be aaw the two
thlevea break I in: i pen the nJ IT N of
the piKir Ikix. whli li ran ilmnigh from
the church door
The Drat anut of IiIimhI i found on
the cellar lb.!- h i ing that he had
been struck tbeie Then there were
blood apota leading all the way up Ihe
etalra to the ssjnfjBBst, llTe ihere
were sign of a struggle. At :he helxb'.
of a man bend lilo.nl waa - g una ,m
ibe wall. TlHfl were libi'ul print of
a nntn'n band on the Mum. if ibe
munlire.l mau'.i In.i.l ;, ' struck
there
On the ntatl way leading to tl "cond
floor tbeie sua n pool of clotted
blood, extending to the ttiird step, and
on the fourth utep there were print nf
two bloody hands. It waa here ihn'
Stelx fell IBCnnaekMH, It u here
that hn wn choked to death.
Cndoubtedli there were two men
concerned in ihe murder nf the sexton.
Th" appearam of the d ad man's bead
show that tmi. re ku two hand dealt
the blows wblih ' .-A Mm into insen
ibilily PJBik a al irp ami a blunt In
strument wnrf next in the anjanJt
There wa one wotiml I etween the eyes
and one at the lun k of the head Just at
the base of the skull The w-uind In
front nf the In id .i-i ira le ! v a sharp
Instrument, while that In th. knell ns
iiade by a blunt int ument If It be
that the murder BBa done by a (Ingle
person then lb weapon wa n uh blunl
mil sharp
Then there were four ntBM wound
in the bark and top of the In ad which
were nut made with the same Instru
ment The finger mark on the man
throat would Indicate that dif
ferent sized lingers had crushed the
bone
0 the lx money boxe In the church
only one had been tampeied with This
BtBBa In th cellsr directly list ween
two big iron door, stnl over the sta
tue nf an angel whl.h guard the tomb
nf Father John Mav nnd PMfegf John
STMUWAY WIIKRF. SKXTON W KM
Fnl'ND
J Haffelner. Within ten fngf of this
I ntttiSa ittsUl the statue of another an
j gel, and between Iha two figure ia a
I prayer bench one nf tbee angel
I and the la-nch had been '.ied by the
' ie as a mi an by uhb b they could
I climb to the box and brenk It open. The
; b in h will placed actus the bead of
I the angil. Then one .if the men.
. standing upon It. broke open the box
with chisel and took out Ihe money
that wu Intended for the poor It I
thr opinion of the police thnt SleU.
after discovering the thieves In thn
; church, atnrted to run toward the from
' door, with a view of locking thetn In.
' Before be eoiibl ut the stnlrwBI one
of the men dealt him a blow on the
bead mid I ben as he ran up the atep
be wa Bgnfl n peated blow. When
kg reached the veatlbule he attempted
in protect himself, and here be was
beaten Into lnenrlblllty. failing on the
stairway aa before drrlhed.
"No murderer could be tempted to
commit urh a crime for so small a
sum a U usually found tn the poor
kea.es ot th cbunh, ' asld on ot th
.-
i
HSSBV
t or
gala; It waa committed to
I rime."
a
MURDER AB TRADE.
Kaaaa lis a 111.. I far Ih llraun
amity.
Not sin-e the horrible crimes of the
Render family were revealed Ma aouth-
eaatern Kanaaa la-en ao excited and Bf
tent upon vengeance until the bloody
,,u,rm'r,"'nommltted by the Staffleback
lamny at tiaiena we-f tirought to light
by lb recent confession of t'ora Htai
fletiack and tleorge Siafflebaik on th.
wt'neas stand at Columbus When upon
trial fcr tie murder of Frank Hal
breath, wtioee liody was foti'id floatlnn
Ir. Bis old abandoned mining abaft ncai
the StaHebark home laat July, t'ora
Staffleback weakened und told all ah.
knew alo it the murder nf fSalbrcath
and nUirra whom the family had killed
George Stafflehi.ck. Cora's husband
without knowing what hia wife had
revealed, made a almllar confession
They aald that tialbreath who had
been murdered and roblied by the Staf
fleback tova and their mother, was not
the or.ry ;:erun Ihey had murdered, bill
that an Italian peddler, whose nami
they did not know, had been killed itnc
robbed about two year ago. and bit
body thrown In an old abandoned mln
Ing abaft about forty yard from tki
ennnin: .-'tafflkiiack.
fltatftrback house. At thut Hun Mr
Charles Wilson, mother of the Staf
flcbank boy, kept n questionable re
inrt In the four-mom h mbln wl.eti
these crime were committed. Twi
girls wboee name Ceorgc Stalflebac.
eould not give. Were living there at t hi
time, and saw the peddler niurdcicd
They were tbreutem d w:tb dire ven
geance if ihey shoqld ever reval yvh.i'
they snw. A few nights Inter one 0
ibe women ii: itn leil irlili Mike Staf
fleback and thrca' ... I in leave thi
house. Fearing she would tietray hin.
be nded tier !,v t'ie iliroat and chokes
her to death In the preaenre of Kd Staf i
fleback am' the other woman. The lat 1
ter attempted to ave ihe gtrl front I
Mike's mitrderou clutches, when K '
gfnnfknf her skull with a sls-sbooier
Tha dead bodies m. re then wrapped It
a sheet and put under the bed untl I
late at night, when they wrre throw:
lata the rime i heft where the peddler'i I
be dy had been dumped. Then a lot ot i
loose ejrth and rocks weie thrown Inle
the shaft to keep them from comliu 1
to the -I., f.n c as llallir.-ath'a btsly bai
done. Ooeg BtnftohSBh Big taken ti
Ciilena and pointed out the shi'.fl when
the bodies were thrown A steam pumi
wss put ( rvork and the water nsSsfsS
nnt of the abaft near the StaritebeeV
house. From one nf the abaft a pal f
of men' drawer with particle of rot
ting human fle;h adhering to then
were nhed. and a njgng nf a woman
Wills! was also found there.
LASSOED A LOCOMOTIVE.
r.isitn. wire njaaase th InMnaMnet
itnrl Tarries tltf a IttBinaii' House.
I.lncnieu employed by lb New York
and Ntatrn Island eln-tr'c company
were stretch, n I heavy insulated win
along John street, Port Kb hniond. N
Y.. ..ay the New York Hetald. Tht
wtre wa a long on" and It , nrc, tht
tracks of tb" RSSM Tialisli railroad
A rope with which Ihe wire wa being
stlStClMi 'aut allppid. ami thi wire
s.iggeil neia.-to two -tt..-, uianing low
haiiging loops between i hem Jut aa a
pnsjnsjsnjBf tram wa inBfogiihlni m
of the loops lassoed the locomotive und
i hen more excitement followed than
poet Richmond ha seen In months
Ibe Hue niei. saw ihe end of the win
awlsh Into the air a If It had suddenly
taken wing lb" flagman heard
hi and turned to ati b a fleeting view
of his little shanty sailing through tin
ait William ndernn wa at work
In hi garden adlolnlng the railroad
track He nw a black streak dip
the top nf the plcketa on hi feme
and the wire lame so chute to hi head
that the wi'id Inst off bin hat An
eleetrli pole was broken down and s
small tree torn up. The wire menu
while hnd caught thi locomotive whis
tle, slid thst wa sh.lcklug while the
engineer and fttemsn. uriounded l.y
the art re, were frightened, but retained,
suffli-leul elf-i(isesalou to abut off the
steam and apply the brakea. The
train came to a top within about .Ion
feet of (lie .masing with it passengers
badly frighteiieil l,v the rasping of tge
wire about the gnjsj and Ihe general din
and sudden topnhg, but nu one waa
hurt ami the lo. omotlve not materially
damaged.
New MhOl olhlng to t't.
When i he hioi liuialer of lloboketl.
N. Y came to i .amine n case of SBktl
t ui ibe other day. be found u new
Id. ill. In the ln.il. though there w is
no food In tbl plaie It belonged U
tin daughter .if the bouse He ve,t
naturally advised the sufferers lo sell
the wheel.
Moan iir Dooni
'! hot 1 a w oman in Kansas City
i. ho actually put bluing in the rlne
wnler thai she n " when she bathes
her dogs She ay It keep then ft in
becoming yellow, which etiryb-idy
knows I s bad feulure in a dog.
Rurglar aliirma can now lie attached
to bicycles. The device constats of a
bell urroiinillng a clo. K me, liatilam
which li faatened to the frame. A levor
projects In line with the spokes In th
bark wheels, to sound the alarm wbn
U wcei ! moved.
murder waa not committed (or
iS - V,
( 1 1 1 ( ' V JON I i I B R II Y
tnUAUUn lilim.lU 1 .
BUILT OF MARBLE AT A COBT
OF n2.000.0OO.
II I ajnf' a eraaar ArlMtlr al
neefM in aavnnj Wayi h u
l.a.l Irnlrallf I oi n d "n Iha Lake
I ewal-
OY reigna in I n
cagu the day,
(tin more that cltv
bas henten nearly
ai! of the other
elites in the coll II
try. It posse.
a library building
Out la ( onaldered
to be. In many r
Ipmnl. Dner than
any other In the
world. It waa opt
tin V I ill. I.
It took ten ii a
llbrurv. nd Iht
d
be nBhW lor
build Chb ag ' i
... . - f- I .ore
Wes'i
that ihey will have iha: long In which
o gloat over the "alow gains'' New
Tnrhein,
Chicago new ItDrury I the flrat
really arilstli building f iTinanc:ice
that the city haa ever nwBtnV Archi
tect who have keen It declare that It
will rank with the tHtH public liulld
ings In tbl or .iiiv uther muntrv. It
t liettei In h i, i . i , I - i b in ihe li
brary in lloatcti; uinl while no! mi
large or Important u the new one In
Washington Ch), ago folk p tint out sev
eral fiaiur lu which t"lr structure
urpatscs that of tho National Libra
ry. The Chb .ign fJrnr km been built
at a i tet of alio,,: .' " . :, al
thai
more
DBtMIl
an nt
It ha. keen b.illt
prl.
all tl Hi ire miwit big
f it .v.'s tit cents
f.i i
M- st pulillc
i i... ci ni an
purely busl
I'l In cent
( ago that i, mid no, be f
' bat i, a . not bad a w
cago poopfi grew Bex
I of Iha world's fair I si
tkej lell to pieces, ami tl
thn ll'.. II tile lli'XI time
r Chl
Iv ur. .1
the iiexi 1 1 tin that they bad
anything rcully artlatlr It must lie dur
! able and lasting a well as artistic,
i It I no nil. etn in on any olher city tn
admit thai Chbagu at last has one
j building among it scoria of sky-scrap-;
ing cyc-stire that would t worthy a
place In any city of the world
I be I, milling haa a splendjil location
on the famous lake fnmt It copies
an entire cily Idock. Propssrly ap-ak-I
Ing. it front Michigan avenue, al-
though there i no entrance on that
i street It hit two entrance, one f-om
WiMhington street, in other on Rbb
dolph street. It Is convenient to the ,
business purl Ion of the rlty:
It I a massive nia ble palace, se
verely plain iilsiut the lower torle.
hot reetfully ornamental toward ihe
CHC(!)'rt NKW
top it Interior decoration Is rich.
cbastn and harmonious all through.
Hull' for use. It Is practical and com
modious In all it parts.
With the library I combined a me
morial ball and sundry smaller room
for the ue of the varlou llrand Army
Post of Chicago und Cook county
Thee mcupy ihe Randolph Mtrret sec
tion of the building aliove the hral
floor. The entrance that will lie used
for reaching the library will lie that
in Waablngton street, probably. Here
I found a most magnificent tatnasc
of pure Carrara marble lending direct- j rife In the fleet, and no matter what
ly tn the varlou department of the may have been the number of men vie
library, while over It I a mitgulOcent tualleel In the Revenge on the day of
dome
The first r ix in off the talrriuu I the
ilrculstlng room, magnificent in Its
proportion. Above that are the read
ing and reference room, alao commo
dious In every reaped. The room are
all abundantly lighted by numerous
window from fourteen to twenty-three daya after the battle by a storm, found
feet in length Provision for keeping erd off ns Michael' with iiofl Span
it open al night ha lieen made, and it tarda In her. and In the earn stumi
will be flooded with light from thou
aand of electric lamp.
An Interesting fact in the building
of the library I that o much msrble
of one quality wa required that th
quarrlea In Italy could not keep pine
with tin. demand of the builder, and
several times work on It wa stopped
fur pc'lod of months to wait for ma
terial. THE REVENGE'S SEA FIGHT.
In the newly published work. "Ibe
Rtiyul Navy.'' Ibe following account Is (
gfVUn of the lUIn of the Helen,;,,
which suggcatotl to Tennyson one of bin
gnOM silnlhg ballad
In ir.sl. off Flore. In the Azores, i
Isird Tnmas Howanl was lying In I
wall will, hia squadron to rapture the
treasure ships of Spain' lie narrowly
etcaied being surprised there by Don
Alunxo de Ibtzan. who had been ent
nut with a fleet Of nfty lhree htpe to
meet and convoy home the expected
carnick 1 Tie Karl of Cumberland, as
bas been mentioned above, bad happen
ed tn learn of the fitting out of tbl
fleet at Corunnn. and had. with mile",
forealgtit ordered Mr. Mlddtelon. mas
ter of the Moonshine pinnace, to ill
cover it force and object, and then. If
neceeeary. to proceed wltk all speed and
LturU rhonias Mlddleum kspt
',r' ,,n,n h'T
l(I1f,r.v,l(mMorthirit..Bt,.,n..
.will thun-'UKin ae all -.hi for Flore, ar-
and then-upon ser all sail for Florae, ar
riving ten lit" sheed of (be eneuu'
ThU wss on August 21.
"Howard st once weighed. Ill see
ond In inmmand. Sir nn nam .ireytt ,
rttlt. hf UM H' l , nge. had a number nf
men ashnr-. and. acconllng M omi
nnt waited for them Camden
nayj nthnri have ( that ke inJkjnjn al
turn b' knnt nfnal the cneuiv. and ao
allowed himself to kg hi ronil m be
tween the Bpatilan! and Iha Island.
Son..- ! itppo-- !. I "tos
rqiiadron f Don Alamo for the expect
ed treasure ships; and. therefore, din
obeyed tke orders of his rommmder-ln-ekfctt
Hut be Ihhl n It may. h waa
presently s'lircitn. ! and aitai kiMl liy
praiMlaally .he y.!i la -! li. et pitrt
n( tbeS, atli h I'ef I1 v. rd. with lilt
r. m; 'nlnr lx men-ci-war. acem m
!..!'.. Ill II . '.. IU' fi 1 "-IIM I. I till-
time with the enemy, but 001 n MB
a po.'tlon a to af.nrd an) nupport to
OtajmUnn The Foresight made a
eertou effort lo a!t the Revenge,
but. iiwlna to the wind cjiiid not gel
ve; y near her.
-
The Revenge fought ngaln.t these
merit helming odds fa. Ilficn hour
and tireynvllle. no matter whe;her he
wa. as ha often been aenertcd. or was
not lilann wnrthy aa being rah. atub
iMirn and disobedient. Immnrlalixetl
himself tiy a nfMsM mnh a ha never
atthar knfnra or alnre. been witnesaed
' upon the eea.
"At one IIBM hb ship wa almultane
mialy laid aboard by five large y easel-.
Including 'I.eSan Fdlppe. i;f MM ton
and cvemy eight gona. ""-
ha I I' It; ttl.ll! W. w i.lou. -
and In hot and ci ne action A om
Spaniard wlihilrevy disabled, BBntBar,
arltk fresh men. cool guna and new
una Ilea of aanBunttloa looJi km place
Fifteen ships snnnged kat f ihee
ahe wank at least two. including tke
Aaannclon Kariy m the IgM nsn of
the vh mailers, the Osnrns No'.le nf
l.i i , bin. al great lerll to herself d:ww
- the In of the
' if kg had
. nvllle lild her
...e klm In hi
any i oinnuiiuls.
I ft for kOtsBtf
fortune.
'The flgbt bad b. un al uIkiuI 1
1 o'i lock In the ifternoon Seam after
ward (irevnvllli. bad bOOg wounded, hut
be refused, until II l m. to njnJI the
deck, and th'-n. reel y I ng a wound In
I the body fmm a iniu ket kOllat, went
nu v. tiling I. flow to gO it dres.std Thr
I surgeon who atlended him waa kllle.1
nt his side, and for a third time flreyn .
ville was wounded, oh iht cOcalon Ir
( the bead.
"In the smr.ll hours tlie situation of
the devoid shin was deplorable Alt
her best men lay killed or wounded; she
wa perfectly iihlinii.agf.thle. and her
las' barrel of powder bad been ex
pended drcynvHIe. seeing the futility
Of further fighting, ordered the Re-
IM I1I. IC MliltMtY.
I venge lo be sunk, bin to tbl the ur-
vlvlug offlccr would not agie-e. and
terms were at I- lit h made with the
pnniarSs upon thai undersundlng that
the live und lilMTtn-s of the gallant
ship's tomi-any should le spared.
'
"When the Revenge surrendered, ahe
had alx fees of water In her hold, not a
mast standing and but alsiut sixty men,
nearly all if whom were wounded, j
alive, out of a crew that which, at the
outset may have Humbert! 2&n if all
were on hoard Irnt sicklies had lieen
thu action, only alstut a hundred nf
tfcam went Into the fight fit for duly.
"Oreynvllle. with every mark of ad
miration and reeipect, waa carried on
Isaard the Spanish admiral. Two day
later he died Hia ahlp. overtaken five
there perished Ificen or slgteen Span
ih men of war."
Twetiti Faar ifClnek la Helflo.
Concerning the change to the If hOBI
syiitem of time notation on llelglan
railways, th minister of tate railway
lee ii. s the following hollee: "The nam
Ing of the hour of the day will be made
fr,,in ii to :'4. Ity reason of the adop
tion of ihl new regulation, the indica
tion M imatln mornlngi and (aolr
ironing) appearing Ih the official
lllllway guide will be llppreed. The
minute comprised between midnight
and I o'clock In the moi'tilng. urh as
11:18, ID II! und I- 47. w ill be Indicated
by a xero followed by a period and by
tbe nnmbor of minute corresponding
i ll. 0.2. u II and 0.47. Midday will be
, wnv m, atetl by II
Midnight will
be Indicated, according to the circum
stance, by i) or Mi For a train which
leave a atatlon exactly at midnight, It
will be written that It leaves at 0 nf the
dny during which the train la in move
ment. For a train which arrives al
a station exactly at midnight, it will
be written that It arrive at 24 of the
day during which the train haa been In
movement. The dials of all the atallnn
clocks will lie completed by the addi
tion of the figures 11. 14, 24
placed, respectively, Just beneath the
existing figures. 1, I, 13."
A VOU'ANOTOSPOl T.
MAY EXPRESS ITSELF ON
ANNEXATION.
I lit
the ... Moaatala .if ll..ti
I aatlatahalila s TUmt
t'raetli... Is wmr al llaail swahi.
aa Hi i astasia I ly Fire.
(Honolulu laytter.t
I MKROI S reports
cnncerulng the in
i reased aetivlly of
Kilauea.th tsm, i
mil aim ,,n Hawaii,
have been tent out
lately. The . rater
certainly show
unmistakable
sign of Inert asiug
activity, and If a
r.p.iltlou of phen-
uomena that have preceded pievloiia
notable erupiion tan lie taken as
measure of future events, another
great outpouring of lava Is close at
baud 'apt I'eter Lag, who ha at
tained almost anrld wide fame a ihe
manager of the famou Volcano houte.
which rot almot on the brink nf the
crater. In the shadow of Mount Mauno
Lata, whose summit is H.onOfeet atxive
the sea level. Is willing to stake his
reputation upon the prediction that Kl
lauea will In the near future be in more
violent action than In lt:. when the
tnnlten lava from her depth pred
over i ore of ai res of ground.
To those who viewed Madame P( le
In all her grandeur during the eruption
f ! V91 94. the crater in It prent
state might provide but scant entei
talnment. but to the uninitiated It Is
still the grandest und most awe-inspiring
iner tnela that the eye nf man
la permitted In gan- upon During
the three year of comparative inactiv
ity that hate elapsed lnce the last
great overflow of lava the crater and
It sum uinllng have undergone many
retiiaraanie cnanges
At Um i r.sent llr
ai live lake Is (as a !
the kni r the great
lUelf has sunk to
the rim
at. With
the lake
arluualy
'. im.it. i
tn m
Test basin. Tbadej.tb
e.t'er. for in me haa
i measure. For week
jaiuri d forth sin h an
e of smoke that It has
ey i n la-en a
pgOl Ibe pit
i-iim moii y
been ln.poaalble to . nu . 'In a glimpse
into it depth
The sides of tke nil are very precipi
tous, end tn many nlneaa Indented by
drift nnd envM whose dsrk Inierlora
are occasionally discernible through
rlfta of UM taaoke The pit I gradually
lncreuing In diameter tbrougb the cav
ing in of the wall.
Up to within a few week ago the
lava bed In the vblnliy of the crater
had grown iUlte mid. but It lis of
late become ao hot as to be un
i nmfiirtalilc und. r foot At night a dull
led glow can lie seen In the ia hi that
run back from the n it r for a lla
tance of several hundred feet, and olts
Of wood or pajier thrown Into the
cracks Immediately burst Into flames.
'u;r , .us under the lava, entered
HIllNK F ACTIVK CRATKR.
through a well a fnll lou yard back
from Hi Ige of the deep pit. could be
entered and explored by tlallora a few
seeks ago but now It ha liecome so
hot that mist sn bg rosstcd witkln
acarcely two feet froni the surface.
The healing of the aurrotiiiding lava
bed has been very gradual, but steady.
Aniitnpaiiylng It hsve been unmlstak
side signs nf renewed activity within
the crater A fortnight ago. for the
flrt time within two yesr. Are waa
.-en In the depth of the pit. A pnrty
of unlllving tourlata were doing"
tbe rratir at night, and were Idly
hanging over the north wall when sud
denly a fountain of burning lava burst
through the smoke below them with a
mighty rosr and continued In plsy for
hslf sn hour, preaentlng a magnificent
pec las le
Since then the aame fountain haa
been lu play Intermittently, but the
moke haa lieen so thick that only the
glow of the molten lava could la aeeo.
Additional evidence of the mighty
forces at work In the depth of tke pit
was experienced, however. In several
heavy explosion which wer heard, the
detonation of each being ufflclaut to
hake the ground on which the party
stood. All who are familiar with th
mood of Msdsme Pele are of the same
opinion thst she i alstut to gtve an
other exhibition of her wrath; It may
b month before th greet outburit
0 njBj or It may occur within a few
days. Uut at all events there Is every
assuranre that It will com, and there
are those In the valleys below who are
dubious as to the results
Ua(a al4 kg Ik FaaaSb
Ttirre era Id Dawson dogs uf every
kind and breed to Ihe number nf at
least 1,000, and are mnaidsred isluahl
properly. Slagnlarly enough, they are
aold by weight, the ruling price Itelnt
ft a pound for all under seventy five
pounds in weight, and II '.0 per pound
for all weighing ovor sevenly-fiv
anSBSa Thene dog an- all used foe
dragging loaded sleds in winter. One
of the miners venture the prediction
that when spring nBOBI there will not
be a slurb' dog left In Dawson, ami
that they will bring higher price dead'
than they do now alive
lloasla.
Flist BatbJnn, Suit My mistress la
such bad form I've tried to conceal It,
but find It lmpolhle. Second Hath
Ing Suit And mine seem to think I
have no feeling Why. she actually
went In Willi me the other day. I'ghl
I waa chilled through.
I ssl.ll I'. I st
With her red petticoat as a danger
Signal, tl-year-old Mabel tlemble saved
the exp ra on tbe Fall Hrook railroad
fmm g. ing over a thirty foot embank
ment Into Pine creek, near Wlllloaan
port, Pn.

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