The Bessemer indicator., May 13, 1893, Image 2

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BESSEMER, - COLORADO.
• It was nip and tuck between the
baggage-smashers and the Zulu sav
at Chicago, but of course the
latter got only thp tuck. They were
out-classed.
Burglars broke into the house of
the Bradloy-Martins at New York and
stolo most of the bric-a-brae. There
is. however, something for which to
be grateful. They left the hyphen. I
Ward McAllister wants a foisfrign
mission. He might do well iu Africa,
teaching manners to the monkeys,
whoso conversational powers are be
ing developed under tho coaching of
Professor Gamier.
The papers which hastened to give
tho world an estimate of ex-President
Gonzales of Mexico upon tho an
nouncement of his death, will be
pleased to learn ho isn’t dead nor
likely to be for some time.
The man who is “too well known
to require any introduction to tho
public” appears to bo quite numerous
«>f late. Fortunately in every case
the great public is too well known to
require any introduction to him.
The old Liberty bell made a noise
in tho world once upon a time, but
now it has no cause to do anything
but take its otium cum dig. Wher
ever it goes the people make tho
air resound with glad acclamations.
This country has showered honor
and banquets upon tho duke of Vera
gua, whoso remarkable achievement
of having descended from Columbus
makes him famous. It is not too
much to say that the worthy
duke’s prospects of carrying a case of
dyspepsia back to Spain could not be
brighter.
A man* turned up at the Ilarlem
station. Mount Vernon. N. Y.. the
other day boaring a Harlem railway
ticket dated 1860, and entitling him
to ride from One Hundred and Twen
ty-sixth street to Fordhum. He
could easily have sold it at tho
station for a good many times its
original cost.
Objection* is being raised by ladies
against such street car conductors as
chew tobacco. If the conductors will
now complain of the passengers who
chew gum ostentatiously, and each
nuisance shall succeed in abating the
other, the portion of the public that
holds its collective jaw between
meals will be glad.
A farmer near San Bernardino
was bitten by a rattle snake, and ap
plied. so it is said, the usual remedy,
lliat was six weeks ago. and no
harm appeared to have been done.
Now the farmer has taken to having
fits when ho sees a snake. Six weeks
steady application of tho remedy ha
cvidently been too much for him.
Since it has been announced that
there are 1,000,00 ' square miles of
(,'anada yet unexplored, the feeling
in favor of annexation in thiseountrv
has been growing. That patch of
land is just about the right six..* for a
reservation for our cranks, and lies
mostly In a latitude where the cli
mate would assist them to koop cool.
Bibles, pocketbooks and many
other of the like have all been the
m.-ans of saving people's lives from
bullet wounds, but probably the first
tim« ’• r a i ockage of gum to act in
that role, occurred at < arey, Idaho,
one day recently, where the life of
Dave hvans was saved by a package
of gum, the bullet lodging in the
package.
The California habit of claiming a
fortuno consisting of realty in the
heart of New York city soems to be
both deeply rooted and infectious. At
■ - r ~' tho ft irtt ne wa □ am
160,000.000 but in two weeks it has
grown to $500,010,0<n. If the heirs
can only wait a few days more it will
surely be a round billion and worth
striving for.
Ik blood tells anything, the striking
resemblance of the duke of Veragua
to the Jovian fir Florence “Columbus”
lends considerable confirmation to
the claim that the oldest of the known
portraits, and known to have been
painted at least in the generation of
Columbus, is the most probably truth
ful. although it was not from* life, as
none of the portraits were.
The suggested use of homing
pigeons on men-of-war calls to mind
the use made of the bird's first cousin
by tho captain of the ark in the time
of the great freshet. With this new
use of tho bird, however, its reputa
tion as the emblem of peace will
suffer. With a ship seven or eight
hundred miles at sea there i« good
reason to doubt the ability of a
pigeon to make tho journey without
getting lost
The attorneys who labor under the
impression that, a legal charge of fifty
per cent or an illegal charge of ninety
nine per cent of a big estate in the
fashion of the Jessup fortune,is custo
mary among attorneys may he sincere
in their belief, but they are mistaken.
Some mobs hang |ieoplc, to the
great scandal of the law. Other
mobs merely attend weddings to
which they have not been bidden and
act like a mobof petticoatod rowdies
Contemplation of either variety fails to
thrill the American heart with pride.
A report, from Servia says the
young King Alexander is a cynical
youth with a heart as hard as a nether
milstone; that he never has known
what boyhood is and is tough for pas
time and by inheritance. Ho is the
right stuff to make a king of,evidently.
A LAW has passed the New York
legislature to punish newspapers for
making false affidavits of circulation
for the purpose of deceiving adver
tisers. This legislative tinkering
with the cherished institutions of our
country will yet bear terrible fruit.
Right along in line with the smoke
less powder and bullet-proof uniforms
comes the invention of a powder for
us 3 by torpedo boats that will make
such a Fittsburglan darkness that the
enemy cannot tell whether the little
villain is coming on or getting off.
• HoPEruL people who of late have
been finding themselvos heirs to
European estates have generally set
their expectations at $40,000,000.
Tbta I* too high. Think of the bit*
ssgalSjgfessS* **
A PLEASING CHANGE.
THE PRESIDENT'S NEW RULE.
The While Home Freed from a Throe*
of Ofßce Seeker*.
Report* from Washington stele that the
hour between 10 o'clock aud the time for the
assembling of the cabinet la*t Tuesday was
devoted by the President to Interview* with
senators and representative*. Unlike former
days, these dignitaries came alone and not
attended by the following of enthusiastic con
stituent* anxious to *ee the President.
As a result the congressmen would be ena
bled to talk business w ith the President ln
| stead of the time being consumed In making
I presentations of politicians, recollections of
whom faded from the President'* mind a*
their forms disappeared from view. Without
exception the eongresemen were delighted
with the President's new rule and expressed
themselves accordingly.
Representative Hynum of Indiana added his
indorsement of the President's action. “I
am in favor of going still further in that
direction and widening the scope of the re
form Inaugurated by Mr. Cleveland. I think
it would be a good plan to reform the whole
system of dispensing patronage."
•‘What would you suggest!" he was asked.
“Simply this: 1 would relieve members of
congress of the duty of making recomnie nda
| tlons for appointments and require aspirants
for position* to present their applications and
Indorsements. The papers would be placed
on tile in the department, and when it became
time to make that particular appointment I
1 would call In the congressmen and ask them
what they knew of each candidate on the list.
In this way there would be fewer applications
for appointments and congressmen would be
relieved of the necessity of engaging In local
patronage squabbles.
“They would not have a club held over
them by constituents who demanded indorse
ment of their claims, but would be given op
portunity to suggest to the cabinet officers
i the abilities and Hines* of the various appli
cants. There is no reason why a man's term
of congressional service should be affected by
his success in getting appointments."
A GRAND ILLUMINATION.
T*ie World's Fair Grounds Made Attrac
tive by an Klectrlc Display.
The first open evening at the World'* Fair
occurred on the Bth and a grand display of
electric lights was given.
Administration building wa* the first to be
electrified ami its interior from base to tip
of dome was gilded with rows of lncandesceni
lights. At the base of Its dome thirty-two
blazing torches on bronze stands were ranged
equi-distant around its circumference, adding
! much to its splendid appearance. The peri
style soon milled Its row of lights and this was
the signal for the triple row of arc lamps
along either side of the lagoon to lend their
aid. and In an instant they were sending
bright rays across the water-way. completing
the band encircling the grand plaza.
The main lagoon lay under the sheen of
thousands of lights like a great mirror. The '
arc and peristyle lights formed its gilded
frame aDd around the sides, about a foot
from the water, a row of electric bulbs lent
the added beauty of a golden bevel to the
splendid plate. Its surface was dotted here
and there with the electric launches aud the
bright gondola*, Guyly bedecked gondoliers !
stood on the stem aud -tern of their craft, and
as their oars dipped si.ently iu and out of the
water and their bodies swayed to and fro. the
romantic-looking boat and Its oarsmen form
ed a novel silhouette In the sparkling basin,
disappearing a moment later as It passed
under the shadow of a bridge. Powerful !
search-lights on top of the manufacturers and
agricultural buildings and tnuslc hall brought
out new beauties In the scene for the benefit
of the spectator.
The golden 'Republic,” bolding aloft her 1
torch aud cap, was given such a ■•searching"
that her right arm, which had been vaccl-j
nated on the bleep last week by a carcles*
carpenter dropping a section of scaffolding,
lid not escape the notice of tho crowds who !
laughed their approval. “Gilded Diana."
perched on the dome of the agricultural
building, with arrow pointing directly to the .
music hall light, hut the wind against
her, and she was forced to bear her ordeal to
the finish, which she did nobly. The three
search lights were then, by preconcerted sig
nal. concentrated on magnificent Mac.Monnles
fountain, situated immediately In frout of the
administration building.
A largo crowd was present and witnessed
the display.
The Mississippi Rising.
The Mississippi river continues to rise at
Memphis at tin- rate of two-tenths of an Inch
a day, the gauge now being only nine Inches
below the highest water mark on record. The 1
water Is rapidly tilling up the .St. Francis
Basin and gn at damage lias been done to
growing crops. Delaware and Chicot coun
ties, Arkansas, are being flooded by back
water from the Arkamas river and the Mis
souri Pacific tracks have been submerged \
large force of guards has been employed to
pamd the levees along the river from the
Tennessee line to Maryville, a distance of '2OO
miles. The gauge at Memphis has at last
registered stationary water, which encourages
the planters to hope that the levees will be
able to resist the torrents.
Blount to be Minister.
Officials of the state department confirm
the prediction heretofore made that ex-Rep
resentatlve Blount would tie appointed minis
ter-resident to Hawaii. It has been supposed
that Minister Stevens would remain In charge
of tho legation until the 24th of this month,
at which time he had announced his Intention
of sailing for San Francisco. It Is now
known that Mr. Stevens was Instructed to
forthwith turn over the legation to Commis
sioner Blount, who ha* been appointed his
successor. There is reason to believe that
Mr. Stevens was not allowed to remain in
charge of the legation until the 24th instant,
because of hi- activity In behalf of annexa
tion.
Iron and Steel Production.
The statistical report of the American Iron
and Steel Association for 1892 has juat been
Issued.
Reviewing the domestic iron trade for 1892,
the report Bays that prices utterly failed to
respond to the very great demand for con
sumption. and it cannot, therefore, be truth
fully said that our Iron and steel Industries
were profitable In 1892. It was a year of good
profits for very few- Iron and steel manufac
turers. of small profits for many, and of no
profits at all for a very large number. Seek
ing for the cause of the depression, the opin
ion is advanced that while other influences
have hail their part, the principal cause Is to
found in our capacity to produce much more
iron and steel than the country could con
aume, notwithstanding the enormous con
sumption the last few years. A somewhat
gloomy view of the future Is taken.
Chinese Coming in Hordes.
Investigation shows that a gigantic con
spiracy exist* to flood the country with Chi
nese. F.vcry Canadian-Pacific steamer for
months has brought a horde of Chinese. It
Is found that the number publicly reported to
be on the steninera was less than one-half,
probably not more than one-third the num
ber actually on board. The F'mpress of Ja
pan reported 300, and when ahe arrived 1,-
020 were on board. Twelve of tbese came
across from Victoria at night on three skiffs,
the sklpi*ers receiving $25 a head for landing
them. A dozen left on a yawl on the 25th to
be landed at Port Townsend. It Is reported
they pay $175 to be landed In the United
Staies. SOO of w hich goes to somebody who
keeps tbelr eyes shut when they are coming
in. Many small craft ply between Brltlah
Columbia and the United States, whose buat
nea* Is supposed to be entirely the handling
of Chinese.
Settled With Knives.
A remarkable duel, that reaulted In the
death of one of the prlnclplaa and fatal
wounding of the other, waa fought at Frea
niol, Mexico, last week. Jacobo Valdez, a
prominent and wealthy yonng merchant, aud
PluUrco Margro, a rising attorney, had been
aultora for the hand of a well-known society
yonng lady of that city for aeveral months.
The two men quarreled over their love affairs,
and mutually agreed to settle their difference
in a duel to the death. Knives having blades
three Inches long were selected aa weapons.
The duel waa fought In a aeoluded spot above
the olty. The duelists fought desperately for
twenty minutes, when Margro fell mad,
pierced to tba heart with the knife. Both
men were horribly mutt Med, and YiMMi
ygjrMewm yrore total, Ths nsssto taw
Telegraphic Brevities.
H. H. Warner, the patent medlclue man,
has assigned. '
The Chemical National Bank of Chicago
failed on the Blh.
It Is reported that the Cuban rebel* surren
dered on tbe 4th.
The revolution In Honduras la ended, but a
fresh one Is reported from Nicaragua
The wife of Cbauncey M. Depew did on
the 7th, She had been an Invalid for some
time.
The floods In North Dakota arc reported to
have done much damage to property, es
pecially crops.
President Cleveland hsa decided to post
pone the meeting of the monetary conference
until next fall.
The North Dakota Supreme Court has de
cided the prohibition law of that State con
stitutional and valid.
President Cleveland's notice that he will
not lie Interviewed by office-seekers has re
sulted In a hegelra from Washington.
The Cubans tu this country are taking act- '
Ive measures to assist their friend* In Cuba 1
who hare raised the staudard of revolt.
Six more of the men scalded by the burst
ing of a lioller on tbe steamer Ohio lust week ,
have tiled. This Increases the fatalities to
Carlyle W. Harris, the wife murderer, was!
electrocuted at Sing Flng on tbe Sth. lie was '
courageous to the lust, protesting his inno- '
The Episcopal convention at Boston chose
Dean Lawrence, of Boston, the broad church
man's candidate, ns Bishop of the diocese of 1
Massachusetts.
General Manual Gonzales, cx-prrsldent of
Mexico, and governor of the state ~f Guana
juaio, died on the Mb. aged 73. He leaves an i
estate valued at f7.WXi.OOO.
There seems to be no further danger of
trouble from the Navajo Indian*. They are
quiet, and there are four companies of cavalry i
at the reservation to watch them.
A cyclone visited Gainesville, Texas, on the j
7th. A great deal of damage was done but no I
lives wero lost. A Santa Fe train was blown,
from the track and several passengers were j
Injured.
The large dry goods store of J. B. Mills
Co. at Utica. New York, was burned down!
on the 9th. A nunit*er of tho clerks narrowly i
escaped with their lives. Tbe loss Is nearly
$200,000.
Captain Ida Bennett, of the Sal vat inn Army,
was killed at Spokane Falls on the sth. by
Daniel W. Hoskln*. who then killed himself, i
.He wanted her to leave the army and marry
him, but she refused.
Ward H. I.anion. President I.' oln’s prl ;
vats: secretary, and who on" ; the most I
Confidential relations wit' .;•• great war
president, died at his home at Martlnsburg. !
West Virginia, on the Btli.
Dan Stuart, a horse trainer, committed a
terrible crime it Des Moines. lowa. He
chloroformed Mrs. Moon, with whom he
boarded, and criminally assaulted her. lie
then committed suicide. Mrs. Moon may
die.
The Investigation of the Arizona territorial
prison reveals a -tartling state of affairs. A
search of the cells resulted In the finding of
j thirty-two daggers, butcher-knives, saws, tiles
and slungshots, and morphine and other
, drugs.
Friends of the pure food and antl-optlou
bills bare determined to call an Informal
meeting In Ft Louis on the 22nd of the month
to consider the best methods lobe employed
In bringing these two bills before the next
congress.
There was n great flurry In Wall street on ]
the sih. w hich approached a panic. A large 1
number of brokets failed, ami slocks took a
tumble, but most of them rallied before night j
a* English and other investors bought heavily ;
of the dividend-paying stocks.
It !* rumored that the United States gov- j
eminent »ill take a hand in the pursuit ol i
the notorious bandits. Evans and Son tag.
Troop B . 4th Cavalry. Captain Parker, have i
been ordered to the vicinity of the Visalia, j
where the outlaws have been repeatedly seen. j
The president lias appointed James 11.
Blount, of Georgia, envoy extraordinary and .
minister plenipotentiary to the Hawal.an is- j
binds, succeeding John U. Stevens. Mr.
Blount's commission bears date of the l'th,
at d it will be sent him on the next mall foi '
Honolulu.
A live stock show and blood horse meeting
will I e held at Washington, 1). < . from May
to June 17. under the auspice* of the Na
i muni Live Stock Association. Horses, cat- •
<lc, sheep, hog- and poultry nre coming from ;
nl! pans of the l ulled States and there art j
2,309 entries.
Three New York Chinamen were arrested.
\rit-l and or lered to lie deported on the flth. j
The court refused a writ of habeas corpus and I
an appeal wa* nt once taken to the United
Stilt, ; Supreme Court, where the case will lit
taken up Immediately. This will settle Ihr
validity of the Geary law.
Secretary Herbert, of the navy, has author
s/rd the statement that he will decline to ex
tcn l the leave* of any officer of the navy whe !
j* engaged Iu private business. He will not
interfere with tbe orders of Ids predecessor,
‘but will grant no new leaves of till* kind, am!;
will call in those already granted at the ex |
plrnlion of the terms assigned them.
The Boston to Chicago bicycle relay rnor !
ended Friday morning when Bliss ayd Van [
Siieken reached ( hicago at 8:45 o'clock w ith
the nn-.-age from Governor Russell, of Mas- j
sachusetLs. The journey was completed in n
little less th?n 122 hour*, or nearly 22 hours !
behind scheduled time. The delay was dus j
to bad roads.
The Duke and Duchess of Veragua and
party attended high mass at >t James church !
in Chicago last Sunday morning. In the nf
term on the ducal party visited Buffalo Bill's
Wild West show and staid throughout tin I
performance. The visiting foreign naval ■
officers also spent the afternoon at tbe Wild
West show.
The pension department believes that It J
I stupendous pension frauds.
An attorney of Norfolk. Virginia, named W.
R. Drewry. no.v under arrest, is charged with
••curing fraudulent pension claims by the
wholesale. u*ing as bis Instruments In many
I'«»e« colored women and men who could not
read or write.
The body of Frank W. Rohlc, who. with
Thomas Ballister, escaped from the death
house at Sing Sing prison on April 20th was
found on the 10th In the Hudson river, dl
rrctly across the river from Sing Sing. Tb«
tody was found by three fishermen. Kohlt
had been killed before being thrown into the
river. It 1* supposed that Ballister kiled him
to nld In his ow n escape.
Michael Davitt. antl-Barncilltc member
for Northern Cork, has applied for the Chil
tern Hundreds. This means the resignation
.of his scat in Barliamcnt. Although the
bankruptcy act allows n man six months'
grace after he has been declared a bankrupt,
Mr. Davitt retiring at once. He said
that his conscience would not allow him tc
remain In Barliamcnt on auffrance.
A dynamite bomb exploded at 10:40 o'clock
8 a turd ay night In the (quadrangle on the
Four Courts at Dublin. The explosion was
heard for miles. Many windows were broken 1
but otherwise no damage wa« done. It is
►uppo«ed that somebody threw the bomb over i
the railings In a spirit of bravado. The day
was the eleventh anniversary of the assassin a- !
t!on of Lord Cavendish and Under Secretary
Burke In Phoenix Bark.
President Cleveland has notified Judge
Browning, commissioner of Indian affairs,
that selections to fill the fifty-eight agencies
must lie made fr, in officers of the regular
army. The interior department Is flooded
with applications for appointment ns agents
!:>y candidates engaged In civil life, backed by
Influential senators and congressmen from
both the old parties. Except In rare cases all
agents will hereafter be selected from tbe
army.
Twenty-sir governors have responded tc
the call of Governor Nelson for a great anti
coal combine convention, among them Gov
ernor Russell, of Massachusetts, Govcrnot
Battlson, of Bennsylvanla, and Governor Alt
geld. of Illinois. The governor* of Michigan
and Rhode Island have referred the matter tc.
the legislatures of their States, which are still
In session. Each State Is entitled to ten dele
gates. The chairman of tbe Minnesota dele
gallon will be Ignatius Donnelly. The con
vention will meet in Chicago.
The Vesuvius Is apparently doomed. The
navy department experts have about conclud
ed to recommend against tbe pneumatic gun
system on ship board. Commodore Sampson,
the chief of ordnance, will soon present bis
comments on the report of the l>oard which
recently examined the gun* of the cruiser at
Port Royal, and while the comments of this
officer will not boldly condemn the system. It
Is likely that he will discourage the continu
ance of this form of gun In the navy, much
less the further introduction of the system In
the service, as possible under an old act of
Congress.
May 3 was Santa Cruz day, and It was fitly
celebrated by the Mexican* at the city of
Santa Crnz, Juat across the river from Es
pnnola. At least 2.000 people turned out.and
everything wore a Fourth of July appearance.
A brass band and about half a dozen priests
from Santa Fe were among the outside fea
tures. High mass, occupying most of tbe
forenoon, was celebrated, ending with a pro
cession to a large cross planted In the center
of the plaza. Everybody kept open bouse,
and It waa a very hilarious crowd of celebra
tera. The feature of the afternoon waa a
sham battle between two mounted parties
armed with old cavalry sabers, representing
the Crusader* and Harare**. A gre*t many
onaet* were bad. during wblcb tbe Turks
stole tbe holy oroes, but tras to history, tbe
CruMffera Dually reeapwed it and epMuered
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Colorado.
The Immanuel Baptist char oh at Denver
was burned down on the 4th.
J. 11. Ernest Waters, the well-known min
ing man, died suddenly at Denver on the 9th.
Judge J. C. Helm of Denver, ha* a very
Interesting article in tbo May CottnopoWan
on "Prison Life at Belle Isle.”
Nearly every portion of eastern Colorado
had a good soaking, by rain and snow on
the Gib, and the farmer* are happy.
The city council of Pueblo are making
•weeping reduction* In the appropriation*
granted for different department*.
Governor Waite ha* vetoed the bill to pay
$15,000 excess warrant* which. It ts claimed,
are for goods never received by the Male.
David ( Underwood, a carpenter, was shot
and fatally wounded by a teamster named
James Russell at Cripple Creek ou the 3rd.
The $12,000 family cottage and one wing of
the new hospital for the reform school at
Goldeu will be pushed as rapidly as possible
with the money appropriated hy the legisla
ture.
Edward Eddy ha* resigned a* general man
ager of the • irr.aha and Grant soliciting and
Refining Company. Boor health waa the
cause of his resignation.
Six hundred anil llfty-lwo ton* of coal were
taken ou! of the C. < . ,v I. mine at Crested
Butte last Saturday In five hours. That amount ;
of coal In to -liori a time breaks all previous
records for this mine.
At the school election held last wick the I
following precinct* Iu Fremont county adopt- i
ed the free textbook system: Upper and
Lower Beaver ( reek. Florence. Coal Creek, j
Williamsburg. Cotopaxi, Hillside and How
ard.
The Commercial Hotel and several othciv
building* nt Kau*c were burned on the 3rd.
Tho Commercial Hotel wa* the only one in j
lhe place, and very little. If anything, was
saved. In fact, the occupants were not aware
of any danger until aroused hy the landlord, ;
and they had barely time to escape with their I
lives aud what few tilings they could snatch
up as they escaped from the burning building.
Lo«s, SIO,OOO.
At 7:25 Thursday morning, while passing a
switch at La Garita, the two sleepers on the
Rio Grande passenger train were turned over !
on account of an unlocked switch. An cx- |
amlnatlon showed that the lock had been j
taker, oil the switch, and it was found near
hy, probably the work of some tramps. The
entire train passed over in safely except the
last two cars. There were nine persons!
slightly Injured, but no bones broken.
Anderson A. Hopkins of Denver, non first :
place in the international oratorical contest ;
ut Columbus, Ohio, Thursday night. The |
young man i« a student at Lake Forest uni- j
versitv, in Illinois, and represented that col- ,
lege in the contest. Ills victory was achieved
over the best ability In the Important colleges
of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, lowa. Missouri, :
Michigan. Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kansas and
Colorado, lie is a son of Rev. Dr. T. M.
Ilopkins.
New Mexico.
A few nights ago Margarito Romero of Las
Vegas, heard some one prowling around his
premises several time*. Finally about 3 [
o'clock In the morning, hearing them again
at one of his windows, he fired through the |
window and shot Julio Garda in the calf of;
the leg. Garcia died of blood poisoning. 1
Romero will have a hearing before the justice !
of the peace. There is a law In New Mexico •
that the killing <>f a burglar In the defense of
your property Is murder in the second degree, j
Renegade Navajo Indians arc causing con
siderable trouble to stockmen In the Zunl
mountains by driving off cattle ami sheep and
threatening the owners with bodily harm if
they offer objection. One sheep-raiser alone, |
Jesus Castillo, ha* had nt least 2,000 sheep
stolen from him the past twelve months by
the Indians, and only Inst week a band of I
renegades poured down Into the little camp .
of the herders, terrorized them at tlie point |
of their rifles and then collected several bun-;
dred sheep, which they drove away and mixed !
w ith their own flocks.
Articles of Incorporation of the Beco* Com- >
pany, with a capital stock of $5,000,000, have |
been tiled in the office of llic fceretarv of
state of New Jcrrcy. The purpose of the |
company Is to aid and promote enterprise*
for the development and exploration of the
agricultural mineral land* and other re- i
tourers. natural or artificial. In the valley of ;
the Beco* river in New .Mexico and Texas. I
The company will equip railways, telegraph. !
telephone, electric, gas and water lines. The j
principal office In New Jersey will be In Jcr-;
►ey City, while the nmlu office will he in i
Colorado .Springs, The incorporators are
Jumcs J. Hn german and Thomas 11. Ed sail of
Colorado Spring*, and Charles A. (Mis and
Richard J. Botha of New York.
Los I.una*, tbe county seat of Valencia
county, twenty miles south of Albuquerque,
was the scene of a triple lynching on the
night of the 4th, a- the culniluatlon of a
aeries of atrocious crimes committed in that
county recently. Ai.lonlo Martinez, Antonio 1
Jose Br.rrlns and Vletorlano Aragon, three
murderers confined 111 t lie Jail there, were
taken out of their cell* by masked men and
hanged to a cottonwood tree. Between in Id- j
night and 1 o'clock a large body of armed !
and masked men surrounded the jail. They
were very quiet In their movements. Three ;
of them approached the door of the jail and
told tbe jailer they were constables with
prisoner*. The Jailer opened the door, when
lie wa* pounced upon, b >und band and foot j
and the Jail keys taken from him. With 1
these the mob went to the cell.* of Ihe mur
derer.*. who were securely handcuffed aud j
shackeled and dragged to a tree Just across 1
from the jail, where they were quickly strung ,
up, and the mob quietly dispersed. The dis
covery of the bodies tbe next morning wax
the first Intimation the people at large had
that justice bad been meted out without tbe
nld of judge or jury. Tbe victim* were all
young men. Martinez, tbe oldest, being but
twenty-three year* of age. There 1* no clue
to the members of tbe mob ond little likeli
hood that any effort will be made to appre
hend them. Since last February half a dozen
murder* hare been committed In the county i
and the citizen* took this method of showing
the hard characters that they must respect
the law or abide the consequences. The
crime for which Martinez and barclas wn*
charged was a peculiarly atrocious one. One
Sunday night a few weeks ago an old woman
named Mrs. Munuela Mlcrcie*. accompanied
by an aged sister, who wa* blind, started out
to visit some neighbor*. They were met bj
tbe two men and the next day the body of
Mrs. Mierelea waa found In a pond
horribly mutilated. The blind fl*tei
could give no account of tht
crime. Martinez and Barela* were Iminedl
ately arrested and tbe evidence against them
was strong. Aragon was tho seif-confessed
murderer of his cousin. Mrs. Beatrix Aragon.
The crime was committed about one week
after the killing of Mrs. Mlcrelcs.
Wyoming.
Theft of a novel nature has landed Ed Do
lan, a tramp, In the county Jail at Rawlins
Dolan stole the telephone from the office oi i
! Judge Homer Morrell. Dolan say* he did
not know the nature or value of the lns'ru
! ment, but thougnt It would sell for some
! thing.
• Governor Osborn'- bns Issued a prx-lama
; lion offering a reward <*f $250 for the appro- ;
henalon of Charles T. Gale, the defaulting
city treasurer at Laramie. ’I i.i* U In addition
to the SSOO posted by hi* bondsmen. Gale
bundle,l $30,000 while in office u year and was
short $12,000. Pictures and descriptions have,
Jtcen scattered broadcast.
A dispatch to the Denver lir.mhl.ai t from
New Castle. Wyoming, say*: William Dancy,
an old prospector, backed by n local syndi
cate in search for the famous Lost Cabin |
mines, has made a find at least remarkable.
He brought to the city a few day* ago a sand- 1
stone tablet on which bad been written with 1
a sharp Instrument this Inscription:
“God help us. 1807, August 4. We will,
never get out alive. This hill Is rich. Below
there arc walls of mineral. Oh, Lord, we
pray for relief. There arc eight of us.
“Gicitz Dt he. German.”
Dany found the plate in an old ►liafl on
Castle creek, just over the Dakota line.
There were many human hones and much
other del,rls In the shaft. I bis locality was
known years ago as “Dead Man's Gulch.” It
has long l>een reputed to have been the scene
of an Indian mussacre. The theory Is that
Duke and his companions were besieged by
Indians and perished of starvation. F'rcd
Bock, who has been In the Black Hills since
1876, says he has heard of prospectors search
ing In Dead Man’s Gulch for the Lost Cabin
mines, and that there waa particularly men
tioned by old-timers a party headed by a
“crazy Jew,” whom he believes must have
been Duke. The cra/.y Jew disappeared
without announcing his departure, but noth
ing was thought of such a proceeding In the
early days. Daney will continue prospecting.
The tablet will be kept In this city.
Judge Jesse Knight of the Green River dis
trict sentenced si* convicted men to various
terms in the state penitentiary nt Laminle on
Arbor Day. Brotest was lodged on the score
that tbe tree-planting occasion was a legal
holiday. To avoid a controversy Judge
Knight hod the men brought back from the
penitentiary and resentenced them.
The federal grand lury has returned Indict
ments against John Gatlin and wife for post
office robberies at tbe office held by Gatlin, In
Myersvllle, thla state. There are also
true bills against 'William Smith for selling
whisky to Indiana on the Wind river reserva
tion. and Bert Montague, a mall carrier, for
stealing stamps from the Little Bear post
offloe,
Charles T. Gale, the aUooudlsg tttlaarer
*ImW»M(M Mb tNHiM
f !*», WM niSNKMM
WRITER’S CRAMP.
lobh ruli Iknt m Allatat That U
Bmomlii Vtrjr Commas.
! Under this title we understand an
affection which it quite common
among those persons who, by Ihe
nature of their occupations, are com
pelled to write for many consecutive
: hours. It consists of a spasmodic
contraction of tho muscles of the
[thumb and fingers, rendering them
stiff and useless, and causing in somo
cases u considerable amount of puin.
It comes on gradually, rarely affect
ing those in robust health, but usually
attacking nervous and excitable per
sons. writes l)r. I* S. Rau in the
Ladies' Homo Journal.
As soon as tho person affected stopH
writing, tho cratup ceases, but re
turns as soon as he again attempts it.
whereas any other use of the hund
fails to bring it baetc. People suffer
ing from this trouble try to effect a
euro by moving tho wrist and forearm
in writing, when it extends to those
muscles. Tho left hand is ofton
brought into use, but after a short
time becomes similarly affected.
Strenuous efforts are often made
when tho cramp sots in to overcome
it by muscular effort, and sometimes
the person is nblo to write for a few
moments, but the result is amiserablo
specimen of penmanship, and is ofton
illegible. In u short time, however,
even the powor to hold tho pen be
comes impossible.
Tho disease is unknown in child
hood, seldom coming on before tho
25th year, affecting men more fre
quently than women. Writing with
pencils or tho stylographic pen is not
as liablo to produce writers' cramp
ns is the sharp-pointed steel pen, the
reason being that there is less resis
tance. Tobacco and alcohol in ex
cess are said to be causative agents.
There is also a certain hereditary
tondency to the cramp. Injuries to
tho fingers and arm sometimes act as
predisposing causes.
There are two classes of muscular
action concerned which are important
causes in tho disoase. Tho steady
contraction of the muscles that poise
the hand and hold tho pen, and the
intermittent contractions of tho mus
cles concerned in moving it.
A cramp of a similar nature some
times nttacks pianists, violin play
ers, seamstresses, milkmaids, tele
graph operators, etc. If the discaso
lias existed but a short tiiuo a euro
can almost positively bo expected;
but whoro it lias been of long stand
ing. treatment, though carried out
conscientiously and oxtending over a
very long period, often yields littlo
or no results.
As regards prevention, a soft stub
pen. smooth paper, a desk of con
venient height with ample room to
allow tho arm full swing, loose
sleeves, using tho muscles of tho arm
to form tho letters, changing tho
manner of holding the pen, using tho
typewriter, etc., all form important
factors in preventing the discaso,
especially in those who experience
such premonitory symptoms as slight
weakness of tho muscles, slight pain
and sudden contractions and spasm
of the fingers.
The best and quickest results may
be obtained by the use of electricity,
massage and gymnastics. Absolute
rest, tonic treatment, and clmngo of
climate arc advisable. When all
mothods fail, the only alternative is
to change one's occupation, that tho
muscles may have no cause for spas
modic contraction.
HE KNEW IT ALL.
The A«1 veiltnrot of an English Tourist
With n Plugged Dollar.
lie was an Englishman, just arrived
from Australia, on his way around
the world. Ho wore tho regulation
tweed suit, a fore-and-aft cap, and
-aid “clble” for cable. Ho was buto
that everybody was trying to Impose
upon him. and repeatedly declared
that ho was a sharp fellow and didn't
propose to bo taken in by any of tho
clever Yankees. Ho know tho cus
tom officers were all swindlers, but
ho told everybody on tho steamer
that ho should be prepared, says tho
San Francisco Examiner. When he
landed, of course his baggage was ex
amined and contraband goods discov
ered on which tho duty amounted to i
forty cents.
Perhaps if he lia:l not blustered so |
I much the inspector would not have I
i said a word. At any rate his luggage |
i was hold until he could go to the
I custom house and pay tho trille of
! duty.
Ho was angry at the delay and ex- ;
pressed himself freely on the way up
| tho street.
••The idea of putting a man to all i
| this trouble for a beggarly forty !
. cents,” he growled, ••liut if these
Yankees think they can get ahead ol .
! mo they arc mistaken.”
Then he offered tho receiver a 1
plugged Mexican dollar and wanted
the change.
Of course the cashier declined to
accept the mutilated coin, and tho
traveler became very indignant. Ho
! demanded to see the collector, ami
! was shown to Mr. Phelps’ office. Of
, course the action of tho cashier was
upheld l*y his superior.
••My dear sir,''said Mr. Phelps,“wo
cannot accept any mutilated money or
i foreign coin.”
Rut the tourist insisted, and finally
Mr. Phelps offered to give him a dol
i lar to pay tho duty. Then he became
; insulted and announced his intention
i of communicating with tho Rrltlsli
! consul.
Ho went to the Palace hotel and
laid there threo clays boforo he con
: eluded to go down and pay the forty
| cents.
Coukling’s Bill.
. Hoscoe Conkling onco defended a
man who was on trial for arson.
Conkling, who was rather new at tho
bar, called upon Charlos O’Connor
and Baid: “There is Johnson. To bo
sure, he was convicted, and the con
viction was affirmed. But I had a
grout deal of trouble, and I only
■ charged him S6OO, and his friends do
cline to pay tho bill. Don’t you
■ think the charge is reasonable and
fair?” Mr. O’Connor turned in his
j chair and said; “Well, Conkling I
> have no doubt that you did the best
1 you could. Six hundrod dollars is
not a largo bill. But I have no doubt
ho could have been convicted for a
great deal less money.
A Modest Sweep.
Mr. Plant, a London chimney
sweeper, is said to bo the last living
, representative of the English branch
of the Plantagenot line. The resßon
why ho calls himself Plant and not
Plantagenot is because he considers
that tho monosyllabic name U more
in accordance with his preecnt social
position.
Circumstantial Evidence.
Charley—-Did you kiss tb*t Boston
girl you wero making such desperate
lor# to * moment ago?
■HT PfWTPw
THE GERMAN ARMY.
THC EMPEROR THWARTED.
Tho fltrmin Stlckittg Kcjeets the New
Army BUI.
The *rmy bill was rejected on the 6th In
the RclcbsUi; by a vote of 210 against tbe
bill to 163 In favor of the bill. Tbe rescript
■lgoed by the kaiser dissolving the Reichstag
was Immediately promulgated and tbe Reich
stag Is now dissolved. I 1 lion tbe result of
the vote belug announced In tbe Reichstag,
Chancellor Caprlvl read the Imperial mes
sage, decreeing the dissolution of the Reich
stag. The Social Democratic members of the
Reichstag displayed the wildest enthusiasm
orcr the result. They hurrahed repeatedly,
following cheer with cheer. Great confusion
and uproar prevailed Id tbe House and public
excitement was at the highest pitch In Berlin.
The emperor Is said to he chagrined and
Incensed at tbe result. On the passage of
the army hill the kaiser had set his heart.
That measure provided for an Increase of 60,-
000 privates and a corresponding number of
olllccrs and sub-olticcrs. This Increase would
entail an additional expenditure of 914,000,-
000 annually. It would bring Into tbe army
practically every adult male In the Father
land In a few years, as the men would have
finished their allotted time In the active
array and dropped Into the reserves, would
add several hundred thousand men to Ger
many's fighting force. The halt held out to
the opponents of the MU was the reduction of
the term of service In the active army from
three to two years, but certain provisions In
the hill left It optional with the government
to retain recruits for tho full term of three
years In case of emergency. Of that emer
gency the ministry, not the Reichstag, would
be Judge.
The only solid supporters of the govern
ment from the start have been the Conserva
tive*, who control seventy votes. The Reich
stag consists of 379 members and the largest
single party is the Center, numbering 110
votes. These were formerly divided Into two
groups, one under I)r. I.leber’s leadership,
numbering thirty-live, and the other seventy
five.
AN AWFUL FATE.
I’astengera on s Packet lloat Cooked
Alive ns is Ilesult of m Boiler
Bursting.
A frightful catastrophe occurred on the
Mississippi below Wolf island on the 7tb. A
rear end of one of the hollers of the steamer
Ohio, a Cincinnati and Memphis packet, blew
out, filllug the deck cabin with steam and
boiling water. Six of the deck bands and
deck passengers who were eating breakfast at
tho time were literally cooked alive and a
large number received serious burns.
A number of others were badly burned and
will die.
The wildest consternation reigned on hoard
the boat, and tho screams of the passengers
ami the groans and appeals of the victims,
made the scene a terrible one. The boat
could proceed no further, and for several
hours It lay at the hank, while the unfortu
nato victims lay on the deck writhing In
agony and calling aloud for aid. At last the
tug Aegeus hove In sight. She was hailed
and tbe sufferers, twenty-two In number,were
transferred to her deck and then she Im
mediately steamed to Cairo. Word had been
telegraphed ahead nml every physician In
town was on the wharf to meet her. The suf
fering of the victims was alleviated us much
m possible, but before they could tie removed
from tbe boat four of them were dead. Tho
remainder of them were transferred to the
United States Marine hospital.
Another one died soon after rcaehlug
there, and the surgeon declares that ten of
the sixteen now in the hospital will die.
Cyrus Meyers,tbe second mate,was terribly
scalded. He was insane with pain and to
relieve himself Jumped Into the river, lie
went to the bottom ami was seen no more.
None of the cabin passengers were Injured.
War in Micronesia.
News of war among the natives of the
Island of Kuk, one of the Mortlock group in
the South Pacific, U brought by Chief Officer
Duncan, of the ship Morning Star. Many
live* have been lost In the fierce conflict*.
“When we were there,” said Mr. Duncan,
“the excitement had reached such a pitch
that no man’s life was safe. The resident
missionary, a man named Scanuel, ventured
among the men to a-k them to cease fighting.
They rushed upon bUn and brandished their
knives, and there were loud cries of ‘cut him
up,’‘kill him.’ He mananged to get away,
however, and made his escape.
“At one of the Marshall Islands three Span
ish soldiers deserted and escaped. They were
secreted and fed at a native's house for a
couple of months. One night they arose and
butchered every one In the house. No one
knew the reason why, hut a little while after
that three other Spaniards were surrounded
by the natives nnd killed. I heard after
wards that the three Spanish murderers were
captured and executed."
Mr. Duncan says the natives of Ponapc are
openly hostile to the Spanish rulers. There
lire no white missionaries on l’onape now.
the Spanish having driven them all off. The
Germans at Juliet have also driven off the
native teacher whom the Morning Star took
early In the year.
The Sunday Fair.
The mlo to close the gates of the Wctli's
Fair on Sunday was rigidly enforced on last
Sunday, at least so far na tho ticket-purchas
ing public was concerned. The fortunate
hundred* who hold posses were admitted,
however, and allowed to wander about ihc
grouuds at tlielr will. It wns a beautiful day
and thousands of workingmen, some of them
with families, went to the fair grounds under
the upprehenslon that the gates would bo
open, and when these tollers were turned
away they left In anything but a good humor.
It was highly aggravating to them to see tho
fuvored hundreds, even thousands eater the
ground* on passes, while they, who worked
all week were excluded.
Tho validity of the law of Congress dosing
the gates Is to be tested In the courts.
Charles W. Cllugman who Is a stockholder in
the fair, has served notice on Secretary Ed
monds that he will appeal to the courts to
open the fair on Sunday. In his letter in the
Interest of the working people and as a repre
sentative of other stockholders, he demanded
tbnt the people be admitted Sunday the same
as every other day In tho week.
President Higlnbotham thinks the suit will
amount to nothing. _
Joilet Rolling Mills Closed.
The Jodet Rolling Mill, a branch of the
Illinois Sled Company. Is closed In nil de
partments. The plant bns furnished work
for 2.600 men. lu December a portion of
the mill was closed, leaving 1,000 men Idle,
hut these had expectation of speedy resump
tion. Tbe close-down will now let all hands
out. They declare It will be Impossible tc
resume at the present priced of steel and Iron,
which are lower than In the last twenty years.
Even If tbe mills were opened the perplexing
question of adjusting the card scale of price
would arise, aa the old scale expired January
1. The mill’s monthly pay-roll averaged
1130,000.
The Monetary Conference Postponed.
The International Monetary conference,
which adjourned to reassemble In Brussels on
tbe thirty-first of May will not assemble on
that day. The general feeling was expressed
by the representatives of the leading powers
that the end of May was not n suitablo time
for recommcnclug the labors of tbe confer
ence. As the result of a consultation held
between the President, (Secretary Gresham
and some of tbe delegates of the United
(Rates on tbe sth, It was determined to cable
tbe announcement that the reassembling of
tbe conference would be postponed until some
time next November. Governor MeCreary
ol Kentucky, who, as well as Senator Jones
of Nevada, will oontlnue to serve upon the
commission, expresses much gratification »t
tbe change of date and believes It will In
crease tbe prospect of the conference aocom
pllshlng some solid results.
To Greenland With Peary.
At s meetlngof tbe Philadelphia Geographi
cal Club the names of the members of tbe ex
pedition that will go to Greenland this sum
mer tinder the leadership of Lieutenant Robert
E. Peary were announced. Tbe men who ac
company Lieutenant Peaiw are Dr. E. Cook,
Edward Aatnip, Matthew fienron. Lieutenant
Peary’s colored servant; Bam J. KaUtken, at
present a teacher la the manual aebooi at
Aiken, Booth Carolina, and Mr. Davtsou.
Lieutenant Peary's maoagnr on his present
lecture tour. The first three named wen
COPPER RIVETED
1 eVEftV i}AIR G uakantiTed. o
ADDRESS: SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
SUPERSTITIOUS CURIOS.
PECULIAR POWERS OF CATS
AND CUCKOOS.
Cats Aro Often Connected With Wltcli
eraft. While the Cuckoos Are As
sociated With Ideas of
Milder C haracter.
In tlio bardic logonds and old folk
loro of Iroland wo now and then meet
with a paragraph or a phraso of na
tional character which arrests our
thoughts. Much there may bo to
feed and stimulate the enthusiasm of
tho ardont soarchor after tho mystic
and the weird: but tho ordinary mor
tal of hard work day life muy bo
thankful if chance throw a fow Horns
in his way without having first to
gloan them out of tho obscuro notes
and tho long, dull heavy pagos of
prosy compilations. Like some other
nations, tho Irish invested even the
lowest forms of animal lifo with tho
power of oxereislng no small influ
ence on tho actions and destinies of
man. The darn deil (forficula, oleus,
or black devil), an insect of tho ear
wig class, used to bo an object of
almost universal abhorrence, yet its
sorvicos wore sometimes availed of
in labor which demunded extraor
dinary physical exertion. In creep
ing along, whonevor it hears any
noiso it always halts, cocks up its
tail, and jerks out its sting, which is
similar to that of a bee.
No roptilo has l>eon so much ab
horred and dreaded by the peasantry
as tho black devil, as it used to l»o
commonly believed that this insect
betrayed to His Jewish enemies tho
way in which tho Savior went when
leaving tho city of Jerusalem. It
was no small gain to destroy this in
sect; for seven sins, it was said, wore
taken off tho soul of tho slayer. Tho
people believed tho sting of tho dura
devil to l)o vory poisonous, if not
mortal, and that it possessed a do
moniuc spirit. Under this impres
sion, whenever it is seen in a house
by tho peasantry, they always de
stroy it by placing a coal of firo over
it, and. when burned the ashes aro
carefully swept out.
It is not trodden on by foot as a
less formidable Insect would be, nor
is it killed by u stick, for it is be
lieved that tho poisonous or demon
iac cssenco would bo conveyed to the
body of tho slayer through leather or
wood. It has often been reluted that
laborers havo boon enabled to per
forin extraordinary feats through the
agency of tho black devil, which they
insert in some purt of the implements
of their lnbor, but tho fow who are
so daring as to huve recourse to such
means wero regarded as dabblers in
tho black art, and wero looked upon
as reckless, as "utterly left to them
selves,” and almost beyond tho pale
of salvation.
This insect Is still considered ex
ceedingly dangerous, Bays Chambers’
Journal: it is thought to be a kind of
scorpion, but very few, indeed, aro
now disposed to lift it to the dignity
of preternatural influence. Tho
cuckoo is associated with ideas of n
milder character. When first heard,
in whatover quarter you aro looking,
in that direction you are to live tbe
rest of the year; but the d.istanco is
indefinite: it may boa mile or it may
bo 100 miles, and there is always a
wide margin allowed on either sido
tho line, which givos easy fulfillment
to tho prediction. This happy ar
rangement leaves plenty of space for
coincidence, and gives tbe cuckoo a
long lease of prestige ut.d importanco.
Tho cut, so intimately associated
with tho Idolatry of Egypt, was not
likely to Is) forgotten in tlio fotiehism
of Celtic mythology. Tho preter
natural attributes said to be ascribed
to it by tho Druids have outlived tho
Druids, their rites and their systems
and havo eoino down to us refined
and mellowed by tbe lupso of cen
turies. Caesar Otway, a diligent
gleaner of tho reliques of ancient
Irish superstition, has prceorvod in
his “Erris and Tyrawlcy” somo nota
ble instances of tho weird character
and magical inf.ucnco of this mys
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MEW YOKE.
tft h^xjwAwggsagggaa
terious animal. He says: "Cats arc
supposed to bo but too often connect,
ml witu witchcraft, and to lend their
outward form to familiar spirits.
The timorous respect persons have
for them is increased by tho fact of
their froquont meetings, to whicli
they come from a distance of seven
or oight. miles, and from fifty toolxty
aro often in the assembly.
"Tho parliament is generally on
these occasions under a haystack,
and, as in another groat house of con
gress. their deliberations aro in tho
night Their discourse is us loud as
it is vehement. What they dobato
about is not exactly ascortainod, but
no doubt upon matters of gravo im
port to feline polity, war and com
merce, ways and means, tho falling
of followers, tho incroaso of ruts, tho
shortening of tails, much arguing, at
any rate, about, raising tho wind, for
Erris cats aro known to have tho
power of creating a storm or causing
u calm; and this supposition seems to
havo arisen from cats being obsorvod
scratching tho leg of a stool or a
table, or any up.dght thing within
their reach, previous to a gale of
wind, looking most knowingly and
consciously tho whole time, and fre
quently accompanying thoir exoroiso
with most melancholy mows.
"The storm which succeeds is sup
posed to bo tho effect of this feline
proceeding, which is looked on os an
incantation, insomuch that tho mo
ment a cat is observed to commonco
tho scratching, it is immediately
struck at with a stick or tongs or any
other weapon within reach; it is,
moreover, assaultod with a clap of
curses peculiarly appropriate to cots
under those circumstances. As soon
as the storm begins to rise all tho
available cats are seized and placed
under metal pots, and there bold in
durance vile until they resort to tho
oxorcisc of thoir power In causing a
calm. Now, not only is this power
universally allowed, but, what is of
incalculable importanco, it is often
taken advantage of by tho cat’s
owner.”
Not very long ago a vossol was de
tained in Blueksod bay. During tho
time of delay tho skipper bocame in
timato with and engaged the affec
tions of Catty Kano. But when his
vossol was ready for sea the roving
blade, with all a sailor's inconsis
tency, hoisted his sails and put. out
to sea, nover intending to soo tho
fair one moro. But Catty knew a
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