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Wednesday, June 3, 1914.
Mount I-asses, on the Pacific coast,
is in eruption. Joined the suffrsgct
' movement, evidently.
A new altitude record for tenors is
said to have been established when
Caruso went up la a'a aeroplane the
other day.
Being unable lawfully to buy beer
or receive it as a gift in Muscatine, a
West Uberty man tried stealing it,
and was fined $.".'!. It's a pretty close
fitting lid they have down there.
This concerted republican attack on
the Wilson administration has been
sprung a little late unless it is meant
to play into the hands of the pro
gressives. The colonel was engaged
In handing out the same line of bunk
a week ago.
Sir Conan Doyle is busy denying
that he ever advocated lynch law for
saffragets. Even the creator of Sher
lock Holmes hardly feels capable of
dodging the consequences of such rash
statements as the interviewers quoted
"'hfm as making.
Even the power of Overseer Voliva
is not sufficient to compel complete
disregard of the fashions by the wo
'men of Zion City, but he can prescribe
shawls to supply the deficiencies of
low-necked gowns. He has recently
ordered fifty for this purpose.
Even though the fallacy that there
was a law on the statute books against
driving through a funeral cortege has
been exploded, it is to be hoped that
the attitude of drivers of vehicles will
not be changed. Wouldn't it make you
mad to have someone butting into
your funeral?
Governor Hodges of the Sunflower
state is made defendant in a damage
suit, being charged with assault be
cause he interfered to prevent a wo
man from carrying away papers she
had seized in his office. Verily, up
holding the dignity of the state is a
thankless task, even In Kansas.
. It is announced from Washington
that the republicans are going to
raise a campaign fund of $250,000 for
the congressional elections next fall
That ought to help some in relieving
the terrible stringency to create which
the party organ are now being bom
barded with canned calamity-howling
editorials.
FREE VS. CONVICT LABOR.
Comparative efficiency of free and
convict labor is strikingly shown in
the report of the United States geo
logical survey of the coal production in
Georgia for the last year.
Prior to 1804 the principal labor em
ployed in the coal mines of Georgia
consisted of convicts learff d from the
state government. An act of the Iegis
- lature prohibiting further leasing of
convicts to industrial enterprises
caused the gradual withdrawal from
the coal mines of this labor as con
tracts expired, and operators in the
aomewhat Isolated region where the
mines are located were not at once
able to supply the deficiency by free
labor. -
The Influence of free labor on the
efficiency record is shown by the fact
that in 1907, when the principal labor
as performed by convicts. It required
.08 men working an average of 262
days to produce 362,401 tons, an aver
age of 449 tons per man for the year
' and of 1.71 tons for each working day.
In 1913. with COO men working 261
days, Zo5.6ZS tons were produced, the
average per man being 511 tons for
the year and 1:95 tons a day.
- -GREATEST COKE PRODUC
TION. All records in coke production were
broken la 1913. according to a state
ment by Edward W. Parker, of the
' United States Geological Survey, the
output being 46.311.363 short toes, val
ued at $128,951,430. This is an in
crease over the 1912 output of 2,327.
770 tons In quantity and $17,146,317 in
value. Of the 1913 production 33,596,
669 tons was made In beehive ovens
and 12,714,700 tons, or 27.4 per cent
in retort or distillation ovens where all
the by-products tar, gas, ammonia,
etc. are saved. The Increase In pro
duction of by-product coke was over
twice as large as the increase in bee
hive coke.
The principal increase In by-product
coke production In 1913 was in Ala
lianu, where the gain was nearly 60
per cent, from 1,849,797 tons in 1912
to 2,022,919 la 1913. The Increase in
Pennsylvania was nearly one-third.
$37
from 1.874.(19 tons In IBIS to 2.62S,.
6S0 ton in 1913. Indiana showed an
increase of 110.686 tons, and Illinois of
94.608 tons. "
A large Part of the coal used in by
product ovens In states that do not
produce coking coal was obtained from
West Vlra-inl mine. Mr. Parker es
ttmates that the, quantity of Went Vir
ginia coal made into coke outside or
the state was 7.800.000 tons. The
Quantity of coal made into cdaO In
West Virginia was 4,034.251 ton and
the Quantity of coke produced there
from was 2.472.752 tons. If all the
coke made from West Virginia coal
were credited to that state it would
amount to about 7,750,000 tons.
SPREADING GOSPEL OP
DISCONTENT.
The Bloomlngton Bulletin Is dis
posed to take a philosophical view of
the present united attack by the re
publican press upon the democratic
administration by means of canned
editorials and other campaign mat
ter sent out from headquarters to be
used in the hope of having some effect
on the results of the congressional
election next fall. Discussing the
speech of Attorney General Wicker-
sham at the republican meeting at
Bioomington last Friday night
Bulletin says:
the
"Secretary Wickersham had nothing
beyond the old time junk which the
democrats used for a quarter of a cen
tury ii trying to oust the republicans
from power. That is to say, wail and
distress and calamity howls of hard
times and charges of incompentency
of the ins, with dark hints of sinister
designs upon our cherished Institu
tions. "The Bulletin Is abje to receive
these assaults in perfect good spirit by
reason of having been for many years
of its early existence a locally conspic
uous example of the partisanship of
the outs whose only hom ' getting In
lay in discrediting the ins and Impugn
ing their motives and even their per
sonal honesty.
"This is an example of the shoe on
the other foot. In the days of nigh
onto twenty years ago, when the dem
ocratic party was split like the grand
canyon of the Arizona on the gold and
silver question, we were wont to hold
love feasts and deplore the perfidious
work of the villains in the saddle.
"Times have changed to large de
gree and it is no longer the fashion to
appeal to party prejudice, and there
is in fact comparatively little of the
thick and thin partisanship among
the rank and file, yet the only way
to oust a reeime that i in eonorfli
favor and has not scandalised itself woman attempting to start fire with
by an overt act. is to diligently sow kerosene fatally burned." "Pours ker
the sjed of discontent by speech and osene oil on fire; fatal accident results;
pen.
While it is no longer possible to
make any considerable number of night's ordeal; was burned while try
people believe that a public servant is ing to light fire with kerosene." "Kero-
wholly bad because he is of the op-
posite party, yet persistent reiteration
of hard times will make people discon-1
tented and eventually make times
hard. Eventually, why not now?'
made famous by a well known adver-
venisement appears to nave been Mr.
Wickersham's slogan in his propa-
ganda of discontent.
THE YOKE OF MAN.
A league has been formed in France
to emancipate man from the starched
collar that instrument of eatorial I
collar that instrument of sartorial I
torture, as one of the leaders of the
league puts it, that imprisons our Ad-1
am's apple.
Once again France points the
way to freedom. Is there a man any-
where in Christendom who will not burned to death, brings a full realiza
hope that this cause may prosper? I tlon of the danger of using kerosene
asKs tne rmiadeiphia Press.
Time was when men at the most
stately junctions and on the most
ceremonious occasions dressed com-
urc-ominBiy. in tne aays
u.u...UiCi. .uuien m.gni in tne
wi hick uoiuc ijin resolve
to go corseted, but men refused to
confine any part of him in anything
that chafed. He wore many colors:
he wore knee breeches buckles on
liis shoes and lace at his seek and
his wrists, but never did he look any
the less a man than he has looked
since what grace he had was con
demned to be disguised in the habili
ments that have for the better part of
pa century made him an eyesore to all
artists and a prey to those twin ty
rants the collar makers of Troy and
the laundrymen of all the world.
Back to comfort and back to grace.
Surely this Is the final step In a move
ment that has been subtly, slowly but
surely gathering headway for the last
ten years. Increasing interest In life
out of doors in devotion to all sorts
of sports and exercises has helped
it. The Informality of country life.
now in these days of the motor car
mim ice reacn ox so many more
people than In the old days
wnen men had to live so
much nearer their darn r tmai.
ness ana or work, has helped it. A
man may now even wear a soft-bosomed
dress shirt at dinner and still
retain bis membership In his club and
tne respect of his fellowmen. Surelv
we repeat. It Is not too much to hope,
thanks to France, that the day when a
can snail shake off the steam laundry's
oaage or servitude from his excorclat-
ea neck is at last at hand.
Argentina Humor.
On the pralrlev of Argentina, wbrr
the chief mode of travel I by horse
back, the rucbrs often make use ot
the 8?auUa expression, "cdtnprar tier
ra." The literal translation of thai
phrase Is "to buy ground." The South
American rough riders think that when
you fail off roar horse you occupy tit
ground where yoa land almost as if
you owned It. and If you make much
of a bole In the earth where roi;
strike, ss yon are very likely to d.il
when joa are rldlnff a fiery Argentine
mount, they say that you have botigbt
I be fro rind and began to dig tbe cells r
tor m house. Youth's Companion.
Missouri school teachers
average
a month salary,
Shows Bond of
"Teets of Bond Between Concrete
and Steel," by Duff A. Abrams, la is
sued as bulletin No. 71 of the engineer
lng experiment station of the Univers
ity of Illinois. This bulletin furnishes
one of the most exhaustive studies ot
the amount and distribution of the
bond stress between concrete and steel
which has appeared. The results ol
tests of about 1500 pull-out specimens
and 110 large reinforced concrete
beams are given. The' tests covered a
wide range of ages, mixes, size of bar,
length of embedment, condition of
storage, method of applying the load.
etc. Both plain and deformed steel
bars were Issued.
Bond resistance may be divided into
two principle elements, -adhesive re
sistance and sliding resistance. In all
of the tests measurements were made
to determine the relation of slip of bar
through the concrete to the bond re
sistance at different stages of the
tests. A considerable bond resistance
is developed before a measurable slip
is produced. It was found that after
slipping begins there is a well defined
relation between the amount of slip
of bar and the bond resistance for
small slips. For plain bars slip begins
at about 60 per cent of the maximum
bond resistance; with further slip the
bond resistance increases rapidly until
a slip of about 0.01 inch is reached.
which represents the maximum bond
resistance. The amount of slip cor
responding to a given percentage of
the maximum bond resistance is re
markably constant for a. wide range of
ages, mixes, conditions of storage, etc.
Slip of bar begins at a bond stress
CARELESSNESS WITH FIRE
The property loss caused by lire in
the state of Illinois for the month of
April, 1914. totaled the enormous
amount of $1,500,000. and indications
are that the fire loss for the month of
May will be considerably in excess of
million dollars. Vet, this tremen
dous property loss pales into insignifi
cance when compared with the loss of
life.
Starting fires with kerosene seems
to have caused more fatalities recent
ly than any other one cause, and re
ports similar to the following are be
ing received at the Springfield office
of the state fire marshal day by day
and Week by Wek: "Bdy Decome8 ft
torch when kereosene can explodes;
I woman attempting to start nre Durnea
to death." "Burns prove fatal after
sene in stove fatal for a woman; pours
kerosene oil into a cook stove." "Wo
man badly burned, dies; set on fire
with kerosene."
Early la February Dr. J. G. Woker.
coroner of Stephenson county, issued
a warning to the people of that county
relative to the danger of starting fires
with kerosene. The following is the
substance of Dr. Woker's warning.
taken from a Stephenson county pa
Per
"1r- J- G- Woker, coroner of StepU
enson county, sounds a warning not to
U8e kerosene or any other inflammable
substance with which to stimulate a
flre in a stove or furnace. The horrify,
ing fatality Wednesday night near
Pearl City, by which Mrs. Henry
Brinkmeier and her baby girl were
or anything else of like nature. The
terribleness of the death, of it -
com nan vine Dain. and the dftfresa it
brings not only to the family and 1m-
mediate relatives .,t h
general. Is a matter which should be
Bed Time Tales
By Clara Ingram Judson.
A Moonlight Party
NCE upon a time some fairies And more moonbeams came and
decided to stay up all night and more till the whole tree glistened
have a oartv. uh;. ;n n;v.
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Usually of course fairies sleep in
the rught time, tucked up tiht in the
flowers. But these fairies wanted to
stay up and watch the moonlight and
count the stars and really see what a
Mght was like.
io they planned to have a party.
?rTlSr.!vfere WC" ur '1"ye
ur party? said one. Maybe the gar-
"rn iH?d P C;- c -
Oh. no indeed, said the fairy qneen.
"the garden will not be a com! nla-
for the dew comes there, and dew will
dampen our wings and spoil our pretty
dresses. We must find a better place
than that."
"Let's go by the lake and hold our
party on the sandy beach," said an
other fairy, "that is dry and clean."
. "Yes. the beach is dry and clean."
answered the queen, "but it will never
do for our party, for the waves might
dash up and wash us awav ."
"Then let us go to a meadow," said
tu:-A .u. ..u v. -
iiiuu tutu ivvuiu uc a gooci
place for a party."
i roo, not tne meadow, exclaimed the
queen, "for at night the grassea seem
tall and we might get lost."
i The fairies sat very still trying to
think of a place that- would do.
"Oh. I know," exclaimed the queen
happily. "I know the very best place
for a fairy party; let's have it up in a
tree."
That seemed the very best possible
place, so every one set to work making
plans.
Let s choose this big sycamore tree.
said the queen. "It is so bitr and the
broad leaves will shelter us from the
dew."
So the fairies climbed up into the big
sycamore tree beside the brook and dec- as
orated it gayly for their party. the
I hey danced down the smooth
branches, they frolicked on the wide
green leaves. So gay and happy were
they that some moonbeams flickered
down from above and stayed to watch
the. fun.
Concrete and Steel
equal to about one-sixth the compres-
slve strength of cubes made from tb
same concrete. The maximum bond
resistance 1b equal to about one-fourth
the cube compressive strength.
For deformed bars the relation of
slip of bar to the bond resistance was
not materially different from that of
plain bars during the early stages of
the test; during the later stages of the
test the bond resistance varied widely
with the type of bar and was found to
depend on the area and slope of th
bearing surfaces presented by the pro
jections of the bar.
Twisted square bars were found to
be inferior to plain round bars on the
basis of bond resistance per unit of
area of the surface of the bar.
The usual method of computing the
bond stress In a reinforced concrete
beam does not take account of all the
phenomena of bond action. Slip was
first observfd in the middle region of
the span at loads producing a tensile
stress in the reinforcement of about
6,000 lb. per sq. In. As the load was
Increased slip of bar progressed
through the outer thirds toward the
ends of the beam. In the beams rein
forced with plain bars end slip began
at about 67 per cent of the maximum
load; for the beams with certain types
of deformed bars the value was 51 per
cent. In -the tests of reinforced con
crete beams It was found that a very
small amount or end slip represented
critical conditions or Dona stress.
Copies of bulletin No. 71 may be ob
tained gratis upon application to C.
It. Richards, acting director of the en
gineering experiment station.
considered by a person before he or
she attempts to use any kind of oil.
"Dr. Woker has been coroner of
Stephenson county since a year ago
in December, and during that time he
has had five inquests where death was
due to burns from kerosene cans ex
ploding in the same manner as the
Pearl City case. Dr. Woker said that
his observation is that people gener
ally are careful in the use of gasoline,
but they show a total disregard of cau
tion in the use of kerosene, feeling
safe that it will not explode. That he
has held five inquests in less than 15
months in cases of this kind he re
gards as a warning that should be
heeded.
"People should give heed to the
warning. The papers chronicle death
from this kind of explosion, and yet
people contiiiue to use these inflamma
ble substances for purposes for which
they are not intended. Several per
sons said they have used kerosene
hundreds of times to give more life
to fires in stoves and furnaces, but
now they fully realize the danger and
they will discontinue its use."
That this warning should be observ-1
ed Is brought to mind forcibly by three
fire reports received from the chief of
the fire department of Freeport. of
tires which occurred on May 7. Each
I or the fires was caused by attempting
to start fires with kerosene, and two
of them resulted fatally. Joseph Gal
lagher attempted to hurry a fire by
pouring kerosene on it. There was an
explosion and he died shortly after
ward in a hospital. Mrs. Rhoda Town
Bend also used kerosene in building a
fire, was frightfully burned, and died
in the same hospital. The toll of death
in this state, resulting as it
aoes rrom almost criminal careless
ness, is awful to contemplate.
These accidents happen almost daily,
yet people will continue to use on to
kindle fires. If one is determined to
start fires with kerosene, let him pour
the oil on the kindling before it is
placed in the stove. This will remove
very greatly the element of danger
Finally the fairies grew tired and the
party was over.
This has been such a jolly night,"
said one fairy as they prepared to go.
"the fun. the moonbeams and all I
wish we could leave something in the
tree to remember it bv. for alwavi."
"Perhaps we can," answered the fairy
queen thoughtfully, "perhaps we can
make lhis tree different from all others
in memory of our happiness."
With a Tttn-e af her mmV v, ,n.
melted the moonbeam th
and branches of the sycamore tree.
With a wave of her maoiV fc
melted the moonbeams into the trunk
and branches of the sycamore tree.
It was no loneer brown and rn
other trees, but elistenino- while .
moonbeams.
And to this dav the tntnV an1.
branches of all ivcamnre trees ni;n
white in the moonlight in memory of
that fairy party long ago.
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Tomorrow A Bear Star. ..
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HENRf HOWLAND
THE SLAVE.
lWlth weary brain
and aohlns" heart
He greets another
day;
JHe sadly stumbles
forth to start
Upon his weary
way
I The ann may shine
above his heed
and scented
breeses blow.
But what mean fair,
blue skies to him that need compels
to go
To labor where no sunshine fella.
Shut In by cheerless, dingy walls.
Estranged from all but wee?
"The day Is done," he sadly sigh;
What has It brought to me?
The sunset's glow Is on the skies-
Why should I turn to see?
I am condemned to live and toll the heavy
hours away:
Tomorrow I shall still be where I started
yesterday;
By circumstance to service bound,
I must pursue a cheerless round.
And h;j-r to obey."
THE LOVER.
The sunbeams play
across his" way.
And blossoms
that are sweet
Come drifting from
the trees to
stray
About his eager
feet;
He hurries onward
hopefully where
duties claim his
care.
And claims the
pleasures that arise rrom raiuirul
service there
And in his heart he bears along
A little of the West Wind's song.
And all his world Is fair.
Mow fsir the day has been," he cries.
When evening's shadows spread;
"How rich a glow is in the skies.
How fair the way ahead!
Sweet swings have sweetly haunted me
Through all the splendid aay.
And Hope Is calling bravely while I hurry
on my way
To smiling lips and loving arms
My path Is through a land of charms
Where friendly fairies play."
Hopeless.
'Don't look so blue," she said, after
she had told him that she could nev
er be his wife. "There are plenty of
other nice girls. In a year from now
you will never give me a thought."
He sadly shook iiis head and drew a
long, deep sigh.
'Please don't be so sad," she plead
ed. "I can't stand it to see you suffer
so. And promise me something."
He looked up at her and hopelessly
asked:
"What do you wish to promise?"
"1 want you to promise me that you
will not do anything rash when you
leave here tonight. Don't go and jump
in the lake or try to drown your sor
row in a saloon. Be strong be brave."
"All right. I'll promise."
"Thank yon, Billy. Now try to look
cheerful again."
"I can't. I was doing this on a bet
and you've made me lose $5."
Not in Father's Footsteps.
"Johnny, what are you going to be
when you grow up?"
"I dunno yit."
"Don't you think you will want to
be what your father is?"
"Naw. He never, has a chance to
git no raise by refusin' to sign for
next season."
In No Danger.
"Shakespeare says, you know, that
some rise by sin and some by virtue
fall."
"Well, what about it?"
"Oh, nothing nothing. I was mere
ly going to say that you needn't ever
be afraid of getting a fall of that
kind."
FORCED TO COMBINE.
"So you and
your former wife
have decided to
get married
again?"
"Yes."
"Found out that
you loved . each
other, after all?"
"No, she can't get along on the all
mony and I can't make ends meet ob
what I have left after I pay her."
Which?
Crunch Is worth a million dollars.
But he craves a million more;
He haa ao respect for scholars.
And thinks scholarship a bora.
Ooodwjn'i mind is cultivated;
With an Income that Is small,
Tlewlns what Uod has created.
He finds pleasure In It all
Which
Is rich?
Crunch la Jealous and suspicious.
Money's all he dreams about;
He believes ail men are vicious,
Judatna by himself, no doubt.
Goodwin, with no guarded treasure.
Kinds men worthy stilt of trust.
And la even filled with pleasure
Studyln a grain of duat
Which .
Is rich?
A Mere Supposition.
"I understand that Willoughby's wife
makes him toe the mark."
"Yes, it is evident that they have
a working arrangement of that kind.
I see that their telephone la in her
same.".
Saw chicken hawk In flight, which
suggests the motion of a motorcar. No
flapping, no soaring, but a series of
quick, explosive beats of tbe winirs.
each sending tbe bird forward lu a leap
of several yards. The flicker gives five
stroke, then a Jump. Frora "A Farm
er's Notebook."
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The Daily Story
The Skeleton In the Closet By F. A. Mitchel.
Copyrighted. ftl4. byAssocIated Literary Bureau.
The city of New York wns founded
on tbe'soatbernmost point of Manhat
tan Island and first grew to tbe east
ward. I-ater It started op Broadway,
and tbe east side, as it is called, fell
into decadence. Bot till after the be
ginning of the nineteenth centnry tbe
handsomest residences were in the
neighborhood of the East river.
Some years ago workmen engaged in
tearing down an ; old dwelling near
Franklin square In which wosbiegton
lived when first Inaugurated president
came upon a closet built in a wa
In which was a skeleton. How It got
there was a mystery, for there was no
oneniner to the Closet, it being Inclosed
within four thick walls. The And was
referred to a historical society, wnicn
flnnolnted Heileger Bogardus, an an
tiquarlan, to investigate the whole
matter and report. The following Is
extracted from the papers filed with
tbe society:
"Tbe fact that the skeleton was
found within four solid walls is easily
explained. The house was repaired
and altered during the last decade of
the eighteenth centnry. and the wall
wherein was the door to the closet was
made whole. The apartment inclosed
was of such size that workmen would
not necessarily have seen what It con
tained, especially since there were no
windows to admit light in that part of
the house.
"As to there being such a closet at
all. the story connected with it is a
sufficient explanation, for the opening,
which was walled np, was closed by a
sliding panel. What has not been sat
isfactorily explained Is the use for
which the closet was designed. At
tbe time the house was built such se
cret chambers were not unusual, espe
cially In the homes of those who were
in constant danger from some enemy.
But in America when the country was
first settled avenues of escape were
rather tunnels through which the set
tlers might save themselves from be
sieging Indians. It seems probable
that the house In Franklin square was
thus provided by its builder, Meinheer
Van Yranken, simply because he had
a similar closet In his residence in Rot
terdam, for It appears that his ances
tors were prominent officials in the
Netherlands during that period when
the bloodthirsty Duke of Alva held the
country in his grip."
But to the story I have unearthed
concerning the skeleton found in the
closet Meinheer Van Yranken came
to America In 165S, bringing with him
what was in those days a fortune.
Soon after landing he sent to Holland
for brick with which to build his resi
dence and completed It in 1GG2, model
ing It after his home in Rotterdam,
even tactile secret closet. When It was
completed tbe house was the finest in
the city, which was then a Dutch town
and called New Amsterdam.
Now, It was In 1G64 that the city
was captured by the English, the
Dutchmen refusing to make an effort
to defend it despite the protestations
of their governor. Peter Stuyvesant,
who stamped with his wooden leg
and swore by St Nicholas that they
were an arrant set of cowards, un
worthy of the protection of their patron
saint
This change In the government was
also a bitter pill for Meinheer Van
Yranken to swallow. He was Dutch
from tbe crown of bis head to the soles
of his feet, and bis ancestors, who bad
been sailors, bad fought tbe English
when the Netherlands were a power on
the sea. Now. meinheer had a very
pretty daughter, Anneke by name, who
much more readily adapted herself to
tbe new country than her old father,
who could be content in it only so long
as it was Dutch. When tbe English
landed meny of the inhabitants of New
Amsterdam went down to tbe Battery,
where the aquarium now stands, to see
them come ashore. Among them was
Anneke Van Yranken, buxom and with
eyes as blue as the heavens above and
two ropes of flaxen hair hanging down
her back.
One of the boats which brought sup
plies ashore was commanded by Ralph
Eggleston, a midshipman, nineteen
years old, three years Anneke's senior.
Though six feet in his stockings, he
wore tbe Jacket of a middy, decorated
with brass buttons, that shone re
splendent in the sun and added to the
attractions of his handsome person. His
eye lighted upon Anneke. who stood
among those looking on. and Anneke's
eye lighted on him. To her this young
man giving orders to a dozen stalwart
men. who obeyed his slightest com
mand, wns little less than a god. But
the young man was on duty and, hav
ing unloaded his boat set off for hi?
6hip. lying out In the Hudson river.
Busy as be was. however, young Eg
gleston found time to give Anneke Van
Yranken an admiring glance, and In
return there was a rapture In her eyes !
at what was to her a heavenly vision. 1
It was but a few days after this that
while walking under the guns of the
fort whereon the English had replaced
tbe Dutch' flag. Anneke met tbe mid
shipman, who was on shore leave,
strolling about with a brother officer.
This meeting seems to have resulted
in an acquaintance between Ralph and
Anneke. but how It was brought nboi'i
la not known. "First sight lovers are
not apt to be kept apart through the'
want of an Introduction. Be this as
It may. the two went together down
to the southernmost point of tbe island
and passed the time there till sunset
(when tbe midshipman's leave expired),
sitting on a rock making love with that
rapidity which can only be attained
by persons In their teens.
Eggleston wished to Visit Anneka In
her home, but she told him that the
sight of an Englishman was enough to
throw her father Into a fit. and if he
knew that she bad made the acaunlut-
cuce of one of tbotte who had taken
the city and changed lu name from
Hew Amsterdam to New York he would
sail back to Holland with her by the
first vessel going there. Therefore, not
being able to meet tbe girl who had
charmed him tn her own home, be
made an appointment to meet her else
where, Tbe next meeting between tbe Epf.
Ilsbman and tbe Dutch girl was la tohi
wise: Anneke was standing on tbe
shore of tbe East river Just north of
tbe wall that gave the present nans)
to Wail street not more than five ot
six minutes' walk from her home, a
boat pulled by a single oarsman was
coming round the southern end of tin
island and approaching tbe shore where
Anneke stood. She went down to the
water's edge, the boat's stern wu
swerved to tbe shore: she stepped in.
and the boat continued its course la
tbe direction of the islands lying to the
eastward.
It Is unnecessary to mention that the
oarsman was Ralph Eggleston. who bad
pulled around from tbe Hudson river
to meet bis new found sweetheart to
take her for a ride on tbe East river,
where they could make love without
being interrupted. Instead of palling
across the river and thence south on
the opposite shore and returning by
Governors Island, they rery foolishly
went directly past Anneke's home.
True, the bouse was some distance
from tbe shore and perhaps she thought
that she might not be seen from there.
She did not reckon on the fact that
tbe bouse was on a bill and that her
father had brought to America the
very spyglass with which his father,
Captain Van Vranken. had discovered
a British ship that he had attacked
and sunk. Meinheer happened at the
time of this boat ride to be strolling
about bis grounds. Unfortunately for
the lovers the sunlight was reflected
from the gold trimmings of tbe officer's
uniform. Meinheer Van Vranken, won
dering what one of these hated naval
men was doing out on tbe water with
a woman who must be Dutch went
to tbe house, took down Captain Yau
Vran ken's spyglass, brought it to bear
on the occupants of the boat and, to
his horror, discovered his daughter
there in company with a British of
ficer. I know not what Immediately fol
lowed the revelation. Tbe next link In
the chain of the story Is that Meinheer
Van Yranken determined to shake tb
dust of Manhattan Island off his shoes
since it had become English soil and
go back to Rotterdam with his family.'
By this move be Intended to separate
Anneke from the English midshipman
who bad crept into her affections while
her father was drinking destruction to
the English fleet in drafts of schnapps.
Anneke was put under a strict
watch during the period in which the
preparations were being made for tbe
return to the Netherlands, for there
was much to be accomplished. Even
the heavy four post bedsteads re
quired the strongest horses on tbe is
land to drag them to the landing and
a lighter of extra size to take them to
the ship. Anneke was in charge ot
Katrlna Lemke. an old maid who bad
no sympathy for young lovers and hat
ed the English. This woman was en
joined not to let her charge out of bet
sight for a single moment and since
tbe father feared the young midship
man might, under pretense of search
ing the house for arms, bring a party
of men to take away his sweetheart
six pound cannon was mounted at tbe
only gate in tbe high wall surrounding
tbe place.
The day tbe family were to sail for
Holland Katrlna Lemke and Anneke
were left in the house till the last min
ute, while Meinheer Van Yranken su
perintended the hauling of the last of '
tbe household goods to tbe landing
When he had finished bis task and
seen his family and goods put on board
the ship he returned for his daughter
and her duenna.
He found the bouse v.neant
From this point the story is vague.
It does not appear that Katrlna Lemke
was ever found. The next beard of
Anneke Van Yranken she was living
in England, the wife of Captala Sir
Ralph Eggleston of the British navy.
The loss of the duenna and tbe escape ,
of her charge are to be accounted for
only by conjecture, though there is an
unsubstantiated tradition that it was
explained .by Lady Eggleston. This ei
planation accords with tbe recent dis
covery of the skeleton in tbe closet
The tradition Is that while the twd
women were alone together in the Van,
Yranken home Anneke broke awny
from her Jailer and hid in the closet
The duenna followed her and entered
tbe closet, and Anneke slipped out and
shut the door. Anneke, thinking on-'
of flight left tbe place and commonl
cated with her lover, who came ashore,
married her and took her to his sblp.
Anneke did not know what 1 now
suppose to have been tbe case that l
closing the door of the closet It bad
been held by a spring lock. The pane"
closed automatically with tbe closio?
of the door. My theory Is that Katn
na Lemke wns caught In the closet
could not release herself and perished.
Doubtless the skeleton discovered there
was hers. This theory is borne out
by the fact that It is the skeleton of a
woman.
June
3 in American
History.
1T80 Thomas Hutchinson, royal go
ernor of Massachusetts 1770-4,
died; born in Boston 1711.
1S61 Stephen Arnold Douglas, noted
Democratic contemporary of Abrs
ham Lincoln, died; born 1S13.
JS64 End of the battle of Cold Hsrbor
and Grant's direct attack on Rich-,
mond. After losing nearly C.000.
killed and wounded without results
Grant recalled his troops. Total
Federal loss at Cold Harbor. lS.OOtk
Confederate. 1.500.
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