The Daily Enterprise. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1893 Page: 4 of 4
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THE SWINGING GATE,
The twilight is full of sadness.
And the wind in its co.it of gray
Skulks like a wolf thro' the shadows,
And will not be scared aw: y.
Down at the foot of the pardjn
The Rate is swinging s ow,
As if invisible footst 'i -
Were passing to and fro.
And it aeeins to m \ i i my musing,
They were feet of my coming fate,
That will find their way to my threshold
And pass it like the g ito.
0 say, do ye bring go >d ti<ling3,
Ye unseen messengers'
Or is it sorrow and boding
Of future griefs ani caivs!
The gato swings slowly, slowly.
And the shutters creak a id start;
1 sit in the glowing lamp light;
But a shadow fills my heart.
—Harper's Weekly.
THE CASTAWAYS.
On iv December morning, in llio
The otlierj Blood listening with
hird, solid, loalhery faces generally
giuing with steadfast eyes at the
spoaker. hut sometimes glan ing
askant at the captain and the crowd
of others which stood around.
--There was a tarnation ugly sou
running" tho man went on, 'and.
the whole wheel being deserted, tho
fillip had fallen off and lay In the
trough, and tho lowering of tho stern
boats, whalemen though they was
who had tho handling of 'em, cost
our company of twenty-eight souls
tho loss of all hands, saving them as
stand afore ye.
■ A ha I job' A measly, cruel, ba 1
job!" here broko in a long-jawed man.
whose brow and eyes were almost
concealed by a quantity of eoarso red
hair.
••Well us eight men got awny In
tho boat." proceeded tho spokosmnti.
• bringing along with us nothin' but
mall bug of bread and about six
year D83, a small steamor. homo- | gallons of fresh water. We've been
ward bound from a Now Zealand port | washing about sinoo Tuesday, and
was approaching the meridian of tho I now, tho I .ord be praised, hero we be.
Horn, but on a parallel more south- I with a chance of getting something to
eriy lhan it is now tho custom of eat. and, what's moro pleasurable
steamships to take in rounding that I htill to our feelings, tha opportunity
stormy, ice-girt desolate and most i of comfortably turning in."
inhospitable of all headlands. j A murmur of pity ran among the
December in those distant regions passenger*, several of whom woro
Is mid-summor. and tho weather of | lad os, and thero was moro than ono
that morning was as fair and still as
a breezeloss April day in this coun-
try. but the swell of tho vast, tract of
ooean ran ccasclossK—reminiscent
respirations of a giantess whose con-
flict with tho heavens is eternal, and
whose broHlhing pauses are vory fow
and far between. Indeed. Over this
long, dark blue, wosterly swell tho
great metal fabric went sweeping in
long, floating, launching courtosius.
whitening the water astern of her
with a mile of wake.
The chief o l'ccr was on tho bridge;
.the first breakfast bell had rung and
the captain, smart as a naval officer
in buttons and laee trimmings quitted
the chnrt room and joined tho mato
somewhat loud whisper to the effect
thas tho captain ought really to send
tho poor dentures orward at once to
got somo breakfast instead of holding
thorn starving and dry with thirst to
talk. The eagle-eyed skipper, how-
ever. asked several questions boforo
dismissing them.
"Since, thon, by their own confes-
sitn. tho firo gave them plenty of time
to escape from the bark, how was it
they had left her so ill-provisioned as
they represented?1
'1 his was most satisfactorily ac-
counted for. Other inquiries of a
tiko nature were responded to with
alacrity and intelligence. Every
senfonce that one or another of them
to take a look around before going it,t full was corroborated by the rost.
below. This skipper was a man of j Their talc of suffering, indeed, in the
eagle sight, and instantly on directing 0pen boat was almost harrowing, and
the captain, with tho first nolo of
his eyes over the ship's bow ho ox-
claimed:
•What is that black objoct yon-
der?"
The ohief male peorol and tho cap-
tain leveled a telescope.
••A ship's boat," said ho, -and
seemingly full of poople."
The boat, when sighted, was some
three or four milos distant, and tho
speed of the steamship was about
thirteen knots. Jn a few minutes the
alarm In the ongine room rang its re-
verberatory warning, sending a iittlo
thrill of wonder throughout tho ship
so rarely is lhat telegraph handled on
the high seas.
"1 count eight mon. sir," cr!od tho
sympathy that his voice had taken,
ordered them to go forward, adding
that after a good hot meal had been
forvod them they might turn in
and sleep for tho rest of the day
wherever they could make a bed.
At tho broakfast in the saloon noth-
ing was talked about but the Ameri-
can whaler that had been consumed
by llro. the droaclfuldrowningof somo
two-thirds of her crew and the mirac-
ulous deliverance of the survivors
from the inexpressible perils and
horrors of an open boat in tho solitude
ol the stormiest part of ocean the wide
world.over. A benevolent gentleman
proposed a subscription. Hofore the
chief mate, with a hlnooulnr glass at j luncheon bell was rung a sum of thirty
his eye. pounds sterling had boon collected.
Again the englno room alarm rang j j ho incident was a break in the mo-
out; the pulling that for days had notony, and when tho eight mon ro-
been censolessly throbbing through appeared on deck during tho after-
the long fabric languished, and in a noon they were promptly approached
few minutes to anothor summons of by tho passengers, who obliged them
the metal tongue below ceased, and t0 recito again and yet again their
the great steamship floated along to melancholy story of maritime disaster,
her own impetus slowly till tho boat on the morning of tho third day
was within tho toss of a biscuit oil tho following tho da'a of this resouo a
bow. w.th the passongers crowding to ^liip was sighted almost directly in a
the sido, and sailors and waitors and nn0 with tho vessels course. As she
steerage folk blackening tho rail for- waB noared sho was soon to bo rigged
ward.
The occupants of the boat consisted
o' eight wild, hairy, veritable scare-
crows of men. dressed tn divers fash-
ions—Scotch caps. sea boots, toil-worn
monkey jackets, and tho like.
••Boat ahoy." hailed tho captain as
she slowly washed alongside. "What
is wrong with you?'1
A fellow standing up in the stern
sheets cried back In a strong Yankoo
accent:
'For Clod's sake, sir. tako us
aboard! Our water's almost given out
and thero's nothing left to oat."
''l.ook out for tho end of a line,"
bawled tho captain. "Are you
strong enough to got aboard without
help?"
■ Aye, sir. we'll mnnivjTo it "
A rope was thrown, and one after
another the fellows came swinging
and scraping and scrambling up tho
clean side of the steamship. Tho pas-
sengers crowded around and gazed at
them with curiosity and pity. Their
fympnthotic eyossuomed to find fam-
ine painfully oxprossod in tho leath-
ern countenances that stared back
•t thorn through mats of hair.
"Wo must lot your boat go," said
the captain.
"Can t help it sir, thankful enough
10 bo here I reckon," answered tho
fellow who had callol from tho stern
shoots und who acted us spokesman
with stump or Cape llorn topgallant
masts; sho was also under vory oasy
canvas which gave her a vory short
handed look in that quiet sea. Great
wooden davits overhung her sides,
from which danglod a number of
boats. Sho prosontod a vory grimy,
worn aspect, and had manifestly kept
the soa for months. It was observod
by tho chief officer, standing on tho
bridgo of the steamer, that tho olght
rescued men. who were looking at
tho sail ahead, along with somo of
tho crew and steerago passengers
disclosed several symptoms of un-
easinoss and oven of agitation.
Suddenly I lie stripes and stars, with
tile stars invertod, were run aloft to
tho peak end—a signal of distress.
Tho engines were "lowed and the
stoamcr's head put bo as to pass tho
vessol within easy bailing distance.
A man aboard tho bark stoud In tho
mlzzen rigging.
• Steamer ahoy!" I10 roared.
I "110110!''
"I have lo,t a boat and eight of my
1110:1. Have you seon anything of
her?",
Tho captaia who had gained tho
bridgo. lifted his hand.
• liarkahoyho cried. "What bark
is lhat?"
• The tioorgo Washington, whaler,
of Boston, one hundrod and eiglity-
MAY BE BROKEN EASILY.
Ship* I'ropeller1 Disabled by Trifling
t'Himm—Corrosion hi Wator.
The propeller of a steamor Is an in-
significant object compared with the
huge body it propels against the com-
bined forcos of wavo and wind,
but tho Brooklyn Eagle says thoy
como to grief frequently in a
variety of ways. A fow days ago llio
red I) steamor Vonezuola, in a calm
sea, without a breath of wind almost,
suddenly lost ono blade of her screw,
just as suddenly and with as little
cause or notice as overripe fruit drops
from its parent bough. Around the
dry docks are numbers of gigantic
I propellers, all in ono stage or another
of dilapidation. Some are cast in
tho solid, that is to say, tho* hub
i through which tho shaft passes and
j tho fans which extend from it are
I ono solid casting. Others are built,
or cast, rathor, in sections; the hub is
one and each fan or blado is another,
which fits into bases made for them
in the hub. where thoy are screwed
on by huge bolts that are sot in tho
hub casting. Where ono fan or blade
[ is broken it is easily replaced, as tho
makers retain tho molds of all wheels
or propellers, as thoy aro indifferent-
ly callod, which they cast. Thon the
! entiro wheel is not ronderod useless,
as in tho case whan a solidly cast pro-
poller, liko tho Venezuela's, comes to
grief. It is extraordinary to see tho
proportion of vessels that arrive hav-
ing roceivod some damage to thoir
propellers. Occasionally damage is
done by the shaft racing, as it is tech-
nically called. That is causod by tho
steamship plunging ahead on into the
trough of a big sea and so elevating
the stern and tho propeller that it is
complotoly out of water, and being
suddenly rid of resisting the ongine
runs away, so to speak, just as an or-
dinary engine will do when a driving
bolt slips off or breaks. Occasionally
a propeller is broken by striking float-
ing logs or ice and rarely by striking
a whale or largo fish, when it is much
the worse for tho fish.
But there is one curious fact always
noticeable about propellers; that is
that the extremities of blades are
eaten away as though by some corro-
sive acid. Thoy aro piorcod with
holes of greater or lessor depth, which
weaken tho points of Iho fans so that
they snap off. I'hoso corrosions are
said to be causod by the action of the
water, but it seems strange that tho
wearing should take tho form of hon-
eycombing the metal Instead of wear-
ing it smoothly, as the mere friction
of striking tlio water might bo sup-
posed to do. Koeontly screws or pro-
pellers aro made of different combina-
tions of brass and othor metals, cs
pecially for steam yachts, and aro
vory costly. A short time ago Pier-
pont Morgan's yacht struck a rock in
the sound. Tho force of the blow
smashed one blade clean off, although
fastoned on by eight or ten two-inch
bolts secured bv massive nuts, and
tho second blade was curled up by
tho blow just liko a shoot of load.
This wheel was only a three-bladed
one, and yet it cost the comparatively
enormous sum off'2,800. It was mado
of a composition metal resembling
brass in color called Mayanose bronze.
In largo ocean steamships, if the pro-
pollers aro not of ono soiid casting,
it is usual to cover the nut and bolt
points which lasten the fans to tho
hub with a cement. This is so tena-
cious and becomes so hard when
once set that it raroiy breaks until
its romoval becomes necessary, whon
it givos tho workmen a hard tussle to
romovo it.
•Anything belonging to you to como 'our d"}'8 °1"-
outP" The captain of the steamship con-
"Nothing, by tho otarnni l.ot her eoaled a sour grin.
go. sift If sa lors' sea blessings can , "How canto you to lose your boat
froiglit a craft sho ain't going to float ll11^ 1,10 won.'
long." -They stole her ono middle watch
'i he boat was sent adr ft, tho 011- and -noakod away from tho ship "
glne bell rang out, once moro tho ",0 captain of tho steamship
great mall steamer was thrashing laughed,
•Wo hnvo your mon safe here" ho
shouted, 'glad to lonrn that you aro
not burned down to the water's edge,
and that the rost of your crew look
brisk, considering that they aro
drowned men. Send a boat and you
shall have your sailors."—W. Clark
liusselL in Wit and Wisdom.
-in Ktxraordlimr) I'lnce.
Iho Boston (ilobe thus si-os Now
York up: "History is not burdened
with anything that over happened in
New Vork. It Is a fa t that nobody
over was born In Now York. In-
variably tho man of tho period who
cuts any kind of a swath in tiio
Broadway throng originated some
where olso than In New York. Many
ye like. I gave tho alarm and all peoplo dio in New York. But almost
hands turned to with hoses and buck- never Is anybody burle l there. The
ets. But thero was a deal of oil iu leaders of this extraordinary place
the hold, and tho shin's planks was generally come from the farm or the
thlcn with grease beside* and that vil age, and ufter thirty or forty years
gave us no chance. By ten o'clock in of racing up nnd down that swarming
the morning tho flames had bursted island thoy fall before tho sicklo o"
through and was shooting up mast j tho universal reaper and are boxed
high, and thon wo calculated H was up hastily nnd returned to their native
tirae to look lo the boats." soil or carted over on to l-ong Island."
over the long, tall hoavo of Capo
Horn swell
••How came you into this mess!'"
inquired the captain.
The man who had spokon boforo
mado answer.
"We're all that's loft of the crow of
the Boston bnrk (ieorgo Washington
She was n whaler, ono hundrod and
eighty-four days out It wero four
days ago. I was tho first to smell
firo, some while arter two o'clock. In
the mlddlo watch.'
••It wanted ten minutes to six
bella" exclaimed a man. and a gen-
eral emphatic, hairy nod followed
the interruption.
"I was tho first to smoll fire." con-
tinued the other, "call it what hour
THE AMERICAN WOMAN.
HISTORY CORRECTED.
One >lnu Doubted tho Generally Accept-
ed L; h Wor«N of Pitt.
The last words of William l'itt aro
reported to have been "Oh, my coun-
try! How I love my country!" But
Lord liosebery, in his recent memoir
of "The Croat Commoner." quotes an
anecdote which Mr. Disraeli used to
toll that proves that ono man at least
had a word about the authenticity of
tho exclamation. When Mr. Disraeli
entered parliament he used often to
dino at tho house of commons, where
lie was generally served by a grim old
waiter who was supposed to possess a
secret treasure of political tradition.
The young member sought to win his
confidence. Ono day the venerable
domestic relented. ' You hear many
lies told as history, sir." ho said. "Do
you know what Mr. Pitt's last words
wero?'' "Of oouse," said Mr.
Dlsrnall; "thoy aro well known: 'Oh,
my country! I lovo my country!'"
"Nonsense," /aid the old man. "I'll
tell you how it was. I ate ono night
I was callod out of bed by a messen-
ger in a postchaiso shouting to mo
outside of tho window, "What is It?'
1 said. 'You're lo got up and dress
and bring somo of your meat pies
down to Mr. l'itt at Autney.' So I
went: and as wo drove along he told
me that Air. l'itt had not been ablo lo
tako any food, but had suddenly said
•1 think 1 could eat one of Bellamy's
mutton pies' And so I was sent for
post haste. When wo arrived Mr.
I'llt was dead. Them wns his last
words: I think I could eat ono of
I'ellamy'a meat pies.1 "
AS SHE IS REGARDED IN OLD
ENGLAND.
. _ _
Hospitable and Intelligent—Site If* De- |
scribed aw Larking In KepoHfl and
Has a Decided Fancy for
ICocking; Chairs.
The American woman, as described
by a writer in the London Queen, is
tho mOBt versatile oi her box. Sho is
at once domesticated and yet pleas-
ure-seeking in her tastes. With a
keen eyo for the matorial side of life,
sho has a no loss ready appreciation
for literature and art; while oxneting
as sho is toward men, there lurks in
her a sentimontal vein, which causes
her to cast a halo of romance round
oven the most prosaic and dollar-
grabbing of husbands. In the Middle
and Western states early marriage is
tha rule, although the age is rising,
and a girl who twenty years ago
would havo been married at ll>. now
delays until from 20 to 21. Young
wives, as a rule, havo no home of
thoir own. The girl not infrequently
brings her husband to live in tho
houso of her parents, for tho mother-
in-law is no such femmo terrible a
she is supposed to be with us. The
young peoplo havo a suit of rooms sot
apart for them, whore thoy spend
thoir cozy evenings alone, while they
join tho family circle for meals or in
turn entertain their relations and
friends in their own little household.
Tho young wifo is thus fpared tho
worry of housekeeping for the first
fow years, while tho young husband
who would havo probably remained a
bachelor for ten years longer, is en-
couraged to take tho plunge long bo-
foro ho is ready to keep up an expen-
sive separate home.
Other young couples take refuge in
tha ubiquitous boarding-house where
an indifferent table and still moro in-
different fellow-boarders soon lead to
promptings of tho spirit to find a
homo at all hazards for themselves.
Tho American woman is essentially
genial. She is not so terribly anxious
to know the pedigree and occupation
of every stranger who may happen to
build a house next to hers Or take tho
next pow to hers at church. She
will woloomo the new-comer, whether
her husband happens to deal in land
or iaw, stocks or sugar, medicine or
morals. It is all "business" in her
eyes, and she can not understand the
delicate linos drawn between standing
behind tho counter of a bank or a
grocery store. Every house furnishes
at least a score of rocking chairs and
one's first introduction to a ladies'
social circle is decidedly a bewilder-
ing one, for oach individual chair
rocks its own tlmo, and tho effect up-
on tho brain is analogous to that
which would be produced upon tho
ear were each individual, instrument
of an orchestra to keep its own time.
Tho tone of American conversation
is proverbially high, and tho ques-
tions discussed in London drawing
rooms, often in the presence of men
nnd young girls, aro essentially avoid-
ed in America except by that limited
] and foolish set who live to eat, dress
und imitate nothing but the follies of
the English. The American woman
I lias no reposo—henco tho rocking-
j chair In which sho works off the
j nervous energy which the exhilarating
j climate stimulates to so intense a
degree. Sho is never sleopy or dull,
but longs for the rest-taking faculty
which would give hot' a chance of
buiiding up her frail holy and
strengthening her nerves.
The American woman is hospitable,
gonerous. intelligent, vivacious and
bravo, but the linei which appear
under tho oyes nnd round the mouth
ore sho reaches ;10 tell thoir own sad
talo. What sho needs lo perfect anil
maintain her charms is the cold morn-
ing tub. loss violet powder, more
fresh air und out-oi-door oxerciso, ,
and the utter extermination of tho j
horrid furnace, which placed in every !
cellar, sends forth sirocco-like blasts
of air into evory chamber in tho house,
and so convorls tho modern American
home, in point of temperature, into a
conservatory for forcing plants.
A Cure lor tlie " VelloivnP'
If Connecticut peach growers havo
really discovered a cure for the
••yellows," they can got a good price
for tho socret in Dolawnra. it is
pretty well demonstrated that unless
tho progress of tho disease bo
chockod, the growing of peaches in tho
Delawaro peninsula must coaso within
a fow years. The scientists at tho
Delaware agricultural station have
been studying tho subject for several
years past with 110 very satisfactory
results, und have even pormitted an
odd wandering peach doctor to ex-
periment with a euro of his own de-
vising. Within fifteen years somo
millions of peach trees have been up-
rooted in northern Delawaro. and the
balling disease has steadily tra\oled
southward with tho movoment of tho
• peach belt," as tho strip of pen h-
growlng territory between Delawaro
| and Chesapoako bays is called.
Viciiornul City Folk*.
City Niece, reprovingly — Uncle curtia'a Joke.
Way back. why do you pour your cof- There is a good story of (ieorgo
fee into the snucor before drinking ■ William Curtis, which sooins never to
I nclo \\ ay back— 1 o cool it. 1 ho ^havo been published. Ho was loctur-
ing on a Buffalo stage once, when
moro air surlaco you give it, tho
quicker it cuols, Ctiess those 'ere
city schools don't teach much scienco,
do thoyN. Y. Weekly.
'rill- White Ithlnncero*.
American travelers toll us that tho
wh to rhinoceros frequently dies from
eating poisonous plants which havo no
olTeoton the black one probably be-
cause the lino scent of tho latter tells
him it is dangerous.
M| mift Turk.
Strawber Do you export lo bo
married In a dress suit?
Singerly — If I get homo from the
| office first My room mate Is going
I to be marriod tho same night. .
suddenly a heavy ropo somehow
broke looso from its moorings in tho
flies nbovo nnd dreppod with a tro-
momdous thud to the floor behind
tho spoaker. Mr. Curtis looked
around in mild surprise to see what
had happened; thon. turning to tho
alarmod audience again, said, with a
twinkle in his eyo: "Ah, that must
hnvo been the thread of my dis-
course." Somebody on the front sent
caught the joko first and broko out in
a chuckle which Instantly developod
into a roar of laughter from tho whole
house. It was a good many minutes
before tho thread of thftt discourse
could bo resumed.
ST. PATRICK'S PURGATORY.
Those Who K tered It Were Supposed to
Ksrape Purgatory After Death.
Mediaeval songs and legends, which
are rich in all sorts of mythical and
fantastical lore, locate the entrance
to St Patrick's famous "Purgatory"
on the Island of Lough Dorg, Ireland.
The opening itself was through a
cavei tho existence of which was re-
vealed to tho saint by Christ, who
informed the good Patrick that any-
one with the moral courage to go
down into the cavern would bo savod
tho pangs of tho real "Purgatory"
after death. Patrick built a monastery
at the entrance of his earthly "Pur-
gatory" and secured the way to the
pit by an iron gato provided with
strong chains and locks of peculiar
and intricate workmanship. Lough
Derg. next to Jerusalem, was the
most celebrated spot on earth during
the Middle Ages, when superstition
rankled in tho mind of saint and sin-
ner and pauper and grandee alike.
Thousands visited "Purgatory"
every year, and the whole island had
Iho appearance of a populous city.
In tho year 1153 Henry of Saltery
wrote the celebrated poem to which a
largo Bliare of the fame of Lough
Derg and "Purgatory" is due. It
described the adventures of one Sir
Oywayne Mile9 and the wonderful
sights he saw while expiating his
many crimes at tho Loi'gh Derg cav-
ern. This poein was translated into
all European languages and is be-
lieved to havo given Dante the cue
for his "Inferno." After 1410 re-
ported visits to this island purgatory
aro rare. A few pilgrims, of course,
continued to mako annual trips to the
cavern and publish reports of what
thoy havo seon and heard during visits
to tho nether world. Liberal minded
individuals with nerve onough to mako
tho trip roturned without having
seen or heard anything savoring of
the extraordinary. Others reported
that they saw and heard nothing dur-
ing their waking hours, but that they
wore haunted with wonderful dreams
when thoy fell asloep, "different in
many respects," they said "from
thoso we wero accustomed to when
at home." At last, in 1446, a monk
from Holland visited tho shrine and
reported that tho place differed in no
particular from an ordinary cavern.
This was tho last straw. The pope
ordered the monastery destroyed and
tho mouth of tho cavern closed. This
was done on St Patrick's Day. 1487.
So ended St. Patrick's "Purgatory, "
one of tho grandest semi-Christian
hoaxes known to history.
IllHCrtw I11 the Knr,
A physician, in discussing the prev-
alence of ear trouble, caused especi-
ally in summer time, when all who
can fly to the country, by the entrance
of e irwigs and other insects into the
ear, points out a simple remedy.
Whon living insects find tlieir way
into tho external auditory canal tho
ear should at once bo turned to a,
bright light in tho hope of inducing
tho intruder to back out by virtue of
the attraction which light naturally
has for him.
If this prove unsuccessful the ear
should be filled with sweet oil or
glycerino. which will kill the insect
by occluding its breathing pores and
generally t'.oat it out Sometimes
however, a syringe and warm water
are necessary lo remove it In cases
where these means aro not at hand,
as when hunting, blowing tobacco
smoke into the ear directly from tho
stem of a pipe, the mojth being placed
over tho bowl and protocted from it
by tha hand, will kill or stupefy the
intruder, and, at all events, reduce
him to a state of inactivity pending
tho ability to dislodge him,
Ja|>ane c ut I he World'* Fair.
Tho Japanese government has ar-
ranged to send to this country 2,000
Japanese of tho middle class, who are
lo be hore during the world's fair and
afterward make a tour of tho princi-
pal cities of the I'nited States. In-
struction und information as to the in-
dustries and customs of tho Amorican
people constitute the object desired
lo be attained.
GRAINS OF GOLD.
With the talent of an angel a man
may be a fool.
There is nothing more cowardly than
being afraid of the truth.
Youth is eminently the fittest season
for establishing habits of industry.
Statues are moulded with little
touches. Characters nre formed in tho
same way.
Fight your troubles one at a time.
Knock down the first one, and the
others will run.
There isn't a bit of religion in going
without sleep at night to talk about
your neighbors.
The world is full of peoplo who are
always looking for a sledge hammer
to crack a peanut
The secret of being loved is in being
lovely; and the secret of being lovely
is in being unselfish.
Many lives contain whole chapters
of goodness, not a word of which is
ever put on a tombstone.
I The greatest of all duties is thepres-
1 ent one. You can't do business for
| eternity on n credit basis.
Wear 11 cheerful countenance. If
your mirror won't smile on you, liow
can you expect anybody will?
There is something so beautiful in
trust that eveu the most hardened liar
must needs feel a certain respect for
I those who confide in him
There arc prating coxcombs in tho
i world who would rather talk than
j listen, although Shakespeare himself
I wero the orator, and human nature
I the theme.
Iu the moral world there is nothing
' impossible, if we bring a thorough will
, to it. Man ran do everything within
himself; but he must not attempt to
do (00 much with others.
ATTACKED BY BRIGANDS
A SALVADOR PLANTER'S UN~
WELCOME VISITORS.
Story of On# of the Boldeet Raids Ever
Made by the Mountaineers Upon the
Plantations—The Itobberg Escape, But
Are Hotly Turtued.
A thrilling story of an attack by a
band of armed brigands upon tho
residence of a wealthy coffee planta-
tion owner in San Salvador comes by
tho Panamu steamer San Jose, to San
l'raneisco.
After swooping down on the plan-
tation in a body the brigands at-
tacked the owner and in a most fiend-
ish manner assaulted his wife and
tho housemaid. The brigands after
beating tho victims secured |26,000
and a lot of valuable jewelry and de-
parted. The government sent sol-
diers into the mountain passes and re-
cesses and thoy had succeeded up to
the middle of last month in captur-
ing seventeen out of a gang of 150.
It seems that a band of desperate
brigands in the San Salvador moun-
tains learned through some means
that M. Seleveria, one of the wealth-
iest men in that country, had a large
sum of money locked up in the safe
'at his dwelling and determined to
secure it if possible. Accordingly
they planned an attack on a largo
scale. When within a couple of
miles of Seleveria's house they halted
and divided themselves into four par-
ties. This was to enable them to at-
tack the house from all sides.
• It was twilight, and Don Seleveria
was sitting on his piazza smoking a
cigar and feasting his eyes upon tho
richness of his vast possession^. Sud-
denly he was startled by the sight of
the bandit gang. The chief of the
brigands lost no time in stating what
thoy had come for.
It was money they wanted and
money they would have. Seleveria
said he bad nothing in tho house,
and tried to reason with the brig-
ands. but to no purpose. Jumping
up, Seleveria ran into the house.
Before he could secure a weapon,
the brigand chief gave the word and
the mob crowded into the house.
Seleveria was knocked down and
; beaten. His wife, who came in from
the sitting room, and the housemaid
were assaulted by the vicious brig-
ands and aftorward beaten. The mob
then began to loot the premises from
garret to cellar.
In the meantime Seleveria was far-
ing very badly.' After being beaten
I10 was taken into his bed room
where the big safe was and told to
-open it He refused and was beaten
again. Then he opened it. There
was $26,000 in it in gold and silver
*nd several thousand dollars' worth
of diamonds and jewelry. Every-
thing was taken down to a small pair
of earrings. The throe victims were
then bound and thrown on the floor
and kicked until nearly insensible.
; Outside the house the armed
brigands, who were doing picket
duty, kept several hundred planta-
tion hands from offering assistance.
These natives were so frightened
that many of them ran away. When
tho brigands had finished their fiend-
ish acts thoy raided the wine collar
and after imbibing freely left the
finca and returned to tho mountains,
where after distributing the spoils,
they broke up into small parties.
Kor somo time after the brigands
left the house none of the native
coffee hands had the courage to
vonturo into tho building. At
last an everseer came forward, and
with a dozen natives went to Sele-
veria's assistance. He and his wife
and the maid were liberated from the
fetters with which the brigands had
bound them. The women had suf-
fered the most and were in a terrible
state Seleveria,who although 68 years
of age, is a hardy, powerful, swarthy-
complexioned man of determined
character,immediately armed several
of his plantation hands atid sent them
to notify tho government officials at
San Salvador of what had occurred
and request that a company of soldiers
he sent out to capture the brigands.
Upon receipt of the news the gen-
oral commanding the army orderod
out two companies, and they set out
for Seleveria's plantation, from which
point they traced tho brigandB into
tho mountains. It was a hard chase,
but the soldiors divided into small
dotnclnnonts in chargo of an officer,
wore quite successful, and in a short
time ten brigands had been captured.
Justice was summarily metod out to
tho robbers.
Kach man hnd his hands tied be-
hind him and was then shot.
Two weeks later seven more brig-
ands who had boon oaptured woro
shot At that time the soldiers wero
still scouring tho mountain recesses,
passes nnd heights. It Is the full
intoution to shoot at sight each and
all of tho malefactors.
Whon the steamor San Joee was at
Acajutla, the attack of the brigands
upon Seleveria and the subsequent
capture and shooting of somo of tho
mombors of tho band was the tajk of
tho country. It was considered the
boldest raid ever mado upon planta-
tions in a country by no means un-
familiar with deeds of lawless daring.
Chnnf(lnjr Its Nature.
Tho gulf weed (fucus natanB) which,
with its Iittlo round "berries." is not
unlike tho mistletoe in form, but ol
a brownish yollow color, has boon
thought to have lost its proporty of
rooting on rocks and to have acquir-
ed tho power of living afloat.
Thu Wfctcr Molecule.
In owior to realize the size of the
water molecule you must imagine
drop of water to be magnified as
as tho earth, and thon a mojecule
would be between tho eize of a email
shot and a cricket ball
nan
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