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LIFE OF A MASTER ADVENTURER
?7 CAPTAIN GEORGE
Qapiam George ft. Soynfori
p URING the Franco-Prussian
war, which ended in the capitu
I lation of the French at Sedan,
M September 1, 1870, I had three
Jmr ships busy with honest cargoes,
) but I did not get a chanco to do
V J any contraband running until
n just before Its close. Under Are
of the guns at Trieste I ran out
a cargo of guns, which I delivered to the com
mittee of safety at Bordeaux only a few days
before the battlo of Sedan. Shortly after this
I placed the Leckwlth and my other ships in
the hands of Nickell & Co. for charter and
sailed for New York.
The first word that reached mo on my arri
val was that my wife, who had sailed ahead
of me, was seriously ill at her old homo in Illi
nois. I went to her at once and remained
at her side until the end, threo weeks later.
When I returned to New York after the fu
neral I waB greatly depressed and was In a
mood for anything that offered excitement. A
few days later I met Frank (Francis Lay) Nor
ton. Knowing each other by reputation,wo
soon became friends. Later we became part
ners in some of tho most gloriously exciting
exploits in which I have been fortunate enough
to participate. Norton was a natural born pi
rate, and ho looked the part.
When I first met him he waB wild about the
China sea, where he had Bpcnt several thrill
ing years and made, several fortunes, but I
heard so much of Venezuela and of Guzman
Blanco that my heart was set on going there
before I undertook to explore any other
strange lands. The upshot of our many dis
cussions was that I sent Norton to London
to take command of the Leckwlth until I was
ready to join him, when it was agreed wo
should go out in the yacht to his beloved
China sea.
After Norton's departure I bought tho small
fore-and-aft schooner-yacht Juliette, fitted her
out at New London, Conn., for a six months'
cruise and started for Bermuda to test her sea
worthiness, with Lars Lorensen as sailing mas
ter, formerly of the Leckwlth, and a brave
and loyal Norseman. Guzman Blanco was not
at St. Thomas, so wo went on to Curacao,
always a revolutionary rendezvous, and there,
in the latter part of December, I met Guzman
and General Pulgar, his chief of staff. Guz
man, after many exciting political and mili
tary ups and'downB, was planning an invasion
of Venezuela against the Monagas faction,
then in power.
After he had studied me, asked all sorts of
questions and apparently satisfied himBelf
that. I could bo relied on, Guzman told me, in
a general way, of his plans and asked me to
secure for him 3,000 old Remington rifles and
500,000 cartridges and deliver them a3 quickly
as possible at Curacao.
Some two months later I arrived at Curacao,
whore, instead of Guzman Blanco, I found
General Ortega, who waB with Guzman when I
first met him and seemed to be fully in hi3
confidence. Ortega handed mo a note, bear
ing what purported to be the signature of Guz
man, which directed me to deliver tho cargo
at a place to be Indicated by Ortega, and
stated that payment for it would be mado on
my cabin tabic. I showed tht signature to
two men who knew Guzman welli and both
pronounced it genuine. I had no suspicion
that anything was wrong and took this pre
caution simply as a matter of ordinary busi
ness sense.
Ortega directed me to deliver the cargo at
Tucacas pbint, about one hundred miles west of
La Guayra, and, on arriving, Ortega went
ashore and returned with a request that I
order off the hatches and start the unloading
of the cargo in my boats and then go ashore
with him and get piy aioney. This was not
in accord with my contract with Guzman or
with tho note Ortega had handed me, but I
had great confidence in Guzman and did not
wish to offend him. As soon as tho unloading
was well under way I went ashoro with Or
tega. We climbed tho bluff and walked half a
mile inland to , a mud-thatched hut beforo
which a sentry was pacing. Ortega gave tho
countersign and we stepped inside, to find
General Pulgar, who was chief of staff for Guz
man when I was introduced to him, wrapped
in a chinchora and smoking in a hammock.
,Ho explained evasively that ho was there In
;stead of Guzman, but when, I asked him for
my money ho smiled and straightened up.
"I told Ortega to deliver that message to
you," he said, "but there 13 no use mincing
words and I may as well toll you that you
are my prisoner. Your cargo is being taken
care of and will be put to r very different pur
pose from that which you expected. As I
have said, you are my prisoner, but I have nn
offer to make you. It can't make much differ
ence to you whether you serve Guzman or
me. If you will Join my forces I will make
you a colonel and give you command of a
battalion, and when tho revolution is over I
will pay you for your rifles, Just as Guzman
agreed to do."
I again inquired where Guzman was, but
a shrug of tho shoulders was the only answer
1 could got to questioning along that line. Not
knowing so much about Venezuelan revolu
tions then as 1 did later, I could not fathom
this strange situation to my entire satisfac
tion, but It was my guess that in somo way
Pulgar had become arrayed against Guzman,
and it turned out that I was right.
I told Pulgar that I would glvo him an an
swer In tho morning, and spent tho night with
Ortegn, under guard. I tried to draw him out,
but, cidently nccordlng to orders, ho would
not even talk about tho weather.
At sunrise we went to eco Pulgar. When
asked for my decision I Inquired what tho
result would be if his revolution failed.
"Then 1 am sorry, my dear captain, but you
will loso your cargo, whllo 1 will lose my llfo,
which Is of infinitely more importance to me.
But the revolution will not -fall!" ho vehe
mently declared.
Aa though impressed by his confidence, I
announced that 1 would accept his offer, with
a mental reservation to escape at tho first op
portunity, for I did not proposo to fight against
Guzman.
"That Is excellent," ho said, with tho sug
gestion of a bow. After coffee I wont with
him to inspect his troops. I was formally
given command of a battalion of 300 men, and
an Indian servant, who, I afterward found,
had orders to shoot mo if I attempted to es
cape, was assigned to me. I accompanied Pul
gar back to his headquarters, whore I was
given an old sword and tho tarnished shoulder
straps of a colonel, theso constituting my uni
form. "Now that you have allied yourself with
my forces," ho then said, "you will have no
uso for your ship. You will therefore wrlto
a note to tho officer in chargo, directing him
to proceed to Curacao and await orders. She
will bo safe there and," with a quizzical
smile, "you will bo safe here."
As there waB nothing else for me to do, I
compiled with It nt once.
I had been trying for about a week to whip
my lazy, ignorant troops into some sort of
shape, when word was brought in one morn
ing that "tho enemy" was approaching.
Instead of allowing me to lead my battalion,
Pulgar ordered mo to remain with him on a
lfttle knoll In tho rear, from which ho made
a pretense of directing his forces.
I will say for them, though, that they
fought hard and stubbornly, but they were
gradually driven back, and Pulgar, who bad
a terrible temper, was furious. All at once
tho opposing troops were largely reinforced
and camo with a rush which quickly converted
our orderly retreat Into a rout Pulgar, curs
ing like a madman, dashed into tho disorgan
ized mass of his liberty-loving louts, with Or
tega and the rest of his staff at his heels.
I was left alone and was hesitating as to
"what I should do, when my Indian servant
tugged at my trousorslcg.
"Follow mo, colonel!" ho said. "I know
where there is a boat."
Ho started off at a run and covered ground
so fast that I had to gallop my horse to keep
up with him. He led tho way to tho beach
near where my cargo had been landed and
pushed a native boat from under a clump of
mangrove trees. Wo Jumped In and shoved
off In a hurry, for Ortega and several of his
men had Juat appeared on the bluff above and
were making for ub.
Wo drifted around for three days and
nights without so much as a glimpse of a
distant sail and without an ounce of food or a
mouthful of water, save only such as wo wero
ablo to suck out of our clothes after a provi
dential rain tho second night. On the morn
ing' of the fourth day a fog lifted, and close to
us was a fleet 6f fishermen from the island of
Oruba, twenty miles to tho westward of Cura
cao. They took us to their iBland, and after
we had rested and eaten for two days a fishing
boat took us to Curacao.
There I learned from Consul Faxon what
had happened- in Venezuela. Guzman's plnns
had worked out more rapidly thuu he antici
pated, and ho landed in Venezuela early in
February at the head of a small force, but
with a largo army waiting for him. With only
slight resistance ho entered Caracus and pro
claimed himself dictator. His victory was so
easily achieved and waB so largely a personal
one that he did not glvo to Pulgar the reward
to which he considered himself entitled, and
Pulgar immediately started a new revolution.
When I told Faxon how I had been im
posed on and impressed into Pulgar's service
he advised me to tell Guzman tho whole
story. I went on tho next steamer, which also
carried a letter from Faxon, in which he told
Guzman tho precautions I had taken to verify
tho signature to the order Ortega had given
me.
I called on Guzman after I knew he had re
ceived Faxon's letter and was welcomed with
marked cordiality. "Tell me your wholo
story," he Bald, "but let me assure you It la
believed before it is told." His face took on
an ugly look when I told him how Ortega had
tricked me with tho forged order, and ho in
terrupted me to say that he had sent an offi
cer to Curacao to await tho Juliette and direct
me to deliver the arms at La' Guayra. This
officer's failure to get to me in advance of
Ortega had nut been satisfactorily explained
and had, Guzman said, been soverely pun
ished. It was evident that he suspected col
lusion between his agent and Ortega.
When I had finished Guzman told me he
was surrounded by men whom ho either sus
pected or hesitated to trust. He wanted a
man whom ho could rely on Implicitly to watch
for ovidencca of treachery among those around
him, and ho was kind enough to say ho
thought I was the man ho had been looking
for. Ho asked me to remain in Carucuu for
an indefinite time, to mix freely with his fol
lowers and ascertain who could be trusted.
I had been with Guzman Blanco for about a
year after ho proclaimed himself dictator of
Venezuela, February 14, 1871, when I began
to grow restless again. This was in no sense
due to any fault J had to find with Guzman.
He had treated mo with every mark of friend
ship and had proved, time and again, that I
possessed his entire confidence. But under
his strong hand things were settling down to
a humdrum, and with my whole nature clam
oring for a chango to more strenuous scenes
I put the situation up to Guzman and Bccured
his permission to go away, on tho promise
that I would return within six months. I sum
moned the Juliette from Curacao and set sail
for England, for tho doublo purpose of secur
ing a cargo of arms with which to add to tho
Joy of living in Central America, and of look
ing up Frank Norton, who hau so well planted
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within mo tho germ of his China sea insanity
that it was taking root.
Wo stopped nt St. Thomas, that haven of
thieves, blacklegs nnd revolutionists, and
there I mot General Bacz, brother and min
ister of war to Buenaventura Bacz, tho presi
dent of Santo Domingo, nnd one of the most
interesting characters tho romantic West In
dies have produced.
He know of my association with Guzman
Blanco and at once approached mo with a
proposition that I go to Santo Domingo to aid
his brother in tho troubles ho foresaw. I told
him that, if I could get an extension of lcavo
from Guzman I would consider any practical
plan that promised excitement.
We wont on to London, where I learned
that Norton was In tho Mediterranean with
tho Leckwlth, impatiently carrying general
cargoes. I left word for him with Nickell &
Son that I expected soon to bo ready to go
out eaBt with him, took on a cargo of arms
and headed for Costa Rica, where I had Infor
mation that n revolution was hatching against
General Tomaso Guardla,
Wo ran Into bad weather in tho Caribbean
and were forced to put In at Kingston, after
nil, leaking badly.
When the repairs were' completed the gover
nor of the Island refused to allow us to reload
our cargo, aa he had an intimation that she
ship was not what sho pretended to be. This
hint, It developed Inter, came from Jimmy
"Donovan, n "sea lawyer," whom I had shipped
at tho last minute in tho hurry of gotting
away from London. Ho made whnt Is known
on tho sen ns a "pier-head Jump." On tho
fourth day I prevailed' on tho governor to
allow us to take our cargo, but he insisted that
tho 'ship must be held, with both nnchors
down, until further orders. I decided that wo
would go out that night. Knowing mo as well
as he did, Lorensen laughed Incredulously,
thinking I wns Joking, for tho channel through
tho harbor was shaped like tho letter ,S and
commanded by a fort which could, as ho said,
blow us out of the water without half trying.
"Just tho same," I said, "wo are going to
sea or to hell tonight."
During tho evening ho greased all of tho
blocks so wo could start on our problematical
journey without any noise. The moon went
down nt mlylght, and beforo It was out of
sight we htv,1 ono anchor up, with a muffled
capstRn. WjO wore getting up tho other when
the harbor policeman camo along. A few
Bnnk of Baglnnd notes blinded hlra and wo
got under way, with two of tho ship's boats
towing us and the tide helping us along. Evi
dently thv fort had orders to look out for us,
but we cjiught them napping, apparently, for
wo were almost past it when wo were hailed
and ordoed to stop.
The iext instant, without giving ua a decent
chancii to heave to, oven had wo been so in
clined, they whanged away at us. Tho second
shot went clear through us, Just below the
waterway, and Lorensen, who was with mo at
tho wheel, exclaimed grimly, "Hero wo go,
captain l" ,
But ho was mistaken, for in tho darkness
their gunnery was not up to the standard of
British marksmanship.
Wo were Boon under cover of the Myrtle
Bank hotel and after that two ships protected
us until wo were far enough away so that
only a chance shot could reach us.
Tho arms wo carried wero sold to tho revo
lutionists in Costa Rica, being paid for partly
in cash and partly in coffee, which I sold at
Curacao. From thcro'I returned to Venezuela
and reported to Guzman Blanco, ufter having
been away only about four months.
After Guzman's successful campaign against
tho rebel, Pulldo, In which I served on the
staff, I received another letter from Bncz,
urging me to como to Santo Domingo. Tho
same mall brought a letter from Bacz to Guz
man, asking him to grant mo leave of absence
for a fow months to enter his service. Guz
man was flattered by this request and with
his permission I went to Santo Domingo City
in the spring of 1873, on tho Juliette.
President Baz of Santo Domingo was short
and thin and had a washed-out look, as
though hi3 skin had been faded by chemicals
instead of by a three-quarters admixture of
white blood. I had heard of him only as a
good fighter, but that reputation I becamo con
vinced, soon after my first visit to the "pal
ace," had been earned for him by his former
friends and supporters and was In no sense
the work of his own sword, at least so far
as recent years were concerned.
Tho "army" was, in renllty, not much moro
than an unorganized body of densely Ignorant
natives, who, as practically tho only compen
sation for their supposed loyalty, wero al
lowed to carry guns which they did not know
how to uso. I tnught them how to march
without getting in each other's way, how to
handlo their arms without shooting them
selves, and as much dlecipllno as they wero
amenable to, but I fear my efforts did not go
much beyond that, even though they did effect
a decided Improvement. Tho revolutionary
spirit seemingly having subsided with tho Im
provement In tho army, I took tho Jullotto
to Halifax, N. S., In tho summer of 1875, to
havo her decks strengthened, and mounted
with rnpld-flro guns. Wo returned early In tho
fall to find that tho smoldering revolution had
burst Into ftamo and that a largo fdrco was
marching on Santo Domingo City. Tho presi
dent and his brother were vehemently but
vainly advising each other to bo brave when
I reached tho palace.
"What shall wo do? What shall wo do?"
'demanded tho president ns.I entored the door.
"It strikes me that it might be a good
schemo to light," I replied, with no attempt to
conceal my disgust at their attitude.
They told mo there were about 3,000 .mon
In tho attacking force. Wo had more than
4,000 ncn under arms. Tho city had no do
fenscs worthy tho nnmo, and I Insisted thnt
the thing to do was to go outside and fight
It out in the open. Tho president, who had
apparently regained a little of his nerve,
agreed with mo nnd, against tho continued ob
jections of his brother, wo went out to meet
tho attacking nrmy.
Genoral Bacz commanded our center nnd
right, while I commanded our left flank. With
tho. firing of tho first gun he began to give
way beforo a force that was Inferior In both
numbers nnd discipline, nnd fell back bo rvp
idly that before I realized It my command
was flanked and almost cut off, with tho ea
on one side of us and tho enemy on two otl era
and rapidly closing up tho fourth.
In a few minutes I was captured, along with
about a hundred men who were so nujilicd
by fear that they could neither run nor fight
nnd had not enough discretion to Join tlj en
emy. I was furious over tho cownrdi.e of
Baez and put up the hnrdest fight I woa cap
able of, with tho satisfaction of putting six or
eight blacks on a permanent peaco bnKB, but,
with my revolver empty and my swor.t brok
en, I was overwhelmed by tho inky cloud.
General Bnez galloped back to tho cyty, and
he and hla bewildered brother, tho p.'ealdent,
had barely time to board a small schooner nnd
sail for Curacao beforo tho capital w,s In tho
hands of tho rebels. Gcnornl Ganlci d'Aton,
a tool of Pimentnl nnd Cabral, was at onco
proclaimed president nnd hailed by v:ho popu
lace with tho customary acclaim.
Instead of being killed at once, ns I hod ex
pected, I was taken to a small port on a hill
near tho town, where, on tho altogether false
chargo that I had fomented troublo and
brought on civil war, I, was tried by drum
head court martial and sentenced to bo shot
at sunrise. Tho verdict wns, of course, dic
tated by revengo, and execution of it was de
layed becauso they wished to gloat over mo
for a while.
This wns a llttlo tho most serious predica
ment I had ever been In and, with tho idea
of taking every chanco that was open to mo,
rather than with any distinct hopo thnt It
would bo answered, I gavo tho grand hailing
sign of n powerful secret order which I had
Joined whllo in Caracas. I thought I saw a
sergeant ralso his eyes, but, as ho gavo no
furthor sign, I concluded that If there had
been any movement It hnd been ono of sur
prise nnd not of recognition.
I was placed In a largo Bala with windows
opening on tho courtyard, und blank wallo
on tho threo other sides.
Along about threo o'clock, Just as I hnd
about mado up my mind thnt in a couple of
hours I should bo due to start on nn Indef
inite exploration, I heard n short scufllo at
each end or tho path tho sentries wens
patrolling, and a gurgling noise as though a
man w?re choking. The nxt moment Lo
renson'B voice enmo softly through tho door:
"Are you in there, captain?"
I assured him that I waB.
"Stand away from tho door!" ho said, and
I ohoyed tho order with pleasurable alacrity.
Threo blows with n log of crutch mahog
any, taken from a pile In the courtyard,
smashed in tho "door. Lorensen seized; my
nrm and, led by the sergeant who had, after
nil, recognized tho sign I lmd made, wo
climbed down a declivity back of tho fort and
mado our way to the shore, where two boats
wore waiting for us.
As soon as it was day I sailed close In nnd
bombarded , tho fort whore my execution waa
to have taken place.
At Caracas I found Guzman" hnd boon elect
ed president. Ho was Inaugurating public Im
provements, and induced me to go upon a won
derful Journoy of exploration up the Orinoco
through tho unmapped intorior of Venczueln.
After a six months' river Journey of 2,000
mlleB, wo reached Manaos, Brazil, on tho
Amazon, thnt great river nnd the Orinoco hav
ing a common source. From M;inuos wo
sailed to Rio Janeiro and from thro to Eng
land on the Elbe, commnndod by Captain
Molr, commander of tho Trent yjion Mason
and Slldell were taken off. On tho way I
wroto a full report to Guzman, promising to
return within a fow years. At London I Joined
Frank Norton to stnrt for tho China sea.
NOT SUFFRAGETTE NOW
LITTLE GIRL LOSES DISDAIN FOR
THE BOYS.
Miser'e Hoard To Charity
fortune Won by Great Privation
Left to a Children's Hospital.
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Vienna's charitable institutions aro
to bo increased by a now children's
hospital, to bo ereotod at u cost of
2,500,000 crowns, bequeathe for tho
purpose by Josef Spltzbecrer, v,ho
died rccrnMy at tho ao ,f eighty
dent y.ar3 This fortui.c wc accjmu
latcd by a llfo of hard work, accom
panied by tho sovorost solf-prlvatlon.
Spltzborgor wns for many years
hoad cashier of a largo flour milling
concern in Austria. Ho seemB to havo
boon born thrifty, for at a very early
ago he gave up taking sugar in his
coffee, and persuaded his parents to
glvo him the few ponnles saved in this
v ay to put in tho savings Lank. And
au ho began, so ho continued through
out his long life, contenting hlmsolf
with tho barest necessities. Every
penny ho could save went into the
bank.
For many years ho lived in a small
miserable room In a poor street In tho
suburbs of Vlonna. Tho room had
neither htovo nor light. To keep warm
when he was not at buslnoas Hpltz
bergor viBitod tho museum and art
gnllcrlos and to save tho oxpenso of
llfcht he wont to bed when it grew
dark Uu mended his own clothes
and his vholo wardrobe consisted only
of ono suit und ono shirt. During his
Inst years ho lived literally on dry
bread nnd tea mado froHh only onco n
weok. Ho drank this dococtlon without
any sugar.
Spltzhorgcr was a frequent visitor
on tho Hrouso, and mado a good deal
of money in lucky Hpoculatlons. Ho
was Interested In public affairs, but
nover bought n newspapor, going nt
half past six o'clock every morning
to read tlo aheots paatod outsldo tho
olllcej of the Journ s.
To all tho renonstranres of his
frlonds ho replied: "Your pleasure is
to spendmine to sf.v.1. Leavo mo my
pleasure; It Is all for ? good purpose."
Spltzhorgcr norec ruarrled nnd with
tho exception of porno small legacies
to rolatlvos, has !oft hla wholo for
tune for tho children's hospital,
A Secret of the Profession,
"Your output of storlos Is not largo."
"No, I produce only two a year."
"Is tho work of writing them !
very dlflH-i.lt?"
"No, It's tho work of selling them."
Conversion Comes Through Disaster
to He'r Doll When She Undertakes
to Throw a Drlck nt
Marauding Dogs.
"Do you seo thnt llttlo girl?" asked
tho old bncholor, ns ho leaned upon
his gate and halted me In my morning
wnlk. "Yesterday sho was all for
womnn'8 rights, but today her views
aro of a different complexion."
Ho nodded townrd a four-year-old
who was wandering with lonoly and
disconsolate air alomj the edce of th
sidewalk.
"Sho lives in that llttlo shack ovor
there, and sho hnsn't much to play
with, but sho's woll brought up and
her mother has taught hor to flock by
herself nnd not chum with street boys
nnd girls. Somo ono gave hor a doll
and doll buggy, nnd sho's been out
with it ovory fine day as proud nnd
happy ns a queen. She's senrod to
death, though, of two small dogs that
llvo across tho street and como sniff
ing nround hor nnd hor baby. Tho
boys, too, tease her sometimes, but
thoy throw stones nt tho dogs nnd
chnso them nvny.
"Yestordoy aho was pushing her
buggy along nnd singing to herself
when tho dogs ran out Sho halted
and watched them nppronchlng. Thon
sho made up her mind Bho'd chnso
them hornolf InBtcnd of Bquoallng for
tho boys.
"So sho stood in front of tho buggy
nnd picked up a plcco of brick. It
waB pretty heavy for her, but sho
throw her arm back tho way she'd
soen tho boys do nnd hurled it with
all hor might Sho shut hor eyes
tight ns Bho throw, bo as not to wit
ness tho annihilation of tho dogs, I
guess, nnd probnbly she thought tho
crash that followed was tho breaking
of their bones, but when sho opened
her oyes tho enemy wns unhurt and
coming right uu. Then ulio turned to
fly, but when sho looked Into hor
buggy tho yell that aroso brought' peo
ple to tho windows for a block nround.
"Sho hnd thrown tho brick behind
her nnd smashed hor doll to flinders.
"Her mother camo and bore hor off,
wnlllng at every stop, nnd today she
1b qulot, ns you seo, but It Is plain her
heart as woll ns hor doll Is broken.
"Yesterday I thought I would teach
her how to throw fitonea, but today
I've chnnged my mind. I'm going to
got her a now doll. I think sho'll
loavo the dogs to tho boyB In future."
Walls That Don't Transmit 8ounds.
Exporlmonts havo recently been enr
ricd out in Germany with the object
of discovering muthods nnJ mouns for
rcndorlng wnlls and ceilings cnpahlo
of effective rcsistanco to sound trans
mission. Ono of tho moro roccntly
devUcd methods Involves tho uso un
der the celling, or parallel to tho wnll,
as' tho caBe may bo, of a network of
wlro stretched tightly by means of pul
leys secured into ndjnccnt walls nnd
not touching at any point tho surface
to bo protoctod ngalnst sound.
Upon the wire notwork Is plastered
a composition formed of strong glue,
plaster of parls and granulated cork,
so as to make h flat slab, bntween
which nnd tho wall or colling Is a
cushion of confined nlr. The motbod
described is said to bo good in two re
spects: first, the abpenco of contact
botweon the protective nnd protected
surfaces, and, secondly, the colloid na
ture of tho composition rocommendod
for tho piaster.
Keeping the Children Amused,
A delightful vay to'nmuBQ children,
and incidentally thoir parents, Is by"
illustrating a fairy story, the title ot
which Is guessed by those watching
the performance
Select a well-known story and di
vide It Into short parts, or acts. Then
lot tho children act tho various parts
In dumb show, using gestures without
speech, which are not hard to teach
very small children.
Tho Idea Ih n good ono for bazaar
or school entertainments, where a pub
lic performancft can bo the climax of
several rehearsals.
If possible, dress tho lltlo actors In
costumo and- let tho performance be
given to tho accompaniment of sug
gestive music that will bolp them
mako tho right gestures at tho propor
tlmo. Without having to think or
linen to recite, children learn posi
tions and gestures very quiukly.
Why the Boy Waited.
An oldcrly man, clnd In an lm
mnculato suit of black, was seated on
a bench in tho park onjoylng the
lovely spring dny.
A small boy lay on tho grass not far
awny nnd. stared Intontly at tho man.
For awhile tho man said nothing.
"Why don't you go and play with
tho other children?" ho asked at last.
"I don't want to," tho boy replied,
"But It Isn't natural for n boy of
your ago to bo quiet. Why don't you
want to?"
"I'm Just waltln'," nnsworod tho
hoy, "I want to soo you got up. A
follow painted that bench nbout fif
teen mlnutoB ago." Harper'B Magazine.
Used Fraud to Gain for Charity.
A strango psychological phenome
non Is disclosed In the enso of Sister
Cnndldo, n French nun who was re
cently convicted of swindling Parisian
Jewelers In ordor to ralso raonoy for
chnrlty. Sho Bystematlcf.Uy socurod
Jewels of great value and thon pawned
them, using tho monoy thus raised
ovor $1,000,000 in all to carry on va
rious charltablo enterprises, Sho ap
parently did not rcallzo tho gravity
of hor offonso, and scntonco was sus
pended by tho court.
Picture by Telegraph.
A mtrnclo of modern sclcnco wns
performed tho other dny In Berlin by
Profossor Glntzel, who transmitted n
picture in fifteen minutes from Berlin
to Monto Carlo, whoro It was rocolvod
at tho long-dlstnnro photography sta
tion by Professor Korn. Tho photo
graph, which was ono of tho Prlnco
of Monaco, was so good that It was ox
hibltctd at tho Casino tho same evening.
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EVIL OF THE PARCELS POST
William Allen White Tells What Mall,
Order House Does to the
Towns.
Great cities givo much In alms, but
llttlo In Justice Only as wo know
each other woll can we treat each oth
er Justly; and tho city is a wilderness',
of careless strangers, whose Instincts!
of humanity are dally becoming moro;
and moro blunted to suffering, bo-1
cnuso in tho anturo of thlnga suffering-
ing in cities must be impersonal. Iti
Is not tho suffering of friends and
neighbors and kith and kin as it is In!
tho smnllor towns. So tho mall ordcrj
house crushing out our towns Is drying,
up tho milk of human kindness In our
hearts. And that brings us back to first prin
ciples; if wo who llvo In those small
towns In Amorlcn cannot seo that our
duty to our county lies first of all in
our duty to our neighbors, thon wo aro
blind Indeed to tho basis ot real pa-j
iriousm, ior niter an patriotism is
only neighborly kindness. Patriotism
is not In encoring for the flag; it is not
in feollng our oyes filled with emo
tional tears at hearing. "Tho Star
Spangled Banner," patroltism Is Just
old-fashioned human duty.
To sacrlfico our neighbor tho man
,who helps tho town with Its taxes
with its public .business, with Its myr-,
lad activities for neighborly righteous-;
ness to sacrifice that man and hlsj
business for tho mere sake of saving;
a dollar on the purchaso ot n hundred!
dollars' worth of goods is Just as un-j
patriotic as It 1b to spit at tho flag.
For tho flag If it moans anything)
means the golden rule; tho flag meansi
friendly burdon bearing; it means mu-j
tunl help In troublo; It means stand-)
ing together against common foes. i
Tho motto of tho mail order houso Is
ovory man for himself and the devllj
take tho hlndermost and youbct thoj
devil will.
That spirit never fails to- work; and!
tho weak man, tho unprotected man.l
tho man alone tho man on tho farm,,
nt tho end ot tho fact, when his farm,
market Is gono, when his town is cone,
when the spirit ot selfishness and
greed has left this country cold and
hard and menu and nolghborless tho
farmer will bo tho hlndermost. Wll
Hnm Allen White.
PARIS FRESERVES ITS TREES
To Kill or Even Malm One Is a Serious
Offense In the French
Capital.
To kill a tree Is a serious offense. In
tho strict enforcement of this prin
ciple Is tho chief secret of tho beau
ty of Pnrls. Its trees are tho city's
crowning glory. To malm, much moroi
to kill a thriving tree, Is a serious of
fonso. Nor Is this lndulgout treatment'
of plants merely negatlvo. It is not!
enough .that tltey should bo guarded!
when they bogln to mako a contribu
tion to tho city's beauty. Tho city an-i
tlclpntes tho Borvico each Is to oper-i
form, It floes to its planting; It nur-
turcB it in its Infancy and through all)
tho stages of Its development
A municipal nursery is maintained!
where oxpert caro and attention nrej
given young trees. Tho forestry de
partment of the city government' la
as well organized as tho public hqalthi
or tho street cleaning department, and'
the men employed in It are carefully1
selected.
From tho time It Is set out In a pub
lic street or square each troo bears
a distinct identity of its own, and it
tho special chargo of an expert gar
dener. Mon who tend the trees have;
regular routoa llko lamplighters or po-.
Ilcemen. When a treo becomes ao
largo that it interferes with the
growth of a neighbor, it 1b trans
planted. ,
FRUIT TREES AS ORNAMENTS
They May Well Displace the Useless
Kinds for Nothing Is More
Beautiful,
There is a tendency among the "ssr
den maniacs" to plant fruit trees In
stoad of shade trees and "ornamental"
shrubs. It is a very good tendency.
And ns for ornamental trees and
shrubs, there Is nothing really more
ornamental than tho trees and bushes
which bear good fruit.
An apple tree in pink bloom, for
instance, Is moro gloriously beautiful
than any forsythla, or flowering al
mond, or welgelia, or spirea, that ever
grow out of tho ground; and a good
old-fashioned goaeberry bitBh can givo
nolnts in beauty nnd nlcturesquencRs
to tho berboris vulgaris or thunbergll,
or tho aralla spinosa, or any other
thorny shrub whatsoever. What
could be more nobly beautiful than tho
round dome of a cherry treo In Its
whlto bloom, In Its red fruit, or Just
In its lustrous green leafage? Or
what can bo moro plcturesquo than a
good old-fashioned pear treo? No treo,.
largo or Bmall, can outshine with Its!
splendor tho masses of rosy bloom of.
tho Slborlan crab and crab apples are,
oxcollent In preserves when tho winter
comes.
Gardening Made an Art. '
Tho city of Paris, Franco, spends
annually largo suras of money for
landscape gardening, and owns a largo
number of nurseries near-Paris wbfiro
shrubs, trees nnd flowers aro raised
lor tho adornment of municipal parks
and gardens, A host of men are em
ployed us city gardeners, and thoy are
tralnod in special 'schools devoted to
gardening as au art.
Of tho celebrated chateau gardens,
thoso of Vaux, Plnon, Volsins. and
Cournnces nro tho most beautiful, al
though ono may fnlrly say that there
nro any numbor ot other chateau gar
dena which rival those named, al
though loss celebrated,
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