TMIMIOM.
PlMhihr.imlilii,
Bev pale aad taint thou art!
Cf teat, new area above,
J7 whit rays point and dart
O teastr O'er her move,
CUm set aad tike my part!
I have m her tb roue of lore,
' aad east ia the nM in my heart.
ftc Indies slitter and rush
la tee dark of tb summer mead;
Pale ea the hawthorn bueb.
Bright oa th larkspur seed;
Had loag ia heaven atlush
To fi my rose God-speed
If ah breathe a kiss, it will blush;
If she braise a leaf, it will bleed.
O bright atar over Eden,
II beautiful thou art;
To-day, ia th rose, the rose,
Kor 017 love 1 have periled my heart;
Haw eye the dying glows
From the placid Isles depart,
Th rose-bathed plauet knows
It is hers, my roue, my beartl
e-Ceatury.
WITH THE
.. PRICE OF BLOOD.
SOLA VEJAR, simple child of a
guileless race, believed in ber very
soul that wealth would out weigh
aa the heart of Antonio Mascavel the
keaoty of Refugio Garfias, great and
renowned though that might be.
Therefore, and for this only, did she
elgB for riches and bate the poverty
arttb which Providence had seet fit to
curse her. For Sola wait not beautiful,
Are for the beauty that some find In a
gum chin and a powerful mouth, a wide
gerehead and deep eyes overset with
Mighty brows which may have their
Charm for the student of bis kind, but
atot for a lover, and, least of all, for a
Mexican lover.
Antonio Mascavel preferred the type
mt Befmjlo small-featured, red-lipped,
oft-eyed, graceful, and lovely as a
dark Venus. And bis opinion was also
(feat of tbe surrounding country, of the
Cttjr of Los Angeles, and tbe ui Iks ion of
an Gabriel. Tbe fame of tbe daugh
ter of Garfias had spread even among
tbe Americans, and wben strangers
asked to be shown a beautiful Mexi
can, they were taken to the house of
Cartas, upon the outskirts of Sonora
town. 0 it may be supposed that Be
faglo had lovers. They came from far
and .near, and from every rank of Cali
fornia life. There was an American
whose fortune was vast and as gener
ously apent as fortunes were in tbe ear
ly fifties; there was an Englishman
with a determination to have ber at
any cost, even at that of a few lives a
tendency of character which accounted
for bis presence in the States and for
Ma ex'pati-ia.ioa; th re was a priest who
was eating out bis wrenched soul for
her, and who bad so far fallen from
grace as to Ltave told her so; there were
Innumerable. Mexicans, ranch, rs, slio;
fceepere, deaperadoes and g:imb cr. All
followed tamely and suppllantly In Re
fugio's train.
But she loved only MascaveL Shqflid
soltted It at last to Senor GarGas, when
that wiry little creature demanded that
be make a choice. Tbe senor was
aghast , Tbe possibility of it had not
occurred to him.
"Antonio Mascavel V be said. "But
you do Hot know him."
v Refugio nodded her little head. "SI,"
be said. '
"Rfcere have you seen him?"
Sbeyrwas not minded to tell of the
Bneetlngs In the willow-bidden bed of
tbe arroyo, so she held her peace.
But the man is a bad character. He
la a gambler."
BtlH Refugio was silent There must
be better arguments than faults, vices,
or crimes to bring against tbe unan
swerable one that a woman loves.
Of this Senor Garfias became grad
mally aware after be had protested for
hour's and for days, and after finding
coat aespue his prohibitions, des-pl e
close supervision, bis fair daughter and
Ifascavel were In constant communi
cation, i
Then he hunted out Antonio himself
where he sat playing at cards iu the
bar-room of the Lafayette, and he
pleaded with bim, courteously and re
epectfully, for Mascavel was a b'g
cian aBd a desperate one. But be, too,
answered that he loved, and when all
was said and done, it had gone no far
ther than this, that tbey both loved,
and that wisdom might stand aside, .
Garfias went with bis baffled hopes
to Senor Vejar the brother of Sola,
foe bouse of Vejar awO-roiaed adole
wuk-li had never baen whitewashed
stood several hundred yards farther
north along the road than that of Gar
fias. It. was tbe'last one" before the
and had no nelgblHrs.
Bettor Vejar wa much younger, than
Garfias'. Fie had the same mighty brow
and powerful mouth that made his sis
ter fcWwons to a face that loves all
thing' gentw mwifrn clone. He was
cm of tnowe wbo plnrd for Refugio, but
ber father did not know thla. 80 be
: Sets Aim the whole atory of hia rbwart
ed t0U aft plans, arad implored ad v lea
as bp mac a cigarette.
If It were Mt for tbe cursed laws of
Cbo prjasii' If things were as they
m yestn, 1 ejOM force mr
jtaagbter to auuT7 too Ban I
Miw. M Mid. - , k. ve,.iH,
Velar shook bis bead, "toe can not
tjrst," he answered. ....
nrkat, tbea. ahall I dsfTOarnas
. rne'fcfed to the point of tears. They
t taj oh bis leaf Mack, toeWaeW
' ttX tt his oM '
TC--AtlJJ implicated to
A ti sJ cbmlcht tJdtooojNMt. It wm
tJt itrVlcd by VeJcrV having his
5 jrt ca4 exaacea t consider. "I
' ( M t MrtM yea at cm, bo said: 1
' eJ writr IM, in m. hi
It so decy that tt woald
again."
"Yet," said ber brother, not nder
atandlng woman, "yoo would be glad
to have It"
The deep eyes shone. She shrugged
ber shoulders, "Yes, I would be glad
to have it And 1 could have It for a
thousand dollars perhaps less."
"At that cost you must be content to
go without It What advice shall I
give to Don Garfias?"
"How should I know? Let him see
to bis own troubles, and be glad that
your sister is hot so b. autiful that you
have no peace because of her.'
It was long after dark wben a horse
stopped at Vejar's adobe. Vejar bad
been asleep. He jumped up and went
to the door. He bad bis finger on the
trigger of his revolver. A man stood
under the broken-down ram.ida. Be
fore be spoke, the Mexican had seen by
the moonlight that be was a Gringo.
They talked together In low tones until
Sola Joined them, rubbing ber eyes and
moving noiselessly, with ber bare feet
across tbe dirt floor.
'This man," said her brother. "Is an
American. He says he has ridden all
day to get into Los Angeles before
night but his horse went lame. It Is
so bad now that he can go no farther,
and he wishes to stay here until morn
ing." "Let bim stay," said Solo, not too
graciously. "He can have my bed. I
cannot sleep."
Vejar grunted in much contempt
"Mascavel does not He awake for you,"
be said.
Sola made no answer. She accepted
tbe fact She put tbe American upon
the blanket-covered willow boughs that
she called ber bed. Her brother tied
tbe horse beside bis own In the roof
less adobe outhouse, and fed it some
hay. He did nothing for its lame foot
Tbe suffering of a dumb brute is a
matter of utter Indifference to a Mexi
can, wben it Is not cause for Uughtr.
Tbe American was a mere youth.
Sola saw thut wben the patch of moon
light finally worked around to wlnre
he lay. He was bo still that she begnn
to think he might be dead. So she rose
from whenybe sat upon the floor, lean
ing against tbe wall and went near to
see If he were breathing. It seemed
that he slept very lightly, for he start
ed up, with bis left band upon his belt
and bis right band upon his revolver.
"You were so still I thought you
might be dead," said 8oIa, in her deep,
placid voice, full of the Indian sweet
ness of sound. He took his hand from
tbe weapon and lay back shamefaced
ly. It was only a woman, a thick-set
lazy, good-hearted Mexican. He had
not been able to see ber face, arid he
did not know that tbe comfortless pal
let was her bed. He turned on It and
fell asleep again. But Sola was think
ing. ixng after ber .brother was
dreaming in the next room she crouch
ed, looking Into tbe darkness with her
great wide eyes swing nothing. And
in ber brain ran the clink of the colus
as tbe young Gringo bad put bis hand
to his belt There was a purpose In her
nnfJiucbiLig mind. That she debated It
therein was due only to her uncertain
ty 'as to how many coins bad clinked,
as to whether there were enough to
buy Antonio Msseavel. Five hundred
dollars would iio It for a time. After
that he might kill her; or ue might let
her live and go avay with Uefuglo
which would be viorse. He was a
gambler through aud through, and
none the less so because of being luc k
less. A few hundred dollars In actual
cash would present to him unlimited
possibilities of tbe wealth that it might
win. And there is always the poor
chance, in a woman's mind, that the
man may learn . to love as she loves.
He might forget Ili-fugio; or she might
tunrry some one else. .
Slie'weut slipping across the earthen
floor and groped in a corner behind a
string of chiles. Her rand camp out
from tbe shadow holding a knife that
gleamed as she moved back through
th Htrip of moonlight and toward the
willow-bough pallet where the Incau
tious youth lay, sleeping heavily now.
Fifteen minutes later she went Into
the room where her brother lay upon
a bed like her own. She roused him
with her bare foot He turned with a
sleepy grunt
"Get up and come here," she satd.
She was not a capricious creature. It
was her way to do little, but that In
dogged earnest So Vejar sprang up
and went with ber. She stopped be
side the bed and pointed down to the
body..
"I have killed Iiftn," she said.
Vejar made no answer. He did not
understand.
"I bave killed hlra," she repeated.
"You take him away aud .bury him."
It flashed upon Vejar that what his
elster said was true. He was fright
ened. He dropped down beside the
body and dragged It Into the streak of
moonlight '
"Take care," Sola warned h!m; "If
there Ia blood on the floor It can be
seen. I can burn tbe blanket that Is
on the bed; and ho one saw bim come."
Vejar let tbe body fall, a:id stood up
facing ber. She could we the dreadful
light In bis eyes, but she did not care.
"You can turn bis horse loose and It
will never be known," she said. Indif
ferently. "He bad money. There la
eight hundred dollars. I bare counted
It Alton! will marry me for that"
Vejar a truck ber down with a blow
on the oreast She sat upon the floor as
quietly as If she were basking In tbe
ana, dreaming the eternal Meilcsa
If yon hit mo again. I shall say that
fM did It Tbey would beltere ass."
Tejar stood thinking, with the body
aad the woman at his feet Ho know
that abo wm right The Ortagoas
would bat leva a wossaa It waotbe
eastern of tbe fools, the held his life
bJ her hard, broad hands, aad she
weatl gtse It for the sake of the setv
Cn parser as muuj. m
If m she had gtrsa that of the bey
between them.
He carried the body oat and burled It
before dawn, far from tbe adobe, and
so skillfully that there were no traces
j of the spot Then he turned the lame
I horse loose, and It wandered Into the
town.
Kor tbe sake of the forty gold pieces
that were Sola Vejar's dowry that abe
had come by, he did not ask how nor
care that conjured up visions of limit
less wealt.h to be won, Antonio Mas
cavel consented to take ber and let tbe
ungilded beauty of Refugio Garfias go.
Many Americans disappeared In
those days, and were never accounted
for. It was so with the oue who had
started from the San Fernando district
to Ixs Angeles,, foolishly carrying a
large amount of gold In bis belt some
said more than a thousand dollars.
The sheriff and a posse searched and
did not find him; that was all.
Antonio lived with Sola for a year,
and she was happy through no fault
of his. His luck turned, and he won,
with her nest-egg, the fortune he bad
dreamed of. Having done so, he left
her and went across tbe border.
Kor a long time Sola mourned, sul
lenly and deeply; then Vejar having
been killed at a round-up by an en
raged steer she took up her atiode
with Refugio, and became a devoted
and patient nurse to her children.
Kor Refugio had married the rich
American, and had long since forgiven
the defection of Mascavel and the
woman who had caused it Gwendolen
Overton, In the Agonaut
RECENT INVENTIONS. I
By & new device blind shutters can
be automatically raised and lowered
as the sun's rays shine or disappear,
a thermostat being attached to the
blind to close an electric circuit and
shut the blinds as the sun's rays be
come hot
Envelopes can be quickly moisteoed
for sealing and stamping by a bandy
new device, consisting of a water cup
from which a wick rises to feed water
to an absorbent roller, which turns
and dampens tbe envelope as It Is
drawn between the roller and a fixd
pad.
Electricity Is used to destroy weeds
In a new device, which can be used
on an ordinary mowing machine, one
wire of the dynrfmo being attached to
tbe cutting bar and the other ground
ed through one of the wheels, so that If
the weeds are cut when damp a cur
rent of electricity enters each root and
burns ft as the top is cut
Imprisoued miners can be supplied
with food and air by a newly patented
couduit system, consisting of a series
of pipes, to be laid through the mine
shafts, with branch pipes running
around each section to be used If the
main pipe should be crushed by a
cave-In, flexible conveyors being run
through the pipes to carry the food. ,
Bicycle tires can be automatically
inflated when punctured, by a uew
pump, consisting of a joke which en
circle the tire aud extends around
the rim to support the pistou-rod
mounted in a cylinder attached to tbe
ritn. The yoke, sinks In with each
revolution as soon as the tire becomes
soft end gives a stroke on the piston,
which Is forced back again by a spring
inside the pump.
Ship's bottoms can be cleaned with
out the necessity of docking by a new
ly patented apparatus, which Is
mounted on a small boat or scow, and
attached to the side of the ship to be
cleaned, and has an adjustable bidder,
at the outer end of which Is mounted
a revolving brush or Scraper which Is
capable of reaching all parts of tbe
lottom of the vessel
To lia ju O.'ejin Currents.
At Vladivostok, a prominent Russkui
port aiiul tlie terminus of the Kilerian
railway, for over four monUis of win
ter the port is blocked up with ice, ren
dering shipping tratiic impossible. For
many, years the Russian authorities
have been endeavoring to overcome
lbese natural difficulties), and some
time ago Ice-break I ng ships were Intro
duced to break open the Ice. an opera
tion, however, which has proved prae
Ucally useless. It Is now reported that
"a certain engineer" has proposed a
plan for reclaiming the narrowest part
of the Tartar strait between Saghalien
and the Russian mainland. The theory
of such an undertaking Is that. If Uils
Is done, the cold current which enters
the Japan Sea from the Arctic, via
Ttahrlnc Strait will b checked nn1
the passage.of the warmer tide, coming
Xrom the south through the Tshuma
strait will make the waiter on the
coast of Japan as warm as Vladivo
stok, and the later will be warm all
yeor round. Tbe expectation Is enter
tained that thla remarkable engineer
ing work will be entered upon after, the
completion of the Siberian railroad
Scientific American.
Itoose an 4 Go le.
He picked out the gaudiest of the cel
luloid photograph albums, and banded
over $2 with a confiding enthusiasm
which moved to pity even the harden
ed salesman. .
But the customer himself was full of
guile as well as other things.
"Say," he remarked confidentially, ss
tbe clerk beg i n to wra p up tbe album,
"would you-mlnd raising tbe figures on
that price-mark to $4 J The fact la that
thla la pay night, and I've boosed hp
about $2 of my money. It would be
pretty hard Explaining It to the old
woman, but If I bring her home a alee
present tike that she may scold aw far
being so extravagant but will forgive
me because I thought so much of her a
to spend M of my hard earnings fee her
ptsaoutV'' Bejffalo Express.
Whoa a old bus goes te
hare aa Mae he Is com petted to pet la
hM doM reading the aid ssreMham he
OIWEY AT ANNAPOLIS.
Naval Officer Had a Qalrk Tessswr mmd
Often Oat late Onarrels.
As Admiral Dewey, D. 8. N., com
manding the Asiatic squadron, baa
come very prominently, "and deserv
edly so," Into the public mind, k may
be Interesting to know that he and
Commodore Henry L. HowUon, com
mandant of the Boston navy jard, were
class uiatet.
The academy class to which tbey be
longed entered !n 1854, ami four years
later was graduated with fifteen mem
bers.
Commodore Howiin recently Inti
mated that Dewey was a boy with a
rather quick temper, and he wa al
ways clean and well s.;t up. Ills ti.Mii'
per led him frequently Into little e'
traugemenls, but he had a name for be
ing ready always to take hi own part
He was plucky.
When tbe class graduated llowlxon
and Hewey were ou excellent terms,
which, it seems, cauuot be said of
Iewey aud others.
There are left of this cla.s In the
navy four on the active list, and two
oa the retired list, in this order of
rank: Commodore John A. Hovell,
commanding the north patrol of the
const defense fleet; Adjui nil George
Dewey, comma nding the Asiatie squad
ron; Commodom Henry U llowison,
commaiultuit of the Boston naval sta
tion; Commodore Altwrt Kauiz, com
mandant of tbe Newport station (re
tired); Capt Allen V. Itml, now a
member of the Menocal court-martial,
Brooklyn navy yard (retired); Capt.
Joshua Bishop, lately assigned to the
Norfolk navy yard.
Admiral l.)ewey ranks secoud on
the list of officers now iu command of
squadrons or divisions, according, to
date of retirement, the list bolng:
Miller, retires Nov. 22, 1S'J8; Dewey,
Dec. 2'1, 'OH; Schley, Oct. 9, l'.X)l ; Samp
son. Feb. , 1!02; Howell, March 10,
l!H)2; Remey, Aug. 10, V.a; Watson,
Aug. 24. V.m.
With regard to the report of Dewey's
work ut Manila, Commodore llowison
says:
"No man could have done a more
gallant aud during thing than Dewey
Is believed to have done. Tbe perform
ance js just what I should expect from
bim iu such an opportunity. Like a
thorough American sailor, he went
right into' the harbor, with his bridges
cut behind him, so to speak, and gave
and took like a man. All his communi
cation was cut off; he had absolutely
nothing birt the duep blue sea to fall
back on but everything to look for
ward to. He rlsked.Jt would seem, a
good deal to gain wh'st he was after,
and by superb and en-mplary general
ship, hammered the enemy until he
was master of Jlie situation, lie did
what Farragut did and would have
done. Dewey served under Farragut
v
William Tyler, while passing along
the road on the Pennsylvania side of
the Delaware River sr.w somethlug
flash across an open space In the woods
Just ahead of him and disappear In the
hollow end of a log. He walked to tbe
log, and, taking off his coat, tied the
loose cud of one sleeve with his sus
penders. I'laelng the arm hub; of tbe
sheve over the bide, he gave two or
Uire? kirks against the side of the log.
The Biilinnl that had taken refuge with
in ran out into the sleeve. Tyler quick
ly closed the other end of the. sleeve
and had the animal captive. On reach
ing home be Investigated to see what
Ue had captured. It proved to be a
squirrel about the size of a red squir
rel, but as white as snow, with eyes ef
a deep pink. Some years ngo a man
named Rathbmie captured a squirrel
exactly .like this one 1 the same local
ity. Theyare Jhe only two of the kind
ever seen in the valley, '
A number of ruffed grouse spent the
winter In nti orchard In ihe rear of the
5ld Woodbull homestead,' In the town' of
Monroe, Pa., roosting in tbe apple trees
and even venturing to (lie dTynrd to
pick tip crumbs!' The birds fly away
to the mountains during the day, but
return to the orchard toward lilght. As
It Is the nature of these shy and wary
birds to make their winter haunts ia
the wildest and 'most Inaccessible
l'1". the presence of these partleu-
iar grouse witnin a few rods of a
house, where people are almost con
stantly moving about. Is unaccounta
ble, except ou the supposition that the
unusual number cl foxes and wildcats
!n tbe mountains this winter led the
birds to feel greater safety In the prox
imity of man than In their natural
haunts of wood and swamp.
BREAD UPON THE WATERS
rhralciaa Rewarded by a Tklef Whose
,Llfe He Had avert. .
A rising young physician of West
Philadelphia recovered bla fiancee's
stolen watch recently In a remarkable
way. . The tiueplece was a present
from the doctor, and was a beam If ul
specimen of the jeweler's art, tbs cases
being blue enamel, thickly set 'With
diamonds and pearls. , On tbe Inside of
the cose was a picture of the giver,
photographed dlrctly on the case, and
the engraved words: "From Ralph to
Orace." The young couple attended a
heater, aad at tbs dose of the play
joined the merry throng that was on
aenSiut street Several times up aad
town were made, and It was very late
when tbey arrived at the young wom
an's home, la order to be sure of the
(Ism tbe girl felt for her watch, which
he usually wore hooked oa her coat,
sad found It goae. Of coarse she waa
korrtled, aad akvted kt cry , but the
V
doctor told ber oho preosbly lost HI
snd that an advectiaemeDt would bring'
Ita return. The toot and found column
waa freely used, but without any re
suit The doctor had lost all bop,
when, the other morning, he received
through the mall the missing water
snd a letter, which read: "Dear Doetoi
Inctoaed And wvtch that I stole. Or
looking In case I saw your picture aud
surmised that K was a gift from yot
to your swee4 heart I guess youJont
remember saving the life of a man whe
. ... ... 1 t
mu wm
11 1 can'1
mj watch
r' T
nail no money, out t uu, ami 1
find H In my hert to Vwp the
A Grateful Man." The doctor.
rioted for his charity, says he has m
recollection or tne case in question.-
r.. . j , , 1 rt a
Philadelphia Record.
The value of the estate left by th
late James I'ayn Is a little over 8,000
ltichard Harding Davis' novel, "Sol
dlers of Fortune," has gone into its flf
ty-slxth thousand -which means a re
ma rka tile sale.
Word cornea from the Macmilhu
company that "The Pride of Jennicf
Is to be dramatized. Tbe story is a sue
cessful venture In historical romance,
and.it should make over effectively foi
the stage,
(!. W. Cable has gone to Kngland,
where he will stay for some time, aw!
give readings. Messrs. Hodder ami
Houghton will publish Immediately hit
novel, "Tbe Grnndlsslmes," with
Hhort Introduction from the pen of Mr
Harrle, between whom and Mr. Cubit
there Is a fast frlcndahlp.
Amherst, Mans , with a population of
4,MM), claims to lie better supplied will.
free library facilities iu proportion
Its population than any other coinmun
1, .'.t..n .1... ..v....t Id n .... 1. 1.,
The Amherst College, library contains
70,MjO volumes, the State College libra
ry lO.tKK) volumes, the two free town IP
brarles 0,9)0 volumes.
Home days ago a Syrian youth riot
more than Id years of age walked Into
the oillce of 8. W, Marvin of the
Charles Kcribner's Hons' Publishing
Company, lie curried a letter of in
troduction in his hand and a portfolio
of dra wines under his arm. Iu very
good English he anked .Mr. Marvin to,
read the one aud glance over the con
tents of the other. Mr. Marvin did asj
requested. The appearance of tbe boyi
In ten-sled him; his large dark eyes and
ve sUn made him remarkable amid
his Aiin rl'-au surrnutidings. The boy
silt modestly by while his portfolio was
being examined. It was found to con
tain 11 i-nlh'etion of mofct striking orien
tal desltm for look covers. When Mr.
Marvin had run bis critical eye over
them the boy asked him If there were
any Uiat he might find worth using
"Have you any more?"' Inquired Mr.
Marvin, to which the Ixiy replied that
all he hud were there.
"I will take
them all." siild Mr, Marvin, "and when
you have any more bring them along
and I will take thm also." The de
signs me cerlafr.ly striking, and re
mind one, not unnaturally, of tbe de
signs of oriental stuffs. Only one was
Americanized, and that was the least
sueeit,sful. Tbe Hyrlan said that be
had never studied the art of design, but
had simply picked it up.
Discovery of Ihn I'honoert ph.
Mr. Edison states that he discovered
tbe principle by the merest accident
"I was singing Into the mouthpiece of
a telephone, wben the vibrations of the
voice sent the tine steel point Into my
linger. That set me to thinking. If I
could record the actions of the point
nnd send the point over the same sur
face 'afterward, 1 saw no ren.xon why
the tiling would uut talk. I tried the
experiment ritst on a strip of tele
graph paper, and found that ho point
made an alphabet. I shouted the
words 'Halloo! halloo!' Into the mouth
piece, ran the paper back over the
steel point, rtid beard a faint 'halloo!
halloo!' In return. I determined to
make a machine that would work ac
curately, and gave my assistants In
structions, telling them what I bad dis
covered. They lauched at me. That's
the whole story. The phonograph jg (
the n sult of a pricking of the finger."
." Auslria'M i niperor at the IMay. Q
The Emperor of Austria takes his
publicly, much unlike
and when ho eoe to a theater he ...u...
a prominent joi4Jo In full view of the
bouse, and the consequence k UuU the
royal box Is, the wnter of attnutloo,
the actors playing to It "for all tbey are
worth." Boston Poet
Value of Hopertltlon.
"Tou seem to have lost all your su
perstitions." "I don't read m Dow," said tbe ex
actor. "No? Are superstitions of particu
lar value to the theatrical profession T"
"Tbey are, If you can get them pub
lished In the papers." Cincinnati En
quirer.
Children are becoming so smart these
days that tbey are graduated fr.rm
school while tbey are a till youug
enough to be spanked.
We know of a man wbo has worried
ttx months over a trouble that be could
fix in an bour.
Meet people make a ttrtsUke ia think
ing unfavorable eoaweat la preferable
to no notice at all. '
We hate a maa wbo
ttat be
ommm
pete us early.
TsU. HOLDIWQ OU
WAseiaeros. Jaly ll.-The has
slon prevailed ia olHsl circles at tk
t ol bosineas yes ...dev h it tbs Bag
0 trues set in the Hpsuisli lines el hen-
tiago l t o'cl s k M n Uy st'll t
jn(t ini u,t Ditoutions continues
ky kin for a aurr tnder. The basis of
we, negotistioos mitu slly eoul-l
. broad, in view kI the injoertfos
'J ' . . .. .... ,
Try brOB(f )n view tne tPjoecuos
the prel lent laid u( o . General Busier
io t nthin(l tew ,b,o aneondiiioa-
1 surrender, but i- is s.i.ped the
M lost throoyb U. "-,
- - , A. . ollneina be)
ceuce ol General Hhslter 111 anowinn w
, ln imi.,i..4ia he
r p i men ! v -
cable with Captsin General BUnc its
the tlTort to obla n his coi s nt to ther
surrender ol Ihe d'y. Ceneial Torsi
has undoubtedly bio e bis eyes ihe
vmd ctive abuse hraped 01 on ihe usw
fortunate nl commander, O.rv-ra,
lor enrreivicririg, arid it is probable alee
that be will also be b ond by the 01
rection ol BUn.oin hUonase. j
H is sot gencal y knon iht in re
iponws to the manly and psihetie report
by - able to Blanco annooiit ipg tbe toea
of his fquadron Cervera r. ceived a moat
hardj and unsympatnetic reply, but
such is the cise. Blsncv'e purpose is)
this rosy lis ve been to dis-ernle oilier
Bpanisb comminder, tuiliury snd
naval, from iurri-niie'ing under any
conditlona, and in Ihe 00 -of Torsi tk
appears that he has made a sin at lev
pressioL. Nevertheless confidence
waxe in tbe Speedy tM of 8anlitf,
thotigli many orncers fear that tbe nest
will le found empty and the birds fluwfj
hen the A-nerican troops ent r the)
town. Bull, il ttiistaiDeeae", may
j fMy ci,nPa that tbe rime obj -ot
; i th movement on 8 ntiavo. namelr.'
U)e (eM,oci10n of the 8pmsh rqnadron,
Wl) ,clli,v,df lig aS
j ft wh(), hus Wn encxttlal
(jPt)eral Miles loports today that he)
Joumi onei,IH,t.uj j.hjgi,:.! dilllcultire to
, COnienri wi h. an" he i apparently
. . wJ wlU , TOKnU mtld0
'
by liie arny under the conditions pre
vailing. lie hai not assumed cinuiaud,'
aa is evidenced by hi metr-Aie.
NEXT IS PORTO RICO.
Tim to
h IamI In
Capturing
JkIhikI.
Nkw Vosk, July 13. A fpcial to the.
liiiiet fiom Washington ry-s '
Tbe movement of M e American army
on Port') Itiro may be said t have be
gun, ho IrHita bsve yet let lhee
shores openly (-unsigned to the island,
j bnt the eoniinued loi wnrdiri of addi-
1 ti'Hal re.'iments to Hant'npn, hen it
is recognized that General 81 aft-r baa
ar isrpe an ormv as here d 10 lake
that town, is in reality the Uyim ot the
foundation ol tbs Purto K'C- xpe.li.
tit-nary li rce, and tbe hurry i.fdvM that
bav - ben setit to the fouihern c nc n
tration mnipc, m iking rrady of lare
bodies ill troops for ta ly movement,
sr-i the pieparatiuaa for till super
structure. .
The dt termination ol the war-denarU
: meut to end a I rir.uiuble force fur the
capture of Porto rlico has been atreiiKtha
tned by the re-iclanre made I y ike
paniar! in t-atiliaKo. An tHo twill
be n.ade to avoid 11. e mistkkestf the
huniiago campaiii). Although the foric
to be overcome at Ban Joan la smaller
than at Santiago, ami the harbor is by
no means so inacesi-ible, it la proposed
to fend a larger army on tbe in it 1 ipU
dition, and one tl at nil iro fully equip
pd with the a-lillt-ry and cavalry it
tieids. 1 bete will be 1 o dii a'tbing ol
an inefficient force, hull (jui pe l and
in pror, ely (upJ.ed, a ws cone when
General Blialter waa sent away front
Tajipa. .
roKts or thimtt tuoi-sasd.
The exped ii m to g '' ag-jinst Porta
Rico will c miat of ftween 'JO.tKK) snd
30,0 0 nun. Ac -orr! ng to tl tpr.niah
army register for 1M8 the tolai ar-niilb
of II e tpnirb regulr h-rrt-a in the li
land ol Porto Kico is 7,219. Of these
6,2M are infantry, arme.1 w th Mauser
rifles, "32rtll ry and 211 sre hi gt
Deere, lie total ckvlry strngih ft
ten officers snl men. The rett of tbe
(isrrUon is tnade upoftne civil guard,
and the police force. Tin re re in the
ieland acrnrdii.g to the information,
brcugt t bck lv Lieoteiisnt Win ,-
"' 34 000 volume rs, who are to be
reckoned with, ts w 11 as with the ddt
lioi.al Bieri the fpsri, h comeiHiiilet
I might W able to imiren frgm the inale
popoiauoii 01 1 he, u-land. With total
,t"''vu w ',A-"t wm, 11,
e he.u ol
iLtutti, win 1. smple lo tkk ihe m
land. To make up ti is force Major
Ueneral Miles, tbo will mau te it at
BaiitiaKo slier tbe all 01 t' ai city, aul
Craw hetvdy on li e mcmu-i of the
re.ul(s, wfco have borne themselves so
S(.leodilly at Hamiaeo. For the rest of
the lone he viji i.ke li s tbo.s the
reserve at T-.wpa, includli s; 12000 in
lantry, 8,1-00 cava ry too l,0Martiilry
ol lbs us rraiuiems at siiaul, Uie
twelve reg menu under Lee at Jackie
sonville, of the sreat snss of v lunleerc
st ChUksmsnsb, were mors ikaa
forty rrfibirnts are swsnirg orders ta
go 10 ti e front, snd ot Uis bis fane
stationed st Camp A lgr.
Italia rriaee TkjMae.
SassTooA, H. July IS reea
Vlctcr Emanuel of Italy, m pel) lei
hy Count Carptastie, has arrived bora
fioat Bar Harbor. They will restate)
several days before coin, to Xsspets7i
asss ae Am,
rotrsMutna, . M., Jal UTJo ta
ItcV'tock )eH.rrt.vte ta.wd tkaea
aasilUry n Harvard had ae eH
The ivaori taat M eaina U
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