'ifltt iffiD CLOUD CfilEF, MMY,MA 7 1897.
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SPAIN AND UNCLE SAM
1 SHIPS THAT WOULD FIGHT IN
CASE OF WAR.
The Don Ha Fine VcweU Hpaln l a
Much Morn Dangerous Knemy on the
8c Than Mont l'eople Suppose Matce
for Oar Own CraUert.
f a
I --. ca HAT would happen
Bt sea If the Unit-,
cd States and Sp'4B
went to war?, ' in
eplto of all (hc now
IntcrcBtH, 'which
nrnn . IM, ' ti
fcdaPtlfiaRK "W ntlmlnlstrntlon
this Is a question
that people nro
asking. It is n
question that has
been prcsfcntcd by almost every in
quiring mind wherever patriotism ex
ists In tho United States. A great
many persons havo nn 'idea that the
8panlsh naval forco Is Insignificant,
Facts show the nctual stato of uffatrs:
Here nro tho ofTlclnl figures, nnd this
Is tho first time they liavo been cor
rectly fit ted:
United "States Armored ships, 33;
guns of same, H. a., 108; guns of same,
8. B., 513; unnrmorcd ships, 33; guns
of samo, II. 0 102; guns of same, S.
D 359; unnrmorcd gunboats, 28; guns
of samo, II. G., 202; dispatch vessel,
1; gunB of same, 10; training, receiving
and store ships, transports, tugs, etc.,
86; guns of same, 112; torpedo boats,
No. 1, 18; torpedo boats, No. 2, 0; to
tal number of guns on board vessels of
United States navy, 1,040; of theso guns
thoso from 40 to 80 tons, numbor G4;
20 to 40 tons. 188; 4 to 20 tons, 517; un
der 4 tons, 1,080.
Spain Armored ships, 11; guns of
same, H. O., 154; guns of same, 8. D.,
168; unormorcd ships, G3; guns of same,
H. 0., 146; guns of same, S. D., 160; ar
mored gunboats, 2; guns of sume, II.
O.. 3i guns of samo, 8. B ft; unnr
morcd gunboats, 40; guns of same, H.
Q., 73; guns of same, 8. B., 194; dis
patch vessels, 2; guns of same, II. G.,
6; guns of samo, 8. B 2; training, re
ceiving and store ships, transports,
tugs, etc., 10; guns of samo, G7; tor
pedo boats, No. 1, 60; torpedo boatB,
No. 2, 19; total number of guns on
board vcsboIs of Spanish navy, 960; of
theso 10 aro from 40 to SO tons; 110
from 20 to 40 tons; 286 from 4 to 20
'ons, and 554 under 4 ton?.
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WARSHIPS OF SPAIN AND OF THE UNITED STATES.
(Spain, dark; United States, white.)
Tho letters H. 0., which appear In
tho foregoing paragraphs, signify
heavy guns, or primary batteries. Tho
letters S. B., similarly used, mean sec
ondary batteries, or light guns. Tor
pedo boats No. 1 Include torpedo boats
and torpedo catchers over 100 feet In
length. Torpedo boats No. 2 Include
torpedo boats under 100 feet In longth,
Leaving aside the question of jingo
Ism or the anti-war spirit, a careful
survey of theso facts shows beyond
peradventure that it would bo no one
Bided affair, as bo many people aro
fond of observing, and It Ib highly prob
able that the United States navy would
be lessened by several vessels before
the Spaniard was forced to acknowl
edge tho supremacy of the Stars and
Stripes. 'In other words, tho officers
and men who wear Undo 8am's livery
on the ocean would get a tusto of gen
uine, fighting and plenty of opportunity
for larger doses. The most formida
ble Bhlp'lnthe Spanish navy Is the,
Pelayoof IOjOOO tons burden, which
was constructed by French shipbuild
ers about ten years ago. Sho repre
sents, despite the fact of her age, tho
most formidable advancement along
tho line of naval warfare accomplished
during tho period that has elapsed
since tho rebellion. Her ram Is of tho
most powerful varloty, and her bat
tery consists of two 12 6-10-Inch rapid-fire
gunB, which practically consti
tute her broadside. Then there Is tho
secondary battery, consisting of a dot
en" smaller guns and six torpedo tubes.
It will thus be seen that there Ib no
vessel In the United States navy more
powerful than tho Pelayo so far as ar
mament Is concerned. She la provldod
with a steel water-line belt of a maxi
mum thickness of eighteen Inches, and
this renders her as Impregnable as
modern skill can make a wnrshlp, so
far as resistance to projectiles which
are fired at her aro concerned, Not
only Is she thus armored and armed,
but she Ib thoroughly up to date, ns
only two months ago she was repaired
generally and retubod at the Ferrel
navy yard. She has a speed of about
sixteen knots an hour, and In this re
spect alone la slightly Inferior to the
biggest craft In our own navy. The
battleship lown, which has RW
trip next month, will be ' t)m VCH.
sel In tho United States xvhlch
will como near to cri-rJnnt. lho Pc.
layo. Tho only ve',R xhA now fly
our ttag which A vonB,iorcd fit
antagonists for gia',, banner warship
aro the batt'i in,iBna and Mas
sachusetts 4 tj,e nrmoment of each of
which '.oBBiat,, of four 13-Inch, eight
8-lncl-A aI1, folir 6.lnch gunH, Theso
Bn, are of 11,000 tons displacement,
rM compared with tho Kolayo's 10,000;
but In reality tho Pelayo Is sllgnuy
henvlor In point of service than cither
of our own battleships, Both tho Ore
gon and Indiana havo tho thickest of
side armor, but It Ib only In a partial
belt, which protects the vitals of the
ship. It Is of a maximum thickness
of 18 Inches, and Ib composed of Hnr
voylzed nickel steel. Tho boro of tho
guns of these battleships Is about thir
teen Inches In diameter. Tho guns nro
mounted within Boventccn-lnch steel
turrets and flvo Inches of steel protect
tho six-Inch battery.
Tho cruiser Now York has her pro
totype In tho Spanish navy In tho ar
mored cruiser Empcrator Cnrlos V.
Whllo very strongly resembling tho
New York, sho Ib perhaps a trlflo larg
er, her tonnage being 9,100 to tho Now
York's 8,500. Sho carries two 11-lnch
guns In barbettes ten Inches thick;
eight 5-lnch rapid lire guns nnd four
4-Inch flrcrs, together with a powerful
secondary battery of rapld-flro six and
three-pounder guns. Her protective
deck Is bIx inches thick, nnd her sides
aro partially plated with two-Inch Btcel.
Sho Ib the newest of tho Spanish fleet
of any considerable size.
Not only havo wc a fnlr match for
tho Carlos In tho Now York, but tho
Brooklyn will keep her hands full. In
tonnago sho Is a llttlo moro than tho
equal of tho Carlos, her tonnage being
9,500. Tho Drooklyn Is n better ship
than the New York, and that is saying
a good deal. Sho carries eight 8-Inch
and twolvo 5-lnch guns, to tho New
York's six 8-Inch and twclvo 4-Inch.
While tho Brooklyn's armor is a trlflo
Inferior to tho Now York's It Is infin
itely more modern.
Thoro Is In tho SpanUh navy also one
of the finest types of tho modern ai
morcd cruiser. It Ib tho Infnntn Maria
Theresa. Sho represents a fleet of
eight cruisers of her own sort which
fly tho Spanish flag. Her armament
consists of two 9 45-100 gunB In bar
bettes and ten 5 5-10-Inch rapld-flrers.
For protection she has a belt nt the
water lino twelve Inches thick along
tho central body of the ship. Twelve
'
Inches Is the thickness of the barbette
armor. The nearest approach that we
have to this class of war vessel is found
In the Maine or the Texas, whoso ton
nago Is 7,000 and 6,500 respectively.
The Maine has four 10-Inch guns In
turrets ten Inches thick and the lotter
has two ,12-lnch guns In turrets ten
InchcB thick. Both hnvo six 6-Inch
guns in their main batteries. Theso
aro the second-class battleships; but,
to tell tho truth, they aro not tho equal
of the armored cruisers of Spain. Tho
only prototypes of theso vessels aro
round in tne isngiish navy.
There Is ono point of ndvantngo wo
have over Spain, and that Is In our
rams nnd monitors. Whllo every mod
ern warship Is possessed of a ram, we
havo iu the Ka'tahdtn a vessol which
Ib built for nothing elso but sinking her
prow Into nn unlucky foe. Tho Ka
tabdln Is not a very big vessel as war
ships go, for her tonnago Is only 2,200;
but she could knock tho spots off tho
best warship that was over construct
ed, nrmored or unarmorod, If only giv
en half n chance. Then thcro nro our
five double-turretcd .monitors, of
which the most powerful is tho unlucky
Puritan of G.000 tons. Just how ef
ficient a boat tho Puritan la can hard
ly be said at present, for It was only n
row days ago that sho camo lagging
Into port, the end of her hawser
stretching away from tho stern of tho
cruiser Columbia. When the Puritan
went down to Charleston to run tho
blockado she was well ngh swamped
In 'the great storm, nnd this fact, to
gether with her latest accident, makes
naval authorities rather hesitant about
Axing the extent of her powers.
Besides the Puritan, there Is tho
Terror, the Amphltrlte, tho Monadnock
and the Mlantonomah. They are about
half the Puritan's slzo. Their armor
Ib eleven Inches thick, and their guns
are 10-inch pieces. Of course, tho mon
itor is pre-eminently a coast defender.
In smooth water and for harbor work
this craft la unsurpassed. The mon
itor Is a very different vessol than when
Mr. Ericsson's Invention had Its fa
mous duel with the Merrlmac. In fight
ing strength and In defensive power
It Is several hundred ptr cent better.
, y
Whllo It Is true that the majority of
tho naval powers do not approve of
the typo of vessels that monitors rep
resent, their usefulness Is unques
tioned. If worst comes to worst, and
our warships aro Inndequato In point
of numbers, we could call on our big
liners for aid. Of course It would not
triko much time to mako unnrmorcd
cruisers out of them, and, so far as
spood Is concerned, there Is nothing
In tho Spanish navy, or our own, cith
er, for that matter, which could touch
them. Spain has one big line upon
which It could draw, tho Campania
Transatlantic whose thirty-two
steamers have a gross tonnago of mor
than 100,000.
Tho defeat of Spain In a eca contest
would, It will bo seen from tho facts
given, be a task that differs widely
from child's play. If Undo Sam and
Don Spaniard really como to blows It
wilt bo a duel, each of tho combatants
In which will have a focman worthy
of his steel.
THIRTEEN SUPERSTITIOUS MEN
Would Not Go to Dinner Until tho Four
teenth duett Appeared.
"This mutter of superstition always
makes me laugh," sn!d Mr. A. T. Brit
ton when some one spoko of never lik
ing to do anything on Friday. "I mado
a trip of 15,000 miles last summer with
u party of twclvo others, making thir
teen In all, and wo Btarted on a Friday
and never missed n train or a boat or
a meal or had an actio or pain among
us tho wholo time." Then he told a
laughablo story, says nn exchange.
"It has been tho custom of tho surviv
ors of tho old national rifles to meet
each year on tho anniversary of our
mustering Into service in the war of
tho rebellion and enjoy a dinner and
swap reminiscences near and remote.
Several years ago I had the boys to my
houso und had prepared tho very best
dinner I knew how to give. There aro
usually sixteen or seventeen survivors
at such a gathering, but this tlmo when
we wcro about to enter tho dining room
somebody counted noses and discov
ered wc wcro thirteen nil told. Now,
thoso other twelve men were bravo and
courageous gentlemen, who had faced
cannon unflinchingly and wore afraid
of nothing tangible, but not a single
man of them was willing to enter that
room. At last, after a half-hour's wait,
during which my dinner was rapidly
approaching tho spoiled stage, another
man caino and In wo went. Now, that
man who made tho fourteenth In tho
party and broke the unlucky spoil, ac
cording to the twelvo other guests, was
Charlie Alexander nnd before tho din
ner was concluded he had to bo carried
homo and In two months ho was dead.
All the others are living yet."
Kuropean Degeneracy.
Statisticians of Europe vlow with In
creasing alarm the sociological fact of
the steady decrease of the number of
births In all tho European nations.
This fact, while little known, Is very
remarkable, because It Is ono of tho
symptoms of "degeneration," that bug
aboo of modern physiologists, who de
claro that a constant decrease of pop
ulation of all the civilized nations may
confidently bo expected.
The figures given below are obtained
fiom the most reliable authorities in
cuch country and compare tho birth
rates of .1876 with thoso of 1896 per
thousand of tho population:
De-
1876
Hungary 45.8
Germany 40.9
Austria 40.0
Italy 39.2
Netherlands 37.1
England and Wales. 36.3
S'otland 35.0
United kingdom 34.8
Belgium 33.2
Switzerland 32.8
Sweden ... 30.8
Ireland 26.4
1896. cr'se.
42.5 3.3
36.7 4.2
36.2 3.3
36.6 2.6
33.8 3.3
30.8 5.5
31.0 4.0
30.8 4.0
29.5 3.7
28.5 4.3
27.0 3.8
23.0 3.4
Philadelphia Record.
In Time to Come.
Mrs. Strong I suppose you havo
heard that Miss Rickets and Miss Gaz
zum nro deadly enemies now?
Mrs. Small Yes. I heard; but 1
didn't hear who was the man at the
bottom of It. Judge.
FLOATING PARAGRAPHS.
A new school chair can bo raised at
any height or 6Ct nt any anglo by
means of n clamp nnd thumb screw In
tho base,
YoungSolleltor Make yourself easy,
my dear sir; tho successful manage
ment of your cuso shall bo tho task
of my life. Tit-Bits.
A clergyman In tho west of Eng
land recently prayed "that the spark
of graco might be watered with the
dew of blessing from on high."
"Aro you going abroad this sum
mer?" "I don't know. Papa is in
Washington seeing Mr. McKlnlcy
about It now." Cleveland Plain Deal
er. Spain's wretched showing In agricul
tural pursuits Is said by the British
consul at Cadiz to be due to the use
of primitive Implements of thj time
of Julius Caesar.
At the beginning of this month the
people of Fossil. In Gilliam county,
Orogon, were suffering for want of
flour. Tho roads wero In such condi
tion that no hauling could bo dono.
The Lody of tho House Who broke
all these dishes, Annie? Annie I
did, mum. Shure, didn't you toll me
when I first came, when I heard the
door-bell, to drop everything? Yonk
ers Statesman,
A meadow at BIdedford, Me., la
known as the hoodoo lawn, for the
reason that rain follows every time
It ts mowed, before tho grass can be
cured. It Is Bald that this occurred
for twonty-flvw consecutive years.
A NATURAL HEALER.
MAN IN OrHO WHO POSSESSES
MYSTERIOUS POWERS.
lay III! 8ene of Touch Kxplatn It
So Highly Developed That He l.ocntii
Holletfi In the Flcuh VFhru Science
Falls. v
HE death of Dr.
Charles Sweet,
which occurred re
cently In his na
tive town of Leba
non, Conn., re
moves another
member of tho fa
mous family of
honescttcrs sa y s
the New York Mnll
and Express. Thoy
tvero spoken of as natural bonesetters,
and It Is Bald they never opened a
book on tho subject of anatomy. Tho
death of Mr. Sweet probably leaves
only two persons In tho country who
mado a- prnctlce of setting bones by
Instinct. Ono Is "BoneEotter" Reese of
Youngstown, O. Ho Is now n student
In a Cleveland (O.) medical college. A
recent law enacted In Ohio forbids tho
practice of medicine or surgery with
out a certificate- of graduation and a
stato license, nnd Rceso will have to
take a regular collegiate course before
ho con resume his mysterious healing
oowcrs.
"Bonesetter" Recso haB never studied
anatomy in his life, his phenomenal
cures, so to spenk, being accomplished
by tho "laying on of hands." "Bone
setter" does not claim thnt his cures
are performed with tho assistance of
divine power. His fame extends over
nearly ever' stato In tho union and his
departure for Cloveland recently caused
a crush at his home In Youngstown,
O. Some of his patients came In cabs,
and others hobbled along on crutches,
but all received tho samo greeting and
all apparently wont away cured. There
wero people present from Akron, Cleve
land, Pittsburg, Washington, Now Cas
tlo and other adjoining towns. All
expressed sincere faith in tho powers
of their untutored physician.
Ono old man come from Austlntown.
Ho had been compelled to use crutches
since last spring, owing to an Injury
to his ankle. He left the houso with
out his crutches and seemed as happy
as a boy out of school. An old woman
from New Castle came to the house
with her arm in a sling. It had been
fractured and afterward set by a regu
lar practicing surgeon. The pain af
terward became almost unbearable.
"Poor Job," said Reese, after he exam
ined the fractured arm. "It must be
reset" Grasping the wrist firmly in
his right hand, be gave tho arm a pe-1
cullar twist. There was a sharp snap,
a crunching of tjoncs and the operation
was over.
Another of "Boncsetter's" remark
able cures was that of a Sowlckley boy
who had been unable to walk for two
years. Pnyslclans linu been treating
him for necrosis of the bone. Reese's
marvelous sense of touch enabled him
to discover tho cause of tho boy's af
fliction and with a few twists and
jerks the ligaments and joints were
placed In their proper position and tho
boy has not been troubled since. Phys
icians can not account for "Boneset
ter's" skill. They deride him unmerci
fully, but are compelled to admit that
he has made some marvelous cures. He
has practiced his peculiar profession
for tho lost twenty years and has many
thousands of cures to his credit. There
bus never been a frncture of any kind
yet that was beyond his Bklll.
He became known for his wonderful
gift of anatomy when a mere boy. He
lived on farm on the outskirts of
Youngstown, O., with his parents. He
proved that it wasn't necessary to kilt
a cow, a dog or a pig because It had
broken Its leg. The broken limbs of
the stock around the farm afforded
ample opportunities for young Reese
to exercise his skill. As a veterinary
surgeon he soon commanded attention
that extended beyond the limits of his
own county. Reese was called upon
to doctor the Injured stock of the farms
for miles around. When a boy he
liked nothing better than to dissect
some animal and In his own crude way
learned anatomy. He dislocated bones
for tho mere pleasure of putting .them
together again. There was not an In
jured animal or bird within reach that
Rceso didn't experiment on.
Of course, It was but natural that bo
turned his attention to the Betting of
human bones and It was soon discov
ered that his skill was not merely lim
ited to the setting of animal bones.
His reputation grew so amazingly thnt
ho aWndoned the farm to take up his
peculiar profession In more extensive
fields.
Reese Is now permanently locatod Jn
Youngstown, 0 but hns traveled all
ever the country. In somo districts
the people looked on him with awe
and superstition. "Bonesetter" in mar
rled, and has a large family; but,
strange to say, not one of his children
Inherits his wonderful instinct. He
does not require the assistance of tho
"X" rays In locating foreign objects In
tho flesh. His delicate sonse of touch
Is all that Is necessary. On one oc
casion a bullet had been Imbedded In
a boy'B leg for several years. Attempts
to; locate It had been of no avail. Run
ning hla finger tips lightly over tho
boy's arm, Reese declared that ho 'had
lofcatod the ball. The attending phys
ician, who accompanied 'the boy
doubted Reese's assertion and was at
first reluctant to commence the oper
ation. l'I know the ball la there,' Isald Heme.
"Cut Into the flesh as 1 have described
! aid yon "will find It" 'The doctor was
HnP1
flnnlly persuaded to perform the oper
ation, and to his amazement found the
bullet in the exact place Reese said It
would be found.
"I am not a Schlatter,' ho will reply
when asked to explain how he acquired
his mysterious gift. "I do not profess
to be a divine healer. Tho only ex
planation I can give Is that my senso
of touch Ib more delicate than that
of the average human being. Reese
receives dozens of letters every day
containing money from people who
nsk to bo cured by tho "laying on of
hands." Ho also receives handker
chiefs to be blessed nnd returned, but
ho Is not In tho divine healing busi
ness nnd returns them with hla regrets,
but not his blessings. In splto of his
miraculous cures ho is a poor mnn. He
never makes any charges for his serv
ices except to thoso who aro able to
pay.
Dr. Sweet left ono Bon, who Inherits
lila father's powers to a great extent.
Ho nnd Rceso nro possibly tho only
two people In the country who depend
on -this peculiar vocation for a living.
INSTEAD OF SHOULDER
, BRACES.
A gymnasium director of long ex
perience disapproves of shoulder
braces. They woaken, so ho thinks,
tho muscles whoso function it is to keep
tho shoulders In 'their normal position.
This they do In two ways; By re
lieving the muscles of their work, and
by putting n constraint upon them and
so depriving them of a normal supply
of blood. Instead of artificial shoul
der braces, tho director recommends
the frequent nnd persistent use of ex
erclse spoclnlly ndaptcd to promote an
erect carriage. It Is not enough, he
says, o work an hour or so dally In a
gymnasium. The proper cxerclte
rhould be taken ninny times a day, and
therefore should be of a sort that cau
be practiced anywhere and without
special apparatus. Some of the habits
and exercises on which he lays stress
nro as follows:
1. Mako it a rule to keep' tho back
of tho neck close to the back of the
collar.
2. Roll tho shoulders backward and
downward.
3. Try to squeeze the shoulder
blades together many times a day.
4. Stand erect at short intervals dur
lng the day "head up, chin In, chest
out, shoulders back."
5. Walk or stand with the bands
clasped behind the head and the elbovss
wide npart.
6. Walk about, or even run upstairs,
with from ten to forty pounds on the
top of the head.
7. Try to look at the top of your
high-cut vest on your necktie.
8. Practice the arm movements of
breast-stroke swimming whllo stand
ing or walking.
9. Hold the arms behind the back.
10. Carry a cano or umbrella behind
the small of the back or behind tho
neck.
11. Put the hands on tho hip, with
elbows back and fingers forward.
12. Walk with tho thumbs in the
nrmholes of tho vest.
13. When walking, swing tho arms
and shoulders strongly backward.
14. Stand now and then during the
day with all tho posterior parts of the
body, so far as possible, touching a
vertical wall.
15. Look upward as you walk on the
sunny side of tho street.
The foregoing exercises, It will bo
seen, are happily varied, and are, many
of them, such as can be practiced by
anybody in almost any bccupatlon. If
he cannot use oneho can another. The
director goes on to say that even iu
n gymnasium a man must be on his
guard ngalnst forms of exercise that
tend to induce a 'Stooping posture. "As
round-shouldered as a gymnast," he
says, has almost passed into a proverb.
He recommends also what ho calls n
"He-abed exercise." Stand on tho
back of the head, tho back, shoulders
and the heels by arching tho back,"
and repeat tho operation a dozen times
or so.
"Well Matched.
A Kansas editor and his wife attend
ed the recent National editorial asso
ciation at Galveston, Tex.,leavlng their
daughter, 17 years 'old, to get out the
papor during his absence. Ho made a
side run to Mexico while on the trip.
The first Issue 'under the "now wom
an" regime contained this notice at
thd head of tho editorial column:
"Pa Is In Mexico. I received a let
ter from him this morning. He has
got ma with htm, and Is having a
darn good time, I guess. I wish he was
home, ns It is lonesome to be editor-in-chief
all alone. 'Pa nnd ma went to
church and a bull 'fight last Sunday.
Go well together,' pa and ma, church
and bull fight."
Trolley Car at a Hcurne.
Ono of tho results of the floods In
Eust St. Louts, 111., brought about a no
vel funeral procession. William Lor
man, a plasterer, died. Tho street was
flooded and neither cnrrlago nor hearso
oquld gefnear the' house. Tho street
car company were' appealed to and re
sponded with two trolley cars. One
was used for a hearse and the other
was utlllze'd by tho mourners. Tho
Journey 'to tho gates of tho cemetery
wastmadc In this manner.
Nn HaiiRlnK In These Htates.
The only states In which capital pun
ishment Is forbidden by law aro Mich
igan, Wisconsin, Rhode Island and
Maine.
Look Out, UlrU.
lit Ib now definitely known to scien
tists that the gum-ebcwlng habit pro
duc8 wrinkles.
AWAY TWENTY-SIX YEARS.
Left Wire and Daughter and Went
Writ to Seek n Fortune.
This might have been nn Enoch
Arden talc, but It isn't. Indeed, It
would have been If the Mary of this In
cident had married a second time. But
Mary didn't, says the Now York World.
Thirty years ago thoy camo to Vine
land, N. J., nnd set up their household
goods In the midst of tho plno forests.
There were Captain Moses B. LucaB, an
old-time Bhlp captain, retired, his good
wife, Mary B. Lucas, M. D., graduate
of tho Boston schools, and their daugh
ter Lucy. They bought a farm tract,,
built a llttlo house and set to work to
clear away tho woodland. Two years,
of this satisfied the old sea captain, In
whose veins flowed tho roving blood of
a seafaring man. Ono day ho faced the
good wife, satchel In hand.
"I'm goln out west, Mary," said he,,
"to seek my fortune. It's too dead,
rusty here to suit me."
They sent him away with tears ana
blessings. After ho had gone Dr. Lucas
braced herself for a bout with fate.
Sho decided to clear tho land herself,
and na her Bklrts discommoded her buo
put on bloomers, tho first In all likeli
hood In south Jersey, nnd her daughter,
when sho reaohed womanhood, fol
lowed suit. Ignorant pcoplo guyed tho
two lone women. Boys threw stones nt
them. But the Lucases kept on, and In
tho courso of years they carved a flno
little farm out of their woodland tract.
Once In a great whllo there was an op
portunity for Mrs. Lucas to practice
her profession, nnd when tho village of
Pleasanton arose on tho site of what
was a single store she secured qulto a
neat little practice. Years passed. No
word from Uio captain. The woman
mourned him m dead. Recently thcro
stepped from a train at Vlnelaml a
gray-haired, well-to-do looking man or
76.
"Know n party by the name of Lucas
Mary B.?" he asked of a hackman.
"To be sure," said the latter. "Git
right nl." And the nag wob soon hob
bling over the roads toward Pleasant
vllle. Enoch Arden for It was he
stuck his head out of the window and.
gaped. What had been rough pine
woods was now well-cleared farms.
At his own door the vehicle drew up.
Two elderly women In bloomers, partly
covered by their short gingham aprons,
came out.
"Murt be a mistake. Drlvo on," said
Captain Lucas.
"No, this is tho place," said .the
driver. The old man looked again. "Whnt!
Mar, Is that you?" he asked.
"For the love of heaven, It's Moses!"'
sh ecrled. "Welcome home, my dear.
But weren't you a long time coming?"
Hand and hand they wont Into the
house. No chance for an Enoch Ardent
situation. Lucas told them that he was
u lumberman of Eureka, Cal., and had
plenty of money to make them com
fortable tho rest of their lives.
WEBSTER STATUE DEFACED-
VUltors to the Capitol Uio It to Strlk
Matches On.
Daniel Webster'B statute at tho cap!
tol Is having a hard tlmo of It, and the
police aro scurrying about In frantic
endeavor to suppress a now form of
desecrating the marble representation
of the great orator, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
When it was put In position tho rep
resentatives of his native state wore de
lighted over the fact that although the
statute Ib a small one, because Daniel
himself was undersized, it was advan
tageously located at the very entrance
to statuary hall, the largo room which,
was once the house of representatives,
which echoed to his eloquence prior to
his senatorial days.
Unfortunately for tho friends of Dan
iel, the statute was altogether too con
spicuous, and It became a favorite point
of attack for straggling visitors with
unllghted cigars. Not long ago some
vandal scratched a match on the tail
of Daniel's coat,, and later another
mark of sulphur was discovered across
his foot. Both of tho offenders Were ar
rested and released on payment of a
small deposit, which they promptly
forfeited, but the attention of the police
has at last been diverted from the Pere
Marquette statuo, which now rests in
all Its marble lovollneEB free from at
tack by religious fanatics, and they
give all their time to watching people
with unllghted cigars as they pass
Webster's statue, and tho man who in
cautiously draws a match from his
pocket at the critical moment Ib pretty
certain to bo pounced upon by one ol
the blue-coated guardians of tho capltol
and warned that It la forbidden to
scratch a match on even tho Innermost
recesses of the clothing or limbs of thi
great expounder of the constitution.
Hear Trapped Hltnirlf,
While William Delong of Cammal,
Pa., was driving along tho road with
his butcher wagpn, a bear smelt him
nnd began to follow him. Tho rear door
was open and coming up behind', Uruln
calmly climbed In and commenced
chewing on a leg of mutton. His paw
struck tho lever which closes tho door.
It shut with a bapgand Deldng, to his
Intense surprise, found that ho had
live ns well as dead meat aboard. The
bear tried hla best to escape, but
couldn't, and Delong drove four miles
to Cammal, where the animal was shot"
and converted Into steaks.
A Very Sad Case.
"Please to give me something to eat,
sir," says an old woman, "i had a'
blind child he was my only moans of
subsistence and tho poor boy has re
coverod his sight."
One Family' Fatuities.
cm, umiuieii ui jvuu Aicuraw Ol'
Senoca, Kan., were drowned recently.!
Eleven of tho McGrath family have met
ueatn py drowning within two yean.
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