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PHANTOM SHIP
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" CHAPTER IX. (Continued.)
Whcro was Mynheer von Stroom
during nil this work of destruction?
In hla bed-plnco, covered up with tho
clothes, trembling In every limb, and
vowing If ever agnlnjic put his foot on
shoro not nil the companies In tho
world should Induce him to trust to
-salt, water ngnln. It certainly was the
best plan for the poor man.
Tho vessel, after running to the
southward till past Tabic Hay, had, by
the alteration made In her course, en
tered Into Fnlso Bay, where, to n cer
tain degree, she was sheltered from the
violence of the winds arid waves. But
, although the water was smoother, the
,,, waves were still more than sufficient
' ' to beat to pieces any vessel that
'.might bo driven on shoro at tho hot-
,' torn of tho bay, to which point tho Tor
Schilling was now running. The bay
r ' so far offered a fair chance of escape,
ns, Instead of tho rocky coast outside,
against which had tho vessel run, a
few seconds would have Insured her
destruction, thero wns a shelving beach
of loose sand. But of this Philip could,
of course, have no knowledge, for tho
land at the entrance of the bay had
been passed unpercelved In the dark
ness of tho night. About twenty mln-
utes more had elapsed when Philip ob
served that the wholo sea around them
was one continued foam. He had
hardly time for conjecture before the
ship struck heavily on the sands, and
the remaining masts fell by the board.
Tho crash of the falling masts, the
heavy beating of the ship on tho sands,
which caused many of her timbers to
part, with a wholo sea which swept
clean over the fated vessel, checked tho
songs and drunken revelry of tho crew.
" Anotlior minute, and tho vessel was
swung round on her broadside to tho
sea, and lay on her beam ends. Philip,
who was to windward, clung to the
bulwark, while tho intoxicated sea
men floundered in the water to leeward
und attempted to gain tho other side
of tho ship. Much to Philip's horror,
he perceived tho body of Mynheer
Kloots sink down In the water (which
now waB soveral feet deep on tho lee
sldo of tho deck), without any appar
ent effort on the part of tho captain
to save himself. Ho was then gone,
nnd thero was no hopes for him.
Philip thought of HlllebYnnt, and has
tened down below; he found him still
In his bed-place, lying against the side.
Ho lifted him out, nnd with difficulty
climbed with him on deck, and laid
him In tho long boat on tho booms, ns
tho best chanco of saving his life. To
this boat, the only one which could bo
mado available, tho crew had also re
paired; but they repulsed Philip, who
would have got Into her; and, ns tho
sea mado clean breakers over them,
they cast loose tho lashings which con
fined her. With tho assistance of an
other heavy sea, which lifted her from
tho chocks, sho was borno clear of tho
boomn and dashed over the gunwale
into tho water to leeward, which was
comparatively smooth not, however,
without being filled nearly up to the
thwarts. But this was little cared for
by tho Intoxicated seamen, who, as
soon as they wcro afloat, again raised
their shouts nnd songs of revelry as
they wero borne away by the wind and
sea townrd tho beach. Philip, who
held on by tho stump of the mainmast,
watched them with an anxious eyo.now
perceiving them borno aloft on tho
foaming surf, now disappearing In the
trough. More and moro distant wero
tho sounds of their mad voices, till at
last he could hear them no more he
beheld tho boat balanced on an enor
mous rolling sea, and then ho saw It
not again.
CHAPTER X.
Philip knew that now his only
rhanco wns to remain with tho vessel,
and attempt to save himself upon somo
frngment of tho wreck. That tho ship
would long hold together ho felt wns
impossible; already sho had parted her
upper decks, and each shock of the
waves divided her more and more.
At last, as he clung to tho mast, ho
heard a nolso abaft, and ho then rec
ollected that Mynheer von Stroom was
y still in his cabin. Philip crawled aft,
nnd found that the poop ladder had
been thrown against tho cabbln door,
o ns to prevent Its being opened. Ho
removed It, nnd cntored tho cabin,
where ho found Mynheer von Stroom
clinging to windward with the grasp
ot-death but It was not death, but tho
paralysis of tear. Ho spoke to him,
but could obtain no reply; ho attempt
ed to move him, but it was Impossi
ble to make him let go the part of
tho bulkhead that ho graHped. A loud
A noise and tho rush of a mass of wa-
tor told Philip that tho vessel had
parted amidships, and he unwillingly
abandoned tho poor supercargo to his
fate and went out of tho cabin door.
At tho after hatchway ho observed
something struggling It was Johannes
tho bear, who was swimming, but still
fastened by a cord which prevented his
ft escape, Philip took out his knlfo nnd
released tho poor animal, and hardly
had he dono this act of kindness when
a heavy Bea turned over the after part
of the vessel, which separated In many
places, and Philip found himself
struggling In. tho waves. He seized
upon a part of the deck which sup
ported him, and was horse away by
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Dutchman.
BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT.
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the surf toward tho bench. In a few
minutes he was near to tho land, and
shortly afterward tho piece of plank
ing to which he wns clinging struck
on the sand, nnd then, being turned
over by the force of the running wave,
Philip lost his hold, and was left to
his own cxcrtloiiB. He struggled long,
but although so nenr to tho shore,
could not gain a footing; the return
ing wave dragged him back, and thus
was he hurled to and fro until his
strength was gone. Ho was sinking
under the wave to rise no moro when
he felt something touch his hand. Ho
seized It with the grasp of death. It
was the shaggy hide of the bear Jo
hannes, who was making for the
shore, and who soon dragged him
clear of tho surf, so that he could gain
n footing. Philip crawled up tho beach
above the reach of the waves, and, ex
hausted with fatigue, sank down In
a swoon.
When Philip was recalled from hU
stato of lethargy, his llrst feeling was
Intense pnln in his still closed eyes,
arising from having been many hours
exposed to tho rnys of an ardent sun.
He opened them, but was obliged to
close them Immediately, for tho light
entered Into them like the point of a
knife. Ho turned over on his side.
nnd, covering them with his hand, re
mained some time In that position, un
til, by degrees, ho found that his eye
sight was restored. Ho then rose, nnd
nfter a few seconds could distinguish
the sceno around him. The sea wns
still rough, and tossed about in tho
surf fragments of the vessel; tho whole
sand was htrown with her cargo and
content. Near him was tho body of
Hlllebront, and the other bodies which
wero scattered on the bench told him
that tho3c who had taken to tho boat
hnd all perished.
It was, by tho height of the sun.
about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, ns
nenr us ho could estimate; but Philip
suffered such an oppression of mind,
he felt so wearied and In such pain,
that he took but a slight survey. His
brain was whirling, nnd all ho de
manded was repose. Ho walked away
from the scene of destruction, nnd,
having found a sandhill, behind which
he was defended from the burning rays
of tho sun, he again lay down, and
Fnnk Into n deep sleep, from which ho
did not wako until the ensuing morn
ing. Philip wns roused a second tlmo by
the sensation of something pricking
him on tho chest. Ho started tip, and
beheld a flguro standing over him. His
eyes were still feeble and his vision
Indistinct; he rubbed them for n time,
for ho first thought It wns tho bear
Johnnnes, and, again, that It was tho
supercargo, Von Stroom, who had ap
peared before him. Ho looked ngiln,
nnd found that he was mistaken, al
though he had warrant for supposing
It to be either or both. A Hottentot,
with an assegai In his hand, stood by
his side; over his shoulder ho had
thrown the fresh-severed skin of tho
poor bear, and on his head, with tho
curls descending to his waist, was ono
of the wlgB of tho supercargo, Von
Stroom. Such was tho gravity of tho
blnck's nppearanco In this strange
costume (for In every other respect ho
wns naked) thnt at any other timo
Philip would have been Induced to
laugh heartily; but his feelings wero
now too ncute. He roso upon his feet
nnd stood by tho sldo of tho Hottentot,
who still continued Immovable, but
certainly without tho slightest nppear
anco of hostile Intentions.
A sensation of overpowering thirst
now seized upon Philip, and ho mado
signs that ho wished to drink. Tho
Hottentot motioned him to follow, nnd
led over tho sandhills to the beach,
whcro Philip discovered upward of fif
ty men, who were busy selecting va
rious articles from the scattered stores
of tho vessel. It was evident by the
respect paid to Philip's conductor that
ho was tho chief of tho kraal. A few
words, uttered with tho greatest sol
emnity, were sufficient to produco
though not exactly what Philip re
quireda small quantity of dirty wnter
from a cnlabass, which, however, was
to htm delicious. His conductor then
waved to him to take a scat on the
sand.
After n tlmo the Hottentots began
to collect nil tho wood which appeared
to have iron in It, made it up Into
several plies, and set them on fire.
Tho chief then mado a sign to Philip,
to ask him it ho was hungry. Philip
replied in tho affirmative, when his
new acquaintance put his hand Into a
bag made of goatskin and pulled out a
handful! of very large beetles, and
presented them to him. Philip refused
them with marks of disgust, upon
which the chief very sedately cracked
and ate them; and, having finished the
wholo handful, rose and mado a sign
to Philip to follow blm. As Philip
rose ho perceived floating In tho surf
his own chest. He hastened to it and
made signs that It was his, took the key
out of his pocket and opened it, and
then made up a bundle of articles most
useful, not forgetting a bag of guild
ers. His conductor made no objection,
but, calling to one of the men near,
pointed out the lock and hinges to him,
and then set off, followed by Philip,
ncro?s tho sandhills, fn about an hour
they arrived at the knnl, consisting ol
low huts covered with skins, nnd wero
met by the women nnd children, who
appeared to bo in high admiration at
their chief's new nttlre. They showed
every kindness to Philip, bringing htm
milk, which he drank cngcrly. Philip
surveyed these daughters of Eve, and,
as he turned from their offensive
greasy nttlre, their strange forms and
hideous features, ho sighed and
thought of his charming Amine.
Tho sun wns now setting, nnd Philip
still felt fatigued, He mado signs that
he wished to repose. They led him Into
n hut, nnd, though surrounded as ho
wns with filth, and his nose nssallort
by every vai lety of bad smell, attacked
moreover by ltiBccts, ho laid his head
on his bundle, und, uttering n short
prayer of thanksgiving, was soon In
a sound sleep.
Tho next morning he was awakonod
by the chief of the kraal, accompanied
by another man who spoko n llttlo
Dutch. Ho stated hla wish to bo tnk
cn to the settlement where tho ships
came and nnchorcd, nnd was fully un
derstood. But the man said that thero
were no ships In tho bny at tho time.
Philip, nevertheless, requested' ho
might be tnken there, ns ho felt that
his best chance of getting on board
of any vessel would bo by remaining
at the settlement, nnd, nt nil events,
ho would bo In tho compnny of Eu
ropeans until n vessel arrived. Tho
distance, ho dlscovereiT, was but ono
day's march, or less. After .some llttlo
conversation with the chief, the man
who spoke Dutch desired Philip to fol
low him, nnd that ho would take him
there. Philip drank plentifully from a
bowl of milk brought him by ono of
the women, and, ngaln refusing n
handful of beetles offered by tho chief,
ho took up his bundle and followed his
new acquaintance.
Toward evening they arrived at tho
hills, from which Philip had a view of
Table Bay and tho few houses erected
by the Dutch. To his delight, he per
ceived thnt there was a vessel under
snll In the oiling. On his arrival at
tho beach, to which he hastened, ho
found thnt she had sent a boat on
shore for fresh provisions. He accost
ed the people, told them who he was,
told them nlso of the fatal wreck of
the Ter Schilling, nnd of his wish to
embark,
The officer In charge of the boat wil
lingly consented to take him on board,
nnd Informed Philip that they wero
homeward bound. Philip's heart leaped
at the Intelligence. Hnd she been out
ward bound, he would havo Joined her;
but now ho had a prospect of again
seeing his dear Amino before ho re
embarked to follow out his peculiar
dcatlny. Ho felt that thero was btlll
somo happiness In storo for him; that
his life wns to bo checkered with alter
nate privation nnd repose, nnd thnt his
future prospect wns not to be ono con
tinued chain of suffering nnd death.
Ho was kindly received by tho cap
tain of the vessel, who freely gaVo him
n pnssage home; nnd In three months,
without any events worth nnrrntlng,
Philip Vnnderdccken found himself
onco moro nt anchor before the town of
Amstcrdnm.
Amino was both surprised nnd glad
to welcome her husband homo so much
sooner than sho expected. Philip re
mained nt homo for sovornl months,
during which big fnthcr-ln-lnw, Myn
heer Poots, died, leaving Amino n great
fortune in gold and Jewels, which ho
hnd accumulated.
Leaving his wife comfortably estab
lished, with two servants to wait on
her, Philip again departed on his mis
sion, this time as second mato on tho
Bntavla, a flue vessel ot 400 tons bur
den.
(To bo continued.)
THE SULTAN'S MANNERS.
Ill Quiet Dignity, I'loailng Siullo anil
Uiiusunllr Hympathetlo Voice.
As to the Bultnn's working hnblte, I
havo known him to bo at work nt flvo
In tho morning and keep n whole staff
of secretaries going at that hour who
had slept overnight on couches In tho
rooms In tho palace they habitually
work In, says Harper's Magazine
Munlr Pasha, the imperial grand mas
ter of ceremonies, and one of tho most
kindly, distinguished men It Is possi
ble to meet, once said to me: 'Thero
1b one characteristic of his majesty
which conveys a constant lesson to us
all; It Is his extraordinary self-control
his Impassive calm. It Is almost
sublime. No contrariety, no trial,
seems able to ruffle his perfect Belt
possession. It Is truly marvelous."
The prepossessing Impression which
tho sultan Is universally admitted to
produce on those who are privileged
to come Into contact with him Is
doubtless In part due to that charm ot
manner, that quiet dignity, bo fro
from angular self-assertion, which Is
more or less characteristic of all well
bred Turks. But in his case it is sup
plemented by a pleasing smile and an
unusually sympathetic voice, tho notes
of which nlwaya seem to convey a
pleasant impression, even to the
stranger who Is unable to understand
what his majesty has said until It is
translated by the interpreter. The
sultan usually gives audiences on Fri
day after tho ceremony of the Selatn
Hk, when ho wears n Turkish gen
eral's uniform, with tho star of the
Iratlnz order In brilliants hung from
his neck. As ho sits In front ot you,
with his hands resting on the hilt of
his sword before him, and you watch
him Bpeak to Munlr Pasha In hla quiet,
dignified way, you cannot resist the
Impression ot his picturesque dignity.
Don't neglect to keep your hoes pol
ished. You can always shine at eat
end If you can't at the other.
HOW IT Aiili ENDED.
"I was n fool when I married you,"
"And now?"
"Now? Why, now my eyes nro open
and
"Well, dear, nt least you ought to
;hank me for straightening you out,
and "
"Oh, your nro Intolerable."
"And you, Mnb, arc unreasoning In
your Jealousy."
"You married me only for my monoy,
and of nil tho despicable things "
"Now hold on n moment, Mnb. You
have made that rctnnrk to me somo
hundreds of times since the minister
mado us one, and you have been thnt
ono up to date, and now I'm goln? to
toll you n few things."
Mabel glared, The decided look In
her husband's eyes was a departure;
ho usually laughed at her. But there
was no mirth In hU steady glance to
day,
"I desire to say to you," continued
Will, "that I did marry you partly for
your money nnd partly for yoursolf. I
did lovo you nnd 1 would not havo
dono you the Injustice to have you
marry a poor man had you been poor.
However, there were other girls that
would buve had me, some of tlfcm ns
rich as you and all ot them much pret
tier." "It is easy to Insult n woman,"
flashed tho wlfo.
"No, It Isn't! But It Isn't easy to
remain an Insulted man all one's life,"
replied the man. 'Tor four years I've
worked no one knows better than you
how hard I've worked to remove your
mother's estnte. your sister's es-
tnto, nnd your cstnto from the
almost hopelessly chaotic condi
tion your father left It In to Its pres
ent Btnto of prosperity. You would
havo been n pauper to-day had It not
been for my attention and Judgment
nnd "
"I wouldn't weary the hearers tell
ing how clever 1 am," Interrupted the
nngry wlfo.
"Perhaps you Justly couldn't, 'but I
can nnd mean to on this occasion," nn-
Bwcred tho husband pointedly. "I have
been wearied for four long years by
your Idiotic Jealousies, petty rcmnrks
and Insinuating sneers. Tho money
I took from you Is being paid with
interest, and if I have accepted pecu
niary assistance I have given my serv
ices in return, nnd to-day your prop
erty is in a flourishing condition."
"You know that I don't care about
! tho money," broke In Mnbol.
'I know that In your heart you mean
nothing that Is vlndlctlvo or petty,
but I am tired of tho expression of
sentiments that you do not really
fool."
"You arc "
"Kindly let mo finish! This Is my day
for talking. I am not angry or resent
ful, but I know when I've had enough.
I'vo been loving nnd true nnd nttentlvo
"I SAID THIS IS MY DAY FOR
TALKING."
to you ever since wo wcro married,
but I havo not given up and I will not
give up old friends, though you storm
on forever. Men and women thnt I
havo liked in the past I llko now and
shall like In the future. I have tried
. to show you tho folly of your unin
tentional BclflBhness; I'vo fried to
prove that you aro always first in my"
ucun una uiuugius; i vo uono not ono
thing that you may not investigate
nnd to your satisfaction, and I'vo
laughed at, pleaded with and ronsoned
over your unjust suspicions, foolish
accusations and peevish, nnrrow con
clusions. Now I'vo dono! Not for an
other llttlo minute am I going to put
up with It."
Mabel fairly gasped. WaB this tho
calm, patient Will that had always put
up with her vagaries and moods? Sho
was about to apeak when her husband
went on:
"You can be tho dearest and moat
companlonablo little woman in tho
world. You are generous by nature,
kind-hearted and a loving and lovablo
friend. But all these qualities aro
warped and distorted when blind Jeal
ousy seizes you, and as you nro la tho
bllllous monster's clutches nine-tenths
of tho time, why, comfort, Joy nnd
congeniality Is a blessed trinity thnt
Is 'out ot sight' most of the time. I
respect your views, likes, opinions and
friends, nnd If wo aro to live together
you must, from now on, rospect mine.
I pack my trunks to-day and go home
to my mothor' " n twinkle would
forco Its way Into tho speaker's eyes
"and If you over Bend for mo, do it
only after you hnve decided that a new
and complete mental adjustment has
taken placo in your dear little head."
'Will Clarke! If you think you can
scare mo, you "
"I oald this 1b my day for talking,"
Interrupted Will. .
"You'vo talked for four years," he
went on, "and I've listened. You've
accused and I've explained. You've sat
In Judgment and I've dono a meek
act, feeling sure that time ..would flash
your folly before your vision. The
wattlug has been wearisomo and I tell
you bow that life 1b too short to keep
up the friction. If you conclude to re
adjoat, why, send for me, and we will
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flow down the mellow autumn of life, a
comfort to each other, n credit to tho
married state, n happy pair. 1 wilt row
with you over great Issues; big differ
ences will find mo ever rendy to cross
swords with my fair llfo partner. But
little bickerings and gnnt-Uke Irrita
tions? .No! 1 tell you no! Never
another one! As I snld before. I've had
'enough."
And Will Clarke, gentle-hearted, big,
good-natuied Will Clarke, everybody's
friend, who dearly loved his wife, wont
from the room nnd kept his word. Ho
went homo To his mother.
Ho wns half nfrald nt what ho hnd
done nnd almost decided to return nnd
humbly npologlzo for bullying "the
best llttlo woman," dint n conviction
thnt ho wns doing what wnH right for
them both enme to him, and mutter
ing something nbout "desperate Ills re
quiring desperate remedies," ho held
to his position.
And Mabel? Sho was astounded,
but Biullcd knowingly and said: "If
ho wnlts for me to send for him ho will
wait foicver."
But oh! tho drenrtiifss ot tho noxt
twenty-four hours! Involuntarily
Mabel listened for tho familiar voice
or footstep, but nolthor was In evi
dence. After her "first mnd" sho caro
fully reviewed tho quartet of yonra
that had Jtist passed and'her naturally
true. Judgment nnd generous nnturo
nsscrted themselves and she candidly
decided that sho was and had been In
tho wrong,
Will was Bitting with his mother nt
tea tho next day and tho gontlo old
lady was chiding her boy nnd hoping
thnt he had not been harsh with Mabel.
Tho maid brought a note to him and
ho rend It aloud:
"Denrcst: The 'new nnd complete
mental adjustment' hns arrived. Tho
process, however, has given me nn aw
ful headache. Come! Mnbol."
"BIosb tho girl! I'm n brute!" was
Will's comment us ho niBhed from tho
tnblc.
"Foolish, happy children!" remarked
the old Indy, ns she peered between tho
curtnlns nnd followed with n loving
glnnco tho big figure thnt was hurling
Itself down tho front doorsteps.
SHREWD THEORY.
KvoItcmI by n "Votj U"IHer," ' tho
I.nmtnii Detective I'ort'K.
London Correspondence of the Wash
ington Post: Slater, the detective, was
in his element the other afternoon.
Now, qulto ns the snllor man's partic
ular element Is tho briny deep, Is
mystery tho clement of the profes
sional dotcctlve. Ho revels In mys
tery, he lives In mystery, ho glances
to left nnd right In mystery, he knits
his brow In mystery, and he envelops
hlmBclf with mystery ns with a mack
intosh. That 1b what Slater, tho de
tective, did the other afternoon. Some
hold burglars, some nudnclous sneak
thieves, had taken G0,000 In bank
notes from Pnrr's hank In broad day
light, right under tho shadow of the
Bank of England. Every one wbb
speaking of that robhoiy, speculating
ns to how tho Job had been done, and
whither the big bank notes hnd van
ished. The notes wcro almost nil of
big denominations. Thero were thirty
six 1,000 notes nnd twenty-two .CdOO
notes, nnd theso nnturnlly would be
mod difficult to pass. Tho bank offi
cials, tho police nnd tho detoctlvo forco
Issued the numbers ot tho notes nnd
telegraphed all over the world about
them. Of course Sinter was us much
excited ns any ono else, but ho ex
pressed himself moro sngely, more
enigmatically than many of his col
leagues ot smaller fry. "This rob
bery," sajd ho, slowly, Impressively,
like n hack politician prophesying nil
nbout n campaign, 'this robbery was
committed In ono of thrco ways."
Slater paused, took out a pocket pen
nnd with It drew a schedule on his
blotting pad. "It was committed," ho
continued, "first, by somo ono on tho
outside; or, second, by somo ono on
tho Inside; or, third, by some one on
the outside In collusion with somo ono
on tho Inside." Then Slater looked up
for npprobrntlon a moment, and was
nbout to proceed, when the office boy
announced a visitor on urgent busi
ness. The Interview terminated then
nnd there, but I shall never forget tho
detective's artistic nlr of myBtery ns
ho Engoly unfolded his theory of tho
G0,000 robbery nt Parr's bank.
Ilo IIoliHonlzetl the MutiW.
Thero Is n story told of a former
British nmbassador to America which
goes to provo that tho lately-developed
proclivities of Lieut. Hobson may havo
been Inherited from English nncestry.
Tho minister wns leaving Washington
nnd was attended to tho door em
bassy by a large portlai of tho house
hold. His excellency mado his ndleu
In a fashion decidedly nbsent-mlndcd,
nnd on entering his carrlngo was still
In n brown study when Interrupted by
his ever watchful and solicitous con
sort, who had been there awaiting him.
"My dear," said this lady, "do you
know what you have Juat done?"
"No," replied tho embassador, dream
ily, "do you?" "Why," cried his wlfo,
"you kissed tho inald servants all
round." "Did I?" said tho diplomat,
wearily. "Well, I hope thero were Home
good-looking ones among them!"
Holler Ksploilon.
In nn official French Investigation of
recont boiler explosions, fifteen in
number, not one ot tho boilers was
found to havo hud tubes of Iron or
stool, tho tubes being of brass in four
teen cases and of copper in one. In
eight of the boilers tho tubes were
more than four Inches In diameter.
Clever Stroke.
Throughout Germany Emperor Wil
liam's trip to the holy land Is con
sidered tho cleverest stroko of hla
reign, as It has made him powerful
friends among the most powerful party
In. the relchstag, the centrums, or catholics.
SYRIAN WEDDINO.
At Which tho l'rlrtt Woro Crow Mil
Itoba of Ooltl.
New York Times: St. Pctor'a Ito
mnn Catholic church was crowded on1
Sunday evening with members ot tho
Syrian colony nnd Americans who had
been Invited to witness tho wedding
ot Miss Shaflka Lutfy to Ellas Mack
soud, both of whom wcro born hi tho
Christian city of Zahlc, Syria, which,
wns tho sceno of a grcnt light during
tho Christian massacres In the 'GO'n.
Nearly all tho members of tho Lutfy
and Marksoud families are now In thn
United Slates, preferring to llvo under
the stars nnd stripes to remaining un
der the banner nnd crescent. Tho
bride Is thn daughter ot Abdow Lutfy,
tho senior pnrtnor of tho firm of Lutfy
& Mni'ksoud, importers ot oriental
gooda, and tho bridegroom In the Jun
ior partner. They both belong to tho
(Irrek Catholic church. Whllo thn
guests waited In tho church tho brldo
was being urrayed for tho "wedding
ceremony at her father's houso. at T
Hattery plnce. Sho was dressed, In a
white satin gown nnd woro ft -.long-white
veil, with a pcnrl nceklnco nnd
diamond pendnnt. Tho Hev. Father
Iloshwnty, tho priest of tho Orock
catholic congregation, performed tho,
ceremony. ( He woro n crown qp his
head and a 'long robo of gold cloth that
reached to tho ankles. As tho ..brldo
and her father walked up tho nlslo
they wero preceded by llttlo flower,
girls nnd followed by the brldotmuJhla
and ushers, nil carrying lighted can
dles. At tho chancel the bridegroom
stepped forward, and the father handed
his daughter over to him. Tho bride
groom led the brldo to tho front of the
altar, and tho priest began chanting
the mnrrlago Borvlco In Arabic, Ho
asked them If they wore willingly en
tering Into tho mnrrlage stnlo, nnd
when they both answered In tho nf
llrmntlvo two ot tho ushers hold goldon
crowns over their bends, whllo tho
priest took two gold rings from a sli
ver tray held by nn attendnnt and
placed them on tho fourth Angora of
tho loft hands of the couple. Tho cer
emony over, many of tho guests nc
companled tho newly mnrrlod couple
to their home, where n feast had been
prepared. Mr. and Mrs. Mucksoud went
to Washington on n bridal trip.
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FINAL FATE
Of Couii'e ItollliiB Palacer, Thnt Wero
Once tho IUro.
For n long time nearly everybody In
tho south know nbout "Coup's Rolling
l'alnces," but probably nono know ex
actly what becamo of them. Tho roll
ing palaccB consisted ot n train of cars
specially built so ns to be connected
nt will Into ono long pavilion. Inside
was a museum, a huge nqunrlum, a
congress of freaks and flnnlly an audi
torium department, where brief vnudo
vlllo pprformancve8 wcro given. Tho
wholo thing wns most elaborately got
up, was brilliantly lighted by Its own
dynnmos nnd cost $100,000 to con-'
struct. It was tho Idea of Coup, tho
veteran circus man, nnd ho hud bcon
gradually figuring It out for years.
When ho hnd It porfected ho hnd no
money, nnd wns obliged to tako In
what Bhow pcoplo call "commercial
capital." In other words, business
meii backed it, and were foolish enough
to Insist on doing tho managing after
Coup had taken It through tho south
for ono extremely profitable season.
Tho thing was ji hugo moneymaker
properly handled. Tho people would
be let in nt ono end nnd kept moving
until they emerged nt tho other, nnd
mnny would make tho circuit two or
threo times. Under the business men's
management it lost heavily, however,'
and flnnlly, after Innumerable vicissi
tudes, the train was brought to Chi
cago and Bold to a variety theater
manager for $7,000 cash. Ho broke It
up and peddled off thn cars one at a
time. Fragments of the- old outfit aro
now wandering about through obscuro
country towns, piloted by ily-by-nlght
showmen, with nil sorts of strango
freaks. That was tho end of the great
rolling palaces that aro still distinctly
remembered In scores of smaller
southern cities. It wns n grotesque
fate for a really big amusement Idea.
No it Ciimci the Hunan Truit.
A bunnna trust Is said to bo the lat.
est thing In combinations. Tho Arms
that will consolidate their Interests in
nn effort to control tho banana busi
ness of tho country now control about
three-fourths of tho business. Tho new
organization, It is stated, will bo
known as tho Fruit Dispatch company,
with headquarters at 18 Broadway,
New York. Bernard F. Sullivan will
bo the local representative of the trust.
Cleveland being tho distributing point
for a largo territory. Further than
to say that prices will bo lowered rath
er than advanced Mr. Sullivan refusal
to discuss the subject.
Light Effect.
Prof. Zlckler recently found that a
ray ot ultra violet light transmitted as
many as 200 meters (over 200 yards)
will work a telegraph Instrument at
that distance. Bays of this kind hava
the property of causing an electrto
spark to pass botween two highly
charged conductors, which but for tka
light would not spark. This effect fa
made to work tho telegraph instru
ment. New Hank Policy.
The Chicago banks have recently
adopted tho policy ot charglitf $1 a
month to cu&tomers to keep a running
deposit account ot not more than $300.
The Bniall accounts aro said to be un
profitable to banks as a rule, but tho
new Chicago policy of imposing a Us
on them is exceptional.
Thty' are never .alone, that arjac
companled with noble thought, Bit
Phillip Sidney.
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