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It s,-rri 4rrf.fgpbt- I1 -. j 'i .it i ii HIS WORD OF HONOR (J) 4 Tcjc o the Blue and the Cray, h 5 BYE WEFNEK. fay SL Copv-rlrht. 1PI. by llotiert llontirr i otn Vji CHAPTER X - (Continued.) "I hope, sir. tlmt you arc not ven turing upon u Jest with nil1. the Jus tlco of thu pence! Mow does it hap pen that you have nnvthlng to lo with such matters? Who Is thin Uolantt, anil what tloo.s Mr. Harrison say to tho affair?" "Nothing at all, because for the momont ho is In a very uneomfortii hlo situation, which prevents any pro test. Hut, uh to my authority, allow mo to ahow It to you." The barrel of a revolver wns sud denly presented to the old gentleman, who, with a cry of terror, lied to the recess of the window, leaving both dignity and dinner In the lurch. The clork, on the contrary, who had lis tened with mouth wldo open, sat us If paralyzed with terror. "Help! Murder! Uobbeis!" shouted Mr. Thompson; but tetror so stilled him that the cry Bounded a piteous whimper. "Don't Fcream, sir." said Maxwell, quietly. "We iuii come to a friendly agreement. As I said, the point In question Is merely a wedding. Tho bridegroom Is my friend, Lieutenant William Roland. 1 have the pleasuio of presenting myself to you as Doc tor John Maxwell, both of the I'nlon army, which will arrive hero In a few hours." "Tho whole I'nlon army?" exclaim ed Thompson, with a fresh outburst of horror. "No; not the whole army there would scarcely be room for it on the plantation hut our loglnient. 1 told you timing our drive that the troops were inarching in this direction. Hut wo desire, for certain reasons, to have the ceremony performed first. The bride and groom aie ready, and I hope you will be, too. I place myself at your disposal as a witness, your clerk will bo tho second witness, and I Mip poso you brought the marriage con tract with you. Wo can use It at once." "Unprecedented ! Impossible !" groaned the justice, who now cuino forward again. His clerk had recov ered from his stupor so ftr us to lly from tho range of the revolver. Ho, LEAVING UOTII DIGNITY AND DINNER. too, took refugo lu tho window recess., where ho vied with his employer in trembling. "May I request you to let mo see tho document?" asked Maxwell. "nut it contains tho namo of Ed ward Harrison," said tho magistrate, desperately. "Wo'll eraso it and put William Ho land In Its place." "Hut that won't do." "It must do! I most courteously beg you for It." A movement or tho revolver guvo tills courtesy ttio necessary emphasis. Mr. Thompson tried to hldo behind his clerk, and tho latter, with a trembling band, drew out a paper which ho hold llko a shield toward tho oppressor. "Space for tho names has been left." lie stammered. "They wore to bo fill ed In at Sprlnglleld." "Excellent! Then thero Is nothing to bo erased. Calm yourself, Mr. Thompson. I assure you that I have the highest regard for you, and havo told my friend so much nbout you that ho, too, holds you In great esteem. Permit me ngnln to upologlzo for dis turbing you, but thero Is nothing to prevent your xontluuing your meal as soon as tho coreniony is over. So, If you plense " Tho gentlemen did not look as if thoy wero inclined to follow. They left tho window with evident reluc tnnce, but they did leave It and, un der Maxwell's escort, went to the drawing-room. Hero they found William with Flor ence, the latter hnlf-hewildered by tho rapidity with which events had fol lowed each other. Whllo waiting In terriblo anxiety for nows, bor imag ination conjuring up the most terri blo possibilities, Holand suddenly stood beforo her. free and unharmed, and In hurtled words told her that j she must be ready to be married at ' once I He hud at last entered with the nt I most zeal Into Max wells bold plan. I whli h had at llrst seemed out of the iiuestlon. It was really tho only way I to secuie his bride and prevent any I later Intrigues of Edward. He hud , an Inviolate light to claim his wife. j Happen what might In Sprlnglleld. she I belonged to him alone. The brief do i lay w tilth would be caused by the cere- inoiiy was really not so dangerous as It seemed. Captain Wilson could hard ly hno reached the city, and the es cort would not arrive before evening. The doctors were not expected for several hours, and as for the servants. Maxwell's Judgment of them proved correct. CHAPTER XI. From the moment they discovered thi' Identity of the two strangers all hostility was at an end. They be longed to the ranks of the "libera tors." Ilesliles. they loved their young mistress as much as they feared In Edward the stem master. The last few months, during which ho had had the reins of government, had shown the whole household what was to be expected fiom the new muster. Now he had mysteriously vanished. Per haps ho might even bo dead. Hut not a hand stirred to seek or aid him. Hesldes. practlial John, who never loht sight of any possibility, had tak en care to prevent danger from the few white men who were acting as overseers In the ileitis. Ho had sum ironed the whole establishment, and brlelly Hinted that the I'nlon army was marching in that direction; that one regiment would arrive that evening unit hold every tinman being In Springfield to u strict account, if a hair of his head or Lieutenant Ro land's wns harmed. The eotnposuio with which he related this fairy tale made, n strong Impression, and tho lapldlty of all these incidents bewil dered them. No one vontured to raise nn objection when Maxwell ordered the fastest horses to bo harnessed and tho carriage brought round; but all hastened to obey, while tho doctor proceeded to exchange the courtesies already mentioned with tils esteemed friend, Mr. Thompson. Florence was sitting on a sofa, with William standing besldo her both in tho greatest agitation and excitement when tho gentlemen entorod. Doc tor Maxwell, however, was calmness itself, when lie made the necessary In troductions. "Lieutenant Holand the bridegroom you alreutly know tho brido, Miss Harrison. William, I have tho pleas ure of presenting to you the Justlco of tho pence. Mr. Thompson, who. with the utmost readiness to oblige, in stantly consented to gratify your wish." William looked at tho magistrate, whoso pule face and shaking knees distinctly showed how ho had been Induced to show this vaunted oblig ingness. Tho ntfnlr, which alTordod his friend a malicious satisfaction, was extremely painful to him. "Calm yoursolf, sir," ho snld, ap proaching him. "You are perfectly safe. Neltlior you nor your compan ion needs fear, I deeply regret that wo were forced to put tho request In such a form, lint the circumstances compelled it. As soon as the wedding lu over, you can return to tho city." Tho old gentleman again breathed freely. Ho had imagined tho llouten ant a far moro terriblo personage than tho doctor, and now ho proved to bo the more hunutno of tho two. Hut Mr. Thompson preferred to plnco himself tioso to Miss Harrison as quickly as possible. If ho stood close by hor side, no one could flro at him. Meanwhile, Maxwell tiad given tho marriage contract, which had been hnndeil to him, a brief, yet thorough scrutiny, and now again laid It on tho tabic. "Everything Is correct !" ho said. "The nam s a'-e siiil missing. Plcaso Insert them. Mr William Holand -Mits Florence llatrlson! There, now we can begin." i he magistrate hail so fur recoeretl that he could commence the cere mony, wlilt li was performed very quickly, but Hi strict legal form. Tho usual questions were asked and an swered, the slgiiatuies were nlllxed, and In less than ten minutes the wed ding was over. William, deeply mov ed, elnsped his young wlfo to his heart. Maxwell glnnred toward the door, where Ralph had appealed dining the last moment, 'but lemalued standing motionless in order not to Interiupt the eei oniony. The doctor exchanged n few words with him In a low tone, then turned to tho young couple. "Mrs. Uoland, please go to your father. William, you can accompany your wife. Thero Is no fear that your presence will disturb tho sick man don't leave her alone now!" A significant glance emphasized the winds. William understood that tho last moments of Mr. Harrison's life were at baud, and putting his arm around his wife ho led her to her dying fattier. (To be Continued.) Hour h Hour Hli;nt III Nil inc. From the London Mall: The Hoot may be fairly good at handling a rifle, but he Is sadly deficient In his ability to handle a pen. When the averago Hoer has to attach tils name to a docu ment an air of important! pervades Ills dwelling ''or several hours. Tho chll uieii are constnnMy chlded, tho patient "vrouw" has a preoccupied look anil the husband himself pull's even moru lgoiously than usual at his pipe. Eventually a corner of tho table Is lie.ucd and carefully wiped. Tho fam ily Hible Is placed in position and thu rlieet of paper requiting tho signature placed upon If. An expectant sllemu falls upon the company. "Stllte!" cries the wife. "Stllte, klndetjes, papa gaat sclu uaam token." ("Hush, chil dren, father is about to sign his name.") The family stands lound open mouthed, and all eyes gaze expectant ly upon the paper. With arms bared for the fray, and with pen carefully poised, the Hoer bends to his task. Tho pen Is gilpped firmly between his horny lingers. In thick, ungainly scratches, and with slow and painful motion, tho pen begins to work, and at the end of. it may be four minutes, the deed Is accomplished. Hulf-Wiiy llnuxn of lllc Hint. Near St. Charles, Mo., Is u great sandbar, called Pelican bend, which projects Into the Missouri river, and for some unknown reason It Is a favor ite stopping place for tho numerous flocks of pelicans that migrate north and south every year. It has been no ticed that regularly each fall on Sept. A they begin to arrive. They remain till cold weather and then puss on south. In the spring they return to the bond, remain u short time, and then proceed north. It may bo that In the shallows around this sandbar aro quantities of fish of which the awk ward birds aro fond, for they live al most entirely on fish. A pelican loves nothing better than to wado In shut low wnter, where schools of minnows and small llsh aro gathered, and to scoop them up in Its great elastic pouch that hungs under its lower bill. These blg-hodled and short-legged birds aro clumsy enough nn land, but they have enormous webbed feet, and whlespreadlng wings. So In water or air they move rupidly, anil they seem never to tire of swimming or flying. Kitrlli it l'yriiinlil In Slmpc. Since the earth wus llrst formed many theories havo been advanced as to Its shape and the process of Its formation, but no one until our day ever maintained that Its form was thnt of a lingo pyramid. Centuiles ago Py thagoras and Aristotle declared that it was spherical, Anaximander that It was shaped like a column, Dcmocrltus that It was a concave disc and very much resembled a huge porringer, Em pedoties and Auaxlmencs that It was a plane disk, and Zcnofitncs that It had roots llko a tree, which spread In all directions far into the Infinite. Now comes J. Gieene, nn English scientist, and a government official In tho Sand wich Islands, with tho hold announce ment that all these ancient theorics.as well as tho modem ones, aro utterly baseless, since, according to him, tho earth has the form of a trlnngular py ramid, or, In other words, of a regular tetrahedron, with the apex at the houth polo and tho base at the north. Olieyi'il tlm Order. New York Evening Sun: The story of tho green servant girl who boiled a watermelon Is moro than rivaled by tho story of the experienced girl, who boiled the plum pudding. Sho was tho sort of young person who more than anticipated any directions with the ns sui anco of her knowledge on the sub ject, so that the woman of tho house hold gnvo her but one Important hint about tho Chiistmna pudding. "Ho careful not to let It boll down," sho said; "put plenty of vvuter in the ket tle, and keep putting moro In as It bolls out." "Ye.s'in," was tho responso. There was no doubt but that hIio obeyed that Injunction to tho very let ter. Sho had put In plenty of water and sho had added moro from timo to time. Hut anotlier little Item sho had neglected sho had not put the pud ding Into a bag. Ills rinnrltd Iliirlmr. Grynios"Why do you always go u that particular barber?" Ukeitlok "Ho hi lmldnsan egg." Gryma.s "What of that?" Ukerdek "Ho cannot ad vise mo to use a hair restorer." KIUTONANDTHKBOBK MOUNTAIN WALLS PROTECT THI! UURGHEHS. Vlie Niilnnil lti'f.im or Hut Truiiiiiil Wlllllll Tl'Nt Hi" llililiM of III" llrriili'l C'oiinimiuli'r I tint I'.wr Un it Snuril. No ton cot understanding of the task or position of the English army in South Africa can be had without a knowledge of the geography and to pography of the Transvaal and Orange Free State especially of the border lines of these two lepuhllcs. The light ing and tactics of the last two mouths have been about Lud.v smith. Mnfe Mng Klinhetiey. Modtler liver. Tugela rlvei. Coleshuig. Helmoiit ami Storm berg. Tin' boundaries of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, which the Eng lish must eioss befoie the) can con quer, are formed by the Mkusl. I'niwo tosl and Tugela livers, the Katlilumba or Draketiberg mountains, and the Moihler anil Orange rivers. t every point on tin' southern, southeastern and southwestern approaches to tho republic there Is either a river to be crosM'd. an open plateau to be marched over in a plateau ami mountain wall to be scaled. The Mkusl. I'mwotosl and Tugela livers sweep across the southeastern border of tin Transaul, the Tugela forming a barrier to tho approach to L.idysmltli, Dundee and Mujuhu bill. The mountain elevations here range from 1,-00 feet above the level of the sea to more than 11,000 feet. This Is lu Natal laud, where Hiitlsh otciipy the plain approaches iiinl the Hoers the mountain heights. The Tugela Is deep, swift, has slippery bunks and Is exposed to gun lire from the hill and mountain crests. In this neighborhood unit also at Colenso, on the Tugela. there are peaks like Mount Aux (lOiuciM. It.lfiS feet ill height; Mount Metallic, 7.UU0 feet In height; Majuba, 7.000 feet; Champagne Castle. 10.:!."7 feet, and (Hunt's Castle. '.Mia" feet. The Hoers are familiar with ev ery trail of the ranges, have excellent artillery at the passes, and guns that command fonluhle places In the streams. Topographically the English me In the position of a man who must light uphill over I fit) miles beforo he passes Majuba and enters the Trans vaal valleys. Illn opponent may al ways lire down upon him. The Dr.ik enberg range forms part of tho south ern boundary of the Transvaal, and nearly all of the eastern boundary of the Orange Free State. At Huttlia Huthe, Ladybraud, Thlotsl, Ongeluks Nek and Zustron the elevations run fiom 1,000 to 8.000 feet. wiille the passes are few, the streams usually swollen with floods, and the trails obscure and misleading. It Is evident Hint the English ate without mountain guides and cannot rely on the loyalty of the Natal Dutch to give them accurate In formation. In the Colesherg district, due south of the Orange Free State, the Orange river forms a harrier of no small size. The stream Is one of the noble South African waterways, often Impassable, and well guarded on the Hoer side by plateaus and small ranges a second obstacle to tho approach to tier river breaks away from tho Orange south of Klmberley and forms a second obstacle to the approach to the dlnniond fields. About the Modder river and Klmberley the elevations reach a height of 1,000 feet ami aro controlled by thu Hoers. Tho English column of Gen. Duller Is nt Tugeru river; Methuen Is at Modder river, White is cooped up lu Ludysmlth, Gat acre Is at Sterkstroom, and Klmberley Ib besieged. Topographically Huller has a climb before him averaging 5,000 feet; Methuen's climb will averago 2,500 feet; White has Hoer guns look ing down on him from an elevation of 500 feet, and Klmberley Is commanded by guns from (!0() to 700 feet above Its plane. If this outer prospect Is not Inviting tho inner topographical formation of the Transvaal Is less so. The inner rim Is known as tho Koggevold, Nleu wevolil anil Quathalamba ranges. Tho highest point is the Mauchborg, 8,725 feet. Thero aro several ridges known as Verzamelburg, Randberg. Slauga plesberg and Komatlberg. Those full precipitously eastward toward tho LI coniba range, which maintains a mean elevation of '-'.000 feet. Olio-.Vrini'il I'IimiIhI. Philadelphia Record: A musical gonitis in the shape of a one-armed piano player made his appearance at a Norristown mimical1 tho other night, and stored an instantaneous success. Hesldes having a gentle touch, ho played with great expression, and could undoubtedly make some of tho two-armed Pudorew skies look to their laurels. Dreamy waltzes are his forte. When playing niai.iifs his educated member dashes from one cud ot the piano to tho other like m.ul, and he presents rather a comical sight. Al though ho renders t verytblng from cakewalks to the Intermezzo from "Cavnlleria Rustlcana," he doesn't know a note of music, but pl'iys every thing by ear. This unique, player's name is William Everly, and his boast is thnt ho has not been in one town moro than two days in tlu lust ten years. Ho lias an expert advance agent, who makes it a point to get acquainted among the upper classes, and always manages to have dates ahead for the one-armed musical won der. I'liiylnc tlin (Iiimn Correctly. Mamma Ethel, what do you mean by shouting in that disgraceful fash ion? See how quint Wllllo Is. Ethol Of course he's quiet; that's our game. Ho'a pupa coming homo late, and I'm you. Stray Stories, TO KNOW DhADLY SNAKLS. SIbh l U'lilrh Tlli'lr ClisiritfllT Miijt Mr Him nijiili'il, To distinguish between venomous and harmless snakes Is easy In prie the. but it Is dlfllcult to eplalti ill wouls alone, as there Is no one ex ternal eliariitteiistlc which distin guishes them It Is rather a peculiar varying union of many separate marks that hrauils tin dingctous ieptl'. Generally speaking, all i.uakes may he dhlded Into two gieat classes those wlilfh have the head covered with nu merous miiimII scale. ami those which have It fiixcrctl with large, legnhuiy lilted plates. Leaving out Hie cliplduo and the poisonous sea of sunken, with which the hunter will have nothing fo do, all snakes with small bead scales move about by night, ami those with large plates on the head by tiny. This may bo known b their eyes, for the llrst have vertical pupils like the cat's, while those of the latter are generally circular In form I he long, active day snakes, gliding about from bush to bush, or hurriedly taking refuge be neath some protruding rock or Moo "tump. Is harmless Ewu should he He colled lu the sunshine, he will lieu from approaching danger. Hut a ser pent nicely foiled in some secluded nook, which Instead of llcelug gathers himself closer together, Is most prob ably dangerous, particularly if be be mine or less marked Willi a suggestion of Irregulai cross bars or whitish or dirty yellow and tbirkei blown or blackish. This is the charactiMistle coloring of dim- dangerous 'snakes, the tattler, the copperhead and the moc tuslu. The following points ouihruco all the peculiarities of our American vipers, and the last two are especially noteworthy as the crowning proofs of venom. I. Moving about at dusk or by night, generally on the ground, and very rarely ascending trees or hushes. 2. Seldom flying In alarm, hut rather colling for defense. U. Colors gener ally subdued lu tint, with u semblance of Irregular crossbars of lighter ami daiker shades. I. Tail short, body stout, neck thin, head tint and very broad, especially behind. T. Scales keeled 1. e , each scale has a ridge down the middle, which gives the skin a tough appearance like a rasp. 0. Head covered with small scales, some times linger over the eyes or nose. 7. Eyes with vertical pupils like u cat's. S Two pits or holtM between the eyes ami nose, suggesting four nostrils. 0. Two long, curved, perforated fangs In the upper jaw Just In front of the eye, one on either side, and so hinged that tiny lie biekwanl. hidden from view In a membranous sheath, but erectile at will. Some of the llrst seven pecu liarities may he found In harmless snakes, hut It la only In the viper that they are united. Outing. VERDI WAS CLEVER. Great artistic aclileveineiitH or any sort lire .seldom found with good busi ness faculty nnd strong common sense, and, theiefore, some or the greatest musicians have simply starved, because they either would not condescend, or tliu not know how to tickle the popular fancy. Tho following story of Verdi shows that he Is a sharp niuii or busl ness as well as a musician. .lust as he wus on the point of fin ishing "11 Trovutore." he received a visit from an intimate friend, who was onu of the ablest of musicians ami critics. Vcnll allowed him to look nt the score anil to run over the chorus on the pianoforte. "What do you think of that?" asked the composer. "Trash, utter trash," said tho tonnolsaeur. Verdi rubbed his hands and chuckled gleefully. "Now look at this, and tills," he continued. "Rubbish, rubniHli," snld his friend, who to his utter be wilderment next found tne composer embracing him In u transport or Joy. "What do you mean?" asked ho In amazement. "My dear frloncl," replied Verdi, "1 have been composing a popular opera. I resolved that It should please every body except great Judges and chisslcal Ists like yourseir. Hud I pleased them I should have pleased no one else. What you say assuies me or success. In tin oe months '11 Trovutore' will bo sung, shouted, whistled and played on every barrel organ lluoughout the length nnd breadth or Italy." VVIieti .liiHlltn lliuUliit DPI u diver. Huron Hrampton, when Mr. Justice Hawkins, was accosted at a railway station once by a rough fellow who seemed anxious to help with the Jus tice's luggage. Struck by his friendli ness, Sir Henry said, "You seem very desirous to assist inc." "i'hat's what I am. sir," replied the man. "you see, sir, you once did mo a good turn." "Yes?" said the judge. "When and where, pray?" "When ye 'ung Crooked Hilly," replied tho man. "Me mid Hilly oncet was pals, mid we fell out. and Hilly said iib 'ow next time 'e chipped eyes on me 'e'd tlo tor me with a knife. I knovved Hilly, and knowed 'e'd tlo as ho saltl, and so 'o would If you 'atln't 'ung him In time. So I llko to tlo you a good turn, too, Sir 'Enry." Ilrriimi. Mr. Tucker "I think I shall give up my business, my dear. I might as Well have Home good out of my money." Mrs. Tucker "Oh, not yet,' Samuel! Hut when one or us dies I shnll glvo up housekeeping and sen a little of tho world." Hrooklyn Life. CoiiOilnriiln of Oltierx Tntllng. Ada It Is very beautiful, but i don't think you should accept so many pres ents from him. Edith Well, until ho oirers himself, 1 prefer not to hurt hla feelings, Hrooklyn Life, . '' i) , ', j AN. ISLES WIHEfW LABOR IS UNNEC KSSAIIY Ami VV'lirre Hie IYtl tlrinv Put on tlin rmlU Tlnil Suture Mm l'lrntl fiilly I'rotlili'tt - o I'oitirt.r unit No Crliiin. Tlieie are places on the earth where n tunti mat live comfortably nil bis life without doing uuv work, says Lemuel Cooper, who was born on the Island or Hu.it. in, one of the lt;iy group, a little ehulii or key lying somo :10 miles of the coast of Spanish Hon tluias. To starve there would be sim ply Impossible; it would he like try lug to drown a llsh. We have no beg gars ami iHxputipcr class to maintain. There has never been a murder, theft Is unknown mid locks are unnecessary Last year our mortality was one-fourth of one per cent. Ruutnti. continued Mr. Cooper. Is 10 miles long anil three miles wide. It has a population of about .'1.000 people, mostly ('nt Hi Indians, mid I doubt whether there Is In all the win It! a moie beautiful anil prollllc spot. The people are lazy simply because they don't have to work Cocoanufs form their mainstay mid there Is nothing easier to grow. To sftn u grove ono merely but us nlT a piece of land nnd plants the nuts lu rows no feet apart lu from four to live years' time the lues are a dozen feet high and begin ning to bear and after that the planter Is fixed fin Inc. He ma) bid allien to care. The nuts are never picked, but as thev mature they drop ofT. and this shower of fruit gois on steadily month after month all the year around. How long a tree will hear nobody can say, but there are some on the Island that are known to be over naif a century old and are still dropping their harvest of nuts. viien the unlive needs Miniething at the stoie ull be bus to do Is to gather together some nuts and trade them for what he wishes. He hulls them by striking them on a stake driven into the ground ami a man can easily hull II.ooil u tiny lu that manner. My two lumbers and myself shipped 1,100, 000 nuts last year, and the total ship ment from the islands would a vertigo about S.OOO.OCO. Elsewhere the hull Is a valuable by product mid Is iiiiinu f.n tared Into mat and ..unties and all sorts of liber ware, but no attempt has ever been made to utilize It on tho Hay Islands. Thousands upon thou hunds of dollais' worth of material has thus been allowed to rot on the ground. Every body udinlls ihut a fiber works would lie a profitable Industry, "but what Is the use'" the people say. "Haven't we everything we want al leady?" H Is the indolence thnt gets in th blood. The longer you llvo at Itiiatan the less you approve of toll. Other f i nils glow Just us easily as the cocoannt and the only reason way that especially Is grown is becauso It furnishes an easy crop, for which thero is always a ready market. Wo have plenty of bananas, oranges, mangoes, plums nnd pineapples, and they aro all delicious. They grow wild, without the slightest cultivation, and all ono has to tlo Is to pick them. Vegetables ait equally prolific, and our native yams easily averago 10 to no pounds lu weight. A piece of cano stuck In the ground takes toot and renews Itseir perennially for years. A stranger who comes to tho Islands Is Invariably nmnzed at the prodigality of nature and the apathy of the natives that is befoio the lazy reeling gets Into Ills blood. "Why don't you grow UiIb " ami "Why don't you cultivate that?" ho asks. Tho natives simply smile. "Why not take thlngd easy and bo happy?" Tho next Island to Runtan Is Utllbi. which has a population or about 800 and Is touched by several steamship lines. There Is a good deal ot trading from the Island along the Honduranian coiibI and the owners of the larger sloops and schooners make consider able money that way, but the main business Is In coeonnuts. The llrst Isl and or the chain Ib called Honaceo and has about tho same population as Wtllla. Then there aro two very small islands Harhnrat and Moral. The strangles who occasionally drift to the Hay Islands, through one chance nnd another, rarely leave. They aro like the lotus eaters In Tennyson's pnem. The American consul at preh eat Is Mr. Johnson, who comes from Wisconsin, lie was delighted with th spot anil sent at once for his wifn and daughter. 1'hey are all thero together now and Insist that they will never leave. The climate, by tho way, Is singularly equable The thermometer has never been known to rail below (iO or to rise above ,S8. Hclng part or Spanish Honduras, we are, of course under the government ot Hint republic, but we ui o too rur away to over he disturbed by the stoims of revolution, and at present things are peculiarly seiene. The Hay Islands have the distinction or having the largest sharks lu the world in their waters. They are found three or four miles from the coast anil Irequeutly grow to a length of 50 feet. reriiil4ll(i of tlm Hilltirt. It has been estimated that any crack steamer leaving New York takes with It bouquets worth from $5,000 to $15, 000. In a few hours the passengera be gin to fool queer anil send tho llowers out of their rooms. Then they aro collected by the stewards, carefully sorted over and put into the ico-houso and when the vessol reaches her Eng lish port they aro sold and tho profits divided among tho mqu. A loafer never allows himself to get out of practice. t ' IT V. II 1 J vj