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Mainel'i Officers to Sheathe
His Sword, Now Draws it for
a Fret Ballot to Show Whether
the People Want a Republic or
a Monarchy.
T'JY, Spain. The chief of the
Portuguese Royalists, who are
at present arranging In the lit
tle town on tho Spanish fron
tier to tnvado tho territory of
the republic, Is Senor Captain Hen
rique de Palva Coucelro, uow living
at Orense, about six hourB' Journey
by railway from the frontier.
Aa If his attempt succeeds, he will
at onco attain very great prominence,
and aa In, any case he seems bound
to make his mark on current Portu
guese history, a description of him at
the present moment cannot be out
of place.
Clear Headed, Resourceful.
He is about 35 years of ago, but
looks younger. Ills mother was Eng
lish, he speaks English like an Eng
lishman, and tho cold determination
with which he Is planning the over
throw of the republic betrays the
methodical Briton rather than tho
Tolatlle Lusltanlan. Ho is olear-hcad-ed,
resourceful, gifted with excellent
Judgment; abovo all he has great mil
itary talent and enjoys an extraordin
ary popularity among the Royalist
and Conservative elements In his na
tive land.
His campaigns In Africa were con
ducted with great brilliancy and skill,
and even if they were waged against
negroes we must remember that even
negroes have, from time to time, giv
en great trouble to English, French
and German troops. During this Afri
can warfare Palva Coucelro also dis
played extraordinary personal brav
ery. This quality will stand him in
good stead during his coming Invasion
of Portugal with a handful of mon.
During the October revolution Cou
celro was tho one man on the Roy
alist side who fought well, and he
would easily have crushed the rev
olution bad It not been for the cow
ardice or treachery of his superiors
and of the prime minister.
When the revolution broke out,
Coucelro was captain In command of
a battery of artillery at Quehus on the
outskirts of the capital. When he
heard the first shots he went to the
general staff for Instructions but found
that Institution In a state of panto
and confuBlon. The local general of
division was sick and bad left every
thing to subordinates. The minister
of war, a man of singular Incompet
ence, revealed at the critical moment
a depth of Ignorance of which even
his worst enemies had never suspect
ed him.
Demanded Order to Fight.
Palva Coucelro, Irritated at this
spectacle, asked for permission to
bring his troops Into action. But he
could not get an answer. The Inde
cision and confusion was too great
'Nobody knew what to do. Precious
hours were lost In futile discussions
and the drawing uy of fantastic plans.
Meanwhile, the great bulk of the for
ces which would have died to a man
for the monarchy were Immobilized
and useless.
Palva Coucelro at length quitted
the general staff in great anger and,
taking a carriage drove to Queluz at
full speed. Before be reached the
battery bis resolution was already
taken. If the monarchy must fall It
were better that It should fall In the
blood of Its faithful soldiers than that
it should go down without a blow be
ing struck In its defense. Like "Bon
ny Dundee" ho declared that "e'er the
king's crown shall fall there are
crowns to be broke." In other words
he ordered out his battery and tried
to persuade bis fellow officers In com
mand of other detachments to accom
pany him. There other officers were
as loyal as himself but, In tho absence
1 of orders from the general staff, they
felt obliged to decline tho Invitation,
Palva Coucelro went without them.
He forced hlB way on to the heights
commanding the city, drove before
him various bodies of republicans who
attempted- to bar the way, Joined forc
es with a loyal infantry regiment
which had still kept the king's flag
flying, and Anally took up a position
on the heights occupied by the peni
tentiary, that Is, In a situation com
manding the whole revolutionary
force.
Here then began between the two
redoubts a formidable artillery duel
which was the most terrible Incident
of the revolution and which lasted
more than half an hour. Had it con
tinued a few moments longer the rev
olution would have failed. As a mat
ter of fact, all the officers of the regu
lar army who had Joined the Insur
gent fled, leaving only Machado San
toe, a non-commissioned marine offi
cer, fa command of a disorganized
mass of men wildly searching for
somebody to surrender to.
This is not exaggerated, though it
may seem to be so. Innumerable ac
count of the revolution have since
published by republicans.
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they all admit that at this period all
was regarded by tho Insurgents as lost
beyond redemption. The fugitive reb
el officers did not stop their motor
cars till they had reached Spain, and
nothing surprised them more than
when they were told next day that the
republicans had succeeded.
Mysterious Order Obeyed.
But at this critical moment two offi
cers rode up to the chief of the roy
alist battery and commanded him in
the name of the general staff to retire.
How such an order came to be given
Is ono of the many mysteries of this
extraordinary day. But Palva Cou
eiro could not disobey it, and he fell
back. His retreat, effected slowly and
in perfect order, was watched in per
fect silence by the shattered revolu
tionists In the rotunda. TheBe gentle
men could hardly believe their eyes.
They must have felt like Cromwell
when be saw the Scotch troops desert
their Impregnable positions at Dun
bar. His retreat was followed by great
confusion In the royalist infantry regi
ment which supported htm. That con
fusion was increased by hand grenades
thrown among those faithful troops by
the Carbonados.
On returning to Queluz Coucelro
sent his now useless battery Into the
barracks and hastened to CIntra In
order to see the king. Ho had a
strong personal affection for the young
monarch, and he Intended to lay his
sword at Dom Manuel's feet, begging
blm at the same time to place himself
at the head of the troops which still
remained faithful, to decide on a
strenuous resistance, to concentrate
a force which would be sufficient to
suffocato the revolutionary move
ment. In CIntra Couceire was told that the
king had gone to Mafra. At Mafra he
was told that Dom Manuel had left for
Erlcelra. The brave captain gallop
ed desperately to the latter place. On
reaching It his first question was
"Ondo osta o Rel?" ("Where Is the
king?") By way of answer some fish
ermen pointed out to sea where a
ship was disappearing on the azure
horizon. "The king," they said, "baa
gone."
For tho first time that day the brave
captain lost his temper and gave vent
to his angry disappointment In ono
memorable and violent word, not out
of place In the mouth of a seasoned
soldier, but too strong for reproduc
tion In theso columns.
Palva Coucelro then returned to his
house, discarded bis official uniform
for civil attlro and sent his resigna
tion to the minister of war. It was
a courageous act, for ho has no pri
vate means and has been living on his
pay. It also meant apparently an end
to his rapid rise In the only career
for which he cared. But this act of
self-sacrifice and of moral dignity has
given Coucelro more prestige than his
victories In Mozambique and his suc
cessful governorship of Angola.
Refuses Promotion.
The republicans knew his value, so
that they not only refused to accept
bis resignation, but immediately pub
lished a decree promoting him to the
artillery general staff. He was the
only royalist whom the victorious re
publicans thus honored, but he persist
ed In his refusal to serve the new re
gime. Private friends brought the
greatest possible pressure to bear on
him, and evidently he could by a word
have procured his advancement to
places of great importance and of large
emoluments. That he resisted these
almost irresistible appeals to bis van
ity, his ambition and his natural long
ing for an assured and highly remu
nerative position shows him to be a
more than ordinary man. But he could
not, by accepting office under the re
public, condone the disgraceful murder
of officers by privates which bad cer
tainly stained the victory of the revo
lutionists. Ht could not excuse the
way in which tho common soldier had
been corrupted by secret society men.
Goes to Teaching.
At first ito taught English In a pri
vate school at Lisbon while still al
lowing his name to appear on the army
lists. After some months' observation
of political development In Lisbon he
became convinced that the country
was drifting toward a precipice, that
the insubordination in the army and
in all departments of state would
quickly lead to chaos, from which Port
ugal would only emerge without any of
her oversea possessions, from whloh
she might never emerge as an inde
pendent nation. He therefore proposed
to the. government that it should re
sign In favor of another provisional
government of Imperial character, but
military in its nature. This second gov
ernment was to take a national plebis
cite aa to the form of regime which the
country wanted. Whatever the result
of that referendum might be, Coucelro
promised to approve of It, and to serve
the government which the people
chose.
That Coucelro should have seriously
presented such a proposition to Pres
ident Braga shows how lofty and at
the same time naive was his character.
The provisional government refused ol
course to abdicate, whereupon Cou
celro declared that henceforth he would
devote his life to ejecting that govern
ment by force, that he would go abroad
and spend all his time plotting the
overthrow of President Braga, Affonso
Costa ft Co. He would, however, re
main in Lisbon 24 hours so as to give
the republicans an opportunity to ar
rest him.
Beginning of the Revolt.
This time limit passed without the
government making any move, where
upon Couclero went to Vigo and set
on foot the great royalist plot which
threatens at present the existence of
the new regime This step caused an
Immense sensation in Portugal and
though the republic proposes to re
gard the captain's preparations with
indifference, It has shown Its Intense
fear of him by bringing pressure on
the Spanish authorities to move him
from place to place, and by protesting
continually and loudly through its rep
resentatives In Madrid at the captain's
presence near the frontier. In con
sequenco of this Captain Coucelro has
been moved from at least two places,
Vigo and Santiago.
In moving him tho Spanish authorl
les act" with great ceremony and sym
pathy so that Coucelro's wanderings
semble the progress of an exiled mon
arch rather than tho fittings of a con
spirator moved on by the police.
Santiago de Compostela was tho last
place from which Concolro was dis
lodged. Tho Portuguese authorities
had considered It too near the fron
tier. But the Spanish government has
now allowed tho captain to establish
his headquarters at Orense, which Is
situated on the Mlnho only 40 miles
from Portugal (Santiago Is nearly 120),
and It will probably be somewhere be
tween Orense and Tuy that the fron
tier river will be eventually crossed.
Paiva de Coucelro has Issued two or
three proclamations which have been
distributed everywhere throughout
Portugal. In these he points out
that ho does not care whether Portu
gal is a republic or a monarchy. He
wants t to let him know which form
of government it wishes. At the pres
ent moment it is unable to make' its
wishes known, all anti-republican news
papers and organizations having been
suppressed and all conservative propa
ganda having been prevented the elec
tion, Most ol Coucelro's supporters
are, however, Manuellsts.
In another proclamation Coucelro
makes the very singular statement
that Spain is anxious to intervene In
Portugal and that Germany is strong;
ly encouraging her to do so In tho
hope that some of the Portugueso col
onies may fall to the Fatherland.
GIRL HAS QUEER MONUMENT
Fantaatlo Conception Is Memorial to
Daughter, Who Was Her
Father's Idol.
Htoomtngton, 111. in tho rural ceme
tery known ns I'lensant Ridge In Platl
county, Illinois, a short distance
southeast of Hloomlngton, there
stands a stately monument which Is
ono of the most remarkablo conceived
by man. Perhaps In all tho grave
yards of the world, there Is no mora
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to loved ones who havo passed to tho
other shore.
The devotion that Unnnlbal Clark, a
slmplo minded but wealthy farmer,
displayed toward his daughter, Mary,
stands out prominently with every
blow wielded by tho stono engraver.
When she died nt the ngo of sixteen,
ho decided to porpetuato upon the
family monument not only tho dates
showing tho birth nnd dunth of each
member, but alBO some verses of
poetry appropriate, and also In the
case of the daughtor, reproductions
of nnlmals and farm sconus. Every
thing that tho girl loved In llfo was
to be reproduced upon her monument
aftor death, according to tho direc
tions of the sorrowing parent.
Her entlro existence was spent up
on the farm and she know but little
of the wide world outside. Sho was
passionately fond of tho pursuits oi
agriculture and of domestic life as
sho experienced it upon her father's
farm. She was the applo of her
father's eye and ber untimely death
broke his heart. He soon followed
her to the grave, but not until ho had
left minute instructions concerning a
monument commemorating the traits
and affections of the daughter and
also some epitaphs concerning his
wlfo and himself.
The daughter's favorite expression
was, "Now, ma, let's go to sleep," and
"Get ready, ma, nov fot us go," and
others similar. These were ordered
carved upon the huge shaft of granite
together with no less than fifty sym
bols showing objects on the farm,
nmc g thorn being tho following: Side
saddlo, pair of scissors, thimble, vio
lin, copies of love letters, owl, fish,
horse, cow, turkey, hen, rooster, dog,
cat, grain cradle, plow, fence, house,
bird, etc. It required months of pa
tient labor upon the part of the monu
ment maker to complete this strange
monument
That tho old man's reverence to
ward his daughter was extreme, is
Indicated In tho.-(unlque manner in
which ho has sought to perpetuate
her peculiarities. Ho doubtless be
lieved In his slmplo way that this
would please ber. Relatives objected
strenuously against the erection of
such a remarkable monument, but the
whim of tho old man could not be
disregarded and it stands conspicu
ously in tho rural cometory, an ob
ject of extraordinary Interest
NARROWEST STREET IN U. S.
It Is Found In 8t. Augustine, Florida,
and Is Only 8even Feet
In Width.
I St. Augustine, Fin. Tho narrowest
street in the United States Is found in
I St. Augustine. It is called Treasury
1 street, and Is only seven feet in width,
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Treasury Street, St. Augustine.
a fact which is proved by the man
with extended arms, bis hands touch
ing both Bides of the street. The
streets in the old section of this city
are all very narrow, most of them be
ing only 12 to 15 feet wide, with ex
ception of Treasury street These
streets are lined with the old Spanish
residences built of coqulna, a curious
coral conglomerate, easily quarried,
but becoming extremely hard when
exposed to the sir for a long time.
His Belongings
If ownership of something Is es
sential for a man, It Is for a boy as
well. It Is nccossary In a roan be
causo God has put him In tho midst of
things that are to be owned, has given
him n doslro for possession and has
distinctly told him to subdue and use
them.
So a boy must begin to have things
of hlH own, for ho needs training
in that, as well as lu his momory or
reiiBonlng or power of speech. Through
his momory, ho owns much; through
laying up something, ho Is providing
for tho future nnd Increasing his pres
ent enjoyments and opportunities.
Ono can own only what he ran
know and use. Tho vngrnnt hnH noth
ing to enjoy j the very rich own very
little of what they havo, because they
cannot enter Into It, Just ns a man
run have great supplies of food, but
only nsslmllato one meal at a time.
Hut some men nro llkoSan arrow go
through life and accumulato nothing.
A boy must grntlfy that deslru, Be
euro that discipline and feel that re
sponsibility, by owning and caring
for and managing something. Ho must
havo his own comb nnd brush, toys,
books, clothes and articles of useful
ness. His pockets show his passion
for possession, n blind desire, work
ing without the power of selection,
and tho result Is an aggregation of
things entirely usclesu, except to a
boy knlfo, tops, marbles, bean
shooters, beeswax, bullets, buckloB,
leud, scrap Iron, Blings, strlngH, fish
ing hooks, fishing lines, fishing worms,
chewing gum, llcorlco, candy, pills.
There Is an age when he Is more
active in such enterprises, but ho Is
doing the samo thing ho does when
he amasses wealth. Ho has a trading
age, from about eleven to fifteen,
when ho will trade any thing ho has
for any thing any other boy baa cats
and dogs and pigeons and toys nnd
any of tho things he carries In his
pockets.
Ho must not only possess things,
but take care of them as well. The
penalty for not having what he can
call his own Is that he never has
anything to glvo to others, Is thrift
less, selfish, bogging, borrowing nnd
tempted to steal what he would like
to have. Possessions' mean power
and thrift is preparation for peace.
He cannot take care of his own
things unless he bas a place for them
which Is his own. That is one of the
reasons why a boy should have a
room, and a trunk, and the equipment
with which he can take care of his
things. That Is not the only reason
His Own Man
Every boy looks forward, with spe
cial delight to the time when he will
bo his own man, as he likes to phrase
It, at least, as we boys used to express
it By that, ho mcanB tho tlmo when
he can do as bo wishes, as the growfj
folks do, and not be responsible to
anyone but himself; when ho can
quit going to school and running on
errands, If he wishes.
If he does not know it at first, he
has to learn that he does not become
his own man by simply passing out
from under the control of his parents,
but by coming under the control of
bis own higher nature his Judgment
and will and conscience. When he
reaches tho age for taking hlmBclf out
of tho hands of his parents, Just as
thoy once reached a similar age, he
must havo been bo trained In the
mnstery of himself that bo 1b ready
for the now responsibility. And. un
less be has been given llttlo tasks In
self' direction all along, and more and
more, us he got used to It, be will
havo too big a Job on his bands all at
onco. Tho best thing his father and
mothor ever do for him Is to teach
blm to get along without them, while
thoy tako their place beside him as
companions and friends.
Mnny a boy Is, In fact, wiser than
his parents and Is so recognized be
fore bo Is old enough to bo free from
tho law of obedience, but It 1b not a
good thing to lot blm know that they
think him wiser. Before ho Is really
his own man two things are neces
sary. Ho must reject any other mas
ter and must secure posltlvo and per
sonal control over every power of hl
body nnd mind. Three rivals will dis
pute bis right.
One rival 1b some strong personality
In the form of a boy who appeals to
tils weakness or evon his good traits.
If that boy controls him, he Is not his
own man. Another rival is public sen
timent, In tho form of the bunch or
gang with which he goes. A boy will
help make laws for the crowd without
feeling the need of any discipline for
himself, and yet he is not bis own man
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hi. nrivat. urn
hi. nih riai la found on tho in-
side, among the passions and Im
pulses and fancies which are likely to
take the reins or government In hand
any minute, A hot temper Is one of
those rivals. When he is controlled
by temper or Jealously or envy, when
he lets any vulgar passion run away
with blm, that becomes his master.
Tho effect of this Is to weaken his
will, confuse bis Judgment and dull
his conscience.
When a boy becomes bis own man
he should have a separate room, but
that Is enough.
What has been said about all of this
applies especially to bis money. As
he is expected to make money and
possess It and uso It In tho future, he
must begin It, as a boy, and learn to
do It In the right way, so as to avoid
the wrong way later. The vory same
principles that ho Is to observe then
aro to be acted upon now, both be
eatiso they nro right and becauso he
will not act on thorn, as a man, un
less ho learns to act on them now.
Often ho can corn money without
weakening his senso of obligation to
serve his parents or tho family. I re
call, with tho grcatost pleasure the
money my cousin nnd I mnde for our
selves and saved for his father, by
gathering up tho apples, that would
otherwise havo gono to waste In hie
father's orchard, and selling them om
tho streets of Petersburg and giving
awny what wo failed to sell. W
turned one-half tho gross reoelftsi
over to tho owner of tho orchard aai'
divided tho other half between us.
But It Is a question, even today.
whethor we found more pleasure t
tho monoy wo made or In the way we
niado it
How shall he toko care of it? Be
will bo apt to get rid of It fast enooga.
That was an oxcoptlonal boy, who
swallowed tho five dollar gold piece
and they applied tho stomach pump to
recover It. His Hebrew father cob
plained bitterly at tho boy's cupidity,
for oil ho could got back was $2.50.
Hut as to the allowance. It must
bo given Id such a way as to keep him
responsible to his parents. As it
comes regularly, it cultivates in him
order and system. A pocket book, to
keep It In, ministers to bis pleasure,
makes 'him orderly and enables him1
to save It more easily. An account
book to sot down recolptn and ex
penditures In, trains him In the virtue
of accuracy. Reports to his father
each week, keep alive the sense of re
sponsibility to authority, even for his
own things. Requiring htm to save a
part of each week's allowance enables
him to accumulate and encourages
thrift. A small reward for additional
savings will still further teach him
the value of money. A rigid refusal to
allow him to spend it, In Injurious
ways, may prevent spendthrift habits.
Putting as much as possible every six'
months in a savings bank, that will
pay him Interest, gives bim an ides
of business. Meeting some of his
personal expenses with his own money
will teach him foretnougnt and
denial.
ho has to take in band a great many
different things that belong to him
and Insist on being with him all the
time. He has to take charge of his
imagination, and th-t is no easy task.
Now a boy naturally prefers to con
trol othors rather than himself. Think
ing ho Is right, be Is not apt to single
himself out for special disciplinary
treatment, and ho usually regards en
forced obedience to those who insist
on being over blm as all the dlsclp1
line bo needs, which means that the
task of acquiring self control mutt be
set by author. Boys will form laws
and by-laws for their clubs, but they
do not aim at discipline In the interest
of self control.
. And ho has another drawback. He
Is in a state of unstable equilibrium
and he must learn himself, as new
traits como out Then he seems to
drop evurythlnc elso to got acquainted
with the latest comer among his at
tributes; while he is doing that some
thing, unexpected is likely to tax
place The result is turmoil and
seeming defeat But he mounts again
and is In tho saddle. Thus he learns.
A good test of Beit control is ability
to fix and bold one's attention to a
given matter as long aa ha wishes.
The old story Is In point, on the re
verse side, about the man who grew
rich by tolling bow to turn eggs lato
gold. His formula was simple. The
mouuy was collected in advance aad
would be refunded it the formcUa
was faithfully tried without the prom
ised results. Tako the yolks of a
dozen eggs, hold them over tho fire
ono minute without onco thinking of
tho word Hippopotamus.
If a boy cannot be his own mast
without having control of him k
then he must be master of bis body.
That means to conserve his strength
and prevent all spoliation of it He
must be able to handle tha body as
the driver his horse. It means
he keeps his powers at the highest '
gree of efficiency. He Is not his
master If he does not keep a
body. He Will knOW hOW to reUX
rest He must know himself and
on the alert when those curious
ranld chemical changes take place fca
the body and require instant
ment. He must control his
He must keep his imagination c
He must fix bis eyes on the
goal
He must acquire thU through imita
tion of an attractive example and we
all know where he ought to find that
example. Others must have thought
it out for him and led him into bis
kingship over himself.
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