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NEBRASKA
NiiUnAiii'.A ItbWc.
. Hon. A. O. Cooptr of Humboldt, whili
overseeing the storing nwny of hit
mammoth buy crop, had a hand bdl
i rippled by.n liny- fork.
Richard S. Cllnkrnbosrd. nn old eltl
ten of Nebraska City, died lnnt week
aged 74 years. He bun been uu Invalid
for some time. He loaves u widow
and six grown children.
A heavy rain fell nt Nebraska City
the past week, the fall reaching nearly
two Inches. Some fields of oats were
lodged by the wind and rain, but the
damage which will result Is thought tq
be Inconsiderable. Alt crops aiu now
In splendid condition.
It has been determined that Octoben
1 shall be Chicago day At the Exposl.
tlon. General Manager Clarkson says
that It Is expected that the ofllclnla of
the city and the greater part of tbJ
population will be there at that time.
There will be special rallroud rates aim
rousing exercises In Chicago's own way!
William Knight, the man who at
tempted to kill Wesley Worthen by.
shooting him at Tecumseh last Sun.
day for alleged alienation of his wife's,
affections, was bound over to the dis
trict court for trial on his preliminary)
examination. The examination was In
the county court and the Judge fixed
ball at $1,000. Knight could nut furnish
the ball and went to Jail.
The tight board fence surmounted
by several strands of barb wire which
the exposition management put around
the grounds has not secured the ex-i
posltlo nagalnst the American "kid."
In most places the barrier has proved
effective, and about all that has been
necessary has been to fill up the holes
under the fence made from time trt
tlmo by the burrowing urchin. When
the whirling exit gates were put In
place It was soon observed that an
other problem was to be solved. In,
spite of tho utmost watchfulness the
small boy would manage to crowl thro"!
between the rounds, and this evil has,
grown to' such proportions that the
gates are being made over. The space)
between the rounds Is being so de-t
creased that a lad would have to do,
something like going through a clothes'
wringer In order to enjoy free of cost
the magnificent sights on the grounds.
A bold attempt to rob W. B. Lyttle,
an old gray haired man, aboard the'
Itock Island train due In Omaha nt!
1:25 p. m., was frustrated by Mrs. D.
W. Moss of Dps Moines, who was a'
witness of the affair. As Mr. Lyttle
was about to alight from the train the'
two men approached him. One grabbed
his valise and engaged his attention,
while the other started to rifle hl&
pocketB. Mrs. Moss rushed to the res
cue of the old man and grabbing one'
of the pickpockets by the coat collar'
held him while she yelled lustily for a
policeman. Just as Patrolmen Cou
ncil and Kelly appeared the crook dash
ed out of the car but was soon cap
tured. His pal was also arrested, The
prisoners gave their names as George
Raymond and Dave Temple. Temple
had been given twenty-four hours to'
leave the city, Thursday, by the police
judge, In connection with his arrest'
for trying to rob a Turner delegate
here last week.
Two confidence men In Omaha are
coining money nowadays by beguiling
unsophisticated young men from the,
country. Charles Johnson of South
Dakota met the two confidence men
the other afternoon. They played a
trick on him that had won for them
H25 the day before. He came In contact'
with the first man at the exposition
grounds and was surprised to find that
this fascinating stranger was from.
South Dakota, knew many prominent
people there and was visiting the ex
position to secure a few days of respite
from ofTlclal duties at the state house.l
He accompanied Johnson down town
and took him to a Sixteenth street'
saloon. There the confederate showed
up and a game of dice followed. Sooa
Johnson displayed his money, which
amounted to a little over $20. In a flash
one of the men seized It and vanished,
apparently much to the surprise of th
other stranger, who advised Johnson
to Immediately report the matter at tho
police station.
WAR NOTES.
The quarantine station at Mobile
bay burned. Including fumigating ma
chinery and wharf. The loss Is $5,000:
Insurance, $13,000.
Madrid. The British consul at Honp
Kong cables that the Insurgents at
Cavlte. Manila bay, have revolted
against the Americans. He adds that
a sharp fusllade was exchanged, and
that the result was not known.
In another part of his dispatch the
Spanish consul makes the assertion
that the majority of the Philippine In
surgents have received the American
reinforcements with hostility, "because
they Included numbers of negroes."
Washington. D. C The government
has not yet determined how to dispose
of Admiral Cervern. A feeling of the
highest admiration prevails here at the
actions of the old warrior and the no
ble spirit exhibited by him In his mis.
fortune. The disposition is to treat,
him with as great liberality as condi
tions will permit.
It has been proposed that he be re.
leased on parole not to engage In hos
tilities again the United States until
the end of the war, but It hns not
been decided to do this, or confine him
technically within the limits of the no.
val academy reservation at Annapolis.
All the other Spanish naval officers will
be confined there, save the surgeons,
who will be allowed to remain with
the enlisted men at the prison station
nt Seavey's island, Portsmouth har.
bor. N. H.
Before Santiago (via Port Antonio
and Kingston, Jamaica.) One secret of
the determination of the Spanish sol
diery In Santiago to fight to death was
the belief which prevailed generally
among them that prisoners taken by
the Americans would be put to the
sword.
It is now known that after the fall
of El Caney on July 1 the Spanish sol.
dlers who escaped along the foothills
marched directly Into General Garcln's
men, posted north of Santiago. They
fought desperately, but were shown no
mercy by the Cubans, and were ma.
cheted to the last man. Genernl Del
Rio, who has command, was brutally
mutilated. The knowledge of this mas
Bacre found Its way Into Santiago and
prompted the Spanish resolution to dp
rather tnan surrenaer.
The voluntary surrender of some of
the wounded Spanish ofllcers and me'
has dispelled the delusion and Is help
ag to Induce General Toral to con
sider the proposition to capitulate.
THE EUGENE MOORE CASE REVIEWED
ItShowa How tho Republican Courts Rosortto Anarchistic Praotloosto
Shlolti and Protect Tholr Party Agents---ASampIo of Tholr Work.
Lincoln, Neb. -Eugene Moore was
auditor of public accounts for four
years. When the time came for him
to turn the office over to his succes
sor, Mr, Cornell, the public records
showel that he had In his hands 127,
21S belonging to the state. No part of
this sum was turned over by him and
he went out of olflce short In his ac
counts to thut extent. The fact of the
shortage was soon brought to the at
tention of the attorney general, who
at once proceeded to collect the money.
After considerable effort he Induced
Moore to turn ever to the state treas
urer $1,600. Shortly afterwards ho dis
covered that Mooro had $2,500 on de
posit In the Columbia National bank of
Lincoln. He at onco notified the bunk
not to pay that deposit or any
part of It to Moore or any other per
son but the state treasurer, for the
reason that It was state money. Moore
attempted to get this money out of
the bank by drawing a check for It In
favor of Jacbk MucColl, ex-republlcan
candidate for governor. MocColl ap
peared and demanded payment of the
check, but the bank having the notice
of the attorney general not to pay any
person but the state treasurer, refused
to pay the check. MacColl, however,
was not to be put off eusily. He sought
Moore and brought him to the bank
and the two made every effort to per
suade the bank to pay MacColl the
state's money. The bank, however, was
persistent and MacColl got none of It.
Soon nfter, Moore, llndlng that he
could not dispose of the money other
wise, drew a check for It In favor of
the state treasurer, nnd the check was
afterward paid to Mr. Mcserve. and
thus $1,000 of the $27,218 which Moore
owed was collected through the en
deavors of tho uttorney general's onice.
This money was charged ngalnst
Moore on the books of his office when
his term of office expired nnd was col.
lected by him as fees for agents' cer
tificates Issued to. and other services
performed, for the different Insurance
companies doing business In tho state.
Without thes; certificates and other
services which Moore performed tho
Insurance companies could not do bus
iness In tho state. The law required
them to pay to the stato so much for
each rertlflcate received nnu so much
for curtain other services which the
law required the auditor to perform for
thorn. These fees were paid by tho
Insurance companies to Mooro under a
statute pussed In 1873. and which was
therefore about twenty-eight years old
when Moore went out of office.
Tho statute Just referred to was
treated by Moore and all of his pre
decessors In ofllce as a valid statute.
In fact, the state officers bad treated
It so for nearly thirty years. It had
been twice before the supreme court,
and each time the court declared It to
be a valid law and on one occasion Is.
sued a mandamus to compel un auditor
to turn Into the state treasury Just
such fees as Moore had collected on
the ground that they belonged to the
state.
Having the statute nnd these decis
ions before him the attorney general
found no difficulty In renchlng the con
clusion that $23,218 which Moore had
failed to account for belonged to the
state and consequently that Moore had
embezzled that much of the state's
property. Therefore he caused Moore
to be arrested for embezzling the state
money. Moore admitted thut ho col
lected the money and used It for his
own purposes, but denied that It be
longed to the state. This denial was
based upon the theory that the law
Just referred' to was Invalid. If the law
was invalid then the money which
Moore had embezzled did not belong to
THE WAR SCANDAL GROWS.
It would seem as If by this time the
war had developed Its worst features
so far as the rallroadB are concerned.
They are hopelessly Incompetent and
have given, In an Indirect way, aid and
encouragement to Spain ever since the
outbreak of hostilities. But there is one
man In congress with courage enough
to call a halt. He Is representative Al
bert M. Todd of Michigan. Mr. Todd
has made known some fncts concerning
the proceedings of the railroads during
this war very astonishing facts and
he demands an explanation. He wants
to know first of all why the president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad company
bus been appointed a member of Quar
termaster General Ludlngton's staff,
with the rank of general, and placed In
entire charge of the transportation ar
rangements. "It Is simply authorizing
a man," declares Mr. Todd, "as agent
for the government to contract with
himself as manager of a rullwuy and i
O. K. his own bills. The railways even
dictated the location of camps, nam
ing places where competition la Impos
sible." Mr. Todd might have udded
something regarding the way in which
our troops have been mobilized, nnd
the cuttle quarters assigned to them.
Those who have had opportunities of
witnessing the movements of troops on
the state owned rnllronds of Prussia
will understand what u singular depth
of Incapacity has been reached In our
own country through private enter
prise. It Is certainly a great triumph
of private enterprise for a railroad cor
poration to have its president put in
charge of transportation by tne gov
ernment, with full authority to act for
the government os well as the corpo
ration. But this is not the only feature of this
business that Is exposed by Mr. Todd.
"The fact that JG 000.000 Is asked to pay
for the transportation of soldiers and
but $2,700,000 for their subsistence for
the coming year seems to this con
gressman to have "a blnlster nppear
unce." He has Introduced into the house
a resolution of Inquiry regarding eon
tracts between the war department and
the railroad corporations, but It Is
very likely that the house may not
care to push such an inquiry. Mr.
Todd gives some very intrestlng par
ticulars regarding the prices paid to
the corporations. When the president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad company
was placed In charge of the transporta
tion by the government, the Hist thing
he did was to Increase the sums paid to
the corporations. When It was desired
to send the Michigan naval reserves
from Detroit to Norfolk, arrangements
were partially effected by the state of
ficials whereby the men were to be
carried at $7.28 each. "When the con
tract was about to be closed," says Mr.
Todd, "the transportation bureuu of
the war department Interposed an ob
jection that an arrangement had al
ready been made with another railway
to carry the reserve's nt a rate ilf more
than $12 each an advance of nearly $5
per man." Nor does Mr. Todd tall to
notice the ract tnai ine acc-ommuuu-tlons
provided by the railroads for our
soldiers are worse than those, In manv
cases, provided for cattle.
the state, and as a result Moore could
n't be held on tho charge that he had
embezzled the state's money.
The case wbb heard pn demurrer be
fore Judge Hall of the Lancaster county
district court. The arguments on both
sides were lengthy and elaborate. E
cry point wns earnestly contested.
Judge Hall sustained the attorney gen
eral's contention and held thnt Moore
was guilty of stealing the state's mon
ey. Some time thereafter the case
came on for trial before Judge Cornish
of the same court. Moore ugaln ad
mitted that he took the money, but
denied that It was the state's money,
taking the same position that he took
before Judge Hall. Again the argu
ments were very full and exhaustive,
but Judge Cornish after some weeks'
deliberation decided In favor of the
uttorney general's position and sen
tenced Moore to eight years In the pen.
Itentlnry, but Judges Norvnl and Har
rison were of a different opinion, they
decided that the law igas Invalid and
that Moore should be turned loose. To
do this they were compelled to overrule
the previous decisions of the supreme
court with respect to the validity of the
law, to set aside as invalid a statute
which had been recognized as valid for
nearly thirty years by all of the courts,
by the legislature and the executive
department. The decision did not meet
with the approval of the bar of the
state, and law abiding citizens every
where regret that Judges Norval and
Harrison deemed It necessary to over
turn the law which had stood the
lest so long nnd to overrule the decis
ion of their own court In order to set
free a great public criminal. Judge
Sullivan put the case well when he
said at the close of his opinion:
"The defendant by his plea of guilty,
has confessed that he received the
money embezzled as auditor of public
accounts, and I do not think we should,
either directly or by necessary Impli
cation, overturn one of our own de
cisions In 'order to hold that his con
fession Is false."
If Moore Is not tn the penitentiary
today, where he ought to be, it cer
tainly Is not the fault of the attorney
general. He succeeded In Inducing
three Judges to Bay that Moore ought
to be there, but he failed In securing
a decision to that elTect from two
Judges. It happened that these two
possessed greater power than the three
and hence Moore Is free.
The county attorney of Lancaster
county had Moore nrrested afterwards
on the ground that he embezzled the
Insurance companies' moneys, n oc
curred to him that If the money whloh
Moore took wns not the state'p money
that It must be the Insurance compa
nies' money. The case was tried to a
jury and Moore was acquitted. With
this case the attorney general had no
thing to do. He ceased his efforts the
moment that It was decided that the
money which Moore stole was not the
state's money. But the fnllure of th5
county attorney to secure the convic
tion of Moore emphasized the difficulty
with which the attorney general has
had to contend. The county attorney
was a republican, trying the case before
a republican court, with a republican
Jury. Everything therefore was In his
favor, yet he was unable to succeed.
On the other hand, the attorney gen.
eral has had to do his work before a
republican court and republican Juries
with everything against him. Still he
succeeded In this case In scoring two
victories.
Moore Is free from the punishment
of the law, but he has suffered much.
It has been made clear to all men that
he Is morally If not legally guilty of
stealing more than $20,000.
THE CONSUME PAYS.
Pass It on to the consumer. Thnt Is
the rule with reference to tariff taxes.
It is the rule also as far as this can
be made so with reference to the ex
traordinary taxes imposed for the pur
pose of the war: Somebody else must
pay. It is required in the law that not
only that carriers shall stamp a bill
of lading, but that they shall see that
It Is stamped and canceled. Shippers
expect for a time that railroads would
take the burden on themselves, but
they do not propose to do so. They
prefer to have the shipper pay. Somo
compromise may result, but the pros
pect Is In this case, as In all cases, that
ders of .the ultimate person. Con
gress requires that sugar nnd oil re
llners doing n business of over $250,000
shall be taxed annually une fourth of
1 per centum on the gross amount on
all receipts in excess of $250,000. But
these companies will not pay the tax
except In a formal way. They will, as
they can readily do. Increase the price
of their products. The consumer must
pay. So as. to the beer tax. The
brewer must settle with the govern
ment, but he has raised the price of
beer to the retailer, who will probably
not raise the price to the consumer, hut
will save himself by giving the cus
tomer more froth nnd less substance.
Companies having parlor cars or bleep
ers are- required to pay a cent on each
seat or berth sold and themselves to
atllx to the ticket the stamp represent
ing the payment of the tax. It will
bo dltllcult for these companies to pass
on the tax, Inasmuch as their charge Is
now large and they ennnot very well
Increase It; certnlnly they ennnot do so
without the liveliest sort of protest on
the part of the traveling public, but
to the Inculcation of state legislation
limiting their charge. For the rest, It
will be the old story the consumer will
pay.
No combination of capital, however
vast, engineered by abilities however
greut, has ever been able to success
fully carry through a corner of the
wheat market, except for a very short
period, on a line of prices belond their
natural level. Every attempt of the
kind, however apparently successful for
a time, has ended disastrously for those
concerned In It. That the Lelter dis
aster will have any more effect than
Its long line of predecessors In deter,
ring others from following his example
may well be doubted.
An Inventor In India huB constructed
nn apparatus for cooking by the heat
of the sun. It consists of a box made
of wood and lined with reflecting mir
rors, at the bottom of the box being
a small copper boiler, covered with
glass to retain the heat of the rays
concentrated by the mirrors upon tho
boiler. In this contrivance any sort
of food may be quickly cooked.
Prince Achmet Self Eddln. the cousin
of the Khedive, who shqt his brother-in-law,
Prince Fuad, las been sen
tenced to ten years' Imprisonment. The
Khedive refused to mitigate the sen
tence or adopt the usual plan of send
ing his erring relative to an insane
usylum.
JUSTICE THE BEST ARQUMENT
(By Rev. James B. Converse.)
"Remember the Main?' Is'thc b'attle
cry of tho war. It will give n closer
aim to many a cannon ball, a stronger
swing to many a bayonet thrust. It
makes Cervera's squadron fly and Hide,
and will make many a Spanish regi
ment turn and fly. It Is the expression
not of malice but of Justice. It calls
for vengeance and not for revenge.
If the Maine had not been sunk In a
friendly harbor there would have been
no war. The desire for Justice Is the
feeling that has led to the war; and It
strengthens one party nnd weakens
the other party In the conflict.
So In the contest ngalnst public op
pression, against plutocracy, ngalnst
political evils, the strongest position
that the friends of reform can oc
cupy Is that of Justice. Philanthropy is
a popgun, Justice a thirteen Inch gun,
in the fight for the reform of political
evils.
Thrice Is he armed that hath his quar
rel Just;
And he but naked though locked up In
steel,
Whose conscience with Injustice Is cor
rupted. So says Shakespeare, and Addison
writes:
"Justice discards party, friendship,
kindred, nnd Is alwnys, therefore, rep
resented as blind."
It was on Justice that our revolu
tionary sires placed their quarrel with
England. They affirmed that govern
ments nre established among men to
secure to them the Inalienable rights
with which men are endowed by the
creator. They asserted that the colo
nies were nnd of right ought to be free
nnd Independent states.
On the same ground the United Statea
waged their wor with the southern con
federacy and freed the slaves. They as
serted that the states had no right to
secede and that In passing ordinances
of secession they had done wrong.
It would follow from the principle
that many reformers .are making a
great mistake. They argue that such
or such a measure," socialism or co
operation or single tax, will promote
the welfare of the people. They may
or they may not be right. But If they
should prove their point they have
gained nothing practically, and have
not advanced one step forward towards
the realization of their hopes. The
drunkard admits that he would be bet
ter oft without his liquor, but not until
he knows and feels that dram drinking
is a sin and a shame will he quit It.
Just so everybody might ndmlt that
socialism Is a happier social condition
than the present one (the probabilities
nre that they will never generally do
It); but we would be no nearer toward
the adoption of socialism. But If It
could be shown that socialism Is the
only possible way of securing to men
und women the Inalienable rights God
bus given to them, that the neglect to
Introduce socialism was as great a
crime and sin as the blowing up of the
Maine in the harbor of Havana there
would be hundreds of thousands of vol
unteers to fight for it; and they would,
If necessary, surrender profit nnd pleas
ure for the war.
Instead, therefore, of debating the
questions of expediency we should dis
cuss the question of right and wrong,
instead of trying to show that certain
taxes are unfavorable to the production
of wealth we should point out their in
justice nnd Iniquity. . Instead of arguing
that the free coinage of silver will be
good for debtors and advantageous to
all, we should declare that the creator
by giving to gold and silver like qual
ities, decreed that they should be used
alike by men. The argument of ex
pediency should be merely an ally in
our debate and our main army. It Is
probable that what Is expedient Is also
morally wrlght, and what Is Inexpedi
ent Is morally wrong. But after all
the argument from expediency is not
strong. We can not know surely what.
Is expedient. It sometimes seems ex
pedient to deceive or to defraud; but
lying and stealing are always wrong.
This method of arguing the question
of reform appeals to all. Practical
men, absorbed In the business of today,
pass by dreams of future Utopias; they
have no time, no strength, no money
for them; the present demands all. But
questions of right and wrong Interest
all; and when attention Is called to
them, they absorb nil till they are set
tled. Whether in the twenty-first cen
tury all will be equal is a philosophical
Inquiry which we postpone to our hours
of leisure. But the question whether
slavery Is or Is not a sin absorbed the
nttention of the American people, min
isters and laymen, politicians and mer
chants, men and women, till It was
abolished. Questions of expediency
few are able to consider Intelligently;
but In regard to questions of right and
wrong, ull are equal, unless they have
seared their consciences. Few are mas
ters of political economy, but all have
the data of ethics. The laws of wealth
nre mysterious to most, but the moral
law of God is written on the hearts of
all.
, i
Man's Conceit.
The bicycle Is the one thing on
earth that brings out the excessive
conceit In a man. As a rule, even men
who Imitate others don't like to be
Imitated, even If Imitation Is the sln
cerest flattery. It Irritates the aver
age man to have his friends or neigh
bors duplicate his suit of clothes or
his manner of living.
But when the average man gets a
bicycle that's different. So soon as he
learns to steer a dizzy course along the
street he pesters all his non-cyeiing
friends with, "Say! Why don't you get
a bike? You ought to learn to ride. It's
great fun, and so healthful, you
know." He never tries to conceal the
fact that he Is scorned of nil those
who do not ride. The sum and sub
stance Is that he rides, and therefore
every one should ride.
Then there comes a time when he
breaks a bone or tires of the wheel In
some way and quits riding. Immedi
ately his conceit crops out on the other
side.
"I wonder you're not tired of cy
cling," he says. "It's not what it is
cracked up to be. After all, It's noth
ing but hard work, and nil physicians
will tell you that persistent cycling In
jures the health. It's good for boys,
but men and women simply make a
show of themselves on the wheel. And
I'll tell you this In confidence all the
best people have quit cycling."
He doesn't ride now, and so he
wants everybody else to quit. No one
can make him see his aggravating
conceit, and no doubt he wonders why
people wont to kill him. It shows how
much self-restraint there Is In the com-
munlty that nobody does.
Fifteen years ago Mrs. Emma Mar
shall of Franklin township. Chester
county. Pa., ran a needle In her great
toe. It could not be found until last
week, when she felt a pricking sensa
tion In her hand, and on watching it
found the long-lost needle.
Japan is a corruption of the Chinese
word Shlpen-Kue, which means "root
of day," or sunrise kingdom," because
Japan is directly east of China.
A PASSIONATE LOVE STORY
SPANISH ADMIRAL CERVERA
AND A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
With Fiery Devotion ho Wooed (and
Lost) a Kentucky Congressman's
Daughter when he was a Dashing
Young Washington Diplomat,
Tho Spanish Admiral Cervern, who
now enjoys the distinction of being bot
tled up by our fleet In Santiago harbor,
appeared once before In American af
fairs. That time he was the picturesque fig
ure in an international romance. Four
teen years ago he left the United States
as the rejected lover of an American
beauty. Ho has returned at the head
of a hostile fleet. Is there any con
nection between these two events7
It was In the brilliant circle of Wash
ington diplomatic society that this chlv
alric Spanish officer first appeared In
America. I
As the Marquis de Cervera, military
attache to the Spanish legation, and
among the richest of the foreign diplo
mats, he was a Hon in the society of
the capital.
Many an American girl had her head
turned by the courtly grace of this
young Cnstllian, but the one he sought
most, a Kentucky belle, daughter of a
congressman, proudly declined his suit.
In this fact lies one of the most dra
matic romances of Washington society.
The Mnrquls de Cervera was not then
the wicked looking Spaniard that he
has since developed Into, or at least that
his pictures now represent him. But
who knows but what love repulsed has
drawn the hard lines In his face and
made vlndlctlveness tlie rullngpasslon?
Instead of the squat and swarthy as
pect of most men of his race, young
Cervera was, In the days of his court
ship, a tall and slender man, with a
face as fair and -eyes as blue as one
of Saxon blood. He had all the grace
of a son of the Latin race whose family
had moved In the courts of royalty for
generations.
It was little wonder that this proud
young nobleman soon became the pet
of the diplomatic set. In addition to his
title of marquis, he had all the per
sonal accomplishments of the tradi
tional courtier.
WON BY ART AND CRAFT.
He was a model of courtesy. He was
quick nnd witty In conversation, grac
ing his speech with the soft accent of
his southern tongue. The apt and
studied compliments with which this
trained and artful young diplomat won
his way to distinction at official func
tions were the despair of his political
rivals and enemies. Moreover, he had
a fine tenor voice, which, attuned to
the guitar, made him every whit the
Ideal embodiment of n Romeo.
The marquis knew his personal pow
ers, and directed them fully as much
toward winning the hearts of women as
toward conciliating the nation's ofll
clnla. It was early In 1884 that his real
American romance began. Hon. Oscar
T. Turner was then congressman from
Kentucky. In the great Hamilton Fish
mansion his charming wife and beau
tiful daughter, Lily, dispensed lavish
hospitality.
Lily Turner, Just on the verge of
womanhood, was of that rare type of
southern beauty which seemed to steal
all the charms of girls of northern birth
and add to them the subtle languor,
grace and spirit of n more romantic
climate. She was tall and stately, a
very Parthenla In her Grecian outlines.
Even after fourteen years, Lily Turner.
now Mrs Abram, wife ot a Kentucky
merchant. Is one of the reigning belles
of Louisville
A ball was given to the diplomatic
corps by the Turners in the month of
May, 1SS4. It was then that a friend
of the congressman's family, Mr. Gnl
van. who held a high p.3itlon In the
government service. Introduced the
Marquis de Cervera to Lily Turner
Mr. Galvan was a warm friend of the
polished Spaniard, having met nnd
traveled with him In foreign lands.
In the glamour of thnt brilliant social
affair it Is not strange that the meeting
of the queenly American girl made a
deep Impression on his romantic na
ture. But "Impression" Is a cold word to
apply to a Spaniard's feelings. It was
Infatuation, madness, absolute devotion
that outdid even the ardent wooing of
the fiery heroes of our own romantic
southland.
Lily Turner wns flattered by the no
bleman's devotion and charmed by arts
of nallantry and lavish gifts. What
wonder! He (old her of the grandeur of
his family, of estates ns fair and vnst
as Roman emperors', and of the favor
In which his queen held the Cerverns.
Indeed It was by her majesty's grace
that he had been appointed to the
American embassy, so fond wns he of
America and our noble people. Oh.
Spanish art and witchery of tongue!
Pleased and happy at such atten
tions as Lily Turner was. yet she re
tained her maidenly poise. She did not
yield herself to his enchnntments
She felt a strange shrinking at times
from this courtly lover, though It must
be said that he ever observed the strict
est propriety. Lily Turner well knew
the contempt In which her father held
the marquis. He never disguised his
opinion of the Spaniard.
Partly through loyalty to her father
and partly through her delicate wo
man's Intuition, she became more re
served toward her suitor.
To veil her feelings of mingled love
and fear of the marquis she bestowed
greater attentions upon her other ad
mirers. She took part In every kind of
social diversion to distract' her thought
from her perplexing romance.
MADDENED BY JEALOUSY.
The marnuls followed her everywhere
and presented his favors and atten
tions even more persistently. He sere
naded her like the true Spanish lover.
At length, maddened by Jealousy and
piqued nt the thought that mere civil
ians should usurp his place In his loved
one's affections, he went to her father.
He asked to know why mere "misters"
should be given precedence In the con
gressman's household over himself, a
marquis.
"You must remember that you are In
a democratic country," said the Ken
tucky congressman bluntly. "A 'mis
ter' Is greater than a marquis in Amer
ica, for we call our president 'mister.' "
Cervera saw his mistake. He again
resorted to diplomacy to 'regain the
foothold he had lost. He sought out hts
friend Galvan and besought him to help
turn uie ov - ui.. iove affair.
Tho mnrntilR redoubled IiIb efforts ni
putting himself in the foremost social
rank at the capital. He gave even more
lavish dinners. On his tables were
the wines and champagnes that were
the talk of Washington, for the mar
nuls' estates In Spain produced the
finest sherries In the world, and In the
vaults of his ancestral home were vin
tages quaffed by none but the nobles of
Europe.
Nothing thnt money could buy was
left unpurchased by the mnrquls to
produce brilliant effect. He had the
finest equipages In Washington. His
servants were dressed In the most, brill
iant hues nnd were fnlrly burdened
with gold lace. He himself was the
prince of dandles.
Yet all his display failed to touch
the one person he sought to Impress.
But he persisted ns only a love blind
suitor will.
Again his friend Gnlvnn came to his
aid. Another great reception was giv
en nt the Turner mansion. The mar
quis was again an honored guest. Then
a little game of strategy wus played by
the Spaniard. In a little sequestered
anteroom, screened by palms and dra
peries from the great ball room, he
managed to meet Miss Lily with only
a few attendants.
At a prearranged request from &
friend he had picked up his guitar, and
while his Innmorlta and her friends
languidly fnnned themselves and listen-,
ed, he began to play those muglc, rap
turous airs of Andalusia on the Instru
ment of which he was a subtle master,,
and added to It the music of his pas
sionate voice.
Many a serenade had he sung under
Moorish porticos to senorltas of royal
rank. Never had he failed to call
forth love glints In haughty Castlllan,
eyes.
As the marquis reached his favorite
rhapsody, the Bedouin love song, his
audience grew. The guests Hocked la
from the ball room nnd the veranda.
But unmindful of their presence, his
eyes were fixed upon his face, the only
one he saw. His lithe form swayed
to the rythm of the music of his gui
tar as he threw all the fervor of his
passionate heart into those burning
words:
Out of the desert I come to thee
On my Arab shod with fire,
And the winds are left behind
In the speed of my desire,
Under thy window I stand
And the midnight hears my cry:
I love thee, I love thee
With a love that shall not die
Till the sun grows cold
And the stars are old,
And the leaves of the Judgment book:
unfold.
Unconscious of his Increasing audience
he went on from verse to verse, each
minute taking a step near and nearer
his now embarrassed hostess.
The significant smiles that had first
passed from face to face among the
assembled company, now grew Into
sympathetic emotion. But the Span
lard, absorbed in pouring out his heart's
love In song, the only way left open to
him, came to the lines of that last Im
passioned verse:
From thy window look and see
My passion and my pain.
I He on the sand below
And I faint In thy disdain.
Let the night winds touch thy brow
With the breath of my burning sigh,
And melt thee to hear the vow
Of a love that shall not die ,
Till the sun grows cold
And the stars are old,
And the' leaves of the Judgment book
unfold.
At the final words he threw down
his guitar and fell at his loved one's
feet.
Lily Turner, blushing crimson with
consternation, fled from the scene
without so much as lifting her cavalier
to n.s feet. The little company broke
up and retreated In equal confusion,'
deeply affected by the scene.
The young marquis never appeared
in Washington society ngpln. He re
signed and sailed for Spain In a few
weeks. Lily Turner wap shortly after mar
ried to Mr. Dudley Mllllken, a brilliant
and weulthy lawyer of New York City.
Three years ago. his widow, who still"
retained the bloom of youth, was mar
ried to Mr. W. T. Abram, a prominent
merchant of Louisville, Ky.
Now a proud American woman, one
of the leaders In Kentucky's exclusive
society. daJly scans the papers for
news of her former Sranfsh lover.
With a true American woman's pa
triotism she declares she does not sym
pathize with him In his present po
sition, but there Is In her eyes the hair
sad and wistful look of a tender wo
man's natur, .who cannot bear to Fee
ill befall the man whom she has once
held In warm regard, even if that feel
ing did not ripen into love.
Phoasy Jaw.
A recent coroner's Inquest In London
has directed public attention once more
to the subject of phosphorus poison
ing in match factories. The victim, In
this case, was employed by Bryant &
May. He died of what Is known as?
"phossy Jaw," and the Investigation
which followed resulted in the discov-i
ery that other deaths from similar'
causes had been concealed from the
authorities. In consequence of this the
Arm was sentenced to pay a fine, and
the whole subject has been under dls-'
cusslon in the press. In their own de
fense the manufacturers say that ev
ery possible precaution has been adopt
ed by them, and that as a matter of fact
only 47 cases or phosphorus necrosis
have occurred among the 50.000 people
employed by them during the last ?0
years. They are as anxious as any
body, they say. to stop even this low
rate of mortality, but do not know
how to do It and make the ordinary
"strike anywhere" match at the same
time. No experiments, they claim,
have succeeded In finding any satisfac
tory substitute for phosphorus, and the
greater part of the public refuses ab
solutely to have anything to do with
the safety matches that "strike only
on the box." The great masses of work
Ingmen and women reject with scorn
a match that cannot be lighted unless
It Is applied to some particular sub
stance. This statement 13 practically
verified by the manager of the Salva
tion Army match works at Bow, where
no phosphorus Is used and only safety
mntches nre made. He says that their
factory Is conducted for philanthropic
reasons, at great disadvantage. Inas
much as their matches cost more to
make and are more difficult to sell.
In other words, the public wants a
match that Is cheap and easily ignited,
nnd will not buy others out of mere
sympathy for operatives. The only
solution, It seems. Is In the discovery
of a cheap and effective substitute for
phosphorus.
DIamandl, a native of Pylaros, one
of the Greek Islands, seems to be a re
markable calculator. After a mere
glance at a backboard on which 30
groups of figures are written he can,
It Is said, repeat them In any arith
metical process. It Is said that he
never makes an error In calculations
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rapiuuy mm uv.i.uiuW.
The clock at the houses of parliament
Is the largest In the world. The dial
are 32 feet In diameter. The pendulum
is 15 feet long. The hour bell is S feet
high and 9 feet in diameter, and
weighs nearly 10 tons. The hammer
alone weighs more than 400 pounds.
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