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Ml \ u $ § ( Q } ii Or , The Adventures of j $ An Eton Boy , . . 8u BV JA/YYES GRMNT. * t * h , CHAPTKH XV. The Water-Spout As tlio Bun iuui cased la Heat , not withstanding the season of the yonr , 1 wnn HOOII sensible of the comfort of white clothing , whoa contrasted with dark woolen or broiulrlotli , as the lut- lor abHorbH , natl the former repels , the rays of the Him. Mure IHslop lllustinted thin to me by Igniting paper with a burning- glass ; whenever the focus wus brought to bear upon dark placed , such a.s printed letters , they were Instantly consumed. Wo ran along thn coast of Hlspiuiio- la , and saw the wavy ridges vof llrt mountains' ' that tower Into the clouds ; we nlghted Tortuga , a rocky Island cov ered with palm trees and Bandalwood , but surrounded by recfa and shoals ; and , rounding Capo St. Nicholas , blood to the southward between the great Is lands of Jamaica and Cuba , but without - out Bcoljig either of them at that time. For three days we had dark and cloudy weather. About H o'clock p. in. on the 24th of January a small speck , which appeared to the westward on our weather beam , grew rapidly Into a gloomy cloud , and swiftly , as If on the wings of a de stroying angel , It traversed the thick ening nlr.nml the agitated sea , which darkened beneath Its shadow ; and BO this speck came on , until It grow an nwful thunder-cloud. "Bear a hand fore and aft ! Hurry , my lads ! make all snug before the tempest breaks ! " wore the cheering or ders of Wcston , Hlslop and Lambourno as tbo brig was prepared to encounter a heavytsquall. . Th6 lain soon fell In torrents , Im peding the men at their work of close reefing , furling and stowing away some of the heavier canvas , and in tightly belaying the running rigging , for when loose ropes arc flying about In'a 'tem pest , and cracking In men's faces like coach-whips , they become suIJlQlontly bewildering to Impede the working of thb ship. Uclor the lower edge of the appronch-j ing cloud , when about twelvoi miles distant , wo beheld an object which filled us with wonder and awe. , It was a tremendous spent , or col umn , of water , connected with the cloud abdvq and the sea below ( the sea , from which a circular wind had Bucked it upward ) , that was now visi ble. ble.This This column was like a solid mass of white breakers , approaching with incredible - credible .speed , over waves that began to rise In short and pyramidal peaks , Hialop was too busy clewing up canvas , sending yards down from aloft , belaying and ordering , and so lost a famous opportunity for expati ating as no doubt ho would Jiavo done on the theory of these spouts , for this phenomenon Illlod us with the greatest alarm , lest it. might swoop down upon the Eugenie , dismast and destroy her llko a child's toy ship. Atonlo el Cubano. being the most powerful and muscular man on board , was ordered to the wheel. Across the sea this column seemed to pass with the cloud , boiling , foaming and with the sound of a. mighty cas cade pouring into a deep valley , but i yet maintaining a position quite per pendicular. Around its base the waves Boomed In dreadful commotion , rising- and falling , seething and glittering in the lightning which shot at times > from ; the gloomy , bosomof ! the cloud that floated over tho'm. ' " As this terrible ' phenomenon approached preached from thq westward , Captain \\reston conceived that wo might cs- { cape Its InfluenceJjy nUo.rlnE.tlio brig's course , < ana so passing it. I have hoard -water-spouts being \llsslpatod \ by the effect of heavily , shotted guns , but wo , had.no such appliances at \ least wo had no shot on board. J The breeze , which was blowing fresh I and had not as yet become a gale ( to us at least ) veered ; , , northwesterly ; qo wo shook the roofs out of our topsails and trimmed sharp by the wind. _ _ "Luff , luff keep yonr luff keep her to , " were the incessant orders of Weston - ton , and the Eugenie flow through the water like a race horse ; held by 'the ' powerful hands of Antonio , she never yawed an inch , and by especial Provi dence she got to the windward of that dreadful phenomenon , which passed us , cloud and all , about six miles astern , when , as it changed color from grayish green to white , it presented a scene so sublime and lorrttilo that "the boldest hold his breath for a time , " and Antonio , yvho was'blanched white with terror , though ho bad fre quently seen such spouts as these in his native s'oas , assured'mo , with chat tering teeth , that'he had ribvor beheld - hold one of such magnitude , and it was long before ho could bo certain of our safety , and ceased to mutter : "O mala ventura mala vcntura ! " ( literally , bad luck. ) From white the water-spout became dusky purple , when n gleam of the sun fell on it , And. the waves at its base ' glittered'In all the colors of the rain bow. "Tlmnk heaven ! that is past , " said Westpn. "Ay , sir , " said old Roberta , the uian- o'-war's man ; "It is enough to make ono'shalrstand ( , on end , for a woe ) ? , , " , "Had , we jieon twjntyj niinutes' 'Bail pstorn , we cduld'"uot have''escaped ItJ" 8aid/&lslop ; ° 'but Hvo have handled the fM-- ) Hft beautifully. That ugly Spaniard it the wheel wnh Worth his weight In old Just now ! " For nearly ail hour tl " sna was rerftly1 agitated ; but ns IVEugenie , Hllll braced Hhiirp to the wind , How from one long i oiler , to atiothor , wn rapidly got into smooth water. The baiomolcr rose qtljckly ; the , vapors dis persed ; and' wjioit the Hotting sun gave us a purling feifilliT ffom'lli6 , far horl- oa the Btocm-cloud and Its water-spout had disappeared together , or 'melted nway In tlie distant sea. The little eddies of wind which on nr line Kummor morning may bo seen whirling up the dust and dry loaves In circles on a road are exactly on the uanio principle afy "those mighty phe nomena which become tornadoes , cyclones - clones , and walor-'spoulH ' when they reach the ocean , where they may eas ily dismast and perhaps sink the larg est llne-of-batlle ship. ' TlicH'o spouth rlKQ from the sea ox- itctly llko the movfng pillars of sand which the whirlwinds sweep from the lot and arid deserts of Africa and Arabia. About six belli ! (1. ( o. , 7 o'clo'dk p. m. ) this cncapo was followed by a ( load calm , which lasted till midnight , and luring that tlmo wo talked of nothing but the skill with which wo had got the woathcrgago of that column of 'oam. AB Iho Him set , with a rapidity peculiar to these latitudes , the brll- lant tints ho shed on sea and nicy changed with equal speed from gold o saffron , from that to vivid purple , UK ! from thence to the hue of sap- ililrc. The sensation of loneliness which , ho departure of the sun excites In the > rcast of a landsman at sea Is pe culiar ; but thlB was soon changed from : nlno by the splendor of the rising moon , which changed tlio sapphire. Inta of sea and sky to liquid sll- ror and the clearest blue. Above , no cloud nor oven the tiniest shred of vapor was visible. Sea blend ed with sky at the horizon , and seemed to molt into each other , so that no line was traceable. Save a planet or two , twinkling with loss light than usual , there seemed 16 bo no stars in heaven , for the . .gloiyof the full-orbed moon eclipsed them all ; her light fell bright ly on the white sails of the Eugenie , and In It the features of our faces were distinct as at noonday , and now it was the noon of night. About 12 o'clock a fresh ' breeze sprang up , and the ship's course was resumed. "By keeping the weathorgage , and beyond the circle of the spout's attrac tion , wo escaped without shipping a drdp of water ! " said Weston , for the twentieth time. "Let mo see how you cntor , all this in the log , Illalop. " "It Is no uncommon thing for a craft at sea to bo deluged by a spout of fresh water , which the whirlwind has lorn up from an Inland lake , " said Hlslop ; "and houses , far In-ahoro , have In the same fashion been deluged by salt water absorbed fiom thu aea and 1 hence the showera of dried herrings , of wjilch we.hiyo heard so much at times. Now , Jlodney , you will perhaps bo surprised -when I tell you that It la the , winds whl li produce a calm , like thai we" have had tonight. " "Tho winds ! " I reiterated , surprised 1 at such a paradox from our theorist. "Yes. The opposition of the winds will at times produce a perfect calm , and then when rain falls it la always gentle and equable ; but when clouds scorn to move'against the lower winds , or when streams of air denote a va riety of the aerial current , and consequently quently the approach of rain " . . "What strange bound Is that ahead , or , at least , forward ? " said Wcston , in terrupting Hislop , who would perhaps have theorized for an hour. "It Is Antonio , groaning In hla sleep In the forecastle , " said Ned Carlton , who WHH nl Iho wheel. "I wish the ship were rid of him and hla dreams , " added Hlslop , testily. "Well , as I was saying , when the adverse - verso movements of the clouds seem to denote " "Light ahead ! " cried a voice from the bow , "Is that you , Roberts ? " asked Wes- tonj while.Ilislqp stamped with vexa- tlpn at the second interruption. k'Ycs , Blr. " "How does it boar ? " "East-north-east. " "Then it la Capo St. Antonio light , tho. most western point of Cuba , " said Weston. ' 'I thought I could smell the land with the first cat's paw , before the breeze freshened. " The light , dim and distant , like a star , was now seen to twinkle among ; the waves at the horizon. For more than an hour I remained on deck , with my eyes flxed upon that feeble but increasing beacon , which In dicated a foreign shore ; then I went below and turned In , with a sigh of pleasure that the voyage was nearly over , and a hope that when I tra versed those waves again I should bo on my return home homo to my fallier and mother , to Sybil and Dot- to tbo old rectory , with Its shady oak grove , its green lawn and the masaea of ivy , woodbine and honeysuckle that shaded its time-worn walla. CHAPTER XVI. Cuba. When day dawned wo had rounded Cnybo San Antonio , and wore running along the northern shore of Cuba. I waa up early , by eight bells , or a llttlo after 4 a , in. , and with deep in terest [ surveyed the coast of that beautiful Island , the flrat and now the last portion of that vast emplro be yond the ncaa which Columbua be queathed to Castile and Leon. "Dat la my country , sotior , " said An tonio , who was at the wheel , and this icmark , with the repulsive aspect of the Spaniard aud his mysterious char acter , Bervcd to'dissipate by momen tary enthusiasm. "That Is Caybo lluena Vista and the hi oakcrs on the weather-bow , " he continued ; "mark the Colloradoa , a long roof of rocks. The blue sharks are a tfilck there as the stars In the Hly. " We were now In the Gulf of Flor ida. ida.The sky waa cloudless and blue , and now It seamed as If the welkin above and the almost waveless sea below were endeavoring to outvie each other In calmnoHH , In beauty and In the glory of their azure depths. The wind was off the land and rather ahead , but the sails wro trimmed to perfection , and wo ran through the gulf on a taut bow- line. I have 1 no much more to narrate than my limited i space permits mo to give in full detail that I must compress Into one chaptolr all that relates to my visit to Matanzna. Our run through the gulf was do- llghtftil , and on the 29th of January , just as a rosy tint was stealing over the sea and the rocky shore of Cuba , after the sun had set beyond the waters - ' tors of the Gulf of Mexico , wo saw Havana ' vana light , bearing south by west , and distant about fourteen miles. So we passed In the night the wealthy capi tal of Cuba , ao famed In the annals of our vlctorlea La Habana , or the har bor of which , from our being so far to seaward , wo could aeo nothing but the the great revolving light which burns ao brightly on the high rock of the Morro , or Castollo do los Santos Reyes ; and before dawn wo descried the light of'Santa Cruz on our wator- bow. bow.Weston Weston drew my attention to It , add ing , "That la the bqacon which so scared mo when It shone through the stern windows of the empty polacca brig. " Next day , after encountering a head wind , ngalnat which'wo tacked fre quently between tho- Pan do Matanzas and the woqdc ; ! pplut of Sumberella , at 10 o'clock In the mprnlng a Span- lab mulatto pilot came on board and took Iho brl in cliarge. We ran safely Into the harbor , and by 11 o'clock came to anchor at a place recommended , toy Antonio/ half a ca ble's length from the castle of St. Scv- crino. In half an hour after the sails were all unbent and stowed below , and preparations were made for "breaking bulk" to unload the vessel , whoso car go , I have stated constated of steam machinery and coals tor tbo sugar and coffee mills. Gangs of Spanish mulattoes , negro porters and jumpers , in red shirts and white drawers , with broad straw hats , and nearly all with rings In their cars , came on board in quest of employment , and then all waa confusion , garlic , dirt , Jabbering la Spanish and Congo , singing , swearing and smoking clgar- llos. 1 was now al liberty to go ashore , and after the Hrst bustle was over Weston loft Hlslop hi charge of the brig and accompanied mo. Matauzas presented nothing now to him , but I surveyed with Interest , not unmixed with wonder , the now world in which I found myself. The city of Don Carlos de Matanzas occupies a gentle eminence between the Rivers San Juan and Yumurl.whlch roll into the bay from the mountain ous rldgo that traverses all Cuba. Its name , Malanzaa , algnlflca the place of murder , because In that bay some of the Spaniards of Columbus were slain by the native Indians. ( To bo continued. ) A LUCKY ACCIDENT. How tlio Art of Prlntlnc front Stone Wns Discovered. One of the greatest discoveries evoi made was the result of pure accident. I.iS It was in the year 1790. The citizens of Munich had just witnessed tlfo first performance of Mozart's opera , "Don Juan. " The theater was deserted by all except oae man , Alois Sonnefeldcr , who , after making a round of Inspec tion in the building to bee that there was no danger of ( Ire , went to his room to stamp the tickets of admission for > the following day. When ho entered his room ho had Unco things In hla hand a polished whetstone , which he had bought for sharpening his razor ; 1Ch ticket-stamp , still molstondd with printing Ink , and a check on the treas urer of the theater for his weekly salary. As he placed -the latter on the table n gust of wind swept it high ; up In him room , and then deposited It in a basin of water , Sonncfoldor dried the paper as well as ho could , and - then weighted It down with the whet stone , upon which h had carelessly placed the printing stamp. When he retained to his room the following morning , he was astpnlnhod at seeing the letters printed Upon the dampen ed paper. A thought came to him. nlo wondered whether by borne such means he could not simplify hla work of con tinually copying the bonga of the chorus. Ho went out and purchased lioa large btone , commenced making ox- perlmenls , and , as wo all know , final ly discovered the ait of printing fnm stone lithography. It is estimated that 40,000 tona ot cucumbers are raised and eaten with in thb limits of the United States over ; year. ' " POLLY. "Dear Margaret : I am sorry to grieve you , but I cannot marry John Murray. Ho Is too plain and pokey and would never suit me at all , and I am going to marry tbo man I love. Ho IB not your style and knowing you will not approve I am taking French leave , and you will never bo bothered with mo again. Hoping that In time you may forgive me , I must now say farewell. Your loving slsler. Poljy. " On reaching Polly's room to assist her In dressing for her wedding Mar garet found thla note upon the table. The girl had managed very adroitly lo got her clothes out of the house with out exciting suspicion , and left at the last minute. So there waa no wed ding at the little flat that night , and when the guests arrived they were quietly dismissed. All her life Margaret Magulre had scrimped and saved and sacrificed , practicing every form of self-denial for her younger sister. At 14 she entered the shop that her small earnings might , bo . added to the family slore. Earnest ' ly 3 desiring an education , she went to night school and determined that Pol . ly should not bo deprived of the advan ' tages of the day school , she denied her self almost the necessities of life to keep her out of the shop. All her ambition was for Polly , the sunshine of her life , and aho sat up late plying her needle that she might have a gay lit tle * ' dress for school. Her own was patched and darned , her coat was threadbare ' , her shoes were mendcd.but so long as Polly had a ribbon for her hair and was bright and happy Mar garet waa satisfied. Polly danced and sang , accepting all without a thought of her slater's aac- rlflces. She grow up to bo a beauty , and finally graduated from the public school , much to Margaret's delight. The younger boys now began to get places to work , and the strain was not quite so great. Margaret obtained a situation in a dry goods store , and they moved into a better flat , and had more of the comforts of life. "Why , how pleased you look ! " ex claimed Polly ono evening when she opened the door for her sister. "Got a raise ? " "No , Indeed , " laughed Margaret. "I wish I had ! " She did not tell that John Murray , the floorwalker In her section , had walked lo the cur with her and asked If ho might call the next night. Ho came , and Margaiet received him with fluttering heart , for she had never attracted any man's attention before. After n few minutes Polly came In.and IT WAS POLLY HE CAME TO SEE. from that moment the world was changed for John Murray. Polly , pretty Polly , with her viva- clous conveisatlon , her coquettish airs , and ravishing dimple , completely fas cinated him. Margaret saw it all. She sat with the lines gradually deepening In her face , and wished she had not been so foolish aa to crimp her hair. Such frivolous things wre for Polly , and she waa rightly puiushed. John Murray came often after that , but it was plain that It was Polly ho came to aee. They became engaged 1. 1.I and after a while ho obtained a posi I- tion In a wholesale alore and Ihoro waa no excuse for delaying the mar riage. Margaiet worked early and late that Polly might have pietty things for her wedding. The day was set and a small company Invited. Then she found the llttlo note and Polly was gone. Not a word of thanks io the sister for her self-denial never n kind word for the man she had treated so cruelly. Two years dragged slowly on and nothing was heard of Polly. They made no effort to find her , and did not even know the uamo of Iho man she married. She dropped as completely out of their lives as If she had died. John Murray continued to call at the little homo they had a common sorrow row , but Polly's name was never men tioned. Ono night , when Margaret seemed ( more depressed than usual , ho said : "Margaret , you must not grieve so much. Como , get on your things , lid lidU let us go to some place of amusement , and see the lighter side of life. " They went lo one of the music halls , IB.no and there they saw Polly. She came out upon the stage with penciled eyebrows brows , painted cheeks , and scant attire , and sang a coarse song with many suggestive winks aud smirks. The homl look of innocence had left her face , and when aho perfoimcd a series of high kicks Margaret waa so shocked she al most fainted. il.ml John sat as If turned to stone , and realized as never before the contrast between the painted woman aa hoed stage and Margaret , and wondered how ho could e\or have loved Polly. "Shall wo go aow ? " ho asked , whoa Polly's turn was done. * ' - * - "Yes , " she said , and they loft the hall and went to the stage entrance and , > ' . waited. tAt , -At last Polly came dutKfi "Polly ! " snld Margaret , stepping for ward with outstretched hands.x Polly gave n start at the familiar sound and stared In astonishment at the two before her. "Polly , como home with me , and give up-this horrible life ! " said Margaiet , with tears la her eyea. "No , no , " she answered ; "don't ask mo , don't como near me. I am not fit ! " She waved her off and ran so fast down the street they could not follow , and disappeared around a cor- ' aer. aer.Sadly Sadly they went home , and John drew Margaret's head to his breast and told her to have a good cry. Then ho asked the right to comfort her al ways. Next morning she. received a letter from Polly : s" "I know just how you felt when you saw mo at the she v knight , and how * much I shocked you. Necessity forced me into Iho business. The man that I chose In preference to honest John Murray deserted me after a few months' and I discovered that'ho had another1" wife living and 1 was not his wife at all. Not wishing to come back to you In my dlsgrafce , I went from bad to worse , and drifted to the va\idevlllo stage. Never again will I bo seen there , for tonight shall end it all. Good-by , my dear sister. May you and John bo as liappy as you deserve is the last wish of your loving "Polly. " The morning papers contained an ac count of the death of another music- hall singer from an overdose of mor phine. Buffalo Times. Mexloo'a ClBorette-HmoUIng Uata. Henry Adams of Wichita , Kns. , has Just returned from Old Mexico , and tells this story of the favorite amuse ment of Americans at the cluba In the City of Mexico. Frequently in the evenings the vampires , or blood-sack ing bats , fly into the open windows of the club rooma. The Americans then close the doors and catch the bat by throwing a shawl over It. Ono of the men lights a cigarette , opens the bat's month and Inserts the cigarette there in. The creature Is then turned lose. Its soft mouth contracting closely , the cigarette la immediately seized flrmly. Every time the bat breathes it draws in the smoke and then exhales it. Thus , flying around the room , smoking the cigarette wildly and puffing out clouds of smoke , It presents a strange appearance. The smoke generally kills the bat before Ihe cigarette Is all smoked up. "SCRAPS. " Japan has a new lighthouse , made of bamboo , which la said to resist the waves better than any kind of wood. The wool on the back of a sheep Is a shepherd's barometer. The curlier the wool the finer will bo the weather. Queen Margherita of Italy speaks Geiman fluently , and generally uses that language when she meets German artlats. The island of Malla has a popula- lion of 157,730. The number of deaths there last year was 5,547 , including eight victims of leprosy. In a family In Klrwln , Kan. , one son Is a doctor , another ail undertaker , and a third a tombstone-maker , whose wife is a registered pharmacist. Among the 3,405 newspapers printed In Germany sixty-eight are in foreign langhages , including 'th'irty-nlno Poi- ' ish , nineteen Danish and seven French Journals. When Thomas A. Edison was a nOjWsboy on a train paasln'g ' near the handsome houses of East Orange , N. | J. , ho said to a friend. "I shall llvjo In one of those jriacpp some day. " And he does" * l penator Depow says lhat President Gqrfleld once advised him "to stop telling Jokes from that day , for I have studied the American public carefully , anil it will not place confidence In the man who says humorous things. " Pierre Lotl's plans for the future ln- I elude tripa to Asia Minor , Perala , the ' Himalaya ! ) and the plains of India. It : 1s | said that he never reads books , but finds all tljo mental ailment ho wants In change of surroundings. The winter has. been a phoaomenal ono In England , wlth abnormally warm days and then sudden periods lah of ( frost. As a consequence the death rate has gone up noticeably In nearly R\\ \ \ the towna , and the outbreak and sudden Increase of Influenza shows In all the reports. t "What ! " exclaimed jthe surprised ido traveler In Florida , "you want me to : pay $3 for riding half a mile In your old carriage ? " "Certainly , " replied the native , with eyes wide open , "yer don't think I'm llko you other Jays down here for my health , do yer- ' Yonkers Statesman. At this time of the year when the bicycle Is brought out from Its winter - tor bed It will bo noticed lhat the outer cover of the tires is very hard and stiff and closed to the rim parched and cracked. The best method to get the rubber pliable again Is to deflate the tires and rub well with ordinary soft soap. Chicago News. "Hoot , mon ! " shouted the Scotch ; contractor who Is pulling up a flno house la Iho suburbs , "I caana manage wl' ye. Gang name , mon. " "What for ? " "Dlnna I leH 'I ye lo take the hurUmrro an' Iraa'lo thao staaes dooa there , an' ye stude aa' glower't at mo ? I canna manage wl' ye when ye "dlnna understau' English. " Detroit' . Free Press. THE WHOLE SYSTEM Kay Decom * Inrnded by Cntnrrh Gen eral I.ewU * Caio. Pejru-na Drug MfgCo. , Columbus , 0. : "Gentlemen I hayo used Po-ru-na foi n. short time and can cheerfully * rec ommend it as being all you represent and wish every man who Is suffering with catarrh could know of Its great value. Should I at any future time have occasion to recommend a treat- lion , Jamei Lents , Surveyor General ot Loult- lann , ment o'f your kind , rest assured thai yours will be the one. "Gratefully yours , "JAMES LEWIS. " Wherever the catarrh is , there is sure to be a wasle of mucus. The mucus ia as precious as blood. It Is blood , in fact. 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