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PENNINGTON TO FLY
From Chicago to New York in a Few
Weeks, So He Says.
THE-AIRSHIP IS HEARIY EEADY.
A Peep at the Factory and the Pickle
Shaped Air Speeder.
THE INTEXTOR A FIRM BEIJEYER
Pennington, the king of airships and
aerial adventure, is again to the front. In
three weeks' time a great human bird, it is
claimed, will sweep over Chicago in the di
rection of New York, with a great spoon
wheel whirling in front, two twirling fans
on either side, great fins on it,s back and to
the side; at the back an air rudder that
steers to starboard and port, and below it
a wide, thin slab that flaps at will like the
toil of a crawfish with the colic, and guides
the ship up to dizzy heights or lowers it to
the level of lumbering locomotives and con
veyances of a slower speed.
, The redivivus of the Pennington airship
takes place at Chicago Heights, says the
Inter Ocean. Here the airship company has
40 acres of broad, expansive meadow land,
where there is plenty of room to boost the
great artificial hawk, and to avoid any
casualties if the wonderfulartifice should go
darting about deliriously in the manner
of a lop-sided kite.
The Pennington Company has jnst
finished its first building. It is a queer,
lall structure, painted red and is the only
building on earth devoted exclusively to
the manufacture of airships. It covers 32,
000 feet of floor snrtace and has the most
wonderful, stupendous doors ever con
structed. These doors are 58 teet high and
33 feet wide.
Spventy-fiv Miles an Honr Is the Gait.
These gigantic portals will be swung aside
and the grrat inflated cylinder, that is to
Derloratc the atmosphere at 5 miles an
lour and give the common fowl of the air
in
the hiccoughs as it rushes by, this great pot
bellied flamingo will be ushered out and
sent up into the air and headed tor New
York City with a spirit of confidence that
will make every railroad monopolist in the
land declare himself insolvent forthwith.
The airship factory is just completed and
hns manv interesting sights within its
walls. The main portion is the Gargantuan
berth of the great buoyancy chamber, or in
flated cylinder, which" is 125 feet long with
a mean diameter of 38 feet In another
shop is the car, which is aluminium metal,
with cushion seats filled with hydrogen gas,
and weighing altogether but 233 pounds. The
same sized car constiucted of ordinary
material would weigh 1,880 pounds. Every
thing is relatively light The great fin on
the back is hollow aluminium filled with
hydrogen gas, and those to either side are
similarly made. The horizontal rudder,
which raises or lowers the ship, in the
manner of abird's tail, and the perpindicular
rudder which steers it, are also of aluminium
and very light
The Motor Power of the Machine.
The motor power consists of two beauti
ful little engines of alloyed aluminium.
These engines each consist of four cylinders
with four piston rods attached to a single
center and acting with reciprocal power.
Hydrogen gas is exploded by an electric
spark. One engine weighs a minimum of
15 pounds and has a maximum capacity of
15-horse power. These engines drive the
great wheel ot four spoons that bores
through the air auger-like and draws the
ship after it, while the little ians on the
sides elevate the ship or lower it
Everything is as light as possible, and
all the different portions of the airship are
at present in course of construction.
"In about three or four weeks," said
Edwaid J. Pennington in his office yester
dav, "I shall have the ship completed. I
will sail up to Chicago the first day and
bind on the Lake Front Then I shall set
out for New York City, thence to New
Orleans and over to the Pacific coast, and
from San Francisco back to Chicago."
Mr. Pennington said this with the non
chalance of a man who is talking about
crossing the street There is absolutely no
doubt in his mind but the airship will sail
without a hitch or a falter.
Air. Pennington Sanguine of Success.
In his mind there are no "ifs" and
"huts." The Bhip will sail. That is all
there is about it Mr. Pennington has spent
nine years of his life to make the ship as it
will appear shortly. He has studied every
vork, article 'and magazine nnder the sun
en aerial navigation, and has combined all
the superior points of others' machines and
eliminated all the hindrances in the Pen
nington airship.
The hydrogen gas in the great bloated
pickle is'not intended to raise the ship, but
simply to render its weight nil The little
tans on the side do the elevating, and the
THE STORY OF REUBEN RTJTHYEN.
. There was once a kindly old gentleman,
a life-dweller in Aberdeen, and proud of his
natie town with that pride which is in
definite because it is intrinsic, who visited
the baths of Germany for his health. "When
he returned home he remarked with some
heat to a welcoming friend: "Do you know,
sir, that it actually came about that I was
ahamed to register my residence with my
name I, sir, who as man and boy have
never known shame. And why? Because
I would th n become an object of suspicion.
Because Aberdeen, in the United States ot
America, is an abomination to every hotel
keeper of Europe. Because, like Nazareth,
nothing good can come out of it. It is our
young men, sir, our fast, vicious yonne
men, who have out-Heroded Herod in
their debaucheries throughout the Con
tinent and have -given this bad name to oar
good ly city. I blame that dare-devil Euth
ven in particular.
Now all this was true, though why might
remain a problem, for Aberdeen, as every
one knows, sleeps without tossing. Per
haps a hence may arise from this very
calm, for the stoutest spirits are distilled
m the deepest cellars. But a posteriori is
far more certain than a priori, and the fact
stands that the young men of Aberdeen, as
a rule, were wild and profligate.
The kindly old gentleman, in his
righteous wrath, had anathematized Buth
ven, but even while doing so there had
been a twinkle in his eyes. And here lay
the pity of it; every one liked this young
man; every one's censure was so enriched
with sympathy as to be enviable. It seemed
as if the fairy godmother, after her malig
nant sisters had done their worst, had ap
peared at the christening, and had endowed
iiim with charm. As a child, his roguish
blue eyes and ingenuous smile had con
centrated interest, and their magnetism re
mained a constant attribute. The children
used to call him "Little Angel Pace," and
the title seemed appropriate five minutes
niter he had dashed a cobble stone througli
a neighbor's front window or had attached
phosphorus to a dog's tail.
Beuben was left an orphan at an early
age, in charge of the grimmest old banker
in Aberdeen, one whose glance would bring
terror to the soul of a borrower on Govern
ment bonds, but bis ward would draw cari
catures ot him and gleefully show them to
him, and the guardian would be embar
rassed instead oi angry.
Buthven's father had so disposed of his
ample fortune that his son would receive
its income a wise and an unwise precau
tion, for. while Beuben doubtless would
have quickly outworn the strincs of Fortu-
great wheel In front draws the ship forward.
The present buoyancy chamber will lilt two
tons and a half. The car attached immedi
ately beneath will carry ten passengers.
The airship theoretically is perfect Every
possible mechanism to lighten it and to
overcome gravity and to lessen the atmos
pheric currents has been secured.
Still, human credulity stands aghast when
it is asked toput a simple trusting belief in
the claim that any man has ingenuity
enough to rival the feathery creatures of
the air.
Bat There Are Doubting Thomases.
Mr. Pennington will have to blow up hii
machine, get the wheels to going, and ascend
up over the sky-scrapers and shoot off across
the sky like a streak of greased lightning
before a select few of the most daring minds
will believe he can fly. He will have to
cut figure eights in the sky, play tag with
the stars and dance a can-can around the
moon before the masses will cdnseut to
crown him king of the air.
Will he do it? Will the great patent
bird, with a wheel behind and wheels to the
sides, go spinning through the air and
darting in and out among the clouds, leaving
lurid streak in the midnight sky, with one
end in Chicago and- the other in the out
skirts of Shanghai?
Mr. Pennington believes H will. He re
counts that the steamboat, the steamship,
the telegraph, the telephone, the steam en
gineall had to battle with incredulity and
the petty strictures of ridicule in their in
cipiencv. But he does not ask anybody o accept
his claims. Within three weeks he will
give an actual exhibition, where the evi
dence of the eye will be unanswerable.
Meanwhile, it would be well enough for
the humorously inclined to occasionally
drop around to'the Lake Front and look
out for a big, shining monster to come slip
ping down among the park tramps and
paralyze a half dozen on the spot
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Gladstone has been re elected In.Mid
lothlan. Supreme Justice Somerby, of the Iron'
Ilall, is a fugitive.
A protective taiiff bill has been passed
by the Legislature of Hawaii.
Chile has ratified the arbitration agree
ment with the United States.
French capitalists are negotiating for
the privilege of establishing a new national
bank in Uruguay.
The entire Town Board, of Superior,
Wis., has been arrested, on a charge of em
bezzlement of school funds.
Francis E. Gladstone, claiming to be a
son of the British Premier, is stranded in
Detioit and is begging forassistauce to go to
Chicago.
A hunting paity of four men have been
found murdered on Caney creek, in the In
dian Territory. All their valuables weie
Missing.
Six men of the Department of Publlo
Works of New York were nearly suffocated
by gas in a sewer yesterday. Three are in a
Clitical condition.
A mob at Josselyn, Ga.," captured Ben
Howard, the colored murderer, from the
officers en loute to jail, and riddled his
body lull of bullets.
Henry C Bissell, of New York, Treasurer
of a theatrical company, has been missing
from Boston forseveial days, and fears of
foul play are entertained.
Lord Charles Robert Carrington has been
appointed Lord Chambeilain. Lord Car
rington's original name was Smith, but he
had it changed by loyal license.
Chicago trades unions will probably pay
the Dands who charge $7 per man lor Labor
Day; but they are gruinuling hard. Gom
pers is doing his best for peace
Arthur Wines, the son of Dr. F. H.
Wines, the special agent of the eleventh
censns, turned up yesterday at Washington.
He had beea missing for several days.
Owing to quarantine regulations in Xew
York, Lyons steamship lines refused to ac
cept Russian Hebrew immigrants. They
will go to Havre and embark lor Boston.
Over 600 delegates have been appointed
from Northwestern cities to the Interna
tional Reciprocity Convention, which meets
in Grand. Forks, S. Dak., September 1 and 2.
Mrs. Greenbauny, near Saginaw, Mich.,
left her baby in a wagon while she went
berrylnir. During her absence a lynx had
eaten the child, leaving nothing but one
foot
The Dalton gang lias robbed the station
of Nowata, Ark., on the Kansas and Arkansas
Valley Railroad, of $1,600. The station agent,
the traveling auditor and the traveling
passenger agent wero all held up.
William B. Cochran, Secretary of the
Bushwhacker Manufacturing Company, of
Aspen, Cot, and manage! of the opera
house there, nas been arrested in ban 1 ran
cisco for making way with 35,000 shares of
the manufacturing company's stock.
Stuart Ren'del, Gladstonian, Chaii man of
the Welsh party, will introduce in Parlia
ment a bill fixing a date alter which no
vested interest can be created in Welsh dio
ceses. This measure is a iorerunner to a
bill disestablishing the olrarch in Wales.
DO NOT DEL KY
Advertising your vacant roomi, as those
who did so last ifetk In the cent-a-word
advertising columns of THE DISPATCH
were satisfied with the result.
One Dollar
Will open a bank account at the People's
Savings Bank, 81 Fourth avenue. Start now
to save your money for the World's Fair nnd
old age. tts
natus' purse, still poverty often proves an
adequate curb for Pegasus.
The lad was sent to the famous Latin
school at Armway and thence was expelled,
the cause being certain anarchical sen
timents which he had managed to interpo
late among the Head Master's notes for his
commencement sermon, which the purblind
old doctor did not distinguish until he had
stopped, horror-stricken, in their very ut
terance. Then, as it to prove that he could
do what he wouldn't, Beuben entered West
Point, and at the end ot the course was
graduated at the head of his class. His
name is still famous there as that of the
most daring horseman, the most skillful
draughtsman, the most thorough soldier of
his day.
But aiter a sharp Indian campaign, in
which he won a scar across his cheek to
ever afterward bespeak his gallantry and
the desperate recklessness ot the charge
which he had led, Buthven ridiculed the
boasting of a general officer who had been
ill on the day of battle, and then discreetly
resigned.
The European trip, which had caused the
kindly old gentleman to renounce his citi
zenship followed, and at the age of 30 Beu
ben Buthven returned to Aberdeen "to
settle down," as he gravely assured the
friends, and these were his acquaintances
who greeted him.
Fora while it seemed as if there might
be a foundation to this assertion. He hired
apartments, which he of course called "his
den," and fitted them with all the nicety of
refined taste. Their walls were lined with
book shelves and adorned with curios and
paintings, many of which latter were
Beuben's own, for his long, slender fingers
ncic cAucit nuu iuc ucusii uuu sometimes
tantalizingly revealed the extraordinary
figments ot his mind. He called demurely
on the old exclusive set with whom his pa
rents had associated. He attended
morning service at St. Siraon's, aBd
there was a distinct clatter of beads
and whir of ribbons when his tall
sitewy torm was Been languidly strolling
down the aisle. He gave several decorous
entertainments in his den, and soothed
the matrons" with his albums while he en
tranced the maidens with the dreamy
music of his clear tenor voice accompauied
by the mandolin. He even took part in a
kirmess and posed as Sir "William "Wallace
in tartan leaning on the crossed handle of a
claymore.
Perhaps it was this amazing variance
which broke the back of his complaisance,
for from that day he ceased to advance, and
resumed his steps to one side. People began to
whisper and nudge in his shadow. Matrons
spread their, wings solicitously on his ap
proach. The maniiolin rang out atiilarions
warning even when the morning light was
learning to creep. The "den" was now re
t f if
THE Pl'lTSBUEG
AMERICAN PROGRESS.
The Development of the Country's
Educational System.
COUNTY TEACHERS TOLD ABOUT IT.
Dr. "A'insbip Speaks to the Institute on
the Art of Teaching.
DIEECT0ES WILL BE IS MARGE TO-DAY.
Hon. A. S. Draper opened the general
work of the afternoon session of the Alle
gheny County Institute by an address on
the "Development of the Educational Sys
tem of America." He referred first to
the educational system of other countriej
and showed that all lands had done some
thing for the education of the people. . He
then traced the growth of the American
public school system.
"At first,"' said he, "the American
schools were church schools.
Then private schools sprung up
as money making enterprises. But the
circumstances of the country outgrew such
schools and it became necessary to adopt
the broader doctrine that all property of
the people is pledged to the education of
the people's children. Hence the necessity
for disregarding sectarian and political
differences. There must be nothing about
our schools to which any can object
New l'lans and Better Discipline.
"The new plans have resulted in a new
system of discipline and a new spirit All
this was necessary because the circum
stances of the country were changed. Busy
times and great cities demand improved ad
vantages. But the school system must
grow to meet these demands. It must
grow every day, and if it does it will make
onr citizenship safe and promote the ends
for which it is maintained."
Dr. Winship gave a talk on "What Is
Teaching." He said: "The employments
of people are divided into occupation,
trade, office, calling, profession. Occupa
tions are primarily for the earning of a
living, trade for making money, an office
for honor, and calling for duty. " A profes
sion requires training. Its members must
make a profession ot devotion to that em
ployment The public must recogujze their
profession. Teaching must not be
allowed to be merely ' a method
of earning a living. There is no
temptation to money-making. It must not
be allowed to become an ofiice to be received
at the hands of politicians. It must not ad
mit of people's claiming prominence in a
eranky way, as though it were a calling. It
must demand better training.
TVlnshlp's iVlsn Words to Teachers.
"Its members must be more distinct
ively proud of their identification with
the 343,000 teachers who are instruct
ing the 13,000,000 children ot our land.
Public recognition must not be
catered to or demanded. It must come and
will come freely wheh teachers are suf
ficiently trained and are definite in their
loyalty to the profession. We are not now
ready for professional recognition. The
sooner we recognize that the earlier will the
public appreciate every effort to stand
where there shall be a distinction between
the professional and the crank which is the
first evidence ot public professional recog
nition." The institute was then divided for class,,
work and Dr. Noss addressed class "A," on
"Hindrances and Helps in the Teachers'
Work." Among the hindrances DrNoss
enumerated slackness of interest on the
part of pupils. "A teacher teaches as mnch
as the pupils learn," said he. "The pupil's
learning depends upon his interest in what
he learns. Feebleness of attention,
consequent necessity for repeti
tion also operates against the
progress of the teacher's work. Waste of
time and effort and the vague and unavail
able character of the knowledge acquired
bv the pupil who Is uninterested are among
the greatest hindrances."
How Herbart's System Works.
He suggested as a remedy, the adoption of
Herbart, whose methods of pedagogy are
now being introduced into this country.
Herbart being a German educator, who died
halt a century ago, and who has many
followers among the 8,000 teachers in Ger
many who are full ot enthusiasm and well
organized for aggressive educational work.
He explained the beneficial features of the
system, referring chiefly to the doctrine of
apperception which emphasises the fact that
the child should be able to comprelrend
clearly all new facts presented. The sub
ject matter of instruction should be ar
ranged in the order of the child's mental
development Concentration in the child's
studies should be thorough and each sub
ject should be divided into suitable lesson
units.
Prof. Bussell addressed class "B" on the
subject ot music He discussed tone and
garded literally instead of eccentrically.
His followers and admirers, and the former
were the latter, became the despair of
parents and the rage of employers. The
clatter of the hoots of his fiery black mare,
irnncess, rang oni a cnaiienge to respecta
bility at untoward hours, and children crept
under coverlids, and the cabmen in front of
the Exchange muttered: "There goes that
wild divil Buthven agin."
Now, Eeuben was iond of riding; indeed,
it nas the least harmful amusement that he
knew. But there was a careless dash in his
going that seemed disreputable to the good
ly inhabitants, and because his fancy guided
his outings its vagaries were deemed
vicious.
One afternoon Beuben was galloping over
the one pleasant road which led out of
Aberdeen, on which, unfortunately for his
reputation, the one pleasant roadhouse of
the vicinity was situated. Preoerling him
was a farmer on a load of hay discussing
weather and crops with another farmer on
a load of sand, and Incidental thereto these
two farmers, with ruial contempt for all
who do not pay a tnrnpike tax, were oc
cupying the entire way. A light turn of
the hand and the gallant black was in the
ditch and out again in front But Beuben
afterward remembered that he had Indiffer
ently thought what a nasty barrier these
would have made against a runaway.
On he sped around the bend of the road
and under the shade ot the twin rows of
maples when a rapid rattle and patter at
tracted him. A team of ponies before a
phaeton had made a bolt of it, and were
coming toward him at a rate which would
be the despair of all ponies thereafter. A
young girl with white face and compressed
lips sat upright within, clinging to the
reins bravely, but most ineffectually. It
was all done so easily that no w onder Beu
ben laughed away thanks. Black Princess
was whirled around and plunged beside the
affrighted pair. A long slender hand was
outstretched and grasped the curb with a
giant's grip. The ponies fell back on their
haunches, the phaeton swayed and stopped
within ten feet of the bncolie gossips.
"Shol That's Squire Dalton's darter,"
quoth one. .
"Trne! Be yer hurt, Mamie?" a'sked the
other.
This gave Buthven his bearings. He
knew the old-fashioned mansion of the Dal
tons on the lane a mile distant, so he turned
the ponies and begged to assure the young
lady that he would honor himself by rid
ing at their head to her father's house.
When they drew up before the broad
portico the farm hands, startled by rumor,
thronged abont the horses as if aiding in the
rescue. Buthven assisted Mary Dalton to
alight, and as her little hand rested within
his grasp and lie gazed into her clear gray
eyes, he felt that he had at last met his
heart's desire.
"I thank you," she said, calmly. "You
must come in and let mv father thank vnn
-also."
And Buthven followed her as one may
enter a temple after a weary pilgrimage.
&
time. He referred particularly to the age
at which a child's voioe should be devel
oped, saying that between the ages ot 6
and 17 years the voice gains in strength
and he urged that the voices be not taxed
nnder 6J years.
MIm Coffin Opposed to HevUw.
Miss Coffin spoke to class "O" on the
subject of "Beading;" She urged the adop
tion of apian of silent reading just previous
to the oral recitation, by the class. She
opposed review days, bnt said that all regu
lar work should be kept up to the highest
possible standard."
Prof. Deane ocoupied the attention of
class "D" by a discussion on the use of the
decimal point and long division. The insti
tnte'adjourned until this morning at 9:30.
This may be the last year forMcKeesport
to be represented in the County Institute.
The law permits cities having 75 teachers to
have their own institutes. Superintendent
P. A. Shanor, of the McKeesport schools,
said yesterday that they had 70 teachers
elected for this term, and before the end of
the term two or three more will be re
quired. By next year he thinks they will
have oyer 75, and they can then establish
their own institute.
This will be Directors' Day at the Insti
tute. .
At the morning session of the instltnte
.Dr. Wlnship, Superintendent Draper, Dr.
Maltby, Hiss .Edith Coffin and Dr. T. B.
Noss were the instructors. The election of
a committee on permanent certificates was
held during the noon recess. The result
will be announced to-day. The candidates
were : JE. B. McBoberts, Prof. Brooks, C.
B. Cook, W. D. Brightwell, J. W. Thomas,
C. J. Fisher. J. D. Anderson and Miss M.
J. Marshall, with five to elect
BROKE IHE QBE BEC0KD.
A New ake t-teamer Carries 4,808 Tons
From Eicanaba to Chicago.
Cleveland, Aug. 2i. Special. The
Maritana, recently launched at South Chi
cago and owned by the Minnesota Steam
ship Company, which comprises the same
capitalists interested in the Illinois Steel
Company, has broken the lake ore record
on her maiden trip. Monday she left Es
canaba with 4,808 net tons of ore for South
Chicago, drawing 17 feet 6 inches of water.
The record was held by the Maryland,
launched last year at Detroit, which a few
weeks ago took down 4,103 net tons of ore
to South Chicago.
These great loads illustrate what could be
done on the lakes if it were possible for
boats to load to 17 and 18 teet between
upper and lower lake ports. This load was
possible only because there was straight
sailing with no rivers or shallows to pass.
The Maritana, for example, will probably
bring down only 4,000 tons from Two Har
bors whereas with deeper channels she
could carry 4,800 and could afford to trans
port ore for 20 cents a ton less than current
rates, a reduction in transportation cost of
nearly 20 per cent.
An irritated throat is soothingly treated
by Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant, an old
established curative, for coughs and colds
and all bronchial and lung troubles.
Saved His Child's Utr.
A. N. Dilferbough, York, Neb., says:
"The other day I came home and found my
little boy down with cholera morbus, my
wife scared, not knowing what to do. I
went straightway and got a 25-cent bottle
of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Bemedy, and gave it according to
directions. You never saw such a change
in a child. His limbs and body were cold.
I rubbed his limbs and body with my
hands, and after I had given him the sec
ond dose he went to sleep, and, as my wife
says, 'from a deathbed he was up playing
in three hours.' It saved me a doctor bill
of about 3, and, what is better, it saved my
rhild. I can recommend it with a clear
conscience." For sale by druggists.
WThsu
Notice. Notice.
To-day the P. a C. Colothters, will sell the
balance of the goods bought of the "Big
Boston Clothlnir Concern" that failed. Men's
Bnits at $2 85, worth $10: men's plain and
lancy coiksciews at 50 5 and $8 90, worth
triple; men's finest black cheviots at $6 83,
$8 90 anl $12 40: fine overcoats for men at
$1 60, $7 and $8 90; men's fine pants at 93c,
tl 17 and $2. Call to-day. We must sell this
Boston firm's stock and turn it into oash.
Onr 11 years of solid business reputation in
this city is guarantee that you wilt set
everything J use as advertised. No space to
name more bargains, but we have plenty
for all.
P. C. C. C, Clothiers, corner Grant and Dia
mond streets.
Yncntlon Is Over.
Your cloththg will need pressing or clean
ing perhaps. Try Pfeifer, 143 Smitnfield
street, 100 Federal stieot. Allegheny.
Telepnone:i 1204. and 3469. rrsu
Trotters, pacers, draught and general
purpose horses will be sold at Am helm sale
Thursday, August 25.
Dx Witt's Little Early Risers. Best pill
for biliousness, sick headache, malaria.
Atgostcra Bitters, the celebrated ap
petizer, Ib used all over the world.
It was three months later that one even
ing they again stood side by side on the
broad portico. Up and down" the pathway
a man was leading the fiery black mare.
"And is your answer final?" he pleaded.
"It must be," Ttfary replied. "How
could I trust my life in the keeping of such
a man as you?"
Buthven did not attempt to answer the
question. In former days his sophistical
assurances would have swept away every
doubt, but love had made him both humble
and remorseful.
"Goodby," he said. Yet as he stood for
a moment with bared head beneath the
moonlight, Instinctively his bonny blue
eyes and smiling lips urged her iavor. Ah,
fairy godmother, tor once hast thy charm
lost its potency! The girl paused irreso
lute, with averted face, and then went into
the house.
Like a whirlwind through the night
rushed Black Princess under unaccustomed
spurandgoad; andliteawhirlwind through
Buthven's mind rushed black despair. He
had wildly and hotly made his wooing and
failed; he who never before had been
crossed nor thwarted. Ah, love mav well
abide his time, for his darts grow sharper
from disuse. Beuben had long been an
adept in reading the contradiction ot droop
ing lids and glowing cheeks to a cruel
tongue, but then he had been all head and
no heart, and now the converse was true,
and in maidenly shrinking he saw naught
save contempt and fear. He would not
stand it, he, the invincible one, to be so up
wrought. Yet what could he do? Do?
Why, he would pack his traps and away.
The world was as broad as Aberdeen was
confined. The world was as gay as Aber
deen was dull. But where would he go?
Was it -not all a twice-told tale whose nar
ration had lost its interest and whose climax
its thrill?
"And I would have tried to behave my
self for her sake," he muttered. But no,
that way was blocked, and along the old ac
customed one the lights were out. Vanity
of vanities! Whv could he not revive his
enthusiasms? What was there that lie had
not tried and proved unto satiation? Where
were the fruits ot his vouthful days, so
tender, so succulent, so refreshing -of juice'
and flavor? Ah, that he might only find
them! But these .apples oi Sodom, faugh!
Even yet were his lips a-pucker from their
ashes.
Black Princess, true to habit, turned in
at the foadhouse. Buthven leaped from the
saddle and gulped a glass ot brandy that
would have o'ertopped a toper.
'The man's daft the night, and the mare,
too," muttered the groom as he pocketed a
coin.
Then away once more through the dark
ness, down the clattering planks, over the
rattling bridge, up the hillside thick with
creeping shadows, and awayl Where
should he go? Why had he returned to
Aberdeen? Why rather had he not come
back years before when he might have
worked and prayed, when he might have
ucuovcu nuu utc ueen ueueveiu iuuiu no
DiSPATCp. THU"RSDY,v,f''
AUGUST
- HAWAII CLAIMS IT.
AT hen It Is 'Officially Known That the
British Will Hang on to Johnson
Island the Honolulu Government Will
Kick Sandwich Island News.
San- Francisco, Aug. 24. Honolulu
advices dated the 18th say the Legislature
is still in session and had on that date
reached its sixty-seventh day. The Cabinet
is still incomplete. '
With regard to the annexation 'of John
ston Island by H. M. S. Champion, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs states that the
Cabinet has not been officially informed ot
the occupation of tho island, but it is the
impression of Her Majesty's Government
that Johnston and Kaluna Islands are still
a portion of Hawaiian territory. Not hav
ing any official notification ot the seizures,
the Hawaiian Government considered it un
advisable to enter a protest, believing that
Great Brltlan, on ascertaining the facts, will
withdraw without a forma! protest
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, reply
ing to the question, "Is the Government
doing anything toward selling or leasing
Pearl Harbor to the United States?" said
the Hawaiian Government has never sug
gested a transfer of any part of Pearl
Harbor or any part of the Hawaiian .Do
minions to any foreign power.
In the debate on the passage of the sec
tion in the Hawaiian postal savings bank
bill, the Ministry were charged with the
present stringency of affairs. Minister
Parker said that the present condition of
financial distress was due to the McKinley
bill. '
AH INSANE ASYLUM TRAGEDY.
A Supposed Harmless Inmito Strangles to
Death His Fellow Prisoner.
Cincinnati, Aug. 24. In Long view
Lunatic Asylum, near Carthage, Hamilton
county, last night.George Goetz strangled to
death Henry Gerwig, a fellow inmate. The
discovery was made after midnight by the
watchman, who found the victim dead and
his murderer standing over him with glaring
eyes and convulsive movements.
The two men had been locked in the same
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biame that pure young girl for reading in
his face what time had written there? Ah,
he loved her a thousand 'times more for an
intuition which he would have wished a
sister to possess. What was the sum of his
experience? False faces, heated air, oaths,
quarrels, the forced smile of the painted
dancing woman, the throw of loaded dice,
the bubble of adulterated wine! No, no!
He could not go away aud repeat to nausea
that which was alreadv nauseating. But
what, then, could he do? He might die.
Surely! The scar on his cheek tingled as
he remembered that when he had swooned
from his horse after that tremendous toma
hawk sweep the last sensation had been one
ot rest and peace.
For a moment Buthven's thoughts clus
tered cheerfully about this suggestion, and
then wandered as if led by dreams. The
strangest, most incongruous recollections
flashed across his mind like pictures from
the lantern of madness the lullaby that
his aged nurse used to sing; the streets of
Aberdeen as they had looked years before
op a bright morning after a terrific snow
storm; the conclusion of one of the old
doctor's talks at Armway, to which he
would nave sworn he had never listened;
the plaint of a beggar whom he had re
fused in front of the club at London; the
simulacrum of a sweet, sad face which he
believed must be his mother's. Such
visions entranced him until he found him
selfhe hardly knew how back in his den,
seated in his great armchair, the droplight
dimly burning, the windows open to the re
lief of the summer evening.
And what was that on the stand by his
side? His revolver, loaded and cocked.
Well, he might as well! It would, at least,
be an ending to what had been a tortuous
course from a Inir beginning. But, lacka
dav. how sad, how melancholy to contem
plate! He hod never intended to waste his
life, no, indeed! He had had dreams of
honor, but they had always illumined the
clouds of the future. He "had waited. He
bad dawdled with opportunity. Time had
seemed so abundant when it had been so
scant Like the hare he had slept, and the
tortoise had passed him by. Ob, the anguish
of it, to be a king of men without the king
dom! To have every "is" a "might have
been." Now he comprehended the smiles,
theshrngs, the furtive glances of his asso
ciates. He Had been their buffoon, whoie
entertainment had been accepted in spite of,
Jnstead'of because of, himself. Even his
dashing sketches, his dainty verses, his fer
vid paintings had merely aroused their
pity, like the lair columns of an incom
pleted and abandoned palace. How he
hated them all, the rmug-tneed, sqnare-toed,
stupid race, who had their homes aud wives
and children while he was so desolate!
Through the open window on the calm
ness of the niglit came a plaintive spund.
Buthven stepped forward and looked out.
What a wondrous spectacle were the
heavens! The full moon rode triumphant
across the zenith, attended by a brilliant
star, like a grand mistress followed by a
beautiful maiden. . Myriads of lights shone
cell under the supposition that both were
harmless. Gerwig had been in the asylum
about ten days. Goetz was committed only
last Saturday.
. "A woman
best understands
a woman's ills."
Thousands of women have been
benefited by Mrs. Pinkham's ad
vice, and cured by her remedies
after all other treatment had failed.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
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has been more successful in cur
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remedy the world has ever known.
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distinct from every quurter, or confused'
within the bewildering radiance ot the
milky way, and all joined in a gentle,
tranquil beneficence toward the poor little
world. How insignificant were human
woes in the presence of sach amazing
splendor! Even it one were a king among
men, how petty must be his domain, a mere
point of observation of inconceivable
marvels. And yet, what was that plaintive
sound? Buthven glanced down. On the
curb sat a beggar woman crooning to a
sleeping infant He could see the look of
content on the poor waifs wan face as the
little hand retted caressingly against her
cheek. After ell, was this not a more
astounding spectacle? Was not every
mortal being a microcosm as pregnant with
unrevealed truth as any star? How mighty,
how mysterious, wa? this human heart that
amid privation and distress' conld find such
peace in natural ailection. Buthven leaned
out on the sill and dropped his purse into
the woman's lap. She looked up and
smiled, and that smile said, "God bless'
you."
Possessed it a magic against bitterness ?
In a changed mood surely, Buthven turned
away, and strode slowly up and down his
room. Why should he say amen to the
forebodings of his lriends and prove the
ruin that they predicted? Was not this
beggar nobler in her endurance than a sui
cide rotting beneath the crossroads with a
stave through his craven breast? But oh.
the poignancy ot frustration, and oh, the
emptiness of life! So be had never achieved
his manhood? He was still a pettish child
bewailing the moon. Ah, was it not the
truth that he possessed far more than he de
served? With youth, wealth, health, was
he not ungrateful to despair? What, then,
did he know of life that he must prate of
itsemptiness? He had indeed discovered
the sawdust within his doll: but had lie
ever worked ? Why should he not take his
talents from their hiding place and bid
them increase ? If lie must die, should he
not wait until his death would be a dep
rivation? Buthven looked around him at the pic
ture on the wall. No critic's eye could de
tect their iaults so unerringly as his, for he
had realized them in the making, but had
been too indifferent to try to do better.
Suppose that now he should try? Could be
not win an honorable fame for himself, and
would not that fame be something in life?
Again the plaintive strains ot the poor
woman's lullabv attracted bis attention.
Why had he always been, why should he
now be, so selfish? 'There was a beggar be
fore his door; there were beggars outside
the doors of the world. He recalled the in
describable squalor and wretchedness he
had coldly witnessed as one of the sights in
different cities. Had he tried to ijive re
lief? Was there not work for his ample
means, not far away among strangers, but
here in Aberdeen among those who might
well be of his blood? Would not charity
be something In lite, and should he not
oner it, since ne so soon wouia jc ivi Ana
did It not return a blessing, since even his
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HEW AD VKKT1SEJIENT3.
" Vj ""44to
mrrNu.cwtr no.
Would Jill a good-sized vol
ume if written out. What he
can do at Jacksons' in ihe
way of bargains in fine
Home-Made Clothing would
Jill an entire library. We
have placed on sale this week,
to make things hum, about 40
new styles of good All-wool
Cheviot Pants, called "The
Favorite," at $2.25. Now,
two dollars and a quarter, is
but a small sum, and some
people may think it isn't
eno7ighfor thetn to spend for
Pants, but we say to you if
$2.25 will do the work with
us that it will take $4 to do
elseiuhere, why not take ad
vantage of our Pants sale.
Ask for our $2.25 "Favor
ites," In our suits: Well, every
other man in town wears our
Home-made Suits, and for
good reasons. First, we
guarantee them in repair free
of charge Jor one year; sec
ondly, you can save from $3
to SS. on wery suit.
Why not try us? It's to
your interest. See the ad
vance styles in our Hat De
. partment.
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Cor. Wood and Diamond at 3.
Deposits of $1 and upward received and
interest paid thereon, commencing from the
1st and ISth of each month.
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President; A, E. Niemann, Secretary: W. H.
Wilker, Xreasuier; Geo. W. Guthrie, Solic
itor. Directors: Jos. Abel, A. Groetzinger, J. F.
Havek-otte, Chas F. Scliwarz. Christian Sie
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Saturdays trom 9 a. m. to 6 r. a. .
STRAYED.
Bay horse, a little lame in front foot.
Liberal reward for information of his where- l
abouts. W M. GUNNING,
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chance gift of the night had brought him a
thrill of joy?
Up and down the room the faiter strode
Buthven as his imagination revealed a
happy future. He saw himself going about
among men doing good. He heard the
prayers, lie felt the tears of gratitude. He
recognized approbation in the glances of his
fellow-citizens, and these filled him with an
honest pride. His heart was always light
because he never considered its pangs. And
then the day came when fair hands were
stretched toward him, when a tender voice
said: "You have proved your worth, dear
est. I can now trust you, as I have always
loved you."
Oh, vision of joy supreme! He saw him
self seated within the cozy inglenook of
home. About the room that form so dear to
him was flitting, on wifely cares Intent,
while around his neck tiny arms were en
twined, and his cheek was caressed as that
of the mendicant had been.
Buthven stopped short and stood for an
instant in a state ot exaltation.
"Thank God!" he cried, "I am saved
from myself. I see the right, and I shall
pursue it"
In his fervor he brought his clenched fist
down heavily on the stand. There was a
sharp report, a moan, and Beuben Buthven
lay dead in his great armchair.
And through the open windows came the
plaintive strains of the poor woman's lull
aby. The next morning, even while the care
taker was fleeing terror-stricken from the
awful stare oi death, Mary Dalton sang
blithely as she culled flowers for the break
last table; for her heart was bounding with
rapture.
'He will surely come to-day," she mur
mured. "And we shall be so happy. It
was better for me to seem reluctant at first;
but you shall know "how tenderly I love
you, my hero, my darling."
STECIAI. ANHOnNCEalENT.
Great Eeductlon for a Ten Days.
On account of an overstock of the finer
Styles of the various makes of organs which
constitute our regular line of goods, and
which will soil legularly at prices from $123
to !50, we have placed a lot of them on the
floor and offer yon your choice from among
them at $35.
$S3, F0EMEEI.YJ125 TO $150.
Remember, these are H new and bright
and the latest improved jnitrnments from
onr regnlar stock and fully guaranteed.
There are comparatively only a lew or them,
and now is the best opportunity you have
ever had to get a fine Story & Clark, Sterling
an'' Farrand A Votey organ, and, as thoofTer
holds good during this month only, you had
btter call right away and get one.
Remember, you have your choice from the
lot regardless or former prices.
$123 ASD $150 01M3AH3 RIDUCXD TO $85, THIS
MOSTH OV AUGUST OltLY.
S. Hamilton,
91 and S3 Fifth avenue.
Caiit's comfortably fitting shoes. 803 Ma
tec street h
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