THE SQUANTON TIUBTJNE-TIITTHSnAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21. 1897. X ! IUUTHAS' MESSAGE. ! lit tho dctrcnlntr twlllRht of nn ntt tumnol evening, Doris Shirley paced to nnd fro beneath th' trees, awaltlnrr with feellnjrs of doubt and uncertainty tho issue of tho most mumsntoiis event of a maiden's lifetime tho Interview between her lover nnd her parent. At the sound of advnnclnc footsteps slio paused, and ns a manly npuro reached her Bldo it needed but once plance at his face to tell that Ills mission had been ono of failure. "Ho has refused V" sho iiusrlcd. "Yes love, absolutely und without hone." ''Did he say why ho would not con sent?" "He said that you arc aware that his wishes run In another direction." Tlren tho daughter's heart rose in hot rebellion against her sire, nnd her eyes flashed fire as she cried: "He wants me to marry Joshua Ucntworth because he's a Theosophlst, but J will not, s thetf! IK' Is nearly double my ago and 1 hate him. Ever ulnco father cmbrnrcd Theosophy he hits been quite h different man. His whole heart and soul Is In It, and every body and everything must bo subser vient to his creed. Marry Joshua! Novel!" And then In .softer tones: "You knnw.Svelnoy, In elshteen months T shall W of ng-p. nnd then" "ElKhtcon months, pet wh.it a Ions, long time to vv.ilt." "Is It not better than never? Well, if you do not e.ire to wait we will say Ooodbv' now," nnd she held out her li'.ind. pretending to be offended. The )cult was, of course, as she anticipat ed She found herself encircled by her lover's stionu arms, while kKscs of condition KieetMl her btow. 'Walt. dnilliiK'.' 1 would wait twen tv yeais, but 1 c-oulel not live without hearing from or seeing you, and your f-ither forbade mo to do either alter till? last interview." And then, as in thousands of slmll ir piohlbltlons, they plotted as tn the wnjs and m-ans by which thov might hold communication unknown to the antagonistic patent A week parsed avvnv; It heemed like a month to Doris: and she wondcied how she could endure elghtepn months like It Her father had told her of his Interview with Sydnev, and requested Hint the mbjeet might never be men tioned again, and Doris had given h'lm to understand thnt tinder no clrcum stantis would she niatry any ono else. And now i week had passed seven long, weary dab without huirlng or seeing Sydney, and poor Doil, dilvon to despritlon, had been wondering how she might best broach the sub Jed to her father and tiy to Induce hlni to leoonslder his decision. Hut the task seemed hopeless; she felt that she might as well appeal to a stone wall as to his stubborn will. Was there no way but to wait? 11. j!r Shliley was sitting in the big arm chair In his own particular sanc tum, genoially rfeired to us the "stud." and letting his thoughts lun i Ui rirst, they flitted here and there mer various phases of his new hobbv, and then, taking a sadder tone, con jured uu Mic vision of his onlv child, whose dearest ish ha hsd refused. Why was she so self-willed'' There was Joshua, well provided with wordly goods, hail-fellow-well-met with every one. and, above all, a hrother Theoso phlst; why could not the girl le satis fled with her father's choice? Then the truant thoughts pictured Sydney "Wal lace as certainly the better looking of the two, nearer Doris' age, a man of energy and excellent character; but nnd there was the lub he had been so openly and audaciously honest as to epiess his disbelief In the manifesta tions of Theosophy, and so he had sealed his fab. It was now quite dark, and Mr. Shlr lev rose from his scat, lighted the gas, dtew 4own the blind, nnd locked tho di or It was his custom to spend his evenings alone with his books, and leaching a volume from its shelf, he drew bis chair to the table, and was soon absorbed in new mystifications, theoretical and lmpiacticable. After reading for some time, he came upon a marginal note giving leference to another work which necessitated a visit to tho bookshelves at the other end of the room. He soon found the passages rtfened to, and was about to resume his seat, when he uttered an exclamation of surprise, and east a frightened glance round tha loom. There, on the pages of the book open whoie he had been reading, was some thing which was not there when he left the table. A little roll of paper. With quivering hand nnd beating heart ho picked it up and unrolled it. Appar ently the paper was of foreign manu faetuie, and tho charaeteis on it, al though English, did not seem to be in scribed with any of tho mateiiols in common use In his country. With in describable feelings of wonder and awe he read1 ' Coercion Is abhorrent to us. Vex thy offspilng no longer. It Is our com mand Thibet, August 24th." A message from the JIahatmas In far off Thibet, nnd dated that very day! Could there be trickery? he wondered nnd to pl'ice tho matter beyond tho shadow of a doubt, he made an exhaus tive examination of tho room and Its contents. The window was fastened, the door locked, and ths chimney closed, nnd theio was no other opening In the walls t Continuing the search' on his hands and knHrs, under the table. chairs and couch, he coveted every square Inch of the carpet and then lose con vinced that the loom contained no liv ing thing beside himself And there on the table lay tin Indis putable evidence that time, space, nnd Humors Whether itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, crusted, pimply, or blotchy, whether simple, scrofulous , or hereditary, from infancy to age, ipceilily cured by warm baths with Ccticdiu -. Boat, gentle anointings with CimcuitMoint V. merit), tho great skin cure, and mild doses of CuTlcunA ItESOLVENT, greatest of blood imisrsttnd humor cures, (yticura luold throughout tbiworli. roTTiiDaffauoCiiu. Co.r , 8o1. Prop , Boiloo. mr-Uow to Cut Krtr Blood llumor,"rr. ERPC UIIMfinQ Fillini lUIr .lid DV rtHm- inuu nuuiuiiu i i libti curtd bjCutlcvm Boir. brlclc walls were ns nothing to a Ma hatmo, AVas there, ever such a char itable creed that the Innermost clrclo should interest itself on behalf of ono who lmd openly expressed his opinion that such manifestations were "bosh." Tho next meeting of th'e Theosophlsts, before whom Mr. Shirley detailed, the circumstance and produced tho evi dence, unanimously agreed that his bodily health and perhaps his wry life might be Imperilled if he still persisted in opposing the wishes of his masters. They Implored and abjured him to relent, and worked on his feelings to such an extent that ho went home Im pressed with an awful sense of somo impending doom, some terrible calami ty that was about to butst on his of fending head. III. Meanwhile the situation had become as unbearable to Sydney as It had to Doris, all their plans for communicat ing having so far failed, tho natural com so of events having taken a turn for which no provision had been made. A lovo so Intense as his could stand the sepai atlon no longer. That very nfternon he would boldly go to the house and ask to see his be loved; her father might say or do as he pleased. The lesolutlon once foimed, ho was In a Btato of feveiish Impati ence to put it into pracUce. He would stait at once. And start ho did, won- deling what leteptlon ho would re ceive at the hands of her patent, and hoping that he might not be Invested with the Older of the Uoot. nut Providence had piepaied for hlin a surprlM?, one of those kaleidoscopic changes which ewr made the "best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft nglee." Scarcely had he 1 cached the gate when a telegraph 1oy i.m up and hand ed him a message. Sydney's flint thought, of comae, was Doris then, some dire disaster. As soon ns his Im patient hands had lipped off the cov ering ho lead: "Come nt one e In friendship. lltchd. Shirley." An Invitation from tho very man whom ho had been mentally picturing a.s kicking htm out of the house! "Say Til be there like a shot," he hald to the astonished mest-enger; then recollecting himself, "Nn answer," and the next instant ho was speeding to the .station to catch the tialn then due. His reception surprised him as much as the telegram. He was welcomed at the thicshold by Mr. Shliley and taken into tin? study, his host beaming with the very essence of affability. Af ter a few preliminary "haw." nnd vicious clearings of the throat, Mr. Shirley addressed him thus: "In refusing jour ardent request for the hand of my daughter I believed that I was netltitr in the best Inter ests of my only child I know nothing against jou; indeed, much to your ad vantage, but the principal reason that Induced me to take the course that I did was your openly expressed disbe lief of matter, of which ou could not possibly be a Judge. Young man, read that," and w ith a dramatic flourish he handed him the message. After minutely detailing the clicum stnnce.s of Its nrrlval, be continued. "In compliance with the eommnnel therein expressed I have sent for ou, to give my consent to your union with my daughter, and I am not without hope that tho mysterious message jou have befoio jou may be the means of converting you by Its tangible exig ence and tho foi giving nature of its contents." Sdney gazed at the paper bowild eied, speechless. This was a complete floorer. "Well, now go to Dm Is; she awaits you In the drawing room. Eeavo the paper here; it is too piedous to Uust out of my sight. I have to go out now on business, but if you will give me a call, nay tomorrow evening at S o'clock, 1 shall be prepaied to dlscus.s matters with you." It Is needless to attempt to describe the rapturous meeting of the teunlted lovers. Those ieadeis who have experi enced such blissful moments can pic ture It for themselves, and those who have not, may rest assured thnt to them the gates of Paradise still stand unrevenled. The next evening dney Jv-pt his appointment with Mr. Shliley, whose exuberant delight seemed to show that a heavy load had fallen from his mind. Then ho would go through the inci dents of the mysterious arilval again, taking Sydney by the nim and leading him mound the room, nil the while ex plaining how mnttets stood on the eventful night. "You see, the gas was alight, Just ns it is now, and the window was fast ened look at it cannot be opened from the .outside; and the blind was drawn light down, like this. The only other means of Ingress is the door, locked. Ah! I have not locked it." and ns he spoke he shot the bolt. At the same instant a loud "ting" caused both men to spring round and rush to the table. There, floating on the liquid in one of the glasses, was another tiny roil of paper Shot fiom somowheie, It had evidently struck the glass, making it ring. Unfolded, the contents tan: "It Is well We are satisfied." Again from Thibet and the dute the current day. It was with veiy dlffetent feel ings that th& two men gazed at tho piece of paper. Mr. Shii ley's face bore a calm expression which told of a thankfulness that danger was past, nnd that he felt once moie at peace with his masters; while Sydney stood aghast In the presence of the unfath omable, his hair bristling on his head nnd his teeth chattering fiom very fear. At last he could bear It no longed-, and flinging open the door, he rushed out. nor paused until he found himself outside the front door In the pure night air with tho canopy of heaven and twinkling stars abovo him. IV A train Is throbbing swiftly north ward bearing among Its passengers two that havo that day been made man and wife. The bridegroom sits absorbed In his thoughts, seeming ob livious to the fact that what should be all tho world to him sits by his side. It is not that one deftly thrown blipper has mado a bruise on his fore head, nor that sundry grains of rlco had slipped down between his collar and his neck. What, then, wus the causo? "What makes you so quiet, dear?" asks tho bride. Ho starts an one called from another world. "I urn bewildered, love. Those m. eriges, how real and yet jiow very Im possible. I cannot believe, nnd yet there, I know not what to think." Doris laughs a little musical ripple, nnd then laying her hnnd on his nrm, and nestling closer, she says: "Shall I explain the mvstery, love? I sent them," "You! How could you! The gns was locked. I mean the door I but you how could you?" "I will tell you, but you must not let papa know. The paper came from India, wrapped 'round somo presents thnt I had sent Va me. The wilting I did with my left hnnd with tho moist ened point of a stick of India Ink." ''Hut the locked room!" Interjected Sydney. "Then I rolled It up very small nnd stood It upright on a projection of the chandelier nnd fixed It thre with a tiny bit of wax from a candle. When the gas hud been nllght a little while the wax melted, and down fell the message with Its own weight. So? Hut you will keep my secret from papa?" And Mr. Shliley does not understand Hit mystery to this day. Tit-Cits. BUNCOERS ABROAD : BEWARE ! It is the trick ot the llrynmzed De mocracy this fall to mako lalso charges against Itcpubllcan methods, ralfo a big dust, hire Republican mal contents to organize llepubllcan bolts and then coax Individual Itepubllcaus to desert their party on tho represen tation that "party tics needn't count for mottling in an off jear." Uy this trick, if it shall work, tho Urjanltes will get a foothold for a hopcrul light In national campaigns, and make Just so much more trouble for Mr-Klnli-y, the lie publican corgioss and the cause of sound money. You now see through this tiick. Aic you going to let It woik: as told ii v imisi:i,r. A Western Citiun's llciiiiiiisucnco ol the Tlmo lien Tlioro Were Wild Itutlalo. From tho Kansas City Joui nal. "Speaking of llais," said the w ostein Kansas man as he knoc ked the ashes out of his pipe and looked at the leal estate agent out of the coiner of his eve, "I think w ostein Kansas can -show uii some as inio specimens as I ever set 'es on. Now, there was old John S. I'll not give his full name, because the old man still lives out somewhere near Kiowa, and if he was to get In print ns a noted liar he might get hot. When I lead an nc count ol Speaker Hill Street's bppcch up In Jewell county at an old .settleis' picnic, where he said that he had stood on a knoll und seen a dense, moving hrd of buffalo as far as the eye could leach, somo way it biought old John to mind. "When I tli,t stiuck the short grass country old John wa.s there. He got me i oi noted one day and was so tick led to get a ftjh victim that he bald ly stopped even to take a drink, un til he had stuffed me so full that 1 was paitially pnialyzed for a month after ward. Ho gave me to undei stand thnt for years before he came to Kansas hc was one of the most dreaded des peradoes and Indian kllleis that ever t named through the Rocky Mountains. I learned atterwaid that lie wouldn't light a cat, and actually tiembled with fear whenever hlfi hatohet-faced wife turned loose on him with her tongue, but when 1 flist met him his blood thirsty talk faiily made my blood run cold. "!! Informed me that he was known far nnd wide thtough the mountains as 'Tiger Jack, the tenor of tho Rock ies.' Rut I was going to speak of his buffalo stoiy. I asked him one daj. Just to bring him out. If ho ever got Into any tight places when he was hunting buffalo. 'Oh. I've been in places that 1 suppose most fclleis would call ticklish,' he replied, "but never any place that lattled Tiger Jack but once, and that time I own I was worried.' "'I wns huntln' buffalo down the Medicine Valley, along In '70. Tho country was Just alive with the crit ters and I was knockln' 'em right and left, when nil at once somethln' stnit ed a stampede, and tluee or four mil lion buffalo came iiishln' down the val ley, just makln' tho giound .shake us they come. 1 seen nt once that I would have to get out of there or be tun over, but my pony was all fagged out, and the herd kept gaining on him nt every Jump I ,aw that them buffalo was goln' to mn that pony down nnd that something had to be done, and clone quick. Well, sir, I seen that there was just ono thing to do. I waited till the head buffalo was right on my pony's flank and then I made a Jump on that buffalo's hump. " 'Then, sir, I Just went jumpln' from the back of one buftnlo to another nnd shootln' ns I went thought, maybe, you know, that I could scatter the herd and get a chance to get down on tho ground Well, sir. when I struck the rear of that stampede I was only a mile from home. I went out the next dny and measuied the distance from where I jumped nnd founu I hud trav eled on the backs of buffalo for six miles and a quarter. I'll tell you hon estly, I think It was a little the closest shave I ever had.' " HE GOT WATEIt. Tho Old Trnjiper Showed Thorn u New Device in Reaching Drinks. Trom tho Detroit Kress Press. "When people aie suffering from thirst they will resort to all kinds of means to get water," remniked a gentleman who was at ono time a member of the United States geologi cal and surveying expedition in the Indian Territory. "For some time we had been without water and weie suf fering greatly. Among our number wns an old trapper who was as keen on the scent for water as Is a hound on tho trial of a deer. Finally he paus ed at a place and stopped. '"I think there's water here, if wo could dig a well,' he observed, " 'Hut wo can't,' I replied. "No, but we can do somthlng else, he said, "With that ho cut a reed, tying somo moss on tho end of it. Then he dug Into the emth, placed his reeed In tho hole and packed the eaith around tho iced. He waited for a few moments. " 'Do you mean to say you can suck water out of that thing?' I asked. '"Yes, if. as I think, there's water nenr tho sui face.' "Ho drew strongly at It with much satisfaction. " 'Good,' he remarked; 'would you like to try it?" "With little confidence In tho result I sucked nt tho reed with tho suprls Ing result of getting plenty of clear water. To my patched tongue It seem ed the very nectar of tho gods. " 'It's as clear us the water of a spring,' I eald. " 'Yes, tho moss Is our Hlter, he re plied. "Wo pursued our Journey muoh le fieshed, and I never forgot the old trapper's advice." NATIVE IIAWAIIANS AND ANNEXATION Why They Fear the Coming of American Domination. WOULD INVG TO LOCK THEIR DOORS As It Is Now, Not n Key Is Ever Turned in Honolulu Recutita Thlcvcrv Is I'rnctlcullv Unknown Thcrc--Not n Compliment to tliu Prospective Immigration from tha United States. Writing from Honolulu to the Chi cago Tlmes-Heinld, Janet Jennings soys: Could tho native Havvalluns bo assured that annexation would bring no radical changes to deprive them of their present easy life, liberty nnd the pursuit of happiness, all would accept It without fear and nnxkty. It must bo admitted that they have good ground for fear und anxiety. The na tive Hauaiians aic In no sense aggres sive and have no conception of tho meaning of the wind. In compntltlon with the new "hustling" element ot Anglo-Saxon push and progress and ambitious acquisition of weattli the native Hawaiian would go to the wall. They have strangely oontradlotoiy traits of chatactcr. Honest and stialghtforwoid, kindly and gcneious, with a oirtaln manly pride and reserve on the one hand, on the o'.her their easy going, pleasure loving natures aie ever leady to evade all lesponsl blllty. They have not sought to check the steady, plodding, sllout Industry ot the Chinese, who have become the fillets of the oll, litlslng the vege tables and cultivating the taio, fiom which pol, the native food, Is made. The Chinese lent.e a tarn patch for $!0 an acie, t.ile the tnio and mako the pol cheaper than the natives who own tho hind can pioduco it, and at tho Hume tlmo the Chinese make money by It. Why, then, should tho natives woik? Would tho Anglo-Saxon, under the same c-ondltlons, stick to his taio patch? Ceilninl) not, if he could make It nim t piolitable by leasing It to the Chinese. A TRANQUIL, PEOPLE. It docs not follow that the native Hawallans, after leading their lands, become Idle and shiftless. They sook einplovment without tcspnnslblllly.aiid moie congenial wlmivcs and shipping (lor thov have a natural love of the ea), wheie, by wot Icing tlnco davs In the wek. they earn enough to keep them seven eloys. Including spending money foi suclal festivities, in senile fLS),-rts tiny have the simplicity anil credulity ol childien. Left to them selves thy aie an easily governed peo ple, suse -ptlblc to good influences and t-lngulaily free from all jealousy of other nationalities. Superseded by the thrifty, calculitlug Chinese, Japanese and Poitugu-'.so on e.-ery haul, the na tives are absolutely without bitterness or complaint. It is only when sup planted by the Chinese in matrimonial nffaiis that the Hawaiian men show resentment An argument ntetst fre quently put foi th by native Hawallans ngainst annexation Is not without th force of tnith "If we have nnnexa tlon," thej say, "we must lock our doors. P,ad peuple will conio here from the United States, and It will net bo the same as now. Uverybody Is safe now without locking dooib, ond also on the streets at any time of night or day. Hut it will not be so if we have annexation " NO THlllVISS. It Is quite true that there Is a com plete sense of safety In Honolulu with out locks or bolts, and this Is the moie remarkable because almost every na tionality under the sun is in the 110,000 population. But people of all classes and conditions enjeo' this feeling of security alike. In the finest residences, where thete Is most wealth, therefor" greatest risk, the key Is seldom tinned In a door. One of the most prominent men in Honolulu, who has a charming home on Huwano avenue, said the other day "I was born on tho islands and have lived here all my life. We have employed almost all nationalities as house servants, but have nsver lock ed our doors. Theft Is almost unknow n, or at least seldom committed by Chi nese or Japanese servants, and the na ti Hawaiian would feel It to be a re flection on his honesty if you turned the Key against him. Occasionally a business house Is enteied, but the law makes the punishment so severe that buiglarlcs are few and far between. Mni and women, too, aro perfectly safe about the city at night nnd are never molested in our quiet streets." This delightful sense of security comes to the stranger before ho Is fair ly landed on the dock. "Just give your keys to the man who takes up your baggage and he will see it through the custom-house," said a Hawaiian fellow-passenger, returning from the states. I hesitated about leaving my worldly goods not only to the mercy of a strange customhouse ofllcer but also to a strange baggage man. "It will bo all right," said the man, touching his hat, "and w ill save you the bother of waiting." Half an hour later my baggage was in my loom, all right und uttended to better than I could have done It myself. "You need not lock your door," said the proprietor of the house. "You are quite safe In Honolulu not to lock your door, but leave It open if you like." DOORS LEFT OPEN. My loom opens on a piazza, as all rooms do In this climate, and blnce tho day of my ai rival, a month ago, tho door nnd windows have stood wide open night and day. The house Is three minutes' walk from the business part of the city and very accessible If any body cared to enter it. All tho ser vants about the house aie Japanese, and Chinese launch yman come and go at will, but nobody In the house turns a key. An American woman endeav ored to explain the situation nt break fast one morning. "Tltero is only one other soot on eaith wheio I feel as safe," she said. "That Is on Nantucket Island, thirty miles out fiom the At lantic coast. Nobody locks any doors there. Honolulu Is 2,000 miles out trom the Pacific const, and we are Just as safe here." CRACKURS AND IIISCU1TS. You Don't Know How Important Tlioy Aro Until You Reud tho I'igurei. From the Sun. About eveiy ono has heaid (and If everybody hasn't It Is not tho fault of tho cumpalgn orators) ot tho Illtcult Trust and the Cracker Trust an J of tho cnoimous business which both control, running high, aa the campaign orators say, "into tho millions." uut overy ono does not know the value of the business carried on In these coinmodl. ties, essentially American in respect to patronage. Tho American Biscuit com pany has a capital stock of ?10,'j00,00). It Is nn Illinois concern, hnving rami fications throughout the count! y, but with headquarters In New York, nnd having forty ovens with a rapacity tj convert a thousand barrels of flour Into I Ifcults every day. Its main factories are on Tenth nvenue nnd give employ men to more than a thousand persons. Thtro Is n big brnnch at Cambtldge p.irt, Mass,, with sixteen ovens for the Now England supply, another nt Chi cago for tho Western supply, another nt Ornnel Rapids, and another nt Phil adelphia, The extent of the ci acker nnd biscuit Industry of tho country Is not fully shown bv these figures, for the gross capital of the cracker and biscuit companies consolidated In 1890 is $25,000,000. The opinion In general Is that flour and water arc the chief Ingredients of crackers nnd biscuits, but some figures collated during the present year show the extent to which various products aie required for the biscuit and crack er Industry In New York state. Near ly 3,000,000 barrels of flour aro used each year for this purpose, nnd In addition r.0,000,000 pounds of sugar, 35.000.0CO pounds of lard, 2,000,000 gallons of nto lasses, 1,000,000 pounds of honey, 6,000. 000 pounds of butter, 2,000,003 eloxen eggs, 400,000 gallons of milk, 2,000.r00 pounds of soda, 1,000,000 pounds of liga and almonds, 4,500,000 pounds of salt, 2,000.000 pounds ot coconnut, S0 1,000 pounds of currants, 500,000 pounds of ginger, 000,000 pounds of J:!ly, 210,0"0 pounds of chocolate, 100.000 pounds of cream of tartar, 100,000 pounds of apri cots, 300,000 pounds of almond paste, and 500.000 lemons. In the making and sale of biscuits and crackers 25.000 men aie emplojed, Inclusive of the packets, and enih year 10,000,000 wooden boxes nre useel in this Industty, exclusive of a million or moie tin boxes In whlh biscuits anil ct ackers aie packed for shipment. The paitlallty of Americans for biscuits and crackeis Is very innrk ed, and It In due to what may bo called a nntlnnal prefeieitce. As a result of the consolliatlon nt the various biscuit and ctnrker baker ies the price at which crockets ate sold has been steadily l educed. kncmsii uNDiiru.nu. The President ol the Hoard oi Uducn tion I'tmiishcs a Negntivo Uvnmplc. 1'iom tho Youths Companion. It was commencement day at the Dashvllle high school. The hall was densely packed with the ft lends of the gt actuates nnd It wns a hot evening, us It usually is on the occasion of a com mencement. The president of the board of education, a woithy but not highly educated cltUen, took charge of the exeiclscs by vlttue of his oillce, and, amid a silence broken only by the fluttering of fans nnd the rustling of ill esses, he rose and began his addiess. "Graduates of the Dashville high school, ladles and gentlemen: Owing to the length of the ptogr'm and tho fact that the heat and and the ciow el ect condition of the loom discommodes a great many of you, I shall try and be Ntlef. Young gentlemen and ladles, this a noo nge of the world Noo con ditions are constantly rising, and we must rise to meet them. The lesson comes to ou and I eveiy clay we live. nat constltooted an education two o'- thiee decayeels ago will not do for these kind of times. "I am not one of those men who be lieves that the school he went to when he won a boy Is better than schools arc now. 1 believe In noo ideas. I believe In pro-gic-s, As far us the board ot education are concerned we hav tiled to keep up with the march of pio gie.ss. "We have piovided teachers whom I believe are not excelled anywheres. Wo have furnished apparatuses as good as money enn buy. We aro glad to see that the children have become enthused over their woik, anil 1 want to Impress upon the minds of the pay rentes the elooty of visiting the schools. "Every payient ought to take enough Intetest In their children to once In a while go and see how they nre getting along. If you do this the graduating classes will grow larger and larger ev eiy year and the teachers will resoom their labots at the beginning of every school year with renooed confidence. "I have gieat pleasure now In pre senting Mr Herbert Rice, who will de liver the first oi atlon on the progr'm on the sunject, "Dot Us Preserve the English Language Undeflled.' " As soon as the loud applause and the convulsive coughing that greeted the close of the president's speech had sub sided, Mr. Heibert Rice arose, red with .suppressed emotion, and dellveied nn Impassioned plea for the preservation of the English language In Its origin al purity, a plea that is etill spoken of In Dashville ns a mastei piece of elo quence. RAILROAD ACCIDKNTS. Over 1000 Killed on Roods of United Kingdom Lust Year. Prom tho Lcndon Times. From the general import to the Eng lish Boaid of Trade upon the uccidents that havo occurred on the railways of the United Kingdom during 1S96 it ap pears that there weie 93 passengeis killed and I5SC Injured, Including those who had suffered fiom their own want of caution or misconduct. Slmllaily 447 railway servants or contractors were killed and 3966 were Injured. "Other persons" killed, 40S, and 297 Injured. Total killed, 100S; Injured, 6S77. In addition to tho above the com panies havo icturned 85 persons killed and 11,002 injured from accidents that occurred on their premises, but which were not connected with the move ment of railway vehicles. Thus tho total number of personal accidents le poited to the Board of Trade by the railway companies during the twelve months amounts to 1093 persons killed and C.S79 injuied. The total number of passenger Joui neys, exclusive of Journeys by season ticket holders, was 9S0,339,C77 for tho year, or 50,56S,76S more than In the previous year. Calculated on these fig ures, the proportions of passengers killed nnd Injured during the year 1898 were 1 In 10.541.2S7 killed nnd 1 in 618,121 Injured. In 1S95 the proportions weie I In 11.202,059 killed and 1 In S3S.3S7 in jured. During the yenr only live persons were killed and 388 Injured fiom causes beyond their own control, tho killed be ing the same as In 1895 and the injured 11 more in tho last named year. In 1894 tho figures were 16 killed and 347 injured. - i Past Running, From the Buffalo Enquirer. It was in a negligence caso recently, and a good-humored Irishman wus a wit ness Tho Juelge, lawyers and everybody else were trlng their bout to extract from the Irishman xomethlng about the speed of a train. "Wus It going fust?" asked tho Judge. "Aw, yls, It wote," answered tho wit. ness. "Oh, purty fusht, jour honor." "Well, how fast?" "Aw, purty fusht." "Wus It as fast as a man can run?" "Aw, yls," glad that tho hauls for un analogy was supplied, "As fust as two rain kin tun," TIIU TKUi: VI1U8ION. Thnt 1'niiioiis Rcmnrk About Its Re in K n Long Tlmo llatwoon l)rlnl.i. Prom tho Florida Citizen. Every man In tho United Stntes Is supposed to know what tho "governor of North Carolina snld to the governor of South Cnrollnn," but, perhaps, some do not know when nnd under what cir cumstances tho famous remark wns made. Neatly n century ago a man prominent In political affairs In North Carolina moved ncross the border and settled in South Carolina. He had been there only a short time, when he com mitted some small crime, for which ho was Indicted. To escape art est ho re turned to his old homo In North Caro lina. In due course of tlmo tho gover nor of South Carolina Issued his requisition on the governor of North Carolina for tho fugitive crlmlnnl. The fugitive had rich and Influential friends in his native stnte, nnd they In terceded with the governor until he re fused to grant the requisition. A long olllcinl correspondence followed Prom inent men In South Carolina told the governor that ho had not been trentcd with proper olllcinl courtesy by the governor of Notth Cntollnn. The re sult was that tho South Carolina gov ernor, ncceimpanled by a large party ot friends and advisors, Journeyed by stnge to Rallegh for a conference with the governor about the matter of giv ing up tho criminal. The governor of North Carolina nnd his party of dis tinguished friends, met tho geivernor ot South Carolina anil his patty scveial miles fiom town, und escortetl them to the governor's mansion with all the ceremony elite such distinguished visit ors. Befote the object of his visit was stated, the entire assemblage snt down to an elabotatc dinner. After dinner, wine was seived. and after wine came brandy the apple-Jack for which the Old Noith .state is famous. After many luunels of drinks the de cantets and glasses weie removed, and tho governor of South Cuiollna stated the object of his visit He demanded the surrender of the fugitive criminal. The governor or Ninth Carolina n fiiseil. Then followed a long and heateel discussion, in which the attoiney-gcn-erals of the two states took an active pari. Finally the gov et nor of South Caiollna gtew nngiv, and, rising to his feet snld. "Sir, jou have tefused my just de mand nnd offended the dignity of my ollico and my state. Unless jou at once suueiider the prisoner I will totutii to my capital, call nut the mllltla of the state and, lctuinlng with my nimy, I will take the fugitive by fotce of anus. Governor, what do jou my?" All eyes woio turned on the gover nor of Not th Carolina, and his answer was nwalteel with bieathless Intetest. The gov et nor lose slowly to his feet, and beckoned to a servant who stood some distance aw a v. His beckoning was firm und dlgnltled, ns beenme his position. He was slow about answer ing, anil iigiiln the governor of South Caiollna. demanded, "What do jou saj ?" "I saj-, gov et nor, that it's a long time between drinks." Tho icplv restoied good humor De canters and glasses wete brought out again, and, while the visitors remained, it nny ono attempted to lefer to tho diplomatic object of the visit, he wns cut shoit by the lemark that It was a long tlmo between drinks. When tho visiting governor was ready to leturn home, he was escorted to the state line by the governor of North Carolina, and thov parted tho best of ft lends. The fugitive was never surrendered. TRAVEL In"kENTUCKY. Prom the Chicago Tribune. I was trjlng to Und my way to Colonel Ted Baxter's on George Cieek, eastern Kcntuckj anil ,ot lost I met an oM man with a gun on his shoulder and si hounds at his heels, "I'm trjlng to get to Colonel Baxter's," I said, as 1 drew rein. "Don't keer cf je ar," returned tho old man, linllppiiig a gill of tobacco Juice and looking up sharply In my face. "I'm lost," I conttnue.il. "Wei, cf jou know ctiny o' tho land marks, jo go straight on this load till je conio to whar olo Bob Peters cut tho giz zard outen, ole Tobe Mason.. Thar tho road splits, an' jou go to the left, about 2iW j arils, till jo reach the spot whar Ben Curpenter split ole John Captleld's brain box open with or handspike. Go on then a llttlo fureler tor whar John Simpson let daj light into ole Moso Tinner with a butcher knife, an' thar tho road cracks open agin, an' jou take to tho right an' go on till jo cum to whar I sent a gourd full o' buckshot into olo Georgo Lcm mons's lungholder. Thar j-e take to the left agin, an' keep goln' till jo reach a liouso whar an ole man an' an olo woman are elrunk in the front jard, ctissln' and llghtln'. Ax if Colonel Baxter lives thar, an hoil say: 'Yes, darn je. Git down, tako a snort o' moonshine, an" make yer self to home!' " A POLITICAL POINTER If j-ou Indorse the frco trade and freo ellver Chicago platform as the Lacka wanna Democracy does, "fully and without reserve," then work and voto for Suhadt, Horn, et. nl. If j-ou be lieve In MeKlulej, qrotccllon and pros perity, turn theso agents of Brjan down. NEW YORK HOTELS. An ettsbllibed hotel under new manaterocct r.d thorouRhlT abreast of tho ttmes. 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