" 4 W3 & TJ.-IE CK ANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, MARCH X. 1898. 5? - War.. With SpaJe Oece PrevioMsly Avertedo The Episode of the Virginlus and the Part Played 3n It by Our Government. Washington Letter, Chicago Record. It Is less than twenty-flvo years) Blnce another vessel whoso crew met Ha fnto In a Spanish poit In Cuba was the eubject of as Intense public Interest as today Is directed toward the Elaine. The case 'of. the Virginlus had in It ole ic 'a of traeedy that made It more pcctacular and dramatic than that of Rio Maine, and American spirit was Rvorked to an even higher tension than It Is now before diplomacy and cau tion averted a war between the united 3tatea and Spain. In the case of the Virginlus the facts of Spanish ngpres- Mor Vcre in no way denied, but, on tho lot )ry, avowed for a time with pride, tint, the authorities at Madrid subdued th'elr people, who woro making a tet tlemcnt more dllllcult by their talk. Tho only controversy was as to wheth er or not Spain's action In the matter was within its rights. Gut the settle ment, however It might have left the rights of the vessel still unsolved, was u rebuke to SpsJln,"and 'for Its execu tion of American citizens with scarce ly a formality of law It has never been forriven by those who lemember it, whatever diplomacy decided us to be ing satisfied. The Virginlus was originally an Em;-llsh-bullt sMcwheol Eteumer called tho Virgin, and during the war between the states" was one of tho most fam ous of blockade runners until captured by n vessel of the United States. In 18(0 sho was sold in "Washington to an ngent of the Cuban junta at New York, her name was changed to Virgin ins, and she cleared for Curacoa in the West Indies. From .that time till her unhappy fate oha was never In United States waters. At Aspinwall and in the ports of Venezuela and tho We it Indies she was known for three yes i as the.rno'st cjaring nnd the most surcessful'of filibusters, making repeat ed landings on the Cuban coast with Huppllea of arms, ammunition, food and thea for the Insurcents who wero Bgh'tiug the ten-year war. In all (lbusterlnc it was claimed, how- that the Virginlus never lest actor as an American ship. fh thovuban flas was kept at the ITasthead witinover that practice serv ed any good purpose. Tho vessel sailed on ; the fatal voyage from Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 23, 1873, having cleared at the United States consulate as a United States vessel bound for Port Simon, Costa Rica. The commander wf.b Captain loseph Fry, u cltlxon of the United States. The cargo was made up of munitions of war for tho Cuban Insurgents, and the crew was part of Cuban and part of American cltlens. There were also on board a number of enlisted men on their way to join the insurgent army. MEN CAPTUHL3D AND EXECUTHD. It was not until Oct. 31 tint tho Vir ginlus approached the coast of Cuba to make her landing, and was Intercepted by the Spanish gunboat Tornado. Tho Tornado had been built by the samo English firm that constructed the Vir ginlus, also for blockade running, but in the race that folio ,ved tho Virginlus was unable to equal tho speed of her Spanish pursuer. The chase lasted eight hours, during which tho men of the Virginlus threw overboard all the ammunition and guns jhey car ried, to destroy evidence of their in tent. Finally, at in o'clock at nlifht, tho Virginlus was stopped and surrendered in response to the cinnon shots of tho Tornado, which had come in range. The captain protested that his papers were regular and that the Virginlus was "an American ship, carrying Amer ican colors and papers, with an Amer ican captain and crew." In response ho was told that he was a alrate, i.ls Hag was lowered and trampled upon, and the Spanish Hag was hoisted In Its place. When the Tornado and the Virginlus rerfched Santiago de Cuba the next day the 155 men captured were placed In close confinement and a court-martial was convened at once. The various courts-martial condemned most if not all of the prisoners to death, this sum mary proceeding being, as was alleged, ir accordance with Spanish laws, so fi r at least as tho character of tho cturt and the nature of the Judicial fi rms were concerned. The first exe ei tlons were on tho morning of Nov. 4, when four men weie shot, one of tl em being Brigadier Washington It:, 'an. who claimed British citizenship, nsj n Canadian, although he had served in the union army during the late war. The victims were shotm the back, afld their bodies were afterward be headed, the heads displayed on spikes aid tho trunks trampled by horses. Glorgo W. Sherman, tho corrcspond eift ol tho New York Herald, tried to rwetch the scene and was imprisoned for four day for his attempt. A guard kept the American consul In his house, ui he could not appear to protest. On the Sth of November twelve more men were executed, and on the 13th thirty-seven were executed, this last batch Including the officers and ciew of the Virginlus and most of tho Ameri can citizens. At 4 o'clock In the after noon tho condemned men were marched to the place of execution, passing and H.nlutlng'the American consulate, where the flag was not flying from its staff. Captain Fry was shot first, and was the only man, though the soldiers stood but ten feet away, who fell dead at the first volley. The majority of tho poor fellows, as the firing continued, were wourided, and killed as they lay on tho ground by tho usual Spanish faBhlon of flrlns riles.in the mouths of those who were disabled. The second engineer of FOR SKIN-TORTURED BABIES And. rest for tired mothers la a warm bath VithCtmcuiuSoip,andtfiingleapilIcatloa Of Coticuujl (ointment) , tho great akin cure. .Cuticddx Hemediw afford Instant relief, and point to utpcedy cure of torturing, dl II gurlnnuinillatlug.itclilncburnlnK, bleed ing, rousted, scaly skin aud scalp humors, wlthlotfsof hair, when all else falls. Kot& thwictiftul Iht vorli. Fottii 1mi aud Cmim. ''trr - ll w Cw SHn.1 "Cy-ll wCw8ln-TrUrI Bl,loi tnt. ibVin, oonur tftl Htlr Bfttutlf)! fcy CVNCUIU bO.il'. SLEEP tho Virclnluu was among thoso exe cuted. Ho had made a declaration to tho Spanish that he had tampered with tho engines and cut down the speed of the vessel so that she could bo cap tured, and was marched with the rest to prevent his comrades from knowing that he was to be spared. Ho was shot by mistake while making frantic jiro tcsta and explanations, but, aB he was a traitor In ono way or tho other, his death was the only one of all that was never regretted. FHOTESTS UNHEEDED. During nil this time the consuls at Santiago were not Idle, but they were helpless. E. G. Schmltt, tho American vice-consul, nnd Theodore Brooks, tho British vice-consul, made all sorts of protests that wero unavailing. Schmltt I was not permitted to see the prisoners before or after tho court-martial, until the very end, when he reached Captain Fry and signed his protest with him. He was not permitted the use of the telegraph In order to communicate with tho government nt Washington by way of Kingston, Jamaica. Ho wrote re peated notes to General Burricl, the Spanish commander at Santiago, get ting no answer to them, until at last an answer came that was more irri tating than silence. Burrlel told him that he should have known that the previous day was a day of religious festival, during which he and all his ofllccrs were engaged In "meditation of the divine mysteries," and could not consider temporal affairs. He also In formed tho consul that he might be expelled from tho island for trying to embroil the United States nnd Spain In difficulties if he wero not careful. Then came the only bright spot in the whole affair. News of what was going on reached Jamaica, and the British gunboat Niobe, Captain Sir Lambton Lorraine, left for the scene of massacre, sailing in such a hurry that he left some of the crew nehore. Tho captain landed at Santiago before his ship was anchored, and demanded that the slaughter be stopped Instant ly. He declared that he represented the United States as well as England, and that he would bombard tho city if there was another American citizen executed. Ninety-three men wero un der sentence of death, many of whom wero Americans, but the sentences wero Immediately suspended and the lives -ero saved. The Spanish afterward stopped because of orders received from Madrid. Tho next time Sir Lambton Lorraine was in New York he was offered a reception, which ho declined. He was presented, however, with a silver brick, on which were en graved the words: "Blood Is thicker than water." A resolution of thanks to him was laid on tho table in the house of representatives and never passed. DEMANDS FOR, VENGEANCE. When the news of all this reached the United States public Indignation rose rapidly. Mass meetings were held demanding vengeance on Spain. Pres ident Grant sent special messages to congress, nnd the state department be gan diplomatic negotiations. Hamilton Fish, secretary of state, declared that tho Virginlus, having been registered as an American vessel carrying official documents regulnr upon their face and bearing the United States flag, was en tirely beyond the Jurisdiction of any ether power on the high seas in the time of peace; that if she had secured fraudulent entry or committed any other fraud against the laws of the United States it was for her to be turned over to the United States courts for punishment, and not for her to be captured and punished by some other power. The Spanish minister of for eign affairs at that time was Admiral Polo de Bernabe, father of tho new Spanish minister who succeeds Dupuy de Lome. He wanted to submit the matter to arbitration, and Secretary Fish replied to him that the "United States was icady to refer to arbitra tion all questions properly subjects for reference, but that the question of an indignity to the Hpr of the nation and the capture in time of peace on tho high seas of a vessel bearing that flag and having nlso the register and papers of an American ship, Is not deemed to be one leferable to other powois to determine. A nation must bo the judge and cuttodlan of its own honor." Most of the men were executed after protests to Madrid began to be made. Mndrld mobs made a demonstration against the American minister. Gener al Sickles. Nov. 4 Secretary Fish ca bled Sickles: "In case of refusal of satisfactory reparation within twelve days from this date close vour lega tion and leavo Madrid." Ten days later, when the executions wero over, he telegraphed: "If Spain cannot re dress these outrage, the United States will." Ten days after that he wired: "If no settlement is reached by tho close of tomorrow leave." Naxt day Spain became tractable and war was averted. By his conduct In Madrid at that time General Sickles made many friends of thobe Americans who want ed to see energetic action and many enemies among those who wanted peace at any price. It was alleged afterward that the latter influence became dom inant, and that h'ls recall from that post war tho result of their work to punish him for his energy that was not always diplomatic in its forms. SETTLEMENT. The terms of settlement of tho' trouble were that the Vitglntus should be surrendered to an American war ship, with the survjvois of thoso who had been captured with her. nnd that on Dec. 25 the United States flag should be saluted by the Tornado. The sur render was made In tho obsoure harbor of Bahla Honda Dec. 16, tho Spanish bavins taken the Viruinlus there to avoid the humiliation of a surrender In Santiago or Havana, where it should have been made. Captain W. D. Whit ing, the chief of staff of tho north Atlantic squadron, was appointed to receive the surrender of the Virginlus, nnd the gunboat Dispatch was sent to Rnhla Honda with him for that pur pose. Lieutenant Adolph Marlx woa tho (lag lieutenant of the Dispatch, th'o samo who Is now the judge-advocate of the court of Inquiry on the Ma! no dis aster. Tho Virginlus was delivered with the flag flying, but sho was un seaworthy, and, struck by a storm off Capo Hatteras, was sunk on her way to New York. The salute to tho flag that had been arranged was waived by th'e United States because the attorney, general gave an opinion that tho Vir ginlus had no right to flv tho Ameri can flag when sh was captured. No Indemnity was paid tor the lives of tfio American citizens 'who Jiad.bQen'exe-, cuted, and tho Incident was declared closed. BHIHUDAN'S I'OKUll CAME. , Sonntor Conkllng nnd tho Hero of inchester rtirnlstied tho, Fun. From -tho Washington Star. "I was In tho game one night during tho winter of '79 when both Conldlng and Sheridan were players. It was a four-handed game, nnd John Chamber lln was the other player. Tills game at Cliambcrlln's was always for a- $3 limit nt first, with tho understanding that along townrd morning, afte,r a couplo of hours of worming up, any body could suggest tho removal of the limit If ho wanted to. The way Conk ling and Sheridan blurred each other that night was a caution. Both men seemed to striko out luck altogether as nn clement In their good-nntured play against each other, nnd as both of them caught fine hands occasionally, when engaged In this tug-of-war of bluffing neither of them could get an exact line on the other, nnd it was bet ter than a play to study their faces nt tho show-downs. Conkllng was having nil the success during the latter part of the night, and it was fun to hear 'Little Phil' softly utter dark and wool ly things under his brcatli when, time after time, Conkllng would show a hand consisting of nothing at all after having scared Sheridan out, or produce a gorgeous set of fours or a full hand at such times as Sheridan, deciding thai the senator 'was bluffing, would call him. " 'Bite him, 'Sheridan,' Chamberlln would sny, amusedly, on these occa sions, nnd Sheridan would tell Cham berlln to go to the dickens, and call for another deck of cards. "We started the last round of jack pots' with a new deck. Sheridan dealt the first mess himself, and after it had gone around and none of tho three of us could open it, Sheridan opened it himself. Neither Chamberlln nor I had any right to stay on our hands, and so it was left between Sheridan and Conkling, who stayed. Conkllng took three cards, and turned his little pair into threes. Sheridan dished himself out three cards, nnd bit his cigar hard when he saw his hand. He made a $3 bet to draw Conkllng out, nnd the senator raised him $25. It passed be tween them with these $23 bets until there was nearly $300 in the pot, both men scrutinizing each other pretty carefully at each bet. " 'I don't know so much about you this time said Conkling finally, 'and I think I'll Just call you for safety.' "Both laid their hands down at the same time. Conkling had three nines, and he looked nt Sheridan strangely when he saw the color of Sheridan's three aces. Both Chamberlln nnd my self also saw what was wrong at the same Instant, but we only smiled and let the two men have it out. Sheridan had a broad grin on his face and was Just about to rake in the pot. Conk ling was gazing at tho little man of Iron with a puzzled look In his eyes. " 'Oh, I say, there, Phil, Just wait a minute,' said he. 'Do you really think that pot belongs to you?' " 'Belongs to me?' said Sheridan. 'Well, it does if the nose on my face belongs to me' and again ho reached over to hoe in the pot. "Conkling ran his hand through his hair and again stopped Sheridan with a gesture. " 'I don't remember ever having seen that sort of thing before,' he said. 'Did you, Phil?' " 'See what sort of thing before?' said Sheridan. 'What in blazes are you talking about, Conkllng?' "For reply, Conkllng put one finger upon one of Sheridan's aces, and then pointed to another one of the aces. " 'I never saw a Jackpot won with three aces," two of which happened to be aces of diamonds,' said Conkllng smiling. "Sheridan looked at his hand, lying face up on the table before him, and his face became fiery red. The con sternation on his countenance wa's really funny. " 'Why,' said he, after a minute, 'blamed if I don't believe I'm nothing better than an Involuntary swindler. That other ace, you see, Is a club. I opened the pot on a pair of red aces, and they were, of course, these aces of diamonds. Chamberlln,' turning to the amused boniface, 'turn mo out of doors as a fraud and a short-card player, will you?' " 'And have tho army fire a volley over the ruins of my house?' replied 'Chamberlln. 'Hardly. Anyhow, I'd rather see you and Conkllng engage In a rough and tumble fight over the thing. Go ahead, the pair of you. We'll see fair play,' turning to me. "Of course, the extra ace of diamonds had slipped Into the deck accidentally before It left the manufacturer's hands, but Sheridan, when he had in a meas ure recovered from the surprise of tho revelation, made a humorous preten sion that he had known the whole thing all along, and convulsed the three of us by feelingly appealing to Conk llng to refrain from exposing him to the world, for the sake of his family, nnd all that sort of thing. Tho hand being foul the pot was, of course, di vided." THE LADY AM) THE ItlKU. How Latter Hns to Sutler to Gratify 1'ride of Former. From tho Mall and Express. A million bobolinks killed last year! Four million other birds slaughtered In the same year and for what? That their torn and distorted bodies might be flaunted In the headgear of Ameri can woman-kind! These aro no guess-work figures, but the official report of the Audubon so ciety of Massachusetts. And what does it mean? It means five million voices stilled in Nature's avian choir. Five million flashes of cheerlneta and glad ness taken from human life; and mil lions of other young lives doomed to starvation or prey in order that tho plumaged corpse of the murdered moth er bird may bo rent by a milliner and jammed Into hideous shapelessness in milady's hat! Ah, milady, is there no efllcacy in theo desolating figures? Is there no mercy in your heart, no sentiment in your soul? Cnn you enjoy tho finest opera when you think that tho killing of the birds with which you and your sisters are crowning your beauty is gradually silencing the grand oratorio of the forest and the fields. A blrdless country! A voiceless for est! What a desolation It would be! And yet that is Just what this country Is coming to If the song birds of our land are to bo killed oft at the rate of five millions a jy.ear , In order o gratify femlnlrfe vanity and keep .womeiir'ln style' , What a, grQwsome, hideous, con scienceless "style" it Is that murders melody and silences .tho.larkthat slnga from Heaven's gate- - JONAS LONG'S SONS. FRIDAY BARGAINS Each and every one a worthy item, with value that is fact not fiction. Goods of honest merit at low prices lower by a half than any other store. Your money back if every statement we make is not absolutely true. Ribbons. VALUES-NOT PRETENSE. loo pieces of No. 40 Fancy TafTe- las Ribbons, in checks and plaids, pure siiK ana never soiu un- 1 (n derc yard, at . . 1VC 100 pieces of Pure Silk Satin Sash Ribbons, sold regularly at r"'ir,l 30c. todav . . wC LACKAWANNA AVENUE. Millinery. VALUES-NOT PRETENSE. 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It is on tho Mississippi river, Just across from Illinois, and south of Cairo and Is ono of tho new counties of th'o Blua Grass state, having been established in 1SSS as a cut from Ballard county, on- of tho large counties of tho state. The arpa of Carlisle Is 190 square miles only. It isn't as largo as Rockland county. New York, and a majority of Its vot ing1 population J re silvente Democrats, vho gave a majority for Bryan in 1S9G. It la by reason of such partiality per haps that In the Frankfort legislature the other day Representative Mount introduced a bill to change the tiamo Carlisle county to William Jennings Bryan county. Tho name of Carlisle, It must be added, Is not an agreeable one to the Kentucky sllverltes. There aro 119 counties In Kentucky, but thoro Isn't a Brvan county In any other state of the Union with the sol itary exception of Georgia, which has, and has had for a number of years, a Bryan county, a small affair Just to the south of Savannah and fronting on the Atlantic coast. In the Northern states it is not a custom to give full names to counties. That is to say, It is not cutoinaty to give such' titles as "Abra ham Lincoln county," "Thomas Jelfer Fon county," or "Alexander Hamilton county." Lincoln county, Jefferson county or Hamilton county is thought to Mitllce. But In the South and such states In tho West as Southern Ideas ptevail in, longer designations for counties lire not unusual. There Is in Texas a Jeff Davis county, though Davis county would probably serve as well the requirements of those who desired to perpetuate the memory of the president of th'o former confeder acy. There Is also In Texas, very far up In tho forsaken region of the Pan handle, what Is known as Deaf Smith L'duntv; but theie Is a good chrono logical reason for believing that Deaf Smith was not made so by tho oratory of "William Jennings Bryan, for tho designation was bestowed before Bry an had been heard of In Nebraska. There Is a Charles Mix county In South' Dakota, a Roger Mills county In Oklahoma, a Jo Davis county in Illi nois, nnd Kit Carson county in Colora do. Tho proposition, therefore, to es tablish in Kentucky, not a Bryan coun ty, but a "William Jennings Bryan county, is not altogether a novelty in nomenclature. Nevei theless, by reason of tho form of the proposition, If for no other reason, it is not likely to gain serious consideration. Bryan did not carry Kentucky when a candidate for the presidency In )w election of 1S96. McKinley did, and McKlnley was the only Republican who did carry It, for prior to the beginning of the civil war Kentucky was what was then called "a Constitutional Union paity" stats, and It went for the Constitutional Union party candidate, John Bell, in 1&60, against both the Democratic and the Republican candidates, nnd after the beginning of the civil war It was uniformly, until 1890, Democratic. AVhllo tho voters of Carlisle might bo willing enough in their allegiance to the causq of free silver and campaign ora tory to substitute for the 'present desig nation tliat of Villlam Jennings Bryan. this formality, to be ofllclal, requires JONAS LONG'S SONS. Bargains in VALUES-NOT BED SPREADS Heavy White, some marseiiics ucsigns, an ucniiiieu, reauy lor use. unc 10 fa 1 a customer. Today at .... O VC TOWELS 250 dozen bleached thread Turkish Towels, the exact quality you'll pay 15c. for ?-' elsewhere. Today 3 for .... 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"Ol Handsome blue and black French Serges, true value 39c., a todav at 1 J Will Pay You to Spring Opening of JONAS wm a under th'e Kentucky constitution, tho assent of the state legislature, and the Kentucky state legislature Is not like ly to assent to any such proposition. To abolish Carlisle county as such might perhaps be easy; to call it Black burn or Blue Grass county, for in stance, might be -aMer than to estab lish a William Jennings Bryan coun ty t UOW TIIKV OULI USE MONEY. Answers Itccoived from n Lnrge Num ber of Public School Pupils. Dr. George E. Dawson of the Bible Normal college has classified answers received from 1,307 pupils of the pub lic schools of this cty, given In re sponse to the question, "If you had $5 all your own, what would you do with it?" Of thoso who passed in answers CC9 were boys and C3S were girls, their ages ranging from 5 to 16. The answers are grouped under nine general heads: 44 per cent, would deposit the money In a bank, 13.8 per cent, would buy cloth ing 2.2 per cent, would buy something to eat, 15.3 per cent, would buy toys and other means of amusement, 2,1 per cent, would buy Jewelry and finery, 9 lOths of 1 per cent, would buy Hre arms, 1.7 per cent, would spend for travel, II per cent, would spend for others and 6 per cent, would buy books, etc. It is interesting to note the large per cent, who express a disposition to save. Dr. Dawson attributes this largely to the suggestabillty ot the children; the results In this respect re semble those obtained in other fields of experiment. "While the children do not realize the full significance of saving, the idea lias been engrafted upon their minds and is bound to have Its In fluence. Tho fact that this idea of sav ing has been thus forcibly Impressed on the minds of so many is very signi ficant and gives us a hint of tho im mense Influence of public instruction. In noting the per cent, of those who would buy clothing It should be re membered that many of tho children were in urgent need of something bet ter to wear. Those who voted for some thing to eat were mostly under 7 years of age. In the class who would prefer amusements, the girls usually express ed a wish for dolls and doll carriages, while tho boys mostly desired pigeons, rabbits or other pets. In regard to travel, tho figures show that, as chil dren grow older, the desire to go out into the world Increases rapidly, reach ing Its height at about tho beginning of adolescence. The desire shown by the boys for firearms is an expression of tho hunting Instinct that awakens when they aro 10 or 12. At that age boys like to get hold of books of hunting and ndventure. The tendency to buy books Increases steadily as tho children grow older. This class numbers about twice as many girls as boye. The class who manifest a feeling of altruism also numbers more girls than boys, show ing that the greater generosity of wo men is strikingly manifest even at an early age. NO lilllLlCAIi DIRECTIONS. Prom tho Youth's Companion. An account of the successful and very forcible resistance by the late Iilsliop of Sodor and Man of two highwaymen on n lonely Manx road has recalled a some what similar story of Selwyn, the good and famous first Bishop of New Zealand. Selwyn, who was gentle and sweet In his life, as well as most earnest and en JONAS LONG'S SONS. Domestics. PRETENSE. extra double bed size, in hand and unbleached heavy double ' ol good quality, fancy -- 5J.C quality Outing Flannels, 50 r-1 . 0J.L at "t- and Silks. PRETENSE. nenneua iiotn, 40 menes ai-i, T-L- ngureo 3uks, very spec- a o u&t-L- ' Come Today to the Dress Goods and Silks. Ji terprising in tho propagation of tho Gos pel among tho barbarians of tho South Paclflc, was a firm friend of tho Muorl natives of New Zealand, and took their part publicly In a dlsputo which they had with the linglish settlers. This naturally incensed tho lower order of settlers, who were trying to get tho Maoris' lnds. Ono evening, when Bishop Selwyn was walking in tho streets of Aukland, ho was accosted by a drunken Kngllshman who, after abusing him for tho part ho had taken In behalf of tho natives, gave him a blow across tho right check. Tho Bishop stood In astonishment, and then, turn ing to his assailant his left check, said: Now, sir, tho Blblo tells mo that when my eneVny strikes mo on ono cheek I must turn to him tho other; so I will objy its commands." Upon this tho rulllan. seeking the ad miration of tho group of his sympathizers who had assembled, struck the Bishop a severe blow on the left check, saying: "Oh. Mr. Bishop, that's what tho Blblo tells you, Is It?" The Bishop turned pale. Ills examolo ot patient forbearance had been quite lost on the rutilan and tho crowd. Tho timo had como for the assertion of the phy sical force which, in his college days, lmd won for him tho tltlo of "tho great George Selwyn." Tho Bishop said; "Yes, that's what my Blblo tells mo to do to tho coward that has struck ino once. But, sir, after that it gives me no directions as to what I am to do, end 1 am consequently at liberty to act on my own Judgment." Thereupon he took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and "pitched Into" the ruf fian in athletic style. Tho mob was bound to see fair play, and besides, Its sympa thies had now gono over to tho side of tho BIshori. And "his lordship" thrashed tho ruf fian so thoroughly that ho cried for mercy. IT PAYS To bo educated. IT PAYS To bo educated nt tho beat school. TIME AND MONEY Aro both wasted at an inferior school. The State Normal School At Rloomsburg, Pa. 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