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THE SCRANTON TIUBUNJG- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1899.
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THK POOR TUTOIl was ulonc
with licr; anil though It
was lit the days when men
fought hard battles even
against their own kinsmen,
If they so thought It was
for the, right, his heart
throbbed Just as tho tutor's
heart might throb today, with the dif
ference that he had not learned to
count Its beats, as our enamored youth,
200 years wiser, have learned to do,
In a self-controlled manner eminently
conducive to steadying of that obstrep
erous organ.
What mattered the great Insurrec
tion, the cruelties of Judge Jeffries,
and a fugitive patron, with u price up
on his head when love had sought shel
ter In his heart, und she to whom he
had built a shrine was Just as far
away from him ns the width of the
table.
Of what consequence that she was
the Lady Gertrude, the daughter of a
noble conspirator, ami he but a tutor
without land or wealth! So he con
tinued his story, looking at his book as
It he were reading therefrom.
"And the poor man loved the rich
lady, and ho dared not tell her of his
love, lest she should scorn him."
"Then surely he was fearful at
nothing, which methlnks means he
was a coward, Master Humphrey."
"A coward, If 'twere cowardly to
fear the anger of his lady"
"Why should ho expect such anger?"
"He had naught to offer her but his
love."
"Love were wealth enough! But I
am tired of your story. 'TIs not so
good as you are wont to tell. Master
Humphrey: and 'tis our last lesson,"
she added very gently.
"You will not miss the lesRons?"
"No, not my lessons, only the stories
I have loved some of them."
And she moved restlessly In her seat
ns If she would say more, yet could
not find the words.
"But surely my father should be
here even now," she murmured at last.
Tho poor tutor turned pale. "You
will go with him to Holland?" he said.
"It would be too great a risk to ac
company him. but T follow tomorrow,
It all succeds as we have planned. Ah,
If they should take him. They have
killed tho duke. Why are they not
satisfied? Poor Monmouth!"
"They will not take him!"
"Now at the last moment I am terrl
lled lest things should not go well.
Look at the time. He may be here
at any moment. Indeed, he should
be here now'"
Then Lady Gertrude rose hastily,
and stood tall even ns the young tu
tor by her side with a look of eager
Impatience on her fair face.
"Not yet time. I think." said he.
"To cross the marshes on foot needs
Indeed nn hour."
So they stood Irresolute, each with
hearts for one another and thoughts
for the absent fugitive.
"There are learned men In Holland, I
am told," stammered the young man,
Irrelevantly.
'"It Is so rumored; yet not more than
that, there would still be room for an
other, I am sure. Master Humphrey!"
Which pretty speech nigh overpow
ered the equanimity of Master Hum
phrey and threw him Into a discour
teous silence like enough to pique his
noble pupil, who, Indeed, felt she hail
made too bold and had lacked In mod
esty, since he would' vouchsafe no
answer.
"Continue your story, sir," she said,
with marked coldness. "I have no mind
for lessons Just now. '
"There Is no more to tell, my lady,"
he said.
"Then 'tis a poor story."
" 'Twas about a poor man."
"With a poor spirit!"
"Nay, do not challenge him; for he
hath an Idea 'twere better to be poor
spirited than false-hearted."
"Why should he be either?"
"Were It not a mean thing to haiass
an unprotected lady and false to be
tray the trust of her noble parent, hi
patron, when he was absent risking
life for his country?"
"To harass her would be wrong, sir:
to betray a trust a worse wrong; yet
I cannot see that, If he loved the lady
wel, he would be doing either of these
things."
"Madam, were I. your humble tutor,
tho poor man, would you still so rea
son?" "Wore you that man, Master Humph
rey, I could but be sorry for the lady."
" 'TIs a fair answer; I crave your
pardon! Shall we continue the trans
lation?" "Were you the man.ln truth, I should
be sorry for the lady to have so Incon
stant a lover."
"Inconstant, madam?"
"Who will make you love, wherever
he may find n ready listener, though In
covert language that saves him from
n declaration. Pray, Master Humph
rey, if It be as you declare, that you
are this man, convey my sympathies to
the lady!"
Now the'-tutor rose In wrath, and
would have gone his way, for without
doubt his mistress was making sport
of him. but the sound of faint foot
steps from behind the panelled wall ar
rested his attention, and he stood still,
considering whether 'twere best to go
or stay.
"It is my father!" cried the girl,
aware that he alone knew the secret
passage.
Then Master Humphrey saw a look
of Joyful relief rise to her pretty face,
and he remembered how brave she had
been, how good and noble and fair she
was, and how miserable a worm wan
he; and so lifted his head In the pride
of humiliation, as humble-minded folk
nro wont to do, In such manner that
the Lady Gertrude found him as beau
tiful and arrogant as a king, for all
his shabby clothes and slight stature.
"I may not see S'ou again; he will
cross today I tomorrow," she said, In
Hidden haste.
"God be with you!" answered the
;utor, and he bowed low.
The fugitive noble stood in the shad
w of the open panelling, and tho Lady
3ertrude, full of apprehension that he
ihould stay too long, strained an ear
to catch any ominous sounds from
without and drank In eagerly the de
tailed p'ans he slowly explained of) his
iwn escape to Holland, and her Journey
.hither on the morrow by another
oute.
When he ended thero was a little si
lence between them, ob with those
vhose hearts are too full to speak. It
-s speedllv broken, however, by a
Won Her.
loud ringing of the great bell, which
reverberated from the deserted court
yard below through the house. The
girl hastened to the casement window
and looked quickly out.
"Thero aro armed men," she said.
"They have traced you here."
"Wary hounds," he murmured, with
a look of grim humor "to the hole,
but not within. Twenty minutes and
I shall be beyond tho most cunning fer
ret's scent. God be with you, little
daughter! Keep them dallying here
awhile. Hemember tomorrow at Hal
lam btldgu by nightfall!"
The panel foil back and the Ladv
Gertrude sat down to her books nnil
made much pretence of mumbling to
herself as tho old doorkeeper, scare
stricken and panting, tumbled Into tho
room with nn ofllcer of the king's ser
vice on his heels. "Soldiers," said he.
"And, good Ollveit. what It their
will?" said she, not deigning to raise
her eyes from her book.
"No harm to so fair a hostess!" ex
claimed tho Intruder.
Whereupon the Lady Gertrude bIow
ly lifted her pretty head and scanned
the uncomely countenance and fnt pro
portions of the officer with much de
liberation. "Should fairness diminish harm, sir.
'twere a pity there were no more of
the quality among his majesty's serv
ants." "A truce fair one, to a war or words.
I am here to crave your hospitality
whilst waiting for the presence of one
who, I am Informed, purposes to visit
his daughter between the time of noon
and midnight. You start! 'TIs now
hardly noon. We demand to know In
the King's name nt what precise hour
that Interview Is to take place."
Sir'"
" 'Twere well, madam, to save that
pretty head; for those who wllfullv
harbor the treacherous Monmouth's
followers can receive no clemency
from his most gracious majesty, King
James. Their life Is forfeit, man or
woman."
"Sir," said Lady Gertrude, after some
moments of seeming fearful dellberjr
tlon. '1 await my lord, my father, hero I
within an hour from now; and may
God curse you for a coward."
The fat soldier grinned. The lady's
bark wnu not loud enough, but her
bite was, Indeed, most easily averted
with a threatening whip, ns was the
way with women' so he sat his broad
person down and did all that which he
thought would beguile so pretty n:
shrew from her fretful humor. j
Full three-quarters of an hour thus
passed, when news was brought by a '
breathless solulcP that the Earl of W
had boarded a frigate not fifteen mln-
utcs since, and as was related In all
seriousness had dofted his hat In tho
acknowledgment of the fiery salute
from shore.
Whereupon tho fat soldier got up In
a fearful rag", and kicked and swore,
ns only a gentleman soldier knows well
how to do, and snarled aloud that
nothing should savre tho cunning Jado
from the the lively fate of Mistress
Gaunt, who, Indeed, was burned to
death for a lesser misdemeanor.
But the Lady Gertrude lifted up her
prqud head and said-
"Even so, I shall deem my father's
life most cheaply bought, sir."
And she walked out between the file
of armed men, who, lndef.d, were sorry
for so brave and fair a creature, taken
thus roughly a prisoner.
Tho poor tutor sat over his books In
the upper room of a small dwelling
house, and wrestled with his thoughts
till he knew nut which was conscience j
and which tho devil, most plaguing ;
him: for the Lady Gertrude had said i
that love was wealth, yet his rooms be
trayed no signs thereof.
Ho had a little piece ot land not very
far awny, from which he acquired a
small Income: yet wltbnl these things
could In nowise be conutcd riches.
Indeed, no, thought he, when hurried
footsteps upon the stair became con
fused with his wandering fancies, and
ere he had time to weigh the matter,
Lady Gertrude stood before him.
And then something of n sweet shy
ness came over her, so thai ill in a
great hurry she sol to explaining how
she had been taken prisoner by tha '
Irate colonel, nnd how. Indeed, she had !
.s,eareiJ through the help cf a cousin I
among the oiflcers. who. she avowed,
had once enred greatly for her.
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er s eves, as they had looked these
mnnv past days during the lcrsons he
hnd set out to teach her; mid now ther?
was no table between them, so that
he knelt down, and ta'.lng both hot
little white hands In his, ho covered
them with humble kisses, the which thu
ladv seemed to have no desire to re
sent. "So, nfter all, Master Humphrey, you
must needs tnke care of your pupil still
a little while longer. Tomorrow at Bal
lam bridge at nightfall thero will bs
those waiting ot conduct mo to Hol
land, where I think, sir, you told m
you had a mind to follow In search of
further learning. Yet till then I must
remain a prisoner here for fear of my
very life," laughed she.
Now, hardlv had she spoke than a
clamor without sent tho blood from his
cheeks, and fear at last Into the daunt
less ey-s of the Lady Gertrude.
"Quick! Within!" said he, and thrust
open the door of the narrow chamber
and closed It upon her. Then tho steady
tramp of men'o feet echoed upon the
winding stair.
"In tho King's name!" said a tall
officer, as he entered the room, fol
lowed by several men nt arms. There
was a strange look In his eyes as he
met the tutor's gaze, and he faltered lit
his speech whilst repeating the com
mon formula.
"There Is no one here," answered tha
student, deliberately.
"It In necessary the place should be
searched," replied the ofllcer; "and I
must warn you that If the prisoner be
found, your life will be forfeited with
out trial, as a traitor harboring those
In conspiracy ugalnst li,s majesty's
crown."
"Thero Is no one here," repeated the
tutor.
"Search," said the ofllcer. He had
grown Palo as the poor youth, who
bent with semlng Indifference over his
books and clung close to his chair as
the men approached the little door,
which opened suddenly from within, as
a beautiful youth In n velvet suit, with
fine lace ruffs and a maas of brown,
curly hair, falling negligently about
his shoulders, such ac was then tho
fashion to affect, confronted the offi
cer. "Whnt noisy matter Is this?" said he,
haughtily. "Is there no peace even for
students, who, loyal to his majesty,
claim but tho quiet of their chambers
to peruse the books which tell of
mightier dePda than those of tho In
ternal wars of a discontented people?"
Now a look of lffmor crept Into ths
otllcer's eyes nsho bowed perhaps
lower than was necessary to so young
and haughty a youth.
"I am grieved to so disturb you, sir,"
said he. "We have been misinformed,
for, apparently, the lady we seek Is not
here," nnd he truned upon his feet nnd
departed with his men from the lowly
roof of the poor tutor.
"Master Humphrey," said the beau
tiful youth and his face was crimson
even as the skies after the sun hath
set "you risked being hung on high,
Master Humphrey, for me." And there
were tears In his eyes.
Then, Indued, did nearly ull Master
Humphrey's fortitude depart. "Lad,
'twere but a paltry thing to risk," said
he, und bowed his head as one
ashamed, and within himself he
thought:
"Now, Indeed, I cannot woo her, for
'twould bo the way of a coward to thus
force advantage of a maid's gratitude."
Hut the while he was pondering she
stole up to him, and he knew not how
It happened, but he wooed her just the
same. Pall Mall Gazette.
MOTHER OF TWENTY-FIVE.
Mrs. Swartwood Married 27 Years
Has 20 Living Children.
Mrs. Samuel Swartwood, of Wltkoi
Rarre, Pa., Is the mother of the larg
est family In the United States. Al
though a comparatively young wo
man, being only 41 year' old, she Is tho
mother of twenty-flvo children, twenty
rF whnm nrn llvlnt MMn vnlinin( lu
onl a few days old, nnd gives promise i
If being like his brothers and sisters,
hale and hearty.
To be tho mother of twenty-live chil
dren Is no mean achievement, nnd Mm
Swartwood Is proud of It. Her chil
dren aro her greatest blessing, and sin
gularly enough, they are all good, obe- ,
dlent children, without the proverbial j
black sheep among them. Mis. Swart
wood said. I
"My children arc my Joy. Though I
have always had a baby she laughed '
modostlv "and sometimes two to look
after, they never seemed to be tho
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trouble and worry some babies are. My .
.., m.! .. .. ,v, , nn.i I
last little one seems more cute and
sweet thnn any of the others, but I
suppose all babies seem interestln?: i
when they are Just born."
Mr. Swartwood Is a remarkably
well preserved woman She was mar-
rled when very young, her first baby
was born fojrteen months after her
.. ..t.t. err Tlini. t. n 'r lt.rtM l.flt ftl'A
warn sine ritirlni which the hous- I
hold has failed to be blessed with n.
baby. These years wov 1874, 1SS3, 1S87. ;
H&8 and is. But two of them worn
In succession, and In the succeeding (
years twins were born. i
Of the entire twenty-five children
there were but tne two r,"ts ct twins,
whMi worn born In 1RS9 and 1S03. Om
of each set of twins Is dead. Mis.
Swartwood can recite the hour and diy
oach child was born.
"Walter was our first child." she
said. "He was married a little over
n year ago. He was born on Juno
25, 1S72. Louis came next on Sept. 9.
1S73. Then came Thaddeus. Jan. ri,
1S75: Maude, who Is married to Charles
Heslog and has one child, Jan. 12, IS"'!:
Cora, March 15, 1877; Blanche, May 19,
187S; May, who Is dead, on May 20,
1S79; Herbert, Aug. 21, 1RS0; Warren.
March 11. 1SS1; Daniel, Sept. 3. 1835;
Ruth, Sept. 3, 1SSS: Alonzo and Ger
trude, the first twins, Jan. 21 ISM);
Calvin. July 31, 1S91: Florence, Nov. 19,
1S92; Esther nnd Benjamin, the second
twins, on Dec. 31, 1893; Earl, March 20,
188.'); Jesse, May 3. 189B; Edith, June 8,
1S97; Lottie. Sept. 5, 1S9S. and our baby,
which was born on Sept. 17, of this
I year."
Regarding her married llfo, Mrs.
I Swartwood talked freely. "I wa lnur
i rled when I was 14 years old. I loved
Will when I wns ti girl and wanted to
be married. Ever since, we havo been
very happy, and I would not change
places with any rich lady.
"Look at these children! Ain't they
riches enough, and every one living
at home except the two girls that got
married. It's nice for father ond me
to have them all here, although It
docs crowd us up a bit. Wo haven't
got a big house, as you can s?e, and
every hit of the space Is used. Walk
Into the dining room there nnd look
at the table."
It was a table to look at, of generous
width nnd very long. It bore plates
and knives and forks for twenty-two
people. At Intervals were great piles
i of bread.
"It keeps me nnd tho girls pretty
Imnti 1r1sttir ntrti tli onilnr rind
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I the dining room. "Father makea
about $70 a month and the boys bring
In about S90 a month, nnd. while wo
get along nicely, we have nothing to
spare. We've given all the children
ns good schooling ns they can get
around here."
, "Whnt do you think of married life?"
I ventured to nsk.
"Well. I ought to know, I guess. Who
was It said married life was one long,
sweet dream. Grover f'levelnnd wnn't
It? Well. I agree with him. It has
boon to mo. Every woman should
got married. I think. I don't know
much about tho new woman, but If she
doesn't believe In married life I don't
want to know anything nbout her.
What's ns happy as to have children
to lovo you and you loving them?
"None of my children has been a
source of grief, trouble or anxiety to
mo, and I think God hns been cspi
clally kind to give mo so many. Yn:i,
sir, you can put me down as bel'v
lg In tho married woman who be
lieves In having children.
Mr Swartwood, who Is nn engineer
an the Jersey Central rallro.ul, has
been receiving tho congrntulal'r.ns of
h'tt fellow workmen for several days
upon his wife giving birth to tha tw!i-ty-nfth
child.
WRECK ON THE LACKAWANNA.
No. 0 Express Meets with an Acci
dent a Hopatconfr.
Passenger (rnln No. 9. west bound
on tho Lackawanna met with a wreck
at Hopateong, a mile below Port Mor
ris at 11:30 o'clock last night.
Tho extent of tho damage, could not
bo ascertained In this city nor could
anything authoritative bo leorned on
the nature of the accident.
What One Woman Did.
A Kansas woman In Butler county has
managed u 4j0-acro farm for ten years
and has saved J2O.O00. This Is printed
merely to show what a woman can do
when not handicapped with a husband,
Denver Tust.
LOOKS LIKE
A VICTORY
Concluded from Page l.J
mns talked about red-hot old-time elec
tions, while occupying the end of the
row made prominent by the occupancy
of tho "Big Four," of city hall.
Representative John Scheuer, Jr., ex
Deputy Sheriff T. J. Price, Ben Hitter
Smith, Commissioners' Clerk C. F.
Wagner, Common Councilman God
shall. Attorneys Clarence Ballcntlne
and Charles E. Daniels were others of
the well-known onlookers.
CHAIRMAN TOOK RETl'RNS.
County Chairman Vosburg, tired, but
as pleasant nnd courteous as ever, did
the brunt of tho hnrd work In taking
tho returns, it having devolved upon
him to attend to the constantly busy
telephone. Ex-Clerk of the Courts W.
G. Daniels, George T. Hugdcn and
James Molr, Jr., nRslsted Major W. S.
Millar In making the computations. De
tective John Molr did most of the an
nouncing. At Democratic headquarters on tha
third lloor of the Raub bulldlnz, 131
Wyoming avenue, there was a big and
lively crowd, quite In contrast with
that at the headquarters of the enemy
on tho street above.
County Chnlrman FItzslmmons, the
picture of hopeful expectancy, sat In
n corner behind the row of tables where
tho figuring was being done, exchang
ing comments with Editor E. J. Lynett,
of the Times; ex-Sheriff Fahey, the
county committee's treasurer; County
Secretary John J. Coyne and William
Kelly.
John Schadt, ex-deputy county treas
urer, did tho figuring, with tho assist
ance of Secretary Coyne, Mart Cadden
and John P. Mnhon.
Candidate Durkln was for a goodly
part of the evening the centre of a con
gratulating group gathered In tho outer
room, where the more patient onlook
ers were content to get the. announce
ments second-handed.
OTHEH SPECTATORS.
School Controller T. J. Jennings, ex
School Controller W. G. O'Malley, ex
Councllman P. F. Golden, Select Coun
cilman John J. Shea, John J. Grady,
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John Collins, Colonel Herman Osthaus,
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Attorney M. J. Donahoe, Hon. John P.
Qulnuan, Patrick Padden, Associate
Editor H. E. Morris and Manager John
M. McCourt. ot the Sunday News; Edl
tor James Mahon, of the Free Press;
Deputy County Treasurer Patrick
Coyne, P. V. Scanlon, John A. Harnn.
I P. J. Ilonan, Prof. John Theron Brown,
i ex-Jury Commissioner E. J. Ward, At-
l' rIle '" J -onr
Mdermnn C. C.
i Donovan, Attorney John M. Corbett,
Dr. M. A. Duffy. T. E. Bolnnd, of Dun
more; E. C. Newcomb and Dr. J. J.
Walsh were among the well-known
men noticed inout the rooms.
The returns from the Seventh ward,
tin First district of the Sixth ward and
l.aokawanm, township stirred up big
enthusiasm.
Story of the Day.
BARELY one-third of Lackawan
na's 45,000 registered voters ex
ercised their right of suffrage.
Comparatively speaking, It wns about
ns light a voe as was ever polled at
a general election. Reports were alike
from every part of the county. In the
city districts thero was very little evi
dence ot nn election being In progress.
Where usually there Is to be found a
good-sized group gathered about a poll
Ing place on a fair election day, one or
two loungers was the most to be seen
yesterday up to the closing hours.
One of tho principal reasons for the
light voto was found In tho fact that
the mines were working full time. On
tho West Side, where tho Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western mines are
mainly located, It was practically a
physical Impossibility to poll tho vote.
The collieries worked ten hours, and by
the time the miners and laborers could
reach homo, wash un and get to the
booth, It would bo within a short time
of the closing hour. Many realized
this, and thinking that there was little
chance of getting their vote In, did not
take tho trouble to make the attempt.
The general lack of enthusiasm char
acterizing the campaign, of course, was
primarily responsible for this.
IDEAL WEATHER.
The weather was Ideal, and the losers
must flndother shoulders than those
of Brother Mooro upon which to rest
tho cause of their defeat. Tho day was
bright, clear and like Hoyt's widow,
"not too hot and not too cold." All
conditions considered, It was a day of
exceptional opportunity for the com
mitteeman to show the stuff that was
In him, n"d ns It was understood for
days In advance that tho tight prac
tically had to bo made on election day,
the results, generally speaking, nro to
be attributed to him.
As the afternoon wore on and reports
piled In, telling of nn extremely light
vote, all over, tho leaders at both head
quarters began to grow extremely anx
ious, tho Republican worrying over
tho possibility of n stay-at-hnmo de
feat, and tho Democrats grasping at
tho hone that the same circumstance
would possibly work to their good.
County Chairman F. J. FItzslmmons
and Treasurer J. J. Fahey were two of
tho most listless-looking men that ever
took a hand In politics, until their lieu
tenants began to tell of a light vote In
Hyde Park, Providence and the rural
districts. At 7 o'clock, when a report
came from the Eaglo engine house that
the First district of tho Sixth ward
Mr. Resan's home had cast 337 votes
they brightened up to the Jovial point,
nnd Colonel FItzslmmons even went so
far as to remark, "Who can tell?"
VISITED THE DISTRICTS.
County Chairman Vosburg was about
the central city up to 4 o'clock p. in.,
when he started for a tour of the North
End to urge upon the workers the ne
cessity of getting out the vote.
To a Tribune reporter he said he was
well satisfied with the prospects at that
hour. The vote was only fair In the
Republican strongholds, according to
tho reports he had received, but, on the
other hand, the Democratic wards were
doing little or no voting at all, as a
rule.
In tho First district of tho Eighth
ward at fi.30 o'clock, only 118 votes had
been recorded. Major Millar, W. P.
Roland und Captain Rnub.who are per
manent boardsmen In that district,
agreed that It was tho dullest election
day In hlstorv and that the vote was
tho lightest ever polled. The registra
tion there is 330 and 285 would be about
tho normnl vote.
Practically tho same storv was told
at each of the central city booths. The
Second district of the Eighth wnrd at
G.45 o'clock there were only 148 of the
418 registered votes cast, The normal
voto Is between 250 and 300
In the First district of tha Seven
teenth ward tljo vote at 6 o'clock was
ISO, which Is Just about half what It
Bhould have been. The First district
of the Ninth ward at 6,16 o'clock re
ported that only 160 of Its COO votes hnd
been polled. Ordinarily 300 Is a fair
vote for that district.
The last hour saw a picking up In the
vote all over, but tho total return
showed It wns not ns great as was
hoped for,
The first board to make a report wns
that of the Third district of the Ninth
ward, whose returns were telephoned to
The Tribune office nt 8.20.
WEST SIDE WARDS.
A surprisingly light votu was polled
In nearly every district In West Scran
ton during yesterday morning and af
ternoon, nnd with the exception of i
few districts, the full quota was not
polled In any of the wards. Towards
evening, when the workmen were re
turning home from their labors, there
wns some lively voting at the various
booths, but the apparent lack of Inter
est was manifested nevertheless.
In the Second district of the Four
teenth ward, 115 votes were polled at
3 o'clock, and considerable cutting was
being done, the voto ravorlng Morrli,
Durkln, Costello and Aten.
At 4 o'clock 80 votes had been polled
In tho Second district of the Fourth
ward, nnd a slashing ot the Republi
can candidates was also apparent
there. A new booth wns opened In this
district for the first time yesterday.
The voters In the First district of the
Fourth wnrd cast straight tickets and
but very little cutting wus done, while
in the First district nf the Fourteenth
ward, 107 votes were polled nt 4 o'clock,
and the ballots were pretty equally di
vided. At 4 o'clock 115 votes hnd been polled
In the First district of the Fifteenth,
which was considerably less than U
usually the case In that section.
Apparently little effort wns made In
the Fifth ward, with the exception of
the Second district, where 224 votes
were polled all told. At 4.30 o'clock but
105 votes had been cast In the First
district, nnd the balloting In tho Third
and Fourth districts wns light. Tho
Republicans were In the majority by a
large number.
In tho Sixth, Eighteenth nnd Second
district of the Fifteenth, the Demo
cratic candidates received good sup
port, particularly In the first named
wards, where Candidate Regan Is well
known. The usual party vote was polled In
both districts of the Twenty-first ward,
but Interest was lacking.
ALL ABOUT CLOVES.
How They Are Cultivated and the
Difficulties with Laborers.
Cloves were at one time the only eco
nomic product which Zanzibar supplied
to foreign countries, writes Mr. Con
sul Cave, nnd, nl though much has been
and Is being done to encourage the na
tive agriculturist to have more than
one Iron In the fire, this tree Is still
and probably always will be far more
extensively cultivated than any other.
The clovo season proper; that is, the
period during which the crop ripens
and Is harvested extends from Sep
tember to March, but the cloves con
tinue to bo brought Into town for some
months later, either because some of
the trees are retarded in their flower
ing or because the growers are hold
ing back for a moro favorable market.
The 1898 crop, although 1,302,700 pounds
In excess of that of the previous year,
was not moro than a good average one,
and fell far short of the results ob
tained in 1890, 1894 and 1893, but, al
though this is true as regards tho
twelve mont'fi ended December 31 last.
It will probably be found when the next
report comes to bo written that the
season of 1S9S-99 has equaled, If it has
not surpassed, any previous existing
record. In the summer and autumn of
last year considerable anxiety was felt
as to what the season would bring
forth, for there had been no heavy rain
for eighteen months, nnd a largo num
ber of trees had died from want of
water. In Pemba alone no fewer, than
200,000 are said to have perished from
this cause. The rains came In time to
save the croD and make It one of the
most prolific that this country has
known, but the long drought which
preceded them not only caused the
buds to be somewhat smaller than
usual, but delayed the harvest for sev
eral weeks. And this Is especially the
case In the Island of Zanzibar, where
the rainfall Is seldom more than half as
heavy, and the trees not nearly so old
or so hardy as In the sister Island. The
quantity of cloves brought Into town
from the Zanzibar plantations up to
the end of the year was. It will be ob
served, only 60,361 frasllas, the small
est amount tabulated, but of these no
less than 32,399 frasllas and from the
two Islands together 121,858 frasllas ar
rived In December alone, which Is far
In excess of the amounts recorded for
any period of one month since these re
turns were first complied.
The other great difficulty which both
the government and tho Arab cultiva
tor have to contend with Is the labor
question, which It will probably take
many years to solve. Ever since the
Importation of slaves has been pro
hibited the supply of labor has dimin
ished with Increasing rapidity from
year to year, and now that thousands
of slaves have been freed under the
decree of 1S97, It Is quite Inadequate
to meet the demands that are made
upon It. Much hns been done In the
Interests of the cultivator; the freed
slaves are Induced, whenever It Is pos
sible, to settle on thnshambas of their
old masters and to work for them, un
der voluntary ngreemenst, either In re
turn for a fixed dally wage or by giv
ing up a certain number of days to
their employers nnd devoting the re
mainder of the week to the cultivation
ot plots of ground which are allotted
to them for that purpose. A money
wage has, as often as possible, been
substituted for payment In kind, both
ns an additional incentive to the labor
er, and so ns to prevent him from ab
senting himself from his work for two
or three dnys In succession nt more or
less frequent Intervals In order to dry
nnd dispose of the green cloves which
he has either earned as liLs share of the
picking, or, as frequently happens,
stolen from the trees during the night;
but no legislation can mako the native
take a genuine Interest In his work or
keep at It for a longer period tf.ian will
cnablo him to live In comparative com
fort for a few weeks of contented Idle
ness. The scarcity or labor has had Its
effect both on the total yield of the
year ond on the quality of the sample.
Different buds on the same tree ripen
at different times, and, to secure a
good sample, they should be picked ut
a certain definite stage of development,
but In his anxiety to have as much of
his crop gathered as passible, the cul
tivator has had to neglect any special
care in picking, as well ns In the equal
ly Important process of drying, with
the natural result that the cloves sent
homo aro found to vary In size, color
and quality.
A GLORIOUS FOURTH
IN FAR OFF GUAM
PROCESS OF AMERICANIZING
THE NATIVES.
Experiences of a Naval Lieutenant
Who for a Time Yvao Monarch of
All Ho Survoyed Difficulties and
Successes of the First Resident
Governor of Our New Pacific Possession.
From a letter In tho Washington Star.
When thu big auxiliary cruiser Yo
Semite, with a miscellaneous cargo of
governor, garrison, windmills, brass
band, plows, horses, wngous, garden
seeds, field guns and all the thousand
and one appurtenances of nn Al first
class, self-acting, automatic colony on
board, cast anchor In the lovely harbor
ot San Luis d'Apru, Guam, she found
one young naval lieutenant, with nn
unarmed collier and a Chinese crew,
upholding tho dignity ot our glorious
republic In this new colonial posses
slon. The lleutennnt had been equal to his
task, thourVi, und the Island proved to
be running on the most npprovo.l
American principle. For six months ho
lr1 1yftA h ntnkt rt tftft-1tK Alrt
eror o f m e 300 square miles of tor
lJLiur, oi some juu square mnes oi m i
rltory and about 8,000 people. Ho had
appointed nnd discharged sundry and
various officials and had been doing tho
"Warwick" act In great stylo. Glad as
he was to receive his mall and to see
his fellow-officers again, no doubt there
wns a slight pang of regret at the ne
cessity for turning over his roynl pre
rogatives to Captain Leary, f. S. N.,
the newly arrived governor.
Used as navnl offlcers are to all sorts
of novel nnd peculiar littles, It Is not
every young fellow that can be u real
ruler, oven over as small a realm a 3
Guam. To Issue orders to u magnifi
cent standing army ot fifty men, to
calmly depose your prime minister nnd
to threaten dlro vengcancevupon tins
recalcitrant Is soothing Indeed; Joy
such us only a few ot tho world's chil
dren may enjoy. It Is true he did not
have nil tho blessings of royalty: no
body tried to marry him to a royal but
very unattractive princess: nobody
threw bombs ut him. nnd there w erf
no revolutions In which he could take
the field, mounted on n prancing
charger, at the head of his troops. Per
haps it was Just as well, though, that
tho latter did not happen, for horses
are rare Indeed In Guam, and the only
"prancing chargers" in sight are some
very stately und deliberate bullocks
and water buffaloes which tho natives
are wont to ride, and Napuleon himself
could not have been heroic on a water
buffalo!
AMUSING EXPERIENCES.
During his brief reign the lleutennnt
had many amusing experiences with
his subjects. They were most wlllinc
and anxious to bo good Americans In
fact, they were almost too enthusias
tic for comfort, for they would iersKt
In calling upon him at the most unsea
sonable hours to ask him how tho
Americans did such nnd such n trlvil
thing, and they kept sending commit
tees to request various demonstrations
The leading citizens of Ago-ia, tho
capital and most Important port ot
Guam, are a varied assortment. Thero
are a half -caste born In Samoa ot n
American father, a native who snout
some years In the United Sates nnd
has an American wife, a native priest,
a Spanish pilot, a San Francisco bench
comber, some ex-whalers, n German
trnaer, n Filipino trader, a .Ta'oano.se
trader and a potpourri of other
worthies of greater or less degrees nf
respectability und variety of oarnnf
age. Besides these there was the na
tive soldiery, a really well disciplined,
neatlv uniformed body of men. who
were regularly maintaining their or
ganization and posts
To preserve order among this heter
ogenous gathering and to select local
officials required a most careful and
Mlchlavelllan diplomacy on the lieu
tenant's part. One or two who were
raised to public dignity were found to
be too much exhlllrated by their ofil
clal eminence, nnd It became necessary
to remove them Instanter.
A TREASURY INVESTIGATION.
One of the earlier trials was a most
distinguished gentleman of Spanish
descent, who, In the Interregnum be
tween the departure of the Charleston
andthearrlvalofourflrst ships In Feb
ruary, had been In charge of tho treas
ury. With that official absent Handed
ness and natural wish to provide for a
rainy day that Is so nobly characteris
tic of tho Spanish colonial official, ho
ndvanced himself his salary for the next
eighteen months, and In order that tho
other hidalgos In the treasury depart
ment might not make Injudicious nnd
slurring remarks upon his Castlllan
honor he also advanced them twelve
months' pay apiece. At this Interest
ing stage of tho proceedings nn Ameri
can man-of-war arrived most Inoppor
tunely, and her captain at once pro
ceeded to Investigate the slnnnces nf
tho Island. Ho sent ushoro a very In
considerate and Inquisitive Individual
of a pnymaster, who betrayed a most
unusual and sordid desire to overhaul
the accounts nnd the treasury.
"Cnramba! As If tho word of a
Spanish gentleman were not enough of
an account! These mercenary 'Yon
quls!' " Truly this man was decidedly
different from the noble and chivalrous
officials of old Spain, for there was vl
dently no golden way of stopping his
Impertinently meddlesome Inquiries,
and, of course, he discovered the miss
ing sum overpaid for salaries. The
"Yonqul" captain was firm In his brutal
demands for a return of this trilling
amount, nnd the clerks repaid at once,
though tho noble don held out for a
long time, thinking that surely "el
eenor capltan" must be Joking or hold
ing off for a larger bribe. In fact, the
oftlclul had some pressing personal
business In a neighboring Island nnd
was nbout to leave quietly when tho
iinchlvnlrous "Yonqul" Issued an order
that tho official should not leave the
Island until the money was paid, which
was finally, done with much bad grace
and tho Incident closed.
TEACHING THE BUGLERS.
One of the first duties of our lieuten
ant was to teuch the buglers of the
native mllltlu how to play tho morning
and evening salute to the American
colors, which were now regularly raised
and lowered on the palace each day at
8 In tho morning and nt sunset. Tho
lieutenant not being a musician, dug
the music out of nn old drill bonk, and
with much sign langungo explained to
a village musician what wnH wanted.
This worthy called tho buglers beforo
him and then thu agony began! And
for days the barrack plaza resounded
an with the torments of the damned."
J In a short time, though, the buglers
were nblo to give, rendition corrofc
enough fo j-atUfv tlfd .ofllcJaCrcuiW
science ot the lleutennnt.
Next ho noticed that the( military!
compnny always marched under arms
In all funeral processions, although thr
late departed were butthumble elvIN
lans. This was too much for the of
llcer, for It- wn.s obvloilsly ''Aead
against the blue book to give a mill
tnry funeral to a civilian," so the pad
res were Informed that hereafter thti
troops would not take part In tho obse
quies except In a private capacity, and
tho arms were taken from the soldier?.
Church and state are so closely knit
In Spanish lips that this has been nn
Invariable custom, and the Spanish
priests aro very wroth, nnd hero was
sown the seed of discord In tho arca
dian peace of tho bailiwick. 'Twas ever
thus In the history ot all great nations.
Religion Is the rock upon which they
split, nnd Guam was as tho rest.
Soon tho glorlouH Fourth of noisy
memory drew near, nnd tho patrlotlo
lloutounnt determlped that tho new
Americans should make n proper start
In their celobrntlons of this great day,
so ho called them together' and tojd
them of his plnns. holiday. Is always
dear to tho Indolent native's heart nnd
especially n new and-American holi
day, so they set enthusiastically to
work, and there was much conferring;
ainong tho lending "Ittzerin. It soon
became evident (lint there 'waS ail op.
position party. This was headed by the)
Spanish priests and their cry was that
tho united States would glvo the tsl-
'"l"3 blltU to S':"' M' "" ,lrt thnS
. ,. ,, . , - ., ,
then all those who hnd akcn part in
the Anurlcan holiday would be black
listed und would suffer accordingly. In
spite or this dlro threat this party
was decidedly In tho minority, nnd tha
rest set nbout n proper picparutlon for
tho affair. A commlttoo of throe wa
appointed, consisting of the halt-caste
American, really the best man on tho
Island: tho Americanized native, mil
tho Japanese trader, our naval officer
president over tho whole. First tho
august body evolved a svheme ot deco
ration and soon tho walls of the palace
were decorated with colored paper!
scrolls and festoow, lnfloslng startling
nnd very home mad representations)
of tho American Hag Jiitl the shield
w Ith 177G-1R19 in large figures. At Pill
also the name chaste ornamentation . ,
was carried out. In the streets trium
phal arches of bamboo and (lowers
were erected at different points In tho
lino of march, and thlnrs look on a
very festal nppearancc. In tho mean
time tho malcontents held nloof, woul I
not decorate their houses and whis
pered ominously of tho awful things
the Spanish would do when they re
turned In avenging wrath, and, though
they damped the ardor ot some, thfj
rest labored ull the more for tho cause.
THE GREAT DAY.
At last the fateful morning came,
and al sunrise tho native buglers ac
quitted themselves "noble." Tho dnv
wus, of course, a holiday for all, and at
noon a salute of twenty-one guns thun
dered forth. This wns fired from a
lot of undent Iron mortars or roehorns
of about tho vintage of 1630, that wero
found lying nround the palace yard. All
tho moro modern guns were removed
by the Charleston or by the Spaniards,
so tho salute wns fired with these, and
though rather ragged, made a laudable
amount of noise. Then the iwipulatlon
assembled In the plaza, when the lieu
tenant read the Declaration of Inde
pendence in English In his. best quar
ter dock style. Tho Guamlnos received
this with tumultuous applause, though
it Is certain that not more than six
people In the crowd understood a word
of It. Ho was followed by the official
Interpreter, who read tho Declaration
in Spnnish. Meanwhile several of the
high contracting parties wcro pledging
their new-found partlotlsm In copious
libations of tuba (cocoanut rum) nd
gin, und were consequently getting
moro nnd more enthusiastic.
Tho procession next took place nnd
was truly un Inspiring affair. It was:
composed of the naval officer, the-committee,
lending citizens, the troops,
specially given their arms for the oc
casion, and some buffalo enrts filled
with six beauteous little brown maid;
ens ot tho city, arrayed ns goddesses ot
liberty. Tho number of goddesses wns
made so great to uvold dissension, for
each loading citizen was positive that
one of his numerous progeny wns the
only proper goddess. As It was, the
perfect lovo and harmony of the pa
geant was somewhat marred by the In
judicious efforts of one goddess to blta
off tho ear of one of her rival deities.
OPENED THE BALL.
At 3 o'clock followed a grand din
ner In tho palace, at which the How
of patriotism and tuba was superb,
and soon the committee, the Jap ex
cepted, found other fields for exertion,
and the naval officer was left nlono
to face the next feature of tho pro
gramme, which was tho grand danco
or bnlle. Tho smooth lloor of the pal
nco had been waxed, the muslclann
wero present, while the wealth nnd
beauty of Agana clustered against tho
walls, but things did not start, nnd
tho fair ones began to frown and iho
gallants to murmur together and things
looked squally. Now, the lieutenant
was a bachelor confirmed, und not .a
dancing man at all, but he came nobly
to the rescue, nnd, seizing the nearest
nut-brown maiden, started for tho mid
dle of the floor In u series of motions
that wero a noble effort to suit his
step to the unusual terpslchorean
evolutions of his partner. The Ice
was broken, and from then on thr
ballo wns a howling success. .
In tho meantime, ono of the lost com
mltteomon had. In his promenude,
come across the soldiery rostlhg "'in
tho plaza, and the ihouglit"'' occurred
to his somewhat muddled bralri that
a further salute of live guns would
now bo apropos, so the coehorns were
once moro loaded up by his order, niul
soon tho dreamy music f the dance
was puncturoq by loud "vlyns!" and
the crash of artillery.. Hastily leav
ing his fair partner tind 'tlie'lialle in
tho caro of the Industrious Jap,' tho
lieutenant rushed forth In' time to
change tho flvu gunstn the twentt
ono of the national salute, apd to con
iluct tho now prostrate ,and limn ibut
enthusiastic committeemen to a., place
of seclusion.
Tho glorious da- wound up with ft
grand ulsplny ot fireworks, consisting
of Coston signals from the collier und
a largo supply of Roman Candles that
tho Ja had In stock. Some jealous
ones ,v( Agan usserted that these Ro
man, .candles wero responsibly for the
Jap's selection on tho commlMfo.
Suppose tho charge werctrutil Is riot
diplomacy thy. first principle, of suc
cessful goveriimuiit7
With tho Limit Removed.-
"What are you figuring on?" asked tha
Chicago wife after her husband had' cov
ered soveral hhvetn of papers with col
umns of IljjnreH. . . ., , nr. v.
"Well." replied her. .husband; nVI-uin
trylPB to 1ml out what the: population at
our city would 1) If we had noicttyillmlts
) ut nil." Judge
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