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JOE. PULITZER'S "HELL." jut xm thjb ritorttiHTon op ait Bros wora oasibuno novae. I AVtrliiiRiirl Aaaatreet aad Park Itwttal Ha Urea Trader Ilia Chars It fStaee I.at June Fare aad Renlett riay4 Day and Mlskt-Ne Attempt Made Oaet ta daintier, aid Tbelr Leaeea Hurriedly Henewrd-PullUerladleitahl. f' There was a man In Massachusetts few ft year ago who seoretly ran houses of ill fame A In on town and posed an a uhllanthroolst and worthy oltlzen In another. II mads J5 money out o( hit disgraceful business, and ha gare tome of It away, aa If to lessen somewhat the weight of his offences against soclotr.

Ills career was remarkable In the catalogue of hypocritical orlme for the success with which be concealed his low pursuits, the boldness 5 With which he posed at. a teaehor of public mo-fc ralltr. and the audacity with which he Daunted jft bis name before the people and advortleed his h- self-claimed virtues. There Is a rann In this town of New York who Is doing something of the same sort to-day. 2 Be seoretly fathers gambling bells, and yet hu posos as an eminently worthy olttzen 1 i and a teacher of publlo morality, and nuda- eloualy flaunts his name before the people and adTertlsss his self-claimed virtues.

Like the Massachusetts adventurer this New Tork ad- i venturer makes money out of his Illegitimate business, and he gives some of It away In ostentatious charity as II he, too, would lesson somewhat the weight of hie offences against society, 'v This New Tork man Is Joseph Pulitzer. Ktj PUUTZltn'B AKN BTBEIT ANNEX. Everybody knows how ho poses as the cuar- dian of the metropolitan conscience and the teacher of public personal, and political mo- rallty. Everybody may not know, however, that Pulitzer Is secretly in the regular, ordl-? nary gambling business, and is. In the eyes of X.

the laws of Now York State, a common bier. He owns certain property In this city, and ever since he beoame Its owner the chief business carried on under Its roof has been si gambling, not gambling In a figurative sense, but plain, everyday gambling with cards (or money. The games played havatnoluded all those that common gamblers like, and with I whioh they may best fleece the Ignorant and the unwary. The business has boon curried on secretly, and yet extensively, and there has 7 been soaroely a day since gambling I shop opened that its tables have not been i crowded with men and that the doorway haa not been besieged by other men anxious to I enter and try their luck at the faro and rou- lette tables of the Ann atreet card sharps. nV I TJie Property Pulitzer uses for a gambling f' I bell ia In the single building 11 Park row and the triple building connected with It In the rear andfaoingat7, 9.

andll Ann street. Though f'Vi fronting on two thoroughfares, the houses ore iX under one root and make but one structure. Vi The ownership of the place was recorded In III j. Joseph Pulitzer's name. June 1, 1887.

He knew Ohj. fgg waa ft matter of common repute. I that the establishment had been tenanted ehiefly by gamblers. Previous to this time PaUtxar bad editorially denounoed gambling S' bouses, and had censured the police for not ridding the city of them. Did Pulitzer rid i his new property of the gambling business he found there? Oh.no, But what he did waa to attack rambling In other districts of the city, apparently that the field of Ann street might romzu'i oaktBLnra nousa, bow side, remain unnoticed, and that thus, with auspl- as clon diverted from It, the chances of Ann street polntt a bigger business, and of Pulitzer getting SnH klf snareof the profits.

might be increased. W' Tfter Pulitzer acquired the old-time gam- m' Ming headquarters, and had taken the gam- biers under his wing, tbe business flourished. tt The card players ore still there, and tuelr business Is booming. Tbo law forbids gam bung, to be sure, but Pulitzer doesn't eem to f. car a copper for the law provided ho can mako money by breaking It and at the same tlmo keep up his adroit posing as an eminently hon- est citizen.

That part of the Penal Code wnich ft fits thlscase and confers upon Pulitzer his now Sv title of common gambler" reads: 6 A person who is the owner of a place or of any device or apparatus for gam-h pllng. or who hires or allown to be used a room, if: table, establishment, or nppiiratut" for such a Be purposo a common HI gambler, and punishable by Imprisonment for IsT, not more than two years or by a fine not ox-KT eeedlng one thousand dollars, or both." m- Is the provision of chapter section 8 UiofthePenalOode oftho Htateof Now York. Another Interesting point In connection with Km the code Is that under section 81 certain ofll- ii ears are directed to prosequte offences under KC chapter' 0, the chapter which defines gaming t1 and Includes the laws upon that offence. This IS? Stf1 rends: is tn duty of all Sheriffs, constables, po- Wr uce tfflrers, and prosecutlug or District Attor- 3 nea to Inform against and prosecute all per- ton; whom they have reason to believe of- Eri, fenders against the provisions of this chapter. M4.

andanyemlsRlouBo to do la punishable by a Kf fine sot exceeJIng 1500." Pulluer'a llublllty to Indictment seems to be ISjt neater thnn was the fiablllty of Uould and Bage on the point ruined so strenuously by Pu- 1' lltzer last month. Between the caso of PullUer EPv and the caso of Gould and bag the arallel to he 0-awn shows this; That Oould and Base, If ho went in to uiuke monoy illrgltimately, did itlna magnlllcent and splendlcF manner that C-y would at any rato command admiration for its ter? vaatneas. while 1'nlltzerhasdcscended tomake money Illegitimately In a manner so skulking St, n4 eonlemotlble as to command enly scorn and And. moreover. Oould Isn't ga- perpetually eall og on the public to believe EJ that he the beat one to guard the nuMlo morals.

But Pullteer Is so calling. To do so is ST. part of his trade. Pulitzer Gambling House Is disreput- M. i awe on Its very fnco.

The etruoture I shaped and faoes on two streets. Tlioro Is tho KX rowa thre.i-stoiyrod IBA- brick building. The street flixir la divided into two shops, one occupied by Hltchcock'a muslo the otner by U. Welsl, a Br, elgar dealer. You cannot see from the atroet a the day time that the three floors above are Of' tenanted.

Around on Ann street the building I is numbered 7. 9. and 11. Tbe ground floor Is oooupted by two cigar dealers, one liquor If jUaler. ana one tailor.

The Iront of the big tt' bouse Is dirty and battered looking. The win- dows are dusty and cobweb covered. Bhutters i Inside the ndows are kept closed In some of the rooms, and It Is Impossible rrom tli stroet I to see what Is goluu on within. The uii- i trance to the floors above Is at the eastern corner, next to Asher's tailor shop. This Is a curious doorway.

It looks like Just what it Is, the estrance to a dlsrepu- able rookery, Orouped against Its posts you t) mur a at almost any time In the day a eol- f. pMsMA ciMBM lllllala, MTCSs HaalNt, laaKfiaaaeg mm lataMmiM if -1- thrffe-card-monte men, gambler, and others of Mr. PuHtEer'e business associates and lieutenants. There a picture In this column of three of these fellows standing on the doorstep INo. 11.

They lounge there in tho morning eforo the gamee begin, and once in a while In the early evening. The appearance on Ann pwuTZKn's rnoTEofo waitinq ron Ticrnts. street oln strange policeman In unpleaxnnt to thum, and wkon they see a new bluecont coming along there Is a tmMy adjournment of the doorstep caucus, and tho loungers go off to some of the neighboring saloons to wait for greenhorns with money whom tboy can lnduco togoupandbesklnnod. When tho regular gamblers nre not loitering at the hallway, there Is generally there in their stead a seedy old chap with a pipe and a raue. llls battered form may also be scon In this column aa ho stnndfl on watch.

I Tho upuor etorlea of tlio Ann street front show no Men of life. A I las-i tenml on the wall announcing that tlit-re aie lofts tolet within. Oue Bitting utn window on the oppoKllo Hide of the Mreet and Onmbllne llouso for i five hours any nfter-I noon would wonder why such sign was TBI OLD HID OK WATCH. PUt Ollt. nnd WhuHJ tho rooms could be found In tho building in which to place new tenants, for would streum In and out of that direputable-looklna doorway auch a crowd of men and youths that It would apponrthat enoh room In tho building must be mure than fully occupied.

And tho watcher ery jttctly would bo entitled to tbe bellof that po'elbly the sign la hung out thero to lead tho uninltlatod public to think that 7. 0. mid 11 Ann stroet Is a totally unoccupied building, and thus tomort tho suspicion that the gambllnc which went on them under tho formxr owner goes on now under the virtuous Joe Pulitzor. A reportor one morning went down to tho place to see If thore really was any illicit card playing on property ownod by such a good man as the editor of tho World professes to be. Ho went In tbe doorway atNa 11 and climbed -l JOTlft' up the rickety stair- case.

A smart-look- I IwrJIWiici' lng colored boy on I IJSSJ- rajfffl a ffi the first floor waa 1 I 'v tSflBffi'Jj. If. asked: "Wherolsthe I "Wii nl janitor?" Tho negro I cZa gwmiiJi lad looked suepi-1 (s3 sWtfnSfSM' I ciouly at his que- 3f. vaBfJ tioner, and answered I Kft3r wttik' tl surlily: Up Tjr fifWl1 They wero shaky.V za nil MB I "dirty stairs that ledf XWVAlMMW I I to the top floor. AtTntJlBV' I knock at tho door tt TfeSTfJaf I that led to the attio' fFt brought down the I janitor.

Ho Is a shrewd-looking, un- mmiR'i cuard tooKina der-sized man. and rnnocon mi rir hole. he bns a sign. Parr. Tailor." at the foot of tho stnlrs that run up to his shop.

Tbe janitor looked at his caller aa If tosLr.a up his business, and appearod rolleved when the question was put: Have you any rooms to rent?" "Yes," answered tho buildings caretaker. There are some, though they don't amount to much. Btlll they might be fixed up." The janitor took the man from Tux Sun to a room on the top floor of the Ann street building. There were aboutflfteen barrels of dirt and rubbish let-It. and tfaeprospectlve tenant, after looking it over, snld it wouldn't do.

Then the janitor showed another equally unsatisfactory room on the top floor of the Park Row end of the building. Next ho went downstairs one flight. There was a room there which interested the Bon man. because It had doors with poep holes. He asked: what are those holes in tho doors for?" "Qamblers uso them holes to look through and see who Is coming." tersely replied the janitor In a perfectly unconcerned tone.

What, are there gamblers In the house?" "Oh. yes; but they wouldn't disturb you. They're good tenants and keep to themselves." Then the little old man snoke more softly and said. "Come down Btalrs." The janitor and the hunter for rooms went downstairs. The little old man moved lightly and spoke (softly.

"Bee over there." he said, pointing to a door at tbe end of a long hall. Far buck, at the end of the passageway, wuh another door, with a peephole in tt. Cher it was the number 11." and on tho right side of the doorpost was a white electric button. "Thot's one of the gambling rooms." said Mr. Pulitzer's little old man ery softly.

They're quiet fellows and you boo they have to go a good pleco oft to one side so they wouldn be any trouble to yon, and you wouldn't be likely to meet them In the hallways." How long have they been here?" "Oh, for years and yoara. They don good bnslness, and their nines in fitted up line. You wouldn't think that thoro were in this old build- JIB BEADS ma VRQTECTOn'B FAPEO. lng snch fine rooms as they have. They've got the front room on the side which looks out on Park row for their principal place.

Thenoer It thoy've pot tho room aboe," "What dothoy use tho room aboefoi?" That's a rocenu room. If they hoar that the pollco think of coming around they movo tholr traps up there and hide them. Thou the polios don't find anything in the regular room, and so tho men are all right," Who owns the building? The World. That la, Joe Pulitzer owns It." Oh, then this is where he la going to put up a building for his newspaper?" "No. I don't think be will," said tho janitor.

Well, he may do so or ho may alter tho building, so I guess it wouldn't ho worth while for me to hire any rooms, for I'd no sooner got In and got settled than Pulitzer would mako up his mind to fix up the place and then I'd have to get out you think bo?" The little old man thought his questioner really was looking for rooms and was talking A VTEW IN nUNOABT JOE'S HELL. business, so tbe little old man talked business, too. tlesnswered: "lamerr sure you wouldn't have to get out. for I understand that all the leases of people In this building bae been renewod In the last three weoks." Did ttin mon who have the gambling rooms get a now leci. too lee.

I understand they did. At any rate, I think they are going to ttny here as lonir as theywant to. Who the head one of the gamblers The bs Tan Bum thanked JoePolit. JasH awrWlnBfcow lnitot aald bo woeld MMMIWWIfiiilrJi think about the question of hiring rooms In the building, and left. Borne days later he found two men who had the entree to the rooms of the Pulitzer gamblers.

He told them be wanted to sea some of tbe down-town resorts for faro players. They said: "ho you want to play, yourself V' Vell. I don't care about It particularly, but I'll play a little, If It's necessary to do so to get In. I want to take a trtond with me. too." Well, you had better play some, for you see buslnoss Is business at these places, and It doesn pnyto have strangers fooling around and not doing anything for tbo bank.

Thon your friond is ho all right?" These two men didn't know that the man from THE Btm came, from that or any other newspaper ofllco. bo they agreed tosntinfyhls vordnnt ourloslty and that of his friend and take both of them Into the Pulitzor den. Thoy said It would be best to go not too early In the day, for thoro wasn't as muoh of aorowd around then ns there would be later. But Itwos pretty early In tho day after all when tho party of four did start out. It was 3 o'clook In the afternoon, and there was a group of men on the sidewalk before Pulitzer's Ann strcot annex.

The two rounders who wero with the young man from The Bun and his companion nodded to the ourbstone louni'ors and lod tho war up the rickety staircase. They marched quickly through tho hall at tho ton of tho stairway, and approached thedoorof tho Pulitzer Gambling Hull. One of thorn pressed tho electrio button on the right Bldo of the doorway. In a moment stout-faced fellow with a moustache lookod out of the peep-hole, The companion of tho young man from The Bum la an artist, and be wan thero with the party to make sketches. He has made good picture from memory of the scunu prosontod at the door when tho loader of tho nuartot wna pressing tho eloctrlc button and while the guard Inside was peeplnir through the peep holo.

The stout-faced man with tho mustache reo-ognlzod tho leader of The Sun party, and unsuspectingly admitted tho four newcomers. As the party passed In they saw a fat man with a goatee sitting by a screen near the door. He was truo to Pulitzor een In llttlo things, for he had a copy or tho H'orU In his hnnd. The room in which he sat was a lobby for lounging. LOSING IT HOULETTE.

and through It the way led to tho gambling parlor boyond. in the first room there wna no window, but there was lots of light from chandeliers. In tho further room there wero throe tilgwlndews looking out In Park row and tho Postoftlco. but they were blinded by shutters and curtains so that nclthor sunlight could get In nor ganllght get out. A good Idea of the genoral aspect of tho room may lie obtninod by studying the picture.

"A View In Hungary Joe's Hell." There wore men In the place that alternoon Who would not bo taken for gamblers If seen on tho street. Most ol thorn looked like clerks from down-town offices. But there were a few evident countrymen and a number of professional pluyers. On the right of the room, looking toward tho street, is the faro table. On tho other side is tbe roulette wheel.

There wero games lu progress at each board, and when The Bun men went into the place their entrance wna scarcely heeded by tho players absorbed In the turn of the cards and In the stop of the roulette ball. The Sun party went to the faro crowd and bought chips. That afternoon you got forty white ploces of Ivory for $10. There woro seen players nt the table at the start. TnE 8un men joined tn the calling of the cards, and thoucb once In a while the bank lost.

It wasn't long bnforo the bank had all the chins that The Hun visitors bad bought. Then they tackled the roulette and there they loat, too. While they wero nlaylncmen came in alone and in groups of two, three, and four. Thore was no noise uor any loud talking. One of Mr.

Pulitzer's friends would deal for half an hour and then perch on a chair by the side of the man who took his place. What this looks like is shown In the picture, At the Faro Table." Thero was an old man at the roulette table who won largely for a whllo and then lost quickly. Ho is in tho nlcturo.ond Is represented as looking on after losing his last chip. This sign was conspicuous on tho wal): Open from 10 A. Mi to 1 A.

M. One of tbe men from The Sun got into a conversation with a short, thick man In shirt sleeves, who soemed to be one of the bosses. AT TOE FAI10 TABLE. "Don't you koep open lator than 1 In the morning? "Oh, yei. Wo often nre here till 3 or 4, and sometimes all night.

You can come here any afternoon or evening and And us alive." Is there a game going most of the time Yen, we can always accommodate ou Do you expect to remain here in theso rooms: that Is. if I should drop aioundthls way again, would I be likely to And you hero the same aa now?" Yes. of course. We expect to stay right hero at the old stand. Come around any tlmo you want to.

We'll be here." The Son mon got out all right, minus some money, of course. There was gambling there, sure enough. It was on Pulitzer's property. It was apparently going on with bis knowledco, consent, and permission, and, more than that. It looked, from what both the Janitor and tbe gambler said, as If Pulitzer intended his gambling house should remain such.

TUB irAHMHItb' IJtCST. The Jfrcatdeat Explnlna Ite Nature, Par. poiv, and Alui. To the Editor op the TornKA, Democrat I have rccolved lotters from gentlemen of the Northwestern States asking the question: "in what respect does tboiurmera' Trust differ from the Orange?" I can answer without prejudice, as I Im-e been a member of the Grange for the past seventeeu years. Tho Urungu tried to rogulato prices on what the farmers had to buy.

The tanners' Trust undorlako to control the prices on what the furnmih hao to sell. Tbe one nppointH agents to buy cheap: tho other will appoint agents to soil to the bost advantngo. The Grange Is a hecret social society; its members aro bound together hy moral obligations: it seeks to enuct legislation and to accomplish political ends. It excludes from membership all persona who aro not fiirmurs. The l'arraers' Tiust has no soerots, signs, BBS word nor black balls, and Its members aro bound together by pecuniary obligations.

It has a pocket interest and a busluoxn end, seeks for the best business talent, and Invites the cooperation of al I mon of brains, experience, and business integrity. A gentleman from Illinois writes me bus-getting runners' Protective Union aa a substitute for tho name Farmers' Trust 1 am uwar there is a preiudlco against nny-thing that has the name of trust. But this is owing to the fact that tho objeot of a trust Is so llttlo understood. A trust is a union of business Institutions, and its object Is to prevent ruinous competition in trade, experience having demonstrated that competition Is not tho sal and honest motbnoT of doing business. To competition may be traced 80 por cent of all business failures, and the hU nival of the fittest or strongest becomes an oppressive monopoly.

A (runt la a compact between two or more Independent buMntss tlrms, ugrevlng to do or not to do a certain thing in the line of tholr business, and Impliss a trustee to exeoute the trust, who Is restricted or limited to the speciilo object of tho trust, By these modern Institutions uniform grades of prices are established, thus protecting tbe weak against the strong; respectively reserving to ench member of the union all tbe rights and powers not delegated to the trust. A trust, therefore, Is decentralizing In Its Influence, and a check upon monopoly, the latter boingu consolidation ot capital or a zation of business jiowor. acting under ono BUpetno principal head, deriving Its growth and nourishment from the failure nnd ruin of competitors Intrude. When a combination In business assumesthls character It ceases to be a trust and becomes a monopoly. Tbe manufacturing and commercial olasses are organized, but the agricultural, the fundamental Industrial elaaa, Is unorganized and at the meroy of the other two.

The Farmers' Trust movement therefore has become a necessity In order to securo an equitable exchange of products, and to restore the normal condition of trade, er un oqulllbrlum of production and consumption. Tuo Jnter-htuto Convention of Farmers called to meet at Topeka. Kansas, May 1, 1B83. is to be a delegate and masa convention. Any farmer or stock raiser will be admitted Trtti-out reureno to credentials.

BWf- jailjiiiiiiiiaii-ji-li HUNTING THE MAI, EATER. Horr xna bjitditicu ihlaxdkbb TAKE XJtli tWOB XTUUZ. Teedtnc Htm Toll, nad then Snarlea Htm aad Tavrlac Hint Athere-X dak that Calls lor Cenraca aa the Diver Fart. rem th Sn Tnnrtteo Clrmklt, Tho Doctor nnd I were enjoying; a much neodod rent In a llttlo cottogo at. walklkl, Honolulu's Ideal watoring place.

Strolling along the beach ono day we came across a group of native fishermen repairing a saffron-colored net, 100 feet long, perhaps, and 10 feet wide. Take a look at that," snld the Doctor, who, born and brought up on the Islands, was fa-mlllar with the languago and habits of the natives, "That is made Irom the tlbrons Inner bark of tho olonn.a small tree growing in damp fiulchcs. The natives have awayot eoparat-ng tno Inner bark from the outor green pot- Hole, aud scrapo It Into long smooth threads, which thoy twist Into thin cords, with which the net is niado. The flbro is as strong and smooth ns silk, nnd fish lines and nuts mado from it last long tlmo." If It is bo strong what has torn It so?" The Doctor repeated tho quostion to the fishermen and then translated. "They say that they woro just outsidothe breakers yesterday with the net, nnd managed to untangle a specimen of tbe mono klhlklhl (the hammer-bonded shark) and he did tho dunuura.

It soctns that they can't maniigo ono of that speclos or tho huge white shark in a net. Thoy havo to uso a hook to socure such son monstors." After unking a fow moro questions of tho natives the Doctor told mo that they were coins off tn a few dajsto try to enpturo one of the hug sharks known ns tnnn-oaloiv, and that they hod offered to take us (for a consideration) if we would promise to sit still in the canoes. It's a good chance," ho added, to enjoy an experience that not one foreigner in a thousand meots with. And theso follows wouldn ofler It now If they did not believe that tho nluhl would soont ua white men and be all the moro ready to tako tho bait on tho chance of Its bolng you or Hafnghadsomo experience Inn Sandwich Inlnndcanoo.it was not without fooling of tropldatlon that I consented to embark nguln In ono under tho circumstances. The agrea-moot wax mado howovor, and woholdourselvos In readiness to start whenever the signal should bo givon to do so.

But elaborate preparations had first to be made by tho fishermen for tho projeciod trip. Thoy llrat took the livers and part of tho flesh ot some common sharks they had caught, and wrapped them lu the hro.ul, stout leaves ot tho kl plant. Those packages wero then thoroughly baked in a rude stonn oen built on, tho beach nnd nucked in tbe canoes as bait. While this was being done two of the larger canoes were lashed together by their "outriggers" us to make ono dou bio canne. On the interlocked outriggers a platform was built, and on this were arranged piles of halt and strong line.

With the halt was stowed two or threo bundles of "am" (the root of tbe piper metbyntlchum, which, being chewed, Is stupefying lu Its effect). Uourds Oiled with fresh water wero also provided and finally, when the fleet was ready to sail, an nnclont Kahuna (half priest, half sorcerer) appeared and exnmined everything critically. It wan his province, by his incantations, to prevent the dreadod man eater from devouring any of the hshermon. and so tho Doctor took pains to have us speclallv mentioned In bin Invocations. A swift, light double canoe was lltted up for us, and tour stalwart paddlers asuigned to the duty of keeping us In the midst of the Bport and still out of duncer.

Everything being in readiness, two or throe of the lighter canoes were launched, and their occupants paddled out to sou to discover Borne signs of the wlshed-for man eater, while wo wore directed to be ready to embark at any time. It might be a day or two before the fishermen scouts would come acroa the proper indications of the presence of the nluhl. That variety of the shark tribe never coinen voluntarily Into shallow water, but must always be sought (or a mile or two from land. Thore he makes bavoo among all other kinds of flsb. and his presence is indicated by the commotion among them.

Bo the Doctor and I leisurely dined that after-soon on the broad veranda overhanging the rippling sea. and lazily sauntered through the grove of palms and down byblscuB-sbaded, jasmine-scented paths, bordered by brilliant-leafed orotons, watching, through thin clouds of tobacco, the shimmer and day of light of the setting sun on the gleaming son. Now and then wo would glance up to the sharply defined poult of Diamond Head, where, 700 feet above us, we knew the natives were watching for tho signal from the fishermen far out at sea. At last It came. When the western sky was ablaze with tho glory of a tropical sunsot a shout went up from th group of expeotant fishermen on the beach.

They pointed to Diamond Head, where, cleorlx drawn against tbe sky. was seen tbe nuked figure of tbe watchman flourishing tils scarlet maio, or breech doth, which he had torn off to signal with. It took us but a few moments to reach our canoe and spring in. Immediately our crow of paddlers forced the light hulls into tbo water, and in another moment wo were darting over tbo smooth water Inside the reef in hot chase after the large double canoe, on the platform of which sat tho Kahuna, wildly tossing his arms about and howling out a dismal lncanto-, tion. All the paddlers sat on tbo gunwales of their canoes, and with vigorous rhythmlo strokes of their brood-bladed paddles drove forward the vessels.

Soon we felt from the pluuging motion that we were on the laner edge ot the breakers. Another moment and the roar and hits of the coming waves were upon us. I glanced at tbe Doctor, and had Just a gllmpso of blm as he sat low down in the stern of his canoe, his muscular hands olutoh-lng firmly the edges of the craft, while from botween his close-set teeth depended bis beloved meerschaum. Uulck puffs of smoke betrayed his excitement as the canoes reared and plunged ovor tbe breakers, and then wo were gliding easily over the long swell outside. Though It did not take us long to reach the spot where tbo man eater wns known to be.

yot night had fallen on them, and It was by tbo llgnt of torches made of the baked kernels of tho candle nut strung upon cocoa-leaf fibre that we drew near the fleet, Aa we did so the dip of paddles wan noiseless, and It was by signs alone that the "luna," or head fisherman, gave directions to tbe rest. By the smoky, red light of the torchos we could soe men busily scattering about tbe baked meat they bad brought, and also half-chewed morsels of tbe awa root. As they did so thore was tbe gleam of the tins and tails of hundreds ot flsb darting to and fro for tho food. Now and then a larger one than tho rest, with sides glowing with phosphorescent light would dart among the smaller fry. scattering them right nnd left.

"They are the 'mano whispered the Doctor (we had both crawled on the platform nf oiirennon). "thn nhartf end nf tha nhl iluwaiiiins. tt is tbe kind they believe could assume the forms of human beings at will. And there I thero he added quickly, as a massive bulk rose from the depths below, "there Is th 'mano thegieat white shark Just then tho old flsbern an stationed near us suddenly crouched down, and touching the Doctor wlUi one loan, brown band, pointed to the water near the stern of the canoe next to us. We thero snw.

gleaming in the opalescent depths, two bright soots that shown with a multgnant, greenish light. They wore set In a monstrous Bhndow head, beyond which we could dimly see a bugo brown body. Below the cold, cruel oyes wero traced tho outlines of a formidable mouth that, oven us looked, opened slowly, disclosing row upon row of strongly booked, pearly white teeth, with deeply serrated edges. Ah this frightful mouth opened tho monster rolled half er and viciously snapped at a bundle of food olnktng near him. It was the nluhl.

tho fiercest und most voracious of his tribe, and ns ho moved along the crowd of fish darted away In teriror. Even the great white shark sullenly gave plaeo to thlB tigerof the sou, who swam slowly about swallowing tho food tho fishermen kept throwing to him. As he thus movhd from place to pluoo his whole body seemed to exhale a peculiar light that streamed from the tip of bis tins and long, unevenly lohod lull. By tbe gleam of this pecnliar phosphorescence his motion could bo closely watched, and finally the experienced fisherman snw that ho was becoming gorged. Bo Intent had wo boon watching bis movements that we had not noticed that while he was being fed the fleet of canoes bad been silently moved In nearer the shore.

Now. looking down, wo could dimly see the white sandy bottom, nnd in a few minutes were tn quit shallow water, opposite an opening In the reef, where the surf did not break. Our progress had been very alow, and now for awhile the canoes baited, while hovering beneath them was the man eator, evidently somewhat stupefied by the awa he hod swallowed with the food so freely given him. The old Knhunn had. during the whole performance, kept up his pantomimic illilay, though in a guarded, quiet manner, while the fishermen kept close watoh upon the shark, lie, gorged to repletion, evidently Intended to take a nap, and so settled slowly down on tbe sandy bottom.

He was the nerfeot (submarlu) picture of overfed helplessness, audit seemed aa though we oould almost hear him snore. And then commenced a ourlous exhibition of skill and daring. A noon bad been made In tbe end of a long, strong rone, and this was taken by an experienced old fisherman who quietly slid overboard from his cauoe and nl-lowod himself to sink to where the man eater was restlug, his body enveloped In that strange weird light. That was th moment when, if the shark bad been shamming sleep, be would with one vigorous sweep of his tali and a snap of bis jaws have earned his nam ot "man eater." But no; he was for the time beiae powerless, and with infinite dexterity ana skill tbe native tuoceeded in nsMlog the noose over tbe brut head and about his middle. He then quickly rose to tbe surface and clambered into hi canoe, nnd the fleet was again set in motion.

The ennoe to which th line about the shark a body woo attached moved very slowly and carefully, junt enough strain tielngkopt on the line to raise the oaptlvo'a body clear of th bottom. Sometime the shark would a little restive, and tbn we all waited sathebootorsaTd, roiled over and went to sleep At length wwia close In to th beach and eUilHU UTO OaW jUkWt WflaUM taitW to wait f6r daylight, Tbtwo remaining ones lay over the sloenlnff ninth the end of the line to which was Becured being taken on th beach, and than all bands took turns In watoh-lng and slaeplnir. The lob might have bean completed than, but this the Kahuna forbade. "We have the right to snare the man enter Inthe nichtwhlleli Isdrunk," be snld, "but we must wait for daylight, whon he Is sober, before kill him." By daylight a crowd of people had aniombled on the beach, nnd tbo sluniu was given from the canocn that tho nluhl was awake and netting restive. Bo tho long lino wan seized by a hundred hands: it strnlgbtoned out, nnd then, amidst tho tiiumphnnt song ot tbe Kahuna (who took Immenifo credit to himself for tho capture) and tho yells nnd laughter of tho crowd tramping away with tho rope, the enraged man enter, thruhliliy: nnd plunging about, was drnwn out ot the water and over the yollow sands.

An his lingo body plunged hither and thither ho snupped snvngely nt oterythlng, but in vain. A crowd of tho fishermen were always about him, raining a shower ot blows on bin ugly hond, until ho Iny, beaten to death, on tlienhoro. were the lojolclugn over tho success of thin hunt for tl.o nluhl. Kory portion of tho body (which was oxerelghtoon feet In length) wns oaten, for It tho bonos nnd tkln usneclully ill supposed to endow tho oator withhli'li courage und groat strength. As for the ono who slipped tho noose over the hend of the man eater, he was given an oxtia portion of tho liter, was extrnvnttantly praised for his skill, and would, the Kahuna sold, bo iortunato in everything he undortook thereafter.

jorr xubt Tronic tuk box owice. The I.nleat anil Nome Old llevleea Tar Jet. tins; Free Aeata tn Theatre. A not particularly injrcnlous but very aggravating schema Is being workod extensively at presont In Now York by the dead-boat Ilends who make 111 unpleasant forbox office peoplo and managers at tho theatres. This Is the way tt coos, according to the official at tho little window of the Cafilno box ofllco: "You see, they come In here," he says, nnd they look at me and they smile.

Of courso thoy emtio; all deadheads do; that's one of tho most aggravating things about them. I'd rather soe an undertaker's smilo any day than the grin of a deadhoad. Well, as I snld, thoy smile, and thoy say: "'Is Mr. Arouson No. Mr.

Aronson Isn't Will ho bo In bofore long Probably not for sonic "Then they tbluk the coast Is clear and they Ore away at me: "'Well, I'm Elma Banjo of Fanny Da en-port's company, and I'd like threo seats for this "Now, th chances ar she's pretty, nnd she looks on straight in th ey as honest like as you please, and what am I going to do about It, I've got no time to know all the actresses in town, and 1 can't tell whether aho's really one of Fanny Daonport's company or only a pretty little liar. If It's a man tbe thing Is easier for me. Most men can't look you in tbe eyes when tboy II. as tno women can, and then they're i not pretty, and I can nut some conundrums to 'them or even hint at needing somo proof of tholr claims to belong to the profession. But these girls, well, they inst played hob with me until we got up a plan to checkmate them.

This Is how wo do now: Whon she says she belongs to this or that company, why, I smile too, and I say: "Certainly; well be very glad to give jam seata: call for them any time you want. Just bring the box ofllco stamp of your theatre with you, and whoever Is in charge here will ghe you tho That fixes the frauds every time. Any reenter memher of a company can get the man in their box office to put bin stamp on a curd, and that la all tbe vouoher we need. But the frauds cannot get tbe stamp, and they never call for their seats. You ha no idea what a lot of people there are trying this scheme.

It's the very newest thing In the deadhead line, and 1 nuspoct that it's victimizing some ot th theatres. Quit often the fraud will get hold of some hotel paper and envelopes and will send a note. Instead of calling personally, signing. Bo-and-no of such-and-such a If the company is a travelling one. the hotol paper gives an air of probability to their claim to belong to the profession.

When that's done, though, the chances are that I can refer the request to one of tbe Mr. Aronsons. and. unless the name signed to the letter is a forgery, they are generally able to tell whether the applicant Is really an actor." But what do you do when Mr. Aronson Is In when tbsy coll in person?" "Oh.

that's easy. This Is th way it goes thon: Is Mr, Aronson in "'Yea; do you with to see blm? "'Well, yes: that la "'I'll call him right away: what name? ph. never mind. If he's busy I'll ooll again don't disturb htm. And away they go.

Most of them don't care to meet Mr. Aronon. for they know that his acquaintance in tbe profession would make it pretty risky for them to attempt to deceive htm," The CaMno probably receives fewer applications from the deadheads than most other theatres, becauso It Is known to bnve generally few seats to snare, and also because "Kr-mlnte "has now been running so long that most of tbe itoadhrads have managed to see tt. by some hook or crook other than tbe payment ot hard money out, for it is a matter ot principle with a regular deadbend fiend never to buy a ticket. There is something peculiarly enervating to the conscience about theatrical dead-headlsm, so that the man wbo once really sets out to get free seats habitually grows worse continually until he gsta so well known that he con no longer "work box ofllco.

Then he quits going to the The malady is Infections, too, and It has sprend in this city until there are a good many hundred men and women who novor think of paying for theatre tickets, nnd yet have not tbe slightest claim upon the courtesies of any box otllce. Of course, most of these get their tickets on some fraudulent pretence. All the city newspapers are bolbored by men who claim connection with one or tbe other of them as an excuse for preying upon the theatres. When a man suroeeds In victimizing a box office onco on this pretence the chancos are that he can keep up tbe fraud tor a good while, as tbe falseness of his claim Is not likely to be discovered, niter tho flrst time, excopt by accident. At leant one instance Is known at the Casino where a man not connected In any way with any newspaper regulurly got seats to nil tho plays for several months by claiming to be a newspaperman, and there na been several others who have hung on there for shorter periods.

There are more newspaper mon wbo pay for their seats than there are who do not. Th deadhead business Is not so unpopular at tbe box office as might be supposed. There are often times when managers with more seats than patrons aro rather willing than not to be deceived into giving sts to persona who have no claim upouthvlroourtesy. A deadhead who Is appreciative enough to wear a dress suit and applaud heartily is rather welcomed by managers under some circumstances. "There have been many times in my experience." said one manager the other dar.

when I wouldn't mind throwing In a cigar or a drink with the seats for every doadhoad that wanted to cot in, especially If they'd agree to stamp hard and clap occasionally, and to say good word for the piece next day. The light kind of a deadhead Is a good advertisement, lteully, they're qulto worth cultivating; handy to lm3 around, you know, when a play or a house needs booming. But Heaven deliver me from thu deadhead that seems to think tho nerformanoo Is worthless because ho gets it freo. aud not only doesu't warm up whon he's In the bouse, but runs It down after ho gets out. There's only ono wotvuilenu thlasldoof the hereafter, and that's tho on who bones tho box ofllco lor tlckeU and thon sells them.

I know a man. that did that onco right along and mado good living at it. Plnaily ho was found nut aud went into business aa a regular speculator, t'' Queer exenson or deadheading, oh Well, let's see. How about the mother who wants two seats because her daughter is singing in a chorus out In Chicago One of hor comes around about twice week to my box ofllco. Thon there's tho llttlo brothor of the girl that the leadline man Is piaBbed on.

He works my gallery regularly. The woman that luundors the laadlnu lady's nottlcoats. und the cook at the first old man's flat, well, thoy and a lot like them are regulars, and can't fairly be called queer. The porter who carried the walking gentleman valise up stairs at tbe hotel, and the young woman who used tn singin the choir with tho eoubretto out In Michigan ate little queerer. Tboy didn't get iu.

neither did the woman in a sealskin aucquo, who said she had been unwell nil wlntor, and hor doctor thought maybe It would do hor good to go to soinn place of amusement, and would 1 please let her have seats In the third or fourth row. None of them struck me so funnily, though, as tbo man wbo came In looking very meek and said bo waa a minister, and thought maybe he oould get some points for a sermon on the evils of theatre-going. 1 was ut the window myself, and th Idea tlokled me so that I laughed In his face, but I gave him two good seats. "Did I ever hear anything more of him? Well. yen.

There wero seven more alleged mlnlstorn who wanted to see jiibt whut a theatre whs lite, they appllod for seats within ten days. Thu worst of 1c six of them got uieBontx before It occuried to me that tho first fellow wasn't a minister at all, and be had posted bis friends and they wero all working me. I askod tho seventh man If could say th Lord's prayer baokward, and be went away with a hurt look on his face. No more ministers earns after that, except some regular onos that I knew personally, and am always glad to give seats to. You cant have a better advertisement than well-known minister in a prominent seat" Jlvcryhodr Alarmed.

JVeM tht Jtibrcuka SHU JournaL How did that burglar alarm turn out?" tiretb" ayldaiiaiHfaHBjaaiaiAjlHaHjiiliaaaijii UK OtD MXZTLKK. a Ballcatane Ple ta at Beyaead ert and Ilaeriee th Core al Kant, Tbo old oat lay asleep In the corner of the kitchen, out of everybody's way. Little Peleg, having In view a came of marbles for keeps with Bill Simmons, snt on ths floor practising With his china alloy on various objects. Atlast It struck him that the closed eye of tho old cat would be nbout the proper-sized target for him to try bis skill on, and he shot his alley at It, at short range. It was a good shot The marble bit the cat's eye fair and square.

Tim oat jumped three feet from tho floor, and tho yell she gave awoke the Old Settler from his doze tn the rush-bottom rocking chair. "Jcowhtzzt" he exclaimed. "Be we 'taoted byenttymounts?" "P-o-o-o-r Kitty sold Poles, with a vole full of sympathy, "Did the Are snap out the stove and burn your head? Grandpop, that chestnut wood la terrible snappy." Tho Old Settler gazed nt his grandson for a momont, In doubt and uncertainty. "Poleg," ho Anally snld. me on' yer ernn'-mammr has ben burntn' ohos'nut wood In that air stove for nigh onter twenty year, an' that cat has ben snoozln' right on top o' the stovo, n'moscforez much ez ton year, an' I hain't never hcerdo'noflro a snnppln' out afore an burnln' of hor head or her tall er her nothln'.

Air yo suro, Pclog, 'bout It a doln' of slch jtst uow "Well, cramlpor," replied didn't seo tho flro snap out, bn tit It had snapped out and burned Kitty's hoad she'd havo hollered, wouldn't "Yos," said Peleg's grandfather "an' If I sh'd snap out that skate strap o' yourn, yonder, an' sh'd burn yo with tt, you'd holler, too, wouldn't yo An' I'll toll ye, gosh, right here, th't Its a good deal more likely tht sech a thing mowt happen th'n th't the tiro mowt nnnp ont an' burn the cat. Poleg, I'm nfeerd th't yor a hangln' nroun' too thick with thnt Bill Simmons for the good o' yer voracity." The Old Settler lit his pipe and smoked himself Into aro; err. It was broken aftor a time by Peieg. wbo said: Grandpop, when you was a boy like me, did you ever play marbles?" In tbo fus" pine. Poleg." the Old Settler VAn l.w 111..

never ben hero, b'gosh, to be yer gran'pnpl I'm nfeerd th't tho llckin'B I'd ha' got 'd ha' kinder diskerridged me, an' I'd ha' gone away some'rs an hired out for llghtnin' rod peddler." Which would you liko to been best, grand-pop?" asked Poleg, counting bin marbles, and wondering if he would hae so many when be got thiough playing Bill Simmons for keeps. "Th' hain't much ch'lce betwixt 'em. Peleg." replied the Old Settlor. "Wen elthor ono on 'em 'tacts yo. th' hain't nnthln lory to do but han over yer money.

'Bout the unly difference th'lsbstwixt 'em la th't tho plrato has to do the most tlchtin'an' the llghtnln-rod peddler tbe most lyln'." "You'd a cboosed lightning rod peddling, wouldn't you, grnndnop asked Poleg. Pelegl" excluimod the Old Settlor. Is that a slnnlnntlon? Be you afallln' intorthe habit o' slnnlwatiu'? Gosht'lmlghty, sonny, don't y' do It. D'yo 'member w'at yer gran'mammy wero roadin' to yo outen a Dook t'other day 'bout the lorty she b'arez klm a tearlu'outou the wlldoruest an' chawed up the wicked boys? W'at for, Peleg? Fer'stnnlwatln'l They sln-niwated agin tbo good man's ban', an' tbe b'ars klm out an' chawed 'em. If I thort ez y' were slnnlwalln', sonny, I wouldn't go ahead an' rvcollcot for yo how I usety play marbles w'un I were a boy." "I wasn't, grandpapt" exclaimed Poloe.wlth a genuine intorest in the subject.

"1 don't know what etnnlwatin' is. so how can I slnnl-wate when I don't know what It is? Tell me how you used to play marbles, grand papl" "Wull. Peleg. mebbe It waVt elnnlwatin" but 'twere so much Ilk it ez one b'ar cub's squeal Is like another b'ar cub's squeal, an' they can't be tol' apart no moro tbn darkey twin babies kin. Y' ast me.

Peleg. did I over play marbles w'en I were a boy. Wull, 1 sh'd say sol" Did you play with agates or chlnys or Peleg, without stopping for breath. "Agates was good, an chlnys was good, an commys wns baqg up In tho days w'en I usety play marbles, I a peel, but I didn't play with none on 'em, cause th' wa'n't a single one in tho bull o' Sugar Swamp deestrle'." But tbore wasn't any other kind ot marbles to play with, grandpop." "Th was snakes, wa'n't th' "Snakes exclaimed Peleg. "But you couldnt play marbles with snakes!" No," said the Old Settler.

But snakes could lay eggs, couldn't they?" "Ye-e-s-s." replied Peleg, somewhat disconcerted. "An' snakes' eggs Is round, hain't they?" "I never seen one. grandpop; but Bill Simmons says they're round." "Bill Simmons says so. does hoi Well, then I hain't sure 'bcutitl I b'lleve tbey'm square, or three-cornered, or any other sbape but round, sence Bill Simmons says they'm round I Somebody must ha' bribed him with suinpln' to git bis facts straight ter wunst. ell, Peleg, snake's eggs is round, spite o' Bill Simmons a sayln' they be.

an' w'en I were a boy in th Sugar Swamp deestrto', I didn't never play marbles with nuthln' else. Thar was black snake's eggs, an' milk snake's eggs, on' water snake's eggs, an' garter snake's eggs, an' hoop snake'a iggs, on' rattlesnake's eggs, and pilot snake's eggs, an' lota o' other kinds. 1 bey was all sorts o' colors an' sizes, an' all we had to do were to hunt up the bnanes' nests. All our pockots with the eggs an' dig for bum. We usety be bothered a good deal by snakes that we'd robbod o' their eggs, a layin' fer us w'en we started in to hev game, an' all or a sud-dent rushin' In on us an' sualleiin' all the marbles th' wus on the groun'.

an' then a sailin' back to tholr dens to lay tbe eggs otcrag'ln. But that letle dtsp'sltlon on th' part o' tho Bar-pints rutber worked ag'in th' d'mestlo peace o' the snakes o' Sugar Swump. Two or throe of us boys, ye see, mowt be a plavln' rattlers an' hooimrs an' milkers nu' ullotors ag'n one another in ono ring. That was the way we nnmed our marbles, Peleg. Wull, all of a sud-dont, in whangs a black snake ontur us an' gobbles all Hbe kin o' the marbles.

Or mebbe a rattler or a pilot or a milk snake does the same thing, Wats th consekeuce? Tboy git a cargo o' hatchin' th't don't b'long to their line o' Burponts, an' a rattler 'd nnd herself th mother of a black fnake. a hoop snake, a milk snake, an' mebbe talt a dozen other kinds: an' black snake 'd And bereelt a nussln' o' the same mix o' breeds, an' so on an' so forth, all through th hull lot o' eartnts ez was tndygonlous to Sugur Swamp In them days. Of courso that deraoiullzea society 'mongst the snakes, au' blmeby so many fam'lles of oru left tho deestrlo th't we had hard work to git marbles enough to make It wuth He bavin' recess w'ou we wont to school, an' if it hadn't boti fer me we'd soon had to give up bavin' fun with marblos altogether, I wish you k'd only 'member me oz 1 wuh w'en a boy, Peleg. It'd mebby give y' some Ideus that'd stoerye to'aids turnip' out to be a grun'pnp oz k'd gho yer gran'chll-deru p'ints in nat'ral blst'ry wuth libtenin' to, an' ez it'd be a sin an' shame fer one on 'em to slnuiwate agin," "How did you keep your marblos from playing out, grandpop i said Peleg. "By beiu'a boy ez wore ahoy 'mongst ten an' ezhnd the maktn' ot a man in him.

an' never sp'ilt the job. b'posh 1" exclaimed the Old bottler. How did 1 keep them mar-bleal'm extlnctln'V liyjlst coin' right to tho root o' the hull business, an' raisin' snakes to lay pggs lor the mm bio market. That's how I done it I I s'ulted the risin' glneratlon Sugar Swamp deestrle. Lost Crow Barren, i'lsh l'ole Holler, an' ev'ry other clearin' 'roun' thur, with mutor'nl fer their joy and reecryatlou, an' blessln's was be In' poured on my bead like aweot Von all ef a sutident tho hull business were dashed to 'arth au' broke un like a cbauy sossorl" "What broke it asked little "The ouss o' rural" exclaimed the Old Bottler, bitterly, "I had f-lstor Sally in thstn dajs, sonnr, and young Meubullnm Toggletia woro spurkin' of her.

One spring th' was moro stun frolics un' barn ralbln'a th'n usual lu Sugar Swamp deestilo'. un' young Meshellum ueer missed one on 'em, an' In the course o' a couple o' weoks were tcalln' cousld'able sbaky an' onstruug f'm the dlflvr'ni kinds o' jug lucre-jints lie aad helped toeyvamp. A toiler in Lost Crow Barron bad ordered a dozen 'sorted marbles f'm me fer ono o' his noys. un' one duy that spring I a lceted 'em an' laid 'em by till tho man called fer 'em, Th' wan two or three milkers, a couple o' bluo racers, a lattice or two, it hooper.ua Next night klm to see Sullv. He were minims; nu'lti a sort o' jerky way th't my poor old pap said weio nuthln less th'n a clear oasu o' jlst vorgln' on.

Sally had a leetle headache that night, an' ez Meshellam sot nigh to th table, she ast him to hund her the oamphlr bottle outen the table drawer. Meshellam he pulled th drawei open. '1 lien his ayes bhot nut, an' he cite a yoll th't Kl Phiy- on said be heerd ez plulnnr. a painter, an' Si Ivod two uieurin's away. Meshellam yelled, ilu hair rlz up.

an' ho glto one jump an' went tin ouiili tbe only glass winder In tho cabin, an' struck away 'crest lots, sheddln' painter sorcechoB at ev'ry jump. "Peleg, I bad Btowed my duion 'sorted marbles lu that tuble drawer. Tbo kitchen were feg or so ton warm, un' the marbles belli' lolt to belrseif, an' uot baln' auythln1 else to do.Jist emptied thalrsolf o' their contents. Wen ill-sbellam opened the drawer a c'lectlono' rattlers an' milkers, an' hoopers, an' racers, and so on rlc up to say good eveuin', an' Meshellam thort th he wa'n't only torgiu' on but bloppln' over, au'sohe made his departure suctdent un' to the p'lnt. Pap shot down on marble culture f'm that on.

an" ye see. Pelsg, w'ut grief an' sorrer wns tbrowed onter thu nsln' gin'rallou o'thomdeestrlotaby the cuss o' rum I An' now, Peleg, pijr gran'mammy wun't be hum for a spell rlt. I'll slip down to the tavern a mlnuto an' ast w'at th news is. an' that Ti give ye a chance to think over w'at I've told re. an' brao com o' ntal" ulta BREAKING CHAINS IN CUB AIT JtUAKCIPATIOK VROCLAMATIOlt tl 1aH suro ur an aukmvak WiHS Radical Msaenrae that rnralyaed OeaalMJKH tnnaltr vtllh Horror, hnt ttavrd ,) li JHI A Ltmn lar laban Sugar Piaster.

"Whatoror tho Government may bo, tihaMvS-l-Hl only hope of tho Ouban sugar plantar Is In MIHl entire reform ot his labor syntem, aprlmrTJHB step In which must be the abolition of laverrVljlHI I know this beoause I have demonstrated It bVvftKI practical experiment In the management ot ifKH Cuban sugar estate." The oontleman made that assertion Is Mr, W. B. UavmonaaVJH now a resident ot this city, twenty or moflrH years ago, son of the sonlor partner of the Bras' V-B ot Usymond, Wilson A. Co. of 17 MeroadeM'fH streot, Havana, Mr.

Raymond, by the war. f)')j''B nephew of Henry J. Raymond, under whOBaWJHH management the New York Tant was a KTkrHfl paper a long time ago. He went i on to WiMtjH narration of his Cuban exporlenoast ij'fyft-JeaBana! "A a consequence of th revolution ot NlOH clsso Lopez, in 1851, the financial affairs vc4l Vi groat many sugar planters beoame tangled, nnd. as, owing to oauses I shall tiH to mention, tholr revenues oontlnued toqfcVilaH mtntsh from year to year, they eventual Vl found thomselves hopelessly Involved Ia deMM tH to the Arms that had been tor years them money and supplying them neoassairV wBJ goods or, as the Spanish phrase It, rsaeoestV In this way, In ths course of twenty 7aaV'H Sonores Jose Oarcla Montas and Jose Ignatirt ft Hl Agulrra, proprietors of the Yngenio HotV.

faHH tafles plantation, aucoeeded In aeUinjt the solves In debt to the extont of the Arm of Raymond, Wilson and UifkiVH firm In September. 1865, found Itself oompIMTH to take possession of the estate. The x'BieaatKH Montafles plantation was about 800 mllaa fRH rail southeast of Havana, and .83 miles trOai'tB Sagua, which was Its shipping' point. fcVjH couple of years business went fairly weUV'fafB thut, though we were not making any moaefYAEaal tan no were not losing any, which was doomed 0i KiH lng well. But when the revolution umi IMfHfH prices went down, we began losing money miVRH lost.

Everv way was tried to economise make tbe nlantatton nay bT tholr establUhaataTaWaTal system, but all in vain. As Is customary laWtaBfani Cuba, the administrator or manager of tMaaaHlBBi estate had a peculiar way of mannglnir affairs, SfME Thoro wus no such thing known, or evamtWIH dreamed of, as moral punishments wtiVI the slaves, but ovorythlng was done us1svkH der tbe lash. Consequently the slaves IMf rullen, disgusted, hopeless, or secretly desufiK ous of revenge, and their work gave no quate results to tbe owners of tbo estate. Thenf JiBS ovorseers, or ruajorals as they are termed fS ME Spanish, went on horseback, even in tbe oalajBE Holds, aimed with heavy rawhide whips. ItsV'lHnH slave ventured tomake a complaint, toaikawWK Pi question, or oven dared to look at tho maJoraLVinWl he was almost certain to receive a savagoiitvHH ting blow ot that cruel whip to keep the lesaonv, lajsj of subjection in IiIb mind and to gratlfy.th),iMJI overseer's, lust of cruelty that grew by ltsez'rMBLBj ercise.

What waa the lesultto the owners of rlaafi the estate? Well this. To clean away thaMW rapid growing woods nnd grass among tMaB cuno the slaves used a long, keen, heavy blndfrMf called a machete, And with this machete eacfsAtBI slave worked his revenge. By a dexterottaijfa turn ot the wrist, so quick that you oould baraVftiH ly deloct It If you wore looking at him, a slavj7W would strike thnt blade Into the ifla or MB of cane roots, at the base of the canes. outtlnKMfc them below tho surface of the ground. It kulenHB tbe nlants and caunod groat loss.

The poo J.JMl Ignorant fellow had only tbe Idea of being von cod upon a white man for what he eulTeredUiS! Ho did not reason that bo was not at all hurt lng tho cruel overseer, but doing great damage- iHB by his malicious mischief to th owners of, Lne.lHK estate, wbo were Innocent of tbe outrage him, or at least were only measureably gulltriini through their maintenance of the majorat sv13HH torn. In about a year after receiving, ths ME treacherous cut th clump of cane roots would fW be dead, utter giving a poor growth that Bea-'JMI son. Thinner und more thin, year by would grow tho orop, until thoro wore notcanefrMV enough lolt to pay for working tho boIL and ta gMjj planting would be necessary. f'anW Replanting (s a very serious matter. netiM merely on acoount of Us dlrwot oost, wbloh maraKi be not more than 100 to say tlfiO an acrevtitvVSB cording to circumstances, but because of td-f.

JM time that must elapso before a normal yield obtained. A ton of tlrst-year growth cans wMt only ghe you 200 pounds of sugar, while of cane between the fourth and eighth yesJUK) growth should give you SOO to iuO pounds. aMf MQ then tbe amount of cane yielded In the eaitrAaffll 2 ears alter replanting is proportionally aa iMrvHl clent as it Is lacking In saocnarine ftfAMn "Sometimes, too. desperate slaves wouldM'Ml flro to cane fields. A Are in a cane field oannoivMrj he stopped while oane is left for It is a terrible thing, and of course total dexifjlj etructlon where It sweeps over.

So youaacjlHi the majorat system Involved great danger fssSBul! various ways to the fortunes of the ownera-'MJaiR "I had the Idea of abolishing the maJoraleYgHR and urged It upon our firm with suon SUMMK oees that I was empowered to make the lment. That was In 1868 that we took off UiVJl majorats altogether and replaced them steward, wbo divided the men Into cans MvMl fifty each and sent thorn out, without any MkafH overseer than their own honor, to go to Suea.iM or suoh, a eaflaceral which is about elxteeajfJBf! i acres, more or less and clean It out. ThaavlaMT were 827 negroes, old and young, on thr tststaVflB of whom 386 were able-bodied hands. ftlhi "We found that under our new system tbe); HJ fifty men did as much work aud did It bettatfjM than waa done by eighty to one-hundred maau in like time, under tbe old system, we did saftKI try to drive them for we had no necessity -'fflR-H doing so. They did their work swiftly.

wafjC Hi and never once did the aocldent' happen; of: Jm' slashing the roots of the cane with the nlao-WI chute. When tbelr tasks were done they ho4fiCf! the rest of their time to thomselves, to in the patches of ground given them, BweeiM potatoes, com, tobacco, peanuts, and othaflKf things, and the celerity with which they would' a get through with our work, without sIlchtiaaHvf or skimping It. that they might get to Uiofl'tftl own. wus something surprising. Nothing llkaj mm It was ever lushed out of them by the Under that system we made the estate PSrVH at tho rut of UK per cent on tho capital Invest ed br our firm, which was the $380,000 owed tV us nnd S100.000 more that we bad to give to a clear title to It- Yet the prices of sugar war H.

low: from to 7 reulos (a real Is 12J cents perarroba(25 VI Boeing what bad been done, and bellevlrur Wt that still better results could be got out of that M. good soil by our more enlightened and humane methods of deullng with our labor, we resolredvjM upon a more radical step. This was nptblaavlM less than tbo freeing of the negroes, subject ta.cn a contract that they should work for ua durlnsj HI a term of fifteen years. This la how we ranged it. Wo divided the estate up into OoUiMl onlea and gave land to every negro In proper Ml tion to tbe family ho hud.

Some would bar) IM eight or ten and others not more than tbres'OE Ml four In family. In accordance with the allot-' Wj ments of land for tillage wo gave carts, and MB oxen and other implements. They had to as9E turns the ontlro responsibility for their qwaMC i maintenance, raise their own vegetables, bur JHf ft their own meat, clothing, and other thins. WM i Whon the cauo was harvested und brought ta (. by thorn to tho mills we made them allowance jtMl'i upon It of one-third of thu unne product at tht regular market ption.

Under thnt system tbe (MHV cstute produced irom 22 to 2IK per cent, upon ixw the Investment. Previously, the year's work otjjjjB an abln-boitind negru only uvoraged th pro-l'lfj duation of bOO pounds nf sugar: but under out R'rlj new system the averuge was raised to 2,700, and IB some went as IiIkIi us 3,100 pounds, But. how we had to tight against the prejp JW dices of those who preferred slavery and rullHiH to emancipation and prosperity. I waa called law they sought by argument. por'X suasion, and threat to make mo abandon mT.il tin rpose.

1 got the consent of I be English mem 1H berot our iirni. hpwevur, and bought ontthalnH Spanish partner. befloi l'ratof whose interest was not inrue by giving huSBB :jo.oix) tur it. Then tbo (Jovernment came ugalnst us, called us Insurgents and gave uaSgSj no end of trouble. Plantntiun owners la the MM neighborhood denounced us and warned us, aa they nu doubt ruully believed, that we were) committing a sort of llnancinl hari-kari.

Th SMS even sought to stir up i lie slaves to make trouble MH forus. but in vain. Wo freed tbo negroes on th MB Ifitli of November, 1870. In March, 1873. MJ sold the plantation for H9U.000.

which was CMflm much without uny alaros, but with a full com- JM. jilcment nt free labor under that fifteen yearrMJ contract, which we bud eventually succeeded 'VwB in having recognized us Ug.itiy valid as it yJTt would havo brought v.itli ah he slaves upon It fnm us ahsoliito proporty. an they wero whon took hold of It. Thore wore ncrra In the) 'MM estate, of which S.I.MOd to 35.0W wore kpt un fB der cultivation In cuuo. ''II "I do not believe thnt there Is any hoped the rehabilitation of the iuiuar.nroduelngla '1 dustry ol Cuba worklng.under majoruls." 1 Tan Tarn la I'lrcra bj a Panther.

if' JW fiom Itu nicvr.itiu 3ra nusrb Wllllama had tliiltlltixr adventure 7KJ tlio other night while driving fiom Hot Springs iff to his country home, ijmi hall a mile from W'A his house his horse1) evinced considerable un- It IS easiness, ax though they woro iilrald to ad- vunce further In the direction tl.ey were going; JV2 The fuiiner. becoming uncasr, whistled to iffl his large and trust) bulldog, which was but short distance in advance of biro. Just aa the i.JJ dog started tn rutum. In obedience to the alarm, Mr. Williams heard a noise In the branches of a tree which stood near the roaaKjf side, and when the dog got within twenty-tlvetft lards of the wagon be was pounced upon by Lugo pHnther, which leaped trom the treo upoaBkn him.

A torrihle light riiMiuiJ. 'the furine. a team hocmnn frightened fipflSM ran homo with him. As soon ns be reached bis jf-fl homo Mr. Williams tethered his team, ran IbmHI the house, picked up bis Winchester rifle, and SB returned to the spot to take a band tn the b4 in tie.

found bis faithful dog torn to 3k but ao sicna oi th varolii 'rwa visible, mm.