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THE DANGER OF BEAUTY. I never rend the papers without feeling so content that both my eyes arc twisted and my noso is slightly beat. I'm glad my is oat of Uno and that my teeth arc few. And if 1 had '-wealth of hair" 1 don't know I'd do. A "tiny foot" or till me with dismay; And if I had a slender waist I'd sicken in a day.

Kor I have noticed from the ilrsr, an strange it may seem, The girl who gets the worst of it is "lovely as a dream." The papers never tell about a woman being shot, Or mangled by a trolley ear, or married to a Or forced at point of pistol her last fifty cents to lose. Bat that her eyes are "limpid" and her boots nro number twos. So I can live in sweet, content, without the slightest fear That trouble or calamity will ever hover near. And when 1 see my misfit face it's some relief to know That I'll outlive the beauties by a hundred years or so! Life. ROBBING GOLD SHIPS A DIFFICULT TASK OFTEN SUCCESS- FULLY ACCOMPLISHED.

rilB Australian Coast the Favorite Field For These Daring Feats of Burglary. Some of the More Notable Thefts That Have Taken Flace. Several times in each year Australian oewspapers announce the departuro to England or San Francisco of vessels carrying huudrcds of thousands of pounds value in gold. In 1890 the three colonies of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria sent away over $40, 000.000. I It is not a matter of surprise that such announcements excite the cupidity of a sec tion of the community or that I from time to time attempts are made to surreptitiously lay hands ou some por? tion of the seductive treasure.

Robbing a ship's safe on the Austra? lian coast is now conducted with the same silent and thoughtful deliberation as is the solving of a difficult chess problem. The first thing the rifler sets his heart upon is how to get the key. The theory, gud indeed the general prac? tice, is that checks the boxes us they are in the bullion room, locks the door wheu the transaction is complete, and, sleeping or waking, car? ries the key in a leather pouch around his neck till he unlocks the door at the I eurl of the voyage. But theory and practice are often set aside. In the Tararua case, at Mel bonrue, in 18S0, wheu $20,000 worth of gold bars were stolen, the police dis? covered that two keys, either of whicli opened the bullion room, used to hang against the wall in the public bar.

It was also discovered that one of these keys mysteriously disappeared 12 mouths before the robbery and that no serious investigation was theu made into the loss, nor was any alteration made in the lock of the bulliou room. This Tararua was running between New Zealand aud Australia and had shipped boxes of gold ac various ports. Altogether sue was supposed to carry 11 boxes. On arriving at Melbourne it was found that oue of these boxes was missing. Examination showed that somo one had simply opened the door with a key, extracted the box and locked the door again.

The robbery from tbo Iberia, which left Melbourne for London in March, 1SS9, is supposed to have been also ef? fected by means of a key surreptitiously procured. In that case the robbery was I not discovered till the arrival of the vessel in London. The robbery from the China develop? ed in a remarkable way. Here the Ori-' cntal bank in Sydney placed the gold on board a coast steamer called the Avoca. Ac Melbourne the gold was transship? ped to the China.

The China touched at Adelaide aud other ports, but it was only at Galle the discovery of the rob? bery was made. Detectives operated on all the ports simultaneously, but no? where could a clew be found. The amount missing was the usual $20,000. In 1878 a man named Weiberg, who had been a carpenter on the China, tool: up a selection in the interior of Victo? ria. Before settling down he married a Melbourne barmaid and appears to have confided to ber somo shady particulars of Iiis past history.

Tbo Samson and Delilah story was iu part repeated, aud the public laid themselves out to watch Weiberg. The upshot was the arrest of the man as the safe rifler of the China. One thousand sovereigns were found in a tiu of fat stored away by him in Melbourne. In his hut was discovered a wooden plane stuffed with gold. The wood was hollowed out and the gold dropped in.

Iu the hut was also discov? ered a bar of soap containing 21)0 sover? eigns. He told the detectives that he had 1,800 sovereigns concealed cn his selec tiou aud offered if they accompauied him to point out where the booty lay. As may be surmised, he fooled the po lico into a wild, thick timbered region, took them suddenly olf guard and made his escape. He was recaptured, howev? er, some months later. The mystery of the Iberia was cleared up in a still more singular manner.

One day two beys playing at Williamstowu saw a mouse run into a hole under the platform of tbo railway pier. Oue of the boys started to dig the mouse out with a stick and to his surprise un? earthed a ma of sovereigns. The po? lice were informed, ami before the day was ou 3,742 sovereigns were recovered. The recovery of-the Aredale gold was more satisfactory as far as amount is concerned. For nearly two years the police labored iu vain.

The mystery might never have been cleared up but for an accident. A wharf lumper fish? ing at Nelson pier, where the Aredale had been berthed, hooked on to some? thing which excited his curiosity. Ob? taining assistance, the lumper succeed? ed in bringing to the surface the miss? ing box, with its treasure intact. The robber had evidently sunk the box, in teudiug to return for it when opportu? nity Journal. Fire Worshipers and Kt ose-no.

A knowledge of the existence of pe? troleum ac Baku is su ancient that we find there the ruins of a temple to Zcio ascer. The worship of easy to obtain that it was only necessary to prod the soil with a stick aud set lire to the vapor that issued out of coutiuued until so recent a timo its 20 years ago, when several Parsee priests wero in Baku for the purpose of wor? shiping that which we of tLis iconoclas? tic time buy in the corner groceries to fill our Ralph in Har? per's Magazine. A chime made of IS bronze tubes ut ranged in t-vo parallel rows anil struck, by hammer-' working from a keyboard has en sst up ia the town hall of Lu Bear Paris. The tubes yarv lct'-gtb from to 9 feet, aud iu weigit fram to ICO pounds. BRUTAL CORRECTION.

Baute llarbnmuH Vanishments That Hav? Indicted Upon Sohlten. From the earliest ime is. those who join the been treated as machines, tundo to do certain work, and failing in tho slightest do greo subjected to the most barbaric pun? ishment. One of the favorite methods of cor- reef ion was known as picketing." Tho victim was suspended by tho wrist to an iron ring let into a wall or a high post, and one of Ids heels was per? mitted to rest upon a sharpened stick, just blunt enough not to break tho skin. Titus the whole weight of the body was i thrown upon the bare heel or up? on tho wrist.

The agony in either caso was extreme I In a moment of demoniac cruelty some officer invented a device called I "the wooden horso." Rough, sharp boards were nailed together so that would form a rude imitation of a horse, the back forming a sharp ridge. On this a culprit was made to sit, sometimes I for hours at a time, and to increase tho pain muskets and even heavy weights were fastened to the legs. During the peninsular war there was a punishment much used, called tho 1 It was Spanish iu its origin and brutal in its torture. The soldier was hoisted up by means of a rope fastened to his arms behind his back, and then suddenly dropped with a jerk, by which process his shoulder joints were sometimes dislocated. A form of punishment known as i "bottling." or "cold burning," was dreaded by the men more any oth? er.

It consisted iu lying the offender's hand, palm uppermost, so that it was held quite motionless, and then allow? ing water to fall upon it, drop by drop, from a height of live feet. Tho pain I caused iu this way is said to have been I so intolerable that the strongest men fainted away under its infliction. Iu the whole history of military pun I islvmeuts flogging takes the first place. Its earliest form was kuowu as "run? ning the gantlet." The offender was I stripped naked to the waist and driven I slowly through the ranks of his regi ment, each man of whom had been arm? ed with a stout rattan. In front of tho prisoner marched a file of the guard, su pping slowly backward ami holding their bayonets pointed to the culprit's breast in order to make him fake the regulation step.

Li 1700 an English army regulation made mention, for the first time, of the "cat." This terrible weapon of torture was made of nine leather thongs knotted near the end and fastened to a handle about 12 inches long. Every stroke brought blood, and when a man was sentenced to receive 12 lashes it was equivalent to nine times that number and his back was one mass of bleeding scars. For grave offenses, such as mutiny or desertion, the "cat" was used with such violence that death often ensued. The Twenty-eighth foot was called for half a century the flogging and it well earned its distinction, if a sergeant, writing iu 1800 from Bremen, is to be believed. He says that hi the regiment from 10 to 20 men were flog? ged daily.

Sir Charles Napier tells of a colonel of the Fiftieth regiment who ordered a man to be flogged because he did not stand steady on parade after a previous flogging. "My back is like a piece of raw beef, sir, after the last 50 you gave me, and I can't bear the weight of my pack." "Take another 50, torted the brutal officer, "and see if it will do your back any good. These horrible tortures were inflicted on the private soldiers up to a recent date. Iu 1S79 the writer had a "cat" exhibited in the English parliament which caused the death of a soldier a few months prior to that MAKE THE MEN MARKET. A Woman Writer's to Help Weary Wives.

There are few things that exhaust a woman more than a day's shopping. The average mau looks upon a woman's "purchasing day" as one of pleasure, but when he accompanies her on one of these shopping expeditions he goes home, after his patience has been all ex? hausted, with a different belief. He learns, too, that a woman cau endure vexations and disappointments with much more equanimity than bo can, and ha mentally vows never to do it again. The number of miles traversed is really what tires one, and it is little wonder that the woman who does the shopping for herself and her enlirG fam? ily, as well as the marketing and the bargaining with the "butcher aud bak? er and candlestick maker," should feel the need of rest for her tired nerves The man of tho house should always do the marketing. In the old days, wheu the butler was not tbo stately personage he is now, women were nev? er troubled with the worries of house? hold purchasing, for the head of the house did the entiro buying, and "James" carried the parcels aud was not ashamed to do it.

No mother who has the care of little children should give tbe precious in- 'ru? ing hours to anything else but tho nursery, nor should she let butchers' and grocers' boys call for and deliver orders, because there is sure to be dis? satisfaction if she does. Some weali ly families allow their chef to take charge of the household, and he collects a percentage from the tradesmen, which; of course, is added to the monthly biil Reputable storekeepers will not do kind of business, however, and "patronage" is controlled entire! few men. On the whole, it is tuore satisfactory for the mau tue: house to do tho marketing. He will ti tho best meat, have his orders prom: attended to and save about 25 p- in tbe transaction, as well as the bea! of his Times-Herald Tlie Medium Was itight. Mr.

Gruville was persuaded when he was over 00 years of age to attend a spiritualistic seance. Foster, tbe pre? siding medium, was in great form, and the revelations were astounding. Gre ville sat silent, and his aged, wizened face was emotionless as a mask. Sud? denly the medium grew excited and said to the old gentlemau: "A female form is beuding over you. Oh, the extraordinary likeness!" Greville sighed.

"She lifts her hands to bless you." Greville sighed again. "It is your mother. "Ah, poor thing!" said Greville. "I am glad. "She smiles.

She says all is well with her." Greville sighed agaiu aud said, "I am delighted." "She says she will see you soon. You are old, and you must muet her before long." Then Greville quietly observed: 'That's very true. I'm going to take ea with her this evening." Graphic. A PRISON IN MEXICO. CURIOUS CUSTOMS THAT PREVAIL IN BELEM JAIL.

Huniciil Inrilmnicnts In the Cell? nntl Concert Almoat livery Kveninc the Hour Marked by a Curiona Spectacle. Among the various uses to which Mexico hns put some of her old monas? teries and convents is that of serving for tho incarceration of violators of tlio law. Tho Couvento do Bolen at Mexico City has become, in common parlance, Belem, the city jail and prison, accused and convicted persons, men, women and children alike being confined thero in different compartments. The building was put np by tho Spanish governor in 108(1, as au iuscription at tho head of the main stairway tells. A casual visit paid it by a reporter of The Mexican Herald reveals a condition of prison mauagenx 111 in Mexico worthy of pass? ing attention in tho days of prisou re? form associations and international pris? on congresses.

The Herald said that Belem had been commonly spoken of as a second Black Hole of Calcutta, hut the. reporter found that tho prison was kept in a stato of comparative cleanliness; not so, how? ever, the prisoners. Their condition he described as one of disgusting filtbiuess. Although there was a hydrant in every cell and general bathing facilities in each compartment, tho reporter found only one inmate either at bath or with any indication of having bathed within a year. It was explained to him by the prison authorities that formerly the regulations required prisoners to bathe daily, but that this was regarded as Mich a hardship that tho sufferers man? aged to have it declared a form of cruel and unusual punishment and so to have the rule abrogated.

TSiore arc in the prison now prisoners, of whom are men and 80 are minors. A curious feature found by the re? porter was the Spanish regard for the arts, even within prisou walls. Ho found in the south wing tho writers of libel, "and the cells reserved for mu? sicians, artists and others of tho lino arts." Itwould seem to bo a charitable as well as an inclusive provision, that "and others" (besides artists) of the line arts. The musicians are permitted, apparently, to take their instruments to jail with them, much as mechanics take iuto the prisou workshop their own tools of trade. "Tho walls of the mu? sicians' cells are decorated with differ? ent musical instruments, and tho re? porter was told that almost every even? ing there was a conceit in ouo of the patios." Men sometimes do in Mexico what in this colder clime they content them? selves with wishing done, for the re? porter came upon one Adams, under sentence of 20 years "for killing a wait? er at the Club do la Opera because ho did not bring his dinner quick enough.

Adams has tho freedom of bis galley. There are in each galley three trusties who go about with clubs and preserve order, using the club "only when moral suasion will not do as well." There were stoics among the 57 men condemned to death. One of these, un? der seuteucc for assassinating a man, expressed his sereue confidence as to his future, but, "if worst conies to worst" shrug of the shoulders and palms up. This man and sonio others under death sentence had tho run of tho com maudaut'soffices, notwithstanding there were ou the walls, serving as decora? tions, confiscated weapons of prisoners. Oddly enough, as it would seem in this country, though it wouldn't have been strange in the Italy of Machiavclli, there wasn't a gun among these.

The nearest to it was a bayonet, and the rest were poiuards. sei miters, stilettos, butcher knives, table knives, penknives, and shoemakers' knives. The dinner hour was marked by a curious spectacle. Tho street ontsido the prison was tilled with tho "wives, children, dogs and other members of tho prisoners' households." Tbeso brought baskets of edibles to tho prison? ers, some of whom were permitted to speak to their relatives through a grat? ing. To the convicts not permitted to come to the grating, their relatives were allowed to send in notes accompanying the dinner baskets.

This privilege had given rise to a peculiar way of making a few pennies among persons able to scribes who for a cent or two wrote messages to the pris? oners." One woman badu the scribe to put her message in red ink. She would have none of the "purple staff." "Tell him," said sho, "that I send him two littlo tamales and tell him that la pcirita died yesterday." Says tho reporter, "And tho scribe, leaning under the shade of his umbrel? la, sitting on a rock, with his bottle of red ink ou another rock beside him, worked away arduously, with an ety? mology all his own, beginning para? graphs with lower case letters ud? put? ting in taps in tho most unexpected places, so that it would lake an Igna? tius Donnelly cryptogram to decipher the meaning of his hieroglyphics." Geological Dednctlonx. Geology was oaco defined by Let Salisbury as "tho science cf tbo wh might have been." Sonic America! geologists prefer to it as the cuce of the what may be. Pictures bpj often been drawn of tbo destructh Toronto and the devastation of sent! Ontario and Qoebec by a flood when the great lakes are emptied to tho continnad recession of falls. Professor G.

K. Gilbert now tell that long before this disaster is due i ngarn ill destroyed I processes Some changes 1 aro now taking place ovtr the we lake region, The eastern onrh closed and the lak a drained by charging from tho. southern end of Michigan iuto the basin of the Missis? sippi. The cbauge in the river system will begin iu about 1 000 years' time. Tho evidence adduce I by Professor Gil? bert ia support cf this prophecy is of great interest, although ouiy his pro i--is i hegn A Question.

G. M. writes to The Journal: "Should you say, 'I made him cough or 'I made him cough up This is a ticklish question Unfor? tunately the slang dictionaries, even Farmer and Pleuley's, do not know the slang phrase. Nor is there any allusion to it in the great Oxford dictionary. Three centuries ago there was a phraso "tocough (any one) a daw, fool, mome," meaning "to make a fool of, also "to prove oneself a fool." but this "cough" may have been theobseleto verb "cough" or "coff," to purchase, acquire, And live centuries ago "to cough" also! meant "to utter," "to disclose," as in; this sentence, "To make her coufoss the things testified against her, and also to cough out tho rest." We do not find anywhere allusion to this modern slang.

We ourselves regard "cough up" as the proper expression, end we use id whea we are moving in tho first and gilded circles. THE SHIP'S RUDDER. Its Two PnrtH und the Difference In tho That Comes Upon Them. The rudder of a wooden ship is oom of tho stalk and tho backing, which are so joined togotber as to form in effect a single The oomploto rudder is coppered, to protect it from worms, and then, besides being practi? cally all iu ouo piece, it has that ap pearauco also. The stalk is the part to which are at? tached the pintles, or pivots, by whicli tho rudder is suspended and hold iu place, theso going through eyes set in the ship's Stern post, Tho stalk runs un through tho stern of tho ship, and to its head is bolted a cap to which are at? tached the.

ropes by means of which the rudder is controlled. Tho backing is Ihu blado part of thu rudder. By far tho greater strain comes on tho stalk, aud the. greatest strain of art comes on the head of tho stalk, the rudder head, where it is held. Tbo stalk is madu of tbe wood most likely to stand tho strain, carefully selected, sound, well seasoned oak, while tbo "jacking is made of spruco or hard pine.

Tbo stalk is of a single, solid, massive pieco, stout as an oak troo and indeed of the dimensions of a small oak, something that a man can pin his fail!) to, if ho can have faith in any wood, while tho backing or blado is, like many modem wooden masts, built up. It would bo dillicult if not impossible to find treos that would yield planks big euough for tbe purpose in a single pieco, and tho built up backing, made of piuecs of selected wood, can easily be mado of ample strength to withstand any strain that will bo brought upon it. As to the stalk, stout and solid as the oak may be, the head may be twisted by thu force of a tremendous blow from a wave upon the rudder, or, under the repeated strains of long use, the head may split, and so make tho stalk use less. Then thu rudder is taken out aud fitted with a new stalk. A suitable stick is selected and worked down to the proper size and form, and very probably the old backing is attached to it.

The life of a rudder stalk would probably bo 12 to J4 years. Tho backing might last as loug as tho York Suu. HAUNTED BY A NUMBER. Figures Scribbled by 11 Schoolboy Finally Drought Fortune. "My brother William, who died a few years ago," said Colonel Andrew Froo mun the other night, "from his boy? hood days had a curious habit of scrib bliug ou cvory pieco of blank paper he i picked up.

"When ho was first able to form fig? ures with a pen or pencil, ho would trace the meaningless number ou everything that had a blank space of suflicieut size. On the whitewashed walls of the little old red scboolhouse down in my homo county in thu Penny rile that boy wrote ten thou? sand limes or moro. "Ou the tly leaf of his textbooks, on the margins of tho newspapers my fa? ther was a subscriber for, ou the en? velopes and mi thu unused bits of papers in all of the letters that came to our bouse he traced those figures in every idle moment without being ablu to tell Why he did so. My falber gave the lad some pretty severe thrashings and count? less reprimands for indulging iu tbo seuseless habit, but Will never stopped it for a day. "When I was 27 and Will was 22, I told him ouo day that I was going to play thu numbers hu was so devoted to in the Louisiana lottery and if I drew unything I would divido up with him.

I had been throwing away a dollar iu the gift enterprise for live or six years and had never drawu a cent. I didn't get the number I wanted that mouth, but the next mouth I got two tenth tickets, number 15,174, and I struck the capital prize. Will got one-half of the cash, and till tho day of his death, eight years ago, never quit talk? ing about the luck his hobby brought mo. It was tbo most remarkable inci? dent iu my life aud tbe most notable occurrence in the history of our fam? Post. Strength of Limb In Man and Woman.

According to tho last report of tho doings of the anthropomctric labora? tory, London, the following interesting data were established concerning tho relative strength and length of limbs in man and hi man, in 50.il cases out of 100, tho right arm was stronger than the left; in 10.4 eases tho arms were each of equal strength final? ly, iu cases out of 100, tho left arm was the stronger. Thus it seems, contrary to the general understanding of this subject, that out of every ten men there arc more than three whose right is not so strong as tho left The data show, however, that tho pro? portion is better distributed in women? that is, out of 100 only 40.0 possessed more strength in the right arm, 24.5, or near one-fourth, have more strength in the left. Dyuamometrie ex? periments have likewise proved that in women the upper limbs possoss tho same strength much oftener than in men, since out of 100 there were 28.0 that gave the same results in the two arms. As regards the respective length of the limbs, it seems that in most cases the right arm and the left leg are thu longer, the following proportions being noted at the laboratory in measuring 50 skeletons of adults, men and women: In 2i5 eases the left leg and tho right arm were the longer, in (J cases it was, Oil the contrary, the right leg and the left arm, and in 4 cases only the limbs of Ihe right side were longer than those of thu left She Was Very Beautiful. Pedestrians on Sixtli avenue the other day were startled to see a commou look? ing man crossing the street with a beau? tiful young woman in his arms.

Thu fair creature was faultlessly dressed, though hatless, and did not seem to ob? ject to her mode of conveyance in tho least, for her arm was around the niim'ii neck and her golden head rested against his. The curious in the crowd rushed up to get a nearer view of the strange sight. But when within a few feet of the pair they turned abruptly, with a smile, half of disappointment, half of satisfaction, at tho solution of the mys? tery. Tho beautiful young lady was a lay figure belongiug to one of the de- portment stores in the New York Commercial Advertiser. For Symmetry.

Lord Selkirk had a formal garden? an Italian garden, as it is his gardener was very proud of it. One day, says Tho Goldeu Penny, Lord Selkirk found a boy shut up in the smmner house at the end of tho terrace at St. Mary's Isle and was informed by his gardener that it was for stealing apples. On reaching the othor end of the terrace, where there was another summer house, Selkirk beheld the gar? dener's son looking dolefully out of the window. "Eh, John, what's this? Has your toy been stealing too?" "Na, na, my lord," was tho answer.

"I just put him in for semetry." VALUE OF LONDON. Estimate the Market Prices of FmnoiiH Public liuildings. A striking articlo which appeared in London recently, describing the "mar? ket" value of London, has a timely sug gestiveness in connection with tho hat tie between public and private interests over Copley square, says tho Boston Transcript. London's greatest treasures are known by name to all, and London is so far away that tho valuation put upon them will not stir other emotions than precisely those which it is the pur? pose of tho statistician to arouse. Man? sion House, which cost to build, 6ays the writer, is now valued at fully ten times that figure.

Tho Royal Ex? change, as a building of bricks and mor? tar, is worth hut land in that neighborhood has recently sold at the rate of an acre, so that 000,000 is probably not an excessive valuation for the exchange. Eight bridges over the Thames cost to build, but are now worth much more than that, while the tunnels underneath an: worth other millions, and the embankment is worth probably double tho which it cost to make. If St. Paul's were private prop? erty, you might induce the owner to sell it for It), 000,000, but the likeli? hood is very remote. Those tattered banners which you have seen so often would arouse pretty keen bidding at the sales.

Westminster abbey is difficult to value. But the sales give us some idea of what historic treasures are worth in the market, and 1 should not be sur? prised if the up iu lots? realized 000,000. The British museum, which anybody can sec for nothing, could not lie bought up by all tlx? millionaires in America. If it were absolutely empty, it would be worth and it is full of priceless treasures. Tho National gal? lery is worth millions.

It cost, with tho hew gallery seet ion. to build and has one picture which cost an inch. Tho Kelson column, close by, is Wurth and the statue of King George III. a little way down Pall cost The Al? bert, Hall and Royal aquarium are Imth worth about hat ik-i Crystal palace cost iiiyro than three times the value of both of these. Earl'sCourt, the great showrivaling the paiuco, has mil? lions' worth of treasures, and even when it is empty the 25 acres of gardens and buildings are worth Im? agine buying the Tower, the Holboni viaduct, tho miles of sewers, walks and pavements, the? various markets, of which are for tually-cost between them.

Think of tho hospitals and schools and churches and fancy the market value of tho parks cut into city lots. Tho en trauces alone of Hyde park are said to havo cost nearly Does the statement made by tho English writer seem extravagant, that all tho coined money in the world today would uot adequately represent the value of what the poor can see and use iu Londou? ALONG THE UPPER NILE. The Fierce Scramble AinoiiB Kuropean Nation? For Territory. Mr. R.

Dorsey Mohun, formerly United States agent in the Kongo Free Stato, writes an articlo for The Century ou "Tho Scram bio For tho Upper Nile." Mr. Mohun, after describing tho expe? ditious soekiug to reach the upper Nile, says: Many will ask, Why this feverish haste to occupy this wretched country in tho heart of Africa? Boasous aro many, and most of them are sound. First and foremost, tho power which holds tho southern couu I tries through which the upper Nile and its tributaries Mow has tho fato of low or Egypt in her hands. It has beon stat? ed many times that it would be quito feosiblo to divert tho courso of somo of these rivers, thus decreasing the annual rise, which means everything to the agriculturist of lower Egypt. Without her agriculture there would be no fu turo for tho country, and unless tho river overflowed its banks auuually and made its deposit of rich soil from hun? dreds of miles south the situation would be absolutely desperate.

Secondly, the districts of Darfur and Bahr-el-Gbazal aro rich in gum rubber aud ostrich feathers, and a curtain amount of gold has been found. Tho Bahr-el-Gbazal abounds in ele? phants, and great stores of ivory aro said to ho held by native chiefs, only waiting for traders who will deal hon? estly with thorn. Tho two districts of Dar-Senaar and Dar-el-Fuugi aro more or less agricultural couutries, aud bo fore tho fall of Khartum Greek planters had been successful there. Therefore, from au agricultural point of view, tho country is valuable. I Thirdly, tho finest soldiers in the Egyptiuu army, commonly called the Sudanese, come from these southern proviucos.

These meu aro in demand as soldiors not only in Egypt, but ou the east and west coasts of Africa. Tho black battalions of the Egyptian army aro composud of Sudanose aud are reck? oned among the best soldiers to be found anywhere. Who will he successful in this scram? ble for tho upper Nile? I say, most em? phatically, England, although Franco seems to havo a tomporary advantage in tho occupation of Fashoda. This occu? pation England cannot and will nut permit to remain permanent, aud, fol? lowing up the numerous protests mudo by Lord Rosebery's government, tho present government must, in order that tho prcstigo of England may bo uu dimmed, give notice to Franco to leavo Fashoda and return to her west coast hinterland. From the point of view of commerce and progress, it would bo preteraula for this vast territory to Lo under tho in? direct control of England.

Her posses? sions are never iucumbtred with la numbers of military and civil and sbo does everything iu her power to foster and develop trade ou strict lines of partiality to none. With laud at tho head of aliairs in this Lo nighted country there cau he no doubt but it will develop its resources in a comparatively short time, although there has been no simbla tea of amuor ity of i yeara The white beaded eld darky.approach? ed cue of the northern congressmen at the foot of the capitol steps, removed his hat and said: "Le cum all do way Pom Nottoway comity, cap's, to sco whu? yo' kin do fur me. I raid $2, TOO fur my liberty, en uiu' nuthiu fem de promises o' do gubberuieut." "You UK-an to say, uncle, that you bought your the congressman asked surprise, thinking to humor the old man. "It's a fac', cap'u, eu tweuty-seben hundred wuz de price." "I thought eternal vigilance was the price of liberty, uncle?" Scratching his head for an under? standing, tho ex-slave replied doubt? fully, "Waul, cap'u, dat moat be de case wid do white folks, but de pooh nigger has ter pay Commercial Tribune. I The Price of rty.

mi-- the recognized builders of Carriages, where a man can save manv dollar, and sro, a fine grade work. It is not like fche ap grade that is on tlie market. If you iky a oo you a 5 00 a 187.00 Buggy for We manuf; cture Surret Phaefcns, Top and no-Top Buggies of ai descriptions, and fchc finest Davtons built in the f'uited les for tho money. V- rite for price Li and catalogue Novelty Gamage WorkS, Second aud French Streets, vVilmiugton. d-buy bv.iluingmaterial us.

as weguarantee jriees VV? hove in i i.t (it i id da At i- i 1 'V iqlts lit I I kinds of i Building Material. Goods shipped to all points of the Fastern Whore, when re? quested a tie Mason BnilfliflE -Successor to K. MARTIN 4 Harborton, Va. SPKJNG GOODS, The undersigned dealers in invite the attention of the pub? lic to the fact that they have in their business this Spring one of the best assortments of goods on the Shore and at prices as low as the lowest. Especial attention was paid by us to the selection of ladies' goods, such as ORGANDIES, CALICOrS.

HOSIhRY. NOTIONS. md we have a very select stock of both for ladies md nclemen. Ali of our goods in fact in many iines, are such as ail who wish to save money are looking for. all and them at onee.

AHSH I Harborton, Va. a rrjages Ai all times on hand at bottom Buggies $35 to $70. Bearings Buggies $85 to $100 Light Surreys $00 to $110. and examine tbe above stock before buying. Always a full stock of burial sup and prices tostiit all.

I While hearse and caskets for burial of persons under 21 years of age. Black hearse for adults. Will meet boat or train at any point on the Peninsula oli short notice. All or I dent by wire or otherwise, will have prompt attention. I solicit a of your patronage as in the past.

W. C. -WITH IMPOHTKltS and JOBBERS General NO. 120 EAST PRATT HARDWARE, CUTLERY, BALTIMORE, MD. ft IwS S.flGHARDSOk'S Stearn Ice Cresm ARIOK STATION, uk iu uff-Ctlli '-r oi HIGH ABE 1' I RB A We make a specialty of fancy i a'ixi such dividual rick ivater ices, frozen prints, Our motto is i'-Miii- is next to God I hess, "and we in-' vite you to inspect our factory arid stables which is most complete of anj South of Phiia-j (ielphia We solicit your orders and guarantee in prices, quality, N.

have made arrangements with Mr. John P. Lewis, Groten P. to take orders and deliver cream by wagon anywhere iD 12 miles of JeDkins Bridge or his at the same prices that I charge delivered at nearest railroad station You wili find Mr. Lewis prompt and n-iiable.

jN'ow you are at liberty to order through him or direct from THE tv Atlantic Baltimore, LhesapeaKe i ailway GomDany. Until furt ier notice, will run their iollows. (weather per: mir avintr South St. Wharf at o'eloe p. tu.

SI EaMER POCOMOKE Heward. Tuesdays mid Fridays for Orisfleld, Tangier Island, Finney's, Onan? cock, Shetltowo, Pitts' Wharf, Ue dar Hah, Rehoboth, Powell's, Poeo moke Citv, Mattaponi. and Snow Hill. and Thursdays, leave Snow Hill, (i a. Mattaponi 6:30, Pocomoke City 8, Powell's 8:30, Rehoboth 9, Cedar Hall 9:30, Pitts' whnrf 10, Shelltown.

10:15, Onancock 2:30 p. Finney's 3, Tangier Island 4:30, 6. STEAMER EASTERN SHORE. Capt. (t.

H. Raynor. Wednesdays and Sundays for Cris field, flarborton, Evans, Boggs, Cedar View, Nandua, Concord, Read's, Davis, Shields and Rue's RETURNING? leaves Rue's Tuesdays and Fridays 8, Shields 8:30, Davis' 10:00, Read's 10:20, Con? cord 11, Nandua 12:30, Cedar View 12.45, Boggs 2:45, Evans 3, Harbor ton 3:15, Crisfield 0. STEAMER TANGIER. Mondays and Thursdays for Fords.

Crisfield, Finney's, Onancock, Hunting Creek and Messongo. RE Wednesdays and Saturdays, Messongo 0, Hunting Creek, 0 30, Onancock, 2:30. Fin? ney's, 3, Crisfield, Ford's 7.30. All Steamers leave Crisfield for Balti more on arrival of last down train. Freight and passengers received for all points on the N.

Phila. and Norfolk. Wicomico and Pocomoke R. R. daily, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroads.

Positively no freight received after 4:30 p. m. and must be prepaid to all points, except on the N. i'. Phila.

and Norfolk Railroad. Willard Thompson, T. Murdock, Gen'l. Manager. Gen'l Pass.

Ag't. J. Sawyer Wilson, G'iu'I. Freight Agent. Ill E.

Baltimore St. MEW NORFOLK R.R Time Table in Effect Nov. 29,1897. Quickest and only daily line between Boston. New York, Nor tolk and Old Point Comfort.

nohthwaki) 92 82 94 Phila NY. Old i ai as Acs. Point ve.a.m. Pbrtsuioii Norfolk. Oid Poin Comfort iape Oh? 1 eriton CbbbJ.

Eltville. Mach i pot i Bird's Nassawacox. Exmore. Mappsburg. Mel fa.

Only. Tasley. Parksley. Bloxoin. Hallwood.

Onk Hall. New Church. Pocomoke.6 10 Costeu.0 15 King's Creek.G 40 Princess Anne.G 5G Loretto.7 02 Eden.7 08 Fruitland.7 18 Salisbury.7 35 i Delmar.7 55 Arrive.a.m. iv 5 10 7 10 40 ftf 50 19 53 110 01 till flO 10 110 22 110 31 tlu 40 flO no si 110 57 11 05 11 18 fll 25 li 32 fll 37 fll 11 55 12 00 12 10 12 20 12 47 1 00 a.m. 7 45 8 40 10 55 11 04 ii 00 11 14 11 21 11 2li 11 32 11 40 11 47 11 52 11 57 12 03 12 11 12 22 12 29 12 37 12 44 12 03 1 1 25 1 31 1 56 2 09 p.m.

Arrive. p.m. a.m. p.m. Baltimore (Union Station).

12 35 17 Wilmington. 11 17 4 15 I Phila. (Broad St. Station). 12 0G 5 10 I Trenton.

2 28 6 24 Newark. 2 25 7 18 New York(P. K. R. 3 03 7 43 G55 4 59 5 43 8 38 southward 85 Cris? field Exp.

Leave. a.m. New York(P. R. R.

Newark. Trenton. Phila. (Broad St. Station).

7 25 Wilmington. 8 13 Baltimore (Union Station). 97 Nor? folk Exp. p.m. 8 00 8 32 9J50 10 50 11 56 45 Old Point Exp.

a.m. 8 00 8 25 9 23 10 20 11 04 25 7 53 9 05 Leave. p.m. a.m Delmar. 11 37 2 55 Salisbur- .11 50 3 06 Pruitlauu.12 01 12 00 Loretto.fl2 11 Princess Anne King's Ghu 12 20 3 29 12 30 3 83 12 55 3 43 1 00 3 49 f4 01 4 00 4 14 4 4 2G 4 US f4 41 Mnppsbu g.

EsiuoTe. ox. Bird's Macltipot -o. (Johns. Cape Clifc Obi Poin Comfort Portsmouth.

Arrive. p.m. 4 fft 05 8 00 9 00 9 10 a.m. p.m. 1 51 2 03 2 24 2 33 2 44 i 2 46 2 57.

3 03 3 10 3 10 3 v4 37 id :6 51 4 I'M: 4 -rl 4 50 750 8 00 p.m. stops for passengers on signal to conductor. Daily, except Sunday. R. B.

Cooke, R. H. Nicholas, Gen'l. Freight Supt. Pass.

Cape Charles, Va. Norfolk, Va. and Jewelry Repaired on Short Notice. I Have For Sale Watcfres, Blocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, Upe "Glasses, and Silverware in many styles and at lowest prices Wm. Sartonus Pocomoke City, Md.

GSTWill be at Accomac C. H. every court day. Will be opened by me at Bloomtown Station. Janu? ary 1st, 1698.

I will meet all trains day and night to convey passengers to iany part of the Peninsula at moderate charges. I Telephone connected with wire at Hall wood. I solicit, a good share of the patronage. I Yours truly. H.

MATTHS WS. i 9f 3 $Mmm mm Pratt Culvert Sis. Ba itiinore, Md. -EUROPEAN PLAN. i Rooms 75 cts.

and $1 per day I This house is now open, is entirely new and is equipped with all the modern elec? tric lights, electric ca" bells, steam heat baths, BSRSArtD RBILY, Proprietor. L. W. Groton. W.

J. Doughty -GENERAL AGESTS, Have paid for losses in Acco? mac and Northampton counties $25,085.00 in past three years. Onancock, Va, T.B. WIREBACK SON, WHOLESALE GROCERS. 129 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.

Represented by? R. FULTON POWELL, S'ockton, Md and other vehicles als-? bought in car load lots by the undersigned and sold at the lowest margin profit. K. POWELL. Orgax) 3-, Sewing.

Machines, Embracing the Leading Makes. Pianos, 4175 an.d up. Orgaos, jutt and up. Sewing Machines, and up. Prices to suit the times.

We defy competition on for cash or easy terms. Call on or write to S. C. McGRATH. Onancock, Virginia..