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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

rushing upon and bearing down the
other. Both, however, discovered very
soon that it was necessary to have care
| for self defense as well as for attack.
| They fenced furiously and adroitly,
neither giving an inch, utterly forgetful
| of what was going on around them,
their whole souls focused, so to speak, in
the one desire to Kill and, by killing, to
live.
Cortes was aware that Pauline was
near by and probably looking on. The
thought in some way nerved him power
fully. She should not see Louis Doucet
vanquish him; he would show her that
a Spaniard for once was superior to a
Frenchman.
Doucet had no such extra stimulus;
but his was an iron frame, and his cool
ness and courage needed no aid when a
Spaniard dared cross weapons with him.
With the dexterity drawn from long
practice and with the fierce fury of
young tigers thirsting for each others
blood, they struggled back and forth
and round and round, while their COM
panlOnS, fighting quite as madly, swept
on down the street, leaving them to oc-
cupy the already corpse numbered and
blood stained ground. In those days
soldiers Of the better class knew the use
of the sword and were overproud of the
knowledge. Under the excitement and
eXhilaration of hand TO hand combat
the accomplished swOrdsman always feels
that his strength is doubled; but the pc
culiar circumstances attending the strug-
gle between COrtes and DOucet added
immeasurably to this feeling. Each
found the other an antagonist whose
vigor and swiftness made every moment
a crisis, and whose steadfast gaze caught
In advance every motion Of wrist or
body. Cortes, in what may be safely
called sub-conscious way, recalled in
the midst of the fight what he had said
toPauline about sacrificing life, and even
his honor, to serve her. Strange that at
the same time he could see, By indirect
vision, just beyond Doucet a dead man
lying on the sand in the road. The face
was upturned and distorted, the arms
outstretched. Like dark shadow shot
across his brain the thought: "Shall
soon be lying here in that condition.
1t was not startling, it was more like an
idle watt of suggestion, gone as soon as
it came.
Both men became aware presently that
the cannonading had ceased and that the
rattle of muketry was no longer heard.
A great calm had fallen after the storm
the battle was over and the Spanish, to
the number of 1900, had surrendered
themselves prisoners of war.
One Spaniard, however, was not yet
conquered; one Frenchman was still bat
Ting for victory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

70 MS KING ana 10 the molly church, and
it was the proceeds of his estate, be-
queathed for the purpose, that built the
Convent of the Sacred Heart"
Recently, while sojourning in Pensa-
cola / spent some golden April days,
with the record in my hand, trying 70 10
cate, as near as possible, the exact spot
whereon Doucet and Cortes fought and
fell. If ever you chance to visit that
picturesque and charming little city by
the gulf, it may please you 10 walk up
the main street toward the site of the old
fort on the hill. When you reach a rather
narrow, flower fringed cross street about
half way on your journey, turn into it to
the right and go forward until you come
to small garden on the left. On the
flank of this garden, or flower plot, you
will see a low, home like, old fashioned
cottage, over whose wide veranda climbs
rose vine of wonderful luxuriance heavy
with masses of strangely fragrant roses.
Standing on the sidewalk nearly IN
front of this cottage, turn your face To-
ward the bay and let your eyes seek and
rest upon the talleSt spire in sight. This
done, let your gaze fall straight down
until it reaches the ground some ten
yards in front Of you. That is the spot,
Near by is a mulberry tree. a little be-
yond stands clump of oleander with
hedge of spirea and Grape myrtle stray
Cling away from it. You will feel the
breeze from the buccaneer islands blow
ing over you, mockingbird viii sing in
the moss hung live oak yonder, the bay
will glimmer and toss its foaming waves,
and over all viii hang a sky as blue and
pure as that of Provence itself.
One hundred and seventy years may
not be large part of the past, but GER
tainly large enough to have compassed
the growth of the greatest nation of the
earth. If in telling this story have pre-
served one incident of that history, surely
the telling has not been in vain. Such
bits of romance serve TO show US how far
our civilization is removed from that
which nodded the lives and directed the
loves of those whose fortunes / have
found it a pleasure to record.
THE END.
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The Spaniarc5's blode found a bloody sheath.
Louis Doucet was the better swords
man, it appeared, when it came to the
test of endurance and steadfastness of
attention. 1t must have been that the
knowledge of Pauline's presence and the
thoughts engendered by the probability
that she was witnessing the struggle
somewhat distracted the nerve of Cortes,
or it may have been the persistence of
the dead man in lying there in the sand
in the line of his vision, for he at last
lost his guard and the quick point Of
Doucet's sword pierced his breast. He
scarcely felt the wound, however, and
quickly springing back he recovered him
self and made a furious rush upon his
antagonist.
1t was at this moment that Doucet's
eyes in some way caught a glimpse of
Pauline's face as she stood in the low,
dark doorway Of the cabin. The glance
cost him dear. With the celebrity of light
the Spaniard's blade found bloody
sheath.
Out from the doorway sprang the young
girl, letting 90 q short wall and holding
up her white arms as she flung herself
between the bleeding men. The dona
followed, calling upon the Virgin and lay
ing hold of Cortes with a desperate en-
ergy.
1t was too late now to renew the fight,
for the loss of blood was making the
limbs Of Cortes sink under him. He turned
blind and fell upon the sand pale and
motionless.
Pauline had but time to throw her arms
about her lover and call him by name,
when he, too, sank down with the blood
squirting from his wound.
Bienville. accompanied by number Of
officers and squad Of soldiers for body
guard, came along the street little later
and found the two women nursing the
heads Of the fallen men. He halted and
made some inquiries. then ordering a
surgeon and some attendants 10 remain
and examine further, he passed on, going
70 have a conference with the Compte de
Champmeslin.
Dona Hortense begged the surgeon to
o-derthe bleeding men taken TO her house.
She led the way. praying as she went.
Poor Pauline had tainted and was borne
along in the arms Of = sta.wart soldier.
It was a strange procession moving
through the silent storm shattered town.
1t Is recorded that Louis Doucet and
Capt Cortes both recovered: but Doucet
was never afterward able 70 be & soldier,
though he lived to be . very old man.
he and Pauline were married az Mobile
b. a priest called Father Roman, and
soon afterwari they returned to France
and made their home IN Provence amid
the scenes Of their childhood and IN the
very house made holy 70 them Dy thar
beToJhaL The legend further SAYS tnz1
their children numbered eleven, seven Z
Of which were sons, the others, presum- .
ably. were girls.
The subsequent career e Capt, Cores !
Is not certainly known, bat IN az Cd |
though not well authenticated chronicle |
preserved Il Seville nsntioa u made q 1
an officer Of that name who, after val /.
liant sarvice IN the Fioridas 4ad n many /
other countries wherein he followed the /
Holy Cross. WIS granted al estate IN /
Mexico naar by Vera Cruz where re +
Eve3 z2d jed rnmavE.ea. slways tr2e !
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02

"Do YOU know that q diamond has .
grain or cleavage just the same a. a
piece Of wood, mineral or crystalline
substanceT said diamond broker 70 a
reporter. 1T Is possible - split or di-
vide one into two or more pieces Some
times large piece Is removed az once
from a gem by splitting bat It IS a pro
cess attended witn much risk.
TO accomplish ttis the stone is care
fully studied. and, rs line Of cleavage
ascertained, II Is placed in hardened ce-
ment, in the proper position, and the
sharp edge Of a stee! chIssI resem bling
razor is carefully adjusted 20 that the
division viii BE- at the points desired. and
a smart rap with hammer Is given i.
Perhaps 10 more costly bIow nay oe
struck in z1y mechanical work than
this. for i manipulating a large dla-
mo1d, II il Is uzskIiliullT given, a gem
Of several thousand dollars value vii Dc
spoiled New YORK Mail and Exprsss-
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sat on.

u think that's very pretty piece q mu-
sic. -" he remarked, seif complaceu:.y. after he
had thrumr1ed away NJ tbe p-auo for fifteen
minutes. Wbica Part 10 you Lss bestr'
The part you oidu', pay, replied ths fair
girl, and he went forth into the world, for b.
knew be nsd8s %. gust Ok a chance there.
Lawrence American.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02
No sentiment About Her.

He (after being acceptedl-And what
kind of a ring am to buy for you, my
darling?
She-Well, like the one 1 wore last
year ever so much. l viii give you
Charles address. Perhaps you will b.
able TO buy The ticket from him 1t a bar
gain.-Epoch.
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TraDp-Nada,a, have 700 anything Tor
re this morning
Housesl fs-W We a hst.e something IA ths
barrel. bat ! am AFRAID 70 "a heavy as iasd
Tramp sJni.ingI-I rklnk I can digest Il,
madam. Where D. toe barrett
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Mrs Kawle--yYhHt is yosr son DONG now,
Ms StayatooLnei
Mrs S-ayatco-1e-He, ., BE is-sr, prac-
tictEz E.-h arr a. p-esHut.
Mr. K-inSsedf
Yes. be Is dong ceiling palnt.aE. Law
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She Is goue-I 90 not know WHERE
she ran away Oh, OH" moaned the
trembling and weeping woman.
Cone he echoed. Gone. which
way? Where Tell me-be uuick,-
Dona Eortense simply lifted her hands
and closed them over her ears. as if 10
shut out the dreadful sounds OF the fight
ing. The earth seemed 10 rock and pal
pitate; the air WAS sulphurous with the
drifting films of Dowder smoke
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
A CHARGE THAT RECoILED.

A remarkable and amusing indication of
a panic stricken state of mind was afforded
the other day by the Delamater organ at
Philadelphia, A circular was sent to sew
eral firms asking for S100 subscriptions ''for
a special political purpose" in locality
which the signers did mot think it wise to
specify" This circular fell into the hands
of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the
name of Joseph Wharton, which was signed
to it, being by some confusion taken for the
name of Wharton Barker-the latter to
their minds like the red rag to the bull
they denounced it as fraudulent attempt
to raise money In the interest of Pattison.
and asserted that its wording showed it to
be intended for corruption fund. This
proves to have terrible recoil, when it
turns out that the signers of the circular are
really supporters of Mr.. Delamater, and
that the money is raised in his interest. His
own organ having undertaken to point out
the ear marks of corruption fund, it is left
in tolerably embarrassing position.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

Lancey Kanes, who have spent la.
borIous years in building up the
walls of the social Zion TO the
point where it resembles English society-ai
least in the matter of male habiliments? The
painstaking tuition of the New York mind,
that if the male of the species does not en-
shrine himself ina swallow-tail att Pm. be-
fore going anywhere he is no better than a
Philistine, is all cast down. The spectacle
Of the fluent Depew, backed by the repre-
sentatives of $500, 900, 600, discarding all the
traditions of the man-milliners, aud un-
blushingly appear at the theater in cutaway
coats and light gray trousers. brings to
naught all the work that has been done to
raise the autocr scy of clothes to its lofty po-
sItion.
These disloyal persons should be warned.
There are limits beyond which even corpora
tion Presidents and multi-millionaires must
not 60. 1t may do for them to ignore State
Constitutions and override the regulative
statutes of the United States. But when
they trample under foot the sacred and un-
alterable law of the dress coat, they should
be aware that the outraged feelings OF soci-
ETY. will express themselves by calling these
ribald trif1ers no better than vulgar common
people
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
DIsLoYALTY TO THE DRESS COAT.

Intelligence comes from New York which
is calculated to shake the foundations of
polite society and give the eminent rulers of
the aristocracy, from the clothes point of
view, the impression that the foodgates are
open and the landmarks, of the tailoring
point of view, in danger Of being swept
away. The extent to which revolutionary
and proletarian ideas are encroaching upon
the very citadel of millionaire aristocracy is
shown in the disturbing news that Chauncey
NJ. Depew, ]. j. Astor, Jr., husband of one
of the Mrs. Astors, and the two Vanderbi,ts
boldly vert to the theater the other night
in common cutaway coats and light trousers,
and actually advertised their neglect OF the
sanctities OF dress by sitting in that vulgar
garb and the seventh row from the front.
This will never dol Are our millionaires
determined to ignore the claims of society
upon them to respect its covenances? Shall
they be permitted to cast down by one cruel
blow the work of the McAllisters and De
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
ONE HALLOWEEN.

SIT is Halloween, - the maiden said:
And the clouds went scurrying overhead,
And>the wind rushed madly after;
And it bore on its wings half-stiied sighs,
And strains of wild songs, and plaintive cries,
And sound like a witches laughter.
81 shall dream tonight, - the maiden said:
And the light of the embers. dull and red,
Showed the spectral shadows dmly.
And they came and went. and gathered and
grew,
And took strange shapes ard terrors new,
And loomed in the chamber grimly.
The gaunt trees stood in the darkness wrapped,
On the wiEdow-panes their bare twigs tapped
With a sound most ghostly seeming;
But echo woke in the maIden's heart,
And the gruesome shadows found no part,
No place in her clear SOULS dreaming.
Leigh Harold. in BeLfordS Magazine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
WALL STREET LECTURES

Are to be Delivered at Yale College Upon
Investment Securities.
From the Wall Street Daily News.l
Beginning on November 8, a course of lee.
lures, such as have never before been given al
Yale University. will be delivered by F. w.
Hopkins. Yale 49, Mr.. Hopkins is a son-in.
law of Deacon" White and a member of the
brokerage firm of 8. V. White & Co., and has
chosen for his subject course on Investment
Securities"
The lectures will be varied in their treat
ment, and will deal with the various securities
of railroads, corporations, banks. cities and
Counties and private enterprises of every kind.
The different forms of securities will be de-
scribed and distinguished from one another,
with illustrations, and the advantages and dis
advantages of each for investment will be ex.
plafne
With the exception of few general remarks
on the subject in the political economy classes,
this topic has been rigidiy suppressed, and
never before has the open discussion of Wall
street methods been allowed in the classic pre-.
cincts of old Yale.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
KING s0LoMON's MINES

Encouraged by Recent Observation-Disclosures
ologists Think They VIII be Found.
From the London spectatorl
We shall find King solomon's mines yet.
The Times correspondent with the expedition
to Mashonaland, South Africa, reports the
discovery, or rather the re-discovery, for they
were before visited by German explorer
named Mauch, Of Cyclopean ruins near zin-
babye, on the plateau. They lie at the base of
a preciptous granite "kopjp," or knoll, within
an ollter wall some feet high which runs en-
tirely round it. Within this is another scircu-
lar WALL and then o series of Enclosures one of
which is circular. inclosing an area of 2I0
feet in diameter This is surrounded by wall
80 feet high 10 feet thick at the base tapering to
Z feet at the top. made of granite blocks about
twice the size of an ordinary brick, beautifully
hewn ana dressed, laid in perfectly even
courses, and put together without mortar T
cement" Within the area stands conical
tower IS feet in diameter at the base and 35
feet high, built in the same way Of solid ma
sonry.
Similar Enclosures but smaller. are scattered
round the '.kopje,n and on its top is mass of
granite intended for citadel. The Mashona
natives have no notion of the origin of the
buildings which struck some ancient Portu-
guese explorers as being "Moorlsh," and others
as the work of the Queen of Sheba. 1t is
imagined by the expedition, from their situa-
ton, that they were built to protect or, as We
have elsewhere suggested, to coerce the workers
IN ancient gold mines. traces Of which have also
been discovered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
A GROWING RESEMBLANCE.
A Photographic Investigation of Married
Peoples Faces to Test the Matter.

A Photographic Investigation of Married
Peoples Faces to Test the Matter.
From Chambers Journal.l
1t has been asserted by psychologists that
married couples after living together for a
number of, years, and having thoughts and oc-
cupations in common, become not only lik one
another in mind. as might be expected, but that
they also begin to resemble one another in
facial appearance.
With view to the elucidation of this point,
the Geneva Photographic Society has taken a
number of pictures Of husbands and wives
which are said to give the following results: OF
the rs couples photographed, "a were found to
resemble one another to a greater degree than
if they had borne the relationship of brother
and sister: while in 80 cases the resemblance
was as great as if they stood in that relation
ship.
We are inclined to think that the results ar
rived at cannot be considered as reliable unless
the investigation was conducted in o certain
way If the photographs were handed to an
artist who was accustomed to the study of the
human face. and he, without knowing the
originals, succeeded in pairing the husbands
and wives by their likeness to one another, and
did SO correctly the experiment would be
most significant. But If they were already
paired the desire to find a likeness between
them would most surely give rise to false
issue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
BLAINE HELPING NpKINLEY.

Mr.. Mckinley cannot ask for any better aid
than the Hon. James G. Blaine is giving
him. The speech made by the Secretary of
State last night, at Canton, is splendid
plea for Mr.. McKinley's election and a
mastery exposition OF the Repub-
lican national policy, especially as
regards protection with Mr.. Blaine's
addition of reciprocity. Mr., Blaine's ap-
peal to the believers In protection, Demo-
Gratis as we'll as Republicans, to vote for Nc
Kinley regardless of partisan differences on
other points, is likely to have some effect
upon the contest 1t is very evident that
Mr.. Blaine's has lost none of his old-time
power, and we are glad to see it exercised in
so good a cause.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
INA COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.

Mid waving grass the broken headstones lie;
The carven cross-bones show, the blades be-
tween,
seen
Meath bright hued moses. clinging tenderly.
No flower decked monument here charms the
passerby:
The dead sleep lost below the exuberant green:
None cares to read what once their lives had
been;
Their words, their deeds, have passed from men,
ory.
1t hurts our tender vanity to know
That time may bring us to the same cold plight,
When we and all we love have passed from
sight,
And DER our hea ds the unIended grasses grow.
The daily tide of life may ebb and flow,
But we shall rest within oblivion's night.
&C. q. in Chambers Journal.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
OHIO BUCKEYES.

GAME is reported as being very plenty in the
country about East Liverpool.
AT New Alexandria on Wednesday so merino
sheep tipped the beam at SOLO pounds.
THERE is talk of increasing the police force
of Dayton by adding mounted police
PICKING green Lima beans in the garden
away at the end of October is an experience of
Mrs. A. A. Bolton, of Akron.
THE wires and poles for Martins Ferry's
electric street railway have been ordered and
will be put up as rapidly as possible.
FOUR or five horses have been stolen within
few miles of Salem in the last six or eight
weeks, and none of them have been recovered.
THE complete abandonment of the Baltimore
and Ohio branch to st. Clairsville is causing
mnch complaint among residents along the
route.
If the potato crop of Jefferson county is 10
per cent of the average, why should potatoes re-
tail in the city of Steubenville at 81 % per
bushel.
THE rate of taxation for Martins Ferry this
year is So rs on the hundred dollars. Just "A
cents higher than any other point in Belmont
county.
DENTON GRAVES. of GAINESVILLE, found a
Spanish dollar coined in 1902 while tearing
down an old dwelling near Franks warehouse
on Tuesday.
SALEM people are all worked up over the
prospect of a N. Y, P. & o. and Erie Railway
extension. and want to bond the town for $50,
90 to build the branch.
CoLUMBIANA aud Jefferson counties are free
from debt; Mahoning has a bonded DEBT of
s53 900; Tuscarawas $50 900; Carroll s63 OOO Bel
mont, SIZE, 600; Stark, 100000.
IT is reported that water wells on the lake
shore and in and around Oregon township have,
for the most part, stopped flowing on account of
the numerous oil wells that have been sunk in
that vicinity.
THE corn crop of the country is turning out
somewhat better than was expected. The
yield per acre in Ohio is estimated to be 81
bushels. The full crop in Ohio is estimated to
be 80 229. 123 bushels.
THERE is project on foot to run the Wheel
ing Electric Railway line from Martins Ferry
to Portland. and it is said that all asked for
is free right of way, The line would parallel
the Wheeling and Lake Erie.
THERE is prospect of new town down the
the river just below Portland and 21 miles
below Steubenville. 1t is plated on the
Hodgens farm, and is to be called Highland
City. Its level Is ten feet above the 'S4 flood
and it is declared to be the finest location for a
new town in the upper Ohio Valley.
AT GAINESVILLE on Thursday the grand Jury
came before Judge Philips to inquire whether
or not person stealing dog was guilty of
larceny. The Judge charged: '.If it should be
proved to you that anyone has stolen dog in
this county, if it also appear that the dog stolen
was of value,' you would be authorized to
indict; in the absence of proof of any value,
you should not indict."