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the dead. Perhaps that may account for
Malta's thousands of rOek-hewn tombs
found in catacombs beneath towns. cut in ali
accessible rocky lodges aud projections, or
even sunk In surface levels, as 1 have
found them. And yet to-day there is much
aptitude in the boast of the Maltese that
their island of stone is the Fiore del Monde,
or Flower Of the World" for il actually
supports from the products of the soil 1t
possesses, a greater population in proror-
Ii II to its insignificant area than can else
where be found outside of China and Japan.
The accretioD Of this soil during the 800
years between the arrival of the knights
and tie present day has been a work Of
conservation of trifles majesiic in its miserii-
ness and patience. and is without parallel
In economic history. The incorrect state
ment has been made that MaltRs entire soil
has been brought in shIploads from Sicily.
Some Of II has been, but IL mas been Chiefly
brought from nil quarters OF the globe
There is no such thing as waste in Malta
The shell Of an egg, the chatf packingS of
merchandise, the entrails Of fish, the sweep
ngs OF ships decks and debris from their
holds, even the exuve of birds, are all treas
ured, and these in other lands infinitely
little and despised things, with the curious
method Of year by year creating, literally
creating rod by rod, tiny additional patch
of cuitivable land, out OF the very rock of
the Islands face, has at last given Malta Its
splendid luXuriance.
SingulaTly, too, il Is practically all hidden
from sight You can find 1t but you cannot
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visitors. seeing that the veteran was 10
years old when he stood in line on the
plateau of Mont ST. Jean. and defed the
heroes that followed Nev, the bravest of the
brave. There was little talk in the news
papers about the national indignity that
would seem TO accrue from hero of Water
loo dying in the poorhOuse, but it endede in
talk. Four years later, John Cornelius, one
Of the survivors of the Balaclava charge,
died of starvation on a doorstep in Wool
witch. and again cry of virtu0us indigna-
ton went up. 1t lasted nearly three days.
Just now England is having another
spasm of sympathy. but this time the DEM
onstration is of naval not q military
character. 1t has been discovered that in
the convalcScent ward Of the Coventry
w0rkhOuse inirmary there is confined John
Fleming, the only survivor of the great sea
fight at Navarno on October 20, 1927. At
this far-distant day only the few to whom
the memory of Byron is dear will be able to
connect the story of the Independence of
Greece with the sailOr-pOet, the death of
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WAKBMAN'S WANDERINGS.
a Barren Rock Transformed to a
Tropical Garden.
Infinite Patience in Husbandry - Curiou
Land-Making - The Maltese
Peasantry.
Correspondence OF THE MORNING CALL.

Looking back from within the environ
ment Of the fsherfolk Of the Adriatic, and
even with all the fair domes and miDaTets
of Venice in view across TIE opaline waters
of the flashing lagoons, the peasantry of
Malta are, to my eyes. set in fair and
sunny perspective.
They are thrifty and virtuous. loyal and
loving. kindly and pious, patient and good.
There is not a land under the sun where
natural conditions have been so bravely
overcome, and where original sterility has
been so transformed into permanent fruit
fulness and luxurianee. Nearly the entire
face of Malta was originally barren desert
rock. Save upon a minor portion of its
western slope and within the tiny gardens
Of the rich, when Charles Y gave it 10 the
Knights of ST. John. there was not natural
soil enough upon the island in which to bury
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Catholic Cathedral. Comayagna.

church service the wedding party adjourned
fast was served. After that the time until
TIP. NJ. was spent in drinking, dancing and
having n general jollifcation.,
The laws of Honduras tend to discourage
marriage. As result only one-fourth OF
those who bring up families are legally man
and wife. The Honduranian law Is that
when woman weds she becomes the chat
tel of her husband. She has no redress
against any maltreatment, but If man
strikes woman in the face, or abuses her. and
she is not his legal wife. she can complain to
the Alcalde and have him punished. But
marriage, and as most of the women are
devout Catholics they would be eontented
with church wedding; but the men ara
not religious, and, Furthermore, the priests
charge fee of from 500 to 500, and the re-
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In SPANISH HONDURAS.

The Seat of Governm ent-A Wedding I'm
the Best Society.
Eat Santa Barbara, Honduras" says a
travelling correspondent OF the Chicago
Tribune. I'VE called on Luis Bogran. the
retiring President of Honduras. He is
fiue-looking man and popular. His uncle,
Don POnciano Lieva. succeeds him In office
Charles Jeffs. an American, is putting
water works in Santa Barbara. In this
town and the villages that cluster about il
most of the Panama hats are man ufac-
tured.
"Comayagua is the new seat of govern
ment of the Spanish Honduranians. The
President and his Ministers reside there
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President Lieya's Country Residence.
and it is also the home of the Bishop OF
Honduras. While we were there the mar
riage of Don Soprano ValiesqueZ, the
wealthiest man in the country. and Miss
Bane, the daughter of an Englis hman, took
place. VallesQuez is worth 100000. and
tho event was so swell that the Hondu--
ranian 400 for miles around poured into
Comayagua to be present. The festivities
began at 2 A. VI with civil marriage by
the Alcalde of the town. This cere-
mony was followed by breakfast. At
A. NJ. the Bishop Of Honduras ceie-
brated high mass in the church and
performed the religious matrimonial
ceremony. This occupied two and a
half hours. The bride wore white satin.
jewels and orange blossoms; aud the
groom appeared in black, the coat being
Prince Albert. There is pipe-organ in the
church. and the couple entered to the music
of the Lohengrin" wedding-march. all
this was great surprise to me. After the
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'S 'e''ie o. Aooo'~ the little Serallor at
the rear of the store. Although i1sAssom
was merely partitiored-Uf affair and Was
hardly big enough 10 swing cat in, it was
very tastefully decorated, and on the walls
were some very pretty wtHd interiors in oil
ana few finely drawn portraits.
IN the hall light OF this apartment Mrs.
ADoott appeared to be not more than
twenty-five, though she assured the reporter
mat she was az least ten years older. She
mas had much trouble, but she does not
SHOW 1t In her face. A cruel ashland mad @
ner lie miserable for years, but she is now
divorced from him and is living quietly
alone.
The store makes my living" she said.
nave much money in the hands Of others
that Is rlgbtiully my own. but | am indepen-
dent and am too proud to sue for it. You
would not think, to look at my poor little
place, that my father not so very long ago
was worth $4,000, would you?
Now about my father. He was one of
the quetest men you ever saw. He was
very modest, and never made anything of
ms exploits. In fact he always discouraged
the recountlng OF them by any Of us. For
thlS reason he was not given credit for
many brave deeds that he did. In the
rough days Of California life man had to
boast loudly of his great deeds or 10 one
Woud lake any notice OF them. 1t was by
reason OF my fathers reticence and Captain
Harry Loves garrulity that The latter got
the credit Of killing Joaquin Murietta. But
ne had no hand in the deed. Joaquin Mu-
rietta 1eil before my fathers pistol.
nave read many books, but | have
never read a stranger tale than that Of my
lather's adventures in connection with
joaquin. 1t is fact, though it has never
been published, that my father knew Joa-
gun long before the desperate came to Cal
lfortia from Mexico.
w hen young man, my father studied
Tor the priesthood IN college in St Louis
lie gave up the notion of becoming a priest
after time, and ran away from the college,
going TO Texas. There he joined the Texan
rangers, though he was not yet IL years old.
Imagine priest in the garb of a Ranger.
He went with the Rangers in the war
win Mexico, and was soon afterward taken
prisoner. with large number of other
americans. and was marched 10 Sonora
Ihere he was kept under guard, but was
allowed certain liberties, and WAS permitted
to remain Tor some time at the mission. At
that same M ssiOn Joaquin Murietta then a
young man of l6. was being schooied
My father became very well acquainted
with Joaquin, and they were what NAV be
called ehums for some time. priest t
the mission had taught my father to speak
spanish, ana The two young men carried on
conversations very well together.
We'll. at last my father with six or seven
other prisoners managed 10 escape They
were pursued by the soldiers, but only one
man managed to find them. This man paid
very dearly for his sagacity. He was
lassoed by one OF the party of escapes. all
OF whom were on horseback and WAS
dragged at the horses heels until there was
very little left of him ut the end of the rope
After most arduous Journey the es-
capped prisoners reached San Bernardino.
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PRESCIENCE.

When on the hin the peoples blow
Ayellow field that charms mine eyes,
AND trembling IN the golden glow,
Che April day in spiendor dies;
Wien nigh. and twilight softly blend.
Earth's peace with me may not abide:
For wheresoe'er my footsteps tend
nameleSs shadow walks beside
It's strangely haunting presence seeing
To linger with me all the way;
1t steals into my troubled dreams,
And dims the brightness of the day.
And In my ear it whispers low,
While thrObs my heart anew with pain:
Another sorrow thou shalt know
Before these flowers bloom again"
LILLIAN PLUNKETE
San Francisco. April 9, 1892
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NAILLESS HORSESHOES.
Paris Street-Car Company to Use
Them In the Future.

faris Sfreet-Car Company to Use
Them In the Future.
Philadelphia Record.
The tests that have been made by stree t.
ear company of Paris, of new form of nail
less horseshoe, have been so successful that
the company has decided to employ this
shoe exclusively in the future. The new
shoe is made Of Bessemer steel, ana in ap-
pearance is similar to the ordinary shoe, ex-
cept that it has bent lever that attaches
itself half way up the rear Of the hoof with
out In any way COMPRISING 1t. A clamp
incloses the hoof, parting the two heels OF
the shoe, and Is supported on the top OF the
lever. which wholly sustains il and thereby
prevents compression of any part OF the
hoof. The shoe is also fitted with three
small interior clamps, which penetrate the
horn Of the hoof and prevent displacement
OF the shoe without the preliminary raising
of the clamp. A number OF private firms
In Paris have also tested the shoe with sue
cess. 1t Is considered by many that this form
Of shoe will sooner or later revolutlonize the
farrier's industry,
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IurTe one OF the party
became very iii. lie
had to be left behind.
Another man PRAYED to
be left with him to take
care Of him. In the
course of much excited
talk it was discovered
that the other man
was q woman. She had
fallen In love with the
sick man and would
not leave his side. She
had been along with
the Rangers from the
time they started ont on
.
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436. CHARADE.
A total Englshman delights
To boast OF his hgn birth
And claim thereby especial rights
And more than usual worth;
And it's treat TO see him stalk,
And hear him OF his lineage talk.
No matter where man Is t,ro
IL he in heart Is one;
And TO bis native land IS true.
When fghtings TO be DONE
He'll gain renOwn. aud greater be,
Dubois iii. ASPIRE.
437. HALF-soUARE.
Ito contemplate 2-Clearly expressed g.
Eating (obsl. A circuit. 5-Profitabe Jobs y
ga slender cord. IA hailing. San alb
breyiarion. O. A letter.
BARREN Springs. Mich. NJ. l. CHIGAN
ABS. DOUBLE LETTER ENIGMA.
In pieces" of meats
In "carames" sweet:
In "ciscoes'' that smell;
In "hermits' that dwell
Alone
II you marry a ,oh0ie.
You can wager your soul
That primal you'll bear till you die.
Aud you'll not be IN style
Unless once In while
tdS decorate lip, nose eye.
Binghamton. n. Y. PYGMALToN
439 SQUARE.
1-Animals OF the hare kind. 2-NutrIment
3-AlSpice. A Outbreaks. 3 - Frames for
stretching cloth. 6-An inmate (sup.). IA
town Oh neStpnatia, Saxony. ELBERT.
Little Rock, Ark.
440. ENIGMA
You tread upon me night aud day,
And ye. murmur not;
You say that am in your way
Like all my lowly lot
You say am so rar meath you,
l may have nc redress:
II helps not what direction pursue,
still am powerieSs.
And IL you turn your steps elsewhere
Out OF respect to me,
SLOW fadlng shall disappear
Ana cease 10 seem or be.
Then must meek be tired upon
BY you from year to year.
BY all your kindly every one,
Berkeley, Cal E.I.B.
AL. HALF-soUARE.
To Thomas j. EGr6our.
IA letter. "a syllable In music. 3-Por-
ton. 4-Tne stalk of grain. 5-PurplIsh. g.
Kind IA species of lynx. S-To muse. "a
town OF Albania. CAPT. n. FRANK.
San Francisco.
Stray Leaves.
Yes +. L. b.. admire the beautiful and don't
care straw whether II consists In a form OF q
sweet poetic aspect" The muse is always
classic shades of Berkeley know the full extent
OF her delightful infatuatons. j shall expect
much OF you, and will be pleased 10 receive the
Airy whispers. wondrous sweet.
Pygmalion must have had some experience In
marriage and found 1t failure. But hope it Is
not hts Intentions to cast stigma on the
blissful state. Galatea proved OF a warm dispo-
sition which the cold marble could not hide. IL
served him right. HI bet she was a foreign
helreSs he octagens and half squares are
very good. Let the authors not forget me 80.
Aspire must come In for bis need OF praise. No
puZzler has been.a faithful as he For man
advanced in years IL is surprising he finds time
as well as inclination TO devote 10 his popular
pastime Spring Is here again. Now, boys, tell
me all about your sweethearts, and girls-you
cute little rogues-do likewise-in verse, mind
you. The writer is a hard. crUsty OLD bachelor,
who spanked little Cupid and turned him out OF
doors. KERNEL,
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A Brave Hoosier Girl.
Indiananolis Journal.


Miss May Bryson, bookkeeper at the
Fleischman yeast establishment, had des-
perate encounter with robber this even
ing. She was counting the receipts OF the
day when man rushed in and entered the
cashiers private Office. Miss Bryson
brushed tie money into waste basket
under the counter and slammed the door OF
the safe and showed the key up her sleeve
The robber grabbed her. and desperate
struggle ensned She fought like tigress
and pushed the fellow ont into the main
Office He struck her several times with
his fist, but she continued her hold upon
him, screaming all the time at the top OF
her voice. lie finally loosed himself aad
ran from the office just as assistance ar
rived. There was nearly $500 in the safe at
the time of the attempted robbery.
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JOAQUIN MURIETTA'S SLAYER
It Was The Adventurous Captain William
Byrnes.
His Daughter Gives What She Calls the
True Version Of the Story, Never
Before Published.

A handsome blonde o Queenly stature
leaned over counter in little variety-store
in Berkeley.
YES" she said pleasantly to CALL re-
porter. II am the daughter Of Captain Will
liam Wallace Byrnes. the man who killed
Joaquin Marietta. How did you find me ?"
She was told that a friend of hers had
disclosed the secret.
Il do not care to talk of my fathers life"
she said, but the story has been told in so
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-03
Pearls Are Perishable.
Kansas City Times.

Pearls are very perishable. They can
not be considered frst-class investment,
ike diamonds. After time they decay.
Sometimes q fine specimen will lose its
luster and beauty within a few months. so
that the possessor of such treasures does
we'll to keep them put away in sealed
place. They are very delicately made.
consisting of thin films overlaid one
upon another, with more or less animal
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prised by the an
nouncement that one of
w h at MIR. Bundle
would have called tie
Darochial paupers "
present was a survivor
of Waterloo, and could
sing q song as well as
any of the boys. The
old man was brought
to the front, and he
sang " Let Me Like q
Soldier FaiP' in a way.
that electrified the
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- a c + q IN e II 10. L ney
were believed to have
gone south, and many
persons gave the in
formation that they
were some where south
OF Los Angeles. So
when the party started
forth it was with NO
thought that any Of the
desperadoes would be
encountered for two or
three days. 1t was
only O short time,
however. before some
of the horses stolen
from The Sacramento
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many different ways,
and never right, that
perhaps l would be do
ing my duty, as you
say, in giving you the
true version of it, as |
have heard it many a
time from my fathers
awn lips"
Mrs. Nellie j. Abbott
that was the name Of
the woman who stood
at the counter in
viied the reporter into
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ACORNS.

Original contributions and solutions are re-
Quested from all the readers. Contributions
must be written in ink, on one side of the paper,
and separate from communications. The name
and address must accompany them as a guaran-
tee or good faith. Address Puzzle Editor DAILY
MORNING CALL, 900 Clay street, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
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A physician has compiled statistics to
demonstrate that men of thought live on an
average three years and a half longer than
men In ordinary vocatiops.
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HE Was AT NAVARINO.
How ENGLAND Rewards Her Soldiers and
Sailors.
John Fleming, the Last Surviving Seaman Of
the British Fleet az Navarino, Isa
Common Pauper.

In the year 1873, while the guardians of
the great Maryiebone Almshouse in the
city Of London were paying a Christmas
day visit to see the pauperS eat the too-rare
plum pudding, they were somewhat sur
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Chapel In the Catacombs OF Citta vicehia where
81. Paul is said to have preached.
in the fields, invisible by their huge walls
from the highway. that it seemed as though
some mighty organ were touched by hands
so masterful that a splendid symphony
came from innunerable minor djseordant
chords. EDGAR l.. WAKEMAN.
Chioggia, Italy, March 0.
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Captain Harry Love.

NdFFaln Harry LOF6 TfUW ING SHCTANtHEO
people were found where they had been
left by the robbers, who possibly had taken
fright when they saw the approach Of the
party. Eleven men were sent back to Sac
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A PERFECT DAREDEVIL.

"Have a cigawette. Cholly. OF fe'?''
"Nevah use them. deah boy; and I'm
weally SURPRISED that you have that weak
ness!"
Weakness? I'll have you to know,
then, that it takes pwetty stwong chap to
stand cigawettes Puck.
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A tricycle. to be propelled by electricity
and to run at the average speed OF ten miles
an hour has been patented at Washington
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The coinage Of the world now absorbs
nearly two-ihirds Of the gold and more than
half Of the total stock Of silver annually.
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4 DREAM OF NOIK De YOUNG.
mike de Young says he is going for the
Sanafe sllre ,,
BY OLD "'49'.

We are wreck and stray. are cast away;
Poor battered Old ships on the bars;
But we hope and pray ON the judgment day
Ne shall strike il up in the stars.
JOAQUEN MILLER in 's9.
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blossoms.


434. NUMERICAL.
The uhote composed OF eight letters Is the sea-
COW or manatee.
The /. 2, 3, is not satisfactory,
The /, Z, &, is place OF abode.
The 3, z. 3, is Unlimited supply.
Dallas. Tex. L. Y. s. Plug.
40. OCTAGOS.
IA small Portuguese coin. "a large, strong
rope. 3-An iron pin with barbs on the shank.
1.-The retiring tide 5-Remoyed TO q distance
ga genus OF plants called sambucus. 7
Among farmers TO spread. Scar
San Francisco.
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Marco Bozzaris, the siege of TrpolitZa. the
massacre of Scio, and the lines that set the
world on fire, beginning
lie who hath hant him Ger the dad
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-12-15
THE NEWS in "A NUTSHELL.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
All Important Occurrences OF the
Past Week, Boiled Down and
Arranged for Rapid
Reading.
WashlnRton.


1nthe United States supreme court JUST
Ice Fuller announced that tie court would
adjourn from Dec. q to Jan. 8. for the reg
uiar Christmas oli days. Il
The Italian con sui has demanded an in
vestigation into the killing of Francisco
Carazzo, an italian, by:two Clnclnnati po-
llceman. The Italian was intoxicated and
stabbed both officers.
Inquiry at the Department. of State
confirms the cablegram from London to
effect that the governments Of England,
Germany and the United States have agreed
to common action to restore order III Samoa.
Each government will keep one or ships at
the island
There is CONSERVATION on Ellis Island
over the report that number of officials
and men are to be removed on the score of
economy. The expenses OF the immigrant
bureau are betrayed by the head tax on
immigrants, and since the 2O-day quaran-
tine order was issued the number of immi-
grants arriving has dwindled so that the
tax is quite small. "A big deficiency in
connection with the island confronted the
secretary Of the treasury. and lie has de-
clded something must be done to secono-
miZe.
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AT the corner Of California and Keokuh
avenues ST, Louis, 4 Union depot car \ Is
held up by two masked men, and Conduc-
tor William Alexander robbed 81 500 and
fatal y chot.
Edward w. Hallinrer, the negro .scnten.|
ced three times to be hange ed for the m ur-
DER OF Mary Peterson. has been sentenced
to be executed in Jersey City OH Deceln Der
"a. s. T9s.3
IT has been discovered that r. III. Rankin.
9 wealthy stockman who disappeared 1t
Monmouth, Ill. last February, was MUIR
dered as he left the train at the Burleigh
bridge across the Mississippi. Dan Waters,
g notorious river tough, was arrested a
Ottawa, Ill, for complicity in the murder.
Edward German, the prize fighter, for
merly OF Ha1nilt ton, Ont, is in custody at
Columbus o., charged with having set ire
to his saloon, on which he had an insur.
sance of 81, 800. Eleven whisky barrels were
found to be full OF water. He said they
We're full Of whisky.