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great army was assembled. took N istrcss
n Cordova and had CHILD born. ana followed
tho army anoni ugi ,hs city 81 Grs1aa was
bus Witnessed. 10 left Granada in disgust in
February. No2 lhts scconL nttcmrt 10 leave
srgin, hYt was pursued 10 tho l'rilec Of rinos
spain on March 30 On Anril II articles were
signed with Columbus ut Santa f.. an impro;
yissd camp city orc,Grannda. I, Is believed
bra. iic left Granada for pnlos on May II.
summoned the. rcVtlc together on MAY %.
tari . on % r sln Ang Re- T TiGrge1 wa s
lucky day FOR him.
THE OLD CONVENT.
Rabida is on the last point OF thc, rromontory.
nearest the sea, and lalus is inland IRON, It,
nil" from the Unto. fhat was the 'oNrrso az
nay expectation. Passing down tho % Wy Odicl
We soon saw II Watering place on the bcach
could also sec the .srnroldInt: around the
Columbus monument they nrc builuin. near
Ilabida. made sketches -! the convent and
rr bro ry ~ o'clock we were there; an
.horod in II !ittlc creek which ends tIlc his s,
andseane II was Low water, ana sHih LOOK
The old Convent OF Rabiia il OF u brown or
cement color but this summer it IN stant
2n Lime NV 9EnG rs nne sn gre 20 sn, :vs
tho water and 900 10 1000 feet back from tho
water anil ~ ! IaGiGl It. II IS lao fSot front
II stands quito bare and trcccss. and has two
cupolas TO hrcas It's Irregular line. ana Also 9
kind OF legGa with open arches in tne second
church and pair OF listers within domestic
wings. with high stucco,, walls around
its sm anS a Sr ,%" house Of rsson ALSO va" a
inn aud hospital. Tho rri1r had magistrncy
over his own prory trnct IT kept tcw monks
capable OF ,lrionco against tho Carthngenian
Moors and Norman pirates; its tapia walls and
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related TO the skipper, who told me; At an
"thor place near one OF The side yards was 2
inil. with q little hole in the wal. tnroug n
whGh food and Es0r wsre to mo that
tho prior Of Rabda had, scignioral rights;
went into the little GitGhsJpt IN fo oaS With
n little charcoal. the heat OF which came
up through small holes ltwnsa tiny abn is.
the monks sat down to eat. But the two rooms
In ltabiha which are most Interesting are ,,e
office OF tho prior and ms sanctum OF p"tdi III.
lance from each other The Office II rigiI over i've,
the gate aud in TINT Office according 70 1 ,sg
Perez tho prior. what his little scheme was.
On table in that room is II stone lnkstanu.
Sf rp. I'd ths S Sa ' with wbc h. made Ills
sketches for the prior and Tor lihHoh "ho
THE rRIons ROOMS.
That orTlcc room is used by the engineer, or
architect. who Is restoring the building; ana IL
bns good deal of rubbish piled around nc; ~ ~.
cluding some curious pictures. painted uity
years or moro ago. oi the principal charters IN
ioiumhuss ltfc there. Onr picture, represents
him ut theeomNSnt gate with his child an1 mo "r
nrhrnnism. explaining to tho prior and others
how lie could reach the Indies by going west;
tho rhur rI at i"os, "alming the screaming
people who have lust heard from the Qucch
notary in the p4pit that th"yar to be shi lra
represents the cmharkation, on tho beach
with the battpnliX pushing out TO the cnrhvels.
There arc pictures claiming to ho portraits OF
Prior Juan Perez and Columbus. besides royal
people. ike Montpcnsicr and wife. Alphohso.
lsahclla. Ne.
Tho priors parlor ovcrlooks tho river, ana
also looks np the river towaru MOS ,, IN ~
NV ;m ~ thn nrnin,1 INC thre small vcs-
enis al INN ins ~, ,hc higcnst Of than only
III, fnt ~ n,. M ,n,t III fnet Lcam. rho
room has n imt cniIins, with siopng sides and
I;ght on"n wmrl uf in,hnri 10 hnii fhe roof in
n,rc is vn,v oreonhjo n,,aitment. with
rs lila floor. and nt ono cnd nre two small
rooms Wa n,nv imnrine that in ono OF
tHnsn rooms Tnnmhna sicnt md that
thc nrjor lent in the other. paced
nmorlv MI liza rmnms in Rniidn TO get
fh"ir dimen slime ond should saw that
within fhn buldinr were not less than forty or
iifty different e6amhers' the whole being
d.serihed is ABOUT ilftvnys S feet sI,,isre. and
four nirrs' III" width Of IN" cloistnr walk is
ten feet. went M n tower which has cnpoin
on it and looked ont over tho tile roofs
and tho land nnd watcr. The second or bigger
cioister has six arches on two sidos and iIve
on the other two sides standing on smaller
columns. and it is two stories high The
kitchen have described is only fleet by 10.
The monks refractory is SIS by Is. and has u
stone seat or bench on one side Another ro-
room Is i0 feet hy ~. The church or chapel is
about SO fcct wide by 70 to So feet long. The
convent ward. into which the ri,stics were adj
mitied on their way To- church. is,jO Ly IS feet
Three chanels Omen or this church. and it has
n hinh nrched altar. The ia;l is 81 feet by To-
n n ard NO yt 70 II IL mn old we'll Ralidn re-
minded mo of IIaddon Hall in England, which
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FOOTPRINTS OF COLUMBUS.
PLACES OF HTsTORICAL INTEREST At
IND NEIK PALOS.
An Observant Traveller. Journey Along the
shore = Tracks OF tho Navigator --The
Quaint Old Rnbida Convent-rhe Church
mt Isnios-Scencs on tho Roadway.

An Observant Travellers Journey Along the
shore - Trncks OF the Navigator Tne
Quaint Old Rnbida Convcnt-rhe Church
ut paios-Sccncs on the Roadway.
While In tho footprints OF Columbus this
spring the hardest work did was at Palos
Having been among tho Moors Mt Tangicr
and al tho tomhs OF Ferdinand and Isabella in
Granada ] left Seville on March - by rail for
IIuelya. which is n port at the confluence Of
the rivers Tinto and Odicl. and is in a straight
limo acros the water. or about four miles from
Paos. hired boat for So. The man spoke
something like English. and its latcen sail.
shaped like n birds wing. was the form OF the
sails on at least two OF Columbus's vessels. al
though no changed them at tho Canary ISL
ahds. My skipper held ropo at the sharp
end OF the birds wing and twisted 1t around
his holm. thus holding the sheet and steering.
Huclva Is peculiarly almost niysteriously.
connected with Columbus. Ho probably en-
tered Spain there. n fugitive or desortcr from
Portugal. where he was in debt and under on
Cagement. probably TO that sailor court. Tho
Portuguese in tho days of Columbus wcro
navisators OF more spirit and experience than
the Spanish. and tho Italian sailors congre-
gated at Lisbon. whore Jobs were numerous
for developing tho African coast and islands.
Columbus. II Is believed. sought luelva to put
his son Diego with Dicgo's aunt there.
Huelva is a pretty comfortable spanish ana
English town OF nearly 10000 people. brought
TO importance by tho Rio Tinto mines. which
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send their copper orc there to be shipped. 1t
is a railway terminus. and has two long piers.
great shods for copper storage. and wonder
full hotel. called tho Columbus Hotel. built by
tho German who operated those mines: n ho-
toll In four great separate parts. with trop-
zeal garden in the middle. 1t loses about ST.
600 year. but it is an advertisement for tho
mining company and fine monument to
Columbus. whose bust is above the door. From
one OF tho hillocks behind the hotcl you can
see in the distance Rabda. Palos. MoGuer.
San Juan del Puerto. and the sea. whero
the three birds went skmminG past in tho
vague morning light of 400 years ago. lest they
might be seen by tho Portuguese.
COLUMBUS AT nUELvA.
It is thirty-eight miles from Huelva to Por-
tugal at Ayamonte. tho mouth OF tho Guadi-
ana River. and thence about $50 miles to Lis
bon. For onc-third OF tho way is the river. and
q railway has selected the other two-thirds as
an easy route. Columbus could have como.
however. by sail from Lisbon to Huelva. work.
ing his way for his own and his sons passage.
a distance OF 24O miles. or that from New York
to Hampton Roads His sons aunt lived Mt
Huelva and there he probably left Diego till
he had made domestic arrangement OF somo
kind at Seville or COrdova. which ensucd with
Dona Beatrix LnriQuez. Here is n hint for tho
sociologist. May not Columbus have precip-
itated matters with BeatriX Of Arana. to insure
his son maternal care and have Diego near
him? For Beatrix had social circle in Cor
dova. Columbus took her brother on one OF
his later voyages.
At Hueva Columbus was only 55 milos from
the great port Of Seville. tho Paris Of that part
OF Spain. whore all his subsequent voyages
were prepared. Iii on the Guadalquivir River.
68 miles below Cordova. on tho same river. At
tho mouth OF tho GuadalQuivir. was San
Lucar. where Columbus arrived from one OF
his voyages. but neither San Lucar nor Cadz
are nearer Seville than is Palos Whether
Palos was selected for Columbus's departure
Is a question that asked myself often. and I
set to work to solve it. Spain had few sea-
ports In that day. as the Moorish kingdom of
Granada took up nearly all the scacoast from
Gibraltar inward to Valencia and Aragon.
Cadiz. San Lucar. and Palos were tho three
Atlantic ports Of Spain. all outside OF the
Straits of Gibraltar. The little port OF Palos
was the most secret of all. tho nearest to
Seville. concealed from Spanish gossip and
Portuguese spying. and by running four
miles from tho village Columbus would
be at sen. He slipped out an hour be-
fore daylight on Aug. 8. 1902. Once out
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SALY.iTION ARMY SELF-DENIAL,
A Week or Abstinence from Hutter, MIX
the Knrl,er, md Other Luxurlex.


Marshal BallinGton Booth of tho Salvation
Army has announced that tho self-denlal week
for tho army this year will be from May 10
May IA. This is tho third year In which tho
Salvation Army has kept week as sort OF
Lent. Tho custom has .bcen established in
England for six or seven years.
Ever since tho announcement OF tho timo for
this year tho War cru has dsvotod q part Of
each issue to urging all Salvatonists to their
duty and to tho telling Of stories OF strange
or tragic self-denials wherein some member
OF tho army has shown the true spirit. The
Salvati 'nsts do not think much OF tho ordi-
nary Lenten sacrifices. because these sacri-
fees arc indefinite and general and often
mean tho giving up of things in which the
Salvation Army never INDUCES. For instance.
giving giving up dancing or public ,amusomcnts
tends he theatre, very llttle
some real and material modification Of the
Iesh. One gives up butter on his bread all the
gsSs gss another
s ssyen days In iaet. they make al sorts Of
suits Of these ssl-donias. tho wSeE's Shaving
Wesk 1nS week pEtter the weeks eggs tho
son making the denial. and the cash is handed
UyIr e o, thG Army to be used in some way
Last Year tho 1000 E HRalvation!sts in this
su az wb tha o OF
mo9,rial fund; This ycnrs self-deniai fund. which
Wlll , probably be much larger is to go t?wqrd
Mr. Bao cu sas i sss % fGw
ttentlons. In Great Britain, where tho Saliva
sosn f are e s Ruf IN more aamsFon the col
Sl0OOO0. In 1890 1t was about $4,000. and
last Year 1t was about s2OO.OoO.
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LoRn AND LADY SALISBURY.


The Ris. or Two Poor Aristocrnts TO
Wealth and Power In EnGiand-Lord
saiisbury's Very Devious Course, md
the Woman Who steercd It for Him.
Two OF the most important figures in the
English world to-day are tho Marquis and
Marchioness OF Salisbury. The Prime Minis
tor is directly descended from Elizabeth's
greatest statesman and is head OF tho younger
branch of q family that has been notle for
three hundred years. His wife is the grandest
of English great ladies. Duchesses. 1t is true.
are step higher In tho peerago. and the
princcsses stand by themselves. but the
woman who wears tho coronet OF n marchion-
ess and the name OF Cecil while hor husband
governs England is at tho head OF one Of tho
greatest societies in the world.
Yet these two have known the vicissitudes
from which oven nobility is not exempt. and
have tasted tho bitterness of poverty. Tho
mistress of Hatfield House was a Miss Alder
son. daughter OF n barristcr who rose to be q
Judge. She married in 1867 Lord Robert Cecil.
younger son OF the late Marquis of Salisbury.
Tho connection was most unwclcome to tho
noble family into which sho entered for u bar
ristcr in England belongs to the middle class.
and for years tho future Premier was under
tho ban OF his father. His allowance was I'M
BETTING his birth. though tho Salisbury for
tune is enormous, and as children came the
imnecunious pair were obliged to exc out
support by writing for tho magazines and
newspapers. u means at that time not regarded
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it springs from tho latter and caroms on tho
hrst object ball. and to retain enough move
mont to travel to the other end OF tho table.
taking two cushions. The red object ball
meets it there after being driven to tho sid?
cushion Tho carorn Ii effected as illustrated
In diagram one.
made ths shot ty sTd :; ;y years ag9
fact that Il was made simply proves tho truth
balls in any position on the billiard table that
legitimate shot. and It Is the secret OF the as.
tonishing fancy stroke at pool illustrated In
diagram No. 2. This pool shot was made soma
time ago IN a six handed game OF pool In Tim
Hymns billiard parlors. and II has since often
been played there AS a fancy stroke. Tho cue
ball ID placed at the first diamond OF tho
side rall, with tho object ball frozen against
II. and nt such an angle that an imag innry line
drawn through the centre OF both balls and
extended across the table would touch the op.
posite side cushion nearly midway between the
first and second diamond. The player shoots
away from the object ball. delivering smart
blow upon tho cue ball. striking II near the
tor, ana on tho right side. This drives the
ball into tho cushion. md causes II to glide
past the object bh.l, striking the latter on tho
left side. and driving II backward into tho
corner pocket. making u brilliant. and clean
cut shot. Tho cue ball generally takes three
cushions after tho cut, and returns to the
upper rail. With practice. o player may be-
come SO skilled that no can wager money %
MAKING the shot every time,
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he was in the Atlantic, 100 miles west
from tho Straits OF Gibraltar Tho Portu-
guese coast limo was only 90 miles long to
Cape Vincent. its lands end. Tho Portuguese
had been terribly beaten by Spain ut tho bat:
tie of Toro In l47g. whore Isabella obtained
the Drown OF CASTLE by stigmatZng her half
sister. II Portuguese princess. as II bHstard.
Tho Portuguese. too. had been for man" years
reserving Atlantic discoveries to themselves,
coveries In the south; Columbus was. there
fore Kept within reach OF the court ut Seville
and despatched between hay aud Grass. IN"
surprised rusticS and rDu-thDOutS in Into
claim OF having offended the Crown was
trumped up against tAem Like the i"ahans "f
Nova Scotia later on. they were called tntAcir
church and royal notary read t. Them mo
fierce order to GO mt once. When 'olumNuI
returned it WINS like the return OF one Of our
til the work had teen done: Add 4" all that
the residence Of the good prior Mt ialo". who
believed IN the eNpcdi .on?nt had long recon-
mehded i and eXcrtol over ~" lH"s pnnula-
piece Of work litfcd t. The suite working
brain OF klGs Ferdinand.
w. LUCKY IA.
Whom Columns WAS recalled to Granada
Spain. he had 10 ~ about 40 mics dar cas-.
Granada j. u'"Gt ninety miles sug'l"ast Of
CordoNa. \ nut fourteen days tie i.iors
aud buck again andIwT,n ,nIumUus. lushpr.
the whole lYIi" IL tH.LmiIlH'- suit tpr a.gut
years is cuu'rsrd "a q 't"il ~ S,li0 200
miles lon: hP 100 htU ID. wan tho spNUr, rS.
schemo before tho the )iog!adl professors,
Columbus entered spain AT iiueva In 1874.
touched at Rabida. ana began his Grquant-
Ance with its prior. went on to Cordoya. where
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u !
men eXcavating the sand bluffs to MI UP tho
tower could SEQ back to Huelva and ont to
sea. ] felt Just rs always do ut Stratford- on
Avon. that had come very noar tho presence
OF an humble. striving man. with great enter
priscs in his hands.
ON THE SHORE At pALos.
/ won't back to tho place where tho good
man lived. and they broaght a chair into the
middle Of the street and r lrI; ssemblet to
see me get on tnt horse p Inl n aime S1t on
slid one foot over the pnnnicr on ono side. and
then divided myself after the iashon Of tho
fcctly straight and sit on the floor. 4 few Of
the wits Of tho town could not restrain saying
sna wsnt n"y hs DSy ee3gs
into tho ono side street Of Palos which leads
down to the water Almost $50 pounds were on
not not to have the Spanish boy fail on tor. OF me:
Tho winding WY down at gentle descent
eo colo n Of tho blended fishermen and
farmers. 1t seems to mo that very little
marine business Is done now at palos; l
tho French villages. go to the flel Ids to work in
the morning and gro q pastoral community
way down, where women would be asserting
salad or knitting in their doors. and would
gaze W suddenly to sec st strange riS 90
beheld nothing in the nature OF n wharf, One
or two boats We're drawn up ashore and step
horse. and G my skipper. who was waiting Tor
me was careful that should not slip in tho
soapy and Doggy. margin. Yet from, II beach
like this, no doubt. Columbus pushed of in u
skiiT or batteaux to his vessels. at anchor in
tho marshes Mt flood tide. by their winding
channels. and in three-quarters OF nm hour
was put down few steps from the Columbus
Hotel in Huelvn.
THE pINZoNa.
For good while tho Pinzons. have not been
known mt Palos. Tho more important town
OF Moguer. higher mp the Tinto. River. is
said to have some Of that descent Mr.. Irving
Rahida siyty-four years ago; In Spain thereis
give more credit to tho .Pinzon brothers and
their associates than to Columbus They were
nm Idea!ist who had sunk his executive talents
gal and Spain. The older PinZon derives from
M sudden death after ter, his return which was
countrymen. One Of his younger brothers r
was gallant navigator The effect of
man who had accompanied him II certain
status rs guido and companion to subse-
quent navigators. Hence expeditions of great
but the tendency OF the crown was to conccn.
two two ports o. Cali and San Lncar so and nd
tho remaining voyages OF Columbus were
nuence Of Spain In America has outastcd
tho Spanish influence in Europe. A rather
proud class OF Spanish clerks and officials
H has hmI fs
in the Spanish American republics. We arc
not to forget that tho priests in these colonies
led the revolution: and It Is q maxim In Spain
priest, Hidalgo. MorclIos; and other priests
were the liberators OF Mexico.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND.
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oughly kent their colors a bell in the tower
mny have summoned tho inhabitants to church
Impress the Palos people to assist him in his
voyage. ] entered tho church, which was
u was better monument than ] had reason
70 expect It, walls werc one yard in
form. As / measured tho R"or i, seemed to
me TO be 20 feet wide and Gj feet long hut 10
thu length must be added the altar chanel,
bringing II up TO 90 feet. and 10 the width
must be added tho side chapels. making the
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4 GREAT CUSHION DRIVE.
II Solves the SchacGer " Safety" and Creates
IA Fancy Pool shot.

Fancy Pool shot.
Veteran Mortimer Humphreys has taken q
hand in tho lively dobato over tho Jake
Schacfer safety leave" Humphreys backs
up Prof. Kaarlass assertion. that the shot can
be fairly made. and with comparative ease by
any player who is an adept with the cue. Ilo
says that tho shot can bo executed cithc: with
n mass6 or n horizontal cue stroke. and that
there isn't any risk Of tearing the cloth eisher'
His solution Is to drive tho cue bal! INTO
the cushion before it strikes either object
bail. This stroke. he claims. will enable tho
player to escape Il kiss ora shove. and. at the
same time to impart enough force to the cue
ball to cause 1t to rebound to the cushion altor
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low pot tiles on the broken church roofs. I
saw again the hlly streets of sand and saw tho
men cXcavatng the sand bluffs to I'LL UP tho
streets for tho approaching jubilee. From tho
tower could SEQ back to Huelvn and ont to
Avon. that had come very ncar tho presence
OF an humble. striving man. with great enter
priscS in his hands,
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CITY HALL GOSSIP.
N. Y. e. N. II. Matter VIII Probably be
Amicably Adjusted.

N. Y. e. N. Il. Matter Will Probably be
Amicably Adjusted.
The committee on the pollution OF the
water supply and the city engineer and
commissioner Of public works returned
from New York yesterday. Commits
sioner Smith and Councilman Vaughan
did not arrive till last evening
on account of having stopped
in New York to fill an engagement with
President Parsons of the New York and
New England Railroad Company. They
report very satisfactory interview con-
cerning the matter Of adjusting the
trouble with Consolidated, aud of giving
up the desired land to the city. Ii is
thought that everything will be AMIGA
bly, arranged SO that there will be no
necessity for the committee TO 90 to the
Legislature for authority 10 condemn the
land In question.
The object of the visit to the filterinv
works at Long Branch was to inspect the
methodsof cleaning out the sand filter.
The quarterly meeting OF the Board of
Aldermen at the Dexter Asylum was he d
to-day at o'clock.
Only 2lQs-oll taxes were paid yesterday
and there are about 10, 900 more TO he paid.
The registration for yesterday was 3ll
There were forty-five deaths in the city
during the past week. two each from
diphtheria and typhoid fever. aud one
each from measles and whooping cough
DIR. Cbapin's condition remains about
the same. He has had comfortable
week, but the fever ran so long that he is
left in very weak state.
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~FESJEvEN

Prof. Winchester delivered his fourt h
lecture last night at Sayles Hall on
Shakspere. His theme was Hamlet. -
lie traced the character and dilemma OF
tue unhappy Dane and ascribed TO him a
task such AS few ynen have been called
upon TO perform and such a task as
makes him kin to all mankind.
N. c. Peckham has sold his farm on
Boston Neck, Narragansett, known as
this city, for $4,000. Mr.. Bloodgood has
purchase sixty acres OF the farm OF tile
late Elisha ID. Browning FOR $4,000.
About twenty-five members OF Theatri-
cal Mechanics Association Of this city
will take the 1890 A. NJ. train for Boston
tomorrow morning To attend the social
OF Boston Lodge which takes place in the
evening.
Twelve unfortunates who had dallied
with liquid fire over night were fined 81
aud costs each in the police court this
morning.
The overseer OF the poor acknowledges
the receipt Of OF a case OF Longs Break
fast -four at the Charity building.
The State Board OF Education held the
regular monthly meeting In the rooms Of
the department, l04 North Main street,
this morning. Gov. Brown presided and
those present were Lieut.. Gov. Bull,
Dwight NJ. Adams, John f. Kendrick. j.
II. Manchester, of Bristol, aud Frank T.
Thompson, Of Newport. Only routine
business was transacted. |
The Point street bridge will be closed
from z o'clock next Monday evening un-
til midnight.
Officer Arnold arrested a young man
named Joseph McCann this morning for
stealing carriage robe from the buggy
OF ID. j. Seymour, on Clemence street,
last evening. Detective Swan recovered
the robe this morning and the young
man was locked up in the Central Station.